Parenting Corner!

[IhreConsulting]

Good luck Rebecca! Hope both your "kids" recover soon
Lucky for me that my little one is now back to her usual diva self and can go back to day care, so hopefully I can work twice as fast today to get through my huge to do list!

Good luck for today. Remember its only a few hours till its the weekend! We are off to London for the day to celebrate my belated bday and my son's bday who turns 3 on Monday. Where does the time go!!

[QuasarAffiliates]

Oh yes well understood! LOL... still fighting her cold and been to the Dr twice already....we are having unusually low temperatures for March hence why so many viruses are popping up at the moment.

On a different note, all ages are cute but you gotta love the toddler ages...my LO has started to form sentences now and she comes up with the cutest things. She is a huge Elsa fan now..(from Frozen). Thank god for this cartoon...

She starts Nursery soon and and I am not prepared for this at all! Mummy is not looking forward to this part of her growing up!

Regards,
Rebecca

[QuasarAffiliates]

Hi All,

Swimming season is just around the corner and I wanted to try an find a particular bathing suit for my LO. Last summer she was badly bitten by a jelly fish so you can imagine how reluctant I am to have her swimming in the sea again. I know its better than pools but I would like her to wear some protective swim wear as a prevention. We are just invaded with jelly fish (not the poisonous ones) but enough to give you a nasty sting with a scar to remember it by. It was a nightmare I do not want to live through again.

Her swim suit was an 'all in one' sun protection suit and the only parts of her body that were uncovered were her hands and literally 1/4 of her legs.

Any ideas of what I can buy for her this summer. Something that can be totally full length? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Rebecca

[IhreConsulting]

Hey Rebecca
That sounds awful!! I am actually a bit afraid of the sea and your experience only shows me why we should stay out of the water LOL. I would probably look for something similar to what she had last time. Or the only other thing you could do is perhaps get a wetsuit for when she is totally swimming and then just a swim bottoms / UV protection T-shirt for when she is playing on the sand / at the shoreside? Then she might have a bit more freedom to play, then be completely safe when in the water of any little creature who comes close to her!

[Maria F]

I agree that a wetsuit is your best bet. I was searching about it and there are not many options available out there.

[QuasarAffiliates]

Good Idea...perhaps I can get something specific. last summer she had a 3/4 body wet suit but it was the thin material so I probably need something with thicker material. We are surrounded by sea so its difficult to stay away from the beach. But believe me I am prepared to go the extra mile to make sure she is extra protected in the sea. It was honestly a living nightmare. her little legs still have the scars to show for it. i wonder if I am able to get a confirmation that such a such would protect from such creatures? I'll have to ask some diving ppl.

Regards,
Rebecca

[QuasarAffiliates]

Hi All,

Its almost summer time and need your advice. I am trying to find a stinger swim suit for my little one and I am concerned about one specific detail. I know they do the trick when it comes to sun protection but do they safely protect against jelly fish stings. Anyone have experience with these type of swim wear. I can only get 3/4 length in my country...and she got stunk on her lower feet. So before I purchase one, i want to be sure.

Thanks,
Rebecca

[IhreConsulting]

Hey Rebecca
I haven't ever purchased one, but I found a couple of things online which might help and they might be able to do international deliveries? Or you might be able to order something more locally once you know which item would be best suited?
http://www.ecostinger.com/girls-sun-...pink-p-74.html
http://www.amazon.com/Jellyfish-Stin.../dp/B0011AWRNG
http://www.purpleturtle.co.uk/acatal...FWjKtAod8DgA0g

I just found this as well which might help decide what to get
http://www.wetsuitwarehouse.com.au/p...s_wetsuits_faq

Good luck!

[QuasarAffiliates]

Hi Claire,

Thanks for the tip. I actually contacted a few companies from the links you sent and they already replied so looks like I am on the right track. At the moment its like I am jumping from one hoop to another. Sorting out summer and day care. As of next month, my LO will start on a new venture (day care) and I am not really ready for it.

Regards,
Rebecca

[AcePlayer]

Man some of you really need to try and catch up.. 4th one on the way

Ages 6, 3, 10 months and TBD lol around Oct.

It is increasingly hard to get anything done around here anymore!!!

[Maria F]

Man some of you really need to try and catch up.. 4th one on the way

Ages 6, 3, 10 months and TBD lol around Oct.

It is increasingly hard to get anything done around here anymore!!!

I don’t know how you manage!

I know that as human we get used to anything, but I always wonder how parents with 2+ kids manage to do things without going crazy.

I wish you all the best

[AcePlayer]

I don’t know how you manage!

I know that as human we get used to anything, but I always wonder how parents with 2+ kids manage to do things without going crazy.

I wish you all the best

Two was easy... Three is much, much harder.. and honestly I don't know how I'm going to survive another.. The terrible twos are no joke!

[Maria F]

Two was easy... Three is much, much harder.. and honestly I don't know how I'm going to survive another.. The terrible twos are no joke!

I have heard a say that goes like this “You are given only what you are able to cope with”, so I am positive you will get through it with flying colours.

I have only one boy, but I would have loved to have at least one more to make sure my son wasn’t so alone. Too late now to cry over spilled water LOL

[QuasarAffiliates]

I am sure you will handle it, we always find the means to cope. Congratulations firstly and furthermore, just keep in mind that they will not stay this young forever. I hear you re terrible twos as I am currently going through this with my toddler + potty training. Yes it is very very very hard and with 1 and holding a full time job, believe me the pressure piles up let alone with 4. But it is all worth it. Cherish every moment as its a worse headache when they are much older.

Regards,
Rebecca

Man some of you really need to try and catch up.. 4th one on the way

Ages 6, 3, 10 months and TBD lol around Oct.

It is increasingly hard to get anything done around here anymore!!!

[QuasarAffiliates]

Just pulled an all nighter so you can imagine how much coffee I needed this morning....but when the going gets tough, I take a deep breath, pull up my socks and just forget about it....I will do it all over again in a heart beat.

[AE-Martyn]

I found going from 1 kid to 2 harder than going from 2 to 3 kids. The 3rd just seems to slot in to the lifestyle you currently lead - the kid has no choice.

The only real difference is a little less sleep, you need a bigger car and holidays cost more.

[QuasarAffiliates]

hahahahaha thanks for the tips... I think you need for of everything with 3.

Some people say that its better to have your second shortly after your first or with a 2 yr gap or so.... others say a gap of 4 years helps but I think it also depends on the child and your life style. Its nice that your kids grow up within the same age group but nowadays I dont think this is possible. My brother and I are 1yr 7 months apart and it was great having someone there to play and argue with every day! Lol.

Regards,
Rebecca

[sweetbet]

I know someone who has 6 children. I once asked her how she does it. I only have 2 children and sometimes it feels like I have 10 She told me that it gets easier as you have more because the older ones will help you to raise the younger ones.

[Maria F]

Check this out, they already have 19 kids and they want more! http://www.today.com/moms/duggars-vi...nts-2D79685068

I saw a program called “say yes to the dress” I remember this couple was featured there; they were getting a dress for their 10th wedding anniversary or something like that. He looked like he was so much in love with his wife, they were very sweet actually.

[Renee]

Check this out, they already have 19 kids and they want more! http://www.today.com/moms/duggars-vi...nts-2D79685068

I saw a program called “say yes to the dress” I remember this couple was featured there; they were getting a dress for their 10th wedding anniversary or something like that. He looked like he was so much in love with his wife, they were very sweet actually.

WHY? That is my question. By the time the 19th is old enough to know who you are you will be dead! I think that's very irresponsible but that is my opinion.

I know someone who has 6 children. I once asked her how she does it. I only have 2 children and sometimes it feels like I have 10 She told me that it gets easier as you have more because the older ones will help you to raise the younger ones.

My best friend is 2 days younger than me and she has 5 boys. Had the first one when we were 19 and had one every 2 years since. I'm pretty sure she tried to have another recently but miscarried.

Her boys are FERAL. They fight, hit and bicker with each other all the time about everything. I visited her a few years ago when the 5th was only just a few months old and even just the 4 boys were feral. I can't even imagine having to look after them all with someone else anyway, but her husband has one of those jobs where he works away in the mines for a month at a time then is home for a week then off again, so she does it ALL on her own.

She is definitely a bigger person than I am. I don't even want to have one kid because I don't think I could look after it. Not that I'm irresponsible, I just don't think I have the mother gene that every other woman out there has. I do admire all you guys who have kids and manage to have a relatively "normal" lifestyle.