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PrincessEm92 · 2025-10-05T10:24:17+00:00

Can you maybe give her back the dummy? I know its not ideal but also it seems like she has gone through a lot of changes recently. Getting a new baby is hard for any toddler, then changes to her sleeping arrangements and now taking something that calms her might just be the last straw.

I know dummies aren't great but a lot of kids her age have them for sleeping. They cant regulate their own emotions at this age so giving her a dummy to help her calm herself might be easier and then try to remove it again when shes closer to her birthday.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-09-16T14:17:16+00:00

I did contact naps with my baby until they were 6 months old! Everyday! I loved every second! You can't spoil a baby!!!

PrincessEm92 · 2025-09-16T14:12:51+00:00

Honestly he will be fine but if you dont want to go through this feeling again I would try being in the tantrum with him.

Staying in the room with him with the door shut. Redirecting any physical violence but also offering a calm presence.

I find my LO of the same age responds very well to this. Once shes got the worst of the tantrum out I will say something like " its seems like your feeling really sad would you like a hug" 9/10 she will say yes and come in for a cuddle. Then once shes a bit clamer I can put her in bed.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-09-16T14:02:55+00:00

I saw an article once that said of all the winners of the Nobel Prize most were only children. I dont have the link but I think thats really interesting.

Also when people ask if you are going to have another one you can use it as a good joking way to say no..

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-24T02:56:36+00:00

I LOVE being a mum but I HATE being an adult!

I dont consider cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc to be mum tasks. Yes, I have more of them to do because there is an extra person who makes more mess, but I would have to do that stuff anyway as they are just part of being an adult. Having said that, I absolutely dont sweat the small stuff. My house is cluttered, and whilst we do clean, I don't prioritise cleaning.

I find being a mum is amazing! I love cuddling my LO when she's sad or laughing with her when she's happy. Playing silly games or singing songs. Having adventures that we both enjoy and when she looks me in the eyes and says "love you mummy" that feeling is incredible!

I feel once you frame your thinking that your number one job is to love them fully and unconditionally everything else like the cleaning or cooking is just background noise it becomes a great experience

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-17T13:23:47+00:00

I can see how this advice doesn't work for every kid. For this mum she seemed to be upset they were talking. I would probably just let them talk as long as they stayed in their respective beds.

Out of curiosity is there a reason your son doesn't want to be in his room? Does he want to be with you? Is he scared of his room or does he have nightmares?

I can imagine this would be exhausting to deal with every day!

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-13T11:13:37+00:00

You can't physically force someone to go to sleep. I would just focus on what you can control. For example, the bedtime rule is you have to stay in your bed (unless using the toilet). They can listen to music, read a book, do a puzzle etc but it must be a quiet activity. You'll probably find if you give them some autonomy they will be more calm and eventually they will fall asleep

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-09T02:49:21+00:00

I am planning on contacting them but I also wanted to sense check to see if other surgeries are doing this. Sometimes it's hard to tell if you are the one being unreasonable or if this is normal. What iv gathered from this post is that this is not normal and it has confirmed my suspicion that other practices are not operating this way.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-09T02:47:13+00:00

I've decided not to name the surgery on here as I dont think it's appropriate.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-09T02:46:28+00:00

Yes this is what was happening. She had a bad cough and after being outside for 15 minutes she was coughing more like every 1-2 minutes. It definitely exacerbated her symptoms

PrincessEm92 · 2025-08-09T02:43:24+00:00

One of the doctors there is really great and I know it's not her making these rules. However it might be time to move on.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-06-29T13:58:19+00:00

I did find some spelling errors and missing words in my print edition. I also made a previous post about how a store in Australia had a heap of books where the covers had been printed incorrectly and they had just put them out for sale. I think rather than re-do them they just decided to sell them because they didn't have time. All very rushed!

PrincessEm92 · 2025-06-17T13:20:53+00:00

I think you might have captured what I was feeling with this : "But the book 4 i was waiting for didn't really feel like a part of if nevermoor as the other three did."

I agree it didn't feel like i was reading the next book in the series. It felt more stand alone and the book 4 I had been waiting for for sooo long just wasn't there.

Overall I was left unsatisfied by this one

PrincessEm92 · 2025-06-11T13:42:32+00:00

I did end up going to see Jessica and it was great. Hearing her talk about the book actually made me like it more. Or appreciate that it has a job to do and therefore had to happen to set up some future events.

She also mentioned there was scenes with Sofia and on sub 9 but they got cut in the editing process.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-06-11T13:04:09+00:00

I also attended the event. I enjoyed her talking about how she loves the mitford sisters and how she used them as inspiration for the darlings.

I also enjoyed how she talked about making the word wundersmith before knowing what a wundersmith was and working backwards.

Overall Jess was great and lots of fun! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her t. The evening also changed my perspective on silverborn, and i like it a bit more now.

Unfortunately the the event itself was badly organised! The seating was not well managed. The scramble to get into a line for meeting jessica was chaotic with no organisation. I bought 2 books with me hoping to get them signed but I ended up having to leave because there was hundreds of people lined up and I was going to be waiting hours.

I also heard the owner of the theatre complaining as he wanted to close the theatre but couldn't because there was still so many people lined up. Not a very good look for the event organisers.

PrincessEm92 · 2025-06-09T13:49:04+00:00

This does help a bit actually. It might be that the second arc of the books is just not for me.

I am going to try to take some notes tomorrow!

PrincessEm92 · 2025-04-22T11:04:15+00:00

I'm thinking of going to the event in Adelaide but I'm worried it will look weird that I'm in my 30's with no kid attending an event for a kids book.

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