Me and LA settling down for the night in ward C2 Russell's Hall Hospital
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Showing posts with label me. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Have you been wondering why I've been quiet this week?
You may have noticed I've been a little quiet this last week on both my blog and social media. The reason for that is my gorgeous daughter LA is in hospital. Right to explain I think I'm going to do this in a few shorter posts rather than one long one. This is a tough time for me and my family so please bear with me
Thursday, 16 May 2013
I'm going to Brit Mums Live (edited 18/6/2013)
Name: Tammy/Tam
Blog: me and the tiny 3
Twitter ID: @me_andthe_tiny3
Height: 5ft 2ish
Hair: Pixie cut, and red
Eyes: blue and I wear glasses
Is this your first blogging conference?
No, it will be my 2nd
Are you attending both days? Yes with my daughter who will be 9 months old we're having a girlie weekend away
What are you most looking forward to at BritMums Live 2013?
Meeting everyone, and being able to put faces and voices to people I've been twitting or who's blogs I've been reading.
What are you wearing?
Smart casual, probably trainers jeans and a smart top
What do you hope to gain from BritMums Live 2013?
I want to have lots of fun, lots of laughs, make new friends and learn about and get more confidence in blogging
Tell us one thing about you that not everyone knows
I used to be a qualified football referee!
I can't wait to meet you all in June and will be giving out free baby cuddles
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
bedtime hell 27/3/2013
My boys have never been great sleepers ever, JR was a year and a half old before he'd even consider going to sleep before midnight, and although TP has never been one to fight going to sleep its actually keeping him asleep that is the problem.
last Tuesday night I watched bedtime live with Dr Tanya Byron and new dad Jake Humphrey, hoping for some tips. One of the case studies was a 5 year old boy who would not go to sleep without his mum lying next to him in bed. whilst watching this I thought that's me and JR every night without fail he wouldn't go to sleep without me lying in bed with him.
As I was watching it I was at the same time tweeting about what I was watching (and I get accused of not being able to multi-task)one of my friends said you would be able to do that, why don't you try it? I thought about it for the rest of the night and through Wednesday morning and decided I would give it a go as mr m&ttt was on early shifts so would be here to look after TP and LA.
For Wednesday night I thought that it would take a lot of persuading on my part for JR to let me out the room, it didn't he was fine about me leaving the room as long as he could see me. I sat outside his room and only had to return him to bed 3 times and within 20 minutes he was asleep!
Thursday night was even easier I sat in the same place (this time with a blanket and beanbag) and only had to return him to bed once and after 15 minutes he was asleep! Friday and Saturday followed the same pattern each day me moving further away and although there was some shouting from him he didn't get out of bed. At this point I was wondering why I hadn't tried this sooner, so on Sunday night I not only left the room but also went back into the lounge, as this was quite new for JR he was a bit worried and got out of bed and made is way back into the lounge. Mr m&ttt took his hand and returned him to bed where he stayed and went straight to sleep!
So on to tonight mr m&ttt was working late which meant that I had to put the tiny 3 to bed on my own something which i can usually do without any fuss, I do it at least twice a week but I also usually pander to JR's demands of me lying with him whilst making sure the other 2 are safe. I promised myself that I was not going to spoil all the work from the last few days by giving in tonight. After all how hard could it be he's been doing so well-it will be easy! Who was I kidding!
It took over a hour and 30+ returns to bed and excuses before he finally went to sleep here is a list of his excuses and fears tonight
* Mummy I need the toilet (yes I used to use this one!)
* Mummy I don't like my bedroom its got a bed in it
* Mummy I'm not allowed to go to sleep my teddy told me
* I cant go to sleep yet because I haven't had my breakfast
* My tummy/arm/knee(insert any body part)hurts
And when all these failed he brought out the big boys toys
* mummy why don't you love me
* mummy I don't like being on my own
* mummy I love you don't leave me!
Each of these shouted statements dug right into my heart and it would have been easy to give up but i stood my ground and finally when he knew he was beat he launched his biggest attack yet
* Mummy I really really hate you because you're leaving me on my own you don't love me! and with that he rolled over cuddled his teddy and went straight to sleep!!!
I've been assured it gets easy, I really hope it does, and then it will be time to sleep train TP
last Tuesday night I watched bedtime live with Dr Tanya Byron and new dad Jake Humphrey, hoping for some tips. One of the case studies was a 5 year old boy who would not go to sleep without his mum lying next to him in bed. whilst watching this I thought that's me and JR every night without fail he wouldn't go to sleep without me lying in bed with him.
As I was watching it I was at the same time tweeting about what I was watching (and I get accused of not being able to multi-task)one of my friends said you would be able to do that, why don't you try it? I thought about it for the rest of the night and through Wednesday morning and decided I would give it a go as mr m&ttt was on early shifts so would be here to look after TP and LA.
For Wednesday night I thought that it would take a lot of persuading on my part for JR to let me out the room, it didn't he was fine about me leaving the room as long as he could see me. I sat outside his room and only had to return him to bed 3 times and within 20 minutes he was asleep!
Thursday night was even easier I sat in the same place (this time with a blanket and beanbag) and only had to return him to bed once and after 15 minutes he was asleep! Friday and Saturday followed the same pattern each day me moving further away and although there was some shouting from him he didn't get out of bed. At this point I was wondering why I hadn't tried this sooner, so on Sunday night I not only left the room but also went back into the lounge, as this was quite new for JR he was a bit worried and got out of bed and made is way back into the lounge. Mr m&ttt took his hand and returned him to bed where he stayed and went straight to sleep!
So on to tonight mr m&ttt was working late which meant that I had to put the tiny 3 to bed on my own something which i can usually do without any fuss, I do it at least twice a week but I also usually pander to JR's demands of me lying with him whilst making sure the other 2 are safe. I promised myself that I was not going to spoil all the work from the last few days by giving in tonight. After all how hard could it be he's been doing so well-it will be easy! Who was I kidding!
It took over a hour and 30+ returns to bed and excuses before he finally went to sleep here is a list of his excuses and fears tonight
* Mummy I need the toilet (yes I used to use this one!)
* Mummy I don't like my bedroom its got a bed in it
* Mummy I'm not allowed to go to sleep my teddy told me
* I cant go to sleep yet because I haven't had my breakfast
* My tummy/arm/knee(insert any body part)hurts
And when all these failed he brought out the big boys toys
* mummy why don't you love me
* mummy I don't like being on my own
* mummy I love you don't leave me!
Each of these shouted statements dug right into my heart and it would have been easy to give up but i stood my ground and finally when he knew he was beat he launched his biggest attack yet
* Mummy I really really hate you because you're leaving me on my own you don't love me! and with that he rolled over cuddled his teddy and went straight to sleep!!!
I've been assured it gets easy, I really hope it does, and then it will be time to sleep train TP
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
A nice canal side walk
On Sunday I took the kids the short walk to my parents house. This journey takes us on a very lovely scenic walk from our estate along the canal right to my parents house. Usually when we do this walk I rush JR along to get from ours quickly. Sunday was very different I put JR in his wellies and we had a very nice steady walk stopping to smell the various flowers, look at the trees and look for insects. On the way along the canal we walked past 3 anglers both JR and TP were very interested in what they were doing and we stood watching for 5 minutes waiting for a fish ( it never came). TP was also interested in all the barges moored up along the canal side. We came upon a gable of Canadian geese JR stopped and was very interested in them and wanted to stoke them I had to explain that you can't stroke wild animals and he was okay will that, as long as he could puddle jump when we saw some puddles. I blame peppa pig for this desire but I can understand how it can be fun for the kids. He really enjoyed jumping in the puddles and I really enjoyed watching him. Just before we turned off the canal path JR wanted his photo taken with the place sign and also decided to throw a stick in the canal to see if it floated. I am so glad that I decided to make this walk a steady one and I'm going to try to make canal walks a regular thing after seeing how much joy it brought to JR, and TP. Hopefully as she gets bigger LA will learn to love them too.
Thursday, 17 January 2013
my 1st ever blog
Who am i? Well I'm a 31 year old stay at home mom, I have 3 children JR is the eldest he's 4 and will start school in September. TP is 2 and doesn't talk yet so we're waiting on speech therapy and more hearing tests for him, and finally there's la my only girl, she was born in September, they think she's allergic to milk so weaning might be fun :/
I have been married to Mr me and my tiny 3 since 2006 we met at college in 1998 and have been together ever since.
Most mornings are very chaotic with trying to get 3 children fed, dressed and out the door by 8.20 to get JR to preschool for 8.45.
Most people ask if I had a 3rd because I wanted a girl and my answer no I had a 3rd because I have always wanted 4 children. Both my parents are from families with 4 and my sister has 4 boys.
Other than my children my hobbies are cross stitch, card making and watching football. I'm also quite addicted to twitter!
Hopefully this blog will let you have a little insight into mine and my children's lives, I may not blog everything about it and I may not blog every week but until next time goodbye!
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