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July thread girls....chat away...
I've read all your posts and will bbl (as soon as I've bathed the girls :yes: )
I'm back...
Can I just say that I hate being a mum to sick kids ... you feel so helpless and cleaning up vomit is the absolute pits. The girls are still both not right. They still are full of a cold and have both developed a phlegmy cough and they have been vomitting. It's Eloise that I'm worried about, I think Lara is just trying to cough the phlegm up when she vomits. Eloise seemed ok yesterday, she hadn't been sick since Friday night and was eating almost back to normal. We went to the footy (all rugged up) and she was fine there, didn't want her chicken roll for dinner and we didn't force it. We were half way home (on the freeway) and she vomitted everywhere. So I'm not sure what's going on with her. She says she feels fine, then she says that she has a sore throat (dr said it's fine) then she feels yucky from a cold. I just want my little girl back to her normal bubbly self.
dh has been in a grumpy mood since he got home ... he says he didn't expect to come to this (like I said to the girls make sure you are sick when daddy comes home). He's jetlagged, but all he seems to have done is whinge about the state of the house (like I had the time to keep it immaculate, it was tidy, just not as tidy as normal). :banghead: Enough of my whinging...
Beck - The dr said to build 6 pillows into an incline (I guess like a wedge) and lay Lara head down and then gently pat over her back and chest to help loosen the phlegm. I've tried it, but I must admit I haven't done it as often as I should, she just won't stay still. How are you and Kayley today?
Kristin - Good luck for ttc #2 Hope your :bfp: come super soon. Great news about Isabella sleeping through.
Sue - Have a great time with your mum and the boys.
Jen - The ASG sounds like a good idea. We've set up online saving accounts for the girls and put in money each pay too. They'll be in for a nice surprise when they're older.
Georgia M - For Eloise's 1st birthday we had 2 parties... one with our families. We just did finger food and cake. We had a friend's one for Mother's group and some friends of ours that have kids the same age as Eloise. They get more fun to plan as they get older ... I'm just starting to think about Eloise's 3rd b'day in Sept. Last year I was heavily pg, so we just went to an indoor play centre, this year I want to do something really special for her. She's decided on a Teddy Bear's picnic theme and I think we're going to book an entertainer to come dressed as a bear to do singing, dancing story telling, balloon animals etc with the kids . (if you've got any ideas about what else I could do for this theme girls let me know...) Anything that you do for Olivia's birthday will be more for you and your memories, but I'm sure that she will still have a ball.
Kimba - I tried the cream cheese on toast this morning. It was a no-goer :thumbsdown: but Lara's refusing everything at the moment, so I'll try again later. I hope your back is feeling better.
Mary - It sounds like you had a lovely day with Natalia yesterday.
Mary-anne - :hugs: I hope you are feeling better. There is soooo many bugs going around at the moment. It would have been cold on Fri night. Last night, it was 12 deg outside, but 16 deg inside TD. We all had around 4 layers on and the girls had beanies on too. It wan't too bad. I'm always up for another meet and would love to catch up before you head back to work. At this stage the 13th is good for us, I'm just waiting to hear back from some girlfriends who are teachers and on their hols at the moment and wanted to catch up. The 13th was a day that we talked about, but I haven't heard anything more.
Sal - Hope your 1st day in your new job goes well.
Oh guess what ... I got tickets for the Wiggles Christmas concerts this morning (YAY) You can't half tell that we love them here.
Okay enough from me. Have a great day...
Morning all...god I love Mondays, don't have to go to work and DH isn't here, so it's just Jet and me. I stay in my PJs till lunchtime and have a no-housework rule for the day, so that I can just veg out and play with my boy.
We had a good night last night, no wakeups till 4.15am, had a bottle and back to sleep till 7. Jet let me have a look in his mouth this morning and there's a few teeth coming through at once on top, poor little man.
My chicken with risoni and corn got the vote of approval yesterday :thumbsup: so YAY I've finally found something that I cook that he likes! (and froze up what was leftover). Today I'm going to see if he likes my risotto with chicken and sweet potato :fingerscrossed:
Sare - you poor thing, I hope the girls get better soon. One sick baby is bad enough, I can't imagine two at once. And next time DH whines about the house I'd be saying 'OK smartar$e, YOU deal with the vomit and I'll vacuum!' Our house is always a shambles, coz that way I don't get whinged at if it's not clean - it's NEVER tidy LOL.
Was going to post more personals but my little man just woke up.
Just wanted to say Michelle YES it's all about the Johnny Depp variety of course! but I've always had a bit of a thing for pirates...;)
Afternoon all
WE HAVE A TOOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This one is staying through the gum. The last one vanished on us the next day but this one appears to be staying put.
Now I'm having a sad day as it's one more bit of proof that my baby isn't a baby anymore...... even though I am loving every new thing with him.
Kimba: way to go on the new foods. I've discovered Adam loves sweet potato and broccoli (much to his dad's disgust)!!!! Also soup. I made chicken and veg and put some through the blender and added a bit of farex for bulk. He absolutely wolfed it down.
Bugger - now DH is home and wants to go and pick up his new car. Will be back tomorrow- got a meeting tonight :wave:
Can I just say how badly it makes my skin crawl when Jet scrapes/ grinds his new top tooth against his bottom one? :eek: ACCKKKKK!!!!! it's worse than fingernails down a blackboard. And his new tooth is only about 1mm through the gum - I can only imagine how much worse it's going to get.
My chicken and sweet potato risotto went down OK today. I wouldn't exactly say he LOVED it, but he ate it, and I didn't wear any, which is pretty good for a new food. So at least that's 2 'family' meals I can cook up for us now and freeze some for bubba :smiliedance:
I had a productive afternoon clearing out the cupboard which has all the plastic containers in it. I've been meaning to do it since I was pregnant, but never got around to it. Of course it was pretty pointless since Jet knows how to open the cupboard now and I'm intending to let him have access to that one to keep him occupied - it's too hard trying to cook with a little monkey climbing up your legs!
Funniest thing happened today with Jet and the cat! She must have mellowed to him now because she's started laying down in front of him and letting him climb all over her, wrestle her and pull her fur, and she barely moves! He was squealing so loud and practically wetting his pants with excitement, he couldn't believe his luck (he's always been utterly infatuated with her, but she used to run away from him). I got it on video today for the first time, and it's bloody hilarious.
Di - yay on the tooth! But I'm with you on the sadness at loss of babyhood...it's cliched I know, but they really DO grow up too fast.
Milo and an early night for me - I'm expecting a few wakeup calls tonight, if today's sore mouth, lack of naps and tears (Jet's, not mine, heh) were any sort of predictor...teething is the pits isn't it?
ourfirstbubba
02-07-2007, 18:45
hello beautiful girls
hope you and bubbas are all well....
we are doing great, monkey pants is sound asleep and I am watching Big Brother.....(I am a reality tv junkie!).....we had a great day today, spent time at my IL's and my parents...my dear MIL cooked us a beautiful lasagne that we had for dinner tonight...bless her.....the weather was nice today and it was so nice to get out in the pram and go for a walk.......
Kristin- thats fab about the long sleep Isabella is having...its great hey? how exciting TTC number 2!!!!
Sue- oh lovie, have a great time with your Mum and your lil men! you deserve it....
Sare- oh you poor love, you are doing an amazing job......and I am sure your DH is just tired...hugs to you and the girls......does Lara like the Wiggles? Natalia hasnt really watched anything else other than ABC kids in the morning...I would love some advise on what else she can watch, even just for a short time in the morning while I am getting brekky ready etc.....
Kim- your Mondays sound lovely......just you and your boy......that chicken and corn and risoni dish sounds great...do you mind sharing the recipes? thats a great sleep Jet had, you must feel great....
Di- yay on the tooth!!!!!! poor little Natalia had her first tooth very early, when she was 5 months old.....and the other day I was watching her and she had a cute little dress on and she didnt have that baby look :gloomy: this age is so adorable....
well I am off to have some chocolate!
sleep well girls
we are doing a big cook up tomorrow......
Easy Peasy Chicken and Corn Soup with Risoni
chicken breast
salt reduced chicken stock
risoni
creamed corn
grated carrot
baby bok choy
I haven't put quantities as it really depends how much you're making!!!
Anyway basically you fill a big pot with salt reduced chicken stock, and water it down a bit if it's still too salty for bub or if you need more liquid. (Note: I worry about giving Jet too much salt so I make the main batch fairly bland, then add salt or powdered stock to ours once I've served it up)
Add sliced or diced chicken breast, risoni, a big tin of creamed corn and a grated carrot, and simmer till the chicken and risoni are done. Finely chop the baby bok choy and add towards the end (so it doesn't go too soggy).
Serve and season to taste - I add a sprinkle of sesame oil (YUM) to ours when I serve it up, but not to Jet's.
And before serving to Jet, I just spoon his portion into a bowl and take the chunks of chicken out and puree them, then mix back in. He handled the texture of the risoni and vegies just fine.
NOTE: If you add heaps of risoni, it becomes almost like risotto, especially the next day, as it thickens overnight. So it depends how thick you want it. Jet seemed to prefer it thicker.
ourfirstbubba
02-07-2007, 19:21
thanks lovie, I am going to try this one, it sounds yummo! ps, love your new hair.....
SalTheGal
02-07-2007, 19:33
Hi girls, another one with a sickie here. :banghead:
We ended up in emergency last night as Nedd's breathing went to sh!t, he actually nearly passed out at one stage when he couldn't catch his breath after a coughing fit. Anyhoo, we got a useless Dr who just said it was bronchialitis (again) and was going to send us home, till I cracked it big time, and demanded to get a second opinion. I am jack of not being given anything, and having to just put up with it. This is the third bout of bronc in four monthsm and to be honest he hasn't ever really gotten over any of them- we get so much conflicting information regarding asthma, I am getting mega frustrated. So they got the head of paeds in. She still was reluctant to do anything- but finally gave in to some ventolin- well the improvement was instantaneous........yet she still sent us home without anything. So I ended up sleeping (semi dozing) propped up in bed by pillows with Nedd on my chest as this was the only way I could get him to settle.
I just feel so bad for my little man, he is really unwell, and really struggles with his breathing. I am going to my GP tomorrow to get a referral to a paed to get some deeper investigation happening- something has to be able to be done!
So on that note, I am off to bed tonight early so as to get some sleep- DH is on first shift.
Mary- I am a reality TV junkie too, how much are you hating Michelle on BB (or is it just me :eek: ) Oh and if you are looking for something for Natalia to watch- go the Baby Einstein series. There are a few of us here who swear by it. I put it on for Nedd in the morning and I can get everything done, whilst he is mesmerised by the TV, plus it is all "educational" and designed specifically for specific ages. You can get it at a great price on ebay.
Kimba- sounds like you've had a lovely arvo today, Nedd is also an animal fan and now that he can get around, well our dog is history- he went to say hello three times tonight. He is a 55kg bull mastiff who has the nature of a gentle giant, so I can see he is going to get climbed all over- he already just sits and takes it all. I think Nedd and he will be great mates.
Di- Yay on the tooth! Hope it doens't give him too much grief.
Sare :hugs: lovey. Poor you and poor your little sickies. And poo DH. He can only hide behind the jet lag excuse for a day or two now, so you tell him to lay off!!!! Hope your girls are feeling better tomorrow- specially Eloise, I hate seeing toddlers vomit, it is so distressing.
Sue- have a great time with your mum. I sometimes forget that you guys actually have some nice weather still. It is way too cold down here for "camping" out!
Kristen- Yay on the TTC, you go girl, get into it before DH changes his mind :D
Beck- Poor Kayley, maybe we should hole up together somewhere and have miserable non sleeping bubbies together. We could keep each other company during the all hours of the night we are up! And thanks for the ebay link for the pram bags. I have purchased a very cool looking blue and red one, I think it arrived at the post office today, so will trot off tomorrow to get my parcel!
OK enough from me, Night night all!
diesal444
03-07-2007, 07:12
mornin everyone
Still sick but wont bore you with my snot-filled head details. I am walking round like a bear with a sore head in a filth mood.
Ok really really quick personals..........
Sare - Wiggles lover here too !!!!... Dont know who loves them more.. Me or Darc....:o
Kimba - Crack me up with the cat. What fun Jet can have with his new fury friend. Thanks for the recipe.... I am always up for new things to give my poo head.
Di - Yay on Adam's tooth. No more toothless grins anymore :( ( I loved those toothless smiles ). Hope they dont cause him much greif.
Mary - I agree with Sal. Baby einstein rocks!!!!!.... Its 25 mins of being able to either have hot coffee and toast/shower/load of washing/whatever really. We love love love it. And like Sal said its educational and age appropriate and very mesmerizing to little ones.
Sal - I wanted to launch myself through the tele on sunday night during that argument between Michelle and Aleisha!!!!!!.......DP had to tell me to CALM DOWN.....BREATHE!!!!!!!!.........Never really watched a series of BB before coz I was always in bed by 6pm. Since being home I have become addicted.......:laughing: ...I even voted for her last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I have taken everything I can possibly take to get rid of this cold. Its just my head now.... totally full. I have taken codral....NOTHING.....sudafed....NOTHING......Fina lly got some nasal spray and its clears it up for at least a few hours. Only thing is.. It gave me a clanging headache last night ( well I think it was that ).
Well my Darcy still seems a bit snotty but its not really affecting her mood or her sleep so thats good, although she cracks it big time when I have to wipe her nose...............:eek:
Ok so have a terrific day everyone... germ free kisses at all bubbas...........
July already huh? Scary how fast time flies when you spend it in a deleriously happy baby daze. Abbey has been so darn cheek lately, hamming it up to make mummy laugh. Unfortunately she does it instead of going to bed, and I know i shouldn't laugh as it encourages her, but who am I kidding? She's hilarious!
I've got Baby Einstein on right now, I normally only have it on if she's bothering me or im in the shower, but sesame street wouldnt keep her still today. She even gets bored of BE now, so i tried different ones like Numbers Nursery, but that made her cry. Math scares me too.
Kimba - Abbey is grinding her teeth too! It freaks me out as i think she has something naughty in there, but no, she's just experimenting with her new teef. The top ones are descending really fast, while the bottom ones took ages to be big teef.
Sare - your DH was expecting a parade in his honour wasnt he? Men only see mess when it suits them - which is when you are there to complain to, never when they might have to pick it up. My ex came over this weekend, walked in the door and tutted, 'yep, messy as usual'. Idiot. He was looking at the clean basket of washing Abbey had strewn around the floor and the cluttered table surfaces. Not messy - LIVED IN! He cant talk, he would leave the dishes until they got squiggly - urgh!
Kristin - excellent news on the trying. Not just that youre getting some action, but that you can soon have another tiny snuffly bundle. You'd better order some smaller sized sleeping bags lol!
Di - he's a big boy now. Bottom teeth are cute, top teeth change them from baby to little boy/girl. Probably because you can see them all the time.
Sal - what is up with all those doctors?? Ventolin is a wonderful drug, kids in my family often have childhood asthma so there is always ventolin around the house, and if mum thought it would help us breathe better, then she didnt bother with a trip to the doc, just whipped out someone else's puffer or put us on the machine. Cant believe you werent even sent home with emergency supplies when you obviously need help and they cant tell you whats wrong. Hope the referral doesnt take long.
haha, abbey keeps getting stuck on a tiny step attached to her toy house. Its about 10cm high and 15cm wide and she can usually get one foot on it, but the other just waves around while she clings to the roof, saying arrgh arrrgh arrrgh, until her dangly foot accidentally finds its place too. Or she falls down. I'm happy with either!
re her feet - yep, she has boofer feet. The were always the first thing to outgrow her newborn clothes. Her feet are 12cm from toe to heel, STINKY too! Doesn't help that bonds socks are smaller than other brands. She has cankles and fat legs so larger socks dont dig in so much too.
Hi All
Well we have had a couple of bad nights and I am expecting some more teeth to pop through soon (they better or it is all for nothing).
Haven't really got anywhere with getting tougher at night or weaning as of yet but will get there eventually!
Michelle - I have to laugh about the cankles and fat legs. Kayley has these too - she also has pretty big feet as well. I have been buying the 18 month + ones now as well but I haven't measured her feet.
Sare - My DH is a clean freak and he hates the fact I have play areas everywhere - oh well - he has to put up with it!
Mary-anne - I hear you with the snots. I am starting to get a bit better but I think I have a coldsore developing on my nose now - oh joy!
Sal - I hope you enjoy the bag. Yeah I agree about the no-sleep thing. It is amazing how stretched your love is in the many wake ups overnight when you are sick too!!
Mary - Baby Einstein is THE BEST! Kayley has an episode every morning while I have breaky and check my emails. If she is really grizzly she may get another one to give me a rest. If she is on a long trip or really grizzly in the car she might get an episode then and sometimes she gets one at tea time so we can eat tea in peace (now this sounds like she is watching it all day but it isn't really that bad). She loves the baby ones the best (Mozart/Bach/Beethoven/Santa's Music Box) but is OK with some of the older ones as well.
Well I better run and do some cleaning. Hopefully if the house is clean DH won't notice the new clothers from Baby Patch Sale (can't help it).
Hoep everyone has a wonderful day.
SalTheGal
03-07-2007, 14:37
Hello all. Well I am meant to be doing study to learn about the new drugs I will be promoting for my job, however bubhub is too consuming :o and quite frankly learning about neurotransmitters and synapses and receptor sites etc etc is rather tedious!!!
We had a marginally better night last night- in that I didn't actaully have to sleep with Nedd, but was still up several times. Poor little man is so wheezy, I really feel for him. However, when he woke at 6am this morning I brought him into our bed for a cuddle- and the little champ slept till 8am...so mummy got a sleep in which was rather nice!
Ok- time is moving waaay to fast for me ATM- this morning Nedd decided he could pull himself up to standing on his toys- what tha???? :no: no no no- not yet Nedd, I am not impressed about this new development- he only just started crawling last week. Sloooow down my little man!
Question: what do you do with bub's whilst you are showering if DH isn't around? Nedd used to stay put and watch BE, but now he is getting a little bit more adventurous, and I am worried I am going to get out of the shower to find him playing with the heater or something equally devastating.
Beck- I put BE on repeat play :o Nedd definetely gets his far share!
Michelle- one day I'm coming to bris to meet you and abbey! She sounds like such a little character, must be nice to have your own inhouse entertainment! And have you found baby explorer socks? They are huge and thick and warm and long so they stay on really well.....sounds like you may have the next Lauren Jackson on your hands there. USA basketballers can earn some pretty handy $$$!
Mary Anne- sorry to hear you are still feeling yucky, doesn't it suck when nothing works?? But glad to hear Darcy is still being good for you, that makes it slightly easier.
OK, well back to do some more work, onto reading about the molecular structure of drugs and how they are metabolised by the body- YAY! :smiliedance:
Question: what do you do with bub's whilst you are showering if DH isn't around?
If it's in the early morning when Jet just woke and is happy, I can usually plonk him in his cot and put the aquarium on and throw a couple of toys in. He'll usually start calling for me pretty quickly, but at least I buy myself enough time for a quick shower. It's what I have to do every day to get ready for work, as DH is always long gone...
Otherwise, at any other time when I need to do something, or when I need a wee break LOL, Jet goes into the playpen! It's wonderful. We bought it a couple of months ago when he started crawling. He would never just sit there and watch TV (not even BE), he'd rather be moving around and getting into things.
So we have a playpen set up with a mat on the bottom, a Leapfrog activity table, and lots of toys, and he can watch the TV from there if he likes (but almost never does). He now likes to cruise around the sides of it, although he gets bored and will ask to get out after a little while (sometimes sooner than others), but I usually get enough time to do what I need to do.
BBL, I'm meant to be putting a listing on eBay on behalf of DH...
Question: what do you do with bub's whilst you are showering if DH isn't around?
Whats a DH?:p
I put Abbey in the lounge, turn on BE, say "mummy is going for a shower, I'll be right back. Call me if you need me", then on my way out of the lounge i make sure there isnt anything naughty around, and I make my showers really quick! I brush my teeth in the kitchen, havent seen a razor in ever so long, and I dont even stay in the bathroom to dry, I get out and come straight up to see what she has done while Ive been gone.
Only a few times has she been up to mischief. Its all open plan so she knows which areas she 'owns' and which are only good if mummy is in them.
~Kristin~
03-07-2007, 19:39
Just a quick one for me tonight - as (beware TMI :o ) tonight is :fingerscrossed: the right night for TTC#2.
Just wanted to say to Kimba - re Jet and the toothie peg grinding - eeeeeeek I hated that when Bella did it, but she did stop once the top two teeth came right through. They had little rough sharp bits on them (I guess to cut through the gum??) and she wore them all away.
Sal - I hope little Nedd is feeling better? Isabella and I have both had a snuffle for the last few days, sick bubbas aren't fun! Re showering - I take Bella in the shower with me when DP isn't around - she loves it! I put some toys on the floor, put my foot over the drain and let her splash and play! :D
Beck - Any sign of the new teeth??
Michelle - We need to get Abbey and Bella together some time! They can be all cute and funny little monkeys together. I have to stop myself from laughing and encouraging Bella too! I said NO to her the other night and she smacked me! WHAT THE??? She has never had so much as a tap on the hand, and she comes out with that??? She had such a defiant look on her face, and then grinned at me, I had to walk away!!! :laughing:
Diesal - Hows the snot goin?? lol - You poor darlin, I feel your pain!
Mary - yup - another addict here too! Love my reality tv, I think I am living through whats on the tv nowdays, so sad......... lol!
Righto, quick post got longer somehow, hmmmmmm, righto, must go and make myself all alluring and fertile - hahahaha - I know I know, TMI!!!! Kind of feels weird, being all "righto tonights the night", but hey, whatever works!
Night all!
Hi girls,
Guess where we've been today? Back to the drs with Lara. She's been shocking today, screaming in pain and not sleeping unless it's in my arms, her voice is all hoarse. Dr checked her out and it seems that on top of everything else, she has oral thrush which goes way down her throat. My poor little angel. So now we're treating her and me and back to sterilising everything that goes near her mouth (the cleaning of toys is going to be a pain now that she is on the move and can get to pretty much anything that she wants). On the plus side Eloise has been much better today (thank goodness)
Originally Posted by SalTheGal
Question: what do you do with bub's whilst you are showering if DH isn't around?
Most of the time I try to go for a shower when she's asleep. If not I either put her in the rocker or leave her on the floor in the bedroom with the ensuite door open (most of the time she just sits there watching mummy). I used to use a portacot for Eloise and put it up near the tv with some toys and she'd happily stay in there for ages.
How's Nedd today? Hope you get into a paed soon. Oh and :yelclap: to Nedd for the standing ... it all seems to happen so fast.
Beck - :fingerscrossed: that those little teeth pop through soon. How many does Kayley have now?
Michelle - I had a laugh about Abbey's stinky feet. Wait until summer. I shouldn't complain about dh, I was so exhausted this morning (up with Lara for almost 1.5hrs) that he didn't go into work until 10 and let me have a sleep in while he fed the girls.
Mary-anne - Hope you are feeling better. I had a laugh at your reaction to the Aleisha/Michelle argument on BB. Michelle is a shocker. I'm shocking for reality TV too. I've watched all series of BB now, but I am finding it a bit odd to watch this one, because I know Travis. He's a friend of dh's, although we haven't seen him since just before Eloise was born.
Mary - We normally watch ABC kids in the mornings too. If you have a set top box, you will be able to get ABC2 which has more kids shows on between 10am and 3pm (when ABC returns back to the normal ABC). Eloise loves it and Lara gets no choice. Lara is starting to like the Wiggles and the Fairies too, she bops along to the music.
Hi to everyone else. Gotta go, All Saints is on...
Hi LAdies,
Got al the messages, sorry Liv has been sick.
13th is fine for us, we live in North Fitzroy..
We write more tonight.. Have a great day
diesal444
04-07-2007, 08:00
Mornin everyone .........
Michelle - 12cms feet !!!! After that I just had to measure my poo head foot. Its 9cms. Maybe she is going to be short like her daddy!! :laughing: at you brushing teef in kitchen,whist dripping wet from shower and hairy!!!!!!!!..... aahh the joys of it all.
Beck - My DP is a clean freak too. The other day I asked him if he thought the house was untidy... he said yeah kinda.... so I said where??... He pointed to Darcy's play mat with toys... her toy box....another playarea with toys. I wacked him in the arm and said " get used to it honey coz its only gunna get worse".... and cracked up.
sal - Hope you get an appointment quickly for pead and get Nedd sorted out. Yes well the molecular structure of drugs has always fascinated me too.................:D .. Sorry you cant make the 13th. Have a nice time working in sydney with Nedd and you Dad.
Kristin - without sounding peverted.. Hope all went well for you last night.;) GOOD LUCK!!
Sare - oohhh luvvy, You are really having a bad trot. Poor little Lara hope it clears up quickly. Can only imagine how hard it must be with her crawling now to sterilise everything that goes near her mouth. Glad to hear Eloise is a bit better. YOU KNOW TRAVIS???.... I love Travis... He is fantastic. I want him to win so bad. Is he as nice a bloke outside the house?...
Well Not really feeling any better this mornin. Cold dont normaly hang around this long for me in the past so its very frustrating.
I bought a snot sucker thingy for Darcy yesterday and its works a treat. Only thing is......... She screams and howls like someone is strangling her when we try to use it!!!!! Its definitly a 2 person procedure. I tried to tell her its for her own good but she just doesnt listen.....hehe
Well Darc had her longest stint ever last night. I put her down at 7pm and she zonked straight away, and I didnt hear her till 8am this morning!!!... Although I dont know if DP woke her when he got home at 4am this morning. But when I got up to her she was upside down in her cot...up the other end... with her feet ( in her sleeping bag ) vertical with the bars. Now I think about it she was probably awake since her normal 7am but decided she was investigate her cot!!!
Have a great day allxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:wave: everyone!
I'm back!! What a huge couple of weeks we have had here.
So, anyway, I'm back!! You girls have been so, so busy chatting whilst I've been off line! I've been having a quick read of what you've posted each day.
I had planned on doing personals this morning, but I've spent so much time typing out my vent, that my little fellas want my attention now. I'll be back later on. Have a good day!
Sarah
Question: what do you do with bub's whilst you are showering if DH isn't around?
I have a little lady bug play centre thing that Jarvis sits/stands/bounces in!! He loves it! I just put him in there and sit him at the ensuite door. He can still see me, and the boys, and can even watch tv from where he's sitting if he wants too. I have seen a similar thing at Target. It looks like a car. Great investment!! The older boys sit on my bed and watch ABC kids.
Morning everyone
Hope we are all having a great day so far. It is going to be 24/25 here today so we are about to head out for a nice walk and some retail therapy after that. I believe we truely do live in paradise :yes:
Is anyone from Qld going to the brissy parent expo? Bit hard to believe last year we were waiting for our little bundles and this year they are very quickly heading for their 1st birthdays.
I'm going up on saturday as I am on te ABA stand-handing out leaflets I think....10-12. Should be good.
Well my little man decided this morning he wanted to eat out banana pancakes....he wolfed them down. Gee his appetite is growing every day and he is such a good eater. I think he is over his vegemite toast though. He seems to much prefer watching it hit the ground than actually eating it now lol.
Okie I'm off. Have a great day all
Hi girls,
I think I may be spending too much time on the computer. Eloise was playing with her Dora laptop this morning and said, "Mummy I going to send it on ebay" :laughing:
Anyway...
Sarah - Sounds like you had every reason to get angry. Sisters are great, but they can be so inconsiderate too. I love my sister, but there is no way on this earth that I could ever live with her again. I think sending her a letter is a great idea, because you can reflect on your writing and won't say anything that you would regret in the heat of the moment.
Di - Have fun at the expo. The weather sounds lovely where you are. We're about 10-12 deg colder, it's been raining and miserable, but it's nice to just stay at home in this weather.
Mary-anne - :hugs: for you guys still being sick. The snot sucker things are great, but there is no way known on this earth that Lara will let me near her with one (even when there are 2 of us, she still manages to squirm too much). It's been great for Eloise though. I have emailed Kristin (Melb one) about our catch up, so hopefully she and Ryley will be able to make it this time around.
Kristin - Got my :fingerscrossed: for you.
Has anyone heard how Lucy is? It's been a while since we heard from her. What about Marion? Where are you all?
Well touch wood ... it looks like things are finally getting better here. Lara's thrush is better than y'day so hopefully will be all cleared up in a few days. Lara's cold seems to have gone and Eloise is only slightly snotty.
Who's off to the toy sales tomorrow? I'm going to the KMart one with some of my friends from Mother's group. Mainly buying for other people's kids as there really isn't anything that I want for my girls from there. I'm waiting for the Target one, their catalogue is online just no $$$. I can't resist a good toy sale :p
Better go and give my bubba some lunch. She's pretty much refused all solids for the last 5 or 6 days.
Take care...
GeorgiaAnne
04-07-2007, 14:51
Hi chickies,
Been reading just haven't got much to say for myself apart from work and a cute bubba!
Sarah - Gosh, you've gotta love family!? I'm sure a bit of time and distance will help. I couldn't think of anything worse than having family staying.
Sare - Glad your girls are feeling better and the vomiting has stopped.
Kristin - Yay for you and your family ttc, how exciting!
Di - Enjoy the sunshine. It has been pretty nice here as well. Can't wait for summer again.
Mary-anne - lol about dh being a clean freak. Hope he helps with that too. My dh loves the house being spotless but does nothing about it, surprise surprise.
re - shower, I try to have one when she is asleep but if not, I pop her in the highchair wand take her in the bathroom with me, she thinks it is very fun and sings me songs.
Well my little girl is now 'kissing' in response to my kisses andd is waving, Very Cute!! She is lovely compant atm. She slept through last nigt for the first time since was in hospital, which is nice. Either that or I didn't wake up lol :shame:
We are not using contraception so I guess you couldd say we are ttc kinda but i'm hesitant about getting pg atm due to bubba being born b/w March and June as they would be either young or old at school. Is that silly of me? Not sure?
Soooo who's going to the KMart Toy Sale tomorrow? I'm considering calling in sick so I can :laughing: My how our lives have changed, that it should be such an exciting event in our calendars! Not sure though if I should just wait for the Target one...either way I'm sure to be whacking a bunch of stuff on layby for Jet's 1st Birthday and for Christmas...especially with this Christmas being a lot more interesting for both him and my nephew this year (they were both a bit too little last year).
Just have to decide what to buy! DH wants to get a tricycle (Insert rolleyes smiley here!) - god knows where we would put it, living in a unit, and Jet can't even walk yet let alone ride a trike! Any ideas? what's everyone else getting? :detective:
Georgia - so cute that Miss October is waving and kissing! I was born end of July and just made the cutoff so I was 'young' at school (almost a year younger than most ppl in my year) and I did OK. I wouldn't stress too much about it...I felt more sorry for friends who were born in December and were older than everyone else (17 months older than me!).
Sare - LOL at Eloise and eBay, maybe you can put her to work for you selling stuff! :laughing: So sorry to hear about poor little Lara, hope she recovers really fast and glad to hear Eloise is on the mend.
Di - I reckon Jet would wolf down banana pancakes too, he has such a sweet tooth! Maybe I can try those on the weekend...
Sarah - sorry that you had such a foul time with your sister. Good riddance that she went to sponge off your mum instead, bet you were glad she was gone. Don't have a sister myself but my 2 SIL's are the evillest meanest b1tches on the planet and have caused DH to be estranged from his mum (long story) which means Jet won't know that side of the family. Not that he's missing much! but it's still not nice.
MaryAnne - Jet hates the snot sucker too, you'd think it hurt or something the way he carries on. That's awesome about Darcy's great sleeping - very handy, right in time for you to go back to work, you poor thing. Working sucks, but what can we do? Just live for the weekends...
Kristin - good luck TTC, hope you get your BFP really fast!
Michelle - lucky our bubs adore us anyway, hairy legs and all! Abbey has huge feet, who's the tall one you or the ex? or both of you?
Sal - hope Nedd's breathing gets better soon, when are you coming to Sydney next, shall we arrange a meetup? Would love to meet you...
Hopefully Jet will have another good night tonight...this week he's been sleeping through, with just one quick wakeup at 4am when he guzzles a bottle and goes right back to sleep. Then he doesn't want milk again at 6-7, so I guess that's his morning feed! Now if only I could get him to stretch it back out to sleeping till 5 or 6 or 7...
Abbey has been eating banana pikelets as roaming food, she likes to stash chunks around her toy house and graze later. I always think I've collected them all, but she always manages to find some! Jolly good thing i vaccuum every 2nd day and its not ant season!
re expo - yep, ill be there on saturday. I was going to leave abbey with a friend, but with travelling and expoing time, i will be gone too long, and they dont know how to get her to sleep. The also refuse to come here to babysit so no chance abbey will self settle. So she will come with me and we will indulge in some PRAM-RAGE! All those samples belong to me! Mwah ha ha!
Perhaps I'll stop by the ABA stand Di, and you can admire my cleavage from a professional viewpoint.
I'm going to the Kmart & BigW sales this week, I will inevitably pop into the Target one next fortnight. I'm getting her a ride on for her birthday, and a bouncy zebra for xmas. As well as numerous impulse choices of course! Gotta love xmas laybys. It was only a couple months ago i unpacked the last of the toys from last xmas. Not that i get a great deal, i just get a range of age/development suitable ones and tuck them away until she can use them.
Oh guess who stood independently tonight? Was holding on to the couch with one hand, biscuit in the other, and let go. Just stood there eating her biscuit calmly, correcting wobbles all by herself, while mummy was watching agog. Stood for about 30 seconds before i accidentally (perhaps on purpose) pushed her back into the couch. I didnt mean to, not really really, i was just hovering and my balance isnt as good as hers!
Georgia - ive been trying to teach abbey waving, and blowing kisses, but all ive managed yet is spit bubbles, so well done! Ive been trying to teach her 'some for mummy' too, but she just thinks im lame and tries to grab my teeth. I was a youngy at school too, graduated when i was still 15, but it was fine. If anything i felt held back by the curriculum insisting i shouldnt be able to read! It meant i had extra time to either get a jump start on career or bum around uni. Obviously i chose the latter!
doh abbeys awake, even tho she only just went down. Remember when they slept so long we fretted about waking them for a feed? Oh, those were the days.
Oh Sarah - your sister is way out of line and writing her a letter is an excellent idea. Im sure you have some choice phrases to use, which we are all probably thinking too.
hello
just wanted to jump on and say hello and see how everyone is going
we are all snotty here and it seems we are not alone
but getting we are better montanah has here appointment on monday :fingerscrossed:
and tiarrah (dd2) turns 5 on friday then has her birthday party at hungry jacks on saturday with my mum and mil coming up for it
well i dont have much else to say so i will
good night
Hi all :waves:
Nice new thread :D
I have some interesting news ladies...
I got a BFP yesterday :eek:
Now is the time to reassure me, lmao!
SalTheGal
05-07-2007, 08:02
Wow Pam, thats awesome (isn't it?!?!?)
Were you trying? I am very jealous! It wil be fantastic for you and little Olivia- she'll have her very own playmate.
Congrats!!!! :smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance:
Yep, it's awesome, but no, we weren't trying, hence the :eek:!
Thanks for the congrats :D At least I get to buy more nappies now, lmao.
Morning all :wave:
I'm at home sick today. I'm just soooo tired, and ache all over. Spent an hour agonising over whether to keep Jet here with me or take him to daycare, and decided on the latter so I could try to get some sleep. Although I feel so bl00dy guilty about it, and miss him like crazy, especially since he was in such a cute & happy mood this morning, and positively beaming! but I would have gotten no rest with him here...
Wow Congratulations Pam!!!! I think? :laughing: it sounds like this was a surprise, or were you TTC? (ETA you posted when I did LOL - well congrats anyway!!!)
Speaking of TTC, I think I'm ovulating (TMI Warning) if last nights libido and this mornings eggwhite CM was anything to go by! :eek: so I wonder if that means AF will return soon...shame we aren't ready to try for number 2 yet.
Michelle the bouncy zebra sounds interesting! I didn't see that in the Kmart catalogue, or is it at BigW? We're also just unpacking toys from last year, I did the same thing (bought toys for various stages and put them away).
OK off to have a Nanna Nap and make the most of my child-free morning at home...:sleeping:
Ooh Kimba, sounds like ovulation to me... it is so evil that just as you are ovulating the libido spikes... well, it's evil if you are not TTC! I know spot on when I ovulate *insert rolly eyes smiley here*... I just miscalculted the wait time... I knew as soon as I looked at the calendar after we did the deed that it was hightly, highly likely.
Hope you are feeling better soon hun.
GeorgiaAnne
05-07-2007, 09:25
Yipeeeee Pammy!!!!!:yelclap: :party: that is very exciting big congrats from me and sloppy kisses from Sophia.
Had you had your af back yet? (obviously not this month though)
Yep, I got AF back 3 months pp, thanks to Olivia sleeping through... pity she stopped, and now feeds 3 times overnight :banghead: :D
GeorgiaAnne
05-07-2007, 09:45
Oh I see. Sophia has been sleeping through since 10 weeks, apart from a few breaks due to illness, and I still haven't got mine back and I would be quite happy to be pg :yes:
It's funny how our bodies are all different. Olivia needs to feed quiet frequently, and I think to keep AF off for longer I would have had to not had a dummy and co-sleep all the time. Oh well :D Hope you get your BFP soon Georgia :D
GeorgiaAnne
05-07-2007, 10:19
Yeah, same here, Sophia is still having 7 or 8 feeds a day. I've been wondering when she'll drop one as she is having 3 meals a day and snacks!:confused:
:wave:
Pam - WOW!! Congratulations!!! How exciting....and scary, lol! You'll be fine - we only get thrown what we can deal with! Friends of ours had a baby girl last week, and my close girlfriend told me she was 6 weeks pregnant last week. All this baby talk and pregnancies is making me clucky!!
Kimba - How miserable for you. I hate being sick - I guess most people do, lol!! You made the right decision to send Jet to care today. At least you can have some quiet time for yourself to help aid your recovery. Here's hoping you feel better really soon.
I've been off to the myotherapist this morning. Ouch!! She has really done some work today, lol! I hope I don't wake up too achey tomorrow!
Michelle - How clever of little Abbey to stand unaided!!
Is there any other babies still out there with no teeth?? Jarvis is yet to have any come through...
Re: Banana pancakes - I tried Jarvis on normal pancakes on Tuesday and he wasn't keen at all! I even put a bit of vegemite on it for him, but he didn't want anything to do with it :confused: We all love them, so I guess he will just miss out next time, lol!! Stupid question - Do you make the banana ones the same way but just add banana??
My mum and I are taking the boys and my nephew to an indoor play centre tomorrow. I'll get to spend some time with my nephew before my sis takes him back to QLD tomorrow night.
Anyway, I hear Jarvis awake now, best be off!
Have a good day everyone,
Sarah
Hi All
Just a quick hello as I have some cleaning to do - just got back from mothers group. I am still snotty and headachey - it got a bit better for a couple of days but downhill again - stupid melbourne weather!
Pam - congratulations on falling pregnant!
Georgia - I am still feeding that much too. I thought my AF may have come back in March for 1.5 days but nothing since but I was not regular anyway so who knows. I was feeling a bit sick lately but it would have to be a miracle if we were pg again as there really hasn't been much action here!!
Well DH has just go home and I don't want to appear like I have been on here all day so I gotta go.
~Kristin~
05-07-2007, 17:28
Pam - Congrats honey!!!! :smiliedance: I hope this is the month for me too!!!!
Kimba - Sounds like ovulation to me, what you described is exactly what I was told to watch for so I know when I'm ovulating as my cycle is so irregular.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhh, whingey bub needs mummy, will try to BBL..........
GeorgiaAnne
05-07-2007, 17:47
HA HA, Kimba'll get pg and i'll win the bet :devil6::laughing:
Hi guys,
Pam - Congratulations. Awesome news about your BFP. Hope you have a happy and healthy pg. So when are you due?
Kimba - Sounds positive ... if only you were trying now hey? Still no AF here either. Hope you feel better soon and got lots of rest without having to worry about Jet.
Beck - I've gone back to be all snotty again too, but I feel ok. I think it must be the weather down here - it was bl00dy freezing today.
Sarah - Have fun at the play centre tomorrow.
Anyone brave the toy sales today? I did, I remember now why I hate them. I hate bustling a pram through the shops and lining up for ages in layby. I ended up buying getting all that I wanted (had Lara in the baby bjorn and filled the pram, but I only bought a few stocking fillers for the girls) but the layby queue was so long that I decided to just buy it all. Now I have to find somewhere to store it for the next 5.5 months to keep prying eyes and hands away ;) I've decided what to get Lara for Christmas, one of those talking teddies that tells stories. They're in the Target catalogue. We've got so many ride on thingies and 1 yr old toys that I wanted to get something totally different to what we already have.
We're off to see The Fairies tomorrow... Eloise has no idea. I'm not a huge Harmony and Rhapsody fan but she just loves them. I want to know how I ended up with such a girly-girl? :laughing:
Night girls...
diesal444
06-07-2007, 07:34
Mornin all....
Can you believe I am still a bit snotty...!! Its been like a week. I am well and truly over it!
Firstly.........
Pam - A big congratulations to you.:yelclap: . Hope you have a trouble free, easy pregnancy.
Sare - I had to laugh with Eloise sending things off to Ebay. Next she'll be posting on Bub hub!!:laughing:
Georgia - awww.. How sweet with Sophia kissing and waving.
Kimba - I braved the toy sale yesterday but only lasted an hour. The queue for layby went round half the shop and there was no way I was lining up. Just bought what i really wanted then and there and maybe I go today and have a proper look and layby the rest.
Michelle - :smiliedance: on Abbey standing alone. Silly mummy coming to knock her balance. Must try banana pikelets !!
Lesley - happybirthday ... to DD2 Tiarrah!!
Beck - I agree Melbourne weather is the pits !!.... That link for the playcentre.... I couldnt open it. If you know the address can you send it so I can work out how to get there....lol....
Well I had a real whinger on my hands yesterday, and it drove me insane. When ya dont feel that well yourself, everything seems worse than it is I guess.
Something kinda funny happened yesterday afternoon. It made me think how thoughtless I probably was to people with kids beofre I had Darcy.
My friend from work rang me about 5.30 last night and asked me if I wanted to go out for dinner with him and a few friends from work. I sorta hummed and ahhhhed coz both Darc and I arent 100%. He reassured me we would be inside and it would be warm etc.... so as I was contemplating going, I asked him what time I should meet them there. He said.... " we have a booking for 8.30pm "!!!!!!!!.........I then proceeded to tell him Darc is in bed no later then 7.30-8pm. When I got off the phone I realised that I had probably dont the same thing before I had kids, asking parents to come out with their kids till whatever hour, and not really understanding why they always said no....
Sorry that was a bit long winded, but it really made me look at myself and have a better understanding of ALL parenting styles.
Can I just say, I really love my morning and nighttime routine, it so works for us at the moment. Any time after 12 till about 6pm is totally " whatever" time in our household and we make our plans around them hours. It kinda sounds structured in a way but it really has its benefits for us.
Ok think I have Cr@pped on for long enough about nothing... Have a great day all and enjoy the weekend......xxxxxxxxx
SalTheGal
06-07-2007, 08:04
Morning all, super busy here so won't be long.
But just wanted to pop in and say hi! I am busy packing as me and my Dad (and Nedd of course) are off to sydney on sun, but before that we are heading to visit bro/sil/nephews and nieces for the weekend. Its the same town as Inlaws too so will be seeing them aswell.
I have had to juggle them all over the weekend, with time slots for each family so no one cracks it cause they aren't getting enough time! So will be a very busy weekend.
Then off to syd for training for work. Syd girls- I'd love to catch up but will be flat stick for most of the week, 8.30 to 5 days. Thus it probably won't happen. Besides I will be out in north ryde which is probably not close to anyone, if it is- let me know and maybe I can get out early one day if I'm really good or something!
Nedd is so so in the sleeping department. Cracked it big time this morning at 4am, so decided to give him a bottle, he went straight back to sleep. Now question: he is on three 240mls a day- would you count that as one of those bottles- or give him extra? I gave him breakky when he woke at 8am, but might give him an extra one before his morning nap.
Had his 8mnth check up yesterday, he wieghed in at 10.5kg :eek: litlle buddha!!
And Nedd has been "sharing" things for a little while now. Giving, and then taking.........apparently he is doing that quite early.
back in a tic
SalTheGal
06-07-2007, 08:07
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Nedd just wanted to say hellp to all his bubhub buddies :wave:
SalTheGal
06-07-2007, 08:12
So anyway, I have deposited him back on the floor...........he has now discovered crawling over to me and clawing at my legs to try and pull up, grrr I can see this is going to wear thin very quickly!!
Who doesn't sterilise anymore? I am not taking me steriliser to syd, and am paranoid Nedd will catch something, stupid I know!
Oh and MCHN told me I should be starting to get Nedd used to having his teeth cleaned- anyone else doing this yet, I hadn't even thought of it!
Ok I seriuosly better try go pack, stay safe everyone, I'll have my trusty computer with me in syd- but won't get a chance to get online again till sun night when I get there.
Have a great weekend, sorry I haven't had time enough for personals. :wave:
GeorgiaAnne
06-07-2007, 08:20
:wave:
Sal - That is early for sharing, what a sweetie pie! Yeah, North Ryde is ages away from me. I'm smack bang in the city so i'll pm you my # if you make it out of Ryde, give us a ring!
Mary-anne - lol about the dinner! We quite like going out late though as Sophia will sleep in her stroller and we can relax and have a good ol' catch up.
Sare - Those toy sales sound scary, the talking bear sounds cute though. Although, those things can wind me up a bit if they are in an American accent. I bought a talking phone thingy for Sophia and it says lots of cheesy things ummm what's my point?? Not sure
Well my libido is up too atm so maybe it's time ;) I feel so reaady to be pg again and i'm feeling jealous when I see pg women as i'm soo looking forward to it! Am I crazy or what!! I'm sure you could scroll through my old posts last year when I was saying " I'M SO OVER THIS!!!" Lucky memories are short.
Oh, my poor gf, she has her wedding tomorrow and she has picked up the gastro bug going around and is sick as a dog. Can you imagine? What a nightmare
Morning all,
Still not 100%, so I'm home again today. Kept Jet home with me too, because I miss him and feel guilty taking him to daycare when I'm home :o That said I did have a lovely 4 hour Nanna Nap yesterday and felt much better for it - so much so that we also braved KMart last night and it wasn't too bad! although our local KMart sucks and didn't have everything I wanted to look at.
The FP bouncing Zebra was cool but would take up too much room in our little apartment :( so we laybyed a Giraffe rocker, a pop up tent/playhouse and a little firetruck for Jet's birthday; plus a tricycle (DH insisted!), a xylophone and an inflatable pool with balls for Christmas, and a toy mower/ brushcutter set for my nephew.
And for now I brought home an inflatable turtle (you know the kind that has a weighted base and you can knock it down, and pops back up?) and some stacking cups. Still want to get some DVDs for both Jet and my nephew but I'll go back another time.
I'm going to go and check out BigW too, because I really want to get Jet a big set of blocks and KMart didn't have any that I could see...
Oops my little poo-head is grizzling - he's meant to be napping, but I just went in and he'd done a HUGE STINKY poo :barf: so I changed him but now he's refusing to sleep. BBL when I get him settled!
Take 3 on the nap...this time he was standing up in his sleeping bag, banging on the top of his aquarium, and grinning at me. So cheeky! Can't help laughing at him.
Georgia - you're so lucky that Sophia will sleep in her stroller if you go out. Jet just gets noisier and crankier the more tired he gets (hence no late night shopping for us last night). And no way am I letting DH near me right now, so our bet is still safe LOL. I'll even raise you $50 that you get pg before I do ;) Your poor gf I can't imagine anything worse, gastro on your wedding day...tell her to take lots of Immodium or Lomotil!
Sal - LOL at the clawing your legs - get used to it! Seems like I've always got a little monkey trying to climb up me. Mind you once he's up, I don't know what he wants, he just wriggles and leans away from me, sigh, I think he's just using me to get to more interesting things :laughing: That's so cute about Nedd sharing. Enjoy your trip and if you do make it into the city let us know (I'm in the city too).
OH and re: bottles, I have no idea, was wondering about that myself. Jet's been having an overnight (4am) bottle too but then he usually doesn't want any later (6-7am) then has 180-200ml bottles at 10, 2 and bedtime, but still doesn't drink more than 800ml in a day so I guess that's all right...???
:banghead: Jet is still grizzling - BBL for the rest of personals, if I can get him to sleep!!!
[QUOTE=SalTheGal;1667834]Who doesn't sterilise anymore?... teeth cleaned- anyone else doing this yet, I hadn't even thought of it!QUOTE]
Haven't sterilised for ages and ages. She spends all day on the floor, touching things, tasting things, even doing obscene things to the bedknobs...no point sterilising!
Teeth cleaning - yep, i do this. I started out when washing her face after food i would say "teeth", and rub her teeth with the washer. Now i have bought 3 - yes THREE baby toothbrushes. She lies on her back across my lap, and i brush her teeth with my toothbrush. She waves her 2 around, puts them in her mouth, swaps with mine...and then i let her chew on them for another 20 minutes or so. I only use toothbrushes at night before bed, during the day its a quick swipe with the washer still.
Oh, we need 3 spoons to eat food too - you should see my cutlery drawer. I bought a couple packs of those take'n'toss coloured plastic spoons (10 for $5) since we need so many.
Seems so many of us are ovulating at the moment, very weird. Imagine if we all got together during ovulation time. It would be a bunch of randy women!:laughing:
Congrats Pam on your BFP!
GeorgiaAnne
06-07-2007, 08:55
lol Michelle at us all ovulating at the same time. I was on the pill forever so I don't think i've ever had a proper cycle but I think my dh is enjoying it!
re: stroller sleeping, it takes a while to get her to sleep but it is well worth the effort!
:fingerscrossed: gave him some bonjela, brauers calm and hylands teething tablets so hopefully that does the trick.
Sal - forgot re: sterilising. I only sterilise anything that has milk in it. Don't bother with food containers/ bowls/ utensils/ toys.
Maryanne - hope you're feeling better. I know what you mean about not understanding parents until you had a child of your own, I had no idea! Our routine is similar to yours. Jet has a short sleep around 9-10am and a longer one after lunch, from around 12.30pm. So if we're heading out anywhere we usually plan it for 10-12 or in the afternoons from 2-5.30. We have to be home by 6 though, or Jet gets really hungry tired and cranky! his bedtime is usually around 6.30pm.
Sare - I think the toy sales are worse in the daytime, we went last night around 4.30-6pm and it wasn't too bad, only a few people at layby. Do you have any suggestions for 1-2 year old toys??? I have no idea what Jet's going to be into over the next 12 months, just hope I'm making the right guesses. I wanted to get him one of those 2-in-1 push walker/ ride on things, but not sure how much use he'll get out of it.
Kristin - good luck TTC. My cycle was irregular too and still hasn't returned post-partum so who knows what it'll be like when it does...
Beck - hope you and kayley both feel better soon. Had to laugh at you not wanting to be online when DH got home, I do the same - don't want him thinking I've been on all day (not that there's anything wrong with that every now and then! LOL)
Sarah - yep just add chopped banana to the regular ones. Hope you have a nice time playing with the boys and your nephew!
Pam - so when are you due??? Isn't it strange how our bodies work, I expected AF back ages ago especially as I haven't BF Jet for almost a month now (:(). And yeah the libido spike is evil but I guess it's there for a reason otherwise some of us would never procreate! :laughing:
ETA: Michelle - LOL at us being in synch with ovulation I wonder is this natures way of getting us to stick together through another pregnancy :laughing:. I've got to find the baby toothbrushing set that someone gave us and start on Jet. I've noticed that his breath isn't as 'sweet' as it used to be - has anyone else noticed this??? I wonder if it's from getting teeth, or from eating solids, or both.
Olivia's breath has never been sweet Kimba - with the reflux she always smells like vommit... Noice.
I am due around the 9th March :eek: I am seriously looking into a homebirth - I don't want a re-run of being treated like **** and being out of control like with Olivia's birth. It is just so confusing, as there is not much info out there - and it will cost all of the baby bonus!
I don't sterilise anything... Bad mummy, lol. I even let Olivia lick the floor - well, how can you stop them? LMAO.
Kimba, Olivia sounds like Jet, she won't sleep in the pram when we are out - I am so jelous of all those mums whose babies are zonked out in the pram... Olivia just whines and screams until she is picked up. Moslty I just use the sling now, or take it as back up (and it always gets used).
happy 5th birthday tiarrah and shakyah
hi everyone have only skimmed through i know bad bub hubber i am
i still steralise well dummys any way bottle only if dh dose it
we ahd a call from the hospital this morning they have changed montanahs appointment from 7.15am till 12.30 so she has to fast from 7am what fun thats going to be i can tell you it takes us just over an hour to get there with a hungry bubba good luck to us is all i can say
rant
my dumb sil bought her 4y old shakayah a horse for her birthday witch is also today then called tiarrah and raved on about it so now tiarrah has gone off with the ****s and wont enjoy her birthday
over
take care all
congrats on the :bfp: by the way
:banghead: why can't my baby understand that I did him a favour by keeping him home with me today, to have a nice day together??? and that when mummy's sick he has to play nice? :p
So far he's refused his morning nap (slept about 15min, if that, and only after ages of grizzling), thrown everything I've given him to eat all over me and onto the floor, and is now refusing to go down for his afternoon nap which is the one he always goes down like a dream for.
I was planning to take him to BigW this arvo but there's no way I'm taking him anywhere on no sleep. He'll just grizzle and yell and drive me nuts :banghead:
Kimba: sorry you're having a bad day. Adam only had a 1/2 hour sleep yesterday morning and then I had to nurse him all day. He finally crashed at 4.30pm had an hour. Went back at 6.30pm and alept until 6am. so, I'm not complaining.:thumbsup:
Today he has slept more than being awake. i think his teeth are making him want to sleep. His rash is back on his cheek and you can almost see his tooth growing as the days go on. Poor little mite. :angel:
Atleast he isn't grumpy i guess. just cuddly when awake.
Re pram sleeping: Adam will often nod off if we are out and about. Then I look like a looney walking along talking to myself ha ha. I think he does it for that reason and that reason only.
Of course on the days I want him to sleep he is usually too nosey and spends the whole journey checking everything out.
We all know they are way cleverer than us. I told dh this morning that they start off super clever and get sillier as they get older. Why would you want to learn to move on your own and not be carried; hold your own bottle instead of someone doing it for you, dress yourself, etc etc.
Anyway enough Bulls**t from me for now. A certain person id using his new tooth on my leg so I guess he would like me to pick him up.
Hugs & kisses to all
Hey All
I thought I was going to have to pick Kayley up but all has gone quiet again so I guess she is asleep again - only problem is it is getting a bit late now. If she sleeps for much longer it will effect night time going down. The bugger took 1.5 hours to go to sleep last night - actually every sleep has been a hassle recently - I think it is her teeth again.
Well I have had my hair cut and coloured today - finally free of that daggy regrowth!! I would feel like a million $$ if I didn't have a pumping headache. Just had another Lemsip - when will this go away!!!
As for the sales, I would like to go but haven't got there yet. There are a few things I am after. A tickle me Elmo (I can't help myself); A Fisher Price amazing animals train; some Elmo DVD's (as I can't get anything for Ollie he will have to do); and a glow in the dark care bear. I like the idea of the Ball Pit Kimba - was that from KMart? I also like those plastic outdoors climbing thingy's and the sand/water tables for xmas time but don't want to spend a fortune now!!
I can't believe all these ovulating women! It is a bit scarey that we are getting pregnancies now! I loved the time I had Kayley and if I can convince DH for #2 one day I would probably like another around the same time. Although I alway senjoyed having a March birthday so who knows. I will have to get this little munchkin to learn to sleep before we can even entertain the idea though!!
As for sterilising. I only sterilise bottles now. Everything else just gets washed. Kayley also puts all sorts of things in her mouth but I am not in a big hurry to stop her I think some germs are good for them.....except I am waiting for the big dog poo one day - ewwwww.
Actually talking about poo - Kayley did a poo-splosion today - first one for ages. I forgot how horrid they are and applaud all the full time cloth nappy mummas.
Gotta run. Have a good weekend everyone.
Hi all,
Just a quick one... we went to see the Fairies today. I didn't tell Eloise where we were going so she got a nice surprise when we arrived there. Both of the girls loved it. It was more expensive than the Wiggles and no where near as good (bad lip syncing). Monday is Disney on Ice and then a break on concerts for the girls until Christmas when we go and see the Wiggles again. I bought some tickets to see Crowded House for DH and I today. I've always loved their music, but have never seen them live (saw Neil Finn when he did the ENZSO tour, which was awesome) I can't wait :smiliedance:
re sterilizing - We're still sterilizing dummies, esp now Lara has thrush. I don't bother with anything else.
I went back to KMart today to get the things I missed out on yesterday and ended up getting quite a bit for Eloise for her birthday and Christmas. I've got nothing yet for Lara, but I have my eye on the FP Amazing Animal Farm cart. She has the train and she just loves it. I have a ticket to the mattell sale next Thursday, so I am hoping to get a few FP bargains there.
Kimba, Mary-anne and Beck - Hope you are all on the mend. Colds are the only pitfalls to winter (I love winter).
re teeth cleaning - Bad mummy here. I haven't started yet. Must start soon.
re toys that Eloise enjoyed b/w 1 and 2 - The FP laugh and learn home, it is the best toy that we have bought. She still uses it now and Lara's just started playing with it too. FP corn popper ride - another toy that she got for her 1st b'day and still enjoys playing with. FP Little People. Musical instruments. Hope that helps Kimba.
Off to watch BB FNL tonight. Mary-anne, Travis is a nice guy. He's really funny. I can't remember him using all the rhyming slang that he has been using in the house though, but it's been a while since I last saw him. He's pretty much you get what you see.
It's freezing down here at the moment. I hope it's a bit warmer tomorrow, as we're off to the 'G to watch the footy. I think we'll all be wearing many layers :yes:
So much for being a quick post ... at least I type relatively fast.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend (have fun in Sydney Sal)
~Kristin~
06-07-2007, 17:33
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just wrote a mammoth post, all personals, was about to type my bit on, then Isabella turned off my puter......:banghead:
Too much to do tonight to redo the whole thing, have a girlfriend and her 14month old coming to stay for the weekend, and DP is going away camping at his parents property with the boys. Just lucky that was was supposed to have ovualated sometime over the last day of so, otherwise I wouldn't be letting him out of the house! :p
Brushing teeth - I've been letting Bella play with a toothbrush since she cut teeth, and a try to get in there and brush them at night, just with water, but we don't always have success.
Sterilising - Too much floor, wall, window licking going on around here nowdays for me to bother with it anymore. I just give everything a really good hot wash and then tip soem boiled water over it all.
Toy sales - I've been banned by DP from going anywhere near any sales, we have a new rainwater tank coming that has blown the budget this month (and probably the next couple), and I think operation make-a-baby has also got him a little cautious with $$$, so I'm not going to push him.
Sharing - Isabella has been sharing for about a month now too. Its so cute, but kinda messy when you get a sloppy piece of toast jammed into your face.
Isabella - She has been following me around all day saying Mum, Mum, Mummmmmm, sooooo adorable, but I think daddy is a little put out as it is usually all dad dad dad. :D She has taken a step across to me a few times, but is yet to brave anything without someone holding her hand.
Well, I better go and finish freezing up the roast pork and vege mix I made up today for Bella, the little piglet loves it (and any other food) and is emptying my pantry lately!!!
Have a great night all!
Well BigW didn't have anything I wanted, but I stocked up on some bigger sized bonds singlets/ socks/ raglan T's for Jet, they're my faves and our local sucky Kmart doesn't stock them. I did get a few board books for him as well - can't help myself when I see books on sale!
Sare thanks heaps for the suggestions. Mum is getting the Laugh and Learn house for Jet's bday (I think!?) and I was actually eyeing off the FP corn popper ride-on today...I really want to get a little ride-on for Jet that he can use indoors...you've swayed me even more now, although DH will freak! LOL.
Kristin - yay on the mum, mum, mum, it's very cute! makes you feel pretty good huh :D
Beck - Nice work on the hair, hope your headache is gone soon! I love the TMX Elmo too, but not getting one for Jet as my nephew got one last Xmas and even now neither of them find it remotely interesting! :eek: I think maybe it's one of those toys that adults get more out of than kids (not that there's anything wrong with that! heh).
Di - thanks...I wish teething made Jet sleep, and I wish he was cuddly! when he's tired and cranky he just gets all frustrated and confused, like he wants to get up, but then doesn't want to be held and just reaches and twists for everything, or wants to get put down again, then wants to get up again...
On that note, can I just say how much I miss my 'baby' at the moment...he's so independent lately! and since stopping BFing I almost never get any snuggles. He doesn't even want his bottles in my arms, would rather have them in bed (blame Daddy and daycare for getting him into that habit!). I really miss the morning snuggles in bed, especially. Now if I bring him to bed, he just makes a beeline for the sides, or tries to chew the metal headboard (which is flaking paint, so I'd rather he didn't!). No wonder people are always so keen for baby number 2...
Thank the lord for nasal drops for babies...
Sam is sick AGAIN and I have a report due today that isn't finished. Needless to say, I have to work tomorrow to finish it before I fly to Sydney on Sunday for a course (sigh). Luckily I love my baby and the job! It will all work out (I just won't sleep ever again) :D
We got a call from creche this afternoon to pick bubby up as he had a fever. He slept very badly last night, so I wasn't surprised. Took him to an absolute w*nker of a doctor and then saw the lovely pharmacist for some drugs. I am SO TIRED. I WANT TO SLEEEEEEP but I can't because I have work to do.
Anyhow;
Pam - CONGRATS! :smiliedance: I am kinda jealous. I want another one but I don't want the horrible pregnancy and the lack of sleep all over again. I am :fingerscrossed: it is all smooth sailing for you.
Toys - I got Sam a ride-on thingy, a swing and a semi-cubby play thingy. I am hopeless when it comes to toys! My sister gave me heaps of stuff, so Sam doesn't need much. Might buy him some clothes for next winter whilst they are on sale though.
Well; better get my bum to the dining table so I can punch numbers on my laptop...yay (not). I miss talking to you guys! :(
:wave: everyone,
We've had a great day today! This morning we all helped clean my car, lol! Got out with the paper towel whilst it was raining and washed over my windows, lol, then we vacuumed. This afternoon, we took the boys to the playcentre. It was so much fun!! I got such a workout, climbing, running, etc. They should really put those sort of play structures in at the gym! A quick, thorough workout, while having a great time, lol!! Jarvis has a great time too, jumping on the jumping castle!!
My poor little Jarvis has the nastiest nappy rash atm. It's his first one :thumbsdown: He has had loose bowels for the last couple of days, and each nappy seems to contain more...Hopefully with all the sudocrem and desitin I'm putting on it, it will clear within the next day or two....it's really not nice.
I had a call from my best friend today - she rang to tell me she did a pregnancy test today, and she got a :bfp: !! I'm so excited for her. Makes her due early March. This will be her 3rd - Her first 'solo' pregnancy though (We have been pregnant within a month of each other for her DD1 and DS1 and my DS2 and DS3!) I'm hoping it will stick as she has had a couple of miscarriages along the way. So, now my two closest girlfriends are pregnant - So jealous!! Hopefully it will be our turn TTC very soon!
Re: Toy Sales - I've decided not to bother this year. I've gone the last couple of years and gone absolutely crazy with the spending, only to find that by the time Christmas/Brithdays come round, the kids are no longer into the stuff, or their too past it, iykwim? And considering there are always so many sales further on in the year, I'm just going to wait.
Re: Sterilising - I only do toys, once a week.
Re: Ovulating - AF still hasn't made the return yet here either! I have a feeling that I was ovulating last week, so now I'm just waiting. If she doesn't turn up, I guess I'm wrong. We'll see though.
Quick question for the Queensland girls - We are looking at buying a house in the not too distance future. We are currently living in Vic, so have no idea about suburbs/towns, etc up there. Can anyone tell me anything about Tannum Sands/Rockhampton/Gladstone? Or can anyone recommend anywhere that's really nice and easily accessible?
DS1 is hounding me to watch FNL with him, and as I promised, I'd better go! (Think I'll even be nice and share a block of choccie with him)
I'll be back in tomorrow for the rest of personals. have a great night everyone.
KIMBA: Wow, just had a look at some of your pics.. Jet is sooo cute!
Just wondering.. The meet on the 13th, what are the details for this?
How is everyone doing?
All is well here.. Have had a tiring few days with Liv.
Not having daytime sleeps, and waking every 2 hours at or so over night.. Reall thought these days had passed:gloomy:
Have been furniture shopping all week, and to be honest I don't find it fun at all.. Thats for all the furniture shop advid, finally found some couches htat I like at Dare..
Anyways had better get to bed before Livie wakes again.
Night all...
wow it has been so busy here today
i didntlike anything in either of the toy sales i am looking at a ride in care eletric on for xmas for montanah but that is it so far
mil was sposeto come down this afternoon pomised tiarrah she would be here for her birthday for a year now and went to leave and her car brroke down so her dad said she could take his and she is still up there and is not coming till tomorrow now as much as i love not having her here i am pi**ed for tiarrah more than anything but no doubt she will make **** in the week she is here
well i am off to bed now
take care all
GeorgiaAnne
06-07-2007, 21:37
ummm Sarah ... Friend pg + husband home + ovulating + pg at same time as friend = :bfp: ;)
ummm Sarah ... Friend pg + husband home + ovulating + pg at same time as friend = :bfp: ;)
:laughing: :laughing: It's quite funny you say this....She had a dream that the next time DH is home that we do fall pregnant - with a girl!!
Wow wow all this talking about pregnancy is making me a bit clucky again but nothing will be happening here.
Had a conversation with DH last night which I ended up in tears. He said he loves Kayley and he knows he is being selfish but he really isn't enjoying fatherhood too much at the moment and still does not want another one. It was hard to hear but I am glad he was being honest and it is not really a surprise. I think he will be a great dad with kids just not really liking hte baby stage. He doesn't really enjoy how his life has changed and he can't do everything he wants at any time and feels he is falling away from his friends (which is true). Also being a clean freak it does bother him a bit that our house is less immaculate these days!
He did say to ask him again in another 6 - 12 months though. I was pretty clear that I think I do want another one though (not just yet either) and that my life had changed a lot more than his (what life!!). I told him that he doesn't want to make me choose one day!
I think it upset me a little as I am doing all the work (not that I think he really comprehends how much I am actually doing) and it is hard but it is so rewarding to me it is worth the pain. It sounded like he was not so sure. He did say he loved his daughter very much though but he just has trouble doing anything with her (and is sick of the kids channels). Are women just naturally more giving and less selfish??
We are looking at moving to SA at some point which will be closer to my family and also one of his best friends who now lives over there who has 3 kids. I also have old school friends in the same stage (having kids) and I think it may be a lot easier there because we have people in the same stage - but I will miss Melbourne mums!! It is probably a while away though as we are looking to build.
Anyway I have rambled enough for now! I better go.
Oakie Doke, I'm back for personals!
Re: The whole Elmo thing, lol - We have almost every Elmo imaginable, lol, and yeah, they get old really quick with the kids! I now just have a lovely little display of Elmo's standing/sitting in the corner of Tallan's bedroom.
M/Georgia: I can't wait to go furniture shopping for our new house!! I love wandering the shops, etc. Actually, I love shopping of all kinds, lol! As long as I'm spending money, I'm happy, lol!
Jen: Hugs for Sam, hope he's feeling better really soon. Oh, and I hope you were able to get your report done!
Kimba: I'm the same with books too! The boys absolutely love me reading to them, and we have some books that they are now actually 'reading' to me! I got Jarvis a Baby Einstein book the other week and as usual, he put it into his mouth. I thought nothing of it as it's made of a really thick and hard card. Anyway, I found it on the floor under his high chair yesterday, and the whole bottome corner is gone - eaten away, lol! I've noe learnt not to underestimate the power of toothless gums, lol!
Sare: I've been to the Mattell place once. It was about 2 years ago now. We were very lucky to get a place apparently. As usual, I went over board - it's so hard not too! I'm so jealous you're going! Maybe we could try and organise us Melb girls a meet with a shopping time at Mattell?? How fun!
Kristin: Hope you enjoy your weekend with your friend!
Beck: I love getting my hair done - It does make one feel a whole lot better doesn't it? Sure doesn't though when you're unwell :gloomy: Hope you're feeling better soon! - ETA - you must have posted while I was - Hugs for you. It must have been hard for you having that chat with DH, especially hearing how he feels. I guess now you are aware of how he really feels you can work on different things to 'help' him become more ok with it. It is a huge step for our Men, one that we as women probably don't even think about too much. I know it took my DH a LOT of getting used to after the birth of DS1...even after the birth of DS2. He has taken it all in his stride with DS3 though, and he is actually excited about TTC again! Give him some time - as I know you will - and help him through it all. Hope you're feeling ok.
I've just had a call from my lil sis. She's off to Melbourne for some clothes shopping today, and she's asked me if I want anything, YAY!! I've put in my order, so here's hoping she can get it, and even more so that it all fits me when she gets it home, lol!
Well, the kids are now running crazy since I've been on the phone - something you all have to look forward too, lol! As soon as my phone rings, it doesn't matter what the boys are doing, they instantly run to me, hover, get into mischief, etc. t is enough to really p**s me off!
Have a good day - as miserable as the weather is!
Sarah
hi im back. congrats to ikis and kristen good luck. i dont have the energy to go along with you but all the best
um re toy sales. im going to target one and thats it. i want a portable dvd player for jake and some poxy toys for kane. lets face it we can get away with it for a few years yet
beck: its not uncommon for guys not to like the baby stage. i mean we do most of the work so they sort of feel hopeless and (i know in my instance) i generally chuck dp the kids wen they are tired grumpy and giving me the shlts so they dont always see the best in them iykwim. its good that he was honest and its good that you both are willing to wait, as having babies wen one or 2 arent ready doesnt solve anything
um re qld. tannum sands is abit pricey, out of the way too.
rocky and gladstone are both pretty big towns. rocky is soo bloody hot though. gladstone is like a port city. not the prettiest and the houses are pretty old but i believe its cheap and lots of jobs on the boats etc
rocky is close to yeppoon which is nice. wat are you looking for in regards to housing work etc as i have travelled qld a fair bit?
my dads ok, still not over it (the nervous b/down) . my mum had agressive breast cancer about 5 yrs ago which went into her lymph glands and she needed masectomy. they said it is highly likely to come back. now she has a growth on her back getting bigger which is scaring her. shes off to get u/sound on it
better go unpack...and di!!!!!!! give us a call to catch up
ooooooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ps forgot to mention i have the worlds laziest kid. he doesnt crawl at all. not even commando crawl. if he cant reach it he doesnt bother with it. and we had our first toast today
Sarah: I Dp and I used to LOVE to shop before Livie.. All our spare time consisted with shopping, but now for some reason we both HATE it!!
I think it is also making it hard that we arent living in our house yet so trying to imagine what will go where is crappy..
Beck75: Sorry to hear that your DH doesn't want another bub yet.. Give him some time, I am sure that he will come around. And I definatly think woman are generally more giving and less selfish.. Mothering is an instinct that is built into us all, and something that some men find hard to grasp..
:hugs: to you sweetie.
Melb meet Mattel shopping outing sounds awesome to me!! So whos organising it.. LOL
I went to attempt the Kmart sale today.. But I only made it to Myers for new towels. LOL, I am so indisive about EVERYTHING that it took me an hour to decide what colours I wanted.
Have a lovely weekend all..
It's oh so quiet......:crying:
I must be the only one without a life am I? Sitting on the computer IS my life on a Saturday night, lol!!
Oh well, off to bed then.
Be back in tomorrow....
Oh Sare: YEAH Pies!!!! We're pretty stoked Geelong has made 9 in a row too!!
Hey all
Been in Brizzy all day at the expo. Gee we came home with some c**p. But I finally got mu pram ribbon. I ordered one about 3 months ago and never got it, so I guess now I have one it will arrive in the mail LOL.
SUE: About bl*^#y time you came home girl. Gee it's been a long school holidays :laughing: . Hope both Mum & Dad are ok :hugs: . Bring that lazy Kane over here and let Adam give him some pointers. I can't believe that he hit 8 months and now (kinda) crawls or actually he has gone back to almost hopping across the floor, holds his bottle, got a tooth and can use his walker pmsl.
Beck: i agree it's a general bloke thing until the kids are old enough to interact in an "adult" manner. I am lucky in that John has (from before Adam even came out) been that great that he nearly drives me nuts. He can't wait to get home and take over. We have had half a discussion regarding another one. He said no as Adam is his world and he is happy in that, but then after being at the parent expo today I think a certain male might be a little clucky as he keeps telling Adam how gorgeous his mummy is and how lucky a baby he is and how cute she would look in some of the maternity stuff we saw.
I haven't been game enough to comment :o
Well I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather we are having. For those with not so beautiful weather we will enjoy it for you.
Okid dokie :hugs: to all
Well i planned to go to the expo yesterday, i really did. Bubs and I were dressed, packed and in the car at the target hour of 10am. Said "let's go!", turned the key and NADA. Not going anywhere! Course, i wasnt in the auto club either (im too cheap) so car is still sitting out there all by his lonesome. Poor Hernandez. I bought him new 3 years ago and he's still all shiny, but it seems my battery has given up. Nothing too dramatic, just very inconvenient.
Fortunately it died before i got to the expo and had to live there.
Abbey and I went for a lovely walk around the neighbourhood instead. She sat there not making a sound, when usually i cant shut her up. It was all just too fascinating!
Beck - i dont think its solely men who cant relate to babies, some women cant either. We dont understand it because we are able to suspend our brains and enjoy a piece of fluff on the floor as much as the babies do, but some people just dont get it, and i pity them. They're missing out on so much fun and this time will never come again!
Jen - poor sam and poor you! Friday nights are for...I have no idea....but not for punching numbers.
Sarah - yay for the best friend bfp, you can enjoy another pregnancy vicariously. I kinda think i would like to be pregnant again, but only months 3-6 and i might bypass the actual baby part too.
Yeya - furniture shopping does suck. I thought i would enjoy it too but its horrible. Almost as horrible as swimsuit shopping.
Abbey is currently crawling around, throwing a ball and then fetching it, throwing it again. If she wants to act like a puppy then im allowed to treat her like one, so i put some toast in a bowl on the floor and she can sniff it out when the ball goes near it. Woof!
Morning all :wave:
Strange night we had last night - I went to bed early then Jet woke at 10.30 and 3 but both times refused a bottle - usually when he wakes it's coz he's ravenous and sculls it down. I was so tired, and it made me really cranky - WTF did he wake me TWICE for, if he didn't want a drink? Then he woke again at 6 and STILL refused a drink, so I made lazy-ar$e DH get up and play with him, so I could rest a bit. Mind you DH just plonked him in the playpen then went outside for a smoke :mad: so I ended up having to get up anyway coz Jet started crying, poor bubba. [/vent]
Sarah - BFP and a girl next! woohoo! LOL. Don't worry, sitting on the computer all night (and every spare moment of his day) is my DH's life too. Sounds like you had heaps of fun at the playground. Jet chews bits off his board books too, even when he had no teeth. Oh and I'm with you on the phone - as soon as the phone rings Jet climbs all over me or yells till he's got my undivided attention again (or until I give him the phone to chew on!)
Melb Georgia - thanks for the compliments on Jet :o and I hate shopping now too if DH and Jet are with me - I get too distracted and they both whinge! so I end up just going in circles in a haze of confusion and desperation. Now I prefer to duck out for a couple of hours by myself. Much more productive and it's 'me' time too...even if I'm only getting groceries! LOL
Sue - all the best to your parents hope your Dad is better soon and that your mum's scan turns out OK.
Jen - good to hear from you, sorry Sam's sick again (poor bubba!) and I hope you have a good trip to Sydney. At least work sounds great! I learned my lesson last year buying clothes on sale for next season, because Jet was too big for them all when the time came...LOL
Beck - :hugs:about your DH. I can imagine how upsetting that was, but I suppose at least he was honest with you about how he's feeling, a lot of men wouldn't be that straightforward and it'd be worse if he said nothing and you had another and he couldn't deal with it, KWIM? I'm sure he'll get better as Kayley gets older. But I am SO with you on women being more giving and less selfish!!!! I'm the one who does just about everything at home and everything related to Jet, including getting up every single night (DH hasn't done it since Jet was a month old), AND I'm also the main breadwinner! Whereas DH works a minimum wage job (and refuses to do anything to improve on that, or get a second job to help out), is home every afternoon, does nothing most of the time, sleeps constantly when he's not online (he's even gone back to bed now!), then whinges about the mess...He even told me off this morning for me being cranky after getting such a rotten sleep last night - after he lay there blissfully snoring for 8 hours (as usual). What a hide.
ETA: Michelle - bummer about the car but LOL at the puppy!
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Hey girls
Here is my photo album link. I am slowly adding to it. It has photos of my T/Ware pantry for those who were interested.
Sue - great to see you. Kane is soooooooooo big and a real darling still. We missed you :D
Di, love the tupperware! That's my dream pantry!
Do any of you ladies still get flashbacks from labour?
This pregnancy is making me think about Olivia's birth. I didn't realise I still had issues to work through. This time I am going for a homebirth, to do all I can to prevent the birth of this one being the same as Olivia's. I can't believe it has been 9 months already!
GeorgiaAnne
08-07-2007, 21:28
Pam - re: labour flashbacks, yep, but not as often as I used to. I can imagine though being pg would bring it all back again. I guess though, every birth is different (thank god!) I think you're very brave planning a home birth good on you for taking control :thumbsup:
Di - Love the tupperware!! V. nice and organised and what a big cutie Adam is.
Kimba - men *roll eyes* Sounds familiar... Hope you have a better night tonight with no srange wake up calls. I guess that calls for your modified cc.
Michelle - drats about your car, hope it's not a major drama.
Well we had a lovely day and had a babysitter so had a date with dh and had a lovely time so i'd better go iykwim;)
Hey All
Thanks about your kind words to my rant the other day - it is good to have somewhere to let it all out!! We are fine though. I am not ready for another one yet and it just gives me more time to work on DH - I know I will win out eventually or change my mind which is a womens perogative!!
Was talking to my mum about having an only child and we don't really think of it as a cruel thing these days. Studies show you can have a perfectly well adjusted single child family and you don't have to worry about sibling rivalry!!
Anyway since our talk the other night, DH was very helpful yesterday. He even gave Kayley her bath and massage last night (first time ever) without being asked! And there is no doubt he loves her (you should see his face light up when she laughs) - it has just been harder for him to adjust then he thought.
As for the birth nightmares - those are still hanging around for me! I still don't think I am quite 'right' which probably wasn't helped by waiting about 6 hours to be stitched up! Plus the missing out on the epidural - not pleasant memories at all but it was all worth it in the end!
Michelle - hope the car troubles work themselves out.
Georgia/Kimba - DH has never got up at night but I have kciked him out of bed a couple of times in the morning. But I am still at home so can't really complain.
Di - I love Tupperware!!
Michelle - one of my sisters had trouble getting into the baby frame of mind. She went back to work after 3 months and her DH stayed at home for a couple of years - they only had the one!!! (although her DH has a daughter froma previous marriage).
Georgia Melb - lol about the indecisiveness - I suffer from that too - you should see me shopping!! I still haven't got to the Kmart sale yet - might try later today. Oh and I must have missed the post about the Mattel sale - I have tickets for one in September and might be able to get some more if anyone is interested. I don't know if they are all in the same place but this one is over this side of town and tickets are $10 each as part of a fundraiser for a baseball team (in which one of my mothers group mothers is a part of). Only thing is you can't take your bubs.
Well I better go and have a shower seen I am still in my pjs and Kayley may go for a 40 min or a 2 hour sleep but if it is 40 mins I am running out of time!! Best wishes to you all!
Oh and Melb Mums - are we still meeting up on Friday?? Did you want to try Hijinx?
Seems getting a new battery IS a major drama. RACQ couldn't help me, Marshall couldn't help me, SuperCheap could order one in and it would take a week, Ford roadside assist admitted they just use RACQ...so I called the service centre today who will get one couriered from their main warehouse and should have it by 1pm today. I will call the RACQ again for a jumpstart, drive out there, and if they don't have a battery for me....boy oh boy,heads will roll!
I could have converted my car to solar power in this time!
Pam - re flashbacks - yeah i do. Sometimes late at night I freak out and have flashbacks and end up a bit teary and snuggling my sleeping baby. My mum had 4 home births i think, rural midwives are a bit cheaper, or hers were anyway, only a few hundred dollars. It was only the last baby she wanted to go to hospital for (classic drug seeking behaviour) but she didnt make it. Baby was born on the front seat of the car, side of the road, middle of the night.
The seat was never the same again.
I was surprised she let me get to 2min contractions before leaving for the hospital, maybe she thought the new car needed christening too!
Di - those are very organised cupboards. Im a bit worried about you!
My nanna just dropped by unannounced at 9am. Floppy jubblies and in my jammies, house a mess, abbey covered in yoghurt and vegemite. Why do older people think 9am is appropriate for a visit? Oh well, im a single (lazy) mother and my house is what it is.
Speaking of motherhood - happy 9 month birthday to my little girl. Such a big big girl. If the car ever works again we will go out and buy a present.
diesal444
09-07-2007, 10:25
Mornin ladies
Beck - I dont think fathers really comprehend everything that us mums do. Even the terrific dads. Its ok to be the one that plays and has fun but there are sooooooooooo many other things that we do. I am sure even though your DH was being completely honest it was still felt like someone punched you in the guts. :hugs:
Sarah - What is it with phones and kids. Everytime i call my Sister or SIL their kids find that time the best time to ask for everything. Even my little monster wants to eat the phone whenever I am on it.
Sue - Well we must both have the laziest kids My poo head doesnt commando or proper crawl either and to be honest she doesnt even look like she wants to try.
Di - Love Love the pics of Adam. What a spunk !!! As for enjoying the beautiful weather..... HUH!!!!!.....:laughing: ... none of that here I'm afraid.
Michelle - Poo on your car packing it in just as your about to go out. Think I might bypass the newborn stage as well when the next one comes along.
Kimba - Hope your feeling better then you were last week!!.......Wow your DP sounds like he has a terrific life. What does he DO online in his spare time. Play games???.....
Pam - Your brave thinking about a home birth. Have to say thats something I wouldnt consider myself. After what went wrong in last labour I think I would want to be in hospy for sure:yes: ....but good on you for wanting to take control of your birth:yes:
Why do the weeks go by so quick???????I cant believe my girl was 8 months on saturday.
She is such a little character and I am so in live with her. Its amazing to me how we can love something soooo much, and to see them smile or giggle is the best sound to us.
Have a great day everyone xxxx
I'm sure I've said it before but man, do I love Mondays and not having to go in to work! I'm still in my PJ's now (floppy jubblies and all, Michelle, LOL) and the house is a mess and I don't care.
I've been feeling this constant unease/ frustration/ anxiety lately and have come to the realisation that it's because my life/work balance is totally screwed. I feel so pressured all the time. I hate mornings because I'm tired and have to get up early and get Jet to daycare and myself to work, although it'd be a bit easier if I could start work later. And I hate that my baby is with someone else more than he's with me. So I'm seriously reviewing the finances (yet again) to see if I can cut back an hour every morning at work...and am drafting a proposal to work from home 1-2 days a week. I'm sure the boss will say no, but you gotta try right?
I've also been thinking about NOT having another baby and just putting everything I have into Jet. As much as I would dearly love another one, it would take so much pressure off me to just stop with him. Like I could cut back at work and spend more time with him right now, because I wouldn't be busting my gut to save money for the next lot of maternity leave. And we could stay in this unit, instead of needing a bigger place. But thinking about not having another bub makes me sad :crying:.
Anyway...
Mary-Anne - DH is addicted to an Indonesian forum (a bit like BubHub but not parenting-related) and spends hours every day on there. If he was at least being productive like studying online, researching how to get a better job, or even selling stuff on eBay I wouldn't mind! The really annoying thing is that he says he has no time to study...:rolleyes:
Michelle - unbelieveable how difficult it is to get a battery! When mine died, NRMA had a new one installed within an hour. Happy 9 Months to your gorgeous big girl. Oh and it wouldn't matter what time visitors dropped by here, if it was unannounced they'd be sure to find me in PJs sans bra and with a mess, even at 5pm :laughing:
Beck - glad that you're feeling better about things and that DH is helping more with Kayley. I've been thinking the same thing about a single child family, although with me I'd really love another, it just might not be feasible for us :gloomy:
Georgia - date with DH sounds lovely!
Pam - very courageous of you to plan a homebirth and taking control, I know I'd be too scared after what happened the first time. My birth trauma still haunts me, but isn't as upsetting as it used to be.
Di - love the tupperware pantry! you're so organised, how do you do it?
OK better go, sounds like my little man is waking. He's a bit sick at the moment, snotty and coughing, plus his top gums are swollen and hurting (he won't let me near them). Poor thing!
:laughing: just had to pop back on to share how I just found Jet in his cot - he'd taken off his pants :eek: (!!!) and was laying there in his nappy and PJ top, sideways across the cot kicking his aquarium with both feet! :laughing:
Early evening all,
Well we have had a good day to end our school holidays. The girls had the dentist ( well it was good for me :laughing: )
Then we tromped off and went to the shops, got my hair cut and just generally bummed around.
Dh met us at shops after work and we plodded around some more. Didn't achieve much but it was nice and relaxing.
Bummer on the car battery: They annoy you when you can't get one - but I hope it came in today.
Kimba: You need to set up the video camera like we did one day. It's amazing what they get up to when they wake up lol
Cupboards: It took me a full 3 days to get everything into the containers so I was happy. Lucky I have such a helpful and understanding DH :laughing:. (well he doesn't understand my tupperware obsession but he's happy to have Adam so I can indulge)
I hope everyone has had a great day. Off to wash all of this loose hair out and sort out tea before I go out.
Have fun girls. :hugs: to you all. :kiss: to bubs
GeorgiaAnne
09-07-2007, 17:55
Kimba - lol about Jet in the cot, hope you took a photo!
re: work and another baby, ikwym but I think (and I might be naive here!) that it will be a hard few years to start with but when they start school which, in the scheme of things is pretty quick, it will be easier ? Mums of more than 1 feel free to correct me. Well that's what i'm telling myself !:fingerscrossed:
Michelle - Happy 9 months to Abbey happybirthday
Di - Sounds like a nice day. 3 days to sort your cupboards out!! They muct have really big tupperware for the linen cupboard lol.
Mary-anne - I'm soo with you on the love thing, it is so nice to see her little personality and sense of humour develop:hugs:
So it must have been the day for it... I was in my jim jams 'til 1:30 too with my girls out 'n' about then I spoke to my gf who has a baby at around 1pm and she was also still in her jarmies, How delicious!!
Hi girls,
Just a real quick one to say hi and that I have read all your posts.
We've been super busy as usual, we were out all weekend and today too. The girls both seem to be over their colds, but Lara still has white patches in her mouth.
Lesley - Hope Montanah's op went well today.
happybirthday 9 months to Abbey and 8 months to Darcy for Sat and my little cherub on Fri.
Pam - I tried not to think about labour too much when I was pg with Lara. I had a pretty good birth experience with Eloise and thought I had forgotten about the pain etc, but in the last few weeks the memories came flooding back :eek: At least the actual birth process for Lara was quicker and involved less pushing.
I will pop back on at some time tomorrow to do personals. Have a good night girls ...
ourfirstbubba
09-07-2007, 19:58
hello girls
so sorry I have not been on for a few days....Thursday and Friday I spent in bed with the worst migraine ever, and to make matters worse, my doctor would not prescribe my Mersyndol Forte, he just questioned my DH about how much coffee I was drinking and whether I tried Asprin???:banghead: he doesnt get it, I have had them since I was 12 yo and the only thing that works are those tablets or a pethidine injection...so I suffered......
it has taken me ages to read back on the posts so I am sorry if I miss any of you..
Michelle happybirthday (9 months to Abbey) Natalia is 9 months old tomorrow, cant believe where the time has gone......bummer about the car....
Pam- congrats on your pregnancy, how lovely..good luck with the home birth....I think you are brave doing that.....
Sal hope you are well and Sydney is treating you well.....
Mary-anne hi love...I agree, before Natalia I think I had no idea about babies sleeping etc.....but now, esp because its winter and cold, Natalia is home every night for her sleep......we are lucky that she will sleep in her pram during the day if we are shopping etc, but of a night time, she loves her bath/massage/story/cuddles in her warm room at home.......
Beck- oh sweetie, hope you and Kayley are feeling better...as for your DH, I am sure he will come around, and if he doesnt, well, more love for Kayley...I think some men do have troubles adjusting, but his heart sounds like its in the right place...I think there is too much pressure to have two or more children....I have a friend who dodnt want any but now has a little 7 month old, but they are not having another child and are both happy with that.....
Kim hope you are feeling better lovie....how is beautiful Jet? its hard deciding what to do with regards to number of children....you are a clever gal and I am sure you will work it out.....
Sarah little girls are adorable....I am sure I have read that there are ways you can conceive a girl...I will try and find the book and pm you...
Georgia hope the date was lotsa fun..he he he ...
Sue hope things are ok with your dear parents......
Jen poor little Sam, hope all is well with you guys
Sare thinking of you guys with the cold weather in Melbourne.....I so hate the cold.....
Labour flashbacks- I was very fortunate to have a really good 5 hour labour with no drugs, so I have good memories, but I feel for women who have had not so good experiences.......the only thing I will change next time is the length of my hospital stay..I would love to go home the same day......
Toy sale- we bought a few things for natalia, one thing we did buy was this great play mat with things to climb over, interactive dome things, she loves it......b/w my parents, IL's and SIL, Natalia will do fine at Xmas!
Sterilising- I still sterilise bottles/teats/spoons , toys get washed in hot water every now and then....
I cant believe Natalia is 9 months old tomorrow...she is such a treasure...tonight when hubby put her to bed, he came out and said that there was no way she would fall asleep because she had been giggling and wriggling when he was feeding her......we have not heard a peep since 7.45pm when he put her in her cot......
quick question- Natalia will not drink water out of her normal milk bottles or the other Tommee Tippee cup I have bought her...I think she knows that the only thing that comes out of a bottle is her milk..she will drink water from a spoon (this is what I have resorted to so that she drinks some water) but cant keep this up...I think she needs a cup that she doesnt have to suck like a bottle if that makes sense..any ideas? my sister mentioned a Mag Mug......any other suggestions??
oh guys sorry if I have missed anyone, not intentional just too tired....
sleep well girls
xo
happybirthday 9 months today Natalia. Congrats!!
I find Adam will drink water from a drink bottle that he doesn't have to suck on. I hold it and it drips into his mouth and he finds it hillarious. He does drink from the Avent sipper cup with the flat plastic type nipple. He doesn't like it alot though as it is hard plastic. Hope this helps.
Back to school today ..........YEH for me. ha ha, the kids have been good so I can't complain but it will be nice to have a day with only Adam wanting mumumumum.
Hope everyone has a great day
diesal444
10-07-2007, 06:51
Mornin ladies.......
Kimba - The stress your feeling about work at the moment is exactly what I am stressed about with mysekf returning next week. Good on you for taking the initiative and working out some solutions to be able to be home more. Any way you can guilt your DH into being more productive. I find guilt works a treat in the right circumstances.....:shame:
Di - Your cupboards are sensational. Wish I was so highly organised. Dp always complains he can never find anything in our pantry.....
Georgia - Gotta love bummin round in your jim jams all morning.
Sare - Glad both your girls are over their colds. Look forward to see you all on friday!!!
Mary - :hugs: .. to you. I have no idea what a migraine is like but I am sure its very debilitating. How horrid that you had to suffer with no pain relief. Thats just plain cruel.
Well ladies my little poo head is all better no snot no cough ...yay!!!...Me on the other hand, well I wouldnt say i am sick, just my nose wont stop running and its driving me bonkers. But I feel so much better.
I have my 8 month check today so it will be interesting to see what my bubba weighs now.
Oh that reminds me... I had a thoughless comment made to me the other day.....
I still have Darcy facing rearwards in her car seat. She doesnt complain and I will keep her like that till she starts whinging..... so I was talking to a "friend" and she was watching me put her in the car, so she said." ohhh... thats so mean".. I said "what's mean"... " oh you still face her the other way, she cant see anything, how boring for her"........!!!!!!!!!
I was about to get on my high horse and rant and rave but chose not to. Isnt it every mothers decision to do what they think is right for them and their baby without other mothers criticising???...
Well I could go on and on ... but i wont bore you all... Have a terrific day everyone...xxxxxx:wave:
Hey All
Mary-Anne - I agree it is your choice to keep Darcy back for as long as you can. It is safer that way and if Kayley wasn't whinging she would still be backwards now!
Mary - It is unbelievable how many people feel the need to comment when they ask 'when is the next one' and you say 'there may only be one'. People say it is cruel and unfair (etc etc) - even one of my sisters said you can't do that as everyone will hate Kayley because she will be a spoiled little brat!
As for the water, Kayley drinks hers out of the take and toss cups at home (they are not spill proof though but I think she likes them as they are no effort) and we have a tommee tippee one to go out with (it is sort of long, skinny on the middle and has a clear plastic soft top) I think she likes this one as she can bite on it with her numerous teeth! I used a Heinz one last night and ended up having to take the top off and give her water like an ordinary cup!! The Mag Mags are good though. She only uses the stage 2 soft sipper for her one formula feed (nothing else works) but she is yet to work out the straw thing yet!
Kimba - love the photos! I hope you work out your work life balance soon sweetie. Hey even if you decide on one now things mught change in the future and you have another one then.
Wow Happy 9 months Natalia - 9 month babies already - wow - :gloomy: means I will be back at work before I know it!
Di - enjoy the school being back.
Michelle - hope your battery woes sort out.
Well guys I have to run for now.
GeorgiaAnne
10-07-2007, 09:12
Hi girls still in my jarmies :laughing:
Beck - when are you back to work?
Mary-anne - I hate people making comments too about stuff, i'm pretty scary so the only person who tries it on is my mum ( and prob. the only person who can get away with it lol)
Mary - oh you poor love with a migraine, I hope yoou are feeling better today.
Di - yay for the end of school holidays i'm sure Adasm will be pleased to have mumumum back to himself!
Well we had another 2 wake up calls last night, she seems to have forgotten how to sleep through which is a b ugger. I'm working a lot too this week and feel like cr@p either i've caught something or i'm pg but no sore boobies so prob not. I'd better go and have a wash so i'll see y'all later xx
morning all,
ugh back at work today: Tuesday is the new Monday! (for me at least).
Jet slept well last night (one wakeup, at 4) despite being a bit snotty and his cough is back with a venegeance, the poor thing. His top tooth is almost through too, soon he really won't look like a baby any more. He feels different too, like his arms and body are longer, not as 'compact' and chubba-bubba-like. Why do they have to grow up so quick? in the scheme of things they really aren't babies for long enough are they...sigh. Have his 9 month checkup at the ECHN next Monday, will be interesting to see how he's grown in the last 2 months (somehow I missed his 8 month check LOL).
I'm thinking of taking Jet to be allergy tested - mainly because of his persistently rashy face, but also a few other things that make me go 'hmmm' - has anyone else done this?
Re: only children: my SIL is an only child and she never thought it was cruel or unfair, in fact she loved it! And nobody hates her LOL.
Re: cups and water. We have the MagMag (with the straw) and a Tommee Tippee 'Nuby' spouty cup, Jet's not really heaps keen on plain water but LOVES it if you add a teeny bit of unsweetened juice to flavour it slightly.
Re: carseats. Jet's still facing backward but only because DH is too lazy to get the seat turned around (and he lost the instruction booklet too, so we can't figure out how to do it ourselves). Has to be done soon though because Jet's running out of leg room.
Re: other mothers telling you what to do/ passing judgement. It's just outright rudeness, in my opinion. Fair enough to offer gentle advice (IF it's sought!) but otherwise it's nobody else's business what choices you make as a parent.
Maryanne - :hugs: about returning to work. I hope you're able to find a good balance. As for guilting DH into being more productive, been trying that for 5 years LOL.
Mary - hope you're feeling better hun. Poo to your GP and the pain meds. have you ever been to see a chiro about your migraines? I used to suffer from really bad ones and it was all related to my neck and spine being out of alignment. Just wondering if it might be related to your scoliosis?
Sare - poor Lara I hope she gets better really fast. Did you say you were seeing Disney on Ice, was it the Nemo one? It looks gorgeous, was thinking about taking Jet but wondering if he was a bit young...
Di - yay on having some time to yourself again!
Georgia - Yay for jim jam days! Scary, you??? NAH! and I sure did take photos LOL you can see him here (http://flickr.com/photos/kimbaleo/759208617/)...
hey alhow are we doing
well we had some tests done yesterday and montanah has two tubes coming from one kidney one reachs the blader and is swollen and the smaller one dosent join we have a dsa (die in kidney scan )
booked for the 31st of this month and then have to see the doctor and talk operations:eek: after that he told us yesterday that the most likely way would be to cut the larger join it to the smaller and and then join that to the blader
but other that that all is good mil is hear driving me nuts she has the ****s coz i made her stay home yesterday with the other kids so think she is punnishing us by her taking her 12 and 14 yr old smart a**ed brats out for awhile but really i love it wellbetter go as i have heaps to do
love ya's all
take care
lesley: hugs to little montanah. docs talk about ops all the time like they are nothing, but wen its your own child its scary heah
cups: i asked my/ well kanes speech therapist which style cup is the best and she said they are all fine. just buy one and stick with it. your child will get used to any type as long as you dont switch them all the time...her words not mine
only child: theres nothing wrong with only children. jake was going to be an only child until he was 4 and we had a change of heart and yes you do have to spread your time over 2 or more kids
kane is red cheecked and grizzly and sloppy bum. but his teeth have been ready to come thru (according to ehcn) for months now. so he has a back log of top teeth waiting to come thru 2 gether
got some bad news yesterday. saw kanes paed at the hospy and his eeg (a test of the brain waves) came back abnormal. he had abnormal electricity something or rather in the same part of the brain that i get it but his also moved to other areas. now he has to have an mri in sept and for that must be put to sleep. they need to check for brain abnormalities as his eeg was bad plus he is slightly delayed..ie not crawling yet or babbleing. so abit teary here again. i wish it would all just end for the poor bugger
off to check out live chat and stalk gumby (rian) on msn
ciao now
ourfirstbubba
10-07-2007, 18:36
hello girls
Firstly, Lesley, thinking and praying for you and Montanah.....
Sue- sweetie, you have had a rough trot , you and Kane are in my prayers.....you are so strong, my thoughts are with you guys....
well my little princess is 9 months old today, so happybirthday Natalia! Poor little munchkin has a runny nose though, and her hands have been in her mouth all day, so I think another tooth is not far away..she grabbed my hand today and stuck it in her mouth, so those teeth must be sore.......am really sick of the rain and not being able to go for walks......another 6 weeks of winter.......
Di- hi love...Natalia also finds it amusing to drink from one of our cups, anything will do at the moment as long as she gets some water! NSW kids still have another week before school goes back...
Mary-anne- hope you never feel what a migraine is like.....its like someone is playing drums inside your head iykwim? not nice....the only stuff I could take was the strongest over the counter stuff which takes alot longer to kick in....am going to find a new doctor I think.....as for your "friend", ..people amaze me.....Darcy is your baby and you are not mean for keeping her rear facing......Natalia has not long turned forward facing, I kept it off as long as possible, but she was getting too long......its frustrating when people just think that you need the advise or have to give their unwanted opinions.....
Beck- how can people comment on your choice to maybe have one child? we are still undecided, but everyone has given me their opinions, :ecomcity: its very frustrating........thanks for the info on cups, must go looking tomorrow....
Georgia- thats the girl, still in your PJ's! I am the same in the morning, I generally wait until I have done what I need to do and then have one when Natalia has her morning nap....I just love hanging out in my pj's, esp when its cold and rainy outside...
Kim- hi lovie....so Jets face rash is not any better hey? I wonder if you can try and work it out by just going back to plain Farex and then start introducing foods and seeing what happens? I have been meaning to go and see a chiro for a while but I am putting it off for some reason....I have been before and it did help...so must go back I think.....love the photos of Jet with his pj bottoms off! what a cheeky monkey.......
well girls, I am going to get ready for bed because I think I am going to be up a bit with Natalia tonight cause her nose is blocked .......poor munchkin...
sleep well and kisses to all of our bubs....
:banghead:
Cr@p!! I just typed out this huge long post, and I lost it!! :banghead:
I'll have to do it all again tomorrow - I have DH on the phone now, and better go!
Sarah
~Kristin~
10-07-2007, 19:53
:banghead:
Cr@p!! I just typed out this huge long post, and I lost it!! :banghead:
I'll have to do it all again tomorrow - I have DH on the phone now, and better go!
Sarah
Must be the night for it! Same thing just happend to me, 2nd time in a week :banghead: .
Going to bed, been a rough couple of days, Isabella has a cold and although her night sleeps haven't been affected, she only had 2 x 30min sleeps today and spent the rest of the day hanging off me. Oh well, good to feel needed!
Morning all,
man, it's hard to post discreetly on here from work with all the hot pink banners and flashing ads and smileys! LOL
I expected a rough night last night as Jet's cold is getting worse, he had a massive coughing fit just as I put him to bed, god I feel awful when he's coughing so hard he can hardly breathe and has tears running down his face :crying: He woke crying at 8 but just wanted a cuddle and then slept through till 6.30 this morning! such a surprise.
I went in to check on him when I got up and he was awake, just laying in bed quietly, sucking his fingers (his self-settling 'thing', he usually does it as he's going off to sleep) and playing with his teddy. Awwww! He was very sleepy and would probably have gone back to bed after his bottle if I didn't have to get him up and take him to daycare. He's definitely not 100% today, and I feel guilty about leaving him...
He grinned at me this morning and his top tooth is really noticeable now, he already looks so different! So cute, but I'm really going to miss his gummy grins...
Kristin - hope bella is over her cold soon
Sarah - I hate losing posts it's so frustrating!
Mary - I swear by the chiro to fix my headaches! happybirthday to Princess Natalia and I hope she's feeling better soon. I'm a bit over winter too, I just hate how its dark in the morning when I have to get up, and dark when I get home at night.
sue - so sorry to hear about the latest news with Kane and I hope they don't need to put him under for tests, must be so worrying for you.
lesley - hugs for you and Montanah, poor little chicken, you sound like you're being really brave about it, I would be a mess!
Kisses for all of our bubbas, especially the sick and sore ones!
Good morning,
Just found your thread, hope i am not imposing, i have a 8.5 mth old dd Maia.Just wondering if anyone can give me any ideas for finger foods? all i have tried is banana and carrot, what kindof stuff are your bubs eating at the moment? Hope your all going well.:wave:
Sim
Good morning,
Just found your thread, hope i am not imposing, i have a 8.5 mth old dd Maia.Just wondering if anyone can give me any ideas for finger foods? all i have tried is banana and carrot, what kindof stuff are your bubs eating at the moment? Hope your all going well.:wave:
Sim
Hi Sim,
Welcome to the group! My little man, Jarvis, is eating pretty much what we eat now. As for finger foods, anything that is soft or easily softened in his mouth, he is eating - like fruit, toast, bread, biscuits, chicken strips, pikelets (although he isn't too sure of these just yet, lol), rice cakes, etc. I'm sure the girls will come up with some more! Hope to see you around again!
Sarah
Hi All
Welcome Simba - we are only really starting on finger food here too. So far we have had rusks, cheese, bread (she LOVES bread), toast, rice cakes, vege fingers, yo-yo biscuits and thats about it.
Sue & Lesley - hugs for your little ones and I hope everything ends up OK.
Kimba - hope Jet is feeling better soon.
Georgia - I am back at work on 3rd September - it was ages away but it is getting closer. I am a bit worried about the hours etc.
Sarah - I hate it when I lose my posts too - I usually copy them before I post now just in case!
Well Kayley is being very difficult with every sleep taking me an hour plus the last few days- not sure what is going on. Could still be these next teeth which are taking there time to pop through. I actually left her to cry it out for a few minutes this morning because I had had enough (mean mummy). Oh well - I hope it sorts itself out soon. We just had a couple of decent nights with me cutting down her feeds at night but it doesn't help when she now decided not to go back to sleep (I was very grumpy at about 4.30 when we had been up for an hour or so).
She also has a bit of a rash on her face and I haven't given her any new food (although I gave her some jar apple and orange which she has only had once). It could be me though as I have had a few things lately thinking she was over that sensitivity (chocolate, ice cream, onion and beer!) - might have to go without again for a little while to see if things get back to normal.
Oh well - enough whinging from me.
Look forward to seeing the lovely Melbourne mummies on Friday.
Good morning,
Just found your thread, hope i am not imposing, i have a 8.5 mth old dd Maia.Just wondering if anyone can give me any ideas for finger foods? all i have tried is banana and carrot, what kindof stuff are your bubs eating at the moment? Hope your all going well.
Sim
Hi Sim and welcome to the group! :party: the more the merrier!
Finger foods - dried apple snacks (Bellamys), toast fingers, finger sandwiches, whole peeled pears, chunks of fruit, biscuits, rice cakes, pieces of things that we're eating (just found out that he LOVES sausages! LOL), bits of cheese. Not real keen on meat or steamed vegies at the moment but I keep perservering! He also doesn't really like my cooking :o but will eat a couple of dishes that I make (chicken soup with risoni, and chicken risotto).
He can be fussy though - when he has teeth coming through he doesn't like lumpy foods or finger foods that he has to chew (don't blame him), and his likes/ dislikes change every week at the moment: some days he'll only eat yogurt and pureed fruit, other days he'll eat anything.
Do you ever have days when you think the whole world is incompetent?
Staff at Kmart tried to confiscate a computer game I bought a few days earlier, that happened to still be in the pram, even though i had the receipt for it.
Centrelink/Real estate have LOST 4 weeks rent and its my job to track it down and find out who c0cked up. Meanwhile I had to pay extra rent to cover myself.
And finally, I get a letter today telling my credit card payment for my RACQ membership didnt work and I am the devil. Hello...ever think about calling me to check the details???
Maybe i should go live on a deserted island and avoid people in general. I seem to make them stupid.
My car is now going again, so thats good. I had to get a battery from the dealer as it is powered by rare butterfly wings and nobody else stocked them. Wonder what they suggest if you are in the country?
Abbey is in bed for her nap, she chucked a narnie while getting her nappy put on so she is in her bag with a crooked nappy and no trousers.
Is anyone else's baby having nappy rage? As soon as she is walking and it warms up she will get toilet trained, and then she can have narnies about knickers! Crazy nudist baby.
Welcome SImba - are you sure you havent dropped in before? Maybe i am imagining it. Always good to have another october mum to rant to!
re finger food - abbey gets whatever i can lay my hands on. Toast, bread, cooked vegie sticks, pikelets, cheese, biscuits, melon, whatever she can grab off mummy's plate and get away with...Pretty much anything she has eaten before with me watching and hasnt had a problem with - her finger food is roaming food.
I swear, she gets her dinner, and then a bath and a play on the floor. While she is playing i get my dinner, and then she helps me eat it. Ive started putting "abbey food" on the plate, so i can pass it to her and trick her into believing she is eating mummy food.
My SIL won last week's Desperate Housewives woolies comp - $10k cash. Soo lucky. Maybe i can swap cash for incompetence? Stupid karma.
:) Thanks , at least i have a list now of different things to try,does anyone elses bub seem to choke on most things they eats, cause she has a few teeth now she is bitting off huge chunks,and i end up having pat her on the back and it comes back up. I didn't know when to start giving her cheese and things like that,thanks for the tips, i am sure i will have many more questions (first timer and all).
i did get onto a thread for oct mums ages ago, but i had only just had my dd,and was just checking things out, now i am really gettting into it, such a great site, and lovely people :thumbsup:
Hooray I have finally caught up on posts, it's taken me three days but now I can reply.
haven't been around much lately, even when I was on leave I seemed to be so busy, also we only just got another load of wood and it was freeeeezing up here and I felt bad for bringing Ella up with me!
About us first, the NCSS is going quite well, I am up to getting her to settle in her cot at night, with me putting my arms kind of around her. It used to take 40mins but now she's usually out after about 5-10. Last night I got her to resettle without picking her up... such major progress! DP says she refused to have her arvo nap today though so who knows what the night will be like.
Took her for a check up while I was on leave and got a different nurse to my usual lovely one... she told me not to worry about Ella being "over the average weight - that will even out as she gets more mobile". She then looked at the chart & said in tones of surprise - "although she's quite tall isn't she.. so she's in proportion". Derrr - as she's taller than most 1yr olds most people can spot that without looking at a chart... just annoyed me as I think she just looked at me & made a snap judgement IYKWIM? (I'm a 176cm sz 20) :mad: She's only 10kg anyway! (76cm)
Generally life is good with us though, oh and we have a crawler at last! She started the day before her 9month birthday and just keeps getting faster now. Also she likes to walk hanging on to our hands.
:wave: again Simba, I remember you from before as I thought then what a pretty name Maia was! Ella loves vegemite sangers cut into triangles, but I'm a bit paranoid about choking so she has a lot of food she can pick up in little bits, like half sultanas, grated cheese etc. Also keeps her busy while i eat mine!
Michelle - absolutely, i refer to it as International Idiot Day when that happens. Yes to the nappy rage - she starts grumbling as soon as I put her on the change table these days & then likes to kick & wriggle as hard as possilbe in protest.
Hi Beck, sorry to hear about the sleep struggle. I have also walked out on Ella on occasion, even if only for a minute it lets you calm down! Hope it's just a phase & you don't have to give up any goodies (not sure if onions are a goodie??)
Kimba, lol at the posting discreetly - I am less able to now at work as before the back of my screen faced the door so I was safe - now we have fancy new workstations and you can see my screen as soon as you walk into my office! super sneaky technique required now. Hope Jet feels better soon.
Kristin, sorry Isabella has been crook. Dont' you love those velcro baby days? The baby backpack gets a fair workout those days at our house.
Sarah - grr don't you hate it when that happens?! Always happens the times I dont' save my post too.
Mary, sorry to hear about your migraine, glad you are trying another doc! Hope Natalia feels better soon too. Gotta say I must be the odd one out with pj's - but with me it's all boob related, I'm just not comfy without some kind of bra over those dangly knockers! :laughing: especially in summer yuck.
Well that might do for the night's megapost. Hopefully I'll be back more regularly (until we run out of wood again anyway :D
Bec, well done on the ncss. Wishing you continuing success with that :D And woohoo for the crawling!
Simba, check out this site http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/ for ideas on finger food, and also information about choking etc. We have been doing finger food from the start, but in the beginning she would gag a little on some things. Now, however she can eat a whole apple... here is a video of my DD eating to prove it!
http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/
Sue and Lesly, :hugs: to you both, sounds like it has been a rough trot for you and your littlies.
~Kristin~
11-07-2007, 18:58
Kristin, sorry Isabella has been crook. Dont' you love those velcro baby days? The baby backpack gets a fair workout those days at our house.
:laughing: Love the velcro call, haven't ever heard that one before! Very fitting though!
Well Bella seems to be recovering from her cold, she had no sign of it at Gymbaree today, carried on like a right little social butterfly, but I paid for it tonight, she was soooooo overtired and refused to go down, I just had to let her have a little scream and then she finaly gave in. :crying:
Sim - Like alot of other bubbas here, Isabella eats anything and everything nowdays, except butter, nuts, eggs and honey. She had her first go at some cut up spaghetti last night and thought it was so much fun chasing it around the highchair table. What ever we're having, she usually has bite sized pieces of the same. Occasionally she will gag a bit, but she is pretty good at coughing it up now. I think the more practice they get, the better they are at taking smaller pieces, and caughing if needed.
Righto, my darling DP just put pork fajitas in front of me, hmmmmmmmmm food, gotta go! :chef:
Ok, now I'm really pi$$ed!! :banghead: It's just happened again!! I've been sitting here for 1/2 an hour typing out my post, and in the push of a button, it's all gone!! What's my problem??
Dh's birthday tomorrow. Poor bloke, has to spend it all alone. He's on night shift tonight, and won't be finsihed till 7.00am, then he will sleep till that time again tomorrow night, then up and back to work again! He has put in his order for a delicious chocolate mud cake with a layer of double cream through the middle for next week when he flys home...I'm sure that can be arranged, lol!
I'm off to a children's clothes party on the weekend. Wicked Kidz Wear.....anyone heard of them? Feel free to jump on their web site (wikidz) and have a peek. If you see anything you like, let me know ;)
I've just had a call from my friend. She's pregnant with her first (7 weeks), and she is in hospital on a drip due to severe morning sickness. Poor thing! She's got weeks, maybe months of this ahead yet!
Bec: I wouldn't worry about what the health nurse chick said...I know so many people that don't even take their children for their checks, becasue their nurses always seem to throw in too many of their own opinions! She's just a healthy girl! Jarvis was over 10kgs and 74 cm at 8 months (a month ago). Gosh, my DS1 was 11.56kgs, and 76cm long at 8 months! Sounds like everyone's been working hard with Ella's sleeping...Well Done!
Beck: Just a thought, but maybe not....perhaps Kayley's little face rash is from the orange? I only say this because when I first introduced it too DS2, he cam up with a little rash on his face too, even a bit on his bottom!
Kimba: How did Jet go at daycare today? Is he feeling okay?
Michelle: Nappy rage?? Well, I didn't know that babies at 9 months were capable of throwing such tantrums, lol!! OMG! The facial expressions I would get out of Jarvis, and the angry squeals, I tell you, if this attitude is starting so early, I'm n ot looking forward to the teenage years, lol!
Day sleeps - Has anyone else's bub decided they would like to cut back to just the 1 day sleep? This has happened a couple of times over the last week here, and I don't think I'm quite ready for it to happen yet! Jarvis was in his cot for almost 1.5 hrs this morning, without going to sleep. So, I got him up, gave him a little feed, then put him back down. he then went on to sleep for 3.5 hrs!! He woke just around 2.00pm, then I gave him his lunch, went for walk, bath at 4.00pm, tea at 5.15pm, then he was back in bed, fast asleep after a feed at 6.30pm tonight. I'll see what happens tomorrow I guess.
I'm going to be really careful now when I post this...
YAY :smiliedance: I didn't lose it!!
Off to bed now anyway, as I've got an early appoint with my myotherapist in the morning, and I've got to get myself and the 3 boys ready, 2 of them to daycare, and myself to my appoint all by 8.40am! Seeing as though I've only been dragging myself out of bed at 8.15am for the last couple of days, I can see I'm going to struggle, lol!
Night all,
Sarah
Hi girls,
I really have been meaning to get on in the last few days, but I haven't really had a chance, but both of the girls are in bed and dh is cleaning up after dinner, so I thought I'd pop on.
Sickness update: Lara STILL has oral thrush. I spoke to the pharmacist today and she said if it doesn't clear up in another week (2 weeks of treatment) then take her back to the drs. Eloise has a real chesty cough, but is fine she just sounds shocking. Michael has a cold, but I am fighting fit :laughing: (well except for a sore tooth ... I had the root canal filling finished yesterday)
I took the girls to see the Magpies train today. It was sooo cold, but I have to say the players were magnificent (and I'm not talking about their looks ... but some of them ain't half bad ... Paul Liccuria, yummy...) They all stayed around signing autographs and having photos taken with the kids. I took some photos of the girls with some of the players (they're uploading on to my flickr page as I type). Nathan Buckley loved Lara and Eloise was absolutely in awe of meeting the players (especially Leon Davis, who she loves).
Nemo was fantastic Kimba. It would be worth taking Jet if it was something that you'd enjoy (because you don't have to pay for babies). Lara was mesmorised by all the lights and colours. I hope Jet gets better soon, poor little man.
Bec - Yay to Ella for crawling. It sounds like you are getting some more sleep yourself now with all the success you are having with the NCSS.
Michelle - They say when it rains, it pours. I had a laugh at Abbey grabbing your food (good trick about the plate of special food for Abbey though)
Beck - :hugs: for the sleep difficulties you are still having. Could Kayley's rash be due to teething? I'm looking forward to catching up with you all on Friday too.
Sarah - Bad luck about the post. I love your new avatar. Jarvis is such a cutie.
Simba - Hi there... I remember you too (it was the Lion King association for me ... I love that movie). Lara is loving her cream cheese sandwiches, rice cakes and cheese at the moment. She has a bit of a princess complex though; she likes me to feed her her finger food.
Kristin - I hope Isabella is on the mend. Still got my fingers crossed for you.
Mary - happybirthday Happy 9 months for Natalia for yesterday. I hope she is feeling better soon.
Sue - You guys are in my thoughts. Poor little Kane. I hope the drs get to the bottom of all his medical problems soon.
Lesley - Good luck to Montanah for the 31st.
Georgia - I'm totally envious of you in your PJs at 10.30 am. I've been out of the door before that almost everyday for the last week and I am in desperate need of a lie in and dag around the house day. It sounds like I need to keep my fingers crossed for you too???
Mary-anne - I hope you are feeling better now. Pffft to your friend who made the rear facing comment. I still have Lara rear facing and I will continue to do so until she really starts to whinge about it. Love your new pics of Darcy.
Di - Hope you enjoyed your mummy and Adam time.
Phew... I hope I haven't missed anyone (sorry if I have).
I'm off to the Mattel sale tomorrow ... ready to buy up for Christmas and birthdays. I'll let you know if it's worth it Melb mums when I see you on Friday.
Night girls...
Hi all
Welcome Sim, hope you hang around. This thread is my No 1 on any website as these girls are a godsend to anyone going nuts or needing help.
My poor baby is sick. He has been fine all day then about 4pm he started to feel warm. His temp is now 37.8 and he is jsut lying on our bed and moaning when he moves around - looks like I might be in for a reeeeeeeealllllllly long night. I could cry- he hasn't really been sick yet and as adults we should not be so helpless.....
I reckon he is probably getting the cold that has been threatening me for the last couple of weeks. I have had the sorest chest and a dry cough but nothing else.
Maybe all the love bites he has been giving my arms and shoulders have given him a fur ball !!??!?!?!? ( sorry moment of madness).
I'll drop in tomorrow and read all of the posts I missed. Better get some sleep before poor bub wakes again.
Have a good one all
GeorgiaAnne
11-07-2007, 19:45
Hi loves,
Sare - Hope you get a sleep in soon. re: fingers crossed, yeah, but still no afs yet.
Sarah - Sophia thinks she can get away with just a morning sleep sometimes but is so cranky by 6pm which is annoying as she normally goes to sleep at around 8:30pm.
Kristin - mm, pork fajitas, how yummy. Aren't you lucky having dh cook for you:thumbsup:
Pam - Just tried to look at the vid with no joy, v. interested to see how cute Olivia is these days. How are you feeling?
Bec - Nice to see you back. I hate one of echn as well, she is very judgmental and I always hope she is of when I go as I just might snap one of these days lol. See what I mean about being scary :devil6:
Simba - Welcome back and I love your avatar, what a cutie your dd is
Michelle - It always happens like that, one after the other with imbeciles.
Kimba - Yay on Jet's sleep. About time we sorted out a Sydney meet methinks...
Beck - I'm sure you've mentioned it before, but what are your plans for day care? Do you have to work long hours?
Sue- Gosh, you guys have really had it all. All my thoughts with you and your family and I hope thye get to the bottom of what is going on :hugs:
All pretty boring here with us, working a lot and dh has "man flu"
which is pretty painful and Sophia has a cough thing which my mum thinks is reflux caused by the cough and the reflux causes the cough, so a vicious circle iykwim. Sophia's latest antic is biting noses. She really aims and opens her mouth and comes in, quite funny 'til the teeth come. :fingerscrossed: for me for a good night's sleep as I am knackered so i'll see ya tomorrow.
ourfirstbubba
11-07-2007, 20:45
hi girls
well my poor poppet has a very runny nose and her hands have been in her mouth all day...no temp though which is good news...I have had the vaporizer on in her room and this helps her with her blocked/runny nose..poor bubbas, how much easier would it be if they could blow their noses??
she slept well considering last night....I fed her at 5am and she fell back asleep until 7.30am.........she has been asleep tonight since 7.15pm....
Kim- poor little Jet...cuddles do fix everything though..Natalia normally settles with my hubby, but last night she wanted Mummy cuddles to fall asleep......remember growing up, I would always call out for my Mum if I had a nightmare or a nose bleed.....bring on summer I say....
Sim- welcome to our group...Natalia is not a huge fan of finger food but I am trying......she loves toast with vegemite and banana.....
Beck- you are not a mean Mummy....I read somewhere about avoiding citrus fruits like oranges...but the rash could be her teeth as well, Natalia tends to get very dry red cheeks when she is teething.....
Michelle- yep, Natalia hates getting changed...I have to do it on the floor or on her bed as she wriggles so much I am scared she will roll off the change table..so the change table has just become a place to store Natalias stuff.....a deserted island sounds blissful....
Bec- hi lovie, was wondering how you were....as for the ECHN, ah der....I tend to ignore stupid comments......Ella looks so cute in the pic.....
Sarah- your poor friend......hope our day isnt too busy tomorrow.....no, we are still definetely on 2 day sleeps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon..maybe its just the day?
Sare- poor Lara....sounds like a long 2 weeks.....you guys are real supporters hey?? I had to laugh at your Princess complex comment, Natalia will hold the finger food but then wait with her mout open..very cute...they will get there...enjoy the sale 2morrow!
Di- poor little Adam, I agree, you feel so helpless....
Georgia- lol at Sophia nose biting! hope you sleep well tonight...
well girls, I am off to check on my monkey and then read for a bit and then zzzzzz...
kisses to all
xo
Afternoon ladies,
We got out the door in plenty of time this morning....perhaps even a little too early! Oh well!
Afterwards, I took little man shopping. I bought so much - just couldn't resist! I was shattered though as Colorado didn't have any of my size show that I had desperately wanted to get today - either did their closest store (which is 40 mins away!), so they have had to put an order in for me. Hopefully they can get some in!!
Jarvis has only slept for about 15 mins all up today, and that was in the car on the way home. I've had him in bed a couple of times and he hasn't gone off - like right now, he's in there playing with his bedtime giraffe, blowing raspberries, and trying to play the 'mama' card with me. Too bad I'm not letting him out this time until he has a sleep, lol!
Mary - I hope little natalia is feeling a little better today.
Georgia - My boys were often vomiting when they had a cough. Our Dr would say that it was caused by the build up of nose secretions that run down the back of their throats - sounds nice, hey? Poor little thing, hope she's feeling better. And here's hoping (for your sake) that DH's bout of "man flu" clears up quick smart. We all know how nasty that can be - sure nastier than the womens strain, lol!!
Di - Aw, another sick bubba. I hope he wasn't too upset with it all overnight, and that you both a good rest. Is he feeling any better today?
Sare - Your place sounds great at the moment, lol! Good on you braving the cold to watch the boys train...bet you didn't have to fight the crowds off to get a good view though! It's so cute that Eloise is so into her footy...Mack is able to identify and name each team, but we're not onto the player's yet! Even I get confused with them all, they change too frequently for me, lol!
It's DH's birthday today - I sent through an SMS to him just before 7 this morning. He replied just after 7.30am, telling me he was already in bed sleeping off his shift. Hopefully we will get to chat with him tonight. I might even get a cake for us to have tonight, and just pretend he is here....any excuse for a cake I say, lol!
Sounds like Jarvis is finally asleep now. Might be off to clean up a little before picking the boys up. We're having Mum over for our weekly 'fish n chip night' tonight, so I'd better look organised, lol!
Oh, Melb girls...how will I know who you all are tomorrow?? Do you have pink ribbons or something, lol? I don't, but after driving 45mins or so with 3 kids in the car, you'll sure be able to spot us, lmao!!
Hey, I just noticed these...how cute!! :rain: :snow: :babydust2:
Sarah
All right - who told Abbey that POOING on mummy's carpet was fun? Rabbit trail across the room - "but im so beautiful mummy"...Sure you are.
Real estate found my rent (after i proved it had been paid), they had allocated it to someone else. A very lucky someone else. Too bad, give it back.
Di - your poor hairy thing. You shouldnt be using your baby as a hair removal system. Did he have a bad night after that?
:snow: brrr it's chilly tonight! how cute are the new smileys. Still waiting for a piggy one though, hahaha :@)
Jet has 3 teeth poking through on top now :eek: and another 1 still threatening to pop through. Suddenly he's gone from gummy to a mouthful of choppers! I can't handle so much change at once...and it HURTS when he bites, it's like a stapler!
Anyone else's baby dropping milk feeds like no tomorrow? Daycare has started sending 1 bottle home untouched (usually he has 2 x 180ml while there) and Jet's also been refusing milk overnight if he wakes - if I try to give him a bottle he actually whacks it away with his hand, and cries! Yesterday he only had at most 500ml all day which is kinda worrying, shouldn't they still be having at least 600-800ml at this age? It could be the teeth, or maybe I should back off the solids a bit? although volume-wise he isn't really eating any more solids than he was a month ago...gosh it's all just so confusing.
He's also Mr Independent at the moment!Doesn't want to be held to drink his morning or bedtime bottle, doesn't want cuddles, doesn't want to snuggle with Mama in the mornings, refuses to eat things he liked last week. I miss my little baby! Although he is very, VERY attached to his blankie, which is good as it helps him settle and sleep well at night. For now at least.
Michelle - way to go on the rent and LOL at the poo trail :laughing: I bet I wouldn't be laughing if it happened to me though.
Oh poo, got to go, can't do more personals - well I hope that all the sick bubbas and whingeing husbands get better soon and that everyone is having a good week. Talk to you tomorrow!
ourfirstbubba
12-07-2007, 19:25
hi girls
gotta be quick before the new reality show with Mark Philipousis starts..tragic hey??? he he he , love it!
Sarah- hope your night with your Mum is lovely....and enjoy the cake for your poor hubby.....
Michelle- how funny.....of course shes cute!
Kim- Natalia has about 650ml of milk a day....she is starting to not want her afternoon bottle before her afternoon sleep....it is confusing but I figure I cant force her o have it either..because she has a blocked nose and has teeth popping through like Jet, she is off her fodd a little bit...she had almost no dinner, but ate well at brekky......ps happy 9 months to your little man for tomorrow.....I agree they are growing so quickly......
well tomorrow is my hubby and I's 5 year wedding anniversary...Valentine he came home this afternoon and he had been shopping for me, even though I told him that I didnt really want anything..but my hubby is a sweetie and also has good taste in presents so I am a little curious and excited now....I bought him a nice card and clock for his desk (the theme is wood for 5 years).....we are going for dinner to our favorite Vietnamese restaurant, cant wait.....
my monkey pants is alot better, although her nose is still stuffy...tonight she just about crawled on our bed, was very exciting.....
well the show has started, how tragic that Mark Philipousis has to go on a show to find his "dream woman"....he he he ...
sleep well and kisses to all of our beautiful bubbas
Hi girls,
The Mattel sale was great. I managed to get some real bargains for my girls, mainly Eloise, but I got a few stocking fillers for Lara too. I got the FP piano that you plug into the TV for $69.95 and it's RRP according to the KMart catalogue is $169 :eek: The Amazing animal train carriages were only $7. The zebra bouncy thing that some of you guys were talking about getting for your bubbas was only $41 (didn't get it as we already have so many of those types of toys).
After that we went to see my SIL and niece and then went to see Shrek again as DH hadn't seen it. So it has been a very busy day for us.
Sarah - Maybe we do need something so that you will recognise us tomorrow, it's going to be sooo packed being the school holidays and cold and wet outside. You will probably recognise the babies first from our avatars :laughing:
Kimba - That's one good thing about not breastfeeding Jet at least your boobs will stay intact :laughing: .
Michelle - LOL at the poo. Did Abbey laugh at your reaction to it?
Mary - I hope Natalia has been better today. I love winter, but I must admit that all the sickness etc is makig me change my mind.
Georgia - I love the nose kisses, so cute, but very messy and slobbery. I hope your family is feeling better too.
Well Lara has decided to wake up after being in bed for only 45mins. I'm sick of her having such a late bedtime (normally around 10.30ish, she wakes for a feed around 9ish, but won't go back to sleep :banghead: ) I'm so envious of you guys who manage to get your babies to bed early and stay in bed for the night... one day, this can't go on forever, right?
Night girls...
Evening all,
Well, we have ahd a lovely fis n chips dinner tonight, followed by even yummier chocolate mud cake! I even let the boys stay up till 8.30pm - How naughty of me, lol! I hope they won't become too rascal like tomorrow!
On the way to pick the boys up from daycare this afternoon, I stopped in at the supermarket. On my way to the car, I noticed some smashed up red stuff on the ground beside my car. I couldn't remember seeing it there when I had left the car. As I walked a little closer, I realised it was from my car!! :eek: My left hand side tail light had been smashed and I had lovely red scratches across the corner of my car!! Not happy! I looked around, and couldn't see anybody..there was no note either. So, the lovely, well mannered mother that I am, lol, started swearing to myself (as you do), and then this young girl started walking towards me. It was her - she was so apologetic, she couldn't stop saying sorry. I told her to chill out, although I was pretty annoyed at the thought of somebody damging my car and driving off, but that now she had owned up, I was a little calmer, lol! Will have to talk to DH and see what he's going to do about it.
And, while I'm on the subject of being disappointed...I did quite a lot of shopping this morning for the boys. After tea, we had a little fashion parade, trying on their new threads, etc. Anyway, found a hole in DS2's top that I ahd bought from Pumpkin Patch. It is so frustrating to get home and notice things like that!! It's not the first time it's happened with clothing from there either, and I thought I'd been so careful checking everything, as it's such a nuisance to get in to our store. Grrr, so, now I have to call them in the morning, and hope they have another one there, and Mum is going in to swap it over tomorrow night.
Enough whinging now!! Sopke to DH for his birthday tonight. The kids were so cute, singing him Happy Birthday on their video call! They even pretended to blow out the candles after singing hip hip hooray! It looks like the boys and I may be going to QLD within the next month or so to stay with DH for a couple fo weeks in the mines guest accomodation. It will give us a good chance to see just how much we will like it/will not like it! We are still very undecisive about what we are going to do re: living arrangements, etc.
Sare: So jealous that the Mattel sale was great! I think I read that Beck may be able to get us some tickets...ooh, I hope so!! You did have a busy day today! Re: tomorrow - I have a grey/charcoal phil and ted's pram and 3 boys. That will be me, lol! I'd hate to be there, and not know you were all there, lol!!
Mary: Lol at you!! As tragic as that fella is, I just can't bring myself to watch his show!! If I did, it would be just so I can laugh at what a loser he is, lol!! You can keep me updated on what happens, yeah?
Kimba: How old is that boy of yours? 9 months or 9 years, lol!! Mr Independant indeed! What a little mouthful he is getting too. I'm sure that once Jarvis finally gets some teeth through, he will get them in hurry too. Lucky me, hey? Jet may be off his milk/foods because of the new teeth?? Don't quote me, but I think bubs at 9 months need about 600ml of milk? If he is having full cow's milk on his cereal, this will count towards to his intake.
Michelle: Lmao at the Abbey trail!! I guess it's better than little dumps hidden all around the room though, lol! Or the poo through the cot, over the walls and squished into the carpet thing, lol!
Off to bed to rest my weary muscles from today's treatment....
See you tomorrow melb girls - the boys are so excited to be meeting 'mummy's letter babies in Melbourne, at the playcentre', lol!!
Sarah
Evening all,
Well happy to report that after virtually no sleep my little man seems fine today. Tired, but fine:sleeping: . He has slept pretty well all day but I quite happy as I've had some rest.
I hope all oter sick and teething babies sleep well also. I am off to bed, be back tomorrow:wave:
diesal444
13-07-2007, 07:41
Morning everyone
Just a quickie here....
Wanted to pop on to say Hi to everyone and that I have read all your posts and will be back on this arvo to do personals.
Cant wait to see all the melb mums and little ones today....:smiliedance:
Ok hope everyone is well and big kisses to all
:rain: :snow: :babydust2: <<<<< cute as!!
happybirthday Happy 9 Months to my darling boy! 39 weeks old...he's been out almost as long as he was in, LOL. Mind you he was in till almost 42 weeks...
Slept OK last night although Jet woke at 12.40 and didn't resettle himself like he has been. When I went in and picked him up he was sucking at my face (which he used to always do, as he was always hungry at night). I didn't even have a bottle made up because he's been refusing them or sleeping through. So I quickly made up a half bottle and he guzzled it down, then cried when it ran out, then I had to make up another one, which he guzzled again. :eek: Just can't predict this boy at all! By then I was WIDE awake and took me ages to get back to sleep. But at least he had some milk and a nice wet nappy this morning.
His cough sounds shocking this morning though, really chesty, so I'm glad tomorrow is Saturday and I can take him to the doctor.
Di - glad that Adam is better, hope you got some sleep last night.
Sarah - lol sometimes I wonder if Jet is an old soul who's very frustrated to be stuck in a baby's body! What a bummer about your car but at least the girl came forward so it should be easier for insurance to sort out (I think?). Hope you enjoy your meetup with the Melb crew today.
Sare - jealous about the Mattel sale I should try to find out if there's anything like it here in Sydney. $7 for amazing animals carriages! How much for the actual train set? Maybe I should send one of you some money and get you to post them to me LOL. Oh and re: boobs, it's funny, even when I first stopped BFing Jet I still offered him the boob at times (and still do) just to see if he'd latch on to comfort suck, as there was still a wee bit of milk there. But the little bugger just bites and pulls! :eek: So obviously HE doesn't miss the boobies. I feel for you about Lara's sleeping, Jet goes down around 6.30 for 12 hours, although he often wakes around 9-10 (I think it's his teeth) and occasionally wants a quick feed in the wee hours (1-4). but almost always goes right back to sleep. I suppose I paid my dues with 5 months of bad sleeping when he was younger though...
Mary - Happy Anniversary to you and DH today! I hope you have a lovely day. How exciting about Natalia almost crawling. Before you know it she'll be getting into everything. I hope her stuffy nose clears up soon.
Better go and get some work done...soooo glad it's Friday!
My baby is mental. She went to sleep last night without a battle, stayed in her cot for half an hour before wanting me to rock her, slept another half hour, then she went a bit silly. Refused to sleep unless i was rocking her. All poor mummy wanted to do was go to the loo! I gave up and plonked her on the bedroom floor for a cry while i got ready for bed. She had nothing to cry about, it was rather stupid.
Took her to my bed, boobie to sleep, and she slept for about 20 minutes before deciding she wanted to kneel and rest her head on mummy's tummy. Fine. Weirdo. She slept like that for about an hour, and then started to refuse to sleep unless she was being rocked again. Woke me up to insist on being rocked!
We had a bit of a battle of wills (she won - she's loudest) and i rocked her, gave her some dymadon against her will, and finally got her back to sleep. Then she decided she would like to sleep on my head.
Talk about velcro baby! I dont know what her problem was. Theoretically if you are AP you dont let your baby cry, but if your baby is silly enough to cry about nothing and have unreasonable demands, then she is going to have to cry. Mean mean mummy!
She woke up happy of course. Mental.
Anyway, enough of that.
I ordered some adorable baby ugg booties last night, pink ones! Hope they get here soon, i might have to staple her socks on to keep her warm. Im going to 'request' her father buy her a dressing gown too. I would, but i spent too much on toys instead. I certainly do have my priorities right dont i? My house looks like a preschool centre (and thats the way i like it!).
Whoops, the previous tenant just came by to get her mail which i have maybe kinda sometimes been chucking away. :shame: I cant help it if they dont leave a forwarding address. At my old house only 1/10 letters were actually for me, no matter how many i returned to sender, so i have given up on that. When i move i have my mail redirected, doesnt everyone?? Although, aus post did redirect my ex-neighbours mail to me this week, so der. I didnt get my group cert through the redirection and assume someone else has it, so i did my tax from my last payslip. Should be accurate.
Isn't Mark Phillopoosis the one who ditched Delta?
Sare - obviously im jealous about the mattel sale too! First i've heard about such events.
Sarah - bummer about the car. My old car had a smashed light once and the guy stuffed me around so much it never got fixed. oh dear, velcro baby is back!
Hi All
Just a quick one - no personals for now.
Kayley had a bit of a rotten sleep last night but I really think these teeth are bothering her each time she wakes up. Regradless I am perservering as tough mummy at the moment and I think it is helping. After she was taking 1 hr + to go to sleep again I thought I cannot cope with this again so I have been doing a bit of CC. Basically I have been putting her down, making sure she is settled, put her music on and walking out. If she is still crying after 1 min, back in and resettle then out again for 3. The max I have/will do is about 5 minutes but we actually haven't got to that yet and she is going to sleep quickly (only took about 5 mins then). Also I have cut down to max 2 feeds at night and resettling her other times - it may sound still bad for some of you but this is big progress for us!!
Just a couple of quick personals -
Kimba - Kayley seems to be drinking a lot less at the moment, only taking one side most of the time (which is not much for my supply) but she is still getting wet nappies and is happy enough so must be all she needs at the moment. She has one bottle a day and she is consistently only taking about 130 - 140mls. I am going to introduce a second bottle next week.
Georgia - my parents in law are going to babysit Kayley for the first couple of months which should be a help. Once she is walking I want to get her in childcare at least one day a week as I think it will be good for her to socialise rather than being with them all the time.
Sarah - I think her face rash is teething as she is drooling a bit and it hasn't gone away completely yet.
Michelle - I have had a lot of incompetent people lately. Got the wrong grobag sent to me. went to an undercoverwear party and they sent me the wrong size pants. missed out on a block of land because noone called me back. plus lots more things I can't recall at the moment. Is it Karma?? Maybe it is one of those silly chain emails I never forward!!
Sare - glad the Mattel sale went well.
I hope all those with sick bubbas are well again soon (it seems to never end doesn't it)!!
Well I better go and have a shower and clean up a bit while Kayley is asleep before todays meet up.
Hi all,
Still around. Sydney sucked. Long story; I have pneumonia. Sam is staying with Granny because I'm pretty useless right now.
Will post once I can stay out of bed more than a few minutes.
Sorry to hear about all the sick bubs - I have that same kidney thingy, whoever that was!
ourfirstbubba
13-07-2007, 15:34
hi girls
just a quick one..hope you are all well.....we have had a nice day today......hubby was a sweetheart and wrote me a beautiful card and got me the most gorgeous watch with a big face and leopord print band, sounds not so nice but its quite "blingy" which I like!
my monkey slept well last night, with the vaporizer on all night..she got up at 6am, had a bottle and went back to bed until 8am...we have had a really nice lazy day at home just playing in her room and chatting as we do!
my parents and in-laws will be here at about 6pm so hubby and I can go out for dinner..cant wait......she would have slept over at my in-laws but she is still a bit snotty and I am worried she might wake during the night.......
Sare- the sale sounds great! just a thought and i am sure you have tried it, but can you feed Lara before she wakes up, like a dream feed? we still give Natalia a feed at about 11pm (my hubby does) and she sleeps right through ...but I agree, it makes your day long.....hope you have a great time at the Melb meet today...
Sarah- bless your boys singing for their Daddy......sounds like its hard to decide what to do with regards to moving.......and bugger about your car, at least she was honest hey? yes, the show was tragic, all of it was very pathetic, but I just have to watch it now to see if he goes for a 40year old or a younger chick...sad hey?
Di- hi love, hope Adam is well
Mary-anne- hope you enjoy the meet up today....
Kim- happybirthday to beautiful Jet....hope you are feeling ok today...its the weekend so hope you relax with your lil man..
Michelle- yep, he ditched Delta...shes a lucky girl I reckon, he is embarassing...
Beck- hi lovie, sounds like the CC is working and its great you dont have to go past 5 mins....hope things settle soon...had a look at some of your pics, Kayley is a cheriub, she has lots of Bonds trackies, love it!
Jen- :hugs: to you..poor lovie....
well girls, best be off, have to go and buy some stuff at Coles.....am so looking forward to eating salt and pepper squid and satay chicken, my absolute favorite dishes........and I am going to have a few drinky poos tonight.....
kisses to all of our bubs
xo
Hi everyone,
Well that's two nights in a row of getting the girl to sleep in her cot, tucked in with just my hand on her. Last night it took 40mins but tonight only 10 - plus last night she only had one feed at 2.30, then slept through til 6.30 - I felt a million dollars when I got up! So much uninterrupted sleep!
She is learning things so fast, she now looooves walking with you holding her hands, and crawls so fast. Can't believe she couldn't crawl two weeks ago!
Mary :laughing: you tv tragic. And Georgia bags me for watching Mcclouds daughters!! I like some blingy stuff too. I adore my (bangkok) Vuitton wallet, it's hot hot pink & shiny and women are always admiring it! I was also planning to have a drink tonight but I'm too stuffed full of chinese food & have no room.
Jeffy good to hear from you but ooooohhhh, poor you with the pneumonia! Hope you are able to look after yourself a bit and get better soon.
Beck, wow you two are doing great with the CC! Sounds like it is really working for Kayley. & I know what you mean about not sounding like a huge achievement but being big progress for you. I reckon it's the little bits of progress that make you able to do the sleep "training" cos it's all hard work!
Michelle, sorry to hear about the super sticky velcro Abbey. Lol at the post - we often say the same thing about being the only tenants to redirect mail! Glad you got your rent sorted out.
Hey Kimba - happybirthday to Jet, hope he had a lovely 9 month birthday! Can you believe in less than 3 months our babies will be 1!!!:eek:
Sarah mmmm mudcake. You're right any excuse will do! Hope your treatment has done you lots of good.
Sare, so jealous of the toy sale. I love the FP toys, deciding what to get Ella for her birthday is going to be so hard! Hope the Melbourne meet has gone well for all you guys. Don't fight over AFL teams will you??
Hey by the way I forgot last post Pam - congratulations!!! so exciting! Still waiting for AF to put in a reappearance here.
Better go, I've been out in the paddock for two days for work, and I'm stuffed. So out of shape these days! Also it has been soooo cold and the wind off the snow really dries you out iykwim? makes you even more stuffed!
GeorgiaAnne
13-07-2007, 20:37
happybirthday 9 months to gorgeous Jet! Can't believe we are nearly at 1st Birthdays, Yikes!!
Jen - You poor love, I hope you are having a big rest, lots of love to you
Mary - Hope you have a great date tonight ;)
Bec - You SO deserve a good nights sleep, glad it is starting to happen and thta Ella understands that sleep is good. re: cr@ppy teev, yeah everyone is talking about this Phillipoussis thing, sounds DREADFUL!! lol and he is just icky.
Beck - That's great your ils can help. That is the one great thing abiut day care, the socialising and learning but the illness we can live without, which is obviously the downside.
Michelle - Geez, you have got some patience. I recxkon i'd be cracking a ferber by then!
Working too much this week so no brain. Oh, if you wanna watch some more cr@ppy telly, apparently i'm on Heat in the Kitchen tomorrow night on SBS (my mum said she saw me on the trailer lol) It was at an awards night a couple of years ago so I was drunk and thin as opposed to my sober, chubby state now. Better go and eat my dinner so lots a love xx
:wave: everyone,
I almost missed my first Melb meet yesterday!! I had such a yucky morning, with Jarvis crying most of it, yet not wanting to sleep, and the boys just being boys, lol! Whilst I was in the shower, they got into my scrapbooking box, and wasted 2 full rolls of my double sided tape, and who knows what else!! We were running so late! Anyway, I got them all in the car and had to run back inside to go to the loo...when I walked out of the house, I locked the door behind me. I got into the car and reached across to the passenger seat for my keys...they weren't there :banghead: I'd locked the house/car keys inside!! I raced around the house trying to find an open window....nothing! So, here I was, almost in tears, calling my mum at work to come and let me back into my own house! We made it - just 45 minutes after I had planned to be there, lol! The boys ahd such a great time!! All 3 were fast asleep within 10 minutes leaving!! And, Jarvis slept through from 7.00pm till 7.00am, YAY!!
Oh, and how cute those little girls are: Lara, Eloise, Kayley, and Darcy! It was so sweet to see 'pink' for a change! It was really nice meeting you Mum's too, lol! So nice to be able to put a face to everyone's names. Makes it feel more like we are typing to people, and not just the computer, iykwim? Lol!
Then...on the way home, we saw a truck pulled over on the highway with a digger well alight in the back! Was a little scary as we got closer to it, as I was imagining the worst, but it looked as though nobody was hurt thankfully.
I've had another pretty horrible morning today - Tallan decided he was going to fly off my bed and crash into the window! Mack and I were lying in it watching the tv, and I actually began laughing when it first happened as it looked quite funny! Any how, he started crying and I raced out of bed around to pick him up. when I did, his whole bedoy was just limp - like a rag doll. He flopped his head back, and just lay floppy across my arms. Of course, I panicked, screamed out to him a couple of times, and raced down to the kitchen for the phone. I layed him out on the bench, still floppy, and at this stage, I thought he may have snapped a bone in his leg or something - it was laying out to the side and was still and limp. I called Mum, no answer...A minute or so later, he moved his head, and I started to talk to him. It was so scary, and being here by myself made it all that bit worse, i think. I felt so sick. He took about 45mins - 1hr before he started to come good, eg. colour back in his face, talking to me, eating, etc. I'm going to enrol in a first aid course this week I think! I should've done my refresher last year when my last one expired.
Anyway....enough about my horrible couple of days. I hope it's all finished with now - I don't know if I can take much more!!
Georgia: I've had a look in the TV guide, and it doesn't seem to be on here...
Bec: Wow on Ella's settling and sleeping last night. Well done!! Before you know it, she won't need you to help settle at all! It sure makes it easier to cope with the day when you're well rested doesn't it?
Mary: Happy Anniversary! Sounds like you got a lovely gift. Did DH like the gift you gave to him? Hope you had a lovely night out together. Re: Mark and his love match - as tragic as it all is, and without even sneaking a peak at it, I erckon he'll go for a 40's chick, lol! Perhaps he needs somebody that is actually mature and a little life experienced!
Jen: Poo that you've got pneumonia! You poor thing, you must be feeling absolutely horrible! Hope you're up at at em really soon though, and that you can have Sam at home with you too.
Beck: Did Kayley sleep any better for you last night after her big day out? It was nice to finally meet you and Kayley...She's such a cutie! Did you manage to get home before it rained on you?
Kimba: happybirthday 9 months to Jet!! Is he feeling any better today - you off to the doctor? Lol about Jet being stuck in baby's body!! Very well could be you know, lol!!
Michelle: I hope she will not give me the run around with my car! DH said my car is now classed as unroadworthy because of the smashed tail light. I told him, that he can deal with it all when he gets home next week, lol! I can't be bothered with right now!
Mary - Anne: I hope you had a safe drive home yesterday. It was lovely to meet you and Darcy too! Did she have a good time? Another little cutie here girls!! Try and relax and take it easy for the next couple of days. I know it's hard not to think about your impending 'back to work date', but just try and use all your energy on Darcy and not thinking about work :hugs:
Sare: It was great to finally meet you too! Eloise and Lara are just the cutest! Us October girls really have made the cutest babies haven't we? Lol! Hope you had a safe drive home yesterday too. Did you need to stop and feed Lara? Lara is so mobile, it's too cute! I think the race is on between her and Jet as to who will be walking first!! Oh, GO CATS!!!
Best be off I guess. the boys are watching the Cars movie, while I sit here and ignore them, lol! They're off to MIL's for a couple of hours over lunch time today while I spend some time perusing children's clothing at a friend's place.
Enjoy your day girls,
Sarah
Hiya Girls,
Hope everyone's weekend is progressing well. I am running around like a chook with no head as we are about to have the rellie onslaught like we did when Adam was born.
My (not so) darling ex mother in law and her husband are arriving at the end of the week for - get this - 3 weeks. (I'll be nuts after 1/2 an hour).
Then my Grandma is coming at the end of the month as well.
And then John's mum & dad will be here for 10 days.
I wish they would spread themselves out during the year a bit - but what can you do.
Nearly finished cleaning and rearranging most of the house ( not sure why it has been good enough all of this time :laughing: ).
Kimba I hope Jet had a great 9 month bday.
Mary I hope your anniversary was truely fantastic. ( I'm sure being such a beautiful person like you are it would have been everything you hoped).
Well my Mr Magoo seems to be fine. His temperature is completely gone and he is back to charming every single person silly enough to look at him. :wizard:
We are currently involved in the should we/ shouldn't we debate about another addition.
It's funny DH was dead against it until the baby expo in Brisvegas last week- he cam home so clucky it was disgusting lol he was gushing about all of the babies.
I let him go but then I went to do a delivery to a couple of lovely ladies I know and they have both had their babies. 1 is 7 days a little girl, the other was 2 days- a little boy. I sent DH a text message saying he better sleep on the couch for the next few weeks :laughing:
Not sure what I touched there but my post posted without me
Anyway......he was making fun of me for being clucky and saying he better go and have the snip pretty quick. I told him I would get another puppy then (not that I could be bothered at the moment with 3 dogs). He told me he'd much rather Adam have a little brother or sister than another dog.....
I'm just gonna sit back and see what happens lol.
Okie dokie, better go and finish this disaster I have created off.
Hugs & kisses to all and sundry, enjoy the rest of your weekend
GeorgiaAnne
14-07-2007, 14:28
OOH Di, that sounds very promising :fingerscrossed: do you want another?
Sarah - Gosh what dramas you've had. Sounds like you handled it all very well :eek: I'd like to do a first aid course too as I have NO idea apart from ringing my mum or 000!
It's such a beautiful day here in Sydney, loving it and can't wait for Spring yipee! Working tonight but i'm tired :sleeping: and looking forward to a day off with my man. k, see ya and have a good night
~Kristin~
14-07-2007, 19:06
:barf: Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh - I feel like cr@p!!!! Sorry, pity post here. :snow:
Isabella has been grizzling all day, clinging to me like a wet towel, I'm coughing up things that should be in a lab, I have had an enormous bawling session over nothing really, I had about 3 hours sleep last night so I'm exhausted, and to top it all off, I just helped DP pack his bag.
He is off to PNG for the week for work. So not only do I feel like death, and I have a baby who obviously feels the same way, but now I get to spend the week all by myself. :gloomy: And I won't even have a puter to play with as he takes it away with him.
Sorry, no personals, am going to go and crawl under a rock somewhere, just wanted so share my misery around (sorry....., you know how it gets sometimes :thumbsdown: ).
Hi girls,
Kristin - Sorry to hear that you are feeling unwell. That's really bad timing that your dh is going away while you and Isabella are both sick. I hope you're better soon. Your dh travels a lot for work, what does he do?
Georgia - I missed you on tv ... we were on our way home from the footy (:gloomy: won't even talk about that).
Sarah - It was lovely to meet you and your beautiful boys yesterday ... they're all so gorgeous. Eloise was telling her daddy all about Mack and Tallan when we got home last night. Glad to hear that Tallan is ok ... not sure what I would have done either. It sounds like you've had a rough couple of days, hopefully next week is better for you. Lara slept the whole way home (and slept through last night from about 9pm YAY!!!) Eloise only slept for about 30 mins, luckily I was prepared and had the DVD player ready to go lol.
Mary-anne - Great to see you and your cutie pie Darcy yesterday. How bad was the traffic on the ring rd? What should have taken me just over an hour to get home, took and hour and 50 mins :eek: Luckily Hamish and Andy were on the radio, so I had something decent to listen to while I was waiting for the traffic to move.
Beck - How was Kayley when you got home? Have those teeth that were bothering her cut through yet?
Di - Wow on all your visitors. Speaking of visitors, how's the evil stepson going? Did he end up moving back in with his mum, or is he still with you?
Jen - Gosh you've been given your fair share of illnesses to deal with in your household over the last few months. I hope you are on the mend.
Bec - You've got snow ... I can't wait to go and visit the snow in a few weeks time (bet it's the pits if you have to live with it though). Great news on Ella starting to sleep better for you.
Kimba - happybirthday Happy 9 months to Jet!!!
Mary - Happy anniversary to you and your dh for yesterday. Hope you had a lovely dinner out last night.
Anyone want to borrow a naughty almost 3 yr old? Lol. She's driving me nuts. She was soooo silly at the footy today, and kept on hitting the poor kid sitting in front of her. I know it's a long time for her, but we take lots of things for her to do and eat, but still she's a pain. She never stops talking, I was driving home (with a headache and feeling down after the loss) and she's saying "Mummy, you want to talk about the traffic lights? Mummy talk mummy, don't be quiet. Talk to me mummy!!!" Why children have be designed without mute buttons is beyond me??? lol.
For the first time in ages, dh and I are having some child free time tomorrow. We are going out to the movies and will probably go out for a coffee afterwards. Should be bliss... My brother and his g/f are looking after the girls, they don't know what they're in for :devil6:
Okay, enough chatter from me. I'm off to stalk the TT forum... still having issues with Eloise. Night...
all this talk about trying again, who else including me has said this is it? my shop has shut for business im afraid
sare. sorry i'll take a raincheck on the 3 yr old. im too busy trying to palm off a 5 yr old. sure he can be good but other days i just wanna strangle him lol
well off to make more noise. dps mate crashed at our house last night and is still asleep on the lounge. where i normally hang out under a doona of a morning. his punishment, total chaos..go kids :smiliedance:
Hey All
Thanks for the meet up on Friday girls. I decided to keep Kayley up and she was pretty well behaved given the lack of sleep. She was happy to be home I think.
We didn't get wet on the way home - yay and her new tooth hasn't popped through yet.
WARNING - WHINGE TO FOLLOW....
Well I was nearly in tears last night putting Kayley to bed. I had a late hockey game (5pm) so by the time I got home and we ate tea (take-away) we were a bit late and she was a bit grumpy. In the bath she was pulling at her ears - I swear she is going to pull one off! When she went down for bed she was a bit overtired and grumpy and I think her teeth were playing up. She had some Dymadon and some Hylands and I put her down and left - well she just screamed until I came back (sounded like someone was sawing through her leg). Settled her again and out again and screams came back. This happened a few times and I told DH it was breaking my heart so he took the monitor outside with him. Anyway I have decided that with CC I won't go further than 5 minutes and she finally settled and went to sleep. It was so sad though....when I come back in each time she pulls herself on her belly right to the corner closest to the door and just screams at the door. Well when I went to check on there she had just fallen asleep in that position with her head down. I felt like such a mean mummy.
I really don't like CC and never wanted to do it but I do need to sleep too. I haven't been feeling real healthy lately and I think I need my sleep. Kayley is still waking 3 - 4 times a night at the moment (with 2 feeds) and I am hoping to get that down to 1 with 1 feed! Nothing else has worked so I am resorting to my own CC but I am not sure if I can cope wiht another night like last night - I know I am a wuss but I feel like i am breaking her spirit....
Anyway - enough whinging - our good news is that we got a block of land in SA yesterday (my mum and sister camped out for me - I owe them big) - it settles in December so by this time net year we should be built and in.
Best wishes to all of you.
hey all
how are we doing today
we we are ok we went to the markets this morning
and mil went home yesterday i am so happy she did i can tell you ,
she can be a very big pain at time like calling my ds8 a lier and telling him his dads no in the army hes locked up or that josh could not go ice skating with everyone else what rite dose she have to do that none if you ask me
we thank you to everyone for your warm wishs in regards to montanah it is very nice
we made mil stay at home with all the kids last appointment and now she wont come back for the next one after vowing to be here for everyone of her appointment s coz it not fair on dh i and i to do it alone more like its to make her feel better
well i better go i have heaps to do
take care all:smiliedance:
:sleeping: OMG!! I am so tired! I think I got about 3hrs sleep last night....I decided to take Tallan into the Dr last night re: his fall, as my sister said that it sounded like he had lost conciousness. this really freaked me out, so off we went. whilst at the Dr, she rang the pead. at the hospital who then said to bring him into casualty for him to take a look at. I did this, and he decided that given the circumstances, he would admit Tallan overnight for observation, due to the risks of a intra cranial hemorrage :eek: It was all a little scary - especially the part when he said I could observe him at home, but if he was to deterioate (sp?) there may not be enough time, but if he was in hosptial and something was to happen, he would go straight in for a brain/head scan, then the neurosurgeon's would be called, and so on....It wasn't a hard decision to make as to where we stay!
I had to fly home at about 11pm, to get Jarvis as he was just not settling for my sister at all! He must have known that something was up, because he doesn't normally wake until 4am if he's going to. So, I had the two of them in there. Jarvis didn't end up going to sleep until after 1am, then was awake again at 5.30am. I have just woken up from a nap, and Tallan and Jarvis are still fast asleep. Not surprisingly! And poor DH didn't find out about it all until he finished night shift and returned to his accomodation at 10.00am this morning - he rang straight away! I have really missed him being here this week....it's just been so hard.
So, that was yesterday!! I'm going to wipe the last week, and start fresh tomorrow, lol!
Sorry, no time for personals today - I'm going to spend some time with Mack before the boys wake up. Enjoy your Sunday...
Oh, Sare - Sorry for the Maggies loss yesterday!
:smiliedance: for Geelong!!
mumchristy23
15-07-2007, 14:31
:wave: Hi Everyone
Just thought i'd pop in and see how you all are... :hugs: to all t he little bubba's who have been sick.
Cant believe how quickly they are all growing, I love popping in here and checking out all the new Avatar's!
Jacob is 10 months old today, still no teeth but can stand up all on his own without holding onto anything and......................... he is walking.
*sigh* be back later, Jacob is finding the mouse fascinating and keeps clicking it.
Hi all :wave:
happybirthday Happy 9 months Sophia! and Happy 10 months Jacob. Walking, WOW!
We've had a lovely weekend. Went to Taronga Zoo yesterday, and despite it being overpriced, swarming with people, nowhere as good as it used to be and half the place shut down for renovations (or so it seemed), it was still nice to walk around for a few hours. The new elephants were cool, reminded me of our honeymoon in Thailand, LOL. It was a spur of the moment decision to go and Jet was due for his after-lunch sleep, so I was hoping he'd snooze in the hour long car trip, but didn't fall asleep till JUST as we got there. So poor wee man, we had to wake him to put him in his pram. But then he was such a good boy, just sat there looking at everything and didn't get cranky at all, although he was obviously tired.
Today we spent the afternoon in the beer garden at a local pub catching up with my Mum's Group who I haven't seen for ages. Wow all the bubba's have grown so much, it's amazing to see how they all develop in different areas at different times. Jet is the youngest but the biggest :laughing: and he's cruising while some of the others aren't yet crawling, whereas they can do things like wave, and point, and clap, which he can't! It's just so cute...And again Jet was so well behaved, he even had a little snooze in his pram while we had lunch. Although he's a bit rough with the other bubbas - he gets too excited and wants to climb on them and 'cuddle' them and 'kiss' them (big open mouthed sloppy bitey kisses!), and pulls their hair. Yikes.
Oh and his 4th tooth cut through on top (that's 4 teeth in 2 weeks! :eek:) but they don't seem to be giving him a lot of grief, he's just chewing and dribbling a lot and his cheeks have flared up again.
Sad news though, we just found out that a friend of mine's little boy has been diagnosed with autism. He's 2. Don't know how severe it is yet, and apparently if they diagnose it early they have better results with therapies etc? so here's hoping. My poor friend is blaming herself which is just awful.
Christy - that's awesome that Jacob is walking! it's scary how fast they grow up hey. over the last couple of days Jet has been 'letting go' while standing for a couple of seconds. But I don't think he likes it (phew).
Sarah - oh so scary about poor Tallan and having to take him into hospital, I would have done the same - better to be safe than sorry! I'm glad all sounds OK with him. Must be so hard for you when things like this happen and DH is away. Big hugs!
Lesley - you MIL sounds like a cow what a horrible thing to say to your poor DS!!! If I was you I'd be doing the happy dance as soon as she walked out the door. (thank god mine lives overseas...) How's our girl Montanah doing, such a little trooper!
Beck - oh, CC is tough. When we did our 'modified' CC with Jet, I would only leave him for a minute or so if he was protesting but didn't sound distressed, and if I could hear him 'winding down' and having little pauses as he settled himself then I'd leave it a bit longer. If he sounded like he was getting distressed, I'd go in, cuddle him and tell him 'time for bed, I'll be here if you need me' and walk out again. And if he still hadn't settled within half an hour I'd get him up and play with him for a while, then try again when he showed tired signs. If he woke during the night I'd listen for a while to see if he was going to resettle or if he was hungry/ upset and needed me to feed/resettle him, a lot of the time he'd just put himself back to sleep. It took about 5 days and the 5th day was the worst, after that it all sort of fell into place and he's been pretty easy to settle ever since, and usually sleeps through. Although whenever he's sick or teething (which is pretty much constant LOL) it kind of goes out the window.
Speak of the devil, I can hear him crying, better go see what's up, he's been in bed since just after 6. BBL for rest of personals!
ETA: so much for teeth not giving grief, poor little thing was howling and wouldn't let me near him even to give some nurofen and bonjela. I hate it when I can't console him, makes me feel so useless...
Continuing with more personals!
Sue - I definitely want another one, but we'll just see what happens...
Sare - LOL at the mute button that'd be fantastic! Hope you enjoyed your childfree day. I need to find a babysitter so DH and I can go to see a movie sometime. We were actually talking about it today with Mum's Group, offering to babysit each other's kids and then get the favour returned, so hopefully that works out!
Kristin - sorry you feel like cr@p hope you get better real soon! :hugs: You'll always find some sympathy here.
Georgia - wasn't it a lovely weekend in Sydney! Hope you had a lovely day with DH and Sophia. We spent a lot of time outside both yesterday and today. Bad mummy forgot to bring Jet's sunscreen though, kept him hatted and in the shade as much as I could, but I can't tell if his cheeks are red from sun or teething or both! either way it's made his damn rash worse and I feel so guilty now.
Di - hmmm sounds like Adam might be getting a little brother or sister sooner rather than later!
Bec - good to hear from you, wow, snow! I'm hoping we get snow in the Blue Mountains this winter so we can take Jet to have a look. Yay Ella on the sleeping, and the crawling! Isn't it just mindblowing how they can do new things so fast.
Mary - LOL at you and your reality TV. Your watch sounds lovely, hope you enjoyed your dinner!
Jen - :eek: pneumonia you poor love! Here's hoping you have a speedy recovery.
OK I'm off to have a glass of wine to see if it helps me shake off the '2 beers in the sun' headache from today :laughing:
Hi again,
Sarah - Far out!!! What a frightening experience for you. I hope poor little Tallan is ok. You're amazing for coping with all of this alone... you must be really looking forward to your dh coming home.
Christy - Good to hear from you again, it's been a while. Wow on Jacob walking already.
Lesley - It sounds like you have the MIL from hell. Thank goodness that you don't have to see her that often!
Beck - :hugs: Kayley will get there eventually. And you're definitely not a mean mummy. Thanks for the invitation to the mattel sale, but I better give it a miss, dh will freak if I buy any more toys :laughing: Plus I think I'm pretty much done for my kids Christmas shopping (except for a few things that I will get from the Target sale on Thursday). I hope Kayley settles better for you tonight.
Sue - How did your dp's mate go with the chaos? Did you get your lounge back?
Well ... dh an I went to see knocked up today. It was really funny. I have to say that I squirmed during the birth scene ... I don't think that I am ready to go there again just yet lol!!!
We're of to the Drs again tomorrow, this time for Eloise. She has a cough that she just can't seem to shake, so I thought it would be best to get it checked out.
Okay I'm off to watch BB. Dh wants to use the comp tonight to design our decked area that he wants to build over summer.
See ya... Have a good night...
mumchristy23
15-07-2007, 22:32
Kimba - The last time DF and I went to Taronga Zoo was about 3 years ago and it looked like half the place was closed for renovations then. Glad you all had a great day tho!
It is amazing watching kids at different ages as to what they can do. And I also love watching them interact with each other. Would have been so cute watching Jet with the others.
WOW... 4 teeth, poor Jet.. hope the rest of em dont give him too much grief!. Does he take a dummy? There is dummy especially designed so you can put bonjela on it.. that might help if he wont let you near his mouth??
Am really sorry to hear about your friends little boy! :fingerscrossed: there is something they can do with therapies etc.
Sare - Yes has been a while.. too long actually! Time seems to be flying by at the moment!
I cant wait to see the movie knocked up.... Looks really good!
Hope Eloise is feeling better soon!
Well im off to bed. Will catch up with you all soon.
diesal444
16-07-2007, 06:59
mornin ladies........
Well its been a nice weekend for us.
We went to the movies together on sat night and saw knocked up. LOVED IT. Was very funny I thought.
Sarah - It was sooo lovely to meet you and your beautiful boys on friday. How scary with what happened with Tallan. Your are doing such a great job on your own.
Bec - Great job on Ella crawling :smiliedance:
Di - Glad Adam is feeling better and back to his charming self. Great work on trying for another maybe......
Sarah - aarrgghhh... The traffic was horrid. But definitly worth it to see you all again. Had to laugh at the mute button with Eloise. A deck... How wonderful!!!
Beck - Congratulations of your block of land purchase. Bet you are soooooo excited. It was so great you and Kayley on friday. Re CC... You do whatever you are comfortable with whether it be 1 min, 2 min,3 min,4 min whatever!!.... You need to sleep and especially since your going back to work in less then 2 months....
Kristin - So sorry to hear your not feeling the best. Hope Isabella gets better soon and your DH is back before you know it.
Lesley - Your mother in law sounds like a nice piece of work. Glad she has gone back home and doesnt rrturn for a while.
Kimba - I used to love Taronga zoo. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday as well. So sorry to hear about your friend:hugs: ......What a great idea in taking turns with mothers group mums to watch the babies... might have to suggest that to the ladies.
Christy - WOW WALKING !!!..Its been ages since we have heard from you. Jacob has really taken off big time. Now the fun really starts I guess.
Well this week i officially go back to work. I start on wednesday at 3am. I was bawling my eyes out last night and DP was actaully really comforting about it and pretty much said that if I hate it that much, not to feel pressure to stay. Kinda makes me feel better knowing it may only have to be for a year or so.
Well my little pumpking is still not crawling.... is she the only bubba not moving around. She has started to get up on all fours in the last day and rocking back and forth so I am taking this as a sign that it wont be long. This probably sounds dumb, but I really wanted her to crawl before I went back to work. I would HATE it if I picked her up from mum's and there she was crawling around.... sounds so petty when I say it but its the truth.
Well I have a busy few days planned... My car is going in for a service today, now that I will be driving alot more DP wanted to make sure everything is ok. I will be doing some serious baby food cooking today as well. Want to stock up before I go bacl to work. Then tomorrow I am getting my hair cut and maybe coloured and organising my life and house.
Have a terrific day everyone:wave: xxx
AAArrgghh - looks like Kayley has finally stopped crying but I don' think she is quite asleep - not game to go in for a look because if she is awake she will start again when I leave!! Poor chicken.
Kimba - thanks for your input on your modified CC. It is hard as I think Kayley's teeth are bothering her but just wont pop through - the problem is that teeth have been a pretty much constant for last few months and with colds and fever she is never 100% right - I am running out of time until I go back to work though so can't leave it too long.
Hmmm - I can hear her playing with the rolly thing in her aquarium - oh well at least she is not crying.
The good news is last night was our best for ages. She was practically asleep after her feed at night so went down easy. She needed resettling at 10.30pm (took about 15 mins or so). Then she didn't wake properly for a feed until 2.30 and again at 6.45. She did wake quite a few other times but resettled herself within a minute or so. I hope this is not a freak occurance and is to do with the work we are putting in because I would hate for it to be all for nothing!! I am such a wuss and it is sooo hard!
We have baby fish!!! We have had a fat fish I have been looking at and I was looking for her before going to bed last night when I noticed about 10 little dots with eyes swimming around - how cute!!! I could only count 8 this morning though so I better buy them some more shelter today.
Oh Kayley is screaming again - I better go and I will try and get back for more personals soon.
Just one - :hugs: Mary-Anne for Wednesday. I hope it all transitions as smoothly as possible - sounds like the crawling is getting close (proper crawling too - not just the commando stuff Kayley is doing).
Geez it is quiet on here today!! Well we gave up on our last sleep. I took grizzle bum into the bathroom with me to have a shower. She crawled right up to the shower screen and cried and then I couldn't get out without pushing her a little bit!!! She had a wet tummy after all that.
So we have been out grocery shopping and buying some more plants for the fish tank to give the babies some more safety and she is now asleep - yay!
Oh and I forgot to mention she learned to clap last week and it is now her new trick - she is clapping everywhere!!
Well I have to go and do some cleaning - sorry for no personals.
Be in touch - I hope you all have a great day!
hello ladies
how are we all doing today
diesal
i hope you are right she is enough to send someone to the drink (she even talks to her self and answers back) lol
sare
i dont have to deal with her in person but she calls every second night and if we are really unlucky every night
kimba
montanah is very good she larnt to pull herself up on the lounge and it is oh so cute she cant bear the weight on her little legs yet so cant stay there for to long but still its cute how your little man and day care going
well i better go i would love to stay and do more personals but have a few things to do i will try to come on to night and see what happens
Hi all :wave:
Have had a lovely mummy and me day with Jet today. This morning he discovered a new sound, clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth. He looks so pleased with himself when he does it :laughing: and if you do it he'll copy you, which is unusual for him! (he's not much of a mimicker at the moment)
Just took him to the ECHN for his 9 month check and OMG the little monster weighed 11.4kg!!!! :eek: :o That was fully clothed in winter clothes with a full nappy - I reckon he's about 10.9kg bare weight? Clearly him dropping milk feeds and being a bit fussy with his food isn't affecting his weight gain, what a monster! I thought getting mobile was meant to trim them down??? LOL. He's 75cm long so not quite as tall as he is heavy, but his growth/ weight percentiles are still consistent with birth (90% Head Circ and Height, and 90-97% Weight) so the ECHN said it's all good.
Oh yeah for those of you whose bubs aren't crawling etc yet, my RL Mum's Group's bubs are mostly late September bubs and the majority of them aren't mobile yet either, so I wouldn't worry about it at all!
Lesley - so clever of Montanah pulling up and standing, so cute! my little monster is good, daycare says he's a really good boy, so that's a relief...he's clearly got her fooled! LOL
Beck - forgot to say nice work on the land! how exciting. And oh so cute about the baby fish! When we started the modified CC we were told the most important thing was to choose an approach and stick to it consistently for at least a week to 10 days to get results. It took about 5-6 days for us. It's hard work and emotionally harrowing, I know! but from Kayley's sleep last night it sounds like something is starting to work for you, I hope so...
Maryanne - big hugs about going back to work. It's great that your DH has said no pressure if you don't like it and that you have the choice of calling it quits. It DOES get easier, but it never stops feeling 'wrong' if you know what I mean...well for me anyway, I would always rather be with my boy! But what can we do...
Christy - yeah the Zoo, a bit of a rort, I reckon they should only charge half the admission if half the animals can't be seen! Mogo Zoo on the South Coast is heaps better - and it's so close to my parents' place that they can hear the lions roaring every morning and evening. Jet hasn't taken a dummy for months, otherwise that would have been a great idea...
Sare - I'd love to see knocked up. Actually I'm still hanging to see Pirates!!! but will have to wait for DVD now. Hope Eloise is better soon, Jet has a bad cough too that just won't go away.
OK off to cook dinner...it's the one weeknight that I actually get to do it at my leisure, instead of rushing to throw it together after getting Jet to bed!
Abbey has had a very strange day. Slept until 9am when I shoved her off her pillow (my pins & needles leg), then only a 45min nap the entire day! Dinner at 5pm, in bed by 6pm..but for how long I wonder!
Apparently closer to 12 months they drop down to one nap i think, but im pretty sure its supposed to be longer than 45 minutes.
She's been loving her finger food dinners lately. Cheese ravioli went down almost too fast, red kidney beans are great, cubed vegies...if she can grab it, it must taste good.
For any other mums who use commercial foods I recommend the Heinz for Kids cans. Nice and chunky, perfect for little fingers. (mum sneaks in the goopy bits while she is working out the path to her mouth)
Kimba - I love the Zoo! I was there a few years ago after bunking off from a work visit and it was under construction then too. I think it was the new elephant exhibit. I got to feed a giraffe! So cool, i trundled up with my overnight suitcase, claimed i had a plane to catch, and scored the #1 giraffe feeding ticket. The nice lady took a few photos too. Giraffe tounges are veeeerrry long and I'm rambling arent i?
Beck - good luck with the CC. Hope you can end it soon and enjoy the results! I wish Abbey could clap, but she's busy doing other things. I think she is refusing to say 'mum', and will skip straight to 'no'.
Ooer, waking up. Wonder what the night will be like - as mummy isnt going to bed at 7.30pm just so Abbey can sleep on my head.
Chocolate Cares all round.
Hi girls,
Mary-anne - You poor thing...I hope going back to work isn't as bad as it seems. At least your dp is being really supportive. It sounds like Darcy will crawl any time now. Knocked up was a laugh wasn't it? It's my b'day next week and mum's offered to babysit for us so that we can go out. I thought we could go out to see a movie in gold class, but I think that the only thing they'll be showing is Harry Potter and I'm not a fan. We'll probably just go out for dinner.
Kimba - Lara makes the same clicking noise and just thinks she ace when she does it. Right now her favourite noise is sort of a la-gull noise. Very cute. Wow on Jet's weight. Like you say, it's all in proportion though. Lara's everywhere, just below the 50th %ile for weight and just above the 75th %ile for height. She still looks like a little porker with those chubby cheeks. Hope you had a lovely mummy and Jet day today.
Beck - I forgot to congratulate on getting the land :smiliedance:. Great news about the better night's sleep. :fingerscrossed: that your hard work is paying off.
Well Eloise is on antibiotics now for her throat. Her chest and ears were all clear, but her throat was all inflamed. She seems much better within herself today. We've had some success with TT over the last few days too, I'm such a bad mummy that I've resorted to lollies after a successful trip to the loo. Whatever works I say.
We're back into the swing of things this week, swimming and Gymbaroo. Let's hope I can finally get Lara into some sort of routine.
Hi guys,
My internet's been in & out last few nights (bloody telstra) and I've just caught up on all the posts. Jeez our babies are being full on lately!
So I've just popped on to say hi :wave: and the book that I had on reserve at the library has come in, it's the last one in a trilogy and I must go and read it - it's burning a hole in my bench!! :geek: such a nerd, I love it.
Wishing everyone a good night's sleep and healthy bubs & mums tomorrow.
SalTheGal
16-07-2007, 19:32
Hi all,
well I have been reading all your posts, and trying to wait to post till I have plenty of time to catch up with everyone. Alas that doesn't seem to be happening.........so i am going to forego personals, sorry :o And just try and start fresh from here!!!
Update on us:
Well we were in syd all last week- was ok, cept Nedd got sick again, so had me up all night most nights. I am afraid my dad (who was carer for the week) was quite useless at doing the night duty, suffice to say i was so happy to get home so DH could help out. Pity he actaully expected me to take turns fri night, after he had the whole week home to catch up on sleep- needless to say I cracked it big time, booted him to the spare bed in Nedds room and got a decent nights sleep.
He has been on the improve since and last night only woke once! YAY. Fingers crossed for tonight.
He is so so wheezy though, can't wait to get to the paed, hopefully they will diagnose asthma (well not hopefully but an answer would be good) and we can get some therapy happening.
Over the course of a week he has learnt to proficiently crawl- EVERYWHERE!!! He is really fast to, specially when he gets his eye on something. He is pulling himself up on things, can also go from crawling to sitting, and is taking steps holding our hands.........it is all happening WAY too fast for my liking!!!
His daycare Mum has money on him walking by 11mnths- which is quite scary cause she has been looking after littlies for 20yrs, so she probably would have a fair idea!!
Apart from all that he is being absolutely adorable!! Up in syd he had everyone wrapped round his little finger, I have started calling him the smile *****!! He gives them out like nothing else.....such a little suck!
Started my new role in a official capacity today, and travelling to melb everyday is going to need some organisation! I was running so late this morning trying to get everything organised. I am trying to make sure everything is ready to go the night before so I don't have to rush so much. Hopefully that will make it easier.
One of the products my company produces and I am now promoting is for the treatment of behavourial disturbances in autism, so I have been learning heaps about it. It has really affected me, as there are some forms where development is normal up until 18mnths then can deteriorate. I am now so worried bout Nedd, it's never over is it! Once you become a mum, there are so many unknown quantities that come into play- you never never know what curve ball is round the next corner.
This is an interesting link: be warned I balled my eyes out watching it (I was very tired and emotional from lack of sleep).
http://206.252.155.61/media/d_200603_EveryDay16x9_512k.wmv
Well on that somber note, I am off to bed. Its nice to try and catch up on some sleep whilst Nedd is behaving!
Take care all, and sorry again for the lack of personals, I'll be on track from now! :hugs:
Hey everyone
Hope all is going well with you all.
We had a fairly good night considering how damn cold it was here last night. If mummy & daddy had gone to sleep instead of being silly (tmi) then we wouldn't be so tired this evening.
Adam loves new noises too. He has learnt to make fart noises on my arm, and face and any other body part he can wrap his lips around lol.
He also smacks his lips between mouthfuls of food.
He can be such a card. I bought him a pair of army pants from kids cotton on yesterday. So I put them and his "spunk" tshirt on him. Gee whiz talk about a chick magnet ( even if they are all 20+ years older than him):laughing: Don't think we made it more than 5 steps everywhere we went without someone commenting.
His dad says he gets his good looks from him (lol - we won't tell his dad that we don't 100% believe that)!!!!
Wow Kimba: Adam is only just on 10kgz, but not sure on his length. Certainly not overly long ha ha
Hope you all have a great sleep
Di - LOL at the fart noises! Jet loves to do that too, it's hilarious. Gotta love Cotton On Kids for great boys clothes :thumbsup:
Sal - way to go on Nedd's crawling! A good friend of mine's son was just diagnosed with autism, he's 2 :(. I wanted to know more about it, so I did a bit of reading up on symptoms and behaviours etc, so of course I'm paranoid about Jet, especially at times when he doesn't make heaps of eye contact, or doesn't respond to his name, or prefers to play alone, or doesn't want to be cuddled, etc. ECHN laughed at me today and said not to worry about it...which would be reassuring, except that my friend was told not to worry too!
Bec - which book? I'm always up for a good read. When I have time to sit down! LOL
Sare - I wouldn't mind seeing Harry Potter in gold class! hmm there's an idea for my upcoming birthday LOL. Hope the meds help Eloise.
Michelle - I love the giraffes too!
diesal444
17-07-2007, 07:51
Morning everyone......:gloomy:
So its my last day of being a SAHM. I never thought I would enjoy being home all the time but I love love love it. I love playing with Darc and being totally disorgansied if I want to be. I must sound like a broken record to you guys being such a sook but this is the only place I feel like I can complain without being judged IYKWIM??.
Beck - OOHHHH Baby fish, how cute. Glad to hear your modified CC is going well. Hope is worked as well for you last night. How cute with Kayley clapping.
Kimba - WOW 11kgs, Thats awesome!!! Great you had a nice mummy/son day yesterday. IKWYM about it feeling 'wrong'...with going back to work. My poor mum will be getting a phonecall from me every break i have at work. You should kick your DH up the bum and tell him to get dinner ready from tues-fri since he is home:D
Michelle - Not to sure on the days sleep situation. Darcy is a bit of a sleep-pig. Even thought she sleeps for 12 hours at night, she wakes around 7-7.30am and will go back down for a sleep around 9.30-10am for about 2-2 1/2 hours. Definitly loves her sleep!!!
Sare - whatver works for you in regards to TT. My SIL bought a doll for her DD2 and sat it in the window of the loo. Told her she could have it when she uses the toilet. So I guess whatever approach gets results I would use. Hope you have a lovely dinner with your DH next week for you B'day.
Bec - Hi there...Hope your book is riveting and didnt keep you awake all night!!!!!!!
Sal - Your back!!!!!!!:smiliedance: ....... Hope the pead can give you some answers on Nedd's wheezing. I cried as well in that autism footage, how exhausting and heartwrenching:(
Di - Love the fart noises... How sweet. Bet Adam thinks its hilarious as well. Love cotton on kids as well, they have the cutest stuff ever, and reasonably priced as well!!!
Well I am off to play play play with my beautiful sweet girl today.... Going to get my haircut later , my hairdresser is a mum from mothers group so the babies play whilst we chat.
I will get on tomorrow sometime and bore you with the details of my first day back at work....... Gee i am such a sook sook la la !!!!!!!!!!( you would think i am the only working mum ever with the way i am carrying on)
SalTheGal
17-07-2007, 09:03
Morning all.
:snow: :babydust2: :snow: Its snowing here!!!! Like really full on, settled on the ground kinda stuff!
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o63/lloydsalnedd/snow17july072Image006.jpg
Very exciting, but also very very cold.
I was meant to be moving things to a storage shed we have for promotional materials for work today- oh well it will have to stay in the study a bit longer- not way I'm going out in this weather!
So I am doing admin, inside next to my nice warm heater. Best go as I have a stack of phone calls to make!
GeorgiaAnne
17-07-2007, 09:13
Hi chickies,
Mary-anne - Here's hoping you enjoy work. I quite enjoy having a bit of time to myself and you really enjoy the time you do have with bubs as it becomes even more precious.
Kimba - so sorry to hear about your friend, that is very sad. Apparently, boys generally do have way less eye contact and social skills than boys do at the same age.
Sare - boo hoo for the footy, hope this week's better.
Sal - Snowing!? Jeez. Hope you are enjoying your new role. Looking forward to meeting you if you can still come?
Di - lol about fart noises Sophia does this too and thinks she's hilarious.
This is part one but I have to go to work now where I will work on part 2 lol.
Morning all,
MAN it was cold this morning! I walked to the station today after dropping Jet off and usually I get quite hot walking up hills with my jacket on and lugging my laptop, but I didn't feel warm today at all.
I worked out that I have to carry 25-30kg of stuff up and down 4 lots of stairs every morning! (child, plus stroller, plus daycare bag with grobag/ blanky/ nappies/ clothes/ food/ bottles, plus work bag with laptop/ lunch/ wallet/ phone/ book). Add that to the 20+ kilos of weight I need to lose myself - no wonder I'm so tired all the time!
Georgia - hello! hope you had a good weekend. Hey does Sophia's daycare do occasional care? I might be doing a training course on a Monday in August in that building, and might have to drop Jet in for the day. Otherwise DH will have to take a sick day.
Sal - SNOW! :snow: OMG how exciting. I'd love to show Jet some snow. Bet it's bloody cold though. Lucky you being able to stay inside by the heater doing admin.
Maryanne - oh you poor Mummy. You aren't a sook, I know exactly what you are going through and going back to work was one of the hardest and saddest things I've ever had to do. Make sure you enjoy getting your haircut and spending your day with Darcy today, and we will all be here tomorrow listening if you need us! I can even chat online via Skype if you want (I can PM you my username)
I'm off in search of drugs. Have a pounding headache and feel sinusy too. Isn't winter tops!
Hello All
We had an OK night last night. Kayley needed settling at around 11pm then had a feed at 1am and 5am (which is about what I am aiming for) and resettled herself another couple of times. DH banged the door when he left though and she woke up at 6.45am - I ended up getting her up at just after 7am. So hopefully this is progress.
She fed to sleep this mroning though and I didn't have the heart to wake her.
Sal - snow - wow!! I stepped outside before and brrr it was cold. It is a SAH day today!!
Sal/Kimba - I have caught a few shows about Autism (Oprah etc) and it scares the @*#&^$ out of me!! I know it effects boys more than girls but apparently in the US the numbers are rising heavily (I assume they are probably following here - Sal you may know more about this). This all come up when I was worrying about Kayleys crazy hands and stuff. She is also not really vocal and cuddly and doesn't hold eye contact for a long time but I think she is OK. All bubbas are just different. DH is a wriggler and so is she - she cannot keep still!! She is 'talking' a bit more lately. I remember on one of the shows they said something about babies not doind a few things by 1 could be a bit of a sign - things like not babbling, not playing with other kids etc. Anyway I agree - just another thing to worry about (it will never end you know)!!
Georgia - I wish I could come and meet you too but i think it is just going to be too tough with our photos in the morning. Let me know the details though just in case - Kayley may surprose me and it might be a good test before driving to Adelaide again next month.
Mary-anne - you WILL be OK!! Good luck with it all tomorrow. I think darcy will be fine I am just worried about YOU not getting any sleep.
Di - I actually haven't been to cotton on kids - I will have to have a look.
Sare - I agree with Mary-anne - whatever works with toilet training. I nknwo I am going to be a bargainer to get Kayley to do anything when she is older as she is already so determined to do whatever SHE wants!
Michelle - I hope you had a good sleep.
Bec - I hope you enjoyed the book - what one was it?
Kimba - wow on the weight!! I think Kayley has slowed down heaps (doesn't help with her being very food fussy lately). Jet must be a strong boy being so mobile and so heavy - it is normally our heavy ones which are slow!!
Well - we have resorted ot a bit of panadol the last few days. Yesterday Kayley just whimpered all day. There doesn't appear to be anythign wrong with her except these silly teeth which do not want to come through. I hope after these there are a gap to the molars! It may be those moving in the background too which are bothering her.
Well I better run - can't beleive Kayley is still asleep (maybe it is the panadol)!!
GeorgiaAnne
17-07-2007, 10:56
Kimba - not sure hun, but I will check, that would be fun for them to have a day together as long as he doesn't crush her! Forgot to say 11 kgs YIKES!!!
mumchristy23
17-07-2007, 10:59
Hi everyone
Jacob is sleeping and i have caught up on posts (again) so lets see how far I get with personals:
Mary Anne - Just want to wish you all the best for starting work tomorrow.
Kimba - Wow on Jet's weight... If we put Jacob and Jet together, Jacob would look like such a runt lol
Mongo Zoo... Havent been there, sounds good tho and your parents place, WOW that would be sooo cool hearing the lions! Have you been to Australia Zoo? Thats Awesome!
I cant believe you have to lug 25 - 30 kgs... that would definately explain why you are tired!!
Beck - Congratulations on purchasing a block. When are you planning on building? (sorry if you have already answered that, I can not find the posts for the life of me)
DF and I went to purchase a house last year but the bank buggered up and we missed out. We are thinking of purchasing a block and either building on it in a year or two OR selling it when we want to buy a house and hopefully making a bit of profit on it... not sure yet.
Pam - BIG Congratulations on the BFP! Seems kinda strange talking to an October mummy being pregnant again.. it really doesnt seem all that long ago when we all were pregnant... how time flies!
Sare - Glad to hear Eloise is feeling much better. Fantastic news on the TT... wont be long until she gets the hang of it and i agree... whatever works!! Caitlin is around the same age as Eloise and she has gone on the toilet a few times. However, i havent really pushed the issue with her much, just thought i'd let her get the hang of wanting/needing to go first then start.
Sal - Snowing.. WOW! I have seen snow once before but would love for DF and the kids to see it.
Sorry to hear about Nedd's weezing, hope you can get it sorted soon! Fantastic news on the crawling, and yes it happens too quick for my liking too lol.
For those of you with bubs who arent crawling yet, I wouldnt worry about it too much yet. All babies learn and develop at different stages... my DD2 didnt start crawling until she was 9 and a half months but could clap her hands... Jacob can walk but not clap. Also, some babies skip crawling and start walking... so dont stress too much.
My news:
Umm well im not sure how much i have mentioned with Jacob..
At around 9 months he started pointing and 9 half months, waving. He is going really well, still little.. i will get him weighed soon and let you all know. At a rough idea, he is in 00 Clothes (some size 0 shirts) and size 2 shoes.
Im still BF, planning on weening him off at 12 months and will just do night feeds until 13 months then stop completely (thats what i did with both my DD's)
Solids - Jacob loves his solids.... his favourites would probably be biscuits, potato, oranges, yoghurt, custard, well he loves anything really.
Sleeping - Jacob goes down at 7.30 - 8.00 and wakes around 11 for a small feed then wakes again at 6. Has started doing this routine the end of last week and i absolutely love it!!
DF and I are getting married at the beginning of next year.. have been busy planning for the wedding. Going to have our 2 DD's as flower girls and Jacob will be our page boy... can't wait.
Well I better get going, Caitlin is finally asleep but i can hear Jacob stirring.
Talk to you all soon.:wave:
:wave: everyone,
Well, thinga are just starting to settle down here! I've had Jarvis to the Dr's yesterday, adn my poor little man has Croup :crying: He sounds horrible. He doesn't look too bad, although he does have dark patches around his eyes, and he's coughing quite a bit. Poor little poppet...
Tallan seems to be doing ok, apart from the terrible behaviour he is displaying. I asked the Dr about it yesterday, and he said I could expect his aggressive/out of character behaviour for at least 10 days yet....all due to the head injury.
DH is home on Thursday lunchtime, and this time I really can't wait! I need some time to wind down after all of the events of the last week.... We will be heading off to Gold Class to see Knocked Up at some stage over the couple of days he is here. Can't wait for a tiny bit of 'us' time!
Christy: Nice to hear from you again! Good to hear that Jacob is doing well. How exciting about your upcoming wedding! It suer is a busy time when making all those plans isn't it? It seemed to totally consume most of my days, lol! We had our boys bring us our rings....after they decided to run off with them first, lol! It's nice to include the children in your special day.
Kimba: Wow girl...how do you not need back treatment lugging all that weight around with you? Is there anything that you could perhaps leave at the carer's house? You almost need a luggage trolley, lol! It has been mighty cold here too today. At one stage, I couldn't feel my toes, lol!
Sal: :snow: I'm surprised it hasn't snowed here in Geelong! It's so so cold here too! I have been sent a pic this morning actually of a car park in Ballarat which showed all the cars covered in snow! Poor little Nedd - I hope for both of your sakes that something gets sorted with it too. An answer would be great!
Mary-Anne: Thinking of you :hugs: Enjoy your day with Miss Darcy. Things will be ok!
Sounds like little Jarvis is awake. Naughty boy - he has only had 1hr sleep today! Tallan is still asleep though, so it should be quiet here for a little while yet! Mack is at Kinder today, then Mum is picking him up and he will have a play there till dinner time.
Have a good day,
Sarah
Hi girls,
How cold is it today? And wet too :rain: got to love the rain.
Sal - Yay to Nedd on his crawling. Wow on the snow. I thought of you this morning when I heard on the radio it was snowing in Ballarat. We're hoping to go to Mt Hotham on the weekend of the 28th/29th. Dh used to ski all the time and we'll go with my brother and his g/f, who snowboard. Michael will ski in the morning and then take Eloise tobogganing in the afternoon. We'll make snowmwen and play in the snow while they are skiing.
Hope the new job is going well.
Beck - Great news on Kayley's 2nd night of good sleep... you know what they say, three times in a row is a habit (Lara's woke at 5.30am for a feed, instead of 8, for the last 2 mornings, I'm hoping that doesn't become a habit lol). I had a laugh at Kayley's getting what she wants when she wants it, Lara's the same. Gotta get that out of her soon... she's so impatient. Wonder where she gets that from? (hiding my face shamefully :o )
Sarah - Poor little Jarvis. It's not fun having sick bubbas. Glad to hear Tallan is doing a better, I hope he's back to himself soon. Only a couple more sleeps until your dh gets home :smiliedance: You definitely sound like you need some 'you' and 'us' time. Have fun.
Christy - Sorry to hear that you didn't get the house. I think last I remember you had put in a bid for it. I am sure that you will eventually get your dream home.
Mary-anne - I hope you and Darcy are having a lovely day together today. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow...I hope it all goes super smoothly for you.
Di - Adam still sounds like such an angel. I love the Cotton on Kids clothes too, although I haven't been shopping there for quite a while.
Kimba - Wow on all the stuff you have to carry to work/daycare. That would attribute to some of your tiredness along with working full time, cooking and cleaning and the months of sleepless nights that you had. You really are a supermum. I hope you are feeling a little better now.
I had a nice duh moment earlier. I received my group certificate in the mail earlier today and didn't even bother opening it as I only worked a few days emergency teaching last financial year and thought I'd get maybe $100 or so dollars back. Well silly me forgot that I received a maternity payment when I had Lara, so I should get a pretty decent return this year. :smiliedance: I can hear the shops calling my name lol.
News here:
Eloise seems much better. She even went swimming today. Her first lesson in a K1 class (without dh or I). She had a ball.
Lara's teething ... she's chewing on absolutely everything, but I still think that it is a little while away still.
Better go. Eloise is asleep, and Lara is playing happily on the floor for the moment, but is making her wookie/chewbacca noises which means that she may show her grumpy side soon.
hi girls,
Well for some reason DP decided to be chatty last night which was nice, but I only got to read a few pages! (thought it might be a bit rude to yawn, take my book to bed and then be awake at midnight reading it....) It's the third book in Robin Hobb's "Soldier Son" trilogy - fantasy genre - I love, love, love her books.
Snow is actually forecast here tonight & tomorrow - I'm excited, I'm going to have to turn on the light & look out the window when Ella has her night feed tonight!
We have dropped another feed today, she has been sleeping til 3 :smiliedance: lately so she doesn't really need her early morning feed after that. Seemed to go ok today, she just ate brekky (which she usually doesn't do) and guzzled her 8.15 booby. So we're down to 5 feeds in 24 hrs now... it's funny I want to wean but I also really don't iykwim? Christy I might be asking you for advice!
Oh and our childcare struggle continues. There are NO full time family daycarers in Yass, and one ABC centre, which is so booked up they can only take bookings 2 weeks in advance, no matter when you try to sign up. So we won't know til a fortnight before DP was going to start work again whether she has a place! Handy timeframe for trying to find a job. :( If they only have a part time place for her, it's more economical for DP to keep being a SAHD!
Well that was a me post so far! A few personals:
Sarah, hugs to poor Jarvis, croup can be pretty awful. What a week you're having, DH had better have some serious cuddles ready for you when he gets back!
Christy sounds like Jacob & Ella have been reading the same sleep book, she's been doing pretty much the same thing but with a later night feed. Isnt' it great!!
Beck - glad your night was ok, hope she starts to settle into it now.
Kimba - you must be getting really fit to not have warmed up after that hike. 30kgs is so much! It's like a biggest loser task :laughing:
Mary-ann you've probably mentioned it hundreds of times, but what childcare are you going to use? (I'm suddenly interested!)
Sal - LOVE the picture! Hope I will have one tomorrow too. Hey you photo site mums, which one's the easiest & fastets to use? I am using MSN spaces but find it a bit slow & more detailed than I need?
Di - love the sounds of Adam's outfit. I have got to get back to Cotton on kids (last time I was there was the end of my shopping trip and I had run out of money!) Actually I bought her a couple of tops when I was on leave & one of them is nearly too small - it's a sz 1 - eep!
Better end my megapost & finish work so I can go home.
hello
boy there is lots going on here i just wanted to say hi b4 i go and lay down for an hour i think i have caught dhs flu hope not the kids and i are going to my mums this weekend and dont wanna feel sick
take care all
:snow: lesley:snow:
hi, i go missing for a night or 2 and look at wat i missed
kane was back in hospital again today, has a strange virus making his temp stay over 40. for the last 2 nights and yesterday he had acouple of seizures and was going floppy etc. doing bit better tonight. poor mite had a student nurse suck some snot from back of nose and drew blood both nostrils. i had to hold him while he screamed the a and e down. btw if your bub gets a temp (there was a 7 month old next to us) who every half hour or so her body would jolt making her cry and the mother hysterical its apparently very common in babies (ya learn something everyday lol) so try not to panic like the poor mum next to me
off to mater tomorrow to see sleep specialist. jake has to have day off school again for the trek into the city.
we are finally getting up on all 4s and rocking. can move forward and backwards (although always the way we dont wanna go) but def not crawling stle lol
weight: dont worry kimba kane is over 11 kilos naked and he was born after jet lol
Di: can you text me ya number again (and gumby too) kane drooled in my mobile making it cease to exist so i had to get another and ya know im too lazy to write the numbers down anywhere else lol
and btw di, way too much info on the bedroom antics. remember i know john, and i want to be able to wave to you in the mornings and not know y theres a smile on ya face :laughing: :D
autism: dps cousin kid who was born 2 months after jake got autism. he went from talking to not talking. needs a carer now etc but than theres autistic kids in jakes prep classes as they also have a special ed class at the school so theres all diff levels of it. the prob is the traits are common in all babies so if we all worried about ti we'd do our heads in lol
and
BECK: kane does the whole hands thing too and i mean constintly they are both held to the side open shut all day. i mentioned it to his paed while i was there and he laughed and said he does it alot heah. he said that plenty of babies do it and they are the ones with good hand coordination ... so go our champion babies
to everyone else im too tired, will catch up soon
ox
Evening all
Hope all at the bottom of the country are not freezing too much. Even we are only going to have 15 on thursday......gee whiz.
Sue: No smiles this morning our little precious has croup too....(Geez out of the 4 kids I have 2 asthmatics and now it appears 2 croupers. Hayley is 14 and STILL does the seal bark when she's sick.) Poor little Kane - maybe it's all the phones he eats and spits on :D gotta love babies.
I hope everyone had a good weekend and that you are all enjoying your week thus far. I am so brain dead I can't even remember what I read. I'll reread in the morning.
Love & hugs to all
You are all going to be so proud of me. Last night abbey woke me up around 12.30 to cry for no apparent reason. Ie, she'd much rather be rocked or get up and play. I ignored her! She cried and cried, and my comforting words seemed to pi$$ her off more, so gave her the occasional kiss while she cried and swiped at my head, trying to climb over me. After about 15 minutes she gave up, put her head down and snuffled herself to sleep. Hurrah! I neglected my daughter to sleep!
She had a big sleep too, 3 hours. (well, big for her lately)
She's looking very adorable in her pink ugg booties at the moment, except they seem to fall off more than her socks. I need to buy a staple gun.
I asked her father to buy her a dressing gown, size 2 terry cloth with no hood. What did he buy? size 4, plush,hood. Said she could grow into it. Ummm, yeah, but she's cold now, der. He's asked if he can stay here while he looks for a new place as his internet slug is booting him out - i said no. No room for men here. Especially not cr&p ones who are on the lookout for the easy life again.
Bec - I love Robin Hobb too. Havent read her latest trilogy tho. Ive been attracted to fast, shiny books with girly squiggles across the front. You know - classic literature lol
Well my cereal smells like powdered cheese and its freaking me out, and abbey thinks she can watch sesame street on my lap (through the wall).
Morning all!
Wonder how Mary Anne is doing at work today. Thinking of you hun! :hugs:
TMI - my AF came back yesterday and oddly I'm kind of excited. I think it's because I spent 18 months being pregnant and breastfeeding and feeling like a contented mumma cat, so when I stopped BFing a month ago I felt kind of dried up and redundant, IYKWIM? Missing those hormones...So at least having my period I feel female and fertile again. I know, I'm a freak! haha. Means I must have been spot-on when I thought I could be ovulating the other week. Now I can start charting my cycle...what fun.
I've been feeling a bit despondent lately that Jet doesn't love/need/feel attached to his mummy as much as he used to :o now that he's not BFing and is going to daycare...just coz he's been so independent lately and doesn't seem to care less when I leave him with his carer (so much for separation anxiety!), hardly wants cuddles (not even at bedtime - he'd rather have his bottle in bed with his beloved blanky), and never even snuggles or sleeps in bed with me in the mornings any more (he'd rather climb off the sides). Anyone else's bub acting like this???
Anyway to my surprise (and joy) last night he was quite cuddly and finished his bedtime bottle in my arms, and this morning he actually lay still and snuggled me in bed for a whole 30min! And then grizzled and called 'mamamama' when I put him back in his cot so I could shower...aw. And when I dropped him at daycare today, his carer was holding him and he held his arms out wanting to come back to me, then did his 'happy dance' (flapping and squealing) in my arms and head snuggled me. So I have to say THANK YOU Jet for making Mama feel loved and needed again...at least for now!
Michelle - nice work on neglecting Abbey to sleep! maybe that's the technique you've been missing all this time. Had to LOL at no room for men especially cr@p ones! Know that feeling...
Di - it's not quite as cold here today, thank goodness. Poor Adam with croup, hope he's better soon.
Sue - poor little Kane it's never ending isn't it! Wow 11kg naked :eek: he's obviously thriving despite all his troubles, what a champion.
Lesley - hope you get the rest you need and that you feel better soon! Flu is the pits especially with kids to look after...
Bec - good luck with childcare...it's so hard isn't it? Have you thought about sharing a nanny with one of the other mums from your Mother's Group? Oh and for photo sites I LOVE flickr.com. So easy and so fast to upload, looks good, no annoying ads, and you can set levels of privacy if there's photos you only want to share with friends or family (like cute nudie baby shots!). You just need a yahoo ID to join.
Sare - a trip to the snow sounds great! Nice one on your tax return, I should be getting a good one this year too, better pull my finger out and get all the receipts etc together and lodge it...thanks for the supermum comment too...we just do what we have to do don't we? I think we're ALL supermums.
Sarah - poor Jarvis hope his croup clears up soon and hope that Tallan is all better soon too. You must be really looking forward to some couple time with DH - gold class sounds great! enjoy...
Christy - LOL yeah I think I need a little donkey to help me carry everything in the mornings, can you just picture Jet sitting on it's back? :laughing: I told DH all I want for my birthday in 10 days is a really good massage...how exciting about your wedding coming up!!!
OK better go and get some work done...enjoy your day everyone!
Well, I'm baaaaaack. It took me a few days to get out of bed (I didn't want to go to hospital - left 12 hours after having Sam) and I'm not 100% but am feeling happy anyway because I am out of the bloody house!
Spent today at my mother-in-law's and had a lovely time. I bought her a huge bunch of flowers and took a whole heap of food around. She is the best.
Sam slept through last night, I gave him a dream feed at 9, then he didn't wake until 0630 this morning :eek: I kept waking up worrying about him :o He went down for naps today instantly and ate lots of new foods. I think someone took my baby and gave me another one....
Bec sent me a lovely 'Get Well' card. That was so, so nice of you Bec! :yes: My husband buggered off to Adelaide yesterday with work at short notice and it really made my day to find that in the letterbox :kiss: Sorry to hear you are having trouble with childcare. If I lived up the other end of Canberra, I'd share a nanny with you for sure!
Kimba - Sam has not once been sad to see me go once I drop him off at creche. He is straight into the carer's arms and ignores me in favour of toys and other kids. Glad you are feeling 'fertile' again! I can't stop thinking about another baby lately.....
michelle - I give up when it comes to shoes. They're too annoying and come off too easily. I bought some leg warmers and shove them on to keep the socks up!
Eeeek - sorry, gotta cut it short. Bub just spewed EVERYWHERE and it smells real, real nasty...TBC
OK; Cookie Monster may never be the same....
Here's my story about getting pneumonia: Friday left work early to pick Sam up with a fever. Saturday night started coughing and was up all night with Sam. Sunday flew to Sydney. Really, really ill on course there and then Tuesday night came home and :barf: . Missed all the partying I was going to do in Sydney! At least I aced my course....
Wednesday was diagnosed with pneumonia and felt so, so tough for completing my course and telling everyone I was OK! But Thursday antibiotics were not working and felt worse. Started taking extra drugs and now am almost better! Moral: champagne and walking around Sydney in the rain is not good for pneumonia!:shame: It's pretty funny; just like me to get something nasty instead of a cold!
Sam is about 10 kg and still can't crawl. One of the other mum's from creche works literally next to me and looked shocked that Sam can't stand up or crawl yet. He sits and can move into crawl position from there, so I'm not worried. They're only babies once! He rocks and rolls around and kind of pivots on his tummy so he can turn around to grab toys. Not long now.
Sue - I was taught about Febrile Convulsions at Ante-natal classes. My niece had one when I was caring for her aged 15 and I completely freaked out. So sorry to hear poor little Kane is sick AGAIN. I hope he gets well soon and I hope you are doing OK with it all.
lesley - don't be stupid like me, rest if you can so you don't end up with pneumonia!
Off again....time for bottle, he says (yells!)
SalTheGal
18-07-2007, 18:56
Evening all.
Guess what :eek: Nedd slept RIGHT through last night!!!
I was very confused when I woke up this morning- DH and I had to dissect the night to remember if we had actually got up to him or not, we just couldn't believe it!!!
So I am kinda dreading tonight, cause I hate it when you get a full nights sleep, then knowing our luck he will be wakeful tonight.
Oh and meant to mention the other day, since Nedd has been crawling everywhere- his appetite has gone through the roof. We are giving him pretty much all finger foods now (cept for his beloved rice cereal- I think he'll still be eating that when he is a teenage) and I thought I would let you know a major fave: vegie burgers. We get the Australian Eatwell brand, Nedd loves the Satay flavour. They are a massive winner here, he guzzles them! I have also made some rissoles, and that is his dinner most nights.
Kimba- Sorry to hear about your sons friend. It is great he has been diagnosed so early, intervention now could make a huge difference. I am a walking talking autism expert now, so if you ever have any q's pm me!
Oh and Nedd actaully reaches out for his daycare mum! I feel very unloved when I drop him off in the mornings. But he has just become really cuddly and clingy to me otherwise so I feel kinda special at the moment!
Hey MaryAnne- how'd the first day go. Hope it is all not too stressful...just think about how much special bonding your mum and darcy are getting.
Georgia- I am totally still up for a meet up, it's marked in the diary!!
Beck- Autism numbers are increasing, but it is mostly to do with changes to the definitions and types of disabilities that are now included under the autism umbrella- not necessarily cause actualy cases are increasing, if that makes sense, but yep it is scary!
Nice to hear from you Kristy! Great to hear things are going so well with you and Jacob.
Sarah- you poor thing, first Tallan, then Jarvis getting croup. Hope it all sorts out soon. Enjoy your time with DH, it's come around quick this time, is he coming home for a special reason??
Sare- Ok I am officially jealous!! We go skiing every year, last year I was pregnant, and this year, well I don't think I'll be going to the snow ofr a few years now. ALthough, as soon as Nedd is old enough to go into the milo school we will be back up there, though Falls Creek is our choice ( stuffed my knee- full reco later, I will never ski at hotham again!) :D
Bec- Is it possible to go with two PT day carers? Hope you sort something out soon!!!
OMG Sue, does it ever end??? Hope Kane is ok, you must be super strong to cope with all the ups and downs you go through. :hugs:
Di- Another with Croup, hugs to Adam.
Nedd has ugg boots too Michelle- I have contemplated rubber banding them to his ankles, I learnt a while ago to not bother outting them on him when we go out, I just spend the whole time chasing them.
Jen, nice to hear from you, glad to hear you are feeling better. I haven't been sick in ages (touch wood), glad you had some nice time with your MIL too. She sounds wonderful!
Well thats all from me tonight, hopefully I have another full nights sleep- I am not prepared to believe it till it happens. I am not sure at what point I would be confident in saying Nedd is sleeping through once he really does start making it a habit!!! I think I will always be dubious! :o
Sheesh- what a mega post, sorry!!!!
just a quicky b4 the school get ready business but wanted to say
jeffy: kane is up to the stage sam is and the paeds say its fine the only reason they are a bit concerned with kanes is because it is accompanied by a bad eeg (if that makes sense)
and sorry to hear about u gettin worse
well we went to see sleep specialist yesterday where jake was a right royal pain in the rear. the doc looked down kanes throat that many times b4 kane projectile vomited all over the only top i had to wear home in an hour long train trip. he said kanes tonsils are too big (as jakes where ) so will have to come out and if he does show signs of apnea than they will go ahead with the laser surgery on throat takin out the tonsils while they are there. how bubs are ment to fall asleep with 10000 machines attached to them i dont know it will be alooong night lol. but they want him in asap and is on top prioty for a cancellation so hopefully it will be all ove rsoon (im sure ive said that b4 lol)
anyways off to feed the ferals
hugs to all
SalTheGal
19-07-2007, 05:48
:smiliedance: :smiliedance:
Another full nights sleep, thankyou Neddie!!!!!
:smiliedance: :smiliedance:
Have a great day everyone!
diesal444
19-07-2007, 06:19
Hi everyone........:wave:
Have to be quick coz I have to get organised, Just wanted to catch up on all the posts.
Well yesterday was terrible. I dropped Darc off the night before at my mums house and put her to bed. Cried all the way home. Could not sleep one wink just thinking. Alarm goes off 2am:banghead: ... Get to work and thats when I broke down. I feel like an idiot, coz everytime some one asked about my baby I would start blubbering again. Well that lasted for about an hour until I met up with a lady who went on maternity leave the same time as me and it was her first day back as well. Was nice to talk to her, even thought this wasnt her first baby she still felt aweful. It really felt unnatural, I am now frantically searching for a job where I can do like 4 hours a day or something similar. This shift work is not going to work !!!!:no:
Sorry I dont have time for personals except to say :smiliedance: to Nedd.....Good stuff!!
OK really have to run and get ready...xxx
Might catch up tonight when i get home...
Yay Sal on the 2 full nights sleep!!! I can only wish! But things are much improved here. Kayley is having 2 feeds and is only up the twice (well sort of - I have been trying to make her have her feeds later but she wakes up and I resettle her and she is up about 20 mins later then I feed her - but this is my fault not hers - I might try just feeding her at her time this morning). Currently the first feed is around 11 - 11.30 and the second around 4am.
Sounds terrible Mary-anne - I hope you find something else that suits you. Otherwise give it a few days and it may start to feel better. Only just over a month for me too :crying: .
Sue - glad to hear your input on the hands. I am hoping with DH being a bit of a natural athlete that Kayley gets his sporty and coordination genes (I have always played a bit of sport but I have always been fairly average!!).
Sal - good work onthe bugers - might look into them. Kayley had fruit salad from those little containers last couple of days and she loved them. She also had a few veges from mums plate.
Jen - I hope you are better and over everything before working too hard again. Maybe Sam can feel your need to have sleep that is why he is being good??? By that theory Kayley must like seeing her tired mummy!
Kimba - yay on the cuddles. I treasure them when I get them too (normally she cannot stop wriggling enough for me to get a good one in)!
Di - all sounds pretty unhealthy in your house. Hope things get better soon (and winter hurries up).
Well I better run and feed my cherub. Anyone going to the Target sale??
Morning girls,
Great news about the improved sleep from Nedd and Kayley. It must be the cold Melb nights, because for the last couple of nights Lara has had her last feed around 8ish and slept until 7am (although I had to get up to her once last night). I think she may have finally dropped the 10.30-11pm feed :smiliedance: .
Lara is still teething. I can see the little white lines in her gums and they are so swollen, so I am guessing that they will be here within the next week. She's a little grizzly, but not too bad. She has shocking nappy rash though and I can't seem to get rid of it.
Well despite having already done the majority of toy shopping for the girls Christmas and birthday presents, I still managed to get something from the Target toy sale today. Dh went into work late, so that I could go by myself. I was expecting bedlam, but I got what I wanted and had laybyed it within about 20 mins, I was plesantly surprised.
Mary-anne - :hugs: Awww darl, I hope it gets easier on you (or that you manage to find another job with more suitable hrs). How did Darcy cope with it all?
Sue - Far out... when is it going to end for you guys??? I think you've had your fair share of cr@p. Good luck with it all.
Sal - Wow Nedd sounds like a good eater. We're having trouble with Lara again (hoping it's just the teeth). She's totally off all finger foods. She's a bl00dy stubborn one too; if I give her something that she doesn't like to eat on a spoon (my meat and veg combination normally) she holds it all in her mouth and refuses to swallow. I've tried tricking her with yoghurt first and then the m&v combo, but she's clued onto that. What to do???
Has all the snow in Ballarat melted yet?
Jen - Glad you are feeling better. Sam must be happier to have his mummy back to normal too.
Kimba - Good news about AFs return. I'm still waiting here (wish it would bl00dy hurry up, I want to start charting). So cute about Jet wanting cuddles when you dropped him off at daycare.
Michelle - You make me laugh. Love your sleep recount. Hope Abbey was good to you last night too. What a bl00dy cheek your ex has aking to move in... good on you for saying no.
Bec - What a pain about the childcare. I hope you work something out soon. How's the snow up there? It must be so pretty.
We're off to gymbaroo for Eloise today (Lara had her lesson yesterday). So glad to be getting back into some routine after the school holidays, the girls have missed their weekly activities.
Have a great day...
:wave: Hi Mummies
Just saw the new smiley :hair: how cool is that! I'm sure I'll be putting that one to good use LOL
I got my snuggle in bed this morning. Jet woke at 6.20 and I brought him into bed to give him his bottle and he went back to sleep cuddled in my arm! yay...I've missed that so much. I was enjoying it too much to wake him, so we didn't get up till 8...and I got to work at 9.45. Ah well, it's not like it happens every day.
Sare - Jet goes off foods when he's teething too so I'm sure that's all it is with Lara, hope her teeth pop through soon! The Target Toy sale starts here today, I was thinking of going for a look tonight once Jet's in bed. Do they have anything good?
Beck - sounds like Kayley is getting much better with her night waking, hopefully soon she'll only wake once and then surprise you and sleep through. It's nice to know that Jet's not the only wriggle-bum 'don't cuddle me I'm too busy' bubba!
MaryAnne - was thinking of you yesterday :hugs: The first day was like that for me too, I cried every time someone asked about Jet and bawled when I got home. That part of it does get a bit easier...but I hope that you can find a job/ shift that suits you even more. I'm sure you've all heard me say often enough that I'd love to cut back my hours! so I hope you manage to do it.
Sal - yay Nedd on the good sleeps! Re: sleeping through and being dubious. Jet more or less started to sleep through around 5 months, BUT he still often wakes once a night, then he'll have a week where he wakes 2-3 times, and others where he doesn't wake at all. So I don't think you can ever really count on it IYKWIM, every week is a new week. This week he'd been waking for a topup feed at 10 then sleeping till 6, but last night he woke at 1 then 6.30, you can never pick it...thanks for the vegie burger tip will have to try them out.
Sue - hope that it is indeed all over for you and Kane soon. Yuck on the vomit on the train, isn't it always the way!
Jen - I still can't believe you got pneumonia you poor ole thing! hope you're 100% soon. Jet sounds just like Sam, whenever I drop him off he's straight into the carers arms and looking for more interesting things. I suppose it's better than him crying and breaking my heart every time I leave. I wouldn't be fazed about the not crawling yet, most of the bubs in my RL Mums Group can't yet either and some of them are a few weeks older than Sam.
Well, no wonder she was up last night. #3 tooth looks like it has cut through.
Kimba - Lots of stuff at the Target sale, a few ride ons (a cute FP lion looking walker/rider). Their catalogue is online. I was good though, bought what I wanted and only 1 other little stocking filler for Eloise (a Disney Princess wand that makes noises and was only $5).
Ohhh and I love the new :hair: This one has made a comeback too :rolleyes:
I'm off to try and give Lara some solids before Eloise's gymbaroo lesson.
My baby is sick :( Its her first real sickness (i know, ive had it easy) so she feels sad. Just a cold of course.
She had a fever this afternoon that wouldnt go down, so the pharmacist said to give Nurofen at same time as panadol for a couple doses, it would work a treat and she was right. Abbey is sleeping in her cot for the first time today. She could get to sleep in my arms, rocking etc, but she couldnt stay asleep and only napped once for 30 minutes all day.
Since she was bothersome and pre-sick this morning, we went shopping. She enjoyed her ride around the shops, forgot she was snuffly.
We went to the Target sale, it wasnt too manic. I think people had exhausted themselves last couple weeks at the other sales. I bought a leapfrog fridge barn thingy and a few sesame street dvds. Nothing too extravagent, she has scored too much lately. I also bought her a dressing gown in her size and a new one for me too. No slippers tho, my feet are too big for whats left.
I cant believe HP has been leaked. A couple of people have tried to spoil it for me and I stopped talking to them. I might talk to them again in 3 weeks when ive finished the book.
Jen - daft woman, take better care of yourself! Good work acing your course tho. Im with you, dont worry about Sammy. He will get up and going before you know it. People keep wanting to know why Abbey is saying words or walking yet, just because she is large doesnt mean she is lagging! Besides, her first word will be NO or CR@P, and honestly, i can wait.
Sal - wow! Maybe he has decided its the new thing to do! Question is, can YOU sleep throught the night or are you too out of practice? Re vegie burgers - arent you concerned about peanuts? I feed abbey all manner of things i probably shouldnt, like egg and tomato, but peanuts scare me. TV is bad.
maryanne - Im sure it will get easier, hang in there. People will stop asking about the baby soon, especially if you tell them about her poo and whether it resembled a hedgehog this morning.
SalTheGal
19-07-2007, 19:04
Sal - wow! Maybe he has decided its the new thing to do! Question is, can YOU sleep throught the night or are you too out of practice? Re vegie burgers - arent you concerned about peanuts? I feed abbey all manner of things i probably shouldnt, like egg and tomato, but peanuts scare me. TV is bad.
I just had a panic attack, but checked and there seems to be no peanuts listed in ingredients, so I guess ok!!
Hi All - will try to get on late but just wanted to report Kayley had a feed at 12am and has been asleep since - wow!!:fingerscrossed: this is the start of a new habit!
:sleeping: MOAN!!!! I am SHATTERED this morning. Jet has had me up basically since 12.45am, with a few 15-30 minute snatches of sleep in between.
He woke crying at 12.45 (milk), 1.45 (cuddle), 2.45 (self settled), 3.45 (cuddle), 4.25 (brought him to my bed), inconsolable by 4.30 (Nurofen, more milk), 5.45 (brought to my bed again), inconsolable at 6 (MORE milk), finally slept in my arms, till 7.
I THINK it was his teeth, and he seemed ravenous too, but who knows? I can't wait till Jet can actually tell me what's wrong.
This hasn't happened for so long - I can barely function this morning. No wonder I spent the first few months of his life in an exhausted daze (when I look back, I really feel like I 'lost' a few months)
I bet he sleeps really well at daycare today. Lucky carer. Wish I could curl up under my desk at work and do the same...
Beck - did someone swap my baby with yours? :laughing: Nice one on perservering with the all hard work on Kayley's settling/CC etc and getting such a good result. Feels great doesn't it! :thumbsup:
Michelle - poor Abbey! :hugs: hope she's over it soon. It's awful when they're sick isn't it.
Sare - the lion rideon looks so cute! I think Mum's getting one for Jet for Christmas now though so I'd better not.
SalTheGal
20-07-2007, 11:38
Hi All,
:thumbsdown: Our bubble burst lat night!!! We had a very grizzly unhappy bubbie, I didn't get to bed till after 1am, and actually gave Nedd an extra bottle at 12.30. Poor thing was not himself.
And when we woke this morning, we discovered why- he has a very bad case of conjunctivitis.:gloomy:
So my little man has very sticky red eyes today, and is generally out of sorts. Poor thing, I hate seeing him sad, and he sure has got the sad puppy dog eyes happening today!
But atleast there is a reason for his lack of sleep last night!
Kimba- :hugs: for last night, hope tonight is better. Which teeth are you waiting on to pop through?
Yay KAYLEY! You go girl, I am very impresses, Beck, you must be feeling rapt today, all you hard work is paying off.
Michelle- Poor Abbey, I think their first illness is the worst one, for her and you. Hope she gets over it quickly
Mary Anne- I really feel your pain! Give it a bit of time. And be assured that your beautiful girl still loves her mummy just as much as always!!!!
Well gotta run. DH has jsut been home for lunch, now its my turn to take over cuddles of my little misery guts. :wave:
:thumbsdown: Our bubble burst lat night!!! We had a very grizzly unhappy bubbie, I didn't get to bed till after 1am, and actually gave Nedd an extra bottle at 12.30. Poor thing was not himself.
And when we woke this morning, we discovered why- he has a very bad case of conjunctivitis.:gloomy:
So my little man has very sticky red eyes today, and is generally out of sorts. Poor thing, I hate seeing him sad, and he sure has got the sad puppy dog eyes happening today!
But atleast there is a reason for his lack of sleep last night!
Kimba- :hugs: for last night, hope tonight is better. Which teeth are you waiting on to pop through?
Oh, poor Nedd. If it's not one thing it's another hey Sal! I suppose that's parenthood.
Jet's Teeth: he has FOUR coming through at the same time on top (the 4 front ones). They've all broken the skin but only one has come through a fair bit, the other just look sore and swollen. Poor thing! I suppose at least he's getting these 4 over and done with at once...hopefully we won't have any more for a while!
Hi girls,
Thought I'd pop on and say hi while the girls are in bed and before dh gets home from work. We've had a nice quiet day at home, played a little, read a few stories, done a little bit of housework and made some muffins together.
Sal - Sorry to hear about Nedd's conjunctivitis. He was doing so well with his sleep...hopefully it's only one night off his new path.
Kimba - How are you going? I think I would have pulled a sickie with hardly any sleep. I hope Jet's teeth pop through soon. Do you get bad headaches after being so sleep deprived (or is your body just used to it by now? lol) I've been really tired for the last week or so and have a headache that I just can't seem to shake. I just need a sleep in, but that's not going to happen any time soon.
Are you going to see Harry Potter for your b'day? It's coming up soon, right?
Beck - :smiliedance: Kayley is a champ!!! How are you feeling? I hope it continues for you.
Michelle - I hope Abbey is feeling better today. Sick babies are not fun.
Is anyone else having a hard feeding their babies solids? Lara is soooo bl00dy stubborn, that when I give her something that she doesn't like, she will leave it sitting in her mouth for ages. Occasionally she will swallow it but more often than not she spits it out :hair: She's loving her yoghurt though, so I have been trying to alternate between yoghurt and m&v. Little miss still manages to clue on to it.
I wonder where Lucy and Marion are. It's been ages since they've posted.
What's on for everyone's weekend? Surprise, surprise, we're off to the footy, to see the Pies and Bombers GO PIES!!! (sorry Mary-anne) and then we're off to the zoo on Sunday as Eloise got to choose her surprise for filling in all her reward chart for going to the toilet (:fingerscrossed: the weather will be ok).
Evening all,
It seems like I haven't been on here in ages!! I probably haven't, lol! Everytime I seem to sit at the computer, I no sooner open bub hub, and something will happen here that needs my attention....
We have managed 2 days without any mishaps now!! Tuesday night, DH hit a kangaroo on the way to work. Luckily, nobody was hurt, and it looks like the car has been unhurt also - so, somebody was watching him that night! Then, on Wednesday night, DH was left stranded at Brisbane airport! Afetr spending almost $80.00 on taxi's driving around looking for a vacant room, he returned to the airport with no luck! Poor chap- must have been bl00dy cold and lonely spending the night alone, stranded, with nothing to do, nobody to talk to...he was there from 7.00pm Wednesday night, till his flight left at 10.40am Thursday morning! Anyway, he's here now, and :fingerscrossed: all stays calm from here on in!!
It looks as though Jarvis has finally cut his first tooth this morning :smiliedance: He was up at 5.45am, screaming and totally inconsolable. I checked his little mouth a short time later, and there it was! I'm going to check again tomorrow just to make sure it's really there, lol!
Re: Weekend plans - Tonight, I'm going to watch Geelong blitz the Bulldogs!! Tomorrow we are taking the boys bowling! We love bowling, it's so much fun. I used to play as a young teen, and blitzed junior championship with a high score of 187 in 1 game :eek: Bit out of practice now, but still love playing! We were goign to go to Gold Class tomorrow night, but the movie isn't on until 9.30pm, and it's just too late for me by the time we'd get home! I need and love my sleep too much. Don't know about Sunday yet, but will probably go out for lunch with the IL's and prob catch up with my Dad.
Sal: Aww, poor little Nedd with conjunctivitis. I just hate it! So sore, and the little ones get so upset when putting the drops in. I hope Nedd is coping with it ok. DH came home almost a month ago for a couple of days. The time has gone pretty quick this last time between visits, I agree. It's just the time that he's here also goes so quick, and before I know it, he's gone again!
Kimba: What a bummer on Jet's waking cycle last night. With four teeth on the way, sounds like they may have been at fault... How did he sleep at daycare today?
Kayley: You were such a good girl for your Mummy and Daddy last night! Keep up the good work sweetie *places sticker on t-shirt*
Beck: Good on you - all of your perservering with kayley's sleeping has done great! Oh, congrats on your land purchase too! You must be very excited!
Mary-Anne: Hugs for you....Hope you're feeling ok.
Michelle: hugs for little Abbey having her first sickness. Jarvis just had his first illness a couple of weeks ago too, and it was horrible to see him so upset. I hope she's feeling a little better.
Jen: Sounds like you're feeling a little better now? Makes life a bit easier, hey?
Re: Target Sale - Well, I managed to avoid the Kmart sale, and was planning on doing the same thing with the Target one...until I was speaking to my girlfriend last night! We are going to go on a little spree to buy each other's children's their birthday/christmas pressies a little earlier, as she is moving interstate in September. So, looks like I will be there at some stage! Just as long as I don't get sucked in, lol!
Best be off. DH wants to spend a little time with me before rushing off to his mates place to watch the footy. You'd think after not seeing me for almost a month, he'd want to be here with me....:confused:
~Kristin~
20-07-2007, 20:18
Well after being puter-less all week, I pounced on DP as soon as he walked in the door tonight (Sare – DP works as a Territory Manager for John Deere, but at the moment he is covering 2 territories so is away more than usual. Hoping that that all ends soon!) so I could get the laptop and come on here to tell you all my news....... are you ready?????
First month of TTC, and just like with Isabella, we have a :bfp: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smiliedance:
I'm still in shock, can't really believe it, I honestly didn't think we would have success the 1st month of trying again, no-one is that lucky surely???? But yup, its all systems go, due on the 26th of March 2008, so I was only 4 weeks last Tuesday.
Now I just have to wait a few more weeks to tell everyone. Although I do have a good friend on the Bub-Hub, so its quite possible she will see this (if you do Bump-to-be just let me know!!).
Righto, going to go and harrass DP some more, and will be back sometime over the weekend to try and catch up on the backlog of posts.
Oh, and, I'm picking up my beautiful grandparents off the plane from Tassie tomorrow, so I will have to tell them the news, won't be able to keep it quiet!! :ecomcity:
:smiliedance: Yay Kristin!!!! :smiliedance:
Congratulations on your :bfp:
Wishing you a happy and healthy next 8 months!!!
3 pregnancies already ... I wonder who will be next? :detective:
oh Sh*t Just lost my damn post. Will repost tomorrow.
:smiliedance: :smiliedance:Yay Kristen :smiliedance: :smiliedance:
You fertile little chicken you
GeorgiaAnne
20-07-2007, 21:35
So Hi!!
:smiliedance: Kristin, that is fabulous congrats!!
Kimba - Gosh, what a night. 4 teeth at once as well, hopefully it'll all happen at once, a grizzle day while they cut and back to normal.
Sophia - I think you're the last to get teeth!
Sare - Go the pies tomorrow, hope it's a good game.
Sarah - What a night for poor dh, he must've been so glad to get home.
Sal - Big hugs to poor lil Neddles, hope his eyes get better soon.
Beck - Hope you have another great night, you must feel like a new woman with all that sleep :D
Michelle - Hope Abbey is feeling better. Is there ever a day when all our babies are well?
Mary-anne - Hope work's going all right hun, I miss getting up to your posts each mornin :gloomy:
OK, so i'm off to Auckland tomorrow for the rugby, which will be great apart from getting up at 4 am for our 7am flight, ICKY! Go the Wallabies!!!
I had an awful day yesterday, for the last week i've had pain in my lower right side which got really bad yesterday am so I went to the doctor and she said to have an ultrasound as she was concerned about an ectopic pg as the pain was ovaryish. So I managed to get in for u.s. and there thankfully was nothing there and everything was in working orser which was nice to see after my awful labour and haemmorage and the sonographer said I have ovulated from my right ovary recently so it must be time for af to make it's way back so watch out dh lol.
Hope you all have a beautiful weekend and all our poorly bubbas get better (((hugs)))
Well i didnt have a BFP (Jeebus doesnt visit as often as he should) but i did get a tax return, so thats just as good to me. I got a BFTR!
Just paid all those people I dont like, and eventually, when my pjs turn into clothes, I will go buy the latest HP and read one page a day. Id like to read more, but Abbey wont like that - unless she gets the eat the pages im done with.
I think the worst of her cold is over. Thankfully she didnt inherit her father's malingery gene. She's still having trouble staying asleep so Ive been letting her sleep on me in the lounge in the evening before i go to bed. I really hope she doesnt think this is the new way we do things. I'm only doing it so she can sleep upright and I can get some work done. As soon as she is breathing better she's going back in her cot for the measly 1.5 hours i get alone each night.
Ive been using the Eukybear rub which is great, but tends to get muffled by her sleeping bag and jammies, so mum is bringing her vaporiser tomorrow. Its the one from when I was a kid, and its way better than the modern vicks one. I would have bought the euky vaporiser otherwise.
I'm going to confess some things.
- I left the laptop power cord hanging in her reach and she put it in her mouth. I dont know how long she was sucking a live cord for before she yelled at me to look at her.
- She got the printer power cord in her mouth too (i unplug it or she smacks it around to hear it pump ink). This wasnt in her reach, she just has really long arms and is determined. I feel bad for not baby proofing better.
- I gave her baby Dimatapp on the first day of her first sickness. I didnt hold out at all!
Sal - I just assumed it would be peanuty cos you said it was satay.
Kimba - poor Jet. He is going to have a little boy face! I dont want abbey to grow any more teeth, I love her little dinosaur grin the way it is. 2 on top and 2 on bottom. She doesnt need any more teeth, i cancelled the tooth fairy.
Hi All
Well we had another great night. Feed at 11.30 and then not up again until 7.15. She did wake up at 1.30 and 3.30 where I got ready to get up but fell asleep again. I remember what you said Sare - 3 days is a habit so :fingerscrossed: for tonight. Although we are going out for tea tonight and Miss Muffett is gatting babysat so it may be asking for too much!
Michelle - You make me laugh - I love your posts! Good job on the tax return! I need to get off my butt and do ours soon.
Kristin - congrats on the BFP! 26th of March will give you a lovely Aries baby (by DH is 27th and I am 29th so I am a bit biased)! I have often said it would be good to have a baby on the 28th!!! We did think about getting married on that day but it didn't work out with weekends.
Georgia - I am glad there is no eptopic pregnancy and good luck on the AF returning. I have been having a few pains on my right side too lately. I have been hoping it is not my appendix!!
Sarah - I went to the Target sale yesterday and spent up on wither birthday or chrissy pressies for Kayley. It was actually not very busy. Hope your DH is making the most of his time home!! Oh and boo on the footy last night!!
Sare - Kayley has been fussy with food lately. She eats what she wants and that is it. Oh well as long as I am getting something down her gob!! Have fun at the zoo.
Kimba - I hope the teeth settle soon and Jet goes back to normal. But is our babies have swapped then I don't know what I am withing because I am enjoying this extra sleep!!
Sal - I hope the conjuntivitus clears soon. We have a bubba from mothers group who apparently has it too. Yucky!!
Well I better run as miss squealy is supposed to be sleeping and is not yet. She has been playingin her cot but the happy squeals are starting to turn into unhappy ones.
Oh BTW my mum is over here from Adelaide tomorrow for a couple of weeks so I might not get on as much.
Best wishes to you all!
SalTheGal
21-07-2007, 10:12
OK, why didn't someone warn me that the trade off for two good nights, was two HORROR ones????
Last night I wouldn't really catagorically say that Nedd slept AT ALL.....he had a few hours from 7-11 (of course when I was still up watching a movie) from 12-3 it was half hourly calls, very unhappy. From 3-5 awake, we actually got up and watched some tv. 5-6 intuerrupted napping. I am exhausted. And to be honest, don't really know whats wrong. No teeth in sight, surely conjunctivitis can't be that upsetting? And runny nose- but no worse than has been for the last few weeks. Could he be hungry???? :banghead:
I am tired and grumpy today, and worst of all of course now my eyes are feeling sticky and gritty.....despite all my best efforts to keep clean!
Please please please let tonight be a better night!!!
Beck- great news about Kayley, she is a little superstar! Enjoy your time wth your mum.
Michelle- well congrats on the BFTR!! I reckon thats as good as too. And as for the dimetapp- well sometimes I wonder who we are helping by holding out with meds- I mean if it helps make bub feel better, then why should we withhold?!?
Georgia- Have fun in auckland, lucky Jetsetter!
Kristin- :smiliedance: :bfp: Go you!!!! How exciting! Can't wait to hear all bout your journey- don't leave us!!
Sare- I'd just about put my money on YOU!!!!:cool:
Sarah- Have fun bowling, I love it too!
OK, I have a mountain of housework to do before DH goes to play footy so i best get at it.
I am catching up with some old school freinds this arvo- one of them is going through IVF, poor thing has had four cycles with no success yet.
Tonight out for a drink with another girlfriend, but I am so zonked I know it won't be a big one.
Take Care!
:wave: everyone,
We had a great morning. It was so much fun! The kids really enjoyed themselves too....Mack scored 74, and Tallan scored 85, DH got 105, and I got 123! I finished the game with a strike in the 9th frame, and in the last frame I got 9 then a spare, and another strike! Nothing like finishing strong I say, lol!
DH has now taken the boys out to play with their buddies, and Jarvis is in nigh nigh land. Aahh, the peace is just magical, lol. We have indulged and are having a Boston Chocolate Mudcake for dessert tonight to celebrate DH's birthday.
Jarvis slepth right through again last night, from 6.45pm to 7.15am. For the first time in months, I was a little sore and bulging this morning, lol, and couldn't wait to unload the tankers, iykwim? lol!
Kristin: :bfp: How exciting for you!! Congratulations!! Here's hoping you have a fantastic pregnancy. I fell pregnant quite easily with my boys too...just lucky I guess! I joke that I get pregnant from sneezing it happens so quick, lol!
Sal: Sorry to hear of your last couple of nights with Nedd. It seems to be such a mixed bag with their sleeping doesn't it? I never know what to expect either! Get some drops into your eyes too - catch it early if you can! Enjoy the rest of your day catching up with your mates.
Bec: I'm hoping for you that Kayley has another great night's sleep. Enjoy your night out tonight, and enjoy your next couple of weeks with your Mum! Oh, BTW, I will get back you prob tomorrow about the Mattel Sale. I forgot to ask MIL if she can have the boys for me.
Michelle: Congratulations on you BFTR!! Thanks for your posts...sometimes it's the only laugh I get for the day!
Georgia: Have a great time in Auckland! Good to hear your pain wasn't an ectopic pg, and great news that AF should be returning soon! If only mine would make an appearance, then I could join the BFP gang!!
Sare: The race is on for the :bfp: lol! My Mum actually made a comment about me being 'due' to fall pregnant again just last night! As I have the same age gaps between each child, she is expecting me to tell her I'm pregnant again by Christmas. If I have it my way (which I have a feeling I won't), I'll be telling her before then!!
Off to pay some bills now, then to do some washing - DH let (well actually forgot to put a nappy on him)Tallan go to bed with his jocks on last night. I didn't realise of course, and this morning, at 7.15am, he came into me and told me he was wet. As I was taking his pants off, I realised he had no nappy on :eek: He had done really well though, and has slept for almost 12hours without an accident!! I'm guessing he has woken this morning and wet, just as he would if he had a nappy on, as he hadn't woken previously during the night.
Have a lovely rest of the day everyone,
Sarah
Hi all
To attempt to recap on yesterdays huge post I will skip personals - sorry but really can't remember everything.
"This a whinge post"
My stupid ex mother in law decided to pay the kids a visit. Lucky them.....
She & her husband drove 2500 K's to do this. Only to arrive and tell the kids that their "no maintenance,contact,birthday cards, christmas cards, phone calling father" is having another baby. He dumped the chick he was with for 8 years, met this one and she was pregnant within 3 weeks.
The upshot of it is she is 7 months pregnant and he felt the kids needed to know the were getting another 'sister'.
He sent them a text message the other day saying the old biddy had great news for them.....my 16 & 14 year old girls are not amused to say the least.
Don't get me wrong I really couldn't care less and good luck to them. i just can't believe he couldn't tell them himself (and possibly a lot earlier than this)
Anyway lucky for us Darling little Adam has since been smothered with affection from all 3.
His 2nd tooth is nearly through and we are croup free :fingerscrossed: .
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend and has a win in the footy. I think THE CROWS have forgotten how to play at the moment - but they'll be right.
Hugs & kisses to all babies and mummies
~Kristin~
21-07-2007, 18:42
Sal & Kimba, Any luck finding out whats got your bubs so unsettled??? :gloomy: The reason I ask is Isabella has been getting progressively worse each evening, waking heaps, not overly hungry, very clingy, and just really unsettled. Then today hit - she has pretty much whinged on and off all day, pretty much refused all food offered to her except for a bit of bread off my lunch.
I've tried panadol, then later nurofen, and lots of love and hugs, but nothing seems to be helping. She doesn't have a temp so I'm not sure if I'd be over-reacting if I took her to a Dr.
Perhaps she is picking up on mummies new tummy project and is put out? Anyone else have a BFed bub while pregnant and then have a similar problem? :detective: Anyone got ay ideas?
So I'm figuring that I have a long night ahead of me if today (and the last 4 nights) are anything to go by. :banghead:
To top it off I have already got some serious morning sickness kicking in! I hardly had anything with Isabella, so this is a very rude intruder into my day! :barf:
Hi, :wave:
Haven't been around again for a while, just wanted to thank you for your advise the other day about what to feed nine mth old that keeps chocking, it was all so helpful,i have continued to give her more and more different things and she doesn't choke half as much, she just needed practice like you said. Hope you are all doing well! :thumbsup:
Sim
Hi girls,
One very happy mummy here ... the Pies had a good win at the G and both of the girls were really well behaved, so I actually got to watch it all.
Kristin - I'm pretty sure the pg is supposed to change the taste of your milk. It may just take Isabella a while to adjust to the change. I hope she's okay though ... no new teeth on the horizon? That's definitely what has put Lara off her food.
I don't think that you would be over reacting by taking her to the drs. I took Lara a few weeks ago when she was really unhappy (screaming, which is sooo unlike her) and hadn't slept pretty much all day. I knew something wasn't right and it turned out that she had oral thrush all the way down to the back of her throat. Trust your intuition, you know Isabella the best.
Di - What a insensitive thing for your ex to do (and cowardly for making the MIL do it). Glad to hear that Adam is doing better.
Sarah - Wow you are good at bowling, I suck even at bumper bowling :laughing: . Great work on Tallan almost getting through the night dry, we're no where near that here. At least most days are accident free now.
Sal - Nedd just gives you a taste of good sleep and decides that enough doesn't he? lol. I hope he's ok and you guys get a better night's sleep tonight. Have fun out with your friend.
I don't think I will be next ... still no AF here. I didn't get it back until Eloise was almost 1. Plus we had troubles falling pg with Eloise, but not with Lara, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens with ttc#3. My money's on Sarah or Georgia. ;)
Beck - :fingerscrossed: for tonight. Kayley's a star!!! If she has a off night, it might just be because her routine's been a bit out of whack with being babysat. Hope you have a good night out.
Michelle - Glad to hear that Abbey is on the mend too. Great news about your BFTR, I'm banking on one too. Don't feel bad about your confessions. I give dimetapp at the first sign of a snotty nose too.
Georgia - Have a ball in NZ. Glad you didn't have an ectopic pg.
Have a good night girls.
Hi all,
Jet's rejoined the ranks of sick babies now, he's very snotty and warm, and had to be held in my arms to sleep tonight (I can't remember the last time he did that :eek:)
Last night wasn't so bad, he woke at 11 and 5 then into bed with me at 7 but wouldn't sleep any more (dammit! haha). He was velcro baby today though, following me around and clingy and wanting cuddles (yay!), and not wanting to nap.
Today Jet fell in love with the vacuum cleaner! he was climbing all over it, and walking behind it leaning on it while I dragged it around doing the vacuuming. Who needs to buy a walker/ rideon when you have a vacuum! :laughing:
Hmm what else...tried giving Jet some 'bangers and mash' tonight (lean sausage mince, mixed with mashed potato/cauli/kumera) but it didn't go down too well. I suppose trying new foods when he's sick and cutting 4 teeth is a bit optimistic!
Kristen - :babydust2: CONGRATULATIONS :babydust2: on your BFP! Wishing you all the best with this pregnancy. Sorry you have MS already that's gotta suck. Poor Isabella...maybe she's getting more teeth or coming down with something? With Jet being unsettled ATM I'm pretty sure it's his teeth and being sick...those are the obvious things anyway!
Beck - yay on Kayley's sleep sounds like things are really settling down now, I really hope that this is the start of some new habits for her!
Sal - sorry you had a cruddy night I can empathise. Hope that Nedd gets over whatever's bothering him soon. Maybe he's getting a cold and could be achy or have a sore throat, something you can't see or explain?
Georgia - hope you have a great trip and come back pg because I want to win the bet! (remember I said I'd raise you $50 that you got pg before me LOL.)
Oops there goes my poor wee man again - better go play Nurse Mum - if I don't get back on for rest of personals, have a great weekend everyone!
SalTheGal
21-07-2007, 22:40
Well I would have had a great night out tonight catching up with my girlfriend, if some stupid DH (not standing for Dear Husband) didn't keep ringing/txting because Nedd was apparentely "wearing thin" :banghead: I mean seriously- I was out from 7.30 till 11.30, can't he cope for those few hours????
Men, I tell ya, who needs them!
OK, so since I walked in the door at 11.30 Nedd has been sound asleep....go figure!!
We will see how the night goes, though I was talking to a pharmacist friend today who said that conjunctivitis goes hand in hand with teething associated runny noses, so we are does up on teething relief and panadol.
Actually- I gave Nedd bruaers calm for the first time properly tonight- and he was zonked before I left, it was quite freaky- I felt like he was drugged, but he seemed peaceful all the same!
Kristen- my SIL fell pregnant whilst still BF and her DD went nuts! Very grizzly and off all food, specially BF's, so maybe it is the hormones playuing havoc? Otherwise, Nedd it seems has teeth coming through- is that a possibility?
Sare- glad you had a good time at the footy, and I spose nice that your team won :rolleyes: Blues play tomorrow- not holding my breath though!
Kimba- poor jet, your right, it really doesn't ever end does it! And re the vacuum cleaner. I used to vacuum whilst Nedd was napping till I discovered how much he loves it too! Now it is a fun game, chase mummy and the vacuum around the house- you would think the noise would freak them a bit, nuh uh!
Di- pooh to ex, glad that Adam has reaped the attention from said news, yay for him!
Sarah- you sound so happy my dear! Glad to hear you had such a great day, enjoy the rest of the time your DH is home!
Well I spose I best hit the sack as no idea what Nedd will be like tonight, I am in his room for a few hours alteast to give DH a break (like he needs it :mad: )
Take care :)
diesal444
22-07-2007, 11:08
Hello...............:wave:
Sare - Bl00dy Essendon is all I can say. They are soooooo frustrating. hope your having a great day at the Zoo. Great work on the TT !!
Sarah - sounds like you had a blast at bowling. I look so unco when bowling. Heres hoping you get a BFP before xmas..( bows down to you in admiration ). How nice of your DH to make plans without you, We have to wonder sometimes huh...
Kristin - CONGRATULATIONS on :bfp: ... That was super quick. Hope the MS subsides quickly and you have an eazy breezy pregnancy!!
Georgia - Hope you are having a great time in Auckland watching the Rugby. Glad to hear you didnt have an ectopic pg, so have they worked out what was causing the pain...Hope your feeling better.
Michelle - well done on the BFTR. Glad Abbey's cold is nearly all better. Had to laugh at the cords and Abbey chewing them. I am stil llucky in a way that Darcy still doesnt move around too much. DP tells me that I should start moving all my things that are perched precariously on the edge of tables etc....
Beck - So so happy that Kayley is sleeping better for you. You must feel so refreshed with all that extra sleep. Hope she continues that pattern even when babysat. Enjoy having your mum with you for the next few weeks!!
Kimba - What a crappy night you had the other night. Poor little Jet with 4 teeth coming through at once. Hope he starts to feel better soon. Crack me up with Jet helping with the vacuming!!
Sal - If we werent such MOTHERS and its not in our nature), we would tirn our phone off when we go out so we cant be harrassed :laughing: ...Darc has a little bit of gunk in her eye, not enough to annoy her but her eyes are a little red and watery at time. I am going to try just a saline solution for a while longer and see if that clears it up as its not too bad. Hope you had an ok night with Nedd sleeping.
Well I dont know if I got everybody, sorry if I missed anyone........
We have been pretty good here so far, my organising skills have come back to me now and its all going pretty smoothly. Its the hardest thing I have ever done emotionally but I keep telling myself, its not forever.
I have also tried to swap all myshifts so i can start at 3am, that way I finish at 11am and can spend the day with my girl. I know I will be tired, but thats ok coz I get to be with my girl.
Well speaking of my girl, she really hasnt skipped a beat in this transition. I was pretty worried that her wonderful routine and sleeping patterns might be put out, but so far she seems to have adapted quite well. Waking up a little earlier(6.30am) at mum's but thats no big deal.
Well I best be going, we have DP's best mate coming over this arvo for coffee and hopefully he will stay for dinner, we havent seen him for a few weeks. I have 6 3ams from tomorrow morning so if I dont pop on I want to give kisses to all the beautiful bubbas and a big thanks to all the support from the wonderful october mum's... THANKS SO MUCH LADIES!!!:hugs:
:wave:
Mary-Anne: Great to hear that things seem to go going ok for you. It makes it a little easier when things go smoothly...I do understand how your feeling emotionally though! You'll get there. I've got my :fingerscrossed: for you that your shift changes can be arranged. It would be great for you to get some more time with Darcy if you can!
Sal: Oh, I know how you feel re: the DH doing the babysitting thing!! How frustrating for you! I hope you were able to enjoy the time you did get to yourself though....
Kimba: How's Jet feeling today? I hope he wasn't coming down with something.
Sare: YAY Maggies!!
I can hear the boys coming home, lol! I'll try to get on again later, otherwise I'll be back tomorrow. Have a lovely evening ladies!
Ok, I'm back. I have another couple of seconds to myself....DH has the boys in the bath!
We've had a lovely day again today. We went out for lunch with MIL, FIL, BIL, our nephew, my Dad, his partner and us. It was very nice. The boys were all very well behaved! Jarvis had not had a sleep, and I was expecting the worst, but he was a trooper and didn't become upset until about 3.00pm. I ate too much, yet again, and just had to give their tim tam cheesecake a taste test, lol! It was nothing like the one had a couple of weeks ago, but still nice enough. I don't think I'll be needing my dinner tonight though :no:
It seems now that Mack may have picked up the croup. I guess these things do get passed along when there's more than one child living in the same household. He seems to be feeling ok, it's just the croaky throat, and the terrible night coughing.
Little man Jarvis has just woken, so it's time for his bath, and the boys tea is almost cooked, so I'm off again.
Oh, we watched Knocked Up last night - I was quite disappointed actually. I just didn't think it was as good as what people had made it sound. It was funny in parts, but not side splitting funny, iykwim? It's not a film I'd be going out of my way to see again anyway. Lucky I didn't waste my Gold Class tickets on it actually!
Have a good one,
Sarah
Hi all
Hope your weekends were great.
Do not talk about football....i think the silly CROWS have forgotten that they CAN play even when their good players are out injured...ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad:
Well we have had a not too bad day today considering the company of the ex MIL from hell.
Adam has been taking off down the drive in his walker ( I know I'm a bad mummy but the other 3 kids never hurt themselves). We have a small hill in our drive and he has worked out that if he starts moving really fast he can life his feet and be off.
His Daddy has been teaching him how to spell words in the shower with these bath letters we were given when he was born. We have had some not very nice words on our shower wall - so being a good mummy I wrote " I love you both very much". Good old daddy says ' I never thought of spelling that'. Gotta love him...:rolleyes:
Anyway the next few weeks will be interesting in this house. We are not actively trying to NOT have a baby but I think we need to settle a bit or there will be another mouth in this house. Not sure what poor Adam will think - he still likes his boobies lol.
Ok girls I hope the sick little babies are soon feeling much better. I would love to visit and give each one a special cuddle but accept this :hugs: for each and every one. Warm wishes for all mummies too
SalTheGal
23-07-2007, 00:37
:banghead: :banghead:
I can honestly say these last few nights have been Nedds worst EVER. He is at a point where he won't even settle in my arms, so do I leave him to cry in his cot, or do I let him cry in my arms. I feel terrible, cause I just can't make him better. :gloomy: :gloomy:
Ok, vent over.
Hey All
Sorry things are not good Sal - hopefully he will be better and back to normal soon. I have noticed that ever since I started settling Kayley in her cot she is almost impossible to settle in my arms or anything now. We never seem to get everything working!!
Well Kayley has gone backwards the last couple of nights. We went out on Saturday night and parents in law babysat. We left about 7.45 - she had been bathed and fed and I told them how to put her to bed and told her she is normally in bed at 8pm. THey said it may be a little later so I was OK with that. Anyway - when we got home they told us she had been good and she went to bed about 10pm :eek: ! They also nursed her shen she cried rather than leaving her there etc.......don't know why I bothered leaving instructions??? Anyway she was up twice that night and 3 times last night - grrr about going backwards. Well at least she was safe and healthy.
Sarah - glad you had a great day. I downloaded Knocked Up and while I liked it and it had funny bits I thought overall it was a bit flat. I was glad I downloaded it!!
Mary-anne - great to here from you!! You sound much better than the other day - I hope things are really settling OK.
Kristin - I have also heard that being pg can change taste of milk and a fussy baby can be a sign of being pregnant for some people who were not expecting it. Are you planning to keep bf until the new one is born??
Well I better run and have a shower.
Have a good day everyone!
Hi all :wave:
Had a lovely day with Jet today. He was very happy and very affectionate, AND he slept almost 2 hours in the morning and again in the afternoon, after refusing daynaps all day yesterday. Who can work these babies out?
He seems to be a bit better today although still very snotty, and he was quite vomity today too. I was tossing up whether to take him to the doc or not but he slept so much today that I thought he must be OK enough for now...
:hair: Jet's gotten really fussy with food again. He'll eat anything from a jar or tin, but is refusing to eat anything fresh/ home cooked (except cheese, yogurt, pears and bananas). I feel really bad now, like, what have I done? but I've always given him fresh cooked stuff along with readymade, and he usually didn't notice the difference. I don't know whether I should refuse to give him anything but fresh, and hope that if he's hungry he'll eventually eat it? or whether to just give in and give him readymade so I know that at least he's getting something? I suppose if I do the latter I'll just be adding to the problem...
Beck - I found that a change of routine really threw Jet out for a few days when we'd just been through modified CC, but as he got older he got a lot better, so hopefully with a bit of time and consistency at home Kayley will eventually be able to handle the occasional change and still be fine. Hope you get a good sleep tonight.
Sal - Isn't it just awful when they're inconsolable and even holding them doesn't calm them. Jet only gets like that when he's quite sick or teething, so I hope that you work out what's bothering Nedd really soon. Hope YOU get some sleep tonight too.
Di - LOL at Adam in his walker! Sounds like you're tempting fate there re: getting pg again...sometimes I think it'd be nice to 'accidentally on purpose' get pg again now and throw caution and logic to the wind. (No Georgia don't get excited it ain't gonna happen! sometimes I just think about it a little...heh)
Sarah - tim tam cheesecake :eek: yum! will have to remember that one for next time I have PMS, sounds like the ideal remedy LOL. Hope everyone in your house is better soon.
Mary Anne - good to hear you sounding positive, well done. It's great that you can do early shifts and spend the afternoons with Darcy, I'd love to be able to do that. It is emotionally draining though isn't it...and you do have to be super-organised to stay on top of everything.
I'm going to have an early one tonight...Tuesday mornings are always the worst so hopefully I can get plenty of sleep, although Jet will undoubtedly get me up at least twice...
:babydust2: sleep vibes to all who need them!
~Kristin~
23-07-2007, 19:11
Kristin - I have also heard that being pg can change taste of milk and a fussy baby can be a sign of being pregnant for some people who were not expecting it. Are you planning to keep bf until the new one is born??
Well I would have liked to continue BF until #2 arrived, but I think my supply might be dropping off as Isabella seems to be wanting more than I can offer - first time ever!!! So I have been topping her up with a bottle, and she seems alot more content.
I went to meet Bella's future carer today. We have decided that I will go back to work in Oct until #2 arrives. The woman has built her house with a daycare specific area attached to the side of the house.
Its fantastic, bright, child friendly and she is really lovely, little Bella warmed to her right away. Although that doesn't really say much, she is such a little tart she will go to anyone!:rolleyes: The only problem is, I was an emotional basket-case, not sure how I'm going to cope leaving her, being pregnant and going back to work after being off for 14 mths - eeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!:eek:
Abbey has eaten one and a half pieces of toast, a couple apple slices and a tub of yoghurt this morning, and could probably keep going. Such a little piggy. Normally she waves half a piece of toast around for an hour before hiding it for later. She's also moved her waking time earlier an hour unfortunately. She used to get up at 8am but now thinks 7am is a better time. Mummy does not agree. She only managed to get me up this morning because she was standing next to me saying HA HA HA HA and her pants fell down, and I cracked up laughing. Cant pretend to be asleep if youre laughing!
Sal - big hugs for you, big naughty for Nedd. Are you sure there's nothing physically wrong? If I know there's nothing wrong with Abbey I let her cry now. I make an executive decision that she is crying because she wants to cry, and who am I to intervene? Fortunately she only does it at 2am and only for about 10 minutes before giving up. Hope Nedd goes back to his old cheerful self again soon
Sarah - I get very self concious when bowling. I imagine everyone is watching my bum as I approach, and then it rises and falls, and wobbles as I release the ball. They should make womens bowling rules where everyone has to stand at the front, not the back.
Kimba - I have no idea about fresh/ready rejection. I know Abbey tends to reject the food I cook, but then, so do I, so I don't think that counts. Assuming you cook better than I do, the only difference would be texture and temperature, as ready foods tend to be wetter and in this house are served cooler than fresh food.
*vent* Speaking of food, we visited my nanna this weekend for lunch, and abbey was eating chunks of roast chicken, impressing everyone with her grown up food abilities. My nanna caught sight of abbeys gorgeously round tumtum and it was smushed so it folded - my nanna comes out with "oh, she's going to be a fatty too!" Ahem...what do you mean TOO? Apparently it "slipped out".
I figure, if there was ever a time in my life where I can let myself go a bit and not worry about my size, it would be now, since I'm immersed in babyland. And you know what? I'm happy! So raspberries! */vent*
GeorgiaAnne
24-07-2007, 09:39
Hi lovies,
Quiet day here yesterday...
Kimba - If I were you, I would keep on with the mummy made food as he will eat when he is hungry. There is no danger of him wasting away atm!
Kristin - The day care sounds great. I'm sure by October when you're pg and Bella is running around like a mad thing you'll be quite happy with the break!
Beck - I hope Kayley is a bit more settled for you now and you got some zzz last night.
I'll bbl to finish up as I have to go now, but the exciting news is that AF made her way back yesterday for the first time. My dh and I were fighting all weekend and apprently I was a right cow, wonder why :devil6: :p
After seeming OK yesterday (apart from the 2 mammoth naps, which should have made me suspicious I guess), I do have a sick baby on my hands today.
Jet slept through from 6.30 to 5 last night and went back to sleep after a bottle, which I'm not complaining about! Then this morning he hadn't called out for me by 7, which is an unheard of luxury, so I made an executive decision to sleep in a bit and start work a bit later today.
So I went back to sleep myself and by 8.30 when I woke again he STILL hadn't called out for me, when I went into his room he was laying there, subdued but awake, sucking his blanky and COVERED in vomit :barf: Soaked pjs, grobag, bedding, even the mattress (through the supposed mattress protector). Poor little thing, I can't believe he didn't even call for me when it happened! I wonder how long he just lay there like that.
Then he chucked again while I was cleaning him up :no: He's been vacc'd against rotavirus, but it's worrying to see him like this.
Anyway now I'm working from home today because Jet's not well enough for daycare and I want to take him to the doc when DH brings the car home.
I just put Jet back to bed at 10 without a peep, so hopefully he'll have a nice long vomit-free sleep, poor little man.
Does anyone know if it's better to give milk or clear fluids when babies are like this? He ate some rice cereal when he got up and drank 100ml of water with a splash of juice in it, just not sure what to give him when he wakes...
Michelle - OMG at your nan!!!!!!!! :eek: How rude. I would have said 'What, like you?' or 'Yes, unfortunately we all inherited your genes' or something like that. Or actually I probably would have sat there in stunned silence and come up with all the snappy retorts in my head later...anyway Abbey isn't a fatty! she's a healthy growing baby.
Kristin - that carer sounds excellent! I'm sure when the time comes that it will be tough, but you know it's not forever, you already have another bub on the way and can look forward to that time. Work aside, now that you're pg (and when you get fatigued and heavy!) you'll probably really appreciate someone taking care of Bella so that you can rest or have time for yourself?
Georgia - Yay on AF returning! See I told you that you'd be pg before me...I'm going to win the bet :smiliedance: And yeah that's what I was thinking about the food too...Jet's got plenty of tub to spare right now LOL, if he does go a wee bit hungry one night it won't hurt him! he's still drinking milk anyway.
GeorgiaAnne
24-07-2007, 13:38
Hi Kimba,
Poor little man :hugs: I was told that milk is not the best if they can't keep anything down. I would try it again and see what happens. Otherwise water and watered down rice cereal I found good and Orange flavoured Hydralyte (Gastrolyte was foul) Hoping it's not a virus and just something he ate although you said he was off his food yesterday and slept a lot which does make it sound as if he is sick. I hope he's feeling better xx
Hi girls,
Kimba - Sorry to hear that Jet hasn't been well again...poor little mite. How did you go at the drs? Not sure about the feeding thing, I know they say that milk is ok if you are breastfeeding, but not sure for formula.
Georgia - Yay on AF returning. Maybe mine's on the way back too, because I have been feral today :p ... snapping at everything. It's looking like I won't be able to make Daylesford now as my brother wants to go to Mt. Hotham that weekend. He wants to go for 4 days, so it will almost be like a mini-holiday, as it's been ages since we last went away. Hope you guys have fun.
Michelle - Pfffftttt to your nanna. Sounds like something my MIL would say too. Wow on the food that Abbey eats for breaky ... Lara only eats a smidgen more than that for the whole day. She's really not into solids still, she'll get there though and if she's anything like Eloise, she'll become another human vacuum cleaner.
Kristin - Your day carer sounds great. :hugs: for you getting upset. I have yet to leave Eloise with a carer, so I am a bit worried about how I'll go when she goes to kinder next year. I know she'll be fine, it'll be me blubbering in the car once she's run off and left me to have fun with her new friends.
Beck - Sorry to hear that Kayley's sleep patterns have reverted, hopefully she'll be back to her old new self soon. Wow on the ILs. I bet you won't be rushing to leave Kayley with them again.
Di - Maybe you'll be next ? ;)
Sal - How's Nedd going now? It's so tough when they just won't sleep at all and nothing seems to console them. I hope he is on the mend.
Mary-anne - I'm glad things have started to settle a little for you now. It's great that Darcy has adapted so well to all the change - not that I would have expected anything different, she's such a good little poppet. I bet your mum is loving spending so much time with Darcy.
Sarah - I hope you and your boys had a great time together while your dh was down. How are they all now? All recovered from croup/head bumps etc?
I hope I haven't missed anyone...
Well we've just been our normal busy selves here. Today was swimming, then an indoor play centre with a friend of Eloise's from Mother's group and then the dentists for the 2nd tooth to get worked on (luckily it was just a filling and not another root canal). I left home at 10.30am and didn't get home until 4pm. Tomorrow is Lara's gymbaroo lesson and the Thursday is Eloise's. Thursday night mum is looking after the girls, so that dh and I can go out for my b'day. Friday mum, dad, the girls and I are going out for lunch for my b'day and then Monday night we're out to celebrate it again with my brothers and sister. Then the diet starts again....
Lara's still being fussy with food, but her 4th tooth looks just about ready to cut through. She's sleeping much better (normally down about 9pm and up about 6-7am).
Eloise is still being a pain with TT. She just plain and simply refuses to ask to go to the toilet. She will go when I put her on there, so I don't know what to do from here. We've got an appointment for her next week with the MCHN next week, so hopefully she'll be able to give me some hints.
We've got an interview with her kinder/school next week to see if she will be offered a place ... a bit daunting as I've got no idea what they will ask us (bit sad for a teacher hey?)
Well better go, time to feed Lara before bed. Have a good night girls...
:wave: Back again...wow it's quiet in here today, where is everyone?
Jet had yogurt and vegemite toast for lunch which was good, but refused milk again. Drank about 200ml of water with juice over the day though so at least he got some fluids. He had about 1.5 hours sleep in the morning and then went back to bed at 1 for another 1.5 hours, I wish he'd do that all the time without needing to be unwell LOL.
I took him to the doc this arvo who said it's 'just a virus'...he thinks the vomiting might be caused by Jet's runny nose giving him a mucousy stomach, and he might also be coughing so hard that it's making him chuck. I'm not so sure, it was different vomiting IYKWIM? like gastro chucking...but hey, who knows... At least his ears are clear, he doesn't have a high fever, and his chest is clear now, although doc said it does sound like he's had bronchialitis on and off over the past 3 months (I knew it - last time the 'weekend' doc insisted it wasn't bronchialitis, but I wasn't convinced!). Not that there's anything they could do about it...
Anyway doc said there's nothing we can do except try to clear his nose with Drixine infant nose drops, he said Dimetapp et al are useless, although when I asked about using a vaporiser in his room, he said that's a good idea. (Just sharing all this, in case it's helpful to anyone else!)
Jet did eat all his dinner and drink 170ml of milk at bedtime, so I hope that means he's feeling better, and that he sleeps well tonight and has a good rest...:fingerscrossed:
Georgia, thanks, and how's your little lady doing? I forgot to say before, I'm really glad you didn't have an ectopic pg and how cool that they could see that you'd recently ovulated - sounds right then that your AF just came back...I can't wait to hear that you've gotten a :bfp: !
Sare - you must've posted while I was typing. How frustrating with Eloise and the TT. I wish I had some ideas for you but I have no experience with it at all, not even my friends or relatives kids have been through it yet. Good luck with the school interview, how daunting...I only know public schools, so I had no idea you had to be interviewed and accepted, I thought you just registered for a place and if they have one and you pay the fees, you're in! Fingers crossed for you...PS is your birthday Thursday? Mine's Saturday! So you're a Leo too. I'm sure we probably discussed this last year in the pg threads but with baby brain, I've clearly forgotten :P
Can anyone in here keep a secret??????
I have one even DH doesn't know about yet!!!.
Might tell you later on;)
Can anyone in here keep a secret??????
I have one even DH doesn't know about yet!!!.
Might tell you later on
:smiliedance: Di has a :bfp: !!!:smiliedance: am I right? :laughing:
Can't tell you what it is lol
Need to tell DH what's happening in his life first
:smiliedance: Woo Hoo Di!!!! :smiliedance:
Maybe I was right re you being next??? I'm no good with surprises...how long till your dh finds out?:laughing: I'll just have to keep on checking here during the ads on all saints to see if you've posted your news :p
SalTheGal
24-07-2007, 19:23
Evening all.
just a quickie as I want to try and get some sleep before Nedd wakes, and it's been consistently between 11-12pm at the moment.
I took him to the Drs today as he has gone off all food and drinks. He had 350ml total in frormula today, and the only food he will eat is yoghurt/fruit gel/puree etc.
Poor little bubby had another ear infection, and his conjunctivitis still hasn't cleared up so stronger drops for that too. So add oral antibiotics and antibiotic eye drops to the panadol, dimetapp, ventolin, and cocktail of various bruaers tonics that Nedd is being dosed up on.
I feel really bad for filling him up with all that medicine, torn between not wanting to put too much in his system, and wanting him to get better. Geez its a fine line!!!
Anyway, the upshot is hopefully he will be in the mend in a few days.
Hmmm, Di!!!!! Sounds very exciting if it is what we think it is :yelclap:
Kimba, hugs to jet too, hope he improves over the next day or so, poor sick bubbies
Well sorry no more personals. I am home with Nedd tomorrow though, so hopefully i'll catch up then.
:wave:
:hugs: for Nedd to get better soon, and :hugs:for you too Sal. Gee you've been through a rough trot.
IKWYM about the medications. I found myself giving Jet a few doses of things at bedtime as a preventative measure in an effort to try and head off anything that might disturb his sleep. Then I backed right off as in all reality they really didn't seem to make that much difference, and I didn't know which (if any) of them was working.
Right now I'm only giving him Dimetapp if he's really snotty and coughing at bedtime (although doc said today don't bother!) and Dymadon or Nurofen if his teeth are obviously bothering him before bed, and that's it, I don't add Brauers now if I'm giving him other things. When he's otherwise well but his teeth are bothering him, I give him Brauers.
Does anyone else hate the stupid Dimetapp dropper and the horrible red colouring, or is it just me? isn't red the worst for hyping kids up, not exactly good for bedtime then is it...Why do they put colouring in it anyway? it's not like babies can tell :confused: I avoid additives and colourings in his food, so it really aggravates me that it's in his medication...just my vent :o
GeorgiaAnne
24-07-2007, 20:50
ooooh Di come on, you must've spoken to dh by now!
Kimba - glad that Jet is eating again. I wouldn't stress about the milk, as long as he is getting fluid elsewhere, it's not so important apparently.
Sare - No worries about Daylesford, i'm sure i'll be down to Melb on another occasion soonish. Gee, the tt must be :hair: I would guess all you can do is keep asking and explaining and hopefully she will start to do it on her own, not that I have a clue lol.
Sal - Poor little Neddles, I guess he would have diarrhoea if it were too much medication but it sounds like he needs it all atm.
:gloomy: it was so hard leaving my bubby for work tonight, I hate doing doubles as I feel like I see her for about 5 mins for the day but I can't wait to go to bed as I have sinusitis, can't seem to shake all this cold stuff. It makes me appreciate that I had all that time with her to begin with though, not that I enjoyed it enough at the time though:rolleyes:
Morning all - Where is everyone?
Di have you told your DH your big secret yet? can you tell us now? not that we aren't all guessing anyway...:D
Jet had a pretty good night, woke once at 11 for a feed (which brought his fluid intake for the day up, so I was relieved about that) then slept through till 7. Actually I think he was awake earlier but just lay in bed quietly, such a good boy. Not sure how he managed it but all his hair was spiked up on top this morning, so cute!
He didn't vomit overnight and seemed much better this morning (still snotty but that seems to be permanent!) so he's at daycare and I'm at work.
Georgia - hope you feel better soon, poor you, sick and having to do double shifts, you must miss your little lady a lot. I still hate going to work every day. I wonder if it ever gets easier? I told DH yesterday 'when' we win lotto I'm going to be a SAHM until the kids start school, then I only want to work 9-3 so that I'm home whenever they are. I think that sounds fair! (dream on Kimba...)
I definitely didn't appreciate my first 6 months at home with Jet as much as I should have...I was too sleep deprived and too busy trying to boost my milk supply with pumping etc to really enjoy it! Everything only just started to come good with feeding and sleeping just before I went back to work...That's why I really want to take 12 months off next time.
GeorgiaAnne
25-07-2007, 10:14
Kimba - Yeah, 9-3 would be great, that's what my mum used to do and it was great having her home, not tha used to make us cookies or anything lol but it was always like a zoo when she wasn't home.
re: 12 months next time, I think that would be great and hopefully we can enjoy it more next time with alll nthat we know from this experience. I've got no hope being self employed but at least I can choose my own hours (generally, 'cept we're 2 short atm) and pay myself whatever I want :laughing: as I do the wages. That sounds better than it is as generally it I pay myself not much and when it is a bad week, our wages are the first thing to be sacrificed so it is very much make hay while the sun shines. :ecomcity:
Anyhoo, i'd better go as i've got a 8-9 month check soon and I can wait to hear what those evil witches at the ECHC have to say for themselves:devil6:
Hey All
Just a quick hi from me.
My mum is here and it is great catching up. Also means I have a bit of time to my self as well (pity she has got me addicted to this stupid adventure game)!
Kayley has had another few average nights (up twice) with last night being a pain. She had a feed around 11.30pm then was up again at 2.45 - I wouldn't feed her and tried to settle her. At 4am when she was still awake I gave in and fed her but she still wouldn't settle. She ended up having Dymadon at about 4.10 and was finally asleep by about 4.30. Then the joybug was awake again at 7am. I was a bit messy (by the time I got to sleep DH was getting up getting ready for work so I was up again) so I fed her and tried to put her down. Got about another 30 minutes or so before up for the day.
She is doing well though - really moving around a lot more now which is cute.
As for the drugs - we have had Dymadon nearly every day for a while. She just seems to have so much trouble with her teeth. I do feel bad giving it to her but when nothing else works...... Anyway I am hoping last night what a tooth thing as it looks very close to pop through - then based on history it is another week until the other side then HOPEFULLY we will have a gap until the molars come!
Kimba/Sal - hope your bubs are on the mend.
Di - waiting on the news!!!
Sare - how do you keep up with it all??
Georgia - bummer on the double shifts but as you say there are other perks for being self employed!
Welll I have to run. Tomorrow I have a chiro appointment and mothers group and Friday I am taking mum into the city so if I don't get back on - all the best to you all!!
di: you tart. are you knocked up and if so by who? :laughing:
sorry no time for personals as yesterday i got a call at lunch to say there had been a cancellation at the sleep study at the mater and we had to go in straight away. well kane was a good boy not pulling at anything going into/on him. the nurses all fell in love which you cant blame him as he is the cutest baby in the world (all your bubbies are a very close second :laughing: ) it showed he woke 6 times needing settling and his stats went down to 89 afew times (they should be 100) so while not good its still safe enoyugh to do cc. watch out kane for bad mummy times. (like now im ignoring him, its my comp time lol)
and also they do not want to op at this stage yeah. so the reason know time for personals is i just got back from hiospy and feel like i been hit by a mack truck. mummy needs a shower
bbl
oh and michelle. join me in the happy fat brigade. ive had afew "wow hasnt she let herself go" and i just ignore them. dp doesnt mind (not that he'd be game enough to say anything)
and 7 am wow wanna swap for a religious 4 am getter upperer?
Sorry Girls,
have had a super busy morning.
Ok :bfp: in this house.
I reckon it is a case of just and it is also the baby expo's fault. :laughing: (which also means DH is in that bracket as he was the clucky one after the expo lol)
I am only a week late but did a home test yesterday and got 2 very distinct lines - I always new I was a fertile chicken, I just didn't realise how fertile.
Don't think DH believed me when I told him, but he does now. We are already doing the "don't do anything until I get home, look after yourself" routine. I was hoping he wouldn't be so bad this time around ha ha.
If I am right about the timing it will be a middle of April baby. I'll trot off to the docs in the next couple of weeks and then he can tell me how old I am again only this time he can add that i'm too fat to.......:rolleyes:
Better go got another interview at 1pm.
:smiliedance: CONGRATULATIONS DI ON YOUR :bfp: :smiliedance:
An April baby, sweet.
Wow you really are fertile aren't you? LOL
Does your doc really make comments about your age? OMG How rude! You're only a year older than me and nobody ever mentioned my age OR my weight when I was pg with Jet.
Congratulations on your :bfp: Di!!!! :smiliedance: :smiliedance:
Wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy (feels like I've been typing that a bit lately :laughing: )
I've been stalking this thread all morning to see what your news was.
Off to Lara's Gymbaroo lesson, will BBL for personals.
:smiliedance: Di! Congratulations on your :bfp: !!
Wow, does that make it that we have more preg Oct mummies than we do not preg Oct mummies?? I'm starting to feel a bit left out, lol!!
Hi everyone,
Can you believe, I have just had my 3 boys all asleep!! Who would read about that happening! It didn't last for long though, as Mack is awake already, and sitting very patiently beside me waiting to play the computer!!
DH left to go back to QLD yesterday morning. We have booked flights for next week too as he said he just wanted to spend soem more time at home with us. So, we won't complain! We are going to use some of our time next week to go house/land hunting. So exciting! It looks like we are going to be staying here, and he will continue to fly home to us. With the new Tiger Airways coming on board, it's going to be sooo cheap for him to do it.
I'm still unsure if Jarvis has a tooth or not! I know, it sounds dumb, but it seems to be there one day, then not then next! It sure isn't stopping him eat anything though. He's such a champion with his food now...makes it so much easier.
Mack is giving me the whole attitude thing, so better go for now...Have a great day!
Sarah
GeorgiaAnne
25-07-2007, 17:26
Di Yipeeeeeee :smiliedance: :smiliedance: congratulations, that is so exciting for you all.
p.s. - get a new Doctor!!
:wave:
A bit random here: but has anyone had a sneaky peak look at the due in october 2007 due dates?? OMG!! There are so many!!
So much for getting the boys to have a day sleep today - they have only just gone to sleep about 2 mins ago :banghead: Not happy!
My mum popped in after she finished work tonight. It was great to see her, seems like it's been forever - it's only been about a week! But it felt like we had so much to catch up on!
Sue: So it's all ok for you do to CC with Kane? What's the go with his stats dropping during sleep?
Michelle: LMAO about your bowling 'visual'!! I'm so over people thinking they have the right to comment on one's weight....My MIL (who mind you has been dieting/trying to lose weight for the whole 8.5 yrs I've known her), thinks it's her place to remind me that eating the cheesecake will not help me in the weight game!! I then like to remind her that I'm the one that's actually lost the 25 kilos and has kept it off for over 2 yrs, and that if I do put any weight back on, that it's all my bleeping fault!! Who cares, hey?
Beck: Sounds like you're having a great time with you Mum here! Kayley's sleeping over the past coouple of nights sounds a lot like Jarvis! He's gone from sleeping through to waking twice also! Not happy.. Have a great day on Friday.
Kimba: happybirthday I know it's coming in next couple of days, just not sure if it's tomorrow or the next day (sorry)! Has Jet's day been ok today? Poor little poss, lying in his vomit - it had probably not long happened though, so don't be worrying too much about it. I'm sure if he'd he'd been there for too long, he would have told you. Re: SAHM stuff - I've said to that I'll be at home now until my last baby, whoever that may be, is at school. I went back to work for about 12 months after having Mack, then resigned to be a SAHM so I could spend some 'mummy and mack' time together before Tallan came along. I don't know if I could say it gets easier having to leave them, it just gets easier to deal with, iykwim?
Sare: happybirthday to you too! Same thing - not too sure exactly what day it falls on. I think back to all the 'extra curricular' activities that I used to take the boys too, before Jarvis, and it gets me thinking I must start them up again. Helps keep the week fun, and gives the children something to look forward to.
Georgia: How did you go at the ECHN?
Off to bed now. I've got my early morning Thursday again tomorrow. My lil sis is coming along with me though, so it should make it a little easier with all I have to get done.
Sarah
SalTheGal
25-07-2007, 20:54
Hey all,
well first things first! :bfp: :smiliedance: Go Di!!! Thats very exciting.
Ok who will be next! I am going to feel so left out in a while!
Sarah- I'm like that with my mum too. We used to murder each other, but since i've had Nedd we've grown so much closer. They are away in QLD at the moment, and we've been talking almost every day on the phone!!! (I think she misses Nedd more than me though!)
Sue- good luck with the CC, glad to hear Kane is well enough to do it. (not so great for Kane though :p )
Hey Kimba- is it just my imagination or did you do teaching at uni? maybe thats my imagination! But theres your perfect job!
Well Nedd is so much better here, after 24hrs on antibiotics. Last night, he coughed and coughed, but didn't really wake up (just woke me up lol) so that was promising. Fingers crossed tonight is even better!!
Apart from that, nothing exciting to report here.
Take care all :)
Hi all,
happybirthday Sare! it is today isn't it? Hope you have a good one and that DH and the girls spoil you.
Jet seems a lot better, he woke at 9 last night calling 'Ma! Mum! Mama!' which he hasn't done for ages...lately he only says 'maumau' when he wants something :laughing: (not me). He DID want me last night though so that was very cute. After that he slept through.
Going to a market research discussion group today on baby food for $100 cash. Will use it to buy myself something for my bday (it's on Sat Sarah, but thanks!)
Sal yes I did Art Teaching at Uni but I've been looking at finally getting into it and it's much harder than I expected. There's still no vacancies for Art Teachers and I'm so out of touch with the curriculum anyway that it'd be hard to get work. I'd actually love to do primary but they make it so hard, as there's no retraining on offer, and I really can't go back and do another 3 years at Uni right now. But I am still looking into what options I have - after all I have 4 years till Jet starts school.
Sal - glad that Nedd is on the mend and that he didn't wake last night.
Sarah - nice work on keeping 25kg off...I lost 32kg a few years back but have piled it all back on now...I agree it's nobody else's business!
Georgia - how did your ECHN appointment go?
Di - how are you feeling mum to be? any MS yet?
Beck - how's miss Kayley doing, hope she's sleeping well for you.
Sue - glad that you have the go ahead to start tackling Kane's sleep issues. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
Hey girls
Hope everyone is well. I kinda feel like I should take a look at the due in April forum ( or start one) ha ha but the thought is only fleeting as I would feel like a traitor :laughing:
Well done on the sleep Kimba: I think they need to just wait until they're ready. I know little poppet Adam had been really good for about the last month but not before...
Re: MS. I'm not a sufferer so :fingerscrossed: I won't start now. lol
I am just trying to work out what to do with B/F. I still feed Adam at night and in the morning. I might have to read my BF book and see what it says about when there is another appearing.
I hope you all have a great day. taking the girls to the dentist for their last small fillings.....
Love and hugs to all
GeorgiaAnne
26-07-2007, 11:34
Hi girls,
happy birthday Sare (?)! Hope you're having a fab day and are being spoilt rotten.
Kimba - Have fun at the baby food day, I guess you get lunch as well lol.
Di - You must be so excited, how is your dh and girls? Yeah, you can play in the April thread as long as you still keep up with us!
Sal - Hope you had a good sleep and that Ned is feeling better.
ok, bbl
I'm glad your hubby is happy about the baby, Di. He must know he was tempting fate after being clucky at the baby expo. I wonder if he will ban you from subsequent expos? You should have triplets and teach him a lesson. Youre not allowed to abandon us, but we can forgive a little moonlighting. Seems a bunch of the Oct 06 mums will be there anyway!
I am not preg of course, I should have picked up some sea men while Kittyhawk was here...
Abbey was a bit of a bum head last night. Had a super happy day, playing and playing and playing, not napping all afternoon, but not sleepy either, until i fed her an early dinner and into bed at 6pm. And then every 20 minutes she wanted to know where I was and why wasnt i rocking her? Eventually I went to bed to read and she was very fidgety. She sits up, smiles very sleepily, then tries to lie on my face. I know she wants to be close to me, but arent i allowed to breathe??
(although, it does slow me down so she gets what she wants)
Remember how i was complaining that abbey wouldnt share me with me? Now she does and I want her to stop. Its all slobby and gross! She's selective about what she shares tho. I asked for some of her rice cake and she shook her head and shoved it in her own mouth. Much like mummy does with chocolate.
I just made abbey some veggie fritters. I tasted them and theyre pretty gross, but so are the pancakes she seems to love.
Okay, get some work done!
Well that was a strange experience. Went to the Market Research place and they got us to fill out a screening questionnaire which was basically the same as what I'd already done over the phone when they 'booked' me in. One of the questions was 'which baby food brand would you never consider buying' and I ticked Nestle (I don't buy Nestle because of their unethical marketing of formula in 3rd world countries etc). Anyway they collected the questionnaires and a girl came out and asked me why I'd said No to Nestle, and I said 'unethical marketing, is that all right?' and she smiled and said 'no that's fine' and went away.
Next thing I know they're calling the other women into the room 'everyone except Kimberley' and I'm thinking OMG what did I do??? I felt like I was in trouble at school. And then the receptionist says 'we only need 4 participants today, thanks' and gave me my money and told me I could go.
As I was waiting for the lift, another participant had rocked up late and the receptionist got quite flustered as she clearly wanted to get her to do the questionnaire and join the group, after telling me they only needed 4 people - making it obvious that it was nothing to do with numbers that they paid me to go. How suss is that!
Not that I'm complaining about getting money for nothing LOL, but now I'm burning with curiosity. I wonder why they didn't want me saying that I don't buy Nestle? Surely if the research was FOR Nestle, then they'd be interested to hear why people aren't buying their products?
Anyway...that's my excitement for the day.
Michelle - Abbey sounds like such a cuddlemonkey, how adorable. I bet it drives you mad when you're trying to sleep though! At least she's a good eater. Jet won't eat pancakes, rice cakes, vegie fritters or anything like that at the moment. I just bought the Womens Weekly baby food cookbook to get some ideas...
hi guys,
have such rotten flu that I'm home from work & can't even look at the computer screen (makes my eyes hurt) but just wanted to share something...
Ella slept through last night!!!!:smiliedance:
Knew you guys would appreciate what an achievement that is for us!
Hopefully be back on the weekend & feeling better.
GeorgiaAnne
26-07-2007, 17:32
Yay Bec on the sleep, sounds like you really need the rest atm, hope you feel better soon :hugs:
Kimba - How dodgey is that!? How very 'Constant Gardener' make sure you lock your doors tonight lol.
Michelle - THat sharing sounds like ours but Sophia just offers but won't let go.
Where's Mary as well? and Lucy and Marion?
Glad today is over and i'm very tired so i'll speak soon xx
Ella slept through last night!!!!:smiliedance:
:yelclap: YAY Ella!!!!! :yelclap: :party:
SalTheGal
26-07-2007, 19:05
Hi everyone.
happybirthday To you Sare!!! Hope your having a fantastic day, and that you have been totally spoilt by your fam.
And Yay for Ella!!! :yelclap: And Bec, I hope you are feeling better really really soon so you can enjoy the restful nights!
Must have been the night for it, cause Nedd slept through too. :smiliedance:
Georgia, I've been wondering where everyone is too....specially Mary, I love hearing the beautiful stories about Natalia.
Ok, Kimba- that must have been really weird!!! If that was me I'd be desperate now to know what it was all about! But hey, you got your $100, woohoo!
And re the teaching- DH and I talked about it a while ago, as I think it would be a pretty awesome job- there is no way you'd get me enduring three years of uni!
Though, here in vic, to do primary you only have to do one year if you already have a degree. I have a friend who did marketing at uni, she just did primary teaching last year over one year. That isn't the same in NSW? Maybe you need to shift here to VIC!!!!
Aww Michelle- even though it may be a bit painful, doesn't it feel amazing to be so unconditionally loved! Sounds like Abbey is very smitten with her mummy- and I don't blame her, you seem to me to be an awesome mum!
Nedd does the whole sharing thing too, and whilst its very flattering that he wants me to have what he's having, smushed up banana, or half sucked on bikkies aren't really my style, specially when they end up smeared half way across my face! :rolleyes:
Well I seem to have my happy little man back. He is so much improved, I have put him down to sleep without any pain relief- we will see how he goes (though I have it all dosed up ready in case!)
And re medications, I remember you posting Kimba bout red dimetapp.....they also have a colourfree variety. Pretty much anything you can get for kids will have a colourfree variety- It's just a matter of asking. I just don't see why it is necessary to put colouring in things? And the colourfree one almost always tastes better!
OK well I am starting to feel sh!tty tonight- have a sinus headache, and a bit asthmaery, so I am going to have an early night tonight. Might to a crossword in bed.
Night all, sleep tight little bubbies!!!!
:wave: everyone,
Have had another busy Thursday today. Myotherapy this morning which was just like torture! It hurt so much, but if it fixes my aches and pains, I don't care, lol! Then I went to get a new pair of contact lenses. I was going for a second opinion, and lucky I did - turns out the guy that tested my eyes in May had given me the wrong prescription contacts, and they were going to charge me to change the trial pair. So, by going to source my 2nd opinion, I not only get the correct script, but a fee fitting and trial pair of lenses! I know where I'll be going in future!
The boys were so so tired after daycare today. I kept them home on Monday, so it's been a full week since they were there. I think it really wore them out today.
It was such a lovely day today, I even managed to get an hours brisk walk in. Was lovely being out in the sunshine!
Re: Medications: I'm so over the colourings too! I try my hardest, when it's available, to always buy the colour free variety. We have a cough medication here at the moment that is coloured red and more often than not, Mack won't touch it. Certainly doesn't help when he really needs it. I've just actually had to go in and give some Tallan, whilst he's sleeping, and that's hard to do too when it's bright red. If it spills, it sure does make a mess over everything! And why must they choose red?
Sal: WOW!! Yay for Nedd! He must be feeling better for it....so must you after the last couple of nights you've had. Hope he does well again tonight for you.
Georgia: I hope you are having a well deserved feet up night at home - if it's at all possible!
Bec: Sorry to hear your feeling so lowsy, but YAY for Ella for sleeping through!! You must be stoked!! Here's hoping it's the start of something :)
Kimba: OMG! How weird! I so think it must have been for Nestle...I'd give them a call and ask why you were asked to go along if they only needed four people. Can't hurt to be nosey? Bit inconvenient too, wasn't it, going on in there only to be 'screened', 'not what they wanted' and then kicked out, lol! Oh well, at least you got your hundrend bucks I spose. Re: Cookbooks - I have about 5 or 6 different babies and children's cookbooks, including the one you have purchased, and I seem to go through phases with them. One week, I'll go crazy with ideas, then for the next couple of months I totally forget they exist, lol! Thanks for the reminder, I must get them out. I might even flick through them in bed tonight!
Michelle: Did your little 'bum head' (lol) like her vegie fritters? Might have to give them a go if they were a hit! She does sound so so cute!! :p
Di: You must be one of the many few that don't suffer from any sort of M/S....lucky thing!! Have you made any decisions about the breastfeeding whilst pregnant thing?
Well, I'm off to bed. I'm going to try and get a bit of sleep before Jarvis wakes me tonight. He has consistently woken up between 10pm and 11.30pm for the past 3 nights. I'm really hoping he doesn't do it again tonight. When he started crying at 10.15pm last night, I tried to ignore him and hope he'd go back to sleep. By 10.30pm he was still crying, so I got up and gave him some water. He settled, then I went back to bed. By 10.45pm he was crying again, and eventually I gave in. At 11.45pm , I fed him. I've learnt from that. I'll just bl00dy feed him the first time he wakes in future!!
Night all,
Sarah
Oh, Sare. I hope you've enjoyed your day today! Happy birthday once again!! :p
Hey all
Hope everyone is getting over illnesses going around.
Everyone in this house is going well. We have my grandmother coming to stay next week. She leaves on Monday and John's parents arrive Tuesday...here we go again lol visitors, visitors, visitors......
We aren't telling any of them about bub until we hit the "safe" 3 month mark... Hopefully no one we know that we have told will blurt it out while they are here... Not that many people know. You guys do and 1 other person.
We aren't even sure when we are telling the kids. I think after I go to the doc next week and I am sure things are staying where they currently are. I stress a little incase things don't work out. I don't want to over stress them if that makes sense.
Oh, I did tell my mum- I think that's what we do though lol
As for the breast feeding issue. I think I'll go with my original plan and keep feeding him until he is 1 or starts to bite too much .....
So far I have only been bitten once so it might be a 1 year cut off. He only feeds if he wakes during the night or first thing in the morning now so it shouldn't be too hard to wean him.
Hope everyone has a lovely day
:hugs: & :kiss: to all
Hi girls,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a nice day. We gave Eloise's gymbaroo lesson a miss because she had a temp and sounded like she was coughing up a lung (she's on the mend though). I went shopping and bought some new jeans and some tops with my birthday money (just a quick shop with Eloise not being 100%). Then dh & I went out for yummy Indian last night. I got some lovely pressies, dh and the girls bought me a dvd recorder with a hard drive and a cd, I also got a handbag and some $$$. So I was very spoilt.
Today we're going out for lunch with mum and dad and then tonight dh and I are going to see The Simpsons Movie.
Di - Visitors and pregnancy/new baby seem to go hand in hand with you lol. Hope you miss out on ms again this time around.
Bec - :yelclap: Ella is a champ!!!! Great news about her sleeping through.
Sarah - What a pain about them stuffing up your lenses, but at least the 2nd opinion is getting it all sorted for you (and free to boot). I agree with you on the red medicine too. Eloise's cough is usually worse at night, and I sometimes worry she is going to get it all over her bed too. I went to the chemist the other day and she recommended Bisolvon. It's clear and tastes nicer than dimetapp, so 2 pluses for us.
Kimba - Very weird about the marketing session. At least you got paid. re teaching. I love teaching kids, but if i had my time again, there's no way I'd study teaching again. The workload has increased ridiculously. Berfore I went on leave I used to work from 8am to around 5pm, come home cook dinner and then do another 2-3hrs work at home about 3 -4nights a week and another 3-4hrs on the weekend. Then it was worse around report writing time. I'm not sure that I want to go back to that as our family time would definitely suffer.
Sal - How did you go looking into opening a gymbaroo franchise? That would be a great job. :yelclap: to Nedd for sleeping through too. Is he all better now? How are you feeling any better today?
Georgia - Hope you are feeling better today. Is Sophia sleeping through again yet?
Michelle - Your posts always have a lol moment. The kittyhawk was today's.
Better go and get the girls ready for our day out. Have a good day girls.
Morning all,
Jet only woke once last night, at midnight, of course he never usually wakes at that time so I was SOUND asleep :rolleyes: Then I heard him this morning at around 5.45, he made a bit of noise then went quiet. I thought "good he's gone back to sleep" so I stayed in bed. Then every 10 minutes he'd have a bit of a whimper, then he'd go quiet again. Went on like that till about 6.30 when he was grizzling so I got up and went into his room, and he was stuck - wedged up awkwardly against the side of the cot next to the aquarium, with no covers on. I wonder how long he'd been like that, and I didn't go and 'save' him? Ooh, the guilt. Bad Mummy.
Jet got bitten at daycare again yesterday and this time it broke the skin :eek: :( Jet's the youngest/ the baby of the group and the carer often holds and carries him. So the carer thinks that the 'biter' is jealous of Jet because he wants to be held and carried himself, and thinks he's still a 'baby' (he's about 18 months old). The carer does her best to stop it but lately whenever he gets a chance (as soon as the carer is distracted) the biter sneaks over and does something to Jet. It's not the carer's fault, but it's still pretty horrible knowing that one of the other kids has it in for your bubba...what to do...?
Oops GTG - phone call (I'm finally chasing up my birth records from the hospital and lodging a complaint/ requesting answers about some of the things that happened) - back later for personals!
My head hurts. It was a yucky night and though i know it was nowhere near as bad as some of yours have been recently, it still sucked. I just told her mummy wasnt feeling particularly friendly towards her right now, shoved some toast in her hand and put on baby einstein.
Went to bed at 6.30, stayed down until 9.30 with only one resettle which i thought was fabulous. Then into bed with me, boobie and sleep. Until 12.30am. Apparently it was party time, but a sleepy party time. Was i falling for that? no way! I pretended I was asleep and my arm had fallen on her, stopping her from getting up. She didnt appreciate it. The up down yawn eye rub cry scream smack mummy battle lasted for 2 hours! :hair: I know she wanted me to get up and rock her and I could have, but I know she can go to sleep without it. So after the battle ended and she snuffled herself to sleep while I stroked her back (can anyone say 'spoiled'?) and then fast forward to 6am when she was refreshed and ready to pull mummy's hair in a new day and have a tantrum at the mere suggestion of a nappy change, and heaven forbid mummy put those socks back on....
Mostly I love her to bits, but sometimes i just prefer to do it from another room.
Kimba - youre so mean! Poor Jet just lay there all because you aren't psychically attuned to him. He's thinking 'any time now, aaaaaannnnnyy time now, whoops fell asleep, 'annyyyy time now' - lucky he has no concept of time and as far as he knows its only been a minute.
Whats the deal with that biter? He's been biting for months now, hasnt anyone bitten him back yet? (not that i condone violence against babies... wait yes i do. Bite the little bugger!)
Sarah - have to wonder about optometrists - do they think we are just lucky if we read a line correctly, or that we lie during the 1or2 test? I'm not keen on contacts as have only had bad experiences with them. First ones the guy got the curve wrong and they kept falling out, second ones werent strong enough, and my last ones freaked me out with their lack of windows to look through. Glasses are good - they hide the dark circles under my eyes.
The veggie fritters were NOT a hit. They squish pleasantly in her hand, and make a nice sound when they hit the floor.
Sal - thanks, but we're all awesome mums here! Glad Nedd is feeling better, and that he is back to sleeping well. Such a good little monkey!
We have the colour free dimatapp, but i dont think it worked anyway. The vaporiser did way more. The dimatapp did make her drowsy which i appreciated though. I think they make them red so they LOOK yummy and theoretically are taken easier. Duh, its medicine - you dont want it to look yummy, you want it to look gross and furry so they dont drink it while you arent looking!
mmm baby einstein round 2....
happybirthday Kimba. I hope you have a great day.
Well now the sickness bug has passed on to me :banghead: I am achey, and have a really sore throat. Of course Lara decided that this morning at 4am was a nice time to wake up for a feed, when she's been sleeping through for about 2 weeks now :hair:
No footy for us this weekend, with it being a night match and all of us being in varying degrees of 'unwellness', we've decided to stay home and watch it on the tv (which is probably worse for my voice, as I tend to yell more at the tv than when I'm actually at the game :laughing: ) So today we're off to get some snow suits for the girls, for our trip next weekend, and we're going to look at cars. I only have a hyundai sportswagon, which is not really big enough for the 2 kids in the back, let alone the 3rd that we want to have eventually. So we're off to look at the Ford Territory. So all being well we'll have a new car in the near future.
Michelle - That sounds like a rotten night. Abbey sounds like a little (cute) monkey, I bet she makes you laugh heaps.
Kimba - UGH to the biter. I still think that the carer, along with the biter's parents, should be doing something to try and stop this behaviour. I wonder if his/her parents would be so easy going if it were the other way around? 18 months old and a bully already!!!
Better go. Have a great weekend girls...
GeorgiaAnne
28-07-2007, 09:03
Morning girls,
Kimba - I can't believe the biter's still at it, what an awful luttle child. I hope the lady does more about it than just carry Jet around!? I'll be interested to see how you get on with the hosp....
Sarah - Sounds like you did well for your birthday. Wow, I never realised how much work teachers do. I guess it's not really a job you can do part time either?
Michelle - Sounds like my night 'cept I was awoken 2 hourly:banghead: Have you had much baby free time, being a single oarent you prob. don't get much time away? I love Sophia but I also love having a couple of hours to myself.
Di - Good luck with the visitors:eek: you're a good girl, I HATE people staying with us and discourage it wholeheartedly!
We had a very average night last night with Sophia up a lot, she has had conjunctivitis and a high fever but seems a bit better today. She just loves having the eye drops put in, much like trying to give medicine to a cat.
The echn was great the other day and it seems my horrible witch may have left. She was very nice and pleased I was still bfing, unlike the other one. Sophia is doing great and doing all the things she should be for her age like proper crawling, getting to sitting from tummy etc. which is great as my mum pesters a lot about her devlopment, saying how much earlier we did stuff than Sophia:rolleyes:
Anyhoo, off to my parents for lunch then working tonight and tomorrow but OMG it is such a beautiful day in Sydney i'll have to go for a walk at some stage.
Hope you all have a fab weekend. xx g & s
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