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Hi all,
Anna good luck with the dress shopping today.Don't you hate that when you buy something then see it way cheaper somewhere else -so annoying. How good is Alex with his sleeping!! Will is doing well with his overnight sleep mostly but man we have a big issue getting him to bed for the night. Still working on that one.
Nat good to hear from you. 5 weeks to go! Your little baby will be here before you know it. Two boys will be great. Paddy is already trying to put cars in Will's hands so they can play together. Hopefully Will is going to have the instrinsic love of cars that boys seem to have and he and Paddy are going to have a great time playing together soon enough. How cute about Connor looking after you. Thanks for your dinner story. I have tried all possible variables to get Paddy to eat properly at dinner time but have given up really -hopefully it is just a stage (seems like it is going to be a bit of a long stage) and by the time he is maybe 5 he might eat okay.
Lou great effort with your clean up -it will be so nice for you to have everything sorted out -I love doing that. Hope you make lots of money on ebay and good work with the freecycle stuff -sounds great. I don't know how to look up old threads - good luck with working it out.
Tan thanks for your sleep stories - Will is going to be 12 weeks old on Monday (where did thay time go?). I think he has just hit that age where sleep is becoming a bit of a battle. As much as I wanted to have it sorted by now and was trying from day one somehow we have got to 12 weeks and we have fallen into at least half the time feeding/holding/rocking to sleep like we did with Paddy -bloody hell! Life is just so busy and we just want to get the baby to sleep so we do whatever is the quickest. Anyway I am now determined to be strict and get him into better habits because it has all gone to s**t this week (we've had 3 days now of no afternoon sleep and then him being so overtired by bedtime that it takes us forever to get him to bed and the only way to do it is to feed/rock/hold because he is so overtired there is no way he is going to self settle). We have been going in and out of his room shushing and patting etc. on and off all morning. He is managing to go to sleep on his own after a bit which is great but stirs after the first sleep cycle and then we have to do it all again (and at one of the resettles he was hungry again so that ended that). If I can just get him to have 2 sleeps of more than 40 minutes a day I will be happy. Anyway sorry for blabbing about it all -it is just so nice to debrief with people who know what the hell I am talking about. If we have had no luck after 3 weeks I am booking us into sleep school for a day to get some help. He needs to go to bed on his own and we can not continue the holding/rocking. I can't wait until he goes to bed of a night with no dramas so Dean and I can have some time to unwind.
Tan I so agree with you about the inappropriate patterns on some of the boys clothes -what is with skull and cross bones? Good work with the books in the cot thing. We are just accepting the 6am starts for now and hoping that day light savings will change things. Will wakes up around 6ish anyway so it is okay for Paddy to be up too. We are getting alot more done in the day at least. How exciting about hearing the heartbeat!!! I just love that. It makes it all so real. Hope you are feeling well.
Hayley how exciting for you too that you are feeling the baby move!! How many weeks are you now? Love the pregnancy brain story - classic! Great pictures of Cooper and the sprinkler - funny little man -looks like he was having a ball.
Anyway I'd better be off (I think my resettling of Will has worked and he is going back for round 2 of his sleep rather than having the stupid 40 minutes and that's it). My Mum was here all afternoon yesterday while I went out to the shops and did some cooking and she tried to settle Will from 2-6:30 (he was awake yesterday from 1pm-9:30) and could not believe that she couldn't do it (she doesn't like to lose). It was so nice for her to experience it because now when I talk about it she will really understand. We've got a heap of people coming over soon for a Grand Final BBQ and I am amazingly orgainsed (obviously as I am on here). Have a great weekend everyone and chat soon (and sorry for crapping on so much about the sleep thing - I will get over it soon).
Okay - bored now waiting for people to arrive (and Will has been asleep for 1.75 hours since resettling - woohoo!!). Check out Paddy with his teddies in a headlock last night at 10:30pm when we checked on him -cute! He now has to go to bed with Babo,Teddy,Orange Teddy and Yellow Teddy - the list is growing -they're not all going to fit in the bed soon.
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hayleylea
29-09-2007, 16:19
Hey guys
just a quick one from me....well as quick as they get from me anyway!
Nat great to hear from you. WOW 5 weeks to go - how exciting!!!! I bet you cant wait to be able to eat what you want you poor thing! Your right the new little boy will be great company for Connor....it will be cute once they get to an age to get up to mischief lol.
Cath - cute photo of Paddy! Hope you get the sleep issues sorted with Will..goodluck with it all. If all else fails sleep school sounds like a good option. My cousin went to sleep school and found it really good.
Anna good to hear from you and how your family is going. Thanks for adding me on face book too!
We have had a busy saturday. We went to garage sales today....we picked up a Step 2 kids picnic table for Cooper for $20 which i was pretty pleased with. Along with 2 new tools for Coopers tool box. A little tikes drill and nail gun for a great pice of 50 cents each haha. They look like they have never been used aswell! After garage sales Cooper was asking to go to my sisters house so we dropped him off there and Trent and I went for a drive out to our house to get some rocks for a path we are doing in the back yard in town here. We were a bit sad to see one of our older sheep had fallen into the dam and died :crying: We had to get her out of the dam (luckily Trents car has a winch on it) and we dug her a hole with the backhoe and laid her to rest. Im so glad we didnt have Cooper with us!
Picked Cooper up at lunch time and came back home and did some work in the yard here. Its sooooooooo dry here and the dogs running around like mad man for alot of the day doesnt make it easy to grow grass lol. So we made a rock path which looks really good. And we also got some fake grass for under Coopers outside play gym. Cooper loves it. Its nice and soft and he played out there ALL day and is yet to have a sleep. He has been an angel though so cant complain! The three of us are stuffed from all our work though lol. We are about to order in pizza have a nice hot shower and hit the land of nod! Cooper should be in bed by 6.30-7 for sure.
Havent heard from the scary neighbours again which is a good friend. Her friend has dissapeared which is good for us! The neighbour by herself isnt that bad at all you barely hear boo from her but her company is as bad as they come. But that is only in stages too.
Cath - I meant to say im 18 weeks. Im off to the doc next week and then id say for an ultra sound its all happening so quickly now!
Anyway I did say it was going to be a quck hello didnt I. LOL cant help myself!
Talk soon!
hayleylea
29-09-2007, 18:07
AWWWW check this pic out.
Best Buddies! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/axelandcoops.jpg)
Hi everyone,
Gosh Nat - 5 weeks! Where did that time go? 5 more weeks til you can start eating like a normal person again (hopefully)! Connor sounds very sweet getting you pillows etc. How very thoughtful. I don't know how you manage 5am starts everyday - you are a superwoman. Sounds like things are on the improve with Connor and dinner too - Will pretty much eats whatever we eat, but he'll eat just about anything anyway!
Cath - hope you had a great BBQ today. You must have been organised to be on here while you were waiting for your friends to arrive. Sorry to hear you are still having some sleep probs with Will - I remember that 40 minute wake up call very clearly, we just persisted and persisted and eventually Will learnt how to put himself back to sleep. I distinctly remember I could look at the clock when he went to bed and know almost to the minute when I would hear from him again though - it drove me nuts in the early days. Gotta love that pic of Paddy, so cute! Do you have to take all his bed buddies with you when you go anywhere else (like your Mum's) and he is going to have a sleep there? I have restricted Will to his teddy because I refuse to cart a whole heap of toys around the place (and the dreaded dummy).
Hayley - you are so good with your bargain hunting. I am so impressed. I just cannot be bothered picking through stuff at garage sales though, I know you deserve all the bargains you find.
Lou - I meant to say how scary that was about your friend's child being run over. That is one of my biggest fears. I make sure that Will is with someone whenever one of us is leaving in the car - I am so paranoid about stuff like that.
Anna - how amazing is Alex with his overnight sleep? Any wonder you have had 4 kids already if they all slept like that. Incredible. I hope he keeps it up for you.
Now - all sorts of things happened here today. We set up the big bed in Will's room and he thought it was pretty cool. I was going to go for the slowly, slowly approach but I am married to Mr Jump in With Your Boots On who decided that Will could sleep in it today. Anyway - he went to sleep with no trouble and slept for 2 hours before hopping out of bed and going to the door and yelling out "Daddy." He has his door closed when he sleeps and he can't reach the handle but seriously it was like he does it every day. So then because things went so well DH decides that Will can sleep in there tonight too. So that's where he is - against my better judgement I think. It doesn't even have a rail! I was still arguing with myself about whether he should ditch the dummy before he went into a big bed - obviously now the bed came first. I've also told Troy that he can get up to Will in the night/early morning because I wanted him still in the cot. This morning he was wide awake at 6:15 and wasn't real keen to read books either - he got the hint though, but he was confined to the cot. I hate to think what the morning will bring. Oh well - it's done now. He's in a big bed. I think I feel sad!
Ok - gotta go. I thought of Renee today though - she travelled all that way to see Port get their butts kicked!
hayleylea
30-09-2007, 06:21
Hey Tan
Im a bit of a sucker for garage sales its just a day out and i love hunting for bargains as you know lol. There is only usually 4 or 5 and they are all pretty close in this town so its usually a good morning out and Cooper thinks its pretty special too lol.
Well done with the big bed! Im actually biting the bullet this week too and putting Cooper in his big bed for his night sleeps aswell. Ive been putting it off and off but Trent is on day shift for the next three weeks so if he does happen to wake (i really think he should be fine though) then Trent can help me get him back to sleep. Im impressed with Will though. Cant wait to hear how he went! :fingerscrossed:
I thought of Renee too! how very dissapointing. Oh well im sure she drowned her sorrows with a beer or .....10 :laughing: :hugs:
Today i have my sister coming over for a BBQ, of course Trent organised it all at the last minute last night and my house was a pigstye so i spent most of the night cleaning up and now i have to get ready and go down and get the supplies. It wont be much and i really shouldnt complain i just wish he would give me more times with these things - or more to the point help lol. He organises the BBQ and im the one that has to do all the prep while he sits down and talks and drinks beer - hardley sounds fair now does it :D Ah well should be a good day the weather looks pretty nice out there. It will probably mean that Cooper once again wont have a day sleep today. Poor little man gets a bit sleep deprived of a weekend lol. Doesnt seem to bother him though and he still sleeps well during the week of a day so i cant complain.
Anyway i hope everyone has a great long weekend....if it is a long weekend where you guys are anyway!
Morning all,
Well the big bed was a success. Not a peep or a lost dummy or anything. Went to bed just fine - actually was very excited about going to bed. Only thing was that he was awake at the crack of dawn even with the dark curtains. I mean the crack of dawn too - 5:45am. :eek: Troy managed to get him back into bed and he was quiet til 6:30. I went and told him that he had to read books and be quiet in his room til Mummy came back at 7. He was very quiet and when I came back he was sitting on the floor playing with a farm set. Now it's certainly not my ideal morning and wake up time but I guess if he can quietly play or read in his room then that will have to do. My brother tells me that all his kids do the extra early wake up the month before daylight saving kicks in and then they go back to normal after that. I so hope he is right. I really think Will needs that extra hour of sleep!
Hayles - enjoy your BBQ today. It's lovely weather here too. Trent is such a typical bloke!
I can't believe you guys are having such nice weather. Its so grey and rainy here today that its definitely not an outdoorsy day for us.
Tan thats exciting about Will going into the big bed. How easy was that! If only they were all that easy :rolleyes: That wasn't my friend that had a child run over, that was Hayley's I think? But yeah it is scary and definitely something I hope non of us have to experience.
Hayley you've hit bargain central again. If only the garage sales here yielded such great finds. How are you going to fit all this stuff into shipping containers for PNG :eek: . Ah your DH is not the only one that takes great delight in organising people to come over and not helping out. (although in his opinion there isn't much to do). Yes the magic fairy called Lou comes along and cleans the house, goes grocery shopping, cooks tea and cleans up. Only these days I have not taken to not cleaning up! I leave that to him. And last time I made him tend to Maddi while I did everything else.
Well I better go, Maddi is bored with this house and is being REALLY naughty. Time for a nap me thinks!
Oh boy. Maddi just had a nice 2.5 hour nap and woke up very upset. I had just made her a sandwich which she screwed her nose up at. Anyways I was at the computer and she came up to me and was holding her tummy and I asked her what was wrong and she said "Tummy" lifting up her top. I asked her if it was sore and she nodded then spewed up. Visions of the movie Parenthood flashed across my mind as I stripped her off and wiped her down. She is now sitting at her table watching Barney eating a vegemite sandwich. I really hope its not a gastro bug :fingerscrossed: .
Oh No Lou! I hope it's not gastro as well. How clever though that she could tell you it was her tummy. I wish Will could tell me stuff like that.
:fingerscrossed: it was a one off for you.
hayleylea
30-09-2007, 16:56
:yelclap: :smiliedance: Well done Will sleeping so well in his big bed Tan!!! Thats excellent. Coopers definatley going in his big bed of a night starting from monday! I should have done it ages ago - ive been slack and when i wasnt feeling well i didnt fancy the chance of me having to get up. Silly as that sounds!! I bet your happy Will was so good at the transition!! I cant wait to take the Cot out of Coopers room!!
Lou - I hope Maddi is OK. I agree with Tan thats very good she was able to tell you it was her tummy! What a smart little girl! As for taking the stuff to PNG...we wont be taking all that much stuff there. Because i will be at both places we will only take the basics over there and a few special toys such as a bike etc over there for him...no use taking it all when its only for a year and i wont be there the whole time!
Today went well. It was nice. Cooper has been really good and as i guessed no day sleep as he was too busy enjoying the day with his cousins. He is still cruising around on his bike (inside bike lol) and happy as larry but he will be going to bed shortly. Trents had a few too many to drink and talking alot of cr@p lol. Its funny how you notice it when your sober and havent had a few aswell. Its actually quite amazing. He has stopped for the night though thankfully lol.
I just had a look through the MILS movie collection and Im tossing up between watching the footy, hairspray or Surfs up (kids movie) lol. Trent will be asleep on the lounge before too long no doubt so ill have the night to myself.
Anyway better be off. Talk soon. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
So far so good :fingerscrossed: . Maddi hasn't vomited :barf: again since which is really strange. Not sure why she had tummy pain and vomited just the once? Ah well I should just be thankful that thats all it is and not ask too many questions I suppose.
I meant to comment on your photo Cath of Paddy with his teddy's. He just looks so cute in there desperately grasping those teddies. Maddi has only now started to sleep with a teddy. And every night its a different one. She must feel the need to share the love :rolleyes: .
And Hayley that photo of Cooper and Axel together is cute too. Best buddies there thats for sure.
I'm a bit sad today as I showed Maddi her photo album that has a photo of Sam (our dog that passed away earlier in the year) and she has forgotten who he is. :crying: . I so desperately want to get her another dog but Tony isn't budging just yet. I think he's still traumatized from having Sam put to sleep.
Cath, how is Wills sleeping going over the weekend? Its so tiring when they fight that battle. I keep saying to myself when we have another one I'm going to do things oh so differently. One thing I have promised myself is to try and teach the next one self settling early on in the piece. maddi is so bad at it.
Well tommorow is work day so I guess I'll talk to you guys on Wednesday night.
Anna - I hope you survived the shopping trip with your Mum ok. And more importantly I hope you found a great dress.
hayleylea
30-09-2007, 20:02
Lou glad to hear that Maddi hasnt been sick again! Thats a good sign.
:crying: about her not remembering Sam. Goodluck on trying to convince Tony about getting another dog. Its hard after loosing such a loved Pet. Ive pretty much always had a dog, and at times I think life would be so much easier without them but i just cant imagine not having one!
Cooper went to bed at 6.30 tonight. Im about to head to bed soon cause im finding it hard to keep my eyes open. Surpsingly enough Trent hasnt fallen asleep on the lounge lol. Just watched the footy and i must say what a dissapointing game!
Its a long weekend here so Trent, I and Cooper are going to do some work on our house tommorrow.
Anyway night guys...:sleeping:
Hey everyone.....well I had my little trip to Melbourne....certainly wasn't the result I had been hoping for. Very disappointing to get belted by so much.....ah well, I don't regret going over...you just gotta be there (if you can get a ticket) if you're team's in the grand final. I was there in 2004 when we won the premiership & that was just the best experience ever.....obviously yesterday wasn't like that. :( Was absolutely buggered when I got home last night. Didn't sleep on the way over & didn't really get much on the way back either. Oh well...that's the footy over for the year!
Cath, that's such a cute photo of Paddy with his teddies! :)
Hayley, sorry to hear about your sheep. :( Hey, that's a cute photo of Cooper & Axel. Certainly looks like they're best buddies!
Lou, I hope Maddi's hasn't got a gastro bug. There's definitely some of that going around though. I think I got it last week....didn't throw up but had to take a day off work with really bad nausea & diarrhea....the latter stayed around for a while.
Wow Tan, that's great that Will's taken to sleeping in the big bed so well. We're nowhere near trying Katelyn in a big bed. Probably not until she tries to climb out of the cot. Hmm, which possibly won't be too far off....I put her in the playpen today which we sometimes use as punishment for her....well she's been naughty & I'd put her in it & went off to do something else....I come back & she's not in it anymore! She was back to doing naughty things so I put her back in & watched her just climb straight out! :eek: Cheeky little thing looked quite pleased with herself! :laughing:
Anyhoo, that's all for tonight....I'll get back to watching Australian Idol now.
Geez girls! Slow up! I can barely keep up - now I have nearly 4 pages to catch up on!
'Scuse any tying mistakes, Shane and I have hit the vino. He's treating this jury duty as a bit of a holiday and relaxing a little on a Sunday night! LOL!
Well mum and I made it back ok, we didn't kill each other and she was really hard on me with counting points for weight watchers which was actually really good. I have a stack of "points" I can eat because I'm breast feeding and the last few days I've been really motivated. Let's hope it keeps up, even though there's a little voice in my head that says I can't do it.
Ok, so here's the G-O with a dress. I bought one from Katies ($80) but tonight when I tried it on I'm feeling kind of frumpy so I'm most likely going to take it back. I did find a dress. It was in a little boutique store, but I didn't end up buying it.
HOWEVER.
It's simply GORGEOUS!!!!!!
I feel like a million bucks in it but I'm so self conscious and worry too much about what other people think.
The dress is black, a fairly clingy fabric but it didn't stick to me. It had inch wide straps, looooooow V-neck, satin sash under the boobs with a diamond shaped thing covered in diamontes and from the sash it just went out into a flowly A-line shape. Most importantly it shwooshes when I move! :laughing:
Now for the bad part - it was $240 :eek: . Surely more than I'd ever be willing to spend but I felt gorgeous! I have a poll going so please check it out - Anna's Dress Poll!!! :D (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1956804#post1956804)
Shane says that if I felt like a princess wearing it then I should get it. It's so classic that it will be in my wardrobe for years and I can take it in fairly easily as I lose weight as the design is simple.
OH WHAT TO DO?!!!
Anyway, jabbered on too much about a silly dress (by the way, the wedding is of a really good friend of ours, don't want to be too dressy but it's a more special event than other wedding! It's also the one that Chelsea is a flower girl in).
I've skimmed the posts here - Cath, Paddy looks much younger (and very cute!) in his "zippy suit" (as my girls call them!) LMAO at the head-lock grip!
Lou - I hope Maddi is ok and not coming down with something - good on her for telling you her tummy was not well.
Renee - good to see you on facebook - thanks for adding me!
Hayles - great garage sale bargains! My only hope is that you're having a girl, otherwise your next baby won't get any pressies for the first few years as you've got everything! :D
Tan - how's the pregnancy going? Have you told your family yet? Great job with the big bed too!
We went bunk bed shopping today and decided on some simple, dark stain, solid timber bunks that can separate to 2 single beds. The other night we went to a friends house and stayed til nearly midnight. Immy went to bed at around 8pm on a cot matress and some blankets on the floor and didn't move an inch. I think her move to a big bed around Christmas time will be fairly uneventful.
Oh by the way - she's such a rascal! She's too clever for her own boots! The girls have come up with a game of "say the word". They say: "Immy, say . . . book, ball, Alex, brush, carrot, swing, banana, juice . . ." etc and not once did she faulter! Cheeky little muffin has been holding out on us with her speaking abilities! :D
Ok, best be off to bed. Have a busy day (again) tomorrow. Chelsea has a final flower girl dress fitting in the morning, I have to take Shane to jury duty, then I have to find Chelsea some shoes for the reception. She's wearing jiffies with the dress but they'll be too slippery to run around in. Geez, more shopping - I'm getting sick of it all and would KILL for a home day!
Night!
xoxo
Oh P.S.
No cause for alarm (yet) but AF still hasn't returned after 6 weeks! :eek: :) :smiliedance:
Maybe it was all just a one off when Alex started sleeping longer hours??? :fingerscrossed:
BTW, that 8pm - 7pm sleep was a one off - last night he woke at 4:30am for a quick feed, ah well - it's definately the first feed he's going to drop! :yelclap:
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 07:12
Hey guys
Renee - your right it doesnt matter that your team lost as long as you were there! Glad to hear you had a good time too and i hope your all rested up!
Anna - im going to have a squiz at your dresss pole now. My advice is though wear what you feel comfortable in and what you really want or else you wont be happy. As for if i have a boy and it wont get anything the first few years - we all know that we will and other people will find something! lol. Thing is with Toys these days they are forever changing them and bringing out new ones lol. Thats good news about your period too Anna. And Clever little IMmy and her words.
As for us. OH man i have been having the most VIVID dreams ever and im sorry to say they arent the best ones at all. Infact they are extremely :crying: to the point i wake up almost crying! Ones about Cooper, other family memebers and last night about Axel. The one about Axel was that Trent ran him over and killed him (so real). Anyway what was more weird just after i woke up from the dream, Cooper woke up absolutley screaming and really upset. Trent ran in and he was so upset that he brought him to me and he just keep asking for Axel :eek: . I had to bring Axel in to give him a cuddle before he would go back to sleep. Conincidence of course but bloody weird! I cant wait till these dreams go away thats for sure!
ok better go get breakkie ready.
Oh Hayles, I had those sort of dreams too - they got worse with each pregnancy for me. I too remember waking and having to take a moment to think if it was real or not. I'll message you the worst one I ever had - too terrible to post here.
Geez Hayles - what would you do with more toys for the 2nd baby?? I hope your new house has a spare wing on it for the playroom alone! :laughing:
I'm off out again today :(. Taking Shane to jury duty, Chelsea to dress fitting, drop some books to mums work, take Chelsea to school, buy Chelsea some shoes (and me!), take a final look around some dress shops I haven't been to, take Alex to the CHN (his pee-pee is a little red on the tip and the foreskin doesn't seem to go back as far as looks a little swollen - I swear little boys should come with a manual!) and find time in between to breath, eat, feed the baby etc. I just want this week to be over already.
Cr@p look at the time, got to leave in 1/2 hour and I'm not even showered.
Chat soon.
xoxo
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 11:11
:laughing: Im not saying that I want more toys for the second baby but It has to get things for its birthday etc lol. Honestly most of Coopers stuff is hand me downs (or second hand items)....ive already culled it a fair bit, and am about to do it again. He is really an outdoorsy kid most of the time and doesnt really play with all his toys so i dont really see the point in hanging onto them when there are kids out there with nothing! I keep all the stuff thats educational and serves a purpose of course for the next kids but things like hand me down trucks and cars - im going to give to charity - im pretty sure Cooper wont miss them all! Our new house has a cabin so alot of his toys can get stored in there as well as his big cubby. He has a big room though aswell (As he does here) i just find its the big and bulky things thats really annoy me! Such as rocking horses and stuff like that (and of course they are the things he absolutley loves!)
Anna i also got your pm about your dream :eek: I honestly cant believe how vivid these dreams are. Its really scary! Goodluck today sounds like you have a busy day ahead of you. We went out to our house this morning and im just about to run down the street while Coopers in bed and get some supplies for the week. Its RACE WEEK here in Bathurst and its impossible to get a park for the rest of the week down the street so im trying to avoid it as much as possible! LAst year i went down the street and drove around for half almost an hour looking for a park before i finally gave in and come home got the pram out of the boot and walked down lol. It gets pretty crazy around here - your not allowed to take alcohol in there this year though so it will be interesting to see if the numbers go down.
Anyway i really should head off...
Hope all is well.
MrsMiggins
01-10-2007, 13:06
Sorry ladies! Another completely selfish "me, me, me" post!
There's just been a heap happening here (just for something different!! :laughing:) and I haven't got time to catch up. The new look bubhub is great, but it now takes up to several minutes for my computer to load a page :rolleyes:
Firstly, Dave gets back tomorrow & THANK GOD! is all I can say!! Both the kids have been quite ill. Claire's improving, but has been on antibiotics for her ear infection (both ears), flu meds & eye drops for conjunctivitis for the past week & now Owen has gotten it too. He woke up yesterday morning absolutely miserable & with his eyes so gunked up he could barely open them. Seems a bit happier today, but he's still gunky & has slept all day (which I guess is what happens when you are awake all night.... :rolleyes:) Both the dogs have been incredibly naughty, digging big holes all over the yard, which I have to keep attempting to fill in, because some of them are quite deep & I don't want Claire twisting her ankle in one when she's running about the yard.
We're off (again) to the Dr this afternoon, but our appt is at 3.10 & Owen just went down to sleep at 2. I'm going to have to wake him up. I'll have to wake Claire up too, because she's been an absolute bugger about her day sleeps of late & I only just managed to get her down for a sleep (somewhat forcibly!!) at 1.15. She normally wants to sleep for 2+ hours, especially since she's been unwell (the other day she slept for 4.5 hours!) We'll probably have to leave in about 20 mins or so. *sigh!* I am buggered!!
Owen has almost, almost started crawling! He actually went about 3 or 4 "steps" the other day to get to a toy he wanted, but he hasn't really done it again since (he kind of did it this morning, but it was a half roll/half crawl!)
Anyway, I'd better go so I can get Claire's medicine & lunch all organised before we have to race off out the door again.
I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to get on again before we go away on Thurs.
I hope you're all well! I miss getting on here regularly!
Hello all,
Vivid dreams. I had my fair share of those when I was PG with Will. So far this time it has all been ok, a few weird dreams but no really bad ones. But no good that you wake up crying Hayles! That's terrible.
Lou - well thank goodness Maddi only threw up the once. Maybe she ate something she shouldn't have when she was playing. Who knows?
Anna - you are such a shopping queen. I am amazed at your tenacity. I look for half a day and if I can't find anything just think "oh stuff it - I'll make do!" LOL - my DH has no idea how good he has it.
In answer to the PG question. Other than the rash that is slowly, slowly clearing up - everything is good. We still haven't told family and probably won't for another couple of weeks. I'm 10 weeks now and I think the early "popping" might have just been bloating as it all seems to have settled down now.
Will actually did really well again in the big bed last night and slept til 6:30 which I was quite happy with. He is acting a bit tired today though - maybe all the excitement has got to him or something. He is very excited about the big bed!
Renee - glad you made it home safely. My NRL team lost in the GF too - it sucks doesn't it!
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 13:09
Oh Fi. Hope the kids get better soon!! Poor little things! Having a bad run.....have fun away! And well done Owen sounds like he will be on the move soon! :eek: Where has the time gone!
talk soon!
Hi there,
Hayley I hope you have recovered from your dream. I had full on dreams pretty much every night of my pregnancy with Will (probably did with Paddy too but I've forgotten)- what's with pregnancy and dreams?? Good luck at the Dr's this week and with Cooper going to the big bed.
Tan that is great that Will has adjusted to the bed so well (you make me feel not so nervous now). I think I will feel sad too.Our bed arrives on Sunday. With the "bed buddies" Paddy initially was happy just with "teddy" at Mum's but over the last month or so Babo and Teddy can't be separated so they have both gone over. Hopefully that will be enough -2 is okay - 4 is a bit nuts.
Lou how sad that Maddi has forgotten Sam. I don't think Paddy really remembers our dogs either so much. I hope she is okay with the gastro thing and she is a clever girl being able to tell you what is wrong. How cute about choosing a different teddy every night.
Renee good to hear you survived your trip and sorry the result wasn't so good for you. Clever Katelyn getting out of the play pen -they are cheeky now aren't they?
Anna I say you should buy that dress. It sounds like a classic dress that you will be able to wear for at least the next 10 years and if Shane says get it then get it! Are the bunks for Chelsea and Nicola? When are you moving Alex out of your room (if he is still in there)? I think Will is going to be moving out on Friday night which I am a bit sad about (I've grown to love his little grunting noises). Poor kid is so huge in the bassinet though so it has to happen soon. That's good (and a bit scary maybe) that your period hasn't returned yet - might take a while for you system to get back to normal. Hope you are getting everything done today.
Well I think we are getting there with Will self-settling and we have only really been working on it since Friday so that's pretty good. It's only taken a couple of minutes of shushing and rocking the bassinet for him to stop crying and quietly go to sleep each time today which is a big improvement. We are now playing this musical turtle every time he goes to sleep so hopefully that will be his new sign to go to bed (better go and buy a couple of spares if this all works -got it at Ikea -hope they still have them - oh well maybe any musical thing might work). We think maybe we will have it sorted by Friday so he can go in with Paddy (hopefully!). He had an amazing sleep last night -7pm to 6:30am this morning without waking up. I had fed him at 5:45 and normally I do another feed after that but not last night (took from 6:30 - 7 to get him settled but then that was it). I had to get up and express at 3:45 because one of my boobs was aching so much -so annoying!! He really is a bloody good night sleeper -we are so lucky (for now). Anyway better go and get some stuff done. Chat later.
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 13:45
Cath - sounds like you are getting somewhere with Will! Thats excellent! Keep up the good work and goodluck with moving Paddy in a bed and also the 2 into the same room :) Cooper often takes another soft toy with him to bed aswell as "teddy"...depends what mood he is in lol. He often takes a little car too that i have to fish out when he is asleep lol
My little boy must be tuckered out after his big weekend (again not having any day sleeps both days) he has been down for 3 hours now. God love him.
Anna, you should definitely buy the dress! Shane's given you the green light & you feel great in it so just go for it! :yes: Oh that's good to hear about all the new words Immy's saying.....maybe Katelyn's holding out on us as well!
Hayley, sorry to hear about you bad dreams, That's no good at all. I remember having really strange dreams when I was pregnant, but they weren't bad ones....just really weird.
Fi, you certainly sound like you've got your hands full at the moment looking after 2 sick kids & having to chase after naughty doggies! I hope Claire & Owen get better soon. Wow, I can't believe Owen's nearly crawling already....where's the time gone!??
Tan, that's good to hear that Will's 2nd night in the big bed went well. Oh, sorry to hear your NRL team lost their GF. We didn't watch it but James had been hoping that Manly would win it cos he's from Sydney.
Cath, wow I'm impressed with that big sleep Will had! 11 1/2 hours! Sounds like he's a pretty good sleeper. That good to hear the self settling is going well.
Well, today's been a pretty relaxing day. Just stayed at home....did a bit of housework....Katelyn had fun out in the backyard. I got a bit snap-happy with the camera today & took quite a few photos. Here's a few of them below.
Helping Daddy (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/1Oct07016.jpg)
Having a break (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/1Oct07031.jpg)
Helping daddy again (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/1Oct07037.jpg)
Crashed out (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/1Oct07042.jpg)
Hey girls I'm buggered!
Well I bought "THE"dress! :smiliedance:
I'm having it express posted down so I'll receive it tomorrow and the original dress I bought from Noni B has gone back to the shop.
Chelsea didn't end up going to school today - by the time we'd finished the dress fitting it was nearly lunch time and we had to go find her some sheer white stockings and shoes (found shoes, but not stockings). Shane finished jury duty at 12 noon - 4 hours earlier than predicted, so I picked him up and we went shopping for something for him to wear to the wedding. We're going to be one spunky family that's for sure! Shane's pants and shirt cost $150 all up (pants were on sale for $50 so you can guess how much the shirt was! :eek: :D ) So my dress ($240) and wrap ($50) doesn't quite as bad anymore! LOL!
Alex has been so chucky today. I took him to see the CHN to get a measure and a weigh - he's 61cm and 5.74kg (so little!) I got the CHN to check his pee-pee because I noticed that the last couple of days it's looked a little red and swollen on the tip and the foreskin doesn't retract as far as it did before. She's advised me to go get him checked at the GP or the paediatrician as the tip seems to be not centered and a little swollen and worst case is that he might have to have a circ after all if it restricts his pee-ing - doesn't seem to at the moment so that's a good sign. I'm trying not to stress - I'm hoping it's just a bit inflammed from rubbing on the nappy or something - but I did notice when it changed.
Anyhoo . . . enough about pee-pee's! Better go bath a baby and get ready to pound the pavement to lose some weight!!
Check back soon!
xoxo
ETA: Here's a couple of pics.
Chelsea Dress (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Family%20shots/Septpics4019.jpg)
Chelsea Dress 2 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Family%20shots/Septpics4021.jpg)
Alex (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Family%20shots/Septpics4033.jpg)
Alex 2 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Family%20shots/Septpics4040.jpg)
Yay Anna! I'm glad you got the dress! :yelclap: Like those pics of Chelsea & Alex. Chelsea looks just gorgeous in that dress! :yes:
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 18:56
Anna - well done getting "THE" dress. Sounds like Shane will be all spruced up too. And Chelsea's Dress is stunning! She looks beautiful! Alex is a little cutie!! Immy and him look alot alike! His growing up fast thats for sure. Sorry to hear about his pee-pee - let us know how you get on at the doctor!
Renee - Cute photos of Katelyn. She still looks so little compared to my big boof! Love the one of her crashed out! how cute.
Anyway im off to crash on the couch...then head to bed :fingerscrossed: no scary dreams tonight!
Goodnight guys :sleeping:
Hayley that's excellent that Cooper has such big day sleeps for you (he must have been catching up like your said). I meant to say how bizarre about Cooper waking up right after your dream and talking about Axel too -very strange -sounds like he was having the same dream.
Renee I love the photos of Katelyn (especially the one of her in her gorgeous little girly clothes with the footy tucked under her arm -classic). How cute that she went to sleep like that. Paddy has still never just fallen asleep somewhere strange and I don't think he ever will.
Anna that's excellent you got THE Dress -you would have been thinking about it forever if you didn't. How beautiful does Chelsea look in that dress - she is a stunning little girl. Alex is so cute!! He has quite a bit of hair. Will's is really fine and patchy.
Fi you poor thing -you sound flat out and those dogs aren't helping are they.
Well Dean is in our room trying to settle Will which we have been trying to do for over an hour now -damn it!! I'd better go and check if it is hunger. So much for going well - you should never say anything should you -always jinxes it. Chat later.
Somehow I missed Fi's post this morning. What a week you have had! I think if I were you I would turn into a blubbering mess as soon as Dave walked in the door tomorrow. I think right after that I'd run straight past him and go out alone for a good hour or two! I hope it all gets better soon for you all.
Sorry girls - but I have to wait til morning to check out your piccies, stupid download issue. Apparently I have to download between midnight and midday - anytime after midday and I get into big trouble!
Anna - glad you went ahead and bought "the dress". Sounds like Shane and Chelsea are going to be looking pretty special too. We'll have to see some pics of you all looking great.
Cath - you are doing very well with the self settling thing. I know you have had a rough time tonight but keep persisting, I promise that it does get easier.
I know you are all sick of me mentioning it but I am at a total loss as to what to do about Will and the dummy. I hate the sight of it and it has got to the point where I seriously wish I had never given him one. I am so terrified of upsetting the sleep pattern that he has that I can't bring myself to take it off him. Especially when I hear stories of kids giving up their day nap when the dummy goes. Troy doesn't care about him having it in bed (the only place it is allowed) for the moment. Oh man - Anna can I express post him to you for a few days and can you send him back again dummy free? I am such a wimp. :banghead: Lately I have taken up saying things like "Mummy and Daddy don't sleep with a dummy" and he has been asking where so and so's dummy is - like if someone is asleep in a book or something. So far it hasn't made any difference.
I am doing my head in about it. I know I am. Maybe I should just set a date and then do it....
hayleylea
01-10-2007, 20:10
Tan...I cant really help you with the whole dummy thing....If you really want to do it then just try during the day sleep and see what happens. Maybe let him get a new toy or something in replace of a dummy? ive read stories of this on bubhub not too long ago...dont know if it will work for you but seems to for other people. From what you have said about Will he seems to take to change quite well...from no bottles, to big bed etc. So i think he might be OK. He is pretty smart too so maybe just put him to bed with his Ted and tell him that his dummy has gone. Or see if he will throw it in the bin? My eldest brother threw his dummy in the fire when my other brother came along cause my mum told him he was a big boy. He was a little older then Will though. Sorry i dont haave much advice...goodluck with it all!
Anyway im about to head to bed - this time for real!
Hey girls!
I've just come back from nearly 2 hours of walking with my girlfriend! Geeeeez we can chat but it's great for the old bod when we get on a roll that's for sure!
If I was buggered before you can only IMAGINE what I feel like now! :sleeping:
Hayles, I hope you get some good sleep tonight and that you don't have any bad dreams. I don't know how you can get rid of them - I'd just suggest that you really try to unwind before you go to bed. Spend some time reading rather than watching tv, have a hot drink and maybe take a few nice deep breaths and sink into you covers and relax.
Cath - you're doing so well keeping up the settling routine. I wish could give you a break when it gets tough - it's a rotten time of night but the work that you put in now will pay off later, I promise! Alex's hair is quite fine, it's just that it's dark that it looks like he has lots! Also the angle of the photo I think. He actually has "penguin fuzz" at the moment! It's so cute!
Tan - oh hun send him down and I'll see what I can do! :laughing: Honestly though, there's no fluffing around with taking a dummy away, you just have to bite the bullet and do it. But I've always said you need to look at the reasons why you want to take it away. If it's pressure from others then it's none of their business. But if you think that he's old enough to do without then it's up to you to remove it. I'd try cutting the dummy off at the base and saying it's broken (LOL!) or replacing it with something "special". I'm just not sure that Will's old enough for the "you're a big boy now" talk but you could always try. :hugs:
Renee - Katelyn is gorgeous in those pics! I can't believe she can fall asleep like that! LOL! My brother use to sleep bum up in bed and all my girls have done it at some stage but only in the cot! What do you do? Just leave her there and throw a blanket over her?!!!
FI!!!! You're BACK! I'm still not caught up on the old thread so I have no idea how things are going with you, or where Dave's been or why??? How'd the Dr's go? I'm with Tan, the second that Dave walks in the door give him a kiss and say see ya in a couple of hours! Then go treat yourself to a nice quiet massage or something! How's the new place going? Where'd you move to? What's the house like? Is it where you wanted to be? DID YOU GET BROADBAND YET?!! LOL!
Lou - hun how's Maddi doing today? I sure hope it was just a one off with the throwing up and that she was all chirpy again today. I swear that Immy and Maddi would get along like a house on fire - she's developing such a little miss personality lately! One minute she can be so cute and funny, next she's so cheeky and mischievious then throw the BIGGEST tanty at the drop of a hat! :laughing:
Ok I really have to go - I'm yet to see who got booted off Idol, Shane taped it for me. So long as it's not my boy Carl then it's ok! Gotta love that swing! Might see if Shane'll rub my shoulders while he's at it!
Night!
xoxo
hayleylea
02-10-2007, 06:34
Anna - wow 2 hours of walking! Well done! you keep up that you will be a skinny minny in no time! :D Thanks for the advice about unwinding. I actually slept really well last night. No bad dreams either. Just a silly one of me trying to change a car tyre lol! Rather that the ones ive been having!!
Tan- i didnt mind Annas idea about cutting the base of the dummy and saying its broken! Also he probably isnt quite old enough to understand that he is a big boy now - well not yet anyway. Its a hard one, im glad Cooper gave his up all on his own. Just take it away and see what happens. He falls asleep without it in his high chair and other places so he might just be right! Goodluck Tan! :hugs:
My EXCITING NEWS For the day is that Trent felt our baby move last night!!!!! :smiliedance: Its been moving soooo much these last few days and it was really really active last night and i called him over to put my hand on my belly and he felt it not once but 3 times!! Such a special moment! Its moving like crazy at the moment too, probably cause i just had a crossiant (yep Anna i think i should be joining you in the walking if im going to be eating what i have latley lol) Ah well ill do that after the baby!
I have to go pick Coopers invitations up from the copy shop. I dropped them in to get copied so i didnt waste my ink :o Their machine was broken on friday though so hopefully they are all ready to go this morning! Apart from that its a day at home for us doing the usual stuff! Cooper and I are going to make a catapilla out of an old egg carton and some pipe cleaners today. He should love it..he loves "bugs"! He is still snoozing I got up at 6.30 thinking id beat him up and have a shower etc - i didnt think he would sleep in though lol. Damn! could have had atleast another hour sleep lol. Not to worry!
Renee i ment to ask Does Katelyn fall asleep often like that? thats so cute! I dont think Cooper ever would lol. He did fall asleep on his little electric train once though going round his track but that was because he was sick lol! Thats too cute Renee! What a little sweetie!
OK better go get this load of washing on. Talk soon guys!
Yeah 2 hours of walking and I'm SUPPOSED to have a Hobart mums walk meet today! :laughing: :laughing:
Might just go for a walk thru town instead - and I posted them to tell them to come shopping with me! :D
I cut Nicola's dummy at the base and told her it was broken and it was too late at night to go buy another one so she'd have to do without - she grizzled for about 1/2 hour and that was it. Ever. However, she was a little older - 2.5 from memory, so had a better understanding. I think at this age (just from my kids) a dummy is a comfort thing - just like a favourite teddy or blankie.
Hayles that's great about Trent feeling the baby! It happens a little earlier with each pregnancy in most cases. Don't worry about a crossiant here and there - my problem was caused by discovering chocolate cream eclairs at the local bakery! Thankfully it was towards the END of the pregancy and not the beginning or I'd be the size of a HOUSE! LOL!
Well my little boy is the most amazing thing (apart from my girls!) that I've ever known! I fed him at 6pm last night (which was a little late), had him asleep in his rocker by 6:45pm. I went for my 2 hour walk about an hour later and when I came home competely forgot to feed him again until we went to bed! (I forgot he was sleeping in his rocker! :laughing:) Anyway, Shane said don't feed him, just let him sleep (yeah ok for him, he doesn't have to get up at 3am to feed!) So we tucked him in bed and the little treasure didn't wake until 6AM!!!!! :eek:!! He had a good feed then went back to bed til 8am! OMG! This kid never ceases to amaze me!
He's laying under his play gym now with his dummy having a good old suck and it looks like he's drifting off again :rolleyes: . Better go change him and feed him so he doesn't go back to sleep! LOL!
Shane's taken Chelsea to school - he's not due at duty until 11:30am so we might go into town and suss out some of the shops that are finally starting to open up. Oh also, Shane's stopping at the post office as there's a package for us there - we think it's Alex's decorative birth certificate! We have one for each of the girls and I have them framed and in the nursery, I'll take a pic once it's done!
Have a great day!
xoxo
hayleylea
02-10-2007, 11:05
oh my poor nephew! He lost his first tooth today but he swallowed it lol!! He was eating a bit of toast (tooth has been loose for about 2 weeks) and it was gone when he opened his mouth for another bite! he is devasted poor little thing. He thinks the tooth fairy wont come now!!!! How dissapointing. Such an exciting time and he swallowed it. OH well he rang me up crying and i told him that the tooth fairy will still come just to leave a little note and tell her what happened and it cheered him up a bit. Poor Brady!!
My boy went to bed at 12 on the dot today and is fast asleep. We have been busy in the yard . We made his egg carton catapilla which he thought was great. Dropped lunch off to trent at work and thats the last time i do that because Cooper cried and cried and cried cause he wanted Trent to come with us which is why he is in bed. He was so upset god love him!
Anna - about the crossiants. Im loving them at the moment lol. It seems all the things that arent good for me is the only things that taste good at the moment so im not looking forward to jumping on the scales by the end of this pregnancy! Considering i weighed the same weight i had when i was pregnant with cooper 2 days after i had him...dont think that will happent his time around lol. Ah well not to worry! im going to enjoy it for whats it worth and eat what i want! Ill worry about it at the end.
Dilemma for me. I rang up to make my check up docs appointment and my doc is away for 2 weeks. Im 18 weeks so i should be having an ultra sound next week right? So do you think i should just book in with someone else so i can get the referral for the ultrasound or should i just wait the 2 weeks till he gets back?? What would you guys do.
Anyway im off to enjoy the peace and quiet. I was healthy today and had a salad wrap and it was really yummy! might have to have a few more of those this week rather then hungry jacks! LMAO
Oh Hayles - that is so cute about your nephew. I can just imagine how upset he was. The first tooth and everything!
I think I'd be getting a referral from another doctor as I think you are supposed to have the scan before 20 weeks. They are all voluntary though so it is up to you entirely. Glad you didn't have any nasty dreams last night.
Anna - I know I am just being silly about the dummy. It can wait a bit longer. I think up to about 3 is probably ok and he'll have those 2 year old molars by then. Thanks for letting me know that Nicola was ok about saying goodbye to her dummy. It's probably better for me to wait until he is a bit older. I just don't want it to be too close to bub number 2 - or that could be a good thing like Hayley said. He'll be the big boy then.
Will's new thing is to knck on his door when he wakes up to let us know he wants to come out. It's so funny. This morning it was too early - like 6:15 so we yelled out and said he should read some books or play with some toys in his bed and he yelled back "ok!" Not only that - he did it. :laughing: Too easy!
Ok - gotta go. We have been out playing with friends this morning, I need to get some stuff done now.
Seeya
hayleylea
02-10-2007, 15:33
well i got a doctors appointment tommorrow at 1.10. Looks like Coops wont be having a day sleep tommorrow....or maybe a late one.I took it because otherwise i couldnt get in till next week anyway! :eek: All the docs are away.
Tan very cute about Will knocking on the door! Thats so good he has taken so well to his big bed! I asked Cooper if he wanted to sleep in his big bed tonight and he said no lol. Ill see what he says later though!
I hope your appointment goes ok today Hayles. Go get that ultrasound. YAY for Trent feeling the bubba move.
Well Troy decided last night that Will didn't need his sack anymore for sleeping. Whether this had anything to do with his funny night we can't be sure but he certainly had a strange one. I was out but Troy said he was knocking on his door an hour after he went to bed! Troy said he came out and said "book?" and headed up the hallway to our room like it was morning. Apparently Troy realised he had a dirty nappy and changed him before putting him back to bed. He was fine til about 4am when I heard a thump and then crying. Not sure if he fell out but he was back at the door - Troy put him back in the bed again and he went back to sleep. He was crying again at 5:00 - sitting up in his bed, but I think he must have had a bad dream. He lay back down and stayed asleep til about 6:45.
I am actually a bit annoyed with Troy - he just decides to do these things and tells me we have to deal with it. I thought Will had been doing so well in his big bed that he could have left it a bit longer before we changed something else. Too late now. We just have to persist and hope he settles down again soon.
Grr - I have to go and have a shower. Got some work to do today.
Bye
hayleylea
03-10-2007, 07:09
Morning Tan - yeah im sure the appointment will go well. I must admit i dont like seeing other doctors when you have been seeing one the whole time! lol. Im a bit silly like that. But its only a check up really and i just really want to get this ultrasound done..i cant wait to see my little baby. Who is moving heaps! Its so reassuring feeling "it" move.
Sorry to hear about Will last night, it could have been the whole sleep sack thing. Maybe he had more movement then usual and had a bit of a fall? Will is certainly making some huge changes! he is doing very well!
Anyway i better go get started for the day I have no idea what we are going to do today. We are watching "Miwwy" (max and milly dvd) at the moment - might get dressed, do some washing and stuff and head to the ducky park.
hayleylea
03-10-2007, 09:05
:devil6: - thats Cooper today!!!! OMG he is soooo moody - nothing is going right for him and he just doesnt want to do anything he is told. He doesnt know if he wants to play outside watch a movie or anything. So he has been sent to bed! yes i know its early but i asked him if he wanted to go and he grabbed ted and went to his bed so there he is now. It would be ideal if he does have a sleep because of my doctors appointment but i really dont like my chances.
His cheeks are really really rosey and ive noticed that his molars are all poking through the surface but not completley up whether or not they are causing him pain or not?! Who knows!? I have a feeling its going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooooong day!
hayleylea
03-10-2007, 10:29
:smiliedance: :smiliedance: yep he went to sleep. Infact he has been asleep for nearly an hour!!!! Worked out well! lol. Fingerscrossed he wakes up happy! lol
We are off to a "meet the stars" BBQ thing tonight in the main street of bathurst. They put on a free sausage sizzle and entertainment and you get to meet the race car drivers and stuff. Thought it would be a nice outing. Starts at 5 oclock. I missed out on the truck parade today! Cooper would have loved it but i forgot all about it!!! On saturday the street parade is on so we will head to that and sunday if we can get our free tickets to the race we are going to take Cooper up there for the Start of the race and a look around the stores. He will love watching the cars zoooooom around the track!
OK better go get ready for the docs.
Hey girls!
Yet another busy day out for me - except this time I went with a friend - we had 6 children between us - crazy isn't it??!!
Shane finished early from duty again today and just happen to find us in Target checking out the damage to Cat & Fiddle arcade from the Myer disaster. Best thing is that he doesn't have to go back til MONDAY! :smiliedance: He doesn't know if he'll go to work though - he probably should :o !
Well I decided the the cardi I bought was too much black for this dress I have so I bought some STUNNING ($$$) fabric today and I'm going to make myself a gorgeous wrap. The fabric is like a delusted satin covered in patches on teeny tiny diamonties. The colour of the fabric is a light mocha and I'm going to line it with a sheer crystal organza. Cost all up will be just under $50 but I'll be able to use it time and time again. I promise to post a pic when it's all done.
Tan - sorry to hear about Will. Silly men - honestly, they have the sensitivity of a brick sometimes. Poor Will - I really hope he didn't fall out of his big bed. I think you're right - now that you've started it's better to pursevere with the big bed.
Hayles - hope you appointment went well. By the sounds of it your normal Dr will be back at the end of your 20th week and in my opinion that's still fine for the scan. Good that Cooper slept today - sometimes they just need a catch up here and there.
Ok better go - I'm making egg and bacon pie for dinner and Shane's not back from the store yet. Where is he? He left 1/2 hour ago :confused: .
Egg & Bacon Pie
8 eggs
4 rashes of bacon (finely chopped)
1 onion (finely chopped)
1 large tomato (diced)
1/2 cup cheese
2 sheets puff pastry
salt & pepper
Line oven dish with one sheet of puff pastry.
Place eggs, bacon, tomato, onion, cheese, salt & pepper in a large bowl.
Wisk lightly with a fork.
Pour into oven dish and top with 2nd sheet of pastry (cut to shape).
Brush with milk and poke holes into top of pie.
Bake for 30-40 mins on 180 degrees.
OH MY GOODNESS!
You should have seen the kids chow down! :laughing:
We served it with corn on the cob and Immy was done in about 5 mins flat! :D
(Even Shane loved it and the last time he had it was at home with mum & dad! :smiliedance: )
hayleylea
03-10-2007, 18:32
Hey guys
Appointment went well. I suspect it may be another boy judging from the heart beat - exactly the same as cooper but i have been told that is an old wifes tale! im not worried either way though :D everything seems to be OK though. And i will ring the ultrasound place tommorrow and see when i can get in.
We went to a "bbq meet the stars" in town tonight. All the race drivers were there. We got Mark skaifes autograph on Coopers holden lion so that was pretty cool. Cooper was good. He had an ice cream and was stoked. Check out the pics!
YUM an icecream! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web2-5.jpg)
This is VERY good! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web3-3.jpg)
Gotta get every last bit! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web4.jpg)
YEP nearly all gone! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web5.jpg)
CHEEKY monkey (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web1-5.jpg)
Sorry for all the pics! lol couldnt help myself!
Anna cant wait to see the end result with you in the dress and wrap! Sounds good!
Anna - I'm so glad you got the dress that made you feel like a million bucks. I read that first post when you were deliberating about it and I was yelling at you "Yes - go get it!", then when I got further on I was stoked to read you did. Your so lucky that you're skilled enough to make your own wrap. I loved the photo's of Chelsea in that beautiful flower girl dress. Its gorgeous. Such a lucky girl to get to wear it and have a really important role in the wedding.
Fi, you poor think having to deal with all of that while home alone :eek: . But it sounds like you took it all in your stride. I have to agree with the girls that you deserve to take a break and spoil yourself. Its my turn to play "single parent" next week. Tony is away in melbourne coaching hockey all week at a tournament. I just hope its a non-eventful week here.
Cath - how is your Will progressing with his night settling? I hope that he's improving for you and that your getting some good night sleeps. Does Paddy wake up when Will cries during the night or is he out to it?
Tan- don't worry about the dummy thing. Maddi still has hers and she is going through this phase where she is wanting it more and more. We used to have the cot only rule but its getting more and more flexible. I was letting her have it as I was always concerned about her ears and I know when you're up in a plane and if you suck on a lolly it helps de-pressurize your ear canal. So I figure that during ear infections sucking on a dummy does the same thing? One of my best friends had a go at Maddi for wearing a dummy (this was about 12 months ago), said something like "what do you need that horrible thing for". I think my look of death shut her up pretty quick.
Hayley, Cooper looks so awake and bright eye'd in those photo's. And he looked like he really enjoyed that icecream. How exciting that bubby is so active. Trent must be happy that he can finally "experience" the baby.
Renee, glad to hear that your footy trip was fun even if your team didn't win. Have you caught up on the sleep yet? Was there heaps of people on the plane from the footy with you?
Well Maddi's vomit was a 1 time show only which was great. She was pretty happy afterwards and everything was back to normal. Although after that she insisted on walking around with a bucket and pretending to vomit into it. When she vomited I had a bucket handy and told her to vomit into it, which she did. Blo*dy dag this girl is. I had a horrid day yesterday. Felt really achy, hot and cold, sore throat. I thought oh no here we go! So at 9pm when I couldn't keep my eyes open I took some panadol and went to bed. Today I've woken up fine, so that was the quickest bug I've had ever.
Well I better get to bed. Another early one for me tonight. I have just gutsed myself on a bowl of strawberries with melted chocolate and cream. This is after I ate a weight watchers meal :laughing: . Ah I'm sure it all balances out?!?!
Talk to you soon
Will went to sleep tonight with no tears at all!!! I walked out of the room and turned out the light with a little man staring at the ceiling with his googly eyes and expected there to be protest but nothing!! He just quietly went to sleep. I am so impressed with him. He is still struggling a bit with it during the day (took half an hour of crying,shushing,patting for one of his sleeps today) but tonight was excellent! I am so glad we are doing it now before he can sit up and roll over etc. -it is hardbut it has to be done.
Anyway just a quick hello. Off to watch Summer Heights High soon - does anyone watch that? It is hilarious!!
Hayley how unreal you got to hear the little heart beat - I just love that. Good luck for the ultrasound. Funny Cooper having an early nap.
Anna the wrap sounds beautiful -looking forward to seeing the photos. Well done with you walk the other night -very impressive!!
Tan that is so cute that Will knocks on the door. Hope tonight goes okay for you after a bit of a funny night.
Paddy is off to Mum's tomorrow and I am taking Will for his 3rd ultrasound at 10:30. Hopefully I will get to check in again tomorrow in a bit of peace (it has been a bit nuts here the last few days -Paddy refused to have a day sleep yesterday and took ages to have a sleep the day before - too many morning tea gatherings with too much sugar I think).
Oh before I forget I'm trying to keep up with who's birthdays are when out of the Oct babies.
Cooper 17/10
Will 08/10
Paddy 29/10
Claire ?
Immy?
Katelyn?
Seth?
Maddi 16/10
HELP?
Hayley those photos of Cooper are gorgeous!! He is a beautiful little boy. I meant to say how exciting that Trent ahs felt the baby move -that is always so special.
Miised your post Lou. Good to hear Maddi is better - she is a classic with her pretend vomiting. Good to hear your sickness passed and your dessert/ low fat meal definitely balances out. So far Paddy hasn't been disturbed by Will at night but he carries on in the day if Will is crying while I am trying to settle him (if he is meant to be having a sleep that is - if he is playing he is fine). If he is in bed and hasn't gone to sleep yet he starts yelling out and pretend crying too.I had the craziest day yesterday running between rooms telling one little boy to lie down and go to sleep and shushing and patting the other - it took an hour to get Will settled and Paddy didn't sleep after almost 2 hours of remaking the cot he kept stripping and putting teddies back in and getting him to lie down. I gave up at 3:30 and bought him out and he sat on the couch looking totally zonked silly kid.
Hey peoples. Katelyn's been a little monster recently whenever I try to brush her teeth. She's never liked having her teeth brushed but just recently she's been really fighting it & James has practically had to hold her down while I attempt to brush. Anyone'd think we were torturing her the way she carries on about it! Anyone else having tooth brushing issues?
Anna & Hayley, yep, Katelyn often just crashes like that on the floor in our TV room. If she does that we just leave her like that.....we've attempted several times to pick her up & put her in her cot but that just ends in tears! :rolleyes:
Anna, can't wait to see some pics of your dress and wrap, they sounds gorgeous.
Oh Hayley. thats cool that you can feel bubs moving now & that Trent got to feel it too! :yes:
Oh I just read about your nephew swallowing his 1st tooth, poor thing!
Cute photos of Cooper with his icecream....looks like he really enjoyed it!
Tan, I can't really help with the dummy thing...Katelyn just got rid of hers by herself at 6 months. Well I probably helped her along with it, even though that was not my intention. I thought it was about time she had a new dummy so got rid of her old one & gave her the new one, but she didn't like the new one because I think it was a bit bigger.....so anyhoo she just replaced the dummy with 2 of her fingers....& she still sucks on them! It's quite cute. :)
Lou, glad to hear Maddi'd OK & there's been no more puking....apart from pretend puking LOL.
Yeah, I've caught up on my sleep from the weekend. There were 5 of us Port supporters who travelled together on the plane & there were some Geelong supporters on our flights as well. We had the same couple of Geelong guys in front of us on the way as we did on the way back. They were cool though & didn't rub it in. They were just so happy to have won....one of the guys had a nose & wiskers drawn on his face but the wiskers had mostly rubbed off so we had a laugh at him.
Oh, & Katelyn's birthday is on the 18th......mines on Friday! ;)
Cath, I hope Will has a good sleep for you tonight.
Well, that's all for tonight, I'm off to bed now. Night everyone.
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 05:52
Hey guys
Thanks for the comment on Coopers ice cream eating lol.
Cath - Well done with Will sounds like you are getting some where! Keep up the good work!
Lou - glad to hear Maddi's puke was a one off! :D
Renee - i think id leave Cooper on the floor if he fell asleep aswell! better then disturbing them thats for sure. As for the tooth brushing i cant help you out there cause Cooper is really good and just opens his mouth straight up. Has done ever since he was really little. I just sing silly songs to him while im doing it and make it really fun..but im sure you have tried all that. Goodluck with it....these little kiddies can be very stubborn at this age! I noticed your Bday was coming on up face book! hope you get spoilt!
Cooper finally has worked out when he sees pictures of himself that its him lol. He cant say Cooper yet but when he sees himself he says ME!!! ME!!! lol its so cute!
OK well my little man has just woke up so i better go get him. :fingerscrossed: he is in a better mood then yesterday morning!
:barf: :barf: :barf: thats what's been going on in this house. I mozzed myself by saying Maddi only spewed the once on Sunday. Last night at midnight she got up for a little spew, I then gave her a drink of milk and she had a really big spew. Then this morning she had a sip of water and spewed again. Then I gave her toast and milk - yet another spew. Then a small drink of water - spew again! She isn't keeping anything down which is worrying me a lot. How long before I have to get worried about dehydration for medical attention? The best thing is she is an old hat at using the bucket. We've only had spew on the floor once :fingerscrossed: . She yells out "Mummy, bucket!" and then spews into it. I have about a 1.5 second reaction gap. So now I have her sitting with the bucket next to her. Poor little thing. She looks so pale and tired.
Oh a birthday on Friday Renee! Best day for going out and having a few drinks. Are you doing anything special for your birthday? Have you got anything planned for Katelyns birthday? My parents are coming up for a week and on the day we'll have a small family do with cake ect. Then the weekend after we're off to the zoo. Should be an ace time as Maddi loves her animals. I can't wait to see the look on her face when she see's how big an elephant really is. Oh and in reply to the toothbrushing I have the exact same problem here. I stand behind Maddi and clasp her jaw at the joint so she can't close it and brush as fast as I can. I've tried brushing my teeth with her, getting her to brush mine while I brush hers, singing, the whole kit and kaboodle and my only resolution is the wresting tackle and go as fast as I can. She hates it but I figure she can hate me for those 5 minutes. I'd rather that than have her teeth drop out. I let her "brush" her own teeth in the mornings, which is normally just a suck off the toothpaste kinda brush. But at night she gets a good going over by her dreaded mum.
K - better go and check on the patient who is currently sitting on the couch watching Elmo, with her toy pig in her arms.
Well I have a tonne of washing to do.
Morning all,
I seriously should not be on here - I've sent the boys to the swimming pool so I can get some "work" done. Umah - I'll be in big trouble if they find out I am on here!
LOL at Cooper and his icecream Hayles. Will still won't touch icecream - strange kid. That's great your appointment went well.
Anna - egg and bacon pie sounds like it would be a winner here too. Oh and do I need to remind you that you are a mum of 4 kids! How the hell are you going to find time to make that wrap? It sounds gorgeous by the way - wanna make me one too? :laughing:
Will was just fine last night in his bed without a sack. I think the night before may have been a coincidence, I think he might have had an upset tummy as he had a zillion dirty nappies yesterday. I put a bigger sheet on the bed last night and tucked it in tightly and he was fine all night. Well - til the usual 6am start but he played really quietly in his room til 7.
Well done Cath on the settling! You are going great guns especially when you have a toddler too. They can be such monkeys can't they? Maybe when Paddy goes into the big bed he'll think it's really cool like Will does and run to his room for his sleeps!
Anna - I meant to say how much I loved Chelsea's dress. So beautiful.
Renee - I can't really help you with the teeth cleaning. Will mostly does his own these days -we just finish them off. As everyone knows I have the kid that goes to sleep in the strangest places at th oddest times so I think it is quite normal for Katelyn to fall asleep on the floor! But we can move Will to his bed - he just asks for teddy and dummy once he is there and then he is fine.
Anyway - I had better get going. Am still trying to decide what sort of cake to make for Will's birthday - troy's fam is coming on Sunday so I had better hurry up and make up my mind!
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 07:52
Tan - :shame: Get back to work! LOL. Goodluck with deciding on what cake to do. Ive decided against the whole Ted cake i originally planned. Big reason being i wasnt sure if Cooper would let us cut his beloved Ted up :laughing: So ive decided to do a Train cake. Dunno whether to just go a normal train or a thomas ill decide sooner or later. He loves thomas but he would probably be just as happy with a normal Train! See how I go. Oh and thats good Will was good in his big bed last night.
Lou - Poor Maddi! I must say im amazed though that she is so good with her bucket lol. Atleast if you get sick when your pregnant next she will understand lol. I hope she gets better soon and gets over whatever is bugging her. As for the dehydration. It can happen quite quickly so if she isnt keeping anything down at all id probably take her to someone in the next couple of hours...doc or hospital. Just try and keep the fluids into her thats the most important thing. If she cant keep it down take her and have her checked out. Big :hugs: heading her way!
ok i gotta go read a book to Cooper talk soon!
nkenward
04-10-2007, 09:23
Hi all,
sorry this is a quick post, not sure when I will get a chance to get back on in the next few days - it is like a storm has hit here.
Well Connor has officially turned 2! 2/10/07. I can't believe how 12 months has just flown by so quickly. We have a party planned for Saturday which will be good - cause i don't have to do anything besides provide a cake. A guitar cake this year - one of favourite things in the world besides a skateboard.
I hope every other kiddie has a good birthday too. That is if I don't get on in time.
We had our OB appoint on Tuesday, all is going well and baby is not too big (thank god). He has turned and i have been told I have dropped a little. As Connor was 4 weeks early (that will be as of this coming Monday), I am making sure I am prepared for another early arrival.
Anyway must go. Catch up with you all later.
Oh Nat!!!! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CONNOR happybirthday happybirthday .
Whoa I can't believe bubby #2 will be here any day now.
We will be thinking of you!
:hugs:
Hayley, that's so cute Cooper say ME when he sees himself in photos! I was showing Katelyn some photos of us the other day & I was pointing at us and asking her who it was & she recognised me in a photo & said mummy! Was really cute.
Lou, poor Maddi with her puking. I think we must have jinxed her. That's cute that she asks for a bucket though. I'd be wanting to take her too the doc pretty soon if she's not holding any fluids down.
We're not 100% sure what we're doing for Katelyn's birthday....She's got playgroup in the morning so James will take her there & I'll work in the morning, then maybe we were thinking about taking her to the zoo if the weather's nice. She hasn't been to the zoo before. Haven't really got anything planned for my b-day. I'll be at work, but I think we might be having a bbq at James' brother's place on the weekend sometime. I'll probably just be feeling sorry for myself tomorrow that I'll be turning the big 3 0 in a year! :eek: Oh, & I don't think I'll be having any drinkies....officially TTC again. Ob said I didn't have to wait till AF comes back...just start when I'm ready.
Tan, that's good that Will slept OK without the sack last night. Hmm, he doesn't like icecream? Strange boy...oh well, at least you don't have to put up with him jumping on you & trying to steal your icecream like Katelyn does! :rolleyes:
Nat, happy birthday to Connor for a couple of days ago! happybirthday Can't believe our bubs are all turning 2 this month...& that you'll have your 2nd one very soon!
Cooper 17/10
Will 08/10
Paddy 29/10
Claire ?
Immy 30/10
Katelyn 18/10
Seth?
Maddi 16/10
Connor 2/10
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 10:55
happybirthday Connor!!!!! (belated of course) Sorry Nat! October just snuck up way too quick! Hope the party goes well! Goodluck with the bub too not long now! Cant wait to hear the news!
Renee - Goodluck with the TTC again! I have my :fingerscrossed: for you and i hope it happens quickly for you.
Lou hows Maddi now???
Coopers in bed. He has hardley eaten the last two days (apart from that ice cream lol) and his been a bit off too. No temp or anything so im just putting it down to teeth. he had the yuckiest nappy a minute ago. He was rubbing his eyes and asked for Teddy so he is in bed now. So i just turned the sprinkler on to give the yard a good soke without Cooper seeing it lol!
Ok better go hang this washing out talk soon!
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 10:57
Cooper 17/10
Will 08/10
Paddy 29/10
Claire ?
Immy 30/10
Katelyn 18/10
Seth 15/10
Maddi 16/10
Connor 2/10
just thought id add Seths bday for Ange ;)
I'm actually starting to freak out. Spots have started to appear over her body that look a lot like chicken pox :eek: . Got a doctors appointment at 3.15pm today so I guess I'll get confirmation then.
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 11:09
:eek: well if she gets any worse take her to the hospital. Dont freak out too much it could be a viral rash. My neice not long ago come out in spots like the chicken pox and was throwing up etc and it was just a viral thing. And same with Tan remember?! Hopefully thats all it is!! Keep us updated :hugs:
ETA: Ultrasound is booked in. Not this monday but the next! How exciting!
Jeepers! Bunch of chatter boxes since last night! LOL!
Lou - oh hun Maddi's still sick?? I think that if she's not even keeping fluids down I wouldn't leave it too long before you seek some help. Do you have those hydralite blocks in the freezer? You can get them from chemists and either freeze them like an icy pole, or put the liquid in a cup for her. I hope you get to go to the zoo with Maddi. I'm around today so buzz me if you need to chat :hugs: .
Tan - Um-ah! Did you get caught on bubhub today?! Must be soooo tempting just to crash on the couch with a cuppa when Troy takes Will out! I don't know HOW you manage to get motivated to do work! Shane has taken Immy out to the shops and Chelsea is here with me but the ironing is still sitting there - the same piece of clothing on the board since Shane left! LOL!
Hayles - cute photos of Cooper with the ice cream - I'm not that brave to give Immy one yet! LOL! Sounds like you all had a great day.
Renee - good luck with the TTC again! Sounds like you've got a good time coming up at the zoo - let us know how it goes!
Nat - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR CONNOR! happybirthday I'm so sorry we missed it! We'd love to see some photos from his birthday - great that you don't have to stress about it. We're thinking of you and I hope bubs isn't another early one!
Cath - great job with the settling! :smiliedance: Sounds like Will is doing so well! Too bad Paddy is being a monkey! Are the boys both in the same room? I can't remember? I hope it continues for you! Alex has been waking again the last couple of night at around 4am but still, the feeds are only 10 mins or so then he's back to sleep til 7-8am. How's he going overnight now?
Well, looks like Shane will be staying home today and tomorrow - he's not due back at duty til Monday but doesn't seem like he cares about going to work! LOL! We all have hair cuts down the road at 3pm - found a great local salon that does kids cuts for $10 which I'm happy with. My trim is only $25 and Shane's is $20! SOOOOO cheap! My friend has been telling me about it for over a year and I bit the bullet and booked us in.
Better go get some more ironing done - plus I have to make this wrap before it's too late! LOL
xoxo
oh ETA: Immy was in the kitchen today getting under our feet. Shane said, move please Immy! And she said "oh SORRY!" :laughing: OMG it was just sooo cute! Another word we hadn't heard before!
Goodness! So many posts while I was writing mine! LOL!
Lou - it could be a viral rash or has she had any antibiotics lately? Could also be that. Take a picture of it to compare with in case it gets worse/better. If she deteriorates quickly, I'd take her straight to emergency. Thinking of you - I hope she's ok :hugs:
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 11:21
Anna - i understand you not giving Immy one lol. He was pretty messy by the end and we were in public but he had a ball and everyone thought it was cute so i just let him go! lol. He was having too much fun to spoilt it on him! lol.
:eek: Its confirmed, Maddi has chicken pox. I hate to think that if she didn't get vaccinated how many spots she would have ended up with. The worst is yet to come over the next few days. Oh boy what a fun week I'm going to have, Tony is away all week with a hockey tournament.
Lucky me!
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 15:54
OH NO!!!!! :eek: Poor Maddi!! honestly when will poor little maddi get a break!!!!! :hugs: all round! Hope it doesnt get too bad!
Let me tell you, I'm so over this continual rollercoaster of illnesses. When she's older she's going to have the immune system of a tonka truck!
Man I'm tired already and its only just begun.
hayleylea
04-10-2007, 16:40
Hang in there Lou! :hugs: I hope you have had the chicken pox?! She is definatley getting everything out of the way!! Not very fair though!
Oh Lou - I am so sorry. I hope she only gets a mild dose. Sending you lots of :hugs: .
That reminds me again - gotta take Will for that needle!!!
Oh no Lou!! Poor little thing. You guys just don't get a break do you? I stupidly thought if you have the vaccination you won't get it -obviously not. Poor Maddi. Not good timing for Tony to go away. Look after yourself as much as you can -housework can all wait I would say.
Will have to get on again later. Dean has just arrived with Paddy. Chat soon.
OMG LOU! Are you freeking serious?!!:eek:
When the heck is that child going to get a break??!
I'm with Cath - I thought that once you were vaccinated you didn't get it? What'd the Dr say? What about the vomitting symptoms? Are they all part of it? Any ideas where she picked up chicken pox from?
Is it possible for your mum to come up and help?
No chance of Tony staying home? (Yeah right she says!)
Oh I wish I could help somehow.
I also wish I could send you a weeks worth of my yummiest chocolate mud cake! I think you deserve to go buy one before Tony goes away and have a large chunk every night (heated in the microwave with loads of ice cream!)
Stock up on the calamine lotion hun and I'm sending you heaps of :hugs:
xoxo
Okay -back again. Lou I can not believe Maddi has chicken pox. I so hope it is a mild case and disappears quickly. I still remember having it when I was about 14 and vomiting was definitely part of it. Oh your poor girl. Can Tony stay home? I hope you are doing okay and you are a healthy household by the time the birthday zoo trip arrives.
Anna how unreal that Shane is free from jury duty until Monday and I totally understand him not going back to work -who wants to work? Hope the haircuts worked out well. Paddy and Will aren't in the same room yet - we want to get Will pretty good at self settling before we put him in there and I am hoping he will be right in a week or so. Will is currently in the bassinet in the room with me and Dean is still on the loungeroom floor (don't even ask -snoring issues continuing). I am quite worried about the boys sharing and Paddy throwing teddies on Will's head (he is always trying to give Will teddies and the poor baby gets covered in them). I have a big mosquito net that I have decided will have to be pegged over the cot for a while to avoid Will being smothered by teddies. Will is doing really well overnight and is sleeping through 4-5 days out of 7 - I am so impressed with him. He is still needing help to settle during the day but went to sleep on his own again tonight -woohoo! Idid have to go in and resettle him after about and hour but it was pretty quick and painless - what a good boy.
Hayley that is cute that Cooper says "me" to his photo. Paddy names everyone (including "Wool") in photos except for himself. If I ask him to say "Patrick" though he has started to try and say it and says "Paki" - cute! The train cake sounds excellent (and probably good not to traumatise Cooper by cutting into Ted). I want to make a car for Paddy and saw a pretty good one today in the birthday cake thread -might have to study it and work out how to do it. I think I will struggle a bit (it was hard enough making the number 1 for last year -maybe by the time Paddy is 10 I will have some cake making skills).
Tan that's great that Will had a good night in his bed last night and what a good boy playing quietly until 7. How bizarre that he doesn't like icecream -maybe it is too cold for him. Have you worked out what cake to make?
Renee we have teeth brushing difficulties here too and Paddy's teeth need some serious brushing really but it is so hard to get in there (especially the top ones -he always keeps his lip over them which doesn't help). Happy birthday for tomorrow!! I am an October girl too and will be turning 35 next Wednesday so that should make you feel young. Best of luck with TTC.
Nat a big Happy Birthday to Connor for the other day. October is already flying by. Good luck for the next few weeks too and hope all goes well.
About the birthday dates I'm pretty sure that Claire is either the 9th or 11th (I remember it was one day either side of mine). I'm sure poor Fi is flat out with all sorts of stuff now and won't get on for a bit to update us. Hope you are going okay Fi.
I had a very busy day today taking Will to his ultraound appointment and trying to get a bit of shopping done. Will's left hip is still "borderline not right" whatever that means and I now have to get a referral for an Orthopedic specialist. His right one is fine at least and they didn't seem too concerned but said that to be thorough he should get checked out so the saga continues. I went to the local big shopping centre to try and get all my laybys picked up and birhtday shopping done (have my Mum, Dad and SIL also having b'day's in October) but I only got some of the presents bought. Will decided to crack it big time after being there for 2.5 hours (I'd had it too but couldn't get away with freaking out like he did) so we had to come home so I still have to hit the shops over the next few days. I get so sick of it sometimes. Shopping is such a chore alot of the time -present buying, food shopping, etc. -it is bloody exhausting. At least I have Coles On Line delivering the groceries in the morning - that helps so much. I still have to find time to get to the market for the fruit/veg/meat though and I don't know when I will do it.
We are taking Paddy to the Bananas in Pj's show on Saturday morning that I saw an ad for in the free Mother/Child magazine. He should love it - he has a real thing for the "nanas". If he sees PJ's in a book he says "nana" -funny!
Anyway I'm off to eat some chocolate. Hope you are all well and you are coping okay Lou.
Oh no Lou, poor Maddi! I hope she doesn't get the chicken pox too badly & that it's all cleared up before her birthday. :hugs:
Hi everyone,
Well it is going to be a LONG day in our house today. When we put Will to bed last night it was quite warm and he just went off in his summer pj's. He kept wriggling out from under the covers and we assumed it was because he was probably hot. Troy tucked him in again before he went to bed about midnight but at 4:30 I heard him crying. I went into his room and found him curled up in a little ball on top of his covers - so I tucked him in again and thought he would be ok. But he was whinging again half an hour later and then again at 5:30 by which time he had a dirty nappy. I changed him and put him back into bed again and told him to go back to sleep. I don't think he did though as he was yelling out half an hour later so Troy went and opened his blind and said he could play/read books etc. He started really whinging just before 7 and Troy found him standing up in the cot (yes- the cot - he used his step to climb into it and then got stuck). And so the day began. He came into our bed to read some books like usual and he was FREEZING. So the poor kid was probably cold all that time. Now I am rethinking what to put him in when he goes to bed. Troy suggested we dress him warm with socks and everything and if he wriggles out then hopefully he won't get cold later in the night.
Anyway - that's my early start - I feel bad that he was so cold. Poor little guy!
hayleylea
05-10-2007, 07:14
happybirthday Renee! hope you have a great day!!!!
Tan - i cant believe Will was in his cot! Cooper had a strange night last night aswell and im one cranky tired mumma! He cried alot, when i say cried it was a really sad cry, we went in a resettled him HEAPS of time and he ended up in bed with us at 3am, where he stayed till the morning. He was letting out some monstorous farts though (:o world record winning ones i reckon) and he kept crying in his sleep. He is a cranky little thing this morning so not sure whats going on. As for what to dress him in. Cooper is still in his polar fleece jump suits with a singlet underneath and he quite often gets out of his blankets...and seems warm in the morning?
Cath - love the whole "wool" thing that Paddy has happening. Let us know how you go with Wills hip. Hopefully its not too bad!
anyway i gotta go strip this beds.
Talk soon.
happybirthday Renee!
Sorry I forgot earlier. That would be my early morning fog.
I think we should have put Will in our bed too Hayles. He would have been warm and then probably would have gone back to sleep. I just didn't think of it. There is definitely something weird going on with his tummy - he keeps pooing at odd times. I tried to look in his mouth the other day but I don't see any lumps where the molars should be so I don't think it is teething. He is outside at the moment chasing Troy around the backyard while Troy is mowing. So funny. My parents left him a toy mower here for his birthday so I got it out this morning and he is pushing it around.
Cath - Will is doing so well with his sleeping! Between you and Anna you have me thinking that number 2 isnt going to be so scary after all. I might live to regret saying that though... I'll probably get a baby that wants to be awake ALL the time next!
Hayles- I don't have a polar fleece jumpsuit for Will cause he always used the sack. It might just be winter pj's with socks I think and a singlet. Poor old Cooper with his windy tummy! I hope it is all gone now.
Anyway - better be off. I think the boys are coming back in now.
Seeya
hayleylea
05-10-2007, 08:18
lol at Will chasing Troy around with his mower. Cooper loves his toy mower aswell! Cooper seems much better now. But he is really quiet just sitting on the lounge watching TV. Suits me though cause i fell really sick today...Think its because im tired...
Anyway i really should get off my butt and do something!
ETA: I hope Maddi and Lou are doing OK today! Thinking of you guys!
Hi! Just popped in quickly to wish Renee a very
:party: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :party:
Hope you have a lovely day today and are very spoilt!
Well, all cr@p has hit the fan today.
Shane's gone to work til midday then is flexing off, allowing me to try and get a waxing booking.
Off to nans house to raid her wardrobe while she's away to see if she's got any cardigans for me to wear to the wedding ceremony tomorrow as it's going to be cold.
STILL haven't made my wrap.
STILL haven't coloured my hair.
STILL haven't applied fake tan to my legs.
Everyone else comes first and sometimes it just p!ssed me off to know end. I spent the whole of yesterday fussing after everyone else, ironing, cooking and didn't get a thing done for me.
At least the hair cuts went well. I feel really good having some lopped off - it's gone back to being nice and curly again.
Ok, chow from me.
xoxo
Hi guys,
well we're coping so far. When I first saw the doc and I told her Maddi's symptoms and that I thought it was chickenpox and that Maddi had had the vaccination at 18 months she said she doubted it was that. But upon looking at Maddi's rash she said she doubted it wasn't chicken pox. Its not unusual for kids that have been vaccinated to still get CP apparently. They just don't get it as bad if they didn't. Its really wierd because afternoon/night there was no vomiting and she seemed fine. A but itchy and irritable but thats about it. I gave her a sponge bath in pinetarsal last night to help her scratch. The smell of that stuff brought back memories of when I had it as a kid. It stinks! She went to bed as per usual. Woke up once at 2am, I went in and resettled her. Then she woke at 5.30am and Tony went and brought her into our bed and gave her a bottle and she slept with us until 8.30am. Which is really late for her. Then we started again with the vomiting. She's currently sucking on a rehydration icypole as her lips are pretty dry and whenever she drinks water she throws up. If its anything like yesterday she will be right to eat at around 11am.
The spots don't look too bad to tell you the truth. theres no increase in numbers from yesterday and if anything a few of them have vanished. Tony can't stay home as he's the head coach of the boys under 15's Victoria team. I know if I asked him to he would with no hesitation. He did ask me and I said no. My Mum has a big golf tournament on this week too so its just me and Maddi. I think we should be ok. I know if I get into a spot of bother I can ring Tony and he will rush back. But I can't see that being necessary. Don't worry, as soon as this tournament is over and we've had Maddi's birthday bits and pieces I'm heading to a girlfriends place in Somers for a weekend of horseriding and massage and a few glasses of wine. And for my birthday Tony bought me a voucher to the new health centre in bendigo for a 2 hour massage/facial thingo with my Mum. So yes I'll be making sure I get looked after. God knows I'll need it after the oncoming week.
Now that I've been totally shelfish and babbled on about Me, Me, Me..........
happybirthday Renee! A BBQ on the weekend sounds like a great way to spend the day. And for your birthday I'm sending you some :babydust2: .:D
Tan, Will is sounding pretty determined to stay in his cot. What a monkey to be able to do that. Maddi is still sleeping in her cot, in her sleep sack. I've just stopped dressing her in winter PJ's and she is now in some long sleeved bonds pj's which are gorgeous. I want a pair for me!
Cath, I'm so jealous that your Coles will home deliver and you have that online thing. I so want it to start in bendigo. I've been looking at it on the internet and keep hoping that one day it will make it here. Not good news about Will and his hip. Hopefully the specialist will decide that its not serious enough to need to do anything and that it will right itself.
Anna, yeah a chocolate cake is in order. I'm doing up the grocery list now and believe me there are a lot of "necessary" items going on that list. The vomiting, the doc said, is more than likely from the CP. She said its the childs body's way of trying to get rid of the virus. Either that or Maddi is really unlucky and has gastro at the same time. But her nappies have been pretty normal so far. I could really go a bowl of your nona's chicken soup right now. I have such a headache that won't go away.
Hayley, I'm sorry to hear your feeling off again today. Its just neverending that MS isn't it. Make sure you get to have a sleep this afternoon while Cooper is having his nap. I think I'm going to try and do the same.
Well girls you'll be seeing a lot of me over the next week me thinks.
Hi again,
I think I should clarify that Will wasn't in his cot because he wanted to sleep in there. He thinks it is fun to use his step and climb into it (if I leave the rail down). Problem is that he also forgets that he can't get out. So this morning he played with some toys for a while and then must have thought he'd climb in - but there wasn't anything in there to play with so he was stuck and bored. He actually likes going to bed in his big bed.
Lou - that's good that Maddi doesn't have any more spots. I hope the vomitting stops soon. That is good to know that Tony would come home in a flash if you needed him. It's a rough time for you. I hope she continues to sleep well for you.
I think Will is just getting used to the whole "big bed" thing. He needs to learn how to stay under the blankets, about the pillow and just adjust to all the space. Overall he has been pretty good I think.
Anna - I hope you get something to wear - like a wrap or a cardi. It can be so hard sometimes when you feel like you don't have a minute to yourself. Here's hoping the wedding is a great one though and you really enjoy yourself.
Alright - better go, need to get ready for a work appointment.
:wave:
hayleylea
05-10-2007, 10:33
Tan i think Will is doing really well with his move into his big bed! Cooper loves to climb too, so i can understand it being fun to climb into his cot! HAHA! Cooper tries to climb gates and everything at the moment he is a shocker.
Lou - sounds like you had a pretty good night with Maddi all things considered! Its good to know that Tony is only a phone call away - goodluck to his under 15's!!! I use to play hockey and the tounaments were always fun!
Anyway better get lunch organised.
happybirthday Renee. Hope you are having a great day. Oh damn -there's Will waking up. Was going to write more. Might get back later.
Hi guys, thanks for the birthday wishes. James got me a new MP3 player just like the one I got him for father's day cos I was jealous of his! So I've been using that today, it's heaps cool, stores heaps of songs & photos. We thought about going out for dinner tonight, but then just decided to get chinese takeaway from a restaurant that we like.
Oh, not so good is that there's a headlice problem at Katelyn's day care so she's got lice! James has just got back fromt he chemist getting stuff for it. My head's feeling really itchy just thinking about the lice jumping from her head onto mine! I sure hope I don't get it. Maybe I should use the headlice stuff on my own hair just to make sure I don't catch them.
Hey Renee,
Headlice - yuck! It's one of those psychological things isn't it? As soon as you hear the word you start thinking you have an itchy head. A bit like the chickenpox. When I was at school and it was going around I was always imagining I was getting it. At 31 I am still waiting for it - and according to my blood test the other week I have no immunity at all. So it looks like I have never been "exposed". Go figure.
Well - we survived today without too much trouble actually. Will has gone off to bed tonight dressed a lot warmer than last night. I think his pillow is a bit of a nuisance. It is a regular one and he sleeps on it just fine in the day but he seems to wriggle away from it at night and ends up sideways on the bed. So we move him back around before we go to bed and shift the pillow out of the way and hope he stays in an ok position. I think I might have to invest in one of those kids pillows and see if that helps.
Anyway I should go - we have a super busy weekend ahead of us with family and stuff. I chickened out of making the birthday cake and have decided to decorate cupcakes instead. I bought these cool Thomas the Tank engine decorations for the cakes that Will is going to love.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Hey girls,
Yes it's late. Shane's in bed, I'm cleaning up, I have messy legs from my wax earlier and I'm getting some things ready for tomorrow.
I finished my wrap about an hour ago and I'm actually pretty pleased with it - the lady who helped with the fabric at spotlight gave me the wrong length so I had to improvise! Thus the wrap is shorter than I'd have liked but ended up just right!
Here's some pics - the colour in the diamontes arn't actually colour - just the light reflecting.
wrap 1 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Octpics016.jpg)
wrap 2 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Octpics013.jpg)
wrap 3 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Octpics009.jpg)
Just before I head to the shower to wash my legs, I just thought I'd reply to the last couple of posts.
Renee - it's definately not going to hurt to treat the family for lice - best thing you can do once you treat Katelyn is to pop some tea tree oil in a water spray, fill with water and spray in her hair every morning - it acts as a preventative. Also, to get rid of the stubborn eggs, smother her head in conditioner and use one of those fine tooth combs - way cheaper too! Good luck! Guess you'll be doing a bit of washing this weekend? (Don't forget her carseat where her head rests!)
Tan - I had to laugh at Will's adventures to his cot this morning! Little monkey! I hope you have a more successful night tonight.
Lou - Great to hear from you hun! I'm sorry to hear Maddi is still vomiting, however it's encouraging to know that she's happy with those hydralite blocks. I hope she improves tomorrow. I hope she has lots of long naps too. Does this mean we might see you on msn next week?
Sorry but I'd better head off. I probably won't be around much this weekend - tomorrow is a very busy day. Shall pop back in as soon as I can - hopefully with some pictures!
Night! xoxo
hayleylea
06-10-2007, 06:14
Morning guys
Renee - goodluck getting rid of the lice! nasty little critters arent they. I agree with Tan even at the slightest mention you start scratching your head!
Tan - Cooper has a baby sized boomarang pillow which is fantastic!!! Maybe you could try something like that with Will?? Im not sure where my sister got it from but im sure they selll them in a fair few places.
Anyway i have a busy day/weekend planned so i better head off.
hayleylea
06-10-2007, 07:30
OMG guys i think Cooper should have been a girl :laughing: Today i got out his clothes for him to wear and he took one look at them and shook his head and said "No mummy" lol. I said dont you want to wear them? an he said "No" went into his room and was trying open the draws so I opened it up and he pulled out a pair of shorts and a shirt and then sat down on the floor trying to put them on!!! :laughing: He refused to wear anything else but what he had picked out so needless to say he won. It actually doesnt look that bad but its not what i would have picked :laughing: God love him. He wouldnt even let me do his hair today so i put the gel in it and he brushed it himself - so we have a half spike half flat hair - oh well he is happy and thats the main thing!:D Funny little man!
LOL Hayles at Cooper and his clothes. They certainly know their own opinion now don't they? At least he didn't go and find a skirt or something.
Will did have a better sleep last night although he was sideways again for most of it. He was crying at 5am and Troy went in and tucked him in. Apparently he asked about the planes and my brother who we are picking up from the airport later today. That was pretty funny as neither of us have mentioned it to him for a couple of days. He happily went back to sleep but he was wide awake at 6am again - we left him to play in his room.
I went to the flower markets this morning. I haven't been for a couple of years and I love it. I came home with 20 long stem red and white roses for $20, a big bunch of yellow irises for $6 and some pink tiger lillies for $6. It's the only way to buy flowers - I am a happy girl today!
Anna- your wrap looks great! Well done on making that. I am sure you are going to look great today.
Alright everyone - have a great day. I hope Maddi is doing ok.
Oh I'd love to go to the flower market!
Anna that wrap is gorgeous. I know who I'm going to contract out my sewing to ;) .
Cooper makes me laugh so much.
I can't be long on here :gloomy:
Maddi had a horrid day yesterday. Couldn't keep down anything, not even the hydralite icypoles. She vomited everything. I got really worried when her lips went dry and white and she was just laying on the couch at 3pm. So I rang the Dr and got another appointment, we ended up seeing a different doctor and the one we saw the day before was booked out. At 4pm I managed to get her to keep a few sips down. At 5pm off to the dr, who said he didn't think she had CP but a really bad case of gastro. That we had to keep an eye on her and if she got worse off to the hospital for a drip. But he said it didn't look like she needed it yet. So we come home and the pooing starts. But she did manage to drink more water before going to bed. She woke at 1am demanding a MILK. And hasn't thrown up yet. :fingerscrossed: . A slightly wet nappy, I mean slightly! And now she is in bed already. Poor little things is buggered and not herself. Well I had better go. I'm still in my PJ's and frankly it could be a whole day of PJ's. I'm so over these Dr's giving us conflicting information. I don't know who to believe.
Oh Lou - you poor thing. I would be so worried if I were you. It must be terrible to have such conflicting info when you are looking after a sick little one. All else fails then off to the hospital I think - especially with vomitting and diarrhoea.
Will is going to look just fabulous for his 2nd birthday. Yesterday he fell at my friend's place and whacked his cheek on her esky and he now has a big black bruise on his cheek. Then this morning I think he and Troy were having a tussle of some sort in the laundry and Will fell over and now he has a big fat lip to go with it. Stupid Dh didn't realise Will had cut his lip until I told him there was blood all over his shirt.
OK - gotta get back to it. Will is in bed - he is a regular cranky pants today, all those early mornings are catching up with him.
Hi again,
Oh Tan poor Will being all banged up for his birthday. The cupcake idea sounds great - the Thomas decorations sound excellent -kids love that sort of stuff. I think we will find Paddy sideways in bed a bit too because he is often in the cot like that. His bed is arriving this afternoon and I think we will start him in it for his day sleep tomorrow. Hope you have a fun weekend with the family.
Lou it's so annoying when you get told different things from different Dr's. Poor little Maddi. I hope she gets better soon. How unreal about your 2 hour massage/facial -what an ace present! You will definitely need it soon.
Hayley how funny about Cooper choosing his clothes. One of our friend's little boys who was at our BBQ last weekend was slopping around in these pink sandles that were a couple of sizes too big for him but apparently they are the only shoes he will wear. They are his sisters old shoes and he loves them. He looked hilarious but there is no point arguing with them -if they want to look silly and they are happy then it doesn't hurt I guess.
Anna I hope you got some sleep last night! Well done with the wrap - it looks gorgeous. I hope you have a lovely day today. Look forward to seeing some photos.
Renee how yucky about the lice. It's bound to happen sometime isn't it. Hope you get rid of them. Takeaway at home is a nice relaxing way to celebrate your birthday. We will be doing the same thing here during the week - my family is coming here for dinner but we will be ordering the local Indian - it's pretty much everyone's birthday except my brother and Dean so noone is cooking (except I will make a chocolate pavlova just because I love it and I have heaps of eggs at the moment).
We took Paddy to the Bananas in PJ's show this morning which was pretty funny. He liked it but didn't want to leave Dean's lap for most of the show. It was all a bit much for him I think with the hundreds of kids and noise etc. The funniest bit was that we bought him a small $10 "Nana" but then he spotted the bigger $24 one and wanted one of those. He was tryign to work out a way to get to them and started crawling under the tressle table to get to them - Dean had to pull him out.Then he had a big tantrum and threw his little Nana on to the ground as if to say "this one's s**t". Dean and I were killing ourselves laughing. Crazy unappreciative kids! They don't know (at this age anyway I think). I can definitely see the "terrible twos" coming on though. I have been having a few "behaviour issues" here in the last few days. We will really need to start working on controlling them soon. Anyway better go and get some lunch. Chat soon.
hayleylea
06-10-2007, 11:46
Hey guys
Well back from round one of the races lol. We took Cooper up there this morning to watch some of the warm up laps and some old cars race. He had a really good time looking at all the cars but its soooo windy and dry up there! All our eyes are sore - no doubt he will have conjunctivitis tommorrow! Went from one extreme to an other cause now its thunder and lightning and starting to rain!!! We are suppose to be going to a street party tonight but if its raining we will be staying put!!
We got Cooper a $5 holden bucket hat that he thought was just fine. OH and the clothes he choose are now filthy so im hoping he wants to change when he wakes up! he fell asleep on the way home and i just popped him straight into bed god love him.
Tan - Poor will with his fat lip and bruise!!! Im suprised Cooper hasnt got something wrong with him considering its near his birthday! hope it clears up soon. Poor little man. And hopefully he wakes up happy!
Cath - HAHAHA! about Paddy chucking a "paddy" over a nana :laughing: They are funny kids arent they!?
Coopers obsession at the moment is "Miwwy" - Milly from Max and Millys New Mcdonalds farm. He loves her and asks for her wherever we go! LUckily i have the whole season on DVD so i dont have to watch the same one over and over. The way he says her name is just adorable though!
I just sent Trent to get some KFC i couldnt be bothered cooking lunch lol. Cooper had some hot chips at the race so that should tied him over till he wakes up.
Anyway talk soon. Tan them cupcakes sound good! Are they just int he cake isle at coles?? I think my sister had them for my nephews party once.
Lou - hope you and Maddi are still soildering on!
Oh Cath, Thats so funny about Paddy chucking a Nana' about his Nana'. Sounds like he had a great time anyways and I'm sure he'll keep dreaming about that giant Banana.
Hayley it sounds like your having a lot of fun down at the cars with Cooper. He's not going to be game to buy anything but a Holden when he grows up :D .
Tan, Will is really going to look like a boy that like likes the ruff and tumble in his photo's for his birthday. Why do these things always happen at the wrong time?
Maddi has been sleeping all day practically. She woke up at 6am and was back in bed at 9.30am until12.30pm. She had a small milk then fell asleep on her Dora couch (honey sandwich in her hand) and she's been there ever since. I hope this doesn't mean she's going to be up all night? I've been desperately trying to get her to stay awake and eat something but she just pushes it away. She's not even interested in her dummy.
hayleylea
06-10-2007, 15:24
Poor little Maddi....id say she will be ok tonight. When they are sick its their bodies reaction to sleep it off....So hopefully all this sleep and a good sleep tonight will make her feel loads better tommorrow....
man this weather is looking gloomy to go to this street party..To be honest i really dont want to go lol. But we are meant to be meeting people there so i guess i dont really have a choice! lol.
Anyway better start getting our stuff together. Talk soon
Hi again,
Hayley hope you have fun at the street party if you get there. I saw some of the race today - did you see that poor kangaroo on the track? Did Cooper choosethe next outfit of the day?
Lou I hope you have an okay night tonight. I firmly believe in sleep breeds sleep so hopefully Maddi will be right. Poor little thing. Sad for you too.
Well the new sleeping arrangements have begun here and Paddy has gone happily into his new bed and Will has happiliy gone into the cot. We put Paddy to bed first then bathed and fed Will and he went into the room 45 minutes later to join his snoring brother. So far all is good (and Will went in awake - woohoo -he is really getting this self settling thing I think for nighttime at least). Here's a couple of photos of our new setup and the boys:
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Woohoo Cath! Glad the new sleeping arrangement has gone well for the first night.
My little boy was a monkey tonight. Just really excited that Uncle Craig (my brother) is visiting us I think. It was our first night of him mucking up with the big bed. He got out and went to the door about 5 times before he finally got the hint and stayed in bed. I was getting quite annoyed with him I can tell you. He would just go to the door and yell "Mummy" or "Daddy" and stand right behind it. I had to get quite annoyed with him in the end, but he stayed in bed and went to sleep. Goodness only knows what he'll be like tomorrow when we try to get him to have a day sleep. It could be a disaster I think. Hmm - we'll just have to play it by ear.
Oh poor Maddi. She must be unwell to do all that sleeping and not even want her dummy! The sleep will do her good though. Hopefully she wakes up tomorrow more herself. And if it is gastro then I really hope it stays away from you Lou!
That was pretty funny about Paddy and "Nana" Cath. They are so clever now aren't they? I don't think Will would cope at all with one of those live shows yet. He gets very overwhelmed when there are lots of people around. Maybe when he is a bit bigger.
I had better go - should try to get some sleep before the excited one wakes up at the crack of dawn and drives us all mad!
Oh Cath, those photo's look to me like you've got the boys sorted out really well in their beds. How did the night end up? Paddy's bed looks so comfortable I reckon I might sleep in there too LOL. He looked really happy. And William looks so grown up already. Cheeky little fellow!
Maddi is slowing getting there. She still has bad nappies but at least the vomiting has stopped. Last night she vomited all over her Dora couch which is now getting thrown out. Those couch's are just not designed to get wet are they? She woke up this morning a bit happier and less pale looking. The night was filled with her getting up about twice wanting a drink of milk. I'm guessing she is starting to feel hungry and thirsty.
She's currently sitting on her beanbag watching Happy Feet cuddling Piglet. Tony is off to the tournament for the week. I can't wait until he comes back already!
Tan - are you having cake today for Will and BBQ? I hope that the weather is beautiful and the family has a great day.
Oh check out these photo's. One of Maddi with her precious bucket (don't stress she's just playing with it) and one from today in the beanbag.
beanbag snoozing (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/?action=view¤t=recoveringwithpiglet.jpg)
the bucket Mate (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/?action=view¤t=bucket.jpg)
nkenward
07-10-2007, 19:12
Lou - I am so sorry to hear about Maddi and the chickenpox and everything else that seems to end up on your door. The photo of her in the beanbag is adorable - I just feel like picking her up and giving her cuddles. I hope she recovers soon and gets a chance to have lots of fun.
Renee - Happy birthday! Hope you had a great day. Bummer about the headlice. Connor had lice about 12 months ago when he was attending a creche at the gym I belonged too. I was lucky and was able to pick through his hair - it was very fine and blonde, so it made it easy to pick them out. Not sure whether he would be as patient now.
Tan - funny about the whole pillow thing. Connor is now sleeping his big bed, and I have given him a pillow. But he now doesn't actually move. He was all over the cot - but since being in the bed he stays still and the blankets stay on. Not sure whether the pillow has anything to do with that.
Hayley - that is so funny about Cooper and his clothes. Connor can be particular with clothes and loves to go and pick out something to wear each day. But his favourite thing is shoes. We took him to the shoe shop a couple of weeks ago and he was ecstatic about getting a new pair of shoes.
Anna - the wrap looks gorgeous, you did a good job.
Cath - the boys look cute in their little beds! Do you find they sleep well together? Does Paddy wake when Will wakes during the night? That is the only thing I am dreading at the moment during the night. Connor and the new baby will be in separate rooms - but they are next to each other. Not sure how to deal with Connor waking during the night when the baby does - or he will just adjust. Fingers crossed it is easier than what i picture.
Anyway Connor's party went well. He survived the day with only a 1/2 hour sleep in the car and kept going till about 8pm last night. I seriously don't know where he gets his energy from, but he is just like the energizer bunny. But it made no difference to him waking this morning - 5:45am!! I have run out of options on trying to get him to sleep longer - I think I will just have to learn to deal with the fact he is an early riser. Can't wait till he is at the age he can turn the telly on himself and make his own breakfast!
Morning all (yawn yawn)!
Where do toddlers get all their energy? Will had a great day yesterday. We went to church in the morning, he had some quick lunch when we got home before heading off to bed for an early sleep. That only lasted an hour (to my horror as I had all this cooking to do) and then he was a ball of energy all afternoon. Troy's family came and we had an early BBQ for dinner and he had such a great time. He got lots of presents including matchbox cars, safari animals, another bear, a wooden truck, a wooden train set, a dome tent, some more books, and the best present of all... a bubble machine! That was from Troy's sister and Will just loves it. It is so cool. This morning (actual birthday) we gave him his white/blackboard easel thing and he has been having lots of fun with that too.
Despite all the excitement and business of yesterday he was still up with the birds at 6am! He also hopped out of bed twice last night before he went to sleep but that was better than the night before so we can live with that. I just can't believe he isn't exhausted - we are!
Lou - those photos of Maddi were just beautiful. I loved the one of her asleep in the bean bag too. I hope she is ok today.
Cath - the new bed set up looks good. Is Paddy going ok in the big bed? I've decided the rails are probaby are good idea as it might stop them from hopping in and out whenever they feel like it. I think it was a really good idea that you did the L-shape thing with the beds. It keeps Will out of Paddy's line of vision - excellent!
So Will is 2 today and I feel a bit sad about it. It sounds so big - they are definitely not little babies anymore.
My one downside for the weekend was that my brother kept saying that now he is 2 it is time to get rid of his dummy. Now I know that I have been thinking about it anyway but he was very insistent and said things to Will about it as well. He kept telling me that it'll be hell for three days and then it will be fine. Now I will be really honest here - one of the things that holds me back about taking the dummy away is that I cannot afford for Will to be a nightmare for three days - especially with the whole day sleep thing. I need that time to get some work done and I won't get any done if I have to keep going in and sorting him out. Oh - (insert lots of rude words here) - he made me so frustrated and made me feel like a hopeless Mummy. I know that is silly but he did.
Anyway I shouldn't be making myself cross today - Will is 2 and that is a day of celebration. I'll try to post some photos later - bruise and sore lip and all! He is still gorgeous.
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!!
I hope you have a great day. The weekend sounded like heaps of fun Tanya. Those presents sounded like great ideas and the bubble machine a big hit. Maddi is dead keen on bubbles too and I get a bit puffed blowing them all the time so a bubble machine is a fantastic idea.
Fancy your brother giving you such a hard time about Wills dummy. Tell him to pull his head in next time. He probably thinks he's being helpful giving you his expert opinion, and he probably means well, but ............... he should also know that people giving their opinion can sometimes be unwanted.
Is Will at creche today? Hopefully you can squeeze in a nanna nap today.
Just came back from the doctors. I had to get a certificate to say that Maddi is Fit for creche for tomorrow. She is heaps better today. She had a big breakfast and last night was up every 3 hours asking for a drink. I'm guessing she was thirsty! I was so angry at her at 3am when I had given her a drink and she still continued to scream. I was telling her off, saying its night time and everyone is sleeping ect. But she was so insistent, 10 minutes later it dawned on me that with all the water she had been drinking perhaps I should check her nappy. It was overfull and her pants were all wet. I felt like such a COW and bad mother at the time. There she was laying on the change table giving me that look "I did try and tell you"! Then this morning we were laying in my bed watching tv when I hear the rubbish truck enter our court. I did a mad dash in my PJ's and managed to get the rubbish out in time with screaming toddler in tow. Quite a funny sight for the neighbors I'm sure.
I'm in the midst of making decorations for Maddi's birthday cake. I'm attempting to copy one of the cakes on bubhub that is a circus tent with animals poking their heads out of the door. I'm having heaps of fun, kinda like playdough for big kids. So far I've done the elephant and the lion, I'm trying to do the tigers but cant seem to get the orange color right in the Orchard icing. Its just not vibrant enough. If the tigers fail I'll try for Zebra's.
Ah " sigh" what a nice day outside.
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY WILL!!!!!
Just a quick one for now as I amazingly have both boys asleep and have heaps to do. Back later
Just a quick one from me now cos I'm at work. I'm pretty sure Katelyn's head lice are gone. I couldn't even see any in her hair when she came home on Friday, but we gave her the treatment anyway. Had a good day yesterday. Had a bbq at my brother-in-law's place. Katelyn couldn't run around in the back yard though because there's a massive hole in the yard where a new pool's being put in so she was stuck inside with me running after her all afternoon. I could see she was getting really tired but she just refused to go to sleep there because she was having too much fun. She was asleep in the car by the time we got home.
Lou, I hope Maddi's feeling better now. Poor little thing.
Anna, that wrap you made's gorgeous! Well done! :)
HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY WILL!! happybirthday Hope you have a great day!
hayleylea
08-10-2007, 12:14
happybirthday
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY WILL!
Hey guys. My internet has been off all morning so this is just a quick hello to say a big happy birthday to Will! Sounds like he got lots of presents Tan, that should keep him busy for awhile!!!
The race was good yesterday despite the end result! :thumbsdown: lol. But it was a good day out and Cooper enjoyed being with his grandma.
Anyway i better head off i have a bit to do this arvo. Sorry for lack of personals!!
Talk soon..
Hello again,
Thanks everyone for all your birthday wishes for Will. We are having another strange day, I am starting to wonder if he is coming down with something. He seems to be incredibly thirsty and had another short sleep today. I don't know exactly how long he slept for, somewhere between an hour and 90 minutes as I was stuck on a work call. The short sleeps are stressing me out a bit - the amount of work I need to get through at the moment is enormous. No daycare during school hols - so no break for me!
Lou - that birthday cake sounds very cool. You sound like you are having fun with it too. So glad Maddi is getting better too - what a sight you must have been running with the grabage bins!
Woohoo Cath on having the boys both asleep at once! YAY! I hope you can keep that up.
Renee, you sound like you had a busy weekend - these toddlers can run you ragged can't they?
OK gotta go - see what Will is doing in the lounge room. I left him with Brum so he could be doing anything.
Hi again,
well I didn't have them both asleep at once -Will was tricking me. He started crying 2 seconds after I got off here and I had no luck resettling him so he had to sit in the kitchen and watch me cook. He decided he was sick of that after 15 minutes - silly grumpy baby was tired -why didn't he stay asleep then? I tried settling him and getting him back to bed but his musical turtle plus his crying woke Paddy up so then I had 2 tired cranky boys. Man this is going to be tricky having them both in the one room for day sleeps. I would love to have them asleep at the same time but it may not happen often. I now have Will asleep (I think) and Paddy is now up and a bit cranky as he got woken up early. The 2 nights they have shared have been good so far. The first night they both went down easiliy but I had Will up a bit in the night and last night it was a bit tricky to get them both settled but once that was done they both slept through the night.
Nat I think you will be fine with the 2 boys in close rooms. Amazingly Paddy didn't stir when Will was crying in the middle of the night and that was in the same room. Good to har Connor had fun at his party. Paddy is doing a few 5:45 starts these days too- we had one yesteray. It is way to early isn't it?
Tan sounds like you had a good day yesterday and Will did well with the presents. We've got one of those bubble mahines - they are great. A girl bought one to Mothers Group and the kids loved it so I had to go and get one. It is so hard trying to do other things when the little ones are awake isn't it? It must be so hard for you trying to concentrate on work. I struggle to get the housework and everythign done half the time and that doesn't even really require me to concentrate. You don't have family nearby that you could call on to take Will for a few hours do you? I hope Will goes back to 2 hour plus sleeps for you soon. I am going to be a bit sad when Paddy turns 2 too -they are definitely not babies anymore (soon enough you will have another one though). I was sad moving Will out of the bassinet into the cot -these babies grow up quickly.
Lou good to hear Maddi is much better today. Don't beat yourself up over the full nappy thing -half the time they are carrying on over nothing so you weren't to know. That cake sounds excellent (and tricky). I will have to look into the bought icing thing - might make things lots easier. I still have to work out Paddy's car cake - better start doing that soon. I loved the beanbag photo too.
Renee good to hear the headlice seem to have disappeared and that you had a good weekend. Trying to get these kids to have a sleep when there is action on is a bit useless these days isn't it?
Hayley that's great that Cooper had fun at the race yesterday. Hope you are feeling good today and getting all your stuff done.
Anna how did the wedding go? I bet you are still recovering - you were so busy leading up to it I hope you are spending some time resting up this week (I'm sure that's probably impossible in your household but you never know your luck).
Anyway better go and entertain Paddy. Chat soon.
Oh what a bummer Cath, it would be such a juggle with the 2 of them. I think Will might still be a bit excited about his presents, he's been yawning this afternoon but he wants to play with all his new things. I guess in a couple of days when the novelty wears off he will run out of puff.
In the meantime I forgot to tell you guys that we hired a new cleaner last week. You might remember I had one for little while last year and we had all sorts of dramas so we stopped it. Well, with another baby on the way, Will sleepng less in the day and me still trying to do work we decided to look for another one. This one is a bit more expensive but there was actually 2 of them and they did a fantastic job. So they will come once a fortnight on a Wednesday and that should make things a lot easier. Just knowing that the fingerprints on all the mirrored wardrobes will be cleaned off once a fortnight makes me happy!
Anyway - gotta go. Will is getting into mischief.
:banghead: :hair: My MIL just rang and I just have to have a BIG VENT. She lectured me on food handling and how when the weather gets warm I have to be so careful about how I handle food. That I should sit next to Maddi when she eats and wash her hands all the time. And so the conversation went. I then told her I am fully aware of how these things work and that I am a scientist and that no she didn't get it through food poisoning that you actually get it from person to person contact. She wonders why I don't want to "hang around" her. AHHHH!
What a moron!
Sorry - just HAD to vent. Going to have a wine while I cook Maddi's dinner RIGHT after I disinfect my hands.
Lou - your MIL needs a good smack around the ears. Honestly some people just don't think before they speak. Just breathe deep and keep telling yourself that you know a lot more than she does and remind yourself that only stupid people would say something like that to you.
It's just horrible isn't it? Makes you feel like you are a bad parent. My MIL is a bit against anti-biotics and thinks we are killing Will's gut every time he has some so I kind of know where you are coming from. Although she is a lot nicer about it than your MIL!
Anyway - big :hugs: to you. You are doing such a great job with Maddi.
Hi girls :wave:
Been catching up from our old thread (yes the one that closed weeks ago!) Nearly time for bed but just wanted to try and catch up a little - I gave up trying to reply to the old thread though. Jeepers you girls can talk!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!
Sounds like you've had a lovely birthday!
Tan - I just had to laugh that Will got stuck in his cot when he was supposed to be sleeping in his bed! However you do have quite a good little boy and I'm happy to hear the books at the end of the bed have been working - Immy has been sleeping really late but I might try that tip for her afternoon naps. As for jammies - Immy still sleeps in her "zippy suits" (polar fleece jump suits) or pj's that I got from Big W that are brushed lined and have feet on the pj pants - they're the best I've ever bought! Something to keep in mind for next Autumn/Winter/Spring. BTW the flower market sounds awesome! So cheap! The place in Hobart for flowers is Salamanca Markets on a Saturday morning - but I've still never seen roses that cheap there! Also, btw - sounds like Will was dreaming the other morning with his talk about your brother and planes! I'm glad to hear that Will's birthday went well! We got Nicola a bubble machine for her birthday in August and the kids just LOVE IT! it's permanently set up on top of a cabinet so every now and then Shane will just surprise the girls and whip it on then they go to town yelling, screaming and dancing in the bubbles! It's quite a sight! Oh sorry to be a downer on this issue but I really think your brother needs to pull his head in and keep his dummy comments to himself. The timing is obviously not right for you and Troy at the moment and your brother (and anyone else with an opinion about it) needs to respect that. You'll make the right choice for you. You need to trust yourself, you're a fine mummy :hugs: . Good job with hiring a cleaner by the way! I've put off looking into that myself - I haven't used my ironing lady since late last year and I was going to swap her for a cleaning lady - just to do the bathrooms/toilets & the dusting - everything else I can handle myself.
Lou - just reading back I saw you bathed Maddi in pinetarsal - EW YUCK!! My baby bro had to be bathed in that because of his eczma and I remember how much it stank the house out! Sounds like you're going to be well treated once Tony comes back, and with Maddi off sick and you on your own I'd bl00dy well say you'll have earned it! Just wish I was coming too! Busy busy busy fortnight here organising stuff for Chelsea being flower girl and I've only got a week before I'm in QLD for the 2nd wedding! Not like I'm going to have a holiday either. So sorry to hear that Maddi hasn't been too good the last couple of days - not good that she's not even keeping down the hydralites. You'd think that after having a few bouts of gastro in her short little life that she'd be building up a resistance to it by now. I can't believe the Dr's have given you such conflicting diagnoses - so what does she have? CP or gastro? Or both? It might seem extreme but can they do a blood test in case she needs some treatment? Oh Lou! Those photos of Maddi are just gorgeous but heart breaking! The one of her holding Piglet I just want to snap her up and cuddle her until she's all well again. She just looks so genuinely sad :(. She really is just one beautiful child. Glad to read that she's so much better today - sounds like the late night wake ups are her little body starting to get back on track :thumbsup: . Hope it continues and she's ok for creche tomorrow! By the way - 3am is SUCH a sh!t time of the morning so don't beat yourself up for being agro at Maddi! I swear the brain doesn't function to it's fullest at that time so you're perfectly excused from being a cow of a mother! LOL! PMSL about your MIL though! Honestly, where do they get off? :rolleyes:
Cath - I think I missed something - what's wrong with Will's hip? Is it something they discovered at 6 weeks? I too am jealous that you get your coles supermarket to deliver - we don't have online shopping here yet - but my local fruit and veg place do! I'm just yet to try it out! I'm sorry to hear that your new dinner routine didn't work out. It was worth a try at least and hopefully Dean is adjusting to his new morning hours! Oh and I just had to laugh at Paddy's little "paddy" about the little "nana" you bought him! Crazy kid! How funny! Oh I really like the way you've set up the boys' room by the way! Sounds like it's working for you!
Hayles - I read back about your neighbour and her and her friend's behaviour. I think that you should continue ignoring them but perhaps just make a formal complaint - at least there'll be a history recorded with the local station. That way if things really get out of hand or something escalates then there's something that the police can look back on. I can understand 50 yo's having a few drinks together but not getting totally wasted constantly. How funny about Cooper choosing his own clothes! They're certainly becoming more independent lately!
Renee - Sounds like you had a great birthday! Wow! How nice that you got an MP3 player! I'd love one of those or an iPod to go walking with - I really have no idea what the difference is though! Oh just for the record, I think you're a crazy woman for flying over to Melb for sport! LOL! I can't stand much sport at all and would NEVER fly red-eye to catch a game especially if it mean't losing precious sleep! LOL! However I'm really glad you had a great time, even if your team didn't win!
Nat - I'm glad Connors party went well and he was so well behaved! Hate to tell you though - Chelsea is 5 1/2 years old and still doesn't get her own brekky yet so it's still a few years away for you! She does however, set up 3 bowls with 3 spoons and gets the cereal out so all I have to do in the morning is pour the milk and serve! :laughing:
WHEW! Ok, well I've been sitting here for literally HOURS reading and writing and I'd better go to bed as Alex will be up in about 4 hours and 15 mins (daylight savings started yesterday so it's midnight here right now). He's taken to waking at 4:15am on the dot for the last week or two. I don't mind too much, I just grin and bare it, after all, he only feeds for about 10 mins or so before we both drift off to sleep - only for me to wake 1/2 hour later with a dead arm (I lay down to feed him - WAAAAAY easier!)
I PROMISE to catch up on what's been happening here tomorrow. PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE!!
I have photos too!
Love to all!
xoxo
Oh may as well test this right now.
I've got heaps of photos and I thought it would be far easier to put them in a photobucket album and just share that. Here's the album
FLOWER GIRL (http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Chelsea%20flower%20girl/)
I think the password is 12345 - I'll go check it and edit it if it's not right!
Hope it works for you. There's a few pics of Shane and I - sorry for the red cheeks, it was a bit hot at the reception and the wine was goo - oood! :laughing:
hayleylea
09-10-2007, 07:08
Hey guys.
Geez you can talk lol
Tan - hope Wills not getting sick again. I actually thought Cooper was coming down with something yesterday. He didnt get up till about 8 yesterday morning and he was sitting on the lounge falling asleep at 11 and he was really really quiet. Then last night i freaked because i thought he had spots on him after the shower. But i checked him before bed and it seemed to have faded and nothing today and not temp so i dunno what the go was there. He is happy enough today and thats the main thing. Glad Will is liking his new presents. And WHOOHOOO for you hiring a cleaner! that will make your life alot easier anyway!
Lou - MILS! :mad: Mine is a bit backward when it comes to things too and it gets to me - seirously i dont know why some people just dont think before they talk...
The bday cake sounds COOL!! Cant wait to see a photo!! Ive changed my mind time and time again about Coopers cake (as you all might have noticed lol) but i have FINALLY decided on it and not going to change my mind! :laughing:
Cooper is OBSESSED with New Mcdonalds farm..Max and Milly - Milly especially and Maxs tractor. So im making a max's tractor cake and sticking 2 cardboard cut outs of max and milly in it lol. He will love it! and its much easier then the other things i was going to attempt so happy all round lol.
Speaking of Max and Milly i cant find anything on them to buy there merchandise. All i know is channel 9 makes them. I was trying to buy the figurines for the cake but the only ones i can find are on ebay and for a ridiculous amount. They must obviously get them from somewhere for cheap....ah well im not that worried about it i can figure something out for them but if anyone knows where to get anything about them let me know.
Cath - sounds hard getting both the boys to sleep at the same time. Your doing a great job though!
Anna- the photos are beautiful you all scrubbed up great!
Ok i better go. Talk soon.
Well it's been crazy in my house for weeks now - I'm sure you've all realised that! LOL!
I'm only going to have a few days break before it all starts again - I'll be flying to QLD next Tuesday for the wedding that I'm in on Sat 20th.
The wedding on Saturday just gone was lovely. It was flippin freezing - all of 13 degrees - but Chelsea didn't seem to mind! We dropped her off at 10am where all the girls were getting ready, there she had her hair and "make up" done and fussed about like she was just one of the girls! She went in the bridal cars (on her booster!) to the church and walked first down the isle at just the right pace! She stood at the front of the church with the girls for the whole ceremony and was so well behaved! Even when one of the groomsmen hit the ground (passed out during the vows!) little Chelsea continued to smile away and look her pretty self! :laughing: After the ceremony she went with the bridal party to have photos taken and we didn't see her until the reception! Her place was at the bridal table and she was just the centre of attention. I'm sorry to say, but for the majority of the day, the bride was in Chelsea's shaddow! LMAO! All day and all evening we received comments from family, friends and people involved with the wedding about how lovely she was and how well behaved she'd been - it was such a compliment and we were so proud! Today she's taken her flower basket, hair piece and some photos to school for show and tell, she had such a marvellous time and obviously thought the whole day was about her! :D
Nicola didn't seem to mind that her sister was in the limelight - she was awefully happy about wearing a beautiful summer dress on a freezing cold day! She got to blow bubbles outside the church and was happy to talk to our close friends Kylie & Sam.
I've just enrolled Nicola for school next year, she'll be going the same days as Chelsea - full days Mon & Tues - and will also have the same teacher who she's become rather fond of. She's SUPER excited and can't wait to go to "Chelsea's school!" I have to keep reminding her that next year it will be her school too!
Immy - well, Immy is just another thing all together! Her speech has developed so much and she's babbling in sentance, asking questions and telling us all how she feels. I can usually pic 2 or 3 words each time she talks now. The girls play their word game with her and get her to say all sorts of things - the most unfavourable being "bugger". Clear as a bell :rolleyes: :D. Shane nearly died the other night when I accidentally burped at the table and Immy gasped and pronounced "MUMMY! FARTS!" :laughing: Uh, not quiet Immy! Shane's face was priceless though!
Ok well there's HEAPS more to catch you up on but Chelsea's due home any minute, I have 3 kids in bed, the house is a bomb site and I really need to get some washing on.
Pop on again later.
Where is everyone? So quiet today!
Anna - it's quiet because it is Tuesday. That's all that needs to be said. It's usually just me in here on Tuesday!
Well Chelsea sounds like she had a ball at the wedding. I think she is a great age to be a flowergirl, sometimes they are too little to enjoy it.
Is Alex going with you to QLD? How will you manage on the wedding day? Do you express for him? Sorry, just trying to work out the logistics.
Well - all Will's excitement caught up with him last night I think. He woke up quite a few times, I think he was having dreams from being overstimulated with all the presents and attention. I did wonder at one point if he had a sore throat but he seems ok today. If he does, I don't think it is too bad. I think he is very sensitive to being overstimulated but bottles it all in and it often comes out at night with disturbed sleep. This isn't the first time we have thought it, I guess as he gets older he will learn to handle it better. I eventually lay down with him for about 10 minutes on his bed at 12:30 and he fell back to sleep again til morning after I left. He had woken up about 3 times since 10pm, and I think he just needed to be calmed down a bit. Hopefully he'll be better tonight.
Anyway - better get off here, just wanted to say Hi!
Hello there,
today is the day I have the 2 boys asleep at once. They have both been in there for almost 2 hours - woohoo!! We had a very early 5:50am start here today so everyone is a bit tired I think. I'm sure they are going to wake up any second so this might be short.
Anna those photos were great. Your dress looked fantastic and how beautiful was Chelsea (and Nicola and Immy too of course). Immy looks so grown up now. Cute one of Alex bundled up in his rug. I can't believe you now have another wedding coming up and it is in another state-how exhausting.
Lou how annoying about your silly MIL telling you stupid things. No idea!! Not what you need at all. Hope you and Maddi are both doing okay.
Hayley I'll let you know if I see andy Max and Milly stuff -I have a feeling I've seen stuff somewhere.
Tan how excellent about the cleaner. That should be a great help -nice to get something off your list of things to be done.
Anyway I'd better be off again. Got to get the chocolate chopped up for the chocolate pavlova for tomorrow night's birthday celebrations. I might be able to get on again later hopefully.
hayleylea
09-10-2007, 13:12
Thanks Cath - someone said they have seen it at Kmart but we dont have a kmart. So if any of you girls are near Kmart can you have a squiz for me and price it for me! Well done on getting the boys to sleep at once!
Anna - Coopers speech has really developed too!! I cant believe it cause he wasnt saying alot and then BANG he practically is a parrot if i ask him to say it. Its so cute!
Im at mums today thats why im being quiet. My sister called me up and said she was bringing her two kids down for a play so i thought i might aswell grab a lift with her and bring Cooper down for a play! I picked up a whole bunch of bargains for Coopers party (for pass the parcel and the pinata) which im stoked about it! it was all on a clearance rack I got the girls all heart shaped sunglasses for 50 cents each and the boys all water pistols for 50 cents! They were both originally $4 each so i did well! lol. So im basically ready for his party now. Everything done except for the party game im making. I know i dont have to do it but there is more older kids so i figure it will keep them occupied...and i must admit i do enjoy making these things anyway lol.
Anyway i better go check on these kids. My sister and mum have just gone shopping and these kids are awfully quiet which can only spell out one thing - TROUBLE lol.
:wave:
Hayley I'm right near a Kmart and I think maybe that's where I saw stuff. I'll be over there on Thursday morning so will have a look then. When's Cooper's party?
hayleylea
09-10-2007, 13:47
THANKS heaps Cath!! His party is not this weekend but next weekend....That would be awesome!
LOL Tan! Funny thing is - before I got all busy these last few weeks or so, I'm often around on a Tues too!
Today I went to weight watchers then went to a cafe with a friend after but was still home at about 1.30pm.
Hey, I have a suggestion for Will at bedtime. It might not work but it's worth a try. Maybe at the end of the day when you're tucking him in bed, you can spend 5 mins talking to him about the day's "major" events or anything that you think might be worrying him. Try to get him to talk about his feelings by asking questions like - were you happy to see everyone today? Do you like you new toys? Was it fun to play with such-and such? etc. Might help him to process a little?
As for QLD - I'm travelling up with Alex by myself on the Tuesday and my friend is picking me up and taking me to the apartment hotel we're staying at. She'll be driving us around for a couple of days then Shane will drop Immy at nans and Chelsea & Nicola at my dad's next Thursday morning before flying up at lunch time and picking up our hire car.
As for the wedding day - I'll feed Alex where and when I can but he'll be topped up with a bottle if he needs it. The bride is fine with this (not that she has a choice!) and I'm pretty sure the day will be fairly casual anyway. He feeds when he wakes (7-8am) then a small one at 10am-ish, and again at around 1-2pm - all of which Shane will bring him to me. The ceremony is at 3pm which is between feeds and I should be able to feed him when we all meet back up with the wedding guests for canapes at 4:30pm. Then the 8pm feed I can also do, otherwise a bottle then he's out for the night! All this is good in theory - we'll see how it all goes though! :D
Cath - doing well with the boys sleeping together! You're such a brave woman - I remember how petrified I was when Chelsea and Nicola started sharing a room - that was NOT fun, but then again, they were older and chit-chatted half the night for over a week! I had 2 very tired little girls on my hands! LOL!
Hayles - sounds like you're going all out for the birthday! I'm wondering if you'll change your mind about the cake again! I'm thinking I might just do a simple round cake for Immy and decorate it with Hi-5 on the top - she's really into them at the moment. That and the Simpsons - but there's no way I'm making a Simpsons cake! :D
Lou - how's our Maddi doing today? Did she go to creche? Was she well? How'd it all go? I hope last night went well - I've been thinking of you guys all day xoxo
Ok, Shane's home now - he ended up going to work on Thurs/Fri last week even though he could have gotten away with not going due to the jury being ajourned, then on Fri I got a call saying they're also ajourned until Wed (tomorrow) so he's been back at work yesterday & today.
Better go start dinner - lamb cutlets and roast veggies tonight, then off for a walk I think. I've eaten a HUGE block of peppermint chocolate all by myself since yesterday and I'm going to regret it :o .
xoxo
Oh Anna - were you always this confident with your bubs? I can't imagine going to QLD all by myself with a littlie and managing all those feeds etc. You are a super woman.
I have tried talking the day through with Will, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. A one-off busy day he can manage ok but this was a few exciting days in a row and it seems to build up. In saying that though, I am not convinced there isn't something not quite right with him - he has been drinking heaps and heaps of water today and that often means there is something bothering him. When I say heaps, I mean emptying his Tommee Tippee cup about 10 minutes after I filled it and half an hour later asking for more water. He's been very good today though and had a good sleep for me as well. I might give him some panadol before bed tonight though - something is just not sitting right.
Well done Cath on the sleep thing. That is a great achievement. Knowing my luck by the time baby number 2 comes along Will won't have a day sleep anymore at all and it will be run, run, run all day long! LOL - no, I think he will still have "quiet" time even if he doesn't have a sleep.
Hayley - you are such a great party planner. Cooper is going to have a ball with all that stuff you are doing. I am so slack in comparison! LOL - Will didn't know any different. Just as well....
I went and bought Will a "my first pillow" this afternoon in the hope that he will sleep better with it rather than the normal one that is on his bed now. We'll wait and see what happens I guess.
OK - gotta go. Chat later. :wave:
hayleylea
09-10-2007, 18:44
Hey guys
Anna - Nope no changing my mind about the cake this time. No way in the world. I have it all planned out, and you have no idea this boys obsession with Max and Milly so im not changing it at all lol. I cant believe ive been so indecisive about this - its not really me at all -- put it down to preggy brain or something lol!! Im not really going all out...I love doing all this kind of stuff so it doesnt really bother me. As for pass the parcel and stuff im only doing it because the older kids are around and they will be asking for party games lol. Sounds like you have your trip to QLD sorted! Have fun!
I was going to make another party game but decided not too. Also opted to give the jumping castle a miss too (its Trents cousins and she did offer to bring it) But i figure it will just be too crazy because the bigger kids will knock the little ones around so ill wait till his a bit older then that. So im just making a ball pit out of his jumpelene and his plastic balls - he will have a ball. Oh the pinata for his party is only a $2 pull string one! its a bargain and great for little ones!! CHEAP TOO! (yes the bargain hunter is back lol)
Tan i dont think your slack at all in regards to Wills party!! i think your sane and im insane!!!! If i had my way id be pretty much the same as you...Trent was spoilt with bday parties and thinks its the way you do things and i figure for one day a year i suppose ill let him have his way :laughing:
OK i better go. Im stuffed!
Talk soon
Hey Tan - I'd never admit it outside of our group, but from day 1 I found having (and looking after) my babies was easy and I felt very confident. I'm not stressed at all about QLD - it'll be so nice to just have Alex to care for, and Shane will be there with me from Thurs-Sun anyway and he's great at looking after him (and the girls). Once I had Chelsea I actually got bored very quickly (not of her!) and decided I needed another baby to keep me busy and on my toes (those were the days I had my house spotless by 10am! :rolleyes: ) I guess for me it felt pretty natural and things just made sense most of the time - I'm usually pretty intuitive with the kids. Don't get me wrong, I've had my cr@p times and times where I've felt I wasn't coping, to the point where in hindsight I often wonder if I had a touch of PND at one particular point. I have a very relaxed approach (mainly) to parenting and Shane and I are often complimented on it which is really nice. It does take a lot of work and we're usually on the same page with how we approach things about 98% of the time - which helps!
I hope Will is ok and that he has a solid nights sleep tonight - for both your sakes! Good luck with that pillow too - I bought the same ones for the girls when they went into a big bed - they both still use it actually. Kids don't need adult pillows for a few years because they're actually not big enough to weigh them down and can make their necks sore because the pillow is too big. Which reminds me, that's one of the things I have left to buy for Immy when she moves into a big bed soon :rolleyes: . I also saw a cool doona cover for Alex in this coming week's Target catalogue which I think I might go layby - I only like Target linen for the kids and it's so hard to buy for boys - I already have a double polar fleece blanket and flannel sheets for him but I'd like to have 2 doona covers.
Hayles - sounds like you've been hit with preggy brain! I'm so indecisive at the BEST of times - imagine what I was like when pregnant! Honestly - I actually have about 3 or 4 items of clothes that currently need to be returned for a refund because I've either changed my mind or couldn't decide to begin with so wanted someone elses opinion - my problem is that I'm very self conscious about myself and care FAR too much about what other people think.
Well I'm VERY disappointed with myself for eating all that chocolate earlier and a friend of mine (the one I'm always b!tching about) has once again proven to be totally unreliable and piked on our evening walk - leaving me disappointed and unmotivated so what do I do? Drown it all in a bowl of ice cream with ice magic :( . Oh well, at least it was a baby sized bowl.
Think I might head to bed early as I have all 4 kids tomorrow and plan on trying to clean up a few things - clothes, sort through some recipe books, vacuum etc etc. Shane's back at jury duty tomorrow and he's taking my nan's car in in case he finishes early (yes we still have the car here and he looks so funny squished into a little mazda 121 jelly bean car! :laughing:)
My nan comes home from 3 months in Greece next Tuesday but get this - I leave Hobart at 6pm and she arrives in Hobart at 11:30pm :eek:. Can't believe I miss her by just a few hours! :crying: I won't get to see her for nearly another week - thank goodness she'll have Immy to keep her entertained as she'd go crazy not being able to see Alex!
Hmm . . . nearly 10pm here - might call it a night and retreat to bed with my Mother & Baby magazine that's been sitting here unopened & unread for over a week.
Night all
xoxo
Hi again,
Just remembered something funny I was going to tell you. Paddy has this bizarre thing where he won't say animal names but will only say their noises. Therefore a dog is a "woof" but he will say "dog poo" and "dog bone". Anyway he has now decided to let us know each time he has done a poo by pointing to his bum and saying "dog poo" -hilarious!! It is the funniest thing. They really are a funny little age now aren't they and the language progression is amazing.
My other story for the day is that Paddy was very busy chatting to Will this morning telling him all about everyone's cars and what colours they are. He is just obsessed with cars and loves naming the colours of everything so we hear every day about "nanna car blue" and "dadda car white" etc. He was sitting next to Will who was in his rocker chair and looking him intently in the face and going over and over whose car is what -so cute. He has really started enjoying the company of his brother I think and for the last couple of sleeps has pointed to the cot and said "Wool" wanting his little brother to be going to bed too -cute! Oh yeah -one last thing with his car obsession. He knows the makes of cars and can identify them even if they look totally different. My parents have a Mazda 6 but even if he sees a Mazda 4WD or something he points to it and says "Nanna car". He does the same thing for Dean's car and mine - he gets the make right even if they are totally different colours and styles and even if they whizz by on the freeway or something - how bizarre!
Hayley Cooper's party will be great -he will love it. What a good Mum you are being pregnant and everything and still putting in all that effort.
Tan hope Will is okay and sleeps well for you tonight. Paddy has one of those "my first pillow's" too but he tends to mostly push it out of the way and not use it much.
Anna I'm not brave about the sleeping thing and am still a bit scared too -we just have no choice so it has to be done. I say with all the energy you must be using looking fter 4 kids and breastfeeding a block of chocolate here and there won't do much. You looked great in those photos anyway -don't stress about it.
Anyway speakign of chocolate I'm off to try some dark chocolate tim tams I bought today. I'm not sure if they will work. Sometimes the original things should not be messed with. Hope everyone has a good night and gets lots of sleep and I'm hoping we are not up when they clock says 5 something here tomorrow -this morning was way too early.
Just missed your post Anna. How annoying about your friend letting you down with the walk. That is so sad about you missing your Nan by hours -she will be hanging to see Alex I'm sure. I'm looking forward to daylight savings kicking in here in the vague hope that Paddy will go back to 7-7:30 starts instead of 6-6:30 (I'm a bit worried I might be dreaming though and this is his new thing). I agree with Tan -you're very cruisy which is great - I would probably be stressing out about managing a baby plus everything else you do too -you do a great job.
Okay off to watch Sopranos from last week now. Chat soon.
PMSL Cath! Thanks for the encouragement but this was a HUUUUUGE block of chocolate! :o :D
I'll be walking for a WEEK to get it off my hips! Oh and the photos were cropped for a reason! :laughing:
OMG about Paddy and the cars! I thought my kids were clever spotting a Kia "GRAND" Carnival on the roads or a Kia Rio, Kia Sportage or other variety but to know a Mazda zipping past is AMAZING! How cute about Paddy talking to "Wool" by the way - sounds like it's the start of a beautiful brotherly friendship!
Just a thought to ponder before I head off (yes I AM going to bed!) How long before you'd think my DH would let me do a HPT after my "first" AF when Alex was 7 weeks old? It's been 6 weeks now and no-show for an encore :rolleyes: . According to hubby, I can do a test when Alex is 6 months old! :laughing: Good luck to him if I AM preggers I say! LOL! (Anyone got a spare lying around? Shane won't let me buy one!) I'm actually starting to worry as this is not normal for me. Ah well, I'm sure my body will sort itself out soon. In the meantime I should just enjoy being AF-free.
Off now, night night xoxo.
P.S. I'm with you on the Tim Tams issue Cath - a classic should never be messed with! :D
Man I'm TIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDD:sleeping: . Maddi was up at 3am again last night asking for milk and then I couldn't get back to sleep. Then it was off to work at 8am so I am stuffed. Just a quickie from me tonight before I hit the hay. Thanks for supporting me over the past few days. I could feel everyone patting me on the back and giving my arm a squeeze to help me soldier on. Its bloody hard work being a single mum for a week, I don't know how Fi did it with 2 sick kids at all.
Maddi is all better today for sure. I dropped her off at creche and she ran off to find her favourite dolls and didn't even look over her shoulder to say goodbye. It was good to see her happy to be there. I'm so hoping for a solid nights sleep tonight.
Anna, the wedding photo's are bewtiful!!! You looked like the perfect family with perfect kids. How lovely are those professional photo's! I have to say I loved the bridesmaids dresses, wouldn't mind one of them for myself. And your dress was definitely worth the extra $$$. You looked sensational and from the twinkle in Shanes eye in those photo's I reckon you could have asked for another baby and he would have agreed to anything! Go on Anna - do a test! Usually your intuition is right yeah?
Cath your doing so well with the 2 boys in the room. I would have chickened out and had Will sleeping in with us for a bit longer. It sounds like they are enjoying listening to the other heavy breathing during the night and the day.
Oh - I have to go to bed, my eye's are closing. I promise I'll get on here Thursday for more personals.
MrsMiggins
09-10-2007, 21:43
Hello lovely October Mummies!!! How are all our big kids going?! Wow! So hard to believe they are all turning two!!
I'm flat-chat trying to organise something for Claire's birthday. Yep, it is the 11th - this Thurs. I'm having a small party for her on Friday, but somehow there still seems to be a million things to be done! I hired a big square cake tin today & I'm off to mum & dad's tomorrow to bake the cake (I don't trust the oven in our new place) and I'll have to somehow find time to decorate the thing. I'm sticking with the Dorothy the Dinosaur idea, as I know how excited Claire will be to see it! I've also decided to do some Wiggles coloured patty cakes, so I'll need to find the time to do those as well.
I'm exhausted. Both kids have been sick & are just getting over it, but Owen seems to be even more unsettled at night as a result & now during the day he's also sleeping less easily. Granted, it has been very hot & humid, and he's also been getting his top 2 teeth. That's had a lot to do with it. The teeth seem to be causing him quite a lot of grief unfortunately.
Our trip down to the IL's was actually very, very good! The kids both were just excellent in the car - there and back. We couldn't have asked for an easier trip! In fact, on the way back, we didn't even need to make a stop & it only took us 4 hours! Last time it took us 7! :eek:
Claire & Dave's older daughter just absolutely adore each other and they were inseparable the entire time - they even slept in the same bed each night we were there! Ashley taught her how to play hide & seek, and now Claire wants us to play it with us all the time, although she doesn't fully grasp the concept! She yells "My turn!!!" and runs to hide, but as soon as you come looking for her, she jumps out of her hiding spot yelling "Found you!!! Found you!!!" It's so funny!!!
Another funny thing she's started doing is calling Dave "Dave" instead of "Daddy"! She did it a few times today & we just cracked up!
Owen is full-on crawling now & I have my hands full! He is a very curious little man & is into everything! He's also pulling himself up onto things when he sees something he wants. He's done it a few times to get toys from the toy box & will pull up on me if I sit on the floor - or if I'm sitting on the couch & he sees the remote controls!
Lou, I am so sorry to hear Maddi has been unwell! :( Poor kid! When will she (AND YOU!!!) catch a break?!! And the last thing you need is your bloody MIL spouting off and trying to make out like it's your fault or something! :hugs: I hope Maddi is all better by her birthday.
Happy birthday to Will for yesterday!! I hope he had a wonderful day!!
And happy birthday to you to Renee!!
OMG, I have to cut this short, I'm so sorry! Owen's awake again for the second time tonight - looks like I'm in for another long night!
hayleylea
10-10-2007, 06:27
Morning guys...
You bunch of chatter boxes you!
Anna - Go do the test!!!! Just go buy one - Shane wont know! I would have to test if i was in your position!!! DO IT DO IT DO IT!! lol. And yep preggie brain is a funny thing. Im so forgetfull latley. I go down the street to get something in particular and come home with everything but that! :rolleyes: Ah well i might aswell enjoy being able to have an excuse for awhile other then the fact im blonde! :p
Cath - LOL at Paddys Dog Poo!!!! What a clever little boy with the cars!!! Cooper is BIKE mad! I have no idea why cause no one we know has bikes but everything is BIKE BIKE BIKE! He rides around on his little bike all day. He is so funny with it. With cars...he points to all the forward drives and says Dada and all the green cars he says Mumma but no where near naming the make lol. How cute!
Lou im so glad Maddi is feeling better! Hope you managed to get some sleep too! i was awake at 5.30 this morning when Trent went to work and i couldnt get back to sleep so i decided to get up...low and behold its the day Cooper decides to sleep in! Still asleep now! now if i wanted a sleep in he would have been up at 7 for sure lol.
Fi - So good to hear from you! glad your trip went well and WELL done to little Owen Crawling! How nice that your DIL and Claire get along so well too! thats just beautiful! HAHA about the whole "Dave" Thing. Trents cousins little girl calls her mum and dad by their name aswell she has done for ages! lol.
Anyway my little munchkin is yelling out to me so its time to start the day. Im trying to get Big day out tickets for my brother online and things just arent happening lol
Fi great to hear from you again!! Well done on your car trip - what a long day for the kids but they sound like they handled it really well! How's the new place going? Somehow I've completely missed where you ended up moving to, what the house/yard is like etc! Holy cow it didn't take Owen long to crawl! You thought it would happen fairly fast though. Hold onto your hat girl - if he's starting to pull himself up already, it might pay you to prepare for an early walker! ;)
Lou - it's so good to hear that Maddi is well again! Did she actually have chicken pox in the end or was it a rash from a virus? I hope the rest of this week is TOTALLY uneventful - when is Tony back?
HAHA! I'll have to tell Shane that you thought he had a twinkle in his eye in the photos! He'll just luuurve that! :laughing: Nah I'm pretty sure there wasn't a twinkle - he'd just deny it anyway! LOL! I honestly don't think I'm pregnant - it's just killing me not knowing why AF hasn't appeared again.
Oh, while I was reading back some of the posts, Lou & Cath I think you both suggested that I should have come to Melbourne to look for a dress - well why didn't you SPEAK UP?!! I told Shane and he'd have sent me up in a heartbeat! :eek: :banghead: Ah well, missed this chance but there'll be others! :D
Ok, got tonnes of stuff to do and I've only just finished my brekky at 11am :rolleyes: . Alex did the most explosive poo this morning and it soaked through everything in a matter of seconds so I have to go rinse, scrub, soak and wash his clothes to get the stain out (mmm . . . will never eat mustard again LOL!)
xoxo
Hmmm, another quiet day here today?
Quick hello from me while Paddy is at the park with Dean's parents. Will slept 12 hours last night!!! How unreal. Of course I now am having a hell of a time getting him back to sleep this morning and he has now been up for 3.5 hours and he is still awake. The noises from his room are getting a bit cranky now -better go in a second. I turn 35 today - how old is that?? Seems so weird - in my mind I am 20. Anyway better go and attempt to settle this boy for the 5th time. Hopefully I can get them both to sleep at lunchtime and get back on.
Okay back again -think he is right now -let out a huge burp when I picked him up poor bubba. Most of the time if he is unsettled it is a burp issue.
Anna you have to go and get a test!! Imagine if you are!! You won't be able to stop thinking about it until you do one if you are anything like me. Did your periods always come every 4 weeks when they came back previously? Hope you aren't stressing too much. The dark tim tams weren't right as I suspected -I will be going back to the original.
Fi good to hear from you and a big happy birthday to Claire for tomorrow if I don't get on here (which I probably will anyway). How cute that Owen is crawling!! How old is he now? He and Claire are going to have so much fun together now he is on the move. How funny that she is calling Dave "Dave". We have friends whose kids call them Mike and Rach (this is what they wanted). I find it quite strange. I feel quite priveliged to be called Mum (or Mumma) as there will only be a very limited amount of people who can call me that wheras everyone calls me Cath. We are going with Mum and Dad in this household (of course I'm sure there will be funny periods where the kids will choose something else like Claire is doing with "Dave" -cute!).
Lou hope you had a better night's sleep last night. Must be so hard going to work when you are buggered. How annoying you couldn't get back to sleep. Good to hear Maddi is happier.
Anyway better get off here and do some stuff while I can. Chat soon.
hayleylea
10-10-2007, 10:31
happybirthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATH!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Thats so good that Will slept so long. I hope you got him off to sleep this morning so you can have a nice relaxing birthday!!!!
OK i have stacks to do so better go to it after a bite to eat :D
ETA: im with you cath i like being called mum id feel strange if Cooper called me Hayley lol
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATH!!
I hope you're having a lovely day and that your boys all spoil you tonight with pressies, flowers, dinner, cake and SLEEP! :D
WELL DONE WILL on sleeping 12 hours! Alex is STILL waking at 4:15am - this morning I tried putting him back to sleep with his dummy but he grizzled for nearly an hour on and off so in the end I grumpily got him up and fed him. He was doing so well at one stage - I wonder what happened?
Cath - my cycle was very regular after each of my kids which is why I'm stumped now. I'm not stressed about it yet as I'm fairly sure I'm not pregnant, but I just hate not knowing and at least I could just eliminate the possibility. I think I'll ask Shane to pick up a test on the way home.
Oh by the way - I'd rather imagine I'm NOT thanks! :laughing:
The more I think about the possibilities that I could be, the more I think that 4 is the right number - and if 5 were to come along - sure as hell not now thanks!
Fi - Chelsea went through a stage of calling daddy "Shane". I remember we were in a shop once and she was yelling out his name - I got so frustrated that I told her through gritted teeth - he's NOT SHANE! He's DADDY! :D I got a lot of weird looks as we hurried out of the store! Nicola didn't really do it but Immy has started saying it at home. I think it's just a phase they go through while they're experimenting with new words. It's a novelty that will wear off if you don't pay it too much attention!
I'm so tired right now. I've really only done 1 load of washing today, better go fold some clothes I guess.
Calling all you camera savvy girls!
I'm SICK to death of my camera. Either after 3 years I still don't know how to use it properly or it's on the fritz as I can never get a nice clear shot.
Take a look at THIS (http://www.camerahouse.com.au/stores/storeCatalogue.aspx?catalogueID=49&CatPageID=516) and tell me what you think of the canon camera. To me it seems like a great deal - is this the camera that everyone seems to be raving about? Plus they're including a 2nd zoom - if we buy a digi SLR then I want it to have the extra zoom.
We might go to the camera store this weekend so if anyone has any models they can suggest let me know!
:bfn: girls!
WHEW! :o :D
(our first ever preggy scare!)
(ETA: And the last we care to have!:D)
happybirthday HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY CATHhappybirthday
Welcome to the 35 club girlfriend! Hope it was full of lavishings of birthday cake and cuddles.
Well I'm leaving my post as that tonight as I once again crawl into bed. I'll talk to you lovely ladies tomorrow.
:wave:
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 06:44
Anna yep i say get the camera! its the one i got not that long ago and its fantastic!!!! I LOVE it! Its a really great camera.
OH and im glad you did the pregnancy test lol.
Anyway off to get breakkie ready :D
Morning :wave: . I had a lovely sleep last night and I'm feeling a bit more like a human being. Since Maddi has been sick she had been getting up in the middle of the night for a drink of milk. Last night she managed to last until 5am before she called out. I brought her into bed with me while she drank her milk and she went back to sleep until 7.30am which was fantastic. I think she's been waking up because she is hungry?I've been trying to convince her to not have a milk but a drink of water at that time in the morning but she screams and screams and makes herself fully awake and me really P.O'd. So not worth the battle at this point in time.
Fi - great to hear from you. I loved the story about Ashley and Claire sleeping together and playing hide and seek. It must have been heartwarming to see them cuddled up in bed together. How old is Ashley? Great to see them both loving each other so much and it must make Dave really happy to see his girls getting along so well. Big party day tomorrow hey! Make sure you take some photo's for us. I'd love to see some recent shots of Claire. I bet she has grown up heaps.
Anna - wow. Imagine 5 kids, and Alex and baby #5 being so close in age. THAT would be a handful hey. But if anyone could do it you could thats for sure. I took Maddi to a play center a little while ago and met a mum who had 4 kids under 4. There was one set of twins in there but geez, it was nuts just watching them play. I wondered how she coped. That camera is the one I would recommend you get. I've got the 350D which is a step down from the 400D, mine came with the 18-55mm and 75-300mm lens of which I use both. I'm actually in the process of getting a macro lens too and a remote control. The remote is handy for taking family shots with you in them! So get one of those while you haggle a package deal. I'd also recommend you get a little bag to carry just the camera with the 18-55mm lens on. Then you can carry it around without getting worried about damaging it. I've got a huge camera bag which is such a drag. Do you think you'll get the camera? How exciting!
Hayley - how's that baby going in there? How many weeks to go now? I don't know about you but I feel like time is just marching on.
Renee, how are you going? What are you doing now with your weekends that footy is over? Do you guys head down to the beach over summer? I love Perth and the summery, holiday relaxed feel it has about it. It really is a beautiful city.
Cath - have you had the chewy caramel Tim Tams? Oh now they are my favourite Tim Tam. Actually while Tony has been away I've been eating Balfours double choc muffin bars. I get one heat it up in the microwave and eat it with icecream and all you get from me is "mmmmmm". So good!
Well I need to have a shower. We are off to mothers group today for the first time in a LONG time. They used to have it at 1.30pm which is when Maddi is asleep. But today they are meeting at a pub, with a great kids play room at 11.45am for lunch. So we can make it. They are going to change the time as most of the kids are asleep at the old time. Hoorah!
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 07:40
Lou - glad you got a good sleep last night! I did too! Im 19 weeks (well 19.5 - 20 on sunday) So almost half way there and yep time is definatley going fast now im not sick all the time! I go for my ultrasound on monday which is pretty exciting!
Anyway i have to get my brother more tickets so i better go set up on ticketek. I reckon i should start charging him for my services! :laughing: I spent the whole day yesterday ringing around trying to find New Mcdonalds farm stuff without any luck at all! So today Cooper and I are going to make our own Max and Milly and farm animals lol!
Whoa Hayley - thats gone fast! The scan will be exciting. With the Max and Milly animals you could try making them out of orchard icing. Thats what I've been using to make Maddi's circus animals this week. Its like adults playdough! Awesome stuff to play with. Check out my circus so far:
elephant (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/IMG_6081.jpg)
monkey (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/IMG_6080.jpg)
tiger (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/IMG_6079.jpg)
Lion (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/IMG_6078.jpg)
I know their not fantastic, but I think you can at least tell what animals they are. I hope Maddi can anyway as she is my main customer! :laughing:
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 08:44
Lou your animals are fantastic! :yelclap: I actually have some orchirds icing in the cupboard. I might use that for his cake! Im going to make him play ones too so im off to spotlight to see what i can come up with! talk soon guys!
Lou are these the ones that your using for the cake? if so what do you do just freeze them?? and get them out on the day or the night before??
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 08:46
Almost forgot!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE!!!! HAVE A WONDERFULL DAY!!
happybirthday
To tell you the truth Hayley I don't know about freezing them. I've just covered them in gladwrap and left them on the kitchen bench. I figured that no one will be eating them anyways. And the packet doesn't say anything about storage? Thats a good question. Oh - and I used food coloring from the supermarket.
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 09:36
yeah i dunno either Lou. I know no one would be eating mine either so your idea is probably pretty good! I might have a go at it when Coopers asleep lol.
i just walked down to spotlight and im stuffed! its so hot out there! I didnt do too well with getting stuff to make max and milly but i have a fair idea so ill keep thinking about it and when i recover from my walk (:laughing: ) ill have a go!
Shane and I went to bed last night, breathed a HUGE sigh of relieve then had a laugh! :laughing: I asked him what would happen if it was a :bfp: and he simply say we'd manage. Good to know. ;) :D
I'm all excited now about going to see this camera! I've looked on the canon site and it comes in black or silver body but Lou I can't find the remote control? Ebay has them pretty cheap if I've looked up the right things?
I have a standard SLR Olympus camera with extra lens at the moment and I'm wondering if I should just hang onto it or try to sell it? I have a camera bag for that which is all new - plus one of those big bags like you're talking about to carry everything in. When we first bought a digi camera a few years ago we tossed up whether or not to go for the digi SLR but decided on a great little point and shoot camera for ease of use. Anyway - the only way we can buy it at the moment would be interest free so we'll see what we can do.
Glad you had a good night's sleep Lou! Immy has been waking again during the night - not that I've heard her! Shane goes down, finds her dummy, tucks her back in and she goes back to sleep, but he's over it!
Alex nearly did an all nighter for us - Shane got up to Immy at 5am and even though he was quiet, it must have disturbed Alex because he woke and wanted a feed.
Cath - I'm with Lou - the caramel tim tams are lush!
Lou - hope you have a good time today - lunch at the pub sounds great! Wish I could come!
Hayles - did you get the extra lens with your camera? What's the best thing you like about the camera?
Ok, this post has been sitting here since this morning coz I was lazy and didn't finish it - better go get some kiddies some lunch. Hopefully Alex doesn't crack it - he hasn't had his morning sleep. My fault really as I put him to bed then went and had a shower so I must have been noisy!
xoxo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETPEA CLAIRE!!
Hope you have a lovely day today!
xoxo
Lou your animals are FANTASTIC!!
To store them just put them up high out of little fingers' reach! You don't need to glad wrap them or they may sweat and go all sticky. You need to let them air dry and they'll go hard - once you make things like that they're not to be eaten unless you want to break your teeth! :D To attach them to your cake, stick a toothpick into the base of the animal with 1/2 the toothpick showing. Then all you have to do is push into the cake when you decorate! :thumbsup:
Hayles - how close to the shops do you actually live? I don't know anyone who can walk to their local spotlight store! :laughing:
Ok, now it's really lunch time!
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 10:56
lol i live pretty close to the shops Anna. Spotlight is only a 10 minute walk away from home (yeah i know i said i was stuffed and I was! lol. Its hot and my pram had half a flat and i didnt realise to i was half way there :laughing: ) So 10 minutes there and back pushing a pram with a flat tyre and a big boy in it was enough exercise for me today ROFL!! The other shops such as coles, target etc...(the shopping centre) is probably a 15-20 minute walk so i am pretty close to the shops! Will definatley know the difference when i live out of town lol.
Ive just put Cooper to bed. He has been a royal pain the in the you know what today! He asked for a bot and teddy so i said he could have his bot then go to bed. His bottles have about 2 table spoons of milk in them and the rest water and he hasnt even noticed :o Its been like that for about a week HAHA! Mean arent I? lol
Oh Anna - just read back through the posts. Yep i got the extra lense with mine. I have 3 lenses too. I had a standard Canon SLR aswell (not digital) and its lense fits on my digital one. The best thing i like about it??? hmmm thats a toughy. I think the picture quality is amazing, and also just being able to shoot shoot shoot. Its very fast, and really easy to use. The only thing i dont like about it not use to having a SLR digital is its big...but the quality of the shots definatley make up for it. I got the silver one too.
happybirthday CLAIRE!!! Hope you are having a great 2nd birthday.
Hayley I checked the Kmart just in case there was something (can't always trust them on the phone). No Max and Milly stuff -sorry. Will let you know if I see anything at the other shops.
Lou I had to buy the chewy caramel tim tams as they were on special and I was curious -they are good!
Anna good to hear you found out what was going on with your system -hope your mind is at ease now.
Will have to come back later -cranky baby here and Paddy is coming home with my Mum any second. Chat soon.
Hayles - how come you're filling Coopers bottle with water and a little milk? Can't imagine that'd taste very nice?
How much did your camera/lens cost?
Cath - I didn't think you'd be able to resist trying the caramel tim tams! But you still can't go past a good ol' tim tam slam with the originals! :D
How was your birthday? Did you get some nice pressies? Did you get a family photo in the end?
Lou - how's your day been?
Well get this.
Shane's home. They've been adjourned again until next WEDNESDAY! This is SH!T! He probably won't go to work tomorrow but will on Monday/Tuesday. He's supposed to have Wedesday off to look after the kids as I'll be in QLD by then and it looks like he won't be able to fly up until Friday afternoon! I'm soo incredibly stressed! The kids arn't going to rellies until Thursday so it looks like we may have to call on our friend to watch them on Wednesday until Shane gets home. He's hoping that he'll turn up to duty and they'll just adjourn them until the following week - if they do he's going to get them to pay for the difference in his airfairs because we're going to have to change the flight, then possibly change it back. The trial is meant to be over by now and Shane worked out that they've lost nearly 2 weeks because of jury adjournments.
Oh this is just such a big mess. :gloomy:
I'm so stressed about it.
Don't even have any chocolate in the house.
Probably a good thing though . . . :rolleyes:
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 13:08
Anna - the reason why im filling his bottle with water and milk is because he was drinking way too much milk and not eating as much. I find if he drinks too much milk then he wont eat nearly near as much. So i just water it down, he also drinks a whole big glass of full milk with his breakkie and eats heaps of cheese so its definatley getting enough calcium. I probably over exaggerated with the whole 2 teaspoons but he has less then half milk with the rest water. Ive tasted it and it doesnt taste that bad to me and he drinks it. Im also trying to get him off his bottle and figure once he just has it to water he wont want it anymore. Also because he wants a bottle just before bed and this is after i have brushed his teeth and i know its not the best thing for their teeth to have\ milk before hand. So yeah theres my reasons for it. It might sound strange (i know) but its really helped his milk intake and his appetite is much better too. I got my camera/lens from goodguys for 10990.
i made my own Max and Milly to sit on Coopers Tractor cake! :D Took all of half an hour. Just have to attach the paddle pop stick to them soo they can stick into the cake! Ill post a pic when i get on next. Coopers just woke up so i better go...
Talk soon.
Hi again,
Paddy just totally trashed his room when he was meant to be having a sleep and now he is out here with me after having a 10 minute nap in my Mum's car after being up at 6am. Damn it! He will be going to bed early tonight -5:45 bath time I think. Unfortunately Dean will be a bit late tonight so I hope Will doesn't put on his cranky pants. Normally he sits in his bed and waits to be collected -not anymore obviously. My Mum was here and Paddy was talking from his room for ages and after a while Mum said she thought she could hear rustling but I said just to leave him and normally he just shuts up after a while and goes to sleep. Problem is once he gets out of the bed he can't get himself back in so he obviously found something else to do. There are nappies,wipes, clothes and shoes all over the place in there. I tried to put him back to bed but he cracked it and was waking Will up so I gave up.
I had a great night last night and managed to have a couple of beers and a glass of wine and the boys stayed in bed all night from 7:30pm. Will is doing so well at going to bed at night now thank goodness-I am so impressed with him. Anna I got my "family photo" which is hilarious -Will was tired and cranky so is crying in the photo -I actually love photos of babies being cranky- I find them funny. Got some great pressies including a one hour massage from my parents which is exactly what I need from lugging my big boofy baby around.
Anna how horrible about the jury chaos. That is so annoying!! They are certainly dragging it out aren't they. Good to hear Alex made it past 4:15am for you. Tomorrow he might make it to 6. We had both the boys awake at 6 this morning and they were "talking" to each other in the room which was so cute. Will was gooing and gurgling and Paddy was talking about Grandma and Nanna -funny! Good luck with the camera.
Lou those animals look excellent -well done! Hope you had a nice lunch out -sounds good. Great to hear you finally caught up on some sleep too -makes such a difference doesn't it.
Hayley you did a great job with your Max and Milly (I've had a sneak preview on MSN). Hope you have a nice relaxing afternoon while the boys are at the house.
Anyway better go. I have clothes all over the place here. I am trying to sort out all the clothes (again - feel like I am constantly doing it). Will has already made it to 00 so there is alread a massive pile of stuff that is too small. I bought some more space bags this morning - need some condensing I think. It is going to get out of control -we have so many size changes to go through with kids don't we. My MIL keeps bringing over clothes she has at her place from other grandkids and some of them are size 8 and things -where the hell am I meant to store all this stuff? I'm not going to need it for 6 years!!
happybirthday Claire! I hope you have a great day.
Oh and Cath I am sorry I didn't hop on and say happy birthday for yesterday - it was a busy, busy day. I was very impressed with Will's big 12 hour sleep too! I hope he keeps doing it for you. Actually I just saw your post and you sounded like you had a good day with some nice pressies.
Lou - you did a great job with those animals. Maddi sounds as though she is getting better everyday. And it sounds as though you avoided the yucky tummy thing too - just as well!
Hayley - you are mad walking in today's heat with a pram with a half flat tire! I hope Max and Milly turn out ok for you. Your are so creative - I'd just give up and think of something else! LOL.
Anna - that jury business would really P me off. It sounds like it has been going on and on already. Why do they keep adjourning? How stressful.
Cath - i just saw your post about Paddy trashing his room. It is the problem with them being able to get out of bed now. We have a step next to Will's bed so he can climb in himself now, but thankfully he hasn't trashed anything yet. The wipes and stuff are quite high up out of his reach thank goodness. Cute about the boys having a chat in bed. Sounds promising for the future.
Things have been a bit chaotic the past couple of days. I agreed to help out with the churhc's holiday club so I have been running out the door at 8:30 and coming back in time for lunch and some work while Will is asleep. Then last night I was making muffins for the holiday club as well and tonight I have to go and pick my parent's up from the airport and then be back there again tomorrow at 7 to pick my brother up. In amongst all this 2 of clients have gone AWOL from work and the **** has hit the fan! AAARRRRGGGHHHH!
OK - whinge over - hope you are all having a lovely day.
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 16:00
Hey guys..
Tan sounds like your one busy woman. Yeah i know im crazy walking in this heat with a half flat tyre and i think im paying for it now cause i feel like ****!!!! The boys have gone out for the afternoon so im having some me time which is good. I was going to clean the house but i thought STUFF it and am now sitting on the lounge doing nothing :D
Cath thanks for the praise on Max and Milly...they arent as good as the actuall figurines but to Cooper he isnt going to care its still his most 2 favourite characters in the world at the moment lol. And after being such a rat this morning he got out of bed and i said to him say I love you mumma (been trying to get him to say it for AGES!) and he did!!! AWWWW Made my heart melt!
Max and Milly (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/maxandmilly.jpg) Heres max and milly. Im going to sick a paddle pop on their backs so i can stick them into the cake. They look pretty good i reckon lol. It only took half an hour so im pretty happy with the result!
Anyway i better go get dinner started.
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE happybirthday I wonder what Claire got for her birthday? Hope you had a relaxing day with the family Fi.
Cooper is going to LOVE his birthday cake. Max and Milly look fantastic Hayley.
Lunch was great. Maddi was shy as she hadn't seen the kids in like - 8 months or so. There were some feral kids in the playroom so I couldn't relax a lot of the time. These older kids were pushing the younger kids off the slide and stuff so I told them off. Their mum came over and said she didn't mind if we told her kids off. I was thinking at the time, thats great and all but shouldn't YOU be telling them off. But all in all it was nice to get out and have lunch with the other mummies.
Maddi was Really naughty this arvo at home. We were sitting on the couch and she picked up my finger and bit it really hard. I told her off and stomped her down to her room and dumped her in her cot. There she cried for a little while, while I vented in the bathroom. Then she came out and she tried to sidle up to me and I told her to Go Away because Mummy is hurt. Talk about naughty.
Now I've set up the portacot in the spare room in preparation for next time.
Tan, what does the holiday club do? You've got me curious. It sounds like a lot of work for you.
Cath good work on the clothes sorting. I can imagine how many boxes of clothes you have if you have up to size 8. You might need to hire out a storage room! Maybe your MIL can store them for you?
Ahhh got to go. Maddi is being extremely painful.
Oh Cath I know exactly how you feel with the whole clothing thing! Just last night I pulled out the size 00 box as Alex needs new jumpsuits. That kid has SOO many clothes! Even more than the girls! And more shoes than all of them put together! :D
I'm still going to stretch out his size 000 clothing for another few weeks though! I feel like they've barely gotten any wear and I just don't know what to do with them!
Tan - clients going AWOL?? What's that about? You're brave volunteering for the church holiday club too! How many kids are involved in that? I guess now's the time to do things like that though - you won't get to do much when #2 arrives.
Did I ask you once before what sort of camera you own? Shane and I are going to have a look at a Canon 400D on the weekend (or tomorrow actually) as I've been told by several people (inc my friend who's getting married next week in QLD and who is a children's photographer!) that it's the one to buy.
Hayles - good effort with the Max & Milli. I just clicked on the photo as Nicola came into the room and she spotted it straight away! I'd suggest that you stick the paddle pops down one of their legs so that when you put them on the cake you can't see it. They look like they have 2 layers to them - can you put the stick in between the layers?
Mmmmm my dinner is nearly ready and smells goo-ood! We're having mint marinated roast lamb & roast veggies.
What's everyone else having for dinner?
Oh I've hit a bump in the whole exercising thing. My friend who was house sitting down near me has finally gone back home so I have no walking buddy. I'm so unmotivated and would rather sit on the couch and eat ice cream with ice magic! It really shouldn't happen tonight - I wish there was a way that Shane and I could walk together but it's just too hard with the kids.
Hmm . . . time to try my unreliable friend I think. :rolleyes:
Oh Lou I just saw your post!
OUCH! I hope your finger is ok!
What posessed Maddi to do that? Definately need to talk to her about that, she's not to young to understand about hurting mummy :shame: .
Glad to hear that lunch went well, even if you had to tell some other kids off. Shane's not afraid of doing that - he's got a great evil eye when it comes to other peoples kids! :devil6: :D Our biggest pet hate when it comes to kids play areas is kids walking UP a slide. It's the most dangerous thing and teeth can be knocked out if some kid comes sliding back down, feet first.
Missed you online today! I vaguely remember hearing the msn beep but I was feeding Alex and I forgot to check the computer when I put him to bed :o .
Hurry up and come back on so we can chat! :ecomcity:
Ok better get my gravy ready for dinner - and better go "test" that the lamb is ready! :D
hayleylea
11-10-2007, 16:47
Anna thanks for the advice on the paddle pop stick i havent got that far yet. Yeah they are double layers cause they have a back and front lol. The back is the back of their hair and clothes (i go all out dont I :laughing: )They are actually going to be standing in the tractor (if i can pull it off that is...nah im pretty sure i can) As long as he sees the tractor and Max and Milly im sure he will be happy. They were just a first attempt. I have heaps more stuff to play around with but im pretty happy with them.
Lou hope your finger is ok. You poor thing!
We are getting a big storm i think. Thunder has just started. Cooper was sitting on the opposite end of the lounge just now and there was a big clap of thunder and he is now practically sitting on my shoulder lol!
Talk soon.
Well my roast dinner was lush and my friend came through and actually messaged me about going for a walk first! She'll be here in a few mins so definately no getting out of it now! :o
WOW! We ended up walking for a bit over an hour!
I'm so glad I did! I wish she lived down here (she's up staying with her mum for a couple of days) so we could walk together. It's a matter of motivation. When I'm walking I'm feeling good about it - but it's just getting my butt off the couch!
Ok it's 11pm here and I just finished feeding Alex a 1/2 hour ago (trying the whole top up thing). Hopefully he sleeps through but I should get myself some sleep.
xoxo
Good work Anna on that mega walk last night. Walking is great for the hips, lips and mind isn't it. What I mean by that is the hips for obvious resons, the lips for all the talking if your walking with a friend, and for the mind as when your out and about you get to clear your mind. I miss being able to get out there and walk. These days Maddi isn't content with sitting in the pram while I stroll around. And with Tony at hockey so much lately I haven't been able to get out on my own. But that is about to change with hockey finished as of Saturday.
How was the lamb roast last night? I bet it was tasty. I've bought a mini beef marinated roast in the past. The first time it was really yummy, and then the second time I noticed it was really salty? So it really put me off that one. I'll have to see if our supermarket does lamb with mint because that sounds yum. I love roast lamb! I had leftover spag bol spread over puff pastry, layered with fresh spinach and mozzarella cheese. I actually got the idea off the puff pastry packet. And you know, it was dead easy to do and really tasty. Would have been better with some fruity tomato chutney which I have just run out of but it was still good.
How did Alex sleep last night? Did the 11pm top up work Anna?
Hayley - its been looking like its going to storm over here. Very dark clouds and that still feeling in the air with nothing eventuating. Its so frustrating. We desperately need the rain and I really want it to rain this week before we go to the zoo next weekend. How is Max and Milly shaping up?
Last night my MIL and FIL popped in to see if we were ok and you know last night I almost bopped her one. We were just finishing up dinner when they turned up at the door. She lectured me again on food handling. Then she picked up a dummy from the floor and told me that thats where the problem lies and that I should hide Maddi's dummies and not give them to her. I got fired up and responded with "it doesn't matter anyways coz she eats dirt". My God I was mad. And she had the cheek to keep going. In the end it ended up with us all sitting in silence. Me quietly bubbling away until eventually she got the message and left. My FIL is a lovely man, but he just sat there looking at his feet not saying a thing. I know he doesn't agree with her talking to me like that because he has told Tony this but would it have killed him to tell her to shut up. When Tony gets home I am going to tell him that he is to tell his mum she isn't welcome here unless she keeps her negative opinions to herself. I was so so mad. Last night Maddi started asking for her dummy and I told her her grandma had taken them away. You should have seen the look on her face. Total devastation. When I brought out her dummy she had a big smile and "Phew". She listens to the conversations these days and understands whats going on.
I have classic MIL syndrome and it is killing me. I'd love to be able to go down the street today and get my FIL to come over and mind Maddi but I know with him will follow the dreaded MIL with opinions in tow. That I can do without.
hayleylea
12-10-2007, 08:12
Lou your MIL sounds horrid!!! I would get so mad at her too if i was you!!! Max and Milly hasnt advanced any since I put the picture up lol. They are pretty much done, just gotta do a few finishing touches...the cake is for his party so i have till next saturday so plenty of time :D
Anna well done with the walk! I actually enjoy walking too but its getting the motivation to get out there and do it. I Think i might start going for daily walks with Cooper...sounds good in theory - i really should put it to work lol.
Im off to my sisters for the day today. My Mum is bringing up my nephew (my brothers son) And its not often we get all the kids together so that should be fun. Probably means Cooper will be too excited to sleep but thats ok cause it also means he will crash early tonight. THe kids want Cooper to sleep over, i told them ill see how he goes today but i dont think he will be staying cause the day playing will probably be enough for him.
Ive spent the morning cleaning and putting on loads of washing - it looked so nice this morning and now its come over all cloudy and dark again - typical when ive just hung the washing out! :rolleyes:
Anyway i better get myself ready to go. Hope everyone has a lovely day :D
Hello there,
Lou your MIL sounds like a right pain. What a crock to say the problem lies in the dummy on the floor -how bloody stupid. Kids eat so much dirt in their lifetime -it's like she never had kids herself. You are just having rotten luck with Maddi's health and it is certainly not from anything you are doing. I hope she doesn't come and annoy you again for a long, long time -it is the last thing you need.
Hayley hope you have fun at your sister's. The weather is all over the shop at the moment isn't it! It was quite hot here in Melbourne yesterday morning (I was in a tshirt) but then it got really dark and poured rain all afternoon and now it is 15 degrees and freezing today -crazy.
Anna well done with the walk! How did the "dream feed" go? What time did Alex wake up? I woke up this morning a bit after 6 to hear the cupboard doors banging in the boys room and thought that Dean must be in there but after several more bangs over and over I realised there must be a little man out of bed. Paddy has definitely worked out he doesn't need to be collected to get up -I had a feeling that wouldn't last long. Tan I like your idea about the step so they can get back into bed -might look into that. At least then if he wanted to get back into bed (which knowing Paddy he never would anyway) he could. Anna hope all the flights/ jury chaos is working out okay.
Tan you are having a very busy time!! How many weeks pregnant are you now? How are you feeling? Have you told any family yet? I hope you are getting some rest somewhere in there or at least a decent night's sleep.
Anyway better get back to the clothes sorting while the boys are asleep (think I have them both down). Dean said we can store all the tiny baby stuff in our roof which is really the only spot we have for this massive space bag they are in but I don't like to think of them sitting in a dusty roof. Dean says I am being silly and it is all sealed up and he is probably right -they have to go somewhere. We are going out to a friend's 40th tomorrow night -our first night out since having Will and the first time we have left him with babysitters. Hopefully he will be fine as mostly once he is down for the night these days he isn't up again until early morning if anything. Dean's parents are babysitting and they are great so I shouldn't worry anyway (they had 5 kids and now have 11 grandkids so I think they know what they are doing). I'm quite looking forward to going out and having some sort of social life actually. I've got my close friends coming over on Sunday afternoon for afternoon tea which will be nice. Hope everyone else has a good weekend.
Hi everyone,
Lou - your MIL is a right royal cow! Has she always been like that? Geez - what a pain. I'd be so angry - and poor old DH would be copping an earful. Troy's parent's accidentally said something that upset me once when Will was tiny (and was before we knew about the PND) and Troy had a little discreet chat to them about it and they were great and have been ever since. Oh - I am so mad for you! Bit like my brother telling Will he didn't need a dummy anymore either - poor little guy looked at me and said "I want it!" with sad eyes. Oh some people can be infuriating.
Well we are a very tired household today. I got home from the airport about 9ish and managed to get into bed at around 10- only to be woken at 4 by my Dad stomping around because he couldn't sleep. By 5:30 he was banging around in the kitchen - Will was awake and so the day began. Went back to the airport to collect my brother and his wife (we left around 6:30) and have been hanging around home ever since. Right now my brother and his wife are snoozing, Will is asleep, Troy is arguing outside with the town planner about our renovations (bloody nightmare) and I think my Mum and Dad are getting some groceries before they head home too. I tried to have a nanna nap but couldn't manage it.
Anyway - I am 12 weeks tomorrow so I have managed to convince Troy to let me tell my family. I am sure they think I have been eating too much cake. I'm not really showing but I have this pot that wasn't there before and given that I look like an ironing board most of the time I feel very self conscious about it. I feel fine - the running joke between Troy and I is that I have phantom pregnancies. Pretty much nothing changes til I start to grow a bit.
Well done on the walking Anna. I should do some walking, I am so unfit. Hmmm, something to think about I guess.
Alright - better go. Think the town planner is leaving - don't think Troy is happy.
Hey everyone. Hope everyone's well. IK, I know it's a bit belated but I just wanted to say a big
happybirthday :smiliedance:
Happy 35th birthday to CATH
& Happy 2nd birthday to Claire!:smiliedance: happybirthday
All's good here....now that footy season's over James is busily getting our pool ready for us to swim in ASAP! Weather here seems to be warmin up a bit & can't wait to take a dip.
Anna, those wedding photos are gorgeus!
OK, I gotta go now!
Ummmm Renee..... I didn't have a birthday and I am not 35! :laughing:
That would be Cath. Thanks anyway Renee!
Man is it windy here! Yeah my MIL is a right cow and you know what? She has always been like that. This week its really bothered me because usually DH is here to fend her off. DH is going around there next week to have discreet words with her Tan don't you worry about that. He's had them with her on more than one occasion about multiple things. She is one piece of work. I don't think she is intentionally nasty, she's just daft.
We had a work training thing last week. How to be a good manager ect. The trainer asked us what we say to our staff often and I said "catch up stupid". Of course I was just kidding, but it soon caught on and now everyone wants to use it. I so wanted to use it last night on the MIL.
Well I got all the bills paid and got the bare essentials in regards to food, except I forgot the bread! I also squeezed in a visit to target and bought Maddi a great pressie. Its a cleaning station! Came with a mop, bucket, vacuum cleaner, broom, dustpan and brush, sponge and spray bottle all for $24. I can't wait for her birthday to give it to her. She loves cleaning (hope that lasts). There's a pile of presents in the spare room that I've been buying when on sale. I think I've got enough for her birthday and Christmas.
Oh the other exciting thing is Anna I found a mint marinated lamb roast which is in the oven as I type this out. It smells so good! It's big enough so that I won't have to cook tomorrow night.
I have about 5 baskets of washing to fold. How boring. Surely there is something else to do?
Oh I knew there was more I wanted to say.
Tan, how is telling the family going? Had they guessed? I think telling everyone is almost as exciting as finding out your pregnant to start with. I love watching peoples faces. How did things go with the town planner? Hope it all went well and there aren't going to be any hold ups with the extensions.
:o Oopsies Tan....he he, changed that post now anyways. My brain really isn't working today...done a few silly things here at work....hmm, maybe I got preggy brain? Hope so lol! If not, I guess I'm just losing my marbles! :laughing:
OK, I'm heading off home now.....don't want to do any more damage here at work today!
MrsMiggins
12-10-2007, 19:06
Hi all!! :wave:
Thanks so much for the lovely birthday wishes for Claire! She had a wonderful day & got very spoilt! She delighted in all the attention (of course!) and adored being the centre of it all today at her party!
The Dorothy cake looked amazing (if I do say so myself! :o) I was so impressed with how it turned out! Dave and I were up til after midnight last night doing it! We HOPEFULLY will be getting our computer upgrade (incl. broadband) soon-ish..... so I'll get some pics up once we do.
Cath, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you (for the other day!) I hope you had a wonderful, wonderful day! (PS: 35 is NOT old!! Please don't say that, as it's staring me in the face in the not too distant future! :laughing:)
Anna, what a relief for you guys that you got your BFN! Although also nice to know Shane was not overly panicked had it gone the other way!
Renee! Could it be PG brain?!!
Hayles, OMG! Your PG is going sooooo quickly!! Perhaps it seems that way to me because I've been MIA quite a lot since you fell PG?
Tan, 12 weeks?!! Wow! That is incredible! What is happening to time around here?!! Let us know how the family telling goes!
OK, I must run now & go give Queen Claire her bath!
More catch-ups soon, I hope!
Hello again,
Just quickly - the town planner wasn't a good visit and we came away thinking we couldn't do anything at all that we had originally planned. But after a million phonecalls we discovered that if we call it a workshop instead of an office and remove the kitchen sink from the plans then all should be good. Ridiculous.
Fi - Lovely to hear from you. Can't wait for you to get that broadband!
As for telling family, well it went ok. My Mum very annoyingly said she had wondered something this morning but she had no actual reason for that and she said something similar last time that drove me nuts. We don't think she guesses at all - she just likes everyone else to think that. Other than that, my Dad and my brother and his wife were surprised and pretty cool about it all. I have yet to tell my other brother and Troy's being all weird about telling his family - he reckons he deosn't want to tell for a few more weeks. That is driving me nuts cause it would mean I can't tell friends. He has no real logic and I don't want to feel like a big muffin muncher with no excuse. I'll get around it eventually.
Great pressie with the cleaning station Lou! Very cool. Will would like that too. Must be the age - he loves to clean.
Alright - am off to bed. Anna - I have the same camera as Lou with about 4 or 5 lenses and love it to death. It can be overkill though if you are not going to use the manual options - that's my only advice. If you are likely to be using auto most of the time then I would be looking at a Fuji FinePix - they are fantastic. Otherwise go for the canon. If you shop around you should be able to get some pretty good deals.
Night night everyone.
MrsMiggins
12-10-2007, 20:31
Sorry Lou! I didn't get a chance to reply back to you earlier - I had to run.
Your MIL does sound like a piece of work, all right! Man! Some people just don't know when to shut up, do they?! Hopefully once Tony has words with her, she'll back off - at least for a while.
You sound so much like me with the present thing! All year I've been buying things here & there & putting them away for Xmas & birthdays. I didn't realise how much stuff I'd squirreled away until we moved & then I went - Holy Cow!! It's a mountain! So it was good - Claire had a tonne of great pressies for her birthday & I didn't have to go on a big spending splurge. There's also plenty of stuff for both kids for Xmas.
Mum & Dad gave Claire this cute little dressing table thing. It's from the Little Mermaid & it has a picture of Ariel that magically appears in the mirror & talks to you. It has a voice activation setting too, so you can talk to Ariel & she talks back to you! It's amazing! And Claire just loves it so much! First thing this morning, she lept out of bed & went straight to it!
Oh Tan - I meant to ask you too, what was the drama with the town planners & your reno's? I hope it gets sorted out for you without too many more nightmares!
OK. I have to go off to bed now. I've had very little sleep & while Owen seems to be getting better at night (TOUCH WOOD!!!) I still get at least 2 wake-up calls at totally unreasonable hours of the night/morning!
Hope to catch up again soon!
ETA: Oh! Whoops! :o That'll teach me not to hit refresh before I post again! You just answered my question in your last post Tan! lol Sorry! It's a shame you had all the dramas & had to make all those phone calls, but hopefully it's sorted now.
Hey Fi, I'm glad Claire had a good birthday. The Little Mermaid dressing table sound really nice & I can't wait to see piccies of the Dorothy cake. Hey I know what you mean about having a heap of pressies tucked away.....there's certainly a few around the place that we'd bought quite a while back that it looks like she'll be getting for her birthday or chrissie this year.
Oh yeah, I just to add to all the stoopid things I've done today....decided to go to the post office after work to send my mum her birthday pressie & card.....well, I get there, pick out a card, line up for a bit then decided to get my wallet out ready......well.....wallet not there.....I'd left it at home in Katelyn's backpack that we took to the shops last night! So then of course I had to leave the line & replace the card & leave the post office feeling really embarrassed. :o :banghead:
So Renee...........when do you do the pregnancy test? :laughing: :babydust2:
hayleylea
13-10-2007, 06:19
Hey guys
Just checking in for the day. Fi glad Claire had a good birthday and cant wait to see photos of the cake! it sounds excellent!
Tan - goodluck telling your family they will be stoked!!! :) Its good to get it out too! Im really starting to feel pregnant now. I dont have much of a belly but its startingn to pop out a bit more every week!
Lou - im the same as you I have presents stacked away everywhere! I Cant wait to get some of them out for his birthday. I have all his christmas presents aswell. He isnt getting half as much as he got last year though but he should be happy with his stash!
Yesterday we had a really good day at my sisters. Cooper didnt have a sleep and played non stop from 10am and was still happy as larry at 7pm. I put him to bed and he was out like a light within 5 minutes! We were rudley awoken by Roxy barking at 6.30 this morning though GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Needless to say Roxy isnt in our good books!
Trents at work for the morning we are just having an easy day around the house.
Renee - lol you do sound like you could have a case of preggie brain!! ive been doing the stupidist things latley! It would be cool if you were! Last week I walked down to spotlight and i forgot my wallet aswell and i was sooo cranky cause it was so hot that day and i thought i had walked all that way not to have the money to buy what i want. Luckily the spare change compartment on my pram had just enough money for what i wanted with10cents to spare! Let me tell you i could have hugged my pram even though it did have a flat tyre and was a bugger to push!! LMAO.
Anyway thats all from me for now. Have a great weekend ladies!
Hello all,
Fi - Claire sounds like she got some great pressies for her birthday. That mirror sounds very cool.
Renee - you had a bit of a forgetful day yesterday didn't you? LOL. Maybe you should do that preggy test, if it is negative then we had better keep an eye on you!
Hm - that is an early start for you Hayles. We are all very tired here again today, I am back from the airport having dropped my brother and SIL off, but Will had a bit of a shocker last night and all I can think is that he was having nightmares. He is a bit funny today too. We ended up taking turns lying on his bed in the night til he calmed down and went back to sleep after some nurofen. It's a long and boring story - but I think he ended up with plenty of sleep and we had not much! Oh well, I am sure he will be ok today. I think it was probably just the whole sudden arrival of relatives again yesterday with more presents. As my brother was here and they were so exhausted we were doing our best to keep Will quiet last night which was why we were lying on the bed with him. Man he is a squirmer when he is asleep!
Anyway - better go. Need to clean up before I fall asleep, hope you are all having a good weekend.
Well, it's such a gorgeous day here in Perth. I really feel like going for a swim, but the pool's not ready to be swum in yet. :( Maybe next weekend it'll be ready.
Ha ha, yeah I did have a pretty forgetful day yesterday....I seem to be alright today though! I won't do a pg test till near the end of the month (unless AF's shown up first of course) since I've got really no idea when AF should be showing up.
Wow, 6:30's certainly an early start for a weekend Hayley! I didn't get up till after 8 & Katelyn wasn't up till about 8:30!
Tan, sorry to hear you didn't get much sleep, hopefully you'll all have a better night tonight.
Hey girls!
Cath - thanks for asking about Alex's sleep/feeds. In a word, they're sh!t at the moment. I did the whole "top up" at about 10:30pm 2 nights ago and that night he woke up 3 times! I tried it again last night and he woke up another 3 times! :eek: Needless to say I haven't done it tonight. I started feeding him at 8pm and he was in bed fast asleep at 8:45pm. Don't know what his problem is.
How funny about Paddy getting up - didn't take him long to figure it out that he could do it by himself!
I hope you had a great night out!
Tan - congratulations on being 12 weeks today! YAY! I'm glad your family took the news well and are happy for you. What's with Troy wanting to wait to tell his family?! And what the heck is a muffin muncher?! LOL! I hope your reno plans all work out - sounds weird that just by changing the name of the project that you can get away with a lot more!
Thanks for the info on the camera - PMSL though as I already have a Fuji Finepix! We have an F700 model and although it's a great little camera, we want a bit more. Either it's taken a knock to it or I just can't figure out how to use it properly because I don't seem to be getting many nice photos lately.
Lou - LOL about finding the mint lamb roast! Our favourite is the Herb & Mustard, closely followed by the mint - haven't tried the tandoori one yet! They're sooo easy to cook arn't they?! I just throw mine in the convection microwave and they come out super moist each and every time! :thumbsup:
PMSL about the catch up stupid catch cry! Oh how I'd LOVE to use that on my own mother at times! :rolleyes: Oh that little cleaning station sounds just darling! We've laybyed a gardening station for the girls - they just love helping outside and now they will have the proper Gardena brand so it should last! It was in a Kmart catalogue for about $35.
Fi - I can't wait for you to get your broadband! I'm really looking forward to seeing more pics of the kids! Sounds like Claire had a wonderful day and lol at you guys staying up til midnight to do the cake! Sounds like something that I'd do!
Oh by the way! I'm been meaning to ask you - how far out of Brissy do you live now? You know I'll be back up your way from Tuesday nigth - Sunday arvo?!! Remember I was up your way to help a friend with her wedding plans? Well the wedding is NEXT WEEKEND! We should try and find a way of catching up for an hour or so. I'm staying at a place called Scarborough Beach Resort - don't know where that is or how far from anywhere but my friend Claire will be driving me around until Shane comes up so we should try and catch up between my dress fittings, shoe shopping and beautician appointments if you're not too busy!
Renee - you made me laugh over the post office debarcle!! You sure you're not pregnant?! Sounds like something I'd try so hard NOT to do! I'm a shocker for taking my wallet out and not replacing it in my handbag! I like the sound of your pool though! Might just jump on a plane and come and join you for a swim!
Hayles - sounds like you all had a great day and Cooper handled the no nap well! Too bad about Roxy though! Ah well, arn't dogs just one of the family? Gotta treat them the same as a kid waking up that early! LOL!
Well sorry I've been AWOL for a couple of days. It's been cr@ppy here with Alex. I've started to think that he may have a bit of reflux and I'll be taking him to the clinic on Monday to get him checked out. I don't think I've ever really mentioned it before but Alex has been throwing up quite a bit after each feed - at least a handful or two - then several times before each feed. I've noticed that it's been getting worse so we're going to get him checked. Also, as I mentioned above - the last 2 nights have been crazy, with Alex waking 3 times overnight wanting a feed - all this after a 10:30pm top up to see if it made a difference to the 4:15am wake ups! :fingerscrossed: he sleeps through tonight - Shane and I both need it!
My friend and I went for another walk this morning which was great - she must have read my mind because I was making all sorts of excuses NOT to go for a walk! Mum came down before I headed out and took Chelsea, Nicola & Immy for a walk around the area and treated them at the shops.
12 o'clock I took Chelsea to a birthday party where I made a new friend! She just recently moved back to Tassie, her son is in Chelsea's class and she lives in the next street from me. She's also keen to start up walking and would love a walking buddy! :smiliedance: I'm very excited but also a little nervous - we seemed to get along quite well.
Shane and I bit the bullet this arvo and pulled apart our car to clean it! That meant removing 4 car seas, all the floor mats (harder than it sounds considering there are 3 compartments to the car!) and cleaned all 8 windows, vacuumed the entire car and rearranged the seating. So now we have the whole 3 boot seats up with Chelsea on the right, Nicola on the left with a buffer in between. They're both sitting on booster seats & wearing H-harnesses. We'll give it a week test to see if it works. Immy is in the middle row on the right & Alex has been moved to the middle row in the middle seat - we'll see how it all works. This way we have a middle row seat on the left free so we can pop it forward for the girls to get in thru the door rather than thru the boot! LOL!
Tomorrow we have a busy day - off to my nans house to turn on her hot water cylinder, fridge, buy some groceries, water the plants, return her car etc before she comes back from Greece on Tuesday. Poor me has to wait another week to see her again as our paths cross but we miss each other at the airport by 4 hours :( . I miss my nan.
Will be layby-ing our bunks tomorrow too!
Ok, sorry for the epic post but I really wanted to reply to you all! Hope I've covered everyone! Nearly time for bed - here's hoping Alex gives us some sleep and he's not in a pattern of waking up 3 times now!
xoxo
Oh oops!
Forgot something!
Shane and I checked out the Canon camera yesterday!
Harvey Norman will "match" the Stallards price :rolleyes: - not thrilled - I think they should beat it to be honest. Don't they have a policy to beat a lower advertised price by 10% or something?
Anyway, we can't get it just yet because they just finished their 40 month interest free deal and won't have another deal for a week or two. They could do 6 months but we'd like at least 12 months as Christmas is coming and we don't want to be stretched. So looks like we have to wait. It's beautiful camera though! I really like the all black body one.
Oh Tan, Lou & Hayles - what brand/size memory cards do you all have? Stallards (the camera professionals) said that an Ultra would be fine whereas HN said it's best to get the Extreme. There's no way I'm buying from either anyway - ebay is about 80% cheaper! :D I'm going to buy the camera from the store but all the bits and bobs I'll buy off ebay thanks!
I really like the multi focussing points in the lens and that the screen isn't live - that would save a lot of battery power! I don't know much about the manual functions - I haven't used my standard SLR in sooo long but I'm definately looking forward to experimenting! Add to that my friend has given me a copy of photoshop 7 - after a couple of weeks of full on studying I should have some gorgeous photos by Christmas! :smiliedance:
Ok now I'm REALLY off!
Sorry for the babble!
xoxo
Anna, sorry to hear Alex has been getting reflux waking up a lot at night. Have you tried giving him anything for it like mylanta? That's what the doc told us to use when Katelyn was a baby & was having a bit of reflux. Sounds like Alex has it worse though...Katelyn was only bringing up milk after feeds, not before. I hope Alex's reflux problem gets sorted out. And :fingerscrossed: that there's not waking up in the middle of the night!
Oh, well done on cleaning the car out! I think that's something that's long overdue here too....:o
Yeah it's always a nice feeling to drive a clean car! Shane had taken it to a garden supply wholesaler to get some soil and I think it must have been a windy day because he came back with fine dirt blown all in the car - that was a couple of weeks ago and I was sick of it! I can't believe how easy the car was to clean - because every seat is detatchable in some way and they all "pop" up off the floor so you can clean every square inch with ease!
Thanks for the info Rene! I'll keep that in mind about the reflux. I'm not sure if it is, but someone yesterday told me that it sounds like it. I'm hoping my CHN will be able to shed some light tomorrow.
As for overnight, Alex didn't wake until 3am for a feed, then again at 7:30am which is a FAR cry from the previous 2 nights! :smiliedance:
This morning when I fed him (laying down in bed! :D) I got up 3 times to burp him while he had one side, then I gave him about 3 mins of the other side - he was well and truely full though. He didn't chuck anywhere near as much during the burps and even this morning he's laying on his back on the play gym and I haven't noticed any big "sickies". Hopefully he's just a big guts and it's not reflux! :fingerscrossed:
Gotta get moving - must go do some groceries for my lovely nan so she doesn't starve on Wednesday morning! I'm heading out about and hour ahead of Shane so I'm going to try and buy a few tops for QLD - apparently someone told the weather that Anna was coming and it got all hot and flustered about it! :laughing: So much for the pleasant 25 degrees that my friend PROMISED me! Again, I'm going to die! :rolleyes:
Oh ETA: Alex has started "moving" around on the floor! He kick-kicks away and he's started going places! :D
Today's got great weather in bendigo! Tony got back at around 8.30pm last night and Maddi stayed up waiting to see her daddy. It was gorgeous. She ran to the door screaming "Daddy" and hugged him and just didn't let go. He had to eat his dinner with her in his lap. They both had smiles as big as Texas on their faces. Maddi actually slept through last night for the first time in ages.
We're off to the shops to buy nappies and other exciting things like that. One of our friends had a baby last week and they called her Lucinda :p what a great name!
Anna - I've got the Ultra memory card. It hods 2GB of stuff and its plenty. But you can always do with more memory. If there isn't much of a price difference I'd go for the extreme. Have you looked at duty free? Maybe your Nanna can pick one up on the way back in to the country?
Oops gotta go, everyone else is ready to go out except for me.
Hello there,
Lou we just had friend's name their baby Lucinda too - I really like the name Lucinda. How nice for you to have a little namesake. That's so nice that Tony is home and that Maddi was so excited. That's it for hockey for a while yeah? Is Maddi all better? I hope you are all having a lovely day together today.
Anna you poor thing with little chucky waking up so much overnight. Maybe it is reflux bothering him like you are thinking? I hope you get it sorted out. How cute he is "moving". I notice that Will creeps up the cot so he is up way further when he wakes up than when he went in. Poor Will isn't getting too much floor time becuase Paddy rolls all over him as soon as he is put on the floor so the poor kid is probably never going to get a chance to develop. Good work with the car. Will Immy poke Alex being next to him? We have the boys on either side because I was worried about Paddy poking Will and giving him biscuits etc. How nice that you have found a new walking friend.
Renee how annoying about the Post Office debacle. I hate doing stuff like that. I hope you get to enjoy your pool soon and good luck with the whole TTC thing.
Tan good luck with the renovations - there's always some hassle - I don't know why it is never easy. How exciting that you told your family and I understand how annoying it is when someone says they knew something when they didn't -what's with that? How bizarre that Troy want to wait to tell his family with no good reason - surely he is busting to tell them (but then again men are a different breed aren't they?). Sorry to hear about your funny night with Will. We had one of those last night with Paddy waking up screaming at midnight which he hasn't done for months. He was really upset and we couldn't really calm him down. He never calms down lying in bed with us which is sort of annoying. I tried lying on the bed with him but he didn't want a bar of it. We had to sit with him in the loungeroom because we were worried about his screaming waking Will (which amazingly it didn't). I don't know what it was but we gave him Nurofen in case it was pain (which I don't actually think it was but I was just so desperate to get him back to bed as we had been up since 5:40am and had only just got to bed at midnight - I was so tired and jsut hanging to go to bed!) In the end we left him sitting up in his bed mostly calm after talking about all the teddies he had in his bed and his nice car pillow etc. and just turned the light out and walked out. We have sort of noticed the more we stay in the roomand talk to him etc. the more it drags on and he won't just go to sleep but if we leave him he goes to sleep (we had dramas getting him to bed on Friday night too and jsut had to say goodnight and run out of the room and close the door as he was heading out of the bed for the 5th time).
Hayley good to hear you had a good day at your sister's. Is your ultrasound tomorrow? Good luck if it is.
Fi well done with the Dorothy cake. You'll have to show us a picture once you are able to. Claire's dressing table sounds great -what a cool present for a little girl. I hope Owen's sleep continues improving for you.
Well the 40th birhtday party we were meant to go to last night got cancelled because the guy had haemorrhoids -WTF!! - Hilarious!! We only got the announcement second hand so not sure of the full story but they must have been some pretty serious haemorrhoids. We decided to go out anyway seeing as we had the babysitters organised so went out for dinner at a cool little Japanese restaurant which was nice. Will was battling us to go to bed (hadn't really slept all afternoon and was a bit overtired I think) so Dean's parents got him to bed for his which was good (Dean's Mum was happy to do it I think -she hasn't had much time with Will compared to the time she had with Paddy). Will's self settling is regressing a bit I think which I'm a bit worried about. It is very tricky to work on it with him sharing the room with Paddy. I have to get him pretty content to get him into bed during the day if Paddy is in there or for the night sleep which usually involves feeding/ rocking etc. -damn it! We were getting there but now I think we are going backwards a bit. I will just have to work on it a bit more for the sleeps he has when Paddy is up.
Anyway better go and get the third load of washing out. Hope everyone has a nice afternoon. Chat soon.
Afternoon everyone. Well, after me saying just yesterday how Katelyn sleeps in on the weekends, this morning she woke up at 6:30 screaming. We put her in bed with us & she ended up going back to sleep for an hour then woke up and started singing & dancing on our bed, so there was no going back to sleep for us!
Anna, that's great that Alex had a much better night last night & that there wasn't much chucking up this morning.
Lou, that's so sweet Maddi staying up till her daddy got home & then her not letting him go. What a cutie!
Cath, sorry to hear Paddy didn't have a good night. That's good that Will stayed asleep though. Katelyn had abit of a funny night too. Apart from waking up screaming at 6:30am, she also woke up earlier at about 11:30pm I think & wouldn't go back to sleep until she sat with James on the couch for half an hour! At the moment she's crashed out on the TV room floor, so I'm just leaving her alone! :sleeping:
Oh & Cath, those must've been pretty bad haemorrhoids that guy had for the party to be cancelled! :eek:
Hi girls :wave:
Lou - that's so lovely about your friend calling her daughter Lucinda! It's one of my favourite names - I also really like Lucy. Hope you had a fun day, sounds like Maddi is very happy to have her daddy back!
Cath - PMSL! If my birthday was cancelled because I had haemorrhoids I sure as hell wouldn't be telling anyone! :laughing: Glad you took advantage and went out anyway - we haven't done that in a while with the exception of the wedding last week.
Renee - how funny about Katelyn jumping all over you early morning! My won't the tables turn in - oh - about 10 years or so! :devil6:
I'm getting so stressed about this coming week and all it's events. I think I'm more stressed because of the financial outlay of it all. Dress $270, shoes $60-70, accommodation $750, flights $700-800, rental car $100+, meals, massages, beauticians . . . I'm sure you get the idea. Shane isn't fantastic with money and hasn't budgeted at all :mad:.
I'm also worried about what I can take on board for Alex - he's obviously travelling with me but I don't know if he's entitled to a small bag or what the deal is with the pram/capsule etc. Will have to go look at the Virgin web site I think.
Ok I'm off, Dad and Jane will be here soon for dinner & to discuss picking up the girls etc on Thursday. They called and said they'd come down after 4pm to talk about it - which basically means "we'll stay for dinner too!" without actually saying it! :D Sure hope they don't have dinner plans because I have enough for a small army :rolleyes: . . . (as usual . . . )
Cath I have no idea how you get Will and Paddy to sleep in the same room, let alone resettle Will at a night time. Your doing a great job. Its strange how these toddlers get up in the middle of the night screaming for no apparent reason. I guess now they are more aware and mobile and have such over active minds they are dreaming about lots of things and not necessarily good things. I think Maddi is just starting to learn what fear is. She went through about 2 months of not liking slides and today for the first time went down the big one. She used to love them then one day just decided she was terrified for no apparent reason. Then last night she was watching Disney's Tarzan on tv and she got really scared when the leopard was chasing the monkey with the baby. She was screaming out while standing up "no, no - the baby". So I quickly changed the channel and things settled down after that. Got to start previewing these movies now! I haven't had good Japanese food for a LONG time Cath. You made me think of those pot sticker dumplings!
Renee I'm so jealous that you have a pool. Lucky Katelyn. Is she really good at swimming? When you live in Perth you can have a pool and swim in it nearly every day hey.
Anna - I hope we didn't put the moz on you by asking about Alex's sleeping. Hopefully he's just over feeding and needs to empty some out to sleep well as opposed to reflux. If he was a really good sleeper before hopefully its just a stage of upset tummy.
I'm thinking of having Maddi's birthday cake on Thursday at lunchtime at the nearby park. We can just meet the family there and because its a week day its not packed. Then we'll take Maddi to the zoo on the weekend for a quiet family outing. Good plan me thinks.
Shopping was non-eventful. Managed to only get half the stuff we needed as I left the list at home. :banghead: But no disasters.
Hi again,
Lou I've noticed that about them being affected by things they see on tv. Paddy saw a dog being hit by a car on a show and kept saying "oh no, woof". It did seem like last night was possibly a nightmare situation -poor little kids. The cake in the park idea sounds like a good one and the zoo will be great. You'll have to show us a photo of the completed cake.
Anna that's all pretty full on about the financial outlay for this wedding and the logistics of flying with a baby is all pretty full on too. I hope you don't have any more crazy social events for a while after this. We couldn't believe this 40th birthday guy was tellling everyone about the haemorrhoids either - surely you would just say you weren't well or something. So funny!
Renee it must have been something in the air last night because we had to sit on the couch for a while to calm Paddy down too. We so wish that Paddy would lie down and go back to sleep with us too but he has never, ever done it and we don't think he will -it would be quite nice sometimes even just to get an extra 20 minutes sleep or something.
My friends have all just left after coming around for afternoon tea which was nice. Anyway I'd better start getting things ready for bathtime. With Paddy now getting up at 6am he is pretty much ready for bed at 6pm these days. I can't wait for day light savings so 6am becomes 7am - bring it on!
Hello again ladies,
Lou - that is just so cute about Maddi waiting up for her Daddy. They really know what is happening now don't they? Oh and it is great that your friend's called their bub Lucinda too - I'd be stoked if that were me.
I'm actually very glad that you have all had the waking up in the past few days and thought it was dreams. I am sure that is what happens with Will 90% of the time too. He woke up again last night, but Troy was able to resettle him quickly - I think all the people coming and going in the past week has muddled him a bit. I am also glad that you mentioned Paddy hopping out of his bed Cath - Will tried that one again tonight - just once and asked for a book. We had a friend come over not long before he went to bed though - I think he was stalling for attention!
Will continues to get up with the birds as well, this morning I know he was awake well before 6 but I refused to let him out of his room til 7. I have told Troy we just have to keep being firm with him, he can learn to be quiet til we come and get him. I think he probably needs to go to bed earlier at night as well to make up for it but Troy really isn't keen on that so we persist with 7ish. Bring on daylight saving - I agree!
We have told all the family the news now and started telling friends too. It's all been good although it is fair to say that people probably are not surprised. I think it's pretty much the standard age gap! Troy told his fam too - and he has stopped being silly about it all so that's a bonus.
Anyway ladies - gotta go, hope you are all having a lovely night!
Anna, when I've flown Virgin with Katelyn I've been allowed to take her backpack in the cabin with all her goodies in it. As for the pram/capsule, I've never taken one on board, but I think that you're allowed to take them on board to transport them but then they need to be stored away....something like that anyway. Hope your trip goes well....is this Alex's first time on a plane?
Lou, well I dunno about going for a swim every day here....maybe if you have a heated pool! Unfortunately ours isn't heated, I'd love it to be heated but it'd probably cost too much. It normally starts to be warm enough to swim in from October to March. Katelyn doesn't know how to swim yet, but she's been in the pool last summer in her little floatie. She didn't go in too many times because we wanted it to be only really hot days that she went in so that she wouldn't be too cold.
Cath, well I hope that something in the air isn't around tonight....we have work tomorrow & really don't want to be sitting up late at night!
Tan that's good that Troy's told his family that you're pregnant now. LOL when I was pregnant it was the other way around....James was wanting to tell people & I was wanting to hold off on telling people....especially HIS rellies!
OK that's all from me for now....off to have dinner.
hayleylea
14-10-2007, 19:43
Hey guys.
well you have talked up a storm so forgive me for not so good personals but im buggered!
We didnt get woken at 6.30 again this morning so thats a bonus lol. But yes Anna your right the dogs are apart of the family so if they get up we get up...well thats not always the case but it certainly was the other day with all the barking. Luckily for me both my dogs love their sleep (usually) and dont budge till we get up.
Cath - i think your doing extremely well with Will and Paddy in the same room. Its something that I thought wuold be impossible but your certainly proving me wrong! Thats great! Pat on the back to you! :yelclap:
Anna - goodluck with the week ahead. And how cute that Alex is "moving"!
Lou - Yep my ultrasound is tommorrow. Im really excited and nervous about it all the same. It will be nice to see the little one though!
Renee - I envy you guys having a pool (even though you cant swim in it yet! lol) ive always wanted to have a pool! Its on my lists of Maybe one day things lol.
Tan - Glad to hear the family telling went well. Your right though i think once the kids hit 2 everyone starts expecting and asking when No 2 is on its way. Doesnt make it anymore less exciting though! 12 weeks already! your flying through now. I find this time its going alot quicker then last! I cant get over that im actually half way there!
Our weekend has been pretty busy, yesterday we spent it out in the yard cleaning up. Today we went to our house to put the laundry cupboards together. Which look excellent by the way. And Cooper has been the best little boy in the world today!! I must admit his facination with Milly (new Mcdonalds farm) works in our favour when we need to get stuff done on the house. The portable DVD players is a godsend lol. Mind you he was happy to boogy away to the music while he had his tool box full of tools helping daddy. He had about a 30 minute sleep on the way home and then we come home and helped Grandma do the gardening and paint some garden statues. He had a ball!!! Mind you he not only watered the garden but watered himself. And not only potted the plants but potted himself HAHA! Funniest thing was when he wasnt watching where he was going and landed with his bum in the dogs water bowl! Very funny!:laughing: Then we decided to give Axel a hair cut, we usually get him cut by a professional but we brought some dog clippers so did him ourself and he looks really good. We basically took most of his hair off (he still has his beautiful mop top though lol) Which will make it much better for the warmer weather! Then we had to bath him...bath all of us and head down to grandmas for dinner and we have only just got home. Cooper hasnt whinged once and was still running around 5 minutes ago. Im thinking he will sleep really really good or be too wound up to sleep! lol hopefully the first of the two.
Anyway im raving on and on. Ill talk soon.....
nite guys
ETA: Lou just got your email about that thing on ebay! thanks for thinking of me. Its definatley something i have thought of making and will give it a day one day!
Hayley, sounds like you had a busy weekend & that Cooper had lots of fun!
Goodluck for your ultrasound tomorrow! :)
hayleylea
15-10-2007, 07:08
Morning guys
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFULL DAY!!
happybirthday
Coopers still asleep so ill make this one a quick one. I want to get ready for this ultrasound and put some washing on before he gets up. Oh yuck I have started drinking my litre of water. I have to have it drunk by 9am. I find it so hard to keep that much drink in at the best of time little own when Im pregnant!
Anyway I better head off. Will let you know how the ultrasound goes!
Talk soon…
happybirthday Seth - hope you have a great day!
Hayley - woohoo! You get to see your bubba today - how exciting. Hm - Lucky you having Cooper still asleep after 8am, gone are the days when that happens here! Maybe Will needs to miss a day sleep here and there - ah, no thanks - he doesn't cope that well without a sleep and neither do I!
I've no idea what's up with Will at the moment. Troy had to get up to him again at 2:30 and tuck him in. It must be some phase he is going through. He was yelling out to get up at 5:30 but I went in and changed his stinky bottom and made him go back to bed. I think he was up and playing by 6:30 but he was pretty quiet til 7. I keep thinking he is getting molars but I can't see anything in his mouth so I don't think that is it. Hmmm - I guess I'll just keep plodding away, I am sure that one day he'll be able to go to the toilet, put himself to bed, get his own breakfast blah, blah, blah.
Anyway - hope you are all having a lovely day. It's beautiful weather here today.
:smiliedance: happybirthday Happy 2nd birthday Seth!happybirthday :smiliedance:
hayleylea
15-10-2007, 10:27
Hey guys
Back from the ultrasound and everything went really well! the ultrasound was VERY clear and it was so good to see the little person in my tummy!!! Everything looks good and bubba is measuring at 21weeks 3 days so a little further then i expected (but this could also just mean its a big baby! :eek: ) Got a few piccies ill try and get up l ater if i can hook the scanner up to my lap top. Didnt find out what it was but yes it was oh so tempting lol. It was waving its hands around and poking its tounge out :p Cooper was there with us and he was so excited and we had such a sweet moment. During the ultrasound he reached out and called my name and wanted to hold my hand. He sat starring at the screen with a smile rubbing my hand saying bubba. It so cute..even brought a tear to my eye!
Anyway i need to get lunch organised and this boy is going to go bed. HE has been very good but he is very tired i think. He called out every couple of hours last night with a tinywhinge but went back to sleep without us going in but i dont think he slept much!
Tan - Dunno whats going on with your little monkey. Just going through a stage i hope it passes soon!
TAlk soon!
I wonder how Nats going! and whether her little boy has made an entrance to the world!
Hey Hayley. Glad your ultrasound went well & that you got to see bubs waving around & poking it's tongue out....how cute! :) How how sweet Cooper being so excited about the new bub. :)
hayleylea
15-10-2007, 13:09
Hey guys
i just put some pics up of my ultrasound on Coopers website :) check it out if you get a chance.
Hi there,
Hayley - great to hear the u/s all went well. I hope the date means you are a little ahead of where you thought and also that it isn't a really big baby! Cooper sounded very cute in the ultrasound - I never even considered taking Will, might have to think about that now. Hmm - maybe not, he'd probably think the scanning device was a computer mouse and there would be a fight!
I am having a very lazy day today. Will was really quite naughty this morning beforte his sleep, I think he is just too wound up from all the excitement and attention lately - so we are having a nice quiet afternoon. That and I have a nasty headache, it is quite hot outside and I am still tired from running around like a loony over the weekend.
I was thinking about Nat too - I wonder how she is? She may well have 2 little boys at home with her now! Wow.
Ok I should get back to the boy - I think he has managed to change the bob the builder web page into german! :laughing:
hayleylea
15-10-2007, 15:24
Tan - I wasnt originally going to take Cooper cause i thought he might play up. But he was good as gold...couldnt have asked for a better kid! he was really amazed by it all, im sure he still doesnt quite understand but it was nice to have him there (especially cause he was good i might not been in the same frame of mind if he was naughty!) lol
I have been sick this afternoon. I felt not right all day after guzzling the water for the ultrasound. I threw up and thought i felt ok and had to go down the street to get a few things and i felt sooo faint! So needless to say i got what i needed and raced home only for Trent to tell me he has to meet a builder out at our house at 5.30 so im going to be flying solo tonight which is not something i feel like doing! oh well! Its to get a price to get our frames put up which will save us doing it which means it will get done pretty soon so i cant complain!
Ok i better head off. Im using the TV as a bit of a babysitter at the moment...its keeping Cooper quiet and im having a rest so i guess that justifiable? lol.
OK talk soon.
Just had to quickly say happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETHhappybirthday
Hope you had a day full of cuddles!
:babydust2: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH!!:babydust2:
Hope you've had a LOVELY day sweetie!
Hayles - cute ultrasound pics - they're quite clear! I guessed a boy straight away but then a couple of photos in I'm thinking girl! :confused: I thought I saw "bits" but then I wasn't sure! :laughing:
Renee - yes this is Alex's first time on a plane! I'm not nervous about it at all, I've loaned a baby bjorn carrier from a friend for on the plane and during our stop over in Sydney as I won't have the pram available. I tried to find some info on baggage for Alex but the print was far too small on the terms & conditions so I called Virgin. The person I spoke to was no help at all but what I did learn is that no matter how much the pram, capsule, portacot etc weighs, it accounts for 5kg of my luggage so I can only carry 15kg. Might have to call them again tomorrow to find out the whole bag situation - there's no way I can take my stuff & Alex's (inc nappies, wipes, etc) in the 1 suitcase. Wish me luck :rolleyes:
Tan - I also found that sometimes my girls could do with a missed nap here and there. It's like their "nap bank" gets full! Maybe once a week when you're at home, instead of having a nap he can do some quiet activities, go play outside, watch a dvd, help cook etc with you. If you find that you struggle with getting him down for a nap it might be worth considering.
Oh also - I think it would be GREAT if you took Will along to the ultrasound - the sonographers would be use to having siblings come along! With each of my pregnancies, we took the kid/s to the 20 week scan and they just LOVED it! I think it also gave them a better understanding of "baby in mummy's tummy" too :thumbsup: .
Well I'm stressed out of my head at the moment. I'm off to QLD at 6pm tomorrow and I'm yet to pack a single thing. I have Alex's and mine to pack (worst thing is trying to remember what I'll need for the wedding day), as well as pre-packing Immy, Chelsea & Nicola's bags so Shane doesn't have to worry as he's at work today/tomorrow then back at court Wednesday (girls are going to my friend Louise's house) & the kids get passed to rellies on Thursday.
Tonight I've ironed about 1/2 the clothes that we all actually own, plus I have one load going & one load drying so I'll be up to date tomorrow, in plenty of time to pack (I hope). Only problem is that it's so freaking hot in QLD and yet again, I barely have a thing to wear so I also have to pack some washing powder (I'm staying in an apartment hotel so has a washing machine in it) so I can wash if I need to.
Lucky I sorted out the size 00 clothing the other day because all of Alex's 000 stuff is winter/autumn weight so all I'm taking up for him is short sleeve rompers, some shorts & t-shirts & some really light weight suits for sleeping in. He's not into all his sz 00 outfits yet, just the suits.
Oh my news for the day is that it looks like Alex has a mild case of reflux. I took him to the clinic today but I wasn't entirely happy with the lady who saw us (probably because she wasn't my beloved Jan!). Anyway I explained what was going on and she just blew it off and didn't get me any info. I had to push her with questions to get some answers which was hard because I don't know much about reflux at all. Anyway I guess the most important thing is that Alex is a "Happy Chucker" and he's not in any pain because of it - he should just out-grow it by 6 months or so (hopefully). His weight is 6.1kg and he's 63cm long - average weight and above average height. Little string bean!
Ok I've rabbitted on enough, I have to get to bed (it's 10.45pm) as I have a HUGE day tomorrow.
I promise to get on sometime tomorrow before I go.
xoxo
hayleylea
15-10-2007, 20:57
:laughing: Anna. I thought i saw "bits" too - but i really have no idea lol. Will have to wait and see i guess!!
Thats no good Alex has a case of reflux. I dont know much about it. My brother had it pretty bad though! Goodluck with your packing im sure you will have a great time.
Anyway im off to bed. I have a feeling i might be coming down with a cold of some sort because my throat is so sore tonight i can barely swallow!!!
night guys.
hayleylea
16-10-2007, 06:33
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDI!! HAVE A LOVELY DAY!!!
happybirthday
hayleylea
16-10-2007, 07:04
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Cooper has woken up this morning with a full blown cold all in the nick of time for his birthday! Poor bubba!!! He seems ok he has an extremely snotty nose!
Just a question for those of you whos partners work early in the morning. What do you do on kids birthdays during the week? Do you wait till they get home to give them their presents?? Or do you give them one or two little things and leave the bigger things till daddy gets home??
I think ill give him 2 of his little things in the morning and save the bigger pressies till Trent gets home...we did this last year too from memory.
Anyway i really should head off and start doing something i still dont feel 100% today but the sooner i get off my big fat bum the sooner things will get done! :laughing:
:babydust2: HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR PRECIOUS MADDI!! :babydust2:
I hope you have a WONDERFUL day today!
Lots of love and kisses - Anna & Immy xoxo
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YAY! :smiliedance: Alex slept til 6am! WOOHOO!!
A sleepy baby makes for a happy mummy & daddy! :laughing:
I have a tonne to do today so I'll try and be brief.
Totally lost the plot last night and was yelling at the kids to clean their rooms again. I swear that when I get back I'm going to throw out half their stuff for real. :mad:
Hayles - Gee Cooper is one lucky little boy if there are enough pressies to hand out morning & night. Shane's work hours are flexible so if the kids' birthdays fall on a work day then he'll usually go in a little later so we can do pressies in the morning - and we give them all the pressies because usually he grandparents have a little something to give them when they come down that night. Having said that, we usually have just a few - 1 larger item and a couple of smaller ones like clothes etc.
Hope Cooper's cold gets better soon.
Ok, got to put Alex back to bed so I can go start packing.
No doubt I'll pop back on later - I need to get my Oct 05 group fix before I go away!
hayleylea
16-10-2007, 07:56
Anna - With the smaller items i meant a drink bottle (Max and Milly) and just a little people set. His big item which i will wait till Trent gets home is an organ with a chair , mic etc. which cost me all of $5 on ebay (brand new lol) Its really cool too! And i have a trolley for him aswell. I think all up i spent $35 so im pretty stoked about that considering what we got him. So its not like he is going to get a billion presents in the morning and night. Trent was going to have the day off but they have a shut down on at work so he has to work. Doesnt matter though cause he is home by 3.30.
anyway better keep going.
happybirthday Maddi! I hope you have a lovely day. Lots of cuddles and kisses on those beautiful chubby cheeks!
Ooh - that was a good sleep for you Anna. Here's hoping that Alex keeps it up for you. I know a little bit about reflux, but it is different in lots of kids. The "Happy Chucker" bit is really important. One of my nephews was like this and while th first 6 months of his life were messy, they were still quite happy ones. The main things with kids who have mild reflux is basic stuff like tilting their cot up at the head end and giving smaller feeds more often. That could be 2.5 to 3 hourly instead of 4. It is worth investigating if he has an allergy to something that you are eating as well. Lots of kids with mild reflux are discovered to have a food intolerance once they start solids. I know that happened with my cousin - her baby was a happy chucker too and he was breastfed. When he started solids they discovered he has an allergy to a protein in cow's milk and that explained his vomitting when he was little. Mostly though - it is just their little tummies/oesophagus still developing and yes it all stops at 6 months.
Oh - that reminds me. I haven't had any trouble with Will and his day nap recently (touch wood) I was just wondering if he missed the odd day sleep would he sleep a bit longer in the morning. I know it won't happen though, if he missed his day sleep I would just find him asleep somewhere anyway, he won't stay awake. LOL. That all said he did sleep right through last night with no tucking in needed and was up a bit later this morning. Perhaps he is getting the hint.
Hayles - I hope Cooper's cold isn't too bad and that it leaves you alone! Bugger about the timing.
OK - gotta go. Will is at daycare this morning and I need to do some work. Chat later everyone!
happybirthday Happy birthday Maddi!!! happybirthday Hope you have a great day! :smiliedance:
Hayley, for Katelyn's birthday this year James & I are both taking the whole day off work. Last year I was working on her birthday & James was still off on parental leave. Katelyn wasn't up when I left for work so she got all her pressies when I got home.
hayleylea
16-10-2007, 10:08
Thanks Renee. Trent has voted to give him the big things when he gets home ill just give him the drink bottle and the little people thing in the morning :D
Thanks for that info Tan.
I actually felt that maybe it could have to do with a food allergy too - maybe milk - as I am consuming a lot more nowdays.
When my beloved CHN Jan comes back I'll go see her, I don't know why, but I really trust her. She's really instinctive and thorough.
Alex's cradle head is already elevated on phone books from when he had bronchialitis and I've been paying more attention to giving him burps several times between a feed and keeping him more upright in his rocker for 20 mins or so after a feed.
Seems strange though that he hasn't had it since birth, only since about 8 weeks old that I really started to notice it.
I guess if a child is going to have reflux it's best to be a "Happy Chucker!"
Ok, back to packing - this is taking FOREVER!
happybirthday A BIG HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY TO MADDI happybirthday
Just a quick one for now - will hopefully get on again when Paddy goes to bed.
Okay -back again.
happybirthday to Seth for yesterday!! Hope you all had a great day. Where are you Ange -we miss you!
Lou I hope Maddi has a lovely day today. You're at work and she's at childcare yeah? The weather looks great for the zoo this weekend!
Anna great having a quick chat to you this morning. Hope you get everything done today and you have a great time in Qld. How annoying you didn't get to see your "lovely Jan". I hope Alex is okay and sleeps well for you while you are away. Last night's effort looks hopeful.
Hayley we will probably open Paddy's presents in the morning before Dean goes to work. Hopefully he will then play with them all day and leave me in peace:laughing: We got him a keyboard too but since we bought that his tastes have developed and I am thinking we should have got him a car mat or something. Dean's mum has just told me they have got him a Fisher Price car garage -he is going to love it!! I'm pretty sure that will be his favourite present. Great to hear the ultrasound went well and I love the Cooper story! We took Paddy too and he seemed to understand back then that it was a baby he was looking at. We have Paddy's little voice on the DVD we got of the ultrasound which I love. Tan take Will if you can -it is really special to see their reactions (not that Paddy was really focused on the ultrasound like we were but it is still nice to know he was present and to have that little voice on the DVD). You got some excellent ultraound photos Hayley!! We pay a fortune where we go and only ever get 2-3 and they are usually **** -ripped off!
Renee how cool you are both having the day off for Katelyn's birthday - that is great!
Tan good to hear you got a normal night in last night. Paddy tested the boundaries again last night and was out of bed a few minutes after being put in. He doesn't come out though (yet) and Dean found him standing in the dark in the middle of the room. He had been talking and all of a sudden he was crying - I think he was "lost" and didn't know how to get back in bed. I just had to leave this post and "resettle" Paddy for the second time -he is meant to be sleeping but just found him rummaging through the change table - it really is a bit of a pain this whole "I can get out of bed" thing.
Will's self settling has gone to **** and I will be asking for the number of the local "sleep school" on Thursday. I can't settle him in the cot and need to be shown how to do it. On the recommendation of the lovely Anna I have just bought a Tomy Starlight show thing this morning at Kmart and will give that a go when I get a chance (when Will is in there alone -Paddy will be up poking at it if he is in there). The bizarre thing is that occasionally he will self settle but 95% of the time now he won't and really turns on the tears. It took me ages to calm him down yesterday after cracking it and leaving him to cry for all of 2 minutes - he was doing that shuddering while I held him and calmed him down -sad!!
Anyway I'd better go and do some stuff and keep my fingers crossed that Paddy decides to stay in bed this time - I need a break.
On the recommendation of the lovely Anna I have just bought a Tomy Starlight show thing this morning at Kmart and will give that a go when I get a chance . . .
Boy that was quick! Weren't we only chatting a couple of hours ago?! :laughing:
I hope it works!
Weather here today is CR@P! 13 degrees and pouring with rain and I have to wear QLD clothing to the airport because no doubt it'll be warm when I get there. I arrive at 9:50pm I think (which is 10:50pm Tassie time) and I'm going to be stuffed. Last thing I want is to be rumaging thru my suitcase for a skirt!
Ah. . . back to packing I guess.
I've just put Paddy back in bed for about the 5th time. A while ago I went out and thought "where's that loud talk-back radio coming from?" then discovered it was the boys room! Paddy had the remote for the CD player and had somehow put the bloody radio on. Will was still sleeping though it!! He's not anymore though -Will is out here with me and I'm pretty sure Paddy is out of bed again in there. I am so annoyed!
ETA: Pretty quick hey Anna? I had to go to the shops anyway and dropped in to see how much they are and was pretty happy with $25 so bought it.
Oooo! $25 is a great price for a Tomy one!
Those ones are so cute! I have a pooh bear one but it's big and chunky.
I swear as soon as I get to QLD I'm asking my friend to take Alex for an hour while I get a massage - I'm in agony. I haven't had one since before Alex was born. :(
Also, I'm braving it all and taking my swimmers as there's a pool at the place I'm staying at - surely Alex will sleep happily in the pram while I take a dip?! :laughing:
Massage sounds good Anna!! Go for it. Breastfeeding and carrying a baby is a killer for the body.
Well Paddy has worked out he can jsut come out of his room. He scared the **** out of me and suddenly appeared a couple of minutes ago. I give up for today -that's almost 2 hours of him mucking around. Now I'm testing out the Starlight show with problem child number 2 who is already starting to whinge. Man!! I am getting nothing done today. Paddy is happy which is fine - he can stay up and play and surely he will sleep tonight. Will however is not happy because he is tired silly boy -go to sleep then!!
hayleylea
16-10-2007, 13:43
Cath - i wasnt sure about the organ either but then he saw mine the other day and his little eyes lit up so i thought that would be cool. The fisher price garage is really good! The MIL has cooper a little people garage and race track i think - he will love it he has heaps of the little people range. OH and the ultrasound, i got it done at the hospital for FREE!!! didnt have to pay a cent! I didnt know you could do this last time or else i would have done it then too. Anyone can do it too - my MIL works at the hospital and she put me onto it and there was a thing in the paper not too long back about it too. So next time your pregnant just ring up the hospital and book in there and its all Medicare funded you dont have to pay anything at all :D They gave me heaps more photos this time then the last place and the lady doing it explained everything perfectly!!
My little man isnt well at all. He was good all morning apart fromt he runny nose etc. Then nap time he had a bit of a temp and was a bit whingy and he just cried and cried and cried. I ended up lying him on me on the lounge and he eventually fell asleep. Poor little fella. I washed Ted while he was asleep he is hanging out to dry and is just about ready to come back in...
ooh!!! just in the knic of time he is yelling out better quickly go get ted!!
I don't have long here so this will be quick.
Cath I am so sorry to hear you are having settling dramas with Will, especially when you have tried so hard to teach him to self-settle. It must be such a killer when you have a toddler as well. Especially one who has worked out he can get in/out of bed as he wants and now wander out of his room. When I say that my Will "comes out", he doesn't really come out as he can't open his bedroom door and it is always closed for sleep time. He gets out of bed and stands behind the door saying "Mummy? Daddy" and then one of us has to go and tell him to get back into bed. It's still a pain though - some people say they just ignore their kids when they do it and they find them asleep on the floor etc, but I can't do that and so we put him back into bed and tell him it is sleep time. I'll be in trouble though by the time he can reach his door handle (it is really high) - I might have to get some sort of lock!
Anyway - good luck with the sleep school thing and hopefully they can help you out a bit. On the plus side, he is great at night for you, but the days must be so draining.
Thanks Tan. I don't know what I would do without you guys to vent to and get support from. I don't know where we are going wrong. We have been trying and just can't get it sorted out. It starts to feel like we are getting somewhere then it all collapses. Today was a total disaster but you are so right that at least once we get Will asleep for the night he gives us a big break. He doesn't seem to like the starlight thing at all and I actually think he cried harder. Paddy has decided it is a new toy for him and has been runing around the house flashing the light on different surfaces and trying out the different music -oh well - at least someone is benefiting from it. Paddy went happily to bed tonight and there was no getting out of bed -it's so annoying isn't it Tan? We couldn't ignore it here I don't think. Paddy is not the type to fall asleep on the floor -he would seriously yell/cry all night. At least our door handles are high too so I might have to start closing the door fully (have been keeping it a tiny bit open so I can nudge it with my hip if I'm carrying Will in). He was so pleased with himself coming out of the room and appearing in the loungeroom -he was doing this funny little dance for the first 5 minutes of his escape - quite funny really.
Hayley great find with the free ultrasound. I will be looking around next time. Poor little Cooper being sick for his birthday -how sad. I hope some miracle happens and he wakes up all good tomorrow.
Anyway I'm off to find something bad to eat and get ready for bed -I am stuffed. Sorry for all the sleep talk -I'm sure it gets a bit boring.
hayleylea
17-10-2007, 05:55
Well first things first
A BIG Happy Birthday to my little Man!!! (he is still snoozing so im hoping he wakes up all better)!
happybirthday
Cath - I did ment to say yesterday (but latley i have had so many things on my mind i never say what i mean to say lol) That you are doing a great job with the boys. Im sorry to hear about your sleeping dramas with the boys though. I guess theres no easy way and you just have to keep trying...And feel free to vent away here as much as you like! Thats what we are here for! :D And no probs about the info on the ultrasound. Im glad i found it this time around thats for sure! You pay enough out in doctors bills etc when your pregnant (well i do lol) so a free ultrasound was a bonus!
I got up early today i couldnt sleep, So i got up and had a shower and got myself ready for the day and blew some balloons up and got the party hats out for when Cooper wakes up lol. I know he will throw the party hats, but he will think its pretty funny seeing Axel with one on. Axel is sitting next to me on the floor starring at me as if to say "do i really need to wear this" He is such a funny dog! He would do just about anything i wanted to I reckon! Ill bring Roxy in later and put one on her but i have no doubt that hers will end up being her new chew toy for the day! We were going to go to play group today but since Coopers runny nose my mum and sister are just coming here and we are just going to have a little party for him. If he is feeling ok we might take him to the park or something. Im hoping he has a little sleep this arvo so he is happy when Trent gets home and we are going to have his fave meal (pizza haha) for tea!
Cant believe my little boy is 2! :crying: :p
Have a great day girls!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER! I hope you have a lovely day.
I really hope that Cooper is feeling much better today. All this crazy weather is responsible for all these colds - stinking hot one day and freezing the next.
Cath - you can come in here and talk about sleep any time you like! It can be so hard sometimes. Especially when you know they are tired and they just won't close their eyes! Call the sleep schools, you probably only need a day visit as Will sleeps so well at night. You never know it might just be a timing issue - the whole tired signs thing can be so tricky at times. A day with someone to help and just you and Will and it'll probably all be sorted. I know the day that I went to a sleep school I spent a lot of the day just sitting and watching my Will - something we don't get time to do at home. The nurse sat with me and pointed out what I should be watching for - I learnt that Will's tired signs were actually very subtle. Lots of other people used to tell me he wasn't tired yet but he was and I could put him down after the visit to the sleep centre and he was out like a light in about a minute. Before the visit to the sleep centre I had been waiting too long, listening to other people who told me he couldn't possibly be tired after an hour (blah, blah), but he was and he was just a bub who needed to sleep a lot. I imagine that when you have a toddler as well you don't get time to sit and watch an infant! So dont beat yourself up - you are doing a great job and we all know how you are feeling.
Anyway, I have yabbered on enough. Will was good again last night - Troy said he cried a little in his sleep about 9pm but settled himself and then there was no more noises. He was still awake not long after 6 but amused himself with about 10 hats and scarves in his room til 7 so I am happy with that. He is learning to be quiet in the mornings and that is the main thing.
OK - have a great day everyone!
hayleylea
17-10-2007, 07:27
well my little man is awake for his birthday but has a GREEN snotty nose and a bad cough :crying: Poor little man. Suprisingly enough though he is happy! He opened his little pressies from me and was happy with them but more excited about the balloons I blew up for him :rolleyes: haha.
We just had pancakes and now he is lying on the lounge watching his milly. He doesnt look too well but he is giving me the nicest smiles! Oh he loved Axels party hat too but wont let me wear one or wear one himiself lol.
HAve brought roxy into see him yet cause she will probably bust his balloons lol.
have a great day everyone.
happybirthday HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY COOPER!!happybirthday
Good to hear Cooper is happy at least Hayley. How annoying that he is sick for his birthday. You'll have to attach a photo of Axel in the hat - how cute. Sounds like you are going to have a nice day. It really is quite unbelievable that our "babies" are 2 isn't it -that has just gone so fast.
Thanks for that Tan - you are giving me hope. I really feel like I am getting it all wrong -I am really not sure what I am doing -is he tired? is he not tired? etc. The day you expained is exactly what I need I think. Time out just to focus on it and at least get some confidence in knowing what I am meant to be doing. How cute about Will palying with hats and scarves. Paddy loves playing with hats too and often makes Dean and I wander around wearing ridiculous hats.
Anyway Dean't parents have just taken Paddy out for a little while the lovely people. I am so grateful as my parents are away for a few weeks so I'm not getting my break on the next couple of Thursdays like I normally do. After yesterdays efforts of no sleep for Paddy and battling with Will all day I have so much to do so better get to it. Have a good day everyone.
hayleylea
17-10-2007, 08:53
Thanks guys, Coopers resting on the lounge now....cuddling his balloons lol. Poor little guy. Mum and my sister should be here to take his mind off it too. They are picking up some hellium balloons on the way so he will be stoked about that.
I just added a couple of photos on my website. Theres one of Cooper cuddling Axel with the hat on. Not the best one but ill try and get some more later. I think the first 5 or 6 are off today which is why he isnt looking very well..or smiling alot lol. Still pretty cute to me.
Im with you cath i cant believe our "babies" are two already either! Everyone said they grow up way to quick and now i believe them! How nice of your Inlaws to take Paddy for a few hours! Hope you have a better day today.
OK Coops is up again with a burst of energy so we might have a bit of a play!
Talk soon.
Just popped in to say
:smiliedance: happybirthday Happy 2nd Birthday Cooper!!!happybirthday :smiliedance:
Hi,
having a much better day here today but have to be quick as I have Paddy at my side looking for attention.
Hayley great photos. Those balloons look cool - really big! Hope Cooper is having a lovely day.
Thanks so much for the quick chat today Tan -you are keeping my spirits up.
Here's today's photo of my chubby faced baby:
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_4967.jpg
Better go - Paddy needs attention. Chat soon.
hayleylea
17-10-2007, 19:06
Hey
Well we survived Coopers second birthday! it was a really great day too!! Cooper was EXCELLENT and he loved every minute of the day!! He didnt have a sleep cause there was way too much going on....his cold is still there and he had a croakey voice for the day and a snotty nose but he wasnt going to let that stop him from enjoying himself! He has been going and going and going!! He was so funny he loved tearing open the presents and he especially loved blowing out the birthday candle..we did this about 50 times! He got lots of great pressies from his Nanna and grandma and his cousins. He loved the organ we got him! He is a real little musician! He gets on the microphone singing and yelling out its so funny! We had pizza for dinner (coopers fave) and he didnt crash till 7.30 - i put him to bed at 7 and at 7.15 he was yelling out to me and i went in and he was hiding under the blankets and popped his head out and said BOO! lol cheeky monkey! Hopefully he sleeps well tonight and doesnt have too much going on in his little head!
Cath them balloons i got are excellent. You pick them up at the reject shop 10 for $3 they are actually them punch balloons...they have an elastic band on that you hold onto and punch them or throw them about! The kids love them!
Anyway im absolutley buggered! I got a few more pics but ill put them up on my website in the next couple of days!
Night guys :sleeping:
Oh almost forgot. Cath that photo of Will is georgous!!!! What lovely chubby cheeks! What a cute little man!
better go!
I've just sat down now and had to make sure I got on here to say
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPER COOPER!!!happybirthday
It sure sounds like Cooper had an excellent day regardless of the fact he was sick.
I've just finished decorating Maddi's birthday cake for tomorrow's lunch party. Now I'm off to bed. Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. Hard to believe that 2 years ago I was lying in that hospital bed staring at a newborn wondering how an earth we made her!
Will write more another day.
hayleylea
18-10-2007, 06:40
Thanks Lou. Cant wait to see a pic of the cake!
happybirthday HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY KATELYN!!!happybirthday
I hope you and James are having a lovely day off celebrating Katelyn's birthday Renee.
Hayley sounds like Cooper had a great day yesterday. How cute about the "boo" incident - funny kid! I might have a look for some of those a balloons if I get a chance. Better start stocking up on some birthday stuff I guess.I am quite glad Paddy's birthday is at the end of the month -I don't think I would have been organised if it was at the start. I'm going to do another trial run of a birthday cake this weekend as the last cake I made was too crumbly I think. Need one that will be okay when we cut it and I don't want crumbs in the icing. I've decided to just cut a car shape out of a big rectangular cake and then decorate it to look like a car. The car cakes in the book I have require you to carve out a 3D car shape which is way too advanced for me at this point.
Anyway I should start getting a bit organised -have Will's appointment at 9:30. I'm tipping he will have passed the 8kg mark. It is going to be 29 today in Melbourne - better start pulling out the summer stuff for Will (probably the stuff Paddy wore when he was 6 months old - Will is wearing the clothes Paddy was weraing at 5 months and he is only 14 weeks old - funny!).
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATELYN
What great weather to have a birthday hey! Hope your having a fun day and that Katelyn is enjoying opening her presents and having mum home on her birthday.
Cath - I cheated with Maddi's birthday and bought the cake from the cheesecake shop and decorated it myself. You can buy plain cakes from there in circles or rectangles. Maddi's is a chocolate mud cake mmmmmm! When you don't have time I think its a good way to cut corners. And your guaranteed of a good outcome :D . But nothing beats a homemade cake!
Maddi's woken up with a snotty nose this morning too. Must be something in the wind for these kids. I hope she's well enough to go to the zoo on Saturday. We're blowing out Maddi's birthday candle at lunch so I'll take some photo's then and put some photo's up later on.
Hayley I checked out your photo's and Cooper looks so grown up all of a sudden. Must be a big brother thing?
Cath, Will looks so cute. I just want to pat those chubby little cheeks. He's growing at such a fast rate. As for the sleeping drama's Cath, I'm so glad you do come on here to have a chat about it. I used to get so upset when Maddi was a baby at other mums who insisted their kids slept through the night. But when you actually probed deeper they weren't really. Its like this pride thing. I used to think Maddi was the only child that didn't sleep until I found bubhub! Its a tough road isn't it, but you sound like your doing really well especially if your already talking about #3. I wish we had a sleep clinic here in Bendigo. I did ask to go to the Melbourne one but was told that it was a long wait and that we weren't a high priority. I think I should have cried and not told the health nurse with a smile on my face that I wasn't sleeping.
I should jump in the shower and get dressed and get Maddi dressed before its the middle of the day. I'm just feeling really slow this morning. Wonder how Anna is coping with the travel to Queensland and Alex on her own? Fi are you guys catching up for a coffee?
hayleylea
18-10-2007, 09:13
A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KATELYN! HAVE A GREAT DAY!
happybirthday
Cath - the cake your doing sounds great!
Lou - Yeah Cooper is really grown up all of a sudden. Yesterday i just couldnt believe how much they change in a year. He was just so excited and really got the concept of opening presents blowing out candles, cutting cake and all that. It was such a good day we are both still smiling lol. He is busy playing with all his toys this morning too and loving it! We had to duck down the street and we got in the car and he was saying "home mumma" lol he didnt want to leave his toys! We are taking it easy today tommorrow i have to get everything ready for his party and cake! I also got the bakery to do my cake for me..well just the sponge part and im cutting out, putting the cream in it etc . Just so much easier lol and i dont have to worry about burning the cake! lol
im just about to put the rest of the pics up from Coopers birthday so if anyones interested in having a look check back in about an hour lol.
Talk soon
My goodness - I can't keep up with all these birthdays!
Happy Birthday Katelyn!
Have lots of fun with Mum and Dad at home today.
Cooper looked like he had a great day yesterday Hayles. I can't imagine what his party is going to be like!
Cath - I totally agree with Lou. People just don't tell the truth about little kids and sleep. I felt like such a failure before I found bubhub too cause I thought other kids slept all night every night as well. It's some silly social pressure thing I am sure. A bit like you are not supposed to admit that sometimes you don't actually like being a Mum. LOL.
Good work on all the cakes too. We all know how slack I was so I am impressed with all your efforts.
OK - have to run. Will is eating lunch. He had his first "big boy" swimming class this morning where it was just 3 kids and a teacher and no parents. I was so proud of him. He did great!
Chat later. :wave:
hayleylea
18-10-2007, 11:08
Well done Will!! :yelclap: He sounds like he is doing great swimming!! im actually hoping Cooper has just as good a day on saturday as he did yesterday lol. He will probably be cranky on saturday. Oh well! its actually alot less low key this year then last year which im happy about!!!!! :D Not half as many people and im actually going to enjoy myself lol
Anyway ive just put him to bed and i might go jump i the shower. Im exhuasted today i feel like i could go to sleep but if i do that i wont be able to sleep tonight!
Oh Tan that just sounds so grown up that Will was in the pool by himself - well done Will!! Did you get any photo's? If you ever get a chance put a couple on here -would love to see some more of Will. I think maybe you are right about the social pressure thing a bit. I sort of feel like Will should just happily be put in bed awake and drift peacefully off to sleep. I think in reality I am expecting a bit much.
Hayley nice chatting to you today. Hope the toy sort out goes well.
Lou I hope you are having a great cake celebration in the park. If it is nice in Bendigo like it is in Melbourne it should be good (except we have crazy wind - maybe that might not be so good). Good tip about the birthday cake. How much are the plain cakes from the Cheescake shop? I am thinking about that now.
Well I was right -Will is about 8.6 kilos. The appt. was all a bit of a waste of time which is often the way. It was a new MCHN today and she really rushed me through the appt. and just made sure she went through her agenda which was about the health of the mother. If you are reallly concerned about the health of the mother how about letting her talk a bit and ask a few questions!! She just made me fill in a couple of stupid surveys about my physical and mental health and sort of let me talk about Will's self settling but she was only half listening. She shoved a DVD at me and asked if I had read some book. I told her I had read all the books and information about self settling and technically knew how to do it but it just wasn't really working. I asked if I was expecting too much expecting him to self settle but she didn't really answer that. I dragged the number for the sleep school out of her but she told me it would be a pretty big wait for the first consultation which is a phone one (which I sort of knew). This whole thing is deja vu. I did the same thing with Paddy and he was 18 weeks by the time I got my phone appt. (which would be the same now with Will being 14 weeks) and they told me ont he phone I was doing all the right things and to keep going but in the end there we were at 16 months old rocking in that bloody chair. At least this time I am able to listen to the crying much more and will not be getting to that point and will be control comforting/crying when appropriate. Yesterday Will settled easily (still in my arms to begin with but at least it was quicik - a couple of minutes then into bed and going to bed last night he had eyes open and made noise for a bit then went quiet). So all up I am back to being okay with things and will keep trying (and probably giving in and picking him up) with the self settling thing until it really bothers me again then might be making that phone call. Time will tell. I had wanted to ask about 3 year old kinder for Paddy but was pushed out the door before I got to do that. Apparently you need to start booking in them in now in some suburbs so I'd better start looking into it. I have another appt. in a couple of weeks so will hopefully manage to talk about that before I am pushed out then (hopefully the normal nurse who is lovely will be back from holidays).
Cath that MHCN sounded very rude. Hopefully your regular nurse will have more to offer you next visit.
OK I've got the photo's ready. We didn't end up going to the park because its so windy. And the IL's didn't come around because Tony didn't invite them. They turned up on Maddi's actual birthday and the MIL gave me a handout on how to handle food safely which I handed straight to Tony to deal with. He's so angry at his mum that he didn't want to invite her to today. Anyways I'm not going to talk about that anymore because it makes my blood boil and I'd rather talk about other happier things.
Maddi was so excited when she saw the cake. She blew the candle out and was eating the icing before I could take a photo of the complete cake. She loved it! I have a cake fiend on my hands here.
cake (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=thecake.jpg)
birthday STAR (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=star.jpg)
eating cake with dad (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=eatingcakewithdad.jpg)
blowing out candles (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=blowingoutthecake.jpg)
birthday shot (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=birthdayfamilyshot.jpg)
birthday bike and stuff (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/birthday%202/?action=view¤t=birthdaybike.jpg)
OMFG Lou!! Your MIL is unbelievable!! You must be so mad. That is really so laughable that she gave you a stupid handout - once you stop being so mad you might be able to laugh about it - what a nutjob! The cake looks fantastic - well done!! Maddi looks so grown up on her new bike and the cleaning station looks hilarious - how cool. All our little ones really are looking like 2 year olds these days.
Yeah I know Cath. She is really not doing herself any favors making comments like that and just not giving up on it. I actually think she has a bit missing up top if you know what I mean and thats most of the reason I won't leave Maddi with her alone. Makes life difficult for me when I could actually do with a hand every now and then.
The cleaning station is unreal. Maddi loves it to death and this morning was helping me to mop the floors. Its so cute. I just hope I don't get done for childhood labor abuse :laughing: .
I have such a headache this arvo. My parents have gone up to Echuca for the afternoon to meet some friends and I think they're back late tonight. Real bugger as I could do with lying in bed right now. My head is booming and Maddi wants a playmate. Speaking of which I better go. She's calling me.
Ok - have had a chance to have a quick look at everyone's photos from the last few days.
Hayley - Cooper looked like that cold didn't stop him one bit on his birthday! How grown up about the candles too - I don't really think Will gets the whole candle thing at all.
Lou - I loved the cake. You did a great job. You already know that I think your MIL is an idiot - but that latest story just blew me away. She's like the mother from Everybody loves Raymond. :laughing: Maddi looks like she had lots of fun yesterday. I've seriously got to look at getting Will a bike for Christmas. He seems very deprived somehow. Oh and I love Maddi's hair. I don't know if I have said that before but it is just gorgeous!
Well we went to look at Bathroom stuff yesterday afternoon while my friend minded Will. I can't believe the way they get $$$ out of you. The actual prices for the bath and the sink weren't too bad til you realised you had to pay for things like the waste and plug seperately! Oh well - that's the way it works I guess. We will have a nice bathroom when it is all done though. I think Will ate about 10 biscuits while he was at my friend's place, we managed to get him to eat his dinner but he didn't eat any dessert - I think all the sweet stuff caught up with him!
OK gotta go - think Will is being naughty with his breakfast! I hear "ooh - hands....."
hayleylea
19-10-2007, 07:13
Just a quick one from me cause i have loads to do to prepare for this party tommorrow!! Coopers gone out for the morning with Dad so i can get it done. I woke up today with a runny runny nose and a stuffy head which im not too happy about!! Good news is Cooper is all better so it must have just been a little cold which is good! Atleast he will be feeling ok tommorrow!
Lou - your MIL does sound like she has something missing up top lol. She would drive me nuts! Maddis photos are sooo cute! her hair is getting so long, she is just as gorgeous as always and WOW! great cake!!!! You did a fantastic job! Her pressies look good too! Love the cleaning station. Cooper would love that lol.
Tan i was suprised Cooper knew what to do with the candles aswell. But he blew them out everytime! so grown up!
Ok i better head off and start getting things ready talk soon!
hayleylea
19-10-2007, 11:04
Well the shoppings done, the house is spotless, the parce the parcel is all sorted ready to be wrapped but i broke the bloody pinata!!!!! So now i have all the stuff that i had for the pinata just sitting here thinking what can i do! I only got it from the 2 dollar shop for $2 but that was in sydney can i cant find anymore here. So im having a bit of a dilema with myself as to what to do. Serves myself right i was going to make one lol. I should have instead of being lazy and taking the cheap easy way out :laughing: Ill work something out...might hid them around the yard and they can go on a treasure hunt or something like that! I think i loaded the cheap one with too much stuff :o
I have all the stuff ready for the cake. Ill do that later tonight though. I got allens donut lollies for the head lights of the tractor and they are really YUMMY lol. Might be needing another packet of them i think LMAO!
Anyway im talking to myself today - everyone must be busy and Anna is Queenslad. I better get going and hang this washing out. Talk soon!
ETA: PINATA SORTED!! I looked up on the net how to make a quick pinata and found a EASY way to do it with just a gift bag. WALLAH! Just about to make it and they take all of about 5 minutes if that :D
Hello everyone! Well, Katelyn had a great day yesterday. She went to playgroup in the morning with James as usual...I had been planning on going along but didn't because I'd woken up with conjunctivitis (from Katelyn of course) & my eye's quite puffy & I look like a bit of a freak....Went off to the zoo for the afternoon, me with my sunnies on so I wouldn't scare any little kiddies there! Katelyn had fun at the zoo. I think she had the best time in the reptile house when she saw the frill neck lizards running around & showing off their frills! The it was back home where she crashed on me for over an hour & a half, then it was time for her freddo icecream cake. (yep, from th shop....no cake making here!) After that she got her main pressie which was the tricycle & she had a little ride around on that for a while. So all in all it was a great day, apart from my eye! I've actually taken a sick day today because of my eye. I didn't think it would be a good idea to go into work & possibly scare off the patients! I know how I got it off her too....she'd got it on the weekend & it was clearing up early this week, anyway, she was pointing to things on her face & then she touched her eye & said "eye" and before I knew it she was poking me in my eye & saying "eye" with a big grin on her face. :rolleyes:
Hayley, looks like Cooper had lots of fun on his birthday opening all his pressies! Goodluck with the party tomorrow.
Lou, that circus cake you made was just awesome! Wish I could make stuff like that. Oh & I can't believe your MIL actually gave you a pamphlet on safe food handling! :eek: I agree with Tan, that's just like something that Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond would do!
Cath, sorry your appointment with the CHN was a waste of time. She doesn't sound very nice or very helpful at all!
Tan, well done to Will having his 1st swimming class by himself.
Anyway I gotta go hang some washing out now. Bye!
hayleylea
19-10-2007, 13:25
Renee - sorry to hear about your eye! YUCK!!! Glad Katelyn had a good day though :D them freddo ice cream cakes are yummy! I am making mine this afternoon if i ever get time. Honestly preggy brain has hit me again today i have been down the street 2 times and ive still forgotten stuff (and what makes it worse is I took a list both times!!! :o :laughing: ) Im sending Trent down next time. Ive had enough lol.
Anyway coopers still snoozin and i still have to do loads of stuff so i better go.
Talk soon
Hi there,
Hayley you poor thing forgetting stuff -I know how annoying that can be. Hope you got that pinata sorted out. Can't wait to see photos of your cake - good luck with it. I hope you all have a great day tomorrow.
Renee sounds like you had a great day yesterday (excpet for your eye of course). The Freddo icecream cake sounds cool! I really don't know why I am making a cake -don't know what I am thinking really.
Tan I know what you are saying about the costs for bathroom stuff. We did a bathroom just before Paddy was born and every little bit adds up. Good luck with it all.
I have been trying to file all the photos on the computer but am over it for now and have given up. What a job!! I only have a couple of months worth to do but suddenly decided we needed new folders like a folder for photos with both the boys together as opposed to the photos of them on their own etc. In the end it has become all too confusing and I am too tired to continue (Paddy was awake at 5:22am this morning!!). Both boys are in bed and now I am regretting I didn't go to bed too. Paddy is bound to be up any minute. Oh well - early night for me I think.
I have an exciting weekend ahead of me doing the supermarket and market shopping and cleaning up around here and doing some cooking and washing. Oh well next weekend we have Paddy's party on the Sunday afternoon which should be good. His birthday is on the Monday but because all our family is coming over to celebrate on the Sunday we have decided to give him his presents on the Sunday too and just pretend that is his birthday (he won't know the difference -what's a day here or there and it will be nice for Dean to be here to play with his presents with him).
Anyway might go and lie down for 10 minutes if I can. Chat soon.
hayleylea
19-10-2007, 17:12
Well im buggered! lol. I have done everything but the cake and im saving that till after Mr goes to bed!!
And Trent has caught my pregnant brain off me because he forgot to bring the jumpelene in from our out of town house! :banghead: Thats the big thing for Coops tommorrow cause im making a ball pit for him. So he has gone back out now to get it. We are as hopeless as each other at the moment HAHA!!!
Cath - i think your idea about celebrating paddys birthday the day before is a GREAT idea. Your right whats a day or two and at this age they dont know any different!
Hope you managed to get a lie down.
OK better head off. I need to charge the camera and video camera. Talk to you all tommorrow...ummm if i have enough time lol. Might be tommorrow night!
Oh I had to laugh so hard at the Marie Raymond thing coz I have so often thought that too. Do you know how many times I've locked the house and not answered the door when she's come a knocking? That vision of the Raymonds hiding at the front door in the opening scenes makes me laugh every time. She IS Marie raymond for sure.
Renee, great to hear the birthday went well. But not so good about the conjunctivitis. Not very pleasant for you. I saw your photo's on facebook and they're excellent. One of Maddi's creche buddies had a Freddo frog cake at creche and the kids went off.
Cath, the cheesecake shop cake from memory cost me $13 per round, and I had to buy 2 rounds to make the height of the circus tent. I bought the chocolate mud cake one and its really nice. We've still got some and last night I had a piece warmed up with icecream :D .
Tan, bathroom reno's sound exciting! I can't believe how tricky they are with the pricing though. :shame: . Maddi's hair is getting pretty long and when its damp it gets this fantastic curls to it.
Hayley, good luck with your party tomorrow. I'm sure Cooper will have a great time with everyone and especially with his ball pit. I think the weather is going to be tops tommorow too.
Not sure if we're going to the zoo now. Maddi's nose has started to run green. So we'll have to wait and see. I had my birthday massage today and it was soooo good. It was all done in a steam room and I got a massage, facial and a full body exfoliation then a shower afterwards with a latte to follow. Then I had a half leg wax. It was so nice and relaxing and my skin feels great.
Maddi had her 2 year MHCN today and it went well. She drew her circles, read her book, stacked her blocks and said her sentences on cue. She weighs 12.9kg and is 85.7cm tall which means she's grown 5.2cm in 5 months. She gave me some good tips as to Maddi waking between 3-5am in the morning asking for milk. So I'll be trying those out next week and seeing how things go.
Tony and I went out for dinner while my parents babysat. But we're back home early as Tony isn't feeling well. So here I am, and now I'm off to bed too.
How are you going Nat? Are you home with new bubba?
MrsMiggins
20-10-2007, 09:37
HELLO!!!!!! :wave:
Really quickly because the kids are starting to get narky!
I am so bummed I've missed so many of the Oct "bubs" birthdays :( But HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all our special little munchkins! I've been thinking an awful lot about all of you & remembering you all on your special days, even though I can't get online to post to each of you.
The cakes all sound & look amazing (Lou, I am SOOOOOOOO impressed with your circus tent effort! That was absolutely amazing!!)
Hayles, you sound flat-out!! :D
Lou, I'm glad Maddi's 2 yo MCHN went well. I haven't even thought about taking Claire for her's, but I guess I probably should. I need to take Owen for his 7m, so I could do them both at the same time. I'm actually mildly concerned (which is to say that I've thought about it a bit - not that I'm overly worried there's something wrong) that Claire hasn't put on any weight for quite some time. She seems to be hovering around the 13kg mark and although she's grown a bit recently, still hasn't put on any weight.
Since I last posted, Owen is crawling around like mad & just seems to want to pull himself up on everything all the time (I seem to recall Claire was exactly the same!!) We have to be very careful, as he's obviously not very steady on his feet at this stage & our floors are slate tiles, covered in a carpet square. Not the softest of landings! We've had several bouts of tears after cracked heads in the past couple of weeks!
His sleeping has not really improved, in fact, it had gotten even worse - some nights waking every 20 mins or so - and not sleeping more than 1-2 hours at a stretch even during the day. I'm hoping it was just his teeth as he has just cut the top 2, as he wasn't too bad the last two nights (probably only had to get up 8 or 10 times each! How sad that that is now considered "not too bad"!!)
I think I may be going to see Anna tomorrow. I'll let you know if I do!
OK, Really have to run now!
MrsMiggins
20-10-2007, 09:46
Now who's caught preggo brain?!
How could I have forgotten to wish Cooper a very...
happybirthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! happybirthday
Have a great day buddy!! :D
Hi everyone, hope you're all well. My eye's still not better. I sure hope it's better by Monday....I really don't want my patients & the people I work with to see me like this!
Hayley, hope Cooper's party went well today. LOL you really do have preggy brain don't you, forgetting stuff at the shop even with a list! :laughing:
Cath, I've also been thinking about reorganising my photos on the computer. At the moment they're kinda all over the place.
Lou, did you end up going to the zoo today? I hope Maddi's greenies stopped. Oh that massage & facial you had sounds great!
Fi, great to hear from you again! Wow, I can't believe that Owen's crawling already. Is he gettign close to 7 months? That time's just gone so quickly! Sorry to hear that his sleeping has got worse.
OK I've uploaded some photos. Here are a couple from Katelyn's birthday.
Mmm, yummy icecream cake (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/18Oct07039.jpg)
Her new tricycle (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/18Oct07043.jpg)
And a few piccies from today.
On her new trike (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/20Oct07002.jpg)
Having fun on her trike (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/20Oct07005.jpg)
Doggie's turn now (http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x186/Port78/20Oct07010.jpg)
No Zoo for us today. We decided to play it safe and wait until next weekend. We've got to go down on Friday for Maddi's specialist appointment so we'll just do it all at once. We've had a good day today at Bunnings (of all places). Went there to stock up on some gardening stuff and they were having a kiddies corner thing. Maddi HAD to join in and she got to paint these MDF wooden animals, then they attached magnets to them so that she could put them up on the fridge. Such a good idea! So she is quite proud of her self made magnets and NOBODY is allowed to touch them. Her nose is still green but not too bad. Hopefully it will clear up soon.
Fi I wouldn't worry about Claire not putting on much weight. Maddi hasn't put on much weight either, 1kg actually. But she had shot up in height. I think their weight gain tends to slow down at this age as their running around heaps and heaps. Not good news about Owens sleeping? Poor Mum! You must be exhausted. Unbelievable that he's crawling already. Man that makes me feel old. I think I remember that when Maddi was crawling her sleeping went up the creek. I remember it because I was so desperate for her to start crawling because everyone had told me once she started moving around she would wear herself out and sleep better. Yeah right!
Renee, Katelyn's tricycle is unreal. How good is that shade cover over the seat. And I saw that giant bunny in one of your photo's. Lucky Katelyn having a bunny. And such a big one at that too.
Oh - I meant to mention to you guys about photo's. Don't forget to back them up. Tony works in I.T and he was telling me that the average hard drive will crash every 3 years. So make sure you have everything important backed up. So there you go. Don't want any of us losing these precious baby photo's.
Well I'd better go. My mum has made us Laksa tonight - one of my many favourites. Yummo!
Wonder how Cooper is surviving his party?
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