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New thread for us here girls! :)
MrsMiggins
28-09-2009, 17:28
Hi all! :wave:
Hello again,
How did the market go Anna? Read your Facebook comments - sounded exhausting! How is Isaac going overnight? I hope you are getting a bit more sleep.
How is the dust clean up going Hayley (and Tan)? What a total pain in the bum.
Our BBQ was good but I am so glad we only do it once a year with these friends as one family has 4 wild children who always end up breaking something (usually right in front of their parents who don't bat an eyelid:rolleyes:).It's hard - we really like this couple but seriously their kids are nuts!
We went to The Royal Melbourne Show on Friday which is a big thing here each September and it was fun but madness. It bloody rained pretty much the whole time we were there so we all got quite wet and had to run between sheltered spots and didn't get to do everything we wanted to do. Will had a bit of a melt down after a couple of hours and we quickly grabbed the Toy Story show bag for Paddy and Will and the "crazy hair" Paddy had been requesting since last year's show and got out of there. Saw a few animals, had a ride on some spinning teacups (in the rain, sitting in water) Paddy got to hug a big Elmo (who upset Paddy by not talking - he expected the "real" Elmo but it was just a person in a big Elmo suit) and ate some bloody expensive hot chips.
Had a nice quiet recovery day yesterday and decided to continue on today and skipped playgroup and had my best friend and her 2 boys over this morning instead. I have plans for an early night tonight - need to catch up on some sleep and gather some energy for cooking and cleaning and shopping tomorrow while the boys are with Dean's parents. Hope everyone is well. Chat soon.
MrsMiggins
28-09-2009, 19:46
Sorry about that brief post earlier! I just wanted to make sure the new thread would pop up in my user control panel, but didn't really have time to post!
Anna, I hope you & the kids are feeling better. Colds suck! And I hope Isaac is doing better too.
Cath, the show sounds like madness alright! Wow! You did well! You'll have to post some pics of Paddy with his "crazy hair" :D Poor Paddy & Elmo! Claire absolutely LOVES those dress-up character things & actually gets really upset on the days we go to the Zoo & they're not there. I'm hoping to get her a ticket to the breakfast with them over the school holidays sometime. I'm trying to get it as close to her birthday as possible, so it can be like a birthday present for her.
That is a tricky one with your friends with the 4 wild kids. I know one lady at music who has a really wild-child son (and that's only ONE kid!!) Problem is that this kid has a total crush on Claire and seeks her out & sticks to her like a limpet the whole morning. :rolleyes: Maybe if you had someone to mind the boys one night, you could go out to dinner with them or something so you could enjoy their company without having to worry about the kids?
Claire & Owen have been driving me crazy lately! I think Claire is going through that 4-year old difficult stage I've heard so much about. It's making me question the decision to have this age gap!! Clearly I did not consider the consequences of having a 2-year old & a 4-year old!! Claire is whiney and argumentative and Owen is just plain difficult. And they fight constantly. Gah!!! We're heading down the Gold Coast on Wednesday to meet up with my best friend from high school whom I haven't seen in 16 years. I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!! We chat every day on facebook and it's like we never were away from each other. She texted me before to say that they were just about to get on the plane to Brisbane (from Canberra). I'm even excited knowing she's right now just an hour down the road! lol I'm hoping the trip will be a distraction for the kids & snap them out of the bad behaviour for a little while.
I managed to get an awesome deal to stay overnight down there. I got on wotif & picked their mystery hotel. I ended up getting a $300 room at the Radisson for $95!! Bargain!!! We're driving down on Wed morning & coming back Thurs morning. I wish we could stay longer, but that will have to do.
Have fun tomorrow Fi! How unreal about the hotel - total bargain -you will have to show us some photos - sounds luxurious at $300 a night! Is Dave going with you? Enjoy meeting up with your friend again and I hope the distraction helps with the kids behaviour (I know all about that:yes:).
Just a quick check in as the boys will be back any second. I've had a nice day getting some stuff done and relaxing a bit and Jack only woke once last night at 2am so I am feeling good:yelclap: Now if he can only keep it up I might be able to get some exercise going. I had to give up the yoga as the stupid pelvic pain I had during pregnancy with Jack and Will flared up badly and I've done some research and think it will be with me until Jack is at laeast one:(
My pelvic bones aren't going to be the same for quite a while I think and the movements of yoga are not good for them. Oh well - I am happy to go for some walks or something. Okay -here they are. Chat soon.
Sorry I've been MIA lately. Life has been busy here and by the time I get a chance to sit down to myself I'm ready for bed. Sheesh life is sure hectic with more than 1 kid hey!
Cath, I totally know what you mean about meeting up with friends with difficult kids. I've got a friend just like that with 3 boys that are just feral and its a nightmare meeting up with her. She actually lives here now (in the same town as my parents) and instead of catching up with all of them just her and I went out for dinner. I love her to death but it just does my head in when the kids are around. One day I'd love to take Maddi to the show but I can't see it happening for a few more years for us. It sounds like a pretty big day out. Was it expensive?
Anna how did you go at the market? Bendigo has a kids market coming up in November and I was considering going along to that to sell some stuff but I think I might leave it another year and then get rid of a lot of baby stuff then. I actually caught up with Maddi's godparents this week and they have 2 boys and she was getting all her clothes ready to sell, only I went over for a visit and picked out a heap of clothes to buy off her, about $250 worth. She has such gorgeous clothes for boys. So Alex is set for a few more years.
Fi the terrible 4's are here too and its driving me NUTS. Maddi has this thing now where she huffs "FINE" crosses her arms and storms off. Then if you try and tell her off she yells "Don't yell at me". Truly driving me nuts. Such a diva and I'm so sure she is going through puberty.
Our drive here was great. We only had to stop twice on the way for feeds for everyone. The weather has been pretty cruddy since we got here. But we've managed a couple of days at the beach and visiting friends here and there. Maddi is actually missing her friends at creche which is a good thing I guess. We had to send a postcard off to her bestie and Maddi actually wrote her name.
Alex is doing really well. He's very much a routine baby. Will not go to bed without having his bath, has to be in bed by 7.30pm at the latest and sleeps through until about 3am most nights. Then he's up anywhere between 7.30am and 9am in the mornings.
Cath, I'm having trouble with my pelvis too. I'm still seeing a physio for it and he's given me some exercises to do in the meantime. He taped it up with some stuff and it seemed to help somewhat. I wear these post maternity support shorts that seem to help too. Its terrible what pregnancy does to your body. I can't even begin to tell you the terrible stretch marks I've got from Alex!
OK time for me to get my butt to bed. I've had 2 glasses of red and a port and I'm off my dial and having a lot of trouble typing this post :o.
Goodness it is quiet in here. Where is everyone?
Hmm - the "terrible fours" - I think "feral fours" sounds much more like it! I don't know whether Troy and I have been a bit slack lately or if Will has just had a huge surge of "attitude" but he is certainly pushing the boundaries lately! That and he and Levi have started to fight, which just creates Levi tanties -and they are sooo loud! Honestly, I think Levi was given to me to teach me to be humble or something. He can be so embarrassingly loud!
Actually Levi is very unpredictable. One day he'll sleep for 1.5 hours, the next it'll be 3 and the one after it might be 2. One day all sweetness and smiles, the next a screaming, tanty throwing monster. I guess that's a normal toddler????
Lu - I hope you are having a lovely time with your Mum and Dad. What a nice break for you. It sounds as though Alex is being the perfect baby - how nice for you!
Cath - I envy you the days that your Mum takes the boys, although you still have Jack don't you? Still, he's not on the move and that must be nice. I've been going to the gym for a few months now and that 30-45 mins of being alone is sheer bliss! It's only about 3 times a week when I can (not this week) and it is just lovely not hearing little children!
Fi - I hope your catch up with your friend was fun. It sounded great. Did the kids have a ball? How is the SES going?
Hayley - I have completely forgotten what is going on with you lately. Did you get rid of all the red dust? We got rid of most of ours - but it certainly finds all the nooks and crannies!
We had a little afternoon tea at my MIL's on the weekend for Will's birthday (it's Thursday). It was fun and he suddenly really "gets" what a birthday is about. It cracks me up. He knows it is all about him now. Too funny.
Anna - how are you? Hanging in there with your 5 kiddies? Right now that seems like an enormous load to me! I don't know how you do it. Is Isaac sleeping a little more for you?
On Thursday we are heading off for our big family weekend away where all my family are staying in a caravan park together because we can't all fit at anyone's house anymore. :fingerscrossed: the weather is ok and noone has any hissy fits! Oh and that noone gets sick!
Oh well - had better get off here. Am supposed to help Troy with some scanning tonight.
Hi everyone,
I've had trouble getting on here with Will being up all day - life has changed!
The little boys and I have all had colds since last Thursday and the weather is totally mad and it is so cold at the moment! Has been 14 degrees the last couple of days. So over it and just want to sleep all day (which obviously is such a dream with a 2 and almost 4 year old on the go all day).
My IL's are away a the moment so didn't get my break yesterday and am still to hear whether Mum is taking them tomorrow -man I hope so! As you say Tan it is so nice to have some time with no little voices constantly in your ear. Will won't even sleep in the car if I go for a drive these days (tried it yesterday) and he seriously does not stop talking and you have to repeat back what he says to you or he just keeps saying it until you do. Paddy does the same so I spend my day saying "yes Will, that is a blue car, right Patrick, you are a big lion" and other such interesting things. It does my head in:hair:
Having just Jack to deal with is definitely much easier but he can still be challenging too -it will be a while before I truly get some time to myself. Jack is a little tumbleweed and is rolling all around the house and never stays where you put him and gets himself into trouble and needs rescuing quite regularly.
Happy birthday to Will for tomorrow. Wow - where the hell has 4 years gone! I hope you have a great weekend. I saw your photos on Facebook - they were great - loved the cake - great simple idea with the lollies - I will remember that.
Oh man -Will is stinking out the room. I am going to post this but hope to come back and continue.
Okay - back again. Oh Tan I can totally empathise with the loud tantrums - it is full on isn't it! Paddy is always making trouble with Will causing Will to scream and carry on - it is constant thing here that drives me mad. That being said, they do play really nicely for a while some of the day too which is really cute to see. They are great company for each other. They are in their room at the moment chatting away about something. Will has gone from calling Paddy "Pik" to now calling him "Packet" - it is hilarious. He is always calling out "Packet!" and running around looking for him.
Lu The Show was definitely not cheap but we were fairly controlled with the spending. There were families there with trolleys full of showbags and they are mostly worth $25 each now! Our initial plan was to get the $2 Bertie Bettle ones but Paddy saw another boy with seom "Buzz wings" on from the Toy Story showbag and that was the end of that. We just had our tax return paid so lashed out and got the Toy Story one for them both and they are still playing with the stuff now so it was sort of worth it. We will definitely only ever be buying them one showbag though I can tell you.
Well done stocking up on your friends boys clothes! Sounds good - it is always good to have stuff on hand and not to have to run out to the shops for the next size and spend too much. I am loving having big bags of clothes here always ready for Jack - I would have spent a fortune by now if we had a girl.
Alex sounds like he doing very well -good boy! Hope the time with your parents is going well.
Okay - think time is up - the screaming has started over something. Hopefully I will get some peace tomorrow and check in again. Hope everyone is well.
Hi Cath!
Will not sleeping in the car sounds terrible. I would not be able to manage all the long trips we do if my kids didn't constantly fall asleep in the car. It can create tricky situations though, like when you DON'T want them to be asleep.
Sorry to hear that you have all had colds - it's this ridiculous weather. It's just started to get really cold again hear and apparently it will be freezing for my family weekend. Oh well, as long as it doesn't rain I guess.
I think I forgot to mention that we got a cubby/fort thing put up in our backyard last weekend. I'll put some photos on FB for you to see, I think it is awesome. The boys had their lunch in there today - they thought that was very exciting.
OK - had better go - Will is accosting me about the icons on the side of the page.
hayleylea
07-10-2009, 17:37
Hi guys
Sorry ive been MIA latley.....got sick of *****ing and whinging about myself lol. Im in a rut again, i wont go into it that much cause i dont have that much time right now...things with Trent are good one minute then terrible the next. You think i would have gotten over that all by now :rolleyes: Ive been off the rails a bit, but I have had a lot of fun with my friends and trying to discover what it is I want out of life!
I went out on the weekend with a couple of my friends, its taken me today to recover! Crazy! lol:laughing:
The red dust is mostly gone. We have had heaps annd heaps of rain so its cleared away a bit, but yeah its still in the nooks and crannies.
Tan - its been forever since ive had a chat with you, ill have to catch you on MSN. I love your fort/cubby, the boys will have a ball in that!
Cath sorry to hear you have a cold. I think im in the first stages of getting one too. Doesnt help that I walked home in the early hours of sunday morning in the rain :shame: I hope you feel better soon.
Show bags are expensive arent they! I got Cooper a hotwheels one at the last show, it had a backpack and stuff that he uses all the time so it made it a bit better lol. I cant believe Will wont have a sleep in the car - You poor thing!
So tommorrow is the start of our '4 year old birthdays' WOW 4 years old. Where did that go!? Coopers super excited abotu his birthday coming up...Trent will be home next wedensday for 5 days, im just plain nervous! How ridiculous is that!
Its freezing here at the moment im really hoping we get some warmer weather soon, its bloody ridiculous! we arent meant to be in winter!
Lou - sounds like Alex is doing really well. Well done. He is very cute!
Terrible 4's yep we have them some days here too. Attitude central! I thought they were more accomdating as they got older lol.
Ok sorry for the scattered post. Ill try and pop in more often. My mind is all over hte place at the moment!
will talk soon! xx
hayleylea
09-10-2009, 18:10
just got told a tip for the 4 year old vaccinations. I know im dreading it with Cooper but these just might help. Emla patches - you get them from the chemist, put them on an hour before you go to get the needles and it numbs the area! Ill definatley be looking into it!
Anyway just a quick one from me. Thought some of you might be interested.
Talk soon
Quick hello from me while we are waiting for the pizza to be delivered and Dean is trying to fix the media centre pc (whatever the hell that actually is - he has set up some crazy system I have no idea how to use that now runs the tv and stereo and does all sorts of things-I am such a luddite - well I love the concept of new technology but am hopeless at getting around to learning how to use it).
Thanks for the tip Hayley - I will remember that. Well done to you for going a bit crazy and having some fun - that's what life is about and you deserve it being pretty much a single parent these days. Best of luck for Wednesday when Trent comes back. What are you doing for Cooper's birthday?
Tan the cubby house looks great! Happy birthday to Will for last Thursday. Hope he had a great day and you are all having a wonderful weekend.
Fi happy birthday to Claire for tomorrow (is that right?).
I've had a lovely day today (I turned 37 today - man I am old!) and have been very spoilt so far. Mum took me out shopping (children free:smiliedance:) this afternoon and bought me a bloody expensive skirt that I could never afford but she was happy to buy. Dean took the boys out a couple of times today and I got a massage voucher and some beautiful handcream.
Okay - pizza is here. I'm off. Chat soon.
hayleylea
11-10-2009, 19:26
Cath - So glad you had a good birthday, it was good chatting with you yesterday!
Just a quick one from me.
Hope Will and Claire both enjoyed their birthdays, and you guys are enjoying your 4 year olds :D
OK better head off xx
WOW! Sooooo incredibly quiet in here!!
Just popped in to say a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Claire for today!! Hope you have a wonderful day sweetie pie!! :hugs:
I simply cannot believe how hectic life is at the moment. I barely have a minute in the day to even think - even stuff like bubhub & FB is done one-handed while I'm feeding Isaac :dizzy:.
Thinks are plodding along here - the baby/kids market went as well as it could have gone. We had THE MOST tragic weather you could imagine, I got drenched setting up and drenched packing up, and froze my bum off in between. I made a couple hundred profit which was good however I came home with TONNES of stuff so I've booked in for the next one mid November. It's in the same place however I've booked a better located table and mum is going to come and help me so I get to take a quick look around too! Hopefully I'll sell more of the dresses etc being that the weather *should* be better!!
Without going into too much detail (public forum and all etc), Shane and I are getting there slowly but surely. We're building back that friendship that got lost along a very dark path and I think we're both feeling happier here and with each other. We're able to laugh again, we're polite, respectful of one another, being kind and thoughtful and still making changes to help each other. We're talking more about general stuff - work, kids, house (this one and future dreams), and are listening to each other and understanding. I'm starting to get some of the nice feelings back that we also lost, which helps heal the hurt a little. :sunshine:
Kids are all well - Alex is starting to chatter away and some of the things he comes out with are hilarious. He's OBSESSED with buses and can spot one a mile away! The other day he blatantly pointed to my chest and said BOOB!! :laughing: Cheeky bloody male!! He's also called Shane "Shane" and today Shane went around the wrong side of the car by accident and Alex called out "OI!!" lmao!! :laughing: Ahhh he's good value!
Isaac - well his sleeping is getting a little better. He has his last feed at 6:30-7pm then we give him a top up of formula around 11pm or when we go to bed (switched from S26Gold to Bellamy's and he went from drinking about 40ml to 180ml!). If he wakes before 3am I'll just pop his dummy back in and he goes back to sleep but if he wakes after he's usually harder to settle so I'll feed him. Lately he's waking once or twice before 4am and resettling well, and having a feed around 5am. It's still really hard but he's doing MUCH better than just a few weeks ago so I'm thankful!
Have been back to the health nurse again for a follow up appointment from a few weeks ago. He had gained 300g in a fortnight so she was more than happy. She also did his 4mth check up and is pretty much on the 50 percentile for weight & length and she was rather impressed at how strong he was. She popped him on his tummy for a bit and his head popped straight up and he was looking around everywhere!! He also started rolling over from his front to back a day or two before he turned 4mths (early last week) and is well on the way to figuring out how to roll back!! He loves nothing more than to be on his tummy looking at himself in the play mirror!! :rolleyes: Anyway, I took a few pics today and I'll try and upload some to FB tomorrow if I get a chance.
I guess I'd better head off - early night for us if we can, too many late nights, Shane and I are getting very competitive playing FB poker! LOL!!
Chat soon ladies!!
xxx
Oh I've missed so many birthdays and I apologise if I miss anyone in this post
happybirthday to Will, Claire and Cath. happybirthday
OK sorry for the quick post but I'm juggling a crying baby who hasn't poo'd for 2 days, a cranky almost 4 year old who demands I look at her right now and trying to cook dinner. Its madness today - is it this crazy warm wind?
Wow Cath I can't believe how expensive show bags are :eek: and to think some families buy so many. Remember when we were kids going to the show and coming home with a few, I don't remember them being that costly. Ah well it sounds like the kids had a good day and that Paddy is getting good wear out of his Buzz wings. How are you guys recovering from your colds? We've got some fandangled system with the computer linked to the x-box so that we can watch movies ect. Tony set it all up and I only know know how to turn it on and make them play. No idea how it all works and I don't really have the inclination to learn. When it breaks down he's the only one who can fix it. It sounds like you had a fab birthday. A lovely new skirt sounds great. My mum gave me some cash to buy something for myself and I bought these great new shoes online - can't wait to get them.
Anna I'm so happy to hear that you and Shane are working things out and happy again. Its been a difficult journey but the main thing is that you've both worked through it all and come out the other side. Well done getting your market stuff organised. Hopefully some better weather in November see's you selling the rest off.Alex sounds like such a dag. Can you imagine when Isaac and him grow up and start talking amongst themselves. So cute.
Fi I hope you worked out your cake debacle. It sounds like your oven went on the blink? Did the second attempt in the BBQ work? I have everything crossed for you. Can't wait to see some photo's of Claire at her party.
Tan your fort looks unreal!!! Did you buy it set up or did Troy manage to find some time to do that himself. Very impressive and the boys look so happy with it. Hopefully it means they will play out there heaps and you can have some quiet Mummy time inside ;)
I've spent the past couple of days running around getting organised for Maddi's party on the weekend. Wrapped all her presents, purchased goodies for the party bags and today I've been modeling a Fairy out of Marzipan for her birthday cake. I've had heaps of fun making it and painting her up, I just hope she makes the car trip to the party. I'll make sure I take a photo before transporting her just in case :fingerscrossed: The wedding on the weekend was fantastic. It was very heartfelt and full of wonderful people and it was very family orientated. Maddi had a blast running around in the garden with kids her own age. Alex had a sleep in my friends bassinette for a while which was lovely. Maddi has been so happy to be back home after 3 weeks away. She was super excited to go back to creche on Monday which was surprising. But she did miss all her friends which was nice to see. Alex coped with the car trip and the wedding really well. Sunday night he was up about 3 times which is unusual for him. I don't know what was going on but he didn't poo for 2 whole days which I was worried about considering he is BF. But then last night he did a whopper of a stinker and it seems to have settled him down. Thank goodness - I was worried he might explode!
Well I guess I better head to bed. I've been having terrible dreams lately and trouble getting back to sleep.
Hi everyone,
Hope you slept better last night Lu. Ive had some bad insomnia again recently and last night Paddy wet the bed at 2am then it took me until about 4:30 to get back to sleep - so annoying!
Well done working on the marzipan fairy - sounds impressive. Alex sounds like he is doing so well -sleeping in a strange place and waking 3 times overnight being a rarity -good boy!
I hope Maddi has a great time at her party on the weekend - you are sounding very organised. The wedding sounded nice and I saw the photos on Facebook - you are looking fantastic. What sort of shoes did you get?
Anna good to hear things with Shane are going well and that Isaac is settling down a bit. How cute about him rolling. Jack is now a total tumbleweed and is all over the place - he is having a lovely time getting into all sorts of stuff. Alex sounds hilarious. Little boys can be such characters. Good luck with the next market. Sounds like a bit of work but at the end of the day you have to do something with all those things and better to get some money for them. I have the next lot of stuff piling up to get on ebay one day soon.
Our colds are pretty much all gone which is all good. Was going to write more but Will is being a pain. Will come back later.
Hi everyone!
Thanks for Will's birthday wishes - we had a very busy week/weekend and he was certainly very spoilt.
So - happy birthday to Claire for yesterday and Seth for today. I hope everyone else's plans are well under way. I must say that Maddi's sound awesome!
Lu - your photos show what a great day you had at your friend's wedding. Your little man is looking very cute! It sounds as though you all had a good time with your parents too - how cute about Maddi being excited about going back to creche.
Cath - is Paddy night-time TT now? I noticed your comment about wetting the bed, I hadn't realised that he was out of night nappies/pull ups. Will is still really hopeless in that area. We get him up almost every night to take him to the toilet between 11 and 12 otherwise he fills his pullup and it leaks. He's pretty much still dry at midnight though so he must do it all in the early hours of the morning I think? I get quite frustrated with it at times but I don't think there is anything we can do.
Jack sounds as though he is a funny little boy rolling everywhere!
Anna - you poor thing with Isaac's waking. It just goes to show that they really are such little individuals doesn't it? But - so tiring for you! I hope he settles down again soon for you.
Fi - Claire looked like she had such a ball with her birthday (and Owen!). Your pinata was fantastic - how crazy that you made it yourself! What a superwoman!
Hayles - did Trent eventually get home last night? I see on FB that you have 2 sick kiddies, I hope they are ok! Oh goodness - is Cooper's birthday today? Poor little man if he is sick!
As for us - we are motoring along ok at the moment. Things are still very busy, but finding a new pattern I think and I feel like there might be light at the end of the tunnel. Having the second car has made a huge difference. Just not feeling so pushed for time to get back for kids or Troy or whatever as well as being able to take the kids out places when Troy is working.
I have to admit though that I worry about Will a lot. Will is little - a featherweight and he's not all that tall either. Maybe right on the 50% for height and below for weight. I think he eats ok, I wouldn't say that he eats heaps but he eats alright I think, a couple of weetbix for breakfast, a biscuit or fruit for morning tea - lunch is a bit of an issue sometimes but he'll usually have a piece of toast with devon and maybe a yoghurt or some fruit or a peanut butter sandwich. Then arvo tea is usually fruit of some sort and then he usually eats veges and meat for dinner with some dessert occasionally. I guess maybe he needs to eat a bit more during the day? I'm not sure - I know if he eats too much in the afternoon then he doesn't eat his dinner very well. I just worry that he looks scrawny or something!
Levi on the other hand is an eating machine. He motors through his meals and ours! I think he and Will probably weigh almost the same amount. Levi is also a very cheeky character. Love him to death but boy - he can be naughty! Oh and any tips on how to stop him scratching???When he is tired/cranky he starts scratching people and I can't seem to find something that stops him from doing it.
Anyway - had better get going. Chat soon.
No - just checked - Cooper has 2 more days to feel better! And happy birthday to Cath for the other day too!
Hi again,
Yep, Tan Paddy is night time TTed (well so we thought:rolleyes:). He was wearing pull ups at night but for ages they were dry so a few weeks ago we started just putting him to bed in undies. He has wet the bed twice this week though all of a sudden but both nights he hasn't done a wee right before bed which is obviously a big mistake. If he does a wee before bed he seems to be able to last all night. I think some kids just wee alot at night and some don't maybe (I think Jack will be one of those). As you say I don't think there is much you can do about it if you are already getting Will up to do a wee before you go to bed. You certainly don't want to be getting up at 3am to take him to the toilet or something so I think it is one of things he will just grow out of with age.
Will sounds like he eats well Tan -much healthier than my boys. He may just have a little build no matter what he eats. Paddy and Will eat pretty much the same things but Paddy is really lanky and tall and Will is a really solid little man - just different builds I think. Has Will had his 3.5 year old check up? Maybe you can talk to the nurse about it then if he hasn't (Paddy is finally having his next Thursday a week before he turns 4:rolleyes:).
That's great the second car is working out so well for you and things are returning to somewhat normal. No suggestions opn the scratching thing -it is hard when they are so young. Will occasionally hits people around here with his open hand and all we are doing at this point is telling him a firm "no" and either trying time out (which so doesn't work) or remove him or the other person from the situation. Good luck with it.
I've had my normal busy day here shopping and cooking. Mum took the older boys this morning and told me to enjoy my rest. What rest! I swear I never get to rest. I really get quite over constatnly having shopping and cooking and cleaning to do but as a family of 5 now I guess I have to accept it will be a constant thing. It all just takes up so much time and all of a sudden the day is over and I have done nothing I really enjoy. I am taking this quick time out now before heading off to cook some food for Jack. I would love a week where I didn't have to head out to the shops or cook anything - think I am ready for a holiday.
Actually - we have plans for one in March (as a celebration of getting my body back to myself for the first time in 5 years once I stop breastfeeding Jack in February). For the first time in ages I will be neither pregnant or breastfeeding:smiliedance: Bring on the beers (well obviously can't go too nuts being a responsible parent and all but still can go a bit crazier than normal I hope). I'm sure March will be here soon enough -the months are flying by really.
Anyway better get back to cooking. Chat again soon.
hayleylea
15-10-2009, 15:08
Just a quick one.
Tan - Yeah he got home about 9, havent had a chance to talk. We were all buggered when we got home, all went straight to bed. The kids were both up and down all night. Cooper has the worst cough in the world, so does Shelley. I even contemplated about running Cooper to hospital in the early hours of the morning. He was like fire to touch and not very well at all. I took them both to the doctor today..both are on the verge of tonsilitis but its not 'there yet' the stupid doctor (hosptital doctor) sent them home and if they get worse then i have to take them back. GRR! Cooper got back home, and was so out of it and had a temp again he wet his pants.He has been lying on the lounge every since. Shelleys happy enough but coughing every 2nd minute or so
Its not his birthday till saturday! its Seth's today. Hopefully he gets better by then.
Dramas here as usual. Trents dad rang me and asked if he could come and stay for coopers birthday and on the sunday night. First time he will meet Shelley, secondd time he will see Cooper...but really the worst timing in the world when Trent and I have so much to work out! So yeah visitors arent what i wanted but i couldnt really say no!
OK gotta go i have Trent doing a million jobs i guess i should help him!
Oh no Hayley - not good at all about Cooper and Shelley. Poor little things and poor you. I really hope Cooper makes a speedy recovery for Saturday - he doesn't sound well at all. Oh no about Trent's Dad too -not what you need at all! Maybe organise for him to be a babysitter while you and Trent get out of there for a while.
hayleylea
15-10-2009, 16:55
yeah the baby sitter thing has crossed my mind, but the kids dont know him, even Trent doesnt know him that well! So to leave the kids with him wouldnt feel 'right' - that sounds stupid consideirng it is their Grandfather...but like i said he hasnt had anything to do with them, doesnt talk to them on the phone etc I talked to him for the first time in 12 months the other day. So probably not best baby sitter material - especially considering the kids are sick. :( nope Shelleys cough is getting worse too as the night air hits. I forgot to ask the doctor if i could give her demazin! I know you have to get a script now for kids under 2 but im seriously considering giving her some!?
Good point Hayley - thinking about it I wouldn't be comfortable either. The whole situation is very annoying for you really. We gave Will Demazin before he was 2 with no problems. Good luck tonight - I can imagine you are in for a bit of a rough night.
hayleylea
15-10-2009, 21:56
all good so far. Ive had a few drinks- escaping reality maybe? lol. Nah not that many but ive relaxed a little. Still no idea where im exactly at with Trent..but ill get there :)
I just need a distraction for a moment. I'm pacing the floor waiting. Tony has taken Maddi up to A&E as of 6pm tonight. Her temp soared up to 40 degrees and neurofen and panadol wasn't working. Last I heard they gave her another dose of each at 7pm and the doctor came to look at her at 8pm and I haven't heard anything since...........I feel so crap not being at the hospital with her but I don't want to take Alex up there. The wait can sometimes be so long. God its horrible not knowing and sitting here waiting.
Hayley, I see on FB that Trent is leaving tonight back to PNG. How did things pan out between you guys? I hope that Cooper copes ok in the morning and doesn't take it out on you. You poor thing, you just keep having to live through these moments again and again. How are Shelley and Cooper? Have they recovered from their tonsillitis? So crap that the Dr didn't give you a script to fill in case things developed so then you wouldn't have to make another trip in to see him.
Cath a holiday in March sounds lovely. Oh to be able to have your body back to yourself. I remember finishing feeding Maddi at 8 months and feeling like a million bucks. It really took its toll on me. Your right March will be here before we know it. Can you believe there's christmas deco's in the shops already? Its ridiculous.:no:
Tan, Will sounds like he eats so healthy. I wouldn't worry about him being a featherweight. At least he's got a balanced diet. He'll catch up at some stage and one day be eating you out of house and home along with Levi.
I finally got Maddi to give up her dummies. Yes thats right, she was still taking dummies to bed. We had talked about her giving them up when she turned 4 for ages. So birthday eve we made a golden box and put all her dummies in it and she wrote the Dummy Fairy a letter. Then she went to bed. We put some money in the box and I sprinkled "fairy" dust around and made little footprints. Maddi was so excited in the morning. And she hasn't asked about them since. So now I really feel like she's grown up into a little girl! Alright I'm going to head off and try and call Tony on his mobile. This sitting around is killing me.
:( Oh no Lu how is she? Poor little girl. Doesn't sound good. Good work with the dummies. She is looking so grown up in your photos.
It's nuts that Christmas seems to be looming on us so soon. We're going to Dean's parents place for dinner tonight and organising the KK - where the hell did this year go?
My poor friend who was pregnant again after terminating her first pregnancy looks like she is going to lose this one too. I feel so bad for her. At her 8 week appointment the baby was only measuring about 6 weeks and there was no sign of a heartbeat. She has had 2 lots of blood tests and her HCG levels are falling so she is most likely to miscarry this baby (or she can decide to have a curette done rather than waiting - what an awful thing to decide). It can all be so hard sometimes.
Okay - quick check in for now. I'm cooking and washing and heading out to the shops soon when Jack wakes up. Hope everyone is well and I will chat again soon.
Oh - a happy belated birthday to Maddi,Cooper and Katelyn - hope they all had lovely birthdays.
Hi all, just thought I'd pop in since I haven't been around lately.
Happy belated 4th birthday to Claire, Will, Maddi, Seth & Cooper......hope I haven't missed anyone!
Lu, how's Maddi going? I hope she's OK now.
Cath, that's no good about your friend. Hopefully she's just not as far along as they though & it's too early to see a heartbeat.
Katelyn had a great birthday, we had a party for her & her friends at Toddler Town on the Saturday & then a BBQ lunch & cake on Sunday for her actual birthday.
Anyhoo, I better get back to work now....
:no: Sadly I don't think that's the case with the HCG levels dropping Renee. She had a blood test last Wednesday and another one yesterday and the levels have dropped right off when they should have risen heaps. She also know when she ovulated and had her dates right.
Great to hear Katelyn had a good birthday. Still waiting for Jack to wake up now so I can get out of here. He woke up at 1am and 5am last night and I am so tired today - I hate getting up a couple of times between midnight and 6 - such a crap sleep and it always takes me ages to go back to sleep so I finally got back to sleep at 6am to then be woken soon after by Paddy and Will. Hoping for a better night tonight.
Oh Cath! Thats so sad for your friend, I hope a miracle happens for her.
Renee, sounds like Katelyn had an unreal birthday. Toddler town sounds like such good fun.
Last night was crappy. They tested her for a UTI which came up negative, then sent her home with "bring her back if your concerned" and no answers. Her temp spiked again at 3 in the morning and I was up dosing her with meds and stripping her off to bring her temp back down. So she's up at hospital again to try and figure out the source. The concern is that the drugs don't do anything and her temps been around 40 for nearly 2 days now.
So between constantly checking on Maddi and getting up and feeding Alex my eyeballs feel like dried up balls and I can't think straight. I just want them to give us an answer so we can go from there. Some sleep would be nice too :sleeping:
Not good Lu. How frustrating not knowing what is causing it. You must be exhausted. I hope they can work it out and get her temperature down.
Okay - got to go. Lots to do in the next hour or so including sorting out some clothes that fit the boys and getting them into the right drawers. Will was trying to put on a size 1 t-shirt this morning and he is a size 2-3 now and Jack only had 00 cool pants in his drawers and he is well into the 0's. It is really hot here today so I'd better start getting ready for summer.
hayleylea
20-10-2009, 15:57
Hi guys
Just a quick one.
Yep Trent lefft this morning and I think this time has the been the hardest time ever.
I gave him back his ring, and im so so scared of what the future holds for me. I have mum here today but im just all over the place. I just sit here staring into place thinking about everything and wondering what would have happened if i went in the first place, what would have happened if he didnt. Maybe he wasnt happy with me thats why he went...how do i start again? how do i close that chapter of my life and how do i say goodbye to that. This is by far the most difficult thing ive ever had to do and im even questioning myself and wondering if I did the right thing.
Of course he is making it to be all my fault and saying im splitting the family up which is hard to take in itself but I just wish i had all the answers....but i dont. I never will. He isnt putting his notice in anytime soon, 'till he gets a job' which could be another 14 months away because he reckons he has been trying to get a job for that long. So what? I cant wait that long.
Argh. Sorry I just needed to come and talk it out. Irrational as I may sound :o:crying:
Cath, I must have missed that in your earlier post about the HCG levels. I'm so sorry for your friend. :(
Lu, how frustrating that they don't know what's wrong with Maddi. I hope she's feelinfg better soon. How has she been today?
wow its so so so quiet in here lately. Not like us at all.
Hayley, I hope your doing ok. It must have been hard to make your decision and give Trent back his ring, but its not like you haven't been communicating with him so he can't be too shocked. Has he tried to call you since he left? You don't sound irrational at all. I still can't get over that he has the gall to say your splitting the family up after everything you've talked about. He should stop blaming you and start thinking and acting about how to fix this mess. But it sounds like he's made his mind up too by heading back over to PNG? How are the kids going, especially Cooper? Do you think he's getting used to his Dad being away? Has Shelley recovered from her tonsillitis?
Maddi is still sick. They pretty much just called it flu and thats that. They couldn't find any infection in her chest, urine, ears or throat so thats what they decided. I think these days anything they can't put their finger on they just call flu. She looks so pale and just not herself. She hasn't really eaten since her party. When they did they urine test they said they could tell she hadn't eaten because she had ketones present in her wee. We've been keeping Alex and Maddi at opposite ends of the house as per the GP's suggestion as Alex is just gone 3 month old so probably wouldn't cope with this flu very well. I'm looking forward to having a healthy house. We were meant to go to Melbourne this weekend so I could go out with my brother and dad to watch a Lacrosse game. Had a hotel booked and everything but decided to cancel as I had to give 48 hours notice.
Alex is doing great. He giggled for the first time and I just about cried it was so cute. He is just so much fun. He's still getting up in the night for a feed, what age do these babies sleep all the way through??? When I put him to bed at night he just smiles up at me just before I put the dummy in as if to say - see ya in a little while Mum. Speaking of dummies, Maddi hasn't asked for hers once. I'm genuinely shocked, especially seeing as she's been so sick.
I can't remember who asked about night TT? Touch wood we haven't had any accidents yet. But I do want to ask has anyone purchased one of those special TT sheets that go over about 1/3 of the bed so if they do have an accident you don't have to do a whole bed change. I wasn't going to buy one, but now I figure that it would probably be worth it as I'll use it for Alex when the time eventually comes.
Well I guess I should hit the hay. Just don't know what tonight will bring. Tony and I are both buggered with Maddi up and down at night.
Lu - I've got one of those sheets and it is great. Well, actually I have two as there has been occasions where Will has wet through his pull-up. Man that boy can wee! It is drop dead easy to change the bed too.
I'm sure Will's biggest issue is that he can't be bothered. I know he was awake playing in his room for a while before 7 this morning and didn't go to the toilet. Sometimes I wonder if it is my fault for being so strict about the official "wake up" time. He has always known that he isn't supposed to come out before 7am and no matter how many times I tell him that it is ok to come out to go to the toilet he refuses to do it. So frustrating. But I also know that he's a very heavy sleeper and will wee at night sometimes too. It's such a pain and I just wish he would "get" it!
So sorry to hear that Maddi is still not well. I hope she picks up soon. I get so worried whenever Will is sick, especially when it goes on for a few days and he doesn't eat. All of a sudden they seem so little again!
How cute about Alex giggling. He sounds like such a sweet baby.
Oh bugger - I have to go to an appointment in about 15 minutes - need to hurry up and get ready!
Hello there,
Oh wow - I'v never heard of those TT sheets -will have to have a look. Paddy has had no accidents since the last time I mentioned it so I think he is mostly right but might still be worth having.
Oh Lu how disappointing about the weekend. Sorry to hear Maddi is still sick and it's all a bit vague. I really hope she gets better soon.
How adorable about Alex giggling - isn't it just the best sound! I could listen to Jack giggle all day. Ah - when do they sleep through - I am still waiting I hate to say and Jack is 8 months old.
However, as of last night I've decided to get tough and not feed him overnight anymore as he is on 3 meals a day and a 4 breastfeeds plus water so I don't think he needs it. He has still mostly been waking twice a night and my sleep tends to be interrupted both times so I always only have little bits of sleep here and there by the time I manage to get back to sleep. I don't mind doing that for the first few months but I think 8 months is my limit considering I have 2 other active little boys to deal with all day who do not have day sleeps. I am just so over being so bloody tired all the time.
So far so good and he resettled fairly easily both times last night without being fed (5-10 minutes of crying the first time and about 1-2 minutes the second). We will continue on tonight with the no night feed thing and my hope is in a few nights time he will stop calling out and might manage to sleep through the night:fingerscrossed: He is finally moving out of our room tomorrow night so I am hoping we are entering a whole new stage and I can finally start doing some ofthe stuff I want to do that is hindered by being so tired and having a baby in our room. I haven't read a book in months as I generally like to go bed early to do that and the bloody curtains in our room haven't been opened in 8 months and I really need to sort out our cupboards.
Anyway - better go for now. Will chat again soon.
Tan which TT sheets did you get and where did you get them from? I've had a look online and there's so many to chose from, I'd like to get one thats been recommended by a friend. Think I might just have to get one!
Cath, I was hoping you would say that Jack had been sleeping through and I wouldn't have long to go until I get a good nights sleep. I know I probably shouldn't complain, Alex goes to bed around 8'ish and get up around 3am for a feed. But I think I remember Maddi sleeping through the night at 8 weeks? Yeah 8 months Cath is a long time with no sleep! But it does sound promising that Jack is getting the message about no night time feeds. I was chatting to a mum last weekend and she said that the whole feeding thing has changed. She said her #2 was started on solids at 4 months. Is that right Cath? Sounds young to me? Boy I'm enjoying the simplicity of just BF while I can before I get into the world of introducing foods ect. I hope tonight is a smooth transition of moving Jack out of your bedroom. You won't know yourself - do you think you might do everything at once and have the curtains wide open whilst reading a book:laughing: I vote you do it with a glass of wine next to the bed too!
Your right Tan, they do seem so little when their sick. Maddi just wants cuddles from me all the time, which is a bit soul destroying for her Dad. Seems Dad just doesn't cut it when she's sick. Her temp seems fine today, now she's just got this horrid cough and no appetite. One day something will click with Will and he'll stop needing the pull ups at night. I read just recently that kids generally night train at 4-6 years. We didn't push it with Maddi, I wasn't even going to do it until after Alex was born and things had settled down. But she just went through a couple of weeks without a wet nappy in the morning so I took that as a sign that she was ready. And that was pretty much well it. But I'd still like to get my hands on one of those TT sheets as I think we've been lucky so far and one day there is bound to be an accident!
Well I better scoot. Got a couple of items for sale in our local paper that I need to clean up. Woo Hoo to getting some space - I'm selling off a toy kitchen and a nappy wrapper bin that I'm just not using. Those refills are just too expensive.
Lu - I have two different ones. The first one I got from Babies Galore and I don't like it very much. It's now the "spare" and I use it when we go away.
The other one I haven't had for all that long, but I think it is great and I got it from brollysheets. I think the website is brollysheets.com?. Google brollysheets and they'll come up. They come from NZ so they take about 10 days to deliver but they tuck in really well and they are nice and big (which was why I didn't like the other one).
I didn't comment on the sleeping through thing cause my boys are bottle fed and that seems to make a difference. They both slept through by 8 weeks but it isn't often that I hear that for a BF bub. I don't know what the norm for that is. But it sounds like Alex is doing pretty well. That's one super long stretch!
Anyway - I should go - Levi needs to head off to bed and Will won't be far behind tonight.
:laughing: I could combine those two exciting acitives Lu but we are right near a train station and have people walking by all the time so me sitting in bed with my glass of wine at night with the curtains open may not be so good. Curtains open during the day and book reading at night might be the way to go I think. Jack is still in our room for one last night tonight because we have to dismantle the cot to get him out which has to be a weekend activity. The plan is for the cot to be taken apart and then put back together again before Dean leaves with the older boys for swimming at 9:45 tomorrow - might be a push knowing how things go in the morning on weekends around here.
There does seem to be a new thought that there is no need to wait until 6 months to begin solids but there is also no push to do it at 4 months. It is basically somewhere between 4 and 6 months now I think - whenever you feel it might be appropriate. I waited until 5.5. months with Will and Jack - I was trying to avoid the extra work load of more food preparation for as long as possible.
We used one of those nappy wrapper bins with Paddy too but we gave up soon into Will's babyhood due to the cost of the refills. We still use the bin (for wee nappies only - poo nappies go straight outside to the bin) but just line the bin with a normal scented bin liner. Is Maddi okay about the toy kitchen going? Paddy is getting right into his pretend cooking these days. Good luck with the sales.
Tan you are so blessed with your boys and sleeping. All of mine have been pretty bloody average. Oh well -I'm on the home stretch now I hope. Surely any day now I will get a 6+ hour stretch of sleep - my idea of heaven these days. Fingers crossed Jack continues to learn that night time is for sleeping and not calling out tonight.
Good luck for tomorrow morning Cath, I'm lucky if I'm out of my PJ's by that time :o. I guess I'll get better at that as time goes on.
Tan, I've ordered a set of 2 sheets from the Brolly crew in NZ. They look good to me, I've ordered a lime and a red one $70 for 2. They will be great for going away too. Thanks!
I sold the toy kitchen tonight - the lady came and collected it tonight. Now we have a little bit more space. Maddi wanted to have one last play as the lady took it out the door but other than that she was fine. She got a whole new fandangled one for her birthday - hence me selling the old one.
Alright I'm off to bed. I hope Maddi sleeps through tonight :fingerscrossed: I hope Alex does too but that would be pushing my luck!
.............:confused:Wow where is everyone? Its so quiet in here.
Cath how did the cot move go?
Hello,hello -I'm here!
Was going to post earlier but got busy taking photos of stuff to put on ebay - more baby stuff heading out the door -woohoo!
Jack's move in to the boys room went really well and I am so happy. I am so tragically excited to get our room back to ourselves. He has been in there 3 nights so far and 2 of those nights the boys have all "chatted" and then gone off to sleep on their own:yelclap: Jack makes his crazy baby noises and Paddy and Will copy him - very cute. I have continued on with my "milk bar closed overnight" strategy and we are slowly getting there. Jack is so far still calling out once a night but Dean now goes in and re-tucks him in and "shushes" him and then walks away and Jack has a little sook but then goes quiet and goes back to sleep:smiliedance: I am loving not having to get out of bed overnight and Dean is so good and saying it is fair enough that it is his turn and happily (well not happily but not complaining) coping with me poking him in the back to go and deal with Jack (and Will -Will always settles better for Dean so that's his job too). I feel like I am sort of in the home stretch with this baby business and so happy about it.
How is Maddi Lu? I hope she is much better. Did you get to do anything exciting on the weekend to make up for missing the Lacrosse game?
We had a busy weekend with visitors (had 5 different lots of visitors on Saturday - not planned) all while Dean was trying to build a new pergola over our deck - madness. We still have to put the new roof on and it needs to be done by Sunday for Paddy's afternoon tea but at least the frame is there - hopefully it will get done.
Okay - better get back to organising this ebay stuff while the boys are off with Dean's parents at the museum and Jack is sleeping. Chat soon.
Now it's my turn to say - where is everyone!
We've had a busy day today meeting up with a group of Paddy's friends at the park for his birthday. Mum came with us and had made heaps of cupcakes which was unreal - such a big help. Paddy got heaps of cool presents and was dying to get back home to play with them all. He was so busy all day flitting from one thing to another. I headed out to the shops with Will while Jack was sleeping and Paddy played with his toys with my Mum to get a new small bookshelf to organise all the new stuff. I can't wait until Jack has gorwn up and is playing with the same toys as Paddy and Will. I still have all the baby toys here for Jack so nothing has ever been given away or packed up - we are drowning in toys! Well it's not that bad really but I need a few more shelves to get it organised.
The room sharing is still mostly going well but we changed the bedtime routine around tonight so all 3 boys are having a bath together then reading a book together (well Jack only lasted for half the story tonight before cracking it so I went to our room to feed him) and then going in to bed about the same time. We tried putting Jack in first but he wouldn't feed well because the boys always go nuts when they get out the bath and run around the house naked and squeaing and as hard as we try it can not be stopped. Jack was getting all excited by the mayhem and kicking and flapping his arms and jsut wanted to be part of it so now I'm feeding him once that madness has finished.
Here's a photo of their first bath together tonight (lucky we are stopping at 3 children - no room for 4 in the bath I think):
Bath Time (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_1944.jpg)
Okay - better go and get some stuff organised around here. Get your bums back in here everyone -I'm chatting to myself!
Oh Cath how cute are those boys in the bath together. It seems not long ago that Jack was an itty bitty bubba and now he's one of the boys :D. Great job on getting the boys to sleep together in the same room and now the bath. How great must it be to have your room back to yourself. I can't get over how seemless the move went! :yelclap:It must save you heaps of time getting them bathed at the same time. Your routine sounds really good. Yeah how quiet is it in here lately, seems like its just you and me Cath. Hope everyone is ok. Seems like ages since Anna has done a big post for us too. C'mon Anna!:cool:
Paddy had a great birthday by the sounds of things and scored in the present department. What would you say his fav toy is? Maddi is going to a 4th birthday party on Sunday for her "boyfriend" and she chose a remote control car for him. I'm just wondering if its too "old" for him?
How did the pergola go Cath? 5 visitors in one day is insane. I guess with the lovely weather everyone is starting to get out and about more.
ALright I'm off to enjoy my dinner and glass of wine. I cooked an awesome Butter Chicken curry last night and its not too bad!
Oh and did you see Ange had a baby boy yesterday? Congrats Ange !!!!
hayleylea
29-10-2009, 20:29
Hey everyone.
Just a quick one from me. I have been reading, just havent had much to say!!
Cath - the boys in the bath are very cute! And well done getting them all in the same room - AWESOME!
Lou - Remote control car - id say Maddi chose very well!!! Cooper got a huge big remote control car off my sister, a remote control spider and a little remote control lightning mcqueen (spoilt much) - i didnt buy them he just got them as gifts. And he loves ALL of them! Cooper got loads of presents too. His favourite would probably be the remote control car or the matchbox race track type thing he got off one of his little girlfriends from playgroup. Id stick with the remote control car though ;)
Yep Ange had her little boy yesterday Finn, weighed in at 8.1.. mum and bub doing well.
Anyway hope all is well.
Oh Hayley I saw that spider in the toy shop and it totally freaked me out. Maddi wouldn't even touch the box. I imagine that thing walking around would give me nightmares. I'm really happy that the remote controlled car is a winner. I wasn't too sure on what to get and Maddi was so set on it, she decided when she got the invite - even had the color picked out. Her Boyfriend totally spoilt her on her birthday with a whole bag of presents so we wanted to make sure he got something equally cool.
Ah I'm off to bed. Totally beat. Maddi got up 4 times last night between 9-1am screaming with nightmares. I think she might have been too hot in bed with her winter PJ's and doona on? Then Alex up at 2.30am for a feed and Maddi up for the day at 7am means not much sleep!
:yes: Perfect present Lu. A remote controlled car was one of Paddy's big presents. He hasn't actually used it today because we had to recharge the batteries but he is very keen to get to it.
The other big hit from today is his "Imaginext" (Fisher Price stuff) helicopter with a couple of little men which has a winch to "rescue things" and the "Imaginext" canoe and little man too. The Imaginext stuff is great for boys - Paddy played with it at a friends house and is right into imaginative play with little action figures and acting out little stories with them. His other favourite thing is those activity books that are pretty cheap with dot-to-dots and trace the letter etc. activites.
I know that spider too Hayely - they are freaky -I could not have that in my house.
Our pergola is still roofless but it should be done by Sunday.
How exciting for Ange - another little boy - I swear everyone I know is having boys.
How is Maddi feeling Lu? Hope you have a better night tonight.
Okay - time for bed. Will chat again soon.
hayleylea
29-10-2009, 21:16
lol yeah the imaginex stuff looks great. Cooper doesnnt have any of it but ive looked at it in the shops and he often says he wants some (about the only bloody thing he doesnt have!) The spider doesnt bother me at all. Cooper is such a bug/spider kinda boy, so he is thrilled with it. Poor shelley dont like it much though lol. He can have anything like that. The only thing i dont allow in the house or presents from anyone is anything to do with snakes! And thats because living out here I would never encourage anything to do with them incase they kids come across one in the back yard. Cooper doesnt touch spiders bugs unless he asks. Except for lady beetles etc that he knows what it is. But he has a 'bug vaccum' to get them so thats a bonus lol.
Yeah im off to bed too i can barely keep my eyes open!
night all
by the way I didnt even say happybirthday to Paddy! hope you had a agreat day little man!! xx
lu - hope you have a good night sleep tonight!!
I'M HERE! I'M HERE! I'M HERE!!! :yelclap:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR TODAY PADDY!!!!
I'm shocking - my mushy brain only remembers because it's the day before Immy's :rolleyes:.
You know - every single day I think to myself - must find time to see the girls (you guys ;) MUST find time to see the girls, MUST FIND TIME TO SEE THE GIRLS!!! And before I know it it's 4pm - the girls are home from school, Isaac's up and wanting a feed, dinner needs to be on the go and I need to whip around the house so it looks like I've at least done SOMETHING for the day!!
Computer time is still mainly at feed time (STILL on 3 hourly feed here at 4 months and 3 weeks old :rolleyes:) and it's usually left handed typing which means a few short Facebook updates. Rarely do I get hub time in decent quantities - it SUCKS!!
Oh yay for Ange!! Gorgeous little Finn! Nice size too! Good friend of mine had a baby at 12.28am this morning - Olive Harriet, also weighing 8lb 1oz!! A girl after 3 boys! Her little bro's are STOKED!!
I feel so slack with just about everything in my life at the moment. I feel like we're so withdrawn from our friends, I've barely been out of the house so as to give the boys their regular naps (story of my life for at least the first 12mths anyway), Shane's been taking the car so as to get to work early and leave early (although the leaving early bit just isn't happening much) and so I feel totally housebound. I'm SOOOOOO disorganised for Immy's birthday too :(. We've just finished setting up her new bike - she's been riding Nicola's around and it seemed only fair since the older two both got bikes for their birthday this year. Hmmm 3 bikes all the same size, that's what we get for having them so close in age lol!!
Anyway, Shane's fiddling to get things all tight but we're frustrated that the damn instructions don't show how to install the hand brake?!! Hopefully FIL will know how and can fix it tomorrow when they come down!
As for the rest of her pressies, Shane ducked out today and bought her a gorgeous patch cardi & t-shirt (nice and dressy to go with her dresses and skirts!) I've also got her a little pooh bear nighty, a pair of white 3/4 pants with some gorgeous embroidery, some new patch knickers (I LOVE patch knickers!), a little "The Fairies" puzzle and a notebook/pen/accessories pack from Smiggle (coz Hobart has a Smiggle store now! Woohoo!!! And actually - Shane picked it out!)
It looks very much overkill for pressies but I have boxes under my bed where I pop things away during the year if I find something on sale. lol!
She's going to LOVE the bike!!
Poor little thing is going to be unwell on her birthday though. Yesterday she was pretty pale all day and we went to pick Shane up from work and she puked in the car - it was a very smelly ride home and I was feeling mighty green myself. Today she started burning up with a temp of 39.5 so I dosed her on nurofen and she napped for 2 hours. She perked up this arvo and ate dinner so we'll see how she goes tomorrow - she still may not go to grasshoppers and she'll be devo as she missed out today too :(.
Again with the disorganisation, we had show week last week so 2 days off and I couldn't give out invitations to her party. So next weekend she's having a Fairy Garden Tea Party with about 12 little girls (inc my girls). I've got little beaded bracelets coming from oztion for the party bags, I've also bought from oztion some gorgeous wooden wands - I'll get some little gems and jewels, some paint, glitter and glue and that'll keep them busy for 1/2 the party!! They worked out to be $2 each with postage, I'm so impressed!!!
Anyway I'm soooo ranting on . . . must get ourselves up to bed.
A HUGE Happy Birthday to Coops, Maddy, Seth, Katelyn & Will (did I miss anyone?? I think I got Claire earlier!!)
Ok MUST go!! It's nearly midnight and Isaac's missed his top up dream feed!! YIKES!!
Chat soon!! I have lots of pics to put up over the next week or so!!
xxx
happybirthday Happy Birthday Immy. How did she like the bike Anna? Hope you got it all sorted out. Her party next weekend sounds great.
The housebound thing is annoying isn't it. I am slowly coming out of it as Jack can now cope with a short nap in the pram or car for his morning or afternoon sleep as long as the other one is a long one in his cot. He is now a great little self-settler and can be popped in the cot wide awake and goes off to sleep (often for hours:yelclap:). He seems to really like being in his new room. he has even slept through all night for the last 2 nights for the first time in his life - 7pm (well a bit later actually by the time he goes quiet and goes to sleep) until 7am - I am so happy:smiliedance:
Look forward to seeing some photos Anna.
Love the sounds of Cooper's bug vacuum Hayley - hilarious. I definitely reommend the Imaginext stuff - it is great. I now wish we had got more for Christmas but we already have other stuff on layby - oh well - there will always be more birthdays. Wonder if we can give some to Jack in February - he will be oblivious and we don't need any more baby toys.
Okay - quick check in here -house is still chaotic here. Hopefully Dean can get my new shelves put toghether tonight so I can get some floor space back. Chat soon.
Hello all! Thought I had better pop in and say hello so you didn't think I had abandoned you all.
I've just been very busy again and we were away again last weekend as well as Levi having croup and I had a horrible cold and the general insaneness that comes with our house. I think the messiness of that sentence should let you know about my brain right now!
Happy Birthday to all the little ones that I missed - and I think that was just about everyone. My goodness, they are all 4! Amazing! My 4 year old is asleep right now, that seems ridiculous to me - but he hasn't had a sleep since last Thursday with everything that has been going on and he is just hopeless. You know, cries at the drop of a hat etc. I hope he gets a bit better at the no day sleep before he starts prep next year!
I think I must have been on an eating binge since Troy's Dad died or something. Despite my semi-regular trips to the gym (2-3 times per week) I have not lost any weight and may indeed have put on a few kilos! :hair: So - I've decided I want to lose 5 kgs before I go to the beach for a week in mid December. I hope I can do it. I have this fat gut that I never had before and it needs to disappear!
Cath - is Jack still sleeping through for you? I am so pleased if he is. You had a pretty rough patch there for a while -some sleep does wonders for us.
I can't believe that Christmas is only about 6 weeks away! (There I am wanting to lose 5 kg before Christmas only to eat far too much and put it back on again I am sure!) I have not bought anything for Christmas yet and have very few ideas - I want to keep it small as Will's birthday seemed a bit excessive. It's hard though!
Ok - I had better run, hope everyone is well. Seeya!
6 weeks:eek:now I know I'm not organised! Think we might get Maddi a bike and a scooter? She needs more outdoor stuff to encourage her to go outside more. She's such an indoorsy kid these days. As for Alex??? I have no idea........and Tony??????/Oh now I'm all panicked Tan.
I just got our brolly sheets yesterday so after a wash tonight is the first night they go on the bed. They look really good and they fit the mattress really well. I guess the real test is if Maddi has an accident which I'm hoping we won't find out about. I think for Maddi the first accident might be a vomiting accident.
5kg is nothing Tania, I've got 10 to lose. I still can't fit into most of my size 12 jeans and its really getting me down. I've got the CSIRO diet book and have cooked a few things out of that. Have tried to keep to it, but the fact I don't get out and exercise isn't helping.
Alex must be going through a growth spurt because he's waking at night more for feeds. I've tried to resettle him without a feed but he gets so stroppy and feeds really well when I put him on the boob. Hopefully it won't last too long.
Anna I hope Immy had a fab birthday. Can't wait to see some photo's once you get a chance.
Oh I'm afraid thats my post for tonight, Alex is begging for a bath and Maddi is demanding this or that.
hayleylea
04-11-2009, 18:30
Hi guys
Tan im trying to loose 4kg at the moment too. By the way i couldnt imagine you with a fat gut at all!!!!!!!! I went on an eating binge too - when things went bad to worse for Trent I just eated a whole heap of junk and im paying for it now! I was going well on my diet till yesterday andn today lol. Mind you I have had plenty of exercise the last few weeks, I have to mow the lawn 2 days a week at the moment and I have to keep it down because of snakes so i cant even just let it go. Over the past week ive rearranged all the kids play equipment outside, mowed, whippersnipped, poisined grass, cleanned out the storage shed thing I have which was an aboslute mess. And ive been doing a bit of jogging when i get a chance too. Just around the paddocks and yards etc. Where i can see the kids and when they are occupied but as of tommorrow now more slip ups in my diet!
Christmas - Im all sorted. 95% of the presents are already paid for and ready to wrap - including my lot, my mum, MIL, nephews, neice, Trent. I just have to get Cooper a scooter, Trennts dad a present im doing him a photo book of the kids though so that wont take long. And then im all done with a month to spare. Im super excited because i usually leave it all to the last minute. The kids are gettingn their huge trampoline, 1 presents under the tree each - Shelley a pram/with doll, Cooper a scooter (plus a basket for his bike to put his beloved' ted). Then they have 3 things to open together. 10 pen bowling set, totem tennis/soccer pole, and a game - bubble mania. Which is more then enough!
Im a real christmas fan! Im like a little kid, i love it! love it! love it! I got some new christmas lights and the kids and I are counting down the days till we can put the tree and the lights up - which wont be till 1st of december but the way the days are going it tiwll be here before we know it!
OK better go night all.
Urghh I'm so tired :sleeping:. Alex was up every 2 hours last night feeding and wriggling around. I hope it was just a once off!
How HOT has it got all of a sudden??? Its crazy to be this hot in November, I hate to think what the rest of summer is going to be like. The kids and I are going to head down to my parents for a week or so on the 25th again just so we can have some time at the beach. I can't wait to have a swim in the ocean. Fi, your so lucky living near it all the time.
Hayley, it sounds like you get enough exercise just doing your gardening. I'm very envious that your organised for christmas. I haven't even got ideas yet! Well we do have ideas for Maddi which is a bike and a scooter. But we've already found a second hand bike and scooter which cost us next to nothing so I feel like I should get her something else. I'm wondering what to get Alexander given that he's hardly going to know what's going on. Maybe I should get some Imaginex stuff and just put it away for later. Although I just know Maddi is going to want to play with it too. I remember your lights last year Hayley were awesome. Can't wait to see this years display.
Tan, you've had such a sick household lately. Croup is the pits isn't it! Touch wood Maddi hasn't had it for a while lately. I hear you about the 4 year old stuff. Maddi is just driving me insane lately with her performances. She would definitely get a job on Days of our Lives, no problem.
Cath, how is Jack going. Is he still sleeping fantastic now he's one of the boys? Did you get your shelving put up?
Anna, how did Immy's birthday go? Was she well enough to enjoy it. Poor little thing sounded so sick. I hope you can find some time to put up some photo's for us to see. I hear you about the being stuck at home thing. I've been pretty much well hibernating with Alex, trying to get him into some sort of routine. I'm looking forward to going to my parents for a change of scene again. Although my butt is not looking forward to the drive.
Alex started to roll from his back to his tum. I don't know who was more surprised. Last night he was then up every 2 hours for a feed and seemed to be so agitated. So I'm knackered today.
OK I've got a question, I've got an appointment for early december to get a Mirena device put in. Has anyone had one or know if they are any good?
Isn't this weather scary Lu - 4th day in a row over 30 degrees. I've just remembered I hate summer really. I freaked out yesterday and rang an A/C company to come and give us a quote next week to put A/C in the 2 bedrooms. We have the lounge done but those poor little boys have been so hot in their bedroom over the last few nights they really need some proper cooling in there (and then I decided that if the unit was going to be just behind our room maybe we might as well get one for our room too and be done with it). I just know we will be getting to 40 degrees before we know it and this is going to happen every year so we might as well get at least half of the house cool (the kitchen and bathroom will still be hot boxes but I can cope with that).
I had a friend just have an IUD put in - not sure about any details other than that it hurt (sorry - probably not what you need to know).
You poor thing with Alex waking alot at night - not fun. Hopefully it is short lived - he seems to know how to sleep in big chunks so hopefully he will return to that soon. Well done on the rolling front Alex! Great idea about heading to the beach for a bit. I am hanging to go to the beach but it is going to be logistically hard having both a baby and a 2 year old boy who need to be carried (bloody Will refuses to walk on the sand:rolleyes:). I was hoping Will might have grown out of his sand aversion but Dean's parents took the boys to the beach recently and one year after his last trip to the beach Will is still refusing to walk on the bloody sand!
Hayley I agree that you get enough exercise just doing all your daily stuff. How is the weight loss going Tan? I need to lose a good 15 kilos but keep procrastinating doing something about it. No matter what, once I have weaned Jack and have no reason to be needed here in the early morning or evening I am getting into that exercise (there you go - already sounding like I am doing nothing about it until next February).
We have all had really bad cold here for the last week or so (except Dean -he always manages to avoid it somehow). Poor little Jack has had the worst cold I have ever experienced in a baby and I had to revert back to feeding him overnight as he was so unwell and needed the fluids and water just wasn't going to cut it. He is still doing quite well considering and is slowly getting better and I only had to tend to him at 4:50am this morning so his sleeping has definitely improved (and that's with Dean and I going in and out of the room probably 4 times overnight before that last night tending to Paddy and Will - there is always someone calling out:rolleyes:). I am amazed really that Jack sleeps through all sorts of stuff going on in the middle of the night - we had to change Paddy's sheets again recently so the light was on dim and Paddy was talking in his foghorn voice and we were walking in and out and Jack and Will just slept through it all - hilarious.
I have been so vague over the last week with my stupid cold and being a bit sleep deprived. I went to the shops last week and managed to lose my prescription sunglasses so I have an appointment today to get some new ones (and some new normal glasses as well - they are permanently scratched and there is a deal on to get 2 pairs and I've had these ones for a good 4 years).
Dean and I had our 7 year wedding anniversary yesterday and were meant to go out for dinner on Sunday night but I was still feeling too crap and wasn't comfortable leaving Jack so we have rescheduled for Dean's birthday just before Christmas. We had a really busy weekend with kids birthday parties and I am just not in the mood for going out at this point. It is getting so busy between now and Christmas with all sorts of kids parties and other things going on - the weeks are going to fly by.
Anyway I'd better get some stuff done before I head out. Hopefully I will check back in soon.
Wow Cath thats amazing about Jacks sleep. He's really improved out of sight. I don't know whats going on with Alex today and last night. I recommended this miracle wrap to Anna a while ago saying that Alex can't get out of it and last night he starts playing houdini with it. He really does need to be wrapped as he wakes himself up punching himself about the face. I'm trying to get him to sleep right now, I've dumped the miracle wrap and folded over a cotton sheet and wrapped him tighter than a bon bon and he's in there right now making alpaca grunting noises and flapping around like a seal. I'm hoping he wears himself out and will just go to sleep. Every now and then it goes quiet...........then he starts up again. :rolleyes:
Cath I'd definitely be going for the A/C in the bedrooms. We've got them in all the bedrooms and occasionally use them. Usually I turn them on just before bedtime to cool the room down then turn them off. We've got the Daikin units and I actually find them a tad noisy? And I made the mistake of placing them in the wrong position in the room. They tend to blow directly onto the beds. So make sure that the units will be pointing not directly at a bed. Wish someone had of told me that!
Alright best be off to see what my little seal is up to. Its been quiet for a little while now. :fingerscrossed:
How did you go Lu - did Alex decide to go to sleep? The whole wrapping thing can be such a pain -hope the sheet works. Thanks for the tip about the A/C positioning. We are definitely getting them I think - I've just got home and it is so hot in the bedrooms and the fans just aren't cooling them down.
I just got sucked in to spending way too much money on my new glasses and sunglasses. I was trying to stick to their 2 pairs for $199 deal but of course I had to add extra stupid money because I am so blind I would have ended up with ridiculous coke bottles in standard lenses and the girl was telling me they would be too heavy:detective: What the hell - some really thick, freaky looking glasses that I wouldn't be able to hold my head up in! Had to spend an extra $250 to get them wearable - so annoying - it is always the way. We so need to win tattslotto the way money is heading out the door here these days. Life is just so bloody expensive.
Anyway Jack is now carrying on and not going to sleep when he needs to. Better go and try and sort him out.
hayleylea
12-11-2009, 17:40
Hi guys.
I htought it had been really quiet in here for some reason i missed the last few posts!!!
Lu - you are right it has just got hot all of a sudden! We havent broke out the airconditioner yet...our house is pretty cool and im saving the aircon for when it gets to that really unbearable heat :o our ceiling fan does an excellent job so we have just enen using that for now.
Im pretty proud of myself having EVERYONES presents organised before december. And thats paid for aswell! I picked up my last thing today so im pretty happy with myself!! Ok actually i need to pick up 2 more things - 2 hula hoops, but im going to pick them up on sunday when i dont have the kids. We use the hula hoops at kindermusik ALL the time for all different things so i thought it was a cheap usefull thing I could give the kids.
We have a few craft things we need to do for Trent from the kids in the coming week so that will keep them occupied and happy.
RE: Christmas lights. Last years lights were all my sisters older lights. Some of them actually pretty much died last year hence the new ones. Not sure it will be quite as good as last year but ill try my best! Its had work trying to do it all by myself lol.
As for Alex's christmas present. Yeah id keep it pretty simple, We got Shelley a peek a boo play dome last year for her first christmas, and her and Cooper still play with it daily. It was a good $40 spent. For a boy you cant go past any car type thing. So maybe get him something that he can get excited looking at now or a car that makes noises etc that he will play with for years to come? YAY for him rolling already too! WOW! Hope he is giving you lots of sleep :)
I picked up Coopers Scooter today from the target toy sale. Its jjust a hotwheels one and it lights up - why i got something with batteries is beyond me but he will get a kick out of it. And its the only thing this year that I got that does take batteries which is amazing!
Cath - hope the colds have cleared. And hopefully you and dean will have a good belated anniversary! Sorry to hear you couldnt get the special deal on the glasses!
OK i better be off. Shelley had an absolute shocker last night and has been the biggest drama queen today. So its almost time for her to go to bed, no doubt she will put on a performance. She is usually really good but she is really testing the boundaries latley. Angelic looks but she can be a real devil lol.
anyway talk soon
Oh Hayley - that is so organised -well done! We are organised for the kids but we have 7 family KK presents to buy plus 3 family birthday presents before Christmas and I still have to think of something for Dean's birthday on the 22nd of December too. I am feeling so frazzled at the moment.
I have a friend coming over at 8am tomorrow morning so I can go out for breakfast and be back by 9:30 when Dean has to take Paddy and Will swimming. I really need to start taking some time out for myself. I am back to the yelling and swearing and it is not good. I just feel so stressed with the older boys fighting and carrying on 80% of the day and Will constantly asking me for something to eat and then having tantrums if I don't offer what he wants and Jack being cranky every time I put him down. Dealing with that in itself is enough let alone trying to manage the house and the shopping and the meal preparation and organising bloody everything - presents, our holiday, the bills, kinder enrolment - the list goes on.
Anna if you are reading I really don't know how you cope with 5 kids - give me some tips! I am slowly going insane.
Anyway I really plan to try and start taking some time out for myself once a week as I don't even get a minute where I am out of the house doing something i enjoy at the moment. The exercise thing isn't going to happen for me for now so I am thinking of doing a Sunday morning breakfast at a cafe with the paper for an hour and a half each week on my own instead. I jsut need some breathing space with noone talking to me. Having Paddy and Will at me all day is mentally exhausting! Will has become just as big a chatterbox as Paddy and even if Paddy isn't here Will is in my ear all day looking for a response. I have had a hell of a week.
On a good note Jack has started commando crawling in the list few days and is scooting around the house launching off his knees and pulling along on his arms - it is so cute and he is very pleased with himself so hopefully this will make him happier about being put down. I have booked our holiday for next March this week and that is exciting too - a 3 bedroom house for 10 nights in Port Fairy which is a really nice little town. We have organised for my parents to come down for the weekend in the middle of the holiday which might be a big mistake but it could also be good. It means Dean and I can go out for dinner one night and hopefully get some time out during the day for a day or so if my parents are happy to take the boys to the park or beach or for a drive or something. It is nie to have something to look forward to. I am so ready for a change of scenery.
Okay that is enough of a ramble.Man - just looked at the time - time for bed! Chat soon.
hayleylea
14-11-2009, 08:15
Cath - :hugs: You poor thing! Things definatley seem a bit hectic at your house. I hope you do manage to get some timeout once a week - definatley sounds like you need it! And YAY for the holiday! Having something to look forward to is definatley worth it!
All good here. Had a few bad nights with Shelley but she is back to her sleep self! (thank god!) Both kids have beenn pretty good, exccept Shelley has an extremley CHEEKY and sometimes NAUGHTY side to her. Half the time its actually funny and its hard to keep a straight face and tell her its naughty :laughing:
Today im a bit stumped what to do. I dont really want to go anywhere so we have to find something to do around here. We did painting yesterday so ill have to put my thinking cap on. We do need to do the house work aswell but we need to think of something fun to keep them happy todasy. Id say a splash in the paddle pool is more then likely on the list as it looks like its going to be a hot day!
Ok i will talk soon.
Cath - enjoy your breakkie - and Paddy, Will & Jack Give mummy a break! :goodvibes:
Well Alex seems to have "grown" out of his sleeping phase and has taken to waking up more at night. Last night I fed him at 8pm, then he woke at 3.45am, 5.30am and then 7.30am for full feeds. And thats pretty well what its been for the last week. I'm beginning to think he's ready to have either formula at night to help top him up or start him on solids soon. He just seems so hungry ALL the time lately. My eye's have finally taken on the lovely bloodshot look of a new mother :o.
Cath, I felt exhausted just reading your post. A Sunday coffee sounds like just the ticket. I had a friend from WA pop in yesterday with her 2 little boys and she said her special time out was going to the cinema once a week just by herself. That sounded like an excellent idea to me too. Her little boys were unbelievably well behaved. Manners, quiet and packed up the toys before they left. I was gobsmacked. Maddi could definitely learn a thing or two from them. Maddi had a creche friend come over for a play on Friday. They had a lovely day and great fun together, but then that night Maddi refused to pick up her toys which were littered everywhere. I lost my cool and told her I would give her toys to someone that would know how to look after them if she didn't pick them up. To which she replied "Go on, good idea Mum". There was literally steam coming out of my ears. So after Maddi went to bed Tony and I went around with garbage bags and put every single toy that was on the floor into them and have stashed them in the garage. And she has not asked about them once!
How cute that Jack is commando crawling already. Hopefully he wears himself out with all that physical exertion Cath. Wow he'll be up and walking around soon. The holiday in Port Fairy sound ace. I went there years and years ago and its such a pretty place from memory. I think we need a real holiday here too so will have to start looking into it before kinder starts up.
Hayley did you find something to do? The paddling pool sounded like a great idea. We've got a teeny tiny blow up one that I got out for Maddi the other day. I might have to get the big one out soon so that I can join her.
Hi all, just a quick post to say that I'm still around, just haven't had much to to post lately.
We just got Katelyn's enrolment stuff for kindy in the mail not so long ago. She'll be going for 2 1/2 days a week. SHe seems to be looking forward to it, which is good......I know James is definitely looking forward to having Katelyn out of his hair for an extra day and a half a week LOL.
Charlotte's walking now. She took her 1st unaided steps on Katelyn's birthday (she'd been cruising around the furniture for quite a while before that) and is walking a lot more now......I can't believe she's a toddler now....where on earth did the time go?
We had a short holiday to Adelaide for my dad's 60th birthday a couple of weeks ago, which was a nice break from work. My dad had no idea that we were coming over till the night before his birthday so he was very happy....it was the 1st time he's met Charlotte. Of course the rest of my family also got to meet Charlotte for the 1st time too.
Anyhoo, I have to get back to work now....hope everyone's well. :)
Hi again,
How cool Charlotte is walking Renee -that time has definitely flown. Is that 2 full days Katelyn will be going to kinder (as well as the half day)? Paddy's two days are only 8:30-1:30 and I wish I could just have him there for one more hour- I know how fast that time will go.
Oh no Lu! What is going on Alexander! Sounding like a nasty new wake-up phase. Nothing is ever set in stone is it? Babies can change their patterns in the blink of an eye. I really hope he goes back to sleeping longer for you soon. How old is he now?
How impressive about the little boys packing up and being so well behaved - I haven't got mine under control yet but really do plan to one day. Dean suggested the movie idea to me too but I actually don't like going to the movies on my own for some reason. The Sunday morning breakfast at a cafe with the paper is the plan I will go with I think. Saturday morning was great with my friend but I didn't go out on Sunday morning (managed to "sleep in" until about 8 after being up at 3:30 and 5 overnight and it just got too late to be heading out -I have to go early for it to work). This weekend I definitely will be out the door by 7:45 on Sunday on my own -I am looking forward to the peace and quiet already. This morning I went for a 30 minute walk from 6:20 until 6:50 after Jack woke for the day at 6 (I took him with me while everyone else was still in bed). It was nice to do it and I will do it again when the timing works. Paddy cried when I got home though because I told him I had seen some rabbits - he was all upset and said he wanted to go and see the rabbits too and wanted to head out the door in his pj's with me to go for a walk and see them. Poor little man - my peaceful walk would not be the same with a chattering 4 year old at my side - the whole point is for me to get away from the chattering.
How annoying is the refusing to pick up toys thing! Our boys are hopeless at it and so far we just don't have the energy to fight the battle but one day we will be getting strict with them. Cheeky Maddi with her reply. They are getting too smart aren't they. Has she asked for the toys yet?
Hayley is Shelley still sleeping okay for you? I can imagine her being cheeky - she has that look.
Okay - better go for now. Will is asleep on the couch (we were out at my parents until 9 for dinner last night and he is exhausted) and Jack is still asleep too. Better wake them up unfortunately or they will never go to sleep tonight. Chat soon.
Cath, Katelyn's full days are 8:45 - 2:45 & the half day is from 8:45 to 11:45. Has Paddy only got the 2 days? That's a bit of a bummer that they're such short days.
Yep Renee - only 2 days of kinder for Paddy. The hours of kinder for Katelyn sound great -that is what I would like (feel sort of bad for wanting him gone longer but it would be such a help for my sanity). I shouldn't wish the time I spend with him away really - soon enough he will be at school full time.
Paddy and Will have just left with Dean's parents and as per usual I have a million things I want to get done today. I had a quote done for air-conditining the bedrooms yesterday which was ridiculously expensive so today I am heading off to The Good Guys to buy a cheap "no name" unit and track down an installer. We are only going to do the boys room (budget doesn't stretch to our bedroom) and we really don't care if it is noisy and not an inverter -it is only going to be used when they are sleeping and only for a few weeks of the year so anything will do really.
Okay - better start getting organised. Hope everyone is well and I will chat soon.
Hi everyone!
Lu - sorry to hear that ALex has not been sleeping well for you. It's awful when they lull you into a false sense of security about sleep and then start waking up again - so rude!
That attitude of Maddi's sounds very familiar. Will is such a clever thing lately and he knows it too. I've been very tough on him the past week for talking back - not sure it is paying off yet though. Has she asked for her toys yet?
Will is going to prep school 3 days next year. 9am -3pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I think it will suit him as he seems to need a lot of stimulation lately. I think I have more or less stopped his day sleep now as well - he was getting a bit hard to go to bed at night.
But - oh, I am so excited about this! NO more pull-ups at night! :yelclap::yelclap::yelclap: All of a sudden Will went more than a week without any wees and he stopped wearing the pullups and we are going great! Troy still take him to the toilet at about 11 but that's no problem - I am so happy about it right now.
The picking up toys isn't too bad around here. The boys have always "helped" with that one but Levi is a cyclone and loves to make a big mess. Will isn't too bad- but he needs some reminding.
Cath - good for you organising some time to yourself. That's kind of why I go to the gym - for that time where no one is saying "mummy". Breakfast sounds excellent though - I'd love to be able to eat a meal in peace!
Anyway - I had better get going - should be doing some work right now.
Tan, congrats to Will on being night time TT! :yelclap:
Tan that is great news about the night time TT for Will. That's excellent he gets to go to kinder for 3 full days next year too. Paddy could certainly do with the stimulation too but we will have to make do with our 2 shorter days. I have a meeting at 7pm tonight and am hoping I will finally find out what actual days he will be going. At least Paddy also has that regular day with Dean's parents -that counts really as some extra stimulation as they take him to do things I don't get to do. I bloody hope he doesn't have kinder on Tuesday so he can keep going with them.
Paddy has gone to stay the night at my parents and poor Will is a bit upset and wanted to go too. I have organised for a friend from playgroup with a little boy about 6 months older than Will and a little girl Jack's age to come over in the morning and play. I thought it might be nice for Will to get the chance to play with someone without his dominating older brother around. Will tends to be fairly shy around other kids and new people but is actually a total madman so I think it would be nice to get him a bit more socially confident.
Okay - time to start getting some things organised for Jack and Will to get to bed so I can get out of here. Chat soon.
Oh my goodness where is everyone??!!
This will just be a quick check in for me - boys due back soon and Jack is a bit cranky.
Paddy will be going to kinder on Wednesday and Thursday next year which has worked well for me. It means Mum misses out on her time with Paddy on a Thursday but it has been a bit irregular this year anyway and hopefully she can find another time (she has mentioned maybe giving up her second golf session on a Friday - she plays on Wednesday too).We still get to go playgroup on a Monday and Dean's parents can still take Paddy and Will on a Tuesday which everyone seems to like. My challenge for next year is going to be finding something I can send to kinder that Paddy will eat. This year he has mostly taken some dry biscuits and cheese, some fruit and sultanas (which have always come home:rolleyes:) and a vegemite, cheese or ham and cheese sandwich (and ham is only a recent addition - gives me hope that one day he will eat meat). Next year a child with anaphylaxis will go to the kinder so we can't send any nuts or nut product (never would anyway), no eggs and no dairy orf any kind including dairy spread on a sandwich:no: It is going to be tricky - seriously you need some butter on a vegemite sandwich I say and cheese and bikkies are his staple thing. Oh well - he is just going to have to learn to bloody well eat fruit I guess.
Okay - Jack is very cranky and not leaving me in peace - better go and entertain him.
Come back everyone!! Chat soon.
Well Cath - I was actually just waiting for BH to be up and running again! Last week we were too busy sweltering to do much hubbing.
That's good that Paddy's kinder days have worked out for you. I've got no idea what you would pack with those kind of restrictions. It seems ridiculous to me given what children are supposed to eat, especially in relation to dairy. That would mean no yoghurt, no cheese and no butter etc on sandwiches! What's left? Not much! I know that poor child must have a terrible sensitivity but you really have to wonder. We have had to deal with the nut and the egg allergy at Will's Tuesday school - but never the dairy one as well. I think Will would be eating fruit salad and crackers and that would be it. Doesn't seem very sufficient.
Can anyone remember at what age their kids started to talk? I have forgotten all about when Will did. Levi does an awful lot of yabbering but only a few words make any sense. Is that normal at his age? Um - he's almost 19 months. It probably is - but because he is so big it seems he should be talking more. Maybe I am expecting too much.
I laughed at Hayley putting up her Christmas tree early this year. I have to admit I am tempted but that's mostly because Will keeps bringing home Christmas related activities from pre-school. I think I can manage to hang out another week though!
Hey - has anyone ever had a spray tan? I was thinking about getting one before we go on our holiday to the beach in a few weeks but I have never had one. I've suddenly become quite paranoid about the face part - I don't want it to look strange.
Anyway - I need to finish off some reports so I had better go. Hope you are all well.
:yelclap: Yay - hi Tan -someone to talk to.
I know about the dairy restriction - it really has made things very hard considering I have a picky eater to begin with. Lets hope the same thing doesn't happen when he starts school full time - you couldn't send little savoury or sweet muffins or anything if eggs, dairy and nuts are banned. At least kinder is only 2 days for 5 hours at a time - I am sure he will live and if another child really gets sick if they are close to dairy foods I shouldn't whinge. It does make me wonder though -if there is a bit of butter in another kids vegemite sandwich will it really do something?
You know I have forgotton about the talking too. Will was 19 months when Jack was born -I'll go and have a quick look at a coulple of videos from that time. Okay - out of about 6 little videos I only got the word "baby" and the rest was yabbering. I can't remember when it kicked in but it will. At 2 and 4 months Will's language is fantastic now. At 19 months I don't think there were many clear words though (still not sure). It's funny how you don't remember that time and can only think of when your child could talk -it is so weird looking at videos of Paddy and Will when they can't really talk as they both don't stop talking now. Make the most of it before the crazy arguing kicks in. I have constant fights of "I had that toy first" or "I want to get out of the car first and Patrick/Will can go second" or "I want the blue plate" here - this is sentences from both of them -they drive me nuts.
I've never had a spray tan and am usually horribly white. I occasionally use fake tan on my arms and legs but do a pretty bad job of it so mostly just leave it. Give it a go. It would be interesting to see how it works and maybe it would be good. If it's not it will only be a one off thing and won't last forever. Go for it.
Okay - we've only just got Will and Jack settled for the night after both having late naps today (Dean's parents let Will sleep until 4pm - might have to start telling them to stop his day sleep there - it's the only one he has all week though and he can probably do with it). I'm ready for bed I think. Chat soon.
Sorry I've been slack on here :o, I did try to jump on the weekend but the forum site was down.
Tan I've had a spray tan before. If you've got fair skin I would just go a couple of shades darker, nothing drastic. I went a bit too dark and it was way obvious. Try to suss out your local one's and people that have had them before, different places will use different products and some are more orange than others. I've only had it done once and I don't think I'd get it done again??? I had to stand there with just these paper undies on and hold my arms above my head while a young 19 year old model looking girl sprayed my body. I was so embarrassed because I didn't realize it would be so...... confronting. I thought I'd be stepping into a booth like on Friends, oh that episode made me laugh a lot. Then about a week later it started to streak and crack off. I had to sit in the bath and scrub it off.
Geez that kinder sounds a bit extreme not allowing dairy? Do they have a kid that will have anaphylaxis when exposed to dairy products? Maddi has a dairy allergy (that she has now grown out of) and her creche haven't taken on such extreme measures. She just gets different icecream and yogurt ect. We use Nutalex which is a sunflower oil margarine and its free from nuts and dairy ect. Maybe you could use that?
I have no idea when Maddi started to talk? I think it was around 2 years? Like you say Cath its hard to remember.
Alex had his 4 month weigh in yesterday and he's such a little dude. He's in the 25 percentile where his sister was in the 90th. I just had a look in the blue books and at the same age Maddi was half a kilo heavier. I spoke to the MHCN about Alex waking and she suggested I'm not rehydrating enough and to try to drink and rest more. I laughed at her suggestion of having a lay down after lunch to help my milk supply. Fat chance lady! If things don't improve then I'm going to try some solids. But other than that Alex is coming along really well, he's just very placid in comparison to Maddi.
Maddi is still arguing with us. She's our dealmaker. Everything is a negotiation!
Both kids had their injections on the same day which was good and bad. Maddi was so brave for hers, she just said ouch and jumped a bit but didn't cry. She was trying to show Alexander how brave she was. Then when Alex got his he screamed and Maddi looked like she was going to jump on the nurse and bite her on the head. She almost cried then. And just for good measure I got my swine flu vaccination. That night both kids had high temps. Maddi's arm where there tetanus went is had a huge lump on it and was really red, still is. But thank god thats over.
We're heading to my parents place this week for a week. My Dad is coming back from a holiday in Tassie so I'm picking him up from the airport on the way. I just figure I should make the most of being on maternity leave and get away while I can. I'm already dreading going back to work in June, just dreading it. I can't imagine getting 2 kids ready in the morning and getting to work in time. As well as balancing the kinder stuff in between. I should just stop thinking about it and enjoy my time at home.
Well I'm off to bed, can't stop yawning.
:santa:Couldn't resist using this Santa - he's adorable!
:wave: Hi Lu.
Just saw your comment about packing - total hassle but I'm sure you will have a great time once you get there. Just think about the extra help you will get and the break from the usual stuff that comes with being at home. Good idea about picking up your Dad on the way. You poor thing with a return to work looming over you. June is a while away but I do know how quickly the months fly by. It will defintitely be pretty full on for you. How many days will you work?
Paddy's kinder hasn't actually said that a child will have an anaphylactic reaction from dairy. The whole thing was a bit vague really and it was at a meeting with about 100 people there. I am hoping we will get some information that is a bit more detailed. I am thinking maybe this child has an allergy like Maddi maybe. Thanks for the tip on Nutalex - I forgot about that stuff -that will help a little bit at least. I so want to be able to send cheese though (and yoghurt would be great too).
:laughing: about your nice lie down after lunch - what planet was the nurse on?
Oh bloody hell - kids are going nuts -gotta go
hayleylea
25-11-2009, 17:59
Hi guys
Just a quick one from me because the kids are due to go to bed very soon.
Tan i just couldnt resist the whole putting up of the Tree. yeah its only a week till december - My MIL actually initiated it because she got the kids to put her decorations up on Sunday...So Cooper was like Why cant we put ours up - and I just couldnt make him wait! We had a ball doing it! I even put my lights up today :santa::tree: We are heading to mums tommorrow till either sunday or monday. So i wouldnt have really had time to do it any other time - we like to have them going on the 1st of december - WE LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME! (can you guess lol). And mum was here today so that was alot easier having someone to keep the kids busy while I put the lights up. We wont be be putting them on till tuesday though....think maybe we would be a bit over the top if we put them on before then lol.
RE talking - yeah Cooper didnt talk talk till he was 2 years. he would say lots of words, but it wasnt till 2 that he really took off with his words.
Shelley says a few words pretty clear. She says mum, Nan, Pa (cooper) lol, Axxxx for Axel she does call him AXEL too. She says Roxy, Ice (iceblock), Yum, Bicci, a few others probably, cant remember. She will sometimes mimic the words we say, but the rest is just babble. I definatley wouldnt say she talks alot. But she does throw a few words in there if that makes sense.
Cath - Wow them kinderlunches are going to be a struggle!! Goodluck with that!
Lu - Good to hear from you. What a tough time you had with them needles! You poor thing! Have fun at your parents house!
Oh re Spray tan..nope never had one. A few friends have though. Ive seen some good jobs and some bad jobs...
Ok gotta run and get these kids to bed. Shelley didnt have a sleep today and got up earlier then usual and she is still going!!! Happy as larry she is..im sure she has energizer batteries in her somewhere that recharge when she sleeps :laughing:
Hi again,
Lu sounds like Maddi did very well with her vaccinations. Paddy totally freaked after the first one and I had to try and restrain him for the second one and he managed to kick the nurse - not good! How cute that Alex is little - Jack is our littlest baby and I just love it (still think he is a bit above average in size though - actually not sure - never looked at the percentiles - his appointments are always chaos with the other boys distracting me). Good luck with getting Alex to stop waking up. I hate to say it but I do think it is just something they do around that age for some stupid reason. Well done with the flu vaccine - I plan to do that too next time I go to the Dr.
Hi Hayley. Good job with all of your lights and decorations - you are an energetic woman! I love that Shelley calls Cooper "Pa" -too cute. I love hearing what they come up with. Will has recently started saying "Patrick" some of the time but mostly it is still "Packet" and I love it.
I had plans to take the kids to the zoo today as Paddy is a bit upset about not seeing my Mum today (they are getting a new kitchen put in and she is busy) but it is raining which is not ideal so we will have to do that another time. Am going to take them to the shopping centre instead as I need to get some stuff and am hoping they will be excited enough by getting a ride in one of the shopping centre rides and having some McDonalds for lunch or something - poor kids - one day I really will do some fun things with them. I feel guilty all the time for not doing exciting things with them. I really look forward to the day Jack no longer needs a sleep really so we can go out and do things (by then of course Paddy will be in school but there are always school holidays).
Okay - better go. Chat again soon.
Oh Cath - we never do anything exciting with our boys at all! In 4 years we have been to the zoo once and to a reptile park once - that's it! Will has been to an indoor play centre twice - Levi never. They have never been to the movies, to a "concert" - nothing! I figure that they go to the farm and they go to the beach a lot visiting family, we go to the park occasionally and we do lots of different stuff at home.
I think I am of the opinion that they won't really appreciate a lot of things until they are school age. Then I'd love to take them to museums, animal parks and train things etc. Will just wants to go on a bus and a train at the moment! I also think that I like that kind of stuff to remain "special" and I want to do it with Troy too - so I am happy to wait a bit.
Then there is the fact that mine are just happy to go swimming and paddle in the wading pool in the backyard.
Will still hasn't had his needles - and I am seriously not looking forward to it. Will's a pretty soft kid I think. Levi needs his chicken pox one as well - might be a job for next week.
Oh Lu - I don't know what I would do about the waking up. Mine both had solids pretty early - Levi was a hungry monster and was sending me into financial crisis just having formula and Will wouldn't drink his formula! I don't think it did either of them any harm but I wouldn't like to say that it was why they slept well.
Hayley - hope you have a good time at your Mum's. Well done on the decorating! I am yet to start but that is appropriate given that I still haven't started my Christmas shopping. :eek: I am so hopeless - it's on my agenda for tonight!
Yeah - I think what Levi does is normal. Except that he is stubborn and chooses to grunt rather than talk. He says Mum, Dad, daisy, bath, car, ball, WILL, butter, shoes, cheese, and two (as in one, two three but two is all that makes any sense). There might be some others but that's about it - and a whole lot of jabber.
Anyway I had better go. It's "rest time" here and that usually means I should be doing some work.
hayleylea
26-11-2009, 20:58
Hey everyone
Cath - We dont do that much 'fun' stuff either. We did alot more when Trent was home but its really hard for me to take the both kids anywhere by myself.. They are still pretty happy we try and do fun craft stuff when I can. You have your hands full, im sure they will be fine! We still havent taken ours to the Zoo! Its definatley on the list of things to do...just seems so far away!
As for being energetic - believe me its so easy for me to be Lazy but I make myself get up and go lol. Christmas at our house for the last 2 years especially I make a really big deal out of it, i think its because its the time that I start to get really sad about Trent not being around - and also seems to be a really hard time for Cooper. So we keep busy with the lights and decorations and FUN! it doesnt work all the time but it definatley helps!
Tan - yep Levi's speaking sounds normal to me! Shelley has become a real little parrot in the last 2 days - its amazing how each day can make a real difference! I tell her to say something and she pretty much says it. She has all the body parts all worked out too (even bum! thanks Cooper! :laughing:).
Anyway im at mums. Everyones asleep and im tired too so i better head off.
Night all.
That makes me feel a bit better Hayley and Tan -thanks. I sometimes feel I am too busy with the housework etc. and should be out doing more with the boys but really the stupid housework and cooking and everything has to get done. I do find it hard sometimse to juggle the needs of a baby with those of 2 energetic little boys. I can't do things like set up a little pool because I can't stay out there and supervise them if Jack needs to be breastfed (which he will only do in my room with no distractions whatsoever) and put to bed or if I need to do anything else - our house isn't set up very well so I can't watch them from the kitchen or anything. I do feel I need to make a bit more of an effort and maybe do stuff like that while Jack is asleep but that is always my chance to get the cooking or whatever done. When Jack is awake I need to be near him most of the time really as he eats everything on the floor (and with a million little animals, dinosaurs etc. and 2 boys who don't understand packing up and just love to tip stuff out there is always dangerous little things on the floor). It is so annoying having our kitchen removed from the lounge/ playroom area. Oh well - soon enough I will have 3 energetic little boys who will be at similar stages and all up going crazy all day long -then the real fun will begin!
Hayley you poor thing with the festive season being a big of a sad reminder that Trent isn't here:hugs:. Are Cooper and Shelley getting to talk to Trent on th phone much? The whole thing really is so heartbreaking.
The whole language development thing really is quite amazing isn't it? I love it when you realise that they can suddenly say most words you ask them too. Tan Levi sounds great with his language -exactly where he should be I would say.
Have you started that shopping Tan? I am still working through it and am already so over it -just can't be bothered this year really.
I've had a long week here with Paddy waking up a bit after 6 every morning this week and managing to wake up his 2 brothers in the process so we have all been up at about 6:15 every day - way too early for this household. Paddy had a meltdown about going to kinder this morning and in the end I had to leave him there screaming "I want to go home with
Mumma" (I am still Mumma:laughing:) while the teacher restrained him and I ran away. Poor kid. I sort of think maybe he thinks he is missing out on something as Will always talks about what we are going to do while Paddy is at kinder (which is never anything all that exciting - normally some shopping then home for Jack's sleep and some housework:rolleyes:). He has always loved kinder but for some reason cried while he was there last week just saying "I want Mumma" and then there was this major carry on this morning. Only 2 weeks to go for the term -I am hoping we can get through them okay. When he went to bed tonight we had a quick chat about it and he said "I wanted to go in the end" - funny man.
Will has a new thing with refusing to wear pants or shorts when we are at home and just runs around in his nappy and today he extended that to taking poor Jack's pants off every chance he got:laughing: I always feel bad for crawling/commando crawling babies if they are bare legged.
Okay - time for bed for me I think (especially if I am up at 6am). Chat again soon.
We finally made it! We picked up my Dad from the airport, watched some planes and then jumped in the car to drive back to Bairnsdale. I thought I'd be smart and go around the ring road instead of Citylink to avoid the traffic. Big Mistake! I got lost, the kids got cranky, we got stuck in the biggest lightning storm in Berwick on top of a HILL, had to drive through roads under water and tree's down everywhere. Alex poo'd right through his suit just as the storm hit and we finally got to my parents place at 7pm after leaving at 9am in the morning. What a LONG day!
Anyway, we had a lovely day at the beach yesterday. We were relaxing on the foreshore when I head this funny noise and I looked up and thought I saw a dolphin. Shook my head and thought I was seeing things and then about 5 fins popped up. It was really cool and Maddi was so excited. Then we had a lovely dinner of crayfish that dad had caught with some friends in Tassie so it was beautiful and fresh. Makes is worth the nightmare trip we had :laughing:
Cath, Maddi has these phases of "I love creche, I hate creche" all the time. When we ask her about it she just says its boring and stupid. I haven't figured it out either but I just figure its a up and down thing?
As for taking the kids out to do anything exciting - apart from coming to Bairnsdale to see my parents who help me out taking the kids to the beach - I totally understand. Alex likes to sleep most of the morning, then when the afternoon comes its like its too late to do anything and I'm too tired!
Arghhh, got to go. Little man has woken up and Maddi is out with my parents. I'll try and pop in again later on.
Oh Lu what a full on trip. That new ring road is really confusing isn't it? Well it is to me -Dean seems to understand it but I have no idea and would have got lost too. We are going to a winery in Dromana on Saturday for lunch so will probably be on it again - I really need to get my head around it. What a long day of travelling for you - you must have been stuffed when you got there.
It was obviously worth the trip though. The beach trip with dolphins popping up sounds amazing and I saw your photos on Facebook -looks like you are having a lovely relaxing time and having those 2 extra helpers to entertain Maddi must be great!
Thanks for letting me know that Maddi sometimes hates creche too for some unknown reason. Maybe Paddy just isn't in the mood at the moment or something:confused: I have to go with him for orientation for 4 year old kinder on Wednesday for an hour so maybe that will ease him into his Friday session on his own - I bloody hope so.
We had the A/C installed in the boys room this morning so we are all set for summer tomorrow:yelclap: We inherited a "new" oven from my parents on the weekend as they are doing a new kitchen and didn't want this one that is way better than the one we have so they gave it to us - yay!Haven't got it put in yet but we will get around to it one of these days. We have so many projects on the go at the moment and the weekends are getting busy - we have to see everything as long-term projects these days. Takes us a month to get a simple thing like an oven-installation or a bit of gardening completed.
Anyway just a quick check in for now. Almost time to start dinner I think. All the boys seem to be asleep.
Here's a couple of recent photos (with Paddy refusing to put on a normal face -always one of them :rolleyes: :
Jack and Paddy (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2089.jpg)
Jack (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2020.jpg)
Paddy,Will and Jack (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2036.jpg)
hayleylea
30-11-2009, 21:02
Lou - What a long trip! glad its all worth it though! sounds like you are having a great time.
Cath - Yeah I love Shelley's new found language. She is such a little parrot though. She has just come along in leaps and bounds. Its funny because her and Cooper are complete opposites. Cooper didnt really do the whole copy thing he just said what he wanted to (and he was a late talker where as Shelley has started alot earlier!) She is so cute the way she prounounces words though. She says Please now instead of Ta and she says it oh so posh! And Tank you for thank you! So cute! :laughing:
Cute photos of your boys too! Gee Jack is growing up isnt he! they both are such cute little boys! I hope the boys sleep in for you tommorrow and hope Paddy gets over his not liking Kinder!
Cath - yeah the kids speak to Trent every night and sometimes in the morning aswell. Its not a big chat because the kids loose interest in the phone. Cooper has been so upset latley. Telling he hates Daddy, that santa wont come to Daddy because his naughty, and just crying alot because Daddy isnt here and he misses him. It really is heartbreaking.
Anyway i best be off. Im tired - 1st of December tommorrow! Can you believe its almost christmas time!! :tree: Cant wait to turn on my lights..however theres not as many as last year I have got a few 'new additions' Cooper and I picked up an inflatable Santa in a train - lol. The kids love him! so i hope he looks good when we put him up out the front!
Hi all, can't believe it's gonna be Christmas soon! We still need to do so much shopping for pressies. We've only got Charlotte's presents so far.
Charlotte's now trying to say more words....she says "cheese" whenever I bring out the camera LOL. Also tries to say her name and also Toby, our new pup's name.....we've only had hi for just over a week, but I guess she's already heard his name so many times since we got him. Unfortunately our rabbit died not long ago, he was nearly 10 so he had a pretty good innings, so that's when we decided to get a dog.
Anyway, I have to go...hope everyone's well. :)
hayleylea
01-12-2009, 07:07
Hey Renee - good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your bunny rabbit - did have a really good innings though! Cool for the new puppy - what sort is he?
Ok i gotta go. Mums coming up today and Im heading into town to get some photos developed and hopefully pick up the photobooks i did a few weeks ago. I got an email to say they were ready in store and when i went to pick them up they couldnt find them! They better be there this time or I wont be a happy camper!
talk soon
Hayley, Toby's a jack russell....very cute, but in desperate need of obedience training LOL. That will be starting on Sunday.
Hope your photo books are ready this time!
hayleylea
02-12-2009, 07:28
Renee - Aww Jack Russells are cute. They can be naughty too ive heard lol. Although they are a pretty smart breed so he will probably do well at obedience training :)
The photo books were ready - Very happy with them :D
Hello again,
Paddy has another meltdown at kinder this morning and once again I had to leave him crying while a teacher restrained him:( Crazy kid. It's their Christmas Party today and I am going back early to watch a little concert and take some party food (I am going all out and popping some microwave popcorn to take down) and Santa is coming on a Fire Engine (which is a surprise) - he should be excited but he is just sooky.
Life is busy as per usual here and to add to the chaos we are having 2 of our nieces who are 12 and 14 stay the night here tonight. I can do without it really - my SIL asked me a while ago if we could babysit which I said would be fine but her idea of babysitting was that they stayed the night here -I thought one of us would just go to their place while they were out:confused: We have a 2 bedroom house and one living area for goodness sake. Can't really put the girls in with the 3 little boys who will no doubt call out at some point in the middle of the night -we would fall over them if they are on the floor. Dean's Mum said the other day - oh they can just sleep on the sofa-bed. Well not really - Dean stays up until about midnight so what - they sit up with him until then. I think we will just have to put them in the dining room area (we have an adjoining lounge-dining area) and they will have to put up with the tv being on for a while. The girls are lovely but the 12 year old doesn't shut up and after a long day with my boys I really need noone talking to me for a bit before I go to bed. Oh well - it's only one night - we will just remember to return the favour one day and get them to "babysit" - pack up the boys and send them to their 2 bedroom house for a night and see how they like it:laughing:
Okay - better go and get organised to get back to kinder. Will chat again soon.
Oh thats a bit rude stretching babysitting to having them over. Well like you say Cath they will just have to take what they get.
Oh Renee a Jack Russell puppy would be so cute! I had a little fluffy one when I was a kid called Spud but he was super naughty and ran away and we never found him again :(.
Hayley your photo's on FB of your christmas lights are ace. Great job putting them up by yourself.
Well my holiday was cut short and turned into a nightmare trip. On Friday a 65 year old woman was murdered by some schizophrenic 23 year old girl who went off her meds. That wasn't far from my parents house. The girl wasn't arrested for 4 days so everyone was laying low until she was found. Then on Monday morning at 3am my Mum rushed in and woke me up to ask me to call an ambulance for my Dad. He was in terrible pain and moaning and groaning. I thought he was having a heart attack. After waking up properly I realized he had kidney pain and Mum thought he might have kidney stones. Well Dad ended up being rushed to Melbourne where he was on morphine for 4 days. They found he had 1 huge stone that needed to be operated out. Talk about stressful! I had a migraine so Tony had to catch the train up to Bairnsdale to help me drive back to Bendigo. Man am I glad to be home.
Maddi is driving me nuts with her drama rama diva antics. I think me being oh so tired isn't helping much. Alex is rolling everywhere already. Sometimes he can just roll and roll and roll and other times he gets stuck on his belly screaming out for help. His little legs are going like crazy trying desperately to crawl. I keep pushing him over to slow him down, I'm not ready for him to crawl yet.
Oh got to go. Maddi is being nuts!
hayleylea
05-12-2009, 20:00
Lou - OMG!!! what a 'holiday' you had! How sad about that lady being murdered (and scary they didnt find the girl for 4 days!)
Your poor Dad!!! I can totally sympathise with him because I had kidney stones just after Cooper was born and ended up in hospital on morphine too - it was the most excrutiating pain I have ever felt (way worse then Child birth!!) They thought they were going to have to operate onn me but fortunatley it passed! Not a very nice thing to go through, I bet he is drinking lots and lots of water now!!
Thats no good about Maddis Diva attitude - I have a little drama queen in the making too!! girls are so much different to boys! WOW alex is rolling already - how old is he? it goes too quick!
Anyway i better be off. I have a few things to do before i head to bed. We have to head into town early tommorrow Coopers going to the movies for the first time with Trents mum! :D Wonder how he will go lol
I imagine the pain is terrible Hayley for kidney stones. My dad has a really high pain threshold and he didn't look too good. Thank god its all over now.
Yep Alex is only 4.5 months old and he's rolling everywhere. I'm sure Maddi was 6 months before she was semi mobile? He just seems to be in such a hurry to keep up with Maddi. For a baby that was so quiet to start with he's making up for lost time now. He gets so mad when he's stuck on his belly. If I put him in his rocker he whinges that he can't move.
How did Cooper go at the Movies? Last time I tried with Maddi was when I was heavily pregnant with Alex and Maddi wouldn't even go into the cinema.
I forgot to tell you we made a trip into the city to see the Myer Christmas windows and they had Olivia the pig. It was so cute! Maddi loved it. Reminds me I should put up the tree and stuff. I'm trying to clean up this house - its a pigsty! There is stuff everywhere and I'm about ready to give up because whatever I put away Maddi is undoing. Think I might wait until she's at creche tomorrow and try again.
Hey there everyone,
Lu - that didn't sound much like a holiday at all. Your poor Dad, I hope he is feeling much better. And how scary about that girl on the loose! I don't know a lot about diva antics but I do know an awful lot about "killing monsters" lately and that is a very noisy game!
Hayley - you'll have to let me know how Cooper went at the movies. I would love to take Will but I am very unsure about it. I think he might do a Maddi and balk at the door!
Cath - Will had a bit of a whinge about his "Friday school" again this week too. He has only got one more week and I am actually quite glad. I think some of the other kids there are quite rough and I am not too sure about some of the things he says sometimes when he comes home from school!
How did your babysitting go? That was a bit sneaky leaving them for the whole night. We often drop our kids off at other people's houses but that's usually so we don't disrupt their family routines and so that they can still be at home together once all the kids are asleep. We don't leave them there though! We always pick them up later that night.
Renee - how's the puppy going? Jack Russell's are very good if you get snakes (not that you would in Perth) but that's all I know about them!
Here it is busy, busy with just one more week before we go on holidays. I have almost finished my Christmas shopping and I am very happy about that. Just my Dad, Troy and an Aunt that I have to buy for - actually that is more than I thought. Bummer!
Levi has been really up and down since Wednesday. He yelled the house down at swimming (very unusual) and he has been crying in his sleep at night, waking early and taking ages to go to sleep at night. I"m not sure what the problem is but he is just about to cut at least one eye tooth. Maybe that is his issue. We also stopped putting him in a sleep sack a few weeks ago (at night) and he seems really restless, maybe I'll have to give it back to him. It's a pest really - but he keeps poking his legs out through the bars and getting stuck. I think the sack stopped him from doing that.
Well, I had better get a wriggle on, hope you are all good out there!
Tan, I had the exact same issue with Maddi sticking her arms and legs out and losing her dummy in the cot and I ended up buying an air mesh cot bumper from Big W. I can highly recommend one of those if you don't want to use the sleep sack.
Oops gotta go, cooking dinner and just popped on to find a recipe. Tony has been away in Melbourne watching the Champions trophy hockey :rolleyes:. As soon as he walks in the door at 7pm I'm off duty!!! Maddi is seriously trying my patience today.
hayleylea
06-12-2009, 18:16
Tan and Lou - Cooper was FANTASTIC at the movies. I didnt go, but my MIL said she couldnt believe how good he was. He sat down with his popcorn and a drink (she takes her own so she doesnt have to pay the ridiculous prices! lol) and he said 'WOW grandma thats a BIG TV' :laughing: He sat quietly and watched the whole thing without so much of as a whinge, and my MIL said in the funny bits he was in fits of laughter! So cute! He was super excited when he got back and couldnt wait to tell me all about it. He even circled the 'showing next guide' to what movie he wants to go to next! She is a movie junkie so she is pretty excited about taking him to alot more!
Shelley and I enjoyed some one on one time too. She has been out of sorts the last few days - she woke up last night and wasnt very happy and ended up sleeping with me and she was Sooo restless. Today on the way to town she threw up everywhere - but seemed fine after that? The 2 of us went for a walk down the street then just hung at my MILs till they got home. It was nice just having the 2 of us - it doesnt happen very often.
Tan - sorry to hear Levi is still playing up - hope its just the teething!
Lou - Shelley was way earlier then Cooper with her milestones aswell. She rolled at 4.5 months too, and she was crawling before 6 months - then she took longer then Cooper to walk! :laughing: crazy!
im seriously looking forward to bed. Im not even putting the christmas lights on today. I have to put the blow ups out and then take them down every night andn tonight im so stuffed i just cant be bothered. Shelley kept me awake withher tossing and turning and whinging, and I was up early organising everything for today. So early to bed for everyone tonight - well not early huh - i just realised the time i better get these 2 to bed. Shelley has slept today though so i dont like my chances!
talk soon
Oh Lu - what a full on holiday -things went down hill after the dolphin spotting it sounds like! I thought of you when I heard about that lady who was murdered on the news - how awful and scary! Your poor dad and how upsetting for you all as well. I hope he is feeling much better now -is he back home? Not good about the migraine for you either and not being able to drive home. What a total disaster. I can't believe Alex is rolling all over the place already - that seems way too soon!Good luck with Maddi -they are testing these 4 year olds aren't they?
I had an incident with Paddy in the park today scaling the park wall and getting himself in line at an icecream van and almost having a total stranger buy him an icecream before I tracked him down. Dean and I had no idea he was out of the park and out near the road amongst strangers:eek: He had a total meltdown about not getting an icecream and I had to carry him back over the wall and back to where our group was (it was our Mothers Group/Playgroup Christmas party) where he proceeded to cry and carry on about an icecream for a good 15 minutes. So scary to think what could have happened. Before I was a parent I always thought I would always be with my child and never have them out of my sight and nothing could ever happen to them but now I can see how easy it could be.
Hayley what movie did Cooper see? We still haven't taken Paddy but he is keen to see "Where the Wild
Things are" after getting the book recently so we might try and get him there. That is great Cooper had such a good time and you got to spend some quality time with Shelley. Hope she is feeling better poor little thing and you get a better night's sleep tonight.
Tan where are you going for your holiday? Sounds like you have done pretty well with the shopping -good luck with the rest. I hope Levi settles down for you soon. That's so funny you mention the "killing monsters" game - we have one like that here too except it is the "monster's coming" game and they run around the house screaming and clutching on to my legs when I am trying to do things. Boys and their monsters!
One more week of kinder here too thank goodness. Paddy had a great time once he was there and settled down.Santa visited and delivered a present to all the kids and they put on a really cute little concert and play - it was great! The cutest thing was all the comments to Santa from all the kids. "Santa - I know your wife's name - Mrs Santa", "Santa- I love you", "Santa - can you come to my house tomorrow?". Poor Will was scared of Santa so he went and hid inside the kinder while we were all outside with Santa. I went and looked in the window after a little bit and there was Will eating biggest bit of chocolate cake he had taken from the table that was all lined with food for the kinder kids to have for their party -hilarious:laughing: Luckily there was lots to go around.
Renee how cute about the puppy and that Charlotte has some words happening. Jack has just started saying "mum-mum-mum" today and I just love it!:goodvibes: I'm sure soon enough I will wish he couldn't say it when I have all 3 boys calling out "mum" constantly but for now it is a novelty and it is gorgeous!
We've had a full on weekend and I think I have a stupid ear infection and have struggled all weekend. I got a stupid cold last Thursday or Friday (too busy to remember) but have been half deaf since Friday night - so annoying! I have a Dr's appointment for Tuesday so can hopefully get rid of it. Not the time of year to be sick! I just wanted to be in bed all weekend really but we had heaps going on so no chance of that. Anway should start getting ready for bed. Hope everyone is okay and I will chat soon.
hayleylea
06-12-2009, 21:21
Cath - thats the movie Cooper went to see - 'where the wild things are' He enjoyed it! he hasnt stopped talking about it!
As for Shelley im actually thinking she has 'slap cheek/face'. It didnt dawn on to me till i just spoke to my sister. She said that she thinks her daughter has it, and shelley has had a rash on her cheek all afternoon - i just assumed it was a heat rash and didnt even associate it with her throwing up this morning (der). I guess ill see if its still there tommorrow but theres an epedemic of it in bahturst atm so it probably is on the cards - please please please I hope not!!! not so close to christmas!
Im having a few dramas with my sister at the moment. I love her death i really do but she can be so frustrating. We do christmas one year with Trents family one year with ours. Either morning though we still go to see other other familiy for an hour or so. This year i thought it would be a bit much - mainly because we are now another 25 minutes out of town, which is now an hour away from my mums house..but also because of things with Trent. We never get much time to spend as a family because he only has brief visits and its usually for birthdays, easter, christmas etc so we have to do other stuff aswell.
Anywya i suggested that we do a lunch or dinner a few days before or even the week before and exchange the kids presents. Well hasnt it been a drama. Every day i have mentioned she has something on - and its nothing - her excuses are 'oh my husband will be sleeping - oh i cant do it that day because we are going to the neighbours to have tea - that was 2 of the nights i mentioned - they are your neighbours im sure they would understand if you said you were having dinner with your FAMILY!!!!!! they have dinner with their neighbours all the time - its nothing special. Then the other excuses were just so immature and an obvious play at being a b!tch more then anything. It really upset me that i snapped and then cried for about an hour. I just wish she woudl try and put herself in my position for a miute and realise how hard things are with trent coming and going and me just wanting to spend time being a normal family for once and just being at home just the 4 of us - its something i think the kids need aswell.
Now they wouldnt get down to my mums till 11. Which means we couldnt do anything till then either. Then they have to shoot off to my unlces at 11/30 so that means we would travel an hour to have a rushed 30 minute present exchanged then we would have to pack up and come back another 30 minutes to have lunchwith Trents family - its just insane.
Maybe im the one being selfish? but i think she is being ridiculous!
anyway rant over!
Cath - OMG about Paddy - its scary huh! no matter how much we watch them or think it would never happen to us it does happen so easily - it was definatley a scare but so glad that all the things that could have happened didnt. dont beat yourself up about it, accidents happen, ive had my fair share....just makes us a little bit more wary even when we thought would couldnt. :hugs: what a scare!
Ok im off to bed.
night night.
Oh Hayley that would be ridiculous running around like that on Christmas Day. Sounds like your sister is being a bit unreasonable and wanting to stick with tradition no matter what. Traditions need to change sometimes! Having a get together the day before or something sounds like a much better idea. You are well within your rights to be annoyed and you are not being selfish. As you say it is so rare for the kids to get to spend some quality time with their Dad these days and you would like to think your sister would realise that and try and make it easier for you. Good luck with it. Can you get your Mum to talk to her? Surely your Mum realises how silly it would be.
That's great to hear Cooper liked that movie - I was wondering whether it might be a bit old for Paddy but doesnt' sound like it. I don't know when the hell we are going to fit in taking him to the movies while the other boys are looked after. I hope it is still on after Christmas as that would be easier but I might be pushing my luck.
Okay - better go for now. Will check in again soon.
hayleylea
07-12-2009, 10:16
Cath - my sister is the most stubborn person you have ever come across. I do love her and Id give her the world but sometimes I think she has a heart of stone. Her and I are total opposites im a real softie, she isnt like that at all. Its her way or no way. I had a big cry to mum today about it, and mum is on my side, she said she will leave it a few days and talk to her then. My SIL is fine with it, she actually think its a great idea - but her and my Brother are pretty supportive of me. He is my eldest brother and has practically been like my dad. My other brother cant come cause he lives in QLD - they only come back every second year - fair enough.
The thing that gets me is that when they didnt think her husband was working they were going to take my mum up to QLD for christmas with my brother because it was 'my year at Trents family' this year. Isnt it the same thing? we still woluld have had to have done the present exchange before hand anyway! GRRRR im mroe then annoyed about it all. Usually id just cave and just give in and go there there but this year Im really trying to stick to my guns. After everything Ive been through surely she can stop thinking about herself for once and realise that its not so bad....hmm dont like my chances.
I actually didnt even knokw what movie Cooper was going to see Cath - and then when i found out i mentioned it to a few people and they thought it might have been a bit old for him too. He seemed to like it though.....i cant really tell you what i think because I wasnt there though! lol. My MIL thought he might have got a bit scared but he was good as gold. He keeps talking about the Billy goat and laughing so he wasnt scared in the slightest.
Anyway i better head off. We are having pancakes for lunch - how healthys that!? :laughing: Who cares! I have wanted pancakes for ages so has Cooper but we havent had time in the morning latley. So lunch it is :D
OK best be off.
That's not on Hayley if she was going to change tradition anyway by going to Queensland so you would have been doing an earlier Christmas thing together. If she could do it in those circumstances she shoud be able to do it now. I hope your Mum can talk some sense into her. How frustrating for you. Ah the fun of families!
My Mum wanted me to ask Dean's parents if they would change their Tuesday with the boys to a Friday next year so she and Dad (who might go to working 4 days next year) could have the boys on Tuesday. I didn't want to do it as Dean's parents have had that day for 2 years now and are so fantastic and reliable with it. I think they have only cancelled maybe 4 times in 2 years and I just love that I can rely on Tuesday being a day I can get stuff done. My Mum on the other hand is not so reliable and seems to only want to take the boys if there isn't something better going on these days (this week she is going out to lunch with friends and going to the dentist on "Nanna Day" and last week she had a plasterer coming over). She gets here much later than Dean's parents (often after going to see some exhibition or something on the way) and I just don't get as big a break as I do when they go with Dean's parents. I did the right thing and asked them about swapping on the weekend (prefacing the question with "I really don't want to ask you to do this and I really am very happy if you say no") and thankfully they have something they do on Fridays so they will keep up with their Tuesday with the boys next year. I told Mum and she was a bit annoyed - she always wants things her way. I was honestly quite relieved - Mum and Dad will just have to work out another day (and really I know that half the time they will have other things on anway).
Okay - I'm off to the Dr soon about my stupid blocked ears (and to get a flu vaccination and a cholesterol test) and I can hear Jack waking up. Better go. Chat soon.
Oh boy - you must all think I've completely disowned you or something!! :crying:
I think about you girls every single day and I'm still here but just not online as much at the moment.
Isaac is killing us slowly with sleep deprivation - he's 6mths old today and for me that's 6mths (and then some) of sleepless nights - freaking torture.
I'm having huge issues with feeding at the moment (have done since day one really) but he's still such a hungry boy and although he started solids a few weeks ago, he still just loves his mummy too much and thinks that 3am is the perfect time to remind her :rolleyes:.
I'm about to head to bed but I'll try and find some time soon to sit and scroll through the pages in this beloved group of ours. I miss you girls sooo sooo soooooo much - Tan we keep missing each other on msn/facebook! And Lou I got your message but just haven't found the time to write back (been busy cooking up batches of Isaac food - should get some time tomorrow).
Seriously - MIIIIIISSSSSSSSS YYYYOOOOUUUUUU GIRLS!!!!! xxxxx :hugs:
Hi Anna! :hugs: I can't even begin to imagine how busy you are with all the kids running them around and then having to wake up all hours of the night with Isaac. I'm tired enough with just Maddi and Alex. When you figure out how to get Isaac to sleep through the night please let me know so I can try and apply those theories here too. I keep thinking I should try Alex out on formula or solids but just never get around to it.
Hayley your sister sounds very stubborn. Keep standing your ground and bugger her I say! Sometimes you just have to do whats best for your family. I don't think your being unreasonable, driving in the car on Christmas day like that seems stressful and not much fun at all.
Cath, geez your Mum doesn't sound very reliable with her set days. That must drive you bonkers. You'd be all set to go and then a sudden change of plans. The boys must get all worked up about going with Nanna then be very disappointed when it doesn't happen. Sounds like Deans parents are fantastic! I wouldn't change their days either. As for your incident at the park how Lucky that you found Paddy when you did :eek: When you've got more than one kid to manage I can understand how easily it could happen. I swear these kids work in tandem "you distract Mum while I run to the icecream van, and yes Will I'll get you one covered in nuts".
Last night I went and played indoor soccer with a mixed team. It damn well nearly killed me running around like that. Don't know what I was thinking. I seriously was this close to :barf:. We lost something like 26-0 but we all had a great time just laughing our asses off at how hopeless we were. It was seriously like a comedy skit. I stopped the ball twice with my hands, I dunno I've never played soccer before! So thats every Tuesday night now which is great. Hopefully some of my love handles will shift :p. Tony managed well with the kids last night, giving them both their baths and feeding them. Alex took the bottle really well :yelclap:. So its a nice change to have Tony sitting at home while I go out and play some sport.
OK gotta go, still in my PJ's! I have to head down the street and get some cake icing things. I'm making the MIL's 70th birthday cake for her party. I just hope it looks semi decent. Tony and I were having the biggest laugh at one I found on the internet when I was looking for cake ideas, it said "'Tits your birthday" and was 2 boobies on the cake plate. Don't think that would go down too well, but god it would be funny!
:laughing: at the cake Lu. Sounds perfect for a 70th birthday cake - do it! How impressive are you making the cake -well done. Well done at getting yourself organised and out of the house on your own to play soccer - such a great idea! We so need some time out after being with kids constantly - you have done so well getting it organised while Alex is still so young - that is great he will take a bottle! Jack doesn't want anything to do with bottles but I only have less than 3 months before I wean him so I have just resigned to needing to be available for a bit longer (and it is only 3-4 times a day anyway - no major problem really). I can feed him before he goes to bed and head out the door (going out at 7 to get my hair cut tomorrow night) but I am still too lazy to get some exercise happening at this point - hopeless! Sounds like you had fun.
Yep - "Nanna Day" is a bit hit and miss here these days and poor Paddy doesn't quite understand. He just loves that "Grandma and Johnpa (Dean's Dad's name is John and our nieces and nephews came up with Johnpa when they were little - love it!) Day" happens every Tuesday and so do I. It sure is distracting having several kids to look after and now that we are outnumbered it is even harder.
Anna!! We miss you too. Talking about adults being outnumbered I can only imagine how busy you are and you poor thing still having broken sleep. It is pure torture when you then have a full on day every day. I really hope Isaac improves on the sleep front and that the feeding issues resolve themselves too - sounds like hard work:hugs:
Okay - quick check in for now. Back later.
Hi everyone,
it has been a mad week here so there hasn't been much time for hubbing. We are going away tomorrow to the beach for a week, so Troy and I have both been burning the midnight oil to try and get work done before we head off. I had a whole heap of other things I wanted to do as well but they are just not going to get done.
One of my Mum's brothers died on Tuesday so the week became a little busier as a result - my Mum and Dad stayed here last night and will again tonight so that they could go to the funeral today. We didn't go - it was another 2 hours further away from here and it was Will's last day at Friday school amongst all the other chaos so it just wasn't possible. I think that may be a blessing really - I don't know that I could attend a funeral again yet.
Lu - that cake sounds great! I hope you made that one! Well done on the indoor soccer match too. What a mammoth effort.
Hi Anna! Hope you are hanging in there in the silly season and your kidlets are treating you nicely.
Cath - well, am very excited cause I am going to meet Cath at the end of Jan when we come to Melbourne for some family stuff. Woohoo - our boys are gonna have fun!
Gotta run - chat soon I hope!
Hi again,
That's right - Tan and I are going to get to meet in person - can't wait! I am very excited. I seriously do believe that one day we will all meet up - how much fun would that be!
Hope you are having a lovely time at the beach Tan and sorry to hear about your Uncle. Your family has had a rough trot this year.
Quick hello while Dean is cooking dinner. Lu the cake looked fantastic! Well done - you are really clever with your cakes -I am still so disappointed I am hopeless at it - I had visions of me making these fantatic kids cakes but I have no skills at all.
Hayley apologies for my drunken chat with you on Friday night - boy did I suffer for that second bottle of wine of Saturday. What a struggle of a weekend I had. Oh well I got through it.
We finally got the Christmas tree up on Saturday and went to a 4 year old party yesterday and I continued the Christmas shopping. I am sending Dean to Target tomorrow night to pick up the layby with all the boys presents and then I think we at least have the presents sorted. Now just have to start organising food. In the end we are having 3 Christmas celebrations with the first one being here on Saturday for lunch. I'd better get out there and find a ham and some turkey later this week - I have delegated some of the stuff but we are doing the meat and the entree.
Okay - think dinner is ready. Come back everyone! I will hopefully pop in again tomorrow afternoon when I am here with only Jack. Hope everyone is well.
hayleylea
15-12-2009, 08:29
Tan - I hope you have a great time away - Sorry to hear about your uncle.
Cath - Dont apolgise for your drunken chats - its ME your talking to - ive done it many a time!!! Not good about 'harry hangover' visiting you though - i had him visit yesterday and boy did I feel sorry for myself!!! :o:laughing: I had a few drinks with my MIL on sunday night (i stayed at her house) I felt like crap till i went to sleep last night - I should know better me and Wine just dont mix! (we do at the time but the morning after isnt very nice :laughing:) Goodluck with getting the presents all sorted.
Mine are all wrapped up and hidden, just the trampoline to put together on christmas eve. Trent can slave away at that though after all teh effort ive put in he can atleast do something. Im not talking to him again :rolleyes: yeah i know good timing wiht Christmas coming up but im just so sick of his bloody drunken calls - atleast when i drink i dont call him up ann abusee him!!! (i dont drink very often though sunday was the first drink ive had in over 2 months). so i wrote him an email yesterday telling him ill talk to him next tuesday night (when he gets home) im sick of it just upsets me when he rings every night and i can barely hear him because of the pub background noise! GRRRR
Anyway on to better things, we have our playgroup christmas party today at 12, so we are looking forward to that. Then Mum is taking the kids and im going to get my hair cut. Im picking Shelleys bed up on the way home - Trents cousin was throwing out her daughters 4 poster bed so im taking it - it needs a tiny bit of work but nothing that Trent cant do - yes he is going to be VERY busy on his 10 days at home! - suck eggs i say thats what youg et when you leave your family lol it will be me sitting back with a beer in my hand- haha.
Ok i better go get organised Shelley just got out of bed!
talk soon
Great time to go to the beach Tan with all this hot weather arriving. Have a fantastic time away. Travel safe . I'm sorry to hear about your uncle passing away. I hope your Mum is coping ok. Fair enough about you not wanting to attend the funeral, you've had a very emotional year this year already.
Wow your in Melbourne end of Jan hey? If I happen to be in Melbourne at the same time I might crash?
Hayley you've done well to get so organised for christmas on your own! I have all my presents organised but they are still sitting in the cupboard waiting to get wrapped. Maybe that will be on my to-do list today. Does Trent get back on Tuesday? I'd be writing him up a whole booklet of to-do jobs while he's here. How long is he home for? Wow a 4-poster bed for Shelleys first bed sounds unreal. Lucky little girl.
Cath - three christmas celebrations sounds frantic! So who's drinking and who's driving or is it a matter of who can get into it the fastest :D. I think the chef should be drinking to help cope with the stress of the day.
We had the MIL birthday party on Saturday and all the relo's from that side of the family were in town. Maddi got sick on Friday with a cold. I thought she had slap face (probably did?) as she had this freaky looking red mark on one cheek and all the symptoms fitted. But nothing you can do about it anyways apparently. So she ran herself ragged on Saturday, then Tony and her got up early Sunday and went to the market with Tony's cousins while Alex and I slept. I was so stuffed. The cake turned out really well, and I've had people telling me to give up my day job. But honestly the stress of getting something like that finished on time, with kids to look after is enough to drive you mental. The kitchen looked like a bomb hit the icing sugar container. Maddi hit the wall on Sunday night and just went nuts. She refused to get in the shower and was running around the yard naked. I was so mad at her as was Tony. We stripped her room of all toys and books and even that didn't make her stop. In the end I took her light globes (yes I know!) and she went straight to bed. She's still earning back all her things, has her lights back and one book! She was so so so so naughty, she bit Tony who has this massive bruise. It was just insane how naughty she was. In saying that she's been ever so good since and its hard to believe that Sunday night even happened. Tony is so angry still. I have to keep reminding him she is only 4 and that she did have a really big weekend and was sick.
On Monday I got a Mirena device fitted. OMG that was the most unpleasant experience that I really don't want to have to go through again. Its weird but I've been mulling over our decision of no more kids and been kind of sad that there's no more babies to be had.
Alex has been not sleeping at night, waking every 4 hours or so and started to be more difficult to put to sleep at night. I tried him on Farex and he just spat it right out and looked at me as if to say are you Crazy woman that stuff is disgusting. So, I'm at a loss as to why he's up at night so much now when he used to be so good. I've tried to get him to resettle without a feed but every time he needs a full feed before going to sleep. I'm going to try him out on a small amount of formula today which I am dreading in case he has dairy intolerance like his sister.
Well I better get moving. I have clothes everywhere. I'm sorting out Maddi's clothes for selling and a heap of clothes for Alex that I've been given by various friends. It looks like a laundry!
hayleylea
16-12-2009, 20:23
Lou - sorry to hear about Maddis Sunday nnight behaviour! im glad she is earning her way back to santas nice list again though! haha I hope her behavioiur stays good for you!!!
As for Alexs sleeping - i think they go through a period where everything changes a bit - i hope it doesnt last for long for you and he goes back to sleeping better and going to sleep better for you!!
The cake you did was unreal!! You are very talented!
Ok just a quick one from me i better head to bed shortly have a big day tommorrow.
talk soon :)
Hi there,
Oh Lu that sounds crazy about Maddi's madness on Sunday night - poor Tony getting bitten! It is mind boggling sometimes what gets into them and how crazy they can be. I hope she has settled down for you.
You poor thing with the Mirena - I had another friend get one recently and she told me it was bloody painful to get done - sounds nasty. Maybe you have one more baby to have if you are feeling sad about it? Hard to say though -I think there will always be a tinge of sadness about having no more babies. I have my moments when I feel sad about it but mostly I am very happy with our decision to stop at 3.
Good luck with Alex and his sleeping. I tend to agree with Hayley and think they just get to a stage where they wake often and it does seem to be between 4 and 6 months for some reason. Both Will and Jack hated Farex on it's own and I had to add some purreed pear or apple to get them to eat it - maybe try that? Did you try any formula - how did it go?
That would be great if you could be in Melbourne when Tan is - I think she said the 28th and 29th of Jan. I think we will be meeting up at my place so we won't have to run in different directions chasing little boys and can contain them and hopefully get to chat. Paddy still remembers meeting Maddi every time he sees a photo of her -it would be great to meet up again.
Jack is 10 months old today! Speak of feeling sad about no more babies - my baby is getting too close to being 1 - so sad. I really do love having a little baby (once they learn to stop waking every couple of hours overnight which Jack has - he is a great sleeper now:yelclap:). The poor little man put one of his top teeth through his tongue yesterday and there was blood everywhere. He slipped while trying to climb into the dishwasher:rolleyes: The blood freaked me out and Jack was screaming and of course Will decided to have a tantrum at the same time. Our neighbours must have wondered what was going on -it was mayhem for half an hour or so until I could get everyone calmed down. Luckily Jack still breastfed okay (I was worried he wouldn't be able to) and it has healed a bit overnight and he seems fine.
I should be cleaning up for our first Christmas lunch here tomorrow but can't quite get into it yet. We have the drinking sorted Lu as there is only one out of 3 get togethers where we have to drive anywhere so we can go nuts at the other 2:laughing:
Hayley sounds like a perfect plan to have a massive list of things for Trent to do while he is here. How annoying he keeps ringing you from the pub -that would drive me nuts too. How cool about Shelley's new bed - sounds great. How did the Christmas party go?
Okay - Will is now here bothering me - better go. Chat again soon.
hayleylea
19-12-2009, 07:18
Hey Everyone :)
Cath & Tan - how exciting you guys are going to meet soon, and maybe Lu aswell! - Awesome!
Tan you and I will have to arrange another meet when things arent so busy with you!
Speaking of meets - Guess who I get to MEET today!!! Baby Finn!!! YAY! Ange is in sydney and driving home so she decided to stop in at my house - which is lovely of her because im 25 minutes out of her way, im so exciting about meeting Finn. She doesnt have Seth with her though, which is a shame for Cooper but I reckon he will love a snuggle with Finn! :) Ill take some photos.
The playgroup christmas party was awesome! And we had a kindermusik party on thursday it was great aswell. Is it just me or do our babies seemed to have grown up so much - I mean i know they grew way too quickly but just recently Ive nnoticed it more. Its exciting but sad!
Trent gets home on tuesday so not sure how much time ill have to pop on here, but ill try and get on and tell you how its all going. Ill get on to wish everyone a merry christmas anyway.
Hope all is well and everyone is enjoying the festive season.
Tan I hope your trip away was great :D:tree:
hayleylea
22-12-2009, 15:30
Hi Everyone
Not sure how much time im going ot have over the next few days so just wanted to come in and wish everyone and their families a Merry Christmas :santa::tree: Hope you all have a happy and safe Holiday period, and I hope the kids have a blast and that Santa is good to them ;)
As some of you probably know from facebook/chats that Trent arrives home tonight - around 9oclock. So the next 10 days will be fairly busy with him. Tommorrow we have an early christmas with my family (YAY! My sister FINALLY come around!!!) So that should be fun!
Trent had a car accident yesterday! A pretty bad one too, he was very lucky to escape with just a seat belt mark - chest and neck - and a sore foot. A truck side swiped his car and ran him off the road - the car is a pretty bad way. I just keep thinking What if! So that was a bit scary! All is ok though and thats the main thing.
As usual im scared, excited, nervous about his arrival. Im still annoyed - very annoyed at him but hopefully this time we can work out some kind of direction! Fingers crossed.
Anyway I better head off. Merry christmas everyone. :) cant wait to hear all about everyones christmas break and see lots of photo!!! :santa:
xxx
Hayley I am so pleased to hear your sister came around and the Christmas plans worked out for you. How scary about Trent's accident - good to hear he is okay. Best of luck with your discussions and your time together.
We are going out for dinner tonight at a really nice restaurant (George Calombaris' - one of the chefs in Masterchef -Greek restaurant in the city) for Dean's birthday. Paddy and Will are staying the night at Dean's parents after being there today and my parents are coming over to look after Jack. Can't wait - it has been ages since we have been out for dinner and we both need it I think. Things have been so busy over the last few weeks it will be nice to sit and unwind a bit. It will be a hectic few days after this getting the presents wrapped, the food bought and everything packed for our 2 days away on Boxing Day.
Anyway quick check in for now. Hopefully I will be back soon.
hayleylea
22-12-2009, 18:44
Cath - hope you have a fantastic night out with Dean tonight :) Kid free - WHOOHOO! Enjoy - dont drink too much wine :laughing:
Hello all,
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have a great day with your families.
Sorry for the long absence again. Holiday was great but very busy and this week has been quite full on as well. We are heading off tomorrow night to the farm for Christmas, should be home again Sunday night for a couple of days then I think we are going to the MIL's again for their Christmas. That part is a bit confusing at the moment. I am not exactly sure when we are going.
Not sure if I mentioned this but Levi has been taking forever to go to sleep at night. He talks to himself and yells out (but not that he actually wants us, we stay out) for up to 45 minutes. It's quite weird cause he seems tired before he goes in. Maybe he takes a long time to wind down or something.
Anyway I had better get off here, still got lots to do before tomorrow. :santa:
Have a great time at the farm Tan and I hope you all have a great Christmas. Paddy and Will (and Jack actually) sometimes take ages to go to sleep even though they are clearly tired. Like you said I think sometimes they just need a bit of wind down time in bed before they shut up and go to sleep.
Hayley hope all is going well with you and Merry Christmas to you too.
Dinner last night was great and no I didn't drink too much wine but ate too much food and was feeling sick at 2am - bloody hopeless!
We have just finished wrapping all the presents and now all we have to do tomorrow night is put them in the sacks and blow up the inflatable dinosaurs (2 big triceratops - the boys are going to love them:reindeer:) and put together a little bike for Jack (all the other ones his size are trashed so we thought we would get him a new one so he has something in front of his santa sack too).
I'm off to bed in a minute and plan to be over at the local market at 7am tomorrow getting the prawns and some vegies and fruit for the next few days. Christmas is all a bit exhausting really.
A very merry Christmas to everyone and I will chat again soon.:santa:
Hi all, just popping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas for tomorrow! Hope you all have a lovely day tomorrow with your families. :xmas:
Gosh I miss you girls so much!! I hope that things start to settle down around here soon so I have some more me time, I miss my lovely little group so much!!! :crying:
Just an update on what's happening here at the moment.
We're still having major sleep issues with Isaac at night and we've reached desperation point.
During the day he sleeps like an angel - he's wrapped, plugged (dummy :p), kissed/cuddled then tucked in and he's usually out like a light before his music machine stops playing.
Night time is a different story. He still usually goes down without too much drama (may need to re-plug/re-wrap/re-settle once) but more often than not he's awake again at 10:30pm screaming and inconsolable - no matter how quick I get to him he's not happy until he gets some cuddles, a comfort suck at the breast or a top up of formula. Usually I can convince him to go back to sleep after this but then he's up at 2am (again, mostly easy to resettle) but come 5am he's up and screaming again and at that time of the morning the only thing we have the energy to do is to co-sleep him til about 7am.
So. This morning I admitted defeat and contacted the Mother Baby Unit down here in Hobart. OMG the lady was fantastic!! She listened to everything I had to say, asked really good questions and said they'd like to see us sooner rather than later to nip the problem in the bud. Paperwork has been started, health fund is being checked as we speak and I have an appointment with our GP this afternoon who'll phone through to a different GP who does the referrals for the Unit (it's very limited). So hopefully we'll get in to see the other GP before New Years and the lady at the sleep unit said that given that he's our 5th baby, we've been battling for a while and that Shane is currently on holidays, they'd like us to come in sooner rather than later (which is why she's arranged the paperwork already).
So once we get these appointments out of the way - if they want us to come in I'll have to just pack up and go I guess. I don't know if I can take my laptop in but other than that it's pretty flexible - I can come and go as I please, take the kids out, go for a shop, go for a walk etc with/without Isaac (if he's napping).
I'm nervous as I only called to inquire about the Unit and all of a sudden I'm hopefully about to get some much needed help.
Wish us luck - 2 not so tired parents will be a much better thing for our relationship too.
Oh Anna, I hope that the Unit has some solutions for you and if they do PLEASE share with me. Isaac has the very same pattern as Alex! He pretty much well wakes at the same times and won't go back to sleep without a feed. I'm still wrapping him up like a gloworm as without it he flaps his arms around. He started off life so well only waking once at night but now he's a little catnapper. My eye's are all red and I think I've aged about 10 years! So I'd be REALLY interested to hear how you go.
A belated Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year for after midnight tonight. Better say that now before I miss that time point too! :laughing:Having a lovely relaxing time at my folks house and all my high school friends are home for the holidays too so lots of catching up. Sorry for the brief post but gotta run! Will try and pop on later today to do a proper post and proper read of everyone's holidays.
Lu I sure will pass on any tips that I get!!
We had such luck the other day with appointments - our GP referred us to the 2nd GP straight away but the silly receptionist couldn't get us an appointment until the 8th of Jan (but the unit could get us in sooner than that but had to have the referral). So we popped into the 2nd GP practice and had a chat with the gorgeous nurse there who tried calling the unit for us (but no answer) however mentioned that there were 2 other Dr's who had permission to refer to the Unit and one had an appointment available in 10 mins!!
So I had a good chat with her, referral was sent and Unit has been phoned back.
Paperwork is now complete, Health Fund check has hopefully been done (dammit though - have to pay another flippin excess now it's a new year :mad:) and Unit says there only a few priorities on the list (us included) but 2 others who are vital. She reckons they'll have a bed for us around the 4th or so!
I have no idea what to expect but things are just crazy for Shane and I right now (the girls are at nans for a few days and I'm soooo tempted to skip the country!) and I think the break is going to do me the world of good, get some help, someone to talk to who's impartial (they have counselors available etc too), get advice on the breastfeeding issues we have (he's mostly on formula but I fed him as much as I could yesterday - even if it was just for comfort - because it was so flippin hot!) and get some things sorted out in my own head while I won't have the other kids around.
Anyway - it's 11am and Shane and I are chilling on our laptops (yes, he got one for himself yesterday :rolleyes:) - better make the most of the day.
Happy New Year lovely friends of mine!
I hope and pray that 2010 will be a year full of happiness, blessings and magical memories xxx
:hugs: Big hugs for you poor sleep deprived women with babies that constantly night wake - it is pure hell isn't it! Anna I really hope they can sort Isaac out for you - that has been a long time now and with 4 other children to cope with you must be exhausted.
How annoying about the excess - bad timing hey. It is bizarre isn't it when they know how to self settle but still wake and cry and carry on at night. What is with that:confused: Lu it is crazy when they begin sleeping so well then it all goes to **** - so annoying!
I am currently here listening to Jack screaming about going to bed. This is our current issue - even though he knows how to self settle he chooses to carry on about going to bed for a good hour or two each night - it is doing my head in. Usually his crying annoys the other 2 but they are quiet for now so we are seeing if he will give in and go to sleep if we leave him for a bit. Ah the joy of babies.
Just a quick check in for me for now. A few things to do so I will come back again later on. Happy New Year everyone.
I am tired. I am so tired - and I am not even sleep deprived! You poor girls being woken up at night! I am tired of packing, unpacking, travelling, supervising children in NOT child friendly environments, fitting in around other people's routines and carting my boys to all different places and different beds etc. Geez, I am starting the New Year with a massive whinge aren't I?
But, since the 12th of December we have been in our own home for a grand total of 8 nights. We have been in a holiday unit, the farm and Troy's Mums - but we have also had dinner (and the boys put to bed) at Troy's sister's place a couple of times, a few friend's houses and in the car at night as well. We are home again and while most of the time it has been quite pleasant, Levi has definitely decided that he has had enough and just wants to have his normal routine and his usual environment with his Mummy and Daddy. I think I just want to do my washing and ironing - and cook my own dinners.
Anyway, I hope everyone else has had a nice festive season. Hayley - I hope your little ones are all well again. Cath - I hope you had a lovely mini break and Lou - did you enjoy catching up with all your friends?
Anna, I chatted with you the other day, hope the unit comes up with a place soon for you and that they can help. Must be so hard for you with 5 little ones and one who doesn't want to sleep through!
Cath - Levi still carries on a bit about going to bed and it can take a while some nights. Especially in strange places - I find that very uncomfortable, but I can't very well let him sit up til 11 or something so we persist. It's hard on the older ones though and I can totally sympathise! Hopefully Jack will stop it soon.
Fi - it looked like your kids had a great Christmas, I hope you did too.
Renee - happy anniversary for today. 7 years is wonderful!
ok- I had better go, have washing to hang out....
Hi again,
Oh Tan I bet you are so happy to be home. As much as it is nice to have a change of scenery sometimes it can be quite exhausting being away and you have been all over the place. I hope things are settling down for you. It is really quite nice to have Christmas over and done with isn't it? I am pretty happy to have things returning to normal. I think we have Jack sorted a bit after being strong the other night and not going in and breastfeeding him again or bringing him out to calm him down like we had been doing. He gave in after about 20 minutes and has been better the last few nights.
Anna I hope you go well in the mother and baby unit and Isaac comes out with some fantastic sleeping behaviour. Sounds like the first night was a bit tough but I really hope it all works out to be worth it.
Dean went back to work yesterday and the older boys are with my parents today which is great. I've finally got some piles of washing put away and the house in some sort of order. We had a nice Christmas break and did a few different things. We took Paddy to the movies for the first time (didn't take Will - thought he would be too young) and he hated it and we had to leave and get out money back. He was freaked out by the big screen and the noise. It wasn't even the content of the movie (we went to see "Where the Wild Things Are" as he was keen to see it but he didn't watch any of the 5 minutes we saw - he curled up in a ball on his seat and hid his head under my arm) - he is just not ready for the cinema experience yet. He has said he might be ready when he is 6:laughing:
We went out for lunch with friends and got some things done around home. Will still hates the beach unfortunately and wouldn't even leave the house while we were away so he stayed with my SIL and Dean's Mum while we took Paddy to the beach (Jack slept like a legend during the day in the portacot while we were away - I was very impressed - he spent alot of the day sleeping). I am spewing Will still has beach issues - we have our beach holiday coming up in March - he is just going to have to come to the beach kicking and screaming and sit on a towel in the beach shelter or something.
Paddy has decided he never wants to go back to kinder and never wants to go to school and just wants to stay home for rest of his life:rolleyes: He was telling me this yesterday and when I asked didn't he want to learn how to read he said he did but he wanted to learn at home. Oh great! We still have 3 weeks or so until kinder starts but I am already dreading it.
Jack has grown up into a funny little man recently and my baby is rapidly becoming a little boy. He is standing holding onto things and starting to step around the furniture and just loves being in amongst his brothers and yelling and making lots of noise. He is just the cutest little thing. Unfortunately he makes trouble if the other 2 are building things with duplo or doing a puzzle or colouring on their little table so the older boys are spending alot of time doing things on our diningroom table which Jack can't reach these days. We don't think he is ever going to do the traditional crawl as he has been commando crawling for ages now and is so fast with it - he swims across the floor at such speed. I would rather he crawls properly though as it is not so great outside or in public places - he gets filthy and some terrains are just not made for commando crawling.
Will's language has taken off and he has a new habit of saying "Mumma?" over and over all day but not actually wanting to ask me anything or say anything - driving me nuts. Going to be a long year if he keeps that up.
Anyway I should go - we have a massive pile of stuff to get on ebay including our old oven which is taking up space - better get on to it. Hope everyone is well and I will chat soon.
hayleylea
08-01-2010, 07:56
Hi girls,
Long time since Ive popped in here so forgive lack of personals.
Just thought Id pop in and say Hello and let you all know im still around.
I cant even remember the last time I posted! Christmas was good, busy but good. Got spoilt! A new camera (little cannon for my handbag), perfume, hair dryer, Black pearl jewellery set - necklace, earings and bracelet. So was very spoilt. Trent and I got along for most of it, had a nice night out on new years. It was fun, we went for a nice dinner, had some drinks and then hit the town like old times. We had heaps of fun but drank way too much. We went to this pub and it had a 'foam pit' dannce floor - definatley not my sort of thing, but it was fun to watch. I decided to grab a bit of the foam to throw at the trent and lost my engagement ring!!! I realised pretty quickly but thought there was no way I would find it but second scoop over the floor i found it. Then i found $140 on the footpath walking home!!! Some poor person would have been so cranky they lost it! Thought it was going to be a good year but then of course the 2nd came andn Trent left without ann inkling of when he would be home again :( - But im not going to bore everyone witht he details. Things are a bit tense but Ill be OK.
Anyway just a quick one.
I promise to pop back in more often - with personals.
Talk soon xx
Hi again,
Hayley that is amazing you found your ring! Unbelievable. That is quite a bit of cash to find too -someone would definitely be annoyed about losing that! Sorry to hear Trent has gone back to PNG. Sounds like you had a nice Christmas and you did very well with the presents.
Just a quick one for now before the boys start carrying on in a minute I'm sure. It is going to be 43 here today:eek: Lu hope you are inside and staying cool -it will probably be even hotter where you are. Dean has gone to a physio appointment and then hopefully he will stay here and work from home.
He normally rides his bike to work but that is not a good idea in this heat with his heart condition. If he stays here I am going to run out quickly to get a new pram tyre (we keep having issues with the stupid wheels on the pram and it is out of action at the moment -it is driving me nuts -I am lost without the double pram - I can't have the 2 older boys running around and carry Jack - just too dangerous - Paddy and Will go silly together and would run away and end up on a road or something). I have plans to go out with them all on Friday and really need a functioning pram by then.
OKay - time is up for now - have to go find a Duplo postman for Paddy and Will is insisting I look at his robot he has built. Chat soon.
Sorry I've been so slack in decent posting. My Dads internet is so slow and I just don't have the patience.
Sounds like everyone had a great festive season. Hayley your so lucky finding your engagement ring - I wonder if its a sign? Hopefully its an indication from up above that everything is going to work out and 2010 is going to be a better year for you and your family. A foam dancefloor actually sounds like heaps of fun. You wouldn't want to wear white would you!
Cath - at least Paddy made it into the cinema. Maddi wouldn't even go in the door. Well hopefully our kids will like going to the cinema one day soon. I was so excited when we went with big plans of enjoying a couple of hours of peace and relaxing in a chair while Maddi watched a movie. Ah well :rolleyes:. How did Dean go at the physio? did he work from home?
Tan, you guys have barely been at home. You must be exhausted travelling around everywhere. Any wonder Levi has cracked it. I think I would have.
Anna, how are you going at the clinic? I really hope they solve some issues for Isaac and they get him on track. I can't wait to hear what they got you to do ect. Fingers crossed :fingerscrossed: And a big happybirthdayto you! Did you have a lovely day out and get to eat cake and get spoilt?
We finally got home on Sunday night around 6pm. We drove up through Kinglake and I was amazed at the devastation the fires have left behind. the regeneration is taking a while and just goes to show how hot the flames were. The trip took us from 8.30am to 6pm and I was wrecked by the time we got home. We stopped off at Healesville for lunch but it was just too hot to enjoy anything. Christmas was good fun with a lot of extended family. Maddi and Alex got way too many presents and I'm still trying to put stuff away. Alex has been spoilt by being carried everywhere and now he wants more of the same. He's in for a rude shock now that we're home and Tony is at work and its just me. Maddi has been driving me INSANE! She has started to play up at bedtime wanting us to sit with her until she falls asleep. Then at 4.30am she decides she wants to climb into our bed. After taking her back to her bed 4 times I went mental. She screamed blue murder for an hour until eventually wearing herself out and going to sleep. Alex didn't wake up during her screaming fit which I just don't believe. So I'm a walking zombie today :sleeping:. I'm not putting up with that crap anymore and we had BIG talks this morning about it. No more sitting by the bedside and no more night time antics. I've threatened her with no tv and she promised she'll be good tonight. We'll see! I've got indoor soccer tonight at 6pm which I'm actually dreading and looking forward too. Dreading the running around in this stupid heat, and looking forward to to get out of this house.
I had a mole check today at a new clinic especially for skin cancer checks. Having Melanoma in the family we're vigilant. Anyways all is well, just had to get one spot burnt off and thats that done for another year.
Alex is still waking about twice in the night, once on a good night. I've tried him on solids but he just spits the rice cereal out. Do you think I could just go straight to sweet potato??? God its been so long I can't remember. I've also tried him on formula with the view to cut back my BF. I just don't think I have enough milk to sustain the guzzler. Each time he wakes at night he empties me out.
OK better go. As per the usual I have to have everything ready for Tony before I leave the house not like the other way around. I wish I could just step out the door without all the forethought.
Hello everyone,
Hayley - I hope finding your ring and that money is a good omen for the year ahead! What a great night! LOL.
Lu - these 4 year olds will try anything I swear. They are clever little things. Will was yelling out at about 4am for a few days the other week too. Making up silly reasons like I can't find my pillow etc. It's so annoying when they do it isn't it? Your poor thing with all that hot weather too - I hope it cools down soon for you guys!
Cath - I hope Dean is ok in the heat at the moment. Did you get your pram fixed? What a pain! I don't let Levi walk anywhere, he is such a monster lately that I am sure he would just run off.
Yes - Levi has been pushing all my buttons lately. I don't know what is going on, maybe he is just a normal toddler. But we have screaming, occasional hitting of myself or random children in the near vicinity, meltdowns over new and busy environments and just general stubborn - battle of the wills behaviour. I am sure none of it is helped by his overly compliant brother who will pretty much just give him whatever he wants. (as a friend once said Will is a lover not a fighter). Last night Will and Levi were rolling around being silly on Will's bed and somehow they clashed heads. There was a lot of tears and screaming from both of them but Levi is definitely the worse for wear - his little nose bled a bit and now he has a bruise across the bridge of it between his eyes. A really great look that one! I am assuming that it is probably contributing to his bad mood today.
Hayley, I love what you are doing with Shelley's room, it looks fantastic. I am really putting off changing Levi from a cot to a bed cause I know he'll be a monkey. I think Will was about 2 so I guess I have a few more months to think about it.
I wonder how Anna is going? Hope she got little Isaac sorted out and that she had a bit of a rest. It must be so full on with 5 kids, I can hardly manage 2!
That's all for now - Lu take care at soccer!
hayleylea
12-01-2010, 20:16
Lou good to hear from you! I hope Maddis bedtime routine improves as from tonight and I hope she stays in her ownn bed - you poor thing - Have fun at Soccer too!
Tan - Thanks for the comments about Shelleys room. Its actually part of her Birthday present so she wont really be going into her 'big bed' till she is 2 anyway - which is scarily only a month and a half away! She has so much already, annd it costs a fair bit to do all the bits and peices for her room. She is such a girly girl so i thought it would be a good present for her. With a few little thigns for her room aswell - little beauty table maybe a little beanbag etc. She has seen the bed but im hoping to keep the door closed off now that its painted, annd i wont put the stickers up till a further date.
I did the canvas' myself with her name on them.....I wasnt too sure about the colours at first but I think they look good now :) So im pretty happy about that. I love being able to do things myself it makes all a little bit more special. (photos on facebook for anyone that wants to have a squiz and hasnt yet).
I got a funky flower room make over kit for her too, big stickers like coopers but flower ones. They should arrive in the mail this week but it will be the last thing I put up. Her room actually has her bed and a double bed in it at the moment so its pretty hard to mvoe around in there. The double bed will be going to her 'nursery' but mum sleeps in it so i need it still up for now.
As for my ring being a sign....that night i thought the same thing, but Trents behavoiur since being back and his attitude is appaling and think we are probably back to one of the worst places in our relationships. I wont say much cause im sick of complainging and raving on about it time after time. Surely the will come a time when I will just say enoughs enough and just mean it and walk away. Easier said then done though.
Anna - hope you had a great birthday and hopefully Issac is sleeping well for you. Hope the clinic is going well and you will be home soon.
Cath - hope you are keeping cool and your little boys are being good.
Im child free tonight they are at my sisters having a sleep over. Mums staying there too so the kids were very excited. I wasnt going to send Shelley because she didnt wake up till 10 and had a little temp, but after some panadol she was Ok and she wasnt letting Cooper and Nanna go without her. She was fine till about 3pm and my sister rang up and Shelleys temp soared to 39! They gave her nurofen and panadol and it has come back down and she has been realitivley happy. I wanted to go in and get her but they insited that she would be fine. Im only a phone call away but she is in bed now so id say she would stay there till the morning.
poor little darlin. she had 2 lots of antibiotics at christmas time, and had a bit of a runny nose today - i will not be happy if its her tonsils again!!! I have an appointment to see if i can get a referral for a ears nose and throate specialist on the 21st - geez i hope the doctor sends me. The one at the hospital told me i should have no dramas getting a referral because her tonsils are too big for her and they were cause her even more problems then what she has had.
Anyway im off to veg out on the lounge Talk soon
Oh Hayley I hope that Shelley can get to see an ENT. As much as you want to avoid an operation at this young age sometimes its the best thing for them. I know Maddi having her grommets in was the best thing. As soon as she got them that was the end of her endless stream of ear infections and she was a whole different child for the better. It must be hard to have to deal with it all on your own without Trent. I don't know how you manage Hayley, your a trooper. I keep saying it but I hope that Trent wakes up and changes his attitude very soon. You've been the most patient woman I know :hugs: I'm guessing you still haven't got an end date out of him as to when he's going to stop working in PNG? He still can't possibly be hoping you are going to move over there??? I had a look at your photo's on FB of Shelleys room decs and they are unreal. How you find the time I don't know but Shelley is going to be so excited!!! Love the colors you've used too.
Tan it sounds like you have 2 brothers with totally different personalities. Levi sounds like he's going to give you a run for your money. Oh Tan, you should have heard the excuses Maddi was coming up with at 4am for not sleeping. I can hear a buzzing noise and its a little insect and its yellow and black (she has a bee mobile above her bed), I have a tummy ache, I need a drink, I'm hungry......and on it went. Well last night she went to bed and I didn't have to sit next to her until she went to sleep and there she stayed until 8am. I know!!! :eek:I was shocked too. So I've promised her a surprise when she gets back from creche as a reward. Alex was still being wrapped up until last night. He was rolling over fully wrapped which worried us as he didn't have use of his hands so Tony stuck him in a sleeping bag. He did wake up a few times last night but I'm hoping he'll get used to it fast. He's asleep right now with his arms down by his sides, so cute that he still sleeps as if he's wrapped. Indoor soccer was good fun. Thank goodness the weather cooled off. I actually head butted the ball intentionally too! I'm glad that I went, it was just what I needed in the end.
OK not sure whats on today, Maddi is at creche so its a lovely quiet day. Might just try and catch up on some Zzzz's
Hello again,
Oh Lu that is the cutest thought - Alex sleeping with his little arms down by his side like he is still wrapped. I hope the transition works well for you in time. I have always loved ditching the wrap - much easier not to wrap and have to re-wrap really. Will and Jack both hated plain rice cereal too. I put a bit of pureed pear or apple in with it from pretty early on and moved onto vegies pretty quickly. You can definitely get onto the sweet potato I would say - do what work for you. I hope Maddi continues to behave with her sleeping behaviour - you don't need 2 children giving you sleep issues. Jack woke up twice last night and when I think about it has been waking at least once a night for the last few weeks. I have somehow stupidly fallen back into feeding him when he wakes up -I am always half asleep and it is the quickest and easiest way for everyone to get back to sleep. I'd better stop doing it in the next few nights and start sending Dean in again considering I want him fully weaned when he is 12 months (which is scarily only a bit over a month away). I really better start working on the weaning thing - might give him one or two more weeks of full breastfeeding then substitute the day feed with milk (planning to skip formula like I did with Will as he will be a bit over 11 months old).
Wouldn't it be nice Lu if our kids liked the movies - quite a peaceful activity for us really. Oh well - surely one day they will be brave enough for it. Yep - Dean worked from home on the ridiculously hot day and isn't it now nice to be cool again? Well done getting your skin checked. Who has had Melanoma in your family? That whole thing is so scary. I had many a stupid sunburns in my teenage years and it scares me a bit. Maybe I should go to a clinic like you did just in case - might look into it.
Well done getting out to soccer - even though it is an effort it sound like it is worth it in the end. I went for a half hour walk tonight as soon as the kids were in bed and it was good - might start doing it more often.
Hayley that sounds like such a cool present for Shelley - a beautifully decorated room - she will love it! Sorry to hear she is unwell - I really hope she gets better soon poor little thing. Sorry to hear Trent is being a pain again too!
Tan I think I have the pram sorted. Friday will be the test. I walked around it with it a little bit yesterday with just Jack (and a heap of shopping in the back) and it coped. We have the Phil and Teds double pram and I used to think I looked silly with the 2 seats on but only one child but I keep it on all the time now because I can load so much shopping into it - think of it more as a shopping trolley than a pram half the time:laughing: Poor little Levi and his bruised nose. Sounds like you are almost entering the terrible 2's with Levi. Will was alot worse than Paddy for me at that age but he has definitely improved and at 2 and a half is much easier to deal with. He no longer has screaming "mumma!!" tantrums for an hour and can generally be talked out of any crazy behaviour. Hopefully Levi gets easier in time too. Looking forward to meeting up with you in a couple of weeks.
We sold a heap of baby stuff on ebay last night and it is all getting a bit sad really. I am so torn whether I am happy or sad about Jack's babyhood coming to an end. There are so many thing I will miss about having a little baby but I am also looking forward to moving into a new stage of my life. I am defintely still clucky so lucky I had those tubes tied or I could find myself pregnant again (not that Dean would be keen for a fourth child). I will just have to have lots of cuddles with friend's babies - my poor friend who has lost 2 babies now is back to trying again - I really hope it happens for her soon - she is so ready to be a Mum. Jack is rapidly becoming a little boy rather than a baby and I am clutching to any hint of baby behaviour that I can (maybe that is why I am back up feeding and rocking with him in the middle of the night -I do have that in my mind - those opportunities will soon be over). Here is a photo of him having an icypole on the 44 degree day (he now cracks it if he doesn't get what his brothers are having so whatever they get he has to have too):
Jack (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2377.jpg)
Okay - time for icecream I think. Hope everyone is well. Chat soon.
:eek: OMG Cath where did your baby go!!??? Jack looks so grown up and he's changed since the last time I've seen a photo of him. Good job selling the baby stuff on ebay, at least you'll start to get some storage room back. I know what you mean about having the last baby. As hard as its been with sleep deprivation I have been enjoying the cuddles and the baby times. I'll just have to make do with cuddling everyone else's babies from now on. Isn't it amazing how easy you can fall into bad habits. I gave Tony a big talking to last night about getting Alex up when he's had a grizzle. Instead of trying to resettle him in the room Tony brings him out into the lounge because its easiest for him. I cracked it last night and explained to him about overstimulating environments and how hard it is for a baby to fall back to sleep if there's too much going on. Hopefully it made sense last night. Usually I'm trying to put Maddi and Alex to sleep at the same time and in the middle of reading Maddi a story Alex will cry and just needs his dummy stuck back in which I rely on Tony to do. But last night he just went in and picked him up. I was so angry as I knew that one more dummy stick in and he would have been asleep. Ah well.
Think I might just have to try Alex out on the vegies Cath. He really doesn't like the cereal. I think I'm running out of milk too? I remember with Maddi if I went to sleep without my bra on I'd leak milk everywhere. Well last night I thought I'd go "free" and no leakage? I haven't had ONE nights sleep through with Alex yet and he's nearly 6 months old. The best he's done is 1 wake up at 3am. Last night he was up 4 times. Maddi's sleeping has improved. Last night she went to bed again with noone sitting next to her. She did read some books by herself but I was happy with that. Then she didn't come in until 7am declaring that she was a good sleeper and could she please have her surprise.
Well guess I should get going. Alex is just cracking it now to be put back into bed for his morning nap. Got to go grocery shopping today. Hayley I hope Shelley is feeling better today?
hayleylea
14-01-2010, 10:37
Hey guys
Just a quick one from me as you know Shelley isnt well. Lucky Cooper was at my mums last night because ti was a rather rough night. She seemed to perk up yesterday afternoon and was playing and laughing then 8.30 she got her temp back and fell asleep. I put her into bed and she woke up at 11pm and she was BURNING her temp was 39 at that stage so i gave her some nurofen and stripped her down and put cold washers on her all while she dozed on and off out of her sleep. She would whimper every half an hour or so. I didnt sleep a wink i had her in my bed but i was worried about her so i kept waking up to check on her..4am her temp was 42!!!!!!!!!!!! So i got the panadol out this time and conitined with the cold washes. She kept twitching and i was so worried aout her. It came down and we managed to get an hours sleep - Well she slept longer. But her temp spiked again at 9/30, shes been alseep pretty much all day but i got her awake and she wont drink but she is happy to have an iceblock so im happy with that for now. Poor little thing. I just rang mum and got Cooper to talk to her and she managed a big smile which was nice to see...she misses Cooper so much, she kept pointing at his car seat when we came home yesterday without him.
RE: the movies - Cooper LOVES them. He has been 3 times now - every sunday just about with his grandma. He thinks its wonderfull and when he comes home he talks and talks about it - its so cute. Apparently he just sits there with his popcorn and his drink glued to the screen lol. Last one he saw was fantastic mr fox. Im glad he likes going - i wouldnt mind going with him soon too...so we might have to let grandma watch shelley and us watch the movie :)
Cath - cute photo of Jack - he is certainly growing up. Im not sure if ive had my last baby yet. But with the way things are with Trent right now i cant see myself having another one. I always wanted them not too far apart i have a few months left before i decide completley but we will see.
Lu - Id go with the vegies. Both mine werent keen on the plain rice cereal. We went onto fruit and vegies pretty quickly here.
Ok i bbetter go. I just put a bowl of watermelon in front of Shelley and she is having a go on that so hopefully this is a sign of good things!
talk soon
Hayley how is Shelley doing now? 42 is so high - you must have totally freaked out when you read the thermometer. I hope you get to see your normal doc soon and talk about what the future holds for Shelley in terms of tonsils. How cute that she was missing Cooper.
Well I tried some apple puree with the rice cereal and Alex seemed a little bit more interested. I think he's going to be my fussy eater! I remember when I started Maddi on solids she never made a mess because it all went down. Alex spits it out everywhere and I'm forever scraping it off his face and back in his mouth. Now this is probably going to sound bad but I need help. I think because this is my second baby the MHCN has failed to talk to me about introducing solids to Alex and our next appointment isn't until he's 8 months. Do I start off by just giving him one go a day at the rice cereal and then slowly increase the frequency or do I do it at each "meal time"? Honestly its been so long since Maddi I can't remember. How ridiculous is that?
I also have had some success in getting him to take some formula. Tonight after his bath he usually has a BF from each breast and then I put him to bed. Then about an hour later he wakes for another feed and then I usually don't hear from him until midnight or 3am depending. Well tonight I made up a bottle and after his usual BF he drank about 100ml of formula. I'm thinking my milk supply is not so good :confused: It will be interesting to see how his night waking goes tonight. But I'm so excited about him taking formula because it means I don't have to stress so much about going out and not having enough milk expressed. :smiliedance: Some sort of freedom anyways.
Tony has been out all day and night with a bucks day. So I'm just about ready to enjoy some quiet me time on the couch once Maddi goes to bed.
OMG the funniest thing this morning. Well I thought it was funny..........when I was in hospital with Alex I got 2 of these hard boiled lollies about the size of 2 x 50c coins. They have been sitting in the kitchen since. I bribed Maddi with one of them last night to get her to go to bed on her own which she did. She woke up this morning to claim her prize and she bit into it which I thought was strange as I was expecting it to be rock hard. Then she spat it straight out and told me it was disgusting. So I had a lick and OMG it was SOAP!!! Poor Maddi was furiously brushing her teeth to get the taste out. Poor kid, she did think it was funny thank goodness.
hayleylea
16-01-2010, 21:37
Lou - Yes 42 is dangerously high. i must admit at that stage I was getting ready to head into town. It came down fairly quickly though with panadol/nurofen. Only to come back up again of course. But at 4am and driving into town and disturbinng her even more it just didnt seem like the righ thting to do. She was still able to communicate with me - allbeit not much but she was still with it if you know what i mean. She has been really good the last 2 days - back to her cheeky self - although very naughty! She has a runny nose and a bit of a cough but its not worrying her at all. Good to see her back on the mend.
LMAO about the soap! poor maddi - what a crap reward LOL. Glad she saw the funny side of it though!!
As for Alex and the soilds thing. I hope you get it sorted soon. YAY for him taking formula though - I get excited reading that because I know how Shelley wouldnt take a bar of it and how frustrating it was lol. So im glad he is doing that for you and I hope he sleeps well tonight. By the way its not ridiculous at all forgetting the solids thing. I cant even remember how I did it with Shelley lol and it wasnt that long ago. There should be a fair bit of info on here though - Shelley always took more then the suggested amounts though! Cooper was like Alex and ended up with more on himself then in his mouth!
We had a black out here for a few hours tonight - The kids were in bed so it was just me - Thankfully Coopers Portable DVD player was chraged so i watched a movie lol. Its times like that though when i feel really lonley! It sucks!:(
Ok i better head off we have my neices 6th birthday tommorrow
talk soon
:eek:Oh Wow, I never thought I'd see the day when our group stopped posting for such a long time. Is our thread dying out? :crying:
Banish the thought Lu - I will be back sometime soon.
Okay -back again.
It is a bit sad isn't it Lu- our times of chatting almost daily seem to have disappeared for now at least.
As our children get older and more chatty and not as sleepy it is obviously getting harder to get on here and post. I know that with Paddy and Will now both being up all day and Will's language skills vastly improved I have them both talking to me and demanding things all bloody day and I am lucky to get 1 minute to go to the toilet on my own. It is definitely full on having several children beyond baby stage!
I don't know what I have been doing but I have been busy doing something. Life is such a blur at the moment.
I have just started reading "Buddhism for Mothers" which is a book discussing how to find some calm in your life which I definitely need right now. I have times when I am fine and other times when I feel myself being angry and snappy and unhappy again. I am really trying to work on finding some calm and happiness at the moment.
We had a (mostly) nice day out yesterday and went to the Botanical Gardens which has a cool children's garden. Will ended up naked running through some fountains and acting like a total clown which was very funny - Paddy was in there too but he was in his clothes and I had spare clothes for him but for once I wasn't totally organised and didn't have any for Will. There were other naked kids and Will was keen to get his gear off so we let him go for it. The main problem of the day was when we decided to leave when it was almost 5pm and Will was so tired he had a total meltdown and screamed so loudly you would have heard him for miles and he ended up so worked up he was hyper-ventilating and shaking and I had to sit and cuddle him until he calmed down. Exhausting!
We are going to visit some friends who have moved to a country town (Castelmaine - near you Lu!) tomorrow which will be good. I am going slowly insane being in this house so often and trying to organise to get us out of here more often.
I chatted to Tan on the phone last night and will be seeing her on Thursday:yelclap: I am so excited to meet her in person.
I have a 20 year school reunion coming up in March and was getting out some old photos to send to the organiser today. Where the hell has 20 years gone! There was way too much taffeta at our year 10 or 11 ball or whatever the hell it was let me tell you! So many tragic puffy sleeves and terrible perms! I am really looking forward to the reuntion - shoudl be fun - have been re-connecting with a few people via Facebook and it is really interesting. I went to a Catholic girls school and apart from being "kicked out" of one "group" and having to find another another "group" in year 8 which was incredibly traumatic at the time I mostly have good memories. I must say though that if I had a daughter I would be hesitant about sending her to an all-girl school after my experience. While it was all good in the end those first few years were really *****y and tough.
Okay - enough from me for now. I will be back again soon I promise.
hayleylea
25-01-2010, 21:18
Hey Everyone
Hopefully this thread doesnt Die :( Ill apologise. Things have beenn pretty full on in my world in the moment - dealing with a fair bit of stuff at the moment so I wontn be around all that much. Trent lied to me yet again about coming home. Im sick of hearing the same old thing, Im sick of ME saying the same old thing. Im sick of telling people about it - must be so frustrating for everyone to hear it time and time again - as its frustrating for me. Im doing a bit of a sould searching at the moment though an hopefully Ill come on tough.
Wish me luck. Its been a tough weekend! Which wasnt helped with me having one too many to drink. Im run down again, harry struck, and the past few days Ive been in pain (AF) to the point I can barely walk. argh. Poor me. - Sorry guys, Dont mean to talk about me all the time - thats why i havent posted for a bit.
Ill be Ok though - Im tough....
Hope everyone has a good Australia day, How exciting you and Tan are meeting up on Thursday! Take lots of photos! Cant wait to hear all about it.
ok i better be off.
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I think we all just hang around for someone to post and then get the hint when someone does and suddenly feel the urge to post again!
I don't think I post that often anymore cause my life really isn't very interesting lately. Will has been coming out with a lot of funny things though - maybe I should post those for a good giggle. Like it was Troy's birthday this week and Will was making him a card that had soccer balls on it. He did most of it one day but left a bit for the next. Anyway I went off to a work appt the next day and while I was gone he says to Troy " I have to colour your balls". Needless to say there was a bit of explaining to be done.
I think his best effort though was yesterday. He's been a real pain in church lately cause it is school holidays and there is no kids program. Anyway he is supposed to sit quietly and colour in or look at a book or whatever and stand up and sit down again when we do. He was a real ratbag yesterday and ended up in a bit of trouble (not allowed to play Wii which is only a weekend activity). Last night when Troy finished praying with him at bed time he says "Stand Up". Troy says "what?" and Will goes "Stand up please. Stand up, Sit down, stand up, sit down..." Obviously he think that is what happens in church. Troy was really busting himself trying not to laugh but I am still laughing about it now. Too funny. What a dag.
Yes - I am meeting Cath this week! We have to leave for the airport fairly early in the morning so we are pretty much all packed. Cath is so kindly lending me a portacot, a booster seat and a stroller as well. I really must say that the first thing that struck me when I rang Cath was that she has a really nice voice! I know that sounds weird but I have a bit of a thing about voices. And I like how Cath sounds.
Anyway - be thinking of me tomorrow girls and pray that my kids don't turn into devils on the plane.
Chat again soon! :wave:
Hi all! :wave:
It certainly has been quiet in here recently....I think this is the 1st time I've posted here this year! :eek: I can't believe how grown up our babies are getting. I guess most would be starting kindy around now? Katelyn has her last day at day care this Wednesday which is a bit sad because she has a few good friends that she'll miss, but I think she's also looking forward to making new friends at kindy. That starts next week.
Charlotte's lookig more & more like a little toddler now.....not a baby anymore. She's saying a lot more words now. LOL, whenever I get the camera out, she automatically says a big "CHEESE!" Such a little character she is. She's such a happy little thing most of the time, but does chuck the occasional wobbly....which I guess will happen more often once she reaches the terrible 2's! :rolleyes:
Cath & Tan, that's so cool that you 2 get to meet up soon. Wish I could meet up with some of you guys some time. It's such a pain being so far away from everyone. Good luck on the plane tomorrow Tan, I hope your boys are well behaved for you.
Hayles, :hugs: to you. I can't believe Trent's still not wanting to come back home. Honestly what is wrong with that guy? You'd think he'd want to come home to see his gorgeous kids growing up! He's missing out on so much by not coming home! :no: How is Shelley now anyway? I noticed a while ago that she wasn't very well. I hope all's OK now.
Anyway, I best be off now.....Happy Australia Day to everyone for tomorrow! :australia:
:hugs: Oh Hayley it is not frustrating to hear what is going on in your world! Please feel free to vent and chat in here. It is all so hard for you. Bloody Trent letting you down time and time again. You and your beautiful children deserve better. I hope you are feeling a bit better and are pain free (and I think a few drinks now and then is a good stress release - hangovers aren't so great but going a bit nuts now and then is not a bad thing i say).
Oh you dag Tan about my voice! Hilarious. I will be seeing you tomorrow and am so looking forward to it.
Love the "stand up, sit down" story about Will. I was raised a Catholic and that's pretty much how I saw the whole church going thing for a long time. I hope your flight was okay and your time away from home isn't too stressful.
Renee when we get around to our island holiday in a few years - we seriously have to do it - we will all get to meet up. There is probably a bit more travel happening on this eastern side of the country for now but surely one day we will all finally get to meet.
Lu are you at your parent's place at the moment? What is happening in your workd. Any further luck with Alex and solids? You can ramp the whole thing up pretty quickly once you start - one meal for the first couple of days, then 2, then 3 within 1-2 weeks. Don't stress too much - just add the fruit to the cereal (seriously that stuff is disgusting plain) and work on the veggies and meat and hopefully Alex will get into it. Jack never had plain rice cereal and so far is a geat little eater of all kinds of veggies and meat and fruit (as long as it is finger food - great when dinner is spaghetti - he will only eat what the other boys are eating for dinner - checks it out to make sure they all have the same:rolleyes:). Poor Maddi eating soap! Funny story though.
:hugs:Anna if you happen to be reading these posts I am sending you a million hugs!! We are responding to your message and I really, really hope things work out for you soon.
Well Jack turns one in 3 weeks and my plan was to wean him soon after that but in the last few days he has pretty much decided to give up on the breastfeeding thing so I think I might be done before then which is both good and bad. He is just too distracted and not at all interested in feeding unless it is the middle of the night (or way after bedtime and he has been asleep for a bit anyway). My main problem is that I still have heaps of milk and am in pain if he doesn't feed and have to express which is such a hassle. I am now not even offering a feed during the day and am just offering morning and night feeds but he is not really interested. The way we are going if my boobs can adjust I think I will be done within a week which is both sad (I do have emotional feeling a bit about never doing it again - having a tiny baby nuzzling away and zonked out after a feed is just the cutest thing) and good (I can finally put all my tragic maternity bras in the bin and wear some supportive bras and not be required to be here first thing in the morning or at night. I have plans for early morning walks and the occasional night out with my boobs no longer being required to be of service.
Anyway that is enough from me for now. Hope everyone is okay and Tan I will see you tomorrow.
Hi everyone,
Well I met up with Tan twice this week and she is just great and I met her lovely family today (including Troy's Mum). It doesn't take long to feel like you have known each other for years (which we have of course) -I remember it being the same with Anna and Lu. Will and Levi are gorgeous - Will reminds me very much of Paddy in the way he plays and his temperament (he was having a lovely time here playing shops with the cash register and making a farm full of animals). Poor Paddy was devastated that he had to go to swimming lessons this morning while Will and Levi were here - he must have asked me 50 questions when he got home - "what toys did Will play with?" "what toys did Levi play with" "what else did they do?" "what was on their tops?" "what did they eat"? Man that kids is non-stop full of questions. Levi is gorgeous and coped well with Jack attempting to take over whatever he was doing. Tan and Troy (and Troy's Mum) are both really chatty and it was great having them here. Hope you recover well from the trip Tan and hopefully we will catch up again one day in the future.
I am here on my own with just Jack (who took a bloody hour to settle to sleep:rolleyes:) and am very much enjoying the peace and quiet. The older boys are at my parents for the night and Dean is at a big music festival that is being held just down the road. I bought him the ticket for Christmas and if they hold this festival again next year I will go too. The only person I really knew playing was Sarah Blasko who I like and the tickets were $109 so not cheap and I am technically still breastfeeding Jack before bed so it wasn't quite right for me to go this year. I went for a wander down there after Jack's dinner and it sounded good - some cool African drumming type music playing. I think it finishes about 10 and Dean went there at 1 this afternoon - he will be pretty stuffed when he gets home - it got really hot here this afternoon. Anyway hopefullly my spaghetti is now almost cooked. I will check in again soon.
Hello again everyone!
We are home again - all in one piece and we even managed to keep the plane in one piece both ways too! It wasn't all smooth sailing though - airports are not designed for toddlers (and Jetstar not having strollers to hire/borrow whilst in the airport did not help at all - apparently Qantas does....). Poor Levi didn't get to have a sleep 2:30 this afternoon after we got off the plane although as my MIL said he looked like he was sleeping with his eyes open anyway!
Yes, I met Cath twice this week, but unfortunately due to our crazy schedule the boys didn't get to play together which was a real bummer. Will kept asking to meet the "new Will" which just cracked me up every time he said it. Cath - I can't believe Paddy asked what was on Will and Levi's tops! Nothing exciting I can assure you. I realised when I got home this afternoon that they pretty much had one pair of clean shorts left in their bag each and that was it for clean things! Anyway - it was just lovely meeting Cath and it did feel like I had always known her. I laughed when we left because Troy is quite keen to visit again and I remember in the beginning how suspicious he was when I first joined bubhub because he wanted to know who these people were I was chatting to!
Cath made our life much easier by lending us a whole heap of stuff while we were in Melbourne - so much appreciated. Anyway - visiting again is definitely on the agenda within the next year so I fully intend to make sure our boys get to play together!
And I really hope that Cath is enjoying her quiet evening with the bottle of wine I left at her place today!
I am so glad to be at home again. It was a really full on 5 days and Levi was really not coping towards the end of it. Thursday night he just had a total meltdown at Troy's brother's house after being in Geelong in the morning, then the car trip to Melbourne to our cabin and then another trip out to St Kilda late in the afternoon followed by a walk down to some markets. He was just exhausted and would not eat or anything -so we went home and he went to bed. Friday morning we went to St Kilda for "coffee" as my BIL has no idea about toddler activities and after about an hour Levi was pretty much a basket case again, but slept for almost 3 hours when we went home to the cabin. Fri night we were supposed to go back to my BIL's for dinner and catch up but Levi pretty much saw me packing the car and burst into tears and wouldn't eat or anything so I suggested to Troy that I just stay at the cabin with Levi and Troy take Will over to his brother's. So that's what we did, Levi had a nice early night and slept til 7:30 this morning and woke up much, much happier. I guess we had been pretty much on the go for 4 days non-stop and he is just not used to it. I am sure my BIL and his wife think Levi is the child from hell but I guess in about 18 months they will find out for themselves.
It is always funny when we get home though - the boys always run around getting acquainted with their rooms and toys again - cracks me up every time!
Anyway, I had better get off here, Will starts "prep, pre-school or whatever you understand the year before proper school" on Monday and I am sooo disorganised!
:laughing: I know about the tops Tan - it's one of Paddy's things - he always takes notice of the colour and pattern of peoples tops. If we meet a few new people at once he can then confirm with me"was he in the red top with the car?" or whatever to make sure he knows who is who.
Looks like you got Will off to prep okay this morning - well done! I have already stuffed up the first week of kinder here by organising for Safeway to deliver on Wednesday between 7am and 1pm thinking that Dean can still be here when I drop Paddy off at 8:30 but not thinking about the fact that I have to pick him up at 11:30. Whoops - bloody hope I get my delivery before 11:15 or I will have to get one of the other parents I know to bring him home for me - poor Paddy looked a bit unsure when I said he might have someone else picking him up.
Thanks so much for the beautiful wine - Dean I shared it last night and it went beautifully with our spinach,bacon and mushroom risotto and was great at the end of a 37 degree day.
We've been to playgroup this morning and have plans to go to my friends place once Jack wakes up. She lives a good half an hour away and I realised on the way home this morning that the petrol gauge was on empty - damn - hate having to stop for petrol with 3 kids in the car.
Anway better go and get some stuff done. Hope everyone is well.
We are a quiet bunch in here these days aren't we?
It seems that this was the week for our little ones to start pre-school/prep/kinder. I hope they all went well.
Thankfully Will appears to really love his new prep - although the half days for the first 3 weeks is a bit of a pain really. Still - we are now one week down and that went past very quickly. I have had to laugh a few times though - there sounds as though there are quite a few "rules" at prep and Will has told me all of them. They are so focussed on doing the right thing at this age - what a pity it is not going to last.
Glad you enjoyed that wine Cath! I think I need to go and get some for myself at the end of the day. I hope your grocery pickup went off ok, such a pain that things are such a tight squeeze sometimes.
Hayley - where are you? Are you ok? It's just Cath and me having a chat in here this week, I can usually rely on you for a post or two. What about Lu - where have you gone?
On another note - Levi started at Will's old "Tuesday School" this week and had a great day - no tears at all! He even had a sleep in the pram for them! So he will be going one day per week (Tuesday) during term time.
Anyway - had better mosey off and do something else, not that I feel like it right now!
hayleylea
03-02-2010, 19:28
Sorry I havent posted for awhile. I get on and have a read but just dont have that much to post about.
Ive been taking a fair bit of time out for just me and the kids. Its the same old story with Trent and everything I think i get on top of it or think there is a light at the end of the tunnel it gets worse. I know you guy sare here to listen etc. I just get so sick of hearing myself say the same old thing time and time again.:(
Im glad Tan and Caths meet went well.
Anna here when you are ready to talk - I hope you are OK.
Apart from Trent everything with the kids is good. Cooper is my little rock at the moment, he is just the best little boy at the moment and just so gorgeous with everything he says and does for me. It makes me a bit sad to think he sees me upset about all of this but he is the so caring and thoughtfull - Very proud.
Shelley is our little ray of sunshine who makes us laugh all day - or pull our hair out lol. She is hillarious...and oh so busy! I swear she doesnt stop from the time she gets up.
Last night she was naughty - first time in AGES - cant even remember when she woke up last. But she was screaming and i went in and she was wiping her face saying 'wipe tears, wipe tears' - When shes really upset and comes and tells me to wipe her tears away - so cute. So we wiped her tears away and i gave her a cuddle and she didnnt want to let go so i put her into bed with me thinking something was up - boy was I wrong. She didnt stop talking!!! just repeating ALL these words, and laughing and giggling. I told her that she was to go to sleep or she would be in big trouble so the little bugger starts to pretend to snore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laughing: I turned my touch lamp on and here she is with her eyes shut as tight as she could shut them and her 'snoring' with a huge smile on her face. I was mad at her cause by this time it had gone on for about an hour! And i couldnt help but laugh. Then i said thats enough off to bed. So she grabs her dolly and says 'bed'. Put her back in annd put her music box on. And it goes off and i swear she talked to herself for the next 2 hours! just nuts! and she got up earlier then usual, and didnnt stop the whole day. Went to bed at 7 and i hope she stays there.
Anyway - hopefully i gave you all a giggle with the antics of my little drama queen lol. Makes me smile. My 2 kids are so different, but in a good way. They are just the cutest together too. Cooper can tell her to do anything and off she goes. And Shelley will cry and Coopers there saying 'whats up missy moo, come here and ill fix it for you' - So no matter what is happening/happened in Trent and I's relationship I know that we went right somewhere!
Wow this post was a bit heartfelt huh. Sorry guys.
Im off to mums friday afternoon and then heading to sydney on saturday for a night out with a friend. I havent seen her in over 3 years - so looking foward to it. Not looking forward to the train trip but id rather catch a train incase Harry hangover decides to visit me on sunday. Much better sitting on a train with him then driving :laughing:
oh - what do you know posting actually made me feel better. Hope all is well.
Hi I'm so sorry I made that post asking where everyone was and then disappearing myself. Its as if life just got busy all of a sudden and I don't have time to make a decent post.
How excellent that Tan and Cath got to meet. Sounds like you guys really hit if off and had a good catch up.
I've been flat out thinking of Anna and hoping she's ok. Has anyone "spoken" to Anna lately?
I just got back from another 2 week stint at my parents place. A last minute decision to go before the madness of kinder started and work. We had a great time at the beach, fishing and just hanging out.
Oh - Alex has just woken up! I'll have to post this and come back to do more.........always the way!!!
Geez I am annoyed with Troy right now. For the past couple of months (summer holidays really) we have had a bit of a dispute about the boys and tv watching.
Now I know that he is busy with work, but we agreed things were a lot better now so I could do work again and he would mind the boys while I had visits etc.
I had two visits today - one I left about 9:15 and was back at 11:50 the second I was out from 2:30 and back about 4:15. Now I am not kidding - they watched tv the whole time. To top it off when I came home is lunchtime and they usually watch a little bit then so they watched that as well. I am so angry at him. He does this almost every time he minds them.
I've even told him that I have been trying to restrict the tv to about an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon.
Maybe I am overreacting (quite possible) but I tend to think that parking your kids in front of the tv is not looking after them, it doesn't teach them how to play or use their own imagination to amuse themselves or not to interrupt Mummy and Daddy when they are busy.
Now I know we all have days where we let them watch tv (especially when it is very hot weather or raining a lot) but my issue is that he does this a lot.
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Sorry - just had to vent.
OK - please disregard previous vent. Troy now assured me they did not watch tv the entire time I was gone, perhaps a little more than usual but that probably couldn't be avoided given that he had an unexpected visitor this morning.
Sorry Everyone!
:laughing: No need for apologies Tan. Dean has his moments of doing things like that too. Lots of times when I leave him with the boys I come back to find them watching (well not really watching actually) a movie and Dean on the computer doing something. As long as there as a balance of tv watching and other activities overall I like to think they will be okay. There are other times when Dean is great and takes them down to the park with a ball or something.
Lu sounds like a great idea to extend your time with your parents - do it while you can.
Hayley how cute is Shelley! Love the snoring story.
Quick check in for me for now. Should be doing a million things while Jack is sleeping and the older boys are with Dean's parents. I will try and get back on later today. Chat soon.
Hi everyone,
It's been pretty quiet in here again lately. How are everyone's kids liking pre-school? I am pleased to say that Will seems very happy at his new school which is a big relief. The first three weeks are only half days though and I find that I feel like I am forever running backwards and forwards to drop him off or pick him up!
Levi has taken Will's place at Will's old "Tuesday" school and seems to be having a great time. He has had two days so far and suprisingly is very well behaved while he is there. They keep telling me that he is really quiet - which is very funny seeing as he is usually sooo noisy! Oh well - his true colours will come out soon enough.
Hayley - Shelley's a funny little girl isn't she? Levi likes to do the pretend snoring too - but not in the middle of the night! I hope she hasn't done it again. I'm sorry that things with Trent aren't any better, I don't really have any more to say as I can't imagine being in your shoes right now.
Cath - I think Troy is just too busy or something. I can't remember the last time he volunteered to take the boys to the park or anywhere for that matter. Sometimes he will play with them in the backyard, but he's a bit sick this week so that's not happening either. I think I just need to encourage him to get out a bit more with his boys!
OK - had better go. Am still trying to catch up on my work, never ending saga really.
:laughing:Tan. I've done the same thing, gone off at Tony then later on found that actually things weren't what they seemed. I loved your photo's on facebook of Will in his uniform getting ready for his first day at Prep. He looks so grown up, like all the kids in this group it seems crazy that they are now going off to "school". It seems like yesterday they were teething and babies. How lovely that Levi is off to "creche" on Tuesdays. Are you managing to get a lot of work done on Tuesdays now? The house must seem strangely quiet with both the boys out of the house.
Hayley, Shelley sounds like such a wag. With those big brown eye's and mop of ringlets I'm sure she'd just bat those eyelashes and your heart would melt no matter how naughty she's been. I'm sorry to hear that things with Trent are still not getting any better. It must be so tiring to have to have such an emotional fight with the one you love. I keep holding out hope that things will work out and he will snap out of it. Just remember you've got us to talk to and you've got a beautiful family.
Cath, fantastic that you and Tan got to meet! That musical festival sounded awesome. And so did having a peaceful house. Yay you!
Oh I've got to go once again Alex has chosen my BH time to wake up and grizzle. I think he's getting his teeth, the bottom ones and he's not coping very well. Also he had his 6 month injections yesterday so its a grumpy baby for me. Maddi LOVED her first day at kinder yesterday. She made lots of friends, and one best friend so she says. Oh - really have to go now. His highness is in screaming mode
Lately I've been such a cranky mummy/wife. Some days I can see myself and its like an out of body experience. I can see myself being totally unreasonable but I just can't stop. I've put it down to being really tired and that its just a temporary thing - I hope (and so does everyone else in the house!). I've been trying to do some controlled crying with Alex which seems to be working. I can now tell the difference between a "pretend" cry and a "distress" cry and will go in depending upon which one. I went off at Tony for bringing Alex out one night after some pretend crying and it was just at the point when you know its the last cry before they drop off to sleep. Oh I was so annoyed. I totally snapped his head off. Then the next day Alex starts this distressed cry and because Tony was down that end of the house I thought he'd pick him up. But he just left Alex to it as he was too scared I'd bite his head off. I bit his head off anyways for NOT picking him up. It wasn't until Tony pointed out to me what he was experiencing that I realized I was a psycho. I don't know, but with Alex still getting up at night feeding and Maddi with her nightmares I'm just not getting much sleep and it makes me so cranky.
Oh Lu I can totally empathise with the watching your own behaviour and feeling like it isn't you thing. I was having big issues with that and finding myself yelling and hating myself for it but as you say I think it comes down to being bloody tired. I am almost finished my "Buddhism for Mothers" book and it is helping me calm down a bit. Let me know if you want to read it and I can send it to you when I am finished - it is quite good.
I remember you mentioning about Tony bringing Alex out at night when he cried - how annoying -then you basically have to start the whole settling process again. Somehow men just don't always understand what is going on with babies crying and we are just so tried and frustrated that it adds to it all when we have to explain things to them - don't beat yourself up too much. It takes lots of time and practice to understand baby behaviour I think. Dean only really worked it out with Jack (me too probably).
I empathise with the lack of sleep thing too - I've had at least 2 but sometimes all 3 boys disturbing my sleep for over a week. The other night someone was calling out every 2 hours - horrible! Last night Jack woke a couple of times and Will got into our bed at 3 and squished me over to the edge - so annoying!
That's great Maddi likes kinder and has already made some friends. I can imagine she would be a little social butterfly. Paddy used to have really good social skills but I must say recently they have gone backwards a bit. I worry about him sometimes.
Sometimes if another child says hello to him and asks him a question he won't even respond and will just make weird noises and try and hide behind me or something. It is quite odd. I would almost love to be a fly on the wall at kinder to watch how he interacts while he is there. He seems to like doing things on his own a bit which is fine but I would also like to know he is making friends and playing with other children. I know that at playgroup he plays with the other kids for a little bit but then often does stuff on his own while they all continue playing with each other the whole time.
Tan that is excellent that both Will and Levi are liking their new "schools". How cute that Levi is quiet while he is there. That must be lovely for you to have a break from them both for a bit.
Oh man- Will is doing my head in. Paddy is at kinder this morning and I promised Will he could have a turn on the laptop but he is driving me nuts constantly wanting a "different website" and carrying on about everything and making trouble. Better go and sort him out. Chat soon.
hayleylea
10-02-2010, 10:29
Hey
Yes Shelley is a wag - a very funny little girl (not so funny at that time of the night though). She hasnt done it again though so thats a bonus. I cant really complain about her sleeping habits because its very odd that she does wake up or keep me awake, as you know its usually ME waking HER up because she has slept too long!
Tan - dont worry about over reacting with Troy - i think we all do that every now and again. Its hard not too. Im a shocker with the TV we have it on alot here :o but im pretty lucky in my kids dont really watch that much - they have their favourites of course - play school, and a couple of other little shows. They are shows i dont mind them watching though so thats the main thing. We do alot of structued activities where the TV is turned off and we just do whatever we are doing but the TV is company for me and if i didnt have it id go insane! (sad but true) Cooper loves watching the NEWS!!!! i have had to stop him though because there is so much bad stuff happenning and honestly this boy has the best memory ever and he went and told grandma everything that was in the news a week before we had seen her! Im all for learning about life but not all the bad stuff. Funny kid. I think he might do really well at school though, he is very intelligent but quite the quiet achiever, but his memory is outstanding.
Lu - hugs. Lack of sleep does definatley make you a cranky mummy/wife. Its hard and i know that ive been there and known i have been being irrational and unfair but just cant stop. Im sure its not there to stay, just till you work out the lack of sleep thing! I hope Maddis nightmares stop.
Trent and I - thanks for everyones support - means alot. After yet another argument about his notice and him just being totally unfair to me. I told him that I need a break from us and a break from talking to him yet again. He hung up me a total of 6 times in 2 days andn i wasnt even doing or saying anything wrong. im sick of talking to him, Cooper is 4 and it feels like I can have more of a mature conversation with him rather then with Trent - insane. So the last time he hung up i just left it. And I wrote him an email yesterday explaining how I feel and told him that I didnt want to talk to him till he come for Shelleys birthday which he will be home on the 26th of feb so not long but long enough for me to clear my head. Anyway he rings last night and tells Cooper to put me on the phone. I broke downn crying and I begged him to please just give me some space and he agreed he would do that. But sure enough this moring there is an emamil from him telling me he cant live without me and please dont leave him and all this other stuff - its crap. It takes me having a total melt down for him to realise how much this all affects me and then he thinks them words change everything. They dont. I didnt reply andn I wont reply because I dont want to go back to him thiking its Ok but its not. Im rambling.....to sum it all up I have alot to think about over the next couple of weeks.
I went out in sydney o the weekend with a friend i havent seen for 4 years - was an awesome night and just what the doctor ordered :)
Kids are good, speaking of which i better go get them some lunch.
I hope Anna is OK and hopefully she will be able to talk soon. Thinking about you Anna.
ok talk soon
:hugs: Oh Hayley that's nuts that Trent is hanging up on you but then tells you how much he loves you in an email - how confusing and annoying. I really hope he sorts himself out soon. Your night out in Sydney sounds great. You totally need to have a break now and then after looking after children on your own.
Mum and Dad have just taken Will out to the park and then they are going to pick up Paddy from kinder for me:yelclap: I've got Jack in bed so had better start getting some stuff done in a second. Jack is going through a really annoying phase where he cries if he isn't being held by me or sitting on me if I sit on the floor which makes life bloody impossible. It is driving me nuts. He will cry for hours some days. He is fine if we are out but if we are home he is just so clingy so I can do basically nothing while he is awake here.
Okay - hope everyone is well and I will chat again soon.
:hissy:Screaming baby for 2 hours, a 4 year old that says her dinner is yuk and a husband who walks in the door from work only to walk out to hockey. :hissy::crying: Ohhhh I just had to have a stampy hissy fit. Husband then wonders what I'm doing in the kitchen ignoring the screaming baby and staring at the wall to which my reply was "COUNTING!!!!". He left pretty soon after that. Honestly all I could think about was when was the last time I had time for ME. Just ME!!! Selfish but honestly just because the husband works does that mean they reserve the right to just organize life outside of work hours as if they don't have a family at home? That because they earn the money they can "deserve" the right to float in and out, sign themselves up for sports and other such things? Yeah I'm majorly P.O'd and I'm going to regret this post in the morning, but I just need to get it out there Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
How are you doing out there Lu? Don't regret the post - I would be having a hissy fit too. It's totally not fair sometimes - the self-sacrifice of a mother somehow always ends up more than the father (well maybe not always but the majority of the time I would say). I have Dean "trained" to okay everything he wants to do by me which I really appreciate. He knows how full on it is here and how much I need him to walk in the door from work and put in a good hour or so straight away here getting the house tidied up, kids bathed, stories read, deal with the nightly bed time dramas etc. We always talk about how one day (hopefully) we will get to do things we want to do (like do some exercise in the early evening or whatever) but at this stage in our life we have to pander to the needs of small children. Is there any way Tony would consider putting his hockey on hold for another year when things settle down a bit? Having a crying baby on and off all day is just mental torture (I've still got one too - hoping that stage will be over in the next 6 months) and it helps so much to have support at the end of the day. I sometimes feel bad for not "letting" Dean go to the gym straight after work (which is what he would like to do) but then I think - hey - I would like to go to the gym too and I don't get to do it either (and I don't get the "break" of going to work where you can go to the toilet on your own and not have someone in your ear every moment of the day). My belief is that we both have to make sacrifices at this stage of parenthood - surely one day we will get some sort of life of our own back - I bloody hope so!
On that note, Dean went out to see a band with a few friends last night and I am going out with my Mum to get a pedicure today which is great. Mum said to bring the boys over to stay with my Dad while we go out but I said to her I don't even want them in the car for the trip to their place - I am hanging for a quiet car trip. Paddy's constant questions are just full on in the car and Will is constantly asking for "a different song" - they listen to our music in the car but Will only likes about 4 songs and wants them played over and over - does my head in.
Okay - off to type up some stuff for ebay. Chat soon.
OK - we've all gone way too quiet in here again!
Lu - we all have little hissy fits sometimes. More than justified I think. Troy has just headed out to golf for the day and I have a horrible cold (that he so generously shared with me). I reckon I could whinge too but I think I'd have my head bitten off cause he has had it arranged for about 2 weeks already!
Cath - Will asks questions non-stop in the car as well. Just another reason we had to fly to Melbourne. I think we would not have made it in the car simply because I would have been a basket case by the time we got there.
How are you Hayley? Haven't chatted to you for a while. Trent can really be very childish can't he? I hope you are doing alright and making plans for Shelley's birthday. Not long now!
I don't really have anything interesting to write about at the moment. My Mum and Dad are coming to stay for a few days cause my Mum's brother has just had surgery for cancer (yesterday) and they want to see him. He lives alone (not very far from me) and it's all a bit sad. We can't go to visit right now due to these silly colds we have. but I think we will need to help him out a bit in the coming months.
Anyway - need to get some work done while the boys are watching playschool.
:wave: Hi Tan. I was going to come in this morning for a vent and thought I might just be chatting to myself - where is everyone!
Well Jack turns 1 today and I am about ready to give him away. I haven't had a decent nights sleep in about a month and I was so beside myself last night that I screamed into my pillow at 2:30am and was then crying at 3:30am. I think I might have got 3 hours sleep last night which is about what I am averaging these days. I feel sick with exhaustion. Jack is taking ages to settle for bed at nights -he went to bed tired at 7 last night but took to 8:30 to get to sleep (with him basically screaming during that time and Dean and I taking it in turns now and then to get him settled). Then he woke at 10 and again at 12:30 and he did not settle from the 12:30 wake up until after 2:30:hair:. He would go quiet for a bit and I would think "finally!", then he would start crying again. I was so frustrated with it after 2 hours I had to scream - poor Dean! He jumped and then tried to comfort me but I was just so worked up I then couldn't sleep even after Jack finally went to sleep. My body really struggles to relax after being constantly jerked out of sleep and I am now so tense and wired even though I am so exhausted. Even if Jack has an okay night these days someone else bloody wake me up (even Dean is back to snoring a bit). I can't stand it anymore! I swear I am going to go and sleep in the car or something tonight. It is such a struggle to get through the days and I am so cranky. All I can say is thank God I am not pregnant again like I was when each of the other boys turned 1 - surely this sleep deprivation will one day come to an end and I am never going to have to go through it again.
:laughing: about the thought of a long car trip with Will Tan. I totally understand. We have our 10 night holiday coming up in a few weeks and the drive is 4 hours - Dean and I are dreading it - 4 hours of constant questions:dizzy: Sorry to hear about your uncle. Your family is having a rough trot aren't they? I hope your cold gets better soon.
I don't know whether to go and lie down now or not - Mum and Dad have taken Will out for a while and Paddy is at kinder and Jack is sleeping (he is a great day sleeper - don't know what the hell happens at night - drives me nuts!). Sometimes I feel worse if I fall asleep in the day. We are going out for a birthday afternoon tea for Jack this afternoon - I might have to have a bloody mary or something to calm myself down - it has been a long,exhausting year in retrospect. This time last year I was just heading into hospital to be cut open for the final time and to have that exciting moment of seeing my baby for the first time. I love that - maybe I will go and look at the photos from that day and try and get myself in a better mood. Chat soon.
happybirthday Jack! Now- start being nice to your Mummy and give her a decent night's sleep please!
Gosh Cath - I wonder what his problem is? It's awful when you are up and down like a yo-yo isn't it? I was super tired today too - but it was my own silly fault. Levi as a result of this cold we have all had (except Will, must be going to start soon) has this horrible sounding cough. Anyway - he coughs half the night away, without waking up apparently. I just lie there listening to him, thinking poor little guy! Then last night just cause yesterday was very disrupted we had chips with our steaks for dinner and Will drank about 3 glasses of mineral water before bed and I was sure he was going to wet the bed. I kept waking up in anticipation - of course he never did! So - entirely my own fault. I was so tired that when the boys headed off for sleep and rest time I had a nap on the lounge! (No, Will was not sleeping - he was playing farms in his room - mind you, he'd still sleep if I told him too, he loves his bed!). I felt much better for it as well.
The trade off was that I had to get Troy to mind the boys for a while when he got home from golf so that I could get some work done, but he didn't seem to mind that I'd been sleeping - just as well really.
Oh Cath - I just had a thought, maybe you should go and sleep at your Mums and leave Dean to sort the boys out. Oh - that even sounds blissful to me! Someone else to cook you dinner etc as well! hm, maybe I should go and stay at your Mums instead. LOL.
Hm - 4 hour drive. Trying to think what we did to keep Will occupied when we went away and it was a 5 hour drive. He went to sleep for a bit, we stopped for lunch for a fair while. He counted trees for ages (I know, it sounds so silly but he loves to count), counted cars, looked at the colours of cars, read number plates. Anyway - lots of silly games. Was still a bit insane but we managed. He can't read books cause he gets carsick and we don't have a portable dvd player.
Anyway - I have a nosy parker hanging around and I had better go and stir my soup for dinner!
:hugs:Cath, I know exactly how you feel! I can't remember the last time I had a full nights sleep and it makes me teary just thinking about it.
happybirthday to Jack and I hope he gives himself a pressie of sleep for you!
I actually looked online last week for some sleep help and I'm thinking of giving that sleep school a call in Melbourne. I think they are called Karitane? I am outta my head just like you Cath. I'm thinking of weaning Alex off the boob as I just can't cope physically with the BF and the lack of sleep. I'm just OVER it all. I have been meaning to catch up with Anna to see if she thinks sleep school helped Isaac in the end or not? If anything, I'd be happy to sleep in there while the nurses bloody looked after Alex :o
To top off the sleep deprivation Maddi's got croup and is on antibiotics and predmix. She's been up at night coughing and unhappy. So between her and Alex I'm averaging about 3 hours sleep.
My parents are visiting at the moment and they are leaving tomorow which I'm dreading. My parents can't believe how little sleep I'm getting and are concerned. So am I! Tony and I went out for tea last night while my parents babysat and all we wanted to do was park the car around the corner and sleep :laughing:Ah it would be funny if it wasn't true.
Tan I hope Levi is on the mend for you. Poor thing sounds sick too. Maddi had the same cough for about 10 days and I just took her to the Dr today after my Mum insisted. Boy I felt like such a bad parent when the Dr told me she had croup and a bad chest infection and that I really should bring her in earlier. Now she wants me to bring in Alex for her to check over as I mentioned her little brother had the sniffles. Actually I'm pretty stoked, a medical clinic opened up around the corner from us and we saw this lovely Italian female doctor today. So we'll go and see her from now on instead of having to trek all the way across town. And she seems easy to get into.
Well I better scoot. Dinner is ready!
happybirthday Jack! Wow, I can't believe he's one already, that year went by so quickly!
Hope all our 4 yeah olds have bee enjoying their 1st few weeks at kindy. Katelyn certainly is! She keeps bringing home all this art & craft stuff that she's done....goodness knows where we're going to keep it all!
:hugs: Lu - you poor sausage! 3 hours sleep is no where near enough and I would definitely have been sleeping in the car instead of eating dinner out!
I know a few people who have been to sleep schools with good results. But I think you have to be willing to go along with their suggestions and stick to the "rules" otherwise it doesn't work so well???? Not sure though. The people I know were stoked with all the sleep they were getting by the time they got home but the first few days were a bit rough I think.
I'm pretty sure Levi doesn't have croup - we have been down that path with him before. He is not the least bit unhappy during the day. It's just a bit of a noisy cough. Bothers everyone else a lot more than it bothers him. I took him to the doctor almost 2 weeks ago and she put him on ventolin which seems to have loosened it up. But on and on it goes!
Bugger - I have to run. Renee - we have heaps of craft coming home here too!
hayleylea
19-02-2010, 19:20
Hey Everyone.
You poor ladies and the lack of sleep you are having! i hope your little ones sleep for you soon!!! Lack of sleep is the worst thing ever.
happybirthday Jack - WoW hasnnt that gone fast. Cath - have a bloody mary or two and I hope all th ekids sleep for you tonight. Can you leave the boys with someone for just one night so you cann have some uninterrupted sleep???
lu - i hope you get some sleep too - you poor thing! I hope Maddi is on the mend and I hope Alex's sniffles dont turn into anything more. :hugs:
Tan - sorry to hear about your uncle. And your right Trent can be very childish....funnily enough I didnt notice alot of his bad traits till he went to PNG. Its really weird. I feel like I dont even know him at all. Weird probably isnt the word...Sad more like it. Life goes on. Hope you and Levi are feeling better soon!
RE Shelleys birthday - it is coming up very quickly. I feel rather unorganised with everything going onn actually. Her room came to a stand still because i lost motivation so the next week ill finish it off. Its all done but a few little bits and peices. Im only having a small party for her birthday - I was going to invite the playgroup kids but it just gets out of hand with family and them and she is only 2 so ill just keep it family oriented. On her actually birthday we are goingnn to take her to the local aquatic centre - Shelley loves pools and she hasnnt actually been to this pool so she will love it. That is if she isnt sick. Yeah you guessed it. She woke up yesterday with the sniffles, annd today full blown cough and endless snot and just a day full of her grizzling. No temp or anything yet im hoping it passses but EVERY time she gets the sniffles which is every 2 months atleast...it turns into ear infections and or tonsilitis! I hope she isnt sick for her birthday.
Sorry guys have to run. I have a full house for the weekend - I am minding my sisters 2 kids as her and her husband have gone to the gold coast for their anniversary. So i better head off and get them to bed. Shelleys already there but the other 3 need to brush their teeth and head to bed.
:wave: Renee
ok better go.
hayleylea
22-02-2010, 07:40
Hmmmmmm I think its me that Kills this thread lol. It seems to get a move on and as soon as I post.....QUIET lol.
Sorry guys...:o:laughing:
Hayley - you are a big tease! Coming in here and writing one line.
Things here are much the same, Levi is still coughing but does not appear to be sick otherwise, Will's loving prep and we are working around his "schedule" with drop off and pick up etc.
Otherwise all good!
I used to wonder where everyone had gone and how quiet its been on here and then BAMMMM. Now its my turn :laughing:. It like when you have 2 kids suddenly the time is out the window and while I have time to read everyone's posts and keep up to date the time for me to post doesn't exist. Between keeping Alex happy, cleaning, pick ups and cooking ect I'm lucky if I can get on here to read. FB is easy because I guess you just write one line and its done. I feel very guilty about it and I'm sorry my posts of late have been pretty ordinary. :o
Tan there must be some super cough bug out there because Maddi still has her cough and I know a few other kids with it too. It goes on and on and on and it sounds horrible. Almost like a barking cough until you vomit cough but it doesn't slow her down any.
I took Alex to the GP yesterday. He just wasn't settling at night and his nose was running and he was so snuffly for over a week. Also pulling at his right ear. SO off we went and the GP we ended up with (luck of the draw) was crap! He looked in Alex's ear and throat. Said he couldn't see in Alex's right ear through the wax and that his throat a tad red so maybe he has an ear infection and prescribed antibiotics. I wasn't too happy about it all as he hasn't had a temp and the fact the GP admitted he couldn't see his ear canal through the wax and just guessed maybe its infected :no:I'm not keen on giving Alex the Ab unless I know for sure he needs it Does that sound dodgy to you guys?
Yesterday was our 7 year anniversary. We finally opened a bottle of Champagne that we got for our wedding from a friend and ate a nice meal at home. Both kids slept really well which was a fantastic present. Alex went to bed at 8pm and slept until 2am, quick feed and slept until 9am. Awesome!!! So I don't know why he's been so bad at sleeping these past few months and I'm not holding out any hope that things have changed. But it was nice to FINALLY experience some fantastic sleep. If his sleep is still unsettled in a weeks time I'm making the call to the MHCN to talk about sleep school.
Shelley's birthday sounds great Hayley. I'm sure she'l love the pool and all the attention from her family. How are you going with her bedroom? I can't wait to see it all finished, so far its already awesome and you've done such a lot of work on it. Lucky little girl!!!
Well I guess I better get off this butt of mine and keep tidying up. I've got to pick up Maddi at 2pm and I still have so much stuff to do. Where does the time go???
hayleylea
23-02-2010, 13:20
Shely has a cough too - but OMG I'm ready to give her away!!! She has been driving me insane. Whinging and just being totally unreasonable! Argh! Im almost wish she would get a tempreature so i know theres something more to it! She still has the sniffles and the cough, yesterday she had the runs about 6 times - no throwing up or anything. So Im thinnking maybe its her molars causing the yuky nappies, the crying and the whinging??? Gee i hope whatever it is goes soon.....or other wise when Trennt gets home I might just go grab myself a holiday! lol.
Lu - Happy 7 years - sounds like you had a good night. That does sound pretty dodgy about the doctor prescribing antibiotics when he couldnt see inside Alex's ears - and knowing he doesnt have a temp or anything. Gee Even when Shelley has a 40 degree temp the doctor ummed and ahhhed about giving her antibiotics! Its so weird the differences each doctor you see has!
OK i better head off. i took the kids to the park today. So i need to get stuck into the house work now im home. Oh lu - Shelleys bedroom is going OK.Its still not finished. Trent has to put the wardrobe doors on her wardrobe - which will probably not be done when he gets back knowing him. But its not a big issue. just a few finishing touches from me and moving all her stuff from her old room. It still has a double bed in it aswell as her bed at the moment but i cant move that by myself so it wont be moved till trent comes home either :rolleyes:
ok talk soon.
PS - Sorry for teasing Tan - i ddint have anything to say really - just seems everytime i post i jinx the thread lol
Hope everyones kids get rid of their coughs
Alright - does anyone want a giggle?
I think I have mentioned before that our house backs on to a reserve - we don't have any neighbours behind us. Anyway - it kind of slopes away fairly quickly behind our yard, so even though our fence looks low on our side, it seems quite tall on the other side.
Last week Troy was in our backyard in the middle of the day when he noticed a van parked underneath the tree at the back of our yard - so it was right up against the fence almost. sort of across our fence and the next door neighbour's. He thought it was a bit weird so he went to have a bit of a look. Couldn't really see anything but was just about to walk away when he heard some, um, interesting noises. Perhaps the term "shagging wagon" could be applied here. Ridiculous really, given that the reserve is actually an open grassed area that backs onto a main road!. Anyway - we found it quite funny but Troy kind of walked around in the yard making loud noises, in an effort to make them realise they were not exactly alone. It didn't work and they were there for about 2 hours!
Not long ago - as in today - Troy had to go out to get a pink slip and noticed another car in the same spot! So he rings me and tells me about it and I look over the fence and it is a small holden astra - you could see straight in!!!! I swear these people are stupid. After some discussion with Troy who wanted to ring the neighbour as he works just down the road and would no doubt come home and bang on the window or something I decided the easiest thing would be to throw a tennis ball over the fence and pretend one of the boys had done it. So I did - it bounced off the car etc. I went out to collect it and the people had seriously just reversed their car up the fence about 200 metres. It's too funny. I think maybe next time we call the police. I'm sure it's illegal to do that!
Have to run - Will wants a drink.
Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been a while - still dealing with sleep deprivation here and everyone has been sick with a nasty cold and cough (I feel like crap today and just need to be in bed).
Hayley the pool outing for Shelley's birthday sounds great. How is her behaviour going? Has she settled down? I know that at that age Will was driving me insane and having massive tantrums but in the last few months he has become much easier to deal with. When does Trent come home? I hope everything is going as well as can be expected between you. How did you go looking after the 4 kids on oyur own? Sounds pretty full on.
:hugs: Oh Lu it is comforting to know that I am not the only one going through this sleep hell. I have a friend taking her second child (5 months) to sleep school next week (she is gong to Tweddle which is close to here and is meant to be good). She is staying for 5 nights to try and sort out her little boys sleep problems. I was quite envious really when I heard she was booked in. Jack is 12 months and we are still working through it - so over it. I cracked it the other night and an now refusing to feed him overnight (which I was doing just in a desparate attempt to get him to shut up and go back to sleep otherwise he would be up crying for hours). We are now just putting up with the crying for hours in the middle of the night in the hope that the crying time will diminish soon. Last night was better than the night before so I have hope. I am hanging to wean him and was hoping to be done by now. I will continue his before bed feed for one more week then I am stopping I think. That gives him another week to get used to no feeds in the middle of the night and accept only the one feed before bed and once he is right with that I will replace that with a drink of milk with story time. I really want him weaned by our holiday which is the 9th of March. When we get back I have my school reunion and I plan to be out at the boys bedtime still so that is another incentive to get this weaning done.
Jack had his 12 month check and needles the other day and he is 10.1 kilos which makes him my smallest baby. Will was 10.6 kilos at 6 months - hilarious - Jack hasn't even got to that weight at 12 months - love it:laughing:
How is Alex going Lu? Have you had any repeats of the good night (how nice he did that for your anniversary - happy anniversary too!). Do you know that you and I are the same age and have been married for the same amount of years (and we both don't get to sleep through the night - so much in common!). How is Maddi's cough? All our boys have been coughing away here too. Definitely dodgy giving Alex antibiotics if he was guessing - some Dr's are so bizarre.
Tan thanks for your suggestions for the long drive - might have to try and remember all the "car games" we used to play as kids to get through it. Is Levi still happy at "Tuesday school"? Not a bad suggestion to go and sleep at my parents for one night but my Mum is a bad sleeper and shuffles around the house half the night -think she would bloody keep me awake half the night too. I am still dreaming of my night alone at a hotel. I am seriously going to do it one night sometime this year.
Okay - better go for now. Will chat again soon.
:eek: OMG Tan - just read your post! What the hell is going on with that reserve - bloody lovers lane. How wrong! Wouldn't that make for an interesting discussion if Will saw that one. Nice work wit hthe tennis ball - very clever. Can't believe they didn't drive off though - how nuts!
:laughing:Tan, that did make me giggle. Of all places to "park" and make out. Maybe you could write a message on the fence saying that all the neighbors can see them making out? If that doesn't work yeah I'd be calling the police next time too. Not the sort of thing you want to have to explain to the boys :o Whats weird is the time of day they are choosing to be there??? The middle of the day!
Cath, I got that good nights sleep on our anniversary and then the next night which was awesome! But we're back to crap sleep habits again. I just can't figure out where I'm going wrong or what this little mans problem is. I seriously lose count of how many times he is waking up and how much I'm feeding him because I am so out of it at night. How did your friend get into Tweddle? Maybe you and I should book in at the same time!!! Your plan sounds pretty good to me about cutting out the feeds at night. Hope the weaning goes well. You've done well to last this long :yelclap:. I am giving Alex a bottle of formula at 7pm still but its not solving our problem. I'm so tired and exhausted that I just want my body back.
Maddi is driving totally insane lately. She is just so stubborn and doesn't listen. I seriously have to repeat myself over and over and its really tiring.
She is still loving her kinder and has made some nice friends there which is so good to see. Actually has reminded me I need to ring the local primary school to talk about enrolement for next year!! OK gotta go - sleeping Alex = mummy running around trying to get everything done.
Oh Lu I so hear you. It becomes a blur doesn't it and you end up having no idea how many times they woke up. Jack is just in such a bad habit of waking up and crying several times a night. I really hope our "no feeding" strategy stops him calling out. The last 2 nights we have had him settled by midnight (after 3 hours of crying on Wednesday night:() and then he has slept until 7am so I know he can do it. Now we just need to get him sleeping from 7 until midnight without calling out - I will be so, so happy if we can do it. I am so sick of being tired and having no energy and eating crap food and doing no exercise because of it. I feel disgusting. I so hear you about wanting your body back too - I haven't had mine to myself for over 5 years now if you count pregnancy as sharing your body too (which I do) - crazy continuous pregnancy and breastfeeding - I am so done with it. How old is Alex now? I was told from 6 months on they no longer need to be fed during the night but I know tha is easeir said than done (I always found it heartbreaking to do it when they still seemed so little). I still hate it actaully (leaving Jack crying) but I do know that it is protest crying.
I will have to ask my friend how long it took her to get into Tweddle (we have these disjointed discussions at kinder pick up time - never quite get full conversations). Wouldn't that be great if we both went together - 5 days to deal with just the baby and get some time out sounds good to me (and hopefully get some sleep!). I am hoping we can fix our problems on our own but if they are still going on in a months time I might start looking for help.
Good luck with Maddi. It is all so exhausting when they are making life difficult. I'd better start looking into the school thing too - haven't done anything to get organised yet.
Well I just rang the PS that we've been looking at and they have a Education Week in May where you can go and look at the school, information nights for parents and its when they tend to get a lot of enrollments. In the meantime they invited us to drop in anytime to meet the principal and have a look around and ask any questions. Might just have to do that.....when I have a spare minute or two. I can't believe we're having to go look at schools already!
Cath - Alex is 7 months old so he could go without his night feeds. I might have to bite the bullet and get tough. I've been very conscious of keeping him quiet with Maddi trying to sleep but I noticed last night while I was letting him scream it out that Maddi was having no trouble sleeping. I guess she has her Dad's hearing genes? :rolleyes: I had to quit indoor soccer as I was just too tired and had no energy to run around. As much as I enjoyed it at the time, it really buggered me for the rest of the week. Midnight to 7am sounds awesome Cath, there's hope there yet for him to sleep the first half of the night just as well.
Alright I really should go now. This house looks like a bomb hit it and I'm also halfway through painting some pictures for Maddi's room.
Oh no about quitting soccer Lu. It's so hard to be a mother and actually have a life and do things for yourself isn't it:rolleyes: I have given up on it for the moment but have vowed to myself that I will be doing something by the end of the year that is some sort of time out.
I think that is the story with our local primary school too. We did a tour last year some time but were told to wait until this year to enrol. It is such a scary thought that we will have school children next year. I am dreading having to have everyone dressed and out of the house 5 mornings a week already. The 2 days we have to do it for kinder this year is enough for me. I love Friday after the Wednesday/Thursday out the door rush - we can all still be in PJ's until lunchtime - love it.
You will probably find Maddi copes with Alex screaming. Our 3 boys are in the same room with Jack screaming for hours - amazing. That being said though it woke Paddy up last night but usually he and Will sleep through it.
hayleylea
26-02-2010, 14:23
:laughing::laughing: that story is hillarious!!! i cant believe they just moved after you went out -how funny is that!! Id call the police next time too - how embarrasing for them when a police officer knocks on their window lol.
Cath - Lu hope you all get sleep soon!
Shelleys behaviour is fine now. She is generally pretty good just goes through stages - like any kid really. Looking after the 4 kids on my own was pretty full on but it wasnt as bad as i thought. They were pretty good and kept each other entertained :)
Trent gets home about midnight tonight. A bit nervous and scared about it all really.
Lu - we have playgroup at the school Cooper is going too (its just up the road...a small little school in the village we live in). Playgroup is on their sports day - the kids from another village downn the road comme up for that aswell which is nice. Anyway they let all the playgroup kids join in with their sport activitiy which i think is fantastic. Even Shelley gets in and has a go lol. The teachers and the teacheres aids are fantastic. Pre prep starts here in term 3 its half a day for a few weeks then a full day until the end of school. I was a little hesitannt sending him to such a small school but they have really good facilities, and its a really nice environment (plus its so close aswell)
ok i have to go i have a naughty little girl throwing a tantrum - just after i said she has beenn good :rolleyes:
:hugs: Good luck for tonight Hayley. The school sounds great and I think logistics are important so having it close is good.
I am having such a lazy day (obviously - posting like a mad woman). Okay - Jack is crying -better go.
Well, it's gone all quiet in here again so I thought I'd post just to get things going!
I think maybe the tennis ball incident has frightened off our behind the fence visitors, they haven't been back this week. I did say I would call the police if it happened again.
Hayley, I hope Shelley had a great birthday - can't believe she is 2 already. That means Levi will be 2 in about 8 weeks, oh, where did that time go??? How are things going with Trent at home?
Lu - sorry to hear you had to quite soccer? Why is it that Mums seem to have to make all the sacrifices? I hope Alex is sleeping a bit better for you, I totally understand your exhaustion. FWIW - Will has never woken up when Levi was yelling in the night - feel free to let him scream if you want.
Cath - what about your little Jack? Is he all weaned now? No night feeds? Has his sleeping settled down as well?
Thankfully I don't have to worry about enrolling Will anywhere now. Where he goes to prep is where he will start school and unless we move or something drastic happens it will also be his school til he finishes Yr 12! Given it is 5 minutes down the road I think that is fantastic. Much less hassle for me.
OK - have to run away again. Hope you are all well.
:wave: Hi again.
I have 5 minutes to post before the boys get back from swiming.
Good to hear your fence visitors seem to have found somewhere else Tan. How fantastic about being organised with Will's schooling - we really are not organised at all. I will ring the primary school when we get back from holidays and ask about enrolment and we currently have no idea about high school. Our boys will be going public as there is no way we would be able to afford private schooling and there is a bit of a dearth of public high schools around here. Anyway - we will start thinking about that in a few years knowing us.
Well Jack had his last breastfeed last night before going to bed:crying::smiliedance: I am both sad and happy about it. Sad because it is the last time I will ever do it and there are times I have enjoyed it and happy because I am finally free! I haven't fed him during the night for over a week and his sleeping has definitely improved - he is mostly sleeping all night now:yelclap: Unfortunately Will isn't and Dean is snoring really badly so I am still not getting any good sleep. Dean broke his mouthguard he has to stop his snoring which is a disaster. He did it on Wednesday night and he found out the next day it can be fixed but he has to send it away for a week or so and we are going away on Tuesday for 10 nights so the timing is terrible. It is still slightly better if he wears it rather than not having it at all so we hanging on to it until we get back then getting it fixed. I swear he is going to be spending most nights of our holiday sleeping in the lounge - how annoying!
Okay - better go for now. I am trying to get on top of the washing and cleaning today and we are going out later to stock up on good,cheap wine for the holiday. I am very much looking forward to the change of scenery. Had a busy, tiring week and found myself yelling at the boys again. I really need some time out.
Hope everyone is well and Hayley I hope Shelley's party goes well today. Chat soon.
Yes its been dreadfully quiet on here lately. I've had nothing to read while I have my morning coffee :laughing:.
Cath - wow I can't believe the time has come for Jack to stop BF. It seems like just yesterday that he was born. But a big HOORAY for your new found freedom and a bigger HOORAY to all night sleeping. Bloody fantastic. Not so good that Dean has lost his mouth guard and your not yet being able to enjoy a full nights sleep. Wow 10 nights away on holiday sounds fantastic. Where abouts are you guys going? My memory is so terrible, so I apologize if you have told us before :o
Tan thats great your local passion lovers have taken a hike. At least you can now enjoy peace and quiet without some distant noises from the back patio :laughing:.
Hayley how did Shelleys birthday go? I saw on FB you weren't feeling well. :no:bad timing for you to get hit with a bug. I bet Shelley's cake turned out unreal as always. Hope the weather held out for you.
I asked Fi on FB the other day how much rain they had and it was a HUGE amount. I'm surprised she's not swimming around in the backyard. We had a heap of rain the past 2 days and the nearby little trickle of a creek turned into a raging torrent of a river. It was really impressive. I felt sorry for those who got flooded as it seems so ridiculous to be getting flooded after the dry weather we've had to date.
Not much going on for us this weekend. Maddi had her first swimming lesson yesterday. We hadn't taken her before because of her grommets. Poor thing was so terrified she just about put claw marks in the back of the instructor that took her. But by the end of it after she got lollipops and a certificate she thought she was pretty good. Not sure how she'll go when she realises its a weekly event. Alex is still not crawling, he seems to get up on all fours and slide backwards and thats about it. It wouldn't surprise me if he just skips crawling and goes right to walking. Sleep is hit and miss. I've had about 3 nights in total of a sleep through. I rang my MHCN who basically told me to suck it up and deal with it. Fat lot of help she was! I've let him scream it out a few nights and I've tried to be consistent. Slowly, slowly getting there but still a long way to go.
Alright I better head off. Not sure what we're doing today even thought its half over. Maddi needs to get out and exercise - she is driving me NUTS! Her moods are up and down and I swear if she wasn't only 4 years old I'd think she was hitting puberty!
I agree Lu - far too quiet in here!
Your MHCN wasn't very sympathetic was she? Just what you want to hear when you are exhausted. I'm surprised you didn't bite her head off. Isn't their role supposed to be for support???
Poor Maddi and the swimming lessons. I hope they improve. My two little fish are going great - Will is going up to the school age program next term where he will have all his classes in the 25 metre pool. It makes me nervous just thinking about it, but the instructor tells me he is more than ready. Levi is supposed to be going into an instructor only class (no parent in the pool) - but I can see there being a battle about that initially. Levi does not cope with change at all, and while he loves to swim I don't know how keen he will be on hopping in with just the teacher and 3 other kids. Ah well, I guess he will get over it.
Cath - what crap timing. You've got your boobs and your sleep back and now Dean is snoring again. Definitely the couch for him. I hope your holiday goes well, I've forgotten where you are going but I hope you have lovely weather!
Lu - before I forget. I think babies often crawl backwards before they go forwards so Alex may not be far off the real thing. How exciting if he takes off soon!
Ah Cath - before I forget. I have times where I turn into the mad, screaming lady too. I'm sure it has something to do with boys. They just cannot listen!
OK girls - am running away again now. Have such a busy work week ahead and am going away next weekend so I don't think I'll be back in here again for at least a few days.
Hi again,
We are off to Port Fairy which is pretty much most of the way to Adelaide along the coast. It is a really nice little town with some good restaurants and pubs and a couple of beaches so it should be good.We've hired a 3 bedroom house and have both my parents and Dean's parents now coming to stay for a few nights - mine for 2 nights and Dean's for 1 (they are coming at different times which we are seeing as an opportunity to go out for dinner on our own twice).
Lu I hope Maddi gets used to swimming lessons - I'm sure she will. Going backwards first is pretty common I think with crawling. Jack has really only recently taken to traditional crawling - he commando crawled for ages! How annoying about the MCHN not being very supportive. Good luck with getting some better sleep.
Tan that is so impressive about Will's swimming. We thought our Will would freak out about going in a lesson on his own too but he was actually better because it was in a shallower pool which he seemed to prefer. Where are you going next weekedn?
We cut Jack's hair yesterday after he looked a bit like the flying nun having his breakfast. It has been really humid here and his curls turned into wings. He looks gorgeous with his new short haircut - I love it - such a little boy with these big blue eyes. I have him booked in to have his professional photo taken when we get back like I did with the other boys when they were 1 - looking forward to seeing what photos she takes. Here is his new haircut:
Before haircut (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2736.jpg)
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2739.jpg
After haircut again (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_2742.jpg)
Okay - better get back to packing and making a cake to take. Chat soon.
Oh Cath, I did have a good giggle at those wings. They were cute curls! He does look adorable with his new haircut :yes: Love it! It makes his eyes really stand out. Can't wait to see your new photo's as I remember the one's you had taken, they were fantastic. I think once Alex is happy to sit up by himself I'll have to get some professional one's taken of the kids before I miss the chance.
Yep I was pretty disappointed with my MHCN's response to my questions. She happened to ring up to change our 8 M.O appointment and while I had her on the phone mentioned to her my frustration with Alex's sleeping. I'll be seeing her end of the month for the appointment so I'll see if she is more sympathetic then.
Hopefully Maddi learns to love swimming. We've put it off for that long now it scares me that she doesn't have any water sense. All I want is for her to be able to tread water for a little while until she can get rescued just to give me peace of mind.
She's gone off to the IL's today for a play. She was seriously driving me nuts. Cath and Tan, its not just boys that don't listen. Maddi has also turned this mummy into a screaming banshee lately.
Looks like its about to get quieter in here soon with Cath going on holiday and Tan busy with work.
Cath your holiday sounds fantastic! Port Fairy - such a pretty place from what I remember. I went to a 21st there way back when I was 21, thats how long ago its been for me ;). Terrific that the grandparents are coming for a few nights!!!! How awesome! Make the most of it. Good luck with the packing Cath, that has to be my most unfavorite part of going away.
Safe travels!
Well thats it, I've finally blown my stack :banghead:Maddi was up screaming the whole house down last night from 4am. Refusing to go back to her bed, wanting someone to lay down next to her which I flat out refuse to do. All her screaming then had Alex awake and the rest of the house until 5.30am. Then she bounces out of bed at 7am this morning with her naughty dial set to MAX. Poor Tony had no sleep, and was so worried that I would kill our 4 year old Diva that he took her to work this morning. She sat at the desk and colored in for 3 hours. They came home for lunch and then Tony has dropped her at the IL's for the rest of the day. Alex is out of sorts as he's got bronchitis and got no sleep last night.
So I rang up Tweedle this morning. They only deal with up to 3 year olds so they helpfully referred me to the children's hospital. Now I'm off to the GP this afternoon to get the referral we need. Then apparently in 6-8 weeks we'll have our first appointment with the paediatrician. The sleep clinic suggested I get a referral for both the kids and they will asses both of them at the same time. AS you can tell I have well and truly had it. So now I've just got to wait which is going to be hard, but at least I've got some hope of help. My MHCN was no help at all so won't she be shocked when I tell her I've taken matters into my own hands.
Happy birthday happybirthday to Owen for today!!! Wow I cannot believe its been 3 years already.
OK I'm off to try and resettle this little sick bubba. I just had to vent my frustration. Its sooooooo quiet on here :eek:
hayleylea
12-03-2010, 15:41
:hugs: Lu - I hope you get somewhere with the sleep school. I hope Alex feels much better soon too.
I have a sick little girl too as you may have read on facebook. She is finally actually doing something for the first time in 2 days so thats good. She cant walk still. poor little thing. She has been coughing/crying/sleeping all day...been very draining. Last night she was up for half the night. Threw up 5 times - i ended up with her in my bed after the first time, and had to change my sheets 3 times out of the 4 times she threw up in my bed. Then had to change her every time and me 3 three times - Crazy! So tired!
Trent was meant to put his notice in today and he wrote me an email to tell me that he TOLD the boss that me and Cooper asked him to come home and he will let them know exactly when that is - is it just me or does that sound like he didnt actually put inn his notice at all! gee its something i really didnt want to deal with today. Gotta go....
talk soon
Oh poor little Shelley being so sick, and poor you Hayley being up all night. It just about breaks your heart seeing them so small and sick. Sounds like she's got a pretty bad virus whatever it is. I'm guessing she would have slept most of the day to recover? Hopefully you got to have a bit of a rest day too. Nothing more punishing than sleep deprivation.
It sounds like Trent is warning his boss that he's on the way to resigning? Hopefully thats what it is...........and then he's finally putting in his resignation. Not that his boss should be surprised yeah? Its been on the cards for so long now. Oh Hayley I really, really hope this time its for real and he bloody does it.
Urghh, got to go. Alex is awake. He was up every 2 hours last night coughing his lungs out and Maddi actually slept. I don't know how women with twins do it!
hayleylea
13-03-2010, 15:32
Lu - I wish she slept all day yesterday lol. She did sleep but her cough was that horrid she it would keep waking her up. An she wasnt happy unless she was cuddling into me. So it was a pretty long day. I managed to put her down on a pillow a few times when she went so sleep but she woke up shortly after.
I put her into my bed last night to keep an eye on her - her breathing was very wheezy, and i knew i woul sleep better if she was with me. She slept pretty good. She cried a few times out during the night and coughed a bit but we both managed to get a bit of sleep so that was alright. She seems much better today - she feel asleep on the lounge earlier and had a 2.5 hour sleep - since then has woken up even better! So she is on the mend without the need for antibiotics which is fantastic! her cough is still pretty bad...and im a little worried about it but nno temps or anything so hopefully she gets over this last little bit easy. She is also UP and WALKING!!! which that in itself has made her alot happier. She has this pretty bad limp though - but she is happy to be up and walking around. she cries sometimes if she steps on her foot the wrong way poor little darlin. things are definatley looking up.
As for Trennt - i dunno...i stewed on it over night. I was pretty short with him last night when he called i didnt mention anything about his notice or lack of. But today it got to me and I rang him and up an expressed my dissapointment and the fact I hate that again he has broken his promise to me. He tried to explain but i told him to save his explanations that i was happy enough to get it off my chest andd didnt want to listen to any explanations and i hope he has a nice day. Said goodbye and hung up. I feel better for it. Knowing that I got it off my chest.
annyway Shelley hasnt eaten all ay so im going to get an early dinner organised i have been so busy today. Ive rearranged Coopers room. Gone through both kids wardrobes and swapped the clothes around to winterish clothes - with the exception of a few warmer weather outfits. Put away all the stuff that is too small for them (my they have grown - thank god for hand me downs!) So im pretty happy i got through all that an im ready for the cold weather that is slowly but surely creeping up on us.
Apart fromt hat I finally got the house work up to date!!!! when trent comes it goes out the window then the kids an dme being sick nothing got down and it was just disgusting so im feeling pretty good that i managed to tell Trent how i feel, do all the house work and clean the kids cupboards. Now if only there was a beer in the fridge lol.
talk soon.
Hayley why can't Shelley walk? I think I missed something. Did she hurt her leg?
I think its good that you told Trent exactly how you felt. He needs to know just how it makes you feel and that he needs to hear you. You don't want to hear any excuses, you just want to hear that he's done what he promised. Good on you for getting it off your chest. At least you've been open and honest.
Geez you've been productive today with all your cleaning and sorting and all with sick kiddies. :yelclap: Hopefully there was a beer hiding in the back of the fridge for you. I'm in the middle of making Plum Sauce - wish i never started. What a stupid idea!
hayleylea
14-03-2010, 18:33
Lu - The night before Shelley took sick she fell over - nothing major - just a little stack which happens all the time with her (she falls over ALL the time) She cried and carried on like a drama queen (again she does tha tall the time) so i didnt think much of it. It was just before bed time when it happened so i just put her to bed and she was fine went to sleep. That night she woke up with temps etc. So i just assumed that the cold she had turned into tonsilitis (as usual). the next morning/day she spent it lying on the lounge, dozing on ann off - again as she does when she is sick with tonsilitis - she had temps on and off so i didnt think anything of her not walking/playing. Then i told her to come for a shower - which she LOVES and comes running no matter how sick she is. Andn she got off the lounge and tried to put pressure on her leg and just fell to the ground in pain. She kept trying and couldnt even put pressure on it. So after lots of crying i took her to the hospital. The doctor thought she had a broken foot!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was thinking - GREAT!!!! (obviously im being sarcastic cause it would have been the worst thing to deal with right now among other things going on). So off we went for an Xray. The Radiologist wasnt sure if it was broken or not :rolleyes: but the doctor confirmed there was no breaks or fractures (YAY!!!! finally something goes right) we did have to stay at the hospital for a few hours as her temp was up because of her viral tonsilitis. - Talk about a scare and a half. The doctor said that it looked like a pretty bad sprain. She didnt walk on it the whole next day - and it was bad enough she had tonsilitis little own being restricted to the lounge and not being able to do anything - when usually she is on the GO till the time she goes to bed. So it was pretty tough. at around lunch timem yesterday she got up and she was limping - it was so cute, but she was so much happier being able to be up and about. Today she is walking really well just hurts if i put shoes on her.
So theres the run down lol. My life is a real soap opera sometimes. Yeah im glad I told Trennt how I feel. Thing is although i say it time and time again it is getting too much to handle. There was never a question about loving him before...but now its really getting to the point when im not only annoyed I want to just close the door and move on! He knows this and still stuffs me around and breaks promises and hurts me and still doesnt care. After shelley being sick etc he writes me an email to tell me he is thiking about buying an investment property - which is just absurb considering he is telling me he cant afford to come back here!!!!! well why not just make it so you NEVER can come back. of course he gives me al lthe excuses under the sun saying that the rent is the same as the repayments etc etc. And he expects me to be happy about all of it when he still doesnt provide nearly enough as what he should to me! He had the hide to call me at his mums todday and ask me if i have been for a drive to see the house yet - not hi how are you, hows Shelley going? is she better? hows coopers behaviour (yes world war 3 with him again - attitude plus since Trent left as usual) just about this stupid house. I was more then annoyed...I actually cried which i never do infront of my MIL but really I cant deal with any more of this Crap.
Anyway im whinging again.
Im going to put these 2 kids to bed. THey are both doing my head in right now!
Hello everyone!
We are a quiet lot in here lately aren't we? Must be doing something terrible like getting on with life or something! More like too busy running around after the little ones.
Hayley - what a week you have had! I hope Shelley has come good now, but she was certainly in the wars. As for Cooper's behaviour, Will's goes up and down like a yo-yo without the disruptions that Cooper has to deal with. I can only imagine what it is like with him right now. Trent - sometimes you think there is light at the end of the tunnel and then he goes all funny again. What a rollercoaster ride.
Lu - hope your kiddies have stopped coughing and that you are getting somewhere with the sleep issues. I swear though, some kids are just shockers in that dept (not saying that is the case with yours). We have just been away for the weekend with some good friends and they have a little girl who is 3.5 years and another little girl who is 11 months. Their first child slept right thru at 8 weeks and slept like an absolute log (she was BF) as well as awesome day sleeps etc. Their second little girl is an absolute horror. She is still up 3-4 times per night on a good night, catnaps during the day, refuses to sleep in the pram or the car and is generally awake way more than she is asleep. Our friends have done nothing different with her parenting wise - she just does not like to sleep. I'm not saying that things can't be changed, just that some babies definitely like to sleep while others don't and it has nothing at all to do with Mummy and Daddy.
Well, as I said we have been away for the weekend with some friends. We stayed at this amazing caravan park about 3 hours drive from here on the coast. We did not have to leave the park for anything - there were multiple pools, a huge kids playroom (like one of those indoor play centre things), putt-putt golf, an enormous jumping pillow, a crazy maze, a little train that went around the park a couple of times a day, the usual sorts of play equipment plus tennis and games rooms etc for bigger kids/adults. They even showed movies every afternoon and evening if people were interested. It was such a great place to take the kids and the beach is only a couple of minutes down the road. We had a fantastic time and definitely think we will be going back. The only downside was the cabin was a little small and not as comfy as some of the others we have stayed in. But we weren't in it much so it didn't matter really.
Anyway I had better go, Levi is watching ABC2 and he is pretty tired today, don't want him nodding off on the lounge or anything!
hayleylea
16-03-2010, 06:56
Tan - that holiday park sounds fantastic. It sounds like the one we went to in Cairns - just fantastic. Glad you guys had a good time :)
Yeah Trents putting us through a rollercoaster ride. Just hope the track isnt getting too old and falls apart while we are stillhere waiting! Apparently tommorrows the day now that he is putting his notice in...hmmmmm we will see about that.
Anyway Im off to town by myself kid free while mum minds the kids Cantwait!
:wave: Quick hello from me. We got home from our holiday late this afternoon and I need to go and unpack in a minute. We had a great time and I had the best sleep I have had in years and feel so much better for it. I have a new lease on life and will be setting the alarm for 7 tomorrow and going for a walk to start the day. I am determined to do it - I really, really want to lose some weight and get fitter and feel healthier. Anyway I hope to get some time on here tomorrow (probably tomorrow night by the time I get around to it) and catch up properly. Chat soon.
Welcome back Cath. Hope you managed to get up early and go for that walk. It sounds like a great plan. I wish we lived close to each other then we could go for a walk together :D. It sounds like you had a really great break and are reinvigorated for Autumn. What a great time of year to start getting out and doing some outdoor activities - its not too hot! How was Port Fairy? Can't wait to hear how your holiday was.
Hayley how did your kid free shopping trip go? Hope you had a nice little break. Oh poor Shelley and her foot. It sounded so painful. She must have really sprained it well for them to think she had broken her foot. How is she feeling now? Hopefully she's back to her cheerful, well little self. OMG about Trent wanting to buy another house :banghead:I would have been as angry as you too. What crazy nutbag is over there feeding these ideas into his head??? Honestly. Do you think he sits over there in PNG after work hours drinking with his mates at the local and they try to compete with each other? It seems a bit left field for him to be wanting to buy an investment property, especially since his argument for staying over there is to earn more money. Not spend more money Trent! Sorry Hayley I'm ranting on here for you. I hope he put his notice in and he's coming home for good. You guys really need to be living under the same roof. I just think you are one patient woman who is more than understanding. You are truly amazing Hayley :hugs:
Tan, your so right about each kid being different with their sleep. Alex was such a bloody great sleeper when he was a little baby. I used to have to wake him up to feed him. Then he hit 4 months and it all went out the window. I've been working really hard at trying to get on top of his tired signals and putting him into bed before he's overtired. He seems to be eating his solids a lot better now and a lot more of them so hopefully once he gets over this cough he'll be a lot better. Maddi is now our probelmatic sleeper. She is still getting up in the middle of the night and refusing to go back to sleep ect. I got a letter from the RCH sleep disorder clinic and we finally have an appointment with a pead for the end of April. It will be very interesting. I hope there's a good outcome after all this. Wow that holiday park sounds fantastic. What a great time away. How nice that you got away with another family. The weather would have been lovely and it sounds like there were heaps of activities to wear the kids out :yelclap:.
My house looks like a bomb has hit it. There is stuff in every room and I just don't have the energy today. I think I must be finally coming down with what the kids have had for the past few weeks. Sore throat, blocked ears and just feel really yuk. I bought a heap of Fowlers bottling jars second hand and the guys was storing them in a garage so they are filthy so I've been slowly cleaning then then putting them away. There is 150 of the things! Then we got given 2 huge shopping bags of pears by a friend so I had to bottle those before they went bad. In the midst of this I'm sorting all the boxes of clothes, baby items and toys because in May our local Toy Library is holding its annual kids good market. It only costs $20 to have a stall so I'm going to try and offload a lot of stuff there. So I'm going through making sure everthing is clean, no stains and then trying to decide on prices ect. There is stuff everywhere! Its pretty heartbreaking knowing how much you pay for things and how much they are probably going to sell for. I sold a few items on ebay but the amount of time it takes to upload and that its a bit hit and miss with what price you will get. So yeah its hectic and I just feel so disorganised because the house is in chaos. And then we're going to my parents next Friday for 2 weeks for Easter break. I'm looking forward to the break!
hayleylea
22-03-2010, 06:47
Cath - Sounds like you had a terrific holiday. Hope you managed to do your walk - sounds like a plan :) Cant wait to hear about your holiday.
Lu - No worries about ranting for me. I could rant and rave for ages. And no I'm not patient or amazing, I'm bloody sick of it and wish I was stronger so I could walk away. Its so tiring! I think you hit the nail on the head with him sitting around drinking all the tiem with his mates trying to compete with each other. He has rang the last 2 nights obviously drunk - makes me so mad! Lu - a 2 week trip to your parents sounds great! Goodluck with the paed annd the upcoming sleep clnics - i hope you work something out :)
Hope everyone else is doing well.
Talk soon
Hi again,
Well it obviously took longer than planned to get back on here. Saturday disappeared in unpacking and washing -took all day! Sunday I had my school reunion (20 years since I left school:eek:) and I went totally nuts and got way too drunk and think I am still recovering now so have been useless the last couple of days. I drank full strength beer which I haven't done for 5 years because it was cheaper and colder which really hit me - I was there until the end and even though I went a bit mad I had lots of fun.
Hayley has Trent put his resignation in? I really, really hope that he has. I can't believe he is looking at investment properties - he is sounding like a single man with no partner and children - you must be so annoyed! How is Shelley? Poor little thing didn't sound well at all.
Lu you poor thing with Maddi giving you grief with her sleep as well as Alex- that's all too much! Best of luck with your appointment at the hospital. I haven't seen my friend who went to Tweddle yet but will catch up with her soon and hear how she went. Sounds like you are a very busy woman with your bottling and sorting. Good luck with the market. It's mad really isn't it how much stuff you don't need after a while and how much money you spent on it. We are getting rid of the rocking chair in our room soon as I no longer need it to feed Jack. I think we have got rid of most of the little baby things now. We finally turned Jack's car seat around yesterday which is a whole new phase - my baby is definitely growing up. It's so funny really that we have only turned him around at 13 months - the others were turned around by about 6 months I think. Jack is still so little compared to them and I am still clutching onto his babyhood I think.
Tan that park sounded fantastic. I will have to keep something like that in mind for future holidays.
Okay - better go and organise some lunch. Chat soon.
hayleylea
24-03-2010, 11:50
Cath - Good on you for going nuts at your reunion! :) sounds like you had a good time, you are right though it takes alot longer to recover these days.
No Trent hasnt put in his resignation. :rolleyes: 'After Easter' apparently. He is adament his return date is the 15th of May and it will be for good, but like i said i dont believe it.
Shelley still isnt herself. Im so over her being sick ALL the time!!!!!!! Her nose is running again and she has got a cough back. Its just never ending. Its driving me a bit batty. Hopefully she goes back to normal soon, its been a bit of a rough ride latley.
Tommorrow we are off on a School excursion- how weird does that sound. Its actually with the 'big school' Cooper will be going to next year. We have playgroup at the school - but they involve the kids in all their activities for the 2 hours they are there. Sometimes its sport, sometimes its reading. Today we were the audience while they practiced for the estidford etc. Anyway its only a really really small school (15 kids all up!) and they are going on an excursion to the Bathurst Sheep and Cattle drome tommorrow and have asked us all to go along. Im not taking Shelley its a pretty big day and with her not feeling 100% id rather her stay with my sister but Cooper is SUPER excited. I whinge about where I live at times, but its such a nice little community and the school is just fantastic! It really feels asthough we are apart of them already and none of my kids even really go there yet. Coopers still really shy - he will always be a shy kid but they really understanding and I feel so much better knowing we can do all this stuff with them and him get to knonw all the other kids (including the others that will go to school with him which is only another little girl and another boy). I was so worried about sending him to a small school but im actually quite happy about it. The kids are all fantastic and smart and really proud. Great to see.
Ok i better head off Shelleys lying on the lounge, im pretty sure she will doze off any minute which is when i know she isnt feeling the best because she never has a sleep.
talk soon
Happy Birthday Tan!! Hope you are having a great day and going out for a nice dinner or something tonight.
Oh Hayley I hope Trent is serious with his return date. It sort of sounds promising if he has a date. Hope you are having a great day on the excursion. The school sounds fantastic - very small but there can be benefits to that. It sounds like a really nice community to be part of. Poor little Shelley -it does seem failry constant doesn't it. Surely she will have a healthy period soon.
Still recovering here - as you say it really does take so much longer now than when I was younger. I am swearing never again - I just hope I can stick to it. I am driving to a party we are going to on Saturday night when initially we were going to get public transport. I am also stopping buying beer as part of our fortnightly shop which will help both my weight loss campaign and our budget. My walks have been a bit hit and miss. At least I have been doing a few. It is so dark in the mornings at the moment which is making it so hard to get out of bed.
Okay - better go for now. Have chicken cacciatore to get out of the oven and things to do before picking Paddy up from kinder. We have to go early today to be part of an easter egg hunt. Chat soon.
hayleylea
25-03-2010, 20:22
Cath - yeah it sounds sort of promosing. As usual though he is so up and down with his moods, i never know whats going on in that head of his.
Yeah its a really small school. There is another school 10 minutes away from the school Cooper will go to - it seems weird to me they would have 2 schools with roughly the same amount of kids so close. They combine sports days etc though...so all up alot of the time there is around 25-30 kids. Still really small....I was worried about it, but after reasearch and visiting other schools this one is by far the best and has the best vibe about it. The teacher/teachers assistants are all lovely - the spend lots of one on one time with the kids, plus they learn all different things because they are in the classroom with all the kids - so lots of different challenges are thrown at them at different levels. The school has all the best facilities - they get alot of funding being a small school, they offer a whole range of afterschool activities which is great considerinng we live so far out of town. So Im happy with my decision. Considering its literally a 4 minute walk across the road it was really the best option anyway.
Cath - giving away the beer will definatley benefit in the weight loss. I stack it on if i drink beer often...Im on a weight loss campaign too, havent touched a drink since Trent left either lol. I picked up my MILs treadmill today too so im going to get stuck into it and loose a few kilos. When I was really big the treadmill was the thing that made me loose alot of weight (Aswell as a very strict diet) so im pretty confident I can loose the few kilos i want. Its not many at all but its enough for me to worrya bout getting them off before they turn into more! Funny story - the treadmil is pretty big - and REALLY heavy. My MIL wasnt home when i went to pick it up. I had to try and get it in the car myself - Which is a big task - we have a landcruiser but it has draws in teh back of it so its even higher! I got it half way in and it got stuck and I couldnt move it!!! (after i had already dragged/lifted/pulled it up stairs and everything to get it to the car! Anyway i was buggered and I trie dto move it but i couldnt and I couldnt even get it back out of the car. So here is this treadmil hanging out the back doors of the car - no way could i have droe anywhere or anything. SO i had to call my BIL to come and move it! :laughing::o Such an idiot sometimes I am! Tommorrow I have to try and get it out by myself! lol. Could be interesting!
OK i better go. Shelley slept again today! for an hour and a half at my sisters - and she went to bed at 7.30 and crashed within 5 minutes. time for some me time been a big day!
:sleeping:Urghh Alex and I have been sick with what I guess is the flu? High temps, snotty nose, chesty cough and just miserable. Yesterday was the first day I got out of bed and Alex was semi happy. He has more or less self weaned as he couldn't BF coz he had a snotty nose. He's down to 1 BF at 5am in the morning, only because I refuse to make up a bottle at that hour. I don't know how I haven't ended up with Mastitis as he just flat out refused to BF. Oh GTG I'll have to come back and post later to finish this off. My laptop is about to run out of battery and Alex is not happy.
Hello everyone! Haven't we all gone quiet again?
Lu - sorry to hear you haven't been well, or that the kids have been sick. It's so awful when the baby is all snotty -they don't want to drink their bottles either! I hope you all get better soon.
Hayley - you are a funny girl with that treadmill. I hope you are getting some use out of it after all that effort! I personally hate treadmills, I get far too bored on them and hop off long before I should. Even doing things like watching the tele etc makes no difference to me. Mind you I can't ever imagine you "stacking it on" as you put it!
Poor Shelley and her run of sickness. I think they all go through it at some point but it gets so draining, especially for Mums who are looking after the sick ones!
I am all for small schools - I think they operate a lot better than larger schools, especially for little children. Small children get heaps of one on one attention and it is great for their development, especially if they are a bit shy. I went to high school with quite a few kids who went to small primary schools (like 20 kids for the whole school) and they almost all did very well. One of them ended up Dux of the school! So I give a big thumb up to small schools!
Cath - unpacking takes forever! I always wonder why it takes me so long given how often I have to do it but it always takes me ages. Occasionally I get Will to help me with his stuff at least and that makes it a bit faster. And then there is the washing - I swear I don't have that much normally for a few days. Somehow when we go away it seems to triple! It sounded as though you had a lovely holiday though and that you all enjoyed yourselves.
Thank you for all my birthday wishes - we didn't do anything much and had I written on here on my actual birthday I probably would have had a big whinge about Troy's thoughtlessness or something but I am over it now. I think I gripe about it every year but that's just him and in the scheme of things he really isn't a bad hubby. He did get me a present - let's just say he wasn't very imaginative.
Otherwise we have been quite busy really. There's work and the usual family stuff and we are trying to choose furniture for the boys bedroom to make room for the new baby in October. The one that had better not arrive early cause then Will is going to have the share his birthday. So there is all that kind of stuff going on. I think I've gone insane, don't know what I was thinking really.
So I'll leave you with that post and see if it promotes any other messages!
:eek: OMG Tan!! Congratulations :smiliedance: How exciting for you all. You are a secretive one -well done. How many weeks are you? How are you feeling? Such fantastic news - someone else to share in the craziness of 3 children.
:hugs: Oh Lu you poor thing- doesn't sound like fun at your place at the moment.
Oh Hayley that was such an effort even trying to move a bloody treadmill on your own - madness!
Just a quick one for now. Tan I am blown away by your announcement which you oh-so-subtly threw in at the end of your post. You are hilarious! I am hopeless and shout it from the rooftops the minute I know. What is your due date?
:yelclap:OMG I had to read that three times to make sure I had read it right. HUGE CONRATS Tan & Troy. Thats so exciting. Sneaky way of announcing it!!! October - what a wonderful time of year to have a bubby.:smiliedance: OK gotta run - still madness here!
hayleylea
29-03-2010, 17:34
congratulations Tan!!!!!!
how exciting!!
Thats fantastic news! so happy for you guys!!!
love how casually you snuck it into your post!!! :p
ill be back later to post properly!
:laughing: You girls make me laugh. Now I know that you all stalk this thread without actually posting anything - just like me most of the time!
I'm 12 weeks and I'm ok. I have low blood pressure and that has created some interesting moments. It's always been a little on the low side but it really dropped for a while there and I had some very strange head spins happening along with just a general light headed feeling that was my constant companion. I also discovered those Elevit vitamins made it all worse so they were a waste of money and it is back to the Blackmores for me.
The official due date is 14 October. Will was 2 weeks early and Levi was bang on his due date so who knows what will happen this time. Bang on due date or 2 weeks early would be ok - just not 1 week early thanks!
hayleylea
29-03-2010, 18:59
Tan - lol yeah i come on and have a look to see if someones posted....usually i dont have a great deal to say these days!! Will have to stop being so slack. No good about the low blood pressure - did you have that with the other 2? I totally agree with you on the elevit vitimans! I had them and you all know how sick I get when Im pregnant - well that made it a whole lot worse!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im so excited for you!!! Before all this PNG crap we planned on being pregnant by now....oh well not to be! 12 weeks - i bet it goes so fast!!!
YAY YAY YAY! love hearing good news :)
OMG Tan, big congratulations to you! :smiliedance:
Sorry I've been MIA yet again. Been so busy as usual with work. But have 7 days off off now which will be a nice break. Took Katelyn in for her 18 month jab today, poor thing was so upset & I somehow think she doesn't like the nurse who jabbed her LOL only time she sees her is when she gets jabbed!
Katelyn's absolutley loving kindy, we have a parent's roster at kindy and we thought it was James' turn this morning but turned out it's not till Thursday, so I'll probably go in instead of him since I won't often get a chance to.
Anyway, I better go....Charlotte is MEANT to bed napping now but she seems a bit restless, probably because of her jab.....plus I've got a puppy sitting outside the window staring at me....probably wanting me to go out and play with him....
Bye for now, & once again, congrats Tan! :D
:laughing: Yep Tan I check a bit too and often mean to find the time to post but it often doesn't happen with all the distractions that go on around here.
October the 14th is my Dad's birthday - I wonder what will happen with this baby - you will probably go over your due date just to mix it up a bit. No good about the low blood pressure - makes life very tricky if you are trying to bend down and bath little children and things like that. Do you think you will find out the sex of the baby or keep it as a surprise?
Any news from Trent Hayley? I loved your puddle jumping photos from the other day - you are such a great Mum doing fun things like that.
Renee the needles just get worse as they get older don't they? Poor little Charlotte. Good to hear Katelyn is liking kinder.
I had my day with just Jack today which was spent washing and cooking and running around the shops as per usual. I did manage to get in a 45 minute walk and to watch one taped episode of Grey's Anatomy though so that was good. I have so many to watch and Dean hates it so I have to try and find time during the day to watch it which very rarely happens.
Is everyone ready for Easter? I have bought one thing for each boy from "the Easter bunny" and a few small eggs to have an easter egg hunt (well 2 actually) on Sunday. I decided to only get one thing each as they will get eggs from their grandparents and I think that will be enough chocolate for them. We are going away for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday) to a house at Mt Martha which is near the beach about an hour away from here. The house belongs to friends of my parents and they aren't using it so they offered it to my parents and said we could go along too. It should be good - extra adults to help out and a change of scenery is always nice these days. We have to go to Dean's parents on Sunday afternoon for an easter afternoon tea and maybe a take-away dinner as well. Going to be a busy couple of days really.
Okay - time to go and organise some dinner I think - I am starving. Chat soon.
hayleylea
31-03-2010, 06:54
Renee - great to hear from you! Thats great Katelyn is enjoying kindy - I hope Charlotte went off to sleep for you!
Cath - Easter is going to be quiet this year. Im not 100% sure what im doing but will probably just be spent at home with the kids annd me....Which is a bit of a downer. Trennts mum will be away - and I usually leave Roxy there so I can go down to mums for a few days but now I have no one to mind her. Mum said to take her so ill have to see how I go. I just got a bag of little eggs and a cartonn of non solid eggs to do in a hunt - They dont really eat chocolate so I just got the real cheap stuff....cause it will go to waste (well ill put it away till i come off this diet :laughing:) . I got a bag of these really cute marshemellows from Go-Lo yesterday though to put in the hunt - they are wrapped in individual wrappers and are bunnies and chicks etc. My kids LOVE marshmellows. And they got a fluffy little basket (cooper a blue bunny and shelley a white fluffy lamb that I got for $1 last easter on clearance). Im going to try and make it as fun as I can, Cooper finds it a bit sad that Daddy isnt home for easter - its amazing what they pick up he thinks every 'holiday' Trent will be at home but this time he isnt so alot of dissapointment will follow. Oh well im sure Ill be able to get his mind off it.
We are off to the easter bonnet parade today for school/playgroup. The kids did a pretty good job, Shelley doesnt want to put hers on her head though - its soooo funny because she loves hats - loves head bands, clips - she ALWAYS has to have something on her head but not this hat she just wants to carry it around :rolleyes: Hopefully i can get one phone with it on
OK better run and get ready
talk soon - lets try and get this thread revived - I miss you girls!!!! :bee:
Cath, the needles weren't actually as bad as last time...only one this time, I think she had 3 last time, poor thing. Oh well, at least next lot will be when she's 4 so a while to go yet. Katelyn was OK with her 4 year ones.
We're just about sorted for Easter. Picked up most of the easter eggs yesterday...got Katelyn a chocolate bunny, and some eggs for the Easter bunny to leave around the place. Just got to get something for Charlotte.
How nice of your parents' friends letting you stay in their house Cath, that will be a nice little break. Hope you all enjoy yourselves.
Hayley, yeah Charlotte went back to sleep yesterday. I think she was just a bit grizzly from the needle, but ended up having a nice long sleep & I ended up having to wake her up! Oh, I loved the photos you put up on facebook of Cooper & Shelley with their easter hats!
I'm so looking forward to this weekend...Easter plus Port Adelaide are playing over here in the West, so myself and Katelyn will be off to the game, plus the pre-match & post-match functions. It'll be a very long day, I'm guessing Katelyn will fall asleep during the last quarter like she did a few weeks back. :laughing:
OK I better go....:wave:
hayleylea
04-04-2010, 08:22
:flowerz::sunshine: HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!! Hope you all have a GREAT day xxx
Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone's having a great day and that the Easter bunny left lots of choccies for all the kiddies. :flowerz:
We're having a good Easter....took Katelyn with me to the footy & we won of course, so I'm going to enjoy being in Perth this week with all the WC supporters :D Katelyn had a good time as well, although she crashed out on me halfway through the 3rd quarter....we didn't end up getting home till after 10pm I think so way after her bed time. She kept telling me during the game once it started getting dark that it was her bedtime LOL.
Anyhoo, I better go. Hope everyone's having a great day. :)
Quick hello from me. Happy Easter! We got back from our 2 night stay at Mt Martha yesterday lunchtime then headed out to Dean's parents for the afteroon where we ate way too much and made ourselves sick. We have so many easter eggs hanging around here and even the boys don't want to eat them which is amazing. They were over it all by late morning really. We had a nasty 5am wake up yesterday so easter eggs were being eaten by 5:30am which was mad.
We are going our for yum cha soon (yes - more food!) and I am meant to be tidying up around here so had better go.
Renee that is a great effort from Katelyn. How cute she knew she was meant to be in bed.
Hayley loved the photos of the Easter bonnets!
hayleylea
06-04-2010, 09:43
Cath - we have way too many easter eggs hanging around too - my kids dont really even like it!! they are hoarding them though lol. they are carrying around their little easter baskets they got EVERYWHERE we have taken them shopping - everything its very cute. Yeah the kids easter bonnets were pretty cute they had a ball making them too - Ive put more photos up of easter on facebook they had a great time, even though it was just the three of us :)
Renee - how cute about katelyn - well done port too! I loved the photos of the girls dressed in their footy gear too - so cute.
Ok my mum will be here so i had better go.
Hello again,
Glad to hear you all had lots of fun at Easter. I do think the little ones get over it all pretty quick though and with the silly daylight savings time changes in NSW we were all sick of it by lunchtime! Annoying part is that my boys are still waking early (like 6) and while I don't usually have to get up to them it is still a bit of a pain.
Renee - how cute the girls are loving the footy already. I must say that your hubby didn't get much of a look in with your girls - they both look so much like you!
Hayley, I loved the Easter bonnets too. My kids are destined to be creatively "challenged" because Troy and I both are and hence I try to avoid that sort of thing like the plague. I should probably make more of an effort.
As I am sure you have all seen on FB, we went to the farm for Easter. The boys had fun although Levi decided to get some sore throat/coughy thing that he is now sharing. I swear he gets sick every time we go away somewhere.
As for me - I think I am at that stage where I feel chunky - like I've eaten too many cakes and easter eggs - but not enough for people to say "oh she's PG". It's very annoying really. I finally got around to telling some friends this week, for some reason there always seemed to be more important things going on til now!
Anyway - hope you are all well. Seeya.
Hi again,
Tan we are only just getting back to normal wake up times after a week of daylight savings chaos here too. We had 3 or 4 mornings where we were up before 6 which was just horrible. We seem to be getting back to the 7am wake ups which is much better. Hopefully your boys will get back to that soon too.
At least being up at 5:30 I was ready for a walk well and truly by 6:30 so I got a bit of exercise done. I have been a bit hopeless the last couple of days but on Tuesday I went and checked out a couple of gyms and have almost decided to join one that is in our street about a 5-10 minute walk away. I am thinking of doing something radical and getting a personal trainer for 12 weeks! There is a deal at this gym if you get a personal trainer for 12 weeks (which costs $90 for 2 half hour sessions a week:eek:) you then get to continue at the gym for another 9 months without paying any membership fees (of course the cost of the personal trainer ends up being more than just joining as a member but I think if I really want to lose weight it would really help). It is not really in our budget but I am thinking of trying to find a way to do it - it is only for 12 weeks and hopefully it will give me a kick start to losing to 20 kilos I want to lose.
Tan I know the phase you are talking about where you feel like you are expanding but don't look noticeably pregnant and it is annoying! I have the chunky look and feeling at the moment but have no excuse apart from chocolate. How many weeks are you now?
Oh man - Paddy and Will are driving me nuts. Better go.
Where is everyone? It is terribly quiet in here. Doesn't anyone have anything exciting to write anymore?
I am slowly going insane with the school holidays here. It means neither of my boys have been to school or daycare and they are driving me nuts. They are probably not too bad really, but I have had heaps of work to do and not much chance to do it and it has been very full on.
We did take them to the Easter Show on Tuesday which was lots of fun - but it will probably be a lot better when they are older. They were just hilarious in the farmyard nursery patting all the animals (even Will who until recently has been very timid around animals) and laughing at the mice and the little piglets. It's an expensive day out though - I was certainly glad I took my own lunch just to save a few dollars!
Cath - 20kg sounds like such a lot of weight to me. You'll fade right away! Still, I love that you have a gym right down the street from you. Very good incentive there. A personal trainer sounds good too, I think if you are really serious then it's a great idea.
Anyway - I have to go. The boys are up to mischief in Will's room (Am having serious doubts about them sharing that room in a few weeks :eek:).
:yelclap: Hi Tan -someone to talk to! I was almost going to be talking to myself if I posted again before anyone else did. I was actually going to do it this morning but ran out of time after getting a curry cooking and the vacuuming done - all of a sudden my parents were back with Will and Jack who they took out for an hour or so.
I can always find something to talk about - no worries there -finding time is not so easy unfortunately.I should be right next week - Dean's parents are back (they are away at the moment so the boys didn't go there on Tuesday) and kinder is back in action here again.However I need to have Will entertained while Paddy is at kinder so it is not so easy to post on a Wednesday -Thursday my parents generally come and take him out for a while though which is great. That being said though I only have Jack here at the moment and I have had to get up and tend to him 3 times since starting this - he is hilarious - getting stuck with his push along walker and "uh,uh,uhing" at me.
The show sounds great - our boys love the show here (well Paddy does anyway). I know what you mean about the cost though -not a cheap day out.
Believe me I won't fade away - I am 82 kilos and really need to be about 62. I am keen to do the personal training but am going to have to save up to do it -there is just no way we can afford $90 a week for me to do it. I am going to start saving and putting money away and I think I should have enough to cover over half of it by July so I will start then and just keep saving what I can to cover the 12 week period. In the meantime I am continuing with my walks and trying to eat better and not drink anywhere near as much beer. My goal is to be about 20 kilos lighter by the time Jack is 3 and to then have a family photo taken. There is no way I want photos of myself at the moment.
Damn- Jack isn't going to let me write anymore. I promise to be back soon. Come back everyone!
hayleylea
15-04-2010, 19:14
Hi Girls
Thought id pop in and stop being a snob!!
Tan - the show sounds great - It is expensive to go to any shows isnt it!! Taking lunch definatley saves more then a few bucks - the food at them places are ridiculous! Goodluck putting the boys into the same room :) im sure they will do just finne! Hows that little bub growing?? how are you feeling?
Cath - Goodluck with the weight loss! I agree with cutting down on the beer - as good as it may seem sometimes - it doesnt do much for the old figure does it!!! (ive drank way too much of it latley lol) Im a health kick at the moment too - but that will all go out the window for my birthday next weekend lol. oh well all in good fun. Last one before im 30 so thought i might aswell live it up. Im going out on Anzac day with a few friends so that should be lots of fun.
nothing else to report here - just been keeping busy - had my sisters kids for a few days during the school holidays...apart from that just the general upkeep of the house - mowing etc - (fun fun! lol)
Ok i better head off...ill try and reply more often. Half the time i dont have anything that interesting to say - and thinkn ill come back tonight and never make it back.
Think about you all all the time though :)
Sorry I've been MIA, I really don't want our thread to die out either. This is one of my outlets that help keep me sane. As you know we went to my parents for Easter and things pretty much went pear shaped. My Mum has been having trouble with her ears losing hearing and making funny noises for a while now. Over Easter things got bad and Dad rushed her to Melbourne as the healthcare in Bairnsdale is not so good. They suspect she has a tumor but its not conclusive yet as she has to have an MRI. The MRI is a difficulty in itself as she has a pacemaker. So mums cardiologist has to be consulted. We we are waiting on blood tests and the cardiologist to get back to the other specialist. Its horrible waiting and I've avoided typing stuff out on here because it upset me too much to say it out loud if that makes sense. So we're holding out hope its something minor that can be fixed or will just go away with time.
Life has got more hectic with Alex crawling. He's into absolutely everything, pulling draws out and forever bumping his head. I just don't remember it being this difficult with Maddi. He has also reached that lovely stage of separation anxiety and stranger danger. And still no sleeping through :(. Maddi is still getting up in the middle of the night too. We have our sleep clinic appointment on Friday which I'm really looking forward to although I'm not expecting anything cathartic out of that. Maddi got severely constipated last week and got really sick. Ended up that she had to have a "procedure" done to clear the blockage and I think I will be having nightmares about it for a while. All I can say is make sure your kids eat lots of fibre, drink lots of water and has a bowel movement regularly!!!
My time for returning to work is fast coming. I'm due back after the long weekend in June and I'm just so not looking forward to that at all. I just hope we win tatts before then.
Cath 20 kg does sound like a lot of weight, but I think I have the same target as you! It just seems to have crept on since having kids. I keep looking at all my clothes in the wardrobe and there isn't much I can wear these days. That deal with the gym sounds fantastic. Do you have private health cover? I know with our cover we can claim some of the costs of a gym through the bonus system. The only problem I have with paying for 12 months in advance is that if you don't go they don't ring you up and nag you and its quite easy to "fall off the wagon". At least with the personal trainer you've got someone there waiting for you that you have to answer to.
Tan how are you feeling? Yes I remember the chunky stage very well. Although with Alex I showed really early, everything was prestreched :laughing:. I did see on FB your lovely photo's and it looked like the kids had a fantastic time.
Hayley your allowed to spoil your diet on your birthday, its a given! I don't think you need to diet, you look fantastic.
OK got to run, the kids are into each other downstairs (yes the fighting has started).
:hugs: Oh Lu best of luck with your Mum. How stressful for you all. I totally understand what you are saying about not wanting to actaully type it on here as it makes it too real. Fingers crossed it is something minor as you say. The waiting must be horrible.
It's a whole new world when the baby can move isn't it? Jack still has the bloody separation anxiety too (and he is 14 months today) and screams like someone has cut his leg off if I dare to walk out of the room. Drives me nuts!
Good luck for Friday. All I can say is surely one day the sleep hell will be over. We now have Jack mostly sorted but Will waking us up pretty much every night - can't win for now! Surely once they are all at school or something they will sleep through the night - surely!
Maddi's "procedure" sounds rather unpleasant. Oh the things you have to go through as a parent!
Poor thing with the return to work looming ahead of you. We are trying to win Tattslotto too -we will go halves with you. Try and focus on the positives - you will get to go to the toilet on you own and escape the separation anxiety screaming for a while.
No help from private insurance for me with the gym unfortunately -we have pretty basic cover (which is expensive enough I must say - $185 a month!). I have put aside my first little bit of money for my personal trainer. As you say if I have to meet someone regularly for 12 weeks I am hoping to get myself into a pattern and continue it. Okay -I'm off to watch The Biggest Loser to inspire myself.
Hi everyone,
Lu - I am so sorry to hear that your Mum is not well. I understand about not wanting to post about it as well. We knew Troy's Dad was unwell a while before I posted about it and it was for much the same reasons. I hope the tests go ok and that the problem is something that is simple to fix.
Well - I agree with Cath. Maddi's "procedure" sounds very, very unpleasant. My boys definitely don't have that problem, there are times when I think they have the opposite issue, especially in the wind department! Did Maddi cope ok with it? I would imagine that sort of thing could be quite traumatic.
I hope the sleep appointment can help you out a bit. Especially with Maddi, it seems as though you have been struggling since she was born with sleep issues and you must be so sick of it. Hopefully Alex is easily sorted, maybe it's just some funny routine thing or something. I remember my best friend's little girl being a shocker and when they went to the sleep school, it was really just a couple of simple little changes and it was all fixed! I was amazed.
Cath - Levi is almost 2 and is only just now getting over the separation thing. And that's a bit random. He is very hesitant at first in new places and will still cry when I first walk away but that seems to be for my benefit rather than his because he stops very shortly afterwards. It's still a pain though and I wish he would stop it all together.
As for me, everything seems to be ok. I am definitely starting to feel more normal but I think dairy seems to be giving me wind pain? I'm hardly ever dizzy now and the fatigue seems to be leaving me a little, which is just as well cause I would like to do some exercise again, even if it is just go for a walk most days. I'm a lot better when I do things like that (mentally at least). I don't feel like I am growing too quickly which is good, cause initially I was worried I was going to be whale sized by 6 months cause it felt like things changed straight away. I am almost 15 week and not thinking about getting into maternity gear or anything, but elasticized pants are definitely a preferred option compared with my jeans!
The other thing that I cannot get over is that Levi will be 2 in 10 days time! He is such a boy now and saying so many more words and little phrases. He can be really cute. One of his favourite things is to say "Come Mum" and take my hand and walk me somewhere to play with him. So sweet.
Anyway I am being naughty. I am supposed to be working instead of sitting here on BH. So I had better run before I am busted!
Yes the separation anxiety is pretty annoying. Its like the end of the world if I leave the room. But I can say that as long as someone he knows well is holding him he's not too bad. Alex is happy for Tony to have him or my Mum or Dad. He just loves my Dad. I've made a pact with one of my best friends who has 3 boys that one weekend soon we are going to meet in Melbourne and have a night in a hotel room for some quality sleep. We are both hanging out for that to happen!
Tan, I had the exact same thing with dairy! It gave me the most terrible wind pain. And I was craving milkshakes like it was going out of fashion. I had to revert to soy milk. I actually took degas for the wind pain which was safe while pregnant. Later on in the pregnancy I got the most awful indigestion and ended up on some prescribed medication which was a lifesaver. If (and I hope you don't) you do start getting indigestion don't suffer through it and go and see your OB for a script. Wow 15 weeks already! That seems to have flown by for me. And you sound like your carrying small which is lovely. I envy small bumps :p. Tan I have a huge bottle of the blackmores pregnancy tablets that is almost full. Its only going to go out of date if I keep it - would you like me to post it to you? If you'd like it can you PM me your address again as I'm not sure if I still have it?
Cath you should have a garage sale to fund your gym membership! We went to a few sales yesterday and it was amazing what people were selling and how much they were asking and what people were actually buying. I'm selling a heap of clothes of Maddi's on FB as there are no fees and also signed up for a kids market here in Bendigo. It only costs $30 for a stall. I've already made about $160 in sales which is awesome. The pile of baby goods I'm selling is getting larger and larger each day as Alex is growing too big for stuff.
Yes Maddi's "procedure" was just horrible. Lets just say she's scared to poo now and I really have to keep an eye on her to look for the signs to encourage her to sit on the toilet and try. It was worse than her having her grommet operation. I just hope we never have to go through that again. I'm modifying her diet, taking out white bread and trying to get more fruit and veg into her. Maddi is so scared of having to go through that experience again she's eating what I tell her too. Even lettuce!
OK I better go, each night I promise myself an early night but it never happens. I'll try and pop into here more often!
hayleylea
19-04-2010, 08:32
Hey Girls
good to see the thread moving again - speaking of 'moving' i will start with Lu - poor Maddi and her bowel problems. Its horrible being constipated and that procedure sounds horrible!!! ah the crawling stage with Alex - such a new world isnt it - i find the second one is far more hands on the the first one. I had NO problems with Cooper - Shelley was a completley different story - i think they learn quicker seeing the older ones do stuff. Seperation anxiety isnt much fun either - the things we have to go through in the journey of kids huh!! Cooper was bad with the seperation anxiety - shelley never much had it at all - shes a totally different kid to Cooper though.
Im so sorry to hear about your mum, I hope everything turns out to be Ok. Your mum sounds like an amazing strong woman and she has a very beautiful supportive family - thinking of you guys. :hugs:
On the diet thing - Im not really dieting - just trying to eat better - i dont so much want to loose weight because Ive really only just got to a weight where I dont look like im starving myself lol. - i just want to tone up a bit. I just find it so hard to excercise - by the time i get the kids to bed etc its the last thing i feel like doing. I just have to make more of an effort. Ill get there one day. lol
Tan- WOW 15 weeks already!! this pregnancy is going to fly by! Hard to believe Levi is almost 2 too! Shelley is talking non stop too - its so cute listening to them chatter away. glad you are starting to feel more normal - and i dont think you could ever be the size of a whale! lol
Cath - I think you look fantastic in your profile picture on facebook - definatley dont look like you need to loose 20kg! Goodluck with it though, you sound very motivated and motivation is the key to loosing weight :) Im a fan of biggest looser too - how great did some of them look! Amazing transformations!
OK well it seems this time every year the damn mice decided that its time to make their way to my house - GRRRRR! ive got so many baits out but I have seenn way too many around for my liking - joys of living out of town and not owning a cat. Im going to set some mouse traps adn try my luck - I hate setting mouse traps - I hate it with the passion. Especially when i catch them - but what can you do?
Shelleys still in bed lol - shes suh a sleepy head that girl.
talk soon :)
Hi again,
Good luck with those mice Hayley - doesn't sound like fun (especially the disposal part). How exciting you are getting to go out for your birthday on the weekend. You deserve to have lots of fun and go a bit mad. How are things with Trent?Any news on him resigning?
Lu that is what Jack does too - screams like it is the absolute end of the world but if someone else is holding him he is okay -he is just not content to be on his own (or even with his brothers) yet. I can not wait for the day he is. The screaming is crazy.
Wow Tan - 15 weeks. I bet this pregnancy will fly. Time just disappears doesn't it and all of a sudden your baby is 2.
Lu I have sold pretty much everything I can on ebay to make some cash recently. The rocking chair we had in our room since Paddy was born was sold last week and picked up yesterday and I think that is the last of the big things I can sell for a while. Good luck with all your sales -it is great getting some money for things you aren't going to use anymore.
I have a real estate agent coming to give us an appraisal on our house in an hour after going to an auction a few doors down on the weekend and being blown away by how much it went for. Not that we are planning to move but it will be interesting to know what our place is worth and this company left a flyer saying they would do an appraisal purely for interest sake so I thought I would do it. Not that it will help at this point in our life even if our house is worth a lot - doens't give us more money in our hands and we will still have a tight budget. Oh well one day when we are 80 or something maybe we will be loaded and can join gyms or do whatever we want (which of course we will want to be doing when we are 80).
Okay - better go for now. Chat again soon.
hayleylea
19-04-2010, 14:04
Cath - yeah im looking forward to going out thats for sure! Im sure ill go mad too - I cant help myself :laughing: Got myself a new outfit too so im pretty happy with myself right now. lol.
goodluck with the house appraisal
oops. Gotta go - im getting summoned lol.
Look out everyone - Hayley is getting ready to hit the town. She sounds like she is in party mode - LOL! Have a good one Hayles.
How did the appraisal go Cath? Sometimes I think about doing that but I am too scared as I think we have spent way to much money on this place to ever hope to get it back. I hope you had a nice experience anyway.
Well - you all know that my second child was into everything a LOT more than Will and is still so much more adventurous. I have yet to meet a second child that isn't like that. Thankfully I think Levi has settled down a bit lately.
Will has been sick this week, he had to come home from school early yesterday and he was not happy at all about it. He couldn't go again today and I am a bit doubtful about tomorrow. But does he have something normal like a cold? Of course not! Raging temps, shivery and now a rash. (temp is gone) No appetite. Apparently it is just viral though - he just likes to scare us. But all the running to and from the doctor and having him at home has made it very hard to get any work done.
Levi has been having these stupid little day sleeps since Saturday. They are like 45 minutes instead of a good 1.5 to 2 hours like he usually does. And he is not sleeping any longer at night. I hope it is just a silly phase and not ending his precious day sleep. I'll never get any work done!
I have to go, bath and dinner time around here. Hope you are all doing ok!
How is Will Tan? Doesn't sound good poor little fellow. Sounds a bit scary about Levi's day sleep.Paddy and Will both dropped their day sleep soon after turning 2. I am so hoping that Jack makes it until at least 2.5.
I haven't heard back from the agents yet about the appraisal but they had some nice things to say about the house and told me to look at another house they were selling that had 3 bedrooms and was already fully renovated. Problem was the location was nowhere near as good as ours and I hated the bathroom and kitchen and would want to redo them and it just looked a bit ho-hum to me. Our house has so much work to be done to be fully completed but at the end of the day Dean and I have such a clear picture in our head of what this house could be and we love the style of it and the location so ultimately we will stay here. It is just going to be a lot of work and we won't be able to afford to renovate until Paddy is about 12 so we are going to be a family of 5 in a 2 bedroom house for quite a while yet. Oh well - that is only 8 years away and the 4 years of Paddy's life have flown so far so I'm sure it will be here soon enough.
What clothes did you get Hayley? I am still on the eternal quest of getting a wardrobe I am happy with. I am still constantly buying things and then later selling things on ebay. I still struggle to find things to wear most days that I feel happy in. What day is your actual birthday?
Okay - just a quick check in. Dean and I are going to watch the latest taped episods of "24" which is a show noone else but he and I seem to watch. Hope everyone is well and I will chat soon.
happybirthday Hayley, I know its belated but I was away in Melbourne yesterday and didn't get to pop on here for a decent post. I hope you had a fantastic day and had a great night out and that Harry stays away for you. Sounds like Cooper and Shelley got you a gorgeous teddy bear which is just adorable.
Tan how are they boys? I hope Levi didn't get sick too, its just horrible to see such small people get so sick. Is Levi back to having longer than a 45 minute sleep?
Cath, it sounds like you guys have big plans for a massive house extension. Buying in Melbourne is insane at the moment isn't it with prices so high. I wish, I wish, I wish we had of bought years ago when prices were achievable. Where you live sounds lovely and nice and close to the city. Your very lucky! I hear you about a new wardrobe. I would LOVE for Trinny and Suzanna to make me over and tell me what body type I am and what clothes to buy and what style I should be aiming for. What I wouldn't like is for them to be grabbing my boobs and bum :laughing:.
We had our appointment at the sleep clinic in Melbourne yesterday. We drove down and back in the one day as the hotels were insanely expensive for the long weekend! The sleep clinic is at the RCH and it honestly broke my heart walking around and seeing so many very sick kids. I felt like a moron being there for just the simple fact my kid doesn't sleep. I just wanted to pack up and go home. There was a little girl about 3 who had was walking out as we walked in, she had no hair and was wearing a face mask and she just looked like the most strong willed little girl. I just wanted to pick her up and cuddle her and tell her she would be alright. The doctors and nurses who work there must be so special to face these cases every day. Sorry - I got sidetracked there. The peadiatrician was fantastic. She listened to all the issues, asked lots of questions and she talked one on one with Maddi as well as to the both of us. We've got to keep a sleep diary until we see her next month and she has given us some "tools" to use to try and encourage Maddi to sleep more. She agreed that its important for us to get Maddi to be having more than the unbroken 9 hours a night for her age group. And given that she will be starting school next year she will need to be alert and happy. So I feel like we're going to be getting somewhere but it is going to take a lot of work.
Alex is just growing up so fast. He's already trying to pull himself up on stuff to stand :rolleyes:. His sleeping is still crap though. He wakes at least twice in the night. Seriously this boy poops so much! Nearly every nappy change is a stinkfest. Is anyone else's kid like this????
My Mum gets her preliminary blood test results this week so we're all on edge about it. It just seems to take forever to get a diagnosis.
Tony has gone to hockey today in Melbourne so its just me and the kids. Its his birthday on Monday so we had better brave the rain and go and buy something. No idea what to get!
Oh Lu I totally know what you mean about seeing the children at the RCH. I had to go there when Will was a baby to get his hips checked out and seeing families and their sick children wandering around was totally heartbreaking. It really makes you appreciate your basically healthy children doesn't it!
Sounds like your appointment was great and hopefully they will get you on the right path to improving Maddi and Alex's sleep (did you talk to them about Alex too or just Maddi?). One day you will get to sleep all night again -it will happen! What an effort driving to Melbourne and back -that's a long day.
I am wishing you all the luck in the world with the results for your Mum.You must all be so nervous -waiting is awful.
What did you get for Tony?
Okay -quick check in. Master Chef is about to start and I am off to watch that and then head to bed soon after. I have a horrible cold and feel like crap which is so annoying. Chat soon.
hayleylea
28-04-2010, 14:26
Hey guys thanks for the birthday wishes - Had a great night out with the girls on Anzac day...had a pretty sore head the next day but had an awesome time. I LOVE LOVE LOVE going back home...its so nice to just walk downn town, or into a pub and see familar faces. I saw sooo many people I havent seenn for years, which made for maybe one or more TOO many drinks ;) lol. Was well worth it though :) Cath - My outfit wasnt anything that special - I did get told i looked good though by alot of people which was a boost to my rather low self esteem at the moment! And made me realise that I dont have to go on the silly diet i planned on doing lol.
TAn - sorry to hear Will has been sick - hope he is well and truly on the mend now.
Lu- sounds like your appointment went well - im hoping that you get a full night sleep soon! I hope your mums test results are all good :hugs:
OK i better get going. we got home yesterday, but a night out these days takes me a few days to get over (now im so old and all lol) I was even good and went home at a decent hour - although we did start at 130pm :o Im not having a drink for awhile though now. I have so many 30ths coming up in the coming months....i started school earlier than my most of my friends so its pretty cool to be able to say im still in my 20's when they are all turning 30 :laughing: - they dont think its too funny though.
OKKK better head off. get back into our routine.
hope everyone else is well :)
Wow its so very quiet on here lately. I miss sitting down with my morning coffee and catching up with everyone :(
Great to hear you had a fantastic night out Hayley.
Cath, I didn't buy anything for Tony's birthday! He wants to buy himself some stuff to set up homebrew in the shed. Yep a mans project. So I was only too happy to say ok as I had NO idea what to get him. I cooked him a big Indian feast of butter chicken curry and Roti bread, and Maddi and I made him pancakes for breakfast and triple chocolate banana cupcakes so he got pretty spoilt. Plus a big sleep in that morning.
Oh GTG Alex has just woken up :crying:Seems everytime lately my butt hits the chair he wakes up. Maddi is driving me nuts :hissy: She is just so loud today and annoying.
Hayley sounds like you had a great time on the weekend -well done! It takes me days to recover now too. Hope you are now all recovered.
Lu that is hilarious about Tony and the home brew -I will be interested to hear how it works out. Do you like beer? I love beer (however am trying to cut down on my consumption in my weight loss effort). A sleep in is a perfect present. How is the sleep diary going? How are the kids sleeping?
Dean and I are going out for dinner tonight which I am very much looking forward to. We are just going locally to a cheap Vietnamese place but we haven't been over to our local restaurants for ages. We used to go weekly before we had kids. Heaps of them have changed and look like they have been done up so we are going to see what is happening out there in the land of people who have lives and go out.
I went shopping to Target with the 3 boys yesterday which was quite an effort ( I don't do it very often as it is exhausting!). I had to go back twice to return a broken childrens umbrella - once soon after we left the shop and again on my own last night. I actually think Paddy broke them both after mucking around with Will having "spin offs" and charging through each others umbrellas like they were sheilds. Now we have 2 working umbrellas they are put away out of reach to be used only when it is actually raining and all umbrella play has been banned. I managed to get a few clothes for myself which was good but trying to get those boys out of the toy department was a total nightmare. Even Jack was hard work and I had to buy him a little Big Bird to avoid a massive baby tantrum. Jack is obsessed with Sesame Street and puts on this hilarious Cookie Monster voice (this funny little growl type thing) every time he sees anything related to Sesame Street. He has done it for a few months and it just the cutest thing.
Anyway I had better go and organise some lunch. Chat soon.
hayleylea
30-04-2010, 12:11
Lu - hope Alex and Maddi let you get some me time today. You poor thing. Sounds like Tonys bday present was easy then :) Easier then you picking something out.
Cath - I recovered really well - had a headache for a bit the next day but then it was all good - I along with everyone else were very suprised....:ohaha. All good, not often i do it and it was lots of fun. Well done shopping with the 3 boys LOL at Jacks cookie monster voice lol. Shelley is OBSESSED with dora - she sings the song all day 'dora dora dora the explorer' 'back pack back pack' - I think i liked it better when she couldnt talk lol - she doesnt stop talking ALL day lol.
Trent actually sennt me flowers for my birthday - that was quite suprising because he hasnt sent me anything the whole time he has been there for birthdays/mothers day/anniversaries etc. So that was a nice suprise. Things are still rocky though there.
It is extremley quiet in here. Hope everyones well
Hello again,
Sorry for being MIA again this week, but we have had internet dramas all week that were finally fixed this afternoon with the arrival of a new modem.
Lu - I hope the visit to the sleep clinic was helpful. It's so hard working out what makes these little ones tick isn't it? Levi has been yelling out every 2nd morning at 5 am lately. I go in, fix his covers and he goes back to sleep. I don't know whether he is cold or what but it's kind of annoying and I am getting very concerned about what will happen when the boys share a room in the next few weeks. Will generally sleeps like the dead but I think by about 5am he might wake up if Levi starts yelling.
Our next door neighbour does the home brew thing. Troy's had some and it is pretty good apparently. Obviously this is our nice neighbour - not the one who is constantly complaining about our trees!
Cath - enjoy your night out. We've been spending up a bit about once a month lately to go out for dinner. Most of the $$ is for the babysitter, but we don't care. We just wanted to be able to go out every now and then before this baby comes. It's been really great and so worth it! You are so brave with shopping with the 3 boys - especially for things for yourself. I always run out on my own if I want to shop for me!
Hayley - good to hear you had an enjoyable birthday. How nice that you got some flowers too. LOL at Shelley talking non-stop. Levi does too, although not all of it is decipherable yet.
Speaking of Levi I think he is getting his 2 year molars. He has a rash around his mouth that he hasn't had for ages and today I caught him having a good old chew on his finger!So I think they must be on their way. I'll be glad when they do come, cause he hasn't been a great teether and that will mean that it is pretty much all over.
Well, I had better go - braised lamb shanks for dinner with mash tonight and I need to go check them!
Quick hello from me - I am waiting for my Mum to arrive and then maybe head out to the park and to get a coffee or something. I am bored today and ready to go and do something even though it is bloody freezing outside. Paddy has just got back from kinder and something has been hidden away for me for Mother's Day - cute!
Everyone has disappeared again!
Tan how is the new oven working out (saw your Facebook comment). Have the boys moved in together yet? How are those 5am call outs from Levi going? Will is still coming into our room most nights and trying to get into our bed but we are now taking him back to his own bed. He screams the house down but somehow the other 2 sleep through it - amazing!
Hayley what is the latest news with Trent coming home? Loved the picture of the kids making the cool monkey cake.
Okay- better go - Jack is insisting on whacking a hard toy at our front windows which are really thin old glass. Chat soon.
My God life has been hectic lately and I just feel like I've been busy, busy, busy but nothing to show for it :laughing:
Maddi's sleeping has finally shown some improvement. I dug my heels in and for about a week I would walk her back to her bed and throw her in it and walk straight out again. She would try her damndest to get her Dad to go to bed with her but I wouldn't even let her get 2 steps into the door before I marched her out of our bedroom. So far we've had 3 nights of sleep through's from her. Thats going to bed at 8pm then not appearing in our room until 7am. So much better. Now I just have to get Alex to sleep through and I'll be bionic woman with all the sleep I'll be getting. Alex is still waking about twice at night. He goes to bed around 7pm and most nights wakes at midnight and 3am and then up for the day around 7am. There has been the odd night here or there where its only been the 3am wake up. I actually had 1 night of sleep through from Alex but it happened on a night Maddi was up nearly all night like a yo yo. We've also started up a star chart of Maddi, a star for going to bed without arguing, a star for sleeping through and a star for eating as much dinner as Mum tells her too. I'm not a believer in eat until your plate is clean but I am a big believer in eating at least one of everything. I don't know if it made a difference or not but I've also modified Maddi's diet somewhat. She doesn't have white bread anymore and eats a tonne more fruit and veg. I've tried to cut back on the processed stuff too.
Alex is just a little dynamo. He's madly crawling everywhere, into everything and I call him the destroyer. He loves to rip paper and just investigate everything. I caught him trying to climb up onto the couch today. He's side walking along the couch, hanging on for dear life. It just amazes me how fast he's moving and that he's standing up. Maddi only started crawling at this age and I think from memory she didn't walk until 14 months.
The open days for the Catholic schools has started and yesterday we had a look at our first one. It was awesome but my only reservation was that its quite a distance from our house. About a 20 minute drive. But it has a fantastic environmental program which we both love. Maddi was totally overwhelmed by school though. I think the size of the school and the big kids running around (we happened to be there at recess) totally freaked her out. I since got out of her that she thought Kinder was school. So I then had to talk to her about what kinder is and what school is. Might have to talk to her kinder teacher about that.
Still no news on my Mum and what is causing her symptoms. She has to go for an MRI but she has a pacemaker which is a risky thing apparently. Is that right Renee? So Mum's ENT has to talk to her cardiologist about it. The MRI will scan her for any tumours near the ear canal I think? She ended up in hospital with really bad vertigo and was vomiting so had to have injections to ease the symptoms. Its so frustrating waiting!
Apart from that I've been busy getting ready to go to the local market next week with all these clothes and baby stuff. As each week passes more stuff that Alex has out grown gets added to the pile.
Oh, how could I forget. We had a Mothers Day afternoon tea at kinder yesterday. The kids served us cupcakes that they had decorated and we sat around and drank tea with them. Then they sang us songs about how cool my mum is and gave us our presents. I had tears in my eyes it was just gorgeous. And MAddi was so excited to have me there. I really have to get off my butt and do kinder duty.
Bum. got to go, Maddi is bored and NEEDS me.
Happy Mothers day everyone :flowerz: Hope you all had a fab day XOXO
hayleylea
09-05-2010, 17:52
:flowerz:Happy Mothers Day to all you beautiful ladies! Hope you all had a fantastic day!
Hello everyone!
Hope you all had a nice day yesterday. I had a lovely day and felt quite spoilt even though Levi was a bit grumpy and has a snotty nose that he has had for about a week already. I'm wondering if it will ever dry up!
Lu - so glad to hear that Maddi is sleeping better for you. It's hard being tough at night when all you want is to sleep yourself. It sounds as though she has got the message though. The diet thing sounds like a good idea too, we have tried pretty hard to keep processed foods to a minimum but that's mostly because that is the way we like to eat ourselves. Obviously there are the odd days and even weeks when we eat more of it and I think it affects everything! We are also a bit old fashioned when it comes to dinner and have been pretty strict with the boys about sitting up and eating well. That is probably the hardest one and I often wonder if it is worth the angst!
I hope you have some good news about your Mum soon, what a very stressful time you are having. It feels like it is taking a long time to work out what is happening and that is just from here!
Alex sounds like a pocket dynamo. Maddi had better start practising putting her special toys and things in places where small people can't reach cause I can imagine he is going to be everywhere and in everything! We have that problem here and the wars that can happen!
Cath - I am loving my new oven and cooktop! We had a very large one before that was a second hand one from a club apparently. 6 burners and a warmer on the side. This one has 5 burners but the centre one is really big and the oven is enormous as there is no warmer on the side. The only thing that bugs me is that these days the grill is inside the oven and I don't always think that works, but I guess we can work around it. Loved the photos of the boys on FB, they are such cuties.
Hayley - I see you had a lovely day yesterday as well and so you should. I think you are superwoman with all that you do! Both your kids look so grown up now and just gorgeous!
OK, had better go, need a bit of quiet time after yesterday's madness. It was lovely but madness all the same!
hayleylea
10-05-2010, 13:13
Hey guys
Tan - yeah i had a great day yesterday. Cooper remember it was mothers day without any promting which i thought was pretty great. He had previously hid my mothersday day present (which the kids picked out with my mum when we were down there last). Its so funny ill have to put a photo on facebook - he hid the present in his room - HID! - Made a mess! His room is usually really really tidy - he is a bit of a clean freak....but he had pulled out every soft toy out of his toybox (which he has a few) and they were piled on top of the present - along with everything else he could pile on top!!! :laughing: Crazy!!! Cooper really just melts my heart - he has the most precious personality! The day before mothers day he came out and demanded missy moo (shelley) came with him to hsi room. He grabbed her hand and off they trotted into his room..i was then told not to go in there. I thought OK so they are up to no good but that keeps them busy annd i needed a break. Anyway they were giggling their heads off and having a good time. They come out hand in hand smiling and Cooper turns to Shelley and says 'now dont tell mummy what we did its a suprise for mothers day' lol. Anyway i just let it go...and then yesterday morning he come out with a picture on his magna doodle that they both did. Cooper had wrote his ame & Happy (copied off the card he had) but decided that 'motehrs day couldnt fit but he didnt think it would matter' lol - and it didnt. Shelley had coloured in and he had drew a little picture. So cute. - It was the best present ever! For him to do that without annyone telling him to do it was just the sweetest thing ever!
Shelley and I were up before him on mothers day (yeah shelley sleeps in every other day but mothers day :rolleyes:) and then we hear this crash bang crash and heres cooper throwing everything off the present so he could come and give it to me. Just gorgeous - Was a very good star to a lovely mothers day.
Such gorgeous weather too! I cant believe how warm it has been the past few days!!!
Tan - new oven sounds great! Enjoy your quiet time :)
Lu- I really do hope you get some good news about your mum. Must be so hard or her (and everyone else!) not knowing whats going on. Love the photos you have put up on facebook latley - Alex is just the cutest - and maddi - well she is just stunning - I swear that girl gets cuter every time i see photos of her!!!!
Cath - i loved seeing pics of your boys too - they are so much alike and look like the best of friends.
OK i better head off - im cooking up a storm - meals to freeze for my lazy days lol.
talk soon
Oh Hayley that story about Cooper organising your special surprise for Mother's Day is just gorgeous -what a beautiful boy.
Tan the oven sounds great and I agree about the griller - we inherited an oven off my parents which has the griller inside too and we have to take the griller tray out and store it somewhere or it seems to disrupt the oven or is in the way. However it might be handy tonight - we are cooking Roast Pork for the first time and if the crackling isn't working we can crank up the grill.
Lu that is such great news that Maddi's sleep is improving. Any luck recently with Alex? When is the market? Good luck with it.
Have you made any decision about the school? Personally, there is no way I would drive 20 minutes to get to a primary school - logistics are a big priority for me at this point. Even getting 3 kids into a car and all buckled in is something I try and avoid where possible so being able to walk to school was an important thing for me.Things might change by the time we get to secondary school though and there is likely to be some travelling going on I would say (but at least as they get older they can hopefully get public transport or even if we need to go in the car at least they can do up their own seatbelts). What is involved in the environmental program? Sounds interesting. Poor Maddi being freaked by the bigger kids. Paddy will be like that too - he tells me is scared of the big kids if there are bigger kids at the park. It is going to be such a culture shock for the poor little things isn't it?
Well, I have finally bitten the bullet and joined a gym. After tonights roast pork and crackling there will be no more of that until I have lost a decent amount of weight (not that we have roast pork very often -actually we have probably only ever cooked it twice in the 11 years we have been together -suddenly had a craving for it after seeing pork on Masterchef). I have given up on the personal trainer idea - we really can't afford it. I discovered that there was a Fernwood gym really close to us hidden in the backstreets and went and had a look last night and it was really nice and I liked the feel of it so I have joined up. I have my first induction appointment on Sunday morning (after going out with some friends for a girl's night on Saturday night for the first time in ages which is likely to get messy -not good timing but it was the only thing that was going to work and I want to get it started on the weekend).
Anyway - better go - Will is here driving me mad pulling at my chair. Chat soon.
hayleylea
14-05-2010, 17:33
Cath - :thumbsup: Good stuff joining the gym! I wish i could - but living out of town its impossible to get there as much as i would like to! I find it so much easier going to a gym or something that gives you structure - I lack motivation at home something shocking. I have been eating very well though the last week - making a real effort with portion sizes etc. Not sure its doing annything but I feel better lol.
anyway not much to report here - Hope everyone is well
Cath enjoy your girls night - dont drink too much ;)
Tania, I've only recently tried to get strict about the eating dinner properly. Its been hard work but I've noticed a big difference. I'm trying really hard every night to have Maddi, Alex and I eat together. I've given up on Tony ever making it home in time, he's usually still working when we eat. I've been aiming to have dinner at 5.30pm each night as it seems to fit best for Maddi and Alex. Maddi and I get to have a good yak and Alex seems to watch Maddi eat and think it looks like fun. Maddi takes great delight in being the Big Sister showing Alex how its done. Alex had a lamb chop tonight and it was hilarious. He's just knaw at it with his gums and make these Mmmm noises whilst sort of jumping up and down in his highchair. He REALLY enjoyed it. At one stage he dropped it on the floor and it was like the world had come to an end. He cried so hard, but as soon as I handed over one of my chops the waterworks instantly stopped and it was like the sun came up. I think he's been taking acting classes with his sister.
Yep Maddi is learning the hard way to put her toys away or Alex will destroy them. I'm sick of picking up her stuff so I don't think its a bad thing.
Tania your oven sounds lovely. I've just bought an induction cooktop to replace our very old and broken electric warmplates. I say warmplates because they are so slow! But we've got to do some modifications to the kitchen to fit it in :banghead:
Today was a MOST interesting day. Maddi had a playdate with a couple of girls from kinder today at the local play centre. While the girls were off playing we had coffee and a chat. Its the first time we'd met outside of kinder so we don't really know each other very well. One of the mums told us that she used to be a Madam in NZ where she would manage a house of girls. My jaw just about hit the ground and it took every ounce of my being to not react, say anything or ask any questions. The conversation just kept going. When she got up to go the toilet the other mum looked at me and said OMG, OMG, OMG! I was pretty shocked that she just volunteered up that info at our first meeting let alone at all. So yeah it was an interesting day :laughing:
Hayley your mums day sounded fantastic. Cooper is such a lovable boy. He really is going to make a fantastic husband! Geez it sounds like he's doing really well with his writing too. Maddi has just started to write her name Maddison. I did freak out there for a bit when she started writing it in perfect mirror image. But I spoke the kinder teacher about it and she told me it was perfectly normal and something about the left and right brain doing something to make that happen when they learn to write.
Cath, I think your right about the 20 minute trip. I just think that day in day out it will be difficult. The environmental program is that instead of doing a 45 minute class once a week they do a 5 week stint in the Enviro area. They get to do animal breeding program (they have pigs, cows, ducks and chooks), an active veggie patch and 22 acres of farmland. I think we have to have our enrolement forms in by the end of June which isn't far away.
Yay for joining a gym too! Sounds like your really going to give it a good hard crack! I keep thinking about it but thats about as far as it gets.
Alex is still waking at night, I don't know what to do with that. Especially as I'll be starting work soon. But Maddi is still sleeping like a trooper which makes me really happy. We have to go to the RCH again this Friday for a follow up. Madid is looking forward to it so she can gloat to the Dr. I was considering cancelling the appt but then thought if she started again with the wake ups I wouldn't be able to get back in.
Speaking of bed I better get there myself. Tomorrow is the market. The cars are all loaded up and ready to go. It all starts with set up at 7.30am. Tony is going to do the market with his Mum and Dad which is great. Fingers crossed they come home with empty cars.
hayleylea
15-05-2010, 07:54
Lu - LOL how cute about Alex and his lamb chop - Cooper loved lamb chops (still does). So glad to hear Maddi is sleeping through now - thats awesome news - hope Alex gets the hint soon enough!!!! You wont know yourself when he does! Goodluck at the market today.
Yeah Cooper is a sweet little boy - he just has a really lovable nature - he is very much a mummys boy but also a pretty rough and tumble boy too - guess he got the best of it both, although he isnt an angel all the time I can assure you lol. He does pretty good with his writing....unfortunatley he takes after me though and he is SUCH a perfectionist. Im trying hard to get that out of him - because he gets so angry at himself if its not perfect - mind you half the time when he doesnt think its good enough im amazed at it. He draws ALL the time. Some days his writing is better then other days - like all kids - but he is just eager to learn. He has to be doing something all day. So if his bored he gets out his preschool learning books (i buy them from coles etc) and he practises his hand writing etc. Im pretty stoked that he thinks thats fun to do lol.
Shelley loves to draw too - shes forever drawing circles and snails lol - she does spirals so well. So cute.
Im a bit annoyed this morning. On tuesday night i got a phone call from a guy that brought one of Trents army trucks - he brought it like 10 months ago and still hadnt picked it up - didnt really bother me its out of the way. It was filled with HUGE BIG tyres though - for one of Trents other army vehicles. Now Trent knew the last time he was home that the guy would be coming soon and he was suppose to get the tyres and everything else out of it -but of course didnt. So yeah the guy rings and says he is picking it up today. So I had to move allthe tyres (they are for Massive 6x6 amphibious army TRUCK) there was 8 spare tyres in the back of the one that was sold and I had to move them all by myself. Anyway I struggled but I did it. Then i get up early today - move the animals around into different paddocks - so the truck could get in to pick this one up - they were meant to be here at 9 and i get a phone call at 8.30 TODAY to say that they cant come today and they will come next week -talk about annoyed.
Ok im raving on now.
I better head off, the kids are eating breakfast and I need to get their clothes ready so we can start the day - what to do??
Oh Hayley I would have been so annoyed! Firstly at Trent for not doing it then at that guy for changing his mind. Not sure who I would have been mad at most actually. 6x6 - OMG Hayley you must have big guns to be able to move those by yourself. I hope you haven't hurt your back!
Whats the weather like up there? Its a frosty morning here, but the sun is up. Tony has gone to the market with his parents. They were supposed to be here at 7.30am but didn't show until 8.15am. Tony had already left as you're supposed to have everything set up by 8.30am. His parents are just hopeless when it comes to time management. I know where Tony gets it from :rolleyes:
Maddi has woken up with a snotty nose today. This winter is already proving to be a terrible one for blocked noses.
hayleylea
15-05-2010, 11:58
lol - i wish i had guns Lu! lol. Nah once i dragged them out of the back of the truck they were in I just rolled them to the shed - which was still pretty hard in itself because the shed was half a paddock away. Oh well it was my exercise for the day :laughing: yeah im annoyed at both - Ill just take it all out on Trent though. We barely speak these days though so maybe ill just get over it lol.
Thats no good about Maddi - we have been soooo lucky so far. After Shelleys endless bouts of tonsiitis she hasnt been sick since easter (touch wood) yeah it wasnt that far away -but pretty good for Shelley considering it is getting to be the season for colds and flus. Cooper grew out of tonsilitis at the age of 2 so im hoping that Shelley will/has too! One can only hope - will soon see in the months to come.
Weather - starts off with a massive frost - we have been up to -3 of a morning!! BRRRRRRRR!!! but the days have been gorgeous for this time of the year!!! Apart from the cold wind when its not blowing its actually quite warm. We usually ahve our fire roaring 24/7 at this time of the year but I have it shut down for most of the day to late afternoon. Really enjoying it actually - apart from the frosty mornings.
Ok we are off to go for a walk to the top of the paddock and collect some sticks for the fire - the kids get sooo excited collecting sticks - who needs toys!
Hayley you sounds like some sort of Superwoman lifting bloody big tyres by yourself -very impressive. How annoying that Trent didn't do it while he was here and that they didn't pick them up after all that effort. Hopefully it will be simple for you this weekend.
Paddy sounds like Copper with his perfectionist nature - Paddy screams and carries on if things aren't perfect too. I pity the poor teacher when he starts school. I try and calm him down and explain that when you are learning how to do things they aren't going to be perfect -he still strives for perfection though. I have been buying those learning type activity books from Target -they are $4.95 and really good. He is doing one at the moment after our shopping trip this morning - keeps him busy for a while which is great.
How did you go at the market Lu? How annoying about Tony'sparents being late! How funny about you chat with the Madam - people can be so interesting sometimes. When do you go back to work? Good luck with the appointment on Friday and with Alex and his sleeping. Sometimes I think it is just a matter of them getting older and ,sadly, of them getting old enough to do the whole CC thing and be strict about it. Jack woke heaps as a baby and really didn't start sleeping through fairly consistently until about 11 months I think (actually can't quite remember) and that was because we got tough with him and put up with screaming in the middle of the night. Not what you want to hear I'm sure. You must be dreading the thought of going back to work on broken sleep - not nice!
Well I've made it to the gym the last 2 mornings and am booked in for my 3rd and final induction appointment tomorrow morning at 6:45 then I am on my own. I am really liking it so far and plan to go most mornings from about 6:15 -7ish if I can manage it. I had a great night out on Saturday night and luckily wasn't hung over on Sunday - tired after only getting 2 hours sleep but not hungover. I can never sleep if I go out - I got home a bit before 2am but just lay there until about 5am - so annoying.
I am trying to track down my Mum to see if there is any chance she can take Jack tomorrow for a few hours while the other boys are at Dean's parents so I can go bra shopping on my own. She mentioned recently she might be able to take Jack every 3-4 weeks on a Tuesday so I could get some time on my own and now I am just hangning for it. I would just love to go shopping without a pram and not have to try and squish it into the change room to try on bras. Everything is just so much easier and quicker on your own and I rarely get to do it. That is part of the appeal of the gym - I even love the 5 minute drive there in the car on my own - so peaceful. Paddy and Will are so annoying in the car. Will constantly asks for different "songs" and want the volume turned up (luckily it's not kids songs and is just music Dean and I like but Will only likes certain albums and certain songs from those albums and just nags and nags and nags until he gets what he wants). While Will is nagging and driving me insane about the music I have Paddy commenting and asking questions non-stop so I basically have to be talking and responding to someone for the entire car trip every time we are in the car. It is mentally exhausting.
Anyway better go for now. Things to do. Chat soon.
Hello again,
Cath - you are going great with your gym appointments! You'll be back to your old self in next to no time the way you are going. Will is a perfectionist too, and everything has to be exactly right or he goes a bit nuts. I find that a bit difficult at times but I know where he gets it from and he had no hope at all of being any different! Did you get to go bra shopping? I have to admit that is something I avoid like the plague and when I do go I try to make it as fast as possible, even without the boys.
Hayley - you poor thing lugging those tires around and then that guy cancelling at the last minute. What a pain. You have the patience of a saint. I would have been really going off about that! So glad to hear Shelley has been better of late - Will's tonsillitis settled around the age of 2 as well and I thought it was never going to end before that.
Lamb chops - my boys love lamb chops, especially lamb cutlets. Can't get enough of them and they love chewing on the bones. I can just imagine Alex gnawing away at his Lu! I see you are living in the house of snot at the moment too - I hope it dries up soon for you.
Lately I have been wondering what Will is going to learn when he starts "big school" next year. At prep he learns a letter, a shape and a number every week. This week the shape is HEXAGON! And I can't believe what he learns about different animals and plants and all sorts of things. I assume that because prep is at the same place as "big school" then they know how to do their programming but it seems incredible what Will comes home to tell me.
Today we had our ultrasound - I'm 19 weeks now. I resisted the urge to find out what it was although I admit I was tempted. Troy is adamant that he doesn't want to know so I went along with it. I think it's going to annoy me though as I am sure it is another boy and just want to prove it - LOL. Then I could shut people up from asking "so - going for a girl then" - most annoying. Anyway - the u/s was all good, little bub was very busy with its hands which I found kind of amusing as Will and Levi were both very relaxed and didn't do much. It is very cool though, so weird to realise that all that is going on in my tummy!
OK - had better go, I almost forgot I had a workvisit after dinner tonight, so I had better go and organise myself!
:yelclap: Yay for seeing the little bubba Tan -it is always so exciting! I just love the reassurance that they are doing well and seeing them moving around in there. Very cute about the hand flapping - sounds like you will have to be wrapping that one tightly for sleep time. You are very strong to not find out the gender -there is just no way I could ever do it - well done on having restraint. It will be so exciting to find out after the birth. I hear you on the "going for a girl" thing -what the hell is with that! I totally love having 3 boys and feel quite complete and have no yearnings for a girl. I honestly would have been happy with any healthy baby (especially after miscarrying my first pregnancy). Any healthy baby is a blessing and all mixes of family types are good.
I am with you on the bra shopping thing - hate it! I went to Myer and to a bra shop at our closest shopping centre and tried on about 6 bras with no luck. Admittedly they didn't have any sports bras in my size so I tried on a couple near my size which just wasn't going to work. In the end after running around like a madwoman and not getting anything I came home and bought 2 online (website where I can return if they are wrong and they have a huge range of bras in my size which can be hard to find). Should have just bloody done that in the first place. I was hoping I might get some on sale or something but just ended up wasting my time.
Okay - only a quick one for now. Better get Will and Jack lunch before kinder pick up. I tried putting Jack to bed but he just cried for 20 minutes so I will have to try again at about 2 which is a bit late for going down for a sleep really. The kinder pick up time of 1:30 really isn't ideal with Jack going to bed usually about 12:30 and sleeping for 2 hours or so. Oh well - not much I can do about it. Hope everyone is well. Chat soon.
Hey there,
here I am procrastinating about work again. I have so much to do but I would rather be in here posting!
I completely agree with you Cath about the "who cares whether it is a boy or a girl?" thing. I figure it isn't really up to me in the end so whatever I get I am happy, especially if it is a nice, healthy bubba. Given what my brother and his wife are going through in an effort to have even one healthy baby, I am very grateful for the ease with which we have had ours.
I hope the bras you ordered on-line fit well. It would be a great find if they turned out to be perfect! After this baby I think I should probably go and get myself fitted properly, I am sure the bras I have in my wardrobe are all wrong for me.
Well Levi has a massive egg on his forehead. He crashed in the hallway today and hit his head on a pot that we use to keep the hallway door open. I was on my way to a meeting and Troy rings me up to tell me that Levi has a huge lump on his forehead. It has gone down a lot now - but it looked like a golf ball for a while. I swear that kid has always got a bruise on his head!
We are putting the boys bunk up in Will's room on the weekend so Levi can then go into a big bed. I admit to feeling nervous about it but it will probably be fine and I need Levi to be out of the cot so I don't have to lift him in and out. He really is far too heavy. My main concern in that he sleeps in a strange position in the cot with his head in the very top corner against the rail and I don't know what he is going to do in the bed. It doesn't matter if we go in and move him in the night away from the rail, he just wriggles straight back there. I guess it will work out.
Anyway - better get back to it.
Hi again,
How did the bed move go Tan? That is interesting you mentioning that Levi slept with his head squished into the corner of the cot - all of our boys have done that -it is so bizarre! Once they were put in beds though then they slept relatively "normally". Must be something to do with the cot.
Poor Levi with the big bump on his head - has it gone down?
I agree Tan about being thankful for being able to carry and deliver a healthy baby - boy or girl is fine. As you say some poor people have such struggles trying to have a baby so really it is just a blessing to have a baby regardless of gender and there are great things about both boys and girls.
My online bras arrived and they are great! They were quite expensive but worth it I think. I so wish I was a normal, smallish size and could just get some bras in Target or something.
I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 1/2 a kilo in a week:smiliedance: I am so excited about it. It is so nice to see those numbers coming down. I went to the gym every day but one last week and didn't go this morning but am now all fired up and will go when Dean gets home for 45 minutes. After the noise and carry on that has been going on here today I am quite looking forward to the "quiet time" really. We had Will screaming for 20 minutes soon after getting up this morning because he wanted the "car spoon" and we only have one and Paddy had asked for it first and then proceeded to tease Will with it:hair: I have been looking at our local Kmart for another one but they haven't had any kids cutlery the last few times I've looked. I am so over the fighting over who has the car spoon/the blue plate/the blue cup - it is endless.
Anyway quick check in for now. Better get some things done while Jack is sleeping. Chat soon.
Oh Tan how exciting having your 19 week scan. Its reassuring to see them in there moving around. I'm secretly glad you didn't find out the sex of the baby. I love surprises! We didn't find out about Alex as I wanted to experience the excitement of the Dr showing me the baby so I could announce it to the room. Loved it! Its funny because we found out with Maddi but the second time around I was adamant we could wait. I think it was because I knew what date Alex was going to be born so I wanted an element of mystique. I saw your photo's of the bunk beds on FB and they look unreal.
Cath you are a star going to the gym that early in the morning. :yelclap: for that weight loss already. Thats amazing. Nothing like something like that to get you motivated. Bra shopping is something on my to do list once I lose weight. I am currently living out of 2 bra's as thats all I have got. They are starting to look a tad sad, kinda like the girls they have to support in there :( What website did you buy your bra's from if you don't mind me asking?
Yep the market went well. Most of the baby items sold but not much of the clothes as the market was flooded with them. The wondersuits sold really quick but everyone wanted something for nothing. I've been slowly selling stuff on ebay and doing pretty well. I'm surprised what people pay at some items.
We went to Melbourne on the weekend as Maddi had her follow up appointment with the sleep Dr. That went well and she gave me a few tips to help with Alex that I'm in the process of trying out. What I LOVED about her was that she said its all well and good for "us" Dr's to tell you what to do, but until you've had a child of your own and you have to listen to them cry/scream you just can't understand what its like. I could have hugged her. She said she had 2 girls that didn't sleep and although she knew what she was supposed to do, she had to take them to a colleague for advice. We went to Williamstown on Saturday and to the Zoo on Sunday. It was so cold on Saturday down there. I was going to give you a call Cath to see if you had time for a quick coffee/play in the park with the kids but I suspected Alex had/has slapcheek. He's had cold like symptoms and has been horribly annoying and the telltale red cheek. I figured you probably didn't want us sharing that with the boys.
I've got my return to work meeting tomorrow which I'm nervous about. I'm proposing to return to work 3 days a week but work 1 day a week from home. I'm not sure how they are going to like that? I can only ask. I've got Alex into creche 2.5 days, he's on a waitlist for the remaining 0.5 day. Its so stressful thinking about how the hell I'm going to juggle it all.
Alright well I better get to bed. I'm aiming for an early one tonight - wish me luck!
How did your work meeting go Lu? When are you meant to be starting back? Well done on getting Alex into creche for at least some of the time- I can imagine that would be quite stressful. When is his birthday -is he a June baby?
I would have loved to meet up with you at the park but understand if you thought Alex wasn't well (how is he now?). We tried to take the boys out to a park on Saturday afternoon (and yes, it was bloody freezing) which didn't go too well as Will fell asleep in the car and was so deep asleep he couldn't be woken so I stayed in the car with him for a bit. Dean took Paddy and Jack to play but then after half an hour Paddy decided he was hungry and wanted to go home and we still couldn't wake Will and then Dean got paged from work so we went home. Of course then we had to carry Will inside from the car which woke him up and he started carrying on about wanting to go to the park:rolleyes: Another fun afternoon! Anyway, if you are around Williamstown again we are 10 minutes away and I would love to catch up. I loved your Facebook photos of Williamstown and the zoo (not sure if I commented - possibly not).
Good to hear the sleep appointment for Maddi went well and good luck with Alex. That is so great the Dr recognised how different it can be to be told or know what the strategies are to get a baby to sleep well as opposed to actually going through the whole process. I have honestly hated it everytime we have had to do the whole CC thing with the boys (and we didn't do it with Paddy until 16 months). I managed to get stronger with it with each baby but that was only because I was so beside myself with stress and exhaustion that I knew I had no chioce but to do it. I totally understand how awful it is to listen to your own baby crying in distress - it is purely awful!
So many things like that you really don't understand until you are a parent and have to do it. My poor friend who has lost 2 babies so far and is now still trying to get pregnant keeps talking about how she will be going out with no dramas once she has a baby and will be pumping and leaving a bottle. I have had 2 out of 3 babies refuse to take a bottle and need me to be around to breastfeed them if they woke after going to bed to get them back to sleep until at least 6-8 months or so. By the time I had Jack I had conceded that I needed to pretty much sacrifice almost 12 months until I was free to do what I wanted (to a degree) again. I was actually okay with the fact with Jack as I knew how fast that first year really goes. Now with Jack at 15 months I don't need to be here to get them all to bed and Dean or someone else can do it and I do feel like I am getting a bit of a life back (well at least I can now go to the gym or go and get my haircut at 7pm and not feel worried).
Of course I don't mind you asking where I got the bras you dag - here is the link:
http://www.bellaforma.com.au/shop/home.php
I bought the charcoal grey sports bra with the lime trim which is bloody expensive but really good.
Okay - been a hell of a day here again. Will is really pushing my buttons these days and I am back to screaming and getting really mad again which I still hate but just seem to find myself doing. He is just such a nagger/whinger and will not give in or listen to the answer (well that is if the answer is "no"). Time to go and chill out and watch some tv I think. Chat soon.
:o Cath I looked up that bra shop thinking I might find something for me, but since I've lost all my cup size since stopping breastfeeding they don't stock my size. Seriously my boobs have been on a rollercoaster. Before I had babies I was a 10A. Then pregnant with Maddi and I was a 12D, then stopped feeding and I was a 10C. Then pregnant with Alex and I went to a 12D again, then a 12 C and now I think I'm a 10C. Its ridiculous. My boobs are now pointing south and not as perky as once they were :(.
Oh tell me about screaming at children! I am constantly arguing with Maddi. She is just pushing my buttons of late and I really have a short fuse these days. My return to work meeting wasn't so flash today. I proposed I work 2 days at work and 1 day at home and the new guy I report into was totally unsympathetic and stubborn. I could tell by the look on his face he thought I was a total PIA. The HR rep was fantastic and she had this look on her face of "Why not?". So I bit my tongue, laid all my cards on the table and they are going to go away and talk about it and get back to me. I hate this stuff with work I really do. I just wish I could win tattslotto so I wouldn't have to go back at all.
I sold my bumbo on ebay to a local lady (grandma) and when she came to pick it up she saw all the clothes I had laying around from the market and she bought up big time. Fantastic :yelclap:
Yes I'd love to catch up. I think Maddi would have such a good time with the boys. It was a shame Alex was sick but I really didn't want you to take it home with you. He seems to have picked up today and he's got his appetite back again. And that red mark on his face has faded too although its mainly around his mouth now.
OK got to hit the hay. I know the little man is going to wake up soon for a feed. He ate so much dinner tonight he hardly drank his bottle of milk. He looks so cute these days with his little pot tummy.
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