August 2006 mums & bubs #9 [Archive] - Bub Hub Pregnancy & Parenting Forum

MountainGirl

27-05-2007, 16:59

Oh Lottiesmum,..I am really sorry to hear that,..... have you only sent her the once? Does she know any of the kids there? It would be very hard to leave her crying,....... I know that I felt terrible the other day when I arrived to pick squidg up and she was standing at the gate with her bag and lunchbox.......she was happy enough,..but I was sad at the thought that she wanted to leave,...:crying:

Shed - it was AWESOME!!!! You really have to go and see it,...... do you have someone to take care of Baden?? If not, I am happy to pop over and take care of him for you! It would be fun!

*munchkin*

27-05-2007, 17:28

EmandMya - she's adorable. What a cheeky big smile!

Sorry to dissapoint you all, but despite all my dreaming of witty responses I just completely ignored the woman. Just the sight of her made me feel sick.

However, here is a photo of Em in her party clothes and first ever shoes...
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/munchkin_moo/EmilyBetteMay28028.jpg

Munchkin: I must admit, I got a bit upset by the ******* comment. DP and I aren't married and I guess that makes Baden one as well. I don't think I would bother with a witty retort if someone directed that word at my child. I would just smack her face for her. What sort of person would say that about a precious, innocent baby? Especially in this day and age, good grief. The woman is a moron.

I'm with you Shed - I was devastated when I heard her comment, and I whole heartedly agree with every single thought you have written. Wouldn't it be great if we could just walk around smacking these sorts of people? Unfortunately there is a long long history to this woman and my poor sister gets panic attacks because of her. And she didn't sleep for 2 weeks after this woman made the b*st*rd comment, and begged me not to say anything.

Mrs Potts

27-05-2007, 18:34

Munchkin - that pic is so cute! Em is adorable in her party clothes. Love the patent shoes too :)

Uniquey

27-05-2007, 20:35

Alli and Mr JB,

What a wonderful day was had by all, and Mr Jb, you can make me coffee any day, I repeat any day!!! Thank you so much for all your hard work and cleaning up after us, it was much appreciated! Your hospitality was awesome and it was quite evident by the smiles on all the babies faces that they too had an enjoyable time. :yes:
I hope the Tedstar recovered after his big dose of estrogen and as for little Miss Mother Hen Ivy, I think she wants a little sister:p

What a lovely, adorable bunch of babies, but I guess they all had a good head start, as their Mummies are just the same. Thanks again for a great day, Miss A and I thoroughly enjoyed oursleves:hugs:

littlepickle

27-05-2007, 20:50

Uniquey

27-05-2007, 21:41

"Just wondering though - Monique, are they your only clothes? You and Miss A were wearing the same things the day we met Just kidding of course, you're all gorgeous!"

Mrs Potts Avalon and I don't own any other clothes, but thanks for drawing attention to it.:o :crying:

missie_mack

27-05-2007, 21:48

Sorry to dissapoint you all, but despite all my dreaming of witty responses I just completely ignored the woman. Just the sight of her made me feel sick.

Sometimes that annoys them more. People like that say mean things for attention :yes: Lovely little outfit BTW

Shed - it was AWESOME!!!! You really have to go and see it,...... do you have someone to take care of Baden?? If not, I am happy to pop over and take care of him for you! It would be fun!

Wow what a lovely offer!

Emandmya- Ain't you a widdle cutie!

Lottiesmum- :hugs: hang in there with the preschool thing

Not much happening here. A new thread I see :ecomcity: :ecomcity: All this birthday talk has got me thinking on what to buy my spoilt son lol... and parties oh um err what to do?? A kids party just seems like it is more for DH than anyone else .... He is thinking pirates lol

missie_mack

27-05-2007, 21:49

Hi Uniquey :wave:

Uniquey

27-05-2007, 22:01

Hi Uniquey :wave:

Hi Missie_Mack... I'm on this Dinosaur computer of my parents and it's taken me ages to reply or write, LOL!

Beany

27-05-2007, 23:07

Hiya ladies :wave:

More teething happening here. Lots of yelling. Not necessarily from the baby :o He's slept in 5 minute bursts since about 11pm so I have about 5 minutes to finish my bowl of ice cream (Lindt :D all this talk of the cake just was too much to endure without indulging!).

Munchkin: Em looks lovely in her party outfit! Little girls in little girl clothes *sigh* I'm so glad I had a boy but sometimes those pictures of little girl just get me! That goes for you too EmandMya! And for all the things I would want to say to that old bat at the wedding, I probably wouldn't have said anything, either. All it would do is make me want to hit her. Which, apparently, is wrong.

Jane: whereabouts is Scarlett's preschool? Feel free to pm me the details! It occurred to me that I should probably be looking into all of this stuff soon. Talking of which, I'm meant to be enrolling for my own education this week ... sort of dragging my feet over it all a little. I want to go back but sort of scared to do so too. It's all very irrational. Gee, anyone would think I was a hormonal woman or something ...

Are we having a Sydney meet this week? Anne mentioned something for Tuesday or Thursday, I think ... or maybe I was imagining it.

Okay, ice cream all gone, will need to wear fat jeans tomorrow, child still sleeping (God bless Bonjela!) so I am off to bed!

Uniquey

27-05-2007, 23:18

Amanda The Pole dancing Hen's party was a crack-up! It was a laugh a minute. The 'dress-up' box was so funny, and out of the sexy little nurse/french maid/sequin jobbies you could have, I ended up looking like Terri Irwin, a la croc-hunter wife in this weird khaki number, sooooo sexy......NOT! :laughing:
All jokes aside, it really ended up being a fun way to spend a Hen's night, and we actually did learn some moves, albeit as complete and utter numpties, but fitness-wise, you'd definately get a great body if you did it regularly as the actress Kate Hudson does.

Jane Your TTC in June news is wonderful, and in all honesty, I doubt I'll be far behind you on that front.

Emandmya Great pics! I love the pink little spotty head scarf one, she's definately a cutie.

Munchkin I have to agree with Shed, in this day and age for people to call innocent little babies/children the 'b' word is just not on, and terribly upsetting. It happened to me a few years back when my sister had her first baby. A 'friend' of mine said to me, has your sister had her b@stard child yet'. Oh my goodness, I was so gobsmacked at the time I was completely lost for words. She was the type to always refer to children as being out of wedlock as illegitimate, b's, but she's just a bitter and twisted woman. Needless to say, she is 40-something now, mega obese, never married, no kids and I have absolutely nothing to do with her. I certainly don't need people like that in my life and neither do you or your beautiful, sweet and innocent little Emily. Good on you for rising above it today:yes: :hugs:

I guess I should hit the sack. Last night I didn't get home until 2.30am, oh boy, I felt old last night:laughing:

MountainGirl

28-05-2007, 03:02

Oooohhhh Mon,...that is exciting news! Guess you will have to buy some new clothes then, eh?! Maybe we can go shopping together!:D

MZmama

28-05-2007, 08:05

Hi all - thanks for all the comments on how cute Mya is - she changes SO much as days go on.

mrs potts - love the party outfit/shoes - so adorable

beany - i hope bubs slept good last night, mya has been teething like CRAZY.. but still no dam teeth.. her cheeks have been so rosy for days now - poor lil things

btw - i hate this talk on first birthdays :party: - what am i going to do!?!?!

missie_mack

28-05-2007, 08:53

On the teethy issue- DS is still :rolleyes: trying to cut his front incissors (only started in Feb!) and the bonjela isn't working. I tried the amber necklace thingo with no luck either. DS sent me to the chemist and said anything that has a numbing effect has a '-aine' in it.
We found Applicaine and it's great. Tastes terrible but you basically put a tiny drop on a cotton bud and rub it on and it numbs that area completely for a minute or two (where its important to pop the dummy in so they don't bite themselves) and then subsides for a couple of hours. I tried it on my lip as the tester and it worked a treat. On the box it recommends it for teething. Think it cost about $5 but I would only use it for those really bad owies...

Uniquey

28-05-2007, 09:45

Jane Did you mention the 's' word..shopping... my favourite pastime:D

It's our 2nd wedding anniversary today, and yet again we are in 2 different places. Oneday we might celebrate it 'together'. Jane, I might have to reconsider the 'not far behind you' comment if DH keeps going away with work, or I may have some explaining to do:laughing:

Missie_Mack Glad you found something for James's teeth, poor little man, February's a long time ago in the world of teeth pain. Miss A benefited from the Amber necklace, in that she stopped dribbling heaps and it stopped her rosey cheeks. But it sounds like you're on a winner with the Applicaine.

Tash If you're lurking, how did the wedding /Bridesmaid duties go? Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Better go, I hear a baby calling....

MountainGirl

28-05-2007, 10:18

I bought Jasper a teething amber necklace.....its still in the box!:o his top ones were a bugger to cut through too,...they bled and made him miserable,..but all through now...yay!

Mon,.."ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshopping!" Yup,....come to Sydney for the weekend and we can cruise Oxford St, sip lattes and eat sushi,...then we can leave the kids with the boys and go out for Martinis!:yes: Anyone else want to come?!

Beany

28-05-2007, 10:30

I'm out - absolutely no need for maternity clothing for me for a good few years at least! Good for the lattes and sushi portion of the day, though :D

You know, I don't think I've had sushi since before I was pregnant. The smell was one of the morning sickness triggers so I still hold my breath when I walk past an outlet.

littlepickle

28-05-2007, 10:39

Mon,.."ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshopping! " Yup,....come to Sydney for the weekend and we can cruise Oxford St, sip lattes and eat sushi,...then we can leave the kids with the boys and go out for Martinis! Anyone else want to come?!

Pick me! Pick me! *jumps up and down* Well not for the maternity shopping as such, but the rest of it sounds fab!!!:party: Actualy, I am overdue a Sydney trip, still havent taken E to visit her relos there which I should do at some point!

MountainGirl

28-05-2007, 10:49

Bugger the maternity shopping,... lets all buy swanky new boots and handbags and lovely prretty underwear!!:D

missie_mack

28-05-2007, 10:54

:eek: :eek: No maternity shopping here either!! I start to shake and shudder if AF is a day late!! But oh how I do love Oxford Street.... all the bars to drink at... all the shoes in all sizes and colours :D

MountainGirl

28-05-2007, 11:00

Come on then Ellen,...you deserve a weekend in "the big smoke!":laughing:

Mrs Potts

28-05-2007, 11:05

I'm in for a shopping weekend too!! Don't need the maternity clothes either though.

Would love to splurge on a really spesh pair of jeans though!

Blah blah blah. That's me once again. Does anyone else get out of bed in the morning, feeling like cr@p, and realise that this is as good as it's going to get? For today anyway....

missie_mack

28-05-2007, 11:06

Oh tell me about it. Kmart and tar-get just don't cut it :rolleyes: Not to mention adult conversation- and no my DH does not always count :D

Jane you must be ready to organise the first BH August 06 Mummies Conference (will that make it tax deductable for some of us?? :p )

missie_mack

28-05-2007, 11:11

Blah blah blah. That's me once again. Does anyone else get out of bed in the morning, feeling like cr@p, and realise that this is as good as it's going to get? For today anyway....

Yep :yes: they are the days I make sure I wash my hair put my face on and go out.... don't usually spend money except maybe a coffee or a sandwich.. doesn't really matter where I go. The joys of being a SAHM. Only another 14 or so months before I go back to work :confused:

mama anne

28-05-2007, 11:41

we've started weaning today. just thought i'd share.
not a pity post .... just a milestone sortof thing i suppose.

missie_mack

28-05-2007, 11:55

Awww Anne hope your not too sad about weaning. Try and think of the sleep ins now DH won't have an excuse not to feed the bubba :sleeping:

Beany

28-05-2007, 12:28

Big step, Anne! Good luck. Hope there aren't many tears or tantrums ... from either of you!

What are you weaning her onto? Formula or cow's milk?

Asher still teething. Sleep times are a nightmare. Woke a depressing number of times last night ... stopped counting at 5. And that was before 4am! Fought sleep for an hour this afternoon even though his eyes were closed ... not too bright, that boy.

Boots ... *drool* I LOVE boots! I'm definitely in for boot shopping! So come on everyone, book your tickets! We're off the Oxford Street!

Beany

28-05-2007, 12:45

PS: are any of you going to the PBC expo? It's on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Olympic Park.

MZmama

28-05-2007, 19:24

Is anyones bubs going through separation anxiety at the moment? Mya will NOT let me put her down, she may be dead asleep, but the minute i put her in the cot she wakes and screams.. so she has been sleeping with us..

will this pass? what should i do? i am fine with her to sleep with us if it will pass, i dont want it to turn into a permanent thing tho.

*munchkin*

28-05-2007, 20:59

Did someone mention the other 'S' word? My ears were burning

Ssssssssssssssssssssshoes! Aah...lovely shoes...

Just a quick pop in to give happy news that my work contract has been renewed for another 3 months. Whoooooop whooooooooop!:smiliedance: Very happy Munchkin household tonight. And Mum has decided to mind Em for 3 days a week until she is 15 mths old so then there will be more daycare options. Whoooooop whoooooop! :smiliedance:

shed

28-05-2007, 21:24

munchkin, that's excellent news!! yee ha.

I bought two pairs of shoes off ebay, they are both gorgeous, peep toe high heels. I nearly necked myself when I tried them on, I haven't worn heels for a while and my ankles are still a bit dicey from the pregnancy - same with my feet and knuckles.

But the Pretty Young Things at my work are so trendy and elegant and 'corporate'. I feel a bit mumsy, so I am definitely going to go shopping and spend some of my hard earned cashola.

But first I am buying the quinny. Tomorrow.

Then the sketchers that I still haven't found.

Then the work clothes.

emandmya: yes, definitely, separation anxiety happening here. Perfectly normal and just a 'stage' that all healthy human infants go through, well according to my psychology book anyway. So, as annoying as it is, be grateful you have a developmentally normal child.

Beany, nah, I am not going this year. I went last year as a glowing preggo with a lovely bump. That will do me.

anne: good luck with it. dunno the details so not sure what to say.

Jane, thanks for the offer! I will let you know. I think our daycare lady does evening care, so if we ever get our act together hopefully he can go there.

Well, thats about it from me.

Beany

28-05-2007, 21:52

Good going with the contract renewal with your work and your mum, Munchkin! I'd do the whole "whoop whoop" thing but alas, I do look rather like a member of Ricki Lake's audience and don't need to be reminded of that little fact!

Shed: you are so overdue for a shopping spree! All that weight loss has to be for a reason - and the reason is shopping. Off to Bondi Junction with you! And then, having realised how much everything costs, back off to work to pay for it all!

I can't wear heels. Never did get the knack of it. Besides, at my height, it just looks like I'm on stilts pretending to be tall.

Lots and lots of separation anxiety here. Driving me around the bend, really. I sit him down on the floor just so I can park the pram, and he's off into a tantrum. And lord help me if he manages to wake up as I gently put him in the cot. It's the ultimate betrayal and punishable by ear drum rupture.

mama anne

28-05-2007, 22:26

further explanation of my weaning post .............

i dont even know how to explain. i've just had less and less milk lately, b's been more and more unsettled, the last 5 nights she's woken between 3-5am, we have external stresses on us at the moment, so she's been having more and more bottles ..... so anyway. over the weekend i decided to start to wean her .... i LOVE feeding her, and my goal was always a year (and poss. longer if we both wanted to) but i just feel really drained and tired and i'd rather decide one way than live in a weird breast/bottle/lots of milk/no milk place.

i'm waiting for the boob nazi's to yell at me though, and im sure i'll feel mummy guilt about this for awhile ... anyway enough ramble. more on that later ..... feel free to tell me to shut up about it.

Beany

28-05-2007, 22:49

MZmama

29-05-2007, 07:59

biscotti

29-05-2007, 09:02

Morning,

Today I'm using this emoticon as a green with envy emoticon :yes: ...I was just on the phone to a friend to wish her a happy 40th birthday and she was giddy with excitement, her husband has surprised her and is taking her to Paris this Saturday....for four weeks...leaving their 4 children here at home with her Mum. Paris!! For four weeks!! :yes: (green with envy).

I think I have the blahs today, that phone call has just about finished me off. I think because my trip to Thailand was cancelled and yes I know we went to melbourne for a week last month...but c'mon...Paris....for 4 weeks!! :yes: (green with envy icon again!!)

I am normally very positive, upbeat but today - blah blah blah. I think I need to get out of the house.
The neighbours are having their pool resurfaced and have had a jackhammer ripping up the old surface for 10 hrs yesterday and he has just started again. It is vibrating through my brain.

Mama Anne - we are weaning too. Sadly. Not by choice mind you but C has cut herself down to two feeds a day and they are the fastest feeds you have ever seen and if anything/anyone catches her attention she is up and looking to see what is going on. She won't drink formula though so I am talking to a lactation consiltant today to see what advice I can get on what to do. I expressed a bottle yesterday (world's worst expresser here!) but C just gave me that "huh, I don't think so" look when I offered it to her, so sad, so sad!! I really wanted to keep going until she was at least 12 mths. *sigh*

Emandmya - we won't be turning C around in the car seat for a loooong time. I think my car seat says 12 kg anyway so we are ....god, probably 2 years off that at the rate we are going!!
Separation anxiety - we have a fridge in the garage and if I am going out there to get milk or whatever and C sees me, well you would think that she was never going to see me again, so now I try to keep up a running commentary (and now mummy is opening the firdge, oh look the Bok choy is going off and I'm getting the milk and closing the fridge door and now I'm coming back inside - totally riveting stuff hahaha) so even if she can't see me well she can hear me.

We had an offer on the house yesterday - a ridiculous offer that even the RE agent said she was embarrassed to bring around. I was annoyed, insulted and depressed all at the same time!! And of course we said no.

Jane - thanks for the PM, she is very talented and I have passed on her site to some friends who I think would like her stuff.

And stop talking about shopping you lot, nothing fits me but I'm not pregnant enough for maternity clothes, I am just fat :thumbsdown:

Right, well that that was a depressing post from me, might come back and delete it later!

Off to read posts!

Noosamum XX

ETA - Munchkin - yippee for the job and your Mum looking after Em - fantastic news all round!

missie_mack

29-05-2007, 10:18

i'm waiting for the boob nazi's to yell at me though, and im sure i'll feel mummy guilt about this for awhile ...

Boo- ya to the Nazi's! What a phenominal effort. Every day you were able to feed is better than not. I read a article the other day about how many Mum's don't even try past 6 months. So ignore anything said.

Emandmya- The car seat thingo. Six months was about as far as DS was taking rear facing anymore. He would scream and cry the whole drive if facing backwards- which was awful when we drive 11 hours between our real home and our semi permenant home where we are residing at the mo. He is much happier facing forward and great to drive with generally. But then he is a tall boy and his legs would be hanging out if he was still laying down lol

He is also a sticky beak and never wanted to lay down in his pram either. My MIL tells everyone how she spent a day in the big smoke (AKA Oxford St Sydney.. she's from the country) where my 3 week old son only wanted to sit up in his pram to look at people and have people look at him lol.

Shed- You should sell your old clothes on ebay as a closure to the old you and to help pay for the new you. Even the clothes you think aren't great might make someone elses day! Call it a exorcism :D

Munchkin- Yay :smiliedance:

It's raining and pouring here. Having a photo day doing some repairs and all that to the ones on our numerous PCs so bound to be in and out of BH world

Beany

29-05-2007, 10:19

Oh boy, I'm green with envy too, now!

The last break away I had was when I was 6 months pregnant and I went to the Gold Coast for a week. We're thinking of going somewhere in July but there's no hope that it'll be anywhere as good as Paris. For 4 weeks. Without kids.

:yes: (green with envy)

missie_mack

29-05-2007, 10:24

A joke for those with the blahs..... and our kiwi girl :D (Oh and my family is irish in every which way so no offence is meant )

After having their 11th child, an Irish couple decided that was enough, as they couldn't afford a larger house. So the husband went to
his Doctor and told him that he and his wife didn't want to have any more children.
The doctor told him there was a procedure called a vasectomy that would fix the problem but it was expensive. He also told him that a
less costly alternative was to go home, get a large firecracker, light it, put it in a beer can, then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10.
The husband said to the doctor, "B'Jayzus , I may not be a bit of a eejit, but I don't see how putting a firework in a beer can next to my ear is going to help me with my problem." :confused:
"Trust me, it will do the job", said the Doctor.

So the man went home, lit a cracker and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to his ear and began to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," at which
point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs so he could continue counting on his other hand. :eek:

This procedure has also found great success in New Zealand and Tasmania. :D

missie_mack

29-05-2007, 10:25

mama anne

29-05-2007, 11:00

Mama Anne - we are weaning too. Sadly. Not by choice mind you but C has cut herself down to two feeds a day and they are the fastest feeds you have ever seen and if anything/anyone catches her attention she is up and looking to see what is going on.

this is us too. The only times she will feed properly is in bed in the morning, so 5 minutes of silence and then yelling and hitting me when there isnt more milk in there for her. And in the bath with me, which again, is 5 minutes of silence and then yelling and hitting. 12 months was always my goal ....... but i actually think i might have used up all my boob energy with all the malarkey at the beginning (as beany said).

Good luck with the LC - sending you lots of booby vibes that everything works out the way you want it to. :hugs:

mama anne

29-05-2007, 11:01

Anne: poo on a stick to any boob Nazis. You did fantastically well to feed B and the odds were so highly stacked against you in the beginning. I mean for goodness sake, I nearly packed it in so many times and I didn't have a reflux baby that I had to express milk for umpteen times a day!

You're a freaking legend! :yelclap: to you :p to the Nazis. You do whatever works.

thanks s. That post really did make me feel slightly better .... no, not better, but definately proud of getting through all the early on stuff that i teend to forget about now.

Mrs Potts

29-05-2007, 11:19

Sorry to the weaners... since neither of my bubs were into the whole b/feeding thing I can't relate at all. But I'm sorry if it's not what you wanted to happen.

Paris for 4 weeks! I can't even imagine! I'm excited about a long weekend in Melbourne in October...

Munchkin - yay on the contract renewal and for your mum!

Noosa - sorry you've got the blahs. :hugs: Hope things pick up for you soon.

I couldn't face going to work today, so Miss K and I are home. I napped when she did this morning but still feeling really low. Maybe I should have another nap...

Hmmm, sorry I didn't mean to come in here feeling sorry for myself, but I guess I kinda do right now. Hope everyone else is feeling cheerier than I am!

lottiesmum

29-05-2007, 12:40

Is my boy the only one still to sprout a tooth? 9mths and not a tooth to be seen! he does have a new trick though, which is to sit up from lying on his tummy. he thinks he's a hoot! his nightimes without milk are getting better. he woke last night at 230am and was asleep again by 3am - so other than that he's sleeping 630pm to 7am. hope this new trick is here to stay.........

awww Mrs Potts - make yourself a pot of tea and something sweet. i just made some caramel slice its gorgeous...sorry i cant email you a slice.

mama anne - i hope you will come to see that you ought to be so proud in getting to 9mths...i bet if you could go back to the early days and say to yourself you will get that far you'd be happy. go easy on yourself...because the hormonal aspect of weaning can make a girl a bit sad.....

Paris....oooh Paris is my favourite city. have spent lots of time there...and even tried emigrating! it was one of the things that attracted me to my DH...his EU passport!!! :o

Mrs Noosa - :hugs:

missy mack - :laughing:

beany - i've been meaning to tell you that my DD has been sitting in the ergo quite a bit lately. its great! i feel like a packhorse, with her on my back, DS in the pram and various bags etc that accompany us everywhere...but i'm still getting the hang of putting DS into it on my back. he loves it too though.

MZmama

29-05-2007, 14:27

good luck with the lc noosa.. mya has cut herself down to a morning and a night feed, but she takes formula at night tho.. do you give her anything else? i thought i had too because she wouldnt be getting anywhere near the 600ml recommended amount..

this mum thing is confusing sometimes!

biscotti

29-05-2007, 15:12

.. do you give her anything else?

No I don't give her anything else, she has water in a sippy cup but won't touch a drop of formula. The LC was helpful..sort of...in a way...well not really....:o but I'll try some of what she suggested and then we'll see...the main thing seems to be that I'm pregnant and so the milk may be tasting different or may have tasted different for a while. We'll persevere :) .....for a bit longer.....

mama anne - I just wanted to add my bit - you have done brilliantly don't let the breastfeeding police let you feel any less than successful, you have done a great job. XX :)

Noosamum XX

biscotti

29-05-2007, 15:13

Paris....oooh Paris is my favourite city. have spent lots of time there...

:yes: <<<< green with envy emoticon :)

:p

mumstar

29-05-2007, 15:51

hi all

hopefully my computer wont crash out on me while im writing this!! hehe

i read all the post and the only thing i can remember is the photos from the meet were wonderful!!! im so :yes::yes::yes::yes: (thanks Noosa for the great use of this emoticon)

well my boys have both been absolute angels for me which im really pleased about as i have been a little sick the past couple of days! but im feeling much better today i even cleaned my house!

hrrm i cant remember who was talking about it but we changed noahs car seat forward facing about 3 months ago... all he wanted to do was sit up and he was straining his neck while backwards facing... plus he is a pretty big boy and was over 8 kgs anyway...

anyways hope you are all well

xoxoxox

shed

29-05-2007, 18:56

Got the quinny today. Went for the red one. Its noice.

Mama anne: hugs to you, you have done a fantastic job and you should be very proud of yourself.

Paris: yeah, I have been there, not whisked away by a....oh hang on, yes actually I was whisked away there, but from London, not Australia, so not quite as spesh. A friend of mine did get whisked away there from NZ for her 30th though. And yes, I was green at the time. I don't love Paris. I liked it, but there were other places I liked more. I loved Berlin more than Paris.

oh this baby, he is back to falling on the back of his head again. It stopped for a while and we breathed a sigh of relief. He has done it three times tonight. We have to hover over him.

do you guys remember Miss Energetic? Cast your mind back. Well, their baby is more advanced than ours, no surprises there. We saw them on the weekend. I won't bore you with the details because you all probably know people like it. grrrrrrr

missie_mack

29-05-2007, 19:26

oh this baby, he is back to falling on the back of his head again. It stopped for a while and we breathed a sigh of relief. He has done it three times tonight. We have to hover over him.

Oh phew. Glad we aren't alone. DS is the same. Had a massive bruise on forehead from climbing and falling on something while I was in the toilet :o I was too embarrassed to take him to playgroup this week and last...

mum_I'm_hungry

29-05-2007, 19:52

Well. I have the blahs too. Not so much the blahs, but the :mad:. Someone got a merit on their big exam. I told him I would kick his @r$e if he got anything other than a pass, but out of something like 250 people, about ten got a merit and one got the big doo da prize. Grrr. He knows he is in the doghouse. The kids have suffered greatly for this, so he's got some serious making up to do.

And boo buying to do as well! :D May settle for jewellery...

:smiliedance: Munchkin!

:hugs: fellow blahers.

Mama Anne, nine months is great going. I weaned Ivy at nine months, but Teddy at only six months as he was looking around everywhere, digging into me with his nails, biting. You gotta do what you gotta do. In an ideal world, we could all feed till a year, but I don't think there's bitey, grabby, easily distracted babies in an ideal world!

*munchkin*

29-05-2007, 20:04

SHould be sleeping, but once more on bubhub. Little blossom has not let me sleep much for about a week now *eyes hanging out of head*. Mum reckons top toofies are finally coming down. LP - have Elise's popped through yet?
Had to eat a whole packet of Starburst jelly babies to stay awake at work this arvo. Yeh...had to ha ha ha!

Mama anne...in no possible WAY should you feel guilty or bad about stopping b/f now. I only made it to 3 months, and I look back and think..wow..3 months...that's good. You can only do what you can do if your body/baby doesn't comply! Happy mummy = happy baby. Happy (well-fed) baby = happy mummy.

Shed - yay for shopping! You deserve to spend all your lovely work $$$. Post up a pic of your new red "Wheels"! I too feel so so daggy at work. There would be about 80% women on my floor and all very immaculately dressed with constant commenting on "Ooooh...I love your shoes! Oh, is that a new dress?". We need to go work in IT, not marketing :laughing:

Mrs P - I sure hope your blahs pass soon. Perhaps a trip to Paris would help? :D (Who the hell gets to go to Paris and leave their kids behind for 4 weeks? I mean REALLY. Is this for real??! I must live on another planet!)

Noosamum - hope you cheer up too. If I was you I'd be dragging myself around exhausted - I don't know where you get your energy from. HAd to laugh about the running commentary - I'm very familiar with that! You never told us what you cooked for your big Shebang Lunch the other weekend?

Hi to mumstar, emandmya, lottiesmum, beany, SJ...anyone else I'm too tired to remember.

*munchkin*

29-05-2007, 20:10

I told him I would kick his @r$e if he got anything other than a pass,

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Poor Mr JB! In trouble for being a Brainy Bot!

You remind me of my sister!!!! Her hubby is doing his Company Secretary course and had exams when their baby was 3 weeks old. She said she'd kill him if he got any higher than a pass. He had to slink up to her when he got the results to confess that he not only passed, but got the highest score in Australia. Oh man, he was looking death in the face until he told her that he got a Dux prize - a $500 Myer Voucher. Well you can guess who spent that voucher!! I LMAO when she told me how angry she was that he had done so well. Too funny.

cheekypossum

29-05-2007, 20:20

:wave:

Well I see that we are on a new thread...still have not read the end of the other one, will do that soon.

well the wedding was absolutely beautiful. My friend Shonelle looked absolutely gorgeous....when I get my bum into gear I will post some photos. The biggest disappointment was the Rain, they did not get a lot of photos because we lost time and light etc, But at the end of the day they had a wonderful day and that is the main thing. Lots of funny things happened which we are all bringing up all the time and having a giggle....just being B**ches and laughing someone else's antics. :D

I think Chloe must have known that I had a big day as Friday night she slept maybe 3 hours. So there was a lot more runnning around to do during the day cause I was feeding her and things. Her normal day routine was a bit out of whack because of the bad night, so what I had planned in my head did not happen. Plus on top of that Damien and I had made some nasty comments to each other at 3am in the morning...plainly just out of frustration. (but just quietly, him not getting to speak to me a lot during the day must of got him thinking a lot.....and he has been extra extra helpful :p )

On other news, Chloe has her 1st tooth :smiliedance: .

Unfortunately though she has a chest infection. I took her to the Dr's yesterday and he could hear it in her chest. So she is on some antibiotics....I am a little bummed that she has to be on it, but I would rather her get better then worse. But you would not really know, she has been generally still happy.

munchkin - Love the photos of Em. What great news about your work contract....about time things started working out for you

Monique - Happy Anniversary....the hens night sounded like a blast

Anne - GL with the weaning. Like everone has said, you have done brilliantly to get to 9 months...especially considering all the hard work that you have put into it. I think alot of people in your situation would have given up a long time ago

Noosa & Erica - Awww, I just want to give you a big hug. I hope it does not hang around too long.

Big waves to all you lovely ladies

Will go back and check all the posts

Beany

29-05-2007, 20:21

I thought we were the only ones that did that! Noodle went into a sulk when I got a HD last year :D (he'd only managed a credit)

mama anne

29-05-2007, 20:30

thanks for all the replies girls. i'm feeling all the virtual :hugs: 's

sydney girls this thursday and next tuesday are out for me .... is anyone up for a meet next thursday? and shed can wear her new hot-young-thing shoes?

we're another family with no teeth (well, ok, baby with no teeth) here. but we are down with the falling backwards onto our heads phase :rolleyes:

cheekypossum

29-05-2007, 20:49

Just a few adds

Emandmya - Photos are gorgeous

Cathy - Steph is such a cutie

Jane - GL with TTC....I am bummed I have to wait till after October, that is when I am getting my wisdom teeth out. The necklace is fantastic.

Brissie girls - thanks for sharing the pics, you guys looked like you had such a great time. All stunners.

off to bed now Night

Uniquey

29-05-2007, 22:08

Noosamum I remember a while back when Shed mentioned her friend with the great partner, travelling the world etc, and how Shed felt a bit envious etc. I was only thinking of this recently, as I had a conversation with a mutual friend of mine and my ex's. We had a nasty/bitter break up after many years together and I always hoped karma would get him and that he's be a lonely old man pining for me..:rolleyes: Well, my friend mentioned him and I casually said, 'oh how is he' and she went on to tell me that he's with a very successful women and how they've been going back and forth to Switzerland whilst planning their wedding. My friend remarked how she didn't know how he did it, all that hard work planning his wedding in another country. (bit my lip there),Let's just say I was :yes: and more. I know I have a blessed life with my wonderful DH and beautiful baby, and I wouldn't trade them for the world nor have it any other way, but I felt just like Shed had mentioned that time, I know I shouldn't have, but I did. I guess it was just that knee jerk reaction you get when you're feeling a bit envious of someone. Needless to say, I've since come to my senses and couldn't care less what he does!:devil6:

P.s/ I do love Paris though, it's very special as that's where DH proposed to me the first time:hugs:

Uniquey

29-05-2007, 22:09

I thought we were the only ones that did that! Noodle went into a sulk when I got a HD last year :D (he'd only managed a credit)

WELL DONE! A little belated I know, but good on you, you other Brainy Bot:yelclap:

Uniquey

29-05-2007, 22:23

Tash Thanks for the anniversary wishes. I can't believe it's the second one we've ever had and are apart again. Oh well, there's always next year I guess!

Sorry to hear about everybody with the BLAHS, but I do have a short-term remedy.. the confectionary warehouse! I went to a small one today and stocked up on lot's of lollies, mainly the ones you remember from your childhood days, not the run of the mill ones. I got sherbert dips, king rats, sour bubblegum, acid drops, dutch licorice, oh I'm embarassed to go on, but you get the picture:D Don't worry LP, I promise I will still take you to the Hendra one, this is just a smaller version of the Hendra one. Ok... I might have taken a 10 year old girl with me today which might explain the big haul I brought home;)

Not much else to report here, Miss A is cutting her eye teeth which I only discovered yesterday. I saw blood in her mouth and investigated. Not loving the teeth though, I got bitten badly on the jaw yesterday and tonight on my shoulder, ouchy..

Hello to you all:wave:

MountainGirl

30-05-2007, 06:00

Hi guys,.... I have the blahs too,..but for a reason I will not bore you with,... lets just say it is a waste of time to think about,.and that I should move on! Ok! That said,....!

I went out last night,.... to see my girlfriends Gypsy Funk Band at the Basement,...... at night,...without my kids,..or husband,... it was great,.. I think I will do it again! Got home at midnight though,.and then the kids spent the rest of the night punishing me for going out!!!! So,...eyes hanging out here too!

Jasper is teething,..again,.... 6 and counting,.... Scarlett is the devil,...really. Our relationship has turned into a big power struggle with her ordering me around and me saying "no" a zillion times a day,.... sigh,. it is really exhausting,.... I am going to enjoy Jasja as much as possible! Jasper has discovered a love of taking tissues out of the box! I couldn't find him yesterday,.and heard a funny "pfffttt' noise coming from the bathroom,...... he was sitting in a massive pile of tissues,..pulling one after the other out of the box! Pfffttt!!!!!! the dogs were then shredding them,....so the newly 'cleanered' bathroom looked like a snowstorm! Sigh,...

Hi to everyone,....... Shed - woo hoo on your speedy zapp,...can't wait to see it! Mrs Potts, Noos:hugs: Mon - I'm sure that he is still pining for you love,.the new wealthy chick is probably old and butt ugly! Alli - In my - many years out of uni state - I forget- is a merit better than a pass????? If so,...woo hoo DrJB!!!! Does that mean that he is a GP or is he going on to specialise? Hi Munchkin, Amanda, Beany, Lottiesmum, Ellen, Anne and anyone else I have missed,..:wave:

Has anyone heard from Jessie? I hope she is ok,.....

Have a great day everyone,..

lottiesmum

30-05-2007, 08:07

big :hugs: to all those in blah land...

i'm :smiliedance: because DS went to sleep at 630pm, woke for about 15mins at 2.30am and SELF SETTLED...he had a chat to himself and went back to sleep until 6am. Happy days. and DD has been TT without any accidents for weeks and now is waking at night to go to the loo. ahem, well, she calls out to me to take her to the loo...but very happy about this.

:D

missie_mack

30-05-2007, 09:02

DS is sick again :thumbsdown: Started with a runny nose at about 4 yesterday arvo and last night ended up with temps of about 40 and steam showers. So v tired- but no sleep for me I've got some real work stuff sent to me to follow up today on.

Happy Anniversary Uniquey- Sorry its belated :o . I don't envy the life of a service wife. It would be tough in general yet alone with kids. You must be a incredible woman to do what you do 24/7- just like our single mummys.

Jane- A night out on your own :eek: I'm embarrassed to say it has been so long I think I would be at a loss with myself unless there was lots of wine

Yay for Shed getting her Zapp. I seen one the other day while I was shopping and thought it was pretty spiffy looking.

Umm hi to everyone else. Heads a bit fuzzy with lack of sleep sorry :o

Beany

30-05-2007, 10:05

Awww poor blahy Jane :( I hope things (whatever they might be) are looking up. And sit on Scarlett. That'll show her who's boss!

Lottiesmum: I've been carrying Asher on the back a little bit more lately. Although, when we are out, I generally just leave him in his stroller. He's okay with that for X amount of time and after that he wants to stretch his legs. Even when I'm carrying him, he gets fussy and wants to be put down.

:no:

Where did that baby that just stayed put go? Oh yeah, I never had one of those ...

It's all going on my list for the next one: petite, quiet, still, polite, non-biting, and not too clever for it's own good.

He's got a few new tricks that are getting to me. Trick one: climbing up to standing using furniture, letting go and then taking a step back so he's out of reach of the piece of furniture. And then, here's the kitten-having moment, he free falls towards that bit of furniture :eek: Little sod! I mean it's okay if it's the couch but when it's the TV cabinet?!

Trick two: piling his toys up in his cot (he has a stuffed giraffe and a stuffed monkey in there) and then STANDING ON TOP OF THEM AND LEANING FORWARD! Okay, that's only happened once. I yelped so loudly that even his grandchildren have been warned off trying that little number out. For now.

Oh and the next one had better be toilet trained by the time it's on solids. Oh Lordy the poos these days :eek: Maybe I should hire him out as a paint stripper.

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 14:02

Alli - In my - many years out of uni state - I forget- is a merit better than a pass????? If so,...woo hoo DrJB!!!! Does that mean that he is a GP or is he going on to specialise?

Nah, this isn't uni. That was years ago! It makes me sick to think about it, but he did school, then six years of medical school, then an extra year to get an extra degree, then five years of specialising in anaesthetics, so at the end of next year he'll finally, finally, finally be an anaesthetist (aka the labouring mummy's best friend). You used to be able to be a GP once you finished med school, but now you need to specialise for four years to be a properly trained one.

So know what you mean about the power struggle. Am still encountering this on a daily basis with Ivy. It sounds awful, but I've found with her that she gets in a 'mood' and needs to be broken. Three minutes in the naughty corner ususally works for us. By the time she comes out, her mood can have completely changed around. Or it stays the same. Sigh. The other thing I've found at the moment is that after my voice reaches a certain level of nagging, she just switches off. I've been having to make sure I get her to do things/listen to me before it reaches that stage. Another thing I've worked out is that I need to operate using her 'currency'. Sometimes there is no naughty corner available (such as, at the moment, she's going through another bout of car seat refusal). She's usually got a toy, or some kind of treasure about her person, so I've been using this. As in, 'Get in the car seat now, or the hair clip stays in the car park and we drive off!'. Sounds mean again, but it works a treat. You have to be willing to leave the thing behind, though! I've only ever needed to start the car up with her unsecured before she's scuttled into her seat waiting to be done up...

Little monsters! :laughing: :rolleyes:

missie_mack

30-05-2007, 16:34

MountainGirl

30-05-2007, 17:18

littlepickle

30-05-2007, 19:03

Woo hoo Drjb.... that is unreal!

The compromise thing doesnt work with scarlett,...for example,....she hates having her hair washed..so after a massive tantrum tonight, I said to her "Either you have your hair washed or I will cut it all off!",...her response "I GO GET THE SCISSIES MUMMY!!!!!!!!",......:rolleyes: the naughty corner/chair/room/laundry/back shed also does not work as she either finds a way to escape, or when she is "let free' shouts "Sowwy mummy" as she tears past me! God! She is 2.5,..and at preschool has a cliique of 6yr olds who brush her hair for her, tie her shoes and open her drink bottle!!!! When I pick her up in the afternoon, she hugs them all, kisses their cheeks and waves over her shoulders, calling "Bye,..love you all!",.... MENTAL!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS 2!!!!!!

Wow Jane, Scarlett sounds like a real character, and at least she knows her own mind, so she will never be pushed around by anyone. Sounds so cute! The scissors thing reminded me of something that I did when I was at playgroup (back when I was a baby) I wanted a bickie but wasnt allowed to have one until I had finished my milk. The lady in charge said "you are nt having a biscuit until that cup is empty" to which, I promptly upended my cup and said, "my cups empty now, casn I have a bickie" My mum loves telling people that story

I would love to have a 4 week holiday right now, that sounds heavenly SO:yes: green with envy here too :-) Paris does nothing for me though, I didnt like it at all. I did love Rome, now that was more my idea of a romantic city *pardon the pun* BUT, oooh 4 weeks holiday! :yes:

Tash, so glad the wdding went well. Its a shame about the rain though. Looking forward to seeing the photos!

Monique: Hows the lollies going? Have you managed to get through your stash yet? Yup, I def see a trip to Hendra on the horizon! I want lollies too! *stomps foot*

Beany: Yay for Asher! Well I cn kind of see where Asher gets his clever genes from!

Alli: Loved your currency bargaining idea! I wonder how long before I am going to have to implement something like that. E has started doing the tantrum thing already:eek:

cheekypossum

30-05-2007, 19:06

littlepickle

30-05-2007, 19:07

Is it just the girls that do this control struggle thing?? :confused:
I hate to think what things will be like once the real hormones come out with their AFs in 10 or so years.... Does the "I'm telling your Father.." still work?? lol

Oh no! I am dreading all that! DH reckons he is going to have his work cut out when that time comes as he will have another person sending him out at all hours to buy chocolate. Thats apparently when they turn into teenmonsters though isnt it; when the hormones kick in! Oh gaaawd.. nope not looking forward to that, and the constant worrying that will accompany it:rolleyes:

cheekypossum

30-05-2007, 19:08

I wanted a bickie but wasnt allowed to have one until I had finished my milk. The lady in charge said "you are nt having a biscuit until that cup is empty" to which, I promptly upended my cup and said, "my cups empty now, casn I have a bickie" My mum loves telling people that story

Iek:

:laughing: How funny

MZmama

30-05-2007, 19:10

i cant beleive what i have to look forward too! :rolleyes:

littlepickle

30-05-2007, 19:12

:hugs: to everyone with the blahs and big :hugs: to all the sick bubbas....no good.

To all the 2nd/3rd etc mummies.....will I ever get my brain back? I am so sick of forgetting things, putting things in places and not remembering.

I am putting oil in the wrong cupboard, cheesecake in the microwave, onions in the freezer.

:banghead:

Last week I couldnt find the milk in the fridge, after telling dh off for drinking it all, I found it in the cupboard next to the coco pops. I had left it there!

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 19:19

OMG. I thought I wanted to watch the movie 28 Days Later.

I was wrong.

The mummy hormones are still strong in this one. There are dead babies in that movie! And they kill kids with baseball bats!

I could only eat two pieces of Lindt caramel crunch before I felt SO SICK I had to stop.

And that's saying something.

Have left the uncaring man of the house watching the movie and I am off for a shower... :laughing:

cheekypossum

30-05-2007, 19:28

Wedding Photos (http://www.slide.com/r/pHlS-X6xzD_XQQJdZhJQpwHC-g3qFpPl?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url)

Thought I would put some up for you all to have a look.

enjoy

cheekypossum

30-05-2007, 19:31

:smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance:

Yay the link thingy worked

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 19:33

Tash, you look gorgeous! Love the new hair colour. And I adore the bride's gerberas. Love a gal who has a bit of gerbera colour in her wedding! Sounds like everyone had a great time. I wish we had some weddings to go to soon, but I think all my friends are married off now. Just a few left to go, but if I want to see a wedding anytime soon, I'll have to find them partners first! :laughing:

Oh, man. More killing going on in the background.

Bleh :barf:

littlepickle

30-05-2007, 21:57

Tash - the photos are great, you look lovely, so does Chloe. I love the one where she is sucking her thumb. Chloe is defnitely your "mini me":D

Alli, you poor thing! I dont think I could stomach anything like that either, I am almost in tears watching stories that have happy endings these days. I must be overly hormonal at the moment. You know that baby that was abandoned byt her mother on mothers day, well I was listening to the news where they were saying that an old man had offered to buy the mother a $300000 house if she came forward as he wanted them to have a chance to be a family:crying: I was in bits! I never used to be this emotional! What has happened to me?

Munchkin, guess what! E's top tooth came through this morning, I didnt even notice until Saturday that there were top teeth imminent:eek: Unfortunately she is feeling a bit sorry for herself as she also has a runny nose. Does anyone know if this is a teething symptom erm.. the runny nose that is!

E has her very first day at childcare tomorrow. I am not at the office yet but wanted to start her off with one day per week to see how she goes before I actualy have to go into the office. That way I am close at hand if she needs me. SO anyway, tonight I have been getting her bag ready, and I just feel really blah. I feel so bad for sending her to childcare tomorrow, I just dont know if I am doing the right thing. I know its only one day and maybe it will get easier but, what if she thinks that I have abandoned her! I know this probably sounds silly, but I cant stop thinking that and feeling even more blah as a consequence

Beany

30-05-2007, 22:13

From Jessi (she wanted me to pass this on so I'm not talking out of turn here :) )

Please let the girls know that We are fine here. We endured 48hrs of interegations by DOCS but the case was pretty much dismissed due to the lack of truth to the allegations.

[...]

Elsha is ok, a little sick atm with a cold. She now has 2 teeth and is walking completely fine on her own.
I have made a handful of new friends and they all have little girls roughly the same age as her, so we are getting out alot more.

Nat and I are doing pretty good. Still a few hiccups here and there but are doing better than we ever have!

Hugs to everyone in the August thread... maybe one day I will feel safe coming back to post in there!

Keep well, Jess. :hugs:

missie_mack

30-05-2007, 22:18

Oh what a terrible turn of events for all of them. I hope this makes them a much stronger family. It would be awful not knowing who to trust....

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 22:20

Yikes. Good to hear everything is going well, though.

Still up here. Stupid movie. Stupid me for thinking I could watch that kind of movie. Don't know if it's my job, but my imagination can get the better of me. I saw The Sixth Sense at a 9.30pm session way back when and I couldn't sleep for three nights. I should know better by now.

Have taken half a dose of a sleeping tablet, so hopefully it will kick in soon... :sleeping: I may still be here slumped over the keyboard in the morning. Don't know as have never taken sleeping tablets before!

:sleeping:

Beany

30-05-2007, 22:42

I spent the day trekking around trying to get enrolled for uni. They sent me out a form that I had to get signed by the postgraduate coordinator so I had to pack the baby into his stroller, get up there by bus and get the thing signed. The office that sent me the form was literally across the road from the woman that needed to sign it ...

It's utter idiocy like this that makes me wonder whether the people running the uni have ever actually been to the uni.

Oh and no, they couldn't just let me enrol there and then. I have to go in again in July when the moon in in its correct phase or something.

Utter madness.

Never mind, I went and sat in the Quad for a little while, let Asher walk around on the perfect grass that had obviously not been observing any drought restrictions. And he even went for a crawl on it! I think I'm weaning him onto the great outdoors after all! Oh it was hilarious the things the girls sitting behind me were saying ... see apparently labour doesn't hurt anymore, it's been evolved out of us. And babies don't really need milk, it's some conspiracy (by the government/Dairy Farmers/Karl Marx?) and babies can happily eat normal foods from the day they are born. Oh and just so you all know, according to these light bulb geniuses, our 9 month olds are utterly behind schedule. They should be able to feed themselves with knives and forks now.

Savour that image. Asher with a fork ... :eek:

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 22:47

Ha ha. Yes, that sounds like uni all right. After hearing that am glad I didn't go back this year after all!

What are you signing up for, Beany? Don't forget to ask if they have a Chocolate Appreciation Society. I think that's the main reason I went to uni at all!

Uniquey

30-05-2007, 22:53

Phew...finally caught up...

Jane In a few years time it will be our go to turn to you when we have head-strong little girls/boys. Gotta say I did find it cute and funny what you wrote.. but I'm sure you don't want to know that:p

Missie_Mack :hugs: Thank you for your lovely words, nearly brought a tear to my eye. I think it must be blah time in this little thread of ours, we're all feeling emotional of late for one reason or another.

Rach When I complain about my weight, give me a smack on the hand, as the lollies are going down a treat:thumbsup: BIG HUGS to you and Miss E for tomorrow, I know you'll be feeling argh, but she will be fine:yes:
p.s/ Loved the story about you as a ickle pickle, sooo cute..

Tash Awww, how gorgeous are the pics. That pink against your beautiful olive skin, just devine!

Beany So glad to hear Jessie checked in, as I'm sure we've all been wondering how they've been going of late. Asher is an absolute hoot! Nothing like keeping Mummy on her toes!

Alli How's the sleeper going? Feeling zzzzzz coming on yet? I have needed them here, I'm a shocking sleeper at the best of times and just can't seem to get much shut eye here.

Uniquey

30-05-2007, 22:59

Oh it was hilarious the things the girls sitting behind me were saying ... see apparently labour doesn't hurt anymore, it's been evolved out of us. And babies don't really need milk, it's some conspiracy (by the government/Dairy Farmers/Karl Marx?) and babies can happily eat normal foods from the day they are born. Oh and just so you all know, according to these light bulb geniuses, our 9 month olds are utterly behind schedule. They should be able to feed themselves with knives and forks now.

Savour that image. Asher with a fork ...

Ummm, ahem, obviously they were not signing up for Rocket Science:confused: :eek:

mum_I'm_hungry

30-05-2007, 23:02

Think I may need a trip out to ye olde Warehouse, Monique!

Have a great dry mouth and am sleepy, so better head off to bed, I guess.

Wish me luck!

:fingerscrossed: :sleeping: :fingerscrossed:

Beany

30-05-2007, 23:25

Alli: For some bizarre reason, I'm actually signing up for a Renaissance poetry class. Actually, the reasons aren't bizarre. I like the class coordinator - he's the one that gave me that HD :D Also, poetry classes are a cinch!. Rather than reading 900 page tomes every week, it's usually just a few pages :yelclap:

See what uni has taught me? The art of the bludge!

Monique: obviously not ... perhaps rocket surgery? :laughing:

Uniquey

30-05-2007, 23:37

Think I may need a trip out to ye olde Warehouse, Monique!

Have a great dry mouth and am sleepy, so better head off to bed, I guess.

Wish me luck!

:sleeping: :fingerscrossed:

You're welcome to come along, but I warn you.. you'll be like a kid in a candy store *pardon the pun*!

:sleeping: Alli: :wizard: sending you my sleepy vibes! P.s/ dry mouth normal from sleepers

MountainGirl

31-05-2007, 05:01

It is 6:00,..dark,..and we are up! Well,.Scarlett is still asleep,..but Jasper is laughing at something down on his rug,.......ggrrrrrrr!!!!

Rach:hugs: I hope everything goes ok today,...just trust your gut instinct when it comes to leaving her,..xxxx

Beany - oooohhh Poetry,.. I signed up for Gothic Literature in my third year,...that was hard going! But as I was studying American Contemporary Art I was used to hard going! Yay to Ash sitting on that perfect grass,.. I actually had my lunch there on day 1,.I had no idea that it was 'sacred ground'!

Mon - that is the problem,..everyone laughs at her,......she thinks she is terribly funny,......oh well,....she can be brilliant fun most of the time!

Jess - if you are reading this,.:hugs: Glad to hear that you are doing well,... are you sure that it was a bubub person who started all this?

Have a lovely day everyone,.... :wave:

shed

31-05-2007, 08:18

See what uni has taught me? The art of the bludge!

Thats what I learnt in the Army Reserve. Bludging. We used to call it "Ghosting". Basically its looking as busy as possible (while doing the least amount possible of course) so you always look like you are already right in the middle of something if any of your instructors happen to come looking for people who aren't busy so they can get them to go and do some actual work.

If you are 'on parade' and therefore can't Ghost, its very important to avoid eye contact while they are selecting people to do jobs. Humans are naturally attracted to looking other humans in the eye, so they will always look at those people first, so they are the suckers that get picked.

As you can see, I learnt a lot of valuable things in my five years in the Army Reserve, ha ha.

We are going to take the quinny for a spin today. Just up to the shops. To buy Baden a knife and fork...:p

And good on you for going back to uni Beany!! :yelclap:

I think my uni days are over, but you never know. If I do go back I will go back to actual classes. I can't do it on my own. There's a course I want to do at TAFE first anyway.

Good to hear from Jessi. I doubt that it was one of us lot that caused the problem but I don't know all the details. Glad they are all okay.

biscotti

31-05-2007, 08:58

Good to hear from Jessi. I doubt that it was one of us lot that caused the problem but I don't know all the details. Glad they are all okay.

I don't think it was an August mummy either, this is a pretty supportive group :wave:

Well I'm over the Paris thing :laughing: I'm not sure whether it was the Paris bit (which to me means Europe and I love Europe), or the 4 weeks...or the without children bit that got to me :laughing: ...but I sounded like a spoilt brat, so sorry about that very self indulgent post back there. And thanks Uniquey :yes:
I have a wonderful life and lifestyle so who needs Paris ..............for four weeks...............without children.......................................... .....*sigh* hahaha

Belated congrats to Dr JB and congrats to Mrs dr JB on getting your family life back!! Been there so know what it's like!!

Tash - you gorgeous young thing you!!

Beany - love the class choice (and the reasoning behind it hahaha). Good luck with it and enjoy it. My uni days are over...I have half a Masters sitting around here *somewhere* but I seriously cannot be bothered plus..I seem to have a serious lack of spare time!

Mrs P - how are you feeling today..hugs

Jane - Scarlett has personality plus!! My Miss 7 was exactly the same (she has mellowed now though!)

I haven't caught up on posts though...off to read,

Noosamum XX

mumstar

31-05-2007, 08:59

hi all

well we have have an awesome week so far.... not!!!

aiden cracked his eye open on the corner of the kitchen counter bench... he was running full speed ahead and looked up at the last second... he has split his eye open just under the eyebrow on the corner, given himself a massive black eye... his whole eyelid is bruised... thank god he didn't need stitches they just glued it back together!

then i had Noah in day care while i was getting aidens eye looked at and they rang me to come and get Noah asap as he had just fallen over and given himself a big egg on his head from where he cracked it on the toy shelf.... omg what is it with my boys and hitting them self on the head!

we are off to playgroup today... i hope nobody looks at me weird because both my boys have munted up heads this week hehehe

my friend Emma had her baby though and he is the most beautiful boy i have seen in a long time (not including all our little bundles of joy) i went around to spend some time with her the other day and i bathed him, dressed him feed him (she cant breastfeed he is on the bottle) and realised i wasn't clucky at all just happy for her and happy i can help! i also was such a nice person i help clean her house and do her dishes etc so she could get some rest... i know how much i appreciated that stuff being done when i had mine!!!

well better go and get my boofheads dressed and ready to go!

love to all

tegan
xoxoxox

mumstar

31-05-2007, 09:00

hi noosa

u and me just posted at the same time! hehehe

biscotti

31-05-2007, 09:02

Sydney girls- are you meeting today?? Have a wonderful time :)

biscotti

31-05-2007, 09:02

Hi mumstar :) :wave:

MZmama

31-05-2007, 09:03

:wave:

Beany - who are these people kidding, surely thats not their honest views! hahaha.. good luck to them when they have babies then! and congrats on going to uni..

shed - ghosting sounds good! haha.. i used to do it at work, got busted a few times tho, i needed more practice

tash - beautiful photos.. i would love to be in a wedding, hopefully some of friends start getting married - or of course i have my own, need to have an engagement party first!!! :D

Jessi - if u are reading, it was so good to hear everything is ok, i hope you join us again soon.. congrats on elsha's walking! :yelclap:

enjoy ur day gals

biscotti

31-05-2007, 09:04

Mumstar - what did your friend call her baby boy?? I am collecting boys names at the moment :)

mumstar

31-05-2007, 09:07

she called him jaxon james!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 09:12

I like it :) oooh "JJ" !!
Miss 7 was only saying today how come her name couldn't be JJ or TJ or CJ (she has a new friend whose name is Charli-Jane and they call her CJ).
Miss 7 is :yes: << green with envy :laughing:

missie_mack

31-05-2007, 09:46

I have a JJ too.... not that we call him anything like that. My brother is a AJ. He desperately wanted to be called that and it just never caught on :laughing:

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 09:47

:laughing: I'm an AJ. I know I'm in trouble when someone in my family calls me 'Allison'!

Renaissance Poetry sounds pretty good, Beany! My fave bludge subject was Russian Fairy tales. That one used to freak some non artsy members of the family out, let me tell you!

Finally got to sleep at 2am. Bleh. Stupid movie. And I only watched half an hour of it!

Beany

31-05-2007, 10:25

I'm expecting there to be a lot of sonnets. I'll throw the words "patriarchal" and "Petrachan" around a bit and make grand allusions to some sort of moral crisis happening at the time (there's always something!) and that's it! My final essay done! :D

Thank god I'm past the formal sit-down exams stage of education, though. I hated those. I hated their very existence - it was silly! I mean, sure, if you're training to be a doctor or a bomb technician or something, you'd need the answers up your sleeve right away. Fair enough. But for English? What sort of crisis could there be where I would need to instantly demonstrate the gender disparities and power plays in Much Ado About Nothing?

A lot of my essays were about gender, by the way. Another bludge :D

Talking of Shakespeare, if I recall correctly, Miss 7 will be very happy with her name when she's older, Noos. It's lovely! Although I hope she won't be collecting pounds of flesh :eek:

On a different note, I turned the seat of the Boo around yesterday so Asher was facing the world instead of me. It's really funny ... it made me feel all grown up!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:35

Talking of Shakespeare, if I recall correctly, Miss 7 will be very happy with her name when she's older, Noos. It's lovely!

You must have a great memory Beany, I don't even remember posting her name!! (scrambled eggs for brains these days though!!!). Do you know DS's name - not shakespeare though...

ETA - Hits hand on forehead - I know how you know!!!! Sudden brain flash (had to hold on to the furniture for a sec )

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:36

Although I hope she won't be collecting pounds of flesh :eek:

:laughing:

Beany

31-05-2007, 10:40

I don't know his name. My psychic guides won't tell me ...

:p

The only reason I remember her name is because your username used to be [hername]'smum and it's always been one of my favourite names.

ETA: give me some hints on his name and I'll guess!

mama anne

31-05-2007, 10:41

***NEWS FLASH***

Shakespearean Aliens have invaded Earth, basing their attacks on the Sydney CBD. Australian Army officials are baffled at the aliens demands for the gender disparities in Much Ado About Nothing to be explained, otherwise the CBD region (especially scenic Darling Harbour) will be devastated within the hour. The alien spokesperson, Claudio, also expressed that unless one human will elaborate on the significant power plays within the plot of MAAN then the Shakespearean aliens will also be demanding a pound of flesh (or Bonds stripey suit) from all first-born Australian males.

Beany

31-05-2007, 10:45

Ah I'd just tell them to bog off (verily).

(Forsooth) it's well known that Shakespeare wrote nothin' (prithee) as he was nothing more than a grains merchant.

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:45

The only reason I remember her name is because your username used to be [hername]'smum and it's always been one of my favourite names.

Yes, :yes: I had a sudden brain flash as to how you would know!!

Ok - DS's name .......ok....hmmm english lit, early 1800's......

Beany

31-05-2007, 10:47

Darcy?

mama anne

31-05-2007, 10:48

noos - darcy ..... wickham ..... mr collins!!!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:50

:yes: Well that was too blxxdy easy wasn't it :p

But we chose his name loooong before the BBc series made it popular !!!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:50

Mr Collins :laughing: :laughing:

Beany

31-05-2007, 10:52

Oh I had had a bit of an obsession with Mr Darcy (and his family home :D ) before Colin Firth came along.

mama anne

31-05-2007, 10:54

:D ahhhhh i knew it was mr collins!!!

but darcy would have been better :p

ahhh mr darcy. the austen one, and the bbc one ..... DEFINATELY not the keira knightley movie one.

missie_mack

31-05-2007, 10:56

Weren't they all names William or John back then?? lol

OMG Im going mad today. I have this being clinging to my leg going "nerrrnaaahhh ....uuuummmmiiieeeee" "eeeeeeee ahhhhhhhhh erm" If I pick him up he does it louder. If I talk to him he ignores me. If I walk away he follows me clinging to my leg. It is driving me mad....

I would like to get a refund. I really think this one is broken. Unfortunately it has grown to the point I cannot return him to his place of purchase.... even if I wanted to (which I don't) Can I just exchange or get a credit note?? :p

biscotti

31-05-2007, 10:58

Oh I had had a bit of an obsession with Mr Darcy (and his family home :D ) before Colin Firth came along.

Oh me too! I just fell in love with the whole Mr Darcy thing in high school, it was always going to be my son's name .

ahhh mr darcy. the austen one, and the bbc one ..... DEFINATELY not the keira knightley movie one.

No, no, no that was very disappointing, I just didn't get him as Darcy, I tried, I did but no, no, no!!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 11:00

I would like to get a refund. I really think this one is broken. Unfortunately it has grown to the point I cannot return him to his place of purchase.... even if I wanted to (which I don't) Can I just exchange or get a credit note??

Hmmmm - contact consumer affairs maybe :D

Beany

31-05-2007, 11:09

I boycotted that Keira Knightley affair.

She wasn't Elizabeth. And he was certainly no Mr Darcy.

Ellen: mine is suffering the same malfunction. I hear they do that just as the warranty period expires.

biscotti

31-05-2007, 11:17

I boycotted that Keira Knightley affair.

She wasn't Elizabeth. And he was certainly no Mr Darcy.

None of them were right....I didn't go to see it at the movies, because I just knew I would hate it and then a well meaning family member bought the DVD for me as a present thinking I would love it and as they were staying with us at the time, we watched it that night. :banghead:

Oh dear.

Ok - gotta go, have a lovely lovely day girls :wave:

Check on that warranty girls - did you go for the extended warranty or just the regular one ;)

Mrs Potts

31-05-2007, 11:51

Don't you know that you ALWAYS go for the extended warranty? I figure that's why my model has behaved faultlessly up until this point. I fear that when hers is up after 5 years i could be in for all sorts of grief. It's certainly what happened with the earlier model that I have :banghead:;)

Noosa - love little Mr's name. You do have me curious as to Miss 7's name though... No doubt, it's gorgeous too.

Anyway, I've just waded through all the posts of the last couple of days and that's about all I can remember. Except how gorgeous Tash looked in that stunning dress!

and Uni - could never come to that myself. Actually, never even managed to graduate from Year 12 here :o Have done a few things at TAFE though, and won't rule out more of that. Uni seems too much like hard work for me though.

OK, must run. Will be back later to see what you've all been up to today.

mumstar

31-05-2007, 12:47

what kids come with warranty's???? i have been jipped!

Beany

31-05-2007, 12:50

I think mine ate his ...

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 13:22

Damn. It was Darcy! I was hoping for Uriah Heap! :laughing:

Beany

31-05-2007, 13:24

But then she'd have to pluck his eyelashes! :eek:

amandaw

31-05-2007, 15:00

woosh....straight over the head with all of the Shakespere and Jane Austin.....I was much more of a murder mystery girl!

Last week I couldnt find the milk in the fridge, after telling dh off for drinking it all, I found it in the cupboard next to the coco pops. I had left it there!

I swear I'm going nuts too.....Last week I was actually starting to think that my brain had returned, then this afternoon, I upended my bag on my desk, searched frantically through all of the cr*p, searched my desk drawer, under my desk, went into mad panic looking for my car keys......only to remember that I'd given them to Mum this morning (as she'd left her key at her place) and that I hadn't even driven to school today (DH had a day of supply so dropped me on his way through!)......... :idea: helllooooo....anyone home??

Alli, you poor thing! I dont think I could stomach anything like that either, I am almost in tears watching stories that have happy endings these days. I must be overly hormonal at the moment. You know that baby that was abandoned byt her mother on mothers day, I was in bits! I never used to be this emotional! What has happened to me?

Me too - I felt physically ill last week watching a CSI (WARNING - don't read on if you don't want to - the parents of a young child purposely left him in his carseat in the closed car, because they didn't want him to suffer through some rare genetic illness that his sister had died a painful death of.....and the autospy tests come back that he didn't even have it..... I was devasted :crying:

And congrats on the teeth Miss E - Hoep she loved the daycare LP - she's been such a social butterfly between the gym crech and Mummasandbubbas by the sound of it LP, so I'm sure that while she may have missed you, she would have enjoyed her time today

hi all
we are off to playgroup today... i hope nobody looks at me weird because both my boys have munted up heads this week hehehe

I was speaking to another 1st time mum at school today (one of the teachers) and she actually got all the weird looks yesterday - her DS was very overtired at her mothers group yesterday - took him for a walk which still didn't settle him, so took him for a drive. When she came back, he was warm so she took his shirt off, and got all these wary looks from the other mothers...took her a second to realise why, then realised that they all thought that his ecxma (sp...no brain, sorry)- (which runs up the back in the shape of three fingers) was the result of her taking him for a 'drive' and physically dealing with him :eek: :eek: she was soooo embarrassed and they all said that that wasn't what they were thinking, but now she's desperately hoping that it doesn't clear up before next week, so that they can see that it really is excma!!! Poor her!

Hope all are well - very VERY tired at this end - a few very early starts this week!

Mrs Potts

31-05-2007, 15:11

Can I just say that it's not just mum's who's brains go walkabout? I was putting something in the fridge the other day only to discover Dough's payslip in there. What the??? I know he's been working hard lately, but really! LOL

LP - How did Miss E go today? More importantly, how did you you go? I hope it was reasonably stress free for you :hugs:

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 15:36

:thumbsdown: :( Boo hoo. My dream job (plotting for Neighbours) has just come up and I can't have it. Would so love to do it and they're actively looking for new writers to plot. Why can't all of the Neighbours move to Qld? Most of them end up moving here sooner or later!

littlepickle

31-05-2007, 16:22

Thanks Monique, Jane, Amandaw and Erica for asking about Elise's first day at childcare:hugs: It all went really well! I was really upset at the thought of leaving her but when we got to the childcare place and saw how happy she was at being there, I felt totally fine. I rang a few times to see how she was going but she was totally happy. She ate all of her food, had 2 daytime sleeps which is more than she does for me)
She also got to do some painting!! Its so cool, I now have in my posession E's very first painting aaaw :yelclap:
So all good for E! It was a slightly shakier start for me though, I got home from dropping E off and didnt know where to put myself, I was just "lost" so I decided to clean the house from top to bottom, then I went to the gym, did a cycling class followed by a personal training session, then went out for a coffee and had a manicure. All in all a good day, and I have to say that I feel almost human again Woohoo!!! I guess it was easier for us as E already goes to the creche at the gym 4 times per week for an hour

Noos, Love the name Darcy, in fact it was on our list of boys names before we found out we were having a girl

Like the "ghosting" story! Another good one is to always carry a pen and piece of paper around the office with you, you can look all busy and distracted whilst carrying said piece of paper and people will leave you alone ... thats what I do anyway :D

mumstar

31-05-2007, 16:55

well playgroup went really well today and no one was giving me second looks but were all very concerned that his aidens gets better soon... thank god Noah's bump had gone down on his head though!

my friend is coming around for dinner tonight and im cooking up a massive stir fry! im not really a rice fan but my mum got me onto this awesome pasta called risoni which is the same size and shape as rice so you can use it for all the things you use rice in! its also great for baby food... i have been making all my own stuff for Noah as he does not like anything out of the jar! not even the custards!!!

better get going aiden is playing with the dvd player and i can hear it blearing away in the other room!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 17:03

Like the "ghosting" story! Another good one is to always carry a pen and piece of paper around the office with you, you can look all busy and distracted whilst carrying said piece of paper and people will leave you alone ... thats what I do anyway

I used to do this too, and sometimes pause to jot a bit of scribble and look meaningfully into the distance - nobody would bother me....what a shame it doesn't work at home :rolleyes:

:yelclap: for E having a good day (and you too LP!!) :yelclap:

Mrs Potts

31-05-2007, 18:33

:yelclap: Yay for Elise having a great day!
:yelclap: Yay for Rach having a great day too!

Miss K is the same at daycare. She does sleep less than at home, but she just loves it!

Poor Alli! I guess that just means lucky for us you'll have to keep writing those wonderful books that I'm loving so much :D

I'm hungry. Craving pizza. Damn it!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 18:52

Alli - why can't you write for Neighbours from here (Qld that is) - these days with email, ph and web link ups, wouldn't it be easy...or did I miss something :)

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 19:03

Yay Elise for having a great first proper big girl daycare day! :smiliedance: Why is the little monsters always sleep better for other people? Teddy does that at family daycare every single time!

Mumstar, risoni is yumbo! Love it. Am still giving my mother grief for my b'day pressie, though -- a rice cooker. I am obviously OLD now. I can just imagine if she gave the same gift to my brother. Wouldn't that go down well... :rolleyes:

Nah, you can't plot for Neighbours from here. You have to be in Melbourne. Full stop. I know someone who's doing it at the moment and it sounds like such a laugh. You don't even actually write, you just storyboard the characters (as in, what's going to happen to them over a week) and the scripts go out to be written. The plotters just sit about throwing ideas at each other and drinking coffee all day. Sounds brilliant to me! I love messing with people's lives! :laughing:

Have had news on the mummy book I'm writing (non-fic.). It's been to acquisitions and it's come down to the line -- they're going over the costings at the moment to see whether they think it's a viable project. Gah! :fingerscrossed:

cheekypossum

31-05-2007, 19:11

Hi all

Was just poppin in to see how Rach and Elise went today....:yelclap: I see that a good day was had by both. I am sure she would be having too much fun to miss her mumma (in a good way of course), but you Rach, I could just imagine how lost you must of felt. And how cute to have her 1st painting.

:fingerscrossed: I have everything crossed for you Alli that the book gets the go ahead.

Thanks Rach, Alli, Erica, Emandmya, Noosa, Monique for you lovely comments about the photos I posted.

Hoping for a good night tonight. I have a sick little girl on my hands. She has just mainly had milk today, not interested in anything else. She has been extra clingy and feels awfully hot. Wish I could take it away from her.

Anyway off for a shower then hopefully bed. Was going to make a banana cake, but jsut can't be bothered now

Hope you are all well

shed

31-05-2007, 19:54

Well, that was a smashing success!! Love the Quinny, love love love it!!

And I FINALLY bought some new clothes. I went into Portmans and wandered around looking lost until one of the young girls rescued me. I found a nice dress and she helped me pick out a shirt and another top to go under it and then she went and picked out another skirt for me. They all mix and match as well, so that's four lovely new 'pieces' (as they say, LOL).

then I went and bought a pair of flat pointy shoes and some tights.

So I am very happy with myself. I wish Trinny and Susannah would come to my house. I am so frumpy and I can't seem to shop by myself FOR myself anymore. I don't know what has happened to me!

Noosamum, I vaguely remember you being called something else now that you've brought it up, but I can't remember what it was. My brain hurts trying to think of it. And I have often wondered what your gorgeous kids are called.

Littlepickle - yay for the successful day at daycare. I went from never being able to imagine leaving bubby, to biting the bullet and doing it and now I easily leave him there, he is quite happy to go and he always looks really contented when I pick him up. He's a quiet little bloke at the best of times but when he is there he smiles and laughs and chats away in his usual gurgle. So that's a great comfort to me. I feel very lucky in finding the lady we have got.

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 20:29

Poor Chloe. Hope she's feeling better soon. Ivy's got something new as well. Seriously, it never stops around here. We rarely have a well week. Can't wait till they're older and we're not hit with something every fortnight!

Mmm. Banana cake. I have to bake as well. I bought a Kugelhopf silicone pan. Nigella, here I come...!

Which Quinny did you buy, Shed? Buzz or Zapp? Colour?

shed

31-05-2007, 20:29

YAY, my brain isn't quite as fried as I thought, woop woop!!!

If I had had to guess it, I would have guessed that!!! It must have been sitting in there the whole time. What a relief.

Maybe its ALL coming back?????

Stoked!! :D

Alli: I bought a red Zapp!! Its awesome!!

biscotti

31-05-2007, 20:34

*poof* it's gone :wizard:

Noosamum XX

biscotti

31-05-2007, 20:36

Off to google a Kugelhopf silicone pan :confused: :D

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 20:46

Hey, it ain't living without a Kugelhopf silicone pan! :laughing:

Beany

31-05-2007, 20:48

Yay for a great daycare day LP!

Yay for a great Zapp day Shed!

And clothing ... been a while since I got any of that stuff. Might wait for the sales and um and ah over things, decide they are too expensive and then spend the equivalent of a third world debt on a hat for Asher.

Talking of whom, I think he's trying to say his own name. He keeps saying "AD-her AD-her" and if I say "Asher" back, he laughs and bounces and says it again. When he woke up earlier, I changed him, brought him out into the living room and was telling him that daddy was home. He whipped his head around to look at Noodle's desk and then back to me as if to call me nuts. Oh the excitement when we discovered him in the kitchen :D

Poor sick Chloe. And Teddy. :( I hope they feel better soon and, especially in the case of Teddy, for much longer this time!

Beany

31-05-2007, 20:49

I had a silicone baking sheet. It was lovely. Noodle decided to make biscuits one day and cut through it.

Cut through it.

And then he tried to pass his idiocy off as a manufacturer fault.

:no:

shed

31-05-2007, 20:50

How weird is it that they understand us?

I say "where's the dogs?" and Baden looks out the window to where, sure enough, there are two dogs!

These babies, they're almost...HUMAN :eek:

mum_I'm_hungry

31-05-2007, 21:25

It's Teddy's turn in about two days, Beany. Right now it's Ivy who has it. Poor lamb woke up about an hour ago shivering and shaking, so we've had to dose her up. No daycare tomorrow by the looks of things.

Oh, meant to tell Noosamum, Snaidan's interview 12 June!

Scary!

Uniquey

31-05-2007, 21:38

I had a silicone baking sheet. It was lovely. Noodle decided to make biscuits one day and cut through it.

Cut through it.

And then he tried to pass his idiocy off as a manufacturer fault.

:no:

OMG too funny, that is exactly what happened in my household with a silicone sheet/pan, these mere males!

Uniquey

31-05-2007, 21:46

Noosamum I have a boy's name suggestion, 'Atticus'.
You have me intrigued about your Miss 7 DD's name now too:detective:

Rach What a wonderful result for all your worrying, and to get a painting to boot, gotta love that! You sound a lot more at peace with your decision after today, so that's great for you both.

Mumstar Boys will be boys..poor little fellows:hugs:

Alli I have a suggestion, start up your own soapie to rival Neighbours. You could always draw inspiration from a certain nemesis:p just don't go down the 'Chances':laughing: route!

MountainGirl

01-06-2007, 04:59

poor little sick Ivy,..:hugs:

Yay little Elise!:smiliedance:

Kugelhopf,.... cant stand the stuff... my MIL, being the good german jew that she is, makes it for EVERY occasion,...and it does my head n! It arrives,...filled to the brim with guilt, bitterness and resentment,...and consequently, is dry and horrible!:barf:

Noos,.... Darcy is a spunky name! We are tossing up (for our yet to be conceived sprog) with Wren for a boy and Willow for a girl,... the funny thing is, that since we have agreed to TTC, we have stayed as far away from each other as possible! I swear that Mike even gave me a goodbye handshake this morning!!:laughing:

mum_I'm_hungry

01-06-2007, 06:04

:laughing: You can make any kind of cake in the ol' Kugelhopf, Jane! Know what you mean about MILs, though. Mine comes from European stock and makes these amazing gateaux. Not exactly made with love, however...!

I saw a name I liked the other day. I was reading Stephen King's autobiography and he had an uncle named Oren. I quite liked that. I think I'd vaguely heard of it before, but have never met anyone named Oren. Or how about Elliot or Guy? :yes: For girls, I like Jemima, Eliza, Eve... LOVE April and really wanted that, but it was a no go.

MountainGirl

01-06-2007, 06:12

:laughing: :laughing: and heres me thinking that kugelhupf (or bloody hoogleboogle, as we call it!) was the dried out doorstop that burdens our table!!!!

MZmama

01-06-2007, 07:59

Morning! :wave:

i tell ya - this separation anxiety is doing my head on.. i cant do everything one handed! although she has taken to doing laps around the house, thats when she isnt attached!

glad daycare went well LP!

beany - u have such a talented boy there! how cute, saying his name.. i wish i could see him do it!

poor sick bubs, I hope they feel better soon! there is heaps of bugs going around, our family has caught one - and i hope thats it cos a few of our friends have just come down with the 24hr gastro thats hit... i hope we come out best on this one.

Kugelhopf - please explain.. i'm lost!

all this trying ttc talk is getting me thinking! i really want three or so kids - but - how do u cope? how do u put one to sleep when the other is being noisy, how do u change one if the other has separation anxiety.. how do you leave the house... how do you keep them in line at the shopping mall.. how, how, how.. is it something that just happens and i should trust i will know how to cope - or how to handle it?! i think i will have more bubs regardless - but i am just a tad scared.

Mrs Potts

01-06-2007, 09:01

Morning all

I had a lovely sleep in this morning, yet Blah Blah Blah... just for something completely different :banghead:

Shed - glad the Zapp was a hit, and yay on the shopping! There's nothing quite like a successful shopping trip.

:hugs: for Chloe and Ivy, and some for Teddy too when he gets his dose :rolleyes:

Bugger - just looked at the time. We have to go out in about 15 minutes, yet Miss K is still asleep (2 hours now) and she needs a bottle before we go. Better go wake her.

cheekypossum

01-06-2007, 09:19

Emandmya, I think that is a question we all want answered, but I guess you just learn to deal with the situation, but I understand your anguish.

I am jealous all this talk of new clothes...ah well, my birthday is next month, will wait till then.

I agree that they are certainly becoming little people now. so exciting that they are starting to understand little things that we say.

Erica, I think you better hurry up :D

missie_mack

01-06-2007, 12:52

Tash- Ooh you should go and spoil yourself for your birthday!! Great photos BTW

Mrs Potts Hope today has since improved for you

Noosa- Been thinking of the boy name. I came up with Leo- but then I realised it was another rhymer :no: Will keep scratching thinking of your underlying theme

Emandmya- I imagine its all a learning curve just as it was when we had to go out the first time with bubba #1. But yes a bit scary. I'm hoping to have the first out of nappies before the second comes along :D

Shed- Oooh Trinny and Susannah Love em. The aussie versions just never cut it sadly.

Alli- Wasn't there a neighbours style thing in QLD Pacific Drive or summin?? :confused: Maybe you could do a reverse of Posie Graeme- Evans Shes the Bananas in Pyjamas/ Mcleods Daughters author who writes books as well. Has anyone else read any of her books??

I'm a bit jealous about the inlaws that cook. Mine cooks nothing not even with a dash of bitterness. She use to make armish muffins where you grow the yeast factor and cook half and grow another half. Had been around for years. Asked if I could share her friendship muffins and FIL cooked the whole mix while she was at work the next day :eek: God bless his cotton picking little socks... (I've trying to borrowing some of Munchkins Zen)
Inlaws bless em!

All that talk of baking has found me making a batch of scones. How very happy homemaker of me lol

cheekypossum

01-06-2007, 14:44

Tash- Ooh you should go and spoil yourself for your birthday!! Great photos BTW

All that talk of baking has found me making a batch of scones. How very happy homemaker of me lol

Thanks

:yes: I intend to spoil myself

YUMMO to the scones....I have never tried to make them...wll have to change that one day. I still have not made the banana cake. Too tired today. Plus have a lot on my mind

Very quiet in here today.

Mrs Potts

01-06-2007, 15:04

Well Miss K and I made it to our appt this morning on time. Have no idea how we managed that, however!

Squeezed in a nap this arvo before school pickup, but could easily head back to bed and stay there for the rest of the day/evening. Unfortunately I have children who expect to be fed and whatnot :rolleyes: <sigh>

It has been quiet in here today. Hope everyone has been enjoying themselves!

shed

01-06-2007, 15:44

Love the name Leo, when I saw that I thought "Yeah!!" but then, yeah, the rhyming thing. aww.

Wore me new duds to work today. Got complimented on my new skirt and this is what came out of my mouth

"yeah, thanks, its a size 10!".

I can't believe I said that. I am so gauche.:o

oh well.

DS whacked his mouth on the cot this morning while he was waiting for me to get ready. I rang the daycare lady at lunchtime to see if he was okay and she said he was fine and was enjoying his baby yoghurt. I was like "um, what?".

She had given him yoghurt!!

I don't want him to have that.

I told her I didn't want him to have that and she said "oh, okay, sorry. He loved it though". And I just said "yeah, um, I dont really want him to have dairy products yet".

Blardy hell. He has been getting little spots on his face for a while now and I have been going crazy trying to eliminate whatever it is from MY diet.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!

Anyway, DP picked him up this afternoon and he told the lady that I only wanted DS to have the food I sent.

Hopefully the message has got through this time.

MountainGirl

01-06-2007, 16:58

Stupid Day care lady,...

(that's all from me!....she says,.sitting on the couch in a size 10 tracksuit!!! Shed,.you dag!)

mum_I'm_hungry

01-06-2007, 17:41

Love Leo! Teddy was almost a Leo, but FIL's name is Lew, and we thought that might be a bit weird (especially as we don't exactly get on...).

Oops! One glass of wine and I'm tipsy. :o Needed it though as went to Ikea today, got home, assembled products and then had to go back to Ikea with all the broken stuff. This always happens to us. Hate Ikea, but end up buying it just so the kids can trash our furniture and I don't care. Got some new dining table chairs this week, however, that will remain with us forever, I think. They're EMECO chairs. Copies of the steel chairs that the US navy use on submarines, in prison etc.. So cool! And the kids can go for broke on them! :laughing:

Mrs Potts

01-06-2007, 18:08

Shed - just quickly re the spots on Baden's face, are they tiny white ones? Like little white head pimples? If they are, they're just milk spots, have nothing to do with what you're eating (bottle fed bubs get them too) and they will go away of their own accord.
Of course, if they're not that kind of spot I'll shut up now! :o

Bugger about the daycare lady again though :banghead:

Off to put on my size 16 jarmies. Ok so I'm really only a 10-12 but these were my preggy jarmies and they're sooo comfy... :rolleyes:

KapowSchazam

01-06-2007, 19:00

I told her I didn't want him to have that and she said "oh, okay, sorry. He loved it though". And I just said "yeah, um, I dont really want him to have dairy products yet".

Hopefully the message has got through this time.

Hi girls! Sorry to but in on your thread, but no-one's posting in mine and I'm a little bored ATM :rolleyes:

Just want to say to you Shed :hugs: I would have driven straight over there and bopped her one, fair on the nose! I don't understand how someone could give someone else's child different food to what their mum has packed :confused: How could she think that this is ok? What if he had some kind of known allergy or intollerance??? My XIL's ( :D been DYING to say that!) bought Bianca choccie Easter eggs this year (yes, she is a July bubber) BUT they know (or at least have been told on many occasions in no uncertain terms) that she is milk protein intolerant - she is not able to have ANYTHING that CONTAINS milk, soy or egg - regardless of whether I would have wanted her to have chocolate at nine months or not (personal choice I know, BUT it's the mum's choice all the same). It's just RUDE if you ask me...

Anyway, sorry for the intrusion, but this just really made me mad and I just HAD to comment...I'll head back to my little corner now!

MZmama

01-06-2007, 19:03

tashmusa/missie mack - thanks for the words of wisdom. i spose its like a labour thing, u dont know what ur in for until it comes, but everyone does it, and goes back for more!

to anyone elses bub with separation anxiety.. should i just try to put her down everynight, when she wakes up the second she hits the mattress should i just buckle and let her sleep with us cos this phase will pass.. OR.. should i be totally persistent for a couple of days, and it will teach her to stay in her room? letting her sleep with us is a quick fix for the problem now, i just dont want to create another problem that i will have to deal with - HELP, anyone????

oh, i thought it might've been cold in her room, but even with a heater she wont sleep.. could it be too quiet? cos she is passed out on the couch right now, seems quite content!

tashmusa - u should definately makes scones.. mmmm, and they are so easy to alter aswell, add spinach and ricotta, or just cheese, make chocolate ones - YUM

shed - i cant beleive they do that at childcare! dont we pay them an arm and a leg so they follow OUR instructions.. surely they cant do whatever they dam feel like with others kids.. thats what i am not looking forward to, hopefully i can find a job where i dont need it.

shed

01-06-2007, 19:04

LOL! Lil B and Mumma

Its hard because I really like her and I know she absolutely adores bubby, so I don't want to rock the boat too much, but I sort of told her after the pork incident but I obviously didn't stress it enough.

I got DP to pick him up and I told him to say something, which he did.

I hate feeling like an Over the Top first time mum, but at home we are so careful and next minute, he is being fed goodness knows what!

Mrs Potts - its red spots around the mouth, like when I drink too much cows milk or eat something too spicey. Thats why I couldn't figure it out, because I am so careful with what I eat (except for chocolate of course and if the kid hasn't built up a tolerance for that by now then i can't help him, heh)

KapowSchazam

01-06-2007, 19:20

but I sort of told her after the pork incident but I obviously didn't stress it enough.

OMG! PORK incident!!! :eek:

I won't even eat the stuff myself - BLEH!!!

(yes, I am a little bit of an OTT mumma too - more clingy than my bubba I've been told)

BUT - my gawd! Respect people! Respect! That's what it comes down to!

Like XMIL chewing food for her (other) grand-daughter then pulling it out of her mouth and stuffing it into Emily's mouth - SO THAT SHE WOULDN'T CHOKE!!! :barf:

Mash it my dear - FRIGGIN MASH IT!!!!

KapowSchazam

01-06-2007, 19:21

PORK...I just can't get over it...

shed

01-06-2007, 19:24

yeah, Pork.

I hadn't even fed him chicken flavoured baby food yet, and I don't eat pork myself.

I am still recovering from that. Dont make it worse, :laughing:

KapowSchazam

01-06-2007, 19:29

Sorry sweetie - I don't know how I'd feel (apart from :mad: obviously)

I just think it's sooo wrong - cos it's something that can't be undone!

WHY WHY WHY don't people understand that some people have a real opinion on what they want their bubs / children to be fed!?

I really hope that now she understands - but would it be worth taking the time to sit down with her and explain your reasoning behind it?

I'm Seventh Day Adventist, I've always thought that pork is a 'yukky' (for want of a better word) meat, but when I became SDA, I was even more sure about it!

I know I've probably offended others here about the feeding thing. If you do feed your bub pork/choc whatever you want, it's up to you not me. As long as you're happy with the decisions you have made regarding your own bub. But, it's just terrible IMO when someone takes your right to choose away from you...

mum_I'm_hungry

01-06-2007, 19:59

Have caught my dad feeding Teddy salt off potato chips, tomato sauce and also veges from a hot Thai curry. I'm kind of 'meh' about it now. I think I got that way after seeing Ivy suck on dirty wet mops, eat floor chips from under the table at Christmas and be fed a steady diet of absolute junk by her grannies ('She ate one green bean at dinner, of course she can have three bowls of ice-cream!'). I'm guessing it's not a respect thing with the daycare lady, though, Shed. If your gut feeling is that you like her and are comfortable with Baden being there, my take on it would be that she just doesn't get how you feel about the food thing. Hopefully now both you and your partner have said something it will hit home a bit.

I don't get the pork thing, though :confused: Maybe that's because I believe in eating anything that can't run away fast enough! :D

mumstar

01-06-2007, 20:13

hi all

we had a really nice day today... this morning we got up early to do our housework and stuff then headed to the markets for some lunch and a bit of a look around... it turned into a bit of nasty wet weather as the day went on so we came home and aiden noah and me all went for a sleep! i cant believe it happened all at the same time! we all slept for 4 hours as well... got up and troy got dinner and now we are taking it easy watching some football and chillin out...

im sorry to hear about all the sick little bubbies i hope they all get better really soon...

as for the food thing anything really that noah seems intresteded in we let him have a little taste to test the waters so to speak... he wont eat any jar food at all not even the custards so we usually mash up a bit of whatever the rest of us are having for our meals... it seems to work for us!

cheekypossum

01-06-2007, 20:14

Did the lady understand Shed? I know that you are really happy with her so I hope she is considerate with your decisions as a mum. What is it with people who think they have the right to feed you kids.

Erica, how did you make it to your appoinment on time???? :eek:

Emandmya - can't really help much with the seperation anxiety. I don't like to let Chloe cry so I would tend to just give in and cuddle bub if that is what she wants. But if you are worried about it, maybe just let her cry for a little and see what happens.....best of luck.

Monique - :laughing: :laughing: I have just been speaking to your lovely husband on MSN. I think he thought he was talking to you and I thought I was talking to you too. I was wondering why you were speaking "differently" then what you do. Then he mentioned emailing me the file that I requested and I was thinking WTH!!!! But we sorted it all out in the end.......am still giggling about it.

Oh Jane, watching a program on Monday that Mums and Bubs I think, the lady on there had a boy and girl....Scarlett (4) and Jasper (2)....how strange, wasnt' there also someone else on bub hub that had the same names..............WOOOOOO!!! BTW I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Willow

Well off to brush my teeth and go to bed

Night all

cheekypossum

01-06-2007, 20:15

I don't get the pork thing, though :confused: Maybe that's because I believe in eating anything that can't run away fast enough! :D

You dag Alli

:laughing: :laughing:

My second giggle for the night

MZmama

01-06-2007, 20:17

shed

01-06-2007, 20:24

DP eats so much takeaway and junk food and I know Baden will grow up eating KFC and maccas and god knows what and I have already decided that I won't freak out if someone gives him coke and that sort of thing (not now, but as he is growing up I mean), but I sort of wanted to be in control of his diet till he was 1 year old for some things and 2 years for others.

After that I will let the world have his gut, so to speak.

I am NOT one of those mothers who sends her kids to the movies with salad sandwiches or whatever. I only wanted 1 year for some things and 2 years for others. After that I don't care.

That's my take on it. That's why I feel a bit...um, funny...about it. Like I am losing control when I only wanted it for a short time anyway.

I just wonder what is the point of me busting my gut to express milk and wanting to keep breastfeeding for as long as possible and watching my own diet so nothing dicey goes into the milk if someone is feeding him bloody yoghurt and pork.

Anyway. I'm glad I am not being TOO over the top. I did think she had already got the message but I think I was a bit too easygoing about it last time because I didn't want to come across as being, well, you know, obsessive Mamazilla type.

Alli: the pork thing isn't really a pork thing, its a meat thing and I hadn't 'started' meat yet. It would have been a big step for me to give him a bit of chicken, so I felt like she had robbed me of a milestone. I think that's what it is anyway. oh who knows, lol! I don't eat pork but DP does and bubby will, just not yet.

mumstar

01-06-2007, 20:25

Off to put on my size 16 jarmies. Ok so I'm really only a 10-12 but these were my preggy jarmies and they're sooo comfy... :rolleyes:

that is exactly the same as me but i have always brought bigger pj's... u def need the room to move around when you toss and turn all night like i do... and the comfort amen sister!!!!!

mumstar

01-06-2007, 20:28

don't get me worng shed i was so like that when it was aiden! i was so careful and cautious and this time round i am just a little more relaxed... u need to do exactly what you want and not even worry about being ott because no matter how ott u r there is always someone who is more ott to make u look better hehehe

mum_I'm_hungry

01-06-2007, 20:42

Go the sleep, mumstar! :smiliedance:

Tash, scones can't run, can they?! :D I like making sweet potato scones. My grandma likes making the ones with the can of lemonde in them.

Gotcha on the meat thing, Shed. I had to keep reminding myself to slow down on things with Teddy. I kept giving him a lot of food before his time (because I'm used to a stonker of a 3.5 year old). He's still a big gaggy eater even now. Has only just started getting into vegemite on bread, sliced banana etc.. I am loving family daycare with Teddy. It's just so much better than all the daycare centres Ivy has been to (three over the years as we've moved a bit). The only downside is that it can't run rain, hail or shine. As in, her kids get sick and it's off, she goes on holidays and it's off etc.. I'm lucky I have a flexible job.

Emandmya, hmmm. Not sure what to tell you on picking up/not picking up. I know I'm much more relaxed about letting Teddy cry than I was the first time around. Like everything mummy, I say go with your gut. If your gut says she's tired and needs to cry it out, let her. If your gut says she needs a cuddle, give her that. I always reckon your mummy gut knows best! :thumbsup:

mumstar

01-06-2007, 21:08

Go the sleep, mumstar! :smiliedance:

i completly just read that wrong i thought you were telling me to go TO sleep i was like its only 8.15pm over here! hehehe

Beany

01-06-2007, 22:07

Shed: I sort of get annoyed when people give Asher food that he is allowed to eat (fruit, bread and so forth) without asking me first. It bugs me that they just assume that they can mess with his meal times like that.

Yes, yes, I'm a control freak :p

Alli: I have to say, with your eating habits, how come you don't look like the back end of a bus?

missie_mack

01-06-2007, 23:11

tashmusa - yeh i am the same, if she cries then i pick her up and cuddle her - i dont like to see her like that.. she used to sleep for a couple of hours on her own once put down - so i guess i am seeking help on how to get her to do that without putting up a fight!

i think it may be a question no-one knows the answer too.. i will persist with what i am doing and deal with it later - the end result is we need sleep, so however we get it i spose it doesnt really matter

Ok well my Mum believes (in her infinite Mummy wisdom :rolleyes: ) that babies should always sleep with a sheet or blanket (light or heavy depending on temps) around them when we nurse them to sleep. She believes it is a heat factor ie they wake up because they no longer feel our body warmth when we put them down. If DS is being a PIA with his sleep I do this and it tends to work but that's not very often. He tends to sleep like the living dead. Anywhere, anytime any noise- He gets that great talent from me :laughing: Anyhow might be worth a go..... kinda makes sense (not that I would admit that to her :D )

MountainGirl

02-06-2007, 04:33

Hey,..lottiesmum...if you are around? Some advice?! Jasper is waking up screaming for a feed every 2 hours atm,... when Harry did this the other week, what did you do?:no:

mum_I'm_hungry

02-06-2007, 06:48

Alli: I have to say, with your eating habits, how come you don't look like the back end of a bus?

I try to keep it to the mini-van look by going to the gym a lot :D . I used to be much bigger and don't ever want to go back there (not a vanity thing, a feeling awful thing), plus we have dodgy hearts in our family, so the gym is good for that, too. Am not small now by any means, but that's because of the gym/food balance :laughing:

OMG. Teddy just slept for 12 hours straight. Of course, could I enjoy it? No, of course not. I kept waking up thinking he'd stopped breathing or something.

I swear these boys pass the baton. It was only a week or so ago Teddy was waking up every few hours, Jane. I know it's probably naughty, but I just flick him a bottle. We'd do the control crying, but that wakes Ivy and it's all downhill from there...

MountainGirl

02-06-2007, 07:25

thats the same situ here Alli,..... he went though 5 bottles last night though!:eek: I wouldnt be too concerned about it,..only my parents are coming to stay in 6weeks time for a week while Mike and I go to NZ,..and I dont think that Mum could cope with being up all night,..:o maybe it is time to go to Tresillian,..:(

*munchkin*

02-06-2007, 07:38

Oh...just looking out the window and there's a lovely big fluffed up Kookaburra on the fence. Beautiful.

Possum-Killer is on the couch snoozing...phew.

Aaaaanyway....

Like XMIL chewing food for her (other) grand-daughter then pulling it out of her mouth and stuffing it into Emily's mouth - SO THAT SHE WOULDN'T CHOKE!!!
Is she a bird, or a human??

I don't get the pork thing, though Maybe that's because I believe in eating anything that can't run away fast enough!
:laughing: :laughing: I'm with you Alli! The country chick in me can't imagine not chowing on good slab of meat. Rowrr! (apologies to all vegos). Looks like I've bred a little carnivore too - anything with meat in it gets hoovered down.

Borrowed a Jolly Jumper off my sister and discovered I can vacuum the whole house while Em goes Jumpy jump jump jump. What a great invention!

Tash...those photos are beautiful. What a gorgeous bride, and spunky-monkey bridesmaid. You look stunning - lovely toned shoulders and olive skin.

MZmama

02-06-2007, 08:41

mumstar

02-06-2007, 09:11

oh i hate it when i write a really long reply and then lose it!!!

with Aiden we control cried him and it took about 2 days of fighting untill he got used to it and at the time it was the best thing we could ever do!

With noah as he is a bottle not a booby baby as soon as he was old enough to hold his own bottle he had that to go to sleep with. We never burse him for a feed now. We wait until he has finished it and then take the bottle out of the cot withour having to move him! That seems to be working for us. If he does wake during the night he usually just wants a top up and that takes about all of 40 secs to go and do so we aren't reallly missing out on a lot of sleep anyway!!

:laughing: :laughing: im glad to hear the possum killer is inside and the kookaburra is safe munchkin!

and yes def a huge thumbs up to the jolly jumper thing... we dont have a proper door frame here thats in a good spot where we can see him though so we brought noah a little jitterbuggy car... he sits in that and it bounces around and has a little steering wheel and indicators etc it also vibrates around as well... it has a little bottle holder (play petrol cap) and a stereo! i will try and get some photos it was the best thing we were ever given!!!

lottiesmum

02-06-2007, 09:51

hello...i'm baaack. yikes, what a month. been having one of those times when i wanted to move back to the city and get back into fulltime work, and put the kids into childcare (or sell them.....which we'd need to do to afford a house in sydney :rolleyes: ). anyway, sleep seems to put it into perspective....

Jane - we've (ahem, I've) been doing controlled crying with DS, well i dont personally think of it as that but its probably what it is. DS was snacking all night and it was out of control (9pm, 11pm, 2am, 5am) and was affecting me as i never got a break from the kids. so i cut out all feeding to sleep (including the last one at 630-7pm ish) and not feeding again until 4-5am. well - it was pretty hideous but it worked. he will now sleep until somewhere between 3-5am - feed then go back to sleep until 7am. I'm confident the night feeding thing was a comfort/habit issue not a hunger issue...the first 3 nights were horrendous and i reckon i averaged 2hrs sleep a night. if you want more details let me know and i can fill you in on what we did.

Tash - what beautiful photos of you and DD at the wedding!

emandmya - re: the more kids issue....i've found 2 much much harder than 1 for a whole lot of reasons...many of which you mentioned. yes all those things are tricky! i'd love a 3rd on an intellectual level (huh?!) but in all practicality i'm not sure i could cope...i have 2 years between my kids.

sorry...out of time...back soon...:wave: to all

shed

02-06-2007, 10:07

munchkin, how did you survive so long without a Jolly Jumper? My cousin asked if I was finished with ours yet and I said "No!". Gawd no.

He also has a jitterbug. I love all these inventions that keep them occupied so I can have a break from doing everything one-handed while carrying 10 kilos on one hip.

Latest thing is the walker. Loooooove it!!! Whats next on the list?

Baden wakes constantly through the night. We are now back in the marital bed (yes, both of us, lol), its been two nights now, and DP realises how often bubby wakes up. No wonder I am constantly grumpy and trying to palm him off to DP every chance I get. I'm TIRED. I have decided that he has until he is eleven months old before I start getting strict. So he has one more month. Then he will getting the dummy rather than the boob and will be ignored.

We will start it during the weekend so we can recover the next day. I have probably contributed to his bad habits and I can't imagine being quite so indulgent with the next child. I have spoiled him. I can't help it, but I do think eleven months is fair enough to start expecting him to sleep through. Especially since he is not hungry, its just whinge whinge suck suck suck zzzz zzz, over and over and over.

Whens the next Sydney meet? Sydney/ACT meet I mean!!

missie_mack

02-06-2007, 10:14

missie mack - i havent wrapped her since she was a month old she HATES it soo much.. and she also sleeps with no blankets, no sheets.. she just will not sleep longer than an hr if she has something on her, she moves too much in her sleep, and i think the blankets restrict her and she wakes - she also hates sleeping bags - i have one fussy bubba here...

Nah not wrapping... I couldn't even swaddle James as a newborn all he would do was make extra effort to fight against it. Wigglying his little fingers with such determination until they were free he would never sleep :rolleyes: He gets that one from my Gram lol

Umm sorry back on topic :ecomcity: Just like a cot sheet under herand between you and her. That way when she is put down she still has the same warmth and isn't missing the feel of your touch IYKWIM

James was initially the same about the sleeping bags too but after trying a bigger one where he could kick his legs he was fine. The Peter Rabbit one we have buttons both ways across the chest (sort of like a ladies wrap top) and we can leave the zipper open so he can kick about but at least his chest is covered.

Jane- 5 bottles :eek: could it be his teeth adding to the waking up??

I have DS's friends coming over tonight for dinner- basically they just wanna use us for the plasma because some AFL team is on and they all have the old portable 20cm TVs. DH is too soft to say no.... :rolleyes:

Oh on the scones. I got the country womens association recipe and it called for cream. I might give the lemonade ones a go next I thinks. Never been any good at making scones before but these look like real ones and they freeze easy for DH to take to work

biscotti

02-06-2007, 10:27

I might give the lemonade ones a go next I thinks. Never been any good at making scones before but these look like real ones and they freeze easy for DH to take to work

I am making lemonade scones this morning, mainly because they make the kitchen smell nice and we have yet another open house today :rolleyes:

Ingredients
1 cup lemonade
1 cup cream
3 cups self-raising flour
1 egg

Method
Preheat oven to 220�C.
Add lemonade and cream to flour, mix to form a soft dough, then place on a floured surface.
Knead dough to a 2 cm thickness and cut with a floured cutter.
Place close together on tray, brush with beaten egg and bake for 10-15 minutes.
Recipe notes
Make sure you place the scones close together so that they can use each other to rise!

Haven't read all the posts but I'll have to come back later!

Noosamum XX

Mrs Potts

02-06-2007, 10:31

You guys have been chatty!

Miss K has a jolly jumper, but have to admit that she hasn't been in it for ages. She also has one of those bouncy activity tables which she loves. She goes in there when we're vac'ing or when I have to shower Cam. Or whenever I feel like putting her in there. But she's so mobile I don't often bother since she's having such a good time rolling all over the place.

Ummm, sorry no sleeping or feeding issues here (unless you're talking about me).

Tash - not sure how we managed to make our appt yesterday. I think it helped that Miss K hoovered her bottle, and that the appt was only 2 minutes up the road.

Ooops lunchtime for the girl. She's currently eating the Scholastic book club brochure so I'd better get her something a little more nutritious!

*munchkin*

02-06-2007, 10:41

Mmm...those scones sound great! Can you send me some Express Courier Noosa??? I have spent the morning cooking for Em, and now can't be *ssed to cook/make anything for myself.

Luckily Lindt was on sale at Target for $1.50...and then 15% off that...mmm.....

cheekypossum

02-06-2007, 11:52

Morning

YUMMO - thanks noosa, those scones recipe looks really easy. Might give it a go this weekend.

Can't help with the sleep issues. We just generally give in to Chloe. She was sleeping through at 6 weeks, but we hit 8 months and all went crazy. I am just hoping that it is a fase......

Munchkin and lottiesmum, thanks for the lovely comments.

Well, yesterday and today is a pretty sad day for us. It has been 2 years since we lost Layla and Paige. We are off now to let some balloons go. I feel terribly terribly sad, but I look now and think where we are in our life. If we never lost them we would never have Chloe with us. there is not a day that I don't wish we had them here.......life sure is a strange ride. Sorry to ramble, just have a lot on my mind.

Have a good day all

cheekypossum

02-06-2007, 11:56

Oh, sorry to bring it up again.

Yoghurt...what brands to you all buy? I was buying the Yoplait till I read all you talking about the sugar levels. I bought the other day, Pauls Natural Set Yoghurt :barf: ...it tastes like sour cream. To add fruit to that would be really yukky.

MountainGirl

02-06-2007, 13:38

please PM me, Lottiesmum!

Mrs Potts

02-06-2007, 14:55

Tash - for you:
:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:

Mrs Potts

02-06-2007, 14:55

and some more:
:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:

Mrs Potts

02-06-2007, 15:00

Re the yoghurt: after my posts here I had a look at the ingredients on the baby yoghurts and normal "full cream" ones like Ski Divine. As far as their sugar levels the adult ones are slightly higher, but in the amounts that Keeley eats I don't see a problem. The main difference I could see was that the baby ones seem to contain natural flavours, while the adult ones have more artificial (though this probably varies between brands).

Anyway, I decided to just go with normal old Ski. DS and I both eat it too so it works out far more cost efficient, plus Keeley didn't like the baby ones.

biscotti

02-06-2007, 16:20

:wave:
Well we've had an exciting afternoon, we went fridge shopping again (yes, truly...my life is that exciting, oh Paris, why aren't I in Paris.....haha) and we bought one but now I am wondering if I have buyers remorse :laughing: ...we bought a side by side with glass doors (wanted stainless steel initially but when I saw all the fingerprints on them - no, no, no). And it has an ice/cold water thingo on the front and all these things that light up and go beep beep but now am wondering if that is just going to be a toy that will be overused and then wrecked. Maybe we should have just bought a normal fridge with no gadgets, .......how ridiculous to even be thinking about it, it's a fridge......

Yoghurt - hmmm, I buy whatever I like the look of on the day, sorry to be so inprecise!!

I haven't caught up on posts but Tash - I wanted to give you this...:hugs: and this :kiss:

Noosamum XX

PS - scones were yummy so no express post to Munchkin!!!! Easy recipe though for those who feel inclined!

biscotti

02-06-2007, 16:47

I'm really bored, husband and older children on boat, baby asleep.

Hello???? HEEELLLLOOOOOOO????????

missie_mack

02-06-2007, 17:27

Hiya Noosa :wave: I recommend bath bubbles and face mask....

My DH just got home from the grocery store to realise that he had gone out with his uggies on Not the trendy kind the standard fluffy fold over style and he had DS in his yoda outfit so he got plenty of attention... :laughing: I'm still drying my eyes from the look on his face when he realised

Beany

02-06-2007, 18:32

I read all three (two? One?) page/s and can't remember a thing. Except chocolate *munch munch*.

We went the the pbc expo today. Twas good :D We didn't buy much but entry was free and I love expo-type things. Nabbed a few freebies, ate some chips and felt good. Came back to the city, bought a cheesecake and currently can't wait for dessert!

Asher is a very funny little thing, you know. I was yelling at Noodle last night (for being a moron) and Asher happened in on the scene, sat back, looked at me and laughed his head off. I mean honestly, how am I supposed to remain grumpy and telling-offy when there's a gap-toothed bundle staring up at me, eyes watering, in hysterics?

We were sitting down in a cafe and there was a child near us crying. He turned and watched the child intently, turned back and stared at me, pursed his mouth. Here it comes, think I, and what does he do? Blows a great big never ending raspberry.

Strange funny little thing!

Oh Tash: :hugs:

Meet next week? Tuesday and Thursday are good for me.

Mrs Potts

02-06-2007, 19:27

Missie that's too funny!! :laughing: Dough went out one day with his tshirt on inside out. He came home and I saw it and just shook my head at him. He'd wondered why people kept staring at him...

Noosa - since you're not here now I'm guessing you found something interesting to do. Shame that... we could have had a wonderful natter.

Mmm cheesecake. I could go some of that. As long as it's not a baked one. Can't eat baked ones, the texture is all wrong!

Miss K has started to pull herself up on things! :eek: The funny thing is she isn't crawling "properly" so she tries to pull herself up from laying on her belly. Looks mighty awkward, and not terribly successful. She has started practicing the real crawling more though, so maybe she's realised what's necessary to make the job easier for herself. Needless to say though, there's been a rapid increase in the amount of thudwahs around the place :rolleyes:

mum_I'm_hungry

02-06-2007, 19:54

Hugs for you, Tash :hugs: I've read the girls' gorgeous names in your signature many times and thought about what a strong person you must be to go through something like that.

Gawd, don't really know what to do here. We're supposed to be going on a farmstay tomorrow, but Ivy is quite sick with a chest infection (now on antibiotics) and now Teddy has the cold too. Will only blow the deposit of $100 if we don't go, but we were so looking forward to it. Don't know whether to go or not -- sick here, sick there, is there a big difference? Anyone got any advice?:confused:

biscotti

02-06-2007, 20:20

Alli - I would go (well depends on how sick everybody is I guess) but usually those antibiotics kick in pretty fast and a break en famille sounds good :)

Missie_mack - didn't get to do the bubbles, c woke up lol!

Hi Mrs P :wave:

Love cheesecake btw (well of course I do, I'm pregnant :D , pass me a whole one please) but it must be baked!!

Off to bed,

Noosamum XX

mama anne

02-06-2007, 21:06

:sleeping: hey girls :wave:

quick one from me .... must go to sleep ....

i'm up for thursday meet sydney girls :)

yoghurt - we get pauls natural set yoghurt, then put fruit in it - b eats the yoghurt around the fruit :rolleyes:

scones - SO making them when i get some cooking mojo back noos

mumstar

03-06-2007, 10:40

Latest thing is the walker. Loooooove it!!! Whats next on the list?

if you haven't already got one the next thing on your list should be a LocknLift swing from fisher price they are brilliant and will last forever!

:hugs: :hugs: :hugs: for you tash xoxoxox

Hahahaha missie that story gave me quite a giggle!!!

we have a long weekend over here in perth this week so seens im not here on my birthday we have decieded to throw an impromtu bbq and finish making the cocktails we started a couple of weeks ago and still have stuff left over from! Sounds great for me today but i LURVE cocktails and will prob be feeling very sorry for myself tomorrow! i will just have to convince Troy now that he is driving and looking after the kiddies tomorrow!!

MZmama

03-06-2007, 15:20

I just caught up on a couple of pages - so i dont remember much.. but here goes..

:kiss: :kiss: to you tash.. life takes you on weird journeys. and tash - i give in to mya too much as well, seems a much better option, and like you i hope its a phase!

noosa - ur fridge sounds awesome, my mum has one similar but stainless steel (she has no kiddies at home!).. and the water and ice thingo has never been not used.. if anything it used too much, and she has had it for years.. so i'm sure you will get a lot of use out of it..

thanks lottiesmum, it would be so hard, but so rewarding in return yeh?

missiemack - its worth a shot, only thing is i would have to get the sheet off of her when i placed her down, as she wont sleep with anything on her.. i'll try it out and let u know.

her problem is that she isnt hungry, i wont feed her in the nights.. its me she wants to be near.. its nice to be so loved tho! but she can still love me from down the hall! :D i'm also hoping its teeth.. they seem to be sticking out - but still with gum covering - they must be on there way

mrs potts - our jolly jumper has dust on it.. :( mya never really got into it.. she would just kinda stand there and want to be swinged.. or she would try and walk in it.. maybe i should give it another chance!

alli - i would go, as long as the bubs are in good spirits and not grumpy bums

sorry if i have forgotten anyone..

BTW - baked cheesecake ALL the way - mars bar cheesecake is my fav... mmmmmmmmm

MZmama

03-06-2007, 15:22

oh, i never updated on my weekend.. i had a good one, surprise party last night.. altho i sat inside as mya wouldnt let me put her down!! and we didnt leave till 3am, and i was up at 6.. so a tad sleep deprived but i am sure i'll catch up!

i have to go in to my work sometime this week to discuss 'options'.. really i think i will officially resign so i can find something after DF's hours.. even if it is in a supermarket atleast i wont fork out on childcare and the money can go straight in our pocket..

hope everyone elses weekends were good, by the sounds of them they were!

Mrs Potts

03-06-2007, 19:11

Hi everyone :wave:

Hope you've all had a good weekend.

Alli, bugger the kids being sick. I agree, if they're in good spirits I'd still go away. Might do them good, as much as you. Just pack the drugs/vaporiser/Vicks etc!
Oh! and someone has given you a plug in the Marian Keyes thread. Have no idea who it could have been though :rolleyes:;)

Uniquey

03-06-2007, 19:19

Monique - :laughing: :laughing: I have just been speaking to your lovely husband on MSN. I think he thought he was talking to you and I thought I was talking to you too. I was wondering why you were speaking "differently" then what you do. Then he mentioned emailing me the file that I requested and I was thinking WTH!!!! But we sorted it all out in the end.......am still giggling about it.

Oh Tash, that was a crack-up! I got a weird phonecall from DH in Canberra up here to me in (Brisbane) from a confused DH saying he had the funniest talk with 'Tash'. He thought he was talking to my sister 'Tash' and you thought you were talking to me:laughing: Lucky he wasn't talking dirty or something, LOL. The penny didn't drop until I said I was physically with Tash and it must have been 'Bubhub' Tash! It made me laugh it did! Needless to say he thought you were very lovely and he felt a bit :p

Uniquey

03-06-2007, 19:43

Hello All,

Tash For you:kiss: and :hugs: , and the balloons are such a beautiful way to remember your little :angel: s.

Alli My sister took her kids on that same Farm stay and they had an absolute ball. I do remember her ringing me though as she couldn't 'light' the gas oven! If the kids are on antibiotics I would definately still go, at least they will have some fresh air and change of scenery whilst sick.

Missie_Mack Classic story of DH, Uggs and Yoda! How gorgeous is that little Yoda of yours!

I'm really sorry, I can't remember all the things I wanted to say. It takes me ages to read the posts on this computer up here and then I have the memory like a sieve....

We went to Ikea today, got a few little knick knacks and some sauce to make Swedish meat balls for dinner, delish! Have been keeping a low profile, as I know this week is going to be a busy one due to the wedding on the wedding. It's forecast to rain all weekend too, so looks like we won't be having photos on the Beach if that happens.
Oh dear... gotta dash, my Mum has just yelped out in pain as Miss A has bitten her on the Breast!:eek:
Night All!!!

shed

03-06-2007, 20:16

if you haven't already got one the next thing on your list should be a LocknLift swing from fisher price they are brilliant and will last forever!

Yes, got one of those. It hangs on the clothesline so I can put the washing out in peace.

I went to the Expo today and wandered around. I found it a bit boring to be honest. I bought bubby a new grobag and I bought a couple of books, one is on child-led weaning and the other is Elizabeth Pantleys sleeping techniques or something. As if I get time to read! I haven't even finished reading Alli's book and I bought that ages ago. I used to read every day.

I also joined the Playgroup association.

Work tomorrow.

So are we meeting this coming Thursday? Any suggestions on where? Cafe Envy is okay, but somewhere else would be good too if anyone has any ideas.

Did anyone watch 60 Minutes? They had something on Submissive Wives. DP wanted to watch it, but I wouldn't let him (boom boom!).

I just wanted to chuck that joke in :p .

Beany

03-06-2007, 20:39

We're in for an interesting night, it seems.

Asher woke late after a lousy night and had his day nap later than usual and for far longer than usual - 2-4pm. He missed his next nap and is still awake and tearing around the place now.

And he's been ravenous. Ate a whole big banana, half a piece of bread and vegemite and came begging for scraps of my dinner. And this is with 2 big long breastfeeds thrown in for free!

Who knows what tonight will yield ... I'll start taking bets now!

MZmama

03-06-2007, 20:50

Good luck Beany..

:fingerscrossed: he totally wears himself out.. and passes out without a sound and sleeps till the morning..

nothing worse then when their day naps get muddled up!!

I hope you get some sleep! maybe he's growing even BIGGER!!! :D

Beany

04-06-2007, 11:14

It wasn't nearly as horrific as it might have been!

He went to sleep at 10:30pm, woke briefly at 12:30am but I rocked him back to sleep (which is in itself a major accomplishment! Usually he is inconsolable without boob) and he stayed asleep until 5:30am. Woke for a feed, went back to sleep. Did the same thing at 7:30am and then got up for the day at 9.

All in all, not too bad!

That tooth in the middle is giving him some gip again today. It's so close to cutting through but just won't. The poor little sod.

Oh and last night he took 3 steps, stood still, took another step and fell over :laughing:

MZmama

04-06-2007, 12:47

Glad it wasnt as bad as first thought!

Mya's toofy's are nearly through aswell, i wish they would just cut thru to stop the pain of them.. but no, they demand to stay under that fine layer of skin!

Mya slept in her cot for 3 hours last night! its definately a start i reckon, and she's in there now so she is letting me put her down for brief sleeps which is good.

i cant beleive he's nearly walking! YAY :smiliedance: how exciting.. wont be long beany!

biscotti

04-06-2007, 13:18

Quiet in here today :detective:

Three steps - wow Beany!! :yelclap: (got those shoes yet!!).
C let go of the lounge last night for about 4 secs and then fell back - I was waiting for the howl.....but then she though this was hilarious and tried to do it again. Strange child.

Uniquey - it is a beee--you--ti--full day here on the Sunshine Coast (after yesterday's enormous deluge) so :fingerscrossed: for the wedding!

Em - :smiliedance: for Mya sleeping in her cot!! Yay!!

Ok, had more but gotta go, it's taken me ages just to type this in bewteen ph calls etc!!

Mumstar - how's the head??!!

Noosamum XX

shed

04-06-2007, 14:35

We had the hell night. Constant waking and crying, which he never does. He usually wakes and snuffles and whinges a bit and then dozes back off when the boob goes in. Not this time. He was full-on howling.

So I have stayed home today (swapped work days - today for tomorrow instead). He has a cold and so have I, so today we have been snuggled up in bed feeding and sleeping. I have the heater blasting and we are rugged up but I can't seem to get warm. There was no way I could have sent him to daycare today, he needs his mum. They all have colds around there so that wouldn't have been the problem, but he is so clingy today, I can't take three steps away from him without him wailing.

Beany, three steps equals walking :yes: Asher is walking!!

Baden keeps doing horrendous farts. I keep laying out a new nappy and getting a hundred wipes out in preparation and then bracing myself, but when I open the nappy there is nothing in there.

Mrs Potts

04-06-2007, 15:30

oooh Shed, Keeley has had those "mirage" farts too! I swear that nappy is full, but nope, nada, zilch. Hope you guys get over your colds soon too.

Yay for Asher!! What a clever little guy!

and Yay for Mya sleeping in her cot! Excitement everywhere :D

Miss K had a shocker of a night last night too. Lots of waking and tears/grizzling. Fortunately she mostly self settles and I only had to get up to her once, but of course I woke at every noise she made and then couldn't get back to sleep. Poor poppet has been miserable and snotty today. Not sure if it's another toofy or if she's getting sick. Hope she's feeling better tomorrow - after taking a mental health day last week I can't really have a day off this week too :fingerscrossed:

Beany

04-06-2007, 16:22

I wish I had your mirage issues. Asher firmly believes in a firm follow-through.

Maybe there's something in the air. Asher refuses to be more than a foot away from me today. Is there a full moon or something?

missie_mack

04-06-2007, 16:50

Beany, three steps equals walking :yes: Asher is walking!!

:eek: Beany are you hyperventilating yet??

MountainGirl

04-06-2007, 17:09

Yay Asher! :smiliedance: (I think!?!?!?!?)

Jas started moving today too!! Backwards,.:o ,...but still moving! Backwards counts, yeah!??!:laughing: oh,..... and another tooth,..... he has a right faceful,..this smilie was reserved for him, I think!:D ha!

Beany

04-06-2007, 17:11

Nah, he's only taken two steps today. That's about as far as he's willing to go from me right now :D

Good old evolution, eh?

missie_mack

04-06-2007, 18:27

Woo hoo for Jasper!! :D

lottiesmum

04-06-2007, 18:35

just a quick one...i should be cooking dinner!!! by the time i catch up on all the posts i have to go :(

Jane - i will fill you in tomorrow...sorry but dont have time tonight...hope Jasper's sleeping better? have you read the babylove section on controlled crying? anyway, i'll PM you tomorrow.

Asher - wow! walking...hope u r coping beany :yes:

Tash - i use Jalna yogurt - the green one. its not flavoured so i add my own fruit. its great.

AlliJB - hope you bit the bullet and went on the farmstay!

hi to everyone else :wave:

littlepickle

04-06-2007, 19:05

Yay Asher!!:yelclap: Is he the first August bub walking?
E only does 1 step on her own and thendrops to her knees and takes the crawling option unless she is using her zimmerframe (walker thingy) then she managed to traverse the room at breakneck speed while I run along making with her making sire that I can catch her if she falls
The walker was an impulse buy last week at toys r us. I didnt know if she would be ready for it, but after a shaky start, all seems to be going well. I still hover around when she is using it though
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/littlepickle/DSCN5659.jpg

Oh, and while I am sharing photos, heres a couple I took at the Brissy meet
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/littlepickle/DSCN5644.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/littlepickle/DSCN5643.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/littlepickle/DSCN5640.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/littlepickle/DSCN5639.jpg

Tash - :hugs: for you. You are so strong and have such a lovely outlook on life. Chloe is so lucky to have you as her mum :hugs: What a wonderful way to remember your little angels

Monique - Looking forward to our shopping spree! I love that word "spree" sounds just like what it means! Also I hope that the weather is good on te weekend for your sisters wedding. I am sure that it will be, they are very rarely right when they forecast rain anyway.

Shed, I hope you and baden are feeling a bit better now. Theres nothing like a good pillow day when you are feeling under the weather though. I really miss breastfeeding sometimes especially the closeness of being able to snuggle up feeding and cuddling

Jane: Yay for the backwards crawing and for Jasja's teeth, how cute! We are still laggin ehind there, we have 3 teeth now, but miss E does use them to great effect *ouch hurty*

Alli - Hope the farm stay is going well and that Ivy and Teddy are on the mend

Emandmya - great news on the sleeping!

As for yogurts, the only yogurt I can get E to eat is the Yakault vanilla, and even then its just a few spoonfulls, I just dont think she is a yogurt fan.
Speaking of food, I bought one of those boost lasagne pouches for E, she loved it! Practically inhaled the lot! It smelled nice though, and tasted quite good. So far, she has loved every boost meal especially the pumpin and sweet potato. I do make most of her food myself, but buy some prepackaged boost stuff so that I can test her on it before copying the recipe myself

Sorry if I have missed anyone!

mum_I'm_hungry

04-06-2007, 19:48

:barf: Well, we didn't go on the farmstay. Ivy had pneumonia as it turned out, so we've been staying home and being miserable and pumping her full of antibiotics. The dairy people were so nice, though. They're moving our deposit to another time and everything. Very sweet of them.

Hope everyone's well. Am off to beddy-byes with a good book -- the new Lisa Jewell one. Don't know her, but I bet she's busy at the moment. I think she had a baby at the end of May... hope she's getting some sleep! :sleeping: :no: :laughing:

cheekypossum

04-06-2007, 19:55

Hi all

Thanks for all you lovely comments about our girls. We had a nice quiet day. We went to the harbour to let the balloons go, it was really overcast and really really windy. We let Chloe hold the balloons and let them go, it was really really special. We watched the disappear into the clouds. Having Chloe here made it all the more sadder. I mean don't get me wrong there is not a day that goes by that we don't wish they were here, it is just when bad things happen at the time, you wonder why these things happen. Why were we blessed with Twins of all things to be taken away from us......ANYWAY, what I am trying to say is now when I look back we would not have Chloe if we did not lose them. And she is the most wonderful and precious thing to us in the world. And then if I never lost my Dad, I probably would never have met Damien.....etc............sorry off I go rambling again.

But thanks again, it really means alot

Monique - Now that you mention it, I do remember you saying you had a sister named Tash......now I understand the conversation even more :D

Shed Hope you and Baden feel better soon

Erica - Hope Keeley feels better soon

Rach - The photos are gorgeous!! The one with her and the walker is just too beautiful...though she looks too grown up. I think Jessi's Elsha was the 1st August bub to start walking!

Beany You poor thing!!!!! I am not excited for you with Asher starting to walk. Please don't tell Chloe, I have enough trouble chasing her around and she is still crawling.

Anne/Noos - How is the weaning going?

Hello Jane, Ellen, Alli, Tegan, Emandmya, lottiesmum, Jessi......I know that I have missed somebody.....sorry!

It is amazing how a good dose of gossip can make you feel good. I was feeling a little down today until I got a dose......and PFFFT, suddenly I felt on top of the world

Night all.......and thanks again

Beany

04-06-2007, 21:19

I'm not sure I count it as walking yet .. 3 steps does not a walker make ... does it?

He won't sit now and just looks offended if you wander a little too far out of reach and he has to *gasp shock horror* crawl to you! Oh the indignity of it all!

(I'm waiting for him to say something along those lines, rubbing my hands in anticipation in fact, just so I can tell him the true meaning of indignity by recounting tales of pregnancy and childbirth :D )

Either way, he's not the first - Elsha is/was. And a real pro at it now by all accounts ... Poor poor Jessi!

Oh and I have got measures in place to save my sanity. At the expo, I bought one of those walker harness things. I'm going to tether him to his cot.

(so, who's gonna call DOCS on me, eh? :p )

PS: Tash :hugs:

missie_mack

04-06-2007, 21:59

Tash- I get where your coming from :hugs:

Uniquey

04-06-2007, 22:14

Oh boy, was it a full moon last night?? Miss A was the most unsettled and grizzliest I've ever known her to be. It was definately a combination of teeth cutting and no sleeps in the day. She has four 4 teeth and is cutting another four, this lot had caused her the most gip though.. Anyway a much happier baby today/tonight after a quiet day at home.

No more Mother guilt ladies... I watched that show 'What's Good for You tonight' and they did a study on the effects of babies in childcare etc as opposed to stay at home babies. They tested a baby at home all day with her Mum, one whom goes to a daycare Mum twice a week and another whom goes to a Chidcare Centre. They bascially found that there was little change in the cortisone levels of all babies, and the only baby to have a slightly higher level of stress was the Childcare Centre baby, however it was only 'slighty' higher. So no more feeling bad and/or guilty:hugs:

Tash One can never have enough of :hugs: Have been thinking of you and Damien.

Alli Oh your poor sick Ivy. Lovely of the Farmstay people to help you out. I still smile when I think of Miss A following her around your home everywhere she went and then Ivy 'feeding' her bickies in the corner....so cute!

Rach OMG who is that little 'DOll' in the photo with the walker! That hair gets me everytime... oh and so grown up looking too! Loved the Brissy meet pics as well, arn't they all so cute!!!
P.s/ Those Boost foods are a big hit in this household, Miss A devours them.
P.P.s/ I better not mention the word 'shopping spree' to DH, hahha, now he's up here!

Noosamum I hope those Sunshine Coast beautiful days stay.. at least until Saturday please. Love the sound of your new Fridge, I want one. I love playing with Ice-makers!

Shed I was looking through my NW mag today.. yes, my little bit of Monday Bimbo-ism and I have to say that I think Gwen Stefani's little boy Kingston looks remarkably a lot like Baden. Does your partner look as hunky as Gavin Rossdale?!

HELLO everyone else, again, sorry about my cr@pola memory for personals. Hope you're all happy and well xx

Uniquey

04-06-2007, 22:21

Yey for Jasper:smiliedance: yes, backwards counts all the way!!

Yey for Emandmya with the sleeping:yes:

cheekypossum

05-06-2007, 09:44

:hugs: Poor Ivy, that was really nice of the farmstay people.. i hope she gets better real quick....:fingerscrossed: Teddy dosen't get it has bad

I hope Avalon is feeling better today...them naughty toofy's

:hugs: Thanks again ladies

Off to do the dreaded ironing

MZmama

05-06-2007, 09:49

So the sleeping thing didnt last.. i have managed to get her to sleep in her cot during day naps, but she would only sleep there till 11pm. her last feed of the day is formula, but she will only drink 130mls.. so maybe i should give it to her at 10/11pm cos she is waking at 3am starving..

she has also had a bad fall.. well she didnt fall she slipped on a toy whilst crawling and headplanted it into the floorboards.. and blood everywhere.. i couldnt find a cut in her mouth, i think she must of bit her tongue the poor thing.

littlepickle - i have been eyeing off those walker thingy's, was it a worthwhile investment, how did u choose which one? E looks like she loves it, such a lil girl!

someone mentioned there bub lacking in the toofy department with only a few - well mya has NONE!! she needs to catch up!

hello to everyone else... mya is once again sleeping on my shoulder so i need to cut it here!

missie_mack

05-06-2007, 09:58

Hiya Girls,

What a morning. DS didn't want Dh to go to work this morning and bawled like the world was ending everytime he walked out of the room :rolleyes: at 5.30am. It took ages to settle him after he left.

Last night Dh was acting all dorky and DS even knew it. He was just laughing his head off at Dh- but didn't stop when Dh was being normal. It was just too funny. I've never seen DS throw his head back and have a right cack!

I cooked your scone recipe yesterday Noosa and we think the lemonade ones are the best of the 3 different recipes I've tried. Next I'm going to try pumpkin scones :D

Anyhow I've been meaning to show some pics
So here we are going to DHs friends dress up party as gangsters (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/missie_mack/PICT0047aa.jpg)
And this one is my anniversary present (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r34/missie_mack/PICT0063.jpg)I was talking about a while ago

Have a great day

mumstar

05-06-2007, 10:54

Noah cut his 1st tooth!!! 9 and a half months old and his 1st tooth! Aiden had cut about 6 by this age i have been waiting for ages!!

i read all the posts and cant really remember anything much... yes noosa all the little boofhead bumps are better, i did end up taking aiden just to get checked and they sent him for an xray just to make sure he hadnt fractured any of his eye socket... it all came back fine!

im having a bit of trouble typing here with noah on my lap so will come back a bit later!

PS missie i love your little yoda photo!

cheekypossum

05-06-2007, 14:21

Aww, poor little Mya, I think it hurts us more when they hurt themselves

Ellen - LOVE LOVE LOVE the photos. That drawing/painting is just too beautiful for words, it gave me goosebumps. You must be so happy with it. I am yet to make the scones...:chef: mmmm could do with some right now

:yelclap: Well done on Noah cutting the 1st tooth

shed

05-06-2007, 17:05

No more Mother guilt ladies... I watched that show 'What's Good for You tonight' and they did a study on the effects of babies in childcare etc as opposed to stay at home babies. They tested a baby at home all day with her Mum, one whom goes to a daycare Mum twice a week and another whom goes to a Chidcare Centre. They bascially found that there was little change in the cortisone levels of all babies, and the only baby to have a slightly higher level of stress was the Childcare Centre baby, however it was only 'slighty' higher. So no more feeling bad and/or guilty:hugs:

oops, was I supposed to feel guilty? LOL, I didn't get that memo! The daycare lady is heaps nicer than me and there are more toys at her place ha ha ha ha.

Nah, I saw that too and I was a bit 'salved' by it!

Specially now that we have the 'food' issue sorted out once and for all.

Shed I was looking through my NW mag today.. yes, my little bit of Monday Bimbo-ism and I have to say that I think Gwen Stefani's little boy Kingston looks remarkably a lot like Baden. Does your partner look as hunky as Gavin Rossdale?!

Gawd, I wish. Gavin Rossdale is gorge. He could have me if he played his cards right :p

I LOVE Gwen Stefani, I think she's so cool. And she was 37 when she had her little boy so she's gotta be allright, right?

In other news, Bade nearly slept through. He woke up once at 2am but didn't want a feed, just a cuddle and he nodded off again. I did "The Secret" methods on him. I told him I wanted him to sleep through. I looked at him and said it loud and clear, before we went to bed. And it worked.

Of course I lay there wide awake wondering why he was asleep and constantly checking his chest, so it was a bit of a waste, but its a definite improvement and I'm sure I'll get used to it.

Nother toofy-peg coming through at the top. The daycare lady pointed it out, (oops - but still no guilt, ha ha)

missie_mack

05-06-2007, 18:39

Thanks for the nice comments on the pics.

Things here are a little strained with the train crash. One of Dhs colleagues entire family was on a train to Melbourne and we are all pretty sure it was this train. She was desperately trying to phone them at work and getting no reception on the mobiles (not that that is unusual out here) She was called to stay back at work otherwise she couldve been involved too.

James is sick again :rolleyes: We only got 2 days of health before it came back.

mum_I'm_hungry

05-06-2007, 18:51

:fingerscrossed: everything is okay, Missie Mack.

Not too much going on here. Just the usual disease and pestilence. We are now all on antibiotics (which I hate) except for Dave, who made us roast chook for dinner. Yum! Poor Teddy is busy pulling at his ear as he has an ear infection. I think we've had enough colds to get us through till Summer already and it's only a few days into Winter!

missie_mack

05-06-2007, 19:06

:laughing: Luv the avatar Alli it's cute just like little Badens....

MZmama

05-06-2007, 19:06

I hope everyone is ok missiemack - :fingerscrossed: you hear from them soon.

shed - u crack me up!

allijb - i hope everyone gets well soon.. and hopefully this is the last lot of sicknesses for this year atleast!

mumstar - :smiliedance: for noah's first toof... tell him to send vibes to mya!

missie_mack

05-06-2007, 20:14

Shed- Have you seen the dress the womans weekly is auctioning off on ebay which Nicole Kidman wears in the magazine this month?? I think you would look gorg in it as a wedding dress... maybe a knock off??

amandaw

06-06-2007, 05:49

:smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance: slept from 7.30 through till 5.30 (with just a cuddle at 4).....maybe some of them just deicided to wait till 10 months before they gave Mummy and Daddy a good nights sleep ...initiation test or something!!!

Love all the new avators ...so so cute

Emanadmya and Mumstar...I'd sent you toothy vibes, but trust me...you don't really want them......the only good thing about Charlotte having so may teeth (we're up to 9 already including 1 molar fully through) is that there are less still to come!

Missie Mack...any news on Dh's colleges family? Just a little too close to home if you ask me....

biscotti

06-06-2007, 08:40

Morning girls :wave:

I had a heart stopping moment yesterday morning - had my OB appt and he has recently employed a midwife (lovely lovely retired middie) who does all the routine things (blood pressure etc) before you go in to see him. Anyways, when it came to listen to the heartbeat - ....she couldn't find it :no: . I didn't even realise for a while, I was happily chatting away totally oblivious when I realised she was making a face. She had a few more tries for a few more minutes and then said, "I think we'd better get Dr XX". My heart was in my mouth and I thought I was going to throw up.

Well he found the heartbeat pretty quickly, and was very reassuring but OMG, it felt terrible for a little while.
NOTHING though compared to those passengers on that train, just a terrible terrible situation. Any news Missie_mack?
Loved the pics btw. Oh and glad you liked the scones - we think that one is the best too, a friend gave it to me....actually the same friend who is now in Paris.

Hope all the sick bubbas get better quickly - poor bubbas.

Wattle?? Raf???

Amanda - 9 teeth!!!??!! WOW - that is amazing, is she eating steaks now haha ??!

Tash - I was really sad for you when I read your post but I thought it was lovely that C held the balloons to let them go. You are doing wonderfully to cope so well the way you have. :kiss:

Off to read more posts,

Noosamum XX

AlliJB - good luck for the 12 of June! Not that you'll need it!

biscotti

06-06-2007, 08:43

Oh...and I have decided NOT to have an amnio. I think Dh would have liked me to have one but he left it up to me, :fingerscrossed: I have made the right decision.

biscotti

06-06-2007, 09:16

Uniquey - it is absolutely pouring here and looks like continuing, will make for different beach wedding photos...that sort of damp soggy look :laughing:

biscotti

06-06-2007, 09:17

Talking to myself in here today :D

:ecomcity:

mumstar

06-06-2007, 09:48

hi everyone and Noosa especially coz you look bored!!!

im off to take the kids to day care today... the centre got a new coordinator so i guess we will find out what she is like... i hope she is great coz she has a high standard to live up to the other woman!

Noosa with Noah they couldn't find his heart beat on a dopler till like 28 weeks coz he liked to hide it... they sent me for so many ultrasounds just to make sure! i completely understand that heart stopping feeling! Also think you have done the right thing not having the amnio too!

Missie have you heard any news yet? i have had you in my thoughts and prayers

Alli im might of missed something but what's happening on the 12th June??

Ok thats all for now so bye bye folks!!!