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hayleylea
12-06-2007, 08:44
Anna - we are serious about TTC - but we are in the frame of mind it will happen when it happens iykwim. Ive said a billion times before that i think it will take us awhile (no real reason behind it just me thinking lol) So yeah if it happens this month id be happy if it happens next month or 3 months from now ill be happy too. I have a fair idea when i ovulate etc...So we will see how we go this month. i think i might get a bit more serious next month - cut out the alcohol and all that kind of stuff lol. It will all happen when its meant to happen. Oh and as for the spring clean when we move - let me assure you it will be a HUGE clean!!!! We will move out room by room and throw anything that hasnt been used in a long time or i have no use for. Im going to be good but i dont know about Trent - he is a bit of a hoarder :laughing: Ive already started packing things away in boxes and stuff like that. I agree though bigger house bigger mess...however i am sooooooooooo looking forward to the space!! We have outgrown this place -Cant wait to have our OWN house with Our OWN yard and not have to get woken up by the MILS dogs and her leaving for work. (she is very noisey of a morning) In the same token I will miss this place. Having the MIL close is a real bonus at times...and this house is nice and cosy and its where we first become a family so it will be sad to leave.
Tan - Glad Will slept good for you. Coopers nose seems to be runny again this morning! :banghead: he is a happy chap though. My back seems better today...its a really weird pain its my back and i also feel like i have really bad heart burn or something but its a constant pain like that even if i havent eaten. Weird I know! Its happened the last 2 nights - who knows! Its fine during the day!
OK ive raved on a bit so i better go. Im working on some new craft projects today lol. And i have 3 fridge hangers to make that i sold on monkies undies.
Talk soon
Sorry - I apologise for my long post before!! Got a bit carried away. Wait til we all meet - you won't be able to shut me up - especially after a couple of drinks!
Ok you mainlander girls, poor little Tassie-sucks-for-shopping me needs some help!
I have THIS (http://www.oztion.com.au/OA/oa_previewpic.aspx?itemid=1309936&picnum=1#mypic) booster cushion for Chelsea and I need another one! I bought it as a one-off from Spotlight about 18 months ago but they haven't stocked them since. Does it look familiar to any of you? Have you seen it in any of your department stores? If so PLEASE let me know so I can make some calls!!
Oh here's a few pics of our finished garden bed too. Nothing flash but definately cleans up better being planted!
Before 1 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/miscpics021.jpg)
Before 2 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/miscpics022.jpg)
After 1 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/newplants004.jpg)
After 2 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/newplants003.jpg)
After 3 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/newplants006.jpg)
OMG girls, I just realised that I missed a day on my little countdown and I'm down to 25 days til my due date! That's LESS than a month now! :eek:
This time just seems to be completely flying by! (For me anyway, I'm sure you're all sick of it by now and just want me to shuddup! :D )
hayleylea
12-06-2007, 13:14
Hey Anna - ill keep my eye out for one of them booster cushions...cant say ive seen them though.
Your garden looks great by the way!! made a lot of difference!! :thumbsup:
Its so cold outside today - ive got my heater blaring..Cooper is in bed and ive even got the heater going on in his room (i usually only do it of a night but it seemed really cold in his room). He must be liking it because he has been down for an hour and a half.
Oh can someone remind me that next time i go grocery shopping NOT to take Trent!!! :banghead: :laughing: I spend way less money when its just me and Cooper. Every time i looked at the trolley he was throwing something else in. lol.
OK signing out now...
hayleylea
12-06-2007, 16:01
Heres my newest craft project for Coopers door. As you all know he has an army jeep bed so i thought it would go well. Only thing is i only had blue ribbon which i have to change because it doesnt go...But here it is..
First View - Welcome to Coopers Room (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/nameplaques001.jpg)
Second View - Coopers Out be back soon (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/nameplaques002.jpg) It just flips over.
Cute idea huh! Trent is very pleased because he loves army jeeps!! Ive got heaps of clip art of various different charcters so i can do any. Im in the process of doing the disney princess for my neice, The mac truck from Cars movie for my nephew, and Batman for my other nephew lol.
OK better get dinner finished.
So quiet in here today!
Where is everyone?
Lou - how is your household going? Lots of cuddles, kisses and wishes for you and Maddi. Had a baileys in your honour tonight!
OMG! Hello?!!! Hello??!!! Did we move and no-one told me?! :eek:
Well just in case we didn't, I'm off this morning to nans house for a while. She hasn't seen the kids in a few weeks and is having severe withdrawals! Chelsea will stay there til Friday afternoon and Nicola & Immy will come home with me.
Hopefully I'll be able to get some more cleaning done around the house with Chelsea not here - I don't know why I find it harder with all 3 kids here, maybe it's just me making excuses! :laughing:
Well Immy is about to wake up soon (yes she's been having some massive sleep ins!) so I'd better get the girls hair done (OH how I can't wait just to ruffle my boy's hair and say done! :D)
Hope everyone is ok - where the heck are you all??!!
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 08:10
Im still around...but im going to go into the group of always sick kids! lou and Tania Cooper is joining Maddi and Will in the "its not fair im always sick" group!!! Cooper woke up this morning with a green snotty nose yet again!!! AGGGGGGGHHHHH! I know its not quite as bad as Maddi (i really dont know how you do it Lou!) but seriously when are these kiddies going to get a break!!
Along with his snotty nose is pretty miserable. Poor litltle guy!!
Hi guys,
just a quick post as its bedlam here. Maddi is indeedy still sick and now so am I!!! Took her back to the Dr's yesterday as she was still having high temps and she is now on stronger antibiotics. Her regular GP said that her ears are so badly infected and so is her chest and to cancel the operation on Friday :banghead: . If it was just her ears infected she would be ok but her chest needs to be clear for the aneasthetic. I just tried to rebook her operation and its not for another blasted month. Thats the earliest we can get in. I might have to keep her in quarrantine for 2 weeks before her op! Only one night on her new antibiotics and she has improved. But unfortunately its the antibiotics that gave her the REALLY bad nappy rash so I have slavered her in sudocream and she is having nappy changes all the time and she's in the expensive Huggies. So :fingerscrossed: .
My nose is blocked up and I am a green snot machine. DH stayed home from work yesterday and I slept all morning. Whilst Maddi has had this temp she has been sleeping on me at night so not much rest for me.
I asked my Dr about Maddi's frequency of illness and he said that kids either get sick all the time when they go to creche or when they go to school. So lucky me. He said Maddi is nothing out of the ordinary - and not to worry. He said once she gets her ears done it will help a lot. If only she could just be well for long enough to get them bloody done! Maybe DH and I will have to take a holiday a few weeks before her op? Hmmm.
Well gotta go as Maddi is super clingy and its time for yet another nappy change. So Maddi's new operation date is July the 13th and yes its a Friday. I groaned when the lady told me and she said hey you might actually get it done this time? oh Ha ha very funny!!! As you can probably tell my sense of humour is a bit thin at the moment and the sight of these walls in the house is boring me to tears. I wish my Mum was here. She rang last night and her Mum is doing quite well. She just keeps going up and down and just when you think that today is her last day she picks up and you think my god this could go for years yet. Mum feels really bad as she wants to be here with Maddi, she would love to look after Maddi before her operation.
Oh and then one of my friends whose little boy is in the same creche room as Maddi rings up today to tell me her little boy has chicken pox. And he has been vaccinated. :eek: Go figure! Oh boy if Maddi gets chicken pox next thats it - I'm not having any more kids!!!
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 09:51
Oh Lou!!!! :hugs: to you guys!! you poor thing! i think putting her in quarrantine next month definatley sounds like a good idea!! Sorry to hear your sick too..doesnt make it an easier does it! it must be hard not having your mum there too.
i hope you get better really soon!!
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 11:16
Lou - have you tried Daktozin cream for her nappy rash?? When Cooper was antibiotics he got really bad nappy rash and i was reccomended this cream by the chemist and Ange :D it worked really well...
Lou hunny, just know that I'm thinking of you and Maddi non stop at the moment. Try not to get too upset about the postponed operation again, it's a very difficult time of the year to stay completely healthy. The idea of isolating Maddi for a couple of weeks sounds like a good one indeed. Also, try not to stress about your work suffering either - you can't help being unwell and you and Maddi come first. I wish I could come and give you both big cuddles and make you some of the soup that my nan made for us today. :hugs:
I'm off to take it easy for a couple of days.
The sh!t has completely hit the fan in relation to Chelsea & Nicola's (but mainly Chelsea's) behaviour and it topped the cake today when she told me that last night she poured water into the shoe box that contained over 50 of the first reader books that I'd recently bought them to teach them to read.
I lost it.
Completely.
I ended up ordering her out of the room coz I couldn't even look at her. Then I just sat on her bed and sobbed and sobbed. I couldn't have cared less if she'd ruined a toy or whatever but books I'm really sensitive about because they're very important and these cost me over $150. It's not the money thing though, it's more because it was a deliberate act & that Chelsea couldn't tell me why she did it. I'm a mess at the moment and Chelsea was supposed to go to nans for a couple of night but I took Nicola out there instead. Chelsea's going to have a VERY cr@ppy couple of days but Shane and I really need to work out how to handle this behaviour. In comparison to other kids this is not a huge deal really, but it's TOTALLY out of character for her and we need to resolve whatever's going on.
Nan saw me today and said, sorry my dear but you're not going to make it to the end of the month - you've dropped a lot. She hasn't seen me in over 3 weeks but I don't feel like I've dropped. I'm hoping she know's what she's talking about though and seeing as though she's had 4 kids I hope she's right! I just need to NOT go into labour because of stress right now so I'm going to hit the couch and watch some taped shows and dig in to my 2nd bowl of warm apple custard dessert that nan made for me!
I'll try and pop in tomorrow and see how you all are. Hopefully you'll all have come out of hiding by then!
Talk soon
xoxo
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 15:20
Anna :hugs: Sounds like your going through a tough time at the moment. Hopefully you will figure out whats going on with Chelsea sooner or later - would it have something to do with you having another baby soon?
Cooper just did the most gorgeous thing ever. He is just a beautiful kid. I have a massive headache and i went and had a shower and he sat on a towel playing with his car and then i got out and my head was throbbing so i had to lie on my bed and not move (i get really bad sinus headaches). Anyway I even started crying a bit because it was hurting so much and Cooper got so worried about me, went and got his ted and gave me his ted to cuddle!! HOW ADORABLE IS THAT!! And then i said to him can you get me my pjs - i still had the towel wrapped around me and he came back with his pjs, climbed up onto the bed and gave me a cuddle and kiss! He is such a beautiful natured little boy and he just made my heart melt..not only that my headache became a whole lot better!!
Its still not the best but much much much better! I have had it for most of the day. Trent was a sweetie and made us dinner before he went to work so all i have to do is heat it up.
Anna - I hope your putting your feet up and taking it easy.
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 17:19
Hey been awhile since i posted pics of my little man so just had to share these 2.
How could you say no to this smile! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web1-4.jpg)
Coopers best impression of a Pig lol! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web-4.jpg)
Very cute photo's Hayley. Cooper is certainly growing up into a cheeky little boy with a grin that spells mischeif. He also knows how to take care of his mummy which is always a big bonus. Those sinus migraines are a killer aren't they! Have you tried a decongestant nasal spray? I've got a bottle on hand at the moment coz of my cold and its a godsend for those migraines.
Anna, you poor luv. Chelsea is certainly putting your patience to the test. What is the G-O there I wonder. Like Hayley I thought maybe she's having a bit of an attention seeking crisis amidst all the baby fuss, especially seeing as this baby will be a boy and is in no doubt of recieving some special attention as all new babies do. As you know I have no experience and can only offer suggestions. Maybe have a special day with each of the girls before the boy arrives to make them feel special. Then you could spend that alone time to have a chat with each of them about how much you love them and that with each baby the love doesn't get any less blah blah blah. I can imagine how distressing it was to see Chelsea acting out like that. Considering she's always been such a good girl in the past. You did so well to manage your temper by sending her out of the room. :hugs: to you Anna. Like you said you just don't need this stress right now. I hope your nanna lavishes you with heaps of yummy soup and warm nanna hugs.
My cold is terrible. I feel like a bucket of cr*p. And I feel like I'm losing my voice at the moment. I'm prone to getting bronchitis so I'm really hoping that it doesn't get to that stage. Maddi seems to have picked up today and has been back to her cheeky self. Her fav thing is to help me unload the dishwasher and put the dishes away. I don't mind that at all. Well girls I'm going to have to call it a day and have a hot tea and head to bed. I am stuffed. DH is at hockey and I'm going to leave him a note that says "I'm having a sleep in tommorow or I'm going to have a melt down, please get Maddi out of bed and feed her brekkie or take me to hospital". Do you think that sends the message across?
Tan I totally agree with you getting mad at your DH about sleeping in. The very same storm happens in this house and let me tell you there is a big hurricane about to erupt. A sick Lou makes for a very cranky and honest Lou.
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 19:17
Lou - i havent tried a nasal spray well not for awhile anyway thanks for the tip!This one come on out of nowhere and it was definatley a killer. Can feel another one brewing too i think. Lets hope im wrong! Glad to hear maddi has picked up. I hope you feel better tommorrow too. I love your not for DH too! :thumbsup:
Im sitting here watching the state of origin again....C'MON THE BLUES (hmm last game i said that they lost....perhaps i shouldnt have jinxed them again!!!) So far we are winning 6-0 so will see how we go. Might even crack open a beer to get into the spirit of things :laughing:
MrsMiggins
13-06-2007, 20:45
Well howdy there strangers!!!
I've been playing very quick catch-up, as I've not been able to get online at all of late. More on that later, but I'm so sorry I've not been able to catch up properly. I'm sure there is much news I've missed, but I'm glad to see our preggos are still very much with us & that I've not missed anything on that count!! I'd have been devastated!!
Lou, I am so sorry to hear about Maddi being sick & that her surgery has again been postponed. That must just be so difficult for you to deal with each time. Hopefully next time round she'll be fighting fit & raring to go (and I'm sure she will be!)
Anna, you poor thing! While I was reading over your last post about your troubles with Chelsea, I just couldn't help dreading what we're going to be in for with Claire! You really sound like you need a break (hey, maybe a few days in hospy with your new bub might be just the pick-me-up you need!!) I know it's difficult. Here are some :hugs: for you. I hope it all is a very brief stage she is going through.
Hayles, that is just the cutest thing about Cooper with his teddy & PJ's! What a lovely little boy!! I hope you're feeling better tonight. Dave is watching SofO but (aside from a desperate hope that NSW win!!) I can't summon very much interest in it this year. Normally I look forward to it, but htis year I just can't be bothered with it all!
Tan, Cath, Renee & Ange, I'm sorry about no personals for you guys. I have had a quick read of your posts over the past few weeks (whenever I've had a chance to get online, which is really not very much, and not at all of late) but I honestly can't get my head around everything & remember well enough what I wanted to reply to you all about! Although Tan, I hope Will is feeling better now & Cath, I hope your PG is progressing well & that you are still feeling well.
OK, well we're doing OK here, although it's all still very full-on. Claire is certainly giving us all a run for our money behaviour-wise and it really has been a stressful time for all of us. I'm beginning to think that there simply has to be more to it & that possibly she needs a check-up to rule out anything medical, but I'm sure the Doc will just say she's being a typical toddler & send us home with a pat on the back. And frankly, I don't have time for it if it is going to be like that. Admittedly, I have had times during the past few days where I've glimpsed the light at the end of the tunnel & hoped that we may be turning a corner finally, but then something will happen that makes that thought completely vanish from my mind!
Tantrums! Ha! And I thought they were bad several months ago!! That's got nothing on what we've seen in the past few weeks! NOTHING!! In fact, I can honestly say that the past few weeks have been one long tantrum, interspersed with quite a bit of grizzling and a few smatterings of some good moments. The good moments have been coming along more frequently over the past few days, but in saying that, we've also had some whopper tantrums that have left us all rather traumatised!
For some strange reason, Claire seems to have once again become jealous of Owen, whingeing & crying for me to pick her up whenever I'm holding him. She was going really well for a long time there, but for some reason we can't work out, she's now become even more jealous than she was initially when we brought him home! So I inevitably end up holding Owen & awkwardly trying to hoik Claire up onto my hip. I'm getting better at it, but it's still a huge PIA!!
She has also restarted her separation anxiety! I can't even look as though I'm leaving her with anyone, or she flies into a massive unabated rage that takes forever to stop. I was at mum & dad's today and I had to go to the car to get something out and OMG!! She just went ballistic! Even my mum & dad's nerves are starting to fray, and they normally have the patience of saints when it comes to Claire!
Her sleeping has just become one giant debacle, both day & night. She went through a stage there for a while where she was just refusing point blank to sleep in her cot. She would just start a massive tantrum if we tried to take her anywhere near her room after her bath. We ended up putting her to bed in the spare bedroom. We are getting her big bed set up in there over the weekend & have bought her all new PJ's, bedlinen, lamp etc. to make it all special & exciting for her, but thankfully in the last 2 days she appears to have gotten over it & has slept in her cot. She's also been nightwaking almost every night, which has been bad too.
The past two nights though, she's had a really early sleep during the day (as she'd woken up very early in the morning) so has gone to bed relatively early & easily.
I feel bad for going on & on about all the trouble we've been having with Claire lately, but it's just been such a difficult time for us to get through. I do have to say though, that the good moments have been very, very good. She can certainly turn on the charm when it suits her!! Her vocab & speaking in general are still leaping ahead & she is becoming quite the little comedian! I was trying to get her to leave this thing at mum & dad's house today, but she was insitant on bringing it with her. To outsmart her, I thought I was very clever in saying "Where do you want to leave it? By the fridge? By the door? On that box?" Her answer: "In the car!" :laughing:
And another good thing that's happened (although I'm hesitant to mention it for fear of jinxing it!! :laughing:) is that we've appeared to hit on a magical disciplinary method. One day I got sick of asking her a hundred times to pick something up while I was feeding Owen and I was sick of yelling at her as I'd been doing it all day. So very calmly, I said to her "Claire listen to me. I'm only going to tell you one more time, and then I'm going to turn the Wiggles off." (We were watching her favourite Wiggles DVD at the time!) "Pick up that cracker and put it back on the plate." I was amazed as I watched her walk over to the cracker she'd been crumbling all over the floor, quietly pick up all the pieces and put them on the table!
So the next time I got sick of the sound of my own voice, telling her over & over again to do something, I tried it again; "Claire, listen to me. I'm only going to say this one more time, and if you don't do it, you'll go to your room. Now get down off the coffee table." :wizard: Again! Worked like magic!! Dave is using it too and it works every time for him as well! I don't know what it is about starting the threat of punishment with the words "I'm only going to tell you one more time" but it works!!!
Owen is now 13 weeks old & is just a dream! He is such an easy baby! Thankfully!! Now we can only hope he continues to be an easy child!
Well, I certainly think I've gone on enough for one evening!! So I'll leave you all now with that! Hope you're all well & hopefully I can get online again sooner rather than later (no-one go into labour or have any babies while I'm not online!!!)
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 20:54
Fi :hugs: So great to hear from you again!! Sounds like Claire is definatley given you a run for your money!!!! Turning the wiggles off sounds like a good discipline method to me..hey if it works it works!!! We have a naughty chair at the moment. And Cooper gets 3 warnings and if he still doesnt do what he is told he has to sit there for a minute (i sit with him and tell him what he was doing was wrong) then he has to say sorry which is usually a cuddle and all is good again. So far its working! I think Claire is probably just going through a stage... I guess she has a fair bit on her mind with Owen etc...maybe she has taken to wanting you more because she realises that he is here to definatley stay! lol :hugs: If she is anything like Cooper you will have good weeks and bad weeks. Some days butter wouldnt melt in Coopers mouth and he is just a dream and the next day is full of tantrums and cranky pant Cooper. I guess its just the stage of toddler hood! Glad to hear that Owen is such a dream though.....after reading all the posts on her...it seems that the boys are definatley easier to handle so far! :laughing:
Take care Fi - pop back in soon! always great to hear from you!
MrsMiggins
13-06-2007, 21:10
Thanks Hayles (oh, and thanks for jinxing the Blues again!!! ;) :p)
It's odd, we've used the threats of sending her to her room/turning the Wiggles off etc in the past with some luck, but for whatever reason, it seems to be the addition of the words "I'm only going to tell you one more time..." that does the trick. It never fails!!
Oh, and I meant to say to you also - good luck with your TTC!! I hope you guys get a BFP soon!! I've been thinking of you!!
hayleylea
13-06-2007, 22:11
Oh thanks Fi!!! heres hoping!! im not really in a rush - ive got myself convinced its going to take me ages!!! See how i go!! you guys will be one of the first people to know...after Trent that is. lol
Oh and i know i should have kept my mouth shut about the blues!!
Hello everyone.
First - just want to say hi to Fi! You sound as though you have had a really rough few weeks. I am pretty much useless with advice as it is all a mystery to me - can only say hang in there girl! You are doing ok!
Ah - the lovely snotty noses Hayley. They are a pain. I am sure it is the weather as Will keeps having one here and there too.
Lou - so sorry to hear that Maddi's op has been postponed yet again. Here's hoping you can both get through the next month ok. After that I hope Maddi is illness free for some time!
Anna - I don't really know what to say about Chelsea except that like the others I wondered if she wants some one on one time with you. She has had lots of changes already this year with going to school and she knows that there is a new bub coming so maybe she is a bit scared that there will be no time for her now? I really have no idea though - maybe she is just learning naughty things from other kids at school. Sorry -I know I am not much help - I would have cried too. Books are very special to me as well.
Will is going along ok. He did get conjunctivitis in the other eye as well but has been ok with it. I think those annoying eye teeth might be making him a bit crabby at times - he still only has the pointy bits but we can cope with that.
I went to a conference yesterday and met up with some people who may be interested in giving me some more work. It would be good to get another source of work as things have been a bit quiet for a few weeks now and the work I have isn't very satisfying. Mind you- when I was at the conference I did wonder if I needed a whole different profession because the people seemed so boring! Hmm - no comments about me here please.
I feel a bit bad about my whinge about Troy the other day. You see after I get Will up in the morning Troy and Will usually lie in bed together for 15 minutes or so and read books. In that time I might have some breakfast and wash Will's dummies or whatever. It's after that bit that I get a bit annoyed. Will usually comes running out to find me and Troy rolls over and goes back to sleep while I do Will's breakfast and get him dressed etc. So he's probably not that bad really. Yesterday he had to do the whole lot as I had to leave before 8.
Oh and Troy is home an awful lot so it was a bit slack of me - you probably all wanted to tell me to shut up!
I should toddle off I guess. I hope Cath is going ok and Ange - haven't heard from you in a while - hope all is good.
Wow. I just lost an entire post just as I was ready to send it. :gloomy:
Must be the world against Anna week or something.
Immy just devoured a peanut butter sandwhich so fast that I actually asked Chelsea if she'd eaten it! :eek: So I just made Immy another just in case!
Oh by the way, not sure if I mentioned it but Immy has been waking some nights, just for a couple of mins and settles fine, but I noticed a couple of days ago that she has all four 2yo molars coming through. Here's hoping they arrive before the baby does - that's the LAST thing I need my grandmother worrying about while Immy is there with her.
Well I'll try and summarise my post as best I can - there was a lot of info for Fi so I hope I can remember.
Oh cute! Chelsea comes to me and shows me her empty plate when she's done and Immy has just copied her! She has the biggest grin on her face and is holding up an empty plate! That means she ate 6 squares of sandwhich!!!
Fi - a lot of what I wrote was about the whole discipline thing with Claire and her tanties. It's wonderful that you've found a method that works with her for the little things. Based on my experience with toddlers, now is the time for you and Dave to sit, discuss and decide on what action you're going to use consistantly when Claire has a mega tanty. Whatever you decide should also be discussed with extended family so they can also support you in it. This a long term thing. Our course of action that we had the most sucess with was the good old, supernanny naughty spot. We chose a neutral place in our house where we could still see them but they couldn't see the tv or where the others were playing etc. I'm sure you know how it works, but if you want to know the specifics, let me know (just remember they stay on the spot for 1 minute per year of age). At first my girls were on the spot for up to 6 times a day each. Now we haven't used it in over 12 months. I'm thinking I might re-introduce it again for Chelsea & Nicola's lack of packing up behaviour. I actually think it won't take more than 3 sessions on the naughty spot to pull them back into line. But as for the other behaviour, I'm obviously still working on that! LOL!
Now is definately the time to start with Claire because from what I've read (only read, I'm no guru) she's displaying very dominant behaviour and she must remember who the parents are in the equation. She's throwing tanties for a reason (believe it or not!) and part of that reason is because she's frustrated at not being able to express herself (or because she just REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY wants chocolate NOW!) Tanties are a phase but if not addressed and nipped in the bud early can lead to other problems later. I just wanted to say also that I'm sure Claire loves Owen to pieces and don't think that if she lashes out at him etc that she doesn't - it's just the frustration thing. If you're holding Owen and she's demanding to be picked up then tell her that you're still there to give her attention, talk to her etc but you can't pick her up right now. If it sparks a tanty, simply walk away. I really hope things get better in your household. I think that Claire is a very intelligent little girl and she knows how to push the buttons to her advantage! Have a good talk with Dave and let us know what you come up with. Miss you around here and miss our msn chats too! :hugs: Oh and don't worry, when there are babies to annouce, we have your mobile number!!
Hayles, even though you've convinced yourself that it's going to take you a while to fall pregnant, I sure hope you're having fun in the mean time! And I also hope you're prepared just in case it happens as soon as next month!
Tan, glad to hear that someone else would have cried in my situation too - I really do value books.
Oh don't ever apologise for having a DH whinge on here! I can completely see where you're coming from on the Troy issue. Just because you work from home, doesn't mean he's more entitled to an extra sleep in than you are! Oh and if he's home a fair bit then should he actually be helping out MORE?!! That sounds more logical to me! :thumbsup:
Well I seriously can't believe how fast these days are ticking away. I'm 37 weeks on Saturday so I have 3 weeks to go til my due date. I'm really looking forward to my ob appointment tomorrow. I think there'll be a quick scan to do measurements etc and I'll be discussing being induced on my due date if bubba blue doesn't arrive earlier. I keep saying that I don't think he's going to be early - however I do have a feeling he's just as likely to surprise me! How's that for a contradiction! Dr is happy to induce me at 38 weeks - which is like, NEXT Saturday but the idea of that soon freaks me out too much! Plus if I can make it to full term then it works out better for the family because I can just drop the kids off at their respective places then casually stroll into hospital on the Friday evening or Saturday morning, have some gel and have a baby (oh if ONLY it were that easy!!!) I've also got to discuss the option of not having a drip put in unless things arn't progressing. They couldn't get a vein with Chelsea & technically I should be ready to pop anyway so even if I had gel & a sweep or something then things should progress naturally from there (shouldn't they?)
As you can tell, my mind is still going a million miles and hour. I'm still nesting - it's picked up again today and I've cleaned the kitchen, doing several load of washing & trying to tidy up and clear the place out. The only thing stressing me is the vacuuming, washing the floors (there's a lot of floor space!) & what the heck I'm going to do with these girls clothes that are still sitting in my living room and have been for weeks and weeks now.
I was sitting in bed with my thoughts last night and went back through the baby's hospital bag and was smelling all the lovely clothes I'd packed! (Still stressing that there isn't enough in there!!) I don't know why it still hasn't really hit home that there'll be a baby here soon! Maybe it's all just still so surreal because it's a boy!
Ok, I've raved and raved and I'm off to make a toblerone cheesecake for tomorrows Hobart mums meet (AH! I'll bet you're all wishing you lived here now! LMAO!)
Talk soon
xoxo
Ooops. Sorry all - epic post alert :rolleyes:
Oh Hayles - we have a shop here called the Animal Tuckerbox which just advertised anti-bark collars for $149. Are you still looking into them?
They haven't updated their web site with the current specials but here are the numbers to call if you want to ask them any questions. I can post one to you if you still looking for one.
http://www.animaltuckerbox.com.au/locations.htm
hayleylea
14-06-2007, 13:04
Thanks for that Anna! I had a quick look on there website but couldnt find where they had the collars? were they the anti bark ones that spray them when they bark or give them a shock? if its the one that sprays them id be very interested! Ill have another look on the website.
Ive been drawing up house plans for Trents uncle all day for his extenstion and my eyes are sore lol. Been a long time since ive used my drafting skills I amazed myself at how quick i picked it back up!
Havent yet finished so i probably should get back to it before Mr wakes up!
Hayles they arn't on the web site I already looked. They still only have May's specials advertised on there, bit slack really! Have a look and give a quick call to the Mornington shop and ask about the collars - I only just caught the end of the ad on tv so I don't have a clue, but I'm looking out for it again and I'm bound to see it again today sometime! Will let you know if I see which one it is.
Otherwise, tell me the questions you have about them and I'll call them for you today. :thumbsup:
Hey - just have to tell you somrething extra cute. Will has learnt his own name! He goes around and points to us and says "Mumma, Daddy" and then he points with both hand to himself and says "Will"! So cute! Even cuter because these days he has this husky little voice (courtesy of all that tonsillitis I think) - ohh I could just eat him all up!:)
hayleylea
14-06-2007, 16:32
Hey Anna thanks for the offer. I didnt get around to ringing today but i might do that tommorrow! if you see the add just try and see what else they say about them. Thanks for thinking about me though.
Tan - thats SOOOO Cute about Will saying his name!!! i try and try to get Cooper to say his name but havent had any success as yet! :yelclap: Will!
Hi everyone,
just a quick hello from me. I've been struck down with gastro since Monday night which is so annoying!! Dean has been home looking after Paddy (in between staring at the computer) and my Mum was around for a bit today to take Paddy out and she made me some chicken soup. Baby 2 has still been moving but it has been worring me because I have hardly eaten and it doesn't stay in me if I do eat. I'm glad I have my Ob. appt tomorrow to make sure all is okay. Bloody gastro!! I have so much to do and haven't done anything for 3 days now!!
Tan that is so cute that Will is saying his own name -beautiful!!
Anna hope you are working some things out with Chelsea -not what you need right now. How fast are the weeks going? Did you get your pram snug?
Lou I feel so sorry for your little family -poor things!! How annoying about having to put off the operation again. I hope you all improve soon and stay healthy for another month.
Hayley loved those photos.
Fi good to hear from you. Sounds like you have been having a bit of a tough time -sounds exhausting. I hope it is just a short stage for you.
Okay have to go for now but I so hope I am feeling better tomorrow and will check in again then.
Oh Cath you poor thing! Can you try taking some lucozade for a bit of energy? I found sipping on that when I was unwell settled my tummy. As for eating, try snacky things like le snacks and plain rice crackers or corn thins etc. So boring I know but it's something in your tummy. Don't stress at all about the baby because he'll take what he needs from you anyway, which is why it always takes longer to recover from illness especially this far into the pregnancy. I hope you're much better tomorrow, surely gastro can't last a whole week can it? Glad to hear that Dean is helping out - lots of rest for you my dear!
These weeks are just zipping by which I knew they would. I also have an OB appointment tomorrow but I'm not ready to be induced in a weeks time (38 weeks), I'll hold on a little longer to see if I go naturally. Oh and I got my snug as a bug today in the mail and it's really AS NEW! The seller was so great!
As for the pram snug - I did win one then changed my mind (:rolleyes:) & asked if I could offer the next 2 bidders a 2nd chance offer. She said no problems & that she'll offer it and I haven't heard from her since! I'm assuming she's found another buyer but said I was more than willing to do all the emailing and will pay any difference from their bids to mine. That same day I was in Big W getting nappies and I came across a product they had that was near identical to a pram snug and bought it for $25! So now I have guilt and I'm going to write to the seller tonight to make sure she's sold it, otherwise I'll still feel committed to buy it - which is really no problem as I did bid! :D
Tan that's just so adorable that Will can say his name! He must be so pleased with himself! I know that whole "I could just eat them all up" feeling well! Immy has been playing with my belly lots and babbling something about bubby! It's like blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah blah Bubby! She know's there's a bubby in there and always pats or strokes or slaps my belly and talks about her bubby!
Hayles no worries - still haven't seen the ad - I'll tell Shane to watch out for it tonight as well so we have 2 pairs of eyes looking out!
Ok off to finish dinner - scotch fillet steak and little cubes of roast potato, carrot & sweet potato - YUUUUUUUM!
Ah here you all are! I was wondering why nobody had posted for ages and came hunting for you.
Fi you sound like you have your hands full as. You did well to post that post while you could. Hard to believe that Claire has turned the tables and decided to act out considering how long and how well she's been since Owen has been born. 13 weeks has gone so fast. Maybe she is unwell or teething or something like you said. Maddi has been an absolute tanty queen of late and today I just walked off and let her go for it. I had had it up to my eyeballs and not in the mood. I have put it down to her being so sick and in pain all the time. So who knows? Bring on intelligent understandable conversation!!! The day they can say I'm upset because....... is going to be a day of rejoicing. I was asking Maddi today "do you have a sore tummy", "do you have a sore ear" and she just looked at me all confused and kept on screaming. I can live in hope hey. It actually sounds like Claire won't be far off doing that.
Cath, how upsetting that you have gastro at this stage in your pregnancy. I hope you start to feel like eating soon and on the road to recovery. You need to keep your strength up for July. Great to hear you are getting a lot of help around home while your out of action. Just try to keep your fluid levels up girly. Easy to say isn't it. :hugs:
Anna, Immy is so cute with patting your belly and talking to bubba blue. I imagine she will be a real mother hen once he arrives. How are the girls today? Is Chelsea a bit better today?
Tan, Will is quite the talker isn't he! How cute that he knows he's Will and how to say his name. And if you want to have a moan about your DH thats ok by me. Lordy knows I do it enough.
Ange, yeah where are you??? Whats going on in your world of late and hows Seth going?
Renee too! Hows the study going? Are you still popping in here every now and then to catch up with us?
One of the girls in my mothers group has just had her 2nd baby and they had a girl. I can't remember the name they chose because its that unusual but her nickname is Milly, which I think is adorable. She had a natural labour, got to the end and the baby was in distress - cord around neck and they had her ready for a c-section when she gave one final push and out Milly popped. She had a 3 hour labour in total. How impressive is that!
My cold is hanging in there like a bad smell (not that I can smell a thing) and last night I slept in the spare room. Tony got up to Maddi this morning at 6.30am which was a godsend.
Well better go and get some more fruit juice into me and some decongestant. I can't breathe! Winter sucks the big one so far!
hayleylea
14-06-2007, 19:39
Cath :hugs: You poor thing!!! I had gastro about the same time as you during my pregnancy and it wasnt fun at all. I was constantly on the toilet and also with my head in a bucket throwing up!! The doc was worried i would go into early labour so he gave me a maxalon shot. Im glad you have some help and i hope you get better so! not what you need at anytime little on at this stage of your pregnancy!!
Anna - thanks for keeping your eyes peeled for that add!
Lou - Milly is a cute name. Trents Cousins little girl is called Millie and i just love it! They were going to call her Millicent - but they just stuck to millie! Sorry to hear you are still sick. This cold is certainly a stayer! :banghead: Im with you I cant wait for the day they can tell you exactly what is wrong. If i say to Cooper have you got a sore tummy etc he will either day "yeah" to every question or No to every question and then just giggles :rolleyes:
Tan i forgot to say dont feel bad about saying them things about Troy. We all have done the same. Your entittled to a whinge here and there....we all do! lol.
OK im off to laze infront of the telly - ive just finished sorting god knows how many photos!!
Oh i almost forgot it snowed where my mum lives today!!! The road from here to there got closed and everything!:eek: YIKES! It was freezing here today too...no wonder why!
Morning everyone!
Cath - Oh No! I hope the gastro settles soon. Gastro is awful at the best of times, I cannot imagine what it would be like when you are 8 months pregnant. I agree whole heartedly with all of Anna's suggestions although you are probably trying all that anyway. And yes - if all else fails then go to the doctor and beg for one of those needles.
Hayley - Brrrr - it must be cold at your place! It's been quite cold here too but we are obviously not that close to the snow!
Oh Lou - I am so with you on the "hurry up and talk to me" scale. Last night my poor little guy yelled out nearly every hour. I was really only up with him for half an hour at about midnight and he was all stuffed up in the nose again. I gave him some nurofen and a drink of water and a nice big cuddle and then tucked him back into bed. When I first went in to him he was lying down crying into the mattress and I just sat next to the cot and rubbed his back while he peered through the cot bars at me. I felt so sad for him! I did ask him if he felt sick/yucky and he nodded - he was so sad. What I should have done was go and get the vaporiser out then and there but of course I didn't and then I think it was almost every hour after I heard him stir. Eventually we went and got him at 6:15am and put him in bed with us where he dozed on and off. I'm not taking him to the doctor though (even if it is Friday) - we know what to do now and that would just waste all our time. The specialist appointment is next Wednesday so maybe his tonsils will look really yucky for him.
Oh - Will doesn't really talk all that much. I think Will is an easy name to say, certainly a lot easier than Cooper or Maddi I think. He is certainly a long way off sentences like Claire's! But he does seem to be getting better all the time.
Oh - I am a bit jealous of all you guys and your spare rooms right now. Currently our spare room is holding 86 thousand advertising flyers for Troy's accounting business. He does a flyer drop every year in the first week of July and each year the number of flyers just gets bigger and bigger. So we have had to stand our spare bed up against the wall at least until they are sent out. The first year we were crazy and walked the streets putting them in letterboxes for half the night and very early mornings - now we just get Australia Post to do it for us.
Anyway - I had better go. My hypochondriac DH thinks he is sick too, so I am on sympathy duty.
LMAO Tan! Have you heard of a garage? Why take up valuable spare room space with that many flyers?! On the other hand, does Troy have a shed? Get him to take up some of HIS personal space! :laughing:
Oh my heart just broke reading about poor little Will last night. I just hate it when they're so miserable. I hope Will is a bright little button this morning and has a nice long nap today to make up for last night.
Can't stop this morning, busy busy.
Must leave soon as our Hobart mums meet is on at 11 in Kingston which is about 1/2 hour away, plus I'm picking up threesweetpeas (Kristy) and her kids too so I need plenty of time to arrange the seats in the car for all the extra car seats/capsules etc! She's got 3 kids, all girls, 8yo, 4yo & baby Ebony.
Then afterwards I'll grab a quick lunch, then off to my appointment at 3pm then pick up Shane then Nicola & then go out to Shane's parents house - it's his mums birthday today so I hope he remembers to buy her something today. She's so hard to buy for - has everything. Apparently all she want this year is a cd. :rolleyes: I might tell him to go to the jeweller and buy a decorative bit for her pandora bracelet - something that's NOT $200. :eek: :rolleyes:
Ok gotta go.
Will check in later and tell you what happens at my appointment - if anything!
Hayles - hope your house is well today.
Cath - hope your appointment goes well - come back today and tell us all about it!
Lou - still thinking of you hun, I know it must be so hard and I nearly cried when I read your comment about not having any more children! We'll discuss that later shall we?! Seriously though, I hope you're feeling well this morning and that Maddi is a little angel for you.
xoxo
Hey guys, Bambini pronto is having a sale online and I just bought up big time. Those snack trap things are on sale too! Who am I to resist a sale :D
Tan, get rid of those pamphlets from the spare room and have yourself a night off. I slept in the spare room again last night and boy did I need it. I'm sure that if I didn't have the last 2 nights in that room with a good sleep I'd be much sicker. A good rest is often in need when everything seems to much. Seriously I was on the verge of losing the plot. I think DH got the message loud and clear this time and he's been really good with helping out in regards to Maddi.
I'm just contemplating if I'm well enough to venture out with Maddi. I'm sure that when people see me in public they will maintain a 10 foot distance. My nose looks like rudolph and my eyes are all black from the sinus stuffiness. I'm one HOT mumma - NOT :laughing: .
hayleylea
15-06-2007, 09:18
Hey guys...
Tan - Poor Will!!! Hope he is feeling a bit better today. Cooper has a snotty nose and a cough but he has been sleeping like a dream! Hasnt been getting up till 8 and having 3 hours sleeps every day - loving it!! I hate when they are sick of a night - its so very sad. :hugs:
I must admit ive been enjoying my few hours in my bed by myself this last week. I love hogging the bed so while Trents on arvo shift i get to sprawl out by myself till about 1am. Bliss lol.
Cute Story! I am having a big clean up today....havent done it for the last couple of days because ive been feeling like Cr@p. Anyway i found Coopers baby born doll (it was in the cubby house we got for him) Anyway he thought it was christmas! it was so cute. I just put it aside and was about to put it in the toybox and he said No lol. And got it and cuddled it and then came out in the lounge room and he has been playing with it all morning. I was sorting the washing and Cooper went to my underwear pile and got a bra and went back to were the doll was and put it on her like a blanket!!! LMAO!!!:laughing: :laughing: It was sooooooo funny. Needless to say i did go and get him a baby blanket so he could use that instead of my boulder Holders ROFL! Cute little guy. He has been feeding the baby buscuits and drinks all morning. He has such a great little imagination. He gave the doll a car to play with too...and got a little cranky that dolly wouldnt push it back!!:laughing:
Rudolf - oh i mean Lou! LOL. Have fun today - might do you guys good to get out and about!!! Sorry i had to laugh about you looking llike rudolf. - You poor thing!
Ok better get back to this cleaning.
Talk soon
Oh Hayley I wasn't exaggerating the rudolph thing, I could quite easily light the way at night time with this nose at the moment. Cooper sounds like he is having a good day already.
well Maddi and I just had our first mummy daughter fight. The first of many I'm sure. I was changing her nappy (big gross poo) and she decided she didn't want to lay there and tried to get up, I was pushing her back down telling her we were nearly done. Fair dinkum it took 2 arms and a leg to get in on. Then she was fighting me and wouldn't let me put her pants on. I was so determined because its happened more than once of late and I don't want it to be a habit. I tried your trick Fi and said one more time Maddi!!! And she just kept on screaming and kicking. "thats it Maddi your going in your cot". And she looked at me like she dared me. So in she went and I told her I am so so mad at you Maddi. And walked out. Boy she screamed and cried. After 5 minutes I went back in there and she gave me a big hug and wouldn't let go. She then let me put her pants on and just wanted to keep on hugging me. After that big tanty she is now asleep in her cot. What a doozy! All you ladies out there with boys - do they carry on like this coz if this is a girl thing.........Ah I'm over it. And she's only 20 months old. :laughing:
hayleylea
15-06-2007, 11:15
Lou - WOW sounds like you and Maddi had a bit of a fight indeed lol. Atleast you made up though. I must say that boys judging from this lot of bubbas seem alot more easy! mind you Cooper has thrown a few wobblies in his time!! They are pretty short winded though. Luckily for me Cooper is really good getting his nappy changed..always have been. Most kids hate it!
Anyway ive just put Cooper to bed in his big bed for a nap. He gets to choose which one he wants and he hasnt choose his big bed for ages!!! Ah well....i doubt ill be getting my 3 hour sleep today! His sleeps are usually shorter in his big bed. Not to worry!
hayleylea
15-06-2007, 12:19
well i was right i got about a 40 minute sleep off Cooper. Not his fault though from the time i put him down he didnt stop coughing on and off! poor little thing. As usual cant get into the stupid doctor - But if i ring up first thing tommorrow morning i should be able to get in tommorrow. They dont take appointments for saturdays first in first served. He seems happy enough but im not happy with his cough. He was really upset when i went into get him and felt hot so i gave him some nurofen and he he layed on the lounge for a little while - he is up again now laughing and carrying on..
Poor little man. They sound so sad when they are coughing in their bed dont they! looks like we are in for a long afternoon. Im cooking dinner now so i just have to heat it up...Because Trents on arvo shift and i have a feeling all hell is going to break loose this arvo with a cranky and overtired little man!
Anywho im really hungry so its off to have some lunch!
Hey there,
Well I am back from having a haircut so no complaining about Dh today. He's looked after Will a lot this week.
Will is having a nice sleep with the vaporiser going - his nose has been running like a tap today, but better out than in!
Oh your poor nose Lou! I can just imagine. And the panda eyes too - what a good look.
As for Mummy/Son fights, well, we sort of have them but Will knows he can't win! He also hates the whole nappy change thing most of the time. Sometimes he is really good - other times he is a right bugger about it. Will's not really a full-on tanty kid. He'll have a loud whinge but I usually just walk off and he stops fairly soon. Sometimes it takes a bit longer than others and he will have a protest here and there but we get by.
I can't evict the pamphlets just yet as DH is sorting them into these special trays for Australia Post. Our garage is pretty full of other stuff and wouldn't be the ideal place to keep nice new pamphlets and we don't have a shed either! For a week or so it's ok, and Will has about 15 new boxes to push around our house as pretend cars.
Anyway - better go and get some lunch. Hmmm - raisin toast. YUMMY!
Hi everyone,
I still have the stupid gastro but it is getting a little bit better. Not feeling so nauseous and no vomiting but whatever I eat is still just going through me (sorry -TMI!). I am so annoyed because I have a nice dinner booked tonight with my 3 closest friends that I organised about a month ago. I really wanted to have a nice meal with them before baby 2 arrived. I am still going to go but might have to skip the nice glass of red I was going to have and choose the lightest sounding thing on the menu - damn it!!
All these poor sick kids!! What is going on?
Tan hope Will sleeps okay with his runny nose. How's the haircut? I am just letting mine go wild until the week before D-Day when I will get it cut and coloured as that might be my last chance for a while.
Hayley 40 minutes is definitely not long enough is it? It's cute that he will sleep in his bed though. I still think Paddy would be up and about a second after being put in there. It is worrying me a bit that he will have to give up his cot in about 3 months to make room for his brother -I really think he will be wandering around.
Lou thanks for the tip about the Bambino Pronto sale -I bought some stuff too. They sell these excellent hangers that I have tried to find in shops with no luck that extend so can be used from newborn until kids are about 10 -the hanging bit of the babies cupboard here is a shamozzle of hangers and I want to neaten it up. Paddy had a shocking stage for a month or so with major tantrums over nappies and now all of a sudden he is over it -boys can go nuts too!! It took both Dean and I to get it changed in the morning for a while there -for a little boy Paddy is amazingly strong - sounds like they all are. Poor girl with your red nose -hope you get another good nights sleep tonight.
Anna you are one busy woman!! Where do you get the energy? I am starting to think I might have to seriously do some regular exercsie or something after baby 2 comes - I am so lacking in energy. Hey when you get a chance (and seriously if it is a years time from now that is fine) can you post the recipe for that toblerone cheescake - sounds unreal!!
Damn -Paddy just got woken up by the phone -got to go. Chat soon
hayleylea
15-06-2007, 16:51
Well Cooper has done well considering he has only had 40 minutes...up until now that is! :devil6: He is being sooooooooooooooooooo naughty. He has been sent to his naughty chair 3 times in the last half an hour! he has been extremely mean to Axel (which he NEVER does) and now he has just gone crazy!!! He smacked me aswell so he got time out and i pretended to cry (only way to make him realise that its not right and that he hurt mummy) and he came and gave me a cuddle. This afternoon his nose has been running like a tap and his cough seems to be getting more frequent. Ill be on the phone at 8.30 on the dot tommorrow trying to get into the doctors. I honestly dont know if its that bad but he cant get rid of this cold and his cough doesnt sound the best so i best get him checked out.
Im counting down the minutes till he goes to bed though - i reckon at about 6.45 he will be in bed. Heres hoping anyway. Im completley stuffed tonight and looking forward to some me time :D
Cath i spoke to you on MSN. It sucks that your still sick. :fingerscrossed: its all gone by tommorrow!
hmmmm my boy has a second lease on life! Great! :rolleyes:
Hi girlies, I'm home again.
WOW what a busy busy day.
My little Immy has done so well with NO naps and only just went to bed! :eek: (Well at 9:15 - it's taken me ages to write this post!) She's been a bright spark all day and apart from a shoe-sucking fetish has been as good as gold.
Bubhub meet went super well - we had 10 or so mums with heaps of bubs and lots of yummy food! (Cath, the recipe for the cheesecake was on the philli pack so I'll write it out for you soon!)
HERE'S A PIC OF US ALL!! (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1588068#post1588068) (Geez, spot the fatty with 3 weeks to go!)
Next the girls and I had lunch and popped into Big W in the new shopping centre to kill some time (bought some $6 000 clothes for the boy!) Picked up Shane and headed for the OB. He was packed today because he'd been away for 2 weeks but still didn't take too long to get in.
Then went and got Nicola from my nans place and headed out to the in-laws as it was Shane's mums birthday today so we had some dinner out there.
Ok, so as for the OB appointment, here's what we're looking at.
Fundal height is measuring 39 which is a couple ahead of "the norm" and 4cm more than 2 weeks ago. The chronic rib pain that I've been getting - and that has crippled me the last couple of days - is rib crowding and I nearly cried when the dr said that I can't do anything about it.
Apparently I'm now NOT going to have a 4kg baby. Dr thinks the size is just nice and definately not overly big (thank GOODNESS!) I asked about being induced by 40 weeks and he said we'll see how we go - any day now, any day! I wonder if there's something he's not telling me? So do DH and I go for it like rabbits (so to speak) or just let things happen?
At the moment, the baby is punching really hard and I've actually felt like there's been a fist in my birth canal. I crossed my legs so fast because we were at the in-laws and there's not way I wanted my waters breaking there! (Also, don't want to have him today on MIL's birthday so if he's coming then he's just going to have to wait a couple of hours!!:D)
So now I'm just ready to go whenever, I know all is well, even my BP was an amazing 110/70 which is a sheer miracle in itself - you should hear my voice though - so croaky because of stress. . .
Anyway enough about me, just had a read about everyone elses day.
Tan I guess it's ok to lose your spare room if it's only for a week or so. Sounds like fun to have so many car boxes to run around the house with! When all the flyers have gone you should tie them all together like a train for Will! How great that you got a haircut today, I always feel a million bucks after a nice haircut!
Lou have you been home resting or have you been at work this week? Does Tony have hockey this weekend? I'd be begging him to stay home so you can get some more sleep by the sounds of it. If I could express post you my get well soup then I would! I hear you with the tanties thing. There was many a time that I had 2 hands holding down a screaming child with my two legs pinning their arms down as well just so I could change a stinky nappy. Thankfully Immy is pretty good and I can distract her with a game of heads and shoulders or a little sing song or a game of "where is your. . ."
The bambini site sale sounds good - can you pm the web site to me? When does the sale end?
Hayles, sounds like Cooper will be sleeping well tonight for you after his little day sleep today. I'm sure the naughty streak is just because he's tired because it doesn't sound like Cooper's normal behaviour to be that naughty to Axel. Immy has acted out before when she's been really tired and has lashed out with a smack, but she only needs to be told once that that's naughty and she realises quick smart. Hope Cooper is back to his cheery self tomorrow.
Cath, I really hope you manage a little dessert with your meal tonight. What a shame you're still sick. This gastro seems to be hanging around - make sure you go get checked out if it continues. How was your OB appointment today? Did you have a scan? Measurements? How's bub doing? Can't wait to hear about it!
Where is that Ange of ours lately????
Ok I'm off to bed because I'm physically and mentally exhausted and I keep having that feeling in the back of my mind that the boy is going to surprise us all. I'm desperate to change all of the sheets in the house so might be a job for tomorrow. When I was in hospital with Immy, nan helped pack everything up when we came home and she accidentally packed one of those matress protectors the use under your sheet while you're still bleeding (there was a spare left near my suitcase by a nurse and it looks all pretty and pink like a blanket! So I'm going to put that on the bed tomorrow in case my waters break as I'm paranoid about ruining my beautiful matress and I'm not sure how insurance goes with covering "amniotic flooding!"
Talk to you all tomorrow.
Sleep sweet xoxo
MrsMiggins
15-06-2007, 22:04
:rolleyes: I am such a dimwit!!!
Here I am, logging in for the past couple of days, thinking it strange that you guys have all been so quiet!! Sheesh! How long did it take me to figure out we're on a new thread?!!! Dimwit!
So now I have to go catch up on all the posts!!!
I've read a couple of posts back so far & I just wanted to say that Cath & Anna, I am so excited for you guys!!! I can't believe you (and we all!) are going to get to meet your babies so very soon!!! :D
Oh, and just while I think of it, we've been going much better here! Yay! Well, today was pretty good anyway! Let's just hope it's not a one-off!! We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow, so it should be a nice day.
Has anyone been to Kmart? They've got a great sale on rigth now - Men's, women's & kids clothing, footwear & sleepwear all buy one item & get the second for 70% off! I went & laybyed a HEAP of stuff for Claire & Owen & also bought some clearance stuff. I got a really gorgeous shirt for Claire that I've had my eye on for AGES, plus a cute pair of jeans that match the shirt really well, a hooded sweatshirt for Claire & a pair of trackies for Owen for the grand total of $13!!!!!!!!
OK, off to catch up on posts, then off to beddie-byes for me!!
hayleylea
16-06-2007, 09:43
hey Guys
Just a quick one from me.
Anna - Cool pic of your bubhub meet, glad you had a good time.
Fi good to hear from you. I didnt realise a new thread had been started either but i just noticed a new post. I did see the sale at kmart but unfortunatley our kmart is closing down at the end of the month :mad: So they have barely anything left. Its getting replaced with a target...ill miss kmart! The nearest one is 40 minutes away so i might have to make a few trips up there lol.
Well at 8.30 this morning i got on the phone to get a doctors appointment and i was the first one in!! :smiliedance: Turns out Cooper has a viral infection as well as an ear infection - so antibiotics for him! Im so amazed at him as is the doctor. He slept from 6.30 last night till 7.45 this morning....The doctor did recommend pain stop night but i decided not to get it because he is sleeping well during the night without medication. It was only his day sleep yesterday that was a bugger. He was so chirpy at the doctors too...i was sitting in the waiting room thinking why did i bring you here lol. Good thing is his tonsills are clear!!! Well they were a little red but nothing major!
OK better get going. Talk soon.
ETA check this thread out guys http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=98625 HAHAHAHA! Dont you like Coopers photos! now thats what i call weird and wacky faces! TOO CUTE
oh and Ange is at her mum and dads looking after them. She has been there for 2 weeks and been a busy girl...
My goodness Hayles - what a trooper you have got in Cooper! Just as well you took him to the doctors. Ear infections can get nasty when they are not treated. Loved the pics by the way - Cooper certainly had some funny faces as a littlie.
Wow Anna - you had a busy, busy day yesterday! Glad to hear that Immy coped well - she's such a great kid. Considering she is normally such a sleepy head I can't believe how good she is when she misses her sleeps!
Will (admittedly does up to the eyeballs with nurofen and dimetapp) slept well last night. He is still very stuffy though with a nasty cough too but a good sleep did us all the world of good. Troy is convinced he is sick now too, so we are being homebodies yet again today.
That is such a great idea about making a train Anna! I will definitely do that - we have been pushing Will's toys around in the boxes already but tying them together sounds fab!
Fi - so glad to hear things are improving for you. Just remember - they'll be 5 and 6 years old in the blink of an eye and running off to school everyday!
OK gotta go - left Will eating raisin toast (in the highchair) whilst watching knight rider - he loves the fast cars!
hayleylea
16-06-2007, 10:43
Hey Tan - Yep i definatley have a trooper in my little man. Its funny because i felt bad for not taking him earlier but honestly he hasnt showed real signs of being really sick if you know what i mean?! yesterday was the only day he missed his sleep he has been sleeping fantastic of a night, and really he has only had a runny nose and a cough that developed to a bad one just yesterday. Its funny how as a parent you beat yourself up about not taking them to the docs sooner..Mind you he did say we came at the right time because its not as bad as it could have got.. He will be fine and thats the main thing. He went to bed at 10.45 and is still there. He keeps coughing every now and again. Its really only during the day when its bad.
Tan im sorry to hear Will is sick again. Poor little kiddies and stupid cold weather!
Have a nice weekend guys! Stay warm and :fingerscrossed: these colds all pass by quickly!!!
Too funny - when I went to check Will with his raisin toast this is what I found!
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/ttw_photo/Will/IMG_8141.jpg
I swear - I'd only felt the room for 5 minutes!
hayleylea
16-06-2007, 12:00
:laughing: :laughing: OMG Tan he is so adorable! Thats so funny!! his hair is getting lighter and lighter i swear! VERY CUTE!
How gorgeous is Wills curly hair!!! Oh lucky boy. Hayley if you ever want to know anything about ear infections you know who to ask :laughing: . Cooper did very well to manage the pain up to this point.
Maddi's toy of the day is a disposable glove blown up like a balloon. She is loving it. Very strange indeed. After her 2 episodes on the change table yesterday Maddi has been pretty good today getting her nappy changed. Lets hope its here to stay. She had a shocker of a night last night waking at 11pm, 4am and 6.30am. I have no idea what her problem was but she was wriggling around a lot so I am guessing she had some tummy pain. I made a chicken casserole last night that has pineapple in it and Maddi ate a lot of pineapple. First time she's actually had it so I'm wondering if pineapple was too acidic or something?
She is very happy today.
OMG Tan! That has got to be the MOST angelic photos of a child I've ever seen in my LIFE! His little pouty lips, the curly hair and the eyebrows are just so cute! You MUST keep that for the 18th or 21st birthday! Or even just print a copy so every time you've had enough you can just look at the pic and remind yourself that's not so bad and that he can be an angel - even if it's when he's sleeping! LMAO!
Oh and PMSL at Will watching Knight Rider too! :D
Cooper sounds like he'll soldier on through just about anything! I hope the antibiotics kick in fast and that he gets better soon. Sounds like lots of sleep is on the cards for him!
Lou PMSL at Maddi's favourite toy!
Pineapple can be very acidic to a little tummy - Nicola never liked eating it but lately claims to LOVE it and eats it on pizza. I'd think the worse it could do was cause the need to burp?? Immy stirred a few times last night too but I never heard her - only ever heard Shane thumping down the stairs! Oh Anna live it up! I only have 3 more weeks of using pregnancy to get out of these sorts of things! EVER!!! Even when I burp I won't be able to blame it on the baby anymore! :D
So glad to hear that Maddi is happy today, poor little mite deserves a break.
Well we had a breakthrough in our house today!
Nicola came home last night and the two girls were fast asleep seconds after their heads hit the pillows - so they should be too seeing as though they went psycho for a few hours because they were back together! Anyway we've been stripping all the beds today and Shane had asked them to clean their rooms (yeah right, we know where THAT was going to lead!) Anyway, I went into their room to start making their beds and their room was really tidy & they'd also started on the play room! I was so happy and proud that I nearly cried and made a big deal giving them both cuddles and telling them how proud I was of them cleaning up! We then discussed why it was so important to keep things clean - so next time they want to play with a toy they know where it is, so they can move around in their bedroom, and because it's their job to be responsible for their things. Anyway, they've all been pretty good today so it's less stress for us and Shane and I have just been plodding on with the housework.
The girls are watching a movie at the moment while Shane and I have a frozen pizza in the oven. I haven't eaten all day besides a hot milo this morning.
OH! Speaking of milo! I FINALLY got around to ordering some Brabantia canisters from this cool (CHEAP AS!) website and they arrived yesterday but I had to pick them up from the post office this morning. I was suppose to order them last June when our kitchen was complete! Anyway I went to TOWN this morning cleaning up my little alcove in my kitchen and getting everything out of dodgy tupperware containers and into these beautiful canisters! What do you think?!
ANNA'S LOVELY NEW CANISTERS!!! (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/kitchen.jpg)
(Oh how sad am I to get excited over canisters. . . :rolleyes:)
Off to eat some pizza!
xoxo
Anna! Those canisters are bewtiful so I can totally understand why your excited over them. Please PM me the website. Which reminds me I still have to PM you the bambini pronto one.
I've been having a bake off today. Long overdue as I haven't for ages and have been craving some home baked cakes for a while. And seeing as DH is Gluten free its not much fun. Anyways, today I've made a batch of banana, maple syrup and sultana cupcakes of which Maddi is currently munching into. And I'm 1/3rd of the way into making gluten free apple custard slice. Thats a first time for me so :fingerscrossed: it works out.
Speaking of which I think the base is cooked to its time to make the filling. Only thing about baking is I hate washing the dishes. We do have a dishwasher but you know how the big trays don't fit in there.
Maddi has chosen today to explore the kitchen and open every door and pull out everything. Its about time the childproof locks go on I think!
have I ever showed you this photo of determined Maddi
gardening (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/pitchfork-1.jpg)
hayleylea
16-06-2007, 14:14
Love that photo of Maddi Lou!! lol. She looks very determined indeed! :yes:
OMG Lou! That's freakin hilarious!
What's with that little claw hand she's got going?! :devil6:
ETA: OMG Don't hate me! But I just figured out what it reminds me of! "Children of the Corn!" :D
:laughing: Anna, I've never noticed that hand before you mentioned it. I think her hands were that cold they had seized up??? But how determined is that look on her face. Thats what she looks like when I tell her not to do something and she still wants to do it. Feel sorry for me?
:laughing: I don't know whether "feel sorry for you" is the right expression Lou. Maybe - "run, run, as fast as you can! Here comes Mad Maddi!!!!!"
She looks like "Don't mess with me..." :laughing: I just love it!
Oh Anna - Angelic??? Look out for the ones that look like butter wouldn't melt in their mouth. They are :devil6: in disguise!
Ahhh bliss!
All beds are made, and hubby & all 3 kids have gone for a drive to the video store! Now I have 5 mins to myself to try and get this kid to stop trying to punch his way out of me!
OMG girls if you'd have just seen me now trying to make up the girls beds you'd have died with laughter! Nicola's bed is against a wall so I had to pull it out then commando roll over the bed to get to the other side then squeeze my fat self down there to tuck the blankets in! :D
Tan you can't say that photo of Will isn't angelic! Sure he might be sleeping, but it must be a fond moment to remember how angelic they CAN be (when sleeping! LMAO!)
OMG Lou - that look on Maddi's face is one of "TRY ME MUM!" :mad: To be quite honest if one of my kids came at me with a look like that I think I'd wet myself laughing! However if they were big enough to actually wield that pitch fork I think you'd see me heading for the hills! PMSL! :D God help you Lou when that child reaches adolescence!! :laughing:
hayleylea
17-06-2007, 06:21
Morning guys,
My poor little man woke up at 5am coughing so hard that he was heaving. Poor little guy! :crying: I went and got him and put him into bed with us, where him and Trent are still snoozing away. He sounded so sick. He was good as gold yesterday though. Hopefully He feels ok when he wokes up.
Cooper and I are off to my Mums today! :smiliedance: We havent stayed down there in AGES so im looking forward to it...dont know how long we are going yet, either just one night or 2. Ill see how Cooper goes. It should make him happy to be at Nanna's though!
His new word is "Broke" If one of his toys isnt working or if i dont want him near something or touching it i tell him its broke. LOL So now everything that he sees and i say you cant have that mate he says to me "broke" :laughing: very cute.
Anyway i better get our bags ready...talk soon.
PS: Lou i hope you got a good sleep last night and didnt dream of Maddi coming to get you with that Pitch fork! :laughing:
Oh Hayles - Cooper and Will can cough together! Will coughed his little heart out last night - I just lay there listening to him and hoping he was ok. I checked on him and he was sleeping but coughing and sounded quite noisy with his breathing. He slept til 7:45 this morning and is sitting on the lounge with Dh watching golf. DH has corrupted the poor little guy - he even says "golf" now.
Anyway - on the phone to my Dad so I had better go.
Hope you all have a nice Sunday!
Oh dear it sounds like Cooper and Will are in for the bad cold that we've had. My nose is still running like crazy and I've been through 3 boxes of tissues and need to go out and buy more! I'm onto the roll of toilet paper which isn't as soft as the aloe vera tissues. :crying:
No nightmares of Maddi and her pitchfork last night :laughing:, that would require sleep. Maddi woke up at 10pm refusing to sleep and didn't go back to sleep until 1am. How crazy is that? And she still work up at 7am bouncing happy and ready to rumble. I don't know whats going on? So I'm tired as today.
Did anyone watch 9am this morning? Did you see the 6 year old little girl that sang on the British idol? She sang over the rainbow and she made me cry. It was so beautiful and perfect. Stupid I know but honestly she was amazing. I think its available on the internet.
Anna, thanks a lot for that website. I've seen so much stuff that I "need", NOT. DH is going to kill me if I pull out the credit card and go crazy. The scanpans are so cheap compared to the stores here and I desperately need a small one. We have this huge one and I love it.
The images of you making the girls beds and commando rolling to the other side is hilarious. No way I could have done that in my final weeks with Maddi. If I laid down I was like a turtle on its back. I meant to say that photo of your bubhub meet was great and you don't look huge at all. Glowing!!
Well I need to go blow my nose and think about getting out of the PJ's. Have a great Sunday ladies.
Enjoy your time at your mums Hayley. And Tan and Hayley I hope your boys get healthy fast.
LOL Tan - GOLF?!! So corrupt already! LOL!
These two poor little guys with their coughs - sounds much like what Immy went through only a couple of weeks ago. Keep an eye on their nappies - they may go all yucky because kids don't know how to cough stuff up off their chest so end up swallowing it, makes for very unattractive nappies.
Speaking of nappies - something hilarious happened last night! Immy was cruising around in her zippy suit for a couple of hours before bed and was getting really clingy so was having lots of cuddles. Shane picked her up and I gave her a loving tap on the bottom and she didn't like it at all! We then sat down to have dinner and after she crawled up on the couch for a snuggle. Anyway, I was rubbing her back and tapping her bottom and a little light bulb came on in my head - she didn't have a nappy on! I told Shane who was playing a computer game and he swore she had one on. We yelled back and forth for a while until I finally said FINE! And stripped her zippy suit off to reveal a naked bum and a nappy pooled around her ankle! LMAO! :eek: :laughing: OMG it was so funny! You'd think after all these years & 3 kids he'd be able to get it right! Oh I had such a chuckle to myself but thanked out lucky starts she hadn't piddled or worse!
Girls are busy packing up their play room this morning. We came downstairs and they'd gotten into the cocoa pops and were sitting there with handfulls of them and them scattered all over the floor - oh well, that's what we get for laying in bed til nearly 10am! Floor needed vacuuming anyway!
If the girls get their playroom all cleaned up we're going to go see Shrek at the movies. Mummy and Daddy REALLY want to see it! So we'll see how the girls go.
Ok better go get dressed, feeling really good today, actually don't feel pregnant, but that might change after a shower! Hmm... have been looking out for that "light" feeling" which means labour is on the way :rolleyes: . Ah soon! I'm now (just) under the 3 week mark! woohoo! :smiliedance:
Have a great Sunday!
xoxo
PMSL Lou - I didn't tell DH but when I commando rolled back across the bed I actually fell off but my fall was broken by some strategically placed pillows and a giant plush Elmo doll! :laughing: :laughing:
Oh well, hopefully that's the last time I have to do the sheets before the baby comes, and if not - DH is doing it!
Did you get a sleep in this morning? Is Tony home to help out? Maybe send him and Maddi down to the shops for aloe vera tissues, chocolate and ice cream - and the thing about eating dairy when you're unwell is a total myth by the way :D.
Ok I'm off :hugs:
xoxo
OK I found that little girls song,
connie's song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njXr1c-12eI)
Don't cry OK!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODNESS!!! :eek:
Even SHANE turned the tv to mute when the first notes came out of that precious child's mouth! I'd have LOVED to have heard her sing the entire song - it's one of my favourites!
Oh I can not WAIT to hear the results of that competition! :yes:
OOOOOoooo tingles!! *wipes tears*
(have to go watch it again!)
Where the heck IS everyone today?!!
Well I won't tell you all my news then! :D :devil6:
You're so evil Anna! C'mon spill. I'm just making tea but will be on later to see whats going on. Your not in labor are you??????:idea:
Ahhhhh!!! I KNEW that would get someone out of the woodwork! MWHAA HAA!! :devil6:
Well not labour but I'm having contractions!
Not my normal BH's either!
DH did the groceries and we've been in the kitchen chopping meat & packing it into the freezer, chopping fruit, putting stuff away etc and I'm getting contractions around in my lower back spreading to my front! They've been going for about 45 mins now but are settling now I've just sat down. Haven't told DH yet because he'll freak and start watching the clock but I'll see what happens when I get up and go finish making dinner.
Kids are being bathed so I'd better get back to it. Early to bed for all tonight, Chelsea has school tomorrow! :smiliedance:
ETA: Anyone pick up the new colour in my sig?? It's the nice dark pink one. I came across it by accident one day - you can't select it from the menu but if you want to use it just select another colour and change the colour name to DarkPink !! :thumbsup:
Hi all,
I had a nasty day yesterday struggling with the stupid gastro (still!!). My Ob. scared me a bit on Friday saying that gastro should really only be 24-48 hours and it shouldn't be going this long (since Tuesday) and it might be listeria. That is not a word you want to hear when you are pregnant (you know -the big list of foods to avoid so you don't get listeria). The baby was fine at the check up - strong heartbeat and growing well (as far as I know - I never get any measurements like you Anna - I just get blood pressure checked, he measures the baby but doesn't tell me anything if it is good then I get to hear the heartbeat when he listens to it and that's it). He said if I still have gastro after the weekend to ring him and I will have to take antibiotics. I was so upset last night after having dinner and then ending up on the toilet again an hour later. I really started worrying about the baby and was just so sick of feeling sick and getting nothing done. I think I might be better today but am not confident yet (dinner will be the test -only eaten lightly today as per usual for the last week). I finally had some energy today and feel like I have achieved some stuff. Fingers crossed it is gone tonight - I really don't want to go on antibiotics tomorrow and keep worrying about the baby.
Tan that photo of Will was angelic like Anna said -such a beautiful little sleeping man -I hadn't seen a photo of him for ages. Hope he is going okay with his cold.
Lou that photo of Maddi was hilarious. She looked about 3 and such a determined litle miss. She looks like such a character. Hope your cold gets better really soon. What's with those "I'll just stay awake for 3 hours thankyou" times -Paddy used to do that a bit but hasn't for ages (I've probably jinxed myself now and he'll decide to do it again tonight).
Hayley that's sad Cooper is unwell too - well done getting in to the Dr. Hope he is doing okay. Have fun at your Mum's.
Anna you looked great in that photo -I agree with the glowing comment. You seriously sounds like such a ball of energy. Love your new canisters. You can't tell us you have news and not say what it is (being 3 weeks away from D-Day and all -what's the news??)
Fi we went to Kmart to check out that sale today but there was hardly anything left (our Kmart is pretty **** though). Got a couple of things (including slippers for Paddy who has been insisting on pulling his socks off and running around barefoot -the slippers have fixed that today). Hope all is well with you.
Anyway just a quick check in. Time to get Paddy in the bath and the spaghetti on. Chat soon.
OMG Anna..........(Lou running around panicking) How freaking exciting. I honestly don't know how you stay so calm in these situations. I'll be thinking of you tonight and wondering if tonight is the night or tommorow. I'll put my mobile on the charger tonight in preparation. OMG OMG OMG!!!
May the force be with you. Wow, if your right Anna and Bubba Blue is making a grand entrance you could be holding him in your arms tommorow. Checked your hospital bag?
You go girlfriend!
Oh Anna I just read your post - how exciting and scary. Are your bags packed just in case? Look after yourself and keep us posted. I did notice the colours in your signature for some reason tonight when going through the posts -they look great.
Oh Cath I posted at the same time as you. Listeria :eek:. How horrible that you have to "wait and see". I know that we all get told don't eat this or that because of Listeria, but what happens if you actually get it? I hope you have just had a really bad case of gastro and thats all. I'll be thinking of you too and keen to hear how you are feeling tomorow. :hugs: .
Oh Cath! I really just can't believe you're still so sick!
I wouldn't worry at all if you had to go on antibiotics tomorrow - the Dr will only give you ones that are completely safe to take in pregnancy. The ones I was on just a couple of weeks ago cleared my infection up really well and I didn't even get any thrush (not that I noticed anyway!) Oh hun I really hope it isn't listeria and don't go beating yourself up if it is. The baby will be fine I just hope you can eat soon so you can get some energy back for yourself.
Ok girls, calm down! It's NOT labour, I'd definately know. They started up again when I stood up and now they've eased since I sat down again. Real labour (even the early stages) isn't like that, it's regular, these are most likely just the next stage of BH's so I'll tell hubby about them when I go to bed so he can decide if we "do" anything about bringing anything else on! :laughing: I think tonight I'll be having another hot hot shower on my back - you know - like I had a week or so ago that left my back and arms red raw?! Ahh it was soooo good for my back!
YES - my bag is all packed.
YES - bubba's bag is all packed (and re-packed and re-packed again!)
YES - I played around with my signature colours today because I went to change Shane's age but since I created my signature the rules had changed and there's now a 500 character limit - I counted and I had 512! LMAO! So I had to do some fudging but I liked my signature and managed to made it work!
Lou - really - DON'T get excited - I'm as cool as a cucumber right now and Shane hasn't even noticed that I'm having these contractions even though the look on my face changed when I have them! :D
Ok, gotta serve dinner - I'm STARVING!
Cath I'll be thinking of you tonight hoping that you manage to keep dinner down, just eat small lovely and I hope things settle for you tonight :hugs: .
I'm off for the night.
Have to go pack Chelsea's lunch and get her school clothes ready for tomorrow.
Then I really need to have a long hot shower and crawl into a nice warm bed!
Oh I'm going to be sooo sore tomorrow.
I hope everyones kiddies sleep all night for them and Cath I'll be hoping you feel MUCH better by morning.
See you tomorrow!
Sleep sweet xoxo
Wow, surprise surprise, I'm the first one up so it seems!
Well last night did bugger all :mad: .
My contractions stopped when I got into my nice warm bed but good old BH tightenings started up from midnight til 6am which also made me get up and pee several thousand times.
Chelsea's back at school today so we're all up early (except for Immy) getting ready, packing bags, rugging up etc (it's flippin -5 degrees out there and my grass is white from frost!).
I look like death warmed up because I had to dig out my fat jumper out of a box so I've been sneezing non stop. Must go find my scarfe and heck I don't even own a beany.
Going to pop down to the shops this morning to do a couple of things but I'm not sure yet if I can be bothered.
Hope everyone is well.
Cath how are you feeling this morning?
Tan & Hayles - how are your boys this morning?
Lou - are you and Maddi any better today?
xoxo
nkenward
18-06-2007, 07:45
Hi all,
Hope everyone is feeling ok - I noticed that Cath isn't all that great - fingers crossed you get better soon.
Well not long for 2 more bubs to appear in the world - if I don't get back on before hand - good luck Anna & Cath!
I tried to catch up on all the new photos etc - avatars etc.. you all look fab and your bubs sound like they are all going great guns.
We are now 1/2 way along - geez it goes quick when you are looking after another bubs. We had our 19/20 week scan on Friday. It all went well - except i have to go back in 2 weeks to complete - they couldn't get a good look at the face & tummy. But we made the decision to find out - its another boy!
I have to say I am still getting used to the fact we will have 2 boys. I only ever wanted the 2 and would have liked one of each - but fate has other plans. I have been rather emotionally over the weekend - cause I honestly don't know how to deal with it. At least I have a few months to get used to it. But I suppose I will have re-evaluate how i see the future - and whether we will try for a third down the track - but still there are no guarantees. I am just a little disappointed that I maybe won't have the chance to have that mother/daughter relationship that you dream about, and that you get to do all the girly stuff!
Anna - have to ask how did you cope with having 3 girls in a row? How did DH deal with that I suppose - being on the other end?
Anyway enough of that. I hope everyone is going well. Goodluck Hayley with the TTC.
Catch up with you all soon.
hayleylea
18-06-2007, 08:08
HI guys a quick catch up from me
Cath - listeria :eek: You poor thing. I hope you are feeling better today. And i agree with Anna about the antibiotics...they will be fine. Let us know how it all turns out...
Anna - OOOOOH! i got so excited reading your post and then read todays one. Ah well it wont be long! Cant wait to hear some more news.
Nat - Great to hear from you. Congrats on being half way, and Congrats its another boy. Even though you are a bit emotional over it, if you ever need to talk things through you know we are always here! :hugs: Just think of how great of friends they will be, and once you have bubba number 2 then you might re-evaluate having a 3rd. Your allowed to be emotional by the way - your pregnant! I mean it though if you ever feel like talking just get on her or buzz me on msn or email me.
Cooper is good, he still has a cough but he has been good as gold all things considered. We got to mums about 10 am yesterday and my Nephew came over to play so Cooper didnt have a sleep all day and was extremely good! He went to bed at 7 with no pain medication at all and slept like a log till 7.45 and has been happy as larry today - its really hard to believe he has an ear infection and viral infection. Good little man. Mind you he does look sick under his eyes iykwim. But he is a tropper thats for sure. My Brother brought over 2 HUGE bags full of clothes for Cooper - Summer stuff and winter stuff. The summer stuff will fit him through this summer the winter ones will fit him next winter and most probably the winter after that!!! I swear I wont need to buy any clothes for this boy because my sister has a whole heap for me too the same size! (my nephews are the same age). There was some really good clothes amongst it too - my brother boy has god knows how many pjs most look like they have never been worn! Bob the builder, buzz light year, spiderman, thomas etc etc. IM happy about that because I dont have to fork out the money for them lol.
Ok ive babbled on enough im off to have a shower and then go shopping :D
Morning everyone.
Anna - I think you are one great big tease! Throwing exciting things out there like that and then taking them back again. Hurry up Bubba Bue - we want to meet you and know your name!!!
Nat - so nice to hear from you. I think I know what you mean about finding out the bub is another boy. I think it was good that you found out now so that you can adjust to the idea of another boy! This way you will be so in love by the time he arrives that it'll be special all over again.
Cath - I hope you are ok hon! I know the antibiotics will be fine but I also understand how you must be feeling. Are there people who can come over to help you out a bit whilst you are not well? You need some rest. If I lived down there I'd come over and look after you!
Well - Will has passed his nasty germs on and I feel awful today - my head is punding and spinning at the same time. If this is what Will felt like last week then any wonder he was miserable. Speaking of Will - he seems to be improving, still got the yucky cough but he seems a lot happier in himself. Pretty stuffy sounding as well.
Cooper sounds as though he got a treasure chest of clothing yesterday. We have got boxes and boxes of clothing still to get through for Will - for a first time Mum I didn't have to buy very much for him. I think Anna has bought more for bubba blue than I ever did for Will! :laughing:
Lou - I hope you guys are at the end of your colds and that you have a much better week this week. You need it!
OK - I had better get going and do some stuff - might be sleeping when Will is today!
Hi everyone,
I am better - woohoo!! Thanks for all your well wishes. I didn't want to be too confident yesterday until after I had eaten dinner but there were no problems and I felt fine all day yesterday and now again today I have woken up feeling fine and have no stomach issues. I am so relieved. Lou I have no idea what happens if you actually have listeria -that was my concern -what did that mean for the baby etc.? I've finally got some energy back to get stuff done. I had a very busy day yesterday hemming the bassinet bottom sheets I made out of cheap flannel from Spotlight, cleaning out my sock draw and other such "important" things I wanted to get done. I am starting to feel more under control now.
Anna I am happy to hear you are still with us. As much as I am keen to hear your little man has arrived I would love it if he came on 07/07/07. Hope you are feeling okay today after what sounds like an uncomfortable night.
Nat good to hear from you!! I can understand your feelings. We are planning to have 3 children so I still have the hope that the next one will be a girl. I am really happy to have 2 boys one after the other but like the thought of one day having a daughter as well. I will have to get my head around it not happening if the next one is a boy too. Hope you are feeling okay.
Hayley that's great that Cooper slept well even though he is sick. Hope you are both having fun with your Mum. How unreal about all the clothes. Now you can spend all that money you have saved on clothes for yourself.
Tan you poor thing - hope you get better soon and are having a nice big nap right now. Good to hear Will is happier.
Anyway better go and get some stuff done. Hope everyone is having a good day.
hayleylea
18-06-2007, 14:34
Hi guys..im back home again. Had a nice time at mums. Cooper didnt want to come home he cried and cried and cried. It was so sad!!!
Tan - I hope you feel better too. I have been sneezing alot today and have a very sore throate but other then that feel OK. :hugs: Its not fun when the kids decide to share there bugs is it!
Cath - WHOOHOO! :smiliedance: So glad you are feeling better!!!
OK i better go unpack our stuff...
talk soon
Hi all!
I'll pop back in later to post but wanted to share my proud mummy moment with you all!
CHELSEA'S VERY FIRST SCHOOL PHOTO! (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/Chelseasz.jpg)
CLASS PHOTO (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/CopyofClasspicsz.jpg)
Cheeky little devil! Butter wouldn't melt eh? :laughing:
hayleylea
18-06-2007, 16:12
AWWWW! What a nice Photo Anna!!! You should be proud. I love her smile. Cheeky but very cute!
Sorry girls, just finished a big post in the July group - you think WE can talk?! Just imagine 40 of us in a group chatting away and trying to keep up! :D
I'm off to bed as I'm so sick to death of these BH's and I'm just so friggen over everything right now. :gloomy:
Sorry for the blah post.
I'll be in a better mood tomorrow.
Promise.
xoxo
MrsMiggins
18-06-2007, 22:12
All right you bunch of old gasbags!!! As you can see from the time of my post, it is well past time I went to bed, so this is just a really quick one to let you all know I'm still in the land of the living!
Things here have calmed down quite a bit. I guess Claire's behaviour must've been at a peak when I last posted, because she really has been good as gold (if still a little jealous & clingy, although not as bad) over the past few days. I feel much more relaxed.
She has been so cute!! I had to laugh this morning when she came into the lounge room on the way to get into the car to go to playgroup & found the TV off. She stopped, looked up at me with this devastated look on her face & said "TV's off!" I said "Yeah, I turned it off." In the most desperate tone of voice she says "Turn it on!" I said "No, we're going to playgroup now. Gotta get in the car." She says "Oh. OK!" (big smile, trots off to the car!) :laughing:
And today at the shops, there was a big dog waiting out the front for his owner. Claire loves doggies, so she was all "Oooh! Mummy look! A doggie! Hi doggie!" and when we came out, it was gone. I asked her "Where's the doggie gone?" and she replied quick as a flash "He's gone home. Doggie's gone home." :D
We've also set up her bedroom with her big bed (she'll be changing bedrooms) so hopefully we'll do the big unveiling tomorrow & fingers crossed :fingerscrossed: she'll love it! We wanted to have it all 100% completed before we had her in there, but we still want to get a play rug for the floor & I've also started some paintings for the walls, but I've no idea when I'm likely to finish those.
OK! Gotta go to bed!! Anna & Cath, I'm waiting with bated breath for your news!!!
hayleylea
19-06-2007, 06:08
Fi - What a great little talker you have there! im astounded! That must be soooo cute!!!
You will have to post a pic of the paintings you are doing for Claires room too id love to see them! Sounds like things have settled down for you which is good to hear!
Anyway just a quck one from me. Im off to do the grocery shopping early this morning - Cooper was up at 7 so might aswell make most of the morning.
Talk soon:wave:
Hi everyone!
Oh that's right - it's the quiet day today isn't it? Tuesday - the day when nobody is around.
Fi - nice to hear from you and to hear that things are settling down in your house. I hope Claire just loves her new "big girl" room and bed! How exciting! She sounds so clever with her sentences. Sentences and conversations are a long way off here I think. My Mum always says I could have a full on conversation by the time I was 2 but there is no way Will is going to be anywhere near that! I dare say he can throw a ball a lot further than I can though.
Hayley - Will has gone back to the 7am starts too. It's still dark then! Seems weird, but it is ok. He is still coughing but seems ok otherwise, although yesterday he seemed quite lethargic, he kept putting his head down on the tray of his highchair last night during dinner. He's a funny one!
Cath - I am so glad you are feeling better! What a yucky bug that was. :fingerscrossed: it stays away now!
Anna - I love Chelsea's school photo too. I always mean to tell you how much I love your girls hair as well. They all seem to have such lovely long, shiny, thick hair! I've always had wild hair and I am so impressed that such little girls can have such beautiful hair. Man - you should see my first school photo - it's wild I tell you!
ok - better go, madly doing work this morning (with a throat that feels like it is on fire - keep wondering if I have tonsillitis now!).
So much to catch up on!
Fi - OMG that little Claire of yours is such a clever girl! I remember when my girls started putting a few words together in sentances - I spent most of my days laughing at what they'd come out with! Amazing to see how their little minds boggle sometimes! :D
Hayles - how's your craft coming along? Still keeping you busy? Glad to hear you had a good time at your mums. Poor little Cooper not wanting to leave, how sweet!
Cath - I'm SO pleased to hear you're well again - or at least on the road to recovery! I know exactly what you mean when you said you feel like you have some control. When everything was just everywhere and Shane wasn't in the mood to help, but rather wanted to do his nesting out in the garden instead (:rolleyes: ) I nearly had a meltdown! Thankfully now the house is generally been kept tidy, washing is up to date, all beds have fresh sheets (let me tell you, that's a MASSIVE job when you have 4 beds to change!), meals are being served at reasonable times, bags are packed, plans are in place etc etc I could go on, but you get my drift. I'm feeling a lot happier that if I go anytime now that the family won't completely fall apart because we're disorganised!
Tan - Sorry if I'm being a big tease! I don't mean to be! Blame it on the baby - all I know is that my BH's are just incredible during the day when I'm up and active but are now more the pre-labour kind, not just tightenings. It's absolute torture for me because I never know if it's going to develop into something else or if I just have to grin and bare it for yet another night. As for names - at this stage you still might all be waiting a while after he's born if we can't decide soon! I'm counting on taking one look at bubba and knowing his name iykwim? I think seeing him will help us with the decision but I'm nervous - what if it doesn't help?!!
How are you feeling today? Is Will sounding better? I hope he's all chirpy for you so you can get some peace and rest and get better fast.
Nat - GREAT to hear from you! Congrats on getting half way! I can't believe how fast that's gone! I can totally relate to the feelings you must be going through with finding out the sex of the baby. With the 3 girls we never "tried" for one sex or the other and when we found out that #2 was a girl I was secretly over the moon as I don't have any sisters and always secretly wanted that relationship so was very happy that Chelsea was going to get that opportunity. When, however, the day came to find out about #3 we sat holding out breath as the lady did the scan then looked around the room at the two girls then said to DH that she hoped he was going to cope in a household full of women because we were having another girl! She was pretty confident and we never questioned it. I'll never forget my first inital feeling was of disappointment quickly followed by a feeling of utter guilt that I could ever think that and not feel total joy over having a healthy baby growing inside me. I got home that afternoon and had a cry, telling Shane how I felt. The feelings of disappointment left fairly quickly but the guilt took a little longer. Of course in the end it never made a difference as I love Immy to pieces of course!
I think the biggest difference between your situation and mine was that we knew that we wanted to have 4 children so we still had that one "chance" left to try for a boy. I think that if you haven't 100% decided on how many kids you're going have yet then don't stress about it too much. Enjoy your pregnancy. I think it's wonderful that Connor is going to have a brother close in age, but of course that mother/daughter relationship is something that I have all the experience in at moment (and the only relationship I have!) It's still not as easy and wonderful as people think and as some of us with girls here can testify to, there are definately some clashes with strong, determined little personalities! I've heard a lot from friends that a mummy/son relationship is just wonderful and that boys are just so cuddly and loving to their mums - which I'm looking forward to!
I fully agree with Tan - I think it's good that you've found out now that you're having another little boy so you can take the time you need to fall in love with the idea (and I'm sure you will!) Maybe take some time to go buy him a couple of special things of his own and it may help you to get all excited that you're about to have a happy, healthy baby!
Sorry I've gone on a bit but I'm always around on msn if you ever need to talk more.
Oh! And if you decide to try for that little girl one day - I can confidently give you the recipe! :D
Had a better nights sleep last night with a few BH tightenings but other than getting up to pee a couple of times all was good! I did sit up to try and look at the clock at one stage but there were masses of pillows in the way and all I could see was 4. I stretched a little more and saw a "0" and did a little jump for joy knowing that it was 4:0? so I still had most of that hour and the rest before I had to get up! LMAO!
Freezing again here today and I wish that I'd gotten Shane to light the fire. Hmm... might give it a go myself and see if I can get it started! MUCH nicer having a house heated by wood fire than the heatpump!
Better get back to entertaining these kids! Immy is walking around in her new gumboots and talking on the phone to nan - she's saying - YAYA - good!
Oh Tan maybe you do have tonsilitis? Do you have some blackcurrent juice? Drink some with hot water like tea - it does wonders! Otherwise, heaps of honey & lemon tea.
All the girls desperately need a hair cut at the moment. Chelsea has lost all her curls because her hair is so long and is getting thicker. Nicola's really needs to be kept in a style until all her baby hair grows, and Immy needs a tidy up because her whispy baby hair is getting frustrating. Maybe I'll book them in for tomorrow after lunch. Have a friend coming down in the morning for a catch up and to give me heaps of baby clothes! She's just wonderful!
Oh you know my "friend" who I'm always on about? Well she text me last night at about 8:15 and Shane read it and just rolled his eyes - he almost deleted the message. She wanted to know if I had any ice cream or cream as she was having a dinner party and her mum had forgotten to get some (and all the shops were shut). Couldn't belive it. As if you would do that? :no: Anyway, now she wants to catch up for coffee sometime but hasn't told me when suits her - won't be holding my breath though.
Ok, nearly lunch time and I'm starving - time to go find something yummy for us all to eat.
What's everyone else having?
hayleylea
19-06-2007, 10:30
Hey guys
Tan - i hope your throat gets better soon. I have had a really sore throat of a night and morning too! Its not very fun at all! I hope you dont have tonsillitis!
Anna- Havent done much craft stuff of late. Only a few things for my nephews and neice - batman, CARS and disney princess name plaque for their bedrooms - like the army jeep one I posted a photo of for Coopers room if you can remember it. Im still working on ideas. I have a height chart in the making at the moment. Just done on a big bit of canvas. Just another idea i come up with. I did make one for someone on MDF (wood) awhile back but i thought doing it on cavas i can easily roll them up and send them cheaply. Ill see how i go. its on the back burner at the moment. Might do some work on it today while Cooper is asleep. Ive finished off Coopers letters for his room (finally got hold of an R from spotlight~) now i dont know whether to just to spell out his name or put Coopers room..have to see ho it looks when i put it up. Oh by the way im one of them mothers with a cuddly little boy and its the sweetest thing!!
:hugs:
Anyone know if its possible that antibiotics can make kids hypo?? I know it probably sounds stupid but Cooper has been so hypo the last couple of days and its usually not long after i give him the antibiotics?? perhaps it just makes him feel better? its not a bad thing really cause he is a happy hypo lol.
Anywho better go Talk soon.
Hey guys!
Just popped in to say. . .
:smiliedance: WE FINALLY SOLD OUR CAR!!:smiliedance:
The person from up north called us last night apologising that they didn't manage to come down and drive the car but wanted to make an offer subject to his wife driving the car.
Shane negotiated last night then called back this morning with a final figure and both agreed so they'll come down this weekend with a cheque and all being well, drive away our beloved car. :crying:
We'd lowered the price a few weeks ago & got $1K less than that figure but in all, it's more important to us that it's sold as running 2 cars is too expensive and un-necessary for us at the moment. I really think I'm going to cry and the girls will be upset too (they LOVE "The Gold Car"!)
Shane's going to miss being able to sleep in, miss the bus and take the car into work as he feels like it - it's been nice to have him home earlier when he just feels like leaving early for the day too. Can't do that anymore - oh well, at least he'll build up flex again! He's still got a huge credit of flex from the sports carnival back in March!
Anyhoo - girls have finished their lunch so I guess it's my turn. Been chugging down the Raspberry Leaf Tablets and must go take some more. . .:barf:
:smiliedance: Anna - that must be a relief!
I was kind of kidding about the tonsillitis - although I do have a very sore throat! Thanks anyway Hayles.
Well - I have to tell you guys about my infuriating morning with taxis! As you know, Tuesday mornings Will goes to daycare and I usually walk up to get him. Anyway because he has been sick, it is freezing and wet - we decided I would get a taxi today to collect him, easier on all of us. Anyway - I was nice and organised and booked a taxi earlier today to pick me up at 11:50. Well - it didn't turn up did it? I am meant to collect Will at 12. At 12:10 someone called me from the taxi company and said there were none in my area with a child restraint and I said that would be ok (I was desperate remember) so they said they would try to get me one. Ten more minutes and still no taxi so I call the company again and this rude woman tells me that it doesn't matter when I book it they dont try to find one til 7 minutes before the booking time and now they can't get anyone to take my booking! She was so incredibly rude and didn't give a hoot about my little boy waiting for me at daycare! I rang the centre and they were fine to keep him until I could get there. In the end I rang another company and a taxi arrived almost before I hung up the phone. So I finally picked Will up at 12:45 and then we rode home in the back seat of the taxi. Will thought that riding without a child restraint was a great big adventure and asked for "more?" when we got home and tried to put the belt back on! Now - this is how close I live to the daycare centre - here and back with a wait for me to go in and extract Will from the farm animal toys and into the car and everything was $13.90! That's it - all that hassle and it was only $13.90. I'm still annoyed at that first company. So annoyed that I told Troy that Will can just stay home when the weather is bad in the future. (that was before I called the second company who were so nice to me).
So that's my whinge. Sorry for the big bad vent but I was so mad!
Better go and do something useful before Will starts yelling out for me!
Oh Tan -how bloody annoying. I hate things like that - it should all be so simple and it ends up being the biggest hassle. Taxi companies can be so rude (we've had run-ins with them over Dean's lost Blackberry). Hope Will had fun at daycare.
Congratulations on selling the car Anna!! What good timing. So good to have that done before Bubba Blue arrives. Chelsea's photos are great -she is a beautiful little girl. How are those BH going? I am getting the very odd one here and there but nothing to speak of really (I don't think my body really understands what the hell labour is about -not that I am technically close enough to go into labour anyway). Surely there was a servie station or something that your "friend" could have gone to for icecream.
Hayley I have no idea about the hypo/antibiotic thing. It's funny when they go a bit nuts (well for a little bit anyway). What time were you out grocery shopping - don't tell me you were out there at 8am or something.
Fi I hope Claire's move goes well. I'll be very interested to hear how it goes - Paddy only has another 3-4 months before he will be shifted out of the cot. Good to hear things have settled down for you.
I am so happy to be feeling better that I am going a bit nuts and heading out the door several times a day. I was stuffed and aching last night but so happy that I had been out of the house doing stuff. I am going to the Myer "preview stocktake sale" tonight once Paddy is in bed. There is meant to be 30-40% off kids clothes so I'm going to have a look (and might have a look for myself too). They are open until 10pm and I am hanging just to do some shopping on my own (as long as they are real bargains that is). I've got your shopping bug I think Anna and am just dying to shop.
Anyway better go and get the dishes done. Chat soon.
hayleylea
19-06-2007, 14:18
Cath i was at the shops at 8.30 :D Did all i had to do and was home by 9.30 so it was good! Not many people about...Cooper was rugged up with his beanie and warm clothes...but i had to strip it off once we hit the supermarket because they had the heaters blaring!
Glad you feel lots better and have fun at the sale tonight!!!
Ive gotta go...Trent should be home any minute. Cooper is running around madly gathering all his cars together because i said Daddy will be home soon! He loves playing cars with Daddy lol. So cute.
Talk soon
SEE CATH! I'm NOT crazy with the whole shopping thing! I seriously can't help it! It's just as compulsive as the need to clean! So tell me about this pre-stock take thing tonight? Is it all states? Hmm.... just looking up the myer site now! :D Nup - nothing mentioned about the stock take at ALL on the web. Where do I get info!
OMG did you end up sorting out Deans blackberry in the end?!
Oh! I just found out that my Myer store is open til 10pm tonight too! Woop woop! Might see if I can go out there! It's for myer one card holders, wonder if I can bring a friend???!!
Tan - don't get me started with Taxi's and baby seats! I order one once when Immy was a baby to go the airport and the guy turned up with a dodgy old-as-the-hills upright car seat that didn't recline! Immy was only a couple of months old! We had no time to call another taxi because we'd miss our flight so we had to quickly install our capsule, leave it with the cabby and hope to God that the guy didn't sell it while we were away! In the end we arranged for the guy to pick us up when we came home but he sure as hell didn't deserve the fare :mad: .
Hayles how cute of Cooper rushing around collecting all his cars! I can just imagine him waiting by the door or window with his arms full! :D
Better go organise dinner - I'm so stuck tonight - what's everyone else having?
Oh got to take more raspberry leaf too while I think of it. . . :barf:
Yep Anna -I got sent something in the mail because I have a Myer One card. It is a compulsion -I agree. Even though I am tired and aching I simply must go out shopping tonight (it's quite strange really). Dean never got his Blackberry back -it was very sad -it was the only thing he has won in a competition in his life and he loved it -he was devastated. He did get another one because he works in IT for NAB and of course they have to have the latest gadgets but the one he lost was his, not his work's. Poor man was rushing home because I was sick and it got left in the cab - I felt really bad for him
Hayley that is so cute that Cooper is getting his cars ready to play with his Dad.
Well that was one huge disappointment.
Shane sent me off to Myer to check out the stock take sale - Cath I have a Myer one card too but I didn't get an invite! Hmm.. wonder if it got turfed before I saw it?
I'd have been better off going shopping in a couple of weeks when everything was REALLY reduced. Some of the stuff was only $2 off and the most I really saw was $5 off things. When they had the summer clearance I forked out $150 and bought over 16 OUTFITS as well as 3 sets of pj's! Today all I got was some 000 overalls, 00 overalls, 1 overalls, 2 tops and 1 pair leggins and it was still $85! :eek:
My biggest bargain was actually walking back through the linen department and coming across flannel sheet sets 50% off! I bought 2 single sets - 1 for Immy & 1 for the boy for $35 each & 1 white queen set for our bed for $45! OMG the quality is amazing! SO thick and really soft!
Anyway I'm buggered, the boy is kicking the cr@p out of me and I'm so over these BH's tightenings. He's also dropped some more, I have this really nice, round baby bump which I didn't have with the girls so it's really easy to tell when he's shifted. :fingerscrossed: Here's hoping it won't be long now! 2.5 weeks to go!
Night all
xoxo
hayleylea
20-06-2007, 07:49
Morning guys
how are you on this lovely cold winters morning!? brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! Dont know about where you guys are but its sooo cold here!! The roads are closed either side of us to each town because there is snow on the road. Definatley a day at home here!
My throat is killing me today. And did all night too. Cooper didnt wake till 8 so i got to have a lie in but i could have slept all day i swear!
Anna - not good that the sale was dissapointing. Mind you you still seemed to do alright!!
Anyway ill talk soon....I have a very clingy whingy boy today so lots of cuddles on the lounge my be just what the doctor ordered!
OMG I am grumpy Lou today. My sinus's are so stuffed up and I have one of those headaches. I can't use the nasal decongestant spray as I've been on it for 3 days already. So as you may have guessed I'm home sick. Its so nice to sit in a quiet house and just relax. :yes: Maddi is at creche which is a godsend because honestly I am going to kill her. She has been so difficult this week that I've had to walk out of the room and lock myself in the bathroom. She has not been sleeping at night, not wanting her nappy changed, not wanting to get dressed or basically do anything. I'm at a loss at to what her issue is and with me being sick my patience is wearing VERY thin. And to top it all off DH is not helping out and he is also on my hit list. All he can think about it hockey hockey hockey and let me tell you if my mum was in the country I'd pack my bags and head for the hills to let her look after me. Boy I didn't realise how angry I was until I began tapping this out. :eek:
I'm going to make a cup of tea and have a sleep and then I'm off to the Dr (yet again). I have a feeling a round of antibiotics may be in order for my sinus's. I'll pop on this arvo for a long post coz I CAN:smiliedance:
hayleylea
20-06-2007, 10:50
Hey Lou :hugs: You poor thing you sound soo sick!!! Atleast you have the day and house to yourself. Enjoy it even if you are sick!! I know all about sinus headaches and have alot of sympathy for you. Let us know you go at the doctor. As for Maddi - I hope whatever her issue is that she sorts it out quick smart its definatley not something you need at any time little own when you are sick! :shame: On your DH too. Give him a kick up the butt and tell him to help you out...or dress Maddi up as a hockey ball and then maybe he will help you!? (lol sorry just a quick bit of comedy to lighten up the situation..:o ) If i was up there id come and take Maddi for a couple of nights so you could get some rest! :hugs: Hope the doctor gives you some antibiotics to speed your recovery up!
Anyway its nearly the little fellas bedtime so i better go start calming him down.
talk soon!
:hugs: Lou! you sound well and truly fed up with it all. Can't say I blame you. Sinus headaches are awful and a ratty toddler wouldn't help one bit. Especially one that isn't sleeping very well. I hope the doctor can help you out a bit.
Will is still out of sorts as well and I have left him standing up in his cot at the moment because he is supposed to be sleeping. Troy did tell me that he fell asleep watching the wiggles again this morning and Troy woke him up as it was only 10:30 - not sleep time. His nose is still running, he has a yucky cough and yesterday I noticed him rubbing at his ears again. The good news is that we go to see the specialist this afternoon so hopefully that will be helpful! The other weird thing was that abut 15 minutes after he went to bed last night (without a peep) I heard him crying and went in to him and found him sitting up holding his teddy with his dummy in but crying. I lay him back down and he went to sleep without another murmer and slept right through. That was a weird thing for him to do. If he is going to protest it is when we put him in not 15 minutes later! I am so over winter already! Bring on Summer I say!
I bet it is cold at your place Hayley! I did think that with all that snow in the mountains it would be cute to take Wil to see it - but seeing as he isn't very well (and we are working) I guess we should give it a miss. Apparently it looks beautiful though.
Anna - I got invited to that Myer thing too but I always give it a miss as it is always rubbish. I just wait for the big stocktake sale.
Alright - had better go and see what work I can get done. I am actually a bit nervous about this appointment - got no idea what he might say.
Tan good luck with the appt. this afternoon -let us know what he says. Paddy did that crying thing the other night soon after going to bed too (he was just sitting up crying - sad!!) -I just got him out and cuddled him for a bit then put him back in and he was fine - don't know what that was - maybe a bad dream or something (seems weird so soon after going to bed though).
Lou you poor thing. Thank goodness you have the house to yourself as it certainly isn't restful to have a busy toddler running around. I hope you have been back to bed and the Dr fixes you up (or at least gives you hope that it will be over soon). How annoying about the hockey obsession -that would drive me mad. I think you are entitled to go on strike for the rest of the week. I did that last week and Dean suddenly started realising that if he didn't plan something for dinner there would be nothing because I wasn't organising anything. He gets so used to just coming home and having dinner prepared (or at least ingredients there to make dinner) and always having bread,milk etc. that it was a bit of a shock for him to find that bread doesn't magically appear etc. and it takes a bit of effort to keep the basics of the household like meals etc. going. I hope Tony kicks into action soon -you need help when you sick.
Hayley hope the sore throat is improving. I can't believe you have snow!! It is very cold here in Melbourne but we don't have snow. How exciting. I love snow.
Anna I wasn't all that impressed with the sale either (though I did manage to come home with a few bags of stuff). I found a nice red jumper/cardigan thing for myself reduced from $90 to $60 and a nice long sleeved top reduced from $40 to $25 so at least I got a couple of new things. The kids stuff wasn't really cheap at all. I was very controlled and just got 2 outfits for baby 2 and a new furry sleepsuit thing for Paddy that was $27.95 instead of $39.95 which was good. I also got 3 things for Dean who desperately needs new clothes but of course Mr Fussy rejected 2 of them and I had to take them back this morning. He is the hardest man to buy clothes for!! I had a nice time being out by myself anyway (not long now until I have another human being stuck to my boobs for half the day). I was exhausted when I got home and had to have a light beer and some corn chips to recover which then gave me heartburn for the next 3 hours so I couldn't sleep -can't win!! I am so over the heartburn. Not long now though until all the annoying pregnancy hassles are over (and the new ones begin -sore nipples etc.).
Anyway hope everyone is having a good day (even the sickies) and I'll chat soon.
Well I have some kick a$$ antibiotics as I have a bad case of bronchitis :( But hopefully that will mean that I should start picking up sooner rather than later. My lungs have a lot of fluid on them and are apparently pretty noisy. I was complaining about my sinus's but the Dr was more concerned about my lungs. So it was a good thing I went to the Dr today.
Tan, good luck with the specialist today. Hopefully he'll have a good resolution for you to put an end to all of Wills illness. I just hope he doesn't say lets wait and see and says lets get those suckers outta there. Hopefully you'll have more luck than us at getting to a operation day.
Cath, you did pretty well at the Myer sale anyways. I was going to pop in there last night but DH had hockey training and I didn't want to take Maddi in there as it was freezing cold last night and she was in a terrible mood. I think I might wait a few days and pop in there and see if they've further reduced stuff. Going on strike seems to be the only effective way of getting my DH to get off his bum and get into action around this place. He has life far too good, just like your DH dinner is nearly always taken care of and all he does is .........nothing actually! Oh boy and I in a bad mood today or what! That heartburn can be so uncomfortable can't it Cath. Did you watch the program "Whats good for you?". They had a segment on heartburn and said whilst drinking milk gives you immediate relief it makes it worse in the long term. So stay off the milk as a beverage. Stick to light beer ok!
Hayley I had a good laugh and cough about dressing Maddi up as a hockey ball. I think you might be onto a winner there. Man how cold does it get where you are to be snowed in. I was joking around with my work buddy saying maybe we wouldn't be able to go to work tommorow because it will be declared a snow day :laughing: . That could be true for you. I hope your sore throat hasn't developed into anything more. Maybe take a wee sip of warm brandy? I would if we had any brandy in the house.
Anna, whats going on girl? I keep thinking today is the day and then your out shopping or something else. You also did well at the myer one sale. I've got a card too but I didn't get a letter either. How rude. Sounds like the bump is getting ready for the final stages. I can just imagine you with this perfect bump pushing down on it and telling it cmon boy its time to go. :D The school photo of Chelsea is stunning. There is no way that little angel could be naughty is there :laughing: . She does have thick and lucious hair by they way. Watch out boys here comes Chelsea!
Nat, great to hear from you and that you are doing really well. I've been thinking of you and your 2 boys. If we had 2 girls I guess I would be disappointed that I don't get to see what a little boy version of DH and I would look like. We're only aiming to have 2 kids so one of each would be nice but we'll see when the time comes. Anyways, just wanted to say I can understand why your a bit upset and that its ok to be upset.
Well I am off to bed, I didn't sleep this morning because I couldn't. When I lay down my head throbs. Will try again now before I have to go pick up the mini human cyclone and the walking hockey stick.
hayleylea
20-06-2007, 13:51
Hey Lou - bronchitis huh?! You poor thing! Hopefully the antibiotics will work fast then. check out this link for my local weather report http://www.abc.net.au/centralwest/weather/ Looks like its going to be bloody cold tommorrow too! It only snows a tiny bit here - not enough to really play in but if i travel just 20 minutes away it can be up to your knees!! I cant wait to take Cooper to see it. Hopefully it snows this weekend so Trent can take up up to see. Where were are doing our house up at also snows. It snows much more at my mums house too...We often got more then enough to bulid a couple of snow men when we were kids.
Im glad you saw the funny side about dressing Maddi up as a hockey ball lol. I had a bit of a giggle at my silly sense of humour too.
Tan - let us know how you go at the speacialist!
Cath well done on your bargains. What is it with men and clothes?! Trents the same.
Ok im off. I have a cranky little boy this afternoon i cant wait to his father gets home. I think i might go out for the afternoon and leave cranky pants at home.
Hey again. Just a quick post from me.
Sorry to hear about your bronchitis Lou -that sounds awful. I think you should go on a serious strike and make your DH take carer's leave to look after you and Maddi! My DH isn't too bad however sometimes I feel like pretending to be the ATO or something so I can get his attention.
Our trip to the specialist was rather uneventful to say the least. I've spent the night digesting what he told us. Basically the fact that Will does not respond quickly to antibiotics indicates that his tonsillitis is viral and not bacterial -therefore he has just had a really bad run of viruses and is just a normal kid developing his immunity - perhaps a little earlier than others. He checked what antibiotics Will had been given and said the ones he had were the best for tonsillitis - apparently there are others that are not as strong etc. So he pretty much said we just had to ride it out and things will get better in the long run. He did tell me that Will has a bit of an ear infection right now but not to worry about it - just give him some panadol/nurofen before bed and he'll probably be ok. The doctor was quite nice actually and had the opinion that too many antibiotics are handed out for things that are not needed I guess. He also said it was fine for Will to go swimming and not to worry!
So after all that I decided that tomorrow I will get a multi-vitamin for Will cause after all these viruses I think he might be a bit run down!
That's it from me for now - I think I need to head off to bed for some sleep.
Oh - I've put the vaporiser away again. Geez I hate that thing. I know it helps when they are sick but the shade on Will's lamp in his room got mildew from the damp and I had to buy a new one! Disgusting!
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 06:59
Hey Guys
Tan sorry to hear that your appointment was pretty much uneventfull, i guess at least he did say it gets better!! What multivitiamin are you giving Will? I think thats probably a good idea. I also agree with the speacialist saying that doctors give out antibiotics willy nilly...my doctor says this all the time. I actually highly doubt he would have given Cooper antibiotics this time around...(we saw a different doctor). He doesnt like giving them to young kids unless its a last resort.
Well im one extremley tired Mummy today. I have been awake since 3.30am with Cooper!!! :eek: Yes my angel of a sleeper was a little devil! he was just screaming and crying and was sobbing it was so sad so i brought him into bed with us. He kept grinding his teeth and sobbing so i gave him some nurfofen. He layed there for a while but he wasnt asleep. Arouind 5.30 just as trent was leaving for work he dosed off. I have developed a bad cough over night and was really weazy like i couldnt breathe properly so i kept having to cough so i thought id put him back in his bed. I did that but he woke up each and every 4 times i tried. I eventually just let him sleep in my bed and rolled over but I couldnt get even a wink of sleep because I kept coughing and i didnt want to wake Cooper. Anyway he woke up at 8 full of beans (always the way eh!?) And i have managed to get my finger in his mouth WAAAAAAAYYYYY up the back (yes very game mummy I am) And He has one 2 year old molar thats broken through (just) and the other one is so lumpy its not funny and he flinches when i touch it! Poor little guy. Atleast i know his devilish outburst wasnt for nothing. I tell you what guys I did not miss this teething business!!
Hopefully he has a big sleep today and i might try and have a snooze too. Its freezing here so it looks like a pj day for us!!
Hey girls, sorry I've been a bit quiet.
I've been busy and tired and busy!
So much to catch up on - sorry if I miss anything.
Hayles we've been having lots of home days this week too, apart from school drop offs/pick ups etc. Temps here are freezing and each morning we've woken up to "snow" (frost) on the ground that takes ages to clear. We're pretty much at sea level here so the chances of snow at our place is buckleys, but we're planning on taking the kids to my dads house over winter as he's up about the 600m above sea level mark and I used to LOVE being snowed in during school!
Yay for Cooper - 1 2yo molar through! Immy has all 4 poking through the surface at once but thankfully (at the moment) they're not causing her too much grief. My girls don't do anything by halves and all have tended to get multiple teeth at once.
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Oh Lou - you'd better get onto Tony's behaviour! Why is hockey more important that looking after a sick family? And why the HECK don't our men get sick?! Shane, yet AGAIN, managed to escape the cold that all 3 kids have and any other infection that was plaguing this household for 3 weeks. :mad: I mean, how do they do it?! I hope your kick-*** antibiotics have kicked in and you're as high as a kite with energy and giving Maddi a run for her money! LOL! You just make sure you keep her informed on who's boss with all this attitude she's been dealing out lately!
LMAO about Chelsea! She's in DESPERATE need of a hair cut but I really love it being so long! I'm planning on letting all the kids have long hair at least while they're home. Come next year I think I'll have to have Chelsea's just below her shoulders because of all the nasties they can get at school. Oh and as for the boys - Shane's already working on a list with the names of local boys to "keep his eye on" LOL! He likes to remind parents of these children that he's an ex army man and he has been trained to kill with one touch! PMSL! (yeah, onya Shane!)
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Tan - I usually toss those invitations too - but this invite was to the stock-take sale but members could shop the night before everyone else! So it was exactly the same stuff @ exactly the same prices the next day anyway! Another thing that was very disappointing was that there were clothes on tables with price signs up but the clothes were marked more expensive than the signs and when I questioned it the lady said, "oh sorry we've just been super busy and short staffed so there's a lot of mistakes around." I mean WHAT THE HELL?! If you have an advertised price you honour it! I would have growled at her over it but I was having BH's and just wanted to go home.
Oh it's a little disappointing the news from the specialist but at least you can be confident that should Will get another dose of tonsilitis that he's being treated with the best antibiotics available. I still don't buy the whole "building up his immunity" thing too much and that the amount of illness Will has had in such a short amount of time is quite high. I guess you can just keep marking it in your diary if he has another bout but for the meantime the multi-vitamins sound good. Remember our conversation the other day? I now have all 3 kids back on the Natures Own tingles multivitamins for kids and Immy's fine with eating them. She's not quite 2 but the chemist said it's still fine for her to take, she's close enough and there is a liquid stuff available but it's ultra expensive just for a few months.
When I use my vapouriser I take HEAPS of stuff out of the bedroom so it doesn't get damaged, and I leave the door ajar to allow for the air to circulate.
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Cath - Immy does that crying thing too sometimes. Apparently she's woken about 3-4 nights out of 7 and I've never heard her! Shane just goes down & tucks her back in and she's fine! I just wonder what it is? Sounds like you did well at the sale - I didn't even BOTHER looking for stuff for me, but if I can be bothered tomorrow (have to go out for appointments) I might duck back in and buy some stocking socks & some cotton socks as I've thrown most of mine out! As for buying Dean stuff - what the hell? You're not his mother and if it's not his birthday then let the guy go be picky by himself! LOL! Thankfully Shane's the opposite and I used to bring him stuff that he really likes but would never have looked twice at - now he's been well trained he often picks up a nice bargain at Colorado that I'D never have looked twice at! :laughing:
OMG Did you have to remind me about the sore nipples? Yesterday my boobs started hurting so much and are still quite tender so I have no idea WHAT'S going on there! I'm with you on the heartburn too - last night I had to get out of bed to let out a ripper burp (yes, charming I know :rolleyes: ) because the heartburn was building up so much. I searched and scrambled about and managed to find a packet with my last 2 quick eze in them and quickly gobbled them up. Today DH is under instructions to buy more today along with another bottle of raspberry leaf tablets.
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Anyway, bit about me. Had a couple of nights of good sleep but I'm SO looking forward to the weekend where I can hopefully get a sleep in. I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do as Tues night my mind was racing with thoughts and I swear I didn't get a wink of sleep. I STILL have this ultra sexy voice which is really wearing thin - I think it's going to take most of winter to get my voice back properly.
Nicola is back at Grasshoppers today for the whole day and her beloved Cathy was JUST as happy to see her as Nicola was to see Cathy! Cathy calls her Nico-la-la or just la-la and they just have this special little bond which is so gorgeous! Mum just called me to see if I was ok and still around. Yes mum, No mum, 2 weeks to go now mum. . . No I don't think I'll have time to wait for you to arrive if I go into labour, that's why Louise will be here with the girls. . .
Had a great time yesterday morning with my gf who came to visit with 2 of her boys. She brought me down another 2 bags of boys clothes & some blankets & an avent steriliser so I washed everything yesterday and ironed all the little clothes & put them away last night, getting so clucky now! The kids had a ball together and I made a LUSH dessert style cake with apple on top and between the two of us we polished off half the cake warm as soon as it came out of the oven! LOL! I had another HUGE chunk for brekkie this morning heated up (well it DID have fruit on it!!) and put some cream on it! PMSL! SOOO healthy!
Tonight we're having some friends over for dinner which will be nice. I have a marinated easy carve lamb defrosting & I'll whip up some roast veggies & gravy & for dessert I'm making these LUSH brownies with butterscotch sauce & ice cream for dessert! OMG I can't wait for those! :laughing:
Suppose I'd better get off my bum and go do something. Want to keep on top of things while I have the energy!
Have a good day! I'm around if anyone wants to chat! xoxo
Oh P.S. Immy is finally getting her chicken pox needles tomorrow. :gloomy:
Then I have an OB appointment mid morning and I have this nagging feeling there was something else but I can't remember! Hmmm.... maybe it was shopping?! :laughing: :laughing:
Seriously though! Target has a sale on some linen so I need to go layby some matress protectors for Immy & extra linen as she'll be in her big bed at Christmas so this will make it more affordable. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!) :D
Sorry! Just me again!
Our 2nd July mummy has had her baby this morning!
NOT FAIR! She was due after me too!
OMG we're all going to be popping before we know it! :yelclap:
Awwwww . . . .
Did my big bad scary post frighten you all away today! :D
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 12:08
nope didnt scare me off Anna im just to tired to write back a decent post lol Oh and by the way - Coopers up for sale again today so would you still like him? :D :laughing:
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 12:15
Oh i have a bit of a dilemma with Cooper at the moment and any advice at all from anyone would be appreciated. Cooper has been smacking me! He does it if he is frustrated and occasionally if i tell him no. I have no idea why he is doing it because he very rarely gets smacked. If he does its only ever a tap on the hand. I have a feeling he might have seen me giving roxy a few smacks when she is being REALLY REALLY naughty - now dont call the rspca on me yet - its only a tiny smack! And its the only way she responds. I have since not been smacking Roxy even though at times its very hard not too lol.
I just dont know how to discipline Cooper about it. I definatley cant smack him because thats only encouraging him and as i said i dont like smacking him. Ive tried the naughty chair which was working for awhlie but now that seems to have stopped. I am now just sitting him down and looking him in the eye and telling him that it makes mummy sad when he hits her and its a bad thing. He then gives me a cuddle so i think he understands but it doesnt stop it from happening! AGGH its doing my head in. He doesnt do it all day every day for most parts of the day he is a really loving little boy i find its mainly when he gets frustrated or if i tell him he is doing something naughtyl Any tips would be appreciated.
Ah Hayles - such a familiar thing!
Let me just say it's completely normal for Cooper to be acting that way. ALL 3 of my girls have gone through that phase too and you're right - it comes out when the child is frustrated over something or doesn't get their way.
Immy does it occassionally but I've dealt with it from day 1 and she's not too bad.
Ok, what I do is stop what I'm doing, get down to the childs level, hold their two hands and give a firm NO. Explain very briefly that we don't smack mummy/daddy/siblings/the dog etc It's not nice and it hurts/it makes me sad etc (pretty much what you're doing.) Then say mummy loves you, can she have a cuddle? And hopefully that's the end of it. If they carry on and start having a tanty, remain calm and keep holding their hands, explaining that it's naughty behaviour etc (whatever words work for you). If they don't stop simply walk away and let them scream it out, then try again later.
Hope this helps - you're doing the right thing, just don't harp too much on it and ALWAYS remember to treat each incident separately. After Cooper has "apologised" with cuddles, forget it even happened in the first place. Never bring up past behaviour once it's been dealt with.
Goodluck! :thumbsup:
ETA: Oh of course I'll take him! He'll make a good big brother for bubba blue!
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 12:58
Thanks Anna. Yep im doing exactly what you explained.
ill just keep doing that. I do let him give me a cuddle and then forget it - its just extremely frustrating for both of us I guess.
Yep he would make a great big brother for bubba blue only thing is id miss him like crazy! :hugs: You can have him on his bad days though lol :p
You can have him on his bad days though lol
PMSL :D That's a cr@pload in courier costs!
You're doing the right thing Hayles, stick with it and Cooper will come through it - it's just a phase that will fade as his vocabulary increases - so give it another few months being patient!
Well Anna did a stoopid thing today. I put Immy back for a nap without changing her nappy (1. coz I was being lazy & 2. coz it was barely wet) only to discover that her MASSIVE nap has ended up with Niagra falls all through her and the bed! :eek: So she's all changed and clean now and I've just changed her sheets so all is well again.
Silly mummy was taught a lesson . . .:rolleyes: :banghead:
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 14:53
Anna - Cooper woke up wet last night too!!! I was so cranky i think thats part of the reason he didnt want to go back to bed because i woke him too much changing him! As for the courier costs I might have to find another way! lol
I just rearranged Coopers room once again. trying to fit everything in. He had a ball "helping me" but has now decided to pull all his toys out and play with them. He is happy though so i am too!
Ok gotta go talk soon!
nkenward
21-06-2007, 15:03
Hi all,
Thanks for all your replies regarding my up and coming boys club. I am quite ok about it now. I just keep looking at how cute Connor is and reminding myself that I will get double the cuteness!! But it has made me re-just my future somewhat and maybe we will try for the third - even though it is still only 50/50. But I may have to get fitter and lose some weight and get into sports a bit more - so that might motivate me - cause I will have a hell of a time keeping up with them both.
Lou - sorry to hear that you are sick - hope you feel better soon. The extra cold weather doesn't help either. But I know how you feel - and all I can say is a vaporiser will definitely help. I know I used to get really bad bronchitis every year - especially when I was little - I ended being sent to a physio - it seemed to help.
Anna - good luck with Immy and getting the injections. Connor is ok with it - but I gave him a lollipop to keep him distracted.
Hayley - I definitely sympathise with Cooper and being grizzly. Connor has had signs of molars coming through for weeks- he has been good so far - and we have got one popping through. I can only get to see when he laughs really hard. As for the hitting - geez do I know where you are coming from. I have had to put away anything that resembles a stick/bat/hitting object. He watched an episode of the simpsons where bart hit someone - he turned around and hit me. I agree with what Anna said - but it may be a long process. Connor still hits me - but it is more about getting attention and getting frustrated when we don't understand them.
Fi - Claire is certainly very clever. Especially putting small sentences together. Do you spend a lot of time reading with her? Connor is slowly saying words, and is now repeating a lot of what we are saying. Its nice understanding what they are saying.
Anyway I think I may have missed some - I might go back and refresh my memory and post more later.
I have my MIL & BIL arriving any minute from Qld. So it is going to be an interesting week. I don't really know my BIL. But so far today - they have missed their flight - and from the Melb. airport they have driven the complete opposite way. LOL.
Ok must go.
Oh wow, its been busy here today. Anna everytime I read about your cooking I start salivating and having huge cravings for some of everything. Roast is always a winner!
Oh Hayley, I have to tell you your not alone. As you know Maddi has been a real peanut of late and I have had to walk out of the room more than once to count to 10,000. I am thinking of setting up the playpen and using that as her punishment area. I've been using to cot which I swore black and blue I would never do but was the only option available at the time. We've been having lots of heated discussions in the past week and its been very trying. I detest the latest KFC ad where the guy asks his mate what the hot and spicky tastes like and his mate slaps his face with both hands. Maddi saw it and ****ed herself laughing, then proceeded to turn around to me and do it. It was such a shock at the time. I grabbed both her hands and told her No just like you did with Cooper. She hasn't done it again but everytime the ad starts I quickly change the channel.
My antibiotics seemed to have started working and last night I took some antihistamines to help me sleep and sleep I did. Tony's grandmother died yesterday so we have a funeral to go to on Monday. I think he is in a bit of shock because he found out last night that she had had a stroke a week ago and nobody had told us. I mean if we had of known I'm sure Tony would have gone to visit her. How strange is that not to tell your son his grandma had a stroke?
Maddi has been in creche again today. I had a dentist appointment at noon and thought what the hey and put her in from 11-4pm. She loved it and actually got excited when I told her she was going to creche this morning. I spent the afternoon paying bills, buying presents and groceries and a pair of jeans for me. I went into the jeans shop and asked for a pair of jeans that wouldn't give me a muffin top :laughing: . Then I realised the girl I had asked had a muffin top :laughing: Didn't I feel like a goose. Anyway she did really well and I came home with a pair of jeans. Being the shorty I am I have to get them taken up so I'll see how we go.
I have no idea what to cook for dinner tonight. I so can't be bothered.
Good luck with the chicken pox vacc Immy. Maddi's didn't bother one little bit, she yelped when she got it but not a tear afterwards and no temperature or anything.
Hayley, hopefully Cooper will wake up in a better mood tomorow. Maybe he's just tired or going stir crazy from being inside. I know Maddi is missing playing outside this week but man its cold outside.
Hayles - maybe you could just strap him to a carrier pidgeon?! :D Surely he doesn't weigh that much!
Nat great to hear from you! Glad things are better in your mind now. And if you DO go for that 3rd somewhere along the track, always remember I'm here with that girly recipe!
I've been floating around all day doing bugger all, on & off bubhub (where IS everyone?!) and now my *** is in gear and I'm rushing around picking up and cleaning. Shane will be home soon, roast is going in the oven, & my little "helpers" have been in full swing (bless them, they're trying hard!)
Immy has been a little bundle of beautiful energy today - she really is a laid back, VERY happy child for the most part. She's growing at the moment, every couple of days Shane and I are amazed at how much taller she looks. Her understanding is just AMAZING & even though she doesn't put lots of words together yet she could "talk/babble" the hind legs off a donkey! I think it comes because she's the 3rd child and she's just so in there with the other two - huge difference than when I just had Chelsea - although she was talking earlier.
Ok off to cook something yummy!
xoxo
Hi everyone,
Tan the speicalist appt. sounds good and bad. Good in that you don't have to whip Will off to surgery and bad in that you didn't really get any answers. You just want a healthy little boy don't you?
Paddy is off to the Dr's tomorrow morning after waking up with an awful chesty cough and then wheezing for the first half hour or so he was up this morning. It was a bit scary -we've never heard him wheeze before. He is at my Mum's today and she said he was fine when I spoke to her this morning but then she rang me at lunchtime saying she had heard the cough and it didn't sound good. Problem is last time I took him to the Dr was useless because he freaked and started crying when the Dr tried to listen to his chest so the Dr couldn't hear anything. Oh well -I'll give it another go.
Hayley I have no advice about the hitting thing but sounds like you are doing the right thing (confirmed by our experienced mum Anna). I'm sure we'll get that happening around here one day too.
Anna you have changed alot of sheets in the past week. Good luck with your Ob appt. tomorrow. Is he still charging you for the scans or are you getting them for free again?
Nat good to hear from you. Good to hear you are getting your head around the 2 boy thing. I have decided the same thing at you and have plans to start an exercise regime after baby 2 arrives to be fit enough to keep up with my 2 little boys.
I have had a productive day here on my own and have made 2 curries which has made 5 meals for the freezer. I have organised a few important things (like booked a night out for dinner for Dean and I before baby 2 arrives) and am expecting a guy to come some time after 5 to pick up our old couch. We didn't end up selling it on ebay (no bids) but soon after it ended this guy emailed me and wanted to know if we still wanted to get rid of it (nice strategy because I told him he could have it for free -we just want to get it out of here and made a couple of phone calls to the Salvos etc. who were really fussy and wouldn't come and get it because it has a slight tear in the corner of one cushion).
Anyway I've still got some stuff to do so better get going. Dean is picking up Paddy on his way home from work which he has never done before. This is Paddy's longest time away from me since he was born - I am both sad and happy -it is so nice to have so muchtime to do stuff but I miss my little man. He loves hanging out with my Mum and is happy there so I don't think he will be missing me too much. Looking forward to seeing his little face at the door at 7pm (and Dean's too of course).
Hi Lou. It has been nuts in here hasn't it. Good to hear you got some sleep. Hope you are all better soon poor girl. Good work with the new jeans. Funny about the muffin top -half the time people wandering around with them don't realise they have them I reckon. That is really weird that Tony wasn't told about his Grandma's stroke -poor man -he must feel pretty bad. You're sick so you are not required to cook dinner -I'd be getting takeaway if I was you -how about a Thai curry or something (obviously I have curry on the brain today - I love spicy food).
hayleylea
21-06-2007, 19:07
Anna - ill have to look into the pigeon thing lol. He is going on to around 14kg now so it will have to be a pretty big pigeon...hmmmm maybe i should just teach him to fly HAHAHA! I have a cockatoo maybe he could do the job? :laughing:
Lou - :eek: I cant believe that Tony didnt get told about his grandma!!!?? What The?! Thats just plain mean - did they give him any explanation as to why he wasnt told?! :hugs:
Nat - I cant believe that Connor copied the simpsons lol. I know i shouldnt laugh but it did give me a bit of a giggle! Im glad things are looking up for you too.
Cath - Good to hear from you. Not so good about Paddys chest though!! Cooper is really good at the doctor he lets them do anything to him - even opens his mouth up and sticks his tounge out lol. Sounds like you had a very productive day.
Im pleased to say that my little :devil6: child got up from his afternoon nap and was an absolute pleasure right up to bed time. And he went to bed easy aswell. He found his little pillow today and has taken it to bed for both his day time nap and now for his night time nap. He looks so comfy on it. Its a baby boomarang pillow. Im quite confident that he is ready for it.
Im with You Anna, Like Immy Cooper seems to grow overnight! his pjs use to be really big on him and he fills them out well and truly now. And i noticed when he was on his rocking horse this arvo that his legs almost touch the ground which was a shock because they use to dangle by heaps last time i noticed.
I know its only early days yet but im one of them people that start looking and shopping for Christmas/bdays early on. I have honestly no idea what to get him - im usually good with things like this but im completley stuck! I was thinking for christmas i was going to get him one of them trampolines with the net around it etc. I know he might be a bit little but i honestly dont know what else i could get him and it would complete his play area at our new house and also means no big toys crowding his room/house because we already have way too many of them! I dont know though, maybe i should save that for next year?! For his bday i would like to get him something really good but educational aswell...Told you i think about things early lol. I guess ill wait for the big toy sale. I did pick up a sand/water play table for him to go in his chrissy present as well. Cooper loves water and loves sand so i couldnt resist it. I brought that a couple of weeks ago.
Oh man im raving on arent I?!
Must be the fact that im way over tired! Im sitting up to watch lost though lol.
Talk soon
I've started thinking about the b'day/Christmas thing too Hayley because the big toy sales are coming up (Kmart on the 5th of July and Target on the 19th) and I want to layby stuff now if you can layby until Christmas. We will have to do the Kmart one because I will have a 10 day old baby for the Target one and be recovering from the caesar. I think it will be easier to do it now rather than later with 2 kids. For Paddy's b'day we want to get him a bike (which we might not find at Kmart so might have to wait) but I'm not sure about Christmas. I'm hoping to get some catalogues soon to get some ideas.
That's excellent that Cooper is so good at the Dr's -I'm sure Paddy is not going to be a good patient in the morning. I got his foot remeasured the other day and the carry on over that was big enough.
OMG Hayles! 14 kg?! My Nicola isn't even that! I think she's like 13.8kg at last weigh! Um ok, so carrier pidgeon might be out of the question then!
As for Birthday/Christmas - geez Cooper has a LOT of stuff! I don't know what you're going to get him but he might not be big enough to actually BOUNCE on one of those trampolines yet. As an alternitive, what about looking at one of those trampettes that has a bar that you hold and bounce? They're great up to the age of about 3 years. We have them at our kindergym and it's perfect for littlies.
Cath - I never thought about those toy sales and recovering from having a baby! Oh well it'll make it easy for birthdays in the future won't it! Everything will already be on sale! As for these sales - Shane will still be on holidays so I might drop the kids with my nan and Shane and I go out with the baby.
Good luck with Paddy tomorrow - I hope he's co-operative. Maybe take something as bribery - a lollypop or something?
Lou - I don't know how I missed your post earlier today??? We posted within minutes but it didn't come up after my post went through for some reason?
Poor Tony, I can't believe no-one told him that his nan had had a stroke! I'm so so close to my nan and I'd be just DEVISTATED if she just went like that and I hadn't had a chance to say goodbye.
As for Maddi - a playpen sounds like a much better idea than using the cot as punishment or time out. I read somewhere once about it and there's no way I wanted my kids associating bed with time out! So hence, the naughty spot was born! Although it only really worked when they were a little older and understood. Good luck with that if you decide to go for it. How do you feel tonight? Any better? I'll bet you'll be feeling good in the morning and great by Sunday!
Well dinner was just LUSH! Shane had bought this 2kg easy carve lamb marinated with herb & mustard and OMFG it was so moist, tender and tasty! Between 4 adults and 3 kids we ate the LOT! Chelsea shocked us all and literally had her plate clean in 4 minutes flat and then went back for 2nds & 3rds! The 4 adults just sat there in total shock!:D
Oh and THIS (http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/?action=view¤t=Pic.jpg) was dessert.
Possibly one of the most lushest things I've ever eaten in my entire life :D .
And for anyone who's interested, HERE'S (http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/?action=view¤t=Recipe.jpg) the recipe! :laughing:
We got a phone call from the person who wants to buy our car and he's actually coming down tomorrow morning at 8:30am! (He lives 2.5 hours away so he's in for an early start!) So tomorrow is going to be a mad house of activity! Shane will have to stay home with the kids while the guy takes the car for a drive, sign transfer papers etc etc while I take Immy up at 9am to have her needle. Then because we won't have a 2nd car anymore, I'll have to rush Shane into work then kill time until my OB appointment at 2:30pm. Cr@p, I really don't know what I'm going to do with them!
Oh well, at least we're not wasting 1/2 of our Saturday waiting for this guy to show up etc, and can go and see a couple of open homes that I've been waiting for! If the kids remain good and keep their rooms tidy then we're going to see Shrek on Sunday with the two people who came down tonight (they just LOVE our kids to pieces!)
They're also coming back on Monday night to babysit while Shane and I go to the movies! How cool is THAT!
Whew! I'm buggered and I'd better head for bed. I hope everyone gets a good night's sleep and is snug and warm! :hugs:
Sleep sweet!
xoxo
hayleylea
22-06-2007, 06:41
Anna - Nah he isnt 14 kg i over reacted there! lol. He was 13.4kg at last weigh in and i think he is pretty much the same. Cooper is pretty good at jumping on beds :rolleyes: So i think he could probably manage to get use to the big one pretty well. Those little ones with the handles i did look into but i thought they were pretty expensive for what they were....Trent was just going to make a bar for an adult one which would work out cheaper. I figure if i spend the money on a big one atleast it will do him for a long time and if he cant bounce he would have a good time running around on it lol. I dunno ill keep looking and see what i come up with.
Thanks for the info on the toy sales Cath. We dont have a Kmart anymore :banghead: I might have tomake a trip to the one in the next town if there is anything good there.
Better go. Talk soon.
Hi everyone,
You were all very chatty yesterday and I apologise if I forget to comment on anything important - there was quite a lot to read.
Lou - I think that is really odd that noone told Tony about his grandmother having a stroke. That just seems so wrong! Although I guess I don't know them - were they very close? I hope your bronchitis is now improving, it sounded nasty.
Anna - I think I asked this once before but do you ever have a boring dinner? You know - meat and 3 veg or something? Oh and how do you cook all the times without those little girls hassling you in the kitchen? Will is a right royal pain when I am trying to cook unless it is something he can "help" with by putting the veges in the pot or something.
Hayley - I've been starting to think about Will's birthday and Christmas stuff too. I haven't really got any ideas yet but maybe one of those Crayola white/blackboards. I had thought about a toy golf set for him to play with but my Mum and Dad have bought him that. I did buy him some gumboots yesterday- he thinks they are great - I got Thomas the Tak ones.
Cath - I really hope that Paddy goes ok at the doctors this morning. Sounds like a nasty cough poor mite. Will isn't too bad when we go to the doctors but he doesn't like the stick that they poke down his throat. Can't say I blame him really.
As for Will - it was his turn yesterday afternoon to be really naughty. I have never known him to be so naughty. He just kept doing all the things he knows he is not allowed to do and he got into trouble a hundred times and just didn't care! We might have to try the "naughty" spot too - I think he might be old enough now to get it. I refuse to use the cot as well - he loves bed and I want to keep it that way. I don't really want to use the playpen either for similar reasons although he doesn't play in it that much anymore. I try to put him in there for at least a little bit each day just so I know that if I do have to do soemthing that I don't want him anywhere near then I can put him somewhere safe and know that he is ok. But yes - I wasn't very happy with him yesterday afternoon -Talk about pushing the boundaries!
I did have a proud mummy moment yesterday though. Will can kick with a kickboard all by himself at swimming now. And he can motor around the pool collecting toys from the water by balancing himself under the arms with a noodle. It's so cool. His little legs kick a hundred times a minute and he laughs his head off. The teacher is trying to get him to lift his head and take a breath when he is paddling along on his own now. (like without a noodle or a kickboard). He hasn't worked that one out yet but hopefully it won't be long! I am so proud of my little water baby.
Catth - You summed up exactly how I felt about Will's specialist appointment. I'm kind of ok about it now and started the multi-vitamin today. Troy's mum thinks I should take Will to a homeopath or a naturopath and I am not opposed to doing it but I don't know any good ones. I've been to a good naturopath in the past and a dodgy one so I am a bit careful about that. I guess I could write a post about it in General Health or something.
OK I had better get a wriggle on - our house is looking very dirty and I have got reports to do at some point today. I am getting a bit stressed cause Troy starts his busy time soon and I don't know how I am going to do things once that starts. He has offered to get a cleaner again for the next few months and it might be a good option. AAAGGGH - too many decisions!
MrsMiggins
22-06-2007, 12:54
Hi ladies!!!
Wow! I am feeling really out of the loop! I have to say I'm missing you guys heaps, I just am really not getting a lot of time on the computer ATM. And when I do, I've only got a few minutes, so have to try & get all the bills paid, emails read etc. etc. in the short time I have. I am looking forward to the time where I'll be able to get back on again properly! (Thank god for the Peppa Pig DVD playing right now, or I'd not be on here now!!)
Claire has just come down with a cold, so she's not sleeping & cranky as all get out, but aside from that, the move to her big bed went well. She loves it & even when she's been waking, crying in the night (which, thanks to this stupid cold, she did 3 times last night!! :eek:) she isn't trying to climb out. Also, she's happy to lie in her bed to go to sleep, rather than us holding her, which has been wonderful!
Owen is growing heaps and is a big, chubby, happy lad! Can you believe in a couple of weeks time, he'll be 4 months old?!! Doesn't time fly?!!
As for me, well, I'm just hoping to find a tiny bit of time somehow, somewhere in which to get my damn hair cut! It's so incredibly awful right now!! I need it cut so badly! I had it all cut short, short a week before Owen was born, so you can imagine how much it has grown out & how desperately it needs cutting by now!
Ooh! Gotta go! I guess Peppa's lost her appeal!
Hi Fi,
Nice to hear from you and I am so glad that Claire loves her big bed! What a relief for you.
Now- where is everyone else? It's lonely in here today!
Hi everyone,
Fi good to hear the bed move has gone well. That's great she will lie down and fall asleep in the bed rather than being held -much easier. I can totally understand your limited time on the computer -I'm sure that will be me in a couple of weeks. If you get a chance show us a recent picture of Owen (and Claire) - would love to see how he has grown.
Tan that is fantastic about Will's swimming - what a clever little man. That's so good you have been going so consistently. We only did the one term so it will be like starting again when we get back into it. We are hoping to start again in a few months (with Dean going with him on the weekend hopefully).
Anna I've written down that dessert recipe -sounds beautiful -I'm in a real dessert mood these days (but due to limited room often don't get around to having it -can't wait for my stomach not to be squished anymore -surely I can spoil myself for the first couple of weeks before starting my new exercise regime). Hope the car hand over went well. I have the same question as Tan about getting to cook while the kids are around - I can really only cook properly if Paddy is asleep or has someone else to play with him -maybe having a few kids helps as they entertain each other (I'm hoping so for the future anyway)?
Hayley hope you had a better night with Cooper last night (the up at 3:30am night didn't sounds like fun).
Paddy just came out with a new word 5 minutes ago - hammer (or as he says is "ammer" but close enough). I love hearing the new words -so cute. You can tell he is so pleased with himself when he says aa new word. The hammer is part of this toy tool bench he has and he pointed to it and said "ammer" and now everytime I ask what it is he says "ammer".
Anyway just a quick check in -Paddy needs entertaining. Chat soon.
Hi girls!
Well I have exciting news but it'll have to wait til I've done personals! :D
Tan - that's wonderful about Will and the swimming! I can just imagine what a happy little man he'd be swimming away and how clever he's become! Which multivitamin did you end up getting for Will and how's he going taking it?
Cath - GREAT new word for Paddy! VERY practical for when you need to bash those plastic nails in! :D I know what you mean about the dessert thing - but seriously - I could have drank the butterscotch sauce out of the saucepan with a straw! PMSL!
Fi - hun we just LOVE it when you pop in when you can! I know I just love hearing about Claire's ventures and also how much Owen is growing up! Congratulations on a sucessful move for Claire to her new bed! That's a jolly big step and I'm so proud of you all! Things will start to settle down for you soon once Owen's feeding routine slows down a bit and he drops a feed or two - you'll have much more time for yourself then and will manage to get a few "me" appointments! You're doing so well!
Hayles - Cooper's not far off 14kg then! I'm going to weigh Immy tomorrow coz now I'm really curious! I reckon the kmart catalogue will be pretty good - it usually is so is worth the trip!
Ok, well it's been a CRAZY day here today. Took Immy to get her chickenpox needle at 9am and the poor little thing cried and cried, even though I had little easter eggs as bribery - there's no making up for pain :crying: . She came through ok but was a little testy all morning and is a little hesitant about showing me her arm tonight.
The car changeover went well, the man was very happy and we were waving goodbye to our beloved "gold car" by 9:45am. Then there was a mad dash to get Shane to work because he was really late (even though he'd called to tell them so).
I then had a huge time slot to fill in with 3 little girls until my appointment at 2:20pm. We went into town for a bit, into Patch, swapped some little undersuits for a different colour & bought some booties, then went to a shopping centre 20 mins away where I laybyed Immy a winter doona, 2 x mattress protectors & one extra one for us. Also bought 2 x bath mats & a couple of bath sheets on sale.
Went to the Dr's appointment, then picked up Shane & came home!
Oh in answer to Tan & Cath - yes we have meat & 3 veg quite a lot! Meat is usually just some steak or chicken cooked slowly in the pan & some mashed potato, carrots, greens & sometimes a packet pasta. But to be honest - cooking up a roast takes LESS time because I just chop all the veggies like normal, throw them on a couple of trays & bake! Meat gets cooked on convection in the microwave and all can be prepared in about 20 mins! Otherwise, we also have stir-frys, pastas (bolognaise or cabonara), sheppherds pie, wraps of the world etc, just simple yummy stuff the girls will eat. During summer there's a bit more salady stuff too.
As for lots of cooking - it doesn't take me long to whip up a cake or some muffins but I don't do it much - usually just when we're expecting guests or going out somewhere. And the girls all drag one of the chairs from their little table to the other side of the kitchen bench & stand their watching/helping me!
Now my exciting news!
Baby is READY!!!
Today my fundal height was 40 (at 38 weeks) and the head is WAY down and Dr thinks that all is ready to go! The "engagement" measurements were 5/5 for a long time and last week it was 4/5. Today I was REALLY hoping for it to be 3/5 BUT Dr had a REALLY good prod around and reckons it's 2/5 meaning that he's ready to be born (wasn't expecting to be engaged at all until labour so the other 1/5 will probably happen during labour). So now it's just a waiting game - it still could take 2 weeks but Dr wouldn't be surprised to see me earlier.
I'm just SOOOO excited and nervous at the same time, knowing that it could just happen which would be just great! (Still not sure if I'm going to let Shane near me! I'm too scared to now!)
WHEW! I'm just a bundle of excitement and I HAD to get it out!
We have a relaxing weekend planned - going to see a couple of open homes tomorrow and take the girls out for a bit then if they keep up their good "keeping their rooms clean" work then Sunday we're going to take them to see Shrek with our friends who came down last night for dinner.
Ok, for now I'd better go help get these kids ready for bed then Shane and I will argue over dinner - kids have eaten but we haven't and we have no decent take away around here so it's going to be interesting because I feel like a massive bowl of creamy mashed potato! :laughing:
Have a great night!
xoxo
hayleylea
22-06-2007, 18:58
Hey guys just a quick one for me because i just got home from a trip to sydney and im stuffed!
Cath - I went to toys are us today and they have them trikes that your after for $99 i think they even have cheaper ones then that too. I think its 20 or 30 dollars off. This one goes up in stages from younger kids to when they can pedal etc.
Very cute about Paddys new word!
Everyone who was interested in them snack traps - at the toys are us sale they currently have buy 2 and get 1 free.
I went for a quick squiz while we were up there - they have a pretty big sale on but i couldnt find much that jumped out at me. I did pick up a trolley for Cooper filled with food and even come with a shopping basket. He will think its great because he loves trolleys! That is to go with his bday present. It was $14 and it come with a whole heap of food and money lol. I also got him a blue cleaning set. A mop with a mop bucket, dustpan and brush and a few other little things with it. As you all know from my other posts Cooper loves helping me clean so i thought it was a pretty cool set. He is really into make believe so i though it would be good for him.
Fi - i hope Claires cold gets better and im glad she likes her big bed!
Anna how exciting that bubba blue is ready!! WHOOOHOOO!!!
Oh and yes i got a full night sleep last night 7-7.30. which was great! he was asleep before i got back to mums tonight - we are staying here for the weekend. I got a text from an old friend today who is in town (mums town) and Trent and i are going to go out for dinner with her and her partner tommorow night so we are making a weekend out it.
Better go im tired! talk soon
hayleylea
23-06-2007, 08:31
happybirthday happybirthday happybirthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGE!!!! Hope you have a fabulous birthday and get spoilt!!! Wish I was there to celebrate with you!! :hugs:
MrsMiggins
23-06-2007, 10:01
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGE!!!!! happybirthday
Hope you're off having a fantastic day!!! :D
happybirthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEhappybirthday . Hope you have a great day filled with lots of kisses from the boys and a few beers to boot.
happybirthday Ange!:party:
Hope you get lots of cuddles and kisses today and are well and truly spoilt!
The best present of course would be Seth to be a total :angel: for the day and DP to do all the cooking and cleaning for the whole day!
Well I have limited time as Hi-5 is about to end and Maddi is stuck to the tv.
Anna- how exciting that bubba is ready steady to go. Now for the waiting game. The next few weeks are going to be jam packed with exciting news with Anna and Cath meeting their little boys. Are you looking to move house Anna or are you just having a look at whats new in houses? I love looking at display homes and getting decorating ideas. My parents liked taking us out as kids to display houses and I think its rubbed off somewhat onto me.
Hayley, I know what you mean about presents. Maddi has so many toys that she is taking over the house. But most of them have been hand me downs or gifts and she has outgrown a lot of them. I need to put a lot of them away but each time I try to she tries to "help" and ends up playing with them. I bought Maddi a bike from our Flybuys points and its been in the shed since the start of the year ready and waiting for her birthday. I might buy her some dinosaurs as a present as they had dinosaur day at creche and she absolutely loved them. I thought it was rather odd but hey she was happy so I was happy. My dad is going to make her a dolls house which will be fantastic as she is so into dolls play. She spends all day long carrying around her dolls, putting them to bed, checking their nappy and feeding them. She also tends to sit them in a row and lecture them. Pretty darn funny. I probably won't buy her heaps of presents as she has so much stuff already.
I bought Maddi one of those snack trapp things and she loves it. Like Fi I've been putting cheerios in them and she just carries it around all day long. And the best bit is there is no mess. So thanks Fi for that :yelclap: . great to hear from you when you can get on here. Its fantastic news that Claire is loving her big bed and she sleeps in it so well. I imagine when Maddi goes to her big bed she will be hopping out of it and running into our bedroom in the middle of the night. I might have to get some straps to tie her in. How many weeks old is Owen now? Hows his growth chart going? I bet he is thriving, especially seeing as he is such a good sleeper. When I read your posts it makes me think that having a second isn't that hard. You make it sound so easy Fi.
Oh Cath, how cute that Paddy says hammer. Your right, with each new word they sound so cute. I constantly ask Maddi to say her new words. My favourites are elephant, turtle and apple. Are you getting excited about the upcoming date? I meant to ask you if the last time you had a ceaser if you used those disposable undies? I had them when I had my ceaser with Maddi and they were the best thing I had. They allowed the wound to breath and were really comfortable.
tan, I can't get over what Will does in the pool. He is just a real water baby. Thats the benefit of taking them swimming all the time I guess and I've not been good at that. I hope you've got some footage of him on video swimming with his kickboard around the pool. That would be awesome to keep for when he's older and a champion swimmer.
Well my bronchitis is still hanging around. Thursday night I was up coughing my eyeballs out and ended up throwing up (sorry if TMI). I had trouble breathing and Tony got pretty scared as did I but was unable to talk and tell him so. It ended with me with my head over a bowl of hot water madly inhaling hot steam which fixed it up pretty fast. Then I spent the night in the spare room with the vaporiser going and propped up on pillows. It seems to be at night it gets worse.
Mind you yesterday I managed to get myself to the hairdresser and get my hair cut and colored. My regular hairdresser has left town and I tried out a new one and I'm not too happy with the result. My hair is really dark and I had a lot of dye still on my scalp which all came off this morning during my shower. And I get some red highlights put in and they are in the worst spots, they just look so obvious. Bring back my regular hairdresser! So I am on the hunt for a new hairdresser once again.
Well Hi5 has finished and Maddi is jumping on me. Have a great weekend girls.
WARNING - WHINGY POST COMING UP!
I am so bored today. Where is everyone? DH has gone to help my next door neighbour with his book-keeping backlog so I have no car and can't go anywhere. It's actually quite a nice sunny day here too. I just look at Will and his toys at the moment and think that I am bored with his toys so he must be really bored by now. So this morning we made rock cakes together (well, I made them and Will watched) and then we went for a big walk around the neighbourhood. I think it was a little bit too big a walk for Will as towards the end he started being naughty and running into other people's yards and onto the road etc. I ended up carrying him the last little bit because it was getting a bit dangerous.
Will is sleeping right now and I should be doing some work but I seriously can't be bothered. Will fell asleep on his back and I think that must create some problem for him with his breathing or something because he was crying half an hour later and I had to go and lay him back down. We've noticed that this often happens when he sleeps on his back, he snores then too.
Lou - Maddi sound so cute with her dolls. I caught Will trying to give one of his teddy bears a drink the other day, I love that, it looks so cute. Will has lots of new words too lately although nothing as complicated as Elephant! My goodness your girl is clever.
I hope your bronchitis is improving Lou. Your story about the steam inhaling brought back many memories for me. I spent an awful lot of winters over one of those bowls and I think that Will has inherited my dodgy chest. We went out for dinner last night and when we picked him up from the babysitter as soon as we took him out to the car (into the cold air) then the cough started and he pretty much coughed until we got him back into his own nice warm bed. I was (and still am) exactly the same. I hope your cough clears up soon as I am sure it has left you feeling exhausted.
Anna - how exciting about Bubba Blue! If I were you I'd be prioritising all the things I wanted to do before he arrived and then get cracking on them! Will was born just a few days after I measured 2 (not that my Ob said anything to me at the time) so I'd be organising myself if I were you! Wow- I can't wait. You are going to be so funny with a little boy.
Oh -I don't have any footage of Will with the kickboard yet as our video camera was having some warranty work done on it. I'll be sure to get some this week. Don't worry though - I am under no illusions that he is going to be a champion swimmer though - something tells me he doesn't have that "drive" that athletes talk about - he is way too laid back for that!
Oh well - am just rambling now - hope everyone else is having a fun day today.
Chat soon - bye!
Hi everyone and a big Happy Birthday to Ange.
Lou that bronchitis sounds nasty -how awful. This cold weather isn't helping I'm sure. I am starting to get excited about how close it is until baby 2 comes out - 2 weeks and 2 days -so soon!! I remember seeing disposable undies on the list of things to take to hospital when I had Paddy and thinking that was hilarious -I think I am pretty happy with regular ones. I hate when you get your hair coloured and it's not quite right. I'm getting mine done on Thursday and I won't be happy if it ends up being funny (got to look okay for the photos with the new baby!).
Anna how exciting that Bubba Blue is ready to go!! If you go quiet in here we will all start thinking you are having him. Hope you at least get to have a nice relaxing weekend this weekend like you have planned (and get out to the movies on Monday night).
Hayley the toy shopping trolley with food and cleaning stuff sounds so cute. Thanks for the info. about the bikes - I might have a look this week. Have a nice dinner out tonight.
I did my volunteer 2 hour shift at the toy library this morning and hired an "anatomically correct" baby boy doll and a little cradle for Paddy to play with and maybe get the idea about having a little baby in the house. He was really cute with it straight away and picked it and up and sort of cuddled it and took it over to Dean and then helped us put it to bed. It didn't take long though for it to be dumped on it's head -the toy tools (including "ammers" of course) became more appealing and he decided that the tools needed to be put in the cradle so the baby was turfed out.
I have big cleaning plans for the weekend -I want a really good clean of the house done so that then we can just do the basics for the next 6 months or so. The nesting thing is still well and truly with me - all skirting boards must be wiped down etc. We are going out for lunch with a group of friends tomorrow which will be good -going to a really cool pub that has good food.
Hope everyone is well and having a good weekend.
Hi Tan -we posted at the same time. I totally know what you are saying about being bored with the same toys etc. -that's why we joined the local toy library. Is there one near you? I highly recommend it - we can borrow 4 toys for 2 weeks which is really good. Paddy is bored with the new toys withing 2 weeks so it is good to be able to get a couple of different things every few weeks (today he got the baby,the cradle, the tool set and a little bike/tractor to ride). Hope you have found something to do (not working - that's no fun) -go and lie down and read a book while Will is sleeping -you won't be able to do that when he is up again. If Paddy is really bored we get out the textas and crayons and do some drawing - that keeps him entertained for a good half hour or more (he now requests animals which I have to draw - he makes the animal sound and I then draw the animal - he loves it). Anyway better get on to this cleaning.
Hi Cath!
No - we don't have a toy library near us and it really annoys me. I keep looking in hope that one does start up soon!
I love that story about Paddy putting his toy tools in the cradle. That is just awesome.
I hope you have a good day tomorrow - yummy lunch in a pub. We did that a couple of weeks ago with some friends, it was great.
We do an awful lot of drawing here too - it is one of Will's favourite activities. That seems very strange given that Troy and I don't have an artistic bone between us, hilarious!
Oh well had better get moving I guess. Will is bound to wake up shortly!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGE!!!
Hope you have a lovely day and are very spoilt and cared for! Miss you being around, hope all is well and that you find time soon to say hello!
Lou - not looking at moving anytime soon, but if the "perfect" house came up you just never know! The only thing is that on 1 income (even though it's great), we might be pushing it to keep this house we're in now - I do NOT want to sell it but rent it out as an investment. I love this place and we've put in a lot of work over the last 4 years and I want to be able to see the rewards of our labour (esp in the garden) in years to come.
Shane keeps telling me I'm dreamin' :D
PMSL about Maddi lecturing her dolls by the way!
Lou your bronchitis sounds a lot like what I had (a bronchial infection) and I ended up the same way with the breathing. I woke during the night on the worst night and was crying in panic because I simply couldn't breathe and I had NO asthma medication in the house. The Dr ended up giving me something called Seratide which is an asthma preventative and helped a lot with keeping the airways open. I hope the steam keeps doing the job but if not, see your Dr again about getting some sort of airway inhaler - even though you may not have asthma.
Tan - I know what it's like. Whenever I'm up for a chat everyone seems to disappear! :laughing: They must know I'm coming with an epic post!
Tell me - if Troy is helping the next door neighbour - why don't you have a car? Is it too far for him to walk next door? :confused: Sounds like you had a good morning baking and going for a walk anyway. I don't get to go walking much anymore - we'll see what happens next year when I have 2 at school, might be much easier to throw the other two in the tandem and head out even if it is just around the block.
Cath - how cute about the "anatomically correct" doll! One of the July mums bought her kids a $20 doll from Kmart that was a "boy" doll and it fits perfectly into a size 0000 bonds jumpsuit so it might be worth looking at for a permanent one for Paddy if you wanted to. I'm not getting dolls for the girls, they've all got their cabbage patch dolls which they treat like babies anyway and I think Nicola & Chelsea will be right. Immy will take a bit of reminding to be gentle etc but she should get the hang of it pretty quick. You tend to be not so fussy the more kids you have but really, it's not like I'm going to leave the baby out of sight and Shane will be home for a few weeks so hopefully Immy will get used to things fast!
Hope your lunch goes well tomorrow!
Well been out to a couple of open homes and it's made us very thankful for what we have. Shane and I have put a lot of work into our house making it "ours" and we take for granted the nice size rooms, the open plan living & the big back yard. We're not seriously thinking of moving right now but it still doesn't hurt to be on the lookout for the "perfect" house but I don't want to give up this one. We want to keep it to rent out but that's going to be hard with only 1 income.
We went to the Toy World shop sale today and layby-ed a few things for the girls - the boy is going to have a very boring Christmas because he'll be 6 mths old and we pretty much have as much as a 6mth old needs! I've started making a list of stuff that we saw to give the grandparents and idea this year - stuff like: a car mat, little toy cars, thomas/train stuff etc for the boy, and bike helmets & a totum tennis game for the girls. We layby-ed lots of cool board games because the girls just love playing them - we're a very board game-loving family here and often have friends down to play some fun games!
Well bubba blue is definately low today, I swear he's punching no more than an inch above the "exit" :laughing: which catches me and makes me double over every time! Had a few BH tightenings again this morning with a bit of an edge to them but nothing this arvo.
Well I'm off to watch a movie with Shane, fire has been lit so I'm looking forward to being cozy tonight! Oh Tan - btw, I'm stuffed if I'm going to clean anymore. The majority of stuff is done and I'm just keeping on top of the washing etc. I know if there's anything major that comes up that Shane will have it done by the time I come home from hospital - he's great like that! I've resigned myself to the fact that I can't possibly keep this house in tip-top shape but I'm glad to say that the girls have been doing a WONDERFUL job with keeping things tidy and I've been very proud of their efforts.
Ok must go - another long post I fear.
Catch up more soon!
xoxo
PMSL! :D Just had to share!
Immy's been walking around all day saying DADDOOO-DADDOOO!!! Like NUNOO-NUNOO off Mork & Mindy! Oh I nearly wet myself every time it's so funny! Have NO idea what she's referring to though! :confused: :laughing:
Anna - Troy went to the neighbour's workplace to do the book-keeping. Sorry I wasn't very clear earlier! He's a bit lazy but he isn't that bad. He was gone all day too and looked pretty darn tired when he got home.
This afternoon I decided to get into our garden to do the pruning. I've always been hesitant to do anything in our garden when it is just me and Will as we don't have a front fence. I was pleasantly surprised though, I took a ball, his bike thing and a couple of pull along toys out there with us as well as some chalk and we were out there for a good hour and a half before Troy got home. Will was really good the whole time and only went near the road once. My driveway and my steps have some interesting scribbles on them but hey, it's only chalk - who cares? My main hiccup was that one climbing rose alone managed to fill our bin up so I have to wait til after bin night before I can do anymore. It was such a nice afternoon here though and I was really feeling like I had been stuck indoors for way too long. I am so tired now though!
Speaking of being tired - think I'll sign out of here and go and find a good book to read or something. I really need an early night tonight. I wonder if Will is ever going to get to the point where he pokes his nose out from under his covers in the morning and says "nope - too cold out there, I'll just stay here thanks!"?
:laughing: Anna, did you figure out what Daddo meant? Immy wasn't watching any of the Daddo actors was she? :laughing: . Yes you never know when the perfect house may come along do you. Can't hurt to keep looking around. House prices in Tassie have risen a lot over the past 5 years haven't they? Are you looking for something in town or with a bit of acerage around? I remember when we first started looking at houses Tony wanted to buy a farm and I was semi keen but just knew who would be doing most of the work around the farm so was pretty persistent with not getting a farm. We ended up buying a house with 2/3 acre and he can't even look after the garden here so thank God we didn't buy that farm.
Tan, I have had so many days where I've been bored and just couldn't think of anything exciting for Maddi to do either. One day I made some glue out of corn flour and hot water (looked it up on the internet) and I cut out some pictures from old magazines. Then I would glue the back of the picture and Maddi would stick it to the blank paper. As she was pasting we would name what she was pasting. She loved it. Then with her crayons she drew around the pictures and we hung it on the fridge. For days afterwards she would walk up to her poster and point out the "baby", "bike" and assortment of animals and name them. It was a pretty good exercise. The playdough is pretty good entertainment too. Thats a really good one for self play. I've started knitting and Maddi seems to leave me alone and play by herself when she see's me knit. I love gardening too and Maddi has her own shovel and buckets to "help". But its been freezing here. How annoying about Wills specialist appointment. I was so sure he'd be getting his tonsils out. Its good though that the specialist doesn't operate at the drop of a hat. Hopefully the vitamins do the trick. Maddi's been seeing a naturopath and she was brilliant. She put Maddi on Iron drops and some lactobac (which is lactobacillus) to help rebalance her gut flora after being on antibiotics so much. She said Maddi's diet was pretty good so no need to vitamins as such.
Cath, good on you for still taking Paddy to the toy library. We used to go to our local one and haven't been this year at all. I have no idea why. I think that Maddi has heaps of toys at the moment so if we brought any more home they would disappear into the pile never to be found again. But the toy library was fantastic. Actually they had a big sale last weekend where all the members got to have a stall for $15 and they all sold their stuff. I managed to buy Maddi a lot of cardboard books and she is loving them. They're those tab one's where you look under the tab and there are hidden animals. She is going through a real book phase and every day she goes through her bookcase about twice a day. Have a great day at the pub today. I love those pub meals. A good old chicken kiev could make me a very happy woman.
Ange I hope you had a great birthday yesterday!
We have a christening today and I'm umming and Ahhing about going. I still have a runny nose and Maddi seems to have woken up all stuffed up AGAIN. Sitting in a cold church doesn't seem like the wisest move this morning. The church its in is freezing cold. And the frost outside it terrible today. It looks like snow outside.
Maddi is so addicted to Hi-5. She's watching it again this morning. Its so cute she dances and sings with them and copies them. I have a little drama queen on my hands!
Anna - Troy went to the neighbour's workplace to do the book-keeping. Sorry I wasn't very clear earlier! He's a bit lazy but he isn't that bad.
PMSL! OMG that thought never even crossed my mind! Don't mind the silly preggy lady! :o
I wonder if Will is ever going to get to the point where he pokes his nose out from under his covers in the morning and says "nope - too cold out there, I'll just stay here thanks!"?
Um I don't think that kicks in until the age of about 13, sorry! :laughing: But! You just NEVER KNOW!
Sounds like you had a good day yesterday and Will had a ball with the chalk! I love getting out in the yard with the kids - however the one thing I DON'T love is the messy clothes after! Last night I spent 1/2 hour scrubbing 1 pair of Chelsea's apricot coloured trackies that were literally COVERED in mud but it was so dark it looked like grease! I managed to get most of it out with stain remover & washing powder & warm water but a good soak overnight brought them up well so we'll see how they look after the machine finishes :rolleyes: . Ah just can't wait for dark coloured clothes!
Lou - Immy just LOVES Hi-5 too and she can spot it a MILE away if we're walking through the shops! It might be as small as a Hi-5 symbol on a magazine but her hands go up and she starts screaming HA! HA! HA! (for Hi-5!) She's a little groover too and dances around with the girls when we have it on. I'll try and get a video of all 3 next time! It's such a site!
Oh by the way - the Daddooo Immy was saying (Not Daddo like the actors, but Daddoooooooo-Daddooooooo!!) was actually Shane! I asked where is Daddoooo-Daddooooo? And she pointed straight at Shane then ran to give him the biggest cuddle! Aw it was so gorgeous and Shane just laughed!
As for houses, we're not country people! I grew up on 14 acres which was lovely but we quite like suburbia where things are relatively close but in Tas it's very different. I have friends who still live on 5 acre blocks but are still only 20 mins from town. Definately won't live near town but where we live is a lovely beach side suburb, so peaceful and relaxed and you know your neighbours. Only problem is that there's no land around here to build on and lots of the original houses were just beach shacks and have been done up - so getting a house big enough for our growing family is going to be hard. We need lots of brms and a HUGE rumpus! Not negotiable! Anyway, it'll be a few years til we move anyway so we're not stressing - prices have gone up heaps. We bought our house for $175K and to sell now it would go on the market for $450K (no joke - it's crazy). We definately chose well with this house.
Lou maybe the church won't be too cold? Maybe some kind soul will bring in a cr@p load of heaters and crank them so by the time the guests arrive the place will be roasty-toasty!
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Well I thought that last night might have actually been my night! I spent over an hour in the laundry scrubbing stains on clothing with a toothbrush, preen & stain removing powder, soaking, and then doing 3 loads of washing. When the last one was on I went upstairs and cleared out both Shane's and my side draws - you're all gonna laugh at why! I'm absolutely paranoid that if I go into labour at night and mum comes down she'll get nosy and go snooping! (I KNOW! Talk about PARANOID!) Now I know what you're thinking - what's she hiding - guilty conscious and all LOL! Nothing too bad but nobody wants their mums to see what brands of condoms etc they use and all the rest! So everything was cleared and stored elsewhere (well it's not like it's going to get used in the next few weeks anyway!) Anyway finished that and DH came upstairs at 12:30 to find me scrubbing and polishing the toilet! I just couldn't stop! It HAD to be done!
This morning I'm already onto my 2nd load of washing & I actually want to stay home and dust rather than go out and shop and take the kids to Shrek! Actually, no, I wish there were 2 of me so I could do both! PMSL!
Better go - all the kids are happily playing but we all have to get dressed if we're actually going to make it anywhere today!
Have a great Sunday!
xoxo
LOL Anna. The theory in my family is that the day before you go into labour you do silly things like mop the floor - so I'll be waiting to hear that you did that chore too!
Got no idea what was going on with Will last night - twice we heard him yelling only to find him fast asleep, who knows what he was dreaming about!
I think he is finding his "fussy feeding" habits now and turning into a somewhat normal toddler. Lately he has taken to feeding himself a lot more and subsequently we have noticed a lot less that is actually being eaten. Especially as he now says "away" and gives you his plate or bowl when he thinks he is finished. At dinner I think this has a lot to do with the fact that he just wants the custard that he knows is for dessert. We were thinking about trying the whole "no dessert til you eat your veges" or something if it gets too bad. It might just be a novelty though I think and wear off pretty quickly.
Gotta go - apparently Will is yelling for "more" rockcakes - he's in a for a rude shock because he can't have any!
Oh Anna, sounds like some serious nesting is taking place at your house. If you run out of things to do please scoot over to my place. It desperately needs a good going over. Don't wear yourself out young lady. Sounds like Shane is flavor of the month with Immy. What a cute pet name she has come up for him :laughing: .
Oh Tan, Maddi has also started being fussy with her food which is really annoying me. I spend good time making her good food and she's just happy to eat a plain jam sandwich. I have come up with the ultimate quick meal. You know the "fresh" ravioli they sell in packets at the supermarket? Well I bought a packet of the chicken and mushroom ones and divided it into re-sealable sandwich bags and made up a tomato/ham sauce that I've frozen into individual portions and have stored them in the freezer together. She loves it and its dead easy. ;)
Well we made it to the Christening in the last minute. No kidding! Just as I was getting Maddi dressed she had a blood nose. First time ever. So by the time I got the bleeding to stop and got her dressed we were really late. Anyways nobody seemed to notice. Here's a photo of the little angel Christening photo (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/spencerschristening.jpg)
She survived until 2.30pm at which time her eyes glazed over and she desperately needed a sleep. When we told them we had to go they were not very understanding and said "oh why? leaving already". Oh man - are they in for a shock when their kid reaches the toddler phase. They are still in the nice baby phase where you can plonk bubby down for a sleep anywhere (sort of). I felt like saying "OMG do you know how hard it is to have a party at this time of day with this one?". Anyways we survived and Maddi seems to have had a good time.
OMG I seriously feel like I've been hit by a truck tonight and I have NO idea why?! :confused:
I'm achy all over my neck, shoulders, back, lower back & legs. We didn't head out today until 12 which was a late start but headed for Target to get another couple of spare bath mats (the only rubber backed ones I've come across in AGES) and layby Chelsea 2 size 6 zippy suits (fleece suits) for next year or the year after - depending on how fast she grows! I've decided that she loves them so much that I'll get as many sizes as I can until she grows out of them! :D
Met up with our friends and went to see Shrek at the movies. The girls thought it was absolutely wonderful and Immy went REALLY well especially considering she didn't have a morning nap as well. She got a bit fidgetty towards the end but she never yelled or kicked up a huge fuss and mostly sat happily on her chair with her little baggy of popcorn or on daddy's lap (coz mine was occupied by baby who was giving me a hell of a time and I had to unzip my jeans to be comfy! :laughing: )
After the movie I was on a mission at Kmart to find some double bed sized polar fleece blankets for the kids' beds. The kids use matress protectors, sheets, then a double size fleece blanket then a winter warmth doona for their beds but I only had 1 double size blanket. Anyway, kmart had 50% off winter blankets and lo & behold I picked up 4 x pastel coloured fleece blankets for $15 each! :smiliedance: Now I have to go suck the spares in a space bag because all this linen is getting too bulky for my newly organised linen cupboard! Also picked up a couple pairs of $5 jeans for the boy - I hate boys jeans! Give me funky girls bootlegs anyday!
Lou Maddi always has this look about her! She's certainly one determined little girl! Geez I love that outfit - she looks like such an angel in it! Don't forget that ANYTIME you've had enough, you just post her down here and I'll have her until you want her back!
Great idea with the ravioli too by the way! Might have to do that myself! So you just throw a handful of rav & some sauce in a zip lock bag, freeze, then you can just zap in the microwave??
Tan - funny you should mention the mopping of the floors. My floors are FILTHY dirty but my steam mop is in 100 pieces all around the house from the last time I used it and I'm procrastinating BIG time because 1) I have lots of floor to mop & 2) It's another "major" job I really wanted to get done before the baby comes and I'm afraid that if I actually do it, then it's another thing ticked off my mental "to do" list which makes it pretty much it! The rest of the cr@p is Shane's to do! LMAO! I think I might have to just bite the bullet and do it tomorrow.
Oh and by the way! Do you all remember Shane's "golf" theory?? Well with each of the girls, Shane has played a round of golf and I've either gone into labour or had a baby the next day. Well, tomorrow is his last golf round for a while so according to past experience I should be making an announcement on Tuesday! LOL!
Ok, bloody BH's are REALLY getting on my nerves today and I'm so over them being "the norm" and now I'm just sick to death of them. Hanging out for something to show for them - oh, like a SHOW, or something! LOL! They'd REALLY want to be doing something productive in there! Did I tell you all that baby's position is LOA which apparently is ideal? I'm ultra excited that he's been this way for 2 weeks now and I'm starting to feel really good that this labour might actually pan out more like Nicola's which would be an absolute blessing.
Anyway, I'm freezing my butt off so I'm off to bed to watch Greys.
Sleep sweet girls! (And kiddies!)
xoxo
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 08:22
Hey guys!! Man you guys have been chatting the last couple of days.
Cant do personals but just wanted to say
CHECK OUT MY SIGNATURE!!!! :smiliedance: :p
CONGRATULATIONS HAYLEY!
Too excited to speak!
Ange&Seth
25-06-2007, 10:00
YAY for Hayley :yelclap: I can't wait now!! The countdown begins WOOOHOO!! Congratulations babe :hugs:
Thankyou to everyone for the birthday wishes. I did see them, but was rushing through and didn't have a chance to reply. I had a good day, nothing special, but we're going to go out for dinner one night when BIL and SIL can come and then we'll go out in Albury when my parents are better.
Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with the thread so I don't know where everyone is at. I'll have to start the personals with the next post!!
Today, Seth and I got up and went for a walk :smiliedance: then we stopped at the park on the way home for a bit and now he's in bed YAY!!! I'm thinking about organising some lunch for myself so that I can eat in peace LOL!!
Hope everyone's well, will catch up with you all shortly.
CONGRATS HAYLES! :yelclap:
I told you not that long ago to make sure that you were prepared JUST IN CASE it happened this month! :smiliedance: Hope the first 12 weeks are uneventful and keep you healthy!
CONGRATULATIONS HAYLEY!!! HOW EXCITING!!
I had a feeling that it might be this month for you (because we were discussing the ovulation testings sticks - they are destined not to be used).
I will come back later and say hello to everyone else -got to go and lie down while I can (had a busy morning and we're going out tonight and I will be stuffed if I don't take my chance to rest now). Hope everyone is well.
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 12:34
Thanks everyone!!
My little man is refusing to have a sleep today. Probably because he didnt get up till 9am! Ive tried twice without success!! Ah well he is happy when he is up so thats the main thing!!!
Cath - You might be right about them ovulation sticks lol. Im sure they will come in handy for someone some day! Do they have a use by date or anything like that? Maybe you can use them for the next one??
Anna - yep you did tell me to be prepared. Im in shock really. It doesnt feel real just yet!!! I honestly didnt think this month was the month but im very happy about it. Only early days yet but :fingerscrossed: all goes smoothley!
Anyway i better go. Ive done nothing today!
talk soon.
Anna - yep you did tell me to be prepared.
Oooooo! Anna knew all along that June was the magic month! *insert twilight zone music* :D
:smiliedance: WOOP WOOP!:smiliedance:
2000 posts!
Anna's scored 2000! La-la la-la laa LA!!:laughing:
How could I possible post it anywhere else but my beloved Oct mums group?! :D
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 14:18
well done Anna lol.
well im stuffed guys! Cooper didnt go down for his sleep and he has been into absolutley everything!! He has been really happy though...except for an outburst when Trent went to work!
ive been having a few period pain like cramps this arvo i have no idea if its normal or not. - I cant remember the first stages of my pregnancy for Cooper only when i started getting sick lol. TMI i know but omg i am full of bloody wind!!!
Ok gotta go play cars....lol.
Hi again,
Well done on the 2000 posts Anna -impressive effort. Sounds like you still have the shopping bug. Good to hear you got to have a nice weekend before Bubba Blue arrives -I wonder if it will be this week? Good to hear you are feeling positive about the labour - good boy for being in the perfect position.
Hayley it is just so exciting you are pregnant again. I hope you don't get so sick this time -I have my fingers crossed for you. A March baby will be lovely. Cheeky Cooper not having a sleep -makes for a long day.
Lou that photo of Maddi was beautiful -she is a gorgeous little girl. Lunchtime social things are a bit of a pain now aren't they. We had to wake Paddy up yesterday to get to the pub for lunch poor little man -he coped though and had a great time running around the pub (wasn't so relaxing for Dean and I like the old days were but we still had fun).
Tan well done getting out into the garden and good boy Will for not running away. Chalk outside is good - we do that a bit on the concrete in our backyard. Welcome to my world with the fussy eating thing - for the past 2 months the only thing Paddy will eat for dinner is baked beans and toast and recently he is also accepting pasta with bolognaise sauce (with hidden vegies thank goodness). He also gives me the finished symbol when he has clearly not finished and then gestures at the fridge meaning he wants yoghurt. Cheeky kids!!
I hosted Mothers Group here this morning (we start at a new hall next week thank goodness). We are going to Dean's parents for dinner tonight which will be nice -means I don't havbe to cook or do any dishes - woohoo. Hopefully Paddy will be okay with a late night.
Anyway better go again -Paddy needs attention. Chat soon.
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 15:40
I meant to comment on Maddis pic too lou. Her outfit was gorgeous and she just has the most beautiful face!
Cath - sounds like you had a busy day. Ive already Cooked Cooper and I's dinner just gotta heat it up. I thought i better do it early because i knew he would be a bit of a bugger since he hasnt had a sleep. He hasnt been too bad though, the odd tantrum here and there but they have been over failry quickly. Im going too feed him at around 5.15, put him in the shower and then hopefully he will be snuggled up in bed at around 6.45! heres hoping anyway! lol.
better go
Hey girls, just quickly coz I'm heading to my nice warm bed - did any of you have a show before labour/birth etc? If so, what was it like for you?
I never had one - I think it must have come out during labour so never noticed and just wanted to see if everyone's was different?
Sleep sweet tonight!
xoxo
MrsMiggins
25-06-2007, 19:08
Yep, Anna! I did before Owen.
Bleeding that was like spotting, then before my waters broke it was more like a period. (TMI warning here!!) The mucus plug I didn't see until a few days later.
From what I know though, no, not everyone has a show and yes, it can just happen during labour.
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 19:10
I lost my mucas plug a day or so before i went into labour. it had blood through it and was a greeny colour....
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 19:11
ETA: Fi love your new signature! :laughing:
MrsMiggins
25-06-2007, 19:13
OMG Hayles!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is such awesome news!!!!! Now, not that I'd wish this on anyone, but if you went 11 days overdue, Owen & your little one would be one year apart!! I was due 4th of March with him, so it's not out of the question!! :D
So early days yet of course, but will you & trent be finding out the sex of your bub? Did you find out with Cooper?
Oh! I'm just so excited for you guys!!! :smiliedance:
MrsMiggins
25-06-2007, 19:16
ETA: Fi love your new signature! :laughing:
:laughing: Yes, as you can tell, we've been watching a helluva lot of Pepa Pig lately! Claire seems to have grown mighty attached to the 2 DVDs we have & just wants to watch them over... & over... & over... & over... :rolleyes:
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 19:17
hehe thanks Fi!!
Nope we wont be finding out the sex of this bub - so you guys will have to wait anxiously along with Trent and I. Trent is against finding out so im going ot respect his wishes and not find out. And nope we didnt find out with Cooper either. I know some people think we are mad but i actually quite like the idea of not knowing the sex! I must admit I would be tempted to find out this time but Trent wont change his mind so doesnt look like I will be either!!
Im just hoping everything goes smoothly - i dont know if its because I actually know im pregnant whether im getting the symptoms all of a sudden lol. i am sooooooooooooooooooooo tired, ill be heading to bed very shortly..
MrsMiggins
25-06-2007, 19:27
IKWYM about the tiredness. That was really my only early PG symptom that was really full-on. Both times.
Oh, and I meant to say before too, try not to worry too much about the cramping. I had it with both Claire & Owen. Unless it's really incredibly painful & you have bleeding, then it's probably just everything stretching & getting ready for your growing bubba! :D
About the finding out the sex thing, I don't think you're mad, and don't worry about what other's think anyway - it's your bub, not theirs. I copped a fair amount of flack both times for finding out. *shrugs* Can't please all the people all the time, so why bother trying? :D In fact, as much as I am always desperate to find out, I think now having one of each, next time I may opt for the "surprise"!
hayleylea
25-06-2007, 19:32
Fi thanks for telling me about your cramping. Its not incredibly painfull or anything like that just comes in waves. - More so just a mild period pain. My Boobs are really sore aswell and just tired. Im hoping the MS stays away this time.
Im in two minds about the whole finding out thing. I never wanted to with Cooper but then i think it would be nice to find out with the second. But as i said Trent wouldnt find out so it wont be happening.....
OK im off to bed girls. Im stuffed.
Talk tommorrow :hugs:
Anna - no show here either. No warning at all actually! Just full on spontaneous labour!
Fi - just love that new signature - so cute!
Hayley - I think I mentioned to you on MSN that I had the cramping early on too, kept thinking I was going to get a real shocker of a period, that never arrived! So yes, I think it is normal and it settled after a few days from memory. I didn't find out what gender Willw as either, I was all for the surprise factor!
Cath - the food thing seems to relate to lunch only (story of my life really!) Today Will refused to eaat yoghurt and ate strawberries and apple for lunch followed by a rock cake. He was Mr Grumpy Pants this afternoon after his sleep, but then he ate and ate and ate at dinner! He had thirds of roast vegetables! He would have had more too but I said no - 3 plates was enough with fish thank you! So he happily tucked into some more custard. What a piggy! Hope you have a nice time tonight - no cooking, no dishes, sounds good to me!
Lou - I finally looked at your pic of Maddi today. She always makes me laugh. One word - ATTITUDE! I have a nephew who has mastered that look too - maybe we should introduce them when they are adults. They'll probably get married and look out when their kids come along. LOL!
Hayley - oh dear about no sleep for Cooper today! Sending sleeping dust your way for tomorrow. Goodness, you need rest time now more than ever! Little monkey probably cottoned on to the fact that there is something different going on.
Oh well - better be off again. I should mention that Will is going well with the multi-vitamin, I got the pentavite and he seems to like it. Here's hoping it does the trick for us.
OMG Hayley thats so so exciting!!!:smiliedance: Congratulations on :bfp: . So when did you find out, did you do the test at home by yourself, was DH sitting there with you, if he wasn't how did you tell him and what was his reaction? All of those exciting questions. As for finding out the sex of bubby, we found out with Maddi but I reckon that next time around I'd like a surpirse. We didn't tell anyone that we knew the sex of maddi. I did love knowing though and it was fun having this secret between me and DH. But I think next time I'd like a surprise package!
Its been funny but reading about everyone's pregnancy stories the second (or fourth, Anna) time around I think oh yeah thats right I had that too. I remember the cramping early on and expecting my period to turn up any day. Then doing the test and finding out that I wouldn't have a period for ages.
Anna, my show was at 8am in the morning, then labour started at 9am then I had Maddi at 6am the next day. My show was like a pink color, sort of like slightly bloody mucos, (sorry if thats TMI). I still remember waking up and going to the toilet and seeing my show and thinking OMG today is the day. Then I snuck out of the bedroom, leaving a sleepy DH on the bed to ring the hospital midwives to ask them about it. They were so good over the phone. Then I had brekkie and a shower and when DH came out I told him that today was the day. His reaction still makes me laugh today. He proceeded to turn into Mary Poppins and started to madly clean the house while I sat on the couch and watched Kath and Kim. He's never cleaned the house so well :D before and ever since.
Fi, I lurve your new signature. Made me giggle a lot as Peppa is a big winner here. Although her fav at the moment is Hi-5.
Tan, your right about the attitude. She is really giving me a run for my money. I keep thinking to myself that I was never that naughty as a child was I? Not that she is really naughty but more........ determined to do things her way. Brushing her teeth is turning out to be a big issue. She loves brushing them, but she has to do it herself and that usually involves he clamping her teeth shut on her toothbrush and thats it.
MrsMiggins
25-06-2007, 21:34
Lou, are you sure our daughters aren't in some sort of huge time-warp thing & they're actually one & the same person??!!! I would be seriously thinking this was the case if I hadn't seen pics of Maddi & knew them to be completely different in the looks dept!!!
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 07:22
Lou - Yep Trent was with me when i tested I tested on Sunday afternoon and again yesterday morning just to be sure lol. He was very excited - he is a big softie! I posted earlier that nope we wont be finding out the sex. Trent doesnt want to so Ill respect his wishes and not find out. We didnt find out with Cooper either and i found it really exciting.
Tan - Thanks for sending sleeping dust my way for today. I really hope he has a sleep today! he didnt get up till a minute ago so that was good! Im still buggered. I was really tired last night but couldnt sleep! Dont you hate when that happens!?
rightio im off to get breakie. Trent finished work at 1am last night and he sounds so sick! I left him snoring in bed but looks like im going to have a patient today and we all know what sick partners are like! lol.
talk soon!
Morning girls :wave:
Just a quick one this morning coz my eyes are simply hanging out of my head and are so sore because I'm tired as.
I'm trying so hard to keep it all together to pull through to my due date. There's no point me putting all my hopes into going early because I'll simply not make it any longer.
Have the cleaning bug again so TODAY is the day that I mop the floors (it's still down the list a little but I'm going to try so hard to get it done.) I had a dream last night that my waters broke upstairs and the baby was coming but I didn't want the paramedics to see my messy bedroom so I got myself downstairs and was sitting on the kitchen floor on a towel crying and crying because the paramedics were going to see my messy kitchen floor instead!
Actually for a while there last night I was in a bit of shock because I had a few contractions through my back & lower front and I literally just held my breath and lay in bed scared sh!tless that they would increase! I changed positions a few times, got up to pee, choked on a mint slice bikkie and ended up coughing so much that Shane raced upstairs to see me puking in the toilet (gross. . .) but they settled down again and went back to regular BH tightenings - which are REAAAAAAAALY starting to bug me now because they're such a regular thing. Also bub was so active last night that I had trouble getting to sleep but after watching telly propped up on my pillows, I fell asleep that way waiting for DH to come upstairs. I'd previously told him that if he wanted his "golf theory" to work then he'd better get himself to bed early if he knew what I meant. Well he knew all right but didn't make his way to bed til after 11 - by which stage I was out to it. Geez you'd think he'd have been at least a little keen to get some?! :rolleyes:
Anyway, I've copy/pasted some of this message so I'd better head off and get some stuff done.
I'm sorry for no personals for now - I've been spending too much time in the July thread lately because there's so many of us and it moves so quickly. I'll try and pop in again later. Wish me luck today - I can't believe how much my eyes are hurting, it's like I haven't slept in days. . .
Morning everyone,
I reckon you were just too excited to sleep last night Hayles. I hope you find the sleep fairy tonight.
Well - I think Will has well and truly found his naughty side. I was so cranky with him yesterday afternoon. He has been much more naughty lately. I don't know if it is just the age or that he is bored as it keeps raining or what, but boy has he been testing the boundaries! I really want to be able to use the "naughty spot" but he still thinks that is a game and comes out before it is time. I have been putting him back but my question is do I put him back until he sits there for the allocated time (1 minute) or do I just keep putting him back until 1-2 minutes is up in total? I've been trying my SIL method of putting the timer on the microwave on and when it beeps then he can come out. He hasn't got it yet though. Any tips?
LOL Lou at Maddi and brushing her teeth. Will was exactly the same but about a week or so ago he started letting me give them a really good brush. Just keep persisting - sometimes they surprise you! Oh - I've been meaning to say that I think Maddi is just priceless - sometimes I worry that saying things like Maddi has attitude might be taken the wrong way, I really do think she is adorable!
Hm - I had better be off and doing some more work. I don't know where the time has gone this morning, I only have an hour left before I have to collect Will and yes - in a taxi again today - bloody rain!
Oh Anna - we posted at the same time. Sorry to hear you are so tired. Look out if you do the mopping - I'll be waiting to hear you are on the way to the hospy!
LOL at your silly dream too. Let me tell you that paramedics don't look at floors or messy bedrooms, especially if they are helping a woman in labour!
Anyway - hope you get some rest today and that bubba goes nice and quiet for you cause that means he is on the way out!
nkenward
26-06-2007, 10:53
Hi there,
Oh Anna, I totally sympathise with you regarding the BH. I hated them - as there seemed to be no end and labour there is a happy ending in sight. Not long to go now. I didn't have a 'show' - Connor was 4 weeks early and I had no warnings what so ever. We had guests for dinner that night and a few hours later we were driving to the hospital. We had had take a way chinese - not sure whether that was what set it off.
Hayley - congratulations!!! That is so exciting! I look forward to hearing how you go. As for the period type pains - I think that is normal. I too had slight cramping at the beginning. I also had a blocked nose and I thought I was getting a cold - but didn't.
Tania - I totally know where you are coming from about naughty boys. Connor is really trying to push me to the limits. I know he understands me when I tell him 'no' or 'don't touch' - but he stands there with his hand hovering. Or he sticks his pointing finger and puts it to his face and says 'no'. It gets to me sometimes - and others I have to walk away and start laughing. I had the frying pan on the stove last night, and he was 1/2cm away from touching it - I completely lost it! But he went to do it again - next time I think I will just let him burn himself - maybe that way he might rethink his actions.
Fi - congrats on getting Claire into her big bed. We are in the processes of getting the bedroom sorted out. I don't think Connor is ready for a big bed - but figure if we get it ready - he can get used to the room etc.
Lou - how are you feeling - better I hope. I have just had a cold that I hope doesn't get worse. I think I drank maybe 1.5 litres of orange juice yesterday. I was taking Vit. C tablets but read the ingredients and a lot of them have saccharin in them - my doctor said that preg. women shouldn't take them. How is Maddi going with the toilet training? Does she still use the potty?
Anyway I am quite relieved now - the inlaws went home yesterday - I have my house back. They aren't all that bad - but they are really redneck qld'landers (no offence Fi.) They live out b/w ipswich & toowoomba in the middle of nowhere. They just continued to swear and smoke (outside) but geez they stunk. I swear Troy was must have been delivered by the stork - cause he is the complete opposite. At least its only a once a year thing.
Ok must go now - Connor is having a sleep - might try and get a nap in as well. Make the most of it!
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 11:15
Hey guys
Tan and Nat - Cooper went through a real naughty stage last week. He has been pretty good this week though except for not having a sleep yesterday. He was in bed by 6.30 though so that was OK. He is in bed now and I havent heard from him so hopefully he is down for atleast an hour!
I must be in the minority because Cooper LOVES me brushing his teeth! lol. I could do it for half an hour if he wanted me too. He opens up his mouth and lets me scrub away till im done and then he has a pretty good go at it himself.
Tan - the naughty corner/spot. It is hard to get them to stay. Cooper was really good and wouldnt move till i told him too but now its more of a challenge. I generally sit him on his chair and sit down with him for the minute and Tell him what he has done wrong - at the end of it ask for cuddle and let him go.
Nat - had to laugh at your description of your inlaws lol! Glad your got your house back. I love my own space - having visitors is ok for awhile but it does get pretty annoying.
Anyway i gotta go clean this house up.
Ill be back on later for a better post i promise! :)
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 13:04
Hey guys
Anna i forgot to say i hope your feeling Ok today! Are you still with us? - hang in there not far to go now!
Cute story about Cooper this morning. I was in my room making the bed and i heard the him moaning and groaning and i look around and he had got a bottle of milk out of the fridge and his bottle that i had just washed up from the sink and wanted me to pour him one! it was so funny!!! He was so proud of himself....
He has been down now for over 2 hours so im a happy mummy today! :smiliedance:
Hi there,
Hayley that is gorgeous about Cooper getting the milk out of the fridge and trying to organise a drink for himself -too cute!! Did he open the fridge on his own? You might be investing in one of those fridge locks soon. Paddy can't open it at this stage and just stands there banging on it when he wants something.
Lou Paddy is the same with the teeth brushing which is a right pain - his teeth need a really good clean. He carries on and thrashes around when we try and do it and if he does it he pretty much bites on it for a bit then throws it away -not good.
Anna how are you doing today? I hope you have been resting more than cleaning (especailly when you are feeling so tired). Surely Shane can mop the floors tonight if they really must be done. Poor girl choking on a mint slice -not pleasant. I hope you get a better sleep tonight. I have been sleeping like a log (apart from the toilet stops and the first half hour when my stupid pelvic bones ache like they are breaking in half). Dean has been sent out to the loungeroom pretty much permanently at this stage (the snoring is still continuing) - sad but necessary - I really need my sleep.
Nat good to hear you have your house back to yourself. How many weeks are you now?
Tan I have no advice on the time out thing - we haven't tried it here yet. Amazingly Paddy hasn't reallyt hit the naughty stage yet (we've got the tantrum stage but that is more likely to happen out at the shops etc. like it did this morning when he didn't want to go back in the pram). I bet you our naughty stage will coincide nicely with coming home with his baby brother and I will back on here looking for tips myself.
We had a nice dinner at Dean's parents yesterday and Paddy ran around like a madman (literally) until 9:45pm. He just wouldn't stop running!! He sat in the highchair while we had dinner (entertained by books and some crunchy breadstick things and then some icecream) but the whole time he was out of the highchair he just ran and ran doing laps of the house (they have new wooden flooring and I think he liked it or something). I had to catch him as he ran by in about 4 stages to get him in to his PJ's and then all the way home he was just saying "car-car" at all the cars. He didn't go to bed until 10:15 but was very happy to go and slept until 8:30 this morning and has been sleeping for almost 2.5 hours this afternoon -he must be stuffed. He also had a crazy running fit this morning at the shopping centre and did not want to be in the pram but would not walk next to me and hold my hand and jsut wanted to run all over the place. I had to put his "monkey leash" on which he was fine with thank goodness and soon after I did this group of teenage boys walked past and one of them said "she's got her kid ona leash!" and I just said to myself "yes I do and I am very happy about it". I'm sure if they were in my pregnant, aching, uncomfortable shoes they would understand that I can not run around the shopping centre and keep picking up a 13.2 kilo boy and carrying him under my arm while pushing a heavily loaded pram so he doesn't run away. I am very happy with the monkey leash and I don't care what anyone says. My mum thinks it is hilarious that I have it because apparently when I was a teenager I used to carry on about people using leashes on their kids - you really need to walk in other people's shoes don't you.
Oh damn - times up -Paddy is awake. Chat soon
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 14:28
Hey Cath - Cooper has been opening our fridge for months! i keep telling myself that i will get a fridge lock but havent yet! :o I usually leave a drinking cup in there with water in it and he helps himself - has a drink and puts it back. He never touches anything else which is good - besides the milk that is HAHA! The fridge is in view the whole time so its not as though he is really unsupervised. He gets his own drinks so it makes my life easier HAHA! Like i said he even puts it back in when he is finished with it. Grown up little man sometimes thats for sure!
How cute about Paddy last night! What a good little man!! I havent got Cooper a leash yet but i think i might be looking into it!
Cooper slept for over 3 hours today!! :smiliedance: Much suprised after his no sleep day yesterday. He is now watching ABC kids. On playschool they were playing with their big ted putting a hat etc on them and Cooper ran and got his ted and sat down and was trying to copy them. It was sooo cute!! and everytime they sing he gets up and twirls round with his ted. So cute watching them play sometimes isnt it!? He has become a real little chatter box lately!! alot of gibberish but he is really trying to talk all the time now! very cute to listen to!
anyway better go play with him he is now dragging his box of cars out from his room so it must be that time of the afternoon again!!!!:laughing:
Cooper does sound like a grown up little boy getting his drink out of the fridge then putting it back!! Our kitchen is at the back of the house and I'm sure Paddy would be pulling everything out and creating unsupervised chaos if he could open it. How cute about Cooper trying to copy what they were doing on Playschool - they really are growing up aren't they.
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 15:38
they certainly are growing up.
MIL come home with a book for Cooper today - its full of felt cars that you have to put on different pages. we have been playing with it for ages, he really loves books at the moment. Luckily we have about a hundred of them so we dont get sick of them lol.
ok better go he has just got another book to read :rolleyes:
Have a cute and funny story to tell you. One of our computers has this thing called a "magic keyboard" connected to it. Anyway I thought I would open a blank document and let Will sit next to me and press keys whilst I tried to send some e-mails etc. Anyway the magic keyboard has these shortcut keys that let you do things like automatically bring up menus and the internet etc.
Of course Will found these buttons almost straight away and I looked over and found him looking very smug with about 20 internet windows open!:laughing: So cute!
I suspect Troy is going to be very annoyed with me for letting him do it but I was supervising him! Too funny!
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 16:32
:laughing: :laughing: Very cute Tan! I installed that Toddler keys program on my computer and often put it on and let Cooper go for gold. It just brings up a bunch of his photos and photos of all us with each key pressed. he loves it! Probably not the best idea letting him play lol but he has a ball. With that program on he cant turn off the computer or open any of the cd/dvds or anything so its pretty harmless.
We have just had dinner and a bath, Ive cleaned up and now Cooper has just pulled out a bunch of toys lol. Always the way. I have a feeling it might be hard getting him to bed tonight after his big sleep. Little bugger. Ill put him down about 7.30 and see how he goes. He might suprise me :D
I plan on drawing up a plan for Coopers new bed that we are going to make him. I know he has an army bed one but it doesnt fit a proper single bed matress. So Trent and I have decided to make him a new one for his new room that will fit a nice single bed matress in it! :D We have loads of wood to do it here so we wont have to spend anything which is also a bonus! Its also pretty simple to make so shouldnt take long!
Anyway better go im wanted lol
Hi girls,
I'm still around.
Got bugger all done today (well, not entirely true, got washing done, but not vacuuming or mopping). I was beat by midday and I'm about to go to bed (YES - look at the time.)
I can barely stand and I just want to cry. My lower back hurts so so much and I think I'll have to have a hot shower before bed. Just as I'm trying to keep myself positive, my body feels like it's giving up.
I'm OVER the BH's. I've OVER the aches and pains. I'm like a little child about to chuck a tanty because I'm not getting chocolate. GET THIS KID OUT NOW! :mad:
Sorry for the vent and lack of personals.
I promise I'll try and be in a better mood tomorrow.
Hope you all sleep well tonight.
xoxo
nkenward
26-06-2007, 18:55
Anna - I wish I was there to give you a back rub. Hope you have a good sleep tonight and feel better in the morning.
Hayley - that is cute about Cooper getting the milk. Connor has just reached the handle on the fridge - can't quite open it yet - but I figure it won't be long and he will be doing the same thing - except it will be cordial - not milk I am sure of it.
Cath - I am 21.5 weeks. Over the 1/2 way mark. Geez it goes quickly. Just busier I suppose. I slowly coming to terms with the whole boy's club thing. I just have to keep thinking it is not something I have to do alone and that DH is there too.
I was reading back and you were all talking about the weights of your littlies. Anyway I had no idea about Connor's weight - didn't take him for the 18 month check up. I didn't really think it was necessary - he is getting bigger and seems to be developing well. Anyway I got him to stand on the scales - he is only just 11.5kg. Yep he is a little compared to most his age - it is only in the last 3-4 months that I have noticed the difference. Oh well - it makes carrying him a little easier for now.
Well DH is off skateboarding tonight. I have just put Connor to bed. It seems I have the night to myself - that doesn't happen very often. Bummer - there is no chocolate! Ice-cream will have to do! Catch you tomorrow girls. I am going to put my feet up!
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 19:02
Hey Anna - :hugs: Sounds like your not having the best time. Bubba blue will be here before you know it. I hope you managed to get some sleep.
Nat - Your right about Connors weight! atleast it makes him easier to carry! lol. Not like my big boof! Enjoy your night to yourself! I would have the night to myself if my boy would go to sleep!! :banghead: His playing silly buggers in his cot and has been since 7. It was his choice to go to bed and he obviously wasnt ready and has been being silly all this time. He is quiet for now so hopefully he is down for the count.
Im feeling a bit sorry for myself right now. I know some of you guys said the cramping was normal but im starting to think something may be wrong. Its not too painfull but its fairly constant. :crying: Ah well ill have to ride it out and see what happens. Ill put my feet up and just let nature take its course. So send some sticky vibes my way if you would.
OK im off to have a hot milo, choc chip cookie and watch TV.
Night guys.
:wizard:
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Hayles I hope it's all just everything stretching out in there making room for bubs :fingerscrossed:
Try to relax and not stress - and make sure you don't get too involved with work on your new house.
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 19:25
Thanks Anna
I dont plan on doing anything on our house either! not until i get passed this first bit anyway and then it will be minimal. Trent will have other people to help.
Im trying not to stress out. Im hoping its just everything stretching like you said. The house is a mess but im not going to touch it! it can wait.
Thanks again Anna. :fingerscrossed: :wizard:
ETA: i thought you were going to bed an hour ago~!
Hayley I'm pretty sure I had funny cramping like pains at the beginning too. I'm thinking of you and hoping all is good - I know it is stressful amd hard to not think about. Hope you are enjoying your hot milo and distracting yourself with the tv.
Anna you poor thing - I hope you have an okay night. I can only just imagine how uncomfortable you are. I am uncomfortable enough and I am 2 weeks behind you and only have 1 other child to run after.
Tan I can just imagine the pleased look on Will's face -they love stuff like that don'tthey -too cute.
Nat the second pregnancy flies doesn't it. I can not believe that I have less than 2 weeks to go (Anna everytime I see your countdwon each day I freak out - it is too scary).
Anyway I'm meant to be looking at a webiste that sells nappies etc. in bulk -might put in an order seeing as I now have to buy 2 different sized nappies. I don't want to be filling up my trolley with nappies and wipes everytime I go shopping and if I can save some money that would be good. I got out the leftover newborn nappies we had on the weekend - man they are tiny!! They are hilarious. Anyway better get on to my "shopping".
Sending you sticky vibes Hayley!
hayleylea
26-06-2007, 19:54
Thanks Cath - hopefully it is just normal. Im probably stressed about nothing.
Trent just came home from work early. He has the flu and looks really sick. Poor bugger.
night everyone.
i thought you were going to bed an hour ago~!
Yep I was but something came up (dessert PMSL! :D)
I'm off to have a shower then bed now.
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Promise. :laughing:
Um Hayley - I would send you *sticky vibes* but I don't know what they are! I'll send you one of these instead - :hugs: .
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 07:13
lol Tan - its just a thing ive notice they say here on bubhub hoping the baby stays! Thanks for the hug though!!
I feel OK today. Bloody Trent snored all night - he has a cold and OMG he is the worst patient in the world i swear!!! :banghead:
Coopers in bed still. I felt a bit queezy this morning but once i got up and walked around i felt much better.
Thinking about going to playgroup today but i think it might be too cold!! The hall its held in is really small and Cooper always wants to be outside. So ill see how we go!
Anyway hope everyone has a lovely day :D
nkenward
27-06-2007, 07:24
good morning all. geez I have gotten the posting vibe again. lets see if I can stick to it.
We have colds here too. Mine is almost over - not as bad as Sunday/Monday. But Troy has managed not to get it. Instead he sat up drinking with his brother almost every night. Sunday night was the worst - he came to bed about 2ish and then set out to snore the house down - I have never in my life heard him snore like that. I ended up on the couch!
Cath - I know what you mean about the nappies. My niece was born in March and I was changing her nappy once and thought - I can't remember Connor being that small!! What site are you ordering them through?
Anna - I hope you had a good night sleep - heres to a better day today.
anyway have to go - Connor wants a shower.
Lots of rain here today! Hopefully this is an indication of an end to droughts!!
Sorry girls, not a good day here today.
Just finished writing in July thread coz I didn't want to burden you all. It's just a really CR@P day today and I just look and feel a real treat.
Nat great to see you have the posting bug again! Geez your pregnancy is flying! It's going to be your turn before we all know it.
Tan - Sounds like Will's naughty streak is just him testing the boundaries - stay firm and if need be with the naughty spot, sit there with him for the full minute without playing or anything, then you can gradually leave him there by himself (ie stay for 45 seconds, then leave him for the last 15, then 30/30seconds etc). Soon enough he'll be able to stay for the full minute by himself - then come the age of 2, he'll be there for 2 mins! Hope he improves.
Cath - over it. Very very over it all. How do you think Paddy is going to handle having a new sibling around? Does he have a "baby" (doll) of his own to practice on? Oh I wish I could have a better idea of how long I have to go. I really feel that if I just KNEW the date I could handle things much much better. Hey that nappy website sounds good! Must pm it too me!
Fi - how are things up your end? Very cute sig by the way. When is Peppa on tv? We used to watch it but now it's not on here in the mornings at all. I love Peppa Pig and the girls did too. Might have to get a copy for home to watch.
Lou - where are you? You still around? You must be feeling better by now and those antibiotics doing their thing. How's Maddi going? How long til she's booked in for her operation again? (3rd time lucky)
Hayles - how are you this morning? Anymore cramping? I was thinking about you heaps last night. Hope this baby is a sticky! I'm sure it will be and there's nothing to worry about. Thinking of you.
Ok better go - Immy didn't get up til about 20 mins ago and I only crawled out of bed (literally) at 9am so nothing's been done. Talk soon xoxo
Morning all,
I meant to tell you all yesterday that we had a good afternoon after a run of naughty ones and I think that maybe I have just discovered the reason why he was so naughty those other afternoons. For some reason when I picked Will up from daycare yesterday they hadn't had lunch yet and he ended up going to bed before he ate any. He slept for two hours and then when he got up he ate a really good lunch (a sandwich, some strawberries and a rock cake) and then he was really good for the rest of the afternoon! He didn't eat quite as much for dinner as he normally does but it was still pretty good. So I think maybe I'll try giving him a snack before bed and lunch when he gets up. I always gave him a snack when he got up but maybe he was hungry all afternoon!
I have a question for those of you whose little ones still have a dummy when they go to bed. Do you have any plans for getting rid of the dummy? I think Immy, Connor, Will and Maddi still have a dummy. Is that right? Anna - do they kind of have to learn how to go to sleep all over again when you take the dummy away? I have periods of really wanting to get rid of Will's dummy (and wishing I had never given it to him) - he only has it in the cot but I am really worried that a) he will cry for hours before he goes to sleep
b) he will wake in the night wanting it and
c) he will give up his day sleep.
Right now Will loves going to bed and pretty much never cries before he falls asleep. I really don't want him to be upset about going to bed. I know I am a big chicken but I get really worried about it. It's only become a bit of an issue lately because a few times people have said when I was putting Will to bed "Oh - you don't need that" about his dummy and I think they think he is too old for it now. Mr brother tells me he got rid of the dummies when his kids were 2 - he says and I quote "it was hell for three days and then they were fine". Well - maybe I am a wimp but I don't want hell for three days!
Sorry about the rambling - I guess it is a reflection of my state of mind. I still get a bit hung up on things at times I guess.
Anyway - if you read that without going mental you deserve a medal. I would like to know what anyone else's thoughts are.
I had better get going - things have started to get a bit crazy around here again - DH is getting very busy with his tax business and is therefore quite grumpy at times. Oh well - it's only for about 3 months or so!
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 08:59
Hey Nat - its been good hearing from you more often!! :D Hope your colds get better. Trent is still moaning and groaning like he is on his death bed lol. He is such a sook when it comes to being sick.
Cooper has been into absolutley everything this morning. I have been trying to clean but he just keeps pulling everything out. I have my sister and her kids and my MILs friend coming over this afternoon so ill have to get it tidy when Cyclone Cooper goes to bed i think!!!
We have have had heaps of rain here too Nat - our backyard is very muddy. I do like the rain but i have 2 loads of washing to hang out and i doubt ill get them dry today....ah well out with the air dryer again. They come in handy but i hate having clothes hanging around the house - especially cause ours is so small.
Oh gee im whinging today arent I?! must have caught the bug of Trent :laughing: :laughing: Ill come back later on and quite the whinging lol
nkenward
27-06-2007, 10:11
Tan - yep Connor still has his dummy. More for going to sleep than anything. But he still uses it around the house - but he chews on it as he is getting his 2 y.o molars through. He doesn't use it when we are out and about.
As for getting rid of it - he has actually destroyed it and it is flat now - he must have chewed till all the air came out of it. I refuse to buy a replacement - so I figure he will get tired of it eventually. I have heard 2 good ways of getting rid of it.
1 - in our case - he can give it to the new bub (a different one of cause but the same colour etc).
2 - when they get to xmas time ( assuming they understand what xmas is), leave it out for santa with the plate of cookies & milk. Santa will give the dummy to a little baby cause he is now a big boy/girl.
I thought no. 2 was really nice and it allows them to give it up without taking it away. I think you just need to encourage time without it, and just keep telling them they are too big for it. As for the sleep thing - um..not sure on that one.
Oh Tan the great dummy debate!
First of all - what are your reasons for not wanting Will to have a dummy anymore? If it's simply because other people think he's old enough to go without then it's not reason enough.
If YOU think he's old enough to go without it, then that's fine! I took Nicola's dummy off her when she was about 2.5 (she's been the most "comfort needing" one of them all) and yes it was hard for 2 nights but we just kept reminding her that she was such a big girl now and that she didn't need it anymore. Also, we actually cut the dummy in half and told her it was broken and that all the shops were shut so we couldn't get one right now anyway! :D
She really wasn't that bad - she was older though so her level of understanding probably better. Also when I say it was hard - it took her about 2 hours to go to sleep but she never woke up during the night looking for it - so really, it was just a lot of comforting and reassuring her until she went to sleep really.
As for the learning how to sleep again - nope. I think if you replace the dummy with something else - let Will choose a special bed time buddy, even if it's his toy truck LOL! The only thing I think is that he may not quite be old enough to fully understand what you're doing, and why. Maybe try removing the dummy on nap time first rather than night time sleep and see how it goes?
As for Immy - I really don't think she'd care if she had it or not. Her dummy is always on the floor in the morning and I'm tempted sometimes to not give it to her. But with all the changes going on in our household soon, it's not worth me getting rid of it now. At least I know that she'll have it while she's staying at nans and that's more important. We'll start making changes in Dec with Immy - get rid of dummy, new big girl bed, new room etc and by then the baby will be settled into the family.
It's so different for every child and so far (touch wood) we haven't had too many dramas. I think it's definately easier when they're older just because of the level of understanding - but it's not impossible for any aged child to have a dummy removed. You know where I am if I've just totally confused the issue!
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 10:18
Tan - Glad Will was better for you yeseterday arvo. Cooper is much better on a full stomach aswell.
As for the dummy thing i cant help you out there. Cooper decided a long time ago that he didnt want it anymore which was a bonus. He was never big on it though only had it for bed time and even then not every bed time. I hope someone else can give you better answers. As you have said before he has fell asleep many places without it and he is such a good sleeper i think he will be fine :fingerscrossed:
ok better go get us some lunch ready im starving!
Thanks for all your replies about the dummy thing. I "decided" a while ago that Will could keep it until the teething was all over but every now and then I get a bit doubtful. Will sounds a lot like Immy in that the dummy is never in the cot when he wakes up in the morning (although there are usually spares in there) - certainly none in his mouth!
I think it is probably best to wait a while longer as I suspect now is probably the worst time to take his dummy away. I think the "understanding" factor is pretty big and when he is a bit older he will give it up ok. He does fall asleep in funny places all the time without it - but he doesn't go to sleep without it in the cot. I think cot = dummy. Anna - he already has a bed buddy, but I am prepared for him to have 2 bed buddies if that is what it takes when the time comes. He just loves his teddy though and teddy has to "read" Will's good night story too!
Nat - I hope your cold goes away soon. I can't believe you are over half way already. You are doing really well and it is so nice to see you in here more often again.
Alright - the little guy has gone to bed - DH is at a client's house and I need to do some reports.
Chat soon.
Tan Nicola already had a bed buddy too but I told her that she could choose another special thing to take to bed if she wanted to (something special to her) and she chose another soft toy - nothing special in my opinion - just a soft toy that Shane had won in one of those skill testers that Nicola had affectionately named "Pooty" :confused: . Lo & behold that ugly bright orange dinosaur looking thing still hovers around her bed to this day! :laughing:
Don't stress too much about it. Immy's the same with her dummy - it never comes out of the cot and she often falls asleep in other places (car, pram etc) without it so I don't think there's a life or death attachment there!
Well my day isn't getting much better - Chelsea & Nicola are taking me to the edge but at least I've stopped crying for the moment. I know why this baby is staying put though - he doesn't want to come out because of the yelling and screaming at the kids! :D Ah today is just one day in the whole scheme of things.
Shane's coming home early today, I have no idea what I'll do for dinner (maybe take away tonight?), but I have some mince out to make a shepherds pie for tomorrow night - our friends are coming to babysit and Shane and I are going to dinner & a movie which will be really nice.
Anyway, I've just realised the time so better make a quick lunch and get these kids (well, Immy at least) down for their nap.
Hi there,
I spent ages on the nappy website last night (it is www.thebulkwarehouse.com.au) but the delivery charge was going to be $40 and you couldn't specify a time for delivery and needed to be home to accept it (or you could leave instructions to leave it somewhere but we have nowhere safe) so I didn't end up doing it. At least half of the savings I was going to make were going to go to the delivery fee and it was going to be a hassle (and we were going to have so many nappies and other stuff to store somewhere) so I didn't end up doing it. Instead I bought everything when I did the shopping this morning. The trolley was overflowing because this was my last big shop before baby 2 arrives so I had to stock up on both sized nappies, maternity pads, breast pads and other exciting things all which take up so much room and are so expensive!! It was a very expensive grocery shop today but hopefully we will be right for the next few weeks for most stuff now. My MIL (who was babysitting Paddy while I shopped the lovely woman) helped me to put everything away and was laughing at me - we could only just get the freezer closed -it's like the shops are going to close for the next month or something -I've gone a bit mad.
My poor little man is not well and he slept on my MILs lap pretty much the whole 1.5hours I was gone (and he only got up at 9am!!) and he has gone back to bed now without a fuss (I thought he wouldn't sleep again for me this afternoon but all is quiet which is a good sign). Poor little fellow has a temperature and a cold that he just can't shake and just seems exhausted. I hope he recovers soon and I really hope he doesn't pass anything on to me - I really need to stay healthy for the next couple of weeks.
Anna good to hear Shane is coming home early if you are having a rough day and takeaway sounds very sensible. Paddy has a "baby" from the toy library at the moment that he seems to really like and he has been really good with it and we are teaching him to be gentle etc. I totally understand your frustration at not knowing when Bubba Blue is going to decide to come out - I'm thinking of you. Did you get a decent sleep last night?
Tan no advice from me about the dummy thing (Paddy refused to take one from 8 weeks) but try not to think about it too much. I hate things like that when people are trying to get you to do change something that you know won't necessarily be easy (I have the same issue with my MIL and potty training - she is on at me that Paddy should be potty trained -I just say "yep we'll get on to that one day" when she brings it up). That's cute that Teddy has to be involved in the night time story.
Hayley that's a good sign if you were feeling a bit queasy this morning (unfortunately). It is freezing and raining in Melbourne today too. I hate hanging the clothes inside too but it has to be done sometimes doesn't it.
Good to hear from you again Nat. How's Connor going with his eating dinner habits (I think I remember that was a bit of an issue)?
Anyway I'd better go and get some stuff done while Paddy is asleep.
Oh Cath - just a quick one from me. I hope that Paddy is ok, it is a good sign that he is happy to sleep it off though!
Sounds like you have stocked up big time in your place now. We are the opposite here as we are trying to empty our freezer so I can defrost the thing and then get a new fridge/freezer. We have an absolutely enormous fridge now and it's taking a while to get through everything. For those that were talking about it the other day - I think Will is going to be about 10 before he can open the fridge door.
Anna - I only have words of encouagement for you. You sound so fed up - I guess pregnancy number 4 would be a lot harder than what we have experienced with our first (or second in some cases). Bubba will be here before you know it. In the meantime -things like takeaway sound good to me!
We're so very quiet in here lately!
Or is it because I'm comparing it to the July 07 thread where the 40+ of us go at it like there's no tomorrow?! :D
Hayles just wanted to check you're still ok today. Anymore cramping or has it eased off? Maybe a nice warm bath will help you relax and all your internal bits will too.
Tan I can only imagine how busy Troy must be getting now. I hope that you both find some time during this busy season for time out together & family time.
Cath that website sounds like a rip off for that much in freight cost! They're nappies for goodness sake - not bars of gold! I looked it up and was looking at the T&C and if you're not there when it's delivered it goes back to the warehouse - not even your local post office! And not too many people would have a "safe" location to leave that size a package at the front of their house. Ah well, maybe now's the time to go layby a few boxes from Big W so by the time baby is into the next size then you'll already have a few boxes paid off. I did that with my girls and it was much more affordable. LMAO at the thought of you trying to get your freezer closed! We're like that on a fortnightly basis in this house! Our shops are humungous and it sees the pantry, fridge & 3 freezers overflowing!
My sleep last night was ok, but I woke at about 3am and didn't drift back off until nearly 6am. Funny thing is I was having this vague dream about giving the baby an overnight feed but I was still laying down with the baby beside me (I do that when the baby is a month or two old). Anyway, I woke to find that I'd actually lifted my tank top up and had my arm positioned like I was cradling a baby to feed! LMAO! :laughing: Bloody weird!
Haven't heard from Lou either - you ok hun? How's that Maddi treating you? I'm having a shot of baileys for you tonight. :laughing: Haven't had any since our last msn catch up! WOW! So long ago! LOL!
Well I'm about to go have a bath or a shower then head off to bed to watch some telly. I'll probably fall asleep by 8pm so Shane is just going to have to tape Heros, House and Medium for me because I'm sure I'm not going to make it through them!
Have a good night everyone and remember - the weekend is only 2 days away! :smiliedance:
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 17:59
Hey guys
Yeah im OK. Been to the MILS for dinner. She kept offering me wine (which i very rarely refuse lol) but i had to keep saying no. I just said i wasnt feeling well i dont think she got suspicious.
I havent had much cramping today. I have had a little this afternoon but thats all. Im not convinced everything is OK just yet but ill keep taking it easy and hope for the best.
Anna - just take it easy and try not to let things to get you (easier said then done). Get some rest when you can too!
Cath i hope poor little Paddy is OK. Hopefully a goodnights rest will make him better.
OK im off - Cooper has gone to bed but i have a feeling he is going to put on a protest again. Dunno what it is with him the last few nights! He has protested after about 10 minutes. He was very tired though. He only had 1.5 hours sleep today.
Oh just a little whinge. At my MILs tonight she gave him the bloody electric salt shaker to play with - with salt in it!!! :banghead: :eek: Honestly that woman drives me nuts sometimes. I took it off him and she kept giving it to him - he poured salt everywhere. He thought it was a toy - Then she gets out this antique music box thing that he was under strict instructions NOT to touch and then she starts up the music and it starts bloody twirling around and then of course he cries because he wants it. Why show him in the first place????!!! GRRRRRR She is a lovely lady but geez i wish she would think about stuff like that more!
Hola everyone. Thank God its Wednesday is all I can say. My working week is over and what a week its been. We had Tony's grandmothers service on Monday afternoon, then the burial yesterday. It's been a pretty emotional week for Tony so he's wrecked as it is. But to top it off..............yep you guessed it. Maddi is sick AGAIN. She started with the sniffles on Sunday and I predicted it would happen. She was up screaming every two hours on Sunday and Monday night so it was off to the Dr yet again and lo and behold shock horror her ears are infected. She started on another round of antibiotics last night. Luckily we did take her to the doc because her temp soared yet again last night at midnight to 39.5 degrees and I spent 2 hours up with her and Tony stripping her off, taking her nappy off and sponging her down. The doc was asking when we are having the op and I said not Bl**dy soon enough. This time hopefully she'll be on the antibiotics until just before the op so it will help stop any further infection so she can be well enough. This morning she woke up bright as a button spot on 7am and ready to go. So we sent her off to creche and went to work. Last night we talked about Tony staying at home with her today but she was so happy today there just didn't seem to be a need. The creche workers said that she was really happy today and they couldn't even tell she had an ear infection. She has been so happy today that the antibiotics must be really working.
Oh the great dummy debate. Yes I have had a few inconsiderate know it alls make their comments about how she shouldn't need it and get that thing out of your gob. I have learnt to give them one of Maddi's looks and just change the subject. Maddi uses hers to go to sleep and only when we are at home does she sometimes run up to her cot and grab hers out for a bit of a suck. I think it actually helps her ears? Like when you go up in plane and it helps your ears to suck on a lolly? Anyways, I'm not concerned about her having a dummy still. I'm all for her having it until she understands at some point that the dummy has to go to Santa or something like that.
Hayley I am sending you lots of sticky vibes :wizard: . :fingerscrossed: that everything is ok. How many weeks are you at the moment? When do you go and see a dr? Man I can't remember exactly how it all goes it actually feels like a long time ago. I hear you about people giving or teasing your child with "look but don't touch" items. Its like - hello, are you trying to torture them?
Cath, you sound so organized buying up all those nappies and food for the freezer. It must be so nice to know what date your little bubby is coming and being able to prepare for it. How long has Paddy been sick for? Poor thing and poor you. Last thing you want is a sick big brother for baby's arrival. I hope his temp has dropped and he has a good sleep for you tonight.
Nat, its so good to hear from you more. Does Connor really have a shower? Man we tried Maddi in the shower once and she hated it so much she screamed the whole time. We haven't tried it again since. Life would be a lot easier if she did like showers. Then she could just come in with one of us. Hows Connor's skateboarding going? He would look so cute standing on his board with a huge helmut on and skateboard gear as well.
Anna, :hugs: . Bubba blue sounds terribly comfortable in there doesn't he. Typical bloke he'll probably need a bit of prodding to wake up and get in the "car" and get moving. You might have to get Shane "onto the job" so to speak ;) . Baileys would be SO SO SO nice tonight but alas I have emptied my last bottle and have not a drop in the house. I do have beer in the fridge but its just not beer weather. Holy cow it is blowing a gale out there tonight.
Fi, I think your right in that Claire and Maddi both received the same cheeky, mischievous ingredients when they were put together. It was so reassuring to hear we aren't the only one's that have toothbrushing issues. I thought it was just Maddi and her strong willpower at work. Each night I try to formulate a method to get a good brushing happening. I even asked my dentist what is the age they need to go in and see the dentist and she said at 4 y.o! Thats like ages.
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 19:50
Lou - What a week for you and Tony - :hugs: I hope Tony is OK now saying goodbye is the hardest part. And Poor Maddi them ears of hers give her a hard time dont they. I also agree with your theory that a dummy might hurt her ears. And as for them people that give you looks about Maddi still has a dummy :mad: I get that when people know Cooper still has a bottle. Fooey to them I say :laughing:
Im only 4.5 weeks so VERY early days i just had to tell you guys lol. I havent been to the doc yet but have done 3 tests and all very positive. I will be heading to the doc sometime next week id say - just so i can get the blood tests etc and let it all set in for real.
I spoke too soon the stomach cramps are back tonight. I really dont know if its anything serious or just wind cramps :o Ive been popping off like a truck driver so who knows what it is!! I just hope everything is OK.
Anyway get well vibes to maddi Lou....im off to lie here and do nuffin!
:laughing: Hayley about farting. I distinctly remember one of my best friends both times she was early pregga's she would do the most atrocious farts. The second time she was preg she was here and creating some real terrible smells. I asked her if she was pregnant and she told a lie and said no, but she actually was. I wonder what is is about pregnancy that makes you create more gas???
Have a good sleep tonight and I hope those pains leave you alone!
Oh and I meant to say, Maddi still has a bottle too. I'm with you Fooey!!!
hayleylea
27-06-2007, 19:58
:laughing: :laughing: I dunno Lou - but i sure hope being pregnant causes more wind because im no saint and of course I fart - but never this much!!! This has been going on for the last 2 weeks :o (Cooper is secretly very impressed with his mummy and proudly puffs out his chest and smiles and points at me and says "FLUFF") OMG i need to go to bed!! oh well atleast you will all have a good laugh at me lol
:laughing: I didn't know that farting was a symptom of being preggers!!! LOL - I'll be keeping my ears and nose out from now on!
Oh Lou - poor little Maddi and her ears. I agree that the dummy probably does help her ears, one of my friends pointed out to me yesterday that Will's probably soothes his sore throat at times too.
Oh yes - FOOEY to those who frown at the bottle too. I think I'll take that attitude with the dummy too. At least he SLEEPS!
hayleylea
28-06-2007, 08:05
Oh yes - FOOEY to those who frown at the bottle too. I think I'll take that attitude with the dummy too. At least he SLEEPS!
Yep! :thumbsup:
For goodness sake! Someone give poor old Maddi a break already! :eek: OMG Lou how are you not tearing your hair out? I'm really glad to hear that Maddi will be on the antibiotics right up until her operation though - hopefully that will make sure that she's completely well enough.
My wishes to you and Tony, very rough week emotionally by the sounds of it - at least you can relax a little now and enjoy some time at home.
I'm around today if you want a chat.
I'm with the whole bottle thing too - Immy still has 3 a day (750ml in total) and I'm quite ok with that!
Tan - oh the wind thing in pregnancy is definately normal! I remember that I used to get TERRIBLE wind pains at the beginning of the pregnancy and with this one they've just started up again. So much so that I often have to walk around a bit to make sure I'm not actually in labour because my pains come right around the front and up my side to my heart - so painful.
Had a good sleep last night and was up at about 7:30 to get Nicola ready for Grasshoppers. She's off for the day - Immy is off for a nap soon and Chelsea and I are going to clean up around the house a bit. She needs to start earning a few of her things back and to do that, her job is to pick up all the little bits and pieces that are all over the floor thru the house (1. Because it's her stuff & 2. I just can't bend down to get it!) Then I'm at least going to vacuum this damn house! We'll see if I get to the mopping or not!
Better get cracking I guess while I have some energy.
nkenward
28-06-2007, 08:11
yep Connor still has a bottle too - just at night. He is slowly weaning himself off - but it settles him. I really don't care how long it wants it for - if it makes him happy. In the mornings he has a cup that has a silicone spout on it. He loves his milk - but daddy dear one morning when I slept in - introduced hot chocolate - at least he knows that daddy is the only one that is allowed to give him that.
Lou - sorry to hear Maddi has another ear infection - poor thing. I know it is annoying you - but I thinking Maddi must think it will never end!! I hope she feels better soon.
Yes Connor has a shower, he loves it. Especially with DH. DH covers the plug hole and fills up the shower base a little and they splash around. Connor just stands under the shower and puts his face under the stream. He loves it. He likes his baths too - but we don't have heating in our other bathroom - so it is easier in the shower during winter. And a lot quicker too. He has a few toys in there too. As for the skateboarding - yep he is trying. DH is trying to find him a smaller one so he has a little more control.
Hayley - sticky vibes to you :wizard: I didn't really have the wind - just bloating. But I reckon it could be a built up of wind. Is there anything you are eating more of - onions? baked beans? ha ha. I am sure everything will be fine. I know what you mean about trying to not let on about being preggers. More brother & wife had a baby soon after we found out - but figured it was their turn - so we were trying so hard not to let on. Mum though could read me like a book!
anyway I am feeling a lot better today. and it has stopped raining - so hopefully we might be able to get out of the house today. has anyone taking their littlies to the snow yet? We are planning to take connor in the next couple of weeks. any suggestions as to what to dress them in?
hayleylea
28-06-2007, 08:16
Hey guys
Anna glad you had a good night sleep. Goodluck with cleaning the house.
Nat - nah no onions or baked beans here lol. Cooper also loves a shower. He has one with Trent and trent does what your dh does..fills the bottom shower base up and they splash around. Havent taken Cooper to the snow. Although that might be on the cards today considering it settled last night!! It snowed either side of our town again and roads were blocked but im waiting to hear from my BIL to see if it settled or not (Because of all the rain). Cooper has snow boots so ill put them on his feet....2 pairs of trackies, singlet, long sleeve top, jumper and then a big jacket and a beanie and gloves. Of course the snow here might not be like where you going to...im only talking about a couple of cms deep :D
Trents taken Cooper down the street so im just relaxing at home in front of the heater. About to have a Milo and then have a shower and clean up a little...
Have a nice day everyone
Lou - sorry to hear Maddi has another ear infection - poor thing. I know it is annoying you - but I thinking Maddi must think it will never end!! I hope she feels better soon.
:yes: it does seem like it never ends. But to tell you the truth she must be so used to the pain because during the day she just doesn't complain. Its only at night when she lays down that the pressure really builds up and she screams out in pain. I'm getting used to surviving on minimal sleep these days. I found out at creche yesterday that Maddi's boyfriend (yes she has a boyfriend at creche!) has had grommets put in. His mum was saying how good he's been since. So I am REALLY looking forward to after the op. :laughing: Maddi is currently dancing to playschool, they're doing the twist and she's loving it.
Yes Maddi has a little boyfriend at creche. They both started there at the same time and they are the best of friends. You ask her who her boyfriend is and she yells out his name. Funniest thing is that he does it too according to his mum.
Nat, we haven't taken Maddi to the snow yet. Hoping to this year but we'll see how her health is after the op. Anyways, I've been looking at snow suits on ebay. They tend to sell for about $20, so maybe you could try that option. Nothing worse than being cold and wet at the snow. I actually bought Maddi some snow gloves at Aldi, they're hot pink mittens and I think they were about $5?
Good luck with the house cleaning Anna. Sound like you're having a busy day already. I'm still trying to make up my mind about what we're going to do today. Its so cold outside!
Chat soon
Hmm... Nat where I grew up we were snowed in every winter and mum & dad had full on snow suits for us, but for just a couple of trips to the snow this winter I'd probably go something along the lines of what Hayles said. All the undergear, long sleeves, jumper, then jacket, hat, gloves etc. I have gumboots for all the kids and just found a size 5 at Kmart for Immy although they're still quite big but ok if I tuck her trackies in.
We'll definately have to take the girls up to my dads place this winter - he's already been snowed in! He's about the 600m level so it doesn't take much!
Ok, back to work!
xoxo
Paddy is still asleep and it is 9:52am!! He went to bed at 8:15 last night after sleeping from 1:30-5pm (I had to wake him up at 5). When I woke him he just wanted to sit on me in a half coma from 5-6pm and ahd a temperature whic hcame down after some Panadol. I managed to get a lemonade icypole into him (he wouldn't drink and wouldn't let me put him down and I was starting to get worried then remembered I had icypoles). He finally came to life at about 6:30 and ran around like a mad man for an hour which I was happy to see. We thought he would never want to go to bed but bathed him at 7:30 and put him to bed and he was happy to go!! It is really bizarre.
Lou I am so sorry to hear that Maddi is sick again!! She just doesn't get a break does she. I really hope the antibiotics keep her well until her operation. I hope the funeral was okay (as okay as they can be).
Anna I can't believe there are 40+ people in the due in July group -I have never looked because I only just manage to keep up in here -I am so impressed you can do both!! Good to hear you are getting some sleep. I had the awake for an hour and a half from 3am thing last night too - what is it with 3am? The days are ticking by!! Do you see your Ob again tomorrow? I am seeing mine in the afternoon.
Hayley good to hear all is going well so far (even though you have had cramping - I really think it is just your body stretching etc) -I'm still thinking of you. I so hear you about teasing the little ones with something they actually can't play with - how annoying.
Nat that is cute that Connor loves his showers. Paddy has only had a couple when he has had bad nappy rash and hasn't been able to sit in the bath and he hasn't enjoyed the experience (think a stinging bum takes away enjoying the moment though).
Tan how was the taxi experience the other day -better than the last time I hope?
Anyway better go and make sure my little man is okay. Chat soon.
hayleylea
28-06-2007, 09:51
Cath - OMG! Paddy is having a sleep in and a half isnt he!? I hope he is ok. Its a good thing that panadol is bringing down his fever. Does he have a cold or anything? off his food?
Ive had a lovely morning by myself! Cooper is with Daddy and ive cleaned the house, made our dinner - so Trent can take some to work with him and then we just have to heat it up! :smiliedance: And i managed to have myself a REALLY long hot shower and do 2 loads of washing. Now im going to dry my hair and then the boys should be home. Gotta think of something to have for lunch too.....
Anyway better get to it...
OMG I can't believe that Paddy was still asleep at nearly 10am. Maddi has never slept that long. Cath can I ask what medication you used coz I need some!!! :laughing: Its good that he's having such a big sleep. Hopefully it will help him recover from the virus he's got. There are some shocking colds out there this winter.
Well I've been trying to clean this house up but with Maddi the human dynamo following me around its been non eventful. Right now she is destroying a plate of stir fry noodles. She has them all over her and the floor that I just vaccumed! Sometimes I wonder why I bother. OK gotta go she is now tossing the noodles in the air and chanting some sort of song.
Cath - that's a massive sleep in! Lately Immy has been sleeping in lots too - til at least 9:30 if it's a non school day! So long as I'm quiet when I come downstairs then she just stays asleep. Can't wait til Saturday because she's likely to have another nice long sleep meaning Shane and I can just lay in for an extra hour or two!
Lou - I'm trying to vacuum and mop too - took Chelsea & I 1 hour and 20 mins just to tidy the bedroom & playroom floor & vacuum :eek: after that I just gave up!
Chelsea's STARVING aparently so I'd better get her some lunch then vacuum this area while little miss tornado herself is still napping away (late nap today because Nicola is at school). I might even let her go as long as she wants then give her a late lunch then no arvo nap so that way she'll be well and truely ready for bed by 7:30 (and hopefully more tired!)
OOoo I'm chomping at the bit here because one of the July mums was booked in for a c-section this morning! Nothing in the announcement section yet which means her sms buddy hasn't heard yet - talk about keeping you on edge! We all wake up every morning and race for the computer hoping to hear that someone else has popped meaning we're closer to having these bubs ourselves! :D
Just a quick post - so sorry to hear that Maddi's ears are infected again Lou.
Just a word of encouragement - my nephew had similar probs to Maddi - whole new kid when he had his grommets put in and his tonsils taken out! He also hated showers - after the grommets went in he started to like them!
Hi again,
yep Hayley Paddy has a cold (constantly runny nose, cough and fever every time he wakes up from a sleep). I checked on him at 10:10 and me opening the door woke him up -who knows how long he would have stayed there if I didn't open the door. This has never happened here before either Lou -it is really strange. We gave him Nurofen before he went to bed last night but he's had that before and still never slept this much. Poor little fellow had a temperature and was upset for the first 20 minutes or so that he was up but he calmed down afer a bit and ate some weetbix so that was good. My Mum came over so I could go out and do some shopping and he was very happy playing with her and she had knitted him the coolest little hat that he loved and wouldn't take off (he has a hat obsession at the moment -it's one of his words said as "at" -he drops the first letter of alot of his words for some reason). Anyway he is back in bed now and quiet so we will see how long he goes for today -he obviously needs alot of rest right now.
Hayley that is a very constructive morning - you did heaps. Hope you are resting now and feeling okay.
Lou hope Maddi is feeling okay today (sounds like she is if she is happily flinging noodles around and singing -cute!).
Anna that is excellent that Immy regularly has some big sleep ins -just what you need right now.
Anyway better go and make some phone calls while I can. Chat later.
Cath - Immy also has a hat obsession at the moment! And she says "at" for hat too!! I've noticed that she's trying new words lately, but just dropping some letters - like "HA" for hand.
Better get back to it.
I'm sitting at the computer vacuuming in around it! PMSL! :D
Oh Anna I jsut read your countdown of how many days to go -you are freaking me out!! Where are the days going? How exciting. I really better start packing my bag soon. Any sign that Bubba Blue is on the way out?
Yup 9 days! That means 11 for you! Ya freaked yet?! :p
Some signs, then no signs, then all signs!
Still just dealing with constant BH's - especially today.
I've vacuumed my little heart out & cleaned up some cr@p but then I got the urge just then to clean the bathroom. Immy made a huge mess with her peanut butter sandwhich and got it all through her hair, so I gave her a bath, rushed up the road to get Nicola then came back to tidy the bathroom but ended up with rubber gloves, bathroom cleaner and me scrubbing away at the tub! I even ended up on my hands and knees on the living room floor scrubbing the major marks off the vinyl coz I still didn't get around to full on mopping!
Shane will be home soon and I still have a few things to tidy - he can do the rest - then I'll take a well deserved shower before getting ready to go out. Only bugger is that my friends just wrote to say they will need to leave by 10 which, considering they're getting here around 6ish, won't leave time for dinner and a movie coz the schedule just sucks. Ah well, I'm sure the hubby of the couple will tell us to just go do it anyway!
Oh CR@P! Just remembered I haven't done dinner yet! Making a shepherds pie - mince is out so thankfully it's easy to whip up! Better get too it!
xoxo
Where is everyone?!
Back home now - movie was great, we saw Oceans 13. Then went for a late (9pm) dinner and got home at 10:30 (our friends ended up saying just go already!) The kids went really well - tried to pull the wool over their babysitters eyes on more than one occassion but you can't blame a kid for trying I guess!) We went to a nice steak house and I had a scotch fillet with the most LUSH of sauces - plum & ginger - OH it was nice! (Definately last meal material! :D) Shane also ordered a very smooth bottle of red and I had a small glass to spoil myself.
Off to bed now - HEAPS of BH's contractions and the baby has been punching me non-stop about 1 inch from the "exit" for a while so I'm getting sick of it and I'm about to poke him back!
A friend just wrote to me asking if I was in labour because she had a "vibe" (the friend who's getting married next weekend - my due date). She so desperately wants us to be there - such along story but I feel she's losing support from people around her because of the way she's been acting the last 12 months or so.
Anyway, tired as. . . night night!
xoxo
Anna, I had this dream last night that you had the baby today and that he had a mop of dark hair and was around the 7.8 pound mark and had dark brown eyes and was cute as a button. I wonder??? Well it sounds like you had such a good time last night and that steak sauce sounds really yummo.
Cath I hope that Paddy is better, if he's still having temps it may be worth taking him the doctor to check out for any infections? Your so lucky living in Melbourne that you have some medical clinics that are open over the weekend. In Bendigo if you have to get medical attention over the weekend the only place is the hospital. And if your not dying the wait is usually hours and hours, that its often better off to just get in the car and travel to melbourne.
Tan, I am hanging out for this grommet operation. So many people have said how much better Maddi will be once she has it done. When she is well her sleep is quite good. She must be feeling a lot better as for the past 2 nights she has slept through and has been really happy in herself during the day.
She must have had another cold as I've re-started with the sniffles and feel oh so lazy and tired.
How are you feeling Hayley? Hows the gas? Apart from the gas are you feeling any other pregnancy woes? :fingerscrossed: that wind is the only thing you'll suffer from.
My cousin rang last night and she has 6 weeks to go. She is already over it, but she sounds like she's doing really well. I think shes going to have a girl but I've been wrong heaps before.
Might have to venture out of the house today. Got some grocery shopping to do and a lot of paying bills unfortunately.
Morning everyone,
So glad Maddi is feeling better Lou. :fingerscrossed: she stays that way til her operation!
Cath - hope Paddy's temp has gone and that he is a much happier boy now. If not then yes -I'm with Lou, I'd probably get him checked out too. My theory is that if they are still sick on a Friday then head to the GP cause who knows who you would be able to see over the weekend.
Anna - are you still with us dear? Sounds like you had a good night last night. I remembered that we went out for dinner the night before Will was born and I ate up a storm. I was starving - must have been stocking up or something. I remember that there was a baby in a highchair at the table next to us and she was really cheeky, pulling faces at us. I kept wondering what our bubba would be like!
Lou - your Dad hasn't been washed away in a flood or anything has he? I saw there were floods at Bairnsdale - that's where he lives isn't it?
Well - Will is getting another cold. Bugger - we had been having a good run of about two weeks. He has a runny nose and is sneezing again. Last night he woke up (probably cause DH and I had both been banging around in the bathroom next to his room) and started asking for books! It was like 12:30! I had to go in a few times to convince him that it was the middle of the night and not time to read books. I think he must have been dreaming before he woke up cause he was all confused - eventually I made him lie on his back and stroked his head and kept saying "it's night time" and then he said "Oh" and rolled over to go back to sleep! How weird is that? Crazy boy.
Well -I need to do some serious house cleaning today, this house is just a mess. Finally the sun is out too - so the washing can go outside!!!
Seeya!
Morning girls :wave:
Just letting you know I'm still here - 8 days and counting! (Geez you're gonna get sick of this!)
I'll come back and post again later today - I'm off to mums group for an hour then heading to my OB appointment at 11:30. Wish me luck - I'm hoping I'm fully engaged (sure feels like it) and I need to discuss being induced before too long as if I'm still here for my next appointment next Friday, then I'll be 40 weeks and I'm sure as hell not going to suffer through another week - it's getting hard now, in case you all couldn't tell!
I was also thinking last night that my nan is off to Greece for 3 months on July 19 and I really would like her to have as much time with the baby before hand because a little one can grow so much in that time!
Oh Lou - that sounds GREAT about the baby - but if he comes out with borwn eyes (which I personally just LOVE!) there'd be some questions raised as there are no brown eyes on either side at all! LOL! :D But everything else - dark hair, 7lb 8oz, cute as a button - I'll take! Actually you know what? My "feeling" about the baby's weight is the same as yours for some reason. I guess we'll wait and see!
Talk soon!
xoxo
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 09:08
Hey guys...
Anna sounds like you had a good night last night. Hows things today?
Lou - just the gas for now. lol. I do feel a bit queazy every now and again but nothing major.
Cath - yeah i usually go to the docs on friday just incase...especially if he is still getting temps...
Tan - I hope Wills cold doesnt turn into anything major. How funny about him last night wanting to read books! lol. Glad he went back to sleep for you.
IM with you Tan im glad the sun is out so i can get some clothes dry. Speaking of which the washing machine just finished so better get my bum into gear.
Cooper has gone out for the morning with my sister and her kids. I wish i could relax but ihave loads of house work to do!
Talk soon guys.
MrsMiggins
29-06-2007, 13:07
Hi! Was just quickly catching up but both kids have woken up!!
So REALLY quickly!!!
Lou, sorry to hear Maddi is sick again.
Hayles, LOTS OF STICKY, STICKY VIBES FOR YOU!!!! (But I'm sure you're fine! :hugs:)
Anna & Cath - still waiting on baby news!!! I want an SMS too, so I don't miss out, not being able to get online every day!
Tan, Claire still has an AM & PM bottle. Yes, she has one to go to bed. I could probably do away with it, but when we have so few tricks that work in this house to get routines happening, I'm sticking steadfastly to those that DO work! Don't give a rats what anyone else thinks! ;)
OK, really must run now!!
:hugs: to everyone else too!!!!
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 13:32
Hey Fi - Good to hear from you and thanks for the sticky Vibes. I feel much better today - except I dry reached for the first time this arvo.
Cooper has been a devil of a child today!! My sister had him for the morning and then they come over here and have only just left. My sister couldnt believe how naughty he was - she has never seen him like that. Neither have I for that matter. All things considered though he was too excited to sleep so he is one very tired boy. He will crack a wobbly in a sec cause Daddy has to go to work so im not looking forward to that or the rest of the afternoon!!
Gotta go :devil6: wants my attention and wants it NOW!!!!!!
Hmmm, where is everyone today? Its very quiet.
Ah man I'm bored today. I've cleaned, grocery shopped and made a casserole for dinner.
I'm going out for tea tonight with the girls, and I'm getting a lift so I can have a few vino's! It will be nice to get out of the house on my own.
My parents live in Bairnsdale and there is some major flooding happening there. Their house is fine as its high up on a hill. But it means that the town is isolated due to the floods blocking off the highways. My Dad is supposed to be heading up here on Sunday to look after Maddi for the next 2 weeks while I'm at work. But he might not be able to leave town.
Hope everyone is well today. Where are you Anna! You do realise that from this point forth you can't be absent from here and not have us thinking that today is the day.
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 15:48
Hey lou...sorry to hear about your Mum and Dads town!! it looks really bad on the news!! Glad their house is OK though! Hopefully he can get there to look after Maddi :)
Cooper and I spent an hour outside after my last post. I just let him go mad. Its the first time he has decent time outside in ages. I had him rugged up heaps and just let him go for it. He had a ball!!! He is already showered and just about to have some dinner and then he should be in bed by 6.30 :smiliedance: THats the plan anyway! lol
ETA - cool photo in the photocomp lou. I just added my entry - its very lame but the best i could do today! I didnt have any bubble solution for my bubble machine or else i could have good ones
Here we are again - snot central. I am serious. Will's nose is dripping like a tap. YUCK. Not to mention his yucky cough and the fairly mild temperature. I am trying really hard to complain considering the agony poor little Maddi has been going through but geez - you think we could have a break right! DH and I have been debating the vaporiser - he would like to try without it tonight as we are so sick of the damp that it makes. (It's not in use at the moment, hasn't been for a couple of weeks). His suggestion is that if Will wakes then we get it out. I'm afraid that I am one for prevention - I'd prefer not to have lost sleep if it can be avoided thanks!
Will is also walking arouond yawning. That's weird. I guess it might be an early night tonight. He's not very keen on food either. What a nuisance - I guess that's just kids though.
Hayley - where is your angel? Not like him to be so naughty! I hope the nice Cooper comes back soon.
Yes Anna - where are you? Are you ok?
Lou - I know what you mean about being bored. Never mind if you are a toddler hey? Well - I hope your Dad can get out on the weekend to come to your place. I think your Dad is such a legend for looking after Maddi - my Dad hasn't changed a nappy in his life!
:laughing: Tan, my Dad will probably wear gloves and snorkel gear to change a nappy. I can't wait to see how he goes. Luckily my work is only 5 minutes around the corner so if he gets into strife I can just duck home.
I hope Wills nose stops dripping soon. I have to vote with you and say put the vaporiser on. It takes a while for the room to steam up and the last thing you want to be doing in the middle of the night is filling up and turning on the vaporiser. Actually the local pharmacy put me onto Bisolven which helps to break up the mucos and get it out of their ears and nose and chest. It does make their nose run but she seemed to think it helps to cut down the length of time they are sick. Maddi is on it at the moment and it seems to have done the trick?
Hayley, my photo is pretty lame. I haven't had a look lately so I will make sure I have a look at yours. I'm sure yours is better than mine. There are some awesome one's in there this time around. Did you see that one with the little kids hand pointing to the bubble?
I just rang Dad and he seems to think he will be able to drive out of town on Sunday. He's just picking some fruit for us to bring up. They have heaps of different fruit trees and all of the citrus is out. So we should have lots of mandarines and oranges.
Well Maddi has just had dinner and now for the clean up. Its started to rain outside. I'm sure Maddi has cabin fever. Great that Cooper got to play outside. I often catch Maddi staring outside wishing she could be out there. :laughing:
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 16:38
Hayley - where is your angel? Not like him to be so naughty! I hope the nice Cooper comes back soon!
:laughing: :laughing: Now Tan he is a pretty good kid but Angel???? Nah not all the time!!! Its ok you gotta take the good with the bad!!! He is just at a really frustrating stage and it doesnt help that we have been stuck indoors for god knows how many days straight until today. He has been pretty good now..he ate all his dinner and now happily playing with his torch. A day with his cousins also revs him up a bit!!! oh i could have throttled the 3 of them today!!! Cooper, Emilee and Braiden!!! They were playing in Coopers room and closed the door - no biggy - Braiden is almost 6 and is pretty good at supervising them. Anyway i walked in and they had pulled Coopers wall border completley off all around the room!!! I WAS FURIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST!! They ripped it in one spot aswell - and pregnancy hormones clicked in and i even had a bit of cry :laughing: :o I was hoping to use the same stuff in Coopers room that he has here for the new bubs room at our new house and then they did that!!! I did manage to put it up and you can barely see where it was ripped but all 3 of them got sent to different corners in the room while i fixed it. They didnt know what hit them (braiden and Emilee) because im usually the cool easy going Aunty - but man was I mad!!!! Braiden blamed Emilee, Emilee Blamed Braiden and I asked Cooper if he did it and he said "yeah" HAHAHA! Atleast he is honest i suppose!!! The other 2 come clean and it was infact Cooper and Emilee that done it (emilee is 3.5 so she should have known better...and we all know toddlers like Cooper dont need much encouragement.) Anyway its all fixed so no use crying about it. Gives me an excuse to come up with a new exciting theme for bubs nursery lol. Nah i think i can salvage it!
Lou that photo with the little kids hand pointing at the bubble is amazing!!! Some of the others are really good too!
Anyway better go entertain this boy for atleast another half an hour!!!
Wow I go out and you all get chatty!
I didn't expect to be out all day today at all.
My OB appointment was at 11:30 and he was on time but I'm not very happy. I felt like he barely gave me the time of day. I said I'm still happy to wait another week to see what happens coz I'd like to go naturally, but Shane and I have talked and we'd like to consider being induced at the end of next week (full term). He said to book in with him on Thursday and we'll look at the options - no problems with booking me in for Friday. I said can it be late - or even on Saturday as it works better for the family (kids etc), plus Shane has started his new job so it's still a work day, but he said hospital won't induce on a weekend and that it would be early Friday and I refuse to be in labour for 12+ hours so I can have him on my due date. I'm NOT having this kid on the 6/7/07 - someone help me get over the whole date thing coz I know it's radiculous. I'm now in two minds as to what to do because really I'd just like to go into labour naturally. Other option is to give it 1 more week past the due date to see if I go. :confused:
The rest of my day consisted of many things. I decided to go visit my nan today, Immy had a nap there and nan watched the other two and I went and had a massage - totally unplanned but I called a place and they'd JUST had a pregnancy cancellation so must have been meant to be. She did a general massage then some reflexology work on my ankles & feet to see if we get some contractions going. Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to let Shane do his bit to see if that works. If not I'm going to be crying my heart out.
After the massage I picked up Shane, went to collect the girls & went to a waxing appointment (also unplanned but I got in so I thought now or never). Ok so I'm now ready and don't look like a wilderbeast (which apparently for someone who hadn't waxed their legs in 4 months, I did not look like!) Baby can come now.
Enough me me me.
Hayles that doesn't sound like Cooper at all. How's he been tonight? I guess they can't be angels all the time.
Fi - great to hear from you! If I go into labour I PROMISE to send a text and I'll definately send one when the baby is born!
Lou - I saw Bairnsdale on Sunrise this morning and was wondering why it rung a bell with me! :eek: Oh gosh I hope everything is ok at your parents house! How come your dad is coming for 2 weeks? Are you going back full time? Did I miss something?! Oh sorry! I'll try not to be absent! But there is always text you know! LOL!
Oh Tan! Sorry to hear Will isn't well again. Just remember the rattley cough could be all the snot running down the back of his throat to his chest (charming, I know!) Do you think Will has a cold, virus or something else? Did you ever get some medicine to try him up? You can get some that has an antihistamine in it which you can just use at night which will help him sleep in 2 ways - 1. It will dry up his nose etc so he's not snotting & coughing so much & 2. the antihistamine will help him sleep. It might be worth it for a few nights because more sleep = faster healing time.
Cath - how's Paddy doing today? Is he any better? I really hope you're taking care of yourself because the last thing you need is to be unwell this next week. How are you feeling in general at the moment?
Lou I hope you have fun tonight - I SO wish I was coming with you - we had some red last night and OMG I miss it so much! It was so smooth and rich and *swoon* give me red!
Ok, back later, putting kids to bed.
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 17:46
Anna - Sorry things didnt go so well at the doctors. I guess you just have to ride things out by the sounds of it. I know here my doctor wouldnt even think about inducing me till 10 days over...But everyones different. As for the cool due date...i guess the only way to get over it is to remember whatever date bubba blue is born it will still be special :D
Cooper was good this arvo. He is in bed..been there for half an hour. He has his moments. like everyone said he they cant be good all the time...im probably over exaggerating it too lol. Just being a drama queen. He was pretty naughty but he is still a loveable naughty..:laughing:
OK im off to have some R&R and enjoy the peace and quiet!!!
Hey - just a quick one from me.
I have to admit Anna that I am surprised that your Ob would even consider inducing you prior to your due date or even shortly afterwards. It was my understanding that unless your bp was very high that they were happy to let things go for up to 10 days or so after the due date. I don't know a whole lot about these things but people also tell me it is a lot better to go into labour naturally rather than being induced - I've no idea why that is though. But as I say - they are only things I hear and I have no real basis for them. I hope for your sake that Bubba Blue comes out soon - you are getting yourself into a right tizz and that's not good at all!
As for Will - he went off to bed with some medicine and the vaporiser going. We have got Demazin which is supposed to do the things Anna suggested and I did give him some but I am never sure it works very well. DH was annoying the hell out of me tonight because he says things like "it's no big deal - just another cold" while I am frustrated because he still hasn't totally gotten over the last one and also because he has eaten barely anything all day and cries when we put him in his highchair. Will ended up sitting on Troy's lap and eating a little bit tonight! I guess I just don't have Troy's approach to things - I wish I did. Pretty much nothing bothers him. It's a good way to be. Oh well - Will is bound to be better tomorrow with a good night's sleep.
Yes - I hope Paddy is ok too. I was wondering how they were today.
Before I forget - Hi Fi!!!! Hope things are going well for you.
Oh Tan, firstly why is it that Troy's approach is the right one? Shane and I are on the same page with most things relating to our kids but we often have our own ways of dealing with things and there's nothing to say that there's only one way to do it. Stick with whatever works for you and let Troy do what works for him. There's no right way/wrong way or right parent/wrong parent.
I really hope that Will sleeps for you tonight, make sure that when you're looking at the medine dosed that you look at both age & weight if the box provides that info - eg if it says 12-24mths (x - x kg) then I'd measure based on kg than age - that way Will is getting the right dose which could work better.
As for being induced early - 38 weeks is considered full term and he was happy to arrange it from 38 weeks based on me, how tired I am and how I'm doing in the pregnancy etc. It's mainly because I've had trouble free pregnancies & births so I'm a low risk, but also I'm a mum of 3 and very very tired which, so long as baby is healthy, is good enough for him. He definately wouldn't just do it for a first time mum because she asked for it! And I also flew threw the 38 week mark still feeling well (and generally still do) so that's why I'm still happy to keep going because I'd MUCH prefer natural labour. When I was induced with Chelsea it wasn't the full thing because they couldn't get a vein for the drip so it took ages and there was nothing to regulate or increase the contractions. If I were to be induced, I'd be simply asking for the gel for starters to see if that got things going naturally (which is should because my body should sure as hell by ready by 40 weeks!) and if things are progressing, have my waters broken. If things stall, then we'd have to look at the drip.
This is all good in "Anna theory" but I have no idea if it's how it could even work!
Anway, enough stressing for now. I'm going to get busy trying to bring things on "naturally" this week so wish me luck that BB decides it's time! (And it SHOULD be coz I've had my waxing! PMSL! :D)
hayleylea
29-06-2007, 19:11
Anna sounds like you have a pretty good Doctor! I went into labour naturally - waters breaking contractions etc - but they werent regular so i had the drip. I actually think it was the best thing ever!!! (before the drip i had been in labour for 30 hours straight getting contractions from 10-2 minutes apart but the average being 5 minutes apart and they were extremely painfull for the WHOLE 30 hours) After the drip it was such a relief!!! The contractions come on 2 mins apart straight away and Cooper was in my arms 6 hours later! wish they would have given me the drip earlier :laughing: :laughing: See how you go bringing things on naturally - goodluck.
Oh OK Anna - that all makes a lot of sense now. Your doctor sounds very understanding and sensible to me. Still I hope you are able to go naturally in the next week although I have to admit that it could be convenient to be induced - you could have the kids all sorted and comfy with whoever is minding them etc before it all happens.
Oh and LOl - Troy's approach is probably the way to go because he is nearly ALWAYS bloody right (very annoying) and he has a much more pleasant existence because very little worries him. It's no so much different parenting that we have, more that he prefers the "wait and see" approach more than I do - especially at night. I like my sleep too much and don't have his knack of falling straight back to sleep after getting up to Will. I lie there waiting for Will to yell again if he wakes up at all whereas Troy is pushing out ZZ's in about 2 seconds!
Anyway lovely ladies - I'll leave you for the night and hope I have a text from Anna in the morning!
ETA: I can't believe you had a wax today Anna! Aren't things sensitive enough! I am impressed.
Yeah Dr isn't a silly one! Didn't really explain too well did I! But yes, it'd be much easier to be able to not stress about which child is going where and how long will it take for mum to get here if I go into labour at night, but it'll all work out - I much prefer to go naturally - works for me!
Wouldn't worry about Troy being "right" all the time - I'm sure he's not! And put it this way, if he's not willing to do the whole preventative thing during the night then HE can get up to Will every time and let you sleep! Oh and Shane's like that with the drop-back-off-to-sleep-so-fast-you-can't-say-boo thing too. Bloody men!
As for the waxing - well I haven't had a wax since Jan because I'm so so sensitive during pregnancy but apparently I wasn't hairy at ALL and she felt bad for charging me! LMAO! It was worth it though coz my legs just feel so much better and I know I won't have to worry about my underarms if I'm wearing a tank top in hospital - oh and I have EYES again because my eyebrows don't look like two caterpillars made their home on my face! :laughing: But don't worry - I'm not one to let "that" area see the light of day (or the wax stick) until the baby is on his way OUT! LMAO! :D
Off for the night - been waiting for one of our July mums to pop so we could lay claim to the 21 millionth Aussie baby to be born but alas doesn't look like it's mean to be!
xoxo
hayleylea
30-06-2007, 08:34
Good morning guys.
Well It is a avery good morning too. Cooper decided to sleep in till just now (9.45) after going to bed at 6.30!!!! :smiliedance: Now i feel bad about calling him a :devil6: yesterday lol. He did wake up crying during the night but by the time i got to his door he had stopped....So not sure what was wrong there.
Anyway just a quick one from me.Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! :D
9:45 Hayles! Are you serious? That is enormous! My goodness - I don't know what I would think if Will did that!
As for Will - he was awake earlyish this morning and not a very happy camper. Still not eating very well, still has a temp and a very runny nose blah, blah. We have to go out today and at 9:10 he was asking for his teddy so I put him in bed with a book thinking he would just have a little rest before we left. I thought that would be good seeing as we are going out - next thing I see him fast asleep! I decided it is probably good for him to sleep, I'll wake him up to leave - don't know what that will mean for the rest of the day. Hopefully he'll have another sleep this afternoon otherwise it is going to be a very long day. Oh well - whatever.
Anna - you still hanging in there?
Morning. . .
Well last night was an interesting one.
Went to bed, watched a bit of clueless but thought it was strange that I was having BH's while lying down - I never get them in bed. Fast forward 10 hours and here sits me looking and feeling like total R.S. and aching from the non stop contractions all night - I haven't slept at all :crying: . At about 4am I was begging inside my head to just give me a couple of hours and to come back in the morning! This morning the pain is still there (thru my lower back & in the V in my pelvis) but it's bareable. Feels like normal contractions but just super super weak. I'm heading out for the day so either the walking will get things moving or will stop things completely.
I've got a shocker headache and my body already aches from the massage yesterday. Holy cr@p, could the reflexology stuff have actually worked some? I guess only time will tell.
Better get moving. I'll pop back in later too see what you're all up to!
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