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Am i the slackest person alive? Has anyone else not done their thank you cards yet?? Wasn't this late with the girls but feel i am almost at the point where it is silly to send them?? Feeling very rude
lmao I'm half way through making them & will be posting them, along with Christening invites INSIDE my Chritmas cards haha I told DH I dont care if people think its rude, people who love you understand that its expensive sending so many letters/cards, let alone 3 different ones to all the same people.
I'm just sick of trying to keep everyone else happy atm, so they either accept the cards together or not at all, doesn't make a difference to me.
People who love you will understand you've had your hands full with your kids. My MIL said "better late than never", so mine are going to be (very) late
sorry its been awhile...busy busy busy, trying to get organised for our holiday to tassie only 2 weeks to go now we are having an early christmas with my family next weekend so im looking forward to that.
Milly, your not the slackest person...i didnt do thank you cards.
lucy laughed for the first time yesterday and omg it was the best sound ever!!! she is still not rolling yet but i dont mind atleast she stays in the same spot...for now
sorry its a bit short but ive got so much washing to do and hopefuly ill get a chance to put a colour in my hair today
a big hello to everyone i hope youz are all doing well
Is there anyone around?? Everyone is so quiet, I hope you and you families are all going well.
We are well. Liams been pretty good, and he's getting sooo big. It makes me kinda sad cause he's my last bub, well according to DH! I'm trying to soak up every single moment with him, and Lily of course! She's such a character and comes out with the funniest things sometimes. Such a monkey.
Ok gotta go and prepare dinner while the kidlets are both asleep...
nixon is driving me crazy with his sleep .. and i cried at him asking him "why wont you sleep .. is it something ive done is MY bed not good enough for you .. " he had been day napping in my bed because his room is so stuffy in the day and we have the air con in there ... but in the end we caught a train to brisbane and in the end nix was so overwhelmed , i asked him to put his head on my lap and have a sleep .. not thinking he actually would .. .but a few secs later i looked done and he was asleep .. on the train .. with ppl and noise .. omg the things toddler surprise you with ..
we went and saw santa in the myer centre .. big waste of time that was ... we were in line for about 1.3 hours and it was crap .. nixon liked the stuffed reindeer better than santa ... and in the end the pic had to be taked with all of us in it and my legs look soooo fat and white and my hair was friggen fluffy from the rain ..
on the upside i know my birthday present came from myer .. because i got asked to walk away for a few mins while DH got stuff from my favourite makeup counter .!!
Gabriella is going fine .. she is such a stickybeak ... she will turn her head as far as she can to see something thats caught her eye and stare at it ..
and she is always sucking on something .. like a washer or her hands or the strap on the pram ..
but shes growing waaaay to fast .. and is small but chubby .. even though she is quite plump to me , atm she is in a 0000 suit ... (im guessing its big sizing !! )
I have a video of her BF and in the video you can see her bite my nipple and pull back with her head ... she loves to do that and its a weird feeling .. i hop she doenst do it when she has teeth ..
I will put it on you tube ... and let you know where to find it . id put it on FB but i dont want some of the ppl on there to see my nipple
dh's xmas party on tonigt ... what am i going to wear !!!
Hi girls,
all good here, loads of visitors...the christmas season has hit. xmas tree up....we had to go buy one first lol.... have brought and wrapped first gift too lol.
tom all good, weight 7.2kgs! but really tall. in 00 or sometimes 0!
My goodness, i just dont get time to come in here and catch up and reply anymore. Things are SO busy, and its not just cos of christmas, i think its having 6 kids Who would have guessed that would make you so busy.
Lots been going on here. Have been going to a couple of information days for Briella cos she starts kindy next year. She has to go to mainstream kindy as well as a language development centre (LDC) because of her speech delay. Lucca (7yr old DS) slipped in the shower a couple of weeks ago and snapped both his front teeth in half..................adult teeth hmmmmmm, i was not impressed. So we have been going to the dentist a few times to get them rebuilt. Its just been non stop appts for different things, ive been flat out.
I got news my mum, stepdad and his parents are coming to Perth to visit about a week ago, so i have been trying to sort things out and clean. They get here on tuesday. I havent seen them for 3 1/2 yrs.
We finally have a patio. Its very exciting for us. We built our house, so we are slowly getting things done.
Chardonnay is going well. She is the most gorgeous thing. She is full of smiles and talks to us. She loves her hands and is reaching out to touch things. Lately she has been a poo machine though.........no sooner do you change a dirty nappy then she has another one..............and in the middle of the night/early morning..............I have to get up to change those even if she stays asleep because you cant leave her sitting in it. But other than that she is a joy
Me, im still having ALOT of problems with my stomach. I am going to make an appt with a gastroenterologist tomorrow and see what can be done, because i am pretty much still on the same dose of meds i was on when i was pregnant. I am taking 60mg at the moment, i probably need 80mg to make the pain stop. I was on 80mg when i was pregnant. You are meant to be on 40mg. So the dose is very high and giving birth hasnt really improved it.
I hope you are all well and have a good christmas if i dont get back in here before then to say it because the next few weeks are flat out for me and my kids are finishing school soon.
hey Kristi. sounds hetic down your way ..
Gabriella is sick for the 1st time , she has a chest infection and is on AB for it .. she is soo phlegmy from it and it get hard for her to breathe so out come that nasal sucker thing and we have to suck alot of junk out of her nose too , i wish i could get rid of the stuff on her chest. she is so snotty and grizzly , and the poor thing is covered in mozzie bites .. our colionial doesnt have flyscreens so , and this weather is prime for mozzies ..
me , well i went sshopping yesterday and just spent .. and spent .. i bought about $400 on clothes and about $200 on DH's xmas pressie ... I also went to get my teeth whitened but i couldnt becasue im Breastfeeding .. and my tooth has broken and fallen apart so i have to go see the dentist.. since being PG my teeth have become a disaster zone , i brush 2-3 times a day(esp after lots of sugar) and they are just getting worse..I hope its not a sign of diabetes .. as poor oral health is a sign of it .. and heart disease too .. but surely im fit enough to aviod HD???
luck i just got health insurance and hosp cover , so i can get my 3 compacted wisdom teeth out and all the fillings other wise id be soooo broke ..
i thought after all the crap i miss out on and put up with looking after 2 kids (not that i mind but ykwim) that its time for me .. so the kids got nothing yesterday.. and tonight we are going to the comedy club for my birthday , we have a table of 10 booked and i cant wait !!
nix only goes to kindy on a wed and only for about 5 hrs ... but each time i mention the word "kindy" and that hes going .. he flat out tells me NO .. and gets super clingy and doesnt want to go ..
i hate hearing him sad , but im told (my friend is his carer) that hes fine (he wouldnt be going if she didnt work there) i hope it passes as i want him to go 2 days mid next year ..
Tom has just started to cry so i dont have time to reply realyy but just wanted to say Lea, that sometimes they are upset as they arent going enough. Grace was 4 and went mondays, talk to her monday night and she wanted to go again the next day, by thursday she didnt want to talk about the place and then come sunday night there would be tears....we put her in on a thursday too and WOW loved every minute of it from that day on weird i know but it worked????
havent been around much...been busy organising our trip to tassie only 6 sleeps to go and then we are away for 3 weeks im looking forward to it although im thinkin i will need a holiday when we get home! i dont think there is such a thing as a relaxing holiday when your a mum
Lucy slept for the first time unwrapped last nite!! so now ive got to go get some sleeping bags cause she kicks blankets off. she is so close to rolling and is getting so frustrated that she cant the poor luv.
Lea: i hope you had a fantastic birthday!! ive been having issues with my teeth too...thank god for insurance, its not something we budgeted for at christmas time, i had 2 off my wisdom teeth out last year and oh my it was such a relif. how is Gabriella ? i hope she is on the mend...it must be so horrible having a sick baby. Nathan hated daycare when we went for a look he screamed and screamed so i endend up putting him in family daycare while i worked when he was about two and he loved that .
Kristi: how lovely that you get to see your family after not seeing them for so long
guess what?....we are talking about trying for number 3!!!!!!
I am around, just really busy. I have been keeping up with reading posts, but just no time to respond much. My MIL is here from Qld since, until Sunday, so just entertaining her and also lots of Christmas stuff going on. It was an unexpected visit, cause her aunty passed away so she came for the funeral (don't get me started on this...none of his family have visited in 10yrs we've been together, she couldn't even come to visit for her 2 grandchildren's births, but for the funeral of a distant old aunty...who was 80!!! Grrrr!). She's staying at my mums house, LOL!
Anyway....we are well, still plodding along, Lily has another cold, I'm trying to keep Liam well, though I don't really like my chances, Lily is all over him most of the time! She loves her Li Li. No sleep in this house still, I am so tired! I just had a half hour nanna nap with Liam and the kids are still in bed, though Lily is coughing like no tomorrow, so I don't think it will be peaceful for long....so I should go and make dinner.
I hope everyone is well and has a great weekend!
hi all thanks for the advice on child care , i think i will reasses in the new year , both DH and i are getting excited about taking the kids to swimming lessons !!
Gabriella is getting over her chest infection.. but is still so fleghmy , she sleeps thorough every night but latley has been waking in a coughing fit !!
well , after chatting with my friend who has a baby girl 1 day older than Gab , her baby is over 6kgs and i had no idea what gab was . i felt bad that i havent been taking her to a chn but i dont think its necessary most times .. Gab feeds well and is happy and developing so i thougt THOUGHT she was fine ..
turns out she is still about 5.7 and apparently "below average" for her weight and weight gain .. i had a moment of panic ( but im over it now ) and i dont quite know what "below average" means for her health.. but it was scary the nurse just stared at me when she told me that .. what do i do .. i havent looked in to it or ask other q's as part of me thinks/knows shes perfectly fine , but the other half is too worried to find out ...
eeek ....
anyway .. she is soo unbelivley chatty and smiley ... sometimes she never shuts up and is soo talkative i get annoyed ( because im trying to nap .. she is such a noise machine )
Lea, I want to take Lily to swimming too, I will have to book some in the new yr. I don't know how she will go though cause she hasn't been swimming in a big pool before, because of her ear problems. But we got the all clear from the specialist a few weeks ago so I will take her now!
Glad to hear Gabriella is on the mend, poor little mite. Its so horrible when they're sick.
I wouldn't worry about her weight either. If she is happy, sleeping, pooing and weeing normally, then she is healthy, if you had no suspicions that she might have been 'underweight' before getting her weighed, then dont worry. I don't know why weight is such a big deal really. Some people are always going to bigger and smaller than average, that includes babies, it's normal!!
Well, we are all sick again...Lily is sooo generous with her germs! I have had a nanna nap with Liam this arvo cause I felt so crappy. AF is back already and today was my first day and I was just feeling soo off, and with a cold, yuck!! I still feel like I could go to bed soon too, so thats probably good, I wont be in bed at midnight, only to wake with Lil at the crack of dawn for the day tomorrow, not to mention that I'll undoubtedly be up a thousand times otherwise!
We had DH's work picnic today. It was pretty nice, a beautiful day. Though Liam got a bit sunburnt. I didn't put sunscreen on him, thinking he's too little for it (do any of you use kids sunscreen on your bubs? Lil was really sensitive to it at this age so I couldn't use it on her. I haven't tried on Liam thinking he'd be the same) and that we'd just sit in the shade. Which we did mostly, but I guess the few times he was out in the sun was enough for his delicate white white skin! Poor little monkey's head is burnt. His hair looks like a halo when he's in the light cause his head is so red, LOL! Lily had a ball and ran daddy ragged! She's sooo full on. My girlfriend said she didn't realise she was so bad until now. It was nice to be acknowledged and to have people know how much of a handful she is for me especially DH! It's so hard to run after her with Liam too now. I tell people she's 'energetic', 'busy' and 'inquisitive' (read non stop, into everything monster!!) and they're like 'oh yeah so is....' or 'Oh well she is at that age' they just don't understand!!
Anyway, I'm off, might go to bed....
Lea Try not to worry about weight gain, she sounds so happy & healthy.... there has to be light babies & heavy babies. I think Tobias is a light baby too. I weighed him the other day on our scales (placed him in a cocoon with a hard base & took into consideration the weight of the cocoon) & it looked like he's only 6kg, I know its not precise but I will get him weighed soon at the ECH centre.
Swimming lessons, how exciting! Briannas starting to swim alot better now, I recently changed her swim school to a school that doesn't use floatation devices so she can learn to swim properly, I wish I had've done it when she was younger, then she'd be swimming properly by now! Oh well. I've also booked Tobias in for next term... yay!
Kellie Sorry to hear you're all sick again! argh! About the sunburn... Tobias got a little sunburnt at the BB BBQ last weekend, I put baby sunscreen on him but didnt put it close to his eyes or through his hair LOL The sun cam in through the back of the pram & got his head & under his eyes... poor little guy! It wasn't as bad as my sunburn (I didnt put sunscreen on myself Do'h) but you feel terrible seeing your child burnt So I totally understand!
Oh & Lily being such a handful... Brianna is the same!! Has been since day 1! I'm the same as you with when I tell people they're like "Oh yeah, they're busy at that age" etc but when they're around her they comment about her not stopping & always talking/running/doing things. She used to have the nickname "the ever-ready baby" like the ever-ready bunny (ad for batteries). At least with Brianna as she's gotten older it's got alot easier because she can entertain herself. She has quite a few pretend friends who keep her very busy (she also fights with them a bit too & comes & "dobs" on them to me) but nowadays she will also stop & watch a movie as she's at the age where she's actually interested in kids movies... she wont sit for the whole movie but it gives me a good break IYKWIM.
I hope Lily starts to slow down a bit soon for you hun.
Tasha Woohoo on trying for baby #3!! I saw you post in another thread about it too I'd love to have another baby one day, not in the position to do so atm though I've also decided I'd like at least a 3 yr age gap now as I love the age gap between DD & DS, originally wanted all my kids close in age... funny how things change!!
Good luck, I hope you dont have to TTC for long
Hi everyone else
Me Sorry I haven't been posting... I do read your posts & stay up to date. been busy here, put a new front door in & finishing the enterance & foyer in our house so it looks so much nicer!! Thats been keeping me quite busy. Also re-arranging some rooms, have finally set up our office out of Tobias' bedroom, getting rid of a spare lounge suite we have so we can set up a dining area as we now have a pool table where our dining suite used to be LOL (DH has always wanted one & was able to get a brand new 7' table for a really cheap price at an auction) So I've been so busy trying to get my house organised!
Will post pics when (if!) I finish LOL
As I said in Leas reply, I have booked Tobias in for swimming lessons in the new year, no floatation devices so he should learn to swim nice & early. DD is only just learning now as her previous schools have all had her using floaties on the arms or back bubbles so this year she had to practically start from scratch even though she's been "learning" since 6 months old!! So frustrating thinking of the waste of money since she really only learnt ho to blow bubbles under water... something I easily could have taught her myself!
Well, incase I dont post again for a while...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
I hope you all have a beautiful Christmas with your families
nixon has the nickname "nixon no sleep" or "energiser kid " or amongst the adults its "i wonder who his dealer is , where can i get some "
he is sooooo full on .. and tires me out just looking at him .. we go to a bbq or something and DH runs after him .. i just cant be bothered ..
its funny its like DH can only handle one bub at a time ... put 1 in his arms (gab) and one on the ground (nix) and he crumbles .. pmsl its funny to watch !!
us mums we sure can multitask waaay better !!
well i am finally convinced i have to take nix to the doctor . yesterday my mum looked after him and when he came home mum said , he got conjunctivitis .. we woke up from a nap and mum (and her DH) both said it was all over his eyes .. and his right was worse then the left ... well this morning he was crying and asking for his dummy , and was trying to look under the couch .. but the poor bugger couldnt see !! his eyes were caked in junk !!
and his cough is getting worse .. and i was eating brekky and on the net (with nix next to me ) picking at his food , then i looked over to him and OMG the snot was everywhere !! and green as too .. ugh doctors suck ... the doc gave gab AB and her chest is still full of flegm ... i even went back to reasses her med but the doc said she was fine ..
i will try another doctor maybe!!
off to clean to banish germs or i will be sick too !!!
Wow, we're all so quiet.....heeeeellllllooooooooooo?????
I guess everyone is busy with chrissy stuff.
Danielle, Liams head is now peeling and it looks so disgusting! The skin is hard and flakey, yucko!
LOL @ Brianna dobbing on her pretend friends, hehe!! Lily has her gorgeous moments too
Yay @ getting your house sorted! I can't wait til we have enough money to be able to spend a bit on our place. We've had it for almost 4yrs and haven't spent anything on it since then....it's a brand new unit, so it looks ok, but I want to do it up a bit more.
Lea, my DH is the same with the kids. He sooo can't multi task with them. He can only concerntrate on doing one thing with one of them at a time. It annoys the s*** out of me cause I can look after both kids and do the house work or cook dinner or whatever at the same time!
I hope Nixons eyes are better, conjunctivitis is so gross! And that his cough is gone.
Hi to everyone else!
We have been pretty well. I have had a few mummy melt downs. DH has been doing lots of night shifts and strange hours with little time off and it has been doing my head in. I have been getting about 4hrs sleep on average when he's working, which is sooooo not good for me. I don't handle no sleep very well .
We got our chrissy shopping finished yesterday, yay! I love chrissy, but doing shopping with two babies, so really not fun, even with DH.
Lil is a monkey, though has been pretty good the past couple of days. Before that I was having a tough time dealing with her. We seem to go in waves. She is such a joy sometimes and such a character, then she does something monstrous, like getting a dining chair, getting the bread knife off the bench and bringing it to me while Im feeding Liam saying 'Nononono' to me....I guess at least she brought it to me, though she wouldn't give it to me and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw it in her hands.
I brought an ergo the other day, OMG! They are heavenly!! I carried Liam in it all day around Parramatta westfeilds (a biiig shopping centre) and couldn't feel his weight on me at all. Then I carried Lil in it on my back down to the shops for a few hours and again, it was great! I am in luuurve with it!!! LOL. I have a peanut shell sling and a baby bjorn and the ergo is sooo much better than either!
Anyway I should probably go and hang out the washing or it'll never get done...and if some of you don't drop in for a while,
Merry Christmas!!!
I hope santa is generous for you all!
I hope you all have a great day tomorrow! We are off to mums tonight for a few days over chrissy cause DH is working and I don't want to be alone at chrissy!! Plus we usually have chrissy eve at mums anyway. Be safe and sensible on the roads and if travelling be careful!!!
I hope santa a is generous to you all!
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Babies Born August 16th ~ 31st 2008 #2
we are having an early christmas with my family next weekend so im looking forward to that.
and today was my first day and I was just feeling soo off, and with a cold, yuck!! I still feel like I could go to bed soon too, so thats probably good, I wont be in bed at midnight, only to wake with Lil at the crack of dawn for the day tomorrow, not to mention that I'll undoubtedly be up a thousand times otherwise!
I'd love to have another baby one day, not in the position to do so atm though
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