Welcome back Sammi! Ruby's so gorgeous! more pics please... good on you for pestering the midwives at the hospital.
maz - luv ya work! thanks so much for the extra goodies too. That's so sweet! wish you were coming on Sunday so I could thank you in person.
We had six-month vaccinations today. Poor DS is so not happy now. Everything's been all over the shop this week with no sleep and screaming at ridiculous hours of the night and I have some weird sore throat thing that's making me sound like Sybil Fawlty... but fluffy mail makes it all ok!
Just a real quicky to let you all know I'm still out there... wow I am knackered. Birthday parties sure take it out of a person...
Just wanted to say WELCOME HOME SAM!!! Ruby is just exquisitely lovely, and I'm sure you'll get used to the girly bits soon. I still get a surprise when I see girl babies getting changed - like, wow, they don't have a penis (well duh...).
Oh, Euan's horrendously red butt cleared up for his birthday, so he spent the day in cloth. Yay. As his party was sort of jungle-ish (he had the cutest little shorts and singlet with elephants on them), so he also wore cheetah print and zebra print minky. And yep, the gayest baby in the village comments came out just once or twice.
I think that the teething necklace is working though, because although he's been cranky and clingy, he's been sleeping heaps better and we've only had to give him teething gel twice since he's been wearing it (and no panadol or nurafen).
And bonus, he's fine with moo-goo. I've been slathering him in it for days now and he's got a yummy soft milk and honey butt. Mmmm.
I promise I will come back and say hi to everyone personally soon-ish - E has his 12 month vaccinations tomorrow so he may be sleepy baby (here's hoping), or he may be grumpy clingy baby. Could go either way really.
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DId the gayest baby in the village go Raaaaaaaaah (like a tiger) at the people who made the comments LOL? i bet he looked wonderful and they were all just JEALOUS!
yep, birthday parties are EXHAUSTING to organise, prep, carry out, clean up after etc - i really felt it the week afterwards - and ours was so little in comparision to what other people do.
glad you survived Suse!! are the rellies still with you? or gone home? Do they stay with you or in local tourist accommodation?
T - good on you for handsewing wipes, i did a little of that when nesting, no access to machine at that stage, it felt good to be doing SOMETHING for the baby.
Kazbah - i'm loving your av with the chookerdoo in it.
Sammi - great to have you back, just great to have you back. Hope you are on the mend hon.
wotbb: same old same old, wotevah night combo dh put on bilby. If i leave and it's then always ME putting on her night nappy, you'll never know, cos i doubt i'll have a computer if on my own, all this computery stuff belongs to dh. i leave him, i leave cyberspace too. i think i would miss you girls more than i would miss him. (and i'm not joking - you girls have been more honest, supportive and trustworthy than he has been to me).
Gigi, You would be surprised at how well you & bilby would do on your own. If you are really that miserable in your current situation you need to make some changes. Don't be scared to step out & seek support from those around you. You will be just fine financially as a single mum. DH would still need to support Bilby, centerlink will support you. So many women are doing it just fine on their own. You can too.
I wont pretend to know how hard it would be to take that step & leave but you really sound like you need to make some major changes so you can be happy. I always like to point out this...
When Bilby is an adult the chances are that she wont thank you for staying with DH. BUT she will thank you if you don't & She & DH can have a loving relationship outside of the stress of you two remaining together. I don't know if that came out right.. Basically Im trying to say that she has more chance of a happy childhood etc if BOTH parents are happy. If that means you leave then thats what you should do. No matter how hard you try to hide or keep the fighting etc away from her she will still pick up on it & know things aren't right. If you & DH are always stressed & unhappy then Bilby will be feeling some level of this also.
Just remember we are all here for you & if you do leave, Im sure you will get on your feet & a PC will be easily had.
Gigi- hun FJ is right.. Hun look at me i manage and i have 3 children. I am here if you ever want to take that stand and can help you anyway i know how.
There are serivices in adelaide to help you get on your feet and well i will come see you daily for as long as you need so you can get your net fix
oh and BTW >.... NOTHING, and i mean NOTHING is your DH.. it your both of yours!!! so you are entitled to 50% of all house hold possesions possibly more as you will take care of bilby.
AFM sorry been MIA having real issues myself with dealing that my marriage is over, stupid I know as i dont want him but i am missing what i had dreamed for us to be...
i did though get a gorgeous nappy fix last week, my xmas nappy for Mj and omg it is stunning, will be saving it once its dry for mine and gigi's photo shoot on tuesday..
I hope all you ladies are wll, sorry for no personals i promise to try and keep up now
I am still stalking this thread just waiting to join in
I just wanted to say gigi - when I left my ex dd was 3. And you know, life was SO MUCH easier than the day to day stress of being with someone who I knew I shouldnt have been with. FJ's and Beatrix's posts above are spot on. 50/50 doesnt always work (ie you cant cut a fridge in half!!) but things work out, they really really do........ I left under the worst of financial circumstances and am happy to share if you wanna PM me. Its easy to put together a pc, if you were in sydney we could get you on the net with stuff that DH has lying around!! OR you can always grab a lil laptop for under $500 these days.....
Anyway, the point of me coming in here - have any of you guys seen the Xmas nappy being offered by panda baby? ITs SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!!
Gigi - :yeahthat: You and Bilby can come live in my bungalow.It's got a hills hoist outside the window with cloth nappies hanging in the sunshine... almost enough room for a real horse, not just a clothes horse!
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