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i still haven't washed my lot yet Gigi..am trying to clean house up before DH brings his mate over after work (they have a work do tonight..)
I also have a VERY smelly wee'r here (must be because of teething??) he STINKS!!!!!
Gigi thats no good about double payment..and no one to get a hold of....
WOJB ~ nuthin he is nekid....
Did I miss something??
Gigi honey you coming to Melbourne for sure!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!
When when??????
with the car seat certain airlines actually let you take it on board and use it for bubs to sit in...they prefer it and find it is safer thann using an adult harness...they strap it into the seat for you......I know qantas do and think jetstar do but not sure who you are flying with....
Oh Gigi, I hope you sort out your flights ok. When are you planning on Flying? I can always lend you a pram and a portacot (if TB is not in a single bed or co-sleeping) if you need one and want one that you're assured is safe as opposed to a motel one that you just aren't 100% about.
Tyler is finally back in cloth! Yippee. We went up the street and I put him in an orange IB D'lish to go with his orange tshirt. Boy it felt good!
WOHB: purple IB
oh No Fair GIGI!!! I want to go and meet you in person!
BBL I have a child screaming "I want paper!" at me & for some reason my brain isn't working...
no fair definatly!!!! i wanna mett gigi and the bilbster!!!!
nappies about to go on to wash...(late i know BUT better late than never!!)
WOJB ~ BBB / maz cheetah minky
Hope you are all coping OK with the heat! I won't mention the temp here but DD is in her Babylegs. I have noticed it's a lot easy to toilet train when it's cooler as DD isn't drinking litres of water! We have been dry all day, even after our nap!
Gigi - pleased you got the fluffy mail, hope they fit. Might have some more coming your way soon if today's successes continue. With flying, check what type of carseat the hire car company supplies - often they aren't fabbo - once we even had them try and assure us the booster seat they supplied was safe for a 6 mth old:o We have a company in T'ville that hires good quality baby seats/prams/portacots at good prices! Maybe there is something similar down there? Def take a sling/carrier of some type on board, great for getting through the narrow aisle of the airplane, also don't forget something to suck on for ear pressure. DD won't BF during a flight, she is too excited so we take a dummy or a lolly pop. We bought some special toys for kids to use on planes, something that can be played on the tables or on laps or some new books - if you are getting something electrontic/noisy make sure it has volume control in case your fellow passengers don't appreciate repetitive noises :-) I always ask at check in if we can have a spare seat beside us, if they have one which they are usually happy to do, but I fly alone most times, I'm guessing with the three of you that would be the whole section??? Have never flown with webjet so don't know how their seats work? Oh and resist the urge to stuff the nappy bag to high heaven - it's a PITA to squeeze in with it and put it in overhead lugggage - try packing the toys/books into Bibly's own little back pack. Hope you get the money side sorted out ASAP!
Have updated previous post with list of stuff, most is gone - thank you so much to those people who have taken them off my hands.
we arrive Melb on Jetstar at 8.35am, flight JQ777
and depart Melb on Jetstar at 9.05pm
jetstar tells us we land at avalon
the hire car people tell us that flight lands at tullarmarine
so i have no clue!!
we have a corolla with a baby seat
accommodation at box hill with laundry facilities, going to buy travel clothesline this arvo
most of my suitcase is taken up by the nappies easily! really, it's the night nappies that take up the room. it's so hot, don't need many clothes anyhoo, but i can't exactly go to the hospital in my sarong.
i think bilby and me will have most of monday free, cos dh has to go to a meeting at the hospital about his mum. the weekend, i don't know.
if any of you crazy Melb gals wants my mobile number (even at this incredibly no warning, late notice kinda thing), just pm me or email on g.j@internode.on.net - cos we WOULD LOVE to meet you all in person, but i totally understand if you don't, cos of short notice and need to bunker down where it's coolest to be, wherever you are. bummer about this heatwave situation!
christy and katones, i'd love to meet you sydney gals too!
back to trying decide HOW MANY nappies to take, if i take any fitteds (for this weather). maybe i better pack SOME clothing for me LOL, don't want to scare all the Victorians!!
LOL gigi clothes..meh who needs em!!!! just take bilby's nappies :p
my boy is NOT well..poor lil man..teething and a bit of a cold... has hardly slept today...
nappies are on washing then i have to find the energy to hang them out...
gigi - flight JQ777 goes to Tullamarine Airport. When Jetstar told you it lands at Avalon, was that over the phone or as per your booking ticket?
ETA: on the Jetstar website, it says flights from Adelaide only fly to Tullamarine.
Gigi, meeting you would be fun! Will you be here for long?
Riv is still in sposies, his poop is feral. I've taken him off dairy, but no difference.
Gigi - are you going to Bendigo???? when are you in Melbourne.? Id love to meet you to hon
OMG jed just told me....47 degree's here tomorrow HELP
the Jetstar booking we got on Webjet, said Avalon
the Hertz rentacar said Tullamarine
we found a few inconsistencies on the Webjet site, so nothing surprises me now (plus they charged us twice and at one stage, had cancelled our flights TWICE!!! before we spoke to three people on the phone, the last one finally sorted out the mess!
but it's all sorted out now, thank goodness.
i hope washing powder in plane luggage is not a no no. i don't want to buy a normal size box in Melb, just to do potentially one wash load of mcn.
Katones - do you have an indoor clothes horse by any chance? i sort the washing adn hang it up INSIDE. doing anything outdoors means melting right now! me and dh have been sweating all day just inside out home (but not in the room with the a/c) cos computer is not in the a/c room. Short showers and being in the a/c room are just perfect relief. 95% of my life has been lived without any a/c, i don't know how.
thanks for all those "flying w kids" tips Saram, i had thought i would breastfeed bilby during takeoff and takedown, had not even thought of "what if she WON"T?". will have some crackers/snacks for her in the nappy bag pocket.
i can't get my head around packing toys, everything she has seems so bulky or so precious that i wouldn't want to risk losing it, but i have chosen her thinnest books to pack, she loves turning pages. Maybe i'll pack crayons too, as a "tray" activity, the crayons come in a small tin.
so all her stash is clean and good to go, except the childcare nappies she would have used today (i'll wash them as soon as we get home), but that's ok, plus whatever she wears tonight - i might make that TT-ing knickers and the night nappy she wears tonight. I don't want to leave that night nappy to sit in the dry pail for next three days, so maybe i will have to pack that, to come with me. SOmething i didn't realise until now, gotta do wsomething with what they're wearing JUST before you hop on a plane. hmm. the devil is in the detail. things you only work out by DOING, not just READING, which is what i've been doing the last two years - reading all these "travelling with MCN" threads, but never actually travelling with bilby (in cloth) before now.
Wardygirl, i might just take you up on your kind offer of a pram, i'll see how the Saturday goes (trial run WITHOUT a pram). We have paid $10 extra per night to have use of a cot - but i appreciate your offers so much!
glad to hear Tyler is feeling better
BRIGSY - any fire update from you? i'm hoping the update will be "Fire is out":D so you feel calmer adn safe. Do you have a Fire Action Plan? stay safe sweetheart, things can be bought again, you and your precious cargo cannot.
off to pack some mummy clothes
gigi- u're gonna b my guinea pig haha :) im not too sure abt washing powder, it does look kinda suss. to give u a fair idea of how far Box hill is. we live near the airport, mum lives near BH and it takes 45 mins to get there...
too hot to think, be back tomoro
thanks for asking Gigi
fire isn't out, in fact some so and so has lit three more on the one side of town where we weren't already surrounded. i'm out, DH is out. he and my bro and SIL have done all they could possibly do to save the house short of staying there - and i refused to have them there - they are more important than property. SIL said from the three fronts that were combining more homes would be lost, and she doesn't hold out a lot of hope for us. it's terribly upsetting
but on the upside, they evac'd all the baby stuff - all my mcn's are outta there!
oh BG :hug: oh man...
Oh crappola BG I hope it doesnt come to losing your house :( Honestly how can some people be so blatantly stupid!?
OMG - arsonists really have no clue - how could anyone be so wicked?
that's great that you have you, your Bump, your loved ones AND your mcn outta there.
i REALLY REALLY hope you DON"T lose your home, but you've got your priorities right.
blimey charlie, 47 degrees Maz, what a way to welcome me to your state LOL.
all the best especially to all the preg. mummies trying to cope in this awful heat, and those with newborns, and anyone without a/c - and really, thinking of all of you.
i think i just heard that 18 elderly people died in our city, this heatwave so far. and so many pets too, even fit and healthy ones. gotta be SO CAREFUL.
and yet the footballers are still trainign in it.
the tennis people are still playing in it.
the bicycle tour people raced in it.
absolute insanity.
wotbb: in knickers - bribing her with icecream, for a wee in the potty.