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Forshelby-At 26 you are still a baby and have plenty of time to enjoy Axel before there is anymore talk of babies for you and your hubby.
AFM-My baby making days are done i have contributed 4 healthy offspring to the worlds population i know DH would be happy for one more but its just to risky for me after Abbi and the effected embryo with PGD i think Ella was our one and only miracle so i am hanging up my uterus for good, NOW! TO GET DH THE SNIP:pray: is another story.
Ferrals - LOL@ you hanging up your uterus..... what a mental image! I realise time is still on my side, but DP is 34 this year, and he doesn't want to be an old man when the kid/s are hitting their prime. I can understand that. He wants to have the energy to interact with him/them. But you're right. Now is the time to enjoy Axel, not 'what if' ourselves to death. :)
Old my ar#e 34 ha! come on have a look at half the parents out there now they are leaving kids until later so there is lot's of over 40 mum's and dad's and this day and age 40 is the new 30 us oldies are not really old like they use to be 20+ years ago 40 was prehistoric now 40 years olds act like they are 20 and 60 year olds are still working and fit and living like their 40 my mum and dad and my DH"s parents are between 58 and 70 and OMG! they are all fit working living it up parents who are never home they are always going out and on holidays they have more of a social life than i do it's embarrassing put's me to shame lol.
I work with a man who became a dad for the last time at 52 his wife was 41 they make me feel great.
Tell your DH to read this then he will feel young again.
*hijack*
Hi Ladies
It's great to see you all doing so well. Congratulations Ferrals and Forselby on your recent arrivals ! xo
Hoooooollley Dooooley you lot can talk!
OK, so the rundown. Eleanor was born in Dcember last year, at 12 days past her EDD (most of you will recall that, because I pestered you all in my post-dates boredom :lol:) She was 4.07kg, and a very very hungry baby, as well as being quite colicky. So she spent her first 6 weeks either on the boob or in the sling, then from 6-12 weeks she would also tolerate playing on the floor with no nappy for a while. She was 4 weeks old when the Brissie floods hit, and we decided not to evacuate, so that was an interesting time. We have travelled with her a fair bit - two trips to Melbourne, one trip to Sydney Gold Coast, Sunny Coast and a 16 day camping odyssey around central QLD. She started solids two weeks ago, and has so far eaten a heap of stuff, and is loving it. Other than that she is fully breastfed. We do a mix of co-sleeping and cot sleeping, depending what she needs.
And yes, Reet, we use cloth nappies! Bummer that those ones failed. They're a bit old, except the little green one. We only used it 7 times, then the 8th time, her leg started turning purple because it was too tight. She is a chubba! Eleanor has only worn one disposable since we left hospital, she did a massive poosplosion, 6 days worth of poo, while we were making an unexpected stop at SIL's house, so ran out of nappies - luckily she had a Bounty bag sample for us!
Ferrals my uterus is retiring also. The silly thing thought it retired 4yrs ago and it took a while to convince it to come out of retirement and do its job again. Wish it wasn't the case but never mind. Going to enjoy what we have which is fantastic and not dwell on the if's. Life is good. Life is very good now :o)
Forshelby your DP needed to see that circus performer on sunrise the other day who became a Dad for the 7th time at age 73. Mine you he didn't look older the 50 and was still performing. Amazing. My body is packing it in. I haven't been blessed with good genes so if I were to go again it would have to be straight away.
J is still trying to cough a lung up. She is kicking around with no nappy on.
I just wanted to pop in and say HI! There are so many new names in here. It is great to see this forum busy with conversation again!
Hi laney-Am i right in congradulating you on a BFP i think it was you i saw in one of the pregnancy threads.
Audax-4.07kg what a big little girl thats about 9lb on the dot isnt it bet she is gorgeous with all the chubba roll's Ella is starting to get a real little fatty now but what do you expect when all she does is sleep and eat lol.
Ella is starting to be a real fusspot with her bottles the last few days :wall::wall:
Hi Laney!
I can't possibly catch up. Sam is slowly getting over his cold, but I also have it. DH does too and is snoring like a buzz saw, but has fortunately taken it upon himself to sleep on the lounge and let me sleep. The revolting Sydney weather at the moment has me in a shocking RA flare and I'm really hating the fact that my liver can no longer tolerate NSAIDs as I could really handle a couple of nurofen to take the edge off and get me back to functional!
I have bloods taken tomorrow and hope like mad that my rheumy doesn't ring me on Tuesday. Paed for Sam on Thursday next week and I think rheumy for me the week after that. Love coordinating between specialists! I have three to juggle now - one for Sam and two for me. Life is fun.
BW
I would love to do a massive reply, but I'm sick too :( DH had the flu and I thought I was safe but 4 days later ta da! I'm sick, really hoping Sammy doesn't pick it up. Honey lemon tea and vegemite toast for me today :(
Hi Laney! Hope you guys are doing well.
BW - juggling specialists sure does sound like fun! I need a new hobby, maybe I should try that?
ferrals - yep, just a spot short of 9 pounds. I was pretty surprised, since I didn't have a massive belly, and never went through that wildly uncomfortable phase. I walked to and from the hospy to have her!
You know what I reckon? Having a kid is tiring no matter how old you are. Another one is in our plans if we can. No idea when though, we're going to play it by ear a little bit. Certainly not right now though!
We have viral conjunctivitis here, and I thought there might be an ear infection on the way, but it's just a bit of dermatitis in her outer ear which is bleeding a bit sometimes. And a slightly snotty nose. So revolting moods are the order of the day - and I stupidly volunteered to bake for someone's wedding tomorrow, and tomorrow is my brother's birthday and I have done *nothing* and the house is a pigsty. I'm feeling a bit snowed under.
After being sent home from day care on Tuesday, Sam's lasted the day today. Phew! Me... now sick. Rotten sore throat, DH has been complaining of the same thing, too. I get nervous when I'm like this and immune-suppressing drugs... At least I have a script for ABs ready to go, but they'll upset my liver. *sigh* All too hard!
Audax, I really don't recommend taking up specialist juggling as a hobby. I can suggest a number of different things that would be more fulfilling and cheaper! Understand the snowed under thing.
Time to go get the munchkin... I kind of want to leave him there as I haven't rested today like I should have. But the flare from hell has finally subsided so I decided to find my kitchen.
Ferrals- Yay on dh having a job now! :) Do u think he will enjoy it more then securitying?
So.. is he going to get the snip do u think?? Ur just using the withdrawal method for now arent u..? Can u go on the pill??
Kit- Thanks for the advice on cloth nappies.. i dont feel as bad now hearing that u didnt use them for the first 12 weeks.. i really didnt want to give up on them altogether but i might just wait a bit longer till i start using them all the time. I so want to hear one of ur little songs! haha how cute! :) I saw on fb that ur mothers group didnt go very well, wen ppl say stuff like what are u gonna do when Sammy is 20.. reply with do u know any boys that age still sleeping with their mummys??! Hardly! Dont let anyone make u feel bad for doing what ur doing.. its their problems. We have to enjoy every minute of them being little! :) I am freaking out about Sienna getting a bit older (by that i mean about 3 months old) and having pressure from dhs family to put her in her own room. When she was first born and they were staying with us his mum was always saying she wanted to take Sienna for the night and just bring her in for feeds so she cld learn to be in her own basinnette (i was sleeping with her on me each night) and wait 3 hrs between feeds. There was no way i was going to let that happen. Thank goodness they dont live in this town.. altho they are visiting in a couple of weeks and staying with us so it shld be interesting! Oh and dh is going to be away so im gonna have to stand up for myself.. and sienna.. on my own! Anyway enough rambling.. sorry! :) Hope u and ur dh are getting over the flu and little Sammy boy hasnt got it.
Mildez- Did u get the test results?? I hope little J is doing better xx
BW- Good to hear Sam is doing a bit better, i hope he keeps improving. I also hope u and ur dh are feeling a bit better soon too.. hopefully u dont need to take the ABs. Gosh u do have a busy schedule with all these appointments!
Forshelby- I know what u mean about ur dp not wanting to be too old to have babies, my dh feels like hes too old for kids now.. and hes only 28! He always wanted them young..like at the age of 20. Im so glad he didnt have them then.. i think hes happy now he didnt either!
Audax- Wow one disposable since Eleanor was born? ur good!! :) The nappies u sent are great but the 3x fitteds dont fit her yet.. the leg holes are too big, we used the petite one a few times but now its too small.. it was very cute on tho! Yesterday I used the 2 magicalls and loved them! They were a great fit! Only thing is as soon as she did a wee in the beigey coloured one i cld smell it, not an actual wee smell but a damp kinda yucky smell. Is this normal for cloth or does it need to be soaked a bit more and sunned?? I actually got all excited again to use cloth and went on the Baby Beehind website and bought 7 more nappies! I bought 2 of the AIO velcros (are these ok??) they were on sale for $14 each and if u buy 2, u get third free so thats what i did, 2 of the fitteds plus 1 free (i am kinda hoping the legs are a little stretched on the ones i have already and thats why there not fitting too well.. hopefully these newer ones are a better fit til her legs get a bit chunky and she can fit in the ones i already have!) and 1 of the MagicAlls. Oh and i also got another nappy cover, thinking now tho i shld have bought a couple more nappy covers but oh well. My MIL also gave me about 12 terry nappies like the triple J one u sent..that shape. Except they are too big on her legs too..they are the ones i had on her when we had the poo explosions! Probly if i used a cover on them it wldnt be too bad tho. The magicalls definitely hold the poo in ive realised which is great.. i really think they are going to be my favourite!
Anyway i have just realised i really shld have written this in a pm to u or atleast in the cloth nappy section.. sorry! I didnt think i was going to ramble on for so long about it all!
Hi Laney!
AFM- I am going really well with Sienna on my own. She has been the perfect little baby so far! Thank goodness! She is sleeping really well during the days and at night times. She is feeding every 2-3 hrs day and night but thats ok cos i dont have much else to do anyway! With dh away i am finding i dont even really need to clean up the house very often.. its very obvious who makes all the mess around here! :) I swear im spending more time on BB and fb now then before when i was pregnant.. how does that work??! Im sure that will change soon enough tho as she gets more demanding!
She had a pretty big vomit last night just before we were going to go to bed.. poor little thing, it covered us both. I was just going to change her and put myself in a new nightie but thought a lovely warm bath first sounded pretty good.. and it was! She laid there smiling and making noises the whole time, so beautiful and special :)
Anyway better go, expecting her to wake up any second for a feed then we're off to bed!
Nitey nite xxx
Ferrals - Haha, no I'm not suggesting he's old at 34, but he doesn't want to be in his 50s or 60s still with kidlets living at home.
Loops - Hi! Thankyou for your well wishes :)
Audax - I do remember when you were 'the pregnantest'.... we both had a bit of a rough time being post-dates, I think! Axel was born at 11 days 'late'. The floods must have been ummm, challenging with a newborn! You poor thing. Good work using the cloth nappies. I wanted to, but omigod I would struggle so much dealing with all that mess as well as everything else. I hope the conjunctivitis (or con-CHUNK-tivitis as I fondly nicknamed it once upon a time) is gone by the time you're reading this :)
Mildez - Wow, becoming a dad at 73? That's crazy!
Laney - Hope you don't mind us attacking your thread, lol...
BW - Gosh I don't envy your specialist co-ordinating antics. Blech! I get frustrated with all the extra appointments I've had to go to, I don't know how you do it on an ongoing basis. I hope your cold disappears pronto!
Kit - Not you too, everyone is getting sick! :hug: Feel better soon
Reet - Lol, your DH amuses me. Old at 28? Doubt it hehe. I'm so glad you're doing well with Sienna while he's away. Sounds like she's got a good feeding routine going there, pity about the broken sleep though huh? I struggled a lot with the 3hrly feedings mostly because Axel would sometimes scream the entire time until he was due for the next one. It was pretty rough! Nice work turning a yucky vomit situation into a lovely bonding opportunity with the bath, too. Very cute!
AFM - Tonight is my 'night off'. That means I get to sleep for maybe 8hrs solid while DP wrestles with Axel during the night. Yay for that! Although sometimes I find it hard to 'switch off' and ignore the crying. I feel like I should be getting up and the guilt kicks in bigtime. Lucky for me my body is always so tired it overtakes the mind and I stay in bed, lol. In other less interesting news, my stupid body is doing strange things.... (Warning, TMI upcoming)..... AF left the building a week ago, and it seems she's back again. Very confusing. I'm assuming my hormones must be a bit out of whack and it's taking a while to stabilize. DP thinks she's making up for the 10 or so months I had off... haha. I hope not!
Axel is sitting on my shoulders being bounced by DP as I type this..................... lmao! He just lifted him off me and I noticed little mister didn't have any pants on. :redface: Dangit, daddy!
Forshelby-doodle on the back of the neck lol so cute lucky he didnt pee on you or worse.
Reet-cant use the pill never have been able to so we use withdrawal method until DH decides what he want's i think he want's one more :o i dont i am done but he can always dream lol.
Audax-my step daughter has shocking dermatitis at the back of her neck her mother (the moron) has left it for so long she never made E wash her hair so she had dirty hair with cradle cap build up and E scratched all the time until it is now full of scabs and is itchy so i went and brought pinetarsal it helps with the itch and helps heal the sores and gets rid of the craddle cap NOW! just to get her mother to make her wash her hair every day.
AFM-I have been busy spent the day in sydney doing all the factory outlets and visiting DH's step sister and his neice who had a baby at 17 the day before Ella was born what a big bub he was born 4.9kgs and is black as black can be but so cute Ella hated the in and out the car trips all day so she played up when we trying to get her to sleep at their house she wanted her own bed as soon as we got home and put her to bed she was out like a light.
Anyway have another day of shopping and getting stepdaughters hair cut to a bob above the shoulders ooooh! wont her mother hate that!
Ella had some farex tonight i am so sad she actually had no problems swallowing it and there was no sign of her reflex with her tongue to push it out she has been real windy from sucking air with her bottles we can hear her doing it the cyst under her tongue is causing problems so the doctor said try farex with her bottles until we get the growth removed and my baby had no problems taking it i didnt want to but DH said we will just try it.
So now what do i keep it up we see the surgeon on thursday she is 3 months on friday i started the boys at 4mths i just feel guilty now even though Ella is happy and sound asleep.
Heeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Anyone out there.