Parenting after LT TTC #4

Murph - E has always an excited arm flapper - when she was smaller she would thump her tummy so hard - can i just say how much i love that cloth nappies are bulky or i swear she would have been bruised!! it's definitely an excitement thing for her

Murph: Don't stress too much Tara is an arm flapper as well, especially when she is excited or wants something. There are numerous times she has conked herself in the face or the eye and makes nice red splotch marks on herself although generally she seems to save the really hard hits for me. I've been caught in the face, across my nose and the special one is the punch or kick to the throat. These occur mainly after a bath and when getting dressed as I have to lean over her to dry her, put stuff over her head and brush her hair. It's times like that I wish I was a bit taller :rolleyes:.

:rofl:yeh and miss charlie pulls her own hair and cries then looks at me and coops like we have done it lol..
oh gee they do some silly things lol..
luven your new ticker pic murph:)

Smithy thanks for the help. Hope everyone has a good night I am praying for a little more sleep. DH has gone off tonight to get his tats done. He has Campbell and his date of birth on one arm so he is getting Xaviers done on the other and a dragonfly and my name over his heart. I hope it hurts lots, not really it is sweet that he loves us all so much that he wants us with him all the time.

hahahah smithy! you mean mum pulling her hair! lol.

saph - that is so sweet. I met a mum the other day who had an awesome tat on her upper arm with her kids' names. it was big but i quite liked it and i'm not a huge tat fan (although i did buy DH his tat a few years ago lol).

sounds like we've all bred a heap of 'arm flappers' lol.
hi bg, and kelly d - got those prof pics back yet?

murph are you talking about clicking on your user profile and seeig your reputation comments? lol. gee was i nice to YOU! pft. How's ki? much different to fnq? apart from environment i'd imagine it'd have apretty similar sense of isolation and community.

green - teenagers! Ash will be getting sent to live with nanna from age 14 to 19. He can come home when he's over the pratt years. i didn't like teens when i was one! lol. but if you look of all the awful things soem teens do, yours sounds like he's a pretty good boy... just pushing the limits and finding his place inthe world. remember how you used to think everything was sssooo important and it'd be the end of the world if you didn't get your own way! hope his hands better, poor kid. probably won't do that again. and yaay for extra time with bubba!!! :)

all is well here. the boy is having his morning sleep. he's still gorgeous! well it was definitely AF but geez it really hit me hard. i've been sssooo hungry and sssoooo exhausted this week. Saw our FS yesterday about waht to do with pcos and our embies if we move - considering a transfer oct/nov but the clincher is i'd have to wean Ash :(

Just not sure i'm prepared to do that as once we use these eggs it'll probably be sometime before we consider doing a full stim cycle again, if at all. i'm feeling like i don't want to sacrifice a moment with ash for something that may never be and that i should just not be so impatient and wait til ash is a bit older to try for siblings.

anyway we are just going to have a good think about it. just feeling like i want to enjoy feeding ash as he may be our only child - and i really couldn't be bothered doing bottles lol. lazy mum!

anyhoo Ash is 14 weeks today, 5850grams, 63.2cm long.. his weight gain has slowed now but nurse assures me not to worry.

have a great weekend lovelies !!! oxox

Hi everyone,
Well I am feeling really guilty this morning and almost don't want to admit it, but the girls slept 10pm to 6am last night, with only a few grunts and groans in between. I really am clueless as to why this is happening, but I am not going to complain. But I do sort of feel guilty, as I know some of you are having a much harder time. I did have a very grissly day yesterday, so perhaps they were just worn out. :think:

In fact I have to admit that I am almost down playing to other people how good they are. Most people I know seem to delight in asking me about how hard it is, how much trouble they are, how difficult it must be dealing with two, and I don't think they quite believe me when I say so far so good. Or if they do, all is hear is 'enjoy it while it lasts'. If that is the case, I am enjoying enjoying.

Grub, very hard decision, I have given BF 6 months, it is pretty hard for me, I am really hoping to get that far, so I won't feel so bad weaning then if not before, but I can understand how you want to enjoy your special time. I too don't want to be one of the ones always looking forward (to the next baby so to speak), but I am terribly afraid of how long it might take next time around and don't want to leave it to long.

Saph, I love DH's idea, very Brangelina! Good luck with Campbell.

KellyD, love the beautiful pics of Tara

Murph, you are legend, what a trip. And Jasmine is looking gorgeous, love the outfits, especially the pussy cat one.

Lovely Smithy, hope you are well, wow 9 weeks, the time is flying by.

Greenslw, yay for your mat leave extention!

BG, Hi hope you are having a good day.

Hope everyone else is travelling well, xx

BDT...:clap::clap:wow what good little girls you have hun,im so happy thery are giving you some well deserved rest at night and dont down play it at all hunny be proud that you have 2 very well behaved girls:D be very proud actually as you must be doing something right lol..and thank you very much for thinking of me hun yep 9 weeks i cant believe it shes growing to fast for me now lol.but oh boy shes getting cheeky.have a great day beautiful.

GRUB...:Dyes im a mean mother i tell ya lol im the boss and if you dont behave ill pull your hair :rofl: hahahahah nah i dont really but your funny chicky babe,and oh boy what a hard choice you have to make there im glad its you lol..but im sure you will work it out and do what eva you think is best for you all,give ash big sloppys from me hun.

SAPH... yay no worries hunny im luven your new ticker its so cute,and good on dh for getting his new tats done i cant wait till i have the money to get mine done

well a huge hi to you all today i hope you all have a wonderful day ,im off to pay bloddy rent..gee i hate that lol..i wish we didnt have to pay bills we would all be so rich or maybe not cause id just still go and spend my money at the clothes shops lol..im terrible miriel

Just realiased I need to keep subscribing to this thread :redface: thought it had been a bit quiet for the past few months!

Sometime I wonder what I did in a former life to deserve this. I have two very grumpy boys today. Goodness knows what Campbells problem is but he keeps screaming everytime i leave the room. At least I know what Xaviers problem is he has reflux. Easier to recognise the second time. Coughing the screaming when lying down and happy being up right. Oh yeah and the not sleeping. Guess I will have to keep wearing him until I see doctor next week and can try him on medication. Gotta go I have one happy boy fixing stuff next to me but one screaming.

:hug::hug:saph

Oh Kelly Tara is so beautiful Little girls are so precious. Did you swaddle? when did you stop. Linc hates it but still battes himself in the head so in go the arms.

Smithy OMG 9 weeks Linc will be on Monday I can't believe it. Fingers crossed for settled. I second the wish I was rich. Then I could stay home longer.

Oh Saph :hug: it passes soon I hope :hug:

Murph hope you start talking to me again :D Some KI time with DH might bring on some talking (no TV or people to distract us from conversations).

I have a headbutter atm, it hurts him and me, goes right for my cheek or collar bone.

Grub I know he's a good DSS but the timing is S&it, I wonder if 16 year olds get gelous???? so many decisions you and DH have to make, re next bubs, I'm sure you'll make the right choice, when do you want to ween ash?

Baby Dreamtime, don't feel guilty that is great, you have two bubs I'd never ever been green at you getting sleep after all you have to do everything else x 2. good for you.

ATM just re settled Linc, he's waking so much during the day even when there is no noise, ahhh well nights are still pretty good. OB burnt my bits yesterday OUCH! and now I have to use nappy rash cream, OMG. At least it should heal soon. I'm over the burnies at this time.

I saw a lady in the waiting room she's having her 3rd! I would love another baby maybe in 2-3 years but more than that does my head in, don't know how ppl do it. Maybe it gets easier and easier, happy to carry but don't know about the whole after birth thing....... Some women are just amazing I think

Green I agree with you re the third. I have a friend who has just had her 5th with 3 under 3. She has got to be insane. 2 is enough for me. DH and I have already had the conversation about anymore. I said we cant afford anymore and Dh said he wont put me through that ever again. I did think that was very sweet. Plus he only has two arms were would he put the next tattoo.

Must say sorry for this mornings rant. The demon child has left the building and my beuatiful boy that I love has come back and has been helping me pack for our holiday and the other boy has finally settled and is asleep.

Grub (and anyone else interested) you might want to check out this thread - IVF and breastfeeding. There's a link to an interesting podcast by a woman who's done some research into breastfeeding while doing IVF. She's found that t's not always necessary to wean.

Saph, glad things are a bit better! And nice ticker ;)

OUCH Green, I had that done too! I used rectinol... As for more babies... I think everyone's perspective is very different depending on their experiences. After A there was no way I would even consider getting pregnant again until he was at least 12 months old. And at this point I'd be happier to have a 3-year age gap or something like that.

Don't feel bad BDT! It's lovely they're giving you a break overnight!

Hiya!

Just thought I'd poke my head in here and say Hi! I'm new to the Mummy club now and have been looking forward to being able to join this thread. I know many of you already from the preg thread so :hello: to my girls!

So excited to be here and look forward to sharing my journey with you all! :hooray:

Can't stay on long today as we are expecting a steady stream of visitors any moment but will post more later.

Oh and to throw my 2 cents in on the number of kids, I have an insane school friend who has a 6 year old, 4 year old triplets and a 2 year old! I wonder if she knows what causes it :rofl:

:hello: boc,good to see you in you here hun a big welcome

CONGRATULATIONS BOC :D

i was just thinking you should be on this thread! how'd it all go? good weight n all? are you enjoying mummyhood, although it's early days yet lol.

green - ouchy!

hope all the girls have a great weekend. gotta run but will try to bb later ox

thanks marcellus :) i did know about that for some reason, maybe from the aba. my FS said it was my choice but he beleived we had a better chance of falling preg if i wasn't feeding ash. Given we've only got the 2 eggs i would probably take his advice.

it's funny, as Ash get older my yearning for another bub gets stronger! i always said i'd be happy with one (glad just to have one!) but admitted to Dh yesterday that i really don't feel complete, that i desperately want more kids cos i just love love love being a mum. it's like i've found my calling! thank god being a mum is for life!!! :)

but in saying that i do need to have the strength to accept things if they don't turn out as i hope.

wow very philosophical for sat pm!

just had a lovely bath with ash, lots and lots of kicking splashing and he insisted on standing!!! probably easier for him in a nice deep bath. we had a lovely time. now he's passed out.

:leap::wiggle::hooray: not 100% sure BUT....
we mught just have a new house yippee we wouldnt be able to moove for a couple of weeks yet as its not available till then but gee im hopeing girls so please keep all fingers and toes crossed for us as i truely need this moove other wise im going to go mad and i mean it i cant handle my foul mouth neighbours any more,midnight they all stopped last night bout time they all grew up i say ...anyways im praying for this house.