Grub, I feel so bad for laughing at your camping trip story, but you wrote it so well it's hard not to laugh! And I think that was one of those times where if you don't laugh, you cry. I'm just not brave enough to do the camping thing with Sam. When he was small my arthritis was too ferocious to contemplate it, and now that the arthritis has settled a bit he's too mobile and into everything but doesn't quite have the understanding to keep himself safe. We have been away, though - staying at my parents' place and he copes ok away from home if we can keep enough of the usual home routines going.
Green, I hope your little man is more comfortable today. Wind can be so hard on them at times! We used infacol with Sam - I hated the fact that I had to give him something, but he was just so uncomfortable without it, and the puking was always worse if we left it out of his bottles. The thing with infacol is that it allows all the gas bubbles to come together and form one big bubble which is easier to get up - the more he got up as burps, the less gas there was to give him trouble at the other end. I hope the wind drops are helping - which ones do you use?
Neptune, I hope you feel more yourself soon. I think you are amazingly brave leaving Adam over night - we still have not done this with Sam. We still have not left Sam with someone for a few hours while we go to have dinner or see a movie or something like that. Doesn't help that there's no family close who could do it, either. But we manage ok. We didn't have much of a social life before Sam to notice that we are missing out on anything, anyway.
Marcellus, I have done similar things in the shops before - it's an easy mistake to make. I hope DH is feeling well again soon - and I have definitely seen gluten-free wraps, so I know you weren't hallucinating that part of things!
Sam is decidedly feral today, and I've got a big attack of the grumps - all because of church and I just don't know how to fix the problem! Sam still has two day sleeps most days, but is at the age where he generally won't go to sleep when we aren't at home. Church is right in the middle of when he usually sleeps - so it's a huge issue at times. Also, he likes to get down and run around, and doesn't understand that there's times to be quiet and still and that we have to stay in the chairs or his pram. I generally have to take him into the creche - but because Fridays are his daycare day he's still clingy with my on Sundays so I can't leave him in there and go out to church. There's an audio and video feed into the creche, but the quality is crappy and you really can't hear much of anything over the noise of little boys playing. It's getting to be a big issue for me as it's always me that misses church - DH is the sound guy and needs to be on the desk so can't take care of Sam. I just don't know what to do! Sam slept for about an hour after church this morning and refused to have another sleep despite being tired. I was feeling ill and sleeping/resting so DH took him back to church to let me have a break. Evening services aren't as bad (as I can keep Sam quiet in his pram by feeding him dinner!) but I don't often get to go as Sam usually sleeps until just after the service has started or, as I suspect will happen today, is just too tired to cope with staying out!
I don't know that anyone can fix the problem, but I just needed to have a massive grumble and get it off my chest!
BW - to you. I don't have any advice but hope that you come to a compromise soon. Whinge away, that's what we are here for.
By the way, I couldn't leave Adam overnight either, Nanna stayed at our house so he really had no idea that we were gone. Once he's asleep, he rarely wakes up. We got home at 1am, and he woke at 430am grrrrrrr so the reason I feel so awful today is too little sleep mixed with a headache!
Just ordered pizza and eagerly awaiting its arrival.
Grub Maaaate! I am LMAO Do the words, 4,500km and 8 nights camping in a tent on the roof of my car sound familiar? Ohhh, I so sympathise...NOT
Thanks for the chuckle Sweet!
I love your dorky family Easter tradition btw. I'll be sure to keep that one away from Jazz as I have seen your mother of all Scrabble sets and I kinda guessed you were a games nerd (as well as a punctuation pedant)! The tradition I started this year was even more dorky, but hey, that's what tradition is all about. DH and I gave each other a nice tea cup each and a small amount of chockies. We love tea sets and Jazz even has her first (an antique breaky set that is so cute).
As for us... Jazz is grazing my boobs with her quick sneaky chomps with the shiny new choppers. It's not funny but I'm sure you will all laugh. She's off her tucker so I can't with hold. She still won't take bottles so i am thinking of spoon feeding her expressed milk for a while. Oh what fun we have. On the plus side, I have my lovely burnt toffee poos back and no solids.
Yayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just got good news from centre link and they awarded us 5,500 bucks as a one off payment to help with costs. Most people i have heard of got two grand or nothing, out of a possible ten...so I'm stoked. We really needed it
oh murph ouchies for the boobies hun,that jazzy is a cheeky little monkey and yay for your centrelink payment hunny
oh yeh and you were so clever to last that long on the road and camping hun,i take my hat off to you girls for even trying ,i wouldnt have the balls to try camping yet pmsl.
Grub - i think your story has enforced my decision to never go camping again! lol
Murph - yay on the grant towards the implants and things! with the graze from BF - does your DD have top teeth now? i know with E we were ok til top teeth arrived - now, i have to make sure we're either laying down to feed, or that she is in a position so that the weight of my breast isn't too much - i think it comes down to the weight dragging my breast a little sideways in her mouth and she grazes that way. we're still going strong on the BF front though - we have worked around it ok
BW - i know we talked about the church thing and i really have no more advice - just hugs
Neptune - hope the headache is gone and you're back on top of things now!
AFU - i head back to work next Tuesday - not sure how i'm feeling about it all - but it has to happen so i guess i'll just suck it up!
Ah, the joys of breastfeeding and teething...it's not funny at all, is it!! I nearly threw DS1 on the floor the first time he bit me - i got such a huge fright, and so did he!
Well done on the grant Murph - it's nice to know that sometimes 'the system' gets it right!
Welcome MM. Tell us all your woes...and share the good times too. We love hearing about everyone's little darlings.
Good thing i didn't read about the pizza, Neptune. I'm easily persuaded...all those commercials they have on tv at dinner time are aimed at me!!! I don't even like KFC, but if I see an ad for it, I suddenly want it.
Anyone else live in Melbourne - where did that long lovely summer go? 2 weeks ago we were in sunblock and t-shirts, now it's socks and singlets. Still, it was wonderful while it lasted {wistfully staring out the window as rain pours down the glass}. Boo hoo!
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BW yep I'm using Infacol, and it does seam to get the burps up but yeah it's not natural. Oh well when he's moving more hopefully he'll do it all on his own. It's hard to fit life around kids, Linc is much better if we stay home. Last night he slept 8-3am again but we didn't go anywere, tomorrow I'm going into town and I know it'll throw him but I can't bare to think of life stopping just cos it's easier. delema.
Oh Marcellus that is hust awful re non GF stuff I'm sure you didn't imagine it, just picked up one next to the one you thought. and I'm glad DS is enjoying the shiny papers, Linc has decided he loves my star shaped post it notes funny little things aren't they.
Neptune enjoy your pizza, I'm thinking if my mum sits for me I'll do the same.
Murph well done with centrelink
ATM just went and baught "0's" for link that's right 0! he's so long and 00 will only fit for a while me thinks, I never would have thought my 11 week old (omg 11 weeks flew) would be in 0's!
Off to see my big boss tomorrow in Adelaide, little hopeful link doesn't get to unsettled but really looking forward to showing him off.
Did I mention I'm working Saturday night? DH will be on his own and I'm doing a sleep over shift at one of our other shelters (just as a worker, not a manager) Looking forward to it, and Tafe starts next week, so I guess maternity leave is ending but I'm happy with the slowly slowly into work.
I missed ppl opps.
Hi MummaMia things are good here and welcome.
not warm here either but good snggle weather
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to you. I don't have any advice but hope that you come to a compromise soon. Whinge away, that's what we are here for.
Do the words, 4,500km and 8 nights camping in a tent on the roof of my car sound familiar? Ohhh, I so sympathise...NOT
oh murph ouchies for the boobies hun,that jazzy is a cheeky little monkey
delema.
he's so long and 00 will only fit for a while me thinks, I never would have thought my 11 week old (omg 11 weeks flew) would be in 0's! 
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