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!
Last edited by Lenny; April 12th, 2010 at 01:14 PM.
Lenny: I live 30km's west of Ballarat so it's even colder here...
Murph: Yay on the Centrelink bucks, just think finally some of your tax money is coming back to help you guys out. Doesn't happen very often...
Hi to everyone else...
I'm so exhausted, Tara had her first swimming lesson today can you believe she is 6 months old today... where does time go. She loved it but she was ready for a sleep 10 minutes into the class which goes for 30 minutes. Everytime we did time for her to lay on her back in the pool, I could feel her relax and the thumb went straight in her mouth for sleep time. Only problem was... and lucky for me DH came today to watch, how am I supposed to get out of a pool (not a toddler pool) with a baby that can't sit up yet?? All the other babies in her class (3) are older and can sit, crawl and walk but Tara can't do any so if DH wasn't there to take her from me at the pool edge I would have been in all sorts of trouble. So after swimming Tara slept for about 1 1/2 hours and is back in bed now for another sleep. I think I might have to have a nap myself as well, trust me you don't need to do water aerobics when you do swimming lessons... running around in circles, lifting and swinging baby, it is a good workout for mummies as well.
MM, welcome hun your more than welcome to join us all we'd be happy to have you,hope your going well.
a big hello to all my lovelies today,beautiful day here today got all the washing done and im being very lazy tonight and having pies,chips and gravy so best be off and feed the tribe.
talk soon and take care all
well i'm ssooo glad my misery tickled your fancy girls lol. Ah well, Green you said you don't want life to stop to keep baby happy - don't let it. Just look at our camp trip, yes it turned out hideously but we tried and got out there. we had fun for about 3 hours lol and don't regret going
Mind you i'm not going to a picnic today cos ash was so unsettled last night and yesterday arvo. Figure its either a) he didn't like the smell of the floor cleaner i was using to scrub the dirt out of the flithy lino b) DH overdoing the garlic in dinner last night or c) he's still recovering from the torture of his parents trying to make him sleep in a tent and not HIS bed.
But green i think we've got to get out there, with common sense in mind. they need to adjust to the world eventually and you can't hide away! And good luck with the work - good idea to ease into it. Have you ever left linc for more than an hour or two? I'll be interested to hear how you go... and how he copes too
hi mumma mia - come on it and share your story!
oooh marcellus .. poor DH, what an evil wifey you are! Don't worry i 'picked' a bit of 'something' off DH's face on sunday and it turned out to be attached to him... and bled.... A LOT. Whoopsy, you should have heard the man whinge after that, then he dropped a knife on his foot ROFL. but it's so easy to look at something and pick up something compleetely different.
BW - just wanted to send you hugs for your dilemna. What about during the week? can your priest administer to you privately at a time that suits you and Sam? i'm sure bub will change his ways soon enough and adjust to this outing. big hugs tho. Oh, thanks for saying sam coped okay going to your parents. we are off to PIL next week and i'm dreading it. But part of the problem camping was i could not settle ash in the tent because of serious headroom issues and if i took him outside he was absolutely captivated by the fire... and there was a freaking possum which tried to climb my leg and was stalking me.. all i could think was "a possum ate my baby'' hahhaahha.
neptune - hope you are feeling better now hun. sounds like you needed to let your hair down a bit tho bet you are a bit cold this morn!
murph - oh come on lady... a tea set each! that is sssssoooo way more dorkier than playing boardgames. sshheeesssh. and i truly admire your cross country camp trip.
bg- big hugs for going back to work. what are you doing with E, cc? I imagine it will be hard for the first month or two until you all adjust to the new arrangements and then it'll just feel like normal, but with money lol. are you nervous?
lenny - my best friend reckons she nearly hit her ds on the head out of fright the first time he bit her, completely instintual reaction. Did you just take bub off and say no?
Is that what you girls with teethers have found effective? (i know you do the nose flick Murph, is that working?). Do they understand? REason i'm asking is ash chomped down on me yesterday. Not very hard but it hurt... and he doesn't have teeth, yet. but they ar a coming.
kellyd - good on you for taking tara swimming! i've taken ash a couple of times and he lasts about 15 mins, shower, and then pass out on the 5 min walk home lol. it's so good for exhausting them.. so much noise, water, activity! i used to teach learn to swim as did my sister so Ash will be dragged to the pool regularly. But i'm going to wait for the warmer months to return.
smithy - yum lazy dinner night! my DH is so healthy and budget conscious we never get takeaway (neptune taht peezzzaaaa sounded great). I love friday night takeway with a movie! Can't wait for Ash to be older and we can do that together
Well as per my earlier comment, bub was extremely unhappy from 2.30am last night. he didn't feed well and screamed til 4am, had a short sleep and screamed again before DH went into the lounge on a mattress and bub came into our bed with me. I had to stand and rock him to sleep before gingerly climbing into bed myself and he also had a feed in bed... but straight after started screaming again.
of coures he went into his own bed and passed out at 7am and has just woken! little toad. he wouldn't go down for his arvo sleep by himself yesterday either. had to be ON me! As a result, half the floor mopped/scrubbed; half the washign done; half of dinner done and half the house cleaned!
so a quiet day at home to catch up.
wow, what a long post, i''m shocked at myself ... NOT!
can you believe she is 6 months old today... where does time go. She loved it but she was ready for a sleep 10 minutes into the class which goes for 30 minutes. Everytime we did time for her to lay on her back in the pool, I could feel her relax and the thumb went straight in her mouth for sleep time. Only problem was... and lucky for me DH came today to watch, how am I supposed to get out of a pool (not a toddler pool) with a baby that can't sit up yet?? All the other babies in her class (3) are older and can sit, crawl and walk but Tara can't do any so if DH wasn't there to take her from me at the pool edge I would have been in all sorts of trouble. So after swimming Tara slept for about 1 1/2 hours and is back in bed now for another sleep. I think I might have to have a nap myself as well, trust me you don't need to do water aerobics when you do swimming lessons... running around in circles, lifting and swinging baby, it is a good workout for mummies as well.
MM, welcome hun your more than welcome to join us all we'd be happy to have you,hope your going well.
... NOT!
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