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lol thanks lenny. we no longer refer to them as feet by the way... just a couple of stumps with some toes hanging off the end :)
yeah, things have settled so now my new prediction is at 40+weeks... mainly cos i'm so impatient and excited to meet this little person!!!
So long as it doesn't come before june 2 (which is 37 weeks) i'll be happy... i can still have my water birth/birth centre labour then :)
Now just a litle gloat... at 17 months old Ashton aka Thy Gorgeous One has mastered the cup! and no ordinary cup, a big heavy coffee cup from the local cafe. He had a baby cino yesterday, when the froth was done for, picked up the cup (much to my horror initially) and drank up the rest of the milk... hardly a drop spilt! Mummy was clapping like an idiot, Ash was beaming with pride, other customers were looking at us like we were dorks :)
Been very quiet in here. How is everyone trundling along???
We haven't heard from murph for ages... wonder how things are in Orange! We all know Kelly is amazing! But how are you going now you're home kel?
Report in people!
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Lise here, reporting for duty ;)
Kel, I couldn't look at your pics so will hit you up on FB with a friend request so I can take a peek! I can't imagine how you could have time to post pics etc, I'm so impressed!!!
Grub, ah, gotta love those cankles, so attractive aren't they?! Hope this bubba can hold off long enough for you to get your birth centre birth, but not for toooooo long! And yay for Ash mastering the cup :clap: I remember when I worked in childcare in the toddler room (18 months - 2.5 years), one of the first skills I taught the toddlers was to drink from a cup without a lid and to POUR THEIR OWN DRINKS FROM A JUG! The parents were HORRIFIED but the toddlers were so excited and really more than capable :)
Saph (for some reason my iPad suddenly thinks Saph is ZAPU???) hope life has calmed down somewhat for you!
Hello to everyone else :hello: hope you're all trundling along nicely.
We've just had a long weekend in Melbourne, we went down to see our FS about number two. We don't want to go just yet but I haven't done a FET before so wanted to see what was involved, especially since we're now in Canberra and our embryo is in Melbourne with our FS... Anyway, had a good chat and think we've worked things out for when we're ready. Not sure when that will be though!!
We've also had a sick boy again, another viral infection and conjunctivitis, just was we were about to fly out of the state! He had a really high temp during the week and on Wednesday night, (our flight was 9am Thursday) it went up to 40+. Back to the doctor to get some antibiotics and now he's back to his normal happy self.
I do have a question for you though: would you be worried about weight loss? In the last two months Finn has had a couple of viral infections and a couple of bouts of gastro, and he's also now crawling around madly and pulling himself up and walking around furniture etc. I know all of that can cause some weight loss or slow down weight gain, but he weighs less now than he did at 8 months old - he used to be between the 75-90th percentiles and now he's just under the 50th. He's still his happy usual self (when he's not sick!) but I am concerned about his weight...
Ooooops, he's awake and yelling now, better run. Back later!
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i'm no expert lise, but while I wouldn't be overly concerned about his weight loss given all his illness and activity lately, I'd still mention it to the MCHN or GP at your next visit.
Can you believe that I was pregnant with this bub when ash was 10 months old! I really do advocate (oh the clarity of hindsight) for waiting a little bit if possible mainly because as they get past 1 and into that 2nd year, they are just so darn active and gorgeous and inquisitive. I wish i could enjoy ash more and do more with him, but can't even get down and give him a good belly tickle anymore :( Good luck for whenever you choose to go again tho! the positive side of going so close for us is the kids will be only 18 months apart and hopefully great mates and well matched for one another!
What you said about the toddlers being capable is SO true. I do find i really underestimate ashton. He is physiucally able to do so much and often it's my fear that stops him (or at least tries to) ... he is also comprehending about 80% of what we say to him, which is amazing! it's only been in the last month or two the ole light bulb has gone on! he puts things away, his dirty bowls/cups in the sink, groceries in the cupboard, food int he fridge, gets the dog's ball for her when it's stuck somehwere etc... we are really discovering the joys of child labour!
oh and kelly is one of my friends on FB, if you have trouble finding her at all she's the only Kelly D on my list (i think lol).
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OMG evil has entered our house. First AF since stopped feeding Xavier months ago 4 to be exact. And well lets just say I think I might be dying. lol
But at least it can before we go to Bali.
Yay this time next wek we will be chilling by the pool.
Oh yes and we have had gastro again and both the boys are sick with cough colds. I am looking into changing them into family daycare as I am sick of all the bugs they keep picking up. We were going to have to change them next year because where they are now dont do before and afterschool care but I am looking to change them now.
Hope everyone is doing well, have a lovely weekend.
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Way to Kill a perfectly good thread. lol
well we are back from Bali. Had a wonderful time, all relaxed and ready for work in the morning. Didnt evfen once think about the reports I have to write now that I am back.
Hope everyone is doing well. Grub how you going or have I totally missed an exciting announcement.
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lol
glad you had a good time!
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Hehe, must be the night to post!
We've had a sick boy the last few weeks, it seems to be one viral infection after another. And then Finn had croup - I think in the last few months he's had several courses of antibiotics plus a dose of steroids...
Other than that, I've been battling with returning to work or staying at home with Finn. In most ways I'd love to stay home, but financially it's getting really tight - both our credit cards are maxed and all our big bills have just arrived. I was offered a Childcare spot for the two days I want, starting in August which is what I stated. But the centre was really a bit depressing, just the thought of leaving Finn there had me in tears and I don't know if it was the thought of leaving him or the thought of leaving him there that upset me the most. I've turned it down but I know that DH is getting stressed about money which is stressing me and I don't know what to do. Having worked in Childcare previously I'm very particular about where I would be happy leaving Finn, and there's really only one centre I want him to go to. But I can't get in until next year...
Anyway, enough babbling (can you tell i've had a glass or two of wine?!). Hope everyone is enjoying a lovely long weekend and posts soon xx
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Lise you really need to feel comfortable with where you leave them. I am looking into moving the boys. Campbell will need to move at the beginning of next year so I am looking for a family daycare that will take them both. It is a really hard decision to make. Wish you all the best. On the I know where you are coming from side we had maxed out our credit cards last year when I wasnt working and have just now got it all under control. These things have this funny way of working themselves out. I am sure something will come up that is right for your whole family.
On that night I am shattered after my holiday so off to bed as back to work in the morning.
Night All
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oh lise, i'm so glad we aren't in that situation... yet. but it must be agonising. hoepfully you might find a way to make things work until next year and get into that nice place.
saph - glad you had a great trip! gee i'm much jealous lol
hi madb.
and all our other mummies.
Still here, still preg.
DS was a horror last night... he woke every 40 mins from about 2.30am! argh. not sure if he was overtired (refused to sleep yesterday) or getting dh's cold (which he's shared wth me! boohhhooo) or if teeth are coming through (he won't let us look).
anyhoo, hi to all.
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Hi everyone
I'm still here as well just one very busy mummy, and this is DH's last week at home and he thinks he is getting a cold...
I have come to the conclusion that getting a sleep-in in the mornings just doesn't wotk for me as all it does is put me behind in doing all my chores, I've never had so much washing.
I'm hoping I manage to get a shower in very soon - having BB time while I have something to eat, I don't know if it is breakfast or lunch...
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Lise, just wanted to pop in and offer another suggestion, completely left field.
I, too, was hesitant to put DS into CC but have found another option. I am working 4 nights a week in a little restaurant inside a sports club. Totally not my field of work (I'm from a HR background) and definitely not career work, but it's a job. And it helps pay the bills. and no CC. DH gets home, I do the handover then I'm usually home again most nights by 9/9:30pm. Most of the time waitressing/hospitality jobs are easy enough to find. Many don't care about resumes, they just want someone who works hard and can think for themselves. I get great hours because none of the young ones are willing to work nights/weekends as they are too busy socialising. And the best part is it's a job that I can go out & do, then come home & forget about til next shift. No more bringing home work with me every night, or stressing about meetings & deadlines etc.
Anyway, just a suggestion for you to think about.
Not a lot to tell here. House is off the market and waiting on approval from the bank for funding to go ahead and start our renos. So fingers crossed!
A bit of sad news though, unfortunately I had another mc last week at about 5wks. I'm ok, still sad but trying to focus on the positives, this is the first time we've ever conceived on our own without IVF. So I will keep temping and charting and scheduling and all that jazz until worst case scenario, next year when our higher level of health fund kicks in and we can afford another round.
Hope everyone else is doing well and hope you're hanging in there grub! Your ticker's disappeared so not sure where you're at but I'm thinking of you!
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Oh BOC, sorry to hear that! :hug:
Lise - do not leave you child somewhere you're not comfortable with. Mummy instincts are really good like that, trust them. BOC's idea of a workaround might be worth considering, just for the time being?
We put DS into a centre we were uncofortable with and it was a disaster. Totally wrong. WAited and found a better one, and feel totally fine about it and DS is happy there. Not working anymore but he still goes :) Things are very tight for us financially and baby bonus will end very soon.... will have to tighten our belts I think.
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boc, i'm so sorry to hear about the mc. big hugs huny. and a great idea about the job! :)
kelly! omg you are scaring the bejesus outta me! lol.
oh i'm 39 weeks on Thursday :) mum here on saturday so i'm good to go! but getting lots of prelabour pains and stuff again... thought 'it was time' last night... but nothing intensified or anything bbooooohhhhoooo
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Thanks for the replies ladies, BOC, I might give that idea some thought! I need to do something to bring in some money (we didn't get the baby bonus as we earn too much, but because we had to rent our house out when we were in Melbourne and then last year until we moved back home we actually made a loss whichis great for tax but apparently centrelink ADD your loss to your income formsome inexplicable reason and thus we earnt too much :( Anyway, it's not all bad, almost tax time so I should get a good return and then my parents are back from traveling in late October and I will ask my mum to take him a couple of days per week.
BOC, so sorry to hear of your mc :hug: We have one embie on ice and if that doesn't work then I dnt know if we can afford another round either. Here's hoping you can conceive again naturally and that's it sticks xx
Grub, hope DS is giving you some rest xx it's hard enough coping with all the night time wake ups at the best of times, let alone when you're nine months pregnant!
MadB - definitely agree with trusting instincts when it comes to Childcare. At the end of the day we all just want somewhere we're happy leaving our precious bubs knowing they're safe and happy too. I think we can just scrape by until my parents get back and I'm so glad to be able to share this time at home with Finn.
Kelly - how are you going? Sounds like it's super busy in your house, do you get to take any time out for yourself, even if it's a five minute break? Your parents are usually able to help out too aren't they?
Saph, hoe the holiday was great! It just sucks though doesn't it coming home and having to catch up ;)
Big hello to everyone else, hope you're all cursing along nicely xx
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When it rains it pours.
Well you will all recall Campbell didnt get a place at the private school that we wanted him to go to. So I ring them on Wednesday to find out where he is on the waiting list. They say (of course) sorry we cant give you that information, but look at other options. The local gov school applications close end of June or July so thought right get my finger into gear and actually look. We are not keen on him going here as the school is huge. They have 8 kindy classes this year.
So Thursday I find info on a small Catholic private school in the area. I have not looked at the school previously as it is in the not so flash suburb near us. Made an appointment and went and had a look and it seems to be a lovely little school and they have a place for him to start kindy next term. They also have before and after school care on site. I was also able to get the extra day daycare that moving him will require. All sorted we are happy with the decision. Booked a time for DH and Campbell to go and have a look next friday.
Few hours after I get home the phone rings (lol I can hear you laughing but our phones dont ring often) It is Admissions for the private school that we wanted him to go to. Do we still want a place and can we come in for an interview. AAARRRGGGGHHH we have gone from having nowhere for him to go to having to many options. lol
Oh the joys of parenthood. we are thinking we will go with our orriginal prefered option. It is considerably more expensive but he will go from pre-primary to year 12 at the one school. If we go with the other school we then have to find a high school for him and he is not garenteed a place at a catholic high school just because he went to primary. And if we find that it is not a good fit for him we can pull him out and still have other options, but if we give up that place thats it.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and grub you are busy with your new wee one.
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Well again I have killed the thread. lol
Thought I would update you all. Well Campbell got the place at our preferred school. the very expensive one. But we are so over joyed as they were very supportive of the therapy we are doing with him and acutally have programs that run after school for kids who have similar issues to Campbell. They even commended us for getting the therapy done so early and being advacates for his learning and development. I am over the moon that he got in. We are off to pay our acceptance fee and get the uniform list.
Had to laugh the head of the school as him in the interview what would he like to get out of the school and Campbell replied the playground. lol Great my $6000 a year is paying for him to play in the playground.
Hope everyone is doing well. Grub hope when I get back from our weekend away that you are at last holding that Grubby bubby.
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Boo! There's nothing like a Freudian slip to spur me into action but I am just back reading for my first time in about 3 months and while scrolling back a bit, I loved lise's comment, "hope you're all cursing along". I reckon some of us really are...and often!! Too funny.
Ok, a bit of my story. I think maybe I've been borderline depressed. I found the move here hard, although I love it, I'd come from a wonderful community on kangaroo island and I felt like a fish out of water here for about the first two months. I instantly loved the place but I lost momentum and mothering a toddler got tough for a while. Sounds lame but I guess we all have low points. It didn't help that all of the programs ( even library sessions) were booked and there were waiting lists for even simple things so I wasn't getting out of the house much (and that's never good for me as I'm a people person but I easily tend towards agrophobia if I allow myself). I'm over that though and have joined a few good activities and playgroup and started therapy in Sydney and the wheels are back on.
Jazz suffers really badly from teething pain when it happens, and that's literally every second week so I stumble and fumble through a lot, and oh god, I would never go through this again. Did you know, some people don't believe teething pain exists....don't get me started!! She goes off the cochlears and I have all sorts of pressure from everyone to make her wear them but its hard in those times and I just let my mothering instinct decide.
That's all I have to whinge about, is just constant teething, clinginess and regular toddler stuff. Other than that, oh my god, how much fun is 20 months?? It's just the most intensely beautiful period for learning and growth and development and this last week has blown us away!! I'll be back later but jazz is just waking from her first sleep in since forever and is calling me. Love, love love. Xxx
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Boo! There's nothing like a Freudian slip to spur me into action but I am just back reading for my first time in about 3 months and while scrolling back a bit, I loved lise's comment, "hope you're all cursing along". I reckon some of us really are...and often!! Too funny.
Ok, a bit of my story. I think maybe I've been borderline depressed. I found the move here hard, although I love it, I'd come from a wonderful community on kangaroo island and I felt like a fish out of water here for about the first two months. I instantly loved the place but I lost momentum and mothering a toddler got tough for a while. Sounds lame but I guess we all have low points. It didn't help that all of the programs ( even library sessions) were booked and there were waiting lists for even simple things so I wasn't getting out of the house much (and that's never good for me as I'm a people person but I easily tend towards agrophobia if I allow myself). I'm over that though and have joined a few good activities and playgroup and started therapy in Sydney and the wheels are back on.
Jazz suffers really badly from teething pain when it happens, and that's literally every second week so I stumble and fumble through a lot, and oh god, I would never go through this again. Did you know, some people don't believe teething pain exists....don't get me started!! She goes off the cochlears and I have all sorts of pressure from everyone to make her wear them but its hard in those times and I just let my mothering instinct decide.
That's all I have to whinge about, is just constant teething, clinginess and regular toddler stuff. Other than that, oh my god, how much fun is 20 months?? It's just the most intensely beautiful period for learning and growth and development and this last week has blown us away!! I'll be back later but jazz is just waking from her first sleep in since forever and is calling me. Love, love love. Xxx
