Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[nic]

mako, that is such a gorgeous photo of Sage. DD reminded me the other day that we will need to get a photo of her and DS with Santa this year.

Little update from me, I posted in platinum section the other day about our first visit to the CHN, nasty woman. Made me feel really horrible and pretty much had a go at everything I was doing. But I had DS weighed, fully undressed, and he is 8.3kgs! OMG, how quickly they grow!

He has been a bit warm lately, and last night DH gave him panadol. He normally wakes more often and is harder to get to sleep with his panadol, but last night he slept from around 10.30pm through to 7.05 this morning And it just happened that mummy had a crap nights sleep lol! I just started dozing off in the early hours of this morning and there was a huge clap of thunder, which actually shook our window! Well, I was pretty much awake after that and was waiting for DS to wake up, but he slept through it. Wonder if the sleep thing will happen again tonight? HAHA

[sazzafrazz]

Aw that's not fair Nic when bub sleeps through and you can't!. We had HUGE thunder like that a few weeks back while Celeste was asleep and I expected screaming but she didnt even notice. Funny.

Oh, bub calling BBL if I can

[onthefly]

How exciting Sazz! My first thought is: She's brave! I'm not sure, though, whether it's braver to go back to IVF or braver to have another baby... Will be hoping it goes very smoothly for you

Good news on the sleep Nic, not so good on teh nurse. Is it possible for you to find another one...? Little boy's going great guns though, so you must be doing well!

Hi everyone

ETA - Forgot to include my update! DS is starting to crawl, sort of... kinda gets up on his knees and lurches forward at any rate. And he got two teeth through last week. Pretty sure there's at least one more coming very soon. His sleep is dreadful in the few nights before a tooth comes through, I've found, and last night was a doozy.

[nic]

Marcellus, no such luck on finding another MCHN. She is the only one in town DS has been doing 5-6 hourly sleeps since my post. He goes down around 11pm - midnight, and wakes around 5-6am. I keep waking and waiting for him to wake up. If he continues like this when we go to my parents and he is sleeping in his portacot, then I'll probably sleep a bit easier.
YAY for your DS starting to crawl! Look out! Hope you've got everything tied down or locked up lol.

[onthefly]

Hope you've got everything tied down or locked up lol.

Errrr, no.... should really get onto that

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas! We just hung out with the family. It was nice. Aric got some pressies and chewed on his wrapping paper

He's now pulling himself up on things... how'd that happen so quick? He's soooo keen to walk. He grumps till we hold him up so he can do his 'drunken-baby walk' - he moves his legs in a sort of walking fashion as we follow along, stooped over and holding him up. Well it was cute the first few times, but it's hard on the back and he insists on doing it over and over and over....

[Lenny]

marcellus - Wow, Aric is growing up fast. Liam doesn't want to walk but he crawls around and likes to stand up - especially against the glass doors, which he licks - NICE! He is using me for a teether on his 4th tooth a bit, which i'm not so excited about.

Sazz - Yay, i'm excited for you guys and hope everything goes really well for you. We are thinking along those lines too - tentatively when Liam turns one we will start booking in to thaw the frosties. I have to wait for AF to come back...I've enjoyed not having her around for so long!

Hope everyone had wonderful memorable christmases. Ours was quiet, but just perfect. We didn't take many photos because we kind of forgot, but it was a lovely day.

[onthefly]

Lol Lenny. Ds was licking on the bars of his playpen this morning. As you say, very nice! The silly thing is he can't even crawl properly yet!

I had been thinking the same, book in at around 12 months... but I'm too scared! I'm thinking I might wait tll he's 2 now....

And isn't it lovely not having AF?

[sazzafrazz]

I am so confused about trying again too:
1. I am loving Celeste at this age and not desperate for another but dont want to wait for too long.
2. I am nervous about possibly having 3children under 2years if both embies take.
3. I am worried that we wont get another child from these embies and can we afford stim. cycles on one income?
4. I am strangely calm about the possibility of it not working as we already have a wonderful child.

AAArgh this stuff messes with your head! It is a strange thing going back for treatment now. I feel so different about it because I guess the desperation for "A" child has been quenched.

Wasn't this christmas the best ever ?!?!?! It is soooo different with a child and wonderful. We had a big day with all the inlaws here for two meals and Celeste was pooped afterwards for a few days. She had the best time playing with her older cousins I used to kind of dread christmas, watching the others with their children and wondering if that would ever be us. I just feel soooo lucky and blessed.

And what happend to this year? Where did it go? Is is possible for time to pass any more quickly????? It feels like yesterday but also soooooo long ago. This time last year I was the size of a small nation, puffy, hot and waiting for "the baby" to make its arrival. I really didnt enjoy christmas as it was just something ot get through before the baby came. And here we are now,.... she is almost 1year old! What the?

Are any of you up to much for new year? We arent doing anything as DH has to be up at 2am to deliver newspapers. He will be working while everyone is going home still! I will probably stay up and watch the telly and ponder over the course of the year and how much my life has changed. It has really been the best year of my life

Happy new year to you all and hope next year is good to you all too!

[onthefly]

Sazz, I just have to say DITTO to everything you wrote!
Maybe the 'I-need-a-baby' thing will hit again in another year or two, but for now...

Have a nice night pondering! I'm hoping to have an early night

[butterfly_warrior]

*quietly sneaks in and takes up a position in the corner*

Don't mind me... can hardly believe I belong here now...

BW

[sazzafrazz]

OMG, OMG, OMG BW!!!!!!!!!

I have hardly been on BB in ages (I just quickly pop in here) and am so stoked to see you in here!!!!! I knew you were expecting but had no idea you have your little one in your arms already!

OOOO Congratulations lovely. I am sooooo happy for you.

And WELCOME !

[Acacia]

Just following BW's lead and taking up a spot in the thread too

So glad to see you here, BW! Just thrilled that everything is going beautifully for you with Samuel, hun

Can't wait to chat and get to know all the ladies in here! Hi everyone!

Miss C

[Lenny]

Yay, two more lovely ladies to join our madness. Welcome welcome welcome!!!

Sazz and marcellus - DITTO. Wow, weird how we all feel exactly the same way. I am finally enjoying this crazy new job of mine (SAHM) and we are starting to have a bit of fun. It's nice to have people who understand!

[Shannon22]

Well i am slow at popping in but would love a seat also

[onthefly]

Yay, newcomers - Welcome!
Pls tell us all about your babies and what you've been up to!

[nic]

Hi there
Thought I would pop in quickly to see how everyone is. We got home tonight from my parents, stayed longer than we had planned, but had a pretty nice christmas.
So nice to see BW, Miss C and Shannon, posting in here too Looking forward to reading all about your little bubba's.
Sorry for my lack of personals ATM. Will attempt some in the next few days hopefully.

Nic

[mako]

OMG you girls have been busy in here lately

Welcome to all the new mummy's and bubbys. Its great to have you all join in.

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year. We went away camping for 2 weeks and boy am I pleased to be home now.It wasn't the best trip away but I'm not going to bore you with all the details.

Sage is doing well. He is cruising the furniture and getting himself into EVERYTHING atm. He has 9 teeth so far including 3 molars. He is not doing too bad with his sleep. He was very unsettled while we were away but settled back into his cot without too much fuss so far.

Sazz All the best hunni for your new adventure into conceiving bub #2. I wish you a very successful and short journey

To those of you who are enjoying a break away from AF due to BF, I also have been very fortunate too. She has only arrived today for the 1st time in 23 months(the month I fell pregnant with Sage) I was beginning to think she wasn't ever coming back an the lo and behold she turns up when I least expected Oh well I guess it had to happen some time. Now DH and I can maybe start to think about bub #2 aswell. I'm not too keen just right now but did mention to DH maybe we could start trying sometime around April.

Anyway I hope everyone is doing ok

[ktgirl]

Hi ladies. Sorry I haven't been in for a while. It is so lovely to have some new mums join us in here

So exciting that a few of you are thinking of trying for #2 Yay more babies!! Lets hope you all have a short journey there!!!

Mako- Glad to hear sage is settling in again at home. Can you send AF my way please. I was hoping my cycle would get kind of regular after the pregnancy but my last AF was in Sept and I am still waiting damn PCOS.

BW- It is lovely to see you in here. I hope everything is going well for you.

Not much happening over here. Ry and Kenzie are growing so quickly. I was looking at some pictures from when they were born the other day and already I can't remember them being so small. How time flies. They are not quite crawling yet but getting around by rolling or DS moves around on his back lol Mackenzie now has three teeth and she is cross cutting so has two down the bottom and then has got her right incisor first before her middle two. It looks so funny like she has a little fang lol. we are still waiting on Ryder to get his first tooth

Hope everyone is well.