what now? will God provide?

pregnant check:)
currenlty living on 26 per week per person check:doh:
live in a 2 bedroom 2 sun room home with 4 kids check:rolleyes:
loads of love :leap: OH YEAH!!!!

what do i do? i mean when your pregnant ya think 1 child more being added to ya family, how will i balance it all. Do i buy another cot? My gosh so much my head is thinking. Already think what to do as 1 sunroom is useless and drafty so no one sleeps in it and the other we have had to put thick curtains up and make do. Do u think we will be able to get another rental with 5 kids?

we already have the almost 1 year old in our room with us. I'm thinking better storage buy more better pieces of furniture to hide things and culling what i own hrmm.

I'm already starting the feel the hormones changing me a bit moody mind u am tired. this is gonna be some roller coaster with a fab surprise at the end wooohooo :leap: as long as its healthy hey.

I'm sure if you need another cot or something, some BB chicks can get together and donate stuff to you.

If we are definitely moving to Tassie you can have ours, cos the less crap I have to take down there the better!! LOL

hun things will always fall into place if you open yourself up for them to :)

Big hugs, I know how stressful it can be. I had 2 on my own, got pregnant to 'the man of my dreams' for him to walk out 3 months later... I didn't know what I was going to do either! How was I going to afford it, how were we going to live in this tiny cramped 2br house in a crappy area, how was I going to get a cot, change table, clothes, nappies etc...

BUT now I have moved into a lovely house where we all fit perfectly fine, Ashton is clothed and fed and nappied (is that even a word lol) and they are all loved (and love me back) and I am the happiest I have ever been... and I am on my own, doing it on my own, and have been the whole time.

Things work out :) You'll be fine!

i think you can get by without a cot.
do you have a portcot?
can you put the older ones on mattresses on the floor and use a cot your already have?

Things always manage to fall into place darl. I'm already planning on a few surprises for you ;) How big is your freezer again? hehehehehe

Plus BB is great, you'll have what you need. Don't stress, just focus on building that baby! We just gotta know what you need, and we'll all pull together.

I think it will work out just fine. Sounds like you have some willing helpers already ;)

hrmmm yes it sounds like i have my own support group just here,

how big is my freezer???:rolleyes: leasha hrmmmm i could fit your whole body in one lol scary thought but that gives ya an idea lol let alone a half a fridge type freezer not switched on hehe

hrmmm i am wondering:rolleyes:

Im am sure that things will all work out in the finnish, as you said there is plenty of love in your house, and so long as you have that, the rest will sort itself out x

Number 5 was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for us. We'd already fiished our family and were talking vasectomy! DH had just taken a job as well as running his own biz to cover the bills and even then it was a struggle. I hated every moment of that dark tiny townie. I was so resigned to the family I had, I didn't bond with the baby I was carrying at all.

Somehow, it all worked itself out. DH is back to just his business. We got a big beautiful house. I cant imagine how I could not have been head over heels with Harry from the very second he was conceived, and we are celebrating number 6..

The kind of love you gather in such a big family can pull you through some of the toughest times. I don't doubt for a second that you will find a way to smile through every day.

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and we are celebrating number 6..

The kind of love you gather in such a big family can pull you through some of the toughest times. I don't doubt for a second that you will find a way to smile through every day.

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woohoo number 6 wow thank you VERY VERY MUCH!!!!:D

mell im slow u going to tassie???? what why when how? what the?

cos she loves me the mostest :p

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cos she loves me the mostest :p

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PMSL!!!!!!

Squidipa - nothing is confirmed yet - we're still in the waiting game :D

Hun, it might not seam like it now, but u will get by. :D
We are ttc #6, and hubby is studying, and im a sahm, but my daughters dance my sons play soccer, they have nice clothes and pretty much never miss out on things.

I think for us, the one thing that helps, is having a great support network, whether, its family, friends, or online.

"Clearance" is my favourite word, followed by "sale", and then layby of course :D

Definatly invest in "storage" furntiture, if u are limited on space, and just before xmas i cull all the kids toys and donate what they dont use anymore, to make room for the new toys.

Good luck hun

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"Clearence" is my favourite word, followed by "sale", and then layby of course :D

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yep we are the same i love double reduced stuff lol :) always buying only whats on sale as food items and bulking up on them too.

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yep we are the same i love double reduced stuff lol :) always buying only whats on sale as food items and bulking up on them too.

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hehe the other week I went to Woolies and they had butter chicken curry meat packs for $4 when they are normally $10, I was looking and the lady walked over and marked them all to $3 so I grabbed them all haha Still have a bunch in the freezer.

u sound like me we would have done the same bought everything we could see at time

Where abouts in QLD are ya?

i pmed you princess

I know that area really well!!! Let us know exactly what you need...

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Sounds like the questions in your title are getting some answers. ;)

I'm totally in favour of furniture as storage by the way, when it comes to space. Chests (I know you can get the ones I'm thinking of at IKEA) make good seats when there's cushions overtop.

Have a look at the Ikea catalogue and tell us exactly what you need :).

ahhhh say what?:jawdrop:

hehe

its amazing who comes out of the woodwork to help when you need it the most (or the computer screen in this case)

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Have a look at the Ikea catalogue and tell us exactly what you need :).

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u serious? i dont think there is a stunned face emicon i can use for this.

Well... I don't know what you have, what you need etc etc. I have family in your area, and put the word out to keep their eye out for any furniture that is being given away or unneeded... and ummm we might be able to fill that freezer up for you too :).

wow !!

someone told me today dont be too proud, so im gonna tell ya how it is *deep breath*
here it is:redface::redface:

ya know pantry cupboards (food cupboards) with shelves thats what furniture we need, because with josiah having to move into the boys room 2 already in there there stuff needs better packing, currently there is a whole lot of boxes/containers on floor and 2 large falling apart polyester styled covered pole thing wardrobe.They are bent and twisted and we have sorta propped them up the best we can do. (they cover dd's bedroom door as there is two acess points so they boys cant see through the glass at her.)

One is filled with ds4's toys but filled like in cardboard boxes pilled up as the hanger that we had in there that was ment to be for clothes has became a bit munted but we needed it to house toys. The other polyester wardrobe thing has ds4 clothes hanging up in it i a scored a few months back at a garage sale a 3 dollar bathroom free standing towel rack. On that is ds4's pants hung up. hanging under neath his jumpers inside the wardrobe type thing the zippers are broken on this cupboard. They were bought for about 30 dollars reduced at k mart about 1 year ago and fell apart within months as they have fine metal poles all connecting and arnt very strong. Done the job for sort term but bad investment of our money. There is two small sets of draws that d4 puts his tops and shorts and undies in 1 draw the tracks are broken on and DS8 has a chest of draws but its missing some handles as its broken off.

So josiah will have to go into this room too when bub is born i have a bed for him when the time comes if eh goes straight to a real bed at 19 months but cant see this happening at that age.. Currently josiah has two hanging shelves in the cupboard thats fixed to the wall in his room unfortunately that means on house inspections all his items are open for viewing. We have a desk that we have sorta made into a change table with nappys on it and a small book case carefully placed on desk to have his nappies. (this is all in the sun room that he cant sleep in due to damp and drafts)

Before i had even wrote this thread i had always had thoughts on space saving ideas for them (Cheapest way possible) and hiding the items away neatly... i thought it would be best and cheapest to get at least 4 double doored cupboards (pantry style) to put toys and clothes folded up in and on the shelves that way it will look tidy and un cluttered so hopefully when i tell realestate im pregnant with number 5 they wont think that we have to much stuff and cant keep the rooms tidy with 3 boys in 1 room. Ds4 has 3 polystyrene esky type rectangular boxes put together like a small book case for his bits to nextt o his bed, there is also a broken Toy Box in the room.:redface:

Would be happy to send you a pic or two princess. let me know you email addy in a pm