Babies Born May 2006 #45

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum


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and i 3rd lol

well my kids are being horrible little critters they have been screaming at me to get pizza all afternoon Do they not care mummy is trying to lose weight and if i have to be miserable then we all have to be miserable

Damn right Shazz thats what I say too!! Jess reckons my tolerance levels have gone way down whilst trying to diet LOL

hi girls, i always forget to check in the May06 thread!!

Ha Rach, I thought ya didn't like us! :P

SOunds like Riley had a big day. What a great place to visit. I'd love to have Erin for the holidays. You tell her that too. Shame it is so far.

no not at all!! :)

Kim how is Darcy? is she better? Krystal is fine now, thank god it was nothing serious!!!

Evening girls!

How are we all? I have been pretty miserable the last few days lol. I have just been so lethargic and tired and feeling run down. I couldn't even bring myself to post lol. I made myself get up off the couch today and clean up and now I'm feeling much brighter!

lol @ the secret admirer stuff... not doubt it'll be some scary stalker or even an old man pmsl! It was nice though to receive them at work and all!

Rach OMG look at Krystal! She has grown so much and is just adorable! How are things with you both?

Christine Don't feel down about the challenge! I *never* lose that much weight! In fact over my first 6 - 8 weeks at the gym I only lost 1.2kgs... kind of discouraging except I lost 8 cm's off my waist!!!! Sometimes its more encouraging to focus on just the cm's lol! And I don't weigh every week either. I won't weigh or measure again till our second weigh in! YAY for your birthday soon!

Lorelle Happy Birthday!!! Sounds like you had a lovely day!

Ellissa Ewwww at the poo in the gum boots lol. Poor kid! Buggar about the pies :(

Tania The waterfall sounds lovely lol!

Kim Buggar about the BFN :(

Shazz that is the best news I've heard all day!!! Such fantastic news!!! And a scholarship too YAHOOO!!! :dance:

Sheree Welcome back sweety! We have missed you! That bracelet sounds awesome!!!

Sara I hope you made it home okay!

Well I've got some challenge stuff to attend to and then a few other things before I head to bed. We are off to the Botanical Gardens tomorrow. Must remember to pack the ball for Em. He's gonna love it!

Sweet dreams ladies!

shazz - WOOHOO!!!!! I am so happy for you, well done, how clever are you?! i hope you are extremely proud of yourelf. LOL at making everyone else miserable too

rach - hi! Krystal is adorable

nat - sorry you haven't been feeling your energetic self. hope your secret admirer is some young hunk of spunk! Oh im jealous of you going to the Botanical Gardens, we used to drive past them when i was pregnant and i would often look in there and imagine taking Archie there one day..have fun!

jay and I have started to look in the real estate guide for a new house, dont' know if we will be lucky enough to find something to suit what we want and be able to afford it, if we can't we will have to rent again for a few years til i go back to work. We don't want anything flash just a solid home in a decent neighbourhood, will be keeping our fingers crossed, have to finish renovating this place first though!

Hi Girls!

Well i am kinda settled in. Have'nt unpacked at all yet. Have to get into it today though.

So yeah the holiday was good. Briley had a pretty good time. We went to Dreamworld and to Wigglesworld and she had a ball there. Went for a ride on the Big Red Car. We also went to Movieworld and Seaworld. Briley loved the animals at Seaworld and we got some great pics. I will email some around soon.

While we were on holidays i found that Briley had cut her 2 top canines. Bottoms are'nt through yet and the gums are'nt red or bulging so i think they must be a bit away. So we are up to 14 toothy pegs now! And she was'nt even grumpy or anything so they must have come through on stealth mode!

Briley vocabulary is growing even more. Esp while we were on holidays. We were surrounded by lots of high rises and she kept saying "big house" then kept going on "look another one!". We were staying in apartment and had to go up a flight of stairs to get to our room and she would count the stairs as we would go up and down. So she can count to 13 now. Its amazing how much she grew up in that last week.

Colby is good. Sitting up on her own. Starting saying "bub-bub" the day we came home. Almost the exact age as Briley when she started talking. She is'nt crawling yet but she does try and get up on her knees sometimes. She is almost in sync with how Briley looked. I go over photos of Briley at whatever age Colby is and they are almost identical.

I am going well too. I have 2 observation births this month. Mums are due on 17th of Jan and 27 of Jan. I am very excited. So i am on call at the moment. Its all a waiting game now! Birth Buddies website is up and running now if you all would like to have a squizz. You can find it Here.

Nat - LOL @ your admirer! I hope it does'nt turn into a stalker! Sorry to hear you were'nt feeling to good. At least now you are feeling better. Its amazing how much a bit of house work can make you feel better. Even though it is house work! I don't think i have got into BMID. Had a phone conference while on holidays (At Moviewold mind you! :() and I think that they are only going to offer me BNS. Once i have completed the first year i can apply for a transfer to BMID. I'd say this is just a tester to see if i am really interested in Midwifery and will stick out the course. Kinda going about it the hard way though! Hope your enjoying the Gardens.

Kim - Oh i am sorry you got a BFN hun. Soon is all i can say really. Hugs. I wonder what is going on with AF. Maybe the gastro is delaying it. How's Darcy going after her bout with sickness. How are you handling being on your own out there??? How often do you see Cam??? I bet Darcy keeps you busy though!

Elissa - Ewww about the poo. I hope it was'nt too stinky! Thats cute of Archie asking where Daddy is. Briley has been a real Daddys girl lately too. She knows when she is not around. Those pies would have been hot! I am not much of a chilli person either. I will eat a curry and stuff but not if it is piping hot! I hope find a nice house in a nice suburb! Its a love hate relationship, house hunting, is'nt it!

Sheree - Great to hear that things are fine with bubby. Not so great to hear that things are good with you. Did they say that you might have issues with your cervix staying closed until the end of your pg??? I hope that they have got it wrong and you are ok. The bracelet sounds awesome. I wish Brent had of bought be something like that for xmas. Next year hey! :rolleyes: How's the weather down there??? I hear that low that hit us is on its way down there. I hope your roof is fixed before then!

Lorelle - Welcome to May Babies. I am not exactly a May Baby Buddy as Briley born in June but she was due on the 30th of May so i call here home. Happy Birthday for the other day. You sound like you had a lovely day. I love you the name Cendrine. Not a name is have heard before but its lovely.

Tania - I can't believe you are already 13 weeks. Gosh time goes quick does'nt it! That must have felt awful when you got sick. How is your blood pressure??? It might have been low that day. Its been raining cats and dogs up here while we were gone too. Lots of flooding. Our driveway is washed down onto our front patio at the moment. Not a nice look or feeling when you get mud and sand stuck all over your feet! Hope your enjoying your day off!

Christine - Don't feel bummed about your weightloss hun. At least you are there and making the effort. That is always the first step. Keep it up hun. You'll see results soon. We were able to land luckly. We had to circle the airport about 5times before we actually landed though. The cloud was really thick and low so i don't know wether that had anything to do with it. My uncle was talking to us the morning we were due to fly home and reckoned that there were thunderstorm forcast for that afternoon and we might have to be diverted to Cairns. But it never happened luckly. I just wanted to get home! A week away from home was long enough! Brents dad's chooks got flooded out big time! LOL! Stupid things!

Shazz - Congratulations on getting into your course! :clap::dance: And a scholarship aswell. You did VERY well hun. I hope i am as lucky as you. Don't hear back from UniSA about my course for a while yet i think. Defenitely don't think i'll get into BMID though. I am praying that i do! 1.5kg is good in my eyes. I don't really follow all that weight loss stuff so i am not sure if it is good techincally or not. But if i lost 1.5kgs i would be pretty happy! Don't be too hard on yourself hun.

Rachel - Not sure if we've met hun! Hi anyways. How's you litle girl going???

Leanne - Oh i am sorry you have to go back to work hun. What do you do??? I am glad that i don't have to. Not rubbing it in or anything. But when i sometimes think that we are that broke that i have to go back to work i get sad and fret cause i don't want to leave the girls. Keep your chin up hun. All you need to do is fall pregnant and work will be a distant memory! :p How is your nephew going??? I will have to head over and have a looky in the gallery at your pics of him.

Hi to everyone else. Sorry if i missed you!

This has turned into a huge post! I am going now.....

Hope you are all well....

Take Care!

sara - glad you had a great time away, we are thinking of going over to Queensland this year, just depends on finances and house selling and buying, will definately go the Wigglesworld, Archie would be in heaven! I just can't believe Colby is so old already, sitting up and talking!! I keep thinking of her as a newborn.

Sara - don't tell lachlan you guys went to Wigglesworld. Seeing as we went to the concert I thought I would save that one for next year and I think he will appreciate it more anyways. Thanx for asking that question about my cervix, you have now twigged me to ask my gyno about that. I am not sure if I will have problems with my cervix opening when it shouldn't, but the midwife told me yesterday that if I wanted to go natural this time I may have a hard time getting my cervix to dialate seeing as I have had 2 x colposcopies now. So that will again be another question I will be asking my gyno next, as I would like to make a decision if I will go natural or just have a caesar again.

Oh and forgot to say Sara, yes that low is bringing lots of rain here. I heard on the news last night it is actually a cyclone. Has rained here for over a week now apparently and everyone is really over it. Hasn't brought down the humidity any though. Still have my a/c on!!!!

Again I forgot to say, Elissa gl on finding a house within your budget, I have everything crossed for you.

Being back at work sucks.

I have day three itis. Yesterday it was day two itis. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Katy has been throwing tanties at bedtime all week and I have not been going to bed until after 11. And then up at 5;15 it's bloodie ridiculous! So needless to say no exercise of any kind this week.

Sara, I work as a legal secretary in Sydney, right in town. Takes 1 1/2 hours from door to door, with 1 hour on the train. Been there 12 years this year, and it's good money. Tiring juggling that and motherdom though.

I joined weight watchers on line on monday. I am pretty excited. Will be interesting to see if I lost or how much next Monday morning when I weigh in. I have AF coming for a visit next week, so will have to keep that in mind.

Anyways, hello to all, DH is on a late shift and I can hear quiet from Katy's room so fingers crossed she's cried herself to sleep (after 25 minutes) and I am off to the land of nod.

Oh Sara, glad you're home, was worried you wouldn't be able to get there. Darcy would be another one who's envious of Briley going to Wiggles world....although this week she only wants to watch Barney :rolleyes: Oh oh I saw you on their website!!! :D

I've had several colposcopies Sheree (I've never had a normal pap smear ever) - is that why my cervix never dilated? No-one ever mentioned that....typical.

Oooh how exciting Elissa. We're going to be doing that too when Cam gets back. I'm hoping for a couple of acres on the lake to build on, but we have to sell Sydney first.....

ETA Rach Darcy's spots went away in the first 24hours after I started the (lovely strong - thanks you first stupid doctor)Antibiotics for her raging tonsillitis. Her little personality sprang back up after the first two doses. What about Krystal?

Well Darcy's as right as rain. last night the little buggar bunged it on when I wanted her to go to sleep. She was screaming so finally I said 'Is your throat sore". "Yeesssssssssss" was the ptiful answer, so I asked her if her tummy hurt - no, arm hurt - no. So I said, fine you can have some medicine - but you're still going to sleep in your own bed...and that was that. She had her medicine and went straight to sleep.

Well AF has FINALLY arrived. Exactly one week late. Maybe it was the gastro that put it off. :dunno: Bit relieved actually. Still having the whole one child internal debate....

Yes Kim that is why the midwife said apparently it is cause the cervix is a muscle and the more colposcopies you have the less likely it will dilate properly. Dunno will ask the gyno in 2 weeks. So what did your colposcopies show? Are they low grade abnormalities??

Leanne - I would hate travelling that much to work, you must really like your job.

leane - sorry you are not enjoying being back at work, wow, 1.5 hours to get to work, you poor thing, thanks goodness its good money! Hope Katy starts getting better at going to bed, Archie has been the same the last few days again. Well done joining up to WW

kim - oh, a couple of acres on the lake sounds dreamy...hope your Sydney place sells well. i think i will be forever having the 1 child internal debate, but i am happier having the internal debate than having to deal with another pregnancy and child, and i really love the thought of us being a close, happy, well travelled, full of life experience, family of three. Great to hear AF has finally shown, i reckon your body is just telling you to slow down too, shame its not practical to slow down though

Archie has always had his special sleeping toy Tigger "gigger" since he was a tiny baby, i have 2 Tigers that i swap around so Tigger doesn't wear out as quickly, think i might get another one too (i had 3 of them but lost one at the shops once). Anyhoo, on Monday i was browsing at a baby store and there was this rack of gorgeous minky toys all different animals, Archie fell in love with a dog who he has called "woofa" and hasn't been interested in Tigger since, Tigger has been in the cupboard. Well tonight Archie screamed and screamed at bedtime, then i finally clicked, i gave him "gigger" and he gripped onto him and went straight to sleep. Poor kid has probably been stressing about 'gigger' for days!

Mum came over today and wants to have Archie stay at her place overnight, tomoorow and saturday nights! i feel quite anxious about not having him for 2 nights so close together, but i know he loves spending time at Nanna's and of course so does she so i said yes. Hopefully i can relax while he is gone and get some decent sleep this week!

Awww... poor Archie & Gigger.

Shaun is a bit obsessed with his dummy. I think it will be difficult to let go of it. But he only has it for bed time. And lately, it's been very handy because he is telling us when he's ready for bed. The latest thing is that he pulls at our legs to get us up of our couch/chair... then he pushes us towards the kitchen drawer where his dummy is kept. Last night Yariv teased him and kept walking in the wrong direction, and he was getting really angry with him. Turning him around and pushing him towards the kitchen.

I hear about all the words that your kids are saying... and I realise that Shaun is delayed in talking. But he is just starting to say words now. He reads his books and he says "ball" "duck" etc. Tonight he kept saying a word that my stepmum thought was "bugger". But nobody ever says that word. Then I realised he was saying 'ubba" which is hebrew for Daddy. He repeats quite a number of words too. But all of this has only been in the last couple of weeks. Prior to that it was just "mumma" and "dadda" when he was upset. But... he understands an aweful lot. And in two languages. The maternal nurse said that it's okay if he understands. And boys take longer to talk then girls. And particularly if they are bilingual. So I'm starting to relax. He is advanced in so many things... except speech. And I'm okay with that. He is actually going for his 18 month checkup tomorrow.

Elissa - enjoy your sleep. Great that your mum offers to take him. My stepmum/dad pick shaun up from day care twice a week and feed/bathe him. Even that's nice. Gives a chance to get some stuff done. I was able to do some ironing tonight before picking him up. I never iron when he's around. Good luck with the house hunting.

Sheree - 16 weeks! woohoo!! You must be so relieved. I'm so happy for you. Sorry I've not been on MSN much. Between MIL and Shelli... I've not been chatting to anyone.

Kim - poor little Darcy. I suffered with tonsilitus for years as a kid. Hope she doesn't get it regularly. and relief (?) about AF...

Leanne - sorry to hear about your work. 12 years is a great effort! Good on you for joining WW. I worked for WW on/off for about 8 years... as a helper at loads of different meetings.

Sara - you lucky thing... going to all the "worlds". Shaun would love to see the sesame Street one... with Elmo. He goes nuts each time he sees it on TV. Yariv can't wait for Shaun to be old enough so he can take him. I swear Yariv is just another big kid. You should have seen him at Disneyland when we went a few years ago. He would go on nearly every ride - twice!

Nat - you are doing such a great job with the Challenge! It's very popular. I reverted back to pizza tonight, and had planned to exercise... but haven't left my computer seat. Do you take vitamins? Maybe you should take a multi-vitamin to help you with the lethargy?


I just noticed something.........

Sheree... you made a post "I'm 1st"... then I did a post "I'm 2nd"......... and they are both gone!!!!
Did mods delete our posts because they weren't indepth ????????


It now has Shazz with "I'm 3rd"..........

woah!! Nat/Kathryn......... please explain...........
I thought we would be notified if our posts were deleted... for whatever reason they were deleted.

Rach: I haven’t met you either but welcome back....Krystal is so adorable!

Nat: I hope you pick up soon...Like Jodie said maybe some multi-vits will help?

Elissa: Good luck with house hunting, I loved looking for house but it got very frustrating too. Enjoy your sleep while Archie’s away.

Sara: Welcome back! I told Chris you went to Dreamworld & Seaworld and how much Briley loved it....so hopefully we will go before the baby is born! How clever is Briley with the counting?? Jayden can say 2 thats all LOL. Well done Colby sitting up all by yourself! I checked out the website, it is great! Great photo of you too! I haven’t checked my blood pressure recently my next appt is 7th Feb, your right though it was probably that. I can’t believe I am already 13wks either....and still loving it!! We haven’t had any floods but OMG has it been raining! Well done on all those personals!
Leanne: I know how you feel about work....I struggle getting up if I have to go to work but I can bounce out of bed at the same time if I’m staying at home! You will get used to it again soon enough.

Kim: Aww Darcy’s a good girl having her medicine and going to sleep! YAY for AF coming.....finally!

We had a great day yesterday (well half of it), we went to the hospital & made my 1st Ob appt for 7th Feb (still 3 wks away ), had a play in the park at the hospital and picked flowers and chased birds, went to Target to buy Jayden some clothes he doesn’t need, bought myself a pair of toning balls that I’ll probably use for a week and forget about & some colouring books, had lunch with SIL & 2 nieces, went to the furniture shop to look for a bed for Jayden, put a deposit on a red F4 car bed then went home (without doing the groceries) with a killer headache. Jayden woke up when I put him in his cot but he happily stayed there for an hour while I rested, then we went to visit Daddy at work and Jayden sat in a few of the planes and was just in awe of them. Chinese for dinner and early to bed at 8.30pm.

Well Jayden is awake, and i have to get ready for work  I know how you feel Leanne!

Elissa - poor Archie and poor Gigger hehe, ever so sweet! And yay on having a rest this weekend, if only someone would offer to take Lachlan hehe.

Jodie - don't worry about not being online much, I not much either these days. I am in bed by 9-9.30pm most days these days. Lachlan hasn't been the best with his speech, just like Shaun, but I agree he understands alot and copies lots of words I say and I can't I ask him where things are in a book and he points to them, so he is very clever all the same. I guess the speech will come. I miss chatting to you.

Tania - what a big day you and Jayden had, sounds really nice actually and you sound so happy.

We also bought Lachlan a car bed when I was in Mackay recently. Only I didn't do the red like everyone does, we actually got this smashing blue colour and it actually has rubber wheels and all. They reduced it also. I also bought a sofa bed for when both kiddies are in each bedroom and hence no room for visitors. We have been on a waiting list for a low set house for 5-6 mths now. Low sets are much bigger and it will actually have the garage built in, so then I will have an office/sofa bed room! I am sick of waiting, so I sent the mine and email yesterday to tell them of our circumstances that we are having a baby and my paperwork is tucked into the corner of our lounge room (which is so so small). We are fast running out of room in this house and it is starting to stress me out. I have even asked the furniture store to hold our items until we move as there is no use bringing it here I have no room. Also, we store so much excess stock under our house which is not closed in, we are even doing back to school packs under the house and with all this weather around it is really concerning with the moisture in the air. We check on it all the time, and all is ok so far! So as you can see, room is such an issue and as it is these houses are so so small! Hopefully they do something for us soon. I don't want to be 9 mths pregnant and moving.

Anyway I have been looking for furniture to go with the car bed. Gosh it is so hard! Any ideas what to put with it anyone?

Oh yeah what did happen to our posts!!!!!!

Just quickly here....

Jodie posts that contain nothing but reference to being first, second, third, gold, silver or bronze are deleted automatically.

There was a thread posted about it some time ago which can be found HERE.

It is similar to when we merge double/triple posts that are posted within 5 minutes of each other, instead of being edited. They are done automatically without notifying the member also.

I am babysitting today so will be back in at some point to do personals!

Well that explains it, but that is the first time that has ever happened, as we have all done that for a while now so we don't loose the thread. I have tried subscribing to the rolling threads and that has never worked for me.

Sheree I normally wait until people have posted a second time and then delete them. Sometimes that has not been till the second or third page though so it may have gone unnoticed. And others may have just been missed :redface:

jodie - How cute that Shaun pushes you into the kitchen for his dummy, Arch has 2 dummies at bedtime too, he has 1 a lot during the day, though he has pulled back a bit in the last week, im not concerned by it though, im sure he wont be wanting his dummy all day when he is 10! Sounds like Shaun's speech is perfectly on track for a bilingual child, they say that bilingual kids take longer to start talking as they have so much extra to take in but once they get going they catch up very quickly, what a smart boy knowing Dad in hebrew! tahts gret that that your Stepdad/mum help out with the feed/bathe routine, its like a holiday when Jay does it at our house, makes such a difference

tania - sounds like a very busy exciting day, its great when you get out with them and really enjoy your day together. Wow almost 2nd tri already, bub will be here before we know it! The car bed sounds awesome!

sheree - oh gosh i can't believe youa re actually trying to match furniture to the bed he he he, i don't think anything matches anything in our house, i just buy whatever is functional, so we dont have the nicest looking house, never been one to take notice of the small details like that, sometimes i wish i did, but i guess thats just me...sorry i defiantely don't have any idea what to put with the bed, GL decorating though sounds like fun! Gosh it must be stressful with so little room, fingers crossed they get you moved very soon. OMG you are nearly halfway through the pregnancy, clever woman!

Arch and i spent the morning at the playground til he chucked a tanty so i bought him home to bed. got my sisters birthday tea and karaoke tonight, should be lots of fun and laughter

Hi girls,

Just typed this massive post and i lost it.....GRRRRR

Hope you are all well...

BBL!

BTW - Could you check out my post in the General Health and Wellbeing Forum. Would appreciate any advice or comments from you guys.

For sum reason I cannot get that link Sara.

sheree - i just posted in Sara's other thread, i gather she is referring to it, it is in the general health and wellbeing section.

Yeh i am not sure why its not working Sheree. As Elissa said, its in the General Health and Wellbeing Forums.

I was invited to come along and observe the birth a few weeks ago. I just called Philippa and her client is being induced this afternoon!!!!

I guess its not the first way we would have wanted labour to start but i am still so very excited!

I will let you all know how things go!

:skips out of the forums:

Ok this is a vent from me.


Grrr.....


I wonder when we are ever going to get a break with this business.


It has been beaming down rain this afternoon with thunder and lightning. It has been raining on and off for the past 3 -4 days and miserable for the past 1.5 weeks.

We have all the back to school packs waiting under the house to be finished off (with a truck of stationery that was meant to arrive today and didn't due to the roads into here being cut). Our house is not closed in underneath hence is prone to the weather. We have over 100 back to school orders that are exposed to the weather and some stuff has been wet a little but everything is just damp from the moisture in the air. There is no room in our shop to do such a volume of picking orders, nor is there any room in our house.

I have emailed housing today and there is nothing they can do with getting us a bigger lowset house any quicker. When we moved to town we asked for a highsset with a room closed in underneath and we never got it and yet there was a house not far up the road from us that was unallocated for ages after we moved in! We pay more rent then anyone here and yet they cannot do anything for us. We are still on a waiting list and they can't give us any indication how long. I have a toddler bed and sofa bed being held in a furniture store for us as we just have no room until we move. I am having another baby for god sake, I just wish this would all sort out, but I can't see if happening before the baby is born at this rate.

They are meant to be extending our shop but with the storm we had, that has held things up for sometime.

There are alot of houses empty in town that apparently have been allocated.

It is just so frustrating.

I have had 2 restless nights worrying about this and I am going mad with worry.

I am sick of all the dramas we have had with the business and want it to all go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry just had to get that out, I could feel my blood pressure rising.

GL tonight Sara. Hope it goes well for her.

Sheree, I've been thinking about you guys the last couple of days. :hug: that is a crap situation to be in. Is there anyones door you can bang on and speak to a real person?

Wow Elissa, your mum's keen....

Nope unfortunately that is it. I actually emailed the head huncho and he passed it to the next in charge. I actually preferred to email as I can (in Wade's words) say things the wrong way, so I wanted to think about what I was going to say. Now I got that response I wish I had a few things more, like we pay more then anyone else in town - alot more - can't you do anything!!! And there have been a few extra things I have thought I too. Sometimes tactful does not work! I mean for christ sake we have $10000 worth of stationery under the house atm. I have had my cry this afternoon, feeling a bit better, but still sux all the same!

sheree ~ take a deep breathe hun it does sux and i hope some thing gets sorted out soon for you

sara - oh thats so exciting, can't wait to hear about it!

sheree - gosh, i really don't know how people do it, running their own business and starting a family, i take my hat off to you, you are an incredible hard working couple! I really wish things would just sort themselves out for you so that you can relax and enjoy a pregnancy for once. Big hugs

Change of plans, mum realised that i didn't actually oplan on going out tonight anyway so she said she'd rather just have him Sat night instead as she was gonna have to drop Arch back in the morning anyway so there wasn't much point in her having him cause he would just be sleeping there she wouldn't actually be spending any time with him. Arch had a ball at the birthday, he was the only child so had everyones attention all night and loved it of course. Didn't leave til 10pm and he was still partying on! Oh and he has started saying "uv ooo" (love you)!!! he only says it to copy when we say it to him though.

okay just quickly cause I am at work and really should not be on.

DH came home last night and said he has been offered a 'special project' through work which takes 9 months but in Perth.
WWYD? Would you move the whole family over, or would you 'depart' ways for that period of time with a few visits in between?

Sheree - quickly read through the posts. My thoughts are with you. Hope something can be sorted out for you guys soon.

Bye,.

Ooohhh... tough call Leanne....

It would have to be pretty damn good for me to do either.

Yariv & I were apart (separate countries) for 15 months while he got another visa. I saw him in the 3rd month, but didn't see him or have any computer/email contact with him for 12 months (just phone & sms). But we weren't married then...and obviously no kids.

I think it would be really hard to be apart from your DH when you have a child.
But I think it would also be really hard to pack everything up and relocate for 9 months. What about your job? What do you do with the home you are living in?

9 months could go really quickly - or really slowly. Hey... think of your pregnancy... that's about 9 months.

Can't offer you any advice. I guess it depends on what would result from it all, how much support you have at home if you don't go, what are the consequences if you do go (job/home).....


ooohhh Elissa.... I'm so happy that Archie is saying "love you". I can't wait for Shaun to say it.

Sheree... :hugs: to you. You have had such a tough year. You must be such a strong person. Any mere mortal would have gone nuts by now. Hang in there... this too will pass. I believe that you are dealt bad hands to make you strong & appreciate the good times. And I'm sure you will have good times in abundance very soon (hey - you're having another baby - that's a start!)

Leanne ~ my husband was offered a great paying job rebuilding East Timor he was supposed to be gone for 6 months he was there 3 weeks he just couldn't do it his kids are his life and couldn't cope a minute longer i think you will find the right answer when you take every thing into account including emotions. JMO single mums and mums living without their partners are just so strong and my hat off to them and only you know whether you can do it

Hi girls,

I have just pulled myself out of bed and thought i better let you all know how it went.

Ok so the night started with a Birth Buddies "late" Christmas party. The Client, who i will refer to as A, had gels inserted at around 9.30pm lastnight. Xmas party finised at around 11.30pm with still no word on wether any progress had been made on induction.

Philippa and I aggreed on going home to try and get some rest as we were'nt sure wether labour were to start tonight to tomorrow. So i went home and managed to get in a couple of hours sleep. Woke to the phone at 1.50am. It was time.

A's regular contractions started at 10.30pm and when i arrived there at 2.30am she was well and truely in the midst of transition. I was totally blown away. I guess i did'nt expect to walk in there and be confronted with transition. A was doing wonderfully.

After some very controlled pushing, a beautiful baby boy was born at 3.13am. Placenta was delivered minutes after. After much determined baby crawling, baby latched on, himself, about an hour or so after birth.

All in all, it was the most scariest, beautiful experience i have witnessed. I am truley grateful to A, her DP and ofcourse Philippa for giving me the opportunity to witness life being born.

Now i can't wait for my next one!!!

BBL for personal. My eyes are still hanging out of the my head!

Leanne, financially or professionaly is it going to benefit you?

Sara how beautiful! Wanna come to mine hehe. I am still considering it, just think I am still more for a caesar with owning a newsagency these days.

Sheree: We got the red, they had blue, pink & and different red one but they looked dodgy. The one we got has rubber wheels too. What a terrible situation to be in, i hope things pick up for you soon! I loved every minute of my day off with Jayden (until the headache of course), and very happy and surprisingly loving this pregnancy, this positive outlook on everything is working for me haha.
Nat: How was babysitting?

Elissa: How cute Archie saying “uv ooo” I’m trying to get Jayden to say it but its jsut not happening yet. A friend of mine said it was one the the best days in her life the 1st time her daughter said I love to her without being prompted.

Leanne: WOW what a decision! Like Kim said, how will you benefit if DH goes? If its financially, is it enough money for it to be worth it? Can you take unpaid leave for some of the time maybe rather than the whole 9mths?

Sara: Well done on getting through you 1st observation! Your welcome to come see mine, if you want to travel LOL I am looking forward to the birth actually....not sure i will be so positive about it in 6mths time but ATM I can’t wait!

Jayden is starting to take an interest in the baby now, he pats (more of a hit) my tummy and says “baby”, then a few days later he picked up my scan pic said “bubba” patted my tummy again then gave it a kiss and he kissed my tummy again this morning and giggled. It will be good when the baby starts kicking, Jayden will love it.

Time to go back to work again :( time goes too quickly when you don't want it too!

Tania do you know what you are putting with the car bed, furniture wise????? etc.....