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Trish - that is so cute. Sounds like K has a very caring big brother. If L hurts me for some reason and I say ouch he will kiss my foot, or arm or whatever he stepped on and says "ok Mummy?" I've noticed that when M is crying that he will go over to her and try to give her cuddles or distract her with a toy too.
Nothing happening with us. Finally making some progress with unpacking boxes etc. Only taken 7 months.......
We are finally back from hossy, Looks like K has an infection. Drs aren't sure where it is but she respond well to the I.V ab's so they lets us home. Poor bubba got so sick on Monday, we got to the GP and her temp was 39.6 & she was flat out refusing any liquids. So he sent us to the hossy, once in there they tried to give her hydralyte which she just vomited up. Then the put an I.V which took 4 tries because she was so dehydrated. She's looking much happier now which is such a relief.
Maddi went of to Daycare today. I'm sad i missed it but i know she's off having a great time.
Trish what a cute story, i can't wait to M & K do stuff like that.
Ok, firstly I am going to apologise for no personals ... it takes me all of my time to get on here and I am finding it hard to keep up. Mums to 3 ... OMG, it is a lot more full on ... please tell me it settles down?
All going well here. Today was DD1's first day of kinder. It went well, she had a couple of moments where she didn't want to be there, but finally we were able to leave. We come home and slept, Bruno, Tay, Luka and I until it was time to go and pick Mia back up. Then she come home, we had lunch and all of us went back to bed again. I think we successfully slept all day and how much better do I feel.
Luka is a pretty good bubs. He feeds and sleeps and only if there is a reason has a bit of a whinge. He put on 50 grams yesterday and his jaundice levels have dropped so he is improving. He is definately not looking as yellow. He is gorgeous though and improving every day. He is feed every few hours, because the more he feeds the more the jaundice will leave his system. So we wake him to feed him until it clears up. He takes anywhere from 60 - 80 mls per feed which is really good.
Ah ... to think, this time last week we were getting ready to welcome him into the world! A week goes fast when you have a newborn.
I am off to sit in front of the tv and relax until next feed.
I promise I will start catching up with you all on a more personal basis soon! But just wanted to wish K a speedy recovery. for you and her Mo x
Trish - so glad to hear that Joel loved school, I loved the pics of him on FB in his uniform... so cute! I can't believe Alana is already moving around! Wow!
Julia - enjoy your trip home!
Mo - hope K is well and truly on the mend now, how scary for you! How did Maddi go at daycare?
Kaz - congrats again and thanks for sharing the story of Lukas arrival, it must have been a worry and then such a relief when you knew all was ok! I agree with Saffi, the pics on FB are gorgeous! Glad to hear the pelvic instability has disappeared too! Now that your no longer pregnant, does that make me next to pop? Scary!
Amber - how exciting about building our house! We built the house we are living in now and it was so good being able to pick everything exactly as you wanted!
Saffi - glad to hear you had a good birthday
AFU - Tahlia is toilet training and going quite well I think. She had childcare Tues and Wed and had no accidents all day, which I was very proud of, but this morning has poo'd and weed on the floor.
I am going ok too, cant wait for the next 12 weeks to come though! I defintely prefered being pregnant over winter than summer!
Looks like Maddi has Kodi's unknown virus, either that or it's an ear or throat infection.
Maddi is running a nice high temp, gone off her food but at least she is drinking.
Kodi is doing so much better, still only eating very small amounts but she is drinking & playing like she use to
Kellie M did really well, She cried at first but got over pretty quickly & she even made 2 friends.
Oh and she brought us home a lovely picture she drew
Kaz, hope your all doing well, saw on FB that Luka has his days & nights mixed. Hope that gets sorted for you soon & so glad he gained some weight.
What a big girl Mia is starting kinder already so happy she had a good first day.
Kellie yay for T toilet training & i agree being pregnant over winter is much better. Only good thing about summer is getting to show off your bump with singlet tops.
Mo - oh no, hope M recovers quickly! I agree about getting to show off your bump, but on the other hand, cause its more noticeable in summer maternity clothes you get millions of the 'gee your big' and 'you sure you arent having twins' comments!
Far out Mo...hope your girls are 100% again in no time!
Just wanted to send everyone hugs! I'm going back to Singas this afternoon so I'll be able to catch up properly when I'm back in my own space....and not so tired from the constant visits, late nights and early mornings (gee maybe I should have a newborn already!)
Julia - I hope you have a good trip home! straight back at ya.
Mo - Oh dear sick again, I think you guys have been through enough. So good to hear K is out of hossy and doing a lot better, must have been a bit scarey for you having your bubba in hossy again. Hope everyone is better soon.
Kellie - Thats great T had two days in day care with no accedents! The hardest part with Tiera was when she was playing, she didn't want to stop to go to the toilet. Tiera had been in underwear for two weeks before christmas, but on Christmas day I had her in pull ups which was lucky cuz once she got busy she didn't bother with going to the toilet! It didn't bother me at all cuz I knew the next day we'd e back on track. She's really good now though, barely even any accdents. I'm with you on the winter preg thing, but good thing about being preg in summer is all the gorgeous dresses, I live in dresses now! Not long now hun and you'll get to meet your little creation.
Kazaraz - Congrats on your little man! I know I'm late, but better late than never hey?! Great to hear he's doing so well and settling into the family nicely.
Amber - Hope DH is feeling better.
Hope everyone I've missed is doing well.
Not a lot to report here. Tiera is non stop talking! I had to do my groseries this morning and she drove me bonkers with the mummy this and mummy that. I just had to bribe her to be quiet, just for 30 secs! I LOVE that she is talking so well and we have proper conversations now, I just wish sometimes there was a awitch, but my mum has always said that about me so no guessing where she gets in from!!!!
Mo - so sorry to hear that your girls are sick. Hopefully they will get better soon. Julia - safe travels. Tiff - Miss T is growing up way too fast.
Hi to everyone else.
Can you believe it, Imogen is 6 months old today. I seriously don't know where the last 6 months have gone. Only have 2 months left of Mat Leave before I have to go back to work Found out yesterday that L's daycare have a spot for her which I am sooooo happy about. The bad news is that it starts in early March which means I will have a month at home by myself. Mmm, maybe that isn't so bad. DH is thinking of taking a few weeks off to spend at home with me.
As for TT its one step forward 2 back with L. He spends most of the day at daycare dry and going to the toilet and doing his business with only the occasional accident. But at home we can't get him onto the toilet. I have tried the reward thing, reading a book to him while he sits on the loo, asking him all the time if he needs to go etc. We have a seat insert so I am wondering if he doesn't like that. They have kid size loos at daycare so wondering if our normal size loo is putting him off??? Thoughts??? Don't like the idea of a potty that needs to be cleaned separately.
Another weird thing, L must have his shorts and shoes on. Yesterday I took his shorts off to change his nappy and then put him to bed in just his shirt and nappy. He came out and insisted that I put his shorts and shoes back on. The daycare staff have also commented about this. Not sure what to make of this.
Anyway, sounds like DH has managed to get M to sleep so might venture back upstairs. Have a good weekend everyone.
Saffi - I found with T at first I had to leave her out of a nappy, no undies, just a bare bum (although she can't dress herself like your little man!) and she would go to the potty (I know you didn't want to hear that), as I just think even with the little seat ontop of the toilet seat , the toilet was just too big and daunting for her. I just left the potty near where she was playing and she'd just take herself then tell me when she was done, after a few days of that she'd say 'mummy wee' as she was running to the potty, then after a couple of weeks of bare bum undies were easy. She will now go to the big toilet with no probs at all, it was only those first few weeks she didn't like it. I find cleaning out the potty only take a few secs (although I only have 1 littly on my hands), I tip it into the toilet, rinse it out, wipe it out with toilet paper then give it a spray with Glen20. All the little kiddlings are different, but thats what worked with us. I just thought it was worth mentioning. GL with it all, I'm sure he's not far off if he's doing so well at DC.
My goodness 6 months has gone super fast! Wowee, sounds like a nice idea DH having time off when she starts DC, it's lovely having grown up time.
I think Miss T maybe a little confused! She seems to think I have milk in my belly along with the bubby. She has been telling my to give her babies milk, then pulling up my shirt and patting my belly saying 'milk mummy bubby need milk'. I did tell her the other day that mummies boobies will make milk when bub comes out, but then she wanted me to put bubby up to my boob to feed her which I must admit I wasn't really comfortable with, so I just told her that I don't have any milk just yet, so I just sat her bub on my belly and T was happy with that. Is it too confusing for her when I try to talk to her about BF??? Maybe I shouldn't be saying things like that until after bub is born and just let her keep thinking I have milk in my belly.... I know it's a strange thing to ask but I'd really like you thought ladies??? Sorry, I know its a little left of field!
Tiff - thanks for the advice re TT. I'm not in any rush to get him trained up and I figure one day it will just fall into place. At least DC is doing much of the training.
Started M on solids on the weekend. Just rice cereal at this stage. L was insisting that the RC was his so I let him have some and he hated it! LOL I'm hoping to introduce M and L to veggies and fruit at the same time. Anything she does he also has to do so I think I'm in with a good chance.
L went without a day sleep yesterday and boy did we have a grumpy toddler on our hands.
Hi Girls, I feel like I have been neglecting you .. as I normally get on to check and post on the belly buddies group to see who else has popped. We had a big run on over half of the group having our babies early and now there are just a few left who are on time or running late!
Pish - I personally would not stress too much. She is just curious and understanding it the best way she can. The things my girls come out with when I was pregnant was always surprising. She us pretty switched on if she can relate to her doll going on your breast like a baby would. I think that is great for a 2 year old. It sounds like you are handling it well by explaining that your milk won't be there until after bubs is born. If you tell her it is just for your special baby, that might help as well if you are feeling uncomfortable with her wanting you to breastfeed her bubby! Hope that makes you feel a bit better x
Saffi - I can't believe your little girl is 6 months already. They grow so quickly! As for toilet training, you are at least doing better than me with Tay. She has no idea. We take her nappy off and she is happy to sit on the potty, but wees as soon as she is off. I guess some kids just take longer, so I will give her a break and try again a bit later. She might get the concept of it then!
Julia - How are you settling back into life in Singapore? I am finding it so much easier to leave and be away from my family than I ever have. Maybe it is because we are so busy with the kids etc now and life is settled for us in Melbourne. How are you coping?
Mo - How are your girls going? You have been in my thoughts!
Kellie - I forgot to say thanks for doing my BA. How are you travelling with your pregnancy? Your time will be here before you know it! Big tip, cover the willy ... never forget to cover the willy! I have been squirted so many times, so hard to get used to!
Amber - We love the name Luka and we considered having it for a girl as well, but using a C so it would be Luca. But we had Kirby Addison picked out for another girl, we loved the name Kirby. Luka was our boys name since we were pregnant with Mia. We did have Kynan for our middle name back then though.
Trish - How is life with having a big school boy? I bet you don't know yourself with the two kids home now during the day. It is amazing how the flow of the day changes when you take one of the children out of the equation. We are finding Tay so different when Mia is at kindy. She acts like the big girl of the house, chat more, is super cute and so well behaved.
to everyone I have missed.
Life is a bit busy. Three kids is pretty full on, but I think it has more to do with having a newborn again. They take more planning and time, where as we can just put the girls in the car and go without packing a million and one things. Luka has been great though, he has two 5 hour blocks between feeds last night. I am waiting for the maternal health nurse to visit, as I am hoping that is not too much at this age? It is easy to forget what the girls were like at this stage.
We had some pics done with Sam from BB on Sunday. She has sent a few through for us to have a look at and they are so cute. I have asked her permission to put them on facebook so you can all check them out. So will post them when and if its ok with her!
Saffi - It will fall into place when he's 100% ready! Wow up to solids already dear oh dear where has that 6 months gone?! Hope she enjoys her vegies!
Kaz - Thanks for your advise, I'll definately be telling her the milk is for the 'special baby', that might help her understand a little more. It is amazing how much they get out of what you say at this age, thats for sure! I can only imagine how busy life is with 3 littlies! It's great you've got such a good baby on your hands and you're able to get a bit of sleep at night, I'd think things would be a lot harder if you had a non sleeper!
Nothing to report here. Hope eveyone is happy and well.
Pish - having a settled baby this time around and a very supportive husband has been a godsend. I am really really lucky. Still amazed at how much you continue learning even third time around. I love it though, very happy and content right now!
Mo - Nope, I am getting to it. I had a quick look and seen that I can do it myself or send my details and get one done for me. What did you guys do? I am thinking email as I had a quick look and it seemed hard to make one? Any suggestions?
lol! The boys think its time to play tonght....but kids mummy wants to watch TV lol! hahaha!
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for you and her Mo x
lovely ladies!
straight back at ya.
Not long now hun and you'll get to meet your little creation.
I LOVE that she is talking so well and we have proper conversations now, I just wish sometimes there was a awitch, but my mum has always said that about me so no guessing where she gets in from!!!!
Found out yesterday that L's daycare have a spot for her which I am sooooo happy about. The bad news is that it starts in early March which means I will have a month at home by myself. Mmm, maybe that isn't so bad. DH is thinking of taking a few weeks off to spend at home with me.
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