Mel, Craig and I got ourselves a Wii for Christmas, aren't they fun? I'm getting a Wii Fit when I hit six weeks, if I get it before then I will use it and that's probably not a good thing so soon. I'm also joining a gym with my sister. I got fat after I gave birth to Ben - yep, put weight on AFTER I had him and I don't want to do that again.
I wonder how Kel is doing in the heat in Adelaide?
We're doing okay here. Last night was much better sleep-wise. Jared seems to have two four or five hour blocks of sleep during the night which is marvelous - when Ben sleeps too. Still having a few issues there with him going to bed and staying there all night, but last night was a vast improvement.
I've got my first MCHN visit today. I wonder if she will weigh my little chubba bubba again!
Yep Mel...I constantly have problems with the frige/freezer. Olivia is obsessed with peas and corn from the freezer so we hve had to put them up high, but now she stands there with the door open. Luckily its our new fride which has an alarm on it!!!
Good luck with the testing, must be very worrisome. (thats a word isnt it!!!)
Olivia didnt have a day sleep yesterday, so at the dinner table she was falling asleep. We got a little into her but she refused to eat so we got her a bottle of milk and put her to bed at 6pm. Well wouldnt you know it.....I got her out of bed at 730am. I was so scared she would wake up in the middle of the night. I went to bed at 10 and woke for beccas feed at 3am...back to bed by 415 (shes so fussy with her feeds atm, shes taking ages to finish), then I woke up at 730, got plenty of sleep coz I feel great!
Did I tell you I have lost 1.5kgs? I have my weigh in tomorrow, so am hoping I have lost a little more...my clothes feel looser and I dont feel like a blob! Better go, Olivia is trying to wake becca up......oh Olivia has been really hurting her sister. I think its attention seeking coz it usually happens when I say be nice to your sister, then 5 seconds later the poor little monkey is screaming. Yesterday she was really sobbing, so i got to watch Olivia closely.
G'day everybody!
Everything is going ok with us, I worked in the city on the weekend and am again on Friday, they are really long days, getting up at 4:45am and not getting home til after 7-8 o'clock, there is no way I could do it with a newborn/young baby thats for sure! The money will come in handy of course, there is a mega list for our house that we need...after all this rain the top of it is a dryer! And I have a massive drycleaning bill ($500) for my wedding dress (7yr old stains....)!!!!!!!!!!Wtf?
Beau is going great, lots of new words, he isnt at the 'parrot' stage yet though! We went to playgroup on Monday (we normally go Thursday) just to get him out of the house as we have a bit of cabin fever - He is going really well there now and not rough which makes it easier. Been feeling a bit low, I dont think the weather helps, I want to look into doing a pilates class or something, feeling a bit of a frump!
Mel, good on you on you weight loss! Been doing anything specific? Good on you having a good rest. Beau is still obsessed with the fridge so we still tie the handles off. Little Olivia is definately trying to get your attention with Becca, poor things when they will do anything for some mummy time - even if it is getting in trouble! Are you still breastfeeding Becca? I cant remember when you were going to stop - I hope her feeds speed up for you soon!
Dis - LOL at your house cleaning, isnt it the worst? You should be proud getting all of you out of the house for 9:30! Thats awesome! Good luck with Jared's test, I havnt heard of that disease either, sounds very unusual, is it? Little Ben sounds adorable reading his little book and dozing off all on his own...what a big boy! How is he coping with Jared now?
Kaz - Good to hear from you, sorry you have been unwell. Nothing too serious? I have seen the fires in the Dandenongs the last few days on the news, hope they get it out soon or you get some of our rain from up north. Hugs x
Ok, i am going to keep housecleaning while b is asleep, my brother is staying over tonight and he hasnt seen our house yet so the 'guest' rooms have to be de-junked!
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G'day everybody!
Everything is going ok with us, I worked in the city on the weekend and am again on Friday, they are really long days, getting up at 4:45am and not getting home til after 7-8 o'clock, there is no way I could do it with a newborn/young baby thats for sure! The money will come in handy of course, there is a mega list for our house that we need...after all this rain the top of it is a dryer! And I have a massive drycleaning bill ($500) for my wedding dress (7yr old stains....)!!!!!!!!!!Wtf?
Beau is going great, lots of new words, he isnt at the 'parrot' stage yet though! We went to playgroup on Monday (we normally go Thursday) just to get him out of the house as we have a bit of cabin fever - He is going really well there now and not rough which makes it easier. Been feeling a bit low, I dont think the weather helps, I want to look into doing a pilates class or something, feeling a bit of a frump!
Mel, good on you on you weight loss! Been doing anything specific? Good on you having a good rest. Beau is still obsessed with the fridge so we still tie the handles off. Little Olivia is definately trying to get your attention with Becca, poor things when they will do anything for some mummy time - even if it is getting in trouble! Are you still breastfeeding Becca? I cant remember when you were going to stop - I hope her feeds speed up for you soon!
Dis - LOL at your house cleaning, isnt it the worst? You should be proud getting all of you out of the house for 9:30! Thats awesome! Good luck with Jared's test, I havnt heard of that disease either, sounds very unusual, is it? Little Ben sounds adorable reading his little book and dozing off all on his own...what a big boy! How is he coping with Jared now?
Kaz - Good to hear from you, sorry you have been unwell. Nothing too serious? I have seen the fires in the Dandenongs the last few days on the news, hope they get it out soon or you get some of our rain from up north. Hugs x
Ok, i am going to keep housecleaning while b is asleep, my brother is staying over tonight and he hasnt seen our house yet so the 'guest' rooms have to be de-junked!
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Mel, well done on the weight loss! As soon as I get the all clear at six weeks, I'm joining a gym with my sister. Mum is going to look after the three kids (incl my niece) while we go. I'm so excited that it's a bit sad
Jen, Ben has cabin fever, but there isn't much I can do about it. I'm thinking I might have to take him to Lollipops or one of those places soon just so he can run riot. Don't you love all the new words? Ben is at the parrot stage and he seems to know which words he really SHOULDN'T say and makes sure he repeats those ones
Maple Syrup Urine Disease is very rare. I really don't think Jared has it.
Feeling great right now. The boys each had a four hour nap today, with three hours overlapping! It means mummy got a two hour nap too
Oh I'm back. Olivia went off to bed at 630...asleep in her toddler bed by 645. No day sleep again, so am hoping that she sleeps through in her bed.
Anyway I think i was saying that i was going to do personal training, just waiting to hear from my brothers. I need to work out who will look after the girls.
Jen- holy cow on the dry cleaning bill, must have been some good stains!!! And thats a long day to work. Hope you can get some time to do something for yourself.
mel- yay on the sleep. I go to the indoor play centre at least once a week to meet up with mothers group and if I am over being inside! Olivia loves it and she usually wears herself out. With the Mayple Syrup Disorder, would J be showing symptoms now? when do you get his results back.
Hey Kaz- good to hear from you, sorry you are sick. Have you been coping with the fires near by? Its real smoky down here, but i think there are fires at Langwarrin today too.
Got Beccas ultrasound tomorrow then review next Thursday. Should go shower.....
Wow girls, I'm finding it so hard to keep up. So sorry to be neglecting you all!!
Well, I'll just start from the last few posts, I won't go all the way back to where I last posted!!
Mel, congrats on losing weight! I wish I could focus enough on losing weight! I just can't seem to do it. I am losing some, but r e a l l y s l o w l y! I guess that's a good way to do it, but it's painful! I just want it all gone. I have lost 18kg's since having Liam (wow, has it been THAT much!?!?) but I still have about that to lose still .
Oh no @ Olivia hurting Becca. Lily does sometimes too, particularly when she's tired. She lays on top of him and sits on him at any opportunity! When he's on his tummy he doesn't seem to mind, but on his tummy he cries. I don't blame him, LOL! She gave him a bit of dry nutrigrain today, eeeekkk!! He was quite happily gnawing on it when I took it off him!
Jen, so glad to hear everything is going well. Beau sounds like he's doing great! You are doing huge hours! I couldn't do that long even without kids! I don't know how you're managing without a dryer at the mo...how ridiculous is this weather????
We have serious cabin fever here too, this rain absolutely sucks! Although we need it, I really hate the rain...Lily was at SIL's today while I was at work and when I came to pick her up she refused to come with me!! Little monkey.
Mel, I hope Jared is ok with his ***** test. But as you say if he has no other symptoms, he will probably be fine. But still it's scarey. Everything is scarey when they're so little. I'm only just now starting not to absolutely fret over Lily, poor kid!
Hey you wanna come to my house to clean, I just can't get on top of it with working and studying now...the day doesn't have enough hours. I cleaned the kitchen this morning and did a load of washing and folding and its all a mess again....I cooked dinner and did another load of washing and it's all just everywhere again, it's never ending!
Four hour naps, OMG!!!! I would kill for 2 hrs!
Well as for us, we have been ok. I have been struggling a bit with everything though. Just working those three hours a day has really thrown me off. I'm struggling a bit with getting it all done.
Lil's sleeping is no better, no worse (could it get worse??). DH is now just bringing her into our room and sleeping with her, so the four of us are in there! But I like it that way sometimes. I do really miss DH in our bed though. We do struggle a bit as a couple. We have so little time just us. We argue like we never have. But it's for a short time (looking in the long term!) and it is nice to have snuggles with the kids and DH some days. I jsut don't know what to do with her! Liam is getting there with better sleeps every now and then, he's having a day or two of 1-2 wakes a night then other nights it's 3-4 times a night. What can I say...some days are better than others.
Lily has been going to occaisional care some days when I go to work. She absolutely loves it! She won't come home when Mum goes to pick her up and doesn't stop babbling when she sees me, telling me all about it! It's so cute!! Other wise she's with DH when he's in between whifts for work. Liam stays with mum on the days Lil's at CC.
Ok, that's about it, I think I've waffled on long enough
ahhh Kel, sorry to hear you're still ahving sleep issues.
Mel - becca's ultrasound?
Jen - how the heck did you do that? I just would't cope at all with that! The discipline you must have!
Kris - *hugs8
Us - little bugger's driving me batty, still biting and I'm his chief target. But he's starting to help out more with tasks, I wish DH would actually give him tasks instead of treating him like a "baby" !!!!
Fires - well yes, the Belgrave Fire on sunday just gone was in my street.
Ok - it's a miracle - I've got 3 boys asleep!!! (Louis rarely has a sleep these days!) I'll try and catch up a bit!
Kel - Glad you had a good time at Adelaide! I hope works going well! Big hugs on Lily not sleeping well...I don't blame you for being exhausted! I guess the best thing to do is just look to the future and know she wont' keep it up forever...I know it doesn't help much now but obviously she is just one of those kids that needs to have that comfort.
Bugger at your mum not wanting to help out...it's not that hard if one wakes up - or even 2 - she doesn't have to keep them in a perfect routine while your out...Have you explained to her that you really need the break?? Big hugs...
Jen - Glad you guys are well! Washing...lots of washing - about 2 loads everyday to keep up, some days 3...crazy!!!
Dylan is often grumpy after he wakes up from his sleep...especially if I take his dummy off him! Sometimes he just stays grumpy for the whole rest of the arvo and sometimes he perks up quickly - food usually does the trick most times!!
LOL on the posh and becks comment - I like it! Hehe! I do think it will be nice when they're older and don't want anything to do with mum (when I'm embarrassing) and the boys can go bush while I pamper myself at home (or a day spa??) Hmm...it's more likely that I'll be bush with them I suppose...I wouldn't want to miss out any fun! LOL!
OMG at your dry cleaning bill - thats more than my wedding dress cost - LOL!!!
A pilates class sounds like a great idea! I'm thinking of starting dance classes again (hmmm - been watching to much so you think you can dance? I think!) There's a class about 10min away and I've been thinking about it...would be great to get out and do something on my own that was exercise not work and I'm sure I'd love it!! Anyway...we'll see!
Mel - Would love to have a catch up soon! It has been far to long and I would love to meet your little princess!
Olivia sounds just gorgeous with her talking...awww. Yeah on Becca having good sleeps as well! Sounds like you're doing really well!
Yeah at losing weight! It certainly makes you feel good doesn't it! I've lost a bit but not from exercise so I still feel wobbly iykwim?? If I start exercising and toning up I'm sure I'll feel much better! Another thing to fit into the day though!!! Let me know how you got with a p/t if you get one - I'm thinking of doing that course next year as well!!
Hope Beccas hips end up being ok! How's Olivia now with her wheezing?
Disgirl - How cute Ben getting a beer for Craig!
Yep - Louis is loving kinder - he has his first full day tomorrow - 2 1/2 hours! LOL! He's very gorgeous though and misses me and the boys - the first thing he does when we pick him up is give Dylan and Ethan a cuddle!! I felt a bit emotional leaving him since I'm not even used to him being in childcare of anything but he was fine of course. They get to that stage when they're so ready to go for the stimulation that you're happy for them to go as well...I miss him when he's gone though! God knows what I'll be like when he goes to school1 LOL!
Yeah at getting up and to the hospital by 9.30am! woohoo! I still struggle to get out of the house by 9...we have playgroup at 9.30 on Thursdays and I just made 5min late last week...mind you I didn't get out of bed until 8am! LOL!
Sounds like you're doing really well - good for you!! Housework and all!! I've still got the housecleaner but we can't really justify the money anymore...It's so great to have it cleaned but looks like I'm going to have to start doing it myself again...grrr!
Hope all turns out ok with Jarred and the extra tests...
Yeah at joining the gym! Thats great you've got you mum to help out and your sister to go with!! Should keep you motivated!!
Kaz - Sorry to hear you haven't been well. How were you yesterday in the fires near Belgrave?? I'm not even sure if it's still going?? I think everyone got a big fright by that one!!
Bugger at Pips biting! I would definitely just emphasise the being gentle like Mel said. I'm sure persistance will pay off and he'll stop soon!
Aww poor bubs being so sick...hope he's all better now!
Well, where to start! It's been a few weeks! We had my Dads wedding on Black Saturday up at Yarra Junction - it was very eerie with smoke everywhere and embers falling but we managed to all have a great time. I left Ethan at my sisters house with mum though as it was just too hot for him to be out in it as you can imagine in 47 degree heat! LOL! The boys managed really well though. We were all oblivious to the tragedy that was happening at the time which was probably just as well for my Dad and his new wife! Thankfully we haven't been affected by the fires...
Yep - Louis has started kinder and has resumed swimming lessons - he's doing really well at both!
Dylan is still a cheeky monkey - has the worlds worst temper and loves to say No more than anything else. He's talking so much now and we can understand him so thats great!
Ethans well - he's settled down a lot more now and for the last 3 nights has actually gone to bed around 7pm - the first time since he arrived I think!! Last night he slept from 7pm - 7.20 am with no feeds so I've got nothing to complain about - LOL! He's very gorgeous and gives us lots of smiles!
We started playgroup last week which the boys loved! I met some really nice ladies as well and felt very welcome which was nice!
I'm well...Starting to try and get my party plan businesses up and running again...we really need the cash as even though interest rates are low we're making extra repayments - about $800 extra a month!! I'm very proud considering we're only on 1 wage at the moment but some extra cash will be great.
I've decided to study next year and do either a cert or diploma in Life Coaching. I've been looking into it heaps and I'm really excited. I also want to do my fitness certs so I can be a personal trainer...want to work with women and those with babies/kids that can come along to the exercise...it's so hard for people to get to the gym with kids and especially when you have to pay more for creche when you have more than 1 child! Then I can team it with the life coaching and provide an allround service for Mums/women to get the most out of life!!
(Sorry for the rambling - it's all in my head at the moment and I don't have time to act on any of it but am excited for it at the same time - LOL!)
Ummmm....Not much else happening really...we're heading away for our annual holiday on the weekend - a whole weekend away! LOL! Just down to a little place called Toora...nothing exciting there but I've never been and while the kids are so little there's no point doing anything too exciting! We're staying in a cabin thing in a caravan park and they have a heated indoor pool and playground and stuff - all that we need really! We're hoping ot head up to QLD at the end of next year to go to wiggles world before Louis gets to old to enjoy it!
Ok...sorry for the rambling - it probably makes no sense - it's taken me all day to type!
KRIS!!! Great to hear from you! I think it's great that you're looking into doing the life-coaching. From how you come across online, I think you will be great at it.
Isn't it great to really dig into the mortgage now? Craig and I aim to pay $20K off the principle each year and if interest rates hadn't dropped we would have struggled to make it this year with only 1.5 wages. We are going to hit a significant milestone with our mortgage this year and I think we're going to go on a holiday to celebrate
Ben's favourite word is "No" at the moment, but he says it with such a cute little accent that we normally have to stiffle giggles
Kel, I don't think I'd be able to do it right now while Jared is still so little, but I'm not far away, so maybe we should meet up and once you get to know me and feel comfortable with me, I'd be happy to take the kids to give you a break. You're nice, having dinner with your DH, if I had a few hours in the evening where the kids were asleep, I'd be asleep too
Kaz, Please stay safe with all those fires around Poor Pip, he seems to be having a rough trot with his health.
Mel, I suppose it's a good thing that they knew to look out for the girls' hips. We still haven't heard anything about MSUD and Jared so I'm guessing it's a good thing. I'll worry until the end of the week. by then I should have heard if there was a problem.
Us, we're having a great day. I took the boys to the community nurse this morning and they were both weighed. Ben's almost 13kgs - and feels it Jared is a little oompa lumpa! He is already 5.55kgs! That means he's put on almost two whole kgs in his five weeks! He's also grown 4.5cms! I guess he really likes my milk - not that I'm surprised since he was feeding so often.
We also went shopping, just me and the boys and did really well. I had Jared in the Hug A Bub and he slept the entire time. Ben was really good, so earned himself a Thomas book. The child is obsessed with Thomas. He has 15 little paperback books and carries them everywhere. He 'reads' them every day and Craig and I have to read a different one to him every night at bedtime (and I often read several throughout the day) and then he 'reads' himself off to sleep with it. It's actually really good as he will also play with the books while I'm feeding Jared which really makes it easy. He also plays his Thomas traintrack all the time. We've bought him an addition for it for his birthday so we know he'll like that.
Okay, my time is up! At least I got SOME time on here!
Disgirl - Sounds great to celebrate your mortgage success with a holiday! Good for you!! We don't have the cuteness with the word no - we have tears and screaming - he has such a bad temper. Everything is a drama with out little Dylan - LOL! He's going to be a very strongwilled little boy as he grows up - I'm actually already dreading him becoming a teenager - LOL!
Wow at Jared gaining so much weight! I think Ethan only weighted a bit more than that at his 3m check up! LOL! I think Dylans around 11kg give or take...
LOL on Ben being Thomas obsessed!! It makes it easy to buy pressies - I have no idea what to get Dylan for his b'day...the boys have everything already!! (makes me feel a bit guilty for spoiling them..oh no..hang on...I'm over it!! LOL!) I'm thinking of a cubby house and maybe some Cars - lightning mcqueen stuff...oh I don't know - there's nothing he's really into - he just likes everything!!
Hey Kristie...good to hear youre doing well. I would love to catch up and seeing youre just down the road, I have no excuses!!! Good that Ethan has settled for you too. I would love to have a P/T that I could bring my girls to. I went to the gym yesterday to find out about membership...basically it works out way to expensive with childcare on top and you are limited to going in the morning sessions. So wont be doing that. Am waiting for dh to finish making shelves forthe shed out the back and if theres enough room i might pop a little gym in there. Might cost a bit more up front but I wont have to pay childcare!
We got a trampoline for the backyard from Aldi the other day. It was on special $150 from $279. So Olivia is on it constantly and she has aslready worked out that if she drags her stool to it she can get in without my help!!!
Went back to the gp yesterday. She has oral thrush and a thrush rash around her vagina... such a well bunch we are! Shes still wheezing but I cant get the ventolin in!
Rebecca has conjunctivitis again, this time in the other eye. I am supprised Olivia hasnt got it the way she cuddles her and smothers her!
Kaz- hows the fire threat going? Hope youre ok.
Mel- good luck with Jareds results hope everything is ok. Wow at his weight gain. Becca i think is about 5.5kg at 3 month check and Olivia is 13 kgs and so tall! At least she'll be taller than me (5 foot 2). Gets it from dh whos 6foot.
Hi!
Well nothing really happening around here so I have been reading but not posting to save you all the boredom of my posts!
Beau is good, although he fell on his lip earlier on the concrete playing with the dogs, a fig and banana smoothie fixed him up! He said one of our dogs names today "Lou-Lou" and said "clothes" yesterday - as in "mummy hang out more clothes, mummy fold more clothes.." you get the idea I am sure! (specially you Kris!)
Been working loads and set up my friends gift fair last Friday, she is urging me to get some business cards made up, which I think I will do as all the magazine editors are always interested in the merchandising, I am keen to get one up here to photograph the house and get some good paying work out of it - DH is excited he might get to be a SAHD!!! No, I am keen to do some more work, so we will see....um what else? Beau had a 3hr sleep yesterday, only 1hr on Monday which was the oscars, I even ASKED him if he could have a long sleep for mummies favourite day of the year LOL!
Um the phone has just rang and Beau has just woken up so I will drop in later for personals ok?
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Hey Jen- I love your posts. I sit and read them and imagine where you live, sounds lovely. poor B hurting his lip, isnt it great how food fixes everything! Hope things work out for you on the job prospect....
I wish both my girls would go to sleep. I wanta a nanna nap today. Olivia gets me up in the morning and says wake up mummy and starts pulling my clothes out of the cupboard.
Louis had his first full day at kinder today - a whole 2 1/2 hours! Michael just picked him up and he got to have a special ride home in the ute - It's only 1km away on back roads soI thought it would be ok as a treat! Dylan was feral this morning and was in bed by 11am!! Only had an hour sleep and wouldn't have an arvo snooze so I think he's on his way to being feral again! LOL!
Mel - Thats a good idea to set up some space in your shed! I'd love to be able to to p/t at peoples homes too so they can exercise while the kids are asleep/watching tv. Also run group p/t so that it's affordable for people - all the problems I see being a mum. Could even be mothers groups at their meet ups!! Anyway...
Big hugs to the girls being unwell...the trampoline sounds great! My boys love theirs...
Jen - I agree with Mel - your posts aren't boring at all! I love reading about what you guys get up to! Poor Beau hurting his lip. Yeah at his words though!
Yeah at getting some more work potentially!!! I'm such a magazine junkie...you name it I buy it (or used to read it!) The difference is your someone that could be in a magazine and I'm the one that just admires everyone thats in them! LOL!!!
LOl at oscars being your favourite day! I didn't watch it - saw a bit of the red carpet though (the best part by far! LOL!) I'm glad Heath Ledger won..not that I've seen the movie! hehe. It's funny in the photos on the red carpet that you pick up a lot on the wrinkles etc on the actors since it's in the daytime...I'm sure they'd hate that - they certainly have loads of make up on!!
Mel - Gosh...I can't remember what a daytime sleep feels like! LOL! Hope you get one soon!
Better go and get some stuff done - the house looks like a bombs hit it...we have now cancelled our cleaner - boohoo...Can't justify the money any longer...not sure when i'll have time to clean it though...LOl!
and I don't want to do that again.
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