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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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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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Hey jen- am doing shakes atm but am looking at personal trainer..... not bf,olivia wants my attention...back later
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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 :lol:
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 :lol:
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 :)
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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.....
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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! :rolleyes:
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 :D
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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.
Anyhows, time for my bed I think.
cyas
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Kaz- everything ok? Geez it must have been scary having the fires in your street.
Rebecca has a hip review, so hoping we get the all clear. She needed to have it because of Olivias hips. Bugger with Pips biting. Do you bite him back? Mum said thats what she did to us when we bit and then we stopped. It has to be a good one though! I tried it with liv but cant really do it, so now I say dont bite, just kisses...it works!!!
Well Olivia woke up at 2am ready to play, then she woke her sister. She settled by about 3am in our bed, where dh slept fine and I got constantly kicked. Needless to say, I am tired.
Ok shes pulling the chairs up to the bench to help type....
Oh and I lost another 600gms this week:)
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We had Becs ultrasound today for her hips. The left one hasnt improved, so we have to wait til next Thursday to see what they will do. I was really hoping things would be better so that she wouldnt have to go into a harness like Olivia. Am actually feeling sick about it.
I think Olivia is coming down with something too.....
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Mel, I love your ticker pic!!
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Mel - gorgeous pic!
Not the best results from the u/s.
I've bitten Pip a few times, last time I missed and gave him a blood blister (ooops) but he hasn't bitten me since. He's started biting dh instead :D
I think he's teething, he's just put his fingers into his mouth and is poking around where his molars should be.
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Thanks- I took that on my mobile, shes sitting in the dogs water bowl!! And I got the ticker from your site kel, much better than the one I was using before.
Lol Kaz at giving him a blood blister. Its hard when they go through a biting stage. I just got a wack on the head from Olivia, so I pretended to cry and she gave me kisses back. We are still teething the molars here too. Livs drooling loads and had stinky poos and wees during the past week.
I have given her too much yeast and her mouth has flared up again, so I have just given her some antihistamine, hopefully it will settle it down. Also shes been really wheezy today so I must get her to the drs. I think she has asthma and its not helping with all this smoke.
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I've been trying that too Mel, but DH refuses to so it sorta makes it redundant. *meh*
ahhhh my head aches, my back aches and i'm wrapped in a blankie. And I don't have any spare tape for Greys Anatomy or Private Practice :(
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Kaz, how scary with the fires being that close! Glad you're okay. Bummer that you're feeling so bad. Sounds like you need a break from Pip for some 'me' time. Have you got anybody that can take him for a while?
Mel, I'm sorry that Becca's scan wasn't all good news. Did you have hip probs as a littley? Is it genetic? Just curious as to why both your girls have issues. My sis had a rare hip prob when she was a pre-teen and had to have surgery, but apparantly that was a flukey one-off thing.
Love your ticker pic!
Kel, I'm sorry you're still having sleep problems :( I don't know how you keep going with everything you're doing. Sleep deprivation really screws you up - I've been in tears a few times this past week due to it, and it's only a rare thing for me.
I know what you mean about you and your DH not having 'alone' time. You've actually reminded me that I want to see if mum can look after the boys while DH and I go to the movies or something next week. At the moment we seem to be in a tag-team when we're both home...taking it in turns to sleep!
Jen, Von and Kris - hi!
Us, we've had a good night and morning :) Last night Ben went to bed no worries at 7:30. It was lucky that he did because Jared fed ALL night again until 10:30pm. Seriously, he was on one boob or the other from the time we got home from the park (yay, some outside time at last!) at about 5pm until 10:30. Take him off and he was screaming. Anyway, he finally did a huge round of ripping farts and poos at about 10pm and then went to sleep until 3am! I had the most glorious sleep! Ben slept until 7am as well - it was wonderful :)
I felt so energised this morning that we ventured out to Big W to buy some nappies. Jared in the Hug A Bub (don't know how I'd get by without that thing) and Ben walking until he popped into a trolley. All went very well. Ran into one of my SIL's and another friend while we were out too so I felt like I was actually a part of the real world. Actually, today is probably going to go down as one of the best days since Jared was born... good sleep, some outside world interaction, no tantrums (yet) and some 'me' time right now. And the weekend is upon us meaning Craig is home for the next two nights - wonderful!!!
Okay, I really should go and do the washing up - bleh!
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Welll thursday night was horrid. Pip fell asleep ... then threw up. DH & I argued over that (he'd aparently just checked him and told me to let him cry it out) but his cry was weird, and the coughing sounded chunky... vomited 3 times - once in his bed, once in our bed and then once in the clean bed.
Doc said he's got "a virus" but apparently the little mark under his nose which I thought was from him picking his nose is actually staff so we've got ointment for that.
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Hiya girls,
Wow, I've managed two posts in a week! Yay!
Mel, yeah, I like these tickers too, they're much bigger and brighter! So everyone can see my little monkeys :D
I hope R's hips turn out to be ok. I guess the positive is (I think??) thatthey don't seem to be as bad as O's were? And I hope O is better with her thrush and wheezing. All that smoke around must be awful.
Kaz, I hope you and Pip are feeling better. And that Pip has stopped biting you!! Little monster. That's actually one thing Lily never did, thank goodness! Mind you she made up for it in other ways!
Dis, yeah, I've had some pretty major meltdowns lately with the sleep deprivation. I'm really bad if I don't get enough sleep and well lately that has been alot. Because I can't sleep int he day anymore with having to work, I'm really feeling the days I get less than about 4-5 hrs! (God hasn't that changed......a few yrs ago it would hve been more like 7-8hrs!!) One day I only got 2hrs nd I hd a really bad breakdown, sobbing and teary all day. Poor DH is getting the same sleep, maybe little more, but not much. But he can cope alot better with little sleep he's more used to it from having been in the navy.
You're lucky you have someone to look after the kids. I don't, my mum won't even do it if they're sleeping! One thing I can count on is that they both sleep from bout 7-11pm. Just enough time for a nice dinner out for DH and I, but mum just won't do it...what if they wake up??? I seriously have no idea how she parented me and my bro's!
Glad to hear things are getting a bit better for you too. Things do get easier. It's so hard the first few months. I didn't really feel properly human til Liam was about 4mths! Now I feel ****ty again cause of lack of sleep!! Ugh, I can't wait til one or the other of them sleeps through the night every night!
We are doing ok. We had a great night sleep last night, Liam slept for almost 6hrs straight, and one of his teeth is through, so I'm hoping I get some time off the hourly waking for a while! Lil did pretty well too, once she came into our room, she slept 11pm til 4am straight. So I'm feeling pretty human today! Yay!! Must go and make the most of my mood, lol! Hope all are well.
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Well I wrote this huge post the other day and BB packed up, so I lost it:( Oh and I had to take my ticker off coz the picture was too big:( Never mind. It was good while it was there!!!!
I think I was talking about hips....yes, I had Hip Dysplasia when I was born, so both my girls having it has been unlucky. Its more common in first born girls (I was 2nd girl and my sister didnt get it and neither did my 6 brothers) and its also common in breech bubs and bubs with feet problems....both my girls have had feet problems (positional tallipes...Rebeccas was called something different, but hers was bad...its kind of straighter now!!!). Yeah rebeccas hips are no where near as bad as Olivias, which is good. I just hate waiting to see the specialist...joys of public system!!! Oh well thursday will come around soon enough!
kaz- hope youre feeling better soon. If you want I can look after Pip for you/
Kel- I dont know how you do it. You have been blessed with crappy sleepers. Am hoping the sleep well soon for you and can totally understand your meltdowns. I would be a basket case!!!!
Olivias been sleeping in her toddler bed the last few nights. Sometimes its great...the other times are bad. Thismorning DH and I woke up coz Rebecca was awake playing in her bassinett at 830. We were saying how good it was that Olivia had slept in, then all the sudden from the floor we heard her start talking. We didnt hear her come in!!! I checked on her after beccas last feed at 615 and she was still in her bed!!!! Must have come in and got no response from either of us and fell back asleep on the floor! Today I had to take her out for a drive to get her to have her arvo sleep...thats how I have to do it atm!!!
Ok...enough rambling!
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more fires :(
so, so tired
Woke up to find something smelling really bad. It was Pip - he had pood and it all went up his back (erk) - DH's fault as he put him in a sposie overnight.
Have you noticed our little munchkins are becoming little boys and girls instead of babies?
