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Hi All....
Oh I did a post on Sunday and lost it - it always ticks me off so I have to wait a few days and try again:lol:
We have been pretty good, had a big family do at ours on Saturday, Beau refused to sleep before they arrived so went without a nap that day, he would bawl everytime I tried and same on Sunday, he seems to be going thru a "stage", its either being swamped with cuddles and kisses by him or me being hit and him whinging! One extreme to the other! I had to climb into the kids playgym at the shopping centre on Sunday as he refused to come out and his 9yr old neice couldnt lift him out, my dress went up over my undies on the way down which was a bonus for Xmas shoppers!!!
Von - Oh lord at Natasha and the bead, glad it came out eventually! sorry you are not well. I hope your Xmas shopping went ok. I am broke now after spending way way too much.
Mel - Mmm Becca's smiles sound super cute, hope Olivia is doing better on her ABs. How is the big bed going? Hope you are getting some sleep too.
Dis - Glad you had a great time at MG, freaky how many of your group are PG again or already have two! Good on you girls! Glad bub is doing well and you wont need another episiotomy, I cant beleive you are going camping! Hope you have a comfy camp bed, I agree there is no point in trying to enforce any routines back on Ben atm - it will only go out the window anyway!
Kel - No not PG, just AF for me too - it came back fast for you! BF and everything, usually it keeps it away for a while! Your Ergo sounds fab, i will have to investigate that when we get PG:shhh: fingers crossed again, I wanted one when Beau grew out of the Bjorn - how heavy is lIl? I think B would be too heavy for the weight limit now though!!
Hey Kaz and Kris too xxx
Best go - DH is coming home early, dont want him to think I sit on the couch with my laptop and watch Oprah all day!!!!
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Hi girls, just a quick one as Buster's down for a nap and I'd like to join him!
All going well here, I'm crazy-excited about Chrissy tomorrow, it's going to be so fun and it starts tonight with Christmas Eve dinner and sleep over with the in-laws and all Ben's cousins on that side :)
Twobob has been as active as ever, but if I remember to move slowly and waddle it's not too bad. He/she needs to stay put for a week and a half more and then we'll be happy to meet him/her.
Basically, I just popped in to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, as I'll be gone all afternoon, evening, night and all day tomorrow and then Boxing Day we're packing before leaving on our camping trip on Saturday. Will be back on the 3rd, but we have a party on the 4th so who knows when I'll be online.
Hope you all stay safe and drive carefully if you're traveling. I'm sure all the kids will get spoilt beyond belief (Kris would love to see pics of your Chrissy tree with all the pressies under it!) and hopefully tantrums and meltdowns can be avoided.
Take care!
Mel
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Hi girls just a quick one to say
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I hope you all have a great day tomorrow! We are off to mums tonight for a few days over chrissy cause DH is working and I don't want to be alone at chrissy!! Plus we usually have chrissy eve at mums anyway.
I hope santa a is generous to you all!
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Hi!
Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope you have a special day with your families!!
We have a full on day tomorrow and then up the PIL for until early next week...I'm hoping to take the computer up so I can catch up with all the chatter that I've been missing...The boys are keeping me busy at the moment and Ethan is usually unsettled in the evenings thus I haven't had any time on the computer at all...(Yep..500+emails to sort through...LOL!) I'm very excited for dh to have a few weeks off now..although he's working even today on a private job...we're both looking forward to some chill out time thats for sure...
Chat soon!
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Hey all, just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope every one had a great day yesterday and to those who are going away, be safe.
Us- well xmas eve was horrible, I was in such a bad mood!!! Senario----- put Olivia in her toddler bed twice, would sleep. Eventually get her into her cot after some negotiating. thinking she was asleep, I go in to check her. I open the door and there she is looking at me with her hair and face and cot and sheets and dolls all covered in a 250gm new jar of Zinc and Caster Oil cream. It was so funny, until i had to clean it. Thats when i cracked it. It took hours and her hair is still oily.
Shes also been cracking some big tantrums over the past week and she just screams and screams and drops to the floor. Christmas day she even resorted to head butting the wall and floor. I dont know what to do with her some times. the other day she was at the shopping centre and luckily mum and my sister took her...she chucked the biggest wobbily for them. Mum said she completely understands why i cant shop with her. And shes had 8 kids and she hasnt seen anything like it!!! AAhhh. Fun fun!
Rebecca is going well, shes smiling a lot and even had a little chuckle at Olivia.
Well i should get Olivia up from her sleep. Take care Love Melissa
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Wow its super quiet in here. Last night I had a fantastc night sleep. Rebecca fed at 7pm and slept til 130am, guzzled a bottle down, then slept til 6am, another feed then is still asleep. DH got Olivia up and fed for me and I managed to sleep in til 8am:)
Rebecca is smiling heaps, she loves being tickeled on the face and upper body. Shes 6 weeks old today...how time flies!
Olivia is geting there, her tantrums have been a bit better, probably because the weather is nicer and she c an play outside all day!!!
Tomorrow I am going shopping with a girlfriend all day, so mum is coming over to help dh look after the 2 girls.
OK...Becca is waking.
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Hi Girls,
LTNC I've been so busy with work and Phoebe I've not had the time to be on. We are all good, she started walking back in August and now she is running around crazy like lol She is a real chatterbox the only time she is quiet is when she is asleep. We are spending our first week apart at the mo she is down on NSW with my parents visiting her great grandfather. It broke my heart watching the car drive off up the street with her in it.
I hope eveyone had a lovely Chrissy and Congrats to those who have had their bubs. We are thinking about TTC#2 but its just a theoretical at the mo no practical hehe lol
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Welcome back Tiffany, good to see you are well and Phoebe is fine. I know that feeling of watching the car drive off and waving see you later!!! Breaks your heart.
Both my girls are in bed, so I thought I would check to see if my baby bonus came in....aahhh no luck. Hopefully it will be there in time for shopping tomorrow! Although it has already been assigned to the house.
I found a 2 year old molar in Olivias mouth this morning:) May be an explaination for the hidious tantrums!!!!
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Hello All!!!
It feels like forever! Cant seem to find the time to get on here when DH is home - I think he makes double the work for me LOL!
We had an ok Chrissy - over 5hrs in the car (from the NSW CCoast to Blue Mountains) and told my family we WONT be doing it again! Beau was so good though - watched DVD's one way then we kept him awake at my bro's so he crashed the whole way home then went to bed normal time. We will have something at ours next year:D
Have been busy on the house and looking after B - DH is building our front fence which will be AMAZING when its done as I dont have to hawk eye Beau as much when we are out there and today we sat and watched him under the beautiful massive gum in the shade and it was lovely!
I am ovulating so we have been doing it like crazy the past few days too :clap:
Mel, I hear you with the crankiness, I am so glad DH has seen it first hand the past few days as he thinks Beau is always happy! I spied an eye tooth when we were wrestling on the grass today so maybe teeth are the culprit here too? He has had a sore red tip of his willy too - anyone know when I am supposed to start pulling it back and cleaning it? We havnt had any probs so far but this has made me wonder?
Tiffany - Nice to hear from you, I cant imagine being without Beau for a whole week! Must feel like a part of you is missing. Enjoy it though!!
Hi to everyone else big New Years kisses!!!
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Happy ovulating Jen :)
Happy new year everyone
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Jen-That was so funny about having to climb onto the playgym to get Beau even funnier about the dress going up?I don?t think I would have that problem as I rarely wear dressers?hoping that the new year brings you a BFP
Mel-How did your xmas go I have never been heavily pregnant at xmas time and I thinki would struggle if I was lol?you must have been doubly exhausted
Kel-damn that your dh had to work over xmas at least you had your mums to go to
Kristie-hope you got threw the 500 plus emails
Melissa-I really feel for you with Olivia?s tantrums?Natasha was the same when she was this age?which is why James is such a blessing lol..Tash would head bang the tiles or wall until she bruised her head or on one occasion until there was blood coming form her head she used to chuck tantrums over anything that was not going her way and did not care where we were....oh it was a tough time?.thankfully now at 4 she no longer bangs her head but still has tantrums there just easier to negotiate with?
Us-we had a good xmas..the kids got spoiled from Santa and my bank account is now at zero not so good?.James is having a nap at the moment , first time all week..everytime i tried to put him down he would just scream until I gave in and got him up..oh I hope he is not dropping his day time nap so soon?I think he is getting his 2 year old molars since I have noticed he is biting on his fingers a lot and having very smelly pooey nappies his sign of teething
Hope you all have a happy new year?OMG I can not believe it is another year gone..
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Hello girls,
I am still around, just busy!! Happy New Year to you all, I hope you all had a great time last night! I had a very average night, in bed by 10.30!
Well, we are doing ok. Liam and Lil are both well. Lily is having a tough time with bumps and bruises, she's had a serious bump on her head every day for the past week! Yesterday was by far the worst though and had ME in tears!! Poor monkey fell off the dining chair and really smacked her head on the tiles and almost broke her neck! I can still see her doing it in slow motion now...:(
She is talking non stop, and repeating everything she hears. She got fairies DVD's for christmas and all I hear all day is 'fairh fairh, fairh fairh' and she points to the DVD's on the fridge....I've watched them that many times it's not funny! I already know the songs off by heart. I put one on in the morning, and one on to cook dinner and she pretty much watches them from start to finish, when normally I put on a DVD and she watches all of about 5mins of it.
Ok gotta go....hope you're not too hung over (for those of you who can drink...)
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Kel-lol yep I know all to well how it is to watch the same dvd over and over again.....Tash got tinkerbell and i think i have watched almost 10 times already James however is not into tv although if i put the old brum episodes on he will watch that any thing with cars or dogs he is fixed...
Well I hope everyone else had a wonderful new years....I sadly stayed home and got drunk with a group of ladies from another forum..real party goer hey:lol:...although i must admit I am not a big new years celebrator....I think I will be around here a lot more now since the other forum I was with have just annoyed me for the final time..everyone here seems so much nicer and friendly anyway I should have realised that a long time a go I am just a little sad that for the past 5 years i have got to know a lot of people and have even became IRL friends with them as well...oh well will happily move onto bigger and better things..ie belly belly:p
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Dont worry Von- I went to a bbq and Olivia got ferral, so the girls and I left at 1030 without daddy. All the way home she screamed for her daddy and Becca cried all the way home too. So I had 2 screaming girls, luckily Olivia was asleep within a few mnutes of going to bed. Gave Becca a feed around 11, watched the start of fireworks on TV and was in bed about 1205!!!! Not much fun, but I didnt mind.
Olivia has been ferral again today....must be getting another molar. Rebecca has been fairly unsettled too, needing/wanting to be held and also feeding 2-3hrly. Shes 6 weeks old so must be going through a growth spurt.
Hope you are all well
Love Melissa
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Hello All and a Happy New Year!
Not much to report on the New Years festivities here either....DH and I sat in our back patio room and watched the lake and the fireworks we could see across it at 9:30 and I think we were in bed with earplugs in place by 10:30 too! We were buggered as we have been doing to fence and lots of outside work. I think new years is a bit of a palava too!
Woah Mel, that sounds a pretty horrific drive home, you sound like you handled it well though. Beau has been a little feral too like Olivia, DH is off golfing today and I think he is the worst of course - at least he went down for a nap with no tears. Sounds like Becca is definately having a growth spurt, maybe more chuckles on the other side of it?
Von - I hear you on the not dropping the day sleep, Beau has been crying more and more when I go to put him down for a nap, he had one yesterday but was up til 8:30 last night as a result! I dont understand why people in forums are rude/weird/nasty (of course not this one we are fabulous!) - I have read some things in others occasionally and wondered why people bother if they arent going to support others?
Us - Went to the chemist yesterday to get some Hydrozol for Beau's willy, it has cleared up now and not red anymore, he has had a rash around his shoulders too for a few days, little bumps, it looks like a heat rash so I am not too worried as he hasnt had a temp or anything. They have a nurse at the chemist on Thurdays so I might go see her for some willy cleaning tips!!
Ok I am laying on our daybed that I just finished painting completely veging, I am off to look at my fav home decorating blogs!:D
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Hiya,
We had a REALLY quiet new yrs too. Actually I did nothing different to any other day....in bed early, DH at work...just another day for us!
Von, you did more for New Yrs than me, LOL! Sounds like a good time to me, I owuld have liked to spend the day with freinds.
Sorry to hear you've had a falling out with the girls in the other forum. But spend more time with us here....we're a great bunch!!!! :D :D :D :p
Mel, yep I've had the both kids screaming car trip home too. It's the worst! Lucky Olivia went to bed easily for you though.
We've had unsettled days on and off here too. Liam sets Lily off and they are both feral some days. But if Lily is in a mood Liam isn't usually set off by her thankfully! Lily has been really clingy though and wants cuddles all day, which is really lovely, but I need to pay Liam attention too! I'm lucky he's pretty easy going though and is quite happy laying in the port a cot and playing with his mobile.
Jen, glad to hear Beau's woodle is ok! I'm worried about Liam's too, I never know if I wash it right, LOL! I've never had to look after a woodle before....hehehe! Lil's got a heat rash on her tummy too, I'm just putting sorbalene on it at some nappy changes and at night and using QV oil in her bath. She got the same thing last summer too and it gets worse on really hot days.
Sounds like you've been a busy girl working on your house! You deserve a rest!!
Well, we have had a quiet few days. DH is working alot lately and I have been struggling a bit with little help from him. He's off for 6 days after a night shift tonight though, so I'm hanging for a break!
Ok gotta go I think my princess is awake...hope everyone is well.
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Hey Kel thanks for the tips regarding the heat rash, I will let you know any "woodle" info when I get it! Mmm two screaming kids in a car....makes me kinda glad I dont drive:lol:
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Olivias sleeps are all over the place atm. one day she will have it the next she wont. now her night time routine is crap too. She wont sleep till about 9, but at least she sleeps til 7am. becca on the other hand is doing 2hrly feeds and i am knackered. last night she went through 6 bottles in just over 12 hrs,,,, dh is back to work tomorrow, i wish he could take more time off, its been nice having him here.
