Babies Born August 16th - 31st 2008

[BrightSparkles]

Hi All,
Well I hope that everyone is feeling better and everyones families are well and not sick.

Not much happening here. Been a little unwell with the most shocking headaches i've had in my life. It gets so bad I lose my balance and stumble...a little scared of holding Jorja when they are that bad in case I dropped her. These are times I wish I had family around to help out Have an appoint with the dr on thursday...hopefully nothing too serious.

Jorja is growing so quickly. She rolled on the bed this morning so i guess now I will have to watch her more carefully.
Wedding plans are going slowly, have got DF to agree to a colour theme...now in this process of working out bridesmaids, groomsmen, dresses, invites...the list goes on!! But it is Oh so exciting!!!

I've been trying to get my house cleaned up. I haven't vacummed or mopped for 2 weeks...feel like we're living in a dump but just can't get it done! I guess as long as all the washing is done and the dishes are done then the rest can wait....maybe.....

Kristi - hope the b'day party went well and everyone was well for it.

Lea - hope the reflux is settling for you.


Lucylu - I'm addicted to Home and Away LOL it was very cute Rach and Tony calling thier baby "peanut"

Well better be off. Things to do.
Talk soon.
xxx

[BrightSparkles]

Hope everyone is ok...its been so quiet in here.

Its sooo hot here and Jorja is refusing to have a sleep... i'm so tired cause shes draining me!! and the headache is worse....dr says its just a miagraine but OMG its horrible. And not having fmaily around means i really have to still do everything here...

it'll get betta i'm sure

[MrsFabuloso]

Hi all,

gosh it is quiet in here! I hope everyoen is well.

We are doing ok here. Up and down days for us. Finding it a bit hard to regulate my emotions sometimes. Especially when Lily is being monstorous. She just gets into so much mischeif no matter how interesting I try to make things!
We went to the park with BB friend today. She has a little girl almost the same age as Lily. Lil had a ball and was absolutely filthy when we got home! I had to bath her before putting her to bed for her nap! We had a picnic lunch and wandered around. The only thing was it was really hot and I was buggered when we got home. Liam and I slept for a few hours after! Lily had a good arvo nap too, and DH was home so he got her up and took her to the shops, so I got to rest, yay!

jjj, I hope your headaches get better soon. I used to get migranes too, though since having Lily I haven't had one in aaages. I was getting them once in a while before pgcy, then every month or so when I was pg with her and then after having her I haven't had any at all. I'm hoping I'm cured of them. They used to take me out for at least a whole day and then hang on for at least another day or so, though not as bad. Hope you got some rest.
LOL @ your house, mines much the same....unfortunately house work will wait for you forever!

Well, that's it, not much happening here at the mo...

[*charmalea*]

hi all ... well things are plodding along and thats about all i can say really ..
Gabs reflux was getting better (or so i thought ) but now she is back to her spewy ol self again ...

nixon is making me out of control . we wont go for a day nap , i spend about 2-3 hrs tyring to put him to sleep .. but even though he is tired he wont close his eyes !! i yell at him alot , then end up feeling like **** for doing it ...
I have trouble keeping my emotions at bay too

Gabriella is BF up to 6 hrs a day and then goes down to bed and wakes 20 mins later .. its soo hard .. as i was typing she just woke and only had been in bed for 20 mins ...

so my days are spent trying to get one or the other to sleep ... i am buggerd and compelty over it by the time dh comes home ...

poor nix was soo tired this arvo , he fell asleep in my arms at 6:20 .. so early to bed for him , but he had no dinner , it was in the oven for him , but those eyes were just so heavy ....


how are you headaches jjj ?? i am getting accupuncture for my recurrent mastits and also for a bad back and sugar cravings , and even though im still sooooo tired , i have been feeling really good from the accupuntrue .. its worth a try ... as im sick of popping pills ....

bettter go tend to my beauty ... OH , tasha : gabriella has the same suit as Lucy , she is wearing it now..its her pj's , its so cute i reckon !!

[Niamh75]

Hi All

jjj you poor thing they are the worst thing thing to have when i get them I feel like my head is going to explode, the best way I found to get rid of them is to take pain killiers as soon as you feel it starting then close all the curtains and make the room as dark as you can lie down if you can (I know hard with little ones) can you feed lieing down, Ild get snacks and juice ready for small ones so its close to hand if they ask for it so if you are lieing down you dont have to get up have the cartoons on wont do any harm for an hour. put a old cloth over your forward see if that helps even wear your sunglasses in the house.
I hope that helps, but to be honest if your still worried about them keep at your doctor (((hugs)))

lilias the heat is unreal lately my serorais has flared the worst ive ever had it on my sclap think its from constantly feeling damp Im used to the cold LOL or stress i have had a lot of that recently

*charmalea* (((hug))) hun dont feel guilty Nixion is just chaning his arm with you when he is good for you make loads of him and see how that goes. its hard work being a mam looking after a little baby and a toddler and a house at least your aware of it and can change it if your not happy but we are all guilty of that we are only human and life is hard at times how old is nixion my son is two but a very independent little lad

well we have only got internet sorted the last 3 weeks and been very busy with every thing But eireann is very good and having 4 childern for the most part is not as hard as I thought LOL
All I want to do now is lose weight my DH has lost lots lately and im doingloat od walking and feel like im puting on I hate my figure now

[*charmalea*]

Niamh , nixon is 2 aswell , just turned 2 in oct ... he is so cute and playful , i think he just loves being busy and sleep is too boring for him ... some days i dont know weather to not let him sleep or still be firm and make sure he has one ..

i dont like either of those ideas and once hes asleep he can do a day nap for 4 hrs .. by the time he falls asleep its about 2.30pm then he wakes 4.30 - 5ish and buy that time its waaaay to late for him to sleep . and night time bed time hs to be put back and its like 9pm before a blink of tiredness comes over him ( then its about 10pm when he finally sleeps ) , but if there is no day sleep , he becomes so oversensitve about anything and really cant cope ... its catch 22

i really really need to sort his sleeping out ... i hate the tought of frogmarching orders to him .. but we all need some sort of routine , even Gabriella , her day sleeps are out the window too .

so thus my house is a pigsty ... have lots to do today , i am going to clean and do the washing , then pop out to get fruit and veges then sneak alot of time in for my slef at the shops ...

i got a new phone yesterday , i got buillied by dh (ie: nerd/tech head/gadget lover) in to getting this phone called a veiwty, its a camera more then a phone , its pretty cool , the pics are awesome took some on it last night at a party .. will put them on facebook ...

but dh ignored all my insistence that all i wanted was a pov phone with the number 0-9 and the alphabet so i can call and text ... but nooooo ... i got bullied in to wasting my money on technology , where as i had plans to waste it on shoes ...

have a good day everyone !!

[Party-of-five]

hello ladies
sorry ive been a bit slack...lucy is doing great, only waking once thru the nite.
she has found her hands and omg its so cute watching her stare at them and she also figured out how to rub her eyes which she does when she is tired. i cant belive how quickly she is developing compared to nathan she is well ahead of him at the same age, some ppl say that girls develop quicker than boys...does anyone else think that??

lucys stirring so will try to get back later today...a big hello to everyone

tasha

[MrsFabuloso]

Hi all,

How are you all....how was your weekend??

Ours was fairly quiet. Just the usual stuff, grocery shopping, cleaning, bbq at a friends house. They threw DH a little birthday party for his 30th. It was sooo lovely and thoughtful. We couldn't afford to do anything much for either of our 30th birthdays (which are only about 6wks apart). So they threw him a little party. I didn't know anything about it either and we were the last ones there. They did the whole 'surprise' thing and all! He got a footy geurnsey (sp??) and a CD. I must admit I am a little jealous that he has friends that are so thoughtful. I was upset when we got home, but didn't want to spoil his night, he was so happy about it. I don't blame him! I didn't get anything special for my 30th bday (woe is me!!). Mind you I did just have a baby 10days before....
Ok enough with the poor me!
We just went out down the street to get something to make for lunch, and to get some 'aahm' (ham) for Lily. (She loves a big slice of ham, 1/2 a small tin of 4 bean mix, chopped up cucumber and 1/2 a small tin of corn for lunch). She made me so proud, going up and down the stairs by herself! She's so clever!!


Lea, I hope Gabby's reflux is settling again. Poor little monkey. And I hope Nixon is behaving for you too. It's so hard now with two when one is a mischeif maker huh? Lily is sooo mischevious and clever. She has discovered she can climb up the kitchen drawers now and gets up onto the kitchen benchtop. Although beofre she was just climbing up on the dining chairs to get to whatever she wanted. And she know if she waits til I'm feeding Liam, she can do almost anything she wants to cause I won't get up everytime unless she's doing/got something dangerous...
I figured out why my emotions have been sooo out of control too, AF came to visit the other day. I was so hoping it would take longer than this before it came back, though I have been af free for 12mths now....

Niamh, ugh, sorry to hear you've had psoriasis. A friend of mine gets it. It's not nice, especially in the humidity, and nope, stress wouldn't help it either! I hope it's calmed down a bit.
I hear you on losing weight. I just can't seem to do it. I think it's stress. (Stress sucks! It's amazing what it does to your body!) At least with your DH having lost weight, he would be supportive. Half my problem is that DH doesn't help, buying me pastries and stuff for breaky!! Very thoughtful in one way, but not helpful!

Tasha, lucky you only waking once a night. We're waking two or usually three times. He cluster feeds early in the morning, having 2 feeds between about 2-5 then another one at about 6, another at 7.30ish. Which is usually ok cause Lily is awake at 5-5.30ish anyway. Then there's Lily whos awake anywhere from only once to about 5 times on a bad night (like last night!), so we don't see much sleep round here...and I luuuurrrve my sleep, I miss my sleep
I have heard alot of people say girls are quicker than boys, but Liam seems to be about the same as Lil to me at the moment, he's rolling and chatting to himself like she was at this age. She was noisier, but I think that's more a temperament thing, he's more placid than she was. So I don't know if it's true or not...well not in our house yet anyhow!

Anyway, that's it. I hope everyone is well, and hello to those of you I have missed!

[BrightSparkles]

OMG...sooo excited Jorja rolled over for the first time today. All that encouraging has done something. She also started to giggle yesterday while we were playing peek a boo and "super Jorja"

Lilias - hope you had an awesome birthday with your family anyway, even if you couldn't do much. I sooo hear you on the expenses side, my df b'day and mine are 5 days apart!

Tasha - great that Lucy is sleeping well. I just need Jorja to start doing it now! LOL

I should get back to the cleaning so i'll chat with everyone soon. Take Care
Jen xx

[*charmalea*]

how can one lose weight (diet plan ) while BF ??? I need to shed the wobblies all over .. im sick of muffin top ..

Me ... ive hurt my arm , i dont know how but its constanly aching .. i cant lift Gabriella and she is only 5.5 kgs .. i have realised i cant wear her in a pouch or sling as its a huge mastits trigger...

I dont know why , but i have no energy .. i just bludged on the couch all day to day and got both kids to nap and i woke about 3.30 when i got a parcel at my door , it woke nix too ...

Gabriella is still the same ol' .... Im not sure if she can roll yet she hates being on the floor or doesnt like to play for very long ... but im pretty sure she can as a few times she has been on her back or tummy when i didnt put her like that ... she is also sooo srtong hold her head up and looks around alot .. she is very "alert" and is a sticky beak ... i love watchig her watch her stripy socks or batting at toys in her rocker !!

nixon is ok .. has a fever (but you wouldnt know it ... ) it was 38.5 and now its come down .. i really think it might be his teeth as his breath is stinky too .. you know that teething smell ..

I am on the look out for a hammock , as i cant lift Gab now , i dont like having the rocker on the table .. its too risky . but loves being rocked to sleep .. i just need it for day sleeps so im tossing up weather to splash the cash or not ... ( im a bit skint atm !!)

any way , how about this rain eh ??? i love rainy weather but it makes my house feel damp and uncomfy ... hence why you would have found me under a blanket on the couch today ..

or does anyone have/had( older babes) a thumb sucker ?? i think i have one !!

[Party-of-five]

hi ladies
lea: ive been going to weight watchers...only lost 3.2kgs in about 10 weeks i put it on then i lose some then next week ive put it on again...its very disheartning, sorry to hear about your arm...hope its nothing serious

jjj: yay on jorja rolling...lucys never going to roll the way she is going, she hates being on her tummy

im feeling a bit dumb atm i was researching bottles because i was having trouble with lucys advent bottles leaking and i came across all the stuff about bpa?? so when i told my husband about it and mind you i was having a little panic...i went an bought bpa free bottles.lucy has taken to the new bottles well, we got mam ultrivent, they are suposed to be good for reflux

hope everyone is well
tasha

[~breeze~]

Hi everyone Its been a while since I posted in here, I've been coming in & keeping up to date but just not posting!

Lea Sorry to hear about your arm, I hope it heals soon! I saw somewhere in a post that someone recently picked up a hammock off ebay for $50... maybe have a look on there. Of course you have to be lucky to get one in your area in the first place (unless you're happy to pay postage)

Lucylu Yes I've heard that about the bottles too. Not sure if DS's has it or not () I was going to buy all glass bottles at one stage but just dont have the money atm. We only heat the bottles in hot water not in microwave which is supposed to be better.

jjj woohoo for jorja rolling! Tobias hasn't rolled since that first time weeks ago that DH saw (I didnt even see it so not sure if it ACTUALLY happened lmao) He rolls onto his side but thats it that I've seen so far!

Kellie I saw your other post about the fire.... alot of excitement & also so scary!! So cute about Lily walking up the stairs.... its nice being a parent isn't it.... so proud

niamh I hear you on the weight! I HATE my figure too, especially my boobs Good luck with losing yours

Me Things as far as the kids go are fantastic atm. Tobias has been sleeping through the night really well the past week 12-13 hours, he's always been a good sleeper sleeping between 8 & 11 hours before then but its so nice going to bed knowing I shouldn't have to get up before a reasonable hour. I feel guilty talking about it in here as I know some of you are still having probs but I hope we're all sleeping through soon!
He's feeding well, he has about 5 bottles a day & seems to have got his day sleeps sorted out now. He was going through a stage of not settling through the day but now he has his play in his bouncer with his toys after a feed then gives a little whinge when hes ready for bed, so I change his nappy & he goes to bed. Even if he doesnt want to sleep straight away he lays in there looking at his mobile or in his little mirror on the side of the cot sometimes having a little chat LOL What a relief!
They had a photo taken with santa (in my gallery), Brianna was so excited to see Santa she went all shy when she approached him & had a nervous little smile on her face, it was soooo cute! She introduced Tobias to Santa & asked for an Elmo live. It was really sweet because Santa told her that he enjoyed the biscuits she left out last year with the glass of milk & Brianna was impressed that he remembered "her house" hehehehe Christmas is getting better with every passing year with Brianna, so much fun!

Well I better be off now, I hope you're all well

[Tegam]

Hello ladies,
boy that took awhile to catch up on everything.....LOL

Everyone sounds well, mostly.

Lea your poor arm, i pulled my arm holding Tom too much and it killed to even breathe but it only took 12hrs to feel better, i hope you get better soon.

Danielle, go the kids sleep, Tom sleeps 9hrs a night most nights nice, if only evie would LOL.

Kell, whats this about a fire?? Clever Lil for walking the stairs for you

JJJ; clever girl for rolling, i have been stopping Tom the past few days so he can do it for the first time when DH is home to see !

Niamh: WW is slow but it does work in the long run....stick with it

US; well Grace did her first dancing concert the other day...talk about pride, it was one of the best days of my life. She wasnt scared and remembered all the steps, she got a trophy at the end, she was one of four to get one out of 100 or so kids. Now they want her to do 4 classes next year in tap, jazz, ballet and eisteddfod (sp?) for the under 6 and under 8.....i am a bit suprised as she wont be 5yrs til end of april....its her first year of school next year so i worry that it will be too much, but then again she loved the stage and if you are good at something and are having fun why not.......i dont really like jazz either as it can almost always be too sexy for little girls (or that is what i think)...

Eve is normal evie, VERY two and still not sleeping great but that will end sometime, last night was great but that was because she went to sleep in my bed (naughty naughty LOL)

Thomas man is wonderful, sleeps well, feeds well and is now starting to play, so cute. Like i said i am not letting him roll as i want DH to be able to see it,

Me: I joined the gym this morning so ill see how that goes, with WW too im hoping to get there.... DH 30th yesterday so loads of people up, had a wonderful dinner out YUM and then went to a wedding....not much sleep this weekend but for grown up reasons - so much more fun

Sorry its been so long i do try to drop in and read how everyone is doing, but if i have a long time i just want to be sewing

Thanks for the sms lea

[Tegam]

forgot to say holy cow my little man is three months this week!

also are you proud of me, its only taken three months to do a new ticker..... now if only i could send my thank you cards out,,,,,,,,,,

[~breeze~]

forgot to say holy cow my little man is three months this week!

also are you proud of me, its only taken three months to do a new ticker..... now if only i could send my thank you cards out,,,,,,,,,,

lmao I only just started making my thank you cards last week, haven't finished yet haha. I thik I'll just put them inside the Christmas cards when I post those out (thank yous/ birth announcements are photo size) so you're not alone there hun!!!

I totally understand the being proud of your daughter dancing. Brianna did dance class early last year & I will be putting her back in next year. She is also doing a dance concert for kindy which I have the music to so she's shown me hehe.
Well done Grace! I bet she looked wonderful!

[*charmalea*]

our babes are growing up waaayyy too fast ... !! 3 months

hehe i put Gab in a huggies NB sposie yesterday , i had a huge backlog of washing and was helping my sis move house .. and she still fit in to them !!! i think Gab is about 5.7kgs now ... she is growing way to fast and i just want to put a stop to it !!!

i had an UCW party the other week and got all my stuff yesterday .. i had to send it all back and swap it for size 10's !! woot .. as i got all size 12s thinking thats what i usually am.. but i reallyhope i get it all back by next month .. i have DH's xmas party to go to and want to look good .. not sure if i want to co conservative ( maxi dress ) or dress my age ( 24) .. DH says i should dress like a sexy sl%t coz he still thinks im hot ... but all i see is my pouch (flabby tummy) anyways , going to the shops to escape boredom today , so ill see what i can find ...

[Tegam]

i say dress like your dh says too, its nice that he thinks your a sexy thing! go your age, so much nicer for your dh too see you as a sexy thing rather than just a housewife all the time! you will have more fun in a sexy dress too!

re the nappies, Tom is in crawler nappies (is it 5-11kgs) and they look too small! i have had to make the bumgenious bigger already too... will have to weigh soon but am thinking over 7kgs for sure

[Tegam]

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