My goodness, i just dont get time to come in here and catch up and reply anymore. Things are SO busy, and its not just cos of christmas, i think its having 6 kids Who would have guessed that would make you so busy.
Lots been going on here. Have been going to a couple of information days for Briella cos she starts kindy next year. She has to go to mainstream kindy as well as a language development centre (LDC) because of her speech delay. Lucca (7yr old DS) slipped in the shower a couple of weeks ago and snapped both his front teeth in half..................adult teeth hmmmmmm, i was not impressed. So we have been going to the dentist a few times to get them rebuilt. Its just been non stop appts for different things, ive been flat out.
I got news my mum, stepdad and his parents are coming to Perth to visit about a week ago, so i have been trying to sort things out and clean. They get here on tuesday. I havent seen them for 3 1/2 yrs.
We finally have a patio. Its very exciting for us. We built our house, so we are slowly getting things done.
Chardonnay is going well. She is the most gorgeous thing. She is full of smiles and talks to us. She loves her hands and is reaching out to touch things. Lately she has been a poo machine though.........no sooner do you change a dirty nappy then she has another one..............and in the middle of the night/early morning..............I have to get up to change those even if she stays asleep because you cant leave her sitting in it. But other than that she is a joy
Me, im still having ALOT of problems with my stomach. I am going to make an appt with a gastroenterologist tomorrow and see what can be done, because i am pretty much still on the same dose of meds i was on when i was pregnant. I am taking 60mg at the moment, i probably need 80mg to make the pain stop. I was on 80mg when i was pregnant. You are meant to be on 40mg. So the dose is very high and giving birth hasnt really improved it.
I hope you are all well and have a good christmas if i dont get back in here before then to say it because the next few weeks are flat out for me and my kids are finishing school soon.
hey Kristi. sounds hetic down your way ..
Gabriella is sick for the 1st time , she has a chest infection and is on AB for it .. she is soo phlegmy from it and it get hard for her to breathe so out come that nasal sucker thing and we have to suck alot of junk out of her nose too , i wish i could get rid of the stuff on her chest. she is so snotty and grizzly , and the poor thing is covered in mozzie bites .. our colionial doesnt have flyscreens so , and this weather is prime for mozzies ..
me , well i went sshopping yesterday and just spent .. and spent .. i bought about $400 on clothes and about $200 on DH's xmas pressie ... I also went to get my teeth whitened but i couldnt becasue im Breastfeeding .. and my tooth has broken and fallen apart so i have to go see the dentist.. since being PG my teeth have become a disaster zone , i brush 2-3 times a day(esp after lots of sugar) and they are just getting worse..I hope its not a sign of diabetes .. as poor oral health is a sign of it .. and heart disease too .. but surely im fit enough to aviod HD???
luck i just got health insurance and hosp cover , so i can get my 3 compacted wisdom teeth out and all the fillings other wise id be soooo broke ..
i thought after all the crap i miss out on and put up with looking after 2 kids (not that i mind but ykwim) that its time for me .. so the kids got nothing yesterday.. and tonight we are going to the comedy club for my birthday , we have a table of 10 booked and i cant wait !!
nix only goes to kindy on a wed and only for about 5 hrs ... but each time i mention the word "kindy" and that hes going .. he flat out tells me NO .. and gets super clingy and doesnt want to go ..
i hate hearing him sad , but im told (my friend is his carer) that hes fine (he wouldnt be going if she didnt work there) i hope it passes as i want him to go 2 days mid next year ..
Tom has just started to cry so i dont have time to reply realyy but just wanted to say Lea, that sometimes they are upset as they arent going enough. Grace was 4 and went mondays, talk to her monday night and she wanted to go again the next day, by thursday she didnt want to talk about the place and then come sunday night there would be tears....we put her in on a thursday too and WOW loved every minute of it from that day on weird i know but it worked????
havent been around much...been busy organising our trip to tassie only 6 sleeps to go and then we are away for 3 weeks im looking forward to it although im thinkin i will need a holiday when we get home! i dont think there is such a thing as a relaxing holiday when your a mum
Lucy slept for the first time unwrapped last nite!! so now ive got to go get some sleeping bags cause she kicks blankets off. she is so close to rolling and is getting so frustrated that she cant the poor luv.
Lea: i hope you had a fantastic birthday!! ive been having issues with my teeth too...thank god for insurance, its not something we budgeted for at christmas time, i had 2 off my wisdom teeth out last year and oh my it was such a relif. how is Gabriella ? i hope she is on the mend...it must be so horrible having a sick baby. Nathan hated daycare when we went for a look he screamed and screamed so i endend up putting him in family daycare while i worked when he was about two and he loved that .
Kristi: how lovely that you get to see your family after not seeing them for so long
guess what?....we are talking about trying for number 3!!!!!!
I am around, just really busy. I have been keeping up with reading posts, but just no time to respond much. My MIL is here from Qld since, until Sunday, so just entertaining her and also lots of Christmas stuff going on. It was an unexpected visit, cause her aunty passed away so she came for the funeral (don't get me started on this...none of his family have visited in 10yrs we've been together, she couldn't even come to visit for her 2 grandchildren's births, but for the funeral of a distant old aunty...who was 80!!! Grrrr!). She's staying at my mums house, LOL!
Anyway....we are well, still plodding along, Lily has another cold, I'm trying to keep Liam well, though I don't really like my chances, Lily is all over him most of the time! She loves her Li Li. No sleep in this house still, I am so tired! I just had a half hour nanna nap with Liam and the kids are still in bed, though Lily is coughing like no tomorrow, so I don't think it will be peaceful for long....so I should go and make dinner.
I hope everyone is well and has a great weekend!
hi all thanks for the advice on child care , i think i will reasses in the new year , both DH and i are getting excited about taking the kids to swimming lessons !!
Gabriella is getting over her chest infection.. but is still so fleghmy , she sleeps thorough every night but latley has been waking in a coughing fit !!
well , after chatting with my friend who has a baby girl 1 day older than Gab , her baby is over 6kgs and i had no idea what gab was . i felt bad that i havent been taking her to a chn but i dont think its necessary most times .. Gab feeds well and is happy and developing so i thougt THOUGHT she was fine ..
turns out she is still about 5.7 and apparently "below average" for her weight and weight gain .. i had a moment of panic ( but im over it now ) and i dont quite know what "below average" means for her health.. but it was scary the nurse just stared at me when she told me that .. what do i do .. i havent looked in to it or ask other q's as part of me thinks/knows shes perfectly fine , but the other half is too worried to find out ...
eeek ....
anyway .. she is soo unbelivley chatty and smiley ... sometimes she never shuts up and is soo talkative i get annoyed ( because im trying to nap .. she is such a noise machine )
Lea, I want to take Lily to swimming too, I will have to book some in the new yr. I don't know how she will go though cause she hasn't been swimming in a big pool before, because of her ear problems. But we got the all clear from the specialist a few weeks ago so I will take her now!
Glad to hear Gabriella is on the mend, poor little mite. Its so horrible when they're sick.
I wouldn't worry about her weight either. If she is happy, sleeping, pooing and weeing normally, then she is healthy, if you had no suspicions that she might have been 'underweight' before getting her weighed, then dont worry. I don't know why weight is such a big deal really. Some people are always going to bigger and smaller than average, that includes babies, it's normal!!
Well, we are all sick again...Lily is sooo generous with her germs! I have had a nanna nap with Liam this arvo cause I felt so crappy. AF is back already and today was my first day and I was just feeling soo off, and with a cold, yuck!! I still feel like I could go to bed soon too, so thats probably good, I wont be in bed at midnight, only to wake with Lil at the crack of dawn for the day tomorrow, not to mention that I'll undoubtedly be up a thousand times otherwise!
We had DH's work picnic today. It was pretty nice, a beautiful day. Though Liam got a bit sunburnt. I didn't put sunscreen on him, thinking he's too little for it (do any of you use kids sunscreen on your bubs? Lil was really sensitive to it at this age so I couldn't use it on her. I haven't tried on Liam thinking he'd be the same) and that we'd just sit in the shade. Which we did mostly, but I guess the few times he was out in the sun was enough for his delicate white white skin! Poor little monkey's head is burnt. His hair looks like a halo when he's in the light cause his head is so red, LOL! Lily had a ball and ran daddy ragged! She's sooo full on. My girlfriend said she didn't realise she was so bad until now. It was nice to be acknowledged and to have people know how much of a handful she is for me especially DH! It's so hard to run after her with Liam too now. I tell people she's 'energetic', 'busy' and 'inquisitive' (read non stop, into everything monster!!) and they're like 'oh yeah so is....' or 'Oh well she is at that age' they just don't understand!!
Anyway, I'm off, might go to bed....
Who would have guessed that would make you so busy.
im looking forward to it although im thinkin i will need a holiday when we get home! i dont think there is such a thing as a relaxing holiday when your a mum 
and today was my first day and I was just feeling soo off, and with a cold, yuck!! I still feel like I could go to bed soon too, so thats probably good, I wont be in bed at midnight, only to wake with Lil at the crack of dawn for the day tomorrow, not to mention that I'll undoubtedly be up a thousand times otherwise!
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