Hi girls
hope everyone is well.
We are going for number 2 in july!!! YAY!!!
Just wanted to share...i'm just a little bit excited LOL
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Hi Everyone!
I used to be "Mum2bInNorway" but I am now "BethsMum". Sorry that I haven't posted for ages, but life has been pretty crazy what with moving back to Australia and then moving accross country from Melbourne to Perth.
Beth is going great guns. She is not yet properly crawling but is doing a sort of commando crawl where she plants both and pulls herself forward. (Think mermaid on land!) She has six teeth, with number seven on they way I think.
Lilias, Beth also doesn't BF very much. She eats three solid meals a day and has three half BF feeds and full one before bed. But I have also skipped some of these feeds as needed. She drinks water from her sippy cup and has wet nappies so I know that she is getting enough liquid. I have started skipping the bedtime feed sometimes and giving her a drink of warmed whole milk instead (so many schools of thought on this - I am going with Robin Barker!). This was in preparation for a wedding that I went to on the weekend. Was the first time that I hadn't put her to bed!
This week she has started sleeping through the night again. She was sleeping through in Melbourne but obviously got unsetteld with the move and started waking again one or two times a night. But the last few nights she has been sleeping just under 11 hours and last night we got the golden 12!!
Beth loves to screech and DH has put some vids of her on YouTube:
YouTube - 20090607 Elisabeth screach for Fiona
Congrats Tasha! We are also thinking of number two, will probably TTC from Beth's birthday.
Hope to catch up with everyone's news!
Erin
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Hi girls
hope everyone is well.
We are going for number 2 in july!!! YAY!!!
Just wanted to share...i'm just a little bit excited LOL
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You are an amazing women keeping it together so well for your family with all the moving lately. You should be very proud!
WOW Jen thats exciting!
US: Oh boy where do i start. SICKNESS is driving me insane, we have never been sick but lately is like we are never well! hooley dooley im over it. Someone said it was aclimitising (sp?) well im moving back. Also someone said its cause of the 1st year of school and Grace hasnt been in daycare! Bloody hell its going to be a long year then!
Tom is working on tooth number 4. Eating well, feeding heaps and sleep when well, SO doesnt sleep when sick! Can blame him but last night i only got to lay in bed between 12-3am...not enough let me tell you...
So there thats my whine for the day
Still not sure about number 4 baby for us... Just going to put it out of my mind for a few more months. Dont just want to have one cause i always said four and i dont not want to have another just cause we are having a run of illness.........
Hope you are all well!
hi all !!!
well im finally on a road that leading us to answers !! Gabriella is on a strictly Gluten Free diet and a rescticted Dairy Diet .. (by resticted , i mean not directly eating dairy like cheese milk or youghurt)
so its so hard to feed her foods that actually sit well with her , Beef and Lamb dont go down well so its chicken and fish all the way for her, she gets refluxy with flavourings like onion powder and celery seasoning , so i have to avoid baby food with it in it , Tomatoes are out as well as reflux gets worse and anything "burny" like sugar (but deerrr !!!! shes 10mths ,no sugar for you !!!)
so basically untill i get my head around this its a boring diet for her , at least she likes fruit coz banans and grapes is all she gets for a snack ..
but other than that our first 2 teeth have surfaced ,!!!! only just you have to look hard to see the little cut in her gums to know its a tooth , but you can see 3 others beneath the skin and it wont be long un till they are through !! so 5 teeth at once .... she can be ultra grumpy , but im surpirsed how well she is handling it ..
Last night she has a bottle of plain goats milk ( yes i know ... NO COWS dairy) and she slept until 6 am , i wasnt home so DH gave her the bollte and i forgot all about the dream feed !!
so now she is going to get a bottle each night for a bit to see if it helps her ... i bet shes hungry from the change in diet .
Her BF at night before bed is the most fussiest . so i fed her as much as i could the ofeered the bottle. at least i know she full and not going to get pain from the all the junk food ive eaten to day ...
all day has been junk food as i had a party at mine for a friend then DH was tired so he got pizza .. i feel so bad and yuk .. but it was yummy !!!!
also Gabs stood on her own for a biref second the other night , we were at PIL and all of us mucking around and Gabs leant on DH's leg then slowly stood up and let go for a few secs ... we all cheered and clapped then gabs giggled and clapped for herself , it was so cute !!!
also it may be taboo and a touchy topic for some parents BUT , Gabbi got signed up to bettina child moddlelling !!! I entered her in a comp at the shopping centre while waitng for something , and forgot all about it , then got a call asking if they could see her as they liked her "look" .. DH though it was a ploy , but as its down the road from his work , i went for the interview and they called back and accepted her !! they only take 30 kids per age per state so shes one of 30 babies ranging from 3-12 mths, her portfolio shoot is on tuesday !!!
im pretty excited !! my PIL were absolutley outraged that i would sign her up for it ... why i dont know , i think its cause my BIL tried to enter a moddelign agency and spent all this cash on pics and stuff , but never got in !! haha , hes not that handsome so i can see why
but other than that , im slowy going back towar PND again , i can feel it .. i get Seasonal affective disorder , mildly and every winter starts on a down hill slide and once the weather warms up i get better and perk up , but for now i cant treat it on my own , so back to the GP to dicuss meds ..
on the happy side i have been Breastfeeing for 10 months !!!!! double figures ...... and with all the pain i had (still have ) i cant believe were still going !!!
i just love feeding her in the early morning listening to her rythimic sucking swallowing sounds ... its comforting to me .... yay for boobies !!
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Lea, so good to hear from you, I was wondering about you today actually.
That's great to hear that Gabi is on the road to wellness. Poor little munchkin. I can't imagine how hard it is on both of you
Sorry to hear you're not feeling the best. I've been pretty down lately too, and wondering if I might have PND, or depression. Should go to the gp I guess, but I just keep putting it off and hoping things get better. They do sometimes, but I always end up feeling crappy again after a few days. Anywaaayyyy....
I'd love to enter my kids into a modellling agency, but it's too $$$ at the mo. Liam loves attention and when I get the camera out he stops and poses already!!
We are going well. Liam is still working on his teeth. I can feel the four next to the front teeth right under the gums but they just wont break through. The gums are so red and swollen and have been for about 2 weeks. Poor little man I wish they'd hurry up! Sleepless nights still here too. Lately has been pretty bad. Last night I don't even know how many times he woke and fed. He's been bfing alot lately. It must be soothing for him or something. He feeding about 5 times a day and at least 2, usually 3 times a night, or more the past week or so.
Hope everyone is well.
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Wow, where is everyone??? It's soooo quiet in here!
Well, we are going good. Liam is getting WAY TOO BIG!! It's his birthday in about 2 weeks. I can't believe he's nearly 1. It has gone so fast! Ihave no idea what to buy for him! He's very very absolutely cheeky and tries to grin his way out of things, lol! Luckily for him he's way too cute and usually gets away with stuff, hahaha! Little monkey. He's still only got 4 teeth. No matter how hard they try to pop through they just won't! He is very close to walking and tortures me daily with his antics of standing and bopping away but absolutely refusing to walk! He has taken three steps at most several times and I have no doubt that he could most likely walk if he only tried, but he very firmly plants his feet on the ground and refuses to move! I try to walk with him holding his hand and he will for a bit the makes his legs turn to jelly and flops to the ground, grinning his little head off. Hmmm, waht else is there?? He's saying a few words, mumma, bubba, dada, Dora (lol, DD is obsessed and it's all he hears from her!), dog, bye bye, ta. Sleeping is still not so great. We are waking anywhere between 2-5 times a night. He feeds up to that often too. I am trying not to feed him at all over night. We are still co sleeping, but that will be changing when DH and I have time off in August together and we will be tackling the cosleeping. We are still bfing, (Yay, we made a year...well almost!) he's having at least 4 feeds a day/night, usually 5-6 though. (Is that too much??)
Ok that's all I can think of to natter on about. I would love to hear from you girls!! Where are you all?? Our thread is soooooo QUIET! Cmon, get chatting!
Hope all is well
Hey Kell!!!
gabbi is the same with waking a feeding , but can go a day with 2 feeds some days ..
I can not believe they are almost 1 !!! its crazy ..
Gabbi is so cute bopping along to the cartoons and music and loves playing on the floor , she'll make you get down on the floor then act like shes playing dead until you come closer then she crawl away really really fast lol ... not really any words yet , but she is such an exploer and i often have to go looking for her in randome places like the linen cupborad or out the cat door
planning her party atm and ive decided pink bowls and plates will have food she can eat and green she cant . it will help guests out if they hand her food.
still battling with dairy and gluten , occaisionally i give her youghurt to see what happens and she will get really constipated so i have to stay off it , and same with gluten , i just havent tried , all her food is GF and she hasnt vomited or had bad wind for about a month now , so im glad its helping .
gabbi has 5 teeth now 4 at the top and one lone one on the bottom , still as petite as always and is about 8.3 as of a few days ago . my little pocket rocket !!!
her hair has these cute curls so i can wait for her hair to get long , so i can put bows in it for my veiwing pleasure .... im so girly poor gabbi is going to cop it wether she likes it or not
as for us .. well nixon is a bully and just made her cryalways doing that .. peeves me off ... but i guess thats normal ..
DH and I bought a business , a mechanics workshop in albion and we've just had our first weeks trade .. its so busy but great for the bank balance lol ! but it means we have to move .. i love it in this house and we've only been here 5 mths , finding a place in bris is goign to be soo stress ful , but one things certian , im paying someone to clean , moving twice in 6 mths is STRESS overload and the poor kids wont understand... were hoping to get a new townhouse in the north side ... i must have new modcons like aircon and dishwasher and new things ... otherwise im not moving !!!
and the next house we move into after this will be our own ... well that what DH promised me .... and he promised me heated floors too !!! yay ..
for gabbis bday we got her a walker thing that you push along and it turns into a ride on thing , we had one stipulation for the grandparent , that if they are buying toys : NO BATTERIES !! grrr i hate toys that need batteries .... so we stocked up on playdough and blocks for xmas and birthdays..
have a good day !!
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Yayyy, Hi Lea!!
LOL @ Gabbi's antics
Good idea with Gab's party foods. I haven't really thought about what to do with Liam's party! I want to make him a cake, but have no idea what kind. I saw a truck one somewhere, but can't remember where! And just some finger foods. I am yet to even send out invitations and his bday is on the 17th Aug!
I am glad to hear that her allergies seem to have settled mostly. It's great you have finally found out what the problem was! I'm thinking Liam is allergic, or intollerant to dairy, or at least sensitive, whatever! When he was smaller if I had any dairy it upset him tummy big time, and now if he eats much of any dairy he gets gastro and tummy pains. So I just don't give it to him. He has soy milk, soy formula when I need to (which isn't very often).
I have no idea how much Li weighs, I should weigh and measure him, it's been a while. But i would say he's probably about 9.5kg-ish. He still long and skinny. No chubba-lubba rolls on my little man, not like his sister was!
We got his hair cut for the first time about 2 weeks ago. It made him look so grown up! But his hair was in his eyes and ears and annoyed him, so we chopped it off. He looks so cute with his hair spiked up! He squirmed big time when the hairdresser got out the shears, and was trying to look at them as she was trying to cut his hair, lol! At least he didn't cry though.
Lil is ok with Liam most of the time. She tries to pick him up alot though which annoys the crap outta him! But she's mostly pretty gentle, unless he gets his handson her blankie, dummy or any of her Dora paraphenalia, then she'll turn into psyco-sissy, yelling like a banshee 'NO MINE!! DON'T TOUCH LUMMY!!!' (She calls him Lummy). We did go through a stage of her being nasty to him though, sitting on him, pushing him and smacking him alot, but she seems to be over that at the moment.
Congrats on your new business. It sounds like it's going great guns for it's first few weeks, yay!! Yuck @having to move again. I hated moving when it was just DH and I I can't imagine when we do it with the kids...ick!!
Ok gotta go and start getting ready for work. DH has taken the kids out, so I can't shower and dress in peace, yay!
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Hi All.
Sorry i've been so busy...wedding in just under 6 weeks and if anyones been catching up on my Boo Hoo posts you will know all about the dramas we've had with the stupid thing. I'm seriously at the point I don't care if no one turns up!!! Anyway.....
Also been organising Jorjas 1st b'day for tomorrow. my MIL is here from NZ this weekend so we are having Jorjas party early. Have 40something people coming and MIL is wanting to change everything....seriously....she's had her turn...let me have mine!
Lea - glad to hear your having some progress with Gabi.
Kel - Glad to hear everythings going well for you.
We are trying for number 2 ATM so hopefully will have some exciting news soon
Jorja is doing well. Trying to walk along...she pushes things and walks with them and with us holding her hands so working on it....i would love for her to talk down the isle so we'll have to wait and see.
Saying mum, dad, bub and nan and something that sounds like up. She is growing up toooo quickly!!
Work is going well...so busy atm though.
I can't think of anything else at the moment so i'll pop back later.
xxx
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Well hello there everyone,
Sorry i havent been around for so long. I asked for a two week break (felt like i was wasting far too much time on BB and FB). The two weeks off were great and proved to me that i need to find a better balance. The house was MUCH easier to maintain LOL. Then we went on a hoilday to Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays....oh my it was lovely. We went for 7nights 8days and took my parents so DH and i had a lovely amount of one on one time (get your minds out of the gutter ladies i mean dinners out!). We went for a friends wedding, DH was Bestman so we had a few jobs to do. They spent over $100,000 on the wedding, there was $20,000 worth of fireworks (7mins). It was an amazing wedding and im glad that we got to go but it was just a little over the top IYKWIM?
Me: I finished my 10week challenge with the personal trainer the day before we went on holiday. I lost a total of 11kgs with him and all up since Tom was born i have lost 26kgs. I have just started another 10weeks with the trainer and hope to lose another 14kgs and then i am all done. Bit freaked out about having another baby after all this hard work LOL.....Dumb reason not to have another tho....
DD1: Has had heaps of time off school with all the travelling we have done but is all happy to be back.
DD2: turns 3 on the 16th....Having a party for her
Tom: im in denial about him turning 1! We are having a little party for him a few nights b4, DH is going to be away on the actual dayHe loves moving his mouth but no noise comes out when i am singing to him. weight about 9-9.5kgs, long and really skinny. He walks the lounges and has walked between two lounges but only when he is distracted, when you try to make him walk he just does what liam does LOL
Lea: Glad that you are getting there with Gab, its a long road isnt it! Congrats with the business...
Kel: Thomas must still have 10feeds a day and night. maybe more! He is a bit of a snacker through the day but still wakes 2-3hrly at night for a feed. I say, its only a problem if its a problem for you. All mine have done this at this age, they get over it
Jen: woohoo baby number 2! goodluck with the wedding! Have i lost your FB details or havent you been on much lately...will have to go and have a look!
Erin: I hate playing scrabble with you LOL
Hi everyone else....
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Hi everyone, I changed my name due to people I know coming on BB & reading my posts, it's Danielle here
Tobias is having only 2-3 bottles a day, I was worried for a while because it all came about when he was sick a couple of weeks ago but the sickness has gone & he's decided to drop a feed a day & sometimes drops the bedtime one too.
He's still cruising around the furniture but not walking on his own yet, I think that's still a fair way off to be honest. He doesn't even like standing on his own without support & these days he doesn't like walking with me holding his hands either!
He's still only got the 2 teeth down the bottom at the front but he's starting to get alot better with big chunks of food. I've been putting off anything too large until he has teeth on the top to chomp the food with, but seems like I'll be waiting quite a while. DD was this slow getting her teeth aswell.
He's not really talking much, says "mama" "dada" (dada is his newest word!) "ilk" (milk) "gollygollygolly" with his dummy in his mouth "baba" & a bit of babbling... actually alot of babbling
He likes to dance now when there's music playing, especially if he sees me dancing he'll join in bopping. He's totally stopped giving kissesbut snuggles alot
I'll be going onto anti-depressants soon as I have becaome very depressed & short tempered. I've felt a little out of control with my emotions & slight depression since DS was born but have denied it & tried to get through on my own, it hasn't worked so I will be getting the medication so I can be a nice mummy & a happy person again!
Sorry for the lack of personals (none!) I just dont have the energy atm to go back & read them all to reply... sorry!
I hope everyones well. I cant believe we're all approaching the big 1 year birthday/milestone!!!
Happy birthday to all the babies incase I dont get back in here soon. Will be travelling to Sydney soon for DS's b'day & its quite hectic atm....
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Yayyyy, hi girlies!!
I am so glad that everyone is still around.
Jenn, your wedding is SOON! How exciting for you, and stressful no doubt!
I hope you had a lovely day for Jorja's birthday. I'm sure she did!
Good luck with TTC. I thought I might be pg a few days ago, lol! DH doesn't want anymore so I don't think it would have gone down very well with him! But it wasn't to be so no need to worry! Well just have to be more careful!!
Tegam, I know what you mean about having a break and having more balance. I had a break a few weeks ago and got alot done while I was at home, not online half the time! I am trying to keep the balance more and not be online while the kids are awake or if DH is home. That really leaves me with 2-3 of DH's night shifts a week and when the kids are sleeping. Plenty of time! Now just to keep it up! (I'm failing a tthe moment...but DH is occupying DD and DS is sleeping, and he was the one who turned the puter on!)
Wow @ your friends wedding it sounds so huge and extravigant! It would have been nice to go but I don't think I'd like something so big personally!
Congratulations on losing so much weight. You've done sooo well! I have been trying but I'm finding it really tough to get in the right head space to do it 100%.
I am on FB, Kellie Slade if you want to add me.
Danielle, so great to hear from you! Sorry to hear you're not feeling the best emotionally. I have been tossing up going to the Dr about my emotional state too. I just haven't plucked up the courage! Good luck with it all hun. I hope you're feeling better soon.
As for us, well, we have been ok. I have had a few mummy meltdowns. Just need time for myself I think. I have to make sure I take it, and not just wait for DH to tell me to go out. Ok gotta go.
Hi to everyone else
hey breeze! i have jsut started back on meds 10mg a day and im getting used to the side effects ... but i know my mood will stabilise soon .... i have been feeling really low and stressed to the point where i got nose bleeds ... Kel - if you need to see a doc , dont put it off ..if you feel low , its better to nip it in the bud ... i went on too long and burnt myself out ... now im paying for it !
Tegam !!! wooowwwee on the weight loss !!! your goona look amazing
night all !
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Hi girls,
Well I'm having a yuck day. Another groundhog day. Same old same old. Cook clean deal with kids....The kids are being really good, and I should be enjoying them, but I'm just so...bleugh! I'm tired have a headache and so don't have the energy for two babies today. It's a beautiful day outside too...ugh, feeling like such a lazy, bad mummy. DH is working a night shift so I'm home alone as usual.
Lea, yep I'm going to the dr on monday. I'm so over feeling like a peice of ****. I really need to fix myself and find out how to go about it.
How's the business going?
Danielle, (and Lea) I hope you're feeling a bit better this week too. I know it takes a while for meds to kick in, but I hope it's happening for you both.
Ok I'm going. Lily's asleep and Liam want to play...
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Woohoo....my baby is 1!! Where did that year go??
Hows everyone going?
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My little man turned one on Monday. I can't believe it's been a year already! We had a party for him last weekend. He had a ball! Lily loved opening all of his pressies too, lol! He's getting so big and independant. He won't let me feed him anymore and is already starting to have tantys! He's taking 4-5 steps but still prefers to crawl everywhere and is a speed demon with no fear just like his sister! He went to his first day of childcare (occaisional care for 4 hours) last week and absolutely loved it. I put him in for another day this week too. He had the time of his life!
Ok gotta go he's awake.....hope all is well for everyone and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOUR LITTLE PEOPLE!
happybirthday to all the little 1 yr olds !!! time just flies
sounds like all the babies are going great guns , Gabbi can say "daddy" and "yucky"
cant say mummy tho , sometimes , she'll say "mo" for mum , i think !
not walking or standing on her own , but nix was a late walker at 15 mths so im not holing my breath ! shes soooo fast a crawling and is such a little monkey , she tries so hard to climb things like kiddy chairs and toys , but she is so short she cant get her little legs up , lol she gets got frustrated , its so cute !
her party is on sunday and i hope this nice weather holds up ! my friend let me a jumping castle , i just know it will be a hit!!!
for her party i have made and bought most foods with natural food flavours and coulorings , i know from exp. that nixon is sensiteve to the red coulor and goes absolutley hypo when he has it , so coles sells natural food couloring so that will go in the icing of gabbis gluten free cupcakes
well im thinking about winding up on breastfeeding . gabbi has been really sick the last 3 wks and now thats shes better is really making up for lost feeds , she is constanly whinging for booby and lordy help me if i pick her up in the shower !!!!! she'll just slide around until she latches on lol !
and if im getting dressed in front of her and she can see my boobs , she will follow me around and whinge because she can see them !!! and still about 4 feeds a night , its very draining on me .
i dont want ot give up and i know gabbi is addicted but its starting to become an interupption rather than a nice feeding break , kwim ???
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Hi girls
just thought i would pop in and say a huge happy birthday to all our one year olds...how time flys when your having fun.
Lea+hope Gabby had a great party
lilias+Lucy sounds the same as Liam...has taken a few steps but knows she gets there faster crawling everyone says she is just lazy, but i just think she is smart lol
jennjorja+good luck ttc we where rapped we fell so easy after trying so long with Lucy although its still so had to belive in another 5 months Lucys going to be a big sister.
im on BB more often now ive joined a due jan2010 thread so hopefully will be chatting to youz alot more
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