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Hi girls,
I am back! No time for personals or to catch up with posts. We had a godd time in Adelaide, though the weather was extreme, 46 degrees the first day we got there! Due to the weather we couldn't really do what we really wanted to, but had a good time anyway.
Liam is sitting and doing a catterpillar crawly thing, so cute! i start work this arvo, I'm excited, nervous and worried about leaving my little man for 4hours! I have never left him more than about an hour! And I only managed to express half a bottle.... Oh well, it's ONLY 4 hours....eek, my baby! Ok gotta go, hope every one is well!
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Hi girls, good to see everyone is well :)
Can you believe our babies are approaching 6 months old!!! How much fun are they now though :)
Milly I love the pics of Grace in her uniform, you have beautiful children! That is absolutely gorgeous about her falling asleep, I can picture her with all the other kids running around hehe No I didnt watch the tennis, I dont understand the rules so its boring for me LOL I am happy its over now though (seems like it was one the whole day & night!!!)
Lea 6-7 feeds a night!?! No wonder you're exhausted!! What did you decide on doing? Did Gabby go into her own room? I hope you're getting more sleep!
Mel Thats great about your cycle! When are you thinking of trying for baby #2? Very exciting!
Jenni Hows the bleeding going? I hope the medication managed to stop it!! So glad Jorja enjoys daycare, it would be awful if you had to leave her there & she was crying everytime you left her & picked her up! I'd probably postpone the honeymoon 2 weeks aswell, also because where ever you decide to go chances are if you go in the school holidays it will be swarming with kids, go out of school holidays & it wont be so busy.. JMO. How exciting organising your wedding! I remember organising mine, we're coming up to 8 years marriage in March! :o
Kellie I hope you're having a nice time in Adelaide, I bet its hot though. Looking forward to seeing pics when you get home!
AFM Tobias is making it clear to everyone that I'm his favourite person which of course makes me feel very special :) He just stares at me & when I make eye contact I get a massive smile or he jumps around throwing his arms in excitement & giggling. When someone else is holding him he stretches his neck to see me! It's really cute.
We're going to the Gold Coast for 2 weeks in March & I cant wait. We were going to stay at a hotel in a resort room, so the 4 of us would be in one room with no kitchen etc. I was able to convince DH to change hotels & we managed to get into a 4 star hotel in a 2 bedroom appt saving us $800 on accommodation from where we were originally booked into!!!!
Brianna starts her Jazz dance lessons tomorrow, I'll take some pics :)
I hope everyone is well & surviving the heat (& the floods for anyone in QLD?) My parents, sister & brother & their families live in Townsville & are really flooded!
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yay on the holiday Danielle! , where are you staying .. does it have kitchenette
maybe we can meet up then , a day down the coast sounds awesone to us right now :lol:
sorry i cant meet up with any one in sydney unless they are will to come right in to sydney its self ... as wee are staying central , its only 500 m to china town (drool and i cant wait to eat there !!!!) and walking distance to most things .. we are going to the aquarium ( im so excited about that , im fascinated about animals !) and just doing "sydney things" , we are staying in the wyndham or sometihng ... its a 2 bedroom apt with full kitchen and a spa !!! such luxuries and i cant wait to abuse them :lol:
we leave tomorrow and the house is a mess ... nix off to kindy so i can get stuck into it when i get home ..
I brought accessorines for my phil and teds , a double sun cover and a lazy ted , i hope nix will tolerate the sun cover , im not going to let him burn while we walk around , but i think he will have other ideas , the other thinkg is a lazy ted where the toddler seat can be turned into a rocker or chair , least i will have somwhere to put gabbi..instead of on the floor the whole time !!
have a great day!!
OH milly - it was sooo nice to meet you ! Thomas is a strapping lad .. he could knock Gabbi over with an eyelash i think :lol: .. and after we left you Gabbi didnt stope screaming until about 8 pm that night ..i will never eat fruit cake and BF again .. her reflux was soo bad yesterday :(
Im sure you will be happy with the nappies !! no dodgy elastic them :lol:
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Lea, we're staying at the aegean, its about 2 blocks from Cavill Ave, its a 2 bedroom appt with a kitchen... we needed one with a kitchen as we're there for 2 weeks. PIL have a 1 bedroom appt next door to us, so they've said they're happy to babysit while we go out which will be nice, we'll put the kids to sleep & PIL will watch them for us a couple of nights :)
Would love to meet you!!! I've got a different thread organising a meetup with other locals, have a look. Then you can meet (or see again if you've already met before) other BB girls too! So far we have tiggerlinda (who will be very heavily pregnant!), Arimeh & combat Queen. I have to check the thread again, I think I saw another person coming too!
Hope everyone is well...
ETA boomba is also coming :)
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Ahhhhh i had just written a big reply post and lost it all ...... aaargh ... have to start over but now ALi is awake .....
BBL with a reply !
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Hey girls,
I'll BBL to post a longer reply...jorja is being soooo grumpy today... Her first tooth has cut through shes so miserable!
BBS
Jen xx
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oooh 1st tooth !!! wow .. they are growing way too fast .. will check out the thread one day soon , ( when i get back from sydney ..
Gabbi is starting to make "bub bub" sounds and talks alot :lol:
ta ta xx
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Hi girls,
So quiet in here!!
Well, it's been a while since I posted. Time managment has never been one of my strong points! And now I'm working and studying again, it's proving difficult to keep up with it all! Must admit not much studying or house work has been going on....I'm only working 3hrs(away for about 4) but it's still thrown our little routine out the window! Plus I'm trying to make up for the time I'm away with the kids (damn mummy guilt!). Work is ok, been a bit bored to be honest, that'll teach me to take a lesser position!
Liam is good. He is sitting and catterpillar crawling everwhere, little devil! Ihave started him on solids and he LUUURRVES it! He gets so excited seeing the spoon coming at him, lol!
Kids are good, they've both had a bit of a cold, but nothing major. Lily's sleep is out the window still. She's driving us insane. I don't know what to do. It has gotten a bit worse since I've started working too, so that makes me feel even ****tier about working. It's a double edged sword...She cried so much she spewed in her bed last night. We let her cry for 2mins then go in try to resettle her, go out, and go in after 2mins...usually she goes to sleep after 2-3 times going in, if not right away, but last night she was sooo worked up. DH got her up and she was shaking and so beside herself. He let her go to sleep on the lounge with him then put her into his bed (a mattress on the floor in our room) and she woke up. She wanted me to sleep with her so I got in with her until she went to sleep and then went to bed myself with Liam at about 8.30! I'm just so over it all and it's wearing me down.
Sorry no personals today, I have stuff to do while lil sleeps before work!
Hope everyone is well!
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Hi Girls,
I have tried for ages to get back in but never could make it through it kept saying error or something .. weird !!
Jen - yay on Jorja first tooth - which one has cut through? Just curious as it looks like Ali is cutting one of her top teeth !? Is it here to stay her tooth or still doing the dissapearing act?
Kell - wow hun you have a lot going on ... no wonder it is wearing you down ... good that Liam loves his solids and yay on the caterpillar crawling .. Ali is almost there so any tips on how to help her along !? What position do you have at work now? I truly hope Lil's sleeping settles down .. I had big problems with Ali and had a community health nurse come and do a home visit and now things are heaps better .. are you able to do that at all hun? Not sure if it is what you need but a suggestion anyway ...
Hope everyone else is doing well ...
Ali is sick at the moment she has this awful cough that my Dr has now swabbed to check it is not whooping cough - she is coughing in huge fits but the upside she is drinking heaps of water !! Poor little thing just listening to her cough big time so horrible ... her first real cold / cough ...
ANyways best go and tidy up the house whilst she is snoozing ...
xo
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OMgoodness, how quiet is it in here??? Where is everyone? You all must be a busy as me, lol!
I hardly have time to scratch myself....
Melsta, yep lots going on, it's hard to keep up. Yesterday I had a melt down cause I have had such little sleep in 3 days and HD has been working and unable to help. I will get used to it I guess though! I have to ;)
Is Ali crawling yet? It changes so quickly, they learn in a day! I usually put Liam's toys in front of him and slowly drag them away from him so he has to mose to get them, lol! He thinks its funny especially when I cheer him on.
I have though about my MCHN and Karitane/sleep school, but I just don't have the time to really do it, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I know what to expect at the moment with their sleeping and changing their routines at the moment is just too much for me, even if it would be for the better because the unknown is too much to cope with at the moment, kwim??
I hope Ali is ok now with her illness and that its not whooping cough :(
Jenn, yayyy on Jorja's first toothy pegs!! Liam is trying very hard to grow his and is letting everyone know about it!
Lea did you have fun in Sydney? If I had more time I would have loved to have met you. But it was not to be!
As for us , well, things are a bit tough for me at the mo. I am struggling with time to do everything. The house is in a constant state of semi messiness, I just can't catch up. But on the upside, Lily loves the occcaisional care centre she goes to once or twice a week and I like where I'm working! Yay!! Anyway have to go and get ready for work. I hope everyone is well.
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Hi Ladies,
Sorry i havent been in for a while...not much to say about us really!
Grace is loving school and is only sad when i wont let her go on weekends LOL, she is very tired with it all and eating like there is no tomorrow!.I cant believe how much of the day is taken up with school pick up and drop off, so annoying :) Evie is enjoying being my big girl and it is nice to get the one on one time with her. Thomas is crawling and not sitting, weird. I mean he can sit for maybe 30sec and a lot longer if i put his hands out in front of him. His crawlling is not pretty and has a way to go to get the perfect technequie but he loves moving and the girls are so excited he is a little bit more interactive now. I have started him on some solids, i dont really think he needed it, its just that he was getting so upset seeing us all eat at the table. He loves pear and sweet potatoe but didnt really enjoy the pumpkin. I have no idea what he weighs but he is SO long... guess he takes after his mum and dad LOL....He has started to wake a night again since i started solids...hoping that settles soon :)
I am thinking of doing my masters next year...yes i know busy but i seem to be going ok at the moment with the three kids and DH is away so much i may as well have my head in the books rather than watching TV at night.
Kel: glad to hear you like work and Lil likes care. It must make things so much easier. IKWYM about not having time to change things....do what you can when you can i say...
Mel: WHAT was up with Ali? i didnt read that about the whooping cough???? Hope she is better now.
LEA: I LOVE the nappies, thank you!
Danielle: YOU GO GIRL with the donations! doing a great job!
Jen: How exciting, 1st teeth...Thomas dribbles since birth but no teeth! Ill need to put a beach towel around him if it gets worse when he is finally teething LOL
Erin: Thinking about you and your next move....Hope it all works out soon and you can settle somewhere!
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Woohooooo, Liam's first tooth hs poopped through! His left front bottom tooth, and I don't think it will be long til his right one is through too! Yay! And he slept sooo well last night- almost 6hrs straight! Then it was waking every hour or so after taht but I got about 4hrs straight, so I feel great! Gosh a few years ago I would have been whining about only getting 4hrs straight sleep, now I'm in heaven, LOL! How things have changed!!!
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Hi Girls,
Jorja got the two bottom front teeth in one hit! What fn we had... i thought it was only the one tooth but on a closer look it was the two of them!!
sorry i've been so quiet here. I've been really busy with work and struggling to cope with the return of AF. The bleeding stopped for about 2 weeks and has started again! I've never in my whole like had to use a super tampon and a pad at the same time!!! i'm having hot and cold flushes and shocking headaches. TMI i know.. just needed to complain for a min. LOL
Back on all meds now so hopefully things will settle down.
Kel - glad to hear things are going well with daycare. Always makes thigns so much easier when they like it!
Danielle - Hope things went well with the donations.
Jorja is almost crawling. Shes got all the movements, just gotta put it all together now LOL
I'm going to head off now. Sorry for a short post. Need to get as much sleep in as possible today. Might feel better then :(
Hope everyone is well.
xxxxx
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gabby is on my lap screaming :(
wow on all the teeth , it doesnt even look like she is , thats ok by me !!
Gab has had some solids and had top ups of formula, i did some study at the RBWH this weekend and DH looked after the kids .. i was pupming but i didnt get enough milk each feed, yesterday i noticed her ezcema flared up after eating solids over the last few days and formula , i think its the formula, the mchn did say goats or soy milk , but i had no money and not time to get any so i used a tin that my friend off loaded to me ..
its sucks how you can get samples of cows milk formula but not any others ..
Gabbi isnt crawling yet , and not on her kness but oh boy does she try :lol: it def wont be long ... once shes on her knees she'll be off ..
i do lymphatic drainage excersies on her , which coincidentally are preformed the way a baby crawls !!
she has hit the 7kg mark now and looks every inch of it , all pudge and rolls :)
and as for the state of my house ??? its a mess too and its never fully tidy to the way id like it !! so dont worry kell.
everyone does seem pretty busy , but i guess thats the way it goes when you have kids .. there are times when i just want to veg , but the list goes on !!
ii was talking to DH last night about how i percievewhat its like to look after kids all day ... i put it like this ..
its like a video game , you start off well and dodge all the nasties (kids) then it goes to a next level and the nasties come from every direction, and they get faster and faster ... until in the end if your not skilled enough , the nasties eat you for lunch and the rest of the game is over ..
ie - kids get in the way when your trying to clean the house :lol:
have a good day xx
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Hi ladies
Jenni I hope Jorja is feeling better, it sucks when they're sick :( Yay for the teeth, how exciting!
Lea Well done on Gabby hitting 7kg! & LOL @ the state of your house, mine has been terrible since before Tobias was born, I did clean it up on Sat as we had visitors for dinner, I did a pretty good clean up, DH & I both said that maybe we should have visitors more frequently because it gets me cleaning the house :lol:
Kellie Yay@ teeth!!!! Tobias still doesnt have any popped through yet! I hope you're getting more sleep now...
Milly Wow you will be busy next year!!! I have been thinking of studying but I just dont know what I'll be happy doing... I was considering midwifery for a while, my GF who was going to do it with me followed through & is doing it...hmmmmmm I guess I'll have to wait until something really gets my attention :dunno:
Mel I hope Ali is better now, it sucks when they're so sick!
ASM Been having big probs with DH, had a vent about it in another thread. Starting councilling soon but things really dont look good for our future together. At this point in time it doesnt bother me thinking about the possibility of divorce... it would actually be a relief right now.....
Tobias is commando crawling & getting around really well now. I took some video yesterday when he first started & will try to get it up on FB at some stage. He is also sitting quite well now, he usually tumbles over after about 20-30 seconds but yesterday he sat un-aided for about 2 minutes!!!! I would have grabbed the video camera but it was plugged into my laptop downloading the pics/videos :rolleyes:
My twin sister is now expecting a baby. She already has 2 children, an 8 yr old boy & a 6 yr old girl... I'm very excited about her having another baby, we're incredibly close... best friends infact. They have just moved to the Gold Coast, so I get to see them while we're on the Gold Coast in 2 weeks... I cant wait, really in need of a holiday!
Sorry about my mini vent while posting, just feeling down atm (for the past few weeks or so)
Also sorry about the long time between posts, been so busy here but not much happening so didnt have too much to post about.....
I hope everyone is well
xxx
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wow at all the teeth !!!
and gabbi is up on her knees and rocking , one leg seems to be weaker as it the one that slips out first when shes on her knees !
Gabbi usually wakes aroud 1am then has about 3 feeds till 6 am when i get up .. but for some reason , after a feed at night when i roll over or roll her over , she screams and fusses , so then i have to put her back on , it gets a little crowded with her stuck to me ... shes happy to sleep with the nipple in her mouth !! but i need my space and if i try to settle her by patting or burping so gets livid and at 3 am its the last thing i want !!
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Danielle, big hugs hun :comfort: Don't apologise for venting either, vent away! We are here to 'listen'.
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