Babies Born August 1st ~ 15th 2008 #7

[*Beema*]

Thanks heaps Kel and Mel I never looked into it earlier, but our sounds a lot cheaper than what you have up there!

Kel - ooh I wish they would all do cloth so I didn't have to supply my own!!! LOL

And I must have been having a brain fart last night - we get 60% rebate - so the government pay 60 and we pay 40%.. pmsl... ahhh... how intelligent am I when posting late at night!!!! HAHAHAHAHA

I know what you mean I was trying to work our the %, thinking am I close with this at all, must do a bit more maths!!

I reckon then full day fee is $59.50, so the CCTR (easily work those hrs already) would bring it down to $29.75, and then if I estimate about the same as Kel which is pretty much what I would be looking at a bit more of a reduction, so it isn't going to "cost" a lot a day (IMHO), here is a link to what the local CC offers....

CC Info

They used to do a full cloth service too, but people wern't using it! I sooo would have gone yes to the cloth, it was included!! We'll be sending her Ittis and Pea Pods, food is included as well.

I think I finally understand all the rebates etc too now, it was sooo confusing but now I get it, I am actually happy with even just the 50% back, but the daily rates we are paying here are a LOT less than you guys have up there!

Sorry girls for the diversion, it is such a hard decision, but I feel that if I am not paying that much out of pocket, I would be happy to drop her off after her morning boob at 7:45am, and be back there before/around 3pm then she would only have one bottle of EBM (I would only need to express once a day ) and we have the rest of the afternoon of her awake time

Ok now going to return to normal conversation -

So much for our sleeping until 7am, N is being a poobah, all over the place with her morning wake ups I am hoping that it is just due to frustration, not being able to roll or something......

Great photos Pixie, beth is just so darn cute!!!

Thanks MM, not really what I want to do, but with building and our current house $$ are just getting tighter and I want to reduce a bit of $$ stress.

Have to agree the Teletubbies scare me!! One of my uni friends used to love them though

Crap must run for now, I am working a specification for the supply and installation of Bitumen... how exciting!!

[mountain mummy]

Morning all!

Man, the child care we had Miss K and Master K in put their fees up just after Veygas was born (and we don't live near it anymore anyway) but as they had increased their hours and it was a "community" run centre our fees went up to nearly $250 per week for 2 kids for 2 days each. We cut them down to one day a week each ($125 per week in fees) with NOTHING included, plus restrictions on what we could send, food wise .... they were ONLY allowed water (no juice, cordial, poppers etc) or bottles for the babies, they weren't allowed to take muesli bars, pre packaged fruit bars/straps, nothing with nuts in it (DD ONLY ate peanut butter sandwiches!), nothing with egg in it, plus we had to provide our own nappies .... pre school ended up being cheaper and better for DD, and Master K didn't (and still doesn't) miss the socialisation ... yet ...

And those fees were AFTER the CCB!!! Plus we got the rebate, but it was only at 30% then ....

For me, I feel bad enough that DP is away so much, without the kids having to be separated from me as well (I don't think Veygas would be too happy if I left him with anyone else - he still very reluctantly lets DP hold him!! Bloody mummy's boy!! )

Anyway, time for coffee (maybe tea, I dunno, I'm too indecisive today!) and then some creativity!!

mwah to all! xxx

[Arimeh]

MM - yeah our daycare is pretty strict too on what we can pack for the kids - plus - nothing in cling wrap - so its containers all the way (which is a PITA sometimes!!!)

Don't forget to show me some of your creativity!!!!

[~StarBright~]

Wow girls- those fees are crazy!! I can see why some people decide its just not worth going back to work! I will probably consider it maybe when S gets older for the whole socialization thing, but hey there is always the very cheap playgroups for that too!!

LoL- i thought the TellieTubbies had been taken off air!! But no- i will admit- I have resorted to letting S watch them!! After i have fed him his breakfast, he is happy to stay in his pram (our make shift high chair!!) and watch them while i eat my breakfast!! lol Sadly we are a huge TV household (all my fault!!) so its always on- but since S has started becoming much more aware of it i have been trying to keep it on ABC kids!! He likes the show with the garden tools too!! But his all time favourite is the Simpsons!! Oh and lately he has been loving the subway ad where they sing the song "I feel good!!" lol he stops whatever he is doing and listens, and i sing along and he giggles and loves it!!

Still no darn teeth here yet, but things have settled down a bit here at nights, and he is sleeping a bit more through the night- last night i was soooo full when he did wake up coz he had slept so long!! I hope he keeps that up!! I am still bringing him into bed when he wakes, but i keep meaning to try and feed him and return him to his cot- but it never happens! Ohh speaking of cots- how is Beth liking hers?? And i was wondering- as i feed S to sleep and he gets nice and cosyin my arms, when i go to put him in his cot- its always rather cold in there, do you guys think a hot water bottle would help- like if i lay it where i am going to put DS and then take it away when i put him in there would that work or would he then get too cold again? I guess i will just give it a go!

He has gotten on all fours a few times now!! Yesterday he got a bit excited and lifted both his hands up at the same time and di a full face dive!! Lucky he thought it was funny!!!

Well i am excited, i am off for a trip back north not this weekend but next! I am driving to Melbourne and catching up with some girls i met here on BB then flying up to visit mum and a few other friends aswell.. For the caboulture girls, i have been invited to your meetup at Gloria Jeans- its the day before i fly back home again- looking forward to meeting some new faces!!

Well S is sleeping, so i better do some house work!! Hmmm, might check fbook before i do though!! lol

Hope everyone has a great day!!

[Arimeh]

Arrghhh SB - when is that?!!!?!?! I may have to make an appearance!!! (my mum is home on sunday - yay - so she might be able to take DS that day - woohoo!!!)

[~StarBright~]

Mel... It will be wednesday the 11th March at 11am in MorayFeild... i am gatecrashing myself.. lol so i am sure you will be welcome!!

[thepixie]

OMG my head is swimming with all those CC fees! I'm lucky my stepmum is dying to look after Beth so we won't need it yet. Not sure how it's all going to work but we will see as we get closer to the time.
Teletubbies scare me too, but Beth is transfixed by them, and sometimes mummy just needs five minutes! SB I'm glad I'm not the only one who is raising a TV junkie.... I tend to have it on a lot during the day too, but like you I've started putting it on kids shows because the trash that I like isn't really that suitable for the under 1's! LOL
SB she seems to like the cot, slept right through the first night, woke up once last night had a feed, she was awake when I put her in there, she lay there awake, and rolling over to get comfortable for half an hour or so then she dropped off! She can move around a lot more and seems a lot more comfortable. The Bear seems to like it too - he has been going in to watch her sleep quite a lot!
MM you're so good being creative... i wish I could find time for it but at the moment I feel really stretched... Beth has a couple of sleeps during the day, usually only 30mins to 1 hour though, and that's when I need to shower and clean up, or else we're in the car or walking. And she doesn't go to bed till 9pm by which time I'm completely stuffed! Although I made marmalade last week.... does that count?
hmm I have rambled a bit haven't i? Better run got to send the email about my avatar! lots of and to Vic, Squiddy, Kel, Mel, and everyone else I missed!

[mountain mummy]

pixie - of course making marmalade counts as creative!! Veygas usually has 1-2 hours sleep twice a day and is in bed usually by 6.30pm ...

I confess to the tv babysitter too! Although veygas prefers to be held or carried around. Khaemon loves watching tv and we have a few kids channels on foxtel (although atm he calls them all "junior" as in nick jr, so when he asks for "junior", we have a few channels to go through! ) Funny thing is, if he is outside playing and we change the channel, he'll come running in screaming junior - the kid has channel-dar!!

well I am half way through making a night nappy - just taking a break to feed veygie and put him to bed!

[2girlz]

YAY for the meet up!!! I went to the last one missed todays They're fantastic!

MM- Talk about money grabbing!!!!! HAHA yay for mummies boy make the most of the cuddles PMSL channeldar!!!!!

Vic- you're welcome they do make it really hard to understand. goodluck with your CC decision.

Mel- LOL I was really tired when i was reading your post and trying work it out

SB- LOL at the subway ad. If it's a cool night I put Allegra in thin winter PJ's so she's a bit warmer i sometimes forget that babies feel the cold a lot more then what we do.

Pixie- ooOOOoo can't wait to see your avatar I have a little TV junkie I can't remember the show that makes her smile. I had Tom and Jerry on one day and I swear Cadence was going to wet her pants laughing! none of the new shows make her laugh like that

Does anyone elses baby crack up laughing when they're scared? Cadence will hide at the end of the couch, jump up scream boo and Allegra will jump through the roof and crack up laughing you'd think the poor thing would cry but no she finds it hilarious!