:hug: Amanda. My thoughts are with you, your family friends and community. It is so tragic. I had no idea that you were so close to it all :hug:
Seriously, if you or anyone you know need anything, we are more than willing to help out!
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:hug: Amanda. My thoughts are with you, your family friends and community. It is so tragic. I had no idea that you were so close to it all :hug:
Seriously, if you or anyone you know need anything, we are more than willing to help out!
I cant get the thought of these people outmy mind! its just so sad, i wish i knew what to do,we will donate, i cant give blood (they dont take english blood!!) just want to hug all those that have lost so much!
I heard a very true thing on the radio this arvo, "anyone who woke up in thier own bed, with thier family around them, a roof over thier head, electricity on and food in the fridge needs to do something to help these people" ! I couldnt agree more!
hugs MT
Thanks for all the hugs and thoughts everyone, I will let you know if I find out anyone needs anything. There are still fires burning out there, including Kinglake still so no one is out of the woods yet. The wind has picked up too which is not good, but looking at the CFA site everything seems to either be on the small side or non threatening in this local area. It is worrying when you see big plumes of smoke on the top of the surrounding hills though. There is another big fire burning up near Beechworth which is the one they are concentrating on today.
They have asked people to stop donating goods, they can't cope... they would prefer money so that people can go and buy their own clothes, to enable them to feel some sort of sense of control over their lives. I believe there is going to be a telethon on Thursday night... It's just so tragic...
Bec - none of us can donate blood anyway, not until our babies are at least 9 months old. I looked in to it because I have a rare blood type, but they won't accept your blood until babies are 9 months old and they are mostly weaned off you, so if you are b/f they don't want you to donate either. But yeah, they are scared of the English blood because of the mad cows disease.
MM - I'm local, but thankfully was never under threat. It just makes it extra hard when you know the places so well, and you know people living there, and they aren't ok but you are IYKWIM. I feel guilty in a completely irrational way. And I guess because Kinglake is in a bushfire overlay (so are we mind you in Diamond Creek) people are prepared and we all tend to be a bit blase about the whole thing. There is usually some sort of fire every few years up there and it is always an emergency, but lives and houses are usually saved, not counted. But this just took EVERYONE by surprise that people just didn't stand a chance. And I think that is what is most tragic about it. It wasn't people being stupid, it wasn't people that couldn't help themselves, it was literally everyone who was there.
MT... does that mean i cant donate till josh is older? im NOT breast feeding!!!
house inspection went fine:)
Yeah Squidipa, no donations until your babies are at least 9 months regardless, and after that if you are breastfeeding you have to wait until your baby gets most of their nourishment through solids i.e only doing one or two feeds a day.
Well today is chilly. And windy. And a major fire threat is for Healesville. Healesville is just to the east of us, and mostly bushland between here and there. There is a native animal zoo there - Healesville Sanctuary, and it would be devastating if the fire goes through there. Thankfully all the animals were evacuated on the weekend, so they are safe, but if they had nowhere to go back to it would just be a real shame.
Oh they've just said that they've downgraded the threat. Small sigh of relief. It is just so sobering all this.
Im sure you all know how to donate already but just incase the official donations appeal line is 1800 811 700. or at any ANZ, NAB or Commonwealth bank.
the affects of this are going to be felt for years to come! All these displaced families! i dreamed about it all last night!
On another topic, Grace had her immunisations yesterday and has had a temp of 38 since, has never had a reaction to them before but she is ok, just abit grumpy. Hasnt put on an ounce of wieght since the 23rd Jan, but im not too worried, with the heat and extra activity.
Wow, just saw that they have raised over $14 million!!! Isnt that increddible!!!!
MT... Wow, how scary for you and your loved ones. It is normal to feel what they call "suriver guilt" when you come so close to having it effect you- but you are ok. Be grateful, and glad that you are safe, and continue to be there to support your friends who were not so lucky. Huge :grouphug:
We are also close, but not too close the fires, the closest one is about 50ks away and is under control. We are keeping vigilant though, as stories like these warn us that circumstances can change in an instant.
Thinking of you and those close to you xox
MT i hope those fires dont come anywhere near u !!!!!
you are right becka it will last for years and year plus i am sure that in years to come many cases of PTSD will be coming out of those area where ppl where. Look i cant even begin to truly understand or even imagine what they all must be going through so i wont even try but i do know what it feels like to have no home and be homeless sleeping in parks or random places i have been there when i was growing up I also suffer from PTSD. I pray that the ppl whom deliberately lit these fires get caught!!!!!!! I am SOOOO proud of everyone with all their donations and pulling together the way we all have to support these ppl.
becka i hope that temp comes down!!
Thanks for all your support everyone. Sorry to dump it all on you, but I just need to get it out I think.
Tonight as I drove down the road in to Diamond Creek I could see the hills very clearly. And could very clearly see the devastation up there. The hills normally have that blue/grey haze that comes with gum trees. Now it just looks like a black bald hill with burnt matchsticks sticking out. Over to the east the hills in the distance all have thick smoke pouring from there. More than last night. The roads are all still blocked off so no one can get in or out. Except the looters so it seems.....
Bec - I hope Grace's temp has come down now. Poor little mite!
Squidipa - I reckon you might be right about the PTSD. There are just soooo many people that were there. Right around the state. There is one poor town that seems to be getting told every few hours to prepare themselves to leave.... that must be ridiculously stressful.
SB - I'm glad the fires aren't too near you, and praying they don't come your way.
MT - don't worry about dumping, that's what we're all here for babe! :grouphug:
IMO, those people looting should be locked up - it's not like everyone abandoned their stuff, they did it to save their lives FFS!! I think it's sad that the homeowners and residents are having a hard time getting back to their properties, but these selfish imbeciles can just waltz in there and take whatever they like! :angry: DP commented today that the ones looting prolly didn't even lose anything!
SB - am thinking of you too babe, keep your precious family safe hun! :hug:
Are any of our QLDers near those floods?
MT we're all here to support you. It's still such a shock you need to talk about it and we're here to listen :hug: same goes for you SB if there is trouble in your area.
Beck hope G is feeling better... a bit scared to get the 6 months shots, Beth was so unsettled after the 4 month ones.
Squiddy/ Beck it's awesome to see how much people have donated. I was listening to the radio and they raised $1mil just today. They had people phoning in from the affected areas and I was having a little cry hearing people's stories. Making sure I hold my baby extra close the last few days, thinking of all the people who have lost their loved ones.
:hug: to everyone .... take care
MT - :hug: We're here to be vented upon my love!!!
MM - nope, nowhere near the floods hun - they are WAYYY up north - Sydney is closer to us than the floods are ;)
Better go do stuff. Sorry haven't been around to post much - been busy - dunno why :p
Love yas all though
:grouphug:
MT - :grouphug:
Bec - :hug: sorry to hear G has a temp from her shots. I have Kye booked for his on Tuesday next week, hopefully he'll go ok :crossfingers:
Well had a shocker of a night here last night. Kye woke up like 4 times :( Dont know whether it is just because he gets hot? Gave him a drink of water and he skulled it back, guessin' he was thirsty :lol: He settles again really quickly but omg this morning I have a major headache and am so tired.
He's been waking up at like 4am the past few mornings too which is starting to take its toll on me. I gave him 150ml at 4:45am and thought I'll bring him back to my bed and the bugger is still asleep..geez! Must try and get to the bottom of why he is waking up as its starting to do my head in again! :wall:
Anyways must go get his brekky organised
Back later :hello:
Sorry to hear your having a few bad nights Sash i was talking to another mother i met the other day and she asked is G was a good sleeper, i said ''yes, she is pretty good, she wakes up two or three times a night'' turns out this ISNT so good...her jaw hit the floor! she couldnt belive she still woke up that much at night...and that i thought it was good! Oh well, i dont mind so much. She told me i should use controled crying to make her sleep through the night....i just smiled and nodded. Think il try giving her water at night when she wakes, maybe she will get bored of waking up for water and not bother! till then its still 10(11)pm and 2(3)am.
Hugs MT & SB hope alls ok.
Mell, hope the web site is going well...good luck with everything!!
Ok...shower, breakfast, cleaning etc before the little munchkin wakes up! her temp is down now and she isnt so clingy thismorning. legs look painfull though.
I just want to say...even though im not really an Aussie, im so proud to live here and be an 'almost aussie' the way the whole country has pulled together and the feeling you get where ever you go, like you just know every one is thinking of the people affected by this, the money raised, the blood donated, homes opened to strangers and just the messages sent to the people in these areas.
Bec - Miss M wakes up (if she isn't still awake) for a bottle around 9/10pm and she wakes usually around 4. We stick the dummy in at 4 and that gets her through until around 6.30.
So I'd say your DD is perfectly normal - and I think Miss M is a great sleeper too. DS was a pretty bad sleeper - so I've had a bad one - believe me - THIS is good.
Hello to everyone else!
Hi :hello:
Been busy as per usual, have a lot of work going on and a lots to do with the house. Our pool was poured (concrete) yesterday and I have to go down twice a day to water it hehe, they are also doing all the gyprock on the house and it is locked up, so another step closer :)
N is doing great, she is consistently rolling from tummy ot back again which is great, but has stopped trying to roll the other way *sigh* one day....
We still give N a late feed at about 10:30pm, but unfortunately it has been me waking up during the night *SIGH* N has been waking between 6-6:40am with he first feed between 7-8am after the late feed. So I think we have a pretty good baby. I do the dummy in the early morning too. Once she has been on solids for another month we are going to bring that late feed forward, just 15min at a time for a few days, but is she starts waking at 5am we will go back to the previous time when she was sleeping longer. So I think it will be a while for us before she is "sleeping solidly" for 10 hours or so. A few mums in mothers group have had bubs sleeping through from very early.. lucky them :lol:
Huge Hugs MT, it must be so difficult where you are at the moment, I was looking at the images on tv last night and the ferocity of the fires is just hordendous, the matchstick trees, especially when the fire headed down a gully, the were all bent over as well, the power generated by that firestorms is just uncomprehendable.
I started donating blood about 6-7 years ago when I was working for the government and we were paid to do it, well just our time was covered. But I continued when I left, then after a while I switched to donating plasma. wish I could go back and donate my plasma, I used to go in fortnightly, if you don't know plasma is where they take the blood out, separate the plasma, through a machine and pump it back into your body, it take longer then donating blood and they take out more blood at a time, and the plasma can be used for a heap of different things. Where a blood donations can be done every 3 months I could do the plasma fortnightly :) But you need good veins for it a they need to stay open for a lot longer. Once I have finished bf'ing or cut back to 1/2 feeds a day I will be right back in there :)
Beckoes: Glad to hear that Grace's temp has gone down, N had pretty big lumps on her legs after the last lot of Imms.
Mel: looking forward to seeing your website up and running :)
Sasha: I hope the early morning wakeups stop for you quickly!!
MM : I agree about the looters - that is just sooo low grrr!!
Squidpa: It is fab to see the outpouring of generosity aroudnt he country, amke ya proud to be an Aussie :lol:
SB: keep safe!
Must run the munchikin has awoken!! Early!!
xxoo
Vic, sounds like N is sleeping great! But I hear you on waking up yourself.... I have these full on dreams that wake me up, happened last night although Beth slept through... at least I didn't have to get out of bed though! :dance:
Sorry for no more personals, gotta get stuff done but BBL big :hello: to all
Bec - I would consider G to be a good sleeper ... my first literally woke every two hours and I was surviving on 2-3 hours sleep a night for a very long time! #2 and #3 woke a few times during the night, so I think I have earned a sleep-through baby!! :rofl: Although he's been a bit off the last couple of nights - I think a combination of teething and his big brother throwing a toy truck at his head :rolleyes:
Heard on the radio this morning that about 13 mill had been donated so far ... I wish I could donate blood, but unfortunately (besides having a baby and b/fing) I have anaemia and with all the low platelets etc during pregnancy, they won't let me anyway :(