hello all!!
I'm always up for a meet :)
just a quickie, trying to find the car keys DH "didnt lose"... but i cant find them anywhere...
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hello all!!
I'm always up for a meet :)
just a quickie, trying to find the car keys DH "didnt lose"... but i cant find them anywhere...
Hey ladies!
Lucas is being a grump again today! we really battled before to get him to have a nap, he just screamed and screamed, so unlike him :-( could be because it's good so damn warm again here - so not looking forward to tomorrow either!
Amy - hello!! i've missed you on here!!! great to see you posting, Finn sounds like a happy chappy, apart from the sleep issues, you poor thing, don't think I could handle getting up through the night again to Lucas!
Zachriska - welcome! tell us all a little about yourself and your bubs!
Kelly - hope you have fun at the party today!
Simone - yesterday was a little cooler wasn't it......it amazes me the weather can change so much!!!!
Sarah - William sounds like a good bubby.
Kat
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Kat- im just glad that its not as hot as where m sister is... she works up in a mine in Newman, WA, and it easily get to 50*C some days...
Hi Girls!
Em was back to her old self last night! whoo hoo! down at 7:30 up at 7am... dont know if it had anything to do with me giving her a dream feed at 11? oh and i had a few wines as our neighbours were over for dinner, maybe that knocked her out for a bit! ;) we shall see tonight, will lay off the grog and see if it makes a difference! hehe
I went to work this morning and im going again tomorrow! i am so knackered! it feels good to go into the office again though.
Hi to everyone, Amy glad to hear from you, shame Finn has being playing up sleep wise. Emilia was doing the same for the last 2 weeks.. she seems to be coming good now though.
Welcome Zachirsta my bub was due on the 28th but came 8 days early!
Kelly i have CR card too, i just signed up one day i think i bought a suit so spent about $300 which entitled me to join... now i get all the special mail outs too.. its great.
Danni - where abouts in perth do you live?? i used to live in rockingham/warnbro/port kennedy/secret harbour before i moved over here...
Hi all
I will be coming to the meet up in the city, Tim has the day off so i will try and drag him along, otherwise i think he can spend the day with Madison.
OMG it is so hot here at the moment, and tomorrow, just too hot.
well i must be off we went to dinner at mums and now i am having trouble getting Charlotte to sleep, too hot
WEather forecast change, check out bom (. gov . au) as they reckon its only goingto be 31 today... but... next week...
Monday Fine. Min 16 Max 31
Tuesday Fine. Min 17 Max 39
Wednesday Fine. Min 23 Max 39
Hi all, well i'm very sad to say that I am back at work today:( . Although I do miss the money.
On the up side of things DH got himself a new job yesterday. They have offered him about alot more money so that is fantastic!!! Especially now my mum has a new job also so I will be losing my Friday babysitter and therefor my Friday wage. Oh well I guess it's all going to even out in the end.
Must go and have a coffee before my first client gets here.
Sarah
Simone i live in Scarborough, right near the beach really. its so nice i love it here. We are moving in August one street back to a house we bought when Emilia was born (we currently live in a townhouse) i am looking forward to all the space! We have a investment property in Falcon which is not far from Secret Harbour, we are going to stay down there for Australia Day weekend.
We are having horrible weather too on the weekend, Saturday 38 and Sunday 39/40 argh!
Went to work yesterday and today for half day, its amazing how tired you get. i will be working 1 half day a week from now on and then they have offered to let me work whenever i want when i return from leave so have asked for 2 full days, i think that's all i can leave my girl for! Am hoping to be pregnant in the next few months so when number 2 is here i think i will give work the flick altogether.
God cant imagine having 2 kids, cant believe you have 3 Simone! i am so looking forward to having a small tribe (that is if god blesses us with a tribe!)
oh bugger Em's awake, man that was short!
I love scarbs danni, used to spend every weekend up at the lookout or the white sands (white sands especially on a sunday arvo) Falcon's just south of mandurah right?? I love mandurah, going for walks on the estuary, coffee at the dome... i lived on sholl st when i was about 5, its one st back from the main drag along the estuary... i is WA so much!!
Where is everyone?? It has been very quiet in here.
Dani~ I know what u mean about being tired trying to work and be a mum. It's exhausting isn't it?
Simone~ Enjoy tomorrow's shopping trip and coffee. I am spewin I am working and can't come.
I am working again today:( I am so tired. William didn't sleep very well last night. He kept stirring and needing his dummy put back in. Then when I got him up this morning his nappy was REALLY wet so that was probably his problem. I spent the night camped out in his room on the floor so that also may be why I am a little tired today.
Sarah
Hi all,
well the weather is a bit better today, Charlotte has decided to catch up on some sleep which is great, but she also felt hot before and i could not find my termonter (spel) so i gave her some panadol and she is back into bed for the 3rd time today and it's onlu 12:30.
Last night i got up to feed her at 11:50pm and i fell asleep whilst feeding her, Tim came and woke me up 12:20am, Charlotte was having a great time in using me as a dummy.
Sarah- that is great for your DH pay rise, bummer about having to give up fridays, do you work from home?
Simone- Next week is going to be soooooo hot, yuck.
Hello all!
Lucas is just waking up so this might be quick! we had a lovely afternoon at playgroup yesterday, Lucas is being less of a "sook" with strangers which is great!
Sarah - bummer about being back at work, but as you said, think of the money!
Simone - yuck, the weather for next week will be shocking!!
Kelly - Lucas has had a big morning sleep too....but he's definitely waking now....
Danni - are you enjoying being back at work?
Kat
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Hey girls just thought id let u know whats going on in my life... sorry ive been abit funny latly This is a post I put up in another forum u all know most of it but I couldnt b bothered writtin it out again
Monday this wk
Okay so I had a blood clot when i was pregnant and told I want allowed to BF but so I never went to any of the classes or paid attention when It was even mentioned when I had her I was actually allowed to ... I only lasted BFing for 3wks, cause of the medication I bled quite a bit on my nipples and it was excrutiating! so I gave up I didnt have any help from anyone I tried to book in with lactation consultants but it was gona b quite a few wks b4 I got to see anyone, I asked a friend and her advice was to "just keep going" and I didnt I quit and I feel like cr@p about it! I always think mayb I could start again? mayb the next baby wuld b different... I went to a playgroup today and everyone of them were BFing xept me...it doesnt seem fair I just feel so blergh about it like im a quitter like she will have asthma cause I quit and hasnt had a good start in life because of me...I always think NEXT time Ill do it up until he/she has teeth or whatever, next time ill do better I ALWAYS say...even the pregnancy I say will b better, it was horrible last time, I was in hospital ALL the time... I say the birth will be better nxt time too... I just go through this all the time and get really down about it... its a horrible feeling... if someone asks if Im BFing I just say I couldnt casue of medication i was on, which is tru but there is more to it...Im a quitter....
and adding on to that I totally went off at DH tonight cause his sister in melbourne couldnt do something for me cause she is lazy and I took it out on him.. Im virtually happy most of the time really Iam but I get teary and I dont know if its just my personality or what... My Dh thinks seeing someone about the above post would b silly cause we cant really afford it but I think I need to see someone but I dont think I can... I cant really talk to DH about it and he isnt a #ick or anything... I think its just me...
I cant get on top of ANYTHING! it gets over whelming and if DD is too hard to handle I get frustrated and she isnt hard to handle she is really good!!!
whats wrong with me?!?!
Wednesday this wk
I went on the beyond blue site and answered the Q's and was told to see womone about it as I answered yes to all of them xept the ones about death and broke down in tears to a friend who knows me very well.... Im going to a drop in clinic tomoro morning I havent taken DD in a while cause I was too scared coz I get SO underminded because of my age...so im going to a different one on the other side of town
Today
I did the test they do on you at the clinic today and got 21 the lady sad i that was actually pretty high and was very concerned about me... Im booked in to see my GP on monday and should get a social worker calling me before wednesday.. I didnt want to go to the gym oday cause I was SO teary... I did but left after the first class I usually go for 3 classes on a friday morning... So yeah Im hopein il get some answers soon.... I dont feel like myself I actually hate myself at the moment n Im a christian! Im ALWAYS the one who works out peoples problems not the other way around... AH I should just stop thinking cause as I write this I start crying....
Lucy, i've had PND before, to the point of being suicidal... im here if you need to talk hun. my email is simone_pitcher@hotmail.com
Even if you just want to vent and send it to me, ill be supportive :) i'm really glad tosee your getting help...
And you're not failure... remember that :)
BIG :hug:
Leah- I also felt so bad that i could not b/f Madison i cryed so much whilst i was in hospital, i went to b/f clinics, but i just couldn't do it. MAdison is such a happy girl who hardly ever gets sick, she talks so much more than most 2 year old i know, Charlotte on the other hand is b/f and so far in her life she has experinced tonislitis, bouts of viral infectiosn and broncolitis (spel).
I ghope that you get things sorted out soon.
Oh Leah! you poor thing....it sounds like you're going through a rough time just now. Don't ever feel bad about not being able to b/f for longer - 3 weeks was a great time to do it for! it's surely better than not doing it at all? you gave Lucy such a terrific start in life, and seeing as she is just growing and developing so well since, the formula can't be doing anything bad can it?
I'm glad you're going to see someone, hopefully talking it all through with an "outside" will really help.
You still have my email address don't you? please email if you ever need to!!
Take care sweetie,
Kat
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Leah dont beat yourself up too much love, you did what you could and there is no way you should feel bad or guilty about that, Lucy is going to be perfectly fine you just need to look after yourself. It is a very good idea that you see someone pnd can hit any time a friend of mine found out that she was after 18 months and now has joined a pnd group and she finds it really helpful. Sorry cant tell you much more but you are doing a brilliant job, bf or not bf is not the end of the world Lucy needs your love and happiness more than anything!
Simone they shut down the Lookout! I too spent the years from 18 to 20 at the lookout! The are doing a major upgrade to Scarborough, its going to look fantastic. To be honest closing down the lookout was a good move cause it got rid of all the trouble makers and had made it more safer. The whitesands is part of the refurbishment of scarborough so will be interesting to see how it all works out!
Yep Falcon is just past Mandurah (next suburb).
Kat am enjoying doing a bit of work but enjoy it more at the office rather than at home. Have found tht i am feeling really unwell lately and cant seem to get motivated at home. Not sure what the problem is initially i thought i was pregnant but keep getting negative results.... i have dizziness daily, nausea and migraines... got blood test done and all my iron levels etc are normal. the only thing i can think of is that my back is giving me grief and Emilia is still waking once during the night so maybe the interrupted sleep???
**Advice Required** girls Emilia is still waking during the night even when i give her a dream feed, she never woke during the night. I am debating whether i should start her on the solids road even though the health advice is to hold off till 6 months.... what do you think?
Hey girls thanks heaps hey... Its really hard to deal with ATM Im good today cause danny is around but it seems only if he is around that Im actually happy, but we fight casuse I get stressed... anyway Im seeing someone this wk so hopefully I will get on top of things...
Dannik~ I wuld start her if u think she is hungry, it cant hurt! We started lucy for 2 days when she was 4mths but she was just going through a growth spurt but it helped, 3 wks later we started actual food, I added farex to her food, and she went crazy! she LOVES her food just make it REALLY runny cause the only texture she has ever had is milk so she wont like the texture. what I did for lucy cause she really didnt know what to do was give her, her spoon to play with and then I gave her bread crusts to suck on to get her use to a different texture makin sure nothin breaks off then I put the pumpkin on the bread crust so she got use to the actual taste and then by the end of her feed she would b eating by the spoon feeding herself! I think at this age theyre pretty young so they dont understand BUT if u think she is hungry then just give it ago before u know it she'l be takin the chocolate out of ur hand like lucy did to me this morning! SOON I wont be able to eat my treats infront of her Il have to hide them and eat them wen she goes to bed,..... MMM spose thats just what my parents did! I remeber going out in the front room wanting a drink and i swear EVERYTIME there was heaps of chocolate biscuts!!! lol
well girls I really cant wait to meet up with u all bummer ur all the way over in perth dannik! talk to u all soon
Leah~ I am so sorry you are feeling so down atm. Please email me if you ever need to vent syhairdesign@gmail.com
I also felt like you about not being able to BF William. I gave up after 3 weeks but I must say I was alot less stressed once he went on the bottle and he was much happier too. BF is great if it works and comes easily, but if it doesn't it really isn't worth the stress. Please remember that if formula wasn't good for babies they wouldn't be allowed to sell it.
Also as for the health of your baby: My brother was BF and he was always sick. He was the kid who caught EVERY bug going around. I was bottle fed and never got sick. SO PLEASE DON"T WORRY. Actually as a kid my brother has asthma too and I didn't.
I hope this makes you feel a little better.
BIG HUGS
Sarah
Leah - you sound a little better today which is great :-)
Danni - there is no harm in offering solids if you think Emilia is ready? does she give you signs she is ready? we are thinking of starting Lucas quite soon on some Farex, but then he is that little bit older than Emilia. I really wanted to wait until the 6 month mark, but Lucas seems to be feeding soooo frequently these days!
Sorry to hear you've been feeling unwell, maybe it is tiredness?
Better go, we're going for a walk with our darling puppy dog (and Lucas of course!!)
Kat
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thanks sarah... it helps
Kat~ Yeah I have good days and bad ATM and on a good day if the tiniest thing goes wrong I get stressed and go crazy... but Im ok today had a bit of a fight with danny at the shops but I think he is actually starting to realise the stress im carrying....
I had a meet up with some mums tonight, one was dannys cousin who has a 1yr old and one was a girl I met who lives in the next suburb and theyre both the same age as me so thats good, hopefully we will all meet up more often...
beta go lu is calling and danny needs help makin pancakes for dinner ...naughty us!
HI all
I am so HAPPY, DH is back at work today after 3 weeks off!! He really was begining to drive me insane! As much as I love him I like to spend some time on my own.
Now I must catch up on all of the housework.
Come back and chat later.
Sarah
Where are you all???!!!!
I have a few ??'s for you girls
Do you give your baby much floor and tummy time?? William doesn't really like lying on the floor so I can never keep him there for very long, it worries me that because of this he's never gong to learn to roll.
What time to your baby's have their last feed?
Sarah
hi sarah, good news about DH, i know what you mean they know how to make a nuisance of themselves when they are home for a while huh!
Emilia spends most of her time on the floor cause she loves it. she also sits in a bebe pod a lot of the time as well. last feed is at 7:30 - 8:00pm, sometimes a dream feed at 10
Hey all!
Sarah - Lucas spends the majority of his awake time on the floor! we bought him a big activity mat for xmas, so I lie him on it, put a heap of toys all around him and leave him to it!! I said to DH, that I think getting the mat really helped Lucas roll - before we had the mat he was under his activity gym and there really wasn't the room to roll....now on his mat he rolls all the time, and spends sooo much time on his tummy which is great :-)
So what does William do when he's awake? do you have to hold him a lot?
Your other question....Lucas's last feed is normally around 7pm - he'll have a bath before that, then his feed, then straight to bed, and that is him until anywhere between 6am and 8am! is William sleeping throught the night?
Leah - that is great you met some other mothers :-)
We went to the beach today as my mum is down there for a holiday and comes back tomorrow, Had a good time, I am getting Charlotte a new car seat this week, as i just found out that all car seats need to be replaced if they have been in a car accident, and i have been drinving around like this for 18 months, but AAMI are going to refund $200 so i am going to get the Safe and sound car seat, i can not remember which one of it is but it is one that you can turn them around up 12 kgs.
I also have been feeling nausious the last few days, after i eat and this morning i was throwing a banana in the bin and that made me nearly throw up, I hope i am not pregnant, but if it contunies i am going to buy a test.
Sarah- Charlotte normally has a feed about 6:30 and 7pm and will go to sleep after that but she still wakes up normally twice a night for a feed, she also spends alot of time on the floor, she has just descovered that she can roll again.
Kelly - OMG if you are pregnant - you'll be in the 3 under 3 club like me!! Its hard, but always worth it :)
Hey to everyone else. No personal tonight, very tired, and worn out... its hard being a single mum to a 3.5yo, 22mo, and 7mo... but i can do it!!
Looking forward to our meet :)
OMG!!!! Kelly!!!!! could u be? have u had ur AF back???? OMG!!!!!
hi everyone... just a quickie b4 I head out to the gym.... Havin a councellor come over today and my doctor gave me meds to take yesturday but Im kind scared to take them...duno why? I spose I just think If I take them Im kinda clasin my self as a fruit cake or something... I jsut neva thought I wuld b in the position?! Im the one who makes everyone happy!!!! not the other way around...
ah well gota run...
If the meds are going to make it easier to cope, why not take them?? i was on ad's after declan (i had ante natal and post natal depression) and during my og with Anneliese. just make sure you have good supports in place, and dont expect too much from yourself - baby steps in the early days hun :hug: you will get thru this my email is simone_pitcher@hotmail.com if you need to chat... or even just to vent bout anything...
Time for a new thread girls!