Hello all,
Ali- we are here 4 u, in whatever limited capacity we can offer. If we're not posting, we're at least reading and emphathising. Every little bit of support is helpful, I figure. You have plenty of that here. We've of cos been following your progress with Em from the start (and I say 'progress' because it has been progressing!). Mothering is the hardest job known to humans and I'm not talking it up when I say you've done a remarkable job coping with Em's FTT while looking after another child and being a wife at the same time. I am beside myself with stress just taking willa to the GPs for regular shots, so I know how I would cope with frequent trips to peds and dietician and MCHN and what not that you've coped with. Not nearly as well as u have.
Becca, Yep, Countdown to xmas!
Isn't it nice seeing kids get excited abt pressies? Our bubs are too young to to the whole ripping open the wrapping with glee thing. More like eating the wrapping...lol. I'm not so much busy busy as reaaaaaly laid back. I'm on leave so am enjoying time with DH as much as possible.
Becca, the pony sounds sooo cute. Campari, lol about the wave. Babies at the beach are adorable. Willa had a bit of dunk in the bath the other day and she wasn't very impressed with it either. Came up sputtering. I wonder at how u see these babies who seem to be having the time of their lives underwater. How come they don't breathe the water in? Is some primitive reflex at work?
Not much direct xmas spoiling going on here per se. Willa gets toys all year round I figure. I'm bad with putting things aside. The whole wonder and joy of xmas thing will be courtesy of her grandparents who are amazing. They do it really really properly and with a lot of sentiment (and pressies!). DH and I are laid back abt birthdays too. I reckon it will be different now that we have Willa tho!
I did the xmas shopping practically all in 1 day yesterday with DH and the bub. Went surprisingly well because the mall wasn't as insane as i feared. I didn't have to fight my way through hordes of stressed out parents and their screaming offspring(mine included). I like the convenient car parking spaces for parents with prams. Yep, could get used to that!! Its unfortunate that I totally HATE shopping. A strange affliction for a woman, I know! I didn't used to be like this, seems to be only since we got a mortgage lol.
Latest development is that Willz now insists on holding her own bottle to feed herself. At first I thought it was a fluke when she did it 4 me, but then DH informs me that she's been doing it for him for a while now. They have their own special Daddy-Daughter Club when I'm not there lol. She just takes it off us. At first she held it with closed fists but now she uses open palms. If we try to hold the bottle too much for her she chucks a wobbly! Trouble is when she has 180 mls and its a heavy bottle so she gets tired holding it. I was at Medicare yesterday filling out forms and I knew she was abt to start up cos she was hungry. I whipped out her bottle, gave it to her and lo and behold she fed herself the whole time I was occupued. I think we have mixed feelings abt this as its nice to cuddle and hold a baby to feed them, but we'll have to go off Miss Independent's moods now! Oh and she had a suck on a biscuit the other day. Was quite promising. She's a little over 4.5 months now. I reckon we might start rice cereal after a month from now.
have an excellent chrissy day and new years if I dont post between now and then! and smoochies to all our gorgeous, wonderful 2007 bundles of joy!!
sonia
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