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Thanks Meg! :) Whilst I'm sorry you're feeling that way as well, it feels better to know that I'm not the only one feeling like this at the moment. Wish my hair colour change had made a difference to how I feel.
Will be back later, Maddy is napping (although probably not for much longer) so I need to go do the dishes and cook the rice for dinner.
Thanks heaps for the support & the suggestions Jillian! :) I'm going to try that yoghurt idea with vegies. The thought isn't appetising to me but I just have to keep in mind that Maddy doesn't have other food to compare it to.
I've said it before Jillian but I'll say it again...I have SO much respect for mums but even more for mum's of more than one child. I go literally insane with just Maddy, I don't know how you do it with 3.
Hi Girls,
Sorry to hear that you are all feeling a little bit low. I do know how you feel. I love being a Mum but it can be so...repetitive some days, busy but boring at the same time and you feel as though you lose yourself in all of this mothering business sometimes.
Here's something to cheer you up. We have been missing in action because Ivy and Noah have been in hospital for a week and a bit. After I wrote and said they were well for the first time in ages I think I jinxed myself 'cos then they got really sick really quickly. They've been on oxygen for just over a week. The good news is we all came home today and David and I will get to sleep in the same room, in the same bed!!!! No Jason recliner for me tonight, just a lovely warm bed.
I've just sent Dave into the night for some icecream and we are going to curl up on the couch and watch something other than children's shows.
Big hugs to you all girls, Spring is coming, then we can shave our legs (mine are particularly wooly) put on some shorter pants, maybe a skirt and get out into the sunshine! I for one am looking forward to THAT!
Hi everyone!
:hug: Oh tiggy, so sorry the little ones had to go through all that! I am sooooooooo glad they are feeling better now! You enjoy your sleep tonight in the same bed as David!
:hug: to all with the depressed feelings. I get them too, and when I do, I feel the need to get out and do something or do a project around the house that I have been looking forward to. Last weekend I re-upholstered the dining room chairs, and this week I did our wedding photo album...6 years overdue!) So far things like that have kept me pretty happy. I will be watching Haley (10 yrs old) before and after school in 2 weeks for the whold schoolyear. I think that will keep me on my toes too!
I havent been online lately because of a dang headache I have had for 3 days. Hopefully it will go away soon. There is a tropical storm in the area that may be heading our way next week as a hurricane, and that may be giving me my headache. I hope it doesnt hit us, but at least we have all the plywood cut out to fit our windows from last year!
Beck love the new pics! How cute are Maddy and Coco together! <jealous jealous jealous!> Love the family shots! You are looking fabulous! I love the outfit in the cute smile pic (july 26 shots)! She is such a doll baby!
Argh, abby has been up so much! She was up the night before last at 2:30 with no consoling and then last night up every couple hours. I know its more teeth. Where are the next ones supposed to come in..on the top? I wish they would hurry! Well, gotta run, she is up again (it is only 6:30 and she always waits till 7:30 for her first feeding, but with teething her schedule is all mixed up!)
HAve a wonderful night!
Oh my goodness Tiff! So sorry to hear the little ones have been so ill but relieved that they're home again. And YAY for a warm bed for you tonight (and ice cream! hehe). :)
Oh Tiff,
I hope that things are getting better for you, and Ivy and Noah, you poor things. Big hugs and Kisses to you all.
No More personals as I have just finished three days of "full time work" (as if I haven't been doing that for the last 8 months).
Happy 8th Month Birthday Coco.
Night All
Big Move is on Friday and I have to work all weekend, oh how fun!!!
Wow Dani how busy busy you are! Try to take some time out just for you, ok? So how do you like your new job? It must be so hard to work all day and come home and work all night as "mum"! You are over half way through this week, so keep it up! Will you always have to work weekends? I forget, is Jett in daycare while you work? How is he doing with the new daytime routine? I hope the move goes quickly and smoothly for you!
I cant believe Coco is already 8 months! Happy 8 months, cutie-pie!
Thank you for the bday wishes!!!!
Tiggy you poor thing, I am so glad Ivy and Noah are better, the poor little things. Glad you had your warm bed last night.
Dani, good luck with all the work and moving, what a huge amount of stress for you!! Hope you're enjoying work though!!
Beck, did you have another good night? i hope so. coco woke at 11pm and screamed for an hour after which time I gave panadol. The poor darling has the worst rash on her face. I think it's excma. The natropath said to use jojoba oil, and it seems to have flarred the whole thing up so much. Not sure if it woke her, but we are seeing another natropath today, a skin specialist. It also seems she's straining so hard to poo. Maybe it's something she's eating. Im going to cut out everything barr vegies and try introducing slowly. It's not as though she eats dairy or wheat, so hopefully it won't be too hard. It's all a nightmare though and it's upsetting every time I look at her poor face.
hope everyone has a good day xoo
Meg, sadly no....Maddy woke up at 1am, 4am and 5am. *sigh* I think she was hungry, not that I can understand why. For the first time, she polished off an entire bottle of baby food...only 2 weeks ago I was lucky to get her to eat 1/3 of a bottle at a time. Sorry to hear about poor Coco's face, hope the natropath can sort it out for you today. Oh, an a belated 8th month birthday to Coco! :)
Dani - oh hon, you are so tough. I don't know how you manage to work, but it sounds like you are coping. Best of luck with the move this weekend....I'm with Sara though, please make sure you make time for yourself in between everything! :)
Sarajo - Glad to hear that Abby has been going well, hope that the hurricane comes no where near your town. Your ideas to keep busy sound great, perhaps I should try getting back into my scrapbooking.
Well off to get dressed and moving. Excited that I got some backpay from FAO for overestimating DH's wage this year. Asked DH if he minds me joing the gym for a few months. :) I think I'll feel a bit better about myself once I get fitter and lose some weight.
My next project is scrapbooking! I have 3 scrapbooks that are blank just waiting for Abby photos! I would like to make one of our families too so I can read it with Abby! :) Sorry about the lack of sleep for Maddy and Coco! Abby gets rashes on her face too, I feel so bad when she does cause it looks like it hurts! That and she gets mosquito bites that I feel so bad about because she cant itch them!
Man, I am sitting here FREEZING... I don't know why it's so cold in my place. i've just put the heater on and am waiting for coco to wake so I can take her to mothers group. I've decided I am giving her all fresh food at the moment in case the tins are making her react (I dont think they are ,, she doesn't have many) but I've spent the morning doing food. I usually cook once every three days but think it will be more often now. Our freezer is too small to store much.
Beck,, I am constantly suprised by just how much coco eats, but they say the first year they do teh most growing, so by the time they're toddlers, they're eating less...that's the plan anyway!! Im so sure its' true for my girls anyway. Infact I can still tell when tilly has a growht spurt she eats sooo much. She's such a skinny little thing but she will eat 4 weet bixes every morning. im sure I didn't eat that much!! I think I just have hungry girls. But saying that, Tilly slowed down in her second and third years, she definitely ate less.
Coco had two bowls of cereal this morning, full, she wouldn't relax until I got the second bowl. That was after a breast feed and then it was followed with 120mls of formula! No wonder she's still sleeping!!
Sarajo, the scrapbooking is a great idea. I wish I could get around to doing that. maybe if we move and have somewhere all spacious and nice, I will be inspired!!
talk soon ox
Wow, Abby doesnt eat much at all! She eats between 120 and 180mls of breastmilk about 5 times a day and then 2 feedings of solids, about 50ml each time, and that is it! Last feeding she only took 90 ml of milk or so. She gets weird when she is teething, and doesnt eat much at all! Maybe I should be giving her another feeding of solids per day? Hmmm
Sarajo, I wouldn't worry they all eat different amounts, but I was told to increase to 3 solids a day definitely by 7 months. it depends when you start them on solids but I"d say coco was on 3 meals by about 6 weeks into solids. She really does need to eat so much.
I really found giving salmon was good (tinned salmon) its so easy. you can mix it with a vegie and cottage cheese. Unfortunately we can't do dairy, but I like the idea of mixing everything with a bit of cheese or yoghurt. Would certainly cut down on my cooking!! I will wait until she is 1 to reintroduce dairy.
Other easy ideas are avocado and cottage cheese or avocado and pear...yum!! Also you can buy absolutely baby bits of pasta (think it's called peperini) and you just cook it and throw it in the food, it's small enough for them to eat as is.
Anyway, gotta go and try to settle her. I think she's hyped up after mothers group. I need her to have a power nap as we have to be out of here in 45 mins. don't think it's going to work!! xoxo
Hey Ladies,
Sounds like you are all going well. I have been very busy, I am coping okay at the moment but my fall in a heap next week. Jett seems to be doing well at School (that's what I call it cause I kinda feel bad that I have put him in Daycare, I was really wanting to be a stay home mumma but I think with the PND I was having trouble).
Anyway he is doing really well. He loves all of the kids and seems to be really happy when I drop him off and pick him up. Only trouble he is having is with sleeping, he is really distressed when it is bed time. I have asked that they don't rock him to sleep, as I don't want all that hard work I did to go to waste.
Anyway betta get an early night as I have to work tomorrow and it is the big move, I will talk next week as My PC will be out of action until the phone line is up and running.
Take care all xoxoxoxoxoxox
Thats great that Jett loves school! I think it is great he gets to interact with other kids so much! I really want to get abby involved with a playgroup!
Great idea with the pasta meg! I have been meaning to try avacado with abby, but I keep forgetting and here I ate the last avacado we had at home yesterday! Me and my mommy brain! Oh well! I think I will try some chicken with Abby today sometime. Sweet potatoes, chicken, and maybe some apples...mmm sounds like a plan!
Abby is so not sleeping well for me lately! She was up at 12:30, 1:30, 3:00!! I feel like I have a newborn again! I chalk it up to teething. I hope that is all it is! I am so tired lately! Well, gotta run and feed her and then it is hopefully a nap for both of us! You all sleep tight and have a great night! :)
Ok, well if Abby, coco and Maddy are doing these weird wake ups, maybe it is teething!!! Coco was up 4 times.....GGGRRRRR. The natropath thought she was feeding and made her up a chamomile drop thing. I gave it to her at 11pm and she settled (I also put her on her tummy. Does maddy still sleep on tum?), she still woke at 4 and 5am and has been up since 5.45am.....
Good luck with your move Dani, glad to hear Jett is liking school!! It's good for them to interact, and Im sure he loves being with other kiddies!!
talk later xoox
hi all..very tired and sick myself still..just wanted to let you know that owen has been doing that cr*ppy sleping for 2 weeks now and he has one top tooth about to pop thru any day now..last night he went almost back to normal..slept from 7-5am then bottle and back down til 8..so hopefully things are improving and i hope they do for all of you too!!
Christie, sorry to hear you're still sick. If it makes you feel better, so am I! It's damn hard to kick anything when you're up and down all nigth!! saying that about Owen's top tooth, I actually thought coco's top teeth were coming through, so maybe that's why she's unsettled...poo, hope they come down soon..damn teeth!!
Christie, I hope you're feeling better soon, must be so hard being pregnant, sick and having a bubba!!
coco is still crying, better go and settle. I'd say she's just SO overtired xo
Guys, stupid question I knkow, but does anyone know where my ticker is from? I want to change the pic but can't remember the website!!!!
thanks, hope you've all had a great day. coco has barely slept but is being a good girl. Bed in ten mins, hope she continues to be good!! xco
Meg, is your ticker from babys first site? If you google that title you'll get that webpage. :)
Awe Christie get better soon girl! Owen is getting his top teeth? Yep, that explains a lot. Abby has been SUCH a grump all day lately, and again last night she was up at 12:30, 12:45, 1:30, and 3:00! YAWN! I hope the pregnancy is going well! Any m/s?
Y'all have a great night tonight!
Thanks Beck, needed a ticker change!
Coco has started pulling herself around.Sort of caterpillaring!! Wont be too long until she crawls. Will definitely have to get a playpen in the next few days, i cant leave her unsupervised in this unit.
Hope everyone had a good sleep. Coco woke a few times, but I didn't really have to go in (just once for a second), I was too tired anyway. But she was up at 5.45am again...not happy with that. I didn't get her up until almost 7am and then she fed and slept at the same time.
xoxo
Awe, yay Coco! Abby scoots her butt around and gets where she wants to go! It is too funny lol! I gotta start dinner...not sure what I want to cook! Don is going out with the guys tonight, so Abby and I are having a "girls night in"! lol! She is being less of a grump today so hopefully she will sleep for me tonight! Love the new ticker Meg! Coco is so cute!
Love the new ticker photo Meg! :) YAY on the caterpilling for Coco! hehe Are you going to get one of those big wooden playpens so she has plenty of room to play around in? Glad that Miss Coco slept a little better last night - well at least that you didn't have to go in and pick her up anyway.
Christie - sorry to hear about Owen's teething and you being sick. Not a pleasant thing when you're feeling so poorly and you have a clingy child whilst being pregnant with another. Hope those nasty top teeth come through for little Owen soon and that you feel better asap! {{{{hugs}}}}
Sarajo - Sorry to hear about your rough Thursday night's sleep! :( *LOL* @ little Abby and her scooting around on her bum. That takes alot of motor skills I think to stay up straight whilst scooting around. hehe Hope you enjoy your ladies night in - you realise that's an excuse for ice cream don't you?! *wink*
Dani - hope the sun is shining for you today so that you have good weather for moving. Here's to your work day going quickly and you not feeling too exhausted when you're finished your shift. {{{{hugs}}}} Great to hear that little Jett is enjoying 'school', and hope that his daytime sleeping at school settles down without you needing to change your parenting style. (ie. rocking to sleep)
Well we're off and about today ladies. The State titles of dancing are on today so I'm going to pop in on those to see how the kiddies are doing - I really miss my dancing. DH has some errands to run today (hair cut etc) and I have to pay for Maddy's christmas/birthday presents while I have the money in my account. *rolls eyes* Maddy is going great guns with the crawling - when she wants something, she can REALLY move fast. Occasionally she doesn't move her knees individually so she does this little bunny hop/froggy leap with her legs together. SOOO cute! :)
When I have some free time tonight or tomorrow I will upload some video and email it to you all!
Have a lovely day ladies & bubbas!
Beck, have a great day!! Are you going to get back into your dancing soon? I can't believe all your bubs move so much, i really have had a lazy bones!! And yes Beck, I think we're getting the big wooden one. I had that with tilly and it was awesome. Then after we finished with it I broke it up and used it as a fence outside. Also it was the cheapest, but one of the biggest.
It's just too much of a risk now to turn my back and she can be into anything....cheeky little monkeys!!
Think I'll go to the shops today just to get out of the house. THe weather has been appalling the last few days. It absolutely poured all night (luckily was like coco's white noise cd, so didn't wake her). Tim is getting his tax done today. We're so hoping to get some money back as we want to buy a video camera and a new lounge!! That's it, not asking too much is it??
have a good weekend everyone, hope it's sunnier in your parts of the world. And good luck moving Dani. Hopefully that will be us in 6 weeks time !! xo
So far ladies night has been fun! I let Abby play in her food (sweet potatoes and custard) and then she got a bath and we read stories and she fell asleep while playing with her toys in the family room! lol! I will wake her up for a feed in about 1/2 hour and then to bed and mama can stay up and watch a movie with a glass of wine and some chocolate! Yummy!
Abby scoots, but she doesnt get around fast! She will get to something she wants eventually, but she doesnt need a baby gate or anything like that yet! I imagine she goes slower than Coco caterpilling! lol!
beck you should get back into dancing! That would be great exercise, a chance to get out and about, and fun! Could Maddy go to class with you?
So here s a weird thing...my nipple started bleeding tonight with pumping! It has happened twice! So with Abby waking up around the clock and with cracked bleeding nipple, I really do feel like the clock went backwards about 7 months! Have any of you had this?
You all having a good Saturday! :)
Ouch Sarajo! I haven't had that , but I haven't expressed for months. There's no way I could now I don't think. I only feed coco three times a day, not at night, and if we miss a feed it's fine, I dont' get full at all.Still lots of milk coming out though when she does feed.
Coco is getting grumpy now, probably because of her pathetic sleep this morning. Hoping she'll sleep well now. Tilly is entertaining her for the minute, but I can 'tell she is getting tired quickly
gotta run, xoxo
Hi my name is bec,m y daughter Gemma was born 12/12/2005
stats
weight 8p 2o/ 3.69kg
length 52cm
HC 34cm
time 1:52am
Gemma can roll,commando crawl,sit, say mum,bub has 2 teeth.
she is on soilds 3 time a day, bottle feed.
I hope you dont mind me joinging in here.
Bec:)
Welcome aboard, Cheeky Monkey!
I'm technically NOT a Dec girl, we missed out by two hours.
I have Ivy and Noah. They don't do much...yet, just get sick ALOT
The girls here are lovely!
Welcome Bec, glad to have you here!! Look forward to getting to know you.
Tiggy, your ticker is just TOO cute!
It's a nightmare here at the moment. Tim and tilly had a misunderstanding and Tilly has lost it. It's coco's bedtime and to make matters worse the neighbours are having a noisy party. NOT HAPPY JAN! xo
Meg,
Sorry to hear that things are tense at your house. Hope they improve soon.
Thanks re the ticker photo!
I'm sorry I have no idea where I should post this but you sound all so lovely and I want in!
I hope this was okay to put in - let me know if it isn't
December '05
Forum Name:Renee Elizabeth
State:NSW
Baby's DOB:12/12/05
Baby's Stats: Weight 3590- Length 49- Head Circ - 38
Gender of Baby: Female
Baby's Name:Marnie
Baby's Website:
Health Concerns:
Notes: Emergency C - all well now. Baby girl doing very well. Sitting up and doing a cool turtle crawl.
Welcome Renee Elizabeth! Wow, two newbies and both bubs on the same day!! Glad to have you in Dec bubs.
I am so stressed now, it's almost 8pm and the neighbours are so loud, they are doing happy bday now. I just hope that means they can all SHUT UP and go home....gggrrr. Teh worst part is that its been pouring with rain until about 2pm today and that's when their party started...what a bummer.
Im going to bed, hoping we'll all get SOME sleep!! xoxo
Welcome Bec & Renee! :) The more the merrier lovely ladies. Looking forward to chatting with you both some more!
Meg, sorry to hear about Tilly & Tim having a misunderstanding...hope it gets sorted soon and that you get Coco to sleep soon. :)
Just wanted to say Tiff, that I LOVE your gorgeous new ticker photo of Ivy & Noah. Just beautiful.
Will be back later....off to watch the Wallabies play the 'Boks.
Welcome Renee Elizabeth!
The turtle crawl sounds cute!
Can't wait to get to know you!
ETA: AWWWW thanks, Bec!
Thanks for all your well wishes!
I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all - think I should get ready for bed Miss Marnie will be up in 2 hours and dad is out playing poker! But it's my sleep in tomorrow! Can not wait.
Go the Wallabies!
Welcome cheeky_monkey & Renee Elizabeth!
Beck, wow, yay on Maddy crawling!
Tiggy, To echo what the others have said, your ticker photo is so gorgeous!
Meg, I hope everything settles down for you at home.
Logan is upset so I have to go, was hoping he'd be happy sitting with ex for a while, but alas he's not.
Hello and welcome Renee and Bec and your bubs too! I am from the US so I usually post while you all sleep and vise versa! This is the best group, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! Both babies born December 12th, too? how funny! I love the names Marnie and Genna! There are so many December girl babies!
Cheekymonkey - Gemma looks like a cutie in the ticker pic! :)
Renee - Don went out with the guys last night too, and I still had to get up at 6:00 with my little Abby...bugger! lol! Tomorrow I am going to insist on sleeping in!
Meg - hope your night got better! Poor thing~ I hope Coco sleeps soundly for you tonight!
Tiggy - AWWWEEEE @ the ticker pic! How adorable is that!!! How are the twinnies feeling?
Melly - how are you? Happy 8 months Logan!! :)
Kate - absolutely LOVE the new sites! Jasmine couldn't get any cuter in those clapping videos! lol! Adorable!
Well today I am getting Abby back in the habit of sleeping in her crib for naps. I have been laying her on our bed for naps and as she is getting more mobile, I thought it is time for her to get used to her crib. She is down for a nap now and is handling it well! She has been asleep for almost an hour!! Woohoo! She has always slept in her crib at night so now it will be only crib for sleeping night or day! Yay!
Thats it for my long post! You ladies sleep well tonight!
Hi guys!
Sarajo, that's great that Abby just went straight down during the day..sometimes the transition is hard.
Coco did ok last night. Woke at 2am and then at the new wake up time 5.45am. Although she's woken up with a temp, so Im a bit worried about that. Also the poor little bub has two red toes, her big toes. I think it's from wearing socks so much and all in one suits. They look quite painful, so we'll have to go to the Doc's tomorrow if not cleared, the poor thing. Of course I now have a footless outfit on her. it's just so cold, I try to keep her feet warm at all times.
I'd better go and get her ready for bed, she should be tired by now.
Guess where we're going for lunch today/??....Yum Cha!!! How unusual for us!!!
have a great sunday everyone xoxo
Hi Guys.
My babies are so sick, I think I am heading back into hospital today.
I don't know what is going on, they have been sick on and off for the last six weeks.
I have bleached, scrubbed, washed cleaned EVERYTHING.
Today, it's freezing but I have every window and door open to try and get rid of whatever is making my family sick.
It's not just the babies, it's all the kids, in varying degrees. I'm just so sick of Winter.