Babies Born December 2007 #21

Crikey, our elctricity bill is around $600. But dh has all his fish tanks running, and his spa :rolleyes: Adds up quickly.

MoM- Totally agree about the Xmas pressies. That's what we do in my family. It's just too expensive to have to buy for every man and his dog (not to mention long lost aunties). I was hping to go to the Teddy Bears Picnic, I've worked there the last few years and it is great fun. Have to see if Ty is feeling better. The tickets are expensive, but it's packed with stuff to and that's all included in the price. I wasn't given the option to work it this year :( It's a pretty popular event to do, and I'm a casual now so I get second call on things like that. Btw, you can keep your 2 yo :) That is good advice about getting Ty checked out. I'm actually thinking of going back to the gp next week and getting a refferal to a paed and getting it looked at further. What do you all think?

Nic- I hear you on the screaming. I'll be so glad when Ty can actually tell me what's wrong (please tell me it gets easier when they can talk).

Ty is in bed already and it's only 5pm. But he woke himself up coughing after only sleeping half hour this arvo, so maybe it will be ok. Dh has run off to a friend's farewell party at the races and left me alone with a sick baby, and I'm not feeling the best myself. Grrrrrrr. Ty was so whingy I gave him dinner and a bath and put him to bed that whole hour early and he went down without a fight.

Olivia is in bed at the moment screaming her nut off.. I want to explode.. whine whine whine.. follow mummy grab pinch scream yell.. thats been my afternoon

I absolutly hate leavng her to do this but its either that or I get cranky with her..

Xmas here is going to be stingy this year :lol: We are on a mission to save lots of $$$ towards our holiday each month. One gift per niece and nephew.. crappy ones for SIL kids :lol: Simons request there.. and very simple gifts for our kids.. (if I can restrain myself)

anyways I better get up and finish Dinner then get Livi up for dinner cus she is still screaming..

Gee Nic what`s up with Olvia your having a bad time still,little buggar! They certainly know how to push our patiance.Do you think she might be cutting more teeth,Nic. Our little Kieren screams and yells like a cat in a bloody fight,it`s a wonder our neighbours haven`t called the cops for the noise. I get upset when i can`t help them,but when the screaming goes on i start to get cranky.
Hope thing get better very soon for you Nic, :hug: Thinkin of ya,Hun.

Anyone seen Hoody,didn`t DH come back from his trip yesty,lol. Sexy times for Hoody.:dance:

LoriRae, Why don`t you see a doctor at The Children`s Hossy,a paediatrician wont know much about sleep disorders,hun,only my suggestion,there are some fantastic Doctors there and they all should be covered by Medicare.I have to go back there in 8 weeks to see a ENT Doc for our eldest son,but we are friends with lots of people there because of our boy that we lost,they are like family to us. :goodluck: LoriRae with your little bub.
Catch you all soon ,got to get a bottle for Kieren,he`s awake!

Nikki - Lucky you another holiday!! great to hear from you. Im sure summer will crawl in her own time, she could be one of those bubs that just dont and start walking straight away.

MofM - I agree on the pressies.. chrissy is for the kids i reckon.

Lori - sooo hope things get better for you, how scary.

We had a awesome day today - I LOVE this weather.. went to the park to watch granddad play cricket and then spent the arvo at the beach! first time for Ash and he loved it... mind you ate 2 hand fulls of sand! yuko! LOL
i was so excited he enjoyed it!!!

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AND we finally got the first tooth!!! AAAAHHHH :D its only just the very top of one tooth, but gees they were taking there time. Im kinda happy to wait but i think it looks so cute. im sure itll pop up big time over night now its out the gum.

Thanks for sharing all the bad nappy changing stories.. i feel so much better LOL

have a great night, swimming tomorrow yay!

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Our little Kieren screams and yells like a cat in a bloody fight,it`s a wonder our neighbours haven`t called the cops for the noise. I get upset when i can`t help them,but when the screaming goes on i start to get cranky.
Hope thing get better very soon for you Nic, :hug: Thinkin of ya,Hun.

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I worry my neighours will either call the cops or Docs.. I swear I don't beat them but Olivia and Jacob have the most incredible set of lungs on them..

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We had a awesome day today - I LOVE this weather.. went to the park to watch granddad play cricket and then spent the arvo at the beach! first time for Ash and he loved it... mind you ate 2 hand fulls of sand! yuko! LOL
i was so excited he enjoyed it!!!
ill upload some piccies now.

AND we finally got the first tooth!!! AAAAHHHH :D

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I just saw your pics on FB.. Looks like such a nice day!! I wish I was able to go to the beach last week but time got away from us again.. plus it was so super windy.. Sept is usually our windy month but it started late this year!

and wooot on a tooth.. now Ashie don't bite mummy or she might say a very wicked word ;)

Olivia is finally asleep.. thank Goodness.. Jacob has fallen asleep on the couch and the boys are watching a Ben 10 movie... Ethan and Isaac are into Ben 10 for some reason.. Although I did watch it with them last week and got hooked :lol:

Anyways girls I am off to browse then I spose I better get a good nights sleep..

I'm here just no time to post :) I will be back later to fill you in on the life of Hood's

Holy moley 48 hours and no posts, I think this is the first time I've seen this happen.... where all you all ladies?

Wow,it`s very quiet around here,lol.
Just saying hi to all,my pc is mucking up it`s the service provider,where working on,be back later i hope too.

Holy cow.. even I didn't come in here the last 48 hours :o

i'm here.. just blahing along..

Kinda giving myself a mini heart attack but at the same time not.. veery mixed emotions going on.. AF has gone MIA. I settled into a nice 25 days cycle and I was due last week.. Only a few days late but still.. Then I read on here last night that the failure rate for how I got my tubes done is 1 in a 100.. and apparently the way I got mine done (cut and tied) has the highest failure rate in general.. but I don't know how i feel about it all. In one way it would be nice but I don't know if I can go through the whole newborn thing again as I am not sleeping enough now.. and 5 wow thats just too many kids for me... and then dreams started lol.. I think I am just so exhausted from the last few nights with Olivia and the fact that my days are incredibly long (for me) maybe my body is saying you know what lets leave AF away so she can chill for a few days.. :lol:

agh.. I don't know what to think..

How is everyone else?

My little miss has been letting go the las day or so.. not for long but I think eek.. not yet.. and today she climbed up on the something.. Growing up so fast yet she seems to tiny to me she doesn't look big enough to be doing those things..

such beautiful weather in sydney, we ended up going for a walk across the Harbour Brisge

Hi ya Nic,I think hun you might be suffering from stress,and lack of sleep can throw your cycles out as well.Gee I don`t know how I would feel if I were to fall pg after having my tubes tied.That`s like my DH mate,he had a vesectomy done,but he was in the small percentage and it didnt work, wholly COW!!!!
Nic,hope everything gets back to normal for you soon.:hug: Hows the family?

Hope everyone is well and all the bubs are good too.

Kieren is trying to pull himself up on the lounge,to stand up,our little bubba,is growing up way too fast for us.

Louise: A walk over the harbour Bridge sounds lovely :)

MoM: I;m not sure. I wouldn't say I feel stressed just tired.. but I have done more reading and it is quite common for Af to go MIA after a tubal...

Well we are on the mend which is good.

Lori - how is Ty? I don't think you are a bad mummy for going back to sleep. I probably would have as well. Monique woke me up 4 times last night and I gave her a feed each time and I nodded off feeding her. So tired this morning. She must be having a growth spurt or something because she wants to feed every couple of hours.

Buzzie - nappy changes are crazy for us too. It drives me bonkers when she wants to roll over all the time and can't get the nappy on. Your trip to the beach looked fabulous. How was school today?

MoM - Monique has the screaming as well and we live in units and you can hear her all the way down the stairwell. When we see our neighbours some say they can't hear her and others feel for us. We start to get cranky when she has her high pitched screams for hours. We give her a firm NO because distracting doesn't work.

Nic - wow, not long before Olivia takes off. They do look too small to be moving around and making a big mess!

Nikki - have a nice holiday. Four teeth in one day - wow! Monique is 10 months this Saturday and we still don't have teeth. Summer will take off in no time. Monique used to get on all fours and then sit back down and then one day, she just took off and is now into everything.

Best be off to bed. Night.

Hi all
Olivia still has no teeth , but is sick with a nasty cough and temp I will be taking her to the drs tomorrow if she is no better..

Fia's driving batty tonight, she is teething and grumpy and clingy and I give up on my report now, might as well cuddle her back to sleep again.

Tinsel: Hope monique slept better for you last night, yesterday Olivia had a screaming day and I was worried the neighbours would think I was doing something to her

Teena: hope Olivia is feeling better.. :hug:

Louise: Why must teething be so rough on them, hope she went down to sleep for you

I had a semi decent night. Olivia woke at 2 I think it was and tried to scream and yell but I simply told her to shuuush it.. She eventually went to sleep. I woke briefy at one stage and she was in a super deep sleep next to me and we both slept till 6.. woot..

Was planning on going for a bike ride but looking out the window it looks rainy again so might rethink my morning plans

Morning all,
We are almost out of the no teeth group, Ash still has a cut gum where the tooth is coming up but its still not moved - dunno whats happening there...

Tinsel - My studies are just from home studies so not at tafe yet, next yr ill try to get out. but i had to put it off for a couple weeks, so bumbed, i didnt have enough cash to put the payment down for my books :( but thats ok cos i brought things for ash instead LOL

Nic - hope your AF does what shes supposed to do, i know stress ect, will do funny things, maybe you deserve some chill out time :)

Teena - hope Olivia get better soon, poor bubba :(

Ash is climbing on everything now and crawls 100 miles an hour even races up the stairs ahhhh.... slowly starting to understand to go down feet first. We had one little fall but i never take my eyes of him on them, too nervous.

Off to bunningings today, im making Ash a toy.. so funny but i thought it would be fun, hes soooo loves locks and door handles and the chain on the door, so im going to get a piece of wood make it a box and put locks and handles all over it :D hehe

Thats a cute idea Lauren :) I might have to steal that idea for Olivia.. she loves playing with things like that

hehe go for it. i think it will be great!! its nice to make things yourself i reckon!

Hi girls,how are we all?

I`ve had a **** couple of days,Ds 15 left a packet of chewing gum on his desk in his room,and yes Ds our 2 y/o got into it.....ggggrrrrrrrrr.......had bloody chewy on the floors of two bed rooms,just feeling tied like most of the mummies around here.
I think Kieren is having a growth spirt as well,he has been waking 2 times a night for extra feeds.:rolleyes:

Tinsel, My girl friend lives in a unit and her two boys are really noisey and full on,her 4 y/o chucks really bad tantrums,and the oldies next door knock on her door and ask her to keep the kids noise down.I said to my friend, next time she knocks on the door ask the old ***** if she wants to lend you some marsking tape,lol.

I?m thinking of changing the kids rooms around today,it`s raining in Sydney and we have a nice cool day.
I?m cleaning out their clothes and toys,before xmas while they are at school.
Ok,off to feed and bath bub,take care all.:)

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Tinsel, My girl friend lives in a unit and her two boys are really noisey and full on,her 4 y/o chucks really bad tantrums,and the oldies next door knock on her door and ask her to keep the kids noise down.I said to my friend, next time she knocks on the door ask the old ***** if she wants to lend you some marsking tape,lol. [\QUOTE]

Or if it bothers them so much, maybe they could babysit for a few hours??? ;) I swear my neighbours must be ready to call DOCS- all Ty is done for the last week is cry :rolleyes:

Tinsel- Thanks for asking, Ty is still not very well :( We went back to the doc's today and he's just 'post-viral' apparentley. ordered back on Thursday if he's still coughing (which I reckon he will be). Now I'm sick too. And dh's nan passed away on the weekend, so he's sad. Not a happy household here atm.

Nic- EEEEP!! I'm a bit nervy for you! Probably just lack of sleep and time to self... af is giving you a break :)

Lauren- What an absolutley brilliant idea. if I had the enrgy to go to Bunnings I'd copy you too :)

MoM- Ewww on the chewy. Hearing you on the tired. I thought I knew what tired was before I had Ty- I used to whinge about being tired when I was pregnant. Ha!! I didn't even know what tired was then.

Not much going on here. Thought I'd throw this out for opinions- might post it on the main forum as well and see what people have to say. Dh's nan's funeral is tomorrow. I don't agree with babies at funerals, unless it's a sibling or a parent, and even then it's a hard call to make. The way I see it, bubs can't understand, they only know everyone is upset :( But dh is adamant Ty should go to this funeral because 'it will hold the family together' and dh needs him there for 'strength'. Personally, i think that is selfish. But I know if I try and put my foot down, dh will crack it and we'll end up in an argument.
So, what do you reckon? Put my foot down or let it slide?

Hey girls.

Having bad nights here at the moment. Think we're teething again. She's chomping on her finger down the side of her mouth and did a massively festy poo yesterday, and the dribbling is back too. panadol did help a bit last night, still woke up a few times, but at least it wasn't every hour!

Lori - i don't think there's anything wrong at all taking babies to funerals. I took my 2 kids to a funeral about a month ago and it wasn't even a relative. The family was happy to see them, and if they're noisy, I just step outside. *shrug*. I think babies and kids can be a great comfort to people, especially if it's their own family's funeral, and my kids didn't pick up on the sadness at all.

Liz- The only thing that bugs me is I think Ty would react to all the sadness- I've seen him do it before. But having said, that was when mummy was sad, and I won't really be that emotional (I know that sounds terrible, but I only met her a couple of times and I know she was well and truly ready to go).
Hmmmmm....

Lori: I think it would be fine for Ty to go.. Maybe you could go to the church (or whereever the funeral is being held) See how he goes.. If he becomes unsettled just go outside with him

I understand you not being sad as well.. Its one of those things.. but like I said you be the judge of Ty's mood.. If he is not coping he needs to be put first..

Lori - i took Ash to my grandfathers funeral last month and they had a little room where you u go after for nibblies, the guy said take ash in there if he played up, lucky enough tho he was alseep for most of it. Although his nappy leaked everywhere and i did have to run out and change him halfway through! :rolleyes: I think its ok for kids/babies but if they do crack it and be noisy it can be very distracting and i think alot of people wouldnt like it. Like nic said, you could also go outside as we did with my nephew who didnt want to sit still that long - understandably.

Well back from bunnings woohoo.. got LOTs of little bits, a door handle, door chain, hooks, handles, locks etc.... gotta cut up the wood tonight so i can get it together and paint it red! cant wait to get it all done!! not bad for $45 all up.

Have a good arvo all :D

Wow,only two more months to go until our big first Birthday for Kieren .........cant wait for our family Birthday bash BBQ.Hope we all get the Bonus the government is talking about.WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!:dance:
Hope everyone is all well.

WWWWWHHOOOOOOOOO... we are hoping to!!! Ive been watching the news all arvo, is there a date yet ????

I have no idea what evryone is talking about with this bonus... what's going on? I am so out of touch....

Hello Ladies :)

I wont even attempt to do personals its been way to long since i have been on here and just reading over the last few posts i cant even remember who said what :doh:

Well in the house of Hoody's all is well. DH returned home the early hours of Fri morning i tried to sleep b4 he got in but was too excited. By the time he got in and we were trying to head off to bed DD1 had woken up. Needless to say DH got to go to bed and i had a tiring day with both girls. On saturday we attended a wedding which DH was a groomsman for which was lovely. My sister looked after my girls but i didnt drink and decided to drive home. Lucky too as i got a phone call at 6am asking me to pick the girls up as DD1 wasnt well. In the last 3 weeks they have both had colds and a nasty tummy bug. They are both pretty much back to normal now although poor Molly has sticky eyes. I'm hoping its not conjunctivitis but actually i think it might be. I have been bathing with salt water and am hoping to seen an improvement tomo.

Molly seems to have come along in leaps and bounds in the last few days. I walked in to her room the other day to find her sitting. SHe has been able to sit for months but hasnt been able to get herself up. Well obviously now she can. She also pulled herself up to standing over the weekend which was a first. SHe is rocking on all 4s so much so maybe she will crawl b4 her 1st birthday lol. I cant believe its less than a month. What happended to my baby?

Well i hope you are all well and i will try and pop back in tomo to catch up somemore.

Buzzie - what a cool idea. Post a pic when you are done, would love to see it.

MoM - I have just about finished making Monique's 1st Birthday invites but I am still to decide on a venue as we are in a 2br apartment with no yard. I have a lovely park in mind with a function room but it could be quite warm and don't think they have air con (am planning it for 13 Dec). We will have a BBQ too.

Just on 1st birthdays, are people just inviting family or friends too?

Lori - there should be info on the news sites but apparently Families who receive Family Tax Benefit (A), families with children who receive the Youth Allowance, Abstudy or a benefit from the Veteran Children's Education scheme will be eligible for the $1,000 one-off benefit from December 8. That would be nice.

Big hugs for your family. It's not nice to be sick or sad. Poor little Ty.

Liz - oh no, I hope your nights get better. That is what is happening with Monique at the moment.

Am I crazy for wanting to be pregnant again already? DH and I are planning to have another bub next year but at ovulation time this month I was like lets go for it, although 'relations' weren't that frequent so will be lucky if we conceive but I am really hoping it happens. Crazy.

We are having real trouble with Monique's sleep time and then she wakes around midnight wanting to party for half an hour. Does everyone have a consistent routine for bed time? We tried but weren't very consistent and now we put her to bed when we see tired signs (usually between 8pm and 9pm).

we are inviting friends and family for Fia's birthday - have to get the invitations out this week.

Just a quick one.. I caved and tested this afternoon (dh mainly wanted to know for sure due to the risk of ectopic) It was neg.. I have to say I am relieved..

So tired don't think I could handle a preg let alone a new born in my life at the moment.

Tinsel: and on that subject. not at all :) We started trying for number 3 as soon as Isaac was born. Well as soon as we could ;)

There also giving $1400 for ppl on a pension, i dont think anyone here has that, but ive got single parenting pension, so ive been told that counts :pray:

yes will definatly post a pic of the new toy - i have to wait for mum to finish with the paint first as im pinching some from her shop so hopefully by the weekend she will finish so i can do mine. didnt cut the wood last night so ill do that today :)

Is it seriously per child though? I won't believe it till its in my bank account though...

Olivia has been a good girl.. She didn't sleep so great but oh well. We threw her out of whack when we went to the inlaws for dinner and we didn't get home till after 9:30..

but she only woke the once..

ah my boobies are needed BBL

Hi all,
Just a quick one- we all went to the funeral, was short and lovely. Ty was good (cracked it two seconds into the service so we went and sat in the rose garden and I gave him his lunch).
Tinsel- No more babies here for me atm. I think I might have some kind of breakdown if I were to fall pregnant now.
Nic- Yayyyyyyy for you :) i am seriously relieved for you. And if it happens and is per child you guys will have a good Chrissie this year :)
Hi everybody else. We're off to dinner at the pub with dh's family. Off to doctors again tomorrow, Ty is still not 100% well :(

Nic - yep $1000 per child under 18 :D

I heard the pay date is the 8th of December -Just in time for chrissy. Gees it would be nice now tho.! gonna have a great time in Tassie not worring about the money tho ..yippie

Lori - glad the funeral went ok for you.

We offically have a tooth. popped up today gees its sharp, havent felt it breastfeeding yet tho! :lol:

I am all confused over this payment so I am going to live in my little cupboard :lol: If I get it I get if I don't I don't.. I have no idea.. I get FTBa and we get paid fortnightly so I am assuming I will get it in Dec.. but honestly I am to tired to care :lol:

I don't know whats going on with me.. I am tired and from time to time I sit here and feel like crying.. I had a huge 2 hour sleep with Olivia this afternoon and i just want to have a shower and go to bed.. I know im not preg the test showed that.. but I wonderif I have a hormonal imbalance or something?

Lori: Glad the funeral went well. Enjoy your dinner tonight.. hope Ty is feeling better soon.. or at least the Drs work out whats up

Lauren: WOO go Ash.. congrats on your toothy peg

My Brag- **** Molly is finally crawling TBH i never really thought we would get there but today she was up on her knees and took 3 steps sat back down looked at me then got back on all 4's and went for about 4m. I cant believe it not even commando crawling but a lump on the floor to very mobile in less than 5 mins. I am so excited but so nervous too. I guess i will find out how much harder life is about to get hehe.

Tinsel. I wanted to start TTC for no2 as soon as DD1 was about 4months. We started just b4 her 1st birthday and i found out i was UTD the weekend of her birthday :) Your not mad at all. I love having my girls so close.

Aussienic :hug: i hope you are ok you sound so blah at the moment. I hope you get a good nights sleep.

Buzzie- congrats on the tooth

Sorry no more personals g2g DH is calling ;)

Morning Hoody: WOOOOT on the crawling.. Way to go Molly! Life gets fun when they crawl

I am feeling better today.. I slept quite well even though Olivia woke again but she cuddled up with Simon and went back to sleep..

It is raining here so not sure what we will do today. might sort the boys clothes out.. They have way to many.. and eventually Olivias stuff.. now just to get Simon to help :rolleyes: i know its a tedious job but I get sick of the only one doing it

Hi all,
Hoody- Yay go Molly!!!!! :cheer:
and Lauren- Yay go Ash with his new toothy peg!! :bluecheer:
And :hug: for Nic, you poor tired thing. Glad you feel a bit better today.
And finally YAAAAAAAAAAAAY for me- Ty slept through last night, 11pm till 6am (in our bed of course but this is the first time we've even come close so I am a happy mummy today!!!)
Hope you are all feeling refreshed as I am. We're off to mum's group- have a fabulous day :)