Babies Born December 2007 #27

TT is in full swing at daycare. Monique took herself off to the loo all day yesterday and did 3/5 on the loo. We have sent in undies at their request so will see how she goes today. She is recognising when she needs to do wees now so that is great. If only we could get rid of the dummy at home - daddy! I tend to be bad cop when it comes to giving her the dummy but DH can't stand to see her scream and cry about the dummy so gives it to her :rolleyes:

Alicia - we had Monique upset for about a week wanting to put her nappy on to do poo but she seems ok about it again. They certainly let us know what they want don't they.

Nic - don't want to scare you but my SIL daughter still goes into their bed every night and she is 8. They recently upgraded to a King bed.

Buzzie - Fish sauce - eeeeewwwww! Good that it worked though and you get to have your body back for a little while.

Righto, better keep moving before it gets too hot today.

Eeeek Tinsel.. Is o don't want to think about that.. I am sure once I can reason with her (or lock the door to her own room lol) she will stay in her own bed. I put her to bed in her own bed and she slept there the whole night again last night.. Well till 5ish anyways..

Well took Olivia to the Drs this morning cus she had a yucky looking sore on her tummy. Only concerned as the neighbours kids have had School sores and their DD got admitted to Hosp yest with a staph infection. Poor little girl looks terrible.. and now Olivia has a staph infection on her tummy.. It looks icky and she says it hurts. My biggest concern is that the Ab's don't cause her to get runny acidy poo's. She has had Ab's 3 times now and each time she gets terrible poo's and nappy rashes.

Anyways she just got in trouble so is in a mood and a half..

Nic - Poor Olivia, I hope it clears up soon. It's awful when they are unwell :(

Tinsel - Daddy is the weak link in the dummy chain here too :rolleyes: We have progressed to no dummy all day until she starts to get tired and grumpy at 5ish. I don't really mind if she has it at night for a bit longer but the day one is getting to me...

Buzzie - We have a toilet seat thingy too but at the moment it is too hard for Olivia to get to our toilet on her own or quickly, so I want to start with the potty first until she 'gets' the idea a bit more. Although in saying that I have been slack and not tried the pants again yet......

We have been out gardening this morning. I was pulling out weeds, Olivia was pulling out plants :doh: Now the gardening monster is having a nap and I think I might have a veg on the couch, have a great afternoon everyone :D

Hi Ladies!

Hope everyone had a smashing christmas and new years!

Well I am another one who was TTC and is now UTD too! YAY! Very early but a positive is a positive right!?

Wow, all your kiddies seem to be moving along really well on the TT front. Summer likes to sit on the big toilet but never does anything. It drives me nuts. She comes up to me and says wees or poos so i take her nappy off and take her to the toilet. She sits there for 3 mintues then gets off. Put her nappy back on and then she does it. ARGH. Then takes it back off cause she doesnt like it when its wet!

Dont even get me started on the dummy discussion. I feel i am going to have 2 babies addicted to dummies in 8 months.

Thought I would drop by and say Hi :)

How is everyone?

Hi Nic :D

Im still here.. lol
Had my ultrasound today!! saw a little heart beat ticking away..! was amazing when its so little! hehe

Noticed your ticker nic, 11 years!! WOW how exciting,. u guys doing much this yr?

Aww look at your ticker pic.. How cute :)

Not much planned .. Well unless you count finally starting our house renovations this year :dance: Builders coming next week to talk about what we want and to look at the plans we drew.. Can't wait.. SO excited but so nervous we won't be able to do what we want

At present we are in a highset 3 bedroom home.. Seriously running out of space.. Hopefully by the end of the year we will have a nice up/down house with 5 bedrooms up stairs including a small parents retreat.. Downstairs will have living, kitchen ect ect.. At this stage no spare room as we don't think we have the room.. anyways i am sure I will put up before and after pics on Fb.. So everyone keep your fingers and toes crossed that everything goes to plan.. :D:D

Wow thats so exciting Nic!! so hope it goes to plan for you..! would love to build/renovate my own home! Still waiting for Rob to build me one LOL (being a builder)

:lol: one day he will (maybe lol)

Lauren your ticker is lovely

Thought I would drop by and say Hello and see how all the little 2 yr olds are doing (and mums and dads)

Olivia had a CHN appointment today and woo.. She is finally 12.2kg and 88cm tall. she has gone from the 15% line up to 50% for height and weight. CHn was very impressed with her speech and other skills.. I felt so chuffed :lol:

Jacob has his 4 yr old check up (6 months late lol) He is doing great. She was really pleased to see him writing his name ect.. Passed his hearing and eye test so yay :)

Anyways I need a shower and think I will head to bed before the miss awakens and demands to sleep with me. *sigh*

Nic Yay on your kiddies ppassing the tests, I still have to take the kids, will get around to it eventually. I have not long got back from a wedding here in mt Beauty, the babysitter siad the kids were excellent.

Glad the kids were good while you went to the wedding.

I am a bit sleepy (and sore) now. I bought Wii Fit on Friday and ended up doing 60 minutes on it yesterday and well I feel it this morning :lol: All the kids but Ethan are up already *yawn*

Time for a morning coffee

Hi everyone,

Great to hear that all the 'big' kids are doing well. Olivia had her 2 year check up the other day and is now just on 13k and 87cm tall. She was very cheeky while we were there :rolleyes: I can't believe how grown up she is looking now. Sometimes I look at how she is sitting or standing and it is like a glimps into what she will look like at 18+. My little baby is growing up!

The Little Miss is getting even more insistant about being indepedant lately. Today she tried dressing herself and got really upset when I had to help with the t-shirt. She can however put on shorts and shoes on her own now, so she is feeling very very proud of herself :D (Currently she is on the floor in front of me trying to do a handstand, she actually isn't doing a bad job of trying to kick her legs up...)
She is also into 'helping' a lot. Yesterday she followed me into the toilet and asked me if I needed a hand :lol::rolleyes:

We are still holding off on TT. Olivia just gets insistant about not wanting to go to the toilet like a big girl if I mention it, so I think I will wait a few more months.

OK, we are off to do some work in the backyard before it gets too hot. Does anyone know a magic way to keep spiders from building their home in out outdoor setting?

Can't help you with spiders we luckily don't get many.. google might be able to come up with something I am sure

Isn't it great when they start becoming independant. Frustrating and great all at the same time :)

I just did another 60 minutes on the Wii fit.. I feel so good for it. I just hope I keep it up.. I am sure the kids will remind me. They enjoy it to :)

Time to do more washing. My poor drier is going overtime. We have one day of sunshine in just over 3 weeks. I don't mind the rain but I am sure I will cringe when we get out next Electricity bill

Hi everyone, ash had his check last month and was still 15kg been like that since his 18mth weight. He's 90cm tho so I think shot up and lost his baby pudgy.

Glad everyones well , well done nic on the wii!! Wish I could get more motivated. I have worse m/s atm then with Ash :( just can't be bothered to do anything an:shakehead:d eating sucks !

Alicia - I'm not pushing Ash with TT either, tho he goes to potty only if his nappy is off, I'm very happy for him to be ready on his own..... Tho would love him to be out nappies went no2 comes lol

So tired, off for another nap before diego finishes lol

Hello Ladies,just sticking my head in to catch up with you all.....
Just wanted to say hello,I`am still around just keeping myself busy.
Lauren- wow your pg is going quickly.......I bet ASh will love having a Brother or Sister! :)
Take care.

Kieren sits on his potty,but i`am not too worried about getting him into undies just yet....he uses it when he wants too,otherwise I dont make a big deal out of it.

All is good with my family,hope everyone else is all well too. Take care.xx;)

Hi

all is good here except for DH working away again. Fia has pretty much toilet trained herself. Quite a releif as Maria was a trial.

Hi Susan and Louise

All good here.. We have finally got Olivia to put herself to bed at night and almost every night she sleeps ALL night in her big girl bed. Last night she was pretty unsettled so I just let her sleep with me from 11. But I am ok with it as long as it isn't an every single night thing :)

I had a huge weekend and am really suffering from tiredness today :lol: We were meant to go on a booze cruise on Saturday night but it was cancelleddue to a cyclone hovering off the coast and there were concerns it was going to come this way but thankfully it didn't and we didn't even get much rain from it.. So we all went up to the pub that night. My mum had my 4 kids kids plus my neighbours 2. (thanks mum) We originally were going to come home around 8 but mum rang and said all kids asleep stay and enjoy yourself and well enjoy myself I did :lol:

Simon and I staggered home at 1:30 and stagger we did hahaha.. We were in bed by 2 but do you think I could sleep. I heard the neighbours come home at 4 (they went to town and I said would have their kids till sometime the following day) I then got up with mum at 5:45 with the kids and by golly I was so tired.. I ended up crashing on the lounge floor at Midday and slept for 4 hours :lol: Then Monday night we went to the neighbours when mum went to bed and I said to Simon I want to be home around 10. Well we walked in the door at 3am :lol: I am swearing off any alcohol for at least a week hehe. overdid it I think ;)

This is the longest time I haven't been pregnant or breastfeeding since January 2003 and I have to say I am just loving it.

Now this week we have skips in our front yard as we are emptying our house in preparation for our renovations. We are still waiting on the builders final quote and hopefully finance won't be a problem but for now we really have to remove some very much unwanted and uneeded things..

So I best move and help my dear mother who is busy folding clothes at the moment..

I hope everyone else is having a good time with life at the moment :)

Hi guys!
Susan - yeh im still pinching myself its almost 14 weeks. Just flying. tho im hanging to finish work more than anything atm!
Ash is great with the potty, tho i try jocks but as soon as there on he pees in them so he only goes potty or toilet when he has nappy free time, i think when im home full time i can pursue it abit more if hes ready.

Kitten - thats awesome Sofia has TT herself!! are u still using nappies for her? I was trying pull ups with ASh but there so damn expensive.

Nic - wow what an awesome time!! It was so great to finally weened Ash, tho i weened him a week after finding out i was pregnant again so i never got that break to sneak in some drinkies LOL So nice u and hubby can go out together like that. What an awesome mum you have :)

Well have my first antenatel apt in 2 hours.. that'll make it that little bit more real lol
Robs just being so awesome... feel sooo weird to do this with him this time! he was getting so excited at our 12 wk scan. So glad hes getting to see what he missed out on with Ash!

Take care everyone... Any plans for easter holidays?!?! Besides hiding from this horrid weather!

Hi everyone!

I am still around.

I'm very jealous of all the toilet training that is going on. Olivia is still refusing to use the toilet or the potty although she has started to tell us when she is wetting her nappy so that is a step in the right direction. Her new excuse for not using the potty is that it doesn't have water in it like the big people toilet :p:rolleyes:

Nic, sounds like a great weekend. We had a night out last week while my FIL babysat and it was so nice to share a bottle of wine and eat a whole dinner without having to rush.

Hello All

Just popped in to have a look at threads on the mini pill and thought I would check our little thread and you have been chatting away!

I'm sad because AF arrived yesterday. Not had that for 1.5 years and it has made me quite moody (poor DH). Decided to start the mini pill as well so we'll see how that goes. Not tried it before.

Monique is going really well. She surprises me all the time with things she knows and remembers. She repeats everything and is so funny because I say to her that "mummy is serious" when I need her to do something so she says to Amelia, "mummy is sewious sister". Cracks me up every time.

TT is stop and go. She was going really really well and then she wouldn't wear undies and at childcare this week she has been wearing undies over her nappy although today she had undies on and no accidents. I can't wait for TT to be over.

Fia is in undies during the day and nappies at night, I found the pullups from toysrus were the cheapest

Kitten - thanks, ill have to check them out.

Tinsel - glad u could pop in :) the group is getting smaller lol I went on the mini pill when Ash was nearly one, and OMG... i was the most horrid person to be around.. arngry as one minuet then crying the next it was like a switch flicked the day i started and even mum said you are never going on it again LOL and i was almost normal as soon as i stopped, but i only took it for a month so i dont know if i needed time for it to settle or thats what it just did to me LOL

Its so nice to see people in here again :)

Olivia has been plain horrid the last 2 days and seeing as she has had a cough the last week I took her to the Drs today (and Jacob) and they both have a chest infection. I even relented and bought cough mixture but it is a natural one. I hate giving the over the counter ones. It seems to have done the trick as they are both hardly coughing this afternoon..

Well I must keep moving. House culling is happening and I have a few more jobs to do this evening,.

Hi Girls,
I cant wait for TT to start, Ethan loves his nappies but and refuses to give them up at all! He even gets cranky at the other kids who wear nappies. I am hoping that once my sister has her baby he might change his mind
Lauren - Congrats with the pink news. My sister is 20 weeks on Monday and my friend on Wednesday they are both having girls as well. My sister has chosen Miah and my friend has chosed Paige.
Nic - How are your reno's going? Wish we could start ours but i think they are going to be a very slow process. Want to knock down the back patio first I think.

Things are good here. I have uni 3 days a week and hopefully at the end of the year will be half way threw my teaching degree.

Hey girls, wow been ages since anyones posted!
Thought I would ask a question here rather facebook ...

Anyones kids going thru a hating the bath stage?? Ash has been cracking up big time and I struggle to get him in, tho once he's in he's fine but it's a big show down toget him in. I have to wait till he has a toy he's obsessed with then threaten to put it in the bin. But I don't want to make bath time a negative thing. - anyone else been thru that?

Hope ur all well!!

I can't say I have had a bath hating phase yet. My kids love it..

They did go through a hair washing scream down the house phase though lol

How the hell did I not realise you were having a girl!! Congrats! gorgeous name too :)

HOw is Asher by the way? I get a bit bored with Fb so pretty much update my status add pics and get off :)

Yeh i dont stay on long either.. Thnx we are SOOO excited for a girl this time!! Cant believe she'll be here in 2 months tho! well hoping so lol
Olivia looks VERY grown up in ur ticker! Beautiful pic!
Ash is finally finishing up childcare next week! cant wait.. im soooo over mine mine mine.. hoping itll ease when hes at home and doesnt have kids to fight with every day!

Thanks.. She is very grown up these days. I think thats a couple months old that pic too. :)

I certainly have a very independant princess these days. She thinks she can do everything her brothers can do so that usually ends in tears.. *sigh*

She had 3 major accidents this past month.. Busted lip, busted face and then a busted head.. All required hospital or Dr visits.. Thankfully she is all good now and the worst she has done in the past week was give herself a black eye when she fell off her bike when we went camping and then she decided to stick a gumnut up her nose :/ That was interesting but thankfully we got it out with no Drs help :lol:

how is everyone elses little munchkins??

Hello Hello! It's so different chatting in here than FB.

Buzzie we had a bath thing going on for a few months and Monique would say she needed to go to the toilet to get out. The only way to get her in was to always have bubbles and a toy she hasn't played with in ages. I was also wondering if she started hating the bath when Amelia started bathing with her. She seems ok now and when I run the bath she comes running in to check that there are bubbles (she went through a phase of hating bubbles on her) and Amelia follows Monique in so pretty good these days. She hates getting her hair washed in the bath but is fine under the shower.

Glad Olivia has gotten over her major incidents so far. We are yet to experience anything bad (touch wood). Monique is so bossy and uses a funny bossy voice and screws her face up. She is doing really well though and talks so much. Amelia is one on Sunday :( I'm sad as we aren't planning anymore bubbies but I'm also looking forward to the next stage. She is so close to walking and her teeth are finally coming through. They are so adorable together (mostly) but having said that, it was a hellish 4 hours before bedtime tonight. DH and I had to have a GnT to get over it!

Buzzie, I didn't realise you have a name already. Love Isabella.

Gosh one already.. It goes so fast doesn't it.

lol at the GnT. Dh and I often have a Johnny to get over the rough times with our kids :lol:

Olivia can be very bossy too. She certainly knows how to get what she wants with her brothers. Jacob doesn' tolerate it though but Ethan and Isaac does whatever she asks :lol:

I am deciding what to do today.. I feel better so think I should get up and do some sort of housework,.... or play sick for one more day... hmmmm

tinsel - WOW 1 ! thats scary.. It must be lovely to watch them play together. Its going to be so new for me doing the girlie thing this time around. Ash loves the girls at childcare so hope hes as protective over Isabella as he is with the one at ABC LOL

whats GnT and johnny? LOL

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whats GnT and johnny? LOL

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GnT = Gin and tonic and Johnny how can you not know *gasp* Johnny Walker LoL

Haha of course Johnny walker.... I'm a vodka girl lol

Hi everyone.

Lauren - Olivia still loves her bath (although I agree with Nic, the hair washing is getting loud). Something we have been doing lately for a bit of fun is adding just a little food colouring to her bath to make a 'colour bath'. We let Olivia choose the colour she wants and she gets very excited about the water changing colour. Maybe Ash would like a coloured bath. Ir doesn't stain or anything as you only have to use a little bit.

Tinsel - We have another little bossy girl here. Olivia certainly thinks she is in charge of the household! In saying that though she does have very good manners for a 2 year old and is a lot more trustworthy than some toddlers I know (and some adults ;-D)

Nic - How was your holiday? We are thinking of taking a short break next month but can't decide where we want to go. Warrnambool to see the whales is winning at the moment but the Pandas in Adelaide look cute too and we could stay with family over there so accomodations would be free.

Got to go. BBL

Alicia: Holiday was great :) 8 days of nothingness

Kids were awesome. It got pretty cold some nights but we were warm enough. We did have 3 days of drizzly rain but it was nice so it was ok :)

Olivia and I both came home with some sort of bug. not sick but very clogged up and we both lost our voices. Was great cus Olivia couldn't scream hahahaha..

Now someone has to beat me over the head. I know I can't have anymore kids but this past month I have that urge back. Simon just rolls his eyes :lol: I need to find someone with a newborn and get my cuddles out of the way and then hear them cry and say yup Im done hahaha.. Simon said thank god I am fixed up :lol:

Alicia - that's a great idea! Funny I thought it would of coloured there skin. I think somethig exciting in his bath or a change is definatly worth a try!

Nic - that cracked me up with the being 'fixed up' comment. It must be hard, can't imagine that stage of definatly knowing there's no more.
Rob told me he wants 3 kids and we joke about it sometimes cos i said I wanted 4 but his theory is 3 fit in a car. Lol
I think I'll wait for a nice fat diamond first LOL

:lol: at the diamond :)

We use food colouring from time to time as well.. add lots of bubbles and it makes it even more fun

I am ok with no more kids. I think it is a basic human instinct to want more once your youngest reaches a certain age. Apart from Ethan where we had 4 yrs between kids I always had a newborn once the other 2 were aged 2. so to have a 2.5yr old and thats it is weird lol. (maybe I am the weird one???)

How did the coloured bath go Lauren? I've started making DH mix it for Olivia because I am sick oon my hands being a variety of lovely colours!

Tough few days here with my mum in hospital having tests. Poor Olivia was stuck at the hospital with us from 6-10:30 the other night and then for 4 hours the next afternoon. I think I am really lucky that Olivia is such a wonderfully behaved little girl; she happily chatted to everyone, coloured in, read books and played with some toys. I was so proud of her for being good when things were taking ages. My mum is on the mend now (and staying withus for a few days) which is good. Mum thinks Olivia is the best medicine :-)

Hope everyone is doing well. Will check in later!