oh no crumpet! :hug:
Go Hannah! Miri's always saying ta ta too :lol:
Glad you're feeling better about work Pixie.
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oh no crumpet! :hug:
Go Hannah! Miri's always saying ta ta too :lol:
Glad you're feeling better about work Pixie.
Hi all,
Crumpet I'm hoping Summah pulls through okay. Poor little mite, and poor Mum and Dad :hug:
Charlotte and EJ it sounds like your little girls are going so well!
The faculty day went really well yesterday, including a nice lunch that I arranged, but delegated pick up :) I'm learning that I don't have to do it all myself. Had a great day today with Millie, she was a subject for a study at UWS auditory labs. It was interesting, she sat on my lap and looked at patterns on a screen while they played her two different accents, and filmed her to see how she responded to each accent. It was a beautiful day and it's a lovely campus, and she got a t-shirt and a "degree" out of it :) We went for a long walk this afternoon via the post office and picked up a parcel of nappy inserts (mmmm fluffy mail) and... OUR NEW ERGO! I got it on ebay - after agonising over the beautiful ones in designer fabrics available in the states, I settled on a cranberry one. Popped Millie in it and she was so comfy, she snuggled straight in... and then tried to chew on it :)
Off to the regional lifestyle expo tomorrow. We're considering a tree change...
Hope you and your bubs are all well (or in Summah's case will be well soon!).
xox
PP thank you :hug:
well we are back home....
heres the story!
poor summah was still not great yesterday so planned on taking her back to the drs this morning.. DH got a last minute invite to the president dinner before the footy last night so we dropped him at the station, grabbed me takeway on the way home and summah and i settled in for the night time routine....
had her bath, got her out and dressed and walked into the kitchen and she started convulsing :( freaked out and called 000 ( u girls remember me asking how will i know when to do it?? well i figured that one out last night! :lol:) checked her temp when she stopped and it was only 37.7, according to my termometer :shakehead:
ambo's arrived not even 5 mins later and checked her temp and it was 41 :o so they quickly stripped her down and put the heart rate machine on her and it was up at the 175ish mark....
they decided we would transfer to hospital to get her looked at, so off we went to get in the truck for a drive in the ambulance and she fitted again, and DH jumped on the train to meet us at the hospital...
got to hospital and she had the usual checks and they decided to keep her because they were concerned that she had fitted and then 25 mins later fitted again, so DH made the call to stay so i could come home and get her some bottles, clothes etc....
it turns out she has a severe case of tonsilitis :( poor chicken
we were allowed to bring her home this morning so we are all now resting at home, praying that in a day or so she will be back to her cheeky self!
oh no crumpet! That's awful.
Hope she's better very soon.
My kids are both sick. again. guess we have another week or two of being stuck at home all day.
Oh goodness Crumpet. That sounds utterly terrifying. You made the right call. Good job, Mummy :hug: hoping that Summah recovers soon.
MadB, sorry to hear that your little ones are sick too :( I hope you're not stuck inside for too long.
One of my mothers' group friend's little boy has chicken pox! She has no idea where he's picked it up from, he's not in daycare or anything.
Millie started shunting herself backwards tonight, and is doing some serious circle work on both bottom and tummy!
I hope all nasty bugs just bug-ger off. Take care, all.
xox
Wow crumpet! What a scare! Glad you guys are all OK.
PP - Nellie has a degree too! :D She is in an early cognitive development study.
First night in her own room tonight. She went down like a dream. Fingers crossed it's a good night. I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Hi there,
Audax, how did she go? Hope it was a good night. Bet it felt strange for you though, I still find it weird after 5 weeks in the same room in Germany. That sounds like a really interesting study! I'm trying not to be too much of a linguist/teacher in my observations of Millie's development... but gee I love watching her learn! It's fascinating.
I have been meaning to ask you where you get the pawpaw ointment in the orange tub you mentioned a while back? Millie has killer nappy rash - think she might be teething - and I can't use her MCNs while I'm trying to treat it... Thanks.
I hope everyone is doing okay... thinking of you all with your sick bubs :grouphug:
xox
Hey girls
EJ - I find Jacob is doing really well off zantac, he seems to have outgrown it. How's Harper doing? Yay for commando crawling!! Go Harper go! How have you been feeling? have your bb's cleared up now?
PP - Hows things going at work? I read things have settled back in for you, I hope you're enjoying it again. The latest video of Millie is just adorable. Yay for clapping!! What a clever little chicken! Hope her nappy rash clears up soon.
MadB - How did your DH getting Miri to sleep work out??
Crumpet - Far out, I feel so terrible for you guys for going through what you did with Summah, sounds like you handled it like a champion, you should be so proud for responding so quickly when Summah was in need. :hug: hope she's feeling better.
Charlotte - Is Hannah's tooth through yet?? Wow, the wedding is coming up fast isn't it? September wasn't it?? I look forward to pics! I love weddings! That's great news on Hannah's weight gain, she's doing so well.
Audax - Hows your gorgeous little girl doing, she's such a bright little one I just want to pinch her little cheeks! How was her first night in her cot? And how did YOU go with it?
Hopefully that covers everyone, I've been a bit MIA lately, Jacob has been cutting a few top teeth and it has been HELL to say the least. I was away at mum and dads and we were due to come home yesterday (Sunday) as DH started back work today. The last two nights we were there he just screamed and cried...he wouldn't sleep beyond ten/fifteen minutes and it was only while he was being held (obviously cause he needed the comfort). I've never felt so hopeless, nothing I did worked to calm him. He's also refusing feeds a lot (mostly solids) so I'm just offering him breastfeeds really frequently and he doesn't seem to be dehydrated or anything so I'm sure he's fine. We ended up leaving at 1am yesterday morning as we just weren't getting any sleep and I thought he may sleep in the car. Was the best idea I had, he slept perfectly, was such a relief. He's been ok since we got home, I think the big sleep helped, he must have been so overtired on top of everything else. And now I'm sick on top of it all!! :shakehead: I just can't win. Fingers crossed he cuts his teeth and I get better soon cause I need some rest, DESPERATELY. Anyway, I've bored you all enough, thanks for listening (reading). Hope you're all well xox
Yuck, Jules! Hard work!
MadB - I missed seeing that your kids were sick. Hope that all clears up soon.
PP - the orange pawpaw came from one of those big super-chemists. Half my mothers' group uses it too. I got it a while back, so can't remember exactly. MooGoo is apparently ripper on nappy rash, and I also use earthchild baby balm sometimes. And raw silk liners can help. Hope it improves for you. Still no teeth here, so no teething rash. I am the same with development! I find it pretty easy to disconnect from it though, and just enjoy my baby.
Nellie-o went brilliantly in her own room last night. She went down like a dream at 6:30, then we didn't hear from her again until 3:40, when she woke for a 10 minute feed and then back to bed until 6. I'm pretty happy with that, as it's better than she was doing in our bedroom. Our bed is noisy and our house is small, so I feel like we were waking her up. So hopefully it continues to be a good solution for us.
In other news... we found a house. We signed contracts today, so now just madly hoping that it all holds together for us, because we just love it, and think we got a pretty good deal.
great news audax! And glad to hear the sleep went so well
Boy that's tough Jules! :hug: Miri's top front teeth are bulging... great timing! She's sick with a cough again. Doesn't seem as bad for her as last time [knock on wood etc]. We took DS to the afterhours GP yesterday - his temp as 39.7 when we saw the doc and tonsils inflamed so on antibiotics. but he's much better now, so think they must have kicked in. He's still coughing though. We're hoping we can offload him on my parents tomrrow (DH is off work this week adn itching to get some quiet time to do things here).
:lol: at your little academics! I should tell you that DS is getting his drivers lessons so he can get his licence (he reckons). It's not quite a degree, but anyway, must try to keep up hey?
Sooo, I'm just waiting till this latest illness passes, and then for the teeth to come through (maybe a month or so...?) and then maybe I'll get a bit of sleep. Or, wait, there'll be something else then no doubt.
Oh, well I have most of you on fb anyway, but Miri and I were in teh local paper. And we were actually ont he cover page - you know they sometimes have little pictures up the top band with story titles? So there's a picture of me holding her next to "Breast in show. Boobie bake-off" :rofl:
We're pulling DS out of daycare to save money. Will see how that goes. I'm going to have to make a bigger effort to get out and do things with him though, as he'll miss playing with his mates there. I have ABA mondays, planning to do signing class for Miri on Tuesdays next term, maybe playgroup at the Steiner school on Wednesdays. So maybe mother's group on one fo the other days. Have to be careful, or we'll end up spending just as much money anyway :lol: Hope Miri doesn't mind being dragged around everhwere. Still have to fit swimming classes in there somewhere too
Hey everyone. Hannah sure is being a chatterbox!! Its just dada da da dadada da da!! Its so cute! I asked DP this morning if he was happy about it, and he said yes. His next mission is to teach 'Ma' so I don't miss out!! :-) He's so nice!
Crumpet - Hope Summah is feeling better soon, poor thing!
Hannah's having a bit of an 'annoying' day. She just makes this really annoying noise ALL day. I'm struggling a bit today. For those who don't know, I had an early miscarriage over the weekend. I was only 4 weeks, but it was a glimmer of sunshine in our life. I'm still getting really bad back and stomach cramps (they hurt like a b!tch!), and passed a few clots. I had a big cry last night, and just feel drained today. DP is being there for me, he says he doesn't really feel anything. Its just more crap that we don't need right now. I'm more mad than anything today. I just feel ripped off. There I was all excited, surprised, but excited. And now its taken away.
Shhh on FB please.
Off to deal with Hannah. Not sure what she wants....
Audax - Great news on Nell's sleep!! and also on the house!! Looks like things are going along really well for you guys. Enjoy! :)
MadB - Hope DS is feeling better, poor little thing. Hope he gets back to good health before his driving test, those are tough you know! Oh, I missed that article on fb....must check it out :)
Charlotte - Oh you poor thing :hug: I'm sorry to hear that lovely. If you want to talk feel free to send me a message. I don't really know what else I can say. Don't worry, Jacob is having a bit of an off day again too, it's these stupid teeth I tell ya, hopefully we'll get some relief soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take care.
Hope everyone has a great day. xox
thanks for all the :hug:'s and get well wishes for summah...
we are slowly on the up.... and i mean slowly :( but its definitely better than not being on the up...
hows jacob going hun??:
hope ur feeling better :hug:
sounds like she had a great night in her own room!:
congrats on the house!
:( poor little man, glad he has picked up!:
has miri's teeth popped though??
its unreal how quickly u can fill up a week with activities! im busting for the weather to improve to take summah to the park and things like that!
i said it in the other thread but :hug: im so sorry hun.....:
add me on FB under s a m k e l l y, my profile pic is DD on her tummy on dark carpet and im happy to chat whenever u need a ear to bash
AFU: *sigh* dont think there is much else to tell really, we are just cruising along waiting for madam to get better.
she is slowly getting there, would be happier if she would take more in the way of fluids and food but i guess i cant expect miracles.
she is now saying mum, dad and bub, and DH rekons woo woo like a dog bark when the dog walks past but im not convinced :lol:
no sign of crawling, she sits and leans forward on her hands and rocks but thats about it!
Hi ladies
I'll try to catch up on everything :)
Crumpet huge hugs to you guys and what you've just been through. An experience i'm sure you don't want to be experienced in but sounds like you handled things really well. I hope Summah is feeling better real soon. I loved watching her play with the baloon, she was having a ball!!
Jules teeth can be terrible!! I hope they give you guys a break soon. Good to hear that Jacob is doing well off zantac aswell. I'm so happy we no long her to do that. Hope rest is headed your way. The skin irritation side of the whole bb issue is really good, i thought i may have been scared with how bad it got and thankfully i'm not. But they are still really itchy which can be really annoy and sometimes i just claw away at my skin. Still heaps better than it was though...
Audax good to hear that the transiton from your room to DD's was a smooth one for all. Great to hear you have a new home!!! How long until you get to move??
PP the circle work sounds fun. I was watching Harper roam around this afternoon and she's gone from moving from place to place with a roll here or a turn there to moving around the room with such intent on where she's gonig and what she wants. I am always amazed at watching children grow and learn. Even to the extent of the milestones they have at similar times, the progression of it all... Even with #3 i'm in awe of what i see.
Charlotte, i too wrote in your other thread :hug: I'm so sorry for your loss and for the pain you have to feel. I can't talk from experience but i'm here if you need me also. I've had a couple of really difficult days also but not with Harper, MY BOYS are driving me crazy!!!!! Lots of deep breaths helps ;)
MadB, hope the kiddies feel better soon also. Coughs and colds and sickness is soooo not fun. I hope you maybe got a bit of quite time also, makes a big difference to the day. I too have taken the boys out of daycare of a monday to try and save money. For the most part i'm happy to have them home anyway, except when they carry on like they have these last two days. I hope tomorrow is sooooo much better. I might have to go check the paper cover also, i must have missed it.
Hi to Georgi, Kazbah and Cathy. Hope you guys are all well xo
All here is pretty well. One night last week Harper had 9hrs sleep!!!!! Hasn't happened again but good to know it's possible. Like i was saying to PP she's moving around with such intent now, ended up with texta on her face because the boys left them on the ground. She now sees things she wants and goes to get them. It's time to go through the toys and ensure that all little things are way out of reach. I've had two swallowing instances with my boys which involved x-rays and waiting for the item to pass, lets hope Harper can skip this. The boys have just had two days of non-stop arguing which has been really difficult. I think it's frustration at being cooped up inside again. Last week was so beautiful and they were outside all the time, this weeks it's cold and wet all over again. Aidan is enrolled into the 4yr old kinder i had as my first preferance!! Yay!! I'm looking forward to Aidan being in Kinder, he needs a lot of stimulation these days and i'm struggling to provide for him, for Charlie and for Harper and keep my own sainity. Deep breaths....
Hope you're having a good week ladies :)
Hello all,
Ah Jules, I hope you and Jacob are doing better now. Glad he at least slept in the car.
Audax, congrats on the house! Glad to hear Nellie slept well in her own bed :)
MadB, awesome picture and article! Out of interest, who won the bakeoff? :) One of my mothers' group friends was in the paper today, firing back at cyclists who have been griping about us Mums walking in the park.
Charlotte, :hug:. There's nothing I can say or do that can help but I'll be praying for strength and hope for you.
Crumpet don't you love how they respond to animals? Tink has been coping amazingly well with her affections for an old cat (she'll be 14 in October), only baulks if she grabs her tail.
EJ, scary that the boys swallowed things. With Millie starting to move we're really having to be careful, and will have to start baby proofing. Our house is not baby proof at all.
I love Thursday afternoons. Picking Millie up and knowing we have 4 days together :) She was really happy when I picked her up today, but hadn't had much sleep so she was tired and grizzly. She was hungry but didn't want to sit in her highchair so she had dinner sitting on my lap, then I just popped her in the ergo and she snuggled in. Today she has officially been "out" longer than she was "in" - born at 37+6 and today she's 38 weeks! Amazing :)
We're checking out the New England area of northern NSW for a potential tree change...
Thinking of you all.
xox
Oh, one of the other ladies won with some blancmange (far out I have no idea how to spell that :redface:) breasts. they were quite lifelike, or wobbly at least. The photograph er actually moved them to the back of the shot so you can just see them in teh corner on teh oven. he thought maybe they would be too breast=like for the editors. :lol: I actually made savoury muffins with olives on top as I'm trying to reduce my sugar intake.
Well, we achieved a really important parenting milestone last night - our first trip to the ED. We actually took Miri to the afterhours GP, but they couldn't get a proper oxygenisation level (or whatever) reading as her fingers were too small and didn't want to 'sign off' on the sick baby so sent us round to the ED. We did our spiel to the nurse and then teh GP at the AH clinic. then the triage nurse. then teh ED nurse. then the ED doctor... inthe end they decided she needed.......................paracetemol. how embarrassing. and by this point she'd finally be coaxed into haveing a feed (she'd hardly fed all day and had spewed up most of what she had taken) and fallen asleep. Well we explained about how she wouldnt' take medicine anyway and would just vomit everywhere so they suggested suppository. we thought that was a pretty cruel way to wake her so DH suggested maybe just stopping by a pharmacy on the way home and trying it later. they said ok. (DS was at my parent's place, in case you're wondering). so of course by this time there was only one pharamacy open and it didn't have the suppositories....
but after all that DD actually slept last night (she couldn't manage more than 20 minutes at a time on Tuesday night and not much better during the day) and she's eating and sleeping again today and hasn't spewed in over 24 hours. how nice.
And since being on teh antibiotics, DS has returned to his normal self. not his normal of recent weeks, but his nice normal self. :happydance: We think he must have been sick for the past 6 weeks or so :dunno: You think you're just getting the hang of parenting and then...
Enjoy your 4 days pixie :D
First of all -- Go Harper!! 9 hours is great!
And I hope Jacob is feeling better, Jules. Han's top tooth cut this evening!! Woo Hoo!!
Just a long vent (to my favouritest ladies!). Had MIL on the phone (you know, the smoking one from hell). She didn't know I was listening, but she spoke to DP about how he shouldn't be marrying me, she's a victim, she's not happy about the wedding, I'm a "stuck up, self righteous, b!tch who needs to get off the high horse" and apparently I think I'm better than anyone else, oh! AND! I'm full of *****. AND!!! I'm nothing but disrespectful. So, my evening has been fabulous. DP gone off to the pub to have a few pots.
She's not going to accept the wedding. DP's making a terrible mistake marrying me because I'm soooo bad, lol. She doesn't think she'll come (which she will) and my bridesmaid has pulled out (SIL). I've been shaking for ages. I'm so so mad. She can't look at me because of what I've done (yeah so bad! I've had some balls and stood up for what I believe in!) and she doesn't know if she can look at DP either.
Who does she think she is? AND, DP was standing up for me and my beliefs (which, apparently are stupid and overprotective) and she's "so disappointed in you that you think the same as that b!tch." Also, because I don't let her hold Han enough, Han is going to grow up unable to show or receive affection. First of all, Hannie is going through a really shy stage and anyone she doesn't know makes her scream and cry. Its hilarious, but.....
Her family have pulled out of coming to the wedding because we didn't invite all of them. (Its one uncle/aunt from each side. Without that rule the wedding would have been close to 300, instead of 45. I have a massive massive family, and DP's isn't small either). With his mother's family its one-in-all-in or no-one goes. His father's family are easy going.
My family, if one gets an invite and the others don't they just laugh and joke about who's the favourite and move on. Its no biggy.
She hates me, I'm not fond of her. I'm wondering how drunk DP will be when he gets home, knowing he has to get up at 6.30am tomorrow for work.
She makes me physically sick. If she says she's out of Han's life and plays the "now Han doesn't have a grandmother" card, well... She's got my folks (who she see's every couple days, as they live down the road from us), DP's father and his partner who live a fair way away but we still see them, my Nan who lives across town from us. Han isn't going to be without family. And, at the end of the day, if its just me, DP, Han and maybe another little sibling then thats all that matters.
As for Hannah not being about to know how to give and receive affection because some weirdo she seen twice in her life can't hold her because she's had a smoke, thats bull. Han is so affectionate. She's right into cuddles at the moment. She's just shy. The only people she REALLY likes are me, DP, my parents and 2 brothers who still live at home, and our ex housemate who still visits most days. Going to playgroup can be nightmare lately if there's alot of kids.
Anyone else has to be screamed and hyperventilated at (lol) for at least 10-15 minutes before Han can tolerate them.
Thanks for listening. OH! The reason MIL was so mad was because of my latest status about if you're not excited for us about the wedding then you're not welcome. SIL saw it, reported it to MIL (SIL used to be so nice....) and thats why MIL is off her tits.
SIL is out of the wedding, I don't care if she reckons she still wants to be in it. She's out. She backstabbed me. DP is going to ring her tomorrow night and see what the go is, and (hopefully) fire her for me.
If DP was home with me (and sober) I'd be stuck into those Jim Beam cans in the fridge that are calling my name.... But, think its time for a glass of water and climb into bed.
Thanks again, ladies. You guys mean so much to me.
*feel the love*
Just quickly charlotte, your mil sounds lovely as ever. what a wonderful soul she is. Hope she hasn't contributed too much to Hannah's gene pool.
The best way to raise a baby capable of love is, surprise, loving them! And the best foundation for a secure, happy little child is a very secure bond with .... mummy!