Sterla- Your day yesterday sounded awesome! Man what the, you have MONKEYS at your park?!?!?!??! Haha crazy tasmanians Thats great Oli is enjoying himself at the pool, I really want to start taking Winter.
Good on you for your BF in the city! It gets easier the more you do it. Do most of the mums in your MG BF? Its always easier when you can just get it out there and know no-one will stare or anything. How long do you reckon you will BF for? I love it so much, Im so glad Winter and I havnt had any problems...
I survived my tattoo! Yep, ribs are pretty much the most painful spot you can get tattoo'd.... and I took it suprisingly well. It looks soooo awesome, all purple and pink and swirly I love it!
Bah, Piglet has just woken up better go!
Hope you all have a great weekend! Winter is getting babysat today for the first time by my Mum while DP and I go out and play some pool for a couple of hours... wish me luck!
Peach: That's awesome about your tattoo! I'd love to see a pic of it if you don't mind .
That's great about Winter getting babysat for the first time - I am yet to have anyone (even DH) babysit Oliver... and it seems to be starting to become a bit of an issue with my mum in particular . It doesn't help that Oliver feeds frequently throughout the day, and I'm the only one who can get him to sleep - it kind of limits how long I can be away from him. Not that I mind - I don't really want to be away from Oliver, but I hate feeling guilty about it. Oops, sorry - I'm rambling... I hope you and your DP have fun.
Lol, yup we have monkeys - they're Japanese Macaque. I'm not sure why we do, but they've always been there (except for a brief period years ago where they all contracted syphilis). They're so fun to watch!
I wish I breastfed more in public, but using nipple shields makes discretion a bit more difficult, plus Oliver gets so distracted by everything these days . I think there's only 5 including me (out of 17) mums in my MG breastfeeding now, but it is good to be around them breastfeeding - gives me a bit more confidence. I plan on breastfeeding for a while longer yet - definitely past 12 months. Really I'd like to let Oliver self-wean, but we'll see how we go.
peach: woot on the tat! i wanna see (but im far too chicken to get one!) hope you have fun playing pool!
sterla: the only person whoes looked after DJ other then me is DH. and thats only been in the last month becuase i feel that with another bub on the way DH kind of needs to learn how to deal with settling DJ ect. but in saying that the only long-ish period of time i've left DH and DJ together he was at his mum and dads but let your mum be upset, she needs to understand something. shes the granma, you have the last word not her and you dont need to make her 'happy' if it makes you misrable in doing so KWIM? and question HOW THE HELL did the monkeys get syphilis...unless some one likes 'fooling around' with animals
AFM: BAH its hot! 31 today! sooo not looking forward to summer time thats for sure! going out for tea for DHs b'day tonight. should be fun! - but finding something to wear that is loose around the belly is harder then i thought. but i got there. Oh i went to a car boot sale to see MIL today. which was nice, other then her oldest friend (friends for 45yrs + ) didnt look to happy when i told her i a) gave birth in a bath B) chris was there and c) i flat out refused to lay on my back & went on to explain how much better it is to birth whilest on all fours/squatting ect. whoops, should learn to keep my birth activeisim up my sleeve huh? LOL
Better go and wash out some bottles for tonight!
hope every one is having a cool(er night then i am!) night
morning laides!
Dinner was an epic fail last night. got there late. loud music + over tired DJ = BAD then to top it off some punk biatch of a man was really rude when me, DH MIL & FIL tried to walk though a gaming room to an out side part becase i had DJ in my arms the pr!ck was like "sorry no kids" and when we tired to explain we where walking out side he was "no kids" in a really rude tone! preg hormones took over and i got to choose, cry or get angry, so i got angry and FIL made a complaint for me. i've worked in hospitality (in a pub for 4 months) and i know why the guy *has* to say what he did but his tone was horrable and hes lucky i didnt get stuck into him about. he also failed to point out any signs regarding going inthere with DJ in my arms (other then a 'dont leave children in cars' sign i saw nothing else) i havent been that angry in a while it upset DH becuase it was for his birthday and all we might be going out next weekend/week as DH has taken a week off before one of my relatives wedding. which i'm ing i still fit into the out-fit i've got for it!
oo better go DJ is hungry (well thristy but i'm giving him milk as he isnt drinking alot of water yet)
hope every one is staying cool (its bloody 32 here today 0_0 )
Hi lovely ladies!!!Sorry I havent been here!!We been bit busy and also the computers been playing up,we are hoping to get a new one today.Had a terrible morning this morning,took summer for a walk and she just cried the whole time not sure why,she been grumpy last few days,we had some friends over and went out a bit last week and on the weekend maybe thats why but usually she likes being out,shes had some good day sleeps too so cant be that.Im not even sure if I told you that she finally got a tooth a while ago???Sorry if not!!Finally i say but i got so excited i thought i told you guys not sure,anyway now we hae another one yah,2 bottom ones shes got.Not much else been happening,im really worried about her crawling i know i should just let her go in her own pace but seriously shes 9 months now!!!I'll try do some personals for as long as summer lets me...
Dansta_sorry you had a bad night what a pain!How rude of that man!!Dont they know us mums have enough to deal with than too listen to his rubbish?
Peach-wow about tha tat,got any pics?Howd Winter go being babysat?
moose-sounds like you had a fun shop the other day good on you!Sorry you were a bit down the other day,be good if all us BBs lived near eachother!!
Sterla-Sounds like you had a great day the other day with the pool and the park,is the pool you go to like have a real shallow bit with all these oh i dunoo like mushroom looking things with water out of em and things for kids?Ive seen 2 places around that has them and i keep thinking i must just go,im sooo bad i hate doing things on my own,maybe i'll get someone to come one time then see how i go be brave i know!
I forgot to say we did go to my sisters last week summer had a swim in the pool with the other kids,well more a kick and bob round in her swimming ring thing but she loved it so im going to try go often as can,bit yuky weather this week and im madly trying to clean up etc for this baby shower on saturday!!Hope evryones ok sorry if i missed anything,i did read all the posts but ive forgotten everything now!
Dansta-oh i hear ya,my DHs the same,had a bit of a barny last night,he never does anything to help and does the same as yours all the lihts on etc arg!!men!!How was last night??I think summers getting another tooth too she was up in the night crying.
so im trying not to worry about summer,ive been putting heron her hands heaps shes getting to like it more,silly sauage!!So this isour new computer,it sucks!!Sory to winge butit wont type proprly the keyboard like misses letters like ive had to keep going back to fix it so you can read it,i'll type normal without fixing it up so you see what mean.....it takes ages toright anyhing coz gotta keep going back all the time tofix it oh so it decides to work now when it didnt before when i was typing argh it hates me well the feelings mutual ahahhhahah
Peach: Hey, how are you going? Get much reading done? I should do that - devote a day or two to reading... I have a book on my nightstand that I've been trying to read for months and months, and I have some parenting books out from the library that I'm yet to open. What are you reading?
How is Winter going? Keeping you busy?
Dansta: Awww - it's hard some times isn't it? And in the middle of the night with a screaming baby makes it feel 10 times worse again, and then you have pg hormones to make it 10 times worse again! . Men...
PJ: What new computer did you get, cause it sounds exactly like my new one. When I type on my keyboard it will suddenly move the cursor so I start typing several lines up... grrrr! I'm not sure if the keyboard is just set out differently and I'm still not used to it, but it's very frustrating!
That's great that Summer is getting better
Moose: How are you? Flat out as usual .
How is everyone else doing - all those lurkers... I know you're out there!!!
AFM: We are great. Oliver is so full-on now... standing up on everything (even walls and doors), walking along the furniture, crawling like a pro and getting into everything. I swear, I spend half the day picking him up and moving him somewhere else before he gets into something he shouldn't! *Note to self: must do a better job of baby-proofing*
We lowered the base in his cot because he keeps standing up in there, and DH and I were getting paranoid about him falling out. Now he looks like he's in a little cage, lol.
Yesterday afternoon, Oliver decided that sleep is well and truly overrated - he was up from 10.30am until bedtime at 8pm! He actually did fall asleep on me about 5.30pm when I fed him, but if I'd let him sleep then it would have mucked the rest of the evening/night up. He was so out of it then though - so tired.
Mind you, last night ended up being a shocker. I don't think I got any sleep until 2am, cause every time I'd be close to sleep Oliver would wake up again for yet another cuddle! Then he was up and down after 2am too, and awake again at 6.30am. DH got up with him then though, so I got another hour or so then. He's very sleepy today.
Today is actually my and DH's anniversary (not our wedding one, our other one) - 10 years today! It's hard to believe - feels so surreal to think we've been together for an entire decade! We were just two shy, awkward 13 year olds , lol. I don't think we're going to celebrate - but our wedding anniversary is later this month, so we might just celebrate then.
Oh, and I have a stupid blocked ear. My right ear, I basically can't hear out of! It's so annoying, and I keep worrying that I'm not hearing things (mainly Oliver). Hopefully it will go away.
sterla-wow go Oly!!!How exciting!!And yes i can imagine really hard to keep trak of where he is!!Hows your ear??you'll never believe this but i had that not long ago was weird but was gone the next day.Our computer is a Dell studio ithinkitshopeles oh look for yourselfhaha its the keyboard thas trrible!
Dnsta-How cuteabout the little rabbit!!!I used to have one as a pet i love em they make great pets!!Hope ya catch him!!!
no exiting nws here,computers still playing up drving me mad!!Summers doing better on her hands and knees moving from side to side not legs just arms better than screaming everytime shes on her hands hey?Except now shes learnt to roll so well(finally!!!)that she just rolls alot of the time i put her on her tummy.Got a nice busy week sothats good,ive got a real sore shoulders gonna see if can get chiro or somethig its my left is worse,not sure what i keep doing to cause it as did get it sorted a while ago.Ok well this has taken me ages to type coz of silly keyboard so i will go for now,hopeeveryones well!!!
Just a quick update from us, Sam has a cold, I have a cold and its 36 freaking degrees outside! NOT HAPPY JAN!! poor Sam is having issues falling asleep, I had to cuddle her to sleep this morning and again tonight, she's all stuffed up, I just wish I could give her some cold and flu medicine and fingers crossed she sleeps tonight, cause I am feeling like crapola myself and DH is at work tonight.
things around here have been insane as usual, but lots of family issues going on ( with DH's family) and its chewing up our spare time. Got a whole heap of stuff on ebay for Xmas for Sammy, it's gonna be hard not to give it to her before hand, she is currently so bored with her toys, so gave in a pop-up activity table we got this arvo.
Alright, as sad as it sounds, am gonna go chill out and most likely head to bed in the next hour, just in case I have an all nighter ahead of me.
hi ladies!!I had an awesome day,went to a friend of mine she doesnt live far but we dont see eachother much she has a little girl same age as summer,we took them for a walk to the park and they were laughing at all the ducks they loved it but boy was it hot!!
sterla-wow that was a shame!Good that Oly wasgood considering no sleep,they amaze me at times how they go with no sleep,and i do the same oh yeh she'll sleep on the way etc,summer did the same for my dads wedding!!!
peach-how cute about the beach!!I know the feeling of the old tear in the eye its love;ly being a mum depsite all the trials haha.Yep finally summer is rolling so what shes like 5 months behind??ohwell,shes getting better she sooo funny doing it so proud.Yah for the night sleeping!!What time does she go bed?Summer goes around 7 but for last month been waking at 4ish andthen going back to sleeep,my friend told me today 7 is too late so thought id ask what you do,sumer also has a feed to sleep.
moose-poor sammyand pooryou!!!Summer was the same its lke they hate being blocked up or it frightens them,well it was with her,the best thing that helped was my sisters oh cant think of name think its a ventialter you keep it on in there room at night helps them breath,it was great she slept better with the cold once i got that going!hope better soon!!
well better finish cooking tea,hope evryones good,im getting my hair cut and coloured tomorrow yah first time in years!!A lady new in area is a hairdresser she comes to you which im thinking maybe easier and shes also way cheaper so see how i go bye for now ladis
PJ- Good to hear you had fun with your friend, wasnt it a scorcher yesterday?!?!!? Man it was unbearable! Hope your hair appt goes well today. I usually get my hair done in the city, I used to pay full price there but now I get raining cuts, they are so cheap and they look as good as a ful price cut! What colour are you going?
Seriously, 5 months late for rolling,better late than never!
Well I just spent all morning in the dr's. Last night Piglet's temp was 39dg and this morning she was still boiling so we rushed her down there... she has a virus and Dr said to keep an eye on her for a rash or a cough. Our usual dr wasnt there so we saw another one who had been highly reccommended... well I wasnt a big fan. I got the biggest lecture for not vaccinating. After we missed her 6 month ones DP and I decided we dont want to jab her... anyway he had a big go at me. Douche.
Sigh! Well good news, Winter slept through again! Except for that STUPID dog behind us woke her up at half 9 I was so ****ed. But yes Im getting used to nice sleeps
Hope your all having a great day, so nice and cool here, Loving life!
Wowee, almost 600 posts!! Watch out!
So its been a while! How is everyone?
Man its sooo bloody hot here today(and yesterday!) I cant even handle it! Good news though- we are getting insulation put in tmrw morning so that will make things much better.
Things here have been good... ok pretty darn good. Piglet has slept through the last 4 nights in a row!!! Hell yeah!!! Finally!!! DP and I are stoked, 9 months later we have a good sleeper. Im happy too I gave up on all the patting shusshing stuff as feeding her to sleep has just made our lives so much more peaceful.
Yesterday arvo after DP finished work we all went to the beach and took the Spawn into the water and let her crawl around in the sand, she loved it soooo much, we all had a blast it was great and honestly I almost had a tear in my eye at one point just thinking how lucky I am to have such a beautiful healthy and happy family, I love being the Mum
Moose- Thats so crap that you guys are sick, I hope it passes soon. Its so bad having a cold in the heat.What stuff did you get off ebay?
PJ- That is SO AWESOME Summer is rolling heaps!!!! That sucks bout your shoulder, and no doubt carrying Summer around dosnt help!
Sterla- Hello!!! What book are you trying to read? Did you finish the twilight series? Can you tell me the end?? Im re-reading 'The art of happiness' by the Dali Lama, it is brilliant and I highly reccommend it to everyone! Is your ear better? Did you and your Dh do anything for your anniversary? Not long till your Bday! Did you find a bag? How is Oli sleeping this week? I know what you mean about following Oli around all day....
I kind of feel like groundhog these last couple of weeks, like all I do is vacume and constantly fish things out of Piglets mouth... including a cat nail last friday AH!
Dansta- Have you caught the rabbit? How is the teething? And the unborn?
Right - Oliver is finally down asleep, so I can catch up here.
Dansta: That's no good about teething . Poor DJ. Is he going any better now? Any new teeth to report? I think Oliver might be teething, though it's only a guess. I'm pretty sure I spotted some bumpy white gums, and he's been a bit out of sorts today, but I really don't know - that's the only signs I have. That's so funny about the rabbit - sounds cute.
I can't believe you're 8 weeks pg already! How are you going?
PJ: That's so annoying about your computer. Mine still does the weird thing when I'm typing, but I'm sort of used to it now, so I don't notice as much anymore. (lol, while I was typing that I realised that I type without looking at the keyboard - go me! ).
Yay - go Summer - sounds like she's doing well with rolling and being up on her hands and knees. See! She will get there!
Moose: Hope you and Sammy are feeling better - colds suck!!! And the hot weather - you poor thing. I don't deal well with hot weather - I get so lethargic and grumpy... just as well I live in Tassie, lol.
Peach: Yay!!!! Woohoo!!! Go Winter - sleeping through 4 nights in a row, that is awesome for you! Now, can she just tell Oliver how to do it please? I'm all for feeding/rocking to sleep - that's all I do, and my and Oliver's lives are much more peaceful and much less stressful for it.
Awww, the beach sounds nice . We haven't taken Oliver yet, but I'm sure we will over the summer when DH finally takes some time off... Our weekends are so busy seeing family and friends that we never get a chance to do stuff as a family.
AFM: (and to answer all your questions Peach ) The book I'm reading is called Asking For Trouble - it's just a chic lit book by a British author - nice, light and fluffy for my tired brain! The Art of Happiness sounds great . Yup, I finished the Twilight series months ago - I read them very quickly! I'll probably re-read it one day. I want to see New Moon when it comes out too.
DH and I didn't end up doing anything for our anniversary - but we have our wedding anniversary later this month (day before my birthday), so we might just do something then - it will probably just be going out for lunch. I haven't found a nappy bag yet - but my mum knows that's what I want, and she knows where to get them from... not sure what's happening, but I'm sure I'll get one.
Oliver is sleeping okay - two wake ups the last few nights which is good for us.
We had a night away over the weekend for my mum's birthday. We drove to Devonport (an hour away from us) and went out for tea. Before we left Oliver was just starting to get tired, so I thought he'd sleep on the drive and be all refreshed for going out for tea... Wrong! He didn't sleep, was grumpy towards the end of the drive. Then once we got to the hotel I thought - well, I'll feed him and he'll fall asleep easily cause he's so tired, then he can have a sleep and be all refreshed for going out for tea... Wrong! He was too interested in the new surroundings to want to feed properly and for long enough to fall asleep. So, we went out for tea with a very, very tired little boy. He did surprisingly well though - was not his normal, happy self, but wasn't hugely cranky either... We got back to the hotel after tea and he had a feed and fell asleep very easily then. By the time he got to bed he'd been awake for 8.5 hours!!! Needless to say, he slept very well that night.
We went out for breakfast with everyone the next morning, and got home by midday. It was so exhausting though... I really find trips away so stressful. I shouldn't, cause I have such a good-tempered baby... but I honestly felt like I needed another weekend to recover... I'm still recovering now!
A quiet week for us this week. No MG, no playgroup, a friend I usually see has gastro...
Hope everyone is well... Now Oliver has woken up... that wasn't a long enough sleep *sigh*
Why no meet ups for you guys this week Sterla?
Far out, I can believe Oli can go so long without sleeping!! 8.5hrs??!!
Can you PM me the end of twilight? I only read up to new moon, far too angsty for me
I know what you mean about seeing everyone and not having time for family, its so important to have time to yourselves too. Im slowly learning to say no to people if I want time just with us three... its not easy though, esp when the granparents live an hour away and never see Bub.
Im slowly melting......so.....hot.....
PJ: How are you? How did your hair appointment go? Hope it went well.
Peach: Oh no, poor Winter . I hope she's feeling better now. Stupid doctor - it's not their job to lecture us! That's great that Winter is still sleeping through though! Hopefully she's finally clicked that night time is for sleeping - I wish Oliver would! Yay - 600+ posts!!!
AFM: We had a crappy night here last night - Oliver woke up heaps, and was so difficult to get back down. Then he woke up at 5am and wouldn't go back down - so I took him into bed with me and he finally drifted off again. Anyway, I felt so tired and lethargic all day. I visited a mum from BB, which was good for getting out of the house. Her kids are so cute .
Not much else happening - I'm hoping I feel a bit more lively tomorrow.
Was your night last night better than the one before Sterla? Thats awesome you have another BB Mum to visit nearby you, Its good to get out on the flat days rather than staying in I think.
We had the worst night in months last night. Tried getting Winter down three times, eventually she settled only to wake up screaming as I was drifting off around 9, DP couldnt settle her so she came into our bed and slept there.. actually not even boob would settle her, she ended up sleeping the night on my chest being patted and rocked, so I was in and out of sleep all night. Today she is still not herself, we've given her as much nurofen as she can have argh its awful. Going back to drs tonight.
Thats great Oli is enjoying himself at the pool, I really want to start taking Winter.
It gets easier the more you do it. Do most of the mums in your MG BF? Its always easier when you can just get it out there and know no-one will stare or anything. How long do you reckon you will BF for? I love it so much, Im so glad Winter and I havnt had any problems...
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. It doesn't help that Oliver feeds frequently throughout the day, and I'm the only one who can get him to sleep - it kind of limits how long I can be away from him. Not that I mind - I don't really want to be away from Oliver, but I hate feeling guilty about it. Oops, sorry - I'm rambling... I hope you and your DP have fun.
. I think there's only 5 including me (out of 17) mums in my MG breastfeeding now, but it is good to be around them breastfeeding - gives me a bit more confidence. I plan on breastfeeding for a while longer yet - definitely past 12 months. Really I'd like to let Oliver self-wean, but we'll see how we go.
the only person whoes looked after DJ other then me is DH. and thats only been in the last month becuase i feel that with another bub on the way DH kind of needs to learn how to deal with settling DJ ect. but in saying that the only long-ish period of time i've left DH and DJ together he was at his mum and dads 
but let your mum be upset, she needs to understand something. shes the granma, you have the last word not her and you dont need to make her 'happy' if it makes you misrable in doing so KWIM? and question HOW THE HELL did the monkeys get syphilis...unless some one likes 'fooling around' with animals 
we might be going out next weekend/week as DH has taken a week off before one of my relatives wedding. which i'm 
ing i still fit into the out-fit i've got for it!
He actually did fall asleep on me about 5.30pm when I fed him, but if I'd let him sleep then it would have mucked the rest of the evening/night up. He was so out of it then though - so tired.
That's so funny about the rabbit - sounds cute.
) The book I'm reading is called Asking For Trouble - it's just a chic lit book by a British author - nice, light and fluffy for my tired brain! The Art of Happiness sounds great 
Yay - 600+ posts!!!
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