Hi Girls,
How are we all. I am sorry I haven't written in ages. I have been reading every couple of days so I can keep up with what you have all been up to. I have just been insanely busy and haven't had the time to write. But little man is sitting in his high chair having breaky while watching 'Little People' on TV, so I have a few minutes. For the record, don't get any 'Little People' DVDs if you can avoid it. It has the most catching song at the start of every episode that you can't get out of your head. A bit like Thomas, that one is bad too.
A big Happy birthday to Quinn on the 1st. I was thinking about you Kirsten. I hope that you guys all had a good day and it wasn't too sad now that you little man has grown up.
Happy Birthday to El too. I hope she has a really special day with lots of family and friends to help her celebrate.
Happy 1st Birthday to Erin and Harrison for this week (don't know what days). I hope they both have fabulous days and wishes and dreams come true for everyone.
I apologise if I miss anyone else's birthdays. I should have written them down to help me remember. You will have to remind me a few days out.
Tobi has been such a good little man lately. I am so spoilt. He hasn't been sleeping much during the day, some days as little as 30minutes, mainly as we have been on the go so much. But has been sleeping about 12-13 hours at night. It has been fantastic.
We are down to just one boobie feed a day and he is slowly not getting interested in that one too. My boobs have just about all dried up I think. Which DH is very happy about as he can man handle them again!!! He is feeding when he wakes up at about 7-8am and then I give him cows milk for afternoon tea. He is only drinking about 100mls a day of cows milk at the moment, which I am a bit worried about, but he is getting heaps of calcium through cheese and yoghurt. He will drink more milk if I make him a banana milk shake. Yum...I spoke to the health nurse about it and she said not to worry too much, as long as he eats a balance diet he will be fine.
Do you guys give your bubs much vitamin C? I haven't given Tobi any at all, so I must start putting some orange juice into my cooking. I have some good recipes using it. Tobi is eating really well now. He has tin fruit salad and Vegemite and cheese on toast for breaky. Lunch is avocado, tomato, ham, cheese and beetroot pieces. If he is still hungry then he has mango or banana as well. Dinner is what ever we are having, meat and veg, with yoghurt for dessert. He has been trying to feed himself with a spoon this week. But ends up flicking it on himself most of the time.
His favourite thing to do at the moment is to push DH and my heads together to make us kiss, then he giggles. One kiss for you and then one for me. Its very sweet. He knows how to clap but doesn't do it much. Loves to splash in the bath now. Races up the stairs when ever your back is turned. Last week he stood up on his tippy toes, undid the latch on the front door and crawled outside. I didn't think that babies were supposed to be that smart yet. He speech is getting better and is a total chatter box, but no more new words. Walks around the couch really well and has stood without holding on for a few seconds a couple of times. I thought he might be walking by his birthday, but I don't think so any more. Still has next to no hair, but it is blond and I think that makes a difference. A baby friend of ours taught him how to pick his nose and blow raspberries. Now if you ask him what his bub does, he'll blow a raspberry.
Kel and Jayne got me all worried about not having organised Tobi's first birthday party, so I have got my act together. We are having a Teddy Bears picnic in Brisbane (that's where all the reallies are). I made little bear footprints out of felt on brown cardboard for the invites. They were very cute. I got him a new outfit for the day too. Jeans with a checked collared shirt with a t-shirt over the top, in orange and blues. Very trendy.
Now that I am down to one feed, which is usually in my pjs, I went shopping the other day and got some new bras. I feel like a new woman now that I am back in sexy ligera. I have also been on the hunt for a new nappy bag too. My sister told me that I need to get something trendy and gave me some money for my birthday to buy one. I ended up getting a 'Catherine Mansuell Design' bag, which is hot pink reptile skin leather. Very cool. It is actually supposed to be a toiletries bag I think. It is part of the luggage range. But it has the right number of zips and compartments. Plenty of room for drink bottles, food and toys, plus my stuff. I highly recommend it to anyone that needs a new bag. Although you can only get them in Sydney and Melbourne I think. They come in heaps of colours.
I had a month off my diet and back into the swing of eating right and walking again. I was lucky that my bad habits didn't make me put on weight over Christmas. My goal is to lose another 5kg by the end of the month and that will get
me to what I was pre-pregnancy, just in time for Tobi's birthday.
Oh I got Tobi weighed the other day too. He is 9.3kg and 72cm tall.
Has anyone heard from Lisa, Sally, Kirsten, Christie Catherine or Michelle lately?
Jayne - I am really sorry to have heard about your bunnies. Are you planning on getting some more soon? How is Claudia now after your terrible night? I hope it was just the tooth coming through. Is Alan home or away again? Congratulations on the walking. Give her a big kiss for me. Well done on sitting and chilling out in front of a DVD. I am really bad and my TV shows and DVDs come before house work. What did you watch?
Kel - How is Jemima going with her food these days? I stuck to just giving Tobi stuff he liked for a while until he got used to eating and then just throw something different in every now and then. Did you end up being able to get any Care Bears from BiLo?
Kym - Glad to hear that Monkey is doing better at Child Care. How is work going for you? I bet you are exhausted by the end of the week, even just by working 3 days. How is the sleeping going on your days off. Has she been settling for you too. I hope so. And you so don't have thunder thighs.
Ryn - I hope Liebs is getting better and you MIL doesn't end up making a big deal of it. If she does, he is still too small to remember anyway. How is it going with your church? Are you still going and putting him into care? I agree with the others, it seems strange to me. I hope it hasn't upset you too much.
Michelle - Glad to hear that you had a good time in Thailand. I have to go over there for my brother's wedding in October and it is stressing me out. Do I take Tobi with me or not? I don't know whether my DH will be able to come or not and even though I will have my Mum to help me out, it will be exhausting taking Tobi on my own. MIL are fabulous and are happy to take him, but if they do I only want to go for a couple of days, and then it seems like a waste of money only going for the wedding. Too much to think about!!!
Kristy - How is everything going health wise for you. Any news on your latest test results? Best of luck with TTC. I am very jealous. I would love to start trying, but having this wedding OS, so can't be too pregnant to fly.
Anyway, that is well and truly enough from me now. I hope it wasn't too long.
Love and Kisses
Tash
I think Monkey's little experiment with that ended long ago and she's decided life is better in our arms!!! Cheeky...
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