Babies Born February 2007 #10

Tash - thanks for the info on helmets - I didn't realise they had infant sizes. We'll look tonight when we go shopping for another present for Bella because he insisted we give her the couch we got for her birthday, because he couldn't bear to hide it from her. He is such a baby...

Kel - Bella kisses and hugs her "babies" all the time (Speedy the turtle, the Glow Worm, a little doll she has). She is soooo affectionate! MIL has bought her a cabbage patch doll for her birthday. I'm sure she'll love it! She also loves music - Bella and Jem should get together for a bit of a baby disco I reckon! How cute would that be - two babies gettin' into the groove??!! lol Glad to hear you've stayed in contact with Anne and glad to hear all is well! We're not sure what else to get Bella either. She LOVES the bike we got her for her birthday and cries when we take her off it - not sure if that's a good thing or bad...! I know you will think of something awesome and we'll all be saying "I wish I'd thought of that!!".

Kym - I'm sure I will be fine. I'll be working in the same department as my sister although I'll be working on a separate project. In fact, there are only two or three people I don't know in the department, so it'll be just like I've been on a really long holiday! It'll be pretty full-on so I hope that makes my days fly, so I can get back to my babies. I will also be finishing at 3.30pm most days, so it'll be daylight when I pick them up - not dark like it used to be for Bri.

Gotta go - we've got to take Bri to school, have a sleep then go to child care again for more "orientation"!

Kel - That is a really good point about bubs not being able to concentrate without the noise if they are so used to it. Thanks for mentioning that. I will have to make sure i turn it off as much as possible. When I say I have lost 8kg, that is over the last couple of months. And no one has really noticed yet, but I can definitely feel it in my clothes. I really want to have the shock factor too when I see my friends at the end of the month. But I too, have a long way to go till I am back to a normal weight. My BMI is 29.9 at the moment (woo hoo...I am not obese!! Just very over weight), it would be good to have a BMI of 22 I think. And to think it was 19 when I was at school less than 10 years ago!
You guys are all making me feel guilty with all these cool pressies. I was actually thinking about not getting anything major for Tobi. Mainly as he has so much stuff already from Christmas and he is having a party so I am sure he'll get more stuff. I figured that I might get something later when he is starting to grow out of the stuff he has and call that his birthday pressie. The process is really daunting for me. I have no idea what he needs or will like to play with. I would like to get him one of those bikes that Bella has though and a couch too.

I am getting a couch for Monkey too! Although the one I want isn't in stock at moment, so will be after her B'day - bummer....

And Luke spent his Christmas present from work (Westfield voucher) on her recently too and bought a massive set of old fashioned wooden blocks, so that's kind of a b'day pres too.

We aren't going all out for the same reasons as you, tashie.

I think i'll save the bike for Christmas this yr - she wouldn't be tall enough for anything yet!!! (still hasn't broken the 70cm barrier!!!)

Somebody has woken and is calling out for service!

it is also that they cant concentrate on one thing if they are never fully focused on one thing or something, just a trap i didnt want to fall into but still love my background noise, just a little more concious of it....

jemima has a carebear couch so we have to think of something cool for her birthday.... we have a great idea but it is not available for a while so keeping it hush hush til we do get it and it may be for xmas ho hum.... but we DID get her the cutest backpack that is in shape of pink poodle (did i already rave about this) and it has a harness attached to it... i got her cousin one with a cow on it... they will be too kool for skool!

jem is asleep in the car and i want a shower.... i hope she transfers!!!!!!

I am wondering if having too many toys out for Tobi to play with at one time will have the same concentration problems. What do you think?

one of my friends did think that and has just put away 2/3rds of her daughters toys
she figured baby was overwealmed by amount of toys so didnt get full value of any of them

On the toys subject: my house is like Toys R Us. There are toys upstairs, in the toy room, lounge room & outside. I just have them spread out so that whatever room they are in, there are toys there, rather than breaking into my stuff! LOL. I do rotate them throughout the rooms though so they don't get bored.

KRISTY _ When do you want to catch up honey?

Hi Girls,

Went to the Dr today and it was all confirmed I am up the duff!!!! She did my blood work and gave me a referral for a dating scan if I wanted one. I know the exact day of my last period and definently when I did the DTD ( thats not hard when it was once for the month) so don;t know if I will worry this time. I am excatly 5 weeks so early days.

Rang the Gyno who is doing the colopscopy next week and he said it was perfectly safe to do during pregnancy, though they may not take a biopsy. That is next Tuesday so that will be a relief when it done.

I'm another one that is not sure of what to buy Erin for her b'day. She go a couch for xmas and my mum has bought a little push bike ( not sure what they are called) and some table and chairs. She also gets so much! Would like to get her things for outside but seeming it is only sand at the moment not much point.

JAYNE - Would love to catch up hon, will get all this medical stuff sorted then we can make a date. I am good for Mon, Tues or Fridays.Can't wait to meet you.

Erin had swimming yesterday and she loved it, slept very well last night too I think she was worn out.

Just had a afternoon tea with some girlfriends so was hard to keep quiet. Got a bit annoyed as I had Erin and will have this bub private and they are all going on how when i last went private I still had to pay so much when they get it all for free with public etc etc. It's a personal choice but it just p'd me off . Must be hormones!! I feel so tired but then again I always feel tired.

Erin had swimming yesterday and she loved it, slept very well last night too I think she was worn out.

Thanks for all your congrats and support, I sometimes feel closer to you girls then my real flesh friends!! xxx

benji's parents may be buying jem a swing set for birthday so that will be cool

kristy - so excited for you!! get the dating scan.... get an official date and maybe a photo?

jayne - i spread jem's toys out a bit but still have far too many 'out' for her, my friend is going to rotate her toys monthly

michelle - jem has been kissing and cuddling this carebear since she could pull her way over to him, but we always were unsure if she liked him or hated him coz when she could she would crocodile roll him like she thought she was steve irwin so we used to say 'crikey' so cute!!

me - not pregnant just a hormonal ***** to everyone lately, was kinda lucky my friend didnt come over today, as went off at benji as soon as he got home today and still not 100%, he just hates confrontation so doesnt react when i yell so i yell louder and it all goes to crap

KRISTY - I'm good for Friday's, so you just let me know when you are free & we can sort something out. You can come to us, or me to you, whatever you so desire! I don't blame you on the private health. I had both my girls privately & I paid out of my pocket for them, also when Jessica had her tonsils removed, I had to pay about $600 - $700 from memory & it just annoys me that I have private cover but yet I still have to pay! It's frustrating. What hospy are you going to?

KEL _ I hope that you get to go to bed early honey & rest up. Go buy yourself a book & lie in bed at night & read.

Love Jayne

Kristy - I do agree, private health costs a lot more than you expect it would, especially compared to public hospitals. But I personally wouldn't have it any other way and good on you if this is the decision that you have made. I know it was the little things that made it worth it for me. I had my own room and ensuite and my DH got to stay in hospital with me the whole time and had a trundle bed in my room. He was only home from Iraq for the birth (9days), so I would have been so upset if he couldn't stay.

We did the Core Blood Storage with Tobi. Did anyone else do it? It costs a lot and don't know if we would do it again for the next one. I think i'd like the baby bonus to go straight into my pocket this time.

We have put 2/3 of Tobi's toys away and rotate them every fortnight and then also have toys up stairs and others down stairs, but I might spread them out a little more and see if it makes a difference. His favourite toy is still a green stress ball that we got as a freebie from somewhere. That always stays out.

Kel - Sounds like you need some 'me' time. See if you can get Benji to look after Jem this weekend for a bit and get out for a pedicure or something. Or even just out for a walk with the pram. I go when Tobi is asleep so that he doesn't worry me and I always feel better after the fresh air.

Brissy Girls - Tobi's birthday party is on 2 March at 11am at Roma Street Parklands if you want to come along. It is a teddy bears picnic, so bringing along your favourite cuddly friend is a must. Let me know if you want to come.

PS. Jayne why are you angry??

Kel, I am PMSL, picturing Jem the Crocodile Hunter! I hope you're feeling better. I def think you need some "you" time too.

Jayne, I totally agree re the private cover. If you're covered, then it shouldn't cost you anything IMO. Although I caught a bit of Oprah yesterday and the day before and it seems that the people who were involved in the 911 attacks get health care than those with health insurance over there. Scary. My second cousin lives in the US and he pays over $700 per month for his insurance. Unbelievable! And it's not necessarily going to save him if he gets sick. One woman was told her tumor wasn't life threatening so her insurance wouldn't cover it. She died from that non-life-threatening tumor. Very sad. We do have it good here in comparison, but it could still be improved.

Tash - Ooh! Another birthday party! I'll have to see if we're free! Sounds like fun!

I'd better go. I'm writing a course on how to build websites at the moment and I'm doing little video things. All very exciting but they take ages because I keep stuffing them up and i have to start them again. ARGH! Have a great weekend everyone!

Hey Tash - I'm fuming because Alan's roster got changed & he gets home this Thursday coming (14 Feb) rather than the following Thursday (21 Feb) so he is going to miss Claudia's birthday & as such, I've had to change the date of her party so that he can come. It might sound stupid, but I'm just sick of living for the 10 days that Alan is home & having to swap everything about all the time. Stupid really, but maybe I'm hormonal, but it's really jacked me off!

BBL for personals. I have a gf coming for dinner.

jayne - that not stupid that normal, i am so so lucky benji works only 5 days a week it would be nice if it wasnt 6 til 6 basically but at least i see him every night IF I didnt see him every night and we were talking about daughters first birthday and roster got changed i'd be fuming too

tashi - we were going to give jems cord blood to the blood bank not store it for her but we couldnt do anything coz of the time of night i had her AND that they needed her cord blood for testing to find her blood type right away coz i am 0- and scary things would have happened if her blood got into mine etc next bub we will try again to donate it but again i dont think they will let us coz of needing to test bubs blood right away (i said just ***** her foot but they all thought that was cruel?)

michelle - if brianna said she wanted hair removal would you let her do it?? i'm still thinking about the girl i babysat the other day - and do you think i should tell her mother that she was so sad about the time or lack of she was having with her mum she said her mum always on the computer (warning bells to myself not to turn out like that)?

i checked out 2 daycare places today - one over the top professional with mon, tues and thurs avail and one more laid back that only take babies from 15months so May for Jemima...... both different, both good and bad in different ways the 15month one i could walk to the professional one is less than 5 drive.
there are another 2 i will look at before deciding if i even want to think about going to work or part of me thinks to just bite the bullet as i wont like anywhere and just do it
gotta get a job first
gotta decide what i want, basically i have experience in offices and teeny bit of warehouse so can do either but dont feel like getting all prissed up everyday to go work in an office or the crap that goes with working in an office but do i feel like working in a warehouse..... or i think i do want to work in a warehouse but am i worried about what other people would say about that choice

oh well will keep thinking

jemima been awesome today so i would not have wanted to miss it being at work - she was awesome at kids club and before and she napped when got home til just before i went to a friendds for lunch where she had a blast and then was good when i got home and then five mins later decided to do a daycare run.... now though asleep after our walk she is going to be interesting coz we have to go to dinner for her PopI's birthday and she hasnt had first dinner let alone second dinner, so i guess i should wake her and get some food into her and then bath her..... or wait and see what happens..... when she wakes we will get into her what we can give her a change of clothes and bring some extra food with us.... hmmmmm

i am YES needing some time out BUT i dont know what i would do with it
mum maybe babysitting tomorrow hopefully lunch time and i am going to take benji to lunch - i have been really really awful to him, laying into him for nothing at all but it is not jemima that is the problem she is awesome i think it is just catching up with me now that i am trying to get stuff done how hard it is to get anything done
then when u do it the baby comes and messes it all up
ho hum

Kel, if Bri really wanted to shave her legs then I think I'd let her. She's already mentioned it a couple of times but she's got lovely blonde hair on her legs unlike my thick black hair that you need a whipper snipper to get through. I'd possibly think of getting her to wax or even use creams. Will deal with it when the time comes I suppose! She told me last night she has a crush on a boy. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My baby is growing up waaaayyyy too fast!!! Hairy legs are the last of my problems right now! Hee hee! I really feel for that poor girl though. Has she tried talking to her mother?

Now, about working in a warehouse, you need to stop worrying about what people will think/say. Anyone who thinks less of you because you do, well then they're not worth the effort IMO. (I'm in mothery lecture mode today!).

No matter where you go, you're not going to find the "perfect" child care centre either - I've looked and they don't exist! I just went by Bella's reaction. If she was happy being there, then I was comfortable with her being there. Child care centres are pretty strict these days, so I doubt you will get too many dodgy ones. I suppose the most important thing is that Jem is safe and secure at all times. If you can find a place that offers that and she enjoys being there, then that's your clue that it'll be ok. Hopefully other day care centres are like ours that let you take them down there for "orientation" a few times before they start!

Even going to work for yourself is sorta "you" time Kel. When I was working from home, I always had an ear out listening for Bella to wake up so I was half mother half working. Now it'll just be me at work - nobody to worry about except myself during the day. Will ring day care at morning tea, lunch, arvo tea to make sure she's ok (kidding! I'll just ring at lunch!!). Either way, be sure to pamper yourself sometimes too. I've made that one of my new year's resolutions. To pamper myself that is (sorry, but I'm not going to be pampering you!). ha ha!

I hope you're feeling better. Did you take Benji out?

Gotta go - we're doing a MAJOR house clean before Bella's birthday party next weekend. I'm too embarrassed to let anyone in our house right now, it is SUCH a mess!!!!

P.S. I just realised Bella's ticker is wrong. Will worry about it later....

PAT PAT PAT THE BABY IN HER COT TO SLEEP!!!!!!! OMIGOSH IT ACTUALLY WORKED, WHAT A GOOD BAAAABYYYYYYY!!!!!!! (sing that to the tune of row row row your boat)

there was nothing on telly so i decided to put jem in the cot and stand over her for what felt like forever and pat her to sleep.... it did take forever but it did work, so slow and steady i guess we can make it happen that she falls asleep in her cot in the day time too will be a long time until it is alone but step in the right direction

my mum babysat today from lunch time til dinner time and benji and i went to lunch at a little kebab shop we used to go to and toy shopping for jemima, we got her a broom and dustpan and brush set i think it has a mop as well, sadly she should love it then we are waiting to see what else she gets before we go and buy her the two other pressie we are thinking about which is a quad bike and a music/jewellery box, the quad bike is a little old for her just yet so i can find the perfect one (she needs it to keep up with the dogs) (oh yeah in my gallery photo of her and dogs) and the music box is a present she will potential get so waiting to make sure she doesnt get two.

it WAS nice to spend the arvo with benji and it had made me feel 'better' but so tired, you know how it is when you STOP it all catches up with you??? i didnt even realise i had not stopped....

benji said i should/could put jem in daycare one day a week and have a day off and i dont have to work....................... i am totally against that.............................. but thinking about it................................................ ...........

ps - thanks so much for all your support while i am being such a nutcase at the moment, it really helps and really means a lot to me

Awww Kel, Benji sounds like such a wonderful husband! You've definitely done well there!

The girls down at the daycare centre told me they sit there and pat the babies to sleep if they won't settle. Thing is, Bella hates being patted to sleep! I suppose with every baby it's trial and error! Glad to hear you had success!!! PMSL about the song! Woo hoo!

Lots of stuff on today so better go. I'm bback to work tomorrow, so have to get everything done.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

Hi Girls,

JAYNE - That is what annoys me that you pay so much for PHI and then still have to pay all the extras. I know it is a personal choice but it just annoys me when our friends earn proably 3 times what we do and still don't have it and then laugh at us as we have to pay so much out of pocket.
I will proably go to SJOG Murdoch even though Armadale is only 2 minutes away. I loved me last Ob so think I will see her again.
TASH - Is your hubby in the army? I did 5 years in the Army. I know what you meen I loved my rrom KEL- You need to do what makes you happy honey, stuff what people think. If they thought bad then they are not even worth the time it takes to worry about them. ( does that make sense??)Benji sounds like a Fab hubby, great that you guys got some couple time!
MICHELLE - That is so funny with the crush thing, we have all that to look forward to !! I know my Dh gets stressed out just thinking about it. reckons he is going to sit out teh front with a rocking chair and shotgun!!

Took Erin to a playgroup on Friday but didn't like it . I think I am a friendly person but felt that nobody made any effort at all. At Fruit time Erin grabbed a plastic cup withh water and spilt like a spoonful on this little boy which I apologised profusely and the Mum gav me a foul look and got up and left the table.! So don't think we will be going back.

Erin is asleep so going to have a quick Nanna nap!

GOOOOOOD LUCK BACK AT WORK MICHELLE!!!!!!! what did brianna tell you about her crush??? gosh it must be SOO different from when we were kids, but i know i had crushes from grade 3 onwards, his name was peter marshall and he was a crush, i had a boyfriend in preschool his name was andrew and he couldnt say kelly and called me curly which is funny coz i had dead straight blonde hair then, oh grade 3 i also was into kyal ratz, maybe i will facebook search and see if i can find them hehehehe
Jemima didnt really love being patted to sleep but she was sleepy so went with it and as i said it took FOREVER but i am so glad i did it, tonight she just fed to sleep like she kinda usually does

however

we are having a problem, 3 nights this week jem has woken for EARLY morning feed (3am!!) and then not went back to sleep properly, this morning benji had to take her out of our bedroom and get her to sleep coz she was not staying asleep with me beside her, perhaps coz i was getting the ****s with her pulling my hair..... not cool though
tonight will make sure the dogs cant wake her (just in case that is what was waking her in first place) and then feed her properly if she does wake (not lying down like normal wake up feeds or normal morning feed at decent hour even) then hopefully she will feed back to sleep or i guess i might try the patting thing again

any other bubs starting to wake randomly?????????

i am determined maybe NOT to go back to work at least for a while, thinking maybe will see if can get benji's mum to babysit once a fortnight for a couple of hours so i can have some me time, i dont care if that makes me a failure needing me time but hey..... SIL whom i feel i am compared to (as our bubs are only one week apart) goes to work one day a week on a day when her hubby looks after baby and i think that is a bit "her" time so its not that bad that i want it.....


another question for you allllllllllllllllllll

do you know you anymore without baby???????
i realise i dont know who i am or what i want to talk about when the baby is not on my hip.... i feel like i need her as i dont think anyone is wanting to talk to me..... know what i mean???? it is so wierd..... i have totally lost self confidence a little kinda..... which is funny if you know me coz i dont know if that is how i appear but inside that is what i am thinking........... hmmm??

oh and FINALLY some ladies at church noticed i had lost weight, the first people to notice that didnt know i was on a diet!!!!! yipppeeeeeeeeeeee i have lost 5/6kg this month so was hoping someone would notice soon! and benji's family today at jemima's cousin's party (and kinda jemima's party for that side of family) said i was looking good too, so yippee to that!
am going to buy new skirt to wear to jemima's party this week mine is too big

jayne - when is claudias party now???

kristy - PHI it is worth it, friends who dont have it and laugh are jealous as all hell when they see the good stuff you get in private hospital, they may say it is only for 3 days or they may say they get room to self, but really it is never the same..... my private room at the mater was AWESOME i had double bed to share with benji, recliner, ensuite, view of storey bridge and city from my balcony, the food was so so so good all the meals had icecream and jelly hehehehe i didnt have to chose food the day before or anything i could just wander out of room and pick it when it was being served unless jem was funny then they brought it to you, it was worth every cent! i also love my PHI as recently i decided to fix my lowerback pain i've had for about 7 years, going to physio is costing me $5 out of pocket!!!!! thats it!!! and dentist doesnt cost much either!!! so when my friends that dont have it tell me i'm wasting my money i think about my 5 day holiday at the mater where i got to know my baby in privacy not with someone on the otherside of a curtain.

where is everyone else??
cate??? ryn????? kirsten????

Hi everyone :)
Well, we are settled into our new home in Newcastle... the older kids are settled nicely into their new schools and DH is loving his job... I have been exploring everywhere with Harry and its been fantastic.
Harrison turned 1 last week... he was so excited that he was shaking!!! lol
and... as a small little gift to himself, he FINALLY got a tooth! He has been a grump and a half for it too! It actually looks as though 2 are coming up at the same time.

I should be on here a bit more often now that my phone and everything is connected, it took Optus close to 3 weeks to connect my phone... I ended up having to call them and cancel their connection, and went with Telstra who took 2 days to connect my phone... it has been very frustrating having no home phone or internet.
I will put some photo's from Harrison's 1st birthday onto his site... he is having a second, 1st birthday when my Mum and Sister come to visit in a few weeks... lucky boy. Thanks to everyone for his birthday wishes also :)

Hi girls

Just a quickie from me, can't remember all the personals.

Been very ill - had flu, ear infection, throat infection and bladder infection. Also had migrane so severe I couldn't see, talk, or control 3 of my limbs (random flailing rather than just inactive, not too fun!). DS has also been ill; just flu but rushed to hospital with suspected pnumonia. And DH has had flu and gastric flu. So not been around. Then we gave the house a deep-clean when we recovered; DS's windowsil was awful, I feel like such a bad mother. Thankfully, in a way, it hasn't affected his sleep as if a bit of dust was affecting him I'd feel so bad. But that room had been in a state due to the camp-bed being in there until Christmas and DH not cleaning it when it was "his" room, so 6 months of DH in there not cleaning, then 4 months of it being DS's room and me camping in there unable to have a good clean, then what with the burn and all the running around we've only just been able to do it. But I still feel bad.

Needless to say, his birthday party for the Saturday gone was cancelled. But there's still one on this coming weekend for family. He won't know he didn't have his friends round, so it's not important. But he does have a photo of his girlfriend now, I bring it out when he's upset and he smiles and kisses it - HAVE to get a frame for it now!

Kel, I have 2 hours on a Friday afternoon "off" - just time for a bath with a wine and a book, but it makes a BIG difference to me. I also had Saturday morning "off" a week ago - but I was in A+E - and that night off as I couldn't take care of DS so he had a sleepover with BiL and SiL and he slept all night (relief - it's bad that he won't for me but I hated the thought that someone else was having all that fuss).

Congrats Kristy on the pregnancy! So thrilled for you. And jealous, I've just had another period. WTF? Why aren't they 6 weeks apart any more? I don't want periods!

My prayer group, I'm the only mummy. There are 4 of us, so that's 3 non-mummy friends! But most of my friends are mummies now.

Yay that you're settled, Lisa, and yay for the tooth!

Kel, about the girl you babysat - my mother used to sit and cry at me that her kids were awful and they were going to drive her mad and she couldn't cope and al the rest. It's not ideal for a child to hear that sort of thing, but it does happen. I'd like to say "and I turned out all right" but as we all know, I didn't. Can't offer much help other than it happens and it does make you determined not to do the same to your kids! And I'd have really been in for it if I'd have told anyone and they'd have told my mother. So maybe it's best not to, or get her to tell her dad. At least that way it's from a parent. But my parents are together and I'd have been in for it if I'd have told my dad too, so maybe that's not a good idea.

As for hair removal, if hair is causing a problem, get it removed. Age is immaterial really. I wish my mother had been that liberal! I was hairier than most of the lads at school when I didn't get rid of the hair. I would be now if it weren't for hair removal creams, waxing and epilating.

Best be off, DS wants playtime and I need to finish up on BB! Love to you all.

hey ryn
YOU POOR THING!!!!!!!!!! really thinking of you and hope you are ALL feeling better! thanks for checking in though i was getting a little worried!
and you are totally right about the little girl i babysat, am not going to say anything about her being sad about lack of time with mother but still thinking about saying something about the hair removal ESPECIALLY since her mum works at a beauty salon as receptionist so she could easily arrange waxing for her!!!! which would hurt so bad the kid probably would only get half a leg done

i am going to talk to benji's mum about babysitting jemima once a fortnight for an afternoon to give me a break......... i am going to admit that i need a break............... that is going to be SO hard

yeah lisa about moving!!!

baby is sick AGAIN, her temp been going up all day and she has been sleepy and not eating, DRAINING as she was all better and picked something up at one of the parties she went to yesterday most likely from her COUSIN grrrrrrrrrr i just dont want her sick for her birthday next sunday

if i forget happy birthday pubert for wednesday!

and happy birthday to isabella for wednesday too, i think it was wednesday
i cant figure the rest of them out so happy birthday ALL OF THE BABIES!!!!!
been out WAY longer than you were in now!

Hair removal – I agree with Ryn, age is irrelevant and can be such a big deal with kids at school.

Me time – I don’t exactly have a set time or day, but I am really lucky that I have friends that live in our complex and I pop in and out of their places for coffee all the time. Even if I take Tobi with me, I still count it as me time as he plays with the other kids and babies, but sometimes I leave him with DH and that is awesome too. I would love to have some official time on the weekends or something, but then that is family time, so I never do. The last week or so we have been really good and finally getting Tobi’s night time routine sorted out, so by 7.15pm every night I am sitting on the couch, Tobi in bed and the kitchen all cleaned up. It has been heaven. I wish we made a point of doing it earlier. I do agree though, it is really hard to talk about anything other than Tobi. I still have a lot of friends that don’t have kids and it is getting harder as I have nothing exciting to contribute (well I think Tobi is exciting, but they don’t so much). Strangely enough this is why I became so close to MIL, she was the only one that could chat with me on the phone and happy to hear about Tobi. The only real thing that I miss about my old life is karate. I started up karate a couple of years ago and even though I could probably go and find a new one here, it is really difficult with Tobi and my DH’s work and never knowing when he is going to be home.

Ryn – Really sorry to hear that you have all been sick. I wish you health and happiness soon.

Kristy – Yeah, my DH is in the Army. We still have another 7 years before he gets out I think. I don’t mind it so much, the lifestyle and all. I especially like the fact that he isn’t home tonight as I am p***ed at him!!!!

Jayne – I would be pi**ed off too. I am glad to hear that you can swap the party dates around though so Alan can still be home for that.

Michelle – Crushes….they are so fun. I went through my old box of love letters not long ago. I had sooo many boyfriends and crushes growing up. They are the best thing about being a teenager…and the worst at times. That is fantastic that she is talking to you about it. Don’t freak out too much, otherwise she might stop, and you don’t want that.

Lisa – Welcome back. I am glad to hear that you are all settling into Newcastle and Harrison enjoyed his birthday. Can’t wait to see photos. Congrates on the tooth….looks like Monkey is the only one without them now.

Kel – I am really glad to hear that you are looking at getting some ‘me time’ in. It is really important and we ALL need it, so don’t feel like a failure. If it means that you can come back and be fresh to go again, then Jem will be all the better for it. And well done on the weight loss too. It feels so good when someone notices. Keep up the good work.

Talking about weight loss…My DH is still being an arse. I really am worried about him and this attitude he has developed. He really thinks that if I am skinny (and has a sports car) that he will be happy. Meanwhile, our relationship is going down hill because he wont put in any effort until I am skinny, so I am getting resentful, amongst other feelings. So a HUGE THANKYOU to Kym today when she said that I look good and that I have lost weight. It was really what I needed to hear.

Too tired to do personals tonight... but I definitely wanted to come back in to wish all the bubba's a very happy 1st birthday! I have been thinking about all our beautiful babies so much lately, and how 12 months seem to have flown past... its making me a little teary :( I will do personals tomorrow. Night all

Hello,
Sorry all, just a quick one, I've been busy. Of course. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF THE Babies and CONGRATS Kristy! How wonderful.

Quinn has now got 14 teeth - 2 molars - not fun times with them coming through it's like 4 teeth because they cut 4 times.

Kel: GET SOME ME TIME, nothing wrong with asking for help - if you think about it, you are doing it for Jem, if you get me time then you are a happy mummy and a happy mummy is a good mummy, so it's not really you time, it's recharge for Jem time :) I will find a way to make anything sound like it's worthwhile.

Anyway gotta go again Hi everyone! Bye everyone!

how exciting more toothy pegs... jem working on two more at the moment, but she worked on them 3 weeks ago too.

tashe you DH's attitude is Bullsh*t, he needs to support you when you are losing weight, it is too hard to do without his support/help..... is he perfect?? could he not improve himself for you in some way?? not necessarilly looks but something else??

i am green eyed monster tonight, SIL told me today that she is pregnant.... am very happy for her but wish it was me.
oh well, my body waited til 74kg last time so maybe in 8kg time it will be my turn.

TASH _ Your DH is horrible. He needs a kick up the backside on his comments. How shallow is he? I can't believe it!

RYN _ I've been thinking of you & I'm sorry to hear you're not well. WTG On Liebs sleeping all through the night on his sleep over though! That's awesome.

LISA _ Congrats on the big move being done so well & how aweome exploring your new surroundings! You sound really happy & content!

US _ Same old here, Alan gets home on Thursday morning. So that's exciting. I got the implanon implant in my arm yesterday, so that is a bit ouchie, but better ouchie in my arm than ouchie delivering another bub! PMSL. Claudia is going great, but boy does she have a temper! My goodness, she has thrown a few good wobblies today & while Jessica & I laugh at her, she just goes more wild. LOL.

Love Jayne

Happy Birthday Bella and Liebs!

Yes my DH is shallow and a major a*se, but don't worry I have stood my ground and pointed out that he is way from perfect and that it could take 12months till I am skinny and he can't be an a*se that whole time, otherwise I wont be still here putting up with it. I am just worried for him as something is really going on and he is taking it out on me, blaming me for not being happy. I have spoken to a couple of friends and they said their husbands went through a similar thing when they hit 28. Its a nearly 30 mid-life crisis. So I just have to ignore his comments and be there for him. That is what marriage is all about. But if in 12months time and I am skinny and he is still being an a*se, then I might be thinking differently. Meanwhile, I just found out that Curves is having a special, so I am going to check it out today to see if they have a play pen or something for Tobi while I work out.

Jayne - So you have definitely decided that you aren't having any more kids? Will you look at getting any more permanent ways for contraception in the future?

Kel - That really sucks about your SIL. But like you said, you want to lose more weight first and get some time in for you before you have another bub. Plus if you give it a little more time, then the age difference between the bubs wont be so similar and they might not get compared so much by your MIL. Have you worked out what you are going to do when your Mum babysits? Pedicures are the best and are highly recommended (but from a beauty place, not one of the Asian shopping centre ones - same price, but so much better).

Kirsten - I hope Quinn had a good birthday and 14 teeth. Wow. I just couldn't imagine Tobi with so many teeth. He must look so grown up.

Lisa - It makes me sad to think our babies are growing up too. But as DH said last night, he is so good at the moment and so cute, why would we want to go back.

Tobi - Pointed to his duck last night and said 'duck'. Very cleaver. He has also been saying it when a duck comes on TV. He missed his afternoon nap yesterday, so we feed and put him to bed early. Didn't work so well though, as he woke 4 times during the night. This boy loves his routine and you can't change it.

Take Care everyone

that is so cute that tobi says duck!!! do you quack at him!? jemima has this freakin annoying book that plays a song and the words are "did u eva see a duckie go this way or that way did u eva see a duckie go this way or that or this way or that way or this way or that way did u eva see a duckie go this way or that" over and over and over and over i got it from the opshop and she loves it

she has been saying golly golly golly and i dont know why

had to get jem a doc certificate to get out of swimming today coz she has a chesty cough and is real sleeping so i talked to him about the pregnancy thing and he said that breastfeeding supresses some chicks hormones more than others, so we are just waiting but the next time i think/hope i might be pregnant he has given me a bloodtest request so that we can check properly AND check hormone levels to see how high they are

lol about laughing at claudia's tantrums!!! i do that at jem and she stops and starts giggling too then remembers she was grumpy and tries again, but then i tell she is busted faking it and she knows she cant win - no one beats mummy

going to be housewife today and get heaps done, jemima so sleepy she has been sleeping or lethargic so quite placid and non-demanding so already changed sheets and stuff and been to doc etc

happy birthday to the couple of bubs that have their BIG day today MWAH

and i have not decided what i am going to do if i get my day off a fortnight or whateva, but new idea is that i babysit friends bub alternate weeks and i get break and she gets to work, it will be interesting to look after 2 one year olds but worth the break i get on the alternate week.
i have a neighbour that does nails for $5!!! cheap cheap not as relaxing as at a salon but does such an awesome nail art job it is hard to go past.... i might get massage or something or i might just be at home all alone!

Hi Girls,

Went for the coloscopy yesterday and the cells came back the same as the pap smear with a low grade abnormality. They will now do another pap emear and biopsy once I have the baby. So gald just to have it over and done with was quite painful.

Booked in with my Obstrtrician yesterday so feels quite real now. Have just been feeling really really tired. Have started weaning Erin off breastfeeding this week and have dropped her lunch time feed. She really doesn't seem too keen on cows milk though, any tips there girls?

Big Happy Birthday to all the bubs sorry I also dont know the dates. Erin has got a couple more weeks as she is on the 7th March.

Just a quick one sorry girls as on the way out to swimming.

Hi girlies. My baby is ONE today! Thanks for the birthday wishes (and a very happy birthday to all our babies this month).

He is toddling really well now and his leg bandage is off. He's having a pirate day, pirate pyjamas, pirate book from me, pirates on the TV for his bedtime story (we have the TV on for night garden and the bedtime story is straight afterwards, then the TV channel closes down).

Tash, men are just impossible. DH told me at the weekend that I needed to gain weight because "he didn't fancy skinny women". I told him I didn't fancy short men and he got the point that saying that wasn't a very nice thing. But I was too fat while pg and now I'm running around after a toddler I'm too thin... I would say f*** him but when he's rude that's the last thing I'm going to do. How dare these men just be so rude to their wives? I don't want to put on weight anyway, I like being this size, I don't care if DH thinks it's "too thin". It's not his body. You be happy how you are, that's far more attractive than being a set size.

Kristy, MiL tried DS with cowjuice at the weekend and he wasn't really having it. But she tried him with fully skimmed stuff. I use cowjuice on DS's porridge (it goes in the microwave so stuff using EBM!) and he takes it like that. y Nyntbftttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt ttttttttttttttttfft fg tf brttttttttttttttttf gvb hyyyyyyy Sor rgyb gggggggb tDSgfbv k,b ljjjjjjjjjjjjjjj bgggg m

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Ryn - Wow. That photo of Liebs makes him look so grown up. Sounds like he had a good birthday and wasn't too sick.

Kristy - I blend a banana with cows milk some days for Tobi and he loves it, especially when I give him some of Daddy's as it has icecream in it too. It has taken Tobi a good month for him to get up to 250ml a day. Just keep offering it and at different times of the day, she will increase the amount she drinks slowly and increase the other dairy foods in the mean time...Glad to hear that everything is ok with you.

US - DH has been really good today. He says that he thinks he might be over it all now!!! Men!

Jayne - Guess what? DH isn't going to be here for Tobi's birthday now as well. He is going away for two weeks leaving on Sunday and his brother is coming down here on holidays too, so he'll only get to spend one day with him before he goes. He'll be able to come to Tobi's Qld party though, so that is good.

Kel - You know I was just going to suggest you find someone you can do swappsies with. I am starting it with another girl I meet on BB, whos bub is 10 days younger than Tobi. Every second week one of us has a couple of hours off to get our hair done, shop etc. It is going to be great. I hope it works out for you and your friend too.

Happy birthday to Monkey for tomorrow and happy valentines day to everyone else
Love Tash

RYN _ Oh wow, look how grown up Liebs is! Has he had a haircut? Can you believe you have a 1yo! How awesome is that. I'm so glad that you are all feeling better. It just goes to show that men are never happy with us, you're too skinny, Tashie's husband says she's too big. They are worse than women! LOL. I'm loving the pirate day!

TASHIE _ What a bugger about Tobi's birthday. It's really annoying isn't it? We were looking at a vasectomy for Alan, but because we are under 30 the Dr has recommended the Implanon for now. He thinks that he'll see me in 12 months time for it to be removed so we can have another baby & I told him that he's pipe-dreaming! I won't say that in 5 years time I might feel differently, but right now, definitely no more children. I can't look after 3 children while Alan is living overseas, it's hard enough with just 2 at times! I'm loving the idea of teddy bear's picnic for Tobi. That's going to be lovely.

KRISTY _ You're going to love Murdoch. That's where I had both my girls. It was like a holiday, no kidding. The midwives were awesome, even more so the second time around - which was odd, you'd think they'd be more attentive the first time around, but the food is just DEVINE. It's like living in a hotel. Everybody was lovely & the candlelit dinner was just the BEST! I had a ball there. I really love that hospital. I was there for a week when Jessica was 7 weeks old, she had urine & ear infection at the same time & she had a kidney prob, so we spent a week & they were fantastic in the paed ward too. I can't speak highly enough of them.

ME _ I'm so in love. *gush*. My man is home today, we have had a beautiful day. Claudia is very shy with him though, she puts her finger in her mouth & looks at the floor when he talks to her. Very funny. But she continually waved to him while she was at swimming lessons. It was gorgeous. Jessica has a friend over atm, so it's like 'daddy who?' but she wouldn't hold my hand at the shops today because she is 'Daddy's Princess' & she went wild when Alan told her he'd take her to McDonalds for lunch. I'm going to get some waxing tomorrow morning, then going out for a drink with my gf's tomorrow night (can't wait!) & tonight Alan told me to go out late night shopping when the girls have gone to bed to buy some clothes for them for winter & some summer stuff in the sales. Do I love this man or WHAT?

Love Jayne

Hey girls! I'm in the middle of a conference call so won't do personals. I hope you all had a great valentine's day. We don't celebrate that, although I was surprised this morning when DH disappeared into the garage and came back with a card. Awww! He's such a sweetie!

It was Bella's first day at daycare today and she did GREAT! She only had half an hour of sleep, but even when ALL of the other babies were crying (at the same time - I couldn't work in a child care centre!), she ignored them all and kept on playing with toys on the floor! She was happy to see me when I got there this afternoon, and two seconds later wanted to be back on the floor with the toys!

Gotta go - I've got to concentrate on this call! See ya!

michelle = you are work work work work work - glad your little girl had a good day
my little girl is going to be just recovered from a cold for her birthday - draining! why is she always sick, i thought this breastmilk was meant to help these things........ ho hum

tashie = it should be very interesting to see how i go looking after the two babies on Monday, i cant wait, benji is going to put another carseat in my car and me and the mum go to the gym together on mondays so she is putting baby in car and i am taking off after the gym and then she is going to come and get baby i am going to suggest about 4pm as then i can recover before benji gets home or whateva, and that is going to be a long day 9.30am til 4pm! but i am just thinking about the next week when she will take my baby away for the day!

benji was romantic as always for valentines day, i have a card hanging from 4 poster bed, a card hanging from chandlier in lounge, a red rose beside my bed and his daughter had a card on her highchair! she thought she was so important reading her card from her daddy

HUGE day coming sunday and i have not even come close to being ready still have heaps to do
gotta make jemima's shirt that is going to match mine, her hair clip oh and HER CAKE doh
but today was spent making her photo wall (you know likewhen you are 21 and your mum pulls out the embarrasing photos, well jemima has enough now that i made 3 A3 size photo collages and got the copy place to print them on cardboard)

kymmy - i have patted jemima to sleep about 5 times now it is weird that it works i just start patting her on the belly (i still let her touch my hair if she wants) and look away and she EVENTUALLY goes to sleep!!! i cant believe i didnt try it earlier!!

jayne - when is claudia's party now??

kristy - SO SO SO excited for you still, cant wait to see your first ultrasound photo! are you getting morning sickness?? did you with erin??? did i tell you my SIL is pregnant! 9 weeks - ho hum EVERYONE is but me, ok just you and SIL hehehehe

ps - anyone know any party 'games' one year olds can play? that do NOT require music or a lot of effort?? was almost thinking of pass the parcel but that requires music and mothers to play too (i dont mind but my friends???) or a paper pinata thing for them to rip open or a sack race heheheeh