Babies Born February 2007 #12

[Lisa]

Kel - DH got it from K Mart.... he said that they had apparently sold over 80 copies that day... apparently it was selling out everywhere like crazy! I have seen it advertised in Big W and Target too.

[~Jayne~]

LISA _ Is that 20kg in O N E month? OMG that is insane! Do you mind me asking how much you are meant to lose? Don't say what you're meant to weigh, just what you're supposed to lose. I need to lose 20kg & you have just said the lucky number! I"m going to see what I can do!

[Kristy D]

Just a quick one from me just came back from the ultrasound. They didn't really tell me much they said something about the placenta being low but when I asked if everything was ok they said the DR is looking at the scans and will send them over to your Dr! Not going to get stressed I'm sure all will be fine, couldn't help myself googled low placenta and they said it is quite common at the 20 week scan and generally moves up.

Lisa - Thinking of you hun, I can imagine this would be a sad time for you.

[Lisa]

Thanks Kristy

I too have heard that the placenta can move up... so try not to stress yourself out too much... you will probably have another scan later on, but that's a good thing cause you get to see little bubba again

[Tashie]

Hi Girls,
Kristy - I wouldn't worry either. As your belly grows, the placenta will shift upwards. I like both Luke and Rory. Very cute names.

Lisa - Thinking of you sweetie.

Kel - I got Underbelly from Coles for $80, don't know whether the price was good or not. How funny everyone is so interested in it. I organised my DH's school reunion last year. Good luck finding that many people. We did searches through myspace and facebook and also put a notice in the paper. If you put it is editorials, then it doesn't cost anything. Even if the ex-students don't read the editorials, some of the parents might and pass the message on.

Jayne - If you don't end up doing Cohens, I highly recommend the Tony Ferguson shake diet. It is the easiest diet I have even been on. I lost 7kg in a month (which is nothing compared to 20kg) and that was without exercise.

Take Care

[smylie]

benji is ultra excited u girls are helping me find underbelly on dvd.... i have been anti-underbelly but it is the first show apart from csi that i have seen benji REALLY want to watch and i love House so he never really got to watch it - i am going to go shopping today and buy it for him

he bought me a new vacuum and dishwasher last night i am so so spoilt! dishwasher 7 days away but vacuum in my car.... the cleaner comes today so i will let her christen it

i just applied for a job in a warehouse that sells organic food and products (including baby food) 2 days a week so THAT could be interesting...... 7am til 3pm thursday and friday, i maybe a little full on for them but we shall see

GUESS WHAT! day 2 and a half of daycare.... and i am signing a freakin "incident report' my daughter got in an incident with a bigger kid (after 4pm they get let out to play with the bigger kids coz most of the toddlers have gone home) the bigger kid ended up grabbing her mouth and cutting inside of cheek and it bled and they gave her ice to suck on... you just cant get good help! when i pick her up this arvo i am going to go for a drive to some other daycare places MAYBE some that provide food and have a baby baby group, jem's daycare place starts at 15months so she is the youngest kid there at least at one with baby babys there she will be among more little ones so "after hours" she will be most likely surronding by younger people and maybe better supervision although if i get this job it wont matter coz i will be able to pick her up by 3

kristy my SIL had low placenta when she had jemima's cousin and it meant nothing at all except that she got another scan later in pregnancy to see if it had moved i think at about 34 weeks which meant she got to see the baby again so that sounds good to me! and even if it does stay low - no stress they will probably just give you a c-section which is all good too that means a longer stay in hospital with new baby - no stressing aloud - stressing is bad for baby! so there

jayne - i agree with tashie - tony ferguson and celebrity slim are awesome diets to shift a bit of nagging weight both of them have a gazillion flavours now and are 2 shakes one meal so heaps easy to do especially when you are running around after kids, i just had an optifast shake this morning to make up for the feast i had last night, i may go to the chemist and see about getting back onto optifast but with their guidance, i usually do it by myself so will have a think about that - did u say you like to have a banana smoothy?? celebrity slim has banana flavoured shakes and i'm sure tony ferguson would too........... i have heard heaps of good things about cohens too so really you just have to decide how much money you want to spend and how much work you want to do (shakes are a no brainer you dont eat food you just have shakes, whereas cohens and other food diets mean you have to be disiplined and eat certain portions of certain foods - weight watchers is great for long term weightloss etc but too easy to cheat)

grrr weight sucks
jemima has this new thing she does she walks around pulling her shirt up and sucking her belly in! she found her belly button ages ago which is the cutest thing ever coz she has this mcdonalds shrek toy that she loves and when you press it's chest it says "i'm an ogre" or "burrrrrrrrp" or something else but it growls it so she walks around pressing her shrek button growling or she comes up to you and presses your neck and growls
so you can ask her either where her shrek button is or her belly button and she goes insane trying to show you (really funny if she is wearing a body suit)
she also like to find other people's belly buttons and lately been quite confused when other people dont have a lady beetle tattoo on thier hip like mummy hehehehe

just realised i had written a novel so i better go and do some work
cleaner comes today and jemima is at daycare sothere is no reason why when hubby gets home the house is not spotless and dinner not on the table! hhheheheheheh

mwah

ryn - where are you? are y ou ok????

[~Jayne~]

Hi All,
Just checking that Kristy's scan was mint. I'm glad all is good & like the others have said, low placenta is common & usually moves up as the pregnancy progresses further. Were you tempted to ask if they could see any boy or girl bits? I'm so proud that you didn't find out!

I will BBL for personals. I'm having a really, really, really horrid time with Jessica. I was hysterical on the phone to Alan last night. I'm basically a single mother & when she is in trouble every waking minute of the day, I wonder what I'm doing wrong. It's just horrible, today has been better, thank the lord because I couldn't have another day like the past week.

Sorry to be a drag, I just dont' know what to do with her anymore.

[Lisa]

Oh Jayne I just had a very similar conversation with my sister last night about her middle son... My BIL goes away for work and her son acts up when he is away, to the point that my sis ends up in tears... I feel for you hun... having been a single Mum of 2, I know somewhat of what you're going through. I hope things settle down for you soon.

Kel - OMG, poor Jemima!!! Madeleine had a similar thing happen to her when she went to daycare... she was 3 and a bigger girl tore strips of her little face. I was told when I arrived to pick her up, and I held back the tears until I got into the car, and then I lost it... her poor little face I hope Jemima is okay... and I hope you find a better place for her soon.

DH took the day off work to be here for me today. It has been a strange day for me because even though I think I am okay, AF arrived and it was a little disheartening to know that today is little wing's due date and instead of a baby, I have AF. I am okay, I haven't cried like I thought I would.
Whilst doing the shopping today we discovered that an ABC centre is about to open just up the road from us, and they're taking enrollments... because it has been a looooooong time since I have had a child in care, can anyone tell me if ABC's are okay? And approx how much do you pay for care and how much rebate if any do you get? Last time I had a child in care I was on a single parenting payment and paid $15 a day all up after the rebates etc.

[smylie]

they are all different lisa - i have been shopping around and the abcs are all different as well
some provide food and nappies some dont some have a weekly program some have a daily program
it makes no difference if you ask me and what everyone else has said previously is right you just get a feel for it..... prob with me is i dont love the idea so am looking for the best of a bad thing if you know what i mean
some places are really dodge though - one place i went to look at was there no longer than 5 mins and jemima was into the bin... i mean HELLO??
this place i found today everyone has a degree in childcare so that sounds ok
and another place provides food and nappies both seem really nice so now just up to availability both have varied days available......
i need to get some kind of routine in my life first before i go deciding on different days and stuff
lucky for me jemima is social butterfly of the century and was hugging the daycare leader she met 5 mins ago and playing with all the other kids like i was not there at all the places we wnt to dtoday
talking about jemima i think she is about to put my house keys in the toilet so best fix that
got underbelly on dvd for benji today !!!!!

[Lisa]

Thanks for your advice Kel.
If I was back where I used to live, I would put Harry in my SIL's Mum centre... because I know he would get most definitely get looked after there! Oh well... I was speaking to my Mum yesterday and she now wants to move down here... that would be brilliant if she did because she would love watching Harrison whilst I studied... the best option for me would be to study via correspondence, but I just don't think I would be disciplined enough for that.
I hope Benji enjoys his Underbelly dvd's... I missed out on the final episode, and tried to stay up to watch it when it was rescreened, and haven't got around to that disc yet, so I am still looking forward to seeing how it all ends (even though following the cases for years I know how it ends anyway)

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Hi girlies.

Please excuse my poor typing today... head worries. For some reason my brain wants to punish me so I'm having to re-live Wel's birth every 2-3 hours. Not what I'd call fun. Add to that the lack of working left eye and we are really having fun. Still waiting to hear on the brain scan btw.

Anyway, daycare. DS's first one he hated. Really hated. They just couldn't cope with a baby that didn't want to be away from mummy. Second one, he loves. I mean passes me his shoes at 7.30am so we can go there loves. He runs back there when I put him down outside loves (really annoying when we're trying to walk home in the afternoon, btw). He prefers to be in with the bigger kids though. I had to sign a report for him too - DS could play football in Italy. He is such a drama queen. Another child walks near to him and he falls over and cries. (See, he's going to be a footballer!) That happened yesterday and he had a wee bumpie on his head, but he's done that so often with me for the same reason that I can't fault the centre. BUT if I'd have had to sign a report at the other place, I'd be more wary. I didn't really trust them. Mostly because DS hated the place, I admit. So if you're not happy, go somewhere else. It works out best.

Hope everyone else is well! Can't join in the TV talk, we only really watch Patrick Stewart in this house. Can't think why I need my nightly Patrick fix...

[smylie]

one place i found today had an interesting concept they mix the older kids with the toddlers and the older toddlers with the younger older kids
then they dont have a gazillion toddlers and older toddlers going insane and also dont have a million older and younger older kids running riot easier to keep them all under control and a heap of carers
toddler groups from 15months to 3 years but mainly until 2 years all the places i have been have been looking good
and there really isnt THAT much wrong with the place she is at at the moment just bad timing i guess - did i tell u when we went to get her the FIRST day she was getting mothered by a bigger kid, she was basically carrying her around - kind of funny when asked whos parents we were and we pointed to the one that was getting dragged around hehehehehe but honestly
a little jemima's fault as well coz she is so social doesnt care who it is she is friendly and goes and plays with them

ryn whats the go with your head???

[smylie]

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[~Jayne~]

Hello Everybody,

Well I'm feeling a little bit better today. Had a good day with Jessica yesterday as well & today is looking good as well. I have had a sit down with her & a good chat. It's just been so stressful & I phoned Alan for some help & he basically told me in no uncertain terms to just deal with it. The problem I have is with Jessica's bad behaviour, Claudia is copying. Even to the point of yelling & screaming & throwing things. She does it because she thinks it's funny & it's totally NOT!

LISA _ I am about to respond to your PM. When do they say you will get your Cohens program? Tell your sister to give me a call anytime & we can organise strategies to bring these wayward kids back into line! LOL. BTW, how is Harrison going?

SMYLIE _ How is Jem's mouth? THankfully the mouth heals so quickly so hopefully it is all gone & forgotten now. How scary is that though? I would have freaked. I love that jem is loving daycare, I thought that she would. HOw long does she sleep for when she is there?

RYN _ What's up with you honey? I'm worried for you!

TASH _ The shake diets are really not an option for me. I can't possibly sit down for dinner with Jessica & Claudia & be having a shake while they are having food. Jessica would want what I was having & of course it's not appropriate, so Cohens, Weight Watchers or somethign with 'real' food is the go for me.

[smylie]

[QUOTE=Rosehip_Fairy;1259438] For some reason my brain wants to punish me so I'm having to re-live Wel's birth every 2-3 hours. Not what I'd call fun.
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what's do you mean by this??? you poor thing???

[smylie]

jayne it is so not fair that alan just told you to deal with it! i go insane with just jemima so i am going to be a mess when i have two!
hang in there it has to get better, you are the boss, do the girls know that?? jemima has started to try and chuck tanties but so far i have avoided anything too horrible out and about

with the shakes diets there are shakes diets that let you have one meal a day - usually dinner and some of them have meal replacement bars that really fill you up so you are eating food.
get onto weightwatchers i would but i hate counting it is good for long term food education though teaches you portion sizes and what really is bad for you - surprises me everytime i look at a points book

just been lining up in town with a million other kids for the bonds baby search - didnt give up hung in there and got to the end of the line with 10 mins to go!! so we were lucky and she got her photo taken, the finalists and stuff get announced online... met a nice girl in line and gother number so even if jem doesnt become a finalist something good came of the day - we lined up for two hours!

jem has not been sleeping normal nap times or anything at daycare she almost made it the other day and crashed at 11.10 i think they aim for 11.30ish after the kids have lunch so i am not sure when they fed her her lunch - hmmmmmm

[Lisa]

Hi everyone.
Just another quiet day here for me today... Harrison is sitting next to me eating some watermelon... he has been making me laugh all day.

Ryn - I too hope you're ok hun... your post was a little confusing. I hope you're feeling better real soon... Give Liebling a big hug from his baby buddies.

Jayne - I have nooooo idea when I am to get my new program... the lady from Sydney has gone away on holidays, so I am assuming that it will be when she gets back. Oh well... glad the kids are a little better for you today.

Kel - Has Benji been enjoying Underbelly? I finally got around to watching the final episode last night. I have been chatting via facebook with the wife of one of the main people... I don't really wanna say her name, but she is in Underbelly a lot. She seems lovely IRL (well, over facebook anyway! lol)
Well... I am off to clean up the mess that Harrison has made all over my floor, his highchair and himself before we have to pick Maddy up from school

[KymH]

Gosh, I need to check in more often!

Happy belated Mummies day to all! I got GHD straighteners - been wanting for aaaages - got them off Ebay really cheap - very proud of myself! It'll help me stop looking like a cabbage patch kid with all my curly hair at the front of my hairline which is still growing back after falling out when Monkey was 4 months old.....

I also got some gorgeous stuff made at day care including a card and a flower made from a tongue depressor (big paddle pop stick), green feathers, red cupcake paper and cotton wool - can you picture it? Very playschool and way cute!!!

Can't join in the Underbelly chat - never really got into it. My 2 never miss shows are Brothers and Sisters and House - so glad the new series has started!

Lisa, good luck with your bridging course, very exciting you'll be on your way to being a midwife soon! And glad to hear you coped ok with your emotional day. My advice with daycare centres is to go with your gut feeling which you will establish within the 1st 30 seconds you are there, KWIM? When I was checking out places, I literally knew that quickly whether I could possibly bear to leave Monkey there or not. I don't want to put you off ABC centres, as I have had no personal experience with them, but I know a lot of early educators that don't think much of them - but like Kel said, they are all different to some extent.

Kristy, I like both of those boys names too - am a little bias as DH is Luke and I know a very lovely little Rory who's about 4.

Kel, hope you get the job, glad Jemima is enjoying day care even if you may decide to change.....

Jayne, I'm glad things a bit better with Jessica - it's amazing to think you sat down to have a chat with her about her behaviour - it feels like Monkey is so far away from that - wow how they grow in a couple of years....

Life is ticking along here, works sucks, too busy, my best friend is getting on my nerves a bit, Monkey is getting more teeth - 1 surprised us the other day, just appearing unannounced, but now there are at least 2 more that are giving her grief.

She did give me an extra special mothers day pres too that i forgot to mention above.... she slept through the night on both Sat and Sun nights!!! (11 hrs!!) We worked out it was the first time since she was about 14 wks old!!!

She is also doing some awesome talking lately too - so many new words..... she now says plane, tree, car, lots of common friends names, bath, "tea" - which means morning and afternoon tea, she is sort of saying "hurt" or "sore" when she hurts herself or when her teeth are bothering her.

Speaking of talking, I'm waffling, might go to bed and read my new "Kindred" magazine - has anyone else heard of it? I just got a subscription recently from Isubscribe when I was on there buying a gift sub. for a friend. It's a parenting magazine that leans on the natural/gentle/hippie/eco side of parenting.