Babies Born February 2007 #12

Hahaha Jayne... I definitely KWYM... I only paid for Cohens because it came out of my last tax refund and I said to DH that I wanted to spend some of my refund on me... so I used some of it for Cohens.
Speaking of which... I got my program today!!! Yippeeeeee.... it is soooooooo different and more professional then the last ones... so I am planning to start again on Saturday... I find it easier to start on weekends because they're more relaxed in my home.
I spoke to my sister today... she has 30 days to go... I am getting soooooooooo clucky... I can't wait to meet my little neice or nephew! I am going to be her main support person whilst she is in labour which is such an honour... I just know I am gonna bawl my eyes out... though I am really really nervous that she may give birth in the suite that I had Noah in and I don't know yet how I will feel about that... I have been in there since, when Harrison wasn't moving around much and they had to do a trace on him, so I got over the fear of being in there... and thankfully I didn't birth Harry in there... but watching a new baby come into the world it that room might be a difficult thing, and I don't want to get upset and make any moment about me, when everything should be on my sister.
The other thing is I can get to take some photos of the artwork we donated to the hospital in memory of Noah... and I can make sure his name is in the chapel on the angel blanket (which it was meant to be on since just after he was born:()

Anyway... I am off to bed to read for a while. Night everyone :)

What's the deal with you posting everything twice Lisa? Are you sure you're ok over there? LOL.

Oh wow, I'd love to be somebody's support person in their labour (any takers Kristy?), I think it'd be soooooo exciting. I reckon I'd be just fab until the baby was born, then I'd be in a puddle of tears. I even cry at weddings these days, weird I know!

It's a sticky situation about the birthing suite of Noah, I know where you're coming from with that one, it will be hard, but you know what? It might be just what you need, seeing a crying baby born into that room. It might brighten up the memories, not that you want to erase Noah's but it might give you some strength back. I hope YKWIM?

Ok, I have to get going & get to bed, very loooong night last night. Jess isn't well so I'm hoping she is better in the morning.

Love Jayne xox

Yeah I have no idea what is going on with the double posting!!! Strange stuff.

I KWYM in regards to a crying, healthy baby being born in that room... I will be so happy if we are in that room when it happens, but it will initially be daunting. My nephew was actually born in that suite too, only 3 years earlier.
I hope Jess is feeling better today :)

ETA - I just realised that I am able to delete the double posts!!! lol. So, no more double posts from me, unless I don't notice them ;) lol

Hi Girls,
Well after locking ourselves in the house all week, I became very sceptical whether Tobi really did have the chicken pox or not. He has spots but they aren't blistery. I know they get a mild case if they have been immunised, but how mild is mild? It was driving me nuts. So that in combined with Tobi crying heaps and driving me nuts i took him back to the doctor and the good news is no chicken pox, the bad news is he has both ears infected again. He also has six teeth thinking about coming through, so as you can imagine, he hasn't been a happy baby this week. At least now I know he doesn't have chicken pox I can pass him to a neighbour for half an hour when he is bad, so I can have some time out. I have nick named him Wah Wah this week. When DH rang and I told him about it all, he just laughed. I am not laughing, how is listening to a baby cry all day and night funny??
Meanwhile I haven't lost any weight now for a couple of weeks and that is annoying me too, especially as I have been really good since I got home. I still want to lose another 15kg and I only have 3 months till DH gets back.

Kristy - I am so glad to hear that your friend called you and you can be there for her without feeling too guilty. Is Erin sleeping better?

Kel - How is Jem at nights now? Is she still waking up at the same time? When do you hear about the job?

Jayne - Claudia and Jess make Tobi look...slow...I'm not worried, but your girls are learning so much quicker than he is. Not that he wants to learn, he'd rather play in the dirt all day.

Those bubs that are now down to one nap, what time are you putting them down and are you having lunch before or after? How long are they sleeping for? I am giving in and letting Tobi just go to one sleep. I wanted to wait till he could wait till 1pm but its not happening.

Take Care

hey tashie
i think the annoying thing about this one nap thing is that all babies are different - some have a little nap in the morning and are right for the rest of the day and some wait until afternoon and still sleep good at night.
jem stopped waking at night the very day i was complaining about it! MUST have been cold.. yippee coz she has been doing her normal 6-7 until 6-7(occasionally we have had to wake her) 12hours again!!!
she is "lasting" until 11.40 naptime at daycare which is a totally crappy time BUT gets heaps grizzly about 4pm, which is perfectly normal for jemima, i think she kind of did with an afternoon nap as well she has dinner at about 5.15pm and then a bath and then bed about 6.15/6.30 depending on if she has a play after her bath or just booby and bed (i know it is 6.30 when we are feeding coz when she hears the opening credits to neighbours she stops and watches for a while - cheeky thing)

jem is into wiping her nose and face and for some reason the back of her neck! cute as and making it a LITTLE easier to wipe her face after meal times - that is one thing that for next baby i am going to get 'right'.... wiping face from very young age so it is no big deal jemima HATES her face being washed or wiped it is annoying she cracks it big time no matter what - so getting better but so unnecessary
she only knows her mouth and her belly button (shrek button) and her hair and her head (so she knows how/tries hard to put her hat and her hairclips on
she is getting so so good at feeding herself as well... she is so careful and precise about it i am so proud of her especially since unlike me she is not a total control freak and still lets me help her eat at the same time so she does a spoon and i do a spoon it is awesome

tashie - there are probably so many things that tobi is doing that our girls are not doing that you just dont realise, i am so glad he doesnt have chickenpox, i guess ina couple of months they get immunized for that is it 18months?

which job are you asking about heheheeheh?? i have an interview today for perfect job 3 mins from home, on tuesday i had the first interview at recruitment place and now i have the real deal..... it would be ideal hours and heaps of money which is half the reason i am going back to work so jemima can learn to walk like an egyptian and to distract myself from not being pregnant.... i went to the chemist/clinic nurse the otherday to find out some tips on weaning jemima from just her morning feed (distraction was only hint given - i had figured that out already) but she said it was highly unlikely that breastfeeding just 2 feeds a day at 15months was the reason AF was not back yet... so another couple of weeks (or less) and i am going to the doctor, he said 4 months ago to come back in 3 months
HOWEVER i have started to realise i am kinda looking forward to having jemima as a toddler andnot having to worry about another baby right now.... and looking forward to being able to play with her and not worry that i am pregnant and lose weight and not worry that i am pregnant, i lost 1.6kg this week so am 'back' in regards to the weightloss journey in about 15kg i will be getting close to where i was when i got pregnant last time so THEN i will be totally worried if i am not pregnant or working and not caring...

is tobi talking much??? jem is still lots of babbbbbble harrison and quinn seem to have heaps of words..?

Urgh... this is a selfish post so I will apologise in advance.

This morning Harrison has had the worst time with me... I feel awful

I put him in the shower with me... it is usually a great time for both of us... he likes to catch the water in his mouth and the spit it out and have a laugh... but today, I picked him up and was about to wash his hair when I slipped with him... he fell and thankfully I caught him between my leg and the shower screen... we were both very shook up after that... Harry got over it in minutes, I am still a mess :( so the rest of our shower was spent with us both sitting on the floor of the shower.
Then... I dressed Harry and brought him out for some apple and cheese.... that was fine, he sat down and ate that, then I distracted him with his cars whilst I tidied up the bathroom... so I was wiping the floor down and knocked Harry over with my hip... I had no idea he was there.
Then I decided to get myself some breakfast (9:30:() and I almost tripped over Harrison, he got caught up between my legs as I was walking, so I grabbed onto the one thing that would stop me from falling on him and that was the fridge... so the fridge got moved out... I was shaken up again and Harry grunted at me.
Arrrrrrrrgh!!! I am soooooooo over him getting under my feet... he went into my plastics cupboard and grabbed out his sippy cup, then whilst I was grabbing something out of the fridge, he put his cup in the fridge and tried to grab out some lemonade... so I filled his cup with milk, and he proceeded to throw an tanty and threw the cup... I haven't inspected the milk damage yet, but I am imagining there is a lovely milk puddle that he is playing in right now!
Grrrrrrrr... the other thing I am annoyed about is that we have 3 tommy tippee sippy cup thingys and Harrison has destroyed the teats on them... and I can't find any darn preplacement ones ANYWHERE!!! And the regular bottle teats don't work in them, they just leak everywhere.
Sooooooooooooo sorry for the vent.... it is Harry's nap time... I am gonna put him down, then I might actually get some housework done.

oh lisa - it is all good - and honestly refreshing to hear about someone else having that kind of day! my wednesday was like that i tried to be a good mummy and let jem wag daycare to come to swimming lessons and she SCREAMED all day she cried and carried on at everything she was great AT swimming and thats it, at the clinic nurse she was just into everything and totally exhausting (but hello they should set up better baby proof area so mum can talk to nurse)
i was ready to throw jem out the window everytime i put her down or in the car or out the car or changed her nappy etc etc she screamed - i am thinking it was daycare clingliness and she was scared i'd leave her or something
you sound like u almost NEED a break from harrison, one of my friends friends said they actually make their child give them timeout.... they say mummy is having timeout now and the kid has to sit in the corner and read books and play with things whateva but is not allowed near mummy for ten minutes while they have a cuppa or something.... now that actually sounds fair enough to me.... (but i am about to hopefully have 3 days a week "mummy time" at least my lunchbreak should be and i will work close enough to home i could come home and be in house by myself!) (i say this but i miss jemima heaps and heaps)

i have a feeling stress is what is affecting me in lots of ways the main of course lack of pregnancy - so that is why i am now starting liteandeasy and have a cleaner every 2 weeks i am just totally stressing myself out about heaps of stuff including highschool reunion which reminds me i have 3 mobile numbers, no 4 that i have to ring and get details from and HOPE they know where some people i havent found are then design the invite - i have ideas i just need time - and i am recovering from a cold and have headaches all the time and am so so tired all the time - so housework doesnt happen not the nitty gritty stuff anyway

in short - lisa if you get any housework done today after your couple of scares with harrison and him being a typical toddler then you rock!

LISA - I have days like that where both kids are under my feet & I just can't move without tripping over one of them. If I have one child on my lap having a huggle, the other is clinging to my leg. Today at daycare I had my two kids on my lap & then another child hanging on my back like a piggy back! It's insane! I'm sure Harrison is fine though, he hasn't been hurt (as such) & he will get over it, he's probably forgotten. Do you think that maybe on the weekend, DH can have the kids while you go & get a haircut or a facial or something? Even if it's just to do the grocery shopping? Now, those tommee tippee cups, are they called Nuby cups? They have a silicon feeling spout on them? If they are the ones, I will get some for you & send them over. Claudia uses them as bottles & has her milk in them. We have 4 of them & she loves them! They have just redesigned the spouts on them because the plastics was paper thin between the slits where the drink comes out & now they are stronger & don't break as quickly & yes, you're right, you can't buy the replacement spouts. Tell me how many & I will buy you some & send over. They are the best inventions. Jess had those when she gave up her bottles & she would just have a milo in them when she woke in the afternoons, but Claudia uses hers morning, afternoon & night. They are mint!

KEL _ When do you find out if Jem is the chosen superstar for Bonds? I can't wait to find out! I want her autograph if she is chosen ok? Maybe Jem had the pips on because she is getting used to daycare & the routine & everything was different? I love that you say wagging daycare! It's hilarious.

TASH _ I will admit, Jessica is one clever cookie. She isn't the most clever 3yo but she is very clever. She can even write some letters of the alphabet & she can identify letters on billboards, signs, etc... when we are out driving. Claudia is clever too & understands instructions very well, she just doesn't have the speech that Jessica had at that age. I can be in the loungeroom & give Claudia a pair of her shoes & say 'Go & put your shoes away in your bedroom' & she will go & put them away in her shoebox. But if I said that to Jess at that age she would say 'Yes Mummy' & go & do it. Claudia just baby babbles all the time & gets very shirty if I don't understand. Tobi isn't behind, other kids just excel in different areas. You will find some things that Claudia can't do, Tobi will. It's just how it goes. I'm glad to hear he doesn't have the pox! It does sound like a viral rash of some type. Did he have a fever as well? I hope all those teeth make a breakthrough very soon to give you some relief! Go take Tobes to the neighbours & have a nice hot shower & blow dry your hair or something to give you some 'you' time!

ME _ Had our last settling in session at daycare today for Jess. Claudy is going to be major jacked on Monday when Jess goes & we don't stay & play. SHe loves it. Today though, it was a total accident but Claudy & a boy riding a bike completely collided. The handle bar went across Claudia's mouth & cut her mouth, then she fell & the bike went over her leg. It was bad all around. Blood pouring everywhere. She is a bit swollen on her face now & has a big welt across the mark under her nose where she was supa-glued for that cut a few months back, so she is lucky she didn't re-open that wound. It was a complete accident, but a scary one. Jess has made a beautiful friend at daycare & they sit together for snack times, hold hands, go to the toilet together etc... It's really lovely that Jess has made a new friend. I can't wait for Monday to have a day with Claudia while Jess is off at daycare. I hope I've done the right thing putting her in there. It's just 1 day per week but she totally needed it. I am going to put Claudia in there next year for 1 day because I don't want Claudy getting to the stage that Jess is at where she is completely bored & frustrated.

Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Oh Jayne... poor little Claudia!!! The poor bubba!!! I hope she has some better, accident free days soon!
Yay for Jess making a little friend... oh that's so cute. Maddy had a friend like that... they found each other at Daycare and ended up going to the same school as each other... it was a big trauma for the both of them to be separated when we moved... I still feel terrible about it at times, but they keep in touch over the phone and will see each other when we go to visit my Mum next.
I am feeling better now about my sucky morning... thanks Kel and Jayne for cheering me up and making me feel like less of a monster mum :)
Harry is usually a perfect baby... seriously. Today he was just really really clingy, and all afternoon he has had 2 fingers in his mouth... I think his top 2 teeth might be coming through. He is fine now, just getting a little sleepy, but hanging out with his brother and daddy.
I'm off to organise dinner now... take care :grouphug:

Kel - Its funny that you say that now and not earlier in the week about not getting chicken pox vaccine till 18months. For some reason I thought he had it at 12months, that's why I was so confused as whether he really had it and thought it was just a mild case. It wasn't until I spoke to Kym this morning and she enlightened me of my stupidity. Poor little Monkey has the same thing as Tobi, spots, cold and all.
- Tobi hates getting his face wiped too. Tried doing it different ways, but no, just not interested and definitely hates getting his nose wiped too.

Jayne - I am not that worried about Tobi's development, he is the youngest out of the Feb babies after all (expect Erin, but she is really a March baby, just snuck into our group). I am sure we all wonder at times how our babies are going compared to others, even though we shouldn't compare. As long as he knows where his belly button and nose are before he hits kindy and doesn't get teased, then that is good with me. He talks all the time, babble more than talking. He probably says about 20 words.
- What was the reason you are putting Jess into day care again? So you can spend some quality time with Claudia?

Lisa - I am sorry to hear about your bad day. It is amazing how easily something can happen hey. Tobi has a shower with me every night and we both sit on the bottom and when Daddy is home too, we all have a family shower.
- Tobi has those drink bottles too and stuck his finger in them so they leak now. Maybe we should complain to the company and get a bunch sent out to us for free.

i didnt think about the immunization until you mentioned the mild dose thing... that's why i thought him getting chickenpox now would really really suck! so close to when he was to be immunized and after lisa said about james having scars from his bout of it as a baby i thought that would really suck for baby to get chicken pox
so what is wrong with the babies if it is not chicken pox??

have you tried giving tobi the washer for him to wash his own face?? they REALLY love to show off that skill for some reason....??

oh yeah and guess what? i finished job interview at 3pm, by 5pm the job agency said they wanted me back for second interview next week! so that is good - i thought it could go either way they would either love or hate me.... i dont really do a neutral interview heheheeh
have A GREAT WEEKEND everyone

Jayne - Thanks for the offer hun, but I am just wingeing over the fact that we have 5 of those bottles and no un-leaking teats... it seems pointless to keep buying $7-ish bottle things every time he pops a teat.
Tashie - I totally agree with you... I have thought about complaining to them... I hopped on their website today to see if there was anything I could do about replacing the teats... maybe a complaint is in order :) I hope Tobi is feeling better today.

Off to bed now... Night :hello:

TASH _ Jess is doing a day of daycare because all she wants to do is learn, learn & learn! She wants to be playing with kids all day, she wants to do craft, play at the park, sing songs, read books & learn to 'draw the alphabet'. I know I can teach her all of that & I have done & will continue to do so, but she needs to have some socialisation in a learning environment. She has lots of little friends that we do playdates with, but she is just wanting a bit more. I have been to hell & back with her last week (this week was loads better) & I've been on the phone to Alan ranting I don't know what to do with her because she has been so naughty & then I realised it - she's bored! It doesn't matter how much I do with her, she is just like a little sponge & sucks it all up & wants more. It's just unfortunate that she missed out on Kindy this year because of her age, so I think that doing a day of daycare (it's very structured & the children are assessed), is going to help her learn & me get some sanity. The only thing with Claudia is that she has been LOVING the settling in sessions at the daycare that we have been doing. It's a requirement that we do 3 sessions & when we drop her off on Monday for her first day by herself, Claudia is going to be majorly jacked about it! I might try & get Claudia into a Kindgym class or playgroup or something on that day next year, because she doesn't have the concentration span to take that on at the moment. The daycare thing has been a very hard decision for me to make, but I had to put myself in Jessica's shoes & do what she would want & she is LOVING daycare, but apprehensive about Monday on her own. I told her Mummy isn't allowed to stay there anymore because I'm not 3, but I will be back to pick her up & hear about all the fun stuff that she did.

Ok, I'm tired & I need some sleep!

Night night to all!

jayney jayney jayney - jessica is going to love it, she is 3 years old not 15months, you have raised a very clever independent little girl, ONE day a week is nothing she will want more once you start her and will make awesome friendships and everything HEAPS of people tell me they sent their kids to daycare and i always assumed they meant little tiny kids but no they mean when they were about 3 they sent them to daycare - it is very common..... i think it is part of kids growing up made 'worse' in this day and age by prep being so young and so structured, ""when i went to school"" prep was preschool age and preschool was play no classroom type structure so for little kids in "this day and age" to get ready for prep and preprep and all that crap ONE day of daycare is almost the good mummy thing to do
i think claudia will pretend to be jacked off but secretly LOVE having mummy all to her self!
you rock
i think the 26th the bonds baby results come out - you will know if she is a star but after us waiting for 2 hours i think the photo would have been ordinary but i didnt care we made it to the start of the line (ie WINNERS!)

tashie - you jinxed us (joking) jemima woke at 3.30am and didnt go back down really, benji said he got up again (after we tried letting her sleep in our bed) and rocked her to sleep on the couch and then she was down asleep again by 5.30 but then awake again at 6.30 - so not happy jan!!! i was sure when i had her settled at about 4am it was the cold as she almost stayed asleep but who knows! it seemed when she realised she was alone in her room she would scream..??

KEL _ Jem is playing you by the sounds! Exactly what you said, when she realised she was on her own, she screamed! Little Miss! Maybe she did wake because she was cold, but then when she got the cuddles to go back to sleep she decided that was far more comfy than being in a cot all on her own! Ok, I can't wait to see what the results are! Do you get to keep a picture that they took of her? That is good enough in my book! I can't believe you lined up for 2 hours, you deserve a medal for that in itself. Yeah, I'm slowly coming to the realisation is that the daycare is something that Jessica 'needs' rather than just wants. & already she has made a really awesome friend so I'm happy with that & her teacher is absolutley beautiful. The daycare is attached to the school that she will be going to next year, so she will get used to going there for school as well. Over here we don't have Prep. It's Kindy, Pre-Primary, then Year 1. Kindy is usually 2 full days or 4 half days, Pre-Primary is 5 full days & Year 1 5 full days. Bring on 2010 when both my kids are in Kindy & Year 1! LOL.

Hope you are all having great weekends! I'm doing the washing & waiting for Claudia to go for a sleep (she got up at 6:30 today, so 10am sleep for her) & I have to go grocery shopping, buy my gf a birthday present & get ready for her coming over for dinner tonight with her 3 kids. I don't think I'll fit in going to Grandma's for lunch today.

Love Jayne xox

hello, I'm at work, slow day but just have a second to say hi!

And wanted to tell you that while Monkey doesn't like cleaning her face yet, while she has this cold, she love showing me how she can blow/wipe her nose with the tissue - WAY cute!! Poor pumpkin is really not well, we had a horror night last night.... oh well.

Hope Tobi is feeling better.

I'll BBL to catch up on more clever things they are all doing - sounds like monkey can do some things others are doing and has some specialities of her own!!

And Lisa, I too totally know about bad days..... (I am regularly responsible for Monkey accidents....the other night she launched for me on the couch, missed me and copped the arm of the sofa on her cheek - hit it so hard she bounced through the padding and hit the wood frame - almost but not quite split her cheekbone open) I think sometimes the planets aren't aligned and you have days where little things just pile up..... hope the last couple of days have been better.

gotta go before boss checks in!!

Hi Girls,

How are we all? I Am just waiting for some friends to arrive so thought I would take this chance to post. Erin is actually down for a afternoon nap, so will enjoy teh quiet whilst it lasts. Have been busy cleaning, made it alot easier as Julian took Erin down to his parents house for a couple of hours so I could get some stuff done. It is amazing how much easier it is with out a messy toddler around!!! It was actually quite relaxing Mr Sheening with some good music in the background, wow how sad have I become!!!!

KYM - Hope Monkey is feeling better now hun. How is work going?I'm the same I'm not sure who is clumsire me or Erin!!!
JAYNE - The daycare soudn really good hon, and it sounds like Jessica will thrive on the stimulation. That is where the school cut off sux as some kids like Jessica would be so ready when others aren't. Have you got the free flu vacination for your girls?Just tossing up to give it to Erin. Hey girl we also need to set up a date to catch up!
LISA - SO know how you feel love, poor Erin at the moment has got bruise on her face on her legs, I am always colliding with her so don't feel too bad honey!
KEL - FIngers crossed for the bonds commercial Jem would have our vote!I keep meaning to tell you I organised my 15 year reunion 2 years ago now, Was fabulous. I was so stressed leading up to it as I was 6 months prego with Erin but it was a fantastic night and everyone had a ball. I think we had 88 people , which was good as we didn;t invite partners so was a great turnout. I had Stubby holders made with our school emblem and our reunuion dates on which was a great keepsake.
TASH - 20 words is great! Erin still only babbles and says Mum, Dad and Duck. She is friggin obsessed by ducks.She is getting really good now at following instructions like putting something in the toybox or going to her room and getting her blanket etc.

Well girls, guests are here love to you all xxxx

KRISTY _ Are you good for a catch up the week after the 10th June? Alan is home on Saturday for 10 days, so I'm free to catch up after then?

JAYNE - Hon that sounds great we can work out all the details next week when it is a bit closer. We are free on Mon, Tues and Thursdays. I can't wait to meet your beautiful girls!

Erin has gone back to 2 sleeps the last 2 days, weird will just go with the flo. My friend is hosting a Morning Tea tomorrow for the cancer foundation so that will be nice. This friend sells tupperware, last year she earnt $90,000 and she has a brand new ford territory. Last year she got trips to Hawaii, Gold coast and Phuket. Thinking I should look into it!!!!

Ohhh... do it Kristy!!! I will be a customer... I love tupperware!
A terrible day again today with Harrison... only today it was because he threw tanties everytime he had to eat something he didn't want to eat! He had vegies and some left over meatloaf for lunch today and he threw the biggest tantrum over it that he didn't even eat a bite... and he even had corn on the cob which he usually loves but he threw it AT ME :(
So, I tried him with a sandwich... nope, he didn't want that either. So, I gave him a biscuit and he ate it. I was sooooooooo mad!!! He turned his nose up at banana's too. So, he has had a very un-nutritious food day today. Oh, he did have a couple of mushrooms of mine but thats about it.
Grrrrrrr.... DH fed him his dinner... at least he ate it for him.

so so so wierd kristy - today i went to a tupperware party and AGAIN (as always) they tried to convince me to selltupperware - they always do coz i have so much of it and always end up selling to the other girls.... i could sell ice to the eskimos or whatever - but if i dont get this job i am going for i may look into it too... depending how flexible i can make daycare and stuff maybe - not sure
and so so so so wweird we are thinking stubby coolers, keyrings and pens for the school reunion too, i would like just stubby coolers but i think the otherr girl organising wants to keep the tone a little bit formal and so would like everyone to be able to choose between keepsakes, did everyone love the stubby coolers at your reunion??

went to the doctor today and got blood tests, we are testing my hormone levels, he can not explain why AF has not returned for me and i have heaps of hormonal changes that have come and go the last couple of months and i have a heap of new pimples and am heaps tired, i have put it down to stress.... my "stress" and anixeity and stuff is so bad he described drugs for me.... however interestingly enough today when i would normally be about to throw jemima out the window (for being a one year old and whinging... so not fair on her) i was fine, perhaps KNOWING i had a solution in my handbag was enough to calm me down just a little.... not sure......

jayne - my interview was interesting - they called within a couple of hours and requested i attend a second interview this thursday so that is awesome -

on friday i dont know if i said but i have to get a mole cut out of my arm... i am NOT lookingforward to it at all hate the idea of being cut... it was my BIGGEST fear before giving birth to jemima... and i ended up with a c-section and let them cut a mole off my belly while they were there - too funnny

have decided not to wean jemima now... was thinking about getting rid of one of her feeds but now that i know it has NOTHING to do with why AF is not back i am happy to keep going until she doesnt want it anymore or at least until she is 2, keep reading about little things that are good if you give breastmilk til 2 so while everything is working why not
however when it comes time my mum finally gave me advice she said you "dont offer but dont refuse" and thats how you wean them slowly.... i will not believe the day jemima doesnt ask for it in the morning....
at the tupperware party today there was a 19month old and a 15month old demand feeding in the middle of the day... i am glad jemima doesnt ask for it in the daytime anymore... but i am wondering if she was there with me (she was at daycare getting ready for next week when i work a FULL TIME FULL WEEK) if jemima would have wanted a feed coz the other babies were or she would think it was weird....

oh and you dont get a copy of the photo the bonds people took unless i guess you are a finalist i think....

hey lisa - we were posting at the same time - jemima (since i picked her up at about 2pm) has been a sooki sooki la la all day! what is with these normally perfect children????
she is getting her back teeth they have two points through so am i right to assume the other 2 points are going to be giving her hell??

do you think harrison is teething and certain foods just may hurt??? jem screamed at fruit custard(the heinz stuff not egg custard the fruit one) but loved chicken breast tonight?

I don't know Kel... he seems to be constantly teething but not getting the teeth! lol
He has 2 through, but 1 is totally through, the other is just poking out.
The thing with Harry is that he will eat ANYTHING his Daddy feeds him but won't eat it for me... he is such a Daddies boy that I am feeling rejected!!! lol
I only feel awful on the days where I can't get him to do a thing I want, and when Rob gets home from work, Harrison is an angel.
Oh well... hopefully it's all better tomorrow ;)

LISA _ Maybe Harry knows that you're feeling a bit frazzled just lately & he is picking up on the vibes? Doesn't sound like your little boy to be the tanty-type, so that's why I assume that? I hope that he is eating better tomorrow. But mind you, my 2 haven't eaten properly in almost a week. Last night we went to MIL's & got some pasta from local italian shop & they ate truckloads, so that was good enough for me! Mine are picky when they want, but have slowly figured out if they eat their dinner they can have some icecream or a freddo after, but if no dinner, then only apples. It works!

KEL _ Did Jem make the finals? When is the announcement? I love Tupperware too! I have a cupboard dedicated to Tupperware. I would love to be a consultant, but I'm over that type of work. I did The Body Shop @ Home for a few years & that was cool. What kind of meds did the dr prescribe? When do you get BT results back? Oh & good luck being de-moled!

KRISTY _ Yep, sounds great to me, might have to be a Thursday after swimming lessons for the catch up? I get home about 11ish? We can do lunch?

ME _ Had a great day today with Claudy. Jess went to daycare on her own. She was sweet as going off & had a ball of a day. I was quite dejected to tell you the truth. I couldn't believe she didn't cry. She even had a sleep! I nearly died! They are letting her go again on Friday because of Monday's P/H, so I reckon that is really great. Alan is home on Saturday so she won't go while he is home & then from after that, she will go every Monday. Claudia loved having the control of the toys! My house is freaking spotless as well! Claudy is sooooooo much better at packing up than Jessica that's for sure!

Love Jayne xox

hey hey jayney i was just hopping on to find out how you went (didnt really think i needed to ask how jess went at daycare i KNEW she would love it), so good you had a refreashing day especially getting to share a day with claudy - you know how you said you figured jess probably needed it not just wanted it... who cares .... what an awesome mum are you for being able to provide what your little girl WANTS even if you didnt love the idea... i think that is cool, my mum would have still most likely NOT let me do what i WANTED if she did like the idea or didnt like what other people would like

unbelievably my baby girl did not win the bonds thing heheeh BUT there is a people's choice award i have uploaded a photo to and as soon as i figure out how to vote i will let you all know heheheeheh

the meds the doc gave me have valium and something else in them - i am a touch worried/reluctant to take them coz of my addictive personality....i mean i get addicted to things easily like certain foods the computer hairclips for jemima i collect all sorts of things then get over it (like stripey jumpsuits for jemima) anyhow i will see how it goes, benji is quite excited that he can now give me a valium when i am getting worked up over NOTHING ho hum

i get the blood test results back "in a couple of days" so i will go on thursday after my job interview - unless my doc not working thursday then i will go friday before i get the mole cut out, which will be good coz benji will be home for the morning to hold my hand

oh and then friday night we are going to see Rove and mum is babysitting - she wants jemima to sleep over! so that sounds good, i am guessing since i wont be there jemima wont look for a nighttime or breakfast feed?? so if i can get jem to my parents house and still not get too stressed out getting home in time to go to rove that will be good otherwise mum will just come over

i just heard lots and lots of yelping and my dog AGAIN has gotten under my 6 foot fence, she is a little tart!! she always gets out and struts her stuff down the road! i hate it! i cant see anywhere she is hurt but the whole neighbourhood now knows about my bumble bee slippers and bright pink flanno pjs with penguins all over them... i am glad though my other two dogs dont run away with her for some reason they dont roam... it is just her she likes extra attention

i am a little worried about ryn??

Kel - I am so glad to hear that you are getting some tests to find out what is happening about AF and your hormones. Good on you for getting some answers. I'll be thinking of you on Thursday for you interview and for your results...I love the slippers

Lisa - Tobi is starting to chuck tanties too. Do you ignore Harrison when he throwing one? It is driving me crazy and I don't have the patients to deal with him on my own most of the time....They always say that toddlers are fussy eaters, so maybe it is all about to start. Tobi wont eat lunch or dinner most days. But I figure that as long as he eats something during the day then thats good. He always starts the day off with a good breaky too (banana milkshake, handful blueberries and Vegemite and cheese on toast).

Jayne - Thats fantastic that everything went well both at child care and at home with you and Claudia.

Us - Tobi decided to wake up at 3am yesterday and not go back to sleep till 5am. What is with our kids doing this all around the same time? Maybe it is a side effect from cutting down to one sleep? I have been bring ing him into bed with me when he wakes up at about 6ish and we go back to sleep till about 7.30am. It is so nice having him sleep with me and we both start the day so happy, but he snores so loud!

TASH _ I love those morning snuggles. I used to do that with Jessica for months on end. It only stopped when she was about 2.5 years. I was still doing it when Claudia was born. I loved it, Jess is so snuggly, she is like her dad when she sleeps, wants to be laying on top of somebody. She loves coming into bed when Daddy is home & snuggling up with him as well. Claudy has never been a snuggler. She is getting better, but nothign like Jess was. LOL @ Tobi being the party boy at 3am! That's hard to deal with!

KEL _ I can't believe Jem wasn't picked. What's wrong with the judging? Is the winner a cutie though? Yes, let me know how I can vote for Jem. Oh wow, the sleepover sounds awesome! I love that idea! & very interesting to see if she goes ok & doesn't want the breastfeed from Nanna :rofl:

LISA _ Are you having a better day with Harry? How is Cohens? Are you feeling great? I need to do something soon because if something's not nailed down - i eat it! I can't stop eating. It's strange, I've always been a good picker, but I'm seriously eating everything atm!

ME _ All good my end, no complaints!

hi girls, i'm back but with a whole new identity so my ex doesn't track me through my posts on bb AGAIN. you may have an inkling as to who i am but i really need to remain anonymous.

my blonde, blue-eyed dd is almost 16 months now, she's preferring not to walk and has six teeth.

she stood up today, leaning back on a wall with no hands.... but then crawled to me. she's so stubborn.

anyway hope to chat soon!

welcome back??? we missed you?? so is everything ok??
how much are we allowed to say?? i want to ask heaps and heaps....
have you got a job??
ur thingy says you are in sydney.... i am hoping that means that you dd is getting to see a bit of daddy?
are you happy?
what about talking?? is your little girl saying many words yet??

Hi Girls,

Just came back from a friends house who organised a morning tea for the Worlds bigget morning tea for cancer. Most of us donated at least $10.00 so will be well over $200 raised.

KEL - Personally I think the stubby holder would be enough you don't want to make it to hard for yourselves. Everyone at ours loved them. One thing we did do was get the money I think it was $20.00 which covered food, venue hire, stubby holders up front. They just paid it into my bank account or dropped it to me or one of the other 2 girls. Hope the Doc can sort out the turn of AF. I too was worried abour Ryn haven't been on for ages nor Kirsten.

JAYNE - Glad that Jessica's day care went so well. Would have been nice for you to have some one on one time with Miss Claudia as well. Was talking a litte today to my friend about tupperware. Was thinking it might be a bit too much to take on before bub 2. Have to have a think about it.

TASH - It certainly seems the babies are doing similar things. Erin's favourite now is just throwing her food off her highchair, and she has started doing the real winge. Especially when I take the TV remote from her.

LISA - Erin had one of those not eating anything days yesterday, I am sure she reads BB when I am not around!

Well girls going to tackle my massive Ironing and folding load as Hubby will need his police uniform for tomorrow!

Hi everyone.
DH had a day off work today so of course Harrison ate everything he was given ;) brat! lol

Welcome back Peg! Your princess sounds just gorgeous... great to have you both back... I hope everything is ok.

Just a quick one from me for the moment... I will try to get back on later and do personals.
I failed miserably at my diet yesterday... I ended up with a headache, sinus probs, a temperature and a sore throat... so I had some difflams (not allowed on Cohens) and some nurofen (I think it's not allowed too... only panadol? not sure) and didn't eat my dinner... so it was technically a deviating day which will show up in my 4 week bloods... so I am back to square 1 today. I feel much better today... I think I needed to have a good sleep... I went to sleep watching Big Brother so I must have been very sick and tired.
I slept right through everything this morning which is why DH stayed home from work... I was so tired... he knew I was sick so he let me sleep in... he rang work and told them he needed to be here for the kids, he organised the kids for me, and made me a cohens breakfast in bed... the big sweetheart! After a full day of relaxing I am feeling so much better!
I'm off to make dinner now :hello:

Lisa - Oh Darl, I feel so bad for you and you didn't even pig out. When you said you had a headache I was expecting you to say that you had a cheeseburger and chocolate, as that is what I do when I have a migraine (for some reason makes me feel heaps better!!). I hope it wont have affected your bloods too much and you still have lots of success this week. Fingers crossed for you.

Peg - Welcome back. How you are DD are well and happy. Fill us in on everything when and if you can.

We went to Tobi's best friend's place today. First time the boys have seen each other in 6weeks. It was so good to see them playing more and walking together now. Anyway, better go and bath Mr Stinky Bum.
Hope everyone else is well and happy
Take Care
Tash

kristy - i have been very close to be recruited twice with tupperware
if you are going to do it beleive it or not it would be easier BEFORE bub two to get started, you have to work a couple of parties pretty much straight away to pay off your kit and get some leads and there is some training too, so the sooner you get it out of the way the better, i can not imagine juggling two babies and starting up
i am seriously considering considering it too.... have asked my friend for her tupperware dudes number, he seemed cool only problem is he is is the otherside of town, i just dont feel like the ones on this side of town..... anyhow will wait and see if i get this job i have second interview for on thursday. if not there is another job i want but the recruitement agency it is through is crap, i have had heaps of trouble with them.... anyhow will wait and see

PEG _ Welcome back, DD sounds just devine! Can't wait to hear more!

LISA _ You poor darl. I wsa thinking of you all day yesterday wondering how you were going & you were going crap! I'm so sorry, today you are back on the wagon & everything will be great! I'm cheeing you on all the way!

TASH _ I love it when my kids have 'special' friends. Doesn't the level of play increase volumes now that they are walking?

KRISTY _ IF you do start tupperware, I'll have a party for you no problems to begin your business. So keep me in mind. Might give you some sanity when Bub 2 comes along? Some 'you' time??

DD can say 3 proper words: hi, hello and baby. Everything else is mumbo jumbo. A LOT of mumbo jumbo. She inherited her mother's talkative bubbly nature. She's such a happy girl.

I'm well. Today i had my bottom right wisdom tooth out. I was supposed to have all four out in January but couldn't arrange child care for DD. My dentist said its better to leave them until they become a problem rather than bothersome. He said the 4 months brought the tooth up away from the nerve tube, making it one of the easiest wisdom tooth extractions he's done. Its sore but a heck of a lot better than I expected. I'm on nurofen plus and antibiotics to prevent infection in the site. Oh and I kept my tooth. Perhaps the tooth fairy will come...

I'm still in emergency housing. Out of the refuges and in a share house for up to 18 months, technically its classed as a refuge. But its good. I share with one lady and her two boys. The boys share a room, DD has her own room, and me and my housemate have our own rooms. Its an ordinary house, bathroom, kitchen, laundry, rumpus room. Nice. Gets very cold in my room. Soon I'll have to get a heater. My electric blanket keeps my bed warm, and I wear a jumper in my room to keep warm. The rest of the house is warmer, not warm but not as dang cold as my room.

I'm happy with my own tv and dvd player, so that keeps me going. And just recently I got a laptop so now I can use the internet. I'm with unwired. Cost me $190 to get going, and $50 a month. Could have cost me less, but I didn't want a contract. Oh I'm so glad to have internet again. I can look stuff up, do emails, have msn, use BB again and do banking. Nice.

Now tell me briefly what you all and your kids and families have been up to. I've missed you all.

Love to you all,
Pegasus.

no way jayney you have to have party for ME if i start up!! i will come over and do a party for you no prob and kristy can have the party bookings as that probably wouldnt work me coming over to do parties all the time heheheheheh have just emailed my friends tupperware dude and told him i could be interested, i mean honestly it is not like i am doing anything else eheheheheheheheehehe

got tests back from doc and they suck - stress, anxiety could be causing low estrogen and other hormony things needed to make babies however it is more likely that it is a overactive thyroid which USUALLY results in rapid weight loss heheheheh i was not "lucky" enough to get that symptom anyways i have to have more blood tests in 2 weeks to check thyroid thing and that would suck if that is what i got
coz - i cant get pregnant if on the meds to treat it and if i didnt take the meds a preganancy with a overactive thryroid would be difficult
so that sucks
but not getting ahead of myself - got to wait the two weeks and then see what the tests say
if it is not overactive thyroid it is a stress/depression thing which i dont want to think about

Hi Lovely Ladies,

PEG - Hi hon, welcome back!! Glad to hear things are going well for you now hun and that your getting back on your feet. Know that we are all here for a chat whenever you need.

JAYNE - Thanks heaps for that offer hon that would be great. My friend has sent all the info in the post today and am going to go to an info night next Wednesday to find out some more. I'm thinking what the heck give it a go, worst case I end up with some more tupperware!. Don't even think I would need a starter kit I have so many things!!!I am so excited to get together with you, I talk about all you girl heaps and Dh is always asking if they are cyber or real friends, I can then say your both!!!!Feels like I have known you for ages!!!

KEL - That is really good advice about tupperware getting started before bub arrives as it would be alot easier leaving 1 then 2 especially breastfeeding! Would be great if we both did it we could swap ideas and things. Hope the tests come back with some results for you hun must be very frustrating. Any news on the job interviews?

Well its raining cats and dogs here today, I have a yummy red wine casserole cooking in the slow cooker so dinner is all sorted. Has anyone tried the Mccrmicks Slow cooker sachets they are divine!!Must start using it more now winter is coming. It is so nice coming home to all the yummy smells and dinner cooked!!

My mum used to always get the hungarian goulash recipe base. It is so yummy. Put beef cubes, onions, capsicum in a frypan, brown and put in a pyrex or casserole dish. Put peeled cubed potatoes, pumpkin, carrots and/or sweet potato in with the meat, as well as sliced or quartered mushrooms and some peas and corn. Prepare the recipe base and mix. Bake for at least one hour at about 180*C until veg has softened. Serve with fresh buttered crusty bread. Yummo! Now if DD would eat it, I'd make it heaps. It can all be prepared about a day in advance before cooking the meat.

Thanks for welcoming me back everyone. Now if my jaw would stop aching, I'd be happy. Its not too bad though.

KRISTY _ YEP! We are definitely going to be REAL LIFE friends! That's for sure! I can't wait to meet you too, it's just rotten it's taken so long. You go off & get yourself knocked up & I'm either at swimming lessons or gymnastics or some other activity nearly every day! LOL. I say if you're really wanting to give Tupperware a go, do it. Just remember though that you might need to be away at night times, can your DH manage getting two bubbas off to bed? You will have to be good at expressing right from the word go, if you are planning on BF'ing. But I think it'd be great. You would get out & have some fun while making some $$, DH will have some time alone with the GIRLS (lol), & the GIRLS will have their daddy to themselves sometimes. I think it's going to be awesome & YES I will have a party for you. I'll have it during the day if you want so then you can bring Erin along??

KEL _ So you planning on personally delivering the the tupperware order as well? LOL. I think you'd be good at Tupperware. You can coordinate it around daycare if you book the parties a few weeks in advance & that the daycare that Jem goes to is flexible enough. Listen to you all, Tupperware Freaks!!!

TASH _ How is your weight loss going honey? I have been thinking of you! How is Tobi? How long until DH is home?

PEGASUS _ Have you got a slow cooker? That is mint for making stuff like that. I make really nice beef stroganoff in it.

ME _ Claudy had swimming lessons today. She is soooooooo lazy in the water. SHe loves the water, but not the kicking legs part. Jess & I made binoculars this afternoon in her craft box. They look spectacular!!! LOL We have just been to the park on our bikes before the weather comes in. It's looking really nasty outside! Alan is home on Saturday. Guess I will have to shave my legs & look respectable! LOL.

Love Jayne xox