I am sooo looking forward to the sitting by himself stage... and waving. Must be so cute :D
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I am sooo looking forward to the sitting by himself stage... and waving. Must be so cute :D
Bad day. See boohoo room.
:hugs: Cate, I hope you can sort things out...
Kel, I am so mad at your MiL. I hate friends telling other people about my labour, if my MiL did it I'd be crying. Thankfully SiL had a section so no-one on DH's side even asks about my vaginal birth, even though I was prepped for a section and had 2 epidurals. Oh, I sound so evil for saying that but MiL favours niece so much that our family don't get a look in any more.
As for clothes, I got DS a furry coat for ?7 (about $18 I think) and a cute hat for ?3 ($7.50) and everyone thinks they're Pumpkin Patch stuff. Result! Supermarkets rock. I can get cute tops for just ?1.50! I know where I'm going next clothes change.
I hate weight. I have people not talking to me because of mine, they just blank me. So what if I'm thinner than you? Who cares that I have a supermodel body, I don't have the face to match! And I am a nice person, so stop ignoring me! I hate that people, even husbands, just look at our weight and not the reason. Maybe the reason I've lost weight again is because we've been so ill we needed antibiotics and you still come home and play on the computer and demand your dinner. Sorry, mini-rant there.
Little man didn't sleep last night. Up at 12.45-1.36 then 4.30-5.30. Acutally, he was up at 4 but I ignored the snuffling sounds in the hope he self-settled and he finally got from tummy to sitting! Well done, I suppose. BUT, in his defence, he had bad day sleep (12-1.30 only, not the usual 12.30-2.30), pooed in the bath and needed to be showered off, was put in a sleepsuit he's just grown out of (growth spurt!) and did you know that they go in as raisins but come out as mini-grapes? That has to mess with your sleep, pooing a grape.
Well, best get myself some lunch while DS sleeps (on the sofa, in case bed sleeping is messing up his routine - well,the last week he day slept in bed and night sleeping was worse). Sorry for missing people out, I am tired and hungry!
No worries Ryn, go the mini rant! weight sucks, you cant win and it shouldnt matter! People should not ignore you coz you look great after having a baby, yes I am jealous as all hell but i know it is my fault i put on 30kg when I was pregnant I have about 11 more to lose and I am back to the weight i was before but would never make anyone else feel "bad" coz i cant control what I put in my mouth.
Be proud that you look great, anyone that cares about weight is not worth your time.
RYN - I hope Liebs backside is ok after the grape! I say good on you for having a knock out body! Like KEL said, it's our own faults for not controlling what we put in our months. Coming from somebody who is very overweight & tells myself every hour of the day that I'm going to do something about it, I still haven't pulled my finger out. LOL. I WILL I just need the right frame set. In saying that though, today I made a salad for lunch! YUM!
Claudy is having BAD day sleeps & needs to go back to bed. BBL.
I have 15kg to lose, the whole pg weight. I'm so tired and lose 3 wk days for gym. And when I can go, I don't want to.
I wrote my resignation letter today, and its on the desk for the owner (she's not there every day, has 3 centres). I'm burning out. I never see El, and when I do I'm so cranky and tired and I can't settle her, as she's used to her dad doing everything. I'll work until the owner finds a replacement. End of January I'm outta there. I do love kids, but I just can't work in a centre. Perhaps I'll do better at a school or family day care. Or maybe there's another career out there for me.
We had a fire drill today. At first I was confused, didn't know if it was talk or prep for the drill. And then two cots are brought out and the babies are put in (6 each cot, but hey, gotta get out quick) and the older kids are walking out following the leader. My adrenaline was going, I seriously thought it was real, the director at one point saying there was a fire in the kitchen. And all my fire drill "training" from cadets kicked in and I was feeling gogogo. But now I know what has to happen.
Was going to say other things, forgot now. Might post later.
Love to you all ladies xxxxxxxxxxx
CATE - WOW on the fire drill, I guess they got you good. I'm sorry to hear that working it taking it's toll on you in more ways than one. I really hope though that the Director comes to you directly for a discussion so that you can air your differences so that the next person who gets the your job doesn't end up the same way you did.
ME/US - I"m not sure what's up with Claudia. She has been sleeping shocking during the day. She hasn't been too bad over night, mostly sleeps til 5 am & then up a couple of times before then & 7:30-8am when she usually wakes, but during the day I'm not sure if it's because she wakes before she is ready to or her teeth are giving her the pips but she has been SCREAMING the house down. She is putting herself to sleep just perfect, but only sleeping 30 minutes if that. I"m going to pick up the photo's that I had professionally done of the girls tomorrow. I'm so excited. It's a christmas gift for my parents, of their 4 grandchildren ( my sisters kids included ) but they also did personal ones of the kids themselves. Jessica went all shy & wouldn't have them done, but there is an absolute gem of a pic of Claudia that I had to have. It wouldn't have been right not to get it. I'll figure out a way of scanning it & getting it to you guys, even if I have to add it onto facebook.
I've got to go, I have a tonne of house work to do. I just can't seem to get on top of it just lately. Some night I'm up at midnight cleaning the bathrooms. It's just getting a bit full on now with Alan being gone so long. I no sooner finish cleaning 1 room & the kids go & make it messy again & don't even start me on washing. I swear I'm forever pegging & unpegging clothes! It's just insane!
I hope you are all having brilliant nights!
Love Jayne
good luck cate.
went to MIL house tonight with Benji's new car (he bought a new merc) and they were looking for another photo for the infamous xmas letter.... the one they had was on jem 5 months and they had said it was her 9 months so now they have adorable xmas photo instead, nice
jayne add me to your facebook! i am Kelly Wylie not too many of us i dont think and my photo is me with jemima wearing hungry jacks crown... would love to see photos of claudia..... i am just starting to try and get on top of the housework, previously for the last at least 4 months i have ignored it using the unfinished kitchen as an excuse, i guess with 2 little ones you just CANT do that...
SMYLIE _ Oooh ahh aren't we flash with the new merc! I've just added you onto facebook, awaiting your confirmation of our new found friendship ** gush gush **
ME/US _ Claudia has had a bit of a snotty nose, so I gave her some Paedamin before bed last night & she slept like a trouper. Been into Fremantle all day, picked up my ADORABLE but very EXPENSIVE pictures, will scan & put onto facebook when I get home. I haven't even got home yet & it's 6:34pm! I've been out since 10am! We stopped in at my parents place on the way home, ended up having dinner here. I did some shopping on my own. PURE BLISS! I kinda spoiled myself. I got a gold snake chain & a diamond encrusted heart shaped pendant to go on it. Something I've been wanting a while & Alan told me I could go & spend some money on some jewellery because I've coped so well with him being away. Aaawww, he loves me! He gets home next Sunday! WOO HOO! I also bought a bottle of Rosa Zibbibo to go with dinner. DELICIOUS! If you're a fan of Brown Brothers wines, give it a go, it's pure yumminess!!! THe girls have been so good, being dragged around town all day. Claudia loved all the Christmas decorations.
Love to all the babies.
Jayne xox
OMG. I am so over the crying. I know that some of you guys have it worse, but Tobi just wont stop crying. I have to cuddle him all day, otherwise it is tears. Sometimes even when I go to the loo! I took him to the doctor on Thursday and he said that he had a sore throat, put him on ab, then on Friday, came up with a rash, we think is from the ab. Went to see a different doctor and she said that his throat looks fine! I know that he is probably teething, but he has a reaction to the teething gel too and around his mouth gets all sore and red. He looks like a clown! So the doc said to stop using it. He isn't eating again and like Claudia is very tired but having trouble sleeping. I have actually been putting him down for three sleeps a day. This morning feed him and put him straight back to bed, so I got a couple of extra hours too. All I can say is 6 sleeps till the grandparents are here and can help me out a little.
Meanwhile everything is great with my DH and I again. Nothing like a fight to spark things up again. He is really trying to make an effort around the house more and with Tobi, so that has given me more energy to make more of an effort with him too. I am no longer 'unattractive' and now back to turning him down (when he wants to go for seconds!!).
Brissy girls - Going to be up there in January and hope we can meet up. Maybe the 16th??
Hope everyone is ok. Thinking of you all.
Love and lots of kisses with drool
Tash and Tobi
Tashie - hang in there - dont throw tobi out the window!!!!! (that is what i feel like doing sometimes with jem....) i know what you mean and y ou are not alone the crying when it is constant is so so so draining!!! just keep cuddling and dont worry about what you are not getting done just think about tobi and realise how special it is that you can comfort him....
and i am a brissy girl and would LOVE to catch up in Janurary, i'm sure michelle would be up for it too! where in brissy are you going to be?? otherwise i dont know if school is back or not but it is easiest for michelle to meet on the northside and i have car will travel.... are there any other brissy girls???
Hi everyone!
Bella's due to wake soon so I'm typing with super speed! You'll all be glad to know that Bella has been the baby from hell the last week. She is clingy, cries when I put her down, cries when I pick her up, cries when I look at her. ARGH!!! Woke me in the middle of the night so I fed her, then she cried when I put her back down and I nearly lost it. DH wasn't much help and I let him know it this morning! He knows better for next time now.
Only 3 weeks and 4 days till we go to Thailand, so Tash, that means I'll be away on the 16th! Dammit!! Oh well, maybe next time??
Kel, I've been meaning to look at those clips on ebay. Will do that now if Bella lets me (it's way past her lunch time!).
Took Bella to the gym at 8am this morning. I usually take her at 11am after her first sleep. It turns out the 8am gym time is great. She is fine in the creche (has lots to look at and play with I think), then feed her on the way home, then straight to bed! I just hope it doesn't mess up our afternoon routine! Either way, she's still the baby from hell, with extra cuteness thrown in!
She is crawling everywhere at lightening speed, claps heaps and points at everything! When I tell her to dance, she dances (usually while kneeling), and she has a little piano thing that plays songs and she knows which button to press to make the song go. Very clever!
Ok, gotta go. Will try to catch up with personals later. Have a great weekend everyone!
I looked at a place yesterday and it was awful. It was a garage (complete with roller door!) with one room, floor very uneven (bug ridge right down the middle like one half lifted up) and the bathroom is accessed from the outside. Not a place to be raising a baby. I'm still looking.
Trying to get El back into a routine. I had a blowup to Terry about it and threatened to move to Brisbane with her. He saw that as kidnapping, and yes it partly is, but she is MY child too! So he has to help me get her back into a routine or its going to be hard on her when I can't do the random routine that he does.
Daily Routine
700 Sleep
730 Sleep
800 4 scoop feed
830 Bath, dressed
900 Solids, 1 jar
930 Play
1000 Nap time
1030 Nap time
1100 Nap time
1130 Play
1200 4 scoop feed
1230 Play
1300 Solids, 1 jar
1330 Play
1400 Nap time
1430 Nap time
1500 Nap time
1530 4 scoop feed
1600 Play
1630 Play
1700 Play
1730 Solids, 1 jar
1800 Play
1830 4 scoop feed
1900 Play
1930 Pyjamas
2000 Sleep
Does this sound ok?
Tashie :hugs: I know how you feel. Its like that at work at times. Part of the reason for quitting. Mostly I'm quitting coz I NEED to be with my girl. She can do the constant crying at its so hard. Why do men just stand there or try to play with them? They just don't get it.
Hi everyone :hello:
I have been missing in action for what feels like forever now!!! You miss 1 day on here and it is almost impossible to catch up... I have missed almost 2 weeks... I think I will just give up on trying to catch up.
We're all well, we've just been sooooo busy with end-of-year things, end of school, xmas shopping etc.
To answer the questions I noticed I have been asked;
I live in an area on the Mid North Coast called South West Rocks... it is a gorgeous, beach side suburb... have you heard of it?
My diet has been on hold since my miscarriage. I tried to get back into it, but my heart hasn't been in it. I am restarting it next week... I have chosen to do it right before xmas to prove to myself that I can do it. I lost 19kgs in 6 weeks. I have a lot more to go. It was quite expensive (approx $800 with vitamins etc) but well worth every single cent. I have a male friend who lost 80+kgs within 6 months. I recommend it to anyone who needs it. If you do decide to do it, I can be a support person :D
Harrison isn't walking yet... he has taken a few steps, but not walking. He still doesn't have teeth... he is so little and gorgeous. He is a chatterbox who copies things that we say. His newest word is up... he holds his arms up when he is on the floor, or wherever, and opens and shuts his hands and says "UP UP UP" sometimes he says "Rob UP" to his Dad... its very funny. My Mum has a dog called Milo, and Harry calls out "Mymo" to him.
So, thats kinda about it I think... I will pop in as often as possible.
I hope everyone is doing well and all the gorgeous bubba's are doing fantastic also.
Take care :grouphug:
Hi All,
Just a quick one from me and sorry but all about me...well about Quinn, he has CHICKEN POX! I know!
Poor little thing - they look so sore and yukky, he doesn't seem bothered by them though...but he only really got them today - so it could turn ugly.
Oh Quinn says giggsy too, more like giggee. DP has a little figurine of Ryan Giggs (from Manchester United) and QUinn loves it and wants it all the time and he points to it and says gigggeee sometimes he says Gig! zee! with and pause to make the z sound. it's so cute.
Hope no one else has chicken pox!
No to the Chicken Pox, but we finally have a reason to why Tobi has been crying. He has Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. Kym, how is Monkey? Does she have it too? I am trying to track down all the babies that Tobi has come in contact with and warn them that they might have it too. I looked it up and there is nothing you can do, just wait till it passes. It has caused his routine to be all over the place. He slept for 13hours straight last night and having really long naps during the day too, to the point where we are waking him up caused we are worried. It must have really knocked him around. At least I know why Tobi was so upset now. Fingers crossed he is all better before Christmas. He is eating again, so the sores in his mouth mustn't be hurting as much.
Kirsten - I am so sorry to hear that Quinn has Chicken Pox. I hope they aren't too bad. I still have some scares from when I had them as a kid. I remember it was Easter and I had that white stuff all over me to stop me itching. I still vividly remember hiding under the blankets so that the Easter Bunny wouldn't see me and be too scared to give me chocolate because of my white spots!!!
Lisa - Welcome back. Thanks for the info on the diet and congratulations on losing so much weight. Well done. I will be thinking of you over Christmas being such a good girl. It will help give me the inspiration to be good too.
Michelle - Welcome back too. Pity I wont be able to catch you in Jan, but we'll be back up again in March, so we'll meet up then. I have been heaps of flights to come up to Brissy next year.
Kel - I will be staying around the Northgate area. But will also be heading towards Toowoomba probably on the 17th, so can meet up with you then, if you live on the southside. Will make plans closer to the date.
Jayne - Glad to hear that you are spoiling yourself. You deserve lots of gold for doing it on your own, especially with sick kids, birthday parties and annoying neighbours. Is Claudia's ears any better this week? Is she still screaming the house down? I hope she doesn't have what Tobi has. Apparently it is going around.
Catherine - When do you finish your new job? Why Brisbane, does you family live there?
Sally - I wish Tobi was only rolling. I get so sad thinking of how quickly they grow up. I have come to realise that he isn't a baby any more. So enjoy your time with Brendan while he is developing and never wish that he was doing more. They just don't stay little for long enough. Does Brendan see his Dad much?
Hope everyone else is well and happy.
Take Care
Tash
Hello :)
Kirsten, Sorry to hear that Quinn has the Chicken Pox. Hugs
Tash, Brendan is my little baby for longer, and I love that :) I guess it's a good side to having a prem, I get to watch him grow slowly!!! B sees his dad every second weekend and in between, so far this week Brendan has seen Nigel every second day! It's nice that Nigel is making an effort now.... too bad on his parenting skills... but thats another story! I've had my rant in the punching bag room!!!
Take Care
Hugs