it has been a bit quiet in here is everyone shopping???
What is everyone up to for Christmas???
We are having breakfast with my inlaws at our house then lunch with my family at Mums and then Tea at my sister in laws. ( I am exhausted just thinking about it !)
Hope everyone is well and the bubs are sleeping!
We have a bit of a cold so I am hoping we will have got rid of it by the 25th.
No more news talk to you all later
back to wrapping presents cooking cleaning etc etc
Yes it has been a little quiet around here, hasn't it? We have been flat out planning the move to Vic - it is just crazy planning an interstate move without DH and with DD being as clingy as she has been lately. I think this clingy stage may finally be passing - at playgroup yest she was back to her old self and playing with the other kids again without just wanting me all the time, plus she has been sleeping sooo much better the last couple of nights. I thought I was going to go crazy for a while there when she wasn't sleeping and I had sooo much to get done to get the house ready to rent, everything packed etc. Now the boxes and cars have gone, the house is ready to rent and I think we have tenants. I am staying with mum and dad so things are much easier now and DH gets back tomorrow!
esme and roya, thank you so much for reassuring me re DD's weight, I was feeling terrible for a while there. She is now the smallest at playgroup and there is nothing I haven't tried to get her to eat. She just prefers boobie milk! She is happy and looks v healthy, so hopefully she is fine. I was always underweight (until I had DD!), so it is probably just normal for her if she is like me.
DD has been so gorgeous lately. She can make a fish sound when you ask her too, she can pull herself up on things, always waves hello and goodbye (before she would only do it sometimes), she claps on demand and is just so smiley, happy and chatty all the time. Mum and Dad are loving us staying with them but so so sad that we are taking her away. There are going to be a lot of waterworks I think.
I hope everyone is going well and almost ready for Chrissie!
ive been meaning to post for ages but just forget when im online and only remember when im offline!
sue - steve's family comes over to our place, the same every year and we have a long barbi.. it's nice and relaxing. not too much cooking to do.. hope the weather is good.
hope you feel better hun. xoxoxo
bun - poopy's small too, 10% only height/weight.. im sick of everyone telling me how wee he is or if he's only 6mths etc. he must have a high metabolism rate, he loves his tucker. he's not tall either..
but he's doing very well for his age and is a happy baby so i cant ask for more.. maybe for him to sleep thru the night hahaah.
poopy's doing well, he smacks his lips and swallows his saliva when he sees his food. and if he sees his bowl and i put it in the microwave, he cries cos he thinks it's gone!
he's crawling everywhere on all fours, sitting by himself, cruising w one hand and starting to let go and then falling onto his bum. he's been throwing stuff from the cot/high chair and see them fall. he's also holding on to things in both hands and forgetting he's got stuff and trying grab more things!
he's also chattier, saying ammeh (amma = mum) and mum-mum(food).. often together.. i think he thinks im his food provider, ahahaah. im glad he can say mum-mum when he's hungry now.. makes it a bit easier. he also says appa (dad), and a few other words.
anyway, ive had a bad couple of weeks.. i heard from work.. well i contacted them.. and they said i'll have to come back 5 days, i wanted to do 3 days a week. so i dunno what to do... not the best of times to find a new job, and i dont want to be away fr poopy so many days. work cant/dont want to hire new staff, tehre's a freeze cos of the economic crisis and so they cant have someone cover my other days. and im annoyed cos htey should have told me this before...
i start first week of feb, but im really not happy abt doing 5 days. i was really looking fwd to doing 3 days, i want to spend time w my baby, and not want him to be w day care all 5 days. it's going to be so hard, being away from him 5 days. i feel so guilty, i feel like im a bad mother for putting him in day care for 5 days.. but i havent got a choice....
i wish my mum was here, at least she can help look after him and he will have 'home' time even tho im working compared to daycare...
Sorry, haven't had much time and energy to post. I found a lump in my breast last week and had to have an US/mammogram. The results came back with a high likelyhood of cancer, so the GP send me for a biopsy on Friday. So relieved to tell you that the results came back clear for cancer yesterday! The lump seems to be a badly inflamed duct and will have to be monitored monthly for a while, but at least we will be able to enjoy Christmas to the full this year!
esme - gees, how scary. I am so glad to hear all is ok, what a relief! And yes, now you can enjoy Christmas without that hanging over your head, that must have been an agonising wait. Is it sore? I hope it heals up ok soon sweetie
prama - I am so sorry to hear that work are making you go back fulltime, that will be so hard. I'm not sure that they can make you go back FT if the job can be done PT, I think the legislation doesn't allow it. Is there any reason why your job can't be done PT (other than simply being a hassle for your employer)?. I would look into it if I were you because I'm not sure if that's right. And them not even letting you know til now is pretty unfair too. I hope you can sort something out. Can any of Steve's family help out looking after Poopy?
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy first Christmas with your gorgeous little bubs! I hope you all have a lovely day and that Santa brings you lots of pressies!!
bun - well, the policy at work is that if the job can be done PT they will allow it. but because there's a freeze on new headcount and extending contractors, they cant/wont hire someone to cover my other days. mums have always been allowed to work part-time. it's only because this whole economic crisis that they are hv decided to freeze new headcount.
my bad luck...
im hoping to negotiate something better once i get back into work... sigh.. it's so unfair
Can't believe this time last year we were big, and hot and very pg!!! We didnt know what our little miracles would look like and how they would change our lives and all the love they would bring....
What a year it's been, good and bad, but all worth it, each morning when we see our gorgeous darlings....
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