Welcome bronzdbebe. I love the name Zane. It was on my list for boys names but DF didnt like it. A pirate party sounds cool!
With feeds, we are on 3 a day. I have finally managed to stop the night feed. (We are still BF too) Amber still wakes at night but all she gets now is water or a quick cuddle. She does cry but is getting better.
Oh and we have successfully dropped to one sleep a day. After lunch, Amber has a BF and then goes to bed for a couple of hours. So far it is working for us!
Hi everyone out there. For Amber's birthday I want to make a cake. I went and bought the womens weekly cook book today. You are right bun, the ladybird cake looks great. I will have to flick through it and see. Amber's (and bun's!) birthday is Friday the 13th this year. Maybe I can do a spooky cake? Amber has a lot of cousins but they are noisy kids and run all through the house. So I am maybe thinking of having only the grandparents down for a quiet dinner and cake. I dunno.
My god that was an all me post!
Hi Prama and Lakshman
Hi Bun and Catherine
Hi Esme and Jasper
Hi Sue and Sophie (and the boys!)
Hi Ash and Alex
Hi Danda and Zoe
Hi Roya and Amelie (and Sarina)
Hi Jackie and Luke
Hi Kato and Baxter
Hi Bronzdbebe and Zane
I am sure I have missed many. Must go and keep cool. Vic is Hot hot hot this week.
jen - you did so well with everyone and their bubs!!!
i cant remember if i mentioned but i'm, well, MIL and I, are going to make a farm cake. my mum made it for my 4th and i loved it. i got some plastic barnyard animals.. no way i can make marzipan animals!! going to use desicated coconut for grass, and i got some twig like choccies from aldi for the fence. i dunno abt a barn.. might be too much.
lol - friday the 13th! it will be great! when are you going to celebrate it?
we're doing it on the 14th but just at a park, bbq. easy and i dont have to worry abt cleaning hte house and ppl everywhere. haha. only hope the weather is good....
hey,
bronzedbebe - love the name Zane - awesome! we were also thinking of a pirate party for the little man...
i totally agree with the playgroup timings! thumbs up to the BB playgroup revolution! DS is cross cutting a tooth at the mo - his eye tooth is soo close to coming through - is going to look like such a little hobo when it comes through
Thanks Kato, Zane was my fave name and the only one hubby and I could agree on so it worked out well. Heaven help us if we ever have another boy!
Looking forward to having Zane's party, I'm making a pirate ship cake and have little party bags for the other kids (6 kids in total) hopefully it should all work out OK. Bit nervous about the cake and how it will turn out maybe I'm getting my ability mixed up with my ambition???
Quick question has anyone starting weaning onto cows milk yet straight from bf? Zane still has 3 bf a day morning mid afternoon and b4 bed but he doesn't seem to want the morning one really anymore so I was thinking I might need to think about how I'm going to wean, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Have a great day all...off to have some me time...love the morning sleep.
Hi girls, Im wrapped. Tara starts kinder tomorrow. I hope she copes with the 41 deg weather ok.
How is everyone else dealing with the hot? I just cant believe it's going to be 40+ all the way up to the weekend. Ahhh. I can just cope with the days, but the hot night's just kill me & bub's.
Im off to the great ocean road this weekend. Im a bit worried how DS going to handle it. The motel has a indoor heated swimmimg pool, so I recon DD and hubby will spend alot of time in there. I am just keen to see if Jake is going to eat the sand at the beach like Tara did at 6 months.lol
Im sorry I dont have time for personals, but I hope you are all happy and healthy.
Hopefully I have more time to post when Tara starts kinder tomorrow.
2 please - have a great time on the Great Ocean road. If you go far enough you could come and visit me! (mental note - must change my location status on here now that we have moved!). We took DD to the beach for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she wasn't a fan at all. I am sure when they get used to the beach they will love it though! This weather sure is bad - I moved over here to avoid the horrible Perth summer and it looks like I have brought it with me! I hope Tara goes well at kinder.
bronzdbebe - welcome! A pirate party sounds like a great idea. I have no idea about weaning as DD is showing no signs of giving up the boob any time soon. Does he like cows milk? I am kinda hoping when I want to wean I can just replace one feed at a time with cows milk, and hey presto, she will be weaned! Probably not that easy though...
prama - great idea on the farm theme cake, make sure you put up pics!
jen - wow on remembering that Amber and I share the same birthday! I am trying to find a bowl to bake a cake in that is the right shape for the ladybird cake but haven't found one yet. I need to have a practice run before the big day so I hope I find one soon!
esme - I like the idea of having cupcakes shaped together to make a 1, that way you can have different cakes to suit any individual needs, plus there are some really good cupcake ideas out there.
I agree with everyone re the playgroup times - we are going to brave playgroup at 10am tomorrow anyway which is right on nap time, but we will see how we go. I need to get out and meet some new mums here before I go completely stir crazy!
i think i'm also going to getting ambitious w my cake making abilities! mil's going to bake and we'll do the deco together. she;s really good at it!
pirate ship cake! wow!! would love to see pictures!!!
oh enjoy the great ocean road, karlie, i love it there!
bun - how are you settling in?
poopy is now standing by himself for longer periods, up to 20-30seconds. and he has been taking 1 step and then falling down. i guess soon he will be taking 2 steps. then there's no stopping him.. house not ready yet!
Thanks for the cupcake idea, girls. I reckon I might do that. Have had so many cake ideas, can't make up my mind. But the latest idea is individual cupcakes with a little plastic toy and some colourful icing or sprinkles and arrange them in the shape of a one. On the other hand, Jasper does love horses, so I can make one big cake with green sprinkles as grass and put plastic horses on it and steal Prama's idea for the fence (sorry, Prama)... hmmmm... better make my mind up soon though. The problem is I have to go to town to see what is available toy wise as we live in a small town, so there won't be too much choice. But the weather is way too hot to go out... Hopefully it will cool down before the party as we were planning on having it outside (house too small) in the arvo. Might have to think about a plan B...
Sorry girls, selfish post. Decided to do some housework today, so time on BB is limited . Hope to be back soon! Wish everyone a good day!!
esme - i got the plastic toys from go lo.. hehe no problem you can use the idea!! haha. i got the choccy twigs from Adli. dunno if you've got one near you
Okay ladies, I am back. Internet on and everything.
Wow can't believe our babies are almost one. It just seems like yesterday when we were all geared up to give birth!
Wow at Lakshman walking Prama, won't be long at all! That said, Alex is so gung-ho with just constantly step step step that he hasn't figure out much balance yet. One of these days he will just stand up and go for it. He already climbs over everything, eats everything, breaks everything, what will walking hurt?
Okay, so little ones birthdays!
Would anyone like to do a birthday card exchange? I would have organised it sooner but as you know i have been without the internet. If you're interested just pm me bubs name and address, dob by say sat evening??? and then i will pm all the want to participate with relevant babies details.
Anyway, if noone else wants to do it, i want to send to everyone anyway so please pm me regardless?
Ummmm..... welcomee bronzedbebe and kato - I am Ashlea, mum to Alex and fiance to Anthony. I am a 'young' mum, pregnant at 19, birthed at 20 & am now 21. Have just moved to country NSW from 'rural' victoria, but was only 40mins out of melbourne and lived there for three years prior.
I just got accepted to do B.Midwifery at Monash, having moved the day before offers came out, bit shattered but oh well. Umm, not much else to know about me except that I have PND and tend to disappear frequently. I don't intend to now that my life has stablized however don't be surprised!!
Prama - I think you asked about the teethbrushing with regards to breastfeeding? It's no necessary. Assuming that attachment is correct the nipple and the direction of milk slides straight down the palate so it isn't actually in babies mouth. Think there is an article on the ABA website.
WRT weaning, good luck to everyone. Weaning was harder for me than for Alex as he had already been on a bottle and then soon enough he was too lazy to suck for breastmilk so when he started biting as refusal i was shattered. We are now on full cows milk, and occasional formula feed for breakfast if I can't be bothered making porridge and give him toast instead. He has taken to it really well and no digestion problems. He is a real piggy too, little monkey!!
Hi Ash, we are in Leeton, about 150 kms West of Wagga Wagga and probably about 3 ? hours drive from Yass! Let me know if you are coming this way; would love to catch up. Will do the same if we are coming your way if you would like that. At the moment the longest trip we have undertaken with Jasper is just 1.5 hours as he doesn't like being in the car for too long. LOL on Alex being a little piggy; Jasper all of a sudden loves his food and can't get enough; he looks like a little bird sitting there with his mouth wide open waiting for another bite if mummy is too slow.
Congrats on being accepted at Monash to study Midwifery!!!! Any chance of doing it by correspondence or was that your plan anyway?
I cant help to feel depressed about the 4 year old girl thrown over the westgate bridge today. Having a 4 year old daughter of my own made me wonder how could her mother cope with loosing her. The poor little thing. I have always had trust issues with who looks after my kids, but how can you avoid your own kids getting hurt when their own father does that.
I have 4 kids party books, and I did a really great cake for Tara's 1st birthday, now Im past it and would rather pay someone else.
Bun, I dont blame you. I would go nuts stuck inside with bubs all the time. Its really hard to get them to sleep when there are kids everywhere. I find Jake always sleeps in the car on the way home.
Cookie, That card thing sounds good. I love the fact we can get super cheap cards now. I buy $2 ones from the local post office.
Esme, I recon Im going for the cupcake thing too. DD loves making cup cakes. I hope she doesnt try to make Jakes cup cakes pink.
Man it's hot. 43 Deg today. Lets hope thing's get cooler tomorrow.
2please -- I also feel so sad for that poor little girl. Apparently she was on her way to her first day at school. I can't understand how a father could do that to his daughter -- she must have been terrified. RIP poor little one. I am torn between wishing the father spend life in prison so he can be tormented by it for life or death penalty even though we don't have it here.
Cookiemonster -- great idea for birthday cards I will pm later.
thanks ash, karlie. no copyrights esme haha
sorry quick post.
I hv pirate's patch over my left eye. Lakshman poked my left eye and made a diagonal scratch across my cornea and pupil.. had to go to the doctors and get anti-biotics and all.. so very very painful..
ive lost my depth perception! finding it hard to do stuff and tping is straining as well. i found it hard to feed him this morning, i kept missing his mouth.. lol!
ash - great idea abt the cards, im not sure how it works tho.. lol.. sorry
Hope you are all going well, For all of you down in Victoria and Adelaide, I'm trying my best to send some of our crappy weather to you (meaning that in the nicest possible way) It's been raining in QLD still warm but it cools things down for a bit. So hopefully my wishful thinking pays off and you guys get some relief soon
Nice to "meet" you CookieMonster, congrats on your acceptance, Correspondance does sound like a good idea if your able too??
2 Please hope you have a great time this weekend for your trip to the Great Ocean Road. I've never been to Victoria but that sounds like a really nice place to visit! Have Fun. Have to say I agree with you 100% in that I struggle to leave Zane with anyone. I've only had my parents mind him so far and that was hard enough, I think that it's the safest way to be though, I know you can't let the horror stories stop you from living your life and I'll do my Very best not to pass my fears onto Zane but I don't think it hurts to err on the side of caution with your kids, you only get one shot at making it right. Hope Tara had a great time in Kindy!!
OMG Prama you poor thing! I know you probably won't be able to read this right now, but I hope your not in your pirate patch for too long! I'm not sure what "depth perception" is (was that really blonde of me to say that??)but hopefully there is no long term damage.
Zane took 6 steps yesterday 6! WooooHooooo!!! He had only been doing 1 or 2 and then pow off he went I'm so proud of my little Munchkin Man!! Not sure if was a fluke because did that in the morning and was back to doing about 3 by the afternoon!
Well Best be off my house looks like a bomb has hit it, I was tired last night I lounged instead of tidying. Have a great day all and a Fabulous weekend
. Hope to be back soon! Wish everyone a good day!!
? We do have a go-lo, no Aldi though... Will have a look tomorrow.
so please pm me regardless? 
Hope Tara had a great time in Kindy!!
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