Nope, not unless they involve spelling tests (as we all know americans can't spell :) )
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Nope, not unless they involve spelling tests (as we all know americans can't spell :) )
Jillian - my email is mcmacka@iprimus.com.au
Lisa, you are so motivated I am sure you will do well with the STAT. :) BTW, how about an updated photo of Kobi on your site!
I'm applying to do the course externally through Charles Darwin uni (Darwin!) as my first preference. It's 4 years part-time and numerous weeks of practicals that I can do in South Australia. Not that I wouldn't mind a trip to Darwin, but it wouldn't be much of a holiday!
Re. family and where you live - I was just feeling sorry for myself today about not having any family close by. Sometimes family can drive you crazy (but you still love them, of course!). I think i had "the grass is always greener" syndrome but in reality I might be cursing having my mum living around the corner!!!!:p
Laura, sure sounds like you love Melbourne. You certainly sound like a Melbourne type of girl! (not quite sure what that is, but anyway..). Lisa's right - go with your gut instinct. It's usually right. Hope the ears clear up soon. Sometimes people say that physical things happen for a reason and perhaps there is something that you 'don't want to hear' from someone else or yourself??? Maybe to do with moving??
Hey Jillian, hope you're feeling better, too.
Sal, good to hear things are going well with the cot. How much did Miles weigh again? Clarrie must be a little less as he's not on the ground yet. Oh, your poor back!! Sending sympathetic vibes re. Miles taking forever to go to sleep. Is this only at night? We had this with Clarrie a while back but I started picking him up quite quickly and then popping him back. Sometimes it took a couple of times and then he would sleep and now he tends to put himself to sleep most of the time. Opposite to what Lisa said, but I guess each babe is different and you just do what seems right at the time. With babies nothing stays the same, that's for sure!!! God, I am learning this very quickly!!
How's the tiredness going?
The meditation classes for kids sound great, Lisa. I think that it's so important for kids nowadays (especially nowadays in our frantic society) to be able to slow down and have some sense of 'inner peace' and contentedness without having to be *doing* something or being entertained.
Juliexx
Forgot to mention our day today. We had mum's group and Clarrie was very upset, as he often is at mum's group. I've come to the conclusion that he doesn't like it. Thought I'd share this as I've realised that this taps into something in me - that basically I'm shy and don't feel good in groups! :eek: But I push myself to do it. So I'm beginning to feel that I am pushing him into social stuff with other babies. With adult groups he is pretty much okay, just with babies - so much noise and so many toys, etc, etc.
Anyway, after some self-psychoanalysis - hehehe - I think I will go to mum's group but sit a little separate initially as this seems to make Clarrie feel more secure. Then he might feel better after while and be able to join in. I also thought I might try the Bach rescue remedy (John's suggestion) - Laura - didn't you say that babies can take a drop of this? Maybe I'll take some too!!!
And if he is still getting upset after a few weeks I'll give up going for now and just try to visit some other babies and mums separately.
I guess that I don't want to push him too much as it's important to me for him to feel secure, which he is not at the moment.
Okay, just wanted to get that off my chest, and any suggestions welcome!!
Sal - LOL on the spelling with the American. Ever so true!! How did Miles go last night in the cot???
Julie- The course sounds great! It will be good to do it via distance edu. I am wrapt you are doing it. Good on you! You will do great. :)
As for Clarrie and the play group thing..well do you want my 2 cents? lol.
Ok well I basically think similar to you. I think Clarrie is picking up on your stress and nervousness even though it may be minimal. When Mum's not comfortable then bubs won't be either. So maybe you do need to take a step back and start again..but slowly. Ease into things much more slowly and do it at your own pace so you are confortable. It is no big deal if you leave and come back later. He is so young he will just go with your flow. You have to make sure you are comfortable so in turn he will be. Dont worry too much about it. You will find something that you both love and then you will never look back :)
I wish we were closer so that we could have coffee together. If you are ever in Melbourne...then we should catch up :)
Well no news or goss from me. Just more of the same o same o. Now researching the fees side of things today to work out which way I go about paying uni fees. Once I know that then I know which code I an use to apply for the course. Gosh there is so much to know. Got a bit of reading to do and some phone calls.
Hope you all have a great day :)
Hi girls! Miles went Ok in the cot, we are just still working out how much bedding for him so he doesn't get too hot (and stirs) or too cold (and stirs). Um, he must weigh close to 10kg :eek: Everyone says what a big boy he is, though not fat, just big and tall (isn't there a menswear store with that name hehehe?) Re battles with him to sleep, well it can be any (or every) sleep. But it's not so bad, he's not crying, just grumbling and talking to himself and dummy-spitting.
Julie, I am a shy person, that's why I haven't joined a mum's group. I think it would be too much work for me. But personally, I think Clarrie might just find the hub-bub a bit overwhelming, some bubs don't like being in a crowd. My brother was one, he turned out shy as an adult.
Lisa, re the payment options for uni - DEFER DEFER DEFER! It is cheaper to pay upfront (but so hard on the wallet) but deferring means you don't pay it back until you are earning over $38k (and that could be years away!). The debt increases by the CPI, so not so bad. Just my opinion :)
Hi to all, BBL
morning ladies!!
well I'm still deaf. infact despite being on antibiotics for 2 days it has not gotten any better... possibly worse actually.
Lisa - I was just thinking about the emotional reasons for this ear thing.
firstly - the Dr said that adults don't usually get this type of ear thing... this is a kids thing.
SO maybe I'm being a bit childish and I think the not wating to hear something or even a feeling of not being heard is very possible.
I've been trying to find my Louis Hay book... but can't. If anyone has one, can they look up ears and see what it says?? I think I might need a healing mantra.
Oh just went to the book shelf and it jumped out at me. I swear I looked for it for like 5 minutes the other day.
right - this is waht it says about ears : represents the capacity to hear (well duh)
the mantra is: I hear with love
for earache is says : Anger. not wanting to hear. Too much turmoil. parents arguing.
the mantra: Harmony surrounds me. I listen with love to the pleasant and the good. I am a center for love.
Ok - so I've written it down on post it notes and will stick them around the house. I also looked up furuncle... as I had one in my ear a few weeks ago.... turns out is has a similar thing... anger at not being heard.
Right I think I need to do some self psychoanalysis also.
I think I've been a bit quietly angry or at least frustrated with DH lately. Not becuase he's don't anything bad... it's just that he's so busy with work and then doing work at home that I hardly get to talk to him or spend quality time together anymore.
Actually I htink that's pretty much it.
MAtt is so freaking awesome.. really. I couldn't hardly ask for more becuase he cooks and cleans and does chores without asking. He cares about me, he always tell me how much he loves me and I know he does.... He is supportive of EVERYTHING even all my crazy ideas... like getting a mohawk.
the thing that bugs me is that his job is taking up his whole life and it feels like there isn't room for luxxe and I anymore.
of course that's not true in reality... but it feels like it's true when you're stuck at home and no one else to talk to.
He only works so hard because he wants good things for us.... but in the process, we never see him, he's working 16 hours a day... and that's not really exagerating either.
he leaves for work at 7.30am and get's home at between 6-8 and then we have dinner and then he starts working again til about midnight. and in between all that he will be getting calls or have phone conferences etc. THis is mostly becuase he has clients that are overseas and due to time differences has to work heaps after hours.
I said to him the other day that he loves his work more than us.... he of course got upset. I didn't even mean it... I was just frustrated.
I think that's the only reason why I want to move back to Perth... coz then Dh would have to get another job and I'm hoping it won't be as full on as this one. Or if it was, at least I'd have family around to fill in the void.
Oh and this holiday we meant to be going on - well the only thing that is stoping me from booking it is that Dh can't give me dates when he can take a week off. So I think I'll just have to book and tell him when we're going.
honestly - most days I feel like a single parent...one that has no family around. IT's just me and Luxxe.
Ok so I am angry. but it's hard and frustrating and lonely. I know something needs to change.... just not sure what or how.
HARMONY SURROUNDS ME. I LISTEN WITH LOVE TO THE PLEASANT AND THE GOOD. I AM A CENTER FOR LOVE!
Lisa - yes - one drop of rescue rememdy for babies. you can either put it in their mouth (under the tongue if possible) or rub it on his forehead or wrists. It totally works. The other night Luxxe was so grizzly from what I assume was her teeth... and one drop in her mouth and she was asleep with in a few minutes.
Luxxe is similar at mother's group she will very happily play at home on her own for a bit or we will play together... but at mother's group, she just either cries or won't leave my arms without screaming.
The other babies seem to just be happy to play together... oh well. I figure it was becuase she doesn't usually spend time with more than 2 people at a time. and usually it's just me at home....I don't even have music on so it's pretty quiet at home and we just talk and play...
I think i'm just being a whinger today. :boohoo:
I'm going to try and resolve it though. I'm going to just book the holiday and I'm going to have a talk to Dh about stuff tonight.... assuming he has time... maybe I should ring his secretary and make an appointment! :P
sorry to vent.
xxx
L
ps. the antibiotics seem to have given Luxxe the poo poos! :(
Hey Laura, vent all you like! I know that I went through a real period of getting angry at John for not getting home at at decent time. And he is usually home by 6/6.30pm! I can understand that you would be frustrated. One part of my brain was saying - hey, John is soooo good with Clarrie and does so much, but on the other hand I just felt grumpy - you know - why couldn't he finish work at 5pm!!!!!
Do you have good friends in Melbourne that you can visit? Anyone in the mum's group in the same boat? The mantras sound good. Sometimes I wonder about that stuff, but then it often makes such sense and works. So, I figure that I might as well use whatever feels right at the time.
Thanks to you all for what you said about the mum's group. Honestly, last night when I got in the car to drive home I was absolutely exhausted and wondering why I was doing this. I'm sure Clarrie felt the same! Lisa, you are so right about Clarrie picking up on my stress. Even though I was thinking that I wasn't stressed, obviously I was because I felt so exhausted at the end.
I think that I've been in a tizz about it because I've been called quiet and shy all my life and it ****es me off! And I was projecting my fears onto poor Clarrie.
#4 from my Mindful Parenting book - "Be mindful of your expectations of your children and consider whether they are truly in your child's best interest" . Hmmmmmmm...
Sal, I never would have picked you as shy from your posts. That's probably a silly thing to say. BTW, I love your wicked sense of humour. I often have a good chuckle.
And Lisa, I would love to catch up if I ever get to Melbourne. I love Melbourne - especially the Brunswick area with so many great vego cafes.
Okay, better go. Julie xx
Laura, you poor thing, being left alone (Ok with Luxxe so not alone alone but YKWIM) for so many hours a day. If my DH works even a bit late I'm beside myself, normally he's home at 5.40pm each day (yes I am lucky, I know it!) and I am so exhausted by then thank goodness! Is there any way DH can pare back his hours at all?
Julie, LOL at not picking me as shy! You'd be very surprised if you met me, I am actually VERY shy, I find social events exhausting (even wider family ones). I've done various personality tests (as part of my psych studies I had to participate in honours students' experiments) and I am about as introverted as you can get. But on the internet I can really say just what I want (and believe me in some other threads I am quite the controversial one hehehe). I think that's why I love internet forums. I really hope that Miles isn't so shy, as you'd know it's no picnic being shy. I'm glad you like my brand of humour, it's not to everyone's taste that's for sure!
isn't is amazing what we will put up with for money!
HOnestly I think I was happier when we were earning half the money and Dh didn't have to think about work once he got home.
THose were the days....
anyway - this morning I gave luxxe the mirror that was attached tot he play gym thingo. it's a chunky plastic thing with a mirror in the middle and she can chew the edges etc.
SHE LOVES IT!! she just played with it for nearly an hour. she was so in love with herself hahahaha
I also pulled out some fisher price blocks that I bought ages agi and forgot about... she's loving them too... mostly coz she can chew them an bang them.... and they easy to wash - so that's good too.
How do you all wash the baby toys?
if it's mostly plastic I just use really hot water and give it a wash... if it's plush toy then I put tit int he washing machine on the rinse cycle and then spin it on high and dry it on the line.
My friend Beck used to wash the baby toys with pinocleen. that's a bit keen for my liking.
what do you guys use?
chicken and broccoli stir fry for dinner tonight.
I'm so craving cheesecake. but I'm waiting til I'm all well again as I don't want to feed the germs any sugar and give them more fuel to stick around.
xxx
L
Oh Jillian, isn't that funny but after months of no problems I've had a lumpy, sore boob today as well! But I've had Clarrie on it heaps and it feels a little better now. Fingers crossed xxxx.
The tea tree oil is a great idea. I am a bit lax with washing the toys. It seems that they are forever going on the floor. With the soft toys I've just put them in the washing machine for the whole cycle along with his clothes (coloured stuff).
Laura, the little mirror sounds great. Clarrie cacks himself whenever we look in the big bathroom mirror. I might have to get one of those little ones that he can hold himself. A real hit are my glasses! He is so gentle with them - he folds them up and unfolds them (perhaps by accident!). the look on his face is utter concentration. I'm going to find an old set that he can play with me next to him, but not feeling quite as anxious as I am when they are my current set.
we had a lovely day today doing this and that and planting out some trees for revegetation. As John is down in town for the TAFE course he is doing, Clarrie and I had a relaxing time looking at the fire (always a favourite, better than Tv) and he had a little massage then a bath and lots of nappy free time. He is usually really happy being on his tummy without his nappy on - a bonus as then the pee doesn't fly all over the room. :) Those of you with girls have just got no idea!!!
Hey, Sal - this has got me thinking about what shyness really is. I guess you've done some on this for your psych studies. Because you wouldn't think that a shy person would look at being a primary school teacher! But I love kids and when I am the one in control (well, so to speak...) I don't feel as shy. It's really social situations where people sit around talking that get me. I just love doing things as then I feel less awkward.
And sometimes you hear of actors being very shy/introverted and you wouldn't normally think that either. Or people that talk incessantly often do so to cover lack of confidence but would you say that is shy? Shy people are not necessarily lacking in confidence.
Anyway, enough of all that. Ciao for now, Julie
PS, Lisa I've been trying to work out the fees stuff and it is so confusing. I've had to email for help already :eek:
Ooh I was wondering when the topic of cleaning toys would be raised. I am very slack, I don't bother (unless they fell in dog poo or something). Honestly, babies need to be exposed to germs, studies show that babies whose mothers retentively clean and sterilise everything are actually more susceptible to allergies. I'm a bit Darwinian in this respect. Although I do have to say that neither myself, nor my DH, nor any of our extended families, have ever had an allergy to anything. So I come from a position of having no worries.
Ouchie on your sore bbs girls, may they get better quickly.
Julie, I take with a huge grain of salt stories of actors being shy! Honestly I can't see how a truly shy person would happily self-promote. But being shy and being a teacher is not incompatible. Both my parents are very shy, my mother was a school teacher who ended up being school prinicipal (and having to put herself 'out there' socially). She was fine being a teacher, as you say you are in control and not having to drum up a conversation (about 'nothing') with adult strangers. Mum found being a principal very stressful, however.
Ok there was a lot I missed!!! lol..
I tried to read it but am getting distracted watching Maternity Ward on Foxtel. A baby was just born ambiguous :( They have to decide what gender it will be. Man that would be sooooo hard.
Ok well lets see:
Laura - I hear you on the DH thing. Andrew finishes work at 4:30 but usually gets home 5:15-5:30. Thats not so bad BUT 2 nights a week he comes home..gets changed and goes to footy traning. He doesnt get home til it's bedtime for the girls. Thursday nights we meet him down the club now though cos they put on a meal. So I am not cooking and they can feed me!! Then all day Saturdays he is out playing. That's why I hate footy season. We dont see him all that much and it's hard. He does do alot for us in alot of ways..but I still get peeved off bigtime and take it out on him when I am having a bad day.
I often say that If I were single I wouldnt notice a big change.
Oh and also..if you ever want company..I am around :) I live in Werribee but I am sure we can share visits or meet in the middle. If you ever want to..then let me know.
Jillian - bugger on the blocked duct but glad to see its better today. Hope you have a lovely night tonight with your friends. Enjoy yourself and I hope you find a nice pair of shoes :) Actually Kmart and Big W are having sales at the moment and have some nice stuff.
Julie - OMG the uni fees thing is hard i agree. If you look up the going to uni website it had info there..but i still need to speak to someone. Sal said to defer the fees so that will be the plan. But I am not sure which deferrment option...
Sal - When you say defer the fee's which scheme did you mean?? They are all different now. There is Fee-Help/Hecs-help/CSP etc etc. Its so confusing.
Oh and as with the toy cleaning..I use a laundry bag and a gentle cycle for cloth toys and with plastic ones I just wash them in hot water with a bit of dishwashing liquid then let them air dry.
Oh Kobi started waving properly yesterday!! She has been waving for ages flapping her arms when you do it or when you say "hi". But yesterday she had the proper hand action happening. I think she thinks she is the queen lol.
I think she has got the sleep thing down now too. She slept through the last 2 nights. She goes through now from 7:30 to 7ish. Though Tyra woke her at 6:30 and I got annoyed at DH cos he just got her up. She probably would have been ok if he had of left her. But men are silly. Never send a man to do a womans job. They will always stuff it up!
I inquired about kids meditation classes yesterday. I am going to get some more info about it in the next few days. They are looking at opening a new class for younger kids under school age. I think Tyra should start in that group to get used to it..even though she is old enough for the other one. The classes will only be half an hour and will involve small meditations and then some drawing. Then if she likes it she can go up to the other class...but we will see how she goes. She told me this morning she wants to do art classes as well. I told her we can try everything and she can pick what she likes. She does tennis as well so she will be busy lol. I dont mind running her round to these places as long as she is happy and enjoying what she is doing. I love the fact she is tapping into her creative side and am very keen to nurture that in her.
Ok I still havent eaten today and I am going to tidy up a bit. Have a friend coming over. Though I dont know what time cos she hasnt returned my sms's which is a bloody pain! Dam girl needs a home phone.
-ok friend just messaged..not coming til 12:30 so have time to chill first :)
Have a good day everyone.
(oh the baby is a girl cos they did some tests and she has a uterus..phew)
Lisa, I've seen that episode! That little girl has a long path ahead of her, with operations etc. They named her Abigail or something like that, didn't they?
Oh! re the schemes, they must have got together and kids LOL as last I knew there was just HECS and PELS. Sorry, I am zero help to you on that one.
What a clever little girl Kobi is, waving like the queen :) The only thing that I can brag about Miles doing is that when I am dressing him, he nows knows when I place his arm near the sleeve and say 'push push' that he needs to push his arm through it. I'm sure that that's the only English he understands, but hey every little bit counts!
I actually didnt hear her name sal. I probably missed it typing my post.
Yeah it was a mighty sad episode this one. It's going to be a part of my job in a few years though so I have to get accumstomed to it.
Yay on Miles helping you dress him!! Clever boy.
yeah Lisa, being a midwife will be incredibly rewarding, but you will also see babies with defects and babies that die. That would be very tough.
Very tough. And thats why I havent done anything up until now. But now I realise after all I have gone through with miscarriages etc..that someone needs to be there to help these women go through hard times. And I would like to be someone that helps them heal.
Oh speaking of healing..we did healing last night at the course and OMG it was so amazing and powerful. I feel so great today..and relaxed and have let go all of the stress I had about uni and everything. Whatever will be will be!!!
I am giving out some healings if anyone wants one hehe.I am going to send our BB group a bit of a healing..so if anyone wants to be left out..let me know.
Very simple and it will just be me tapping into the unversal love and healing energy..and sending it out.
Oh Lisa, you can include me on your healing list! There is a similar sort of thing with the vipassana meditation that I've done - you meditate and send out energy from your heart centre.
How are your healing words going, Laura. Hey, we can move from study buddies to 'new agey buddies'... :)
We have had a good couple of days going for some nice walks and just hanging around home a lot. Clarrie has finally got the hang of the rolling. No waving yet! But he has been doing the pushing of the arms through the clothes (whether it is in response to my 'push it through' or not, I have no idea!) for a while now. so they are certainly all different developmentally, aren't they.
I've made up my 'crawl proofing the house' list and hope to get started on a lot of this the weekend after next. There's not as much as I thought actually. This weekend we are off to Adelaide to meet up with some friends who are coming up from the south. They have a 3 year old girl, Lily. Lily is so excited to see Clarrie again. She's wrapped up some of her old jigsaws to give to him (her idea! so gorgeous).
Lisa, I got my reply about the HECS query. I thought there was only one deferment option? That you take out the loan and pay back when you are earning enough. Or you can make the voluntary repayments if you like. ??
The person who replied was extremely helpful and also mentioned that the course I was doing will be changed in 2007 and be shorter and called something else. After contacting the uni about the course a couple of times already, I thought they might have mentioned this!!! But at least it is shorter and not longer!
Jillian, glad to hear the blocked duct has righted itself. Mine is much better too. How did the night out go.
Sal, thanks for the comments about your mum. I find all this quite fascinating. I'd love to do psychology.. maybe in my next life...hehehe
BTW, has anyone gone out with their partner and left bub alone with someone else at night?
Okay, better go. I'm bushed after making 2 curries to take this weekend. Love that curry! I think it's my favourite food. :p
PS Lisa, you are going to make such a great midwife.
We left Miles with my mum when he was 4w old, to go out to dinner. We rushed through the dinner to get home to him, we missed him so much! He hasn't been left with anyone since.
Morning :)
Julie - Yes the healing sounds very similar. We focused on bringing in the love energy through our heart centre!
As for the fees google going to uni
Thats got all the info on it. I am still confused though..cos things have changed slightly and I am just not sure which code to use on the application. i figure I will just ask at the open days. Yay on the course actually being shorter! Shame they didnt bloody tell you though. Give them another call/email and ask them about it.
Also with leaving Kobi with someone else..yes we have. It wasnt for a few months...and not overnight..but we have gone out for a few hours on our own a couple of times. It is either my mum and or stepdad or my good friend Serena. And it's here. Although my cousin had both girls during the day for a few hours at her place a couple of weeks ago. They are having a baby so wanted to practice pmsl.
I dont have as much of an issue with is as I did with Tyra. With Tyra I was paranoid and never wanted to leave her.
Kobi has been awake on and off since 5 this morning screaming. I hope to god there is a reason and it's not backwards behaviour. Though DH said it's a pain cry and not a comfort me or I am bored cry. It was loud and intense. She ended up with panadol to calm her and she fell asleep in my bed at about 6:30. If its her teeth I wish they would bloody hurry up!!!
Ok better go. She is crying again. She is very miserable :(
Have a good day ladies...oh and Julie..thanks so much for what you said about me being a midwife..it's funny. I think the same for you and teaching!!! :)
hi there all
just thought i'd pop in to say hi :hello:
Julie in regards to your question about leaving bub's with someone - DH and I left Brodie with my IL's overnight when he was 5months old - it was hard to do but I'm glad we did it (I now know that I can do it again if neccesary) - it was our wedding anniversary and we went out for the evening - we had a great time but admitedly we missed Brodie - he didn't miss us though he has too much fun with granny - he slept through the night, drank all his milk and was just a model baby - she has a calming effect on him and i like the way she speaks to him - I think it helps when we all share similar parenting techniques - thank goodness for that otherwise that would be another hurdle to overcome - I'm very thankful for my IL's - they've helped us out in a couple of situations - they are a little odd when it comes to money but I can turn a blind eye to that as they are really nice people and just adore Brodie and their family - and i know they like me also - which obviously helps :) - bugger i hope i don't have a fight with her now :doh: - paranoia is kicking in.....
It's raining cats and dogs here today, i have an house inspection to do at 1pm and have my hopes up that DH will be home by then - I've got my fingers crossed something will come this weekend - we are looking at a house tommorow also - I'm very interested in that one but it's $20 out of the budget (I will find the money if I have too...) - so here's hoping we have some luck and that we don't have another interest rise....
does anyone have any tried and tested remedies for dry/excema like skin?? Brodie has come up in the worst rash on his face and it's starting to appear on his shoulders also - I HATE WINTER!!! - I know that it is weather/heater related - this house is so cold and i have the heater on all night in his room so I'm thinking that the air may be a little dry - I DON'T KNOW :doh: this is when I really question my mothering skills.....just want him to feel all nice and supple (sp??) not all scaley like a lizard.
Well anyway gotta run - have a nice day all - talk soon
BBL
Dianna, ask Laura about the excema stuff she had. Clarrie gets a little dry skin around his eyebrows and ears and cheeks and I just put sorbolene cream on it as its not too bad. Also, we had been putting a pot of water on the fire to try to keep the air a little moister in the house. But haven't been doing this lately as we've had some rain (but not enough!!). And we all get these sorts of things happening! It's not a reflection on your mothering skills at all!!
Fingers crossed about the house!
Thanks for all your replies about leaving bubs with someone else. I think it is probably a little bit of 'first baby' paranoia. Anyway, we have avoided the issue for now as John is going to stay home.
So good to hear that Imogen had a good sleep last night. Clarrie, likewise. Lisa, hope Kobi is better soon. :(
The little man is awake now :)
cheers, Julie
Hi girls!
Dianna, I heat our bedroom (well on and off) and it gets very dry in there. Miles' cheeks get a bit scaly, I have this baby balm which is nothing more than olive oil and castor oil hardened into a cake. I just rub a bit of that on him. Julie's suggestion of Sorbolene sounds a good one. Good luck with your house-hunting today.
Well the Miles sleep saga continues. We had just got the perfect conditions for him worked out in the hammock (how much bedding, how cold to have the room etc) and now he's in the cot we are back to scratch. He has been too cold (wakes), too hot (wakes), able to move his arms (wakes). Arrggghh! So now I'm resorting to sort of swaddling him - I know this isn't a long-term solution but I need some sleep!
hi guys!
well WE HAVE TEETH!!!!!
so exciting!!! two little toothipegs have broken through the skin. which is explaining all the crying this morning. Luxxe was doing the high pitched pain crying like Kobi....and has been SUPER clingy and not herself.
I gave her some rescue remedy and she totally chilled out and has been hapily playing for the last few hours.
Di- Luxxe has eczema, but it was the more oozy type... not dry.
BUT I know that there is a homeopathic remedy for dry type eczema too... However, if it's just dry skin,not eczema, then maybe a vitamin E cream might help. If it's bad though... maybe get it checked out... the naturopath made up a cream that is a base of vitamin E cream with calendula and chickweed for Luxxe. it's great - I use it on my hands too.
I'm SPEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at the moment because I just took my new trousers out of the wash and my lovely black trousers are all covered in FLUFF!!!!!!!!
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I don't understand how though...I have a front loader and I didn't put anything else in there other than a black top....so now I have to de-fluff everything. PLUS it was the hand wash cycle... so it should have been relaly gentle.
b@stard contraption.
caught up with the mum's from mother's group yesterday. I was driving home from the shops and felt like a nice cup of tea so pulled over and sms'd them and everyone came along to this relaly cute little cafe called the phoenix and the turtle.Cute huh? it was a really lovely arvo! and I bought luxxe a little squeaky toy. it's a little lamb. She loves it!! keeps giggling when she squeezes it !
well Luxxe has cracked it, so I guess it's nap time!
xxx
L
Aw, what a big girl Luxxe is, having toothie pegs!
Waaaaah I want my baby to get teeth :)
i want toothie pegs too...poor bubba all this suffering and no teeth
having said that - yay for Luxxe being a big girl and getting teeth :)
might have to call my naturopath and see what she can mix up...i went and saw the gp re: the skin issue and like usual they want to give the kid steroids to fix the problem...and even that isn't working (i gave in and bought them the other day and it's done NOTHING):boohoo:
Congrats, Luxxe, on your little teeth! Good on you for using the rescue remedy, Laura - I keep forgetting to use it for things like this.
Have a good weekend all!
Julie xx
OMG Jillian that is HUGE news! Go little ex-lumpling Immy! :confetti:
Hi !
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for Immy and crawling!!! that is so cool!!!! I can't wait for Luxxe to get mobile... but I have feeling it won't be for a few months yet.
In quick other news ..... I got my hair cut today! not quite a mohawk... but close :)
check out pics on the blog. there are also a few of Luxxe being funny!
Have a great weekend everyone!
xxx
L
laura you and luxxe look so coooooooooooolllllllllll - just been admiring you both on your blog - nice hair - looks really good suits you - i love rock star hair
PS - Luxxe looks like a daughter of a rock star too - i love her hot pink kisses shirt :D
Hey guys,
How are you??? Have to be quick, DH bought me a suprise off ebay (although i worked out it was one of those nice leather glider chairs & footrests), so we are off to pick it up
Congrats on everyones teeth - how exciting!
DAs is through the gum and slowly getting bigger
Also, for the last week he has also been comanda crawling - made it all the way across the living room and to a microwave that was on the floor (is broken and i was waiting to get my dad to fix it), and managed to get the door open and was playing with it by the time i got back fromt he toilet - my kid is going to be a holy terror!! He tries to swim on the carpet and propels himself over to what he wants.... I am terrified that i have to start babyproofing the house really well - how can he be doing that at 6 months???
Yah for imogen comando crawling also! Maybe this will get some weight off her :) - but she is so cute chuby!
Anyway, must run - have a splitting headache and need nurofen... DA woke up at 12, 4, 5, 7 & 7.30 last night...
I've been reading the no-cry sleep solution - it looks really good and can't wait to finish it so we can implement it
Although i think he was very distrupted cos we went out yesterday during the day and he didn't get a lot of sleep (like 2 hours in the whole day in 3 sleeps - even he normally gets more than that), and i do notice the less he gets during the day, the less he gets during the night - not that that makes much sense but anyhoo!
Also, i'm not giving him farex cos i'm worried about him getting alergies - just lots of vegies, some apple&pear for lunch (i did give him natural yoghurt like 7 times but yesterda he got a rash so i'm giving that a miss for a while to see if that was it) - but somebody at synagoge yesterday implied he needed extra iron (i was like i'm breastfeeding (she bottlefeeds), so i don't think i have to worry about that - do i???), and that he needs more bulk that just veggies - is that true???
Also, some old lady gave him a buiscuit, so thats the last time i let other people hold him when i'm not watching - at least my MIL had the sense to take it away from him straight away!
Oh, and the other exciting news - my health fund will cover the botox for my bum lift :), so now i just have to decide if thats what i want to do!
Have been taking metamucil (but not the horror gel) 2 - 4 times a day, has been better with only 1 bleeding episode, but i also feel as soon as i miss a day for some reason it mjust flares back up and is only masking the fissure!
Gosh i wish i knew what to do!
Anyway, must run, will be back later to write lots of personals and fill you guys in about everything else
Yael
Hi all!
Laura, love your rocker hair cut and yes, Luxxe does look the part in that red ensemble! Very cute.
Yael, firstly a huge YAY on DA's commando crawling! Wow we've got some precocious bubs in this here thread! Another YAY on being so positive about that sleep solution book (if it works for you you must share with me - Miles is an awful sleeper too :) ). Another YAY on having botox covered, even if you haven't decided what to do yet. Glad to hear that the Metamucil is helping, maybe you'll heal without any other intervention? Ooh look forward to hearing how your snazzy new chair goes!
No news from here, actually a bit upset as one of the 'due in March' girls had a blighted ovum. I remember we lost one person from our original 'due in Jan' thread, so hopefully there is no more bad news (I am paranoid about me TBH, what with zero symptoms).
Dianna, you slacker you, update your website with pics of Brodie!!
LOL - Sal - Ok I'll get to it...i need to take some photo's first :rolleyes:
hi all,
DH had to rush home from work on friday arvo - to take me to an emergancy dentist appointment to have one of my wisdom teeth pulled. i was in such agony untill the dentist pulled it! so now i got a hole in my head and have to be careful not to chew my food on the left side of my mouth. unfortunately we had to borrow money from my parents to pay for it though, as we had just spent all our FTB on new glasses for DH and paying all our bills on the thursday - talk about bad timing.
one of the women i met from playgroup had a premmie on the weekend, which died on the same day it was born. it is so sad, i cann't begin to imagine how much her heart is breaking. i don't know her very well (only met her twice) but i sent her an email with my condolences and prayers for her angel - you don't think that was inappropriate do you?
when something like this happens it really makes me realise how lucky i am to have never sufferred like this.
Hi Misty, it is never inappropriate to reach out to someone in pain, that woman will surely appreciate you thinking of her and sending condolences. I cannot imagine the grief she is going through. Bummer on having a big bill for wisdom teeth. I got all mine out at age 21 and remember having the holes in the mouth. Good excuse to eat icecream!
Hi All,
I know I will have missed bits so I apologise in advance.
Jillian - Yay on Immy crawling!! That is so exciting. Kobi is no where near it lol. Well thats probably a blessing in disguise cos I am not ready.
Yael - Yay for DA crawling too. Wow these babies are really growing up sooo fast!
Good news about the botox being covered.
Laura- Hooray for Luxxe having some teeth. I really want Kobi to get hers through but nothing as yet. Oh I am going to go check your blog out too. I wanna see your hair!!!
I havent been in here for a few days. It's been a very busy weekend!!! Actually I have been flat out since Thursday really. Usually I turn the computer on in the morning and am up and down with it all day...but the past 3 or 4 days I have hardly been near it. I feel like I havent typed for weeks lol.
Nothing major though that I have been up to..just general stuff. Dh played his final game of footy on Sarurday (they are now in the finals). They went through the whole season undefeated!! They didnt lose one single game..how good is that!!!! So now they have a week off and then they play 3 finals games..providing they keep winning..cos then they get into the Grand Final. I am very excited. Big change from earlier in the year hey lol. Oh well..I am happy for him cos he wants a premiership very badly.
We had a couple of things down at the club over the weekend and had ppl over for dinner on Sat and Sunday night. So it's been a bit full on.
Kobi is waaaaaay out of routine and her sleeping is crud at the moment so we have to start CC for a few days again. It's hard cos I know she has a bit of a sniffle...I just don't know if its teething related or cold related or what. So I am a bit hesitant to CC. Oh well. We will see how she goes tonight.
I think I have put on weight :( I am eating so much crap so it's to be expected I know..it's still depressing. I want to be able to go to the gym but I don't have any bloody time! I am not going to push myself for the sake of a bit of weight loss. I am going to start doing some tapes at home so I dont have to worry about the time factor and can do it when Dh gets home or when Kobi sleeps.
Hmmm there really isnt much else to tell. Sorry that in my absence I havent come up with anything interesting to tell lol
Ok I am going to go watch Gray's Anatomy now.
See you all soon :)
Oh I forgot..one exciting thing...
Has anyone been watching Aussie Idol??
DH's friend is in it this year. Ricky Muscat from Melbourne. He is really good and we are going to vote for him when it gets to the voting rounds for sure (he gets through to the top 24)
GO RICKY GO RICKY GO RICKY
Hi all,
Had a lovely, relaxed weekend down in Adelaide - went for a walk on the beach and Clarrie saw the sea for the first time. Then we went to Ikea! Then had curries for tea and Sunday morning we headed back home. It was great to catch up with my friend, Coral and her husband and daughter who's 3.
Wow - some crawlers already!!! Good on you, Imogen. On the move!!!
Misty, feeling for you with the tooth extraction. :( I will have to go to the dentist soon for a crown (have had a temporary one for ages) but am putting it off. Yuck.
Laura - great hair!
Sorry Lisa - don't watch Aust. Idol! Hope Kobi sleeps well tonight.
After all the talk of excema, Clarrie seems to have a little bit, mainly around the nappy area but a bit near his ear as well. Until I saw the ear one I thought it might be the laundry detergent causing it (i.e. the cloth nappy). He had been sick a few times on Saturday so on Sunday we decided not to give him any solids. And then the same today after discovering the excema. I read that sometimes too many different solids can cause it.. So we'll give it a few days and see if it clears up. I feel awful not feeding him solids!!! How the excema going for Luxxe and Brodie?
Well, hi to everyone else - Sal, Jillian and all the beautiful bubs. Off to bed to read for a bit (The Secret River by Kate Grenville- excellent book!)
And Sal, don't worry about no symptoms for your pregnancy - I had hardly any at all. I'm sure it will be absolutely fine and you'll end up with another gorgeous child at the end of it :)
cheers, Julie
Hi all!
Lisa, I hear you on the weight gain. I have started to put weight on (being pg I suppose I can't complain) but my whole tummy has gone to a new level of undulating blubberiness, it is quite off-putting. I didn't 'enjoy' pg last time and I won't this time, especially as I'm going to be even more lardy. Ah but getting a gorgeous bub at the end will make it worthwhile. And then I'll hit the gym (yeah....riiiiiiigggghhhhht ;) )
Julie, your w/end at Adelaide sounds fantastic. Yummo at the curry (sorry I'm going to become food obsessed, just like last pg - Laura DON'T MENTION CHIPS!!). How did Clarrie like the sea?
OK yesterday I was a train wreck, Miles had a shocker of a night on Sunday, last night was better although he needed a feed at 3.00am (what a nice time of morning!).
Ooh got my Ergo sling yesterday! Julie it is just fantastic! The hip-wearing is just great, I put it on and went for a walk to the park, it was great. Then I tried him in on my back, he loved it! Am so annoyed for having bought the Baby Bjorn, they are just cr@p (a bit harsh, it's just that it didn't suit Miles or me or DH for that matter).
Yael and Jillian - some pics of your commando crawling bubs are called for! Not that I don't doubt your claims :)