Babies Born in January 2006 #6

Morning Everyone,

I have not been around the past few days. Just been having some issues.

Kobi is getting better so thats one good thing. She is going through a bit of a sooky clingy phase but we are getting through it. Surprise surprise her sleeping is down the gurgler again. Thanks to her getting sick she is back to old tricks. So now I just do what I need to do to get through each night.

She is sitting up really well now so I am pleased about that. She spends alot of time sitting now. She also did something really cute yesterday. She was eating a rusk and i went up to her and opened my mouth and said "Ahhhh some for mum" and you know what she did??? She took it out of her mouth and put it in mine with a huge grin on her face. She shared!!!! She does it all the time now. Its absolutely adorable.

I went to the ACU (australian catholic university) open day on Sunday. I came away depressed!!!! The course itself looks unreal. But very very involved. But the lecture was absolutely chocca block with ppl so it looks like about 400 or more will apply for a course that has 40 places :(
Also when talking to the lecturer afterwards it looks like they will not even bother looking at my application. They said that with mature age students they tend to take those with uni degrees first, then partial degrees and then go on to the tafe degrees. But usually by the time they get to those applications...they have got their quota so they don't go any further. So basically with me having no other education..I am not even going to be given a chance. It actually makes me angry becuase thats discrimination but what can I do???
Anyway I came away from the open day feeling deflated. Also becuase they had ladies there with a stall talking about the STAT and she was saying how hard it is and how it is very difficult to get over 90% in the STAT (which is what I need to get in to this course) She said to get over 90% in the STAT is like the equivalent of getting a 99 TER (high school score) So I feel pretty annoyed now. It's like all the things I have been told is crap.
I am still applying to the courses though and I dont care. It's worth a shot becuase how do I know if i don't try right! But I am aware that its going to be slim. I will just have to study other things in the meantime.

Julie - Like you, they have changed all their stories on me and I am officially confused. It's ****ed me off but I am applying and going with the theory that whatever will be will be. I am also more afraid of the actual application process rather than the course! I have been told to make sure I draft my application first and then make sure when i apply I have heaps of time to myself. Just put all of my focus on that one thing at that time.
I hope that you sort out your course soon and hope that you can figure it all out.

Well in other news DH and I almost split up last week! Things are still a bit sketchy but hopefully they will all go ok. I just hit the roof last week cos he told me he was most likely not going to Tyra's school concert and he wasnt going to be attending my Mothers surprise 50th I am organising becuase he had football committments and that he needed to put that first! Now I realise they are in the finals but I dont give a toss. I am his wife and his kids and me should come first. So I let him have it. It is not just that one comment though. It is stuff that has accumulated since we began dating. Football has always come first and he really needs to sort that stuff out and get his priorities right. I am also sick to death of having to speak to him before I spend a cent and yet he can buy whatever he wants whenever he wants. He admitted that he feels that is ok becuase he is the breadwinner and I stay home with the girls. So he has more right to the money than me. And that will change when I work full time!! I know I know ladies!!!
I told him that he is totally un realistic and ridiculous and that either all that stuff has to change or I am out the door. We argue over these issues constantly and we have done for the past 7 years. I feel frustrated that if he cannot learn and these issues keep repeating after 7 years....then when will they ever get better if they will ever get better at all. I told him I cannot keep him afloat in this relationship anymore and that he has to start being an equal part or he cant be in it! There is much more to it but we would be here for a week.
I am not interested in being the kind of woman who says "This is the last time" about 500 times. I am saying it once and thats it. I told him it cannot happen again and I cannot do this one more time. I am too tired to keep doing it.
So he knows things have to get better or our marriage is over.
Things are ok for now...so we will just see how it goes. This time he has to make a conscious effort to help and compromise otherwise he looses us.
Dont get me wrong..I am not saying I am perfection and he has to change himself..he just needs to stop and re assess his priorities and put me and the girls before himself and footy. He is not a bad person either. Dont let me paint that picture. A huge part of why he is like he is is due to his upbringing. I am just refusing to let that be his excuse now. He is 28 years old and can learn!
He doesnt want to lose me or the girls and so he said he is committed to making it work.

Ok I better go cos I am going to pass out from needing to eat.

Enjoy your day and I am sorry for a selfish post.

I hope everyone is ok and that all babes are healthy and happy.

Lisa, firstly YAY on Kobi doing a lot of sitting and also how gorgeous that she shares her rusk with you!

I'm glad you are not going to be cowed out of applying for that uni course. That is a load of cr@p (STAT 90% = TER 99%) that is just not possible.

I hope you and your DH work through those issues. I just want to put in one little grrrrr at him thinking he can spend on whatever he wants but you have to submit forms in triplicate to spend a cent. That is not fair, and doesn't help with building a fair marriage relationship. That issue, plus the not putting you and the kids first, is something that really does need to change. I hope he realises how important they are to you.

OK gotta go, I too am about to pass out from needing to eat (pregnancy, what can you do other than eat all day :rolleyes: ).

Congrats Sal on passing the 12week window :)

Well what can I say?? I have had a crappy couple of days emotionally - Brodie is doing OK and I am not going to get upset with him anymore at this point as I have come to the realisation that life is just far to short to be upset and being a baby is a yukky time for them - lucky they don't remember too much if any.

I received a phone call last Saturday from my Doctors asking me to come back in to see my doc - this is the phone call that most of us dread - i had, had a full blood count down on the Monday before as I have been feeling so poorly for such a long time that I thought it was time to have it investigated.

Unfortunately i have been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism- my thyroid is running 3 times slower than it should be- i nearly fell off the chair when they gave me the news.

I have put on 12kgs since having Brodie and have been really conscious (sp??) of what I have been eating and doing and this has been getting me down - NOW I KNOW WHY!!!

My sister was diagnosed with Graves/Hyperthyroidism after the birth of her first child and it seems that I have the flick of the coin of the same disease as her - thank God she has now overcome this dreaded feeling and is giving me hope to stay positive - however our symptoms as similar as they may be are still quite different - she lost 45kgs in 10weeks after child birth and her weight got down to 45kgs - this depressed her however society places so much pressure on us to be slim that I can now see the benefits of having that version of this disgusting disease, putting on weight is very rarely something people aspire too.

There are many other complications with this disease that i have started to research and the penny has finally dropped - i have felt like this for many many years however it has taken a birth to finally register with my bloods - the thyroid works in a crazy way but I am not going to bore you all with symptoms etc.

I am trying to stay positive as difficult as this may be - besides weight gain the main consequence of Hypo is depression and fatigue which I am fighting against - i am trying to stay strong but as you can well imagine - NO ONE WANTS TO BE SICK and least of all when you have a young child.

I have started my medication already and have to go back to the doctors in 6 weeks for another blood test hopefully this will show some changes...fingers crossed that the medication works and that i am on the correct meds as that is another story in itself - sometimes it can take many years to regulate the hormones and the medication is more a trial and error situation....

on a happier note - we have found a HOUSE - finally - we are moving in on the 2nd September so i have to start packing NOW - but need to find some boxes first :) - oh well if it doesn't rain it poors.

sorry for the selfish post just needed to get that off my chest - i can't believe my rotten luck but I refuse to give into this dreaded disease - wish me luck on my journey.....

Dianna, YAY on finding a house!

Thank goodness you have been diagnosed (though I am very sorry to hear that you have this disease). Putting on weight when you are looking after what you eat must be depressing, and BJ's difficult spell must be many times harder for you when your body is running well below the level it should. My closest friend has the same thing. Luckily her meds have stabilised it and she lives a normal life (I think pg becomes higher risk with hypo though - sorry to scare you, though I'm sure you've been reading about this). I hope you are lucky and your meds just work immediately for you. No wonder you've been feeling poorly; it must be a relief (in a way) to find there is definitely something wrong with you. Sorry that comes out wrong, I hope you know what I intended :)

Sal - I totally agree with you. I think he does realise the importance and value of changing those thought processes because otherwise he will be single!
Hey do you know anything about Student Learning entitlement and what it is?
I have to apply this month (well am going to apply..have til the end of Sep) and need to choose whether I am CSP (supported place) or full fee (which I still get hecs for if I apply) Thinking of the CSP option but it goes on about SLE and I dont really get it. Thought I would ask you before I call them myself.

Di - Yay on the house!! Also I am glad you have some answers on what is going on within you. I am sorry to hear that you are going through it all and that you have to be on the meds...but I really do hope they are the right ones and you start to feel better asap. Big hugs to you.

My head is about to explode trying to find all the courses I want to apply for and putting them in preferencial order!
I so can't wait til the application is done with and all I have to do it wait. It's going to do my head in lol.
I am applying for a few TAFE courses too as back up that are related to the future goal so I can work towards it failing getting in to the actual course. Heres hoping I dont need to accept them though.

Have decided to put VU as my first preference..and thats as far as I have gotten lol.

Oh well..wish me luck. Finishing it off this week!!

Lisa, glad that your DH does realise!

Re the SLE, it is just a limit on how much commonwealth support you can get for studying in your lifetime. It is 7 years of full-time (or equivalent) study. Basically it is there to stop people being perpetual students on the government's tab. So you wouldn't have to worry about that until you start your third degree LOL. As to full fee, places that are full fee cost a HEAP more than CSP places, or that's my understanding. Even if you get HECS it will cost you more (but you need to check this, I could well be wrong).

Sal - No you are right re the full fee. It means a course will go from $12,000 as a csp to at least $33,000!! So that is not an option.
At least I know the SLE is something I have no need to concern myself over.
If I do 7 years of uni study I will probably kill myself anyway lol. Nah at most uni study wise I am probably going to do 4.5 - 5 if I do nursing along with midwifery.
Anything else I will do through TAFE (pre uni only) and foot the bill myself.
I am only interested in studying the nursing/midwifery at uni anyway.
That helped and made me feel better anyway. Now I know which code to use when applying!! Phew! Thanks. :)

Oh and for those that watch AUSSIE IDOL...please vote for Ricky Muscat when it comes time to vote. Me and DH know him and we want him to do really well!!!

Puh - leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease :)

hi guys!

boy oh boy.... we have all been in the wars lately haven't we :(

Lisa - sorry to hear about your Dh troubles. it's so hard being a wife ... but it is also hard being the Dh/bread winner.

DH and I had a big talk about our new roles and how we feel about them and what we need from each other now in order to maintain happy healthy family a few months back.

seriously we sat down and wrote stuff down.

WE weren't coming from a place of anger though... just realising that things had changed and that things could very easily get to a point where we were isolating ourselves from each other.... IYKWIM.

maybe you can try something like that.

the modern family is a tough thing to get right. As many pressures and responsibilities that we have as SAHM's our dh's have lots of pressure too.

Di- glad you found a house!!!! Yay!!!
sorry about the thyroid thing. but like the others said, at least now you can get your health back in order and feel good and healthy and stuff...

My friend had twins today! a boy and girl. Gabriel and Sophia! I'm so unbelieivably clucky you have no idea!

well - I have so much stuff going on I guess I'd better get back to it.

xxx
L

Just a real quick one - Lisa, I know what you mean about doing your head in with all the information about courses, prioritising, applications, and the ACRONYMS!!! OMG. I've been trawling through things tonight and am fed up with the computer. Keep on being positive about doing midwifery and you'll get there. :)

:eek: The whole man/woman thing! Sometimes it is so hard when it seems like men and women do look at many things so differently. Sounds like your DH is listening to you, Lisa - hope things go well over the next few weeks.

Laura, that sounds very wise to sit down and seriously discuss roles. It gets things pretty clear. We've sort of done that but not in a formal, write-it-down way so I might suggest doing that as well.

Hey, Jillian - good to hear from you!

Oh, gotta go as Clarrie is waking a bit tonight.

Dianna - so happy for you that you found a house and a big hug for you and Brodie. So much going on for you at the moment. Hope you can find a little peace for yourself amongst all the packing and time to digest the news about your health.

Sal, take it easy (hard when Miles is around, no doubt!!). Glad to hear the scan was all okay.

Julie xx

Morning All,

Just got back from the gym. Kobi is in bed (timed it well today) and am having a late breaky and a cuppa and doing my daily computer tasks.
It was just my assessment today but was good. Very thorough and so now I will know if I am losing weight and inches quite easily cos he weighed me and measured and but also did these pinch tests and bike tests and stuff. I only have 4 kilos to lose til I am at my pre pg weight and thats a weight I am more than happy with. So thats good. I actually thought it would be more like 7 or 8. But I want to gain strength and tone as well as just weight loss. I reckon in 3 months I will be well ahead of my goal!! (heres hoping) I want to be looking good for the trip in November.
Kobi was good in the creche. She was being cuddled when I left and was still being cuddled when I went back lol. They said she was good so at least now I can cope knowing she can! I think she loved all the kids and noise and stuff going on. I think I need to look into a playgroup now. Just a couple of hours a week of interaction with some other kids. It will be good for both of us.

Julie - I hear you on being sick of the computer. Phew am I ever. I think I am taking it all too seriously. I mean I know it's all vital and important but I think me being a perfectionist means I am stressing over every little detail. I think I just need to bite the bullet and get it over with then forget it.
Have my course tonight so I will get some time out from it all as well. Oh I have to do those meditations for you too. Its just simple stuff so will do that ASAP. Sorry I havent done it yet. You asked how the reading went. It went well. I was there for a few hours. It was more playing around with the cards but it was good. Very relevant stuff came out and we chatted for ages. She gave me a little gift as a thank you and it was a gorgeous little angel with wings. Have you seen those faceless angels in the gift shops?? It's one like that. It's beautiful.

Laura - We have done the discussion thing on and off for so long it just hasnt seemed to sink in. I think this last time he has realised that its very important and things cannot keep slipping cos I no longer have the energy to pick them up again. He said he is committed to making it work..as am I..so lets just see how it goes. But your idea made me think that I should write a list myself of what I need and want out of him/the relationship so that we can work out what is realistic and whats not y/k. Thanks for the suggestion and advice :)
Dont get me wrong..I know he works hard and I am not perfect..it's just that there are too many flaws that keep re-surfacing and he previously was not phased about letting them slip and go back to the old ways. He heard me but didn't listen and still stayed stuck in his ways yet expected me to comporomise. So now I am standing in my power saying...NO...fix your stuff or I am not dealing with it. But I think it's going to be ok.

Ladies please tell me I am not the only one still lacking motivation towards the housework?? I am getting worse I reckon. I get so frustrated it's messy and stuff yet dont have the gusto to get it done. Though it's funny. I tend to have my energy bursts late avo early evening. Why cant I have them between 10 and 12 so the house is clean then lol.

Ok well better go do something.

Have a good day.

hi Lisa, yeah, I reckon that now is the time to stop thinking about being a perfectionist! If you try to keep that up you'll wear yourself out!! That's just my 2c worth. I think it's easy to try that when you're studying without a family, other commitments, and A LIFE! :)

I know those faceless angels and they're gorgeous. Glad to hear the reading went well. I'm a bit of a sucker for those angel cards. Thanks for the meditations. :hug: I'll let you know how I go with them.

Well, I'm with you on the housework front. I do the bare minimum.

cheers, Julie xx

hey dudes :p


I was just wondering if anyone had been feeding their babe Quinoa? (pronouced Keen-Wah apparently)

I found a recipe for millet, quinoa and mashed banana porridge in my baby food book called "boost your child's immunity" - great book BTW. heaps of recipes and ideas.

Anyway - i haven't been able to find any millet ANYWHERE!!!! apparently there is a shortage and no one has any....but i'm still looking. I did find some quinoa though. It looks kinda like cous cous but when you cook it it goes flat and has a little tail that looks like a 'c'.

I googled it this morning, coz I was making the quinoa and banana porridge and I thought I should know a bit more about this grain I'd never seen or heard of before...turns out its some kind of super food.

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The annual plant is one to two metres high with large seed clusters at the end of the stalk, similar to millet. In fact, the most popular strain of Quinoa is pale yellow in appearance, and does resemble millet in colour and size, although quinoa is more flattened than spherical.

So far as its food value is concerned, one researcher has said, “ while no single food can supply all of the essential life-sustaining nutrients, it (quinoa) comes as close as any other in the vegetable or animal kingdoms.” It contains more protein than any other grain: an average of 16.2 %, compared with 7.5 % for rice, 9.9 % for millet, 8.2 % for barley, and 14 % for wheat. It has a good balance of the amino acids that make up the protein and is high in lycine, an amino acid not overly abundant in the vegetarian diet.

Quinoa is easy to cook, and like rice, blends well with other grains or whole-grain pilafs. The cooked consistency is light, with a texture resembling caviar.

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I didn't even know it existed!!! but i reckon that i'll be using it more. Luxxe didn't seem very interested in her breakfast... but food doesn't seem to interest her at the best of times... so i ate it and it was delicious!! is it bad to eat your babies food?

anyway- i thought i'd share... in case anyone else hadn't heard of it and wanted to try the most complete food known to man.


xxx
L

Hi,

Just a quick update on Jo and Brigid.

Brigid has bronchiolitis, and is getter better now, but stopped breathing earlier in the week.
Jo had to administer CPR, and Bridie had her first (and hopefully only) ambulance ride.

I don't know whether she stayed in or any further details, but she is at home now and doing well.


Also to Sal, goodbye & I will miss having u around on BB

Hey Girls

Did you know that Sal has left the site?? - Did I miss something in my stunned mullet world??

Hey RayRay send my hello's to Jo and Bridie - I'm sorry to hear Bridie hasn't been well :(

Yeh, Sal, WE MISS YOU ALREADY! :( The place won't be the same without you.

Jillian, good to hear that all is going well and that Imogen is enjoying the solids.

Laura, I've heard of the quinoa but haven't bought it. I think it's criminal for someone to eat their baby's food!! - LOL! I finish off Clarrie's food all the time. Can't have good food going to waste :) Sounds like I should be eating the quinoa. I've been feeling a bit cr*p the last few days. So tired and cr*p that I even ordered some of that In-liven stuff from the health food store that everyone on BB has been raving about. It should be in next week.... Perhaps the quinoa would have been cheaper... :p

Dianna, how's the meds going? Hope you're feeling a difference in the not too distant future.

Lisa, forgot to say that the gym stuff sounds good, especially the creche! We look forward to a progress report.

Gee, that is a pretty horrible experience for Bridie and Jo. Glad to hear that Bridie is doing okay and hope Jo has got over the shock of having to do CPR. That is one thing that you always hope you don't have to do on your child, but are so glad that you know it if you do.

Have a good weekend everyone, cheers, Julie xx

Bugger I hope Jo and Brig are ok. Wow that would have been a very scary experience. Please pass on my best wishes to them.

I didnt know Sal had gone either. I am tearing up here :( I really am going to miss her. How did I miss this major development.
Well I dont know if she will see this or not but just in case..

Sal- I will really miss you here. You are always full of great advice and wonderful to chat to. Thank you so much for all of the advice and for listening and being so supportive of me since I joined the group. I will really miss you and I wish you and Miles all the best. Good luck with the rest of the pregnancy and I hope that everything goes fabulously with the new baby. xoxo

Ok I am a bit sad now so running of to avoid the emotion.

Have a good weekend ladies.

WOW!!

what's going on ??

What happened to make Sal go? is it a secret? is she ok?

SAL WE'LL MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Julie - in my search for millet and other wholesome baby friendly grain, I came across in-liven. I've beenreading the posts from the ladies that are aking it.... sounds pretty good.... the jar I saw was $59 is that the usual price?? coz yes.... quinoa would have been cheaper....I got it for about $6/kg :)

DH has been making fun of me coz I'm apparently turning into a hippy. I told him he should be so lucky to have me looking around trying to find us healthy organic foods to eat. he made a few jokes about my growing mung beans.... and I said if he wasn't nice, he wasn't allowed to eat any. So yes, i'm growing mung bean sprouts and a variety of other sprouts too. I haven't grown sprouts since I was a kid.... I forgot how tasty and easy it was..... plus I found a recipe for puree sprouts for babies. sounds like it could be gross.... but seeing as a certain baby doesn't want to eat anything else.... i'm trying everything.

speaking of tired..... i'm so freaking exhausted. Luxxe is waking every hour or so again like when her teeth came through... looks like her top teeth aren't far off.


well i hope everyone is having a good weekend.

xxx
L

WOO HOO!!! - Brodie has TEETH!!! - well atleast 1 anyway - it is the bottom tooth at the front and one next to it is literally days away - I can see it right under the gum.

We made an agreement (that's Brodie and I) that if he grows some teeth we can use them as a gift for father's day - this way we won't need to go shopping!! - BJ hates the shops - the only one he likes and this is just my luck - is the Butcher -( I'm border line vego and have to hold my breath when i go into the butchers and here's BJ waving and smiling at everyone - LOL - funny kid I've got here....)

anyway - hope everyone had lovely weekends - back to the packing I go....

seeya

Hi all,

Laura - Sal has left a message in the Messages for other Members bit (somewhere down the bottom of the list of forums). She's okay, and it was nothing to do with our fabulous January babies group - of course!! :)

I hope that Luxxe's top teeth come through soon for your sake! The thing about me feeling so yucky doesn't seem to be lack of sleep. But maybe the quality of sleep. Anyway, hope that you get some good sleep soon, Laura. This sleep thing sounds endless - my friend with a nearly 4 year old daughter was talking about her broken sleep. Oh well......

Yeah, sounds like the quinoa would have been cheaper. The health food store said about $59 for the in-liven. I thought I would give it a go as everyone is raving so much about it. I'm not usually that keen on those 'one-stop quick fix' type things - but I do take a multivitamin so I guess that fits into that category anyway. I think I've just hit some sort of 7 month slump. I'll let you know how it goes. The sprouts sound good, I haven't done them for years either! Laura, I always thought you seemed the hippy type anyway :p Let us know how the pureed sprouts go - sounds disgusting. LOL.

Dianna, so glad Brodie's got a tooth through at last. Eek! that would be my worst nightmare if Clarrie loved the butchers. Actually we never go there, anyway, so we should be safe!!! (being vego).

Good luck with the packing! I've suddenly been spurred on to do a big clean up and get rid of some dust collectors, things I've been hoarding, etc. Wish me luck for actually getting rid of a pile of stuff and not just the pathetic 1 or 2 little things that I usually end up with. Hehehe.

Hi All

Sorry I have not been around but I have been sick, morn sick. We had the u/s and all is good. I am 7 weeks.

Declan has now cut 2 teeth and Rylee's are any day now. They are both talking and great babies.

Tam, so glad the u/s showed everything ticking along nicely! Hope the morning sickness eases though :(

Congrats Tam!!! that's great news!


DI - Yay for brodie's teeth!

Julie - I like to think of myself as an urban hippie :) the 'sprouted salad puree' actually doesn't sound as gross as I first thought... ok maybe the idea has just grown on me... but it's a tablespoon of mixed sprouts and half a small avocado. IT says to puree the sprouts first and then puree with the avocado and serve immediately.

this will provide a baby food jammed packed with anti-oxidants, vit E, protein etc.

despite all the running around i've been doing making sure Luxxe has all organic produce and grains and organic everything.... she still doesn't seem very interested in food. mostly she just screws her face up like i'm feeding her poison and then gags and hasnow perfected a fake cough....this fake cough is pulled out of her bag of tricks when she is trying to be funny or thinks it will distract me from feeding her. pretty clever... but not clever enough! :p

we had another night of broken sleep. poor little thing... her teeth are really giving her trouble. we had the chamomilla in full use last night.... but ended up using rescue remedy again as it seems to help much quicker. or maybe I wasn't using enough of the chamomilla.

anyway - she's asleep now.... of course... when I want to be taking Dh to work and she's usually awake.....oh well it will be good for her.

hope everyone has a lovely day!

catch you all later

xxx
L

hey Laura your rescue remedy - is it just the normal Bach Flower one - i think you get it in chemists/health food stores etc?? - do you remember if it came in a yellow box??

brodie pulls out the coughing also...cheeky monkey's aren't they

Yay - Tam - Congratz on the US results - sorry to hear about the morning sickness - but you know what they say - morning sickness = healthy pregnancy - sorry I'm just trying to make you feel better :)

Laura, what's happened to your blog? It says it's disabled now? How awful for it. Good luck with the sprout puree. Too bad Luxxe isn't keen on all the organic food you're putting her way. Clarrie is the opposite - he loves his food, but we have had a couple of times where he has stopped the poos for a few days. This is the second time - it's been 3.5 days now. I've been trying all that they say - tummy massages, water, fibre-full veges, stone fruits. We're going to try the prune juice. But I wonder if he overeats? I read somewhere that this may cause constipation. We'll have to keep an eye on things.

Dianna - yes, the rescue remedy is in the yellow container and has a yellow label on the bottle. Great stuff.

Ok, better go and do something else, I guess.

Oh, I think I worked out why i was feeling so horrible - AF has paid a visit today. :eek: Not used to this at all!!

Hello everyone,

Wow you girls are all so good with your organic foods and vego-ness!! I am such a shocker. I give tins and jars or pureed boring vegies. i was better with Tyra but I guess this time round dont have the time/energy.

Kobi is a terrible sleeper once again. Last night it was abour 5 wakeups. I have just decided to go with it for a while and see how she goes. She may work herself out or may need CC later down the track. But for now I am happy to do what she needs. I mean I would love nothing more than a good nights sleep..but I can't face CC right now.

I may be MIA for a few days depending on how good I behave this week! I have to finish off my uni applications and TAFE applications - applying for an array of courses and back up courses-. I have some small essays to write for the applications and want to get started on studying for the STAT I have to sit in October too. i am nervous about that but I know that I will be much better when it's over. It's been a long time since I studied or sat an exam!

At least after all this stuff I have a holiday to look forward too. Can't wait. Just hope that none of my courses require me to have an interview while I am away. I am sure that if they do then I have a good excuse though!!!

Ok I better go. Kobi needs a bum change and then I have to go get Tyra from school.

Oh and speaking of teeth..Kobi still has no signs of any but my big girl has almost lost her first!!! One of her bottom teeth is very loose and she is very excited. It should be out any day now. Wouldnt be surprised if she comes home today or tomorrow from school without it.

Ok have a great day.

hi guys,

Julie - congrats on AF!! I'm still waiting :(
constipation is a worry isn't it. Luxxe was similar. the baby pro biotics really helped.

I turned the blog off... decided that I want to try a different style of blog... thinking of doing music rants and tv rants... still working out the nuts and bolts though...

Di- yes the yellow box is the one.... though the one i'm using ATM is the naturopath's own mixture so it doesn't have any labels. also brauer's has a teething remedy that is meant to be really good. i think Jillian said she used it... i've got a sample size bottle but keep forgetting to use it.

well I just found a pile of Dr visit invoices that i haven't taken to medicare..... Yay!!!! money!

does anyone else have a fighty bitey baby?? Luxxe has been biting me something chronic. yesterday she bit my nipple and i screamed... it hurt SSOOOOOOo much. little bugger drew blood!!

now she wants to bite my fingers.... but she really bites hard and leaves teeth marks and it hurts.
DH reckons i just have to say ouch! really loudly so it scares her and then she'll stop... like when the puppies were little. I'm not sure that babies and puppies are wired the same way though :p


well gotta go cook dinner.... well turn the oven on and put the lasagne in.... made extra last week for easy dinner this week.

xxx
L

Hmmm I have had biting issues for ages now though she doesnt have teeth so thats a bonus. I take her straight off the breast when she bites and make quite a loud noise when she does it. However it hasnt worked. But I have heard it can. I have solutions for stopping the biting when they are older though lol.
I actually find she tries to bite my chin more than anything lol. Though I really do think she is trying to pash me haha. She does kiss me which is mega cute.

I forgot to say to you Julie...congrats (i spose lol) for getting AF. It means that your body is back to normal so to speak. I am still waiting as well.

Laura - You reminded me I really need to organise a website. I want a really easy one that I can easily put photos on. I use photobucket so If I can just use codes from there that would be easier. Any ideas??

Hey Laura

Sorry to harp on the Rescue Remedy - what's the best way to administer it?? - I think you mentioned something about rubbing it on their temples?? or do you just give gorgeous little Luxxe a few drops in the mouth how many, if yes??

I remember using Rescue Remedy on myself - but I could have just about skulled it - LOL.

I have to share a funny story with you all and before I start there is absolutely no racist under tone in this - it's just something i thought was funny

I tool BJ to the docs today - he's started to cough and splatter and was so incredibly miserable yesterday that I thought it was right to get him checked out - anyway the doctor we saw today was an Asian man - BJ couldn't stop laughing at him, everytime he came towards him with a medical instrument he just thought it was the funniest thing - flapping his hands and carrying on - he even grabbed his cheeks with both wet, slobbery hands - admitedly i found this incredibly funny and kind of let him do it - by this point i felt like such a ding dong as here I am telling the Doc how unwell he has been and he pulls out this - funny boy - I'm assuming it's because he hasn't been up close to an Asian person before that he found it humourous - he did something similar with my SIL's boyfriend - he is Moricious (sp??) and quite dark and has this wild afro/golly wog hair - BJ just stares at him and laughs to himself

anyway - just thought I'd share my funny experience - hope you are all well.

I packing like a crazy woman - but I am very much looking forward to moving into my new place - it's just been totally renovated and smells all brand new and it has a lovely garden and an amazingly huge covered deck....get the feeling I like the outdoors?? come on summer - and yes Air Con is included :) - I'm pretty happy.

I went for a drive through the suburb yesterday and it has this sign that is so corny it makes me laugh it says "Jannali/Como - A little bit of country in the Shire" - this is so funny - it's anything but, it's pretty cosmopolitan actually - alot of rich folk building amazing houses on the water front - i'd say it use to be a working class area but in recent times and property boom the area has changed quite significantly - either way I'm just a "scummy" renter - I have to laugh at this - real estate agents have a completely different approach towards you if you're over a certain age and renting....it's amazing the transition in attitude we recieved once agents found out we also own another property - amazingly though the "guy" (and i have to refer to him as this as he is pretty cool and not bad to look at either, maybe a little older than me but not much younger (30ish) I have been dealing with on this property has been fantastic, can't complain yet (fingers crossed never).

Anyway - enough of my rambling, DH has just come home so I suppose I should say hi - he's a pretty fantastic husband - I got lucky :)

talk soon

I have a few minutes while dh watches luxxe...

Di - I give Luxxe one drop on rescue rememdy and three drops to myself :) I still reckon that if think the baby needs some... you probably need some too!

if you can't get it in his mouth for some reason, then you can rub it on his temples or wrists....

if one drop doesn't seem to do anything... wait 10-15 minutes and give another drop.

for yourself.... put the drops under your tongue and let them sit there for a bit


I made luxxe a toy today. very sophisticated!! I cut a hole in the lid of a yoghurt container and then found things that were big enough not to be choking hazards but that still fit in the hole in the lid and showed her how to put them in and take them out. After that I realised I could have just used a tissue box.... oh well... next time.

Lisa - have you tried blogger for you website??

ok - catch you tomorrow

xxx
L

Good luck with the applications, Lisa. You know you can always ask us for any help and we would do our best!!

Brodie sounds like such a cute little bugger, Dianna. :) (hmm, looks awful when you write that, but you know what i mean!!) And isn't that what they always say - take them to the doctor and they'll appear right as rain. LOL re. the 'little bit of country' sign.

Can't help you with the photobucket, Lisa, as I've never used it. Hey, can you email me a pic of Kobi - I'd love to see one!! That heart chakra meditation was excellent, by the way.

Okay, better go. But almost forgot to say that one of Clarrie's top teeth has finally poked through!!

Still no poo, though .... :(

Laura, can't remember who gave me this idea for a toy (hope it wasn't you) but same sort of idea except you sew together heaps of different types of fabric that they can pull out of the tissue box, whatever type of box. Haven't got to this one myself. But I'm in the process of doing a little book with pics of Clarrie and Mummy, Daddy, in the bath, Saffy dog, etc.... I think those sort of personalised things are so cute. Just trying to work out how to cover it so that he doesn't chew it up. We don't have one of those laminators at home.

And Lisa, I am not as good with the foods as Laura is. I've been eating badly myself in the last week and must get my act together. A packet of chocky biscuits in 1 day is NOT the way to go. :eek: LOL.

morning!

Julie- I love the tissue box full on fabric idea... might try to get the sewing machine out today. Lord knows I have enough fabric... I was even thinking of sewing a fabric ball.... tho really i should have done that months ago to be age relevent... oh well.

Lisa - yeah we can help with your apps .... dID you find the practice exams?

Di- did you get to try the rescue remedy? how did it go?

oh - julie, i reckon you can blame the choc biscuits on AF....I know I get the insane munchies and usually for anything chocolate or generally sugar filled or sugar coated :)

well better go get ready... taking dh to work then going to medicare to cash in some Dr bills I found yesterday. Why is it that the crap Dr's bulk bill and the good ones cost an arm and a leg?? over the last month i've taken either Luxxe myself or DH to the Dr or naturopath a million times and it's cost about 10 squillion dollars!!!:eek:

I need better health insurance...and some income.

I've decided that going back to work isn't going to work out to be financially beneficial...bugger. oh well. I'm a bit sad about it but but i guess my important work will be at home.

right going

xxx
L

off to get the rescue remedy today - i need nappies and formula also and a cheque for a million dollars :)

we were meant to go to the physio this morning but Brodie isn't much better and has been coughing all night - i called the physio and she agreed probably not the best thing for him to be doing right now anyway.

My good friend had a baby last Thursday - a gorgeous little boy - so that now makes 3 of us (all close friends, we use to work together) with boys in the same year - we can start a gang LOL - i was just speaking with another girlfriend and she was telling me all her woes, she has a 4.5month old baby boy who is making her work for it - he does the same sort of stuff that Brodie does so I think it makes her feel better to know that she isn't the only one with a cheeky monkey.

I have another friend due in 3.5weeks and she is having a girl - so it should be interesting to see how different she will be....

anyway - i better take advantage of Brodie sleeping and do some more packing - or maybe have breakfast first!!!

ciao for now

PS - Julie - you can refer to Brodie as a "cute bugger" anytime - also CONGRATZ CLARRIE for getting a tooth!!!

Also in regards to the lack of pooing - maybe it is teeth related - BJ got constipated last week when he was cutting his teeth (he now has 2!!!) we had to give him some coloxyl for relief - maybe that's it?? some babies get gastro maybe ours are just different??

Hi all,

Dianna, that's great to have some good friends near you with babes the same age. I have just been thinking about how I really miss my 2 good friends who I met while living in Adelaide. One still lives in Adelaide (about 2 hour drive) and the other has moved further south (about 3.5 hours away). They both have 3 year old daughters now. I've lived up this way for 5 years now and have heaps of friends, but no-one in quite the same league and I am really missing that. I guess that I need to be more pro-active, but then again, those sort of friendships seem to come about without really 'forcing' it, if you know what I mean.

You may be right about the teething and lack of poo. I hadn't thought of that. But we have had 3 today so I'm ecstatic (probably Clarrie is even more so :) )

Laura, look forward to your new blog - you write so well. Your old one was always very entertaining.

I don't think any of the doctors bulk bill up this way. You have to pay the full fee up front. :( We have just signed up for health insurance extras to cover a few things. I have bad teeth, glasses, sore neck, sore hip, etc.... Basically falling apart, so thought I'd better organise something there.

Where were you working before, Laura? Would you go back to the same job? I'm going back :eek: January 10th. 2 days before Clarrie turns 1. I'll have to work on his birthday!! Ooooh, it all sounds so soon.

ciao for now

HI... don't have time to do a catch up... but will be trying to get on more... really!

Me - few girly type problems, kidneys cactus, on steroids and now big and fat. Oh and back at work :(

Bridie - almost crawling but extreemly mobile, saying a word or 2, has been sick of late and even got an ambulence trip to the hospital when she stopped breathing but definately on the mend. She is such a cutie (well I think so) and has chubbed up since I gave up breastfeeding (she was just failing to thrive and even loosing weight). Still wearing some of her 000's, all of her 00's and sometimes I'll put her in an O but it is big and floppy. At 6 months she weighed in at 6.9kg so she is now only just below the 50th%ile... considering she had slipped below the 3rd I am happy. OH and her hair is growing and it is definately red.. well actually a light auban/strawberry blondy red but just so cute. No teeth yet. She sits and can sit up from lying. She rolls, comando crawls and creeps her way around and into everything. She rarely nshuts up the babbling to her self and when she does it usually means that something is going to need cleaning, mending or telling off.

for pics go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shamrockbubba/


as I said will try to pop back in really really soon.

Hope you are all well and bubs, kids and partners (aren't they all just the same thing?) are well too.

Hi Everyone,

Jo - YAY how good it is to see you!!! Hopefully we will hear from you more soon.
Glad to hear Bridieboo is doing so well.

Well I am peeeeeeeeeeeeeved off something chronic. I just went to go and apply online through VTAC and my farkin computer wont show the pop ups so it wont let me proceed. I was going in to see what I needed to have ready so I can apply and get it over with..but nooooooooo it wont work. Frig it all to hell. I give up!!!

I have had the worst day ever. Sorry. I am just really angry and agitated right now. I woke up and didnt even have to get out of bed for it to be the worst day. I woke up to a screaming household. Literally. DH yelling at Tyra, Tyra yelling at DH and Kobi screaming on the loungeroom floor. So that was me done and it wasnt even 8am. My house is trashed and In the mood I am in I feel like trashing it more! I am just feeling horrible and rotten and really dont know how to fix it.
I always keep coming back to this recurring feeling and its starting to worry me. I know Kobi isnt sleeping well at all and is very high maintenance (always needing constant attention and wanting to be held). Its just all getting a bit much. I really dont know what I want or how to fix things. I dont know that anything will make it feel better right now to be honest.
Short of miracles happening and Kobi sleeps through...my house is miraculously clean, my applications go through and I am actually happy for once!!!

Anyway..sorry for the selfish post with no personals. I just wanted to vent.
Thanks for listening.

:hug: lisa - just another "groundhog day" - i know how you feel (literally)

i better just get on with it :rolleyes:

Morning everyone,

Julie - Thanks for the email. I really appreciate it. I will definitely take you up on it one of these days for sure!!!! Thanks again.

Di - Its nuts isnt it. It is a bit 'groundhog day'. And bloody frustrating too!!!!!!!!

Well in latest news I am not so bad today. I went to my course last night and it was the last night so I got out of the house and did my thing. I felt better for it. I am so tired today but will get there. We started CC again last night but DH took over. It was horrendous. I did the first wake up at 12. She went straight back to sleep after 5 minutes but the next one was nuts. She screamed on and off for well over an hour and in the end I fed her. I could not put up with it anymore. DH and I both had massive headaches and were so buggered. That went til after 3am and then she was screaming for me again at 6! This whole sleeping thing is completely insane. Lets hope she is better tonight.

Anyway I am babysitting this morning then have to go to the travel agent and shuffle some stuff round for the holiday.

Have a great day ladies.

Yey Laura, glad to see your blog is back. i just love reading it, whatever you write about!! Very clever! xxo