Babies Born July 16th - 31st 2008 #5

Kristy - I can't believe your DH works such long weeks!!!! OMG - I would die if I didn't get a break from the kids - you are AMAZING!!!!!! :clap:

Missy - Happy birthday for yesterday mate *mwah* I hope it was a good day.

Feeb - mine is a catnapper - so I don't get long breaks from her either :( 20 mins is usually her best sleep - and she has about three of those over the whole day (yes from 6.30am to 7.30pm!!) and then will usually fall asleep around 8.30. Last night she was so exhausted at the end of the day that she didn't even finish her bottle - she just passed out.. lol.. poor little thing... I hope he is good for you today

Tenny - I think you need to surround yourself with more supportive people - move up here ;) hehehehe

Kel - there is a block of chocolate in the fridge here - its my reward when I lose 10kg - have lost 5 so far - so half way to that chocolate!! PMSL.... And its sooo funny when they start saying stuff that sounds like the wrong things.. like.. DS will say truck.. but sounds like the "f" word... and he says clock.. but.. says it without the "l".. so he'll walk into a room and spot a clock and say.. "oooohhhh... big c*ck"..... PMSL... its sooo funny.... and gorgeous pics (of course) I really should get my finger out and take some of my kids like that, but we don't celebrate xmas - so may not be appropriate to have hats!! LOL

Belle - we give DD homeopathic drops - and we add those to the bottle. However when DS was on infacol we gave it to him just in his mouth - he never minded the taste. We figured that it was better than giving it to him in the bottle, because if he didn't finish the bottle - how would we know how much he got? So we gave it to him just in his mouth, either at the beginning, middle or end of feed (depends if we forgot.. LOL) Hope that helps!!!

SW - I've already said it - but woohoo on the house being sold!!!! :dance:

Mez - thats great growth from Izzy!!!! Well done chickie!!!

Zee - thats a good weight - what a good healthy boy!!! Ohhh what car did you get?? I pick up my new one on Friday - woot!!!

Pixie chick - I think you would wake up when she stirred.. so she is sleeping through ;)

Well another ok night here - woke up at 1.30 with a coughing fit (damn this cold!!) and then when I went back to bed, heard little footsteps and Aricyn had gotten out of his bed and was running around in the hallway!!!! LOL... I made DH get up and put him back to bed. DD slept through again - but she has my cold - so is snuffling all night - so was a little unsettled but didn't wake up until DS had already woken us up this morning and crawled into bed with us for a morning cuddle (so cute!!!)

DH is at the dentist at the moment!!! Think he is getting some teeth pulled. He still has to go to work today too.. poor bugger.. hehehehehehe

Better get off the couch and stop DS harassing the cats :rolleyes:

Morning all..

This board seems to have serious problems! Ive had problems posting and now it says in my subscription section that Mel posted at 9.34am.. well.. she hasnt.. weird!

Well my wonderfull babies slept through again last night! Oh so proud of them!!!

Pixie.. make sure you take it easy with that busy schedual of yours ok ;) and have fun :)

Tannis.. oh Jesse didnt want to hold Keira.. i had to bribe him with milk. Lol maybe you can find something that works for Jayden and bribe him lol. I just said to Jesse, Mummy will get you a bottle if you sit here and hold bubby... just kept repeating it. Only way i got him to smile was by waving a Moundain Dew bottle in front of his face lol. Haha oh im going to have to start watching my words too! DH doesnt swear at all.. well unless hes p!ssed and thats like once a year. Howd the kids sleep? Yep. Keira is fussing alot lately too. One day she'll drink 150mls every bottle.. then next it will be 80mls then 120mls then 70mls then 200mls. Yeh just think its a stage.

Missy/Kristy.. are we able to pospone the meet until next week?

Good morning.

Kell - I so never thought about doing christmas photos like that. I love em! I might try and done some of the boys this year. LOL @ Jesse saying socks. DP's nephew used to say F*uck instead of some word. I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. Elijah was pretty good come to think of it.
Re: discipline - I've been trying this out where Elijah goes to the naughty chair and I tell him what he did wrong,etc and then I ignore him. He always yells out or whatever when he's on the naughty chair and I'd say "The naughty chair is quiet time. Be quiet." but lately I've just ignored his yelling out and he hates it. It seems like it's a worse punishment for him. Also I've noticed when it's just us during the day, at home, he's generally better then when there are other people around or when we go out to the shops. He slept in a bit this morning too. YAY! I think he generally needs more sleep.

Tan - LOL @ Jayden. It's so hard to not laugh and set them straight when they copy bad words from us. I hope Ash stops fussing with feeding. When are you off to Melb??

SW - Congrats on selling your house! :cheer: That was so fast. Did you think it'd sell so fast??

Mel - I think I need more supportive people around me too. I basically only feel like I have DP here that's fully supporting me lately. My sister somewhat, she's more of a half-as$ed type of support. Lol. I really wish I lived up there or even like closer. I hope you guys get over your colds. Awh. Your poor DH, going back to work afterwards too. My DP did that last time he got a tooth pulled out... I did feel bad for him, but then I thought about it a bit more and realised it was kinda good so I didn't have to hear him keep whinging on and on and on about it.
Congrats on the weight loss!!! What's your diet? How fast have you lost that? Could you please give me some help?? pretty please. :redface:

Mez - Great stats Izzy has. Looks like she's going great guns.

Pixie - "Babies don't sleep through the night, parents sleep through the night" -- That's something to think about, yeah. Lol. Hope Beth is a good babygirl when you're out and about.

Zee - Congrats on your new car!!! :hooray: What colour is it? That's so exciting. I bet you can't wait to pick it up. Great weight for Lucas too. So he's FF all the time now??

*waves* & :hug: to everyone else.

I'm meeting my mum today. We haven't seen her for about 3 weeks, I think. Sometimes we see her every week, sometimes not for a few.

I think I'm going crazy. I thought I heard Bubbablue waking up, so I went to go get his clothes and all that jazz, only to find he's still sound asleep. Lol. I think I'm slowly losing the plot. Hahaha.

Btw, mine was saying that too Kell. Mel's post only showed up under the part where you post. It was weird.

xoxox.

Thanks (almost) everyone on the well wishes about the house =) Feeling VERY happy =))))))

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SW - Congrats on selling your house! :cheer: That was so fast. Did you think it'd sell so fast??

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Good question - yes and no. The last house I sold managed to be sold by the end of the first open home! This house IS beautiful, so I didn't expect that it would take long for the offers to come in. We just didn't expect offers *that* good straight away! The offer that we have accepted was made about an hour after the first open on Saturday, but the agent wanted to hold off until the next open home on Monday. There was a stack of interest in the property and she felt that we could possibly have gotten more if we'd waited for more offers to come in, but these guys had their heart set on it AND the price was more than we were after - and I remember well how nerve wracking it was buying our most recent house in Adelaide. Once that personal investment is there it really makes you feel sick while waiting on answers! No point getting greedy when it had already exceeded what we were really after!

Now things are gonna get crazy organising the move to Adelaide =) The settlement date is a little earlier than we were after, but still do-able! People want to move into their shiny new home by christmas, so we'll do our bit to facilitate it =) Now I just need to find a nice rental in Adelaide to put MIL in so that we can move into her house while we build ours (her idea so that we didn't have to find a rental with the cats!) =)


waves to all =)

Hi all

AAAAwwwwww Thanks all for the birthday wishes.

I had a nice day. Went shopping just me and Liam, has lots of time looking around the shops, got a few things and layby'd the kids xmas pressies for xmas. Came home and Melissa made dinner (((pizza)))) ...oh bugger Liam just wee'd on me..lol... then had a girl friend come over, had cake that Melissa and Callum made and callum was so loud singing happy birthday. I woke up this morning with Callum next to me and he said " Happy birthday mummy....lmao.. I told him it was over and he said "NO" its mummies bday...heheh ok if you want but does that mean I get more pressies....lol. I got my pandora braclet , not the full gold as that cost about $1100-$1800 BUT THE silver one with the gold locket, abit niceer then the sliver one, that ive been wanting for a while with 5 charms, a little girl-melissa, a little boy-callum, a pram- Liam and a shiny ball - matt. My g/f gave me a dangley flower. I also got some scales and a blender. SO over all I did pretty well.

Ok yay on the new car zee, and woooohoo on the weight gain.

Kell thanks for your text hun was nice. Im cool with what ever you want to do. Just let me know.

Just finnished doing some of the house work, didnt relies how dirty my house was...:shhh:

SW congrats on the house hun. That is wonderful news.

Tenny have fun with your mum hun

BIL is still in hossy but should get out tomorrow. His spirit is prettty good so thats a good start to have. SISTER is so tired the pooor thing. She will be going back to work full time soon. Will keep you posted on how he goes

Liam has slept through 4 nights in a row. YAY

Hi to the rest of you ladies. Liam is wanting me.

Talk soon

Kell im doing the same with my kids with the photos. Melissa is going to wear a santa's hat, and liam and callum being reindeers...lol

gotta lurve them double posts!

SW - Wow. That's a great MIL you have to let you stay at her house while she rents. Well, I think it is. :) It is a beautiful house, and I'm glad you guys got more then what you wanted. That's awesome!! Good luck with the moving things before christmas.

Missy - Sounds like you had a great brithday. What a special braclet! :hooray: Liam for sleeping through 4 nights in a row. Lol @ getting peed on. I've had so many times that I've almost gotten peed on, but he misses me by millimeters. :lol: I hope it stays that way. *touches wood*

I'm thinking of getting Elijah the next booster car seat thingos.
I was going to ask the ladies at the shop about them like what age and stuff they can go to move up to them cause didn't the the laws change earlier this year, but she's a rude b!atch.
I might go search it up on here.

Had a good time with my mum. Elijah was a good boy. YAY! :cheer:

SW - I was wondering where you were going to live if you sold your house before you bought somewhere.... wow you're going to be busy moving before Xmas!
Missy - snap! Beth has slept through four nights running too! Yay for the shopping trip, glad you had a good birthday
Mel - I know, my dad was just taking the p*ss.... This morning I woke up when she just squeaked, not even a cry, not even a grizzle just a little noise, so I know I would wake up. She's on her playmat now chatting away happily! Its very cute
Anyway, gotta give her a bath before it gets cold so :dance: Tenny, kel, tan, zee, mez and :o everyone!

Pix: I can't talk for the rest of the mums with 2 + kids but I don't get everything done, just little bits each day LOL....I am desperately trying to get my house in order for my friends that are coming to stay for a few days....they arrive tomorrow night!! No idea how I will get it all ready! Maybe less time on the computer would help LOL.

Mel: Aww you got some good kids! I wish Jayden would crawl into my bed for cuddles, all he is interested in is Ashlea :( hehe glad he loves her though! Hope DH went ok at the dentist!

Kell: Hmm, not sure what Jayden loves that much(other than TV LOL). Yay for the kids sleeping through....My 2 did as well...hope it keeps up for all of us!

Tenny: We are leaving for Melb next Wed (29/10) I'm so excited, I can't wait! I agree with Mel, come up here we will support you :hug: I have gone to get Ash cause I've thought she was awake too...just baby brain I think hehe

SW: How nice of your MIL to let you guys move in to her house!

Missy: Great to hear you enjoyed your day...So cute of Callum to think it was you bday again today, I wouldn't say no to more presents! Bracelet sounds gorgeous! Great to hear aobut your BIL too, your poor sis though! She is lucky to have a loving sister like you though!

Well I have been busy today rearranging Ashlea's room so 4 ppl can sleep in there, 1 in the cot, 1 in the single bed and 2 on a blow up matress...just got to wrap the xmas pressies and put them away. I baked a banana tea cake too, it smells delicious! No tasting until my friends get here though :(. I will be MIA until late Saturday, I may be able to pop in (on the iphone after everyone has gone to bed ;)) Oh and tomorrow I should be around as long as I get the house work done!

Rach- I will PM you

Tania- I need to start doing that, its such a PITA when it happens. We brought a mazda 6, was going to get a Mazda cx7 but decided we didnt need something that big. Even though I dont drive atm I will soon and its manual..I can drive manual but its a PITA here in Syd.

Missy- I got a pandora bracelet off PIL's last birthday & I havnt even wore it.. they look nice but I like my bracelet that goes to my necklace.

Tenny- Its a blue, I love the colour. Yeah he is FF fulltime now.

Mel- What car are you getting> We got a Mazda 6.

Belle- How are you hun?

I have the people that im going to be an egg donor for coming over tomorrow, im so nervous LOL

Zee: After I posted I saw on FB that you were getting a Mazda6....I love them, I want one but Chris thinks they are too big (and my commodore isn't ?? :rolleyes:
Are you donating your eggs? WOW that is fantastic! I was almost going to offer my eggs to one of my SIL's as they had fertility issues and the SIL that donated hers was getting too old to keep doing it (she was 41 at the time) so I was going to offer mine but then she fell PG naturally anyway. Its a huge decision to make I think! Do you know the couple?

Although I should be in bed, I'm not....I'm uploading pics of Ashlea! Here they are....

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...51&ppuser=4086
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...50&ppuser=4086

I will try and go through those pics that you sent up Mel and post some of those....let me know if there is any you really don't want me to post...They all look great to me!

Morning all :)
Well, happy days here, Beth has slept through for the 5th night in a row! I don't want to jinx myself though, every night I make sure everything is ready for a 4am wake up call. But I'm so happy and feel so great after getting a full night's sleep for nearly a week! :leap: :loveshower: :leap:
Was supposed to go and do the bay walk this morning with my mothers' group but it's freezing cold and pouring with rain so staying at home! This afternoon my stepmum is coming around to mind Beth while I go for a spa treatment (a late birthday present) and I can't wait! She is going to clean the house too, so it will be beautiful when I get home (she is a mega cleaning freak!)
Aww Tan Ash is such a gorgeous little girl!
Zee - good on you re: the egg donation! It's pretty full on as I understand it but good luck with the interview process. I PMed you too :) And by the way if you want to make the Facebook link say 'lucas' - type 'lucas' highlight the word then press the link button and insert the link.
I posted my birth story here if anyone is interested (some have already commented - thanks!) but be warned it's very long so I won't be offended if you don't read it! LOL
Big waves to all I've missed :dance::dance:
Hope everyone has a great day!

Tannis.. Ashlea is such a sweety! Its good to see some pic of her!

Zee.. um, i dont know what to say but good luck with the donation. Its a very big move with A LOT to consider, especially the children already in your life.. i dont think i would ever do it. Best of luck if thats what you want to do.

Pixie.. ill have to give your birth story a read this arvo!

Tenny.. i have no idea. We need to get Jesse his next booster seat also (after his car seat) so we can put Keira in his car seat.. shes getting too long for the capsule. Maybe you might find some info on it on the RTA website (or whatever its called in your state - road authorities). Oh Jesse's the same actually. If we're home by ourselves he is always in a great mood and always good.. its when we go out he starts to become a terror.

Missy.. oh how nice! What a lovely idea (the bracelet charms)!! I might have to steal that idea one day ;)! Cant wait to see it, i bet its gorgeous!

Well i better get the kids dressed.. have a great day!

I too lost the post...f**en hell

ok.

try again

one handed as im feeding liam

kell. yes braclet is beautiful and will show u next time i see ya. bummer about the weather would have loved to have gone to the park.

tenny callum is in a booster seat at mums, well in her car as i wasnt going to spend $$$$ on another car seat, it goes on weight. how much is he

tannis love the photos hun. yay on the house work. i finished mine today too. did most of it yest but just finished it off today.


pix 5 nights here hun. they are so good. awwwww good on u n the spa hun. enjoyb it

zee wow on the doner hun. let us know how the interveiw goes. woooohooo. cant wait to see the new car. congrats on that. yes i love my braclet. what charms u got on urs hun.

we my hand getting sore

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Afternoon.

Zee - Flash. Nice colour. I hope the FFing is going great with Lucas. I didn't know you were going to donate your eggs. WOW. That's cool. Do you know the people? I've actually never ever thought about it. I hope it all goes great with them today.

Tan - Those piccies are gorgeous. She does look alot like her brother. Mm. Banana tea cake sounds great right about now, but I'd so have to eat it if we had anything like that here. I suck with self control. Lol.

Pixie - Great birth story. Thanks for sharing. YAY Beth for sleeping through! You reckon the one night you don't get the stuff ready before you go to bed for her middle of the night feed, she'd wake up? Lol It's generally the way things go. Like the times you don't take the nappy bag, they wee their pants or do a huge poo. Lol.

Kell - I did a bit of searching. Not really much help. :( I thikn I'll wait to get it at BigW or Kmart the next time we're in Canberra or something.
The booster seat we have in our car is alright and fits in nicely with Bubbablue's seat, but we have a spare booster that we use in my sisters car and anyone else we go with but it's massive, chunky and doesn't fit nicely with the baby seat and kinda pushes Bubbablue's seat over. So I just wanna get one of these little ones. Click here.

Hey *waves* Mel, Missy, SW, Belle, Tasia and everyone else. <3<3<3

We got a swing yesterday for Bubbablue. I think he likes it. The first time we put him in it he fell asleep in it straight away.

Not much else going on with us. Just the usual Telstra crap that's been going on for around 2 and a half months just to get the phone connected at our new house. :rolleyes:
DP and I don't want to move in there until we actually have a land line phone, especially with the boys ya know.

It's freezing here today. Cold, windy and raining. I managed to go for a walk up the road while the sun was out slightly, but then couldn't walk back cause it poured down.DP had to come pick us up. Lol

xoxox.