Babies Born July 2007 #23

Oh yey Nicky, thats all very exciting. Are you having a church wedding or an outside ceremony? Not sure if you have mentioned it before, my memory is crap atm. Where are you off to on your honeymoon, you have probably mentioned that before as well , doh!!

Congrats to all the babies that have started to or about to start walking, all very exciting.

Raels, that sounds very cute what Oliver does, such a sweetie.

Hope everyone else is well.

We are still the same, sick kids, sick mummy, Jack still hurting himself, this time his ankle, another hosptial trip, x-rays, more today, possible fracture, but hopefully just sprained, still won't walk on it after 4 days. I've just excepted now, that he is a real boy boy, and is always going to be hurting himself while doing what boys to best.

Take care all.

Oh Mel huge :hug:. Poor little Jack. How did he hurt his ankle? I am a very superstitious person and I really believe that things happen in threes so I hope all this sickness and pain is over for your boy now! Hope you all get better soon.

Nicky - we must have posted at the same time. Your wedding plans sound very exciting!! What cloths are you using? I am going back to cloth now that the weather is warming up. I just use terry flats but was thinking of getting some inserts and covers, but don't want to spend a fortune!!

Believe it or not Raels but Jack hurt his foot on a slop in our bathroom from floor boards to tiles, he was practically just standing still and he must have rolled it down the slope. He just dropped to the groud and starting screaming, he is hopeless!! Honestly, he will sniff out trouble to be made this one!!

Have you thought about making your own inserts and covers???

Oh Mel I couldn't sew a straight line! :ROFL: Hmmmm if only I was talking to my MIL......

Hi everyone - I agree, it's been a quiet few days in here again.

Sarah - how is Bayleigh? Has his rash gone & is he back to his normal self for you yet?

Mel - poor Jack, AGAIN!! How's his ankle going today? Actually, not so much poor Jack, probably much more poor you ;)

Raels - Oliver's kissing sounds so gorgeous, you are very lucky. Liam just doesn't do kisses, no matter how hard I try to teach him. And even hugs, very thin on the ground, unless he's feeling sick.

Nicky - yay, only 3 weeks to go. I'm very much hoping that you'll be sharing some photos with us once you're back from your honeymoon. I think you're going to have a marvellous day, because you sound like you're chilled but organised at the same time, which has to be a good thing.

Sacha - how are you & Autie coping without Dan?

well, we've had another visit from Chucky McSpew today. First time in his bed after his morning sleep - miraculously missing his woollen blanket, for which I was most grateful. Then after lunch (pumpkin soup in, pumpkin soup out), ALLLL over me, but nicely not on the carpet, again, I was grateful. And then late this afternoon. No idea where he would have picked it up from, because we really haven't been anywhere or seen anyone for a few days. One of those things I guess. But he went to sleep quite happily, so hopefully that's the worst of it over.

Still no walking here, except for when the nurses were here for his immunisations on Friday (long story short, I decided to do the meningoccocal trial, which meant home visits for all the jabs, which was very convenient). Anyway, my back was turned, but apparently he let go of my chair & took 2 steps to get to the next chair, which was seen by one of the nurses. No sign of it again though, so I'm not counting it as a proper example. And no problems with the injections either, which was really good, he cried for a second with the 3rd one, but once the needle was out he was fine. And the good thing is that they gave him the chickenpox one as well, so no 18 month visit for us.

And my new tough mum approach overnight seems to be working - he slept through from 11.30 till 6.45 last night, and the previous few nights when he has woken he's been content with a cuddle & then back to bed without a feed, so I'm hoping that now it's been a bit over a week that maybe it's working. I've tweaked the feeding during the day a bit though, I was trying to cut out the 5pm feed, but it was so difficult, he really looked for it, but wasn't looking for the lunchtime feed. So now I don't "offer" a lunchtime feed, it tends to push out until 4ish, which then generally gets me through until his bedtime feed. So end result is a much happier me, and a happy enough boy.

And my final bit of blabber for the day - I finally pulled out my resume, expecting to have to do a fair bit of work on it, but I am a genius, I did all the work last year, and looking at it now I really don't feel like I have to make any changes to it at all. Which is great, cos I hate doing resume stuff.

Hope you are all okay

And especially for Sacha - I put some clothes on him!!

just wanted to say hi! ms has set in and haven't been in much sorry

ok, can't caht for long but not feeling as clucky anymore.

Friday kept the boy home as I previously mentioned. he was having trouble breathing, so I took him to the doc, who put him straight on a nebuliser and called an ambulance.

After 4 hours at a & e he was admitted to the childrens ward where he and i spent the following 2 days. They finally let us out Sunday afternoon, Man i'm exhausted and it means he can't go back to creche yet because if he gets another cold now he would probably end up back in hospital.

At the end of it all, when as far as i'm concerned it is blatantly obvious Xavier is asthmatic because of his age they won't actually diagnose it. But at the very least we now have the ventolin to give to him, (i have been so tempted in the past to give it and haven't) and finally have a refferal to a peadiatritian too!! yay I might finally be able to understand what the doctor is saying. due to the difficulty in getting doctors to reginal areas we have a lot of migrant doctors in Bendigo. Don't get me wrong they are good doctors and know their stuff but we have a little language barrier and i'm kinda over it.

oh and my little gripe, I am really over being made to feel like a bad parent this weekend. Probably not intentional but for some reason all these doctors made me feel like crap, like i was the smallest person in the world. Oh and one horrid nurse, the rest were great. Silly old women told us we had to stay in this tiny little room thing (just partitions mind you). because of cross contamination. I think she was supposed to be looking after xavier that day until she overheard me telling xavier he had to stay in the room because of the nasty nurse. Poor little thing he just wanted to move around. He was so bored and frustrated (he was also tethered to the wall with an oxygen tube for the majority of the time).

Sascha, I don't think you can loose 10kg and eat choc honeycombe, if you find out how let me know.

nicki glad to hear everything is going so well. how exciting so close now

mel, poor little man. i'm feeling for you on the hopsitrip

Jan - How is Liam today? Could it be a possible reaction from the needles? I know Oliver got sick a few days after his. He only vomitted once but had temps for a couple of days. Things sound great on the bfeeding front, how nice that he is co-operating like that! I'm not sure if you have said it before but are you going to wean completely when you go back to work or do morning and night feeds still? Idealy I would like Oliver to be on 3 feeds a day but he is not showing any signs that this will happen anytime soon. He has about 5 but sometimes will still cluster feed in the early evening. How cute is your boy btw!! Hope Sacha feels warmer now :lol:

Jas - you poor bugger, ms is the worst. Hope it doesn't stick around for too long. Is it the same as it was the first time around?

Bec - :hug: to you and Xavier, poor little man. Are you an asthmatic? Sorry if you have mentioned it before. I hate when doctors make parents feel like crap. Good luck with the pead, hope you get some answers or a diagnosis soon.

Well as for us, Oliver's cold has turned a bit nastier. He is doing some powerful sneezes which have turned a horrible shade of yellow, sorry tmi, and now has a cough in the mornings which sounds a little on the croupey side. He is still ok though, eating and sleeping well. I have been using the Eukybear Rub on his little chest at night to help him breath a bit easier.

What has everyone got planned for Father's Day?

Hello to everyone else, Oliver is calling so best be off!

Bec - what a horrible weekend for you, poor little xavier. Although I did laugh at the nasty nurse overhearing you - good on you!. It's funny how nurses seem to fall into two categories, they're either brilliant or nasty. Well, this is my experience with them anyway. I hope that the paed gives you some proper answers.

Jas - grr, m/s, sometimes I think that we girls copped a couple of serious design flaws, like it's not hard enough to grow the baby we have to feel gross during the process. Hope it passes for you soon.

Raels - have you been to the dr for Oliver's cough? Sounds nasty that it's turning yellow, well not the cough, but YKWIM. My aim is to get down to a morning & evening feed, and hopefully fully weaned by about christmas, although sometimes that seems an impossible task. We're not doing much for FD, as DF is off to the football in the afternoon, so it will be a pretty quiet day. My neighbour & I were going to spend today getting the kids to do a painting for their dads, but her DD ended up in hsp with gastro, so no go for getting it organised. So Liam & I bought a book as a present, which is probably better for us this year, as I don't think L is artistically inclined enough to grasp the concept of painting.

well, I've had clingwrap boy today, don't think he's spent more than 5 seconds not holding onto me. And so many Bf's, I'm just drained & exhausted, and so relieved that he's finally in bed. So tired that DF has had to have cereal for dinner as I just can't be bothered cooking anything tonight, not even stuff from the freezer, how slack am I.

Jan we are off to the doctors tomorrow. He seemed a lot better tonight but will get him looked at anyway. Yellow usually means in infection of some sort, or so I've been told! Hope you get some good rest tonight. Those days where they feed a lot is very tiring isn't it? But I think it is wonderful that we can comfort them in that way, much easier when you think about it.

I have added some more photos of my boys to the gallery if anyone wants a look at them.

Hi everyone!!

I dont even remember when I last posted in here.. must have been a lil while ago!! Seems like its been awfully quiet cause I couldnt find our thread - had to go through one of my notification emails!!

We are doing really well here. Its been a busy week for me, but its been all good!!

Going out to get two new tyres put on my car today (found a nail in one yesterday!!) They've only got 2 for my car today and then need to go back on Saturday and get the other two fitted.

Better go get Avaleigh breaky so we can get out of here soon. Hopefulle BBL for a read

Hi Everyone

Try to get some personals in while Autie is sleeping...

Nicky, you must be getting excited by now with the big day so close! Where's your honeymoon? Who's having Lachie? I bet you will miss him big time.

Raels, how's Oliver doing? There's so much illness going around atm. Autie has had a bad cough and runny nose but that's coming good. I've had her on olive leaf extract and a natural expectorant and both seem to work really well. Dan will be away still for Father's Day but I packed him a present bag in his bag when he wasn't looking with just some small stuff and a card from Autie. He opened the presents already but is saving the card until Sunday. What have you got planned?

Wow Mel, you must have your own parking spot at the hospital by now! LOL Poor Jack! I think you have some exciting years ahead. Hope the ankle wasn't fractured?

Jan, good news with the sleeping and BF. Please tell me more about the meningoccocal trial. I had to have a giggle over the cereal for dinner - is your man kitchen challenged? LOL I think he's very lucky if you make dinner every night with a barnacle baby! Thanks for dressing Liam - I feel all warm and smiley now when I see his cute face LOL We are coping ok thanks, though Autie has been in bed with me most nights to make things easier. We may even have him home sooner than expected if this rain keeps up.

Bec, how scary for you both! How is Xavier doing now? I suspect Autie has a touch of asthma too, but they tell me it can't be diagnosed. Just in case you're interested, the doc told me to get a natural expectorant for her cough (Prospan - ivy leaf) and also mentioned that it also works in a similar way to Ventolin on the airways. It's safe to have with any medications and doesn't taste bad - might be worth a look.

Hi V, cute photo of Avaleigh in her special hat...LOL

Well, Autie had her allergy appointment this morning and it turns out she has severe peanut allergy (with a few minor allergies on the side as bonus treats) We have two Epi-pens at a government funded discount price of $31, and when they expire in 12m time, I can replace them for a mere $205...:wtf: For life-saving medications??? And I also had to hand over $360 for the appointment. Someone somewhere is making some serious dollars out of allergy sufferers that's for sure. So that's our news and now I'm off to find some sort of cute medical alert bracelet which will probably cost my other arm and leg.

Have a loverly day everybody!

Hey Sacha - good to hear you're surviving ok. how nice that Autie will sleep in your bed, L won't have a bar of co-sleeping, unless it's on the couch, which really doesn't work for me. Bummer about her expensive peanut allergy, $205 for replacement pens is outrageous. DF's makes a very good sous chef & cleaner but I generally don't mind cooking most nights. Cereal for dinner is a rarity these days, it was mostly cos I wasn't having anything so it was just quick & easy.

The vaccine trial was interesting - we got a letter via medicare asking for volunteers, I ummed & aahed, then called them for more info. They are trialling a vaccine that's already in use for people older than 2, that covers more meningoccal strains, so I decided that I was comfortable with volunteering L's body for the greater good. Plus it had already been trialled in Canada on 1yo's, so I didn't feel like L was being a complete guinea pig. And they did home visits, which was a bonus. The first visit was by a dr & two nurses, they took a blood sample & gave the meningoccal vaccine (which might still have been just the standard one that all 1yos get anyway, we'll never know), we had to take temps & injection site measurements for 7 days, plus record any other medical "events" for 28 days. Then the 2 nurses came back for the 2nd visit, took another blood sample & did the other immunisations plus chicken pox. And that was it.

Hi to everyone else...

Hi girls! Just popped in quickly to say hi :hello:. Haven't had much time to get on lately so cant even do personals as I need to catch up on all the posts. Hope everyone is well, especially those with little growing bubbas inside!

Everything is well here - although I do personally believe I am being stalked by the Veronica's song :lol:. Everytime I turn on the radio, there it is "I wanna kiss a girl, I wanna kiss a girl..", everytime I turn on the tv, its the Dancing with the Stars ad. It is driving me crazy!!
Went for breakfast this morning with DH's niece for her birthday and my MIL was being horrible about Tom not walking. I nearly smacked her over the head! She kept saying to him - "now Nanny expect you to be walking by your 14month birthday, so you haven't got many days to go. You need to walk, you are being very lazy". Grrr.. She keeps asking me when I started walking, as DH walked at 11mths and she literally believes baby's follow in their parents footsteps. I walked at 10mths but tell her it was 19mths just to annoy her. Silly woman!

Well, I am going to spend some time catching up on all the goss while Tom is asleep, so hope everyone has a good weekend! And Happy Fathers Day to all the daddies!!

I feel like the resident lurking stalker...

Em - I can't believe you didn't hit your MIL over the head for saying such a silly thing to Tom, well done on the self restraint. Why is it that people seem to think that children are trained monkeys performing tricks to order? I think I'm very lucky that mine isn't in the country in a lot of ways, although my own mother can still do my head in at times just as well ;).

Okay, back to lurking for me...

Hi ladies :)

Gee i have missed you all! Unfortunately i have had some bad bleeding and cramping and started having contractions 10 mins apart, so have been on strict bed rest for awhile and had to go stay with my parents as dh is away working and i was on my own with ethan. Very tough, fortunately though bubs has not been distressed and is still tumbling around in there. All seems okay at the moment bleeding has almost stopped, just spotting, and the cramping has settled. Glad to be with ethan in our own house again :D I just keep telling bub to stay where he is for now.

Ethan has 2 more teeth, 6 in all, and is teething again. He has a flu too so is not too happy tonight. He is running now and loves to run off with things he shouldnt! His favourite food atm is sultana's.

Ok, well i should be in bed, Will pop back tomorrow.
Goodnight.

Hi Jess - :hug: to you, how so very scary for you. So glad you have your parents to help you out and look after Ethan. You mentioned the placenta preavia, I'm guessing that it didn't move up?? I hope things continue to settle down and bub's stays put!! Do they know why it happened?

Jan - I have been lurking too......where is everyone???

Em - OH that song is on the radio all the time here too. I think cause they are from Brisbane the radio stations here seem to think they need to play a Veronica's song at least twice an hour ;) Not a fan at all, of any of their music. Grrrr at your MIL, some people just say the silliest things don't they? Love how you tell her you walked at 19 months :lol:

Sacha - Oliver is doing heaps better thanks. Nose has cleared and cough is only in the mornings, and only for a short time. Sorry to hear about Auties allergies and can't believe the cost of everything!! That's shocking.

Well not much to report here, still no walking, I thought he was getting close but who knows, or cares for that matter!! Well some people do but not his parents. Still giving lots of kisses and cuddles and loving his Dad at the moment, he gets so excited when he comes home, gets to him as fast as he can and putting his arms up for a cuddle. Makes DF grin from ear to ear as Oliver has always been a bit of a "mummies boy" - not that I have a problem with that! He has a bit of an infatuation with DF's beers so DF put one of his stubby coolers around Oliver's cups - he was quite impressed with that. :D Father's Day we were hoping to take the boat out for the morning but the weather isn't looking so great.

I am getting a manicure today!! :dance: I got given a gift voucher for one last xmas lol and still haven't used it so today I am. Can't wait, love getting my nails done.

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's and have a great weekend all.

Good Morning :)

Raels- Thanks Hun. Nope no luck with the placenta moving up yet, fingers crossed there's still time for it to happen. Drs aren't sure why it happened or there just not saying. I have had to have anti d shots though. The dr has been checking every few days to make sure my cervix is still closed, thankfully it is and i HOPE the internals stop soon :D
Glad oliver is better. How cute re the stubby cooler! Enjoy your manicure today.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDIES :)

Hello everyone!

Long time since I have posted here!!

I have kind of been keeping up on everyones news but kind of not as well - so much talkand sooooo long since I last posted . I must say it is a rather daunting thought doing personals so I might just do a general hi and then hopefully pick up from here on in!

We are all good. Charlotte is walking and has been for about a month so she now charges around after the boys which is cute to see. She has been sleeping really well but I think she is teething again so the last two nights have been a little bit broken but nothing to complain about. I am still breast feeding and expressing at work which is going well - although some days I think my supply is pretty low but I have been drinking heaps of green tea which I think has been helping with supply - and I just crave the taste of it at the moment - weird! Jesse (DS2) is sleeping like a dream now so I feel like I have my head well and truly above water at the moment (i know that can change in an instant)! We ended upo taking Jesse to a sleep dr and although the plan he gave us was nothing different to what we had triend before it just gave us some confidence and within two nights he was sleeping through from 7 until 7 and has been ever since so things are good. Dont get me wrong we still have good and bad days but I am seeing some light iykwim.

I am still working 5 days a fortnight and LOVE LOVE LOVE going - although I do miss the kids4 when I am there but I love having quiet coffees and shopping at lunch time. Work just gives me some balance with DH away all the time - although we have had a good run and he has been home for a while now but from about the end of September until June next year we will hardly see him - I am trying not to think about it much - bury my head in the sand type attitude.

I have been running a bit lately and have a 12km run in two weeks which I am looking forward to (in a painful kind of way). Running has become my "me" time and it is easy to do in that I dont have to drive any where and I can be gone and back within a short space of time and I can do it in my lunch break at work if DH isnt around to look after the kids.

Just a few quick personals

Congrat Jas and Jess on the pregnancies - (thats how long it has been since I have posted LOL)!

Best of luck Nicky on the up and coming wedding - cant wait to see some pics.

Olimoo - enjoy your manicure - divine!

Em - blah at your MIL. Mil just dont get it do they.

Sacha - gee thats expensive for life saving medication. Great yo uhave found out so early about her allergy.

Jan- Love the name change! fantastic job on the breastfeeding!

Mel - hello and I hope you are doing well. Hope you havent had another trip to the hospital with jack - hospital visits seem to be such a boy thing!! Cheers for tonight as I plan to have a glass of red or two!

Hello everyone else.

I will try and keep up - life is just so darn busy!!

Take care
Jem

Good afternoon Mums & bubs!

What a gorgeous day it is here!! For the first time in I couldn't tell you how many months.. I have washing drying on the line!! Such a great feeling :rofl: Ahh... this is what my life has come to!!

Things here are flat chat.. we move on the 15th so I have heaps to do!! Madly packing today as next week will be a nightmare finalising everything, catching up with everyone and I have Dr's appts etc as well :rolleyes:

I'll be back later but just wanted to give you a HUGE :hug: Jess. Glad to hear that everything has settled down though.. stay in there little bubba! Sending you lots of placenta moving vibes hun!

I'll try and get back tonight for personals. Have a great afternoon gorgeous ladies!!

Hi girls,
very quiet in here of late.
19 days until the wedding now, and everything is organised, just picking up my wedders tomorrow, have my hair and makeup trial in 10 days, and then yeah, wait until the day arrives.

Not alot happening I spose. I was fluey last week and am just getting over it now, Lachie wasn't well last night, and I got a BFP on Saturday arvo, so all things going well I will be heading to the docs this week.

well, hoep you're all doing well. Will pop back in soon.

xxoo

Congrats Nicky and wishing you lots of sticky vibes. How exciting. What a month this will be for you!!

Thanks very much! Just hoping this one is a sticky one, although I do feel good about it.:)

I am sure this is a sticky one!! More positive sticky vibes coming your way!

hehe thanks again!

:)

Congrats Nicky, that's wonderful news, send you pleanty of sticky vibes. Let us know how you go. And only 19 more days until your wedding, that's very exciting. I can't wait to see pics.

Jess, hope all is well now hun. Fingers crossed things have settled down for good. I remember what it was like being told to rest when I was 31 weeks pregnant and went into preterm labour with Jack, I almost laughed at the doctor. But he also laughed when he saw Charlize (10 months old) at the time. But really, try your best to rest. Take advantage of the doctors orders, he he he he

Jem, glad to hear all is well at your end. Let us know how the run goes? I'm sure you'll blitz it again though.

Quick hi to everyone else. I have just finished cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms, so I'm knackered, so off to bed. I plan to be at the gym early in the morning.

Hope your all well though.

We are all well, I joined Tony ferg. today, really want to loose these stubborn kg's I put back on after taking those anti-anxitey tablets. I just can't seem to shift it, so I'm going to buckle down and try to have them off in 2 months or earlier.

Jack is going well, his foot is still bothering him, but we have 2 more weeks for it to heal before he will need to be refered to an othopedic specialist. Fingers crossed he can manage to stay out of trouble between now and then to give it time to heal. please please please........ He is talking really well now as well. He can say, playschool, dorothy, charli, gecko, ballooooonn, pasta, and even I want water. So very different to Charlize who didn't really start proper words until she was nearly 2. Just goes to show you how different they all are ;) Oh and he loves karate, you do the actions and it will send him into a laughing fit, so cute.

Nighty night

Mel - wow at all Jack's words, what a clever little man. I've been meaning to ask for a while, but how's Charlize's eczema going these days? Good luck with the Tony Ferguson - is it expensive?

Nicky - :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy::stickyvibesgirl:

Jem - lovely to hear from you again. The running sounds great, I admire anyone who has the discipline to get out & do it regularly. And 12kms is an impressive distance when viewed from the perspective of a "non runner"

Raels - how was your manicure?

Jess - how's it going, are you managing to get enough rest & looking after yourself properly?

How did everyone's father's day go? Ours was pretty low key - DF went to the football in the afternoon, so L & I just hung out together (and this is different how??) Anyway, DF was spoilt, he got a book to read to Liam, a Terry's chocolate orange (one of his fav things) and L's first painting, which was done under duress as L was really not that keen on the idea, but it's still pretty cute. And today, Liam has taken a couple of steps, the first ones that look like he's actually walking, as opposed to just trying to reach for the thing in front of him & having the legs move at the same time. I sort of want him to start walking, but at the same time I don't want him to grow up too fast. Oh for a pause button.

Hey everyone!

Just popping my head in to see if everyone is doing alright! THings had been busy here, with working nearly full time and tonight I am going in to coles to have my interview for the night fillers job. Avaleigh is OK, very whingy but its ok cause I dont spend much of the day with her, the IL's have to put up with her whinging!! Gosh, she's just started screaming about something! We've had 6 teeth come out in the past MONTH - so that has been fun NOT!! So we have 12 teeth cut and I can feel some more. I just hope they all come out quick so I can have my happy non-screaming baby back.

Well gotta go and finish getting ready for work.

BYE!

Hi Ladies

Have been MIA as I have been so busy with uni and have started a new job about a month ago now. Thought it was about time I got back on here to say Hi.

Was going to attempt personals but after catching up on everything i have missed il just do what I can remember.

First of all CONGRATS Jas on you BFP, I hope the MS eases for you soon.
And CONGRATS to you too Nicky, sending sticky vibes your way.
TOJ-:hug: to you. Hope your little bubba stays put and your pregnancy gets a little easier for you.

Mel Sorry to hear about Jacks many trips to the hospital, hope eveything settles down for you and your family now. I just started the 'celebrity slim' shake diet yesterday, so you will have to keep me posted with how the TF goes for you. Im hoping to lose about 5kgs to get back to my pre pregnacy weight.

V Wow at Avaleigh's 12 teeth. Tayah has not long got her 4th. She must look so cute with all those teeth.

Well things are going great for us, Tayah is still eating and sleeping well and is also coming along well with her words now. I am really enjoying my new job, its only about 15 hours a week and I can do the hours anytime between Mon-Fri, which works out great for fitting in uni and arranging for people to look after Tayah. I get paid monthly so I am yet to see a pay, but my first pay is this Friday so I am looking forward to that. I am also getting some casual work at a childcare centre that I worked at pre pregnancy, and that has been fun too.

Apologies for my lame effort at personals. Hope all mummys and bubs are well.
Will try and keep up with all the posts now.

Hi Everyone :)

Emma- Glad you are enjoying your new job and Tayah is doing well.

V- You sound so busy! Hope avaleighs teeth come through soon.

Jan- Yay for liams steps:clap: Dh is away working so fathers day was just a normal day here. Things are ok here at the moment, the rest is limited but i take 5 when i can.

Mel- Fingers crossed jacks foot will heal soon. How clever is your boy with all his words. How cute re the karate moves! How is Charlize? Goodluck with your weight loss, its so hard to loose weight when you come off meds that made you put it on. Hehe when the doc told me i had to be on bed rest i looked at him and then at ethan running around his office trying to get into things and grinned! The doc just laughed and said try your best:lol: When ethan sleeps i rest, not much housework getting done though :redface:

Nicky- How exciting is this month for you!! Congratulations Hun sending you lots of sticky vibes. Hope you are well.

Uh oh! Ethans awake! Will pop back later ladies.
Have a lovely day:)

Glad your able to gest some rest Jess, and forget about the house work, it's not going anywhere, it will get done in time. No once expects you to have a sparkling house with a toddler let alone when your 6 months pregnant on best rest. Take care.

Just on to do a little bit of a woo hoo- it wasn't a fluke, L really is starting to walk :) And he's so pleased with himself, it's so cute. He's also started holding his hands out when things are "all gone", which is pretty funny to watch.

I checked out a reception place today, which i really liked, and the prices are great. But my SIL raised the point that as it's going to be a lunchtime reception there's no "view", so nothing for people to look at. So now I'm in a quandary, because I think that this place would be fantastic in all ways except for the view. It's not that it's bad, as the room opens up to a small garden, but it's obviously a reception centre, as opposed to an old house or restaurant. It's also where my yr 12 formal was held, although it's changed heaps since those days - no apricot taffeta these days ;) I have the feeling that this is just the start of a long list of annoying questions, I can see why people elope...

Hi girls!
Yay for L walking!!!!!! That's fantastic!

Not much happening here... 16 days till the wedding, and I am just chilling, waiting for the final few things to happen.

So far so good on the pregnancy front. Have an appt with my GP tomorrow. Have done a HPT for the last 2 days, and both are very strong positives... so that's a huge releif.
Other than mega sore boobs, and a bit of tiredness, nothing much. Awaiting the dreaded MS.

Hope you are all well.
xxoo

Nicky - fingers crossed that the MS holds of for another 17 days at least :). The sore bosoms is hopefully a good sign of a healthy sticky bub.

hey ladies - it's been a while since i was last in this thread so i thought i would re introduce myself - i'm jo 24 with a 14mth old ds (12.07.07) adn we live in a tiny little town called brandon about an hour south of townsville north queensland (where we formally lived about 3mths ago)

my ds is a darling and super smart - but i guess we all say that about our little ones :D - he's just started walking inthe last few weeks and has a million and one teeth (about 11 at last count (feels like he's been teething forever) and an appitite to match

since we moved here i have been feelin lost and lonely (dh works away every other week) and thought i might rejoin the group for some adult conversation - but by the looks of it it might take me a while to catch up on current events

well i best be off - i've rabbited on for long enough - until next time happy chatting and hope your week is beautiful

Good morning everyone!!

I thought that I would start my day off with some scrambled eggs & smoked salmon on toast and a coffee (about to make one) and come on and make a post! I also feel like this thread needs a bit of colour!!

Michaels Mum - Hi there!! I hope that you mind the much needed adult conversation on here. And YAY for your DS walking. My DD has been walking since she was 9 months old so is a champ at that!

Nicky - Congrats on your BFP. I hope that you egg is a sticky one. And your wedding is soo close!! you must be getting excited...

Jan - YAY at Liam walking!! its so cute when they start something new and are sooo very proud of what they have achieved. I wouldnt worry too much about now have a view at the reception cause really you want to have all your guests look at you!! ;)

I;'ve just given Avaleigh some toast in the hope she will stay quiet a little longer. Hmm not going to work as she has given it back to me!!

Emma - t hat is great that you are enjoying your job and its a good amount of hours to have that perfect balance between family life and work. What is is that you are studying at uni? And yes, Avaleigh does look cute with all her teeth!! Was a little strange at the start but we are used to it now :)

Mel - I have a friend at work that has just started the tony ferg diet. She says that I have been a lot of motivation to her cause we got talking about diet and exercise and the next time I saw her, she was on the diet!! I've gone on a real health kick too and lost 1.5kg in 2 weeks. I am actually quite enjoying what I am eating now that summer is coming I dont feel like eating the chocolate and cakes and all the sweet things. I am allowing myself 1 treat a week and its working, all I feel like eating is vege, fruit and all the healthy stuff. And I tell you what, I have never had such a toned tummy as I do now!!

Dani - good luck with the big move and I hope that you settle in quite nicely! I kinda envy you, I wish that I was game enough to do something like that! Maybe one day..

Jem - YAY at your kids sleeping!! And is good that you enjoy going to work. Charlotte must love being able to run around and play with her two big brothers! And WOW at the 12km run!!! Let us know how you go with at. I am running these days but get no where near 12km GOOD LUCK!

Well things are going good here. I think Avaleigh's teething has settled for a little bit. She is really loving going to her nanna's house and hanging out with her cousin, they are soo cute together! Its probably one of the best things I could have done for her. Work is going really well for me, I'm starting to get more responsibilities which I am really enjoying, I've been thrown in the deep end a few times but I always come out on top. I felt like a bit of a gopher one day so I spoke to my boss and I will soon be getting out of the office more. There has even been talk about me doing a frontline management course next year so that will look good on my resume. As mentioned above, I am on a real health kick. I am going for a 15min walk followed by a 15 min jog in the morning and then I am at the gym for an hour at night. I went for the nightfillers interview the other day and it went OK, he said that he will get back to me if I have the job or not. I kinda hope I do get it and kinda hope that I dont!! The extra $$$ would be great but then I will miss out on spending some time with my family.

Fathers Day was a bit of a disaster here. We went to a 50th the night before where I got absolutely SMASHED and was soo hung over the next day. I felt so embarrassed by it all cause in the 5 years Jas and I have been together, he has never seen me like that. Plus we had to go to mum and dads for dinner and I was too sick to eat anything.

Jason and I nearly bought a new car the other day but decided not too cause right now it would be too much of a struggle with money. So the aim is to save up as much cash for it to reduce the loan amount. So we are going to try and get rid of as much debt as possible by refinancing the house. I've also been thinking about getting breast implants, I think about this probably 90% of the day!! I know you are all probably thinking WHY! But I am sooo small since I have finished breastfeeding and lost a lot of weight, I am an A cup :( I know that you should be happy with what you have got, but I am not! I really feel like it will boast my confidence and I feel like that is what will make me love the way I look 100%.. So yeh, I decided this week that I would like them done in May next year so going to try and save for that!!

So I hope I have given you all something to read cause I've heard that its fairly quiet in here!! Better go and get Avaleigh some proper breakfast and pick up all the bits of toast around the house!!

Hello lovely ladies and bubba's

Gee it feels like forever since i have posted in here.... I have been flat out organsing stuff for the new house Lots of shopping LOL trying to find a new dining room suite and sofa's for the cinema room and tryin to decid whether we want a projector or a plasma screen... paints for the bedrooms and working out what Play equimpment for the kids playground outside and where we want to put the new Laundry..... oh and tile shopping for the bathroom as chris' dad did a bog job and needs to be redone....

Bayleigh is SICK AGAIN... both he and chloe have got awful colds... Still no more den 4 teeth here..
hHe also has had some pretty bad falls ad they have left some pretty bad marks... He almost split his eyebrow open after hitting the square handle on the TV cabinet after falling off the coffee table... Im over him climbing everything....

Speaking of the boy he is screaming so i better go
Ill have to cum back and do personals

V- just wanted to say if ya want breast implants you can have my boobs LOL im in a F cup YES dat is right a F and dats after breastfeeding LOL Im sooooooo over big boobs ad looking at a reduction after i finished loosing my weight......

Well must go boys very upset

hope every one is well

Sarah

Hi everyone,

Sorry no personals tonight, just came in cause I had a very proud mum moment today!!!

:cheer::cheer:OLIVER IS WALKING!!!!:cheer::cheer:

Yey for Oliver!!