Thanks for the advice guys. I will return the nappies asap - so disappointed I can't get right into it!
Raels. Wish I could do something to help. Do you have any family and friends close by for support? Feel free to let the story out here if that helps at all, or PM or don't even think about it if that's better.
Megan, sorry but LOL at your baby-hicky! Don't you just love swimming for giving good sleep? The nappy talk IS confusing for sure. It definitely seemed like another language to me until I started doing a little research into it. I still glaze over a bit when I'm reading about it all sometimes...
Oh boy the days are dragging now lol! 15 to go and counting No signs of anything happening yet, bubs still quite active and constant hiccups too! Actually im getting a little scared/nervous now! On the DH thing, he will be home tomorrow night for 7 wks so will not be in contact with the other person and wont be going back to that mine to work as it closes down just after he is due to go back so he is being transferred elsewhere and its not the same place as her so that really helps. I have actually discussed the issue with DH and he realises that soon we will talk it out but for now we need to focus on me, ethan and the new bubs arrival. Im pretty certain we will get through it, but need a lot of changes happening, sadly it happened when i was pg with ethan too but nothing else until 2 months ago. Anyway wont babble about that anymore and will get on to some personals. (about time!!)
Em- Good to hear the schnitzel went down well! lol @ telling DH it was ham steaks. I am having a few issues with ethan at the moment to with hitting/pushing, his cousin is quite rough with him, she is only 5 months older, he never used to retaliate but just lately he is, he is more of a pusher than hitting. He is also being quite rough to me, he pinches, mainly my bb's, and he pulls my hair, but my mum and sister think that he may be doing it because he is picking up on the fact that something is going to happen soon (new bub) and is confused and as its only me and him the majority of the time thats why me, iykwim because he has never pinched anyone else or pulled hair. According to my sister her ds got like this just before she was due to have her dd. I will have to check out your other thread to see what others have said.
Raels- Hope your feeling okay hun, as the others have all said where here for you. Huge hugs, you will get there
Megan- I am very unorganised for christmas too lol I have most of ethans presents done but thats it! Oops But as you said it will happen. Usually we spend christmas day from luchtime onwards (have christmas at home first) at my parents with the family, when we moved in to our new place in feb, it was decided that christmas would be here as our entertaining outdoor area is quite big, but then i got pg and said no way am i hosting a big christmas here when bubs is due 2 days before lol and well now NO-ONE has made plans as there all waiting on me and bub lol!!
Okay, i got some done lol now my boy is awake! Will finish off later, having trouble sleeping now so i will more than likely be back
Goodnight for now ladies.
Oh Em - I just read your "discipline" post and got a bit of a lump in my throat as i know how it feels when you just dont know what to do! On Friday Lucas squealed all the way home from mothers group then i couldnt get him to sleep and he was so over tired. I ended up in tears because i was just lost. I couldnt get him to sleep in my arms or in his cot, i didnt know whether to just let him cry for a bit or what. DH got home and i was a mess! The stupid thing is we just left him up and he was fine and went to bed at 6.30pm. Anyway what i am trying to say is "i feel your pain". It is so hard sometimes not knowing what is the "right" thing to do and it gets the better of me too often! And when they start calling "mummy" well that's just too personal! Breaks my heart! I think you handled your situation perfectly!!!
Hello girls! Thought i would jump on and say a quick hello while waiting forthe kitchen floor to dry - hopefully before Tom wakes up. Nothing like little footprints through a freshly mopped floor! I am absolutely knackered after working all this week - can't wait till after Christmas to go back to my one day! Poor Tom is a little confused at mummy going off to work all the time - tomorrow and Saturday. Ah, makes me tired thinking about it! V - I don't know how you coped with 2 jobs for so long!
Thanks to everyone on your support over the discipline thing. Good news is he hasn't tried it again so maybe the time out worked. DH and I had a big talk about it and decided that the room time out of 1 minute will be appropiate for hitting/biting as it is something that can cause harm to other people - especially if he bites another child. He never has thankgod - but you never know. Anything else we are going to try and just stick with a stern talking to. DH caught him drawing on the wall last night with a piece of chalk that he had found (don't know where!) and said "Tom stop that or you will go to your room" and he dropped the chalk straight away, she obviously has a understanding of what we are talking about.
We also talked about not smacking for smacking. DH grew up in a 'smacking household' so a slap on the bum/hand doesn't mean much to him, but I explained that I didn't think it was fair to hit and not expect him to hit back which DH hadn't really thought about. My parents didn't really smack so I was raised a bit differently to him - I was smacked once by my dad and I clearly rememeber it and I am 30! It was for the most random thing so I really must of been pushing his buttons!!
Jess -hope you are feeling ok! I had a dream last night that I came on here and posted that you had had the baby - boy of course and you called him Jack. It was such a clear dream! Hope you are enjoying your you and Ethan time xx Do you have any of the girls mobile numbers so you can let someone know when you have him?
Nicky - I am MCN addicted again!! I just brought 2 itti bitti's - one snap in and one sewn in. They are quite a trim fit aren't they? I am hoping so as I am finding the BBH too bulky under T's summer shorts.
Megan - Elmo's are on sale in Kmart for the next few days for $78. I thought of you when I saw the ad.
Hi there everyone!
Em yes Ittis are very trim fitting... they look like a sposie under clothes which is great I've got more itti bittis than anything else.. they dry nice and quickly too Yay for MCN's!
Hi everyone! I've been slack and still am, so when I feel a bit better I will read through a bit more.
We're plodding along ok here. Lachies had a bit of a chesty cold, and all of his 'eye' teeth have cut through, so he's been pretty cranky of late. Some nights, he sleeps 12-13 hours like a champion, and then others.... well, it takes me 2 hours to settle him and he ends up sleeping in our bed. That will stop soon as I just don't have enough room with my ginormous stomach, DH and him. LOL
Not much else, the boy is obsessed with the CHristams baubles on the tree, so every night I have to put them back on. I am just waiting for the tree to topple.
ANyway, I think it's chuck o'clock again..... Talk to you all soon.
Nicky, you poor thing, I hate that time of the day. I've been really lucky with our Christmas tree, so far he looks, but hasn't touched. I'm just waiting... Hopefully he gets over his cold soon, don't you just hate "summer" colds.
Em - lucky it was just chalk, but aren't they creative with a drawing object in their hands. I have a sudoku addiction, so Liam has seen me pouring over papers since he was born, and now does the same, cheeky monkey face. Well done on getting the floor washed. I was planning to do that today, but instead I've procrastinated very nicely & it's not done.
Sacha - have your replacement MCN's arrived yet?
I have a nasty chesty cough that's developed over the last couple of days. Liam is fit as a fiddle (touchwood), which is where I normally get my colds from, so I have no idea how I've picked this one up. DF called me a little while ago & just laughed at the sound of my voice, so much for sympathy.
I'm off to do a little bit of dress shopping tomorrow,all a bit daunting really. I think I've drawn the short straw when it comes to bride-i-ness, cos I really don't know what I'm after, other than a white frock. Although I have worked out the menu, so I guess that shows where my priorities are. I still haven't made much headway into the whole Christmas shopping thing, I have a couple of bits & pieces done, but finding it hard to summon up the energy/enthusiasm to battle the crowds. Maybe Sunday's the day.
well, I'm bored, so I'm back again. Kids are funny, although sometimes I'm not quite sure where mine comes from. He was "helping" cook dinner last night, by standing on a chair next to the bench because it was the only way I could stop him from nagging at my leg to be picked up. I was cutting up capsicum into small pieces, so put a couple of bits in front of him & he wolfed them down, which was most unexpected. So I've decided that this could be a good activity - he gets to see the food preparation, & can taste bits & pieces along the way, and hopefully I'll raise a boy who can cook, and cook well, and who'll also eat lots of interesting things. And then tonight I was steaming some vegies in the microwave, which like all microwaves beeps when it's finished, and then I hear this little "beeeep" coming from Liam. So I put the vegies on for another 10 seconds & he did it again. It's daggy I know, but kind of clever of him, it was in tune as well, so he was obviously listening to it. So now my goal for Christmas Day is to turn this into a new trick to show - ie 'what does a microwave say?" kind of thing. Cos we have "what does a dog say?" down pat these days, time to move on.
The dress shopping yesterday ended up being much more fun than I was expecting it to be. Only went to two shops, but have about 6 dresses that I could happily wear, so I think my challenge is not going to be finding a dress that I like, rather it's going to be deciding which one I like the most. I'm almost excited about it, which is a good thing I think.
Grr, i am very over going back to work before it even begins! I ended up in tears on Friday.....I finally got an email from work about my timetable and they had me down for four days instead of three and only two VCE classes. Two classes is fine but spread over four days means it's nearly pointless going back to work and paying a full day for Lucas in childcare if i am not even at work for a day (you have to pay the full day regardless). So anyway i rang work and said i wont do it (then i went in there cos i was so angry) and they have changed it to 3 days. But.....now i cant get Lucas into childcare on one of the days as it took so long for work to give me the days in the first place. He has to go on a waiting list so who knows what i'll do if i cant get in. Then on the same day i lost my phone (got it back) and left my jacket at work that i needed that night. ARRHHHHHH! Sorry i needed to get that out!
Then this morning Lucas woke up at 7.30am so i went in and he was standing in his cot with his blankie on the floor (as per usual) so i gave it back to him and he lay back down and went to sleep. He woke up a couple more times and kept going back to sleep. Finally at 9.30am i got him up but he just wanted to go back to sleep. He was pale and limp and a bit shaky. So.......couldnt get into normal doctors (daniel rang and i dont think he explained situation properly) so i rang a different doctors and explained what Lucas was like and receptionist says "well we're fully booked too, hassle your own doctor" and practically hung up! I was so angry. I rang my doc back and got him in, but true to form Lucas had snapped out of it a bit by the time i got there. Doc said he had a red throat and was obviously getting something but couldnt say what yet. He has had feral nappies all day and vomited up his dinner so its been fun! He is ok though.
Golly gosh sorry about that long winded whine! I am really just wasting time cos my uncle is here and he and Daniel and my dad are all watching some cricket show on Foxtel that i am just rivoted by!!
Jan - I had to laugh, Lucas does the microwave "beep, beep, beep" too! He used to get impatient waiting for his milk and i'd tell him he had to wait for the beeps so now he does them himself! Great idea with the cooking too!! Glad you're happy with all the dress options...and very happy you are getting into the bridey thing!!
Guess what my lovely ladies, only 6 more days until my DH is home, yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry just had to get that out.
Sorry Megan to hear that your work stuffed you around. I hope he can get in. Fingers crossed for you.
Jan, Liam sounds so cute. I can picture this cutie sitting there waiting sounding beep beep beep. Great idea on the cooking.
Nicky I'm so sorry to hear your suffering from MS still. Have they prescribed something for you?
Jess hoping everything is going well.
Jem just about to sms you
For us, can't wait for DH to get home. Charlize is counting down, it's very cute, DH is loving it. Jack is going along so well. He can now say his colours, well blue, red, yellow anyway. And he can now say a few words in spanish on cue, thanks to Dora. And he is still Thomas crazy, thomas this toot toot that, and he says 'slow down and take care' very cute. He is killing me though, he wakes every morning at 5am give or take 15 minutes and it's usually take. I feel like a walking zombie. Thinking about time off over christmas though, and seeing DH.
What is everyone doing for Christmas? We are heading to the sunshine coast with my sister and her 2 kids and my mum and dad for 3 nights then coming home and driving to Sydney south west to spend new years with my DH family. Can't wait, going to be great. We haven't spent new years down there before, well DH hasn't since we have been with each other and that is now, ummm let me see nearly 10 years. So should be good.
Hi everyone, just a quick pop-in for now so I might not get to everybody.
Jess, oooh, it's getting so close! Anything happening?
Jan, are you feeling any better? How great that Liam will eat capsicum! Autie has gone right off her vegies since being sick, well, right off everything actually (except biscuits...hmmm) To tell the truth I haven't really offered her anything raw because she has only just gotten two molars and I think she'd have trouble. This morning though, she went to the kitchen gate and was asking for a 'baa' and when I let her in to show me she went straight to her plastics cupboard and passed me a bowl, then to the weetbix box and then the fridge for milk. So I gave it to her and put her in her chair and she started eating by herself so proud. I know she's probably watched me do it a hundred times but it's weird how all of a sudden, she just decides to get it all happening on her own. It's great that you have so much choice for your dress. I had the same thing happen and ended up going back to number one. I hear that happens to many people.
Good morning girls
Why cant there be more hours in the day at the moment...... I havent started Chrissy shopping yet apart from the kids laybys..... Been waiting for the extra money from the Goverment as we dont want to dip into our saving coz Chris has to have 3 weeks off over Xmas as head office is closing the yard and they arent getting paid for it so we need our savings to live off for those 3 weeks..
I have made Most family memebers 2009 Calendars with pics of the kids on them so i just have to bind them now and they should be done...
Not sure what we wil be doing for Xmas day. As my M/FIL change the topic when ever we askt hem whats going on so im assuming i will be doing everything again this year like i have for the last 2 years.. They arent really into the Big Xmas hot roast meal where i am and it has alway been a tradition in my family we have a hot lunch where they would be happy with cheese on toast...
We have ryan xmas eve till 3pm Xmas day so thats nice he gets to wake up here XMas morning.. They kids dont havew to wait till the afternoon to open their pressies.... WEHich is good coz i dont think Bayleigh would be able to control himself LOL
We head to Melbourne on the 28th for my dads new years eve wedding/50th Birthday.. Cant wait Bayleigh is gunna look soooooo Cute as page boy. He wont be wearing a suit as its jsut a backyard wedding so He will be wearing Black dress shorts and tomorrow when i goto Big W i will get him one of the "Suit" T-shirts they have in their Catalogue this week.. I found chloe a very cute dress in Pumpkin Patch for her to wear to be flower girl and found her Jewellery at Diva so will hopefully get al that tomorrow also....
Bayleigh is going great guns at his lil tantis he likes to throw when he cant have something he wants.. He is still climbing EVERYTHING... Has 6 teeth now SO he is on his way to having a full mouth of teeth LOL maybe by the time he is 4 he will have all his teeth LOL
Still talking lots trying to say balloon this week... SOund svery cute....We got santa photo done last sat it went well He was really excited and jumped out of my arms when it was our turn but then stopped when he got a foot away from santa and just stared at him and then started walking backwards LOL He didnt want to sit on santa's knee but was happy to sit on Chloe's Knee while she sat on santas knee which was good He never cried just wasnt to sure of santa... My niece on the otherhand screamed harvey normans down... Didnt even want to sit on my brothers knee next to santa lol
sorry there isnt any personals i will try and get back on and do some But if i dont Hope every one has a FANTASTIC Chrissy and New years..... and i will prob no doubt be back in 2009.....
Its happened!! My new little man NOAH SCOTT arrived 10 days early on the 13th december! He weighed 7pd 4oz, 50cm length and HC was 36cms! Labour was FANTASTIC, as fantastic as labour can be anyway lol I am so sorry i was not able to share the excitement with you all but it all happened so so quickly, I had a 2 HOUR LABOUR!!!! that was from 4cm dilated at 3pm and born at 5.01pm! willpost my birth story soon. We got home from hospital yesterday. Photo's will be here as soon as i can do it.
Mel- I only just got your pm today wish i had seen it sooner and i could have sms'd you when it happened.
I must go but will be back later my bb's are telling me noah will wake soon for feeding.
oh he is feeding like a pro and sleeping wonderfully, i feel blessed Talk soon ladies.
Well done hon! I adore the name Noah - it is definiately one of my favourites. Noah and Ethan sound so good together. So glad it all went well and your labour was so positive. Can't wait to read your birth story.
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Raels. Wish I could do something to help. Do you have any family and friends close by for support? Feel free to let the story out here if that helps at all, or PM or don't even think about it if that's better.
The nappy talk IS confusing for sure. It definitely seemed like another language to me until I started doing a little research into it. I still glaze over a bit when I'm reading about it all sometimes...
lol!!
I've got more itti bittis than anything else.. they dry nice and quickly too
wish i had seen it sooner and i could have sms'd you when it happened.
CONGRATULATIONS JESS!!!!!
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