what is it with the fascination with retired toys. I've also been sorting all the old toys away, and that's the only box that Liam wants to play with. He hasn't touched anything that I've put in it for months, and all of a sudden.
Em - very sensible spreading his presents out over a couple of days. Liam opened all of his, but I'm thinking I might just put some away again, so that when we hit boredom times I've got something new to bring out for him. I'm definitely storing all his beautiful books away for the time being, as he's become obsessed with the Night Garden books that he was given, I must have read one of them 50000 times already since Christmas day. It's very sad, cos I bought him some gorgeous books, which I'm dying to read to him, but he's just not interested.
Sasha - woo hoo for the TTC. I'd love to be starting the process again, but have kind of decided that I'd rather not be in a maternity wedding dress, so will hold of for a few months more, maybe start in June, which means I won't be too far along in August if it happens, it will just impact what I can drink on the day.
gotta go, Liam's about to get out of the bath, which means the end of my computer time.
Yay Jan on the planning of TTC. You don't get to drink on your wedding day anyway - everytime you go to have a sip, you get interupted. I had many glasses of wine littered around the reception place that only had one or two sips taken. I probably would not of even had a full glass
Hi girls!
Just popping in quickly to wish you all a happy new year!
I'm heading away today, after my morph scan this arvo. I can't wait for the scan.. the holiday can wait. haha
Hope everyone is well, and I will catch up on posts next year (love saying that).
I know its been a while since I've popped in here but dont have much else to do tonight as we are having a quiet one too and I aint too happy bout that either! I feel like I am being a little ripped off hey! But, you get that!!
I hope everyone had a very merry christmas and hopefully will see more of you all in the new year!
Thankyou all for your congrats on the arrival of noah.
wow i forgot how exhausting and busy it is having a new born bub i think lol and half the time feel like i am a zombie. Noah is quite unsettled atm and feeding has turned into a nightmare but we will get there. Ethan still not very impressed by the new addition and still quite distant with me which im finding very sad but i make sure i get a bit of mum and ethan time each day.
Hope you all had a fantastic chrissy and new year. Christmas really didnt feel like christmas this year as we only came home a week before christmas and it was just sooo busy so just had immediate family come to my place so i didnt have to take noah out in the heat. New years was just a sleepy night at home but i must say i did see it in! I was watching the fireworks on tv while noah was feeding.
V- Hi nice to hear from you. Hows avaleigh? How are you all handling the heat? i have hated it!
Jan- lol i was thinking the same thing today! scary though isn't it how fast time has gone and how quickly they are growing up. I haven't got around to retiring toys yet but really need too and soon, they are everywhere.
Nicky- How are you feeling? How was the scan?
Sacha- How exciting re TTC! Hope all goes well and it happens nice and quickly for you.
Okay must go, thought noah was going to sleep but sounds like a demand for the milk bar again. will try to get the photos up soon.
Hi there girls! Hope you all had a fantastic new year!
Scan went really well. Bubs is really healthy and measuring spot on for dates. I got a massive shock at the end of the scan though, when the sonogrpaher told me I was having a girl! I am still in shock! I was convinced it was a boy. So Adam and I are thrilled with the news
Jess - Glad to hear things are going well.... I can't even imagine how hard it will be when #2 comes along, so I will be sure to track you down for advice. lol
You sound like you are doing a wonderful job.
Hi everyone! I'm off to bed as I am stuffed from the holiday, but will pop back to catch up.
Happy New Year guys. Hope it's a peaceful one for you all.
Nicky, congratulations on your little girl! You'll have so much fun buying clothes for her! LOL Glad to hear all is well.
Jess Don't let Ethan's reaction to it all get you down - I'm sure he'll come round. Besides, boys are just like that sometimes...always going into their caves for some reason or another LOL Good idea to keep yourselves home for Christmas. Hope the feeding gets better for you soon. Is it a pain problem? Can't wait to see some photos!
Jan, with Dan away, I had a very quiet New Year's too. I spent it watching the Masterchef marathon... LOL It IS hard to believe we will have two year olds in 6m! I'm really looking forward to some better speech by then though. Autie has 'pees' (please) down pat but then won't add on what it is she actually wants and it's getting quite frustrating for both of us She claws at my legs saying 'oh pees pees pees' and I have to go through a whole list - do you want food/drink/cuddle/nappy change/Hi-5/some random toy/the gecko on the wall - you get the picture.
Anyone else a little freaked out by the garlic bread ad with the sinister Italian grandma hanging on the clothesline?
Jess - well done on seeing the New Year in, you did better than me, I went to bed at 11ish, just didn't have the energy to stay up any longer. Hopefully Ethan will settle into his new Big Brother role soon. It is a big thing for him I guess, and at only just 18 months he's still such a little person, it must be hard to learn to share Mum's attention.
Nicky - yay for a girl, how exciting. All the pink thinks you can buy! Glad to hear the scan went well.
Well, I'm going to do a little grumble. A bit before Christmas, we decided that we'd do at least 1 family day trip before DF goes back to work on Monday. So today, even though it was cold & kept being rainy, we decided to go for a drive to Warburton, just to see what was there, as neither of us had been. So, I'm thinking that this trip is just a bit of a family day, but noooooo... on the way, DF decides to ring his brother to invite him along. And murphy's law, FBIL, who is the most antisocial person I know, to the point of dysfunctional, and says no to virtually every other invitation, decides to say Yes. I held it together, and pretended to be normal, but I have to tell you girls that I was so pee'd off. This is the guy who lived with us for over 6 months, didn't start looking for his own place until I was nearly 7 months pg, comes over for dinner (as long as it's pizza) almost every week but never brings anything with him, doesn't actually talk to me when he comes over, just talks to DF & Liam, if it's Liam's dinner time makes comments to Liam about how much better chips & chocolate are, and that vegetables are "yucky"...well, as you can see, he kind of does my head in. Oh, and he's a vegetarian who doesn't eat vegetables, exists on pizza, chips & tim tams mostly. To top it all off, the cafe we chose for lunch was really ordinary, & had rubbish coffee, so I couldn't even enjoy that.
So that's my whinge.
On a good note, I wrote down all the words that Liam can say and got to 21 - so waaay over the 5-10 words the blue book asks for. So feeling happy about that, cos a month ago I was thinking that he was way behind other kids. I'm not a competitive person, and certainly not with things that kids do, because they're all so different, but it does give me a bit of mother-satisfaction to know that he's meeting "industry standards" IYKWIM.
hey sasha - I was typing my post as you were doing yours, & I feel horrible when I don't do personals for everyone that's posted, so this is another post that's just for you
I hear you on the words - even though we've got a lot, there's still a lot of leg pulling and guess work on my part. More words might be a bit of a double edged sword though - they'll be able to tell us what they want, but they'll also be able to argue their points with us too, and that's a scary thought!
LOL Thanks Jan, for not leaving me out! Sorry to hear you had such a crappy day out. Sometimes, it's hard to believe people come from the same family isn't it? I have been lucky with my 3 SILs - in fact, one is my BF since age 11. Handy because I never had to go through the whole 'getting to know his family' thing!
I had a dream where Autie was about 3 and ran up to talk a mile a minute at me, then ran off again in mid-sentence. It's weird to think they will soon be having proper conversations with us, but the best part was when she called me mum because she doesn't do that yet. Dan gets 'dadad', but I am no-name 'I'll cry if I want you'. Bit depressing really.
Hello ladies, Its been awhile since i wrote.. It has just been sooo busy with Christmas and then going to Melbourne for my dads wedding/50th Birthday/New years eve Party...
Bayleigh is going well Talking sooooo much.. Still only has 6 teeth LOL Hes abit out of sorts after our trip to Melb as we were very busy down there visiting family and the wedding and so on..
He;s still under 10 kilo actually it hink he still under 9kg..All my family hadnt seen him for almost 12mths and everyone commented on how much he talks and how LITTLE he is LOL My cousin and his Wife have a lil girl who turned 1 in oct and she weighs in at a LIL 13kg LOL so they were amazed at just how lil bayleigh is.....
He was spoilt at christmas he got lots of Books and Car's My brother brought him the big Thomas track that was in targets toysale cat so he LOVES that..
We went to melb last week with Ryan and he wasx great didnt say once dat he wanted to go to mums or anything, We got him to call her everynight and he wouldnt talk to her for more then 3 mins.
He is noramlly a shy lil boy but he surpirsed the crap out of us he walked up to my nan and pa (first time meeting them) and gave them kiss and cuddle and was call my family by their names Uncle gary nan n pop Nanna and Pa Uncle Josh Etc it was really good to see him come out of his shell and be himself around people he has never meet before... He was very upset when we had to drop him back firday evening, We thougth he would have been happy to go back to mum after being away from her for 5 days But we couldnt have been more wrong.... But atleast now we know he is fine to be away from his mother (She says he has issues being away from her for more then a day)
My dads wedding was awesome nice lil back yard wedding.. Kids looked gorgeous all dressed up
sorry for no personals i have had a qwuick read over the post but im buggered and im gunna head to bed DP is out bush shooting with mates and im looking after a friends kids while she and DH have a nite in a motel to celebrate 10 yrs of marriage.. and we have been plaing the Wii that santa left us Xmas morning s im knackered..
I hope everyone had a fantastic Chrissy and a great new year.. and i will try and get back in the next couple of days to attempt personals
Good night
Sarah
Its feed time here at the moment and i was struggling to keep myself awake in the chair so here i am doing something that keeps my eyes open for a bit longer lol!
I have finally got photo's on my totsite for you all to see! Enjoy
sarah- thats great that ryan was able to have such a great time and feel comfortable.
jan- Grumble away! I dont blame you. He sounds like a real pita. Wow liam is doing real well in the word department, well done.
sacha- Autumn is speaking well too! I know what you mean with boys going in to there caves lol Re my feeding issues, When i came home from hossy ethan had thrush which noah ended up with it resulting in getting it on my nipples too! so thats been a bit ouchy, almost cleared now though after using daktarin gel and ethan had probiotic powder and im taking inner health. Now nipples are starting to crack as noah has constantly been on the boob for 3 days now and naughty me got a bit slack with attachment but getting on top of it.
Nicky- So happy that your scan went well. And Yay for a pink one! how exciting. we were convinced noah was a girl till the scan!! I will be happy to give you advice if you need it lol atm i feel like im flying blind! and it takes ages to get stuff done or get ready to go out! but it is great, im loving it!
Okay im off now, feeds over and my bed is calling to me
Jess - Noah is adorable! So tiny - I forgot how little they are! How did i ever not break Tom? I absolutely love the photo of Ethan and Noah together - Ethan is gorgeous.
I'm not really meant to be on here.. but came on to have a sneaky look. I will try to be back later in the week. DH is on holidays with us and its been fantastic having him home. We went to the zoo and have been doing daytrips. Next week we are going to introduce Tom to the beach - he will either love it or have a heartattack!
Hope everyone is well xx
Sacha - i haven't seen the scary garlic bread ad.. We get country stations so get weird ads about tractors and water pumps and things
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Jess - congratulation on the birth of Noah!!! I cant believe that you have already had him.. geez time has just flown by hasnt it?? I cant believe how long I have been away from BB!! I've been handling the heat OK - I've been working on most of the hot days and if I am not at work, we are down the beach!
Nicky - congratulation on the girl!!! How exciting
Jan - what sort of words is Liam saying?? I actually have not counted how many words Avaleigh can say.. I think that it is more tham 10!
Hello to everyone else.. Hope you are all good. I see that there are many name changes - I must change mine one day but cant think of what to change it to!!
We are going good here. Avaleigh is well and truly settled in the day care to the point she doesnt care that her dad is there to pick her up! Its good, took about 2 months but we got there. She has 14 teeth out and just went through another lot of teething but not sure if any cut cause she has the very back molars to come out. We've been at the beach a lot lately and it is great!! We are all taking a trip to NZ in Feb. Jason's grandparents are shouting us a trip over there, I think we are going to go for 8 days. Will be good to go on a holiday and dont need much spending money cause we will be staying at the grandparents house. Umm what else? I am really enjoying work! but kinda annoyed cause I am only casual so i am not paid for all the public holidays!
Anyways, going to get off now - take care everyone!
What a day! Poor Ethan woke up with a temp of 38.8 this morning and looked so unhappy, after a nice bubble bath and panadol it dropped and he has been ok since, i am thinking he may be teething again as he had no other signs of being ill, and well the nappies are terrible. His gums were feeling very warm too. Hopefully they will come through soon, he also still only has six! Just before christmas i took him to the drs as he has had a persistant cough that wont budge and the poor little mite has asthma so he is having ventolin most nights when the coughing fits start usually anytime from 1am onwards, he is really great with it, which makes it much easier on him.
Proud Mummy moment! Ethan did his first drawing lastnight! So cute, but now if the pens aren't put up he grabs the and will draw on any paper thing he can find!
Okay how do you all stop you bubba's from throwing there food away? Ethan chucks everything and cracks up laughing when it hits the floor. For awhile i would tell him not to throw his dinner and then take it away if he did it again as i thought he must have had enough now he just looks at me and does it again! I have been told to ignore it and it will pass. What do you think?
Also just lately everytime ethan goes in the bath he will do number two's in there i thought it may be an evening thing but he did it this morning too! He still goes in his nappy too. Does any one know why this is? I was thinking of getting a potty and popping him on it before he hopes in the bath? I really dont feel he is ready for TT yet but thought this may help?
Veronica- Time has definately flown by! It only seems like yesterday i was pregnant and now he is 3 wks old! Glad your all surviving the heat, i wish i was closer to the beach! The heat doesn't agree with ethan, he gets so hot and red after 10 mins outdoors and his eczema flares up. Glad avaleigh has adjusted so well to daycare. Wow @ 14 teeth! Ethan has 6!
Em- Thanks I wonder how our not so tiny anymore toddlers didn't get broken too! They must just be tough, ethan bullied his little brother again today and noah just frowned and went back to sleep Thats great that you have DH home and are having a good time, hope tom enjoys the beach. What did he think of the zoo?
Okay enough babbling from me! Noah has a CHN appt tomorrow morning so i must get everything ready for the boys so i dont turn up late looking like a frazzled crazy mum! Mornings are chaotic here lol im usually in my pj's till late afternoon!!
Jess, it sounds like you're doing a great job juggling both your boys. Yay for Ethan's first drawing - are you putting it away somewhere safe so you can use it to embarass him at his 21st??
Re the food throwing, I would use the approach of completely ignoring the behaviour you don't want (ie the throwing) and really praising the good behaviour. I probably wouldn't even clean up the food on the floor until he was away somewhere else & didn't notice it happen. I'm sure that it will pass, everything does. No idea about the poo in the bath, other than maybe it's an association with nice warm water that makes him feel relaxed, and not sure how to get around this, unless you change to showering with him in the short term.
Hopefully his teething is over soon - Liam's also cut a new one ,the top canine one on the left side, and I can feel the rhs is ready to come through too, so he's been going to bed dosed up with Nurofen, as this seems to be the thing that works for us. SO now we've got 11, nearly 12 teeth, so over half way there. Makes them so miserable though, poor little things.
big hi to everyone else, will be back later tonight to do proper personals, just sneaking a quick fix while i'm at work & there's no one around. Naughty me!
Jess, I only have Autie and I'm sometimes in pjs all day - at least you have an excuse! Having said that, I don't like it really when I do have a day like that, I feel the day hasn't started until I shower. Poor Ethan and his toofy pain. Is the Ventolin helping him a great deal? I thought that doctors couldn't (maybe wouldn't) diagnose it under 3 years. Autie kept having a recurring cough and I was thinking it may turn out to be asthma, but she was always clear in chest examinations. Then I realised it coincides with teeth coming through - she doesn't drool at all, it all runs back down her throat and makes the cough. I think taking away the food and not saying anything, just getting him down, is probably how I would handle the food throwing. He might be trying to get attention now that Noah is here, even if it's cranky attention. Could be a factor in the bath poos too, I guess, though I tend to agree with Jan in that it's probably just relaxing him. Maybe if he's fairly regular you could try bathing him at a different time of day? for Ethan's first drawing! I hear you on having to put pens away - Autie likes to draw on herself given the opportunity - so far, no walls!
Jan, we haven't had much luck with Panadol and tend to use Nurofen too. I am very ashamed to admit that Autie now 'asks' for it occasionally. I guess I could see it as good communication skills, but unfortunately, I think it's more a case of me creating a mini drug addict... Oh, but how can I not give it when she seems so miserable?!
Em, hope you're all enjoying your family time - is there no cricket on atm? How did Tom react to the zoo and beach? Autie loves both places due to the wide, clear areas available for running away.
V, glad to hear you are all well and Avaleigh is enjoying care. Sounds like you will be busy organising your holiday, that's always fun.
Sarah, sounds like you had a busy holiday season. How great that Ryan was happy to stay so long with you and family he didn't know. Gosh it must be nice to carry around a light toddler! LOL Enjoy it while you can!
Well, despite having about 5 teeth coming through at once, things have been pretty good here (touch wood) I am really seeing a leap in Autie's cognitive skills this past couple of weeks. She seems to be 'clicking' in a lot of areas - almost like she is (gulp)...growing up! I guess that will be good if we give her a brother or sister, but it's a little bit sad too really. I want to keep my baby!
Anyway, enough from me, I need to go find chocolate in some form.
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Don't let Ethan's reaction to it all get you down - I'm sure he'll come round. Besides, boys are just like that sometimes...always going into their caves for some reason or another LOL Good idea to keep yourselves home for Christmas. Hope the feeding gets better for you soon. Is it a pain problem? Can't wait to see some photos!
LOL It IS hard to believe we will have two year olds in 6m! I'm really looking forward to some better speech by then though. Autie has 'pees' (please) down pat but then won't add on what it is she actually wants and it's getting quite frustrating for both of us
She claws at my legs saying 'oh pees pees pees' and I have to go through a whole list - do you want food/drink/cuddle/nappy change/Hi-5/some random toy/the gecko on the wall - you get the picture.
Where are you all?
so he is having ventolin most nights when the coughing fits start usually anytime from 1am onwards, he is really great with it, which makes it much easier on him.
I wonder how our not so tiny anymore toddlers didn't get broken too! They must just be tough, ethan bullied his little brother again today and noah just frowned and went back to sleep
for Ethan's first drawing! I hear you on having to put pens away - Autie likes to draw on herself given the opportunity - so far, no walls!
I guess I could see it as good communication skills, but unfortunately, I think it's more a case of me creating a mini drug addict...
How did Tom react to the zoo and beach? Autie loves both places due to the wide, clear areas available for running away.
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