Babies Born June 16th - 30th 2008

[MummyDuck]

Hope everyone is ebjoying the holidays and all the first Christmas' was memorable.

Christmas was draining to say the least. It started of great with just us three, DP's fa,mily were good but my family fought and screamed and in general loud.


DP proposed on Christmas Eve. It was no big surprise really, I had a feeling he was going to LOL. Very sweet though.

Taylor is going through a rough patch, she has gone from eating everything in sight to not eating much at all. I hope this doesnt last long, I much prefer her when she is eating a lot.

Had her injections on Boxing day, slight fever and a bit grumpy but by tomorrow morning she should be back to her old self..... and if not Im not home LOL.... Im finally having a day to myself, going out for lunch with a friend yippee.

Well everyone have a safe and happy new year.

[satya]

Congratulations on your engagement. I hope Taylor feels better soon.

We have Brock's injections on Monday. Hoping it all goes smoothly (touch wood).

Had a great xmas.

[livyloosmum]

Hey all. I am sorry I haven't been around for a long time. Just SOOO so busy leading up to Christmas. A friend passed away from cervical cancer just before Christmas (so sad - died within 4 months of diagnosis!), had a small bingle in the car on the way to the funeral.. oh the joys, friends had babies, I had all of the families from both sides at our place for Christmas day (who's stupid idea was that!?), and Liv was sick early december with some random virus that had her with temps up to 40. Fun fun fun.

Christmas was good. Charli spent it teething and over the week of Christmas sprouted her first 2 bottom front teeth. She actually coped really well! She's a lot more grizzly now they are actually through poor little thing. Liv is just off her tree from all the events, sugar & presents and just is all out of routine and whack with sleep etc. Happy to have DH at home for this week!

Congrats on the engagement smudgie!!!! That's so lovely!!! Must have enjoyed having a day to yourself too!

DH and a cousin and I all went and saw "the curious case of benjamin button" on boxing day - awesome story but be warned if you go - it's almost a 3 hour movie! I didn't realise and we got back to my mums very late and Charli was very over it - not asleep! It was so nice to go to the movies though. Been years since we'd been to a movie on Boxing day!

Hope you are all enjoying your post Christmas relax?? xo

[livyloosmum]

We have Brock's injections on Monday. Hoping it all goes smoothly (touch wood).

good luck! Charli's is next Monday!

[satya]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend's passing Livyloosmum. Sounds like you've been busy.

Brock has a tooth sprouting at the moment. He's coping very well with it. Hardly any different at all but dribbling a lot & has a teething rash some days. He didn't even cry when he had his needles. He frowned with the first one, then with the second he put a real sad face on and whimpered and then was over it. Very brave boy.

Well it looks like I'm headed for single motherhood. My DF & I busted up last night & I am determined this time will be the last time. We've busted twice before for exactly the same reasons and I can't keep going through the same stuff every year to 18 months. Not feeling that great about it but I guess that's to be expected. It's amazing what a difference a week can make - fantastic family Xmas then a horrible lonely NYE.

[livyloosmum]

satya - oh no! What a huge thing to happen. I hope that everything sorts through smoothly and that you can work out things easily with kids and so on. I am sorry that it's happened but if it's the right thing then surely things will only be better right? Hang in there!

*hugs*

[satya]

Thanks. I may have over reacted a little. He's back at the house and we are trying to sort things out. Looks like there could be hope. I am over reacting to things big time these days. There are two ladies in my mums group who are ready to walk out on their partners at the moment so I'm starting to wonder if we are all just still adjusting to motherhood & getting used to the fact that our partner's (for us three anyway) aren't helping us with bubs as much as we'd have liked them to. Anyway all is well in the household today. Brock's tooth is feeling really sharp & he's continuing to be really good. The dribble is driving me nuts. It's also making his eczema flare up & he's starting to chuck more often again. His crawling is getting a little faster. I really must baby proof the house and get a gate to keep him out of the kitchen.

[MummyDuck]

Satya: I hope you and DF have sorted things out. DF and I had weeks of couples counselling after Taylor was born and I can tell you it was hard and often caused more trouble then what were were having before we started them. Our arguements peaked in the weeks we had counselling but we stopped in October or November I think and we havent had one fight since. I think adjusting to a new family is a HUGE part of instability for the first while, my friend went through the same thing as me. I think that sometimes so much focus is taken away from your relationship and its all put on the baby that you forget how to deal with each other, during fights and forget to cherish each other when you get a moment alone...... after awhile if you cant stop you just 'live' together...... does that make sense.

Livy: Thats terrible about your friend, such a shock and so quickly. Its not the most sensitive thing to say but its a story like that when I thank my lucky stars that when I got Taylors injection last week I also remembered to have my cervical cancer vaccine too. My condolences.
Christmas is a horrible time, it takes so much energy out of you. I was actually thinking that next year we should have Xmas at our place but not after seeing my families this year LOL.

I want to see Benjamin Button, thanks for the heads up. I would have been looking at my watch every 10 minutes half way through it wondering when I would be able to get pick up Taylor.

Well not a whole lot to report on this end. I'm beginning to wonder if Taylor has hayfever and thats the cause of her sniffles and constant sneezes. Its quite funny because Ill sneeze 4 times in a row then she will start as well.

We got 6 month pixifotos of Taylor and I started to feel dizzy while picking out the photos we wanted that I rushed through them and ended up buying 2 sets of all of them and the cd..... idiot.... doesnt matter its paid for now and Im sure we can give some away. She doesnt smile at strangers so she looked a bit stunned in some of the photos.

Back at work on Wednesday..... what is it with people looking down at me for going back to work. At least its not full time. But if I have to politely smile back at one of those 'you should be staying home' looks or one of those 'oh they take children that young at childcare' or 'oh you wont be looking after her, where will she go' comments I think I will cry. I dont want to go back to work, but for so many different reasons I have to....... I want to spend as much time with DD as I possibly can but I also want her to have a SISTER LOL and buy a house and open a trust fund for her and give her swimming lessons and so on and so on. Spending time with her was my top priority which is why I am working 3 days instead of full time, but no one wants to listen to my story - not that I should have to defend myself to anyone - so now you guys had to listen to it lol.

Anyways Im exhausted so Im off. Hope everyone had an non-eventful happy new year.