Babies Born June 2006 #49

[Smoke Jaguar]

LOVING how Melb does this - truly, I do! I have so many summer and winter clothes, I love to give them all a good rotation
Perfect day to see my horse after a long absence - I took Oscar (cos I got guilted, then told that it was ok to leave him at home, but by then the guilt trip had done its work...) and he kept pointing out all the poo...there's heaps of poo around on horse properties!
Tali - how crap about the moving expenses. I agree with you and Mel - terrible way to bring home a message about healthy eating. I notice with Oscar that when he has packaged foods that are highly processed (like his favourite, chips) he stays awake for longer and just strings out near the end. When we have food that is cooked from fresh food we don't have an issue. Today, he had chips and he didn't go to sleep for MIL until she called us (we were at the fire station) and I got there with 'Baboo'. He had dropped a can of food on his toe and upset himself further and just wouldn't go to sleep! I reckon his toe nail might fall off, and he broke skin, so that would have exacerbated an already strung out kid. Luckily, he has a lot of homecooked food and snacks like chips are a rarity in this house (cos DP scoffs it and asks me to keep it to a minimum, for his waistline's sake!). Maybe the next kid won't be so affected by preservatives, who knows? My active kid reacts to it, though.
Amanda - glad that you get breaks in the MS now! I remember that with Oscar - at about week 19 the sickness subsided for moments throughout the day...enough for me to enjoy Christmas lunch, I recall! Camping with 5 will be a whole new adventure - the older boys will really come into their own with their caring duties!
Mel - I'll be out at Clayton tomorrow...it will be very cold, as usual! I've got to knuckle down and do some reading, though, now that Oscar seems to be settled there...assignment due in about 3 weeks I WILL go round for a coffee after this assignment's in! On a Thursday when Oscar's in Swich...
I had a proud Mama Bear moment today. First of all, I had left the potty up near the fridge and he leaned over it, ****ed a leg and took aim...he's been watching dogs, it would seem! About an hour later, after spending the afternoon playing at sitting on the 'throne' (the big loo), he found the potty again, sat down, said 'poo' and when I looked, sure as you're born...a poo! I was not expecting him to pick up on this so soon - I thought I had months, at least, before this would happen, so now my kid's just racing ahead of me and growing up.
Off to bed now...in the middle of composing this I had a fire call (didn't get a truck and we were called off, anyway, as the neighbouring brigade had in under control).
Beddy byes now!

[AmandaJ]

Maya yeah the older boys do their fair share now, Kailen is like a mother hen with babies and especially Cody, so I know that I don't have any worries there. Yay for Oscar, it's amazing what they pick up and choose to use before your ready isn't it.

Mel I might keep that movie in mind for the school hols in two weeks, glad you had a good day.

Tali yeah it's lucky we forget what pg is like otherwise there would be a lot of 1 child families, lol.

Well I've had a busy last few days, on the weekend Kailen brought Cody in and he'd hurt his foot, but seemed ok, then the next day I saw him sort of hobbling on it. So on Tuesday I took him to the Drs and he sent us for an xray, I couldn't get in on the Tuesday so had to go first thing yesterday and sure enough a small greenstick fracture of just above his third toe, They can't put it in plaster as it's not worth it so we just have to be a bit more careful of it, for the next six weeks, poor thing, but he seems to be coping alright and it's not causing to much pain unless it gets bumped, so I guess that's a good thing.

hugs xoxo

[New Dawn]

Amanda poor Cody hope he feels better soon.

Maya - yeah for the big boy poo!!! Zayden also trained himself before he was 2yrs but not to worry May took until she was 2.5 yrs and I have stoped tring with Kai until we get down to Melbourne... Where is the year going every day that pass's means our babies are getting bigger

I am hope to take the kids to the movies next week thought this would be the one to go to so will have to try to get there we havent been to the movies for ages so will be a real treat.. As for pop corn both may and Zay go through a huge big tub most of it is gone before the movies even started which means then they drink way too much and need to go to the loo half way through the movie but always at different times!!!

Well we just got news that BHL has gotten the job in melbourne that means he gets to come home every day ( dont know if I will cope with that lol ) which we are all very happy about!!! But it means we have to leave in april as they want him to start in mid may!! The boss wanted him down there next week but BHL said that he has just got into work so the boss has said he can do the 2 weeks out come home for a week fly back out for a week then come home on the 23rd of april pack a house drive down find a house and unpack and find and start DS in a new school!!!!

Piece of cake dont know why I feel like I am spinning LOL

Poor mum and dad were comming up in may but now they cant I know it will all work out in the end...i hope

[New Dawn]

Amanda poor Cody hope he feels better soon.

Maya - yeah for the big boy poo!!! Zayden also trained himself before he was 2yrs but not to worry May took until she was 2.5 yrs and I have stoped tring with Kai until we get down to Melbourne... Where is the year going every day that pass's means our babies are getting bigger

Mel - I am hope to take the kids to the movies next week thought this would be the one to go to so will have to try to get there we havent been to the movies for ages so will be a real treat.. As for pop corn both may and Zay go through a huge big tub most of it is gone before the movies even started which means then they drink way too much and need to go to the loo half way through the movie but always at different times!!!

Well we just got news that BHL has gotten the job in melbourne that means he gets to come home every day ( dont know if I will cope with that lol ) which we are all very happy about!!! But it means we have to leave in april as they want him to start in mid may!! The boss wanted him down there next week but BHL said that he has just got into work so the boss has said he can do the 2 weeks out come home for a week fly back out for a week then come home on the 23rd of april pack a house drive down find a house and unpack and find and start DS in a new school!!!!

Piece of cake dont know why I feel like I am spinning LOL

Poor mum and dad were comming up in may but now they cant I know it will all work out in the end...i hope

[New Dawn]

sorry computer is stuffing up when I posted it it couldnt find the server so I hit the refresh page and hit post again so now its up there twice and I dont know how to remove one lol

[MelS]

Tali - OMG how exciting for you! That's such great news and having DH at home will be wonderful for the kids (and you!). Don't worry I'm sure you'll get it together in time. Less time to think about things, you'll do it. Have you found somewhere to live yet? You could go and look at schools once you get there, I'm sure it wouldn't matter if you sign them up a bit late. MIL took Chelsea to see Alvin & the Chipmunks which is an old movie from the January school holidays but some of our smaller independant cinemas still show the old ones. She loved that too! She is being very spoilt this week, 2 movies and she is at my GF today and off to the Pancake Parlour. I have a bit of weakness for that buttery, salty popcorn.

Amanda - poor Cody. It's going to be hard to keep him quiet for 6 weeks. How are you feeling now?

Maya - we are certainly getting a good rotation of clothes lately LOL!!! Definately coat and scarf today. Bloody freezing this morning. Its fantastic that Oscar is settling in well to daycare. Makes study for you a bit easier to know he is having lots of fun. Let me know when you are coming over for coffee, would love to catch up. You have every right to have your proud Mumma Bear moment, that's so clever of Oscar. Who would have thought poo would bring so much joy LOL!!!! Out of all the phases of baby/toddler, I hated TT. I am not a very patient person so it really did my head in. I am hoping Marley is different. She pulls at her nappy when she has done a poo, so that is a good sign. Chelsea would have stayed in a pooey nappy all day, never bothered her. I'm sure he's on the right track though. Such grown up things they are doing now. Bit sad really

I have a wedding to go to next weekend and I finally found a dress to wear. I rarely wear dresses, more of a pants girl. But a special ocassion means a special dress. Got a beautiful black dress which has cream satin underneath and overlayed with a thick lace. I love it and I had a friend come with me for her opinion as she is very honest. I needed new shoes (of course!) and they had a 50% off the second item. Bonus! Got the outfit for $220 which was fantastic and the shoes are divine and I will be able to wear them to work too.

Better go do some work.

[nickers]

Hi All,
sorry i have been off the radar a bit but we have some exciting news!! No not pregnant, but we bought a house!! Im so excited. the pest/building inspects get done Mon/Tues so fingers crossed.
Its in the area my DH has longed to get back into and it is a lovely place just thought we would never afford.
FIl is going to kind of live with us, the house has two entries and the wall is knocked out but we will close it back up and its like a granny flat, so he has a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, lounge/dining and porch.
we have 3 bedrooms.
The house has only ever had 1 owner. Sadly the husband passed away unexpectidly just last month. The wife needs help around so has bought a villa up in Newcastle to be close with family. So for her money isnt really the key and we got it at an awesome price.
It was such a spontaneous buy, the RA rung DH on Thurs night and told us about this house and the proce reduction, we went on Friday and made an offer there and then, they accepted we signed the docs and its sold!!
as all of this was happening there was another open and lots of ppl came to look! So i feel we got lucky.... we have lots of big ideas on what we would like to do, some of it b4 we move in some of it over time. either way finally we can work on something that is ours and settle in an area we want the children to go to school,sport and grow up in.
Today we took all the family through to have a look.
The place is 60yrs old but immaculant. even under the house there is not a drop of dirt.

oh and other exciting news Tyron can kinda sit! he isnt too stable yet but he puts his hans out infront of him and can balance for a little bit! He even got game and grabbed for a ball and didnt topple over lol

Amanda- Poor cody. that will be a hard task keeping him off it as mcuh as possible for 6 weeks. any plan of attack there?
Maya- wow Oscar! its funny i came in here and read this tonight because i actually attempted to get Nix to poo in the potty but no go. Ive been talking to him about thwe toilet for a while now, where the wee's and poo's go etc Late this afternoon i took his nappy off and remembered he had not pooed for the day. So i thought i'd be game and see what happened. I brought the potty from the bathroom where it has always been, into the loungeroom and told him he can sit on it to do wees and poos. He sat on it but nothing.
Then he took himself to the bathroom, came out and said weeeee!!
so i went and had a look and he weed in the bathroom, silly mummy took the potty away from where he was used too. But i looked down and saw a tiny nugget! Knowing a poo was inevadable i attempted for him to sit on the potty and the toilet, but nothing. Gave up in the end and put his nappy on. Within minutes of the nappy going on he pooed! So i think he still thinks this is where poo goes. I never expected him to pick up on it yet but its worth trying every now and again!

Mel- look forward to seeing a pic of you all dolled up! Im a pants girl too but felt so fantastic to wear a dress recently at a wedding we went to!
Tali- you sound like me last year! It was April last yr DH had to come back to Sydney and start working and in May when Nix & I came up, far out a year goes quickly!

I've had lots of friends announce their pg news recently its an excting year! a few of them have been trying for a long time so its just the best news. (One couple 7yrs)

[*Ali*]

Hi all, just checking in while I have a few moments to myself.

Nic- Great news about the house, you must be just stoked.

Mel- Gotta love a bargin hey! I have a wedding in August and I told myself i would buy a dress to wear (I never wear dresses but thought I would make an effort) hopefully I can find one I like.

Tali- You must be stoked about moving back to Melb, sounds like it will be a bit of a rush, but hopefully once you are moved and settled it will be well worth it all.

Amanda- Poor Cody, he has been in the wars a bit lately hasnt he. I hope he recovers quickly. I hope the your m/s is easing up now and you are feeling better.

Maya- Woohoo for Oscar going to poo on the potty that is a huge step- Tori is getting towards being ready for toilet training, just need to wait untill Liam is a bit more settled so I can devote the appropriate amount of time to it.

Bath- I hope that you are feeling better and starting to regain some of your energy.

We have made HUGE leap with Liam this weekend, his Losec is working a treat and we have started getting him to settle to sleep in his cot instead of in our arms because each time we put him into his cot he would wake up so I was spending ALL day everyday settling him to sleep. Now he is sleeping up to 2 hours at a time, and if he does stir I just need to go in and put his dummy in and give him a quick pat.

I am off to see 2 friends today who had babies this week, 1 on Thurs, 1 on Fri- Luckily they are in the same hospital. My friend who had her baby on Thursday actualley had undiagnosed Pre-eclampsia and had eclamptic fits on Weds night and got rushed to hosp in an ambulance and had to ahve an emergency c-sect under a general anaesthetic- thankfully she is doing ok now, and the baby is great, luckily she was lready 38 weeks preg.

Anyway I have heaps of jobs to catch up on now that Liam actualley sleeps during the day. I hope everyone is keeping well.