Babies Born June 2006 #50

Thanks Bath did my head in trying to remember everything lol maybe next time I should have a pad and pen ready so I can give myself some notes....

3 weeks sounds good to me would love to meet you I am hoping as it will be the 1st time the girls would be on a train that it will be enough to keep them quite and happy for the trip in... Would just have to give myself enough time to get back for Zayden... will let you know as soon as our money improves so we can have a meet up....

Maya I see you are ment to have SNOW tomorrow wish I was brave enough to drive up there to show the kids but I hate hilly corners on dry days let alone on days with Black Ice I think Its from growing up, up there seeing to many cars go over the edge.... enjoy to cold take heaps of photos so i can live though them on FB lol

Well my sister isnt UTD as she went to the doctor and had a test which was neg but she still hasnt had a visit from AF its now 3 weeks late... Have know idea what that means... Pain in the bum is what it is when you are TTC, I hope it happens for her sooner than it does me, it too hard waiting that long....

Well I hope everyone is enjoying the winter sunshine, those of us who have it...
Jaspen wish I could still be up there just for winter, told BHL we need to houses one here in summer and one up there for winter he would have the same job so it would just mean FIFO to different homes for different times in the year, shame the kids have to go to school or we might have done it lol....

Tali - the winter sun is so good but soon as its gone - chilly again!!! Wow, snow up in the Dandenongs tomorrow. Didn't see the weather tonight but it sounds like its going to be a cold one. Shame about your sister not being pregnant, hopefully soon. Love the idea of 2 houses, I would do it. Lots of retirees do it, so might have to think about that when I get old and grey lol!!!

Bath - wow, thats an expensive bill! Considering I run my heater virtually non stop (and definately not frugal with my dryer lol!!!), my winter elec bill is about $230 and gas about $200 which is not too bad. I am not really a good budgeter, but find it easier to pay $50 instead of $230 when the bills are due. DH's pay is also very irregular depending on what shifts he does, he prefers doing night shift because it pays better. It must be working well if you've been doing it for 15 years. Fantastic news about the acupuncture, it sounds like it is really doing the trick for you. I have never had it done before, does it feel weird??

Maya - good to see you back. How is uni going this semester? You must be going crazy without your camera working? Your phone takes really great pictures.

Nic - DH thought your idea was hilarious!!!! Might be an idea though. He's not sure he could cope with multiple trips, crazy enough the first time. I try to keep sentimental things or bigger items. Small stuff is easy to replace. I still don't know if we will try #3 but some stuff is taking up lots of room (rocker, bassinet for my pram etc). If you are hesitant about getting rid of it, keep it. How is your new kitchen?

Julie - thinking of you! Not long to go now.

I've started walking every lunchtime at work which is amazing for me as I really don't do much exercise (which I know is naughty!!!). Me and a work colleague walk around this huge oval next to work for about 40 mins. I must say I felt really good after it and we were not walking slow. Marley has a bit of cough at the moment and a nice snotty nose (thankfully running clear) which is making her a bit cranky. We have a christening tomorrow so I may have to leave her home with DH, I don't want her coughing her germs over all the other kids and it sounds like it is going to be a cold day.

Rug up Melbourne girls and I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend. :)

HI girls, just popping and saying hello- life is hectic here too. My little man is crawling around and getting into everything, he has also started pulling himself up and hanging on with 1 hand, so I fear that he is not too far from walking :doh:, he is only 7 months, so I am hoping he waits a little longer- Im so not ready.

My darling daughter has become extremly vocal latley (she was already, but is now more so) Today she said ' that's not fair' when I told her I need to change Liams nappy before I could play with her (where did she learn that from) and now when you ask her to do something, her stock standard answer is 'why?' OMG when did my baby grow up so much.
We are starting her in daycare for half a day a week because we really think she needs that extra social interactions and some of her own time, and Liam needs a break from her too.

Work is going well, I have a well spirited class, but they are lovely, interesting kids. It is taking them some time to adjust to the change, but I am confident that we will get there.

Glad to hear that everyone is well. I really enjoy coming in here from time to time and seeing what everyone and their kidlets are getting up to.

Goodmorning :)

Just dropped Wade off at Kinder... Niall is watching In The Night Garden so I have a few minutes to grab in here.

Hiya Ali! :D Good to hear from you. Oh yes they grow up waaaay too fast don't they? Niall parrots Wade all the time and has said "Not fair!!!" a few times too. The worst thing he says ATM is "Goodbye stinky bum bum" :redface: which I think Wade said to him in a silly moment and it has stuck, as Verity would say "bigtime". :( It's awful when he says it to strangers at the shops... hopefully they can't quite make it out what he has said!

Mel: good on you for doing your lunchtime walks :clap: I've just had to make two mad dashes for the train to and from kinder... equates to about two 50 meter sprints! LOL does that count? hehe Regarding the electricity bill: I think it's because we have a teenager :lol: Verity uses a lot of electricity... she always leaves lights on in her room... leaves the column heater on (one day I found it on the highest setting at 2pm... not happy!!!)... she blow dries her hair and uses a hair straightener every day... uses appliances like the tumble drier when I'm still in bed early in the morning (I can tell because the laundry is all steamy)... has a stereo in her room... the list goes on. If it was just DH, myself and the boys I reckon the bill would be closer to yours. *sigh* what can you do hey?

Went to the football on the weekend but had a wretched time. Our team lost badly and verity and I had these awful supporters behind us... so we up and left and went over to DFO for a look! V's boyfriend came along too. He's a lovely lad. At least that's one issue that isn't giving us grief!!!

Ok better complete Wade's school enrolment forms! Can you believe it! My baby going to school next year! In some ways it'll be good for Niall to have a break from him too, like you mentioned Ali... sometimes they just need a bit of space!

Maya: hope you get to enjoy the nearby snow!!! How beautiful! :)

HI my lovely Junies

i keep waiting until ive got long enough to do one of my big catch up posts but i think if i do that then i may not post until Christmas!

Thanks for the birthday wishes - had a nice day with a friend coming over and bringing gorgeous lebanese takeaway, cake and bubbly so i was happy but useless for the rest of the day.

Mum arrives in around 3 hours and i so can't wait for the help. This pregnancy has been the hardest by about a million times and i have had so many pains/contractions/happenings over the last week its just not been funny - but i can relax when she gets here as she can look after the boys so bubs can arrive anytime - if before next Tuesday!

Typically when i am at my least able so many things have happened - the playgroup i have been setting up in my village finally started 2 weeks ago - read letter box drops to 230 houses!/toys pick ups/so much running around when i can't do it comfily. Have done lots of gardening recently - dont ask why now!!!! birthday money = plants for front garden as it is still mainly sand but coming on nicely.

Boys are ok - Will had croup last Friday and was told to take him to a&e at midnight by the healthdirect people after they assessed him as he was having a hard time and the steamy shower room wasn't working - everyone at the hossy was great bar the actualy dr who looked around 3 and i don;t think she knew what croup was! she was listening to his chest saying i can't hear wheezing - and im like - thats because the wheeze doesn't come from the chest in croup - its from below the voice box - she was so dismissive i wanted to slap her - i really didnt choose to drive to a&e on a friday night at midnight at 37 weeks pregnant just for fun - grrrr!

Anywa, sorry for the me post - i regularly pop in to see how you are all doing - will hopefully get chance to do a proper 'julie-sized' post in the next few days whilst mum looks after the boys - yay!.

Take care

Julie xxxx

Yep, Julie, I foresee lots of little posts from you soon, especially posted in the wee hours! Lucky BB is 24hrs :)
Ali - Tori reminds me of my niece who speaks lovely little sentences to mimic her charming older brother and sister, and sometimes her mum...ummm, not so charming, that is!! When she comes out with these things, though, everyone realises just what it is they've been saying in excess!
We went to Spanish Speaking playgroup for the first time today and it was really nice - I think we'll both sync into it in no time.
Oscar has become even more of a stunt man, if that were even possible. Still no haircut yet and I can't imagine when I'll have the guts to let anyone near his hair with cutting implements yet! His small fringe cuts don't count, because I didn't consent to those and they didn't cut off a lot anyway as they left the rest of the length and 'style'. He looks like a little surfie, especially with his sunkissed ends!
Booby boy is even more so lately and fingering his gums a lot...lucky me! At least this time he's not taking it out on my nipples so much.
I got him one of the Fisher Price bike helmets that comes down to his nape - I didn't like that most of the others were like racing helmets, just covering the top of his head, because this one will double as a horse riding helmet. He LOVES seeing horses and has just loved being on my horse's back for a spin.
Anyway, I'd better see to him before he gets super destructive here.
Take care!

Awww Jules don't feel the pressure to do a mammoth post darl :hug: sounds like you've been having a tough time of it! Come in here and moan all you like! You should have read my posts when i was pregnant with Niall... when i wasn't moaning about my itching (I had cholestasis) I was moaning about the heat or Wade or one thing or another!!! :lol:

It is ok to just post short messages... like this one for instance ;)

ETA: snap Maya!!! (Re: short posts)

Well, I see my Junies are doing well enough without me popping in and annoying them! LOL


Pat is doing really well except he has really started to Parrot words that Dh says, you know the not real nice words! He says so much these days and it is a real struggle to get him to stop talking occasionally. Bella starts Kinder next year, if I can EVER get her out of Pullups! She just refuses to go to the toilet. Any tips girls????

Enigma- nice to hear from you again....I miss our chats! How is your Dh and Anetka going??? We really need to chat again!

Well, I really haven't doing that much lately as I slipped over at DH's work and hurt my leg. At first the Dr thought I might have torn the ligaments in my knee and I did badly sprain my ankle. So I spent the last 3 weeks on crutches! I went and saw the Specialist last Wednesday and he reckons I have only strained the ligaments in my knee and he wants me to get off the crutches as soon as possible. It took 2-3 days and I am off them.My knee is still very sore but I have a physio appt next Monday at 3.30pm, so we'll see how I go there!

I am also using cloth nappies on Pat now and he loves them, in fact I tried to put a sposie on him the other day when he had a tummy bug and he grabbed one of his clothies and said cloth bum!
Better go and dry these nappies!

Hugs and kisses to all the Junies

Ooh, that reminds me, Jess - I'll be trialling some new Huggies pull ups this week - don't know why I was selected, I did say that I prefer modern cloth nappies and undies for my toilet trainer, but if it's my opinion they want, then I'll do my best!

Sorry no advise on the TT Jess haven't got there yet! which reminds me Maya any progression with Oscar? a few months back he was doing poos in his potty which is just great! I sit Nixon on the potty almost every day at different times hoping one day something will be in it when he stands up but nothing yet! I am hoping come Jan/Feb he will be ready as the hotter months will work ok with accidents etc!
Julie- i think u did a pretty good post in any case! The last few weeks of pregnancy are a test of endurance aren't they? so different when u have other children to care for though. well the longest i have gotten to is 38weeks i have no idea how much more my body would have taken if i went to 42 weeks or something! but only one more weekf or you at most whoo hoo!!

One of my gf is currently 37weeks, they tried for 7yrs to fall pg had afew early losses and several IVF attempts, i cant beleive its almost finally time for her to cradle her own baby she has sat back and seen everyone around her grow their family.
Ali- Liam is a keen lil fella, trying to catch up with his big sister!

Ty is cruising furniture and doing the one handed thing to, dont think he's quiet ready to let go but he is getting more and more confident each day
Since moving ive hardly had a chance to go anywhere because of unpacking/ reno's tradies etc but today i took advantage of a lovely winters day and headed down to cronulla. walked along the esplanade and stopped for the kids to have a play at an enclosed park. Ty thought the swing was top notch and giggled his head off! he had his head so far back he was almost looking upside down and thought he was going to topple over backwards, Nixon was going at the same time and watching the two of them crack each other up was just priceless!

Ali - glad to hear your new kids aren't giving you a hard time. Tori might be making up for it LOL!!! I am sure she will thrive in day care with much more stimulation, I know Marley does. Liam is certainly growing up, 7 months and already pulling himself up. I think the second ones always appear to grow up faster. Trying to catch up to their siblings.

Bath - walking is still going well. We go at least 2-3 days a week. We even went on yesterday when it was a bit showery. It was bloody cold but it felt very invigorating!! Verity sounds like me LOL!!! I use my hair dryer and straightener, always use the dryer and have an awful habit of leaving lights on (I'm a bit naughty :rolleyes:). DH is just as bad, leaving the TV on when he goes out! My bill might be cheaper if I started being a bit more vigilant. Its awful when you get some feral supporter at the footy. They seem to ruin the day for everyone around them. Chelsea wants DH to take her to a game, which he is in a couple of weeks, and I am worried about what she might hear. It can get very vocal. I can't believe Wade starts school next year. Do you think he is looking forward to it? You won't know yourself with only Niall at home.

Julie - nesting in the garden! Don't over do it though. Must be fun trying to get up and down?? Hope Will is feeling better, croup must be nasty. It must be nice having your mum here, hope she enjoys her visit and you make the most of her being here. Will be eagerly awaiting the news on Tuesday.

Maya - I know you are sick at the moment, wanted to send :hug: your way and hope you feel better soon. I love Oscar's surfie look, very cute and it suits him.

Jess - how is the leg. Hopefully getting better for you. Having only TT one child, bribes worked wonders in our house and a reward chart. I can imagine all your kids would have been different to TT? Boys v girls? Who was easier? Marley is just having fun sitting on the toilet and trying to rip as much toilet paper off as she can!!!! No action yet though.

Nic - I love checking to see if you have put more photos on FB. The house is looking so good, you must be loving it. It is so nice watching siblings having fun together.

Marley had her yearly pediatric allergy testing done on Wednesday and no surprises she is still allergic to eggs and cashews. Poor thing didn't cope too well with the pr!ck testing, she screamed and screamed. Its so horrible to see them get so upset. Thankfully the nurse worked quickly. When she wanted to measure the reactions on her back, Marley was so wary of her coming near her. She had to show her the little ruler she had to convince her she wasn't going to pr!ck her again. She did really well for the rest of the testing. Dr said she will likely grow out of the egg allergy by the age of 4-5 but he has had some kids grow out of it sooner - hopefully she is in that category.

We also had him look at the top of her head, it has a ridge on the top. For about 12 months, when she is fast asleep, she rocks herself (on her belly) and bangs her head against the cot bars. Its like it soothes her, weird I know. I have had MCHN look at it and she wasn't too concerned. MIL has been stressing about it for a while so I got Dr to look at it while I was there. He also isn't concerned. He thinks the ridge is just where her fontenelle has closed slightly raised. The banging is just making it red and the hair is getting rubbed away from it. He said if we try to stop the banging, the hair will grow back and the redness stop. DH went and bought $50 worth of dense latex rubber to line the sides of the cot. It has been working, she is not banging it as often. Dr has said to get and X-ray, mainly to convince MIL that there is nothing to worry about. He also told me that this kind of thing is common amongst kids and will usually stop once they go to a bed. We were hoping to put off moving her to a bed until christmas time. Might have to rethink that one!

Chelsea has her first school disco on Sunday. Its a family day for the whole school from 3-5pm and she is so excited about it! She wants me to buy her something special to wear (like mother like daughter :lol:). It should be a fun afternoon and I'm sure Marley will love getting up and gigging out!

Sorry for the mammoth rant, that's what happens when I don't pop in often enough.

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Sorry Mel just had to laigh at the head banging one of my sisters used to doing it to the back of the couch :cryinglaugh: is she ever sat down she would rock and bang her head back against the chair she was on sorry to say she did until she was at least 10.... Some kids just find it soothing I guess...

Well just a quick one from me as NHL is home.... we are heading to Baw baw tomorrow mind you I am already way too cold just sitting in this weather....

It took poor BHL over 12 hrs to get back home on wednesday he wasnt a happy chappy when he got here.... Hasnt stopped complaining about how cold it is how much he doesnt like Melbourne.... this doesnt bode well for us... I know all to well whats going to happen next just have to pay that the next time he flys in the weather would have improved so he want dislike it here so much....

my mum and sister had a very scarey day yesterday.
my sister was working and mum minding her two DD's. DD2 had a temp and runny nose.
at 11am mum gave her more panadol and my sister rang to see how she was. as she was on the phone mum heard a loung thud, she went to the room and my neice was laying flat on her back, she tried to pick her up and she was limp and started convulsing. my sister ran out of the office and had a 45min drive from hell not knowing what she was going to pull up to.
mum rang the ambo's, she convulsed for more than 5mins.
she was taken to hospital and thankfully came home last night. Her temp had gotten to high (highest recorded was 39.6 and she had a febrile convulsion.
today i went out and bought a new thermometre because mine has been playing up for a long time and i have just been slack about it. my mum cannot get the glassy look out of her mind, my mum is a panicker normally but i think she did really well yesterday she was on her own with the 2 kids.
at one stage she took her out the front driveway and called out to some ppl across the rd for help, they never came over and they never helped, i am appauled. surely you could tell something wasnt right and even if not then maybe when the ambo came screaming down the street sirens blaring, but they never came over to find out nothing.

anyway she has been to the doctors today and is ok, she prob doesnt even remember the events of yesterday....

That's scary, Nic - I thought Oscar might end up convulsing the other day because he was so hot. We kept him on an even keel with panadol, showers and snuggling up to me in bed. But, yeah, your sister's drama resonates with me!
Yep, Mel, we have been sick - DP came down with a bit of it today, but he's been able to get up and walk around, which I certainly couldn't do yesterday. I have a weekend school tomorrow and I'm very unprepared for it - I was going to play catch up's during my trip to uni on Thursday, but with Oscar sick, childcare/uni didn't happen. Oh, well, I've now done the WES 3 times (well, it will be 3 tomorrow), so I'll just explain to my tutor what's been going on and not to ask me any questions! Fingers crossed that Marley grows out of her allergies - imagine never being able to enjoy Indian dishes laced with cashews?? She is such a cutie - she's an 'edgy' child, isn't she? She won't be no wallflower ;)
Bath - I love how your mind works re: money - you are my role model, though I fall so far short so often of your benchmark! I have been improving heaps, though, lately :)
Julie - Not long now!
Amanda - how are you getting on?
Nic - Oscar has been using the potty and toilet for a while now and mostly goes to childcare in nappies, but we have done a successful day of nappy-free there, too. It's just a matter of being brave and letting him figure it out, because he hates soiling himself and will indicate that he needs to go. In fact, that's how I went with the TT flow - he has indicated when he's about to make a movement since he became verbal.
Tali - have a great trip to the snow!
Ok, better head off again and take my own panadol.

Hi all am back for good now, computer is now up and running better then ever, it took over two weeks to get it running this well though.

Since I've been gone I've had to have a molar pulled, it was either that or have a root canal so I opted for the pull, hopefully it will let the wisdom tooth come down now. My BP has gone up already so am on regular BP checks twice a week, yesterday it was 150/85, so the Dr is expecting me to get pre eclampsia again, so luckily this is the last bub and he also said that I would most probably end up with BP issues after this bub, either straight away or later in life, oh the joy.

My little brother is finally getting married today so will have some nice pics in my gallery either tomorrow or next week, I've gotten a new outfit and had my hair done, so hopefully I will look great and the pain in my hips and upper legs will stop for a bit.

Nic wow that would have been so scarey for your mum and sister, glad to hear that she is alright now.

Maya sorry to hear everyone is ill at your house as well hopefully you will be feeling better soon.

Hi everyone else.

hugs xoxo

Good afternoon :)

Had a weird day today: Niall managed to put himself to sleep in his own cot last night at about 9pm.... and he slept through until 8am... at 9am DH and I were lying in bed having a chat while Verity kept an eye on the boys (easy because they were allowed to play with the Duplo which they've been wanting all week but only get on the weekend)... but at 9.15am I moved to get up and experienced the most agonising cramp since labour!!! I thought perhaps it was a sudden onset of gastro so i went to the bathroom where i swear I nearly passed out! I felt faint and went all clammy... I called for DH who came and rescued me (I didn't need to go to the toilet after-all... just back to bed!) and I felt like spewing the pain was that intense! I told Dh to give Nurse-On-Call a ring... maybe to cancel out a twisted bowel... she told us to go to emergency but there was no way known I was going to move from my bed where I curled up and rocked from side to side. Anyhow after about 40 minutes (and pain killer/hot water bottle) the pain eased to a dull cramp... the clamminess went too. By about an hour I had drifted off and woke up feeling better... DH had made a "nest" for me on the couch and we watched the olympics together for most of the day. But I wish i knew what had happened! So scary... lucky DH was here! I don't have gastro... everything is normal now... cramps gone too. Fun hey? Sympathies to my other ill Junies!!! I hope you are on the mend too Maya! it's the PITS being sick with kids around let alone study commitments... Speaking of which i am seriously thinking of returning to study next year... LaTrobe has a Post Grad course on Art Therapy that sounds fascinating! Being able to combine my three interests: art, medicine, education would be my dream job!!! The Austin has a successful Music Therapy department (for patients mainly with chronic and mental illness.... they use music as a form of stress release and as a language that they can use without the commitment of sharing too much and as a way of being "heard" which we all know is very therapeutic! I would love to be able to work with people in the same way but using art... kids especially really respond to suggestions that they share their thoughts and feeling via art... more so than asking outright questions like "How do you feel about...." which they can feel is too hard to answer.

Enough about me!

Nic: oooh your poor mum and niece!!! I hope she is recovered now... some kids do tend to be susceptible to convulsions when they get over heated.... thankfully mine never have... it's such a scary thing to see! When I was a child the little girl down the road was always having them. My mum is a nurse and was often called to help. After a few of them her mum did kinda get more able to deal with them... it was because she ran a temp... it didn't even have to be that high. She grew out of it though by about age 4 I think... and went on to be an ambulance officer herself!

Good to hear from you Amanda :) I know, it's wretched to have ongoing, life long health concerns after having children. it's something I never thought I would have. I saw my Endocrinologist on thursday and my thyroid is over active again :( So it seems i could have Grave's disease which is a common by product of having babies. However my thyroid level was only slightly above normal... the doctor was very surprised and relieved as I had taken myself off my nasty anti-thyroid tablets a few months ago... he warned me that it would get as bad as before but because my previous test was so good (almost indicating an underactive thyroid!) then he allowed me to stay off them... but my level was slightly too high meaning I have to take 1 tablet a day now... for the next 8 weeks (blood test) at least.

DH home with dinner... i shouldn't be on here... back later!!!

Geez, Bath, how scary, indeed! I think we totally overestimate ourselves when we're sick. Why don't we call the ambulance, or at the very least, a house call doctor? You know we would if our partners or kids were completely immobile from illness! I have resolved to call a house-calling doctor next time I feel anything like I did yesterday. Especially cos DP isn't that well himself. He said a couple of times "go to the doctor, at least to get a medical certificate" (cos I missed the compulsory weekend school, I'll have to crash one of next weekend's classes) and I said I'd go if he'd take me...guess what? He didn't take me! He knew I wasn't going to get behind the wheel of a car :rolleyes: If you have ambo membership, it couldn't hurt to get them to take you to hospital, Bath, so that they can run some tests the next time it should happen...hopefully never!
Oh, well, onwards and upwards for us sickies!

Hey girls, must be the season for illness. The boys and DH just got over a good dose of gastro, now DH has something called arterial fibrillation - basically his heart races to 220 beats per minute and upwards while he is just sitting there. He spent Saturday night at the Royal Melbourne and now we are just trying to organise a cardiologist appointment. Bummer is it increases the chance of heart attack and stroke - lucky he is such a skinny ba$tard!

Better go - I am feeling under the weather too :( One good thing about DH feeling unwell though - the house stays real clean cause all he and the boys can do at the moment is watch DVDs :redface:

Other than that life is good - job is fun and pays nicely.....

and Bath I LOVE my avatar!!

Oh Rory!!! I hope Mick is ok! I had a bit of that (didn't get to 220 though... got to about 140) last summer when my thyroid problem was at it's worst. Just sitting watching TV my heart-rate would speed up until i felt like I'd just done a jog around the block! Poor guy! It's sooo tiring! I wonder if it's due to a thyroid imbalance as well? I got very skinny (for me) as well as your metabolism speeds up too. I guess he has been put on beta blockers? They really helped me but make sure he doesn't stop them too suddenly. Let us know how he goes! And pass on my sympathy!

Thanks Maya... I know I should have been "seen to" but by the time the ambo would have got here the worst was over and I would have felt silly... we have cover so that would be no issue. If it happens again I'll definitely pursue some tests. I kinda feel though that I've been up at that emergency ward so many times recently with one thing or another... my mother (a nurse) used to accuse me of being a hypochondriac and I guess i fear people making the same accusation :redface: I've been up there 3 times in the past 4 months.

gastro: I think Niall may have a touch of it. Very loose nappies, mild temp, one spew. He's happy enough and active today... but has a very sore butt with a nasty rash that I'm smothering with Sudocrem.

Wade at his long day of Kinder... got two avvy's to work on when Niall has his nap... if he has a nap!

Hi to everyone! :hello:

"woof whistle here" WOW RORY look at your sexy avater!!!
another fabulous creation Bath, can't wait to c mine! (btw did u get my hotmail addy?)
lost my wallet last night grrrrrrr, i just (about 3 days ago) ut a new cc and bank card because my car was broken into less than 2 weeks ago and got my cards taken....it was my fault cant blame anyone, but still very annoyed that it hasnt been handed in or anything yet.

Rory - poor kiddies and DH! Hope they get better soon. Hopefully DH can get in to see a specialist soon and get it sorted out. Saw the awesome treehouse for Flynn on FB, he is one talented man! Your new av looks hot!! Well done Bath.

Maya - hope you guys are on the mend too. You can make up weekend school another time? Your health is more important. You are so right that Marley is no wallflower, she is certainly not going to get pushed around by anyone LOL!!!

Bath - how damn scary for you. Don't ever feel like a hypercondriac, you should trust your instincts when it comes to your health. Music therapy is amazing, they do a bit of it at work. If I can find any literature about it, I will forward it to you. In fact one of my postgrad students is a music therapy teacher at an autistic school and they get some fantastic results. Sounds like a wonderful career path to pursue. Hope Niall's nappy rash clears up, must be so painful.

Nic - oh no, how annoying! I have lost my purse a few times and it is so upsetting. And to have to get new cards again. Most times people rife through it, take money, then dump it in a bin. How is your niece doing? How scary for you mum but she sounds like she handled it really well. How disappointing that no one came to help, its a sad society we live in sometimes. Years ago I am sure that wouldn't have happened.

Amanda - my DH did the same thing, far cheaper to pull it out!!!! Hope your BP behaves itself and stays back in the normal range. Have you put wedding pics up yet? Bet you looked super glamorous!

Tali - oh great, I have another 8 years of it LOL!!!! How was Baw Baw? Is DH liking Melb any better? Shame you moved in winter, at least with summer you could have eased into the cold. It takes some getting used to, even if you've lived her your whole life!

The school disco was a hit! Chelsea had a great time, but I think Marley had an even better time. DH and I were both chatting and I looked around and couldn't see Marley anywhere. Started to panic, then looked up and she was on the stage!!! Dancing up a storm with some other kids, it was hilarious. Then she spent the rest of the afternoon just wandering the dance floor and joining in for a dance whenever she felt like it.

MIL took her to get her head xray today and she laid perfectly still. I thought it would have been really tricky to get her to stay still but she did great. Need to follow up with the paed in a week but hopefully he is right and nothing to worry about.

Need some help - Chelsea has book week activities this week and her first dress up day. She needs to go as a book character. Any brilliant ideas? I am not sure what to do. She wanted Cinderella but it might be a bit chilly for that. Bath and Amanda, I am sure you have done heaps of dress up days?

Just quickly - GFIL passed away today, which is good, it was tormenting him. Getting slowly better.
Forgot to say, Bath - I love the career path plans. One of my booby club girls was doing that before doing the Grad Dip Psych...turns out we're doing the same course by Off Campus mode! Anyway, she loved it.
Gotta go, kid demanding me...

:hug: Thinking of you and your DP Maya. I hope his funeral is a bonding and positive celebration too, as is often the way when a much loved person passes.

Just briefly too...

Mel: Once Book Week fell in winter when Verity was in grade 2. She went as Lucy from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. meant she had to wear a fur coat over the top of some "English style clothes": a tartan skirt, stockings, shirt and cardigan, hair in plaits. She won the prize with it too! She was the only Lucy... there was about 50 Hermiones!!! Don't send Chelsea as Hermione from Harry Potter is all I can say! LOL I'll see if I can post a photo of Verity in her outfit in my gallery... i'll let you know when it's up. I'd offer to lend you the fur coat but it would probably be too big. Op shops can be good for them though.

better... get Niall out of the pantry!!! (His natural habitat!)

congratulations Julie!!
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Bath- Nixon loves the pantry too thinks he is so great he can get things out of it!

Congratulations Julie on baby Isla Kate's safe arrival....

Well lets see how I go in remembering what I have miss out on....

Nic - how scary for your mum and sister I am very glad that your niece is ok... It's scary isnt Zayden would always have temps of over 39 so unforutly I grew accustem to this and now have a BAD habit of not thinking the girls have a temp when they are 38 as it doesnt seem high compare to what Zay used to get, he was one of those babies who got so hot you couldnt touch his skin and it felt like it was on fire, even now if he gets a temp ( maybe once a year ) he get quite high temps but maybe now I will take better notice when the girls have there high temps.... Cant believe no one came and helped your mum I am in shock it so sad that this day and age even when someone is out side screaming for help we still feel we shouldnt go over and see if there is anything we could do....

Amanda - good to have you back.... I havent as yet had a chance to check out the gallery but will do right after this.... How was the wedding? I have two sisters getting married next year and the drama is already starting.... Why cant BIG familys just get along lol.... they are already getting catty as one is marring and guy who is well of and they are going to marry at the Carasel ( sp?) and the other who is 10 yrs younger is marring a blue coller worker so is having a normal wedding but all my baby sister can think about is what my other sister is going to have and what she cant have so therefore she is going to ruin her own day if she is going to go on like this...

Bath - Glad the scary day you had hasnt repeated itself Have you been to the doctor yet to find out what it could have been....sounds like the type of pain my sister get with endo I hope it wasnt anything serious, like the girls have all said you have GOT to put yourself 1st when things like that happen....

Rory - O my I would have cr@ped myself if BHL had symtoms like that!!!! Have you been to the cardio yet... Do you know any good ones my brother works with heaps and would know who is the guy to see if you want I can ask him and let you know... I hope that he is ok now and his heart has stoped racing well except for when you walk into the room of course as we all know we should still be get our DH's heart to skip a bet when we walk in ;)

Mel - how's the costume going have you made up your mind as to what you are going to make yet...I wish they would wait for summer for these type of things it would be so much easier... Thats so cute with Marley on the stage a sign of things to come maybe LOL I have taken Zayden to many of these things, but he never dances or leaves my side unless it to buy pizza or chips..... I think I will have a different time of it next year when May is at school as she is a different kettel of fish....

Maya - I hope you are feeling a little better we have all also had this cold that just wont budge!!!! Arrr Melbourne gotta love it LOL

Well as for us BHL has just left again, the whole time he was here he did nothing but complain about the weather and how cold and cr@p vic is... Blarr blarr blarr.... the only problem is the kids all agree so now everyone keeps saying they want to go back to Qld... Not that we could move even if we wanted to... Well not for at least 2 years anyway.... I did tell him that there is no way I would move back to Cairns as its just to far up but he want to move to Beerwah on the sunshine coast... I am just hoping once the weather improves so will his attatued to where we are living....My biggest fear is the mine he is working at is thinking about going even time in the next year or so which would be great if we lived in QLD but not so good with us living here as it would mean heaps more flight, which would take away from our savings... so I guess only time will tell...
Well we went to the snow but ended up just going to mt donna buang which would have been good if I hadnt put the wrong warburton into the GPS so it took us waaaaaay out of the way up past yea ( you think this would have made us stop but no we kepted going ) we went an hour out of the way before I finely said to and very un happy BHL that we are going the wrong way... Opps it took us another hour to get there and then we only stayed for an hour if we were lucky as if was way too cold and May was screaming in the end as she was in so much pain( she has slight raynards ) so we rushed her back to the car where lucky I had packed them spare pants and socks... May couldnt even change her self as her feet were so cold the wouldnt work for her...

So we have decided that we are warm weather people... The only time the kids smiled for the camra was when BHL got them to say " We love QLDS "....So the snow trip didnt go well for my stay in Melb campane...lol I think I am on my own with that one...

Sorry for the HUGE post....

Love you all T :hug:

Tali - I am a warm weather person too, hate the bloody cold!!!! I am sure things will be better once it gets warmer. Everyones moods are better when its sunny! Bugger about going the wrong way, my DH would have been annoyed too lol! Gives them more ammunition that women don't know directions!! At least you got there but I must admit to hating the snow. I like the idea of proping myself in the bar with the open fire and a nice red wine ;) Thanks for your suggestions on the dress up thread, you had some great ideas.

Bath - thanks for the suggestion, I posted a thread too asking for help, got lots of good replies. I love having so many clever women to ask! When you were posting about Music Therapy, they also do Art Therapy. I'm sure I remember a PhD student doing something in this area.

Maya - sorry to hear of GFIL's passing, hope he now can rest in peace.

Well the costume thing has been fun - NOT! Chelsea keeps changing her mind over and over again. Most of the things she wants to wear are far too cold for this weather. I agree Tali, why have them in winter! She decided finally on Pippi Longstocking (thanks to one of the suggestions on my thread). Went to Spotlight tonight after work to get some red hair spray. While walking around she found a costume for a "regal princess", well that was it! She wanted it and told me she was going to be one of the step sisters from her Cinderella DVD, Pristella I think she said her name was?? Anyway, it was just easier to buy that and just dress her in it tomorrow. She was happy and she tried it on when she got home and it looks very cute. Will try and get some pics tomorrow. Will try to be more organised next year.

Congratulations Julie!!! And Welcome to the world Isla!!! I'll pop over to her announcement thread soon! Thanks for the link Nickers :)

Tail: come summer you'll all be complaining about the heat! LOL ;) Melbourne does get hot y'know! Doesn't it girls?
New Years' night was a minimum of 28 or something ridiculous like that. Does it get to 40+ in Cairns??? hehe... I'll come back and copy/paste our posts about cold weather during the next heatwave... which usually occurs on the first day back at school! Hehe (just teasing :) )

Bath please do IF I do ever complain about the heat please please remind me how sooky I was this winter :p Mind you I do normally come down each year in Jan so know the weather get nice last year was great we loved it but the year before when Vic had all the fires I remember it snowed on christmas day up it the hills and it was a very cold Jan.... I just hope its not like that this year or BHL might not want to come home for his week off lol.....

Well on the topic of weather yesterday I walked to school as the sun was out we droped of Zay and were just starting our walk home when the clouds came over the wind started to blow and to top it all of it started to HAIL.... so there we were running across a muddy slippery field in HAIL... Poor Kai was crying and say ouch the whole time so I ended up picking her up so we could run faster poor little May was tring to run as fast as she could while telling me " I told you we should have used the car !! " so in typical melb style we rounded the corner to our street and the hail and rain stopped to a very light drissle and the sun came out !!!! So may hasnt stopped tell me ( and BHL on the phone ) that she no longer wants to be here and she want to go back to QLD.... As always bring on spring on bugger that bring on summer....lol

Kai is finely starting to say more words not sure if anyone else would understand her but I do and think its so cute, if you do anything for her she will either say Thanks mum or thank you which sounds more like dankmum or dankdo she has a different word for May and Zay but to me they both sound like the dogs name Jeda but she knows which one she wants plus May has worked out which sound means her name... I have been meaning to get her checked out as she doesnt say enough I dont think so will have to get my but into gear and do that next week.... Its hard when your not around other kids the same age to work out if she is on the normal level or if she is behind....

Hope you all have a great weekend...

It's winter in Melbourne - you get that :P
We went for a lovely walk in the rain yesterday at our local reserve. We rugged up nice and tight, took the dogs and there was hardly anybody about. The clouds closed in on the hills surrounding the valley and it was us and the lake - Oscar kept pointing to it saying 'Swimming'! We all needed the stretch of legs having being cooped up all week with pestilence and Oscar walked the WHOLE way around (probably about 2kms) without being picked up :) He loves it out in the natural environs, trawling through puddles and watching the animals. Maybe he'll be a park ranger when he's all growed up :)

Hi all - congrats Julie on your new bubba :)

DH is still not well - he is on all sorts of drugs and out of breath just climbing the stairs - awful considering he is normally so fit. The worst is not having any idea how long this will go on for :( On the upside at least its not anything definately deadly, like cancer.

Other than that we are all well, though DH and I are battling colds that have hung around for ages. The boys keep DH and I focused and happy though.

Better go - time for bed

Rory I hope DH starts to improve soon doesnt sound to nice, I bet the cold isnt helping any eather...:hug:

Just thought I would let you all know that i have put some photo's in the Gallery and on FB of our time in the snow....

I swear I will no longer complane about the weather anymore or at least I will try to keep my neg thoughts to myself :p

Anyone else have funeral experiences with their kids? Oscar was completely unaware of the occasion, and though GFIL would have had a laugh at Oscar's 'irreverence', I could feel the judgement thick in the air. I heard my SIL's mother say (none too quietly and probably a bit smugly), about my niece, 'she was very good, wasn't she?' to my SIL. Bite me; her kids are ALL very quiet and compliant by nature - a funeral is a HUGE ask for a kid like Oscar and the fact that he didn't bring the casket crashing to the ground is a GOOD thing, considering that he is well-capable of such a thing! Anyway, the whole thing was weird because I felt that even DP left Oscar-wrangling to me. I'm feeling very displaced ATM, yesterday highlighted this! Felt like my SIL was distancing herself from me and Oscar, too. Hope it's just my persecuted imagination...
Oscar has been VERY cute and showing concern for me. When I'm having a more severe coughing fit (I don't feel sick anymore, it's just the cough that's abating daily), he comes over to me and says "Mummy, you ok?"...how can I not smother him in snuggles when he does that? He's actually asked it, too, when DP was tickling me and I shrieked - I had to start laughing, instead, so that he could see DP wasn't attacking me! He's such a good little buddy :)
As for my Huggies Pull Ups samples, I used the first one last night as an overnight measure and it worked fine - FYI if you were thinking of using these :) I'd rather not use them, let alone promote them because I hate to throw disposables in the bin (and the idea of adding to landfill for more than my minimal household rubbish purposes irks me no end), but I'll continue the trial and maybe give some away.It feels a bit of a waste, because when he's not wearing the PeaPods, he wears undies and doesn't need these 'trainers'. Oh, well, I'll have to answer these screening surveys even more cynically to avoid being selected to trial things I don't really believe in! The upshot is that overnight, for an overnight breastfeeder, the not yet released design works well thus far.
Better get back to this online lecture I'm listening to, then go get my mini-monster from childcare.

Maya :hug: sorry to hear you felt that you had the only NORMAL child there... When FIL died I had to control two winkies and May was only 14 mths... She screamed when BHL went up to make a speech as she wanted to be with him... I was given one of the back rows as Mil thought it would be best if just she and her kids BHL and SIL sat at the frount with her... I am glad in away it was better for us... Lucky Oscar doesnt speck to much as resently when BHL fav uncle passed we went over to MILs and while BHL and her were talking about him they saud his name which was John... Anyway the second they said it May come out in the loudest voice ever...

John? John? John is knock knock knocking on hevens door....

BHL and I didnt know where to look, MIL just pursed her lips... now that I think about it was kinda funny.... Not that MIL would ever see it that way... I am sure John got a good laugh at it he had a soft spot for May... the thing is we had not told May he had died....

I guess what I am trying to do is tell you not to feel bad that you have a normal child... Children dont understand death the way we see it we see it as a time to reflect on a persons life... They just see a lot of Adults sad and crying which isnt normal for them so they either cry themselves or try to defuse the situation by talking and been nosiy...

Maya - I have had only one experience thankfully! When my nan died last June, I had both kids with me. Chelsea was 4 1/2 and Marley nearly 12 months old. I had to do a eulogy so DH took care of Marley and Chelsea was wonderful, she just sat still trying to work out what was going on! Marley did pretty well, she was getting a bit restless toward the end but it didn't go for too long. Afterwards, we stayed for tea/coffee etc and she just crawled around everyone, picking up the crumbs off the floor! Surely people have to understand that a 2 year old has no idea of the occasion and Oscar was just being himself. Each child is different and SIL mother shouldn't be comparing the two, esp at a funeral, have some respect! Maybe DP was a little distracted by the day? Glad to see Oscar is looking after his mummy, very cute.

Bath - you are right, NYE was a stinker. It didn't go below 28 all night. That kind of heat I can do without lol!

Tali - Melbourne, 4 seasons in one day. Just look at today, we've had it all!!! But it would not have been fun being caught in the hail storm. My GF took her 2 yo DD to see a speech therapist as she was concerned about her speech. When she asked my GF how many words her DD said, she thought maybe 20. She then gave her a list and asked to mark off all the ones she says. She gave it back to the speech therapist and there were 50 words!! She said you don't realise how many words they actually say. They also include sounds they make as words such as moo, woof, etc. Sometimes the words don't come out right but they are still words none the less and I am sure Kai knows exactly what she is trying to say - its just hard for us to understand. The therapist just told my GF to keep reiterating words to her. When she wanted something, encouraging her to say what she wanted or keep repeating it back. The snow pictures are hilarious, the look on May's face in a few of them is priceless!

Rory - very worrying for you and DH. Hope things start to improve for him, it must frustrate the hell out of him.

Kids are doing really well apart from Chelsea who has a bit of a cough that won't leave her (bit like you Maya). We had some visitors in the back yard on Sunday, 2 ducks!!! Marley was delighted and tried to chase them everywhere. Once the bread came out, they were following her. Chelsea hates ducks and chickens so she was not going anywhere near them. When she was about 2, we went to Chesterville Farm at Scoresby and a chicken sneaked up behind her, she turned around and freaked out and now doesn't like them despite my attempts to explain that they are not going to hurt her. She woke up during the night Sunday saying she thought ducks were in her room!!! Might be a life long fear!

Dress up day at school was a big hit. I put some photos of FB and a couple here in the gallery. She even wore the costume again most of Saturday, so at least I am getting my moneys worth.

Hope everyone and their bubba's are doing well.
Better be off, time to go home :dance:

Thanks Tali and Mel - your experiences have contextualised my own and I'm feeling a bit better for it. Funny how I'm going over it in my head and Oscar's well beyond whatever happened yesterday. Very funny how May decided at that moment to recall an old song!! It's definitely funny. Didn't take long for me, DP and DP's cousin to have a small giggle about Oscar climbing through the casket holder thing!
Rory - what news about DH's health status?
Oscar is asking for Babu again, better go deliver!

Maya- I have had one such experience aswell when my nan passed away last October. Tyron was just 12days old at the funeral so ofcourse didnt make a peep and my MIL actually came and minded Nixon for us, i knew he would be hard work and with a newborn and still recovering from my c/s was a bit much for me at the time. Nixon never really knew his nan because most of his life we were living in Melb
However my sister had her 2 girls there who were 3 and 18m and they were pretty good but same thing when my sister got up to speak they wanted to follow her. they
i dont think u can expect a toddler to sit there and understand its time to be quiet.....

even today we visited a friend who had a baby yest, Nixon was great until it came to the time of leaving and he screamed the hosp down. me telling him that there were newborn babes trying to sleep wasnt going to mean a thing to him!

anyway so happy for my gf, they had been trying for 7yrs and gone through so much to get this little bub, he is so cute, great size 8lb 10oz and she did it all in 4hrs and drug free!

where is everyone??
anyway just wanted to say wow Amanda at 33weeks!! how are you feeling? love your belly shot in your avater.
taking Nix to the docs in the morning. he has always been a snorer and recently gotten a lot worse, ive done a lot of reading about it and doesnt seem right, there is also a common link between this and prems esp those that were ventillated, so anyway i am hoping to get a refferal to see someone asap, he actually has pauses in his breathing and sometimes really struggles to get that breath in so im anxious to get it looked at.
Tyron started saying mum and is clapping and pointing! omg only 6weeks and he will be a 1yr old!

Hey girls, thinks are on the improve with DH - he is going in for cario-aversion (basically a heart-jumpstart!) on Wednesday. He is much better but it still sucks.

At least it is not life threatening - a friend's DH died of liver cancer a month ago so I try to keep things in perspective.

Love to all :)

Rory so glad things are on the up and up with DH at least you know it can and will be fix, still a be scary though...

Jaspen - how are you coping how BF settled down into a routine again...

Gee Amanda I too didnt realize how much time had gone by.... 33 weeks already not long until the next june sib arrives.... Those of us who are still "planning to make a junie sib better get a wiggle on LOL... Well actully still heaps of time for us as we arent starting to TTC until April 09 so this will the biggest gap I have had... 3.5 - 4yr gap if everything goes according to plan...

Well my sister left for SA yesterday as they have found a house.... She was looking forward to it in the end but I think thats also because her and her DP had been apart for 4 weeks.... As always AF decided to join her for the trip... LOL ... She had her little car so packed up there wasnt much room left... She had her huge dog, two cats and three birds all in the car plus food for them all and cat scaching pole the dogs bed.... she would have looked a sight when she pulled up for petrol!!! At least now she can start TTC again now that they are together again....

I have start TT again kai is still not doing to well keeps going her poo and wee in her knickers and not the potty even thought the potty is right there in the lounge with her... I have tried to take of the knicker and let her run around with nothing but she want have it she like to put on the knickers and pants... I dont know if I should keep going or try again latter on AGAIN but keep thinking she has to learn one day so why not now... I know she will get it one day just very annoying ATM with all the clean up... I am used to doing this in tropics where the house is all tiles and not carpet!!!! :pray: she gets it sooner that latter....

just giving an update on our docs appointment today.
we have now been given a refferal for a ear,nose, and throat specialist which our appointment is for Sept 16th (2 weeks) Its most likely that Nixon will have to do a sleep study which means a night in hospital with mum or dad where they monitor his breathing patterns, apneas and snoring.
The doc took one look at this tonsils and said that they are huge.
everything i mentioned to him matched with a sleep disorder and apnea.
The fact he snores is the main one.
he wakes up sweaty (b/c he works so hard in his sleep to breath)
he often wakes up grumpy because he hasnt gotten the quality of sleep he needs
he often sleeps for hours on end which is prob because he is trying to get that quality of sleep he is missing out on.

so more that likely the road we will take will be removal of his tonsils and or adenoids.
Jules boy Ronan had this about 6-12months ago and i remember thinking back then a lot of what she said Nixon was the same. I feel down as i never did anything about it before this.

This can cause a lot of learning difficulties and behauvoural problems so glad we are onto now and not after starting school. ive thought for a while his speech is a little behind, who knows if it is all because of this.....