Good afternoon girls Am home with both boys today... Wade has a cough, Niall vommitted this morning and I have a bit of a twingy pre-cold feeling. Nic: ooooh how awful! I've had food poisoning (from bread of all things!!!) and can remember well those symptoms you described! Infact Dh and I had it at the same time when Verity was about the same age as our june babies ATM. In the end the neighbours had to take her and look after her because she was just roaming around the house while DH and I felt like we were dying! Tali: you'll be looking forward to warmer weather though won't you! hey are you coing to the big BB meetup this weekend??? I haven't read the thread in ages but I assume it's still on. Amanda: Good to hear from you if only briefly! Maya: Geeze i'm gonna have to say it again! I'll be back... boys throwing fruit at each other!
First - Tali I heard you pulled out of the meet up on Saturday, am I right? Oh please please please come I want to get to meet you properly before you move back north! And about Zayden I am not sure if you have heard this but there was a doco on telly the other week and some docs think that ADD can actually be caused by a lack of sleep. Does Zayden have trouble sleeping, or snore alot? The theory is we all (especially kids) need more sleep than most of us get and a lack of sleep can really mess with your body, mind and behaviour. Glad you are looking forward to the move - it is so exciting for you but I can imagine scary as well!
And Nic you poor love - I hope your boys are al treating you well
And hello Amanda, Julie, Bath, Maya, Mel and Jess
I am loving work to bits - it is interesting, well paid, different to what I am used to - only bummer is I miss my boys during the day. But I know they are well cared for by mum and DH (he didn't get the job, by the way, but we are not too fussed by that).
Flynn is a riot and a real boy - into cars, dinosaurs and pirates (how stereotyped is that LOL!) Ollie is very bositerous and affectionate, always giving Flynn a kiss with a big "MWAH!" I will try to post a pic in the gallery of them - they are so different in looks but both gorgeous.
Better go - DH and I had a date night last night (dinner at an Italian restuarant in Carlton then saw the new Star Trek movie at IMAX) so I am really tired tonigt. Plus I am out for drinks after work on Thursday and Friday nights and going to the BB meet on Saturday so I better get some sleep tonight!
Glad JJ is treating you well, Rors! The boys sounds adorable, as usual
Tali - I just remembered something I read this week in my Raising Boys book (by Steve Biddulph). It was just an anecdote, and in no way was meant to replace the diagnosis of a professional who is trained in assessments of this kind (GP's are not professionally trained to assess ADD, it's a specialist job, as I am learning this semester!!) and it struck a chord with me, so I'll tell it to you in a rehash. A truckie came up to Steve after a presentation he made somewhere and told him about his son's ADD diagnosis. He knew it meant Attention Defecit Disorder, so he went about cutting his hours at work and arranging to be able to take his son on some of his shifts so that he could spend more time with him. Ya know why? He thought the Attention Defecit was lack of attention from dad, or Absent Dad Disorder! And it was within months that his kid was off Ritalin completely and functioning like a 'normal' kid. I love this story. Steve retells it and says that of course not all cases of ADD are 'lack of attention', yet a lot of them just might be. What I'm saying is, Zayden may be reacting off not having a male figure around, and the move to Melbourne may not be helping. Getting him involved in an activity with good male role models could be a good compromise and experiment to see if things change with him. You've got good kids and you and BHL do a stellar job with them, even with him flying in and out. I reckon the move back north might even be a good thing for Zay. You give so much love to those kids, chick
Rory - its wonderful to have a job you enjoy so much. I love coming to work and its a great feeling. Bummer about DH's job, but it doesn't sound like you are worried about it. Has he finished his thesis yet? Would love to see recents photos of the boys. They look so different and sounds like different personalities too.
Maya - I have Raising Girls, which is great. Been going back for refreshers lately, whenever Marley decides to test my patience!! How is Oscar today as I noticed on FB you said he was not well with a sore throat.
Bath - food poisoning from bread, I've never heard that before. How nasty!
Well we have had a TT breakthrough! Marley did 3 wees on the toilet at creche yesterday DH rang me when he picked her up and then rang me, she got on the phone and said "mummy, did wees on toilet - big one". They said she did a really long wee so she must have been holding onto it. Hopefully now she knows that she can do it, she will start doing it more often. I packed about 4 pairs of jeans and undies today and hope she doesn't go through them all!!! Its such a relief, I was beginning to think she would be in nappies till she was 5!!
Its been a great week. My BF in Brisbane has asked me to be Godmother to her DS. I was absolutely stoked. Can't wait till September now. DH has heaps of long service leave, so he is going to look after the kids and I can go solo!!!!! That bought a sneaky smile to my face. I'm only going for 5 days so I'm sure he'll manage (with plenty of help from his mum!!). Will have to start planning my outfit, glad its sale time.
well its my babies birthday today ... such a happy sad day all mixed into one... I think it coz I am normally almost ready to pop with the next one when the other two turned 3 yet this time we still arent even UTD... but I have faith that we will get there one day if its meant to happen it will...
Mel thats wonderful news with TT what a break through... I have been meaning to tell you that my mum said that even though most of her children were TT when they were two that her 3rd ( my older sister ) just didnt get it until she was 3.5 years, and one day she just clicked, and never had a problem again, each child is different she will get there when she is ready... which sounds like she is almost there anyway... but just thought I would tell you so you dont think that Marly is behind or anything...
Rory sorry I cant make it tonight I hope both you and bath have a great time, with the rest of the BB girls sounds like its going to be a big night... I am down here every summer so I will just have to make you all meet me somewhere next time I am in town, I wont take no as an answer...
Maya thanks for the info, I have been meaning to read that book, I just have to get of my butt and buy it, I didnt know they made one for girls too Mel so looks like I will have to buy both , one of the most reasons that we are moving up to Mackay instread of staying here is so that Zayden can spend more time with BHL, I think they both need it...
hello to everyone else, hope you have a wonderful long weekend mwah
Happy birthday for yesterday Kai! Hope she had a wonderful day. I can't believe we have little independant 3 year olds (well almost 3, 2 more weeks). I'm sure you'll be sharing your news with us soon. Its so nice to hear of other kids that have taken a bit longer to TT. Chelsea was relatively easy, this is a new experience for me.
A question for you all to ponder -
Since the excitement of Marley doing wees at creche on Thursday, Friday was a bit of a disaster. 4 changes of clothes came home with her on Friday, she wet every bit of clothing I packed and ended up in their spare clothes! Then on Saturday morning, I put her undies on and noticed her trying to hold herself and asked her if she wanted to do wees. She really cracked it and said no and started to cry. I left it. Few seconds later I saw her holding herself again, so I took her to the toilet. She sat on and I could see her holding it, her toes were curling and she was doing her best not to let it out. She started to cry saying she wanted to get off. I said no, just wait and then all of a sudden this huge wee came out!!! It went on for ages, she must have been holding for a while. Both Chelsea and I started cheering, dancing etc and she was laughing and she got a couple of M&M's as a treat. Then all day Saturday we decided to stay home and see if we can get it happening. Well its been awful! She has been in the worse mood since and seems to really not want to go to the toilet. Wet herself for the rest of the day, kept asking to go to bed (I think she knows that bedtime means a nappy on) and has been in the worst mood ever. Its horrible, she is so moody, grumpy and hardly smiles. I went to a friends for dinner last night and I was so glad to get out of the house, she was driving me nuts. Today has been more of the same. Where has my happy, funny little girl gone? Do you think I am causing more angst by pushing the TT????? I am so confused what to do with her. I wonder if she is holding on to it for so long, its making her feel sick? I can't think of any other explanation. I don't want to confuse her and go back to nappies but maybe she isn't ready yet? I was hoping you girls could come up with some words of wisdom for me - PLEASE.
Enough ranting, hope that all makes sense and any suggestions would be great. This one has me stumped!
Am home with both boys today... Wade has a cough, Niall vommitted this morning and I have a bit of a twingy pre-cold feeling. Nic: ooooh how awful! I've had food poisoning (from bread of all things!!!) and can remember well those symptoms you described! Infact Dh and I had it at the same time when Verity was about the same age as our june babies ATM. In the end the neighbours had to take her and look after her because she was just roaming around the house while DH and I felt like we were dying! Tali: you'll be looking forward to warmer weather though won't you!
hey are you coing to the big BB meetup this weekend??? I haven't read the thread in ages but I assume it's still on. Amanda: Good to hear from you if only briefly!
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