Corelly - Those cupcakes sound very yummy, enjoy your little bit of "me" time.
JM - I have hurt my foot too and am limping around like an idiot. I need to see the physio and maybe a podiatrist as well but I have no idea how long it will take to get in to see one. I added you on facebook too.
So after coming to the conclusion that I spent too much time on BB this morning I went away and made a batch of banana muffins, we went for a swim in the pool, went to the shops to pick up a parcel, came home and opened the package of clothes and did a fashion parade with DD, had an iceblock and here I am again, back on BB
OMG there are sooo many posts in the last few days to catch up on!
I will do my best
Mo - sorry to hear of your medication dilemma! Bf is so hard to give up and you have done so well. I feel for you and hope K helps make it a bit easier.
All those food ideas sound great - thanks.
KB - I'm with you in the "I want to quit work now!!" It is so heart breaking to say goodbye to bubs. By Thursday last week I was in tears in the morning and felt down all day. So many mums have to work nowadays but I often feel a bit jealous when I see mums walking their prams on my way to work.
As for having another baby - I'd love to but we have put our decision on hold until Jan 2011. I want a good gap for ease of the whole thing. I dont know if we have energy for another one.
JM - where is the count down at for trip to PNG? Hope your knee is better soon as I'm sure you are super busy with the girls and getting ready for the big move!
FF - Hope you are resting that foot to let it heal - sounds like you are pretty busy
To all - love the Enid Blyton books too - have hard covers (not A4) and cant wait to read them to her too! Books are still totally cool even in this age of increasing technology.
T loves our phones and we have barred internet hook up on our mobiles now as she was logging on to bigpond! Amazing how they get around the technology.
at T surifing the net, go techno T! I do need a count down don't i? Maybe i'll make a ticker!
Mo- We are in the Ramu valley, half way between Madang and Lae. It is a tropical 26-30 year round with 3 meters of rain in the wet season. It's not super humid as a breeze generally runs down the valley. Don't worry, your bed is already made for when you guys visit.
I am a mum of 1 beautiful baby girl just turned 11 months yesterday so countdown to 1st bday too I regularly read online forums but this is the first one I've actually decided to join in on. I am 35 and have just started back at work 1 day a week (which i hate doing!) I think i was born to be a fulltime mum...i love it. I'm still breastfeeding but have cut back to 3 or 4 feeds a day..mainly morning and night with 1 thru missle of day if she's lucky I live in Newcastle..where is everyone else from? I look forward to hopefully getting to know you all and maybe learn a thing or 2 cos its all still so new to me even a yr in!
Zenspirit - Welcome. I'm a newbie to this group too, but everyone is really nice and its great to have some mums to talk to with bubs of the same age. My DD is 11 months on the 27th. She is still breastfed and I'm a stay at home mum and crossing everything that it can stay that way! I'm in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
I'm sitting here because DD is asleep and the quieter the house is, the longer she sleeps. I did manage to mow the lawn though! Last night I did the cupcake course and it was so fantastic, a great night out and now I'm all inspired to make DD's birthday cake. Poor DH had a rough time though with DD crying for most of the night, even calling "mama mama". Breaks my heart. DH ended up putting on In The Night Garden and plonked her on her beanbag and she finally fell asleep. I came home and she was still there because he was too scared to move her, poor guy. I've only been out on my own maybe three or four times since she was born so its all new to the three of us.
Hey, what's everyone getting / got for their LO's for their 1st birthdays? I'm thinking of getting DD one of those shells for outside where we can do a pool in one side and a sandpit in the other. We have only a little backyard, and its mostly covered over by a pergola, and she loves being out there. We've decided that every year, DH will buy her a special present from him, and I will buy a special one from me, on top of the joint present. What are you all going to do?
Welcome Zenspirit. We have a few other ladies who have joined this thread in the last week or so, you're not the only new face I am in CQ and am a stay at home mum as well at the moment. I have a very spirited little almost 11 month old little girl who loves to dance. I never even imagined that anyone would want to dance to the theme song from the young and the restless! but she loves to dance whenever she hears music and it is so cute. We are breastfeeding about 4 times a day too and generally still feeding to sleep.
Does anyone else still feed to sleep? It wasn't something that I was planning on doing and we had an awesome routine before we went overseas, then it got thrown out the window. I'm pretty much in the situation where I don't carry DD around too much or will need to go on some pretty heavy medication for my back.
SP - We have a phone lover here too. I gave her one of our old mobiles to play with but she prefers to play with ours because they light up
Corelly - I'm glad that you had a great time and in the grand scheme of things it sounds like they managed ok with out you there, probably not the way your DH was planning to get her to sleep but it worked. I posted b'day presents a little while back, we've got a bunnykins 3 piece plate/bowl/cup set, some books and a ride on toy. My parents have bought a sand/water tray table thing from toys r us - it's pretty cool, has an umbrella and cover for the sand
JM - just checked out your fb pics, your girls are gorgeous too! I just saw your ticker and can't believe only 11 days!
We're driving into town this arvo for the weekend, afternoon tea with the great grandmas and great aunties tomorrow will be the highlight of the weekend.
Kellbell - Ella Jaye arrived on 11th March 2009- 7pd 6oz & 50cms
Poppysmum - Sascha arrived on 11th March 2009- 8pd 11oz & 52cms
Treena- Allyeria arrived on 12th March 2009- 10pd 1oz & 51.5cms
Storm - Noah arrived on 13th March 2009
Super_pumpkin-Tirion Shaye arrived on 16th March 2009 7lb 3oz
Jellyfish- Imogen arrived on 17th March 2009 6lb 9oz
Tina_K - Amelia Rose arrived on 17th March 2009- 3.5kgs
JungleMum-Saskia arrived on 19th March 2009
~Phoenix~-Dakota Lily arrived on 21st March 2009-8lbs & 50.5cms
Joels_Girl- Morgan Lane arrived on 21st March 2009-9lbs 11
Zenspirit-DD arrived on 24th March
TreeTops- DS arrived on 25th March 9lbs 6oz & 55cms
Helen_Au-Joshua Guy arrived on 27th March
Corelly- DD arrived 27th March 2009
Tiggerlinda-Charlotte arrived 31st of March 7lbs 4oz
Anna-River arrived 31st of March 7lbs 2oz & 51cms
NikW- Skye Nicole arrived 1st of April.
Hollo- Chelsea Rose-Mary arrived on 3rd April-8lbs 10oz
Mrs C-Susanna Dawn arrived on 5th April-8lbs 2oz & 48cms
I know most of the ladies don't post in here anymore but, thought it would still be nice to still post the old list.
Just noticed how many girls we have in this group, Must be why our bubs are so advanced
Last edited by Khaleesi; February 27th, 2010 at 04:35 PM.
Mo - thanks for reminder re last years births. It truly doesnt seem that long ago. Remember how cranky and impatient our posts were getting around about now!
JM - OK so up and away so soon! Good luck with your packing. Are your DDs 'helping'?
Zen - Welcome to you! I am in Kilsyth Vic as you can see above. I cant imagine anyone will track me down from this forum but maybe I am too trusting. Has anyone got any stories about risks from identifying yourself on belly belly?
Anyway I have 2 big boys - both still at home - the oldest is working and the younger is doing VCE. I had them when I was 21 and 23 years so was considered quite a young mum at the time and looked like a young girl ( I seem to maintain a 10 years younger look for some reason).
I married a 9 years younger man and have just scored the best gift - a baby girl! Back at work 3 days as a Dual diagnosis consultant. Blah!
T is walking a bit, BF 3 times a day and 1 dream feed in mid night.
Hey did I tell you that T was kissing all the other bubs all over their bodies when we caught up on Monday!! They mostly cried which was embarrassing
I was hoping for a quiet girl so I could frown at the mothers of busy boys who came to push her. I had been on the recieving end of many frowns and judgements when my DSs were little. Alas the genes for "full on" did not escape my T!!
A fellow I work with said she sounds just like me - gorgeous, affectionate and FULL ON! Of course I would not call myself gorgeous but I am most ceretainly the other 2. She looks like her sweet daddy and is gonna be a mini me - HA
FF - sorry I forgot to respond to you! Have a lovely weekend with greats!
I still try to feed to sleep but it doesnt work so well now. I usually end up putting her down for a <5 min cry and she drops off soon afterwards. If she doesnt I pick her up for a tick and cuddle her then put her back down and say "Sleep time now!" and leave. Doesnt take very long at all. She only has the odd night where she needs more than that.
Corelly - Clam shells are great. T loves hers now.
We have a musical Lamaze octopus and a proper xylophone for T and some In the night garden and Little Miss Somersault (book) as we have the toy (from one of the boys female friends ages ago). Mum wants to get her an Upsy Daisy doll as my mum is determined to make her a doll loving girl ( as I was a tom boy and liked stuffed animals and cars, trains etc better).
Bron, i've met some great people off BB. I met Ange & some of Maddi's baby buddies.
Meet most of the local south east vic Ladies. So i only have positive stories.
I'll bbl later Kodi is climbing on the chair again.
Super P- Oh yeah, ALOT of helping. Bless their cotton socks. I too have met a few people off BB, i have made some great friends. The first meet up i went to i was so nervous, i wondered what kind of wierdos join a forum. (it was my first) To my surprise everyone was relatively normal! I admit there are a couple of people that i wouldn't like to meet, but it's easy enough to avoid!
I never say anything online that i wouldn't say IRL as i figure someone could easily figure out who i am. It is a public forum after all. Never know who's reading it. I have 2 full on girls as well, sheesh, i know where you're coming from. I spend play dates making sure my girls aren't being too boisterous.
Hi Zen Spirit!
FF- Thanks. i think so, but i am a bit biased. i feed to sleep when DD will, but often she doesn't want to. I used to feed DD1 to sleep all the time. I eventually decided i didn't want to any more and we switched to cuddling to sleep, took a few nights, but she was good with it. Then eventually she was happy to go to sleep herself in her cot. She will get there, promise!
Don't forget me! I am still around and trying to catch up but the group is getting so active.
Jellyfish - Imogen arrived on the 17th of March - 6lb 9oz
We are all coming up to first Birthdays, HOW EXCITING
We are doing well and have got 8hrs straight for a week now! No walking here but not really expecting it anytime soon (I didn't walk till 15months) so maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. She seems really balanced and can walk holding onto anything but I think she is a bit scared and lacking confidence so she needs more time I think.
My little Z has been on her feet since 8 months and easily was walking round the furniture by 9 months...but thats as far as she got..i think also a little scared of stepping out on her own. You think 15 months is old to walk JF I didnt walk till 18 months..Im hoping DD doesnt take a leaf from my book!
DD also loves to dance and her favourite music is guy sebastian...little black box...lady gaga and the black eyed peas.
FF- i found it funny to read that your DD loves the theme to young and the restless cos little Z's ears prop up wherever she is in the house when she hears the theme to bold and the beautiful and she rushes to the tv and dances....what have we created!!
Corelly - my DD loves in the night garden too..i must admit so do i Her fav character is iggle piggle. Im thinking about getting adventurous and attempt to make a 1st bday cake for her...im sooooo not creative so it will prob turn out a big blob of blue. Im still in 2 minds whether to have a party...we didnt have a christening or anything along those lines so it would be nice to do something...but all the organising..Ahhh!!! time is slipping away
ZenSpirit - hehe anything that keeps these munchkins happy makes me happy, so if it's in the night garden then yep, I like it too!! For DD's birthday cake, I'm going with two sponges, one smaller that will sit on the other, all covered in pink buttercream icing with green tufts of grass around the bottom of each sponge. I've bought night garden figurines from the supermarket and I'm going to put them on top, wah lah! Night Garden cake!!! Hehe. I wasn't going to attempt Iggle Piggle's head - you're a braver woman than me!!!! We're not having a "party" as such, just a lunchtime BBQ with our immediate family.
DD is now totally out of her brace too, so YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Registered User
at T surifing the net, go techno T! I do need a count down don't i? Maybe i'll make a ticker!
It's not super humid as a breeze generally runs down the valley. Don't worry, your bed is already made for when you guys visit.
I regularly read online forums but this is the first one I've actually decided to join in on. I am 35 and have just started back at work 1 day a week (which i hate doing!) I think i was born to be a fulltime mum...i love it. I'm still breastfeeding but have cut back to 3 or 4 feeds a day..mainly morning and night with 1 thru missle of day if she's lucky
Breaks my heart. DH ended up putting on In The Night Garden and plonked her on her beanbag and she finally fell asleep. I came home and she was still there because he was too scared to move her, poor guy. I've only been out on my own maybe three or four times since she was born so its all new to the three of us.
Bless their cotton socks. I too have met a few people off BB, i have made some great friends. The first meet up i went to i was so nervous, i wondered what kind of wierdos join a forum. (it was my first) To my surprise everyone was relatively normal!
I admit there are a couple of people that i wouldn't like to meet, but it's easy enough to avoid!
now back to read the million posts hehe
Bookmarks