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Hey everyone,
I just popped in - wondering what do you do for play time with your little ones?
DD likes to keep herself amused most of the time, but I also enjoy interacting / playing with her. We'll pass toys back and forth between each other (practising the word 'ta' lol), and she runs up to me and falls straight onto my 34 week bump lol! She chuckles and loves it! We play with plastic blocks and I am trying to teach her to put them in the correct holes so they fall into the bucket. She loves to empty her toy box and even the dog toy box and fill them back up again!
What does everyone do at playtime - do you let them do their own thing most of the time - is there a certain game / toy your little ones prefer? Or do older siblings play with your young ones more?
AndiE - I hope you get over all the bugs quickly - and then they stay away! DD bought stacks of illnesses home from child care and I kept on getting sick too.
Becstar - I'm glad you're back online hun! Give us the goss!!
DoubleTrouble - I'm slack in the weight / height dept! One mth ago DD was 10.5 kg (but she was premmie and weighed 1.18kg at birth - so she's probably a bad example ;)).
AFDD - she certainly is getting smart lol, she waves as DF leaves the house now, and she knows 'hands on heads' and 'hands on her nose' (but then she starts picking it lol, drives DF crazy ha ha), now we're working on 'hands on ears'....She babbles a lot and is good with 'bubba', 'mummum' and 'dadda' but seems to understand a lot more.
She has been chasing the dogs around, as she toddles about lol - and when she hears music she usually bobs up and down on the spot.
All in all, my premmie baby seems to have caught up (IMO). :D
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Hi Everyone.
Well I'm totally ready for this baby to arrive. I'm so uncomfy and sleep is not so great. My ribs are sore (gosh get down already!!!), my back is sore I feel like a whale and I'm just over it. We are still struggling with a girls name. The name I'm completely in love with (which means I can't see any other names in a nice light!) DH just doesn't like. :doh: Maybe it will be a boy for that reason!
Flynn is just as cute as ever. He has started giving me dirty looks. If I tell him not to do something he throws me this kind of rolled eyes scowl. It was funny at the start but I'm not finding it as funny now. He's only 15 mths old not 15 years old, I wasn't expecting that kind of attitude so young!!! He is very smart IMO! This morning while I was having my shower he was filling the laundry hamper with all the dirty clothes he could find! I hope that continues! I don't know how tall he is but I know he has grown, cos my 'out of Flynn's reach zone' has shrunk. He grabbed the half full carton of eggs of the bench the other night while I was busy with dinner. Argh! I can lugh about it now but I wasn't laughing at the time!
Re: playtime. I'm pretty slack. I mostly let him entertain himself. He loves playing outside, so I try and get out there with him each day. I usually do the laundry and then read the paper while he plays :redface:. Inside he loves the shapo, he needs help with that tho or he gets frustrated. We have tried some playdough at the table while, I'm making dinner but that hasn't been that successful. He loves to play with the pots and pans and the plastics cupboard. We sing songs and he dances, very cute. He is just getting into watching the wiggles, I need a few more DVDs. He tries to dd the actions to rock a bye your bear, it's too cute!
We have put an offer on some land and are awaiting finance. Our house is getting moved this week. We have been very busy organising building permits and plans and a million other things which all take time. Hopefully it all works out.
Hope you are all well, Sorry for no personals.
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hi girls,
i have been very slack in posting, we have had a lot going on including 2 deaths in our family in the past month. anyway i wanted to ask you all about when your toddler (i guess they aren't babies anymore !) wakes up, do they wake happily and chat or play quietly or do they wake crying or screaming ? James at best cries and at worst screams, its just awful and im wondering if there is anything i can do to stop it ?
sorry for no personals and belly rubs to all you pregnant girls
Melinda
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Hi all,
Just a quick post from me to say hi. Can't believe how quiet this thread has been lately, although given I don't have a lot of time to post on BB these days I don't know why I'd expect anyone else to!!
Cam's pretty good at the moment. DH and I think he must be close to saying a word or several (other than mumum and dadad). He's certainly making noises that sound like our dogs names (he must hear us say/yell "Billy, Bella" a million times a day!). We've been wondering when he'd start forming words - we hear where some toddlers his age say quite a few words. So ... I guess we'll wait and see. He's chattering ten to the dozen at the moment and makes lots of different word sounds - not that we have any idea what those words are!
Cam seems to be snot free for a change - pity I can't say the same thing. I've got yet another head cold and chesty cough ... I can't seem to shake colds/virus/bugs this pregnancy, it's been one after another (literally) for more than 2 months. I'm going to start accupuncture again soon - hoping that will help boost my immune system, which has obviously crashed. Bub #2 wise, I'm 18 weeks and have just started to feel some movement. So far, so good. I'm convinced it's another boy - I keep dreaming about having a baby boy - the other night I dreamt my husband called the poor kid Ramsay ... don't ask me where I pulled that one from!
CM - can't wait to hear that bub2 has arrived - thinking of you and wishing you well.
Mel - Sorry to hear your news - hope you and your family are doing ok. Cam mostly wakes up ok, but it seems to depend on where he is and the time of day. He was really unsettled around 4am this morning, so DH and I bought him into bed with us (where he chatted and giggled at goodness knows what for an hour !!!). Anyway, he slept for another 60-90 mins and woke crying really hard. We have no idea why. He only stopped sobbing when - not knowing how else to stop the tears - we put on the floor to stand up. Straight away the tears stopped. This happens every now and again when he wakes - he's inconsolable for a minute or two, then is almost instantly ok. I just hold him tight, cuddle and talk to him till he's fully awake. But, as mentioned, that didn't work this morning!
Leesa - playtime in our house is usually Cam finding something that amuses him and/or grabbing one of his walkers and chasing after the dogs. He adores playing with our dogs - giggles like mad when he plays hide and seek with them (he hides behind my legs and then peeks around them). I tend to interact with him by rolling a ball backwards and forwards between us, stacking blocks, or playing silly buggers with his stuffed toys - that type of thing. At the moment Cam wants to be read to ALL the time - and it's always one of three books. Or we can say to him 'Go get "Kisses for Daddy" or "Where's my Mummy?" book' and he'll go find the right book, and bring it to us to read. I love reading to him, but it's not always convenient! I agree that our toddlers understand heaps more than they can communicate themselves - I guess that's why they sometimes get upset and frustrated ... they understand us, but we don't always understand them.
Bec - How's things with you and the kids? Have your outlaws left yet? Hope all's well.
Hi to everyone else and I ditto Mel in saying belly rubs to all who are expecting bubs.
We move house next Friday so I may pop back in to hear news of CM, but may not get a chance to post for a couple of weeks. I just adore packing boxes and unpacking :rolleyes:.
Andie xx
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I am alive!! :P
How are you all doing??
I specially popped in here to give you all some good news!!!
I wanted to say:
:happyforyou: Catherine and Laura!! WHOOOOT!!
Now I'm slack on Catherine's announcement, Laura actually passed it on to me but I didn't think you'd mind Catherine??
A baby boy for Catherine,on 14th July (I think?!) Gabriel, weighing in at 4.46kg! Congratulations!! :)
And hot off the text from Laura, baby girl Amelie Claire was born two weeks early today at 5:41pm, 2.9kg (6lbs 5oz). All well!! Congratulations!! :)
Great news guys!! I'm very excited and clucky and I know we all can't wait to see piccies!! So please send some via email or add to FB when you get a spare minute (LOL).
Much love to you both, anything I can do to help, please let me know, and Laura....take care hun.
xxxx
As for us, we are alive ;)
All moved, settling in etc. I like being closer to stuff, I've joined a gym and am enjoying it heaps. I'm even dreaming of playing hockey again sometime :lol:
I can't believe my baby is to be 18 months next month :( He's finally beginning to talk more, his fave word at the moment is "help!" LOL. I'm wanting to put him and Chloe into family day care on the days ben is at school so I can get some relief work but it's proving to be hard. I'm very reluctant to put him in a centre, mostly because he has always been cuddled to sleep which works fine for us but I know in a centre it won't happen.
Anyway, congrats again my lovelies, and hi to you all!! I know I don't post at all but I'm always thinking of you all.
xxx
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Hi everyone.
I don't mind Bec! :)
That's right we had a little boy on the evening of Monday the 13th. My little (well not that little at 4.46kg!!!) Gabriel was in a hurry and we were only at the hospital for about 2 hrs before he arrived. I'm most proud of myself having a drug free birth.
We spent 7 days in hossy. Gabriel was put into the SCN at about 5 hrs old cos he was having a hard time breathing. He had wet lung. He also had problems with his blood sugar levels so he was given a nasogastric tube and fed hourly and then 2 hourly untill it sorted itself out. Then, just as he was about to be sent back to the ward with me and then home they did a blood test and were worried about an infection and possible meningitis, so he was given a lumbar puncture and had an IV inserted for 3 different antibiotics and an anti viral medication. He needed to have the IV site redone after about 48 hrs cos the vein collapsed. And then the second IV site stopped working after about 24hrs as well. I coped remarkably well, only being overcome with tears once (I'm glad he was my second tho, cos I would not have coped at all if it had been Flynn!!!) I was able to stay in hospital the whole time thankfully. He is breastfeeding extremely well and is fairly settled (so far!).
I'm not sure what Flynn thinks yet. He seems very happy to see Gabriel when he is around and trys to grab him and cuddle him. He is slowly learning the meaning of the word gentle! Flynn seems to have really grown up in the last week. He looks taller and older, he is walking upstairs without putting his hands on he steps! Tonight at dinner he was using his spoon properly, usually the spoon is in one hand and the food is shovelled with the other!
Congrats to Laura! Enjoy your little girl!
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Wow, it's been so long since I posted in here. I think last time I checked in people were just announcing their second pregnancies. Congratulations to everyone who has had their new bub already. I have about 6 weeks to go until my EDD and really starting to get over it, just want to get on with being a mum to two little souls.
Will is going really well, will be 16 months at the end of the month. Has been walking/running for ages and into everything like most kids his age. He's a really happy kid and I have to say since he turned one life has been a lot easier in terms of understanding his wants/needs and keeping him occupied. I am really loving this age I have to say. My only worry is really seeing how he will go once the baby gets here but I know we will cope.
Teething has been our only problem of late but since getting his last eye tooth it has settled right down, 16 teeth in total. Does anyone know how many baby teeth there are by any chance?
Anyway hi again after so long hope your all well.
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congratulations to Catherine and Laura on the births of Gabriel and Amelie ! :happyforyou::happyforyou::hooray: :babyboy: :girl: looking forward to seeing photos of them soon ! hope you are both doing well :-)
Melinda
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Hi all,
Huge congrats to CM on the arrival of Gabe and to Laura on Amelie's arrival - :hooray: Hope you're all settling in beautifully with bubs no.2.
CM - hun, your little boy certainly had a rough trot there for a couple of days - you sound like you coped amazingly well! So glad to hear he's settled in at home well and that's he's being a good little bub for you. Let me know how Flynn goes with the "gentle" thing, we're still trying to convince Cam that gentle doesn't mean "hit" and "whack" (as our poor dogs often find out when he pats them!).
Bec - glad to hear you're still alive :nahnah: (only stirring!). Where are you living now? Good for you on going to the gym, and hey ... if you're keen to play hockey again, then go for it!
Macca - not long for you to go now and at least you won't have to suffer too much of the build up while in the last stages of pregnancy. I don't think I'd have coped too well if I'd stayed in Darwin for my first pregnancy (or this one!). Cam's only got six teeth - four up top and two on the bottom. He seems in no hurry to pop the rest, so unfortunately I can't tell you how many they are supposed to have!
Mel - how are you and the family? Has the sickness fairy buzzed off and left you guys alone for a while? We (finally!) are well ... touch wood.
Hi to everyone else - hope you and your bubs are all keeping well.
Just a quick update, we moved house two weeks ago and I've hardly been online for several reasons (least of all Telstra buggering us around). Am half way through pregnancy no. 2 ... time is flying. Had our morphology scan last week and all's well, which of course is a relief. The tummy has totally popped out and picking Cam up is now starting to become interesting, as it pulls on the sides of my bump. Just means I'll have to be a bit smarter in how I do things!
Gotta keep moving - talk soon.
Andie xx
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hi girls,
im mainly just posting to bump this thread up (was on the 3rd page).
how is everyone ? how are all the new mummies/babies going ? and how are the expectant ones going ? who is next up to have their baby ?
no news with us, all just plodding along
Melinda
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Hey!!! :)
I've been thinking of all you 2nd timers atm, some with NB's some still expecting, lol. I can't believe here I am looking at my 'baby' and you guys have your 'big boys' :lol:
Plodding along here too.....secretly I am so very very painfully clucky and finding it very hard to deal with as DH is not budging at all :( He is citing financial reasons which of course are founded and correct but........money can't buy happiness right??
Anyway, my little man is growing so much, he's quite the entertainer in our household!! It seems a lifetime ago I was so worried how I'd manage with 3 kids and now I just can't remember a time without him!!
I'm getting some daycare sorted for two days a week and am looking at getting some work. Maybe that will distract me ;) Bootcamp at the gym begins today and I'm all pumped to go for my session in about an hour.
Best go, Jake has his whole head inside the pencil case..... :D
hope you are all well and enjoying your little ones!
xxx
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how quickly does time go by... our babies are nearly 18 mnths :lol:
I know you asked ages ago Mel but just wanted to say that Dusty mostly grizzels to sleep and wakes up crying everyitme. Not sure what I can do about it as I feel like I have tried everything. He will still wake a couple of times overnight... I try and keep in mind that he will sleep through once he is at school...
We are down to 1 sleep through the day and I am looking at putting him in a 'big' bed soon. Dusty loves people and kids, he really is a social kid so I have to get him out there more so to speak.
I am pleased to say that I went back to work part time in feb and quit for good in June, yay so I am back at home. I am starting at tupperware to earn a few $$ and get me out of the house.
I am starting to enjoy this age... but as I am 30 next year if we are going to have another it will be after that. I just wish they came out as 12 mnth old's, I never expected that newborn stage to be so hard...
D is saying a few words, we have brainwashed him early he can say 'ish' as in fish and is starting to put the whole word together, his favourite is ball and book :lol: Dusty thinks every bird is a duck lol and every four legged animal is a 'woof' or dog hehe He is soooo cute and I have to say that I am truly blessed, he is such a happy baby most of the time.
I am on a weight loss mission as my sisters wedding is in Feb next year and I am the maid of honour - so excited, I have lost 6 kgs so far :clap:
Well I am going to leave it there, congragulations to all the new babies and to those waiting hope that the waiting isn't too long ;)
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Hi guys,
I'll pop in and say hi too - good to hear from you Mel, Bec and Nic.
I'm pleased to say our household has finally settled down after our house move and my parents left us this morning after a 3+ week visit. Was wonderful having them here as they're both good helpers around the house and with Cam, it's always sad to see them go.
Cam's been crook with another cold/chest infection. He's on the mend now, but last week was pretty miserable. Typically, he's passed it on to me, although I've been popping Vitamin C and Echinacea like there's no tomorrow - I think that's helped.
All good here otherwise. Almost 24 weeks along and started to feel heavy, if that makes sense. I didn't get very big with Cam, and feel at 5 months like I did at 7 months with Cammie. Sigh, the joys of pregnancy! I finish work at the end of October - bring it on!!!
I agree that 18 months is a delightful age. Yes, our kids are very full-on and can be a handful, but gosh aren't their personalities on full display. Cam's a real joker, loves books and being read to, and wants to be outside every chance he gets. He's still not big on saying actual words - though he says the dogs names and we think he says "ta" and "hello". Still, he babbles and chatters away like he's a born talker.
Hope everyone else is going well - by my reckoning, our next bubba must be Macca's???
Hope bootcamp went well Bec :clap:!
Good luck with the weight loss Nic - may the force be with you ;)
Hope James is better Mel :pray:
Andie xx
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Hi guys, thought I'd bump us up the list and say a quick g'day. We've all been quiet, not that I can talk as it's been weeks since I was on the internet, let alone BB.
All ok my end at the moment. For the first time in ages it seems both Cam and I are healthy. I had a sinus infection which took a visit to the dr and antibiotics to fix - I got sick of a stuffy, congested nose after two weeks and begged for drugs!
Cam's doing well. He started "swimming" lessons a few weeks ago and now we can't keep him away from water activities. We went to a water park at Caloundra today which had one of those water-fountain spout thingamies that kids run through and play in. Cammie took to it like a proverbial duck to water. Drenched himself playing with big kids, but had a ball. Anyway, at least he's social and isn't shy (which I guess is a good thing).
My sister and her son (20 months) are here visiting. The two cousins are getting on great, although "cuz" seems to delight in nicking whatever toy Cam is playing with at the time. Typical toddlers- no bites or whacks (to each other) as yet, so it's "so far, so good" :).
Hope everyone and their toddlers (and other kiddies) are keeping well.
Andie xx
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Hi Everyone!
I must confess I hardly ever get on BB anymore. There is only so much freetime to be had with a newborn and a toddler!
We are going really well. Gabe is a champ and is the size of your average 3 mth old. He's just gone 2mths old. He is great overnight so I'm doing well. The other night he did 8hrs in a row! I was stunned, and very thankful! He seems to have turned a corner in the last couple of days. He is happy to spend some awake time (around 15min in a row!) out of my arms which is nice.
Flynn is doing well. He gets into eveything. He chucks tantrums a lot. Nothing unbearable tho and his gripe is quickly eased with a question to find something else etc, pretty well any kind of distraction works! He is learning to be more gentle with Gabe but he is still quite rough. He is kind of talking a lot. He says bird and he asks for help and says please in sign language. The only problem with that is sometimes he will be madly signing 'help please' and I have no idea what he wants. often it is something that I wont let him have! often it is more fruit. He would eat nothing but fruit for every meal if I let him, at least it's healthy I guess.
We have nearly bought a block of land in Euroa. Settlement is on the 22nd of Sept. I'm excited. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. We are putting a relocatable home on it (it's already there but has not been stumped or put back together yet). I have no idea when we are likely to move there. I will probably be before the end of the year.
Anyway hope you are all doing well.
Leesa must be getting married soon!!! Let us know how it goes!
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Hi Girls
It?s been ages since I last logged in BB.:redface: I am flat out at the moment packing. We are moving in 11 days and I have sooooo much stuff to pack. It?s hard to pack when you have an 18 month old and a 3 ? trying to help as well.
All is good with Riley and Isabella (touch wood). Isabella has to go and see an ophthalmologist tomorrow as her left eye turns in. I am hoping that there is nothing serious wrong with her eye.
Riley has been diagnosed with separation anxiety, a global developmental delay and is in a moderate risk of autism. He hasn?t got autism but is show some autistic characters. Riley is eligible for DADHC (dept of ageing, disability and home care) which provides speech therapy, occupational therapy and home care. I want to give all the help and support that I can get for him before he starts school so he isn?t behind the rest of the kids.
My Mum was here for 6 weeks which was great. The kids loved her being here and it was company for me as hubby is still working nightshift 6 nights a week. :( Mum and Riley went walking. Riley was riding his tricycle and a car backed out of a driveway and hit riley?s bike and knocked him off. Riley was physical hurt but was really traumatised and now he won?t walk passed or go any near this man?s house. We don?t know what is going on in Riley?s head.
Isabella is finally walking and into everything more so then what Riley was at the same age. She eats or chews everything from paper to licking the wall bricks outside.
I should go so I can hang out some washing and start to pack again.
Hopefully everyone is well
Take care
Jo
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Hi all,
Hope everyone and their kiddies are doing well. Cam's battling another ear infection and a sore throat at the moment, but overall he's not too bad. He had his first wedding on Saturday night and was good as gold, unlike another tot his age who ran his poor mum ragged (and whacked Cam on the leg about an hour after he'd fallen asleep - hence waking him up). Sometimes I'm so thankful for Cam's reasonably placid nature!
We seem to have successfully made the transition to a "big bed" a couple of weeks ago. So far he's falling asleep ok, although mummy and daddy have had a couple of visits from their boy in the middle of the night!
Not much other news really - Cam had his 18-month checkup and (chicken pox) vaccination a couple of weeks ago. I'm down to about 7 weeks - give or take - till next bub arrives. Finding it harder to keep up with Cam but it's definitely not impossible. I finish work Thursday week - bring it on!!
Ah, my little man has just woken from his nap - gotta go.
Take care all,
Andie xx
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Oh I've been so slack in this thread :(
Andie so good to hear from you!! Glad all is well and yes you should be so thankful Cam is so placid, here's hoping the next little one is too!!
Not too much to update here I don't think......Jake Also had his check and vaccination, and all is well :) He weighs in at 10.1kg ;) I did have slight concerns about his speech (he just doesn't even bother much, he's so lazy!) but I'm assured he is just lazy and has to many others to compete with and do the talking for him. I had a day alone with him Friday as he was too unwell to go to daycare and at the supermarket he was attempting to imitate every word I said. So I know he can do it ;) lol His latest fascination is with baaaaaaby.....lol. He loves them.
I've done my first two days relief a couple of weeks ago and it went well :) I was SO nervous, but it was fantastic. I really felt comfortable, which is a relief.
Things can still be really up and down here.....I guess it's just a crisis :P I know the good comes with the bad and I know I'm not perfect either. Hmmmm....
I've had my cousin pass away (he was 34) and the funeral. I think his passing and his age etc has really been making me re assess my life and if I passed away at his age could I say my life was fulfilled like his was??
I've had the IL's here while MIL had an 'episode' resulting in a trip to the psyche ward here....and then a road trip with us all to get her back to the hospital at home. thankfully she seems to be doing better now but they have been some hairy times!!
Right now the kids are fighting over who has the most playdough......:rolleyes: better go.....
xxx
