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Just popping in to say Merry Christmas to everyone and their families!
I have news.Was a massive shock to receive a :bfp: 3 days ago.I had no idea.Got an even bigger shock while having an u/s yesterday..I already 8 weeks.Crazy.I have a lot of work to do to make sure I am ready for this one.I guess everything happens for a reason though!
wow Laura congrats ! what a lovely surprise for you ! i hope all goes well for you, can you continue on your pnd medications while pregnant ?
hope you have all had a great Christmas day ! my gastro turned out to be a 24 hour thing so all went ahead today, we have had a lovely day, with DD nearly 3 she really had fun today and James just loved being constantly held all day long by family more than willing to hold and pamper him lol
Melinda
Merry Xmas!!!
Congrats Laura! Brilliant surprise.
Double Trouble - our routine has just changed recently and now looks like this:
* Wake 6am and BF
* Breakfast 7.30am
* Sleep 9am for 60 - 90mins
* Snack on waking
* Lunch 11.30-12
* Sleep 1pm for about 45-60mns
* 2pm BF
* Snack 3.30pm
* Dinner 5pm
* BF 6pm
* Bath 6.30pm
* BF and Sleep 7-7.30pm
Will has recently moved to two sleeps per day, dropped a breastfeed and I have up to 5 solids - in hope of stopping waking at night.
Will now has three top teeth as well as his two bottom teeth. But after 1 week off teething issues (and him only waking once a night and just needing a quick resettle) - the teething signs started again last night!!!
He is commando crawling all over the house and up on his hands and knees but still rocking - tries to move forward but falls to the ground. He is walking pushing along his new xmas toys!! Too cute! Bit wonky though!
Separation anxiety really strong at the moment - even with Daddy!
Hope you all had a great couple of days over xmas..
I hope you all had a wonderful christmas
Laura - :jawdrop::happyforyou: Congratulations.
Mum2 willie - my routine sounds pretty similiar to yours. Except I may have an extra feed in there plus E may have a bit longer sleep. Sometimes.
Melbel- glad you are ok
Bec- glad things have settled down. How were the outlaws?
Hi to everyone else
My poor monkey was sick last night (probably yesterday) and today. He wasn't settling and was whingy. I just thought it was teeth/unsettled due to the outlaws but last night I finally checked his temp and it was 38.5. Whoops. He had been getting panadol/nurofen. I wouldn't be surprised if he is teething though too. Dribbling soooooo much. I hope he is better tonight as I don't want to sleep on the foam mattress in his room again. We have vthe outlaws here so the spare beds are taken up. Icould have taken him into our bed but there was no point in bot hDH and I having a bad night . DH is still working, no time off so he needs his sleep.
How much do you stick to 'routine' when your Bub is sick? I am flexible but I do still try and get hm to sleep in the normal way. But I will relent and pick him up/bring him out when he won't settle. Although I do stick to the rule of not letting him have his dummy and often on the floor if he doesn't settle. I think my MIL thinks I am mean and strict but I don't want us sliding back too much. Plus there has to be an incentive to go to bed. HE loves his dummy and would have it all day if I let him. I might add he has had his dummy most of the day when up today and has had lots of cuddles/ attention.
It been so long and I am very sorry, I just haven't been spending as much time online, and I must say things here have been much better at home :redface:...but I figured I had better pop in before you all forgot who I was :p
Laura - Congratulations! I have had 2 complete surprises :redface: :o....they are totally worth it :D
Bec - We haven't chatted in ages - what has been happening? I hope you are OK :comfort:.
CM - How have you been feeling?
Hmmm...there's one (??) more pregnant isn't there?
Our Christmas was good - very relaxed, other then DH going for a surf at 6am Christmas morning and DS#1 waking at 6:05am and me having to put up with screaming kids that wanted to open their presents till he got home :rolleyes:. Christmas eve was spent at carols and Christmas day at DHs aunts house, Boxing day was at a friends house where our 4 kids and their 4 kids played reasonably well for a few hours.
We have been doing some deconstruction......DH pulled down the super dodgy back deck and will be putting new bearers and joists in the next few weeks, extending it past the old deck to make a floor for our extension plans. The actual extension is a way off yet but its a step in the right direction :D.....have to move some plumbing and put plans in with council....oh and save some more money, lol.
I started a vegie "garden" which atm is a few pots with tomatoes, parsley and lemon basil but I will be using some recycled hardwood and my flybuys $50 bunnings voucher to make a proper garden over the holidays. I am finding it quiet therapeutic to get out of the house with the kids and watch them play while I fiddle around.
My DS#1 started riding a bike without training wheels today - super happy and proud - he is riding with his bum up off the seat and doing jumps already, hehe.
Ari is cutting his 8th tooth and has started getting more confident with walking the furniture. He is still breastfeeding on demand and is still gaining weight despite his aversion of solids.
As I said I have been spending less time online - I seriously think I am too dependent on the internet...I barely have any irl friends anymore which is just silly really and I really need to get out and find my calling iykwim.
So I am around but not as much...Luv Yas. Hayley.
Wow - congratualtions Laura!!! I'm 8 weeks and 2 days, so we'll be due both about the same time (again) lol!!! :dance:
I am seriously wondering with Xmas, Easter and DD's birthday - where am I going to fit all these toys in our house?? She was spoilt rotten lol...I bet those with more than one kid know what I'm talking about....I don't know how you ladies do it??
Luey - Is E feeling better now? do you still have the outlaws at your place and have you managed to reclaim your side of the bed yet lol?
Where are you Becstar?? I hope all is okay with you chicky!
Hayley - I love the idea of the vegie garden, something I'd love to do, and I'm sure my dogs would help me dig up the vegies too.... :wall:
M2W - I wish I could say we have a routine in this house, I just sort of do what suits DD when it suits her ;). She is quite easy going and adaptable, but I just can't bear to wake her up when she is sleeping, she's soo cute! Does it throw the routine when you have to go out and about? Or do you plan those activities around DS?
I'm glad you're feeling better mel!
Hi to everyone else!! I must give DD her feed, she is starting to get a tad bit too noisy lol!!!
If I'm not back before hand - HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!!
Leesa I am sorry I missed your BFP. Congrats.
E is still sick but hopefully he is improving. He is happily playing on the floor atm, with the dummy but I can have a break. Outlaws just left, is nice to have the place to ourselves. I almost had my side of the bed back, I did until 3 when E was just too unsettled and ended up on the mattress with me again. I had joked to DH that I would make him sleep on the mattress and I would have had he woken up but I thought it was too mean to wake him and send him out. He was surprised I didn't.
to you ladys with buns in the oven. How exciting! And such a nice age gap for your kids.
Thanks for your routine M2W, Im trying to work out when to offer Ollie more food so thats been a help. He still isnt really into eating, but I think only having 1 tooth is delaying his ability to chew and inturn frustrating him, he hates being spoon fed still.
melbell45 glad your bug was just 24hrs, those bugs can be so awful
My mum and sister sent xmas pressies for the kids which we got on boxing day. The boys had so much fun ripping open the wrapping. Lulu got a play doh set which every time we leave the house he packs up, puts in the box and must take with him, so cute.
Ollies favourite toy is the box that his stacker blocks came in :lol:
What where the best toys your kids got- and what are the 1's they love the most?
Hi all,
Been ages since I've been online, so i'm waaaay behind on everyone's news. Although, I did manage to skim through a few recent posts and CONGRATULATIONS Laura - lovely news :dance:!!! Hope you're feeling well - take care.
I missed wishing everyone a merry Xmas - so just wanted to pop in and say 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'. Hope '09 is a brilliant one for you all.
We had a lovely Xmas day - it was so special to have our little boy here to share it with. My parents are also visiting from Tas, so it made the day extra special too. Cam got a few toys which he seems to be enjoying. My DH presented me with a beautiful watch ... he chose well!
Will pop back in at a later date to say G'day and do personals.
Hope everyone and their bubs are doing well. Happy New Year.
Andie xx
hi girls
just popping in to say Happy New Year for tomorrow ! how exciting that it will soon be our babies first birthday ! wow the time has gone so quick.
quick question for you, is anyones hair falling out more again ? mine is again for the last few weeks but im not sure why....
Melinda
A bit late but happy New Year to all.
Just adding to the trend I am also pregnant again. About 4 weeks along so bub should be here around September 11th. I am stoked that there are a few or us in this thread not all that far apart for the second time round.
Will is great and now has 8 teeth. He is able to chew and swallow now which is very scary. I still mash most foods though as I worry he might choke. We are still in Perth on holiday but back to Darwin on Sunday.
My best chrissy present was an Ellaroo sling. How on earth have I lived without it. Will is too big for his Jazz sling so having an adjustable one is great. I wear him on the back now which frees up my hands a bit more. The little fella loves sleeping in it too which is great when we are out.
Hi to everyone I will do personals when i get home,
Congratulations Macca79!!!!! Brilliant news!!! So exciting...
No problems for routine Double Trouble. My bubs doesn't really like being spoon fed much so I give him finger food mostly these days. If I spoon feed him, he has to have a spoon of his own too!!
Hi all!! Super quick post from me as I'm on my sister laptop while we are at the family shack.
Happy New Year to all, I can't believe how pregnant we were just a year ago!! Doesn't feel that long ago..... and CONGRATS to Macca and Laura adding to our new pregnancies :D I have to say it doesn't make me clucky at all, lol. But I'll still be excited to hear all your baby news and pregnancy updates!!
We are on holidays for a while, DH has 4 weeks off so we are staying at the family beachside shack. Just had Ben's b'day yesterday, he was 5 *sob*.
Anyway that's where I am, we had a great Xmas ans start to the NY.
Love to all, back in maybe a week.
xxx
Hope your christmas went well & that you all had a great new years....
I have been meaning to post but over christmas we (me and D) spilt tea over the keyboard, I did get a notebook for chrissy woohoo for me I just have been super slack & thinking I will post tomorrow....
well tomorrow I am going to Trisillian (a mother and baby unit) so I will be more MIA then usual. Will try to catch up when I get back.... will miss you girls.
Everybody! Hope everybody is have a great time.
Becstar- Enjoy ur time at the beach house, sounds like a piece of heaven to me.
M2W- I also give bubs a spoon if Im going to attempt to do it that way. He would love to feed himself but as its winter here there is NO chance of that happening yet, will wait till summer then he can do it and make all the mess he likes, no trouble to change a singlet and nappy :)
Its getting really cold here now. Last year this is when we had the freak snow storm for 5 days. Wonder if it will snow this year? Its kinda rewarding when its so cold to have snow. DS2 has stopped going to kindy for about a month of holidays- chinese new year. Here they start kindy at 2, 5 days a week 8am-3.40pm. Its sounds hard out and I wasnt really sure about sending him for so long, but its better that hes there playing with kids his own age, learning stuff. Also alot of the kids here are looked after by the grandparents so its better for them to be at kindy then hang around the old people who just sit and talk all and hold the kids, if they go for a walk, they hold the kids, they spoon feed the kids, do everything for the kids. Not a great enviroment.
Here, when you have a new baby, they never put them down unless to sleep, no tummy time etc. My MIL had a hard job with me doing tummy time with Ollie, thought it was mean etc. When we had his 3/4 mth check doc said it was the 1st baby she had EVER seen that could hold his head up at that age. I was shocked , its pretty normal I thought, but I have since seen 12mth old babys that cant sit up by themselves, just always held and supported.
I dont know what to make of this kind of thing. Now I have learn to just accept that its how it is here and I cant change it. But some things you see never sit well- u know what I mean
Good luck at Tresillian njd. Would love to hear how you went and what they recommended!
Double Trouble - the cultural shift would really be challenge!!!!
Would love some advice from you ladies::: having trouble with Will sleeping at night!!! He slept through from 8 weeks old. Woke around 5 months and was hungry so solids fixed that about two weeks later.
But since his teeth started cutting he has only slept through a couple of times!!! On Sunday night he was up 8 times!!!! The last two nights at 1am and 4.30am. I am just BFing and putting him back so only up for about 40mins max. But am going back to work in two weeks (ARGGGGG!!!!!) and would love to get a decent sleep.
Seems like the last tooth has just cut - he cut the bottom two teeth in November. Two in the top in early December and just cut through the other two top teeth - finishing on Sunday night.
Will he just go back to his normal sleeping patterns? What can I do to help him sleep through? He just started sleeping through at 8 weeks! Each night he just slept for a bit longer and before you knew it he slept through.
Anyone else been doing this or worked through it! Would love suggestions...
Another question::: Going back to work in two weeks...Is there anyone out there BFing and back at work part time..What do you do? Love some practical advice..
Thanks...Chat soon
Julia
Hi gals,
Another quick post from me - life will return to normal next week when DH returns to work and my parents return to Tassie. Will be able to post a little more regularly then.
Just wanted to say a huge congrats to Macca. It's lovely news - hope you are feeling well! You girls who are expecting again are starting to make me feel clucky :D! We're hoping for another early-mid next year. Fingers crossed!
Hope all your new years celebrations went off with a bang. We managed to stay awake till almost 1am ... then our darling little man woke us at 6am :o. We shoulda known!
Catch you all later.
Two quick PS's:
Mel - no hun, no hair falling out here, stopped about 2 months ago. Hope it's just a short-term thing for you.
M2W - Am hoping to BF after I return to work (approx 12 weeks) - aiming for early morning and night time BFs only, so currently gently reducing no. of BFs a day (now 3-4, down from 5-6). Of course, Cam STILL doesn't have any teeth, so my attitude to BFing could change significantly when he finally cuts a tooth or two.
Hi everyone,
Just a quick one from me as I'm on my parents laptop that has the worst battery ever.
Macca, a huge congratulations! Go little Satay!
Njd, good luck today, I hope it helps with everything and gives you the break you need.My only advice about the mbus is don't let them pressure you into doing anything you are not comfortable with, tell them what you want and tell them to work like with that.The one I went to put quite a lot of pressure on me to do CC but it was something I wasn't comfortable with.Everyone is different, but only do what feels right.xx
I'll be back to post more at the end of the week when I'm back home.
xx