Babies Born March 1st - 15th 2008 #2

[Sammiejane]

hey everyone,

Had the first day at the factory without MJ, Mum came up for the day and i was in floods of tears it was better thou and i feel less guilty as she was happy all day with Mum and i came home for her bobby call (lucky the factory is a 5 min drive away!) had lunch with mum then went back. i think that it will work until we get someone in to take over from me...

re Jolly Jumpers, i have had loads of friends that had JJ's and LOVE them... as for the walking on toes, i thought that half of bubbas did anyway when they started - i think i am going to get them. i heard about them flying off too, but maybe they werent attached properly - mine will be perminatly attached most likely

danni - i am snacking all the time, i have had to stop buying crap as i devour it. thinking about make rules and sticking them on the cupboards and fridge so that i am shamed out of eating when i go... i find that between 4 and dinner (usually 8pm i am worst)

Trina - hope your first day went well... i understand about staying away, thats why i have been absent, its so easy to get on and whinge and i dont want to do it ALL the time (just some of the time )

Teach - i think its so funny that the babies get together to 'play' and all they do is lie on their backs looking like turtles that have fallen onto their shells with their arms and legs going ha ha

Shell hope you had a nice time with your Mum
BJ - its funny, you want me time, but when you get it its like wadda do now???

Prama - sorry that Poopy is unsettled, hope it passes

MJ is talking heaps now and i show her her feet (i bring them to her head and 'kick' her cheek) and she smiles and smiles, she loves it! She also loves the mirror heaps now
Anyway she has just woken, got to start the night routine earlier, she is wanting more sleep!!! she is sleeping from about 8pm-7.30am but she is so snoozy in the evening i am going to try putting her down earlier.

have a great one everyone

[prama]

hi..
poopy seems a bit better but his fever comes and goes and then he cries.

danni - didnt mean to turn you away for jolly jumpers. i was just saying what the mcns told us.
all the best for dH and his new job. and to you too.

gotta go..
im having one of those miserable days.. i feeling down to boot.

[all girls]

The gym was tough, i started out ok but then got really dizzy had to go to bathroom and felt like i was going to pass out or throw up. I've been not well for 4 weeks now so no wonder!! Now have a cracker of a headache.

Got to work and had 3 clients booked in who have been waiting for me, they don't like the other girl, i have a list of people to call that have waited the whole time for me, makes you feel nice

Mum is bringing Summy in here as i have nothing else tonight (meant to finish at 8) but bad luck.... She has slept the whole time i have been at work, which is good. I miss her her sweet little chubby cheeks.

Prama i hope poopy is feeling better soon it's not nice when they are sick.

SJ you kicking your MJ in the face hehehehe glad MJ was happy when you were working, you get more done when they are not there. Plus nanny was doting over her.

Teach yay on the play group, never been to one of those before did you join one with the others?

Danni i am 100% BF and if i am at home i could eat all day every day but when out i don't really think about it. Sometimes when i am busy i forget or don't have time to eat which is bad then i make up for it the next day hehe the bad thing is that salad gives me wind so i don't want to upset summy so have been eating lots of carbs which my body doesn't like too much.

I'm off to find panadol head is sooooo sore.

[all girls]

for you prama xox

[~clover~]

Man you guys were busy today! I can't keep up!

Well....I had a nice long shower this morning. Then got dressed & went to see the psycologist. Had a really good chat to him. I feel like we are getting somewhere now. Was there for about an hour when the dental clinic rang to book Bri in for her first checkup. 20 minutes later Day care rang to say I had to pick Bri up coz they found a nit in her hair. Great!!

Had big plans to catch up on house work today while the girls were away. But after they went thought Nah, stuff it. I'll sit on my butt for a bit & enjoy it. I wasn't planning on Bri coming home early though. Oh well. Still had a pretty good day. Jesse's starting to settle down again too.

I'm breast feeding full time. I find I'm always hungry. That could just be coz I don't get out much. Then there's the fact that I'm always forgetting to eat, so by the time I finally do I'm starving. I probably think I'm always hungry, coz I forget about it if u know what I mean.

Ok don't try to make sence of my brain. I can't even do that at the moment.

You guys are so lucky to have your mums visiting. I miss mine so much. & your all getting out to go back to work & to the gym & playgroup. I can't face being away from Jesse for any amount of time yet. I think I'm scared that coz I wanted a boy for so long something might happen... Sounds a bit wierd I know. But I still tell myself all the time that I've got a boy. It still hasn't sunk in.
Then there's the fact that I don't think I could handle pregnancy again, so I'm pretty sure he'll be my last. I wanna spend every second with his happy smiley self.

Anyways. Hope Poopy gets better soon. I'll probably post again sometime by the end of the night!

Sorry I haven't used anyone's names & done personals as such. I just couldn't keep up!

[shell_120308]

Hey girls,

It was good of my mum coming over but I felt really up tight, not sure why, think I didn't need the company I am not sure. It was great of her to come over and help me with DJ, but I just felt odd tonight and felt as if I was going to crack. Really moody - I wonder if this is a sign that I might get my periods......


Prama - sorry to hear Poopy still not well and not his normal happy self. I hope he feels better real soon especially before you leave. You are just feeling down because you aren't receiving those happy smiles and laughs that Poopy always gives you

Skye - sounds like you needed a day to do nothing so well done

Trina - wow that sounds like a hard workout you did to almost throw up. Hope your headache clears up

SJ - i bet you are happy to have your mum and Nina back. Sounds like Molly has grown so much

Sorry girls, I will do more personals tomorrow.

shell xxx

[prama]

thanks girls for all your lovely thoughts. poopy seems better now, at least we are getting some smiles now. his eyes still look tired...

trina - hope you're feeling better, please take it easy xoxox
i know, it's really nice when your clients wait for you, huh!
thanks for your big hugs.

skye - glad you had some wonderful time to yourself, you deserve it! glad things are getting better for DD.


shell - hope you are feeling better. sometimes i also just feed odd and tense, like dunno what's wrong..
1 more sleep till doni comes home.

[shell_120308]

I am good just tired, DJ was grizzly ended up feeding him at 4am so he would go to sleep and I could rest. I should have gone to bed earlier but didn't go to bed until 11pm last night so my own fault for not getting to bed earlier. At least Doni is home tonight.

Prama - good to hear Poopy is feeling better YAY and right on time for your trip as well. I am ok today, think I just miss Doni, gets so hard when he has had so many trips away. He is away next week as well I think it is the full week again....... arghhhh

anyway gonig to finish my coffee and get some stuff done.

Shell xxx

[danniellabella]

I'm finding that I'm always hungry even though I make a point of eating breakfast, lunch & dinner, even if that means I have to eat while Jazz cries.

Today I'm going to look into family day care. I spoke to the head office of the people who organise family day care and they explained it a bit to me. I'll ring my local scheme today. I'm feeling ok with it and if I start temping then family day care might be the best way to go coz of the flexibility etc. I might even put her in one day a week even if I'm at home, I don't know. But they basically said that I have to register with the local scheme and then they will find carers and Matt & I will interview the carer and if we aren't happy with them then the scheme will try and find a different one. It sort of sounds a bit like a nanny. Matt was put in family day care when he was a kid. I think they are meant to be cheaper as well.

I think the thing that makes me most anxious about returning to the workforce is I'm scared to put on my business clothes. Sounds silly I know. I'm not scared in that I don't know if they'll fit coz I'm below my pre-pregnancy weight but my body shape has changed, like my hips are different. Also I'm worried about expressing in a temp job but I'm not sure if I'm ready to stop BF.

Today Matt went into work as normal and he's talking to his team leader and resigning. He's taken a big bag with him so he can clear his desk. I expect him home in about an hour.

[Sammiejane]

hope you all have a better day today.... although it is Friday 13 - usually lucky for us, so fingers crossed!!!

Had an unsettled night last nighht, bit of a shock to the system as she sleep so well normally. She was buggered at 8pm so didnt have a full feed, nothing would wake her so put her to bed knowing that she would wake in about 2hrs hungry, and at 10pm she did and had a full feed and nappy change. ut her back down and she went straight to sleep, but and 11.45 she was awake again wanting another feed...i think that she had a spew on her sleep suit and was a bit cold from that, i gave her another feed, and wrapped her (i stopped wrapping a week ago) and she slept through.

Oh forgot to mention, cught up with Jo and Caitlin 2 weeks ago, Catilin is growing so fast and is a real cutie, both girls were really good, so we managed several hours of gassbaging!!!

Danni your post just popped up, hope it all goes well with Matt. DSS was in family day care a lot as a kid, i thnk its a reat idea, the only problem is the other kids that can be there as they are varing ages

[all girls]

I know what you mean SJ, Summy used to sleep through and doesn't much anymore, i was used to getting a great sleep then when we went away that upset everything, she hasn't been well though so there is some hope still.

I also know what you mean Shell, i get like that too just feel sh*tty and don't want to be around anyone.... I still haven't got AF which is really really good. DH doesn't want to come near me still which is weird makes me feel very unattractive like he is repulsed. He keeps saying he doesn't want any more kids but hasn't got off his butt to get snippy organized.

Skye head lice are the biggest PIA!!!!!! i had to do Codie's hair a couple of days ago, she was the only one thank goodness cos Paige's hair is very curly and very long and is the biggest pain to comb through..... The worst thing is that you can check and treat your kids every week (like i have been doing for years) and the next day they get it from another kid at school

I am trying to get my house in order have started in Codie's room and it has taken most of the morning now i couldn't be bothered anymore..... She had so much rubbish and crap under and around her bed that you couldn't even walk in the door..... Then paige and Tahnie's room is bad too i wish it would just magically fix itself it is the worst job it can be clean one minute then they pull all their clothes out and tip toy boxes out everywhere. I get them to clean it up when they do it but they just shove their clothes back in the drawers and toys get stuffed where ever... Best i stop wasting time and get on with it....

Oh i'm not sore from the gym yet which is a BAD sign means i probably wont be able to move for the next 3 days BUGGER!!

[teachmum]

Trina sounds like you worked a bit too hard at the gym. Good on you I haven't found the time to excercise yet. I did playgroup with my other two. It's a good way to get to know other people with kids the same age. I know what you mean about kids rooms. I only clean them when they get really bad otherwise I try to make it their responsibility. Of course when I hassle them they reckon they like it that way. DD had head lice right through primary school. She has fine curly hair so they were really hard to get rid of. It's almost a fact of life in primary school these days.

[shell_120308]

Hey girls

I just weighed DJ at the chemist and he was 6.2kg with clothes on and they say to minus 200g for clothes so he would be 6kg now So happy that introducing the formula is working for him. I started to replace the midday feed with formula as well, so that is now 2 feeds per day replaced with formula instead of booby feed and already I am feeling less stressed about the whole feeding regime.... I am sooo looking forward to being completely off breastfeeding, he now only breastfeeds for 2-5 mins and pushes my boob away, then I try the other side and still same thing, so then I have to give him top-up in formula. I have had to express the milk he doesn't take so that I don't end up with lumpy boobs.

Trina - yeah was wondering if it was just me or if AF was about to visit, because yesterday I thought I needed the company and was looking forward to my mum coming over but when she was there I didn't really feel like talking but just relaxing.... I can understand why you would be upset about DH not wanting to come near you. Have you tried talking to him about it and letting him know how it makes you feel? haha on the more kids though, I have told Doni if he gets me pregnant again he will have to put up with a wife going through a severe nervous breakdown haha I don't think I could handle falling pregnant again, at least not for a few more years..... Still getting over the whole birth experience.

SJ - I am finding the same thing. I had one whole week of DJ sleeping right through the night and now he is back to waking up at 3am then grizzling throughout the morning. I don't know, he could be just missing Doni because he is always unsettled at night when Doni isn't home..... Funny how babies can sense things....

Danni - know what you mean about putting on the business clothes. I have to go back to work in 2.5 months and I hope all of my clothes fit me too. I am going to put on a 3 month layby at Target and get a few new things for work and that way I have a few months to pay off the layby.

Well girls, going to check-in on DJ and see if he is asleep and then get some shut eye myself before I get stuck into cleaning the house. Just got a call from Doni's dad who wants to come over tonight grrrrr so much for just spending time with my hubby alone with DJ I was hoping to have a nice bubble bath tonight as well. Damn in-laws!!!

Shell xxx

[danniellabella]

Right, I've registered with family daycare. They are going to call me again in 2 weeks to see if I'm any closer to deciding when I'm going back to work.

I put on some of my business clothes today. I can still carry off the look, in some ways, better than before I was pregnant. But, I just don't feel like that person anymore. I used to love being dressed corporately but now I don't feel comfortable like that. I'm used to jeans and drool stained tops (although I do still try and dress smartly most of the time so I always have a chuck cloth around my shoulder and have only been chucked on 3 times).

I guess if I start temping then I can pick and choose a bit and I may have a job for a week and then I might have a week with nothing. Sure, moneywise it's not the best, but to ease back into things it could be good.

Thing I'm also concerned about is how I'll perform at work when I've been up a couple of times in the middle of the night. And, how long will I have to give myself to get both Jazz and I ready in the morning?
Maybe I'll start her one day a week before I start working so I can get used to it. I'd have to aim to have us both ready and her dropped off at day care and me ready to go to work by 7am I think. Yes, practice runs might be the way to go before the real thing IYKWIM.

Actually, I just found the right words for how I feel in business clothes now that I'm a mum: I feel like I'm "pretending to be something I'm not" which I know isn't true coz I know that I'm good at admin, sure after 5 months away from it I'll be slightly rusty, but it wont take long to get back into it but that doesn't mean that it will feel right anymore.

At least I've still got my typing speed after all my forum chatting.

[~clover~]

Hey guys. How we all doing.

Prama - I'm so glad Poopy is feeling better. He'll be back to normal before you know it!

Sounds like this must be just a stage the bubs go through, seems like they've all stopped sleeping as well as they used to. Glad I'm not the only one walking around with big black bags under my eyes!!

Danni - I loved the idea of family day care. I think coz it's more of a family environment. In someone's home. I think it's no more than 5 kids & only 1 of them can be under 1. When I was looking at it I met the woman & got to look through the house. The kids I think are only allowed to be in a bedroom for a nap with a kid of the opposite sex if they are brother & sister.
Very different to child care. The carer has less kids to deal with too, so they are more like extended family.

All Girls - Don't you wish it was possible for head lice to become extinct?? Why can't that happen?? Life would be so much easier! Just gotta get used to it I guess. & bedrooms - Don't get me started!! I am still getting over the first time they trashed it the same day I cleaned it & they've done it twice since!!
It looks like a bomb's hit it 99% of the time. If I clean it & they mess it up I leave it for a few weeks. Jazmyne is the one who usually does it & I think she's old enough to learn what happens if you live like that. So when she comes sooking to me coz she can't find something or tripped on something in her room I remind her that if it was clean she wouldn't have that problem. She doesn't like it much, but will still fight with me all day long to not clean her room. Hmmm.

When at psycologist yesterday he told me to start keeping a journal of all the things she does. I started at 4.15pm to day & have aleady put in 5 seperate things & filled up 2 pages. It's 5.05pm. Less than an hour.

I think I might get AF soon. I get the depo needle & got it when Jesse was 2 days old. Am still breastfeeding, which prolongs return o AF, but depo has run out, so I don't think BFing will count. Gotta get to the doc on Monday. Keep forgetting. Thats one thing I gotta do!!

[danniellabella]

Matt found out that his driver accreditation is expired and it's going to take 2 weeks for a new one to come through, also he's got to get another police clearance before he can start driving again. So it's gonna be at least 2 weeks before he can start working...

Soooo, I've bit the bullet and sent my resume to a temping agency. I'll probably be going in next week for an interview and have told Matt that he will have to look after Jazz and learn to deal with anything without calling me.

He hasn't successfully given her a bottle or changed a pooy nappy yet. Sucked in to him if he gets a poo, he'll just have to deal with it. I told him that tomorrow I want him to give her a bottle so I know that he can confidently do it. He had no idea about making sure to occasionally let air into it and he didn't know how far the teat is meant to go in and he doesn't know how to make the bottle up (although it's self explanitory on the tin). But I normally premeasure the water and the formula so all he has to do is add the formula. But I'm gonna make him do it all. I sound like a complete control freak dont I?

It's just that whenever he's looked after her, I end up getting a call 30mins to an hour later coz she's crying and he doesn't know what to do and wants me to come home but if I'm in an interview or working he wont be able to do that so he'll have to work it out just like I do!

I was shaking when I got off the phone to the temping agency though, I'm so nervious which is unusual coz I used to be so confident with interviews and things like that.

I asked while on the phone about expressing. They said that it would be on a client by client basis as some clients don't have a private room that can be used for expressing. But they did say that I have every right to express and commended me on wanting to do what I can to keep feeding and also returning to work. I'm so apprehensive about it, but I realise that for us I think it's really quickly becoming a necessity for me to return in a matter of weeks.

[~clover~]

Wow. I like their reply to you wanting you to express. I'm amazed. They actually were trying to encourage you to keep going!! It's amazing the responses you get out of people you least expect isn't it?

[india44]

danni is your family day care the same in sa as in nsw as in if u have booked a place you have to pay for it wether you use it or not? how will it work temping if you have to work different days? sorry to hear about matt having to wait to get back to work

i am going to visit our family dayare in september to book Will in for next year,still got to talk boss into 2 days a week yet fingers crossed.

a whole week of Will sleeping through the night yay a whole week ome still waking everyv hour from 2 till 7 ha ha

suppose to snow here over the weekend cant wait for it to finally get cold
Hope u r all ok bbl Will awake
Bron xx