Babies Born March 1st-15th 2008 #6

Wow Bron! Glad somethings going right :)
Let us know when the pic is in.

I went to the physio this morning.
Lol! I've got my hips taped up. It feels so wierd.
I've officially got pelvic instibility. She put tape from one to the other for a bit of support til she finds her belly belt/band things that will help a bit more.
The pain isn't nearly as bad as it was a few months ago, but its good to have some one who understands. The doctor I asked about it when I was pg just treated me like an idiot & said 'your older now'....as if I was in my 50's or something. Twit.
The physio's advice if anyone else ever has this problem is to keep asking. Eventually someone will help.
I wish I took the last doctors advice I asked about it. I only had about 2 weeks to go & she said I can get a brace to take thee pressure off my pelvis, but the word 'brace' sounds a bit more uncomfortable than belt. & since I didn't have long to go, I didn't worry about it. Oh & I was told it would be back to normal with in 6 weeks.
So anyway. Finally feeling better about that.

Hmmm.....I was going to go get some bags so I can pack some more things, but my scabby neighbours asked to borrow money, so I told them I have none. Can't go spending money I don't have damn it.
I should've grabbed what I needed this morning, but Jesse needed a sleep, so I thought I'd go back later. Bugger!!

Can't wait to be away from these neighbours. The ones we just got to know that I thought were great. They were, till they started asking to borrow money, then the car. Now things are disappearing from the yard....
The kids motor bike went missing. Only one person knew I wasn't home & that it was in the shed down the back that has fallen down. (Literally had to be picked up to get to the bike. Guess they thought we wouldn't notice)
It rained all day Saturday & when Anth saw bike tracks in the dirt in our yard he went for a look to see if it was there. Gone. Then he went to grab his keys out of his car next door....the same tracks behind their house.
We are keeping quiet til me & the kids get out, then all hells gonna break loose I think. Anth is wild. My brother gave the bike to the kids only a few weeks ago. They haven't had the chance to use it once yet!

Anyway. Jesse wants me. Better go wait for my 'great' neighbours to get back with my car. (I would say no, but I've seen alot of what they are like. Trust me, better to stay on their good side. Pathetic loosers.)

Hope the tape helps with the hips Sky eat least you finally have a DOc doing something for you. Good luck with the neighours too!
I have tried 8 times to upload the pics on my gallery it says its been succesfull but then no pic. You can see it on my facebook page if you want

DJ has a throat infection and not a happy camper :( I had a bad night with him last night and looks like another bad night. arghhhhh The doctor was trying to check his ears and he kept following the light and turning his head it was so cute and he tried to eat the stefescope (excuse spelling) sooo cute.... Hasn't been that happy, mind you if Doni gives him his laptop it takes his mind off it. The doctor gave him some antibiotics for the throat infection and using nurofen for babies which got rid of his fever thank god. Hope his throat clears up soon for him. Must have been why he was so unsettled last night as well. He was very hungry though, so wondering if he is also going through a growth spurt. I got him weighed at the doctors and he is now 8.25kg so getting big, he has a little budda belly kehehee

I feel so down in the dumps tonight, feel like crying. I think it is all just because my periods are due any day now so getting the pre-period mood swings....arghhhhh maybe DJ being sick is making me sad because I don't like him being sick.

I am going to work from home tomorrow so that way DJ can just stay home with me. I will call daycare and let them know. I took my laptop home just in case so lucky that.

Bron - that is such great news, and something you needed :) can't wait to see the pic.

Skye - at least now the doctor is doing something about it so you should get some relief. Have fun packing and try not to overdo it especially with your pelvis....

Danni - so glad to hear Jazz is feeling better :)

SJ - love the new pic of SJ - sooooooo cute.

Prama - thanks for the well wishes :) no we went out for dinner which is a normally nice menu but they changed it that day so it wasn't as nice as it normally is.... doh!!! Know what you mean about the distraction, DJ is like that especially if the TV is on or Doni or I are walking around.
Oh I hope the plans for Hobart go ahead, that would be so nice for you. Doni is away all next week from Monday to the following Monday, not sure how I am going to cope, 1 full weekend as well....arghh and he is sick. Hopefully the antibiotics will work quickly and he is 100% so I can have a good week with him.
How is your headache? Feeling any better?

Well I better go, DJ will be waking up soon.

Shell xxx

Skye i have a pelvic strap if you want it. I had it for when i was pg cos i had SPD. I'll send you an email

Poor DJ hope he gets better quick hugs and kisses to him

yay on the pic bron you must be a proud mummy

too tired to write anything else nighty night back tomorrw

Thanks Trina. He is doing pretty well today considering..... Smiling and laughing, so hopefully that means he is getting better...... Still coughing alot probably coz his throat is sore. Poor little bubba.

Jazz thought it would be a good idea to wake up at 5am, we were not happy especially coz I had to get up at 7am for work.

We knew that if we changed & fed her then that she would think it was wake up time and time to play so we didn't want to do that. We gave her teething gel and nurophen, she was still very tired. Lots of cuddles and then just she wasn't crying hysterically so I just let her get herself to sleep. Went in when I woke up and she was sound asleep on her tummy. Normally she sleeps on her side. I remember being so scared of her sleeping on anything but her back until my mum assured me that when she is able to roll into a position she wants to be in, she will be able to roll out of it as well so I shouldn't worry.

Danni - the only way Jesse will settle now is on his tummy. I had him like that the last time he was sick & now he won't sleep any other way. If he's on his back he falls asleep with his legs in the air, then as he relaxes they go down & wake him up!
When he's on his back or side he will just grizzle til I put him on his belly, so I just do it now.

Whats the difference betwwen nuerophen and panadol for kids? i saw in a previous post Danni where you had given jazz both. Do you have to wait the 4 hours in between giving either like you woudl two doses of say panadol. I have never used neurophen as an adult becasue its not good for plattlets. Is it better than panadol for releving pain? Anybody else use it or both?

Nurofen is aspirin. Panadol is paracetomol.
I think Nurofen is also an anti inflammitory??
You can over lap them, so you give panadol, then 2 - 3 hours later you can give nurofen.
That way you can keep them reasonably happy all day!

Just popping my head in

Skye and Bron, Nurofen is actually Ibuprofen and can be taken in conjunction with paracetamol. ;)

It is good to hear how all the bubs are going!

Trina - I can't believe how Summer is trying to walk already. You are going to have your hands even fuller!

Bron - When I saw the ads for Bathurst I remember you mentioning all of the morons last year! Just lock yourself in the house for the weekend with some good DVD's! Sorry to hear that you are having problems with the health care system, you would think that by now they would know you and treat you asap.

Skye - Jesse sounds like he is going really well.

Shell - sorry to hear that DJ is not well. Hopefully he will get over it quickly and not feel too bad for too long.

Danni - Jazz will catch up in her size. All of the bubs in mothers group (including the one born in March) are all bigger than Caitlin but she has just gone through a big growth spurt and is a lot closer to them in size now.

Prama - hopefully they can get you a room in Hobart at least that way Steve will be able to help you out in the evenings.

SJ - MJ looks like she has grown heaps!

Have a good weekend all!

Hey girls,

Well I learnt something didn't know I could give him panadol and nurofen. Hmmmm will get some panadol. I find nurofen works quickly if you get the concentrated formula especially if they are in any pain. Thanks for the tip Skye :)

DJ is doing much better - smiling and laughing again :) So happy, just has a stubborn cough and gets a blocked up nose in the morning. Antibiotics are definitely helping him that is for sure.

My mum said she will be fine looking after him tonight so we can go away for the night. She said she is looking forward to giving him lots of cuddles to make him better. So swet :) I kind of need the night away especially with Doni away for 7 whole days eeeek that is the longest he has been away so far since DJ was born. Don't know how I will cope.

Well better go got lots to do before we head out later.

Shellxxx

Ah thanks for the info re drugs. I try not to give WIll any if I can help it but do use panadol if relaly desperate. I think I will stear away from the neurophen becasue I cant have asprin and dont want to chance triggering anything in Will re plattletes etc.

JO so nice to see you here reg again and to hear how" the first born" is doing *L*

It is bogan city here and full of door knockers too can you beleive. I most certainly will be at home watching tv or maybe doing my shopping whilst body is at the mount. The corporate tent for Carlton is no more so no free tickets, drinks or food so no real reason to go really *L* YOu realley do get a much better view on the tv and besides if the wind blows right I can hear the cars see the planes anyway. I'd say thye will get a wet bum tommorow its cold here and we had a hell of a thunderstorm yesterday.

Ill has been pretty whingey but still no teeth. We weighed him when I went into the docs on Wed and he is 8.5 kilos. I knwo he supposed ot be abit bigger but I have to turn the seat around this weekend as his poor little feet are getting squashed up against the seat and when I turn it they drag along. I cant beleive how big he is getting its liek he has changed again completley the past week.

SHell hope you enjoy your night away..get doni to give you a nice masage..of course you might need to recipricate but..:-) well enjoy

prama how you doing today??? I do hope you get to hobart

Danii changing the cot height is on our job list too. Scary huh that they need this already..where have our little bubbas gone.

Skye nothing worse than scary neighbours you end up on edge all the time..I am envious of your sea change hun I hope it all goes well//the water the beach and a change of envirnment might be just what you all need.

Trina are the girls back? I cant beleive how busy your little summer is you must have amazing stamina girl!! How are the horses going you getting lots of riding in?

Anyway got to go my bou is awake for brekky.
Have good weekend girls
Bron xx

Hehe. I've done some more packing this morning.
Getting pretty excited. Haven't told the girls for sure yet. They'll be home soon.

Went & spoke to DoCS yesterday. They are going to help me out. They'll help with getting up there, but they are also going to help me up there.
They are going to contact the nearest DoCS office there & try to get me into a program thingy where they come to my house & we just do things with the kids & stuff. They are going to see about a councillor up there for me & just basically make sure me & the kids are alot happier.
Oh, & hopefully they'll help me get a house too.
So I'm feeling really good atm.

I also told my case worker about next door......she has offered to go to the police for us about the bike if we want her to. That way its not us, its her doing it. Anth reckons we should leave it though. He wants to get it back & thinks if its reported it won't come back.
When we are gone, he's planning on putting it on them. Try to scare them into giving it back kinda thing.
With our experience with the police, they are useless when it comes to that sort of stuff. Our video camera got stolen out of our house a few years ago. We knew who did it. Called the cops.
They went & visited him, nothing. They didn't do any finger printing or anything. So Anth wants to deal with it himself. I think he's silly, but I won't be here, so he can do what he likes.

Anyway!
I best be off. The girls should be here in about half an hour!!

Well...there's a house for rent. It's one I've been in & always liked. It is 3brm with a flat yard for the kids swings & tramp. & we can have the dog there.



But.........its for sale. There is only a 6 month lease available. There is a chance of an investor buying it.

Hmmm......When I use my brain, I'm better off doing what I wanted to do in the first place. Going to stay with mum & dad & save a bit of money first. But then......I don't really wanna miss out in case an investor does buy it.
It is hard to get a house with a flat yard where I'll be able to have my dog. & its only a 5 minute walk to the beach & bowling club. 10 minutes to the shops.

What do I do???

Bron i have only one horse now and am riding 4-6 times a week the kids swim in the pool there so it's great they actually love going there so we all win... except summy she hates it.. Bron i think they can face forward from 8kg's i have had summy forward facing for a few months now, she was 8.25kgs when i turned her, she HATED facing back and would scream the whole time she loves it forward.

Skye not sure babe, if you go with parents you will save heaps but will it be annoying after a while and what if the other house sells in 6 months and you have to move again that would suck cos 6 months goes fast....

Yep Jo have my hands full already, an hour ago i couldn't find her and she was in the girls room and did a poo on their carpet :rofl: i should have rubbed her nose in it hehe enjoy it while they are still.

Summer flaps her arm and sais bye bye now it is so cute...... I uploaded some pics of her i took them a few days ago.

bye for now

OMG Trina!
Gorgeous pics. Summer is unreal! all ****y standing with one hand & all.
I didn't get an email from you. Or did I miss it. The belly band thing would be good if you don't need it.

sorry i havent posted in a while... havent been feeling so good...

poopy and i arent going to hobart.there's no service apt available and he had to get a hotel.
i dunno how im going to cope looking after poopy by myself. it's too hard now that we are on solids....
steve leaves tomorrow and back next sunday. at least if i was working and he was in day care i'd have a bit of a break. but 24/7 is going to be hard... :cry:
i so wish i had my family here.. steve's mum is great but she's not well and i dont like to impose on her.. i want my mummy.. :crying:

skye - docs sounds so good!!! it's a hard decision on the house... glad the move is happening.. what dodgy neighbours!! and in small town too, gee do they think you wouldnt notice!!

bron - bloody health system.. AAAARGGGGGGG

MCHN said that poopy can be on 3-4 milk feeds now.. 1 after breakfast, 1 after lunch and 1 after dinner. so between lunch and dinner ( he has lunch about 11ish 12 and dinner 5ish 6), she said instead of milk, introduce some snacks and water as he's almost 8mths now. i still give him a bf when he wakes up early in the morning.

shell - glad dj is better, hoping you are having a good evening. looks like we are both husbandless for the week...

im going to call it quits tonight and get into bed. im so sad without steve...

i didnt have a good last few days..
on thurs, i thot i had lost my camera, didnt really care abt the camera itself but all my baby's pictures were there and i could have died. i really got in a bad way, finally found and was so spent. since then i feel ive gone a bit downhill and like my oldself, before the ADs. i hope in a few days i will get back to normal.

sorry for not doing personals for everyone..

xoxoxoxo

Prama :hug: promise you'l call if you need to xx

Bloody races th eone day of the week I get to lay in and I get a fly by right over my bedroom that made the windows rattle and then the sound of engines. And I am 10 k's form the track *L*

Thanks Bron.. xoxoxox
Your msg means a lot. xoxo

Jazz was so good yesterday at my uncle's wedding. She didn't sleep long but was so contented. Today she was good too. I took her to the shops and I was trying on outfits and she was just sitting in her stroller quietly and then eventually fell asleep. She went to sleep easily tonight in my arms. I thought I'd just cuddle her until she fell asleep coz I don't get the chance to do that very often since I've been working full time.

She is starting to play rough now which is fun. And she's started "kissing" but it's open mouth and she wants to go for the lips not the cheeks. If I try and turn my head for her to kiss my cheeks, she'll move so she gets my mouth. It's slobbery and gross, but she's my bub so it's not so bad except when she decided to poke her tongue out...ewwwww.

Guess what! I'm gonna be an aunty again (you may or may not have seen my sister's announcement. This is number 3 for her and it'll be either my 5th niece or my first nephew.

I saw the post. Congrats Danni (& again to you Ali!!)

Jesse has been giving kisses for a while. Its lovely isn't it!
He's started blowing rasberries & giving 5 too!
Still rocking & belly flopping, lol. Not crawling yet, but he's getting around enough! He's into EVERYTHING!!

Prama - :hug: You will get through this. I promise. It will be hard without Steve, but you're strong girl!! I cried when Anth went back to work after Jesse was born. I was terrified of being alone with 3 kids all day, but I did it. & I've had time with him away too. Keep busy & before you know it he'll be home. BB is a good distraction!

Bron - I feel for ya hun. All the bogans! My dad rang me today to tell me to put the race on - 'Ford is in front!!'
I thought of you, laughed & went back to BB. Not my thing.

School starts again on Tuesday. Yay!!!!!!!

SJ, Shell, Trina & Jo - Hope you are all well & your little bubblies aren't too much trouble with teeth & all!

thanks heaps skye... i'm sitting in the lounge room feeling very lonely. Poopy went to bed about 6.30...
steve was away a lot when i was pg, but it's of cos harder now w a bub and being at home...

lol - poopy kisses like that too. slobbery kisses, it's so cute, and ticklish. i absolutely love it. i cant stop giggling when he does it and he gets more and more encouraged. he does the tongue thing too. hahaha. he sort of claps his hands but not palms together, more of one hand over the other, like he's slapping his own wrist..

sigh. am so tempted to go to bed, crap on tv. but i just ate so have to wait awhile..

Jazz claps but she claps with her feet! In my body balance class we do this pose right at the end before relaxation called "happy baby pose" and it is where we lay on our backs, knees bent and hands grabbing the inside of the feet...just like a baby. Jazz does that all the time now so when I do that pose in balance it reminds me of her.

awwww prama :hug: hope you are feeling better soon. Summy claps her hands like that too, also gives big slobbery tongue kisses makes me laugh too, she grabs each side of my head really tight and wont let go.....

Skye i'll send you one now...... Been trying to keep busy to keep my sanity sorry babe..

Hope you cope ok with all the bogans Bron they should start to go tomorrow hopefully...... nothin like a bogan or a few thousand hehe

Hope everyone else is doing ok....

Prama - Do you play solitaire?
Hmmm..... You could get That's Life & Take 5 & read them then do the puzzles.
Might help pass some time?

Hi Girls, sorry for the silence, i dont seem to have had a moment free lately, well i have caught up on whats been going on when i express at 4am (ahhhhh) but too hard to write at that time!
Going to have to make this quick as gotta go out shortly so i am sorry if i forget something/one

Prama - sorry that you are so low at the moment, it is hard with Steve going away and you not being able to come, you can do it though, you are a fantastic Mummy and lakshman is so lucky to have you.
Skye suggestions are good, is there something that you are 'into' or could you go to spotlight and get a sewing project r knitting crocetting??? something to challange you in the evenings and maybe learn a new sill... i have just bought a crochet pattern and wool (i dont know how to crochet) and have looked up on the internet how to get started and am hoping to make something, give me something other to do than watch TV that makes me lonely.

Shell, I hope DJ is feeling much better, sounds like e is having a it of a rough time lately

Danni - so cute on the kisses, MJ has been doing that for a while, she loves to do it on shoulders or knees as that way she gets a good seal and ends it in a raspberry - its so funny!
Cool that you are going to be an aunty again, will you get up to see your sister when she is pg?

Skye - i am so happy that things are moving forward for you and that you are getting a bit of assistance, sounds like you need to get out of there, and being in a bigger town/area will mean that there is more additional support/assistance for you - how is Jaz doing lately???

Jo - great to hear from you, we will have to catch up again soon, Caitlin looks adorable, thanks for the tip also on the carbs at night, i have made sure that MJ gets a bit more carbs in the evening and she is sleeping better now.... still waking once, but i think that it is a bit of sep anxiety as, as soon as one of us goes in and pics her up she is fast asleep again, think she just wants to know that we are still there...

Trina - wow you are getting on that horse a lot - i am so jealous, i wish i had an outlet like that (just wish i had a horse again really :)) Sounds like summy is a handfull, as much as i wat MJ to crawl i am happy that she is not yet ready! she is haking tentitive movve forwards but thats it for now
She is pulling herself to a stand in her bath now, its so funny and she thinks that she is so clever, scared the sh*t out of me the first time though...
How did the girls go camping?

MJ is now clapping (started yesterday) gets her palms together most times... she is also sort of waking, which is really cute.
Oh and if we hold her legs down she will do a sit up and then move her legs so thats she stays sitting... she is so strong!
She 'dances' in time to music too, shaking and nodding her head and rocking her body, it is sooo cute it makes me laugh.

Bron - hope you are OK and the bogans didnt drive you to bonkers! How are you feeling?

My course starts thursday and mum is coming to ppick MJ up and i wont see her til saturday arvo :( i am really looking forward to the course but i am going to miss her soooooo much... DH is also starting a massive job and will not be around much this week (leaving early and home probably between 9-12 each night) it goes for a few weeks so wont see him much at all.
Staying in the sity on Thursday and friday night as it will be easier for the course, My sister is doing it too, so may have a couple of drinksone evening.
I have been a milking cow lately, Mum needed 4L of milk for the course (1.25L + /day thursday, fri sat) and what i express during the cousre will be for DH when he looks after MJ on Sunday.
Its going to be a full on week

Right i will leave it at that... sorry its so long, sorry also if forgot anything
Take care

Oh forgot to say - got free ticks to the nickelodeon Kids choice awards and took DSS and MJ on Staurday... DSS got to meet Rove and the kids from are you smarter than a 5th grader! there where heaps of celebs there it was great and MJ was soooooooooooooooooo good, she didnt cry once and there was so much screaming and yelling and noise... we even managed a full BF (and for thiose that are still BF will know how distracted they get and they pull loads) without hurting me or puling off a million times. Bought a hug-a-bub and it was brilliant, so comfortable, wish i had got it earlier, wore her facing front and back and it was great....

Hi girls,

DJ is getting better, going to take him back to the doctors though I think his cough seems a bit chesty but I thought that last week and the doctor said it wasn't...... and now I am sick (yes sick once again!!!!) arghhhhh so sick of being sick. And Doni left this morning and is away for 7 nights which is the longest time he has ever been away. Not sure how I will cope, but mum said she will pop over when she can.

SJ - good luck for your course, sounds like it is something you really want to do :) and how cute is MJ she is growing so quick. Don't you just wish we could all meet-up in person so we can all meet our little babies? :)

Prama - yeah husbandless this week grrrrr not happy either. It must be hard for you not having your family here. Could any of your friends pop over for a few hours and give you a bit of a break? Mum is hoping to pop over tomorrow night for me but only for a few hours, but that will be great in itself so I can just have some me time especially since I will be at work tomorrow. arghhhh going to be a tough week with no Doni, and I am sick and work this week arghhhhh DJ only has a small cough now so hopefully he will be right for daycare tomorrow. Going to take him docs though to see what they think..... I can't take time off from work but I will probably just leave work early tomorrow.

Bron/Trina - yeah I have had DJ forward facing for a week now. He is 8.25kg and was 8kg when we turned him. He didn't know what to do at first but loves it. I was told they could be turned at 8kg as well :)

Skye - the house sounds great and if an investor buys it they may want to rent it out so you may have a longer lease than the 6 months. Most investors would prefer to rent out properties :)

Everyone else, hope you are well, I don't have the energy to do anymore personals. Need to blow my nose and rest up.

Shell xx

thanks girls!

skye - i do play solitare on the pc, but have no idea what That's Life & Take 5 are:redface:

sj - thanks for your kind words.., i dont know how to crochet but always wanted to learn. i think i will do my journal, part of my meditation class, i have to write up on my awareness of things around me and my actions. ive been procrastinating. but tonight, im going to cook up a batch of poopy's food for the next few days. im just cooking a big batch of curry for myself.
do you have to go away for your course? it's hard to go away for so many days :(
any chance if it's not too far away, dh can bring her over for a visit?


shell - sorry didnt confirm about today.. i was just too tired.
so glad that dj is heaps better, hope you get better too...
most of my friends live too far away... im having lunch w steve mum tomorrow and thursday so it will help.. wed is mother's group.. friday, i think i'll have to start packing. good thing im such a lazy unpacker most of our clothes are still in the bag.
the nights are hard, huh...

poopy did something amazing... he was so tired he went to bed at 6.15pm, grizzled a bit here and there but didnt really wake up till 6am when he did a big grizzle when i went to check on him. have him the boob and he went back to sleep till 7.. he's never done that!!!
of cos i didnt sleep well cos i kept getting up to check on him every hour cos he'd normally wake up in the middle of the night.
oh well, that was a great sleep for him.. dont expect a repeat tonight!!


oh yes, poopy's forward facing now, he's almost 8kgs but we decided we should cos he was gettig too big for the capsule. he loves it.. he can see heaps and he looks like a big boy. and im happy cos i can look at him and the sun isnt in his face...

Prama - That's Life & Take 5 are magazines.
Not the usual trashy mags. They are about real people & thair stories.
They won't be hard to find, but they can be hard to put down.
They have puzzle pages inside & an entry form. You do all the puzzles, put all the answers on the form & send it in & you can win heaps of prizes too.

Went to doctors and DJ has a mild bronchilitis and needs the asthma puffer, but with the use of a spacer and mask of course.... poor little darling..... looks like he will have asthma like me. Mine is pretty mild, not too bad, so hopefully his is just like mine only comes around when sick. He is still pretty happy and cheerful though, so that is a good sign. I got a pill prescription finally too so once aunt flow arrives I will be back on the pill again.


Prama - oh wow on the big 12 hour sleep hope he will do that for you this week while Steve is away :) that is great you will be seeing Steve's mum tomorrow it will be a nice break for you. But yeah the nights are very hard that is for sure. I am hoping DJ's bronchilitis don't cause him to wake up too much tonight because I have work tomorrow arghhhh so fingers crossed. I had to wash the spacer and mask before using it on him, so hopefully it will be dry shortly. Can't use towels or anything to dry it. Hopefully that will help so he isn't wheezing...


I better go got to start getting stuff organised for tomorrow.

Shell xxx

thanks skye - hehe i think if seen those mags...

oh shell - poor little dj, i really hope he sleeps thru tonight.. poor darling bubba.. it must be bothering him....
if im drying stuff, and dont want to use a towel, i use the hair dryer, could you try that for spacer and mask?
i guess it's a bit of a catch 22, it's hard for you if dj doesnt sleep well, and you have to go to work. and it's really hard to concentrate at work when you're buggered.

i better go get his dinner organised

Thanks Prama, it dried on time. He is really sleepy after each time I use it and it makes him unsettled. A friend of mine said their little girl had to go through the same thing and they get used it it, it is just different for them and they get used to the feeling of it etc..... I do hope he sleeps well tonight, otherwise I will just have to have alot of coffee at work tomorrow haha One positive is the wheezing in his breathing has settled down a bit :) YAY

shell - here's hoping the boys give us an easy night, seeing that their daddies are away!
and so glad to hear his wheezing has settled :D
xoxox

Shell - I wouldn't worry too much about DJ getting asthma.
First of all, its hard to diagnose under 2 coz their airways are so small any way. So can develop wheezing easier than older kids & adults.
2nd, docs some times prescribe ventolin of some sort simply to help the air ways open. If it was to do with asthma you'd probably be told to look into a nebuliser & have a preventative puffer as well.
I was there with Jaz at 18 months. It took 6 months for them to agree it was asthma.

Good luck on those sleeping babies tonight girls!

My friend that is in England for the next month sent her DP over yesterday with some homeopathic pillues for Molly Jane to help with her teething... what an awesome friend!!! she had a dose when she work for the 3rd time last night and has slept ever since. Hopefully it works :crossfingers: Trying to avoid Panadol totaly as there is a like between early use and Asthma

Prama - I dont HAVE to stay away, but as it is an intensive 4 day course 9am-5pm we decided that with the travel time etc and having to study in the evening AND DH on this massive job, so not able to help with MJ , that it would be better for me to stay away for the first 2 nights so that i can focus on the course and get some quality sleep.
Its going to kill me, but i know that it is the better option for all of us... MJ will get all the love and attention that she needs and that one on one time and i will get some sleep and be able to study without feeling guilty about neglecting her (although i still will :()

Still its only 4 days, and i am coming home Sat night, so will see her then, and then it will be all over on sunday arvo.

Shell - hope DJ is OK, i do agree with Skye however, its more likely that he was presrcibed ventolin to help with his airways than anything else. Try not to worry (easier said than done thou)

A day of cleaning and organising for me today me thinks
have a good one everyone

Jazz still has a cough from when she had bronchilitis a few months ago. She hasn't gotten over it really. Perhaps I should take her to the doctor again. She is still very rattly when she breathes. Surely by now she can have something. Doc wouldn't give anything last time because she was too young. I think she was 4 months then.

We haven't turned Caitlin around yet, but she isn't 8 kg's anyway. Also we are going to the USA for Christmas and the road rules over there are they have to be rear facing until they are 12 months so we don't want to turn her around here and then have her crack it over there when she is rear facing again. I just hope that she continues to fit properly in her seat facing backwards until we get home.

SJ - Have fun at your course. Hopefully you wont miss MJ too much and if you are you could always go for a drive one night to see her!

Prama - Hope you are feeling a bit better. Why don't you do a website for Lakshman? I did one for Caitlin and it has a blog so I have to keep updating it for her and it certainly keeps me busy! If you want to check it out the address is - Caitlin Grace Evans

Danni - They can't give anything for Bronchiolotis as it is a virus. Caitlin still has a rattle and an occasional cough from when she had it also. This is a link to the info sheet that the hospital gave me - Kids health info for parents

Afternoon girls,

I called daycare and DJ is doing fine and isn't wheezy anymore and has been really happy. Still having long sleeps because the ventilator makes him tired, but that is good he needs good rest. So, yeah I think I was just sinking into motherhood worrying.... I am still sleeping him with me at night, gives me company while Doni is away anyway. My mum is coming over tonight for a few hours to give him some cuddles. It will be a nice break for me. Luckily I have tomorrow off from work so I can just rest.

Will do personals tonight, leaving work now.

Shell xxx

sj - it will be hard being away from mj, but you'll be busy and teh hours will go by quick. and you could ring her at night, and sing to her good night. it will really nice to get some quality sleep. I cant remember the last time i did!! Just think of the big smile and cuddles and kisses that will await you from MJ!!

jo - wow, i had a look at your website, and caitlin is doing so great!!
i have a journal i started for poopy the day i found out i was pg. i havent updated it in a few weeks, i will do that tonight!!

shell - glad dj is sleeping better. hope he sleeps well tonight. poopy woke up again at 4ish but i was already awake waiting for him to be awake.. lol.
hope you have an easy day tomorrow, and get to rest a bit.... and nice that mum's coming to help, it does make a big difference.

oh well. going to bed now... tired