Will loved his first two orientations before xmas I am really not to worried about it ot be honest. He will stay from 9 till 3 tommorow as I start back on a late shift and he has to get used to it.
Shell our mothers group decided to pick a date in the middle of all the birthdays and have a teddie bears birthday picnic all together in the park so that nobody felt liek they had ot invite people to parties etc. We are having our in mid March we will all bring a plate much easier.
I am making WIlls actual party a sasuage sizzle at the park so people can come and go as they please and older kids can play on equipment. I am hoping to make the very hungry caterpillar for his cake as its one of his fav books.
Prama Will is going on Thursday and Fridays and I work form 8 till 4.30 one week then 9 to 6 the next. The centre opens at 7.30 and closes at 5.30 so Nick will pick him up on my late shift bring him home for tea etc. The girls will give him brekky on my early shift as he will be up there by 7.40am everyother week. The centre has only 20 places and its fo runder 3's only. LUcky for me its our sister centre run by council and I know the staff and helped set it up in the early days.It does feel abit weird ot be putting him into care so I can go and look after other peoples kids though and take them thoruhg orientation etc *L* WHen do you go back to work?
I'm normally so good with event planning but have no clue what to do for Jazz's birthday and I don't even know if I can be bothered. So I might just have her grandparents over and her cousins & leave it at that. We have a 50th the week after and it'll be too much having 2 busy weekends. Also generally the 1st birthday is for everyone else. She won't remember so I'm not gonna do anything big.
Hi girls,
Sorry to hear that a few of you haven't been very well - hope everyone has recovered now!!
Prama - how very organised of you to be planning Poopy's 1st birthday party!!! I'm not sure what we're going to do just yet. Our little Princess loves playing on the grass at the moment so we might go to a park down the road.
Back at work so into a good routine again. Gracie is at daycare - they are fabulous. Lots of cuddles, personal attention and they don't believe in controlled crying or crying it out (thank goodness! I couldn't handle it if I thought people in such a strong and powerful role could watch children cry!). I know it's hard in the beginning, but it does get easier and Gracie really does love the centre she's at. She sleeps better too. I think it's their routine that helps!
Anyway, hope everyone is great.
Take care,
Lily
bron - that's a good idea abt the mid point birthday.
mil and i are going to make a farm cake!! my mum made one for my 4th birthday and i loved it. i got some farm animals from Go Lo, i can't do marzipan!! mil is going to bake the cake and we'll decorate!!
danni - dont forget to take lots of pictures cos she'll remember her birthday that way!! i have a pic of my first birthday and mum holding my hands back cos i was going to attack my house cake, made w smarties and butter icing and chocies!! lol
Finally got a chance to post..... DJ asleep and I am up early..... I thought no point going back to sleep after giving him his bottle. He only takes 120ml of his morning bottle then breakfast is normally when he wakes up 2 hours later I thought he was getting another tooth, he might have though..... He was crying uncontrollably early last night and that can only mean a tooth. He did grizzle a few times in sleep last night as well. I will have a feel when he wakes up. He will only take the Bonjela if it is on his toothbrush
Skye - sorry to hear about your break-up with Anth but it is probably a good decision considering what you have been through with him. It will be hard, but you have basically been doing everything yourself for a long time now. Big hugs, and we are always here if you need support.
Bron - I like the idea of a midpoint birthday as well, might bring it up with my mothers group and see what they say.....
Prama -sooo cute on the farm cake. I am making DJ a big 1 cake, found a recipe in the Good Taste magazine, thought I would start with something fairly simple for me kehehe That is great news that your mum is coming over for his first birthday - that is soooo sweet!!!! especially at a good time when you start work
Lily - I find DJ's routine is better at daycare as well, he sleeps better and doesn't grizzle as much because there are so many other babies and kids around to play with. He is stimulated more with lots of things to do.
Danni - yeah you don't have to do anything big, even if it is just family, you can still take lots of photos, but I am sure you won't have to bother taking the pics, because the grandparents will do that
Everyone else, hope you are all well.
Trina - haven't heard much from you, are things ok?
SJ - sounds like you had a horrible experience with family day carers, have you had any luck elsewhere?
Hey guys. Thanks.
I was actually expecting him to still be, I dunno, checking up or something, but I haven't heard a thing yet. No phone call, no texts.
So now I'm expecting him to get the ****s coz I'm not ringing or texting either.
Anyway, I'm keeping busy. Going to Coffs today shopping with a friend. Then tomorrow one of my mates who I've known since I was about 7 is bringing a group of friends here camping for the weekend.
So she'll get to meet Jesse. She's managed to meet all of them by the time they were 18 months old. She tried to meet them all before they were one, but got in a bit late with Bri.
So it should be a good weekend.
I can't believe you guys are already planning birthdays! The ILs & I have talked about it, I told them they have to be here coz they were there when both the girls turned 1. So that's something I've done, but thats it. I'll probably do the usual BBQ in the park thing.
I just realised that Anth will probably come up here with his parents for Jesse's birthday. I dunno if I'll see him before then, but thats almost a definite. Oh well. I might ask his parents to stay here or make sure they have room where ever they are.
Crap. Now I'm all nervouse about celebrating my babies first birthday
thanks shell! i emailed out the invites yesterday, i find that easier than paper ones, cos it's personalised and enviromentally friendly! that's sounds like a nice one, a big 1.
hope he sleeps better tonight, how many teeth does he have?
poopy woke up at 3ish, i hope it's only cos he was cold and not starting to wake up again.. he now wakes up at 5am.. eeeekk too early but i suppose it will be ok when we go back to work.
skye - i read your thread, im so sorry to hear abt you and anth, but you have been doing most of the parenting for your children from what you've told us. and i guess, parenting anth too. it's not fair on you. maybe you and anth might get back together, maybe you wont.. but i hope at least he's realised what he'll be missing and what he's done. he's not a child anymore.
is it poss to change over his fone to his name or terminate the line so u dont have to pay so much. that's a lot of money that could be used for the house and the kids...
xoxoxo
Skye. In some respects what you have been going through with Anth sounds so similar to me & Matt but I'm not quite ready to give up yet. (still have a few things to sort out before I'm ready to make that decision).
I knew this would happen sooner or later but I was hoping that I would be one of the "lucky ones"
Sleep at night has become a bit of an issue! Up until about a week and a half ago Jazz would normally go down by 8 or 9pm at the latest and sleep through until about 6:30am. But since shortly before Matt came home from Melbourne things have been getting worse and in most cases she's been fighting sleep for longer and longer therefore not going to bed until very late. And she's also been waking up 2-3 times as well! I don't know if she's getting teeth or just trying to exhert her will now that she's getting older. But we get huge tantrums even though she is clearly tired. I've done my best to keep the night routine the same but it's not working! Last night she didn't go to sleep until after 11pm and then woke up at 1am and 3am.
danni and skye - hope things work out the way is best for yourselves....
shell - you must be so excited to go to mykonos, im sure you'll have a blast with the nightlife there!!
poopy's almost back to his oldself, not so clingy and eating well. his face has filled up again. but yest i weighed him and he has lost 1/2kg... poor bubba. and he's taken to laughing at me when i read him stories with different voices!! haha
I thought he was getting another tooth, he might have though..... He was crying uncontrollably early last night and that can only mean a tooth. He did grizzle a few times in sleep last night as well. I will have a feel when he wakes up. He will only take the Bonjela if it is on his toothbrush 
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