Babies Born March 1st-15th 2008 #7

lisa - great to hear from you!

danni - hope you feel better.. ggeez... landlord better get to you quick or it is his house that's going to get damaged!

shell - welcome back and so great to hear you had a great time and so glad that dj is eating well!!

sj - hehe wish we could get the babies to be our vacuum cleaners!

my shoulder and neck still hurts, my osteo said it's cos my back is realigning itself.
poopy crawled fora bit on all 4s today! and he's also starting to cruise with one hand.
oh and today at mil's he wrapped his leg around the playpen bars and looked like he was pole dancing. hahhahaah
andthen he let go both his hands and stood unsupported for a couple of seconds before he fell on his bum!
going to bed.. my back is getting me down.
xoxoxoxo

hi guys!

Would any of you be interested in a chrissy card swap??
PM me your details if you want too by, say next Friday?

Hope you feel better soon Prama.

I best get to bed!

Night!

Hi Skye, what do you mean by a chrissy card swap? Do you mean that we'll all get each other's addresses and send each other cards?

I'm back at work today and hopefully I'll last the whole day. I've got pain killers with me and a box of tissues. My ear is still blocked and sometimes hurts. Balance is still not too good.

Someone came out at about 6:30 last night to put plastic over the hole in the roof and it's meant to be getting fixed today. Not sure if they'll need to replace the whole roof or not. One thing is for sure, I'm glad that we aren't the ones paying for it! That is one advantage of renting I guess, no maintenance costs, just the inconvienence if maintenances isn't done. What ended up happening was at about 4pm the repair man arrived and saw the loose tile above our carport and fixed that then left. The landlord rang to see how everything was going, then she rang the insurance company, then rang me back and said told me about the repair man coming earlier. She had a go at the insurance company and said that wasn't it at all! She'd seen the photos we took so knew what needed to be done. The guy came back later in the evening and this time knocked on the door so we could show him the real problem!

Jazz has been good, happy and a little chatterbox!

Hi all.
Yeah, I'll get a list & pass on the adresses to you all & we can send one to everyone.
I'm going down to see Anth tomorrow, so I'll send them next week. I'll be back Monday.

Hi Girls,
Sorry no time for personals - our little Possum has Laryngitis - not fun - we're all a bit sleep deprived at the moment. So awful to hear her without a voice - just a funny little noise. Must hurt like anything. First time we have ever used Nurofen. Seems to work well.
Hope you're all well and I look forward to reading all of the posts I've missed soon. Time for a frozen meal and bed. I normally love to cook but cannot even comprehend standing over a stove at the moment. So tired!!!
Take care,
Lily

Hi all, don't have time to read over all the posts will try later.

Codie is sick at the moment, all CF complications, she has pancreatitis and has a common CF bug growing in her lungs and to top it off just got the flu poor little chick has been off school all week.

Summy has a severe case of nappy rash, i think its from teething cos she has all 4 top teeth now and got them fairly fast and she poo'ed heaps with them which made her bum sore. The skin is broken and bleeding its that bad poor little bubba.

I might be moving before Christmas.... Ex wants to sell the house. He just told me that he will be away every thursday and weekend from now until Feb so every time i go to work he won't be able to help me and no free weekends to do anything.

Hope you are all well and hugs to little bubbas
Trina

Trina sorry to hear about the ex. I would make sure that he realises that with him being away w/ends etc then he may have to fork out for ccare (you could organise a nanny or au pair for part time care). Does he live close enough to have them during the week so that you get a break?

Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

We've slipped half way down the second page! Can't let that happen. Had a great day at Whiteman Park yesterday with mg. It was so funny, all the bubs stayed on the mat even the one that could crawl properly.

Paddy actually crawled forward today. Only one step though and then he collapses and reaches for what he wants. Lazy little bugger.

I'll try and post more pics in the gallery.

Have a great weekend and get chatting!!!

Well I managed to post more pics. Is there something going on over east? Has the power gone out?

Come baaaaaack :wiggle:

Hi There. Jazz is showing signs of crawling forwards although she hasn't actually done it yet. When she's sitting up, she'll lean over onto her hands and get one leg back and she has such determination that she wants to crawl but isn't quite sure.
Last night she was being babysat by some friends while we went to my work Christmas Dinner. The husband was holding her on the ground in a standing position, just barely supporting her bum and nothing else and she took 2 steps practically unaided! Now I'm wondering if she'll start walking before she crawls forwards...it's not unheard of.

Ha ha teach, it took me ages to figure out what you meant by slipping dow the second page :rofl: now i get it, you wanted to chat!!!

Trina - sorry about the X, what an ahole, will he be away on w/end for business or pleasure???
What about the girls, when do they get to see their Dad?
Bloody typical, no one to help you out and to top it off,no weekends to go out and let your hair down abit. You must be so annoyed.
Where will you move to?
I think that you should get to keep the house... i bet if you went through with a divorce he wouldnt get half (i am assuming that he wants this.) maybe something to look into, not only is he required to pay c/s but there would be maintenance as well... sorry you probably dont need financial advice, but i would hate to see you loose out. He needs to realise that walking away is not so clear cut when their are children involved Especially when it limits your capacity to earn... :hug: sorry hun

Lisa - great to hear from you, also so good that you have a great work/home life balance. Its great that it has all worde out for you and :cheer: great news on the house!

Teach - MJ did that for ages, the one step, grab what she wanted and then be content to stay where she was, TBH sometimes i wish that she was be back there for a while... She is in to everything!!!

She loves the bath, we keep the bathroom door closed, but if it is open, she is off crawling at the speed of light (well a bit slower than that, but you get my meaning lol) towards it and stands at the bath banging on it with a massive smile, she loves watching us shower too...
She doesnt do heaps of crawling anymore, she crawls to something that she can stand up against and will stand for ages, she loves standing at the fridge, at the mirror, on the coffee table and against chairs!!! She cruises around the table now too... im so not ready for her to walk, crawling is hard enough

BRON Where are you and how are you???? its been a while, hope everything is OK


Shell, glad you had a great time, weather was so bad though! Hope things are OK with you.

Danni, bugger about the house, is the roof fixed? Hope your ear is better... for some pain relief, try a wheat bag or hot water bottle against the side of your head, its also good for drainage too

Prama - hows the sleeping going? hope your back is better now... MJ has a cold again so the sleeping has gone out the window again, she sleeps only on me at night now, I wonldnt normally mid, but i have done something to my knee and i am finding walking difficlt and moving/rolling in bed is hard too, een harder when you have a baby that wants to either sleep on top of you or on your pillow... hope she is better soon...

Still no sign of teeth, i think that she is going to be the toothless wonder!!!

Skye - hows the weekend going, hope you have a good time with Anth :)

Lily - hpe you little one is better now
Right, thats it from me... im off to research sleeping bags and caravans for our holiday over xmas/NYE :)

Hey teach its been ages good to hear from you

Thx SJ he is paying the mortgage and that is all he has to pay apparently so i have to live off what i get from centrelink not doing so well financially can barely pay any bills, luckily he is helping out a bit there but still...... i have a few options for some extra cash so going to start that in the next few weeks

i had a massive scare earlier, summer and paige were in codies room and i heard an almighty crash and heard them both screaming so i ran to the door but something was blocking it so i couldn't get in..... The big heavy mirror behind the door fell down hit the back of the chair that paige was sitting in and then fell on top of summer there was smashed glass everywhere they are lucky they both didn't die summer only had one scratch god it could have been the worst day of my life how lucky am i???? maybe i need a lottery ticket.

i had my hair done last night and GOD it is soooooo blonde i didn't realise until this morning cos it was wet last night. i wasn't expecting it so blonde.

hope you are all well

OMG! What a scare. I'm glad they are all ok! I think you should lay down and have a strong drink to calm yourself now!

I caught up with my oldest friend today. We've known eachother since we were 9 years old but lost touch after highschool. This was the first time we'd seen eachother in 8 years and it was as if no time had passed at all! We're gonna make sure we keep in regular contact from now on! She's due to have her 2nd bub in 2 weeks.

Jazzy is still the same as yesterday, wanting to get on the move, talking, into everything!

Roof still has a hole in it with plastic covering it. Someone from the landlords insurance company is coming on Tuesday to assess it, then hopefully it'll get repaired before next weekend!

Hey sj I am here just laying a bit low. Meds starting to take toll right when WIll is at his absolute buisiest also standing at everything bumping his head on everythign and crawiling so quick its not funny he is exhasuting. He has also found his voice and has learnt to squeel when he laughs..needsless to say the head is loving that.
We are all over tired here so cranky with each other and snappy which hasnt been fun. I only have one more week to go with meds but seems the count hasnt done much at all. AM hoping that I wont have to have a higher does all over again . They will push for apic line if this is the case or another port and I just cant handle the thought of all that.

Sorry no more personals am shattered and supposed to go ut for our work xmas party tonight..so not int he mood for party but have already paid. Thank god fo rmum she kows I am not coping too well atm and has stepped in a lot.
Have posted the pics I took for our xmas card this year..am hoping for sanat pic but thre is not one to be found in this town at.
Anyway hop eyou girls are well I promise to catch up everybody soon
xxxxx

bron - sorry you're not feeling the best.. it hard being exhausted even before bub, looking after a baby is so so draining......
hope you get better soon.
poopy also squeals at the top of his voice! it's so good your mum is helping, it makes such a big difference.

sj - my neck and back is a bit better.. it gets better than lifting and carrying poopy makes it bad again.
sorry that mj is sick.. their sleep pattern seems like an endless loop doesnt it.. gets better one day and then worse the next.. he's still the same... the other night he slept thru till 4, and then the next night, he was up every hr, then every half hr!!
hope your knee gets better soon.. xoxo

teach - great to hear from you.. somedays it's so quiet here. hehe. glad to hear paddy's on the move!!

trina - omg!! that's soo scary.. it's so lucky the girls arent hurt.. broken glass.. eekkk. so so scary!!!
glad xh is helping out... but yeah, you need to have something for yourself, cant depend 100% as they can decide to stop helping....

danni - love the pix of jazz w santa!!

we are good, tho steve has a cold:cold:.. we had kris kringle at MG, it was so much fun.. we had it at one of the girls' houses and we ate and ate and ate and chatted and chatted and chatted.. from 12-5!!:hooray:
poopy was crawling on all 4s everywhere and was touching and kissing babies next to him, boys and girls.. it was hilarious. he was climbing on them, to hug them and all. they said he was having an xmas pash w everyone!! hahahaha

we have my work xmas party next friday, steve's sis and bil have been kind enough to babysit poopy again. the theme is music, im going to go as diana ross, supremes era!! haha

gotta go. thinkingof you all.

its quiet in here!
Skye, hope eerything went well
Prama, yay on the sleep and also the crawling!
Trina - what a scare, i know when the snow board fell on MJ it could have been sooooo much worse, like dead worse, it makes you think doesnt it.
g2g need to cook dinner, DH will be home soon... i hate this time of year, poor MJ hardly sees DH at all... she is always in bed when he gets in.
Oh well, at least we are going to go away ater xmas for NYE - will be away for about 7 days ... im soooo looking forwrad to it

sj - sleep still the same :( and poopy and i both down w a cold..
how's your knee now?
yaay on going away.. it will be so nice to have a family holiday..

poopy's started to use his fore finger as an antenna to touch everything, he looks like E.T. haha

Knee is a bit better, got my sister to tap it and my feet (its an ongoing problem) and i need to go and get some new runners. Thanks for asking.

MJ has got a cold too, she has been super needy this weekend, only sleeping on me, not even DH, i have not had very much sleep at all... hopefully she will have a better night tonight... poor thing is so blocked up though :(

Jazz has started clapping. We were singing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" and she was clapping away and thought it was great! She's moving around heaps more, still backwards though but we think she'll be crawling properly before Christmas.
Prama, hope you're both feeling better soon.

sj - ohh hope mj feels better soon.. poor darlings...
glad your knee is better...

danni - that's brilliant!! poopy still hasnt got a hang of clapping.. hahahha

SJ your post arrived while I was posting. Hope you two are also feeling better soon.

I just found out a friend of mine has a tumour on her ovary (she also had one a few years ago on her other ovary). She has to have surgery and may need a full hystorectomy. It's so sad. She's 27 years old, doesn't have any kids but really wants them, her husband is 10 years older than her and he's not keen on having kids and now it looks like they wont be able to ever.

oh danni - that's sad.... big hugs to your friend... it's so unfair.....

OMG Trina that's really scary. Like the littlies that drowned, you just never know when something like this is going to happen. My advice to you re: your ex, is to go to a lawyer before you let DH sell the house. A friend of mine just did a 50:50 split and when she spoke to the lawyer he told her that as the custodial parent she was entitled to a lot more. Remember you're setting up for the yours and the girls future so resist the temptation to be fair and nice.

Bron I hope you're feeling better soon.

Paddy got his first tooth yesterday. Everything is happening so quickly so he's been a bit grumpy. He can crawl forward now but only if he really wants something, especially things he's not sposed to have!

Hope everyone else is having a good week

Hi guys.
I'm back. The weekend was good. We weren't really in Coonamble except to sleep on Thurs & Sun nights. The rest of the time we spent at Anths parents place. So I didn't run into anyone I didn't want to.
We went for a drive past our old place & people have just moved in :( It was really wierd. As much as I miss the house, thats all I miss!!

Jaz did have a pet frog, Tom, for 2 or 3 days. Poor Tom passed away sitting in the hot sun with the lid on a plastic container at Macca's in Tamworth today :( (I am secretly not that upset!)

We are talking about Anth coming up after chrissy & we are looking into buying a place. Its only a double garage on a block now, but we could either turn it into a house (its brand new) or build in front of it. One of those kit home things.
Well we are hoping, anyway.

Sorry guys, grumpy needs boo boo.

Back tomorrow, Night!!

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My advice to you re: your ex, is to go to a lawyer before you let DH sell the house. A friend of mine just did a 50:50 split and when she spoke to the lawyer he told her that as the custodial parent she was entitled to a lot more.

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Yeah, thats what i was sort of alluding to... As much as he may only need to contribute a certian amount of $$ with regard to child support, if you actually when through the court system and with the split, you would be entitled to more as its a spousal thing too...
You are possibly not ready for all this yet, its still only early days in the split, but I am just wanting to make sure that u dont miss out. You are doing the hard work and you deserve to be able to have a little financial freedom (regardless of whether X paid for majority of house or not), you are working full time bringing up the Kids... Anyway enough of that...

Skye - That sounds awesome, a place of your own.... I know people that did the same as what you are thinking, they stayed in the garage while they built on the land and now they have a MASSIVE garage, which is great for boys/men, I say what ever why you can get into a place of your own, go for it :) Hope it works out for you

Danni - your poor friend, thats awful. Woo hoo on the clapping. we sing that song too... MJ knows its coming when i start with iiiiiiiiifffff, she starts giggling, she loves that song!

Bron - Sorry that you are no better, i cant even begin to imagine how you must be feeling, makes me sound silly for whinging that i am tired.
I hope you start to pick up soon and you dont need to have another round.
So good that your Mum is able to help out, what would we do without them???
How is everything else?

Teach - woo hoo on the tooth - i wonder when MJ will get one, i bet shhe is last!

HI girls.
Trina...what a fright not what you needed am glad the girls are ok it kind of puts the wind up you doesnt it. Good luck with the house stuff hun nothing else I can say the others havent just look afteryourself ok *hugs*

Shell those pics of Dj at the beach are just gorgeous he is such a happy little boy isnt he.
Umm loving the rest of your pics too ;-) you guys sure like to dress up

Yay on the tooth paddy and your gorgeous curls I loved the pic.
SJ things are going ok. plattletes have gone up this wek but neutrophils are dangerously low and now they are thinking I will need some gcsf ( neupeogen) injections becasue I cant even fight off a gum infection at the moment. Hubby is sick too with the flu so w have been sleeping seperatley and tyring to avoid contact which isnt nice.AM a bit emotional atm so stressed about it all wokring and not liking the impact it has on me. FIngers crossed it will work..next issues is sugar testing as I htink the steroids have possibly indiced diabeties again as I have so many of the signs. Whow knows. I am over it.
Danni your poor firend it really puts my moaning and feling sory for myself into perspective :-( I knwo I would be just devestated to know I coudlnt have kids and alwasy count my blessings I got my beautiful healthy baby.

Skye the blcok looks fab you guys could really do up the shed as a house the kids would love the yard I am jelous *L* hope it works out.
Prama hope your boys gett better soon nothing worse than colds to make you feel miserable. Hope you are doing ok too hun *hugs*

Well WIll chose the week we put the christmas tree up to learn to stand up and pull himself along things. W now have a third of a tree. We took the bottom thrid off and the back hald nad have it pushed up agaisnt our fireplace with a wooden chest pushed i fornt of it. It actually looks really good I think just not our usual tree. We also put some lights up on the outside of the bottom lounge windows where Will loves to look out. Thy are coloured and he giggles when they flash on and off and trys to grab them thorugh the glass. He hasnt gotten any more teeth yet and is talking like nobodies buisness. He had learnt to say gama which just make my mum tear up every time he says it *L*.
We have had to move a few things aorud the house which I never realy wanted to do as I wanted WIll to learn what he coudlnt touch but he is a determined little buggar *L*
I'll post the xmas tree in with his santa pics in th egallery.
Wellthats it for me this mornign girls have to go finish the xmas shooping ( for everybody elses I have done mine)
HUgs all round take care of yourselves
Bron xx

Right Im off you buy some black material and a christmas bear - that pic of Will is so cute. He is georgous Bron... That smile is enough to melt anyone.... I bet he helps on the bad days :hug:
Im sorry things are so bad health wise... with teh diabeties is it standard or SIADH? also does it resolve with stopping the steroids? Oh you poor thing. I am sending loads of positive vibes your way hun, it must be really tough... agian, the distance between us all annoys me, i wish i could come up and give you a real hug...
Take care of yourslef Bron

Hi guys. I'm on hold to the bank atm. Well maybe not!
They just hung up on me!

Anyway, ringing again. 20 minutes on hold for them to hang up!!
Finding out exactly what I'll need to do & that sort of stuff.
There's been an offer on the block I wanted, but I'm still having a look tomorrow anyway, JIC.
There's another one in the same area for 40 000, so I'll look at that. There's no garage or anything though.


Trina - Tell him where to go! Sorry, but don't let him sell the house out from under you. You need it & he needs to think about you & the girls, not himself.
Glad the little ones are ok. Poor babies. How's Codie? I hope she gets a break for a bit soon. :hug: to you & her.

Jesse's cruising too. So fun! Climbing on lounges & stuff now.
He surprised me, 3 weeks away from Anth & he started squealing & giggling & climbing on him the second he saw him!



hang on....they answered!
BBL!

skye - good luck w the loans.. it's a big step but it's all so exciting!

sj - hehe i think it's only mj, dj and poopy that dont have teeth.. i think if poopy doesnt get a tooth for xmas, he might just get it for his birthday!

bron - you have so much going on...it seems it's always one thing or another...
i hope things settle.. is there anything more the doctors need to give you?

bron - a question for you if you dont mind....
as you and i are of similar age, have you thought of #2 when all the blood things get sorted?
we would like a 2.5yrs to 3 yrs gap between poopy and #2. which means we'll probably start trying end of next year. i'm 35 now, so i'll be 37, or even 38 when #2 is born if all goes well.
I just get worried i might be too old... but i dont think i can manage having #2 too close to poopy. all the initial days of bf problems, expressing, formula top up, pain etc. is still quite dark to me. i would like to have a happy birth second time around...

I was going through a toysRus catelogue today and have found 2 possible things for Jazz's Christmas present. One is a Busy Ball Popper Bonus Pack which looks like heaps of fun for Jazz (and for me). By the look of it you put the balls in and then it pops them into the air (not too high). The other choice is a baby spash pool with a sunshade. But I'm thinking that the splash pool might be a bit limited in its useage. While fun, she can always splash in the bath with cool water during the hot summer.

Well the offer got dropped on the block. I am going for a look in the morning.
My Uncle is a morgage broker & owns his own business, so I might be able to get some help or advice there. Mum & dad are staying down there tonigt coz my dad had to see a doc in Sydney today, so she's going to talk to him about it.

I really hope you feel better soon Bron. :hug:

Jesse's getting one of those baby bikes for christmas. You know the ones with the sun shade & handle & you strap them on & push? One of them. Plus a truck load of other stuff!
I can't even remember half the stuff they are getting! Its all on layby.

Prama - having the next one is a really hard decision. All mine are around 3 years apart. I wanted Jaz TT before I had Bri. Just hoping life would be a little easier. I had her in an 8.30 bed time routine too.
Sometimes I wih mine were closer in age though so they could play better, but they do ok.
Most people are having their firsts around 35 - 40. 38 is not too 'old'!
You are only as young as you feel remember!! There are women at 50 & 60 still having babies, not to mention older ones looking after the grandkids.
You'll be fine! Just take your time & do it when your ready.

SJ thats exactly what I did..material from spotlight and red ribbon tied around a bear we had. WIll had a ball playing with the bear and they were so easy to do. I used a company called vista print and designed some postcards I have used as xmas cards. They had them on special so got 50 for free and $12.00 postage am thrilled with them.

Prama. I was 37 when I had Will and now have to wait another year before we can think of trying to conceive so I would be forty before my next baby is born.FOr me its more about health I dont feel being older is an issue I certainly dont feel close to forty ( nor do I act it) I think as long as your body and head can cope with it then age wont be a problem. I am sorry fo ryou that you has such a rough time ealry on and can understand it certainly does play on your mind when contemplating another baby. To be honest I wouldnt mind being pregnant again now despite everything but also may have to be resigned to the fact that my precious boy is the only baby we will have.

Sorry I have been so slack girls, things have just been really busy....... I am sick yet again!!! Started with swolleng glands, and laryngitis, and last night I couldn't stop coughing and nose was all blocked up, so hoping to get out today and get some cough medicine. Desperately need some groceries so will wait for the weather to warm up a bit. I will just put DJ in the trolley seat so I can get some groceries done. Doni is at a work dinner tonight so asked my mum over for dinner so that will be great, she will look after DJ while I can rest up a bit and cook dinner. I don't mind cooking dinner and lately I just want to cook different things I get sick of boring meals, and been checking out my cookbooks and my fave site Free recipes - Christmas recipes, bbq recipes, picnic recipes & more Aussie recipes - Taste.com.au. I am so addicted to that site.

News with DJ - he is now crawling alot and getting into everything..... I have had to put his toy bucket in front of all of the cords in the lounge room so he can't get to them. I need to get one of those cord reel thingies this weekend. He is standing too, gets up by himself. We have pulled the cot up so he can't get himself out now....He has been so well for the past two weeks too, no illness (touch wood) hoping he wont' get my laryngitis and the cough that I have is terrible I can't breathe very well, using my asthma puffer and I never have to use that..... so fingers crossed DJ doesn't get it...... Been giving him his probotics so fingers crossed his immune system is stronger.... Still no teeth yet but his gums are so red and white, looking more like teeth trying to come through, but we will see...... When I picked him up from daycare they had a present for DJ and a present from DJ to me and Doni - soooooo cute. I haven't opened our present from DJ yet but I had a quick peek and it is soooooo cute, but only had a peek kehehee Doni told me I am soooo impatient and I know it!!!

I will do some personals a bit later this afternoon, going to get someone ready for bed and me too, hardly slept at all last night and mostly because I was coughing all night...... grrrrrrr

Chat soon
Shell xxxx

Thanks Bron - Vista Print rocks, we used them for the baby shower invites and also business cards and birthday invitations...
Didnt know you could do a photo thou. will check it out :)

Shell, sorry that you have been unwell, hope you are doing better now... and WOO HOO DJ :)

SJ heres a hint stack your pics together or do a litle collage on publisher save it as a jpeg and that way you can load one pic an dnot pay a fortune in photo upload fees I w ill upload the card I did for Will. I have ben having a ball and tgommorow one of the mums form work has asked me to come take pics of her bbaies design and print some cards for her.

THanks Bron... dont have publisher thou, have a Mac - will see what i can do thou.

Here is a link to what happened this morning https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...oung-pool.html
I am feeling pretty crappy at the moment (nothing to go on about as most of you have it much worse) and this just toped it off.
I have been in tears most of the day now :(

Sh*te sammie thats unbeleivable. I would be putting something in writing to the manager all though they may not be able to do anything about it at least they will be aware people are approaching others. Thats just appaling how dare he make you feel this way how dare he even approach you and mollyjane in the pool.H does sound liek a weirdo and at the very least the pool should be keeping an eye on him.
Some people are just as**oles dont let this upset you and the amazing job you do with your baby girl. *hugs* for you

:hug: SJ. What a sleazy creep!
Pleeease don't let him get to you.

SJ When I read your post about what happened in the pool I was so angry at the guy that I almost threw something at the computer! People like him drive me mad!
Has he not seen the campaign that Australian Swim Coach, Lawrie Lawrance has trying to encourage parents to introduce their kids to water as young as possible? Doing things like that gets them used to the water and helps their development because they can learn to swim much younger. I saw a thing on Sunrise the other day with kids from 2 weeks old up to 4 years old in their swimming lessons in the pool. The 2 year old were doggy paddling across the pool with no floaties or parents to help them, they were just jumping in and swiming to the other side unaided! How great is that...those kids probably started swimming lessons when they were babies and now they can swim on their own at 2 years old!

I'm hoping to start Jazz in swimming lessons in the next few weeks. She loves water and we play in the bath. She loves it when I pour a cup of water over her head.

Keep going to the pool SJ, it's good for both of you. I just hope you never see the stupid man again!

sj - ive replied in your other thread.. it's so unbelievable.. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.. makes my blood boil.

shell - how are you feeling now? hope it's not getting worse.. poor you.. :(

Bron/skye - thanks for that.. i would like to have #2, REALLY want a little girl!!
but yeah.. i hope the birth will go ok and no PND. i enjoyed my pg, but im sure 2nd time around will be harder as i'll have to juggle a little toddler.
bron - i do hope you'll have another bub... of cos, i think Will's just perfect.. those eyes and that smile.. he's got your smile hasnt he?

gotta go... so exhausted...
yaay.. wallace and gromit on abc1