Babies Born March 2006 #8

[jimssteph21]

Jen13 ~ No news on the TLR - it is going to take a while for us to save the money; it is going to cost around 10 grand. Mainly cos I am going to travel interstate so that a guy who specialises in reversals via laporoscope can do it. I can't have reversal where they open the whole scar up because I have already had 3 ops on that scar. They recommend you only have 4 c-sections on the one scar and the reversal would count as one. But not to worry - I am thinking that maybe I can fall pregnant regardless of the tubal clipping???? I know wishful thinking but it does happen a lot. I spoke to this women who had her tubes cut and burnt and she fell pregnant two years after. It was amazing - the doctors were speechless she said. You never know , lol, I could get lucky and be the 1 in 500 who does fall after a TL. That would be awesome! As for the TT we are starting DS2 over Christmas. DS1 has definitely got the hang of it but did have an accident yesterday, the door was closed and the handle is too high for him to reach - we usually just leave the door open a crack so that he can get in easily. Your Lucy is growing up quickly by the sounds of it - off to preschool and everything! Is she Miss Independent?

Mum2cheekygirl ~ You're little girls sound like they are going along strong - that is wonderful. And you are right to feel proud to have compliments on raising you're babies, you sound like you are doing a terrific job. It is nice to be told things once in a while from outsiders then you get another perspesctive on how you're going.

One thing that has always stuck with me was that my grandfather (my boys great grandfather) told me that he knew I did a good job with my boys because when children are well looked after they are happy. Sometimes they are full on but they are very happy and most of the time well behaved. I sometimes don't think us mums give ourselves enough credit. I feel proud of myself that I strictly limit the amount of junk food that my boys eat. They get their little treat of a freddo frog after we go shopping every fortnight but they don't get much else from that food group. No potato chips or fizzy drinks or anything with too much sugar...I realised the lack of junk when DS1 school gave out a magnet that had a guide to healthy eating on it. I had never really thought about buying them junk food so it was good too read that I was doing the right things when it came to their diets. Now if only I can get DS2 to have a wider variety of foods in his diet.....

I would like to hear something that you're all proud of about raising your kids. We need to build each other up in the area of parenting; sometimes we can all feel like we might be making mistakes but I am sure the positives definitely outweigh the negatives.