Bec - Yay on a succesful night in the cot, how has it gone since? It is absolutely devine watching them learn bits and pieces of themselves isn't it. At the moment Grace has become very vocal again and she just sits there saying different sounds over and over - it is so cute!
Caro - well done on leaving michael. A big step but it is definitely something that I think we need to do for our own sanity, iykwim.
Cass - firstly, Oskar is gorgeous! What beautiful photo's. I won't be telling my sister about your cats antics - she would freak out! I so agree about needing time out every now and then. We have left Grace with my parents a couple of times now and i have left Grace with DH for the afternoon which was great, but now my mum keeps wanting to watch her and begging for us to leave her - I really appreciate the times she looks after her but if I can take Grace with me wherever I am going I would rather do that - I don't want to leave her all the time - iykwim (for example we were going shopping today, it was easier for me to take Grace, but my mother begged me to watch her, I took her shopping and she was fine). Wow, who would've thought breast milk was so useful! Did you get a photo of Oskar with milk all over his face? That would be cute.
Jo - also have to say that Nic is just gorgeous - you have some beautiful photo's. Wow, what a degree you are doing. Well done for sticking with it.
Karina - Claire is so big now! She too is just gorgeous, it is hard to believe that they could get cuter and cuter but they just do!
Went and got this cute outfit for my friends son that was born last week. It was strange looking at boys clothes!
Starting to have a bit of a freak out! DH and I dtd last week with no protection and now I am a wee bit worried about it (DH too!). I'd like to think that we couldn't be that unlucky to fall pregnant the only time we have unprotected sex since having Grace when AF hasn't even returned yet...could we?! Because AF hasn't come, I don't really have anything to wait for so we have decided we will test in a few weeks but I seriously seriously hope that is comes back with a BFN!!! I can't get pregnancy again so soon - what a disaster. I don't want to sound horrible but I do not want 2 children under the age of 1. I am enjoying Grace too much PLUS I don't think I could cope being pregnant again yet let alone being pregnant through summer again. I am sure that everything will be fine (how unlucky could we be), but it has freaked us out a wee bit. Needless to say we are not venturing down that path without contraception again. What a nightmare!!!
Caro - You sound really excited! I know you can't really get the tone in writing, but just the way you are writing seems really excitable! Let me warn you....I am really not that exciting!! LMAO!! What happened on the weekend????? Yes, email me with your address! I can't wait to meet Courtney! I remember what Jas was like at that age. Oh, and I can't wait to meet Michael too of course! Yes, I will have Nic with me.
Rachel - Um ah!!! I had the same thoughts a few weeks ago and completely freaked out! I am actually getting an IUD out in (sorry if TMI!!) tomorrow which is supposed to last 5 years and be 99% effective. If we do decide to have another baby, I can have it taken out, but in the mean time I think it is a lot more reliable than remembering to take the pill! Keep us informed won't you???!!!
Cass, my bday is on thursday; I'll be 23! Breastmilk is pretty handy stuff isnt it!
Jo, thanks, i think Claire is pretty gorgeous too (mother bias!) I finally worked out how to view your photos (me = slow! ) Nics sooo cute - what a gorgeous smile!
Caro, yay that your outing with Michael went well!
Rachel, omg i think I would also freak if I thought I was pregnant again. I mean, I want to have more babies, but just not so soon! And no, you dont sound mean for not wanting 2 under 1!
Well i spent half the day out at a friends house today as DH is away until wednesday or thursday to help with the flood cleanups up north. It was nice to not have to spend the day on my own, plus I really hate just cooking for myself only kwim? I'm going there again tomorrow for dinner too. Silly me, I got so confused and a little bit lost coming home - i ended up in the middle of olympic park and couldnt get out and had to back track. Lucky i had my trusty UBD book in the car lol. Claire just slept the whole time in the car totally unaware of how I was lost hehe. I am hoping she sleeps well tonight. She didnt sleep much today - she kept waking up after 15 minutes. She si still waking up very soon after going to sleep so I think its going to be a long night.
Karina, thanks. I don't actually think I am pregnant, as in I don't have any signs, but it was only a week and a half ago that we dtd and I'm stupidly stewing over it. I should just relax and not worry, can't do anything about it right now anyway! DH and I have decided that if this unfotunate thing has happened that he would definitely get the snip afterwards because that would make me one very fertile bunny (DD was conceived in the one and only unprotected moment also)!
hi everyone
finally back online after all the rain and storms and almost 3 days without power. Thank goodness that we didn't cop it too badly here compared to the rest of the Central Coast! But I live right on the Hawkesbury River and at times could see cupboards etc floating upstream. It wasn't too fun trying to heat Kailee's bottles on the gas cooker the first couple of tries, took me a little while (and a lot of screaming from her) to get it worked out! But in any case its all better now. Just have to catch up on the mountain load of washing.
Well Kailee has now laughed twice, its just so adorable. She is doing something new and different every day it is just so fun to be around her. Her hands are the tastiest treats at the moment, she has discovered that she can pick up toys and eat them... most of all, she discovered what toys are. And now we have this Lamaze sensory cube thing she was given that goes every where with us.
Is anyone else finding that their bubs are getting a bit fussier with where they sleep?
Kailee doesn't sleep properly anywhere other than her bed, she will sleep but wakes after a short time. Maybe its just her?
Jo, still can't get to look at your pics Thanks to you and Rachel for your lovely words about my little man. He's gonna wrap people around his little finger I think!!
Rachel, fingers crossed for you honey!! I think I feel the same ... I don't think I could cope with being pg and having a little baby to look after firstly and secondly then having 2 so young!! Maybe our cat is just a naughty boy! I didn't get a pic of Oskar with milk all over his face, I wanted to but Andy said that would be mean .... what a bully!! rofl. Maybe I should just do it again and take a pic while he's at work! I know what you mean about leaving them... I haven't actually left him with anyone else other day Andy for that short time the other day.
Karina, I will say happy birthday to you now cos otherwise I'll forget and feel terrible!! I hope you have a great day and get some great pressies too!! I mean after all that's why we have a birthday right??? haha.
Richelle, welcome back!!! Glad to hear you're ok. Oskar likes to sleep on the lounge during the day, but I won't be able to do that much longer cos he'll start rolling around!! He likes to suck on his hands too and also likes to hold a cloth nappy and lick it and feel it, must like the texture... weird child!! Cute though.
BM does seem to be good for more than just filling the bellies of our little bundles huh!! I went shopping today and bought me a new food processor!! We had one which had a blender as well but when we moved last year somewhere along the line these went missing and I was most upset as I'd only had them less than a year!! So I got a really cool one now... even better...lol... has everything, food processor, juicer, blender and more!! I knew I was getting older when I started getting excited about these things... *sighs* ...pmsl
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Richelle, good to hear you didnt have damage to your place. I really feel for those who have lost alot. Claire is also fussy with where she sleeps, and has just started being this way in the last week or so. Its really annoying! She slept in bed with me last night because in her own be she woud wake up every 15 minutes and then it would take half an hour for me to get her to go to sleep again! But DH has not been here, so that might be the reason, not sure! Claire loves licking things too and always has a huge slobber patch on the front of her clothes.
Cass yay on the food processor! heheh i got a blender and it was very exciting because it meant i can now make milk shakes!!! but unfortunately, I have already broken it. thanx for the birthday wishes.
Gosh it is absolutely freezing here today. I have the heater on and a blanket around me. Claire is rugged up and asleep. I am supposed to go to the library to take back my book I borrowed but I dont want to go outside - its too cold!
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Welcome back Richelle, glad to hear you are ok. Grace always has her hands in her mouth. Sometimes she will grab her bib or clothes or whatever is in front of her and shove that in her mouth too!
Thanks Cass. Yay on the new food processor. I have a fancy food processor and I think I could count on one hand the amount of times I have used it.
Karina Claire may sense that daddy isn't home and that is why she is a bit unsettled. Grace is better now, but she used to be very unsettled on the days and nights when DH was at work. I know what you mean about the cold weather - it is going to be 13 degrees here tomorrow!!
Went and visited our friends that had a little boy last week. He is a bit of a cutey. So tiny - although funnily he is actually bigger and longer than what Grace was when she was born - how quickly you forget! Had to laugh, we ended up doing quite well out of the visit and came home with 2 massive bags full of clothes for Grace to use (they also have a 2 year old girl) as they won't be needing it anytime soon. Sizes range from 000 to 1 - so we will be sorted for clothing for a while. She had a 2 hour labour and her son was born in 2 pushes. Her DH missed the actual birth which occured in emergency while he parked the car it happened that fast. They said they sat there for 2 hours after it in shock! lol!
Grace is becoming so vocal again. This morning at about 4.30am, after her feed when she was sitting on my shoulder for her burps, she decided it was time to talk to winnie the pooh on her curtains - it was so cute. Makes it so much easier being up at weird times huh.
Must go and express...DH gave Grace a bottle of EBM for her last feed so need to empty myself otherwise I will wake at some ungodly hour bursting. Have a good night.
Long time no chat, been busy trying to get this website up it has just frozen on me again - grrrr. Well Ari can now roll both ways and is slowly rolling across the lounge room floor after her brother - mind you it takes her half an hour and by then he has moved :-) She has also discovered how to squeel - very loudly! and she thinks the attention is fantastic. It is going to be a very loud trip to brissie next week.
Rachel - will be thinking of you with your pg scare. It's funny how I was dreading being pg and then when it was negative I was actually a little disappointed. I am really struggling with not having anymore babies :-( I hope you gt the answer you are after. OMG about your friend - quick labour and how cute about Grace and her curtains :-)
Richelle _ OMG on your ordeal with the floods. Glad to hear you didn't have too much damage. As for sleeping Ari doesn't sleep anywhere but yes she sleeps even worse when her brother is around. She is a very light sleeper.
Karina - Happy b'day for thurs! Ari is sleeping like that at the moment too - only 15 min at a time, hope they both grow out of it soon.
Cass - nice food processor perfect for solids in a few months
Rachel yay on the stack of girls clothes from your friend. Thats very handy. Congrats to your friend and wow on the two hour labour. How cute that Grace talks to her curtains. They do such cute things dont they!
Sarah well done to Ari on her rolling. Claire is able to roll from her tummy to her back, but not from back to tummy. She is trying, but just isnt there yet!
Just got a call from DH and he says he'll probably be home tomorrow night but isnt sure yet HOW he will be getting home. I want him home so I am happy to drive up to pick him up from wherever he is at! I've been spending the last few evenings with my friends and having dinner with them. Claire has been so unsettled - Rachel i thnk youre right, maybe she knows her daddy is away. Just being on my own for these last few days, I've been thinking about how hard it must be to be a single mum
Hi everybody! I thought I would find it easier to find the time to post here as Tate got older, but it seems harder...
After a week of OK sleeping, Tate has gone back to his old ways. I think it has a lot to do with not having a strict routine during the day, as we are out everyday entertaining his older brother. Aidan was a perfect feed/play/sleep-er, but no wonder, it was just me and him during the day with not much to do but follow recommendations. Tate is waking a lot at night, and wakes at around 6am to start the day, even tho he only fed 1-3 hrs earlier. So I have decided to be very strict during the day, as much as I can, and make sure I put him down in his cot (wrapped) about 1hr after every feed. Lets hope it works, poor DH is struggling at work with lack of sleep.
Tate has started sqealing, he loves the sound of his own voice, so do I, it is adorable. He doesnt seem close to rolling, but I remember one day Aidan just did it, so Tate might be the same.
Rachel, I will use my food processor... lol... I better anyway!! I used it a bit earlier cos it has a juicer function and I bought a bag of apples cheap and made apple juice... SO YUMMY!!
Sarah, it's got a little "mill" attachment which will be PERFECT for solids for him and I can't wait to use it.
Karina, yay for DH coming home!!
Oskar loves a good chat too, it's so cute, quite often he does it when he's on my boob and he's getting tired. Lol @ talking to pooh bear on the curtains, we found Oskar gets totally engrossed by curtains as well...too cute!!
Better go, little man wants food Hope everyone is doing well.
First up - Happy Birthday Karina! I hope you have a fantastic day!! We are both the same age - well for the next few months anyway!
Well I haven't posted for a while because I'm currently visiting family in Tassie - I've been here almost 3 weeks now! Missing DH a bit so it will be good to see him on the weekend when I go back to Adelaide!
Miss T is growing so fast! She is cooing and screatching all the time! It's very cute! She loves it when you make the same noises back to her! Lol! She also loves to raise her eyebrows which is also very very cute! She found her hand a few weeks ago and sucks that like crazy! She is also dribbleing a LOT! Has anyone else noticed this with their babies? I've been told they do that when they start to get teeth - but it seems too soon!
Still trying to loose the last of the baby weight - starting to get a bit depressing actually! I'm a size 12 now so I only have to drop one more size and i'll be happy! I think I just have to do some ab exercises as it just seems to be flabby tummy that's the problem! Oh also I don't think my hips have shrunk back to what they used to be! Wonder if they will?
Well I hope everyone is well and loving their babies! I find it really hard to keep posting but i promise to try and find the time more often!
Natty, good to hear from you. thanks for the bday wishes.
how cute that Taia is cooing! I painted a pink pig and Claire coos and laughs at it whenever she sees it, its like theyre having a conversation! Yes, Claire is also drooling heaps and she always ends up with a huge drool patch on the front of her clothes. No signs of teeth just yet though. oh yeah my tummy is a bit floppy too and I can still feel that my muscles are seaperated. I've lost all my baby weight (i didnt put on any weight except for Claires weight) but my body is definately not quite the same any more!
yay, DH is coming home today.. just in time for my birthday lol. He said they are getting a helicopter for him and 2 other people to bring them back home, and I am meant to go to some airport somewhere (he is not sure which one) to pick him up.
he rang me last night and told me he has been looking through all the pictures of us on his phone because he misses us. Awwwwww.
ok well I am really hungry so its definately time for some lunch i think!
to you Karina. Hope you have a great day and get DH back tonight.
Sarah - wow on ari rolling. grace is still working on it.
Nat - grace drools all the time and is always munching on her hands.
Never thought about the food processor and solids - maybe i will get to use it yet!
We got grace a play mat yesterday that has toys dangling above her, she was mesmerised. Well...I started counting points (ww) again on monday as i have been eating such crap - needless to say the weight is not dissapearing so i am on a mission. I have given myself a year to lose 25kgs (10kgs is still baby weight). I am determined to do it this time. my biggest failing is exercise - lack there of, hence i am walking to mothers group this afternoon which will be a 50min walk there and back. it's the current weather that makes it hard - excuses excuses . hope everyone is well.
Thanks to you and Rachel for your lovely words about my little man. He's gonna wrap people around his little finger I think!! 
I know what you mean about leaving them... I haven't actually left him with anyone else other day Andy for that short time the other day. 
Hope everyone is doing well.
to you Karina. Hope you have a great day and get DH back tonight.
. hope everyone is well.
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