Babies Born March 2008 #5

[slimjadey]

silly thing posted twice...

[prama]

hi girls
been trying to post all day!
im much better today, just been running around. thanks for asking.

shell - glad you enjoyed the mothers group. yesterday we were told about toy libraries. im thinking of checking it out. Early Words early literacy program for western Sydney — Community resources you can find your local one here.
i also went to the library and got him a touchy feely book. the parramatta library has bibs'n'books where there's nursery rhymes and stories for those under 2 every thursday. might check it outnext week.
good on baby bounce sounds like fun!!
i would find it hard looking after poopy all day for a few days without steve. i get to do other things when he comes back in the evening.
hehe - dj;s so cute picking up that girl! lol
poopy seems to smile at women only..haha. maybe he's into older women.

bron - so sorry about whats going on.. it really sux when ppl tell you what to do, when we ourselves are trying our hardest to do our best when sometimes we dont know what to do. but we try anyway, and its trial and error. it's frustrating. could you tell her in a subtle was to pi$$ off? you dont need that stress.

sj - i know, crawling is going to make things more challenging.. right now i can leave him for a bit and go do soemthing and he's still in the same spot! have to be careful when he starts rolling too.

jade - so glad to hear from you, woman! ive been thinking how you were doing...
it's tough having 3 kids so close, i shouldnt complain.. but i think you doing a fantastic job, you are doing your best.
SJ - good on you on writing to jade!
jade hope you have 3x as much pressies and fun this mother's day.

bron - we've always used the barrier method, condoms/withdrawals. i just dont like the thot of taking the pill or other stuff in my body. it messes the system and i dont like it.

sorry its all over the place, poopy's on the playmat without a nappy and dinner's on the stove and steve's trying to fix the fireplace.

[all girls]

Hiya Jade, we were all wondering where you were, you are doing well having all the boys so close its bloody hard work but it will get easier hang in there.

Bron don't you love people giving advice and trying to make you feel like you are doing the wrong thing, all it is is them trying to look good cos they are crap at everything else in their lives hehe but seriously don't listen to them cos will is yours you made him and you are his only mummy and you are doing the right thing for you and him.

SJ rofl it doesn't bother me either, i whip the girls out to feed Summer any time she needs it, the only place i don't is at school. If anyone has a problem then they can look away. I am going to try the bum genius nappies, they look great, easy to use, trim etc. Still haven't gone down the cloth route, no money for the investment plus i wanted something trim and easy

oh yeah Bron, i have used the mini pill and fallen pg on it!!!! Having to take it at the same time every day was difficult, i didn't have any reaction to it, it's the only pill that was ok but i still don't want to take it, we still haven't DTD DH is going to get snippy snippy but hasn't got off his a*se to organize it, plus there is not one second alone plus no energy plus no time the list goes on. I'm very fertile so we are avoiding each other for that reason too we will have years to make up for it later.

Prama Summer rolls from her tummy to her back all the time now and every time its like she gets a little fright or surprises herself hehe too cute. Not looking forward to the crawling and getting into everything stage, best i start thinking of baby proofing things.

I am really looking forward to a quiet day soon, this week can't end soon enough. How the hell am i going to work?? I'm sure ill find a way. I'm off to bed legs are aching. I can't wait 2 weeks until holiday to QLD. (apart from the driving part not looking forward to that)

Hope i haven't left anyone out this post took over an hour
Trina xoxox

[shell_120308]

Woah.... finally got DJ settled arghhhhhhh he was so good in his immunisation last night so I had to expect that today would be an unsettled one. He had a good 3 hour sleep this afternoon but that is it, and now just got him back to bed for another sleep and hoping he won't wake up now until his midnight feed (fingers crossed). I think I will be more prepared for his next immunisation and make sure Doni is home the following day with some expressed bottles ready to go and top-up feeds etc. Oh and nappies ready to go, because he has been peeing and pooing like there is no tomorrow haha

Spoke to my mum and she still isn't well and won't come over tomorrow night but is resting tonight and tomorrow so she is well enough to come over on Friday night instead. She misses DJ so much and just wants to cuddle him so doesn't want to risk coming over tomorrow night.

SJ - yeah it is a bugger, I think it didn't help that he was so unsettled today though, but yeah breastfeeding in public is one thing I do where I feel comfortable. Sorry to hear you were busy at the factory today. Have you got one of those playpens for when Molly starts crawling? Maybe that might be ok?

Prama - thanks for the link I will check it out. Yeah it will be exhausting for me for the next 3 nights with no support so I will make sure I express some milk ready for Doni to feed him when he gets home because I will need a break for sure. Feeling tired now but won't bother going to bed until after his midnight feed.

Bron - my obstetrician gave me a script for the mini pill as well and I am hesitant about taking it as well, never took the pill and when I did try it I was an emotional rollercoaster, so moody and broke out in more pimples and put on weight from it as well. So all not good. He said to give it a go, it is only a a mini pill. I will get it over the next few days.

Jade - you are amazing and doing such a great job. I find it hard just with the one, but you have 3!! You deserve a great mothers day on Sunday hope you get spoilt!!

Well girls, have a great night, here's hoping a good sleep from our bubs

Shell xxxx

[danniellabella]

I picked up our family photos today. I'm quite dissappointed. The one we got for free is fantastic! The one we paid $80 for is blurry. I rang the place to complain but they were shut for the day. I left a message and will ring them again tomorrow. I'll scan and post them in my gallery soon.

[catherinemoses]

Hi Everyone! We've got our needles next week and I'm not looking forward to it
My DH got fired yesterday He is an Aircraft Maintainence Engineer, on one of the jobs he was doing, one of the 60 or so screws he was doing up broke. He didn't fix it straight away, forgot about it, remembered about it, told everyone, fixed the problem so there was no more problem and thought it was finished. He got called into some bosses office where they were like explain yourself. They decided that the PURPOSEFULLY stuffed up the job so that it jepodised future business from this particular client!!!! So they fired him! It was a honest mistake, which he rectified. IMO it should have been a written warning at worst. GRRRRR so mad. Just what we need.
Bron We've always used the Billings method; natural family planning. It's always worked very well for us. I was on the pill once many years ago and I hated it, made me feel like rubbish and very moody - no thanks!!! I got this thing from the chemist called a 'Maybe Baby' it's a saliva ovulation tester. It says not to use it for contraception purposes but I don't see why you can't, so I do!!! It works for us. The only downside is when you most feel like DTD is when you are most fertile!
Jade Wow! I am struggling with one newborn and a husband! I hope your Mother's day is wonderfully relaxing and that DH does everything!
Shell Hat's off to you not having Doni at home so often. My DH has been working nightshift for the 2 months or so, so he was home (and awake and able to help me) for about 3 hrs before he was off to work again. It was horrible. Hope your mum gets better soon so you can have a little break.
Well I'd better get off my butt and do something more useful than reading forums!!!

[shell_120308]

What a night I am sooo exhausted. Ended up staying up til 1am waiting to feed DJ I was going to go to bed but knew I would only have to get up an hour later. Then put him to sleep at 1:45am and next feed at 4:30am, followed by another feed at 6:30am and 8:30am arghhhhh He is going through such a growth spurt at the moment and it is very frustrating for me. I am also having some attachment issues with him. He will attach for 1 minute and then come off again and then I put him back on again and off again and this will go on for his entire feed. It is extremely frustrating.....I just keep persisting.

For those who are breastfeeding - anyone else having these type of issues??? It is driving me nuts, you would think by now after 8 weeks that it would be easier.... I was only planning to breastfeed for 4 months so I can wean him off breastmilk when I head back to work etc but crikies the rate I am going at I will get it down pat by the time I ready to finish it..... grrrrrr Sorry just needed to vent.....

Catherine - that is terrible news about your husband losing his job, and definitely not what you need at the moment, they certainly should have given him a warning or something berfore that..... Look into his rights as well, he might be able to fight them on it

Danni - sorry to hear the photo didn't turn out I would complain especially since you are spending $80 on it.


I was going to head to Medicare today to put through some claims but with DJ being so unsettled I think I will just stay home today and try to head out tomorrow instead. Luckily Medicare is opened on Saturday mornings just in case I can't get out tomorrow.....

Does anyone have any books by Gina Ford? Contented Little Baby book?? It was suggested at the mothers group.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Shell xxxx

[Sammiejane]

Catherine - so sorry, thats awful news... like shell said, is there anyway you can look at unfair dismissal??? was he on an AWA? if not i am pretty sure that they would not be able to fire him just like that, specially as he fix the problem (its not like the plane broke and then he went, oh yeah thats right theres no screw in there!!!!) Has he receievd warnings before - you can just fire someone like that...

Im going to check the Billings method out... im really fertile too, well i assume i am, Mum was and on our very first effort at falling pg we got MJ (poor DH was looking forward to 'trying'), i have always been on a strong pill (not the mini) but cant go back to that, and there is NO WAY i would rememeber to take the minipill at the same time every day...
think we will have to rely on condoms when i am ovulating, my problem is, if you dont get your AF when BF you cant work out your cycle...

Shell - my friend from the UK has that Book and she swears by it
Molly can get fussy at the boob sometimes, she will pull off and headbutt it a few times then go back on and then off again... other times she is fine.

Jade - good to hear from you and glad everything is OK - other than being incrediably busy!!!

Trina - how long is the car trip??? hopefully you have a great break altogether
When did Summer start rolling, MJ still is not liftig her head much, i am going to increase tummy time, every time she is on her front though she brings her legs up (in crawling position) and kickes them around. Health nurse told me to oush her bum down.