Hi everyone
I haven't been on for 5 days and thought i would have so much to read but nope except for you Bec, can always rely on a good size post from you, lol
NaNa i hope you all get better soon.
Sass we are having a Roary the Racing Car party for Hamish, i have been looking around at some party stuff, it is exciting, i love birthdays and always make a big fuss except for mine i hate the attention so would rather not bother for my own.
Not much to report here, everything is going ok, sleep, food etc. Hamish is becoming very cheeky and uses every opportunity to show off now, it is rather cute but i can imagine it getting annoying as he becomes older. I am enjoying the age and everything i am able to teach him, it is great fun and he is such a happy soul. The only issue i am having atm is with getting into everything an being told no seems to be a game, but i guess it is his age and i just need to be consistant and he will eventually learn right??? lol
Anyway i hope everyone is fine and all the bubs are growing healthy and happily along, not long until we will be celebrating birthdays..
bec: if u have to start 2 weeks b4 work at the cc then i would prob do it. i only say this because i have people come the day they start work and if the child is upset or has any probs they cant come get them. see if u can do half a day the first week tehn the full day the 2nd week just to get used to it sorta thing it makes things so much easier.
Abb- DD is into everything too... She has developed such a little character. Everything is funny ATM. She laughs at EVERTHING. She is in Oar over DS. Loves him to bits and is always trying to play with him. She now tried to get into bedrooms and cloes the door to hide but gets scared so she cries. Its both Sad, funny and annoying... lol. She is also standing an-assisted now. walking round the furniture like a pro and is walking with anything she can. Not long now. Food she is wanting everything she can hold. She now says NaNa... LOL... She loves Banannas. (even thou she gets a small excema flare up).
A friend of mine had a baby girl few days ago... So tiny... Makes me which i has a newborn again...
Guess i've been slack here cos not much going on. Hope everyone is sorting sleeping out.
BBL for more presonals someone here bout puppies...
Sorry been mia for a few weeks been super busy AGAIN!!!!
Abbie is doing well she was a little bit constipated last week so i bought her some juice and just been giving it to her once a day. She is walking around pushing her walker getting very clever:-)
We are going to Adelaide for a few days this weekend but i am very nervous cause i hope the kids fly well and don't be naughty on the plane. I have packed heaps and heaps of activities for lachlan a few toys for abbie and the PSP for Cody. Cody and Abbie will be fine its just lachlan i hop that he is good
Jess its great to hear that the kids are getting on so well. When cody gets out of bed early he says its because he wants to play with abbie:-)
Are you getting clucky jess???????
Abbie also LOVES her food if anyone is eating she has to be too. She will have breakfast with the boys with DH and then with me. OMG she loves food!!!!!
Sassy YEAH on three steps Jayda cleaver girl I really want abbie to wait a bit longer but cant wait for her to walk as well so she keeps a bit cleaner instead of having dirty knees and feet :-)
Abb great to hear that all is well with you.
Bec good to hear allis well and i like those bikes too :-)
Hello to anyone else i missed gotta run Lachlan is playing in the mud outside so time for shower lunch and bed. Oh the joys of little boys:-)
hi everyone...
it's been a long day so I'll keep it ALL ABOUT ME! sorry, I'll be back later for personals. You know I luvs you girls!
went to the paediatrician today, and he basically thinks DS is going to be a challenging kid for some time still. He's going to get in touch with my GP and arrange some extra help for me because apparently the govt. has put a whole lot of funding into that kind of thing, but it has to be accessed thru the GP, not the paed. Makes sense, kinda. Anyway, I also have a few other sleep schools to contact to try and get a longer stay, rather than just a stand-by booking for a 1-day program. Unless you have private health insurance it's about $1000-$2000 though! Owch!!! Don't know what's going to happen next.
So I hauled DS to playgroup this morning after he refused to nap and was biting me and being a real little monster. Of course, we arrive and he turns into a little angel and charms all the other mums, who think I'm just carrying on about him being so difficult. Had to leave early in order to make the paed appt. and he fell asleep in the sling, and stayed asleep when I put him to bed at home. He woke up just in time to have lunch and go out in the sling again. An hour and 15 minutes on public transport... argh! He behaved well enough, and charmed the medical student who was sitting in on our appt. Then tried to BF him at a parents room in the city on the way home, and he pretty much spat it out. It was horrible to see. He fell asleep on the train, and stayed asleep in the sling for 45 minutes, until we got to the front door.
I'm worried about the whole BF thing too, as he just doesn't seem interested in having to work for it a bit more now that my supply is changing. He gets frustrated, and bites, and then plays and crawls away or climbs off my lap. I guess it could be AF affecting things, and an age thing for him, but I don't want the only time he feeds to be at midnight and 3.30am when he's screaming at me. Apparently, all the other mums at playgroup that BF are going thru exactly the same thing right now, so I know I'm not alone there. Just don't get that full feeling anymore, so Hellooooo saggy boobs!! LOL! My mum warned me about this...
OK, BBL... got to un-break my back. Kid's too heavy.
GRRRR... I did a quick reply to NaNa and LMK and it didnt post. Really hating the stuff ups with BB lately... GRRRR... Well had my whinge...
LMK- hope u have a great time on ur trip... yes very clucky... Would have another but would like to enjoy my girl for a bit longer. She is at a beautiful stage and i think i miss the sweetnedd of this age... DS used to be a sweet little boy now he's a feral monster who is always cranky and defiant. SOmedays i wonder where i went wrong.
NaNa- I too was told i would have a challanging child. Hope urs doesnt turn into what mine has... Its horrid to have such a misbehaving child whom u have no control over. Hope things get better soon and you get help and support. Sounds like he likes the sling have you tried the sling when he wont settle???
Jess - I know that Aadi has the potential to be a real menace to society, but if his challenging behaviour is channeled the right way and handled properly, I'm hopeful that he will be slightly easier to handle and grow into an interesting, independent little person. He is already defiant and feral, and there's not a lot of info or support available for dealing with that, it seems. The situation is not made any easier by being on my own so much. It's really hard to be creative with discipline and education when it comes to kids like this. I'm sure you know that though!
I would use the sling more often if DS wasn't so freaking heavy now. My back is a mess, and I hate to think how bad it would be if I were trying to get him to sleep in the cot!! Up at three this morning crying, dancing around on his bed. Tried to feed him back to sleep (like the paed suggested!!) and the usual thing happened with him dozing momentarily then going nuts for an hour. Up again at 5.40 going nuts again. Fought and fought to get him asleep again at 8. I just can't get myself up and walk around with him in the sling at 3 am no matter how much I want to. I've commandeered my mum into making me a stronger sling coz the one I'm using now is gonna break, it's only quilter's cotton! Does the job, but not going to hold out for a trip overseas, I don't think.
I have been going thru the process of applying for Aadi's French birth certificate and passport, and needed to get copies of my own birth certificate. They finally arrived yesterday, but it turns out that when my mum and step-dad married in 89 and I changed my name, even though they divorced and I went back to using my old name, it was never changed back legally. I'm so mad at my mum for not doing it properly. All my ID and most of Aadi's has the wrong name on it!! I'm having an identity crisis... I've been going by the wrong name for 15 years! And if I want to change it back (which I have to for the French bureaucratic BS system) it's going to cost me hundreds of dollars and yet more waiting around. It took 7 weeks for the stupid certificates to arrive in the first place!
LMK - enjoy your weekend away! Good luck for the flight, I'm sure you'll all have fun.
Sassy - WOW! 3 steps! Amazing!
Abb - IKWYM about being into everything and being a show-off! Aadi loves flirting with every girl he sees. It's embarassing!
nana: i hope u get the name thing sorted out without too much hassle.
jayda took 5 steps down the hallway last ngiht i was so excited. she took one step and just ran the rest lol. then looked at me with the biggest smile. soooooooooooo cute.
well i have been having the biggest loser shake. i really love them. i have done so many other "diets: before and this one is the best. it doesnt have the same effects as other. well it has the weight loss but with others if u ate the tinniest thing u werent ment to it put on heaps of weight. i love that it encourages healthy eating not just cut out all food and have shakes. the best thing is i can eat normal food for tea and snacks not just certain fruit. i lost 1.1 the last 2 days.
i wanna loose atleast 10kgs b4 my next preg.
i am going off the pill after jaydas birthday. scary yet exciting. i am so worried that when we have the next bub jayda will feel left out
I really want abbie to wait a bit longer but cant wait for her to walk as well so she keeps a bit cleaner instead of having dirty knees and feet :-)
sorry, I'll be back later for personals. You know I luvs you girls!
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