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
Wow, everyones been chatty yesterday and today. I expected just to see my own looong posts
NaNa - It sounds like even though the paed couldn't help directly, that it was worth the trip to find out there is help out there for you. Hope Aadi's not too challenging for too long for you though . Argh on the name changing....theres one less stress you could go without. My DH use to be known as 2 different names (due to being fostered from 2years old) up until a few months before we got married, I asked him to change it legally to his adopted name as I know the problems 2 names can cause (plus I didn't like his birth name). But I do remember when we did change it, we had the choice of doing it in QLD (where we live) or NSW (where he was born) and it turned out the NSW system was a lot easier and quicker to deal with (at the time) - so I wonder if you've got an option like this? I hope there is not too much mucking around for you's.
Sassy - Woohoo on the walking . How exciting (and scary that they are growing up so quickly). Good on you with the weight loss to. I was wondering how the biggest loser diet would go...I would think it would have to teach you to diet in a healthy way. How exciting trying for your next bubs...unofficially we are also now TTC#2 too. If it hasn't happened naturally for us by end of the year, we will begin fertility treatment early next year.
Jess - I have alot of trouble with posting things too lately...don't forget to copy just before you push the reply button - it saves a lot of afterwards. Hey, I'm sure your challenging boy has nothing to do with the way you've raised him. In my and extended family (aunts etc), all had boys and girls...all were raised the same, and for some reason the little boys were and still are occassional pooheads (very challenging) and the girls almost little . Though the boys are now finally starting to realise (we hope, I mean they are all now 25 to 35years old - you'd think they'd grow up sometime ).
Nikki - Ahh, boys and mud . I can see that happening here in the future. Hope your children all are behaved for you on the plane. Is it just you or is your partner going to? Hope you have a good time.
Well, I've been sick for the last 2 days. Woke up Monday night with pains in my tummy and not long after got all achy and started running a temp. Yesterday I felt like crap...could barely move and was sooo tired and could not eat. Thankfully Cam was a very good boy...he played by himself (i'd just sit nearby or lay on the ground) alot, had really good, long sleeps and did not grumble at all. Think he knew I was sick. Feeling a little better today, but still a little achy and finding it hard to eat. I guess that could be an ok thing (not ideal I know), that my stomachs probably shrunk -so I don't have to be a gobble guts for a while.
We are still having trouble BF too. Though yesterday was happy to give formula - as I wasn't sure what I had and couldn't be bothered dealing with an unhappy baby (so I pumped and dumped). But I offered a BF this morning and he still refused (he doesn't even get near it, he cries as soon as he is laid down in preparation for it). I'm at the end of AF, so will keep trying over the next week or so, but it's hard to express to keep it up and with work/childcare soon, I'm not sure if its worth stressing over.
I took DH around to the 2 child care centres today. We are both confused now. Our preferred one can only do Fridays, which would mean DH would look after him Thursdays for now, but this could become tricky if DH gets more work. The other can do the 2 days we want, but I just don't get the same friendly vibe, plus this is the one that will start 2 weeks earlier then expected (which is 1 month before I'm due to start back at work- I'd already allowed for the 2weeks lead up period). We need to let them know by Friday.
Well that's all from me for now, Cam's now woken anyway (good timing again)
I almost forgot about BellyBelly Baby buddies! I've been busy. We are half way into the semester now. Just submitted one assignment last week. Another one due next week. And one week break soon. Ladies, should I be worried, Yasmeenia is not crawling? IS YOUR DD/DS crawling? But she does get around the living room just finely. She is really good at turning herself around in a circle, etc.
Sassy - How exciting about Jayda taking steps to walk. Yasmeenia doesn't even crawl.
sorry, I'll be back later for personals. You know I luvs you girls!
. Argh on the name changing....theres one less stress you could go without. My DH use to be known as 2 different names (due to being fostered from 2years old) up until a few months before we got married, I asked him to change it legally to his adopted name as I know the problems 2 names can cause (plus I didn't like his birth name). But I do remember when we did change it, we had the choice of doing it in QLD (where we live) or NSW (where he was born) and it turned out the NSW system was a lot easier and quicker to deal with (at the time) - so I wonder if you've got an option like this? I hope there is not too much mucking around for you's.
. How exciting (and scary that they are growing up so quickly). Good on you with the weight loss to. I was wondering how the biggest loser diet would go...I would think it would have to teach you to diet in a healthy way. How exciting trying for your next bubs...unofficially we are also now TTC#2 too. If it hasn't happened naturally for us by end of the year, we will begin fertility treatment early next year. 
afterwards. Hey, I'm sure your challenging boy has nothing to do with the way you've raised him. In my and extended family (aunts etc), all had boys and girls...all were raised the same, and for some reason the little boys were and still are occassional pooheads (very challenging) and the girls almost little 
. Though the boys are now finally starting to realise (we hope, I mean they are all now 25 to 35years old - you'd think they'd grow up sometime 
). 
. I can see that happening here in the future. Hope your children all are behaved for you on the plane. Is it just you or is your partner going to? Hope you have a good time.
Not crawling? Should I be worried?
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