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.
Girl- I dont think there is anything to worry about. My Friends Boy if 11 months and still doesnt crawl. Just cos some of the bubs this age are walking and some are crawling doesnt mean anything. All bubs develope different. Is She talking??? COmpared to other babies DD doesnt say much... although it is increasing. She is more content with trying to walk where others prefer to play or talk etc...
I was thinking maybe one of those Kinder little bars of chocolate or if they had easter ones i would maybe get 1 for DD. Kmart have the walker prams on special i wanted to get her for christmas last yr so might get her that instead of doing the easter thing. DS doesnt need any more hyper so maybe few for him and something to play with... people go MAD with chocolate for easter... I just want it over cos i'm so tempted by all the choccy... LOL.
Well Tiahna took 2 steps of the couch and crash landed and now wont stand. I thought i wrote this yesterday but nope.... Now when you get her to stand she squats down on the flats of her feet... Think she is scared a bit... She is sill keen on the futniture and gets around so fast now and is taking more risk to not need to hold on... I think the fall shook her up a bit though.
Tiahna is down to 3 bottles comfortably now. i finally got her to ddrink from cup... well straw mag mag cup and she loves it... She wont touch the sippy cups but loving the straw so is now drinking water... YAY... she spis on it all day and loves seeing her cup. Were now in 0 Clothes although and i'm loving the walker shoes... I brought her 2 pais. (buy one get one 1/2 price ). Also we still have no hair... its not growing at all...
Sass- I think you'll be the 1st with another bubs. GL with the diet... I actually got off my a$$ yesterday and went for a walk up the shop and carried all the bags home... God my arms were killing but felt good...
Bec- God i hope DS grows up... it seems like he's acting up more not getting better. He's just so nasty and bitter towards everything lately... GL with the choldcare decision. Its a toughie. Hope the BF sorts itself out... I have heard a few people saying same thing around this time and up... Probably another "fase"....
NaNa- Gosh like u need any more stress hun... Do u think that DS just has too much energy and is waking up at night from that?? r u doing the swimming lessons ?? was it you starting up or someone else... Hope u get everything sorted.
ALSo i find with my DS the more i try to make him do things my way the harder things were. I had to change my way of doing things to better suit us. especially now. You can take DP's aproach of yell yell yell or mine of talking calmly and guess who gets results... If you give jordan something to do he is mostly good but things like shopping are bad and doing things out of the ordinary or unexpected sends him out of wack.
Girl - There are a couple of bubs in my playgroup that are the same age or older than Aadi and they're not crawling yet. They do the same thing as Yasmeenia tho, spinning around on their bottoms and moving around the room like that! Don't worry about it. My friend's DS is a day younger than Aadi and doesn't even have any sign of teeth yet!
Good luck with uni, and your assignments!
Bec - I hope you're feeling better now. I know it's hard, but try not to stress about the BF, it probably doesn't help! If you can keep at it for 12 months, then you've done so great, and it will be easier to decide what you want to do then. AF really seems to mess things up a bit, especially if it's only just started for you. I found some really helpful info and advice on kellymom dot com that really eased my mind, I can send you a link if you want. I found it quite by accident because I was googling repair advice for my medela pump coz it wasn't working (it had been so long since I'd used it!). I hadn't looked at their site for maybe 6 months. It's a bit, well, american, but still relevant. Lucky Cam was so good for you when you were so sick. Also, I hope you work out something with childcare. I'm looking into family daycare and occasional care here now, since I'm not going to get a break any other way!
With the name changing business, unfortunately it's all thru Qld. I was born there, and Australia just isn't federated in some really major, important things like that. Argh! They're so backward and slow!! I have to get onto it and sort it out ASAP, and pay the stupid fees to have my dad's name legally again. I don't even want to be associated with him or his name, but I have to. For Aadi's ID, and if I ever want to live overseas (and therefore marry DP!). He's applying for work in Paris, and I'd be silly not to want to go there!
Jess - isn't it devastating when you think you've snaffled a great thing in an online stocking, and then it's gone?! It sucks! I don't know what Aadi's issue is, but 3am he's awake and yelling and kicking. DP and I are not the kind of people to yell or get angry, but we're being frustrated a lot at the moment. I haven't taken him swimming lately as we've all got a cold, and Gymbaroo is too far away and expensive, and by all accounts, pretty lame anyway. He just tears around the house all day, and I try and wear him out as best I can! Paed said I have to be REALLY strict with his discipline, but it's certainly hard when he doesn't understand anything much yet.
Oops, he's awake. Better go!
She is a chatterbox. She very stops talking or making noises when she is at home with DH and me. She even initiated conversations with strangers at the supermarket or shopping centre. But lately she is somewhat shy when it comes to new people. She is very cautious and keeps a close eye on them. She also doesn't like to be left with people she does not know but a month ago she didn't mind staying with someone new. She does show signs of wanting to stand. She usually pulls on me to help her stand.
Bec,
I do sincerely feel for you. It is hard to look after a baby and not feeling well. Good luck with trying to get daycare for Cameron. I guess it is best to place your child in a centre where you feel most comfortable with.
. 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?
GL with the choldcare decision. Its a toughie. Hope the BF sorts itself out... I have heard a few people saying same thing around this time and up... Probably another "fase".... 
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