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Well, I might be the first to post on this new thread......
Just wanted to say first to Abb and NaNa that I'm sorry for your losses.
I know I should do personals, but I just can't concentrate enough and especially with the new thread I can't cheat and flick down to reread...sorry.
Someone asked about my cancer friend...well she had her surgery on her foot on Monday. It all went well, they are hopefull they got it all, but yeah it will take another few days til they get the results.
Well I've had a few down days. Cameron was very overtired on Wednesday as I'd taken him to the shops with Mum and he barely slept, so by the time we were home, and ready for bed he was extreemly grumpy. So DH and I had a bit of a disagreement of how he yelled then slammed the door trying to get Cameron to sleep. Mum was here too and as DH and I were arguing and DH's temper is flaring (DH has a few medical and emotional issues which compound his verbal temper a little (never physical)) and yelling loudly, my mum came to defend me...well then the screaming match went on with DH and my Mum. It made it a very uncomfortable night...I barely slept. Then yesterday when DH got home he told me we needed to talk when Cam went to bed. So we did and got out all our issues sorted. I think we've got a better understanding now of each other, and especially my main thing of the parenting of Cameron. So that was ok, though I think it will be a while til the dust settles between DH and my Mum.
So then last night, when I finally got to bed, I fell asleep immediately, only to be woken at 4am by my dog barking at goodness knows what out the back (possibly a cat). I had to get up and attend to her. Then finally get back to sleep only for Cameron to wake about 5am...GRRR!!! He hasn't done it for ages and for all mornings, when I'd only had about 4hrs sleep. Anyway I'd planned to go up to my parents as I wanted to see my brother who is trying to turn his life around for the better and I know how much he loves Cameron, so thought he'd deserved a treat for doing so well. He was so excited when Mum had told him I was coming up that I didn't want to disappoint. So I drove up the highway to theres about 6.30am (as Cameron wouldn't go back to sleep). Once there Mum helped attend to Cam, while I tried to sleep, but couldn't. We decided to pop to the shops...bad move
As I was backing out of there drive way, I was checking the street for cars (they have a long street), and didn't see the little car parked half on the road behind...BANG...I turned around to see what i'd hit, but still couldn't see the little car, it was parked on the other side of the road of mum's driveway, in the wrong direction and on a funny angle. I parked my car and got out to inspect the damage, it wasn't too bad though. Even Cameron was none the wiser, just sat smiling in his carseat (it really just felt like I'd hit the gutter). Then mum went and knocked on there door to tell them what'd happened...wish i wasn't an honest person sometimes... The girl came out with her father and when she saw the minor damage she ran inside bawling.... it was an old car that had other dings in it anyway, so I don't see the problem. She barely drives that car anyway as apparently she's got a new car . Anyway I've got insurance, so there will be no problem in getting it fixed. I also took a couple of photos of the damage (as DH's been burnt before with people getting other things fixed other then the actual accident damage), and she has a go at me for taking them (the car was parked in the street). Next thing I know she runs inside to get her camera and takes the same pics...twit...I felt like saying 'hey, I'll just get a second copy of mine for you shall I. Her dad was nice to talk to though and understood the situation.
So now I'm sitting here, when I know I should be in bed, but think I'm so overtired that I can't seem to close my eyes, even though i can feel them falling out of my eye sockets. DH is out visiting that friend tonight, but thankfully he has offered to look after Cam when he wakes in the morning to give me a sleep in.
Well sorry for my big waffle...I know my issues are really minor compared to what some of you's are going through, but it does feel better to vent (really should start writing in a diary again so I don't have to bother you's all the time). I might try to go close my eyes now.
Hope everyone is well and I'll try to catch up on personals in the next few days.
Well sorry i have not been in for a while, i have been popping in and reading just have had no time to post sorry. We have been helping sil paint her house so they can sell. Oh my goodness i hate painting.
Abbie has been heaps better lately not as clingy. Dh is back at work today so she will probably go back to being clingy as its only me here Anyway fingers crossed she doesn't. Abbie loves the shower, I put her in her bath seat in the bottom of the shower and she loves it!!!! Great for me too we can have a bit of quiet time alone together lol.
Bec i hope that your friend's results come back all clear:-) I hope that you catch up on some of your sleep, and i hope that the dust as settled betweeen dh and your mum.
I cant remember what everyone else has been saying lol!!
Ihope that all is well with everyones family's and talk to you all soon
Sorry i havent been on much..... things just seem all over the place..... DP and i have been making more US time so we have been putting the kids to bed early and reconnecting a bit....
DD seems to be getting better.... Still has the bad mouth thrush but that was to be expected being on the AB for the tonsilitis.... Hoping the thrush clears up soon or i might have to take her back to the GP.... last week feels like a blur.... Speech, GP appointments, DD sick, pead appointment etc.... Arrrggg... Hopefully this week will be a bit quieter and i can get things done. Saturday we planned to go to Sydney Aquarium to see the Dugongs. We got there at 10am ans it was packed.... school holidays and the que was out and around the harbour.... We ended up spending the day walking round and then went to DFO on the way home... Funny thing was on the car trip home the radio was giving away tickets to the Aquaruim.... and i phoned and won... HAHAHA... 1st time i've ever won anything.... Woot!!! so now we'll go another day.... HEHE....
My Dog was getting fat aswell and looks like she is pregnant again... but as soon as she has these puppies and is ok we'll book her in for desexing..... poor dog... its been like 40 degrees here and she's huge.... any day now she'll go....
Well best be off... will do personals later.... DD is cranky (feeling better but hungry and wanting to make up for the few quiet days.... )
My bro has spilt with SIL so it looks liek i will be busier soon. He is keeping my oldest nephew so he can stay at the same skool she SIL is taking the youngest. dont really agree with splitting them up but it is the only thing they can do at the moment not to disrupt things too much. i will have to take my nephew to and from skool as my bro starts work at 6 and has no lisence.
jayda is doing so well. she isnt clingy anymore. crawling like crazy (well that isnt really a good thing) pulling herself up on everything and if we hold her hands she will walk around.
i have decided not to take monday off any more. ill still keep my friday off but i thought ill keep mondays so i can save money then when we have next bub i am takign a yr off.
I wanna start tryin after jaydas 1st birthday or atleast go off the pill then but i am not sure if doc will let me cause i cant try while i am on the depression meds. maybe i should talk to her at my march check up.
i have been feeling heaps better. i think cutting down my hrs has made a huge dif.
also i really wanna get DH a dog for his birthday he has been annoying me for one since we first moved in together but i dont know if jayda is old enough. i always said after jayda was 1. maybe i should get it for her birthday lol.
She is hardly drinking her morning bottle so i am thinkin of cutting it out soon. she is having heaps of solids now. she wants them over her bottles. i still give bottles first b4 food but.
my posts aren't working!! argh! why??
gee, I just lost three posts coz BB wouldn't accept them... wtf? anyway, I'm too hot and bothered to write it all again. I hope you're all ok with that! we're doing alright here, nothing unusual apart from an hour of screaming on sat nite after too much excitement. sweltering now, it's going to be a long night, and 37 tomorrow. bleurk. Sorry, I put it all so eloquently before and now my brain's gone to mush. Thinking of you all!
Nikki - How did Abbie today without your DH? Hope that her clingyness is over for you's. Its great Abbie likes the shower. Cam did like the shower at the beginning, but went about 6weeks only having baths and doesn't seem to like them anymore, usually ending in a quivering lip and tears. I've been a little scared holding a slippery little boy in the shower when i'm home alone, so i like your idea of the baby seat in there, might give that ago to get him use to it again. He does love his baby seat in the bath, so it might work.
Jess - Good on you for having so reconnecting time with DP. I too have been limiting my time on here on the weekends now so we can spend time together. Yay on winning those tickets too, i'm not usually lucky either, so i could imagine how exciting that would've been. Glad Tiahna's feeling better, and hope her mouth is clearing up.
Sassy - Glad your feeling better, and happy with the new days your working. What sort of dog you thinking of getting? We have an 8yr old ****er spaniel who gets along well with Cameron. I've always had a dog, couldn't imagine life without one. She is very gentle and protective of Cameron. If you got a puppy now, Jayda and the dog would grow up together, I reakon they'd end up very close. Sorry to hear about your brother - is there any chance they could work it out do you think. It's so hard when children are involved hey.
NaNa - You don't need to be forgiven for anything. I've had the same problem lately, and end up just giving up posting altogether, at least you posted something (more patience then me). Yuk on the weather. Where are you again? We are quite the opposite here, its been rather cool. Especially nights are getting cold, I'm thinking I might have to put Cameron in a longer pj set as his legs are very cool in the mornings now (he won't stay under sheets or blankets so have to work with the clothes).
Us - Cameron's had a few grumble moments over the last few days and woken full on crying at 3am for the last 3 nights. I think his 3rd tooth is on its way, as he is dribbling and chewing like crazy, particularly on the left side. I think it will be another bottom tooth, as I can see a little white and it seems hard, just to be different then going onto the top like most do.
We changed his car seat around on the weekend too. He seems to be sitting there dazed though and scared to move, but interested to see out the front window (he's in the centre of the back seat). Have you's all changed your seats around? I wanted to wait another few weeks, as I would think Cameron would be just over 8kgs (will do a 'weigh in' on Wednesday), but DH did it 'just to see', and it never got changed back.
My friend got her results back today from her foot and there is no more cancer, they got it all and no other treatment is required. So she is very relieved, as we all are...woohoo!!!
Well, better go have a shower and get ready for bed.
Well sounds like everyone is having BB issues..... Gosh everytime i come on to catch up on the personals i keep meaning to do the site is down.....
Well here goes....
Bec- YAY on the news from your friends... Must be a HUGE relief.... On the car seat issue... ours has been done for a while.... DD used to get sick but as soon as i changed it around she is no longer chucky in the car...Dog yeap we've always had a dog.... Our dog is still in 1 piece... Not long now.... Hoping it'll be today oor tomorrow.... DS is very attached to the dogs and they love spendng time with him too... Still i only let him play with them supervised..... even though they are gental all the stories about PETs attacking.... I would never forgive myself.... So as much as i love the dogs i am still cautious....
NaNa- Glad things are going ok appart from this site annoying you.... I hate this heat also....
Sass- Sorry to hars about your Brother and SIL.... its hard when kids are involved...My parents got divorced.... its hard.... i'm sure things will work out.... Tiahna only has max 150 mls still in her bottle at a time.... she has 1 during the night (being sick i dont ind at the moment.) then 1 when she wakes up then a solid feed at 9.30-10 then another bottle and a sleep then when she wakes up at about 11.30 she has a solid feed play for an hour or 2 then bottle 1/2 hour play then bed at about 2-3 then sleep til about 4-5 then play , dinner then bath then bottle and bed by 7.30
I have not had any issues with BB but now i say that i will!!!!!!!!!!!
Bec i know what you mean about being cold in the morning and night it is here too. Its rediculous i put abbie to bed and its warm and now i have to try and put something with long arms and longlegs on her cause in the mornings i is freezing!!!!!!!!!!! Can't win really. Great news about your friend i am very happy for her!! With the car seat we turned abbies around a little while ago too caus she was gettting really unsettled in the car screaming the entire way and as soon as we turned her around she is perfect!!!
nana sorry to hear you are having problems wiht bb hopefully they get sorted out real soon dn't be sorry not your fault!
Jess glad to hear you are doing well :-)
Sassy i am so glad that you are feeling better!
Abbie is a bit whingy this morning but i can't believe how much she has turned around from being attached to my hip to being miss independant:-) She is just about crawling now anyday :-)
Mis how exciting that you are becoming a sahm!!! you will love it and so will stanky. As for the sleep thing sorry to hear about that atleast you have an excuse to sleep during the day:-) pmsl about the other thread how funny
Sassy i am excited about the kids going back to school not at the same time. Cody starts prep this year. Dont get me wrong her is ready and i am excited for him but its like he is all grown up now so a bid sad at the same time. I am also taking on one child during the day on a tuesday and friday this year only cause she is a friends child. See how i go Also i bought a treadmill last night and i really want to start loosing weight. I saw your other posts so maybe we can do it together, well hopefully anyway, good luck and i will let you know how i am going and you do the same.
Jess yeah on winning the tickets thats great i never win anything either!
Hi to everyone else in here too hope all is well, WHERE IS EVERYONE ONE!!!!!!
Well abbie is going to crawl any day now she gets up on all fours and crawls backward and can sit up all by herself, hopefully she is crawling before anyone elses bubs are walking
Well have a great day talk to you soon
NIkki
PS i have been copying all my posts before submitting them so i don't lose them
mis: i lowered the cot when we changed jaydas room about 3months ago. i went in the other day and she was standing up in the cot. she is pulling herself up on everything now and taking a few steps along the lounge.
i got excited about the PM but there sint one yet lol
Its good ur gonna be a stay at home mum. i am lucky with my job i have jayda with me anyways.
LMK: glad u seen my other post i thought i was going to be alone lol. i havnt been writing in it cause no one seemed interested.
jess: i know it is hard when parents r split up but for my bro it would be the best thign and for the kids too. all my bro and SIL do is fight and yell at the kids and since they have been split up they have been doing lots with the kids and having fun with them and being nice to them.
Bec: glad ur friend got good news about her foot. we have had jaydas seat changed around for a while. she would scream with it the other way and kick her feet on the end of the seat she is long and hated it.
Girl: how is everything going? how is the sleep going getting any better?
sorry to anyone i have missed tried goign throught the posts but there isnt much int his thread yet lol.
so i am not taking mondays off anymore. bit disapointed but i need some extra $$ at the mo. Dh is gettin his braces done soon. aleast if i am working i can spoil bub lol.
hmmmmm wat else.......
Anyone got any thoughts on wat they r gonna get their bubs for their 1st birthday? I really dont knwo wat to get jayda. I was think maybe a ........ i dont kwno wat they r called but they r kinda liek a cubby but they havea slide and u can climb through them and stuff lol did that make any sense.
Hi everyone
Well we arrived back last night and we are bothe exhausted, was such a long three days, most of it spent travelling, 3 hrs in car then flight then another 1hr in car, then repeated 2 days later to get home so we are pretty much over travelling atm. The flight up was not good, poor Hamish didnt sleep much the night before we left his top teeth cut through (2 at once) and then he was awake entire car trip so when we arrived at airport he was over tired so it was difficult to get him to sleep, but i finally got him to sleep about 2min before we landed.grr Anyhow it was a long exhausting and emotionally draining few days but i am extremely glad i made the effort and went. It was great to see alot of my family as most of them had not seen Hamish yet but would of been nicer if it was on better circumstances. Hamish was very well behaved at the funeral, i was suprised and very pleased as i was very emotional and thought he may being unsettled etc but overall he was very good. When we arrived last night he was so excited to be home and very very happy when he seen his daddy and sister, he didnt take his eyes off them was going from one to the other it was very cute.
I dont have time for personals now as my house looks like a bomb has hit and while Hamish is asleep i will try and get it in some kind of order. It is getting so much harder to get things done now he is mobile. I will try get back later..
Sassy i know what youare talking about one of those play gym things lol!!!!
Good idea!, I have no idea what to get abbie something girly :-) I have heaps of outside toys so i don't really need them. I did see in kmart a little people princess castly that looks pretty cool and we have heaps of little people stuff. Other then that i have no idea. I wan to buy lachlan one of those springfree trapolines for his birthday cause our net is broken on ours and is so dangerous when they are little.
abb glad your trip was ok, and i am glad that hamish was a good boy at the funeral.
Sass i have no idea what to get Hamish for his birthday. I suppose it really isnt that far away. Its a busy time for us as i have Dp birthday 6 may, dd on 9th May, nephew 10th, mum 23rd may, hamish 29th May and then mine 19th June $$$$$$
Jess - Yeah, I'd never leave our dog with Cameron either, though I'm pretty sure she would never bite him, but she does get a little over-excited so I'm more concerned that she'll accidently scratch or even smother (she likes kisses and cuddles). I've also been bitten my own dog on the mouth when I was about 12yrs old, so I know how dogs can turn when they get older too.
Sassy - Ahh a staffy...my DH wants one of those. I'm more into the soft cuddly dogs though, but I can see my DH pushing for a staffy next dog. Just think though if you get a dog it will need to be walked...so will help with the weight loss journey. DH and I go for a nice long walk every Saturday and Sunday with Cam and our dog (I can't walk our dog around during the week on my own though as there is too many dogs around here loose- i hate that...irresponsible owners...GRRR!)
MisTree - Sorry I meant to mention a few posts back...Welcome back. I'd only just asked how your were going. Yay on the SAHM decision. I bet you'll love it so much you'll never go back (well never want to anyway). Yeah, it's seems like its time to lower the cot and always have the rail up. Cam's also started standing in his cot over the last couple of weeks, though I learnt to put the rail up almost from the beginning (as it takes me a while to get into new habits).
Nikki - It sounds like Abbie will be crawling any day now hey...but I wouldn't be surprised if she is the 1st walker of the bunch, being the late crawler. I think i'd prefer Cameron to walk then crawl, our floors are a little old and rough on his knees.
Well nothing else here to report really. Just waiting for Cameron to wake so I can go weigh him. He is really enjoying his food, we do 3 meals a day, so wouldn't be surprised if he has put on a bit of weight since last time (1month ago he was 7.7kg).
Better go finish getting myself ready then as it's almost time to go before they close - they only do weigh ins on wednesdays from 8.30 to 10.30, I wish they had longer weigh in times at our clinic. Is everyone else's the same???
It's taken me about 30mins to type this as had a few interruptions in between.
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. Anyway I've got insurance, so there will be no problem in getting it fixed. I also took a couple of photos of the damage (as DH's been burnt before with people getting other things fixed other then the actual accident damage), and she has a go at me for taking them (the car was parked in the street). Next thing I know she runs inside to get her camera and takes the same pics...twit...I felt like saying 'hey, I'll just get a second copy of mine for you shall I. Her dad was nice to talk to though and understood the situation.
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pmsl about the other thread how funny
Also i bought a treadmill last night and i really want to start loosing weight. I saw your other posts so maybe we can do it together, well hopefully anyway, good luck and i will let you know how i am going and you do the same.
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