I can't believe the day is finally here! It does'nt seem any different to any other day though.
Well we don't really have much planned for today. We are just chillin at home with IL's and then heading out to my mum's tonight. We got a lovely suprise yesterday afternoon when my phone called at about 3pm. It was Brent and he said "Is it raining there??" I said yes. And he then replied with "Yeah its raining at the Airport too!" He had organised to fly home the day before Briley's birthday!!! I could'nt belive it. It was really nice.
Briley got her haircut yesterday. She kinda looks like a boy now!! The hairdresser could'nt really do too much with it though.
Shazz - If thats the GTT test then yeah i have had it and my results were fine. When i went to hospital the other night they checked my sugar levels and they were fine then aswell. I had the same thing with Briley though. Constant thirst. I would always wake up during the night for a 5-6 pees and a drink with every one!
Kim - Sorry to hear AF turned up! Next time hey! Still sending truckloads of vibes to you and Elissa!
Well i better go and bond with my Big Girl now!! Where has the past year gone???
Happy birthday for yesterday Briley!
Finally have some time to myself for posting! Riley is asleep and has been without waking up since 7pm!!!! HE SLEPT THROUGH!!!!!!!! I feel so great cause I went to bed at 8.30 and had more sleep than I have had in a year or more.
Anyway some personals, please forgive everyone I forget its been so long since I got around to doing a decent length post.
Kim- bummer about af anf the job not being what you wanted. How is the new car going?
Nat: How is prac? What class? are you teaching many lessons?
Sara- so glad Brent came home for Briley's birthday, glad you are still hanging on to this bub but boy what a draining pg you are having. Hope the ILs aren't driving you crazy, when do they move into the granny flat?
Elissa- yay for the home loan, you will love the air con in summer. Poor Archie's nappy rash, Riley has never really had nappy rash so I thought it must be a girl thing but maybe its just him. Your weekend sounded fun but exhausting!
Shazz- hope Ryan's nappy rash is better too.
Leanne- hope things are improving in your world, it must be very difficult for you atm with full time work and your dad and MIL sick.
Riley hasn't had his 1 yr shots yet, rang the docotrs last week and they got me an appt. for 12th June (no idea why so far away but I hate taking him for needles so I said OK!)
Reports are due to supervisors so I really should be doing them but BB is so much more fun!!
Have a great day ladies.
Happy Birthday Briley - for yesterday - hope you had a brilliant day.
Sara: It was great that Brent came home early in time for Briley's birthday. That would have made it extra special. I'm sorry I didn't get on yesterday and send birthday wishes. Hope she had a great day.
Christine: Woohoo for the sleep!!!! It's a great feeling isn't it! and then you wish you had of gone to tresillian earlier... hehe. But it's never too late! Shaun has been reverting back to his old ways and waking every 4 hours during the night (bed at 8, up at 12 & 4 & 8am). I had Yariv up all night because he was sick, then shaun woke at 4am, so I asked Yariv to settle him - and he brings him into bed with us! So back to his cot at 5am because he wouldn't sleep in our bed. I'm soooo tired now.
Kim: sorry about AF. Keep trying and enjoy the practice!
Elissa: congrats on the home loan. It will be good to get some new stuff!
Well, my cold has subsided. And the m/s has eased - but is still lingering a little. At least I don't feel nauseaus 24/7 now. Just a little puke in the morning and on with my day! Got some energy too... although the lack of sleep is zapping that!
Started cleaning the house (god I hoard stuff!!). Decided to load stuff onto eBay and kill two birds with one stone (get rid of it & make money). Well - I wish I had of done it sooner - the bids are going nuts. A wine rack that I paid probably $20 for is up to $40 at the moment - and there are 9 people watching it!!! Lots of 'watchers' too on the other things. So now I've got to get motivated and put more items up for sale.
Talking of eBay - I bought Shaun a car bed !!! I'm just not sure when to get him into it. Might wait a few months, and spend 3 months letting him get used to it before # 2 comes along and takes his cot! Just hope he doesnt crawl out of it all the time. But feedback from people say that they usually love it and stay in bed.
Hope everyone is well. Sorry for all of those that I haven't mentioned.
Thanks Christine for your kind thoughts.
Struggling a bit over here, but..... I finally went to the doctor and had a blood test for the check up you are supposed to have after gestational diabetes.
All is good! Phew. Only a year late ha ha. Even with my PCOS my levels were pretty good so don't need to take metformin while on the pill. Only when we are TTC#2.
My MIL had her op today (mascetomy) so well probably go and visit on the weekend in the ACT. Dad's reacting well to his medication but I reckon it is making him look old.
Other than that not much to report here. KAty's growing like a weed and is getting more beautiful every day. She still has 6 teeth and when she smiles it's so cute ( I am such a biased mumma but I think she's the cutest!!!). She's walking a little more every day too and is getting more confident in herself in doing so. She thinks and knows she is so clever. I love this age.
She had her first chicken nugget at Maccas tonight and loved it.
Work is busy busy and I never seem to be ahead of myself there. We have our performance appraisals before the end of the month and I am hoping to see a few more $$'s. CC swallows up so much of it it's horribble.
The house is never up to date with the housework, but that does not really worry me too much he he he. It's not like we are home enough to see the dust or have the time to invite people over to see it. LOL Anyone else feel that way.
Anyways, better get my butt in to bed soon as I am pretty wacked.
Hope everyone is well.
sara - happy birthday briley for yesterday, hope you all enjoyed the day, i felt all warm and fuzzy when i read that Brent had surprised you, hope you enjoyed every second of him!
Christine - yay riley for sleeping through, what a clever boy!
Jodie - its great to ear that the m/s is settling down for you, wow Shaun is getting a big bed already! I dreamt last night that arch was in a big bed, i am going to try and keep him in the cot as long as possible caue i just know that he will continuously get out of a big bed and play. the car bed sounds very cool. How great is ebay, can't believ you have already doubled what you paid for that wine rack!!!!
kim - r u still alive?? Don't know how you cope with night shift and Darcy, ur a champ!
Archie's reflux is playing up again, doiiing little spews occasionally and heaps of silent reflux and bad wind at night poor bugger, we have put his dose up to 20mg, he should have been on that all along but i had this thing about drugs being bad so i was in denial and keeping him on the lowest dose, poor baby. Hopefully the doubled dose will improve things.
It is so hard to lie to people all the time about having another bub. We told everyone including my mum that we are not having anymore kids, and everyone is on at us to give arch a playmate so i have to lie and say i never want another baby. We don't want people to know we are ttc cause it puts too much pressure on us especially if it takes a while like last time.
Hope everyone is making the most of winter by snuggling up with their bubs!
Sorry its late, i haven't been able to get near the computer for days!!
I dropped my Nan off at the bus station this morning and now I have to get ready for work and wait for Jayden to get up.
I'll be back soon enough to catch up on personals (be prepared for a massive post hehe)
Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes for Briley. As i had said we were'nt doing much but we did go down the beach for dinner and a small cheesecake for Briley. She did'nt get much but enough. Next year will be bigger.
Briley is cruising big time now. She walks everywhere. If she falls over she gets straight back up and walks rather than just crawling. She is very independent. Walks around the house on her own. I just have to laugh in amazement everytime i see her walking. It still shocks me that she was once a little tiny baby!
I too have been thinking about the "big bed" situation. It has always been in the back on my mind since i became pregnant but now i have to start thinking about it a bit more. The bed i have lined up is really close to the ground so thats ok. I am just worried she might be too young. I am intending on having the new baby in a bassinette in our room till he or she is too big for it. Then i will put the baby in the cot and transfer Briley to the big bed. I estimate she will be around 17-18 months. Which is'nt too young is it???
Christine - Yay @ Riley sleeping through for you! As for the IL's situation, I'll be getting to that in just a sec!!
Elissa - Oh poor Archie. I hope is feeling better soon.
Leanne - 6 TEETH!!! OMG!!! Briley still only has 2. I thought that cause she started so late that when the first 2 came through it would have triggered the rest but it has'nt. She shows the normal teething signs but no sign on them in her gums.
Jodie - Its seems as though you and I are in the same boat regarding the bed situation. Have you decided what you'll do yet?? Good luck with the cleaning! I hope you make a mint or two on Ebay!!!
Ok, you don't have to read this part if you don't want to. I really need to vent!!
I am really REALLY pi**ed at Brent's mum today. As i was yesterday morning. They moved into the granny flat about 2 weeks ago but are still bludging off us. Every morning SHE comes over to make themselves breakfast while we are still sleeping and wakes Briley up. I thought by now they would have got their jug out of their boxes and been having tea's and whatever else over there by now but no. I don't have a minute to myself in my own home. And to make matters worse....Briley now has 2 mums and i am coming off second best. Its really hard when your baby hurts herself or is upset and your trying to calm her and she is pushing you away wanting the "other mum". Petty of me i know but i am getting slightly jelous.
I tell Brent all this but he does'nt see what the problem is ofcourse. I told him when you have been here with them for 2 months and not going away for 2 weeks at a time then tell me how you are feeling. He's loving it though cause his mum runs after him big time. I swear she would wipe his a*se if she could.
They are both not working at the moment so we are paying for EVERYTHING for them at the moment. Yet yesterday and another time, she went shopping with her sister and both times came home with new clothes and things for herself. Yesterday she came home with something from rockmans and she saw me look at the bag and she tried to hide it. WTF!!!! For someone who has no money to contribute to anything around here she has enough money to buy bloody new clothes! Makes me SOOOOOO angry.
So if Brent goes back to work on wednesday i told him i am flying Briley and me down to my mate Michelle in melbourne for the week. She has flown down there on monday and will be coming back monday week. But i am just looking at flight prices and i think they will be way too expensive! Fingers crossed for some cheap flights at lunchtime today!
Its bloody terrible that I have to go away from MY house to get some time to myself. All i want to do is be at home with my family. Travel seems to be taking its toll on me when i go somewhere now but i have no other choice. What else can i do?!?!? Am i allowed to fly now???
Sorry for the big whinge girls. I needed to get it off my chest!
So today i think we might load Briley into Brent's ute and head into my nanny's to pick up the bed for her. It needs to be sanded back and relakered(sp??) yet so that will be our next task. Another day away from THEM will be good too.
I hope i am not sound too much like a bi*ch. I really do apprecitate what she does for me and everything but i still need some time in my house to myself. Its just becoming rediculous.
Hope you and bubbies are all well today! Have a great day!
I have a feeling this is going to be a long one.....
Firstly Christine. I was thinking about you all last week. I'm glad you got some benfit out of it, but Riley and Darcy have obviously been in cahoots because I didn't get to sleep until 6am this morning....lucky I'm used to night work Hope Jess' finger heals quickly.
Sara. You poor love. That situation sucks! You don't need to feel bad at all for feeling like that. Bludging is bludging and taking over in your space is unacceptable. Are you friends with her? Obviously you feel like you can't mention anything to her. I don't know that they'll let you fly this late in your pregnancy though. Subtle hints maybe? (they def don't work with my ILs but someone elses might be different). Have you got a spare jug/mugs/breakfast bowls/cutlery that you could offer them, maybe saying 'just so we don't have to keep waking Briley up so early'? "It might make your house like your home"? Otherwise put Brent on here and we can tell him what we think for you lol.
Jodie. Good luck with your cleanout. We're doing that ATM but only cos we're bursting at the seams and have no space for anything. So glad to hear you're feeling a tad better.
Leanne. Hope your MIL is recovering well and that DH is holding up OK. Your Dad prob looks older cos of the strain he's under atm. Good to know he's dealing ok with the new meds.
Shazz mate. How's it going?
Vic where are you? Hope your clan's OK.
Elissa. Yep I'm alive....I think....I'd love to be pregnant with you! But I have my money on you first.
Well like I said I've been up all night, with the exception of 6-9am. She's already been back in bed 45minutes so I know she's exhausted but fair dinkum she screamedd all night. I tired panadol, she had 2 feeds she normally doesn't have, I've paced, I've cuddled, I gave her a pillow....grrr and all DH could do was get cranky cos "I have to go to work you know!"....duuhh what do I do rest all day??? He's ticking me off lately again.
WARNING BIG VENT ALERT
Selfish selfish. Thinks I should be the 'good wife' well that's ok but I work night shift so 3.5days of the week I can't, you have to help, but nooo. The day I did 2 nights in a row and had to sleep (Tuesday) he was so noisy I only got less than 3hours sleep all day, was made to feel bad cos I need to sleep and I could hear him talking so badly to Darcy I wanted to punch him! He has no tolerance for her and can't understand he needs to conform to what she wants rather than the other way around. I hate leaving her with him for long periods cos I'm worried. But when we go out he wants to show off and won't leave her alone and let her play by herself....What can I say without getting his back up? THEN he's on this really exie diet plan but we're down to like $10 for the rest of the week until payday on tuesday. I can't go and get more groceries for Darcy and I so I have to make do with what we've got - that's ok we don't eat much, but our food goes missing mysteriously...he's eating that as well without a care that we can't go and buy anymore!!!
Other than that we're OK. Darcy FINALLY got a third tooth yesterday. It's absolutley bucketing down here, so I guess I'm not going blading this arvie....
Well... I hoped to make a few extra $$ on eBay - but my main motivation was to clear some of the crap from my house. So, I was incredibly happy when my auction finished last night - and the total price was $384 !!!! There was only 10 items! So now I'm motivated to go an load up half my house on eBay! (the wine rack ended up selling for $56!!)
Sara - hugs to you with your IL situation... and it seems that Brent is not much help with the problem either. You've had enough stress without having to deal with them too. I don't know how you cope. I would have gone nuts by now. Can you lock your doors so they can't get in in the mornings? then just say "oh, I forgot".
Hey - if you come to Melbourne - and you've got some spare time - lets catch up! I'll drive to where ever you are! msn me if you don't have my phone number.
As for the bed situation - I wrote a post asking for others experiences: What age to go into a bed??
If you do a post in there - it will bump it up again and we might get some more responses. Shaun's room is chockers at the moment - so first step is get the sofa bed out of his room. Then I can fit the bed into his room. I think I will start trying to get him to sleep in his bed for his day time naps. And in 2-3 months I will put him in there for his night sleeps. Not that he's sleeping!!! He's gone back to his 4 hour nightly 'naps'... waking up at 12, 4am & 8am.
Kim: Not much I can say - but sending you some cyber hugs!!! And yay for Darcy getting her 3rd tooth!!! Shaun sprouted 3 teeth in ONE week!
Leanne: I've been feeding Shaun chicken nuggets for a while now. My stepmum suggested it - and he loves them too!! I tried him on skinless frankfurts - but he doesn't like them. I really must try to expand his food choices. I don't 'cook' - and he doesn't like much jar food - so I better get my act together. I have to buy some fishfingers and try him on those. Actually, I should try to make up a few dishes, like rissotto & pastas, and put them in individual containers and put them in the freezer. Actually, I could put them into zippy bags into the freezer. Mmm... better get organised and do that. Will make life a lot easier if I could just whip out a bag of food & defrost it in the microwave!
My cleaning has come to a standstill. Every day I say I'm going to get stuck into it - then I end up spending 90% of my day on the computer!!!!
sara - ur living situation with ur IL sounds awful, even if they are reaslly helpful at times. DH and I go a bit crazy when other people stay at our house for more than a couple f nights, families really need their own space i reckon. Big pat on the back for you for putting up with them, u are a champ. Hope u found some cheap flights. As for the big bed a friend of my sisters put her 7 month old in a big bed cause he just hated his cot, she didn't use a rail or anything as the bed was quite low, as far as i know she didn't have any problems with it.
kim - im sure i wont be pg first, it took us 14 months last time. Its a really hard thing when DH isn't parenting in the way you are comfortable with and its hard totell them they are doing the wrong thing in your eyes cause they always take it the wrong way. My DH sometimes gets quite impatient with Archie cause he wants arch to do things when he wants not when arch wants, of course thats not gonna happen with a toddler! It is frustrating and stressful, but i reckon most parents would go thru it from time to time, good on you for venting on here, hopefully it made you feel a bit better about it.
jodie - im with ya on the cleaning thing! at least i managed the dishes and well overdue vaccuuming today! I am a hopeless cook and arch gets very boring food that he doesn't eat much of so shauns not the only one.
DH left a garbage bag on the front proch last night, too lazy to walk to thebin a few metres away, well the neighbourhood cats ripped it apart last night so we have rubbish all over our front porch, i refuse to pick it up, he can do it when he gets home from work in 20 mins. Archie has been a absolute delight again today (i keep pinching myself, and reminding myself that it won't last long!). Looks like i will just keep using cloth nappies, i keep putting him back in disposables and have tried every brand i can find but he keeps getting nappy rash in them and the only way i can get rid of it is with cloth nappies! oh well its good on the budget i spose.
Happy Birthday Briley - SORRY ITS LATE HONEY, hope you had a fab day!
Just a quick one here gals, I am really tired, went to bed at 1am last nite doing paperwork and I am absolutely buggered 2day.
Just letting you all know that Lachlan had his vaccinations today and all went well! He was better then I thought he would be. Although he whinged most of the day and cried, gave him a does of panadol and nurofen this arve and within half an hour he was happy again. So it was definitely the needles. He cried when they went in abviously but I was expecting worse. So yay for my brave boy.
Oh and did I tell you all I have to have a breast scan and a mammagram? I have had pain in my left boob for 3 mths now. I shrugged it off for a month or two thinking it was muscle strain, but decided at the three month mark that it was something more. I went to a Womens Wellness clinic here and she suggested that it was more then likely hormonal but to have it scan just incase for ease of mind. She did feel cysts on the side of my boob and said that if I take 1000mg x 2 times a day of evening primrose oil, things should improve.
Oh and now I am on the topic in my absence from belly belly in March I had a colposcopy done. At my 6 week check up after having Lachlan my papsmear came back as a low grade abnormality. I then had another papsmear done in 6mths and again it was low grade abnormality. They expected that it would clear up to nothing and it didn't so I was sent for a colposcopy to ensure that there was nothing else going on seeing as a papsmear only takes a small section. Anyway all was good. I actually have the wart virus in my cervix and am more at risk of cervical cancer. He told me that it was a good chance I have had this virus for a number of years. He said that being pregnant my body stopped looking after me and this virus would have been sitting dormant till now. The doctor even ensured me that 90% of women have this virus and don't even realise. It is sexually transmitted, so I was feeling terrible at first and ashamed. Anyway I have to have another papsmear 2 times in the next year but they are expecting that this virus/low grade abnormality will dissapear.
Off to bed now, need an early nite, so much for a quick post.
Hi just quickly
MIL got through the op okay but they found more cancer in the lympth nodes than expected. We're in a bit of shock. Not exactly sure what treatment or prognosis is now.
I must go and try and get some sleep. HAd a huge day at work and missy moo played up heaps last night.
Elissa: hehehe about the garbage bag! That's something my DH would do! Bet he doesn't do it again.
Sheree: Whoa!! You've been through a lot healthwise. I hope you're in the all clear! Wishing you all the best.
Leanne: glad you're MIL's operation is done. That's one stress out of the way. Hope that the prognosis is a good one.
Well.. today I put Shaun in the living room to play with his toys. And I was chatting to a friend on msn in my 'office'. I heard some unusual noises so I went to see what Shaun was up to. OMG.... I had obviously not shut the security gate properly, and he had got into the kitchen. And had got INTO the cat food!!!! The dry food was everywhere, the water bowl was tipped up, and the tinned food container was.. empty!! But when I picked him up - he was wet - and smelt of fish !! He had that "cat that ate the canary" look on his face (or in this case: kid that ate the cat food). He had a nap shortly after, drinking his milk. And he was a bit cranky in the evening - but he had barely slept all day - so I think he was tired. But I phoned the Nurse on Call line - and they checked it out and said he should be fine. If he appeared to be sick (vomitting) then I should see a doctor. But if he wasn't sick, he would be fine.
Well... I've learnt a lesson today! And hopefully he's learnt that the cat food doesn't taste too crash hot.
Oh Leanne I hope the results are ok? What a terribly stressful time for you.
Jodie - too funny!!!! That is more then likely something Lachlan would do, eat anything bar his own good food! He even pulls up bits off our rug and eats it, give him something like ya know food, but nope doesn't put that to his mouth. Hope your pregnancy is going well honey.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL!!!
Anyone else feel that way.
Its really hard when your baby hurts herself or is upset and your trying to calm her and she is pushing you away wanting the "other mum". Petty of me i know but i am getting slightly jelous.
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