Babies Born May 2006 #31

Oh Sara, you poor thing, must be hard on you atm. I don't envy you at all.

When Lachlan went in for his enodoscopy, he was too young and they wouldn't allow the mother or father to be in there, but had he been a month or two older they would have, cause there were other mothers that were going in. If I was allowed I would have wanted to be there. Their reason was that it is too traumatic for the mother especially more so the age he was apparently. Don't know what the difference is personally. I still would have wanted to be there if I was allowed I hated not being their and not knowing if he was ok or not! GL with your decision.

Hope this is all over for you soon.

kim - yep, we re always laughing too, my sister is a shocker she laughs way too much when he hurts himself, the big meanie.

vic - i would love for him not to have a dummy. I have been only letting him have it at bed times for a couple of days, and today we were at the chiro and he was overdue for a sleep so i shoved the dummy in his mouth JIC (shocking I know!) he spat it out and refused to suck on it. Still wanted his 2 dummies at bed time though. Have any of your kids been super attached to their dummies? When you first take it away how long did they scream before they fell asleep?

sara - sorry to hear that Briley need the op, it is really stressful when they go through something like that, i am usually a huge sook but when Arch had his op i was the strong one and DH was a mess! GL you are a mum and nobody is stronger than a mum, YOu will both be fine, big hugs.

Archie has been in the best mood ever today!! Don't have a clue why, but its bloody great! I got a bit emotional last night, DH went to record Archie playing and the camera wouldn't let him record so he took the tape out and the damn camera had chewed the tape! So no more first Easter, first steps and goodness knows what else was on the tape, i am trying not to remember what else there was its too sad. Nothing we can do about it now though. Went to the sexy chiro today, mmm mmm....

Oh nooo Elissa I am so sorry to hear that you lost all your memories! I won't say anymore, cause like you said easier not to think about it. :hug:

Ha been there Elissa. DH had footage of me the day before I went into labour on his phone showing my belly and then of the babies heartbeat and a contraction during labour - when the baby was abotu 6 weeks old I washed his phone....I still get upset.

Oh I hope that baby doesn't pick now to come out. There still some cooking time left. Sara, Briley will be fine. In a past life I was a paediatric theatre nurse. They'll take you into the anaesthetic bay and chat to her. Then they'll get her to help them 'blow up a balloon'. It's the anaesthetic mask. She'll be asleep before you can count to 10. Then in that same bay they'll insert a tiny little probe into the passageway that leads from your eye to your nose and push the gunk out - voila she'll be able to cry!

Had to get up at some awful hour this morning to go to work - I remember why I work night shift now. I'd rather be up all night than get up in the dark. Got 2 more earlly shifts this week - woohoo not!! I have my shoot tomorrow.....

kim - it is horrible to think of those priceless memories gone, but they are always in our hearts.

vic - i agree i have limited Archie's to bed time only as he doesn't talk during the day with his dummy he just grunts, it took a few days of sooking but now he doesn't have an issue with not having it during the day. When Archie puts the dummy in his mouth and starts sucking his whole face changes to this hypnotic gaze, that is what i find makes me feel too guilty to think about taking it away at night time, plus i think what if he hysterically screams for three nights straight, i can't just give it back or he'll just be confused. i think i think too much, life would be much more straight forward if i didn't spend so much time thinking.....

Archie was an absolute angel today, not a single whinge or tanty!!!!!!! And no dummy, hey maybe thats why he wasn't as whingy, interesting....Archie is very close to saying 'love you' he tries to copy but doesn't say the proper words yet, can't wait til he says that i have been hanging out to hear that since i was pg.

sara - hope things are going okay tonight, no more DTD!

How cute of archie. Gosh my child doesn't say much at all, although there are certain things I think he is kinda saying but says it with a b or d pronounciation. I guess as long as I know what he is saying.

Must have been the day for good children. Lachlan is driving me nuts with his wrenching ergghhhhh all the god dam time. He was a bit like that this morning as usual but his afternoon, he played and amused himself for a change it was nice, I was so proud of him.


My bladder infection has eased. It was really intense yesterday morning. It still hurts but no way near as bad. I am hoping it just clears up by itself and I don't have to go and get antibiotics. I use to get really bad ones and haven't had one for ages. I use to have blood in my urine and everything and got hot and cold shakes from them and my kidney would just ache. I was kinda panicking yesterday morning cause I would hate to be that sick again and have to look after Lachlan, but all is good now, I get that urge to go to the loo more often but it is not disturbing me too badly YAY!

sheree - great to hear that you are feeling better, wouldn't be nice to be sick and have lachlan to look after.

oooo i am very excited, halfwaythrough this post a friend form Adelaide rocked up, he and his wife and bub are down here for the week, i haven't seen their bub since he was 3 weeks old he is now 8 months! We were close friends when we lived in Adelaide but hardly get to see each other now as its a 5 hour drive (much longer with babies in the car!), we are meeting up with them for lunch tomorrow, woohooo.

Went out and bought Archie a couple more jumpers, i seem to be constantly needing more and more jumpers for him, he goes through heaps each day casue of reflux and he is a shocking dribbler.

Its nice when people rock up hey Elissa, makes you feel special!

I just got a parcel in the mail. I had my eyes tested in Mackay (well overdue) and my script has changed somewhat so I got some new glasses cause the ones I had, I have had for atleast 3 years now or longer. So I got three sets of glasses in the mail today. A pair of Rayban & Versus glasses and a pair of Versace Sunglasses. Cost me $800 and that was with 50% discount and one pair and then 30% on other 2 glasses and lenses, plus $180 back from MBF. Expensive hey, but hopefully they will last me a while. Wade flipped when I told him the cost! Men don't understand.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but Lachlan was an absolute dream child amusing himself and not whinging yesterday, he has continued that way this morning too. I am so proud of him, maybe he is finally realising that he can amuse himself and doesn't need me all the time. Its a nice change from the constant whinging, it was driving me NUTS!

Its funny cause with my new glasses on, he keeps looking at me strangely and keeps coming up and giving me these big mumma bear cuddles. So cute!

Oh Elissa, is archie still vomitting alot? If so do you see a paed? Cause there is this medication that Lachlan takes that generally stops him from reluxing. It is called Domerperidone (Motillium). Wonder if that would help him? You need a script though. Worth asking, cause for once in Lachlans life I am not going through huge amounts of clothes due to constant possits. Do you think Solids have helped settle down his vomits? All these questions lol!

sheree - woo hoo on the new glasses, so cute that lachlan is giving you big hugs, just making sure it stillyou huh?! Archie doesn't see a pead but he has been on Losec since 4 months old which has helped immensly. He rarely possets anymore, only if he eats something that agrivates reflux (not too many things do thankfully), it is mainly silent reflux now and he very rarely gets upset from it anymore, he is a shocking dribbler though, they say some babies are just big dribblers and some don't dribble at all, i was lucky and got a dribbler. i hadn't heard of that medication before thanks for the suggestion, i think we are okay on the Losec though, just hoping he eventually grows out of it....I think solids did help, but what helped most was sitting up and walking, if he drinks straight cows milk warm/cold he does posset but its not a milk allergy casue he can eat yoghurt and cheese and he had heaps of milk on is weetbix no worries. Reflux sucks big time, hope i don't get another baby with it.
its great that lachlan is being a dreamchild again today, Archies dreamyness only lasted one day unfortunately....he does have a tooth just breaking through the gum today im sure that doesn't help

Yeah Lachlan is on Losec too, has been since he was 3 weeks old. Great drug that is, although it didn't work for a while for us. Archie probably drools alot because of teeth, Lachlan use to be like that, but all of a sudden stopped. He use to have so many sores under his mouth. But maybe not drooling because he hasn't had a new tooth come through in a while now, ohhh I don't know cause I can't remember now when the last one come through and if his drooling was bad then or not??? I have heard that re: cows milk as apposed to any other dairy, can't remember what the explanation was now. Looks like we are on Losec and Domperiodone for atleast another year, our paed doesn't want to play with it, particularly since he is a fussy eater too!

Lachlan just woke up crying from his sleep, not sure if he did sleep, his bottle was out of his portacot, the teat inside the bottle, water everywhere and the bit that you thread to the bottle to hold the teat, seperate also. It was funny I picked him up and he looked and he looked again just to make sure it was me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I passed,
I passed
I passed my
SHOOT!!!

Very excited. Actually did better than I ever have done. Not bad considering it's been 3 years (we're supposed to go every year). But I am sitting down to something to eat for the first time since 7am now.

I am also soooo tired. I haven't had to set the alarm for a while so I'm pretty sure that's why, but wouldn't it be cool if it was cos I was UTD lol. Yes I am obsessed atm.

Oh no Sheree was there water everywhere?

Kim, what is UTD?

Congrats by the way, well done girl!

Yeah water everywhere. Both sleeps today he has screamed at his bottle when putting him to bed. Guess it is just another phase he is going through.

Tell ya what these phases are exhausting, just when you think you know your child and then they go change the rules again!

UTD = Up The Duff

I'm still here lol. Reading and waiting for that spare hour or so when I can catch up on some personals. Everytime I think I'll get it I don't.

Got the assignment done so I'm home free for 4 weeks now YAY! Right now my focuss is going through everything I own and throwing out the junk. Then I'll probably have a week or so of scrapbooking and fun stuff before I have to start organizing the move. Then I'll be back to uni!

So good to see posting regularly again Sheree. I have missed you!

My little man just grabbed the pillow off my bed and then snuck into the dining room with it and fell asleep on the floor. Just too cute that little boy is!

I'm out to dinner tonight so I suppose I better get ready. It is freezing here and I'm proud to say I haven't really had the heater on at all today!

Will chat soon I promise!

See Nat I am at the computer doing paperwork most of the day in between attending to Lachlan so I guess I am getting all the notifications lol.

Have a nice nite and thanks for telling me re: UTD, I am stuuuuupid hey lol

Too cute Em going to sleep like that, I wish my child loved sleep that much!

sheree - interesting that you have heard that that is the way with cows milk and not other dairy, people don't believe me when i say it, just goes to show that mum knows best, now i have you to back me up he he. lol at Lachlan checking to make sure it really was you! Can't see us stopping losec for a long time if ever! What exactly does Domperiodone do? Just wondering whether it might be of use to us or not. thanks for all the info though, here i was thinking i knew all there was to know about reflux, not even close it seems...

kim - oh oh oh congratulations good job!!! ur UTD ur UTD! i know i remember someone telling you their family members were always better shooters when they were pg.....and ur so tired, i am feeling extremely excited for you!!!!!! What CD are you??? OMG i actually have tingles up my spine i am that excited that u may be pg

nat - how cute that Em stole your pillow and put himself to sleep, beautiful boy!

well i am just sitting here scoffing a block of cashew chocolate, later i'll feel sick from eating too much, then i'll start telling myself its m/s and i must be pg, gosh i need a life!

Elissa - Domperidone is an anti-nausea type drug. Lachlan was put on it at 3mths of age (I think) because he possited so much he was always drenched and that was with constant bibs on. People always had a go at me at the amount of clothes I use to take with me everywhere! But hey I was a reflux mum. Domperidone is known as Motillium also and for some reason it is also used for mums trying to enhance their breast milk. Weird huh, but that is right it is a nausea medication and a breast milk enhancing medication. When he started doing those power vomits at 5mths (like 120ml bottle all came up), it didn't help that!

sheree - thanks for that info. gosh i felt like i was the only mum on the planet whose baby was constantly drenched in spew!!! i had to take every item of clothing with us if we went out for the day and he was constantly in bibs for the first 12 months, i had 35 bibs and i used to wash those bibs at least once sometimes twice during the day, so that would make it that he used at least 70 bibs a day, and they were the most absorbent bibs i could find and they wrere forever drenched! Gosh i forget about all that....

Well I found some bibs that had a plastic back and a fabric front, worked for a while but then gave up on that too, cause the summers were too hot for the plastic. Yeah I reackon 90% of our photo's of lachlan up until he was 7-8mths were with bibs. So ugly hehe. And yes I have a stash that would be comparable to yours, a whole draw full infact. Looked at them the other day and thought wow, gotta get rid of these. What I hated most was that you couldn't just wash them they needed soaking and soaking for days. My washing was never done. And well the power vomits were even worse, I wore it, he wore it, the floor wore it. There would be soooo many nights when we just got him off to sleep and he would squirm and power vomit everywhere, we use to Take 2 and Take 3 some nights. A bath for both of us again and change his whole bed and clean the floor. Gosh I am glad those days are gone. That is the only reason Lachlan is only on 2 bottles as I found 3 was just pushing him over (overextending his belly) and the power vomits started again a monthish ago, but since cutting out the 3rd bottle whalaa no more power vomits. We haven't had any possits for ages either YAY, well atleast a couple of months. THE JOYS OF A REFLUX MUM............

Okay time to catch up on some personals!! I always feel when I fall behind that I have to ‘catch up’ before I can start posting regularly again. Silly because I know I should just jump right in!! But its one of my weird quirks lol.

Kim ~ Holy crap at the size of your IL’s! That is really big eh? Lol @ the smorgasboard! I know what your place would like after mothers group coz that’s how bad mine looked the other week! Congrats on passing!!!

Sheree ~ Eeeek @ your meal times! Em has always been a darn pig. The issues we’re having now is with him wanting to feed himself all the time. Have you tried Lachie on fruit like rockmelon, grapes, banana’s, mangoes etc? Or strangely enough ice cream cones – Em loves the little square ones! That is amazing he can lift those suction plate things! And pmsl when you were saying Cheerios I thought you meant the cereal too! I’m glad the UTI has eased somewhat. Whoo hoo for your glasses I am sooo jealous! I need to get some new ones soon as well. I’m hoping my eyes haven’t changed all that much so I can keep the pair I have and get a new funky pair as well! That is so cute about Lachie with your glasses – I wonder if Em will do the same with me?

Leanne ~ Em is always wanting to eat off my plate as well lol. So cute he walks up and says ‘mmmmm’ smacks his lips and then sits down expectantly!

Ellissa ~ I feel bad when Em has take away too but he has had a cheeseburger which he just pulverized and has bits of pizza and lots of fries. Have you been back to playgroup again? Oh no @ Archie’s head! Hope its all okay now! Oh no the tape being eaten up – how sad :( And how cute of him being close to saying love you! I’m trying to teach that one to Em and I normally blow kisses before which he does lol. Still haven’t heard a love you yet though! That is fantastic that you’re friend turned up – how exciting!

Jodie ~ Glad to hear that the morning sickness has eased up!

Shazz ~ Eeek @ collecting the vomit again. I hope he’s feeling better now.

Christine ~ It’s the small things that make you happy eh? Do all teachers get that amount of sick pay? That is great!!

Sara ~ Glad you’re feeling okay and staying away from laxatives and DTD lol. Not much longer till that little bubba is ready for entry! Sorry to hear that Briley needs surgery – how scary!

Vic ~ No more high chair – how did you do away with that one? Em will be in his for a long time yet though he does eat snacks and his lunch at his little table and chairs lol!

All the TTC chatter makes my head spin! GL to all you girls though! I’m so jealous you’re all trying for another round! (or already on your way!). Em is saying lots of new words – he says wow, whoa, car and bath to mention a few. He uses them all in context to which is just adorable. You give him something and he goes all wide eyed and says “Woooow” lol. Or he falls over and says really loudly “Whoooa” Too cute!

Um to answer a few things in general… I hope by 2 I will have weaned Em off dummies because I too think it looks wrong for them to be sucking on dummies. As for bottles Em still has 2/3 a day and I can’t imagine cutting them back yet. Eeeek at all of those bibs as well! Scary stuff!

Well I’m off to watch the last two episodes of Greys Anatomy and sort through my linen cupboard! I went through the garage today and its all sorted now. My new bedroom suite arrived as well and its just gorgeous!! I can’t wait to get it set up in the new place! Not long now!!!

Nat yes I tried Lachlan on rockmelon today, it was a no goer! Just like everything else. I also tried apple yucko! Geez louise..........

Nice about the suit, how exciting. Sorry did I miss something, you moving into a new house?

Hmmm how about kiwi fruit? Does he like big bits of vegetables steamed for finger food - like carrot, asparagus, zucchini, peas, cauliflower etc?

Also don't be afraid to chuck flavour into things. I generally always give Em plain food but I've noticed that he loves the vegetables from Chinese food lol.

Yep I'm moving!! Into a brand new villa! My friend is building it and I'm renting it off her. She's building two so we're going to be living next door to each other!! :dance: I'm so excited I can't wait!!

I think I scared everyone off with my mammoth post pmsl! :redface:

Nat he is not fond of anything that is healthy at all. But I will just keep trying things too I guess. He loves 2 minute noodles atm!

Oh nice about the villa, is your partner moving in with you?

OKay I'm going to keep chucking ideas at you. I feel like I'm playing that List game on Monday nights :cryinglaugh:


Definitely try the plain ice cream cones. Have you tried baked beans? Ummmmm what about some cous cous or risotto based meals?

And nope I'll be by myself still. :)

sheree - i wish i knew you a few months ago would have ben great to chat to you about it all. i was too lazy to soak anything, if it was stained (which it always is!) then it just stays that way. Stupid thing is i look at those bibs now and can't past with them casue they were such a huge part of my life! has Lachlan tried tinned fruit? Archie will always eat two fruits

nat - im glad im not the only bad mum with takeaway then, Arch refuses to eat a cheeseburger all of his own, he will only eat ours. thats gorgeous that em can blow kisses. haven't been back to playgroup yet, it is on again tomorrow morning, thinking i might stop for a while and go back in 6 months time, at least then Archie will actually be interested in doing arty activities with the rest of kids and joining in and tlking, i think when he is older i will find it easier to interact with the other mums, at the moment he is still too young and just wanders around by himself, so all the other mums are doing group activities and i am on my own which makes me feel even more of an outcast IYKWIM. Sounds like em is a great little talker! i agree with you, i can't bear the thought of taking the dummies away just yet, i think i will battle that when he can at least understand that maybe the dummies are going to a new baby and he gets a new toy instead...sounds good in theory anyway. How long til you move now? ooo a villa, sounds very posh he he he, will be great to be so close to your friend.

We met friends for lunch at 12 which is Archies sleep time so i was all stressed about him being super tired and cranky. to combat that i got him up this morning and took him straight to the playground and ran around with him in the freezing cold for an hour, that sure tired him out! he had a bit of a sleep and i woke him up for lunch and he was great, so mission accomplished, its a great feeling when you finally realise how to work your kid! It was great to see our friends and their baby again, hoping we might go to Adelaide next month for a week and catch up with them again, just don't know if im game to take Archie on such a long drive now that he is older....i think Arfhie knackered himself today! he was playing without a nappy on and he fell bum first on a toy, he had a very painful cry, poor little boy, no grandchildren for us he he!

Ellissa ~ Have you tried kindergym instead of playgroup? I've never been to playgroup before but Emerson loved kindergym when we went. I would take him there but the sessions are just at the wrong time. I might look into it again when I'm there tomorrow actually. Kindergym is great because they do just wonder around by themselves and play on stuff. Then at the end they have singing as a group for 5 minutes. And pmsl villa being posh!!! Villa is just the 'posh' word for very narrow house :cryinglaugh: We have all come a long way hey? I do the same with Em's sleeps depending on what we have on! If you're in Adelaide next month we should catch up for a coffee!

Okay I'm off to work. I've spent the day sorting and throwing stuff out and then packing what I can as I go. Hopefully it makes things easier when I move!

Catch ya later!

just made kims savoury muffins OMG yum

I've got a couple of days of posts to catch up on... so I'll read through it throughly in the next couple of days and do personals....

But just to let you know my latest drama. It appears my m/s is still lingering. Just an early morning chuck (just bile as I have no food in my stomach when I wake up). I could handle that, as I would feel terrific for the rest of the day - plenty of energy, no nausea.

Except yesterday. I chucked in the morning... then continued to chuck and chuck. Well, it was dry reaching really and throwing up loads of bile - which is just discusting! I couldn't eat anything. And I would try to sip water, soft drink, milk - and it would come up immediately. I was knocked for 6. It took everything out of me. When Yariv came home, I rested for a bit, then said I had to go to the hospital. I waited a couple of ours then got admitted. Was put onto two drips to rehyrdrate and get the anti-nausea medication into me. They said I must have a 'bug'. But I didn't have any of the other gastro symptoms IYKWIM. Anyway, they wanted me to stay overnight and leave today... but I was so over the ER. So when the 2nd drip finished, I left at 5am.

I feel much better today. I've eaten. I haven't chucked up. I've got some energy.

Hey Shazz... good on you for making muffins! I printed all the muffin recipes out - now I just have to find the time to make some!

Nat - yes we have tried Baked Beans and spaghetti, and rissotto. See what I mean so frustrating. And I have to mention, you are such an organised person, I feel so jealous at times, I feel like my life is a disorganised mess!

Elissa - oh I soaked.... and soaked..... and they are still stained! I would soak for days on end though. I just felt like I was always washing. And yes tried Lachlan on the tinned two fruits, and nope not a goer! Glad you had a nice lunch with your friends, sounds sweet! I am going on a plain flight next month with Lachlan and I am sooo not looking 4ward to it, think I might sedate him lol.

Shazz - will have to try those muffins, sound nice, wonder if my child will eat them thou?????

Jodie - OMG honey, you poor thing. I remember when I was 36 weeks pregnant, I thought I was in labour, went to the hospital and the contractions stopped. No sooner had I left the hospital and out of the blue started vomitting and couldn't stop! Then I thought I was dying..... Hurling from deep with this big fat belly. So I know how you feel although I have not experienced vomitting from M/S, so I feel for you. Glad you are feeling better today.


Well this child was a right little brat this arve. He wouldn't eat dinner and gosh I can't even explain it, something come over him, he had the biggest tanty throw I have ever seen! Screaming, red face, gritting of the teeth. Gosh I hate this tanty phase. They certainly know what they want. I just want a good child tell me this will end soon? I feel like I can deal with babies better then I can toddlers.

On a good note, don't know if I ever told anyone, but Lachlan mimics my cough. I have had this dry cough of late, don't feel sick, but have this tickle and I am always coughing. Doesn't help that Wade always coughs as a force of habit, clears his throat, so I guess he was copying both of us. But then he caught me putting my hand over my mouth the other day, now he does the cough cough with hand over the mouth. Cheeky monkey.

Have a nice nite everyone, I am having an early one, went to bed at 1.30am last night doing paperwork.

Glad you liked them Shazz! :D

Oh Jodie you poor love!!

Good luck packing Nat!

Sheree Darcy does the fake cough thing too. My Dad taught her at about 4 months old, but at around 6 months we started to tell her to cover hor mouth when she did it. Now she just about covers her whole face when she coughs lol.

Passed the last thing I had to do today to get my increment this year, so woohoo I finally get my senior connie hooks in August and a big fat payrise to go with it! Very pleased with myself (And I didn't even get shot when we had to do a pretend gunfight today - don't panic it's with full protection and paintballs).

Well done Kim.:dance:

Ta :D

nat - yeah we went to kindergym jsut before his first birthday and he loved it, just ran around squealing the whole time, the only negative is that that 'friend' who showed up at olaygroup the other week is a damn committee member of kindergym, so not only is she there but she thinks shes the boss of everyone! think i will go back there though, he did love it way more than playgroup. i would love to catch up with you in Adelaide!! Only thing is it might be difficult as we are actually going up there for DH work so he will prob have the car, but if he's on night shift it might work out. i will keep you updated on when we will be up there and where we will be staying. Do you live far from the city?? it would be great to meet your beautiful little boy! sounds like youa re going to be pretty organised when it comes time to move, good for you.

jodie - you poor thing! so glad you are feeling better today, hope it was just a bug and it doesn't come back again.

sheree - how long is the plane flight?? We considered going to sydney which would only be an our in the plane but even that scared me! lol at lachlan coughing with his hand over his mouth, very cute. i have no idea when the tanties stop, im thinking when they leave home???! i still perfer the toddler stage to the baby stage even with the tanties!

kim - woohoo congrats on senior connie thats teriffic!! especially the payrise!

Archie woke up and jsut whinged constanly for 2 hours now he is back asleep after a dose of Nurofen, gosh i love that stuff! hinking his new tooth is still bothering him. For the first time in about a month he has a nice clear bum, free of nappy rash, its very good to see. Next door neighbours stupid frickin dog woke us all up last night barking its bloody head off. the neighbours are really yong and really feral and simple, they reckon the dog never bothers them so why should it bother us, they have a little boy a day older than Archie, he must be a good sleeper! its a little foxie and it just goes off at nothinga nd once it gets wound up it goes for hours sometimes. Dh ended up throwing golf balls on their roof to try and wake them up, don't think it worked butt he dog did stop barking. think my sister and her boyfriend are gonna come over tonight for burritos and watch fnl, nice quiet night in, think sis and i will have dvd night sat night too, so it will be a relaxing weekend.

decided not to go to playgroup today, its about to start now and Archies in bed, might go back to kindergym, he enjoyed that much more, seems a bit expensive though,

Elissa, the plane flight is 1.5hours and I am thinking of dosing him with phnergen.


I was thinking this morning since we moved here on the 24th January we have been sick 5 times already! As if teeth aren't enough to deal with. Cause panandol and nurofen don't do alot for Lachlan.

This is an observation that I have made with people that I am not sure if this is only my view or not, but I am sick of people saying well it will get worse, like their child is so much worse and gee even if it does get worse, why oh why do people always throw that in your face. We all deal with different things at different times and different levels, someone else's idea of bad, maynot be as bad as the next. Am I making sense, gawd I don't know, I am just sick of saying things to parents who have a child older and yep it comes out "Well it gets much worse" Geez louise if that is one thing I learn I will not be saying that to other parents, because every child is different, I will be saying yes I understand, cause yes we all go through similar things. This is not directed at anyone here either it is mums out in the public, so sorry if I offend anyone.

I hate competition too - my uncle is so competitive, their daughter is 7mths old and yep she is walking, yep got that she is walking - NOT!!!! Gosh let her be a baby I say.......

Oh your weekend sounds super Elissa. The life of parents these days hey, we never go out. Hehe. We too, (well I do) watch FNL on friday nights too, we get crumbed steak chips and salad from the local bowls club and vege out in front of the tv. I always look 4ward to Fridays.

I love Fridays!
Go home and get into my jarmies and do NO housework.
Usually veg in front of the telly too....


Kim.... I'm not going to my grannies tomorow.
You off up the mountain for brekky? I can finally pass on Darcy's birthday present as I can go now and was thinking of going.....

Well better get back to work.

Sheree, totally understand where you are coming from.
I think 'well it gets worse' is just something people roll off the tongue without actually thinking. People can be stupid.

Well gotta really run now.
Bye

mmmm crumbed steak and chips....wonder if I've got any.....

Yep agree wholeheartedly Sheree. It's funny that even though as parents we've all gone through similar horrendous things that we still can't support other parents. As for competition it's like tall poppy syndrome - if someone else has something better we've got to beat that even though we're just regular people with regular kids.

I say it doesn't get worse it just gets different. Every child seems to have their "tough time" IMO and so someone's perfect baby can be a nightmare toddler or a terrible teenager! I learnt from Jess that its easy to be judgemental about other parents when your child is good cause you think its because you are such a great parent but in reality its just you have an easy child LOL Erin made me realise when she was 2 that the reason Jess didn't have screaming tantrums wasn't cause i was such a fabulous mother rather Jess was a fabulous child!! I think the more children I have the less critical I become.
I hate all the competition too, OMG there's a girl at MG who you would think her child was headed for genius level cause he got a tooth before anyone else its like WTF its just a tooth, we all get them. (not saying it not exciting etc but you know how some people make it a competitive sport?) Sorry I'll get off my soap box now!

Hey Leanne and Christine, are you finding any probs with the water? We've all got the runs here....yuk I know. I'm boiling all our water for a bit.

We use filtered water, but there are a lot of tummy bugs going around atm, they seem to be very contagious and attack either end IYKWIM!

hmmmhmmm I know right now....

lol Darcy's had a rotten day today. She's had 2 soupy poos that leaked everywhere and made even me gag. Then DH wasn't watching properly and she fell off the back of the lounge and has a carpet burn on her forehead. Then she was in the bathroom (while I was stuck on the loo for an eternity) and slipped in water Dh had left after he had a shower and banged the back of her head on the shower screen.
BUT I got some top photos of her playing with my hat and gun belt (it's empty of all things nasty)...have to put them up.