Babies Born May 2006 #38

[~shazz~]

bugger elissa i hate panic attacks i have suffered a few over the last couple of years and it is definately not nice to feel like that a counseller sounds like a good idea hugs to you

[widdly]

thanks shazz, i needed a hug.

I finally got the guts to ring and book an appointment with a counsellor. I am seeing her in 2 weeks time, hopefully i can sort through some feelings and ease my anxiety.

Archie was so adorable today i am just loving this age so much! His fav word atm is ***** so i really need to stop saying it, its a very hard habit to break though, DH is constantly telling me off.

[~Leanne~]

Morning all.... have not been able to read all the posts yet but will.
Hope you are all well.
We spent the weekend in the garden, boy gardening is hard work. Got attacked by my rose bushes and Mr Sun shone and gave me a little sunburn!
All is well over here....


Anyone know how to get my avatar?


BB tonight for some personals and a catch up.
Have a good day all.

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls,

Leanne - RE: How to get an avatar...You just send an email with a brief description of yourself, how you want to look and how many children you want in there and how they will be. Mean standing or on your hip or crawling. Then send the email to avatars@bellybelly.com.au. There is a thread a about it here - https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ad.php?t=14299

Elissa - I have a quite a few panic/anxiety attacks when i was in my late teens. Not a nice thing to go through i know. I hope you get to the bottom of them. Yes it was a late night! The latest i have ever had i think. I was pretty blind drunk though. We started off singing kareoke till about midnight then everyone else went to bed except me, brent and his sister lindy. We just stayed up having a massive d & m and just talking. There were a few sooky moment on my behalf but overall the night was good. And i was soooo lucky that neither of the girls woke up all night! Colby took a while for me too settle but finally did at 9.30pm. And thats when i started drinking. I just kept on checking on them all night and both slept like logs!

Shazz- You are not having a good run at the moment are you!! How are you feeling today hun? Hope your not in too much pain!

Sheree- Good to hear from you hun. How are you going?? Are you handling everything ok? I really hope that everyone is ok with your SIL's bub. Like everyone else has said i would def go for another opinion, just for peace of mind. I things all work out to be ok. Keep us posted will you.

Baby- I hope things are ok on your side too with you SIL. You too keep us posted.

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

Well we had a big day in town yesterday. We went in and got the girls looked over at the MCHN. Briley is now 80cm's tall and weight 12kg. Got a bit of advice on thing like the bottle and dummy. We are'nt supposed to be giving her a bottle at her age apparently. Nor a sippy cup! She said that at Briley's age she should be using a pop-top or a cup. So thats our next mission! Cutting out the bottle.

Colby has just woken up.

BBL to finish off!

[~Leanne~]

Thanks Sara, will look into that tonight.
How exciting.

No bottle? Far out Katy still has her night bottle and we are only just getting her onto a sippy cup.
Was always lazy when it came to drinking - right from birth.
I think we are in for a challenge!

Back to work for me.
See ya.

[shereejoy]

Agggh we still have bottles and sippy cups and I have no plans on changing that atm! We are all happy and finally it is bliss - TOUCH WOOD!

[Ilithyia]

Back!!!

Good to hear thing are getting better for you Sheree.

I'm glad i am not the only one giving a bottle still! Our bottles are only for sleep times though. I just put her down without one though. Gave it to her before bed. She did take a bit to go to sleep but i just ignorged her whingy cry. She finally went down.

Also tried to get Briley on the potty thismorning. Just basically to introduce to her it. Told her "wee wee's" and "poo poo's". Then made her sit on the potty in the toilet so she can try and associate the 2.

As i said earlier, we went and got the girls checked at the CHN yesterday. Colby is now up too 5.6kg's, is 58 1/2cm. So she is growing nicely. Her weight gain must be slowing down cause she has only put on 400gm's in the last 3 weeks. I am not at all worried though. She is a healthy sized bubba. I thought 6cm's was a lot to grow in 6 weeks but apparently they grow 1cm a week.

Colby had a great nights sleep lastnight. She is gradually going to bed earlier in the night which is great. She went down at 8.30pm lastnight and slept through till 4.30am. Then we went back to sleep and she slept through till 9.30am i think. So things are running nice and smooth here. Touch wood!

Lots of smiles happening here. Not too much "cooing" at the moment but it will come soon. Colby's head control is getting a lot better too. As is her arms and legs control. I am sure she looked like she was reaching out to touch the pictures on the sides of her basinette. We also finally have full eye focus. Still the occasional cross eyes here and there!

As for me, well i have been doing the ring around today too UniSA and JCU to weigh up the pro's and con's of doing the direct Midwifery course through UniSA or just go back to JCU. The lady i spoke to at UniSA and apparently the only way i can get into the course through them is if i pass the STAT test. I have to get my stuff together though cause applications close on the 28th September!

Well i don't think there is much else to report.

[shereejoy]

Gosh can't you all tell my computer monitor screen is on the blink. I can't see colours real well and when I did Lachlan's siggy I picked pink, oops!

You are such a good mother Sara. You seem to have everything under control.

[Ilithyia]

Awwww thank you so much Sheree. You don't know how good it feels to have someone say that too me. It takes a lot of work to try and be in control and look after 2 babies. I just have to remember that i can't ALWAYS be in control on everything.

You just remember that you are just as good a mother as i am. Lachlan is a very lucky boy.

[shereejoy]

I mean it Sara, I think I have nearly 10 years on you and some days I don't feel like I am in as half as much control as you and I only have one child. You are doing a fab job and I really mean it. And thanx for your comments too, I do my best and that is all anyone can ask. As for what you said, you are right, we have to all stop putting so much pressure on ourselves and realise that we can't always be in control.

[Lea13]

Heya Girls!

Just popping in for some personals! On uni holidays now and my little man is sick!

Sara Just so you know I have got your MSN’s! The first time I got back and you were offline already. And today I had people over and then Em turned off the computer grrrr! Next time I see you there I will grab you! UniSA Midwifery is extremely competitive to get into. I have heard there are up to 5000 applicants for only 250 places. Em still has a night bottle and he drinks from a pop top. But in saying that he never had a sippy cup. I am planning to let himself cut that last bottle out eventually. Love the new AV!

Okay so I started this at 4pm.... figured I might just post it and come back later rofl!

BFN

[mrsmac]

Hi all, have been meaning to come on and do personals but never seem to get enough time. This morning a good friend of mine rang at 7.30 with some bad news- her DD (aged 7) has a brain tumour and is in children's hospital. We have been friends since mother's group and Erin goes to school with her. ATM its testing then a 4 hour operation next Monday to remove it, they hope to find out if its benign before the op but no guarantees without the full pathology after the op. My friend is being positive and staying calm, she is staying at the hospital all the time. We went over to visit this afternoon and Erin and Lauren had a lovely time on the play equipment at the hossy so Erin is feeling happier that her friend is OK (unfortunately one of the mums at school heard and broadcast all sorts of wrong info to all and sundry and panicked lots of kids this morning)
We are all a bit numb, this isn't supposed to happen to little kids

[shereejoy]

Oh that is terrible Christine. I hope all turns out ok.

[widdly]

sara - what good girls to sleep so well for you, they must have known that mum needed a well deserved night on the turps! Gosh CHN really are full of cr@p aren't they!! I agree that its a good thing to try and get rid of Briley's bottle, but the sippy cup???? What on earth is the difference between drinking out of a sippy cup or a pop top?? Arch knows how to drink out of anything including a normal cup but he usually has a sippy cup or straw cup so that he doen't constantly spill his drink every where, did she give you a reason behind swapping from sippy cup to pop top? i agree with Sheree, you are a champ!

sheree - lol at the sig, i breifly looked at it before and thought something was weird nut didn't realise it was the pink, i love seeing pink now that the house is full of blue, never was a pink person before though. i agree we all need to stop putting so much presure on ourselves to be the perfect muma nd just realise that we are perfect just the way we are, im sure our beautiful children wouldn't want us any other way.

christine - that is terrible news, good on you for taking Erin in to lay with her and help her feel a bit of normality during all this. My thoughts are with them.

Archie is having sleeping issues again....bummer. He usually goes down at 7-7:30 and sleeps til 8. Yesterday day sleep took ages to shut up and go to sleep, last night went to bed at 7 and didn't fall asleep til 10:30, i think i feel asleep before him, but he still got up at 7:30 this morning! Just gone back down now, it was a fight but better than last night thats for sure, really hoping its a one off, DH is on night shift and only got 3 hours sleep yesterday cause of Archies yelling and screaming. Anyway thats enough whinging from me, on a brighter note today is pay day and i just paid lots of bills, i love putting the bills in the paid pile, very satisfying.

DH and I had a talk about our future (the next four years anyway) and discussed the possibility of moving back up to Adelaide so he can go back to the job he enjoys and finds challenging and fulfilling. It would mean being 5 hours away from family and friends and selling our house and not being as well off financially, but i think making that move before Archie starts school would be wise. Our last move to Adelaide was disasterous as there was no forward planning and we ended up having to get my dad to bail us out then we ended up packing it in and moving back home. SO we are a bit scared from that experience as we havent even been back for a year yet. Either we stay here with more money and stability but DH works in a dead end factory job which he hates, or we make a move back to his old job that he loves but have a bit less money, no support networks (im confident it wouldn't take long to find new friends this time) and be renting again.....decisions decisions......

Thanks fo letting me get all that out

[~shazz~]

hi all renos are just about done just have to paint the walls and ceiling now yay so scroll down there are some links to my pics

[mrsmac]

Found out today that Lauren's tumour is on the brain stem which is not good news. Still waiting on another MRI to see if it has spread into her spine. Please have her family in your prayers.

[shereejoy]

Elissa - I did read your post honey, just having a moment tonight, please forgive me.

Shazz - you need a password honey

Christine - oh the poor things, how terrible. I am praying for her.


Well girls I was doing really well this week until today, one of my closest people I have met here and adore told me she is 14 weeks pregnant. Yep you got it she told me today. I don't understand..... Not only am I dissapointed as she knew about my pregnancy but I am saddened to think that we could have been due within a few weeks of each other and there is no-one in the world I would have enjoyed sharing this journey with more! I am so sad, can't stop crying, I thought I was feeling so much better this week, but now I am not doing so well again!!!!!!!!!

[widdly]

shazz - bummer the photos wouldn't load up.

christine - oh no the poor family, my thoughts are certainly with them.

sheree - i am so sorry, i watn to give you a big hug, i am sitting here in tears remembering the feelings you are feeling atm. I dont think there is anything anyone can say to you to help you feel better, unfortunately i think when we go through things such as this we just have to let ourselves feel all the emotions and let them slowly heal and pass. i am here for you if you ever want to chat or just blurt out all of your feelings to someone, you have my email address please feel free. have you considered just having an appointment with a counsellor just to voice your emotions and get them out? Again please talk to me if you would like to.

Arch wasn't happy going to bad again tonight but i just did the controlled comforting techniques taht i used when he was 10 month old and they seem to be working for him again. He has terrible nappy rash and is dribbling lots so am wondering if another tooth is on the move....