Babies Born May 2006 #38

[Ilithyia]

Evening ladies,

Christine - Oh that is terrible news. I really hope that everything turns out ok for the family. I am will be sure to send a few prayers their way. I'm so sorry.

Sheree - Your doing so well honey. Just remember there are going to be days like this for a little while longer. Its ok to cry. Let it all out honey. The worst thing you can do is to keep it all bottled up inside. Its not good for you to do that. Maybe your friend did'nt say anything because she wanted to wait until after 12 weeks before telling anyone about the pregnancy. Then in the mean time you lost your pregnancy and she might have felt terrible and did'nt know how to come out and tell you about hers. I wish i was there to just give you a big long hug and a shoulder to cry on. I am here sweetie.

Nat - Thanks so much for that mate. I have decided to go ahead with the application! Even though i will proabably be the 5001 person to apply! Fingers crossed i am lucky enough to get in! Do you remember what sort of questions were on the STAT exam???

Elissa - Sounds as though you have some life changing decisions to make! Seems as though we are both in the same boat at the moment. Must be the decision making time of the year! Good luck with it all!

Shazz - Yep just tried to have a looky but we need a password to gain entry! Looking forward to seeing them.

Well i am totally wrecked again tonight. Had another few drinks lastnight and did'nt get to bed till 3.30am. I wonder if this classes me as a bad mum?!?!? I drank on saturday night, lastnight and will probably be going out out this saturday night after we watch the footy! I do feel bad but i know that i won't be doing anything like this for a long time after the next 2 weekends.

We went into the beach today for lunch and just layed around under a palm tree till 4pm. It was lovely. Lunch was a bit sh*t though. Fish n Chips were really oiley. Briley had a ball just cruising around everywhere chasing seagulls! We took her for a small in the rockpool and she totally freaked out! I hope we have'nt left it too late to get her used to the water. She normally loves it.

Briley is talking so well lately. She answers yes and no to thing all the time. Like today at the beach i asked her if she wanted to go for another swim and she replied with "No more!". Brent and i just laughed. She is really starting to pull her words together now! I just spin out big time at how smart she is. She is growing up so quickly!

Her teeth are coming right down now. She looks like this real little person with them. Sad to see that my baby is really growing up now.

Well i think i might hit the hay girls!

Hope you are all well...

Ni night

[shereejoy]

Thank you so much Elissa. See the story is:

The girl I have met out here (that gave me this news today), is the nicest girl I have ever met. And I truely am happy for her, but I think I am upset that she didn't feel she could tell me earlier and also the fact I won't be sharing the journey with her, if there is anyone I would love to share it with it would have been her. I think she truely deserves this pregnancy, she is the kindest most beautiful person and I am so happy for her.

She told me today that she didn't want to put her worries onto me.

See she went for a scan at 6 weeks, and they couldn't find the baby. But when she was 6 weeks I would have been 3 weeks. I told her our news when I was late 4 weeks and she would have been late 7 weeks. I get that she was so uncertain and she didn't want to say anything, but then she went to her gyno in brissy at 9 weeks and he confirmed there was a baby. So why didn't she tell me then. I would have been 6 weeks. She also said that she didn't want to tell me and upset me because of what has happened to us, but my problems only started at late 8 weeks. So there is atleast 2 weeks she could have told me. But then I also get that she didn't tell me when we had our problems. I am so confused and hurt, but happy for her, and sad all at the same time. Am I making sense.

I have been so good all week and felt like I was moving on and now I feel I back to square one. Just miserable.

Must be time for some more teef hey Elissa?

Lachlan tonight is asleep in his cot! He has slept in his portacot for atleast 9 months now. He was waking in his cot and getting caught so much and there was no way we could do control crying through the nite as it was possible he was stuck, so we just put him in his portacot and really haven't considered putting him in his cot until recently. (his portacot has a foam insert in it) I have been looking online for some bumpers in the last couple of days and good timing it appears, lachlan wants his cot. I went into his room twice within 20mins 2nite as he was crying and somehow he got underneath his foam insert, not sure how, he has never done that before. So I nursed him with his water bottle hanging out of his mouth for a while and then tried putting him in his porta cot again and nope he refused to be in their and was pointing to his cot. So I put him in there with his water bottle and was happy. Had to go in again in 15mins as he was crying, but gave him his water bottle and he is happy again and has been the the last 3/4 hour and I have checked on him and he is fast asleep. I think he wants to be in his cot as a friend was over on Saturday night and we tried to put the kids to sleep together in the same room, she was in his cot and he was in his porta cot - didn't work. But I am thinking he remembers seeing her in there and now he wants to be in there!!! These kids are funny creatures.

So now my challenge is to order this bumper. I want one of those bright bot ones as it is the only one I can get just a plain bright colour that matches his doona. Emailed them the other day to find out where I can purchase online and they haven't responded. Wish they'd hurry up we need one and we need one now!

[~shazz~]

Christine my thought are definately with the family right now may there be some brighter news with the results of the next MRI hugs to you too
bugger PW i think is sherry

[shereejoy]

No pics of house there Shazz, all bubba photo's.

[~shazz~]

try again

[shereejoy]

How many teeth does Briley have Sara? Lachlan has just cut 3, so we are up to 9 now. The last 6 he got from 9 to 11 months. Lachlan is just a copy cat at anything i say now. I didn't think it was real clear, but my friend today said yeah I understand that. But he doesn't really come out with alot just himself, but he copies me and I just keep repeating what I am saying and I guess he will pronounce it better with time. Glad you had a nice day today, sounds lovely.

[~shazz~]

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[shereejoy]

That looks great Shazz, what a great idea for the taps on the side rather then the top or the bottom. You have done a fab job, well done.

It works with the other link now thanx.

[~shazz~]

thanks lot of hard work went into that tiny room ... i think it is basic but sellable so if we do decide to sell up it will go for a broad range of tastes cause with the natural stone you can add blues greens browns etc to get your desired look

[Ilithyia]

I'm naughty and am still here! Been surfing the forums!

Sheree - Briley has 12 teeth all up at the moment. We have all our front ones top and bottom. No canines yet though. And then we have 2 of the second last teeth at the back on both the top and bottom. So yeah 12 all up.

Shazz- Nice Shazz! It looks awesome. Oh how i would die for a lovely long bath like that!

Ok i am really off to bed now.

Night!

[shereejoy]

Gosh I remember those days of renovating, never do it again, but we did the whole house before I fell pregnant with Lachlan. And I must say the bathroom is one of the hardest rooms for such a small room. Definitely good taste for all Shazz.

[~shazz~]

thanks guys me too sara off to bed i've been playing games brain hurts

[~Kim~]

Hey there girls just letting you know I'm alive. We're really busy atm and stuggling big time with a really difficult kid.We move 4th oct and DH goes to Darwin on the 6th....

Will catch up and do personals a little bit later.

[widdly]

sara - GL with your big decisions too! Sounds like you had a really lovely afternoon, Briley is doing well with her talking, they do look so much older with their top teeth all the way down. I dont think you are a bad mum for having a fun night again, you go girl!

sheree - thankyou for sharing with me. It is so easy to think of all the negatives of situations when you have been through an extremely hurtful time and have so many emotions throwing themselves around in your head. It sounds like you are feeling a bit guilty for having negative feelings towards this woman, just remind yourself that the negative things you are feeling are okay to feel at the moment and they aren't neccesarily the feelings that you really do want to feel for her (i dont know if that made sense to you?!), give yourself a break and be extra kind to yourself for a while while you sort things out in your head. Everything you posted jsut sounded so familiar of my experience after m/c and i really wish you didn't have to go through this again. Huge hugs to you Sheree. Well done Lachlan going back into the cot! Archie has been sleeping in his porta cot since he was 9 months old, he hated the hard wooden bars in his cot, much to my disgust as i only bought the brand new beautiful cot 8 weeks earlier! I cut his foam cot matress to fit into the portacot. We actually gave our cot away 2 weeks ago to friends whose son just had a baby, at least someone will get some use out of it, didn't want to keep it in the shed for years til and if we have another bub cause there will no doubt be new safety standards by then. I gave away heaps of toys and clothes and blankets to the salvos yesterday and it actualy felt good , i didn't get emotional about it like i did a few months ago, kept a few special things though of course. GL getting the bumper, what colours are you after?

shazz - wow! how clever are you!! i cant believe you did that all yourself, well done

kim - great to hear from you, whats Darcy been doing to drive you up the wall, its actually a relief to hear that someones else's child is being, shall we say, less than angellic. GL with the move, so soon!

Well i was just about ready to quit my job as mum last night! Archie went to bed okay at 6pm. He woke crying and upset at 10:30pm. I tried everything i could think of to make him feel better and go to sleep. patted him, rubbed dim, cuddled him, turned the hall light on, left the bedroon door open, gave him a drink of water, changed his nappy, put him in my bed. Looked at my phone and discovered it was 1:50am WTF!! He was wide awake still. i had reached the end of my tether by then, put him in bed turned all the light out shut the bedroom door and went to bed myself. He screamed hysterically for 4 mins, went in and layed him down then walked out, he screamed hysterically to the point i thought he would vomit, and feel asleep after 6 mins....finally. I felt so awful leaving him to scream himself to sleep but i honestly tried every gentle parenting approach first and the cunning little ***** wasn't falling for any of it! Wish me luck tonight.

[shereejoy]

Hi Kim.

Thanx Elissa, you are too kind, thank you. I do feel better today. Not sure if I should discuss my feelings with my friend or not or just let it be now.... Bugger on your night last night. That is where I am lucky Lachlan is so easily soothed (well normally) with his water bottle that is all he wants 99% of the time. He woke 5 times by 1.30am last night too. It started to get better for all of a few days now we are back to square one. I feel a huge lump in his mouth, so teeth I am guessing. Gosh I thought I was the only one whose bub slept in a portacot! And I am after light blue and lime (one of each) in the cot bumper range of bright bots.

[~shazz~]

evening all
how was every bodies day mine was so busy so i'm off to bed now i just beat my own score on pipes in the arcade off to bed now i can't see straight

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls,

Just poppin in quickly while i am at mums. Sorry i did'nt get back to do personals yesterday. Was really busy.

Colby had a brilliant nights sleep lastnight. She slept from 8.30pm till 7.30am!!! I woke up feeling very refreshed!

Well better go. We are off to the hospital for our 6 week check-up today.

Hope you are all well.

[Jodie259]

Hi Girls...

Sorry I've not been around much lately. Just so much going on. Appologies for not doing personals.

I've been working at the salon which is tiring - but I'm coping okay. Getting harder to reach the clients with this big belly in front of me.

We get access to our new home next week, and a friend of ours is building all the kitchen cabinets right now. So I'm hoping that goes to plan. Yariv was meant to take a week off work to do the reno's but his work are whinging about him taking time off and want him to work. He's not had any holidays - and he's entitled to them - so he has to take holidays sometime! They also don't want him to take a block of time off when I give birth! And he's too soft to stand up for himself. I've been too busy and/or too tired to pack many boxes. Yariv says "don't worry about it". He has the impression it can all just go in the trailer as it is (not in boxes) - and be emptied out the other end. He has never moved homes, and really has no clue! I should be packing now...

I've got 3 people interested in the salon - but I don't know how serious any of them are. I just hope one of them is keen enough to buy it!

Shaun has been ill the last couple of days. Seems he has a viral infection. He was vomitting one night. And he's been really lethargic. Bit of a temp, but not too high. off his food. And won't sleep during the night. But sleeping heaps during the day. Nurse on call said it's usually a 3 day thing, and not to worry too much.

Going to meet up with my mum on the 1st October. She's coming down from NSW. I haven't seen her for over 7 years. And she's never met Yariv nor Shaun. She doesn't know I'm pregnant again either. It will be 'interesting'. I'm sure she'll be on her best behaviour trying to make out she's the best mother in the world. Yariv has heard all about her from friends and her previous two husbands - so he's got a pretty low opinion of her. At least we're only spending a few hours with her. And I'll have Yariv there to support me. I just hope she doesn't move back to Melbourne.

anyway... I better try to pack a box or clean my house while shaun is asleep....
I hope you are all well... and have a great weekend.
I'll try to find the time and read through all the posts from the last couple of weeks. I really need to catch up.

take care everyone. Hugs to all the kids.
mwa