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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.
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.
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.... :rolleyes: figured I might just post it and come back later rofl!
BFN
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 :(
Oh that is terrible Christine. I hope all turns out ok.
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
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
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.
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!!!!!!!!!
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....
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
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!
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
No pics of house there Shazz, all bubba photo's.
try again
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
thanks guys me too sara off to bed i've been playing games brain hurts
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
sheree - i thought Arch was the only one in a portacot too. 2.5 year old cousin slept in a potacot til he moved to a bed a few months ago. light blue and lime are the colours i am thinking of painting Archie's room one day, good taste huh?! I hope Lachlan stops waking so often during the night for you, it really ruins the quality of your nights sleep when you are constantly having to get out of bed.
kim - i hope Darcy has been an angel for you today.
sara - wow Colby what a great sleep!
jodie - oh my gosh youa re so bussy you poor thig, Yariv really doesn't have a cluse about moving does he lol, Gl with the packing, if i lived closer id come nd help you out im an expert mover now! Hugs to poor little Shaun i hope hes feeling better today. GL with your mums visit i hope she doesn't say anything too upsetting to you. maybe you could write a letter to the Melbourne mayor and ask him to lock your mum out of the city if she wants to move there he he he.
Just back form playgroup, first time we've been for 3 weeks, i swapped phone numbers with a mum who has 2 daughters 10 and 3, she is fairly new to town moved here just after we did and she's a SAHM, so we are both really excited to have someone to catch up with during the day.
Great news.....Archie went to sleep at 8pm and slept through til 6:30, no waking, fingers crossed it is over already.
Yay Colby, what a clever girl on sleeping thru, and omg 6 weeks already, gosh time flies.
Elissa - Yay too Archie too, hope he continues to sleep better for you. I would have been happy I think too keep Lachlan in his portacot, he really knows no different really and we were all happy to just stay there. Guess I really haven't thought about it all too much, but now he wants to be in there, grrr..... Anyway it is better this way as two nights in a row now I have found him under his foam insert crying. Playing some sort of game, the little monkey and that is so not safe! Wade wasn't home the previous night but saw it last night, he thinks he was putting his water bottle under the foam and then going looking for it! Definitely time he was out!!!! Still trying to locate this cot bumper, everyone has sold out of the lime, might just have to resort to 2 light blue ones instead of a lime and light blue. Didn't want to have to do that, I like to be different, hehe. Did you ever see Lachlan's room/doona? We have always had the room colours as light blue, lime and lilac, based it all around his doona cover.
Jodie - OMG you should be relaxing, wish I could help you out in the packing so you could put your feet up. Hope Shaun feels better soon. I have to laugh about Yariv and the packing, Wade is exactly the same. When I moved from Mackay to Bundaberg a month without him, as I had to start my job, he had bits and pieces shoved in my car, it was a disorganised chaios. Wade's father when unpacking it was shaking his head. Men they have no idea. Hope to talk to you soon. Mwah.
Okay so I’m going back a few pages with personals lol….
Leanne Whoo hoo on losing 2 kgs!!!!
Tania Congrats again on the house!
Sheree pmsl at choosing pink!!! That’s funny! I completely understand where you are coning from with your friend. Did she want to keep her pregnancy quiet until 12 weeks? Perhaps that’s why she didn’t tell you straight away. And then of course she kept it extra quiet because she didn’t want to upset you further? Have I said how much I love that pic of Lachlan! Such a cheeky boy. GL getting the bumper!
Shazz pmsl at the pink pram!! That is great! The kitchen looks fantastic!
Kim Hmmm have a rest these holidays? I actually am lol. Its kind of being enforced. Em is sick yet again so we’ve had lots of time at home. Its frustrating me though as I have lots to catch up on and an assignment to do and it looks as though he’ll not be at childcare for the entirety of my holidays! Hows the packing going? Have you found a place yet? I hope Darcy is behaving for you!
Vic You seem as busy as me lately. Missing ya and thinking of ya!
Jodie GL with meeting your mum. I hope it goes well. And YAY for having access to the house soon. I can’t wait to see some reno shots!
Christine That is so so sad about your friends DD. I can’t imagine the impact of it all.
Sara Good luck with the uni application. I hope you get in! STAT questions are all multiple choice questions. Reading graphs, problem solving, literacy etc. When you book they give you a sample test and you can also pay the $20 extra for another booklet which I did. I will see if I can dig mine up and I will send them to you if you like. I did get your email and the girls are just gorgeous! I know how you feel when you say they’re growing up so fast now. I am so amazed at how quickly Emerson picks things up and how smart he is! Hope the 6 week check went well.
Ellissa The Ballroom Blitz sounds like fun! :( at the panic attacks though! Good luck with the counselor. I am meant to be seeing one myself but I keep putting it off for one reason or another! Archie sounds so cute with his teddy! Good luck with your decision about moving to Adelaide. There is nothing worse then hating the job you have to be at – day in, day out for years and years! That is fantastic news that you may have someone to catch up with during the day – it honestly makes the world of difference when you can get out and about hey!
Jodie Em is chucking heaps of tantrums as well lol.
Does anyone find themselves being kept busier and busier with their little ones. Em is like a bloody hurricane I swear. No more playing quietly by himself lol. He wants my attention and if I’m not paying attention he’s destroying something lol.
I am feeling run down and tired. I just keep telling myself… 5 more weeks. I really do LOVE studying don’t get me wrong. I just wonder at times if it’s a good idea because I don’t seem to be handling it very well. Or more to the point I just seem to stress myself out over it all. Had my house inspection today and it went really well which I was pleased with. Tonight I’ve got a date with 2 baskets full of ironing lol!
Yeah I dodn't have the energy to change my ticker from pink now. My boy is a new age kinda boy! My screen goes from dull (ie: strange colours, can't recognise my colours), to the true colours all the time. So I don't notice it as much as you guys hehe. Agggh Uni I remember those days. When I m/c the first lot of twins I was studying really hard and running myself into the ground. I am not one who can easily read something and remember, so I had to put in a lot of work and when I m/c I wondered if it was worth it and I decided to give it a miss! I totally understand where you are coming from, you are so like me, put too much pressure on ourselves, we are our own worst enemy sometimes. Sorry only you can do what you think is best, could you maybe go part time, that would be less stressful wouldn't it? Big hugs and kisses to you. Yep I know what you mean about the mini tornado's. I know some girls are busy too, but I think there are more boys that are furiously busy then girls as a general rule. Wayyyyy toooo much energy hey! And yep very distructive hey! But in saying that I am finding Lachlan to be generally good atm.... I said atm..... A real sponge copying whatever I say in his own language.
Has anyone seen any bright bot bumpers in the colours I am talking about???
Has anyone started on their children feeding themselves again. I know we all talked about it a while ago about our kiddies feeding themselves with a spoon or fork and we all said too messy, but I am finding that Lachlan is starting to get really good at it. I find if I leave him to his own devices he still only has a little, but if I sit their with a spoon and fork and he has one too, and I just give him a hand every now and again and emphasise I shuvelling food, he copies and actually enjoys it and eats reasonably well. Well for him that is......
Emerson eats by himself all the time now. And he's great at it. If its a bit sloppy he struggles lol but otherwise he's a pro. If he's really hungry I feed him as well because impatient hehe! I have seen those cot bumpers you are after. Have you tried Harris Scarfes?
Yeah I feed lachlan as well just to ensure he does have a good feed. Just one of those things with my child. But I have just accepted he is not a big eater now. Never heard of Harris Scarfes. I googled it and had a look and nope can't find them there either. Thanks for the info.
Oh I forgot to say too Nat, I think your ticker for Em is Wrong.
Also we are the same, daycare doesn't operate out here during the school holidays, and they were my only days of complete paperwork, going to be hard now to try and keep up.
Riley doesn't feed himself as he makes soooo much mess and I am usually too rushed to let him have enough time. He really likes finger food he can eat on the go!(Actually he likes nearly all food he is such a little bruiser LOL) He weighed 11.4kg a couple of months ago!! He eats more than Erin sometimes. he has 2 weetbix breakfast (the girls were much smaller eaters at this age)
I have been trying to read all the posts I have missed out on but my end of the working week brain can't remember all the personals I'm sorry. I have worked 4 days this week and went over to the hospital to see my friend and her DD yesterday. The news is looking better, there are no spots on the spine so the tumour is isolated on the brain stem, the surgeon also said he is quite confident that its benign which is fabulous news. The op is on Monday and will take 5 hours which is scary for my friend. I was a mess when Jess had a 45 minute op when she was 12.
Erin is desperate to see Darcy again Kim! She said she wished she was her little sister!!!
I hope Kim and Jodie's packing is going well, we have moved 8 times in the last 8 years so I know exactly how stressful it is!!
Hope you are going OK Sheree, its a difficult time and it doesn't seem to get better for a long time does it? I hope you are looking after yourself.
sheree - lola t Lachlans little bed time game, though i agree i would think it was a bit dangerous too. Bummer about the lime bumper, i love lime. I haven't seen pics of lachlans room sounds really nice though, would you mind coming down here to paint Archies for me?? he he On the feeding themselves thing (i dont want to sound like a smarty pants BTW) Archie actually fed himself a whole bowl of spaghetti with his fork yesterday with no help from me and not much of a mess, i think he just really enjoys the independence it gives him, the last few months of scraping food of the floor every mealtime has just about driven me bonkers though! He still uses his hand to though probably 60% forka nd 40% hand atm, wont be longa nd no more mess! (thats what i keep telling myself) I reckon lachlan will pick it up really quickly now. Have you checked Ebay for the cot bumper?
christine - what does Riley weigh now? I weighed Archie on our scales at home and he was 13.5 kilos the little lump, he is pretty tall though too, will have to meaasure his height again. Arch will eat anything you put in front of him, particularly fruit atm, he has had a food adiction since 1 day old!
nat - hi stranger! i miss chatting to you, sorry to hear that you are feeling stressed about the study atm. We have a little hurricane here to, full of attitude to boot. Everything you say to him he turns with this bad attitude and says NO. i purposefuly have rarey used the word no to him to try and avoid this stage, darn it! Woohoo on the inspection, boohoo on the ironing, mine is starting to pile up too, i usually do it every day when Arch goes to bed but this week he has run me ragged the only thing i have energy for is BB. hang in there i hope the next 5 weeks go really quick!
Last time i went to playgroup there were 3 mums with huge pregnant bellies, today there were 4 capsules on a table full of newborns!! I though it strange that all these people had bubs at the same time from the same playgroup. The first thought that entered my head was "thank god its not me that has to deal with a newborn again". So im thinking i defiantely made the right choice to delay ttc for a few years.
Archie went to bed screaming hystrecially again, can't work out what it is but it nearly rips my heart out i haven't seen him that upset since his 6 month needles.
Is anyones else's kid loving books atm?? All day long Arch will bring his books over to read, he never manages to sit through quite the whole story but he really enjoys them its great cause i have always loved reading kids books, i always wanted my kids to have a huge bookcase full of great books.
Hi girls,
Just bout to hit the hay.
Had 6 week checkup today. All well. Tell you all about it tomorrow.
Hope you are all well.
Will do personals tomorrow too.
Nighty night.
Em is a pro at eating and doesn't make a mess at all. We never really had a messy stage at all. In saying that though he has been at childcare since he was 9 months and they teach them there so I probably got off lightly lol ;)
Sheree Thanks for pointing out the ticker :doh:. Time for a new one anyway I think! There are Harris Scarfes here lol. They did have that range last I checked. There are none by me anymore now though otherwise I would check for you.
Ellissa I think I am just feeling stressed about everything in general right now. My anxiety levels are through the roof lol. I decided to let my mum iron tomorrow the poor dear. She loves doing it for me but I always feel bad. She didn't do it last week so there's a fortnights worth there. Em is just loving books right now too. He loves the textured ones the most and the ones with shiny prints. He is so cute when he sits there and talks his own little language lol.
Christine I am praying for that little girl. Hopefully the Dr's positive outlook foresees as true!
I've started a blog lol. Its only viewable to those on my buddy lists so if you can't see it and you want too let me know. I am pretty sure that I have added you all anyway.
afternoon all
well i'm sitting here a mess i can't seem to stop crying i can 't beleive what comes out of some peoples mouths i went to my nephews birthday party today and i had to leave i have had enough of everyones $hit to last me a life time i would be what you could call the black sheep of the family i call it how i see it usually and most of the time i don't care what people think of me but lately i'm struggling in my teens i was a bit of a wild child and people always expect the worst from me (still) i'm sick of being told i'm a B itch cause i stand up for myself i'm sick of people picking on my kids cause they are the oldest and should know better when around the younger cousins i'm sick of sister inlaws stating how horrible our family is i'm sick of brother in laws thinking they are better then anyone else i'm sick of so called friends stabbing you in the back thinking my feelings don't count i'm sick of smart arse attitdues i'm sick to death of people in general really i want to move i have been here way to long (32 years ) i want to be happy hows this for a depressive post sorry all had to get that out
disregard last post girls you don't have to respond to it