Babies Born May 2006 #39

[Lea13]

It was quiet in here yesterday! I have decided that I’m not actually going to pack. I’m just going to pick things up from this place and put them in the car and then take ‘em out at the other end lol. Much easier. I got my phone connected today and the gas/electric goes on tomorrow. I have an assignment due Friday and will focus on the move once the assignment is submitted!

Shazz Get that whip out lol! YAY for the eye lash tint how cool! I got my nails done a few weeks ago and now I don’t think I can be bothered having them refilled. Too expensive lol! I have a voucher for a massage and pedicure which I can’t wait to take. I was going to do it in the holidays but Em was sick so perhaps next holidays!

Sara Hope you’re having fun with your cousin! I am glad you have a date set for Briley’s operation. Better to get it done sooner hey? And I love the new word lol.

Ellissa GL at the reunion and with the car trip as well. I have no idea how Em will go on one. I think I will find out when I drive over to the Peninsula at Christmas time! That is so cute of Archie! I’ve been trying to teach Em that for ages!

Sheree Bloody teeth! I swear that’s the reason why Em has been so sick lately. Teeth combined with an infection ugh! I hope Lachlan is feeling better soon and you catch up on some sleep!

Leanne I know how you feel! I wish I could get on here more often as well! Oh no at the biting!! Em has done it a few times here at home but not at CC I don’t think. He has been bitten himself though and it honestly hasn’t bothered me and won’t unless it is one child consistently biting him. Generally all kids will go through a biting stage – it is no reflection on your parenting at all!!! If she doesn’t do it at home I have no idea what advice to offer though! When Em has bitten here we tell him off with a firm no and generally sit him down on his bum as this is the only way he realises he's actually done something wrong and its not a game.

LOL I started this at dinner time and I’m only just finishing off! How slack is that. I have dishes to do and some stuff to print off to read while I watch Prison Break! I cannot wait to get this assignment submitted so I can start moving stuff. I've been holding back the excitement until then lol!

Not much else to report here. Em is back to his normal happy self and we've been having so much fun together. He is learning his body parts and is constantly walking around saying them and pointing to them. He knows eyes, nose, ears, head and feet. We're working on belly and bloody Gordon taught him 'tits' I can just imagine that going down well when we're out in public! Em has started talking so much more these past few days though - its been great!

Alright I better get a move on I suppose! Will chat later!

[shereejoy]

How cool on Em's talking Nat. These boys are so clever hey, but Lachlan is still no where near as good as Em and Archie. He copies me alot but hard to understand still. Lachlan does however know his body parts. When changing him, I say where is your eyes/ears/nose/head/belly/feet and he knows and points to them all. So he does understand well, but definitely wouldn't say he is speaking as well as your Em and Elissa's Archie. Yay on the move, how exciting, a nice fresh start. Nice to hear you are happy too, we miss you.

[Lea13]

Don't worry about it at all Sheree! I had someone tell me the other day that Em seemed behind in that area!!! So who knows where they are meant to be at! I really try not to compare these days. I'm happy with anything that keeps him more baby-like hehe!

[shereejoy]

Nah I am not worried, I would be however if he wasn't understanding, and he is, so he is progressing in his own kinda way.

[~shazz~]

hiya girls
on the talking part ryan says bugger all the most is see ya later with a wave i can see where he is coming from on most occassions ... but when you have older kids they tend to do AlOt of talking for the younger ones it is very hard to get the to stop doing it then he gets frustrated becuase he is used to his big sis and brother doing stuff for him
but any way i popped on to say hi and we are off to catch a movie * Evan almighty* i hope it is good i heard it is only funny at the end so i am hoping that is proved wrong ok off we go ryan has decide to throw a tiny tanty on the way out the door lucky me

[shereejoy]

Have a nice time Shazz.

[Lea13]

Have a great day today Shazz. I hope the movie is good. There are heaps of movies I want to see right now. I still haven't seen Spiderman 3 or Pirates of the Carrebean 3. I really want to see Stardust too.

I am a third of the way through my assignment. It is going well which is good. I may even have time to clean the house afterwards!!! Or even better pay the bills!!! Or pack.... the list is endless lol.

Hope you're all having a great day!

[~shazz~]

Hi all
the movies was so funny though i think my Dh and i have warped senses of humor we were the only ones laughing at some things but over all i', a whole lot poorer as we went shopping after wards

[widdly]

leanne - try not to panic about katy biting, try not to think of her as a 'biter' as such, it could just be the fact that she has been teething, or it could be a way of her expressing her frustration, either way im sure she wont still be biting when she's 18! Archie has had a few stages where he bites out of frustration and i always make sure i tell him it hurts me and its not okay, if he goes to bite again i put him down and walk away and give him no attention at all, this is the ultimate punishment for Archie, it really breaks his heart when i walk away from him and he knows im not happy with him. I really dont think smacking or biting back will achieve anything, though i am no expert, maybe different children need to learn different ways....what things have you tried so far to let her know that biting is not okay?? Now when Archie gets all frustrated he often opens his mouth and lunges for me but he knows its not okay and usually is able to control himself (or grab a handful of my face and pinch as hard as he can!lol). Im sure CC will be able to provide you with some strategies to curb the biting, probably if you do what they do when she bites she will ahve some consistency when she does it and will know exactly what the consequences will be if she chooses to bite. Gosh i have banged on a bit much now sorry.

Nat - GL with the moving! How long is the drive to the Penninsula?? Hope Em will be okay for you. lol at Em's tits, Archie points to my boobs when im getting changed and says "daddy" lol, (he may have witnessed DH copping a feel!).

sheree - hi hope you had a nice day

shazz - glad you enjoyed the movie, what did you buy today??

DH had the day off work today, he is so stressed and anxious atm, he had the job interview last week and they told him he'd get a phone call this week, well he rand then today and they haven't even sat down to choose the people yet, so its gonna be at least another week, Dh is on night shift next week which means he will get extremely little sleep cause he'll be so stressed about hearing about the job! GGGRRRRRR!

On a brighter note, i got out of the house BY MYSELF today for a couple of hours, it was lovely, paid some bills, window shopped, did thegroceries and i bought a new bag, i am so sick of the boring black nappy bag i have had since Archie was born so i bought a cute tote bag to use instead now that i dont need to take all that baby parafenalia each time we leave the house, my baby is growing up! We made pizzas for tea tonight on pocket bread, Archie helped put all the toppings on, he loved it, except he ate half the container of olives instead of putting them on the pizzas lol, he then ate whole pizza to himself, i think he had a tummy ache afterwards though, little piggy, he was even asking for more!

When is everyone planning on booking into CYH for their 18 month checkup? I am thinking of booking an appointment in the next few weeks.

[shereejoy]

Glad you had a nice time Shazz.

How did you go Nat, what did you get done today?

Elissa - bugger about the job, they sure do know how to may you stue on something. OMG I sooo wish my child was a good eater like yours, unbelievable!!! We seem to be struggeling again, but then he still has a temp, had it for 3 nights and 2 days now, might go to the doc tomorrow I am thinking, make sure it is nothing more then teeth, what do you think! But I still feel like we are struggeling in the food dept again though, my fussy child, he will eat some things but not others, so it is not like he won't eat. Like today I gave him ham and cheese and a cheerio, didn't eat any of it. Then gave him bread, he ate that, then gave him a bit of fruit (goldenvalley fruits), he has three little pieces and didn't want anymore, and then ate his yoghurt. That is all he had for lunch..... I am really getting frustrated again!

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls,

Elissa - Oh poor DH. I hope they pull their fingers out soon and make a decision so he can stop worrying so much! Glad you got a day to yourself. That is totally impossible here at the moment. I am lucky to get 5 minutes to myself sometimes. I have left the girls with Brent a couple of times but totally stressed the whole time cause i knew as soon as i left they started to play up for him! So now i just take them with me even though its more stress for me!! Oh the joys of having 2 under 2!!! How cute of Archie helping with the pizza's! Maybe i should try and do that with Briley and she might eat a bit more!!

Sheree - Briley is'nt much of an eater either. She will pick a lot with her food but will only occasionaly eat a proper meal. I have read and been told that most toddler will only eat 1 day then just pick for the next couple of days. Which is what Briley does quite a lot. I do worry a bit that she is'nt eating enough though. And i think when she is hungry she tries to replace it with the bottles which you're not meant to do. But i'm not going to not give her something. Even if it is a bottle. I'm over it! I just want her to eat properly!!!

Nat - You have so much going on in your life at the moment don't you!?!?! More than me i reckon. You seem to coping so well. Good on you. Briley is really picking up on the words too now. You can pretty much say most words to her and she will have a go at saying them. Brent taught her the eyes, nose etc etc ages ago and when she would say eyes she would say it and then poke you in the eye!!! I brought this cool book from Woolworths yesterday called First Words. It has all your basic words in it. There are a few in there she knows and a few that she does'nt. Naughty Gordon!!

Shazz - I have been hanging out to go to the movies for ages now. I really wanted to see Evan Almighty! Glad you thought it was funny though. I will just have to wait till it comes out of video as per usual! The movies are'nt doable just yet! Bummer about the shopping though! That is bound to ruin a good day!

Leanne - Katie is'nt the only one!!! Its just started here too. The biting i mean. Its not out of control but she has tried to bite my cousin a couple a of times when she is trying to pick Briley up from running away. She tried it on me the other day when she got the poo's at something. Briley knows what the word "bite" mean from Brent teaching her it with food. So when she tried it on me i just spoke to her in a stern voice and said "Don't you dare bite mummy or mummy will smack your bum!" She did'nt end up biting me so i don't know wether that was from me or wether she just forgot. I was a little worried about this stage though!! Hopefully it is just a phase and will pass for the both of us soon.

Where is everyone else??? Who's missing??? Vic, Christine, Tania, Kim.....Hope you are all well.

Well we had a massive day yesterday. We took my cousin and her b/f to see a recruitment place and they both got jobs starting saturday. Thats all good but as they are apprentices the wage is only $200 a week!! How the hell are they meant to live on that?!?! Apparently you have to get centrelink to make up the rest. Arrissa has done her course to be a qualified chef just not the practical side of it. So if the head chef where they are going to work thinks she should be at level 2 or 3, she can put her up aswell as her pay. They are praying this will happen!

Yeah so then we went to get Colby's needles which were perfectly fine. She did cry but only a little bit. Not enough to make me cry anyways!! Then we went to the beach and had lunch with family till around 3.30pm and then went grocery shopping. By the end of the day poor Briley was buggered. And her gums were playing up too.

Speaking of gums! Here i was telling everyone Briley's molars were coming through when its actually her canine's that are coming through. We already have our first set of molars we are just waiting on the canines and the second set of molars and we are done!! She has one canine tooth through already just wating on the other 3 now. I don't think they are far away though cause she is really showing terrible teething signs. The tantrums are getting worse, ie the biting. I feel so sorry for her though. I can tell they are really giving her grief cause her cheeks and face are so red. They must be making her ears ache too. And ofcourse she chucks a majoy spazz when i try and put bonjella on and spits out the panadol for me! Brent manages to give it too her though.

So yesterday we got Colby weighed at her appointment and i think her weight had begun to plateu. She is still only 5.95kg. I asked the Dr if their weight starts to slow down now and she said no. Apparently FF babies grow much more than BF babies. One of the girls in my other thread is having to supplement with formula as her bubs is doing the same thing. This is all new territory for me now as Briley only BF for just under 4 weeks. I never thought about this sort of thing. I thought you just had to feed them and that was that. Mind you Colby is still in the acceptable ranges for her weight. I just thought she would be heavier since our last weighing.

Well this is a massive post. Sorry girls. I might not be in on the weekend as we are building a shelter for our new horse! Oh i forgot to tell you all about that! Later! Yeah and i want to lay a slab of cement and build a pen for our geese. They are well and truly into mating season and have'nt got anywhere to lay. We have been putting it off for ages so because Brent has an RDO this weekend we are doing that!

Ok ending this now!

Hope you are all well...

BBL...maybe!

[Lea13]

Shazz Shopping is so much fun though!!!

Sheree I was a very happy girl. I got my assignment done and I got my bills all paid and sorted my budget out. And I managed to watch Bionic Woman and Heroes without having to do something else at the same time

Sara Em is loving the ABC books and big picture books. Its amazing what he is starting to recognise. Its actually fun reading a book to him now because he doesn't just want to rip the pages and turn the book around lol. Apprenticeship wages suck. I honestly don't know how they expect people to survive on it. I can't believe how many teeth Briley has! Em has 7 and is just getting his 8th lol!

Ellissa Your me time sounds lovely! I hope your DH finds out about his job soon. The drive is less then 2 hours so shouldn't be too bad. Especially if I time it with his day time nap as he sleeps for 2 hours some days.

I was meant to go to a park mothers group meet today. The weather is beautiful for it and all the kids are on school holidays so it would have been lovely. I have bitten the bullet and stayed home though. Its a 25 minute drive there and I have to go straight past it again tonight on my way out to dinner so it seems like a waste of petrol to go twice in 12 hours lol. Not to mention I have so much to do here and I have work over the weekend and then uni Monday & Tuesday as well. And I'm starting to move next week! I might even take a few things over today as well!

Alright I better get a move on and be productive. Dishes to do, floors to mop and vacuum, washing to hang lol... a girls work is never done

[widdly]

sheree - Hope its just Lachlan's teeth that are causing the tempa nd not an infection or something. It must be incredibly frustrating and stressful to have a child that isn't keen on eating much of anything, i often tell Dh how lucky we have been with Archie and his eating habits, i had about 1 month around his birthday where he became quite fussy and that was stressful enough.

sara - gosh i just cant imagine having to deal with 2 under 2 day in day out, it must be impossible to get any you time, hopefully as Colby gets abit older they will be happier to stay with Brent for longer without you having to stress so much. Yeah give cooking a go with Briley, it was time consuming and very messy, but we really all had a good time with loads of laughs and lots of eating. hope you cousin's get some more money soon! Im glad Colby handled her needles okay and it didn't uset you too much, well done for being brave! The teething is horrible for them now isn't it? Bonjella didn't seem to help Archie at all so the chemist gave me this stuff called sedalotion whcich you put on their gums with a cotton bud, it totally numbs the area, i have used it for ulcers and its great stuff. I wouldn't worry about Colby's weight, the only time you need to get concerned is if she starts losing weight, for the first 12 months Archie was extremely slow at putting on weight and it used to worry me a bit but since his birthday he has caught up and some, he weighs 14kgs!! have fun building!

nat - good that the drive isn't too long Nat, i always find that Archie is happy inthe car for the first 2 hours of a journey, he always sleeps at least half of that time, hope Em does too. Enjoy your dinner tonight, bummer about mothers Group meet, oh well theres always next time. hve fun with the moving.

Dh sent me a text message fom work saying how he is sorry we have had to put up with his moods due to stress over this job interview, im glad we have a relationship where we can talk about absolutely everything and we always apologise in the end if we have been not the nicest to each other, not that he has been horrible, just you can always sense his stress which of course we feel as well.

Council said they'd come yesterday and assess our fence that has blown over, it is bordering their property, of course they still haven't ben her to do it.....i did expect that though.

Dh's uncle and aunt are down from Adelaide atm, they have 3 young kids, 6, 4 and 1 so it will be good for Archie to have a play with them when we catch up on Saturday afternoon, not looking forward to it that much though as its the Italian side of DH's family that we dont have much to do with as they are constantly looking down on us (most of them anyway, there are a couple of good ones) cause we dont live in a flash house in the nicest area, etc etc blah blah blah, stuff em! LOL

[~shazz~]

Evening all i'm so knackered tonight we took the kids to the gold coast today for lunch on the beach and a swim Ryan had never seen the beach before so it was an amazing day though he hated the water but lovvvved the gaint sand pit night all off to bribie island tomorrow to vist the grandparents they haven't seen the kids for nearly 12 months

[widdly]

shazz - sounds like Ryan had a ball at the 'giant sandpit'. have fun visiting the grandparents today.

i am sitting here listening to Archie whinge in bed, he is tired but isn't keen on going to sleep today. Archie is meeting DH's little cousins today so i hope he has a good sleep before we see them, after that we are going to meet our friends grandson who is 11 weeks old, from the pics he looks adorable, cant wait to meet him!

[~Leanne~]

Hello everyone. ITS THE WEEKEND!!!
I just spent a lovely day with my mum (she really needed to get out... Being at home with dad all day every day gets a little boring. It sux that he's sick. This cancer thing is the pits). Anyway back to the point, we spent so long at the shops I actually had to pay for parking!.. Kaityln was a total angel the whole day, so we had a great time. She's just crashed now though...

The biting seems to have settled down. I googled a whole heap of information the other day and found out that biting back is probably the worst thing you can do. Stern words and being down at their level is the best thing "No Kaitlyn it hurts when you bite mummy", is what they say but it usually comes out like "That bloodie hurt!". We'll have to work on it.
On Wednesday Katy got bitten at CC. She was playing peekaboo with another child who got over excited and bit her. Katy did not like it much and has not bitten since. So hopefully....... I was talking to one of the carers who said that when Katy bites, she starts crying. I am thinking she has seen one of the other kids do it and has thought to give it a try.

Not much else going on here really.

Oh, I just uploaded some pictures of Kaitlyn and her new sunnies. They are in my album on BB under my user name (der leanne, of course).
I am holding a 'girls night in' to raise money for breast cancer in a few weeks. Pretty excited about that. Anyone want to come?!!! We'll be having pink champagne,stawberriesd dipped in chocolate and all that sort of stuff. I hope we can raise some good ca$h.

Anyway enough rambling from me. I will come back later for some personals.
Hope all is well with everyone and speak with ya's later.

[shereejoy]

Just a quick post, we had a big day in Emerald an hour away! What an effort to go shopping with a toddler....

Well I took Lachlan to the doctor yesterday as he had high temps for 3 nights and 2 days. My hunch all along was teeth, but didn't think temps lasted that long with teeth, so I was best too check it out and yep he is all good! Just god dam teeth. But he hasn't had a temp in 24 hours now YIPPEE......

I even went to bed at 9.30pm last night, unheard of for me and slept till 8am this morning and could have stayed in bed too! And............................................... .................................................. .................................................. .... Lachlan slept thru, YAY!!!!!!!!!! Now that is probably the 5th time in 4mths that he has slept thru, so that is something to shout about!

We start swimming lessons next week again, can't wait and see if Lachlan loves the water as he did when we first arrived here. I really don't think he will remember, but still loves his bath, so I am guessing it will be all good!

Also everyone around the town has been saying they can't believe how hot it is and it is not even summer........ Geez think we are in for a ripper! It is a hot place here as it is, great!!!

[mrsmac]

Wow i have so many posts to read!!! Apologies for all I miss in personals.
Sara- how gorgeous your girls sound and what a good sleeper Colby is! Don't stress about the weight thing, if she sleeps that well and is having plenty of wet nappies then she is getting enough from you.
Shazz- we took Riley to the beach and he threw sand in his own hair all the time LOL He was a bit confused by it too. Erin saw Evan Almighty last week too and loved it. I had to see ratatouille with her which was OK but nothing to write home about.
Nat- I hope the move goes OK and that you settle in quickly. naughty Gordon teaching Em tits!!
Leanne- that must be worrying with the biting but its so common, at least she seems to be over it. I hope your girls night in goes well, I had one last year in memory of my mum, we raised over $500.
Kim- hope the move is going well and you are well.
Elissa- hope DH finds out about his job soon, its so stressful isn't it and guys seem to take out their stress by being annoyed at everyone else don't they! At least you can talk about it. Riley sounds like Archie in the eating department, I am constantly amazed at how much Riley eats!
Sheree- Jess was a very picky eater, she went for months only eating chicken nuggets for tea when she was about 18 months and now she is a healthy teenager so don't worry about Lachlan! Its hard though isn't it? Riley doesn't say much either, well he chats all the time but not much of it is words we can understand!
Riley is into everything ATM, yesterday he got a full packet of weetbix and spread them all over the toyroom floor then trod them into the rug LOL He hides things too, I found a pair of my knickers from the washing basket in the coffee table drawer (they were clean LOL) and the TV remote in the recycling box. Its such a beautiful age though I am loving having another little one so much.