Babies Born May 2006 #47

[~Kim~]

Hope he's feeling better soon Sheree.

My little nutcase has eaten 2 whole tomatoes out of the fridge this arvie. Now she's gone to bed with her new Volley's on.....

[~shazz~]

Hiya all

sheree ~ hope your we man is feeling better soon

Kim ~ How cute going to bed with her new shoes on

well i can't say there will be many posts from me i really liked quick reply and find this new way time consuming but that is just me
any way i had better finish cleaning out the kitchen cupboards i'm getting rid of all my tupperware stash i just don't have the space for it anymore and i want to list it all on ebay before uni starts in 2 weeks

[mrsmac]

I was just wondering where quick reply went Shazz, I thought i was just being really brain dead this morning.

[Tannis]

Christine: Lucky Jess! I remember those days LOL....I'm not too fussed over valentines either but it is nice to be thought of.

Sara: Are you feeling better? I hope Briley doesn't continue these tantrums....just remember they will grow out of it eventually....not easy when you're sick though!

Vic: Chris & I will be down the coast this weekend, maybe I'll drop him off for a while and you can sort him out haha.

Elissa: Thats good your appt went well, just take a day at a time everything will fall into place, thats great you had a good time at playgroup...sounds like you need to keep busy maybe once you have started uni & Archie's in care you will feel better??

Sheree: Hope Lachie is feeling better!

Kim: Jayden loves tomatos too but he has never eaten them out of the fridge (well he hasn't helped himself at least).

I had some shopping to do yesterday so I was just going to quickly go up as SIL#1 was coming over within 1/2 hour but Chris wouldn't look after Jayden I had to take him with me, Saturday night I went to the movies...SIL#2 had to come over & look after Jayden because Chris was watching the footy....at home!

Jayden coped pretty good for his 1st night in a bed, I laid with him on & off from about 12.30am-2am, I fell asleep too then he woke at 6.30am so I gave him a bottle (hoping he'd go back to sleep) but instead he decided to walk around the house, eventually I got up and he was sitting in his car seat (that was taken out of SIL's car) with his dummy & bottle just watching the dogs then he came back to our bed to watch Pooh Bear. Last night....I put him to bed at 8pm and I am still waiting for him to get up!! I can't believe how late he is sleeping esp since he hasn't woken all night!

I had a dream I was getting my scan donw without Chris there & I told them I didn't want to know the sex, but the sonographer accidently went there and I could clearly see that it was a boy....wander if thats a sign??? Well going to get ready for work while I can.

[shereejoy]

When is your scan Tania?

Ohhh tomatoes, Lachlan won't touch them, they are good for him, so he looks at them like poison as he does with any other fruit and vege too!

Well Lachlan was much better yesterday although his temp spiked again yesterday afternoon, but not too bad and then he woke a couple of times thru the night with no temp. Just taking him to the doc today just to be sure nothing sinister, cause I really can't see any teeth......

I have spent all afternoon at the shop 2 days in a row on the weekend - cleaning (can't believe the shambles Wade works in and says he is organised!!!!) - and I am wrecked, both nights I have hardly been able to walk. My tail bone and siatica are killing. I went to get up to Lachlan last night and I took 5 mins to get there with every step there was an ooooh and and ouch. But this morning I have woken up well, thankgod. Didn't send Lachlan to daycare, just incase!

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls!

What happened to quick reply??? I posted on another thread and thought the page did'nt load properly and thats why it was'nt there!

Sheree - How is lachie today?? There are flu's going around heaps lately! We are still trying to shake ours! Hope he is feeling better!

Tania - GRRRRRRRRR @ Chris. That is really selfish is'nt it! Glad Jayden went well in the big bed. Once the amusement of it all wears off and he gets used to being in there he won't get out of bed. We have to close the door for Briley otherwise she won't go to sleep. Do you think you might be having a boy??? I dreamt the other night that i gave birth to a baby boy. He was covered it lots of blood. When he came out everyone was asking what it was and i put my hand down between the babys legs and wriggled my fingers and felt a little willy!!! My body is sending me sign to have another baby i think!

Shazz - Do you start uni on the 3'rd aswell??? Thats when i start. I am quite looking forward to it. I am a little worried about how i am going to handle it though. Should'nt be too bad. Are you doing it externally??? Sorry to hear you had to go to a funeral. I hope your weekend ended ok.

Kim - Its great to hear that Darcy was happy to have Cam back. How are you handling it??? What is he going to be doing out there now??? Work wise i mean.

Christine - Must just be the age hey? Briley is been chucking mad tantrums! Some go for at least 20 mins! I just ignore her. She was throwing one the other day and i ignored her the whole time. She gradually worked her way over to where i was sitting and started to hit me cause i would'nt look at her. After that she just wanted to be held. I did read that all they want is your attention while they are having their "moments". Now whenever i think she is going to start i distract her from it. Still does'nt make it any easier does it!

Elissa - Glad to hear the app went well hun. Do you feel better after it???? To be honest, i really need to do the same thing. I have some serious issues from the childhood that i need to resolve. I think this issues are affecting my adult life and relationship. How often do you get out of the house??? You seemed to have had such a great time at the MG that it seemed to me that you needed to be around other adults a bit more often. You might chat to us everyday but getting out of the house and acutally talking to ppl face to face can make a big difference in your everyday life. Are there many other MG's going on in your area. I have found that the mums in my group are always keen to organise other days of the week to meet up aswell. Might be worth asking some of the other is they wanted to meet on other days aswell. Just a thought anyways. Hope you are feeling better soon hun!

Well i think we may have resolved the sleep issues with Briley. I don't like it, but we leave her door closed all night. I want to open the door but its like when she wakes in the middle of the night and see's the door open she automatically grabs her pillow and comes into our room. We have been leaving the door closed for the last week and she has only woken up once for a bottle in the middle of the night.

Colby is commando crawling everywhere now. She can also sit up on her own from layin down. She says bub-bub a lot now too. I can't believe she is growing up so quick! I just want her to stay a baby.

I will be emailing pics around soon so can everyone please PM their current email addresses so that i am emailing them to the right place. Kim i don't think i have yours cause everytime i try to email you it won't send. Cheers!

Well not much on today. I want to get a few things done in the spare room/office before the broadband man comes on wednesday! I am so excited about it!! All i need is for the rain to stop for 1 day while he is here!!!

Hope you are all well....

[shereejoy]

Gosh I can't believe Colby is 6mths old Sara - Where has that time gone! Can't believe you are thinking of another one already, you are so game and a born to be mum!

Are we the only ones that aren't in a big bed?

[Ilithyia]

I know!!! My babies are growing up so quick!

No more babies here until Briley is in school i am sorry to say! How i would love to but it just would'nt be practical. I have had a Mirena put in to make sure i can't be tempted!

[~shazz~]

morning or should i say afternnon by the time i finish this post


i have a woohoo
Ryan has done 2 poo's in the potty wooooohoooooooo he was so stoked he and kept jumping around say pooo pooo mum pooo

and nope sheree Ryan is still in a cot i think i want him to stay there as long as possible

Hi every one else

[widdly]

oh no quick reply, this really sux cause now i can't remember my personals!

kim - great that Cam is home for good. I agree, sleeping isn't something i want to battle with, as long as he is sleeping he can do it where ever he wants, just not in our bed during the night.

sara - wow Colby is a clever little girl! Go and talk to a counsellor, its great how relieved you feel after pouring your heart out to a stranger. You are right, talking to other adults face to face makes the world of difference, i am really looking forward to starting my work placement once Archie is settled in cc. I feel awful for always having to shut Archie's bedroom door when he is sleeping, but he isn't worried by it and its the only way to get him to stay in bed.

tania - When is your scan?? I am sending a big kick up the ring to Chris!!

sheree - poor Lachlan, i am dreading the illnesses once Archie starts cc, he hasn't been sick befoer so we are in for a shock i think! It must be so hard for you being in pain so often.

shazz - i agree, i hate not having quick reply. Woohoo for Ryan's potty smarts!

i hope i remembered everyone....

[~Kim~]

YAAAYY Ryan!!!

Sara he's still with the NSW cops - never left. Is in the Highway patrol. I'm really not the world's calmest person, but I'm surprisingly good at tantrums and as a result we rarely get them anymore - it's all the adult tantrums I had to deal with iver the years I'm sure. If we're walking and she does the I'm not holding your hand anymore thing I stand completely still until she stops. i don't speak or look at her, but I maintain the hand holding (works surprisingly well for adults fighting in handcuffs too lol). When she slows or stops I ask her if she's finished and that we will be walking like I first requested. There is no other choice. Firm calm and low (though with an adult I add, "or you will be sprayed').
If she's having a barney I do very similar, but if she works herself up I get her in a bear hug until she calms down. Little kids have no control over their frustrations and tantrums are how they come out. They sometimes need someone to calm them down. I rarley speak I just hold her until she is calm enough to maintain herself.
I always get down on her level and get in her face. I will not be beaten by a 2 year old. I do not back down and I never look down or away unless i'm deliberatly ignoring her (1st rule of officer safety - don't look down or away).

Yeah I'm not real fussed on the quick reply gone either.

Tania, I can't belive how you are dealing with Chris. I have the utmost respect for you. It must be very tough. You are doing a wonderful job. (secretly I'd like to spray him too)

I'm not dealing real well with a husband I have to say. He's gone to Sydney for a few days (pre arranged) to pick up our other car. He seems to think he can just hop back in and put what he thinks should happen in place - acting like a lunatic in the bath of a night (took three hours to get her to bed), speaking to her like an idiot (she can say the alphabet for god's sake - I did not get her that far by speaking to her like she's an idiot) and saying "but I always do it this way" - ah hello you've been gone for four months!!! He hasn't looked after any kids for that long either and he's seriously forgotten all the stuff we talked about before he left about parenting. He has seen me with her and that I do not ever raise my voice. It works well here (not saying it's for everyone but here it works). SHe does something silly that he doesn't want her to do (that would have better been served by him getting up off his bum from the lounge and just giving her something else to do) - and he yells at her -surprisingly enough she doesn't respond because in her coherent mind of the last few months no one yells here so why would she respond to it?
He snores really badly and won't wear his mask because it's uncomfortable - but I should sleep with him because that's how it's supposed to be - never mind that I don't get to go to sleep. And then wants to sleep in until 10am bacause "I haven't slept in a real bed for four months )CRAP he had a bunk and he's stayed in motels frequently as part of his job and never started a day shift before 9am - never mind I get up at 5.46am EVERY day - but because he's had it SOOOOOOOO tough he deserves to sleep in. It's like he wants me to feel sorry for the conditions he was in - like it's a competition. He wanted to go up there. He did genuinley enjoy the work - but I must need to feel sorry for him. Never mind that I've done everything and had a constant companion for four months. But I'm proud of myself and my battles - why can't he just be proud of his achievements without it being like he deserves a medal?
Oh and on the subject of medals - everytime he offeres to do something to 'help' it's like I owe him something becasue he's doing me a favour - it worked while he wasn't here - why does he have to go and push stuff??I didn't even want help, I would have been happy for him to entertain Darcy, but he's had enough of that very quickly and the fever pitch only escalates - it never de-escalates to calm level.
Sorry sorry sorry - if you've got this far I do apologise - I just needed to let it out. I am glad to have him here, for the companionship. I just wish he'd see that we've changed and our routine works. There's a need for him to adapt not us.

[~Leanne~]

Have a great day girls

[pinkfrog]

awww kim, sending big hugs your way. I don't know how you and Tania put up with that but then I probably put up with some stuff that you couldn't stand. We've been clashing with our different parenting styles ATM too. So hard when he's at work all day and then tries to change things for the couple of hours he sees them at night.

shazz - woo hoo ryan. Ready for the TT to begin. I can't wait for the day that I no longer have to buy nappies.

tania - bring chris over, he can look after all the kids and we'll go out for lunch. I'm sure after a couple of hours with 5 kids he'll soon start to realise how lucky he is.

sheree - glad lachie is feeling better now.

sorry had more to say but have to go.

[Ilithyia]

Morning girls!

Kim - Gosh how frustrating that must be! Its kinda like living with your inlaws i suppose! Have you spoken to him about how you feel??? I hate to say it but it will probably take a bit for you to get used to him being back and for him to get used to the way things are around the place. Just tell him straight....you have been away, routine is this way and thats how its staying, if you don't like it TOO BAD!!! Its hard when we work so hard for a certain routine and ppl try and change it. I get that a lot here aswell. I am at the stage where i don't give a $hit if i offend anyone when i come and snatch Briley or Colby away when for the last half hour they have been showing tired signs and ppl keep annoying the cr@p out of them and ignoring the signs! We are always here for you hun!

Shazz - That is awesome!! GO RYAN!!! We've only managed to get her to pee in the potty once. And ironically, its always Brent that can get her to sit on the potty!

Elissa - Yeh i will get around to it one day. How much does it cost??? The counsellor i am talking about!

Hi to everyone else!!!

Had another $hit night with Briley lastnight. Then Colby got up early as thismorning and now i am tired!

Had major dramas with a police check that centrelink did. Found out a girl i used to go to school with in Rockhampton has been using my name as an alias. Last time she used it she got done for possession of a dangerous drug! Went and saw the police thismorning and they reckon it will be there forever!!! Not happy jan!

Anyways....better get off the net. I have a few phone calls to make!

BTW - I HAVE BEEN BREASTFEEDING FOR 6 1/2 MONTHS!!!!

[Tannis]

Sheree: My scan was meant to be Tuesday (26/02) but now its Wednesday (27/02). Cover tomatoes in chocolate or something so Lachie will eat it haha.

Sara: Once I get Jayden's car bed it might be different, I couldn't get him to sleep last night, he just kept talking and talking so I walked out...he followed me so I took his dummy and told him he can't have it until he goes back to bed..anyway long story short, he screamed big time & Chris took over! Yay for Colby crawling! I think I am having a girl, but happy either way of course. I can't believe you want another one already haha....I might be the same but at the moment if we were to have a 3rd it will be in a few years...not sure if I could handle 3 under 5. YAY for BF'ing for 6.5mths!!!! Well done, I hope we have no trouble this time.

Shazz: Woohoo for Ryan! Jayden is still no where near ready for TT...can't wait til he is though.

Elissa: I'm not crazy over there being no quick reply either, although I usually type my post in word then copy & paste, I have lost my posts way too often.

Kim: I'd love to try the no yelling thing with Jayden, but I don't know if I have the patients anymore, the more pregnant I am getting the less tolerant I am...Happened when I was PG with Jayden too, although its mainly with adults. Thank you! Its nice to hear someone say I'm doing a good job.....I think you have done a great job with Darcy too, not having Cam there & working aswell. I hope things get better for you and Cam....men always think they need a medal for the smallest thing, we are the stronger sex by far LOL.

Vic: I'd love to bring Chris over but he tells me now we are going to the Christening then he is going home and leaving me to drive to Bris and back to Bundy by myself with Jayden.....I'm sure I'll be fine I just don't know Bris and never driven that far on my own before.


Well I have to be back at work in 8mins so I better go.....I am having a really bad day today, lucky I like most of the ppl there otherwise I wouldn't go back haha

[shereejoy]

Tania - now that sounds like a plan hehe!

Yay Sara - you have done a fantastic job, only hope I can do the same this time round. Please bubba be kind to mummy!

Big hugs to you Kim. Wade and I are very different too in parenting styles, he will never raise his voice nor lift a hand to Lachlan and gives into him with chocolates and sweets and it frustrates the hell out of me. I go away and lachlan is an angel with his sleeping and behaviour as soon as we come home he knows that he can pull daddy's strings and he is so much harder to manage. I just get so frustrated. So not only do we fight about Lachlan, but also the business and sometimes I just have to know when to let it not get to me cause seriously I am not going to win and I am sick of fighting and it is not good for me or the baby. Anyway sorry for ranting, I could go on but I really need to chill about it these days.....

Well Lachlan must have had rotavirus. His poos were dirrehery yesterday after we saw the doc and he did mention it was going around. Really weird how he fights it with a temp all the time and two days later comes out with the symptons. But he is fine. i didn't send him to daycare yesterday, but he went today and had a bust up on his bike. I had to sign an incident report. He busted up his lip, poor little mite. But left him outside for outside play when we arrived and not a sceric of cry from him. And he loved painting apparently.

Gosh they are all growing up hey!

Baby Riley is kicking about today, whowhaaa but I love it.

[~Kim~]

You're very welcome Tania!

Sheree the temp is their little body's fighting it internally, the runny poo is the body expelling it.

Sara, that is a real buggar. You can apply to the criminal records section to have your history extracted from hers. I locked a bloke up on warrants once only to find out it wasn't him, just a bloke he knew using his alias. My counsellor was free. I was put onto her through the local community health service. Maybe just give them a call - you never know your luck in a big city. YOu're still classed as post-natal too. I didn't start seeing mine until Darcy was well over 6 months.
WOOHOO on the boobs too!!!

Did anyone read Christine's thread on the burglars? She has lost heaps of Riley footage Poor love. She sounds so sad.

Feeling better today. SPent the whole day being run by big wigs and could hardly get into my office. Oh well tomorrow's another day.

[Tannis]

OMG, where is her thread?

Oh Christine! Big hugs for you

I have a killer headache for the 2nd day in a row so I am off to bed....not drinking enough water I'm sure