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haha you girls are funny. My DH is exactly the same. I leave Mia with him and he just continues playing his PS3, doesnt faze him if she starts crying. Grrr.
Melissa hope you have a great day shopping! Must be so nice kid free, and not trying to get a pram in all the shops etc.
Raven- hope Caleb is ok. Mia is growing out of her 0000s aswell! Now she fits nicely in her 000s. Very sad!
Littlelalla- yes my scar is still a tad sore and quite numb.
Ll80- you poor thing. How hard it must be to cope with a whinger and a newborn AND not have much sleep! Arrgh. I hope it gets better for you.
Well we have our 6 week check tommorow. I wonder what they will do. Im due for a pap smear, but I dont know if my OB will do one, might have to go to my GP for that.
Whats everyone doing for new years? We were meant to go out, but Ive decided we will stay home and have a few drinks here...
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Yep Sam- I think they were seperated at birth. Well DH left the house at 7am to take his Landcruiser to the welding shop for the day. So looks like my mum and sister will be going it alone......geez I wouldnt have guessed it!!! Lol.
Am going to a BBQ down the road, which is walking distance, for NYE. They have 3 young children and most of the people there will have small ones or are pregnant!
Just a quick question.....has anyone DTD yet??? MAy be a little tmi, but we have and yesterday we had a woopsie. I am not on the pill or anything. When does your period come back? Is it possible to fall pg so soon after birth? I have been ff and recently have tried restarting b/feeding, so am in the process of increasing my supply (am doing this on the hush...but thats another story). i wonder what my chances are and how soon I would know if I was pg? OOOps:redface:
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Melissa Ooops indeed!
Billings method says that if bub goes longer than 4 hours between BF then the prolactin levels in your body aren't high enough to prevent ovulation. That would mean that I'm not safe either as Ruby sleeps 4-6 hours overnight. How often are you expressing? I think the odds are slim of you conceiving but it does happen.
I've been thinking of attempting the deed myself in the last few days. My stitches have gone and things feel quite alright down there ATM. Now I just have to find some energy :lol:
Skye we are going to a wedding tomorrow! Don't think I'll be awake to watch the clock tick over though. The couple have kids already so they are having the reception at home and they have hired a jumping castle so my boys will have a blast. They also live around the corner from us so we can walk home :D
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sam i'm not expressing and i dont put her on the boob at every feed! OOOpppps
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Oh Melissa woops indeed! I have known people who have conceived the week the gave up breastfeeding during the six week period...dont want to scare you because i think the chances are slim but keep an eye on yourself
well i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and have a great new year
Things here are going okish, kids are doing well but DH is an issue, we will hopefully being starting marriage counsellor beginning of Feb if he books us in, if he doesn't book it then he will be moving out again....long story not for here
As for Tallon he is feeding great guns and growing so quiclkly, its just hard with my babies cuz they tend to be long and skinny, so length wise he is growing out of the 0000 but the 000 fall of his shoulders :(
It is wonderful he is finding his voice and nows Coo's away andsmiles at me
Sleep wise it is good an bad...Pretty much every night i feed him at 10:30 then he doesn't wake again till 4:30am wich is great but by the time i finish feeding him in the morning Theo is waking up and i dotn get to go back to sleep why cant they both jus sleep till 7???? Well off to change him as the ground just shook with the explosion i must face
and yes my DH is a TV baby sitter, as in he puts the kids in front of the tv and does what he wants....
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Hi Girls,
I just wanted to pop in and see how everyone's christmas was. We had christmas at our place and had a great time. Lara got sooooo many presents. We live in a small place so between her and DD1 I am struggling to find a place for all their presents. They have so many toy boxes which are chock a block.
Lara is still in 0000 but wont be long before she is out of them. I am sad coz she has so many cute outfits in that size that she has hardly worn.
My DH doesnt supervise the kids very well when he is looking after them either. Too busy playing the playstation. Once he was playing the playstation and he didnt even notice she had knocked his whole can of coke over, it was everywhere, all over the carpet. If my mum is here helping out he lets her do everything. I get cranky coz its not my mums responsibility. Bloody men!!!
Melissa - i'm hoping you don't fall preg so soon. I think you'll be ok!
I am taking Lara to get her 2 month needles on Friday, hope she goes ok. DD1 never had a problem with needles. She'd cry a bit but was fine. I never once had to give panadol for them.
Better go and get dinner organised, sorry for not many personals.
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Melissa I hope that whatever happens you are happy :hug: I'm a big believer in fate and Ruby is proof of that to me.
Leigh all the best for the needles. I so hear you on the toy front. Might open up a toy store :lol:
Smoz glad to hear things are a bit better. :hug: hope the counselling helps.
Ruby has only wanted to feed and sleep today, though I did get a bit of smile time this morning. Must be growth spurt time. I'm a bit worried I'm in for an all night party though!
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Just a quick note to keep you up to date. I had to take Lucus back to hospital on boxing day as I noticed a lump near the surgery site. Got there at 3pm and by 8:30pm he was back under the knife having a hernia fixed - apparently that is common enough after abdominal surgery in all ages but I felt a thousand times worse for him as it was so not necessary.
So my tiny little boy has a 4-5cm scar diagonally across his tummy in line with his belly button. He seems to be doing really well all things considered and is now enjoying big feeds every 4 hours.
Hope you all enjoyed your christmas and have a great new year.
Diana
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MIT- hugs to you and little lucus, he sounds like a champ.
Smoz- good luck with the counselling
Leigh- I always cried when dd got her needles, I dont look forward to doing it all over again!!!
Sam- hey, if I was pg again, that wouldnt be a bad thing. It would just be a lot sooner than planned!!!
Well I had a good day shopping. DH left home at 7am, mum got here at 11am, I got home by 330...no dh...he got home around 430. I made him cook dinner and bath Olivia. So he wasnt here to be helped at all, but the girls were well looked after. Sounds like all our dhs need some help in the parenting department!!!! I do love him to pieces though!!!! lol
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mit - sending a big hug your way hon :hug:. little lucus does sound like a fighter -i wish him a speedy recovery.
skye - the numbness stays for ages. i have been recovering really well then all the sudden my scar site got really sore a few days ago and felt really puffy above the scar line. i saw my doc today and she thinks i've aggravated the area and it's a bit swollen but nothing serious. it feels like it did weeks ago..grr!! i think i did the damage when i was laying on my belly watching ochre under his playgym. but now i have a good excuse to not over do it again (doc's orders!!) so DH has been extra attentive and helpful :)
mini - yay! shopping!! did you get some good bargains? seems like everyone is having a sale at the moment!
leigh - i spent half a day going thru all my boys toys and packing as much as i could away. my messy house after xmas was doing my head in. it's amazing how much stuff kids accumulate. and to make matters worse their birthdays are in a month eek!!
smoz - 6 hour sleep blocks is great! i wish ochre was doing that. he has starting pulling a 4 hour block of sleep first up but i really need to get to bed at the same time as him if i want to get that sleep too. which is a pain - im not ready for bed at 9ish.
raven - a wedding on new years eve?! wow - what a way to start the new year. we are having a very quiet casual bbq at a friends house so that should be nice- def wont be staying up til midnight tho. sleep is just too important these days...ho hum!
xx
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Diana :hug: :hug: Hope Lucus is recovering well. What a trooper!
Melissa so what did you buy?
Laura ouchies! Is your scar feeling a bit better now?
Well I'm trying really hard not to sound like a boaster but I'm sharing this because I'm in total shock :o
Ruby slept through from 9:30pm - 6:30am!
I woke up at 4 with milk gushing everywhere lol. Got changed and went and gave her a little poke just to be sure she was alright (only a bit paranoid!) to which she grunted at me but stayed sleeping. She had a mammoth feed when she woke up, grinned at me for 10 mins and went back to sleep in my arms. She's still in bed now.
I'm spinning out because the others were all about 12 weeks+ before they slept through.
Not getting too excited just yet though JIC it's a one off ;)
The wedding was beautiful too :D Forgot to mention it was the 10 year anniversary of them meeting! The kids had a great time as they had the reception at home and hired a jumping castle.
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Oh Sam- SUPER jealous. I have a headache from so much interrupted sleep, including someone ringing my moible at midnight saying, hey babe. When I asked him who it was he just kept saying hello...until DH got on, then he hung up!!!
Didnt buy anything for myself. Just for the girls. I dont need any clothes just yet coz I have about 12kgs to loose, couldnt find anything I needed. The whole getting out of the house without 2 girls was the best part and actually having some adult conversation was great.
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raven - omg that's a HUGE sleep!! i am shaking my head in disbelief!! hehe - how come my little man can only manage 3 hours max?!?! :doh: did she empty all the milk? i would have had to express for sure. my scar is not hurting anymore - it got better within a couple of days but now i have mastitis. i'm really surprised i haven't gotten it sooner. i am so prone to it. it's such a mystery to me though - i do all the right things and it's not as if he is having big sleeps. the doc said it's usually from bacteria getting in from a graze or crack on the nipple. i just wish i didn't get it - i'm so over spending most of my time on antibiotics while breastfeeding :cry:
mini - hmm a random prank call is just what u need..NOT! what an idiot! :angry: speaking of weight i surprised myself the other day and jumped on my mils scales. i'm about 2 kilos off my pre-pregnancy weight. just got to lose some more around the middle. i'm sure i can get there if i stay away from all the xmas chocolate in the house!! ;)
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LAura- ouch on the mastitis. I had it last time and lucky enough to escape it this time. Its pretty awful isnt it? Hope you get better soon. I agree with you on the sleep thing...more than 3 hours would be nice. Lucky you to be close to your pre pregnancy weight. My trouble is all the crap in the cupboard...so I am going to eat it all and then start on my diet!!!lol. I am so bad at dieting. Just looking at the Conours fitness thing, might have to do something like that.
Well its a lovely day today...lots of washing to do and got to entertain Olivia, coz shes ferral again! Hope its just her teeth:pray:
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Laura owies :( A few times I've had it and have no idea how either. That's nice about the weight. I have no idea about mine but can fit into a 10 but I don't want to be pre preg weight because i was too skinny. My belly looks a bit of a mess after 4 kids though.
Melissa lol at eating all the crap first ;) I said the same thing and then opened the last box of xmas choc last night.
Well little miss hasn't slept that long again but she is doing 6-7 hours. I ended up with a headache the other day and I think it was due to having more sleep than I was used to :rolleyes: Can't frigging win!
I noticed in the last few days she is getting a roll on her upper thigh and a double chin too. Nice to see her beefing up but makes me sad she is losing her newborn looks.
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Hello Ladies
Sorry i haven't been on here for awhile but i have been lurking and keeping up to date with what everyone is up too.
1180 - I know exactly how you are feling in regards to a whinging 4 year old and a newborn i am in the same position. I swear Brearna has got worse over the past couple of weeks and i am sure she is going through the stage of wow this bub is here to stay so where do i fit in, but even though it has a reason for it it still does your head in. I am finding that my patience is very thin and i feel bad as i feel like i am constantly yelling at her and i hate that feeling but with tiredness and whinging it sometimes is hard to cope.
Minimatron - i totally agree with you about DH. My DH is great for passing the bub to whoever comes through the door at feeding time, letting him cry...saying i couldn't hear him, forgetting to change his nappy...i couldn't smell anything, and not getting up through the night meaning he misses every feed between the hours of 8:30pm and 7:00am. My one major gripe i have wiht him at the moment is he is always complaining that he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired :wall:but he sleeps from 8:30/9pm right through until 6:30/7am everyday, me i get 1-4 hours of broken sleep throughout the night.
Raven - I am so jealous that your little one is sleeping 6-7 hours but it is great for you:clap:. I agree with you about losing their newborn looks. Jaylan is so much more alert now and i think he is losing his newborn looks(which i love) but he is still little but somedays he looks big.
littlelalla - Sorry to hear to have mastitis. i had it with Brearna but haven't had it with Jaylan. i know the medication i went on wasn't as strong as what they usually prescribe because i am alergic tp penicillian so they couldn't give it to me. Goodluvck with it though.
Leigh - How did you go with bub's needles? i hate the needle thing it gives me shivers everytime they do them. When jaylan is due for his, brearna will be due for her 4yr ones too so the clinic has suggested thast i do both together. i am so not looking forward to that day, maybe dh might be able to come as it doesn't effect him as much. hope bub didn't have any reactions and all is good.
Hi to smoz and skye, hope thing are going well with your bubs?
AFM - Well Jaylan is doing ok. He is having alot of tummy pain due to the formula and constipation. On Saturday i had ahd enough so i took him to the chemist and they gave me some colxyal drops to put in his bottles. It sometimes works but he is still having pain. I am heading to the clinic tomorrow to see if they cna help because the poor little guy is in so much pain it is rediculous. Lat night he was awake for 3 hours between his feeds as he just couldn't settle to sleep:doh:. I jsut cannot believe how quickly he is growing he is already 5 weeks old...wow where does the time go? Other than that things are pretty normal here, i am really tired but trying to get through........ it like we all are. I have been thinking of having another bub but of course not yet where this is a big change for me as i wasn't going to have anymore after Jaylan's birth...short but traumatic. This is the only thing that i am worried about, as he wasn't breathing when he was born due to shock of a 1hr 10 min labour, plus i had GD and was on insulin and all that scares me but i guess i don't need to worry about it at the moment but i guess it is in my forehead as i am 35 yrs old. Well i have to book in for my GTT test for this Friday as Jaylan will be 6 weeks so i am hoping that will come back clear and all will be good.
Well enough of my dribbling, hope everyone is enjoying their bubs and treasuring these precious moments. Take Care everyone and look forward to chatting to you all soon.:D
Trac
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Hey everyone just a quick one here....
I gained 5kgs when BF?ng my first so atm im just happy to be staying the same, im only 10kg above pre preg where as last time i ended up 25kg so am happy. But i have a whole summer wardrobe cuz i got a work bonus wich was a $500 gift voucher for westfields so spent 200 on an electric pump and then 300 on clothes and got ones that i can either were when i loose weight or are easy to altrt (MIL an awesome seamstress)
Great to hear everyone's bubs are sleeping more. How's the BFing ladies going everything settled down? Did you drink on new years? Laura hope the mastis sorts itself out soon xoxo
Well kids are great, Theo is starting to behave a better wich is good. Tallon is just perfect in everyway! and growing WAY too fast.
Me and hubby are still doing terribly. Since i was preg and bought the breast pump it has been agreed that i could drink on nye as my welcome back to society. Every year we have celevrated with his friends but this year we got to gether with some of my old school friends because it was the oly child friendly place...any way long story short Dh was Designated Driver but got there and drank 5****tails and said looks like we're sleeping the night to wich my reply was "No looks like i ahve to drive because i didn't bring enough feeds for Tallon because i presumed that sleeping over with two kids was out of the question and both of us cant drink as someone needs to be responsible for the kids" So even though it was meant to be my new years with my friends for a change he took over got plastered and i spent the countdown by myself in the house because he went with everyone else down the street to watch the fireworks.....sounds petty and im not that ****ed about not drinking it was just the wya he did, gave me no choice.
He still hasn't booked the counselling and that was the condition on him moving back home so we spoke on friday and i told him what i would like him to do and gave him two weeks to do it otherwise its over.....so who knows i might be a single mumma soon :(
anywho not going to vent here (anymore that i already have...) But hope everyones bubbas are doing well xoxo
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hi girls,
happy new year to you all! hope it was a good one :) ours was quite mellow - just a bbq at a friends house. i got absolutely caned by mozzies - at least they got NYE feast!!! ochre is doing ok - he has chicken pox! his big bro must have passed it onto him when he had it a few weeks back. its a very mild case tho - he would only have about 6 spots. one big one on his cheek but as he's a baby at least we dont have to worry about him continually scratching it. he has been a bit grumpy and i think the snotty nose that goes with it bothers him more but last night he did a few 2 hour blocks sleep and one 3 hour block and went back to sleep straight away so for me that's a good night! he's still feeding every 2.5 to 3 hourly but at least it's draining my boob (which is feeling much better thanks to antis). i have been sleeping ochre on his belly - anyone else doing that? he just loves to sleep on anyones chest and one night out of sheer desperation and no sleep i popped him in bed with me on his belly and he went straight to sleep. so i've been doing that ever since and he self settles really quickly like that - on his back he grunts and carries on for ages. ochre had his 6 week checkup the other day. he is now 5.5kgs. everything looked good except one eye was a little slower than the other one so doc said she would recheck at 3months. anyone else done the 6 week check yet?
mini - lol at the feral comment. my second ds is very feral at the moment. he's going thru a silly boy stage. it's hilarious but very tiring - it's like dealing with 3 children in one! thank goodness DH is home to give him that extra attention he is craving at the moment.
trac- how did u go getting something for jaylan - is he getting some relief now? on the other thread (dec 1st-15th) one of the mums has been having success with Brauers Stomach Calm. it says it for 6months and older but she said she got the all clear to use it. i use brauers colic relief and infants friend and it certainly gets the farts out.
smoz - oh babe i hope he does get onto counselling - how are you coping by yourself? i would be a mess by now! good to know the kids are being good for you. i did have one glass of champers on nys...not a big drinker but i really like Bella Yellowglen champagne :)
