AJP- Big Bro was awesome.. ive never screamed so much my whole life..lol In the ad breaks they have u up dancing and give out prizes etc.. and i got one..LOL... im sure M2 wasnt happy as was moving alot ...haha
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AJP- Big Bro was awesome.. ive never screamed so much my whole life..lol In the ad breaks they have u up dancing and give out prizes etc.. and i got one..LOL... im sure M2 wasnt happy as was moving alot ...haha
LOL Sounds like fun Kim!!!
Vicky *hugs* I can only imagine how hard it would be with an ex who isn't being a good father to his kids.
Jovie's getting better, the antibiotics are messing with her guts again, poor sausage we had a month of freedom and now its back to arching her back, vomitting and screaming :( not fair.
AJP - not yet. Hmmm i'll try that tomorrow maybe she'll be good and take it from me???
Ann
Snap AJP _ I was going to suggest the same thing, or ask whether you have tried different bottles Ann, that have different type teats?
Lucky you Kim, glad it was good, hope Chelsea settles back into home quick for you
Ann - wow on the food- ella is going great guns, we have only just moved onto 2 meals a day today...but so far it has been better then it had been
AJP I like that idea about the mobile. Think I will give it a go.
Christy, how is your baby girl doing? I've been thinking about you both, and hope that she is ok.
Tara - you are over tired too darlin, and it makes everything seem horrible. Hang in there darlin, and if at all possible try and go and have so YOU time, to feed your soul. hugs
I had a much better day today, had a lovely lunch with some mums and bubs, it was just what I needed to do.well the bread is beeping, and noone else is turning it off...so best go. hope you all have good nights!!!!
Glad to hear u had a great time in my neck of the woods Kim.
Christy - hopefully those antibiotics will start kicking in and Jovie will start feeling much better :)
Glad you're feeling a lot better today Vicky :)
Took Evie to get weighed today 7.7kgs, just another 300gm til we can turn the car seat around! The nurse told me I really need to start getting her onto solids. she said they when we have a bbq next we can give her some steak or a lamb chop to gum and that her bottom teeth are right ready to poke through!! oh no! poor baby!! I really started realising today that she's not a baby-baby anymore :( i was quite sad for a while there!
AND she doesnt want to be fed or rocked to sleep anymore so at the moment i have to stand next to the cot and shhhh while she plays with my hand...usually spitting her dummy out to gnaw on my fingers (teeth!!) maybe she'll move on to settling herself...then i really will be obsolete!!! oh its all too much! ;) time to have another baby obviously!
TARA i kbow how you feel, everyday seems further and further form the babies we once had, their almost little people! DH infomed me again last night that he wants to try for another in december!!!! he misses having a little baby around! not sure im quiet ready, and havent got AF back yet!!!!! dont take this the wrong way, but check out you tube and look for rear facing child seats, it;s very scary!!! may change your mind about turning her around, i swear sophie will face backward til she's 5!!!\
ANN good luck with the sippy cup, do she suck out of straws yet?
VICKY great minds think a like!
Taralee, how frustrating for you, when bubs wants to have playtime in the middle of the night. You're not a bad mum for wanting her to basically snap out of it, you're human hon! Sometimes, i just have to walk away, i've tried everything i can think of and nothing is working and i just have to have one minute away from the crying. Of course i give her extra cuddles as soon as i return.
That's if she even wants cuddles, i dunno. i think i have the uncuddlyiest baby out. She puts out her arms to be cuddled, i pick her up and all she does the entire time i hold her, is squirm and push me away (pull my hair, head butt me cos she can't control her head that well,). I am wondering, will she ever just snug into my shoulder and let me cuddle her? I love her so much and she won't accept my hugs. She seems to like kisses cos i see her grins, hard to know if she likes them or whether it's a tickly feeling on her cheek that she's smiling at.
Putting away 0000 and 000 clothes that she no longer fits into, is what brings me into the reality of my bubba growing up. Started to dismantle the baby gym today, she's too tall for it now, and like to sit (propped up by my breastfeeding pillow) on her mat and play with her toys. She's quite good at entertaining herself when in the mood. But her sleep patterns are all over the shop again. Since dh ruptured his back discs and i have been doing all the lifting, one thing i've cut out, is the wrapping in the swaddle cloths for sleep, trying to find some way to rest my back and wrists.
Thanks for the suggestion of putting apple with the bland rice cereal, pureed or grated apple i guess? I bought organic toothypeg rusks tonight at Woollies to try.
AJP - you've got me curious about the whole baby seat thing. My AF came back when tiny bilby was four months old i think, i thought i would get a bigger "break" but not to be. Your DH sounds incredibly keen!! Was he super supportive when you were pregnant??? in practical ways??
Christy - what's happened to Jovie? How is Matilda coping with not being the only bubba in your family now?
Kimbaz - sounds like you had a blast at Big Brother, good on you for getting out, i'm impressed! Between b/f every two hours and my looking after my "can barely walk, only stand for a few minutes" dh, we're not going anywhere at present. Tomorrow i am going to a girlfriend's for a catchup and some sewing, it will be so good to go somewhere that isn't medical related!
GIGI bilby sounds like a very indepedant soul! i bet she really loves cuddle ans kisses from her mum even if she doesnt shoe it! i bet she only has eyes for you!
the car seat thing is the safety aspect in crashes, they show crash test dummies in simulated crashes and the movement of bubs in the forward position is freightening!!!!!!, in europe kids often sit backards until 2 or 3!
yes DH was awesome when i was pregant and i lovedbeing preggers, it took 7 years for him to ready to start a family, didnr think he'd want one so sonn, then again he has wanted another one right from the day sophie was born!!!!!!!
Gigi - hugs hun on having a sick DH, or incapacitated I should say. Any idea of how long til he is on the improve? My Laura was a fiercely independant little person, she was only really cuddly when she was sick, then when I had Nathan, who was like a Koala, she decided that cuddles were ok (she obviously thought she was missing out on something!) But even now, Nathan is my cuddly one, and Laura, when it suits her.lol. Aston is a bit of both. Aston is size 0 - and even though we arent having anymore, I can't bring myself to get rid of anything yet! lol
Woohoo AJP - sounds like it will sooner rather then later, for another little one in your neck of the woods. Its a good thing that I had the clips put on when I was having aston, because DH talks about if we had another one it wouldn't bother him!! Three is my limit...mind you I do get clucky when I see tiny babies, and look at aston and think where has the last six months gone?
Tara, Evie is a petite little thing isn't she? Aston is a lump. lol, a beautiful lump, He is so heavy, and it is making carrying him interesting, especially because I am still having trouble with my knee - I really should get it looked at, but I keep hoping that it will get better by it self. Being a bit of an ostrich I think. By the sound of it, maybe it is Evie's teeth that are bothering her, and making it hard for her to sleep....
Christy, I hope that Jovie's tummy settles soon, poor little thing. How are you doing in the midst of it all??? And how was Matilda's birthday?
Quiet day here for Aston and Me today, he was a little unsettled last night, I think he is getting a cold :( Laura and Nathan came home with one, so it is highly possible. It is so windy and cold outside, I'm staying in, and snuggling up. Have a good day all.
Better night last night, woke at 9,1 for a feed and 5 for a nappy change and went straight back to sleep so i can deal with that! i dont mind getting up if i can do something to get her back to sleep!!
Gigi - I'm sure your bubby loves you ever so much! sometimes i smoosh evie so much she struggles to get away but i'll never let her!!!!
I also started putting away all her clothes that dont fit anymore. My SIL is having a baby in a few days and is having a girl so i was going to give her all evie's clothes but i just cant!!! i'm telling myself i'm saving them for our next baby.
Vicky - I think it's her toothies too. Actually a friend of mine suggested cutting a banana in half and peeling half of each half and putting it in the freezer then they can hold the bit with skin on and chomp on the cold 'nana.
The sister at the clinic told me to eat heaps of oranges and garlic to help with colds...maybe if you start doing that now it might nip aston's cold in the bud?
AJP - I was so looking forward to turning the seat around! what am i going to do!!
i might turn it around and enclose her in bubble wrap just to be extra safe.
Christy - hope Jovie's feeling better today, poor honey
TARA lol at the bubble wrap!!!!! i'd sit next to her and pop it!!!!!! ilove that stuff!!!!
VICKY i dont think my body is quiet ready for child birth just yet! had some problems down there witht the episiotomy things still arnt right yet!!! so we'll see
AJP - sounds wierd i know, but i was just thinking this morning about episiotomies (as you do!) and to be honest i dont think i am quite right either. Sorry if TMI but DH says he doesnt notice but i feel like i tear a little when DTD...i dont know if thats supposed to happen!
I think physically i am ready to have another baby and i really really want to but i kinda want to wait until evie knows whats going on and i'd hate to feel like i was torn between two wee babies...i'd also like to wait until evie's toilet trained. pooey nappies and morning sickness i dont think is a match made in heaven!
There are 2 years 6 months between Laura and Nathan, and I have to say that it was a nice age gap, Laura was in the midst of toilet training when I fell pregnant with Nathan.I remember laying on the floor with horrible DAY sickness, contemplating what I was going to cook Laura and I for dinner, she would lay right down next to me god love her. I think we lived on a lot of rice and crackers for those 16weeks, the whole thought of dealing with food made me throw up...lol..
Gigi- I cut up some peeled apple, pop it in the microwave for 4 mins with a little bit of water, then bamix it till its nice and smooth. Grated apple is fine if she can take that consistency. Took Ella about a month to get use to lumpier foods...now she has small shreds of beef!
I found with the organic toothie peg rusks they break apart a lot easier than the Heinz ones. It's fine but i always watch Ella when she has a rusk (her little teeth can chip away a decent chunk of it) we end up with little beaver gnawed ends on her rusk.
I think Christy makes her own rusks. Would be keen to find out how.
AJP - how exciting about thinking about a new baby. I think we'll wait till Ella's toilet trained. I cant imagine dealing with nappies with MS! blah..
Vicky - Laura sounds like a gorgeous girl. I lived on crackers and nuts for the first 12 wks. Weather's a bit nasty here too. Staying inside and cuddling sounds nice :)
Tara - I spoke to the people that fit the seats and they told me to wait till Ella's 9 months to move her into forward facing (from recent crash tests but they didnt have bubble wrap so...). She's still in her capsule. I'm keen to pop her into forward facing because she gets so bored even with her toys but we'll wait...
Haven't tried giving Ella a straw yet. Would be fun to try...
Ann
Tara i hear ypu on the torn feeling when DTD.....when we are done i feel a bit sore and tiny bit of blood too (soz TMI) like a tiny tear. SO the only way we can do it and i dont feel that is doggy... but then i feel like i need to pee whilst doing it...LOL
We had a fairly good night.. slept 9pm-5am... then came in our bed and slept til 10am. I think we were all catching up on sleep. Bugger DH gone back to work today... i loved having him with me to help for the 5 days.... ah well.. he home on Friday with me to go to scan.. and Chels will be at FDC.. so the day alone :)
Let me ask something and im not going to be offended AT ALL:
Is me having this bub so soon, wrong? In that i mean am i not giving Chelsea her own life. Alot of people say they want to wait til their bubs TT, Walking, Talking etc.....
i dont think its wrong KIM we all have to do what right for own situations, for me i jut want o enjoy having sophie by herself just a little longer, i dont really want another just yet but thats just ME, please dont take this the wrong way, but you chose the approach of if it happens it happens and it did!!! so no i dont think it's wrong for you, does that make sense!!! perhaps if you were on the pill and fell pregnant you may feel different as it really wasnt expected. i think you;ll be ace KIM!!!!!!!chelsea will have a great mate for life!
ANN did you try the sippy cup with EBM??
Im opposite to u Kim Doggy is the one i feel im tearing, which doesnt make dp to happy lol im so scared to try it again though.
DP and i were talking the other night about another baby and said it would be good to have another now, but for us atm we just cant afford it and im not ready myself because i want to loose weight (long story but i got alot of comments from midwives & docs and i had to go to another hospital because my local one didnt take my weight limit even though i was like 2kgs over:( ) and physically down there im not ready from having the espisotomy and im terrified that the bubs shoulder will get stuck again.
Its defiantly not wrong If its wat u and DH want for your family then thats all that matters & i bet Chelsea will love having a sister?! or brother?! ;)
Kim, everybodies different. When I was pregnant with Nathan, my GF was pregnant with her second too, and I think there is 15mths between her two. There is 13mths between my sisters two. One way to look at it is you get through specific stages quicker then others who space their kids differently. I'm feeling the age gap immensely this time round, because I had gotten used to being able to sleep in, and having two children that are fairly independant...I sometimes feel like I've gone backwards...