Babies Born November 2006 #30

Ann, i know exactly where u are coming from, how come they can just walk out the door and do as they please, but when we want to go somewhere by ourselves we have to ask if its alright and get it all organised. they just dont get it!!

Im getting my hair coloured on monday and i cant f***ing wait :P my mum is watching Emelia

Kim, :hugs: is there a day where Craig can have the girls all day and u can go do watever u want, some time to youself?

Gigi, thanks for the email Bilby is soooo cute no wonder shes on the cover!!!

:grouphug: to everyone, wish we all lived close so we could have a big meetup!

Emelia and I are off for some more xmas shopping today :/ honestly cant wait for the new year :) just not in the xmas spirit this year :(

I got a bunch of flowers to say "sorry".

:)

Ann

oh good Ann, he really needed to come through with something.

My DH is in trouble for not coming home today as I asked & therefore left me to get 2 kids ready while screaming for swimming & me with a massive headache. Not talking atm because I'm too grumpy, I'd just snap.

must be naughty husband day today!! im *****y with DH as well!!

ANN yay on the flowers!! i can only dream

CHRISTY :hugs:

My DP has been alright today!! we just got home from a lovely dinner at the foreshore with friends (we met in antenatel classes) was so nice the kids had a ball!

didnt end up going shopping i couldnt make myself go lol just making it worse though leaving it

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!!! I dont post for 24hours or so and look what happens! you've all gone to rack and ruin!!!!
oh i just tried to lighten the mood. I'm so sorry you're having rough times and i'm sure its the time of the year.
lets be honest, guys just dont get it. they dont. Ann i totally hear you, theres no way we would go out and get drunk, come home late yadda yadda yadda and at the end of the day we know it's for our kids. I think all the time 'right, well i'm not going to do this or that or i'm driving off for a few hours...' but i dont because i know that evie's the one in the middle and thats not fair. (not having a go at you kim...thats totally different, i just mean driving off for ****s and giggles not because you want to smash something). i really have just decided to forget it and really that men and women dont think alike and never will so just to forget it. Read 'men are from mars, women are from venus' it will change your way of thinking totally.
Kim, i used to always get upset when kids at kindy wouldnt eat and i'd feel really bad about it, but in the end i realised its true 'kids wont let themselves starve'. if chelsea is really hungry she will eat whatever you put in front of her. otherwise, too bad, she doesnt eat, forget it. if you've offered food then you've done your job.

I had this idea a while ago and it might be a bit late now..but i thought we could do secret santas for each other? what does everyone think? something girly, something we'd appreciate...i know we cant all babysit each others babies and go get smashed and naked somewhere..but you know ;)
just putting it out there.

I really do love the way we support each other and dont judge. my SIL said her baby buddy group drives her nuts...so judgemental and know-all and just not so pleasant. So good on us, let's all have a pat on the back

OMG tara i was just thinking the same hting today!!! im in!!a SS for us mummys!!!

blanche dont worry about the shopping theres always tomorrow!!!

Ok, well if you like, let me know if you want to be in it by the end of tomorrow, say 9pm, i'll mix everyone up, you can all PM me your addresses and i'll let you know who you've got and their address

Sounds good to me! PM u now :D

wat should the spending amount be?

so, all the dh's are in the doghouse ATM, mine too. Mr Irresponsible has three months to get ready for his daughter coming to visit, and still leaves it literally to the last 30mins before her plane arrives to come to conclusions as "Is the bed made for her"? I used to take three days to get her room ready for a visit, now she doesn't have a room all set up for her, just a bed in the nursery, and it's panic stations every time she comes. the nursery is tiny.

We had a big yelling match this week, we MUST move to a bigger place, it's too stressful being here.

Was it you who mentioned dropping the morning nap? bilby has dropped ALL daytime naps!!! has for weeks and it's driving me mental. Today we went to a community outdoor swimming pool, had fun in the toddler pool and this afternoon, bilby had not ONE, not TWO, not THREE, BUT FOUR - count with me now - FOUR NAPS!!!! i think i must take her in the pool more often ha ha!

the light sleeping bag is making such a difference. Still loving the night feeds (her big time, me, just kinda accepting that's what she needs). Too many 4.30am nights for me, wearing out the matchsticks, but it seems the only time i have the place to myself and can get stuff done.

re the depression, i find the beyond blue etc a load of hogwash. All these programs, money spent to encourage you to "find someone to talk to", i have spent YEARS trying to find a therapist who will bulk bill. SIck of being given half a dozen names at the GP "they're sposed to be roolly good", i ring up, find out the gap is something way out of my league, so that dies in teh butt. All thru my pregnancy, i knew i was in the high risk group for PND, i tried to proactively get counselling set up, all i could get was six sessions. THey wanted you to have one specific problem and deal with that from start to finish in six sessions. Life is not like that. People are more complex. I have taken myself of AD's. i got sick of feeling like a zombie. i wanted to work on issues, not just dull them down. i understood that AD's can lift you from the pits of despair , so you can function, but i was sick of being left on nothing BUT meds for years. I wanted meds in combination with therapy. Seems impossible to get, maybe it's just where i live. VENT OVER. I"m just frustrated with inaction.

Secret Santa sounds cool, bit last minute and i am dreading the shops, but maybe i can find something online. Yeh, as blanche says, what is the dollar limit? And can we have hints on people's fave colours, types of things they like? so you have more chance of getting them something they really like? (my last swap, the person i was matched with said, in response to "what would you like" - her answer? ANYTHING. hmmm, that threw me into panic! i knew NOTHING about her and that she would like ANYTHING! Do you know how hard it is to shop for ANYTHING? i had no flipping clue!!

So if youdon't hear from me tomorrow, i will have acted on my thread of moving out for two weeks, prolly if i could move out ANYWHERE that had a LIttle Squirt, i would do it, just to shake dh up!! Every time SD comes in the last year, the old chestnut of "we're still not married, was the engagement just a joke" comes back to haunt me too. Poor SD, not her fault we're squished and not married.

*hug* Gigi!! You too....

I can totally understand the inaction & how frustrating it is. I actually saw someone via the MCHN earlier. I phoned her & said I wasn't coping, had no money for help but really wanted to find someway to get out of where I was mentally.. it was great. Not a psychologist but just someone to help sort through my head.

Ann, Jovie's been on 1 sleep a day for a month of so now. Matilda dropped her second sleep at 13 months as well.

SS... I'd love too, but a bit strapped for cash... so if we could do with something small & thoughtful I'd love it.

i think we should leave til after christmas?!?!?1

Good idea ;) Maybe a secret appreciation :P

hey hey

party was last night had a ball bought a little red strapless top when got home and realised I had packed my chicken fillets away (silicone stick on bb things) so had to dig them out but end result was pretty good. about to walk out the door and gf who had Jake rang oh he's just voomitted everywhere - great wtf do you want me to do lol just wanted to go out :redface: but he went to sleep and was fine over night but dh is picking him up thid morning and not playing cricket

crazy day today to come I'm in for ss but after xmas good straped for cash too

christy sorry haven't got back to your pm will tmrw

nely glad you has a good night!! i thought you were going to say the fillets where crooked or something!!

next year sounds good

we can make it a Happy New Year present. how's that sound? Glad you had a good night Nelly.
Christy and gigi - Medicare have a mental health program now that allows you to have 12 sessions. You have to get a referral from your GP (its called a 2710). I am on that, and my therapist ends up costing me $10. thats the gap. and its 12 sessions a year, so I am entitled to another 12 sessions commencing 1 Jan.

DH went to his christmas party, and called me at 3pm to say that everyone was hassling him to go out... I replied that's fine, but just remember that when you ring me at 8pm or 10pm or 12am...I won't be coming to get you. ( he has done that in the past "Vickyyyyy....I want to comme hommmme now....I misssss you...." lol) I ended up picking him up at the organised time 5pm which is when the party finished. He was smashed, and very funny. Ended up falling asleep on the lounge by 7.30pm, and fell off the lounge and onto the floor...didnt even wake up. I left him there, and sometime in the middle of the night he made his way to bed. lol. I had a crap night sleeping though. feeling antsy about monday, and sad... but that's another story for another thread...

Tara I'll pm you my address.

Ann - glad DH got you some flowers...hope he takes good care of you this weekend just because you deserve it.

got to find a christmas present for my husband... no idea what to get him..what do you get someone who needs nothing????

Ann I had a wierd dream last night that u were gettign a divorce and were just posting every little detail, so bizarre...altho i feel like i know you a lot better now rofl

Ok, so 'secret new year fairy' presents seems everyone is a bit strapped for cash (myself included) so how about a limit of $30..or $20...maybe if we say $20 because there is also postage to consider..is that too much? i dont know..our family has a $10 thing and everyone likes it because it's a challenge but i hate it for that exact reason!
Also, i thought kim said she was going to be gone for a little while to sort things out so if we leave it til the new year then she'll have time to catch up on what we're doing.

yikes, the nausea is creeping up on me so i'm going back to bed while evie's asleep. another good night here, bed at 630 woke at 3 because her room was freezing then slept til 5 woot!

Hi girls!!

Vicky thanks for the call, sorry I was in Kmart. I will try to phone when I get some quiet space LOL. I went shopping by myself this morning!! DH told me to go out and get things done that were bothering me for an hour & then come home & he went to pick up the trampoline (Christmas present we've been laybying). So I got heaps accomplished. Little things that have been waiting for me to do and I haven't had a chance to get it all done with 2 kids, 1 sick etc etc etc...

So I feel so much better!! Now ... to clean the house ;) yeah right.

DH feels so bad about yesterday, he's doing all he can to help me get things done so I won't have more stress on me. Thank goodness!! Finally... it always takes a melt down.

Tara! - hilarious. Did i tell you i left DH a few years ago. I took a position in HongKong - earned heaps of money. Blew it all on travel and ****tails ;) and i was seeing another guy... So we WERE getting ready with the divorce speaking to lawyers etc and i had to come back to australia for another contract and things just worked themselves out. We saw counsellors years ago but only started working things out in 2005. So now things are heaps better but DH knows I would leave if things got that bad again. (and it was BAD) So maybe your dream was about what we did 3 years ago! wow. that would be amazing.

Oh i'd be in the SS! I agree we could make most of the post xmas sales too ;) Once we draw the names we can all post some gift ideas we'd like to get. that way it wont be too hard.

Anyway I managed to swing a night off. I'm off to meet the mums for a ****tail or two, or three.

Ann

Oi where is everyone today?

im here!!!

wow ann about you and DH, bet you enjoyed hongkong ;)!!!
hope everything works its self out for you guys.

we had christmas today with my family as we will be interstate for christmas, sophie got spoilt of course, wouldnt have a sleep, just cried this horrid, where am i cry, so i got her up again, therefore was in bed by 6.20pm and is fast asleep!! poor bugger was bushed, luckily she had a 90 mins nap this morning.

we have been out shopping all day, $300 later oops wasnt ment to spend that much!!! im so tired, Emelia has only had one sleep today and shes just about to have dinner bottle and bed and im doing the same minus the bottle :D

so does that mean you've finished your shopping blanche??

enjoy your sleep!!

i'm here, just fighting waves of nausea one minute i'm fine the next i just want to die!
evie seems to have gotten over her grizzly phase, thank goodness! so shes back to the happy sweet funny baby i once knew!
my family gets here from perth on tuesday, they're here for 2 weeks and its the first Christmas we will have had together in 5 years so i'm so so so excited!
PLUS i think i've worked out a way for us to get our house back, which would be the icing on the cake. i'm way getting my hopes up but i so hope it all works out...especially before the baby gets here!
just polished off a big plate of sausage rolls and am beginning to think i shouldnt have...bbl ;)

aawwww how exciting about teh family tara!!! its going to be a special christmas for you guys!!

poo about the nausea still hanging around!!
yay for the house, whats the plan??

well i dont want to jinx it but it basically involves my parents investing in our house which would halve our loan and therefore repayments and in return we would pay them half the rent that we are getting for it now. i cant believe i came up with it. so i am praying so hard that it can work!!

sounds like a plan tara, really hope it works out for you!! will be nice for you guys to be back in your own family asap!!
did the sausage rolls stay down??

phew! yes they did thankyou...yikes. it was a bit touch and go for a minute there rofpmsl

Just added a pic of me and evie to my facebook album, ya'll...i thought you'd all be excited lol

Ajp - yep all xmas shopping done woo hoo!!!!

Tara - lovely pic!! hope ur plan works :D

anyways off to bed now nightie night xx

morning girls.
now we have broadband, dh has become very interested in the computer!!! and is having fun downloading things!!!! so I have to jump up and down to get a look in.
aston hasn't been very well the last few days, reaction to his needles I think. poor little man. and then yesterday he was running, and fell over and put his top two teeth into is top lip, so there was blood everywhere. DH freaked out, nathan freaked out. and I was calm. there always looks like there is more blood then there really is. poor little man though, his was not a happy boy.
laura and nathan have been snappy and bickering, and it seems it is because they are worried about mum, and her op today. god I hope things improve all round after today.
will pop in tomorrow and do personals...thinkng of u all. :hug:

ah Vicky! I will be thinking of you today, I hope they get it all out & you are able to live with less pain (in a few days ;))

good luck vicky hope it brings you some relief

goodluck today vicky!!!! hope you feel better soon!!

Good luck Vicky, remember to stock up on those water bottles for that shoulder tip pain!

OMG sophie just grabbed DH finger and pulled him towards her room and sat doen beside her cot!!! i went to put her in and she almost jumped in!!! wow i hope she does that everytime she wants a sleep!!! too cute

Goodluck today Vicky, will be thinking of u :hug:

how cute Sophie, i wonder if she will keep doing it!!

im off to the hairdressers today woo hoo, i think i need it..i was so tired last night and ended up staying up a bit late than i should and when i was just about asleep Emelia decided it was wake up time :( i started her on cows milk again and she seems to be fine but i think it doesnt fill her up enough so i gave her a bottle after she wasnt going back to sleep, and that was 2.30 so i didnt end up getting to sleep till 3am

WWWAAAHHHHH i'm so moody today!!!!! oh i just want to crawl in a hole and die. all i want it eat are hot chips and gravy!
theres nothing worse than being pg but not looking it so everything just thinks your an absolute b***h. sod 'em i've got my own problems!
evie woke from a nap at 12 today so didnt have another nap, by 330 she was beside herself but i thought it was too late to give her a nap so i gave her dinner at 5 and she was asleep in bed by 545, so i soooo hope she sleeps tonight since she didnt eat a whole lot of dinner!
anyone heard from nelly or kim lately?

ha tara im moody too!! DH giving me teh *****s today!!! sending me loopy!!!

mmmmmmm chips and gravy (insert homer simpson drool)

kims ok, "spoke" to her yesterday, just having a few issues but will be back soon!!!