You should be damn proud Tara!!!!! :clap:
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You should be damn proud Tara!!!!! :clap:
well done evie!!:clap::clap: and tara
:clap: Tara. i love it when you have those moments of complete clarity, and you can actually see a result! I'm feeling pretty proud too at the moment.
Kim - how you doing hun... breathing? are you seriously considering going back to NSW?
Blanche - I really want to get aston back in the pool... all the wet weather we have had, we have barely gone swimming. need to find an inside pool to do it in.in fact just general being outside has been hard. muddy. I am going to ask his grandparents in the uk to send some real wellys, that are high... it is so incredibly muddy at home, and the snakes.. but I really want him to play outside. it is soooo good for them.
Ann - tww over yet? i am thinking you might be up the duff. :D fingers crossed for you hun.
Christy :hello: how you and the girls?
Nelly :hello: its gonna be wet tomorrow...again!!!!
JOls how is sophie doing? that is interesting what you have said about the immunisation - can I ask you where you got that information, only because I really thought the kids were covered. and now they have dropped the rubella vaccine at 12. - I was borderline with Laura, and then borderline again with aston - seems the vaccine has only a certain time to be affective. i'd really like to get some more info - so if you have done this, would love to read it. thanks in advance. :) I hope your darling girl is back to her self real soon. :hug: for you both
gigi - thanks for all the info you gave me re: MCN's - think i'm going to just do undies are home actually - he is very aware of when he is about to pee, so I might take the opportunity for him to learn about it, and just see what happens along the way . if that makes sense...
sorry I think this post is all over the place. feeling incredibly tired. had a great day today visiting a girlfriend and aston and katie played all day. it was great... no tears tantrums or thrown tiaras :D good to get out the house - change of scenery really is like a holiday. :lol:
sure vicky, just need to find where i red the info!!
Glad to hear you're feeling positive Vicky!
Funny story from today;
i was making myself a cup of tea in the kitchen so i shut the gate so evie couldnt come in, but i gave her her cup of milk. anyways, i turned around just to see her little self disappearing as she ran away and a big puddle of milk on the floor..but no cup. so anyways, i start cleaning it up and her she comes around the corner carrying the 1/2 empty cup in question and looks at me with her hands out (palms up) like 'what happened, mum? how did that milk get there?!' and shes saying 'da da da' quite questioningly and i said 'yes, evie,what happened here?!' and she looks for a minute, and squats down and puts her cup on the floor on the side and says 'da' like 'well...thats how my cup went and the milk cup out'
Kim - what do you like better in NSW? Is that where you're from originally? is it more familiar? better support?
Vicky - that's wonderful that Aston is aware of his bladder, have you heard of EC? It stands for Elimination Communication. That may be of more use to you than buying MCN if he's aware of his bladder sensation, that's great. the noonee wilga site and tribal baby sites have heaps of info on EC-ing.
Taralee - congrats on the settling and sleeping coming up trumps.
We are still in the "stuff all for quantity" and "stuff all for routine" sleep pattern. Waiting until bilby is all worn out at 4.30am or something equally ridiculous like that. Our time cycle is all out of whack, i am at my wit's end with her sleeping. She fights it so much. I don't doubt she is a bit bored during the day and i lack the motivation to take her anywhere, i feel sick myself with a cold right now, and for a change we even have nice weather outside (mid 20's), but the way i'm feeling, the thought of going to dry, brown, dustbowl playgrounds, i find that even more depressing. We got one rain last week, rather pathetic, didn't even wet the ground, but it DID rain, a bit. Over very fast.
my SD is coming for the april holidays and i am already stressing about that. it's six weeks away. i want dh to take her and himself to a caravan park for the week, but that looks impossible, we don't have the money for the accom. cost even at a local caravan park. i am JUST coping with bilby, i feel like having SD here as well in this tiny place, will push me over the edge. Everything about having her here is just so damm hard.
maybe my cold is just making me ten times more miserable, i dunno, cannot see a way out.
breastfeeding is really hurting me right now too. feels like a bulldog clip has been put on my nipple each time bilby latches on. I'm trying so hard to get her neck back, her mouth wide open, so my nipple is positioned in her back palate - so she can't bite me - but she has a cold too, when she breastfeeds, i hear her laboured breathing - so seh's not opening her mouth as wide as usual.
god i would so love just a little bit of the excess rain you guys are having.
Wondering if you are pregnant Ann? fingers crossed?
VIcky, that video you put on Facebook - i was bawling i can tell you.
thats so cute tara, what little personalities they now have!!!
gigi are you saying bilby doesnt go to bed until 4.30am??????????????????????????
how much sleep is she having in 24 hours?
Gigi im originally from NSW, we moved to VIC in Oct 06 for Craigs work, which was sold last year and it was moved to ACT but we styaed here. As much as i love VIC, i have nothing here. No friends and no family. having the IL's here on the weekend made us realise we want to be close to them and so the girls have their grandparents in the life. I was raised in a $hit family life. i dont have the 'mum mum' or the 'dad dad' i just have a mum and dad IYKWIM. They were never there for me when i needed them. Where as Craig has the best mum/son and dad/son relationship, and his siblings are all close to each other too (not age wise but tight knit). I love them heaps and we would like to be closer to them. I really dont mind not being close to my parents. I always get the brush off feeling from them. Im sure some have read about mum mum/sister antics....(theres a new one in the boo hoo room now in fact) so im not phased being away from them. I do however feel for my dad cos he is a great guy and loves his grand kids. So yes we are highly considering moving. Have spoken to MIL about it and she will boot tenants out of a house so we can move in (she has a fair few rentals and actually built us a house but then we moved to Melb).
As for Bilbys sleep, thats a bit worrying that she is fighting sleep. Chelsea is a horror if she isnt in bed by 9pm at the latest. What kind of things do you both do through the day?
Tara thats something Chelsea would do with her drinks...only she looks at me and says 'Why' when something gets spilt or broken...LOL
We had friends come over last night for tea....was ment to go out but by 8pm Chelsea was passed out in bed, as was Jasmine. So we ordered in chinese. Was so yummy. On the food topic, Chelsea since being sick (and still is) she has wanted more milk (formula still). Normally 150ml is enuf but has been wanting more. So gave her 200 and when thats gone she lets out the most blood curling screams wanting more. So make 50 more.
Do you think that 250ml is ok for her? Im thinking maybe cos she isnt eating her normal foods again she is stocking up on the milk to keep her going?
Kim - I'd be giving Chelsea whatever she wants at the moment. Give her as much formula as she'll drink and then as she's feeling better you can start replacing the formula with solids if she'll take them.
Gigi - it breaks my heart to hear you so down. i know that feeling of being so stuck and not seeing a way out. It is such a rut to be in and can be so overwhelming. You've probably already been asked, or more likely have already done it - have you been to a sleep clinic? i'm pretty sure there are community health ones that are free. Maybe you need to persist with more of the routine, babies and children (like adults, i guess) thrive on routine and it could just take Bilby a while to get used to it. if you start doing the same thing at the same time everyday she'll start to predict what is coming up and what is going to happen and that may help with settling her. I've got some basic ideas of routines from working in the babies room at kindy, so i'd be more than happy to share them with you. please please, if you want to chat, let me know. i really want to help you out of this, dont let it become all consuming. hugs and prayers for you xx
kim do what you think is right, she may be filling up on milk which is why she doesnt want food, id just off her small amounts frequently of her favourite foods, no matter what that is, im a believer of eating what you feel like even if its junk. sophie only had about 150ml of cows milk as a drink, 1x b/f, cheese and yougurt/custard
bbl....
Christy - where did you say those deliciously deceptive recipes? i couldnt find them
Does anyone like Jamie Oliver??
My friend sent me a word document which has ALL of his new books recipies in it...if you interested PM me your email addy and ill forward it to you.
Tara the link for Christy's thread: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ad.php?t=55778
oh Kim I do like him... BUT I am in the process of writing my own cookbook... ;) May need some testers of recipes soon :P.
Well... I put Jovie in the car this arvo at 2.10pm and she hadn't slept yet. 5 minutes into the 45 minute drive and she started arching her back & screaming. She went bright red so I pulled over around 3 times to try & work out what was going on. I got them home & put Matilda in bed as she slept through it, and then stripped Jovie searching for something, found a bite on her foot that wasn't there before. Still arching her back & screaming I tried panadol, bonjela, warm bath... nothing. So I woke up Matilda & put them back into the car & went to the GP where during the wait she started giggling and laughing and was fine by the time we got into see the doctor. Everything is fine apparently, just over an hour of arching back screaming....
Gigi :hug: it brings tears to my eyes... I hope this time SD is okay & your DP helps more.
Yikes Christy, thats weird! I had a friend who drove all the way from Brisbane back down to the coast with her 6 month old screaming in the back seat. she and her husband kept saying 'its ok we're nearly home' etc, anyways when they finally got home there was a green ant in her pants and she was covered in bites. i get so paranoid now!!
Thanks for that link, Kim
man thats scary christy and horrible tara, man how would you feel when you found out about an ant in her pants. poor bubba
christy how exciting about your own cookbook!!! happy to help teat!! i loooovvveee cooking!!
kim how are the girls now???
nothing new for us, friend had a baby girl last night, Elsie, very old fashioned!
so-phie was in bed at 6.30pm tonight due to missing arvo slepp after swimming, her daddy came to watch today and her little face lit up when she saw him walk in!!
I like the name Elsie...quite pretty yet still unique!
evie was in bed by 630 too. she had her needles today and was just off since she got up this morning anyways. she weighs 9.99kg!! and is 75cm long, still on the average line.
i have to say, i gave evie the brauer pain and fever relief after her needles and its like she was a different kid. she perked right up
9,99kg!! he he almost there!! i weiged sophie last week and she was 9.3kg which went down to 9.00 while she was sick, that was a litle scary!!
have to check out the bruars stuff!!
how cute guys. Jovie's a bit bigger at 10.6kg :)
I am tired today, Jovie's fine. Who knows? I have 4 4 week old kittens here again. Last night was my night. They are gorgeous. 4 ginger tabby boys.... awwwww. Jovie's strangled all of them at one point, so we have to keep them separate for a while :rolleyes: