Babies Born November 2006 #39

Kim you are amazing! You guys are the fastest baby makers i know. I'm still going saw my GP who said i should not be focused on it. Dunno it seems like i'm th only person who wants another baby.

DH says he wants to try for another but they he doesnt want to DTD! Deeerrrrr

Anniversary dinner last night. Dinner booked for 7.30 last night and DH calles at 7.10 and says "ok i'm in a shop - tell me what you want as a present". WTF! He just cant be bothered to think about me.
We almost didnt go. Gave him an earful and then we shuffled off in silence.

He said I'll come along to Ella's 18mo needle today. Well i got to the GP and called him and he said " oh is it today?" after i reminded him this morning. "I'm still at work and I wont make it in time" so yeah let down again....

Why do women understand that you can't always put your needs first. Why do men always put thier needs first.

Thanks heaps ladies!!

We are very excited indeed. 1st month off pill (only on it 3 months to regulate) and happened first go! So yeah pretty happy. Bigger gap this time between Jasmine and bub.... will 15 months!!

Ann dont give up...it will happen babe....i found i had troubles with Chelsea cos i was so focused on when to DTD and working myself up. When i stopped trying so hard it happened. Of course i never had a Dh who would say 'Lets try' and then not wanna DTD.....Craig would loose the plot if he never got action. I reckon had i not been a tough chicky id have been preg alot sooner....we had planned to come off pill in March then start June....new plans come start of April...and yeah.... :D

ATM he is loving his 'pg wife sex'.....hmmm its gunna be a long pregnancy!! LOL

I hope this bub doesnt keep me on my toes to much Vicky! Thanks for the Blanche update!

CONGRATS KIM!! wow, that's fantastic, i know you love being pregnant, i'm so happy for you!

COMMISERATIONS ANN! your dh is doing a very good impersonation of a ratfink right now, i hope he reverts back to the guy you fell in love with, REAL soon.

the way dh and i are NOT getting on, i can imagine THROWING something at him when it's Mother's Day and the cards/pressies come out - cos i am NOT feeling warm and fuzzy about HIM right now, more like, thinking about life as a single mum, what that would be like, how can i make it happen. It's suddenly dawned on me, all the furniture and goods i brought into the r'ship, have all been sold, given away or don't work now (over the years) , so i would have to start from absolute scratch. i would have to leave just with our clothes.

Vicky - do you ahve a photo of little Jack? if you do and feel like emailing it my way, i'd love to see! i'm on g.j@internode.on.net The announcement thread mentions a pic, but i cna't see a link or anything. So glad for Blanchie, it's all over and the c-section recovery going well - that's just wonderful news!

Sounds nice for Aston to have a playmate once a week, you really sound like you're enjoying it too, that's lovely.

where are you taralee - you ok sweetie?

How are Jovie and Matilda Christy? are they healthy little munchikins now?

Is anyone else getting flexible grip walking shoes for their bubs? i'm researching baby boots, pedoodles (found a clearance store) and a few other brands online. I bought some Target baby shoes (leather upper and inner, rubber sole) and bilby can get them off, the ankle strap doesn't do up tight enough and i can see by the way she is walking, she doesn't feel stable in them. but we need shoes with hard soles now that she is so active (for playgrounds etc).

hi gigi - i'm sorry I have been a bit distracted with other stuff, and havent had a chance to put the photo up of jack yet.

Clarks are the best kids shoes around I think. bit xxx but worth it.

off to the specialist this morning for DH..... ho hum.

What a week we have had this week. each day since Tuesday one or the other of us have been to some sort of medical facility! roll on next week!!!!

vicky best of luck today with DH's shoulder :fingerscrossed: everything is ok!!!

sophie has clarkes we actually got some last weekend, black boots!!! gigi where i go they have last seasons boots for 1/2 prive, yes they were navy but if that doesnt bother you then that could be the was to get some! the black one we bought were $79 the navy ones were $39

Gigi -I hear you at throwing something at DH. We had a car accident on tues (minor) but its made me feel really alone. Its just been me and Ella sorting out insurance and stuff.

May be these feelings of crappiness (is there even a word) is stopping the baby making. DH and i spoke last night. I think we'll stop trying.

Kim - DH is always too tired to DTD. I always initate. :(

We have shoes from Big W....Chelsea refuses hard sole shoes.

Ann im sorry....man can be buggers at times.

ahh hun :hug: perhaps not having the stress and pressure may actually get in the mood, do you mean stopping trying for now or for ever?

i feel sick think im getting gastro

Oh Ann - they just don't get it do they. Is there something more going on than just the course do you think? It's seems like a pretty strong reaction to stress...do you know what i mean? is there something else he's worried about or something...i dunno...just from what you've said - his reaction is pretty extreme for something that will be all over soon

Good question tara. He's gone bowling for half a day which is *nice*. I wish i could do that.

He says we'll talk some more tonight but he may be too P!ssed to do that. I'm not going to TTC right now the stress is not going to do a baby any good so it's postponed.

He said last night." I thought our relationship was fine. Why are we having these problems". Such a silly man. I told him "you cant just expect it to be fine when communication has since Feb". Men think that they dont need to take care of the relationship. Once its in a good state, they can just leave it.

Kim - can i borrow craig? he can come and talk to my DH or give him a kick up the bum.

Ill lend out Craig to anyone....with in reason :P I wish things were better for you Ann. I hate seeing people upset.

Hows your DH today Gigi.....still feeling a bit down.....?

:dance::clap::(:D:hooray:

Is it possible to feel that many emotions all at once.... yep - it is, and more.

My little girl has just become a woman.

I know I probably sound silly - but AF coming to visit her for the first time, is soooooooo incredibly different from when it came to visit me. And I am having a kind of proud mummy moment, because I know that Laura's reaction - which was when she got home from school at 4pm - guess what mum? I got my period today! Me - When? Are you Ok? Her - 2.20pm (lol) and Yep I'm fine. Me - did you have stuff with you? Her - yep, all good mum. I exclaimed excitedly, jumped up and down, gave her a big cuddle, and said ohhhhh my little girl has just become a woman!!! To which she rolled her eyes at me... lol.

The fact that she was prepared, and not freaked out, and quietly and confidently all ok with it, makes me feel like I have done a good job in helping her to get to this place. I'm having a warm fuzzy moment. Much better experience then when I got mine period. I sat on the toilet howling, my mum was definately not celebrating, and my little sister was unkind....

I'm a proud mother hen right about now. :D

you should be one proud mum vicky you've done a great job raising her!!!

still feel blah...

Aw well done Vicky...that really is a sweet moment!

Whats wrong Jols....hope you better soon

Im off to tea tonight with some friends...kid and hubby free. Poor Craig though..the girls are being so feral and clingy today he will have fun tonight :(

Oh thats gorgeous Vicky! and what a woman she is not freaking out! lol some forewarning that endo is apparently heriditary, when i was diagnosed i looked into lots of different herbal things to try and slow it down, one is called False Unicorn Root, there's something else but it escapes me at the mo...
lol sorry, didnt mean to burst your bubble, just wish i had some way of doing something about it before it took over!
What's up Jols? Need a drink? come sit by me lol
Sorry you're having such a **** time Ann. When i feel like that i just blurt out everything out to DH cos as far as i'm concerned, if i feel so crap then i may as well get it out in the open..whats the worst that can happen? if you decide its over then its better then living together in misery. sometimes by the time you've said it all to them you feel better and realise that actually telling them was half your worry.
Enjoy your dinner Kim!
it's my b'day tomorrow so i've decided to take the next few nights off cooking dinner lol
i'm couch-bound ladies!

Thanks taralee - i knew that about the endo, and are going to take her to a herbalist. nothing ventured nothing gained eh.

jols are you feeling blah because u don't feel very well, or blah because you are sad/crappy/p!ssed off?

Lucky you Kim - hope you have a lovely dinner out.

Ann - :comfort: hun - god help him if he stuffs up on mother's day!!

gastro here :sick:

be back tomorrow when i feel better

I have had the best night out...i really needed it... 12.40am i got home...off to bed now!

:happybirthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TARA!!!


HOPE YOU GET SPOILT ROTTEN!!

feeling better today, still got the runs so hopefully will be overit today!
glad you had a good night last night kim

how did things go last night ann with DH?

Thanks Jols!
Evie decided 5am would be a nice time to get up! lol cant complain since she slept all night for me!
Just trying to get motivated to go and have a shower and get going this morning! lol its already 940!! heavens!

VICKY - yes, very proud mumma moment - it's a rite of passage, another sign your girl is growing up, and that's wonderful that the way your initial AF has been a bad memory for you all these years, has been so different (positive) for your DD. I believe forewarned is good too. My mum thought she was dying of cancer when she got her first AF - she was kept ignorant.

i plan to either make or buy bilby her very own mama pads (in her fave colours, themes) when the time comes. Not sure how workable using cloth at school would be for her, but even if she only used cloth pads at home, that would be ok with me.

ANN - it's strange having a partner, but still feeling like a single mum sometimes - when the responsibility for family is not shared, when communication is not shared. It's a weird place to be in. I hope your dh gets it off his chest, to you, what the heck is bugging him, cos it's not fair to make you cop it.

TARALEE - Happy birthday hun! Enjoy your couch, i hope it's a comfy one! Lie back and eat your fave thing under a snuggly blanket.

KIMBAZ - what do you do (shoewise) when you go to outside and the ground is wet? muddy etc? Is Chelsea wearing the soft soles? We're only in size 4 still but i'm finding the soft soles only useful now for inside wear - which is wonderful cos we have lino, too cold to just go barefeet, adn bilby pulls off sox as soon as the shoes come off, so she won't pad around in sox. I ended up buying navy Fisher Price aplix sneakers in kmart yesterday - they fitted her so much better, the sole was flexible.

AJP - where do you get teh Clark's half price last season's shoes? navy is fine with me. bilby has some memorable woollies, so bland shoes are just perfect!

BLANCHIE - thinking of you, if you're lurking honey! Hi little Jack!!!

dh is well on the mend, only one stitch left that comes out Monday, his nose is healing so well and the allergic reaction seems to have mainly gone now thanks to the medicine. what a relief.

Gigi - Thankyou for my birthday wishes. Also, i wouldnt be too worried about shoes, it's really not essential that they wear them. i think i mentioned to Blanche once that at Kindy we dont encourage kids to wear shoes, especially outside, because it's so much better for their bone and muscle development to be bare foot. Also not wearing shoes means that they can grip a lot better for climbing and the like and can get a lot more out of play in terms of sensory and tactile awareness.
If it's all muddy, let her play with no shoes! its ok - she'll be squealing like a piggy in no time!!
I only put shoes on evie if we're at the shops or somewhere her feet could get burnt..
HTH - but i dont mean to preach ;)

Happy birthday Tara!!!

Gigi Chelsea wears shoes i got from Big W. The dont soak up water, they are not hard sole, but not soft either....like a plastic kinda base.

gigi i go to a place called Kearney's Shoes try googling them to see if there are any near you, also try myer they may have some of last years stock as well, we also have a clarkes outlet here which helps

Happy Birthday Taralee - I hope it was a fabulous day.

I've been to a baby shower this afternoon. My "surrogate" sister.... I have given her a whole heap of stuff from Aston. As I was packing it up today, I burst into tears.... my little girl is no longer, and I don't have a baby boy anymore either...It is all going too quick. :(

Hey ladies got home today :) very tired so will try get back on tomorrow

omg Kim congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! how exciting

Happy birthday Tara

TaraLee - how was your birthday hon? Were you Queen of the Sofa?

What you're saying about the shoes, i do that in summer, but now it is colder, and she is mainly walking on lino over concrete, it's a very cold floor - if i put her in sox she pulls them off. the only way to keep ANYTHING on her feet, is to have the shoes on.

so at home, i've been doing
- barefeet for middle of day when it is warmest
- early and late - sox and leather soft soled shoes
going out - if going straight from car to shops or a home
- sox and soft soled shoes
going out - if going to playground or park
- sox and hard soles shoes (well the flexible soles the FIsher Price shoes have, easy to make the toe and heel touch each other when you bend the shoe)

i appreciate your advice (you're not preaching hon, just sharing info) but wonder if maybe i'm just in a colder climate, and so not sure i could let bilby be barefoot as often as you suggest - i notice you're in QLD, i'm alot further south - but i do like hearing your ideas (on lots of things).

VICKY - maybe ALL of mothering, is a LONG progression of "letting go;s"???
i look at bilby's shoes and think, you're only 18 months old, how can your feet look that big!!! (knowing full well how ridiculous i am being).

being online in these parenting forums, when people are continually becoming pregnant, having dear little bubs - well, it sure doesn't stop the clucky among us from feeling - well - CLUCKY!!! :hug: i feel it too.

Kim - dh is feeling heaps better. his nose is healing so well, that was never an issue, day after op, he had no pain. The whole drama was the silly allergic reaction to teh bandages, he is no longer looking liek Rudolph teh Reindeer!! big relief to all three of us. Although bilby bopped him three times on the nose today - yikes.

At the PND support group yesterday, we did some short term goal setting - mine was to buy fruit and veg once a week - to achieve my goal of eating healthier and always having fruit on hand to eat. It felt good to set some goals (4).

ANd i got to go to the dentist (first time since i got pregnant feb06) so that was great (for me) to get done, have the scaling done (not as bad as i had feared) and no fillings (yeh). i normally go to dentist once every six months, it had really been getting me down that i had left it so long. Only painful bit at my dentist is the "do you have private health insurance yet" which i always get asked, three times. i find it so shameful to have to always say "no". it's the truth, but i had having to admit it.

DH got me a sewing machine cabinet for Mother's Day - the kmart brand ripoff of teh Horn brand i reckon - very thoughtful gift (i don't really think we can afford it ) - got no idea where to put it though. He spent two hours today assembling it - Mr Mecanno Man was in his element - and bilby made the styrofoam wrapping go in a million pieces!!! there were two long skinny bits she used like a light sabre! The Force was with her in our hallway today!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A LOVELY MOTHER"S DAY! MWAH!

Thanks Gigi - you're right about the weather, thats for sure ;)
Yay Blanche!! How are you? Home in time for Mother's Day - all the more reason to be spoilt! How's Emelia been with Jack?

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL US YUMMY MUMMIES!!!!

welcome home blanche, enjoy you mothers day with your new little boy!!!!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY LOVELY LADIES!!!

im going ok very tired but thats expected i guess!!! Emelia loves Jack wants to kiss and cuddle him all the time, she likes to poke his eyes too lol...she is acting abit naughter and sookie than normal but been good most times

will try get some pics up soon

jacks gorgeous blanche!!!!

Happy mummies day to everyone.

Welcome home Blanche :)

thanks :) just uploaded some photos to our pics

Ahhh Blanche he is gorgeous *melts*

Oh Jack is adorable!!! Looks like his daddy to me!

I loooove newborn baby pics....*cluck, cluck*

awesome pics blanche!!! makes me ckucky too!!

Oh so beautiful Blanche!!! if i wasnt freaking out, i'd be melting ;)

Hope everyone had a lovely day, it just seemed to fly by! Evie thought she'd have a nice long afternoon nap for me, after sleeping 12hrs through last night so that was nice but has been so off this afternoon..nevermind...early bed lol

Hope everyone had a great day yesterday. We did! (DH didnt stuff it up)

Blanche Jack is gorgeous. Love those cheecks.

Ann

Woohoo Ann for a great day.....what did DH do/get for you??

just got back from the health nurse so here are sophies stats!!

10.38kg
82cm tall
head 46.3

shes doing sooooo well im such a proud mummy!! i actually feel soooo good about who she is and what she acheives!! i couldnt be happier