AJP - vent away girl! We are all hear to listen and hopefully getting things off your chest will help. Good on you for getting on with your own life and achieving your own happy family. Do you want a closer relationship with your mum and siblings or are you ok with how things are? Can you talk to them about it at all? How about your DH's family - sometimes you find yourself getting closer to the in-laws family. I certainly see more of DH;'s parents than my own.I am the youngest of 6 children born to my mum and dad plus I have a step and half sister,so I understand the difficulties of trying to have a close parent-child relationship. I am not really that close to my mum but I don't think any of us are. Just to many kids to get individual attention all that often. My mum has also had "enough" of children given her own tribe so not that keen to take on much in the way of grandmother duties. it sadden me at times but like you, I am determined to do better with my own children (well, I will try at least!)
Remember, you are doing a great job as a mum to Soph and for that you should feel sooo oproud of yourself!
BTW - would love to catch up sometime for a chat and see your little girl. What days are good for you?
Belinda - glad Cooper doing better. Not sure how I will cope with Logan's first real "illness:".
Vicky - how are you doing SuperMum! is DS doing any better with the positive reinforcement?
Kim - Hope Chels has settled a bit on the sleeping. last thing a pg woman needs is any addition to tiredness!
Gigi - how are you and Tiny Bilby doing? Any luck with the debriefing?
Well, have a full day todday with a paed appt, first mother's group, then BabyRoo class!
need to leave in the next 10mins for the paed appt an wouldn't you know it - Logan is peacefully asleep in the hammock, on his own! Typical eh! he even got through the 45min point with barely a murmur. Agggh at having to wake him!!!
Belinda, glad cooper is better - hope mason doesn't get it. Its always the way though - goes through the house eh
Meredith - love the photos. we r planning to do that when DH's dad comes from England in May, and get the three of them, plus the brother. I might venture in...hate having my photo taken. As for being super mum.... hmmm don't know about that. Are making some head way with Nathan, but its a slow old process, and I'm not exactly very patient at the moment!
have been feeling very frustrated of late at being able to do EVERYTHING and are finding it a little difficult having a foot in each camp - one for the big kids, one for the babe. I see other mums out together with their little babies, and feel a terrible longing to have a friend that has a babe the same age...silly I know, but desperately need to have someone to talk to that is experiencing the same things I am at the moment. If any of that makes any sense.
Just need to try and make some time for myself in there...somewhere between midnight and 2am...
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