babies being born, scanned, morning sickness.... wow, its all happening in here isn't it?
while I was away I had 4 incredibly vivid dreams that I was pregnant with a little girl, and there was an immense sense of urgency and that something was wrong. This morning I got an email from my friend, whose daughter had a little girl about 8 weeks ago. this family is my surrogate family. Their little girl has heart problems and is seeing a pediatric cardic surgeon next week. I just burst into tears.... now I know what my dreams where about - an alison dubois moment (i have them regularly!)
life is so incredibly precious - the good the bad the ugly....
i'm still getting over holiday itis... will be back to normal soon hopefully - once i get my head around a few things that I have found out since I have been home. just sitting and breathing at the moment, and being thankful for the beautiful gifts of my three children that I have been blessed with....
wow vicky! thats scary!!
thanks guys. i am just having trouble because i'm not spending as much time with evie. i used to do everything with her and now i barely have anytime with her. she's been acting out a little which i'm taking really personally - which is silly i know. but she'll sometimes slap or kick me when i'm feeding and i know she's pushing the boundaries and this was something she was doing before Chino came along, but i guess i'm all hormonal too.
also finding it hard how to juggle them both during the day, Kim, Blanche what did you guys do early on? i wish i was an octopus! - but it's early days yet lol i'm being wwaayyyy too hard on myself i think.
hope everyone's well!
For me in the early days was easy .....cos i had a small baby plus a newborn...not a toddler and a new born..so Blanche would be the best help there.
However, how i managed...1. i had Craig home...so HUGE help. 2. I priortised.....Chelsea up and fed, then Jasmine up and fed....Jasmine down for sleep and play time with Chelsea....good 2-3 hours and would all start again. I got them both in a sleep routine at the same time from day dot. 9 months on they both still get up at 8am...nap at 130pm...and night time bed at 8-830pm.
I caved and got Jasmines very belated 6 month needles today....i have also printed a form to object to future immunisations...man i feel sooooooo releved and weight off my shoulders.
I had a real hard time at first Tara, Matilda used to dominate all my time. I would feed Jovie & then put her down to give Matilda attention. If Matilda did something while I was feeding, I would tell her no, let her know that if she pushed me too far I would not do something later on with her, like go to the park etc. Matilda was 2 1/2 when Jovie was born.
I also used to have a "feeding" box with activities, snacks etc for Matilda. I would leave the TV off and only turn on her shows when I was feeding.
Tara i was very emotional aswell, i got so upset that i wasnt able to spend all my time with Emelia anymore but it does get better i promise.
when i was feeding Jack that was when Emelia would act out the most she would hate me having to feed again.
i would feed on the 3 seater so Emelia could sit next to us sortoff making her feel included i guess and have her drink, snacks and a few special toys sometimes she would sit up or just go off and play.
i just had to include Emelia as much as i could and she loves helping out with nappy changes and everything now. your doing great hun, if you need anything just msg me on msn im not far away
tara hun sounds like your doing well !! a friend suggested to get get a box of toys for the older child that only came out during feeding and went back away agian after ( like christy suggested), all new toys, book etc...
you'll have a routine going before you know it!!! dont worry im ***** scared of having two kids to look after!!!
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i was very emotional aswell, i got so upset that i wasnt able to spend all my time with Emelia anymore but it does get better i promise.
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