Babies Born November 2006 #43

we do the same nelly with the cup! she always drinks out of my glass beside the bed each morning!!

poor jake with his milk :(

afternoon morning sickness has just kicked in.... lovely!

:hug: Nelly, Joveie still can't tolerate milk but with Matilda's allergies I'm not game on trying.

Full on day again today, work & now going to do puppy school...

Hi girls, we're home. going to bed now, but i'm sure i'll be back later
a tad emotional but i'll get there
:)

:hug: Tara, its great to see you here. I hope the blues settle for you.

welcome home tara!!!!

had my scan this morning!! all good
im 11w4d so two days out, due 17th feb 2009, heartbeat was 164!!

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!

Keep up the good work Tara.

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 :hug: 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!!!

vicky whats happening hun????0 :hug:

Im excited to ahve 3 kiddies to look after!!!!

Aw 15 days til my scan.....

Chelsea is annoying me...bring on Friday when MIL arrives!

:hug: tara. adjusting from going from a one child family to a two child family takes a little time. don't be too hard on yourself hun, its only been a few days! Laura was 2y8m when nathan was born, and she was lovely with him,. but bloody horrible to me. and I took it personally too! like christy and blanche suggested, special books, or tv shows. I managed to get the knack of feeding nathan, and reading laura a story. sometimes she would sit down and breast feed her baby doll. very cute. As blanche said it does get better - its just an adjustment time for all of you. be kind to yourself hun.

I went and caught up with my friends yesterday, and had a lovely cuddle with their precious daughter. Mummy is not having fun at all, understandably. Its hard enough adjusting to becoming a mum, let alone throwing serious health issues into the mix. It was so lovely to see them, and just sit. especially after the on going dramas of my sister, and her complete and utter f@ck ups.... sigh. i'm so over it, i'm not even bothering going into it other then to say, that we are now on the rage part of the cycle that is her life, which will be followed by something major happening, then slide into depression.... sigh. I know that she has major mental health issues, but it is how her kids are affected that upsets me so much.

congrats Jols on becoming a moderator btw

christy how goes the organising/packing etc etc?

Blanche - Jack all better now? he is so delightful, I love looking at his piccies, I just want to eat him up lol. cheeky little monkey. How is big sis going?

kim - just over two weeks to go til we find out if its a prince or a princess... or are you going to keep it a secret??

gigi - how goes everything in your world hun?

Ann - how's that baby x2 bump going? have you taken any pics of it yet?

nelly - :hello:

I don't thikn I have forgotten anyone...sorry if I have.

V ill be sharing the surprise with everyone this time as a way of dealing with it all...im 110% certain its a girl so need to get it out in the open now rather then when she is born.

vicky if you need to chat, ring me!!!!

kim he's a boy for sure!!!

thanks jols. i'm ok. will be good to have the day to myself today though. have been uploading photos all morning.... off to do some painting now.

V big :hug: to you, so sorry to hear about your friends daughter i couldnt even imagine what they must be going through..my thoughts are with them.

Jack is going well he is such a happy little man always smiling, so cheeky aswell!! he will be drinking his bottle and ill look down and he will be staring up at me with big eyes and a cheeky smile all while he is still trying to suck!!

Emelia is turning into such a big girl its quiet sad really that she is growing up so fast, but she is so much fun, always making us laugh, when i say no now she will turn around and point her finger at me and say no!!! (i didnt even know i did that!) last night Leigh was playing with her on the floor and she was looking through her book and Leigh grabbed it off her, she reaches over and says "dont touch my book" "no daddy" even pointing her finger lol. Leigh and i just looked at each other totally in shock!!!

Tara- hows everything going?

Kim-woohoo 15 days thats gone fast!!!

Thanks guys, i'm dealing with it a bit better. I don't want to be melodramatic and i said this to DH too, it's almost like i'm "grieving" for our before baby life, but at the same time, i love this new baby so much and am guilty that i feel like that because he didnt ask to be brought into this world, neither did evie...oh i know i cant be supermum and i'm being too hard on myself.
Today i put Chino in the rocker on the floor in the kitchen while i made Evie some dinner, she goes up to him and does really gentle pats and kisses and then just pulls on his legs like she's going to pull him fair out of the rocker. then i get mad at her and i just crack. anyway, he's slept for hours so i got to do all evie's bedtime routine and i still just kept crying..at the drop of a hat. i eventually had some iced bun and felt better.
Which reminds me....does anyone remember what's normal for those early days? i know it won't last and i can't complain but chino sleeps for 4 hours at a time, has a wake and feed for around 2 or so hours and then is back asleep. I didnt want to get into the habit of waking him for feeds but i think i might have to.
plus he has a blocked tear duct which isnt very nice either. bm seems to make it stickier :(
anyways, sorry i havent done personals, will be back to my old self soon i hope ;)