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Good luck today Ann!!!
good luck Ann! Cant wait to hear how it goes!
LOL Is this a wonder week for chino?! man alive! i didnt get to bed until 130 last night, then DH got home from work at 230 then chino was back up at 430 before evie woke at 530.
At least evie slept alllll night in her own cot!!!! woot!!
also, i've been taking psyllium at night, does anyone know if that can go through to breastmilk and upset bubby's tummy?
off to have a shower...the days almost over!! :(
hidey ho peoples.
Wow ann - 12 weeks already. I felt movement with Aston at 12 weeks. 14weeks with Laura and Nathan. I think you are more aware. and realise that those "bubbles" are baby moving about. or in your case - babies! look forward to hearing about the scan today.
Tara - how can Chino be nearly a month old already????? far out this year is just going to quick. yay that Evie is sleeping in her own bed again.
Blanche - your new photos of the kids on facebook are gorgeous. Emelia looks like she has all the attitude that Aston possesses!!
Kim - how's the crawling Jas going - Chelsea enjoying having a little sister who is on the move?
gigi - we have to think of a really pithy smart reply for you to be able to give back to people. one that will leave them gobsmacked, without being offensive.... I will keep thinking. I love that fact that people have an opinion to give - even when they aren't asked!!!
Lea - good luck with the job. Glad Georgia is all better. Aston seems to be all better now too - thank god!
Jols - how you feeling? got a belly shot for us yet?
Christy - no matter about not being able to catch up at Pioneer park the other day. Claire (mummabear) and Nelly came. it was a lovely day, and we played in the park for hours. Aston was shattered that night. Planning to go Wednesday week (3rd Sept) if you think you can manage it.
I had blood tests last week - the annual glucose tolerance test, and a whole lot of others. haven't got hte results back yet. this afternoon off to have an ultrasound of my right breast. I have a tender spot that has been there since before I went away... from all accounts, it is probably nothing, but the doctor wants to get it looked out Just in Case... can't help but feel a little apprehensive.
DH and I went out this morning and had brunch, and then got a whole lot of supplies for the garden. Our lease has been extended another six months, with probably another six months after that, so I have decided to resurrect the vege patch - but do it properly this time. The kids have to help me if they want to be able to sell any excess produce. it is a 3m x 6m plot...
:hug: Gigi... sorry I've been MIA but one thing to remember is that people are quite happy for you to bottle feed until they are almost 3!!!! why can't you bf that long? Isn't it supposed to be the same thing?
What a pity you had to pass up the free tickets to Andrea Bocelli - wow, that would have been wonderful. But i can totally understand you being worried about not being near a bathroom for that length of time.
Hope the NT goes well for you, another chance to see your twins dance!
i love Ella's blog, so cute, imagining her with ladybird pegs.
Vicky - enjoy the veggie patch planning, i love watching the QLD segments on gardening australia shows and podcasts, i think they must show the greener, wetter parts of QLD, cos everything seems to grow like a weed and is SO lovely and green.
bilby's dry hacky cough has progressed to a snotty runny nose and a wet cough, i'm vic vapourising her back and soles of her feet (thanks Blanchie!) and dosing her up on Dimetapp when it gets really bad. I have a sewing day planned (for MONTHS!!!0 with a local belly belly friend for Wednesday - i REALLY don't want to have to cancel!! we cancelled CC today, and from 12 - 2, she fed from me and fell asleep on me (so unusual for her to have a day sleep). I was too scared to move, cos she does not transfer well, so i thought, best thing for a sick bilby to do is sleep it off, so i kept as still as i could FOR TWO HOURS!!! boy am i stiff now ha ha, but she was much better this afternoon, so i think it was worth it.
Gigi - I took evie to the dr the other day for her conjunctivitis and i mentioned that she'd been coughing a bit, the dr said that babies/toddlers never cough unless it's chesty. so coughs should always get medical attention - sorry, not to second guess you or anything - that was just information i wasnt aware of, so thought i would pass it on, since poor bilby seems to be having a rough time!
Vicky - sounds soooo therapeutic! i'd love to have a vegie patch..but would probably fall by the wayside like everything else i start! Good luck with those test results!
Chino's put on 600gm in 2 weeks!! and i mentioned to the nurse that he was really unsettled so she took him from me and showed me a different way to get wind up, so right on cue he threw up on her and then had the cheekiest smile you have ever seen!! with some little 'coo's' to boot!!
Argh sick as a dog...spent the day in bed, cramps, nausea and just slept all day.
BBL when im better :(
Hey Vicky - how much longer before you get your test results? I know you will breathe easier once you hear what's what.
Kim, sorry to hear you're feeling crook.
Taralee - thanks for the advice, after how the GP reacted last time i took bilby, this time, i felt a bit gunshy of rushing to the GP again. thanks for your words. Part of me is starting to worry that if i take her to the GP for each cold, she will get too many doses of antibiotics and not develop natural immunities. I don't want to put her at risk, i dunno - it's quite a balancing act isn't it?
i've been asking about ways to treat ear infections without antibiotics, for the same reason.
her getting a course of AB's is convenient for me, but i'm thinking of her immune system long term.
i know i sound such a ditherer - sorry to sound so annoying.
i turn myself inside out, wondering how the hell to work out what is the RIGHT thing for her!!! (i realise no-one can give me that answer, i'm just being silly).
nothing silly about it gigi - its part of being a mummy. I have predisone in the fridge to use for croup - yet I won't give it to aston until I have seen the doctor. i hate giving it to him. so what you are saying makes perfect sense. I have heard that garlic oil capsules are supposed to be fantastic for ear infections. I have never used it, but know people who have, and its worked well. i'm sure there is some literature about it on the net.
my ultrasound was clear thank goodness, still have to get my Blood test results.
i have major dramas with my sister, leaving abusive messages on my phones. sigh. we placed a block on her number, but its seems to have stopped working, so DH is on the phone to telstra now to get it fixed. the messages are so nasty, i'm feeling sick about it.
Hugs V.....hope DH can sort out your number for you..how rude of your sister :)
Im feeling much better today...think it was a case of not being able to go to the loo and it just all backing upp.....sorry TMI....still nto much better today but not is as nearly as much pain as yesterday.
Went on a shopping spree today....bought Chelsea a stack of summer clothes....soooo gorgeous..all on layby...Jasmine got a few items...as did BumbleeBee!
3 very lucky girls to be spoilt!!
..And on top of that i got my iPhone :P
woo woo big spender Kim! ;) Glad you had fun!
Gigi - i know what you mean! it is so so tricky...i don't like giving evie panadol for every little thing, then i end up giving it to her all the time...i just go by the mantra 'do the best with you know at the time'. maybe you need to 'shop' around for another GP...some actually advertise themselves now as also using alternative therapies as well as western medicines.
Vicky - sorry to hear about you sister. don't make yourself sick about it, try and rise up ;)
i went to bed I was feeling so sad and angry and confused. then i got a whole lot of messages from various people who love me, and that made me feel better. I'm shaking it off - her journey, her pain, her drama. thanks tara.
big :hug: vicky, as you saif her drama hers to deal with, put it out of your mind, hope things get better for you!! how are your three???
tara wow chino is a month old!!! crazy!!! still feeding well!????
gigi tell your GP to sod off!! your doing great as is bilby.
kim how are you feeling now? the tum and bum settled down ??
ann how did your scan go!!!!!!!!!!!
blanche your little man is gorgeous!
us we went to toddler group today to aply for toddler group for next year, its like 2 yr old kinder, but with mum/dad and only 2 hours, like playgroup but with some kinder structure, we had a ball!! just hoppe we get in next year 1st term!!
this leads onto 3 yr old kinder! scary to be thinking of this stuff so early! this place gets heaps pf applications, to fingers crossed!
Jols tummy has settled a bit....but the rear hasnt :(
its horrible!!!!
:hug: Kim.
Gigi, I have treated ear infections with Chinese medicine, and greek wives cures :) I have a book of Chinese acupressure points for kids and have massaged Matilda's ears at 4am when she's woken up screaming in pain in her ears. 2 days later I took her to the Gp for something else & he asked what ab's she was on for her ears, I said none... he said she was recovering from an ear infection. :dunno: I give them homeopathic immune boosters during winter and only take them to the GP if there are 2 or more definate signs of infections. I.e. high temps which don't go down with panadol or neurophen, red hot to touch ears, glands raised, etc. Yellow noses don't count, green only if it continues throughout the day etc. Certain infections, i.e Throat are hard to treat on younger bubs. They can't gargle betadine etc. So often they have to be treated. I usually buy those homeopathic lollypops first and have a go with them. Others like ears I try the home remedies first.
Vicky oh man :hug: You are such a caring generous woman, I'm sorry you have to go through this! If I had known I would have had more of a chat with you last night.
Jovie's not sleeping today :( I hate these days. I just want to rest!
eeewwwww christy ive had those days too! thankfully the introduction of the pillow is helping so far!!!
kim is it a fissure?
We have been at a freinds all morning so both mine are passed out in bed!
Jols ive had a fissure since Chelsea's birth...its ok for a while then attacks..so i think its back again....never really goes....just lays dormant..LOL
My coloxyl has come out so hopefully will work soon enough.
Hi
I GOT THE JOB!!!!!! i Start after i move in 2 to 3 weeks
Georgia is well now and back at daycare today she screamed when i left but i called them after i got back to my mum's and they said she was fine after about 5 mins when i left makes me feel bad leaving her like that it reminded me of the first time when i cried too but this time i didn't.
Im just about to go and pick her up from there so i hope she will be fine.
Iv been painting at mum's today im so over painting never doing it again!!!!
About that todler care for 2 hrs a week with mum / dad's what is that all about it sounds like a great idea and do they do them in NSW?
lealea its called family day care, and they do have them in NSW.... I have Jovie on a waiting list for one in the suburb we are moving too.
the one im doing is run through a local kinder
I thought Family daycare is they have a daycare at home and mum/ dad don't go well i might look in to it because Daycare is way to much at the moment Thanks for that
Yeah FDC is in a home, like day care but within another family environment and mum & dad don't stay. Both my girls have gone to it, if I didn't have to work we would be doing the kinder type thing that they have at the montessori which is with mum & dad for 2 hours 1-2 days a week.
Lea both my girls go to FDC...they love it....the career only has 3 kids under 5 when they go!
Well...today..NO one better talk to me....i have had the WORST night in history of ever having kids....
Never have i had Chelsea refuse to go to bed....NEVER. Even as newborns neither girls were as bad as Chelsea last night or even when sick for that matter :(
Was a bad night from the start....bed at 930....come 1030 she is still yelling.....1130....crying/screaming...get her up she is fine...wants to play.....back to bed after 10 mins. Midnight Craig and i go to bed....still screaming....so i bring her into our bed...lays there for 10 mins then starts jumping round....im so tired as is Craig...i begin crying and Chels is rubbing my head telling me 'Its ok Mummy'....still wont sleep...back the her cot....between 1230-2 she is in our bed or hers....then finally at 230 after me crying for the millionth time i do my dash and shove her in her bed for the final time.
3am...ASLEEP...and i nod off too.
8am she up and screaming again....nothing wrong....she just wants to play :wall:
I feel sooooo damn sorry for any parent who deals with non sleeping children ANY night....cos this was my first night....and probably not the last.
OH...and did i mention loud mouth woke Jasmine up too...so ALL 5 of us were awake most of the night!!
/Vent
It is Nathan's 10th birthday today. I can't believe he is ten. Its odd, because I'm feeling rather reflective. I am remembering the whole experience - last night ten years ago, i was in pain, alone and afraid. He wasn't supposed to be coming yet. Having not experienced labour with Laura, I didn't know what was going on. at 4.30am I rang my mum. She came around. I rang Nathan's dad at 5am. He was on night shift, and because his shift finished in an hour, decided to finish his shift. (Never mind that I had been in pain that was getting increasingly worse all night!!! and that he had an hour to travel home, and then another half hour to get to the hospital!!) I was in denial the whole night, and then the trip to the hospital - even though the pain was intense, and not going away. It took a while for us to walk from the carpark to the hospital - with me apologising all the way! When we got into the birthing suite, I was examined and was in labour, and had started to dilate. They decided to give me a shot of pethadine to see if it would bring things to a halt. Yeah right! exH fell asleep, and all I wanted to do was get up and walk around - which I didn't because I had the monitor on. 4hours later, they examine me again, and I have continued to dilate. I had expressed that there was a particular area on my belly that was very sore. The head OB comes in and explains that because labour hadn't stopped, and that I had an area that was tender, they were concerned that the placenta had started to come away - and that in 20% of cases, bleeding stayed internal... My head was spinning. Within minutes of him examining me, I was being prep for the c-section. Having a spinal block while having contractions is highly unpleasent (my hat goes off to all of you that have had epidurals while in labour!!) Then Nathan was born. The whole thing is so vague in my memory from here on in. His apgar scores were good to begin with, but while I was in recovery, and he was being taken to special care nursery he went into respirotary distress. By the time I was wheeled to my room, he was in a humdicrib on oxygen.... not that I saw him. The midwife looking after me, was too busy to wheel my bed to the special care nursery. I held onto a poloroid photo of him for ten hours. I missed out on Laura meeting her baby brother for the first time. His blood sugar levels started to drop, and they wanted to give him formula via the nasal gastro tube that had been put in. I said I want to breast feed!! I had to argue with the special care nurse, so they allowed me to express some colostrum off, and i demanded it be added to the formula. whether that happened or not is anyone's guess because I still hadn't seen him! or even had a cuddle. At ten o'clock that night - ten hours after he was born, I finally got to hold my son for the first time, and give him a feed.
Its amazing that ten years on, that whole experience still hurts.
Sorry - just needed to get it out I guess.
Huge hugs V.....it is good to reflect.
Happy 10th birthday to one very special man :D
Happy 10th Birthday Nathan :happybirthday:
:hug: V..hope you have a lovely day with your gorgeous boy..did he go to school?
:hug: Kim
not much happening here, DF and i are going away for the weekend so cant wait for that, its only for one night but still cant wait!! my mum is having the kids..lucky her!
lucky you blanche!!! very jealous. have a great time. nat went to school - he took a cake, and wanted to go.
Kim - hate those nights - have had a few of them! hope you can get some rest today
oh Kim, i hope you have a better night lol oh i know what it's like...poor bugger. as for your fissure, have you given it a name? sometimes that helps. ;)
Vicky - hope you and your big man had a wonderful day :)
evie just walked into the bathroom tonight, sat on her potty and did a wee. woot!!! she's also started calling chino 'chi-chi' instead of bubba. and she carries her baby around in a little sling too. lol soooooooooooo glad things are happy in our house again...weep weep, tears of joy :)
Woohoo Tara..thats great news....wtg Evie!!
As for a name.....fissure is know as 'that pr!ck'....LOL...original huh!
Chels better sleep tonight...im so damn tired and i have to be up early tmrw to get to the hospital at 9am....might sound *late* but if any of you (bar Jols) have heard of the Monash....then its hell at that time of the morning and mayhem heading to the hossy...and getting there on time!
happy birthday nathan!!!!!
its my hubby's bday today as well adn a frined had her bubba this morning too!! obviously a great day to be born!!
tara too cute hun, glad things are going well for you!!!
kim id call him b@stard!! yep hear you on the monash drive, *shudders* glad its you and not me!!
blanche enjoy your dirty weekend away!!! have fun!!
hi chrsity, ann and lea
Vicky - birthdays do make people very reflective, i do that same thing.
i feel your pain, not being able to see Nathan for ten hours, that must have seemed like ten years (at the time).
Taralee - congrats to Evie on her potty achievement, that's so cute her called Chino "chi chi"! tha'ts lovely! I just ordered bilby some "dolly MCN" to put on dolls, when she gets to that stage. Does Evie have a toy sling? or has she commandeered one of yours?
Blanche - enjoy your time away, hope you and dh have great cuddles.
Kim - welcome to teh no sleep club, fun hey? not!!!!
I was on the phone to Centrelink this afternoon, feelign so frustrated, of course bilby was whingy and acting up cos i was on the phone, the person told me some confusing info - if she's right, could cause us lots of $$$$$ stress, so i burst into tears adn bilby went HYSTERICAL. I think it's oly the 2nd time she's seen me cry.
DH got a backpayment for six years of not being paid correctly for lunchbreaks, and it's going to have all sorts of ramifications for me - i will be feeling sick with dread until the paperwork is done. Six years of records for Centrelink to go thru, that will take months. I won't rest easy until i know the outcome. So frightened of ending up with some horrible debt.:wall:
Aw no Gigi..hope it all sorts itself out then.
Chelsea always sees me cry.....wonder what she thinks..LOL
Well we had 2 sleeping kids again last night...BLISSSSS!!
I am so glad it was a once off.... :)
Happy belated birthday to your hubby and Congrats to your friend Jols
Blanche dont get up to anything i wouldnt do on your norty weekend away ;)
Hi Ann, Christy and Lea...hows things?
Getting ready to leave soon....im dreading the drive already.....what should take no more then 20 mins....will take me a good 40-60 mins...boo hoo!
Hi all
Wow i take my hat off to you all i thought 1 baby was hard enough you lot that have 2 or even 3 that is awsome the way you work and controll them it must be even harder.
Happy birthday to Nathan yeasterday wow 10 already next it will be his 18th we all hope you have a great day.
Taralee congrats on the potty training well done wish Georgia would go on the potty.
Blanche Have great night away don't do any thing i wouldnt do he he that doesnt leave you much lol!!!! Have fun
Kim I know how you feel Georgia and i are going through the same at the moment too so your not alone.
Can someone please let me know what bilby means? please
Georgia has seen me cry befor too when i did my back in no one was home and the next door didn't jere me shout out help i was lucky that Georgia wasn't crawling or walking at the time other wise any thing could of happend but i managed to get m mob on the other side of the loungeroom that was the painfull part i phoned one of my hubbies friends to come and get me off the floor and take me to the hospital i calapsed on the floor with Georgia in my arms i was the worst day of my life with a baby. I had 2 slipped disks in my lower back then i smashed my knee at the same time and had to get opperated on i was on cruches for Georgia's first birthday.
omg lea! that's huge! how on earth did you manage on crutches with a small person!! I am having enough trouble dealing with a husband out of action - and having to do all the things that he would normally do - and getting frustrated because I don't have the physical strength to do it!
how's your back now?
Yea i just had to dell with it I had Glenn's mum over for a week and my mum was over too Glenn was back from WA for 2 weeks so i managed
My back is still saw but i have to live with it now i cant lift any more then 14kg or ill be sorry lol im going back to the gym soon too that shoul help thats what my dr said
Oh Lea, that is like my nightmare!! how horrible for you!!
not having a great day here. just one thing after another. i had to ring the bank to activate my new credit card and she was asking me all these questions and we've just changed banks and home loans and stuff so of course, dh has handled it all while i'm looking after the babies so i didnt know the answers to any of the questions so she couldnt "process my request" which just made me feel so pathetic that i have no idea whats going on with our finances. i used to be so on top of it all, and now my priorities revolve around nappies, baths, feeds, washing and houshold running. i was like 'oh i dont know...let me check with my husband' and she was like 'no, i cant let you ask him, if you dont know then for security i cant help you' and i was like 'well i'm trying to look after a newborn and a toddler so my husband is dealing with all that at the moment' and she laughed and was like 'i understand that but..' and i said 'no you dont' and hung up. stupid b*tch. yeah i get it, for security reasons but we're both authorised to act on each other's behalf....
one positive spin on my crappy mood was that i was able to cull 95% of the crap in my wardrobe so now it's nice and tidy
Tara - they call that "customer service"! how bloody annoying.
Vicky - Happy birthday to Nathan - your little man now. WOW i'm sure you're floored at how quickly it went.
Lea - OUch you story has made me wince. How dreadful not being able to get help.
Our scan went really well and we got excellent results. Saw the 2 bumps again. They are already quite different. Baby A is a lot calmer I think (sleeping during the scan) and again at the doctors appoitnment coz we could find its heart beat really easily. Baby B is a wriggler. It was hard getting its measurements and it got a few jiggles to get it to behave. At the docs we would find it heartbeat and then zip! it was off again.
MS has lifted like a cloud. Still chucking every other day but at least its not 3 times a day!
Got myself a new bike and enrolled in my yoga class - cant wait to get my energy back to do all this stuff.
Ann
x
Gee Tara i wouldnt be impressed either. I get the same grilling when i call to do things....i dont have anything to do with the accounts....so never know the answers either.
Great news your scan went well Ann...you sound like bubba's will be keeping you on your toes come March!!
Lea thats terrible about your fall..poor thing...and with a lil tike in tow would ahve been worse.
My appointment went well today..had a lovely OB....she was great. Asked her questions about all the pain i have been gettin in my 'gina bone' (as i call it) and she said thats its normal and every time you have another baby causing more damage and it contines you scar over time.....but all good!
HB was good...norty Princess kept squirming away so was hard to get it for longer then about 2 seconds...BP perfect...measuring 22 weeks...go back in 4 weeks time.
glad both scans went well today girls :)
man today has just gone from crap to crappier :( just not handling it today. plus evie hit me in the eye and it stings like a b*tch
tara hope tomorrow is a better day for you, can you put evie outside for abit to play?
kim glad all is ok!!!
i dont go back to midwife til 24 weeks!!
ann so glad to hear everything is hunkydory!!! glad your feeling a little better!!
vicky, how did nat's birthday night go last night!!
lea not good having a bad back with a baby!!
us- well the sun is shining here, got to 19 degrees so sophie and i have been outside most of the day!