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:( Gigi - it is so sad that it takes something like that to make us take stock isnt it? yet we always seem to revert to old ways and promise it'll be different next time :( hugs to you, and their family will be in my prayers.
sorry, Nicola, WELCOME :) i meant to say that in my post before but got a little sidetrack ;)
Oh Gigi how sad about your friends Dh.
Cheslea went into her big bed fine again...no crying....yaya!!
:birthday2: Happy 2nd Birthday Jake :birthday2:
Hope you have a great day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!!!
Hope you have a great day!!
well im buggered and its only 9.53am!! DH is away for the weekend with work so i did swimming with sophie this morning! wore me out!
gigi sorry to hear about your friend
:happybirthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE! :partysmiley:
we've been up for ages too. evie got up this morning at 5, pulled a bag of shopping off the table that i forgot to put away last night, opened a longlife milk and poured herself a cup. she came into the bedroom with a dangerously overfilled cup saying 'ahh...mama...mess' then i went out to find her wiping a single tissue through half a litre of milk. so so cute lol
off to buy a BIG BED today!!! she picked out her own dora sheets yesterday so we'll see how we go!!! i got a bit weepy then!
too cute tara!! i dropped some cherrios this morning and sophie started yelling mess!!!
we werent up that earlt, 7am here, but swimming tires me out bigtime!
have fune bed shopping!
Thats cute Tara.....Chelsea would have gotten the baby wipes out to clean up a mess like that. Have fun shopping for beds..i loved it!
We were up at.....920am!!
Another successful big bed night....ive had no problems what so ever...so i think tick the box for that battle!! :D
yay kim. glad its going well.
lol taralee... very cute. poo about the early start though. aston was waking up early like that last week.
Happy Birthday Jakey... cant wait to see you tomorrow for a big birthday smooch
Hi everyone else - quickie from me... ltos to do.
Happy Birthday Jake!!!!
I'm here... just found out our stuff won't be until Monday :( Far out. I've told them its not good enough & I was seeking outside advice... now to find someone to help...
Luckily we have close friends around here, so we have mattress's on the ground today & will just have to leave to cook meals at people's houses. We have a pantry full now & I've gone through and killed all the spiders lurking in the garage. We think we are going to convert the garage into a play room & build a fence inside so we can open the door & have air & light in there. The house is lovely... We want to buy it someday if we can. The new kitchen makes me happy everytime I walk through it. I pat the counters and smile. I can't wait for my gear so I can cook up a storm!!!!
We are off to vinneys later today to pick out some retro wardrobes to fit in the house. I want to retro and funk it up now that it will suit the house. The house is all art deco like a old but freshly painted & the floor boards are freshly polished. So we are getting some Indian rugs and hall runners and going to get some retro wardrobes and coffee tables. We will keep our mangy lounges until the girls are a bit older and then get some more funky ones. Maybe buy a few rugs to throw over them to make them less... grotty. Too many rice milks and icy poles spilled on them.
even without the furniture arriving christy you sound very happy hun. I'm glad that you like the new house - before you know it, it'll be HOME!
AF has arrived in her usual painful fashion, and I feel like crap! just ache ache ache..... ugh
Yay Christy - glad it's turning into a positive experience for you!! Monday will fly around and soon you'll be all set up! Just be grateful you're not up here where its freakin hot as!!!!
Christy - hope you find your funky wardrobes - i was so sad to leave my art deco wardrobe behind when i moved last. it's good to have that sort of furniture in a big house that will "take" that size furniture, but i have found it a PITA in a tiny pokey unit, doesn't fit right and just seems all wrong (still got art deco dressing table - my last art deco piece - sigh - i used to have all my furniture art deco style).
Kim - that's fantastic that Operation Big Bed is having such great success.
AJP - i think you're entitled to feel a bit tired hon!
Vicky - where are you at with the endo? are you waiting on medical reports or tests or anything?
Blanche - how are you hon?
Ann - if you're lurking sweetie, hope you're travelling ok with your twinnies
Us: normally dh spends quite a bit of time with bilby on Saturday, but today he had a four hour housing co-op meeting and came home, went to bed feeling ill. i feel like a hamster in the wheel here, no space, stuff stuff stuff, feel so trapped, can't go outside with her (nowhere suitable here) and bilby acts up cos i suspect she feels trapped too. and i don't have a good positive mood which i'm sure she picks up on.
Our new routine is three days of childcare (so she is somewhere spacious, with play equipment, outdoor play area (covered verandah), and somehwere light - but without me. that's the part i don't like. and the other two days, i will try to aim to get her out of home at least once each of those days. Our new thursday will most likely be goign back to that Gymbaroo program, although it only goes for 8 weeks, then have our lunch on the patio of the community creche in same building, pretend it's our back yard. Maybe i'll make Tuesday our "make a date to catch up with playgroup friends" day. If there is a date, a time and a place - i make the effort. If it's just the idea "it would be nice to take bilby to a playground today" - i don't do it, i get so overwhelmed, i can't seem to get enough happening, to make it really happen. I can get everythign packed and us ready and then burst into tears at the front door and it all stops. This is the first time in years i have not been on anti-depressants (cos i'm breastfeeding), it must be the anxiety that stops me following through.
all we seem to do at home is
- change nappy
- nurse
- bilby stands at safety gate to the pantry/ the fridge door, pointing and saying, "eh, eh" VERY LOUDLY, then it goes up to shrieking, then louder again. I cannot think straight when this is going on. :wall:
:hug: gigi. did you know that there is an AD medication that you can go on that is ok for breast feeding. its called Lexapro. i went on it when aston was 3 months old. it is the least likely to cross over into breast milk.
as for me - basically I just have to live with it - the alternatives medically are not appealing - going into a state of menopause, hysterecomy, taking the pill.... I need to explore natropathic alternatives. thankfully laura doesn't seem to have inherited the pain and heaviness that I have. fingers crossed it stays that way for her.
gigi i was on a low dose of zoloft whilst breastfeesding!
Gigi i know that cycle too well. i feel trapped a lot of the time too, since we only have one car. we live in such a hilly area that going for a walk from the house is just not possible.
I just saw on the news this morning about a mother in perth who allegedly killed her 2 sons aged 2 and 10 months. while i feel so devastated that something like that happens, i have so learnt not to judge because this mothering business is so hard, and its so easy to get dragged down and depressed. i am absolutely not justifying what she did (or allegedly did) but i can understand the headspace that she was in.
How many of these incidents have we heard about this year?! surely something can be done..a national initiative..something. i dont know what but i feel like this problem that so many women seem to deal with is kept so hush hush and while a lot more things are openly talked about nowadays, there is still a lot of shame in PND, which dangerously can lead to post-partum psychosis. it is a cycle that really need not occur and at the end of the day, goes back to community.
tara :clap: well said hun!!
christy i hope the slumber party went well!
:birthday2: Happy 2nd Birthday Jovie :birthday2:
I hope you have a great day!!!
:partysmiley: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOVIE :happybirthday:
Have a wonderful day!!
:( I cant get the smileys to work, but they're there!
happy birthday jovie!!!!!
Happy Birthday Jovie. I hope you, mummy, daddy and Matilda have a lovely day today in your new home. xxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks girls!! We went to MIL's house this morning after another trip to St Vinnies (haven't found the right wardrobe yet/...) and she had made a birthday cake for her. She wrapped up the presents as well so JJ got her pram & dolly and some books for her birthday. She knows they are hers & its so cute! Then we came home for a sleep & then we just went to the beach... God I love living 15 minutes from the beach!! YAY!
Our stuff arrives tomorrow & V like you said... its probably a blessing in disguise. I want to find a wardrobe and a rug for the lounge room NOW but I know it will happen in time as well.
Christy how wonderful of your MIL. glad you had a lovely day with your girls. Nelly had Jake's birthday party this afternoon. We had a lovely time. it was so funny watching Aston. He sidled up beside Nelly to "watch" the present opening. Pursed his lips to blow out Jakes candles, wore his party hat, ate lots of cake, and helped Jake out with all his presents. lol. they were both so good. Aston has this whole party thing sussed I think, and will more then ready for his in three weeks.
Kim - piccies on facebook of the party are great. Chelsea looks so much like you and jas like her daddy... I wonder who bumblebee is going to take after?
Aw thanks V....yeah Chelsea really is a mummy double...Jas is more like Craig every day! We are hoping for a nice even mixture this time with BumbleBee..LOL
Gee im buggered today...i cant stop being on the move....ive cleaned the girls wardrobes out....Chelseas clothes now in Jasmines room and Chelsea's wardrobe slowly filling up with size 2 clothes! Have put aside clothes for BumbleBee JIC he has changed genders again, and the unisex colours as well. Bout to go put the cot back together for Jasmine now and then ill move onto the nursery!!!!!
Happy Birthday Jovie!!
in case i got mixed up, Happy Birthday Jake!
my head is spinning, got party to organise for Sunday and playground get to gether for next Tuesday - my one free day today, and i've got nothing done (towards the parties) - feel like i'm in quicksand. Suddenly realised, i don't even have a present for bilby turning two. i think the present money will pay for the party supplies. Just fixated on how to cope with making a party happen. i haven't made invites or anything. Part of me wishes i could fastforward to next week. (AFTER the party and playground meetup).
an online friend had her baby this morning at 9.04am - wow, how lovely.
ho hum.... shattered. aston has had a fever on and off since sunday. have no idea what is going on as there are no other symptoms. horrible nights - broken sleep.... revolting really. so are feeling slightly like a zombie. hope he has a better night tonight.
hope eveyrone else is doing ok. x
hi all yes it's 330am and sleep is elusive
I have woken to pains....ive overdone it baaaadly the last two days...but my house loves me!!
Really need to take it easy today.....32 degs and hot..and my body hates it....im so puffy...no feet...ring finger is killing cos i cant get rings off....blah...
On a good note....Jasmine is in the cot (from porta cot...LOL) and Chelsea is still in love with her bed....always wants to go to bed..woohoo!
MIL arrives tonight...looking forward to it...4 more sleeps til my 4D scan.
Oh V....and NElly....i hope you both get some well deserved rest soon!
Hi everyone else...hope your doing well :D
yikes, we were up all night too. the lovely girl across the road thinks everyone is impressed by her turbo'd up car...even at 10pm. kids woke up screaming and that was the end of that :(
Oh no Tara...how considerate....hmmm....our neighbour has a hoon car but he is very considerate and alwasy apoligies for starting his car early every morning!
A list of birthdays to come:
6th - Ella
8th - Jake
9th - Jovie
16th - Bilby
25th - Emelia
28th - Zander
29th - Aston and Chelsea
30th - Evie
Hi Everyone
Thought I might actually write a bit about myself so Im not some strange person lurking....
I live in Townsville with hubby and the boys..we moved here for hubbys work when bub was 3mnths and Zan 15mnths so we dont have any family or friends here as they live in Brisbane which has been hard at times, especially if we want or need some time out on our own.
I have had some bad days that I know have bordered on depression (past history of depression)and even Psychosis related thoughts (which I put down to not sleeping for 8mnths)I think I have been strong and although its not recommended I have worked through the issues myself as I didnt know where to go in a new town and had enough faith in myself that I wouldnt hurt myself or my kids. Each day does get better..we had issues with Wyatt(bub) from birth with reflux/allergies/and not sleeping longer than 4 hours at a time until he was 8mnths old - breastfed till 10mnths now on Neocate allergy formula.
I was also on the Implanon implant to prevent 3 bubs under 2!!! I had the implanon taken out a few weeks ago as it wasnt agreeing with me. I have also joined a gym....it was damn hard joining up as I havnt done any fitness or had any motivation to do exercise for the past 10yrs!! Now I need to keep going ha ha
Some days I still feel like doing a runner somewhere on my own (especially in the middle of a tantrum and when both boys decide to simultaneously scream) but overall I love being a mum and wouldnt want to be doing anything else at the moment
Thanks for sharing Nicola. I hear you on wanting to run away when 2 kids scream together....its a common thing in this house these days....Jasmine has found her new self and now has an attitude (she is only 1 year 2 weeks old) and then Chelsea...well she is miss tantrum queen and miss attitude to the max! It will be fun come January dealing with a newborn as well!
I love the name Zander!
Is it bad Chelsea still isnt on cows milk??
In her bottles (2 a day) she has 100ml water, 100ml cows milk and 2 scoops formula....
I have a check up for both girls next week and the white lie of 'No Chelsea isnt on bottles anymore' will be put in place....im sick of gettin my butt kicked!
Jovie still has a bottle at night, my good friends little man is 6 months older and still on 3-4 bottles a day!! So don't listen to the bottle nazi. ;)
Nicola I hear ya about the runner!!! Sometimes I look out the window and think about just walking out... I wouldn't but its fun to entertain the thought.
Oh that makes me feel better Christy..im not going to take something away she loves and still needs. Ill cop it cos Jasmine is 12 months and should be off them too..(4 a day)...that would be ok IF she ate solids to make up for the bottles!!!
kim sophie has milk after brekky and dinner in sippy cups but lunch time still a bottle,
start weaning her off the formula by very slowly reducing the scoops maybe 1/4 scoop at a time, she;ll get used to it!!
nicola thanks for sharing!
tara, nelly and V hope you get sleep today!
christy hows the unpacking going?
Hi
Zander still has bottles of toddler milk before his naps and bedtime
(he calls it Bot Bot)...It is dilluted with more water than on instructions...I have found buying an $11 tin at Big W is cheaper than buying cows milk. I get constant grief from my mum who is a child health nurse about rotting teeth and how he doesnt need a bottle anymore...but Im the mum and both me and hubby agree that we wont/cant take away the bottle at the moment. There are good points about living 1300kms away from your mum!!!!
We wont have that drama with Wyatt as he has never had or been interested in a bottle as his formula in a sipper cup.
Aw your still nice and small Jols....thats so cute!!!
heres another one except this one makes me look HUGE!!
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...80&ppuser=2982
jols you look great! I feel HUGE with this pg and felt really blobby today. To make matters worse went to one of V's book do's and there was a girl only a week behind me in dates and not really a tummy and she says "ooooh look at her tummy". yeah baby trust me I look at it every freaking day. jeeeeez really missing my old new skinny bod.