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!!!!
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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