Good luck Gigi!!!
wow kim, you sure are a wonder woman!!!!
Happy Birthday V! sorry i missed it
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Good luck Gigi!!!
wow kim, you sure are a wonder woman!!!!
Happy Birthday V! sorry i missed it
:happybirthday: vicky!!!! sorry i missed it!!
tara lovely to see you back hun!
gigi all the best for the trip :hug:
Happy (belated) Birthday Vicky! XXXX
Jezzzz its hot at night. Maybe its just me. Sleeping is so painful these days. Bladder is the size of a pea and pelvis is so sore. All this extra blood in my veins is making me HOT!
Can't sleep but so tired.
Ann
:(
thanks for the birthday wishes girls.
:hug: ann... not long now until your bambino's are in your arms.
Awww Ann...I cant even imagine. I know how over it i was with Chichi and that was just a 7lb'er! lol thinking of you
We're having a mini-crisis..well, i am anyways. Since starting kindy evie has just become like velcro. She wont leave me for anything, no-one else can do anything for her. the simplist (is that a word?!) thing such as opening a car door makes her scream.. 'mummy do it!!!!' DH isnt "allowed" to do anything for her. she used to love having showers with daddy and now (like tonight) she screams blue murder and just wants to cuddle me.
We always talk about kindy so positively and emphasise how much she loves going and gets to paint and such, but she's becoming very dubious about it.
Her teachers have said that she loves organised things (like painting) but any transition or free play upsets her.
I know its all so new to her and that it will pass but i am really beginning to wonder if i shouldve bothered with kindy so early, i know this sounds soooo melodramatic but i said to dh today that i feel like i've "broken her spirit"..it seems that she's so anxious all the time now and is so worried about me leaving. i know that these are all things she wouldve dealt with anyway no matter when she started kindy and pulling her out only means she'll go through it again later.
I KNOW all these things cos i used to tell parents of my kindy-kids the same thing but i really really REALLY need some reassurance :(
:comfort: taralee. i so relate to how you are feeling hun. I felt anxious everytime I would drop aston off because he would be so distressed. now I have to ask him for a kiss good bye!
having said that - he has become very "bossy" and demanding "mummy do it", and having a hissy fit if it doesn't go the way he wants. Its more about him pushing boundaries then anything else and seeing how far he can go.
Evie has had big changes of late hun, she has become a big sister, and is learning all about having to share mum and dad - and you haven't broken her spirit babe - she is just adjusting to her changing world in the only way she knows how. Do you stay with her for a little while and play? How long has it been that she has been going? and how many days is she going?
Hang in there hun. I promise it will get better. :hug:
Hi Everyone
I have been M.I.A for a little while, was trying not to spend to much time on the computer..but I ended up getting withdrawls.
Congrats Kim!!! yeah boys can be a tad messy with their poos lol
Happy B'day V
Zander has been in his big bed since we came home from Brisbane at xmas time and I have been trying to toilet train but we end up going back to nappies..Im finding it really frustrating and a big challenge.
I found out I was pregnant again on New Years Day :bfp:..so it happened first go in December..I was shocked even though I knew it could happen. Last week I had to go to the hospital as I started bleeding alot and was totally freaked out, there was a still a heartbeat but they noticed a bleed between the gestational sac and uterus so the chance of miscarriage is high. Im nearly 9 weeks and having another scan this week to see what is going on.
Bye for now
Congrats Nicola!
Tara - Awww poor Evie. She's trying to control her world which is normal for any 2 year old.
My cousins gave me a new converable car seat as a baby gift! And my SIL gave me her old capsule which she used for 6weeks - I'm so lucky i havent had to spend a cent!!! Woo hoo.
Ann
x
awwww tara you havent broken her spirit :hug: shes probably still finding her feet :hug: i hope things get better for oyou soon.
ann wow hun youve done so well to get to 35 weeks :clap: 35 days to go, though obviously a lot less!!
Oh congratulations and crossing fingers for you Nicola. I had massive bleeding and clots with Chino early on too. Just take it easy. everything will be fine ;)
Wow Ann!! Home stretch now!! Good job on the money saving front! lol i'm sure the spending will hit you soon enough tho!!!
Thanks Jols ;)
Thanks for your support everyone, I kept thinking what you said V - about trying to adjust to a new situation the only way she knows how, and that really helped.
She SCREAMED today when i went to leave and then gave her teacher a cuddle and was asking for her bar (muffin bar for morning tea - which she could just live on!!) and then was fine within 2 minutes, so that was great. she stayed for the day, had lunch and naps and was a lot happier this afternoon - even left me in the car with sleeping chino to go into bunnings with daddy (her fave shop LOL)
whoops---bit of a glitch....how do i fix that?
all fixed hun!!!
Tara - sounds like Ella. Loves her comfort food. She sounds like she's adjusting slowly already.
Jols - Yep only a 2-3 wks for me. Full term for twins is 38wks.
Sold our old car and about to get a loan for the bigger car. :( but it will save us HEAPS of money since its my FIL's old 4WD (we got at bargain price). So i cant go into labour till next week since I've gotta sort out all the finances for the cars this week. (men are hopeless with money)
Have been doing a bit of nesting which scares DH! LOL
Ella keeps wanting me to show her the babies. She kisses the bump now but she wants to meet them. Maybe coz she knows she's going to get presents when they arrive :p
Kim - how are you going hun? how's the BFing?
Gotta register ourselves on the multiple baby assoc we get discounts on baby stuff which will help out.
Ann
taralee glad that Evie had a better day. and glad that I was able to offer some comfort.
Ann - i know it probably doesnt feel like it but I can't believe you are so close to meeting your little ones. How lovely that Ella wants to meet them NOW lol.
Jols how you coping in the heat hun? its been horrid down your way. And yours too Gigi.
Christy - hope you are doing ok hun.
Blanche - I saw in your facebook status that Jack is nearly walking - thought it wouldnt be too far away after seeing the photos you had up.
Nicola - congrats on your BFP - hope everything is ok hun. Try not to stress about TT - it does happen, and honestly the more you stress about it the harder it is. good on you for letting it go, try again in a few months.
Kim - how's everything in your house? Chelsea still giving you a helping hand?
Nelly - can't wait to see you on Thursday - been too long!!
life has been fairly manic in my house of late. just wish things would settle for a while... Laura had an accident with an air rifle on Saturday evening, and long story short - had to have an operation to have the ball bearing removed that was lodged deep in her thigh. Having a child go under a general is not a pleasent experience to say the least. Thankfully the staff at the hospital where brilliant and let me stay with her until she was under completely. had to wear the scrubs lol - which made my very anxious crying daughter laugh briefly. she was under for hour and a half - was the longest hour and a half of my life! and I was able to go into recovery as soon as she was there. that was nerve wracking, as she was shaking and crying, and disorientated, and completely off her face. The hardest thing about it all was having to appear so calm for her, when inside I was dying a 1000 deaths.
seems the punches keep coming... got to cop a break soon dont i?
OMG how scarey Vicky. How long will she be in Hospital? I would have been a mess.
Ann
x
oh Vicky! so sorry to hear about Laura's accident, i hope she heals well. As soon as you said "air rifle", i was thinking "don't let it be her eye", so i am glad of that.
i spent Sat, Sun and Mon in Melb, to visit my very ill MIL in ICU at Epworth East Hosp in box hill. it was amazing to see her looking so different, she hasn't eaten for so long, she cannot stand, just skin and bones and she drifts in and out of consciousness alot, and in adn out of reality. She was happy to see bilby (for the first time) and actually said positive things like "you must be so proud of her" etc. So it was really good from that perspective.
the number of elderly people that have died here, since the heatwave began, is just phenomenal, i think 60 was the last number i heard. frightening. so many days over 40, power blackouts for 24 hours, elderly people and animals dying as a result. (overheating). When i go out in my car, i put a freezer block in bilby's car seat and another one behind my back, just to be able to stand being in the hot car. and guzzle on iced water the whole drive.
at first you think, i won't go anywhere until it's over, then you realise, you just can't stay home indefinately - you run out of food, your kid gets cabin fever, you get cabin fever. but the freq power outages sure make me think about "end of the world" type movies, when people have to be self sufficient. Makes me realise, just how much "modern convenience" we take for granted, every day. And how quickly, life is different, without those things.
when it was 45 and we had black outs (only for few hours), i sat me and bilby in a bath tub of cold water - me, who normally has to ahve the water HOT HOT to bathe in!! i know it's heatwave, when i'm very happy to have 100% cold showers!
on monday morning, there was a brief thunderstorm in melbourne, and RAIN!!! we took bilby outside to experience the rain, she doesn't understand what rain is, there has been so little of it occurring in her life of two years. so dh and i were esctastic to see and feel RAIN.
back to reality now, alfoil over the windows, place like a cave, so dark, desperately trying to keep it as cool as we possibly can.
Then i see those poor people up in Ingham Qld, who are cut off from the world by floods, even planes have no where to safely land.
hi girls
gigig and jols hope you are coping ok.
My little brother and his wife live in Mission Beach in North Qld and have just got everything replaced through insurance and now have more damage to deal with. I guess tho to put it into perspective it is the tropics and it is monsoon weather -my little brother said the weather up there just seems to be righting itself IYKWIM?
Wow Ann I wish I only had a few weeks. You must be soooo excited - can you pls post a belly pic I would love to see it before they come out! Jols time is ticking for oyu too.
Tara Jake had issues like that when he started at his second daycare after the first one burnt down. They just need to express their emotion that you are leaving then they take the next phase in their stride and keep going.
Christy, Kim, Nicola, Blanche hope you are all good.
AFM well we are now officially a one car family - handed the car back last night. And on our first day (today) I had to drive DH to the airport at a quarter to six bcos he is away for 2 days. I keep asking why can't he catch a cab?!?!?!?!?!?!
I am struggling to reconnect with who I am when I am not a high flying career person and being a SAHM again. I love it, don't get me wrong, but I have always defined myself by my achievements and where I am at in my career. The 12 months I was on mat leave with Jake b4 I started TW were kind of a holding pattern knowing I would go back to something, but this time it won't be until the second baby is at least walking... I have a personal belief in kids not going into daycare until they can walk... but who knows our situation might dictate otherwise. SO now have thrown myself into structuring our week with activities etc, finding playgroups and establishing some mummy networks up here - which I haven't done at all. Am a bit scared of becoming isolated especially if DH needs the car for work, and I am freaking scared of public transport - not that there is a great network up here.
*sigh* I know that they are only minor things in the overall scheme of things and there are others far worse off but with Jake sick again I keep thinking of things I could change or that I haven't done to fix it but I can't. The doctor doesn't want us to put him on any supplements until we are through this 8 week period bcos we need to get a baseline of what his body and immune system do when they are "normal". As long as we don't end up in hospital again - that is my mantra.
At least I have V to play with tmrw and bring some light!
Have a good day xxxxx
heres my belly, taken sunday at 37+5
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../JolsPGxxc.jpg
BBL for personals!!
but nelly :hug: hun
Here's mine as well. 35+2 weeks
TwinBump2.jpg (image)
OMG Jols I cant believe you have only two weeks to go.... well really you could go now! wow!! how exciting.
Ann - your belly is sitting so low... do you think you'll make it to 38 weeks?
i keep dreaming about being pregnant, having a baby, talking about it having a baby with DH... I think I'm having a hard time letting it go. There will be NO more babies for me. I'm about to go back to uni and finish my degree for god's sake! think I will have to go and buy a baby animal!!
aw! what gorgeous belly shots! thanks AJP and Luaa, for sharing those.
Nelly - lots of changes for you, hugs coming your way.
Will you be getting a cheaper car for you to drive the kids around? I live in an area with lousy public transport too, and without a car, i wouldn't be able to take bilby to the activities we do. There is nothing around here to walk to (just housing), so i am VERY grateful for my old bomb.
Vicky - how is Laura doing? how much longer is she still in hospy?
i often dream of having a little boy baby, to be bilby's brother. She has so few relatives, i worry about her being alone.
Girls I love your bellies! Ann you are low but really quite compact! Beautiful both of you.
Yeah gigi we are only looking to spend $10K at the very very most. It will be just a run around little cheapy and if I have big trips to do - like visit V - I'll swap cars w DH.
Well we have been to a couple of activities this week to trial and one was Kindy Gym at the local PCYC. Jake usually hangs back at any new places and activities but not yesterday! We were runnning late (as usual) so arrived in the middle of the class and they were playing with hoops. I sat down w him to watch for a while and straight away he was taking his shoes off and wanting to go play! They had an over and under theme yesterday and his fave part was using all of the equipment - it was almost like a dog agility course - tunnels to climb through, walls to climb over, tramps to jump on, hills to roll down ... the class finished and he wanted to keep going. It will be good bcos he has lost alot of muscle and therefore strength - he couldn't climb the ladder at the playground a few weeks ago and he couldn't understand why last time he was there he was all over it.
V coming to play today!!!
gigi are you in melb?
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...giveaways.html
I was low with Ella too. I guess that's why i've got the pelvic symphisis. :(
Vicky - No the twins clinic does think i'll make it to 38wks but then you never know. Ella was overdue and always low. They think the twins will come in the next 2 weeks.
Gigi - how was the flight back? how was bilby on the plane?
Nelly - I've seen Jake in action he'll get his muscle tone back in no time!
Jols - you have such a beautiful bump. I bet we go in at around the same time. I should get your number and i'll SMS you when i go in.
Ann
Ann I have a dumb question - are you planning to deliver vaginally? When would they make a call that you would have to go CS?
Hi Everyone
I had my ultrasound today and everything is going along ok..still a little bleed in uterus but doesnt seem to be impacting at the moment..Im 9wks and 2days
The in-laws are up from Brisbane to help us out and we are moving house tomorrow to somewhere safer and with security/fly screens you may of heard we have a dengue fever outbreak here in Townsville which is freaking me out and our current house is swarming with mozzies, also we got broken into a couple of weeks ago while we were asleep in bed..they disturbed Wyatt because his crying woke me up and I must of disturbed them because the doors were all open to outside...I totally freaked out...They stole my handbag from our dining room which is outside our bedroom and to think someone was in our house around our babies makes me shiver....:o
Anyway hope everyone is doing alright.........bye for now
Nicola how scary - having someone in the house. good luck with the move. glad everything is going ok with your pregnancy.
Ann - we flew with Jetstar, so much walking to the furthest parts of both airports, was involved. at 2 and 2 months, bilby walked most of it, pushing the luggage trolley with us. Even for the walk from where your tickets get checked to the actual plane, no prams are offered by the airline.
Taking off was fine, coming down again, i tried
- jubes (she spat them out)
- rice crackers (that didn't last long enough)
- breastfeeding (while she was in her seatbelt in her seat, and me in my seat, belted up, so i got a sore back out of that, had to lean my body at a weird angle to accomplish this, but it was better than her screaming in pain (air pressure in ears).
when children are two, you pay full price and they get their own seat, own baggage allowance.
the jetstar seating is so close together, i coulnd't imagine doing that flight with her on my lap (like when she was one year, ten months for example).
i packed a scrapbook and crayons, our slimmest, smallest books and one small comfort cuddly toy, nothing on plane to entertain her with, so i'm glad i went prepared.
this was my first experience of travelling with a child - went better than i expected. the phiffing and pfaffing before and after the flights, took the most time.
i had her in a night nappy for the flight, cos i had been told that the plane baby change area is miniscule and a real PITA. so i was out to avoid using that (unless she did a poo).
NICOLA - your inlaws are very kind to come so far to help you, that's fantatstic. SOUnds likr the sooner you are out of there, the better. how spooky (home invasion). i'm glad you're ok.
NELLY - that's fantastic that Jakey enjoyed Kindergym so much, that must be sooo reassuring to you, to see him "come back" to his normal self, well at least on the road to that.
i was just in Melb for three days - to see my MIL in ICU - but don't live there.
How is Laura, VICKY?
TARALEE waves at you!
AJP - keep cool, sugarplum
signing off
Gigi in 43 degree heat today, 41 tomorrow, alfoil on the windows!
Arrrrghhh this heat is a PITA!!! So swollen. My feel look like marshmallows.
Gigi - you did a great job flying with a 2 year old. The airlines dont offer you much in support do they (even though they see you travelling on your own)
Nelly - Yep we are doing a *natural birth* but I'll be having an epidural to manage the 2nd twin. Twin 1 is head down and doesnt seem to be moving from the starting gate position. So after she's born they will "turn" twin 2. I'll need an epi for that since they do this internally - OUCH! Then once she's in place, either head down or breech, they rupture the membrane and I'll push her out with each contraction.
I'll only have a c-section if the babies are distressed.
That's the plan so far. My next appt is on Tuesday for my last U/S and then we talk about when i should deliver. At the moment I'm carrying 4.6kg worth of baby + all their luggage so i'm over it.
Ella's gone to my MIL's farm for the day and we'll pick her up tomorrow morning. I'm missing her already :(
Ann
Kim are the fires near you? I heard them say Narre Warren North...
They were indeed just up the road from us, but luckily we werent not affected. I was a bit worried as behind outr house is huge paddocks of really dry grass and all the power lines, but thankfully, the council mowed all the grass on Friday and took precations in time for Yesterday. The local school got burnt down however.
Ill be back soon. Im on another planet right now and not coping to well.
Hi Kim
Hope things get better for you. Just take every minute/hour/day as it comes.
I know what you mean about being on another planet...I have been feeling that way since finding out I was pregnant as I had PND with the boys and Im sure I also had pre-natal depression aswell....sometimes I feel like its starting again already when Im wondering how its going to go and how im going to cope on my own daily with 3 under 3Im also planning a c-section this time (due to having 2 emergencies) and cant stop thinking about it and how much I hate it and the pain and recovery
It sux that when you think about having another baby and want another child...you forget about how hard it can be
Hi Nicola,
I understand what you're saying. I think to myself this the last time I get pregnant but I know i CANT promise I'll want another baby once these twins are out. Poor DH!
Ann
x
It must be something in the water, DH keeps commenting on how up and down i am all the time. i used to be so positive and able to handle anything and the last 6 months have been so trying for me. i think i;ve lost my sense of self and really need something else in my life. i need some 'me' time and i just dont see that happening for at least a couple of years
How can i complain about that when so many people have lost so much!!! Glad youre ok kim :) one day at a time xx
Hi Ladies :) thought i should pop in and say hi, havent been in here for a while have had alot going on, but good news is we are getting married next feb on the 28th so getting very exciting planning everything!!
Vicky -Jack is walking now :( cant believe how fast hes grown only 9 months and walking! Emelia thinks its funny the way he walks she copies him!!!
Ann- wow not long now, wishing you all the best hope everything goes well with the delivery.
Kim- big hugs hunni, think about u alot..if u ever need a chat let me know, big :hug: to u
all the bumps look gorgeous!
wish i could let u all know whats happening with me but i wouldnt like to upset anyone as i dont know everyones view on things..sorry that probably doesnty make sense lol
hopefully i can keep up now, missed u ladies ox
tara hun i think its totally to be expected to be up and down, your a busy women!! with two kids!
i wished we all lived in the same state!!!
good to hear from you blanche!!
wow jack walking :o scary!!
yay on the wedding how excting!!!
you can share what your comfortable with hun, were not going to judge you :hug:
Oh Blanche :( hope you're ok, congrats on setting a date tho! thats exciting!
*sigh* lol why won't my baby sleep in his own bed? I've gotten into this co-sleeping thing already and it's a little hard...4 in the bed, not a lot of sleep and sore backs galore :(
hidey ho ladies....
small victory for me. aston is going to sleep by himself, after a week of me "supernannying" it. up until Aston went into a bed, and was sick, he had put himself to sleep.... then for some reason i started laying down with him... and it had gotten up to 45mins for him to get to sleep, with him bossying me around all the time, telling me to lay here, pat my bum - do this do that... well I could feel myself getting cranky about the whole thing. I was not enjoying it at all, and decided to take things in hand, before they got out of hand, and I lost my temper. the first couple of nights I sat outside his door, while he called out MYYYYY MUMMMMMMYYYYYY MYYYY DADDDDDYYYY... no tears, just calling out to us, and he would get out of bed and come to the door, so I would go back in, say bed time, love you, put him back into bed, kiss, and walk out... and he would do it again. I would wait two mins, then go in again and do the the whole thing again, without speaking to him though this time. then he would go to sleep. the next couple of nights I only had to go in once, the next couple of nights, not at all - the my mummy would stop after about 30 seconds. and last night, he just went to sleep. YAY!
I am also starting back at uni on the 2 march full time. bit nerve wracking, but so wanting to finish my degree so I can start working again.
good to hear from you Blanche. before you know it Jack will be chasing emelia about.
Hang in there Kim. Hope you are getting some good support.
Taralee - how about you hun? what are you doing to take care of you?
Jols - omg - you are on the home stretch now!!!!!
Ann - how you doing? ready to move onto the next stage?
gigi - how go the moving plans? are you ok?
Christy- where are you? How's matilda going at school?
Nelly - feels odd speaking to you here, when I talk to you nearly every day lol
Nicola - how is your pregnancy going?
I hope i haven't missed anyone - if I have sorry, hope you are all doing ok.
xxx
Blanche i always think about you heaps to babe...Hugs....glad the wedding is coming along well :)
Tara i think being up and down is hard to deal with, and its even more trying when you have children to look after. Look after yourself. I cannot believe Chino is 6 months already!
V.....argh dont talk to me about bed time atm. Chelsea has turned into a horror. Refuses bed...so Arimeh (Mel) told me to drop her day sleeps...and what do ya know...she goes to bed at night now! Sucks for me cos no more arvo naps when Jasmine and Zachery go down..LOL
Ann im so excited about your girls impending arrival!! Your DH will love all his girls...lucky man ;)
Nicola how you feeling hun?
Jols..wow not long to go for you now...this bub hasnt wanted to make an early arrival like Sophie!
Nelly how you going?
Christy hope things are going well for you. You all settled in now after your move. How does Jovie and Matilda like their new home?
Gigi hows the house hunting going?
Umm anyone else i missed?? Sorry if i did.
AFM.....well im slowly getting there. Ive realised just how many women on here care and worry about others. Ive had a great bunch send me PMs on here and on FB, adding me to MSN to chat.....im so greatful for their help and support right now.
Chelseas burns are not healing, she is now in antibiotic cream and today was put on penicillan as well. The dr is very concerned and im freaking out even more. Feel like the worlds worst mum cos of it. Chelsea is in love with the dr and wants to go see him all the time....as if me taking her there once a day for the last week isnt seeing him enough!
Jasmine is going well and we have had a solids break through...tonight she ate spag bol for tea...a first....chuncky and she kept wanting more!!!!!
Zachery is great. 4.3kg, 55.5cm. We are purely FF now....heart breaking decision and i cried and cried when i gave him his last ever EBM last week. I love him so much and not a day passes by im not blessed with such a gorgeous lil man.
The girls adore him so much and smother him with kisses. Chels tries to pick him up and Jas just likes to touch his head and feet!
Im off to NSW next Thursday night....3 kids and a 12-14 hour drive....i cannot wait!!! LOL
Anyhow...til next time...take care all :)
arghhhhhhhhhh - think i spoke to soon. aston woke last night with croup at 10.15. ventolin helped settle it until 1am, then again til 5.30am. I ended up sleeping on his bed because I was so worried about his breathing. not that you can call what I did last night sleeping...... off to the doctor today. poo bum bugger cr@p. was having friends up for the weekend - and as they have a six week old baby wont be coming now... dont want to pass on the germs!