Babies Born November 2006 #47

[nelly]

have had meltdown over being pg over being in pain sorry am here but lurking for a while
hi girls I have a silly question ... I know we are all hormonal and emotional when pg but has anyone had a total meltdown at all? I don't know what is going on with mine at the moment but today was a shocker. Jake was pretty good today in the scheme of things as far as 2 yo go although he was particularly trying this afternoon... wanting to be picked up wanting to "help" which normally I just work into my afternoon getting dinner ready routine. DH is usually home just after 5 and Jake wanted to call him and talk to him and he promised him he'd be home in time for a bike ride. He got home after 6 which normally wouldn't be an issue. BUT I had a 2yo upset bcos Daddy wasn't home for the bike ride as promised and I was trying to cook dinner AND it was a new thing I was trying so he was constantly mummy mummy mummy I was hang on hang on hang on ... I had things timed so the fiddly bits I could do when DH got home to distract Jake then as he got home I gave DS his dinner who flatly refused to eat it and I lost it. Over something so stupid. Swore like a fish wife and burst into hysterical sobbing. Settled down got dinner finished we ate together I apologised for my outburst he apologised for being late Jake kept asking to go for bike ride but of course was too dark outside. Get through bedtime routine, DH cleans up what was left in kitchen (not much as I clean as I go) everyone is back to normal until I get up from couch to pee and notice the chicken parcels left over from dinner 2 hours ago were still on the bench. Made a comment about how cleaning the kitchen includes putting leftovers in fridge, sorry hun no worries will fix it up. ok. go to loo, come back out STILL on bench and he is lying on fat arse on couch STILL. Swear like fish wife chuck in container and chuck in fridge sobbing hysterically, contemplating why we ever moved up here away from my support unit to be closer to work when he gets home late anyway rah rah rah then continue to keep crying through shower and cry myself to sleep.
WTF IS WRONG WITH ME!!?!?!?!?!?! Is really just a normal night and he always forgets to put stuff in fridge but tonight I lost it! Just over being pg and being in constant pain and I just feel he has no idea how uncomfortable I am !!!!!
BUT don't get me wrong in the scheme of things I have a wonderful husband who does help out and isn't violent or anything ... no idea *sigh*
Sorry to air my dirty laundry just feel a bit swamped ....

[taralee]

Ohhhh Nelly!!!!! you poor thing!!!!! yes i remember losing over stupid things too and it is frustrating feeling that we have to carry on and do everything we'd normally do despite being fat and uncomfortable, nevermind that looming in the back of our mind is the fact that we'll soon be bringing another little person into the mix that, altho you know you love more than anything, is still another responsibility.
There so much going on for you at the moment and it is taxing physically, emotionally, mentally... mother-ly lol guys just dont get it, and i know what you mean. i have a fabbo husband too but i still get frustrated - youre only human and a pregnant one at that!!
can u put your feet up a bit today? just sit with jake and pass the time?

[Nicola]

Hi

I had my ultrasound this morning and everything seems fine........and apparently there its a 95% chance of the baby being a GIRL!!!!!!!! Im still in shock even though I saw the evidence..its either a girl or a boy without an obvious penis or scrotum lol

I went past pumpkin patch on the way home and nearly fell over in awe looking at all the beautiful girls clothing..I never knew there was so much choice and selection...I refrained from buying anything but enjoyed my first look in the PINK section!!!!!

[taralee]

Oh yes, Nicola, welcome lol its crazy how much money you can spend on girly stuff!! Glad everything's looking good...extra good!!!!

[Nicola]

So the Psychic was right!!!!!!

[taralee]

hahaha ok, yes. whatever floats your boat sister

[Olive]

nelly its ok to have meltdowns!!

nicola congrats on the girl!!

tara hows the dummy going???

[taralee]

Funny you should ask Jols. Sleep has been getting better and better since we got rid of the dummy. She slept ALL NIGHT in her own bed last night!!!! woot!!!! she hasnt slept thru the night in her own bed ever!! im stoked lol
on the down side, getting her down to sleep night and day is a long winded process and to the point that im now not bothering to try and put her down during the day. if we go in the car she falls asleep and i put her in her bed when we get home, otherwise i'm just giving her 'quiet time' where she has to stay on her bed or couch and just look at some books or watch a dvd quietly or whatever..so we'll see how it lasts lol
how's things with you jols?
feeling any better nelly?
gone on any shopping sprees nicola?
Gigi - can you please tell me more about your potty set-up for when youre out and about? we've had a few trips out in undies and *touch wood* no accidents yet, but i feel very ill-prepared!!
*waves* to everyone else xxx

[Olive]

awesome work with the dummy tara!!!! hope the 'sleeping all night in own bed' continues, we do the same with sophie, quiet time on the couch with tv for 60-90 mins a day, if she gets off i just tell her to get back ont he couch!! night time we have issues too, she constantly gets out of bed, we have to threaten door closesure with works eventually.
we all good, millie is gorgeous, smiling and talking heaps, just adorable, sleeping pretty well, both girls go down at night at the same time 6.30/7pm and she sleeps for around 6-7 hours then feeds around 4 hourly after that, so all good, im still sooooooooooooooo tired but thats life for the moment, still in liquid iron and multivitamins.

christy's matilda is very sick in hospital at the moment too, so please keep them in your thoughts

[nelly]

I read that this morning Jols - viral meningitis they think still? Poor Christy

I am feeling more on an even keel have stepped up the RLT and started taking EPO. I really want this bubba to turn but it seems to just be going from tranverse to breech and back again.

[Nicola]

My thoughts are with Christy and Matilda, its hard when the little ones are sick.

I havnt done any girl shopping yet.....dont want to jinx anything......Once I get a date confirmed for the babys birth I will work around that. We are moving house in less than two weeks and have a house to pack up lots of loose ends.

Zander doesnt have a day sleep unless we are in the car even though he can be R.S most of the day. MIL is visiting at the moment so I have been trying to rest and chill out a bit.

Hope everyone is doing ok

Bye for now

[Gigi]

Gigi - can you please tell me more about your potty set-up for when youre out and about? we've had a few trips out in undies and *touch wood* no accidents yet, but i feel very ill-prepared!!
*waves* to everyone else xxx

Taralee, this is how i handle "being outside home" with my newly tt-d miss bilby:

at home - in knickers
when out - in waterproof trainers

nappy bag - turned into tt-ing bag - goes everywhere with us
- spare set of clothing
- spare trainers
- potette and potette bags (for when we're at places that have no toilet or none nearby or we're too far away from the car e.g on the beach, playground with no loo)
- babywipes, loo paper
- wetbag
- hand sanitiser

boot of my car
- permanently set up to house a potty (very small boot, so no room for stroller as well)
- bag in boot that stays there, with loo paper, baby wipes, hand sanitiser, bottle of water (to rinse out potty with), spare potette bags in case of #2's

our routine is
- give her a potty opportunity
just before leaving home
when leaving car
when returning to car
as soon as arrive home

we had to work out what suited her.
she went quickly from potty to big people's toilet (with toilet insert) - for at home.

getting used to using "strange toilets" when out, took her about a week to get past that. I tried even taking the toilet insert with us, then a folding, padded loo insert, she didn't like using either of them, with strange toilets.

Having hand santiser or baby wipes with you, is good for public toilets, you jsut never know the condition of the loos you might come across.

for some reason, she is fine with using the car potty, but hates using the potty inside our home, HAS to be the big toilet or nothing!

inside the car, we have a special wee mat that fits the bottom half of the her carseat (to waterproof seat)

hth, if you need any more elaboration, just email me at g.j@internode.on.net
i found toilet training much harder than learning how to use MCN, in comparision, modern cloth nappies were a doddle! LOL. but bilby trained in a pretty short amount of time, despite me being so unsure about what to do.

i got heaps of great hints from the Tribal Baby website. it's an EC-ing website, but i still found plenty of the the principles could be applied to tt-ing a two year old.

[taralee]

Wow thanks Gigi!!! So much to think about!! she went to kindy in undies today so i'll see how she goes!! and will start converting my car boot and "nappy" bag lol
Glad everything's going well Jols, had another 'sleep thru' night last night. chichi was up every 2 hours, so im glad Millie's a good sleeper for you!!
Chino's cut his top 2 teeth which is making feeding a bit painful dont want to stop just yet but i dont think i can handle that nipple torture much longer!
Nicola - we just went and looked at a house this morning so am contemplating a move too. yowza! Good luck with all your packing - i dont envy you- but i will be thinking of you
Glad you're feeling better Nelly not long to go, you're on the home stretch..any day now really?
I didnt see Christy's post about Matilda, i honestly dont look at any other pages than this one but of course I will keep them in my thoughts

[Nicola]

Taralee..I stopped feeding Wyatt at 10mnths as he was biting me with his 4 teeth!!! and I knew it was time to convert to a sipper cup, the transition went well.

[taralee]

did u go onto formula? im not really keen on doing that? or just express breastmilk?

[Nicola]

Wyatt has food allergies including milk protein..he would get hives and throw up a fair bit (we thought he had reflux before it was diagnosed) He went onto Neocate Formula which is a formula for allergy babies it is totally synthetic..he still has it once a day.

Can you hold on till 12mnths and then go on cows milk?? Otherwise expressing sounds like a good idea.

[taralee]

yeah my plan was to go til 12mths and then go to cows milk..i think with evie i went til 11 (then i was pg so just could not handle the bf'ing part) and i just mixed water with her milk...maybe i can do that. mind you, i fed him tonight and didnt get teeth lol

[tiggerandpooh]