I have just been watching the news about the fires in Vic. I am so upset. How could someone do this on purpose???? 111 people dead and more to come. Those poor parents that had to watch their kids burn, it kills me. I wish there was something I could do. Maybe I need to organise a drive here in my town to gather stuff to send down to them. I feel so helpless just sitting here watching.
Haven't heard about the injections Hollye, how many do you have to have? How effective are they? what are their side effects (sorry bout the so many questions )
Oh, can you put me down as 12kg to lose. I need to be more disciplined about what I eat, but i've made sure i have healthier snacks and more choices which tends to keep me in line better - oh and more nutritious meals which usually keep me fuller for longer.
HJ - Congrats on the contract!!! with you it all goes through.
Hippie! - Good to hear from you again. Good luck with the moving. Close your eyes and imagine all the boxes and mess are gone and all the work is done!
Kim - that's so expensive for the Pink tickets! Having said that I'd go if i had the money!
How old is DD2? I've been thinking lately how much harder it would probably be with a 2nd. Just trying to give them each time, and the 2nd is usually at that age where they understand they're not getting the same attention they used to and being able to play up 'quite well' Correct me if I'm wrong those of you wonderful mums with big families, but In my head I think 3+ would just become a nice big family where the atmosphere and expectations would be different? Or does it have to do with the ages?
Didi - how often do you make it to the gym? I have my yoga class once a week and have a membership so would love to go more often. I just feel like i'm taking advantage if i get DH to look after him too many nights, or get my nanna to do it too regularly. I spose i should just talk to them. It'd be great if they had a nursery type set up there. Hey, they have a cafe and hairdresser so why not!!
OM - great idea with the blanket. I seem to remember my mum doing that with my brother. He's got the leg action from Hollye's suggestion, so I've been trying to get him to reach his arm over at the same time - weird trying to work out how we actually roll over.
Did I mention we got sunnies for Liam while we were in Melbs? Sooooooo adorable. I'll try to squeeze in time to put up some pics. He learned to do rasperries probably about a month ago but does them FLAT OUT now. It's his favorite activity - i think coz it gets everyone's attention. He's such a little show pony already! (I love it )
Hollye - hope all goes well at pead appt today - maybe Mia might be able to stop the medication! in saying that poor B has started upchucking a fair bit of her milk - but it dosent seem to be worrying her atm - will get her weighed on monday and see if its effecting her weight - i hope not!
1stBub27 - cant wait to see the pics of Liam in his sunnies - i bet he is a real spunk rat in them! hahaha
Kim - those fires are devestating arnt they - i cant watch it anymore on tv - everyday it seems to get worse!
hippie - where are u moving too? that will be me in a few wks with boxes everywhere so i feel for u!
Amanda - how are u and Julian going?
didi, csab and OM - how are u all and ur little cherubs?
Oh i meant to ask - is anyone looking at putting there bub on solids anytime soon? like rice cereal?
or is anyone using teething rusks yet? Bianca is at the stage where anything and everything she gets her hands on goes straight to her mouth - so i was maybe thinking of teething rusks for her to suck on - but not sure?!
hj - meara has done nothing but put her fists in her mouth for ages. It does seem like she is teething so bought her one of those teethers that goes in the fridge. She hasn't quite got the hang of holding it properly yet but it won't be long. I haven't considered giving her a rusk or anything solid yet.
1stbub27 - DD2 is 2 lol and going through terrible 2's and then some. I reckon some days if I sent her to Iraq that she would devastate the nation and the war would stop lol. There is a 21 month age gap between her and DD3. Usually she is ok with her little sis but sometimes she is terrible. As for not having enough time for everyone, my kids don't complain about that. They know we are here when ever they need us.
My news - DF and I have discussed things and we are going to ttc #6. Wish us luck
WOW!!! #6! That's incredible!!! I love that there's so many mums of bigger families in here. I'd love to have a big family but can't see it happening, partly due to DH's age (though he's only 35 now), mostly due to funds. How do you all do it?
LOL about DD2 solving the Iraqi war.
HJ - I asked if its too young to start Liam on solids and while she didn't say absolutely not she did say 'they recommend you don't until 6 months', which i've heard echoed several times since. We've let liam taste some foods - watermelon, licorice etc. He's just licked them, not swallowed anything. I saw the teething rusks the other day but they were recommended for 6months+ so i didn't get them. He has enough teething things anyway. You can dummies for teething that look sort of like a mouth guard on a dummy. You can put teething gel on the bit that goes on his mouth too. When he really seems to be in pain he likes it, otherwise he just chews it and moves it around his mouth like everything else. I do think it probably wouldn't hurt to have him try the occasional solid, but i know they worry about their digestive system and i think they can have trouble with reflux if you start them too early. If Bianca's had trouble with reflux already you might be safer to hold off on solids. That's just IMO though - its so hard to get definite answers from the people who are supposed to know. it's never a yes or a no is it. And if they err on the side of 'no' they don't really give adequate reasons. Makes me think we're all just going along with some things 'just in case' given this age of law suites. Then again the 'just in case' can't hurt them - unless we 'tie them up in cotton wool' (figuratively of course ) too much, which i'd prefer not to do. And people say 'just go with your instincts' but then you have several people at times telling you your decisions are wrong, while others can say exactly the opposite about the same thing. I find that the most frustrating part of motherhood.
Anyway, writing too much again. Hi to everyone else!
Hi everyone,
Kim - the fires are an absolute travesty. The thought of me, Olive and DH in our car with a wall of fire infront of us gives me nightmares. It is incomprehensible how people can light these fires and ruin so many lives, it's very devestating. I wish I was rich so I could donate a decent amount but the drive sounds like a great idea.
Good luck ttc#6.
hj - Congrats on the house!
I figure as long as Olive is happy and sleeping then why introduce solids before her little body needs them? All the professionals i've spoken to say 6mths so I will wait until I start back to work in April. Olive will be 5.5mths but given she is so big she may need something extra by then. It will also mean that I won't have to express so much. I also have the teething rings you put in the fridge.
1stbub - how is your feeding going these days? Are you still bfing?
Hollye - Hope it all goes well at the pead. Thanks for doing up the weight loss chart.
Hi to everyone i've missed
Olive is good but is getting really bored easily ATM and wants me to play with her all the time. She is moving around on the floor a fair bit but I think she would just really love to crawl.
I'm a bit stressed because work wants me to let them know now when i'm going to go back to work f/t but I really don't know. I was thinking never. I'm also having alot of trouble finding good quality childcare so I won't be going back until that happens.
Our new floor looks great but what I really need is a holiday.
It's going pretty well, thanks for asking. He has his morning feed just BF, then has a bottle top up (on top of BF) for the other feeds usually. I can occasionally get away with another feed just BF. I'm glad I stuck it out. I keep trying to wean him off FF even more but he's not in it and this works well enough for both of us. I feel for you expressing so much. You're quite amazing to keep it up for so long.
I'm glad I don't have to think about going back to work yet. I'm not sure how I'll cope when i do go back (whenever that will be..). Good luck with your childcare hunt!
OM have you looked into family daycare. I used this for many years and was very happy with it. The carers are lovely and they can only have a maximum of 5 children a day which is achievable to look after. Phone your local council or look for them in the phone book. IF for any reason you end up not liking your carer they will find you another one.
Kim - Wow, good luck ttc number 6. Are you trying straight away? I am a bit jealous coz I want more kids but cant have any.
HJ - Lara is sucking her fists and putting whatever she can in her mouth all the time too, she's doing it right now but I am going to hold off until 6 months before I give her solids.
Hollye - Good luck for you and Mia at the pead today.
OM - Hope you find care for Olive soon. Hopefully you wont have to go back to work full time. Dont let them pressure you into going back full time (especially if you can afford just to do part time)
Hi to everyone I have missed.
DD1 has vomiting and diarrhea, poor thing. I am the rest of us dont get it. I live in Far Nth Qld and it is still raining here, wish I could send it down to Vic where it is needed most. I can't watch the news anymore either, way too depressing.
Gotta go, have a great day, oh and I am not doing too well with the dieting this week either
KimB - I am currantly looking into FDC as there are no centre's in my area that take babies. There is only one carer available at the moment though and because I work in childcare myself I know she has the worst reputation so there is no way Olive is going there. We will work it out, I may just have to get a bit more help from family for now.
Thanks everyone on ur advice! i will hold off until 6mths with B unless for some reason she seems hungry and the formula isnt satifying her - was in no rush to get her on solids, tho was just wondering - exspecially with the teething rusks!
while she is happy like u recommended i will just keep on doing what we are doing!
Thank you!
Mia went well today> pead is very happy with her and just wants her to stay on her meds (there are NO long term affects) and he says i can decide when to take her off it. He said more than likley her reflux will settle when she starts soilds but then it might not so its all up to her really. So she still has reflux and he seen it in all its glory today (lucky i took 5 bibs with me). And... i dont neeed to go back to see him!!!!!!!!! he said to come back if im worried about anything but he gave me another prescription for her meds and said i can get more from the GP if need be. So yay!!!!!!!!
Didnt weigh her as the scales where in the other room and another pead was using them but he felt her tummy and everything and hes very pleased.
Also.. he said not to bother going to the physio about Mia's head tilt. He said "yes physios have a 100% success rate in fixing them, because they ALL fix themselves" i tend to believe him coz hes been a pead over 40 years. And Mias is getting better.. much better..
Hollye glad to hear Mia doesn't need to see the pead anymore, and that her head tilt is getting better, I've also noticed Julian's doesn't seem as bad either, I'm still going to see the physio on the 23rd, so if you want I can still let you know what they say.
Kim yay on number 6, I'm slowly trying to talk DH around, his excuse is that he's getting to old, but I don't think he is, so maybe we'll be having another then as well.
HJ I'm so happy that you had your choice of two different offers, fingers crossed that it goes uncondional soon. I'm with everyone else, usually their sleep gets unsettled and then you start the food and they start sleeping better, hope that made sense.
Not much going on here, will hopefully be getting Julians needles next week, oh the joy. Better go and finish dinner.
found this i wrote when i found out i was pregannt.. thought u girls might find it an interesting read..
24th February 2008 �
This is the day I found out I was pregnant and it went something like this. I was online talking to some friends and I was telling one of them that my period was due 4 days ago and my temp is over 37. They said �quick go and buy a test�. I didn�t agree coz this was my first cycle on Clomid and didn�t think I would be lucky enough for it to happen this quick. Anyway I stopped talking to her about 5pm. I wondered how Matt was coz he was out playing cricket.
I decided to go to the supermarket anyway because there was nothing to drink in the house. I walked down the isle that had the pregnancy tests in them. I looked�and looked. Should I or shouldn�t I???! I did. I got a box that had 3 tests in it. I grabbed a bottle of coke and went and paid for it and the girl that served me gave me a funny look. I got in the car and went home. On the way home I thought to myself, what a waste of money its not going to be positive.
I drove around to where matt was playing cricket but left shortly after coz he was busy and didn�t see me. I got home. I thought �ok let�s just get this over and done with before matt gets home�.
I peed on the first stick�..just my luck, I missed. Didn�t pee on it at all. Grrr!!! I stayed there for a while and tried to pee some more. Eventually I did..I was then holding the test and staring at it� straight away 2 lines! I say out loud �oh my ****ing god!� the excitement that went through my body at that stage I can�t even explain. I cried and cried and cried. I thought this was never going to happen. I got off the toilet and had a look at the back of the box it came in. Yep it was defiantly positive�omg! What do I do now??? I know!!! Go and do another one! So I had a big drink, waited about 10 mins and went back to the loo. This time I peed right on it. 2 dark lines straight away! Omg omg omg!! Now what???????
I walked back out to the computer and told my friend who was still online. Then I called mum. She was so happy she said he heart was pounding so hard! While I was on the phone to her Matt�s car pulled up so I hung up the phone.
He walked inside. I told him to sit down in the chair I have a surprise for him. I went and grabbed my pregnancy tests and walked over to him with them behind my back. I said hold out your hands. He did and I gave them to him with the instruction leaflet incase he didn�t know what it meant. He did of course and he said �you�re pregnant?�. I said �yep!� He stood up and hugged me for so long saying he�s so happy and it�s finally happening and how much he loved me.
From then on we have both been extremely happy about the thought of bub coming, as well as being anxious but deep down I know we will get through this together.
Awww Hollye - that was beautiful - brought tears to my eyes and made me remember the first time i found out i was pregnant (for the first time). Nothing beats that moment when 2 lines come up on that stick - except of course the moment u give birth to the little bub that made those 2 lines come up!
Amanda - thanks u did make sense - B is sleeping thru the nights so im guessing she so dosent need any solids yet! Although she watches us eat and sometimes i feel sooo bad for her having the same thing every day - hahahaha
But dont worry i dont plan on starting her on solids any time soon! might make her grow up even more faster! hehehe
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with you it all goes through.
Correct me if I'm wrong those of you wonderful mums with big families, but In my head I think 3+ would just become a nice big family where the atmosphere and expectations would be different? Or does it have to do with the ages?
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the rest of us dont get it. I live in Far Nth Qld and it is still raining here, wish I could send it down to Vic where it is needed most. I can't watch the news anymore either, way too depressing.
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