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Re Sleep. Feel better that it's not just us. Wish i could see the light at the end of the tunnel though.
Kellie- only biscuits i give are cruskits and rice crackers. Oh and i have given her those 'baby mum mum' vegie biscuits. But i'm a bit of a hard ass, no extra sugar, mean kind of mum. :P Girls in my MG give plain sweet biscuits like marie's or arrowroot though.
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Me too, admit to having a good cry in the shower this morningWish i could see the light at the end of the tunnel though.
Hey all - Have been missing for a while! Been lurking a little...
Ange - Eeeepppp.... sorry, I have one of those babies. I put CHels down at about 7.30 every night. She lays in there and chats for about 5 minutes and then will be sound asleep. Usually sleeps straight thru til about 7am. Every now and then she will wake up in the night for her dummy but as soon as ya pop it back in she is out like a light again. I am very lucky. Been blessed with 2 fantastic sleepers!!
Trish - Have funcleaning...... lol. Something I should be doing ATM to. lol
Saffi - Thats fantastic news about Part time! You will love the balance hey!!
Kellie - Woot on the crawling! Its so cute hey! They are so much happier when they can get around themselves!!
Rebecca - hope ya can get the nappy rash cleared up! Chels has only ever had it once for about 2 days but I know how horrible even that can be. Poor little bubba!
Willow - Awww..... hope your feeling better, Nothing wrong with a good cry though!
Ok all Im gonna go have a rest, hi to everyone, I'll try and be back soon!!! X
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Lesson for the day - if your bub has a pooey nappy don't wait to change it.
L woke up from his morning nap, so I get him up, change his nappy, dress him for the day, and take him into the kitchen to give him some food. As I was lifting him into the high chair I smelled something, but thought he can wait. He was really grumpy as I tried to give him some food, so got his bottle ready, took him into the loungeroom and gave it to him. After a while I felt something wet on his back. Only then did I realise the poop had gone all the way up his back. Eeww...... Poor bub. Had to give him a bath and a of course a complete change of clothes. Bad, bad mummy!
Kellie - WTG Tahlia! I thought life wouldn't be the same when L started to crawl too, then he learnt to stand! I made some homemade rusks the other day. L loves them. Just slow bake the crusts of a wholemeal loaf in the oven for an hour or so. Also give L some rice cakes and sometimes a vitaweet.
Willow -This baby stuff's hard work, hey.
Rebecca - hope the Doctor can give you something to clear C's rash.
Becky - hi
Anyway, L's calling.
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Hi everyone
Hope all's well!
Had some issues recently. Bit of a tiff with DH on the MIL....he wondered why I never wanted her to mind Maxxy and I finally got off my chest that it's because I don't really trust her! She has said things to Max (and I know this will sound strange!) like 'we don't like charlie' (my precious pooch). She has called Max a 'little d!khead'...has basically bagged anyone with a public school education (that is me)...and the list goes on. I know they sound little and petty, but I find them to be negative and judgemental and I don't want Max to be around that sort of thing....especially when it is things that mean something to me. I told him that I didn't feel like she respected me and the way I parent Max. SIGH...it was so horrible! It's not that I don't like her or anything either, and I certainly don't want Max to not have her in his life. Another thing, she doesn't want to be called Nanny, or Grandma, or anything of the like....she wants Max to call her by her nickname. I told her that I don't think it's right, and I find it disrespectful for a kid to call their grandmother their nickname, but she just keeps pushing it. In the end I just don't call her anything infront of him, and just keep telling her to make up a name he can use....she hasn't yet...so I call her Nanny No-name! Geez...I'm a whinger...sorry for long and boring!
Max and sleep....the kid, kind of like JJ takes a few mins on the rocking chair and then he's down. The nights are also a mixed bag of whether he will wake or not. I just roll with it.
Haha Rebecca Max does that screwed up nose and funny sound thing too! It's so hilarious!
Yay to all the kids moving.....Max is moving more, just on the spot! I'm sure he'll get up when I least expect it! Hopefully not before we go to the UK....he will be 1 by then so I'm not counting on it....a lot can happen in 3 months can't it. I am more amazed by Max as the days go on!
I am wondering whether M's top teeth are coming down....i can see their outline on the gum and he's started sucking his lip up the top (he did the same when the bottom ones were bugging him). It's funny when he does it, he kind of clicks his tongue too....then when I do it back to him, he does it again...and then the games begin! GOD I love him!
Anyhoo...i'm going to go tidy up...got mothers group here tomorrow so need to baby proof my house!
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nanny no-name sounds like a bit of drag... so hard with boys and their mothers... on both counts, you and max, dh and nanny NN...
i thought that i'd have to tread carefully with my own MIL, until DH had a mass falling out with her about her lack of interest in the wee one. can't win.
as my mother says, 'it's just something we all have to deal with' (MILs, that is)
you're the boss of max in the meantime. you can choose who gets contact. lie through your teeth if you have to -- not that i condone lying, but sometimes people are more trouble than they're worth if you tell them the truth (because THEY can't deal with it).
sigh.
complex.
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Julia - I can't believe Max's own grandmother called him a d'head! WTF??? I reckon Max is warming up his engines and he'll be off and racing in no time.
My mum is a nanny no name too (love it Viv!). Actually we call her GDW (short for Grandad's wife). For Mother's Day we bought her a card that had a revolving window with the names of grandmother in different languages and asked her to see if there were any she liked LOL. I figure that when L is old enough he will choose a name for her, so I'm going to leave it up to them to sort out between themselves.
Bad day with L. After his afternoon nap he vomitted all over himself and the rug on his floor. So another change of clothes. Think he's a bit off colour. All he wants to do is sleep and cuddle up to me. Hopefully he will get better overnight or I might have to take tomorrow off work to care for him (that would be so sad - not).
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Yeah Julia- MIL's suck. It is such a shame husbands come with them. :P I think follow your gut, you are doing the right thing. Like Viv says, you are his boss, his protector. I don't leave Lu with anyone that i am not 100% comfortable with. That includes my MIL, fortunately she lives a plane flight away. But last time she visited we had a wedding and she said "oh you can just leave her here" There was no chance in hell. Fortunately i have the excuse of BF'ing, and i am not a very good at expressing.
Saffi- I hate spew, hope the little man is ok. I think you'd be about due for a sick day!
Viv- i meant to say yesterday, i would definately try the panadol. Particularly if he is obviosly waking from the pain. When we had the front teeth coming through, i used a bit of panadol, but i kept wondering if i should or not. Looking back i can see that she was in pain and it was warranted.
Good work on the crawling tahlia!
Hi becky
Yeah Willow, i have had a few randowm preggo/lack os sleep tears too. womens prerogative!
Last edited by Junglemum; July 22nd, 2008 at 07:56 AM.
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