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Kim - yes I have to say 3 kids in 3 years is a credit to you! Your right, if we ever fall pregnant again, Tay is going to be at least 2 when a new bub comes along. So that gap with be nice. There is 17 months between Mia and Tay, and maybe that was just slightly 2 close. As they are getting older its getting heaps better though. As for feeding, expressing, breast and bottle .... its hard work. I have expressed and topped up with both kids, as breastfeeding just doesnt work for me. Everyone will have their opinion on it (nurses etc) but its what works for you, and with two littlies already anything that you can give Zach is a credit to you!
Pish - I was reading about your advice on tt, Mia just isnt getting there. She has good days and bad, goes the loo without me know and has now done 2 poohs on the potty even. BUt now we are back to no nickers, potty is broken and refsusal to go onto the potty. Its a little frustrating and I am not really sure what to do, other than to keep persisting? Any tips?
Saffi - yes frequent flyer points, we have enough for a return flight already, we just need to think of somewhere to go. I would really like to go to tassie, not far and apparently its very pretty. We are thinking of organising something for easter, but not sure if we will go close or fly somewhere. Its the weekend after my birthday, so whatever happens it will be a nice treat!
Julia - well done and can you send some of your motivation through to me? I am joining the gym I have decided, I must say its a bit daunting considering I havent been since pre-kids! But the Beach House at Fountain Gate apparently has a womens only section, which might make things a little easier!
Mo - how are you and how is single didgets going?
Trish - how are you coping being preggers with two boys this time?
Hi to everyone else ... hope you have a great day!
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Hello All,
Minimax - I see youre in Perth? How is the weather lately, all over the place! I hear you on the gym front. I haven't put Caden into the Creche yet so I am not sure how he would go, but I really should do it at least once a week so I get some "mummy" time and can relax while doing a bit of exercise.
Saffi - enjoy your day of indulgence :dance:
Kimbaz - What an effort girl! I am sure that come a few years time when I am having my second, you will have been through the hard part with your kiddies and it will be heaps easier. I understand by what you mean "easy". My gf said that it never gets easier as they get older, but I think they get more independant, which makes it easier in one sense.
Monkey - Power biter huh? That sounds painful... Caden was a biter when teething, but at least he didn't do it any other time. Although, he has bitten my leg a few times to get attention :wall: a simple "hay mummy, I want some attention" would have sufficed!
Kazaraz - LOL about 2 being hard! I think I am put off having number 2 just cos it seems so much harder, let alone considering number 3! I take my hat off to all you dual mummies.
As for us, not much on. Busy with work, just bought a new car so DH can pick Caden up from FDC now (I was doing both, and driving 3 hour round trip to work :(). No travel plans because we are still selling our business, then after its sold we get a BIG holiday :clap:.
Anyhoo, better go and get some housework done, have a great LONG AUSSIE DAY weekend!
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Hey everyone!
K is walking heaps more! Not long until he is officially walking I am guessing. He walked all the way from our lounge room to our kitchen before! He is also cutting a tooth atm so he is getting a bit cranky, but his sleep isn't too bad thank goodness.
Dragonbub - Two kids isn't too bad! I'm pretty sure it's the three year age gap between my boys that makes it easier, but we have adjusted really well and it's quite fun! Congrats on your new car!
Karen - How frustrating with Bruno's flights! I'm glad he was able to come home. I'm coping OK being pg with the two boys, thanks for asking! I think you just get used to it and you cope. I'd love to be able to have a nap sometimes though!! I reckon a 17 month age gap must be pretty full-on, I give you lots of credit for your hard work :D
Julia - I'm glad you went well at the gym, a personal trainer would be great!
Saffi - I hope you are enjoying your day out!
Kim - "Full on" is an understatement I'm sure! That's awesome that Craig is home too. I can't see how giving your bub EBM is bad?! You do what you want Kim and what you feel comfortable with. Whether that be FF, EBM or BFing, you have to do what works for you all :).
Amelia - I definitely reckon each pregnancy goes quicker than the last! Having other children definitely keeps you busy and keeps your mind off being pregnant (well kind of, they can't distract me from all this indigestion LOL!). I started TT'ing Joel when he was 2, it took us a year before he was fully trained. I never pushed him (I was also pg with K so I was sometimes slack!), I just let him get there in his own time. It worked well for us!
Kellie - Have a great time away! Hopefully you can catch up with some Octo-mums :)
Pish - Sorry to hear things have gone really bad with your brothers and SIL. February in Melbourne is usually very hot, like Kellie said. Usually we have consistant days in a row where it's in the high 30's and up to 40 degrees. But do come prepared with some warmer clothes just in case! Melbourne can completely throw you sometimes LOL! Where in Melbourne will you be staying? We should all try and meet up!
Amber - Have a great time away this weekend! And happy birthday to your DH! How has the holiday house been going?
Mo - I'm glad Maddi is on the mend. K loves grapes too! He could eat them all day, but man, the nappies after a big grape-feast are so rank! I really feel for you in this hot weather, keep that AC cranked!
Becky - A very belated happy birthday to Liam for last Friday! I was going to post happy birthday that day, but BB went down and then it slipped my preggie brain :doh:. How did his party go?
Hi to everyone else!
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Hi everyone.... I have been MIA a bit lately but just cause I have been so busy! Will try and catch up as much as I can!
Trish - Aww thankyou for thinking of Liam! He had a wonderful day. had a big party and got very spoilt! Cant believe he is 3.... :( Are you hoping for a girl this time or really dont mind?
Dragonbub - How exciting!! What sort of car did you get? At least it will save you a bit of travel time!!
kazaraz - I hear you on the toilet training! Liam was almost done really and then all of a sudden went completely backwards and was having accidents all the time!! Now he is back to being great with wee's, but number 2's he just refuses to do on the toilet. Kicks up the biggest tanty. Its so frustrating hey but I guess all you can do is hang in there.... It will get easier!
Julia - Awwww.... hopefully Max will get better in the creche! I have joined a gym but at the moment its in a temporary building while the new one is being built. This one doesnt have a creche but when the new one opens in March it will so will be interesting to see ow my 2 go in there too...Good on you for joining the gym though!!!
Saff - How was your 'you' day? I hope you spoilt yourself! My sister has offered to take my 2 for the day on Wednesday so Im gonna do a bit of me pampering too! Cant wait! Not long now til your scan.... are you going to find out the sex???
Amelia - Oh no a biter!!! LOL. Just another phase they go through I guess hey... Hope your enjoying the time off with DH.
Kellie - It is so hot up here at the moment. Uncomfortably hot. Mainly just really really muggy.... I usually love Summer but at the moment I cannot wait for Winter!
Kim - Hey! Hope your still doing well... you make whatever decision is right for you and dont let anyone pressure you... Chat to you soon...
Re: toilet training.... Well as you can see I was having probs with Li, but Chel is going to be an early learner Im sure of it. Everytime she hears the word potty or toilet, she runs down to it, trying to rip her nappy off and then sits on it giggling. She also tells you as soon as she has done a wee and trots up to her change table to be changed.... LOL. Im not gonna start training her yet but its good to know she might be easier than Liam is!!!
Ok, Im stuffed now.... lol. Might go do a few things and catch up with you all again later!
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Kaz-I'm getting more nervous but more excited.
Trish i know what you mean about the nappies ewwww!! K seems to be really getting around now.
Amelia i agree with the other Vic ladies :)
Becky glad Liam had a good day.
Julia sounds like you had a good time, I'm sure Max will start to love creche soon.
Maddi is over the croup & is back to her old self at last.
She's cutting her molars & has a really bad attitude at the moment from being locked inside all day because it's just too hot out for her & when she is bored she turns into Hurricane Maddison.
How 1 toddler can make so much mess is beyond me lol
Cookie is always kicking/moving so my belly looks like a scene from Aliens, i do love watching her move tho but she is so low it hurts to do anything, but at least it's only for a few more weeks:)
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Thanks Mo.... how are you doing? Any more progress on names? Have you started getting Cookies room ready yet?
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Becky we are getting no where with names. The other day i put a bunch of names in hat & let Maddi pick out one, she ended up picking out 2 & they were Aurora & Rori lol
So we still don't have any names & i don't see us agreeing on one till Cookie arrives.
At this rate Cookie will always be Cookie lol
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Kaz - Ah TT is hard and I'm really not looking forward to it! I know with my nephew it took a long time and I was all out of ideas. Alls I can really suggest is monkey see monkey do.. put the potty beside to toilet and sit on the toilet n get Mia to (hopefully) sit on the pottty. I'm sure you're already praising her for it all, so thats all I can think of I'm sorry. I wish you all the best of luck with it all!
Dragonbub - Wow you must be releaved to have cut you trip to work down... 3 hr round trip is a bit crazy! Good to see you've got a nice holiday to look forward to, its just hard when you have no idea how long th business will take to sell, I hope its not long and you are organising your holiday really soon!
Trish Wooo Hooo for K! Once they find their feet they just seem to take of don't they! Thats great news! I would love to catch up! I didn't wan to menion it incase everyone was busy... but I guess theres only one way to find out :) We're staying in the city (cnr of William and Flinders), but I'm more then happy to travel to where's easiest for you and I'm really not restricted on what day as I am there for 7 days. The only thing I have to do on a particular day is go to the St Kilda Markets which I think from memory is a Sunday?! Apart from that everything else we wanna do can be done on any day, so if it is doable, you let me know when n where. I'd love to meet K and T LOVES other kiddies! :D
Becky Wow Chelsea does sound like it wont take her too long to TT... You're very lucky there! Hopefully Liam wont taketoo much longer for you, its not as easy as its made out to be thats for sure.
Mo - Great to hear Maddi is better and bubby is so active, thats always a good sign! :) Ah teething is just too mean on the little people.. just not fair! Tiera is also a great mess maker... I really don't see the point in putting everything away again when she's only gonna put it out. I now have all of the toys seperated into different containers and bring out one container per day (a different one each day) so she's got different toys and not as many to put away at night when she's gone to bed! Its working well! lol
Ooooo its my turn now! :D A friend of mine came over yesterday and spent the day with us which was great. We only popped over to the shops, the rest of the day we just spent talking and playing with the children as it was far too hot to do much else and she is always excpecting her next bubba lou in 6 weeks. Her little is 3 days older than Tiera and they are just so gorgeous together, they play so well (apart from a few times Tiera got brought to the ground n rammed with toys, and held down etc! lol) They are the same sort of size, both short, but Brecklin is lighter than Tiera. I put an identical pink nappy on him as Tiera, picked them both up and took them fora walk... hehehe it was too cute. I had to see him go home in a pink nappy as his dad would freak!!! hahahaha
Well thats about it for me... Tiera is being a bit whingy today :( I'll take her for a walk shortly and hopefully she'll get over it, just too many people at the park again this w/k.... long weekend, the place is fully. So thats 54 cabins, another 40 or so powered site and about 300 people camping on the Island... I really can't wait until most of them are gone so we can have our lives back to c=some kind of normalcy!
Anyways ladies I hope you all have a great weekend
Oh and if Trish and I meet up, all of the Melb people are most welcome to join us, I'd love to final meet some of you :D
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Tiff i'd love to come but as i don't drive yet it would have to be a weekend so i can get Phil to take me :)
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Tiff i must be really slow...are you coming to Melbourne?? When?
It would be great to meet up.... :)
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i'd love to come along too, but it will depend on when it is, as I think it may be at the same time as I am in QLD?
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Awesome ladies! :D I'll be there from Fri 6 Feb until Fri 13 Feb. I'm happy to make it Saturday7th if that suits everyone?! You just tell me where n I'll be there. DH thought it was great... He really wants to go to the Casino for the day! lol And what ever time suits everyone suits me... Tiera is pretty good when she's kept occupied so she easily adjusts to different naps times if need be :)
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Oh cool Tiff...i can probably do the 7th...as long as i know where it is and can find my way there..LOL
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TIff - I like the idea of having toys separated into containers and only bringing one out a day. We are going to put our house up for sale soon so that may stop some of the toy mess we currently have.
Kim - how are you going?
Nothing happening here. L has another 2 teeth coming through but fortunately no nappy rash this time. I don't know how many he's got in there now but its a lot.
Anyway, going to try to make some cards this evening. Haven't made any for at least a month so I'm a bit rusty.
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Going well Saffi, thanks for asking. Zach has a crappy eye...took him to the drs tonight and they wouldnt see him cos he isnt on our MEdicare card yet, told me id have to pay $53....which was fine...til the said EFTPOS was down and id have to go get cash out then come back before a dr would see him. I didnt have time to be trampling all over town with a 9 day old to get cash out....so trying the BM trick and hoping it helps.
Jasmine has 6 teeth....but a heap still trying to cut....they just wont come through..but she is good natured about it!
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Tiff Sat the 7th sounds good to me :)
Saffi hope you go to make some cards :)
Kim how Crummy of the the Dr's office, you think they could of sent you out the bill since Zach is a baby & eftpos being down is their fault.
Hope his eye gets better soon.
I have a odd kinda question.
My MIL is getting a Tattoo that says Maddison on her boob, Now am i the only one who thinks that is odd? It's not like she couldn't have Maddi's name put on her Arm or leg etc.
Just curious what other people think, Maybe it just annoys me because she's doing & saying so many things lately that annoy me.
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Mo i find that really odd....i mean yes fair enough if it was YOU getting it on your boob...but MIL?? Why the boob and not elsewhere?
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Mo - no didn't end up making any cards. By the time L went to bed, we had dinner etc it got late and I was tired.
I do think it's a bit strange of your MIL to get a tattoo at all (unless she already has some). Is M her first grandchild? Will Cookie's name go on her other boob, and then what about other grandkids that come along? Could look like a bit of an honour roll by the end of it. I would take it for how she intends it, that she's proud of her grandchild. The boob isn't so bad (I guess), just think where else it could have gone.......
Kim - hope Zach's eye gets better. Remember from last time many of you swore by the BM in the eye remedy.
Stinking hot up here today. We've had some rain and now it is really humid. So Kellie when you come up here be prepared for the heat.
