Babies Born October 2007 #39

Thanks Trish for restarting the conversation! I love the avvy too! The dogs are on the couch just like they are IRL.

Kellie - I kept L in daycare while I was on Mat Leave. He really does enjoy it and its been good for me to have that time with M on her own.
Julia - I wish I looked like that IRL. We noticed L's vocab exploded over Xmas. He's always asking what things are if he doesn't know the word. He's now able to count to 10 and is starting to learn the alphabet.
Nic - congrats on getting the job. When do you start?
Trish - hope you get some good news about K's legs.
Mo - I look forward to seeing the photos of K's birthday. What's the theme?
Hello - to everyone I've missed.

All is going well here. M has been a bit off with teething (2 teeth are through and another 2 are nearly through), and got a viral rash. She's close to crawling too. Sleeping is still an issue. We have finally finished her room so tonight she will sleep in there. Hopefully within the week she can move into her cot. She starts daycare next week - 4 days a week. I go back to work in just over a month :(

L's good. He had a haircut on the weekend. MIL does it and usually does a really good job. This time L was wriggling around and making it really hard for her. Anyway DH takes to him with the scissors to fix up a few uneven bits and took a big bit out of his hair. My poor boy! Moral of the story - I'll never let DH cut his hair again!

So my family and I look like movie stars in our new avi ... I feel a bit embarrassed! :p

Saffi - OMG .. I can't believe you almost have a crawling baby and you are close to going back to work soon! Two big milestones, how you feeling about it all? I keep looking at Luka and thinking SLOW DOWN in the growing department. Since he is our last, it would be nice to enjoy the moments and not see them flash past our eyes like they feel they are already!

Kellie & Julia - I know what you mean about being sad regarding fellow BB losing their bubs. We just had a girl in our group lose her baby at 8 days. It breaks my heart and I just look at Luka and the girls and think how lucky and blessed we are to have them in our lives.

Trish - :lol: I know what you mean about having no time for something like a shower. 3 hours goes so quick between feeds, tell me where the time goes? By the time you feed, burp, change, put back down it is time to do it all over again. I am struggling with kindy drop offs and pick ups and have more than once called my DH for a quick trip home to help me out!

Mo - Sounds like things are going great for you with Maddi and K ... I can't believe it is nearly birthday time. Time just flies, especially once you have kids!

Nickers - Congratulations on the job, you have done well when there were so many applicants! When do you start?

Amber - All going well, I will do a bit of a catch up with life of the family in a sec. You sound really busy. We have Tay in our bed the last two nights as well, she got better and now we seem to be back to square 1. She is a shocker to sleep with as she wants the WHOLE bed. Like you I have sore bits from being a contortionist! As for Flynn you sound like you got a good one there! I had the good baby with Mia and Tay has been my cryer and bad sleeper! When are you going back for No 3? :dance:

:hello: to everyone else I have missed!

So life with us is going ok, just a lot busier! We had a Child and Youth Health check up yesterday. Luka is doing really well and is now 4560grams and 54cms long. I am surprised at how he is thriving considering how sick he has been. He has really body blocked/snotty/runny nose. Now he has developed a cough as well. We took him to the gp and she was really worried about his breathing, as he was working really hard. They sent us to Monash and he got a good going over, a chest xray and it all come back clear. The doctor is thinking he has an allergy, but there is nothing they can do for him at this age. We just need to continue with the fess and aspirator. I think it sounds like it has moved down to his chest now, he has a really loose kind of cough. I feel so sorry for him. But even though it is making feeding etc hard, he seems happy enough. He watches us all the time and looks for us if someone else is holding him or he hears one of our voices. He loves tummy time and moves his head around and pushing himself with his legs. So cute.

My health is finally a lot better and I feel really good. We are going really well now actually. Having a few dramas with a very boisterous 2 year old, but I think it is just an age thing! Hopefully she gets over this phase soon! She is just so BUSY and really LOUD and gets into EVERYTHING :lol:!

Mia is doing well at kindy and asks to go every day. She is a very good big sister to her baby brother, but still gives Tay a hard time. Go figure? They mostly play well together, but still fight and I think it has more to do with Mia trying to be the boss and Tay refusing to let her be. Happy days.

Anyway better cruise, shower whilst Luka is sleeping! We have kindy pick up in 2 hours.

x

Trish we meet up at the play centre at Hallam :)

Kaz nice to hear your all doing well, Sounds like Luka loves his bottles :)

Saffi can't believe M is almost crawling, Sleep is all over the place with Kodi so i know how you feel.

Kellie that is so sad, i can't imagine how heartbreaking it is. Really makes you thankful for what you have.

Jules Max sounds so cute, Maddi is a real little chatterbox. He new fav thing is "Kodi stop being naughty" cracks me up everytime.

kaz - that's great that you are both doing so well. I have to admit feeling a bit sad that M is no longer the "newest model". I am even having trouble remembering the last 6 months.
Mixed feelings about going back to work. On one hand I will enjoy the variety of the working day and having adult company where I don't talk about sleep routines, nappies and poos (no offence LOL). But on the other hand I will miss seeing my little girl every waking moment, my occassional daytime naps and all the TV shows I've become addicted to LOL. It would be nice if I could stay at home a bit longer, but I can't so I just have to get on with it.
Mo - we actually had a good sleep overnight. It was the first night in her own room so I was a bit nervous how she would go. DH dreamfed her before he went to bed and I was up to her at 4am and gave her another feed, we then got up for the day at 7am.

Saffi - D'oh at the haircut! DH did Joel's last haircut and it was slightly dodgy too LOL. Luckily it doesn't take long to grow back ;). Make sure you keep your DH away from M's hair or she'll never forgive him :lol:.

Kaz - Wow, you've had a bad run of it! I'm so glad you and Luka are doing well now :hug:.

Mo - Heehee @ Maddi saying Kodi is naughty!

I've re-opened Round N Round properly this week after taking mat leave so I am busy taking photos of new stock, etc. I hope I can keep up with everything!

Last night I put Alana on the trampoline and she was crawling around everywhere like a pro! It must be the right kind of surface for her LOL. I took some footage of her crawling this morning and posted it on FB if anyone wants to see :). She can actually do much better than what I filmed her doing, but it's cute all the same!

Glad to be chatting with you all again :D

Where is everyone? Hope everyone is ok.

Things are going well here.

M started daycare today. I took her in after her morning sleep and settled her in and let her carers know what to do etc. I was a bit teary when I left her but better than I thought I'd be. I was at home for 3 hours before I got the call to come down to the Centre and get her. She was inconsolable and no amount of rocking etc was able to help. They even brought L over to try and cheer her up! That ended with both of them in tears. Anyway we'll do short days for a week or two until she is more settled.

L is going well. He is still TT. Has a few accidents at daycare and we don't even try to put him in undies here. He just doesn't get it. Oh well we'll get there.

With my free time I will be doing house stuff. Only got through half the ironing before I had to go back to daycare (that's a pity LOL!).

A friend of mine had a baby girl this morning (a week early). She was suppossed to go in for a c-section next week, but ended up having to have an emergency one instead. Another friend is 5cm dilated with twins so expect that she will deliver in the next few days. So this week I'll be visiting new bubs in hospital!

Hi all! I took K to the RCH yesterday to get his legs checked out. The Dr just wants to monitor them every so often, but there isn't anything that they'll do at this stage. He seems to think they'll straighten out over time. His left leg is nearly straight now and his right leg is out 17 degrees which is an improvement from last check. His right foot is curved in which is what makes his walking look funny (and so cute LOL).

ROFL as I'm typing this, I just got a reminder SMS from the RCH for yesterday's appointment :rolleyes:

Alana is now crawling around everywhere, it's so cute! She loves being able to go where she wants, luckily she doesn't go too far yet. I have to be aware of what the boys have left lying around these days though!

Joel is still having fun at school and learning lots. I'm enjoying walking to school each day, it feels good to get out.

Saffi - I hope M is getting a bit better at DC, it must be stressful :hug:.

Anyway, gotta run, Alana has just woken from her nap. Hope you're all well :D

Hi everyone

Trish - that sounds promising about K's legs. As you said already an improvement so seems like it will come good on its own. Congrats too on A's crawling. M is only days away from crawling too.

AFU - M is slowly settling into daycare. Yesterday I went in with her, fed and settled her to sleep before I left (was there 2 hours)! She stayed there for 6 hours in all. Today I was there for only an hour to feed and settle her to sleep. Got vacuuming and washing floors to do today :( so I don't want her home too soon.

L and M go to the same daycare, and as L's playground overlooks the carpark he often sees me coming and going. Today before I even saw him I heard him crying (as mums knows her kid's cry) and as much as I tried to sneak past he saw me. Then of course I had to go visit him. He didn't want me to go and then I felt really bad when I had to leave. BTW - he was crying cos the carers told him off for hitting another child.

Anyway, best get started on this cleaning before I have to go back to daycare.

BTW - my friend's twins arrived yesterday. Certainly a baby boom around here at the moment.

Hi Girls

trish That's good about K's legs.....hopefully they will right themselves. At least you're on top of it now just in case something needs to be done. I could imagine it would make him walk so cute! I saw the little Vid on FB of A....And now she's OFF! That has gone so extremely fast! Why does time have to fly like this! Soon our Octobubs will be getting drunk and we'll be picking them up from parties!

Saffi Hopefully it won't take long for M to settle into daycare. Geez...I take Max to a playgroup here and i'm THERE the whole time and he doesn't let me go....it can be very very frustrating! All I want is for him to explore and play (and so I can have some social time too with other mums) but it just doesn't seem to happen. I have to be there ALL the time. What a shock he will get when Blobette comes along.....

Which leads me to ask.....are there any things I can do to help prepare him for this baby....there really isn't that much time to go. He will play by himself, but I have to be there, he is pretty demanding of me. Would rather play with me than by himself....i'm getting scared! He still seems to really dislike chaos (like too many kids and noise at the playgroup we went to this morning) and prefers more one on one kind of play where it is quieter.

Kaz How are you going? That is so sad about that girl in your group losing their baby at 8 days. Was there something wrong? It's the kind of thing everyone would dread. A worst nightmare come true :(

I found out yesterday that I have borderline Gestational Diabetes (so not the full blown thing) and have to control my diet. I had to be re-tested with Max too, but was OK. I have diebetes in my family so wonder if that is a contributor? I'm a bit devistated....I've so been craving sweet things this pregnancy.....no more now! It's so bah humbug! But probably a good thing for my body in the long run anyway!

Well hope everyone else is going well...

MWA and HUGS

Julia - thats no good about the borderline GD :hug:. I know that women who have GD have greater chance of getting diabetes later in life so if there are any lifestyle changes to be made now could be a good time to do it (but I know you are very healthy normally). In the end you can only follow the advice of your Drs and trust that everything will be okay. My neighbour gave birth last week and she had GD which needed to be controlled via insulin.

I'm not sure how much preparation you can do with a toddler for a new baby. I know at daycare they have some books that they read to the kids to explain things but it sounds to me like you are more concerned about Max having to take (temporary) second place to the baby. In my case DH took over primary care for L in the first few weeks and of course L continued on at daycare.

Julia - yeah he was not producing enough of something and it made him really sick, he just went downhill. SO very sad.

Hope everyone is well, I am slack lately just don't get around to do much including posting in here. SORRY. I had my parents here for the past week, we caught two shows, Mamma Mia and Jersey Boys. Both were really good, I even got to a movie. But in getting out so much I am really keen to spend time just as a family. I miss doing that so much when there is so much going on.

Girls are good, maybe coming down with something considering they both slept for over 2 hours today. Luka is also good, nose is better but has a rattly chest. He seems happy enough and is eating like a trouper. He is a big boy already and we have moved in 000's. He is so long and I think he might be a big boy like his Daddy.

Anyway better go and get dinner going. So cannot be bothered but we brought lunch, so cannot be 2 naughty. DH is at work, hopefully he is home soon as well.

Hope everyone is well, chat soon x

hi everyone!

Kaz - that is so sad, I dont know how you would ever deal with something like that

Julia - bummer about the GD :-( I'm also interested to hear what others think about preparing our toddlers for new bubs, Tahlia tells everyone their is a baby brother in my belly, but I dont think she truly understands what she is in for!

Saffi - glad to hear M is slowly settling in. I remember how hard it was with T in the begininning, now she absolutely loves it!

AFM - not doing too badly, hoping the next 6 weeks goes quickly! Had an ob appt last Thursday, my belly is measuring 35 weeks! eek! I think I'm going to have a boofa! She also mentioned that we can possibly try some natural induction methods a bit before my due date, as I am really anxious about having a westgate bridge baby after having a quick labour with my 1st. I stupidly didnt ask what that meant though, so I am taking a list of questions with me to my next appointment!
Tahlia is going well, keeping me busy, suprising me daily with the things she says, but I absolutely love this age!

Anyway, better go, hi to everyone i missed!

Kellie- not long to go now! Nix bday is the 17th so you could go on his bday!
i dont know what i did with Nix b4 ty came along other than explain it over and over that the baby was in my belly and would soon be born. he was only 18m though when Tyron came along so still a baby himself.

Kellie - what hospital are you going to give birth at? 6 weeks not long now, time flies when you are not the one pregnant!

Frances Perry house, which is where I had miss t too, although it's moved premises to a nice new hospital now

Good morning ladies! I've read a couple of the last pages and see some of you that I remember from our belly buddy group have had babies or are expecting! Congratulations!! I don't recognize many names here anymore though which is sad!

It's nice to read about your little people who are so big now! Rochelle is very good, can talk to make ears bleed but she always manages to make us laugh and we enjoy how affectionate she is. She loves being a big sister and it makes my heart sing seeing them play together or Rochelle show her little sister a book, 'See booky, this is a cow! Mooo mooo! See?'. Definitely a crack up... Even brooky can't help but laugh! The girls have been good to me, both still having four hours sleep during the day and twelve over night. I think Ro mainly still has four now because she likes to have a sleep while her sister does... But somedays she won't have the entire four which is fine.

Anyhow, I thought I'd just check in to see what your all up to while I checked in with my belly buddies group! We are so excited to be expecting our 5th family member!!! :)

I hope everyone is well and enjoying good health and times with their loved ones!

Catherine.

Hi everyone

Catherine - 5th family member?? Are you pregnant?? Great to hear that the girls are treating you well. I love how Lochie and Immi interact. He is a very caring big brother and she thinks he is very funny. Hopefully they will grow up being best friends.
Kellie - I was born at FP House! We're the same in that L was born at the old hospital and M was born at the new one. Those 6 weeks will go by quickly I'm sure.
Kaz - glad to hear that you are getting out without the kids.
Hello to everyone else. Stop lurking and come say hi!

AFU - we are all well. L had a gunky eye over the weekend but he is fine now. M has a rattly chest and a cough but other than that is really getting into solids. I now feed her twice a day. Still on the RC and the purees. M is settling into daycare. Still gets a bit upset and a bit hard to settle and stay asleep but the carers are happy with her progress. Three weeks until I start back at work. Had to go to a course for work yesterday so made the trip into town. I surprised myself in that I was able to concentrate and participate in adult conversation talking about things other than kids. Hopefully this week I will be able to catch up on some sleep and also get some things done around the house.

Hope everyone is happy and healthy.

Helloo lovely ladies...finally have found time to sit down and actually type out a post lol

Saffi not long now till you go back, I am sure gorgeous Immy will be fine, but it must be hard though :hug: fingers crossed you get more sleep x
Trish thats good about K and his legs, he is so cute! And Alana is adorable she will be running after her brothers in no time! Does J love school? Hope so! :hug:
Minimax Hope its not GD hun...your looking great in your pic, such a cute belly...I miss mine :( Hows Max going?? I dont really think there is anyway you can know how max will react when your beautiful girl comes along....some days are good here some are more challenging lol
Kellie not long now hun hope your labour isnt too quick :) So sorry about your BB friends baby :hug: So sad.
Kaz oh poor Luka hope he is feeling better now! So glad you are better!
Hey Nickers hows things?
Mo hows things wiht you guys...have your net back yet? How is your mum going?
Hi Catherine sounds like you have a wonderful little family there best of luck with your new addition!

Sorry if I missed anyone!

AFU last week was pretty bad so thats why I havent been on...first I was sick then hurt my neck and jsut a really downer week! Myles is going ok he has really hit terrible twso for sure, he is really pushing boundaries, which i know is normal behaviour and i dont want to break his wonderful spirit for life but we are going to ahve to do something so any ideas would be great :)
As for FLynn he is beautiful, so quiet and relaxed, we have to get his needles done soon which i am not looking forward to. But he is rolling over and growning up way too quick!

anyway after my novel I will leave you in peace lol!
Mwah xxx

Amber What is happening with Myles that has you concerned (apart from the MooGoo incident!). I can bet you're the best Mum for him, wanting to nurture that gorgeous spirit of his. I guess he has to know where there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. Like in a dangerous situation like crossing the road, or putting something small up his brothers nose. It all sounds like totally normal behaviour to me....Max always erks me when I need to put his clothes on in the morning (which is why he's naked so often!) It is so annoying....him struggling, and me basically fighting him to put his shorts & t-shirt on.....I get so mad coz I just don't want to fight for something so easy! I guess it takes a while for things to click in their head as to the easy non-angry-mummy way of doing things! Max even tells me I'm mean (that was his Dad's fault!). Then on the other hand, Max can be so much fun, telling me he loves me randomly, and giving me cuddles and kisses....he always wants to play with me, and can still fall asleep on my lap....bless! I suppose you have to look at the good things and just realise that with boundaries (which have to be there) the bad will get easier as they realise the boundaries are there for a reason, not to make their little lives 'un-fun'!

Catherine Hi, and congrats on your baby #3! When will the next one make it earthside?

Saffi Gawd work....I don't know if I'd know what to do there anymore...I'm making myself workforce redundant! Hopefully M will be settled into daycare nicely by the time 3 weeks are up.

I'm so excited to be going home on Thursday....although some family 'issews' are making my Mum a bit down in the dumps so I hope she will be OK. I feel so bad being away sometimes :( Not that I am the saviour of all things, but I do want to help.

hi to everyone and hugs!

Hi everyone!

Julia - Max is just so cute! How long will you stay in WA before heading back to Singas? We're heading your way in early October, but I'm sure you will well and truly back OS by then!

Amber - Sorry you've been feeling so yuck :hug:. The photos of Myles and the Moogoo incident on FB are so funny! K is always testing the boundries, so normal hey! He gets put in time out for 2 minutes if he's still naughty after being warned. I ask him to say sorry and we have a hug and he is back to being an angel again LOL! We usually make it fun, like if he's hit Joel, after time-out and apologies DH will say "Put that whacker in the bin!" and he is all giggles :lol:.

Saffi - Glad to hear M is settling in :).

Catherine - Lovely to hear from you :D. Ro sounds like she's a great big sister! Congrats on the new family member-to-be! When are you due?

Kellie - I can't believe you only have 6 weeks to go :o

Nic - Have you started your new job yet?

Kaz - Luka is SUCH a cutie! It looks like his big sisters love him to bits :)

All is good here, it's our 8th wedding anniversary today. I cooked DH his favourite meal and we took the kids for a walk to the park. Very relaxing :). It was cute watching DH use Joel's scooter with K riding on the front with him, he's such a great dad, the boys love him so much! K can actually ride a two wheel aluminium scooter quite well now thanks to watching Joel!

Anyway, I'd better run. The boys are still up so I'd better help put them to bed!

I have my internet back finally, Just wanted to pop in & say hi.

Only 3 days till K turns 1 :)

Kellie how quick was your labour with T?

Mo - about 5 hours.. I can't believe K is almost 1!

Julia - hope you have a good trip home! I wish you were coming to Melbourne too!

Trish - Happy Anniversary for the other day! Mine is this Saturday and we are going out kid-free! Figure it will be the last time we do that for a while!

Had another ob appt this morning, she has referred me for a sizing scan as I am now measuring 36 weeks. Talked to her about what induction methods she would use, and she said that if I am favourable, it would just be a matter of breaking my waters, and if not, then gel and breaking of waters. She was very confident that I wouldnt need the drip... have anyone of you had inductions as well as natural labours? I need some feedback from people!

Kell i had my waters broken & my labour started within 15 mins.
I was already 4cms & my waters were just sitting there. I had a drug free birth :)

Mo - was that with M or K? or Both?

Just K, I went into spontaneous labour with Maddi when my waters broke :)

so do you think that K's labour was harder or easier? or the same? and what was the time difference?

K's labour was so much better & easier. I only pushed for 10 mins or 2 contractions, no tearing only a slight graze & i handled the contractions much better. Maddi was 17hrs & Kodi was 2hrs but Maddi was posterior so that made my labour longer.
Guess the only downfall to Kodi's labour was the PPH afterwards, but my OB kinda expected that & he had every thing on standby.

If we ever have a 3rd it will be interesting to see if i have an even quicker labour.

OMG Kellie ... getting close!

:hello: sorry, yes I have been lurking and keeping up to date with everyone's news! all ok here, had gynie appointment today. all went well, apparently everything that is happening with me (on and off bleeding, losing clots, lots of pains) can be normal after 3 c sections. if i get more bleeding i will have a gynalogical ultrasound. she said that i could also be confusing my body as i have been expressing every now and then when my boobs get sore. she said this would be producing progesterone which makes my body get ready for a period. whoops! better take her advice and wear a tight bra and leave my boobs alone! :lol:

Hello everyone

Mo - welcome back. I missed you. Can't wait to see the photos of K's birthday party. I hope you all have a great day.
Kaz - hello.
Kellie - labour started spontaneously with L but as I hadn't progressed after 22 hours as he was posterior I had to be induced (contractions still 10 mins apart). Had the drip and my waters were broken. Once that happened it all went really quickly (about 4 hours) and the pain levels certainly increased. Didn't need any induction assistance with M and was in labour with her for 17.5hours. I think the pain levels were worse with her but I also was left alone and not given any assistance by way of pain relief or pain relieving positions until I was pretty much exhausted. Had an epi both times.

All going well with us. 2 weeks now until go back to work. DH starts leave next week so that will be nice to do some stuff alone with him. Might try to get a few trips in to the movies and have some lunches out.

Anyway, better go be a (not so) desperate housewife and do some chores.

Have a good weekend.

Kodi's party went really well, everyone actually listen to what i said about toys & brought her heaps of winter clothes or gave us money.
Kodi is officially walking now, she still crawls a little but walking is becoming her new fav thing to do.

Hi All,

Kellie, how did your appt go the other day?

Trish- yeah ive started my new job, going well so far, i have 4 shifts left b4 im on my pat malone which is a bit scarey! i think i will be right but it does get awefully busy so as long as the customers are patient i should be right!

Catherine- congratulations on your pregnancy, when r u due? i see Brooklyn was afair bit smaller than Ro born hey! do they look alike?

Hi everyone
Mo and Saffi - thanks for the info, I've got a few things to think about!

Mo - glad to hear K's party went well, hipe she had a fantastic day!

Nic - havent had it yet, got the scan this Thursday so looking forward to seeing Peanut again, and then I see my ob again next week

2 more days of work left for me! I can't wait! Found out the other day that apparently tahlia is telling everyone at child care that she is having a baby brother, so thought that was pretty cute, even though I dont think she has any idea what she is in for!

T is being a pain in the butt with sleep at the moment, waking up pretty much every morning around 5ish, and sometimes overnight as well. Anyone else have similar problems?

Kellie - YES...not with the waking early but the middle of the night wake up....Max usually wants to wee, have a drink or me to re-adjust his covers! Still waiting for his last 4 molars so wonder if that has anything to do with it.

In Perth with VERY VERY slow internet, so just a quick HI from me! Back in Singas on Sunday so will catch up Monday!

MEGGA tired after Perths MEGGA storm yesterday....My car got a beating in the hail...smashed window, mirrors and now covered in dents.....annoying considering it usually just sits around doing NOTHING! Oh well

xxx

Kodi had her 12 month check up yesterday & she is going well. She is now 8.2kg & 73cms, Still very little it's cute .
Took her back to the Dr's as she was still vomiting at least once a day & her poo's go from watery to soft.
We think she has an allergy/intolerance to dairy, Since she has been off dairy no vomiting & her poos aren't green & watery/soft anymore.
So she's on soy milk & yoghurt's now & all her snacks are dairy free or have low lactose in them.
I can't believe how much happier she is now as well, it's like having a brand new baby lol

Mo - sounds hopeful that you have identified K's tummy problems. Is there a history in the family?
Julia - oh no about your car! The storms looked terrifying. Do you now have to organise getting your car fixed?

Nothing much happening here. DH is on leave so we have been having lunches out, going to the movies etc.

Not to dairy, but Dr thinks her tummy might just be really sensitive since she had that really nasty virus.
So in a few months we will try her on dairy again & she how she goes.
Sounds like you & your hubby are having a wonderful time together.

Jules sorry to hear about your car, will cost much to fix?

Girls keep coming on and meaning to post, but then get side tracked by kids before I get here! So here I am for a quick catch up before bed!

Julia - bugger about the car. I seen the storms on the news, similar to what Melbourne got. Makes me wonder how it all works when we get these storms out of the blue. How has your break been otherwise?

Mo - happy to hear things are going well for Kodi, not only is that great for her but you as well. Yay.

Kellie - last day of work tomorrow? Not that you are counting! Yay! So cute that T is telling her friends about the new bub!

Saffi - lunches and movies with your DH sounds great, half your luck, enjoy it whilst you can!

:hello: to everyone else! I am keeping up to date and reading what is going on, lurking! all going well here, just busy. kindy drop off and pick up makes things even busier, i will be a taxi service once they are all at school and playing sports ... i can see it now! better go, i need a semi early night. hopefully luke sleeps through until 4.30 again.

k x

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Anyone out there???? Can only speak for myself but I guess we are all really busy and not chatty at the moment.

kaz - yeah, I can see me becoming "Mum's Taxi" too. Have you got a car big enough to fit the kids, their friends, the sporting equipment, the shopping and the dogs?
Mo - fingers crossed that's what it turns out to be.
Kellie - is this your last week at work? Will you be going back at some stage? L has been pretty good with his sleeping. He mostly wakes at around 6am but is often happy to just lie on the floor reading his books until close to 7am. Mind you we have the baby who has no concept of decent waking times (yet).
Julia - back in Singapore yet? Not long now and you will be making the final trip in preparation for the birth.
Hi to Trish, Willow, Nic, Amber, Tiff (anyone else??)

AFU - took the family to Underwater World on Saturday. Like most things he took a little while to get the idea, but once he did he loved it. He went through the observatory part 5 times with DH running to keep up with him. I was following a long way behind with the pram and M. DH took him to the souvenir shop so he could select a gift. Well he chose a pretty large stuffed crocodile (plush toy). I'd better remember where I put it in case I stumble on it in the middle of the night and give myself a heart attack.

Last week of leave :( Off to the dentist in an hour :0 Might try to do something nice this afternoon.

Anyway, clothes to be hung on the line. A women's work........

hi everyone
Saffi - finished last Friday, its so nice knowing I dont have to go tomorrow and Tahlia is still going to be in child care so I can catch up on some housework and sleep! Underwater world sounds like great fun!

Mo - how is K going now without the dairy in her diet?

Had my sizing scan the other day, bubs is about 3kgs already. Not sure how much they grown in the last weeks but I am guessing he'll probably be around the same as his sister if not bigger if I go to full term. And apparently he has a slightly larger than average head which I didnt want to hear. Seeing my ob this Thursday so I guess we'll discuss then

we just got home from the shops where we had our photo taken with the easter bunny. She was all keen on the photo cause she knew she was going to get a toy bunny and an egg right up until it was our turn when she clung on to me, so I am in the photo too... at least I can say her brother is in the photo too!

Less than 4 weeks to go for me... not that I am counting or anything!!!!

Kellie Kodi was around 3kg at the stage as well & was 8lbs born.
Kodi doing well, still chucking up every few days & still has watery.soft poos.
So i dunno back to the Dr tomorrow.
Maddi is giving us a tough time, so just having a rough few weeks.

Will start posting more once things get better here & i actually have something worth while posting :)

Saffi good luck going back to work next week & good luck at the dentist.