I know the feeling Melissa. My older DD likes saying "*****" cause that slips out of my mouth when something goes wrong. It's amazing how often they pick up words and usually the ones you'd rather they didn't!
No Melissa mum is up high and with bush around us. But the falling trees were scarey...But it seems to be easing now so that is good. I just feel for that family of 5 (mum dad girl2 and girl3 boy 9) that drowned in that car that got swept away. Not to mention the 40 year old man swept in the drain and man that died with that tree falling on him and the 50 year old couple. I find myself thinking of them. Very sad. Just goes to show how life can end so fast.
Rachael - Poor Milo still so unwell...Hope he's feeling better soon...Yeah - I'm not sure - maybe still Lochia - All seems very weird and after a few niggly pains this morning I haven't had any period pains...also just started the mini-pill again last Thursday so thinking maybe it's just messing things around a bit...I suppose I'll just have to see...
Tracey - Glad you and the kids had fun at the Wiggles!!! Thats fantastic you were able to take Chantelle as well!
OMG - the cheesecake was beautiful!!!
Michael had an rdo today so that was great...We're about to do some housework as well...bugger. We're making homemade pizza for dinner...
It is definitely more work looking after 2 kids!! hehe.
Missy - Glad to hear your back safe and sound. Definitely scary whats been happening with all the weather...
Melissa - LOL on the swearing. It's a worry isn't it? Louis has said s*** a few times but we trick him and say "ready, set, go" and he starts running around - LOL!
Yeah...I haven't had af since Jan 2005!!!
Kerrie - I try not to swear but it just slips out too easily when I drop things! hehehe. I've stopped swearing in the car now but now Louis and I say "C'mon people" It's so funny now.
Kristie- i think AF is on her way here too! Have been having cramps etc last few days!
Melissa- thats great about your dad! I hope you guys get along in person, sounds like there will be no worries though.
Nikki - my love, hows the head today? Did it survive school today?
Tracey- th cake wa a hit! So creamy.
We had a great day yesterday, its always so much fun when we all get together! The kids all have a ball too! We ended up getting home rather late though coz charlotte decided it was feed time as soon as we hit the westgate bridge so had to stop and feed her etc!
Thanks for having us all nikki!
I had charlottes 8 week check up today and the boofa is huge! She is just under 5kg, she is about 800gms heavier than tori was at the same stage and 3 cms longer! she is going to be a monster!
I will check in on you all later, got to get tea started!
glad the cheesecake was a hit, I made banana cake today (if you can all it that) it looks awful. I will have to see how it tastes.
off to watch it takes 2.
have a great night everyone
well hello everyone,
firstly OMG i had such a good time on monday,i really enjoyed all the noise and mess and happy faces,everytime i looked around the room i could see that everyone was having a really good time.micheal,al and dale all did so well since that neither of them really knew anyone and they settled in and seemed quite relaxed.my gosh i was definantly very ****y,all of our other friends and family thought it was quite ammusing cos i dont really drink but i polished off about 8 cans....woohoo!wasnt there alot of kids,was about the same ratio to adults.i think we had about 40 odd people there.i really really had fun,gee werent my floors black,HEHE!
i have had a pretty horrible day today.my boys were fart assing around all morning ,i had to leave for uni at 8.10 am and neither of them would get organised and i lost the plot.i smacked corey around the back of the head very hard 3 times then dumped him out the front of the school in the rain with only 1 shoe,no jumper,no breakfast,and no clean teeth or hair.i called him every name under the sun and sped off.then i cried all the way to school and through the first lecture cos i felt so ashamed of myself and just kept thinking about how sad he would have been,i rang grant and dobbed on myself and he was very unhappy with me.i left school early and waited for him to come home from school and smothered him with apoligies and kisses and cuddles and told him that no matter what he does or will do,no child ever deserves to be abused like that.he was very sad at school and cried for thye first part of the morning, a teacher asked him what was wrong and he told them about my bad behaiviour,i told him not to feel bad and that all children should report abuse because in some cases they genuinly need intervention.i am bracing myself for a call from childrens services now......
we also had a very very bad night last night with chantelle.she woke at 1am and screamed to get out of her cot till 3am,when she finally fell asleep harry woke up to be fed etc,me and grant got about 3 hours sleep early this morning as we had a meeting with family last night until midnight.tweedle are ringing tomorrow to assess wether i need there service and i am going to be pleading with them.
school was really hard today and i have an assignment due in 2 weeks already and it is huge,i just dont know how i am going to find uninterupted time to do it unless it is after 8.30 when all the kids are in bed but i will not be at my best mental capacity at that time of day.
tracey,chantelle spent all last night telling us all about the wiggles.once again thankyou so much for helping her to have that experience,i really am disapointed i didnt get to whatch her excitment and interaction of the concert.you are so lovely and thoughtful.
cindy,can you ask al how he feels about going to the essendon melbourne game friday night the 29th of june.
ok must go.
love ya nikki
Nikki- You poor thing! Doesnt it just feel so crap when you lose the plot and you know even at the time that the other person doesnt deserve it! Corey knows how much you love him though!
Uni sounds pretty full on, I wish we were closer and i could take the kids for you so you could study. Maybe you need to put them in care for and extra day now and then to study?]
I will ask al when he gets home about the footy!
Can i just say i am sick of stinky nappies, tori and charlotte are obviously having a clean out day today and i am sick of it! My house stinks!
I took tori to the doctors today coz she has a cough but he says it sounds alright at this stage but that we have to keep an eye on it due to al having has asthma she is very likely to get it too so he doesnt want us to do swimming lessons next term, thinks she will end up sick if we do!Bugger, coz she loves it but i see where he is coming from!
Ok, i must get going charlotte is finally asleep , something she isnt to keen on during the day this week(i have had to hold her all afternoon!) Time to organise takeaway chinese!
Nikki - Hang in there you super mum! Things have just got to get better for you soon
Cindy - I hate the extra smelly nappies too. I just hate going into Benjamin's room atm. Whew! He's got lemon scented bin liners, but they aren't working.
Had a rubbish night sleep but luckily had a great day. Went to the gym this morning and I'm already sore!! Kids are good - Dylan hasn't wanted to sleep all afternoon though which has been a bit tough!
Cindy - Bugger about having to stop and feed! Yeah on the weight gain though - thats fantastic. We've got Dylans check up tomorrow - I'm so excited! hehehe.
LOL at stinky nappies! Thats no good about the asthma - I thought swimming was good for asthma??
Tracey - Yum banana cake!! I so need to make something sweet and yummy on the weekend...bananas are getting expensive again at the moment - grrr. Maybe a choccy cake??
Nikki - So glad you had heaps of fun! You poor thing having such a touch day - big hugs!! I hope everythings calmed down now...I think you definitely need some time through the day to get your study done - it's too hard to do it at night when all you can think about is bed!! Bugger at Chantelle being up so much - is it teeth??
Great to hear you Melbourne girls had so much fun at Nikki's house. Sounds like a great day.
Nikki, Sorry to hear you've had a tough day. I am sure all your kids know how much they are loved and that every now and again us mummy's need to be cut a bit of slack. Sounds like you've got to fit a lot into your days. There's bound to be a few teething problems. Big hugs to you. Great suggestion of Cindy's re getting your littlies into care for an extra day. You'll find your own groove with study times and fitting things in around your family over time. You know the old saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" - I think that might be a good thing to remember as you adjust to this new studying phase. xx
Kerrie it's great to see more of you in here. Keep up the good work! LOL
Tracey, Think I'd like to live in your house - cheesecake, banana cake. Yummmm makes my mouth water. I haven't cooked a dessert just for DH and I for toooo long. Will need to make more of an effort methinks!
Missy, Good to hear your mum was ok through the storms. Pretty wild weren't they. A couple of my cousins who live in Newcastle are still without power tonight! Crazy huh!
Cindy, I am sooo with you re the stinky nappies. I can't wait for Gussy to take care of his toiletting on his own. It's not going to be any time soon methinks. Because he's on a 100% liquid diet it means that his bowel motions are 100% liquid and as frequent as a young bubba (like 6 plus a day). No idea how we'll manage this once toilet training begins. He knows when he's done a poo, but I don't think he gets much warning before, cause it's basically like he constantly has the runs.
Melissa, Like your thinking on the scented bin liners. May have to add them to my shopping list!
Gus has now reached that delightful stage of announcing to the world when he's done a poo. We were sitting in a hotel restaurant having breakfast on Monday morning and he yelled at the top of his lungs "Mummmm mummm, oh no! oh no! Big big big poooo." Then when he and I were walking out of the restaurant looking for the bathrooms, he said again for the benefit of anyone who hadn't heard him earlier "aghhh big poo, Blahhh peeewwww peeewww"... etc you get the drift. Hmmm yes I was laughing and embarassed all at once. I love that he understands what a poo is, and that he finds the nappy uncomfortable when it's dirty etc, but it was pretty embarassing none the less. Everyone at the tables around us chuckled to themselves.
Gus's talking is really improving. He made up his own little joke while we were in the car yesterday on a longish journey. He would point to a big truck and say "it's a bus" then he'd giggle and say "no no no, it's a bike, he he no no it's a big truck". He's such a silly moo laughing at his own jokes. He seemed to like that joke cause later in the day he was pointing to birds and calling them horses and cows and then laughing and correcting himself etc, you get the drift. he ha fun times!
I got a great ebay bargain last week. It is a Little Tikes Cosy Coupe. Brand new in factory sealed box for $89 with no postage cause I could pick it up. Can't believe it. Amazing huh! I've stashed it in the garage to keep for the wee man's birthday. He's going to sooooooo love it!
What do you guys do when you come across bullys at the park? There's a little boy who's about 4 that goes to a park we visit a lot. He's a shocker of a kid. He spits in other kids faces, pushes them over, is rough and pushes past little ones so they fall down the slippery slide and the worst thing is he's a biter. Last week he bit a little boy who was about his age. The bite was so hard that it drew blood and left teeth shaped imprints on the little boy's back. It's horrible. His grandfather is the one who takes him to the park and he just sits in the sun reading his newspaper and snoozing. Whenever he's there none of the other parents can relax for fear of what the bully boy might do. So far he hasn't done anything to Gussy cause I'm always right beside Gus whenever that bully is about. The grandfather doesn't speak English so talking to him isn't doing any good. The bully boy seems to me to be seeking attention from the other parents through his behaviour, so I kind of feel sorry for him. But then he's getting old enough to understand that what he is doing isn't making him popular - but so far that doesn't seem to have an impact on him. What would you guys do? I've tried talking to him and playing with him and all I got for my troubles was a glob of spit on my shoe. Hmm lovely isn't it. We go to lots of different parks, but this one is the best one for Gussy's age. It's definitely designed for the toddler. I think the bullyboy is bored there and needs a more challenging park, but how do you communicate that to someone who doesn't speak English...
Kristy - Do you know what nationality the grandpa is? Some cultures unfortunately think they can walk in over here and act like they do in their own country. It depends if the boy is being brought up in the ways of the old country? Biting and spittng is uncalled for! It's a wonder that grandpa hasn't had a mum or dad fly off the handle at him. Ringing children's services may be going over the top and you can't just walk up and spank him for his actions. It's a really tricky situation
My friend has taught another friends daughter a phrase "STOP! Don't touch my body!" it works wonders apparently. She is in the children's services and I'm going to be teaching Benjamin it too, kind of a stranger danger thing also. She also suggested to teach him "Belt on, me safe"
a suggestion could be to have a chat to a few other parents that look to be a similiar nationality and see if hey are willing to approach the man with you.maybe you might hit the jackpot and they may speak the same language and they could gently but firmly explain the difficult situation the boy is putting you all in.nikki
tweedle just called and they have put us on the waiting list for next month,they will give me a hand to help my little munchkins sleep past 5am and settling tecniques for chantelle when she wakes throughout the night.she has been doing it for a few weeks now so i am beginning to see a habit forming.
i got a huge part of my assignment done last night when the boys were at basketball training,they play tonight so i will try to get some more done then as the babies will be asleep.
nikki
Nikki, are you doing the day stay or the residential one?
I have done a tweddle day stay if you have any questions
I think I'm going to be the mum running after the bully, not the victim
Milo is still biting. I think he is doing it less, but still!
They (at daycare) keep telling me its different when they are under three, and given me all this info about it, but I doesn't make me feel any better. I still wanna cry every time I pick him up from creche and someone's parents have had to sign the accident book.
Hi Ladies, well I went shopping this morning and bout me 2 tops and Jordan some runners and some blunnies, they are so cute. GO BIG W they were quite cheap. Dancing was good last night, we had a diff teacher as our usual one was sick. The discussed the dance costume for the concert.... black pants, white shirt with black overalls. white gloves and socks and black dance shoes. Seems simple enough I guess. Jordan is getting so confident with his movements now, its so exciting, he is starting to cimb which can be scary at times but I cant wait for him to catch up to all the other kids.
Last night Jordan had a majot hissy fit when I was eating some potatoe chips. I was handing him a chip but only after he said TA. I am trying to make him say it whenever he wants something. He said it the 1st few times and then he wouldnt say it at all. So he lost it. He went into the kitchen and was head butting the cupboards then he came and smacked me on the face. Well I was so mad I put him in his room and then he came out. Jamie pucked him up as he was beside himself and handed him a chip, and he said TA straight away. OOHH I was so mad he said it for Jamie and not for me, but then I thought maybe he realised by going to his room he was naughty and thats why he said it. Well I hope that this type of discipline will work as I really dont want to start smacking, I dont like it.
Nikki I am so glad Chantelle enjoyed the wiggles and that she was able to tell you all about it. Thats so cute. I am sorry to hear you had a rough morning, I am sure you are being way to hard on yourself, we all loose it at time. You have so much on your plate that it would stress anyone out. I am sure Corey knows how much you love him so I wouldnt worry. Maybe this will show Grant that you need some more assistance also, so it might assist the situation.
Kirsty I have no idea what to do about the bully but he sounds like an awful kid. We have a similar little boy at playgroup who pushes others and swings off the slide and kicks other kids. I tell him off but it doesnt really work. His mum is always inside so he is non the wiser. Its hard with the language barrier also. Good luck. OMG is Gus the cutest with his little game, thats so gorgeous. What a clever little tacker.
Cindy I hope that Toris cough gets better soon and that Charlotte gives you a rest today and settles in the cot or rocker. Holding her would be a little awkward while looking after Tori also. Hope the Chinese was nice YUMMY
Krisite So glad you are having fun at the gym, thats excellent. I hope you had a better night sleep last night. Its great to feel sore after a work out, shows you you did something worth while. DOnt worry my banana cake was a disaster, I ended up throwing it out, it was awful.
Melissa LOL at the lemon scented liners. DO you have a nappy bin in his room? We took ours out ages ago as his room always had a stench. Now they go in the kitchen bin or if feral straight into the outside bin.
Rachel I am sure the biting is just a phase and nothing nasty. I too would feel bad aswell. But Milo is so sweet I am sure he will grow out of it.
Had Dylans check up this morning - He's now 5.314kg and 58cm!! Wow!! Big boofa!
Do you like my new ticker picture of Dylan?? hehehe.
Kirsty - LOL at Gus announcing poo's to the world - hehe! and his little joke sounds just gorgeous! Sounds like you are having lots of fun times together!
What a horrible little boy in the park...what a difficult situation..I really don't know what you should do other than just try and keep Gussy away from him...Try and find out when they go and then go at other times?? hehehe.
Melissa - Sounds like a good idea to get the kids to have something like that to say...
Nikki - Thats great you're getting into tweedle soon! Excellent that you go heaps of work done last night as well! We all know you can do it!!!
Rachael - Big hugs...not sure what I can say but I'm sure he'll grow out of it!
Tracey - Glad dancing was good. Sounds like a fun costume. Yeah on the shopping! I just got the toys r us catalogue on line and there's heaps of stuff I want to buy but don't have any money for - hehehe. I'm going to start looking for stuff for Louis' b'day and for both of them for xmas as well..then it won't be such a big job later on...
I think Jordans doing really well - He's running around all over the place now! Climbing is scary...
Sounds like the time out in his room worked a treat! Louis sometimes gets frustrated at the moment and grabs my face and pinches really hard the little terror. I've smacked him a couple of times on the hand cos it really hurts! But I know I shouldn't...so hard sometimes...although of course stopping hitting by hitting will never work! hehe.
Sometimes I think the best part of making a cake is the batter !hehehe. I always eat so much and I miss it so much when p/g cos of the raw eggs in it....
I just popped in here for a second and heard a strange rattling sound happening in the lounge room. Benjamin was up on the front of my TV cabinet and had stuck the Video he had just watched into the VCR backwards. I saved it before it got wedged but OMG! He's just too quick these days for me. Blink and he's into something else.
Tracey - No, we still have a bin in his room atm. BTW, Benjamin enjoys smacking us from time to time. Often it hurts also and he gets quite nasty about it. Yesterday morning I was woken abruptly out of sleep when the little bloke punched me in the eye. He hugged me better and then did it again. At that point, I ordered him out of our room and into the lounge room. He's such a bully!
Kristie - Benjamin's worked out that he thinks it's ok to hit back at us if we give him a smack. Even if it's on the hand. Half the time he laughs at us now. He doesn't answer you if you yell at him either, but knows where his room is if you send him there. Oh, the fun a games we have as parents just wait til they hit the dreaded teenage years...
mmm yes the dreaded teenege years,i am amost there.my son james is an angel,he has always been very softly spoken,calm and polite.he never swore or lashed out at his younger brother.we had always said to people that we got the almost perfect child.BUT he is 12 now and it is all begining to change,he still is a great kid with most things but absolutly hates when we disagree with him and all hell breaks loose,he gets a really nasty look on his face and wont listen to reason,his way is always right.its like talking to a brick wall.we have come to the realisation that he is probably on the verge of puberty.mmmmmm fun.
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just wait til they hit the dreaded teenage years...
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