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thought i would stick my head in, we were in the local paper, so i will have to get it on my site for you all to look see.
the local journalist lent us a car ( as we have no money) and we have decided to buy it, it only $1000, and he will let us pay it off, i am ****ed at the moment, craigs parents told us they are helping us out with a car, and was giving us $7000 to but one, but now they have just backed right out of it, without saying BOO, they should never of offered if they didnt intend to give it too us.......im just so over it....we are struggling at the moment, we only have enough money to pay rent/food/bills, and one tank of petrol every two weeks, with the centrlink money we get, and i cant even go back to work yet as craig cant even lift up caitlyn, so he wont be able to look after her for a little while.BLAH BLAH BLAH enough sh*t
Chrissy honey - big hugs mate...I wish we could help more. I rang centerlink last night and appartently we get $647 per child at tax time this year plus over $300 for familly tax b I so hope that helps you.
hope everyone is good
BBL have to feed the kids
Belle it is you who took my original post out of context and asumed i was having a go at you. All i said was "Im sorry if i missed your post.. but i dont think its right to say we ignored it as if we did it on purpose?" Aswell as the same thing everyone else has said, that we are all busy and cant always reply to everyone. I am sorry you have depression, but i have it too, perhaps not as bad, but i am not a very secure person at the best of times. I will however stand up for myself. I have generally in the past tried to cover everyone who had posted since my last post, but sometimes i just cant. I have sent messages to you in the past plenty of times, as i know how sucky it can be not to be noticed at all. I AM SORRY I MISSED YOUR POST this time! That was the whole meaning to my post. I just got upset when i was told off for saying something everyone else has said themselves in the past and not just by you. I am not having a good time at the moment myself. My mum is suffering from severe attacks and going for treatment and my FIL is almost dead. So just remember everyone has their own problems too.
Caddie.. i hope the results are good ones. Ill be here if you ever need to talk about them.
well we have jacks first bday party to attend tomorrow one of the girls from mums group is turning 1 oh what fun
i had a horrible night last night heres how it went
jack went down @ 9.45pm he slept till 1.45am when he set his monitor off, so we raced in and of course woke him *grrr* ended up changing him giving him a 120ml bottle and climbing into spare bed with him, but here comes the part
I woke (turns out was 3.40am) after having a bad dream he was dead so put my hand on him and his face was cold as, and I couldn't feel him breathing so I grabbed him and shook him poor pet was in a deep deep sleep, my my heart was in my throat, so I put him back in the cot where he slept till 8.15am anyway I went ands sat in the lounge and had a big cry, then went to bed
anyway I honestly felt so sick when I touched him and he was cold I'm crying again now as I write this
thanks everyone for your kind thoughts with james being ill. Still sick. Up changing pooeys all night. Ended up getting the next bigger size nappy, and double nappying him. Made a difference. Soaked through the first, and ended up on the next one, so at least I didnt have to change his clothes.
I will be AWOL for the next couple of days. Going up to the holiday house. Maybe the fresh air will help James. Looking forward to Tim being there as I need a break!!!
Rach - we must have been posting at the same time!! You poor thing - what a scare!
Last edited by Lea13; July 13th, 2007 at 04:17 PM.
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Awww Rach huge hugs that must have been so horrible.
I hope you enjoy your meet up Nessa.
Maz-hmmmm tax money, that would be interesting and helpful if we get some.
Kell-Hope you are feeling alright.
Chrissy-What a sucky thing of the inlaws, but what a wonderful journalist. Makes you think differently about them, goes to show that there really are some journalists out there trying to make a difference. I hope that things start getting easier for you all soon.
Ok a few random comments about things that I remember from last thread.
*I dont remove my toilet seat either and until Shell mentioned that she didnt either I was horrified that I was some way dirty PMSL-we have since brought a new seat.
*I hope that Ainsleigh is well on the way to recovery after having the steroids.
*AnnaT sorry that you had a sad bday, hope you get Italian soon.
*Nelle and Shell-Oh my, you were reminding me of some romantic movie where the people who are meant to be together miss each other because they write to each other and dont know what the other looks like (eg You've got Mail). You guys are meant to be together. PMSL, but how spooky, you may have even glanced at each others babies and thought to yourslef aww how cute-(I am constantly looking at babies in prams, the mums must think I'm nuts) I hope you can manage to get together soon.
*Anna I hope that you get AF back soon and enjoy your bike rides while you can.
OMG Rach - I would have $hit my pants to. Your such a good mum
Meg - I hope your time away will help you guys..poor little mite I so hop ehe getws better soon
Ness - sounds like I have to get one like yours either that or I have to get rid of my excess weight PMSL, have fun at you BB mee up
CHrissy - NO COMMENT but what a wonderful thing the journalist has done. Its amazing the amount of people who still have a heart.
Kell - I hope that means your going to stick around now and let us help support you
Helen - we actually did our tax ove rthe internet last night and we are finally getting a return (for once) lets see how long it takes though.
Rikki - thanks for the beautiful pic you sent me - you look super gorgeous and I love your hair.
Im loving everyones hair at the moment...i feeling like an old drag queen and need a lift me up, one more sleep until I go to the hairdressers.
Oh on a plus I checked our bank account and it has a deposit of $273 in it??? Have no idea were that's come from but it sure has come at a good time
Have to get feral son number one ready to go to his friends
he is asleep in th elounge and Ikeep going over and checkinghim, I have taken to putting him in his cot every nap so the monitor is on but today he fell asleep so quickly I have left him
hey girls, thought I'd pop my ugly head in here and say hi to everyone, so "hi!"
A lot has been happening with us here.
We are selling our unit. It's just gotten too much to deal with financially, and we should be able to make a decent profit on it.
Nina's going really well. She's speed crawling around the place, loves escaping outside to the dogs whenever I'm not looking, is walking when supported, waves & says 'bye' and is saying mum, dad, bub, bye, nan & ta.
I've also been doing a lot of soul searching lately. I wasn't in a real good place when I left you guys. But I've now decided that you guys are my friends, and I don't want to turn my back on you. I've also decided that if I'm worthy enough for some people to check up on how my life is going, then so be it. I never thought I was that interesting, but heck, they must!!
So.....I'm coming back!! (if you'll have me that is) Now, I'll be honest and say there's no way I'll be able to keep up with everything and everyone. But I still love ya's.
Just a few quick ones:
caddie - good luck with your results today honey
belle - how are you going sweetie, I really should ring you soon
maz/anna - I really should ring you guys soon too. Gosh I'm slack. How is everything?
chrissy - I'm hanging out for the FTB suppliments too! You're really not having much luck lately are you. Congrats about the car though.
Hi to everyone else, I know I've missed heaps, but I have an Accountants app very soon.
ETA: I would have done the same thing as you did Rach. Thank god it was only a dream though.
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Rach! what an awful night for you.Hope tonights is better.Would have been scary.
Hi jodi! welcome back and of course we will have you. Missed you and el nina!!
Ruby only says dada and mumma so not very talkative compared to some bubs,she is now letting go at times when standing,cheeky thing only learnt to stand last week.
Kell,please stay and let us help you.We all need each it other at the moment.
Hello helen.How is the house situation.I seen it was 9 degrees at hobart and thought BRRR and then poor helen!
Im going to layby a trampoline for millana for christmas.She loves them and has been on them since she can stand at kyndergym so quite good! I grew up with one and loved it too.
Be back with my news later,i was going on my own but hubby now coming.I like to do things on my own but thought better of it if it was bad.Better not be so looking forward to my concert and night out tonight! sorry to rub it in. lol
I do not appreicate your last post Kell my father died of what your FIL has so dont for one second assume that I do NOT know what you are going through or you know what I am going through, I have had enough. I DO NOT NEED THIS RIGHT NOW AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION. Sorry mods but this needs to be said I do not deserve being attacked again.
Last edited by *Belle*; July 13th, 2007 at 12:13 PM.
maz, i have put a little something in your account, it should be there tomorrow, so have the FTB gone up to $647......i get that x 3 plus 22% of that for craigs two, and i also am able to get FTB B, so thats a nice pay packet. nice chatting to you, i will take another pic for you soon, just so you can have a laugh
belle nice to talk to you.
jodi nice to see you back
Hmmm - What to say? How the weather? It's raining here!
Please don't argue girls. You are equally as loved. I think everything is just being blown out of proportion.
Lets just try and move on.
Hey - since James is asleep at the moment, and I have nothing to do, I thought that I would tell you all a little about my self. Since you girls all know each other fairly well, I thought that it is time that you knew some stuff about me.
I am the oldest. I have 2 sisters. One of my sisters is an Osteopath in the Eastern suburbs and my other sis is at uni. She has a long-term illness of anorexia, but is slowly getting better. My dad has recently retired after working for the same company for 46 years. He is a little bored at home, so he is always making stuff for james, or helping Tim out with various projects around our house.
Before having James, I worked as a case manager, with children with disabilities, as well as people with severe brain injuries, I beleive that this is where a lot of my anxiety comes from, as I hear so many parents of children with disabilities say that they didnt realise till their child was about 2. I have this overwhelming fear of autism, as this was the main area that I worked in. i am not returning to work until january, and even then It will only be for 8 months as I am then able to get my long servic leave.
Tim and I have been married 4.5 years, and I have a beatiful pet dog named Chloe. SHe is my other baby. I adore her to bits, and spend a lot of time with her. Her and James LOVE each other.
I live walking distance from my Grandparent, who are both 84 years old, so I spend a fair bit of time there too. I adore my Grandparents, and they are both doing awesome for their age.
I am a person that loves my own company. I like having time on my own, and don't cope well with late nights, or interrupted sleep. I have asked for a sleep in for my birthday!!!! I like nothing more than lying in bed reading a good book.
I had a fairly uneventful pregnancy, although I felt like crap until 20 weeks, and then got a chest infection at 30 weeks. Just as James was about to be born, my mum had another cancer scare. (She is a breast cancer survivor) and my blood pressure went through the roof. I was to be induced, but James was born the next day. He had a lot of trouble feeding. He wouldnt take the bottle or the boob, so I spent the first week, syringe feeding. So I would try and feed,then express, then syringe. No wonder I was exhausted. I ended up in a mother/baby unit for appro 2 weeks. and I stand by it being the best thing for me, as they sorted me out, and gave me the support that I felt that the hospital didnt. Next baby I am going private all the way, as I was definitely sent home too early.
Ok - so before bub, Tim and I spent a lot of time travelling. We travelled around Southern Africa, Canada, Hong Kong, some of Europe as well as living in NYC for 2 months. So we have also seen a fair bit of the States.
If anyone is interested you can visit my web site. It has all my pics from various trips, as well as pics of james of course.
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