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Hi girls, just a quick one to say I'm still here. I am just so busy and pooped off with df and the kids atm. They are just lazy, ungreatfull sods. Won't go into it....
So annoyed, some more....LOL... my washing machine crapped itself this morning so I went and bought a washer dryer combo to save space and unpacked it and set it up only to find it's broken - agggghhhhhh, it was the last friggin one and the service centre said it will have to be ordered in, WTF and I going to do in the mean time.
I just about have christmas presents sorted out before the kids hol's start, not that the brats deserve anything the way they are behaving lately.
Arabella is getting soooo cute. She now weighs just under 5.5kg's and I feel every bit of it when she wants to be clingy. I finally got her in the pool and she loves it so we swim every afternoon now. It tires her out, yyeeeeeehaaaa. She is starting to cackle a bit too and has an enormous smile for anyone that wants to look at her.
Gotta run and clean the damned mess in the kitchen that the kids left for me - gosh I'm a whinger aren't I????
Hope everyone is ok. xx
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Hi Ladies - I'm new to this thread! My little angel Mikayla was born on the 5th September and we're finding out way in the world after working our way through PND with counselling. I've been on Belly Belly for a while but being a working mum have often struggled to find time to come on as much as I would like! Look forward to chatting more about our babies and getting to know you along the way.
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Welcome to the thread lachiesmum and congrats on the birth of your little girl., you are a working mum, I take my hat off to you. I work from home - when I feel like it but am really struggling with keeping on top of it, the housework and looking after my kids.
Hey girls, hope you are all well. Talk again soon - I promise LOL...
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Welcome Lachiesmum, sorry to hear you had PND but how great you've worked through it. I had it with my 1st & wow it's hard.
Nicambhar,hope they get a replacement washer for you soon
Blackduckies, Madeleine didn't like the bath when she was younger, the CHN told me to put a cloth nappy or washer on her chest to keep her warm, after a few days she didn't mind it & now well I can barely get her out... & heaven forbid I don't give her a bath one day
Niahm, congrats on the getting a new place
Captain, had to laugh when you said Ashlyn rolls over for food, so cute. Madeleine to loves to talk, seems all day long, I love it, DH however misses out & isn't happy about it hehe.
In terms of my milk, it's been 1 week today since I've stopped & I have very little milk left. I did the rapid technic, which put me in a bit of discomfort for a few days, as I was walking around with rocks on my chest & expressing when I was lumpy or to full. Seems to have worked a treat. However, my mood ohh my took a turn for the worst & I have been so grumpy for the last few days with the hormonal inbalance I was experiencing.
I feel so much better now tho, I have a load of energy which is really helping my weight loss, not sure if my diet has helped stop my milk. Captain your poor friend 5 weeks.
I said in my last post that Madeleine was on the Karicare AR, it's so great how she;s keeping her meals down. She was constipated from it on the weekend & was in so much pain, after a bit of glycerine shes all better now. The Dr confirmed to leave her on it but to start making her drink water... that hasn't been to easy but we start her bottles with water only then switch to formula after she takes atleast 30 mls, hopefully she'll get used to it & take it soon in between her feeds. I'm sure she'll need it when the hot weather comes.
Better go, Madeleine has woken from her 40min nap, it's great she sleeps through the night but she's up all day wanting entertaining
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I just wanted to stop by and say hi to everyone. Things are going well here. We are still breastfeeding but I have started to replace one feed with formula. Molly doesn't seem to have a problem with it so far. Molly is growing like the proverbial weed and at last weigh in was 5.6kg. I wanted to share some pics with you of Molly but can't work out how to use the gallery. Can anyone help?
Anyway Molly is crying again. Hopefully next time I can give you a better update. I always read what is going on here.
Take care everyone
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Hi Ladies,
Welcome Lachies mum you've come into a group with a lot of lovely ladies!
Lee- So good to hear from you! We will have another one I think, I always thought we would have 2, though I don't know when. I can't imagine having enough to give another one atm. DH thinks we should have another one right away but I want to spend some time getting to know Emily first and letting her have some time with me.
Emily is a great night sleeper too but not so good during the day, would much rather night time sleep tho!
Captain- Clever Ashlyn for rolling. Emily went from her front to her back yest but didn't today. Maybe she just lost her balance?
Sue- I hope your family gets their act together and help out more and they sort out your washing machine! I don't know how we'd survive wih out one. I guess visit a laundromat? Not cheap though!
Niamh- Has Eireann avoided the chicken pox? How are the other boys?
Hi Nae- I was thinking of you the other day, 6 months my goodness.
And hi to everyone else.
Again plodding along getting ready for christmas. We are getting Em's santa photo taken tomorrow. I bought the cutest outfit! I love christmas!!!!!
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Hi everybody,
Well have had a full week. I'm pretty sure Emme has already started teething as she has been gumming her fists all week. Bella was just the same, so they really are like 2 peas in a pod. I had her and Bellas photos taken on Saturday at Myer and they both looked so beautiful!
I knew Emme was feeling a bit different today as she was acting so.. different than she usually does. Then after I gave her an evening bottle at 6pm I put her to bed & she projectile vomited around 10 minutes later. So I've cleaned her up & put her back to sleep on her side in bed with me so I can keep an eye on her tonight. Hopefully this is just a one off.
So I have to keep this short & sweet so I can get back to her.
Hope everyone is going well.
Natalie, Bella, & Emme.
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Just a quick note to say we saw santa yesterday, I have uploaded the pic!
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What would you make of this???
Hey Ladies,
I have this posted else where but most of you know I am nuts anyway and I consider my close BB Buddies so I wanted to see specifically what your thoughts were on this:
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Hi All,
Didn't know where else to post this so here goes:
Firstly I should mention that we are not TTC at the moment but I am taking pre conception things to prepare for the TTC journey in the New Year and are very strict about DTD with protection - just in case
Ok so here goes, a small section may be TMI:
A couple of weeks ago I have this very strong dream that I was pregnant full term and was in labour. I gave birth to a baby boy and then the dream skipped forward to bringing him home. In the dream we are at home and I can hear him crying and its morning so I am sleeping in my bed. I remember waking up in my dream and I literally wake up in real life at the same time. Of course realising I was only dreaming I didn't have a crying baby to attend to however it took a good moment to fully wake and know this .... the dream was so strong I swear I was there.
THEN
Last night hubby and I were watching a movie and I get this wiff of baby powder I say to Dh "can you smell that? it smells just like baby powder" he can't smell it but it lingers around me for about five min, meanwhile my nipples go all tinglely like it does just before your milk comes in.
Now I haven't "felt" like it was Nikita - I do get the occasional "feeling" when she is around and usually its in dreams anyway but I don't quite know what to make of this experience .
Am I going mad? - possibly but thats nothing new
Is it a "spirit baby" letting me know one is ready to come to me - if you believe that sort of thing
Is it just a sign that I am ready to move on
OR
Do I just have an overactive imagination that suddenly is producing smells as well?
One ponders!!!
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Nae x
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Hi girls,
Nae, you have been on my mind heaps lately and i have been looking forward to hear an annoucement from you, just the other night I dreamt that you had a baby boy!!!! Coincidence????? Who knows???? I guess it's a good sign that it's nearly time to get started.... Lovely to know that there are precious little ones out there looking over you.
Oh if it's madness, you are in good company (Pam put's her hand up, well halfway up)!!!
Hi Lachiesmum, I suffered from PND with my first DD it was undiagnosed and developed into panic/anxiety disorder, so very happy for you that it has been picked up early and you are having treatment. Welcome to our group, pity you were'nt around before the babies came, it is a lot quieter now than it was then.
eej, yah!!!! Emily is a clever little chicken, rolling over.... Often they roll then don't know how they did it, but....it won't be long and she will be unstoppable
Nic, washing machine dramashad one before Poppy came along, still not good had so much washing when we finally got it back running again.
Nat, I'm not sure if they are teething or not, or if it's they just found something interesting to do with their hands??? Poppy had a big projectile vomit this morning, both of us drenched and she had trouble getting her breath because it came out her nose as well, so she had her first bath in the big bath alone at about 6.30am
Hi to everyone else, hope you are all going well, off to have a look at Emily's pics..
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Hi everyone,
Pam - I think it's teething as she's also purposefully moving her dummy around her gums and biting down hard. With Bella she had teething pains for months before the teeth decided to show themselves. She's also been producing lots of excess saliva. And now to top it all off, she's got the runs!!!!
Have posted a few of her bathing beauty shots
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...00&ppuser=9718
Nae Nae - yep I think you've just been introduced to your bub-2-be, and they're letting you know what a great future you've got in store. You never know, maybe Nikita is sending the dreams to you to help you through these difficult anniversaries so you know there is happiness to come!
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Woooo Pam thats weird!!! I am looking forward to our catch up on Wed.
In other news - got the dreaded phone call today - Niki's plaques are in so I will be collecting them on Thursday hopefully. I am glad they were done so quickly and didn't drag out until mid Dec when I have DH birthday then Christmas.
I need some advice,
My bestie is having a HUGE New Years Eve party at her place and we have been invited. DH doesn't care what we do and has left the decision up to me. I am in two minds about it.
Big party = lots of booze (always a good thing), loud music (another good thing), loads of dancing (call me dancing queen) and lots of people (social butterfly me) could be a good thing right?
I don't know if I feel quite so festive about saying farewell to this year, it kind of feels like the end of Niki's year - duh coz it is .... but it makes me feel sad.
Bestie will be really disappointed if we don't go and she will push and push and push for me to come.
This whole plaque thing has really set me back emotionally, I guess with things outstanding its been like holding on to the last thing for Niki and soon there won't be anything left to do for her.
It sounds really dumb but I don't want to party hard and be all happy because NYE will be a reflection of the year that has been - even though the year ahead will be a promising one.
anyway ... I will have to chat to her about it this weekend and just let her know how I feel. I'd really like it to be just hubby and me - quite
Do I sound slike a bad friend to her?
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Thats a beautiful way to look at it NatB
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Nae, your best friend will understand your reasons for not wanting to come if you tell her. She probablly is thinking a great night out will do you both good, without realizing how/what you are thinking!!!
There is always next year? or maybe not???? a babymight put paid to those celabrations.
Love to you, this year ending does'nt mean you have given Niki everything you can... she will always be in your heart, her spirit will always be around you and you have lots of special memories of her and with you.. Your love goes on forever.....
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Nae, your best friend will understand your reasons for not wanting to come if you tell her. She probablly is thinking a great night out will do you both good, without realizing how/what you are thinking!!!
There is always next year? or maybe not???? a baby
Love to you, this year ending does'nt mean you have given Niki everything you can... she will always be in your heart, her spirit will always be around you and you have lots of special memories of her and with you.. Your love goes on forever.....
I second that Pam what a lovely post
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hi nae, i just got gosebumps all over reading that, i think its a good sign think Nikita is letting you know every thing will be ok i think the new year will be amazing for you
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Hi Nae,
I just wanted pop in and let you know that I agree with everyone else that it sounds like you are in for a wonderful year.
Hi to everyone else. Molly and I are thinking of heading to visit Santa today or tomorrow. I hope it goes well
I hope everyone is travelling well. Take care
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