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Hi ladies,
Just a quick one from me - to wish you all a beautiful Mothers Day this Sunday - I hope you all get facials, massages, babysitters, flowers, choclates and all the good stuff!!!! Okay, back to reality - just a good sleep would be nice lol !!
Sorry I've been quiet - but I was really praying to avoid yucko nausea, but it's hit me, and I'm definately feeling a tad ordinary!! Roll on 12 weeks (I'm only 7)
Take care, hugs, Lee xo
hey beautiful girls. I hope all the gorgeous bubs are doing well! I don't have time for personals and I have missed soooo much!
Ashton is just doing so much new things! He says muma, dada and more (for tickles). Claps, waves and walks around the furniture. I uploaded 3 videos onto my facebook of him walking and waving and trying to walk with the walker which was a crawl and absolutely hillarious! He hadn't seen one before.
He is into everything but is understanding NO now. When he tries to pull up on things like the telly I say "no ash" and he stops, looks at me, throws me the cheekiest smile and gets back down. It's so cute.
Mel, your son is Super Baby! Definitely one to watch in the future, I'm sure he'll be representing Australia in some sport or other! I wish Matthew were doing half of what Ashton's doing.
Lee, hope the next five weeks fly for you. Also hope the morning sickness doesn't get any worse for you (I don't miss that feeling!) and that you're able to enjoy being pampered on Sunday! I received a "Housework Songs III" cd (cheeky beggar!), itunes gift card and a card in the mail today from DP, who is in China for the next couple of weeks. And I bought myself some slippers :P
Tenille and Erin, I hope your bubs are getting better. Matthew's taking ages to get over his cold. But the mucus production seems to have slowed at last! Yes, beware the Vicks baby balsam. Do a google search on it and you'll see the stories on the results of the latest tests they did on it that were being reported in the media a few weeks back.
I'm a little terrified (okay, a lot) about how Matthew will go (and how I'll cope) when I return to work full time on June 1. It's like a train rushing towards me! I'm hoping that Matthew will be eating more solids and be able to do without a breastfeed at lunchtime by then, but it doesn't look that way at the moment. I really wish I'd been able to take the whole of this term off.
Kerry can you express that lunch time feed? Even if you pump after every feed for a few days and get 10ml each time, put it all together and freeze it :)
Enjoy Matthew not doing anything. Ashton had gone from easy to "crap where is he now, what's he into?!" haha I have just put a babygate up to stop him exiting the loungeroom when I am on here, cos he is either in one of 2 spots... into the kitchen rubbish bin, or watching the clothes go around on the front loader haha
He is 8 months old today :'(
haha mel, Liberty hasn't discovered the rubbish bin yet but she has discovered the toilet and if i put her in the hallway she crawls in their superfast and she sucks on the toilet lid if i'm not fast enough GROSS!!
kerry that's hilarious about the housework songs cd!! i didn't know about the vicks, i will have to google it.
lee i like what you said about reality. *sigh*.. i bought dh a mother's day card to write on but he still forgot!! never mind, i did get breakfast made for me :)
eej - scary about the croup, fingers crossed it's nothing and hope all goes well for your friend.
aww kerry thanks for what you said about how i dress liberty. i have been a bit slack lately but the other day i went through all her clothes and sorted them by outfits. she's like my little dolly :) except she trashes most of her clothes between reflux, banana stains and being a messy eater!! i'm the same with the toys though. apart from my husband's cousin and their little girls we have no other baby stimulation. i bought her an outdoor swing off ebay the other day and she hates it!! she has liked it twice and the other times she's cried, maybe when she's older she'll like it.
i need to join the local aba group here so i have some more social stimulation. i've been in denial thinking our living situation will change but it hasn't. still living out of a small bedroom at my parents place and although hubby's work has continued it's still set to close soon we just don't know when and he's been unsuccessful so far in all his pursuits for a new job. *sigh* on the bright side all my winter clothes are packed away in storage so i've been buying myself lots of new clothes. :)
Happy Mother's Day!!!
We had a good day. Took my mum out for breakfast which was quite nice. My girls gave me a dwarf apple tree which I love. I put it in a pot so I can always keep it.
Lauren, mmmm toilet seat, lol! I love dressing Ashlyn up to. And lucky for me, Danielle is a real girly girl and loves her dresses and pretty hair dos.
Kerry, I'm a bit worried about work too. I go back the same day as you do, but I'm only going part time. I need to have 3 bottles ready for the day so I'm trying to express heaps. I'm going to have to be super organised to get through this.
Mel, Ashton is just learning so fast! He must be desperate to keep up with his big brothers. Ashlyn is starting to understand no, she loves to eat power cords:o
Lee, hope the morning sickness eases for you. I'm not looking forward to going through that again.
Erin, how's Emily doing? How did the ultra sound go for your friend. I'm going back to work part time, 2 days a week, so not to bad. Still a bit nervous about it though. Everything seems so different when I have 2 little ones to go home to.
Ashlyn is starting to get over her cold, though it was a pretty bad one. Poor thing looked terrible with pale skin, red and puffy eyes and bright red cheeks. I've been getting almost no sleep all week. DH has been doing his best to help, but he does work a bit. I think she might sleep tonight though, it's 8.30pm and she hasn't stirred.
Hope you all had a great day!!:D
Hi Girls,
Emily doesn't have croup the doc thought it was just a build up of mucus (gross) but gave her some anitbiotics anyway. Man they are hard to give her. She hates medicine. I hate giving it to her too. I wasn't keen on her being on meds so early but she seems to be getting better so they must be working.
And my BF got the all clear! Thank goodness. Just cysts.
Lauren- your living arrangements sound hard I hope Brett finds another job soon.
I hope everyone had a good mother's day...mine was pretty ordinary without DH but what can you do. Emily gave me a little sleep in (7am) so that was good.
Vent alert!
I'm totally exasperated with myself and even more worried now about going back to work full time. I just don't know how to feed Matthew his milk feeds during the day without me being there and breastfeeding him.
Last night I sterilized bottles and the trusty breast pump, ready for today because I thought I'd better see if he'll manage a bottle of milk, trialling the new teat I'd bought that's suitable for 6 month olds and a sippy cup type top for Avent bottles. Both applications were a total failure. He chewed the teat with his sharp little teeth, wouldn't suck on it at all, sang and talked to the bottle then cried. Then I tried the sippy cup type attachment, nothing seemed to come out of it and he was hungry, so more crying. Not wanting to waste 140ml of breastmilk, I used about 90ml of it to make up some rice cereal and he ate that up. Then I put the left over milk in a normal sippy cup and he gargled it and splashed it around. So then I simply took the top off the cup and basically poured it slowly into his mouth and watched it pour out again. And about 15 minutes later he was giving me his signs that he wanted another feed (whinging, nuzzling and chewing on my clothes) so I've just breastfed him to sleep.
What am I to do???? I'll clean up the mess now and resterilize everything and try again tomorrow, I guess. And keep trying. I don't know what I was expecting to happen when Matthew hasn't had a bottle for six months. :wall: I feel like I'm going to have to teach him how to use a bottle again and it just feels so wrong.
And tomorrow and Thursday I'm going to try to drop him off at the carer's house at 8:15am for an hour to find out how organised I'm going to have to be....
Hugs Kerry! I'm not really sure what you can do. I guess perservere (sp?) and maybe try smaller amounts so you don't waste any precious EBM. Have you started another thread on the Feeding section?
Kerry, it so hard isn't it. What I found with Ashlyn was that she wouldn't take the bottle from me, but will take it quite happily from another person if I'm not there. So basically if she can see me, she will expect booby and refuse the bottle.
Good luck
Thanks, Erin and Tenille. Good advice. I'll take ebm around to the carer's tomorrow and if he still won't take it from her in a bottle, then it will just have to go into rice cereal or Bellamy's iron enriched porridge. I'll post in the feeding section too.
How are your girls going? Over the worst of their colds? :grouphug:
Eireann is not well poor thing high temps the last two days but she is still feeding well but is really really out of sorts today and I had a crappy night sleep last night. so waiting on DH to come home and decide what to do about a doctor
Kerry I agree with the some one else having more luck with getting a bottle in to him:) I used to do it for my mam with my little sister my mam had her after breast cancer so she had only one breast and when my little sister was about 3 months or may older she was worried about her putting on weight so when I came in from school I used to give her a bottle LOL and she would take it from me and not my mam. also my DS3 Shane would only take a bottle from my sister who minded him for me when I worked so good luck and I hope it works for you. last thing you need to worry about :)
eej great news about your BF so glad its nothing serious
Hello to every one else how you all doing xxxxx
Niamh, I hope poor little Eireann is all right. High temperatures are scary. Did you take her to emergency?
Erin, that's so good about your friend and the cysts. Must be such a relief! How's Emily going? The antibiotics are a bit like magic, aren't they, once they take effect.
Tenille, how's Ashlyn going? Is she on the improve? Have you already started storing EBM? I've discovered how much pumping hurts when your nipples are raw from sharp little teeth! Ouch. Lansinoh has come out tonight.
Lauren, that's funny about Liberty and the toilet lid! Matthew isn't crawling but he rolls and gets himself to where he wants to be anyway, one moment he's on his mat and the next he's trying to chew on the telephone line to the modem. Which is now safely out of reach.
Still haven't conquered the bottle feeding issue but Monday will be the test when I go to work for five hours and leave Matthew with the carer. Will give the carer some EBM in a bottle to give to him and see how he goes. If there's a problem, she can call me and I'll go around and breast feed him. The MCHN advised me to give him yoghurt and sticks of hard cheese and to persevere with the cup. She said she would be less concerned if Matthew were having three substantial meals each day but he's not reached that point. So either I come to some arrangement with the school where I'm teaching, to slip out at lunchtime to breast feed him or delay going back to work until next term. She also pointed out that my circumstances are a bit more difficult in that I don't have a partner at home of an evening to help. I'll end up stressed, exhausted and my supply might dry up. Cheery thoughts, hey. I'm thinking that going back part time, three days a week might be a compromise. And I had his measurements done and his 8 months stats are: 9.74kg bare weight, 73cm long and head circumference 46.5cm.
Niamh, hope Eireann is doing better. Did you end up taking her to the doctors?
Kerry, Ashlyn has improved heaps. Just has a runny nose now, but just when I thought I would get some sleep it looks like another tooth is coming through. :doh: I've storing EBM, but it has been hard as I only seem to get 10 -20ml a time. I need to have 3 bottles available per day though 4 would be better because overtime is not uncommon. DH has suggested giving up the BFing because he knows it's going to get hard, but I'm really not ready to do that I hope you can work things out with the school to BF during lunch time. That would be a great way to go, but given time maybe Matthew will get used to drinking from the cup?
Ashlyn has started really moving around now. She is not quite crawling, but she has some forward movement happening. She absolutely loves her food and eats anything and everything I put in front of her! But despite eating so much, she still isn't putting on any weight. She is now 67cm and 8.4kg no clothes. I wonder is she is going to be a lot smaller than her sister. Oh well, I'm off to try and get some sleep. Goodnight:)
Tenille, what hours do you work? I hope you don't have to give up breast feeding either. Maybe Ashlyn's not putting on much weight because she's so active? The MCHN told me yesterday that their weight tends to plateau a little at this age for that reason. Instead of being in the 95th/90th percentile, Matthew is now in the 80th/75th for weight and height. Big head though! Bucketnut! Glad Ashlyn's much better. The runny nose makes for a sticky encounter when breast feeding, doesn't it. :p
I alternate weeks with day and arvo shifts. Days are 7am - 5pm and nights are 5pm - 3am. The weight gain thing doesn't bother me, she still has really cute chubby thighs. She was actually over the top of the chart and is now in the 50th, but I believe the charts are based on FF and not BF bubs. She certainly is very active now. DH has to learn not to leave his work files lying around, LOL.
Firstly sorry for not been around lately. I have been sick for what feels like forever and had bloods done but everything healthy. Am on antibitoics to clear a sinus infection and slowly feeling human. Of course Xavier got his first tooth in the middle of me being sick so I got little sleep (I dont remember DD suffering so much at night with her teeth).
Xavier started crawling about a month ago and he is into everything. He is also pulling himself to standing and climbing steps. Argghhhh I get no time to get anything done he seems to have dropped a daytime sleep and I am lucky if I get 2 x 1 hr blocks.
I dont know what to suggest on the whole bottle thing. Xavier hasnt taken a bottle of EBM. I tried when he was 4 wks old and also tried others giving the bottle to no avail. I have tried every type of bottle and teat going with no success. I even tried to give him some in a cup but got nowhere.
I think I will have a booby loving munchkin forever at this rate.
He is not taking to solids very well either. He hates puree and shuts shop after one spoonful. He loves finger food but is forever gagging and really isnt eating much so his main supply of food is milk.
I was hoping he would start dropping a feed and slowly wean himself off but cant see it happening like it did with his sister at 13mths.
I will keep trying the solids. I am currently being woken every 2 hrs at night which I am sure is down to this pesky tooth which just seems to be hanging just under the skin about to cut through at any minute. I keep praying so I can get some sleep back. I would love a night where I get to sleep all night. Not had one yet.
My BF returned a couple of weekends back. It was very inconsiderate as I was camping. At least it stayed away for a while this time with DD it came back after 6wks even though I was breastfeeding.
Anyway hope everyone is feeling better from all these colds that are going round. Niamh I worry big time with fevers as my DD had a febrial convulsion back in the UK when she was 19mths old and it was scary. We were rushed in by ambulance and I never want to go through that again so I am constantly checking temps with an ear thermometer and I always carry panadol and nurofen around with me just in case. Xavier's temps with his teeth only get to 38 my DD always went to 41+ which was scary.
I was told to strip them down, take them outside if it was cool, give panadol and then alternate with nurofen every couple of hours to keep it down.
Good luck to the girls going back to work. I am lucky I dont need to go to work yet as dont know that I could since Xavier wont take a bottle or food either.
Will try and be around more often. Enjoy whats left of the weekend.
GTG munchkin is waking from his sleep.
Jo
Its been a while since I've managed to get in here, can't believe how the time flys.
Well like many of you I'm in the process of heading back to work, I still had 3 mths left before I was due but in order to get this job I have to start now. I've got orientation at the child care centre tomorrow morning, I really don't know how I will cope it was easier with my first but this one well I'm so dependant on her being around all the time, I've managed to add up that I have only spent a matter of hours away from her since she was born & now I'll be doing that almost every day.
Madeleine hasn't gained much weight in her last check she is still under 8kgs but shes grown so long that shes in the 90th percent so her clothes are starting to become a problem but we are have just bought a whole heap of size 1s so hoping they stay on her hips
Anyway, I have a months worth of posts to catch up on... hope everyone is well & bubs are growing up wonderfully
Im sure I posted the other day and it disaperaed LOL
Eireann was very sick her temps wouldnt go away and I just knew it was more than the teeth we took her to the care doc emergency after hours service and she had an ear infection in both ears poor thing. it was hard going she wouldnt let me put her down at all and I had so much on this weekend didnt know if we should give it all a miss or what but luckily her medicie kicked in, had a few problems as it made her sick if she didnt have solids with it. but happy to say she is much better and back to her happy little self :dance: we had a strange night out saturday, I think most of you know what happened between some friends and us. I wont bore you all with the details but they were pretty awful to us and tried to rob us. but he (the x friend) came back to Ireland for a wedding in March and spread a load of lies about us well not sure exactly what was said yet but we had to go out to our first event with my DH friends and we were nervous to say the least wondering if we be shunned or welcomed and we were welcomed and some even told us they didnt believe the stuff being said. it was a relief so glad for my DH . gas thing is we know stuff on him and we have kept quite and if we opned our mouths we cause a mountain of trouble for him. plus he was here alone and was cheating on his wife and she is pregnant. I dont like the girl she is evil but still nasty behavior. she will find out some day her self im not even going to go there with that information.
joh117 they are so scary my friends little lad has had a couple of them and had to have some test after like that she has loads of stuff with her just in case. I gave Eireann lots of baths took some great picture of her have them on facebook in a flexi tub we got it to put the beer in ith ice for her chritening :) Eireann hasnt got any teeth yet at all I would say they didnt help with her ear infection.
thanks girls for thinking of Eireann xxxx now i must get back to doing her dress two weeks to the christening :dance:
Hi girls sorry its been so long but..... a little more time to myslef has made me feel a lot less stressed;)
Kerry I love the name change: Hope all works out on the BF to bottle front well at least through the day, if worst comes to worst, a trip at lunch time might have to happen, don't worry too much, it will all work out. Like the others have suggested he might take the bottle from someone else??? Why would he take it from you when the boob is there!!!!
Niamh, glad all is well with Eireann, we had DS in hossy wehn DD was born :pray:croup turned to RSV, extreemlly high temps and like someone else said we are very cautious when it looks like things are heading that way!!!!!!:doh:Touch wood, Poppy has had a good run, we have all had flu shots except Miss Pop to try and keep things going well here.
Lee, hope the next few weeks passes by quickly...yes definately not missing the feeling of MS.
missymoo, I really want to get onto Facebook to see all these gorgeous babes and your superman Ash, it is so hard to imagine, especially when I watch Poppy happy to just lazy around??? Although all my others have been much quicker Tegan was walking at 9 months and Gabe at 10 months but its hard to remember, except whe you watch video footage or pics.
indie, great news about FIL and your friend, make sure you let me know when you are down this way, I would love to meet you...:)
Captain, good luck with going back to work as well... They still seem so little I would be rreally struggleing with it!!! The hard part is strating once you get a few weeks under your belt all will be okay;)
Hi to everyone sorry I missed so many of you I will try and get back on soon.
Poppy weighs 8.6kgs, 71cm long, still in size 0, 2 teeth, rolls and sits for a little while and thats about it, very smiley and happy though and loves a good cuddle and hands kisses out on a regular basis to everyone, the kids love it, they fight over who is first to be slobbed on:lol:
Love your avatar, Niamh! Very nice! Glad Eireann is back to her happy self. Rotten colds and earaches. If only we could prevent them. Hope karma bites your ex-friends on the you know whatsit for all the grief they've caused you and your family. Sounds like it's just a matter of time.
Pam, I'm so glad to see you here again!! I wish you were on Facebook so I could keep track of you and Poppy and I'm betting you have some beautiful photographs of her. Matthew isn't crawling yet, although he is starting to cover some floor when I'm not looking. I plonk him on his mat amongst his toys, head into the kitchen and when I look a few minutes later to see what he's up to, he's under the table or against a wall. And I wish he only had two teeth. I'm sure I can see more bumps. He's turning into a piranha!
CJ, how did orientation go? I wish we could stay home longer with our bubs. I've got two weeks to go and I'm fretting already. Sounds like Madeleine is going to be a tall girl!
Jo, that sinus infection must be nasty! Glad the antibiotics are working their magic. Woohoo Xavier for getting your first tooth! Now let Mummy have some sleep!
Tenille, they sound like long shifts and I don't envy you the late ones. I understand now why you need to leave three bottles. Lol at the chubby thighs! I'm hoping Matthew doesn't lose his chubby legs and little tummy once I go back to work.
Yesterday's practice run of leaving Matthew at the carer's for five hours went okay. I was able to go there for half an hour to feed him at lunch time but he didn't take much and I don't think he ate much while he was there. I had a monstrous headache by the time I collected him - stress. On Friday I'm leaving him with the carer for four hours but with no break because I've got to go to Griffith again for a dental appointment. This time, I'll be leaving EBM. Might try to see if she can get him to take EBM tomorrow or Thursday first though. Wishing my nipples weren't so sore, it really hurts to use a breastpump.
We had our second orientation yesterday and well I don't feel any better about returning to work than I did a few days ago, the first day was fine as I was in the room but yesterday I sat in the staff room for an hour & she pretty much cried for half the time & only stopped when I went in to get her... how is she going to cope with 8 hours eek
Cheeky, hope your little one takes the EBM from the carer it will certainly put you at ease fingers crossed.
Ohh gotta run madam has woken and isn't happy
CJ, it's stressful, isn't it. I really want to say I won't be returning until the start of next term. And after yesterday, just maybe I will.
I had a car accident yesterday on the way back from the dentist's at Griffith. I hit some loose, wet dirt beside the road and I lost control of the car, tried to correct it but ended up rolling the car. I am just so grateful that Matthew wasn't in the car at the time. And that I only got a bump on the head. Had an ambulance ride to the multipurpose health centre in the town where I live, as the accident occurred just 45km from home. I stayed in the hospital overnight, with Matthew, for observation in case of concussion, I suppose. Had very little sleep. At the moment I'm trying to sort out where my car has been taken, insurance claim, etc. Very tired and a bit sore and sad. Still it could have been much, much worse.
S**T Kerry, glad you are ok. Bet you're still very shaken. I can't even imagine how it could have been with Mathew in the car. Thank the lord you are ok, wish I could give you a huge :hug: Look after yourself xx
My sincerest appologies for not being around lately. I have had df home for 2 weeks as we managed to hire someone for a break. We've been going on little day trips and doing heaps around the house. I am getting a new kitchen done in the next few weeks, eeeekkkk, I am happy to say that I have actually stuck to my budget. I usually don't so this is a big deal and I even got ceasarstone benchtops yippee.
Still no teeth for Arabella, no crawling, but she does manage to find her way across the floor while I'm not looking.
Her feeding habits have changed dramatically and I'm finding it really hard to get a bottle into her these days.
Well, I must run cause I have to clean up the kitchen and wait til 10pm to pick dd up from a dance on the other side of town :rolleyes:. Never mind that I was up at 5.30am this morning to take her to a school cross country :wall:. This is what all you ladies have to look forward to in about 13 years time LOL..
Night night. xx
As I said on FB Kerry I'm glad you are both ok. How incredibly scary for you!!!! Big hugs from me and Emily too!
Sue- Emily doesn't have any teeth yet either!!! It must be the age for feeding to go haywire cause I am finding it hard to get milk into Em somedays. Yay for DF being home and a new kitchen!
Emily seems to have dropped to one 2 hour sleep a day!!! I never thought that would happen. My baby that I worried about sleeping too much!!! She is sleeping 12 hours overnight so I think she is getting enough. She has started pulling herself up on furniture so now has lots of tumbles and tears.
On the feeding front I am thinking I need to add a FF. I am not quite getting enough milk from pumping and its getting harder to do as Emily needs so much entertaining.
DH is coming home tomorrow after 2 weeks away. I can't wait, we have missed him.
Hello to everyone I hope you and bubbas are all doing fabulously.
Oh no Kerry, glad you are okay though, just the stress you did'nt need. It would be good if you could put off going back to work until next term, but... in saying that I don't think there will ever be a right time??? You might find it harder to get Matthew to settle as he gets older??? Can you talk DP into letting you be a kept woman for the next few years :lol:
Sorry Candy Jay , I think I said Captain the other day... so tough and awful when you know they are crying!!! I was watching dr Phil the other day and he was talking about kids being resilent and that most of these things won't affect them long term???? I hope he is right!!!:pray:
eej you have done such a great job with your expressing:clap: I think you can be excused for adding a FF, well done woman. Emily is a clever monkey pulling herself up :doh:OUCH on the falls though.
Sue, yeah for some time together and getting lots done. I envy you the new kitchen we are just starting the process for our new room, I am so reluctant to part with the big $$$ we have been checking IKEA out but I'm just not sure??? anyone got an IKEA kitchen??? LUV ceaserstone, will be definately getting that over any other benchtop finish.
Catch you all later :poff to Melb tomorrow, to check out bifold doors for the new room. I am onto DH to get this finished for Poppy's 1st birthday...
wowee, so qt in here lately... Arabella has been so ill with a cold. I did end up taking her to the dr's to get some AB's. She slept really well last night and must be so exhausted from no sleep that she didn't get up this morning til about 8.30am, so nice. She's back in bed now, but coughing her lungs up at the same time.
Pam - I love the Ikea kitchens so much, but I don't feel like doing any of the work to install it so am paying for ours to be completed so I don't need to stress. Our kitchen is 6mtrs long and we are making it even bigger :rolleyes:. Will have to put some before and after shots up for you.
eej - Any teeth yet??? I have a sneaky suspicion that ours are not far off - I have been saying that for months now :doh:. Bella's back to eating and drinking like a horse now even though she is sick. Had her weighed last week and she is 10.2 kg nudie so it hasn't done her any harm LMAO..
:hello: to everyone. xx
10.2kg! Go Bella! Glad you gave your Mum a chance to have a sleep last night, sounds like you both needed it. :hug: Nice to see you and Mum on FB!!
Erin, I'm in awe that Em is sleeping two hours during the day. And 12 hours overnight! How nice! But I can well understand what you mean about not having time to express because of the demand to be providing non-stop entertainment. You've done so well to have kept up the expressing this long! :clap::clap::clap:
Pam, I wish I could be a "kept woman", lol. I've extended mat leave a week and I'm going to ask if I can come back three days a week until the end of term. Hope you had a good time in Melbourne and found the doors you were after.
The saga to find a replacement vehicle continues here. :doh: No caryards in this town, no public transport, no taxis. Have to get a lift 135km to take up the hire car option I ticked with my NRMA insurance policy because they don't bring the car to you. Have borrowed a baby seat until I can get a new one from Griffith. Getting a ride has been a problem, though, something always seems to crop up. On the phone (when DS allows) to car dealers, Teachers Car Buying Service (a bit high pressure for my liking) and another bloke recommended to me who buys cars for people (for a price). I feel like I'm getting nowhere. Sigh. Still, at least I'm okay and so is Matthew.
Kerry, wow, sounds like a scary crash. Glad you and Matthew are both ok. Hope you can find a new car soon, without too much more frustration.
Just a quick one from me. My niece was born on Tuesday in a beautiful home water birth. She was 7lb2 and is absolutely gorgeous. I have my first day at work on Tuesday so I'm a little bit nervous. I've spent the last week trying to sort out Ashlyn's sleeping issues. Think it's going Ok because she is now only having one feed at night and has actually slept 6hrs straight for the last 2 nights. I've been able to get some sleep and I think my mind is slowly returning,lol. Unfortunately I now actually care that the house looks like a bomb hit it, :rolleyes:. I should probably go and try to clean some of it now.
Bye for now :D
Just a quick update from me. My mum was admitted to hospital on the 22nd (her 70th birthday) after falling at my house. At the hospital she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and had it removed on MOnday.
Poor miss Moo has spent the last 8 days at the hospital visiting mum. She has been such a good baby. It sounds like we will be visitng her for some time to come.
I'm so sorry to hear your Mum has had to have such major surgery, Donna. What a way to spend the first week of turning 70. Big hugs for her, you and Miss Molly. Was the fall the result of the tumour? How terrible. :hug:
Tenille, good luck for Tuesday. I'd be starting on Monday if I hadn't have crashed the car... Hope all goes well for you and Ashlyn.
Hi all,
Kerry so glad your ok hun better to have no car than have been hurt... how did i miss that on facebook. hope you get a car on the road soon
indie24 whoo scary, was the fall a blessing in disguise, hope she is recovering and back on her feet soon.
Pam how are you doing
Us, loads happening had Eireann christening pics on fb and having major problems with my DS1 in school some boys are really giving him a bad time we thought we had it sorted and last week 3 boys ganged up on him and chocked him he had big red marks on his neck had that being sorted when one of the boys boxed him in the stomach and when my sister was picking up DS2 she had to collect DS1 as well he was feeling sick and white as a ghost he is overly sensitive this weekend so more major talks with the teachers on Tuesday we are so mad.
on a good note Eireann has her first tooth coming through and she pulled her self up standing she is crawling backwards around the floor or bums it some times she moves with out us seeing her as well.
Hi girls,
Indie I am so sorry to hear the news about your mum, she must be so devestated:hug: Molly is such a little sweetie being such a good bubbie girl, your mum will be appreciating the visits and support I'm sure.
Sue, poor Bella she has had a bit of a rough trot with a few colds, (the benefits of having older siblings I'm sure, about the only thing they will share) just as long as they don't bring home swine flu:rolleyes: Our room is getting a 6 metre long kitchen!!! I thought that was heaven... you won't know what to do with yourself with a bigger one???
Niamh yay on a tooth/standing/backwards crawling and getting Eireann christened, I must do something about FB I really feel like I am missing out:wall: I feel so sorry about your son being bullied, oldest DD had lots of issues like that I think it has contributed to how she is behaving these days??
Captain, the water birth sounds lovely :clap:to be part of it must have been amazing you will have a special bond with your neice because of it. I try to pretend I don't care about the house, but it is embrassing, I don' t know how we are supposed to fit everything in though. The main things washing, dishes, toliet bathroom, washing put away, get done, but the vac is a bit behind, dusting/ironing/window cleaning??? whats that ......:redface:this kindy year is really a killer, next year is one as well, but hopefully one a school makes it not so difficult!!!
Kerry (((((((STRESS))))))) very difficult when you don't have so many things in your town and have to travel so far and rely on other people to get you there. Glad you get another week at home though and going back 3 days a week sounds like a fantastic idea.
Me had a counselling session today, she thinks I have mild PND, I do think I am mildly depressed but nothing that a few more hands and a few extra hours a day could'nt fix???? But I guess having a baby makes it PND??? Anyway a few mild drugs could'nt hurt could it??? The most stressful part about it was paying at the end!!! I have to wonder if I really need to keep going??? I hate that it costs so much, when we go without heaps and we have so many other things we need to spend the $$$ on. :wall:
Seeing as 1st birthdays are on the horizon is anyone interested in doing a pressie exchange similar to when we had these babies? 1st birthdays are such big milestones. This group has been a great support and we alll get on so well, it would be nice to do it again, let me know what you think, same deal as last time $30 including post, prepaid bag would be the cheapest. Nominate who you want to buy for or draw it out of a hat, and add everyones name to the card. Maybe sugggestions on size, colour and season required would be good or go with gut or a toy?? Have athink whether you want to join in or not and we'll go from there.
I was also wondering if there was a way to put all our bubs pics together and perhaps all get one also post it in the gallery here on BB??? Someone computer savvy needed here me thinks.:p
Catch you all later, Pam.
Excellent ideas, Pam!! I'm in! And I'll go with whatever everyone decides re: names out of a hat or nominations. I'm happy either way. Hopefully, I'll have myself some wheels soon so I can get to some real shops... :lol: Anyone else having trouble getting to the photo gallery on BB? I ended up putting a link in my signature but must update my pictures! Pam, I hope you can get on to FB because there are some wonderful photos on there of our bubs and I'd love to see some more pictures of Poppy!! Sorry to hear that you might have slight PND. :hug: Go the mild drugs though. Can't hurt and if it makes you feel better, then the money spent is well worth it.
Niamh, love the christening photos! What a gorgeous girl! You did a lovely job, too, with her gown! Hope the situation with DS1 is sorted out swiftly. A horrible thing.
Just waiting on NRMA to deposit my payment into my account. I rang to chase up the claim today and was told that I needed to fax them copies of my rego papers, CTP green slip as well as the quotes for the baby seat with the claim number attached before the claim could be processed further. I had a grizzle that it would have been nice to have been told all that last week given that I'd extended my unpaid maternity leave a week to find another car and that there's no public transport, no hire cars and no taxis in this town... :wall:
Pam, great idea. I'd love to be part of the pressie exchange. I have no idea how to put photos in the gallery though, so I'll have to check that. Sorry to hear about the PND. Try not to stress about the money, it's important to look after yourself. With FB you can just sign up in a couple of minutes and just use it to look at friends photos. It doesn't need to take to much of your time.
Donna, How is your mum? I hope she is recovering well.
Kerry, aren't NRMA helpful,:rolleyes:. How's Matthew going with his bottles? Has he started taking it?
Niamh, the christening photos are beautiful. I hope things get sorted out at the school, bullying is such a difficult thing.
For me, I fell back into work quite easily, just very tired. Tomorrow I have to get up at 4.30am!!!! Ashlyn handled the whole thing really well, wasn't upset at all, so that was a big relief. She has another tooth coming through, but thankfully she is still sleeping well. She desperately wants to be standing up all the time. It's so cute, I think she wants to skip crawling and just start walking, lol.
Hope everyone is doing well.:D
Hiya girls... still no teeth :ROFL:... One day I will get to make the big announcement, hopefully by her first birthday.
Arabella is still sick with a :cold:. Went to the dr last week and got AB's, have done JS so took her back yesterday cause she is weezing terribly and he gave her another AB and if she isn't improving by friday I think we are off to the hospital :rolleyes:. Just what I need mid kitchen reno and kids sporting events.
Kerry - we are with NRMA and they were so good when we were robbed. They organised my TV the very same day and everything else including my $10k diamond was sorted within a couple of weeks. I am glad I joined FB now, still getting the hang of it though cause it's a bit different from bb.
captain - glad the transition back to work went well. I'm all too greatful that I don't have to go back, DF does remind me ALOT too LOL..
Donna - Hope your mum is on the mend, so very sorry to hear this news. take care and I hope things brighten up for you real soon. x
Pam - All the reno's are coming together nicely here, how bout you? Glad you saw a councellor, think I should see one myself. But like you said, nothing an extra pair of hands wouldn't fix. I think that I'm a little swamped in the kids stuff, working from home, DF's baggae and then looking after a bub all by myself. I'm hoping when Bella gets less frustrated at having to occupy herself things might settle down. I'm up for pressie exchange too, wow, how exciting, our little one's are going to be one eeeekk.
:hello: to any that I have missed.
kerry, glad to hear you are alright what a scare but thankfully bub wasn't in the car.
Indie, I hope your mum is recovering well after her surgery.
Captain, I hear you on the house looking like a bomb, since being back at work it seems to be spiraled (sp) out of control, I also work a day at home (which can't say is at all easy) and well the house looks like an absolute tip afterwards but ohh well we can't have it all the time.
Pam, it's good your sessions are helping, I would try not to worry so much about the cost (easier said than done)it's about your health in the long run, just think of it as something you pay for every pay for i.e. health insurance & I have had to do the same things as so far i've needed to spend over $1000 for dental (bad teeth after PG). DH says its better to fix/look after ourselves now because who knows what will happen in the future if we leave it. BTW I'm in for the exchange
Nic, hope bub gets well soon, it must be difficult time with your house being renovated.
As for Madeleine, shes still not a fan of child care... it's horrible when she cries when I leave her but I have to let her go. In two days she managed to pick up a cold & an ear infection.
She has been teething really badly, last wednesday she just had her 2 teeth at the bottom, thursday 2 of her top four came in, friday another top tooth & saturday I took her to the doctors as her 4th top tooth (gum) is black and swollen, hopefully it will come through soon poor thing.
We went out for dinner last night for the first time since Madeleine has been born & gee it was so nice to get out, suprisingly bub was well behaved and quite happily ate the vegies off my plate whilst looking at everyone in the restuarant.
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Hi ladies,
Pam- I would love to do a pressie exchange! Can't belive its not long til our bubba's are one. Where has the time gone. I'm glad you have gone to speak to someone.
Sue no teeth here yet either! I have no idea when they will pop through.
Kerry- how frustrating for you! I hope they get their act together soon and you can get your new car.
Captain- I'm glad Ashlyn didn't mind you going back to work. I think sometimes its harder for us than them.
Donna- I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I do hope she is ok.
As for us like I said no teeth, lots of standing on furniture. That means falling and a frequently bumped head. It looks like I am going back to work in August 3 days a week. I'm not looking forward to it at all. At least DH will be with her. He is taking 6 months off work.
I hope everyone else is well!
Hi girls,
eej, DH taking 6 months off work, that will be nice for Emily :ppity you will be back at work.
Sue, I think when Poppy is a bit easier to look after and DS is at school life will be a lot easier, it's just a crazy year. Renos are slow, I guess that will happen when you are owner builders, saved lots of money but the jobs take froever to get done!!!
Kerry, I left RACV becaus eof those type of hassles, I am with Budget car insurance now 2 years ago a guy ran into me from behind, i just dreaded the thought of all the hassle but no issues whatso ever can't recommend them highly enough and heaps cheaper.
CandyJay you're right it is important to do these things now, I think women in particular get used to putting themselves last...??? it seems the bigger your family gets the more you get lost. Hope Madeleines gets used to childcare soon, I hate when they cry lie that... black and swollen gums OUCH!!!so sore. What a good girl when you went out to tea, I think DH and I will go on our own, it's my birthday soon and I told him last night that I wanted to go out for a nice meal just us. So he better get it organized or else:lol:
Captain, glad work is going well and no CC issues for Ashlyn 4.30am start takes me back to early morning feeds:doh:
Hi everyone else :p
I will start a list for the pressie exchange, we have enough interest already which is nice.