I am off to WW...will be a pass on the weigh in tonight. Too much apple tea cake this week. I have to stop loving food!
Hope everyone is busy because your happy busy and not anything else!!
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I am off to WW...will be a pass on the weigh in tonight. Too much apple tea cake this week. I have to stop loving food!
Hope everyone is busy because your happy busy and not anything else!!
Helen - Not long now and you will have two beautiful bubbas to cuddle.
Caddie - How did u go tonight?
Meg - Thinking of you.
Maz - Mat is looking soo big! Growing so fast.
AnnaT - Wow look at your belly!! Such a cute bump.
Bea - How did the cleaning go? I really need to do my garage - thinking of hiring a skip.
Chrissy - Good luck with the move, hope you all settle in quickly.
Ambz- How are things?
M3G - Thats great on the breastfeeding!
I am soo tired, working heaps and Tiana still thinks that sleep is for the weak. :( I have a day off tomorrow though and really hope to sleep in! I think I am also going to try Tiana in knickers tomorrow - better stop being slack.
Thanks to everyone for adding me to their facebook, I tried to add everyone but missed some people.
Just wanted to pop on quickly and say hi to everyone. Laurin, not long now. Will DH be home for around time bubs is born? Did you come up with some boys names. AnnaT, wow your tummy is looking great. Great guns for those with TT toddlers, we arent quite ready here, hopefully when the warmer weather somes along it will help.
Take care yummy mummies.
Helen, just looking at your ticker and seeing you are 30 weeks and thinking or maybe preggo brain is letting me down but you will prob have your bubs before me :) DH gets back on 15 Nov and my due date is 30 Nov - I am also having a doula in case bubs is early but in any case to be support for me and DH. Still can't come up with a boys name that we BOTH agree on...........
Marni - how did Tiana go with the TT, I know what you mean about the sleep thing, we are STILL having issues........hope you get your lie in.
Jodi - hope you get all your medical issues sorted out.
Bea - how is MJ now - how is all your decluttering going???
Caddie - how did WW go?
Shell - how is your pg going, has the ms passed. DH will be back here permanently in March - at this stage, these things always change.
Okay, I can smell poo and Rylee wants me to read her some stories so better go. I want today to go fast, I didn't get to sleep till 5 am this morning, lucky Rylee let me sleep till 9 am but still feel yuck.
BBL
Laurin xxx
Laurin- Yeah m/s has pretty muched passed but some smells to try set me off again! How long will DH get here when he comes in nov? Then you can count down the days til march.
Marni- Hope you are getting some rest on your day off altho rest is abit hard to come by with a toddler. Hope sleep issues sort themselves out.
Caddie- thats great news your shop is opening back up, think its good for you to to have that something for yourself, you spend so much time on the girls you need it. How did WW go?
I bought Ash one of those toilet seats with the little step ladder attactched so its easier for her to get on and off the loo. So far nothing in toilet but she has wee'd on me and wee'd on her little couch, early days tho, at least that way she felt what it was like to be wet and wasn't happy, she cried.
Laurin - We kinda went to the shops and didn't start the tt...lol. I will get there though. She always does at least one wee on the toilet a day though and will sometimes tell me before she has to go. I hope that you get some sleep tonight!
Shell - Your pregnancy is flying! I cant believe that you are halfway there already.
I better go and make dinner. I am thinking risotto with steamed vegies.
How'd you go with your weigh in the other day Caddie? I'm like you, love my food too much. I've only been to the gym once this week. Bad I know, but I just can't be bothered this week. I think because it's so hot, and the new medication i'm on makes me all bloaty, and feeling yuck.
marni - Doing wees on the toilet is a great start! It took Nina about a week or more to do a wee on the toilet. That was once we had actually started tt. Until then, she would only do a poo. I think she was too scared to do a wee beforehand.
Risotto & steamed vegies sounds yum! We're having marinated chicken and fried rice for dinner tonight.
shell - that's the toilet seat thingy we use with Nina. She hated the potty, but loves this. It's her own little toilet then. And she even calls it 'Nina's toilet'. lol
Went to the dr's, again, today. More medication. Lets see if it works. My bp is still really low, it was 90/60 while I was there. I thought I felt a little faint, lol!
Morning Girls
Argh another crappy night here, Rylee kept me awake for four hours from 2 am - 6 am, is asleep now of course, but I had to get up early as I had people coming to pick up the piano at 8 am.....the little madam drives me nuts.
Okay enough about me....what's happening with you guys?
Laurin x
Hello all,
I am just dropping in briefly to that Maz so much for the cuddle pillow that arrived yesterday. It is really lovely. I am sure that my cousin will think it is a beautiful gesture.
I am amazed by the kindness of others. Maz doesn't even know her, yet is thinking of her, and everyone here has just been so nice and caring.
Take care all.
Meg-Hope things are going ok. Heaps of love to you all.
I had a growth scan and my cervix checked. The twins are HUGE!. The boy is 4pd 3oz and the girl is 3pd 11oz. So some decent sized babies on board.
My cervix has shortened again and is thin. She didnt seem to think that I would make it to NOV, however I am sure I will, positive thinking.
Anyways I am off to bed, the little man is peacefully asleep.
Take care all.
wow helen, big bubbas in there!! To think you could be only weeks away from meeting your babies :dance: And I'm STILL waiting to see some belly pics ;)
What a lovely gesture that was from Maz, meg. I hope your cousin enjoys it, and is well.
Shell- i just looked at your av and honey you need updating!!!!!
maz- lovely thing to do
meg- take care of yourself
helen- nov 7th is a great day to have babies!!!
Laurin- hope you get some more sleep tonight
LOL the computer crashed last time I tried to upload pics.
So is it your BDay on the 7nov Nessa?
I have heaps of dates in Nov that I could hit, starting with our anniversary on the 1st.
yep!! I will hit a quarter of a century this year
Sorry super busy atm...having a big nite on saturday night coming ;)
just wanted to say Meg your more then welcome hon...I hope that it gives your cousin some comfort
Chow amigos
:DA Huge Huge Thank you to Alexanders secret Birthday KK giver !!!
The personalised CARS book arrived yesterday, I love it and so does Alexander, it will be one of the most read books in this house for sure, we love it! thanks!
Hope that everyone is great, those pregnant are well, and all our little 2 years olds are behaving themselves!
Maz, i see from your FB you have been VERY busy, your covers look amazing! :clap: well done lovely lady xoxo
AnnaT - did u end up applying for the wist course? Did you get me email i sent you, i never got a reply so not sure?
I am about to head of the WW, kids are both great, Im just really busy as usual, and dont get much time on-line anymore,
Have a great Weekend everyone!
xoxo
Your welcome for the book Anna and Alexander :)
I did apply for the WIST course, just waiting on my study materials. I got your email too just really slack at replying to them.
Ness- I know! I thought I can wait til this bub is born then update.
MrsT- how is WW going?
Helen- Its good they are decent size now so if they do decide to make an early appearance they've got all that extra on them to help them.
Meg- How is everything going with you pregnancy wise? Hope all is well and your coping ok with all the family stuff happening, how is your cousin coping?
Laurin- getting anymore sleep? Hope Rylee is doing the right thing!
Are these "terrible 2's" driving everyone else nuts? Ash really likes to test me these days, you know when they look right at you when they do something wrong just to see your reaction, she decided she doesn't like eating, waking more at night for god knows what reasons, 'NO' is her fav word along with 'I want' and 'Give me'. Ahh very tiring!
Shell - I am so with you on the terrible 2's - some days just seem like a struggle and I can't wait to get to bedtime......what can you do though, life with a toddler I guess.
All well here. We have just been out to breakfast with some friends and Rylee is now asleep prob for another 10 mins but at least she is getting a sleep so she won't be grouchy this arvo.
Hope everyone is having a great day and those in Melb are enjoying the sunshine, sposed to be 28 deg tomorrow, woo hoo.
Laurin xxx
They certainly test you, don't they shell. Nina started doing this about 6 months ago, and it peaked when Emily was a newborn. God that was hard, having a toddler going through terrible 2's, and having a newborn again. She's a lot calmer now though. But she has endless amounts of energy. Some days I wish she would just stop, so I can have a break!
We've just been in the pool, it was mid 30's today. Hopefully Nina will have a sleep soon, a swim in the pool usually does the trick. Emily is sleeping, so I'd love a lie down. We took the girls down to Nina's kindy as they were having their first birthday party. She had so much fun playing with all her friends today. It's cute seeing a dozen 2 year olds running around squealing with each other. I don't think they even know what they're squealing at half the time, lol.
Hello everyone! Hope you are all well.
I havnt been up too much,i went to some baby markets yesterday and sold some toys of the girls they dont use.I made enough money to pay my layby off the wii!!! Its meant to be a present for xmas.I will have to see how long i can hold off playing with it.lol
Spotlight have a sale.Im trying to stay away from it.lol
I will most likely do a gazzillion loads of washing today and maybe sew up a giraffe. A boy one for a change! and finish off some funky girl photo canvas's. But of course thats in the time the girls will let me.lol
Take care everyone,hopefully you will all start chatting again soon with more interesting convo than my own!:lol:
Hi all,
I hope everyone is well. We have been taking it very easy in the past few weeks. My little bubs is kicking away happily. he/she seems nice and comfy.
A question for all, in the last few weeks James has been kicking the wall while in bed. He thinks it is really funny.Does anyone else have kiddies that do this, and what do you do to stop it? Soon I think we will have a hole in the wall! One day he will kick to hard, and that will be it.
yay on the Wii!!! I love mine...
am so tempted to head down to spot light but i shouldnt!! i really want to make a sleep[ bag for mj.... but i have all 3 kids.... not fun
Meg- Hmm thats a tricky one, cause do you find when you tell them not to do something they want to do it even more? Could you rearrange his room a bit or just move the bed enough so he can't reach the wall?
So are you going to find out what flavour this bub is?
caddie- Oh you are making me jealous! I want a wii! I do have tho $200 worth vouchers I got for my birthday in August, might end up putting the towards one!
Jodi- Oh I so know aht you mean bout the toddlers endless energy, I always am wishing I had it, I'll be exhausted ready to collapse and Ash will still be on the go!
Lots housework for me today, god I get ****ed at Df, I hate working sundays for the simple reason that getting up mon morn to trashed house is not much fun! He uses the side sliding door to go in and out which means the floor gets so disgusting that I have to vacuum then mop, he can't seem to scrap or rinse dishes, wipe down the high chair, tidy the toys/ lounge, I have to wonder what the hell he actually does! Ok vent over, better get back to cleaning!
Yeah isnt it crap having to do that shell.Pretty much the same here too.:lol:
I have items previewing in my store for whats coming in the future if anyone is interested!
fak so will reply properly later, but YES Meg, Riv gets out of bed and BANGS his door, the wall, giggles, squeals...nothing I can do really, cept go in if he's sooo loud I think he'll wake Si. He only does it when we're up though, think he wants to hang out. Night time banging is rare.
Same Nell,
It is day time kicking, not ususally at night. i think he wants to stay p and play.
Jett used to do it too even at night Meg. The more we acknowledged it the more he did it. Like Nelle the only time I went off my nut about it was if it could wake Ripley but their rooms arent near each other so it was rare. Eventually he stopped doing it cause we didnt appear to care. If we did go in there to stop him we didnt speak just pulled him away from the wall and walked out.
Oh no I killed our thread :lol:
just a ? for those TT - when you say training pants, do you mean pull ups or actual padded terry cloth training pants? Jett has undies but I stopped buying pull ups cause its exxy when he isnt actually TT but he seems interested now and HATES the nappies.
I use both jocks and training pants only pull up we used were a smaple pack, can't see the point of them TBH!!!
Havent started Eithan TT yet, but when we TT Bella, once she was day trained, we had her in undies, which she hated. We only used the pull-ups for night time, as I didnt want to continually change the bed, eventually we put her in undies for bed and despite a few accidents she was fine. I must say though she was very embarrasssing in her undies when we took her out, she used to ALWAYS complain about having a wedgie and once she proceded to take everything off in the supermarket, when I had my hands full.LOL
Helen - LOL that sounds exactly like what Tiana would do!!! Good times to look forward to I see...
I use knickers to tt Tiana, but I have been pretty lazy with it all. On Tues daycare said to send knickers with her!
How is everyone going?
John is still away. Has been for a month and is for at least another week. He comes home for 1-2 days at the end of the week but I am still doing everything cause Tiana wont let him do anything. I also have a sick cat - she got bitten by another cat and has to stay inside for a week - which she will hate. i am not doing much else, just working and spending time with little miss. Its really cool now cause she talks so well that we have actual conversations!
I just use knickers on Nina during the day, and for her day sleeps. At night we use either her cloth nappy, or just a pull up disposable. It won't be long and she'll be wearing knickers to bed at night as well. Her nappy is usually dry in the mornings.
I do have some of those training pants you mentioned anna, and they're good if we're going out. They hold in the wee better than undies (in case she has an accident).
Hiya all,
I haven't really got too much into the TT atm. J HATES sitting on the potty and the toilet. He cries and wants to jump straight off. He has done a few wees in it, and shows all the sings of being ready, just doesn't want to do it on toilet/potty. Any hints> Anyone else not doing the whole TT thing yet??, as I am thinking of just leaving it for a few months. Don't have the energy atm, and in fact it will probably just stress me out and make me feel more of a failure than I already feel atm.
To be honest, I may have to leave this thread. I am suffering terribly with anxiety since my cousins baby died, and strarting to obsses about a few things that is not healthy, and I just can't hear about how other kids the same age are doing as that is part of my anxiety. A few of you might know what is going on, as I have started a few threads in anothe section. I am also going to post in the anxiety and depression section probably tomorrow, so those who are a part of that will see it tomorrow.
(maz thanks for your replies - you know me too well!!!)
Anyway my baby is kicking away nicely in there. I have my scan next week, so will hopefully be able to tell you all if it is a boy or girl.
Meg- hun dont leave us.. in regards to TT, we did s=have slight interest but not at all anymore.. Annika is being complete turd, tantrums galore.. kicks the wall b4 bed time all the time and umm has a habbit of pushing anyone who comes in her space.
but take the time you need to help yourself
xxxx
Megs.. honey sorry to hear you are going through a rough time. Oh Jesse would sit in a pooey nappy all day if i let him!!! He would not have a clue! Im not even attempting to TT him until at the very least summer, and that would depend if he is ready or not. I dont even think he will be. Theres no point. We dont even have a potty. He even weed in the shower the other day and looked at it as if "what the hell was that". All kids are different hun. Jesse's still in his cot. I think most kids in this group have been in a bed for months. He will sleep in his bed of a day but cot by night, because i know he just isnt ready. And that is completely fine. Im not going to push something that will just make matters worse, until he himself is ready. Please just dont be so hard on yourself and just suit J's needs himself. You are doing a great job just as you are.. please dont feel you have to follow suit iykwim. I know its hard when you see others at this age are doing things and your baby isnt.. but he will get there.. as will Jesse. In another 5 years time you wont see a difference in them all.. theyll get there when they are ready. Big :hug: hun. Please take care of yourself and im always here if you need a chat.
xx
:hug: Do whatever you need to Meg. We'll be here.
On the TT front, same as you Meg, we've sat Riv on the loo, but he's not a huge fan. He forgets he's scared when you give him something to eat or drink. He's nowhere near ready though.
He doesn't talk, doesn't jump, doesn't draw or paint, doesn't ride a push-along trike thing...can't think of what else he doesn't do...ask me though. I say don't, because I HAVE heard him say a word here and there, but he's too stubborn to repeat himself. I'm not too concerned, he's cluey. Just think it's his personality.
Fantastic to hear your bub's going well Meg! I imagine it will be reassuring when you have the scan.
Nothing interesting here, Riv still drives me bonkers by moving things from place to place around the house. I can't find anything, ever! It's so hard to be motivated to clean...
Meg - Oh honey :hugs: Ambah's not toilet trained, has done bits here and there, but I'm not pushing the issue, and she's going through a bit of a fussy stage and not in the mood for it. My nephew is 2 1/2 and he chucks tantrums at the suggestion of sitting on the toilet. Another friend has a daughter who is a few months older than Ambah who she will not toilet train until she's at least 3 (she just recently had a baby and from past experience (the gap between her oldest and her 2YO is similar to this next gap) she found it easier to wait until bubby was a bit older and she could focus more on the toilet training. That and some children are just more ready at 3 than earlier). Ambah and I might give it a try in a few weeks when I've got time to dedicate to stay at home and focussing on it, but no rush. It will happen in time.
How are you going with managing your PND? Is it reviewed regularly?
Oops, better go, Aaron's home - will BBL
meg honey, big :hug:
I wouldn't worry too much about the tt issue. As you've seen, most of the toddlers in this group aren't tt, and that's fine, because it's still only early days. Remember that Nina goes to kindy twice a week, so that has helped her tt so early on. And Vy has 2 older brothers who go to the toilet, so that has helped her. But every child is different. Also, remember that with you being pregnant, J will mostly likely be picking up on that, and probably won't tt until bub has come along, and he's back into a normal routine again, which could take a few months.
Please, if you need to take a break, do so, but please don't leave for good.
Meg - Rylee isn't TT yet either, I have tried, but she gets scared on the toilet, so I bought a potty, but she just isn't into it, today I cleaned up three lots of wee and one lot of poo, and I came to the conclusion - nup not ready yet, and that is fine by me........she is also still in her cot and will be until she is closer to three....I am so sorry you are feeling anxious but if you need time out - take it, we don't want to see you stressed. It is so hard when you hear about what others children are doing, but as Kell said when they are five there won't be much in it, it will all happen in good time.
Sorry I have been AWOL, I have two uni assignments due next Friday and am just generally tired...
Laurin x