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OMG fIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
AnnaT - try having 3 and being pg mate....I feel like pulling my hair out some days PMSL.
Ness - whats the name of this cream...I might need to get some for Vy cause teething gel does jack $hit for her.
Anna - expect something in the mail soon too....thats all im saying
Hi ya everyone else - brains still in fog mode!
Got a phone call from centerlink today about this $10,000 grant for kids 0-6 with disabilities. Looks like Wilhelm might be able to gains some funds. WOuld be so good cause that means instead of furture treatment for him coming out of our pockets, we'll have this money to pay for it. One of the treatment places is in the $4000 range. We dont have to spend it on him now it can be for future use which is so good cause he's gonna need and occupational therapist and speech therapist later. Governemtn is finally giving a $hit about kids like mine. Fingers crossed still though.
Still have gastro, was up most of the night again and my bum is going on strike!
Thats fabulous news Maz! I think that they def should up the funds for children in need like that instead of spending it on other things that shouldnt be getting funds to start with. I didnt know you got a EDD?
Morning all,
Ash slept nearly 10 hours last night without a feed! I took your advice in the end Jodi and didn't wake her for a dreamfeed, she still woke at 11ish but must've gone back to sleep. I was so tired I was half asleep when she woke and she was just grizzling and thats all I remember then she didn't wake til 4:50 for a feed and boy was she hungry she couldn't get on fast enough and started gulping it down! I don't want to get too excited though cause I know how easily things can change.
Ness- Sounds like a bug must be going round your place, make sure you don't get sick!
Rach- Hope your resting up today, cheeky Jack!
Ellie- Glad you've sorted things out with that guy. How do you cope with 2 kids and no car? I find it hard with just Ash and no car!
Anna**- I have got back AF once for 2 days but the rest of the time I have lots weird aches/ pains and tuggings.
Jodi- I agree with whats been said and maybe Nina can sense pregnancy?
Ambz- Sorry to hear bout your friends. My thoughts are with there family and friends.
ETA: Just realised Happy 8 months Ash!
Maz- I know what you mean with the funding, my sister just spent over $300 on getting a report from the child psychologist for his assessment about schooling next year, luckily she gets speech therapy and the OT free thru the public system.
Last edited by shellbell3; May 18th, 2007 at 10:57 AM.
Nessa is the teething gel pink ??, our chemist makes up a mixture with the litho stuff in it, Jack doesn't need it but the other bubs in my mums group need it and I have some for when my teeth play up
AnnaT, I dont think annie meant for you not to share your pg, but that comment she quoted was a little hard to read, but I know that those of us who have trouble will probably complain right along when we are lucky enough to get pg again, but off track dont feel you can't share with us :hugs:
Shell I wish, he is a bit funny today, when he had his bottle just before he was all sleepy and lcingy afterwards very unlike him, it can't be teeth he has his 8 6-12mth ones and I am not ready for molars
cranky cranky bear if it wasn't a public hol an jase wasn't home i woulg go back to bed with jack
AnnaT - worked out that I Ovulated around the 6th (I actually wrote it down in my diary????) and its only an EDD so cant wait until my u/s to know for sure..but I think it might be later in the month for some reason.
Shell - we get free therapy aswell at the moment but next year its all finished cause they only help 0-5 year olds for free. Will help us with buying him educational stuff for him to at home. We're now getting an IQ test done in the next few months to see were his level is at. If his IQ is higher that 70, then he cant attend his special needs school cause thats the cut off. Is your nephew going to mainstream school full time next year? Tell her to ring centerlink about the $10,000 grant for special needs kids...she might be intitled to it too.
HAPPY 8 MONTHS ASHLEIGH honey
BBL - pit stop calling
IM HOME WOO!!! So nice to see mum and dad, but so great to be home! Especially when its all rainy and cold outside!!
Ok.. gonna do a quick catch up before mr man's lunch time..
Jodi.. perhaps shes starting to go through that seperation thing. When i took Jess for his 6-8 months check up the CHN said not to be too alarmed if he starts to cry every time you walk out the room. Its him just starting to realise that you are 2 different people. She said it is totally normal, and if he does it he will get past it. Being her teeth are coming through im sure isnt helping any. Not sure what you can do about it all though except just pursuing.
Ambz.. oh un im so sorry to hear about your friends from school. A friend of mine told me a guy i had a major crush on at school commited suicide. Boy it shakes you up hearing things like that.
Nessa.. if Annika keeps you up while she's here, we'll just move her cot to the lounge room. Jess was ok last night until 6am when he just wouldnt stop talking! Im so tired now.. gonna sleep so well tonight!
Anna**.. hope those tests are just telling you fibbs and the reason why your AF hasnt come to town is youre UTD! Ill be praying for you thats the reason! I had those feelings in my tummy last week though.. AF is here.
Maz.. oh hun thats great!!! I hope they come through with the money for Wilhelm!! Maybe you should be puttin some of that papaw stuff on your toosh?
HAPPY 8 MONTHS ASHY!!
Shell.. oh maybe she was having an 8 month sleep!! Hope it continues to get longer as she gets older!!
Ok gonna go get a coffee and relax some.. oh and feed the boy....
yeah Nessa numbs completely some of the girls in mums group were smothering their bubs gums and I was like have you used it and they are like no, so I am like ummm try it first so you know you only need a tiny amount
I might pop into MSN after dinner, we're going out to a friends place, will see how I feel.
Kell- Welcome home, hopefully tonight you'll sleep well with jesse being back in his own room.
Maz- My sister was thinking bout mainstream school but decided he would prolly get lost in the system as the funding isn't all that great and the school decides to what it goes towards so it prolly wouldn't end up benefiting him, he's going to go to the autism school and then lead onto mainstream when he is ready, the school he is going to is supposedly quite good and usually within few years most kids have intergrated into mainstream.
that whole IQ thing is such crap cause most of the autistic kids are quite intelligent. The school my nephew is going to is just for autism so they go into classes depending on there needs.
holy guacamole ( ok, i know that i cant spell) talk about chatter boxes..you girls always make me smile!
Ok, so trying really hard to remember what everyone has said and not have to do a copy and paste from word!
Hugs to those pregnant, may your toilet bowl sparkle and your mornings be fresh ..( and everything else .. heheh i remember what it was like being pregnant i always felt damp! TMI !)
I am having a NPCA evening.. (no penis or children allowed )night.. in other words im going out with the girls for dinner! I am so excited to be able to actually finish a conversation and eat a meal .. without having to change a nappy !
the those TTC i hope that your journey is short, i know how hard it is, so huge hugs to you all ..
it seems most of us are all having sleepless nights with our babes.. i really hope that they all learn soon that mum needs sleep! ( i know last night i only go 3 hours sleep ... and i have to blame DH for some (naughty!) ...hmmmm
SEE YA!!!!!
be on the boards when i get back from you know where!!
( we dont go for a couple of days but i probably wont get back on-line)
and to my KK and i think i may have accidently (oops!) hinted in some way in an email .... i will do my very very best to get what you really like!
i hope that when i return all the babes are sleeping from 7pm to 7am and all those TTC are UTD and that powerball is won by me so i can visit you all, or bring you all to QLD for a holiday.. xoxoxo
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These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
And make a brand new start of it
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I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps
To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap
These little town blues
Are melting away
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In old New York
If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you, New York, New York.
I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps
To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap
These little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you, New York, New York.
Last edited by ~Flossie~; May 19th, 2007 at 10:08 AM.
Babies Born September 2006 #51
if it wasn't a public hol an jase wasn't home i woulg go back to bed with jack
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