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hi all - just a quick one from me, we are off to melbourne for the weekend and I have to dash to get our flight. i have a feeling N will be a bit more of a challenge on the plane today - he is so much more active than last time... and DH not flying down til the evening so I am on my own with him - wish me LUCK! at least we are flying back together on mon morning.
MD - i enjoy gymbaroo a lot, but it isnt rocket science... so if it is a hassle then i wouldnt be too upset to miss it. just my opinion. also the regular teacher isnt doing it this term (she is unwell) and the new teacher is lovely but not as good so the class has been a bit of a hodge podge this term (i am assuming you mean the class in forrest which is where i go??). where do you live? i have also been looking into rocking horse music classes, they do a session at creche and it is excellent. i think there is a wait list for those classes though. the playgroup will prob be more social for you even if gymbaroo is more structured for E.
Creche went better yesterday - the main carer has moved to a diff room and the vibe is different (i dint think she was a prob b4 but now i wonder) and they were so much lovelier to Noah yest. I am still not convinced i want to take him there (interviewing a nanny on tue in fact) but i did feel a whole heap better for it.
Ooooh today I meet one of my best friend baby boy when i get to melb - cant wait (he is 1 month!!).
OK better go, sorry not many personals - have a wonderfulw eekend everyone!
Arte - hope W doesnt get sick!
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sherie - i love seeing her personality. she is pretty easy going and from what i can tell she is a lil tough nut.
Pregpan - Things are going well, thank you. I hope you and Noah are great.
Ozstar - yeah juggling everything as normal. lol. mummy/student/housewife/cleaner hee hee. i am lucky my husband is very supportive with everything although i am still waiting for him to vaccuum.
Artechim - i can NOW see why everyone was asking us when we were planning on having kids. its cause they are so fun - they weren't being intrusive after all.
Marydean - thanks for thinking of me! Yes, back at TAFE i'm doing mon nights and tuesdays. mon night DH comes with me and works in the library and tues i leave T at DH's work as there is a lady there who is more than happy to look after her. lucky there! its only for 2.5 hrs so i feed her b4 i leave.
Noni - I so know what you mean about struggling to loose weight. I have only been walking but once a week and of course walking in the shopping centres during the heat wave. i'm about to go for another walk now - around the block. i still have the same 8kgs to loose. love the big jelly over the belt. some pants i still can't do up the button and the zipper digs into me. ouch!
SOLIDS - T is going to have to wait til 6 mths as i am a bit scared to start and i figure T is not missing out - she is 8.2kg well she was 2 wks ago.
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well dp is at a potentially ongoing job today so wish us luck lol hes been a bit hopeless lately with screwing things up.. like yesterday he was at the same place but he locked his keys and steel cap boots in the car onsite and by the time his brother could come and unlock it for him with a spare so he could get his boots (bout an hour later) they were all too annoyed and sent him home.. dp has a talent for locking his keys in the car i was soooo angry.. they have given him another chance today so i hope he is trying his absolute best!!
he got another job offer that starts monday too but the pay is less and its further away, its hard because that job would actually be less labour involved and he might benefit from something not so grueling but the pay is sooooo much less and its an hours drive as apose to this one which is less than half an hour.. we will see i spose as long as he has a job thats the main thing.. i was saying to him the other day, even though i would rather him have the one thats closer and pays more, theres no point in chosing that over the other one if hesjust gonna quit it coz its too hard iykwim.. we will see...
supab - wow you have so much on your plate you go girl!!! i still wanna lose about 5kgs, have lost my baby weight but wasnt thin to start with lol.. was it you on mclouds? whens that gonna be?
pregpan - enjoy melbourne :)
leanne - good to hear there hasnt been any more notes! that was a little creepy! hope your cold clears up asap
haley - will find out in the next few days i think what team i am in and when we train etc then i assume training will start.. its not too late to get into it the first game isnt till 29th march here, not sure where you live though? glkad the uni thing was good :)
arte - sorry to hear about the real estate stuff up hope its cleared up for you soon!! how is W today?
md - baby sign language classes are interesting, my boss did them.. though for some reason some of the signs arent the same as general sign language, suppose its to make them easier for bubs.. all this talk about gymbaroo has me interested whats the idea with that?
cally - glad the nappy rash is getting better
hi to everyone else :)
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Supablondie - I've got a little chubba too, Maddie is 8kgs. I'm scared about starting solids!! I was thinking I may try some farex this weekend.
Pregpan - Hope the flight goes well, good luck. How exciting jetting off to Melb for the weekend! I sooo want a holiday...Thailand sounds perfect haha!
Leanne - Hope you finally got some sleep last night, hate it when I cant sleep.
Noni - Oh no I am miles away from you, I'm in Perth. I used to play netball for a club and did it for years, but I lost interest. All this talk about netball though is making me feel like playing again.
What, who is going on Mcleods???!!!
I got an absolute bargain off ebay, a leapstart learning gym for $10 and it turned out the woman lived literally around the corner from me, very handy. It is the coolest toy, baby can use it lying down on their back or you can adjust it to a sitting position. I put Maddie in the bumbo in front of it and she loves it. Its a multicultural toy as well which is good.
I got angry at DP last night because he told me I dont do anything and I dont have a hobby. I dont have time for a hobby thank you very much, I have a baby to look after, I work two days a week and I'm starting uni next week!!! People ask me how I even manage all that! :angry:
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Hi Girls,
Hayley- tell DP to pull his head in. You have enough to do.Dont blame you for being mad.
Pregpan- Have a great weekend in Melbourne
SubaB- Starting solids is always scary.
Hello to everyone and have a great day
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We've got the Tinytalk package here, but I haven't really gone through it yet. I think I just want to learn the basic signs though that I can see us using a lot.
Well last night's sleep was bad - fed at 8, resettled at 11, fed at 1, fed at 4, resettled at 4:30! She was awake at 7:30, but mum played with her for an hour before I woke up which was good.
Hayley - I think you're doing very well with everything. All I'm doing is being a mum and it's hard work!
Pregpan - hope the flight is good, at least it is only relatively short.
Noni - hope DP's job goes well.
MD - Interesting thought about the low hormone levels. Luckily I'm not having the hot flushes!!
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Hi Ladies
just popped into to tell you guys that im feeling the like the worse mum in the world!!
Rory was lying down yesterday so i lifted him up into the sitting position by his arms and I heard I 'click'. He started screaming and I couldnt get him to stop, he had bright red spots all over his head because he was crying so much. I didnt understand what was wrong so I tried to get him to sleep. After a 1/2 hour nap he was still crying and he wouldnt use his arm. I rushed him to the Drs and it turns out he had 'pulled arm', it was pulled out of place....BY ME! But between me getting him out of the car and seeing the Dr it clicked back into place by itself.
Poor little guy, he must think Im awful!
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oh Renee! you poor thing. I must admit i have been a bit wary of doing that, my mum warned me about that. no harm done though - the little touch blighter. babies 'bounce' back thank goodness.
Hayley - since T is so big and doesn't need solids, i am going to go with the 'exclusive b/feeding for 6 months'. we'll see how that goes.
Noni - 5kgs will just drop off lol, when ppl say that to me, i say WHEN? Yes it was me that is GOING to be on McLeod's. I think it is going to start airing in March. so its coming up! i'm keeping my eyes peeled.
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ohh renee if it makes u feel any better yesterday i couldntfind the nail scissors so i used the baby clippers n clipped part of her finger off :( she was screaming n it was bleeding i felt so awful n thought for sure shed hate me but i was the one she wanted comfort from so it all worked out :) can hardly see it now.. put some magic paw paw cream on it hehe..
so today i went to the chemist to get more scissors as i never hurt her with those n they only had these sister browns ones that were 8:95 i got them anyway n when i got to theregister they scanned as manicare at 3.95 lol i didnt say nething n got a bargin yay hehe...
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Oh Renee, hun you are an excellent mummy, it was an accident (and the first of many among our little thread group because that's just a part of having kids and looking after them, you can't stop every accident from happening, you just can't). I'm all teary now, I know you are feeling really bad (trust me I have been there, and more than once) but you have to just forgive yourself, put it down to experience, and move forwards. It was unlucky that it was you but it could have been any of us I guess, we'll all be more careful now having read that it happened to you.
Noni - *snap* I have snipped a bit of finger too :redface: though E didn't react as much as it sounds like Asha did. We try to be gentle but sometimes our best efforts don't work.
Thanks Pregpan for the comments on Gymbaroo, we're in the deep south, past Tuggeranong, so it'd be a decent 25 mins in the car to Forrest. We had Kindergym back home in SA from a similar age, it was excellent. We also did a toddler music class which was fantastic (H still has a good ear for music now) and very entertaining so I'd say go for it! Let us know how the nanny interview goes! Enjoy your weekend away :)
Noni, Good luck to DP and I hope it works out well on the job front. He sounds just like my DH at the same age, constantly locking his only set of keys inside the car or worse in the boot (the car had been rebuilt and there was something behind the back seat so you couldn't even pull the seat out to get into the boot)! LOL He has improved with age (tho you will remember he went off to work - about to fly out - with my car and house keys just a couple of months ago).
SupaB am I right, are we looking out for the yellow tshirt? Sounds like you've got your TAFE arrangements covered really well!
Hayley yes E was all a-goggle at the cinema screen, she loves the telly too (much more visually driven than H was at the same age and she doesn't dance and sing like H did, so 2 v.different girls already). BTW woohoo at your ebay bargain.
Arte, the sign is always given to the baby with the accompanying word said aloud. It actually aids speech development, (signing babies often develop bigger vocabularies earlier than non-signing babies) and it's a tool that's used with kids that have developmental delays as well (to assist with speech development). The main reason we're doing it was because H was a very clever little girl who understood a lot but had a bit of a speech delay so we went through a couple of very rough, tantruming years where she was frustrated by not being able to express herself. Signing helps the baby/toddler to 'voice' their needs while they are still pre-verbal. Hoping for a smoother ride this time round (although the speech delays tend to run in the family so E may develop one as well)!
Cally friends of mine used the tiny talk system, we spent time with them when their DD was just learning to sign milk, dog and birdy! LOL Soooo Cute!
BTW Jazmum I didn't say how impressed I was with Hannyhooha's commando crawling...I think Sherie said A's doing similar now too! I tell E every day to learn to crawl but she much prefers the invisible wiggle (where you never actually *see* her move but every time you look over she's travelled about a foot)! LOL
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renee- thank you so much for letting us know what happened to Rory. i lift lewis up by his arms ALL THE TIME! i kid you not. thanks to you i won't be doing it anymore, so you may have saved it from happening to lewis! thank you
just a quick post as i'm typing with one finger, lewis is wriggling round on my lap. he has a tooth! just one little one down the bottom, might explain why he's been so crabby.
met up with some BBers at a cafe near my place today, was really nice. wish i could meet up with all you guys, oh well!
gotta go, lewis is wriggling all over the place!!!
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Thanx so much for your posts guys :) Means alot.
I thought it was okay to lift babies up by the arms into the sitting position when they were older . Heck the Dr did it to Rory when he did the reflex test before he let us leave hospital. I wont be doing that again. No dizzy wizzys for the little fella when he is older either!
Rorys big smiles today have made me feel better.
Dwayne is away for the week in Adelaide :( I was dreading the call to tell him about what I did to Rory
Gracie - Whoa Lewis has got a tooth!! How exciting. Hope he doesnt suffer too much with it. I only just realised the other day when I was reading my book that you need to clean the tooth as soon as it appears. Makes sense doesnt it but I just never thought of it LOL .
Does anyone know where LP is?? Did she have a birth announcement sms partner? Maybe they could send her a quick sms just to let her know we are thinking of her and the girls.
xoxoxox
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Awww Renee you poor thing, I can imagine how you must have felt. I always pull Maddie into the sitting position, I thought it was good for strengthening their necks! Wont be doing it again, how awful. Although accidents happen with kids and I'm sure there will be many more. OMG It never occured to me to clean a baby's new teeth either, far out!
Cally - Tinytalk sounds so cool, where did you hear about it?
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omg! do you mean i have to clean the tooth? are you serious?
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Went to library session yest, 7 babies there and guess what all boys! Even last week there was only 1 girl, what a tough competition LOL
Visited a few more chidcares and one actually offered 1 day a week starting now. ATM I am more inclined not to take it. We're off next mth for 3weeks to see my parents. I dont want him to start and then skip the weeks. Plus a part of me just doesnt want to let him go, still thinking he is too little and want him just for myself. Oh I dont know, maybe I am being selfish here
Katie, he loves the basket too. First he was confused and looking around LOL but a couple of mins later he was playing with the toys
Marydean, our playgroup is just an extension from mums group, we get together at playgroup/kindy where we can use all their facilities, toys, etc. But perhaps in your place it is different though. I am actually looking at kindermusic but we missed the new term so probably when he is a bit older. The baby sign class sounds interesting
Arte, hope Will is okay. Nine dogs, wow I guess you're right on the safety issue LOL Btw, how are your dog and cat, do they need to go through quarantine?
Hayley, feel better now that I missed cashmere mafia thought it'd be like SATC. Sorry to hear about your DP, you have all the right to be angry. So many things on your plate already
Pregpan, hope you have a nice flight. Let us know how you go, W and I are going on a long flight next month. Good to hear the day at creche was better.
Supablondie, sounds like a busy life ATM. So cool, McLeods! Let us now when its coming
Noni, GL with your DP's new job. Hope Asha is okay now, that happened to us when he was 4 weeks old.
Renee, hugs to you. Hope you feel better, good to hear that Rory is okay now. What a coincidence, I heard some clicking sound several times and was thinking to post a question here.
Gracie, too bad I couldnt join you guys, dandenong is just 30min from our place. Hope Lewis is okay with the new tooth
What is Tinytalk?
I am a bit worried about LP too, unlike her to be offline this long. Hope everything is okay.
Have a good weekend everyone!
ETA Just uploaded a new ticker photo, his hair has started to grow ;)
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It said you can clean the tooth with a wash cloth. I saw a pack yesterday with this pink rubber 'thing' with little nodules on it that you put over you finger to clean babies teeth (almost like those rubber thing you put over your finger when sewing) & some sort of paste....tooth paste I assume. haha geez im so discriptive :)
My nan called up yesterday and told me I need to take Rory to a paed because he is too skinny! :( She got me really upset. Why is it that when you have a baby everyone decides that your business is their business!
Ive had a break through though, rory is now on 240 mls instead of 180mls whoohoo (thanx to baby Gaviscon) :) AND he has apple puree at lunch!
Hayley - I think you are doing an amazing job working two days a week. You sound like you have got a good head on your shoulders (geez I sound like my nan). Let him have Maddy for a whole day while your at work and he will soon change his tune haha. DH wouldnt tell me to get a hobby because he knows I would and make him pay for it HAHA!Tight-arse
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renee - do you think rory is too skinny? if not i wouldnt worry about what everyone else is saying!! how old is rory now i forget?? Asha is only on 180ml bottles with the occassional 210 so sounds like hes doing well to me, shes not having solids at all atm.. i know they are all different though just saying..
agnes - the worst thing is its happened to us before too though it didnt draw blood and i actually thought before doing it, i dnt want to use the clippers incase that happens but shed been scratching herself and me so badly i ended up doing it anyway bad judgement call!!!
wow cleaning the tooth lol spose it makes sence i didnt think of that either!!
anyway gotta go bbl
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Hi everyone
managed to find some time to read up on all that has been happening - but i'm so exhausted so please forgive me if i miss out on anything.
md - sounds like life has been extra busy for you - well done on doing the study. Don't know how you find the time!! How is Miss E's toothypegs going?
Supa - you really ARE Supa!!!! It's great that your study fits in nicely with life :)
Agnes - i love the photo - just gorgeous. I'm also a fan of So You Think You Can Dance - but can't remember there names at the moment (except for Reece - as he plays the Elf on The Fairies)
Hayley - did your Dh mean that you should find something to do just for you?
Zoe goes to KIndy 3 days a week. She didn't end up going yesterday and today as she's had conjunctivitis.
Leanne - hope you're feeling better.
Renee - poor little Rory and poor you :( Hannah rolled off the bed at my mums place recently. We'd put her in the middle of my mums queen bed - i was doing some sewing and mum took her eyes off Hannah for 2 seconds to help me - and when we both looked for her she was at the edge - we couldn't get to her in time and she fell onto her back onto the tiled floor. I felt like the worst mum ever. Still feel like crying when i get the image in my head.
Gracie - yay on Lewis having a tooth - probably was what was making him unsettled.
Cally - i just use boiled water with Hannahs cereal and vegies. I'd like to use breast milk, but i don't have the time to express at the moment.
hi to all of you other lovely ladies :)
I took Hannah to the chiropractor yesterday. he found some tight spots, and said that the area near her diaphragm is a little inflamed. He showed me how to massage her belly and told me to make sure that i burp her really well, and don't let her overfeed. He used is 'clickergun thingy' and she seemed to really like it! he held her upside down too. I'm now giving her about an eighth of a teaspoon of Inner Health each day, and he told me to give her Gripe water when she has pain. (my cupboard now has Mariners friend, Brauers, Infants friend and this one)
he also told me to give her Organic Brown rice cereal. Hesaid that Farex has something in it that goes rancid, so is not good for her digestive system - especially as it is quite sensitive at the moment. The problem with the brown rice cereal is that the directions say i have to simmer it for 20 - 30 minutes stirring continuously!!!!! I only use a couple of teaspoons.!!
anyway, might hit the sack, as i'm sure hannah will wake soon.
have a great weekend.
