Clare, thanks for the steel bowl tip, I think I know where the spice stores are in Phillip. I have one of the Gymbaroo books, it only goes up to 1 year old then there is a toddler one as well. Hoping to get E into Kindergym as soon as we move back to Adelaide, it's like gymbaroo but a third of the price.
LOL I'm glad you are enjoying Big Love! Oh soooo make sure you track down series 1! Bit scary about your dog having a go at the park! I imagine you're feeling a bit more mortified than I did when BFC killed our friend's favorite chicken! Good idea to get a specialist in, need to get onto it quickly.
Better go, E is tired and cranky after refusing to sleep this afternoon. Can't wait for those QE2 ladies to work their magic!
ETA Clare just saw your second post. DH is going away oseas for three months. *SIGH* I told him I've got one more trip in me and that's IT! I start fretting well before he goes and it just all slides downhill from there.
Re the baptism gown, I've been looking at some which are just cotton with some simple lace, nothing too frothy! I nearly had a fit when I went into the Italian baptism/communion/bonboniera place - everything was soooo expensive. With DD1, her godmother and her mother and MIL all got together and sewed a little dress out of ivory fabric left over from her wedding dress, it has her initial in ribbon embroidered roses on the front. But it's too small for E now and also it would be nice to have something for E to pass along when she's all grown up.
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MD - I am trying to cook more family meals that DD can eat to get out of cooking her stuff specially for her. Doesn't always work though, I made something for dinner last night that she was going to eat, then I added the almond meal and I'm not ready to try her on nuts yet so she ended up with one of the jars that was in the pantry!
Clare - we have bedtime about 7 too, but I'm not sure that's related to her waking early the last week. Tooth number 4 popped through this morning. Tempted to see what happens tonight and if she wakes early again take her to the doctor. She seems fine in all ways except keeps playing with one ear and moves her head away when I speak on that side of her head so I just have a nagging feeling there might be a slight infection there.
morning everyone, quiet in here this morning although it feels like much laterthan it is because Asha likes to get up early grrrr sooo not a morning person!!
ashas fungal infection is still not going away only just occured to me that its probably because the cloth nappies are carrying it duhh i'm so dumb!! i have her in a sposie atm but i am worried because i took her out of them in the first place because of rashes ughh i'm currently assuming thats better than the germs from the cloth ones but i am waiting on a call from the dr.. washing machine comes today thank god!! the other one wasnt washing off poo or spew or food etc because it was soo old and i was reduced to hand washing! our brand new electrolux front loader is coming today woot between 12:30 and 3 which pretty much cancells out the whole day and i now cant take asha to the dr grr atleast i will have a washing machine!
this house still smells weird!! they had pets or something in the house basically they lived in sqaulor from what we know and im having a hard time getting rid of this weird smell lol its not that bad and it is getting better every day but its just annoying lol!! winge winge wing lol
md - sorry DH is going away again.. that dress for Hs baptism sounds lovely hope you find something you like for Es, some of those big frothy ones look like dress up clothes imo..
clare - oh what a good idea with the toy library thing i just pack away what asha dosnt play with.. she still plays with her toys that she had when she was younger just not as much as the other ones and i am a bit of a hoarder lol dont like to throw things away...
cally - we are having early mornings here too! ohhh muffins makes me wanna walk down the street and get some ingredients except i dnt know how to get anywhere from here yet so it might not be advisable hahahaha.. i hear you on the early wake ups ashas an early bird too!!
hello everyone else g2g asha stinks lol put her in a sposie at the right time didnt i lmao!!
Well my neices party was a blast. Happy Belated Birthday to Paige...
KinderGym- My boys go and love it although it doesnt seem very organised. Olivia sort of joins in too.
Noni- Congrats on your new washing machine.
Cally- we too have early mornings
MD- Oh honey bummer on DH going away. Hope this is his last one... I do a cook up once a week. When is the baptism?
Hello to everyone I have to scoot as Jordy just woke up and is running a muck in the office. catch up later...
Noni: ah the wonderful smells of those that walked before us!! LOL!! i remember when we moved in here that the place just reeked. the whole bathroom was black with mould and lets not even start on the stove!! this was AFTER the real estate made them come back and clean it up 'properly', eeeeww gross!
Cally: yeah the tugging on the ear doesnt sound too great. does it look red? maybe get a pharmacist to check it out (saves waiting for a DR sometimes!)...oh i can be impatient!
MD: to you babe! that really sucks that he is going for so long. and bummer that you guys cant go with him! Well when i FINALLY get to canberra we'll definitly have to catch up!!
we are soo buying Big Love 1!! we are addicted!
oh there's a kindergym here! but i thought they were for older kids??
do you think the gymbaroo book is any good?? i wanna buy it, but if in practice it's not that great, then i wont bother.
yeah, we are pretty devastated about our dog stella. it came out from the blue. so hopefully the guy will be able to tell us what we can (if anything) do. she has epilepsy, which i think has added to her anxiousness. but still, i dont think that i could ever trust her around kids again, and that doesnt bode well for her and Leila.
but, i will keep an open mind and see what he reckons...
Leanne: glad to hear that the party was a blast! did you get any good ideas?? i have been trawling the magazine aisles for any party issues...i want to really keep it simple, yet memorable. that said i did see the COOLEST little party dress by collette dinnigan enfant...it has "fairy" written on the front and has a gorgeous little ra ra tutu type thing on the bottom...but the $$ were too scary to contemplate!!
hello to everyone else! i had better dash..
P.S. does anyone have good recommendations on pushbar trikes?? i have been looking for them for leila's 1st birthday and there doesnt seem to be a great deal around...
hi everyone! so sorry for being quiet. haven't even been able to "lurk" so i don't really know what's been happening. can't do personals. except for yesterday and today's posts....some of it anyway.
md, hugs on dh going away. i really admire you (and everyone else whose dh/dp's go away) as i struggle with dh going away for just the weekend.
anyway, haven't even been reading coz' had to put the computer in the office (as opposed to the dining table) coz' the in-laws were here. it's only just come back down to the dining table yesterday.
we're doing fine. max is not yet walking but i think that's coming soon as she's pushing herself to stand up and stands without support for about half a minute. can also see her eyeing a target but falls before she can get the legs moving towards the goal. another tooth has come (thankfully without much hassle for us). only issue at the moment is that she's got the runs and is off her solids. she's been off solids since friday when she vomitted 2x. think she might be paranoid of having solids. she was also feverish last friday so took her to the dr who discounted ear infection and meningitis and said it was probably just viral.
oh, not sure who it was asking about paracetamol coz' bub didn't like panadol....same thing with max. can't make her take panadol. she spewed when she had a taste of it last friday. went and got nurofen and she took it happily. so maybe get anything BUT panadol and bub will take to it.
have really missed everyone (bubs and mums). hope i will be able to keep up again.
Rainforest - I love the new name. Now come on tell us why....has it got something to do with being up the duff? Lol I'm getting excited now and jumping to conclusions!
Fianne - Welcome back, its nice to hear that you and your family are doing well. Max sounds like she's got you busy!
MD - I cant thank you enough for your sinus remedy! Its so simple and I guess I should have thought of it sooner. I suffered with that darn headache for almost two weeks and as soon as I started using the fess and warm face cloths it cleared up! Sorry to hear that your DH is going for 3 months, you are very brave indeed. I love the idea of using a wedding dress to make a christening gown for bub, its so special. Did you decide on E's christening outfit? Did I miss that part? I think a suit is fine. And you are right its a good idea to get something nice that E can maybe one day use on her own children. Its so special. We have DP's christening gown here and its so gorgeous, its not even old fashioned as I thought it would be. Though we wont be using it as we decided not to do a christening.
Clare - Wow what an incredible and inspiring story, they could write a really good book together. Thats such a great idea chucking toys into a basket and swapping them with other mums and bubs! So sorry to hear about Stella, what a bummer. Hopefully it was just a once off incident, but I guess from now on you will feel like you cant trust her 100% around Leila.
Leemar - Glad your neices party was a hit.
Noni - Oh no the fungal infection doesnt sound nice. What did the doc say? Yay for the new washing machine!
Cally - Hope it isnt an ear infection. Are you going to take her to the doc after all?
Arte - Maddie is also an 8am waker and anything before that is not on lol. So glad that you have a neighbour with a bub.
Falguni - We had our all night benders as well, but we are so over that now!! I guess we have no choice as well with a bubba!
Well now that I am feeling better I must say I am 100% happier, I feel motivated once again and I dont groan and moan when Maddie needs my attention. Still a tad sick with a sore throat (& losing my voice ahh!) and the works but not as bad as I was. I think being that sick really took it outta me, gosh it was horrible I dont want to be that sick ever again! Guess its unavoidable with kids though. I also got a bit down as I kept thinking its my fault she is getting so sick as I didnt BF her! Anyway that silly thought is at the back of my mind now. Still a tad worried about Maddie, I might take her to the doc on Wed as her cough isnt improving much. Her conjunctivitis seems to be on the mend though, I've been bathing her eyes in salt water and camomile tea & also using drops. Apart from that we are so proud of our little girl, she is trying to pull herself up on furniture now but so far only gets as far as her knees. Also she is trying to get onto two knees from sitting, but can only get as far as the one and rocks. I think she will be crawling within a month or so. Also we had a big family meal with the rellies on Sat night & Maddie sat in her chair and had a bit of everything we ate then also polished off a bowl of yoghurt, she looked so proud of herself as everyone was giving her praise. Its been an exciting weekend here with all these new developments, just shows you how fast they grow its amazing.
MM, Maddie isn't sick because you didn't BF. BF bubs get sick too, it helps but it isn't a magic barrier to illness so don't ever feel bad about it. Glad to hear you are feeling better and yay for Maddies developments. It really is amazing how quickly they grow.
Clare, so sorry about Stella, don't know what I would do. Hope the behaviorist can help you.
Fianne, good to see you, sounds like Max is doing really well. Hope you survived the IL visit lol
hope you find something you like for Es, some of those big frothy ones look like dress up clothes imo..
to you babe! that really sucks that he is going for so long. and bummer that you guys cant go with him! Well when i FINALLY get to canberra we'll definitly have to catch up!!
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