Thanks mm - hopefully it will only take a couple of days - don't think i can bear to hear her cry every time she has to go to bed!
re the sippy cup, i bought a Tommy Tippee one from Woollies.It has 2 handles on the side. I initially gave her one without handles, and she didn't seem to care for it. Hannah has water from it in the afternoon. Are you planning on giving her milk in one to replace her bottle? Perhaps just give it to her with water in until she gets used to it.
locksmith coming to fix the windows today and then everything is done yay hopefully then the real estate will leave the inspection for a while so we can just enjoy the place.. pest man came yesterday to deal with the ****eroaches.. theres not many but i know they multiply quickly and they were here before we moved in so they are responsible for it.. the guy was a bit of an idiot tho i'm not convinced he did a good job oh well time will tell i spose..
yep were having big sleep issues here!!!
last night asha came straight to bed with me because neither dp or i could get her to settle in her own bed and then she woke up every hour winging and tossing and turning and then at 6am she decided it was time to get up grrrr...
mm - asha wont drink from a sippy cup lol she just bangs them around usually she drinks water from one of those mini pump bottles but i still have to hold it for her lol or she just squirts it out everywhere... the using her own cuttlery thing does make a hell of alot of mess but i am hoping if she can get it early then that will save me some time that and i can make her breakfast while i am half asleep plonk her in the chair and rest while she eats it.. think i am just lazy lol
jazmum - goodluck with the cc i rty to let asha cry but she just works herself up and dh gets mad at me for not doing anything.. i sware he thinks i am the most useless parent ever atm always judging me for little things grrr men never understand!!
can anyone explain this whole family tax benefit and doing a tax return to me??? do i needa do a tax return or will it just be part of dps? i havnt worked at all this financial year so...
will family tax give us alot of money? i am so confused!! pretty sure we are both way under estimated from the start of group certs that have started coming in centrelink estimated me at like 10,000 and then cut off my payment when dp got a full time job so it was only like 4000 lol
Morning everyone - just back from coffee with some school mums. I'm finding it so much easier with Hannah having more solids. She sat in the high chair and had her brekky - a bowl of weetbix, some Two Fruits and then she had some of my yummy pancakes. She was as happy as Larry.
The comforted crying is getting a little easier. I only leave the room if she starts to play, and that is when she cries. She is quite happy to lay in her cot and let me pat her to sleep. At one stage I was on the floor and she'd gone to sleep - i was trying to quietly make my exit - which is really difficult with my clicky bones lol. Got to the door and the old knee made a huge noise and woke her up. It was quite funny.
She woke twice through the night, but i only had to put her dummy back in. At 5:30 i gave her a feed, but she just wanted to do a poo. She went back to sleep until 8am which is great. She's back asleep now.
i made her a yummy dinner last night - Fish with Orange and carrots. It smelled delicious, so i'm going to make it for the family one night.
I used orange roughy - put it in a baking dish and squeezed the juice of one orange over it. Sprinkled some cheese over the top and a few little dobs of butter - covered with alfoil and baked it for 20minutes. I mixed it with mashed potato, carrot, broccoli and cauliflower, so it lost most of the tasty flavour. But hannah loved it.
Sorry for the ramble. Off to do something fun with Zoe.
Hi everyone! been sooooo busy I haven't had time to post!
Hi Maryann!!! go great to see you pop in and give us a JJ update - he sounds so cute!
Noni, you will have to do a tax return because you were still working after July 1 last year weren't you? once both you and your DP have done them and the ATO has processed them, they send your details to Centrelink to cross reference with their details (or vice versa - can't remember who contacts who). Once they have completed it they will either pay your top-up FTB A and pay you the supplements for A&B (which will be pro-rata because they were born in sept) or if you were overpaid, they wont pay you the supplement A&B (which were brought in to cover the inital part of any debt you may incur) and if the supplement doesn't cover it they will then reduce your fortnightly payments to recover the debt. Clear as mud LMAO?
JaZaH, I've got to say the responsive comforting is easier at our house because E bellows like she's cranky, rather than heartbroken! I make sure I'm giving her lots of extra cuddles and attention during awake times too. She's waking much less and settles much quicker most of the time now. I feel like my sanity is slowly leaking back to me each night she sleeps better. Even though I never really wanted to have to resort to CC, if MD goes down over the next three months the whole ship will sink. I didn't feel I had the luxury of not doing CC in the end.
Leanne have you talked to the FAO to find out whether you are eligible for child care benefit?
hi md - that's so great that E is sleeping much better for you through the night. I'm the same with Hannah when she is awake. I tell her how much i love her, and give her big squishes. She's not getting upset when we go in her room, so that's a good sign as well.
Marydean, glad to hear that you are getting some sanity back and that Miss is is settling easier for you.
Jaz, that's a great result for you and Hannah too
Noni, if you don't have to file a tax return, then you need to call centrelink and tell them or otherwise your payment will be held up while they wait for you to file one.
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