thanks for that sherie i'll do that asap so that when dp files one it all comes through coz i assume it is based on what he earns too..
the people across the road just gave me a massive dolls house coz they didnt want it anymore.. this thing is soooo huge you could use it as shelves or something on the inside lol thats how big it is!! thinking of sadning it back and painting it coz the colours arent overly nice lol..
just a quick one from me as we are about to head back to melbourne...
JaZmum: i remember some information that i used for a talk i gave on baby sleep for my mums group, and we all found the sleep strategies used by Karitane to be really gentle (and adaptable). i'm not sure i can post the link, but if you type in karitane into google, then it comes up with their website and you can follow the links...
Another bad night for me last night. I took the boys to the dr today and they have a virus so now they are on antibiotics...
MD- Yep they told me we were not entitled to it.
Noni- WTG on the dolls house it sounds great.
Jazmum- glad its getting better with H CC
Art- WTF thats wrong of them.
Better go.. Hello to everyone. Will catch up later
hi girls
sorry i've been so MIA
dp has been in sydney so i've been staying at my dad's place cos i'm a scardey cat! and i don't like being here alone at night.
he is on his way home now and we are heading out to a romantic dinner just for the three of us at 6.30. i'm so looking forward to it.
lewis has been sick again. i feel like every time i meet up with one particular mothers group (i have 2, long story) lewis comes away sick. it has happened 3 times in a row now. it makes me not want to go to that mothers group as i feel like i pay for it for a week afterwards grrr
the meetup looked fantastic girls. you are all stunners and the babies aren't bad too
wouldn't it be fantastic if we could all meet up somewhere one day?
arte- way to go on the ttc thing! i was unsure about my fertility but as you may remember we only really tried for a period of about 2 weeks? before i pulled the pin and said i wasn't ready. i'm not sure the exact timing of everything, but it really was a very small window of opportunity- and i am still breastfeeding flat out!
i'd be very upset about the dog thing. can you push it and say that you will move out if they don't allow the dog inside? hopefully then they would just let you to avoid the hoo-ha
ange- cooking for 11? are you kidding me??? i'm hard pressed cooking for 3 and a dog.
leanne- sorry to hear everyone is so sick. look after yourself ok?
noni- i love dolls houses. how fantastic!
clare- i may have to google that info too. i've just ordered the book 'no cry sleep solutions' so i'm waiting to read that to get a few ideas.
mm- lewis likes the tommy tippee sippy cup the best. i got it from safeway (woolworths).
hi sherie and md
jaz- best of luckon the cc thing. it's so hard isn't it? lewis is still in our bed and i feed him back to sleep all the time. i'll probably have to think about making some changes before #2 comes along
Rainy, how have you been? I ordered the no-cry sleep book and the very day it arrived in the mail he started to sleep better lol. I haven't even read it yet, I was just happy that he started to sleep for 1.5 hours for his day sleeps without needing to be fed to sleep half way and he wakes every 2-3 hours at night now which is a fantastic improvement from every hour
Got to go, DH having trouble dressing wriggly baby
ETA Rainy, in the end the only reason that W started sleeping longer than one sleep cycle is that he got a cold and his nose was too blocked to feed back to sleep very well so after a couple of days he started sleeping the whole nap without bothering to wake.
Last edited by Artechim; July 15th, 2008 at 05:33 PM.
Thanks for the sippy cup suggestions girls. I'm going sippy cup shopping tomorrow! I'm planning on starting with water and maybe a bit of apple juice and then eventually she'll hopefully take her milk in it too.
Is anyone elses bubs slowly cutting out milk feeds? Maddie seems to get by on 3 feeds a day now, one in the morning, one around lunch/early arvo & a bed time bottle. However I often wonder if I feed her too much solids, she has 3 meals a day but I worry as some days she will have custard and then yoghurt. Is that too much sugar for a baby? Feeling a bit paranoid today lol.
Poor Mads had her first accident at daycare today. She was bitten on her leg by another child, so sad he must have bitten hard as you can see the bite mark still. When the carer told me I kind of brushed it off iykwim as I figure its the first of many bites & accidents with other kids, but now I'm wondering if I should have kicked up more of a fuss?
Jazmum - Glad the CC is getting better. How did you go last night, wake up next to DH?
Rainforest - Are mums bringing their sick kids to mums group? Always a pain isnt it. I dread daycare due to the bugs M brings home.
Noni - Well if thats the way your DP feels, make him do it and see how well he does lol. Besides I'm sure he thinks you are a great mum, sometimes men just dont know how to tell you. If he's anything like my DP who doesnt express his feelings very well anyway! My DP a few weeks ago said to M, 'you have a great mum M who looks after you well' and I was like...wow it was so nice to hear that coming from you iykwim.
Leemar - Ah sick again, stupid winter. Hope the boys are better soon. How is Olivia?
Arte - Can you just keep your dog inside and put her out for inspections? Could they find out?
last night dp and i had a fight because i said i was finding it hard and needed more support he basically said to me that it was my fault because he told me when we talked about having a baby he didnt think he was ready... you should have seen me go off at that point.. dp has a way of blurting things out when hes angry and making them sound ten times worse than what he means!!! he went on to say that hes useless and dosntg know anything about how to look after dd, what she needs to eat or what kind of nappy she should be in and i got really mad because he was in my opinion trying to get out of all responsibility with her.. i always help him when he needs to do something with her! i feel really trapped coz i have had max 4 hours away from asha since she was born and after all that i dont feel confident i could ask dp to watch her while i went out or something without him losing it over what he should feed her for dinner ughhhh... no matter how many times i show him something or tell him something it just dosnt stick.. i dont get it!! anyway...
had another nightmare night last night.. i think if i was getting more sleep id be handling things better.. dp dosnt get that either he says things to me like shes just a baby she dosnt understand you want to sleep in.. he misses the point completely!! he dosnt even wake up when she cries at night!!! i think hes depressed buti dont feel like i can help him atm because i am only just coping too neither of us are the kinda ppl inclined to go get some councelling or see a dr either which makes it hard...
mm - asha only has 3 bottles a day as well rarely she will have 4 depending on what shes eaten.. custard and then yoghurt as a meal i would say is probably too much sugar i generally give a meal and then a custard or yoghurt (tho we are off yoghurt and milk atm due to it upsetting her stomach).. i wouldnt worry about the bite at daycare, unless it happens again which might say that the carers arent paying enough attention to who bites and who to keep them away from as to who they are likely to bite if they have bitten them before iykwim? i used to work in childcare and its always very quick and hard to stop those things happening.. theres always a biter or two in every class!!!
arte - how funny the day you got the sleep book he slept better!!! i should order one i think!!! i would just have the dog inside and out for inspections (as someone else suggested) they give u a few days notice for inspections dont they?
rain - i am the same with being alone in the house at night.. dps gonna be home really late tonight because he is working late and then has soccer training i am not looking forward to it!!
leanne - sorry to hear the boys are sick again
gonna go to the shops today.. get out of the house for a while. pay day today and theres lots of things we need so... its about a 40min walk there and 40mins back so it should give me something nice to do plus ive been sitting round eating too much lately so i really need the excersise haha.. anyways best be off i have a stack of washing to get through before i go!!
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