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Hi Girls,
Just a quickie from me as we are already at 11am having a shocker of a day with Leila...tantrums, the whole lot since about 1am...oh the joys of sick and teething children!
JaZMum: ha ha ha! i'm glad people can find her amongst the millions of other bubs on the little tikes site!! there are sooo many babies around!
and yep! i talk about my BB friends and what their advice is all the time! especially with the conjunctivitis stuff and the recipes! DH knows that i have a completely different circle of friends from him on this one LOL!!
anyway best dash as Leila is in a foul mood and is into destructing everything in front of me for a reaction... best be off before the phone really does get it! :doh:
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afternoon ladies
clare - i chanced upon her while i was looking for Hannah. I saw her photo and thought - 'I know that cute little face!!!".
we just got back from Bunnings. Dh is still away, so i took the girls down for the free craft session. They made maracas and then we had a sausage sizzle.
We're getting excited for tonight - The Hannah Montana/miley cyrus movie is on Disney tonight - and we've got our free 3d glasses ready!!! (i am actually really looking forward to it ...how sad is that :redface:)
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Grr - Target will only raincheck the red smart trike, not the pink one. I've sent my sister up in Canberra to see if she can get hold of the pink one. Stupid Target Country. Extra frustrating because they were there and I could have got it on Thursday but because they told me it was raincheckable I assumed it would be the pink as well as the red.
Jaz - I've had a few funny looks when I've mentioned you guys to people I don't know very well. DH and my family know all about it though, I mention BB heaps! Enjoy your movie tonight!
Clare - I know that mood. DD woke early this morning after I had a disturbed sleep (first night back in with DH and he was noisy and coughing) and refused her weetbix, threw her toast everywhere and just whinged constantly. I was ready to pass her across to anyone! Sent her back to bed after only 1.5 hours.
Someone was asking about destructiveness - we have that here. One of DH's books got trashed yesterday and her favourite thing is pulling nappies out of the change table and spreading them everywhere. I call her 'cyclone Katie' when that happens.
Rainy - glad the scan went well.
Leanne - have fun at Dreamworld.
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Cally - bummer about the trike - they definitely should have mentioned that to you. When i bought Hannah's, i was thinking about you and that i should buy you one. but then to post it to you would probably have cost as much as the regular price. Let me know if you want me to ring around up here though.
dh used to say to me that a ' certain type' of person usually frequents forums. I told him that all of my on- line friends are intellegent, well - spoken (you know what i mean) and confident women. I love chatting with you guys. I think it keeps me sane :p
I've been a member of bellybelly for almost 2 years!!! My goodness, that time just flew by.
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jaz- you and i always seem to be on here at the same time lately. spooky!
well, i just went up the road with my friend to have lunch (at ranges ange), and would you believe it? dp looked after lewis!
i strapped him onto dp's back in the ergo and when i got back he was still in there dead asleep. dp was in the garage working on his motorbike with little lewis asleep on his back. so cute!
that was the first baby free time i've had in ages.i missed him though
ibought the most beautiful fairy book and butterfly mobile for a 3 yo birthday lewis is going to on saturday. it made me feel excited that this baby could be a girl :)
cally- how annoying for you!
jaz- i think that sounds like a great night in with your girls
ange- i thought about the angliss birth centre, but i would've been kicked out of it last time soi just wouldn't want to risk it. i was really happy with my ob yesterday.i thought she was fantastic.very positive.
what is your due date again?
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Just a quick Hello form me.
Busy weekend here. We have a big Birthday party for all the kids form Antenatal group tomorrow and I am in charge of the cake.
I will try and catch up tomorrow night.
Have a great weekend!!!
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OH Wow! so much news to read I love it LOL.
Busy here - yesterday was preschool day and Alister and I went to our first Baby Bounce session at the library and it was so much fun! There were only 4 other mums there and Alister was the oldest - the others were 2x 6mths and 2 x 4mths and only one girl, but they are all really nice (two of them I already knew anyway) and it was great to have a cuppa and chat afterwards with them. You also get a resource book with all the stories and rhymes in it that you do in the session and the baby's all got a board book each to keep. He enjoyed it while we were singing, but trying to keep hold of him when we were just getting instruction was like trying to hang onto an octopus LMAO - arms and legs going everywhere!
Mum and I also checked out target, but we only have a small target country and they got bugger all in this year. All the DS bundles were sold out and they weren't raincheckable, but on ebay they have them for cheaper from the US anyway. They didn't have any pink smart trikes left, only 1 red one, but I didn't like that they had so much fabric on them - out here in the blistering heat during summer it would just fade and perish. I realised though when I saw it that that's what my sister got for my niece Leiah - she has mild cerebal palsy from birth and my sister thought it was great because she could strap her into it (Leiah doesn't have a lot of muscle strength so she can't sit unaided for long) and Leiah just loves it. So what I did get was the budget barbie camper bus for Paige which was $49.95 down from 99.95, one of those voice activated diaries for Erin which was the same price, a lego star wars battle ship for Lindsay and some duplo lego for Alister and some wooden thomas things for him.
Hayley, don't worry about M's size. Some people who are only used to seeing their own bubs will think that anything bigger or smaller than them is exaggeratingly bigger or smaller kwim? She's gorgeous as she is. Come the time they are 2yo you wont even be able to tell who was bigger or who was smaller.
G, glad the scan went well for you hun. Great news that your ob is cool with you feeding L. If you play it by ear for now he may wean on his own, or you may reach a point where you think you've had enough. If you want to tandem feed it wont be all that hard. Check out MummaB's thread on tandem feeding - she has a newborn now and is still feeding her 2yo DS - it might be helpful for you :) I think if you are happy with your ob then keep her, as you know they don't do a lot at the time of the birth. I think a Doula is by far your best option.
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Hi Girls, quick one for me as the outlaws are here and staying the freaking night :doh:
Thanks for your reassurance re Maddie's weight. I think she looks so cute with her chubbiness, it just made me feel very paranoid iykwim. Not nice when someone makes comments like that, and Jazmum DP said exactly the same as you about people commenting on small babies too. Sherie I think you are right when you say people compare your child to their own.
Gracie & Falguni - Hope you are both doing well and finding time to rest/relax...if its at all possible hehe. Falguni sorry to hear about the ms you poor thing.
Jazmum - Enjoy the Miley movie!! I am a HM fan as well so can understand your excitment.
Trillian - Good on you for getting some bargains!
Must go sorry girls....will catch up asap
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No H, it's not right that others feel the need to comment in such a way to make you feel bad. People just don't think sometimes. I hope your night with the IL's is going well ;)
OK, you all have to measure the length of your babies feet and tell me how long they are. I forgot to say earlier that I got Alister a new pair of shoes now that he's walking because he needed ones with really flexible soles, so anyway the guy in the shoe shop measured them and said they were really long for his age - they are 12cm long! But I have no idea if that is really long or not because the other three all have really wide short feet so I can't compare them - I know at 3mths old when I did his prints for his baby book, they were 1cm longer than Lindsay's and nearly 2cm longer than the girls feet at the same age.
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Trill, I just got out the tape measure and W's feet are 11cm. What was the name of that online store you got kids clothes at? W has outgrown most of his clothes and we aren't planning to go to civilisation for another 6 weeks so I thought I would order some online.
MM, I was looking at pics of Maddie on FB and she is a cutie. She is a bit chubby but certainly not one of those 'my 1 year old weighs 30kg' tabloid stories lol. My neice had the biggest bubba thunder thighs ever, now her mum has trouble finding clothes to fit her skinny waist so I don't think it is an indicator of how she will grow up.
MD, the lady across the road seemed nice, but not really my cup of tea. She is one of those people that spew out their entire life story within 5 minutes of meeting them.
Rainy, glad you are happy with your Ob. Hopefully you won't go so overdue this time around. That must have been really cute with L asleep on your DP's back.
Leanne, have a good time at Dreamworld. The boys are at a fantastic age to enjoy it now.
Pregpan, what is the birthday secret?
JaZaH, I talk about my online mother group sometimes. I think people think it is a bit weird, but it isn't like I am selling all my worldly goods and moving overseas to marry anyone.
Well the Carrot Carnival wasn't as exciting as I was anticipating lol. There was a bouncy thing that W might have liked but it was too cold to get him out of the pram. There wasn't a lot, just a few bake stalls, food vans and home made jewelry.
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Yay for sisters that live in the big smoke!! Mine has ordered us a pink trike. Might not make K's birthday though - all that means is I get to buy her some other toys!
Trillian - will try measuring K's feet when she gets up. I've been thinking of getting her some shoes too.
Arte - sorry the festival wasn't as good as you were expecting. At least you got out and about though!
Well I went back to bed for a nanna nap this morning. Got up 3 hours later - must have been tired. Then DH took us out for lunch so I've had a pretty good day.
Hope everyone else is having a good weekend.
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K's feet are 11.5cm long.
(I notice the cheeky little soles website has 6-12 month olds with 12.5 cm feet so A doesn't have huge ones)
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Thanks for the reassurance on the feet LMAO. he is wearing some slippers that Lindsay didn't wear till he was well over 12mths old so I had no idea if he was normal or not.
Cally, WooHoo for getting the trike from your sister - you've had a great day all round then LOL. I got the 6-12mths size from cheeky little soles and they don't stay on his feet because they are too short - but they are the slippers and with the lining I suppose they are smaller on the inside. His shoe size was a 4.
Arte, it was gymboree.com that I got the stuff from. They have an excellent turn around - they only take a week to get here to me. LOL at you not going into civilisation for a while yet.
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Yeah Rain, i hear ya loud and clear! :lol: I would've been booted out of birthing centre too at 38weeks when PE started, i was so happy i went private last time. I think due the 12th March, can't remember. A thursday anyway. Awwww lewis asleep on you dp's back sounds very cute. mmmmm ranges was nice.
Cally- That is bizarre they will rain check one color but not the other. At least red would be handy if you have a boy?!
MM- Thanks for your condolences re my MS. I don't get much sympathy around here, self inflicted and all! :lol: The full time nausea has set in again, i was hoping to just get normal in the morning kind of nausea, not 24/7. :( ah well, no point whinging! How'd you go with the outlaws?
Lu's feet are 11.5cm too. Maybe the dude was new to the shoe shop. :lol: Or another person who makes a comment to make a comment!
Arte: No carrot racing? Or carrot picking competition? What kind of carrot festival they running over there?! :lol: Bummer it was a let down. Did you at least get some homemade raspberry jam?
I went to a watermelon festival on our trip around oz. It was a bit of a hoot. They cut watermelons in half, it was a race you had to dig out the flesh and then put them on as shoes, and slip across some plastic with detergent on it. It was pretty funny, but it was lucky no-one broke a leg! Dh came second.
Cally- i am jelous of your nap!
We have to move house again. :doh: The other manager resigned so DH is picking up alot of his workload, so need to move more central to the other properties. The upside is the house is nice. The downside is we're further away from melb, AND i have to pack all this crap up AGAIN. We have moved so many times in the last 5 years it aint funny!
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Ange - bummer on the move. You must be well practiced at it. At least the new house is nicer.
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ange- where are you moving to?
trillian- lewis' canoes are 12.5 cm too!
cally- congrats on the pink trike. maybe i should be thinking about getting lewis a trike soon?
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Hi ladies, feeling a bit rattled today after I went in to get E after her sleep and the cot side was DOWN!!! Luckily she was just standing there (like usual) bouncing up and down (instead of pitching head forwards over the side onto the floor). I'm just horrified at the thought of what could have happened, kwim? Just for not paying attention for a second. :(
Sorry for lack of personals. Haven't had tea or anything yet. Still waiting to hear from Pregpan about her Memorable Birthday ;).
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Hi Girls,
MM- Please dont worry about M weight. When Jordy and X were babies everyone use to say that Jordy must take all X's milk and food. God that use to **** me off. I would then have to say that actually X ate and drank more than Jordy. Jordy was just natually big but since walking and running he has slimed right down. X is still smaller though. Olivia is also a big girl but I dont care cause I know that thats just the way she is made.
Rainy- Glad you had a great OB appointment. Bummer its only 1. Only joking...
MD- how was the soup. Now I feel like some..
Jazmum- speaking of World Trade Centre my MIL was there the daybefore it happend. I think she feels a connection with the us now and goes there once or twice a year. Glad I dont have to deal with telling the kids about that stuff yet. Hope it everyone slept ok:hug:.
Oh went to Target today and put a heap on layby. Got a pink trike for Olivia. Heard all you girls talking about them and they look great too. Got the boys some ride on tractors so they will love them. Hope the weather is ok for tomorrow the news report said we were going to have a thunder storm.
Any way Hello to everyone and have a great night.
