Trill, thanks I'd love to see the cake page. Not sure if I'm fully up to attempting it but I can have a look and decide then. Re your screen door, you could just get a baby gate and set it in the door frame - then the screen can bang all it likes and he won't be able to get out unless you open the gate.
Noni, I was wondering the same thing, Elisabeth eats a lot more than Asha by the sounds of it, but you've got to remember they are little growing bodies. If you're worried, maybe have a chat to your MCHN and get her weighed and length measured on a regular basis. TBH I think she looks fine in your photos and I'm sure the MCHN will say the same thing.
Rainy, LOL @ Spooky! However I shouldn't really because Boston gets called "Fluffy" a lot (short for Fluffychops of course) and really that aint a respectable dawg name at all! Glad you've found your girl's name, I'm waiting in a state of suspense already. (PS mouth is drooling at the thought of hot choc).
Fianne, have you tried canesten and sigmacort cream together on the nappy rash? If it still persists after using them for a few days, it's worth taking her to the drs. I think it was Noni who was having nappy rash troubles and it turned out it needed a script (was it Antibiotics, Noni?)
Clare, *snap* on the walker angst when it hits that wall! Elisabeth hoots around at full speed but gets nearly hysterical when the darn thing stops because it's pushed up against something. Then, after a few laps of the family room, she starts anticipating the pain of it stopping, and starts crying a foot or two BEFORE she even hits the wall. PMSL! We're going to try to capture some of this classic action on the camcorder this weekend.
Well maybe I haven't been talking to Elisabeth quite enough after reading the 'how much is your baby talking' thread?! I can't remember DD1 having too many words at the same age, though...
Katie, hope the sleeping was just shortlived and you're about to get a week of blissful slumber to compensate! I'm not sure you really ARE looking forward to the day when L can tell you what's wrong, they go through a very long stage of insisting only one particular thing (staying on the swing, having a biscuit, not going to bed etc) is what can fix it (toddlerhood LOL).
See this is why I really should post every day. Otherwise they turn into mega posts.
Cally - Wow at WW duck cake with chips AND popcorn! My mind has boggled and I find myself unable to picture it LOL. I KWYM about accident prone, E is sporting a lovely bruise on one cheek and a big scratch on the other. No significant blood to this point though.
Arte, that's hilarious how Will was using Neigh for the Baalamb! They do that, when they're first talking, they pick the word they have that's closest (in their head) to the thing they're talking about. That's why both Puss and Boston are Doh-dohs at our house. When you think about it, he was pretty close, they both have four legs, are big and live in a paddock eating grass.
Noni, I agree with everyone else, maybe it's iron or it could even be thyroid. I reckon you should have a chat to your lovely GP about it. You want to be firing on all cylinders when A's birthday rolls around!
Fianne, when she points, model the word for her, "You want your bottle? Have a drink of water from your bottle" etc. And lots of praise and attention when she does say a word. It's only a worry when they are (much) bigger and still pointing and grunting. Usually though they learn that the correct word is more efficient than pointing. Right now pointing is a good tool for getting mummy to say the word so I can learn what it means!!
Ahh, too late for me, better get myself to bed! Have a lovely weekend everyone. xxx
MD - I know what you mean about the talking. We have had 'mum' and 'dad', but even when DH gets home, its more an excited squeal (and point) when she sees him than a big 'dad'. There is definitely a lot of different noises and expression in her voice though. Will just continue with the lots of talking and see how we go.
re accidents - another one last night that I couldn't help myself laughing at. She overbalanced and went to sit down, but landed on her ball, so then rebounded into the filing cabinet. Lots of tears, a bit more blood, but gosh it was funny.
K used to walk around the walker when it hit a wall and then push it backwards to the next wall, then she would be right again. Must say it looked hard to do it that way, her body was really bent over.
Rainy - yay for the girls name! Shame that dp's brother blabbed your big news though.
hey everyone.. quiet in here today, hope everyone is having a lovely weekend
ive got netball finals today lol thats right we are in the finals i am just as surprised trust me!! if we win this week we go to the grandfinals but i doubt it lol...
anyways ive gotta go and get ready.. hope all the bubbas are doing well
OMG we dropped off the first page of threads for the first time ever LOL.
I decided to give Alister some dinner last night as we were eating dinner, and guess what? NO WAKE UPS! Well we had one, but he was freezing cold the poor little fella and he went right back to sleep once I covered him up. So I'm very excited that he wasn't up with belly pains at all. I can start giving him three meals again now.
MIL just rang - she is rostered on for K's b'day and christening (am planning on doing them the Sat and Sun as all my family will be down from Canberra). She wants us to try and move the christening to the Sat so she can come to both, otherwise she will only come to the christening and just pop in after work on the Saturday.
Annoying. I don't want to have to try and fit both in on one day, but I'm also annoyed that DD won't have her Nan there for her first birthday party.
Cally - ask her to take a sicky or swap shifts. Its not up to you to have to change things around for people. We had a big family upset over this one because we had Sarahs christening as a joint with my sisters son on mothers day this year. Not specifically planned that way but was the closest day available that my sis, bro-in-law, DH and myself could do. We had so many people tell us that it didn't suit them so we said fine don't come. In the end if they really wanted to be there then they would find a way. It was at 11am so the service missed the whole breakfast in bed thing if people did that, and they could still make lunch or dinner. But no, my brother, his wife and daughter ended up coming to the service (sulked throughout about S dress but thats another story) then bailed afterwards because they just HAD to attend lunch for her mum. They had so much pre warning of the christening because we had a lot of family having to come from a distance but nope guess what was more important. Oh and did I tell you that my bro was a godparent. but oops a little off track now. Sorry Cally...just wanted to tell you to stick strong and do what you want to do for the christening and party. Although, I do understand about wanting to have Nan there for Ks party.
As for the outfit...try ebay perhaps. I know gymboree has some but thats a US site (which I'm slightly addicted to now). Otherwise, you could always try some of the wedding dress hire places to see if they have anything suitable...like perhaps a flower girl outfit?
Sherie - nice work on A's dinner. Perhaps just watch what he eats at night to reduce any possible aches. Like nothing too strong/rich maybe. That sounds silly...of course, you'll watch what he eats but KWIM? Hope the itching gets itched and scratched away for good for you
Noni - How was netball? Buggered maybe...? I would be...no energy for much except for BB and sleep sometimes.
Anyhoo, lil miss is awake so am off to entertain...
Oh and Sarah has a cupcake theme for her 1st birthday this year. Gonna make a giant cupcake cake for her as well as mini cupcakes, will post a copy of the invite on her website. Can't wait...not long now until shes 1. Holy *****, where has the time gone. This time last year I was sitting (probably on BB) rubbing my belly and waiting to meet her. Time flies...
cally- tell her to take a day off for it. it's way too much to fit in one day. K won't enjoy it as she'll be too tired...ggrrr mil!!! can you tell i have major mil issues??
my friend got a gorgeous christening outfit from myer.
reminds me- my mil has told everyone she knows that i'm pg. she couldn't hold out until the 12week u/s just to make sure everything is ok, could she? she is the most thoughtless and rude woman i've ever met...
where are you all this weekend??? is pregpan away or something???
are you all having a big party somewhere and i'm not invited?????
sherie- nice work on A's one wakeup, oh what i wouldn't give!!!
noni- how did n/b go??
md- fluffy is a hilarious dog name. dp hates how all the dogs at the park sound like a kindergarten class- charlie, ella, sam, chloe. he likes calling dogs stupid embarrasing names. our last one was a black lab named vader.
kate- mmmm now i want a cupcake. did you know you can get cupcake perfume these days? it smells like vanilla cake batter. weird huh?
Yeah, Rainy, everyone's at my house having a big LAUNDRY party! So far we've done 17 loads of washing together but now we've all stopped for a cup of tea and an iced vovo. LOL Oh I think Vader is an excellent name for a big black dog (well at least it would entertain the other ppl at hte park - come over to the dark side Luke, LOL)! Our first dog was called Beagle (seriously that was her name) and the dumb part was she wasn't even one! But it suited her and I always said she missed her calling as a airport fruit sniffing dog, as she could sniff out food at a hundred paces, blindfolded! Just like a real beags.
OH PuHLEASE tell me where to get cupcake perfume! I used to live in the Body Shop Vanilla perfume but then Oreal bought Body Shop and changed the formulation, and then because it smelt like cat p!ss no one bought it and they've taken it off the market all together. Cupcake would be nearly as good and would certainly rate highly with DH who seems to like his lady smelling "edible" LOL!
Kate, cupcake theme sounds adorable and easily achievable too. I should expand my cupcake repertoire now that I'm the proud mistress of a Kenwood!
Cally, oh hun, reeeeeaally don't try to do christening and birthday on the same day, or you'll feel ripped off AND K will be overwhelmed! I found plenty of nice christening things on ebay when I was looking, just make sure you query the sizing correctly.
Noni, i hope you enjoyed the game. I sooo need to get some regular fitness activities into my life. No excuse now that i have nice walking shoes.
Hey did everyone see Big W has their baby catalogue out now? I'm thinking of popping in tmrw to see if I can find some little tshirty things in preparation for a long hot summer in Adel (*claps hands*). Not that I'm happy about the heat part, but the location more than makes up for that!
Better go, DD wants me to help her with a choreography for a talent quest at school. *sigh* there will be arguments and stamping of feet before we are finished, there always is!
PS Trill meant to say, thanks heaps for the cake pages! OMG that is one scary looking ducky! I think I'd better stick to something 2-dimensional, just between you and me!
Last edited by AnyDream; August 17th, 2008 at 05:20 PM.
i can't believe i missed the laundry party!! i could've brought 3 big dirty hampers to add!!!
now, the perfume is by a brand called demeter. they do heaps of weird fragances. i have seen it on a site called adorebeauty dot com dot au that i buy heaps of stuff from, they're awesome. i just had a look though and they don't have the particular one i'm talking about- i think it's called vanilla cake batter. check it out though, there's heaps of other funny ones.
there used to even be one called laundry that you would love
hello everyone
just a quick post to tell you all i am alive!!! i have skimmed through but am exhausted so cant do too many personals.. just back from melb now (since tue) and going back for the day tomorrow.... i need qantas shares LOL!!
the big news here is that N is commando crawling (i think)!!! ha ha all you are talking about wlking and my baby is starting to crawl!!! he still prefers to roll and isnt on all 4's but he will chase a remote or toy around and is getting faster and faster. i woyld say by the end of this week he will be fast commando crawling and not long til 'proper' crawling! he loves it too and only wants to be on the ground now, or climbing on me!! hmm the flight was interesting today and i am wondering how the trip to bali will be too (dh is now meeting us there)...
anyway better go, gotta unpack and then get some sleep before tonorrow work trip - back soon to catch up properly. xxx
Pregpan - yay for the crawling!! I think it was only a couple of weeks from the forwards commando crawl to a proper crawl for K. When do you head off to Bali?
Not as annoyed with MIL after speaking with DH. She works at a tourist info centre and that weekend there is a big expo on that a few of the staff have to attend (out of town) so they are short on staff (she hadn't mentioned that to me when she rang). We've told her that we would prefer she came to the party on the Saturday so she is going to try and get that day off and just have her lunch break during the christening on the Sunday so she can see that (although church is 20 minutes from her work so she won't be there for long!).
I don't think it was ever an option to do both together - certainly not while the girl of the day still needs 2 sleeps!
Had a bit of a look for christening outfits yesterday - OMG they are expensive! Will have a look in DJ's and Myer when next in Canberra, alternatively I think my mum could whip up something fairly quickly. I don't want something really over the top.
MD - the Big W catalogue had lots of little outfits I liked in it, shame I won't be near one until after the sale. I'm thinking we will need lots of little bloomers/shorts this summer as DD seems to have worked out how to undo velcro so there go the nappies!
hey all..
well it was a gruelling game but we managed to win!! they came out really strong and by half time they were 10 up on us then by the end of the second half we had managed to equalize so then we had to play extra time which is 14minutes in total and we ended up winning by 6!! i couldnt believe it! everyone just kinda decided they wanted to win and we pulled out a really good performance! so grandfinals next week tho we are playing a team thats only been beaten once this season so not so sure how thats gonna go!!
hmmm what else?? ohhhhh yesterday i got a new ring set!! the engagement ring i had from dp used to belong to his mum who gave it to me when we couldnt afford to get one but for a while now ive really wanted one that we chose a bit more personal kinda thing.. i ended up getting what i think is supposed to be an engagement ring and a wedding ring set but i am wearing the wedding ring on top of the engagement ring as a maternity ring its not the plain kinda wedding ring its one with like a row of diamonds on it so it works.. its sooo nice lol they are both white gold and the engagement ring is the princess cut.. they arent the most expensive rings in the world just 9ct white gold they were advertisedat 999 but wemanaged to knock them down to 800 because we went on like a payment plan (because it dosnt have any interest or anything and its just easier) and the deposit had to be a certain amount and we only had like 220 on cash lol worked out well.. i am so in love with them and dp has warned he will be very angry if i dont wear them (i get funny with jewellery sometimes wearing it for the first week or so and then storing it in a draw lol) i tried to take a pic to show u all but its just sooo shiny u cant see anything might try with the flash off later...
have my friend and her little boy coming over today so i gotta be quick so i can get to cleaning!! man my house is a pigsty!!!
oh i was finally able to do dps tax too and hes getting 2000 which was a pleasant surprise just waiting now till it goes through so i can find out how much centrelink are giving us.. should be around the same because we waaaay over estimated this year!!!
pregpan - congrats on the crawling!! was N miss behaving on the flight?
rainforest - ohhh vanilla cake batter perfume!!! yuuummm!!!
md - the netball season is about to end!! i am really gettinbg worried! i want to buy a cross trainer but after the money on my rings i doubt i will be able to get dp to agree to that too lol..
kate - i know what you mean about time flying!! ashas having a garden themed party its so exciting planning it and kinda sad too..
cally - oh birthday dramas! we had one of those.. my friend with two kids and her sister with one that asha plays with and enjoys being around werent going to be able to come to ashas party coz the sister with the one little boy put his party on the same day (he was born on the 24th) somehow her sister managed to convince her to change it so they can all come lol.. there is actually family members i am hoping DONT come lol but i am selfish!
sherie - yay for dinner being a success!!!
anyways best be off to clean before my friend gets here!!
Pregpan *YAY* and double *YAY* for Noah being on the move somewhat. He will progress really quickly now.
Marydean - LOL at it being a scary ducky. I have always done a #1 for the kids for their first, so will do the same again. I LOVE the BS vanilla oil. I still buy it, but yeah, noticed the smell was ever so slightly different a few years back, but still vanilla. It is better once the bottle has been opened for a while and it smells different on you as opposed to what it smells like in the bottle.
I wrote a big post this morning and then Mr Helpful hit the reset button on the computer so I lost it, then I re-wrote it later and the computer died so I lost it again. Hopefully third time lucky....
Cally, I forgot to answer you the other day - from first steps to consistant walking was 4 weeks for William. He took a while to be confident enough to launch from the couch, as soon as he mastered that he hasn't stopped since lol. Glad you got something sorted for your MIL with the birthday and christening.
Rainy, what a pain that your MIL blabbed about bubba. I would be p!ssed. Is your dad excited about the new addition?
MD, 17 loads of washing! ****! I don't even think I have enough stuff in my house to make 17 loads! Will you be back in Adel by christmas?
Trill, how did A sleep last night?
Ange, hope the shingles and morning sickness are clearing up. I just realised you are a cloth nappy guru! Do you know anything about Berry Plush? I am thinking of getting some, they seem to have a good rep. The Snazzipants website suggests that I could get away with two complete nappies and 4-5 soakers per day - does that sound reasonable?
Pregpan, Yay for the movement! There is a bub at music the same age as W who commando crawls everywhere. He uses one hand and one elbow, his parents call him 'the slug' LMAO
Kate, what was the drama with S's christening dress?
JaZaH, hope everything is o.k
Noni, Congrats on winning the game and getting rings!
Clare, was it you asking about Facebook the other day? I hope so, or I am about to send you a really random PM lol
AFM: William is becoming a master of the spoon. If I pre-load it he has a pretty good success rate. I have seen him a few times picking up food, putting it on the spoon and then eating it. If we ask 'what noise does a horse make' he says Neigghhhh, very cute (just don't ask him what noise anything else makes, it is all Neigh lol)
It snowed this morning but it was all gone by lunch time so we played outside for a bit until W found a giant pile of mud that he wouldn't leave alone lol.
Sleeping has reverted back to 5-6 wakeups every night. However, the past few nights he has wriggled away to go to sleep instead of feeding which I am taking as a good sign.
arte: yep that was me asking about the facebook stuff...as we all know my repetoire is somewhat limited when it comes to the old techy stuff...
pregpan: woo wooot on the commando crawling! leila did that for a couple of weeks before going the whole hog.
rainy: bummer about the blabbing. i find it kinda takes the wind out of your sails when you go to tell someone and they already know. i think i managed to only tell my mum and oma and by lunchtime everyone knew...not happy jan!
just a quickie as i am freeeezing....
went for the next bellybelly postnatal support group yesterday. was really good. the lady that runs it is awesome!
Leila is crook, again. but we'll keep on truckin'.
and she now has FOUR teeth!! ha ha! better late than never!
But it suited her and I always said she missed her calling as a airport fruit sniffing dog, as she could sniff out food at a hundred paces, blindfolded! Just like a real beags.
but we'll keep on truckin'.
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