Babies Born September 2007 #38

hi all
firstly sorry i am such a bad buddy atm, i have so much on my plate right now i am find it hard to catch up.. so i will prob miss lots of things etc. just know i am thinking of you all and i do pop on to see how things are even when i dont have time to post
Ange - thanks so much for the mmr info - dh and i both had a read and found it really interesting. so sorry a bout your weekend, i hate negativity - it just brings everything down and is so draining. they should have been helping you out mrs preg and a 1 yr old!!
Jaz - WHOA that would freeak me out with the climbing!!! we are a long way off that here thankfully!!!
Kate - love the av, i always pictured you with blonde hair! i think i thought you looked the same as renee for some reason!
MD the lip cut sounds awful. poor E and you! are the school hols over yet?
Cindy - sounds terrible re the groom.... at least you got an early night LOL!
Rainy - i ms o with yu re the outlaws! have they gone yet?
afm - all is well. N is being delighful as usual... he is crawling around alot more now, still kind of commando but getting up more. in the last 4 days he has worked out how to sit up from lying down and now does it ALL the time and on sat he actually pulled himself up to stand from sitting... so coming along physically. he is singing away - bops to all music which is just adorable... has a few songs he can sing to or do actions to whcih is adorable. loves doing peekaboo for himself and is in love with his shape sorted right now. MD i saw your tips about messy play and think he woudl love that so will get som crayons/paint i think soon.
i am so busy at wotk - in melb tom to fri for work (staying weekend for a hens night too) - back suna nd then there for the day on mon again... and then is syd tue/wed next week for work too... madness. DH and N are cominf to melb woth me from wed-sun this time and i am trying to convince dh to take some time off the following week also and come to syd..

Jaz - Holy Moly on the climbing thing. I am so glad that S only knows how to get down not back up again. I'm only just getting the inlaws place a bit more Sarah friendly...its a never ending thing though. Once you raise everything to above their level then they shoot up or figure out how to get there.
FG - S had a crappy night last night which of course means so did I. Her nose is running like anything and shes still really clingy but I'm hoping the antibiotics will do the trick and quickly. I only just found out on the weekend as well that Dimetapp Infant is no longer available without prescription. That helped the last time she was stuffy but the doctor didn't mention it when he prescribed S the Amoxicyllin (sp?). Apparently, some parents overdosed their kids on Dimetapp and now the rules have changed so you can no longer get it over the counter for kids under 2. Argh...if I'd known that I would have asked the dr to prscribe some of that as well. Although, I'd think the Amoxicyllin would do the trick as well :think:
Noni - S is the same with waking up at 5am. I can not break it no matter what I do. Not much help to you at all I'm afraid. Lets hope they decide to sleep for longer and got until at least 7 if not 8am. :pray: I'm with you on the TTC front as well. I'm thinking of it but am still a bit iffy when S pulls her bad nights or days. We've decided to go back to Fiji next May so would probably be best if I waited until after Christmas at least so that I can enjoy myself over there.
PP- I was blonde but have been a red head for a little while. Thank you for comparing me to Renee, much more flattering than what I actually look like. So cute of N to be dancing and singing. S just looks at me when I sing and dance like 'whoa, crazy lady!' You are definately one very busy lady with all the travelling you do for work. Hope you don't hate flying like I do. :lol: Although my last flight wasn't too bad even with the turbulence mid way through. I must have been too focused on Sarah... :dance:

OMG It just took me an hour to catch up on posts (and I probably can't remember half of it lol)

Rainy, is it scan day today? Hope it all went well. PLEASE tell us the gender!!!

JaZaH, I am so glad W is not a climber! That must be so scary!

MD, hope E's split lip is not causing too much trouble. Yay for your DH nearly being back.

Trill - my mum got a new fridge but it wouldn't turn on so she got a new-new fridge, then they went away for a weekend and the freezer was actually hot so spoiled all their food so they got a new-new-new one.

Cally, how did the first day of daycare go? Bet she was fine as soon as you were out the door

Cindy, good to see you back again. That is great news about H's eyesight. How is the pregnancy going? If I remember correctly you had irritable uterus last time?

Sorry to everyone I have missed, I am starting to think that sieve brain is the new normal for me.

OK, so karma bit me on the ar$e for laughing at all those poo stories - at the IL's I decided to have a bath with W, it was going well, just lying back relaxing, W was lying on top of me having a BF. Then when I sat him up I noticed a bit of discolouration. Further investigation revealed that he had pooed. On me. More precisely, on my muff hair LMAO. I have never moved so quickly in my life to get into the shower lol.

I am just going to have a mild IL rant:
*Since when do you feed 1 year olds raw carrot chunks?
*1 year olds don't need ice-cream cones for dessert
*If you want to give him a biscuit, call it a biscuit - don't call it cheese so you don't get told off!
*He is a bit clingy, but it isn't up to you to pry him screaming off me and take him outside because 'he will be happy if he can't see me'
And don't even get me started on BIL - he had a car accident about 5 years ago which left him with cognitive problems and depression. Unfortunately he keeps taking himself off the antidepressents and becomes acid. He had the ****s with us all week because 'everything revolves around William' - his dog had to stay outside (only because it has snapped at W before) and DH kept asking him not to slam doors when W was asleep. Also we were apparently talking over the TV so he marched down to his room and turned his computer up full tit while W was asleep in the next room - childish pratt - he is 24!
All in all, it was a horrible boring holiday.

Well, TTC cycle 4 was a bust. However, I have gained some serenity on the whole subject now. I was always thinking of how I would tell my beautiful friend that I was preg with #2 when she had been trying for so long for a first bub, and kept thinking that I would gladly give up my chance at a second bub if she could have one instead. So if it doesn't happen then I can accept that the universe took me up on my offer.

William is just grooving along. He can actually move his ride-on toys along now instead of sitting stranded on them lol. He doesn't have any new words but has a lot of chatter. He was fantastic on the flights (4 in total), he loves to look out the window on the way up and way down.

Arte - sooo glad you're back, I was starting to wonder how you were getting along! *PMSL and slapping the ground hard* at your muff-hair-poo story. Talk about poo karma! Sorry it was such a blerky holiday - bit like that when we visit the ILs too I'm afraid. So we don't, they come to us and are usually a bit better behaved away from their home turf!! Sorry your TTC didn't work this month, everything in good time :hug:.

Kate, I knew about the Dimetapp thing and stockpiled some while I could still get it (*ssssh*). The stooopid thing is you can still get it for the older kids - which I'm pretty sure is just going to lead to the same idiots who overdosed their little ones to try giving them the big kid stuff.

Pregpan I don't know how you even stop to scratch yourself hun! I can't keep up. I hope you have a lovely time in melb and syd.

Noni, I reckon when the time is right it will just feel right, and you won't have to wonder about it! Have you tried cutting down on other sleeps or putting A down a bit later in the evening? I can't really comment cos E sleeps until 7.30-8.00 but I have her up much later of an evening than most other families (worked well with us even with DD1).

Ange your friend's partner sounds like an energetic vampire! Hope s/he ditches them soon and moves on to greener pastures!

Far out JaZaH, sounds like H has a future career in mountain climbing ahead of her! LOL but I shouldn't as E is showing signs of developing climbing tendencies, it's those donkeychild legs of hers.

JG is the groom ok now? Far out although I bet it turns into one of those family legends in 20 years time.

Clare, woohoo on another Canberry visit, tho I might be looking a little distracted as our removalists will be lobbing up shortly after then! Although there is talk of a detour via Melb for the big road trip...

Cally, how did K go today? All well I hope. I'm sure she'll settle in just fine.

AFM - well E's lip is looking better and less sore today although she's still fussing a bit during meals (although that could be crankiness at mummy not serving the meal she wants!) She's now pointing and saying "ta" very politely when she wants something (it's pretty cute) and like Will she chat chat chatters along now. The FDC lady couldn't believe how much she has grown and changed in two weeks (DH is in for a shock, I think). I should be flogging myself right now as I have a job app due this week...ergh just can't raise the motivation. :( I want a holiday instead.

Oh my lord what a morning! I put Rory down for his morning nap after breakfast when he woke up 5/10 min later, I found him sitting in a puddle of spew :( I picked him up and he was sick all over me AND the wall behind me. We were both in the bath and he spewed again! By this stage I was crying because he looked so grey and sick. Took him up to the Drs straight away and he spewed a few more times in the waiting room (including on and infront of the reception desk). The Dr said he has gastro! Apparently he is very dehydrated and I need to get fluid into him or I need to get him to the Drs asap.
My poor poor baby. He has been cuddling me so much which isnt like him at all. My dad tried to hold him so I could have a shower and he wouldnt let me go....he has NEVER done that.

oh renee- i'm feeing for you hun, lewis had gastro a couple of weeks ago and it was horrific. have you got any hydralyte?

arte- :lol:lmao at your pooey muff. very funny. holiday sounds a bit crap. that was so nice what you said about your friend being pg. i think your zen-like-ness will reward you very soon :pray:

md- what time does E usually stay up till at night?

kate- hot av. did sherie do it? i can't beleive that gp told you to give up bf. dumb ass. as soon as i went to the gp for my pregnancy he told me i had to stop bf lewis. i just said 'yeah, no worries, i'll stop tomorrow' lol :lol:yeah right! dumbass!

ange- your friends sound like nightmares! wanna go swimming next week? i went to baby bunting to check out p&t. it's hot!!!!

cally- how's dh's thumb going?

well.......afm......i had a massive screaming fight with mil last night. she said i had 'taken her son away from her, that lewis needed to be disciplined, that he shouldn't sleep in my room, that my mother didn't bring me up well (a low blow considering my mum passed away from cancer), that they were devestated when they found out we were having lewis, that they're embarrased we're not married and basically just critiscised my parenting the whole time....she also said i didn't keep my house clean enough, didn't cook for dp enough and needed to smack lewis.
she is a miserable, insensitive, mean, self centred biatch. i was so upset, i bawled my eyes out.
dp is so angry at her for questioning my mothering, as he reckons she was a horrible mother when he was young, and he just loves how i am with lewis. we're basically not going to have anything to do with her anymore. it's sad but she has no friends and is going through huge fights with women at her work atm to the point where she is going to have to resign because of it all.
she is so insensitive to me- last time i was pg she said that i looked ike the michelan man.
she makes me feel so bad about myself. i can't go there for christmas now.
they left this morning before we woke up without saying goodbye.

my scan today (thanks for remembering arte) didn't work as bubs was in a difficult position. i have to go back next monday, hopefully it will have moved by then.

thanks for istening to me rant, i'm pretty devestated. couldn't sleep last night. can't stop replaying conversations in my mind.
i don't want anything to do with her ever again.

Art - :rofl: Poo Karma strikes again! You made me snort water outta my nose when I read that. Not a pretty site unto itself. I hear you on the MIL rant as well. Why can't they just respect our decisions instead of forcing theirs onto us. My MIL today told me that she will feed S anything she (MIL) wants. Like a whole mini tub of icecream. 'Oh, but its a lite version' WTF!!! Like that matters. I told her that if she doesn't listen to what I tell her to feed S then S will never stay over. My child, my rules. She laughed it off but I think it got through a bit at least. And poo to your BIL for being a selfish bugger. No reason to crack tantys.

MD - So true about the Dimetapp. The parents will just buy the 2year+ version and give that instead. Good luck with the job app, sending you all the motivation vibes you need to get it done. :whip::hooray:;)

Renee - Aww, poor Rory. He must be feeling miserabubble. I hope its only a 24 hour thing and he feels better really soon. Nothing worse then feeling like you can't do anything when your child is ill. :hug:

Rainy - I want to give you such huge hugs. How dare your MIL say stuff like that. It sounds like she may need to go to the doctors to get her hormone levels checked out. Maybe they could commit her instead... ;)I'm glad you have DP there by your side to back you up. Try to relax for yourself, Lewis and bubs. Take a nice bubble bath and remind yourself that it is her problems that caused this and nothing that you did. You are a great mother and are following your instincts. NOBODY has the right to tell you how to raise your children...(except maybe the baby daddy ;)) Sleep better tonight darl

Renee - poor little Rory, and poor you :( it's horrible when they're sick isn't it. I hope he gets better really quickly. Have you been around anyone who has been sick recently?
md - Miss E has a great sleep in! what time does she go down at night?
arte - i had a good laugh at your poo in the bath story. How gross is that!!!!!:rofl:
pp - your schedule tires me out just reading about it!!! You must have heaps of energy, because i think you do a wonderful job of being a career woman and a wonderfully attentive mummy :)

Rainy- you poor, poor love. What a horrible woman she is to say those things to you. It is sad that she isn't going to be in your lives anymore, but she has definitely brought it on herself. Life is too short to surround yourself with people who make your life miserable. Hopefully she will wake up to herself one day, and realise that you are a wonderful woman, mother and life partner for her son. Big hugs to you.

gotta be quick as i am in the lounge waiting for my flight. just wanted to say Rainy - that woman has NO idea. you are sucha wonderful mum, from all i have seen/read lewis could not have found a better mummy. and if she has a prob with you not being married - well i know you wouldnt mind a spot of bling!!! io am glad dp backed you up, that is the important thing. take some time to enjoy your family and know you are the better woman. xxx

morning everyone.. another early one for us lol..
just jumping on while ashas occupied with in the night garden lol i know i shouldnt let her watch tv but i need a break sometimes lol..
rain - what a horrible selfish woman!! so good dp backed u up.. ur a wonderful mum and like everyone saying no one has the right to tell u how to raise your bubbas!! hope you get some nice relaxing time to yourself so you can unwind!!
renee - ohh noo poor little rory thats awful!! hope he gets better asap!
md - we really struggle to keep asha up any later than she is because she just cries and winges to go to bed! last night we managed to stretch her till 9pm and she litterally went and stood up holding her cot crying to get in!! gues we just have to put up with it! i find sometimes she will have a sleep in the late afternoon (4-5) and that will make her stay up a bit later but she wont always have it and i feel kinda bad putting her to sleep when thats her 3rd sleep for the day and shes 1 lol ahhh well u do what u gotta do i spose! and with the ttc thing i hope your right.. i kinda feel like i will never feel 100 percent ready again but i desperately want to have kids its weird i think i will always be scared because my parents tried and tried for another baby and my mum had many misscarriages until finally when i was 9yo she fell pregnant again but the bubba only made it till 24 weeks i think and she was born premie and didnt make it because she was so weak.. i think seeing that makes me more reluctant and fearful to try again but like i said i am desperate for another baby i dont want asha to be an only child like i was...
anyways best be off dont have much longer of ashas show and i have things to do lol..
hope everyones having a sleep in!!

Rainy- What a sour old cow. From all that you've said she is a nasty piece of work and i hope you havn't taken what she has said to heart. Even when we don't like people it's hard not to be effected by things they say. Lewis is a gorgeuos, placid, lovely natured little boy. You are doing a fantastic job and she is probably jelous of your relationship with her son.
And as for your mother not bringing you up well comment, that is just a rediculose, below the belt comment. Unfortunately evil, unbalanced people often lash out wish the comments they know will hurt the most. I may have only met you a few times, but i can already tell ya, she is FOS.
Not that it is ANY of her business what you eat, but a breastfeeding woman who is growing a baby needs to snack all day as far as i am concerned. You look great, and are perfectly healthy.
I'm glad DP was supporting you, not that it makes dealing with her much easier.
Sounds like you are better off not going there for christmas, she will just make you feel miserable.
What a ****ty weekend. And to top it off bub wouldn't play nice in the scan! Big :hug: for you.
Swimming next week would be great. How about Wednesday? i'll book an early slot. Going to the baby and kids expo Friday and Sat this week, so if there are any great deals on th P&T i'll let you know.

ARTE- :rofl: at poo topped muff hair! DH asked my what was so funny when i was reading it and started laughing!

RENEE- Hope the gastro is subsiding now. IT seems to be going around ATM, doesn't sound plesant.

KATE- WTF do some people think??? i mean seriously who would feed someone elses kid something that they didn't want you to? Or say they would feed them whay THEY liked? MIL's hey?! :wall:

MD- Lu says Ta too when she wants something. It does sound very cute. But now she points and says Ta to anything, just to see if i'll give it to her i think!

Prepan- I too need a sleep just reading about your next week! Have a great time at the hens weekend.

gotta run. bbl

pregpan - have a good day dear, I see your as busy as ever. Good on you.

art - nice to see you again. what a funny poo story. That is a great attitude about TTC. Sending you lots of babydust for next month.

rainy - What a nerve your MIL has, so glad your DP backed up you. It is really her loss, she misses out on sharing in your lovely family. I know it's difficult (nearly impossible) but don't let her get to you. Like I said before I had a MIL like this last time round and I DO NOT miss her **** for a minute. Big Hugs to you.

Jazmum - How are you today, anything exciting planned ?

Renee - How is rory feeling today ? Poor little tike.

MD - Glad to hear E's lip is getting better. Sounds like a clever girl you have there saying ta and all.


Noni - I know what you mean about the night garden, it's when I put my washing on :dance:

The groom is still in hospital. Havn't got an update but he was having another CT scan yesterday, the poor dears have missed out on their honeymoon as well. Its not fair they are such a lovely young couple. Hope they have travel insurance and can re-schedule the h/moon.

For my fellow M2B's - how is this preg different from your 1st ? For me it's been the total opposite. I had terrible MS this time round, have no movement yet, am much much smaller than I was at this point with Hamish. I don't think of the baby constantly :redface: as H keeps me so busy etc......... Given that it's so different we are thinking it may be a girl (scan will tell us on the 29/10).

I have a horrid headcold ATM. So taking it easy and hoping Hamish is happy to amuse himself inside today.

Hi to those that I have missed. Have a good day.

hi girls!

sorry have been lurking and trying to post but if it's not leila it's DH asking for me...so popular HAH! :rolleyes:

G: man oh man. big massive cuddly hugs to you:hug:. what a frikkin b*tch. i would have cracked it major time too. and you are right, cutting off contact after that display of venom is the best (IMO). i was getting riled up just reading about it; let alone being the one it was directed at. what a horrible person. it's a good thing that they left this morning. dont feel bad. :hug:

Arte: way to go on the bath poo! LOL!

JG: oh the poor guys! i hope the groom is ok.

Ange: ohhh you are going to the expo too! can't wait. it's gonna be awesome! are you bringing a pram or slinging it??

oops gotta go DH home...

BBL

Clare

Rainy - Not fair! What a horrible cow, you are right, you are much better off without her. Leave her to rot in her own miserable little world. The question is, why do you let her get under your skin that much? You are a gorgeous mum and obviously the best thing that ever happened to your DP. I want you to visualise a glowing golden bubble all the way around you and see anything she says or does just bounce back right off it straight back to her. She's just toxic.

Renee, oh I hope little R is feeling much better. And no one else in the household gets it!

Kate - thanks for the motivation vibes, as you can see from me being on BB they haven't kicked in yet. LOL

Noni, the important thing to remember is that just because it happened to your mum doesn't mean it will happen to you. Maybe you could get some counselling cos it sounds like losing your sister was pretty traumatic for you and for the whole family. :hug:
LOL at A watching 'the Night Garden' - DD1 loves it but so far E hasn't been that interested (to many things to climb on near the telly, she gets distracted by them).

Ok well E is 'supposed' to go to bed 7.30-8.00 but while I've been slumming it with DH away she's been going 8.30-9.00. Which means she's really tired the next day. We're still half and half with the 2nd afternoon sleep. But DD1 and 1 also usually go to bed a little too late as well so we're all suffering the effects. Only TWO MORE WEEKS...ah I can't wait. But I've already warned DH he is coming home to a fat acne schlumpadinka. I don't think even two weeks of intensive self-work plus a few visits to professionals is gonna fix that.

:hug:s to everyone. I really must go and write that application now. :rolleyes:

G, huge hugs for you hun :hug: I cannot believe the gall of that woman! To come into your home and say those things to you is beyond forgiveness IMO. You did well not to punch her in the face and lay her out cold. It's her loss and she's the one who will miss out on her gorgeous grandchildren. Sounds to me like she's lashing out at you because of her other issues with work and simply because she know's she can. My MIL had a MIL like that and they came to blows over it (which is a mental picture I don't think I'll ever get out of my head LOL) and she was also a very very bitter woman with a load of personal issues. So glad that your DP is backing you up on this one - I bet she thought he wouldn't.

Renee, :hug: for you too hun. I hope Rory is well again soon, it's so awful when they are that sick and you can't help them much. Don't worry too much about milk or food, just follow his lead with it and do make sure he has as much water as he can handle, but not too much at once or it could make him throw up again. It took Alister a good few days to fully get over it once the vomiting stopped and now I can't keep the food up to him he's that hungry now.

Exciting news here - I picked up my new stove yesterday and it's getting installed tomorrow!!!!! It was soooo good to take the old one out this morning LOL. And Alister is cutting another tooth!! It's down the bottom, so now he has 4 on the bottom and 6 up the top.

Hello to the rest of my gorgeous buddies!

Rainy - big, huge :grouphug: You poor thing, sounds like it is much better that she is out of your lives. What a shame the scan didn't work either, that would have been able to take your mind off everything.

Renee - how is Rory feeling today, the poor little man.

Arte - lol at the poo story, so funny!!

MD - wow, only two weeks!! So exciting

Pregpan - I can't believe how much you get around, does N have his own frequent flyer card??

Trill - yay for the stove!! Lamb roast at your place tomorrow for everyone?

Bedtime is generally 7, but I'm thinking we might move it closer to 7:30 so we can fit more fun time in the evenings. Also in the small hope that she won't wake up any earlier than 6:30.

She went really well yesterday at her first day. Had two good sleeps, ate all her lunch, was a hit amongst the rest of the kids. Was excited to see us too. I was a bit concerned that she didn't have arvo tea as she was asleep, but checked with the director this morning and she'd actually eaten her lunch over about 2 hours as she kept getting distracted by new toys. Didn't drink very much water during the day either so might need to remind them to offer it to her more frequently (she is used to it being around all the time at home). But generally I'm pretty happy with how she was. DH is finding it harder than me I think. I noticed this morning she is the only baby that is there all 5 days which is making me feel a bit guilty though.

The thumb is definitely broken, he has it in a splint and has a referral to an ortho surgeon. Fingers crossed it heals itself well and he doesn't have to have an op. Had to tie his shoes for him this morning, he was pleased with himself last night because he was able to get K's T shirt off all by himself!

Gee Cally, two babies to look after! ;) Poor DH. It is so hard to do things one handed. My DH chopped half his thumb off a while back and was out of action for a long time. I tied many a shoelace!
I put Lu to bed later hoping she'd sleep longer, but it never worked. Infact her bed time is 7pm, but i have put her to bed earlier, between 6 and 6.30 and she slept longer. :dunno: Great that Katie had a good day, sounds like a success. I think it is MD that doesn't believe in mothers guilt, well, i think she is definatly onto something. Don't feel guilty, you are doing the best you can.

Trillian- so jelous of the new stove. i burnt muffin bottoms yesterday and the tops smooshed everywhere b/c the temp at the top was too low. :rolleyes: I wish we owned the house, then i'd get a new one!

Clare- i'm helping out at the ittibitti nappy stand so come and say hi. :) Do you have fb? i'll add you, then you can see what i look like before hand. ;) I'll be baby free, but my recommendation after last year would be to sling it.

MD- what on earth is a "schlumpadinka" ?! i had a chuckle but no idea what one is!

Lu is struggling with her eye teeth atm, giving her grief. On the bright side, she is sleeping better now we are down to one sleep a day. She does a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day.

Anyone got a dinner idea for the little un? I'm all out.

falguni - if ur doing eggs asha really loves an omlete with tuna tomato brocoli and cheese in it its quick and easy and healthy too :)