Babies Born September 2007 #40

**Artechim** · November 14th, 2008, 03:15 PM

Rainy, it is just hospital policy to induce GD bubs at 38 weeks. I stretched it out a bit longer but they weren't very keen on me going to my due date with the high amount of insulin I was on. Next time I will fight more, I guess my birth wasn't as bad as some but I still have quite a few regrets.

Clare, we must have been posting at the same time last night, LOL about the sandpit poo!

MD, 'tuckshop arms' are the flabby upper arms that tuckshop ladies always seem to have lol, made famous by the meany judge from Australian Idol when he told a contestant to do something about her tuckshop lady arms.

Sorry, not much time for personals tonight. It is so friggin hot here, my feet are swelling and I am wishing for aircon. I just can't believe it, it is nearly as hot and muggy as Brisbane!!

A cute thing - W has learned to dip food in sauce. Last night he was dunking all his dinner in a little bit of tomato sauce.

**Cally** · November 14th, 2008, 06:54 PM

Arte - how cute is that!! We had a lovely change come through here a few hours ago and the house has cooled down nicely after a stinking hot day. Hope you get one soon.

MD - full time for me is 35 hours a week. Tend to do a bit more than that though, which just goes towards my flex time.

K has had two nights now where she has managed to feed most of her dinner to herself with a spoon. Still very messy, but she's pretty impressed with herself (so are we).

**Cassius2** · November 14th, 2008, 07:21 PM

ooh Cally! so jealous!! spoons for Leila are still in the realm of food hurtling shenanigans.

Arte: yeah melbournes had few scorchers. i love it though...that said there was a cool change this afternoon....hhmmmm

MD: yeah, what arte said!! LOL!

leila had MAJOR accidents at kindy today...she fell off a pretty high ladder thingy and whacked her cheekbone. she now has a corker of a bruise and a swollen eye. we soo look like bad parents ATM! then as soon as we got home she face planted into the water meter and cut her gum. blood everywhere. the poor wee thing is in the wars ATM.

**Cally** · November 15th, 2008, 06:08 AM

Clare - sounds like K's accident!! The black eye comes up really well after a couple of days, I've been trying to get photos but she keeps trying to grab the camera off me.

**~Kate~** · November 15th, 2008, 07:06 AM

JG - Have a great weekend catching up with family and celebrating DDs birthday. Good luck with the cake...sounds yummo

Ange - Hope Lu is feeling better

MM - Poor Mad...hope she too is feeling better. I hate it when S is sick as well because there is nothing I can do for her (apart from meds if needed). I just want to take it away from her

Noni - Good luck with your nutrimetics party. I love the stuff...have got a great lady who always has these great specials so i am forever buying stuff. The latest catalogue has these really cute duck shaped bath bubble bottles (bit fo a mouthful) and I love the hearts and flowers scent as well. As for the Wiiiiiii, I am very jealous. I want to get one for the family (read ME) for christmas. Might keep me more active...I want the sports and fit one.

Cally - I second the finding the cat vomit with feet. My cat chucked on a lounge chair once and I had to feed Sarah in the middle of the night and didn't realise until I felt this warm, gooey sensation on my ass and this gross smell. I was not impressed. DH had to handle that one though...I had to feed Sarah haha. I even made him strip my pants bottoms off so they could go in the wash.
Hope you have a great mini holiday at the hairdressers. Nothing like a pamper session. I'm having my second two hour treatment that DH got me for my birthday next Wed...can't wait

MD - I've got no wisdom left in my mouth so can't be those teeth. They pulled them out 10 years ago or so to get some braces in.

Clare - Oh poor Leila...don't you hate seeing them all banged up? I always think that someone is going to think that I did it to her. I just keep reminding myself that they all do it and nothing can stop them from exploring.

Pink rocks! I saw her in concert last year.I had an ultrasound in the morning...found out I was having a girl...then rocked out to Pink that night. It was so good. Would love to go again next year...might have to hit DH up for tickets to that one. Surely she will be doing more than just 1 or 2 shows in Brissie. Last year she said it was just one and then did like 5-6 shows. Sold out shows at that.

Sarahs face is looking less swollen but the grazes on her lip has really come out. I've got one photo on fb and will try to get another today. She is so clumsy...does anyone think that it might pay to get her balance checked out at a doctors. She looks drunk and is constantly falling over. Poor thing

I've got a big meet up of Bundaberg mums in a park today. Should be good...quite a few mums and even more bubs. I think Sarah is going to have a big day. I even made mini chocolate crackles...I swear that they are healthy...they have rice in there somewhere

Best be off...Sarah is done watching in the night garden and is wanting breakfast.

**Cassius2** · November 15th, 2008, 08:38 AM

Kate: i reckon the unbalanced stuff is to do with the whacks to the head! this morning Leila has been very upset and falling over EVERYWHERE. so i am putting it down to a wee headache and that she hasnt twigged on that she needs to slow down. needless to say i have sent her and DH and the dog off for a walk...
had to have a giggle at your cat vomit story! i can so see it! LOL!

have fun at the catch-up!

Katie: yeah i second the photo taking. although i guess i should wait til tomorrow to get the full idea of the black eye. the poor thing it is all around her eye down to her cheekbone...she's not a happy camper ATM.

AFM: well things here are ok. L is a bit upset about her bruises (or rather the discomfort of them). she keeps poking it...

i just hope her mood improves in the next hour as we have to go and inspect some houses...her fav activity NOT! LOL! oh joy.

***noni*e*** · November 15th, 2008, 09:17 AM

hey everyone,
nutrimetics party went well, except for the fact that my mum bought snacks with her and im still eating them lol ohhh well.. the lady was really nice and i agreed to recieve the specials catologue in the mail coz theres no obligation to buy anything and they do have some really nice stuff.. my mum came and told me to choose out a couple of things i want in my christmas pressies and i chose the hearts and flowers perfume and a texta like eyeliner, my friend and i got a 50 dollar voucher (it was a bridal party so worked kinda differently) so we split that coz we organised top have the party together i agreed to have it at our place and she agreed to be the test dummy for the makeup lol so for myself i just bought the moisturizer that u spray one coz when she sprayed it on me it was really nice n so quick too!! and i bought a 3 pack of nice looking soaps and two shower gels for chrissi presents to whoever i decide they go to.. i probably would have bought more but we are a bit tight atm.. after all this experience with catologueing tho when i recieve her catologue i know i will try and get atleast someone to put in an order lol and ill specifically go through her rather than the internet or whatever because she was nice and i now know what its like to be working on comission and not get many orders lol...
clare - hope the house inspecting goes well and leila behaves for u!!
kate - i actually got the hearts and flowers perfume lol.. i saw the ducky but iit didnt say what ingredients were in it and i am still a bit warey of new products with asha.. as for the wii its great and it comes with wii sports no matter what package you buy even if u just buy it by itself wii sports is with it

hahaha tuck shop lady arms!! im well and truley on my way to them

**~Kate~** · November 15th, 2008, 03:22 PM

Noni - Did you get the hearts and flowers shimmery mosturiser stuff? So pretty...!

Clare - I think your onto something there. The more she falls over, the more she falls over IYKWIM!

Well the meet up was weird...Supposed to start at 11am. The hostess didn't show until 11.20, then took off again. She then came back and stood off to the side chatting to the people she knew and not getting everyone involved. So we all just sort of did our own thing. Next thing I know it's 1pm and the bbq wasn't even on yet. So Sarah and I and a couple of other mums took off to maccas and then took kiddies home to bed. Too hot and so unorganised. Everytime I went looking for the host/organiser chick she was missing. Then to top it off, I just found out that one of the kids there (2 year old) went missing. Wondered off and was found crossing a bridge (water underneath type) about 500m away. OMG...WTF!!! Luckily she was walking past a bowls club and two little old biddies saw her and took her back to the club and called the police. Big excitement.
Anyhoo, off now to go for a walk.

**Artechim** · November 15th, 2008, 03:42 PM

Kate, that must have been scary for the mum!!

Noni, we had a Wii but it got stolen when we moved back. The stupid mover double hired our storage and didn't tell us that it was half full of someone elses junk, then couldn't fit all of our stuff in so put it god knows where and someone stole the Wii and games (and a few other things). It was fun while we had it though, DH put in a mod chip so we could download games for it too.

Cally, well done K for the spoon eating!

Ange, how are L's eyes today

**Isadora** · November 15th, 2008, 04:46 PM

Kate - What a mess, such a shame! Whoa how scary that the 2 yr old got that far. Did mum even notice? That would be my worst nightmare.

Arte - Thats terrible, they should have replaced your wii!

Noni - Glad the nutrimetics party went well. They are always fun arent they!

Sounds like they are all at the accident prone age at the moment!!

I tell ya what, if they say the age of two is hard work I am really not looking forward to it, because frankly Miss M is being such a cow lately! She chucks tanties like no other, DP and I are so shocked lol. Everywhere we go, she wants to walk. So to avoid a tanty we put her down, but she takes off! I know its just an age thing but OMG she is FULL ON. DP has just gone out to buy me a boost juice & the lady gaga cd to keep me happy because I've had such a crazy day with her. Please tell me I am not alone and I dont have a difficult little girl on my hands lol!

I must ad, she is into EVERYTHING!!! Its actually kind of funny because she knows she cant go into certain cupboards etc and she looks at me with a sly grin as she is doing it because she knows....little monkey or what! They arent silly are they?!

**AnyDream** · November 15th, 2008, 05:41 PM

I even made him strip my pants bottoms off so they could go in the wash.

PMSL Do you remember the days when any pant-stripping was actually related to romantic activities

. BTW I don't think the drs can check balance but they will keep an eye on the ears. FWIW E has some pretty unco moments too, I think they're still just learning. Tiredness can play a part. But don't forget it can be a sign of concussion too, so if it doesn't seem "right" always pays to get checked at the drs.

OMG too weird about the meet up! Far out brussell sprout!

I tell ya what, if they say the age of two is hard work I am really not looking forward to it, because frankly Miss M is being such a cow lately! She chucks tanties like no other, DP and I are so shocked lol. Everywhere we go, she wants to walk. So to avoid a tanty we put her down, but she takes off! I know its just an age thing but OMG she is FULL ON.

Same story here. We've got Miss E in Monkey Harness training for that same reason (except she cracks a banana every time we put the harness on her, so we're "practicing" getting her to wear it around the house without anyone holding the leash). She is sooooo going to be a runner! I'll try to break it to you gently - yes it gets worse before it gets better. BUT on the bright side, you get more tricks in your bag for staying one step ahead. Glad your DH knows how to make you feel better

Trill - Just wanted to thank you again for the bicckie recipes - I did the M&M ones (ran out of time or would've done chocchip as well) for the Guide fete. They are beauties! Also did ANZACs (sell first everytime) and sultana and cornflake (my absolute fave BUT didn't sell so well). All told my bickkies made >$100, not bad hey?

Came home with blue hair (with sparkles in it) and I must say I rather like it!

***noni*e*** · November 15th, 2008, 07:21 PM

mm - just jumping on to let u know asha is exactly the same lots of tanties very difficult and we are also not looking forward to terrible twos lol!!! glad dp is buying you treats to keep u going tho!!!
oh and md well done on the bicckie sales!!!
mwah must be off all for some rest im really tired!!

**Ginger** · November 15th, 2008, 08:34 PM

hi kiddies

md- well done on the cookie sales -$100 is awesome

hayley- lewis is naughty too, dont worry. he thinks it's hilarious to do things we dont want him to do- like picking up soaking wet face washers out of the bath and squeezing all the water out over the bathroom floor

kate- that bbq scenerio sounds dead weird to me. where do you know them from?

clare- how is the house hunting going?

arte- lewis loves dipping things in tomato sauce- chicken nuggets, potato gems, his hands, my phone, tissues, the remote control, my asthma puffa
is it likely that because you had gd last time you will get it again or it doesn't matter?

**Artechim** · November 16th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Rainy, I am hoping I won't get GD next time round but probably will. LOL about L dipping everything in sauce! My phone is only for special times to bribe him when I really need to do something lol

MD, I think the last time DH stripped clothes off me was when I was too preg to get my socks off LMAO

Trill, so glad that P is feeling better, sounds like it was really nasty

PAP, are you o.k?

Hayley, I do recall W being A LOT more work just after he started walking. I am not sure if it settled down or I adjusted but he seems a lot better now. I am so thankful that he is still happy to stay in the pram (provided I don't stop - it is all power shopping now). He is also getting the hang of holding hands if he is walking at the lake/river/streets etc. I find that W is in to everything he isn't allowed and is whingy and a general pain if he is bored. That is why I try to get out to as many activities as possible so we don't go insane at home. Do you have a mothers group or library time or similar?

DH is back to work tomorrow, he had a week off which was nice (not really planned - his factory has slowed production so people were 'asked' to take annual leave). The weather has been great though so it has worked out really well.

**Cassius2** · November 16th, 2008, 12:45 PM

Hayley: yep, we are all in the same boat! L dislikes her pram (unless like Will) it is moving at a decent pace...she doesnt want us to hold her hand (she's a BIG GIRL now...

). and tanties galore. some days are just shockers and best not to leave the house (or rather avoid public confined spaces like stores). if she gets to psycho in the house we go to the park and she and the dawg run free to tucker her out...

Rainy: the house hunting was as usual, slightly disappointing. we saw a great house! pity it was advertised with the wrong price, so instead of 500k + it was 800k +...then we saw the usual assortement of dives. so am feeling dejected.

Noni: oohh the products sound soooo nice! jealous jealous jealous!!

darn it, L has woken from her beauty sleep so need to go...btw the bruise is SHOCKING right now. many ppl have commented on how they will call DOCS...they were joking, but i felt mortified! might avoid the public for awhile LOL!