Babies Born September 2007 #41

hi girls

you'll be happy to know that once i finished my post this morning i went into the bedroom and yelled at df until he got out of bed and then made him change lewis' pooey nappy while i had a long hot shower :clap:

the day spa was nice and i have lovely painted toenails. apparantely after i left the house df and lewis had a shower together, then they crawled into the big bed together and slept for 2.5 hours! i can't believe how lazy my boys are!

cally- katie is so clever that she 'put herself to bed' like that. geees i wish lewis would do that sometimes!

sherie- yes you're right, i've already told him life is going to change a lot when #2 arrives! he's not going to know what's hit him i think.

arte- yeah the problem is that df sleeps through anything. i put 'in the night garden' on as loud as possible and put lewis and the dog in the room with him sleeping and he still just sleeps. he drives me crazy! does W ever let you 'spoon' him back to sleep or does he always have to be bf? lewis hasn't had a bf at all today. i honestly wouldn't be surprised if he completely weaned in the next couple of weeks.

katie- i think sparkies must all be lazy!

ange- let me know if you're not busy this week and want to meet up in a park or something and let the kids go wild!

well a couple of weeks ago i got a few text msgs off a girl i used to work with who has a dd about 12 months old asking if i wanted to meet up tomorrow. it was sort of a tentative arrangement, so yesterday i sent her a txt asking her if she still wanted to meet up and confirming the details. well, i haven't heard anything back from her, so i guess i just won't go. it's kind of weird though, seeing as she initiated it :rolleyes:

Sherie you will have to post the cake recipe.

H how is M doing today?

Leanne good to hear that childcare are going to put up some of Livi's work.

Cally how clever is Miss K putting herself to bed.

Rainy must be a sparky thing lol. Glad yo had a nice day. Little strange about your friend.

I feel like I have been flat out this weekend (I havent). Dh was away so it was just me and Logan. I had two shoots yesterday and dont sleep well on my own so probably explains why I am tried. Logans toes are all scuffed from running on the concrete. As soon as we let him outside he just runs and runs, for this reason we tend to have outside play of an arvo and he goes down so well at night lol. I cant wait to put him in little athletics, he just loves to run. He also loves to spin now. I was talking to my mum tonight and telling her about all the things he does and he really is such a character, he keeps us laughing and I feel really lucky to have such a charismatic little boy. I cant wait for all my family to see him at Christmas.

morning all

i am so so tired atm. i think this pg is really catching up with me now. i was supposed to catch up with that friend at 9am so i'm actually really glad i never heard back from her as i really couldn't be bothered.

lewis is chasing the dog around the house by pushing the wheelybug into her. it's pretty funny actually...and the house looks like a bomb has hit it. there are megablocks from one side of the house to the other...i desperately need to pick them all up and dyson the floors...aahhhh, housework..

katie- logan sounds like such a little character. don't you just love how much personality they have now?

Raino- i am sturuggling a little with the tiredness too and i'm managing a good nights sleep, so i can imagine you must ve feeling pretty drained. Want to loan a firecracker to stick up DF's butt? Sure i could rustle something up. ;) If DH did that on the weekend i would hit the roof, you are a much calmer woman than i! If a man ever comes out with "but i've been working all week" My blood starts to boil. What the hell do they think we do all day??? DH tried it once and i saw red. I said he is welcome to stay home and i'll go to work, seeings how i can earn more than him anyway! Then that weekend i left her with him all weekend, went grocery shopping from 9am till 5pm! He's never said he needs a rest again. lmao.

Trill- What is a devils food cake anyway? I have heard of Angel food cake, but not devils!

Baking cookies, peanut butter choc chip, got a couple of girlfriends coming over for coffee this morn.

How do you do the shoots with little man Katie?

Any more attacks MD? How you feeling?

hey everyone,
gosh i hear you girls about tiredness!! im only 5 weeks and i am soooooo bloody tired i feel like i needa sleep all the time lol...
went to the dr the other day for the preg and because ashas lip kinda joins in the wrong spot at the top.. its kinda hard to explain but instead of it joining abover her teeth it jojns behind her teeth so that little bit of skin goes through her top teeth and i am concerned baout it being painful when the top two try and push together.. anyway he said he wasnt really sure and needed to get in contact with a dentist at the childrens hospital and see if they thought we needed to do anything about it so waiting to hear back on that sometime this week... as for the preg he said i should go and have a dating scan in around 2 weeks and ill have the blood test around then too (it was the end of the day and the person who comes and takes the bloods away for testing had already been and the next day was sunday).. not feeling too sick yet theres about an hour in the late avo when i feel a bit dodgy but mostly im just really tired.. comes on a bit more at around 6 weeks though if i remember correctly and then got worse at 8 weeks that was with asha anyway...
ummmm not doing too badly with avon ive made about 380 worth of sales so far which i think is really good for my first try, i am still waiting on three more people as well and am thinking of asking some of the neighbours if i get the nerve lol since this will be my only order that i get profit from before christmas i am really trying hard to make it a good one.. will be ordering lots of samples too to try and boost sales and am thinking of taking on a teritory where u put some catologues in mail boxes and see if anyones interested... anyways im just babbling on and on lol...
falguni - enjoy coffee with friends :)
rain - dp is the same.. would sleep all day long if i let him.. we take turns on the weekend to sleep in and i sleep in usually till 9ish and he sleeps in till 12 grrr he still fights me when i go in to wake him around 12 too!!! soooo annoying!!!
katie - what do you do with L when ur doing the shoots? he sounds like asha, she loves running round outside i have to drag her back in lol..
leanne - glad theyre gonna put some pics up :)
trill - love the chrissi av
anyways ladies asha has gone into the bathroom and u can bet shes destroying stuff bbl mwah mwah

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Then that weekend i left her with him all weekend, went grocery shopping from 9am till 5pm! He's never said he needs a rest again. lmao.

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ETA- Noni sounds like the Avon is going to be a winner for you! Stick with it, the territory sounds like a good idea. My DH was an Avon boy in his teenagerhood, he'd knock on doors near where his Nanna lived (she was the Avon rep) and the old ladies loved him and always ordered. PMSL. So not cool for school but he could run faster than everyone else so they never managed to beat him up LOL. BTW that thing with A's lip sounds like a bit of a worry, you're talking about that little skin connecty thing right in the middle aren't you? Let us know what the dr says when he's talked to the dentist.

Katie, I'm bursting to take E to see family too. It was Easter when we last saw them, can't believe how much she's changed in that time. H and E now play chasey and E always runs and hides in the corner of her bedroom. It's a crackup, she hides in the same place every time and peeps though the rails of the cot.

Hayley: RE: Blackouts; depends on wat time it is. I h8 it around dinner time. We had one in the afternoon last week & it was okay. Just played with the boys fav toys & then got out scrapbooks & crayons (though Jack didn't get tthe concept that the crayons go back in the box & not down mummies top). If they are at night, after the boys are down, thats no worries, & I have a good torch. The hardest thing is when Alex is in the middle of a tv show & the tv goes off.
Hope M is okay.

Rainy: :hug: I understand how you are feeling. My ex was pretty much the same. Am happy for you that you put your foot down. Unfort he went back to sleep, the upside I can see, L was sleeping to.
Glad enjoyed the dayspa though.

Trill: I keep in contact with both of them, usually through f/b though. The one with the newborn, we've only just started talking again (in the last 6mths) & the seperation has brought us closer.
Hope you have fun on you shopping trip & your cake sounds yummy.

Cally: K is so cute.

Leemar: Am happy that you were able to say something.

Katie: Logan sounds adorable.


us: Can't believe I had away again in a week's time. Didn't realise it was so close. Heading to Ballina to stay with my mum for the night, then to QLD where I spend two nites with one friend, two nites with another, two nites with K8 & Benny (Jacks guardians) & then a night with another friend on the way home.

Baby was a boy & name is Tyson Joseph Gavin ..

Watching a rerun of Third Watch (Austar) & then going to do some house.

Hi all!

Sounds like everyone is doing well.

Cally Yay for K :) L puts himself to sleep too now. It was only of a night time until this morning he was laying on the lounge with DP and off to sleep he went!

Rain the dayspa sounds like a good idea! Glad you had a good time.

Andie hope you and the boys have a good time away. It will be nice for you to have your mum and friends around :)

Trill that cake sounds yum might have tobake one! Where'd you get the recipe?

Thanks for all the dinner suggestions! Last night we had a Tikka Misala curry so I gave L some rice with the juice of the curry and he absolutely loved it! DP was sure he wouldnt eat the rice but what do they know!

I fell asleep watching tv last night and DP put L to sleep and tucked him in his bed. I felt bad but its the first time since L was born that its happened.. I better go hang this washing out while L is napping.

md yep the lil connecty thing in the middle im thinking they might have to snip it but im really not sure

Nella - nothing wrong with a little couch sleeping every now. DH always puts K to bed these days. Glad L liked the curry.

Noni - that lip things sounds interesting, let us know how it goes.

Ange - lol at your grocery shopping all day!! I have heaps more energy now I am back at work and if we have a bad night I seem to cope fine if I am working as opposed to when I am home. I think because I am distracted at work by having to do things, I can't think about how little sleep I had whereas at home it's very easy to. Definitely having to work is not an excuse to get out of looking after bubs.

K had a shocking night last night. DH had to get up about 5 times, including once for 1.5 hours! She just kept coughing and crying. Got her into the doctor's this afternoon, but not sure what they can do. Her body felt warm this morning, but she didn't have a temp. My turn tonight to look after her.

hi girls! sorry that i have been MIA lately. let's just say that despite some lovely moments, it has the been the week from hell and DH, Leila and I are feeling it. want to pack my bags and go to fiji and sit on a beach sipping banana daquiris. who doesnt?????

Leila had her jabs last monday, got sick that night, no biggie thought it was just temps from the jabs. second day thought it was the same....so basically for the last 7 nights in a row i have had less than 2 hours sleep (broken) a night. she half-wakes up screaming inconsolably, and has the runs BIG TIME. i am over it (as is she!). took her to the doctor. not much they can do, is a nasal passage infection almost finished, antibiotics wont do much. pretty bummed. oh, and she has to be on a liquid diet for the next 48 hours!! so from almost weaning i am now having to do the long hard yards of BF all day and night for a 15 month old. she is refusing all water, so it is cows milk in bottles or BF.

sorry for the me vent, just am crumbling ever so slightly. oh for an hour of sleep!

Hi Girls,

To all our Sick Bubba's I hope you all get well soon.

As for me I am much better. Can not believe christmas is almost upon us and am trying to get stuff ready.

Andie- Enjoy you holiday

Claire hope Leila is feeling better soon so you can all get some rest!

Leeanne glad you're better. Christmas is only 24 days away. Yikes! I don't even know what we're doing this year. DP is working again this year so might go to mums again.

Clare - oh dear, hope you get a better nights sleep tonight. Poor little L. Banana daiquiris sound good though!!

Well after a 45 min wait at the doctor's (thank god they supplied toys) we got in. One of her ears was a bit red, but her lungs were clear even though she has a bad cough. So we have some antibiotics in case her ear gets more sore in the next few days.

And she bit a little boy this morning! Not enough to break the skin, but still not impressed. She's been doing it a lot to me, just biting my clothes when she gets frustrated with something and we do the whole 'no Katie, biting hurts' and put her down by herself, but the message doesn't seem to be getting through. Will just keep perservering I suppose.

Cally, we are dealing with biting, pinching and hair pulling here too. When she is frustrated she lashes out. I too am doing as you do, but it doesn't seem to sink in. I do notice the biting only occurs when she is teething though. But the pinching is an on going thing.
I am hoping over time it sinks in. I guess repetition and persistance is the key.
I hate having a bully as a daughter. :redface:

Clare- hope tonight is better for you all. You sound exhausted.

I'm off to find chocolate.

hi girls

clare- you poor little things (both you and leila). sounds horrible. hope you get some sleep tonight.

oohhh find me some chocolate ange

:hug: Clare

Clare sending huge hugs your way. I hope you and L can get a good nights sleep.

Ange I have the yummiest choc slice here, a client bought it with her today.......bless her.

Cally I hope K's ear is better soon.

Nella sounds like you were tired. Hope you got my PM.

Andie have a good time away.

Noni woo hoo on the Avon, sounds like your doing really well. Will have to remember to PM you about catching up for Christmas.

Pap where are you? Hope all is well with you an N.

To those who asked I try to book my jobs in for when Logan is asleep at lunch time and do the belly shots at night so that the DH's can come and be in the pics too.

My sister is coming up tomorrow, I cant wait. The weather has been beautiful so we will take L swimming and do loads of shopping. Well I am off to finish editing some pics.

Ozstar - Have fun with your sister.

Andy - enjoy your break - you deserve it, catching up with friends will be nice.

No biting here ATM - But Im sure I've just spoke too soon, he did however pull my hair for the first time yesterday and given that it reaches my waist I was in a tangled mess in seconds. Yes it is frustration........ not them being naughty but geez that can be hard to remember while there doing whatever it is you don't want them to do. Distraction works well with hamish for now anyway.

Well looks like we will be moving soon. Perhaps before christmas :o The house sold at auction and the new owners want to move in ASAP, we can stay till our lease is up in April but figure its better to move now before Im too big and comfortable and get settled b4 bubs arrives too. Then only one more move into our new home (June /July). I have told Joel that I will never be leaving that house, I will die there - thank goodness it's large enough to cater for our growing family and the future etc......

Off to the OB this afternoon - wonder what she'll say about the painful BH starting again ?? Hopeful she can give me something to help.

Have a good day ladies.

WOW, so much to catch up on!

Cindy, LOL at you not wanting to move ever again. I completely understand (and I shudder at the thought of packing up this house with all our stuff).

Clare, how did she go last night? Poor little mite.

Noni, I used to be a dental nurse in a past life ;) and we did a procedure called a Frenectomy quite a bit on kids who were getting braces where that bit of tissue (called a frenum) that connects the lip to the jaw is removed. It is usually done with a local in the dentists chair, but it may not be a problem for her.

I can't remember what's been said now.

Oh, the cake didn't turn out as good as I first thought - it looked fine but when I cut it, it wasn't quite done and the middle part of the cake looked like a baked custard. It still tasted yummy, but it's better as a dessert cake with loads of really thick cream/icecream ;) If I had of left it in for another half hr it would have been fine.

So yesterday I had my dermo appt and all was fine - great even. Liver and Kidneys are fine and are showing no ill-effects from the medication and all other bloodwork was normal. So we are upping my dose to 5 tablets a week and I go back in January. He was really pleased with the way it is responding to the MTX.

Did loads of Christmas shopping and only have the IL's and DH's brother and sister to go, but I know what I have to get for them, we just ran out of time yesterday to do it. We decided to hold off on getting Lindsay his motorbike till his birthday though, so I got him a DS Lite instead, which I know he covets LOL. Also got some clothes for me and the boys too (well just PJ's for the boys - love Myers PJs for kids). I also got a new christmas tree and decorations too. So we are all kitted out for Christmas now.

And with the charming behaviours that some of our children are showing ;) Alister is a headbutter - if he can't get his own way he will throw a tantrum and headbutt you if he is being held, or he will bang his head on the floor, or walls or whatever. Not all that hard, but sometimes he does do it hard enough to make him cry. So I just tell him no and put him down if I am holding him or just walk away from him if he is already on the floor etc.

Elisabeth keeps walking around the house with clothes on her head LOL. Oops she just walked into the table.

Trill, good to hear your results are so good. Are you having your lap done this week (fri)? Woowee on the new Christmas tree! Is it up yet or do you wait until closer to Christmas?

JG - bummer on having to move before Christmas. I feel your pain. xx

Katie you must be a very well organised mumma! :clap:

Cally and Ange -commiserations on the biting. Luckily none of that here but I'm sure all our bubs will develop "choice" behaviours at some point.

Clare oh you poor thing. I hope L turns the corner really soon and you both get a big catch up sleep. xxx Let us know how she's going.

Leanne how are the Chrissy preps coming along? I'm glad you're feeling better.

AFM - well had a mini crisis yesterday when I realised it's December and I haven't put my Uni application in. How EMBARRASSMENT. Anyway a couple of phone calls yesterday and an express post satchel and it should be OK. Still I'll be ever so nervous until I get the letter all the same. What a ninny.

hey everyone,
asha slept in this morning which was lovely, but when i went into her room it really stunk and when i checked her shed done a huge really runny poo that was coming out the top of her nappy eeeeeek.. i think she might actually have a bug because i changed one like that yesterday but i thought it was probably just the big amount of yoghurt she ate for breaky spose it probably wasnt now ughh..
did anyone else feel majorly thirsty in pregnancy?? ive been feeling like i just cant get enough to drink and am starting to worry about GD again.. its been wuite hot here but im not usually like this i just feel like my outh is constantly dry and i usually have a headache like i havent drunk enough hmmm..
oh and what are the pregnant ladies planning to eat at christmas?? i posted another thread about this but thought id ask in here too.. i dont really eat meat except for chicken and mince lol so usually at chrissi its bbq chicken and salads but seems that could pose a listeria risk??
md - asha does that too with the clothes, she manages to get them over her head sometimes n walks around with mine or dps clothes on like a sash lol its cute.. hope the uni app will be ok :)
trill - thats great news re the results!!
jg - goodluck with the moving and the ob appointmen! hope she can help you out with the painful bh :)
katie - have fun with ur sis and swimming
clare - hope l slept better for u last night
hi to everyone else ashas finished her breaky so i better go

morning all

pap- i had a dream about you and it contained a 'vision' lol....you'll have to log on so i can tell you all about your new child!

jg- bummer for having to move twice, you must be wrapped to be getting your new home though. is it brand new, being built?

katie- sounds like your photography is going so well, how do you get most of your clients? is it usually word of mouth?

sherie- glad the meds seem to be working. your cake with cream made my mouth water!

md- :doh: don't you just hate when you stuff up something like that! it's so annoying!!! hope it all turns out ok

ohhh lewis has got my crumpet bbl!

i'm back..

where is everyone today?

noni- for xmas, i think we'll be having turkey and vegies/salad. as it's all homemade salads then i feel like it's safe to eat iykwim? i don't eat red meat at all and only eat turkey once a year at xmas.
i've actually gotta do my gd test at 28weeks which starts tomorrow, ggrrrr. i'll probably do it on monday sometime i think.
with the thirst thing, i was really thirsty in the 1st trimester too, with both pgs. i don't seem to be so bad now.

my dad just came up for a visit and bought us a pretty iron spice rack for the kitchen, he's so cute, always buying us little pressies.
i think i might go shopping this arvo as i'm bored.

oohh l is waking, speak soon xoxox

hey rainy im here, dont know where everyone else is tho..
yeh i dont eat turkey either haha and we have about 5 chrissi gatherings to go to at diff peoples houses ahhhhhhh.. so hard but yeh i spose we might have to tell people otherwise im gonna look like im starving myself coz there will be nothing i can eat and people wont understand why lol...
good to hear you were really thirsty too i didnt have it with Asha but i was worried i had it this time because of gd really hoping to avoid that this time i was only over the test by like 1 point or something it was so annoying coz then they treated me differently when really i never had a bad reading... and they *****ed ashas feet so many times testing her sugar that for a couple of months she actually hated anyone touching her feet :( i know compared to what some people and bubbie go through its nothing and i shouldnt winge but i cant help it lol..

Just been shopping and managed to strike another six ppl from the 'need a gift' list. Doing well considering I hate christmas shopping alone !!

Have appt at 3pm with agent for new home (hopefully) can't wait to see inside as outside looks awesome.

Then OB at 4pm, then clinets coming over for wedding consult at 7pm. Today has been scary busy but very productive indeed.

Yes rainey we are building a house - two storey, 5 bedrooms / 3 bathrooms etc - So I will never have to move again I tell ya (room for the kids, then their friends and the IL's when they get too old to live alone) the future is all sorted and Im staying put I tell ya !! Can you tell how much Im looking forward to moving !!!!!! LOL

Gotta go or I'll be late.

Im at work for the next two days - thurs is my first days at coroner's court - wish me lucky, very daunting !

i had bbq chicken for lunch Nonie! As long as it is freshly cooked and stored appropriately it should be fine. If you are concerned you could always just heat it up to remove any risk. i also eat salad all the time, just not pre-made deli type ones. You could always take your own salad you have made so you know everything was washed.......

Noni, don't be surprised if A is sensitive about her feet for a long time to come. My DD1 never let me brush or do her hair for years and years, her poor scalp is so sensitive. It took me a few years before the penny dropped that it was from her birth - they tried to break my waters over a dozen times before they realised her head was in the way :rolleyes: and no liquid was going to come out. Then it took them 4 goes to get the scalp monitor in. No wonder, poor chook.

LOL at Christmas day lunch...I sooooo don't know what I'm going to eat (can't have any fat or it sets off an attack and that includes oil in salad dressing, etc). I might have to BYO frozo lean cuisine or something. And I know we'll get zillions of dinner invitations as soon as we get to Adel. It could be worse, we could be starving for real in Ethiopia or Somalia or somewhere.

Rainy, that's gorgeous your dad bringing you pressies all the time, spice rack sounds nice.

JG - are you planning a large family? 5 bedrooms!! I guess there will always be room for guests. Good luck with the house hunting.

Hi everyone sorry I didn't pop in earlier L and I went to playgroup this morning..

JG good luck with the moving. Hope the inside was as nice as the outside! How'd the OB appt go? What do you do at the CC?

Noni hope you find something to eat!

MD good luck with the uni app. What're you going to study?

Katie yes I got your PM I'll let you know when we're ready thanks :)

Thats about all I can remember for now.. I have a killer headache! I'm taking a HPT tomorrow or Thursday and I'll be very surprised if its not a BFP I'll definately off to the gp if its not!

Hi Ladies, wow so much to catch up on!!

Clare - Poor L so sorry to hear of your nightmare week. Hope L is on the mend now?

Rainy - Sounds like the tiredness that comes with pregnancy is really starting to hit now. You need extra sleep when you are utd, so good I am glad you yelled at your DP!

Nella - Wow that is exciting, hope you get a bfp!

Trillian - Lol at the headbutting! Little terror.

MD - Good luck with the uni application, you should be fine right? How far are you through your course?

Noni - Glad to hear avon is going well. Little bit of extra money in your pocket! I am so excited for you, have you told the news to family yet?

JG - I am envious of your house!! Are you a wedding planner?

Cally - Glad you got some antibiotics, I've found that they work really fast so now that you've caught the ear infection in its early stages you should be right.

Falguni - I also have a bully child! She bopped a baby on the head with a toy the other day, I didnt know what to do! She slaps me as well when frustrated. :(

I had to go down to the children's hospital with M today. Her ear has been discharging since the weekend. Yesterday it seemed to stop, but when I collected her from daycare it was discharging again and the girls mentioned it to me. I called the doctor, but do you think I can get an appointment!? They advised me to go down to the hospy, so off we went. Turns out she had an infection that built up, and basically exploded, she has a perforated eardrum! Dont I feel like a bad mother!? :( So we've got some drops, but I am sad that it got to this stage and that I should have picked up her ear infection earlier. I am also worried about whether it will affect her hearing.

To top it off I have been feeling awful! Yesterday I just felt so tired and had a sore throat, next thing a temperature and dizziness. Last night I felt so weak, DP got me some panadol for the temp and next thing I was sweating like crazy. I'm hot and then cold. Its TERRIBLE and I am scared that M will be next in line, as DP brought this one home from work.

oh hayley- you poor thing, you're having a rought trot atm. hopefully both of you feel better soon :hug::hug:

i'm taking lewis to the dr tomorrow as he's just not himself. got a high temp, off his food and really lethargic.

Awwwww H :hug: don't feel bad, she may not have shown a lot of symptoms of having an ear infection and when they are grizzly from teething, you just can't pick it sometimes. One thing I do know about perforated eardrums though is that they do heal well so she should have no issues with hearing. Fingers crossed that she doesn't get the lurgy though.

OOOOOHHHHHH Nella! Fingers crossed for you too my dear - would be so exciting if you got a BFP too!

Gosh MD, that is a real dilemma isn't it? The one time of the year where it is next to impossible to avoid fatty and rich foods and you can't eat any of it. Maybe you could suss out if they are serving salads at all if you do get invites and then you can make your own to take to guarantee there isn't any fat. But I will let you live vicariously through me though ;)

Cindy, you did well with the shopping. I did start to get a bit frustrated yesterday with all the bloody dawdlers in the aisles! I mean come on people! how hard is it to pick wrapping paper? Seriously there was this one woman who was just standing there staring at the paper, then she would pick one out, have a close look and put it back and get another one and start again. Plus she wasn't going to move her trolley so anyone else could get in either.

Hey Ange! So how are things down your way? Are you a Harvest Widow at all?

Noni, don't worry about GD - its more likely that your thirst is just because you're a bit dehydrated than anything else. Just make sure you keep the fluids up - take a glass of water to bed too.

I just feel sooo terrible about it all. To think that the horror night we had last week, I had assumed was teething (which probably was to an extent due to her 4 molars coming through) but it was probably more that her ear had become really badly infected. The poor thing must have felt really bad. DP just went and got her some pain stop medication, so we will see how that goes. We feel SO bad!! On another note I managed to get a doctors appt tomorrow and wondering whether I should keep it? I might just keep it and go down and see our doctor, she is very thorough and genuinely cares for little bubbas, whereas I'm sure the hospital have given me the right stuff for her ear but they are so busy I waited two and a half hours to speak to a doctor for 5 minutes. They kinda shove you in and out iykwim. We are off to Melb next week so I want it sorted. Maybe I am just being paranoid?

MD - I felt sorry for you reading how you are going to have to avoid naughty foods. Christmas is a day of stuffing yourself silly lol!

Trillian - I so know what you mean about isle hoggers! And for wrapping paper, thats ridiculous. We usually buy the stuff on special and dont pay much attention to whats on it, as long as its christmassy!

Rainy - Oh no hope L is ok! Sounds like he has a bug of some sort. Its so hard when they cant tell you whats wrong.

Hi Girls,

MM- Awwwh Hun ear infections are hard to pick up on. X gets them all the time even with the grommets he also has goop coming out of his ear when he gets one so I have to check his ears all the time cause he has no other signs. Then he ends up having 2 lots of AB's one lot to swallow and one lot is speacial AB ear drops. He gets them because his ear canal's are imature still and the Specialist said he should grow out of it by the time he is 6... Geez Thats ages away. So please dont feel bad. :hug:

Nella- Yep my fingers are crossed for you too.
Rainy- Hope all is ok

Well Xavier had a massive stack today and has his first and probally not his last black ear. He also has a bruise and graze mark on his cheed and a bruise on his head. He fell off a our slippery dip and banged his face on the retaining wall... OK I need to explain more cause that doesnt sound right. They took the plastic slippery dip part off the cubby house and put it on a truck one end and the other end was on the retaing wall that leads into the dirt pit. Just as I was telling him not to get on it well he did and fell right off it ( as I predicted but of course we dont listen to mum) Gee it looks terrible but he has not been complain that it hurst and I did Ice pack it straight away. Also today Jordy Stacked his bike in the hall way he went over the handle bars. Not a good day in our house today. Going out to buy cotton wool tomorrow?

Better go have sweet dream to all

MM, try not to blame yourself lovey, it is sooo hard when they are teething (esp with 4 molars at once) to tell if there is anything else wrong:hug:

Nella, did you take a test? Good luck!

Rainy, yip, W still has a BF every time he wakes. He won't settle for anything else. I can't even pat him because he just grabs my hand and throws it away. I really wish he would wean now. If anything he is doing the opposite and feeding more. I can't even sit down with him to read a book or watch a dvd without him wanting a feed. Your dad sounds really cool. Hope Mr L is ok and it is nothing serious.

MD, no fatty foods at christmas time!!! You are on the Mission: Impossible my dear.

Leanne, poor X, that sounds really painful!

Cally, that is really cute of K putting herself to bed. What a clever little girl.

Trill, good to hear the meds are doing their job and aren't causing any other problems. I made mud cake for the first time last week and it came out perfect, it was so delicious. I would never had picked you for a dental nurse in your previous life!

Clare, how is Miss L today? Hope that it is clearing up and you guys are all getting some sleep. Sounds like you all had a horror time.

JG, what do you do at coroner's court? Sound like you have an interesting job. Did you get the house?

Noni, like the others have said I don't think the thirst would be from GD. That doesn't usually kick in until at least the second tri. Have you started telling people yet?

I am so flipping tired. We have been watching all of Prison Break and it is so darn addictive that we end up watching it until about 11pm, then I get woken a couple of times during the night and get up at 6.30am. It is entirely self inflicted though, so I guess I can't complain too much lol

Oh I hope all the bubba who are not feeling the best get better very soon and big hugs to the mummas looking after them. :comfort:

How things change in my life at the moment. I was meant to work today but Joel got recalled to go to court this morning so I have to stay home with H. Which wouldn't be a big deal except I cant see how I can make up the hours this week !! Unorganised men I tell ya! I was looking forward to headed to work for a rest today :dance:

Then our builder called yesterday arvo - the contract price has gone up $4k due to the bank delays we recently experienced (but that's another boring story) - great. Then the developer still wants changes to the facade colours of our new house - more rendereing needed they say - great. More money, more maintenance, and will it really make the estate look THAT much nicer :rolleyes: Feeling like this house will never be built.

But seeing as Im home today, I might take H to the mothers group who are meeting at a local park, it's a nice day so I can't see why not. Im still new at this group and get really nervous as everyone is well bonded already IYKWIM....

To answer some of the questions you ladies asked yesterday.

OB appt went well - measuring 27 wks, so 3 wks larger than EDD but I always did with Hamish as well, no real bigger (pardon the pun).

The new rental house was OK - not as great as I had hoped but OK. Will throw in an application and see how we go. There were another couple there that seemed interested too.

No not planning a big family - just our two and Georgia (so 3 kids is enough for us) but we often have family come stay and like to make them feel welcome. Oh and I love to clean..........LOL

No not a wedding planner, we have a photography company and do approx 30 weddings a year. This consult was for 2010 !! They are having a masqerade (sp?) ball theme - complete with jugglers, fire twirlers and fireworks :o will be different indeed.

My new job is in the prosecutors office and they have just decided to add to my job description. My role now includes attending coroners court to oversee the matters being heard there on behalf of police. Not sure what it entails fully just yet. Should be a challenge - its been a while since I was in front of a court and most of that was at uni mock court !!

Hope you all have a great day ladies.

OH no Leanne! I had to laugh though cause that sounded so much like something my brothers would have done as kids. I hope they are both OK today and not to sore and sorry for themselves.

Arte, I'm like that too. When DH is on nightshift I can be up till midnight or later and I know full well I have to get up again at 6.30 LOL. Lucky for me it's only for 4 nights out of every 12 - the rest of the time I"m in bed at a reasonable hour.

G, how is L this morning hun? I missed your post last night. I hope he isn't getting sick again.

When I woke up this morning I had the sudden realisation that I didn't get up ONCE last night! I couldn't believe it LOL. Usually I am up at least once to put a dummy back in. But the stinker is that I still feel tired :rolleyes:

ETA - Hi Cindy! I would be so annoyed at the extra little costs due to the delays - I hope the builder doesn't make a habit of that kwim? You know, I always had the impression that coroner's court was such a sombre affair, very quiet and you just get on with the job at hand, whereas I always had local/district court pegged as a much more colourful turnout kwim? You will have to let me know if I'm right LOL. Have fun in the park today - it's a lovely day here too.

Oh Sherie - Just wanted to wish you all the best for your lap on Friday. Hope your recovery is swift and the relief huge. Will be thinking of you.

Thanks Cindy :hug:

Leanne, sorry but I was laughing when I was reading about your boys' antics out in the backgarden! Laughing cos it's a lovely little preview for all our mums with boys on what to expect in about 2 years time ROFL! Good thing they're built tough.

MM- Aw, poor M. I'm sure she'll be starting to feel better pretty quickly now she's on the medication. Don't blame yourself, we're all learning here. xxx The PainStop gear works really well too.

Trill - OMG don't you know wrapping paper is a Very Important Decision??!! LOL Poor woman had probably been wandering around in a daze for hours - purely from being at the shops for too long. You coulda walked up and slapped her on the face to snap her out of it! :lol:

Noni, I'm with Trill, don't worry about GD. I remember having the thirst of the devil riding on my back...remember that you're growing several more litres of blood/other life sustaining fluids...makes sense you'd be a bit thirstier than usual. Oh and I meant to say - if you take Asha to get her lip looked at, make sure you ask them if that might have caused you problems when you were trying to BFeed (?...just something I wondered about briefly).

Nella - I'm a library technician and I'm going to do the uni course that will make me a fully fledged librarian. I only need to do less than half the course because of previous study I've done.

Arte - Miss E's getting really good at asking for feeds too. Often it doesn't seem to occur to her unless I sit in the chair where we have her night feed LOL. She sees me go over there and trots over, signing boobie boobie boobie! It would drive me nuts if it was all day long.