Funny you should say that G cause I was thinking about you last night and about going over due etc. I'll definately send some 'on time or at least not too late' vibes your way LOL.
Got my new car today, its silver and sexy...woo woo!
Rainy - No not long to go now at all, 32 weeks that amazing how fast the time has gone. I am getting excited big time for you now. Congrats on the new lounge, sounds v nice. Havent heard anything from my MIL except one email that just said sorry, no hi or bye etc. DP says that means she is still angry. Whoops!
Trillian - Hahaha thats a good one, maybe I'll have to remember the crying trick myself.
Nella - CONGRATS!
Leemar - Not long to go now at all till you take off. I hope you & your family have a wonderful time!
Sherie: i had to laugh about your tantrum it reminded me of that ad on tv where the boy is about to chuck a tanty, but the mum beats him to it LOL! love it!
leila also needs a haircut big time. her gorgeous red locks are starting to defy gravity. she looks like she has stepped right out of one of madonna's 80s video clips with the power perm...
Rainy: you are going to be amazing sista. are you going to have an induction acupuncture treatment? and look, you could even go before! miss L came 2 weeks early and surprised us all...
is your doula nice? i really want to have one for next time, as well as a post natal doula...
MM: woot woo on the sexy car!!
AFM: well we braved DFO today and low and behold DH bought and spent more than i did!!! WTF??! i tried very hard to find things but everything is only in limited sizes. and it appears that i am much thinner than i thought. better watch that as i had no idea and dont want ppl to think i starve myself LOL! that said, FCUK had quite a few things so i bought a cute cardigan and some shorts (true melbourne combo me thinks!). DH bought a pair of mont blanc sunnies and a pair of rm williams boots. and leila of course scored big time at cotton on kids (gotta love that store!).
the weaning front is travelling quite nicely. tonight i fed her STRAIGHT after dinner and she had one boob then gave up. she then played for about an hour and i popped her straight to bed...and it worked!!! YAY!! so today we only had two short feeds ans she seemed quite content...watch this space! LOL!
Woohoo Nella...I'll definately be watching this space for news.
Hope you are feeling more zen like Sherie...I love the tanty.
We drove home from Brissie today. Well I did, seeing as DH forgot to renew his license. Idiot! So I had to drive the 5 hours not including breaks for Sarah and was shattered when I got back. Didn't help that the bed at mums was shocking so limited sleep last night on top of that. Was fun going back through all of Sarahs pressies and everything I had brought in Brissie...just had to find space for it all. Got to do a huge re-arrange of Sarahs room, I think
I'm off to bed now to catch up on sleep on a decent mattress. Night everyone....and sorry to those I missed with personals. Absolutely no memory tonight...think I left it in Brissie this morning...
Clare:
God I hope the sleep ins aren't growing spurts!, tho it usually is with these boys. As it is, Alex has size 3 pj's are to small. Plus I think Jack is teething as he keeps screaming.
Yes I get the poo's all thro the house too, more when I don't remember to put jocks back on Alex from his last accident.
Hayley:
Jack has a bedtime bottle and occasionally one in the morning (or if he's not eating i'll give him one at lunch) but he knows at nite that a bottle means bedtime. Like tonight, I made the bottle, gave it to him & he went straight for the cot. Tho it was a routine he set himself ages ago, where the only place he wld take a bottle was the cot.
Wat size bottle does M have before going down to bed? & is it all formula? Does she eat much for dinner?
Rainy:
HFM appeared on Jack to what I thought was a rash then in a few days they turned to blisters. No other real symptoms. Hope its not though
Boys are 1yr 3 wks & 6days difference (jack was delivered two weeks 1 day early).
I am hoping so too. I just guess I have to give him his space & hope that he doens't fall for anyone else, or screw up badly, & in the meantime, just be a caring, genuine friend.
OMG on the no changing facilities, tho I had a tendancy to do it in the middle of the shop, esp when there was two to cart around.
Leanne:
hope you have a safe trip
Nella:
Congrats (I'm hoping). That is awesome news. Were you excited?
AFM:
OMG what is it with Jack having to wake Alex up! Alex was having this huge sleep today & like usual, Jack wakes him up. Good thing Alex was able to resettle down.
I have a friend arriving tomorrow & my house is so untidy I Blame it on being so sick this month. Talking bout bing sick, have horrid reflux since Oct & the last time I remember it like this I was preg with Jack. Damn mud cake!!
after my leaps of joy all yesterday Leila gave us a night to remember. she woke at 11.30am and screamed to the heavens until almost 2am. i have NO IDEA what this is! in all honesty the only times that she has woken up through the night since dropping her newborn feeds was when something was up (ie being sick). but now, nada, zip. i am at a complete loss and suffering big time from sleep deprivation. in the end i told DH that i couldnt go into her room again as i was so shattered so he took over and it worked for him. he did arm himself with panadol though so maybe something is bugging her?
phew, sorry about the me me me rant there!
Rainy: i have found VIC to be really bad with providing parent room facilities. i have been in NSW, ACT and QLD and they all trump this state no end. yesterday at DFO we were changing L in one of 2 rooms and both the bins were overflowing. there was poo encrusted wipes all over the floor, the microwave looked as thought it could kill and the bench was hazardous. we had cloth nappies and of course i forgot a plastic bag to pack it in, so had to go scrounging around in the dirty supply cupboard for a bin liner to wrap it in. so gross. next time i am determined out of protest to change her in the frikkin walkway (i did it at melbourne central one time! LOL!).
Andie: he he he we have friends coming here in about 20 minutes and i am nowhere near ready. we just woke up, the house is a mess, the dog needs a walk and leila is covered in honey...urrghh.
we are off to brunetti's today to eat away our tiredness...
so this is a saving message and also a quick question to all the wise womyn...
does life membership get me a cool avatar as well?????? (BTW, sherie: LURVE the new one!).
AFM: all good here. filled up the shell pool for leila and we had a paddle, she loved the idea of the nudie rudie . the dog also decided to join in, so you can imagine the sight: Leila and a 50 kilo dog in one half of a shell pool splashing like it's goin' outta fashion!
also dh and i have decided that sept 09 is the beginning of operation make a baby! so that is exciting and he also started a name list! will the man calm down ppl!
Oz - Thats ok I go through phases as well. Lately I've been doing pretty alright with keeping up! Are you still TTC? Hope L is well.
Clare - I'm pretty sure membership does get you an av. How exciting for TTC being set in stone for September. That will be a nice age gap. Your DH sounds so excited how sweet. Oh you poor thing what a night, good on your DH for helping out. Sometimes we never know what the problem is either, but if lots of cuddles and the trusty bottle of milk doesnt work, we assume its teething pain & use panadol too.
Andie - I'm pretty sure M knows bottle at bed means she'll be in bed shortly as well. She has her dinner, then about an hr later has her bedtime bottle of 240ml of milk. She pretty much goes down to sleep well. Its just the middle of the night feed and I know I just need to tough it out for a week or so but I am terrible when it comes to sleep deprivation. Ohhh I didnt know that sleep ins can be a sign of growth spurts!
Kate - Hope you got a good nights sleep. I just did a cull on Maddie's toys as well, after all the new toys from christmas.
Well I've just finished our wedding invites, they are going out tomorrow. We have invited just under 60 people, so should be a fun night. I feel a bit worried though as all along we said we wouldnt do the whole gift registry/wishing well thing. However I've been talked into it by a couple of family members, and have added a little card just simply saying we dont at all expect a gift as your presence alone is all we want, however if you feel the need a small donation towards our honeymoon would be appreciated (not those exact words). I didnt put them in all the invites though, I missed out a few people that I know are not flushed with cash. I just hope people dont take it the wrong way? What do you ladies honestly think?
Yep, life or plat membership will get you a spunky av of your very own.
Wow, that's very exciting about having a definate time to start the baby makin' LOL. So what names does he have on his list so far? I wish my DH were that keen.
H, I don't think it's wrong to ask and to also be selective about who you've given the card to. Its so hard to know what to get someone for their wedding when they've been together so long already kwim? so this gives people the chance to still *give* you something they know you really want. The one time I refused to do the wishing well thing was for a friend of ours and his bride to be asked that we all chip in so they could buy bricks for the house SHE wanted built and we didn't cause we hated her and had a feeling she wouldn't be sticking around. Unfortunately we were right and she didn't stick around, but at least our friend has a pretty flash house to live in now LOL.
Katie, I've been like that too lately with the posting, so you're not alone.
hi everyone - I"M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!not even going to try to catch up on evertyhing will just jump in now if thats ok!
BUT HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ARTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay i am so excited for you. xxx
WOOT WOOT on the new avi Sherie. Must help being able to sleep with the creator
MM - I think its fine with what you've done for your invites. It can sometimes be a huge hassle trying to figure out what the newlyweds need when they aren't as 'pure' as the true newlyweds back in the olden days. As in living in sin... DH and I did that as well and we let it be known (okay, we asked our closest family members to slip the word to the other guests on the sly) that we didn't need anything. Nothing like opening presents to find either duplicates or something horrid that is hard to re-gift.
PAP - welcome back...not that I can really talk. I,too, went AWOL for a bit. I love having this place to be able to pop back into when I can and need to.
Okay can I put this 'ME' post in here and ask for some BB help?
Sarah still gets fed to sleep but I'm trying to stop that and at night it seems to work but I dont think I have a snowballs chance in hell getting it to work for her 2 day time sleeps. At night she gets given about 200mls of cows milk to top her up because she is usually tired and falls asleep too early on the breast. She also wakes at 4.30 every morning and its hard to get her past that. I usually try patting her back to sleep which can take 30mins or so to only get an extra hour out of her. I'm thinking weaning might stop her needing the breast to sleep so will get into a better routine. Last night I put her down at 7.30pm after her 200mls of cows milk and a very quick slurp from me. She cracked it for about 15mins until I went back in there and just sat near the door and didn't make eye contact. I occasionally shushed her if she started making whingy noises. She was then asleep within 10mins. YIPPEE! She still woke at 4.30, so I patted her and kept my hand on her back (sorta like holding a vicious animal down...lol) and she was back asleep after 30mins. She woke 10mins later and I forgot that I hadn't put the cot side back up so went in there and lay her down again. After a bit of fidgeting she turned her head to the wall and was lying there pretty still so I left the room and she must have fallen asleep. She then woke at 7am. I'm sort of happy with this in a way because I know that she doesn't wake in the middle of the night but I need her to get past this 4.30 wakeup. Does anyone have any ideas? Should I just go cows milk and wean her completely? Or should I just work on her night routine before removing her day sleep routine (of feeding to sleep).
Oops...that was longer than I thought...sorry
thanks for the info on the Avs...will have to join up!
Sherie: yeah the man is super keen, he would like to start TTC now, but we both know that after my battle with PND we need to take things slow and just enjoy the pnd-free time IYKWIM.
his list so far is; (for boys) rocco and nico and (for girls) willow...i quite like his list so at least there are no disputes so far! LOL!
kate: we are in a similar situation. I am trying with all my might to wean leila off the feeds, particularly at night. she doesnt really take that much as she is full after dinner and her sippy cup of milk. it is purely comfort. so i am trying to teach her the joys of cuddles for night-time comfort.
as for the early wake-up. L was like this for AGES. to beat it we had to join it and i fed her back to sleep...probably not the advice you are looking for but that's what we did. i didnt talk to her or change her nappy it was a very quiet affair.
when she started waking later (like 6.30am), DH got up and fed her breakfast and they played quietly for 30 minutes and then she usually went back to bed until 8ish...
PP: great to see you back in action! how are the tonsils? i have been thinking of you! last time i ended up in hospital with it as my entire lymphatic system collapsed. it can be a tough illness to have. how about N?
how was the rest of your holiday!?
AFM: back at work. feeling a bit sad as Leila is no longer in the baby room. she did look a little lost at first, but her b/f Max came up and they cuddled so it was all good after that.
i on the other hand, almost bawled! she is so big and yet so little still IYKWIM. and this time last year i was in the throes of severe PND so can't really remember how i felt, but this time was quite emotional! ho hum, got over it pretty quickly when i had my first toddler-free latte!! LOL!
hi again
clare woo hoo on the ttc, it feels good just to know when doesnt it! so gorgeous your dh is so keen - and cute names too, i esp like willow and nico. i think rocco reminds me too much of a dodgy guy i snogged back when i was 17, but thats another story!! wow leila in the big kids room, man they are growing up! i dont think N could go in there yet - he still isnt walking so would get stomped all over... he is being so gorgeous now - a total chatterbox, it kind of freaks me out the things he says - points at everything now and says 'whadis' - ie what's this? and whadat (whats that) - asks for 'bottled water' - the snob! and copies evrything we say all the time - learns about 5 words a day. he has the same word for noodle and doodle which amused us no end when we went out for chinese!!!
thanks for asking re the tonsilitis - it seems to be starting to get a bit better now, but has been an awful few weeks. mum came to the cpast for a few days and made me a big batch of chicken soup which helped!!! drugs would have been better LOL!
kate - when i weaned N from night time feeding that was the hardest bit for me. i ended up bfeeding him before bed and then not til morning - kind of 'cold turkey' - get rory to do the bulk of settling at night for the next week or so til she is used to it? i found getting the day sleeps without feeding a bit easier - i still cuddle him to sleep at every sleep (or dh does) and we have only just started to try to get him down awake and pat him to sleep. once he was weaned i think his nights got a bit better... but he was waking many times until rcently. the last 2 weeks he has been very good - mainly sleeping through from about 7.30 to about 5 or 6.
MM i have been thinking so much of your ILs and their baby. i am still in shock about it. i read what you wrote to DH and he was so upset and also keeps mentioning it. when is the wedding again? i think it sounds good what you did re the gift cards, it is so hard isnt it!
had my 12 wk scan when we were away - so exciting!! baby was not moving much at 1st (hmm like his/her brother) but then woke up and wriggled around like mad. it feels a lot more real now!!
Hello ladies, I'm still in severely-restricted internet land but wanted to pop in and say hello.
Trill on your horror day out at the shops. I think the kids pick up on the restless mood in the crowds sometimes. We noticed ppl were really edgey out there but a few days later went up to town again and ppl were walking and smiling and chatting (much more relaxed). Glad your tanty worked but it would be nice to not have to resort to that! Oh I got my splaydes finally PMSL!
Nella - oh wow CONGRATULATIONS So happy for you! Are you going to the drs to get it confirmed, dates etc? Sooo exciting!
Clare, the extra day in CC will be fine and you are absolutely doing the right thing! Lucky L she has a bestie in the new room -that's great.
Re the waking up at night - it must be an age thing since DD1 started to wake frequently around the same age (I remember it like it was yesterday LOL) - I think they relate to the experience of going to bed and waking up and mummy not being there differently than when they are younger, kwim? It was around this age that we started to cut out the night feeds by sending DH in to shoosh her down with a small drink of water or milk in a sippy cup if necessary - after about 2 weeks she stopped getting up except for an early morning one (5.30-6.30) when I was quite happy to feed her in bed and snooze off for as long as we could again. Missy E has started a bit of night waking too but I think it has more to do with the weird climactic conditions (this place is 100% aircon with no natural air ventilation) and out of whack party-season bedtimes than anything else.
Moving back into our house on Wed - going up to get the keys tmrw - OMG I am so excited and completely nerve-wracked at the same time. I keep remembering all these strange litle details about the house that I'd forgotten but they're coming back the closer we get to moving in LOL. WHEW also got my uni acceptance today - looks like I posted it just in the nick of time .
Leanne's probably left already but wanted to say have a FANTASTIC time, we're all dead jealous.
Rainy good luck with the doula on Wed, hope you've got a really good connection with her!
Also, I'm looking for corporate sponsers so if anyone wants to fund my trip to Fiji for the BB get-together there, PM me :P!
ETA - PP I cracked right up when I read about Noah's noodle/doodle - I can imagine how hilarious that was!
Hayley:
lots of sleep give me an idication the boys are growing & I noticed it today trying to do the carseat buckle up. Daycare mum even commented on how they have grown in two weeks.
What if you start substituting the nite feeds with water?
I think these days, it is far more accepted that a wishing well is done. May be a bit late, an alternative could have been to do a registry with a travel agent.
Clare:
woohoo on the TTC month.
paddling pool sounded like fun. I have to make sure no dry washing is online when the boys get ing theirs. for you & L. Glad that her b/f was there to help her out, so cute with the cubbles
Kate:
I'm sorry, I'm as confused as you are about Sarah. Could it be that cow's milk mite be too light for her to sleep thro the nite?
MD:
How exciting on being able to move back in soon.
Congrats on your Uni acceptance.
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Boys had daycare today & cos they aren't going to Tues & Thurs mum's this week, today mum offered to take them.
Going to South West Rocks on Wednesday & going to take the boys for a play at the playground & down to the beach. Should be fun & interesting.
Went to a dif beach today with a g/f of mine & we just sat there talking & laughing then we wandered around town till we picked the boys up
Back from holiday, missed the last flight home but they bumped us onto the next flight free of charge so it worked out alright in the end.
Not much chance of catching up on everything, I have only had a quick skim through
Clare, could L's unsettled night be your intro into the wonderful world of molars? W has only ever cried at night for a feed but was up screaming last week when his molars were bothering him. That change room sounds disgusting! I would just change W on one of the courtesy couches if the facilities were that gross lol How is the weaning going? How are you going about it? I would like to wean but if I deny him he just hovers around whinging until he gets it lol
MD, hope the move into your new/old house goes well. Is H o.k with starting a new school next year?
Rainy, can't believe how soon your baby is coming!!!
PAP, N sounds very talkative! I thought W was going well with one new word a day, but five is amazing! What a clever boy.
Ozstar, I think Jan might be your month, we have had at least one announcement a month for a while now.
MM, I also keep thinking about your nephew. I just can't believe they think it is better to leave him sitting alone in his cot half the day rather than put him in care!
My holiday was average, the beach was nice, the IL's annoyed me no end. They have a dog that snaps at people so I didn't want it anywhere near W. So DH and I were just quietly putting it outside. It turned into a big drama because BIL (who had a head injury 5 years ago and carries the dog like a security blanket) thought it was a personal attack against him. FIL kept saying we had to be flexible when it comes to D, and to compromise but where is the compromise in a snapping dog and a small child? Just risk him being bitten sometimes when D wanted the dog inside? They were putting D's happiness (aka not losing the plot) ahead of W's safety. I usually ignore the way the cater for his every whim but not this time. So we all ended up having a huge fight. I am so glad we aren't going back there any time soon.
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so today we only had two short feeds ans she seemed quite content...watch this space! LOL!
I Blame it on being so sick this month. Talking bout bing sick, have horrid reflux since Oct & the last time I remember it like this I was preg with Jack. Damn mud cake!!
. the dog also decided to join in, so you can imagine the sight: Leila and a 50 kilo dog in one half of a shell pool splashing like it's goin' outta fashion!
will the man calm down ppl!
DH and I did that as well and we let it be known (okay, we asked our closest family members to slip the word to the other guests on the sly) that we didn't need anything. Nothing like opening presents to find either duplicates or something horrid that is hard to re-gift.
and I forgot that I hadn't put the cot side back up so went in there and lay her down again. After a bit of fidgeting she turned her head to the wall and was lying there pretty still so I left the room and she must have fallen asleep. She then woke at 7am.
on your horror day out at the shops. I think the kids pick up on the restless mood in the crowds sometimes. We noticed ppl were really edgey out there but a few days later went up to town again and ppl were walking and smiling and chatting (much more relaxed). Glad your tanty worked but it would be nice to not have to resort to that! Oh I got my splaydes finally PMSL!
So happy for you! Are you going to the drs to get it confirmed, dates etc? Sooo exciting!
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