Babies Born September 2007 #42

Cally: man oh man that sounds like quite a night. Leila hasnt started on the molars yet and i can tell ya i aint lookin' forward to it LOL!

MM: OMG, reading about your SIL sounds like a script from B&B!! in her undies around the house?? Puh-lease! good on you for having the size 6 skirt! never throw it out now! LOL! i always feel a bit prettier with size 6 sportsgirl one on (i swear it should be a 10! LOL probably a printing mistake LOL!).
sounds like the bub is just a bit of a fashion statement to me. and as for praharan, well dont get me started. i went to the markets there ONCE. saw some little woven bags to buy that people were using at the market for their vegies and they were almost $100!! :o. it's all about the image down there. and as a bugaboo pram owner i held my head in shame as many of the mums there had them and were prancing around with their dolce and gabbana this and that and their kids had the prada sandals....I mean, it's one thing to have money to spend, but it's another thing to know how to live well.

Oi - it isnt a Prahran thing...

Oh Clare I was so suprised at the amount of bugaboo prams getting around in Melbourne! They are good looking prams though. As for the size 6 skirt, I suspect the sizing on mine is wrong too but I wouldnt admit that to her haha!

Pregpan - Are you in Prahran? Didnt mean to offend! :redface:

Cally - What a lovely DH you have!

hayley-****!!! i just want to cut sick about your sil!! she is horrible.
there ds sounds like he has had his spirit broken- poor little thing. my dog is not even that well trained!! sleeping till 11am, is that a joke? stupiod pharaharahanan or however you spell it, who cares???? snob!!!
ok, i've calmed down a little now...just let me say...lewis has never slept through the night once the whole time he has been alive. he refuses to go in his cot ever!!! and will only sleep in one of teh big beds in our house or the couch or the car. when i went away recently with some girlfriends he woke up at 1am and screamed for about an hour and refused to go back to sleep and woke up other babies...um...what else...i just took him to freedom furniture to check out couches and he picked up round candles off the tables and threw them down the aisle like cricket balls, then he jumped and dove from one couch to the other head first...one of the reasons i am refusing to go to sydney for xmas this year is that i know i will get hassled non stop about my mothering- he should never be in your bed, you need to leave him to cry it out, stop carrying him everywhere, he's spoilt, don't let him eat from your plate, he needs to be disciplined, don't go to him when he cries- gggrrrrr, it never stops and i hate it!!!! i tell you one thing though, no one would evr come to my house and say that my boy never smiled or just seemed to sit there all the time like your sil's ds...and i think that's friggin great. now...send me her address and i'll get dh to go around there and disconnect all their power.

can i just add...
was she parading around in a bra and undies in front of your df???
i want to smack her out.

Hahaha thanks Rainy!!! Might just have to take you up on that power disconnection offer! ;) I know, its so hard with family, its even harder when you have cousins that are 4 months apart. I thought I would have a hard time with the MIL in Melb, but she was mild compared to my SIL. It just sucks because as mothers we know how hard it can be sometimes, we should support one another not be in competition. Everything you said that your family would say to you about L, was said to us. Yes in bed till 11am, we could hear him making a noise and the MIL a few times went to pick him up and was firmly told 'no he has to learn'. I mean ffs Maddie was up, running around & playing. Needless to say the inlaws are disgusted as well and my MIL was in a foul mood on the last day, so she said a few things she may be regretting now but they needed to hear it. I agree, M has her full on days but she is such a happy child & always laughing. My BIL actually asked me when she started laughing lots and babbling, and I was like ummmm around 6 months, he was shocked because their 11 month old barely says boo, but no suprise because when he does he is shushed. What can you do?! And yes she did parade around in front of my DF dressed in her undies, poor guy didnt know where to look. I dont know why someone would stoop that low to prove a point, I seriously didnt care and a number of times I loudly mentioned that I eat whatever I want in moderation of course, I dont do diets, & I will be hitting the beach in my bikini this summer hahahaha!

i honestly can't believe they will just leave the poor kid until 11am. i'm sorry, but i think that is so mean. sounds like v lazy parenting to me.
my mil once said to me 'don't you ever just leave that kid to cry himself to sleep?" ummm, NO!!!
i agree, they should be supporting you in your parenting, not criticising you and telling you what to do. that is so sad that that poor little boy doesn't laugh and babble like the gorgeous maddie does. i want to steal him away for a week and let him run a muck at my house waking up at 6am, crawling all over the furniture and rubbing chocolate ice cream all over the dog! then he would laugh

one more thing..the last time i wore a size 6 skirt was when i was actually age 6.

Ok let me explain the 11am situation in more detail. He does wake and gets up at around 6am, his mum gives him his morning bottle and gets herself ready for work. She leaves the house around 7am and he is put back into bed from 7am to 11am, while the father sleeps in. She works till 1pm, comes home, and he leaves for work late in the arvo and works till the early hours of the morning, hence his need to sleep in. However we were all worried about this as he is put back into the cot around 7am with stacks of toys, in the hope he will fall asleep, or if not has plenty of toys to keep him happy till dad gets him up at 11am. Apparently sometimes he cries but they leave him so he can 'learn' that he cant get up yet, and the dad puts ear plugs in. Its disgusting. This is an example of how they treat their son like a robot.

Something else while I remember, this little boy eats like a trooper, he devours everything in sight but he's a tiny little thing, its suprising. Anyway so he had his dinner, ate stacks, triple what M had, and she gave him his bed time bottle. Well for the first time ever he didnt finish his bottle, which wasnt a suprise to me as he surely couldnt fit it in. So she got really frustrated, she is holding the poor boy down with the teat in his mouth, trying to force him to drink. There was literally 30mls left, ffs get over it. He was bawling and trying to get away from it. Eventually he knocks it away, she picks him up, and storms off to put him to bed and kicks the bottle into the wall violently on the way. It really was distressing to watch, MIL just looked at one another like wtf! They are just so controlling of him, everything has to be perfect, everything has to be done on the time on the dot. I just wanted to scream, HE'S A BABY!!!!!

Hey everyone!

H, all I have to say about all that is even though M can be quite a handful at times (and what 15mo isn't a handful?) at least she will know that she is loved. The way they treat that boy is going to come back and bite them on the ass big time - it's all karma baby!

G, great to hear the appt went well for you.
PP, I had a bit of scar tissue and adhesions on my bowel removed as well as adhesions in a few other places. How are things for you now? is it settling?
Ange, and how are things for you too?
I guess MD will be nearly ready to get the show on the road by now?
Noni, how has the m/s been?
Cally, at least if she does get chicken pox you wont have to worry about the vaccination for it. Well done for your DH too! he must have been as excited as his students were waiting for the results.

AFM, Yesterday the big two had their presentation day and Erin got an award (as all kindergarten students do each year) and Lindsay got the Music award (which was a $15 book voucher) and also the Jay Tucker Memorial Award for Kindness, which is a trophy award that goes to a student in year 2 who displays kindness to all their peers etc. Jay Tucker was a little boy who had muscular dystrophy and a few other disabilities and he only made it to year 2 at school before he passed away and the award is in recognition of kindness to exemplify the kindness shown to him by his peers etc. I was so proud of him it made me cry LOL - I had no idea he was getting it. He is underwhelmed by it all and I don't think he realises just how special an award it is because afterwards he asked my why everyone was saying congratulations to him.

I also got the bill for the anaesthetist in the mail yesterday and I thought I was in surgery for a while cause I went in at 8.30am and when I woke up in recovery it was 9.50 and in his quote he said my out of pocket would be up to $300 depending on the length of the surgery and it came in at $272. Thank god we have PHI this time though.

Not much else going on really. Last day of school tomorrow YAY, but I don't know if I will send them or not, seems like too much effort to get them ready LOL.

Ohhh Trill that made me tear up as well, good on him! That is a very special award, I would be so proud as well if he was my son. Obviously you have done well with teaching him the values of empathy & kindness. Well done to Erin as well.

OMG earlier today M went down for her nap, all was well until she started screaming like she was in pain. So I rushed in & there she is, with her chubba legs well and truly both wedged through the bars in the cot. I tried to pull her out but they were firmly stuck and I was worried about dislocating her legs or something. SO I thought fast and got some butter from the fridge, oiled up her legs, and she slipped out. LOL I had a little laugh about it once I had her out, but at the time I didnt know what to do!! Good story for her 21st hey

oh sherie- i would be so proud of your boy! that is way better than any kind of academic award i reckon. what a sweetheart.

mm- sorry but i had to laugh at little butterlegs!
i am getting more and more upset the more you tell me about your sil. i think it's so mean to just leave the poor little man sitting in his cot alone for 4 hours a day.

Howdy all, sorry been reading and not posting again.

MM I had to laugh at poor M getting stuck. I have the image in my head and am still giggling. Make sure you write that one down for her 21st birthday speech.
Your poor little nephew, must have been horrible to watch. With regards to feeling like a crap mum, we all do at some stage. My neighbour and I were comparing notes today on just how stressful our children are being at the moment lol.

Sherie I had a tear as I read about L's award. You must be so proud.

I really cant remember anything else I read, lol. Got my hair done tonight and it is super blonde. Have a busy weekend ahead before we leave for the big drive to Sydney on Tuesday. I can't wait for Christmas this year there is 9 kids aged 1-12 and Santa is swinging by with presents on Christmas Eve.

ETA check out Renstar's gallery she was my BB model the other week.

Katie, I love the pics you did - they're great!

hey everyone,
not keeping up as usual these days!!
went to the dr yesterday for a range of things.. ashas been sick for around 2 weeks now on and off with dioreah (sp?) n ive had it on and off too.. dr said he thinks shes fine but because shes had it so long he wants us to collect a sample of her poo to test to make sure its not a parasite yuuuuukk collecting poo another glamerous part of motherhood!! hopefully her next poo will be solid and i wont have to worry about it hehe.. also had my bloodtest and got my referal for the hospital i want to go to.. man they took so much blood i still feel like a zombie!! and we had to do groceries afterwards when i prob just shoulda gone home and rested which isnt helping the situation!!
havnt been feeling overly pregnant lately, not very sick at all apart from the tummy bug on and off and the tiredness.. actually starting to worry because i was kinda starting to feel sick and now its tapered off.. am hoping my blood test results come in asap so i can know if everythings going as it should with the hcg or whatever it is lol..
mm - that poor baby!! i mean the situation is hard obviously but imo the child would be better off in care or with a relative or something for that time poor little thing shouldnt have to stay in bed gosh thats just awful!!
trill - had a laugh at ur little quote from paige as asha got given a couple of thos magic elves by santa at the shopping centre and we let her have one and she kept opening and closing her mouth and sort of clicking and going on lol and it wasnt till later when i had one that i realised they have that popping candy in them haha..
hi to everyone else sorry im really slack with personals atm just sooo drained and tired and asha has ofc been extra cheeky just when i cant handle it!!!

Hi everyone

I haven't been on bb in ages and I miss you guys so much. :(
Hopefully one day I'll be able to sit down and catch up with you all. Have a great weekend.

MM - oh, that poor little boy, sitting in his cot for hours every morning! And wandering around in front of your DF in her undies!! That's just weird! Did you get a photo of M with her legs stuck?

Trill - well done to L on his award, that is so special. You've raised a gorgeous little boy.

Rainy - lol at getting DH to turn off the power!

Another unsettled night last night. Will try some of the Brauers teething stuff, although the SM33 made no difference the other night.

Hi girls!!

JaZMum: hello there!! oh trust me i have been only able to do drop in lines too lately! it is a crazy time of year that's for sure!

MM: that is slightly disturbing of your SIL. i'm guessing that their anger management is not so cheery...
that is soo funny about M with the butter legs!! how much butter did it take? and what did she think of it all?? LOL!

PP: he he he! no i guess it's not the suburb so much as some of the wanna-be's that feel that maybe the place will rub off on them... the same way where i live we get the junkies and underworld hanging out trying to look important and 'scary'.

oohh which reminds me, i was driving down in collingwood the other day and saw all the drama unfold with Chopper Reed!! it was moderately interesting to watch while i waited for the lights to change LOL!

Noni: get some iron into ya!! i felt a bit woozy after my tests too. maybe a mushroom sauce with a nice steak wont go astray :)
poor asha with the runs. thats gotta suck big time for you having to collect 'samples', especially with m/s :o

Sherie: oh how proud a mumma must you be?!!!! congrats to your little man! how cute that he didnt really know what the fuss was all about!

AFM: not much happening. enjoying the L free time today as the tanties have been escalating lately and the time out is nice! i think she has been a bit bored lately as the weather is really boring ATM. rainy and windy and cold. so not much outside time which is her favourite.
we went to a house auction last night and Leila saw it as an opportunity to bust out the dance moves in front of EVERYONE :o. it was sooo funny, i had to rather quickly usher her out of the limelight, but the girl loves to boogy!

katie: hope you are over the tummy bug.

Leanne: i think i missed something, do you mean dacquaries? ooh, i love them, have to have them when i go to the casino in bris, every time!

Renee: we did the photo xmas cards last year & they were a hit with everyone. one of the ladies I worked with, still has it on her desk!

Marydean: Hope your wrist is okay. There is nothing worse than pains in your wrists when you need them, especially then. I had both my wrists bandaged whilst preg with Alex by the time I left work.

Supablondie: Hi. I understand what you mean bout being jealous & not at the same time. I am however, in a way, envious of the girls who are, esp wen I see my boys tend to & fuss over babies.

Hayley: the $1000 is a gift to anyone who was earning FTB's as at the date that it was determined. Has nothing to do with income, It may be diff if you were receiving FTB & not supposed to.
:hug: I hope coming off the pill helps, even if you try a diff one. Hun, I'd rather have M than this other kid, even if Hayley wakes up during the nite & wants to get out of a pram. To me, that is a healthy child who loves to explore & interact.

Rainy: Congrats!! on getting married.

JG: hope you are feeling better soon

Arte: contrats on the house. :hug:, sorry to hear your DH was unsupportive about what you purchased.

Preg: :hug:

Clare: OMG on the poo. Jack was a lil similar on Tuesday, I layed him down to change his nappy & it was running out the sides & i knew I cldn't get the nappy off without making more off a mess so i pick him up & carry him, by one arm one leg, to the bathroom then had to strip my friends bed. I hope L is okay.

Fal: I hear you on the gastro! I came down sick on Tuesday, & still feel sick today (being Friday). Sorry to hear you had to miss your breaky.

Cally: I was warned a few weeks back that chicken pox was circling daycare & all I said to the lady was "good". I'd much rather have the boys with chicken pox now than like me & never have them. I hope you don't get them for Xmas tho.


sorry if my posts are all out .. i've read pages in wrong order, help from a kid!


AFM: QLD was good. So was seeing my mum & step-dad. Alex had a ball with Nah & they rode those horses on a stick around the house. Then we spent some time with Ammy & her 3 kids (they came down in September, with the newborn) & then to another friends with 3 kids tho one was away. Lots of kids for the boys to play with, always good. Then we went to K8 & Ben's (jacks guardian's) where the boys absolutely love & they played with Amanda. Then on the Sunday we went to a park where we met up with ex-DH's family & had a morning tea (supplied by me & k8). On Monday we went to hillcrest for the nite. Getting ready to come home on the tuesday, we get up, boys have runny nappy's & then I end up in the toilet. After a bit I was heaving my guts up & my friend heard & felt so bad for me. We ended up staying two more nites & finally got home l8 yst afternoon, still not feeling 100% but we are home! Only to find that the freezer door had come open & had partially defrosted itself.

Observant kids: They are clever ... I looked up one day to see Alex waddling around with a pad between his legs, he had even unwrapped it.

Alex is talking a mile a minute lately & I have no idea what he is saying. Jack has a few new words inc "uck" which is all he said this morning. He also claps & says "yay" when i go to the toilet (copying from when i was toilet traning alex).

To all the pg ladies: hope you are feeling well today

Hope everyone else is well today also.

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