Oh preg, are you having posting issews love???? i had to laugh when you posted this again! Sorry.
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Oh preg, are you having posting issews love???? i had to laugh when you posted this again! Sorry.
poor pregpan....are you getting frustrated love??
ahhh it's so hot here today, it's awful. i hope you're all doing well.
ROFL PP!! :ROFL: i saw that you managed to post in the forum help section though....
Noni: that is great news that the centre is good! and how awesome to see that Asha is keen!! it is a big relief when that happens.
Rainy: yep it is HOT! i have the aircon on though (doin' my bit for the environment like! LOL!).
Arte: that is tough news re the diabetes possibility. this doesnt have anything to do with GD though does it?? sorry for the silly question i am sooo clueless when it comes to this stuff...
Oz: have fun camping!! you girls are inspiring me. although the thought of sharing a tent with my crazy dream child is a little daunting (she does have the whitewater rafting dream a little too often for my liking...).
Sherie: i had to giggle at your story about the dentist assistant. in my case the girl was still in training, but because the trained one was away she had to sit through it and she was feeling woozy!! LOL! the poor thing. or rather i would of felt sorry for her if i hadnt of been getting a tooth pulled...
AFM: well a bit woozy today, but feeling better about the whole tooth gone thing. now comes the BIG operation to bring the adult tooth down into place. yeeeuuwwwww. i am not feeling sexy right now, let me just say! i hate braces, just putting it out there.
clare- have you got braces? i didn't know that.
yep, got the air-con on here too but it's not doing much, it's very old and dodgy.
noni- cc sounds great. when will asha start there?
well we got lewis' big boy bed delivered. dh still has to put it together. idk if i'm ready for him to go in it yet though :( he's still such a baby...and i think i'm going to miss sleeping with him
PAP - lol, hope your issews get sorted out soon so you can update us on how you're going!
Would mac cheese freeze OK?
Noni - that sounds like DD's centre. Only 5 bubs and they do lots with the 2 year olds, K loves it though, apparently she always wants to be with the older kids and is much happier playing with them.
Ozstar - a run, you crazy girl!! I've done two pump classes now and man I'm feeling it!!
The only wicker baskets in our house are in the bathrooms full of toilet paper!! I do have a little cane chair that my grandma gave me when I was a bub and K has one too from my sister (she climbed up herself the other day and was reading hungry caterpillar - so cute)
Trill - I know what you mean about maintaining colour - I get foils done and try to keep them fairly close to natural colour. Hides the grey, but regrowth doesn't stand out. And it means I have 3 hours to myself whenever I get it done!
cally- how is katie doing in cc now? is she loving it? how are you enjoying work?
well the most disgusting thing just happened here. i was sitting here on bb and lewis was playing in the loungeroom and then he suddenly came in and handed me his nappy which he had taken off....fair enough i thought....until i smelt a disgusting smell coming from the lounge room and realised he had done a stinky hot smelly poo on the carpet!!!!!
Rainy: yep i have braces. got them on last july. all because of this baby tooth...
yeah our aircon is finding it tough today
sounds like a good opportunity to rip out the potty for L maybe???
Cally: that is so cute about K getting up on her chair for a quick read!
Rainy L pooed in the study not long ago, so gross!!
Cally I feel so good when I exercise, I have 2 weddings in 2 months time so am using that as my goal to drop a few kg. Figure I am better trying to loose it now so that I am not a complete mess once number 2 comes along lol.
Clare you poor thing having to have all this yucky dental work.
I am in a bad mood today and cant snap out of it. Feels horrible, especially when I get mad at L when I know I wouldnt normally. Lucky he is in bed and I can just chill for a while. I am making hot chips for lunch and am going to smother them in gravy (so much for the run last night lol)
katie- you're a crack up saying you want to lose weight then eating hot chips with gravy, i love it! that is so something i would do!
i get in bad moods all the time, especially when it's this hot!
clare- oohh i had braces and they hurt! how much longer do you have to have them for?
are you serious about the potty? cos dh said that the other day. isn't it too soon?
hello hello!!! it is one FRUSTRATED PP here!!!
you have no idea what i have to do to post... but here I am!
I am so annoyed I wrote the mega-est post yesterday to catch up on everything (had taken notes and all as I was feeling the mega guilts for being MIA for so long and saw so many of you having tough times, as I have...) and it didnt work - twice... so I gave up! I will try to keep up now and will try to make up for it now, but forgive me if i miss anything or am not v descriptive! i miss you all!!
Clare - big hugs to you - how did the appt at the psychologist go today? yuk on the tooth you poor thing, but one step closer to it all being done! i think it is great that you and DH will sort things out and see someone about it all, i think the holidays bring out lots of issues and also with bubs the ago ours are the stress of it all builds up. I hope things get better soon - it really does sound like it will. L sounds like sucha gorgeous little devil - we will have to arrange another play date soon in canb or melb.
LOL at the poo stories - i havent had anything like that but N has started to make sounds when he is about to poo and also to point to his nappy when it is full... so i have been wondering re the TT but i def dont think he is ready (esp as he cant walk yet) so i guess we will do that next summer...
Katie - where do i see these wedding pics? WTG on the running, you feel so much better when you are active hey? i have just taken back up the swimming and preg yoga - and feel a lot better for it. YUM I am now craving chips and gravy!!!
Noni - YAY the CC was good and it sounds like Asha loved it... it will be good to get that day to yourself. i am finding this preg a lot harder than the last one. hilarious thinking of you poring over the DVD - do you have names in mind? i cant wait for my 20 wk scan to find out gender...
MD - sounds like you are LOVING being home... woo hoo! the pool sounds great! are you catching up with lots of people? when does uni start?
Sherie - lol at the pool - did you turn it into a spa!!??? you must have had a little smile when you saw the kids playing in there the next day! re the grey - dye them - too many yrs to embrace down the track!
Arte - how are you feeling? so sorry re the diabetes - i am sure you will do all you can to manage it all. theer are lots of factors as u would know, but i know you must be feeling awfulabout it all.
Cally - yep mac and cheese freezes - one of N's faves!
that reminds me - any tips to teach how to use spoon, fork etc?
Rainy - is L going into a bed soon> we are deliberating what to do for N before the baby is born...
OK going to go and post this before i lose it... wil be back!!
Rainy us girls are hopeless arent we. I had my chips (oven baked) but no gravy, loads of chicken salt and vinigar though.
PAP you must be getting so frustrated with your replies lol
L is in bed snuggled up to his Tigger its so cute
PAP, good to see you managed to post, that must have been very frustrating!
Ange, that was the funniest poo story I have heard in ages, I was sitting here laughing out loud, DH must have thought I was mental lol
Rainy, we have had our big boy bed for a couple of months now but honestly there is no point in putting him in there until I can get him sleeping a lot better. So it seems the cat has claimed it for herself lol.
Cally, that is really cute of K getting up on the chair to read, isn't this such a beautiful age!
Trill, I have many grey hairs. I first noticed them when I was 23(!!!!!) and they have done nothing but multiply. Everytime I pull one out I hear my mum inside my head saying 'if you pull one out, two will grow in its place'. I suspect she is right too lol. They are especially noticeable under fluroescent lighting, so everytime we go out to dinner I see them in all their glory in the restaurant bathrooms. I am not game to dye because I tried it once and big clumps of hair fell out and I had a couple of huge bald patches (P.S, when the box tells you to test a discreet spot first, test a discreet spot first!!!!)
Clare, I still have some baby teeth too. The two bottom first molars are originals, but there are no grown up teeth to replace them. They are more filling than tooth now, they just aren't made to last this long. Hope it feels better soon. GD is a big red flag for developing Type 2 Diabetes later in life, I suspect the stain on my pancreas during the last pregnancy did some damage
Noni, good to hear the cc is good, it will be great for you to have a break.
Thanks for all the nice messages re my little pity party. Facebook is a bit deceptive, I only put on the pics where my flabby bits aren't showing lol, I am really a size 16. I know that isn't that huge, but my diabetes doctor said that to have the best chance of avoiding Type 2 I should keep myself very slim - she wanted me to lose 20kg in the year after W was born and I didn't lose anywhere near that. I think I am a bit sensitive about it atm because I can't stop eating! I am sooo hungry, even 20 minutes after dinner my tummy is aching with hunger. I was extra hungry last time, but this is just crazy!
Re toilet training, after we move houses in a couple of weeks I was going to get a potty to get him used to it. Sometimes after bathtime when he is naked he will pull back the curtain and have a wee on the sliding door!!! so I am hoping to direct him into the potty. He also comes up to me and says 'Poo' and points to his nappy if it is full. Would be handy if I didn't smell him coming lol
I am so loving this talking thing! Tonight DH came in and asked me what I was cooking and W pointed and helpfully said 'Tea'.
OMG Arte, size 16 AINT FAT!! At my leanest most underweightest skinniest I would only just fit into a 16. I believe a 14 is the national average. Where did they get the 20 kg to lose thing from? From my reading, a weight loss of 5% of your start weight is enough to create healthy metabolic changes, anytime you go on to lose another 5% you get further healthy changes. Saying "you need to lose 20 kg" is an unrealistic goal to start with.
Noni, I'm sooo pleased for you finding a good cc!! I'm sure you'll all benefit.
PP - so glad you finally made it thru the glitch - we missed you!
Rainy LOL at your poo misadventure. It does get worse, I've heard stories of babies getting their nappies off in their cots and quietly painting the whole area while mum and dad sleep on LOL!
Caught up with my ex-FDC-lady-now-good-friend today. I need to get my skates on to find a new regular FDC lady too, I NEED my day off!!
Hi girls!
YAY PP!! great to see you back!! oooh not long til you find out what colour bundle you are carrying!!! how exciting! we have missed you big time! and yeah a playdate would be really fun :)
Arte: ah I see. wow i didnt realise that GD could be so serious (naive i know!). big hugs.
i know, i didnt realise how common retained baby teeth were. unfortunately i do have an adult tooth behind and it was the one causing the dramas. cant wait for it all to be fixed...time machine anyone??
Rainy: we are about to buy a potty. we aren't gonna stress the issue, but Leila does let us know when she needs to poo so am thinking that if we point at the potty occasionally we can take it nice and slow. also i read (or heard?) somewhere that if you have the potty around and let bubs explore/play with it without any real pressure to use it, then it can make the transition less stressful (sounds too good to be true though LOL!). that said, my neighbour down the road has been doing this for 2 months now (her son is 4 weeks older than Leila) and he now uses it. his mum has to tell him to go to the potty when we tells her he needs to go....
unfortunately it's a 2 year stint on the braces and i am only 9 months in.....arrrghhhh!
AFM: well went off to see the psychologist today and it was not great. i feel more relieved (so that's something!). but yeah basically all our troubles are to do with the PND (yay for me!). so she has referred me to see psychiatrist to see if i need to get meds (WTF??? here i was thinking i was on the road to recovery...urgghh). at least the lady i am seeing is meant to be one of the leading ladies for PND internationally, so i will be in good hands. DH also has to come for support.
so not sure what to make of that...
Leila on the other hand is just the cutest lately. like many of you have been describing it is so fun having little conversations with them! i love that she shows me her toys and explains her games or that i can ask her if she wants something to eat or drink and she can tell me yes, no, or maybe something else to eat instead. so much fun!!
Clare - Sorry to hear that you are still having a rough time with PND. Have you ever been on meds for it? Good luck with the psychiatrist, sounds like you are in good hands with her. :hug:
Rainy - LMAO at L pooing on the carpet. Sorry!!
Arte - Aww you poor thing! Lose 20kgs far out thats massive! If it helps I think you look fine & I wouldnt call size 16 fat. W is very clever with his talking by the sounds of it.
PP - LOL sorry I had to have a laugh at well, glad you finally got around to posting hehe. How is your pregnancy going?
MD - Yep apparently my DP was a terrible one for ripping off the nappy in the cot...yuck.
Oz - Hope you are feeling a bit better mood wise now. Dont worry we all have our grumpy bum days where we just need 5 mins of peace. Good luck with the weight loss.
Cally - I freeze pasta alot, it seems to turn out ok once its defrosted.
Trillian - My hair looks terrible atm, its such a mission to keep the colour looking decent. I just buy a packet of colour from woolies. I feed M alot of pasta too as she is a huge fan of it & I know that she will always eat it.
Anyway must go to bed but I will be back on tomorrow to say a bit more hehe. Hi & sorry to all those I missed on personals.
morning all...
Clare - wow that must be hard to get your head around and I am sure you ARE on the road to recovery - it is just perhaps a longer road than you thought. It sounds like you are in good hands with the psychiatrist - I am sure you will get it all under control. What does your DH think? I am glad you feel relieved and it must feel good to be doing something more about it - hugs to you! those play dates may not be too long off, i think we have decided to move back to melb after the baby is born (did i tell you guys that already - sorry i forget what worked on posting and what didnt the last few days)...
MM - when is your wedding again? thanks for asking re the pregnancy - it is going well. i had a hard time there for a month or 2 with the gastritis and stomach ulcer and then a horrible bout of tonsilitis but doing a lot better now and starting to enjoy the preg a lot more than i had been. i am off to the OB again today which is exciting! i THINK i felt the first few movements this morning - teeny tiny little 'pokes' - jusy like i felt with Noah last time (this is a lot earlier though).. so it is all getting exciting! it is a v diff feeling for me/DH with the 2nd preg thats for sure... i cant wait to find out gender - yes partly so i can start shopping!!!
Just a quickie to say thanks a lot Rainy- I was eating breakfast when I read that! Automatic gag story that one. Okay off now to throw the rest of my weetbix away. lol
Yay Pregpan for teeny tiny little pokes! That's just gorgeous and I'm grinning from ear to ear for you!
Clare, :hug:. I too am sure you're recovering, but just remember recovery isn't a thing that you just get one day, it's a long process of healing and integration. As a past sufferer of depression I know in myself I will always have to look after myself more carefully than other ppl do, that I will always need to work to achieve balance in my emotional state & all the other parts of my life. I call it "self maintenance". I hope the psych is as good as she is cracked up to be, and that you get clarity and balance soon. xx
MM - better hope that pulling nappies off isn't hereditary LOL!
Re TT - last time we started with a potty but never really used it as it just encouraged DD to pee in her sandpit buckets (being small round coloured plastic things) so we just went straight for the toilet using a child step and seat thingy. Might bypass the potty altogether this time. I expect we'll start looking for signs of readiness after her next birthday - the weather will be warming up by then too.