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Clare - I hear you on the the PND front. After DH and I had our latest big talk, it seemed to all point back to me and PND. My doctor recently changed my meds so fingers crossed this one works better. I'm mainly working on keeping the lines of communication open between us so that we don't get to the point of no return.
I, too, had braces. So not fun but I'm sure its even more annoying when you are older. I had mine in late highschool and felt ridiculous. Although being called shredder wasn't a huge help :lol:
PAP - So glad the posting worked for you. Good luck at the ob and congrats on the move decision.
Potty - I brought S one from Ikea for $4.95 and want to get another 2 to have around the place. This one is in the bathroom so that she gets on before her bath. Although I have found it in every other room of the house at some point or another. I think its beside our bed at the moment. :wall: Maybe its lucky she doesn't use it properly yet. ;)
Rainy - Try putting Ls nappy on backwards so that he can't reach the tabs perhaps. My sister did that for her son when he started pulling his nappy off.
Sarah just heard a message come through on my mobile so she ran off to get it and brought it to me. How cute is that? Not that I get many messages or spend half my day on my phone. :shhh:
Noni - nice work on the new day care place. I'm trying to get S into FDC and went for a meeting monday. After filling out all the paperwork and paying the admin fee ($20) she finally tells me where the mum is and its 15 mins away. Doesn't sound much but I told her at the end of last year when I rang to put my name down that I was happy to wait until the beginning of the year, when they re arrange and lose kids to school etc, that I wanted someone within my vicinity. So now have to wait for them to find someone else.
Gotta go....Little Miss needs a nap before swimming and shes pulling on my leg to get attention. BBL
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Kate, re the FDC sometimes you just need to keep ringing and asking. Repeat what you want a lot. And if you get someone really helpful at the office write their name down and ask for them next time you ring. Don't be afraid to say a particular carer isn't going to be suitable for you. It helps if you have a deadline for when you want to start care because they've got to start producing names more quickly then! Goodluck, I hope you find the perfect carer just down the road from you! :)
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good morning gorgeous mummas
PP thats so exciting that you can feel little kicks, such an awesome feeling isn't it.
MD I am not TT till after next birthday either, unless of course I get some clear signs he is ready. Thought the warmer weather would help with drying all the accidents lol and some nudie time in the backyard.
Rainy I meant to say that when L is in sposies at home we use Aldi nappy pants otherwise he has a habit of taking his nappy off.
Kate good to see ya love!.
MM feeling so much better today, except this heat. It was 30 degrees at 8am. I have washing out and now they are saying to expect showers......fantastic.
Just bought Logan some little cheese flavoured rice cakes and he loves them. You get heaps in a pack too. Have been looking for lots of healthy things I can take when we go out, I got these biscuits in the health food shop but they were $8 for 5 little packs. He also loves the boost berry thingos (very descriptive lol). Does everyone elses child try to feed them everything they are eating? Especially the already sucked on food???
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"Whinge warning"
This morning I went in to get K up - she was all happy in her cot, had her arms up ready to be picked up. Then it went rapidly down hill. She didn't want to stay in her room, but wasn't happy in the family room. Didn't want her sleeping bag on, didn't want me to take it off. Didn't want to be held, but didn't want to be put down. Not happy with milk or water, didn't want food. After 10 minutes of her screaming and me getting super frustrated, DH got up. He walked in, told me to go and have a shower and he would look after her. I just burst into tears, he picked her up and the little bugger grinned and gave me a thumbs up! She's done this a few times lately, just nothing seems to work, but today was definitely the worst. She just makes me so frustrated sometimes and I am a bit jealous of how she likes DH so much more.
OK feeling better now (but am still going to go and get a lamington to cheer myself up)
Rainy - DD loves childcare. She went yesterday so she doesn't forget it while DH is on holidays and after we had put her bag away, she pointed at the door (telling me where to go), gave me a kiss and then got stuck into the playdough.
PP - welcome back!! Glad you are feeling better with your shocking run of sicknesses there!
Oz - K only gives us food if we ask which is definitely good.
Arte - oh dear for the bald patches, that doens't sound like a good look at all.
Was starting to think K was weaning after no feeds at all on Mon or Tues. She did have some this morning though after we all calmed down a bit (although she got upset when I put the second side away - anyone else finish the 1st side quickly and then spend 3 times as long on the second side? It doesn't matter which side is first)
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aaah Cally I know those mornings. Hope the lammo helped!
some days N prefers DH sometimes me I am sure K is the same - it just doesnt always feel that way...
Kate I agree with MD re the FDC just keep bugging them and you will get what you want. I found really getting a personal bond with the coordinator good too, and being v open about what I liked and didnt like was good - and I 'rejected' 3 ladies before I found the right one for us - they were all nice enough etc but just didnt gel and werent 100% what i needed for N at the time.
Oz - yep N tries to feed me chewed food - GROSS! i am also hunting for new snacks - some ideas i have bought recently (i am getting much slacker on the cooking front) - brown rice crackers, muesli bars (the baby ones), sultanas, grapes/blueberries etc (though not as good to lug around as perishable), dried apple. he also wont eat from a spoon but LOVES to suck on a raffertys puree (vege/fruit) so they come in handy sometimes - when he was sick from the MMR and wouldnt eat they were great. if i am cooking i make corn and cheese muffins or pikelets whcih are also good. i find N is a bit of a grazer these days so snacks are becoming important. he also LOVES criossants - so they are good to pick up if we are out.
OB went well - all good with me though he wants me to go to a specialist re the ulcer - he will work with that specialist for a treatment plan while preg... as my MS is kinda back they are worried abbout a flare up. heard bubbas heart beating away and all booked in for 20 wk scan - yee haa!
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PP L is a grazer too, I make sugar free mini muffins and piklets with fruit or Sultanans, mind you I havent cooked in a while and probably should. He loves fruit so I take what I can but hate when it goes yuck! Might try a few of your suggestions though. Good to hear all went well with the OB, you PG girls are making me so clucky with all your scans and gorgeous little kicks and heartbeats!!
It is hot and humid here, L wants to play outside but its just to warm. Hopefully we get a storm later. Once Dh is home he can put the sprinkler on for L to play in.
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Oz - M loves the boost fruit bite thingos as well. They are handy to take out & about as they are in their seperate little packs. As for the rice crackers, we were buying the mini ones in the baby isle & M loved the tomato ones that Heinz do. Well we power through them, so lately I've been buying normal coles brand tomato & basil ones in the 'adult isle' & just break them into pieces for her. Loves them & much cheaper. Another thing M loves if we are out & about & decide to have lunch is tuna sushi lol. M is the same with always wanting to go outdoors but lately its just too hot during the day, late arvo is best.
PP - Glad to hear the scan went well & baby is healthy. Hope the ulcer hasnt flared up.
Kate - Good luck with finding a suitable FDC!
Cally - What a way to start the day. I hope theres calm at your place now. :hug:
I just took my wedding dress for alterations as the big day is 6 weeks away now. Its going to cost me $200 and then she is making me a veil, $130!!!! Theres also a couple of barely there scuff marks on the train, as my dress was an off the rack, & the dressmaker said it looks bad I need to get it drycleaned. So I've just spent the morning racing around drycleaners trying to find someone with decent pricing, but they all want over $300. The last guy I went to said the dressmaker is being pedantic, dont bother you can hardly see it. Glad he said that to me because thats what I thought all along lol. I've had a busy morning, thank god my sister baby sat M for me.
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just quickly- what are these boost fruit thingies you're all talking about?
bbl for personals xoxo
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G, they are in the supermarket in the aisle where all the muesli bars and rollups and everything like that are - at least they are in our supermarket.
I don't give A dried fruit as it always has sulphites in them - even ones from the healthfood shops and they aren't any good for anyone. The recommended amount of dried fruit for a child is 1 apricot half (this was according to someone who advocates preservative free foods etc, it was years ago I heard about this) plus they are a known allergen for some people and is a trigger for eczema, so I steer clear. I tend to give him fruit, or the trident/fantastic brand rice crackers and those fruit finger things - there is a brand I buy that has no preservatives in them. he will have arrowroot biccies too occasionally. But fruit is his biggest fave for snacking. I have a little ice brick I use for when it's hot to keep it fresh.
Clare :hug: hun. Maybe she feels that the meds will help you along, it's not easy trying to overcome it on your own.
H, HOLY COW!!!! Are you sure it's only 6wks and not 6mths? ;) that's gone so fast! If you can hardly see the marks, then don't worry about getting it cleaned now cause as soon as you put in on for the big day - it's going to get dirty again no matter how hard you try to keep it off the ground etc. So not worth the cleaning fee to only have to do it afterwards anyway. But $300 is a rip off - I paid less than $50 to have mine professionally cleaned and $50 to have it properly boxed in tissue paper.
PP, great to hear everything is well with you and the baby. I bet you'll keep it to yourself again what flavour you're having wont you? ;)
Cally, don't worry about K and her Daddy, it's all circles and roundabouts hun - soon she will be mummy's girl again and Daddy wont even get a look in.
Re the pottys, I got one for Lindsay and had it about the place etc, but all he would do was wear it on his head as a hat and refuse point blank to use it. He was nearly 3 before he was TT (in the January before he turned 3 in the feb) and he was completely trained day and night in 3 wks. The girls were day TT by 2, but night TT a bit later - I think it was only about 3mths and they were night TT too. I plan to start Alister this September if he's ready.
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Trill I have found sulphite free dried fruit at my local health food shop - I am a stickler for that too. you are right though it is hard to find...
yep i will be keeping it quiet what i am having - you can all guess away!!!
i am having fun now trying to come up with names. DH wont play ball and only wants to choose when we know gender. what's the fun in that???
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Huh!? What is a sulphite? Whoops lol.
Trillian - YES 6 weeks ahhhh! $50 thats a bargain. I could not find a single drycleaner under $300, even after I said the dress is spotless apart from a couple of patches on the train. Seriously though you wouldnt notice it unless you bent down to look closely at it. I'm too scared to call the dressmaker lady now & tell her I aint drycleaning it lol!
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Mind you H, that was nearly 9 years ago now LOL. tell her you will get it done once the alterations are done - she's hardly going to track you down and check ROFL (well at least I hope not, cause that's seriously crazy) Sulphites are preservatives used in drying fruit. They can also cause breathing problems in Asthmatics.
P, no fun at all in that LOL. Tell him he's playing the easy way ;)
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I just read the boost packets and it says contains more then 10mg/kg of sulphites.
PP I am guessing a little girl. Your dh is no fun at all.
Rainy the boost thingos are in the healthfood bit at our Coles, havent seen them at Woolies but my Woolies is a small one.
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OKy so just caught up on all the things happening in here - feeli like I am an intruder!! But I did want to ask a few questions seeing our bubs are the same age.
1. Who's kids are in a big bed/toddler bed? Or when do you plan to put them in one?
I kind of assumed that Mackenzie would be a least 2 before I considered this but not really sure.
2. When do you plan on TT? I read some threads that said around 2nd birthday and that sounds like a plan for me too but will def not push it unless she is ready.
3. How many words are they all saying? Mackenzie says the usual mum, dad, nan as well as do (dog), do (dorothy) and du (duck). Nothing else really unless you count the gibbberish! Does this sound normal to you guys?
Thanks for your answers!
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Hi JordieC, My M is at the same sort of stage as your M with language, with the mum, dad, bub etc & not much else lol. I think its normal, at least I'm not worrying, she chatters away in her own little language all day long. I think as long as they are making sounds, babbling etc at this age they are doing fine. As for a big bed, no we are still in the cot. TT I have noooo idea about this one?
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Clare:
Normally Alex walks away from the table & once Jack has finished his bowl he swaps seats & dig into Alex's.
Ooh, am jealous on the clean house. Wish I could get mine into order. Was talking to Tracey bout it, & I seem to think cause it was chaos when I walked in after it was unloaded from the truck, it's always felt like caos hence why I never seem to get in under control.
Well done on the dinner party after the dentist. I had two teeth ripped out (one surgical) in Qld in April & was supposed to drive home (to NSW) the next day! Rofl
I am wondering if refering you to see bout Meds is a precautionary measure.
MD:
Sounds like your trip to Ikea was fun. TBH, I've never been to an Ikea :o
Noni:
How'd you go with getting the vegiemite cleaned up?
Arte:
:hug: hope everything is okay on the diabeties front.
Just a thought on the milk front, have you offered flavoured milk instead of plain normal milk?
Trill:
Alister sounds like Alex with the food. Tho Jack grazes all day & then feasts at dinner.
I use a sports bag when it comes to going to the pool etc. Then I use it again for daycare. Love the thing, & its Thomas. One of the ends zip off to come as a backpack even :D
Rainy:
Awesome the bed has arrived & been assembled. Alex has been climbing into my bed the last 3 nites. I think I'll keep Jack in his cot for a while yet. Not sure I'm ready for two roaming the house in the wee hours! haha
PML big time .. I am sorry .. I'm just reading your post from yst & the poo on the carpet. I think its soo funny cos I have been there in the last 3mths with Alex! Thou the other day, I looked down at Alex & his bum was in the air & as I watched him, I could see this Poo slowly coming out of his bum! OMG, was lucky Jack has brought the potty into the lounge room a bit earlier.
Katie:
ROFL, yes, Jack loves to shove his soggy food into my mouth!
Cally:
:hug: don't you h8 times like that, when they want someone else instead of you.
Hayley:
Wat a morning you had! Wat are you going to do? You going to get it drycleaned?
JordieC:
Hi. My bubs is still in the cot as he is comfortable there & he know's its his bed. TT, if he doesn't do it in the nxt 2 mths, prob start next spring. Tho its hard to say with his older bro being 13mths older & he loves copying him. Words: has a big vocab, bout a dozen.
AFU:
Been an interesting few days.
I did a 3 card tarot spread on monday & my future card was the lovers card saying to have faith. Then on Tues I spoke to my ex briefly & he wants to come down & talk to me bout our future (but won't do it over the phone) & he basically told me to have some faith. He said he is going to try & come down in the next month. I'm trying not to think bout it cos I don't want to get excited just in case.
Took the boys to D/C on Tues & the mum tells me she is resigning & that she has arranged for the boys Mon mum to take them on a Fri (that was her only opening) & then when I pick them up, she's been talking to head office & the approved friday's & wld be willing to find me a 2nd mum for the boys 3rd day. Today I get a call from mon's mum offering to take the boys on a Thurs & confirming Fri's. So know she'll have the boys the 3 days the go.
Talking to the mum yst, she gave me the biggest compliment. She said the boys are two of the best behaved kids she has in her care & she is going to miss them. She never has a prob with them. OMG!!!!
Jack has been soo sweet as of late, giving mummy lots of hugs & kisses
off to start getting ready for the slumber position .. nite!!
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Andie - No I'm definately not going to dryclean it at that price, especially seeing as I am getting married in a park lol. Wow thats a good sign, I hope it all works out the way you want it to with your ex.
Sorry girls but I need to get a MIL rant off my chest. After the big blow up between us a few weeks ago I thought we had finally made peace. I felt that maybe she was feeling a bit left out with the wedding planning & all so gave her the job of organising the wedding cake. While she was at it she found an ugly ugly flowergirl dress, took a pic on her mobile, & sent it to me asking if I liked it. I kindly wrote back to be honest no, besides M already has a dress. I knew she didnt like M's dress, when I showed it to her she screwed up her face. Anyway I ignored it. So now that I've said no to this ugly over the top marshmallow dress, she is ignoring me. I sent her an email a few days ago updating her on the wedding plans & Maddie etc, & she hasnt written back. She always writes back that day or the next as she is always online. I know another thing annoying her is the fact that I said we are taking M on our honeymoon, as we will be gone for 10 days. I am so over trying with this immature woman. I would love to have a MIL that I could get along with, instead I'm dealing with her petty little problems. Ahhh rant over lol sorry all.
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ahhhhhh hayley!!! she is soooo immature....just reading your post i had flashbacks of my mil standing on my driveway yelling at me 'you took my son away from me!!!!" waaaaaa!!!!!! what the hell is wrong with these women!!! why is so controlling over you?? i can't believe her! why does she have a problem with you taking m on your honeymoon? what does your df think about it all? i really think he needs to get some balls and have a chat to her....
andie- i'm soooo excited about your ex coming to see you, i'm jumping out of my skin! i really hope it works out for you.
