Leanne - New brumm brumm - how exciting!! What sort are you getting? Aqua Circuit sounds great! I'm looking fwd to going back to the Nanna gym next week when my bum's not so sore any more.
Arte - sounds like you're getting cabin fever. Well, unless W is actively fevering/feeling unwell, I'd take him out anyway. Seriously if you do you will notice that there is an awful lot of snotty kids out there. Snot by itself is not reason to keep them at home. Of course if you're feeling worse after this time yourself you need to go to the drs!! Is there somewhere like a community house with a creche nearby, or occasional care where you could drop him off to play for a couple of hours and just roam around, fancy-free for a bit? I'm the first to admit FDC is my personal sanity-saver. Pity we don't live near by, you could come around to my place for biscuits and slices and W could teach E how to talk PMSL.
PP - soo sad to hear your FDC lady's neice has passed away. I'm sure the picture and the brownies were well appreciated. xxx Glad to hear you're back in yoga, are you doing any other nice preggy lady things for yourself or are you dashing about in your usual busy style.
Noni, great to hear you had such a lovely time. I can't believe you are 20 weeks already either!
Rainy, how's little J going? Better I hope. I hope it was just milk and not thrush. xxx And how's L coping with the family changes?
All's good here, DH took a couple of days off to look after E/drive me back and forth, so I've been a lady of watching-tv leisure. Arte we're getting stuck right in to BSG - gee Season 4 is just as meaty as the rest!!
Rainy -someone told me that vicks on kids feet (of all places) is even better than on the chest. When I pop some on S I do chest, back and feet just to be sure...hehe. I hope its nothing serious for J.
Noni - sooo glad that things went beautifully. Hows it feel being a Mrs now?
Pap - howd yoga go? feel zen'ed out?
Leanne - Oooh, new car. sounds great. what are you getting?
Art - definately sounds like cabin fever. try and get out if you can, don't worry about sharing that love (ie germs) esp if you get your sanity back. Hope you all feel better soon
MD - Lady of leisure...that was me on mon/tues. Sarahs first days at daycare so I was knocking around home doing not much. Slept a bit to regain some sanity from being sick last week, got a haircut and that was about the extent of what I did. Next week is job hunting. blergh
MD- You enjoy your mumma time and rest up. Hope you are feeling better.
Vicks - yep I heard that too and tried it the other week on Livi and seemed to have worked.
Well the new car is a landcruiser 200 series black and gets beefed up next week. Hopefully they give it to me tomorrow.
The man is coming to get my old car today so I hope I dont have a cry when it goes.
Last edited by Leemar; March 19th, 2009 at 09:30 AM.
did you have a cry leanne???
MD enjoy being a lady of leaire my dear friend... i hope today went well.... am glad DH has had some time off, thank g-d this all didnt happen when he was AWOL (oh i mean oseas on important business!!). I LOVE the preg yoga, have such an awesome teacher and love love love it. it isd my 90 mins of me time each week and my chance to really connect with the little parasite (i mean baby). Hmm many less preg lady treats this time, iam so a headless chook... but ihave had 1 preg massage and am due for another and i REALLY need to get back into swimming. ihave done it a bit and feel so wonderful after - plus my fitness cant be that goodcompatred to last time.
i also had some me time this morning. i kinda played hooky!! my pc is so stuffed i couldnt get into my work soi went shopping! got heaps of clothes for N (and a couple of little outftis for the baby - felt so weird telling dh ihad justspent a heap on 'the kids' LOL) and got myself and my SIL a handbag each (her bday but treated myself) and then got DH and I some new linen - inspired by Rainys sheridan!!! naiughty naught but ages since i have done spree like that. i am buying some new jeans (mat) in melb this weeekdn too! yes i got my work bonusand we are alkso getting a tax windfall so i am in spend mode!
Rainy - do you find the MB heavy? a friend has just told me it is mega heavy?
Arte - if you are up to it get outta the house my dear - you will feel so much better for it! i second MD on the occ care - i dont know how all you SAHMs do it. i would need to have aday off here and there for my sanity. gosh you must all think i am terrible and selfish/lazy!!!
Kate - yayon the mumma time. not so yay on the job hunting! what do youdo again?
Sherie - i madea lamb stew last night from the yummiset lamb and for some reason i could not stop thinkingof you. i seem to imagine you doing that. maybe bc the butcher gave me all this info about the farm it comes from or something. anyway you are now associated with my yummiest lamb stew LOL!
pap-yes it is heavy to lift in and out of the boot of the car- but i can manage it. it is so fantastic to take on long walks.both the kids fall asleep in it,they love it.it's better than a gym membership for me- i've been taking it for long walks evryday as part of my weight loss efforts. i went shopping yesterday and spent $230 at pumpkin patch...i also bought lewis some clarkes shoes $80!!!
i'm pretty sure j does have thrush. been giving him the drops- he's still very snotty- wakes upat 5am everyday gggrrrr. i'm extremely tired but loving being a mum of 2.
yay rainyo you made me feel better about the shopping! thnk i did more damage than you... but i feel less guilty now!
hmm i am unsure what to do re the pram, i think it is likelyto go in and outof car a bit... maybe i will test drive it when i am in melb and see. oh i was all set to do it.
hey does anyone knpow do they make king single doonas/doona covers? or do i buy a double? such dilemmas!
ok girls i am having a real dilemma - not of the linen variety.... remember a few months ago N went to backup care and i was a lot happier with her etc etc etc? well he has been in backup the last 2 wks (bc of the sick bubba) and he has just bloomed. i really notice the diff... and yesterday the lady who did back up had a good chat to me about it, and it has had me in tears (it is a diff one ). she said she was shocked to have him as she pictured
What PP...finish the sentence, why was she shocked???
You know all you can do is follow your heart on this one...I've terminated care in the past, it was a huge shock to the FDC lady we had (but it wasn't a good situation so it was easy)...you need to think of the specific reasons why you prefer one over the other. It could be concrete things like - what sorts of activities she sets up, the other kids in care being better suited to his age, the weekly routine (ie if the backup carer goes out to playgroup on a regular basis but the regular carer does not). Closeness to home, etc etc. Once you've thought about it in concrete terms like that, then it'll be easier to decide which way you want to go, rather than it just being an emotion-driven decision, kwimA?
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