Babies Born September 2007 #47

Trill, glad your IUD removal went well

Clare, yay for putting an offer in on a house, is that the one that you loved a few weeks back or a different one? How cold is cold? We had a -3 degree frost here the other morning and winter hasn't even started yet lol

Hope all is well with MD today.

W is really sick today. I went to check on him last night and he was sitting in bed vomitting, then proceded to wake and vomit on me half a dozen times during the night. This morning he was so sleepy, he drank a milo, chucked it up and then fell asleep. Then I gave him a bath and he was asleep before I had his nappy on. I called Healthline to see if I should take him to the doctor and she told me to wake him but I could barely get him to open his eyes - even wobbling him into a sitting position he just flopped back down and went back to sleep. So the lady told me to take him to the Dr straight away which I did. As soon as we got home he fell asleep on the couch and is still asleep 3 hours later. I have been waking him every hour to have a sip of electrolyte water. He is so floppy and fevered, he has never been sick like this before.

Oh Arte I hope W is better soon.

oh god arte- what did the dr say he had? is it gastro?

Arte - oh dear, hope W is OK, poor little thing.

Clare - looks like you two might be in need of a nice warm shower when you get home tonight if you get rained on. Totally know where you are coming from with mouldy bathrooms - one of the places I was in at uni was terrible!

Noni - good luck with your inspection tomorrow.

DD woke up this morning with big green boogers, there was no sign of anything yesterday. Hopefully she isn't coming down with anything too nasty!

hi girls

md- thinking of you today love xoxo

arte- how is will now?

cally- time to get out the fess!

trill- how are you feeling hun?

clare- i'm loving the cold! it's magic up here atm

supa- how's your sty now? ouchie

noni- hope the house inspection goes well?

mm- how's things going with your monster-in-law?

andie- what a nightmare weekend! how's things today?

katie- hope you're enjoying the book. it was a bit too 'full on' for me tbh, :lol:

bbl xo

i'm back...my dad just called to say that his dog died this morning. so so sad..

afm- the zantac has been working so well on jimmy. he is a different baby. so happy and content- smiling heaps and interacting with us all. i wish i'd gotten onto it earlier, he must've been in so much pain. poor little gorgeous man.

we're still waiting on our stimulas package around here. anyone else? i owe my brother $300 and really wanna buy myself some new clothes from 'cotton on body'...i'm so into comfort these days! lol, did you guys know that i used to work for fashion designerAlannah Hill? she wouldn't recognise me if she saw me these days! LOL

Arte: oh man oh man, i would be so worried. what did the GP say????? i really hope that he turns that corner fast. if in doubt take him to the hossy. there is no harm or shame in it. especially if you are home on your own. been there done that!

and yeah, i have to say that i am soft when it comes to cold! the minimums here are like Canberra's maximums LOL! so glad i moved from there LOL!

no, the house is a different one. and i dont think we stand a single chance. they really underquote in melb. highly illegal but hard to prove IYKWIM. but you never know your luck in the big city.

Rainy: OMG!!! I LOVE alannah hill stuff!!!
i reckon winter up there would be alot nicer than down here. there is no cool wilderness to gaze out upon (unless you count the lycra louts and earl-morning dog walkers 'wildlife' LOL!). also we dont have any romantic kind of fire-place happening at all. so sad. i would be more stoic if i did.

i think we got ours ages ago...or is there a new stimulus? oh man, i have no idea.

MM: how did the BBQ go?

AFM: well have done very little uni work. got stuck on the consumer affairs website searching about house sale info and the like. man stamp duty for the house we are looking at will be near $35,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man.

Stamp duty really sucks doesn't it? I don't blame you for not wanting to do repairs to the house if he's like that.

G, don't worry about not getting onto it sooner, you have now and that's the main thing. DH only just got his cheque on Friday. We weren't no sure if he would get a check or into his bank cause when he gets his tax refund he gets a cheque, but with his BAS refunds it goes into the bank. He left for work early tonight so he can catch the bank in time to cash it LOL.

Noni, fingers crossed you get the lease extended. IKWYM about moving while pg. I think I might have to borrow your DH though if he did a good job on the bathroom LOL.

I hope MD went well with her OP today and is now sitting back and acting like Lady Muck hehe.

Cally, she hasn't gotten worse over the day has she?

Arte, if he doesn't improve and you're finding it really hard to get him to drink and keep it down, take him to the hospital as they may need to hook an IV up to get fluid into him. He could have just been so hard to wake too cause he would have been exhausted from both being sick and also up half the night. It's terrible for him and for you :hug:

Clare, it's really cold here today too, not as cold as yesterday though. I hate it when your fingers are cold - makes it so hard to type ROFL.

Not much doing here - weather is too crappy but I did manage to get 4 loads of washing done. Not all of it is dry though cause we just had light shower and it was enough to dampen it all again. Got the bulk of it dry though. Thinking of taking the kids to get pizza for dinner tonight for something different. They go back to school on Wenesday.

MD-cant wait 2 hear if u r ok.hope u r resting up and DH is doing an awesome job looking after u.

Trill-yes stamp duty really sucks we bought our house over xmas and just now the bank has finalised the paperwork and we got charhged some transfer fee for the cert of title. Ah there r always more hidden costs... All up its 40 grand to move house. I plaud ur DH 6or cashing it straiight away if u put it in an acct they slug ya for 3 day clearance. Interest cha-ching!

Noni-i want ur DH!

Arte- I hope W gets better fast soon.

Rainy-alannah hill! Impressive. U must've been so skinny 2 work there! I went from size 8-10 to 14-16. I bought some CR dressy pants last week + my flamboyant DH said they were too tight around the bum, size 12!:( so I took 'em back.

MM-how did the barbie pan out?

DH is asleep + I should too. Tafe 2moro and I need this sty to be gone!

Hey SupaB, get some broline ointment from the chemist - clears up sty's and junky-eyetis ;) really quickly.

me? skinny??? you're a crack up supa! ha ha, na i've always been a size 12 or so. lmao, now i'm more comfy in a size 14 though but i'm ok with that atm. i've got 2 beautiful boys outta this body so i'm happy.

i hope md comes on today, i'm thinking of her heaps

trill- what's dh gonna spend his stimulas on?

clare- you gotta get a coonara fire in your new place (when you eventually find it! lol),then you won't feel the cold! it's like a drug that puts us all to sleep. lewis just crashes out in his chair if he sits in front of it for too long.

arte- hope w is doing better today

You know, I don't know what he's going to spend it on LOL. He said he has it spent already (didn't we all ;) ) but never said what it was. Probably fencing wire.

hi all
gotta be quick and i havent even read any posts - just wanted to come on and say I am thinking of MD and was especially yesterday... hope all went well and you are recovering beautifully.
we are in Bali and having a wonderful time. N is sooooo happy - he def knows we are on hols this time and LOVES it!
Back on Sat will pop on then and catch up.
xxx

fencing wire? he's a good farmer LOL

pap- glad you're having a great time in bali. get noah's hair plaited for me ok? i wanna see him with little rasta beads.

LOL at N and rasta beads!!!

Still waiting for stimulus package here. Also the quarterly CCTR. I did get a payrise last week (just an incremental level) so that was good. We got two more awnings on the side of the house a month ago which were kind of stimulus money. DH is buying a cricket bat with his - although he'll probably spend more than this $900 on it though!!

PAP - so glad you are having fun, it's 11 degrees in Canberra today so you're not missing much!

Clare - buying a house is expensive!! At least in NSW they waive stamp duty for first home buyers.

K's cold hasn't developed into anything. She was due for chicken pox this Friday buy may have to put it off again. So frustrating, she was right all last week, but of course couldn't get a doctor's appt for her then!

Arte - hope everything is OK at your place

MD - how you feeling?

Hi everyone,
just a quickie from me -
Arte - I hope William is feeling much better. Poor little man, and poor you. It's terrible when they're sick :(
Md - thinking of you :)

Hey everyone just a quick one coz I have my house inspection in around an hour eeeek!!
Asha did soo well at her first swimming lesson im so proud of her!! I thought shed cry a lot and be very timid but she was great laughing and shouting out YAY as she went from sitting on the edge to falling in for me to catch her!!
Oh and remember a while ago I told u all about ashas irregular lip join? How it joined through her teeth and behind instead of stopping short of the teeth? Well the other day she was leaning on the lounge and fell asleep and slipped off haha but when she hit the ground she bumped her mouth and snapped the join!! Oh god there was sooo much blood everywhere I thought we were gonna have to take a trip to the hospital but we managed to stop it with an iceblock and now she just has this little bit of skin there.. Will have to take her to the drs soon coz she's still in pain with it and I wanna make sure its healing properly etc but yeh all a bit strange lol..
Anyways will bbl for personals after my inspection am sooo nervous im just running round cleaning stuff that's not even dirty lol

Hi girls, just a quicky from me because I really need to get some sleep

I took W back to the Dr yesterday afternoon as he had slept for 4.5 hours straight and was refusing to drink if I woke him for a sip. The dr referred us to the hospital so we went down there (1.25 hours away). Luckily he perked up a bit when we got there and was happy to drink the bubblegum flavoured electrolyte stuff.

We went back to the hospital again this morning for my 20 week scan, did a bit of shopping. W threw up over DH at the food court, then me at the supermarket. He was a lot happier tonight but then chucked up his milo in bed. He seems to be coming through the other side of it though which is good.

MD, hope everything went well today.

Arte how did the scan go? Did you find out the sex??????? I am glad W is feeling better, so scary when they are sick.

Noni how was the inspection?

PAP I agree with rainy and think you should get N's hair plaited lol. Glad your having a good time.

Rainy I too am finding the book a little full on, I will keep reading tho for now. I have a few more books on the recommended reading list.

MD I hope your recovering well.

AFM not much happening here. Logan's tantrums have been so frustrating but I think it is mainly because he is bored, I have been such a slack mummy lately.

I have a Marydean update!!!!!

Got this from her late yesterday;

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"Hello sweet! Turns out I won hospy lotto yesty! The prize was a 2nd surgery after my second boob swelled up to twice the normal size from a haematoma...no danger of walking in circles yesty rofl! All good now, feeling chipper, have worlds most comfy hospy bed. Tell Arte I had three spunky man nurses tending to my every whim!!! Not sure how much longer I will be in here but just wanted to let the bb girls know I'm lapping up the hospy treatment!! xxxx

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So yeah, it sounds scary but she will be fine by the sound of it. She sure doesn't like being an ordinary medical case anyway LMAO

Oz, I'm sure it's just a stage he's going through and not because you're slack. I tell you what Alister really enjoys ATM - colouring in. He just scribbles, but he loves sitting there with the girls or with me and colouring in. Might be something to try if you're not feeling up to doing a lot kwim?

Arte, I was wondering how you got on, it's really good that he's starting to improve, but it may be up to a good two weeks before he is 100% again kwim?

Noni, do you still have a house LOL?

Cally, that's a whole lotta cricket bat, but your DH is really into it isn't he?

PP bali braids would certainly solve the 'wild man of borneo' hairdo problem LOL.

Now it's Alister's turn to be sick, but he's not really sick kwim? Yesterday he had shocking nappies and I thought uh-oh, this ain't good and he was fine yeterday, but this morning I got up at 6 when he summonsed me ;) gave him his bottle and then Lindsay came in at 6.15 and said the baby's just vomited. *YAY* But he was fine and he's still fine, had a bit to eat and he's his normal self really. Really hoping that this is as bad as it gets though.

Sounds like MD is in great spirits, bummer about the second surgery though.

Trill I am sure it is just a stage too, but I have been a little slack lol. L loves to colour too. We are going to do some painting this morning. I hope A doesnt get to sick.

Well I am off to get ready for a job then L and I are going to do some finger painting. Have a great day lovlies!

:happybirthday:HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARE!!:happybirthday:

hey everyone
glad to hear an update from md hope all is going well now :)
arte - how is W today? u poor thing being thrown up all over!! did u find out the sex? wow 20wks already hehe..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARE
well we had the inspection yesterday and all went well just waiting to hear back on what the landlord wants to do but the real estate was very happy with the condition of the house so fingers crossed they will give us another year.. and not put up the rent but im not holding my breath on that one!!
went to playgroup this morning for the first time which was good.. catching the bus is a bit of a pain in the ass but Asha really had a good time and it got us out of the house!!
anyways i must be off to laze on the lounge while missy is having a nap..

Hi girls!

ARRGHHH! it's my birthday....so weird being this side of the 20s LOL! *stepping out with trepidation*

MD: :dance: doing the boogey woogey for you sista! :dance: and sherie's right, never a dull moment with you girl! glad that you are on the other side of the ops and have scored a way comfy bed.

Arte: how exciting for the scan! bet it was lovely. So did they know what W had? was it a bad case of gastro???

Noni: hope the lease gets extended! sounds pretty promising though...why would they wanna chuck out good tenants? or are they thinking of offloading investment props? that is what i am slightly worried about...

Oz: blegh, i feel that i have been slack lately too. and i dont have pregnancy to blame LOL! but yeah we found painting to do the trick at times (and playdough!).

Sherie: the yukky nappies arent teething are they? i found that when miss L got her back molars she did a small chuck at times and her nappy was ROTTEN. like unbelievable that such a stink could ever emanate from such a small little creature LOL!

Cally: ooh i wish they would waive it here too. they have some 'deals' but you need to buy a house under $400k and that aint gunna happen (unfortunately LOL!).

AFM: all good here. i am finding the whole house hunting thing to be really stressful. so scored a massage from DH last night!
i am so nervous about the whole offer and auction process and HATE the fact that i like this house so much. i have seen 000s of houses in the last few months and then i go and fall in love like some 12 year old with Zac efron poster. urgh.
also, leila bashed me in the head today and without any thought i smacked her. i am full of awful sick to the stomach mummy guilt it aint funny. 5 seconds later she was over it, but i am soooo guilty and never want to see me doing that again. urgh.

Happy Birthday Clare:happybirthday:
Hope you have a wonderful day

MD- Glad you are on the mend.

Thinking of MD, glad to see she still has her sense of humour and positive outlook, she is one amazing woman thats for sure.

Clare - HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Dont worry in a couple of yrs I'll be joining you on the 'other side'! hehe. As for the smack, been there done that & yes the guilt is enormous. I know what you mean, you sit back shocked & think whoa where did that come from. Dont beat yourself up too much, like you said L got over it pretty quickly. Stamp Duty is a rip off!!!!

Rainy - Oh thank god the medication is working, poor J!! Glad you have that one sorted. Wow I love AH clothes too, but I can only look/dream because the prices are through the roof. I am so into comfort clothing as well!

Arte - OMG you must have been so worried about W. What a terrible bug! Is he better now? What a scare.

Andie - Ouch, what a mission at the hospital. So glad its all sorted.

Trill - I also cringed reading about how it went into the uterus, did that not hurt!?

Noni - Fingers crossed you get another yr.

Oz - Have fun finger painting! Your pics on FB are just amazing. I would love to be near you!

As for the bbq, sorry its this weekend now. Wish me luck ahhh!!!

Set up M's toddler bed & tried her day time sleep in it today, didnt go down well so went back to the cot lol.

Does anyone know where you can buy one of those climbing gyms (like pacific creations or the ones at toys r us) for a reasonable price? They seem to start at $150 & go upwards fast, too much for me. :(

Hi to everyone else!! xox

happy birthday clare!!!

mm- have you tried ebay, they sometimes have some second hand bargains

arte- how is w going today?

i just went into a boutique hippy kidsware shop near my house with jimmy in my hug-a-bub. they stock them there, in fact it is the only carriers they stock- they have a whole shelf of the organic cotton ones. anyway, they were all making a massive fuss about me using one.the owner of the shop was saying 'oh i wanted my baby to be in one all time but i hate it, i can't get it to work'. none of them could work it out, i thought it was so funny. they all thought i was a legend! i couldn't believe that they were selling them to people and had a special display promoting them but didn't know how to use them themselves. i had to explain it all to them. toofunny! i should be earning a commission on this thing!!!!

lewis is running around with no pants on, he won't let me put them on him! he's got a really bad cough and it's waking him up constantly at night. is there anything i can give him to help?

girls did any of you end up buying one of those backpack leashes?

Rainy we have a backpack harness, I LOVE it. L often likes to wear it around the house too, he loves his little backpack. LMAO at you showing everyone how to use the HAB

MM I have been looking on ebay for play gym's. I am also asking everyone ot give L money for his birthday so we can buy some.

Clare dont beat yourself up on the smacking, I never wanted to be a smacker but have a few times. Sometimes you react before thinking.

ok, i'm jumping on ebay now to look for a backpack harness. i'm sick of him bolting on me and he refuses to go in the stroller now

lewis and i are about to make a packet of green's pink cupcakes for you md....only we're going to eat them all without you unfortunately lol xoxo

girls lewis has just thrown up everywhere! does teething make them vomit or is it something else?

Poor Lewis. Sorry rainy I have no clue about the teething vomiting. Has he got a temp? Besides the vomit is he otherwise ok?

Yep Rainy we have a backpack harness thingo, M loves wearing it but hates when we control it, which has defeated its purpose!!! M is just headstrong iykwim, so dont let that put you off. I'm unsure if teething causes vomiting, we've never had that symptom? Hope it isnt a bug!! As for the HAB, I had one initially for M & I couldnt figure it out so put it back on ebay lol. I can imagine its a great carrier though once you have the hang of it.

Oz, they look awesome dont they. I can imagine M spending alot of time playing on one, she loves climbing. They are just so expensive its crazy!! However a few bargains going on ebay but the ones here in Perth have like 30 people bidding on them, I dont stand a chance lol.

Girls I found the cutest little plastic cubby in Kmart on the weekend, marked down to $100. However meanie DH wouldnt let me buy it, because he wants to build her one. Thats great but knowing DH, he wont ever get around to it ahhhhh!

does anyone wanna take my second gtt for me tmw? i know im gonna fail anyway i just dont wanna turn up at 8:30 and twiddle my thumbs for a few hours boooooorrrriiiinng!!
yep rainy teething can cause vomiting but generally not persistant vomiting iykwim.. just keep an eye on him to make sure there arent other symptoms as in non teething related ones..

Hi gals, sorry have been mia, havn't even been lurking! Slack i know.
Posting so i can try and jump back in. xx

Rainy, W has a little puke sometimes if he is teething but if it is consistant then it is probably a bug. Hope it isn't like the one that W has.

MM, did you talk to your MIL? How did that go?

Ange, do you have internet again now? You have me more worried about having two - W was a perfect dream baby, now I am terrified of having a screaming nightmare kid lol

W seems a lot better tonight, he was talking again and playing and even managed to eat a bit of tea without puking it. So hopefully we are over the hump, it has been a long few days. There is nothing sadder than your little kid heaving and spewing and saying 'mum help pleeeeeeeease' when you can't do anything about it.

The scan went well, only lasted 11 minutes and they give you a copy of a dvd but no print outs. I would have been dissappointed if it was my first pregnancy, they didn't spend much time at all. I am sure with W they measured eye sockets and everything, this time they just made sure there were arms and legs and sent me on my way. Didn't find out the gender but replayed the dvd at home to try to spy something - not that I can make out anything.

well he only spewed once so i'm hoping it's just teeth. i can see 6 popping through atm

arte- glad w is doing a bit better

Arte - Oh how heartbreaking of W pleading with you! Ahhh so glad he is on the mend. As for your scan, bummer they rushed through it but at least all is well. Wow so now I am looking forward to your due date, wonder what it is!!

Rainy - 6!!! Poor thing! I wouldnt blame him for spewing! :(

Falguni - Welcome back!

Noni - Whats gtt? Must be a pregnancy thing but I cant remember it lol.

Just put M to bed in her 'big girls bed', thought she had dropped off & next thing I know there she is in front of me. Scared the crap outta me. As soon as she realised that i knew she had gotten out of bed, she turned and ran back & threw herself onto her new bed. So have re tucked her in, been 10 mins, we will see how she goes. How cute is that though!? Aw love her.

Hi girls

Well I am in melb! Staying at southbank if anyone wants 2 stalk me lol.

After u guys spoke about dfo spencer st I have convinced DH that I am going there.

Rainy-oh wow 6 teeth! No wonder he spewed.

MM-i was just looking at backpack harnesses at the airport as she kept running off. I used 2 say goodbye + she would run back but not yest. They r $35 risk it may npot work. T is also headstrong.

Noni-good luck!

MD-so glad u r recovering ok. Too bad re 2 ops. Noice on the boys!! Milk it...

Arte-poor W I am glad he is on the mend.

Dh not happy re txting... Bfn

Man I am soooo frickken bummed that I missed your birthday Clare. So anyways here it is: BELATEDLY - Happy Birthday you Gorgeous Woman!!! :happybirthday: Trust me you don't really have any trepidation about being as young as you are. :hug:

SupaB - sorry but I am PMSL that you got yourself a sty! :rofl: Hope you've got some good ointment or something for it. xxx

Clare, OMG on all the hallways! But just think they'd prolly need a team of servants to keep it properly clean. Though I sooooo could go a mansion and domestic staff. I'd have no problems ringing a bell to make the maid come running however many times a day! LOL Brrrr on the freezy weather. Our gas heater hasn't started (prolly air in the line) so waiting for the man to come and fix it today.

Arte, OMG I hope little W is so much better today, he sounded so sick! Poor mite. I'm sure you made all the difference by being with him and looking after him so well when he was sick. xxx

AFM, I got home yesterday afternoon but I literally didn't sleep in hospy for both nights so I'm still a bit wired today. Surgeon did a really tidy job on my breast, they've sort of cut from behind so that it looks pretty good from the front even tho they took a huge chunk out. :) I still have a drain in and the nurses will come for the next few days, but now that I'm home I expect I will feel pretty radically better once I catch up on more sleep.

Man I'm still a bit confused, I can't work out which bits of the thread I've read and which bits I haven't. I don't seem to be able to start at the top of the page and read down, maybe I should start at the end and read backwards. Anyhoo I will post again when my brain has come to grips with it. Can you tell i'm still on the GOOD drugs. ROFL.

:dance::dance::dance::dance: MD IS BAAACKKKKKK!!!:dance::dance::dance::dance:

sorry babe. got excited. glad you're back BTW....
how come you couldnt sleep at the hossy? i mean, plastic sheets and machines that go *ping* are so conducive for sweet lullabies LOL! bet your Dh and girls are glad to have you home too.
oohh aahh better get the heater sorted babe! i dont know about there, but here it was frikkin' freezing last night.
yep, i know i can deal with domestic help! in fiji we had a live in house-lady (they call them house-girls but i found that way too far), we also had a gardener and a cook. it was sweet.

Rainy: hope you guys arent frozen solid up on the mountain! bbrrrrrrrrrr. Leila has done a spew for teething. but they are more like a bigger version of a 'posset' rather than a power vomit IYKWIM.

SB: ahh, you will love DFO! how come you guys are in melb? is this a nice family holiday? or a work thing?

MM: at least you have a man that could build a cubby if he wanted. my DH KNOWS that is way beyond his skills LOL!

Arte: i reckon that totally sucks about the scan. i mean, seriously, you trekked all that way with a sick little man to see your new person and all they could spare was 11 minutes?! and you're right, i remember with leila is was close to one hour and they checked EVERYTHING. like the cord blood flow, how many bones were in each toe and hand etc. like MM said, it's good that all is good with bubs, but still a bit of time to gaze at your new creation is worth every second! sorry, started ranting there huh?! LOL!
the DVD does sound cool though. we just got print outs with ours.

AFM: all good here. business as usual. DH is going crazy with cluckiness i can barely contain the poor man LOL! i think it has to do with good friends of ours having just had a baby and another lot newly pregnant.
we went to a good friends place for birthday dinner last night, ordered FANTASTIC pizzas and got a chocolate mud cake from brunettis! it was awesome cause this friend and i share the same birthday so ppl went all out and we even had candles! yippeee! needless to say i am nursing a sore head after 8 bottles of wine between 4 ppl were had.