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OH PHEW! i found the thread LOL! mild moment of panic there when the link did a crazy time-travel trick on me. i mean i liked March, but not THAT much LOL!
Rainy: mwah! you got to see little saskia! how cute is she????? it's so precious that you and Ange have got eachother. Go BB!
MD: free bra. noice. i love peter cundall. do you know he gardens NAKED at home te he he, you wouldnt want to 'pop' around unexpectedly at their house LOL!
Leanne: WOW! Big Boy school. now that is getting to the business end! it is such a big decision. one of the reasons why we dont want to leave the area is that the school across the park is meant to be awesome. it is a community school and has gentle learning approaches which for us, is really important. so i just hope that we can buy a house in the catchment area LOL!
Andie: i think that decision to move back to brissy could be good (love the place!). but in all honesty i think it would be best to give yourself time to just enjoy the heaviness being lifted and allow the meds and your body to get really used to eachother first. if you can hold off, i would wait for 6 months, that way your body has really found its groove and is not so reliant on the effects of the meds ITMS. JMO of course though! and i would totally support any decision you would make. xx
PP: man that must have been tough. i am sorry that she cried, i guess you can take it as an indication that although she wasnt what you guys needed she did really care for N. I hope that you holding up okay after such an intense experience.
hmmm, totally forgot everything else from the other thread. man i am vague-a-rama these days.
AFM: well things are starting to improve slightly here for me. the pain relief is now actually providing some pain relief, so i take that as a good sign!
our friends from tasmania came to melbourne for a few days so we caught up yesterday and i was actually able to join everyone in eating yummy lunch on lygon st! our friend dragged me into the kids store 'Seed' and said that she really wanted to buy Leila something...$200 later and the child is decked out for winter LOL! i couldnt believe it! such gorgeous clothes. so she now has a gorgeous blue/grey corduroy pinafore, navy turtleneck, gorgeous lambswool cardigan and bright red wool tights (cause they go faster). just divine!
Leila has been pretty good. she has taken my incapacitation fairly hard, so it has been a trying time (not to mention the mountains of mummy guilt). one of the things that she has been doing is some regressive behaviour. she spent one whole day refusing to walk only crawling and trying to demand boob! i was a bit freaked out but just tried to go with the flow as best i could. at least now she is back at kindy and things are starting to get back to normal here.
Clare- glad you are on the mend and WTG on the winter cloths they sound great.
Well AFM we let Livi fall to sleep last night in Xaviers bed which she did really well and after a while I kept saying to DH should we move her back to her cot and he said no cause as much as I want her to stay a baby she has to try a Big Bed sooner or later. (Xavier sleeps with us as he said he doesnt like his bed ...yeah right its just that I let him in as a baby and now he wont get out of my bed) So I went off to bed and left DH watching TV and then about 1.30am Livi starting crying so I was looking for her and she was in her cot. Gave her the dummy and she went straight back to sleep. I asked DH what tha in the morning and he said he put her in her cot before he come to bed. lol He is a bigger sook than me. OK enough rambling better get some work done.
Clare - so glad you are on the mend... lygon street YUM YUM YUM and seed - even yummier!! she is going to look gorgeous!!!!! ilove their stuff! did you know they also have an outlet at DFO in spencer street??? i am lucky, my mum works in the city - good for popping in their ro get N new threads! Whoa on the regressive behaviour - that is full on. amazing how emtional our little ones are hey.
Leeanne - sooo cute about livi in the big bed and your sooky DH. I am hanging for N;s bed to arrive but am secretly hoping i willstill get my bed snuggles with N. i love them. that little warmbody curled into mine, a hand raeching out for me in the night, his breath on my face...i wont miss the bum over my face when he goes horizontal or him stepping on my head to turn on the light inthe morning though LOL! (and all this is asuming he stays in his bed LOL).
Rainy - yay on the visit to Ange... and on the teething necklace working, maybe i need to get N one as he is suffering so much. i am thinking i may take him to the dr actually justgt o make sure it is teething as he seems in pain and it has been dragging on. dh thought we should mention his moodiness.. i laughed... umm thats bc he is a toddler... ha ha ha
thanks for all the support re telling fdc, it was sooo awful. i made up some awful excuse about being able to walk to the other carers house and cuttingback when i am on mat leave (thanks sherie i think you planted the idea) - she was so upset told me he is part of her family, it is a shock,she knows it cant be the care she gives him as she loves him etc etc. the bad thing is fdc had told he earlier in the day so i walked in and all his toys were packed up in apile fo rme to take and N kept saying bye bye bye so obv they had been telling him bye. she said she was devestated when they called and started balling her eyes out. anyway it was all done in 20 mins and i feel it is the right thing for our little man so so be it. i am not looking fwd to all the disruption that will come with the next few weeks but it is all good in the long run. so next week he starts at my fave back up carer (wooo hooooo) and also a creche near me (like 200mtrs away) hasa space for 2 days per week (after us being on waitlist for 18 months) which we may take as a longer term plan - off to see it again at 3pm and will have to make a quick decision... it isnt ideal if we does mon-tue at one plave and wed-thu at another but this willonly be for 8 wks til i finish work and then we can be flexible - either he can go there just 2 days and i will have him home for 3 or maybe i will also takea friday there... i feel good something is happening. dh thinks i should keep him in 4 days but i think that is too much when i am home - esp now i will also have some home help. geez i sound slack compared to you ladies... i hope yu dont think i am terrible mother.
not much other news... off to bali in 1 week - wooo hoooo! so excited. when we get back that is the end of DH having friday's off so i am sad about that... but it has been great til now. i have also arranged to go to syd early on fri before our flight so i can spend the day with my bf and her twins - i am sooo excited!!
md how was your cake and how are you my sweet?
better go - back later
xxx
MD - glad that you appt went well yesterday and you have a date for the surgery. Are you spending this weekend telling everyone? Good luck. I also hope the bra is nice and pink!!
Rainy - glad you had a good time with Ange. That would have been so confronting driving through the devastation. DH and I went for a drive through the area affected by the Canberra fires (we were hoping DD would fall asleep in the car) after lunch at my sister's last weekend and I got all teary from that - and most of the places have been rebuilt there!
Jaz - how did H go with escaping last night? I really hope K doesn't start that soon, I want to keep her in the cot as long as we can!
Clare - so glad the pain meds are finally working and you got to go out. Will have to check out Robin Barker's tips on toilet training (although we should also buy a potty!)
Leanne - wow, big boy school! That seems so far away, but I'm sure it will be no time until we are all doing it for these little ones
PAP- so glad that your meeting went well yesterday. So jealous of your extra help around the house too - of course you're not a bad mother, think of all the extra time you're going to be able to spend with N and the little one!!
MM - I second MD's suggestion on Peter Cundall and Gardening Australia (book and magazine). I have about 8 years worth of magazines at home and I record the show every week! Unfortuantely it's a bit hard getting out into the garden these days but I do still love it. Having most of next week of so should be able to get some stuff in then.
Well DD is having her first day back at care today after the broken collarbone. She is being Xrayed on Monday, but I think she is at about 90% which is great for just less than 3 weeks after it happened. She was pleased to be back, I thought she was going to hyperventilate with excitement when she saw the rocking horses!!
I am having next week off (except Thursday - big meeting) which will be good. Planning on lots of cooking, gardening and family time. Also going to try and fit in a massage. I realised I haven't had one since Dec 07 so definitely overdue. We are also giving K her first hair cut and dentist visit. Hopefully there aren't too many tears!
How is everyone going with daylight savings adjustment? DD looked good for the first 3 days, her wake up times were moving back to normal and then she reverted. We've had a few 5:30 starts which are pretty hard, my body does not cope with stuff before 6! Last night DH slept out in the spare room and got her up so I could try and catch up - he came and woke me at 7:10 and I was so out of it - my fingers were all asleep and I couldn't pull my earplugs out. So sorry it was a work day and I had to get up!
Hey everyone,
Have been pretty busy here.. Put asha in a toddler bed with a bed railing that we got from big w.. Its working really well because its sooo much easier to get her in and out and she hasn't realised she could probably climb over the rail if she tried haha!
Went to the easter show on saturday.. Soo expensive! But asha had such a good time!! She was pointing at all the animals making all the animal noises hehe..
Alls going pretty well here im still exhausted and ashas not really sleeping thru but were only having one wake up atm and as soon as I bring her into bed with us she's pretty much sleeping till 8 the last few days which has been a welcome change..
Anyway sorry about the lack of personals AGAIN!! Im really tired and asha is currently spreading porridge all over the house ahhhhhhhh!!!!
So first day of my week off and DH has gone into work - still fixing those damn computers!! I think he is planning on spending half a day there most days this week.
We have dentist! and Xrays this afternoon. K is asleep now and I have everything crossed that she has a good one. She slept in this morning until 5 to 6 - so a bit better, hoping it keeps up.
PAP - I'm sure N will love the centre, K just has such a good time where she goes, so many things to do!!
Noni - glad the show was good, well done on sneaking DD into the big bed without her realising she can get!!
Andie - well done on finding the tick, that could have been so nasty!
MM - K probably has 400-500mLs milk each day. She just has a cup that we offer with breakfast and dinner and when we get home. She has lots of dairy, cheese for lunch each day, yogurt with breakfast and often dinner. She is also still having a bfeed most mornings. Well done on working out she just wants company. Hopefully she will soon reach the stage where you don't have to sit right next to the cot and you can slowly move closer to the door each night.
Kate - so jealous of your Fiji trip, we went for our honeymoon and just loved it.
Leanne: yeah i am a BIG fan of outlets! LOL! when we were in New York we headed to century 21 and spent up BIG TIME! they tell you how much you have saved from the RRP and it was close to $1500!!! (we spent $200-ish!!!). i walked away with a pair of Chloe slacks, YSL sunglasses a Kate Spade leather handbag, a Prada skirt, a pair of salvatore ferragamo shoes, FCUK bolero, and a calvin klein singlety thing. and DH scored a pair of armani dress pants!!! went to saks 5th avenue and saw the same gear for like 3 times the price!! LOL!
Noni: woot woo on the transition to Big Girl bed! that is awesome!
PP: Oh that is fantastic that the new place is exciting for N!
Kate: have fun on your trip! i am sooo jealous. i really miss that place...
Sherie: okay, fess up...how many hours do you have in your day! LOL! man, you manage to get soo much done! I can barely get myself out of bed, fed and dressed! LOL! i am in awe.
AFM: well i have been improving slowly but surely which is good news. we are THIS close to buying a house so that in a way is pretty exciting...BRING ON A MORTGAGE LOL!
the crappy news is that we have so much bad luck in our family (or at least it seems to me) that now our other cat (of 8 years) has disappeared. further compounding my suspicions that there is a 'cat hater' in our midst. and now finally DH is also starting to believe me. we have put out over 100 letter box drops so far and put up posters of her and have door knocked and done daily searches of all our local shelters. i am completely devastated as this cat means a hell of a lot to me, she has quite literally saved my mothers life and been there for me when someone close to me died. i know, a cat and all, but i love her to bits. i have been wandering the streets since saturday until like 3am each night. so currently working on roughly 4 hours sleep! egad. glad i dont fly planes!
beh, anyway, enough of me! I will be doing more lurking than posting for a bit as i am a wee bit teetering on edge kinda thing ATM.
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te he he, you wouldnt want to 'pop' around unexpectedly at their house LOL!
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