i also just bought one!! what a bargain. i also got chocolate oz!!
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i also just bought one!! what a bargain. i also got chocolate oz!!
They look great dont they. I cant wait to use it.
don't think i can justify another carrier, but i'm soooo tempted. i love red!! but dh will kill me....
pap- mmm, i'm starting to change my mind just a little bit on the mb...idk if lewis has had a growth spurt or what, but his head is almost touching the roof now! i had massive dramas yesterday putting it in the back of the car with the 2kids- i'm not sure how convenient it is iykwim? i mean, it's great if you just leave it all assembled and then go for walks straight from home (what i normally do) but it's a bit of a pita to have 'out and about'...idk...i wonder what ange thinks of hers?...tbh though, i really don't think lewis is going to fit in mine all that much longer...
Rainy - DO IT GIRL!!! and the red rocks, i couldnt decide b/n that and choc!!
thanks for the MB feedback, i have heard similar from another friend and to be honest this is part of why we havent got a pram yet... i think a lot of my pramming last time was in and out of car and walking from there... so waiting to see how it all pans out this time... i appreciate the feedback though...
yeah it's not the sort of pram you want to be pulling in and out of your car all the time. is N a big kid? if lewis has another growth spurt his head will be poking through the roof.
do you think the close carrier is all that different from the hab? have you got a hab too? i just think they're too similar to justify it.
i'm going to kmart tomorrow with my new cash and on my list is:
colouring textas
colouring books
playdough cutters, shapes
building blocks
....what else do i need to keep little man entertained?
Playdough is sooo easy to make G.
Put the following in a bowl:
2 Cups plain flour
4 Tablespoons cream of tartar
2 Tablespoons oil
1 Cup salt
Food coloring
Add 2C of boiling water and mix.
It takes about 3 min all up.
As for the MB, i am with you a bit. Lu is almost too big for it as well. It is a fantastic pram but not sure how long we will get use out of it. ALthough today it was great as both of them slept in it and i didn't have to carry one if i didn't feel like it. I do like how sturdy and comfy it is for the girls. The other good thing about them is that they have great resale on ebay. So when she is too big i'll sell it and get a single MB for Sassy. (Although having said tht if we have another reasonaly close i'll prob keep it. ;) )
Mum and dad have an adventure buggy with a skate board. Lu LOVES it. I know it's no good on the gravel and hills, but if i lived in town, i'd prob be running with that.
As for the close carrier. I have seen one in action. I was very tempted. They do look great, although G, they are basically a HAB that you don't have to tie as much, they have a clip instead. So as i have a HAB i can't really justify it. Having said that i could trade one i guess. lol I would really like one, as well as a sling. greedy i know!! Although at the special price i might have to go and have a look. ;)
Arte- Specificic issues..... she yells at the top of her voice "mumma mumma mummma" Just to get my attention or if i am talking to someone. Anytime she is not the centre of attention really. I try "lets just use our quiet voice" Or " We don't yell inside/in the car/ when i'm talking etc. " If i ask her not to do something, like shake the crap out of Sas's cradle, she does it again and i put her in time out in the hallway. After a minute she hops up and i explain we don't shake the cradle we need to be gentle or it will hurt the baby. She will go straight back and do it again. Looking at me smuggly generally. so we repeat the process. Then i end up picking sas up b/c she doesn't respond to the timeout. I KNOW she understands, but she doesn't care if she has to have time out. She sits there and sings or plays with her toes. :rolleyes:
Clare- i didn't have fish or garam marsala but you inspired me to cook a chicken curry last night with coconut milk. I put apple and sultanas in it and Lu LOVED it. Thanks. :D
S- DH is sowing and spraying. Almost done, but we need some rain too. fingers crossed we get some, you too of course!
mil here. drives me metal but my house will be clean! :lol:
Falguni - Good luck with the MIL. Like you said, at least the house will be kept clean & you dont have to worry about it. Love the idea of apples & sultana's in the curry!! M does the mumma mumma yelling that starts off at a normal level and quickly escalates to full blown yelling!
Arte - Not really telling anyone yet. Our families dont know. However the girls at work know, they guessed it. I am showing already, I'm embarrased to say that seeing as I am only 5 friggen weeks along, but I just feel like I'm bloated. Also I had mentioned to them that we were trying & when I went in to work on Mon they were all eagerly wanting to know if I'd tested & had any luck, while looking at my bloated belly!!! Also my friend who dotes over M knows & she is thrilled. I am a huge fan of Amelia & I think William & Amelia go together nicely.
Rainy - Bummer about the pram. Wish I could afford the carrier too, but my DH would also not be happy! Do you know much about the phil & teds with the seat underneath? Have been checking them out when mums walk past in the shops with them. If you have an ikea close by, they have a great little artist easle in the kids section, I would imagine that would be entertaining & can be used for drawing & painting.
Oz - Thanks for that, I feel exactly the same as you felt. So darn tired, & when M wakes up during the night, or wont go to sleep easily, or just bugs me in general I cant control myself. I feel like I've been such a grumpy bum mumma lately. I took her to the park today to get out & we had a great day together. I try to make it up to her like you do with L.
PAP - Thanks!!!! I am also SO SO excited for you!!!! The countdown is on. I know what you mean about your ttc friends. Even in the ttc thread, I literally posted about 10 posts in that thread before I got a bfp while some ladies have been there months. I wish it wasnt so hard for some people, especially those who deserve children & would be great parents iykwim?
Where is MD, was her chemo starting this wk have forgotten?
Darn toddler bed.....we have spent the past two weeks putting M back to bed for half the night, the other night it got to 10.30 & she was still getting up. Decided I didnt want to deal with that tonight & put her into the cot & as she knows she cant escape, she went to sleep perfectly. Anyone have the same issues? I have thought about getting a safety gate to put on her door so she gets the idea that she can get out of bed but wont be able to come into the lounge with us.
I am inspired to make playdough tomorrow!
Gypsy we are having bed issues too. I try to put him in his big bed and if it doesnt work I just put him in his cot, to be honest I am being a little lazy about it lol. I felt so bloated right from the time i got my BFP too. I am huge now.
Ange lucky you having MIL to come and clean the house. Does she dote on the girls?
Rainy woo hoo on spending up, I went to the $2 shops for lots of playdoh cutters etc. One of L's fave toys is his tea set, he loves to spend the day making me food and tea lol.
Ange, maybe try the timeout for a little longer - they say a minute per year of age. If she's in there for a full 2 minutes will that help? Have you tried putting her in timeout repeatedly? Once is ok, I bet she'll get the message once it's her fourth time in quick succession LOL! Just make sure you are not inadvertantly rewarding the behaviour by giving her extra attention before she goes into T/O, kwim?
Gypsy, yep, toddler bed worked in our house (DD1) because the door handles are too high for little ppl to open! LOL Even after she went into the big bed, we would sometimes find her asleep on the floor behind the door, where she would get up, and play with her toys in the light coming thru the crack under the door LOL. See I knew all this when I decided to keep Missy E in her cot for a few extra months LOL.
BTW Chemo starts on Monday, it's a day-clinic treatment, go in and have the IV for a few hours then come home with pills to take for a few days. STEROIDS. So watch out the roid rage at my end next week. PMSL.
Katie, great idea to get playthings at $2 shop. You save a fortune.
OK, better go, Missy E has her very first personal birthday party invite today. My dear old schoolfriend's DD is turning 2...it's very exciting cos she's 38+ weeks preggers so about to have another little precious huggable baby any day now!!! (Trying hard not to be jealous...)!
For those of you having trouble entertaining the wee little mites, get a few small boxes/tubs and have a theme in each one - colouring stuff in one (pencils paper etc), playdough in another, dress ups in one and teasets in another etc and give them a variety of things so if you have a run of wet days etc they have something different each day so they don't get sick of it all at once.
with all the mb talk I had a look at some online and OMG they are exxie!!! Ange, we always used a skateboard for Lindsay and Erin when they were kicked out of the pram for the new baby LOL. But they always loved it too.
I am really hanging out for the mei tais to arrive in Melbels store so I can get it sent out. I am really missing not having anything to wear him in as the hotsling really doesnt' feel that secure now.
We still aren't looking at putting Alister in a bed till he's at least two, so we will probably go bunk shopping at the end of the year. I have no idea how we will stop him climbing up to the top one, but I think DH will have to build a cover for the ladder to stop him.
Another thing, you can add rice or glitter (or both) to playdough for a different texture & look.
Trill - Thanks for the ideas on keeping them entertained. I am going to collect some icecream containers & do as you mentioned.
MD - Ohhh lucky you. We are so tempted to turn the door handles upside down. Yay for your friend having another bubba, its so exciting for them but even I've noticed when friends are having babies I am just as excited as they are!
Oz - Yep we have resorted to the cot for the past two days. Just too tired to deal with it atm. Planning on getting a safety gate to go across her door.
Well I used timeout today for the first time with success. She sat there for about a min & had a little cry, so afterwards I gave her a hug & talked to her about what she'd done wrong, she cheered up & didnt do it again. Maybe this is the way to go for us, as saying no & hand taps dont seem to be getting through.
Ok bit of an unrelated q, but maternity jeans, I know I am getting in early but I am already having to unbutton the button on my skinnies (& I highly doubt I will be wearing skinny jeans at 20 wks onwards!!!) & I was going to buy jeans last wk, DH made me wait in case I was utd. So.....can anyone recommend any?? Last time I didnt bother with jeans.
Gypsy with the Mat jeans go to Jeans West they have a whole range, they are about $65 each or tow for $99. You can check them out online. I am planning on going and trying some on. Woo hoo on the timeout success.
Trill we were looking at skateboards for L on the weekend and think we might try them out.
MD LMAO at the roid rage. How was the birthday party?
Another cold and wet day here today, L and I did some baking and read lots of books. He really hates not being able to go outside. I think tomorrow we will put the easle up under the patio and do some painting.
H, PP do some that aren't too bad either. Great to hear you are having success with the time outs.
Katie, Alister hates being inside too, so I don't know how we'll go with wet weather because we haven't really had any so far this year LOL. But it's really super windy here today.
MD, ROFL at the roid rage, I'd like to see that. There is a winter woolly finding it's way to you too ;)
When I went to town today I decided to have a spending spree on myself and brought shoes. I brought a pair of nike runners - not that they will ever be used for running ROFL, but my old ones were worn out. And I brought another pair of black casuals that have the strap over the foot by Pure Comfort and they are just so soft and luffly to wear. They even came with an envirobag. The biggest thing about buying those was I couldn't get the usual DF supersoft ones I have been buying for the past 8 YEARS so I got these ones instead. I did get them to order me some DF's though LOL, I just love them to death to ever stop buying them. I justify this by telling myself it is premptive sprending of the money I will get back for the education tax refund when I claim for half of the laptop cost ;).
Trill - LOL at your preemptive strike - I mean, spend! LOL I did an op shoppy tour and found a FANTASTIC pair of DFs (look like they'd been worn once, around the house maybe) and just what I needed so thinking of retuning the cheap and nasties I got at the cheap shoe shop now! V.excited about the woolly!! :clap: :)
The birthday party was great - it was basically a little morning tea with a few family members and maybe 6 little friends - no games or anything, but it was a lovely day today so they were all happy just playing and eating. Just goes to show that sometimes the simpler things work better than the fancy ones! Lovely to catch up with my friend too!
ETA - forgot to mention I layby'd a naaaasteh "Barbie" wooden kitchen yesterday! Actually it's a sweetie, bit smaller than some of the more expensive ones but in our price range AND wooden unlike the plastic monstrosities I've seen around the place. Not sure if it will be for birthday or Christmas yet. Am gonna ask knitting Nanna to knit some pretend food for her. Can't be too hard!!
Gypsy, I was huge at the start of this preg but it must have been bloating because at 24 weeks I am still wearing my normal clothes. I am cheap so I am probably just going to buy a couple of pairs of track pants to get me through the next few months, it is freezing anyway, they will be nice and warm. I do have a couple of leftover pants from last time for if I have to leave the house.
Woke up yesterday morning to about 3-4inches of snow, this morning it has frosted over what didn't manage to melt yesterday and it is freezing!!!
hi girls
thanks for all the entertainment suggestions- i'm getting onto it!
gyp- i got some mat jeans from target, pretty good value i reckon.
we went out to dinner last night with a $100 voucher we got given from the hospital when i had jimmy. dropped lewis off at dad's and just took jimmy with us. jimmy was wearing his new oobi overalls (a present from auntie ange- thank you!) and he looked so darn cute, all the ladies were ooing and ahhhing over his cuteness!! got back to dad's and lewis had emptied out the whole bottom section of his pantry and spread the stuff all over the kitchen table and my dad and brother were sitting there laughing and having a ball with him making a mess. very funny! was nice to go out but the kids wereboth pretty tired and cranky when we got home. don't think we'llbe doing that again anytime soon!
Hi girls!
Gyspy: yeah i wish i had bought a pair of maternity jeans. didnt even think to look at just jeans or target! which is weird as i bought maternity tops...but then again i am vague as at the best of times!
Oz: hope you guys are okay up there! many friends of mine have been well and truly under water in brisvegas. nothing quite like building a city on a floodplain huh? LOL! i saw on the news about that poor real estate guy that got done in by flying debris. scary stuff.
Sherie: i had to giggle at your shoe story! i too have similar 'obsessions'. i must MUST always have a pair of baxter laughing boots in my cupboard...in fact i have a pair on now LOL! take the girl outta the country...
MD: woot woo on the kitchen find! is is a barbie (as in mattel) one??! and NOT plastic?! pretty awesome. we are thinking of getting miss L a dolly cradle as ATM we have *dramas* when she throws dolly into her cot and then cant get her out again...
Arte: bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr........LOL! take some photos!!!!
AFM: well we have a wee shocker this week. miss L has had the lurgy to beat all lurgies (she doesnt smell piggy, so not swine flu LOL!). and now (you can probably relate Gypsy) she has her first ever ear infection! yesterday she kept pulling at one ear and saying 'sore' sore' 'bua' 'bua' (italian for sore). so took her to the GP and now is on ABs. feel a bit sad as this is the first time she has needed anything like that before...
also, feeling really bummed as i spent $40 on the blackmores pre-conception supplement, but i spend the following hour after taking it with my head in the toilet. GP reckons i have an adverse reaction to one of the ingredients. yay for me. so now we have to go through them all and work out what it is. probably something to do with the iron issues. bummer.
HI everyone,
sorry i'm about to read through your posts, but i have to share this with you first.
I've been trying to get Hannah to sleep for the past hour. (she's been happy in her cot, but noisy - and climbed out twice) anyway, she's been quiet so i just went in to check on her......and she's not in her cot. I got such a fright, but then i could hear her snoring (she's got a cold) she's asleep under her cot!!!!!!! I'm just going to leave her there, but i bet she wakes up with a fright! Cheeky little monkey.:p
eta
ok, so just had a quick read.
Ange - i was having the same issues with Hannah yelling at me. The thing that worked for me was everytime she yelled, I would say "no, say Mummy?" in a nice little sweet voice. I kept doing it for a day or so, and she eventually got it. Now if she yells at me I say "what do you say to Mummy, and she then says it sweetly. Sometimes she realises that i'm not listening to the yelling, and she does it herself. It's so cute. Has Lulu got a doll of her own? Could you possibly make a cradle for it using an old nappy box. Maybe then she'll leave Sas alone. (or maybe not ;) )
md - I bought A New Earth last week. I need to take control of my fears. I've just got to find some time to start reading it! I love your new haircut too. Has the doc told you what kind of side effects to expect with the chemo?
pap - not long to go now!!!woohoo
Katie - did you get much water down your way?
rainy - what a lovely gift from the hospital. Your dad sounds like he is such a fantastic grandad.
clare - poor little L. I hope she is feeling much better soon, and i hope you can find a supplement that doesn't make you ill.
gypsy - Did you have one of those belly bands? Maybe you could wear your skinny jeans undone with one of those on.
hi to all you other lovelies too!!!
did anyone see that Mbear has less than a week before her next bub is due!
Jaz that is soooo adorable. Did you take a photo of her? Yeah we got tones of rain down here and the wind was unbelievable. Any damage around you? Thankfully today is sunny and I have two loads of washing on the line, we are off to buy a dryer tomorrow.
Clare I hope L feels better soon. Bummer about the vitamins.
Rainy how nice going to dinner. Your dad sounds like mine letting the kids make a mess lol.
Arte I loved your snow pictures.
hi katie - i had to pick the girls up early from school on Wednesday, 'cause the creek near the school was rising rapidly. It was all an adventure (for them and me!) We didn't get any damage, but some suburbs got soo much water. Thankfully we didn't have the wind like you guys. It looked terrible down there.
I didn't take a photo - too scared she'd wake up!!
Oz - Thanks for that, didnt know jeanswest do maternity jeans & they are nice!! I am going to try to make the 12 wks before any purchases though, dont want to jinx myself. I have been using the dryer all day, as its wet & windy here too.
Jaz - Saw the pic on FB, so adorable. I had thought of doing that with my skinny jeans but before long I wont be able to get my butt into them HAHA! My boobies are growing already WOO HOO amazing!
Clare - Oh no poor L, ear aches are terrible. Have you had any sleepless nights? The antibiotics will clear it up fast. Use painstop to get you through the first few nights if need be. Very clever girl telling you its sore though. Bummer about the blackmores, I didnt take any pre conception vitamins however I did start on normal pregnancy tablets ( when I remembered to take them). Now I am on the blackmores pregnancy, which ones did you use with L?
Rainy - Thanks will check out target! I noticed a few weeks back (when I was dreaming of being utd) that they have some nice maternity clothes. Yay for dinner! Your dad is friggen awesome with L.
Arte - No doubt I will get around in trackies too, but just for when we get invited out etc. I felt like a real slob towards the end with M & I am vowing not to do that again lol. Love the pics of W in the snow!!
Trill - Good on you for splurging on yourself for once. It always seems to be that we are buying for the kids, so yay for you!
MD - Oh thats great, the girls will love the nastehhh (LMAO) barbie kitchen. Where did you get it from?
Been having a bit of bleeding over the past couple of days, but it hasnt gone past the brownish stage yet, sorry if TMI, so hopefully that just means its old blood. I remember with M I had early bleeding, that turned into period like bleeding, but she was fine obviously. So I will wait to see what the doc says next Wed, I must admit this time around I have been so laid back about it all, which is why I'm not running off the doc today lol.
I am away at mums for the weekend and going down to visit my cousins new little bub but I just wanted to pop in and say:
MD, thinking of you as monday approaches, I hope you can have a good weekend and are in a good headspace. Remember that the fear and anxiety of the unknown is usually far worse than the actual event - think of all the times in your life when you have been dreading something only to find it was nowhere near as bad as you thought or a complete non-event.
And if you do get sick from it, you know that you are a strong woman and you know you can get past nausea and tiredness - you have done it before and now have two beautiful babies to remind you! The only difference is that the new life that you are creating this time is for you.
XXOO
MM- Hope the bleeding is nothing. You do sounds very relaxed! good on you.
Jaz- thanks for the tip. I am giving your nice voice method a shot. :D
Arte- The snow pics are amazing. You going to build a snowman???
MIL driving me mental. Told me yesterday if i just put a load of washing on every morning and put it away each night it wouldn't build up. :wall: Also told me she knows another girl who put on alot of weight all over her body when she was preg. :rolleyes: i just ignore her. She's only trying to help i know, but she suffers from foot in mouth disease. ;)
G- We went out to dinner last night! Must be the week for it. Went to a nice pub in Yea. We got home and Lulu was still awake. :o she conned her Nan into reading books for 3 hours. sucker.
Anyone floating away up north?
S- are you getting any of the rain???
ROFL Ange, you gotta love the misguided advice you get from the MIL sometimes dont you? I think a lot of that generation don't seem to get that we actually enjoy spending time with our children and interracting with them, so sometimes the washing just has to wait. I hope Lu doesn't have a cranky day today with being up so late. And no, we aren't getting any rain, but I think we will be blown away if this wind keeps up! It's been hanging around for days now.
MD, I'm sure all will go well on Monday, and you will tackle it the way you have tackled everything to this point.
H, I'm sure the bleeding is nothing to worry about :hug: The second time round certainly does make you feel a bit more relaxed with the whole thing and you don't tend to worry as much.
Like I said, no rain but OMG the wind!!!! You just can't do anything when it's this windy. I have 8 loads of washing to hang out and it's so dusty. I had another dentist appt yesterday and DH had the two little ones, so I said I would take all the washing in and do it at the laundromat cause we are really really low on water and I did 8 loads LOL! Luckily there was no one else in there so I filled the 4 machines and just read a few magazines while I waited, then did the next 4.
JaZaH that is so sweet about H sleeping under her cot! That would've freaked you out when you first went into her room tho!! :) Thanks for asking about the sideeffects. Dr Compassion reckons minimal sideeffects...except Hair Loss (!!! big deal to the average punter). But I'm not sure that he's twigged that I'm a research-level librarian who has done her reading. All the regular stuff like nausea, fatigue, mouth ulcers, right thru to some really choice ones about finger numbness (meaning you can't hold small things) and temporary or permanent loss of fertility (! I'm only 37 for crying out loud, I'm not ready to enter my crone years, thanks). But I've already spoken to several people who have breezed thru their lymphoma treatment - apparently if you have lots of disease in your body the sideeffects can be worse because the dying funky cells release funky chemicals into your system which can make you feel quite sick. So since there's probably not a lot swimming around in my body I'm in a good position to breeze thru it. Plus I have supports like a naturopath and a energy-healer to assist me which many others do not. Other resource that I've just discovered: DH got called into his boss's office yesterday, apparently he got "counselled" for not taking enough time off when I had surgery PMSL. There's a senior-ranking person in his new workplace who had lymphoma treatment a few years ago (!!!) Apparently well and healthy now but it means R now has someone he can go and talk to about stuff AND because he's highish ranking it also means he'll have support if there are any sticky Leave situations that arise. Little do they realise how much time R will have to take off work later on when I have my big surgery PMSL - they might regret encouraging him later on. :p
Arte - I too love your snow pictures. There has been talk here in SA about a family holiday to NZ...of course I've got to get back to work first but stay tuned...!
Thank you my friend. xxx:
And if you do get sick from it, you know that you are a strong woman and you know you can get past nausea and tiredness - you have done it before and now have two beautiful babies to remind you! The only difference is that the new life that you are creating this time is for you.
Ange - what is it with MILs??? That is just craaaazy talk. Is she actually doing any of your laundry while she's mouthing off about it? HUH?! LOLing about L getting Nan to read books for 3 hours!
Gypsy - hoping everything's ok with the bleeding, like you say it sounds like it might be 'normal' for you at this stage.
Katie I'm jealous of your new dryer. There has been talk here but so far it has materialised into the form of a new retractable clotheline under the back verandah. :o Not quite the same thing I'm afraid!
Jaz - loving your story about H sleeping under the cot! That's so funny. You'll be able to tell that one over and over when she's older and she will think it's hilarious! Good luck with reading A New Earth, my advice is take it a few pages at a time, it's not a light read at all. Also have a look on Oprah's website, lots of good stuff on there about it!
Clare, yeah I was pretty impressed by the woodenness of the pink B*rbie kitchen LOL. Will need to stick some decals over the B*rbie word tho...on the Gruen transfer this week they said that they've discovered that kids have brand recognition as early as 18 months! Don't want to get her hooked on mattel products too early LOL. You have done so well to get L to this age and never having had ABs!! Hope you find out what it is in the supplement that's causing problems - were you just nauseated to the point of chucking or was it like an allergic-got-to-come-out reaction? Not good either way.
Rainy - have you got into the playdough yet?
Wonder how Leanne's getting on, she's had sick boys too this week. :(
AFM - Having a pretty mellow weekend here, going to get some gardening done. :)
ange- your mil sounds nearly as bad as mine! your weight is fine btw...you look great. do you know if there is a metalicus factory outlet somewhere? i really badly need some new clothes as i have decided to embrace my new cuddlier figure and just go with it.
trill- well done on all the washing. i've noticed i do sooo much more since jimmy came along, it's crazy.
i sold my baby hammock on ebay and yesterday the winning bidder came to pick it up. she had a toddler and newborn (born 3 days before jimmy) so ended up coming inside and her toddler was playing with lewis while she was breastfeeding the nb. she was so lovely! she ended up staying for a while and we were chatting away while the kids were playing- so funny!then she messaged me last night to saythe nb was asleep in the hammock, as i told her that jimmy hated it! lol i wish she lived a little closer as she was really sweet- she had driven an hour and a half to come and get it though.
md- good news that dh is so well supported at work. no playdough here yet- need tobuy some cream of tartare but haven't left the mountain in 3 days lol
hi girls!
MD: no. a retractable clothesline is sooo not a dryer! LOL! our 'dryer' is also of the line and metal variety. so uncool. i just pretend i am doing it for the environment LOL!
yeah i saw that on gruen as well. but i just dont think leila has any recognition of that stuff yet...watch this space!
Rainy: there is a metalicus outlet on bridge road in richmond. it is awesome!!!
Sherie: hope the wind gives you some peace soon. we dont want you blowing away!
Arrte: have a nice trip!
Jaz: glad to hear that you guys didnt get flooded! It looked pretty yuk from the pics on tv i must say.
AFM: all good here. miss L is getting better and we had a WHOLE night of blissful sleep!!!!!! :dance:. so great!
holy moly! we nearly dropped off the first page!
don't worry trill- i'm here!
clare- might have to head to that bridge rd shop. it's hard though to go long distances with this little j- he hates being in the car and has started screaming from the minute you put him in the car seat to the minute you get him out..ggrrrr, i love newborns..but i secretly can't wait till he's 12months old iykwim??
is the metalicus shop pretty good or is it full of crappy pink stuff iykwim? i'm a black girl myself. drives dh crazy when he hangs out the washing and the whole line is full of black, blue and red clothes LOL
i threw up a couple of times from taking elevit on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. i've aso thrown up from taking a blackmores one to improve your skin and hair-back in the days when i used to care about stuff like that lol
ange- how long does it take you to drive to yea? how did you go at lilydale the other day? sorry i couldn't make it
well dh wants to go away dirtbike riding nxt weekend from fri morning till sunday night and i am sh7tting myself- just don't know how i'll go with no help at all for that amount of time. think i might have to go stay at dad's- but lewis is quitehard to get to sleep there as he gets all hyped up..ooooh what to do? i keep pretending that i'm not going to let dh go as a leverage...so far he has offered me a massage and $300 cash to spend on clothes...woo hoo...i'm going to drag it out a little further to see what else i can score LOL
lmao G, milk it baby! Metallicus twice a year sales should be coming up i'd say. I'd hang out for that and then go to doncaster. :D 15 min to Yea. Why???? Lilydale was good. Playcentre average, Janie says not as good as one near pool. ;)
Wouldn't mind checking out factory outlet though..... thanks Clare!
Just feeding and typing one hand..... bbl to read up and reply properly....
I'm here - just!!!
Sorry ladies, been too busy constructing haikus to pop in here ROFL.
LOL Rainy, milk it for all it's worth! Def stay at your dad's & if necessary tweak the routine so he's got calm-down time before bedtime. Hey aren't you so pleased the hammock went to such a good home! I love stories like that!
Mmmmm, DH just brought me a cappuccino choc-chip muffin - fresh baked by himself. I love that man! Have been a total piggy for the last ten days or so...am reliably informed all food will taste like cardboard for the next 4 months so am making the most of my tastebuds while I still can. LOL!
Well, feeling the reach of swine flu - we have a teacher at our school who is married to my aunty's boss, and aunty tells me that this teachers's children have been quarantined because there has been a confirmed case at the school they go to...OMG that's frickken scary as it's only a couple of short steps removed from being at our school, kwim? When you hear it like that you understand why the quarantine is so important, kwim?
MD - GOOD LUCK for tomorrow & we will be thinking of you!!!
Rainy - $300!! Lucky girl. Go spend up big, all on yourself no cheating & looking at baby clothes ok!? Shame that the lady who bought your hammock doesnt live closer, sounds like there could have been plenty of great play dates.
Falguni - Ahh when does the MIL leave?
Clare - So glad to hear L is improving, those antibiotics work fast.
Hmmm so I dont know if I am maybe being too relaxed about it all, but I am still bleeding on & off. I am not so worried atm as it isnt bright red iykwim, just brownish. I wont be seeing my doc till 5pm Wednesday. Should I try get in earlier? I still have sore boobies, & twinges in the abdomen, but no ms yet. I keep telling myself that I had this with M. I wonder if doing another pregnancy test is worth it?
MD- She did do some washing, but man am i glad she flew out today. :wall: I am wishing the very best of luck tomorrow. Wish i was as good with my words as Arte, i'm not, so instead i'll just say...... what she said! ;)
MM- I am a bit of the school of thinking that there isn't much you can do about it if the bleeding is something anyway. So if it was me i would wait for my drs appointment. I mean, they can do something like send you for blood tests, but it would only make me worry more. I didn't get m/s until about 7 weeks. fingers crossed all is ok. xx
lulu not well, she's crying out. bbl
MD I will be thinking of you today xoxoxo
Ange how is Lu feeling today?
Gypsy I agree with everything Ange said. If your worried thought and seeing the Dr will put your mind at ease then try and get an earlier appointment.
Rainy woo hoo on $300 to spend. Keep milking it, I think you should tell Dh he can go away for the weekend if he promises to bring you up to the Gold Coast for a holiday LMAO.
Clare good to hear L is getting better.
A big hello to everyone else.
Had a great weekend here, did a shoot with the most adorable little girl on Saturday, then went and got my dryer and spent Sunday with my bestie chatting and teasing Dh lol. The sun is out today so hopefully I can get some washing caught up and L can play outside. He slept in his big boy bed last night woooo hooooo. I have my scan tomorrow and I cant wait, thankfully it is first thing in the morning.
MD I am thinking of you today. sorry i havent been on much but my thoughts have been with you. your positive energy and spirit will get you through these times.
Rainy - bridge rd metallicus is great - my mum lives about a block away so i go there OFTEN! it is most of my mat wardrobe!! it has loads of good stuff... both discounted and non discounted. if i was coming down i woujld say lets dump all our kids with mum and go together...
Ange - your MIL sounds terrible... kinda like mine (who was here this weekend) on the tact factor. we were out at the shops on fri and she said 'it must be so hard looking at all these great clothes when you arent looking your best...' aaah thanks, i am 33 wks preg you know!! i wasnt planning on buying a tailored suit or pair of skinnies in the next few months. last preg she also told me 'some ppl have fetshes for preg women - and fatties' (that was after some weirdo was perving at me at the pool). oh there are so many stories we could all share... that said it was graet to have them here this weekend, they helped out heaps and i actually did feel rested at the end of the weekend. i think my 'i have to do everything myself' defences are down so i let her go for it - tidied some cupboards, finished my ironing, cooked dinner, watched N etc etc. i had a facial on sat that was BLISS!!!!!!!!!
Gypsy - i am impressed how relaxed you are. on one hand i agree there isnt a lot you can do but i know i am a stress head so i would be at the dr. i hope it is all ok, sounds 'normal' for you.
AFM all is well - N has a cold (i think it is just the perpetual winter sniff now), you know all about my weekend now... i am feeling v preg.. and ready for the baby to be here. was in melb for work 2 times last week but have now finished all my work travels - YAY!!! my housekeeper staretd last week and life feels much more under control... N is lovingcreche still, sleeping in big boy bed but still needing a lot of settles... and he is into daddy rejection at night again so it is all down to me... hmm this better not continue when bubba is born, how will i do it for both of them?
i wonder where cally is?
will be on more this week girls... hope you are all well. xxx
hi girls,
MD: love ya babe and hope the ipod tunes are bopping away heartily. can your DH come and teach my DH to bake??? mmmmmmmmm.
Rainy: i agree with PP. the metalicus outlet is pretty good! although if i was driving from the dandenongs i would also want to check out the country road outlet across the road, as well as parenthood a bit further down ;).
PP: ha ha! metalicus was also my big maternity wear!! i LOVE IT! and it bounces back!! although the choice in canberra at the time was fairly paltry i must say.
Oz: have fun at the scan!! and glad to hear that the weather is getting better too!
Ange: oh no! sick toddler aint much fun...hope she gets better soon!
Gypsy: i reckon that as long as you can be cool as a cucumber the better. like Ange mentioned, worrying isnt going to really achieve much. sooo easier said than done though huh?! BUT the positive is that the bleeding is bright. that's gotta be a good sign.
PAP - I'm here, been reading but not posting as much lately. Have started a challenge where I am supposed to aim for 10,000 steps every day so have been going on a lunchtime walk every day with 2 others in the office which is when I used to catch up on BB. Sounds like you had a good weekend.
Gypsy - super congrats to you! I wouldn't worry too much about the bleeding (sounds like you aren't), hopefully it's just bubs settling in for the next 8 months!
MD - thinking of you today and hoping that it all goes well.
Clare - what's the update on Leila's photo's (as per your FB status?)
Someone was asking which school I went to, it was the Girls Grammar in Canberra - PAP did you go there or do you know a lot of girls from there?
Rainy - I'd be aiming for a $500 spend - and a day at a day spa when J is abit older!
cally yep i am an 'old girl' too!!! LOL! what year did you graduate? i went from Kindy to Yr 12... so sure do know a lot of girls from there!!
Hi ladies, I'm here, v.tired but relieved. Was terrified but of course didn't need to be. Sorta feel normal but tired and tonight my hands are all tingly. Hope that improves...don't much like the thought of not being able to feel my hands for 4+ months! Plus I'm starving - must be the 'roids kicking in LOL. Also pleased cos Dr has ok'd my naturopathy regimen AND CT scan on Fri was ok results. :D Anyway just wanted to let you all know all is well and 1 done, 5 to go!