We had loads of people staying with us over Christmas with the last person leaving tomorrow. Then we are going to the coast for 3 nights which should be good. The day after we get back is my 12 week scan, so that's exciting.
Angus is going really well. He got so spoiled at Christmas and loved having everyone here. He had a bit of a cough and runny nose before Christmas. I took him to the Dr because he cut just above his eye at daycare. The Dr asked about his nose and ended up giving me antibiotics. It didn't really go away & we took him again the other day, but it was a different Dr. He told us to give him allergy relief such as Claritin?? I don't think it's really doing anything but we'll see. Since this all started he's really gone off his food and it's a struggle to get him to eat. Not sure if it's because he's sick or just being stubborn. He's going through a really independent phase and hates being helped. If I open anything for him, we refuses to eat it! He has to try himself first...
Hi Rooey - yeah it is quiet atm.. I can't believe they're turning 2! We're not doing a party this year. I might do a morning tea with play group and make a cake, but we're going to NZ for a week just after Easter and DH is away with work the week before..
Just over half way until baby number 2 arrives :-) I forgot how long it takes! Although my midwife told me that labour is a lot easier the second time which is good because I was starting to chicken out!
wow super quiet in here! i havent been getting any notifications which is annoying!
wow lots of people are having 2nd babies now from our little group! i dont think there is many left who havent lol
Nat - hows everything going? do you know what you are having?
afm, we are settling in to wagga. bit peeved as in the 3 months we have been here Hamish has had tonsilitis, croup, flu, and a week after the flu he got gastro! so not impressed! i am starting to really dread winter! plus i think its parents sending their sick kids to daycare and they are passing it onto him
we have been discussing whether to have another baby or not lately. we are super happy with just hamish but we feel maybe a little brother or sister would be good for him. just not 100% on the idea yet. Darren is 30 in july so i said we would chat about it after that. if we decide to go ahead we only have a 12 months window to fall pg in. otherwise i wont be able to take maternity leave if we only stay here for 3 years. plus i am rather scared to have a baby here. if i have another pg like hamish's and another premmie, then i get flown to either melbourne or sydney. not sure if i want to take that risk here or not. plus if we decide to wait 3 years i will be 35 and it will start to get a bit harder to conceive. i really dont know what to do
hamish is going to a daycare centre here. they asked me the other day if he spoke at home coz he doesnt speak there at all! you cant shut him up at home
DP definitely wants another, I'm not so keen. I hatred being pregnant, labour sucked and I just don't think I can cope with going through the baby stage again, not with a high-energy kid like Indy as well! Plus we're living at his dad's and it's a crap hole, I hate that Indy has to live there, let alone a newborn. We have one bedroom to share, so it's cramped enough as it is!
Teresa - it seems like you've had a bad trot the last few months with Hamish. I hope your settling in much better though. Not really sure about the hospital system there, but I'm sure you would have a good idea about it. I like the idea of having not too much of an age gap, although there are pros & cons for both. If you waited another 3 years Hamish would be in school and you would only be at home with one. But then you would have to do school pick up/drop offs and go through the whole baby stage again while doing the big boy stage. Either way has its good points.
Rooey - I know what you mean about the pregnancy and birth bit. I'm not really enjoying this pregnancy because I don't have any family support here and with a very active toddler. I never wanted him to watch much tv, but had to resort to it a few times, especially in the first trimester. Even though last time I had a horrible birth I've been reading lots about Active Birth. I'm also at a birth centre this time and have been doing prenatal yoga. So I am feeling pretty positive about it at the moment.
Angus has been doing daycare one day a week and loves it. He just moved into the toddlers, from tiny toddler and we are going to increase to 2 days just before the baby comes. My Mum will also come and stay with us for 6 months, so that will be good. I was a bit worried about Angus's speech, but it seems to be getting better all the time. He turned 2 today and had a party last week :-) I can't believe how grown up he seems and he loves helping around the house - trying to sweep, empty the dishwasher and help with the cooking. He's really into his whole routine now and rarely puts up a fuss :-)
Big hello from me and Cam!! Belly is annoying me with this 'no notification' thing, it's really getting me peeved as well.
I'm glad you're all going well
Speaking about number 2 (or 3 or 4!) we did try in January but I had a m/c unfortunately at 6.5 weeks. Pretty devastated to say the least. We are two old chooks here, so we need to really hurry up and have a baby. Hopefully I'll be doing another cycle in a few weeks. Right now I'm doing acupuncture to improve my egg quality.
As for day care, we went and saw a developmental paed last month, and he thinks the best way to improve Cam's speech is daycare twice a week. I'm really dreading it as I've heard so many stories about kids picking up all sorts of illnesses from there......The doc said Cam is delayed in most areas, but day care will be the best for him. He talks a lot of gibrish, only a couple of real words. Apart from that he's fine
Teresa, I 'm sorry to hear Hamish hasn't been well. Like I've said before, I'm dreading the daycare
HC, do you think your DP will twists your arm with number 2? You'll def. need a bigger place then!
Nat, half was through your pg hun, that's exciting hun!
Is anyone else out there?
We had a swim party for Cam's 2nd birthday, it was actually quite fun, except it was just after the m/c so it had put a bit of a dampner on things.
rooey - i hope you can move into a new house soon!
nat - hamish's speech has improved immensely going to the day care centre here in wagga! its amazing how much he is talking now.
as for us, DH's job is up in the air again. the base here in wagga is the teaching school for his job. next year they are outsourcing all the instructor positions to civilians which means that all the defence personnel are up in the air as far as what they will be doing. there is talk that they are getting rid of 100 or so defence personnel next year. first to go will be the ones that have been here for years. then we get told what will happen to us. probably wont find out now until july next year so therefore baby ideas are not up for discussion now until we find out what is happening. feel kinda sad about it but ok too. who knows what will happen next year. i hate this unpredictability of not knowing.
Teresa, thanks hun. Bugger about your DH's work and putting off the baby making. Hopefully everything will sort itself out in good time.
Well, I just got a lovely Easter present. I have fallen out with my brother & SIL 4 months ago, about their treatment of my parents with whom they are currently living. They've bought their own house recently, but they are renting it out at the moment so they can pay it off asap. My parents don't take any money from them so they can save money, and they help out a lot with their 1 year old. About the same time we fell out, I told them not to bother me anymore (my brother was the one that severed the contact between us in the first place after I told them both off for treating my parents like crap) because we were about to start IVF and I didn't need the extra stress. Just a bit of a background, my SIL has always copied me in pretty much everything I do. Right up to what toys Cam had as a baby, her DS has almost the excact same toys (there is a 1 year difference between her DS and my DS). Today mum dropped a bombshell. She's preggo. I feel so angry right now, because when we were still talking, she always told me she did not want any more kids as she was really struggling with one (she relies heavily on my parents for babysitting so she can sleep in the mornings). So I am sitting here thinking, she has planned this pg to spite me. What a biatch. Luckily I don't speak to her as I really wouldn't know what to say to her right now.
Miss B - I'm really sorry to hear about your loss - a few of the Mum in our play group have been trying longer than anyone else and they are the only ones who aren't pregnant. I feel really bad for them and hope their turn comes really soon -and yours too! Regarding your SIL, my SIL was similar when DH first said we wanted to have children. Her exact words were "why would you want to go through all that again" (he has 4 children from a previous marriage). Guess who was pregnant with number 3 six months later? Anyway, she is pregnant again and due a couple months after us... I think some people don't really think and it's especially hard going through IVF or long term conception issues. I think some people are just really oblivious some things - or more bluntly, not very educated about the realities of life :-)
Oh and with the daycare, it's best thing we did with Angus. Each time I pick him up, he seems so much more advanced. There are things I have been trying to teach him for ages - such as saying bye and waving, but he seems to copy more from the kids at daycare. He is such an independent little being now and I think they taught him "cheers" too, so now he does it each time he has a drink! Not sure if that is a good one or not :-)
Teresa - that must be really tough to not have stability at the moment. Are you not entitled to Maternity Leave if you are unable to go back to your workplace? I'm not sure as I left my previous work when I was 3 months pregnant with Angus as DH was deployed to the Middle East and I moved interstate to be with family. Even if I did maternity leave, I wouldn't have wanted to go back there anyway, but I'm not sure of the legalities. I hope it all works out for you
Miss B I'm so sad to hear of your m/c. They really are awful xx
I have been doing acupuncture also to reduce my hot blood which has been possibly causing mine.
We've started trying again for number 2 (or is it 4??) after a couple months break. Hopefully the acupuncture helps
That's no good about your hubby's job Teresa. Will you be posted elsewhere or?
Thanks Nat and Rachael. I went to see my FS today and he said it was trisomy 16. Bugger
Rach, we will be hopefully trying again in a few weeks time. First I have to wait for my first AF after the m/c and then try in the next cycle. Fingers crossed for us both hun. I feel pretty good with the acupuncture and herbs I've been taking, so I hope it helps me in the end.
Hope all is going well. I wasn't getting notifications and wanted to sub again
We had a friend over today. I was telling him that Tiah helps with Her new cousin and with changing his nappy. Tiah pipes up with "I wiped Clays balls!" rofl. Had to share, I can't stop giggling about it
Had another argument with DP yesterday, apparently he was ****ed off about our anniversary dinner, said I'd it was a second date there wouldn't be another. Then was ****ed off because I told Mum we'd drop DS off at her place as we were meant to be going to a wedding. Apparently this meant I didn't want to have fun with him because I'd only have a drink or two instead of getting wasted. Argument culminated with him throwing the cars keys at me which hurt my hand (minor injury, I know). I'm just so scared of his temper He makes out like nothing is his fault. I don't know what to do.
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