Babies Born ~ May 16th-31st 2009 #8

five years of hell is just enough. five years of having to keep them away from us. five years of having to keep them out of the house when they show up. five years of having to call the police when they trespass. i want to HIDE from them and reclaim my damn life!

i love my man, but i can't work out how the hell he ended being such an amazing man given the way his siblings and their kids behave! i guess he is the only one that actually took after his parents. his sisters are nasty pieces of work (the last i heard about one of them is that she assaulted her DIL at her sons birthday because DIL had the gall to say to her that it's not appropriate to tell a 3 year old to "get the f..k out of my way, you piece of s..t") - i have limited contact with that DIL and am just appalled that I am related to someone that could do that! the kid in question is the DIL's grandchild - you'd think she'd try and make an effort - but nope, the DIL is the devil (cos she is older than her son and didnt give them grandchildren herself) - it's just so messed up. i really don't understand them! they treated me like i was fantastic when i helped their son and other DIL with their wedding (it's where i met DH) - i was the dream bridesmaid. even though they hate that DIL as well (she too is older than her hubby - but at least gave them grandkids!) - the moment they seen me holding DH's hand i became the devil too. i don't get it! worst thing is that the son and DIL i helped to organise their wedding - they turned on us when DH's brother died and they expected to get a cut of the estate and when they were told they couldn't, it was ME they decided to attack. who the hell says to someone (my SIL - as in bro's wife, not the estranged ones) that i lied about miscarrying to get attention?? argh!

BREATHE! i NEED to get away from here so that they dont' know where we are and can't hurt me! we are selling due to US deciding - but you watch them jump on the "it's all L's fault" bandwagon as soon as the house goes on the market. seriously, if it's THAT important to them, go to the estate agent and make a frikken offer on the house!

Far out. Nasty.
You are well rid of that, mate. And if they have problems with you guys selling then that's their problem and not yours.
Sending you hugs - there's a lot to be getting you down atm and I'm thinking of you. xx

Sorry I've been so quiet girls. Fingers crossed that in less than 3 weeks this morning sickness will be gone (I think it left around 14 weeks with Kyson...). DH has been so fantastic lately. He had monday off work, and on sat, sun and mon he let me sleep in while he looked after Kyson. And on the Sat afternoon I even got an afternoon nap! Kyson's been being really good too and he's been rather happy and content lately, and even sleeping better at night. I was sure that the few terrible nights we had with him about a week ago was due to molars coming, but there's still no sign of any extra teeth in there.

Now, I'm no sook or wuss when it comes to needles, but a couple of days ago I went to have the blood test that you have 10ish days before the NT scan, and IT HURT! I've never had a needle that hurt so much. It hurt going in, hurt while it was in there, the blood seemed to take ages to fill the tube, and then it hurt coming out, lol. I was sure it was going to bruise, but nope, there's hardly a mark there now. Maybe I was just being a sooky-la-la, hehe. It's exactly a week until our 12 week scan though, so I'm very excited about that :)

BG - Gosh, what terrible dramas you have with family! I think it's none of their business what you do with the house. It's YOUR house and if at the end of the day they feel that passionately about it, then they can buy it off you! Sounds like a good idea to keep pretty quiet about where you move to next. You don't need people like that in your life.

Jacinta - That's great to hear that your mum is going to be able to help with the moving. We moved house almost a month before Kyson was born, and it wasn't the easiest thing to do. The funny thing was when the moving truck guys were telling me off if I went to try to lift something haha.

Amy - Awwwww, my heart was melting when I read your little story about Natty and Phoebe on the stairs! That's so adorable. I hope Kyson and Apple Blossom get along really well :) Oh, and both DH and I are hopeless is the garden. We REALLY need to get the gardeners to come out soon because I'm actually scared to walk through some of our backyard (there's no grass, it's just plants/shrubs with little bark paths through it). I'm even too scared to go to parts of it to pick up the dog poop, hehe. We're thinking about pulling up a section where the clothes line is (and removing the clothes line), then putting a raised section in there and putting in the fake grass and making it a little kiddy play area. I'd put real grass there, but we don't have a lawn mower, and even if we got one, I know we'd be terrible at maintaining it. Besides, Kyson seems to love the fake turf down at the soccer field. It's nice and soft and a little spongy when he falls on his butt.

Vic - Usually I'm rpetty good at getting gifts for DH for occasions like birthday, anniversaries etc.. But I have the funniest story! DH didn't get me anything for valentines day, so when a few weeks later it was our anniversary I made a calculated guess that he probably wouldn't get me anything, or we'd just go and get something together. I was reading about the tradition gifts for anniversaries and apparently this year was cotton, so I thought great, I'll get him some socks because he needs them anyway. Soooo, our anniversary comes and DH comes into the lounge room with Kyson and they are carrying a gift bag from TIFFANY's!!! He got me a gorgeous necklace and the pendant is made up of 6 little lovehearts that represents each one of us, Me, DH, the two DSS's, Kyson and Apple Blossom. I cried, lol! Years ago he had bought me a tiffany's necklace that had 4 loops and it represented our family before Kyson came along, so this one was the "updated version", hehe. You can imagine how small I felt when I gave him his wonderful gift of socks!!!

Bella - I hope you are all feeling better at your house! I know it's such a stupid thing to say, but gosh I hate being sick, hehe. Oh, one of DH's cousin's had her little girl a couple of weeks ago (Eva Grace :) ), and we went to visit her last night. She is such a little doll. Kyson was never that small! Eva was only 6pd9oz, so it was odd thinking that I never saw Kyson when he was that little. Anyway, she is currently borrowing my hug a bub and according to her facebook status this morning and the message she sent me, she is loving it. I told her about your wraps and she asked for your details. I sent her the link to your business fb page, so she may contact you soon :)

t_m - I've been keeping up to date of your moving efforts on facebook and it sounds like you are going rather good. Well, as good as moving house can be anyway, lol. I hope you and Jade settle in quickly :)

Nicky - Oh my! I can't believe how organised you are with Christmas already!!! I haven't got anything for Kyson yet. I have no idea how much he's going to change before the end of the year and I'm worried about getting something that won't be age appropriate. Hmmm, if we go ahead and make an outdoor kiddy area, perhaps some outdoor play stuff would be good... DH will like that because he says we have too many big toys in the house!

Nic - Just wondering if you got your blood test results back yet? I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! I hope Aaron is doing well :)

Cathy - Did you end up winning that allsorts competition? I voted and kept checking each day if it would let me vote again, but it only ever let me vote once. Last I checked though you were in the lead!

Nay - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope you are having the most wonderful day!!!

Hi girls!!! I've been checking in alot, but nothing much for me to waffle on about and noone else it seemed like either! LOL
Good to see some chatter :)

Krystie... I cannot believe you are nearly 12 weeks!!! CRAZY! You must be getting very excited about your upcoming scan! I hope the m/s subsides for you soon... but if not, I feel your pain. LOL.

BG - lots of house selling vibes coming your way. Good on you for doing what's best for you and your family... screw anyone who says otherwise! I ws wondering what the FB roses statuses were about the other day... thought you were just a super keen gardener! I've got roses here anytime you want to visit ;)

J - good luck with your move too! Packing whilst pregnant would suck though. Nearly 25 weeks too!!!!! That's flown!

Amy - Dad's good now! He's watching his diet a little more closely, continuing his exercise and he's all but given up drinking. He had 2 x 0.5% beers on his 50th Birthday. Poor bugger... the food was awesome though!
He's finally realised how fragile life is though, so he's gone out a bought a new boat. He's also planning a NZ trip with Mum next year, and not letting things stress him out so much, which is great. It's good that he's learned to live life so early... I hope he can have many many years in front of him to enjoy it.
I've signed my PP contract, so will get going on my FB fan page soon, and will also be able to sell things seperately. I'm looking forward to giving it a red hot go, but not too phased if it doesn't work out as well as hoped.
IL's are good. Kids are good. Cannot believe Lachie is just days away from turning 3!! He just seems so much older than he is. You first time mummies will be amazed at just how much their speech and personalities develop in the next 12-18 months! I cannot wait until Allira is Lachie's age... interacting the way he does. Speaking of Allira... she is hillarious!!! I'm loving her cute little voice. I love when she shreiks "oh!" and when she's being cheeky and touching things she not allowed and I make my "uh uh" sound and she replies "don taa" (which is don't touch. LOL).
She's also learnt to say No already.... which will have it's drawbacks. haha.
She's just so confident in herself. She seems so far ahead of where Lachie was at the same age... more like an 18 month old than a 14 month old.
We were at the SIL's yesterday and the kids were jumping on a blow up mattress they had, cackling with each other. It warms my heart to see them playing together. Big TICK for me deciding to get them a trampoline for Christmas... it's going to be perfect!
The little scrag fights can be frustrating though, but Lachie is only young and still doesn't quite realise how rough he is being sometimes. Overall, they are so well behaved with each other and are just a barrel of fun!
I'm happy to report Allira feet are growing and she's pushing size 5 shoes now. They were so tiny for so long there... haha.
She's a fantastic eater... eats anything which is a refreshing change from her fussy pants brother.
Her hands and feet are still occasionally coming up and down, so I'm going to call my GP when he's back for a pead referral just to be sure.

Um.... yeah that's us in a nutshell I think! So much happening in the next few months... the rest of this year is going to be crazy! I'm going to start buying all the adults Christmas presents very soon so I can try and cope and possibly even relax a tiny bit over Christmas. LOL we'll see how that pans out.

Hope everyone is doing really well! And Naomi I hope you had a wonderful birthday!! 23 now is it?

xxoo

Hi everyone, I have a stinking cold and CJ has an ear infection and slight chest infection. She has prob had about a week but been happy as larry but as hadn't gone away thought should take to docs and one ear is full of fluid which is why she keeps banging that side of her head with her hand - apparently. Is fantastic she is so cheerful but I am looking forward to her being able to tell me something is wrong seeing as her mood doesn't. We have to keep an eye on her ears as is second infection in a couple of months and need to make sure it does fully drain or will affect her hearing.

What are peoples thoughts on swimming and ear infections - she loves swimming but I don't want to make any ear problem worse so should maybe skip for a few weeks - I had ear problems as a kid and had grommets in the end so I expect she maybe shares the same "non draining easily design fault".

She is getting up on her knees and pulling herself up onto things a bit - I am so so so happy about this, as now I know is not anything physical (brace made me worry more) just taking her own time. She did two days in childcare this week and that all seemed to go fine - although she got to take 'baby' with her, baby was her favourite toy a little pink doll from Sainsbury's in the UK - anyway she through baby away somewhere on the way to the doctors yesterday, DH and I both retraced the route be baby was nowhere to be found. CJ crawls around saying "Baby" but doesn't seem too distressed - will have to see how childcare goes on Monday.

Anyway tea time have to shoot will try post more soon - I can now read on my iPhone but haven't got the app for posting yet. Job searching still sucks and no real progress yet.

Hi Guys,

I'm officially part time - YAY! So I have thursdays off now, and will work every 2nd Tues from home for the next month or so, then will have every Tuesday working from home - cant wait, it should take some of the pressure off with regards to balancing the whole Mother/Wife/Housewife/Naomi gig!! On the down side, Sean is absolutely devastated to be going back to work :( I remember those feelings only too well. There is not much I can do other than be supportive and let him work his way through his first few days, weeks etc, at least I know it will get easier for him.

Vic - I usually only take Bailey out of swimming when he's sick (eg cold, flu etc), he hasn't had an ear infection yet (knock on wood) but Sean also has issues with his ears (I think his ear drum is inverted or something) and he had grommits also, so guess that would potentially make Bailey susceptable to the same sorts of issues. How's child care? How is the 'drop off' going? This is my fear - I know Bailey will be fine, but I dont want him to cry when I leave him, as I am worried it will take him a while to get over it. I think I might have to work on a quick and fun 'Goodbye' tactic. Any tips from anyone would be most appreciated.

Nicky - Yes, 23 sounds great!! My boss asked one of my friends when my 30th was, I was superstoked considering it was 6 years ago tehehehehehehe, bless him!!

Will do some more persies this week, but here's a quick update for us. Sean took Bailey to a physio appt this week to check up on motor skills etc. Physio was pretty happy, especially with his movement but suggested to get him a decent pair of supportive lace up shoes as he turns his feet out quite a bit, which is a bit of a legacy from the brace position. So I'll go and get him fitted on Thursday which a good pair of Clarkes shoes, I had a little pair of prewalkers for child care but will get a decent pair on her recommendation. Bailey seems to have slowed down on the talking development, but is climbing, furniture cruising and playing up a storm, so it seems he is putting his energies into this at the moment. The way he says Mum now is hilarious, its like a "muuuuuuuuuum?" and he yells DAD DAD DAD DAD DAD when he wants Sean. He always says bubba when he see's a baby and has a little sound like Wubya - Which I think is him imitating ou "luv ya'. Also says a 'Herrooooo". But for now that seems to be it. It seems that since he became brace free its all about developing the movements which makes sense, I'm sure he'll pick up on the language again soon, likely childcare will help development in that area too with luck.

Also, Bailey seems to have had a growth spurt in the height department and has thinned out in the legs, belly area, I think him getting around quite a bit has something to do with it, this kid can crawl at break neck speed, especially once he is naked and ready for the bath, he delights in escaping from the bathroom and crawling around on the tiles in all his glory, and as he takes off gives this cheeky giggle like "Catch me if you can" - a little too cute hahahaha
......Ooooh, must away, I just heard Mum pull up in the driveway, she had Bailey overnight so I haven't seen him for 24 hours - Laters!!

Nay
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Jamie still doesnt say much but u can tell he wants to he gets really frustrated when we dont understand wat hes trying to say at the moment everything is mum mum mum he did used to say dad all the time so ive got no idea wats going on but he is very switched on he likes to throw his cup at me when its empty lol his sleep patterns at the moment are horrible one day hes in bed at 8 the next not till 11 or later i have to lay down with him when it gets that late

Krystie: I'm sure your two will get along famously. It is amazing watching the bond between siblings I reckon. Fake turf is a FAB idea. We have some grass but our yard is very small so there's not much of it. We don't have a lawnmower either but when it gets out of control (as it does when we get loads of rain etc) then I attack it with scissors :lol:
Hope the MS eases up for you soon. And OUCH @ the BT. Maybe they didn't pierce the vein properly? I had that once while giving blood - it just wasn't coming out properly and they realised they didn't have the vein. Now I only give blood from my right arm because there's a very prominent vein there.
Nicky: Glad your dad is doing so much better. Gee, he's a real spring chicken! My dad's almost 20 years older than him! I hope Lachie has a great birthday. It's a fabulous age, isn't it? I too love the crazy funny stuff Nat comes out with. Allira sounds like a classic. Love the "don't touch" comment!
Vic: Aw, poor CJ! I'm glad she is in high spirits, even if it does make it more difficult for you to realise she's crook. Sorry you are sick too - we are all sick here as well. It's just one of the ugly things about this time of year, hey.
Glad she is doing well at CC. Bummer about the lost baby! We lost Natty's ****atoo once coming home from the Drs and had a dreadful night without him. I ended up asking my cousin to procure me another (because she had given it to Nat). She still sleeps with it. But she wasn't allowed to take it to CC cause they don't like the kids bringing toys. She was allowed to have her wrap though.
No idea re the swimming - neither of my girls can. Can you pack cotton wool in her ears?
Nay: YAY for part time! Glad Bailey's motor skills are coming together. Phoebe has slowed down with talking too. We really only get "boo" here atm, whereas she used to say 'bye', 'bath' and 'ta' as well... not any more!
v. cute re the nudie crawl to the bath! Phoebe does a bath nudie dance - we undress her in the bathroom and while Nat gets in she stands next to the bath and bobs up and down, LOL.
Jacinta: Hope you get through the rough patch with Jamie's sleeping soon. LOL @ throwing the cup at you. That's direct ;)

Phoebe has taken a few more steps today. She kind of takes 4 and then plops down and crawls. DH has been away for the weekend. I am rooted! Phoebe has been quite crook with her cold (temps of around 40.2-4 between doses of nurofen) and very lethargic with it. Overnight has been a bit of a shocker. Am looking forward to going to bed tonight!
I think DH has just driven down the driveway. Best be off! Phoebe has taken her own pants off, LOL! Better go find those as well.

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We have some grass but our yard is very small so there's not much of it. We don't have a lawnmower either but when it gets out of control (as it does when we get loads of rain etc) then I attack it with scissors :lol:

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HAHAHAHAHA Amy you are a crack up - I can just see you out there with the scissors, I shouldn't laugh though, at my old house (pre Sean) I mowed the entire front lawn one day and ran out of petrol with about 50cm to go, too lazy to go to the servo to fill up the mower I cut the rest with scissors too, my neighbours would have thought I was a right twat!! LMAO :rofl:

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BG - Gosh, what terrible dramas you have with family! I think it's none of their business what you do with the house. It's YOUR house and if at the end of the day they feel that passionately about it, then they can buy it off you! Sounds like a good idea to keep pretty quiet about where you move to next. You don't need people like that in your life.

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ahhh see, apparently it's not MY house.

this whole thing is messy - my brother lives in the same street as DH's nephew and family. their kids go to same school so are friends. my bro became friends with the nephew before all this happened. the nephews wife is the one causing the worst of the dramas. she is a cow. anyway, two christmases ago (while i was pg) my niece asked what family would be at our house for Christmas. i told her. she asked if nephew and his family would be there. i said no. i wasn't going to elaborate but she asked why. i simply said we'd had an argument and didn't want them in our house anymore.

niece was then at their house to play with the girls. she said something to nephews wife about not seeing them at Christmas as she would be at Uncle Boof and Aunty Lee's house. apparently the wife cracked, told her it wasn't MY house, i had no right to be there, it is only Uncle Boof's house and i just stay there with him. she then went and BRAGGED to my brother and SIL about what she'd said. C and I had been married nearly 3 years, living together 4 - and she said all this! this is the same person that went to MY SIL and told her that i lied about miscarrying for attention, and when we gave my bro a dog, went and abused my SIL for me trying to get rid of all traces of DH's brother (it was DH's dog FFS - NOT his brothers). argh!

ok, enough of that - too hard! i just want this stuff over and done with. we're moving stuff out of here daily. taking over parts of my parents and my aunts place. sending some stuff to charity. contemplating ebay for other stuff - but it just feels like too much to manage at the moment - trying to declutter and make the house "sale ready" in two weeks given this was a rather sudden decision to move is just too much let alone trying to keep track of Ebay stuff. J has scored a little squirt for her cloth nappies though!

bargain too lol will help DH to clean some for me i hope lol

i just hand them to DH and he cleans up for me - he is decidedly domesticated!

HI all! How are we?
Just wanted to let you know the fan page I have suggested to you all is just me! Nothing sinister or crazy.. just me selling some awesome products if anyone is interested. SUPER cheap.. I just love them!

Hope everyone is well!

Well, my excitement and happiness has given me the strength to post, lol. Hopefully this morning sickness only has 2 more weeks to go if Kyson's pregnancy is anything to go by...

We had a 12 week scan today, and despite my extreme nervousness, everything is looking fantastic! Little Apple Blossom is a perfect little baby. She was so well behaved too. She was laying upside down and very still at first which made getting the NT measurements nice and easy. And then after a little tummy jiggling she did a little dance and rolled over for a perfect little photo (which I'll upload to facebook a bit later). Her CRL is actually a little bigger than Kyson's was at this stage *gulp*, but the sonographer said that at this stage it varies so much that they don't use it for dating, they use the head measurement now (which I can't see on Kyson's scan, so I can't compare).

I've also had a little fun announcing that she's a girl on facebook. Even though we already knew, no one but you BB girls (and my mum and dad) knew. The sonographer actually wouldn't say anything about the sex (said it was too early), but we're just telling people that she was pretty sure it's a girl, but to confirm it at the 19 week scan. I just couldn't hold it in anymore!!! Oh, so I guess it goes without saying that if you post of facebook you have to be surprised about the sex ;) Haha! DH's family all thought it was going to be another boy, lol.

Ok, I hope everyone is well and hopefully I'll get back on later to do some actual persies! Mwah xoxox

Jacinta – I think girls learn to talk quicker than boys (we can multi-task remember LOL), Bailey’s talking has slowed, although he gobsmacked me in the bath tonight and said “good boy” after I did!!

Vic – How’s CJ going, are the ears still giving her grief? Sean went to the Doc’s this morning as was in agony last night with his ears and he has a double ear infection, I have everything crossed that he doesn’t pass it on to Bailey :o We have swimming tomorrow for the first time in three weeks, we missed two with sickness, then this week was a bit hectic with DH going back to work and childcare starting etc, we are now going to go Sunday mornings (which sucks cos it will be a mad house), but the teacher I love doesn’t work on my RDO – DOH! Never mind, it should be fun though :)

Amy – I hear ya re nights being a shocker, the last few for us have been sucky. Last night I reckon I got 2 hours sleep, Bailey was restless and crying, this morning I discovered his 7th tooth, I am assuming that is the culprit, the last few came without fuss so wasn’t prepared for the drama this time. I think that childcare/super clingy/separation anxiety/big changes/busy week all had a part to play to be honest. I am hoping for a decent night’s sleep tonight! This year its just sickness after sickness in our house, we are just passing things on to each other over and over, last year we avoided most bugs, this year is just madness, I think Sean and I are a bit rundown which isn’t helping.

Nicky – how’s the page going, glad to hear the soaps are not sinister LOL. They look like great products, some Christmas shopping done for me I reckon :)

BG – Why are family so crazy? I swear everyone has someone as nasty as your SIL in their clan. Aside from all the family drama’s, I hope the sale, move etc all go well. Good luck with the de-clutter - when we moved into our current house and I was packing at the old place I gave myself a six month rule – if I hadn’t worn it, used it, looked at it in the last 6 months it was gone – I was ruthless LOL

Krystie – you’ve done well to keep your ‘pink’ secret this long babe, I would have spilled the beans long ago had it been me. I hope that the morning sickness passes soon. There is an old wives tale that girls make you sicker as they are ‘stealing’ all your beauty – LMAO, I hope instead your MS disappears soon, Can’t believe you are about to hit the 2nd trimester – WHERE did that time go? Gosh, soon enough we’ll be hearing a BA (personally I can’t wait, and I can’t wait to hear what Apply Blossoms’ name will be..... Naomi is a nice name teheheheheheehe). Your FB post about talking to Kyson in the car when he was home with Dad cracked me up, you are a goof, but I can relate as I would do something that silly too :D

Bella – How are you and Jemima? How is Jemima going in her own room? Also, can your step mum come down here to teach me to cook Thai? LOL Just had a cooking fest – More Cream of Cauliflower soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup for Sean and some Meat Pies. Must stop cooking, then I might stop eating!

Cathy – What is it with drinking the bath water? Bailey has started doing the same, he lays on his belly in the bath and splashes his feet around like he is swimming, the scoops his head down and drinks the water over and over again, then he looks at me and smiles cos I am telling him off LOL. I keep telling him that he’s probably drinking his own wee!! LMAO :rofl: Oh and congrats on the FB competition win

Nic – LOVE LOVE LOVE the collages – the one where you have taken a picture of Aaron every day on the 22nd is a fabulous idea!! He is the most smiley boy in the world. Oh, and where did you get Aaron’s blue/grey camouflage pants from, they are too cute, I think I might have to buy Bailey some tehehehehe

Bridg – How’s Shep treating ya? How’s Logan going with his milk, I read your thread but I don’t have a solution to offer, sorry babe. Also, I’m happy to be your first customer for a back seat buddy if you are still planning on whipping some up. We just turned Bailey front facing yesterday, and although he’s in the middle, it will be handy to store his ‘stuff’ a bit neater in the car :)

As for us, child care is going well, but the drop offs are horrible, Bailey cries like his heart is broken when I pass him over, the first day I stayed and played for half an hour but he was still upset when I left, the carers are simply wonderful, but he is a little sad and very clingy to them at the moment (but at least he has already started to trust them), they said after his morning naps he’s usually fine but is a bit sad in the mornings and they give him lots of cuddles. One of the carers told me that it generally takes a few weeks before the kids relax totally and said Bailey was doing really well and they are happy to cuddle and hold him whenever he needs it. This week has been really wet and rainy here which hasn’t helped as all the kids are cooped up inside so the centre is noisier than normal and of course the older babies aren’t outside running off steam etc. I’ve been ringing 2-3 times a day, but only rang once on Wednesday – I don’t want to pester them, but I like to keep check, they said to ring as many times as I need to . Bailz and I had a great day on Thursday on my RDO and Mum had him on Friday (I don’t know who had more fun, Nan or Bailz) and as my Mum looks after Bailey regularly he is very comfortable at her house (no tears when Mum picked him up). Anyway, I have faith that child care drop offs will get easier, and he does love playing with the kids and the sandpit so it’s just getting used to the new routine I think. He’s had better sleeps there than I thought to my surprise. Sean picks him up at 3pm and they are getting a morning and afternoon sleep in (usually an hour each) so I am pretty damn impressed as I struggle to get him to have an afternoon nap lately.

The other news that’s exciting is that Sean and I have decided that at Christmas time we will start TTC again. If we have no luck by the middle of next year, we’ll go down the IVF path again around July. We realise that realistically this is probably what will happen (using IVF) but we thought we’d give it a go naturally first and also we don’t want to just go straight to IVF, I think trying naturally for 6 months gives us the chance to build up to baby #2 at our own pace without rushing straight into IVF and all the emotional guff that goes with it. We are thinking that a 2.5 or 3 year age gap is comfortable. So fingers crossed for a 2011 baby or 2012 at the latest!! :crossfingers: We are not telling anyone this time, especially if we use IVF as have learnt our lesson from the unwanted ‘advice’ that we got from family etc last time, and this time we will avoid having to ‘report’ in on how everything is going (or not going), but my secret’s safe with you gals.

Love to you all, hope you are all healthy and avoiding all the winter bugs (well for those who haven’t succumbed already!!)
Nay
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Hi girls!!

I am so excited about posting because these days it seems ages between posts on here!!

BG- good luck with the selling of your house hon, and the buying of a new one! I think a break will be great for you and leave you in charge and beholden to no one. Just remember that you choose how all those crappy rellies affect you. I was reminded by watching a movie tonight that even amongst slaves who have lost everything that there are those who are positive and those who are negative. Not that we are slaves..... we have life so much better and it is up to us to choose to dwell on the great things in life not our crappy rellies.... I know you know that I understand this as much as you do and offer this with empathy.

Naomi- good luck with the CC babe. I know you are Sean will have a hard time of it but I bet it is harder for you than it is for Bailey. I will send a prayer to someone that Bailey settles super easy and so do his parents. I personally think you are super brave as I got separation anxiety when leaving Jemima with her grandpa and step grandma for 4 hrs! I hear you also on the height and thinning thing too!! Jemima has not put on any weight since 9 months I think. I know she is taller but she is losing her baby fat and getting thinner due to all of the hyperactive running around that she does! Which whilst very cute keeps me on my toes! Also re toe TTC in DEC that is exactly the same as us!! We r gonna go to England to see DH's family and hope to throw away the contraception then. DH has an exam in feb and we wont know if he has passed or not till Mayish but I can't wait any longer than that. I so hope we can be belly buddies again!! even if we arn't perfectly insync it will be beautiful to share a TTC and pregnancy with you gods/goddesses willing.

Krystie- very excited to hear how quickly you are progressing!! So excited for you all!! I personally feel very conected to your pregnancy as I remember the conversations we had at Seaworld before Apple blossom was a twinkle in anyones eyes and am so very excited for you.

Nicky- Babe I would love it if you could send me a fan suggestion to your page again. I think I have lost it amidst all of the suggestions I get. I am really glad to hear your dad is doing better! That is great! It feels like you have had a hard run medically lately with Allira and your dad both being unwell. Hope is clears up soon.

Jacinta- Do I remember it right that you are moving soon?? Good luck with that any your pregnancy. It is going along so fast!! I am very excited for you. I can't wait to be pregnant again soon.

Amy- I am with Nay and am LMFAO about the image of you out on the lawn with scissors.... I hope your hubby took a picture! I don't know why but it is suddenly pressed upon my heart to remind you that you are a wonderful mummy! From my own experience it isn't about being perfect that matters but how much you love your kids. You do that REALLY well and I am proud to call you friend.xxx Bel

Vic- poor CJ with her ear infections!! Jemima has had a bout of them 2 weeks ago and it wasn't fun. She lays down in the bath and so I don't know if that causes them or what but she was truely miserable for several days. At least CJ is a fairly chilled baby. Personally I think she would have told you if she was miserable. Jemima told us because she was sooooo unhappy and cried all night. eventually we tooke her to the Dr's and she went on Ab's. Hope CJ is all better now and getting more mobile for you.

AFM- Well so much keeps happening that I feel like I am always running behind Jemima. She actually quite literally jogs everywhere and is into life at full pace. Far to fast for mummy. Having said that she has had three fevers in 3 weeks. She is better now but it has played havoc with her. On the up side of it all she has begun sleeping till 8.30 or 9. She even slept till 11:30 once but I knew that she was sick that day because it was so unlike her.

On the talking front she now says "babies" very clearly and "dad and Mum" she loves her "pupppies" and says "ga" for ta. My recent favorite is that I taught her the sign for "finished" which she sort of replicates and says "tish" to let us know she is done to.
The last few days she has also mimicked "good girl". not perfect but very cute. Ohter than that she is in to everything and very precocious. I am in love with her more and more every day and she lights up DH's and I's life So very blessed.

Love Bella

Super quick post but will BBL to catch up with everyone.

Bella, I think there is something wrong with your ticker it says Miss J is 3 weeks 1 day until she turn 2????

Nay, Thanks Hun was having lots of fun with Picasa the other night :)
The camo pants are from Target, you gotta get some for Mister they are super sute. If you don't have any luck let me know and I'll have a look at my local for you.
How exciting on TTC naturally ;) ;) nice to take some pressure of before you decide on the IVF path again. Fingers and toes crossed that you won't need to.
I also can understand not telling too many people everyone has an opinion these days.

OK, betta fly for now.

Have a great weekend all :hug:

morning all
i've been a bit AWOL this past week cleaning up and getting the house ready to sell. was supposed to go officially on the market tomorrow - but the RE got over excited and put the sign up on wednesday and has it listed on the net already. sigh. it's a tough gig trying to make it look as it should with E around. we either have her here slowing us down but spending time with her, or we have to send her to mum's - we get more done, but we miss out on time with her. both ways suck! DH is doing his best - but he "boy cleans" instead of CLEANING! drives me batty! doesn't help that i've managed to mess up my back something shocking, and have had to get treatment - it was causing grief (tingling etc) in my dodgy hand, so the chiro did some work on that - tingly gone, but OMG, the pain has been unbearable! told DH i was going to set up a cattle prod to get him motivated lol. we won't be buying again for a while - have been looking at options and have decided to pay out all our other liabilities and just rent for a while - probably til E is at kinder at least. DH's long term employment prospects are grim, so we've decided to keep me PT for now so that E doesn't completely miss out, and we'll look at full time when she is a bit older.

ok, enough waffle - just had a yummy late breakfast, and i'm feeling completely blissed out and not wanting to move - but i have to get some more stuff done. decluttering is good for the soul, but it's so messy!!