Here here Telly, I completely agree! xx
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Here here Telly, I completely agree! xx
Thats totally right Telly - and I agree. I only posted the link for those who hadn't seen it - I believe in make your own choices, but its better to make them if you are educated about the pros and cons to each decision.
Gawd knows I've made some complete stuff ups in my parenting journey that I feel totally and utterly guilty about, and I may not have made those same choices if someone had educated me ya know? I'd hate for anyone at all - but particularly people from BB - to feel guilty about anything.
Much love
xxx
True that Telly!
I am really peeeeeeed off right now. My best friend is a real hard person for most people to get along with.. She is very opinionated and thinks she is right ALL the time. Anyway today I was asking her if she has had the Downs test (she is also PG) and she said that she had and then asked me if I was going to have it. I told her I hadn't decided yet as Ive heard a few times that people have been told their bub was VERY high risk and been encouraged to abort (including one of the mums from school) and then the bub was born perfectly normal. So I was just saying how it is not an accurate enough test amd would cause alot of stress yada yada yada.. Anyway, she totally snaps at me saying of course it's accurate and I need to stop googling things just to challenge the drs and blah blah blah!!!! She says things like this all the time! Basically ANY decision i make in regard to ANYTHING she will challenge it!! She gives me the absolute sh*ts sometimes! I'm so angry! I am one of few people who is close friends with her for this reason! She is ALWAYS right, even her DP said that if they didn't have a baby they wouldn't be together cos she is so argumentative. Grrrrrrrr!!! I ended up saying to her that maybe she should do some MORE googling and look into important things a bit more rather than following the herd. So anyway... I'm avoiding her. She is ten times worse when she is pregnant and she is not a very nice person to be around at the best of times so she is a nightmare now!!!!
Sorry ladies! Major vent there! I'm on my phone too so that took ages to type out! Haha!
Bbl xxx
Stoked - and why are you her friend? LOL... or is she more like a "frenemy"? LOL
FWIW, not everyone has that test, and I agree with you! I didn't have it for any of my babies - figured I will deal with what I'm given, no matter which way it falls :D
Sometimes Mel, I seriously DO NOT know why I am her friend!! Haha!
Frenemy sounds like just the word!! She is more like family really, our family has known her since I was about 12 and she has just slotted in like one of my sisters. I suppose that's why I feel this love/hate thing for her!! Grrrrrrrr!
Aw Kymmy.....it's frustrating dealing with people like that isnt it!! Me and my DH are 'always right' and we have some good barney's - both Tauruses so maybe that's the problem!!?? Just give yourself some space from her and maybe you'll feel better after that....
Telly - Abbey does the same thing....she wobbles around mid air trying to sit herself up more and cranes her little neck to try and get a look into the front of the car....will get her weighed next week to see how she's doing....she was only 7.4kg when she had her needles about 3 weeks ago...
AFM - Tonight we just had cutlets and mash and vegies for tea so I slopped some mash onto Abbey's high chair table and gave her a cutlet bone and let her go for it....she had a great time, made a huge mess but was much more happier than me trying to spoon it all into her mouth.....I also gave her half a banana at lunch to play with and she enjoyed that for a bit as well as some more toast but I cant stop myself from grabbing it off her when it get's soggy or she starts to cough and carry on like it's stuck in her throat.....I panic and just grab her....I have to stop doing this but I dont know how to??
So if we are having say lasagne or shepherd pie for tea what do I do with it for Abbey?? Do I puree it up a bit then give it to her on her tray? Or just chop it up into really small bits?? OMG Mel, I dont know how I would cope with giving Abbey a crispbread....I think I'd nearly throw up from nerves from worrying that she'd choke on the damn thing!!!
She has been a whingy girl today and rather clingy....she loves sitting up in the trolley now at the shops with the Trolley Mate that we've got to give her a bit of padding in case she topples a bit....she get's a lot of attention of people saying how she little is to be sitting in there etc!!
I think that's it....going to watch the Amazing Race in a sec....another one of my faves!!!
xoxoxox
It is nerve wracking the first time they seem to choke, but they're not choking, they're gagging. And if Abbey is anything like Eden, she brings it straight back up (pretty much) or I just get down to her level and remain calm (even though I'm freaking inside) and just say calmly - cough it up Eden, come on girl, cough it up - and she always does. Tonight she gagged on potato, and I just turned to her and asked if she was alright, and she'd already coughed it up into her mouth - so all was good!! Try not to freak out - although it is hard - but they sense when you are freaking and I think it makes it harder for them to relax you know? She just gums her crispbread to death, all the drool and everything softens it up really well, and she just sorta gums it and then swallows. She hasn't ever gagged on it.:
If I was serving lasagne or shepherd's pie (which I dont' cook cos I don't have good recipes for them and wouldn't have a CLUE how to make them haha) I would just serve her plate up exactly the same as ours. EXACTLY the same. At the moment, she tends to dump it straight on the floor by grabbing the plate, so I show her the plate, then dump it all on her tray from the plate.. LOL... most of it ends up on the floor anyway.
You have to be comfortable with the idea of BLS though - otherwise its too nerve wracking for you and you'll drive yourself crazy. If you're not comfortable with it - don't do it :) Do what works for you too - as well as your baby ;)
OMG Kymmy - that is the same as the girl from work who had a baby 9 weeks after me - the one I always moan about on here! THAT'S HER!!!!!!! I've had to distance myself because I just can't handle it anymore, she was bad enough before pregnancy, worse when pregnant and tripley worse now she has a baby!!!!!!! I occasionally have to endure an hour or so with her as I find it hard to keep making excuses - ie tomorrow I'm going walking with her god help me but I haven't seen her in about 5 weeks (other than at swimming last week when I didn't really speak to her much). I always attract people like that!
Now, as for the downs test, each to their own on having it so she shouldn't have made that comment to you. I had it but it's not to say I would've gone ahead with the amnio - my friend had a 1 in 41 result so had the amnio and her baby was fine. My doctor likes to see it above 300 and I was 1 in 571 so that was enough for him/me. Besides, by the time you find out you're a fair way in so would you want to go ahead with a termination that late, I'm not sure I would but hard to say until you're in the position I guess! What will be will be and you do what feels right for you.
hey mel - totally agree, you need to be informed to make the decision thats best for you. im glad you put that clip up, i completely forgot about it until you posted the link.
kymmy - OMG what a pain in the ass! haha! Ak i hate people like that. You do whats best for you. I totally understand what you're saying, whats the point - you would keep your bubby anyway. I had it done, simply for the fact that i liked seeing my baby on the ultrasound, and the more times the merrier, haha! ;)
Shayna - yep theo loves his trolley mate too. makes shopping heaps easy! mummy is definately a fan! I give theo cruskits with vegemite - they're AWESOME! They just kinda mush down to nothing, he absolutely LOVES it! highly recommend them!
AFM - Theo is now trying to 'help himself' to the milk bar. hehe. In the trolley mate today, he kept trying to pull my top down and kept sucking the top of my boobs (he couldn't get the nipple out, hhaha). He also does it when we hop out of the shower. I sit him on the change table to put a singlet on and he tries to latch on while im standing there. DH is horrified, haha, i just laugh, think its cute. DD never did things like that.
Been sooo bad for my diet so far this week :redface: chinese takeway last night. roast pork and gravy sanga for lunch today.. with chips, lol, then a coffee and hazelnut brownie for afternoon tea (mind you its only 1:20, hahaha). On wednesdays weigh in I was 76.4kg (28kg lighter than what i was preggers w theo :) ) Akkkk Which just reminds me of something annoying DH did!! Yes I tell you ladies how fat i was, but its you, and i love you, and i know you don't judge me. But DH went and told the b*tchy receptionists at his work that im now 76kg, and one of them said, "how much has she lost", and he replied "30kg!!" Apparently she just gave him this look of "omg what a fat slob". Keep your mouth shut chris! dont want people to know my numbers!!!!
I've just noticed how hard my posts are to read these days, sorry ladies, i'll try and be more articulate from now on
xx
Hi Telly - grrr to DH, I don't give numbers to mine but I don't think he would do that, he knows I'd cut his b*lls off if he did lol. I was down 3.5 kgs on Monday, another 2.5 kgs to go before I hit pre preggars weight so hoping to get back to that soon. I still don't know how much I put on as I told the midwife to stop telling me with a couple of weeks to go - I think I got fairly close to 20 kgs though! Considering I'm 5'3", woops! lol Oh who cares! I'm going for a nice long walk today but can't find my socks, you know you haven't exercised enough when you can't find your bloomin socks!
Dropping Amelia's 3rd nap worked yesterday! She hit the wall at 6.00 pm so I bathed her, gave her her bottle (she had her first dinner solids at 5.00 pm) and went to bed and she slept until 7.00 am! She fussed a couple of times but didn't actually wake up last night. Not sure it will work today, I am going walking right when she's due for her nap so it could backfire on me today if she doesn't sleep in the pram. Oh well, I just go with the flow, I'll let her decide what she wants to do.
Oh girls, do you remember me telling you about that girl I invited to mums group who has a learning difficulty so is a bit "different"? Well as I explained before she's really sweet and very harmless but the other girls have been horrible. Anyway, she hasn't been coming as her baby (who has a genetic muscle disorder) has gymbaroo, she is nearly finished and wants to come back. The girls have been so nasty about it...just so you can see what they say I'll copy what was said this morning on FB:
This is from the 18 year old who's bub is in hospital because he isn't putting on weight: "I was going to say something on that other thread about her missing gymbaroo, she needs to grow up and put her child first! I know firsthand how hard it is to feel isolated with a child but leon is my number one priority and as much as i love mums group or the opportunities i get to see my friends, they will always come second when it comes to the well being of my son.
I know she's harmless but i personally can't be bothered with her. I don't mind her being there but i just tend to ignore her...including on facebook! Haha but still i don't mind :) and that's my rant for the day."
She's young so I guess you can put it down to that but how horrible is that. Then this from a 32 year old:
"As for Kate, personally I'd rather she never came in the first place, but she did and it's actually my own issues with people like that than her. So I need to just get over myself and stop being so judgemental and more tolerant of people who aren't "normal". I actually totally forgot to add her into this message. I don't think it's right that she's forgoing Jacob's gymbaroo for our catch ups but that's really got nothing to do with me. If she doesn't want to give him the best possible start in life then who am I to say otherwise. Hopefully her coming along to the catch ups will help her in some way with her own personal development which in turn will lead to her wanting to encourage Jacob's development. But if it doesn't then so be it."
So there you go, you kind of get the gist I hope - she's never done anything to anyone, she's just a bit different and says things like, "you're my best friends" and that freaks them out. Don't they get that she isn't "quite like us" so doesn't understand how to put things into words. I think she needs the interaction with us more than anything and like I said to my other friend at mums group who is also horrified at their attitude (she's a child psychologist), karma is great and heaven forbids if they ever have a child with a disability!
Anyway, that's my whinge, thanks for listening lol. Missy is hungry, I'm going to try avocado today - wish me luck!
xx
hey ali
i would just avoid them all together.
I can't be bothered with people like that these days. I've got my own crap to worry about.
not much happening here today. I love theo.... he is just gorgeous. love how he gets excited doing his little silent clap, hehe, naww so sweet.... ahhh i want another i think ;)
xxx
go for it telly!
id love another too!
Ladies! How I miss you all in here! Thank god for FB :D
Alison - Those B*TCHES need a slap up the side of the head! They make me soooooooo mad!! Have you said anything? You don't have to be harsh maybe something like "Awww come on guys, she's just a bit different, she's harmless! Think of it as doing a good deed..." Or something like that? They don't deserve such pleasantries with the way they're acting but I suppose you still have to be polite about it... Isn't it funny how girls get into this gang mentality, like most of them probably didn't even feel that strongly about the situation until one cow spoke up, then they all jump on the Bandwagon - Just like High School! Argh, I know nothing of the situation but still makes me so mad that they are cutting someone out like that when she obviously needs friends and means no harm! And then there's the ladies who end up doing horrible things to their children and end up in mental wards and everyone says "Oh if only we had've known, if only we had've been able to help, if only we'd have reached out.." Pffffft you lie B*TCHES!!!
Anywhooo, that's my overtired rant for the day! Peace to the world hahaha xoxox
sooooo true alicia!!!!
Hi Girls!
Seems like ages since I last posted. I've been madly typing away and I keep losing my posts (just happened to me again in fact!)
Alison - OMG! I can't believe what a pack of vultures your MG is! That's just awful.
Telly - Your DH must be so proud of your weight loss :D Pity he didn't think before he mentioned actual numbers. You and I are going kg for kg ATM. My last weigh in was 76.4kg! I was 110kg with Craig before I stopped weighing myself, but with Ryan I managed to lose 5kg before falling pregnant and only got to 96kg.
Alicia - Hi! Damn straight! You said it.
I've been reading the BLS stuff with interest. I've noticed that Ryan can cope with finger food and much thicker purees than the traditional books suggest. I don't know if I'm brave enough to go fully BLS yet, but I'm keen.
Kisses to all the beautiful bubbas! Keepin' it short in case I lose another post :(
We're all a very similar weight! I just hit the 75kg mark! Far cry from my usual 54kgs pre pregnancy but I'm getting back there! SLowly but surely! Keep up the great work girls!!! :D xoxox How are you going Sarah my lovely??
OMG cant believe Theo is clapping & Archie is waving! Soooo cute! Jealous! C'mon Cruz, time we pulled some new tricks out of the bag apart fom all these damn teeth haha - Although he is getting the hang of this crawling stuff, I wouldn't say he is crawling yet but getting there AND AND AND if you didn't see my proud as punch post on FB - He said his first word last Sunday! MUM! Stoked I am!!
When does everyone feed/sleep etc - What kind of routine (if any) goes on in your house in regards to feed, play, sleep, baths etc??? Interested to know how everyone fits in all the feeds before putting them down at 7pm and them not waking until 7am? Cruz does the same but that's with us waking him at 10pm for his last feed...
We do have a regular routine but it's pretty loose, if he wants to nap for 4 hours straight (and sometimes does!) that's no probs...
Generally, we wake up between 7-8 am, have 3 formula feeds through the day, 1 cereal feed for breakfast, 2 solids feeds of veg/fruit for lunch & dinner (always after a bottle), has anywhere between 3 - 5 hours total of naps through the day, bath at around 6pm, bed about 6:30pm, up for one last bottle at around 10pm, then back to bed, wakes between 7-8am again...
So to summarise, 4 formula feeds of 210ml, 1 feed of Rafferty's Garden Banana Porridge, 2 feeds of fruit/veg, 3-5hours of naps and 12 hours+ sleep through the night (minus time out for the last feed of course - half hour or so)
How does it go in your house? Very interested! Would love to somehow not have to wake him for that last feed and instead catch some early Zzzzzz's!!
How do you do it ladies??
Much loev to you all and your precious bubbas!! xoxox
hey alicia, can't beleive we're all around the same weight! haha! Kinda like the women who get AF around the same time because they hang out so much. argh, i talk crap dont i?! Cruz is a little champion!! What a great baby you have, lucky mummy! Theo doesn't nap anywhere near cruz. Today he had 2 naps, both 1 hr 15 each. Which im totally stoked about! very unusual! Normally i get the old 20 minute naps scattered throughout the day. He has 3 solid feeds a day. breakfast = toast/yoghurt/pureed fruit (depending on my mood), lunch = pureed fruit or vegies (today it was both, he was unusually hungry, lol), dinner - vegies. I often pack some cruskits or milk arrowroot biscuits in the nappy bag, as they keep him going if we're out and i don't have time to give him booby (mean aren't i?). He has probably around 5 boob feeds a day now, he has cut back since starting the solids properly. And im noticing the boob feeds he does have, are more of a feed feed... iykwim, rather than just a little slurp for the hell of it. haha! Dinner time is at 5:30. Bath immediately afterwards. But he doesn't go down for sleep until between 8:30 to 9:30. I think its hard for him to go down early because after ive done him, i then finish off our dinner, and feed us, then clean up. By the time i sit down with him and start relaxing its normally 8:00pm... so it takes a bit for us both to unwind.
He sleeps for a couple of hours, then wakes up and joins me in our bed... kinda a habit, oopsie!
The other night he slept from 9:00pm till 6:00am, then snoozed on off with me until 7:00am!!! No idea what i did differently, but i liked it! haha!!! But mind you his teeth are giving him hell atm, poor buggar!
sorry for the essay! lol! but you asked!
Been trying to mash theos vegies now, as opposed to puree', i dont want him to get too used to the puree. as kaili did and we had a lot of trouble giving her ANYTHING with a slight texture later on. (now she eats normally, obviously.. but i think she was about 16 months before getting to this point).
theo slipped his hand on the polished floor today and head butted a wooden play block, he now has the imprint of the block on his nose :( first injury of many.. but still feel sorry for the poor fella!
suz glad to hear everything is going well at your house. Maybe you could do a little bit of finger foods as well as the puree'd types?? best of both worlds, hehe. Thats what i've been doing. Works well for us. Theo has his dinner, then he will sit in the high chair and have some of our normal food too. last night it was a lamb cutlet bone (most of the meat cut off), and i kept loading up the spoon with mash vege and handing him the spoon. Messy as hell, but now i have my ikea high chair i'm in heaven! haha!
My sister left her vegas husband last night, i had to go and pick her up from a servo. He's such a nice guy, shes such a *****, haha! But she admits it, so what can ya do? So last night my sis slept in kailis bed and kaili slept in ours. Kaili woke up this morning and said, "Daddy, wheres Kylie?", "She's sleeping in Kaili's bed hunny", "oh... so she doesn't sleep with dad??" "no hunny... she doesn't sleep with daddy", lol!!! I cracked up!
love you all
forgot to say too
i use the tupperwear sippy cups for theo. I used them with kaili too.
they're soo super easy to clean, unlike the other sippy cups.
Water comes out quick, so it took him a day or so to learn.
The lids from the snack cups (tupperwear also), fit on top. So you put one of those lids on, and then pack the spout lid, and thats the drink of water for when we're out and about ;)
Im also just giving theo tap water now... not sure how ya'll feel about it, lol, but thats what im doing!
I figure he is crawling around every where now, putting his hands in his mouth.. eating dirt and grass when he's outside (i try to stop him, but somethimes im too late). So yeah!!
Anyway.
mon serenity is beautiful
xx
Hi girls, sorry I havent been in...been busy and I probably wont be around much in the next few weeks but am looking forward to meeting Sarah and Bec in Melbourne :)
Sorry no persies but some woohoo news instead... DH said its ok if I stop taking the mini pill now and not "try" but see what happens when I start to get AF back..So in other words...a relaxed TTC journey for us.. :) I havent had AF yet anyway but I was sick of taking the stupid mini pills when Im not even Oing and the slim chance of getting pg on the 1st O would be a nice surprise.
I hope you are all well and your families too. V is constantly full of surprises. Love her to bits!
xx
Hi all. We're getting ready to go away for the week & I keep thinking of things I need to take. I got out the plastic booster seat for dining chair & cleaned it and Mr I has been sitting in it outside as I hang the washing out - its so much better than leaving him inside! (I hang the washing from the verandah)
I bought a Magmag straw cup & Mr I loves it - I think he'd just drink water at meals if I gave him the cup with his food. Tap water here too for the same reason as Telly.
He's having three sleeps during the day (more or less if his brother is home he gets woken up or doesn't get to go to sleep sometimes) I feed to sleep so he has 3 bf plus maybe one more during the day, then one to go to sleep at night and one or two during the night, which works for us.
We went to lunch for my sister's b'day yesterday & I got a bowl of vegies and gave Mr I that. Not the whole bowl at once, but pieces on a plate. I should have specified no dressing 'cause it was oily (or buttery) and had a bit of salt on it too. I'm careful about salt as I heard that babies' kidneys can't process very much of it, but I guess once off won't hurt.
Natty: Yay for relaxed TTC! Good luck.
Hey Alicia - bit different in this house, Eden is going through a "i will refuse all bottles" phase at the moment, so we are trying different things, but mostly she just fits in with the others and their routine, comes with being the 3rd child I suppose?:
She usually wakes up around 7am, and then I'll get her dressed for the day, then she'll eat breakfast with the others (piece of toast, usually with vegemite, but I have none this morning so she is having it with hommus instead, and a piece of fruit, usually banana or pear) and then she'll have a botte around 9am. Then we walk up the street to check the mail, get back around 10.15.
Nap at usually around 10.30 or 11 - depends on if she falls asleep from our walk. Then she'll have another bottle around 1pm, and some lunch when DD1 wakes up (around 1.30 or 2pm), then she'll have another bottle at 4.30, dinner at 5.45, bath at 6.15, bottle at 6.45, and bed at 7pm. She has been waking up lately for a bottle at around 3.30am/4.00am, so thats why I don't give her a bottle at 7am, cos she won't drink it at all then.
So we don't particularly have a strict routine, but it always seems up to be doing the same things at the same time, so while it looks "strict" its really not. Just fits in with the other two!!
Natty - woohoo for casual ttc :) Awesomeness!!! We go through our stages here wanting to go another time, then not wanting to, so if I end up pregnant it will be because everything lined up perfectly (getting time to DTD at time of ovulation, no DS in our bed at that particular time, the fact that I don't fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow.... you get the idea!) So I'd be very surprised if I got pregnant this month, I'm not sure when its possible to get pregnant after ovulation, I'm assuming day 16 (And a half) on your cycle is a safe time, so no baby this month for us at least.. LOL
Yes we are quite casual about it, but we figure, if its supposed to happen - then we'll deal with it. What's one more in the great scheme of things.. LOL
Better go.... DS was bugging me for most of this post (which is why I dont' come on much anymore) and I found DD1 in our bedroom with a bowl of cheerios and milk happily tipping it on our carpet, and now DD2 has finished her breakfast - time to get ready for the day me thinks!!!
See ya all later :)
Hi girls!
Both my computer and tapatalk are playing up most of the time so i haven't been able to post!!
I can't remember what everyone wrote but i'll do my best..
Archie still is in no routine at all, whatsoever!! He wakes up anywhere between 5am and 8am then needs another sleep about 2 hours later. He has about 3 naps in total anywhere between 15 mins and 1 hour (very rare). He usually has yoghurt or toast for breaky but he doesn't really like breaky so he doesn't eat much. He'll have some fruit or whatever I'm having for lunch and same for dinner but he really isn't that keen on solids yet so we are just taking our sweet time. He has a bath after dinner then is usually ready for bed at about 8-9pm.. He'll go down for about 30mins then wake up again and I usually just put him in the pram or cuddle him and if I'm lucky he'll go back to sleep but usually he'll be awake for another hour or so. Then he'll wake anywhere from 2-6 times for a feed during the night. Last night was only twice which was great! So, you can see why I've been stressing out about him not having a routine and the thought of having another baby!! Hopefully the next one will LOVE to sleep!
Ali, your MG mums sound like real cowfaces... Big hugs sweetie, u are such a lovely person xxxxx
Natty, YAY on lazy TTCing!! Woohoo! Maybe I won't be the only one!
And mel if you are just playing the 'whatever happens happens' game I'm sure you'll be knocked up in no time too!! Woohoo!
My other lovelies, hello!!! Miss you all!
Better go cos Archie is crackn it! Goshhhhh Archie! Can't you see I'm busy!!!!?? Haha! Xxxxxx
Hi Girls - yet again I haven't been getting notifications! It's a long weekend here in Perth, yippee.
Yay Natty - good luck with the casual TTC'ing.......I was just thinking the other day that in 6 months I'll be starting all over again with the whole TTC ride. I really don't know when to start not using protection though, I didn't bother going back on the pill and AF is regular as clockwork. I keep thinking I don't want to have a baby too close to Amelia's birthday but if I start trying the end of the year and it takes a few months like last time then it will be lol. I'm not quite ready to get pregnant again though, I'd gladly be pregnant but I just want to get my pre pregnancy body back before I chuck on the weight again first and I want to enjoy Amelia for just a little longer. I need to work out what's happening at work anyway, not sure whether to try and get some part-time work at home (which would be fab but I doubt they'll do).....at least then if I do get pregnant within a few months of that I'll qualify for maternity leave again - although I'd need to look into their policy for part-time workers, might not make any difference. The 2 months pay was handy however! Anyway, going to go into work soon and see what I can work out with my lovely boss before he leaves in November.
Well it's interesting to see everyone's routines for feeding/sleeping etc. I wanted to ask if anyone else was having troubles with their bubs taking all their milk now they're on solids? I assume dropping back on the formula is normal given the solids are now filling her up, I read somewhere they should still be getting at least 600mls of milk a day with 3 solids but the last few days Amelia has been only taking around 450-500 mls in a day. She just doesn't want to finish it, even pushes it away but when I pull out the solids, yes please! lol She isn't losing weight so I guess I shouldn't worry but I might go see the health nurse this week and chat with her just to double check. I tried avocado on Friday and she hated it, someone said to try banana with it so will give that a go next time. What else can I try? I haven't tried carrot yet, just pumpkin and sweet potato so might try potato and carrot next. Any greens other than avocado that you can think of besides broccoli? I don't want to try that yet as my friend said it's given her baby really bad wind pain so no thanks! Amelia is doing great though, dropping the 3rd nap has worked so far and funnily enough she's been sleeping even better at night, she's not fussing at all until about 5.00 am, she either has this little whinge in her sleep which I'm now learning ignore (yay) or she starts talking. She's discovered she can scream (awesome) but it's quite funny as well. Anyway, this morning I just went in and did the dummy thing to stop her talking - and she went back to sleep until 7.00 am. She's also lasting a little longer between sleeps and sleeping for a good 1.5 hours sometimes 2 - I've been reading a bit of the Baby Bliss book on sleep/awake patterns for 6 month olds. Here's her new routine that seems to work so far:
Up 7.00 am - bottle followed by rice cereal or Rafferty's banana porridge
Nap between 9.00 and 9.30 am
Up again between 10.30 and 11.00
11.00ish - Bottle
12.00/12.30 - solids
Down for nap around 1.30 pm
Up around 3.00 pm
Bottle 3.00/3.30
Dinner (solids) 5.00/5.30
Bath around 6.00 pm
Last bottle around 6.30 pm
Bed around 7.00 pm
Of course it's not strict but is very much around these times, Amelia has always like a routine so it works well for me. As you know though it could all go to crap any day ha ha. The last stretch of awake time between her 2nd nap and bedtime is quite long, if she gets really tired I'd just let her go down for a bit of a recharge but she has lasted so far so I'm just going with the flow at the moment.
Anyway, that's my thing for now, will see how it goes lol.
Hope you're all having lovely weekends. Talking of food Amelia is wanting some so best go!
xx
Hey Girls, where is everyone??????
Hi Kymmy - I've just noticed you gave me some rep points recently, thank you so much that's so sweet......and BTW, love you too! :hug: How's your belly bubby going and hows your beautiful Archie going? Are you feeling ok?
AFM - Amelia's tooth is through, it's hard to catch as she puts her tongue in the way but you can definitely feel the sharp ridges and see a glimpse when she smiles, it's so cute - I think the one next to it isn't too far away either. Gosh our babies are growing up so fast, it's kinda sad huh!
Oh and for a bit of useless info, I just went to go change my signature picture and realised my joining date was the 30th November 2008 - that's exactly 1 year to the day that Amelia was born, is that freaky or what!
Hello everyone - Hope you and your beautiful bubbas are all well. :hello:
Hey Ali,
very quiet in here! Yay on Millie's first tooth!! Hopefully Theo won't be too far behind, this first one is giving him hell!
One year.. quite bizare!
Natty I just noticed your signature - i've hit a wall too :( I'm sooo unmotivated its crazy! I put on 1.6kg this week! Crap!! So i was talking to DH about it, tomorrow is the beginning.. i'm going to get back on track! I was looking at my ww book, and its taken me 8 weeks to lose 3 kg. WTF?! lol!! Sooo tomorrow is day 1! Hope you and I can do it! xxoo
xxoo
Hey Telly - I've hit the wall too, I've only lost 3 kgs in 8 weeks as well, I'm so slack, I haven't been exercising much and I'm still eating crap - I need to get motivated as well. Tomorrow I will try harder. Fingers crossed for Theo's toofy pegs, I reckon part of the wonder week was her tooth getting ready to come through so I reckon you're almost there too. xx
Thank you! i'm glad im not the only one who's taken 8 weeks to lose 3 kg! hahaha! I'm eating total crap too, and doing nill exercise :redface: I didn't go to my ww meeting tonight.. didn't want their judging eyes to burn a hole through me, :o hahahaha We will get there Ali, slowly but surely... right?!?! ;)
Theo keeps tongueing the big bump thats there.. so it has to be soon, surely.
Also with your baptism, we had to have theos during the normal church service (same with kailis). But even with the church service, it was a max of 1 hour. Then we organised for a lunch bbq back at our house for a private party. The minister wanted us to go to church first, 'to get a feel for everything'. But we didn't.. haha! We just went to the private meeting the day before, and she briefly ran through the service so we had an idea what to say and when. hth. xxoo
Hey alll
Well no teeth here , no routine either just craziness and taking it day by day, infact can't even find my keys tonight lol
No weight loss here either but I don't even care I've lost 2 kg but still up 8 since after she was born but Im over worrying it will come off eventually
Love to you all still waiting to get my comp fixed and generally very slack and tired!!! Arimeh I wish I was as organized as you
Hi Ladies!!!
Thanks to all of you wishing us a happy ttc journey lol..Im not even getting AF so it will be pretty relaxed lol.
Telly and Alison, The wall is so big for me right now lol..I was so motivated but now am eating badly again and no exercise but its so freakin cold here and I dont want to walk anymore...I have exercise equipment here but honestly cant be bothered right now...Ill have to make an effort to eat well in Melbourne as they are always trying to feed me fatty foods there lol. Im going to take the pram so maybe well do a bit of walking but I imagine its freezing there anyway...
Yay on everyones teeth coming through..My friends baby had his tooth come through too and even though she was a little happy I think she would have been happy for him to be gummy for a while longer...I certainly can do without the teeth at the moment, Id settle for V being able to crawl as she is driving me nuts with her crying because she cant get to where she wants lol.. Yesterday she moved one hand and foot then fell over but I can see she is getting better....
Spent the last couple of days with my friend and his partner in Newcastle. There was another bubba there she is 1 month older than V and she was standing, crawling and very mobile..I think she is a quick one as she has been doing it for ages too!
Im a bit grrr with DH right now...I get so lonely during the week and he works so hard that that is why I go and visit friends, go to Melbourne when he goes away..I came home yesterday and when dh got home he tells me hes going to a poker night on Friday...I was ok with it but then I just felt so indignant! I always feel like he in a way "pays me back" for going and visiting (which I only do because Im lonely) Im going to Melbourne on Monday and I think he should be making the most of being with V and helping me...He ate nothing but takeaway while I was gone but Im supposed to run the house and do everything as wel as keep V entertained and happy... Plus he didnt even think to oh I dont know...put on a load of washing or change the sheets on the bed..anything to help me out... Just came home and ate dinner and didnt wash up... grrrr sometimes I resent him so much and feel like we arent even friends. boohooo...
Ok so that was a bit of a rant..sorry. Ill try and come back later but duty calls...
xx
Hi Natty - don't worry, I have the same frame of mind re the diet at the mo. I want to lose the last few kgs but I just can't get motivated, just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day or energy for that matter! As for AF, do you want mine? I just got mine today, just in time for my birthday on the weekend, friggin awesome! Oh well, guess weigh in this week will give me a + instead of a - not only have I been pigging out (no wonder) but now I will have bloating as well, awesome again! DH and I have been niggling a bit lately, last night I just looked at him and thought, god you sh*t me, I think all this swimming debate etc has been really getting to me and then he made a comment last night and I just got really annoyed so I went to bed. He had to get a tender done yesterday and he always comes home poopy when he's had to do a tender. The fact AF has now arrived makes sense as to why I'm so shirty with him though lol. I get PMT for sure, but only with him, no-one else ha ha! Amelia didn't have a very good night last night, she cut her first tooth yesterday, it's just peeking through the skin so not sure if it's hurting but she woke up in a state at 9.30 pm, she'd only been in bed 2.5 hours and then I got up about 4/5 times last night for the dummy which she hasn't been doing for the last week. I suddenly realised that DH never gets up to her in the night, it's always me! Now, I know he works etc., but I get up the same time as him as well and still have to function throughout the day so I'm not sure I buy that excuse anymore do you girls? He's helpful in other things, he usually feeds her in the morning - he has his own business so can pretty much start whenever he wants depending on the jobs he's got on so it's not like he always has to be up and out the door at 6.00 am, usually he doesn't leave until 7.30 am etc. And he baths her most nights and helps on the weekends during the day etc but I just suddenly thought how much it p's me off that on those nights Amelia has a bad one it's me who gets up every time. Lucky for him she doesn't do it every night or I'd be one cranky biatch!!!!!! Anyway, I've just had a rant too and feel better now lol.
Oh and yesterday at swimming, when doing the 1, 2, 3 before we submerge them Amelia was closing her eyes, she knew she was about to go under! It was amazing, mum is up at the moment so she was there to see it which is great. It was so funny, of course we laughed at her cause it was so cute and now she's doing the squinting thing all the time to get a reaction, they're not stupid are they! She's also doing this clicking thing with her tongue and is trying to say Dada, it half comes out. Why do they say dada first, grrrr!
Hey guys :)
Natty - I think nearly everyone has a few relationship hurdles after their baby is born, particularly their first. DH and I used to fight like nothing else after Aricyn was born, I mean, its so different to how your relationship was before, and everyone has new roles, still working them out, working out what they are comfortable with, getting used to sharing their wife with someone more demanding than them ;) It can be hard for men to adjust and to help us accordingly.
My DH is really good now - but its taken 3 kids to get there. He doesn't bathe the kids or anything cos it hurts his knees to kneel on the floor, but he'll dry and dress the two older ones, give kelti her bottle, and put all 3 kids to bed. He also gets up most nights to the girls, especially Kelti cos she's a bit of a daddy's girl. But she's been waking up lately and coming in on my side of the bed (usually cos Aricyn is already on the other side of the bed next to DH!) and I just get up and get her a bottle, then put her back into bed. So thankfully she has been going back to sleep - can't handle these 4 hour parties in the middle of the night anymore - too darn old!
Eden has slept through the last couple of nights, fingers crossed she is over whatever it was that was waking her (growth spurt maybe) and is now back to sleeping through. She is babbling a LOT these days - she says mum mum now - yayyy I finally got one to say ME first bahahaha!! Aricyn's first word was Jagger (the cat - bugger the parents), kelti's was dad dad, and yipppee I got one for me.. bahahahaha
Oh and don't even mention the weight ... I wish I was in the 70's. TBH, I don't even know what I am, I know I'm probably back to the 3 figures though - ouch. Gotta stop buying crap food! (she says after polishing off a bag of buttered popcorn with Aricyn.. lol)
Anyhoo - best go do some housework.. or see if the Kelti monster is asleep!! :D
Hello Lovelies!
I hear ya all on the stupid husband situ! OMG! I hate him ALOT lately! haha! He has been a real PITA lately like deliberately doing things to upset me and i CRACKED it the other night and said WTF is your problem!! He then apologised and admitted that he is a little bit jealous and feeling insecure because i don't give him much attention anymore! UMMMMM HELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOO Dumb*ss! Why do you think i don't have time!? And he has also been saying lately, "It's true that when you get married you don't have as much sex..." Um DUH stupidhead! We got married when i was 39 weeks pregnant and have had a BABY since then who takes up ALOT of our time OH ANNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDD i am now pregnant and i get pain in my tummy for AGES after we do it because (TMI) he is not exactly small in that region!! GOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!! hahaha! Phew that was an unexpected vent just there!
Yeah so anyway, we are still trying to adapt. And its only going to get better, or worse......
Ah Crap.. Archie just woke .. BBL
Hey Chickadees!!!!
It’s been tooooo long again since I have posted in here!!! Love reading about everyone though….makes me feel normal IYKWIM as we are all going through the same things it seems!!!
Natty – Go go go Natty!!! You’ll be UTD before you know it probably!!! I hope you really enjoy your holiday down South….it will be a nice break for you! How is your new friend going that you made last week?
Kymmy – Were you getting your periods even though you are BF Archie? I have only had 2 since Abbey was born and they are horrible….was so nice not having them for over a year!! And men just don’t seem to get it do they??!?! DH went to bed before me last night and yelled out to see when I was coming….I was going to watch some TV that I taped and was hoping he’d be asleep before I got in there, but not the case…..man…I’m just so tired that I want to just SLEEP…..I don’t have a spare ½ hour to get into that business…at least he puts the effort in so I don’t have to do much!!! Sorry TMI I think!
Mel – I’ve just today decided to get off the junk food bandwagon if I can….I have a real problem with Breakaway and Bubbly chocolate by Cadbury….I’m completely addicted and cant seem to stop myself….it would be costing us a fortune I reckon….my pay runs out in a fortnight so I wont be able to afford it all then so I’m going to try and wean myself off it now!
Ali – Good on Amelia and her tooth and swimming!! They certainly don’t miss much do they?!? Abbey was squealing out yesterday and then she’d have a laugh at herself cause of the new noise she was making….super cute!!! Wonder when Abbey will get her first tooth….doesnt seem to be anything happening with her!!
AFM – Same old, same old here. Took Abbey back to the baby clinic today for the first time in ages to get her weighed. She’s 7.95kg’s now so I think that’s OK. She certainly looks like she has enough meat on her!!
Solids are going OK. Not always interested so I don’t push it. We had spag bog last night though so I put some on her tray and let her go for it and she seemed to love it!! Hell of a mess but it was worth it to see her have such a great time!
Re AF – Mine has been super heavy the 2 times I’ve had it since Abbey…and it’s not usually like this….I’m usually pretty heavy for the first 2 or 3 days then it teeters off into nothing after about the 4th day, but at the moment it’s full on for about 5 days?? I wonder if this will ease off? Also this is going to be TMI so I apologise but for everyone that’s had a vaginal birth do you feel any difference with a tampon?? I feel like mine don’t stay in as well as before?? I can feel it in there when I shouldn’t be able to? I think I remember this with JD and it did get better after a while but it’s been 6 months now since I had Abbey? DTD is still the same and doesn’t feel any different but I wonder if I’m stretched??? Makes me want to vomit writing that!! Ha ha ha!! God I’m gross! Such a a prude. The nurse asked me want contraception we were using today and I nearly couldn’t say condom….choked it out! : ) Thinking of getting one of those Marina things? Does anyone know about / have one of them??
Missy is awake…Nearly 3 hours today for her lunchtime sleep!! Makes a hell of a difference when JD’s at kindy and she can sleep peacefully!!!
Love you all
xoxoxo
shayna
Hi Shayna - AF arrived for me today, it's the 5th one for me now since having Amelia! My first couple were close together and really heavy as well but they're back to normal now, heavy for a couple of days and then teeter off to nothing after 4/5 days. I had a c-section and I'm still finding tampons uncomfortable, it's not that they feel like they're going to fall out but it hurts like it's too tight, weird! Anyone else with a c-section notice that? It's put me off using them, I tried last AF and it felt like it was pinching when I walked so gave up on the idea. Sorry for my turn to be TMI! Having a baby takes it's toll on the old body doesn't it, old being the operative word in my case lol! xx
Ooopps sorry, i mucked up.
Start over..
Shayna - Oh yeah! Hell of a difference when the house is quiet. If Kaili and I are outside, Theo will sleep for 1.5 hours easy. If she's inside, its more like 10 to 20 minutes! If only kids had a 'mute' button, LOL! I've only had AF once since having Theo, and when i did get it i was so aggravated - how dare it grace me with its presence! I haven't used a tampon for years, so I can't answer that question sorry. I had to stop using them as I had a lot of problems with UTIs :(
Haha, i had a chuckle at you hoping your DH was asleep. I often do that.. watch TV for a little longer to try and avoid the leg humping when i climb into bed :shakehead: We've been trying to 'spice up' our sex life lately :redface: Believe it or not, we decided this after I watched an episode of Oprah!!! Hahahahaha! Ahhhh who said sitting around in our jammies watching tv all day was bad for the relationship?! But yes... sorry if TMI but it's resulted in some of the best sex i've ever had :o
Kymmy - Crap you make me chuckle!! I think my DH would repost your words as his FB status if he knew I was saying that about him! LOL!!! Go kymmy!!! Typical man though.. making such a comment! 39 weeks pregnant when you tied to the knot, and now pregnant with your second.. hmm, i wonder why sex has cut back slightly! Hope everything is going well your way xx
Mel - Well said :clap: That is so true, it does take a lot for you to adjust your relationship after having a baby, and yes.. the first baby is definately the biggest adjustment! Glad to hear your DH is such a great dad and husband, sounds mushy, but he sounds just like mine ;) It took a while, but he is such a huge helper, and i love him to bits. Great news that Eden has decided to make mum her first word! very lucky!
Ali - I can't really elaborate on what mel said... worded perfectly! Things will improve, i promise. And i know what you mean about Amelia closing her eyes, isn't it incredible how much they know at this age?? We've decided to stop kaili's swimming until winter is over, and then begin again in september. Theo will start his lessons then too.
Natty - Yep, what mel said! Awesome news too chicky on the casualy TTC! Casual is the best way to go about it IMO,nice and relaxed. When it happens, it happens. You and your hubby make beautiful babies, can't wait till number two decides to come along!
Sarah - I hope everything is going well your way! I keep thinking about you. I know you're just reading, and too busy to post. Totally understand. Just letting you know that you're in my thoughts xxoo
Mon - I got the new stephanie meyer book today!!!! sooo excited! Shall begin reading tonight!
Snowy - How is everything going your way? Hope all is well
Alicia - I must say that your little man is just toooooo adorable! I can just visualise what he is going to look like as a young man... SPUNKY! lol! And with a name like that *young man voice* "hi, my name is cruz". Talk about HEART BREAKER!!! hahaha! Hope everything is going well xxoo
Suz - Howdy! How's everything going your way? bet your boys are keeping you on your toes!
AFM - Not too much happening my way. A friend of mine gave me all these bags full of old boys clothes, and seriously girls... Just about every single item is awesome! You know how normally people give you hand me downs, and they're all crap, and you send them to vinnies?? (haha, well i do!) Well not this lot!! Thinking about going to get her a gift card to target or something as a thankyou! Its definatley going to save me a bunch come summer time!
Also i went to target today and put heaps of clothes on layby for Kaili. THE CUTEST SUMMER CLOTHES FOR GIRLS!!!!!!!!!
ahh gtg
theo awake xx
Haha! Just quickly... MIL is here and i am hiding in my room! hahahaha!
Shayna: To tell you the truth, tampons have never been comfortable for me as i have trouble getting them in. My cervix is very low, (TMI) but i always bang into my cervix and have to take it out and try again to get the right angle! It has always been like this, even before i had Brit. So i dunno... hopefully my uterus doesn't fall out one day!!!! hahaha! As for the 'tightness' factor... for me, my PFE make a HUUUGEEE difference! Even just doing regular excercise makes a difference. But after a few weeks of doing PFE (after Archie) and doing them correctly (Physio discovered i was pushing down rather than pulling up! i fully thought i was doing them right too!) everything tightened back up nicely. I am unfortunately one of those people who always has to do them, not that everything is 'loose' when i don't but it is definately tighter when i do ITMS! I got AF after my D&C (so when Archie was about 3.5 months old) I had one period before i fell pregnant again! After i had Brit, i bled for 3 weeks then got AF on week 4 and she was fully breastfed too!!! I am SUPER fertile, obviously.
Anyway, sorry but gotta go cos i'm being a total snob to my MIL! haha!
OOhhh and i am hoping to win a brand new Silver Cross Stroller on eBay tonight!! Wish me luck!!
xxxxxxx
ooo does MIL know youre UTD?
Yep Telly.. And half the goddamn town knows!!! It is so obvious. I can't hide it at all! Only 2.5 weeks til I can 'officially' announce it (by officially you all know I mean on facebook.... Haha) x
haha, facebook makes everything official, doesn't it!?
Can't wait to see a pic of this beautiful belly!! hurry up 2.5 weeks!!!
xxoo