Babies Born ~ September 2007 #54

[Cassius2]

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[Artechim]

Hi everyone. W is starting to whinge so I will be quick.

Camping with a toddler and a 9 week old baby is a DISASTER!!!!

So glad to be home. William was tired and excited and silly. Amelia must have been overstimulated/overtired and lost the plot completely. She was hysterical and I couldn't settle her. In the end DH had to walk her around for over an hour to calm her. Then in the morning we went out on the boat. A screamed every time the engine was off so DH couldn't fish, then on the way back we ran out of petrol. Then the auxillery motor ran out of petrol. We made it back by the skin of our teeth after shaking the dregs of the main tank into the auxillery. William had fun though, but we won't be doing that again in a hurry. Camping plans for christmas have been postponed for a few years.

[Ginger]

omg Arte, i'm so sorry but i had to laugh at your boating story. reminded me of something out of national lampoon's vacation.
i've always said that holidaying with kids is not a holiday at all. it's just taking your work to a different location without your usual props

[AnyDream]

i've always said that holidaying with kids is not a holiday at all. it's just taking your work to a different location without your usual props

That captures it perfectly G!!!

Arte - I must admit I did wonder how successful the trip would be...didn't want to discourage you by saying it upfront though. Hope you get a bit of R&R now you're back home again.

Noni - woohoo good luck at your new job! I'm sure you will be fantastic & a really positive influence for the whole family. Nice feeling giving Centrelink the flick!

Clare - oh I wonder if you've heard from your friend yet...exciting day! Well done navigating the Ikea/Bunnings minefield LOL.

Hey has anyone started to think about how they are going to tackle the Christmas tree thing this year? Can't decide if we should have the big one and just keep all the fragile/dangerous ornaments in the box, or drag out the old (and slightly threadbare) one which is small enough to put up on a cabinet where Missy E can't reach...hmmmmm. The FDC lady says she puts hers up on Pageant Day -that's next weekend - so maybe she can train E not to touch for a few weeks before ours comes out! LOL

[Artechim]

LOL MD, I was sceptical but I didn't think it would be as bad as it was. I would go for the big tree, just keep the good ornaments up high and make sure it is well anchored so it doesn't tip. I think we are going to get a real tree this year, love the smell of pine at christmas time.

Ginger, you are so right. We are not going on holiday until the kids can ride bikes/entertain themselves. You are going to enjoy your sea change so much, it is fantastic to wake on a sunny day, throw a few things together and get the boat in the water (just bring extra petrol lol). I just saw that baby Jimmy is 8 months old! How did that happen??

[Trillian]

We haven't been on all that many family holidays but it's never been a real drama except for the time we went to Forster when Erin was 5 months old and OMG she was never one to enjoy long car trips and I think she spent a good 6 hours of the trip screaming. YOu can imagine what the tension in the car was like by the time we got there But once we got there it was always easy kwim. I do agree though that the only ones on holiday are DH and the kids though especially since we only ever do self catering accommodation and I'm still cooking and washing every day.

G the sea change sounds like a great idea. DH must be a pretty awesome skiier if he is taking on the bridge to bridge. We really need to get our boat out this year too - we haven't even pulled it out of the shed for 2 seasons.

MD, surprisingly we didn't have all that much trouble with Alister touching the tree last year - not as much as I thought anyway so I don't think we'll have an issue at all this year, but then we don't have *nice* ornaments anyway, just cheapies. having her trained not to touch the tree at FDC sounds like a top plan though LOL.

[Leemar]

Morning Girls,

Ginger- Happy Birthday and hope it was great.


OMG I have so much to catch up on.

All good here. Livi is going great at Toilet training and is in undies all day apart from her sleep. She is even pooing on the toilet I am amazed at how easy she has been compaired to the nightmare with the boys.

Hello to everyone and have a wonderful day

[Ozstar]

Arte I too had to have a giggle at your holiday stories lol.

Clare yay for your friend, congrats. I read your other thread about you knowing her name etc too how cool.

Leanne woo hoo on the TT, WTG Liv.

MD I want a new tree this year but cant convince DH. We bought a train last year to go around the bottom of the tree, L is going to have a ball destroying it lol.

I am sorry I havent been able to keep up, am hoping the kids start sleeping at the same time lol. To hard to type a whole response one handed. All is great on our end dd and I are off to Syd this weekend while L and DH have a boys weekend lol.

[Leemar]

Morning Girls,

Oz- have a wonderful weekend in sydney.
Trill- I suppose it all boils down too everyone has different experiences with each child.
MD- we are still deciding on buying a new tree or just stick with the old one.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day

[Cally]

Hey everyone.

Been flat out at work lately, a few things all supposed to be happening at once.

MP - I figured you had reception issues when you didn't respond, that was fine!

Leanne - well done on the TT. We bought undies for K on the weekend (with diamonds on the front!!) but so far the dollies have worn them more than she has.

Clare - congrats to your friend! Also, keep meaning to tell you that Bethany is expecting again (due April)

We have a big tree, there are a few precious ornaments that I might just pack away for this year, rather than run the risk of them being broken. Although I was very surprised last year at how good she was with the tree.

Oz - have a lovely weekend away.

Arte - I looked for pumpkin seeds, but they only had Jarrahdale and butternut varieties. Sorry the camping trip didn't go well, but I did enjoy reading about it! It didn't look that bad on your FB photos either (certainly not when they were both asleep)

Noni - good luck with starting your new job.

[MamaPan]

hi everyone
lets see how much i get to write this time LOL!!!
the gastro seems to have left the house here thankfully! it was a hard week last week...
Noni - best of luck with the job, you are taking on a lot thats for sue but i am sure you will feel great about it once you are in a routine etc
Clare - yay for your friend!
Ginger - happy bday - so sorry i missed it! i cant finmd your seachange thread - where are you moving? and when?
It looks very likely i will be back in melb early next year! we wont know for sue til dec but it is 90% likely now... yay!
how is everyone coping with the heat?
Leanne - wtg on the TT. we bought a potty on the weekend but not miuch happening. he wants to sit on it but we dont get any action yet! reminds me i should tell them at kindy to ask him to go on the potty too...
have any of you had experience of the so called 4 mnths sleep regression? Jacob is v wakeful at night atm, sleeps ok til about 11 and then is up every hour or 90 mins.. quite upset... is this common? he is 4 months now... he is develpoing v fast now.. so i thought that could be it. rolling onto his side and VERY verbal all of a sudden, plus drooling heaps all of a sudden and extremely 'social', he also seems ot get quite upset when he cant see me (i thought it was a bit early for this).
oh gotta go... will ty to pop on later (computer still broken so not easy atm and have to use itouch) love to you all and sorry such a bad buddy
ps just put some pics on fb will add to our group

[Cassius2]

Hi girls!

Sherie: ah, i didnt realise that there would of once been a lake nearby LOL! i am so used to just hearing of droughts growing up that the notion of a large lake in a regional place is rather foreign...ah what a sad state of affairs...at our local dam in my home (country) town, it went so low that the tops of the houses that they flooded all those years ago to fill the dam started to show! became a bit of sight-seeing spectacular LOL!

Cally: oh that is wonderful news about Bethany! April babies are GREAT LOL! hope the work quietens down for you soon...dont want to be working too hard!

Oz: oh the train idea is lovely!! although i think that for us, Leila would just see that as further invitation...i will have to try it out though LOL! i am such a sucker.

AFM: all good here. went to MG today and it was so lovely! despite the excrutiating heat, it was good to catch up. but i must say i feel kinda strange being the odd one out pg/new baby wise. i am the only one left (other than 2 girls who have decided to keep at one kid). ah well, my time will come...wont it?!!! LOL!

have the air-con going...dont know how to use the frikkin ducted cooling. sooo need to master it by tonight as you can have it work in specific sections of the house (rather than having to cool the whole place ITMS). so would like to have it on in Ls bedroom and in ours...was waaay too hot to sleep last night. took until about 10pm to get poor L down...

[MamaPan]

weird i posted here earlier but it doesnt appear....
ETA - oh there it is! sorry!!

[MamaPan]

Arte - i must admit to also having a giggle at your holiday mishaps! I am lucky that generally our holidays with the boys have been geat - different to the past but good... but i am not as adventurous as you!

[MamaPan]

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