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.
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.
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)
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
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...
thanks for the support everyone, feeling quite excited but also pretty nervous ofc..
had swimming this morning with asha, was nice, weathers been hot here lately have got my air con on atm its prob not really needed but ive been doing housework so i feel like its hotter than it is..
trill- thinking back to all the kids ive done tt with i think possibly the boys were harder because there parents were pushing it before they were truley ready.. i think in the children ive seen the girls have been ready earlier but thats not to say they always are because obviously its a minute portion of the general population of children ive looked after lol very true on the wiping i didnt think of that side of it..
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!
Clare did you work out the aircon? I'm feeling rather smug that we got ours in when we did because a couple of friends left it a few weeks later and they're now regretting it LOL. Yay for baby Julia, how exciting.
MP Don't know about 4 mth sleep regression, Missy E turned a very bad corner around the 5 mth mark, that was when the fun and games started (ugh still can't believe it was over 4 months later when we finally got it sorted out) - are you sure it's a pattern developing and not just a short unsettled run?
Noni - does A actually swim or do you just play in the water? I'm thinking I'd like to start Missy E with some swimming lessons soon, just for safety, kwim?
Oz - I love that you're having a girls and boys weekend! Enjoy Sydney.
Cally - oooh i want diamond undies too! I haven't found any big pumpkin seeds yet either. I hope you grabbed a packet of butternut ones anyway just because they're ridiculously easy to grow, keep for ages and make yum soup. hehe
MP im not sure about the 4 month sleep regression, I can't seem to remember much from when Logan was a bub (sad I know). Might be worth a thread on BB if you haven't already.
Noni good luck with the job, I think your going to do great.
Clare lucky you having aircon!! I think L is going to destroy the train under the tree but I'll be happy if it looks nice ofr at least an hour lol.
MD I am looking forward to a girls weekend while the biys have a biys weekend. I can't wait to show Z off lol.
Cally sounds like you have been busy lately. Its cute that K puts the undies on her dolls.
Off to have Z weighed this morning and take L to the park. He has adjusted to Z so well.
The diamond undies are pretty special - they are by Rio and are little stick on sequins in a heart shape on the front. Came in a 5 pack.
Clare - your air conditioning probably works in zones as opposed to actual rooms that you can turn on and off, so try looking through the controller for anything to do with zones.
MP - we had the three month sleep regression where she started waking 2-3 times a night. We went to QE2 at 6.5 months. You probably didn't want to know that....
Have had a few early mornings here. DD took her sleeping bag off the other night, so that has now been put away in the cupboard. I think she is waking up because she is cold, so we need to do some more practice with blanket pulling up.
No big pumpkin seeds yet, still on the hunt but will try butternuts anyway if we have no success!
hi everyone
hoping i have a bit more time to write now...
CLare - can you put a couple of pics of your house on our FB page - i am DYING to see it... sorry i know i should just embrace the cojoining of FB and BB and i wouldnt have to be so annoying with pics! I hope it is your time soon on the TTC wagon, i know that feeling when you are waiting and it is a long road and ppl all around are preg... it will happen soon hon i am sure. did you see your naturopath when you werein italy?
Noni - best of luck for tomorrow - will be thinking of you. where are the kids going on thu and fridays?
MD - looks like it is REALLY hot there this week. It is pretty warm here too, but coping ok - more indoor time with J than i would usually have.
Oz - how is it all going? i cant believe Z is 4 wks already - it goes so quickly the second time hey.
Sherie - did you ever get to the bottom of the allergies etc with A?
Well, re the sleep regression i am not sure - i am just hoping it isnt a bad pattern forming as he has been so good til now with the self settling and N was such a nightmare... I thyink it is just an unsettled time - he was a bit unsettled last night again but not as bad so we are hopefully coming to the end of it. I had read a little about the 4 month regression so just wanted to know if any of you had a clear one and how you got them through it. I might post a thread about it just to see...
On the TT front - N has done 2 wees in the potty! onelast night and one this morning! we arew trying to be relaxed about it but i think this is good progress. question - how do you transition into using the training undies (which I bought) - do they have to be using the potty a lot. each of these were done when we just put hm on there when he 'usually' seems to wee - before bath and when he got up - so he didnt tell me he needed to go or anything. funniest thing - he told me they were both yellow wees - i think he thinks some will be a different colour!!! anyway i am proud of him!
we have the kindy fete this weekend - should be nice. i need to do some baking for it. will be good ot bake again, i have been layig off since i have been on ww. i havelost another kg now, so 4kg down so far!
ETA - Cally.. what were the wake ups like? J always wakes 2 or 3 times (when he is 'good' LOL) but it is usually a quick feed and chg and he is back to sleep... so i thought that was prettyy ok at this age - am i kidding myself he is an ok sleeper? i just dont want to be in a terrible pattern like we got into with N... i know some babies sleep through at this age and i just cant imagine J doing that. I am happy thathe self settles a lot of the time for day naps and at night.
hope the work quietens down for you soon...dont want to be working too hard!
Hope you have a gorgeous day!!!
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