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I would love to take W to a little A's thing or something similar but there is nothing like that around here. He will have to do all his socializing at kindy and sport will just have to be the bushwalking/fishing outdoors stuff with DH until there is hopefully some sort of teams things he can do at school. He is already majorly tending towards nerdness, we are trying hard to keep him balanced so he doesn't end up withdrawn and socially inept like his mother.
Trill, I think that my A will have the same problem when it is time for her to start kindy - she has been allowed to wander around and do whatever since she was a baby, it will be a shock to the system when she starts and has to sit at the mat and do tidy up time etc. But that is still a while off. I think I will start her at the beginning of Term 3 next year so she has a couple of months with W there before he goes to school.
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Arte I bet you're a whole lot nerder in your head than irl. I just know that when we finally meet we will get on like a house on fire, you are much too interesting a person not to. Or there again maybe I'm so socially inept I can't even recognize it when I see it? :rofl:
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hi girls
j will probably be a total nightmare at kinder too. he loves coming along and running amok in the outside area but he's not so good at indoors LOL when we drive past he yells out 'kinder!!!'
well a nice thing has been that my sil has actually been ringing me and asking me some advice about her baby/pg etc. it is nice not to be completely shut out, and I'm going to go over there and check out the nursery and give her some books. its such a fine line though you know, like i don't want to push all my kind of parenting ideas on her iykwim? I'm going to give her a couple of pinky mckay books and start from there i guess.
lots of rain here today, i think i might head down to target and pick up the kids xmas lay-by and stash it in dad's garage. i was also thinking of buying dh one of those dyson slim vacuums for the garage. maybe...
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hi girls!
G: i am in awe of your preparedness for christmas! i wish i were even half as organised.
your SIL must be close to having the baby? i think it is a nice step forward that she is inviting you over...especially as you might then score a newborn cuddle once the baby is born!!!!! *cluck* *cluck*
MD: i would not consider you socially inept in any way shape or form! you are the glue of this group :)
Arte: that is a bummer that there isnt much organised activities for kids. because i have to say that i have been pretty impressed by Leila's love her fairy ballet classes. would be good if someone could start up a social group or something for the local kids.
AFM: well, we are all really really unwell. again.
i woke up to find myself vomiting, thankfully i was able to lurch over and have it go on the floorboards as opposed to the bed, but still, i am SO over being sick!!!! And then there are the girls...Leila has temps of 40.6 and Marta has severe diahorrea. i cannot believe it! poor Marta had a really crappy (pardon the pun!) first birthday and I have just made the call to DH that we need to cancel tomorrows party :(. pretty devastated as i had a friend travelling from interstate to attend as she is going to be Ms godmother (we are doing a naming ceremony and hired a celebrant). I have to say that this is one doozy of a cold.
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oh cass no! you have to cancel the party? i'm so sorry :(
if it makes you feel any better, we have not had a sickness like this before that lasts so long. i am feeling a lot better now but I'm still not 100%. i was throwing up tuesday morning :(
are you going to the dr today?
im so disappointed for you xo
i hate any type of xmas shopping, especially in december so i like to get it all out of the way early and then just wrap everything the night before :)
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Cass, that really sucks that you had to cancel the party :( Have you taken them into the doctor yet? Sounds like a nasty bug! There are heaps of activities for toddlers here, just nothing in the way of sports or team stuff.
Ginger, also impressed that you have thought about Christmas already! I tend to be an internet shopper over the couple of months prior, so it isn't too bad here.
MD, I get along o.k now, but as a child/teen I was a social outcast because I was so introverted. I am forever grateful that my intermediate and high school had an accelerate class so all the non-sporty social inepts were lumped together and we could actually make friends - if I had been left in mainstream I would have had no friends at all.
Baby is due today. I have never made it to the due date before. She will have to wait until Sunday now because we have the party tomorrow.
I have made three mud cakes and all have been fails, so I got DH to pick up a sponge cake and a tub of ice-cream on the way home - will ice the sponge for Amelia and carve the ice-cream into a circle and stick the Toy Story icing on for W. I am going to blame the oven - I used to be able to make really good mud cakes but now they are burning on the outside and sinking uncooked in the middle.
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Oh no Cass! :hug: that is awful. The temps/flu/vomiting lurgy seem to be the norm this winter - both E, P and A started off with flu symptoms and then wound up with vomiting as well. I really hope that you are all well again soon :hug:
G, that is great she is starting to involve you. I really hope it all works out with her.
Arte, I'd blame the oven too LOL. I'm sure the kids wont care either way what cake they have.
MD, no way are you socially inept!
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arte- happy due date :) hope you make it through tomorrow and she arrives gracefully on sunday :) I'm actually considering being a total slack arse and buying a cake this year. i seriously just cbf and he wants a ben 10 one which would just be soooo easy to buy iykwim?
trill- sil is convinced baby is huge and is 99% sure she will book in for a c-section. I'm trying to get her to consider her options without being a pushy biatch but its a difficult situation.
picked up my lay-bys! yah its a good feeling.
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G, that is hard when you want to say something straight out but have to pussyfoot around. I would buy the cake. Especially since you can pick up Ben 10 ones easily. Honestly kids at this age don't care how much effort you do or don't put into the cake - the novelty lasts about 5 seconds no matter how long you spent making it lol
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G: i'd buy one too :lol: i had grand plans for the girls but seriously, the way i am feeling now all i want is full nanny, full time cook and a party planner to do it all :rofl:
yeah we went and saw the GP yesterday. he said that is a virus that we just need to ride out...i was hoping for a miracle cure lol. He has put leila on an ice-cream and jelly diet to try and bring her temps down but the poor poppet won't even eat that!
urgh, that would horrify me to hear that about your SIL and her 'big' baby. sheesh, you had good size boys and were a champion birthing woman!
A: Happy Due Date :dance:
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yeah it is really hard. i did say to her last night that if miranda kerr can birth a 10 and a half pounder then anyone can......
i also told her that they predicted J was going to be huge and then after i pushed him out the ob said to me 'aren't you glad you didn't have a c-section now'? as he was only 8lb3oz. she is having a size scan on monday so I'm going to ring her after that and see where her head is at. the thing is, the ob has been telling her since 20 weeks that the baby is huge. how weird?
eta- thanks for supporting me on the cake buying! lol. i might take L to the cake shop next week and lets him choose one :)
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Ginger - It really, really sucks how these medical professionals can make the call that the baby is going to be 'huge' and omg book in now for that c section. Especially to a first time mum who being unaware is likely to follow their advice!! Also what happened to you, happened to me. And being a stress head I panicked. I AM SO GLAD that I made the choice to give the natural birth a go. I told myself if it turns out she was big and I was getting nowhere with her, then I would go down for the csection. After all that panic they put me through, she wasnt huge, she was a healthy 8 pound 5 and I managed perfectly!! grrrr, frustrating. On another note that is so good that she is inviting you in to her life and her new bubba. I know how hard family drama can be. I love Miranda Kerr, she is such a good role model, I too often refer back to her breastfeeding when someone gives me hassles (like when I got told not long ago to my face that breastfeeding is gross)....! :wall:
Arte - Woop woop, come on down little bubba! Very excited for you.
Cass - That is so crappy that you had to cancel. I cant even believe it, its been planned for so long and you had such grand plans too. What a nasty bug it is. Poor girls, I really hope you are all well soon.
Girls I'm a bit sad today. I feel like breastfeeding is coming to an end for us. I have had to wean myself off motilium and it has made me realise that its the main thing that kept my supply decent. I am now very low and I can physically see the difference. E is not a happy chappy about it. I have seen two different dr's and neither think continuing on motilium is a good thing. So I have tried E on various formulas and even soy and cows milk, but no miss diva wants the boob. So my plan is to keep offering her what little I have left - (about 30 seconds worth on each side, its almost laughable) - and maybe see how much further we can get. Before this she has been down to only 3-4 during the day, with a dreamfeed at 10 and an early 4am feed. So, if I can at least offer her a morning and bedtime feed, thats better than nothing right? And during the day, esp as it warms up, I will have to keep trying with a sippy cup. I am more worried about hydration than anything else, as I must add she tucks into food like no tomorrow. Anyway, I think its time to accept that I am not much of a milk maker, I never have been, and if it wasnt for motilium we would not have made it this far.....Sorry for the 'poor me' vent
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oh isa, you should be so proud of yourself! you have done so well and fed her for the most important 8 months iykwim? i would keep offering her the boob and just see what happens. but please don't be disappointed in yourself, you have done such a great thing and given her such a great start in life.
i love miranda kerr so much, i think she is just the prettiest little thing in the world and just seems so level headed and real iykwim? and she is a breastfeeding champion too! which is awesome
yes it annoys me that sil has no confidence whatsoever in her birthing abilities, but in the end, theres not much i can do. I've made a few gentle suggestions and will be dropping her some books on sunday but I'm pretty sure her mind is already made up. mainly thanks to a midwife who told her that the recovery from a grade 4 tear is worse than a c-section- whatever that means?
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G, this is where it gets hard hey? Even though you probably aren't likely to change her mind on how she births her babe, you can be there for her afterwards if she needs it. If baby isn't the predicted huge monster the ob says it is and she had a surgical birth for nothing, she might struggle with that kwim? I went through the same thing with my SIL and no way would she accept that her Dr was giving her a bum steer, and when it's like that, all you can do is step back and be there if they need it. The bit about the grade 4 tear v a c/s is bull**** too. No way known is major abdominal surgery 'better' than an epi or tear. I respect that she feels she is making informed choices, but I HATE that the system is letting her down.
H, I totally know how you feel about the milk and motillum. That was my only option when I had A - take it or make nothing at all and I thought if I had to artificially sustain my milk with medication that I would have to take long term with no idea of the effects of that I may as well just feed him artificial milk and be done with it. It broke my heart but I did what I had to do. But I am so proud of you for at least making it this far, even if it was helped by using the motillum because you got to experience something pretty wonderful kwim?
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Isadora, I hope that E starts taking a bottle soon. You have done so well to make it this far, I know it wasn't an easy thing for you :hug:
Speaking of big babies, a woman in town just had an 11 pound 11 baby boy! She is only a small framed lady too. Soooo not what you want to hear when you are about to drop one out lol
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that's a whopper arte!!
the thing is trill, i don't think its just her ob- i think its actually her as well. she actually chose this ob in the first place because he was pro c-section. which makes me think that she has want done all along and any time it has been brought up she has definitely not shown any opposition to it iykwim? she has already talked herself out of even having a crack at it.
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oh Isa :hug: that has got to be tough :( hopefully she will take a sippy cup or bottle soon enough :hug: and yeah, i would go with still offering her boob when you can. the comfort as she transitions might be needed (for both of you!).
Arte: :o 11 pound 11. wow.
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how are you all feeling today cass?
