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Ali I got mine from Target for $12. it just looks like a white cloth nappy on a frame. i Put it in the normal bath. We shower with J every night as part of his routine.
Sarah - Mouse?
AFM - Just plodding along trying to work out why the world is so cruel.
Ali I got mine at a baby shop. About $17. You can get mesh ones, terri towel ones or hard plastic ones. W absolutely loves it. And it leaves me hands free :)
We bath him in his bath centre every 2nd night. And if he gets messy at nappy free time I take him in the shower with me on the alternate night. I've also had a bath with him in the big bath which was just lovely. So relaxing.
Sarah did you sort out your bathing issues?
We don't have a bath in our house. I don't know what I'm going to do when he gets bigger!
Laundry sink works well :D
Or once he holds his head up sitting in a bath chair in the shower could be ok.
Ali: I bought an elmo bath from target that came with the thing for him to lie on, it think all together it cost $30. I just stick that inside the bathtub. And now I feel like I wash him too much LOL Chase gets a bath every morning :) Good on you for the cloth nappies usage. I used them for 3 days and he got a rash on his butt from the bamboo nappy liners so I have to rethink on the type of nappy liners I'm using. He looked so cute in the cloth nappy though, I got so many photos :)
Sarah: hope your little miss puts on a bit more weight for you. those cookies sound good im gonna look into them. I wish I could just buy them from someone cos im super lazy LOL but i may as well bake them and the cake i promised DH at the same time
louise: as soon as Chase was out I was into the junk food and chocolate LOL Test was fine today, now I just gotta wait for the results. yeah its just to make sure I don't have diabetes for real. Yeah we were both keen to DTD after sooooo long without it :)
My boobs have deflated again...he can't be going through another growth spurt could he? I think its all because he slept from 7pm to 4am this morning and when he woke up he practically ate my boob off, it hasn't recovered since this morning LOL. and now the other one is deflating as well...grrr...
He took two hours to get to sleep just now....it is so gonna be one of those nights.
Those of you who use sleeping bags... Do you still use a blankie ontop? I have trouble telling if he is cold or not when I chop and change all nite.
Also where do you get those funny worm looking ones their arms fold up in? Or what brand cause I'll need to get one online.
Jak its called a wrap me up. I got mine from bubs baby shop.:
Cool, I'll google :D
I was wondering about those wraps too, i need something for over easter as we are going away camping and i am not sure what to dress her in and want to have loads of options...
Kitty - re your boobs deflating, they will not stay the massive 'melons' that they are when the milk comes in, they settle down and 'deflate' over the next few months, they will not have that hard full feeling anymore - but there is still heaps of milk in there, your just not swollen as all your breast tissue is not so inflamed if that makes sense.
Re baths - we use a Tummy tub on days that DH is not in the bath with MJ, on those days (usually twice a week) DH takes her in the bath, the rest of the week i use the tummy tub - its fairly expensive but is meant to help with colic and wind as it mimics the uterus shape (really it is a glorified bucket with no nasty chemicals in it) - but it is easier to use when there is a little more head control...
Sarah - i was wondering the same thing ... Mouse?... i also love the name Alyssa - its beautiful... Also have you tried Activite? its like milo, you have it as a hot drink and involves no cooking, unlike the cookies! Sorry that you are feeling low, are you getting enough sleep? Are you eating OK? i remember reading somewhere that you wrote that you are not eating enough or forgetting to eat - make sure that you are taking care of yourself hun xx
Humm had loads more to write, but have forgotten it all now...
Can you all do me a favour... push your belly button, does it hurt? I dont remember this with MJ and i am quite sore and tender even to the lightest touch... Anyone else???
AFM - had a bad night last night, Aurora wouldnt settle after she woke for a feed at 3am - i got back to sleep at 5 i think and she was up again at 7am (typically MJ slept until 8am which is almost unheard of for her) so i am feeing kinda off at the moment...
Cant believe two weeks have gone already!
Have a great day everyone
Kylz, we have a mouse, or 2, not sure, it was coming and going, a few nights ago i was sitting on the couch and saw it ontop of the air con, watching me :o df taped up the holes we found and i havent seen it since.. fx its gone! they mowed the park behind us for the first time since we lived here (september) so i think it came from there, filthy thing, i get paniky when krystal gets tired (she only sleeps on the floor during the day for some reason) just knowing it could have been there, agh!
Jaki, nope she still hates the bath, its like shes being tortured i swear! even just water, no bath products.
MsKara, i gave all mine showers from arround 4-5 months in one of the baby seats, they loved it, my 1yo now has a shower radar, the minute its on, she is stripped of and either in, or bannging down the door!
Kitti, dont know if its coincidence or not, but i cooked the cookies last night (got the recipie off here) and for the first time this weel, my boobs were full when i got up thismorning! i had to wake her to feed her just now befor i cut them off they hurt! i was eating the dogh aswell, it said it makes 6 dosen, so make sure you have a HUGE mixing bowl!
Sammie, i tried activite, and realy dont like it! but i love baking, so gives me a good excuse, and df helped cook them lastnight, i was shocked! my belly was realy sore, felt like i had been winded every time i was touched there, even bub moving near me and bumping, dosent hurt now, but it did for 2 weeks i think?
:hello: to everyone else my minds just gone blank.... oh well!
oh, we 'spoke' about names last again night..... he did say alyssa a few times (yay) but then said he thinks it sounds to much like melisa (his sister) i dont think it dose, but then i just had a thought.... dosent matter if it dose, if it wernt for her, we wouldnt even know each other! see what he sais to that one..:think:
That wrap me up looks awesome! Thinks me has to order one. H loves his hands out, but he sleeps so much better when he's all wrapped up and he doesn't seem to shock himself awake so much
I'll have to head in to the shopping centre tomorrow to have a look at the bath beds as well.
Sammie sorry hun, my belly button feels fine! It's below there I'm having pain, but that's from all the strain to my c-section because of the coughing.
Anyone else feel completely overwhelmed about heading out with bubs? I'm not sure why, but I really have to push myself to go out now that it's just the 2 of us. It took me until I had no other option (ie I was down to my last mat pad!) before I went out yesterday. I don't even know what I'm afraid of :-(
ali i kind of feel the same - haven't been out with just bub and I yet, but dh goes back to work tomorrow so my time is nearing lol. i just find whenever we go out chloe poohs, needs to be fed etc...and i'm not confident feeding in public so we have to go to the parents room and dh and ella sit outside! not very exciting for a 3 year old. but i have just been approved for respite and dd goes to kindy once a week, so may get some trips out with just me and bub. will let you know how we go lol. it is a bit overwhelming at first, but after a while you wont remember what it's like going out on your own. and having a small handbag. and just deciding to go somewhere and head out without the hour lead up of pack bag, change bum, feed etc lol.....
sam - by belly button did hurt when i pushed it initially, but ok now, just a bit tender on my c section scar when i press :)
sarah - eeek we had a mouse here too, i am paranoid and have mouse traps hidden everywhere as a just in case, and we got one last week! i also hate the thought of a mouse being anywhere near the floor where kids are laying, playing etc...
kitty - hope your results are all clear :)
jaki - we have a snug as a bub or something like that, also am getting a woombie, waiting for it to arrive. they all seem pretty similiar to me :) not sure on the sleeping bag as dd2 hasn't used one, but with dd1 i never did...but the reason i got the sleeping bag was because she wouldn't keep a blanket on! lol
Ali: I am kind of the opposite, I am shocking as I really started to lose it from staying home for those two weeks. I am now trying to get out every second day.. Truth is how awesome is the pram parking?
Sammie, wish you lived out this way.. I love camping! I need to find more people to camp with! Glad to hear your well. Love the name Aurora, went to school with a girl with that name. : )
Kitty, sounds like your doing so well. Whoo hoo to the long sleep from Mr. C!
Jaki, the wrap me up is awesome. I can tell the difference in K. He sleeps more soundly, as he loves to move his little arms. * It almost looks like he is trying to box with those cute little mittens on!
Ferrals: Sounds like Ella is doing well. Hope the moving is going good. I just switched to Karicare gold last night when doing up my batch of bottles. Mr. K had a feed at 7 and slept until 2:30. I have yet to notice a difference in the gas situation as of yet but the formula smells better and Mr. K seems to be fuller for longer. Will let you know.
Mel: Btw thanks for the offer to chat if needed. : ) Hope you eventually move back down to Qld. Would be lovely to have you in our group!
Kylz: when are we planning next meet up?
Sarah: I like Alyssa too. If Mr K was a girl she was going to be Corralee or Asha and middle names were Eve Josephine. I hope you find something to agree on soon. What do you guys call her in the meantime. My gf took 6 weeks to name her soon and he was still called his nickname until now...*He is 12 now! lol.
Maz, hope everything is okay seen your status yesterday. Thinking of you. Hope all is okay. Hugs. xx
Hope!: How you coping? I think of you often. Do you have much help darlin? xx
Iona: Thinking of you too. How is luke going with the baby? Hope your well. Hopefully a meet up will be soon! xx
Kate: Hope Mr. H is well and you too! xx
Jenna: Hope your well. Did you end up finding out if Miss E has colic? How is Mr. J going with her? xx
Sammie, btw did the belly button thing but no pain. I did for the first week.. My uterus?
Afm: All is well. Just changed formula and hoping that will make a difference. For all you bf moms! So proud. You keep going girls and even though I am ff I am happy to hear of your achievements! So share away! xx
ali: I go to the shops nearly every day :redface: I just love pushing him around and most times he gets a good sleep as well because of pushing him in the pram. It was overwhelming to begin with but the more I do it like louise said the easier it is getting to know what to bring and how quickly I can get us out of the house and then back again. To avoid feeding while out (cos sometimes it just a hassle) I go to the shops just after ive fed him. Then i feel better and know I've got at least two hours to buy all the crap I need and be home in time for his next feed.
sammie: that does make sense thanks, im such a worrier, I thnk I get it from my mum. Its just sometimes i can feel the milk in there and other times they just feel floppy so then I wonder if he is getting any milk. Then i stress myself out LOL its a vicious cycle. Where can you buy the activite from? Sounds like something a lazy person like me could try. No pain in my belly button I dont think..just had a fiddle and nothing.
sarah: eek mice! when we first moved in here we had mice so we set out traps where you don't see the mouse once its inside the trap but it snaps shut so you know one is in there. I had to make my DH touch them, I wouldn't go near them. Though on a weirder note we did own pet mice for a period of time last year :) Sounds like those cookies might work after all; I'll have to buy all the ingrediants first, could you get all the stuff you need from like woolies? or do I have to visit a health food store as well for that brewers yeast crap etc?
jaki: i just bought a sleeping bag thingy from best and less but I have yet to use it. Chase just sleeps in a jumpsuit with a blanket right now. I can't wrap him up becuase he won't sleep without his arms beside his head like they are in alot of my fb photos. when i do use the sleeping bag thingy my plan was to put him in short sleeved jumpsuit thingy inside the bag and then no blanket. Or just a singlet and nappy inside the jumpsuit and see how he went in that.
Kylz: how is J going??? giving you a little break? :)
louise: thanks I think the dr sends out a letter telling me to come back in if something is wrong so hopefully i get nothing in the mail from them.
And I'm proud to announce for the 3rd time in a row chase slept pretty much through the night :dance: Asleep by 10.30pm awake at 6.30am, can I get a hell yeah? LOL. Its so good not waking up every 3 hours during the night.
i just got the brewers yeast from woolies kitty
kitty, i got the flaxmeal from safeway(woolies) in the health section but had to go to the health shop for the brewers yeast.
Can I join? I was in the April 16-30th BB group but my princess arrived a little early on the 30th March. She is now 9days old and everything is going fabulous. She is fully breastfeeding like a champ, having a few small issues with trying to keep mastitis away (I have a long history with it from last time) and over supply, engorgment etc. She is also pooping so much I have to keep the zinc up to her bum as it gets so red so quickly. We are getting plenty of sleep so I feel great.
I haven't read all the posts but hope its ok to come hang out in here with you all.
Welcome Mildz we have another addition in here too and infact 2 of us shouldnt be lol. Where in Qld are u?
Tams - i dont know. Lou, Kitty, Rhi, Iona how u all feeling? Jaki we will paddle pop u and W hehe
Be back when I have both hands xxx
:welcome: Mildez! Glad to hear all is well. : )
Hi Mildez, so glad you have come and joined us!!
Brissie girls, i'm easy for a catch up to meet all our lil bundles
AFM - not much to report here, Jack is doing well and his sleeping is getting better. One thing tho is I so can't wait to be able to go for a brazilian - after seeing my vajayjay after sooo many months (mind you it's been 7 weeks since my last brazilian) it is in desperate need lol
Welcome Mildez! :)
Heya kylz, doing ok. Still screaming for hours each night. Infants friend crap too, did it take a while to make a difference in j or straight away? Hope all is good with you.x
I'm keen for a catch up anytime. I will get mum to watch ella so I only have to manage with the screamer and me lol. DH won't let me drive for at least another week though :(
Thanks for the welcomes ladies,
Kylz I am actually in NSW I just haven't worked out how to change my thing.
Ellasmummy I am happy for you to send me some of your bubs screams to me. DD is too quiet for my liking. She is so sleepy still. Maybe because she was a little early perhaps. I wish she was a little more verbal. I gues when she is I wont be saying that. The midwife comes on Monday so hopefully she is fattening up despite been so sleepy.
Welcome Mildez!!!
Lou... I find the infants friend worked immediately. But his problem is wind.
Exciting news... Wyatt has taken the nip!!! No shield tonight, I was so happy I cried for ages :)
My nips are a bit sore now tho.
Woohoo jak!!!! So happy for you and wyatt :) they will prob be a bit sore for a few days but will toughen up :)
OMG Mildez you are more than welcome to some noise lol. She was pretty quiet til about 8 days old then turned. Touch wood we are ok tonight, have gone back to infacol and,its helping her heaps this time. Or maybe its just a good night who bloody knows.
Good work jak. I tried to take it off and still nothing :(
I'm all for infants friend too. Found today didn't give to him and ge been bit grizzly again.
Jayden had his needles today. Was such a good bubba. Glad jus was with me though. No tears from me and Jayden only friend for like 1 min. Even got a bravery certificate that I posted on FB.
My check up went well lol asked me how I was told her all good. Git script for pill and told to come back for pap 2 weeks after af is back lol all too easy Hehe
Omg thanks to a lovely bb lady I now have in my possession a ergo sport carrier to try to see if I want one. Jayden loved it and so did I. Sunday will be the test. Sorry I didnt get there Tams didn't realise I be so long where I was.
Lou when are u allowed to drive?
Hey everyone,
Mildez - Heya, nice to see you in here :) Hehe, love the fact that our DD's share the same birthday lol Oh, and Elise is only really verbal when she has bad gas and the colic is playing up and she has a dirty or very wet nappy.
LMP - She does have colic, though it's not too bad, thankfully. Only had to give her the infants friend in the morning yesterday, but today I've been having to give it to her before each feed because it's been playing up again.
DS is loving her to bits lol, always coming over and giving her cuddles and trying to share his toys lol. Yesterday she spat her dummy out and DS climbed up on the arm of the recliner and reached into the Bassinet and put her dummy back in her mouth was cute, but not a good idea for him to clim up on the arms of chairs, which I'll explain below.
Sarah - I'm the same when we have mice in the house, and worse when there are spiders! We've had heaps of huntsman's and white tails coming into our house in the past month, and each time I get all stressed out thinking that one is going to end up in the bed and will bite me! Hope that mouse is gone for good.
Oh and I've started forgetting to eat too, so you're not alone there, half the time I don't even get the chance to have breakfast, and then I forget to eat lunch, and I can't be bothered cooking dinner so half the time I don't eat that either or just have a few mouthfuls of DS's dinner, though I do snack a lot throughout the day... crap food mostly lol.
And I love the name Alyssa too :) And don't worry too much about how much or how little weight she puts on, as long as she keeps on putting on weight that is all that matters, or at least that is what my MCHN told me with DS. I think I got lucky with mine, I get to see her again for Elise as well.
Lou - The infant's friend worked immediately for Elise the first time we used it, but sometimes it takes a whole day to start working or we have to use the maximum dose (10 drops, which hubby found out the other night that 2 drops = 0.1ml in a small 1ml syringe, so we have to give her 0.5ml some days).
Ali - We give Elise a full bath every 4-5 days, and just use a warm damp facewasher and cotton balls to clean her up between bath's.
With DS we used to have him in the shower with us every now and then too. And laundry sinks are great, especially when they are able to sit up on their own.
I haven't even left the house with just me, Elise and DS... I always have someone with me because I don't trust DS to hold onto the side of the pram while we're walking down the street.
Jaki - I still put a blanket on top when we have Elise in the sleep-bag suits because it can get rather cold in our house, even with the heater on all night, we tried just wrapping her up in a wrap with her arms down, but she hates that and prefers to have her hands up around her face.
SJ - My belly button hurts when I push it... don't remember that with DS either, but then I was moe focused on the c-section pain back them lol, but hubby has a habit of sticking his finger in my belly button and saying "Preggy" a lot (it's a joke we've had ever since we first started dating, poking each other in the belly button and yelling out "Preggy!").
Hi to everyone else!
Hubby is driving up to Brighton on monday, so if any of you Melbourne ladies want to meet up somewhere for a coffee I'm all for it :)
afm - OMG, I just got 2 big gummy & bubbly sleepy smiles from Elise lol she's been blowing saliva bubbles in her sleep and is starting to stir, opened her eyes and just gave me the biggest smiles, love it love it love it.
DS split his scalp open this morning, scared the crap out of me and was bleeding for a while :( He climbed up on the arm of the recliner to see Elise in the Bassinet and when I told him to sit down he stepped backwards instead, tripped over the other arm of the recliner and hit the back of his head on the base of the loungeroom lamp. Wasn't bad enough to go to the hospital, but was enough to rattle me and give him a bad headache, and we only have nurofen in the house which I've heard isn't good to give to them if they've hit their heads, so he's been a grumpybum all day.
Then not even 2 hours later, he's back climbing up on the arm of the chair to look at Elise again, his feet slipped out from underneath him and he fell down between the Bassinet and the recliner and hit the back of his head again. Don't know what I'm going to do with him at the moment, he must have a death wish because he's always climbing up on things that he knows he will fall off.
Other than that Elise has slept for 8+ hours for 3 nights in a row now, gave her a feed at 10pm last night, then a dream feed at 12, and she didn't wake up until right on 8am this morning. Was realy nice to have a full night of undisturbed sleep but my BB's were rock hard and sore when I woke up lol managed to express 200mls from them though, which is a first as I've only been averaging 140mls total lately.
Had our first breastfeed without the shield this morning too, only lasted 5 minutes as it was a top up feed for her before I expressed, and she fell asleep, lost suction and then dribbled milk all over me lol was a great feeling, though when I tried to get her onto the other boob this afternoon she didn't want anything to do with it.
And I'm so sick of this cold we've all got, it's combined with a sinus infection for me and a throat and sinus infection for hubby, so I'm on antibiotics for that and the antibiotics going through my milk are giving Elise the runs, the poor thing. Can't wait to finish them and feel better so that Elise can feel better too.
Also went and go the application forms to put DS into childcare yesterday, so hopefully we can get him in for 2-3 full days a week, which will give me some quality time with Elise and allow me to get out of the house without having to have someone else come with me to push DS in the stroller, really think I need to get my Learners License now so that I can drive hubby's car down the street while hubby rides his motorbike to work.
Can't wait for the baby bonus to come through now, I should start receiving it around the end of the month since we got all the forms handed in on wednesday. I want to get one of those slings to put Elise in so that I can have DS in the pram and can go out alone with both of them. I also need to get a new chest of drawers for DS's room as one of the drawers in his is broken and the others are on their way out, and I want to be able to put all of Elise's clothes in there so that they don't take up an entire shelf in the wardrobe and to stop DS from pulling them all out from underneath the Bassinet.
And the lawnmower died the other day just before hubby had finished mowing the backyard, so we need to get that fixed, and we need a new whipper snipper as well, and a new freezer, and the hotwater service really should get serviced too because the pilot light keeps on going out when we leave the back door open on nice days... so many things that we need to do, and not enough money right now to do them.
Have a good night all, not sure when I'll get back online again, finding it hard to get time to hop on at the moment and when I do have time hubby is usually using the laptop so I don't get the chance to use it.
Wish we got the baby bonus. Waahhhhh! So not fair :(
He wouldn't take the bare nip this time :(
I am getting my first baby bonus payment Woohoo! Going straight to the credit card though-boring!
Kylz I'm going to be driving by next weekend if I don't go crazy first lol. Never realised how often I drove until I couldn't!
Then its school holidays so mum can have ella whenever :)
Hi guys! Posting from phone so hard to do persies.
Mildez - welcome!!!! Congrats :)
Jenna - glad your DS didn't hurt himself too bad!!! We've had quite a few couch incidents here....
Jak - why don't you get the baby bonus? I'm not sure when ours will come in, had to borrow 2 grand off my sister to pay my midwife - would rather pay her back in instalments than my midwife.
Everything just went out of my head what I was gonna say. Trying to feed in bed with DS and dd2 being stupid and jumping around. So not easy to type!
We don't get it because it's means tested. We also won't get any FTB or any of the immunisation payments.
I could go on and on about why it's not fair and why it really Ps me off but I won't subject you to my political ramblings.... as much as I'd love to ;)
Ahh ok so you are on a high income. I wouldn't feel too bad, the ftb amount for one child isnt very much, hardly amounts to anything, so you are definitely not missing out on much. And the immunisation allowance is like $250 or something? Believe me, I'd rather be earning too much money to get them rather than the low income my DH gets lol!!!! Slightly too high for a health care card so we pay so much money for docs appointments, just an appointment a fortnight can put us over our budget!
Cost us $220 the other day to get a scan on S's kidneys - sucks cos we had to get it done and it's so expensive!! Bah to being poor that's all I got to say!
I get a whopping $52 fn in ftb lol
I do get the ppl but last payment will NT be on 4/7 so might have to go back to work earlier :(
I had to go back to work after DS and dd1, both by the time they were 12 weeks old. Interest rates were higher then our mortgage was 500 a week and DH wasn't earning much more than that! Wasn't till I had dd2 that it worked out we were only slightly worse off (like $20 a fortnight) with me staying home. Money sucks that's for sure!:
I don't give two poops about the other stuff it's the baby bonus that annoys me.
The bonus was introduced because Australia is 'underpopulated'. Yet do they help people have Ivf??? No. We had our Medicare rebates cut in half thanks to Krud. Not to mention the fact that they don't help or encourage people to pgd Ivf (like we did) which costs alot more, to prevent having children with diseases, which would save the gov millions apon millions in health care!!!
My DH works hard for his high income.... of which HALF of it is taxed from us.
So yeah it would be nice if the Gov gave us a measly 5K to pop back in the bank account after spending 50k to make a healthy baby for this 'underpopulated' country.
Rant over.
Ummm. Ok. Yup I got nothin to say to that lol.
WMM That sucks. Sounds like the system is ripping you of at all angels. It sucks when you put in the hard yards for a good career or well paying career but then aren't rewarded for it with all the rip offs with tax, and less entitlements.
Arimeh's Eden sounds like we are in a similar boat. We earn just a little over the health care cut of. Our local Dr bulk bills children but not adults but 90% of Drs visits are for the kids. Its the medication at the chemist that costs us a fortune. Both my DD's needed antibiotics and it was $50. Quite a chunk out of the grocery budget.
Kylz I apparently will get $51 a fortnight also (just applied yesterday) for 3 children. I would be entitled to more but I got some maintanence for the first time in 9yrs this financial year which now means I'm not entitled to what I should be. That sucks as for 9yrs I've received nothing and as far as I am concerned the maintanence should be for my eldest DD not for my whole family. I put it aside for DD but it now means I have to spend it to live. So ex's father essentially is paying what I was going to get anyway.
With the baby bonus when do you apply for it? I mean how long can you hold of getting it? I need Josie on my medicare card but wont that mean I'll then receive the baby bonus about a month after I put in for it? (its on the same form) The longer I can get away with not receiving it means I get more time of with my baby girl from work.
JJ yes thats pretty cool that Iona, you and I's bubs all share a birthday. I was hoping for a march bub but certainly wasn't expecting it. Anyone else in here have bubs born on the 30th?
Ellamummy I wont get excited yet then that Josie isn't a screamer. At 10days old I guess things can change! She is certainly more vocal now then ever. I guess that will continue.
Mildez W was still sleepy and never cried at 10 days. Now he cries alot and never sleeps!!! Lol
Mildez - we handed in our BB form the other day and got a temporary medicare card with everyone's name on it. Apparently Sahti is so special she will be on a card all by herself cos we can't all fit on the same card.. haha!!!!! I'm not sure when we will start getting the baby bonus, apparently there are delays? And yes, medication is so expensive!!! DH needs a preventative for his asthma down here (never needed it in qld) and thats $30 a month just for that! Eeek. Have to remind DH to ring up NIB and cancel our private health then I have to redo the budget. Urgh. I hate budgeting.
Jak - I'm sorry if I upset you earlier, I guess its hard to comprehend that amount of money going on making a baby - I can't believe its so expensive, and I really do think that medicare should subsidise it to make it cheaper - its definitely not fair for the people that need help concieving. The whole system is pretty rooted really and someone is always going to miss out on something. Guess they figured that we need an income cut off for some reason! Maybe to stop the millionaires claiming the baby bonus? Who knows, just glad I'm not in the position to make those decisions myself.
Thanks for telling me that WMM lol. Oh well not complaining. I love the baby stage. Now anyone want an 11yr old? Now I think I would galdly take 3 screaming babies over 1 screaming 11yr old. School holidays have definately begun. IVF is so expensive isn't it? The cost didn't bother me except I wanted to be guaranteed a baby after x amount of cycle which obviously there is no guarantees. We were very fortunate to fall pregnant the very cycle before we started IVF. Who knows what the final cost would have been if we didn't.
Arimeh's Eden I have private health also but don't want to drop it as I think I might have another baby at some stage if my body can get pregnant itself. I don't expect AF for a year atleast and it took years to get Josie so its a long term, pipeline dream. Just I don't want to do the whole 12month wait to be covered thing so its gone into our budget. I've saved to cover it for the 6months I'm taking of work. I have top cover as a single parent although I am married as I can't afford the family package which would include DH. So me and the three girls are covered but not DH. Its the cheapest option for us so me and the girls are covered. DD11 also needs braces so I want it for that also.
Arrr my boobs are so sore. I woke DD up last night to drain one a little as it was so full and dripping. Mean mother I am. I only needed to wave it in her nose for her to latch so it was no effort. Finally she has a decent sleep (1030pm and I woke her at 3) and I wake up in agony as I'm to full. She was asleep soundly again at 315. Guess its not something I should be doing.
Mildez - yeah we had private health cover just so we could have our babies in the private hospital on the sunny coast (cos its better than the general hospital!) but then we moved down here and had our last two babies in a birth centre, which isn't covered by private health, and we were 2 grand out of pocket each time anyway!! And no more babies for us, so may as well get rid of it :) (definitely definitely NOOOO more babies for us.. lol)