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We got the maxi rider as well Amelia.
Amber have fun at Pink :)
Kaz Tay's birth sounds terrible, Hope you have a nicer experience this time.
I don't blame you for not wanting to goto Dandy or Casey. At least frentree gully isn't that far now with the new toll way :)
Just quickly as I am busy and I will come back later for pm's, but there are new laws in place for carseats and Amber is right, I think its until 7 from November or something that they have to be harnessed. We have a maxirider for Mia and a normal booster in the other car which we now need to get rid of and buy another maxirider as its not surfice. I am not sure what we are going to do once the baby comes, but I am thinking we will just have to start transferring the seats from my car to dh's, otherwise its going to be an expensive excercise! Hopefully we get a back a nice big fat tax return, as I also need to buy Tay a bed and mattress and if we have a boy a whole new wardrobe :lol:!
Hey all, found this which details the changes.
Starting 9 November 2009, children under seven years of age must use a child restraint or booster seat when travelling in a car.
The changes will require that:
* Children aged under 6 months must use an approved, properly fastened and adjusted rearward facing restraint
* Children aged between 6 months and under 4 years must use an approved, properly fastened and adjusted rearward facing child restraint OR a forward facing restraint
* Children aged between 4 years and under 7 years must use an approved, properly fastened and adjusted forward facing restraint or a an approved booster seat which is properly positioned and fastened.
There are also new laws for where children can sit in vehicles:
* If a car has two or more rows of seats, than children under 4 years must not travel in the front seat
* If all seats, other than the front seats, are being used by children under 7 years, children aged between four and six years (inclusive) may travel in the front seat, provided they use an approved restraint or booster that is properly fitted.
We are hiring a capsule for bubs for 6 months and then will look at putting bubs in L's car seat (Meridian up to 18kg) and get L a Maxirider (up to 26kg). Hopefully this combo will see them both through to 7 years.
BBL
Amelia - Max has the Maxirider too (appropriate name for him :)) We had two cars so I bought the MR for the 'good' car and had the S&S car seat (from birth to 18kg) in the other. I figured IF I had another baby Max would be OK in something bigger and the other would be fine for #2 for a good while. Max loves it...with the arm-rests and cup holders...and he sleeps well in it too!
I have all these car seats and I'm going somewhere where my kid rides on my lap! Since we've been back home this time he doesn't want to be in the car-seat and cracks it!
Amber - So SO WHAT you are going to P!ink...I'm a loner....I don't neeeedd youuuuuu tonight :) :)
Trish - Wooooo setting up the nursery! I wanna do that! :( Soon maybe!
ANYWAY...I have a weird story. There is a guy over in Perth, who is a natropath and the word is that he kind of has some freaky talent! Anyway, took Max to him today, just out of interest to see if there is a reason for all his wake ups (I went with another friend). I didn't even mention anything to the guy to see if he could 'pick up' his problem. He shone a light into Max's eye....and just came out with "he is having trouble absorbing the minerals etc from his food in his small intestine....does he have trouble sleeping"......UMMMMMMMM YES! ANyway, he gave me some Olive Tree Branch stuff, and some eucanacia (sp) and he says....4 weeks of it, and it will be better!!! WILL SEE!!!!! I was so freaked out!
Well, that's it from me tonight...hope everyone has a fabbo weekend. Benny is home so I'm going for a snuggle!!
Evening all
How's everyone doing? Hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Julia - sometimes you just have to have faith in other types of healing. I guess time will tell. Enjoy the time with your DH. Are you all going back to Singapore together? I would be heart broken to leave my two puppies - but I am sure your sister will look after Charlie very well.
Kaz - are you going to find out the sex of this bub?
Trish - hope you mean that DH will be moving the cot into J's room.
Amber - sure you enjoyed the concert. I heard it is pretty amazing. Will you be going to the Britney concert (not sure when it is?)?
Anyway, getting late so I better think about going to bed. Night all.
Amelia i sent you a PM. Just take note the site says 18kg for Jasmines seat....but it does to 26kg according to the box and every other site ive looked at.
Hi to everyone else :)
Thanks kim!! Most likely will go with the one you have for Chelsea.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Heya all, sorry for the late personals, uni work and facebook eat your soul :D
Kaz - BIG congratulations!!! I have fingers and toes crossed for a sticky lil bubalug!
Mo - How is life with two kidlets treating you? How's MAddi going having to share mum?
Willow- omg I can't believe you're near the pop! Time flies, how are you feeling? I dress Ry in tracksuit pants and a jumper because he always kicks the blankets off, he has a heater on low and a humidifier in his room that takes the edge off. He is a terror with zippers he can undo himself and take his nappy off with sleeping bags :). If it fits and stays on go for it!
Paycyn - Hows the snuffles going?
Trish - I don't like you anymore... lol jks jks, glad you got some time to yourself I'm glad you enjoyed it. Did you catch up on some sleep? How's the tummy feeling? :)
Saffi - glad to hear you aren't full blown GD, really hope with a good diet you can avoid it. One of my friends got really bad and needed to needle it (she was really awfully sick not borderline dw) I don't think I could do it. Do you need to have follow up tests? Do you feel ok? How are the snuffles travelling?
Amelia - big congrats on no GD!!! Must be such a relief!!!
Julia- I took Ryan to a naturopath omg my mum would not shut up, they gave me some probiotics, wellness tonic and some garlic oil & castor oil for his ears when he was having chronic infections and within 2 weeks he was all better, and didn't need anymore antibiotics, at the first sign of illness started it again, got antibiotics incase but he didn't end up needing them. Kids respond really well to natural solutions they havent built up an immunity with all the chemicals and processed foods we ingest... well at least all the crap I ingest anyway lol. I'd never replace herbal advise over medical advise but they can compliment each other :). Did he give you any tips for increasing absorption or anything that could be causing it?
Kim- Heya gorgeous how are your beautiful munchkins going? What antics has chelsea got up to today? Hehehe
Hi to anyone I missed. All ok here Ry is well, I have a snuffle refusing to be sick though hehe boss keeps liking to remind me I have no sick leave if I get any sicker... yeah I know! 500 words to go on an assignment till the semester is over and no motivation to do it!! AHHHH!
What does everyone think of all the new harsh speeding laws coming into play? I think it will encourage people to watch their speedo's over watching the road which will cause more accidents than allowing people to watch what they are doing and going 5-10 either side of the speed.. except school zones ;).
Anyways shall leave it here, the wee man is up, finished his drink and wants something more substantial in the belly! Omg I cna't believe how much this monkey eats!
Hey all, DS and I are both sick and he is feeling pretty miserable the poor monkey. Have had a restless sleep the last two nights, but nothing a quick cuddle couldn't fix. I've been sick for 4 days now so should be coming good soon, and hopefully DS won't be far behind. I hate it when he's so sick like this :(
Car seats - we have DD in a maxi rider and DS in the SNS reversible (can't remember the exact model, the one most people seem to have). We ended up getting another maxi rider for DS and the baby will have the reversible seat. We figure that should get us through all three without having to buy anything else. We did briefly look at other booster seats for DD (she's 4.5 now) but the lady in the baby shop advised against it because the new laws might make them redundant. I feel better having her in the maxi rider anyway, she's pretty light and small for her age so I just think it's safer.
You know what i do hate though? Having to have two of my babies seats next to the door! I think we'll put the bigger two on the outside and bub in the middle but then people tell me to put bub on the outside because it's easier to get them in and out :dunno: I just hate the thought of a side impact accident....**shudder**...
Trish - Hope K is feeling better. Totally over colds and flus already and we've only just started winter! Last year was a shocker for us so hopefully we won't get sick so often this year! WOOHOOO! on moving the boys and getting started on the nursery! I've had a bit of a wake up call the last week being so sick, realising nothing has been done and hypothetically I could have this baby in 5ish weeks :o
So DH is going down to get our layby out this afternoon and then when I'm feeling better (hopefully tomorrow!) I can get in there and get things organised. I wanna see pics when you're done OK??
CM - I can't believe I'm almost ready to pop either...still feels so surreal! I've been feeling well other than this horrid cold i've got, thanks for asking.
Julia - was watching a travel show and they did a story on singapore - the chick went to this day spa place where they stick their feet in a pool and these little fish eat all the dead skin cells off and give you a little pedi :rofl: You totally have to find it and go!! Here's hoping the naturopath has the answer...some uninterupted sleep would be nice for mummy and maxi!
Willow - the same thing occurred to me. When L was in the capsule he was in the middle and his car seat is in the middle too. So either I have to put L by the door or the capsule by the door. I can't see how I can get the capsule over the car seat. I guess it will mean no more on - street parking so the either side is safe for us to get in and out of the car.
Celtic - no follow up tests that I am aware off. I do have a sizing scan on Friday but my OB does that as a regular procedure - not one off for me.
I'm still a little bit congested but otherwise ok. Hope you feel better soon. How many weeks are you now?
Hi to everyone else :hello:
AFU - L's eye thing looks to have returned. Noticed this morning that it looks swollen and red in the same place as last time. The redness does not seem to have spread but I guess we'll see in the morning. I will need to go back to the Dr and get some more ABs.
Did a little more packing today. DH did a heap of work in the garden and his workshop so at least thats under control.
Anyway, ironing to be done, toys to be picked up and sleep to be had.
Have a good week everyone.
Saffi - I don't know about finding out the sex, we didn't with Mia and we did with Tay and the surprise is great! But if we are having a boy I would really like to be organised before hand. If we do find out, I will definately share ... :dance:! L's eye sounds sore, poor little might. Hopefully it gets better soon. You sound so busy, when is it time for you to put your feet up and rest hey?
Willow - we have been talking carseats as well, and are going to buy Tay a maxirider and then the baby can have her carseat turned around when it is born. Do you think 2 maxirides and a carseat are going to fit? I am not convinced, my DH said they will but will be squeezy. All I know is Mia is going in the middle, because she will be able to stick the dummy in the babies mouth when it cries and I am driving haha. Also she will be nearly 4 and will be better at climbing out of the car than Tay.
Celtic - Thanks for your congrats, yes definately hope this little cherub decides to stick around. I am really sick this time, vomiting etc and this is all new to me so I am thinking that this is a good sign that the bub is here to stay. Have a dating scan on Saturday and am a little apprehensive but :crossfingers: all is well. As for Ry eating, Tay definately has a good appetite as well. Just wish she passed it on to her big sister, who is more of a grazer!
Julia - will be very interested to hear how Max goes on the mixture's, keep us posted! My friend is in to all this alternative medicine and swears by it!
Trish - As weird as this sounds, how is your pelvis? My knees are heaps better, we got me some panadeine and it is doing wonders. It is safe to take through pregnancy, it has got me through the last two. Definately still trying the accupuncture as well. How is the nursery looking?
:hello: Amelia, Amber, Mo (nearly the birthday girl), Kim and anyone else I have missed!
All ok here, we went to the Carribean Markets today. Our stay was short and sweet as Mia had the shivers and then vomited on the way home. I had a lay down with her and she woke up a lot brighter so not sure what that was about. We are still battling the flu and I had trouble getting out of bed today. I cherish our weekends to do family things, so I have forced myself to go out of the house. Tay was so cute, there was this guy playing guitar and singing and she was bopping along. She is such a groover!
Any tips on getting rid of the nausea??
Hi Ladies I am feeling much better today it is more like a mild cold now so I shold feel back to myself in a couple of days. It has been a awful week.
I have Kaleb in the sns converetable at the moment and Ashton who is 4 in July in the maxi rider when we have thenext one I will just get kaleb a maxi rider once the baby needs to move from the capsule. kaleb moved to the carseat last time only because we were in a terrible accident and i had to destroy his capsule (as well as Ashton's maxi rider the baby shop loved me coming into buy a new maxi rider and carseat at the same time) He was about 8 months at the time. kaleb is small and is just coming up to 10kg my 8yo DD is only 22 kg as well. I don't think i will be moving Ashton out of the maxi rider in a hurry as well.
Morning!
Well we moved K in with Joel yesterday and it all went well. He had his first nap in there after lunch and slept happily for over 2 hours so I think he liked it! He also went to bed last night without any problems and slept all night. When he woke up this morning I heard him saying "Joel? Joel?", but luckily Joel could sleep through a bomb going off and he stayed asleep. So it seems to be a very easy transition!
Both the nursery and the boy's rooms are a huge mess, we had a very busy day yesterday and only had time to move K's cot into Joel's room as well as rearranging furniture and setting up the baby's cot. DH picked up a set of drawers from my mum late last night so I'll have to try and move it some time today. I feel like we are getting somewhere finally!
Ooh and I went to a baby market yesterday and picked K up a Maxi Rider II for $100! He has one for my car, but I wanted one for DH's car too. I can't believe I found one so cheap and it looks great!
Paycyn - Glad you're starting to feel better :)
Kaz - We went to the Carribean Market a month or so ago, I hadn't been there for years! It's such a great place for kids, the boys went on the little train and patted the farm animals in the little mini farm. Poor Mia, I hope she is better today, and poor you! I'm glad Panadeine is working for you. My pelvis is absolutely terrible atm, I moved my leg in bed two nights ago and it must have put something out and I've been in a lot of pain since. Can't wait to see my chiro on Thursday! Oh, and the nursery is a big mess right now LOL!
Saffi - Bummer about L's eye flaring up again. Will he need AB's again? How long now until you move?
Willow - :hug: You poor things, I hate this cold & flu season! K is much better now, thanks for asking :). Whatever he had passed after his day of a high temp. Dunno if I'll show you photos of the nursery LOL, I don't think it will be that exciting! I'm not very clever with things like that so it will be pretty simple. It's funny how I'm not in a rush to fill it with pink stuff yet, I think I'm in denial or something ha ha! You had better get your nursery set up soon, I can't believe how fast your pregnancy is going :o.
Celtic - LOL, I had a great sleep in last weekend, it was soooo lovely :D. Sorry to hear you aren't feeling too flash atm. That's great that the natural products worked for Ryan!
Julia - Let us know how Max goes with the natural stuff! Hopefully you have found your answer :D
Hi to everyone else! Hope you all have a great day :D
Trish where is the animal farm there? I looked and couldn't see it?
Kaz - It is near the cafe, kind of between the park and cafe. Maybe it wasn't there yesterday? It's just one of those little farms with baby animals that they bring in and pack up.
:happybirthday::confetti::birthday2::partysmiley:HAPPY BIRTHDAY MO!!:partysmiley::birthday2::confetti::happybirthday:
Thank-you Amelia :)
Maddi woke up at 4:30 this morning, so not the nice sleep in i had planned but at least i got early birthday cuddles from my 2 girls :)
Will bbl.
:confetti:Happy Birthday Mo!:birthday2: