Oh no. :(
I have no idea. But maybe post a thread in the pet section and some of the pet experts might have some advice.
Trill- i laughed at your puppies needing to be well controlled. I need to wear at least 2 bra's when exercising. :lol:
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Oh no. :(
I have no idea. But maybe post a thread in the pet section and some of the pet experts might have some advice.
Trill- i laughed at your puppies needing to be well controlled. I need to wear at least 2 bra's when exercising. :lol:
JM, I did consider buying a SKINS singlet for the extra compression LOL.
G, I know that can be a big problem with cats and how they can kill the native animals. I have no idea how to teach KitKat to tell the difference though? I hope you can find out how to do it though.
Arte - Big hugs for you. I wont comment as I am not in here enough to know what you are going through with W. The sleep problems sound like hard work though, and I can imagine its wearing you down big time now. I hope you can sort it soon.
MP - Good luck I hope you can get some answers for N. Also good luck with the interview, sounds great!
Trill - Glad you had a good time at netball, I miss netball heaps. Man wish I had the 'problem' of having to wear two sports bras hehehe!
Just sat down and now miss E is crying for feed time.....
ooh sherie: me needs one of those skin body thingos...and not for netball, just for sitting here on the couch :rofl:
*snap* Isadora lol! i wish i had a 2 sportsbra problem lol ahh one day i will go through puberty hahaha. i remember when i was about 16 i was like "right, so that's it, humph" hahahaha.
MP: oh dear! i hope that he is all clear, i agree though best to get it checked out. and hey! goodluck for the job interview! i hope that you get it. you have worked so hard this last year and we dont want you to fade away; work stress is the worst i reckon.
G: it's a hard one and one that ultimately is fairly unsovlable. the only thing i can offer is to not go spazzo at the cat when they bring it to you. try to keep calm, this way they are more inclined to give it to you alive (and then you can release it back or take it to the vets...it's free to go with wildlife and they take it from there).
MP, DD1 had a murmur (from a leaky heart valve). They basically monitored it after doing an echo & ECG, and told us most kids grow out of them. Reminds me I need to take DD1 back to get her checked again. Good luck with the new job opp!!!
Trill, I was laughing so hard reading your netball description on the bus I did the full-on snort! Shiart I think I need full body compression skins...had to do the fat-lady wobble for the bus yesterday...felt very graceful NOT!
Cass, no workshop was an area of personal interest, I missed it for the last 2 years so it was good to finally go along. Of course you will be a Dr Cass, I'm gonna open a bottle of champers for you when the announcement happens!!! BTW my gastro trick is to give activated charcoal, it helps slow down the poo and also binds toxins/pathogens in the gut and seems to help with a quicker recovery. I buy the capsules, pop them open and mix them in honey (call it "black honey" LOL). it really works.
Ginger, our puss has always had a minimum of 2 bells on her collar (they can walk silently with one) and we keep her in overnight (that's when they do their main hunting). I always wondered how well it worked until she got out one night without her collar on and I found a dead bird first thing next morning. So maybe try the bells. When we were in the NT she still got lizards with the bells on, just not birds so maybe Kitkat will still be able to get the rats with the bells on too. If, not, you could keep her inside (or in the shed or wherever she is hunting) at nighttime without the collar and put it on again before she goes outside.
yeah i second the two bells. much harder to keep that quiet :)
and we found most massacres happened in the early hours of the morning...
MD, i'm glad I provided your daily dose of laughter :P
Cass, last year one of my lecturers got her Doctorate and we were so happy for her. We had a virtual party on Second Life for her to celebrate LOL. We even had virtual champers. How is L today?
but i want real champers ROFL!
i did a wobble run with all my clothes falling everywhere and scarves getting caught between my legs this afternoon in a mad dash through the rain....oh the horror, especially in front of all the uber fashionable first year uni of melb students and their skinny jeans and designer lenses lol.
Leila is feeling great now :dance: i am so relieved! i think Marta is running a small temp ATM though, so am keeping a close eye on her JIC. i also feel a bit under the weather but am hoping it is just the sheer exhaustion and nothing more sinister brewing.
Cass - hope everyone heals up soon. I am on week 3 of a cold here, so much snot. On top of the 8 week cough I had after Christmas, 2011 has not been good for me healthwise. Mmmm, champers.....
Arte - hugs.
MP - how was the interview?
Ginger - 2 bells is most definitely better than 1. Gosh I don't think I would sound so calm about dead bodies down the road.
Well we had a lovely weekend in Canberra. DH did some shopping and I hit Target for K's new winter wardrobe - which Mum then had to take all the pants in around the waist because they were falling down as she ran down the hall. Might just get her to make a heap of tracksuit pants next year, it's too hard trying to find something that has length but fits around the waist.
Took K to see the fireworks - she was very impressed.
My sister went all out for niece's birthday. Everything was so coordinated, I really don't know how she does it.
As for work - grrrr. I've been in tears in the boss' office twice this week. Fingers crossed it doesn't happen today. I'm just finding it so frustrating with some of the people I am dealing with - I just have to remember that it's not me stuffing everything up. Am looking forward to it all being over in 3 weeks or so.
Cally, I hope work gets better soon xx
Clare, how is Marta? Hope she didn't catch the bug.
Trill, that netball workout sounds like a killer! I had sore legs from my walk/run/wobble down the road the other day when A was stuck in the car - was only 5 minutes each way lol
Study this semester is not going well. I was going to pull out of a paper, but was two days late to get the refund so I guess I will keep chugging along. I have a 20% assignment due on Monday, was supposed to have the weekend to do it but DH has to cover at work and the power will be off all day Sunday so not sure how that will work now.
We had the kindy trike-a-thon on Wednesday night which was good fun. Kids take their bikes into kindy in the morning and decorate them, and then come back at 5 for the trike-a-thon and BBQ. Good fundraiser idea for anyone involved in kindy - kids are sponsored for the riding part and the BBQ at dinner time does well. They also had police cars there taking kids for a ride.
cally-oh no, tears in the bosses office doesn't sound too good. are others in your team making mistakes?
i have decided to leave KitKat as she is for the moment as we don't want to ruin her ratting mojo but if she kills another bird she will be getting 2 bells on her so she better look out!
i had an absolutely lovely day at my 'new friend's' house yesterday. didn't end up leaving till 3pm! turns out we have a lot in common and as her 3yo is her second child, she is really happy for him to have his own friend of a similar age iykwim? because most of her friends with kids have children of the older siblings age and the 3yo gets left out a little, so he and L get on like an absolute house on fire and were playing power rangers and superheroes all day LOL
we have the foxtel man coming today sometime between 7am and 12pm- great!!! so looks like i'm stuck home all morning. plus side is that we are getting a new 1q2 box with hd for free. woo hoo!
hi girls!
Cally: aw that is really hard when you find yourself working with someone that clashes. work is always a bit of challenge that way from time to time...i hope that something will resolve itself :hug:
G: yeah, i'd prolly let KK go for a bit (hopefully it was just a once off with a sick bird IYKWIM). otherwise i can vouch for the 2 bell trick :)
that is SO cool about your new friend :leap: i LOVE it when that stuff happens! and yay for L too, makes for much easier 'dates' lol!
Arte: oh arte that sucks about missing the cut off for the subject. but i guess fate has grander plans for you! you'll ace it i have no doubt.
AFM: well Leila is def on the mend. she is still a bit woozy in that she doesnt/cant really stomach any fruits or rich foods but is back on track with no vomiting and runs (hallelujah!). thankfully so far no one else has it! although i have been feeling off, i think i will dodge the bullet and Marta i reckon is fine as i was really careful not to get them too close lol (it was tricky doing that without a certain 3 year old noticing :redface:).
Cass, it is so hard to contain sickness to only one child isn't it? But fingers crossed it does the trick and M doesn't get it.
Cally :hug: that must be awful dealing with that at work. I hope it is all sorted out soon for you. We saw the fireworks too - which side of the lake were you on? Naturally we were right where the big white dome was LOL for the concert, but I haven't seen fireworks like that since I was a kid so it was great fun.
G, well that sounds like the start of a fabulous friendship for both of you! I hope KitKat doesn't bring home anymore pressies for you either.
Arte, that would have been a great fundraiser to go to. Our preschool has their family fun night on tonight - which is a disco, jumping castle and BBQ dinner but we're not going - the weather is really dodgy and cold and I think A is coming down with P's cold she had last weekend.
So yeah, I think A might be getting a cold. Last night he woke up at 11 and was super hot but he refuses to take medicine for anything so we just layed on the couch together till he went back to sleep. He slept fine after that though but he was a little wrung out looking today although he wasn't hot. He seemed happy enough to go to preschool today though and they haven't called me so I guess that he is OK still.
Speaking of cats, for a while now we have had 3 resident feral cats that live up in our hayshed, which aside from them ****ing on everything and making it smell, we've not seen a single snake around the house this summer and we don't have a mouse problem like everyone else. So they seem to be earning their keep. HOWEVER last night we discovered that one of them has had friggen kittens and has taken to living under the house! we saw one of them last night and she had a kitten with her. But the kitten only has 3 legs, so not sure what happened there? Anyway here's me thinking that maybe we'd get lucky and all 3 of them were males LOL but I guess not. If they start getting out of control we'll have to get rid of them though.
oh the poor little kitty with 3 legs :( could you trap the females and desex them?
just a quick q from me- L is complaining about having a sore leg. he has not hurt it and i can't see anything on the leg. i have given him some nurofen. is it possible he has a cramp or a growing pain? idk? should i still send him to kinder this arvo?
Hi girls
Thanks so much for tar support on wednesday... Cardiologist is fairly sure it is an innocent murmur, we ace an ECG in may and then a follow up to be sure but what a relief. I was so worried we were about to jump on an awful roller coaster...
Ange - been thinking ofbyou.. How is Lu?
Ginger - yay for the friend! Not sure re the leg... Can he walk ok? Anything more specific.? Hard when they complain but nothing is obvious...
Mum had an op yesterday so took the day of to look after her... Exhausted! She is doing well though
Cally - hugs re work... Hope today was better
Ginger, I would probably send him anyway, most likely he will forget as soon as he sees the playground. W complains of the odd sore thing but when I ask a few minutes later it has usually migrated!
MP, glad to hear everything is alright with the murmur.
A went down for a second nap this afternoon (unheard of!) and has been asleep for almost an hour (doubly unheard of!!). Jinxed it, there she goes lol. Guessing tonight won't be an early one.
hi girls!
Arte: Marta is also a "power" napper. yesterday at kindy she left for OVER an hour :o. she never does that with me lol.
*snap* with the pain in kids lol. it is really hard to tell if Leila is actually sore or not as she loves the melodrama :)
MP: oh phew! what a relief. did they say that this is something to be aware of he gets into competitive sport or something?
AFM: well i had a LOVELY morning meeting up with tashybabe for a coffee and a snack at the block arcade (opposite Haighs MD!!). but then it was followed by a really scary train moment where i had opened the door to get off the train and popped leila on the platform and gone to carry the pram off, when the doors started to close!! this station has a HUGE gap and really really high drop to the platform and i dont know, but i guess adrenaline kicked in and somehow i managed with one hand to hold the pram from rolling through the door (that was closing!) and haul leila back off the platform onto the train (no mean feat considering the distance from the train). and then watch as we were hauled to the next station...far out i have never been so frightened! i really had this vision of marta and i being squashed between the doors or dragged and/or leila being left at the station without us. thankfully the next station wasnt too far and we were able to walk back. but NEVER again. i know we werent the first to have this happen to. there has been alot of protest about that station as a little girl last year was separated from her mum and baby (but she was ON the train while mum was on the platform which i reckon is scarier).
omg cass! that would've completely freaked me out! is L ok? how scarey!
mp- great news about N xx
i ended up taking L to kinder and he was fine. i think he may have just wanted to stay here in front of our roaring fire watching our new foxtel HD LOL
Sounds like you still need those adjustable waist bands for K Cally. do they make them in bigger sizes? Tears at work is never fun. Poor you.
Far out Cass- They sounds horrifying. Did anyone help or they all just stood there with their mouths open gawking at you??
MP- Lu is much better thanks. She's still a bit sick and a bit miserable but the parasite are under control so that's the main thing. Good news about the heart murmur.
G- L is a smart boy, foxtel and fire sounds good! In all seriousness, if he starts limping or can't put weight on it you need to take him to the drs. I never know if L is making it up or night but it seems she has a pin in the stomach every second day. I just ignore it now unless she keeps complaining! mean mum! :p
I am as tired as a tired thing, but DH slept with L last night so i could get some sleep so feeling a little more human today. Although i ave come to the conclusion i am just a grumpy cow when pregnant. I hate people touching me, i don't like being asked too many questions by DH or the kids. I don't want to see anyone. What a grumpy old mole i am! :p
:hug: I'm a grumpy old mole at the moment too, although I'm not sure if it's IL-related, or something to do with this menopausal not-a-period I'm having at the moment. Or maybe I just need a good ****? :lol::
Perhaps it is just the crazy moon?
I'm a grump when I am pregnant too. I kicked A out of the bed and weaned her because I just can't have them hanging off me all the time atm.
Cass - wow, scary!
Thanks for the hugs, it's an external company I'm dealing with, hopefully things will improve significantly after next week when the thing we've been working towards kicks off (fingers crossed)
JM - the adjustable waistbands only come with the jeans or similar stiff pants - K spends most of winter in tracky pants, I don't think she can have as much fun in stiff jeans at day care.
MP - so glad that N is OK for now.
Oh no Cass! My heart would still be pounding after that! :hug:
JM, that was one thing my DH always hated about me being pg was that I turned into such a moody ***** and it worried him to the point where he was quite reluctant to go ahead with TTCing A because of it :hug: But it was always at it's worst if I hadn't had enough sleep, so with everything you're dealing with atm, it's no wonder you are a tad tetchy ;)
:rofl: MD, is that why the hot date tonight ;)
Cally, are you a fan of those jegging things they do for girls? They seem to be a lot thicker than regular leggings, but are cut small enough that they should fit her. I totally know what you mean though because I always have the same problem with P and A with trackies. However this year Targets seem to be designed a bit better and A can actually wear the size he needs instead of wearing the smaller size and letting it hang low on his waist LOL.
Well I was right about him getting P's cold. When I picked him up from preschool his teacher said that he was really quiet and almost lethargic for the last hour of the day and I told her what I thought and she agreed because she said he normally isn't like that at all. We get home at 5 and he was asleep before 6 and he's only just woken up. I tried to give him nurofen in a fruit box, but he coughed, gagged and threw it up.
ETA - Cass, I just checked out your FB pics and OMG how much does M look like your Mum? They have the exact same colouring!
As i was dressing Lu in some leggins tonight i thought of you Cally, comfy, fitted and practical! I say load up on leggings. :)
Arte- This is a loooong moon. :p
G how is L doing?
Arte on the same day a friend of mine also locked her bub in the car (by accident of course), her bub is only a few months old and she wasn't stranded on an isolated road though. So glad the insurance is paying.
Cally I hope that the work issues are sorted soon. I think leggings might be the way to go too.
Trill I thought the same thing about Cass's M looking like Cass's mum. Good for you getting back into netball too, I would love to play again.
MP glad to hear N is ok. Must have been very worrying for you.
Cass that must have been so scary today, I remember when I was babysitting once and the front of the pram dropped down the gap between train and platform I think my heart stopped.
AFM all good here just busy as usual. L has gone back to not doing poo's in the toilet but is waking up mostly dry in the morning and even taking his nappy off first thing and going to the toilet so going to see how he goes nappy free at night this weekend. I have 2 questions for those with boys, when does their foreskin retract and should I be checking or anything?? Also when do they stand to pee? L stands in the shower (such a boy lol) and has started standing at the toilet occasionly (but wee goes everywhere) but still mostly likes to sit to wee.
Cally & JM - Leggins all the way I say!!!! Hehehe, they are great for girls. Loving the new 'jeggings' too, so much more comfy for them.
JM - Dont worry you are allowed to be a moody cow, pregnancy is hard work and so tiring! I was a horrible person at times while pregnant, poor DH copped it a few times lol. I am still a grumpy cow, but thats just sleep deprivation! Also how is L going, she looked so sad and unwell in those pics.
Ginger - Just saw on FB that you are at the hospital with L. Hope he is better soon!
Cass - How scary! I hope someone jumped up to help or ask if you are ok?
Trill - Thats no good about A's cold.
Hi girls
I'm still at the hospital, waiting for test results. Lewis is sleeping. He still has a high fever. Poor little monkey :(
Hope L is doing better G xx
Cass, forgot to say OMG at the train incident! Far out that would have been scary! Is there anyone that you can complain to about the station? Sounds dangerous.
G I really hope you get the results quickly this morning :hug:
Oz, their foreskin wont retract till about 5/6yo. When L was nearly 6 I did it for him just to see if it would as we'd not tried yet, but there was no problems with it going back. So I showed him how he needed to do that to wash himself (just splashing the water over it - no need to use soap or anything because the bath water was already soapy) and it's fine, he washes it every night no worries. With the standing to wee part, some will start doing it earlier than others. L was probably 6ish when he started because he had a bad experience with standing to wee when TTing and it made a huge mess which freaked him out so he always sat down. A ill sit down if he is on the toilet, but if he is outside he will stand up to wee with mixed results LOL.
Thanks heaps Trill I knew you would have the answers for me.
G I hope L is back to 100% soon. xx
Anyone heard from G?
i'm here hayley, he's still really sick, not eating or drinking much. we're at home. taking him to peadeatrition at 9am tomorrow morning
Hi girls!
Sherie: oh man, Marta is like a mini-mum :o it's so super crazy lol. and mum is a freaky resemblance to her mum. there is this one pic of when they were both 16 and you can't tell whose who...crazy.
G: :hug: it must be really hard watching L so sick like that.
JM: and how is little Lu going?
Cally: we love leggings in this house. although have to sheepishly admit that yeah, her leggings look more like tracky-dacks as she is so tiny haha. i had a pair of size 1 jeggings on her at kmart the other day, but they were still too big :o (so i didnt bother buying them, i took a stand lol).
Oz: poo was the last man standing in our TT journey. she had a great start but temporarily went back to poo in the nappy. it was so gross...when you know how good it is to NOT clean a toddler nappy it's so hard going back :rofl:
AFM: all good here. still have the momentary heart palpitation about the train incident. and no, of course, no one helped :rolleyes:. although to their credit, they probably didnt see/get what was happening straight away until it was all happening IYKWIM. at the next stop though 2 people helped me :) (and then proceeded to tell me about a 2 year old that got left on a train last year as mum was getting baby off with the pram and the doors shut. poor mum! kid was picked up half hour down the line. i would of FREAKED and become a screaming banshee.
G, I hope L is feeling better soon xx
Cass, that is an adorable ticker pic!
MD, how much longer do you have IL's for? I find a week is a good time, after that it all gets a bit scratchy.
I have just discovered leggings! I got A a pair because I didn't know what else they wear with tunic type jerseys? Anyhow, I put some on her today and she is adorable!
Arte, not entirely sure. DH just left for 2+ weeks out in oodnawhoopwhoop and apparently they will still be here when he gets back. :rolleyes: However I am determined to make the most out of it so MIL is cooking roast chicken tomorrow night and I'm pretty sure she'll be doing some of my laundry too :lol: Meanwhile, it's making qual time with my uni books even scarcer...
G :hug: Poor L, hope you see a huge improvement soon, I hope the paed is helpful. xxx
Sorry brain is shot, have read everything twice but still can't remember much.
Cally commisserations on the crying at work episode (that was me a couple of weeks back) however I think I am about to redeem myself with some nifty work this week so all good. Take the long view :hug:
Arte how are things with you, a few days further on? Any new strategies on the sleep front?
Cass that's terrible, I think I would still be having residual panic attacks too. I hope you've put it all in writing to the train company, the minister responsible AND your local member too. I had a bus-driver's butt kicked last week when he got off to roll and smoke a fag while I was waiting for the bus to continue on its way :lol: Am in a complainin' mood this week ;) Share the love...
Hot date was fantastic! There's a lovely cafe near us so we had dinner and a very nice bottle of vino (and I had one of those desserts where 3 tiny but exquisite different things come out on one plate) and afterwards we went to see Limitless - very interesting premise, quite a clever film. Cannot express how good it was to get out for once!!!
G that sounds nasty, is it a virus or are they unsure? Hope tomorrow you can sort him out.
Arte - Leggings are the best. You can also put them under denim skirts etc. M lives in them during winter.
Cass - I can so imagine how you are feeling, that would be your worst nightmare getting separated on a train :(
MD - Hope the in laws dont give you too much hassle. Definately take advantage hehe! YAY for date night! Sounds lovely
G, how is L today? I hope he's picked up some. Good luck at the Dr's with him.
Cass, isn't it eerie when there is such a striking resemblance? But in a good way of course :)
MD, I am fantasising about DH and I having a night away. It's been years since we've done it without actually having to attend a function.
H, how are things going for you in general?
*snap* sherie! us too! i so wanna do something special this year for our 10 year anniversary. but i have a growing suspicion that it will probably just involve a bit more special bottle of vino on the couch watching a dvd lol. the joys of no family around get rosier by the minute lol.
Arte: you will be a leggings addict with the rest of us bahahahahahaha!
MD: how did the work thing pan out in the end? it did sound pretty horrendous :hug:
I am soo writing a written complaint! thanks for the tip about the minister! i knew that it would fall on deaf ears to the train company (ahhh privatisation). but i still wanted it on record ITMS. i will also be writing to the local rag.
G: how is your little man? have been thinking of you guys xx
AFM: all good here! no complaints! well, actually have a big one in that i have just been informed that Leila may not get her 4 year old kinda spot as they promised as i am no longer a student :(. i have put her down everywhere now, but have been told that she will most likely not get anything....i am quietly panicking in a corner here. she loves it so so much, how would i explain that to her???!!!
Oh no poor Leila! Do you think you'll get a spot elsewhere?
Well the diagnosis is in. Lewis has tonsillitis :(
Cass - universal abundance, babe, keep asking, she will get a spot, either there or elsewhere.
Ginger- does that explain the sore leg adequately? Will they review that in a week or two? Poor l, tonsillitis is nasssteh.
Well girls I'm at it again, o's got another ultimate viewer comp going! Wish me luck!