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Ginger, not pleasant having "crime" so close, although like you point out, not likely to be a local.
Cass, good luck today, I'm sure your brilliance and hard work will shine .
BTW speaking of shining, the light box therapy is sitting in front of a special lamp at a particular time each day to reset your brain's circadian rhythms. They also use it (or similar) to sort out SADS.
Trill, I'm glad you're getting good prices for your lamb. I did think of you when I saw how much the lamb legs are at the shops (and didn't buy once cos I've been priced out of the roast lamb market ). *sigh*
Arte- I think his behaviour is more than just due to a lack of sleep. I feel that you need to make sure that there is not some underlying reason behind it. Surely it couldn't hurt just to speak to a dr about what has been going on?
Arte- if he was my son I would be taking him to a dr for a general check up and discussion of his behaviour. It really can't hurt and might give you some strategies to deal with the sleep issues.
No worries guys. I wasn't offended, I just don't think that is an issue. But I do complain about the bad things without mentioning the good times so it is natural to think he is always....odd. Like that summer that he freaked out every time the wind blew on him, and when he had a meltdown if there were tags on his clothes. He has grown out of that, but spectum/sensory issues did cross my mind more than once. He has really come right since he turned 3. The good times last longer and the bad cycle isn't as bad and doesn't last as long as it used to. I think it is just a matter of waiting it out now.
Trill, we did try CIO a few weeks ago but I think we have missed the boat on that one - they need to be immobile. He screamed/pleaded/begged for two hours and trashed his room. In the end we gave up because he was sobbing saying "there is nothing to be scared of, there is nothing to be scared of..." - we couldn't keep going after that.
Ginger, I will ask DH if he thinks a trip to the Dr is worth doing. I don't know that he will be worried that W isn't sleeping though, but he will think I am mental because I know that I would end up crying lol.
MD, haven't seen you around for a while, hope all is well in your world xx
JM, are you feeling better now? I hope you aren't still sick all the time. S's cake looked awesome, your girls are very beautiful. Do you think L will keep those curls? I love them!
Hi everyone
Well in other news, L is totally loving swimming and soccer this term. If anyone is looking for an activity, I can highly recommend soccer. L absolutely loves it.
Also remember the kinder mum that I wanted to make friends with? Well she has actually invited me to her house on thurs for a play date yah! Really happy to make some new friends this year!
We are heading off on a little holiday next weekend too so hoping the nice weather lasts a little longer
G, I would love to do soccer (well W would, I wobble too much when I run lol). But there is nothing like that around here. Sucks to live in a small community sometimes.
Any news about the body in your street?
Awesome about your new friend too. I am also going well the the new lady that I wanted to be friends with. Our DH's also get along and have gone on a couple of hunting dates.
Arte- spewing you don't have soccer lessons nearby, they are fantastic. Do they have any other sports you could do?
Yes they have worked out who the body is. A 31 yo father of 5 from a few suburbs away who has been missing for 2 weeks. He was seen getting into a car. Probably killed somewhere else and then dumped here, hoping that the body would not be discovered for ages but there are heaps of bush walkers around here on weekends.
Great going on your new friend! Im wrapped to be moving away from my old mothers group crowd a bit
G that is great news that she's invited you around. I'm sure you will hit it off.
We don't have much available for toddlers in the way of sports until they get to school age, so 5. I'm not a soccer person at all though LOL. I imagine that he will follow Lindsay and play AFL. Although we do have a soccer ball here and when he runs around kicking it his coordination to run and kick the ball where he wants is to go is pretty good I reckon.
Well I have netball training tonight. I'm looking forward to getting back into playing sports, but at the same time I'm dreading the fitness part of the training LOL. But when I was in Canberra I brought a super strength sports bra and a pair of Skins shorts to stop my backside wobbling ROFL. I'm not a fan of the uniform we have to wear either - been a long time since I wore a skirt that short!
LOL Trill, I saw some comedian saying she couldn't run because her "outer shell wasn't snug with her skeletal system" and it comes to mind every time I have to run.
Ginger, there is no pre-schooler sports here. There was soccer a couple of years ago, but some weeks no one was turning up so the lady decided not to do it anymore.
Arte: what a horrible time you've been having. I agree it's might be time to take some more radical steps to get the sleep sorted out. There is a continuum of techniques from comforted to controlled crying without extreme CIO methods so there may well be another method that will work for you. You know I've said a few times how W reminds me very much of one of my dear friend's sons, she also had huge issues getting him to sleep, OTT behaviour - not all the time, either, just sometimes. Turns out with him (and his brother) they both had food sensitivities. Once she got all the chemicals out of their diets (even things like corn and citrus, etc, did the whole failsafe thing) - HUGE improvement, behaviour, sleep, concentration, everything. Not sure if this is helpful but I think it's worth checking out, just because i've seen for myself what an amazing difference it made. Esp with the sleep.
Cass, so proud of you! When will you hear back from them?
Thanks for asking after me, Arte, all well here, just very busy. Have the iLs here, and went to a 2 day workshop on the weekend, then the working week rolls around, add to that the study I'm NOT doing and it makes me very busy .
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.
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