Babies born~ September 2007 #65

[AnyDream]

Watch out Cass, it's coming up to the full moon again...

Arte, never feel bad about letting it all hang out with us . Re the food intolerances, I don't think it works quite the same as an outright allergy, it tends to be more cumulative. So you might be able to get away with small amounts of whatever they're senstive too, but a big hit and the effects last for a few days afterwards. The sort of things that set my friends' son off were often in normal healthy unprocessed food - things like corn or bananas or the brown outside part of the roast chicken,tomatoes, red apples, etc. And the really big one (that took a hwile for the penny to drop) was the bread she was buying. Once she switched to Bakers Delight/started to bake her own there was a huge improvement. Sue Dengate's book is a good place to start for background info.

BTW I'm right there with you on the travel jealousy. I always wanted to travel before I got hitched, gave that up for DH, then he got to swan around the world while I kept the home fires burning. Turkey was a really hard one to swallow for me, with my interest in m/eastern culture, music and dance. *sigh* We'll have our day too sweetie.

[Trillian]

Hello my lovelies!

Arte, that is crappy. I really do think that there is something going on with him and having a sleep study done is certainly worth a shot. Even if it is a genetic thing, someone might be able to give you some coping strategies so it doesn't impact you all as much Maybe you should get an amber teething necklace for A to see if that helps? Maybe even one for W - anything is worth a shot at this point.

Hey Andie! Has the morning sickness been bad this time?

MD, I think it's great that you have a plan in place now to help get you through this. I'm sure you are overselling yourself and that you will go better than what you think you will

G that is a fantastic effort on the stall! And an awesome amount you all raised too!

Cass, if it were me, I'd go back for the moon too LOL.

Cally, are the pipes still going well?

Well another busy weekend here. I didn't play netball yesterday as I had a bit of a sinus infection and just didn't feel like running, and my shoulder is all out as well and quite painful once I start throwing a ball around. So I was just coaching yesterday which was a nice change. Our team lost, but we played the team at the top of the comp and we held our own so we were really pleased with how we went and that we didn't get a flogging. One of my girls though rolled her ankle and she was in so much pain the poor thing. My first aid skills came in handy though because I had to strap it for her to support it for her trip home (we were playing two hours away frm home). Luckily we don't play again now till June 4 so she has time to heal. L also played his first game of football in the Under 14's. He had already played a full game in the Under 12's but the 14's were short of players so he played another full game! He did so well through considering the size of some of the kids and even got a few tackles on them and took a couple of marks. At the end of the game he got one of the awards for being one of the best players! So proud of him.

Oh, and I brought him his first can of deodorant on Friday *sob* I picked him up on thursday after school and they end the day with PE and I noticed he was a bit pongwiffy LOL. He's going to grow up too quickly on me now I just know it.

[Cassius2]

aw sherie! these kids are growing so fast...sometimes I cannot believe how fast we go from being kids to big people...

[Ginger]

wow trill! he is growing up so much! sounds like a great footy player too

the gastro bug has hit us here so i'm not very happy
particularly upset with a friend who assured me her kids were well enough for me to come to her house (after her kids had been sick previously)- silly me didn't do the maths and work out that the 'keep away' period hadn't finished yet. now both my boys have caught it. not happy at all. certainly learned my lesson though.

[Cassius2]

ooohhh gastro just sucks! i hope that it doesnt last too long

[andie82]

Hi Trill, to me it was bad, esp as I didn't have any with A&J. If I ate, I was sick, if i didn't eat I was sick & I couldn't move off the lounge by day. Went to the Dr & got maxolon which didn't help that much but once I started eating I was okay aslong as I kept eating - my tummy could not feel empty at all. I'm good now - I just eat decent sized meals (compared to previously when I didn't eat much at all) but still very tired at times.

[Cally]

Pipes still going well, some other issues that we're still sorting out though.

Had an awesome weekend down here. Did some exploring at a beach we hadn't been to before, hardly any discipline issues and Miss K entertained herself for really big blocks of time letting DH and I do things that we wanted to do. Ahh....

Trill - sounds like you have a little footballer in the works!

Ginger - oooh, gastro, you poor things

Arte - we put a ban on yogurt after dinner or late afternoon and ever since then K has slept through, instead of her once a night waking - not quite on your scale, but something to keep in mind. And please dont' worry about us, that's what we're here for.

[AnyDream]

Cally, what do you think it was in the yoghurt that was razzing her up? The sugar? BTW what's your secret to teh perfect weekend? E pretty much whined all weekend - despite the abundance of activities on offer. We had another failed attempt at taking her to the movies (Rio) - fidgeting, kicking the chair in front, etc. TBH I think she's tired because we've cut the day sleeps out most days and she needs the occasional catch up nap.

Ginger, I hope the gastro fairy moves on swiftly. Not fun

Andie, my MS was like with DD1 - basically had to graze constantly because too little or too much food was baaaaaaad. Glad you're starting to feel better with it now.

Trill, I read all about your amazing netball adventures and felt like a fat lazy couch potato Keep telling us all about it, I need whatever motivation I can get. I've started walking at lunchtime at work, not a long walk but it must be doing me good because I'm pooped afterwards. I'm dreaming of a new bicycle, actually...

[Cassius2]

Cally, what do you think it was in the yoghurt that was razzing her up? The sugar? BTW what's your secret to teh perfect weekend? E pretty much whined all weekend - despite the abundance of activities on offer. We had another failed attempt at taking her to the movies (Rio) - fidgeting, kicking the chair in front, etc. TBH I think she's tired because we've cut the day sleeps out most days and she needs the occasional catch up nap.

Urgh. we have this ATM too. everything is a whinge and a 'awwwwww but i dont like it!'. sooo frustrating! DH and i are at our wits ends on what to do with her for 'fun' IYKWIM. everything we normally do is either not fun (for her) and/or is garunteed to be a whinge fest. so full on!

[MamaPan]

Hi girls!
Sorry have been a little mia - have had a crazy few weeks! Finished work last thursday and have this week off doing jobs...then I start next monday at my new job...weird but exciting!
It felt like I had so long with a whole week but I can see the time just getting eaten up by jobs and before I k ow it it will be over. Have to go I to city today for character check for work...and aside from that I am cleaning out purr pantry and freezer and other fun things! Have a haircut and some shopping planned for tomorrow though!
Won't ray to catch up..but will pop on a bit more this week to stay in touch.
Xxx

[Cally]

Perfect weekend - no naughty corner visits, not needing to be carried when we were out and about, quiet time going for 30 minutes longer than usual (we actually had to go in and retrieve her, normally she wanders out), playing very happily all weekend (had teh dancing outfit on to Dancing with the Stars - very cute) and sleeping in until 7:45 on Sunday morning!

MP - enjoy your week. Hope you're filling up the freezer as well as cleaning it up.

No idea what was in the yogurt. DH thinks it was making her gassy and that was disturbing her, then she'd be awake and figure that she'd come and see Mummy and Daddy (at 1:30am)

[andie82]

Thanks MD. I'm much happier now if I eat 3 solid meals. I tried to have breaky this morning so I didn't pig out at 9 (in order to have lunch) ... but it didn't work, was still stuffing my face at 9 & then lunch & then dinner.

A has his peadi app't tomorrow. fingers x'd we get some answers

[Artechim]

Cally, we have just started giving A a bed time yoghurt because she generally only eats a bite or two for dinner and I thought she was waking hungry. Not sure if it has made any difference to the waking, but she is eating at least one before bed so she must be hungry!

Trill, no chance of sleep studies here. We are about 5 hours away from any place that would do something fancy like that - we can't even buy shoes in this town! I think he is alright anyway, sleeps though about half the time now and is generally easy to resettle when he does wake. The all nighter was just random.

MD, interesting about the food sensitivity thing. Must be hell working out what was doing it! It might well be the case but we are all moving along quite well atm so I am too lazy to bother investigating. I have heard about the additive in normal bread that people react to. No danger here, my kids don't like bread.

JM, I didn't answer about the baking soda washing powder ages ago and I was feeling guilty lol. The easiest recipe I have come across is 50/50 baking soda and Borax. But then I realised that you would probably be paying $25 for a bottle of Borax anyways lol. Or washing soda, which is sodium carbonate. I have that for DH's hunting gear because (apparently) the deer can see the optical thingy-stuff they put in the normal powders.

Just chugging along here. Went out for an entire day at Taupo, had dinner out and didn't get home until 7pm and even with late naps bedtime wasn't a disaster so that was quite liberating.
We went to the swimming pool and W has made a heap of progress. He was jumping off the side and submerging completely which is massive for him - usually he would leave the pool with dry hair lol And he was letting go and walking on the bottom. I even got him to hold my hands and float on his tummy and kick his legs.

Looks like summer has finally finished here. It has been raining and windy since friday with no end in sight. Tried to go out for a bike ride in a break in the weather today but of course as soon as we got to the far end of town it started pouring down! We ended up at a cafe eating a bowl of chips with a couple of hot chocolates. My kids are finally at the stage where we can go to a cafe and they aren't running around destroying the place!

[Junglemum]

pfft, don't feel bad. Thanks for that. Will look into it. Are you serious that deer can see particles in detergent???

[Artechim]

Crazy but true JM (apparently...). The Optical Brightening Agents (OBA's) used to make whites whiter and colours brighter do so by phosphorescence - they release a light which enhances the appearance of colours (think wearing white at a UV dance party). Because the deer can see more of the UV range than people, if you wash hunting clothes in detergents that have OBA's then the deer can see your clothes glowing blue.
Either that or husbands that can't shoot deer came up with a reason to make it the wife's fault!!
Interestingly no OBA has FDA approval, so we smother ourselves in these chemicals but no decent studies have been done to find out if they are safe for constant skin contact.

[Ginger]

Hi girls
We have the fire captain bringing his fire truck to kinder on fri. L is so excited!
Did kinder duty today and discovered that L is in a little gang on boys that all run around together being naughty. Thought it might be a bit early for that?
Bought some great flannies for the boys from kmart for $6 if anyone is looking for cheap winter clothes!

[AnyDream]

Hiya September MegaMummies!

Ginger...I bet a few of the mummies are a bit "excited" about the firemen coming too . Maybe L's behaviour was silliness because mummy was there? Did you chat with the kindy teachers about it?

Arte, that deer thing makes total sense to me. Does make me wonder what it does to the soldiers' can't-see-me uniforms when they've got their night vision goggles working. That's amazing swimming.

MP, I hope you're enjoying your week 'break' - it goes quickly doesn't it. Hope your first day on Mon is great! I"m sure you will dazzle them all in no time.

Cass I can't remember if you told us whether your kitchen is all finished and gorgeous. We just got a nasssssteh electricity bill and suddenly buying a new (gas) oven and stove seems very attractive.

[Artechim]

Arrrgggghhhh. ****. The all night waking wasn't random and it wasn't because he was sick. He did it again last night. That is the third time in two weeks. I resettled him at 11pm, then he was up at 12pm and I sat by him for an hour to get him back to sleep, then DH had a turn for half an hour until he gave up and put W in front of the telly. He ended up going to bed again at around 3.30am. WTF do I do???!! This can't keep happening. I didn't get to sleep until 4am. There just aren't facilities here for sleep studies and there is no guarantee that it would happen if someone was watching iykwim, like we can't go to Auckland and sit around for weeks waiting for it to happen for someone to observe it/him.
I mentioned phernegan to DH last night and he is totally against it, which is a lot easier for him to say when he is off sleeping in luxury hotel rooms while I am stuck here with those monsters!!

I just want to sleep

Sorry for the rant yet again, I am so freaking tired!! And sick of all this bull ****!