Babies born~April 16th-30th 2009 #2

[Ozziehoffy]

I can't remember what i wrote on old thread - but house sold and I got flown over 2 weeks ago for an interview with a govt dept - GOT THE JOB! wooop!

HE GOT A TOOTH ON XMAS DAY! hahaha 'all i want for xmas is my two fwont teef'.

Hi all.... I have read things along the way but not posted for a bit cos I've just been too tired!!

Sach, wtg on the job and hope the move all goes well for you. How exciting, a new adventure

lol @ the tooth... Elijah also got his VERY first tooth for Christmas day!! YAY!

Jas, omg! 8 already! wow. Elijah can't even be bothered rolling, let alone crawling ...he's such a lazy log. He can roll and I've popped him onto hands and knees and he will stay there and slightly rock so he can do stuff he just can't be bothered. He'd rather whinge until I go get him lol.

Sach, Elijah is a truly shocking sleeper, day and night so don't feel bad and certainly go with what he is happy doing. I'd love it if Elijah slept 2 hours in the day just so I had a really lovely break but it's just not going to happen any time soon I don't think!

Nell, I hear ya on the picking! I think that there are times where I'm most certainly way too harsh on poor Oskar. He's getting better too with things - mostly anyway. I love when he does those little things without being asked. Sometimes he'll go and get things for Elijah and it's so cute or sit and play with him. He was handing out grapes and cherries to the family lol... mind you they were one by one not a bunch or anything! haha but what a little host he was. If he gets a bikky he always wants to get one for daddy or Elijah. I think part of it all is that the babies are no longer boring little things which just feed, eat and poo but they interact now and have their personalities starting to show through.

[berrme]

Happy New Year, girls!

My little man took his first steps by himself yesterday!!!! He already seems heaps better today, he took 8 steps in a row just before. I can't believe it, he is still so young.
Edward hasn't slept well while we have been up in Cairns. I am hoping that he will settle back into a better routine when we get home. Otherwise he has been just gorgeous and the we have had a great time swimming and eating and getting presents.
I am really looking forward to getting home but I know the boys will miss their grandparents (and I will miss the babysitting ). I wish they lived closer.

Sacha, that is great that you have a job waiting for you. It must be really exciting now it is all really happening!
Try not to worry about how many sleeps Lachlan has. They all drop sleeps at different times. Edward still has 2 most days but some days will only have 1. Byron doesn't have a sleep at all, and hasn't for a while, but I know lots of people with 4 and 5 year olds who still have day sleeps. Whatever works for you.

Jas and Nell, my condolences on the arrival of AF. I still don't have mine, but I am sort of wishing that i would... for some reason I am way more paranoid about getting pregnant accidentally. I don't know why as AF didn't come back until Byron was 13 months and I had stopped BF entirely. Edward still feeds more than Byron did at 8/9 months so I really shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Nell and Cass, it is good that both of your older children are settling down and things have improved. Byron has been a bit sillier while we have been away but for the most part he has been better. I think that I feel like I am being judged on my parenting when I am staying with the PILs, so I do give Byron a harder time, and that just makes him worse. I can relax again once we get back to Brisbane as you are both right... they improve when we don't nit pick them about every single thing.

Better go, DH and I are going out to dinner tonight so we need to help get the boys organised before we go. Bye.

[Jas]

Steps!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!

[Ozziehoffy]

Mel.... NO WAY!!! OMG!!! We're no where near that here. He hasn't even crawled yet lol. Joshua was taking steps early too, 9 months. When you get back, we need to try to have that catch up too if we can. Hope dinner was fun

[mustangsachy]

Mel - oh my goodness...... STEPS!! at least your house would already be pretty babyproofed ??

My mum and dad had lachlan on NYE so we could go out (cos we're moving to a town with no family and 1 friend LOL) .... next morn I went and got him and he's commando crawling. I felt upset they'd seen it first.... but good for them to be a part of his 'first' crawling attempt as we'll be gone in under a week.

so yes LKW is commando crawling everywhere. and it's made me realise how dirty our floors are - his jumpsuits and singlets and nappies get covered in cr@p!!! oh wells.

had our niece (5yo) come stay for 24hours. is she a little miss bossy boots! made me appreciate having only 1 who doesn't talk (besides dad-dad and bub-bub!) .... she said things to me like 'sacha put lachy down and come and tear this out for me' and 'take the washing off the line, no you're doing it WRONG!'.... by the end of the 24hours i was over it..... i told her 'I won't be doing what you say if you speak to me like that' and she said sorry but did it again 5 mins later. is that an age/ sex thing? are little boys like that or is it an upbringing thing. she has much older brothers (same age gap as my step sons to lachlan) so i'm worried he'll be like that too - i caught her stealing his toys again! doesn't like to share at all!

Apart from that nothing much news.... I leave next monday morning for my 674km drive with lachlan. thank goodness mum is coming with me!

hope you're all great! so far 2010 is the best year - our dreams are realised. hope it's the same for you all too!

[berrme]

Sacha, the house is relatively babyroof, but you stop being so careful about things once number 1 gets a bit bigger and isn't chewing on cords and sticking things in powerpoints, so we have had to replace a few latches etc. Nothing too dramatic though.
Lol at dirty floors.I always said I was going to strap a sponge to Byron's chest so he could clean as he went, but I figured that some people wouldn't find it as amusing as me, so gave it a miss.
That is a real shame you missed Lachlan start crawling, but there will be lots more milestones for you to see first. They do new things all the time from here on in.

Don't assume that the behaviour of any child indicates what yours will be like at the same age. It sounds to me like your niece is allowed to be rude to her parents and will continue to be rude to adults until they stop her. Most kids will try it, but don't continue because it doesn't get them anywhere. I have also come across that sort of behaviour much more in girls than boys, you are more likely to be trying to manage a rough head than a bossy boots. I am sure Lachlan will be a delightful 5yo!

Cass, dinner was lovely. We went to a seafood place on the esplanade and then went for a walk along the waterfront. I guess it will be the last time we get to go for a child free evening stroll in a while. sigh.
I go back to work the week of the 18th of January, but will only be working Mon, Tues and Thurs. If you are free on Wed or Fri then we might finally get to meet IRL.

[Megan]

Wow, walking!!!! Nowhere near that in this house!! It must be lovely to watch your little person toddling around though

Cass, I had to laugh at you calling Elijah a lazy log! Sounds a bit like Noah, especially the part where you said he would rather whinge until you go and get him. Sounds very familiar

Noah is rolling. Some days he rolls everywhere and is in to everything, and others he'll just lay or sit there and look at me like "just pick me up will you, it's all just too hard". He's not even getting up on his knees at all. He can slide himself backwards (and get stuck under tables/chairs etc) but not forwards. As for being on his feet, not interested at all.
His top two teeth are on their way, so then he will have 4 teeth. Still breastfeeding, and he's now eating me out of house and home!

I am starting to feel like I need to work. I will only work part time though, so could be a long time before I find something. I just think it would give me a bit more balance and would be a positive for all of us. Here's hoping I can find something suitable.