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

Hi everyone!
I'm new to BB so thought I'd join the thread and say hi!
We had little Isaac on the 19th April, 2009.
And little Holly on the 3rd July, 2010.
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Welcome to BB :D
I am Mum to Noah, born 8th April, 2009 (but I post in this here because no one posts in the April 1-15 thread!)
It is pretty quiet in here these days.
Looking forward to hearing about your little ones :)

Hi and welcome iandh,
I am Melanie. I have 2 boys; Edward was born April 16 2009, Byron was born February 13 2007.
It has been quieter in here this year, but if you post you will generally spur the rest of us on to post too. :)

Welcome iandh (I'm guessing thats for Issac and Holly)

I'm nell and my DS was born on 26th April 2009 and I also have a DD born in June 2007.
You certainly have your hands full with a 15month old and 4 week old.

Mel - Way to go. That's awesome that you want to change your career and do something new. It would be great doing your exercise while you were getting paid to do it, rather than having to fit it into your day. I think I read a post about you not being happy at work. How is it all going now? I've certainly found that work is not my priority now that I have my beautiful kids and I'm becoming increasingly frustrated with the education system and our role and responsibilities. It seems to be growing each and every day. I'd love to get out too but the cost of retraining in something else, then starting out at the bottom of the pay scale again.

Megan - how's the gym going?

Hi girls!
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I'll tell you a little about myself....
I live in Brisbane, I'm 35 years old. I've been married for 2 years. We have 2 babies - Isaac 15 months and Holly 5 weeks. Before we had babies we lived in Winton (Outback QLD) where i was teaching.
I look forward to getting to know you all :)
Hope you are all having a lovely day!
Meg

iandh, I am in Brisbane too, near Chermside.

Nell, I am certainly not enjoying teaching like I used to. Just like you said, they just keep giving us more and more to do on top of planning and teaching and I just feel overwhelmed. That combined with my wanting to just be home with the boys makes it pretty painful. Even if I don't end up doing the PT training I won't be going back to teach for a number of years after the next bub.
Do you think you will really go for the half marathon? It is just sooo much further than the 10km runs I have been doing. I wish there was something in between. My trainer did her first marathon last weekend... I just can't imagine how painful it must be to run 42 kms!

Anyway... we had the rest of our floors polished over the last school holidays, so the whole house is now timber floors. I went and bought a big shaggy rug for the lounge this morning and the boys have been rolling all over it ever since. I would probably lie on it too if I was smaller. :)
I took Edward's measurements for the first time in ages and he is now 13kg and 83cm tall. I checked Byron's red book and they are almost exactly the same size at the same age. Lucky their faces aren't any more similar or we wouldn't be able to tell who was who in their photos. It is hard enough anyway... Edward is usually wearing Byron's hand-me-downs, so they are even dressed the same. :)

Better go, I have LOTS of washing to do. Geez little boys go through a lot of clothes each week!! Hope you are all well.

Hi everyone,

Just a quick one as I dont get onto the computer until mid next week again (with the weekend and work - ya know)

Meg - Teacher here too. That makes 3 so far. Eeeek. I'm nsw based but started in the west, in the kimberley. Was fab, an experience of a lifetime. Hubby and I had to get out as we could have stayed indefinately. We found we were missing out on too much of friends and families lives - marriages, kids etc. Nice to have a few luxuries too (like decent fresh fruit and veg).

Mel - wouldn't it be nice not to have to work? Awesome that you won't have to go back for a few years after next bub. Noticed you only have a week til testing. GL. Half marathon - mmmmm, Yeah, it's double what ive been doing but there doesn't seem to be anything in between. I dont know how much it will achieve either and whether I'm setting myself a pointless goal. It's not actually set yet as I'm thinking about it a little more. I know I'm not going to be out in the heat of summer running like I have been.

awww - DS awake! doesnt sleep much during day anymore :(

I joined the TTC thread, and they are up to thread 22 for the year, and already on page 7 of the new thread started yesterday. lol. Gee we are quiet in here!!

Nell, DH said the other night that he fully expects me to want a 4th baby so I can take even more time off work. He knows me well. lol. I am really hoping I am UTD this cycle, otherwise I will be back at work for the whole 12 weeks of term 1 next year. Whoever the genius was who decided on the QLD school terms for next year is an idiot!

Mel, I hope you get that BFP this month. That 12 week term sounds like a killer. The 11 week term 2 here this year seemed bad enough and I'm not a teacher or have any kids at school, but everyone was complaining about it. Only a bright spark would come up with 12 weeks!
As for the TTC thread, I was thinking of joining but now that you've mentioned how busy it is I don't think I will. I'll never keep up!

Nell, gym is going ok. At least I'm going. I am getting over my 5th illness this winter. Since the end of May I had back to back Flu/head cold/tonsilitis which lasted 5 weeks all up. Then a nasty case of gastro thanks to DH that lasted 48 hellish hours. Three weeks after all that was over I got another cold that annoyingly lasted 2 weeks. Over it. Over germs, over winter and over snotty noses! lol It's been hard getting back into it, but I am slowly. Just doing my program they've worked out for me and when I feel a bit more ready I might work up to some running. Going to try Zumba on Monday for a bit of a laugh. I'll probably fall over my own feet, so it should be interesting!

I've lost 2kg this week by going to the gym more and making a point to eat well. I can't believe how much better I feel for it after just a week. I'm even sleeping better - no caffeine or sugar probably helps that!

As for Noah.. 16 months last week and still not walking! A couple of times this week it's looked like he was going to take a step without holding on, but then just got down to crawl. When I ask him if he wants to go for a walk, he stands up, holds on to some furniture or me and walks on the spot stamping his feet! lol He just needs that little bit of extra confidence and I don't know if I could be doing anything else to help him, or if I should just leave him?

Thought I'd pop in as we were on such a roll a few weeks ago.

Mel - gosh, a 12 wk term sounds terrible. I don't even know what ours is but if you have 12 we've probably got 11. There must be a public holiday in there somewhere though. Noticed your signature - sorry to hear. Throwing lots of baby dust your way for this cycle.

Megan - Awesome about the weight loss and heading to the gym more. My SIL does Zumba and thinks it's fab. How did you find your first class? I've so got to get myself in order with eating well again. I'm a serious carb addict and when I'm at home, usually skip lunch (or eat what the kids don't). That sounds terrible but I hate the waste. I need to bite the bullet and get back on track with my eating. How have you cut out sugar? Just added sugar or are you limiting total sugars in all foods you eat? Just interested as I need to reduce my carb intake, along with sugar and start munching on vegetable and up my protein as well.

How's Noah going with his walking? There probably isn't much you can do to help. He'll do it in his own time. I just walked behind DS and held his hands heaps, and we borrowed a little push around walker thing which helped his confidence. He had it or about 3 weeks then took off.

Meg - How's it all going?

Anyone know how Cass is and what she's up to?

Nell, was wondering about Cass myself. I just left a message on her private page as I thought maybe we had dropped off her subscribed threads list.
I don't think there are any public holidays in the 12 week term. In fact I may have to check that we don't lose Anzac Day as it will be so close to Easter. I am disappointed about not being UTD but in a way it is good as I have my last 10km run of the year on Sunday and now I don't have to worry about overheating or anything. I also got to get my hair coloured properly on the weekend which I wouldn't have done if I was pg.

Megan, are you keeping up the workouts? I found that it really becomes part of your routine after a while and now I miss it if I don't fit enough training sessions each week. I agree with Nell that there isn;'t much you can do to help Noah with his walking except hold his hands and encourage him. He is only 16 months after all, if he gets to 2 and still isn't walking then worry. :)

Nell, it's mainly just added sugar that I have cut out. 98% of what I am eating is just fruit & veg and meat. I'm not eating pasta, rice or bread at the moment either. I'm a bit of a carb addict and it's made a huge difference. I don't deny myself completely though. I look forward to one meal per week where I cook up a yummy pasta dish or risotto. My diet pretty much consists of cereal for brekky, fruit at morning tea, salad & some kind of protein for lunch, more fruit and then loads of veggies for dinner. I've realised how much a pick at food when I'm cooking, so I've cut that out too. 4kgs down now, but I was pretty sick last week so don't know how much of that was related to tonsilitis.

I think the day after my last post, I came down with tonsilitis again for the 2nd time in 2 months. I was in a pretty bad way and ended up at the doctors one morning at about 5am. I couldn't get my temp down, was struggling to get down any tablets. It was horrible. A few days later DH ended up with it too. It's only been since yesterday I've started to feel normal again. So, I never did get to that zumba class. touch wood I'm not sick next week and can go then.

We're off to sydney tomorrow for 4 days. Can't wait. Hope the weather is nice because I am so over the cold and wet miserable melbourne weather lately. Noah's first flight, so I hope it goes well.

Noah is still not walking. I actually don't have a walker for him. Our house is tiny, so I never bought one as we just don't have the room. I might see if I can find one of those small wooden trolley things that he can push around. That might encourage him a bit more. Lately he doesn't even want to hold hands and walk, he'll just walk holding the furniture.

Better go and finish packing... I can't believe how much stuff you take on holiday when you have a little person. lol

Hi girls

Hope you are all well. I haven't posted anything for a while - things have been hectic with the little ones, as you all would understand :)

This week my beautiful little baby boy has started throwing tantrums! A couple of times a day, he'll just start screaming as loud as he can and stomps his little feet and makes tight little fists with his little hands, this lasts for about 20 seconds, then he's done. - my little baby seems to be trying out The Terrible 2's a little early!
Have any of you had this pleasure yet? It seems a little early to me, or is this normal for this age? I'm not even sure how I'm meant to react to tamtrums - they still catch me by surprise because he's always been such a delightful, happy boy!

Hi girls,
there was a whole bunch of new posts just before the site crashed. I wonder whether the new girls will be back?

How are you all?

iandh, you aren't alone with the tantrums. Don't believe anyone who tells you it is only 2 that is terrible, they can be terrible whenever they want to. Luckily they are cute enough of the time to make up for it. Try not to respond to his tantrums at all, especially at this age, just distract him if they start to last longer.

Megan, have you managed to stay well for a while? You hadn't had a good run. Is Noah walking yet?

How are you going Nell? Training for that half marathon yet?

I didn't manage to get UTD in time to avoid term 1 of next year, but I will be on holidays as of the easter holidays. I got a BFP today!! Still very early so don't want to officially announce it yet, but I am pretty excited. :)

Edward is sooo clever. He is copying things I say all the time, and jumping with both feet together. He has been sleeping pretty well, and is showing signs that he wants to use the toilet. He starts grabbing at his nappy and nods if you ask if he wants to do a wee. As yet he just sits on the toilet, pulls off bits of toilet paper and puts them in the toilet, but I don't think it will be long before he at least starts doing the occasional wee in the toilet.

Have to go drop DH at the bowls club... he has a bucks party to go to. Hope you are all well,
Mel

Hey Mel... OMG CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :leap::confetti: that is soooo awesome! I did post before the crash and thank you for sending me a msg :) I must admit, I used to check here but no one seemed to be talking and then I forgot about it :blush:

Elijah is becoming a climber and works out how to use things to get higher lol. He is a KING tanty thrower when he really wants to, kicks and squeals like a pig haha. He is the sweetest though and comes and gives me big cuddles and then goes off to play more. He doesn't talk much more than ta, dada, mum but Oskar didn't either. Now I can't get him to stop! We're in the middle of trying to sell our house. Saw one today that I really like but we're not going to put an offer yet cos there's no offer on ours so it makes it hard. We need to know what we'll be getting so we know what we've got to play with. I've also started studying counselling via online through Aust College of Applied Pyshcology. I'm just doing one module which requires about an hour per day which I'm hoping is doable! This week has been hard cos Oskar got a tummy bug last weekend then Elijah got it Thursday then I had it yesterday!

Anyway, I've subscribed to this so hopefully it keeps reminding me when someone posts :)

How is everyone else?

Cass is back!!! Woo. :) lol at forgetting about our thread. There are very few of the original ladies who post anymore. I often wonder how everyone is going.
Sounds like you have heaps going on. Are you going to stay in the same area or is it going to be a big move? We are having plans drawn up to raise and build under our house. We looked around alot but anything around wavell heights/ nundah area with 4 or more bedrooms is like $1 million. Stuff that!!
Byron didn't say much for a long time but Edward is a chatter box! He says 'dinosaur', and 'outside', and 'Byron', and makes endless animal noises etc. It just blows me away.

Anyway, I am exhausted. Nice to know you didn't forget who we were completely :) Goodnight all.

Oh yeah that is REALLY expensive around those areas! What about a bit further north? We're hoping to stay in the same area if we can. We were contemplating a bigger move but I really don't want to lose our doctor... sounds stupid I know... but OMG the health system is so screwed that I just don't want to be a number... he's awesome and if the kids are sick they squeeze them in, none of this crap about oh we're booked out for 3+ days like heaps of them are or "we're not taking new patients" ... that's kinda funny though cos my doctor isn't taking new patients either. Fingers crossed!!! Just need someone to put a good offer on our place so we can maybe get something like the one we saw today... oooh so nice *sighs* I'm in love lol. On 1/4 acre too.

We are in Wavell now and really like the location. DH works in Milton so it isn't ideal to move further out. We also need to be near the train line so it is easy for DH to get to work. We bought at a good time so our mortgage is 'small' by current standards so the $200,000 or so it will cost to make our house into a 5 bed, 2 bath mansion is the best option by far. Not necessarily the most convenient, but that can't be helped.
I completely understand the dr thing. We just go to the medical centre here, but we generally get the same dr and we haven't ever had trouble getting in. The same nurse always does their shots. That reminds me... more needles coming up soon. Not long before Oskar and Byron will be needing their 4yr needles too!!
FX that you get an offer soon, maybe the beautiful house will still be on the market.

Ok, where are the rest of you?