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Berrme - MissA can say mum, dad & nanna easily. She's now starting to DS ta more often & I swear she says wow too. It does sound like she's trying to sound out more words. We are focusing on the ligament issue more than the speech/gross motor skills. Her pardon did say he's not concerned but just wants to get on top of these things now as we've found them early. My DH is home over the weekends which helps. MissA is now a real daddies girl because of it.
I forgot to welcome the new ladies, WELCOME!!!
Mel, I know what you mean about having more rooms to clean, my theory is there would be more space to store things so there'd be less stuff laying around, that's my theory anyway. Until we get a bigger house and then I'll probably have to hire a cleaner! lol
I had a little operation this morning to fix a complication from when I had Ollie. I'm home now, feeling a bit woosy and sore but so glad it's over. Hopefully this will mean we can start ttc when the timing is right.
How cute that our babies are starting to talk. Ollie's favourite phrase is uh oh. Whenever something goes a bit wrong - uh oh! He can tip his dinner upside down, but if it's followed by an uh oh, I can't help but giggle.
Just a quick one from me. We had a bit of excitement here on Monday, our DD finally took a single step on her own. We're so proud of her. Looks like all the work being put in to strengththen her legs is starting to pay off already. I dare say she'll be walking properly by Xmas now.
Blueiris, that is fantastic that DD has started to take steps! What a great xmas present that will be for everyone. :)
It is good that your DH is home on weekends. It is only bedtime that I find difficult when DH is away, but I guess you get used to doing that by yourself. Was easier with only 1 to put to bed too. Don't know how it will work with 3 when DH is away for the night?
Sarah, I hope you are right about more space meaning a cleaner house. I certainly like your thinking. :)
We get a lot of "uh oh" and "oh dear" around here too. That and "no, stop it, i don't like it" whilst waving his finger in the air. Cracks me up every time. I also got told by DS1 the other day that he was "disgusting by my behaviour". lol. Between the 2 of them I am in stitches most of the time.
I hope your soreness is long gone and the op did the job. Are you guys thinking of TTC again soon?
AFU, Edward just seems so grown up. He gives directions as to what he wants to eat and when he wants it. He climbs on everything and runs at a cracking pace. He is acting like he wants to use the toilet, no success yet, but likes to sit on the toilet. I even had to give him a hair cut. He really isn't a baby anymore. :( I want the next one to stay little for longer.
Sorry I didn't reply sooner Mel. Thanks, heaps better now. Had an infection, got sick, wasn't nice, but hopefully it's all over now. We would like to have another baby soonish, not quite yet though. Most of my mothers group all have number 2 already, in one way it makes me really excited to think about a little brother or sister for Ollie, on the other hand, I'm really enjoying sleeping through the night!
"Disgusting by your behaviour" - that is so cute! Your boys sound adorable. Ollie's latest word is please, he can do whatever he wants if he says please, it's the cutest thing I've ever heard :D
Such great news blueiris! :dance:
[COLOR="blue"]Hey again....
MIA again from me! Been busy trying to keep on top of studying, assessments and kids... not to mention just functioning some days lol.
Blueiris, that's just awesome!! I bet you're as proud as punch too! :)
Mel, Lol @ disgusting by your behaviour. Oskar cracks me up a fair bit too. He's very much into describing ENTIRE situations to you in GREAT detail lol. Loves going out in the garden looking for lady beetles cos they're his friends lol. I could just about write a book a day on his antics I reckon. Next year he's doing pre prep at his kindy.. so 2 days a week. Can't believe school the year after! :(
Sarah, good to hear you're better. I loved the sleeping through too lol then I got myself a bad sleeper and it took a long time for him to be reasonable and now I class him as fairly good. He seems to be very weather affected though and really feels the heat. Doesn't seem to worry him during the day so much but at night he seems to be unsettled if too warm. If we put the air con on though, he sleep a LOT better. Don't know how my hip pocket will cope with that luxury for him though lol. So, we do what we need to so that we get to sleep.
Sarah and Mel.. you guys must have talkers like my Oskar lol... Elijah, on the other hand is a little man of few words still. He's funny as though. He does his version of a jump with sound effects and all. Very cute. He gets his point across with grunting, pointing, taking my hand and dragging me to where he wants me or to show me something. If he wants to watch a DVD, he either stands there "calling" you or takes you there by the hand... then you have to take them all down for him.. about a dozen and he flicks through, finds the one he wants (he knows the pictures and colours) and he knows how to open the case and put it in the player lol. HE LOVES dancing and does dance actions to some of the Yo Gabba Gabba ones.... so adorable... chubby hands in the air then wiggle wiggle lol.
Sorry, I haven't read through again to see anything more that's been going on. I get to read but not reply a lot of the time. This week though has been really rather awful :( A really good friend of mine went into early labour at 30 weeks but they managed to stop it... but just Tuesday gone, at 35 weeks, her little man Patrick passed away. I'm not sure of the finer details other than that. I'm utterly devastated and so heartbroken for her. It just hurts me so much, my heart just aches and I can only imagine what her pain is like if mine is like this. I have bought her a beautiful willow tree figurine, which is holding a butterfly, to give to her when she is up to spending some time with me. I just want to wrap my arms around her and take this all away, just make it stop and not be happening. I just feel so helpless.
Anyway, sorry to end on such a sad note.
Hi Girls
Im so sorry i have been MIA for sooooo long now but 2010 hasnt been a great year for us..fingers crossed for 2011. Jacob was hospitalised just after his 1st birthday with pnuemonia which DH managed to get straight after. DH was hit pretty hard and ended up in ICU with a suspected heart attack. Long story short they realised he had an underlying heart problem that was potentially lethal so he had surgery in late June. Then darling Jacob broke his arm the week daddy came home. Things were going ok until a couple of months ago when my mum became very ill and ended up with a spinal fusion but while in hospital she developed pnuemonia too and also spent weeks in hospital.
Jacob is over 19 months old now and still not walking but like MissA he has hyperflexibility and 'poor tone' though he started taking a few steps tonight (about 5) so fingers crossed he is walking soon. He is still only a light weight at just under 12kg but all arms and legs. he wasnt talking much either up until about 6 weeks ago but now he copies everything. Today after Seasame Street he crawled about saying 'nine'. He isnt climbing at all and is still trying to work out for he can cart things with him his current preference is bum shuffling but anyway he comes i just adore him.
I too have been getting really clucky again and as DH and I have been TTC since March without any joy we will most likely use some of our snowbubs mid next year. Well I enjoyed reading your posts and will try to check in more often but ironically like many of you im training to be a teacher in between everything else but have a break from now until March when our little babies are almost 2 :(
Love Bee:)
Cass, that is very sad about your friend's bub. I get very upset at the thought of losing a baby so late. When I was pregnant with Byron a woman I work with lost one of her twins to SIDS, and then about a fortnight later another woman from work had a stillbirth. I was a mess, so I can only imagine what it was like for them. Just not fair!
I am constantly being told detailed tales of trips to the zoo and Bron's friends the monkeys. etc etc. Byron also takes other people's stories and retells them as his own but with extra details. Isn't it funny how all kids do such similar things at the same age. Edward sings songs with actions and has started putting words together like 'Daddy's shoe'.
How long do you get off uni? Or are you doing a summer semester too?
Bee, what a year! I really hope 2011 is better for you. It is good that Jacob is starting to take steps now, maybe you and Blueiris can both have toddlers for xmas. :)
Sarah, glad you are feeling better now. I totally understand liking the sleep. I figure that I might as well just be sleep deprived for 5 or 6 years straight and then catch up on all of it later. lol. Byron was a good sleeper, Edward not so good, so I am hoping for another good sleeper this time round.
Everything is going smoothly here. I am nearly 14 weeks and have a huge belly already so Edward is constantly poking it and saying 'baby'. We had the NT scan last week and both the boys came with us. They were very funny watching the baby on the screen, I had a constant comentary about what it was and what it was doing. Byron was adamant that he could see a penis (he really wants another brother), however the sonographer couldn't find a penis, so we might just have our daughter. Have to wait for another 5 1/2 weeks to find out for sure though. Not sure I really want one now, I know what to do with boys. lol.
Finally started getting ready for xmas. I think I have enough presents for the boys, they will get lots from the grandparents anyway. Edward keeps pulling decorations from the tree, which is very annoying, but I guess I got plastic ones for a reason. Byron got cranky at me this morning because I won't put the wrapped presents under the tree yet. As if!!
Anyway, DH has taken the boys to the shops with him so I might have a nice relaxing shower by myself for once. Bye.
Hey Mel... I always had that fear in the back of my mind also as I have 3 other friends who've suffered late losses :( Ahhh it used to seriously scare everything out of me sometimes and I'd have to just talk to myself and remind myself that it was ok and fine and also that it was natural to feel afraid of these things.
I hope I haven't made you or anyone else feel uncomfortable about that... :(
lol... today Oskar was riding his bike and "talking" to my friend's kids ahahah and asking them stuff etc... made me laugh. Today we were in JB Hi Fi getting a pressie for Joshua and they were really busy so we had to wait. Then we got served and the guy was packing stuff into a box for us when another guy who works there brought some customers into the area we were in... Elijah RAN to this guys legs and grabbed on PMSL was hilarious... then he held on tighter and hid his face... ummmm dude WRONG LEGS!! ROFL the guy looked a little uncomfy but man it was just so funny I had tears starting to just spill over cos I was laughing so hard and so much.
Bee... WOW that's just so majorly full on. I hope it's a better year in 2011 for you also. Bum shuffling is very cute... Oskar did that :) I LOVED it and loved him being different hehe.
Mel... I hear ya, I wouldn't know what to do if I did have a girl either!!! Boys are boys and we know what they're like, they're full on, on the go all the time and loud and funny and well ya know how it goes ;) lol.
..... oh and Mel... I'm doing it online through ACAP so just have to do workshops on campus. They're run on weekends so Andy had the boys when I had to go in. Only one weekend though so wasn't too bad. I was thinking of doing summer also but basically have to do 12 weeks in 6 and I just can't commit to that and holiday season and the kids etc.... could be too much pressure so have decided against it.
Hi everyone!! It's been quiet in here for a while!
How are all our big 2 year olds? I'm loving this age. Noah is hilarious, and I love his little personality and how much easier it is to communicate with him now. He says short sentences, knows all his letters and numbers (self taught from his toy laptop...and now when reading him a book he points out all the letters, so it can take quite a while to read a story!) He is very much a cuddly little boy and not that confident when it comes to playing with others or leaving my side (when I'm with him that is, apparently at day care he's fine). Also, not a fan of playgrounds... what little boy doesn't like a playground?! lol He doesn't mind the swing sometimes, but he's not a climber at all so doesn't want to play on anything else. I'm just thinking that since he didn't walk until 17 months, maybe he'll take a while still to develop the ability climb and jump. Maybe it's just his personality. Much happier when he's got his books and blocks or drawing/painting. Although, yesterday we went to a birthday party at a farm and he went on a pony ride and played and cuddled with the rabbits. I didn't think he would do that in a million years, so maybe he's just gaining that confidence slowly. I am just really enjoying this time and trying to soak it all in. We've been TTC for quite a while now with no luck, and not sure how much longer we will continue.
So, how is everyone else going?
I was just thinking yesterday how slack we all are. All our kiddies turned 2 and still no posts in here. :lol: Life gets busy! Only 4 weeks now until my little girl is due. I can't wait. :)
Edward is such a big boy now! He talks non stop and is obsessed with dinosaurs and dangerous animals. He walks around the house making slightly different roars, then asks "Mummy, mummy, what's that noisy?" and I have to guess which animal he is being. I am always wrong. :lol:
Because I need the nursery again shortly the boys moved into bunk beds a couple of months ago and Edward is finally getting the hang of going to sleep without constant cuddles. He has never been a great sleeper (except in the first 3 months) but has been going to sleep pretty easily and sleeping through most nights. The only problem is that he keeps waking up at 5 am. I hope he stops when it really starts to get cold!
He seems OK with the idea of having a new baby in the house soon. Byron is really excited about it and talks to my belly everyday, Edward pokes it and talks to every now and then, the rest of the time he just seems a bit annoyed that so much of my lap is being taken up with belly. Mostly he plays with his baby doll putting it in the cot and changing its nappy. It is a pretty hard concept for a little boy to understand.
Megan, It is a fun age, isn't it? I wish I had a little boy who didn't climb. Edward is into everything. He jumps on the trampoline, always wants to go on the biggest slide available, if he is dancing he wants to do it on the highest flat surface in the room. He gets the stool that is in the kitchen for them to help when I am making dinner and pushes it into the pantry. Then climbs the shelves until he can reach whatever he wants. No fear at all! He can do anything that his older brother can do... well at least he thinks he can. Mostly he pulls it off. :p You will probably find that when you do have number 2 that they will be a much more independent child from much earlier. They just have to be because they can't have ALL of your attention. I hope that you do concieve soon and you don't have to give up on the idea of another bub! More than one can be totally exhausting, but watching them grow together is just awesome.
OK, everyone else... lets have some updates!!
Mel, congratulations on the arrival of Alice! I love her name! :)
I just wanted to pop in to say I got a BFP this morning. In complete shock. Definitely unexpected given the month we've had (sold/bought/moved house) and I noticed I was feeling a bit off this week and was having weird stomach cramps (different from AF but reminded me of when I was pg with Noah). So, did a HPT this morning and the little + came up straight away. If my dates are right, I am 5w2d and due mid feb. It still doesn't feel real, but very very happy!! :D