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Hi!
Mel - Yeah on af arriving!!! Hope this is the month for you now!!!
Hi to everyone else - hope you all survived the dust storms!!
Not much here really...We all went shopping yesterday arvo and I was so buggered for some reason. Been getting lots of headaches - probably hormonal!
Kids were up early today - I think Dylan woke up first at about 5.45am - Michael put him back to bed but they still both got up then at about 6.30am...little buggers...Ethan was up about then as well...grrr...Michaels having a bit of a sleep in and then I'll get some chill out time which will be nice!
I"ll be home alone with the kids again tonight cos he's got his cousins 18th and we're not allowed to bring the kids - it's only a party at home so I can't see what the problem would be - I would have only taken them for an hour or 2 anyway..nevermind. It's so cold and miserable that it's probably best to keep them rugged up at home anyway!!
Ok..hope you all have a great weekend!!
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Hey All,
Good Luck this month with TTC! Hope its your month.....
Kris I hear you on the headaches, I have them every few days, not sure if its sinus pain or what but panadol does jack!!!
Us- just got back from a kids party on a point at the beach in the wind, my eyes havnt opened fully yet from all the dust! B and DH asleep, I am buggered, Beau up at 4am but I cant sleep:rolleyes: I am so over early wake ups!
Have a good weekend all.....
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Hi girls! Feeling much better now :)
DH and I went to see Up in 3D Gold Class today and it was awesome! Sooooo loved the Gold Class, I could get really use to that :) The movie was really, really good too. It was the first time DH and I have had some time alone since Jared was born! We needed it too. J had a bottle of 140mls while we were gone, the best yet. Mum said he was looking for more too, so next time I will be more prepared.
Jen and Kris, I'm hating the early starts too :(
Kris, I don't get the no kids thing for that party either?!?! We didn't go to my cousins' wedding last week because they wouldn't let us take Jared. Ben fair enough, we wouldn't want to take him anyway, but an 8 month old baby? It was on Friday afternoon too... how can they expect us to find a babysitter for then? Not that I could have left him anyway, with his booby addiction :lol:
Mel, fingers crossed for this month!!!!
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Hi girls! Feeling much better now :)
DH and I went to see Up in 3D Gold Class today and it was awesome! Sooooo loved the Gold Class, I could get really use to that :) The movie was really, really good too. It was the first time DH and I have had some time alone since Jared was born! We needed it too. J had a bottle of 140mls while we were gone, the best yet. Mum said he was looking for more too, so next time I will be more prepared.
Jen and Kris, I'm hating the early starts too :(
Kris, I don't get the no kids thing for that party either?!?! We didn't go to my cousins' wedding last week because they wouldn't let us take Jared. Ben fair enough, we wouldn't want to take him anyway, but an 8 month old baby? It was on Friday afternoon too... how can they expect us to find a babysitter for then? Not that I could have left him anyway, with his booby addiction :lol:
Mel, fingers crossed for this month!!!!
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Hello ladies!
Sorry I haven't been around much, I have been reading, just too lazy to post!
We are all ok. Liam is getting sick again I think, he's turned into one big sookypants. He's driving us nuts!! I'm hoping he doesn't have an ear infection or anything, but I think it's just teething and a cold or allergies. He's got three new teeth in a few weeks and there and three more trying to come up. One keeps popping out and going back in, poor little man! Last night he fell asleep at 5pm, and though he woke a thousand times through the night for cuddles and booby, he didn't wake for the day til 5.30am! He's been waking that time most mornings anyway some have even been about 4.45 (*yawn*!!!), no later than 6am so I was pretty happy with that (well, as happy as you can be waking at 5am!).Believe it or not it's Lily whos sleeping in til past 6.30, some mornings even after 7!! I hope she continues with that and that Liam sorts his stuff out! Though last night Lily was up about 4 times as well. I think I was up about 7times last night with one or the other. DH tried to help, but the kids are both rather attached to me at the moment for some reason!
I had a great me day yesterday. DH gave me some time to do what I wanted. I went to I had a lovely day, I went to the shops, had breaky, and a yummy coffee from my fave cafe. Then had a browse for a dress or something to wear to high tea in a few weeks time. Used my gift voucher for a neck, shoulders and back massage (ahhh, bliss!). Did some fruit and veg shopping. Came home and DH took the kids to a playcentre so I could clean the house a bit in peace and quiet. Prepared dinner tidied what I could before the monesters came home. Kids and DH came home 2hrs later and I played with the monsters for a while before Liam was jsut too grumpy to ignore anymore so I bf him to sleep at 5pm. DH cooked dinner while I played with Lil. Ate dinner, bathed Lil. Had a hot bath and read my mag I brought...ahhh, all up a loverly day! Pity about last nights *****ty sleep, a good nights sleep would have made it the perfect 24hrs!
Here's a post I wrote yesterday that might make you laugh:
At the moment we are going through the trials and tribulations of toilet training our almost 2 1/2 yr old. So far she has been doing really well. But today she was running around nudie and I heard the familiar little trickle of wee landing on tiles. I turned around saying 'Did you do a wee?...' She says to me 'Yeah, in the cup' and hands me a dripping little toy tea cup full of wee.....OMG! :wtf: DH were having a hard time trying not to laugh our heads off and trying totell her she has to wee on the toilet. She was adamant she could wee in the cup....pretty good aim for a 2yr old huh? :rofl:
My charming girly girl...
Ok gotta go and make breaky. Hope you are all well, sorry for no personals, I will endeavour to keep up to date more this week!!
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Kel, that sounds like a great day...did you remember to bring the car back this time!!!! Pitty you didnt have a good sleep. I wonder when your kids will start sleeping for you. I dont know how you do it. thats so funny about weeing in a cup, i would have burst out laughing big time. I got liv into a pair of undies the other day and we went through about 4 pairs but esentially went well.
We went to my brothers to watch the grand final yesterday....saints lost but was a good game. There were 2 young boys there, and Olivia showed everyone her lovely side. She did the whole tantrum thing, hitting, scratching. Shes hard work sometimes and then other times shes great! How long does this stage last for? When do they learn to share properly?
DH and I were talking again about ttc this morning. He wants to do it "properly" so we have a good chance at getting aboy and is prepared to hold off for up to a week....gosh! So at least I'll have him on board! Any tips? Those with boys...actually all of you.....did you just dtd on ovulation day or all the time? if my memory serves right, we were dtd all the time! I am starting to relax and am thinking we will have another girl anyhow and am getting used to the idea and am really warming to it actually. I think dh just wants someone to carry the family name.... anyway hope everyone is well. Have a good sunday, dont know what we're doing, its raining and freezing.
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Kel, OMG, that's so funny with Lil peeing in a cup!!! :lol:
Mel, DH and I just DTD all the time with our boys. I had no idea when I was ovulating with J as I'd only had the one AF since having Ben and stopping BFing. So we were just DTD whenever we had the chance (a lot less frequently then when we concieved Ben. We were like bunnies back then!). We'll do the same again when it's time this time, but I don't know if we'll ever get the chance! With DH's crazy work hours we never seem to be in bed awake at the same time!!!
Us, we had a pretty bad night last night. I'm so tired at the moment, but I'm sure I'll get over it. DH has taken Ben out with him right now and I have Jared asleep. I think J is teething and he's had Nurofen every day for the last three days. I hate giving it to him so frequently, but it is literally the ONLY way he will sleep. We've tried the Brauers' but it doesn't seem to work for J like it did for B. We give him Nurofen and nearly exactly 20 mins later he goes to sleep. Poor bubba must be in so much pain!
Ben has been fantastic as usual. I sometimes wonder if I'd gotten a different bub the first time around would I have been so keen to have a second one so soon :lol: He chatters away non-stop now and everybody can understand him about 90% of the time. When we saw the clinic nurse for J the other week she said that Ben speaks really well for his age, which we kind of already gathered... I think he gets the gift of the gab from me as DH is so shy and quiet!!!! It's the ONLY thing he gets from me though :lol:
Geez it's windy here today. Crazy windy. I put sheets on the line about an hour ago and they are almost dry already. I put five pegs on each sheet because I thought they might end up next door :lol:
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Hi!
Jen - Hope the dust has settled!! My boys are up early but nowhere near some of your kids!! About 6.30am and that's driving me crazy!!
Dis - Glad your feeling better and had such a great night out!! You deserve it!! Bugger about the wedding...it was so cold here last night that I ended up glad to be staying home - LOL!!
Poor Jared needing his nurofen to sleep - hope he settles down soon...
Glad Ben is doing so well - it is very cute when they can talk so well and you can have little conversations!! I seem to have all chatterboxes somehow...maybe they'll all stop talking once they hit their teenage years - LOL!!! I love it though - especially as if they're talking they're not yelling, screaming or crying - LOL!!!
Kel - Sorry to hear Liams being a handful - I hope he doesn't end up sick again!!! Omg what an amazing day you had - I'm so envious - LOL!! That's great your dh is helping you out some more as well!! LOL at Lily weeing in the cup - how funny!!
Mel - Glad you had a good grand final day! Hmm...not sure with Olivia - I guess every kid is different and deals differently...I've been pretty lucky that my boys share quite well most of the time...who knows?? I think sharing is a 3-4yo concept though???
Hmmm conceiving boys - it was never intentional for us!!! The first time with Louis I had ovulation pains so we did it right on O. Dylan and Ethan I had no idea what stage of the cycle I was in - they were both flukes...and this time we'll have to wait and see - will be very interesting if it is a girl because as far as I can tell we dtd quite a few days before O so technically we should be expecting one...otherwise it just means dh has super strong male spermies! LOL! 6 more weeks until I find out - I'm very excited!!!
As for us, we had a good weekend. Had my mums b'day today out to lunch which was ok but cost us a small fortune - for all of us to go out now and get kids meals etc we're usually looking at around $80-100 for dinner!!! (in a nice restaurant anyway...)
Boys are well. Ethan took 3 steps yesterday!! Dylans good - cheeky as usual and showing me the usualy attitude - he comes out - what are you talking about mum? and what are you doing?? if you can imagine in the most cheekiest little voice...so funny.
My little Louis is going to be 4yo in a couple of weeks - I can't believe it!!! It's so full on - he's such a beautiful little boy...He's getting so big now though!!
Ok...early night for me tonight - Michael stayed out last night after the 18th and I never sleep that well when he's not home...
Chat later!!
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Geez Kris the second one isnt even here yet LOL!! Feeling pretty crappy here, had a real down day yesterday - think the unsettled nights and sparrow fart mornings are building up. My belly button tis no more sob sob.....
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LOL Jen...sorry to hear you're feeling down...I hope you manage to perk up soon - perhaps if you get some more sleep!!! Big hugs...LOL at no belly button - it will come back soon enough!
Nice to see the sun out today...I'm having a battle with Dylan at the moment trying to get him to have a sleep...driving me crazy!! He had snoozes over the weekend which was a miracle and then nothing yesterday and he was so cranky...now he won't go to sleep today again...GRRRR! He just knows I'll end up giving up that's the problem - MIchael got him to sleep on the weekend...
Chat later!!
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Feeling a bit better today, nice day here. Might go for a walk to the park with Beau, a friend asked us to go to a play centre but Beau has a limited time span at those places and wont go on any of the older stuff (jumping castles etc) - anyone else?
Sorry you are battling with Dylans sleeps Kris, Beau is still easy to get to go to sleep but only sleeps for a short time so I dont know how much longer they will last anyway, hoping till the new bub comes. Hey are you going to get the swine flu vaccine? I am a bit nervous to.
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Hi!
Jen - glad your feeling a bit better! A walk to the park sounds great - it's a nice day here as well so I should probably do the same thing!!
My kids go nuts at play centres...but we don't go very often - it costs a fortune for all of us to get in now so it is definitely just a treat - by the time we buy some food to eat as well it's around $25-30 mark!!! In saying that it probably wouldn't have hurt to go more over winter when the weather was awful!
Yeah..little bugger with his day sleeps - he fell asleep eating his dinner last night he was so tired...
Umm...didn't even know you could get a swine flu vaccine - LOL! Nup...I won't worry about it I don't think...
Ok...better have some brekky...desperately need to do food shopping today...running out of the essentials - LOL! Chat later!
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Hi ladeeees,
LOL, Mel, you smarty pants, yes I brought the car back this time. But I forgot the kids...hehe, I wish sometimes!! (I didn't really!!!:p)
I've been wondering when the kids will start sleeping for aaagges!! We had an ok night last night, Lily woke 2 times (I think she's dreaming cause she's waking screaming), Li two times (I think...I think I fed him twice!!). But I got 4 hours straight before they woke! I went to bed early, at 9pm, so it was ok.
Yay that O is wearing ehr undies for you! Lil will wear them for a while, then takes them off with the rest of her clothes. I don't mind now it's getting warm. Though the other day we were at wiggles playcentre and she was in the ball pit and I was chasing Liam. I went to check on her and there she is in the ball pit with just her undies on.....the girl who was working there collected her clothes for me thankfully! I was so embarressed! My little nudist :D
With TTC a boy...I have no advice. I had no idea I was even pg with Liam for a while, so I don't know how he was concieved....well I know HOW just not when, lol!
Dis, yep it was pretty hilarious when she presented me with a cup full of wee. Charming!
I hope the kids are sleeping better for you. I know how horrible it makes you feel when you're sooo tired.
Kris, wow Louis is 4 soon!! Our kids are growing up sooo quickly huh?? Make me want another....lol! *CLUCKCLUCK*
Jen, sorry to hear you've had a few tough days. I know the feeling. :hug: it sucks feeling so down. It sucks to feel so tired. I'm glad to hear you're feeling a bit better today. It is a loverly day outside, getting out would probably be good.
As for us, well we're doing well this week. So far anyway! Kids have been ok, though Liam is a bit sooky, but I think hes just at that stage. I remember Lily doing the same thing about the same time. Whinging to be picked aalllll the time the I pick them up and they whinge to be put down :rolleyes:. I have been trying to make an effort to do more like get out more. I went for a walk the day before yesterday with DH and the kids. I had training for work last night. This arvo I am going for a walk with a friend. On the weekend I drove out to Currans Hill, which is about 40mins away (out near you I think DisMel?) to see a girlfriend in her new house, with her new bub. I almost had a panic attack, I'm sooo not good at going where I don't know, especially with the kids in the car. I was petrified of getting lost, but I didn't! I thought my heart would jump out of my chest and my fingers would shake off my hands! I had to stop just before I got to her house to calm down. So I am trying to make sure I don't get too down and feeling sorry for myself!
Ok gotta go and get ready for work, childcare, mums....yada yada. Hope you all have a great day!
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Hi all...sorry i am vague...watching hey hey....little distracted. Hope you are all well. I am happy coz I won tickets to the wiggles. I got 3 tickets, so i will take the girls and my mum. Bec turns 1 about 2 weeks before but is it bad if i just say shes not quite 1? She will sit on my lap anyway.
Liv had another day of wearing no nappy, but just her trackie dacks....then nudie...then jarmie dacks.... She didnt wet them at all and I kept forgetting to remind her to go, so shes pretty close to being trained, just need to be consistant with undies.
Ok, will catch up another time...red faces is cacking me up!
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Hey All,
Never went for the walk yesterday and went to the playcentre instead, not again for a while after that!!!!....I always get trapped there cause Beau is ready to leave WAYAYYYYY before anyone else! Ugh, I know everyone thinks their kids are special, but he really is! He is just so sweet and sensitive and kids are throwing balls at him and trying to run him over on bikes and he just freaks out! Its probably my fault I guess. he sees other kids all the time but just not his type of kids....sometimes I wish he was the bully cause it would easier!
Mel- Good on you for winning tickets! I think Bec is close enough to one, what are they gonna do, ask for her id??? he he
Kel- Good on you making such an effort to get out and about, it is an effort though isnt it?:D Sometimes just walking and getting out of the house does wonders. I think my emotions are still all over, I burst into tears last night telling DH about my day! LOL at Lily in the ballpit in her undies, god knows what is under all the balls in those places!!!
Kris- Yep, vaccine available this week, I dont think I will do it either, I think we are over the flu season now hopefully. Yep, stinky playcentres! Cost me about $30 bucks yesterday just for Beau and I! Poor Dylan falling asleep in his dinner! Hope you can get him to sleep today....
We are off to playgroup today, I dont feel like going after yesterday's debacle but.....:doh:
Hi Kaz and Dis x
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Jen- beau sounds really sensitive. Its awful to see other kids dominating your child iykwim. I dont think though that you want th bully thopugh. Olivia is a tough chicky and is often the one who is getting into fights with others...means you can relax and are constantly watching to make sure she doesnt hurt anyone. Shes not the type of kid who throws stuff at other kids...those one, in my opinion, would be a nightmare. Enjoy playgroup.
Last night we had a better night with the girls. They both went to sleep at 730. Bec woke at 11 for a feed and slept til 630. Olivia woke at 230 and I put her back to bed and fell asleep on the floor til 4, then she woke at 7. So essentially I got a great sleep. Olivia is still hasseling Bec....but at the same time shes trying hard to play nicely, with the odd kick thrown in! Like yesterday when she pushed her down the step....has a big bruise on her head and a scratched up nose.....ok the screaming has begun!
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Hi girls,
Mel, YAY @ winning tickets to Wiggles. I am contemplating wether or not to get some for chrissy time...still not sure we could afford it just yet...they're not that exxy, we're just poor, lol! Plus all of the added extras that usually go with it all, food, transport, merchandise, blah blah. We always end up spending sooo much more than we plan to. We're not great with money! We'll just wait til the last minute to see what we can do!
Glad to hear the girls seem to be sleeping a bit better for you. We had a so so night. Lily woke three times absolutely screaming. I gave her nurofen at 4am cause she wouldn't stop crying. I don't know what her issue was but she slept til 6.50 after that! Liam on the other hand...he slept really well through the night, only waking once, but we were up at 5am. *yawn* I really hate these early mornings. I woul rather wake 5 times a night than get up at 5am. Soooo not a morning person.
Jen, B sounds like a sensitive little soul. Not like my monsters! Lily isn't too bad, she's not a bully, but can look after herself. But Liam....well lets just say I'm not looking forward to him growing up! He's a bit of a bully already, pushes Lil around and slaps her in the face to get her dummy, slaps me in the face...anyone holding him really! And he tells people off for not doing what he wants and throws tantys too, good ones- the throw himself on the floor kind! *sigh*
Yep, trying to get out more. Be aware of what I'm thinking and try to stop my emotions boiling over. I'm sick of feeling sorry for myself. I went for a walk with a girlfriend yesterday, took the kids on my own and all! She did end up pushing Lil in the pram, but I was carrying Liam in the carrier. He's sooo heavy after an hour of walking! But it was good cause I wasn't home alone during those witching hours after school/work when the kids are feral. I just got home quickly cooked snags, veggies and mash, bathed the kids and put them to bed. Done!!
It is an effort for me to get out though. For some people they really hate being home and its not much effort to get out, but for me it's a big deal!
Yeah, I don't want to think of whats in the ball pit she was in....ick!!! I washed her well in the bath that night, lol!
Ok gotta go I've been sooo lazy lately. I need to pull my finger out and do some serious cleaning! And get ready for work....
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Jen, Ben is a bit sensitive too, and has only just started sticking up for himself. My SIL is a childcare worker and taught him how to hold up his hands and say "STOP!" if a kid gets in his face. He's done it a couple of times and it seems to be working. He also flat-out asks them "Why are you pushing me?" or "You are not supposed to push!" DH and I couldn't believe it the first time he used supposed! He comes out with some impressive words sometimes!
Mel, enjoy the Wiggles! I haven't taken the boys, but I used to take my nephew - who is now 10 - every year :)
Kel, WTG finding your way to Currans' Hill. I have a friend like you who hates finding new places on her own. She doesn't have kids complaining in the back though - just her dog :lol: If you ever want another meet-up let me know. Maybe one day I'll have my house respectable enough that you can come here. If you found Curran's Hill, you'd be able to find my place no worries :)
Hi Kris and Kaz, Jared is sooking so I've gotta run.
