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DG - how cute of ben! Pip's doing conversations and is also parrotting us (doh)
Mel - sounds like Livvy's getting better, very cute to take dolly to the shops!
Well Pip's still alive after Trev's first day as a SaHD - apparently he didn't "get" into the story time much, but for a first time, what can you expect? And Trev caught his morning wee in the potty! hopefully the first of many!
Ahyhhows, I have just spotted my wine glass :) Have a great day all!
Hi girls,
I'm around, I'm just really busy for the last and next few days. We had Liams first birthday party on Saturday at mums house. It was good Li had a ball and so did Lily. SH ehad sooo much fun opening his pressies! He got a couple of trains which he already loves, lol! Such a boy!
I am working three full days this week, so I am going to be absolutely stuffed by Wednesday. DH is home again for the next week (I love when he has holidays!) though so it's all good. Though I think he's over being at home already. At least it gives him a taste of what I do. But I work as well when I look after the kids, so he doesn't get it totally! He did tell me this morning (on the first full day he ha the kids!) that he would gladly be at work than look after the kids and house all day. When I got home he'd done nothing as usual. Not even put on a load of washing to go into the dryer! Couldn't even manage that! He did get some spaghetti ready for dinner though. But he did ask if I really wanted pasta, only half jokingly! If I had have said no he would have gladly brought some sort of junk for dinner.
Any way ladies, I am sooo tired, and need a shower and bed so I can do this all again...up at 5.45am to be at work by 6.45.....ugh, why did I agree to this!!!
Happy Birthday Liam. Wow, a year already! Sounds like you are one busy mum Kel. Hope youre getting some well deserved sleep.
Kaz- enjoy your glass of wine. Sounds like Trevs doing alright. It will take him a while to get his own routine with Pip and the house. Hows the wind been around your place? Our trampoline got blown over and is all bent up!
Jen- if I was to have another girl, I know there would be the initial sense of disappointment, but as long as I have a healthy and happy bub, thats all that would matter....but would still love a boy;)
Mel- glad the tooth is through and neurofen is working well. Congrats on your dh kicking the goal. Arent they cute with their sentances and observations too.
I have got both girls in bed. Liv was tired at dinner time, requesting to go to bed, but managed to feed her and get her in the bath with dh and bec for a well earned wash! Shes happy to now haveher hair washed with minimal fuss but the whole putting her hair in a pony tail to keep the food out....ok thats not happening. Last night we went out for dinner for fil's bday and she ended up with ice cream in her hair and it stunk! So I had a battle with her just to put some spray on conditioner in to brush it out. At least its clean now!
Bed time for me....chat soon
Happy Birthday Liam!
Ahhhh, nothing like being up at 4am with two boys! Grrrrr. I'm so tired, I've only had about two hours' sleep so far. I couldn't be bothered fighting with Ben so he's eating an apple right now :lol: . I'll put him back to bed soon and work on Jared soon after that. Of course it happens on a Monday night right before I have them by myself all day and night for the next 36 hours!
The joys!
eeewww mel, dont you hate that. Hope you got back to sleep.
We had a better night sleep last night. Just a 130 wake up and 630 up for the day. I actually feel so much better. Not irrational!
Hey Everybody!
Happy Birthday little man Liam, cant beleive he is one Kel! Glad you all had a great time - how is the sleep going? Did you persist?
Dis- Hope you didnt have a 4am start today you poor bugger, touch wood B has been on the 6:30's for a while which is wonderful for a chronic early waker!
Mel - Ewww ice cream hair! Beau HATES having his hair washed but at least its not longish girly hair with knots! I know how you feel about the boy/girl situation, people say to me "Would you have liked a girl this time?" Well, duh! Stating the obvious much? Grrr! But I am a happy camper with boys. As long as you are prepared for either. Do you think 3 will be it? Arent you and DH from mega families?
Kaz- Yay the SAHD days have begun! At least DH took him to the storytime, it can only get better! Mmmm wine,,,,,
Us- Feeling pretty good, mowed the lawns and did all the sweeping yesterday, was tired last night but made the mistake of wearing DH's fav pregnancy super stretchy dress last night and didnt get much sleep LOL! So lovely though that he loves my PG body, cute.
Just been to the shops and foiled my own hair on our return LOL! Might make some play doh this arvo with Beau and cut some dinosaur shapes RAAAAWWWWW!!!!!!:D
So, so tired! Another terrible night. Ben has an ear infection - the second this year. He went two whole years without getting sick (apart from allergies) and ever since he turned two, it seems to have been one thing after the other :(
Jared's second tooth is almost through, but he also has a cold :( Finding it very hard to breath and therefore sleep so I'm a zombie right now :(
Hope you're all better than us :lol:
Hi!
Sorry I've haven't been writing...just got caught up in a few things!!
All good here...although I have had a bit more spotting...I'm trying not to stress over it - just hoping that everything is fine!!
Boys are well - after a bit of a week of them playing up big time they seemed to have settled down again luckily!!
Ethan is sleeping through more often than not at the moment which is great!! If only Dylan would - LOL! Louis sleeps well also though so 2 out of 3 isn't too bad!!
Ethan has 2 little toothie pegs now which is cute...
Got to go - Louis has kinder and my friend is here to pick him up...will catch up again later!!
Hey Kris hugs to you, be thinking of you x I am so sorry you have to go through a bit of spotting again.Will you go see your doc or just wait and see? You and your little sticky one will be fine ;)
Dis - So sorry things are bad with you, poor Ben and his ear infection, is he on ab's for it? Hopefully that will give him and you some rest. Beau had flu symptoms every time he cut a tooth when he was Jareds age, every time he got it I knew a new tooth was around the corner....
Beau is in a feral crying mood this arvo, have just cooked up some play dough lets hope that helps.......
Glad you had a good time Kristie...am sory to hear you are spotting again though. Will you be due for another scan soon?
Mel- bugger on the crappy sleeps. Can symapthise with you...look at how I was last week. A total mess. The girls were sick with colds and bec cutting teeth, fortunately we are over the worst of it and touch wood the weather improves and colds stay away. Bec looks as though shes going to be a winner with her teeth!!! So expect me to come crying in here all the time.
Jen- youre one busy lady. I need motivation to mow lawns. I think its dh job so I refuse to do it. I clean up dog poo so the least he could do was mow!!!!! Love your u/s pic on fb:)
Kaz...has af arrived?
kel- everything ok?
We are good and back to normal. Olivias face looks great from using creams. I still have 5 kgs to loose and lost mojo while the girls were sick/playing up, so got to get back into it. At least I havent gained!! Got to work out whats for dinner....i think take away, maybe indian or falafals from souvalaki hut....or i could find something in the cupboards!
I got an hours' sleep this afternoon!!! I think it's the only thing that is going to get me through tonight. DH has soccer training and I've told him to go since they have finals this week. He's taking his phone though so if things get too bad I'll call him to come home.
Ben is still running a temp even though he's started taking his ABs. I guess he's only taken a couple of doses so I should give them time to work - but I'm not a patient person!!! Jared is being a bit of a nightmare. The only way I can get him to sleep is feeding him to sleep. I don't mind doing it, but then he gets wind so wakes up about an hour later anyway. When I try to get him to sleep in my arms he just SCREAMS. I'm not good with screaming since neither of them have really been screamers. Especially not good when you're running on next to no sleep.
Mel, I know you had one of these weeks last week and knowing that you finally got the the light at the end of the tunnel is helping me get through this right now :wall:
Go the takeaway for tonight. We're having frozen fish and chips because anything else just seems too hard!
Jen, I don't know whether J has a cold or if it is just his teeth. Whatever it is I hope it goes away soon!
Aren't you good making up some playdough? I always say I'm going to make up playdough or fingerpaint but never seem to get around to it. I think I'm subliminally making myself stop because of the mess :lol: When it gets warmer I will be more keen to do it as we can do it outside then and I won't care as much about the mess.
Kris, sorry you're still spotting. I was worried sick when I got it with Jared too so I know how you feel. How many weeks are you now? When is your next appt/scan?
Kel, are you hanging in there? I don't expect we'll see you much until you finish working your full days. Hope your kids are sleeping for you and that DH is giving you all the help you need.
Kaz, well done to your DH with Pip and the potty! Is Pip going into Daycare at all now? My DH wants to be a SAHD after our third bub because my job and salary are too good to give up. I'm not sold on the idea yet!
Right, now I've had a bit of a recharge I'm ready to handle the kiddies again. Ben's already tired so I'll drug him up and put him to bed early tonight I think. That sounds terrible, but our doc did tell us to ply him with Nurofen (proper dosages of course) to keep his temps down and he needs more ABs before bed too. Thank goodness they make these kiddies meds taste so nice :)
hey Mel...how is the sleep going? Nothing worse hey! Bec is managing to get back to a somewhat normal routine, so only one or two wake ups a night. For some reason though I am very tired this morning and would love to go back to sleep, but I cant. I know AF is due in a few days so thats probably why....grumpy, tired, cramps, craving chocolate....grumpy...oh i said that. I think this is my last cycle on the pill. Am going to start charting and try for that boy.
Already bored today too! Need to work out whats for tea and pop it in the slow cooker (feeling lazy) and I might head out somewhere instead of being inside. DH is working tomorrow too so alone again.
DHs brother just did his final interview yesterday for the police and got accepted. All very exciting, so no doubt we will have celebrations over the weekend.
Ok garbage guts wants more to eat...for a girl, Liv can certainly put the food away!
Mel, we are doing MUCH better with the sleep. Last night was the first night in almost a week that Ben slept through, and Jared only woke up at 4:15 for a feed and straight back to bed until 7:45! Woohoo! I'm hoping we are back to normal. No more 3 or 4am parties for this house :D
Ooooh, so exciting for you Mel! We're going to stop being careful in about two months' but I doubt anything will happen until Jared weans a bit. That's what was required last time, Ben stopped BFing and exactly one month later (after a very painful first AF in nearly 2 years) I was pg!
Must be something in the air today because I'm feeling really fidgety too. Can't call it boredom because I have so much to do, but I don't want to do it. The house needs a really good tidy up since I've done nothing but bare essentials all week. I'm thinking slow cooker for dinner too. DH is going to the footy tonight ~ I think he needs some time away from us after this shocking week. I need some time away too, but it's not going to happen with Jared so I'll just suck it up! :lol:
Hi!
Sorry I'm not posting much - I'm in la la land at the moment...Dh and I had an argument last night as well which I'm not happy about!! GRRRRR!!!!! He really is good most of the time but sometimes he's as thick as a brick!! It came after a week of him being out one whole arvo and night and then coming home with a headache and sleeping the next arvo and night away and then the next being cranky and sitting on the computer all night...Basically felt like I was home alone with the kids this week!! I know I'm a bit hormonal as well but whenever I get like that and I tell him I need him to be around and get close to me he pulls away even further!! Drives me crazy!! Anyway...he ended up cracking it - but he can just go to sleep and block it all out - so I'm left feeling crappy - he's sent me text messages today saying he loves me - which I know anyway - but it doesn't change the fact that he got me all upset and didn't really care about it! Why is it with men that if you get upset or need more of them for whatever reason they turn it all around and end up being the cranky ones??? GRRRR!!!!
I'm sorry for the vent - haven't had one for a while!!! I think I'm just tired and a bit more stressed than usual and some more support from dh would be nice...Anyway...
Out for dinner tonight with my Oct forum girls!! Going to docklands - I've never been so should be nice!! Just need to get my energy levels happening this arvo - LOL!
Spotting seems to have stopped again...I've got a scan in 3 weeks so will just wait it out...I'm 9 weeks tomorrow so time is flying to be honest!! I have an appt with the hospital in a week and a half so will see what they say also...Not much I can do about it anyway...
Jen - How good are you making play dought!!
Mel - That's great Olivia is going well with those creams!! Good luck losing your last 5kg...I think I've put that much on! LOL! I'm just emotional eating at the moment so I don't stop all day....feel awful for it though...
How exciting that this is your last cycle before ttc!!!
Dis - Sorry to hear the boys are so sick! Glad they seem to be sleeping better! How exciting ttc in a couple of months!!
Got to go - mums on the phone going on about her diet - soo can't be bothered listening to her...boring!
Thats great things are getting back to normal, makes you feel more human! I did some cc with Bec today for her morning sleep. She is just terrible when it comes to putting herself back to sleep. I find it hard too because I let her cry a bit longer the other night and she woke Liv up twice...they are in the same room so its harder. Today it took her about 30 minutes to get to sleep. She cried the whole time. I did sit with her for a while at the end and pat her and stroked her head. She was obviously tired, rubbing her face her eyes, tossing and turning. She eventually nodded off. I just dont have much of a routine for her, so shes had a morning sleep from 1020 til 1145, and I bet she wont go for her arvo nap til 3...then she will be up late. I know with liv she was napping from 1pm til 3pm ish but I'm not sure how or waht to do with Bec. I want to get her to have an earlier arvo nap but struggle at the best of times. I dont mind her going to bed a bit later than Liv but last night was 11pm and I am over it by then!
ANY advise to routines? She wakes around 630 most mornings, never later though, but sometimes earlier.
Posted at the same time Kris...am sorry to hear your having fights with your dh. I think you know as much as me that thats the way they are and I know it doesnt make it any excuse for his behaviour. I know my husband thinks its alright to go out all night and sleep the next day away ( i know thats not the same...just trying to give example). Here I am trying to give you some advise...youre the best advise giver!!! Anyway hugs to you. Have a good night tonight you deserve it.
Ok becs fallen down again....got her first black eye yesterday....
Hi!
Mel - Thanks...it will all be ok...I think it's more that I'm feeling more sensitive at the moment...normally I deal well and know what to expect from dh but every now and then I let him get to me! LOL! Had a vent to my mum (she's still on the phone!!!!!! ****!!!!!) and feeling a bit better!!
Hmm...routine - Ethan's not in a super great one! The best thing I can suggest is making sure her arvo nap is short....? Ethan had his first sleep at 11.30am (after being up around 8am) today and up at 1pm...so he'll probably have a nap at about 4pm ish and then go to bed about 8pm...? I guess we'll keep that until he drops down to 1 sleep!
Got to run...have to make it down to the shops and haven't had a shower! Bugger mum talking my ear off - LOL!
oh grrrr, it looks like a post I thought I posted a couple of days ago didn't!
Mel - yes to AF. Meh. Hope you sort out sleeps soon!
Jen - mrrrrw on the dress & DH! it'll be a freakin' miracle if I get UTD again!
Kris - thanks to M for dropping the stuff around, DH didn't really talk much last night so I have no idea if he was even civil. Go figure! No good on men, they really don't get it.
Came home to find Pip still asleep from his lunchtime nap - well it started late around 3ish, so his sleep routine will be out. DH has taken the dog to the vet cause its drooling heaps, soaked through my jeans in about a minute, not good.
Fire's on - yum - and it's fish & chips night tonight - don't feel like it though, not really hungry at all. Ah well. Guess I'll enjoy my solitude. Man, no I won't, the child just woke :( Coughing :(