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Hey Everyone!
Just a quick one to say hello....everything is going ok here, I think I am coping better than I thought I would on my own anyway. Not much sleep, still 1-2-3hr stretches, sometimes up for one hour and a half, but mostly half an hour. Archie is still breastfeeding mostly with only one or two bottle top ups a day which is going fine. Beau seems alright with everything, I am just trying to not sweat the small stuff with him and let him make some mess (hard for me!) and make sure we do one fun thing together a day while Archie is asleep (if he does!) like go for a swim in the lake or cook etc.
Kel - My SIL's sister and her husband just finished his stint at Lightening Ridge and have just moved to Ballina on the far north coast. Weird huh? Good luck with your decision making - very exciting!
Kris - You make my head spin with all your activities! Hope you are feeling ok and Jayden is being good to you. I had lots of crazy dreams with both boys too.
Mel - thats great you are getting so much sleep (J for jealous) - we normally get everything sorted out then go and stuff it up by having another baby LOL!:D
Ok , better go and rescue DH, mwah big kiss x
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Hello, ladeees!
How are you all going?
Well I have had a yuck few days with DH doing 4 days of evening/night shifts in a row. He usually only does 2 and I can cope with that, but this week it was 4 and I'm going INSANE! Poor guy has had hardly any sleep either so he's going to be a grumpalump today! Plus I have a staff meeting tonight and tomorrow I work til 6pm, all day. I just want this week to be over!!!! As well as all of that the kids haven't been sleeping well and I am tired too (though what 's getting me through it is the fact that DH is working off about 14 hours sleep in 4 days! I feel so sorry for him. And here I am whining about poor me...:rolleyes:!
Anyhow......
Mel, I have been doing well with not being online too much this past week, especially considering DH hasn't been home. I have been turning it off when I go to work, and usually leave it off til the next day. Unless I have nothing to do, which is rare! It's actually really nice not being online all night. I feel better for it. The house is clean when I get out of bed, I'm going to bed before 11.30 and I'm doing stuff I want to do, rather than just ditting on the puter and being brain dead, lol!
Going to start the c25k again today. Or at least go for a long walk. I so need to lose this weight. I have really been feeling it these past few weeks with the heat and humidity we've had in Syd. I feel terrible, lethargic, tired. And I'm so sweaty and gross! I am never sweaty unless I exercise! Ick!! And you running 25mins straight!!! WOW! You must feel pretty proud of yourslef :) Can't wait til I get there!
Jen, sounds like you guys are doing pretty well! Except for the sleeping, but hey, you have a newborn in the house!! I'm so glad that you feel like you're handling things better than expected. You have good days and bad days.
We're thinking of going up the coast once our stint in the country is done. It's one of the big reasons we want to do it. Once DH is finished with this posting we can choose anywhere in NSW to go to. Otherwise it can be a 4-5yr wait to get to stations like Gosford/Wyong etc to work. Or we might even go up to Coffs Harbour, which is also a long wait to get to otherwise! But we just have to wait and see!
Ok gotta go and start getting stuff done before work....hi to Kris, Kaz and anyone else I have missed!
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Hey...
Jen- you sound like things are on track, thats great you are still breast feeding. Hope you get some longer stretches of sleep soon.
Kel- you sound busy. How do you cope with work and the kids and your dh being at work? Adam wants me to go back to work, change the girls into longer care...i really dont want to do it! Is your husband a police officer? Adams brother is doing his training and will eventually have to go out somewhere remote.. My SIL isnt too keen about moving, they have a 10 year old and a 7 year old.
Hi Kris, Kaz and Mel.
Well like I said, dh and I have had a chat last night about our reno and the fact that he wants me to go back to work. It would also consist of the girls moving to family day care from occassional care. I really like where they are. Also my work has shifts from 7-330 or 1pm til 930 or night shift 9pm til 730am. So if I do a morning, then I have to find care that starts around 630 and get the girls up super early, which i dont want to do because they have only just started sleeping in. Dh usually leaves somewhere between 530 and 7am. Then if I do an arvo, who knows when dh gets home from work, so i would have to find somewhere that does late...plus his copious amounts of hobbies i would have to work around...well stuff that!...Then nights....i would need someone to be there for them in the morning and while i sleep...so i cant get around it. Dh isnt too keen on weekends because its family time...AAAGGGG...i just dont want to go back!!!
Other than that....girls are good. Livs been getting loads of tummy aches as she has been eating too much fruit. I have to hide the fruit bowl (will save us some money too!) They eat so much these girls. I had an u/s yesterday to look for the polyp but the couldnt find it. Which reminds me, I have to ring my drs for the results of the speciman I took the hospital.....
Better go....
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Mel, honestly, it sounds to me like it wouldn't really be worth you going back to work at the moment. You're ttc, what will you do when you fall pg? You will have to quit not long after you start! Then you'd have to pay more in childcare, plus you're travelling etc...would it really be that worth it? I only work the absolute minimal hours I need to at the moment, because if I worked more, the cost of travel/childcare etc would outweight the money I earn for working. We're treading a fine line at the moment, but we get enough from my wage plus family payments, that it's just worth it. But only because we don't have to use long day care or family day care.
Trying to juggle shift work with childcare and stuff is really tough. It's only that I work stable hours that we can figure it out. If I worked the normal hours I usually do I could be at work any time between 6.45am and 6pm. There are no childcare centres that open after 6pm around here, and DH isn't home til after 7 usually, so we just couldnt work out that sort of stuff anyway. So I could only work hours that are about 7.30-5.30ish to figure out the childcare dilemma. So it's another not worth it for us too. Honestly, I don't think it owuld be worth it. Not unless you're earning a pretty pay packet.
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I see what youre saying kel...althoughthe money would be worth it if i can find the right shift to fit in with everything. Think I might start off doing one weekend shift and see how it goes. With my job I can work casual so I can stop and start whenever I please. I think what got me today is that dh tells me that theres not much money left in the business account, then 5 minutes later he is on the phone ordering some spot lights for his car which he takes out less than half a dozen times a year.... I dont get it. He wants to buy a plasma but we already have a tv. He is so happy to spend then gets worried because we are more than likely going to double our mortgage and wants me to work to help cover it. I wouldnt mind so much if he could stop spending....ggggrrr
Anyway i got my results back today from the specimen andit was fetal tissue...so doesnt look like a polyp. Just need to keep at it i guess! Not if he gets me grumpy!
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Today I lost Olivia in th shopping centre. It was the worst ever feeling I have ever experienced. I was so very lucky that there was a group of mums and older kids from the local callesthenics club who went out and found her, while i waited anxiously at the info desk. I think it all was about 2 minutes of waiting but it felt like forever. The i couldnt stop crying when I saw her...then she cried...then I cried more. I feel so drained! I cant ever imagine what it would be like ....it was awful. Now shes driving me nuts! I love her so much
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oh gawd Mel, I know what you mean - Pip ran away from me at Knox Myer last Sunday, I was almost at the point of getting the PA announcement "little boy lost" when I found him! Doesn't it just stop your heart - and you start thinking of "how will i tell his dad" and trying to remember what he was wearing today and stuff like that!
*hugs*
kaz
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Hi girlies,
Well, we are doing ok these past few days. At the moment, Lil and Li and glued to the TV watching Poko and eating breaky. They love it (poko!). Lil was having a tanty the other day because it wasn't on tv and I couldn't magically make it appear! I am taping this episode, lol!
I had a really l o n g week last week. It just seemed to go on and on and on! I was so glad it was over on Friday after a horrible (full 9hrs) day at work! I also had a staff meeting on Thursday which was long, and on top of that, DH doing 4 night shifts in a row, and the kids not sleeping properly (lol, what's properly for my monsters??)....well it made for a loooong week!
But one good thing came out of it, DH put the kids to bed on his own on Thursday night!! For the first time in almost 18mths, I haven't had to put a kid to bed for the night! It was sooo nice to walk in and be able to just sit for a while without having to do anything for the kids! Aaahhh!
We also spent too much money on a lunch out, but it was such a nice day that I don't really care. The kids were angels, DH and I had a great chat, and the food was delish! Pity the shopping trip afterwards ruined it for me though....
Mel, I know what you mean about the money side of things and your DH not saving properly. My DH is useless too. He says 'Oh it's just for.....' whatever stupid thing it is. We had $300 'spare' money this fortnight, from me working extra hours and DH doing so many night shifts, which should have gone onto the credit card. DH convinced me to leave it in case any bills came in between now and our next pay. Which I stupidly did. I checked the bank yesterday and now we have $90. No way I will do it again! It will be going straight onto the card next fortnight. I have no idea where it all went. Good luck finding a job to suit your chidcare and stuff. I hope you can sort it out.
Eeeeekk!! @ losing Olivia. My goodness I think I would have a heart attack if I lost one of my kids. My kids are runners and I hate taking them to shopping centres. Especially on my own. I did yesterday and they both just screamed. Shopping is seriously torture for me these days. I hate taking the kids out with me. Liam hates being in the pram, and Lily hates holding hands or having her hand strap on to walk with. Dh will carry Li and lets Lil walk without her strap, which is why they hate shopping with me. I am just soooo paranoid I will lose one, it's seriously one of my biggest fears, along with one of the kids or me carrying one of them will fall down our stairs. Thank goodness there were people who knew her to help find her!
Kaz, when I lsoe DH in the shops I have a hard enough time trying to remember what he was wearing, if I lost one of the kids I think I would struggle to remember their names, let alone what they had on, lol!!
Hi to everyone else, hope you're all well!!
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Hey All,
Just saying hi, I have been reading but havnt had time to post, which I know you can understand!
Quick question, I was up last night with Archie from 6pm til 12 midnight - 6hrs of no sleep as he had wind pain. I had eaten chocolate that day and had a coffee too which I have been steering clear of. How has foods affected your babies????
Help!
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Jen, With Liam, I couldn't eat chocolate, coffee, tea, milk and dairy products, until he was about 8ish mths, other stuff was oranges, tomatoes, spicy foods (eg chilli) and fizzy drinks til he was about 5mths. It really upset his tummy and we would have him up screaming for hours. It just wasn't worth it to eat them. But now he can eat anything and he's ok. Though he's having soy only because Lily has a sensitivity to it now which affects her ears if she eats too much dairy, so we just don't give it to her. I just feed Liam the same because it's the easiest thing!
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Hey all.....
Jen- good luck at the bf diet. I cant give you any tips but youre doing great. Have you got anymore pics of Archie up on fb? He's nearly 2 months?
Kel- did you have a better week this week? I cracked it with dh about going back to work because he just keeps spending and I dont see the point if i have to find childcare coz i dont want to put them into a different one. Hopefully we will get our extention done soon and am trying to see if my dad would move in with us to help out. He has to move out of his house in the next 6 months, so it might be a good opportunity for him and us. We will have 3 bedrooms upstairs and if the girls want to still share for a while we will have space. Its just a though:)
Hi everyone else. Kris....how long have you got left?
As for us....Rebecca is cuttin 2 more molars, so she has 12 teeth now, which is heaps more than liv at this age.Shes also got conjunctivitis...poor mite
Olivia is well. I just had to get her new tshirts...size 5 and shes just in size 4 pants. Shes pretty tall so we have decided to get her a single bed becase she doesnt have much space in the toddler bed. Shes very excited.
Me- I havent got af yet from the m/c. Its been almost 4 weeks since the bleeding stopped. So am going to give it another week if it goes back to my 36 day cycle. I feel like shes coming. I had a few streaks of blood in my cm the other day and thought this was it, but nudda! Also have been running. I ran for 30 minutes straight which is almost 5kms. Feeling good...just need the kgs to drop off...must be my eating habbits! Ok better run:)
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Jen - I couldn't bf but one of my g/f had horrid problems with her daughter, she couldn't eat tomato without serious nappy rash.
Lil - no good on the spending. I'm the culprit in this house though :( And anyhows, if the money goes on the CC then you can always pay the emergency bill on the CC, else most accounts have a 14-day settle don't they?
Mel - wow, Pip's still in size 1 shirts and size 2 pants! Although they're all getting short, but size 3 pants hang off him something chronic. Well done on the running, are you going to enter Run for the Kids? There's a 5km course, it'd be a great accomplishment!
Us - same ol' same ol'. AF came Thursday. Doc worried about my thyroid levels, he's now decided to get them sorted before I (hopefully) get UTD. Interesting that my GP brought this up, my OB didn't even mention it when I was preggers with Pip. DH has been taping Chuggington, we now have 40 episodes of it! I wish we could find some Chuggington tshirts or other merchandise for Pip though, he just loves it.
Have a good day all.
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Hey All,
Thanks for the BF info - I mean I expressed the bjesus out of my boobs with Beau and never seemed to get a problem with the milk and his reaction - maybe it was a co-incidence with Archie and the coffee/chocolate with his 6 week growth spurt?
Far out Kel, you eliminated heaps from your diet with Liam! I'm not sure about living without chocolate but diary is my life! Almost as much as carbs he he! How is DH going with the posting search?
Mel- Any decisions on the work/cc debate? We got the first baby bonus payment today and that will take the pressure off us for a while hopefully! Yep just put a pic of Archie smiling on FB - cant beleive he is smiling already!!!!
Kaz- Wow Pip is little still! Beau is in 3/4's too! You must be grateful when he wants to be picked up! Gosh how irritating is the Chuggington song? Sticks in your head all day!
Us- We are going ok, definately having my moments with Beau, he is a different kid since Archie came home, acting out so much more. He has had some whopper tantrums and a few smacks too - I am pretty calm most of the time but he is suffering from the lack of attention I guess. I was so unprepared for this side of having two!
Kris - How are you feeling hun? How long to go now/ Soon for you!
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Well I've found Chuggington is "coming soon" to Target ... I don't mind the song, it's better than "Party in the USA" which I managed to evict after humming it for 3 days!
Hope all's calming down for you Jen. Kris, how's the belly? Must be getting so excited! Let me know if there's anything we can do to help!
Mel - how's the running, I'm so proud of you!
Us - same ol', same ol'. Except Pip told DH that he (Pip) had a "hard-on" the other morning, and asked if Daddy had a "big one" too! So we're studiously ignoring that comment ...
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Thats too funny Kaz....Olivia is obsessed with willies! She tells us that daddy has a big one and that her twin friends have small ones! The other day I found her looking at my pg book and she found the pictures of the babies with little willies! They are funny things arent they!
Jen, Archie is beautiful and you look fab! Fantastic on the bf'ing though. I had already given up at this stage!
Olivia is in her single bed now and has slept through every night. It is so comfy that I fall asleep on it too...thats a good thing! As for the running, I havent doen any for almost a week. Its been way too hot and I dont know if I could manage running. The weather is supposed to be cooling down soon so will take it up then. I can do 30 minutes...i am stoked! As for the work issue...still unresolved. Am thinking I will just have to bight the bullet and do weekends. That way, I get to financially contribute and Adam gets to spend more time with the girls (the car has gone back up to #1atm). Can feel some heated words coming soon about the amount of time he spends of that money sucking piece of.....mmmmm
Do any of your kids eat constantly? Olivia especially is always hungry. I feed her and 10 minutes later...mummy i am hungry. She eats so much...loads of fruit, yoghurt dried biscuits vegies. Some times she has muffins or a sweet bscuit, but its mainly good food. I just dont know if its normal! Shes been doing it for a while!
Still waiting for af....so hanging to go and by a hpt, but really I should just wait. Its probably just my body taking its time....oh and the other thing is my hair keeps failing out. I have some serious malting issues....any suggestions?
Kris...how are you? Have you got your new car yet? Yes, anything you need a hand with? I wonder if we will be able to see you before jaydens arrival? You are so busy...super woman!
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Jen, it's so hard to make time for the tow of them isn't it? On one hand you want to get to know your new little person and have snuggle sall day with them, but on the other hand you want to do things with your big little man too. To focus on him a bit and have time with him. You can feel so torn. I know the conundrum well. It's easier now they are bigger and play together alot I can spend time with both of them together. As well as them playing on their own pretty well too, so I can play with one or the other or do stuff that needs doing like washing dishes....
Kaz, we love chuggington in our house too. Lily is the one who likes it most, she loves Thomas too. She loves her tv! She would watch alllll day if we let her.
Lil's still in size 2's, some 3's for shirts/tops, but mostly 2's for pants/shorts/skirts. 3's are still big for her and fall down if she's not wearing a belt.
And so begins the male penis obsession, huh?? Liam is starting to notice his already. His hand shoots down there as soon as his nappy is off. And when he has nappy free time, he's always touching it! I suppose it's inevitable!
Mel, Olivia is already noticing penis'?? I mean if she were a boy then ok, I guess they can't help but notice it, it's attached lol! But, wow! Lily has no clue. She looks at Liam's occaisionally, but not really in an interested kind of way, just a 'hmmm, that's different' kind of way, lol! She does, however notice boobies! She tells me every morning when I get dressed- I have big boobies and she has little boobies and Liam and Da don't have boobies because boys don't have them. And Liam has milk from my boobies. This is what I hear every.single.morning.
Yes Lily eats constantly. All day she's asking me for food. Just this morning, since 6.30 she has had- a peanut butter and honey sandwich (her best favourite, or so she tells me!), a box of sultanas, a whole punnet of strawberries, a drink of soy milk, and about 200mls of 70/30 diluted juice. Just now she's also eaten 1/2 of Liam's peanut butter sandwich which he didn't eat too. She eats ALLLLLL day! For dinner last night she had a whole sausage, about 4 tablespoons of pumpkin/potato mash, some pasta, and 1/4 large cob of corn. Then later before she went to bed, she had another whole sausage, 1/2 punnet of strawberries, some of DH's yohurt (about 1/3 of a tub), plus her 350ml bottle of water. I think she had 3 wafer bickies in there too. P-I-G-G-Y!
Mel, how's thing's going, how's work? How are your lovely little ones? I imagine you're busy!
Kris, how are you and your beautiful boys? Any luck with the car hunting? How's your bubby in belly going? Gosh that time is going soooo fast! You're nearly ready to pop!
Ok, gotta get ready for the day. Hope all is well.
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Well its good to see that its not just me who seems to be feeding them constantly! Seriously though, how can they be hungry? Must be all that growing. As for the penis obsession, Olivia has been obsessed with her dads because they will all have a bath together...dh, liv and bec and earlier on in the piece she noticed and tried touching it several times, so we had to explain! She still stares at her dads and has the odd moment of trying to touch it...but most of the time she just happy to look at him while hes showering or going for a wee...nothing like privacy hey. She knows boys have penisis girls have vaginas and boobs and that babies come out of mummies tummies. She nows the real names for body parts but calls them willies and ginies! Picks up a lot of stuff!
Well they are both at occassional care thismorning, so better get cleaning. Today was the first time Olivia didnt want to go and both her nad ec screamed as I left...so i had some tears!
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Hellllooooo!!! I'm here - I'm soooo sorry I've been mia for ages...been neglecting my poor forum friends and missing out on all the chatter!!!!
I'm not going to try and catch up tonight...need an early night...am a bit sleepy - I even fell nodded off this arvo for 10-15min - LOL!
All good here!!! About 5-6 weeks to go...very exciting and nerve wracking of course! I've been feeling quite good after going to the chiro every week - she's helped my back sooooo much!!
Car shopping is going ok...have a couple we're looking at at the moment but nothing solid yet...hopefully in the next week or so cross fingers. We're looking at the chyrsler grand voyager and I must say I'm in love with it! It even has buttons on the keys that open the side doors - LOL!! Very fancy...hehe.
Been busy with the kids - Louis has started 4yo kinder 3 days a week as well as swimming, drama and sports class, Dylans doing sports class and Ethans doing gymbaroo!! Lots of running around but they're really enjoying it! Dylan cracked it when we had to get Louis from kinder today and I had to wake Ethan up so that's the only downside - they get very sick of being in and out of the car.
They're going so well though! Dylans doing so well on the computer and with his learning and talking. He's recognising most letters now and counting really well and is still mad for puzzles...I need to get him the next level up now so will probably be looking for a 100 piece for his b'day..I know it sounds crazy, but even the 48 piece he's working out relatively easily...funny little thing.
Ethan's growing up fast too - running around and really trying to get his words together! I can't believe how fast the time goes!!
Anyway...I've got a bit of a sore throat so I'm hoping I don't get sick!!! That's the last things i need - I had a migraine on Sat so that wiped me out so hopefully I stay healthy!
Hope you guys are all well!
Jen - how are you going with bubs and beau??? Hope you're all settled in now...
Kel - How's your sleep going?? Hope the kids are settled for you!
Mel - How are the girls?? How are you going - are you ttc again now? Gosh - we must organise a catch up - what were the days you were free again??
Kaz - How are you going with ttc? How's Pip? Hope he's past his biting stage for you!! Would love to see you soon!
Dis - How are you going??
Ok - beddy byes for me! Sweet dreams everyone! xo
