LOL Kel- am having the same issues with clothes. They are revolting, too expensive for what you get and just plain old...crap! I have my brothers wedding in just over a week and I have got a dress off ebay so hopefully that fits and I was hoping to wear my black pants and a nice top to the church but my pants have bleech makrs on them Went to Big W and Kmart and they have bugger all! Back to the maternity shops I go!
Kris- glad you got some tidying done. I understand your posts so dont worry too much about it! My mum used to go out with all of us most of the time. I dont know how she did it! I know she had a big gap between the middle lot so it was probably managable. She had the first 4, then a 7 year gap...in which she had 31 foster kids.... and then the second 4! It was always a mamouth effort to get out of the house though! You'll be fine! Are you still running around doing extra curricular stuff with the boys? I still need to get these girls into swimming and thinking the swim centre you were at sounded like an idea!
Am just relaxing thismorning. Girls are out for 3 hours at day care. They have school holidays starting so this is my last chance to just really sit! I should be doing bookwork...thats why they go to daycare! Oh well! Not my favourite thing to do!
Hey, I made a big post yesterday and its not here!!!
Don't have time right now, the boys had me up early and as usual when that happens, I've spent too long bumming around and am now running late!!!!
Kel, glad you're feeling better. I've found some nice clothes in Target in the past. Haven't visited there this time around because this bub is due two weeks' before Jr's birthday so I am pretty much set for the right season clothes.
Dis Mel, I saw that Target had some ok stuff but it was sooo limited! There was only one rack of stuff in smaller sizes. In Sydney there was always something I could buy from somewhere, but every store here just has nothing. Either they have sold out of it all, or they just don't stock nice clothes for pg women....you know you're fat and pg and hormonal, why would you want to look nice??? I had some nice maternity stuff, but got rid of it all when Damine was so adamant about no more bubs...then he had to change his mind didn't he??!!
Mel, yep if it's nice stuff it's waaayyy too exxy or they're really small sizings. I just want something half decent, even just some trackies that will fit me for a few months. There wasn't even any of the Bonds bumps stuff at Big W, or the plain long sleeved tops or t-shirts they usually ALWAYS have in stock!! Just literally nothing that wasn't soooo ugly I couldn't face buying it! I might just have to bite the bullet and buy online. I just want to be able to try it on tho becaus the sizings are so different. I tried on a size 16 pair of mat pants at Big W which were soo small I couldn't even get the up above my hips, but tried on x-large at Pumpkin Patch, which is 16-18, and they literally fell off.
Kris, I can understand your posts too, so don't worry about your typos!
I hear ya on the house being a pig sty! I have been wanting to take some pics of the house to put on FB for people to see but the house is soooo grubby at the mo, that I just can't do it! LOL! Damien and I will be cleaning up today though! At any cost!!!!!!
AFM, feeling ok today, better that Damien isn't on night shift for a while. Night shifts just suck sooo much, it means I'm practically a singel mum for those days and I'm just not coping with it at the moment. He did 6 in a row last week and besides the fact that he never used to work 6 days in a row at all, 6 nights with kids that aren't sleeping and a very hormonal lonely mummy.... well not a good mix! And Lily is just being such a whinger and I can't cope with it. If ANYTHING doesn't go her way she will cry. No matter what it is. I just send her to her room because I can't listen to it. I tried explaining to her and being patient but she just doesn't stop. So now it's a zero tolerance for me. She goes to her room and then has to say sorry for whinging or being rude or not listening or what ever it is. Anyone got any other solutions to this, it's soooo doing my head in! Gosh, terrible twos didn't happen for us, its horrific 3's!
Things on the friend front are getting there. One of the wives of Damien's workmates called me the other day to come for morning tea. We were at Dubbo so I couldn't go, but it's a start to things! I will arrange something next week for us. She seems really lovely and has 3 kids. She has a little boy 2 days...older?? than Liam and a little girl who is just 4, so it's good that the kids have friends too. And they just came here in March so she's probably in a similar situation to me. I have also gone to playgroup twice and though I haven't really met anyone yet (it will take me time to get up the courage to introduce myself!) the kids love going and having fun.
Ok gotta goa nd help with the cleaning!! Though I'm buggered! I think a nanna nap is in order for later!
Kel, sounds like things are looking up for you! I know what you mean about building up the courage to introduce yourself - I'm really shy until I get to know people Your DH's co-workers' wife (hope I got that right!) sounds like it might be a good start!!!!
I have no clues on the whinging either. Ben missed the terrible twos, but is making up for it in the threes too!
Both of them are up early again today and because Craig was up with Jr last night, I decided to let him sleep this morning rather than have my sleep in. I'm over it already. They've been nightmares!
I went to a parent information thing at Ben's school yesterday and it was really good. The directoress went through how they teach the kids to to write and read (in that order) and it's so cool! She also showed us some work by some just-turned-five year olds and it was amazing! My nieces and nephews couldn't write or spell like that when they were 8!!! I was so impressed and it was ALL the five year olds, she didn't just pick out the smartest ones to show us. It made me so happy that we decided to scrounge around for the money to send Ben to Montessori. Lord knows what we're going to do when Jr turns three though - don't know where we'll find the money for TWO of them!
Kel- sounds like you have some good opportunities with making new friendships. All the best lovely. Good luck with the whining. I have it every now and then, even though I had her go through the terrible 2s... or more like from 18 months on!!! I saw your house on fb... looks fantastic. Its huge! Must be nice to have some space from your 2 bedroom unit!
Mel- the montessori school sounds great. What level is he in? Will you be sending him to school early or late?
Us- all good here. Girls are doing well. Its school holidays so no day care and its cold so they have just been chillin out in fromt of the tv (oops). DH has applied for a job at the desalination plant in wonthaggi... which is about 1.5 hours away from here.. If he gets it we will be moving for about 2-3 years. I hope he does get it. Its great money, regular work and will give us a kick start on the house. It will give us a break from being self employed too. I dont know when he will find out, but hopefully soonish! I have my brothers wedding this weekend too. Am looking forward to seeing a whole heap of people we grew up with... a few ex boyfriends/crushes too!
We are going well this week! Though Damien is on another 5 night (or is it 6?) stint of night shifts....alwasy seems to send me a bit batty! Ah well, such is life. But the last week has been good for all of us. The kids seem to have really settled down and therefore so have I! Having D home to help for the past few days has helped tremendously and he has been an absolute legend, doing so much around the house to help- cooking, vacuuming, washing/hanging/ folding clothes, getting up with the kids, letting me sleep and taking the kids out for a bit so I can breathe...he's just been sooo perfect! I couldn't love him more right now, lol!!
The kids are doing better, less whinging from Lily and she's sleeping through the night, yay!! Though Liam isn't yet, but most nights it's 1-2 wake ups which is a huge improvement on 5-6 a night! I think he might be weaning too. He's totally not interested in my left boob and only suckles for a few mins on the right. Plus he's not asking for it 1000 times a day anymore! He has it maybe 1-2 times a day now. I'm torn between being happy and a bit sad! But I think almost 2yrs is a pretty damn good acheivement! Especially when I had such issues with Lily!
We have had a play date with the wives of D's workmates. It was nice to get to know them a bit more, though I did feel a little left out cause I didn't know what they were talking about half the time! And we've been going to playgroup, though I'm yet to really meet anyone there, I have breifly spoken to people, but not really introduced myself.
I'm going well with the pg. Nausia and the dog tiredness are pretty much gone, though I'm still going to sleep at odd times, like sleeping in the arvo sometimes for a few hours when I can, and last night I slept from 7.30pm-8.30am, so for 13 hours!!! But obviously I must need it, lol!
Mel, Yay with your dress!! I wish I could find some stuff that fit nicely. Oh well, I am going to try the net....hopefully things will fit me!
It is nice to have the space from our unit, though it is a bit empty cause we don't have alot of furniture, lol! And the cleaning is a PITA! But it is a really nice house.
Dis Mel, how have you been feeling with you m/s, I hope it's disappeared now.
The centre you've found for Ben sounds great, though just from a teachers perspective, he doesn't HAVE to know how to write his name when he goes to school. They expect them to be able to recognise it and maybe attempt to write a few letters of their name, and recognise that print has meaning, but they don't need to know how to actually write, iykwim?
Kris, how's things? I hoep your boys and you are going well!
Kaz, how is Pip going? Has he settled a bit from going away? How are you feeling with everything? How far along are you now? You must be almost 20 weeks??
Jen, you around?? How are your boys? How are you going? I hope all is well.
Ok, must hang out some washing before it gets below freezing again tonight....!!! BRRRRRR
Went to Big W and Kmart and they have bugger all! Back to the maternity shops I go!
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