The cake sounds great! Can't wait to see pics on fb. I've decided to do the Echidna Ice Cream cake and the lolly photo frame cake out of the Women's Weekly kids birthday book.
Oh I was happy to wait to see the final product after the party But I think you can post a link to photo bucket or something similar here... Or, you can create an album in your BB profile and I think you can link to those too.
I have managed to upload a photo of the cake to my profile album if anyone wants to check it out.
Also we took Jett back to the Paediatrician yesterday and all seems ok. His head has dropped back to the 50 -75% percentile. His weight is 50% and Length is 25%. I have a little shorty. Considering he was off the chart when he was born I think he was measured incorrectly.
The only thing that has caused a little worry is in 3mths since our last appt Jett has only put on 1kg. We have to monitor his weight as this is a little concerning. The Dr has said it is ok as he is not underweight by anymeans.
We are getting Jett's allergies re-tested mid January.
My little munchkin is 10.4kg & 74cms.
Lani - Don't worry about Jett's weight, I'm sure he's perfectly normal. Remember the important thing is that he seems healthy and happy, you know yourself that he's fine I'm sure, and if you're worried you can always go back for a second opinion.
I'm sorry to hear about his allergies, it must make things tricky for you.
Taronga Zoo sounds great. I've been at DH to take me and Liam to Australia Zoo. One of these days.
Suz - Bye bye booby feeds. I can understand you must be sad, but it sounds like Ryan's ready to give the funbags away. Liam on the other hand SCREAMS when I try to offer him formula or cow's milk, and I'm really kinda getting over the BF'ing quite frankly. But on the other hand, I'm trying not to wish it away, it's such a short time isn't it.
Tilda - Thinking of you, how's the emotions?
AFUS - Crazy day at home today. The dishwasher's broken, and Liam's been following me around opening EVERY drawer and pulling everything out. I just know DH is going to get home and the place is going to like a bomb's gone off! Gah. I need a maid.
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just lost a massssssssssssssssssssssssssssssive post! You guys know when I post a massive post, I mean massive! I am going to retype a short version of all of that but my god I had so much stuff to say to everyone!
Tilda!!!!! Coingratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for you - I was just mentioning that Alison and I were chatting about all those things and you should not stress too much because by the time you are bigger Matilda will be walking and hopefully enjoying her independence enough to be less clingy - also it is nice to have the transition directly from baby to baby - for me at least I prefer just continuing this lifestyle rather than getting back to some kind of normalcy and then going back to bf, sleepless nights, teething etc...I am so happy for you and DH and Matilda who will be a big sister soon - doesn't the though of that just make you emotional? We're belly buddies again! Let us know when you know due dates and all that! I wrote like a page response to this but cannot do it again!
Alison, 3 kg is great! you'll lose that fast after baby #2 I will have close to 30 to lose to get to where I want to go! Yay for the chatterbox - she will be loads of fun later, telling you about her day and the boys she likes lollololol - so has our convo helped you adavnce your ttc plans?
Sesame! So great to see you back on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay! We've missed you!
Beany, Eva has been pointing for ages demanding stuff - she points goes "tha" and if i get it wrong nods no...lol...She tends to use her right hand...I would think that if he is using his left and still doing stuff with the right that he is pointing with the non dominant hand - you should see what hand he grabs things with. I think that would indicate more dominance in a hand but I think it might be early to know. lol - the pointing helps a lot because sometimes you just don't know what they want - Eva will point which room she wants to go in and what she wants to eat or when she wants water - communication is beginning He'll be walking in no time! Eva stands a bit but does not get excited just stressed then drops on her butt But she zooms all over the house if she has something to hold on to. At daycare they told me boys walk faster and girls talk faster - so I think it is totally nomal that the boys are saying less, but seem to be ready to walk. The latest pics of him are gorgeous - is he going blond? you look great too.
Lani, I hope the next round of ttc is easier for you - my sister knows a lady in her yoge studio (she does bikram which is like hot yoga) who had lots of problems falling and once she started yoga and a low carb diet she was preg within 6 months - my sister said it regulated her period as well. Maybe a workout program and low carb diet can help things along - I don't know - but worth researching i guess. The pics at the zoo are great - that boy has heartbreaker eyes!
Suz, glad you like the kindle and the teeth seem to be better - let me know how it goes and if you need advice for the kindle.
Hi willow! Carmey, great new pics on FB hottie, is Jack walking? Rose, feeling better? Hi to anyone else I missed.
AFM - sorry to be MIA, but been sort of nauseous with this pregnancy...I get hungry eat two bites and get grossed out. but not vomiting or anything just feeling blah and tired. DH has been great at taking over the night shifts and bath/bed etc...so I am in bed early every night.
Eva's first bday weekend was great - we had cupcakes with the family before their departure to brazil. It was nice - i got emotional and imagined having two next year! Amazing to even think about it. She got so much nice stuff from everyone - my house looks like a toy shop! One of her faves is a rolling mouse she sits on it and goes all over the house on her own - it is pretty cute. My friend also got me a push bicycle, so we will take her out on that this weekend to walk the dogs.
She got sick though for her bday and was vomiting and not eating much - I thought it was gastro but yesterday realized she has all four teeth coming in at once - she is super whiny and clingy so it is a bit tiring but she seems to be better today - still not eating much but not whining in pain all day, which makes things better. One is already poking through and the second is really prominent right now and I see the two outside teeth descending as well - poor baby - she must be in so much pain but at least we get four out of the way at once...
My due date has been confirmed for july 8th and the heartbeat is strong and everything looks great. Next appt I have to schedule a cerclage, to stitch up the cervix not looking forward to that but hopefully I can avoid rest orders with that.
DH and I are seriously considering a move back to new york once we sell our company here, and have the second baby very exciting stuff!
BS - Sorry to hear you've been feeling unwell, hopefully in a few weeks time you'll be feeling much better. Amazing that you'll be a mummy of two so soon! Life's changed a lot over the last couple of years hasn't it! DH and I have been talking about number 2, but here's the thing. My 30th birthday is in 18 months, and I really want to have a big party. I mean it's kind of saying goodbye to your crazy youthful days and hello to sophistication and knowing oneself, right? Anyway I don't want to be pregnant or BFing basically, is that really selfish of me?
Anyways, it'll be so fun for you to have a summer baby, it's definitely nicer getting up for night feeds.
AFUS - We're off to Wonky Walkers today, it's kind of like kindergym with tumbling mats and coloured parachutes etc.
Hope it's fun!
Am totally shattered after getting home after 3am on Sunday morning from our friend's 40th, and then all the excitement of Ryan's 1st birthday party today. Will pop back for persies tomorrow.
Beany and Alison, can't wait to see the pics from your parties this weekend
Me too Suz, drinks with girlfriends on Friday night, sick baby all weekend & friend's 1st birthday yesterday. I need a week's sleep to get over it all. Get some rest yourself. x
Argh, I haven't had any time to get onto BB lately. I don't think I have the mental energy for proper replies to everyone
But congratulations to you, Tilda!! I can't believe that two of us are pregnant again already! It makes me want to be TTCing again Funnily enough, DH let slip a comment about TTC today which indicates that he's been thinking about it. But realistically, we need to wait a little longer.
And happy birthday to all of the babies who have celebrated already. So hard to believe that they're all turning one already!
We've been having a bit of a rough patch - Liam was teething last week, so all of his sleep went to hell. He's started sleeping better again, but he's crazy clingy instead. If I even put him down for a second, he has a full blown tantrum. Poor little bub. And I've been having a bad time, too - depression has been getting bad again, which has resulted in a switch of meds. And my autoimmune issues have flared up a bit as well. Hoping that I'll avoid heavy duty meds.
Oh Rose you poor thing. I really hope you can avoid the heavy duty meds.
Poor little Liam. I haven't experienced the teething yet I still have a gummy bear. Hope he and you are both feeling better very soon.
Not much to report from me, busily organising Jett's party and trying to get organised for Christmas, I am usually really good but not this year haven't even finished shopping.
Hi everyone, been a bit MIA with my brother here and running around getting ready for the holidays and leaving this WE for Paris again...Eva is doing much better now and her four top teeth are descending...it changed her smile so much, and they are not even all the way in. I am teaching her how to brush her teeth
Rose, I am sorry to hear that you're not doing so well. I hope you can avoid heavy meds too I know the clingy baby thing...It is hard when they are like that - you feel like you are just a baby chair all day and they are in pain so you just feel bad for them. Hope he gets through it fast. lol, DH talking TTC??? You might also be joining us soon. Maybe not tomorrow, but hopefully you feel ok physically soon and can TTc whenever you want, without having it depend on health issues.
Lani, enjoy the gummy smile it is so cute, and you will never have him be that gummy again in his life!
Hello everyone else! Happy bday to all the babies turned and turning one!!!! I am trying to keep up on FB but am really not online so often - I tried to put up some new pics but am even slacking on that...
Belly is starting to show...It just popped out so fast with this one - it is prob just bloating but DH told me I don't look just fat, I look pregnant because my belly is like a round ball. I have not gained an ounce but my pants are so tight....I get sort of not in the mood for food then at one point in the day STARVING, so I have been eating one proper meal a day and just trying to snack on fruit, or little bread slices - I can't handle anything too flavorful now, but am not sick so it is nothing debilitationg...Just feeling generally not hungry until my stomach hurts, at which point I just need to put something in there. I am trying to hide it under clothes for a bit longer but we are anouncing to the grandparents this WE and a few close friends.
Have a gorgeous weekend girls and bubs, as I don't think I'll be back on until next week!
suz - Glad you are on the mend and that its not cancer. Must be a relief! for Ryan weaning already. At least you know it was on his terms so he must have been ready.
Lani - Congratulations on your pregnancy! Sorry for not getting on and posting sooner. I can understand your reservations about having two so close together but as others have said, Matilda will do so much growing up between now and when the next baby comes. She'll be old enough to be of help and interested in her sibling, but not quite old enough to get really jealous. I wouldn't worry about Jett's slow weight gain in the last few months. He'd been burning a lot of energy crawling around.
sesame - I don't think its selfish at all to want to be able to celebrate your birthday freely. Especially with all the changes in your life the last couple of years.
BS - Poor Eva getting sick on her birthday. But four teeth at once! Wow what a little trooper she is. Glad everything is going well with number 2. Have a gorgeous time in Paris (again - I'm so jealous).
Rose - Sorry you haven't been well Hopefully the change in meds will help your mood although it might take a couple of weeks.
willow - I don't think I've answered your question on how we're going getting Amelia into her cot. The short answer is we're not. I don't have the energy to try when I'm on my own in the evenings. Plus I love having her in our bed. I am trying to put her in her cot for day sleeps, but sometimes its just easier putting her down in our bed if she's already asleep. The good news is that she is capable of getting out of bed safely. On her birthday on Tuesday I was about to go in a wake her from her nap when I heard that she was awake anyway. As I was heading to the bedroom I heard her hands slapping on the floor boards. I thought I was hearing things but then she poked her head around the corner and gave me the cheekiest grin. I tried to get her to show me how she did it, but she wouldn't do it then. So at least I don't have to worry so much about her falling out of bed.
Happy 1st Birthday to any bubbas I've missed on FB. I'm finding it hard to keep up.
Oh, and there was some discussion a little while back about left or right handedness. I read somewhere and MIL who is a reception teacher confirmed that the favoured hand isn't decided until around age 4. Until then, kids are fairly ambidexterous and might switch back and forth until it settles.
AFUS - Amelia is still a lousy sleeper but at least she has fallen into some sort of pattern. She'll be up from around 10pm until 1am. She just wants to play and cries and screams if she's put in bed. I wouldn't mind so much if she could be happy to lay in bed and chat away, but she has to be crawling around, pulling herself up on furniture and getting into everything. Of course she isn't happy to just play with her toys, she has to be involved in what I'm doing (which is usually work that I'm too tired to do during the day when I am actually at work). It seems she has 2 speeds: 0 and 100. She just keeps going and going until she crashes. I wish I could help her to wind down but I don't know how (if its even possible). It'd be lovely to be able to cuddle and read her a story before bed without her crawling all over me, the bed and tearing pages out of her books.
I must sound awfully grumpy and ungrateful. But its almost 3am and I'm supposed to get up at 5:30 so that I can go to work. She's up late even for her, but I think we've hit a wonder week because she's been having a lot of nightmares.
My depression has been getting bad again too so my meds have been increased. It seems to have helped some, but its hard figuring out what is depression and what is grief. I'm finding Amelia's birthday and Christmas very hard as it was around this time last year that we found out Mum was sick. I'd put off increasing the dose for a while now, but my memory and concentration were getting quite bad.
Also, DH and I have been working things out. I've been feeling very alone, especially when it comes to parenting. DH has so many projects on the go that he spends as much of his time at home working on them as he can. Yes he can make money from his projects, but at the end of the day they are his hobbies. And I don't get time to spend on my hobbies. We just don't have a balance. And I feel like Amelia is missing out on her dad. Plus it sh*ts me that we don't even have a yard for Amelia to play in. We don't even have anywhere to set up a playpen. So we can't even go out and play in the backyard while DH works on his cars. I'd stopped talking to him because I didn't have the energy for arguments and didn't feel heard anyway. But we had a good chat last Friday and we had a really good weekend. It helps that the Ashes are on, so DH can watch and play with Amelia while I get things done around the house.
But then we had our first visit to the emergency department on Sunday. I'd tripped and fallen in a carpark while carrying Amelia and her head hit the bitumen. DH thinks she didn't hit her head that hard (I was expecting blood when he picked her up) but we didn't want to take any risks with a head injury. We spent 3 hours in the waiting room and it became apparent that I had taken the brunt of the fall. My ankles, knees, right hip, left wrist and neck all began to ache. Thankfully I'm seeing my osteo this weekend anyway. But Amelia was the waiting room entertainment. She was playing peek-a-boo, waving, giggling, singing and earned the nickname "Mischief". She was fine apart from a slight graze and even slighter bruise on the back of her head which were both pretty much gone the next day. I had the day off work on Monday. Just as well as I'm still stiff even now.
Ah finally. DH has taken Amelia to bed and after about 20 seconds of crying the house is silent.
Oops...apologies for the long post. Good on you if you read it all. I guess I've been avoiding posting because I didn't want to just dump a lot of stuff. It feels good to get it out though. I am looking forward to Amelia's birthday party this weekend though. We're having a casual BBQ at a local park. We'll also be having a naming ceremony as well. Which I still have to sort out. Maybe I'll do that now since there doesn't seem to be much point in going to bed.
Hi Hannah I think Amelia and Harry are two of a kind Harry also has only two speeds 0 and 100. There's no wind down either the tired signs come at 30seconds before the crash. He seems to be getting worse too even feeding now is more of a baby yoga exhibition with his legs everywhere and he twists himself into different positions until he's finished then he flips himself down pats my boob telling me to put it away and he's off again. But like Amelia there's no playing on his own if I so much as look like I'm moving to leave the room he's up crying and chasing me. Anything is done in the kitchen either with him holding my legs crying or him trashing whatever drawers he can get in to, or me holding him doing things one handed so he can see, which is getting harder the heavier he gets!
He's still waking every 2 hours, sometimes more at night some days are harder than others, but I think my body is getting used to the lack of sleep. Well kind of lol.
I hope your change of meds helps you, it must be hard to work out what's what with still grieving and not to mention not getting proper sleep that can be a killer for depression.
I know what you mean about the cot bed scenario, Harry for the most part has day sleeps in his cot now but night time it's just too hard! I get more sleep if he's in bed with me. Although he takes after his brothers and takes up the whole bed, constantly moving around and coming in for a cuddle every now and then leading with his head! I had a fat lip last week from one of those encounters
HiRose I hope your new meds give you some relief too, I think I saw on fb you had been feeling a little better which is good.
Hopefully Liam will be over the worst of the teething soon too. Poor little man. We've had the same troubles here too, and his worst day was his birthday, so it wasn't the nice happy celebration we thought it would. Oh well, hopefully he's more cheery for his party.
Hi BS Glad all is going well with bubba #2 The teeth change their look don't they, still beautiful though! Enjoy Paris
Hi Lani Hope the party is a hit! I'm sure it will be. Sounds like the cake has turned out perfectly! Yay!
Hi Suzi Wow weaned already, Harry's not even close! In fact I think he's stepped it up a gear, I didn't think it was possible! Maybe he's making up for the days I'm at work and he goes with out
How's the water levels over your way? Hope you're not swimming I can't remember the last time we've seen rain like this.
Hi Sesame I don't think it's selfish of you at all! What would be selfish would be to be pg and party on regardless. Hope you get to celebrate the way you want to and have a great time!
to anyone I've missed. I really should be cleaning up but I haven't been on for so long I wanted to drop in so I'm probably rambling on now sorry.
Well AFUS I've been back at work for 4 weeks now. The start was pretty horrible the new woman there (she replaced me when I went on leave) was not happy to see me back and was actually outright rude to me. I was a bit shocked, I've obviously been lucky and never come across that before at work. She seems to have settled a bit now, I think it was a bit of not liking change, as things needed to be re arranged when I got back, and she may have seen me as a threat, most likely because she and the other lady hadn't been doing the job properly. It's not rocket science, just cleaning so no excuse especially when it has been VERY quiet for the last 8 months so things should not have been as slack as they had been. Anyway that's life I guess.
Harry is pretty happy with the ILs while I'm at work but has become even more clingy than he was before now I'm back at work (I really didn't think that was possible either)
We still don't have any words here, but he signs when he wants a boob, and has developed some of his own signs for when he wants food or has pooed, as he hasn't quite worked out the real signs yet lol. He also clicks his tongue to tell you he likes something, reminds of of those tribes you hear about that communicate with clicks and noises lol He meows, moos, and he makes a face and an 'oooo' sound when you sneeze, which I think is telling you bless you So even though he doesn't have any actual words he does manage to communicate!
I think I've babbled for long enough sorry girls, I"ll go and try to get some tidying done before he wakes up.
Hi Girls, as per usual I haven't been getting notifications, this is really annoying me now! I'm so far behind I won't even attempt persies - other than to say OMG Hannah that must have been scary tripping in the carpark, I always have fears of doing that while carrying Amelia, glad she's ok and hope your ankle and knee etc came out ok.
Hi BS - how far along are you now? Obviously not quite enough to put pics up on FB, can't wait to see your belly. Did you not get nausea/morning sickness with Eva? Lucky you! It's horrible though isn't it, how you feel is how I felt all day every day from week 4 to week 13, urgh, gross, not looking forward to that again. How exciting a possible move to New York!!! )
Hi Lani - you getting ready for Jett's party? We chat on FB so I'm up to date with everything else lol.....love our chats. xx
Hi Rose - we have been having the same with Amelia and her sleeping, see below.
Hi Nicola - how's the gorgeous Michael going?
Hi Willow - doesn't it suck going back to that kind of reception. The girl doing my job is a bit the same, she's nice and is much better now but I can tell there's a bit of animosity there. My lovely lovely boss left this week, the new guy doesn't start until end of Jan and he's Thai, coming from Bangkok, he's never lived in Australia before so not sure how the cultural difference will go. It will be my deciding factor on whether to stay or go. Until DH gets more work I'm going to stick at it for a bit longer, I don't like it but it's doable for the money.
Hi Sesame, Suz (hee hee we're updated on FB too) and anyone else I've missed.
AFUS - been soo busy lately, Amelia's party went great as you've probably seen all the pics on FB, was 38 degrees though so was disgustingly hot but never mind. She had a great day and got very spoilt. She's been going great guns, aside from last week my sister kindly visited us full of a cold and passed it onto the both of us so her sleeping went to crap - she'd been doing 11 hours straight for the last 6 weeks without so much as a sound until then grrr, she's also teething - she now has the 8th one coming through, they all seem to be coming at once. We're also in the throws of the final Wonder Week so she's started fussing at night again - it's so text book - this happens every time! At least I know it's temporary and won't last more than a week usually. I tell you last week the first night of her cold I got a total of 3 hours sleep, I was a mess the next day and really started to doubt having another any time soon - I can't handle the sleepless nights - but that has passed, we are just deciding whether to start trying beginning of the year or wait a few months. I'd ideally like Amelia to be 2 before I have another, even a couple of months after she's two but not knowing whether I'll fall straight away or not means you can't pick and choose. So still deciding on that one. One of the girls at mums group just had her 2nd (12 months apart), she brought the baby who is 2 weeks old on Thursday, my goodness you forget how small they are. She said it's really tough having the lack of sleep, she actually looked completely bombed out and it put me off again lol. Her other one isn't a very good sleeper though either so probably doesn't help, that and the fact she had to have an emergency c-section this time (natural first time) - she said she takes her hat off to me for going through that and said she doesn't know how anyone would elect to have one. I would have to agree ha ha. It really takes it out of you and as she said for a lot longer than a natural birth. But Amelia is really coming along, she's saying so many words now, not walking yet but standing on her own and taking steps when I hold her hand so I don't think she's far. She points to babies in books and says baby, the other day she stood at the newborn's pram and was saying baby baby, everyone was like oh how cute is that. My favourte is when she says "bup" for up when she wants to be picked up, so cute hee hee.
Right, best go, have my MIL's 60th this arvo, really can't be bothered but anyway and hopefully my last for a while 1st birthday party tomorrow. This is such a busy time of year isn't it, as it's the first without a proper pay (this time last year I was still getting maternity leave pay from work) I am noticing how expensive Chrissy is, not to mention the 6 birthdays (all family) I have in December as well!
Hi Alison Yes it did suck big time! Not only was I leaving my baby, but then to get there and have to put up with that was crap! Even though she seems better now I'm still having to watch what I say so as not to upset her, it's a bit pathetic really.
Harry's not walking yet either or talking lol I can't believe how many words Amelia has she must sound so cute!!
How is Nugget??
Well Jett's party was on Saturday and went very well, he was really spoilt, I have no idea where I am going to put all his new things.
The cake turned out great even if I was up til 1am in the morning icing it, it was really worth it. Everyone loved it, it was all gone and I did get a tiny piece to taste and it did taste great. The only thing I am a little upset with is I didn't get a chance to take any photos Usually I love the camera and take heaps but I didn't even pick the camera up. I will have to get some from my friends that took them. I had a girlfriend that has taken heaps of pics so will get them off her this week.
I had such a hard week last week a really close girlfriends brothers little girl passed away at only 6 days old. It was soooooo sad, so a week of mixed emotions for me. I had her funeral on Friday it was a beautiful celebration but so sad. It makes me so grateful to have a healthy little boy. I can not even begin to imagine the pain and suffering the parents are going through.
Well this time last year I was very pregnant waiting for my little munchkin to arrive and now almost 12months on I can't remember what it was like to not have Jett around.
I am only working 2 days this week as I am taking Jett's birthday off (wednesday), then from 4pm Thursday I am on annual leave for 3 weeks. I am really looking forward to it.
Well I must go and get some work done. Will hopefully be back on later.
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But I think you can post a link to photo bucket or something similar here... Or, you can create an album in your BB profile and I think you can link to those too.
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just lost a massssssssssssssssssssssssssssssive post! You guys know when I post a massive post, I mean massive! I am going to retype a short version of all of that but my god I had so much stuff to say to everyone!
not looking forward to that but hopefully I can avoid rest orders with that.
for Ryan weaning already. At least you know it was on his terms so he must have been ready.
I can't remember the last time we've seen rain like this.
to anyone I've missed. I really should be cleaning up but I haven't been on for so long I wanted to drop in so I'm probably rambling on now sorry.
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I can't believe how many words Amelia has she must sound so cute!!
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