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Good luck to everyone going back to work this week! I have 4 weeks to go and I am already freaking out :( I wish there was a way we could afford for me not to go back but there isn't.
Shell - I know how you feel with the housework - will your DF help more when you go back to work? I have already told DP we are getting a cleaner when I go back as I am not doing it!
Meg - Happy Anniversary for tomorrow. I hope you can do something to support your sister - I think a quiet word to her DH could also be in order. :hug:
OP - I hope your gastro clears up soon. We are also doing Miss J and DD1's combined birthday party on the 14th Feb - we are doing it in the park and will prob be from 10-12 in the morning so that people can still do brunch and/or lunch around the party. We have 2 groups of kids to cater for so I am a bit worried about the logistics :lol: but I think a morning party is perfect for a 1 year old.
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were doing a birthday brunch on the sunday 21st starting around 9.30am to beat the heat!
:hug: to all going back to work, its hard to believe the time has come for so many
meg i hope things improve with your sister, J and your nan.
shell i didnt get out today, did you get t ime to have a cuppa by yourself??
nai a combined party sounds great!
OP poo on the gastro, glad your feeling better.
AFM hoping for a better night with M
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My Grandma is very lucky and lives with my Grandpa (who is still very fit and well) and my Aunt (But she works full time) so she has a lot of support.
We are going to do an arvo tea for E's birthday, then I will make a pub booking for anyone who wants to stay on for dinner, so I can get rid of them all :) (DH's friends have this tendency to hang around) Dh will prob go to the dinner, but I will stay home and clean up. We are doing it on Sat 20th. Any Melb girls are welcome to come! Oh and the only reason I am having a party is because we had one for DS's first birthday as we had just moved here and made it a housewarming as well. Otherwise I would have jsut had family, but as we did one for J, we thought we should do one for E.
Also does anyone else with girls find that you have all these pretty dresses that they can't wear, as they can't crawl properly in them??
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meg i dont have any dresses for millie for that exact reason!!! hated that S had heaps and unless they are walking there useless!! though ive found a very cute one id love her to wear for her party but she wont be walking in time :(
OP i pm'd you the link!!
AFM i had some success last night :o M woke at 1.10am and i resettled, no boob, she wasnt impressed and the 30 second scream was ear piecing :o it took 70 mins of her crying every 10 mins to go to sleep, but she settled well each time, she then slept till 6.40am, so haaaaaaaaaaaaapppppyyyy though i imagine the next few nights wont be as easy!!
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Meg, I bought Miss J a dress before Christmas as she wasn't moving - then she started crawling 2 days before Christmas and it was a pain!
Good work on the sleep Olive! Miss J went down at 8, woke at 11.30 and screamed for 2 hours! But eventually resettled without bb. Woke again at 5am and resettled without bb after 45min. Woke at 8. *YAWN*
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Meg I had the same problem with my DD so many cute dresses but just not practicle at all. Won't have that problem with DS;)
Olive yay on the night, we had a shocking night, wouldn't settle until 10.30 would fall asleep on boob and then wake himself up as soon as he was transfered to cot...up at 1.40am and screamed till 3.30 even in my arms ended up offering bb but didn't help was so worked up..he is teething too he is getting his 6th tooth so maybe this didn't help either! going to make sure he settles self today...
Nai- sorry you had a bad night too, I was thinking of you and olive last night wondering how the girls were going....I just hope it gets easier,
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Well I am going back to work in less than 6 weeks :o ! Noooo! Either one or two days, hopefully only 1. Yep, I think I'm convinced to use formula for the time I am at work, and it will only be one feed as I don't want to stretch him out without anything until mid afternoon and neither do I want to express as it's too stressful and time consuming! Thanks for all your helpful advice and experiences ladies :)
OP, hope you feel better soon :hug: Lol at I's cheekiness!
Meg, so sorry to hear your sister is still sick. I really hope her hubby comes around and stops with the insensitive comments.
Nai, I'm more going back to work to retain the position otherwise if I don't go back now I would most likely lose it after 12 months of leave and will have to wait for an opening and reapply. Although the extra $$ will certainly be very helpful! I just really need a job to fall back on and can't afford to go job hunting again when I finally do need to go back.
Shell, congrats on your bfp anniversary tomorrow!! hehe that must have been such an awesome day!
Kaz, how long did J end up sleeping for? Did you miss the bath?? L missed his bath yesterday too coz he went to bed early! Hasn't had one in a while, the stinky thing :lol:
Speaking of baths, how often is everyone bathing them? Is it part of bedtime routine? We really have no set time/day/routine, just whenever! Never every day, but usually a few times a week.
Well some exciting news!! The house that we are interested in Dingley, the previous offer fell through and now they want our offer in writing :o Omg, I'm so nervous...I don't even know if this is what we want. It's a beautiful house but we haven't looked around a lot yet, but I'm scared if we let this one slip, then we won't find another one as good and we'll regret not buying this one!! Ahhhhh what do I do?!??!?!?! Okay breathe...lol!
Hi to everyone else...! xox
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whats with all these babies and not sleeping??????
nai and pinny, i hope today/tonight is easier for all of us :grouphug:
pinny let me know if you want to catch up this week.
is M this only one with NO teeth :lol:
BBL off to a playcenter with just sophie this morning!
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Shell - when I went in to see my new manager a few weeks before Chrissy I only knew two people there!!!!!
I'm going back three days - Mon, Thurs, Fri. Really want to try pumping and having enough EBM for Izzy but we'll see. Can't stress myself out about it but I am hoping when I'm not feeding DD, I will be able to pump more. When I tried expressing in between feeds recently I was getting diddly squat!
Holly - oooooh maybe it is meant to be this house??? I found that it was easier if I wasn't too attached to any particular house, then I didn't care so much if it fell thru. Maybe try that attitude! Good luck, so exciting!!
Re baths, we have one every night as part of bed routine, unless she is out of whack for some reason. She does love them and I think realise its part of getting ready for bed. When we are at my parents'/sister's house she has a bath with her niece, so cute!
Nai, pinny, you poor things with the screaming babies! DD did that when she was sick/teething, so hard. I am so grateful she generally sleeps, once she is asleep! It is the getting to sleep part that sucks!
Meg - yes, yes! Isabel's Christmas day dress was only on her for like half an hour as she kept tripping over it crawling! Its a bit better for her as she crawls on her feet, not her knees, so she doesn't get things too dirty but she catches her feet on things which sucks.
Hoping she can wear it for her bday too but if we are in park she'll get filthy! Maybe she'll be walking by then??
How close does everything think they bubs are to walking???
Thanks for all the bday info, I think we are doing the right thing. The only problem is how to do toast in a park??? Can you bbq toast?? Wonder if there would be power points??
Hope everyone has a restful day...
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Hello everyone!!
Have been away for xmas and new year!!
Looking forward to catching up! Hope everyone is doing well!! :hug:
People keep buying DD dresses too! They're totally useless with the crawling, lol. Hopefully she's walking by her b'day and can wear one though, LOL.
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Hi everyone!
Not sleeping well here either...I'm sure she is screaming at me telling me I'm not doing something right...but I don't know what??? She seems to find it so hard to settle and startle reflex is back??? Anyone know what that's about?
A has sooo many dresses and I agree..such a pain...her Chrissy dress lasted through lunch and then it was a nappy and tshirt...very classy lol!
I've just been into work too...was weird filling out more leave forms...but I guess having another bub gets me off the hook...for now! I feel your pain girls...holding onto a position is important though if it's going to make life easier in the long run I guess. I'll be in the same boat in 12 months time too.
Bath is part of our bedtime thing...have just bought a little blow up bath that fits in the big bath as we are on rain water and can't afford to fill up the big bath every night...A thinks it's a bit like a bouncy castle and spends more time on the edge than in it!!! Good fun though...maybe that's why she's not settling to sleep????
Better go attempt A's arvo sleep...wish me luck :)
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Hey girls,
Holly - We bath every night too as part of dinner to bedtime routine. With the house - maybe it's just the right one? Sometimes you can look too long and too hard and you'll never get exactly what you want (unless you build and even then its a gamble). As long as it ticks all your major boxes I say go for it! Very exciting!
Nai - I want a cleaner now!!! :lol: It's a good idea to get one once you're back at work though. Might start campaigning for that now.....
Meg - So sorry about your sister not doing so well, and your grandma. What kind of treatment do they recommend for Js sleep apnoea?
Olive - No teeth here yet either!! I am happy about it as his biting during feeding hurts enough now as it is. I am dreading what he will do with teeth!
A big hello to Shell, Heaven, OP, Ellie! and everyone else.
AFM - DS woke up right after I finished the post last night (6pm). We went through the dinner, bath, boob routine but he would not settle and didn't go to sleep until after another boob feed at 9:45pm :o That is the first and last time he sleeps beyond 5pm!!!! The houseguest has actually been pretty good so far. I have to eat my words. He seems quite stable and is planning/starting to decrease his drinking so that's good.
We have a CFHN appt tomorrow for another weigh in - I am feeling a bit stressed about it because last month he only gained 30g so if it's a low number again tomorrow I'm worried they'll start talking about failure to thrive or something. I think he's fine and eats heaps (and bfeeds 6-7 times a day) and for a kid who can't crawl yet, he is go-go-go all the time. Very busy!
As for the party - haven't gotten that organised to even think of it yet :redface: but we have until the 11th March which is a bit longer than most of you.
Hope everyone (including us!!) has a good night sleep wise tonight!! I am over the 2 hourly wake ups. Last night DS took nearly an hour between 3-4am to resettle :wall:
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Kaz- does he seems happy and settled? I'm sure if he was not getting enough you'd know about it. Some children just naturally don't put on much weight, you should've seen me as a kid, scrawny skinny thing. Good luck with the weigh in.
Ellie- DD1 used to do that to me, it was as tho she was fighting sleep so everytime she started to drift off would startle awake. She wasn't a very good sleeper. Hope it improves. Its funny you back at work filling forms to leave again very soon!
OP- I'm assuming between feeds now you can't express cause your supply so settled to just what you need. Once you've missed a feed or 2 at work you prolly will have better chance of getting something out.
Olive- you may be only toothless left! We still have half the other side still hasn't come thru. Its nice sometimes to go out and have one on one time with toddlers, well pre schoolers now they're 3!
Holly- we prolly bath 5 days out of 7, other days we have sponge down with bucket water. Its just easier to throw both girls in the bath, when Ash was a baby I prolly only bathed her twice week, she had probs with dry skin so not good to do every day. How is L now with his skin? If he still gets irritated I wouldn't bath him too often.
Yay on the house! maybe go have another look around before you put an offer on paper. Is it a newish house? With older houses its good idea to get building inspector to check it out too.
Nai- I am with you on the cleaner, my sister is going to come once fortnight for 3 hours for $50, gonna get her to do bathrooms and toilets and mop floors I can do other stuff inbetween then.
As for dresses I never put Emily in them, funny at this age Ash was starting to take steps so I could buy pretty dresses for her its gonna be awhile yet before Em is taking steps, still has no balance to stand on her own.
Had a lovely arvo at the park feeding the ducks. Nice weather.
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kaz remember weight plateaus at this age, so unless he'd loosing weight i wouldnt worry!!
glad were not the only gummy ones!!
ellie blow up bath sounds cool!! id bounce in it too :lol:
op i doubt there would be power in a park, id just prebutter the bread and fry it on the bbq
shell it was lovely not worrying about M at the playcenter though she pined for me :( cried for 30 mins and was looking for me around the house :(
speaking of preschoolers, i bough S a schoolbag today :o kinder is happening all toooooo quickly for me!!
QUACK QUACK :lol:
heaven hi chickie!
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Kaz- DD hasnt put on bery much weight over the last couple of months. I would say under a 1Kg.
Jols- We have a gummy baby too!
We have so many dresses for DD it is crazy she cant wear any of them. Her Christmas one she was in for 20minutes! LOL!
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Did I tell you DD finally said her first word at Christmas. Guess what it was....Da da! She also says yeah, yeah, yeah! LOL!
Hope everyone gets some better sleep. :grouphug:
:hello to everyone. I am struggling to keep up with how fast our thread moves! LOL!
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Hi Heaven & Ellie!
Kaz - I think Miss J has lost weight since she started crawling - her belly seems to have flattened!
Holly - Good luck with the house! We bath as part of our bedtime routine but we put both girls in together so it is part of both their bedtimes.
Olive - I'm taking a leaf out of your book and taking DD1 to the zoo and then out to lunch tomorrow, just the 2 of us and leaving Miss J at home with Nana.
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Nai- have fun at the Zoo. I am sure DD1 will love having one on one time with mummy.
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re the dresses i think family got the hint after S that dresses just arnt appropriate for babies!!
i weighed M tonight dressed and she was 9kg, so naked im guessing 8.9kg
words we have dad, mum, bub, nan but mostly mummummummummummummummummum, you get the picture!!
nai have fun at the zoo!! im jealous you get to see the new marine part!
