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Morning all,
Kaz, wooooohoooo on the sleep! Bout time you got a good one - even if it was with a bit of assistance from Neurofen :D How did you go last night?? Don't fret too much about the words, you are right he will talk when he is ready, but don't forget Mr J is a few weeks younger than our bubs and I reckon DD has only started saying all these words in the last few weeks.
I keep forgetting how much difference even small age gaps can make - we have an almost 2yo (my niece), then a couple of 15mth olds, then 9-11mth olds in our playgroup and I am amazed at how different the three groups of kids are. My sister can say things to my niece like "You can't hit a little baby like that because they are small, you are bigger and you can hurt them, even if you don't mean it" and I'm there saying to DD "Gentle, GENTLE!" as she beats up these littler kids because she doesn't understand the concepts of hurting or being bigger/smaller. Well not really anyway.
Shell - go Bombers :D I'm amazed they won... their form has been so spotty this year. And last year, and the one before, LOL. I'm not too enthused by footy at the moment... DD is a cheeky thing too, sounds like like Em! She stands up on the couch then looks at me to make sure I'm watching and does her "I'm so cute" face where she grins and wrinkles up her nose, she knows perfectly well she is not supposed to stand/walk on the couch!
I've got 7 more work days left - tomorrow and then two weeks of three days. Not that I'm counting... much ;)
Ali - no good on your little bubba being a bit more clingy. Those 4 teeth must have hurt! Hope she is back to happy baby soon. On a side note, how tricky is getting now to actually see how many teeth they have?? I have to try and peer in when she is laughing or yawning - fingers in DD's mouth get automatically munched now! See what I wrote above about words...
Olive, I had the same thought as shell - are you going to see an ENT or paed or anything? Poor M, seems like she's had a bit of a rough trot with the infections! Poor thing. Poor you too, with lack of sleep... :hug:
Looking forward to catching up on Fri night - you're coming right??
Heaven - how's DD been sleeping since cutting those molars? Hope she is settling a bit better. So you've got AF back huh? How is the TTC thinking going?? FYI - AF came back for me when we night weaned too - like you, DD was still feeing 4-6 times during the day and back it came. Different for everyone I guess.
AFM: I'm working from home today, had my ribs treated by an osteo last night and feeling a bit sore today so set up computer on the dining room table so I can go lie down on the couch when I need to. Also meant I could sleep in, take DD down to my MIL, have a leisurely shower for once, dry my hair properly, have a proper breakfast instead of eating on the run, all good things.
I think DD is finally starting to transition to one day sleep - but its hard work. She wakes every day between 6.15am and 6.45am, if we are at home just playing around, its like she gets bored and tired around 9 or 10am, but the last couple of times I tried to put her down at that time she'd only sleep for max an hour, or less, and then be up again. So I'd try for another sleep later in the day and no go, she'd just scream. Then she's falling over delirious baby by about 5pm because she's been awake for 6 or 7 hrs.
So my new strategy is to try and do something in the morning, go out or visit someone, she seems to get not so tired then and I've been putting her down at more like 11am-noon, she's been sleeping for 1.5-2hrs, then she's great in the arvo.
Anyone else noticed the boredom thing being at home? Its probably not helped by me being so uncomfortable and not my usual bouncy self wanting to play with her... bad mummy... :redface:
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Sorry I have been a bad buddy - I just can't keep up and am so sleep deprived it isn't funny! Miss J has been waking for a bottle during the night - every night for the last few weeks and it is driving me crazy! She is refusing food so I think she might be hungry but she seems to have stopped being able to self settle and needs me to come in. It is getting ridiculous!
Kaz - yay on getting some sleep!
Bella - the teeth are such hard work - I can't wait until the teething stops!
OP - only 7 more work days woohoo!!! How exciting!
Sorry -J grizzling - have to run
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Hello peoples,
Nai -I really hope things get better soon.
OP - I would be counting toO!
Kaz - Yay on the sleep through.
Holly - It was great to hear from you!
Shell - mum took my two to the Wiggles yest too, they both had a blast! (10am session)
I don't remember who was asking about words, but E says heaps - Too much to list. I am sure that we are the only ones that understand her though.
J spiked a temp last night, and I had to take today off work to stay home with him, as he couldn't go to childcare. (still sent E though) It was so quiet at home down one child! And here I was thinking that J was the noisy one! A nyway he is fine now, though both of them have runny noses again. In fact they have had runny noses for about 2 months now. Any good recommendations on vitamins or supplements that I could give them to assist?
I am going to try and go in to work for a couple of hours on Friday so not to eat in to my sick leave. I don't have that much accrued yet as I have only just gone off a casual contract.
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Kaz- Awesome work on the sleep.
Lilima- We have been running temps lately with teething, etc and we seem to constantly have snotty noses all due to Daycare I am sure.
Nai- DD has been waking for a bottle at nights as well. Normally around 12 which isnt so bad. I always have a small one (just 80mL) made up in the fridge as that seems to be enough for her. DD went all day today basically refusing food. She had a corn thin cracker thing this morning at 9am and then nothing until 5pm when I actually got a decent dinner of spag bol and some broccoli into her.
OP- We are down to one day sleep now. (sigh)...Some days we might get 2 sleeps but that is maybe once every 2 weeks. I normally put her down at 11:30-12 at the latest and she will normally do 2 hours if she is at home (1 hour if she is at daycare). I am boring at home as well it seems. We have to go out each morning as DD will just whinge if we are at home. She loves being outside at the moment and chucks a tanty if we have to come in. :rolleyes:
Olive- How is M today? :hug:
:hello: to everyone else
AFM- DD and I got our passport photos today. DD was great. She got the exact right photo on the 2nd go. They are so picky as well. Lips must be closed, eyes straight ahead and wide open, head the exact right size. She was great. Mine looks **** but CBF having it done again. All was going okay today until tonight when during bathtime, DD slipped (she was standing as she is always up, down, up, down) and smashed her head on the side of the bath, Massive egg on her forehead straight away. Massive cry, lots of cuddles and she is okay but far out the egg is big and coloured!! Havent told DP yet. The worst thing is, I was right there with my hand in the bath with the facewasher in my hand splashing the water and I jsut couldt grab her in time stop her falling. :cry:
I am off to work again tomorrow and then will be around on the weekend. xo
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I find E much prefers to just feed herself. She is obsessed with Bananas at the mo. Always going to the fruit bowl and saying Nanna. Would she eat more if you just let her eat whatever on her own?
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Hi guys sorry i have been reading just not posting!! A quick one L is cutting six teeth atm!!!! poor little man we have major dribble too!! Be back to do personals later.. Dd is sick too a virus so not a lot of fun at our house the past few days!!
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I'm finding DD obsessed with feeding herself too! We try and have one spoon for her in the bowl, one for us that we try and shove in her mouth when she isn't paying attention... we manage to get a fair bit in that way ;)
Ali - big hugs :hug: about the bath slip... happens to all of us...
Back in a bit, off for lunch right now
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Wow, I'm so far behind...
Nai - sorry to hear that Miss J is not self settling.
OP woot on nearly finishing work.
Kaz - Alex doesn't say a lot of words either - cat, what's that, dadda, occassionally mum..
sorry have read the posts but my brain is in gaga land.... :grouphug:
Alex hasn't let me feed him for months. Occassionally I get a spoonful in but he's been doing it himself for a long time... his latest is he wants to pull the pieces of banana off and run around with him (one in each hand). One of these days I'm goign to find where he stashes all that banana.
he's still not self-settling at night, and I'm sleeping with him on the mattress on teh floor again. The one upside is we replaced the falcon stationwagon with a second hand car. I was driving home and some roadrage person decided to overtake me and cut in front of the car in front of me (even though we were all doing the speed limit).. Had to brake sharpish and the car made a really strange noise and I lost all confidence in the safety of the car. I love the new car. It is the absolute best car I have ever driven.
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:hug: Ali on the fall - it gives you a shock but they seem to forget it pretty quickly.
OP & Olive - it was great to see you two on Friday! OP you look gorgeous - I love your belly :D
I discovered why Miss J has been so horrid - I can see 4 little white points so it means all 4 canines are coming through at once. Yay once these are here we get a break until the 2 yo molars - woot!
J says a few things: Hello, Mum, yoyort (yoghurt), nana (banana), duddle (cuddle), dad, Ben, woof woof, toot toot (train noise), up and eyes. I think I heard NO come out of her mouth last night - which shouldn't surprise me really as it's probably the work she hears most from everyone :lol: She said doo-lee-ette (Juliette) once but hasn't said it again :(
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Nai- oh those canine can be horrible, and knowing how fast she teeths, she will prolly get her 2yr old molars at 18months or something. How is the eating going? She still refusing food?
Malyna- yay on new car but grr at that guy that cut you off, I so hate drivers like that, gets me angry, I don't want my kids injured cause of impatient idiots. Are you getting sleep if you co-sleep? Does he still wake often or sleeps better cause your there?
Pinny- seems the time of year for virus's, keep going round and round. How is your DD now?
Ali- Its awful when they hurt themselves like that but they are so tough and resilient. Try not feel bad, E is always standing in the bath, I'm amazed she hasn't fallen I have to growl sit down all the time.
So when do you go to Fiji? Gonna be so nice, will be good for your relationship too to have time away from everyday life, I find when we go away even if just few days it does our family wonders.
Meg- Not sure, maybe try those kids multi vitamins? Yeah Wiggles was great for Ash, bit boring for me lol, but she had great time. Was nice your mum took them. The merchandise was so exxy!
How is the new job going? How many days week is it?
OP- how's it all going there with new plan with day sleeps? I find more Ash gets bored here, Em just loves playing with everything, and following her around, lol. Hows the pain in your ribs? Settling down?
Glad you Melb girls had fun Friday night, I went out with friends from work so couldn't come to BB meet, but it was great having night out, dinner, drinks, non alcoholic for me seeing as I was driving. Matt complaing he was stuck with the girls 3 nights straight lol, well Wed thurs I worked so not like I was out having fun and I don't exactly enjoy working afternoon shifts, too bloody tiring!
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Shell - i Hope ypu said to Matt "boo hoo - suck it up!!" As I paid for the Wiggles tix, mum ended up buying them seomething each, as she said since she didn't pay, she wanted to get them something. I am working 0.5. SO 2 days one week, and 3 the next.
Who was it that said they got a new car??! - Whoever it was - Yay on the new car!!
Nai - Owie on the teeth, but you are right, then they are over with till 2.
Anyone from Melb any good at Netball and can travel to Sunbury? We are short player this Thurs.
My sis took a MASSIVE tumble down her stairs while carrying her bub. Managed to keep the baby upright, but bruised her bum really badly. In face I have never seen a bruise so big!
My best friend had a baby boy this week. I am going in today for cuddles.
I got hit by a care yesterday. I was a pedestrian walking along and he came out of a driveway. Not fast, but enough to knock me over. He didn't even stop! Just drove off. I was sort of pushed to the side. It was all a bit surreal. It was like he saw me, had a chance to brake, but didn't.
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My goodness this is playing up! I tried to edit my post, but it keeps bouncing back to the middle and not letting my type any more, so I have had to post it incomplete and start a new one. I was meaning to say it was not a residential driveway, but a shop driveway. Anyway I still don't get why he wouldn't ahve stopped. And I was a bit surprised, so I didn't get a chance to get his plate. Anyway I was not injured at all. Not even a scratch, but you are not meant to leave the scene of an accident.
I was meeting my SIL to look at wedding dresses. The dress she has chosen is lovely, but she has a bit of a pot tummy and it shows. She keeps saying that she will lose the weight for the wedding, and she might, but I think that she should get something that flatters her NOW and there is no guarentee that she will. I tried to explain this to her, but she thinks that she will get the weight off. (She is not fat BTH, it is just a very figure hugging dress that means anyone without a super flat tummy will have a bulge)
Just a few Q's - Anyone remember how you request a new AV? I want to change mine as Miss E is no longer a bub in my arms any more!
Also I have a question that would really only be suitable for the AO section,. I requested to become a member about a week ago, and I still am not. Anyone know who I should ask? Maybe they have denied me as I said I only want to join to ask one question, then after I have some people post responses, I will probably leave again, as it is not an area that I am generally interested in.
OK enough rambling. I just took the kids for a long walk (about 10 km) so want to go get a drink and some lunch.
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Meg, maybe see who the mods are for the area and PM one of them? Maybe its got lost somewhere?
You know I was having that same prob with my post earlier I found I had to use the arrow keys on the keyboard instead of the mouse to get to where I wanted.
AV's I e-mailed to something like avatar@bellybelly just double check in platinum area, there is Q&A's somewhere in there.
Can't believe that car didn't even stop to apologise and see how you were! Sucks you didn't get his number but yeah I reakon I'd be a bit in shock too. Hope SIL is doing all those sit ups!
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hey girls
still here - just a slack buddy! sorry girls
all going great here- flat out of course
my mum had her operation last weeks so glad that is done- she is doing really well - so that is a relief!!
just now got to wait for my FIL to get his operation done and then NO MORE Please!!!! Looks like FIL will have to have a triple bi-pass so its a biggie- but should make a huge difference to his wellbeing
kids are good
boof had her 12 months vaccines finally and his first hair cut- whoot
ah well better late than never
he is soo active and so vocal now- very independent and has a temper and a half - lol
DS1 and DD are doing really well at their new school- a great move!
i am just missing all my mummy friends but some of them are starting at the school next year so that isnt too bad
other than that- life is hetic but good
take care girls
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Morning ladies,
Well I had a great time at the meet up on Fri night, I'm so glad I went! Nai and Olive, so good to see you guys again - can we track down that photo??? Thanks to both of you for finding me and making sure I was ok :D Much love to you both xxxx
Det - nice to see you're still alive!! Are you coming tomorrow? We miss you! DD hasn't got a playmate :( She keeps trying to play with the younger bubs but she's still a bit rough... :redface:
Lilima - there is no telling some people, no matter how hard you try. Were the sales people helpful at all??? I cannot believe you were knocked aside by a car and they didn't even stop???? How rude and a little bit scary for you. Hope you're all ok. Also hope your sis and bub are ok - ouch on the fall.
Shell - lol @ DH with the girls three nights in a row. Isn't it funny how sometimes they just assume that mummy will be around for looking after, but when we want to do something its a big deal as who is looking after bubs? I found that on Sunday - DH had just organised a whole day of scuba diving, he was going to be gone before 8am and not home til after 7pm... so when I reminded him that I was planning to go to movies, all of a sudden its my issue to find someone to look after DD, or not go! Why is it always assumed that it is the mother's job??? :rolleyes:
Nai - are the canines the ones that come through after the eight in the front and the first molars? Are they next to the four top and bottom teeth? If so, I think we are getting them as well - DD has red bulgy gums top and bottom (bottom worse) and she has been a bit whingy off and on. And her nose won't stop running. Its been running for like three weeks now - but she isn't sick.
Might go google teeth... that'd explain the average behaviour. At least her sleep doesn't seem toooo affected...
Malyna - woot on the new car! Fantastic :D Not fantastic about the sleep but at least you are trying to find something that works for you guys. I hope you are able to get some rest???
Ali - hope you've all recovered from the fall. I saw on FB that DD had been sick as well - hope she is feeling better by now.
Olive - how has Miss M been with sleep? How did they behave for DH on Fri night??
Kaz/Heaven/Pinny/anyone else? - hope you guys are going well!
AFU: well we have had a mixed weekend with DD and milestones!!!! Some of this has been on FB so sorry for the doubling up...
Good milestone - she's into the big bed! Had her last night sleep in the cot Fri night (DH did try to put her down after I'd gone into the meet up but she cried so he chickened out and put her back in the cot LOL) and since Sat day has been in the big bed. Seems to be going pretty well so far - but we have been careful to always pick her up, lie her down and put her to bed, then pick her up when she wakes, as opposed to letting her get into and out of the bed herself.
She can get in and out herself, when she plays she climbs up and down on the bed all the time, but when its sleep time I don't think she's quite realised she can get out! Fingers crossed that keeps up for a little while...
Seems to be going well, so we're hoping it'll be a nice easy transition. She'll be in a cot today at my MIL's house though... hopefully that won't change things at our house.
Bad/sad milestone - I think she's weaned :cry: I've posted in the infant-led BF section... I'm a little relieved as I was worried about how she would cope without a feed for the time that I was in hospital and in labour, so its good to know she is ok - but I am still sad. Got a little teary last night when I realised she'd gone to bed with no "boo". I know you guys will understand...
Heaven - I'm sorry, that's prob not what you want to hear as I know you are keen to continue BF right through - but she's just not interested anymore.
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Hi everyone
I've found you! I don't think I can possibly catch up on everything but I will try!
Miss A is coping really well with being a big sister to her not so little sister...4225grams...no way I was pushing her out...head circumference 38cm...no wonder I'm feeling better than I have in months...DH...not coping so well without sleep but has heard my suggestion that he should just SUCK IT UP!!! LOL!!!
Will do my best to be a better buddy...Ex
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Ellie! Great to see you!!! Congrats on the safe arrival of Tehya!!! :hug:
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great to hear from you Ellie!!
i'll try and get back tomorrow, sleep is crap, porbably the worst its ever been :( off to the ENT next week, man i hope they say she needs grommets, currently has glue ear again, so very over it all :grouphug:
