hey girls
hanging in here!
DS was sick with gastro frid, now DH got it and Boof has been off for a couple of days as well. And I can finally see the start of his first tooth starting to come through!!! OMG finally- he is 8 months old!!!!!! Twins had four teeth by his age lol
but then again boof is wearing clothes and shoes that DS1 wore when he was 18 months old! too funny!!
OP - GL!!! What goes on in BB, stays on BB - no stress there!! Hope your mum is getting better now- missed seeing you and ms!!! Hoping to be there on tues, but depends if boof is ok- he seems to have picked up heaps this arvo so think we are OK again- they bounce down as quick as they bounce up!! BTW i am thinking of going to ABA. Are you still going?? Finding it a bit harder to be around people that are supportive of feeding beyond now!! Will fill you in when i see you about the details.
Ali, holly- same here would love to be pg again but for me I dont think it will happen again. 3 kids is great and my plate is full- cant help but would love another one as i am soo enjoying boof- and his conception was a damm miracle in itself. So i find that i am resigning that it wont happen again, but then again not using any contraception, AF has visited once since having boof and that was six weeks ago!!! So i guess its up to the universe . . .
btw congrats holly on the pg!! WOW another miracle- hope the m/s settles down soon.
Nai- if its any consolation, it was full moon last nite. My kids dont sleep well the few days before a full moon and then they settle down again. They are all zzzz now phew!!!!
but for how long??????LOL
shell- whoot on the weight gain, we have our 8 month appointment on friday so will be interesting to see how much boof has put on!
Malyna- definately let him loose with the pasta. Boof ate shell pasta last nite - but not mashed- just as is. We dont mash anything for him anymore- just chuck everything on his tray and he sucks the crap out of it! LOL even without teeth!!
The other day he ate a tuna handroll- it was hilarious. Tonight we had fish and chips so i got him a piece of fish- took the batter off it and steamed some winter vegies for him. He ate a whole piece of fish- a machine lol! From this age until 12 months its all about them experimenting with food as its not their main source of nourishment, but i reckon that it comes close for boof some days lol
Heaven- so glad that things are going better for day sleeps for you!! WHoot
Hi to AJP, Kaz, Pinny mum , megiemoppit!!
Hey do you gals in vic wanna meet up again soon? sorta do a meet up before the silly season starts- WDYGT???
still not sleeping through here but its getting better only fed at 12am and 4ish last nite and then 7am- so that is a bit better!!
Its pretty funny cause I am total opposite to you girls who have pregnancy thoughts. I am so no way no more. Too exhausted now! Lol.
I'm def in for another Melb meet up, was great last time and would be so nice to see how much they have all grown.
Det- Hope the gastro bug has passed in your house. I noticed the full moon last night too and the girls were crazy! Drove me nuts today.
OP- Wow full on time you've had, is your mum improving? Does she live nearby so you can easily go see her? So how often is Isabel waking at night? Is it for long periods?
It was just the 6 month vax we got, bit late for us.
Ali- How you after your team lost? I was thinking of you. Df kept telling me off for cheering on Parra, altho have to say I found the whole game so boring! Afl is way better lol. Hope Ash doesn't get too sick. Have you got vapouriser or anything to help? Thats great she been sleeping 12 hours at night! Whats your secret?
Holly- You'll know when the time is right. Who knows maybe a couple years down the yrack you and your partner might feel in the right position to go for #2.
Tarkine- Hope you get some rest. exhaustion is so hard. Try get some down time.
Busy weekend Ash went to 2 birthday parties and has been misbehaving all day today. Emily been bit of a nutter to alot more crying than usual. I'm so tired today!
Det I think you meant to congratulate Ellie, not me!! Now is a little *too* soon for me! Although, we are not using any contraception either...it's not like we dtd often anyway and when we do DP pulls out But, you know, it's still pretty risky!
Can't believe Boof ate a whole piece of fish!! WOW! He certainly is a machine! Hope he's feeling better this morning.
OP, nice to hear from you! Sorry about your mum and I's sleeping. I am still feeding L several times a night. We co sleep so he is feeding on and off all night - I have my bb's whipped out the whole time and I'm too tired to try anything else! Works for us. I also still change his nappy once a night as he always wets through I can't wait until the day when I can get a full night's sleep!! Good luck TTC! Fingers crossed for you guys!
Ali, wow a preg scare I haven't had af yet and am still round the clock bfing so I'm just hoping that is our contraception!! Like you, we simply cannot afford another bub. Sorry about your team's loss last night, I empathise with you! Is DD being christened Catholic? L's Dedication is on the 8th Nov as my family are Baptist and that's what we do, a bit different from a christening. DP's fam are Catholic though and he wants L christened too, but I'm a bit funny about him being dedicated/christened at 2 churches... (new smiley I just wanted to use lol) I said he can organise it if that's what he wants...that way it's unlikely to happen
Shell must be hard with one being naughty and the other being whingy! Would make the decision not to try for #3 easier
I'm also in for a meet up! Haven't met any of you yet! Who's in Melb here? Det, OP, Megie, Shell, Nai, Pinny, AJP, Rainforest...anyone else?? Ali, Kaz, Heaven...you girls have to get your butts down here!! Malyna and Ellie, where are you guys?
L is trying to rip my hair out...better get off here! xox
OP - great to hear from you. Good luck with the TTC. I hope you get a good nights sleep soon.
Det - great to hear from you too! I always chuckly when I check the time that you have posted. 10pm is an early night post for you!
Shell - I am with you. I just think no way to another bub. I feel complete with 2. Wehave always said 2, and it feels right.
Holly - how is the study going? Must be nearly done for the year.
Pinny - Amber teething necklaces are a necklace that you wear made out of amber. It is meant to stop the pain of teething. i can't remember where I got mine from, but Det has one on her little man, so she might be ableto tell you where to get one from if you are interested.
ellie - I hope the MS is easing.
I slpent the day with my sis and her 6 week old. gosh it makes me NOT want a newborn again. They are so needy. It is nice to have the lovely interactions now htat hte bubs are a bit older OK - I have to go now. Really tired tonight.
Oh yeah - and I an definitely up for a meet up. I know who else hasn't posted in ages - mhami. When we organise a catch up, we can let her know via facebook.
(Oh BTW - did everyone see my facebook status? J has taken to coming in to me in the morning and saying "Hello pretty mummy, did you ahve a nice sleep?!) What a charmer!
Hi girls, will post more tomorrow. Had an absolute **** weekend. DD is really sick and I am still sick and just everything seems to be going wrong. Want to crawl in a ball and cry
Big hugs to Ali - hope everything is clearing up soon
Thanks to all for the good vibes with TTC. Went and got some acupuncture today to see if that helps - we'll see.
Thanks also for the well wishes about mum - she's had her central line taken out now and is onto oral ABs. At least she's not tied to a drip for 5hrs a day now!! Yay! She's just tired and washed out but much improved.
Am def up for a Melb meet up! Lunch somewhere?
Meg - I'm the opposite, I can't wait to have another newborn Having said that, am also loving the interactions with Isabel now, eg the way she holds out her arms to me when someone else is holding her or the way I can make her giggle just by kissing her. So cute! Oh and how adorable little Mr J is being for you!
Holly - fingers crossed L lets you have a full nights sleep some time in the next 18 years!!!
Shell - I checked my book and realised we don't have any more vax now until 12 months - how fast has the time flown?! Crazy. Isabel's not really awake for long periods, not unless we have done something to unsettle her like transferring from car to cot if we've been somewhere for dinner.
Det - missed you at MG on Tues, you are right, you and my house are not destined to meet Very interesting discussion about bringing sick babies. Wish everyone had been there - D was quite reasonable about it all, I don't know why we've all gotten so worked up about it.
As for the ABA - yep I'm still a member, shall I let you know about the next meeting? Sometimes K goes too, and my sister. We just missed a meeting actually - Monday. It was on "Breastfeeding through pregnancy" - maybe I should have gone
AFM: Isabel has been sleeping better - I really think we are getting somewhere! Except she still uses the dummy to get to sleep and last night it fell out and needed replacing three times between midnight and 6am so that wasn't too good. Is anyone else still using a dummy? I so badly want to get rid of it! Worried we've left it too late!
Things are a little better. So this is the drama that unfolded on the weekend...
I ring DD's godfather to double check they are all still right for next Sunday (this Sunday now) and he goes no I thought it ws next month and then claims he never got the invite as well!! So stressful anyway we have someone else now to be DD's godfather.
DD has been so sick! Yesterday morning I rushed her to the doctors first thing as she had gunk coming out of her eyes, her nose was running like a tap and she could hardly breathe. She has an upper respiratory infection and is on anitbiotics.
I am still sick but getting better. Didnt take the antibiotics prescribed to me as the last itme I had antibiotics I got thrush for the first time and I just didnt want to deal with thateven though I took inner health plus at the same time.
Then our new LCD tv (6mths old) and dvd player stopped working. Still havent done anything about it as I dont have the time.
Then I got a call about my laptop from harvey norman and was told that it couldnt be fixed and they would replace it with a new one (yes that is good) but I lost all the stuff I hadnt backed up on the computer!!!!! (not good).
Anyway it just seemed to be one thing after the other!!
We are off to the hospital tomorrow for DP to see the surgeon again so I will let you know how that goes.
OP- DD still has a dummy. She cant go to sleep without it. When she turns one I am going to cut the ends of them (that what my mum did) and then hopefully she just wont like it anymore! (Well thats how I see it working anyway- I may be a little dillusional).
Ali What a rough trot you're having. I can't believe Ash's original godfather! I seriously can't believe it. That's a privelige and he should have felt honoured to have that position. Why couldn't he make it this Sunday? What on earth could be so much more important?! His loss! Sorry about the TV and laptop...was it a lot you lost on the laptop? Hope it goes well at the hospital tomorrow.
OP, Isabel is sounding like a delight! L doesn't laugh much - he is such an old man lol (grumpy one that is!) Not sure about the dummy. We have JUST gotten L to take one! So instead of using my bbs as a dummy, now he can just have the real thing and I don't have to be tied down trying to settle him 24/7 He always drops it once he's asleep and so far doesn't seem to wake up wanting it. It's actually really cute, he keeps sucking while he's asleep but nothing is in his mouth so I always hear this smacking sound of his tongue sucking on nothing!
Megie, how cute of James!! Must be a nice wake up call Yes, uni is almost over for the year. Exam on the 30th and then that's it until March!! Woohoo! And, yeah I don't think I want another newborn after all! I just want to be pregnant Today I held a 5 week old prem bub, not even 2kg (born less than 30 weeks and his due date isn't until the end of this month!) and omgoodness he was soooo cute and small and fragile. But I realised, I really don't miss that newborn stage...yet!
Anyway, hi to everyone else. Who's organising the meet? I'm in for whatever! xox
HI ladies
Convinced MS is going to kill me...Anika is being the best bubba...but she giggles when I chuck...better than crying i guess. My mind is totally gone and I can't remember anything...went to the loo, walked back in the lounge and freaked because Anika wasn'te where I left her...not...I had put her in her activity toy thingy...talk about preg brain...scared the absolute c out of me!!! So...what I was getting to...was I can't remember if I told you that I had my scan on Monday and bub is doing great...in the right spot with a strong heartbeat...phew! Now the reality of two under 15 months is starting to sink in...ahhhhhhh!!!!!!
Big hugs to all the sick mumma's and bubba's...wishing you all good health and great sleep
Ali - I hope everything goes ok with DP tomorrow! I can't believe the godfather - his loss I say! I hope Ash is on the mend, poor little poppet. Send her big hugs from us.
Ellie - You poor thing with MS and preggo brain! I can't tell you that it improves after the second baby I can't remember anything - I'm hopeless!
OP - I'm up for a meet up too!
Det - good to see you are hanging in there!
Holly - I also held the same little bubba today (sorry I couldn't stay until you got there but Miss J cracked it and had to go home to bed) and Miss J just seems soooo big!
Meg - I got your letter and have passed it on to the recipient. J sounds like he is being very sweet, do you think he has turned a corner?
AFU - Miss J has been nicknamed the 'giggle monster' by DP's family as all she does is laugh! She pretty much eats everything in sight (even if it isn't actually food!) and yesterday she went from sitting up to being on her tunny and pushing herself along the floor backwards.... hmmm... maybe she won't be staying put for as long as I had hoped.
ellie have you thought about getting accupunture fir the ms?? i had ms both times and it was hard with a toddler let alone a bubba!! you'll be fine!!!!
op id love another one too!! will think about it this time next year, i love the age gap i have with the girls and would have a similar one next time (if we even have another)
ali goodluck tomorrow with the surgeon
holly yay for l taking the dummy!!!!!
no dummy here for us, she rejected it at 4 months, shes unwrapped too now, just has a blankie which she rubs on her face, its very cute. were weaning off night feeds too she was waking twice a night lately then monday night DH resettled her then i fed at 4am, last night she woke once and i only gave her one side, so will see how the next few nights go
ETA miss J is very cute!! soounds like shes be crawling soon!
millie eats lots now too
Ali - re the TV and the lappy - they should be able to get the info off the hard drive.
to everyone
AFU - Alex is officially crawling now - its pretty cute because he lifts his arms and legs up to move. he's also up on his knees. His teeth keep moving up and down but no sign of them coming through.
DH is away overnight tomorrow night. I hid inside today with the heater on - I'm so over winter!! Trying to get Alex to sleep on his own in his bed, getting him dozy on the boob then into the cot for sleeping - got him in for 1hr twice today (first time every), so will have to keep it up.
Finding things really difficult, to the point where I'm doubting there will ever be a number 2.
I am having heaps of computer problems tonight, o sorry for the sp errors as it is going really slow, and sorry if I miss anyone.
Ali - Obviously the person didn't really want to be the Godparent so much, as if he did, he would make sure that he was there. I hope everyone improves soon.
Holly- that is great that he will take the dummy. it will give you a bit more of a break.
AJP - You are brave to go back for three!
OP - I am glad that you are getting better sleeps. Lets hope it continues.
Nai - Yes J has somewhat improved, but he is still really not that good. Just better than he was. Great that you got the letter. Glad that you could pass it on for me. Thanks. I hope the reecipient is doing well.
Ellie - Argh MS sucks hey? Just glad A is chilled out so at least you don't have to be managing an unsettled baby at the say time.
E was so funny tonight. I was alternating a mouthful of veggies, with a mouthful of fruit. She howled every time I gave her the veggies, and then would cheer up for the fruit. I might tape it tomorrow night.
On a good note, she has fed herself roast chicken 2 days in a row. I sit J with her, and they eat together. She is always looking at what he is doing and seems to want to copy. I can see that she would love to be able to run around with him.
My sister with the 7 week old bub is not doing so well. Miss M has a severe Ecoli infecting as well as Staff. They think that she picked it up in hospital. So far she hasn't had to have her readmitted, but she has to see an ENT tomorrow as she has discharge coming from her ear. My sister is shattered as her CSect scar is still not healed and she is still on AB's and can't lift things or drive. Been going over as much as I can, but she lives an hour and a half away, and kids in tow can make it more of a hinderance rather than a help.
to all the sick mummies and babies in here. Some of you are having a really rough time right now I hope things improve soon.
J still up and down with sleeping. He is waking/feeding 4 hourly overnight atm. Day sleeps are crap and then he gets really tired. Lsat evening was rough. Been very whingy lately and cries so easily. He's woken now after only 40mins so we're in for another rough day. I don't care if he doesn't sleep much in the day but when he gets so tired for not sleeping it gets very frustrating.
How does everyone resettle overnight? I am having no luck. Last night I tried to resettle on and off for 3 hours! I ended up relenting and feeding her. She was sleeping through, but of late is waking again?
I pick her up, give her a cuddle till she calms down then put her back down. If I try just patting she gets hysterical.
What goes on in BB, stays on BB - no stress there!! Hope your mum is getting better now- missed seeing you and ms!!! Hoping to be there on tues, but depends if boof is ok- he seems to have picked up heaps this arvo so think we are OK again- they bounce down as quick as they bounce up!! BTW i am thinking of going to ABA. Are you still going?? Finding it a bit harder to be around people that are supportive of feeding beyond now!! Will fill you in when i see you about the details.
Det I think you meant to congratulate Ellie, not me!! Now is a little *too* soon for me! Although, we are not using any contraception either...it's not like we dtd often anyway and when we do DP pulls out 
But, you know, it's still pretty risky! 
I can't wait until the day when I can get a full night's sleep!! Good luck TTC! Fingers crossed for you guys!
I haven't had af yet and am still round the clock bfing so I'm just hoping that is our contraception!! Like you, we simply cannot afford another bub. Sorry about your team's loss last night, I empathise with you! Is DD being christened Catholic? L's Dedication is on the 8th Nov as my family are Baptist and that's what we do, a bit different from a christening. DP's fam are Catholic though and he wants L christened too, but I'm a bit funny about him being dedicated/christened at 2 churches...
(new smiley I just wanted to use lol) I said he can organise it if that's what he wants...that way it's unlikely to happen 
must be hard with one being naughty and the other being whingy! Would make the decision not to try for #3 easier 
Having said that, am also loving the interactions with Isabel now, eg the way she holds out her arms to me when someone else is holding her or the way I can make her giggle just by kissing her. So cute! Oh and how adorable little Mr J is being for you!
Yes, uni is almost over for the year. Exam on the 30th and then that's it until March!! Woohoo! And, yeah I don't think I want another newborn after all! I just want to be pregnant 
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