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heading off to see my parents tomorrow, it's normally a 6 hour drive, but first time i'll be doing it by myself with Hayley. WIsh me luck!! Splashed out and bought her a few new toys so hopefully they will keep her entertained for a while. I'm a bit worried so wish me luck!
sloane- oh wow not long until Corey's big day! It's a bit scary to think they are all turning one so soon! Lol at the pointing..Hayley just screeches until she gets what she wants, or I distract her with something else...she is in love with my mobile atm, thankfully it's nothing fancy so doesn't matter if she slobbers all over it or throws it, it still works! I did give her my old phone but of course that's not as good.
Fleur- how cute is Arlea! She is so proud of herself in that video, it's just gorgeous! You can tell she loves her big sister too :)
I'm so excited, Toyworld have Eurotrikes on sale for $129, it says save $30 but the normal price in the store here is $185 so I don't think their math is very good..lol. hopefully I can drag DF down there next week to get her one, and praying they have them in stock! I will be devastated if they don't have any!
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I had a post before but it got eaten :/
Sloane, I KNOW!!! how fast has this year gone!! I kind of feel sad about it but at the same time its such a great age & they are so much fun, it's hard to be sad about seeing them grow & develop.
Good luck with the sleep stuff, you deserve a break! I really hope it works for you :hug:
We haven't tried the olive leaf, I saw it in a catalogue & it said 'not for children under 2' - but I am wondering about taking it myself & seeing if that helps.
I had her back to the docs this afternoon - temp of 39, another ear infection & sore throat :( poor baby.
Storm, good luck with the drive tomorrow! Hopefully she sleeps a bit in the car for you. I bet it will be nice to see your parents, enjoy your visit :)
Birthday pressies... we bought her a fold out sofa last weekend & cheated & gave it to her early , lol. I also want to get her a baby doll because she loves the FDC ones -in fact she bought one home yesterday! and there was something else I wanted to get her but I have forgotten what, I've been trying to remember for the last two days :rofl:
Isn't that video gorgeous? I'm stoked I got it, I only missed two steps just before I grabbed the camera.
She has taken 2 or 3 step at a time since but no more, not as many as on the video, she's building her confidence at her own pace. And I'm not as devastated as I thought I'd be at her walking, lol.... it was actually pretty exciting :)
Other cute stuff... she is pointing now & babbling a lot, she nods 'yes' and shakes her head 'no'. I think hteh meaning is still a bit fuzzy but it's definitley gettingthere - especially the 'no' - when we try & offer her food she doesn't want, you'd think her head will fall off, lol. And when someone says 'good' she claps & nods - so cute! - so she must have a bit of understanding.
tonight she was going to sleep (in our bed :rolleyes:) and she was grabbing DH's nose & pushing it. I said to him, she's trying to move your head off the pillow ' - and sure enough when he moved, she plopped straight down onto his pillow :p gorgeous.
Hope everyone else is well :grouphug:
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Lol Hayley does the head shaking thing too. She'll do it on command if I say to her "no no no no". Very funny to watch!
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Hi everyone!
It's so nice to get all these updates and hear about how all our LO's are growing up. I also can't believe Ash is nearly one, like you Fleur I do feel a bit sad sometimes when I look at him because he really looks like a little boy now rather than a baby iykwim? But then it is so nice to see him growing and developing into this little person who expresses himself and gets excited over things.
Storm, good luck for the long drive! I'm sure it will be nice to see your family, you might even be able to get a bit of a break because I'm sure they'll all be doting over Hayley. I know what you mean with the mobile phone obsession. I found a toy iphone for Ash, but it figured out it wasn't the real thing pretty quickly. But then I put my cover on it and it's tricked him. It's so cute, he plays with it constantly at the moment!
Fleur, I love the story about pushing your DH off the pillow, how cute! Ash is also shaking his head a lot at the moment, but I don't think he gets that it means no, but then sometimes it seems he does. Yesterday I put the radio on and was sort of shaking my head having a bit of boogie and he started doing it too, it was absolutely gorgeous!
Sarah, good luck with the sleep! It sounds like you've got a good plan of attack together so hopefully it will start working for you quickly. I also find that if I can get Ash to have good naps during the day, he does much better at night. If he sleeps for less than an hour I always try and rock him back to sleep, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
Miss Bec I hope you're recovery is going well, sounds like you've been having a bit of a rough time of late :hug:
Well we've had heaps going on here. Ash started walking properly a couple of weeks ago. After weeks and weeks of a couple of steps here and there one day he just started and hasn't looked back. Everyday he seems to crawl less and less and I'm pretty sure that in a couple of weeks it will be a thing of the past :doh:. We've also had my sister and her two DD's over from the states which has been lovely. The girls dote all over Ash and are constantly showering him with kisses and cuddles! And the big news is that we finally got a child care place. It's only one day a week at the moment, but it is the centre that I really wanted so I'm stoked. We start orientation next week. But I have to admit I am wondering how I will go without my little buddy with me... I think he should be okay settling in, he's pretty social and doesn't seem to worry too much about where I am when we go places so I hope he will be okay with it.
We're having a little birthday party for Ash on Sunday, it's a little bit early but I wanted to do it while my sister and the girls are here. We're only doing something small with family, but I can't wait. We've ordered a very cool train cake and a heap of balloons. I've only got him a few small gifts at the moment, a couple of books and and a baby einstein dvd. I really don't know what to get him so I think I might wait and see what else he gets and then decide. I would like to get him a little table and chairs set, but then I wonder if he is still a bit young for it...
Anyway, I better run and empty the dishwasher while Ash is asleep. Great to hear from everyone x
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like a few others have said I keep meaning to post but it never happens, I always read the new posts though and none of you are ever far from my thoughts :grouphug:
Miss Bec- I hope you are feeling better and Teaghan has settled down, that's terrible about the appendicitis!
Sloane- I just realised that Corey's birthday is the same as Isaac's lol. It's possibly not the first time I've realised this but lately I'm like that guy from 50 first dates with a 10 second memory :rolleyes:.
Fluer- I'll have to look for that video I haven't seen it yet. Sounds really cute though.
The head shaking sounds so cute too!
AFU- we're having a birthday in the park with a bit of a bbq, got a couple of friends coming and some family including my dad :dance: it should be good as long as it doesn't rain! As far as presents go, we've spent way too much lol. We've bought a fold out chair, a dump truck- came in a set with a digger and some tools but we're keeping them until he's a bit older, a glow worm toy that plays music, some mega blocks, an inflatable cylinder with jingly balls inside (which we already gave to him and he LOVES it) and a farm house activity centre thing (which we already gave to him and he seems to like it a lot too). We did get most of it on sale though so it's not *that* bad but we probably should have restrained ourselves a bit more.
Isaac's pretty much at the same point, developmentally, as last time, he's started laughing at nothing ie crawling around the loungeroom he'll stop have a little chuckle to himself and keep going. He laughs every time someone else does too, which makes us laugh even more and then we're all just laughing at each other. Lol. He thinks it's funny when I put things on my head or suck cups onto my face (which he likes to help with), and he likes sharing his food with us...
He's teething again and he's drooling everywhere and quite clingy although I'm not sure if it's his teeth or if he's begining to have a bit of separation anxiety because it's mostly when I leave the room. Probably a bit of both I think.
Are there such things as one year old molars? I think I heard someone refer to then the other day but I'm not sure.
DF is still not working and still doesn't seem to care :wall:
well I think I've rabbited on enough, hope everyones well and happy and enjoying thier little ones :)
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back from our weekend...Hayley surprised me on the way up, she was a really good girl! Only had a bit of a whinge when we got stopped at roadworks for about 15 mins but me saying "hurry up and turn your sign around man!" in funny voices kept her entertained..lol. She also loves The Wiggles, especially their "hot potato" song, made her giggle everytime it came on, so thank god for the wiggles because they cheered her up too! Had to go and buy some different cd's though, the only one we did have was driving me mad!
She had major separation/stranger anxiety all weekend though, so bit of a shame that her grandparents couldn't even hold her! Well, mum got about 5 seconds one night before she burst into tears, and about 5 mins before we left this morning, and my brother got to hold her for a couple of minutes before she leapt back into my arms. Apart from that she hardly wanted anyone to even touch her! She was good though...probably a bit "peopled" out, we saw so many new people over the weekend.
Just gotta unpack everything, and get her off to sleep...
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So glad you had a good time, too bad Hayley was so clingy, Isaac's getting to be quite the same, particularly with old people. :lol:
I dont blame her, I love "hot potato" too :D lol
We had Isaac's first swimming lesson on saturday and he LOVED it, even going underwater for the first time didn't phase him. Guess we're gonna have to splash out, no pun intended, and buy him some lessons. (My goodness they're expensive $150 something for 8 weeks :o) but I guess if he enjoys it it's worth it. :)
Hope everyone had a great weekend. :)
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A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Isaac, Grace & Corey!!! Aren't you three kids so lucky to be born on the same day!
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Thanks Ss :) :hug:
Happy birthday to all the other July 1st babies! :happybirthday:
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORGEOUS BABIES! so sorry I am hardly ever in here but I try to come on and read how everyone is doing. xxx
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Oh my goodness! The first 'first' birthdays!! :o
happy birthday babies :happybirthday:
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as usual i've been *going* to reply for days & never got around to it :doh:
thank you for the birthday wishes :)
i hope grace & isaac had as much fun on their birthdays as corey did!
i was going to pop in a few days ago to say a big happy birthday to lovelycate's zac. i hope he had a great day & a lovely time in NZ. and i hope your birthday was a good one too, lovelycate!
Heva&Zacky - glad to hear that isaac loved his swimming lesson! they are expensive but if they love it, worth it i think!
ss_storm - sounds like you & hayley survived the long car trip ok. it's hard with the sep/stranger anxiety but nice at the same time to know how much they love their mum & dad!
we had such a nice day yesterday - my parents came over in the morning before they headed off to the airport to go on holiday (lucky things!!) & then DP's family came over after work for dinner. we even had his sister & her husband on a video skype call from london. we only had fish & chips & i just did cupcakes as corey's cake but i was absolutely stuffed by the end of the day! i started welling up for no particular reason at one point as well. it was an emotional kind of day but fantastic & happy. today we had morning tea with my MG which was also nice.
okay, better stop my dribbling - think the little man has woken up from his nap.
hope everyone is doing well :hug:
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I wanted to wish all our bubba's very happy birthdays! It's so hard to believe that they're toddlers now isn't it... The last year has just flown by!
Sarah I'm so glad to hear Corey had such a lovely day! I couldn't help but think of you guys because I remember we both shared 1 July as our due dates.
Heva it sounds like Isaac had a lovely time at swimming! It's so much fun isn't it, mind you yours does sound a little pricey FWIW, ours is only $10 per week, mind you it is a direct debit arrangement so we pay all year round but we can use the pool at any time. You're right about the 1 year old mollars, Ash has got his coming through at the moment, they take forever to cut through and he is super drooly!
Storm I'm glad to hear you and Hayley had such a lovely time away.
Well we have had a big couple of weeks around here. We had Ash's birthday party last weekend. We just had family around, but it was lots of fun. We splashed out and got him this very cool train cake. He was so excited blowing the candles out, but then got hysterical when I took it away and started cutting it up. I think he thought it was a toy LOL!
He also started childcare this week. We did an hour of orientation one day and then he had a half day the next day. He was fine when I left, but then they called me a couple of hours to say they thought we should cut it short because he had woken up from his nap very upset and they hadn't been able to cheer him up:cry: Apparently he was fine before he had his nap and went to sleep without a problem, so I guess that is something. But he was terribly upset when I got there and it took me a good 5 minutes to calm him down.
When I got him home I thought he was a little warm and checked his temp and it was around 37.5, but I figured he was probably just getting a cold cos half the bubs in his group had snotty noses. By the next morning his temp was up to 39 and he was hysterical, so I managed to get straight into the doctors and it turns out the poor thing has an ear infection. I feel so horrible for leaving him at childcare when he must've been starting to feel miserable.
So, the last couple of days (and nights) have been pretty tough. He's been in a lot of pain and we've been having to give him panadol and nurofen to keep him comfortable, but this afternoon he did seem to be perking up a little bit... Hopefully he'll ( and we'll) get a good nights sleep tonight and be feeling much better tomorrow. I'm really hoping to go into the childcare centre for a play a couple of times this week before he does his next half day so he can get a bit more comfortable with it iykwim?
Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough for tonight. Hope everyone is well and enjoying seeing their LO's turn one (so exciting!)
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MamaPan- happy b'day to your little man for tomorrow :D
I've just been reading back through our old Baby buddies threads (mainly the first one). Amazing to see how far we've all come and how much we've grown with confidence and knowledge. The "OMG I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO" newborn days seem like a totally different world away! Of course I still have those moments, but I feel so much more confident as a parent, and that I'm making the right decisions for my baby (won't be able to call her a baby for much longer!).
I found this list too, seems we have lost a few along the way, but I am so thankful for all of you being there, i really have no one IRL to talk to about all this stuff, so you girls have been my lifesaver, and I doubt I would be the mum I am today if it wasn't for BB and having such a great baby buddies group :grouphug:
blayne "Girl" 23 June 2.7kg
lovelycate "Zac" 30 June 3.81 kg
ryatha "Grace Mackenzie" 01 July 8lb 7oz
sloane "Corey" 01 July 3.99kg
LotusFlower "Oliver Ethan" 03 July 8lbs
Tinsel "Amelia" 04 July 3.9kg
preagainpan!!!!! "Boy" 05 July
missbec "Teaghan Gray" 06 July 7lb 3oz
Miss excited "Ashley" 06 July 3.7kgs
leckert "Blake" 06 July 7lb
jng1977 "Boy" 07 July 6lb 5oz
Jessica_Rabe "Sophie Ann" 08 July 5lbs 13oz
BekZ "Eva" 09 July 3.66kgs
ss_storm "Hayley Anne" 12 July 3.48kg
Inertia "Phoebe" 7lb 2oz
Tahn&Asher "Asher"
I read her birth story again too, the actual baby stuff is a bit blurry, but I think it's a bit funny that I remember the pain afterwards (I couldn't walk properly for about a week!), I had an epi and I remember the pain of that after it was all over, and the odd 'pain' of needing to push. I think that's one of the major things that is putting me off having another baby...but that's another story! I better stop reminiscing and go tidy up...lol
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hi! I can't remember when I last checked in here - seems like forever - I've had a quick scan over all the posts, but I won't do personals cos I'll probably miss stuff everyone has already said ;-)
sloane - thanks for the birthday wishes!
Yep, Zac is ONE YEAR OLD. :clap: He has had four birthday parties, all fairly low key events. The first one was a combined mothers' group first birthday party, which was chaotic and huge fun. Then we had a formal one in NZ for the grandparents and my sister and her family, and an informal one (also in NZ) with some other family that we visited. Topped off by a quiet one in the weekend for Aussie family and friends. Thank goodness he's only one - otherwise he will be expecting four parties every year!
It's been so long that I don't know where to start, and I won't now, or this reply will never get posted!
Congratulations all you mummas - we've made it through the first year. It seemed like an impossible feat at times, especially at the beginning, but now it seems to have just flown by...
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Hi everyone...
I'm gonna skip personals too sorry :redface: or I'll never get done.
My EDD was a year ago today :D her birthday's not till next weekend..she was the last of our bellybuddies group to arrive, we have a few one year old's now!
She is getting more confident with her walking, and choosing to walk rather than crawl sometimes now. Not saying much at all, but LOVES her music & dances, she even busts out a few wiggles which is sooo cute.
Work has thrown me a curveball & basically told me I need to do 5 days or nothing - I posted about it in the punching bag room but it's too long to go into here.
I am horribly upset at the idea, I love the age they are at right now & I don't want to miss any of it :( but might not have a choice.
Apart from that...all is good :)
Hope everyone is well, and Happy Birthday to all the one year olds!
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Fleur- have you managed to sort anything out with work yet? I think that is so unfair forcing you to do 5 days or nothing, you would think people could be more understanding :hug:
Well, we just got back from trying a different playgroup. I'm not enjoying the one we have been going to, I have to drive there, it always seems so chaotic with kids yelling and running everywhere and poor DD is on the floor praying no one steps on her! So I went to a new one this morning, it's a couple of blocks from our house so a nice walk. It's a lot smaller, about 7 or 8 mums with relatively quiet children! They are all at least 6-7 years older than me but they were really nice and actually talked to me. It does cost money, $2 a week with a yearly rego fee through Playgroups NSW but I think it will be worth it.
In other news....not much is going on! We got Hayley her eurotrike for her bday and she loves it, didn't want to get out of it the first time she went for a ride so then we had to go for a walk down to the park before she would hop off! Will be nice when she works out how to steer it though! MIL made an awesome rubber ducky cake for her as she loves ducks. Everytime I opened the fridge door and she saw it in there she'd start saying "duck duck duck"!
She loves dancing too, everytime she hears the slightest bit of music she starts bouncing up and down and waving her arms! She's started waving hello and goodbye too which is very cute, although at first she would only do it when the person she was waving to had walked away and couldn't see her anymore. She does it pretty much on demand now!
Hope the rest of you are well, probably all birthday-ed out!
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Well we have 'compromised' and I will be doing 4 days. I thought I was compromising by doing three, but...:rolleyes:
Storm, I loved the photos of Hayley on her trike, so cute!
We don't have much planned for Pie's bday on Saturday, Panda has a comp on- hopefully mum & my sister & niece will be down, but my sister is PG again & not doing so well, so we will see.
Hope everyone is doing well :)
