Lol! Yep joey, thought we were saving on wipes especially but would have gone through at least 2/3 packet getting her cleaned up enough to get in the shower with DH for a final rinse-off
Anyone doing anything nice for fathers day? If it's nice weather we might go for a drive up to Mooloolaba beach for the day and have lunch up there. I bought some canvases from the art shop and did paint stamps of the kids feet to give DH with his very exciting torch that he'd asked for. Have also got an "I love my Dad" shirt for Lila to wear that used to be ds's, and ds will wear a "My Dad Rocks" shirt - hehe! What has everyone else got planned?
We're having brunch at one of the local vineyards, and taking Matt's Dad too. They have lovely food, lovely wine and a beautiful view over the Hunter Valley. Can't wait!!
We're going to Byron Bay for the weekend, but back Sunday morning to see Dh's dad and then my dad's coming over for lunch.
DH is getting a sprinkler, a rake and, if I can find the right one, a shovel!! All things he has asked for.
Hey Jenushka, we're going out to Cleveland this arvo to see the filming of the Narnia movie out at the point. Have you seen any of it? Any good?
Lily is playing up with her sleeps during the day at the moment. She's sleeping fine at night (thank goodness) and also in the car, but doesn't like being put down in her cot. Also my mum is down for 8 days, arrived yesterday from Cairns, and as lovely as it is having her, I didn't realise how much I appreciate our quiet time, just the two of us. I think Lily has picked up on that and I think that's why she's not going down so easily. So now I feel grumpy and teary. Anyway, she's down now, so I hope she has a nice big sleep and wakes up happy. Although the fact that she wasn't happy to go to sleep makes me think she won't have a very big sleep.
Have any of you read the 'No cry sleep solution'. Some bugger keeps out bidding me on ebay. Is it good? I have heard that it is.
Sorry I've been mia - I had a lovely visit from my Dad who flew up from Sydney last Thu to surprise me It was great to spend fathers day with him - we ended up just having a seafood bbq at home and it was awesome - beautiful weather too. He flew home yesterday but should hopefully be back in a couple of months for another visit.
We're doing well, can't believe Lila is 3 months old now Love this age - super gorgeous. This morning when we put her on her playmat she planted her feet, lifted her bum up and almost rolled! Just reminds me how quickly they change and grow in their first year. She loves sitting up in her bumbo chair now and being able to see what's going on and wave her toys around and chew them a lot. And in the poo adventures ... she did one on Sunday which was only 8 days since the last one. Def caught us by surprise!
joey - hope you had a great time in byron. Did you make it out to see the filming? We're about 20 mins from cleveland so haven't seen any as yet. I haven't read the no cry sleep solution - hope you do manage to get a copy on ebay though. gl with Lily's day sleeps...
Clare - your fathers day plans sound lovely - hope you all had a great day.
What a lovely surprise for you Jen! I miss my Dad on Father's Day with him being in Melb... Oh well only 2 weeks and all the family will be together for my wedding! We did have a lovely day on Sunday, although we had to wait 45mins for our meals
Lachlan is 3months old today!!!!! I'm feeling the same as you Jen, I really can't believe it - he is growing up way too quick! He is so much more vocal now too, it is really cute to watch and listen to..
Well Lily rolled over from back to front on father's day! Happy father's day daddy!! She started rolling from tummy to back about a week ago, but I didn't count that cause she kind on just falls from her tummy to her side and keeps going.
We went to Byron for Friday and Saturday night and came back on Sunday to do the tripping around to the fathers. DH said he had a fantastic 1st fathers day, and loved his present from Lily, a canvas with foot and hand prints on it.
Yes, Jenushka, we did go to see the filming. You can't hear them talk, just the guy going 'action' and 'cut' and you can see them from a distance, but nothing close up. I think it was still worth it though, cause when I take DD to see the film, we'll be able to say .. "we saw that!"
I have put a copy of 'no cry sleep solution' on hold from the library, so i am hoping it won't take too long for the person who has it to return it. if it's any good, i'll buy a copy as a reference. still watching them on ebay tho.
I can't beleive our little bubba's are 3 months old. Kinda sad she's growing way too fast!
Lily's day sleeps have settled back down and I think she's going though a growth spurt (looked them up on the net and 3 months is typical) cause she's waking twice in the night 12 and 4 and feeding about every 2 hours.
Sounds like everyone had a lovely Fathers Day. We went and watched DH play soccer and then stayed at the club afterwards for lunch then back home for me to cook DH his fave dinner. All in all a nice day.
Natalya is such a great little girl so far. She is just so placid and relaxed, still sleeping through the night anywhere between 10-12 hours and if we are home she will have abig day sleep of around 2-3 hours in the morning. DH and I really enjoy it when the other 2 kids are in bed and we have her to ourselves in the evenings, its a lovely quiet time for us all.
She is still in the cradle in our room and loves being wrapped, so hopefully she will get at least another month out of it. My other 2 grew so quickly and didnt like being wrapped so by this age they were out of it. Am not looking forward to when she is in her room in her cot, I get teary already thinking about it.
Stopping in before I head off to bed.
We're doing well here, busy, busy, busy!
I now have Master B in "Kindy" 1 day a week, so it's lovely to have roughly 6hrs of just Mummy & Miss C time. I am looking at putting Master B in for a extra day (2 days a week in total), as he really is enjoying it.
We are getting roughly anywhere between 8-11hrs through the night & if she does wake, I just pop her dummy in & she's back to sleep. Though if she does wake wanting a feed, then I feed her & she is straight back to sleep.
Miss C is feeding 3hrly & only having one big 2-3hr nap through the day.
3 months already! Injections again next month! EEP!
Joey - your new ticker photo of lily is gorgeous! And yay for Lily rolling Lila is still almost rolling - I remember ds 'almost rolled' for a couple of weeks before he actually did, am guessing Lila will probably do the same...
Monique - glad to hear you are getting a bit of time alone with Miss C. My ds is in kindy 2 days a week also and I think it is the best thing for everybody really - that way he gets a bit of a break from all things baby, and he gets to do a lot more creative things than I get to do with him. And yes, next needles are only a month away - eep indeed!
Ang - great to hear from you, and glad you had a lovely fathers day. Lila is still sleeping well in a bassinette in our room o/night too and still likes being wrapped even though she bursts out of it quite easily now! I think we're close to making the transition to cot and grobags very soon *sniff*
clare - how long now until your wedding? Hope the preparations aren't getting too manic...
Lila did a full on belly laugh today ... I was blowing raspberries on the palm of her hand and she started chuckling. The when I started laughing she started laughing properly too .... aaaah, so cute I could gobble her up
Jenushka - Yay for Lilia's laugh. How cute. I have only gotten a few little ones from Lily, but they are sooooooo adorable. I wish she would do them more often. I will have to try the rasberries in the palm! One day she was doing a couple of little giggles when I was holding her and then bending forward down towards my toes, then we stopped that, and I was walking out the back with her, and did a burp and she laughed!!! That was so funny!!
Hi all - hope everyone is going well. Not a great deal to report here, just that in addition to belly laughs, Lila is now blowing raspberries at every opportunity. Cracks me up hearing her lying on her playmat blowing raspberries at her toys We've also had air-con put in the bedrooms (used to only have it in living area) so bring on Qld summer! Glad that Lila will now be able to actually have afternoon naps in her bedroom.
She's also had 3 great night sleeps in a row (9pm - 6am-ish) which has been very welcome indeed
Hugs to all, and would love to hear everyone's updates
Lily is still waking up 1 or 2 times a night. I am now feeding her at around 830pm when i go to bed, so i am hoping that will make her last a little longer. I've only done it twice, so i'll go for about a week and then make a decision.
not too many more laughs but lots of rolling over.
The last 2 nights Lila has added an extra feed or two back in so the lovely long sleeps o/night have disappeared - ugh! Back to my semi-zombie state for a little while it looks like. Must be some sort of growth spurt...
Clare - your wedding must be very close! Or maybe its happened already? Hope everything goes /went well for you
Hi to everyone and your gorgeous bubs - hope all is well
Goodness its been quiet in here....i'm one of the culprits though busy times with little ones aren't they! And I only have one!
We are going really well. Will is a gorgeous little guy, even though I am a tad biased! We are so blessed he is a fabulous sleeper. He's averaging 11-12 hours straight through at night now which is just so nice.
And learning new tricks every day too. He can roll from tummy to back - as soon as you put him on his tum he just kicks straight over....so much for tummy time and he can now roll from his back to his side, but hasn't quite got all the way over yet. Can't seem to figure out how to get that little arm out the way! We've got real giggles OMG so cute. And he's starting to blow little raspberries every now and then. He generally just talks away most of the time, he's a real little chatterbox.
We're getting out and about to a few groups with other mums and kiddies which is nice. The ABA has a local mums group which is nice to go to, even though i'm not BF they've been very welcoming. And the Birth Centre where Will was meant to be born, they've set up a group for mum's that want to support them so we're heading to that too. I'm thinking about a local playgroup too.
As for me, I'm starting to get more and more organised and getting more done each day. Trying to get on top of housework but it never seems to happen, and lets face it, its such a low priority really. I would love a tidy, clean home but oh well, we make do.
I'm starting to put some more time aside to finish my training to become a pilates instructor which is exciting. I've done pilates for years, and am currently sort of an apprentice to the woman who runs my local studio. I had a break to have Will, and now need to get back into the study. Hopefully by the start of 2010 I will be running classes eeeek! It will be good to earn a bit more money, and hopefully turn into a career change for me
Well better be off. We're heading to my Dad's place for lunch today which will be nice. Crappy weather in SA at the moment, i'm hanging for some sunshine! I think I'm deficient in something!
Jenushka - Lily has been waking more often in the night too. Last night it was twice (4.5 hours apart), the night before it was 3 times (3 hours apart). What happened to our 1 only wake???? I love your ticker. She's adorable!!
LB - I can't belevie you're getting so much sleep!! I'm very jealous! Funny how Will goes from tummy to back ... Lily goes from back to tummy all the time. And this morning she rolled the other way (normally she only rolls over her right arm). GL with your pilates and good on you for doing it while you have a bubba.
What's with this dust??? I have the whole house closed up and can hardly breathe!! It's disgusting!!
Jenushka & Monique - Most likely will be having a mum's meet up at my place next week, so will let you know if it happens. Would love to meet you both in the flesh! Let me know what day suits you.
Joey - the dust OMG! I've seen it on the news today, the whole east coast is covered and Sydney looks just outrageous.
And yes, we are very blessed with Will sleeping so well at night, I am truly grateful. Now the trick is me just getting to bed earlier. I end up staying up catching up on all sorts of things while he sleeps
Joey - how are you going researching your VBAC options....I've seen you post around the forums a bit. Good on you for thinking about it early and getting prepared. I desperately want a VBAC when we conceive our next bub. I'm still having days where i am very emotional about my c/s but I'm slowly finding my peace with it.
Take care all give those bubbas a big smooshy cuddle
LB - You mean how am I going with my obsession!!?? Well I have found a doula who is a trained midwife, so I think she'll be the go.
I have also spoken to a friend of my mum's (who had a VBAC) and she has convinced me that I need to forget the whole thing and just let it happen. I really beleive that is the way to go and I am really going to try and do that. Who know's though, I have a very busy brain!
But I will definately definately have a doula, and if all is well with the pregnancy, I don't see why we can't succeed. Fingers crossed!
I too have days where I am really down about my CS, hence my obsession with VBA2C.
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Anyway, she's down now, so I hope she has a nice big sleep and wakes up happy. Although the fact that she wasn't happy to go to sleep makes me think she won't have a very big sleep.
Love this age - super gorgeous. This morning when we put her on her playmat she planted her feet, lifted her bum up and almost rolled! Just reminds me how quickly they change and grow in their first year. She loves sitting up in her bumbo chair now and being able to see what's going on and wave her toys around and chew them a lot. And in the poo adventures ... she did one on Sunday which was only 8 days since the last one. Def caught us by surprise!
Lila is still almost rolling - I remember ds 'almost rolled' for a couple of weeks before he actually did, am guessing Lila will probably do the same...
busy times with little ones aren't they! And I only have one!
and he can now roll from his back to his side, but hasn't quite got all the way over yet. Can't seem to figure out how to get that little arm out the way! We've got real giggles OMG so cute. And he's starting to blow little raspberries every now and then. He generally just talks away most of the time, he's a real little chatterbox. 
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