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Jo I think things are are a little different in NSW not sure we call it kinder at this stage but early preschool preschool being mofre 3/5-5 years Will has been going to long day care 3 days a week this year as I am working Thursday and Friday and have a me day on Wed which has been my godsend with health and with my folks being away. I will have to book WIll into school at the begining of next year as we live in a village type are but have the biggest school in the town. The earlier they know numbers the more funding and likley hood they can put new buildings ets in. We are thinking about making his wednseday a day at actual preschool though the year after for a more formal setting. We run a fantastic pre school profram at the centre where I work but am still tossing up about conflict of interest int he centre if he attends. Others have done it but not sure how I feel yet.It is rather scary isnt it to think that we are talking school and celebrating 2nd babies on here seems like only yesterday when we were cheering Caitlins arrival as the first of us *L*
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Congrats Prama. I hope you are enjoying your new baby girl.
Jo: Jacinta is in full-time daycare and they have a kindy program there so I don't know that we'll be sending her to kindy (kinda) at all.
She's just started at a new daycare (again) this week because we've moved house (well, moved out of our house and are staying with family until 4th September when we move into our new place). Unlike her previous daycare, the new centre she's at has a room between the toddler and kindy rooms called "pre-kindy" and then the kindy room they do things like learning the basics of reading and writing and the activities in the kindy room are very much based around the first year (reception in SA) of school so that when the kids start school it wont be as much of a shock to them.
We've had a massive word explosion here. Except with that also comes a very strong will. We're getting a lot of "I don't want to" statements and screaming when she doesn't get her own way. Most annoying!
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Bron - I only think it would be a conflict if you were in the same room as him and even then I am sure you would not treat him differently it would be just about what the other parents perceive.
Danni - I hear you on the strong will. Caitlin's 1st response to any question is an automatic NO until she thinks about it and decides that she would like to do it and then changes her answer. We have just got back from Hawaii where she had both mine and Marks full attention for 2 weeks and alot of the holiday was about what she wanted to do so we have had some interesting stand offs since we have been home, but she seems to be coming around now! I love it that we can now have a conversation with her and you can see her thinking about what she wants to say. So cute :)
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hi girls,
thanks for your wishes. will update soon.
am very tired, had a feed and she chucked it up so anticipated she'll wake up again in an hr. i've forgotten what's it's like.
xoxoxox
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hi girls,
thanks for your wishes. will update soon.
am very tired, had a feed and she chucked it up so anticipated she'll wake up again in an hr. i've forgotten what's it's like.
xoxoxox
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Hey girly look at you on BB already bless. Hope its all going well cant wait for pics and names. Take care of you and enjoy xxx
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Hey guys.
How are we all? Hope all the pregnancies are going good :)
Prama, I hope that gorgeous girl is being good to you :hug:
Well I'm due in 4 days. Hoping I'll go sometime over the long weekend though. Probably asking a bit much wanting convenience, lol.
Had a few cramps last night, but nothing exciting. Taking Jesse to see the hot rods in town tomorrow, so will be doing as much walking as possible.
OMG... watching Wild Hogs...lmfao!
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All the best Clover. Hope you go soon.
I can't believe how quiet we've all been.
Jazz is talking so much now, in the space of just about a week and a half she's gone from speaking unclearly to now having fully conversations that we can totally understand. She's even starting to throw less tantrums now too, still gets upset when she doesn't get her own way, but we've found that if we just gently explain in detail to her why she can't have or do something then she usually responds quite well, often just saying "Ok, I wont do that" and then goes off and does something else.
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skye - not long now! how are you feeling? you must tired esp since it's school holidays. have been thinking of you but havent had much time on BB. hope you have a quick labour.
we are well, Githanjali's growing really quickly. and we're tired from the broken sleep. ah well, eventually she'll sleep through,
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I'm looking forward to all those sleepless nights Prama...
I actually have the girls out Dubbo for a bit of a holiday with the IL's & was hoping baby would've been here by now & we'd have some sort of routine happening, but, no. They'll be back about Thursday. I was going to get DH to take the first week off work, but if she comes this week I'll get him to wait & take next week off, the first week the girls are back at school. Would be easier then I think. I'll need him more. Lets hope she comes soon, coz i'm over waiting!!
Jesse's growing up so fast lately! He's decided its time to TT all by himself! He goes between the toilet & garden, lol. He only got the guts to give the toilet a go last night, so its all still new, but he's so proud of himself. i have a step in there for him & keep the seat up so he can go all by himself. That little thing just clicked about a week ago & now he know's & yells out wee before running off. So cute! I'm so, so proud. Not bad timing either...lets just hope it sticks. He does still ask for a nappy for poo though, lol.
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how are you going hun.. hope bub comes soon. xoxoxo
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Bored with waiting, lol. Mum's stuck with flooded roads now & can't get in, so might happen soon, just for the inconvenience.
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Hi Guys,
Just thought i would stick my head in here and see if anyone is around.
Been a pretty terrible time for me lately (but really whats new in my life) seems that everything that can go wrong will..
All is well with the baby though and thats the main thing.
Skye - congratulations on the birth of Peaceful :) cant wait to see pics and hear how you are doing.
Prama how are you coping? things settled into normality yet? how is Poopy doing with his new sister?
Bron - bet you are glad that Bathurst is all over and you have your town back - hope you have a nice holiday
Danni - hope you are well
Xo
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Hey guys.
Hope you are OK SJ.
We are home today. Had little Summer early on Sunday morning. About to go do our birth story :)
I'll be around today SJ, if not, tonight or in the morning x
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oops i got the name wrong, sorry Skye, I remember when u re pg with Jesse that you liked Summer... Sorry
Must have been the way that you wrote it in the post on FB that i got muddled... honestly not hard for me at the moment pg brain is in full gear.
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Hooray!! congrats skye - witha perfect baby born on the 10th of the 10th of the 10th!!!!
Am so happy for you, she's just gorgeous!!
sJ - sorry things aren't so good. am here to talk if you;d like. let me know if there's anything at all... xoxoxo
thanks for asking. we;re exhausted with 2 kids, Lakshman is great with his little sister, he seems to adore her heaps, kissing her all the time and comforting her if she cries. he was trying to read a book to her yesterday. and the other day, Steve was in the kitchen and i was getting his bath ready (Lakshman;s not Steve's!) and she started to cry and we came out to see him rocking her bouncer saying, EEthanjali, what's wrong, dont kwai...
but we have to keep an eye on him as he can rock the bouncer too hard and lean too close to her or press on her when he wants to kiss her. so far he's been ok, wait till she encroaches into his space.
but it's exhausting the day i have both of them. i need to keep him occupied so much esp when im feeding her as he tends to want to cuddle and kiss her and can be rough and sometimes pulls her off the breast unintentionally. so i have to resort to the TV to keep him focused so i feel so guilty about that.
i havent ventured out w both of them by myself yet, and my mum left last week so it's a bit harder. but having her alone when he's in day care is so easy. what a change from #1.. those days having Lakshman alone was hard work. 2 kids put things into perspective.
Skye - hats off to you with 3, now 4 kids. it's so much hard work.. you are a fantastic mum.
SJ - also how are things w work and DH. is he still working long hours? DSS must be estatic with his new "sister" (maybe?)
take care all.. xoxoxoxx
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Life is very busy for me. Had a mini-meltdown the other day which I think was just all the stress of going through 4 jobs this year, moving house, starting a business, having a toddler etc finally got to me - but I've sorted through that and am all good now.
Dealing with a friend and her husband who have just split up and both me and her husband are discovering all the lies she's told both of us and he confirmed she has a split personality disorder which makes total sense. So anyway!
Last night we tried a timeout corner - and I was very surprised to discover that it actually worked! She totally understood, sat in the corner until I told her she could come out - huffed and puffed about it mind you but still!
Hoping over the weekend to get intensively into toilet training and then daycare have said that if all goes well they can continue with the intensive TT for us. They're putting some info in the parent pocket today to help us get started.
We've pretty much decided to wait at least another 2.5 years before thinking about TTC#2, but still haven't fully decided if we will ever have another kid. We'll re-visit and discuss properly when Jazz is 5 unless we both want to try before. If we both still don't want to when she's 5 then I don't think we will have another kid at all.
We're going to do some sums and see if it's a viable option for Matt to sell his business and be a proper full-time dad. Jazz would leave daycare, he would do about 90% of the housework and I can focus on my career(s). If we can afford to then I'm happy to do it. He's a lot more level headed now than when he was going through that depression after Jazz was born.
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Congratulations Skye. Glad to hear that Summer has finally arrived!
SJ - We don't have anything on Fridays if you ever want to catch up for a coffee and chat. I hope that things come good for you soon. I hope that you are feeling well with your pg, 16 weeks already, that has gone fast (I assume not for you though!)
Prama - Glad to hear things are going well with the kids. I am sure that once you get out a few times with them both, it wont be so daunting!
Danni - Good luck with the toilet training. Caitlin did really well for a month and then regressed and now refuses to even sit on the toilet so we are waiting a couple of months before giving it another crack. Both of the 3yo kinder places she is attending next year prefer them to be TT so hopefully she will be more responsive next time round!
We are counting down the weeks now, 5 weeks tomorrow until Gump is due. I am now officially the most pregnant I have ever been! We did have a little deja vu scare at 33 weeks where I lost my mucous plug, but so far Gump is staying put. Caitlin was born 4 days after I lost my plug last time so we were on high alert!
