Fantastic News Krystie!!
Hugs to you and the family :hug:
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Fantastic News Krystie!!
Hugs to you and the family :hug:
Happy 1st Birthday Ivy!!!
Happy birthday sweet Ivy!!! I hope you are having a magical 1st birthday! :hugs:
Nawwww thanks girls.
Was just actually popping in to see how Krystie's cousin is going - yes, I do still stalk this thread and I was so sad reading about her the other day. Krystie I'm sooooo glad to read that she's doing better. Continuing to send out healthy and healing vibes for her full recovery.
We're having a bit of a funny day here. Had one of the worst nights in months as Ivy's got 4 teeth coming through at once. It's really hurting her and she's chewing on her hand so hard that she's cut her finger up and keeps making her hand bleed poor love. As a result she's been a bit over tired and sooky today. She did NOT want teeth for her birthday! But then I took her to her favourite place in the world.... the pool! As usual, she was all smiles from the moment she saw the front doors and knew where we were and she had a blast! Hopefully the teeth might have settled down a bit and she'll be up for more fun on the weekend for her little party.
I'm also a bit torn about how I feel today. I'm so proud of my little girl. She's growing up so much and doing such amazing and adorable things. But this day also marks the end of her babyhood and that makes me feel some sadness and loss as well. I'll miss my teeny little bubba. It's also the anniversary of what was amongst the most difficult times in our lives - Ivy's time in Special Care. I think I still feel the reverberations of having to be separated from her when every hormone and instinct was screaming "hold her and never let her go". It was a really tough couple of weeks getting feeding established and watching her go through those nasty tests and have tubes repeatedly shoved down her tiny little nose.
I'm putting that behind us of course, but being the anniversary, a lot of it is coming back today. Mostly though, I just keep looking at her today and thinking MY GOD I LOVE YOU. So much it stuns me. And more ever day when I don't think that can be possible. I marvel at what an amazing little person she is turning in to. She's learning so much so fast right now there's something new happening every day. And she's developing the funniest little character. Turning into quite the 'girly-girl' which she SO doesn't get from me! This morning she had one of my necklaces and wrapped it round her wrist and then sat back and admired it and waved her arm around like 'well aren't I pretty'! The she went and got the TV remote and was holding it against her shoulder (can't quite find her ear!!) and pretending it was the phone and going "herro? herro!". SO CUTE!!
Anyways, enough gushing from me. Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. Don't know when I'll be back here again but I'll make sure I catch you all for your bubba's birthdays on FB.
Huuuuuuge hugs to you all. xoxoxo
Happy Birthday Ivy - Bailz said to tell you that being 1 is fun!!
Kat, I refuse to believe that my baby is no longer a baby, I've decided that toddler-hood will start around 2 in this house LOL (Yes, I'm in denial)
Have been flat chat the last few days with family obligations etc, will pop in tomorrow night when Sean is at Band to write a decent post, fill you in on Bailey's party and catch up with some persies
Love to you all
Oh and KL, hope your cuz is still on the improve!
so good to hear krystie!!
naomi im in denial too. i find myself every day looking fondly at newborn photos, or find a piece of old clothing and wish she was still that little!!! i guess cause i hardly got to see her from 2-6weeks old cause i was in the MBU, i feel like i missed out abit :(
broke up with deadbeat (cheating) DP...abit annoying cause first person ive 'dated' (as opposed to FWB's) since leaving jades dad and it went sour very quick :( oh well bigger and better i say :)
Hey Em, sorry to hear about your break up but I agree if he wasn't being good to you that you are better to move on. What was MBU? Sorry to hear you missed out on so much. Was it something to do with you PND? I have a gf who had it pretty bad and she hardly recognises the pic of her baby as a newborn. When she looks at them she just cries cos she felt she missed that stage too.....*hugs*
yeh thats how i feel bel...
MBU is mother and baby unit its part of the hospital for mums who hav pnd and stuff like that, your baby stays with you but jade had to stay in the nursery for the first two weeks caus i was a bit nutty....lol i try to make light of it otherwise it gets me depressed but in short i went from not wanting jade to being able to cope, thats why i chose to do nursing at tafe as a way of saying thanks to all the nurses who helped me, and i want to help ppl
that's awesome reasoning TM! sucks about the break up but sounds like it's much better for you to be without him. some men are just tossers!
happy birthday for yesterday Ivy!
KL - how's things going now hun?
sorry for lack of persies - been a big couple of weeks with return to work and a bubba that is almost walking but still a bit dodgy on her feet - we've had a couple of bonked heads the past few days - stresses mummy out big time! esp when we get eggs on her head! pretty sure she has a headache from last night too - but she is content playing at the moment so i'm not gonna interfere! i had a fall last night too - still cant work out what happened - was walking up the hallway and started to feel a bit off - stood up straight and went to grab door jam cos i was dizzy, and ended up on my butt on the floor, one arm grazed and bruised from the linen press handles (i think), other shoulder sore and bruised from where i bounced off the door jam - and my ribs sore at the back from where DH caught me. haven't had dizzies like that in ages so don't know where it came from. both DH and I were a bit under the weather with tummy upsets monday though, so maybe it was a residual from that. taking it very quiet today. E and i are just having a home day. i'm all achey through my muscles! oh well, no real harm done - and i'm feeling ok, just sore - if i get any more dizzies i'll take myself off to the quack
Happy birthday for yesterday, Ivy :)
Fantastic news, Krystie. So pleased for you and the family.
BG, take care of yourself babe.
BBL for more persies etc - Phoebe has woken early, little bugger. She was supposed to sleep for a couple of hours cause she missed her morning sleep. :rolleyes:
oh no BG i hope your feeling better, maybe its caus of stress from going back to work and stuff all in one go hopefully it settles down
BG - Hope the dizzies have left you babe. Hows work going? Which days are you working - is it Tues and Thurs? Congrats on winning that photo comp!! All that campaigning for votes paid off babe, mind you that photo sold itself :D I have a (very non urgent) C/link Q for you about the CC rebate so will track you down on FB chat one day soon.
Bella - Freaky re the owl!! What a nature reserve you have in your garden LOL. Hows J going, and are you keeping up with the Zumba?
Bridg - we love the skulls bag, I have it hanging on Bailz wardrobe door and was thinking just before that I might put all his little cars in it :)
Cathy - LOL @ Cara's 'tit tit', at least she can ask for what she wants!! I saw on FB that you were taking Ronan and Yassie to the Dr - hope they are ok babe!
Emma - Sorry to hear about your breakup, but sounds like you are better off babe! I was just checking out Jade's pics that you uploaded to FB tonight - she has lovely long eyelashes, what a heartbreaker, she is beautiful, just like her Mum!
Krystie - How is your cousin? I hope everything is looking good and all the family are coping ok. Hows Kyson's birthday preparations going? I bet that must be something positive and fun to sink some energy into. I hope Kyson has the most wonderful birthday. Seeing I am an old pro at birthdays now (LMAO), I hope it all runs smoothly and everyone has a great time.
Amy - How dare Phoebe wake LOL, just when you thought you had some 'Amy' time lol. Interesting re your SIL theory about HP and willy's. They always seem to check the scrotum. I was a bit worried at first when the paed mentioned it as thought perhaps it might have had something to do with our decision not to circumsize but as a bit of steriod cream is needed its not biggie, the only thing is the paed showed me to push his foreskin back a little to apply it to the right spot and as everyone is like DONT TOUCH THE FORESKIN blah blah blah I am so careful :o
Kat - I understand the mixed feelings that Ivy's birthday brings, isn't it amazing to think back to how different our lives were 12 months earlier, learning how to be a Mum, some stuff coming easily, some stuff learnt the hard way, and the rest falling into place at one point or another. We are such changed women now that we are Mums, so in a way our babies birthday marks the anniversary of big changes for us as individuals too. Lots to process babe!
Nicky - Hows your Dad babe? And how are you? Nice work with getting 'best on team' - what a netball legend you are after all this time hehehehe. I can't believe Allira is kicking a ball - what a little star!! Baileys latest cute thing is that when I sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' he does the actions and puts his hands up in the air with this massive grin on his face - its soooooooooooooo cute
Jacinta - congrats on Jamie walking, what an exciting time, sorry to hear you have been feeling a bit crappy, hopefully with the 2nd trimester you will have that pregnant glow and feel great!!
Vic - Are you over the storm controversy? Crazy!! As for football teams, I am depressed about the Crows start to the season. Sean got sent an sms joke today saying "Some Crows players were suspected of Carl Williams beating, but they then admitted they can't actually beat anything". It made me laugh - we have the showdown this weekend - its bad enough not to have won a game, but to then have the Port supporters rub my face in it ***sigh*** Cute re CJ and her commando crawl, you'll have to put some footage on FB.
Nicole - Has Aaron recovered fully from the after effects of his flu shot? I was chuckling at him in his green baby suit - its so bright and his face is so animated - what an awesome shot of him! Everytime I see your pics I think we must have the same taste, Bailey has so many of the same toys hehehe
AFU - Baileys party went perfectly, the rain stayed away, the weather was nice and mild and most importantly Bailz had so much fun, he LOVED it when everyone sang happy birthday to him, wasn't overly excited about smashing his cake (doesn't really like getting his hands dirty LOL), and he laughed himself silly on the jumpy castle which was just so much fun to watch (and the best investment as with 20 kids and 9 babies my house remained intact as they were either in the playroom or on the castle). I thoroughly enjoyed watching him play and interact with all the other kids, he is so grown up now, he just wants to be one of the gang! Our naming ceremony was beautiful, and lots of our guests commented on it as I'd used my slightly amdended "Letter to Bailey" that you've all read as a reading so it was very personal. My favourite part was the little rose petal ceremony at the end, the celebrant asked all the kids to come up and they all ran up and stood around with their hands out for rose petals, and when she counted to 3 they all sprinked them on Bailey and it was just so perfectly adorable. I was thinking my kids party planning skills were pretty ace until one of our little 6 yo guests came up and said "Scuse me Nomi, do we have a piñata " ....Um, whoops, no we don't :o Seems Pass the Parcel just doesn't cut it any more LMAO. When we opened the presents later in the afternoon, all the kids helped me and my god, Bailz has enough clothes and toys to sink a ship, it was very overwhelming but way cool :D Oh and on a funny note there was the Big Bird 'incident'
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1072404330
We ran out of formula the other day so we have given that up and he's taken to cows milk with gusto, drinking more than he ever would on formula, that together with the guff the paed put us onto has his ongoing constipation issues well under control - Yay! We are now eating together as a family and trying to pretty much give Bailz the same as us for dinner which is going well. He'd not the best self feeder which I think is a result of us not using a high chair with the brace and therefore spoon feeding him, but he is starting to show interest in self feeding so we'll just run with that. Only just over 3 weeks until the brace comes off (WOOOHOOOO) so I will start chucking his dinner on the high chair tray and just letting him go for it. He's an awesome eater, just needs to eat more independently before we start child care in July.
Oh, I cant remember if I told you but Bailey is trying to stand - he gets up on his flat feet and hands but obviously the brace stops him from straightening his legs, but I reckon once its off in a few weeks he'll be pulling himself up on everything. 11 months seemed to be his 'rocket launch', since then I swear EVERY day I see him do something new, I seriously am in 'blink and you'll miss it' phase!
Nay x
Naomi - I just wanted to say quickly, have you tried Bailey on Vaalia yoghurt? Lachie had massive constipation issues for about 8 months.... I was a wreck and noone would help or believed how bad it actually was. It was one of the most horrifc times of my life.
We were sent to a pead just about that. Tried so many different things until one of my besties suggested vaalia yoghurt. I was desperate to try anything.... and it worked within 24 hours. AMAZING! I fed him vaalia yoghurt from then on for about 2 weeks everyday, and he was cured. For a few months I would give him some every second day just in case, but we've not had one single issues since. Sure beats the screaming scatching agonising pain he was in and all that blood :( He would sweat when he was screaming he was in so muhc pain :(
Ok... gotta head to bed be back tomorrow for personals.
Niadalla - maybe i should try jade on that, she is on parachoc daily for her constipation.
well jade has decided rather than 3 x 1 hr naps she is cutting it down to 1 nap of 1-2 hrs, and still waking at least 3 times a night, and her dad is taking her less and less, im sooo buggered :( sorry for the vent but really struggling atm and got my dad on my back about going to study full time and stuff... sigh
hope everyones almost 1 yr olds (and some 1 yr olds!!) are well x
Emma: Sorry to hear things are tough atm. Sleep deprivation SUCKS. Ah, parents. Your dad wants the best for you. But sometimes they need to get a clue as to how hectic life is with a little kid. I started studying when Natty was about 18mo, and that was 2 nights / week. (2 subjects.) It was CRAZY, I was so busy. I have decided no more study until my girls are at school. Hope you can resolve things soon.
Nay: Not circ'ing is the norm now, so don't fret. I think people say don't touch the foreskin to be overly cautious because there's a bit of misunderstanding out there about when to start to clean it. If the paed showed you what to do then you'll be more clued in than many about it! TBH, circ'ing is one of the reasons why I'm happy I didn't have a boy. DH would have wanted it done and I just don't know how I would've coped with that...
SO glad Bailey's party went so well!
Oooh, knock off time - will be back later when I'm home.
snacks - you were flat out doing 2 nights a week :( my dad is bugging me to pay him back 7k i owe but will waive it if i go study...but i had a mini meltdown last night but if i tell him im not ready he will bleed me dry
I was working 3 days too, so that didn't help.
Agh @ the money... Not sure what to suggest as I know loans from family members are messy (we have borrowed money from DH's dad and still owe him an awful lot). Studying might be the lesser of two evils if you're being hassled for money. I was busy while I was studying but I thoroughly enjoyed it. You're going to do nursing, didn't you say? You might find you cope really well!
GL for whatever you decide, mate.
Hey girls
I can't believe Cara is 11mths now!! And we have 3 girls celebrating...Phoebe, Cara and Cerys! :) Happy 11mths girls!!
Vic: LOVE! the video of Cerys 'talking' to Cara on the computer screen! She's so cute!!
Krystie: Glad to hear your cousin is better now. Must be a relief! I bet you are excited about Kyson's party!
Nay: Not only is Cara now saying "Tit", the other night I was out of the shower in just a boob tube dress, no bra, sitting on the lounge. Ronan gave her a tiny bit of chocolate and afterwards she comes over and just RIPS MY TOP OPEN!! and latches on!! I Was like What the hell!!?? She wants chocolate milk??!?!??!? LOL it was soooo funny. Now I know why I wear bras most of the time hehe It was so random..I laughed my head off!! She gets so excited when she's feeding, she will feed, come off and sit up, look at the boob, and get all excited, and come crawling back for more milk hehe. They were all 'in love' with the boob.
I took Ronan to the dr to check on his eyes as he blinks excessively at times and I thought it had to do with too much gaming/computer etc..and it was..his eyesight seems fine, but his hours are getting cut back! As for Yassie, we just got her tonsils checked. She gets tonsilitis a lot, though I haven't had any antibiotics from that dr sinze 2008 or so? I have a referral to the dr at the hospital, but to be honest the dr said her tonsils will unlikely be removed.
BG: Thanks so much for helping me out with the photo book thing the other day! I have til about october to do the book, so it's just sitting in my snapfish account for now. I have sooo many photos to choose from..it's a big process. I hope you feel better hon, and that the dizzies have gone. I get a bit dizzy when I'm too tired some days..no fun. And you won the photo comp!! Awesome!!
TM: Sorry to hear about the break up. Men..can't live with/without em, can't shoot em hehe I hope Jade sleeps better for you soon!
Kat: Happy birthday Ivy!! Hope she had a great day!
Everyone else..I'm sorry no persies..I'm so tired...hugs to you all! xoxox