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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'
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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
happy birthday Kyson!!! hope you have a great day - wish we could be there to help you celebrate!
not a lot happening here so i'll be brief. am still sore from Wednesday night, but have kept pushing on. have been doing some gardening for friends this week - they're a lovely older couple that just can't physically do it themselves - so we're working on it for them - it's not toooo hard physically - though the stuff we had to do yesterday had me swining on a shovel moving damp gravel - heavy so feeling a healthy fatigue in my muscles. DH is getting some beer out of this, so it helps out a bit. we started pulling down a hedge today - two plants out and the back of the ute was full, so we called it quits (is raining too!). F (who we are doing this for) HATES that he can't do this stuff anymore and feels bad when i get in and help C. he is 76 and believes in men doing the hard labour and women the lighter work - so it's really hard on him - thing is, i LOVE destroying and rebuilding gardens like this - i can see the impact as the work comes together so it's worth the effort... E is loving the outside time too - she tries to help but just gets in the way! today we left her inside with Aunty G - so she stood at the window supervising the whole time lol
ahhh, must get food now - starving but NOTHING is appealing at all
Happy Birthday Kyson xoxoxoxox
Happy Birthday Kyson!! Cara wishes she could have been there with you to celebrate!!! Hope you got spoilt rotten and had a ball!!
I just went to Big W this afternoon and was there at the right time. They were selling all the summer tops for $1 each..woohoooo I grabbed a bundle..mostly for the girls.
BG: Sorry to hear you're still not feeling the best. But that's so kind of you to help out your elderly friends. :)
I might be getting some photos of Cara and Laura done later this week by a facebook friend of a friend. Bit of a mini photo shoot (for free). I think she wants to stick angel wings on Cara and put a frilly tutu type red skirt on Laura. Laura has been scratching at her face lately....so I am waiting for it to heal. She's just one of those kids that HAS to scratch at the slightest thing..very annoying. Band aids help sometimes...and then I take them off..and she might even scratch AGAIN!
You are all very quiet...enjoy the weekend everyone! :)
Just a quickie from me
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYSON!!!
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Happy Birthday KYSON!!!!!! I hope you have all had a fantastic day!!!!
:happybirthday: Kyson!!!
Thank you all for such lovely birthday wishes for Kyson. He had a really wonderful day. I couldn't have asked for the party to go any better (although a slightly bigger house may have been nice, hehe). In the end there were 43 people (plus, me, DH, Kyson and the 2 DSS's) and 17 of them were babies/kiddies. It was great though. Kyson was spoilt rotten, and has got lots of marvelous presents that he has been checking out all afternoon. I wish you could have ALL been there, but big thankyou's to Cerys, Logan, Andy and families for coming. Bridg I still can't believe you drove 2 1/2 hours to get here! It was absolutely awesome to meet you and Logan though!
In other news, I have my egg collection on Tuesday. I'm actually sitting up still because I have to have my trigger shot at 1.30am, so I'm just waiting until then seeings as I'm still up at the moment. I'm sure that we are going to get more eggs this time because I'm feeling much more swollen and tender this time. Filling up with nice, ripe eggies! Apparently they are doing ICSI this time instead (didn't cost any extra...), so even though our fertilisation rate last time was pretty good (70%), hopefully this time it will be even better. And I'm sure we'll get better pgd results this time too.
Also, DH's cousin is still working some miracles. She continues to improve. She's still in pretty serious condition and still in ICU. But she is now off dialysis, has been extubated, is on lower med doses and is even communicating with people. Her brain has been effected to some degree, but they can't tell what yet. She's fairly un-coordinated, but that may improve with time. She's asking sensible questions about her son, about family and about her health, so that's a really good sign. We don't know how she's working these miracles when last week the docs thought she had little chance, but I think from now on SHE can buy my lotto tickets!
Kat - How did Ivy's party go? I hope she had an absolutely wonderful day! I hope her teeth didn't bother her too much. Poor thing getting four at once. That's just not fair! How sad that her mouth is so sore that she actually bit and cut her hand. I guess that shows us how much these teeth cutting through really hurts.
Don't feel bad about getting sad. I had two cries on Kyson's birthday. One at 2am when I was in bed feeding him. I sat there crying telling him that even though it's his birthday, that he wasn't actually one yet because he was born at 9.40am. I was in a bit of denial that he was turning one. Then I cried reading all the messages on facebook too, lol. You had a tough time when Ivy was first born, and you are allowed to grieve over for the separation that you had from her, and for all that happened. But then you can look at your amazing little girl and feel happieness knowing what a perfect and strong little girl you have :hug:
Nay - Babyhood ending at 2? I like it!!!
Bailey's party photos are wonderful. Did he even try to smash the cake at all? I was going to give Kyson a cupcake to demolish, but by the time I got around to it they had been devoured by the guests, lol! I'm so glad people liked them. I thought about a pinata, but the kids we had were generally all around Kyson's age. No whacking with sticks for these bubs!
TM - I'm really sorry to hear about what happened with you PND. It must have been a really tough time for you. Then to have a break-up too, well gee, you've not had an easy run of it lately have you hun? Hopefully things will only improve from here! I wish you all the luck with your studies. Hopefully Jade will start sleeping nicely for you so you can study at night time.
BG - Sorry to hear that you are still sore. Hopefully it will all feel better tomorrow. How lovely that you are helping out some friends with their gardening. I wish I enjoyed getting into the garden more. I should re-do my vegie garden soon...
Cathy - Awesome sale at BigW! Wish I could have gotten some deals like that! Although, I think it's long sleeve tops that I need to stock up on. Kyson got a best n Less vouchers for his birthday, so I might have to go on a shopping trip for him. I hope that the photoshoot goes ahead. It sounds really cute!
Well, exhaustion has hit so I think I should stop here for tonight. Take care all!!!
Hi girls,
Our thread has been really quiet! I hope you are all well.
Kyson is doing great. He's learnt to say "Ta" when he wants something and it's so cute. He also walks around clapping his hands now too. I'm amazed at how much he understands. When I say "come on" he follows me, when I ask him to "get mummy a balloon" he goes off in search of a balloon and brings it back to me, when we tell him "let's go for a drive" he heads straight for the door. He's just amazing! He's loving all his new toys, although there is a toy he's a bit scared of, lol. It's Chuck the Truck and when it comes driving towards him he backs away. I'm sure he'll like it soon though.
I had my egg collection on Tuesday and things went well. I was getting mighty sore before the procedure so was looking forward to having them out, but I've been in lots of pain since the procedure. Enough that my Mum took a day off yesterday to be home with me, and DH is home today (although, that's also because the 10 year old DSS is home sick too). I got 21 eggs which I was really happy with because we were aiming for 20. But I was rather upset when I got a call from my nurse yesterday and she told me only 11 fertilised :( I really thought there would be more. Tomorrow we find out how many have grown strong enough to be biopsied, and then we'll get the results wither later in the afternoon, or saturday morning. All going well (which I have to tell myself it will!) we'll have an embryo transferred on Mother's Day. Surely everything has to go well because it seems like fate, because we found out we were pregnant with Kyson on Father's Day, so having embryo transfer on Mother's Day seems perfect. Fingers crossed! Feb 25th sounds like a great day to have a baby! (Yes I've already worked out an EDD....).
Squish your babies for me!!! xoxox
Sorry I have been out of it. We've been sick again and Phoebe and I are still sick, this time with colds. The last 2 nights have been better (I've gone to bed by 8:30 JIC!) but prior to that she was waking every 2 hours for several nights cause she just couldn't breathe. Even with the vaporiser going and me attempting to use the nasal spray (boy, that was difficult!). I think things are finally calming down and I feel able to post a decent one on here - it was just a bit too overwhelming this last week ;)
KL: Yay, I'm so pleased Kyson had such a great birthday :)
That is awesome about your cousin! A miracle. I hope she continues to recover rapidly and has no lasting effects from her illness. I feel such relief for her husband and little boy.
And so glad the EC went well on Tues. And the thought of having a little emby transferred on Mothers day is wonderful! 25th Feb is my BIL's birthday. Good thing next year isn't a leap year - I had a friend born on 29th Feb and we used to tease him mercilessly in school because he was only 4 etc. Tee hee.
Sounds like Kyson is getting so grown up!
Cathy: Woohoo @ the BigW bargains! I love a bargain. I usually find some at my local KMart but I didn't get there early enough this year - the summer stuff is long gone. It's a bummer because I really need more clothes for Natty now - we're out of hand-me-downs :(
Have you had the photo shoot yet?
LOL @ the babies being 'in love' with the boob. Sometimes Phoebe comes off after a feed and just stares at it... I wonder if she's going to latch back on so I just sit and wait. She will sometimes just look at it for ages, LOL!
BG: Hope you are feeling better?
Vic: So sorry I haven't sent a pic of Phoebs. DH has been too hard to nail down and with P and I being sick and getting no sleep I just haven't managed it yet. If I am holding up production just go on without us. What's your email address BTW?
Still haven't managed to get to the nurse with Phoebs :rolleyes: I'll probably just wait until after her birthday now.
We have had the crappest time with our car lately. Feels like every pay check I get goes towards that stupid car. But we're off on a driving holiday early next month so we want it to be reliable. I am not looking forward to this holiday! I think I am the only person on the planet who'd rather stay at home than go on holidays, LOL.
A week after we get back the lady I jobshare with is going overseas for 5 weeks and I will be pretty much fulltime for that period (with maybe a couple of days off here and there - all a bit up in the air atm). I am not looking forward to it (it is winter - the kids will definitely get sick at some point. Agh!) but the money will definitely come in handy - hopefully we can get ahead a bit rather than just catching up.
Hope everyone else is well and those babies are all keeping you busy but happy. xx
Quick update as I run out the door. 10 of our 11 embies have grown big and strong enough to be biopsied today. Hopefully I'll get results later this afternoon. I was reading some sites on the net last night and for someone that is 30 the risk of an embie having any chromosomal abnormality is only 1 in 385. How on earth did we get 5 out of 5 with problems last time?! Fingers crossed that this means all our embies will be nice and healthy this time!
yay for good number of embies to test! will post again soon - just about to feed E then hopefully c will be home and we can go shopping!
:crossfingers: for you, K. Let us know how you get on. xx
Well, we still didn't get the best news. Of the 10 embies tested, one is healthy at this stage for transfer. Please please please let it keep growing healthy over the next couple of days and then want to make a home in my tummy.
Seven of the embies all had chromosome problems. The other two had cells removed and had no nucleus. They were able to only take one cell from one, but the other they could take two cells from, and both had no nuclei. She said that was rather strange. What was even stranger, was that one of the other embies had a cell removed and had no nucleus too. They were able to take a second cell from that one, but there were major abnormalities (two X's, two Y's, triples of some chromosomes, four copies of others...). I don't know why we are getting so unlucky with these precious embies :( She said that they generally see a rate of about 50% of embies with abnormalities, so I'm guessing that the 1 in 385 statistic that I read about is problems found at birth or maybe amnio's... She said when they are looking at embies that are so young the rate is much higher.
I just want my healthy baby!!!
Oh hun sending you the bigest cyber :hug:
Stay positive it truly does sux BUT all you need is one as they say and I :pray: that this little one is a fighter.
Although we did not have any testing done prior to transfer I understand the stress of only having one. Both my cycles even with all the eggs we only ever got to transfer one and had no back up.....but here we are with Aaron...so it proves that one is all you need one.
Sending your little embie all the growing vibes in the world!!
Agreed with Nic - Krystie we only had one 'good' embryo, we used to call him Rocky remember? Cos he was a fighter! These days we call him Bailey ................ tehehehee
It only takes one!!
Will post properly later, busy busy as are we all!
Nay
x
Evening girls! How are you all? Looking forward to your first Mother's Day (newbie Mums)? It will be a quiet one for me..maybe I'll go shopping and buy myself a new doona.....you do NOT want to know how many years I've been sleeping under the same duck down feathers.ewww. I will have to ask Yassie to get Cara to hand make me a little card with her handprints or something. :)
Krystie: All the best with the embie..I am sure she'll be the fighter that you need! Like Nay and Nic say, Bailey & Aaron were their only ones. :)
Haven't done the photo shoot. Mostly because Laura keeps picking at her face. It's just really getting me down...this has been going on about a month..started with one chin scratch (from falling over outside), and then 2 or so more..and keeps going... She constantly picks at any little scratch on her face and I put a band aid on, and it will come off, or she'll scratch as soon as it's almost healed again.. I don't know why she is doing it. :( If anyone has ideas..please feel free to express them. And no, I don't think wearing mittens or having her nails cut short has helped at all.
AMY: LOL@Phoebe staring at the boob. They are so cute when they do that. It is their first love (besides us) I guess hehe
Cara has taken to bitting me a lot during a feed....I try to tell her again and again not to use teeth....but I wonder if she really gets it.. I have teeth marks in my nipples after she goes to sleep feeding.. ALl the kids did it though... Geez us Mums are tough!
I am getting a photo book done sometime, and I might get one of those mugs done (that you get free with this weeks WOman's Day). I sent away for some persoalised playing cards yesterday too (from usa company)..you can add 57 different designs (photos) to the cards..it's something for my Mum and me. Hope they turn out ok. Love that you can buy anything from anywhere in the worl cause of the web. Snapfish and some others only seem to use ONE photo for a pack of playing cards..that's a bit boring I think. I like how I can choose princessy photos of Cara for the Queen of Hearts card for example hehe
I took some pics of Cara as Snow White..I'm so happy with them!! I would love to buy an even better camera than I have.....I keep seeing ones with more mega pixels coming out hehe..I have 10..I want 14!! LOL
Cara is just this week starting to use her walker (you know..that Hello Puppy Vtech one Nay?). Took her to a friends house and she was using the walker there too. SHe stood up today on my bed and let go a few times too...testing out her balance. :)
She saw some kids on tv having a bath tonight and she pointed and said "Bah!" (for bath) ...so cute. It was actually that Tori Spelling show..>Tori and Dean in HOllywood...and it was her kids hehe
Ciao ladies....have a great day Sunday!
Hi girls, this is just because they are going to shut us down on here for awhile I think tonight.
Krystie- Hope it all goes well for your transfer tomorrow? Will they do it on a Sunday? I agree with the girls about only needing one. And considering that you are so fertile then i guess you would have only transferred one in anyway? Or would they let you put in two? Anyway fingers and toes crossed that you get a BFP very soon.
Amy- Honey so sorry to hear that you are sick again. You must be knackered!
We are well. Jemima has her 8th tooth and she seems to be settling down again and being alot more happy. She has had a tough couple of months with 6 teeth coming thru since feb. I won't stay. I will see if I can come on and post again tonight. but I have to keep cooking tea
Love Bella
Krystie - hope all went well today
Amy - hope your Mothers Day was sickness free
Happy Mothers Day everyone, I am off to look up slow cooker recipes ......... now that I have one - VERY exciting! Thought it would be a few more pays till I bought one, but my Mummy turned the tables on me and bought me one! YAY for lovely Mums!
Will post properly soon
Nay
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Naomi - did you just get a new avatar or have I just not noticed previously?
DH's turn on PC - might be back later or in the morning.
All good here.
Just wanted to post in the new forum..LOL!!
Hope you all had a fantastic Mothers Day!!
We spent the day in doors as Mister has been a bit off for a couple of days.....but I found the cause today tooth #6....but not cut in as yet just seeing the tip.
DH made me yummy b/fast and bought me a beautiful card, a really cute (kids) Mummy book and a little monkey that says Mummy's little monkey.
All in all a dream come true to have my First Mothers Day
Nah, I updated it a while back - just after christmas - maybe its more noticable in the new forums? Seeing your post Vic reminded me that I had the weirdest dream last night, I was staying in Melbourne for a week for work with one of my work colleagues - and we ended up staying with you guys LOL, I was missing Bailey like crazy so I was having my baby fix by playing up a storm with CJ hahahahahahaha:
Oh, and Baileys new grobag arrived on Friday - thanks :)
Happy Mothers Day lovely mummies. Krystie hope it all went well and you are feeling positive. Naomi I have a banging lamb shank receipe. It has been handed down for generations so I know it by heart but haven't got it written down. i will do it for you tomorrow.
Love Bella
hey guys ive been quiet for a while just having money troubles and worrying about jamies birthday which is only in 6 days im too excited but dead coz hes been sick and its really running me down
hope everyone had an awesome mummies day xoxoxox
Jacinta: Sorry you have been so tired. I sort of know the feeling, except I'm not preggers on top of that! Hope J gets better soon and you can get some rest. Bummer about the money stuff. I know how that feels too. How exciting that you are about to have a little 1yo!
Bella: Glad J's teething has settled a bit. Talk about knackered.
Nay: Woohoo @ the slow cooker! Yay for mum!
Nic: Sounds like you had a wonderful day :) Hope A is feeling better soon - sorry to hear he's not well.
Vic: Glad you are doing well.
Cathy: I think I must've had a really good run with the breastfeeding/biting caper. I have been lucky that my girls haven't bitten much and not hard when they did. I don't think I'd have the determination to stick with it if they were drawing blood :o
Sorry about Laura's face. It is hard to know what's going on in a little kid's mind. Does Laura respond well to positive reinforcement/reward systems? I was never a fan but I decided I'd had enough of Natalie's puddles on the floor so I introduced a sticker chart with a chocolate reward when she got 10 stickers. There have been 0 accidents since we started! Not sure if it'd be workable with Laura's situation, but some incentive is always good. Maybe she finds the scratches really itchy when they are healing? I remember finding grazes on my knees very itchy. It's just a bummer that it's on the sensitive skin of her face.
KL: Hope today went really well, babe. xx
Had a lovely mothers day here. The girls made me some craft at childcare - a bookmark and picture from Phoebe (she had arranged crepe paper on some cardboard then they put contact over the top) and handprints on heart-shaped paper from Natty saying, "Mum, I hand you my heart". LOL. Cute. Corny but cute. After church this morning we went up to the shops and bought a new coffee grinder (our old one died and we've been struggling along with only decaf for a couple of weeks now as that was the only ground coffee we had in the house!). I had a voucher from my birthday which I decided to put towards it so we could get a good one. Then we had lunch with my folks which was relaxing. I didn't do much in the way of chores today. Yippee!
Off to bed - who knows what Phoebe will do tonight. She's all over the place these days. Happy Mothers' Day to you all. xxx
I hope you all had a magical Mother's Day! Mine was wonderful. Kyson and Bobby gave me 3 gorgeous charms for my pandora bracelet. One is a little boy, one is a little girl, and the other is a round bead with small hearts made out of 'mother of pearl'! They are so beautiful and thoughtful and of course made me cry, hehe. Gosh I love my boys so much!!!
Our embryo transfer went very well today. Our amazing little girl has been growing well and was already starting to hatch :) We got a photo and I think she is absolutely gorgeous. Here she is! I already love her so much so I hope so badly that she implants and grows strong! The transfer went perfectly and I could even see the media containing the embryo expelled from the catheter on the ultrasound (embryo is too small to see of course). Come on little one! You can do it!
I'm keeping an eye on my tummy though, because it's still pretty swollen. I already look pregnant! I'm not sure if it's still because of the EPU still, or whether it's the Crinone gel bloating me. The crinone gel is not fun. It's making me a bit sleeping, a bit dizzy, and a bit nauseous. Similar to mild morning sickness. Hopefully it's just getting me ready for pregnancy ;) I just checked my weight though and I'm up 2kg, so I'll keep a close eye on myself in case of OHSS.
Kyson is also keeping me on my toes. I think his 6th tooth is finally deciding to cut through soon, and in the afternoons he has been quite a stink bug! He just has massive tanty's if I put him down, or if I move, or if I move him away from something, etc. Gosh this boy knows how to throw a good tanty! Hopefully the tooth will come through and things will calm down soon. He's still a sweet little boy though mostly, hehe. He's now saying "ta" when he wants something, and he loves to share his food and toys with me. So cute!
everything is crossed for you KL!
sorry i haven't been on much - with birthday and mothers day, and making sure it was all "just so" for mum and friends, i have become a bit of a hermit - oh, and E has been very full on - not in a bad way, just in an "i have no time to post" way! at the moment she has her walker pushed into my knee, standing over it, tapping me on the knee and telling me some tale or other - no idea what it is today - she never stops talking!
Apologise for also being MIA - no real reason just feeling shattered at the moment and not thinking in an orderly fashion - not sure why - CJ is waking occasionally in the night for a feed but then sleeps in longer so I don't think is that. The weather perhaps - who knows! Yesterday I turned up for an ABA meeting a week early! This evening got very cross at DH for laughing saying I will never sell my charity chocolates (MG meets at community house, every other year each MG has to raise 200 dollars so we are selling chocolates).
CJ has also become a boob monster again, she really seems to love the boob again, number of feeds has gone back up and she has that blissed out look when she is feeding again like when she was a newborn - is quite nice but if she wakes up at night her hands are freezing and she likes to stroke them!
Hope all goes well Krystie.
Right well am off to go to bed early see if I can break the cycle of tiredness! Hopefully tomorrow you will see a new and improved Vic.
I'll buy some mate!! Then you can have the last laugh at DH! :D I am so much of a chocoholic that even paying postage wont deter me LMAO: