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HI Ladies
Peanutter you continue to amaze me with your strength & determination. I'm wondering if Josh's little sceaming while feeding bouts are just a thing they go through. Aly has been playing around with her bottle heaps the last few days & hasn't really been eating much. Little rat!! She's normally so good.
Wow off to Jersey Yules. That will be fun. You guys are seeing so much of the world. My boss packed up his family earlier this year & moved them to LA. His boys are both under 5 so he figured it was a good time with them so young.
Well not much happening here really. Aly's legs are definitely getting heaps stronger with all her jumping, though she still hasn't rolled over unassisted or tried crawling with great enthusiasm. Not to worry, I guess she will get there in her own time. She does enjoy laughing at me when I try to show her what to do!!
Ok, well enjoy your Sundays. xo
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Oh & I forgot, have finally got some info which will hopefully lead to me being in a Mum's group. I am going to a 6 week course run by the CHN all about infant development, library facilities, swimming, etc so hopefully might meet some nice people there. Will be good to have Aly grow up with some other bubs around her age.
Ok, see ya!
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Peta I was reading Max's little development book the other day and he was about 7 months when he rolled over for the first time unassisted. He was just so lazy! It didn't bother him....he just sat! Darcie is trying hard to roll over, and has done it once, but she pretty much just rolls onto her side and looks around that way. Max was also 10 months when he crawled...so they are all definitely different.
Didn't you get put into a Mothers Group with your CHN already? What a bummer. It will be good the group your joining though....it's fantastic having a support network around. I love all my MG friends.
So I guess Collingwood won....DH has been out watching it and now he's not answering his phone.....he will be divorced shortly!
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Yep Stinkin' Collingwood :p Because I had Aly in Brisbane & live 2 hours north on the Sunny Coast I wasn't able to join any groups direct from hospital & they didn't really offer me any advice on who to see here on the coast. My GP has done all check-ups & needles since & hasn't offered any help on groups either. So a friend of mine let me know about this one she is going to. I just want Aly to be able to socialise with other kids more being that she's an only child at the moment.
Well not much on today here. Might head to the beach for a walk & that's about it. What a life!!
xo
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I on the other hand have collossally *huge* plans for today!
I am going to walk to the post office, and post two letters. One is a reply paid thingie to my bank, the other is a "Return To Sender". I might even sing the Elvis song as we do it. Mwahahahaha. Beat that, spudnik.
Oh, and we got Joshie's jabbies this morning. He's not a fan.
Hope all are well xoxo
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You crack me up Peanutter!! Glad to hear you're getting out & about.
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Peanutter: Glad to hear all went well with your op and your on the mend. Hahahaha, your *huge* plans sound like all I'm going to do today too, and I don't have any excuse other than I'm feeling real lazy today...... :rolleyes: I remember Deacon went through a similar thing with his BFing about a couple of months ago. I was getting real frustrated but it only lasted for a few weeks. Now his big game is to go hammer and tongs for about 5 mins pull off, give me a big grin, look around, get back on and go hammer and tongs for a couple of minutes and repeat. He is also getting distracted a lot more easily these days too, which makes it worse.
Peta: Yay to you being able to get into a Mum's group. I found the info sessions really helpful and I now meet up with the other mum's once a week for coffee and a chat. There are 10 of us and they are all lovely. That's great that Aly's strength is growing. It's unbelievable how quickly the bubs develop at this age. Deacon is also only interested in rolling onto his side at the moment. He absolutely loves sitting and standing up though. He is not quite able to do both on his own, but we only have to lightly hold onto him. He gets the proudest look on his face and when I tell him he's a "clever little boy" he gets the biggest smile on his face. When laid on his belly he is moving his legs like he is getting ready to crawl. Won't be too much longer before he's mobile then watch out!!!!!
Yules: Hehehehe, that's it. Must work to pay for ebay addiction..... :shakehead: Wow, off to Jersey next year. I admire how well you handle all the moving around and being so far from your family. At least you will be in Perth for Christmas. That will be nice :)
MT: Hope Jett's terrible two's don't last for too long for you.
AFM: Our weekend on the coast was a wash out!!!! It rained pretty much the whole time and when it wasn't raining it was a windy as all buggery.... Sunday afternoon it looked like the rain was gone for a while so we decided to take Deacon on his first boat ride. Turned out terrible. We got him into his little life jacket okay, took a couple of pictures. He looked so cute :) We got to the fishing spot and DH and his dad throw their fishing lines in a couple of times when WHAMO a big downpour hit. DH drove the boat into shore, which was unfortunately against the wind/white caps and we got saturated. Deacon wasn't too bad as I had him cuddled into my chest and wrapped my rain jacket around us both. He started crying but was fine by the time we got back to the caravan. Poor little darling ended up with a cold and guncky eyes but is on the mend and not looking too bad today. Hopefully our next trip away will be more of a success.
I have put Deacon's name down for a baby workshop that is held by the lady near us who does swimming lessons. She said that it will start around the end of November when the weather warms up a bit more. She gave me some good pointers on how to start introducing him to the water in the meantime.
Well I gotta go and hang out the 5th load of washing for the day!!!! That's the only trouble with going away, having to deal with the back-log of dirty clothes/towels/sheets when you return home.....
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Peanutter Collossal plans sounded very exciting....mine usually consist of wake up....internet (while Darcie is still sleeping) Max watch Bob the Builder....breakfast....feed, walk darcie around the complex in the pram to put her to sleep while Max comes dragging Daddy's wheelie computer bag.....then it usually starts to rain, so we have to wait for that to be over before we can go out or do anything exciting. It sux being stuck in this little place when it's raining! I try and tell Maxy that he can swim when it's raining coz he's alreay wet, but he freaks out at the fat rain! How is the feeding etc going with Josh and how are you recovering from your Op?
Peta That makes sense....of course with the hospital and where you live. I had the same issue when I had Darcie....but because I was at the same hospital with Max I went to the same CHN I went to with him....but then they transferred Darcies file to near Mum's place. When I go HOME I will get it transferred back! When does your course start? I hope it is full of other awesome mums that you can spark some life long friendships with. They will be very special to you and your motherhood journey :)
Cass Bummer about the yucky boat trip! I put Darcie in the pool here for the first time the other day...she really loved it. The water was quite warm as it's been so hot here lately, and she just stayed close to me. It was nice to be able to do that, but I am a bit reluctant as it is so highly clorinated what with all the people living here....and I'm delaying her 4 month vaccinations till we get home next month. Oh and thanks....re the moving! I've done it for a while now so I'm pretty used to it! I'm just glad that Mum is coming to Jersey with us, and the dog - my first baby!
MT How is Jett now....still being a little terror!? Max just has his days, but overall he really is pretty good. The bad always stands out more than the good which is a bit of a sad thing!
My little boy is going to be 3 next week! OMG I can't believe it. Time goes so so fast girls (incase you haven't already noticed) so to those who are first time mummas, you really really really just have to suck all the time up!! They grow too fast. I look at Darcie and realise that it wasn't that long ago that Max was the same, and now, he's walking around, taking himself to the loo, telling me he loves me as much as his daddy loves collingwood!! They are such a gift! Sigh!
DH bought me a new spiffy camera for an early Christmas present. I wanted it for Max's birthday, and so I can take pics of Singapore before we leave.....it's amazing! I'm the newest paparazzi....the kids have this thing in their face constantly and I only got it on Monday! LOL!
My Mum gets here on Friday too so I'm a bit excited about that. Max is also! What an awesome birthday present for him!
Well that is all...hope everyone is well...it would be nice to see a few more of us in here again!!! C'Mooonnnnnnnn!!
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Thanks ladies for your well wishes.
I am feeling ok, but I have to say, my nether-regions just don't feel quite right ... feels like things are in the wrong spot, the wrong shape, and much worse than before the surgery. It's also sore, and leaky, and yuck.
But I am healing, the swelling seems to be going down (slowly) and God willing, the actual hole has been patched up properly ... it seems to have been.
Joshua is doing very well, but now that I'm at home, he seems to have settled into a 3-hourly routine, which is a problem because when I'm at work, I won't be able to pump three times during the work day, and I obviously can't do it on the train! So in the 11 hours I'm out, I will only be able to pump twice, not three times, so we're going to try to get him back into his normal 4-hourly routine over the next few days ... yipes!
But he's turned into the biggest mumma's boy on the planet in the past week, since I've been home from the hospital ... I'm loving the extra time with him, but we're making sure he still spends loads of lovely time with daddy, so that it's not upsetting for him when I go back to work on Monday.
yules - my day at the mo consists of getting up, getting dressed, feeding Josh, sleeping, feeding Josh, eating, watching something on the box, feeding Josh, having a shower, watching or reading or writing, feeding Josh ... you get the drill ... whereas normally, I get up, express, dress, go to work, work/pump/work/pump/work, train home, feed Josh, bathe with Josh, dry/massage/settle Josh, eat dinner, feed Josh, spend time with DH, express and go to bed.
Not quite the dancing on tables hijinks of my youth, but I enjoy it :D
Happy birthday to little (BIG) Max! How exciting :) I know that I'm going to blink, and suddenly be buying school uniforms for Joshua, and wondering what on earth we did with all our time before we had 2 (or 3 ...) little people in our lives... And yay to your new camera! Hope you get plenty of great pics. And I hope you have a great time with your mum :) And how great that you'll be able to have your dog with you again!! You must miss him so...
peta - I hope the mothers group is awesome for you, and a great support network! And great for all of our bubbas to grow up with familiar faces and playmates, etc :)
cass - ugh, you're brave! hopefully you'll have better weather next time :) Josh loves the bath and shower (and we've been "conditioning" him for having water poured on his face which he's fine with now, and knows to hold his breath etc) and I'm looking forward bigtime to being able to get him into the pool ... I'm not allowed to get in myself for many weeks, so we need to decide whether I'll go and watch DH, or whether we'll just wait for when I can come in too ...
everyone else - hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! hope you're all well and happily stalking, even if you don't have time to write :D
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Just a quick one for now.
Our little darling rolled over all on his own :dance:
He rolled onto his tummy looked around for a minute then rolled onto his back. I grabbed our video camera and was able to capture him doing it again about 20 minutes later.
Hope you all have lovely weekends.
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:clap: Yay Cass!! What a great surprise for you. Well done Deacon :clap:
How is everyone's weekend looking? At this point in time ours looks wet & DH probably really doesn't mind that as the V8's are on at Bathurst so it is TV all weekend anyway. Nothing much to report here. Our 2 fur children have both been at the vet the last couple of weeks for op's. Big chunk of $$ missing from our pockets now but you get that. One had a lump removed (which turned out to be a benign tumour) & the other cracked her canine tooth vertically & had to get that out. Oh well, its only money.
Happy birthday to Max for next week!! Wow 3! I bet we'll all be there in seemingly no time with these little ones.
Ok, enjoy your weekends & we'll speak soon. xo
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weekend is undecided ... I have some bridesmaid stuff I really should be doing, but am worried that if I spend all Saturday doing that, and then out for a lot of sunday (we go to church in the morning, and then to my parents' for lunch, and usually get home by 3pm) then I'll be no good for Monday morning, when I have to get back into my routine of getting up at 5.50am, expressing, and going to work!!
so I'm thinking of just going to part of it, to show I care etc, but am not willing to hurt myself ... I'm pretty sure this friend will understand - unlike the bridezilla waiting to emerge, from the other wedding I'm involved in!!
anyway, I'm sure it will work out, but I am planning on spending the weekend largely on my punanny, catching up on some work and resting, and taking plenty of time out with my mini milky monster.
hey, we had a weigh in today, and bub basically hasn't put on weight in 4 weeks ... he's gone up and down, but has only put on around 100gms in those 4 weeks ... the MCHN didn't seem concerned, but I am. should I be?
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Nuts (LOL Aussies always do that!) If your MCHN isn't concerned then I wouldn't be. If you are feeding him and he seems satisfied, happy, content....then all is probably fine but maybe he's feeling your punanny and hospital issues!! I guess as long as he's not at the bottom of the scale, then don't worry.....OR is he maybe growing in other ways instead...like he's longer, or his head has boofed out? In any case.....if there is a problem or you are concerned, starting with solids wouldn't be a bad thing I don't think. It might even take a bit of pressure off you.
Weekend Mum is here so I'll be playing around with her...I've got lots of pressies for Maxy to wrap! I'm so excited about his birthday! Got my new spiffy camera so plan on taking some pics of Singas before we leave here....Roll on November 7th!!
Well that is it for tonight...I'm off to bed!
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Hi girls :hello:
I'm here, just been reading more than posting. Things this end are going well, ds1 turns 5 on Wed! Can't believe he's going to be 5yrs old!!!! Where has my baby gone??? :cry:
Logan is going well, he rolled over (tummy to back) about a week ago and being the typical male seems to have forgotten how to do it so it hasn't happened since! :lol:
I had him weighed the other week and he's 7.7kg! Pretty much wearing the odd 00 outfit but most of his clothes are a 0! He's growing up too fast as well! :shakehead:
Me - I got my stupid period back yesterday! Not impressed with that! :wall: What happened to the lovely rumour that your period stayed away while breastfeeding! Lies!!!! And it's come back with a vengance! :doh:
Don't shoot me but....... anyone else thinking about going again????? :shhh:
Will be back later for persies, we have big kids family birthday lunch tomorrow at Sizzler then there'll be about 12 of us back here for cake and presents so I'm in major cleaning mode today! Well, trying to be! Enjoy your morning girls! :)
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**sneaks in**
hello u gorgeous may mummies!!! :hello: hmmm if only i could tip my hips like him these days!! :rofl:
have just done a bit of a read through sounds like everyone and their bubs are doing well!!! thats great to see!! :clap:
peanutter- glad to hear ur recovering ok after ur op, hope ur back to normal ASAP! :hug:
Yules- saw about ur move hun how flippin exciting is that?!?!!?!?!? :hooray: actually i think i was more excited for the fact charlie would be joining you guys!!
things are going well here, will be 28 weeks on monday!! its flying by!!!
im on forntightly appts after tuesdays appt and that freaks me out!! :lol:
have a scan on monday to make sure placenta has moved and will be interested to see where wormette is coz she has been breech since 20w and i dont think she has turned going by movements but we shall see!! will also see what the old cervix is doing as well, ive got a feeling it will have shortened a little but it should be a issue, will soon find out!
have been painting her room so for those of u im friends with on FB amr urselfs with a pair of sunnies to view thas photos this week sometime!!!
oh and we have started ante natal classes and thats fun too!!
well best be off MIL will be here anytime to do my housework for me so i need to do a pre clean before she gets here !!! :rofl:
miss you all!!!
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Morning Ladies! How are we all?
Crumpet great to hear from you. You are going to be holding your little girl in no time! Good luck for tommorrow's appointment, I'm sure everything will be fine.
Sharon, isn't Logan a clever boy?! Aly is not fitting too many 00 clothes either now & she is just over 7kgs. She doesn't really seem to like them tight at all so I just stick to the looser 0's. And yes, I do think about having another bub, but then I think I'm mad!! One of my friends just had her second and there is 12 months & 2 weeks between the two girls. I think she is asking herself if she was mad now, but this is how she planned to do it.
Yules, I hope you're all enjoying spending time with your Mum. It must be nice to see familiar people when you are so far away all the time.
Peanutter, hopefully you didn't do too much over the weekend and are ok for work today.
Well I have a question - how do I stop Alyssa rolling around in her cot & hitting her head on the side & throwing her arm out between the rails? She has one of those sleep positioners + a little pillow to try to fix a flat spot she has developed on her head. She throws all her blankets off, throws the pillow to the side & then ends up across the cot. I'm contemplating the barriers, but I know that you're not supposed to have those. I just hate waking up to her little head banging on the timber cot. She must be an active sleeper like me as I have done all sorts of strange movements in my sleep, inclduing giving DH a black eye. Anyway, any suggestions would be appreciated. DH thinks we just have to let her work out her space on her own.
Hi to all others. Enjoy your day, talk soon. xo
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Maybe give the barrier thingy a try? She'll still bump her head coz I think they're pretty thin but it should stop her getting her arms/legs stuck!
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Peta OR you can get one of those mesh thingy's you put around the cot. It's an air-wrap or something....Can't remember the name but I got one in Big W for Max. I will need it for Darcie too, she rolls and kicks all over the place.
Sharon I thought I had AF back but I'm not sure if it was now...it was really mild. YES I've thought about another, when I had a pang of jealousy that one of my Octo mums on BB is UTD and baby is due in May 2011!!! But then I decided I was crazy and want to spend some quality time with Darcie first. It's only fair!
Crumpet I always think of you and see your pics on FB! So glad things are going well. You're going to have your wormette in your arms in no time. How exciting!
BBL - Darcie is up and rolling around all over the bed....I'm scared she is going to roll off!!!
