hahaha, thank you ladies! I feel so special to have my own fan club! LOL!
You ladies mean the world to me, i love you all also!
Madame i know exactly what you mean, you me and natty in the back of the classroom - probably a good thing it never happened! haha, don't know how well the poor teachers would have coped. I'm totally keen to visit my bestie in melbourne too, not sure when it'll happen, we have to wait for her to get her own place, atm she's staying at a mates aunty's house (yea, musicians! they'll live anywhere i swear!) But i promise when i head that way i'll seek you out! haha! Would love to meet in person, same with you ubba! We could have our personal little bellybelly meet up!
Thanks for the lovely comments on my kiddies too, i think they're gorgeous aswell! but i may be slightly biased. Seriously, no idea where the olive skin comes from! People often joke to my mum that i'm the milkmans (cause my skin is quite olive aswell, and my sisters is soo pastey white!). I think its going to be the same with Kaili and Theo. Her skin is beautiful and olive, & he is white white - in the sun his hair even has tinges of orange
700grams in two weeks is awesome!! Well done! Must have the "full cream" variety as natty phrases it, hahaha (love it!). 5 minutes on a side sounds dream like! If only theo was like that, he's a sleeper - takes forever because i keep having to wake him! Two weeks off for your DH sounds well deserved! I can only imagine how hard it must be having your own business, holidays would be few and far between. Have fun at the beach, perfect weather for it!
Oh also i know what you mean about the 2.5 hour drive! Yikes! You're brave! We had to go to Townsville (4 hours) for Theo's circ, and i swear... i was on suicide watch afterwards!!! hahaha! (yes i can laugh about it now, but at the time it was no laughing matter!) The 4 hour drive took 7 hours... need i say more?? On the drive home, a portable DVD player, and 4 new Dora DVDs helped us reduce it to 5 hours (i now have a true appreciation for DVDs, haha).
arimeh i know how you feel re the bad sleepers! DD is a nightmare to get to bed! Has been since she was a newborn. for about the first year her bed time was 11:30, and NOTHING i did would change it! My mum thought i was exagerating, then she had to babysit overnight when DD was 8 months and couldn't believe it!! haha, i just laughed and said told ya so. She fights it till the end... even now its like a bomb.. and you have carefully leave without the slightest noise or it'll explode! hehehe. Touch wood, so far Theo has been great *touching wood as i type, haha*
Kymmy my gosh!! he's in crawlers already!! WOW!! Can't wait to see some more pics of him, chubby babies are just the cutest, they make my heart melt! hehe. Im definately keen for another baby too, but i'm not ready just yet! Will probably start trying again near his birthday (as we did with Kaili). How many do you want in your family? Oh and how is your daughter adjusting to archie?? i hope all is well
Natty, i'm glad i'm not the only one putting bub to sleep on their belly. Theo settles sooo well on it. I agree tho, the sensor pads are a must. Just to help ease your mind a little. Also i read that a fan in the room also helps reduce the risk of SIDS, so i've been putting the split system fan on high (but i checked to make sure it didn't affect the sensor pads first, because they can even pick up on fans). I can't believe she is 4.6kg either! Makes me really grasp how tiny all your bubbies were. Theo was 4.5kg born....
I'm so glad your '6 week moment' has arrived, and youre feeling more relaxed with everything Being a mum is tough work - no doubt about it!
Alison - i know what you mean about the work. I never ended up going back for the same thinking your on atm. I thought, i'll go back to work, already be pregnant, work for what... 3 - 4 months?? it just wasn't worth it in my books, missing out on the quality time with DD for a bit of extra cash. I always wanted my kids close together, so now i can't see me going back until we've had all our babies. Even then i think i'll wait until they're in school. DH doesn't want me to go back at all, his mum was a worker, and he grew up in an empty house (she was always working), and he doesn't want that for his kids. Good luck with your decision!
Ubba - sooo glad i'm not the only cranky mummy! ALthough i must say i had a good chuckle at the "stop laughing too loud" That's something i would say! AHh, i need to take some chill pills! Actually today when i was hanging out the washing (wahoo for kaili, outside time!), i actually took the COVER OFF OF THE SAND PIT! OMG!! Poor thing! I know exactly how you feel, i don't want kaili to resent the baby either. But its so hard... When bubs finally asleep the LAST thing you want to do is clean and do jobs, but its the only time - so where do you get the time to also do scrapbooking, play cars, get the playdough out etc. I'm sure we'll get back into the swing of things, we just need time
haha, wow - i really should have just titled this post, "Dear Madame.. " hahaha. Who has the obsession now, huh?
Amelia's 6 week check with the child health nurse went really well. She passed with flying colours She is now 4.5 kgs - almost exactly a kilo heavier than her birth weight, so her weight and head circumference is right in the 50th percentile. She is 57.9 cms in length which puts her in the 90th percentile so definitely a tall girl! DH said, well at least she won't be a short a*se like you and I said yes and luckily her head is small like mine and not massive like yours LOL! He has a big head ha ha....polish genes! That shut him up.
Tomorrow I'm going to call and see if I can get into a mums and bubs aqua class, I miss my aqua class and I desperately want to get rid of some weight, I haven't shifted the last 8 kgs and am now starting to feel depressed. I can't fit into any of my pre pregnancy skirts if they have zips, I can't do them up and I have this gut that makes me look a little pregnant only floppy!!!!!! Who said BF'ing drops the kilos, doesn't for me, unless it's because I'm not producing enough to burn the calories, typical, just my luck!
hey all just found the new thread...been too busy with house work and no comp time anymore....serenity has a yuck nose still and had a crap sleep and i cbf reading through all the long posts sorry...
arimeh the day niesha turned 3 she started getting an attitude for no reason i think it is the age
took all the kids to the shop yesterday by yself and it wasnt that bad we all survived only just lol...couldnt do it without the 3 seater pram someone wouldve died then lol
Telly: I thought i just wanted 3 kids but i'm not so sure now! I'm from a big family (I have 7 sisters and 1 brother) and we all had a great time growing up. My poor DD was an only child for the first 10 years and i don't want Archie to be lonely like she was. He'll always have her but the age gap is so big he'll feel like an only child iykwim? Soooo i dunnnoooo! Maybe 3, maybe 4 or maybe we'll do a brad and angie and adopt one from every country in the world!! I'll just keep my options open..
Brittney is adapting better than i thought she would! She is a real mummy's girl but she doesn't mind sharing me at all... i think if Archie was a girl it might be a different story! She likes being the only girl! She is sooo good with him! She is really maternal, always looking after people's little ones and she loves animals and is generally a really caring girl so she is great with the baby. She helps to put him to sleep, dress him and change his nappy. I'm pretty lucky really! She is a great help!!
AFM: I've had a really sad day today. Brit is really into her ponies. We have three here at the moment, one of which is on lease. He is the only one she can ride cos the other pony is 32 this year and can't be ridden anymore and the third is a big horse. He is the most beautiful pony, an angel.. never puts a foot wrong. We have leased this pony for the last two years (he is worth ALOT of money, not something we could afford right now) and knew he had to go eventually but we got the phone call the other day and he has to go on the 20th of this month... Brit is DEVASTATED to say the least.. She cannot stop crying! She wants to leave home so she doesn't have any reminders of him cos she'll be too sad! It is so horrible.. she is so distraught and there is not a thing i can do about it! And the worst thing is that he is being transported over to Qld so we will probably never see him again.
So i have spent the day consoling a ten year old, a six week old and then promptly bursting into tears myself
Had Archie weighed today and he now weighs 5560g which is great. Can't believe how fast they grow. I'll have to put up some recent pics of him on FB.
Does everyone's babies still have the hard lumps under the nipples? I am worried Archie might have mastitis in his left one cos it seems as though it is getting bigger. The Child health nurse said it did feel a bit larger than what she'd expect so has told me to keep an eye on it.
Is anyone else still bleeding? I thought it had stopped but apparently not!
Sorry for poor me post....
Have a lovely night x x x
Kymmy - that is so sad about the Pony - your poor DD, I really feel for her.. she must be absolutely inconsolable... haven't noticed anything under the nipples but will have a poke when she wakes up.. LOL Oh and nope, not bleeding. Thought I got AF the other day, my undies got a bit soaked, and then some brown when I wiped, and then nothing!! So don't know what THAT was.
Heavenly - ooh a 3 seater pram, that sounds good!!! At the moment if we have to walk anywhere, DS walks, DD1 goes in our pram and DD2 goes in a sling. If its just to the shops though we chuck DD1 in a trolley instead. Need to get rid of our pram and just get a stroller cos it takes up too much room in the car, considering we hardly use it!!
Glad to know my 3 year old is normal.....
Alison - yup tall kids here too. Can't remember which check up it was for DD1 but she was like on the 115th percentile for height - she wayyyy off the charts.. pmsl... DD2 isn't as tall, she is only 56cms at 7 weeks, so I think she got a bit of my short genes and not the genes from DH's family (nobody is under 6 foot tall in his family - even his nana is about 6 foot 2!!) Our wedding pictures are quite funny though (on FB for those interested) cos we have ones of his family and my family - and my family are sooo short compared to his.. bwahahaha.. and try not to worry too much about the 8kg - you only just had a baby!!! They say it takes 9 months to put on and 9 months to take off, so try to go easy on yourself
Hi to everyone else
DD2 is still sleeping, she is still off her morning bottle a bit, only had about 80ml this morning and then went to sleep really easily and I have resettled twice so far, she seems to wake up every 20mins or so, so I just see if I can get her back to sleep - twice been successful this morning, so its a good day!! haha!! DD1 still has high temps and is cranky as all heck, and very clingy, both the older kids are at the table with me at the moment playing with play doh and I'm on here. Probably should be playing with them I suppose.. LOL
I have been lingering but havent had time to post...
Glad all the babies are putting on weight...Abbey is now 5.1kgs - she put on about 450gms in 2 weeks so I'm happy with that....
I have mastitis at the moment and I feel terrible....my right boob is completely sore and red and looks terrible....at least when Abbey feeds though it's not too bad....I feel like I have a head cold...I know they say that you have flu like symptoms with mastitis but that's what's killing me..I was so achy last night I could hardly move and it was about 30 degrees and I had a jumper on and couldnt stop my teeth from chattering...the the other extreme this morning when I had the AC on at 6:30am!! Have started antibiotics today so they should help...nothing's easy is it!!
Kymmy - Sad news about your pony....poor girl having to deal with that...when you had mastitis did you feel like you had the flu? Maybe I actually do have a head cold and it's nothing to do with that??
Gotta go, visitor here...write later - hope you're all doing well!!!
Hi Kymmy - oh no that's so sad re the pony . I feel so sad for your daughter, why is the pony going to Queensland????? I wish I could buy it for her hee hee. You'll have to try and find another one to lease and surprise her with it, will take her time to get over the other one but I'm sure another will help. Do they really live that long, same as standard size horsies? I'm not up with horses but I do love them, they have beautiful eyes horses. My mum had a couple across from her house when she lived down south in Denmark and we used to go over and feed them carrots and apples, so cute. As for the bleeding, mine stopped after 4 weeks for a week and a half and then came back again and only just finishing now and I'm nearly at 7 weeks!!!! I thought it might be AF but I don't think so cause it was really light in amount and not bright red, more the dark red and then went into the brown and then yellow - sorry TMI but it was more like what they describe the locchia (sp?). Either way I just want it to go away, I want to go swimming on Sunday again in this 42 degree heat, gulp! Actually, does anyone know an you use tampons after 6 weeks then?
Hi Arimeh - gosh yours are tall too! DH is just under 6'3", I'm 5'3" and my whole family are short so not from my side. My great grandmothers nickname was Minnie as she was so tiny and my grandfather was only 5'4"! My nana was taller than him ha ha.
Hi Shayna - you poor girl, that sounds so awful, I really hope the drugs kick in soon and help you, not nice in the heat, yuk. I have been lucky not to get mastitis but the roids or tear or whatever is in my bum is bad enough, getting there but taking it's time, it's so ouchy when I poo ha ha!
AFM - got 5 hours out of Amelia last night, when we woke at 3.00 am I BF'd her, then topped her up with expressed milk (3 days worth of 80mls that's how sad my milk is), I went to put her back in her bassinette and I put the dummy in her mouth (I bought Happy Baby ones yesterday so they're a bit bigger as someone told me they stay in better than the Nuk ones I was using) and I think I pushed it in when she wasn't ready and made her gag and she power spewed all her milk all over me and the floor. It even woke up DH as it hit the carpet ha ha. So, of course, then she was hungry so had to get some formula to fill her up again!!!! Talk about a waste of my expressed milk, that stuff is like friggin gold to me!!!!!!
Well, best go, she's fallen asleep in her swing.....might take the opportunity to actually eat breakfast now it's 9.00 am and might even have a shower, lucky me!!!
kymmy, you poor thing as well as your daughter... hope you dont feel to bad.. it must be so horrible to see her so sad and you cant do anything about it as much as you would love too im sure!!! i stop bleeding and then start again acouple of days later. have you been doing alot?? its been 4 days so im hoping its not going to start again now... but it would stop one day and then start again after a busy day.. (or if i was naughty and had been jumping on the kids tramp) had to have a few days of doing nothing to get it to stop, was getting worried!! hope Archie comes right soon.
Alison, glad to hear Amelia's 6 week check went well
Heavenly, hope bubs gets better soon!
JDsMum, sori to hear you have mastitis at the moment, hope those antibiotics work fast and you feel better soon.
took Ella for her 6 week cheak with our doctor... said shes perfict, just her head with the frontal fontanelle being small is his only concern.
we had decided 3 was going to do it for us... but im ejoying it soooooooo much that i can see me going in for nother in a year or 2. however my mum has been warning me to keep it to 3 as she had 4 and has problems now with a common acurance with a Uterus prolapse, have any of you had any problems with your body from having a large number of kids?? only answer if your comfortable doing so
You're brave! We had to go to Townsville (4 hours) for Theo's circ, and i swear... i was on suicide watch afterwards!!! hahaha! (yes i can laugh about it now, but at the time it was no laughing matter!) The 4 hour drive took 7 hours... need i say more?? On the drive home, a portable DVD player, and 4 new Dora DVDs helped us reduce it to 5 hours (i now have a true appreciation for DVDs, haha).
Being a mum is tough work - no doubt about it!
That's something i would say! AHh, i need to take some chill pills! Actually today when i was hanging out the washing (wahoo for kaili, outside time!), i actually took the COVER OFF OF THE SAND PIT! OMG!!
Poor thing! I know exactly how you feel, i don't want kaili to resent the baby either. But its so hard... When bubs finally asleep the LAST thing you want to do is clean and do jobs, but its the only time - so where do you get the time to also do scrapbooking, play cars, get the playdough out etc. I'm sure we'll get back into the swing of things, we just need time
She is now 4.5 kgs - almost exactly a kilo heavier than her birth weight, so her weight and head circumference is right in the 50th percentile. She is 57.9 cms in length which puts her in the 90th percentile so definitely a tall girl! DH said, well at least she won't be a short a*se like you and I said yes and luckily her head is small like mine and not massive like yours LOL! He has a big head ha ha....polish genes! That shut him up. 
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