hey ladies,
so much happening! something tells me this is going to be a long post! theo is kinda sleeping, i just put him down - so whether he stays there of not is a different question. I'm picking... 10 minutes and he'll wake up!

but first...
For all those mummy's with toddlers, how do you get them to bed? what is their napping routine? please talk to me about it. i'm going insane here, wondering what on earth i'm doing wrong??? kaili wakes normally around 7am, her nap is usually 1:30 to 3:00, sometimes its earlier (like 12:30 to 2:00), but she generally naps for 1.5 hours. I get her to nap, by putting her in her bed, reading 1 book, and walking out of the room. thats it. soo easy and lovely! her bedtime we try to make 8:00 to 8:30. This sleep however isn't so easy!
She kicks, screams, crys, yells, more books, mum lie down, dad where are you, crying more etc etc. This lasts for.. i kid you not about 1.5 hours before she finally crashes from exhaustion, the other night, i went to bed, DH said it was 11:00pm before she finally crashed... 2.5 hours!! !!!) WTF?? What am i doing wrong? why is it such a mission?
Was talking to my cousin on sunday about it, she was having the same problem with her dd, so she just closed the door and walked out one night, she cried for 40 min and finally fell asleep, did that for a week, and now she's an angel. put her in her bed, walk out, she's done! So i thought, you beauty, i'm doing this!
Did it last night, she cried for 20 minutes then fell asleep (breaking my heart along the way, "mummy, where are you?!?!" ), but then woke about an hour later (Theo woke her), so i struggled to get her down again, she then continued to wake 3 times during the night!!!!! Poor thing must have been waking horrified thinking.. is mummy back yet?? i felt sooo mean! Between her and Theo today i have felt like i'm about to DIE! sooo tired! So tonight.. we're back to square one. DH is in the room with her. Its only been 20minutes, so i'm sure i wont see him for a while yet.
So yes.. please tell me your secret ingredient for a great sleeper??

Natty i know what you mean about mikayla.. when she post that post up in our bb group i cried and cried.. hell i'm tearing up now just thinking about it. such a sad horrible thing to have happen. broke my heart .. I often go into her bb group and have a quick squizz just to see if she's been posting! lol, i'm such a stalker! but yes... i really feel protective of her too.. I was thinking when her bubby arrives (which it is soo going to!!!), i was going to get her a present and card from us all. Was thinking about it the other day, but the only way it would work is if i start it, post it to natty, natty signs the card, natty posts it to alison, alison signs the card, alison posts it to ubba, ubba posts etc etc etc if you get my drift. It would be a lot of work but i really would love to do something like that from us all.. OR we could make natty the last person to recieve it, then (only if you wanted natty), you could give it to her personally? Let me know if you guys are keen, it means we'd have to all share our postal addresses, so if you're not comfortable just say so, i don't want to feel like i'm bombarding people!

OMG snowy what a PITA!!!! That happened to me with my papsmear 2 years ago, i had to go back for a second because they didn't get enough cells, But a third time?!?! whhaaaat??? as if they dont suck enough!

Alison i know what you mean about your insecurities regarding your body. Put me in that category too! I actually weigh less now than what i did before i got preg, but i think because i dont have that nice firm belly anymore its really getting me down I've decided to join Weight Watchers on Wednesday to try and lose whats going to feel like a never ending number. 20 kg!! yep thats how much i'm going to aim for! But i know i can do it. i have before, so why not again (i lost 26kg on WW years ago, only to slowly put it back on ). I hope you feel better about yourself, sometimes we just need a big cry to get it out of the system. I think you're beautiful, and i'm sure i'm not the only one

Kymmy yep horse riding is a VERY expensive hobby! And i'm with natty, What a kick ass mum you are to let her do it! We only got to do it because horses are a way of life with my family. But when we moved into the city, mum couldn't afford the pony club, so it would be... probably 15 years since i last rode?? Your little girl is very lucky indeed! OMG those pics of Archie on FB... SOOOOOOOO CCUUUUTTTTTE!!! hahaha!! my gawd what a cutie! Haha, i had a chuckle about your comment to ubba, how ruby and archie are gonna get married! naawwww how cute is that image in my head! I Think Theo is going to marry miss Harper! hahahahaha, hopefully Harper's mummy won't object? lol

DTD subject too, DH and i did it for the first time a couple of nights ago. I really put it off because i was soo scared! Can you ladies remember the ehmm.. swelling.. problem i had when pregnant? Well by the end it was just PAINFUL it was so bad i needed icepacks after each attempt (i say attempt because i'd stop him half way it hurt so bad). So i was expecting it to be like that. Well.. not at all actuallY! haha, i really enjoyed it! Didn't O though, I'm with JD's mum, i need to be fully in the moment to get the o. and i was definately not that into it.

JD's mum, i love your FB status's, i always chuckle when i read them! just the way you write.. very comical! (apart from the mastitis ones, i felt sorry for you there). I hope they're feeling better too... and i hope abbey is sleeping better for you to



AFM.. (again, gee i'm selfish!) Theo has put on 800grams in two weeks! wahoo!! The MW commented that he looks more like a 4 month old, hahahaha. She was totally dotting over him, it was lovely. He is such a placid little man, very calm and relaxed, and she kept commenting on how peaceful he was, was very sweet! I'm a very lucky mummy indeed.

DD still isn't asleep.. DH is saying she is now WORSE because of last night. And she is now clinging to him, as she's scared he's going to leave her like we did last night.. what a stupid thing for us to do!! argghh.. again ladies.. any advice - please give it to me!!

xx