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serenity doesnt even sleep in her basinette she sleeps in her bou1ncy chair lol cos its upright 1might try the bassinette tonight
shes been sleeping 7 hrs a night, feeding heaps durig the day been all bf cos i ran out of formula though she had 1some last night cos i went to bed early early with a migrain
Hey ladies.
JDMUM - how'd you go?
Natty - V is such a good little girl!! And may i say your new ticker picture melts my heart... nawww soo sweet.
Alison - I agree with your DH. Thats a bit weird having a georgia and a george.. hmm
Ubba - Glad you enjoyed your meetup with your friend. I really need to get out and about. Now that my bestie has moved to melbourne i'm getting extremely lonely.
Mon - 7 hours from S is awesome too! Whatever works i say in regards to the bouncer, haha.
Madame and snowy - hello hello
Well I'm not going to bore you too much with the details. So in short. Grandad is alive. Just. He looks like a skeleton and refuses to eat. He has alzheimer's, a form called luey's body (or something like that), so he has a lot of hallecinations, and goes in and out of them. He tries to talk to you, but he's just soo weak you can't understand anything he tells you. Today my sister and I had to feed him like he was a baby, spoon by spoon. It broke my heart. I told him that i loved him, and he started to cry... :( So then i started to cry. Its very sad. Might sound harsh but i hope he passes on peacefully in his sleep... its just so cruel. We all know he wouldn't want this..
Oookay, on a lighter note. Theo slept 8.5hrs last night. Pity kaili woke twice :wall:
xx
Hi Telly - aww your poor grandad, I'm glad he's alive but like you said it's so hard to see them like that and you have to wonder if it's best they pass on peacefully huh. At least you're getting to say goodbye. My nana is 91 and has dementure, she's been in a home for 2 years now and I haven't seen her for 12 months, I really wanted to take Amelia to see her, especially as her middle name (Alice) is my nan's middle name and my great grandmas name but mum said there's no point as she wouldn't have a clue who we are and mum said it's quite depressing as she's so thin and gets moody. She doesn't even know who my mum is and it's her daughter! She just thinks she's some stranger who's visiting. I don't want to get like that. :cry: I hope he's ok in whichever journey he takes! :pray:
Yay for Theo sleeping 8.5 hours, way to go little man!!!! How much of a difference does it make. And don't worry, I don't have another child to get up to and I still woke up twice in the 8 hours Amelia slept last night, can't win hey!
Hi Mon - you're lucky you have enough breast milk to go without formula, if I did that Amelia would cry the house down in hunger! I feel so crap for only being able to give her a little bit but I guess some is better than none! Hope your migraine has gone, how awful!
just a quick one from me
we are off to the beach tomorrow!!! yay!!!
will be good for all of us. Dh has been better, i forgot he is quitting smoking atm which prob doesnt help! im still upset at how things are but will just have to move on. way to long story.
telly hope grandad is comfortable x
ali- go amelia!! and natty- go violet! these girls are doing well
ubba- well done on jeans- i feel so fat and flabby and horrible so im so happy for you! i wish i could feel comfortable in my clothes. hope ruby is good and you are ok when ds goes to kindy
mon- hope your migrane doesnt last- i suffer from really really bad migranes so i feel for you
jd's mum- hope abbey lets you rest x
kymmy- hope archie is good
hello everyone else- hope those bubbas let their gorgeous mummas sleep
Harper is going well. feeding well and gained another 400g in the last 2 weeks. shes just a happy little bub!
ill catch you all friday when we get back with a better catch up and loads of piccies of tully and miss harper at the beach on fb!
love you all
x madame x
Hi everyone!!
Quick one before the chaos of the morning starts...
Abbey slept for 7 hours last night!! Wahoo!! I had had enough of her by 10pm and DH bounced her to sleep so she was down from 10:30 - 5:30 - noiccceeee!!! I only woke up in a panic once to run to her room and check she was OK at about 2am....
I had planned to go the gym this morning but I couldnt when she woke up at 5:30 as my boobs were leaking everywhere and she fed for ages....will have to go this afternoon. I am motivated now and feel like a normal person again today....
Sorry for no persi's - will come back later!
xoxox
Morning Ladies!
Shayna- Im so happy that Abbey slept all night for you! Babies do that- just as your getting to the end of your rope, they do the right thing and let you sleep. I wouldnt worry too much about missing out on the gym - maybe you can take the kids for a walk instead? Have you got a double pram? or a sling and stroller?
Sarah- Have a lovely time at the beach. I have been a smoker since I was 15. I gave up for my first pregnancy then started again when DD was 2. Then I gave up again for my second pregnancy and started again when DS was 6 months, then I gave up again in November 08 when I fell pregnant again. I miscarried but didnt start up again, really hoping it stays that way. We went to a wedding a few weeks ago and I had a couple of wines - I felt like having a smoke but didnt. I guess what Im getting at is that it is hard to quit and you do get moody when you cant have something you want - a bit like sleep.... I think your DH may have to have a think about his moods ;)
Telly- Sorry about your Grandad, I hope he goes peacfully too. No more fighting or struggling xx You may find that he is holding on for something or someone.
Theo is a star, so is Kaili in her own right <3
Alison- Amelia is doing so well! I know what you mean about getting too big for the bassinette. I bought a bigger one hoping she would be in it for longer but its not looking that way.
In regards to your nan, I would still go and visit her. I work in aged care and mostly work with people suffering all kinds of dementia. As out to it as they seem, I find there is still [I]something[I] there. It really is sad when they dont remember who you but a visit is better than no visit. Most oldies love a baby anyway so you will be doing something wonderful for the other residents too, if not your Nan KWIM? xx
Mon- I get migraines too, when I was a kid I was a gymnast but had to give it up because the tumbling would give me a migraine and I would throw up from them. I mostly get them now if I have been lying on my tummy and looking up (like lying on the floor watching tv), reading in the car/train/bus or watching the car headlights going past. I havnt had one for a couple of months thankfully. Hope the kids are well, Taneisha is just gorgeous, you'll have to keep the boys away from her when shes older although I reckon Mally will take care of that lol!
Kymmy- Archie and Ruby have the same bassinette, how is he in it? Ruby is a bit of a wriggler even though she is swaddled and I find she ends up facing either side but her face is right up against the side. I guess being made of calico she can still breathe through it but it worries the hell out of me. I get a fright when I see her like that and wake her when I move her back to the middle. How are you anyway?
AFM- Ruby had one of the best nights yet! She went to bed at 9.30pm and woke at 1am for a feed then back to sleep til 6am! I was out like a light at 10pm so I got some decent sleep too, although I have been up since 6am so I think I will have a nap on the couch shortly. DD had her first day back at school this morning and I can happily say We got there early AND I even got to have a shower!!
Remember during pregnancy, it is normal to have weird and scary dreams? Well I had one of them the other night and Im not even pregnant! I dreamt that I was at a friends house and we were having a girlie night doing facials and nails etc. Anyway I went to her bathroom to put some things in there and I saw a boy baby about 12 weeks old lying with his face in the basin full of water and legs sticking out. I wrenched him out by his leg and ran down the hall to the kitchen where my friend was. I yelled out 'The baby is dead'! and quickly put him on the table. I started slapping his face and yelling at him to wake up then I gave him mouth to mouth but he wasnt alive.
I dont know why I dreamt this. I can still picture the baby's face in my mind but I dont know who he is and I cant stop thinking about it. It has really upset me.
Sorry to leave you all on a downer, I just really had to get it off my chest, again. DH just thinks Im strange for dreaming it so he isnt a great one to debrief too.
xx
Hey Ubba,
I knew someone in our group worked in aged care, just couldnt remember if it was you or Bondi. How on earth do you do it? It would be heart breaking to see the elder that way.. sometimes life is very cruel. I think with alzheimers/dementia patients, it hurts the families more than the person. But when they have that moment of clarity - they must be shattered themselves :( Have you seen the movie the notebook... oh my lordie... what a sad movie! I got mum to watch it a couple of months ago with me, she walked out crying! Too close to home.
Alison i know how you feel with gma, but i agree with ubba - would be nice for you to visit, if she doesn't recognise you - the other oldies would definately love to see a beautiful baby. I find with my gdad, the smallest things brighten his day. He even seemed to liven up a bit when my cousin from out west called the hospital and talk to the nurses to see how he was going. They passed the message on to him - and he then told me about 5 times in a period of an hour about how don called to see if he was ok! ;) Well tried to, very hard to understand, but i got the drift.
argh anway, gotta go get this ironing done
xx
It is a hard job but also very rewarding. I have never walked in to a residents room and found them passed, but I have seen people dying. There was one lady who I absolutely loved. She had alzheimers so didnt remember me from 5 mins to the next but she was just gorgeous. Her name was Grace and she would always give me a big smile when I came in to help her shower in the mornings although she did hit me a few times, it didnt hurt and I realised it was part of her condition. When you think about it, it would be terribly scary having a stranger walk in to your room and start showering you. When it was her time to go, she was in bed and hadnt been eating for 3 days and drinking very little. It was the end of my shift and I was just sitting next to her stroking her hair and telling her it was ok to go. She had tears. She passed away an hour after I left.
I had heaps of favorites and really good times. Some of them used to think I was their sister or best friend (cause at that moment they thought they were in their 20's) and we used to just go along with it. They would reminise and crack jokes and talk about boys they fancied- it was lovely.
All this talk is making me want to go back to work......
Alison - I saw your post on FB, tell us more
hey ubba sorry if this is personal you can pm me bout it if you want but what does it take to work in aged care, what does the job involve and does it pay well? i actually had it on my list of jobs i might be interested in when i start heading back into the workforce cos its something i can train to do
i got to school half an hour early this mornin, im so happy mally is in the same room as te two girls he was friends with and i was god friends with there mums...i know what you mean bout mally looking after niesha, he punched someone in the face today :redface:
Hi Girls - sorry for selfish post, about to eat dinner.....will get back on later for persies.
I'm in shock girls, I saw the OB today, turns out the infection I had was a rare staph infection that got into my amniotic fluid and passed through to the placenta while in labour, it's so rare and so serious that they can't believe Amelia survived. He said if he hadn't done the c-section when he did the results could have been very very different. I can't believe Amelia could've died, it's a very strange feeling and every time I look at her I feel like crying now. Poor little thing. He did say that even though I would have to be extremely unlucky to have that happen again he would suggest going a c-section again next time, although if I want to try and go vaginal I can but I will be considered high risk so probably better to be safe than sorry. He also said he's happy for me to start trying again when Amelia is 8 months old, I was like, cough cough, I think we'll wait a tad longer thanks ha ha! DH wants to start trying when Amelia turns 1!!!!
All this has made me feel so much better about having the c-section and I look at Amelia now and love her even more which I didn't think was possible. I love my OB! He was so sweet, he was cuddling her and telling her how cute she was, he held her the whole time of my appointment - even when I was on the table and he was checking my tummy he was holding her with one hand and feeling my tummy with the other! He even got excited that I still have the line running down my belly, god knows why! I asked if he did lyposuction, he thought I was joking! :o
Hi girls,
Just a quick vent...Dh always sets is alarm clock for the middle of the night so he can get up and do work before he goes to work. Although I feel for him, it sucks he is that busy, he NEVER gets up and lets the alarm just keep going until I crack it because Im a light sleeper. Same happened last night and I cracked it and he told me "because you are getting angry you are waking yourself up" WTF?? Im so angry Im going to sleep in th spare room until he says he is sorry and he is on drugs if he thinks Im going to dtd one more time with him when Id rather sleep. so there..
Otherwise Im glad the infection didnt turn sinister for Amelia Alison, what a close call.
Congrats to Abbey for the massive corner she has turned for her mummy!
Im glad your Gramps is ok Telly and I wish there was something more that could be done.
Now V is awake and its 850 so almost 10 hours sleep for her...yay! Yesterday she was up at 430...little trickster!
have a good day ladies, Im off to work to show V off and carch up with some mates..
xx
oh natty i wouldve punched him.....but id maybe move him and the alarm clock to the spare room...
so im sick just a cough feeling crap and so far mally and niesha have been coughing but in the last couple days so has hunter....and jose just got home cos the bus was late and just missed his bosses picking him up by a 100 metres
Hello everyone!
Been lazy so haven't posted but been reading.
I'll post persies later on.. just wanted to let u all know i'm still alive!
x
Hi Girls -I think I'm over the shock of my infection results.....just! I celebrated by going out and looking for another pram today, what a great excuse as I told DH Amelia deserves the best as she almost didn't make it hee hee..... I really like the Steelcraft Strider Plus as it takes a toddler seat, I even like the Steelcraft Strider 4 but it doesn't take a toddler seat - I prefer it as it's a little smaller and over $200 cheaper......just don't know what I'd do if I have another bub in 18 months/2 years without a toddler seat. Any suggestions, should I get one that you can or does it not really matter? Not sure how important they are. DH likes the 3 wheeler Phil & Teds that has a toddler seat at the back but it's only forward facing, you can't have it facing you as well and I want that right now with Amelia - not a huge fan of 3 wheel prams but I could be swayed if they can face me.
Gosh how hard is it!
lol you sound just like me, i would suggest one you can add a toddler seat too considering ow soon you want #2 it will make life so much easier, i have a twin one with toddler seat and if i had to go out with everyone alone i would die without it
Gee we have been quiet in here lately!
Ali- I am in shock about that infection too, I thought everything was fine. Obviously not. Reading your post made me all teary and made me think of something awful happening to my kids. Anyway Im sure a new pram is just what you need to make you feel better! Just get the one you like for now cause you will probably find another pram you love when the next one comes lol!!
Natty- Dont even get me started on DH alarm clock. It goes off at 4.50am every weekday morning except he doesnt get up until 6.15. He says he needs that long to wake up properly...... FFS I am awake the moment it goes off!
Mon- I will pm you now! Hope the kids are well and Mally is keeping his hands to himself ;)
Kymmy- Hello lazy girl! Hope you are well.
AFM- Ruby has been sleeping in her own room for the past 2 nights. She has woken at around midnight for a feed, then at 5 for her dummy (hehe not really but I give it to her anyway) then she wakes again at 6am for a feed. Its working quite well at the moment, see how long it lasts for though. Im still tired though???
Hi Ubba - thank so much, I know, it's really made me realise even more how precious our bubbies are, I just can't bare to think what it would have been like to come home without her, I can't imagine my life without her as it is!!! As for the pram, I'm really torn between getting the one with the toddler seat or as you say going the model down which is $200 cheaper in case I see something down the track I prefer. I just don't know what to do! My mother in law thinks it's silly to buy another one that doesn't take a toddler seat as that will mean I've spent money on two prams and will only end up having to buy something else down the track. Decisions, decisions. :doh:
Sounds like Ruby is settling into her cot well! Amelia's been in hers too since Sunday night, the 8 hour nights dropped off after the first night but she's been waking up with either old arms, cold legs or limbs stuck in the slats on the cot lol. I bought a mesh airflow bumper yesterday so that helped last night as she's such a wriggler but this morning she woke at 4.00 am so I put her in our bed and she slept until 6.00 am. I probably should've popped in the dummy and let her go back to sleep in the cot but I didn't think. Will try that tomorrow morning if it happens again. Funny though, I put her down last night and when I went to check on her 20 minutes later she had rolled onto her other side so she is definitely rolling over now, quite funny as it's like houdini, I never see it! ;)
Where is everyone, you're right, they've all gone quiet! Probably all sick of hearing from me who seems to be on every day. lol
Nah we love hearing from you!! Im on every day I just dont always post. Actually Im on a few times a day - I cant function without checking FB and BB :o
Ruby is still in her bassinette, just in her room. I want her to get as much use out of her bassinette as I can, I feel like she is growing up too quickly if I put her in her cot now lol!
I have bought a new pram for each of my kiddies, because I have found something better each time. Mind you I havnt ever had to worry about using a toddler seat though. A friend of mine had the Phil & Teds double pram. They are a top brand, I dont really like the look of them though. Im not going to give you any other advice on it though cause I dont want you to hate me if you buy the wrong pram lol!!!