Babies born~November 16th-30th 2009 #4

Hi Girls - I have a clingy baby today, growth spurt, teeth, who knows!!! It took me 2 hours to eat my lunch today. Question, I was told last week you should put your babies to bed awake otherwise they can end up with separation anxiety or self settling problems but Amelia is usually already asleep when I put her down, is this wrong and has anyone got any tips for putting her to bed awake? At night she usually falls asleep during her feed so is already asleep when I put her down, is this not right?

How is everybody today?

Oh and I got my amber teething necklace in the mail today, fingers crossed it helps! Amelia is gagging she's shoving so much down her gob. She's found her feet too which is cute.

Alison - they're actually not supposed to chew on the necklace, so you'd probably want to start hiding it under her clothes sweet. Oh and with the self settling - meh - if you are happy for her to fall asleep whilst being fed, then go with that. If she will self settle - great. If she can fall asleep with some help - go with that. Whatever works for you.

Sometimes Eden falls asleep on the bottle, sometimes she falls asleep by herself, sometimes she needs us to pat her bottom to sleep. Whatever works for you my love!

Big hello to everyone else :grouphug:

Alison - I don't listen to the 'shoulds' because they aren't bringing up my kids, i am, so I do what right for us. I put Mr I down asleep too. Re: seperation anxiety, its a stage, most bubs go through it & I just take it that he loves me & loves being with me. DS1 went through it & came out the other side happy to say goodbye when he's at child care, happy to be left with his grandparents most of the time.

I'm pretty sure that 4 mths is a typically clingy time & who wouldn't want to be with someone who feeds us, makes us laugh & holds us when we cry, not to mention cleans our bum & tolerates being peed on (Mr I got me twice today - boys!).

PIL came up from Sydney for the day on Sunday & I behaved quite well - MIL may have noticed my forced smile at the annoyingly noisy easter toys she brought the boys - an egg that goes 'hee hee hee Come and find me' and a plush train for Mr I that I can't remember the noise, but I don't want to find out 'cause DS1 will want to press the button over & over. MIL can't resist buying noisy toys - we have dogs on a pillow that sings I got you babe, a chicken that clucks & plays Camptown Races, various Cars movie things, a teddy that plays Brahms Lullaby in a really tinny tone and a few more. If she lived closer I'd say they can stay at Nan's place, but seeing we haven't been to Sydney for 2 years I can't do that.

Mon - sorry about your cat. Catch up with Alison & Kymmy, we need to remind ourselves that we are there for each other at times like these.

I thought Mr I had forgotten how to roll, but I think he's been on too soft a surface - we have all wooden floors so I've had his playmat on the old cot mattress. I put him on a towel on the floor & he went from back to front a couple of times, but couldn't remember how to get back & just whinged until I turned him over.

I keep thinking about what could've been done for poor Mikayla & her poor hubby having the anniversery so soon after she died. :cry:

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hi girls still on my mobile as my laptop is not working. allison violet has never been put down awake she would freak out lol :) hi everyone! nothing new here, v clingy too. dh driving me crazy, same as everyone wondering if things could have been different with Mikayla. we were supposed to catch up at the next BB meet up which is next thursday. bummer. makes me angry and sad. mon x x hugs for you beautiful girl.

Hi Mel.....oh I didn't mean she was chewing on her necklace, yesterday she was shoving her Sophie the Giraffe and hands into her mouth and making herself gag lol - she hasn't noticed the necklace which is great, I put it around her ankle under her jammies last night - not sure if it worked already but she slept well, only went in once to move her away from the end of the cot - I had to give her some baby panadol late yesterday though as she was crying uncontrollably and shoving her fist in her mouth so I think her mouth was really sore. Poor girl - I hated giving it to her and she spat most out but I think it helped. She slept until 8.00 am today so I got a bit of a sleep in, yesterday was a bit of a nightmare and I was knackered!

Hi Everyone else, thanks for your comments re self settling etc., I don't feel so bad now, the person who mentioned it to me made me worry a little, I hadn't even thought about it before! But I'm going to keep going the way things are, don't fix what aint broke huh!

AFM - I'm cooking some soup in the slow cooker today, I so need to lose this weight and see if it helps the fluid retention, I STILL can't get my wedding rings on!!!!! I don't understand how I can wear a ring on my right hand on the middle finger but not on my ring finger on the left hand, weird. I haven't worn them for 6 months now though and want to get them back on!!! If they don't fit in the next 8 weeks or so I'm going to have them made bigger, I want them on for my birthday in June that's for sure. I got sunburt on my chest on the weekend and I've come up in a really itchy but sore rash, I think this has happened to me before, it's really annoying and doesn't look the nicest either. Oh well, just add it to the list! lol

Gotta run, Missy Moo is on her jolly jumper and I think she's had enough. Have a nice day everyone. Still missing Mikayla too. Poor you Natty, that would've been lovely to have finally met her face to face - it was her wedding anniversary the other day too - can you imagine how her husband and parents must be feeling. Now we have kids the thought of losing a child has changed perspectives.......just devastating.

Hey girls!!

How is everyone holding up??? Hope you are all going along OK....been quiet in here lately after everything that's happened....

Alison - Abbey is doing the same thing with her fists - she tries to shove the whole thing down her throat and starts going red and gagging and carrying on! I think that's what caused the massive vomit the other night....I originally though that JD must have put something in her mouth and was yelling at him but after I thought about it a bit more I'm pretty sure it was her doing that!!! Abbey has found her feet as well but easier for her when she has floor time with no nappy.....though the rolling over has become a bit of a problem...sometimes she can get back on to her back but if she cant then she whinges until I roll her back over...I seem to be running from the kitchen or wherever I am to sort her out all the time!!!

She never puts herself to sleep at any time unless she is super exhausted in the car....we always bounce her or she drops off while having a feed....I wish I had a baby that just lied there and dozed off but not the case here.....JD was the same too.

Heavenly - Sorry about your pussy cat....horrible thing to happen - she was just soooo cute!!!

Natty - Clingy babies seem to be the thing at the moment hey!!! You get used to only have 1 arm pretty quick...it's amazing what you learn to do with only 1 arm when you have too!

Snowy - Got to love noisy toys hey!! I hear some of JD's go off in the middle of the night....DH seems to sleep straight through it all for some reason and I always end up in the toy box neck deep trying to find out what's been put in there upside down so the buttons are being pressed...only seems to happen in the night though - not ghosts I hope!

AFM - Had 2 decent sleeps the last couple of nights....have started putting her in those nice cosy Wondersuits so maybe she was a bit chilly before and is now all nice and snuggly....who really knows though?? I wish we did cause then alot of our problems would be solved!!!

She is constantly grabbing at things all the time too!! If I take her near the fridge where we have a few things stuck up the arms start waving around like crazy trying to grab whatever she can and the tongue sticks out too when she's concentrating...it's very cute! She's not too fussed on the Farex at the moment so only trying to get some into her of a night time. I have mixed it with pear a couple of times and tried apple last night which was a bit more successful but still not opening that mouth a heap for me!

God, my mum is on at me to have a 3rd already!!! If we win lotto or something I might be a chance but other than that I dont think so!!! I dont know what I'm going to do about work etc....I applied for mat leave until November this year but my pay runs out in the middle of June so that will be crunch time....I dont think we'll get much off Centrelink which sux. We are both only admin workers so it's not like we earn any massive amounts of money...you do the right thing and want to work and buy a house and you get nothing. Makes me so mad thinking about it. I thought I'll just wait til the new financial year and see what they'll give me when my income will be zero. I will have pull JD out of kindy just to get through week to week which is a shame but if it's the difference for me to be able to stay home full time then it's worth it (even though he'll probably drive me nuts!!!)...

Sorry about the rant again!!

Hi everyone else - talk soon and hope your gorgeous babies are being nice to you!!

PS - Abbey sucks on her washer while she's in the bath.....that's not good is it? Her sucking on bath water??

Hi Shayna - lol a 3rd wow!! We'll be going back for seconds but that will be it for us, I'm too old to have a 3rd lol. Don't think I'd have the patience either to be honest as I'd have to have them all close together. Has Abbey been through her Wonder Week 19 yet? I'm going through it atm, Amelia is sleeping well at night so far but is hard work during the day, very clingy, whingey, hungrier than usual - she's not lasting the 4 hours and sometimes I'm feeding her every 2.5/3, cries unless being held, wants to be kept amused....it's bloomin hard work! I can't wait until it's over. Oh and as for the money thing, I hear you, I'm in admin as well, I only got 2 months pay but my maternity leave ends in October, I can go back parttime if I want but I have to talk to the first. I'm not sure I want to go back but I miss the pay packet, I work in Oil and Gas so it's good money. I am going to ask if I can work from home a couple of days as I know someone else is but not sure they can do that as admin. Will ask though, hacking on the train into the city every day doesn't interest me anymore! We are going to try for number 2 at the end of the year anyway so not sure it's worth it, will see how I feel closer to the time. I might be hanging to go back then but at the moment I can't imagine leaving Amelia. Oh and I get nothing from the Govt...besides the baby bonus, I don't qualify for the family benefit payment, we earn too much apparently. I'm with you on it, out of principle it sux because I've been working for 20 years and paid my taxes, I've never been on the dole or anything, when it comes to my turn it's too bad.....scummy so and so's. I understand if I earn too much but technically I'd rather them use my share for something good not give it to those who p it up against the wall on drugs and alcohol etc!

Woops, sorry I've rambled again, best go, Amelia has just had a feed and sitting on my lap while I type, she's facing the pc with my chin on her head lol. Can't be good for her but it's the only way I can get it done at the moment. It's 11.00 am and I haven't even had a shower!!!! :o

Hi everyone

Ruby has been stuffing her fist in her mouth too. She also pulls her top up to chew and suck on it so I have started putting bibs on her so she can suck on them instead. She sucks on her facewasher too in the bath, my other kids did it so I guess it hasn't bothered me too much. As long as they don't 'drink' alot of it.

I got a real fright the other night. It was around 3am and I was feeding Ruby in bed. Anyway I heard her make a little cry noise and I looked at her and her lips and mouth were blue :o I don't think I rolled on her, she might have choked on some milk or something, she often falls asleep with a mouthful of milk. Scared the crap out of me so now I make sure I stay awake while I feed her now - as hard as it is.

Ruby has been very chatty the last few days and really practising using her voice, its gorgeous. I have some more photos to put on FB, Ill try and get around to doing that today, if I have time. I have discovered a new hobby - making clips. I'll stick some pics on FB too so tou can let me know what you think. I might sell them if you think they are good enough.

Hi Ubba - oh so cute Ruby has found her voice, Amelia doesn't shut up these days, sometimes I think she's upset but then I realise it's her talking, hmmmm. DH said she's going to take after me, talks too much lol! Rude buggar. ;) How scary about her mouth and lips being blue, isn't that a sign of wind? Amelia still gets that when she needs a good burp.

Well I finally had a shower at nearly 12pm, Amelia has just gone to sleep in her rocker - the quiet is beautiful, I want to bottle it at the moment! My 9 year old dog is asleep nearby suckling like a baby, it's so funny. Oh and I forgot to tell you girls, talk about baby brain (I just had a call from the OT, I forgot my appointment this morning) when we went down south on the weekend I was supposed to take a roast with me and forgot, but guess what I found in my handbag down there, my home phone! I was the laughing stock of the house and with good reason, what an idiot lol!!!! Honestly, it's quite embarrassing this baby brain. I don't even remember putting it in there! :o

PMSL @ Alison - ahhh that SO sounds like something I would do!!!

Miss Eden is quite vocal as well - maybe its a girl thing? I say she takes after her daddy - he's quite the talker!! lol

I just came back from the docs where she got her needles (tried to get the hep b one seperate but they don't do it like that - doh!) but i didn't get the rota virus one for her. Doc seemed happy with my reasoning why I didn't want to get it done, so nothing was said - woohoo haha

So her up to date stats at 4 months:
Height: 70cm
Weight: 6.5kg
HC: 42

Doc didn't say anything to me about how she is going, so I'm guessing she is ok on the charts, haven't looked at them yet. Just about to give her a dose of panadol cos she's not too impressed at the moment and then I'll put her down for a nap. Poor thing, I hate it when they get their shots, screaming is awful to hear.

Hope everyone else is having a good day.

ETA: Ubba - I didn't see that about Ruby going blue - eeek!! My worst nightmare, I think I would freak - you must have been so scared :hug: Even with the breathing monitor on Eden I don't feel that she is safe....

hi girls still on my mobile just want to say im glad Ruby was ok Ubba :) also i was really happy today violet was sitting oo my lap facing me. looks at my boobs so i opened my top, V is still sitting, leans across and starts drinking. empties one boob then looks at the other so i undo that side and off she goes again, holding my boob with both hands and drank up. so gorgeous.

Natty that would have been very cute!

Mel I absoulutely crapped myself when I saw her. It wasn't just a tinge it was full on bright blue. I never want to see anything like that again.

Al- I have done that too! Looking through my bag for something then I find the home phone in there. DH loved me for it when I took it away to mums for the weekend.

I am sick ATM, I have a runny nose and headaches and for some reason my teeth hurt :o
Ruby had 3 sleeps today, each on for 40mins, arrgghh I wish she would sleep longer. Not only for my sake but hers too, she just gets cranky by the time night comes. I have been giving her a bottle to top her up of a night and she has been sleeping for about 5 hours which has been nice.
Ahhh school and kinder back on Monday, back into the swing of things. I love the holidays cause I don't have to get organised to go anywhere.
Have a great night girls
xxx

Ubba - Eden has 3 sleeps every day - usually for about 40 mins each - an hour if I'm lucky. But she crashes pretty much at 7pm and sleeps till around 5.45, so I'm not complaining.. lol

Hello My Darlings!

I had to bite the bullet and post on here...

Natty: Funny you should say that cos Archie was doing the exact same thing on my lap on the couch just before! So cute!
Such a shame that you never got to meet Mikayla. I think you and her would have gotten along really well. You are beautiful, just like her.

Mel: I chickened out on the 4 month needles and cancelled my appointment. I have made an appointment with a homeopath who immunises homeopathically instead. I just didn't feel right about it after the 2 month ones and i regretted getting it done, so i armed myself with info and i have also ordered a great book online (just to reassure me that i have made the right decision!) and i have chosen NOT to immunise! AHHHHHHH! I am a little frightened, mostly because of other peoples reactions, but in the end i think most people immunise because it is the done thing, not because they have done any research on it and made an informed decision. Brit is fully immunised but i was 18 back then and did what i was told! I feel better that Archie and i don't have to go through that EVER again! Hope Eden (and YOU!)is OK, wow she is REALLY tall!!! Supermodel perhaps? xxxxx

Alison: Glad you had a good time down south... Don't worry, you are not the only one who has taken the house phone with you.... :redface:
Now Archie DOES put himself to sleep, but remember, i still get up to him 3-4 times a night so i have to have something to brag about!!! He actually cries to be put down as he gets too hot. And perhaps isn't very affectionate... Like his dad! haha!

Bec: Oh how SCARY!!!! So glad the lil munchkin is ok... I dont think i told you girls but a few months ago i awoke to DH screaming Archie's name as he had felt his leg (he was asleep) and it was ice cold, so DH tried to wake him up and he wouldn't wake up!!!! It was the scariest moment of my life! I woke up and grabbed Archie which woke him up and we both nearly threw up on the spot! What an AWFUL feeling.
Archie is putting everything in his mouth too! I am sure i can feel two teeth but they are the eye teeth (i think) so maybe it is my imagination.... They are supposed to get the bottom front two first aren't they?
Can't wait to see your clips! I wish i had a hobby! I occasionally get the urge to sew or knit or do SOMETHING but, alas, i am useless. The last time i sewed a button on it fell off again within 5 mins and i lost it on the floor somewhere... HAHA! When i was pregnant i had the urge to knit a red blanket but kept dropping my stitches (is that what they are called??!) so i went and bought a ready made red blanket! haha! I am good at other things....................... um, i think........

Shayna: Archie has also found hid feet AND.............................. HIS WILLY! I knew it was gonna happen some day.... The minute i take his nappy off his hand shoots down between his legs! haha! It's quite funny really. Typical male.
Don't you just love them in wondersuits!!!? Archie runs really hot so i generally have to put him in short sleeve suits so i cant wait til it gets really cold and i get dress him up in snuggly outfits!

Angela: OH HOW I HATE NOISY TOYS! haha! My best friend deliberately buys my kids annoying things... but she is a cow! I am buying her son a drum kit for his first birthday! haha!

Pamela: How is the new house going? It looks beautiful! And that daughter of yours, look out when she is older... what a heartbreaker! And Anton is adorable! What a great babymaker you are! x

Mon: How are you?? I think you, Alison and I should definately have a catchup.... xxx

Sarah and Telly: How are you both? Hope you are okay... am thinking of you both heaps, love you girls lots xxx

Billy: I would love to go to NZ! Where abouts do you live? What is it like there??

I better be off.... My dad is on his way home from the hospital as we speak so i am off to see him! I am so excited!

Love to you all, My special friends xxxx

Hi Girls!

Hi Mel, out of interest, what are the reasons for not having the rota virus? Just curious and interested. Hope the Panadol did the trick. :D

Hi Kymmy - don't worry about what others think, you do what you feel is best for bub. I'm all for immunising but that's me. I would just be worried about them catching something bad, especially when going to kindy/daycare/school etc. I had whooping cough/croupe when I was little and nearly died from it so I like to think Amelia will be somewhat safe from things like that. I am very much into natural therapies too though so wouldn't mind hearing about what you've discovered. With my wheat issues I have had lots of tummy problems, medication could help me but I don't want to pop synthetic drugs unnecessarily so take lots of natural things to help. Hopefully one day I'll be able to eat it again! :D

Hi Ubbs - so sorry you feel ill, must be a cold by the sounds. My teeth are sensitive when I have a cold, I have crappy teeth lol. Talking of which, I finally booked in the dentist for next Monday, I HATE the dentist but cracked a filling in hospital with Amelia so thought I'd better get it fixed finally. It doesn't hurt but it's pretty big! Also, I got sunburt on the weekend on my chest and while the sunburn has gone I've gone up in a rash where it was, it's quite ugly, very red and very itchy but hurts when I scratch. I've had it before last summer, not sure what it is but I'm known to have dodgy skin complaints here and there ha ha. Oh well, the aloe vera should help.

Anyway, Amelia is sleeping, she was definitely better today than yesterday but I'm just going to have to ride with this Wonder Week/s.......gotta take the good with the bad I guess!

Have a lovely evening girlfriends!:)

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Hi Mel, out of interest, what are the reasons for not having the rota virus? Just curious and interested. Hope the Panadol did the trick. :D

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Well - for me - the risk of what the "disease" is compared to the risk of the immunisation is less than say, whooping cough. I immunised her for that one, because there is an outbreak of it in tassie at the moment, DS goes to daycare, so the probability of her catching it is higher than the risk of side effects of the immunisation.

However - DS has had rota virus when he was younger. He had the craps for about 3 days, but we survived it, and he was fine. I kept him well hydrated with fluids, and icy poles, kept pumping them into him, so he wouldn't end up in hospital from dehydration - which is the main thing that they say is the concern of babies catching the rota virus. Plus - the immunisation is still quite new - he got rota virus because there wasn't an immunisation for it yet, so who knows what kinds of long term side effects can crop up from it? For me, the risk of the unknown was far greater than a heap of poo. I'm hoping that since DS has had it, and apparently you can only get it once, that he won't bring it home if there is an outbreak at his daycare. However, if he does, then we'll deal with the consequences.

I also wouldn't have gotten the hep b immunisation but since they chuck them all in with the whooping cough one, I had no choice. When Eden was about 2 weeks old, we went to the mall and saw the manager of a men's store there - his grandson was 2 weeks old as well and had just been admitted into the hospital with whooping cough. They didn't know if he was going to live or die. I didn't want that to happen to Eden, especially if I knew there was an outbreak in the area. So, we are choosing which immunisations to give her - in terms of the risk and likelihood of catching it - if that makes sense?

oh hello my lovelies

well it has been a while for everyone in here. kinda nice to just talk crap again. what a terrible few weeks for everyone.

i just want to say first off- not asking for any sympathy or anything, but i wish i could have done something more for mikayla. I was looking on the net at belly pics when preg and came across pics that looked exactly like mikaylas. i had a really tough time deciding weather or not to approach her about it as i thought something may be wrong and didnt want to cause trouble. so we chatted a bit about it, her saying she just didnt want to tell anyone and felt wierd about putting it off. she used these pics as hers and kept acting as though she was pregnant, but had really lost Hannah. i said to her to deal with it in any way she needed to. i think she mentioned after a while that she told ali and natty. i really wanted to talk to you girls about it, but she had asked me not to say anything. i respected her wishes. did i do the right thing? should i have said something to get her help? i re read over them the other day when i heard of her passing- it was sort of my connection to her, and thought she sounded angry. the way she wrote about it. i should have seen that. god i wish i could have done more.

im sorry to rant, i just feel so helpless in losing her

i think i need to come back another time to post happiness. it doesnt seem appropriate right now

x sarah x

Oh sarah :comfort:

Its hard losing anyone to something as helpless as someone taking their own life. But people often put on a mask you know - and you can't help what they don't let you see. Nobody would have guessed she was going to take that path in life, not even her husband I would imagine. Its unimaginable, unthinkable - so you don't think of it. Its not an option in your mind because, well, because you aren't them - you know?

What a lot to have on your shoulders though. Talk, talk and talk. Keep talking and get it all out, because if its eating you up inside mate - its not healthy for you - or your family.

Much love xxxxx

Sarah, of course you did the right thing. You were a friend to her and u respected her wishes. She would have been upset if you hadn't. I'm a bit confused.. When did she actually lose Hannah? She never told me, she just said it was "some time ago". How did her other friends not find out? (on FB) Do you think she had many friends? It's just on FB there is just us and a couple of others. Sorry about all the questions but I can't stop thinking about her... :(

oh sarah, you where there for her to confide in when she needed someone. you couldnt have done anything to save her!!

kymmy, i also (but only a couple of days ago) noticed she didnt have many other friends on facebook.... i really hope she had plenty of friends around her and that she didnt feel alone and depressed because she really was alone... but im sure she had her family to suport her. NZ is lovely, i havnt acually been out of NZ to compear but i wouldnt want to be anywhere alse. if you ever do come over here you let me know incase your not to far in distance to get together :)

gota go Ella is screaming.... takecare girls :)

Hi Girls..

Billy i will def come see you if we go to NZ!

Archie has worked out a way to get me out of bed quickly.....
1) Pee about 300 times during the night so nappy leaks all over the bed and mummy.
2) When mummy kindly removes soaked nappy and clothes and lovingly gives you a cuddle do a MASSIVE poo all over her, and the remaining area of the bed that isn't already peed on.
3) When mummy lays you in your bassinette and places warm blankets over you to keep you warm while she removes soiled bedding, promptly do another wee allover bassinette and warm blankets.

............ Thanks Archie.

Sooooo i will be washing all day. Also going to see my dad again! Apparently he didn't have a very good first night at home cos he was in quite alot of pain. Poor daddy.

Hope you all have a good day xxxx

kymmy oh my god you made me laugh so hard! but then stopped laughing re your dad i hope things improve for him soon. hey all violet must be strange she rolls front to back but not the other way like your bubs must be all that tummy sleeping. x x

Natty - Eden only rolls tummy to back (she's a tummy sleeper)

Kymmy - hahahahaha!!!! Ahhh gotta love that. No nappy leaks here since we've gone full time cloth, I've been putting her in specific night nappies though - she fits into a medium now so thank god for that!!!

Hope your dad is ok xx

Mr I goes back to front & he's a back sleeper - he can go the other way (and did that first), just doesn't most of the time.

Kymmy - I had a night like that the other night. He peed on our bed, missed the towel he sleeps on (to catch the spew), got the sheets & underblanket so I had to get DH up and change everything.

I know you shouldn't compare your children, but DS1 very rarely poo'd during the night, whereas Mr I poos, then once I've changed his nappy poos again & once I've changed that one poos again. I sat up for 45 mins at 2am waiting for him to finish before I changed him last night! Then he'll poo at least 6 times during the day. When I comment to DS1 that Mr I is a pooing machine, he says 'no he's a washing machine' :ROFL: Bizarre child.

Currently Mr I is rolling around the floor with no nappy on happy as a lark!

Hi Girls - I'm a bit behind again, Amelia is pretty clingy at the moment so haven't got a lot of chances to get on.

Hi Sarah - oh my, please don't feel bad, you definitely did the right thing. I just went back through to my facebook messages with Mikayla and I think it sounds like I got a similar email to you. She was talking about the loss of Hannah and what happened etc., she also sounded quite angry and talked about how she understood why she lost the first one but not the second and third and she she just hoped and hoped it wouldn't happen again. This was back in October so not sure when she actually did lose the bubby, did she say? I didn't realise she was using someone elses belly pics, where was she getting them from? That's just so sad. And I'm with the rest of you, I didn't realise she only had us as friends really on FB, my goodness, that's really sad. Girls, do you think maybe there could've been some depression there already? Just a thought. I can't understand why she wouldn't have a load of friends, she's so beautiful and sweet. At the end of the day you did what she asked and you respected her wishes, I think it would've been wrong to tell us.....she asked me the same and I didn't say anything either, only because she asked me not to. What else were we to do.

Hi Kymmy - I hope your daddy is feeling better today, what an ordeal he's been through. I'm really wanting all this negative crap to go now, it's time we had some good news so here's to him feeling better SUPER SOON. xx

Hi Everyone else, hope you're all well.

AFM - Amelia is doing better today, napping a fair bit, better than the last 2 days of whinging and wanting to be held all day, it's so exhausting. At least she's still sleeping well at night though so shouldn't complain. Had an argument with DH last night, first in ages. He went to bath Amelia and I asked him to take her amber necklace off, he couldn't find the join and got all cranky (he'd been asleep on the couch prior and woke up poopey pants), so I said, here let me help and he said, this is bullsh*t this stupid necklace and butt out I can do it myself. I was sooo angry so I looked him straight in the eye and said, you know what, I was only trying to help, don't wake up cranky and take it out on me and he said, I'm not cranky (in a really cranky voice lol) so I said, I HATE YOU right now and he just stared at me, went into the bathroom with Amelia and slammed the door. Then I heard him muttering something about me being stupid so I opened the door and said, that's ok ahole, I don't need you anyway, I have my daughter and that's all that matters. Then I felt bad but oh well, I didn't mean it of course, I was just furious - stupid thing to argue over but he really sh*ts me sometimes and this week I am in NO mood for his crap. lol Needless to say he left without saying goodbye this morning but do I look worried! We don't argue much but when we do it's usually pretty good ha ha.

Hi girls, i got my iPhone today so I am having a turn on it now! It's taking a bit to get used to but I love it now.

Al- hubbys can be a pain in the bum sometimes, it's alright for him to have a snooze on the couch... We are the same, hardly ever fight but when we do we make it a good one- silly buggers haha. You guys will have some make up sex tonight and all will be good :)

Hmmm, loving my new phone! I bought it 2nd hand on eBay but it is in great condition.

Hope you are all well, my mum turned up this arvo and said she is staying the night, thanks for the notice. We've had a few 'moments' but she is going home tomorrow so I think I can survive 1 night. I don't Mind if she stays, I just need some notice so I can prepare the house for her. Ho hum

Love you all xxx

Hi girls,
Where have you all gone?

My kids are crazy today, Luke is acting like a psycho - I just sent him to his room for pulling Ruby's leg and screaming into both his sisters ears. Argh I could strangle him somedays, but then he comes out with something like this~

DS- Mum, can we go to the milk sheep?
Me- What?
DS- Can we go to the milk sheep?
Me- What are you talking about? What is the milk sheep?
DS- You know, the milk baaaaaaa

Oh how I cracked up! Motherhood is a joy.

I have been really busy making clips, I am in the middle of making a FB page for them, I will let you know when its finished. Ive also been preoccupied with my iPhone, oh how I love my iPhone <3 haha

DS has just come out of his room and appologised to me and Ruby for pulling her leg. He said to Ruby that she can pull his leg if she wants. lol.

I put up some new pics on FB if you want to have a look, only a couple but they are just too cute.

Well, better go and get dinner organised - good old sausages and veggies. Not my favorite meal but its cheap, easy and Im guaranteed the kids will eat it, well the snags anyway.

kiss, kiss, cuddle, cuddle

Hi Ubes - lol sorry but your post made me chuckle.....I love the joke and what a cute apology, you can pull my leg if you like, how hilarious! :lol: Make sure you remind her as I'm sure she'll be pulling his leg when she's older ha ha! Can't wait to see your clips, now all I need is for Amelia to grow more hair so I can use some!

AFM - went and had one of those fingerprints done onto a pendant for my necklace today, was much cheaper than I thought, $110 - I got a medium sized one so when I have another bubby the next one will be smaller and they'll fit into each other on the necklace. Funny though as Amelia didn't have much of a fingerprint and DH said, she has a bald finger like her head lol. If anyone is keen they are a franchise so I'm sure they have people in the Eastern States that do them as well. You can have pendants for necklaces, bracelets, key chains etc and in different shapes, I went the heart shape but they have a cute flower shape as well or you can have them like dog tags. If you're keen I'll send you the link via FB to their website. :D

Off to my sister's for dinner and a movie on their big screen tonight - I think we're watching that scary one that was at the cinemas a few months back, paranormal something I think........I love a good scary movie, even though they scare me ha ha. Have a fab night everyone and hope you're all well.

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HAHAHA Al, a bald finger, that cracked me up!!!

My sister saw paranormal activity at the cinema, she said it was THE scariest movie she has EVER seen. Im too chicken to see it, you can tell us all about it tomorrow

hi Ubba my laptop is still busted :( so not much posting by me lately but i can still read. hi to everyone :)

Hi everyone :hello:

Alison - I hope it was a good movie, I haven't seen a new movie in ages!!! :redface: pmsl @ the bald finger - I've never noticed the kids fingerprints, I'll have to have a look tomorrow!! LOL

Ubba - how old is luke? Aricyn drove me mental today - whinge whinge whinge. By 5.30 all of them were whinging and I swear I wanted to leave the building.. LOL

Eden was pretty whingy today, but I think its cos her sleep got all messed up because we went and got a new stroller (woohoo), went and got me a new slow cooker (ahem), and then took the kids to the park, so her morning sleep was very interrupted.. poor bugger.

Went out last night with a few of the tassie girls (Sterla, Jahzara) and met up with Divvy - such a crack up!!! Was a good evening, had a couple of drinks - and its been sooo long since thats happened.

Ahh poor eden has a cold, she's just coughed up a lung, better go resettle.

Awww Mel you caved and changed your name back lol! Doesn't matter, we'll all remember it haha.
Luke is 4, he's been a tough kid to bring up let me tell you. Thank god Ruby was born a girl cause we only have room in our lives for 1 Luke. He can be such a good kid, helpful, kind, good manners but then he will change all of a sudden and be naughty, annoying, loud. Ahhh, I don't know, he's just my boy xx
Your night out sounds great, Im wanting to go to a meet-up but just a lil nervous

Natty glad your still around. What phone do you have? I got an app for my iphone called tapatalk. It makes navigating BB really easy. Hope V is being a good girl

OMG girls, THE WORST DAY EVER!

Had a hens night, for a girl im not too keen on (we've been very close friends with the buck for years). Was a sl*tty sailor theme. To start of.. i HATE hens parties with these types of dress ups, its so degrading. It is $50 per person :o as it is a pub crawl.
I RSVPed and told the bridesmaid that i wont be staying, just making an appearance, as i have a 4 month old breastfed baby at home.
AS SOON as i got there, the chick walks up to me and asks me for my 50 dollars!! WTF!!!! I said, "oh no, i'm not going on the bus, just staying for a diet coke". skank "yeah, ok, do you have your $50?" :o I said, no.. i'm not paying it.

She stuck her nose up at me, walked away, and clearly starting *****ing about me with all the other skanks, who looked like they should be arrested for indecent exposure. grr. Sipping my diet coke, nibblies come out. OMG they were STARING at me!!!! Waiting to see if i'd have a nibblie!!! i was getting so ticked off, and just soo embarrased! I ended up leaving, giving a $50 note to another one of the bridesmaids. Grr, in such a fowl mood.

Get home, try to put dd down for bed, then she starts with her crap that she normally pulls when dh is home. a million excuses why she can't go to sleep. my back is sore (dh often says this), need a drink, need a wee, need a poo, need paw paw juice (pawpaw ointment for her dematitis), flat out cry, flat out scream, :protest: Im just about to do my nutter! give in, & tell her to come to my bed. She then lies down and trys to drink water out of her cup, my entire bed was drenched! So had to put ds down in his cot while i changed all my linen. He is screaming (no lie.. screaming), so i tell her to go in there an apologies, cause if she wasnt being silly and just went to bed he wouldn't have to be there, she then starts screaming.... no lie... screaming. omg.... Phyco mum came out... i flipped. told her to get in her room and shut up :redface: Finally got ds down to bed. feeling sooo bad about telling her to shut up :redface: went in and said sorry, love you lots. and she said "..ok.." :redface: faaarrrkkkk!!!!!! I"M A SUCKY MUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rang dh and abused him (he is at the bucks party), told him he is no longer allowed to be her hero at bedtime, cause then she expects me to do it when he's not home, and i just can't!! im not that talented!!

thank you for listening

Omg I can't believe you paid the $50! That is so rude of the silly cow, hope they all suffer the mother of all hangovers tomorrow lol!
I have told ds to shut up before, yep deffinately feels sucky, but you know you aren't. Your words won't scare her and she loves you. When we are tired and the baby is screaming it is so easy to loose our cool and look for Someone to blame.
We all still love you xxx

Hi Girls..

Telly: What B*TCHES!! You shouldv'e picked up a nibley and threw it at them! hahaha!
No but seriously, that is flamin RUDE.. expecting you to pay when you weren't costing anything! What a COW! I feel angry! Poor Telly. Every mummy does things they regret... Gosh, i know i have! I have been a cow of a mother at times.. It really is a hard job.
:hug: Bec is right... We love you (oh and so does Kaili.. and so does Theo) x

Sorry i will post persies tomorrow... it's getting late and i wanted to post earlier but had visitors so was willing them to leave so i could chat to you guys! haha!
I'll post more tomorrow, just wanted to show Telly some love :loveshower:

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oh telly. the bogan part of me would have loved to give her a mouthful then leave :( sorry your night didn't get better x x

oh telly!!! you should not have payed them!! they did not deserve your money!!! what skanks!! sorry you had such a crap night :hug:

I'm with the others Telly, I wouldn't have paid the money either!!! :wall:

Oh and my kids all got told to shut up yesterday, so must of been the word of the day for everyone.. ROFL

Ubba - yeah I caved, I'm weak, what can I say? ;) So luke is 4 ay - the way you describe him is exactly like aricyn - he can be so sweet to his sisters, and so helpful and kind and polite - and then its like a switch is flicked - he becomes nasty, selfish and so MEAN - arghh it does my head in. I'm hoping he gets better at 4 though, cos these 3's are makin mumma crazy.

GTG - he is attacking DD1. Oh no he's not - DD2 is pulling DD1's hair.. bahahahaha!!!!

Hi Telly - OMG I fourth what the other girls have said and I love Natty's comment, I was thinking the same thing! I think I would've told her to get f'd, thrown my diet coke in her face and stormed out. lol. I cannot believe they asked you for $50 and I'm with you, who has those dress up ****ty skanky ho hens nights at this age anyway, I know I'm a bit older but still. My friend had a school girl theme when I was in my mid 20's and I found that embarrassing enough. You just get stared at by other girls and you can see what they're thinking. :redface: I hope they had a crap night in the end. Gosh wonder how the wedding will be then, do you have to pay for your meal there as well?! lol Oh and I yelled at Amelia last week if you remember me mentioning earlier in the week, I said, for gods sake just shut up and give me 5 minutes......when I looked down she was mouth open just staring at me, god I felt awful so I picked her up and gave her a big cuddle and she smiled at me. Thank goodness they forgive us so quickly huh. I've never done that before but I'm sure it won't be the last, we're only human after all.

Hi Ubes - well, the movie was disappointing, I actually thought it was crap. It had a few scary moments but other than that I wouldn't waste my time hiring it. I love a good scary movie but this wasn't as good as I thought it wasn't going to be.

Hi Kymmy - hows your dad now?

Hi Mel - how come you changed your name back?

AFM - have another 2 year old party to go to today, I really don't feel like going so we're just going to go for a little bit. Do people have parties every year just for presents? I was just wondering as I though you'd would do a 1st birthday party and then leave it for a couple of years but maybe I'm wrong, what's the protocol for these things? Pretty tired today too, we didn't get home until after midnight, luckily Amelia slept until 7.30 am and she's asleep now and has been since 9.00 am, it's now 10.15 am so I assume she'll be waking soon. She had a great day yesterday, was sooo happy and laughing and napping regularly. Sleeping properly in the day is definitely the key isn't it! If only they did it every day huh.

Have a great Sunday girls! xx

Hi girls

I am finally wearing both my engagement and my wedding rings!! Yay!

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