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

Hi Girls!

I'm so confused about this new forum!! Ahhh!

Glad you all had a great Mother's Day! Your pressies all sound lovely! I had the BUSIEST weekend! Saturday, Brit had netball at 10.30, then a 1st birthday party at 12.00 THEN we had a wedding at 2:30pm. Then yesterday the reception for the wedding continued at the Polish club (as they are Polish and apparently party for days after a wedding!) so we went there for a couple of hours but as i only got 4 hours sleep on Sat night, i was STUFFED and so we left early and i was in bed by 6:30pm and up at about 9am this morning! I got some nice pressies for mothers day and a voucher for Brit to do 'Everything all day' that i am allowed to use whenever i like! haha! cute!

I am replying on quick reply as i don't know how to do it normally! If someone explains to me i will post more later as poor Archie has just been dumped into his bouncer and i should really go play with him! Feeling a little queasy this morning.... OH NO! I can't really remember exactly but i think i didn't get sick until about 8 weeks with Archie.... Might go back through our thread and have a look!

Have a great day girls! Awesome avvy Telly! I want one!

Kym xxxx

Happy Mothers day ladies!!! :loveshower:

Hope you all had a fantastic day.

Alicia - Would I be able to tag your mothers day photos on FB in my DHs name??? hahahaha! I'd like for him to see how a mothers day SHOULD BE!!! OMG your DH is sooo super sweet! I dont think i've ever had a mothers day that special! Yesterday was theo's baptism, and ended up looking after the kids all day while he got drunk with the other men! grr! And then when Theo FINALLY went to sleep i had to go the bottle-o to get him some more scotch! argh! ofcorse by the time i got back, theo was awake again.... So yes... not happy with him at the moment!

Natty - Well last night i was talking to DH about you and violet (haha, told you i always talk about you guys!), I told him you were very much like me, boobie for bed, belly sleeper. And now V is doing AWESOME with her sleep after the advice you recieved. So we decided to give it a go today! I had a visitor over morning tea, so i was already a bit behind, but the time she left theo was well and truly cranky and ready for sleep time. I put him in the cot on his belly and started patting his bum, which was a NIGHTMARE! He was CONSTANTLY on his hands and knees trying to move away from me. So i put him on his side, and held him in that position (much to his disgust) while patting his bum. He cried, and cried. I cried a little :( then DD started crying (told you guys earlier she freaks out when he's crying, its very sweet). Every time he'd start to get drifty, DD would start crying again... and wake him up! I kept singing my song to him (a song i sing to both of them, my mum used to sing it to me, and now DD even sings it to DS! hehe!) and he FINALLY FELL ASLEEP!! OMG!!! 28 minutes it took.
but get this... HE THEN SLEPT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!!! HOLY COW! He is normally a 20 minute sleeper... 30 minutes if i'm lucky! Still in shock!!!!
So just now, he starts yawning... Im getting slightly anxious.. thinking i don't want to do this again. I'll just give it a little go and see what happens. Put him in his cot, on his side, start patting his bum. Not one cry noise comes out of his mouth.. he snuggled up to his taggie blanket, AND WENTTO SLEEP!!!!!!!!!! AL:KFJ:LDSGJS:LKJ~!!!!!!! WTF!?! It took 4 minutes worth of patting! I stopped, he rolled onto his belly, had a little grizzle, so i quickly patted again, and about 20 seconds later he is zzzZZZZzzz !! Don't want to count my eggs before they hatch.. but this has really surprised me... See how i go tonight for the big sleep tho.

wow...sorry that was rather elaborate wasn't it??! hahaha! I could have just said i'm giving your method a go! lol!! but nooo, had to go into the finer details, sorry!!!
And super glad you wern't cranky that i dobbed you in for your computer talent! :hug:

Kymmy - yeah this forum is confusing me too, dont worry! Little bit queezy hey!? Thats a good sign! Hope it doesn't get too major for you.. What a huge weekend! Did anyone mention anything about your belly? I so want you to take a photo so i can see.. but that'd probably be slightly obvious wouldn't it?? you having photos of your belly on FB haha! Have you told Brit yet? Glad your mothers day was lovely, you deserve it :)

Congratulations on those with their losses this week! Natty 2 kg!@! woop!!!!! I did a sneeky weigh this morning (my weigh in day is wednesday night), and i've lost 900g, but will let you know the official number on weds. I bought a size 14 pair of jeans on saturday! Super chuffed with that! Haven't been a size 14 since I was.. 19? i guess! woop!

Alison i love the soundof your mothers day pressie, how special! bet you're jealous of my chickens though... right? hahaha, please say yes! haha! Your mothers day sounded great aswell! xx

Bec - :hello: Sorry for hounding you with my text message earlier.. lol. stalkerish much? For anyone else who can answer my question, Can you freeze puree'd pears??? I've just never done it....

AFM - Yesterday was theos baptism (alison,anglican is baptise, catholic is christened. no idea what the difference is, im not overly religious either), was a really beauitful day. Will pu some photos up later on, when i get a moment or three. Theo was getting sooo restless tho, he was on the boob alll day poor little fella, was just a bit overwhelming i think. Then by 9pm last night my boobies were running on empty! (another reason why we decided to try your idea natty, give my boobies a rest, hehe). In the afternoon he was pretty much well feral, lol! I had NO idea what his probablem was, then i realised i didn't give him anything for lunch :redface: !!! Went upstairs and ccooked upsome zuchini, which he gobbled up quick smart (loves zuchinni ... strange i know). Then around 5pm i went to the supermarketand got a rafferty garden pouch (firstbit of bought food he's had, i've made everything else), and he ate the ENTIRE POUCH!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!! So then all of my rellies start at me.... I really should be feeding him more, he's a really big baby telina, he needs his food, blah blah.. So yes.. As of today i've decided to start 3 meals a day (was only doing 2, some days only 1 meal).. And just feed him until he refuses ( i was only giving him 2 tablespoons per feed). Is any one else doing this yet???? I feel like im rushing him... .... :(

Wow... im must be in a talkative mood...
okay, love you all
xx

telly- yeah you can freeze

natty- if youre coming to melb in june, you, ubba and i HAVE to meet!!!!!!

ill be back later for a better post, for mothers day i got nothing, except our biggest day yet at the cafe!!
x sarah x

Hey all sorry I've been Mia spent the last 5/6 days reading the 4 twilight books, did an all nighter last night on the last lol bit depressed now though
1) cos I'm not sure what to do with myself I was so focused on reading them

2) I want to be a vampire lmao sound pretty cool

And 3) a little sad cos I wish I could feel the intense love they talk about in the book :( oh and I'm gonna miss Alice and Esme lol it's kinda the family I always wanted to have, I've always felt really ripped off cos Jose has no family

I'm just an over sensitive twat lol hope ur all well xoxo

Ok Ill see how much I can punch out before little miss decides shes awake lol

Madame...YES!!!!! I know as soon as we confirm the dates Ill let you know. We will be staying at Point Cook so if we could find somewhere central to meet for all 3 of us? Im unsure of where you 2 are but Im hoping I can get away to see you (we will only be there 3 or 4 days) But I soooo want us to meet up! The dates 17th to 21st have been thrown around but it could shift to the fri-wed iykwim?

Telly Wooohooo!!! Yay but it is hard isnt it? I did it all on my own so that made it harder but easier in different ways (ie no screaming dd lol). Dont be discouraged if Feo doesnt settle well at night I find V sometimes will not do it and then we feed and cuddle (got to have a heart and its nice for a cuddle) but she even goes down like that quicker than she used to. I find its easy in the morning, sometimes only 2 mins of crying then harder gradually during the day but I have so much more time in the day now, I feel so liberated and I dont think v is suffering as Im always willing to go in and comfort her. Do you think its cc? Anyway good luck with it, Im certainly no expert and didnt really want to do it but I feel like its actually better for her, like she gets better longer sleep in her bed. Oh and with the feeding we do 2 meals a day offered but she usually only eats properly at 1. ATM she is eating 3 ice cubes worth at the main meal and maybe another cube with the second one but she just mucks around usually with thatone. I tried her on the jelly and she HATES it but she likes the banana porridge one. That is the only bought ones (the sweet ones) I will prob buy but may start cooking fruit too. I always give her homemade vege and casserole, this week Im trying her on chicken, she has had lamb (naturally shes Greek lol) and bacon.

Kymmy it sounds like you had a great weekend wow those Polish know how to party lol. How sweet of Brit "anything all day" awwwww..

Snowy lol on the dvds haha the best intentions deserve a lot of gratitude lol. DH was pretty clueless so Im tossing up as to whether Im going to get a pandora bracelet or a nice pair of earrings lol..from V of course!

OK got to go now I can hear the monster stirring lol

xx Natty

PS God I love my kid she is so great :)

OOPs Alison I fdorgot you lol..

Dont beat yourself up over the weight loss thing, I had a crap week last week and this week I feel like I made up for it...I figure if I can give up smoking I can eat well and exercise lol and I hve army training looming over my head so I am scared shizerless lol. Just take the healthy option all the time like taking the skin off chicken, dry frying meat small portions etc and it will fall off

xx

Ok now she really needs me

omg just really super quick, will post more when kidlets are snoozing.
mon... i SO KNOW HOW YOU ARE FEELING :hug:

tips... hahahaon the stephanie mayer official website you can download the twilight book, but in edwards version.. its just the first chapter - but gives you the hit.

then when that is done, google ' twilight fan fiction ' ALOT of it is udder crap, porno stuff thats just.... not right, lol, but if your seive throgh it, you often find a little pot of gold... its addictive.. hth...

i feel for you

Haha! You girls are funny!.... although i haven't seen or read Twilight yet so........

Oh i forgot to ask.....

Is anyone doing BLS? I have started offering some foods and he generally isn't interested but i let him play with some of my dinner tonight (spag bol, didn't actually get any in his mouth but LOVED playing with it!) and have let him suck on some of my fruit and want to know how others have gone starting out and what you are offering??

xxx

Kymmy - ATM Mr I is sitting in the highchair with a slice of pear in each hand (and alot on his bib, and some down the side of the highchair). I had him on my lap for previous breakfasts 'cuase he couldn't reach the tray in the highchair, but I put a book (New pregnancy & childbirth, not gonna need that again) under the cushion and he can grab the food now. He's had toast crust, carrot, broccoli, lamb cutlet (I cut most of the meat off & gave him the bone to use as a handle), bannana. I know some is going in ('cause some is commng out the other end). My problem is he's asleep most of the time when we have dinner so he's really only getting b'fast consistently. There's a BLS thread that I'm gonna subscribe to for ideas.

Thanks Snowy.. do you cook the pear a little bit? I let Archie 'play' with some of my toast this morning, he didn't even try to put it in his mouth.. I don't think he is quite ready yet.

Hi Kymmy, We are not doing BLS but just this morning V had vegemite on toast cut into fingers and she was shoving it in lol Ill put a pic on fb.

Oh with the new bb you can make an album under your profile...yay!

Dont like how I cant see back into the posts when I type a new one....

How did you go last nigght Telly?

V is going for her needles today and also to sort out her bung eye she has had since birth, sticky eye that keeps coming back....gross.

xx

hey natty, last night i just did boobie to sleep. dh wasn't home, and you know what my dd is like for sleep... so i just went by the easy method.
But this morning's nap took about 5 mins worth of patting and he was off for 40min. this afternoon he started to fall asleep on the boob, so i quickly popped him into the cot and he grizzled a little, so i patted his bum (about 30 seconds), and so far he's been sleeping for 1hr 35min... this is sooo not like him! Its making me wonder how tired he must be in general!! but kept waking up wondering where on earth his boob had disappeared to, haha! Yep, its a form of cc. ... Its actually what they teach at the parenting classes (with the MCHN) that bec was talking about earlier this year. they taught it to me when DD was little, but i never adopted it cause like i mentioned inan earlier post, im lazy and boob is easy. haha. (however now im here... i can't get over how easy this whole bum patting is!) I know what you mean tho.. so far today i've spring cleaned DDs room, swept, mopped, vacummed, done 4 loads of washing, made beds and cleaned the chicken cage.... WTF?!?! I've NEVER had time like this!! Also my boob at 11am had enough milk for me to warrant a quick express (got 50 ml!!! which is huge for me!!!) My boobs must be sighing in relief! haha!

mon how did you go with your twilight addiction?? Its hard when the books all of a sudden end.. when your reading them you become part of the whole story hey! I remember reading them, getting that far into it, that when i'd stop and look up, i was literally SHOCKED that it wasn't rainging and overcast! hahahah!!!! Yes, i too am an addict! I also remember DH showing me this really fancy car on the highway when i was mid way through eclipse, the car was like.. worth 500k or soemthing ridiculous, so i was instantly trying to see the owner.. because SURELY only a vampire could be THAT rich!!?? hahahahaha!! yes!! the obsession becomes your life!

Kymmy, as for the BLS i think i'm a bit of both. As i was with DD too. Did a bit of puree and a fair bit of solids finger foods. I remember my inlaws expressing their disgust at me for always giving DD pieces of apple to suck on when she was 5.5 months old. Cause 'she will choke". Pffft, fark you. lol. oh i love my inlaws. hahaha

madame- thats awesome that your cafe did a great mothers day trade!! I so want to life close by, so i can enjoy your little cafe (and your company ;) ) Hope your DH atleast wished you a happy mothers day, sometimes men don't think. xx

okay... thats all i think
xx

OMG you ladies are legends... I've been copying you both (Nat & Telly).... and.... it's working............. I decided i better hurry up and get into some kind of routine before the new baby (OMG!) arrives, so i've been trying in all areas and its working!!!! WOOHOOO!
Oh and with BLS, i gave Archie some capsicum and cucumber fingers tonight, was expecting him just to have a play like other times, but he actually got it into his mouth everytime he tried and actually ate some of the cucumber!! I felt so proud! hahaha! It's so awesome, this motherhood thing, i'm so darn happy!
Got my beautiful Clippies Bec! We were so excited! I'll take some piccies!
I haven't even seen twilight yet! I'll have to watch in one of these days cos everyne goes on about it!! I am not a big movie person (i get bored really easy) so i dunno if it will be up my ally, we'll see!
Natty the pics of V (with the toast) are sooooo cute! She is sooo adorable!! Actually, i've decided that ALL our babies are adorable! They really are!! You know how sometimes you see a baby and pretend it's cute, but really it looks like an alien from outer space!? Well, we don't have that problem! hahaha! My sister did though, i went to visit her and her new baby in hossy, and ran excitedly up to the bassinette and was shocked to see the UGLIEST baby i had EVER seen! My sister said "I know, she's pretty ugly hey?!" It was so funny! She is stunning now (as a 10 year old) but the poor thing was all squished and lopsided and had a massive nose and ears and was bright red.... Oh how mean am i!? hahaha...
Anyway, best be off... want to have a look at the BLS forums..

Oh, i had takeaway Cantonese for dinner and it was SO FLAMIN YUMMY! I sense a bit of a food obsession coming on again......
xxxxx

I'm trying to forget reading the books lol otherwise I'm all miserable thinking y doesn't Jose make me feel that way lol still which I had all those extra family though and it would be wicked to be a vampire hehehe just trying to get back to reality

Hi Kymmy - yum Cantonese, sounds delish....probably out of the question for my 12 week challenge though lol. Anyway, that kind of food (chinese/cantonese) is usually riddled with wheat so can't eat it, I miss a good fried honey chicken and sweet and sour pork, ho hum. How are you feeling, any morning sickness yet? Would be great if you skipped it this time around, will give me hope for next time! :rolleyes:

Hi Natty - I've been also trying to self settle this week and so far I'm getting there! I am the opposite to you, I find it easier as the day goes on, maybe she gets more tired and relaxed by then - night time is the easiest, first morning nap the hardest. I can't just put her down and walk away, I end up going back and forth for anywhere up to 45 minutes because she keeps rolling onto her tummy etc. So, yesterday I decided to try just putting her straight on her tummy and then just patting her bum and saying shhhh.....it was taking about 10 minutes but after a while she gave up on lifting up her head and just started to close her eyes so I just walked out then and it worked! Hopefully today it will be the same and not just a fluke yesterday. But like you, if it doesn't then I will just give her a cuddle like always and like you said she will go to sleep quicker than usual anyway with a cuddle, more like when she was little.

Hi Everyone else, how are we all going today? xx

AFM - Off to swimming this morning, god I hate putting her head under water, I hope she doesn't cry, she didn't last week so fingers crossed she's ok, I feel so bad but I know it's teaching her water survival etc so just have to remind myself. The teacher said their eosophagus (sp?) closes over naturally so they don't swallow much if any water even if they do forgot to close their mouth. Apparently they lose the natural reflex to hold their breath at 7 months hence why I was keen to do it now. I hated swimming lessons when I was younger and ended up a crap swimmer so I don't want her to be like me, I used to be petrified of school swimming!

Oh and a quick question, should I be concerned that Amelia can only roll from back to tummy and not tummy to back? She's been rolling this way since she was 4 months old but hasn't even attempted to roll the other way yet!

Have a great day everyone.

hey kymmy, ive been meaning to ask, how is your dad going? also have you told your mw your utd yet?? bet she's excited! I'm totally with you too, we do all have beautiful babies ;) and yep.. im also a meany who thinks some babies are just ugly. haha!

Ali - i wouldn't be too concerned about millie, im a big believer in kids do things at their own pace. But if you're honestly concerned, ask your mchn, im sure she'll put your mind at ease! TBH i think you're lucky, haha! I was sitting on the lounge room floor today eating a sandwitch and my little caterpillar humped over and started helping himself :rolleyes: Then when i had gotten up to put my mess away, i caught him in the dining area playing with the telephone cord :o far out! Driving me nuts!

Can anyone help me out. in the old bb layout you used to click 'user profile' and it would come up all of the thread you were subscribed to... how on earth do you do it with this one?? I keep having to scroll through the forums trying to find where the threads i like are.. annoying!

xx

Just quickly Telly, They are under 'settings'.
and my Dad is great thanks for asking... Still has his foot and the muscle graft has taken really well so it is all good news :)
xxx

Yay for your dad Kymmy, that's great to hear!!

Hey Bec, I've uploaded the pics of Amelia with her Cute Clippy on....it's so beautiful, I love it and so does she as you can see by the smile on her face. Sorry they're fuzzy, I zoomed in from too close - I really need to read the instruction book on this fancy new camera!

Tom Cruise and roast vegies for dinner tonight, hope it's not too naughty for the weight loss but I've used minimal olive oil and will just spray the vegies.

xx

Serenity had a tiny bit of mash veg last night

Well 5 year wedding Anny in 2 weeks any ideas on gifts, trying to figure what to do

Hi ladies!!

Not sure how long I have so Ill just wing it...

Kymmy Im glad your dad is ok too, wow that was a close one for him hey? Hows the newest little bubba going? lol. Glad Archie is doing the sleeping thing well for you, I cant believe how much easier things are with it although there is no way Id have done it earlier..

Alison, Im going to go and have a look at those photos. Roast and vege is ok as long as the portion size is modest. Portion size is my main problem lol

Heavenly Im thinking thinking but Im crap at thinking of presents lol. Good to hear from you tho :)

Snowy thanks for the pear idea, V had some this morning and loved it!

Have been pretty crap at exercise but am eating well so hopefully a loss in weight this week but Im not expecting much...

V is so great, we are going heaps of places together and with some padding she can sit in the trolley at the shop so she can see everything. Im doing finger foods for brekky then veggie and meat for lunch and dinner alternating with fruit although she is not a fan of apple or fruit in the can. I tried her on a banana custard after tea tonight and she loved it, of course because it custard...hmmmm...

catch you later girls its bath time xx

Hi Natty - yep portion size is my prob too....especially when it's so yum, hard to stop sometimes! lol

Talking of weight I snuck a weigh in this morning and I'm down 1kg again, honestly talk about fluctuate!!!! What worries me is I'm going away to the holiday house with friends and their bub this weekend so I'm going to have to try and be good, normally it's cheese and bikkies and god knows what else lol!

I could do with some opinions........we have the option of (when the inlaws move next door gulp) to buy the house they're in at the moment for whatever we sell ours for....interesting as they're on 3 acres about 10 minutes away so is definitely worth more for the land alone. Only thing is it's "their" house and I feel it always will be. DH is going to spend $150,000 doing it up because it's 80's and ugly but I still have a dilemma. DH wants to live in it for the land, he thinks it will be great for kids to have room to run around, we're on a very small block (hence the 2 storey house) and have no room for a swing set or the like. If I can get past the fact I hate the house (DH promises it will look brand new when he's finished with it) and his parents remember it will be ours I might not feel so negative about the whole thing. I will miss being so close to the ocean though, and across from a lovely park - but I guess it's only 10 minutes away in the car. Half of me wants to, the other half doesn't. It just seems so hard to imagine the house looking nice - we built the one we're in now so it's all new and nice.....I guess I'll have to see how it looks when it's finished. Sounds snobby I know but this house is dark and old and ugly, I just don't get a nice vibe the way it is. DH has promised shiny floorboards which I really wanted here and wasn't allowed (lol) and even possibly a pool - it's already got a spa! I probably sound stupid even contemplating knocking the opportunity down, DH reckons we'll never get the chance to buy 3 acres of land for the price we'll buy it for and I do agree with that and the fact it would be nice to have some open space for kids to run around in. I told him he'd have to build me a super dooper cubby house for Amelia. hee hee

Also, is anyone thinking about going back to work? I really don't want to but I will have to, at least to resign, or I have to return my maternity pay.....haven't decided yet. I just don't have any ambition to go back but who knows how I'll feel in another 5 months......I'm freaking out that I'm halfway through my leave already! I just love being a SAHM so much - although I miss the nice paypacket....just seems there's more to life at the mo.

Hi Everyone else - how are you all and your beautiful bubbas?

Well I won't be on much after tonight as I'm heading down to the holiday house tomorrow but back on Sunday so will check back in then.

Have a great weekend lovelies.

xx

Do it Ali... Honestly, we live on 6 acres and it is THE BEST kind of lifestyle for kids. Animals, exploring, playing outside, motorbikes, bike riding etc... Brit gets soo bored when we stay at friends places in the suburbs! When we are home I hardly ever see her cos she is such an outdoorsy kid. So much more to do outside rather than in. And don't worry about the house, you can change all that. I used to rent this horrid old, crappy 2 bedroom cottage that was falling apart but we loved living there cos it was in the middle of 80 acres. We spent more time outside than in!!
I'll be back later, on my phone at the mo xxxxx

oh ali... totally GO FOR IT!
I grew up on one of my aunty's cattle stations, she has something like.. crap loads of land, and absolutely LLOOOOVVEED IT!!!
Sound pretty ... up myself, lol, but IMO all of my family have that beautiful 'country' kind of personality.. so easy going, laid back... and i think the only reason is because we all grew up out west. If we could afford it, i totally would not be living in the city.
Exactly what kymmy said too.. motorbikes, horses, fishing in the dam!, dogs, chooks, geese, lots of cattle... when you're a kid.. nothing beats that!
FWIW, my house was a total dive when we moved in.. i mean TOTAL DIVE! haha, but we've made it our own. feels like home ;) (new kitchen, new floors, new laundry, new bathroom, gardens.. its taken ages, but rome wasn't built in a day). and besides, you dh is a builder.!!! hell yes your house is gonna be kick arse no matter where you live! hahaha

lol, sorry, im a bit of an extreme one! but i just thinking that type of 'country' living (Even if it is only on 3 acres), is the best type of environment for children to grow up

oh sorry, forgot to mention work too.

when i think about returning to work.. i literally feel sick in the stomach :redface:
i know that sounds ridiculous.. but thats the only way i can describe it.
I hate the thought of my children being raised by someone else... makes me sick.
I don't want to miss out on anything... i love music lessons, playgroup days, swimming lessons, and just the boring home days... my life is so perfect

I'm really lucky that my DHs mother was a working mum. He grew up in childcare centres, then when he was at school he would always walk home by himself to an empty house - because of this, he is such a huge believer in keeping me at home with the kiddies as long as we can afford it.

Some weeks can be really tight, but we always get through. If i ever had to go back.. it would probably be waitressing during week nights, or night packing?? something like that.

thats just me tho..
i totally respect women who do go back.. i honestly take my hat off to them

Hey girls...

OMG i'm going insane! Archie DOES NOT SLEEP during the day! He'll GO to sleep (using Natty's patting bum method!) but will wake up after 15mins or so! It is doing my head in!! :wall:
I don't know what to do.... I have that no-cry sleep solution book but have only read a bitof it and havent had time to read the rest, so i guess that is step one. I just feel like he is in absolutely NO routine and i really want to get him into SOME kind of routine before this baby comes (OK so i've got like 7.5 months but can you tell i'm panicking that it won't happen before then!!!??). Brit was a pretty bad sleeper aswell. I'm sure its got to do with the co-sleeping, as he generally will sleep if i am laying next to him but i can't do that all the time, as much as i'd love to.
HHHHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP MMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Anywho, Back to you guys...

Natty: Glad to hear V is doing so well! She is such a happy, smiley looking baby! Love her! Archie has been really experimenting with food too.. Tonight he had some roasted potato fingers, a finger of red capsicum and some tomato. Earlier today he tried a tiny bit of banana and a little bit of natural yoghurt (which he loved.... BARF!). It is so exciting, this new chapter in their lives, but so damn messy!

Mon: FIVE years!? Wow! Thats great for such a young couple. Hmmmmm pressie, um.... i dunno... i am so crap at choosing pressies, love giving them but hate choosing them!!

Hello everyone else!!!

I was going through all our old threads last night!!! It was soooo good to read! Like an old diary! I got all emotional!! Really felt pregnant last night cos my emotions were running wild.... NOT looking forward to being a psychopath again.... :o hahahaha

I went to the Dr today for all my blood tests and whatnot... tried to make me feel guilty about having another homebirth..."Oh but does your midwife know about the fractured clavicle????"
Like it wouldn't have happened if i was in hospital.... same baby coming out of the same hoohaa... GRRRR!

Oh, call me stupid, but i can't remember if teething causes nappy rash or whether it will be the food he is trying (although, he hardly actually gets anything down his throat yet!!)... his poor man bits are so red they are almost blistery :( I am using my faithful nappy cream but it doesn't seem to be helping so i have tried some zinc and castor oil cream tonight so i'll see how that goes.

Well i best be off to bed.... Might read the rest of the sleep book..... only have 7.5 months left....
:jawdrop:

Goodnight ladies xxxx

Thanks Kymmy and Telly - you girls are so right, thank you, I needed to hear that. xx And Telly, me too about feeling sick thinking of going back to work, I don't have to if I don't want, we're without sounding snobby pretty financially stable - I sold my house last year (I bought it in 2000 with my ex and busted my pooper to pay the mortgage on my own owhen we broke up but so glad I kept it - even if it was vegemite on toast and 2 minute noodles for a while lol) and made a nice profit which paid a chunk of the current mortgage off (I rented it out the last 2 years so that covered my mortgage too) and we've been working hard to pay the current mortgage off....but still - I always thought I'd just do something by helping DH with his business to get a bit of a little income just for fun and spending (I'm a shopaholic)......but who knows. I was on a great salary working for an oil and gas company so it will be a big change but I've been doing it for 20 years and feel it's my time to spend with my girl now, like you, I don't fancy having a childcare centre bring up my child/children......nothing against them, just the way I feel.

Anyway girls, it's late and I've gotta pack for our country weekend away.........100 acres this time, I love this holiday house, it's so beautiful this time of year as everything is so green. I hope the guy next door's cows are there again, there's nothing like waking up and having a cow outside your window hee hee. Oh and Telly, wow your childhood sounding so lovely - I agree though, country people are so more relaxed and the kids are so polite and aren't spoilt with bloomin materialistic crap. Even though this is kind of in the burbs it's more tranquil....in fact, the street is called Tranquil drive lol!

Well, will check back in on Sunday when we get back. Have a great weekend lovelies. Take care of that little bub in your tum Kymmy. xx

he he he about the country folk..
must be why im so nice! joking. i love the country too. grew up here, moved to the big smoke, hated it in the beginning, then loved the shopping bars and restaurants, but loathed the city living. i love fresh air, wide open spaces, polite country people, grass for my kids to feel with their toes and peak hour traffic involving 2 cars in the opposte direction! Go for it ali! means theres more room for us all to come visit!

congrats mon on five years!!!! i agree too- long time for a youngin! we had our 5 year anniversary on may 1st.....i didnt give dh anything- figured giving birth twice was enough, he gave me a beautiful painting- but im into that kinda stuff, and we are going to go out for dinner when harper decides to take some ebm and is settling perfectly- actually will that ever happen?? x

i too don't like the idea of childcare bringing up my kids, so ill never go back to work, well not really. ill never work for anyone else again, we are lucky, well not lucky actually, its friggin hard work to own your own hospitality business. i dont care what anyone says, even if it is just a little cafe, we do EVERYTHING! so without sounding ****y either, we are comfortable money wise. now. weren't always. got a personal loan for our wedding, have a car on finance, and had $300 to our names when we opened the cafe, but don't owe anything. such hard work, but the only way we know how. So am i actually mad for opening ANOTHER business?????
i hope not.

kymmy, i hope archie sleeps better soon, harper can be a bit like that too. only sleep if i hold her. man, im guna look like pop eye soon with one massive arm from holding her. haha i just imagined that and laughed out loud. gee i love it when you read something or think of it and you lol. love it. i dont want to read over our old posts, ill cry, or really really want another baby now! but we just cant do that right now, i mean we could but we have enough to do. i hope by the end of the year though.

telly- i cant remember whats going on with anything in this thread without out seeing it. i wonder if that can be fixed, so i cant remember what i was going to say to you! how crap am i! terrible friend. oh well. i love you...does that do??

bec- lady you are doing so so well with your gorgeous clippies! well done lovey. im so happy for you. i need to get my sewing pants on and sew like the clappers to stock this darn shop! man do i have some shelves to fill. i hope i do you girls proud.

hello everyone else- sorry if i forgot you, i suck at the moment. pretty scattered...natty, suz, snowy, alicia.......

so, afm, harper is going well. she has wonderful settling, feeding sleeping moments, then terrible ones. but is generally a blissful baby. i have felt like a single mum for a while, dh asleep by 9 and he only seems to do stuff when i ask...gggrrr
last night was terrible, i was having a really tough time settling harper, was super tired and just needed to go to bed. so after 4 hours of feeding her, walking around holding her so she slept, i put her in the bassinette. she cries. i think, ok, ill leave her for a minute, just a minute to see if she'll settle, is 12:30 now and dh is in bed too. so she cries for a bit and he gets up and is like "ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LET HER CRY" coz i left it too see if he would get up and i was like blah blah im tired its tough and he got all well is it my fault i have to go to work in the morning- like you dont work you stupid cow so you should attend to the baby. fark me. i was so angry, i gave up and fed her in bed, me crying. i just want a break sometimes. i mean he works hard. but 2 babies is hard. i'd rather deal with them all day than the general public.....oh fark. the poor me my life is worse argument....are we the only ones who have that one??
sorry,
rant much??
anyway
so got the keys to my new shop tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wwwwwwwwoooooooooooo hhhhhhoooooooooooo!
can't wait, hope it lives up to my expectation and isnt too taxing on me. its a few doors down from our cafe and the street we are on is a bit wierd, like all the shop owners get along well, there is still politics, way too much to go into, but people gossip and ***** then pretend to be your friend......man...its not highschool.... anyway....im gunna rock it and show them all! oh, and you guys of course xox
i suck on the weight loss, down 600g in 2 weeks but have been terrible with food and no exercise. i have to do it though, i just feel terrible in myself. hate bulging over all my clothes.
good on all you girls though, wow! you are fading away!
ill be back tomorrow,
love you girls all so
xox madame

p.s
ubb- you natty and i ARE going to meet when natty comes to melbs, i dont care whats happening, we will make it happen....and i have family in perth and qld so those meets could happen one day too!

Quickly Ubba and Madame,

It looks like Ill be travelling down with V the week bfore dh does as hes away for work so I may aswell go down earlier... Its looking like ill be there on the afternoon of the Queens Birthday weekend and there for a week. Ill have a car I can borrow so maybe the Wed or Thurs would suit me??? Loose plans I know but how do you two feel about it? Would it be better if we went to Madames cafe? Hmmmm??? EXCITING!!!!

Omg im green with envy!!!!!

Jealous too!

Mr I is going through a Mummy is the best thing in the world & nothing else will do stage, which while very flattering is a bit exhausting. He's also having trouble staying asleep (his noisy brother is not helping in this regard!)

We went to a positive parenting seminar at the CCC last night , DS1 was in the other room watching Madagascar, Mr I mostly asleep in my arms. The seminar was good mostly in re-inforcing what we're already doing (although I am currently guilty of having DS1 sitting watching Bob the builder) and was interesting in learning why the do certain things at childcare & why this centre is so good.

I made sweet potato pancakes for lunch & Mr I gave them a go - dunno how much was swallowed. Also gave him some microwaved sweet potato slices that didn't get grated and he sucked on them for a while. I have a problem stopping DS1 swiping food off the highchair tray, obviously I didn't give him enough.

I went into work yesterday to give back the basinette 'cause we hadn't used it for a couple of months & show off Mr I. I'm gonna do 3 days next month for stocktake (I'm the inventory accountant or I was until I went on leave) so DH is gonna have to look after both boys for those days and then do a bit more work from home to get it reconciled, but I'm not going back until mid-Oct & then it'll only be 2 days a week, although my boss did mention in an e-mail that I can ask for another 12 mths if I want - dunno if that means she doesn't want me back yet or what.

No ideas for anniversary pressies sorry Mon - I didn't get anything for or from DH for our 10 year last year (except Mr I, but we didn't know that at the time :p)

Wahhooooo! Tapatalk app!

Hi girls!
Xox Madame

argh, crappy km900

i so want an iphone, this is crappo

having such a horrible diet week ladies, but loving it, haha.

xx

Hi girls!!!

Sorry I have been MIA but the MIL has arrived from the UK and is in the room where the computer is so I only get on it a little bit!! She's already driving me insane and Ive still got a week and a half to go....I just have to keep reminding myself that its only 2 weeks a year so it could be worse....

JDs party is today and its bigger than Ben Hur!!! Cost me a freaking fortune and I didn't realize we have so many people coming...hope he enjoys it though...

On my Ipod and terrible at typing on here so will check in later...

Abbey still sleeping terribly but no point doing anything now when the MIL is here so will have to get onto that after...

Love you all and you all sound like you are doing great
xoxoxo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JD!!!

Just quick, this morning chris, kaili, theo and i are lying in bed, and theo starts pumping out 'dadadadadada!! " !@!!!! SOOO EDXCITED!!!

And sooo happy it happened on a sunday morning when he was home
naq i love my family xxx

happy birthday JD!!! have a great time
Late happy birthday snowy xox

GO FEO!!!!!!! wOOOOOOOOO

hey, you can see older posts below when you reply now!

ill bbl xox

Happy birthday JD!!! Hope your UFO cake is delicious! Mmmmmmm UFO cake.........

Woohooooo FEO! Telly that kid will be in University by next year at the rate he is going!! Haha!

Bbl xx

Happy Birthday JD!!!

Woop Telly!!!! How exciting lol. V has also been mamamama but I didnt want to say because I didnt want to sound like one of those ppl who oh I dunno, say their newborn can crawl...lol.

mmm I want an Iphone too my samsung does not have an app....

Oh V is doing the rocking on knees and hands thing...She gets really frustrated and makes all these angry noises when she gets nowhere. Shes also getting addicted to the dummy which I never thought would happen...How are you girls going who are now patting to sleep? Dummies now or not?

Hooray for your ticker Kymmy lol I just loooked up and there it was lol I cant believe it either haha :)

Bad diet week for me Im dreading weigh in tomorrow....

xx

terrible terrible diet week for me too, not looking forward to weigh in either

i know what you mean, after i posted that he said it i thought.. gee these ladies are going to think i'm a big fat liar. caterpillar crawling and now the dada? sounds a bit made up! lol! but i swear its true! Not too sure onthe uni tho kymmy, haha. A friend of mine, her little boy did everything early, and no offence... but he is now sooo far behind! its quite scary! so im hoping theo doesn't do something similar... oh the worry we have for our kids! I do wish theo was pumping out the mumas tho... lucky natty!! He's been saying it all day. im loving it. even as he's getting cranky, he says it in his cranky voice, lol. super cute!

sarah - harper is so adorable, love her little laugh. her name really suits her too :) gorgeous!

shayna photos of the party look awesome! how much did the jumping castle set you back if you dont mind me asking?

kymmy how are you feeling lately?? hope not too tired or too sick.

DH have been talking a lot lately about how many bubby's we want. At the moment i'm just sooo content with two.. i can't imagine having another! But then i think.. i would really love DD to have a sister... lol. im so undecided! Another thing thats really making me think is the carseats. i honestly dont know how you can fit 3 carseats in a car??? DS is in the safe and sound guardian, and DD is in the safety first... dont know what its called (6months to 7 years, the one with cup holders and arm rests :rolleyes: lol ) I dont think another car seat would fit in our car?? and we have an 09 camry ?>? can anyone offer advice on that?

xx