Vix - its nothing special, but a huge upgrade from my 4.0 megapixel cheapo!
Its the Nikon Coolpix L22. Was only $94 I think & a 12MP. Would LOVE to get an SLR one day...
WTG Clover on the new camera! How is little Summer going now?
Vix - How scary with the Thyroid. Im sure everything is fine, sending you big hugs anyway Hope you enjoyed your cuppa and are having a nice girlie day!!
Pretz - Woo hooo on DTD!! Its a big step - sorry to hear it hurt. I dont enjoy it at the moment. But my libido was shot after I had Summer so I know it will return ... ONE DAY!!
AFM - Nothing new to report. Ben has his appt with the eye surgeon on Friday. Hoping to get some good news ... i.e. no operation!!! His weight has steadied out a bit, only put on 200g this week instead of the usual 250 - 300g. As of last Thursday (just before 10 weeks) he was 6.55kg, 61.5cm long and HC 42cm!! I know its going to slow eventually - one of these days!
I feel the same as you Nikki - have been busy busy busy and haven't got ANY time for myself! Always looking and attending to Noah 25/7! lol He is just sooooo worth it though and keep melting my heart when he gives me those huge, big, gummy smiles!! Sorry to hear that the eye surgeon appt was so expensive only for him to tell you what your OB already told you. Good news though that he doesn't seem to need surgery and that it's nothing serious! Sorry to hear about your Nan being in hospital. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers!
Clover & Vix - Thanks for the tips re the sling. I got one about a month ago, but he HATES it just like Alannah so wasted the money I guess. I also have one of those carriers, which is handy when going to the shops, but 1 - it's just so hot to carry him around in all day and 2 - it kills my already messed up back even more and when I do get him in there and he finally falls asleep it's hard to get him unstrapped without him waking up. lol Have started putting him in his pram more often and wheel him around everywhere in the house with me now while I do things, seems to last at least long enough for me to do dishes or put on washing, fold washing, put on dinner etc. lol
Clover - Hope the breastfeeding has been going better the last few days. How are you finding the nipple shield? Love your photos you've been taking.
Vix - Yes, I'm only getting him weighed again this week and will then only be getting him weighed once a month. I'm just being silly about stressing over his weight. I guess I just have to remember what EVERYONE (GP, CHN and friends) tell me - if he is hungry (i.e not gaining enough weight) he will be crying ALL the time. lol He seems pretty settled and has probably about 12-15 wet nappies a day and does a huge poo every second day, sometimes 2 times that second day! lol Hope you get to go for your ultrasound soon and it's all good news!
Sparkles - You lucky ducky with Tynan sleeping through the night! Noah is still waking once a night (most nights), but some nights when I go to bed later and I give him a top up feed (while he is asleep) he basically sleeps through too, which is fantastic! I spent most of my days talking away to Noah too and over the past 2 days have heard him make different noises along with the one's he used to so he is definitely starting to increase his "words"! lol
Raffy - Glad to hear I'm not the only one having a "velcro" baby! You're right, it sure does give us a good excuse for when and why things aren't done. lol I too hope that they grow out of it eventually and in the meantime guess we should enjoy them "clinging" to us because once they're like 16 they're not even going to want to be seen anywhere near us I bet! lol Sorry to hear you're MIL is doing your head in......it's always the way isn't it. Just remember that you're doing a great job as Coop's Mummy and you would know his cries better than anyone else so I'm sure YOU will know when your baby is hungry.
Brydz - Yes, our boys are all growing so well and tall! I think Noah is definitely going to be tall like his Daddy. Everyone that sees him says he is so BIG and tall for his age. Actually found out yesterday that my Goddaughter who is 8 months old actually only weighs 700g more than Noah and she is also 62cm tall now! She is just a tiny big chubbier than Noah. lol Makes me wonder how big Noah will be when he is 8 months old if he's almost already caught up to her! lol Sorry to hear about the issues you're having with J. I hope you get to sort everything out soon and that it won't need to go as far as going through lawyers or the courts.
Hello to everyone else!
AFM, have had a busy, busy, busy but great weekend! Had a nice, huge nap yesterday from around 12:00pm til 3:00pm with Noah and went to my Godmother's Christmas party last night. Noah slept from 8:30pm until we got home at midnight, woke for a quick feed, went straight back to sleep and slept until 6:00am this morning. We got up at 6:30am and went to my Goddaughters Baptism and Noah slept in Daddy's arms for the entire Church service. lol Went out to lunch, he had bottle of EBM (190ml in one go!! - never had that much in one go in a bottle) and slept from about 12:30pm until we got home at 4:00pm! Then had a small feed, a bath, another feed and went to sleep around 6:45pm. Finally went to finish our Chrissy shopping this arvo and now just gotta wrap it all up ready for next Saturday (we'll be spending the day at MIL's house).
Well then, best be off, DH made us some nice toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches for dinner (seeing as we weren't very hungry after our big lunch). Nice to have dinner made for me for a change! lol
Feeding has come good. Not getting too confident though. Summer giggled for the first time last night Mum & all the kids got to hear it!
Having a real hard time with her eczema But we'll get there...
ILs getting here on Tuesday & I'll be pretty flat out after that, but will try get in here to wish you all a merry christmas. If not
MERRY CHRISTMAS MUMMA'S & BUBBA'S!!!!!!
Cleaning tomorrow, they arrive about 9am Tuesday, mental health appointment for my PND & hopefully ADs Wednesday, finish christmas shopping Thursday & cooking, food prep, pressie wrapping, light looking & chrissy drinks Friday!!
Busy week! Hope we get some sunshine!
Have an awesome first christmas with all those beautiful babies!
Nikki: i noticed we had 7 of both just now when i looked at the list, we're very clever. I missed why Ben needs an operation but i hope the appointment goes well.
Vix: we're headed to Sydney for a few hours to do a few things and then we're headed to FIL's house at Ballina for most of our time away but also heading to Springwood, QLD to see BIL, SIL & their kids at some point too we haven't seen them since we moved from QLD to Cowra in August 2009. I'm going to be busy this week packing & cleaning the house as i'm not sure whether the real estate is doing an open house on Saturday or not as the house we're renting has been put up for sale, but i would have cleaned the house anyway especially as we wont be here for roughly 2weeks. Hope the ultrasound goes ok.
AFM: Ben is sleeping a minimum of 7hrs a night and has been for about 2weeks now. We're only getting up once a night to feed and i express either before or after Ben has had a bottle. I'm still giving Ben EBM 100% of his feeds and he's having 140ml every feed, i'm still demand feeding him so each day is different and he's going between 1 and 5hrs between feeds during the day, i've had a few lumps on the top side of my RH breast but nothing that massaging, a shower & expressing hasn't fixed although i still worry everytime. Ben is in mostly 000's although the smaller make ones are getting a little on the small side and he's in infant nappies although will likely put him in crawlers once i finish the infants of as the infants have leaked up his back a few times so i figure it's time to move him up in nappy sizes.
Sounds like you're going to be very busy the next week Clover, but sounds like you're going to have a great time with your family!
Glad to hear that things with feeding is getting better. Hope it just continues to get better and better. I think Noah just went through a growth spurt about a week or so ago as he had that massive gain and the last few days have been going 3 hours or so between feeds.
Thank you - DH and I are both very excited about spending our first Christmas with our little boy! Can't wait and what's best of all is that we get to help open some extra pressies this year! lol
pretz Wow Noah is nearly as big as that 8 month old? crazy huh. My niece who turns 2 on NYE is only 80cm. I reckon Vinny is going to be as tall as her before long. She is right on the bottom line on the growth charts and he is toward 90% I think on his.
Thanks guys for all the kind words re: J and everything.
Yesterday I received a really really really long email from "J" that was sent from his mothers email address. I KNEW all along it was her email address but now I have proof because she finally sent me an email from it and her name comes up. Not J's.
Anyways it was a stupid email really. Full of inaccuracies and half truths and even a couple of lies. She clearly does think I'm stupid. I remember what things I have said and done. Over on BH website I keep a diary about it all. I have also got a written diary from most of my pregnancy AND a saved copy of every piece of correspondence between me and J (or her).
So I replied as nicely as I could and just corrected a few of her mistakes with the ACTUAL truth and then wished them a happy holiday and said I hope we can sort it out when they are back from overseas.
In the meantime I'm hoping to not hear from them again until they get back and Vinny and I will enjoy our Christmas best we can
Its gunna be good fun all the kids are growing up we have 4 toddlers this year so it will be mad!
brydz - WTG on keepin record of everthing, i hope you dont have to use them offically but you've done all the right things. i hope you and vinny have an awesome christmas, you deserve the best. have fun with all those kiddies. madness is sometimes fun
Beckles - Yay on the new lappie! I agree with ya - 2010 was a great year for us all having been blessed with our beautiful little bundles of joy!
Nikki - Thanks honey, I'm feeling alright again, still feel a biggish lump in my left boob and it's painful when I touch it, press on it, but nothing like the pain I had from it on Friday and Saturday. Other than that feeling fine. If the lump doesn't go away in a few days I might just see the GP incase it is something else? Hope you're ok and that your lumps didn't turn into anything more either. Hope you're enjoying your time away and your girlfriends wedding this coming weekend. Oh and enjoy some of that nice sunny weather for me please because it's just been raining, raining, raining here and we're all getting sick of it!!
Raffy - Hope that Coop has been feeding better the past few days and that your milk supply has sorted itself out.
Clover - Thinking of you and hoping that all is going well with the feeding.
Vix - Thanks honey, I hope that 2011 is a great year for you too! Do you have any plans? And I was wondering how your Chrissy day went with MIL, did she "behave" herself. Hope she didn't cause any drama's.
Brydz - Glad to hear you and Vinny had a great Christmas. I looked at your photos on FB and he has grown heaps. Sooooo cute! I will keep my fingers crossed that everything works out with Vinny's middle name to be registered on his birth certificate. Have you heard from J or his family again since the last time you spoke with them?
Group Question - Should I be worried/getting worried that Noah can't hold his head up for long yet and all of a sudden HATES tummy time? When I hold him with his body towards me and his head looking over my shoulder he holds his head up for long periods of time, but when sitting his head still flops about a bit....??
AFM, have had a busy last few days - with all the rain we had some minor flooding downstairs in our house and thankfully no damage was caused to our furniture, but some boxes with books got badly damaged and we had to rearrange and repack everything, which took ages with a clingy baby around! lol Thankfuly it's all done now.
We're off to go see my girlfriend, her hubby and my goddaughter today for lunch so should be nice to get out of the house seeing as we've been stuck inside because of all the rain....
If I don't get to come on here again before then, I wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR and hope that 2010 is a great year for you all and that all your dreams come true!!
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Hope you enjoyed your cuppa and are having a nice girlie day!!
He is just sooooo worth it though and keep melting my heart when he gives me those huge, big, gummy smiles!!
Sorry to hear that the eye surgeon appt was so expensive only for him to tell you what your OB already told you. Good news though that he doesn't seem to need surgery and that it's nothing serious! Sorry to hear about your Nan being in hospital. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers!
I spent most of my days talking away to Noah too and over the past 2 days have heard him make different noises along with the one's he used to so he is definitely starting to increase his "words"! lol
- never had that much in one go in a bottle) and slept from about 12:30pm until we got home at 4:00pm! Then had a small feed, a bath, another feed and went to sleep around 6:45pm. Finally went to finish our Chrissy shopping this arvo and now just gotta wrap it all up ready for next Saturday (we'll be spending the day at MIL's house).
Mum & all the kids got to hear it!
But we'll get there...
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brydz - WTG on keepin record of everthing, i hope you dont have to use them offically but you've done all the right things. i hope you and vinny have an awesome christmas, you deserve the best. have fun with all those kiddies. madness is sometimes fun
Have you heard from J or his family again since the last time you spoke with them?
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