Ahh man I cant catch up ... Summer is crying about going outside. Just 2 minutes to myself please!!! (Hear you on the wanting to shower alone Vix, the only time I get to myself is once everyone has gone to bed, then I stay up to have some alone time and hence am dog tired again in the morning). Bah, Being a mum really is 24/7, perhaps even 25/7???
Ben's appt. went well on Friday. Pretty much just a waste of money. The eye surgeon just told me everything my OB had already told me and it cost $175 for a whole 4 minutes of his time. Just said its a blocked duct, should rectify itself, just keep on top with cleaning it ... blah blah blah, see you in 9 months to check its cleared up or surgery then. Good news I suppose, just expensive good news hahaha
Brydz - Yeah, Ben was 61.5cm at 9.5 weeks, and at 6 weeks was 59cm also. How is it all these boys are on par with each other. Freaky Big hugs hunny that everything with J sorts out soon. You dont need all this stress hampering Vinny's first Christmas
Thats it for me, got to go see my nan who is in hospital AGAIN becuase she is severly dehydrated after her last bout of chemo. Fingers crossed this s**t of a cancer stays away for good this time and gives the old girl a flipping break!!
Brydz - big hugs babe. hope J sorts his s**t and gets his priorities in order. im sooo glad your doing whats best for you and Vinny, and it really is Js loss coz Vinny is a cool lil dude.
Nikki - will keep your Nan in my thoughts. huge hugs and hope she gets better.
AFM - gotta dash accoding to MIL Cooper is hungry. apparentlly everytime he cries hes hungry!! SHES DOING MY HEAD IN!!
do you no what ive noticed... i always get stuck with the grumpy baby. i never get to cuddle him when hes happy but the second he starts crying its 'go to mum'
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Raffy - Thanks honey. Noah has been much better, although he woke at 11:15pm, 3:10am and 6:15am for feeds! Not that I minded as he helped my painful sore boobie out a little! lol I'm sorry about you thinking that your milk is "drying" up. I had the same worry a few weeks ago and like Vix and Clover told me, try not to stress about it and just keep feeding Coop. The more he feeds from your breasts the more milk you will make. I know it's hard to not stress about it either, but try not to because stress can't be good for your supply either. Also keep in mind that as our bubs grow older, they are able to drink milk from our breasts quicker, hence our boobs feeling less full. That's what I found with Noah anyway. Huge 's to you honey!
Nikki - Oh honey!! I'm soooooo sorry to hear about your Nanna. I wish you lived closer as I'd come and give you a real big hug in person!! Please know that I'm thinking of you and your family and that I will keep your Nan in my prayers. That sucks about your aircon in your car and how expensive it is to get it fixed. DH's aircon in his truck died too and his is going to cost almost $3,500 to fix! He's going to wait until next month because he doesn't have the money for it now either. Hope you have a great time down South and have a fabulous Chrissy!
AFM, have a really bad fever, temp spiked to 37.7°C this morning and feeling hot and cold! Hopefully it doesn't turn into mastitis! I have been massaging my breast and having Noah feed from that boob more frequently and have expressed some of it as well although it seems to be getting worse and not better. Any tips on what I should do??? On top of that I have a rash all over my body too (obviously caused by the fever) as I always get a rash when I have a fever so not a great way to be nearing Christmas...
Well then, to my shock, my little man has been asleep for the past 2 and 1/2 hours WOW so I might go do some dishes while I get the chance! lol
Nikki - Thanks honey. I got a couple of things done, but Noah's naps just aren't long enough sometimes! He is doing heaps better now as far as being clingy although he still has his moments where he just wants to be in your arms all the time! lol Wow, Ben sure has grown! I'm curious to find out how much Noah weighs too now, but not getting him weighed again until end January when I have his 4 month (HOLY COW that sounded scary saying 4 months!! ) checkup with the CHN. Will probably be over 7kg's too by then!! lol I think that boys are definitely bigger than girls because as I mentioned to Raffy, my goddaughter who is 8 months only weighed 700g more than Noah about 3 weeks ago, so I'm sure by now Noah has well and truly overtaken her in the weight department. Scary when you think there's 5 months difference between them. lol I'm thinking of going to buy a couple of 0 outfits for Noah soon because some of his 00's are starting to look a bit small! lol Happy 3 months to Ben today. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Feels like just the other day we were all counting down to having our babies and still had 3 months to go - sometimes someone asks me what I have been doing the past week and I for the life of me can't remember! lol Some days/weeks are a blur! lol How is Ben sleeping now at night? Is he sleeping through yet? Noah has only just (I'm talking the past 4 nights) been starting to sleep for longer stretches (7 hours or so a night) but still wakes for at least one feed, which lately has been around 4am, but I'm happy with that.
AFM, just having a quiet day at home too. Went to do some grocery shopping this morning with Noah and he was really good, but as I loaded the shopping in the car he started screaming, think he was overtired as he hadn't slept since he woke at 8:30am. When we got home I fed him and he fell asleep straight away and has been sleeping for about 25mins! Yay! Hopefully he sleeps a while longer so that I can pack away all my shopping. lol
periods - haven't got mine back yet and it will be a year on the 8th since I last had it. sooooo nice to not worry about it Hard to believe a whole year ago this time in 3 weeks (the 23rd) was the night i got spastically drunk and slept with J and created my beautiful baby boy unexpectedly! Best oops I ever did..
raffy -glad you had a bit of fun for new years! I am looking forward to a drink with my friends again one day. but at the moment breast feeding is my priority. once he goes to formula it will be possible to let my hair down every once in a while. but i'm not overly keen on the whole clubbing thing any more.
my first day of 2011 wasn't great. spent the day being bored. and annoyed at my brother. he's playing up again and mum and I are wanting to kick his ass. little brat was meant to meet mum at 1230 friday/saturday night and never did. after she drove into town to get him, when she could have been in bed as she had to get up early for work. this was the first time she had given him her trust back since doing a few stupid things last year. guarantee he will be grounded at home until he turns 18 now. (and thats not until october...). why are teenage boys so awful?
Just taking 5 mins to stop and breathe. We are going away tomorrow and I have only folded blumin' washing since lunchtime. Still have to pack and for three kids that means half the darn house, then my stuff and prolly DH's stuff plus food etc etc etc I have been exhusted for over a week now and seriously wish I had done something about my thyroid when i was first told too when Alannah was 7 weeks old! Paying for it now. I drag myself to bed every night and then have to get up between one to three times a night for one of if not all the kids. Alannah has woken 2 nights this past week but I think coz she has kicked the bottom of her wrap out. Last night I used a sleeping bag.grobag and she slept right through but it was Bailey and Noah last night. I ended up on the lounge from 3am. I am exhausted physically and mentally, gets bouts of light headiness and feel sick atleast once a day. By those symtoms you would think I was utd hey?!
With all this I have also had anxiety with some crap that MIL is going on with. Then on top of that, the past week my milk has been incredibly low in the arvos and the whole feeding several times in a few hours thing started again which kinda got me feeling down so Alannah is now on a 3/4pm ff and then her normal ff at bedtime so about 8/8.30pm.
Well, sorry for the me post. Off to cook dinner now.
I'll be back later/tomoro to write persies coz I'm on my phone but I couldn't come on and read without giving vix a huge hug!!! Hope you start to feel better soon and you get a chance to relax on ur holiday. Thinking of you xox
Brydz - I'm going to get some professional photos done of all of us, me, DH and Noah as a family when he is about 6 months too and he is able to properly sit up etc. Hope you got your shopping and errands done the other day. I am supposed to go do my food shopping too, but just don't feel like it today and DH is working so if I went I would have to take Noah with me and it's raining so that's a pain, so might leave it for tomorrow.
Raffy - Hope you had a safe flight and trip back home. I'm sending you huge hugs as I know how hard it is to leave your family behind and how hard the first few days without them is after spending time with them. Hopefully it won't be long until you see them again!
Hello to everyone else, hope you're all doing well!
AFM, Noah has been much better since yesterday although he has been waking 2 times through the night so I have been struggling with lack of sleep and being tired. Although after DH left for work this morning at 6am, I put Noah in bed with me and we both slept until nearly 10am!! Yay!!! I think it helps that it's cooler too as Noah had 3 naps yesterday and his afternoon nap was for 2 and 1/2 hours. I can't wait to move upstairs in 2 weeks - FINALLY! We are getting our floors sanded and polished from Monday for the week and then once it's done, we're going to give it a week or so before moving the big stuff upstairs. Will probably just move little things, clothes etc up there. So excited!
Well then, Noah is in his swing watching TV....and I'm starving so might grab some lunch while he is calm and happy! lol
thanks for the hugs Pretz, i need all the ones i can get. yay on finally being able to move upstairs. im sure it will all look amazing and will be well worth the wait
sooo yup im home again. left perth at 11pm last night and arrived in newcastle at 10.45am today, needless to say im exhausted. Coops slept pretty much the whole time and only cried when we were landing coz his ears must have been popping, other than that he was an absolute champion and he even slept for a couple of hours after we got home aswell so gave us a chance to nap to. however im glad i dont have to fly again for a while, it freaks me out to much travelling with a baby. cooper hasnt even bee put out of whack with the time difference either, dead on 5pm he was grizzling for a bath, then had a feed and went to sleep. DF nd i are pooped and cant be bothered cooking so we are going to hogs breath for dinner (its where i used to work and makes it easy to catch up with friends lol) so no doubt Coops will wake up when we put him in the car but hopefully he goes back to sleep.
was a little bit flattered when i got home my cats were all over me and havent left my side since, i think they missed me. i sure missed them
sorry for lack of persies. seen as im home now no doubt ill be on here everyday again
Big hugs hunny that everything with J sorts out soon. You dont need all this stress hampering Vinny's first Christmas
's to you honey!
so I might go do some dishes while I get the chance! lol
Hard to believe a whole year ago this time in 3 weeks (the 23rd) was the night i got spastically drunk and slept with J and created my beautiful baby boy unexpectedly! Best oops I ever did..
Hope you got your shopping and errands done the other day. I am supposed to go do my food shopping too, but just don't feel like it today and DH is working so if I went I would have to take Noah with me and it's raining so that's a pain, so might leave it for tomorrow. 
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