Babies born~October 1st-15th 2010 #2

[brydz]

So I just impulse bought a few new clothes (and a pretty pair of ankle boots!) and I don't even know if some of them will fit. Meh. I was lonely and bored.

Lite and easy sent me an email saying thanks for cancelling or something. I was like WTF? I didn't cancel. So I just ordered again. Better not turn up with 2 lots of food on Wednesday. I haven't been able to get through on the phone either to talk about payment options (maybe this is why they cancelled it?)

V spent 2 hours at his dads. And met his grandpa for the first time since like he was born or something, and went to the supermarket next door apparently and did lots of things. Sounds like they had a nice time. Meanwhile I was out wasting money and walking around aimlessly.

J asked me to remove all the pics of him off the net. He can't even see my fb ones so I was like WTF? but apparently a friend of a friend of his mums saw the 365 project and recognized him. And she has a fear about them being online due to some past history of working with criminals or something to that effect. Doesn't want psychopaths tracking her and the family down. Fair enough if that is a real reason.
So I went on my project and deleted J from one pic and put a big bright yellow smiley face on his head on the other LOL.

He told me I could keep the pictures. at least he doesn't mind that I took them. I was half expecting to get in trouble for that too.

I've had enough of travelling. they are coming here wed. but I don't plan on going there til at least the weekend. i'm over driving.

i'm over everything at the moment.
feeling moody and cranky still. AF is long gone now so I don't know what it is.

[raffy]

Brydz - hugs you have every right to feel moody and cranky, you have a lot going on and doing all that driving probably isn't helping. I'm glad they are coming to see you and I hope they can do it more often to give you a break that's fair enough about the photos I guess. Lol at the smiley face. Well done lol. I do the same thing with clothes and I'm shocking for not trying them on first lol luckily they fit ok but and i hope yours do to

Afm - cooper and i are laying I'm bed watching tv. Cooper is so cute, in the morning when he wakes up i stead of crying he lays in bed for ages and just chats to himself lol. Cutie. I keep finding him Lying on his back even though i put him in on his belly lol i wanna try getting him to sleep on his back but because he refuses to be swaddled or wear a blanket he hits himself in the head and wakes himself up anyways hes getting cranky coz I'm not giving him my undivided attention and hes kicking me in my ribs. Bully. Bbl xx

[~clover~]

Raff, Summer talks in her cot in the mornings too
I have 3 little teddies/toys in there for her to talk to, as well as her mobile.

This morning both of us & my bed ended up covered in freshly drunk breast milk... lovely! Silly reflux!

DH's car is out if rego, so I'm stuck home til at least Friday. He'll be sneaking to work in his car, coz I need mine. Hoping to have it registered by then anyway!

[raffy]

Lol clover isn't it cute coopers done the same thing before a few times and covered us all in his lovely huge milk spews haha
And also we've done the sane thing driving unregistered cars as well. Not much you can do at the time but and its all sorted for another year now. Pheww

[brydz]

Well morning.
We woke at 1, 330 and 530 and then 8. very tiring. But it was my fault for going to bed cos I was exhausted and not giving him the 9pm bottle.

LIte and Easy can kiss my @$$. They only accept credit card because it is a courier delivery. or some bull. and it would cost me an extra $15 because of where I live.

So now I'm destined to be fat forever. Because I don't have the time or motivation to cook healthy meals. This was going to be a great kick start for me.
Hey RAFFY at least my new clothes fit

Virgin can suck my d!<k too. They emailed me that my account is overdue, and yet they never emailed me to say when it was due in the first place. apparently it was sent out on Feb 2nd. Which means my NEXT one is due any day now too. GRR.

I'm going to try again to vote for some bonds babies, and if that doesn't work I'm going to bed.

[~clover~]

Brydz, do you have a debit card? They can be used the same way as a CC.

Stir fries are really easy & healthy. Cook one every couple days big enough to freeze. I like hokkien noodles in mine.
Just chuck in some frozen veggies & honey BBQ sauce (ETA brand, SOOOO yummy!!) & meat if you want
Prawn salad... yummmmmm.............

The key is to do all your shopping at once & avoid non healthy foods while you do it. Then they aren't sitting around teasing you

I find healthier foods are so much easier than the meat & 3 veg DH prefers every night!

[raffy]

Brydz - that's a bugger. We have a Visa debit card, they're great. We tend to do meat and 3 veg coz all I do is chuck the steamer on and then the vegies are done then I just buy all different flavoured things like 'chicken tonight' brown the chicken, chuck in the sauce and simmer then presto you've got a healthy easy meal. Also like clover said stir fries are great and sooo tasty. I'm really glad your clothes fit to enjoy your sleep if you manage to get one.

Pretz - well it seems Noah skipped a day. Yesterday he was 4 months 4 weeks and 2 days now hes 5 months and 1 day lol anyways happy 5 months to the little dude I hope he stops being clingy as I hope cooper does to. I have so much to do today lol they choose their moments well don't they. Coopers asleep now, sorta. He's not really completely settling but hopefully his sleep gets deeper soon so I can either do what I have to do or give up and have a sleep myself.

Afm - ahhh just remembered I gotta run my sister around today. At first I was fine with all this running around we've done for them but I'm a little over it now and just want a day where I stay at home. Mum went to Thailand on Sunday and her car finally arrived yesterday (took over 3 weeks, not the 7-15 days they first quoted her) but coz she's not here and my sister doesn't have a license at least I have a nice car to drive for the next 2 weeks

[brydz]

Thanks guys. I do love stir fry. It is just the motivation lately is zip.
It is a pain to have to cook a whole meal and create dishes just for myself. The times I actually CAN be bothered I do 1 or 2 of those silver foil containers for the freezer.

I've got a whole freezer full of meat, just haven't been bothered to use it. I have plenty of packet things/sauces/bases etc.

I need to do the shopping tomorrow when I get paid, maybe I will look at the packet things and see what extra things I should buy and buy fruit and yoghurt and what not.
Trouble is I am wayyyyyyy too tempted by the junk food. I thought doing lite n easy for a few weeks would be good because it is all meals and would discourage me from going to the shops to buy snacks etc.
Whereas doing it myself I don't have that kind of self discipline LOL

I guess I just need to get it in order to get anywhere.

Feeling better after a nice long relaxing shower, V is napping again and I deactivated my facebook so that I spend less time online (just as a trial).

Might get off my butt and put on zumba soon.

[~clover~]

Well then. Give yourself a budget. If you only have a certain amount to spent, you can only buy so much junk

If you wanna exercise, get a friend to do it with you. One who will be there every day. That way you have eachother to encourage & you can't let the other one down (thats what we do).

Take Vinny for walks. Morning & night. The longer the better. Walking is really good for you. He'll enjoy it too. Around the block or to the shops for an apple & back

Once you get into a routine it gets easier & you'll find you'll have alot more energy & motivation. I need to get back into it, but I keep using my stuffed pelvis as an excuse...
Oh & start drinking more water. A friend of mine used to just carry around a 2ltr cordial bottle full of water through the day, so she knew how much she was drinking.

[Vixstar]

Brydz - Re: pics of J. That can be a very real threat for his family. My Dad used to work for Corrective Services and my high school was close to his work so I wasnt even allowed to have my now on display! My ex-step Mum even worked under her maiden name.

GTG, Missy is crying!

[brydz]

Well then. Give yourself a budget. If you only have a certain amount to spent, you can only buy so much junk

If you wanna exercise, get a friend to do it with you. One who will be there every day. That way you have eachother to encourage & you can't let the other one down (thats what we do).

Take Vinny for walks. Morning & night. The longer the better. Walking is really good for you. He'll enjoy it too. Around the block or to the shops for an apple & back

Once you get into a routine it gets easier & you'll find you'll have alot more energy & motivation. I need to get back into it, but I keep using my stuffed pelvis as an excuse...
Oh & start drinking more water. A friend of mine used to just carry around a 2ltr cordial bottle full of water through the day, so she knew how much she was drinking.

I am the worst at making excuses. I don't walk because it's too hot, or too cold, or raining. Or I'm sick, or I have a headache. Or I just can't be bothered because I've been driving everywhere to see J and what not.

And I don't HAVE any friends to exercise with. I could attempt to go to the gym while V is at his dads with my friend, but she has already proven to be very unreliable when I need her. I was visiting her the other week and she up and left to play a game of netball, which wasn't even for her team, but she filled in last minute (while I was there visiting). She only seems to care about her own interests.

[brydz]

Brydz - Re: pics of J. That can be a very real threat for his family. My Dad used to work for Corrective Services and my high school was close to his work so I wasnt even allowed to have my now on display! My ex-step Mum even worked under her maiden name.

Oh ok, glad to know it is a real thing and she wasn't just trying to make excuses. Though it's awful that they have to live like that. She said the kids were never in school magazines or newspaper photos or whatever. I am happy to keep their photos off the web if that is what they want, I feel kind of bad for not asking in the first place if I could put them up, it never really occurred to me that there could be bad consequences. Crazy how someone they knew had a friend that saw them on my project or whatever. The internet really does make the world smaller!

[raffy]

brydz - totes agree with clover, coming up with a food budget was the best thing we ever did. and DF and i take cooper and the dog for a walk almost everyday, sometimes they are huge walks and sometimes they are tiny, but a walk is a walk, then we come home and do stretches and stuff together so it is always more motivational if you have a friend but just as fun if you dont. i actually get 'gym highs' i LOVE going to the gym, i use to work in one and DF and i would work out together (this was long before cooper) but i would get addicted nd just want to go back everyday. how is the zumba going? is it fun? im tempted to buy it. good luck babes. always here if you need to chat/vent

ETA - we posted at the same time

[Vixstar]

Heey girls, just a quick group question.

How do you feel about advice given to you by other Mums, be it they have one child or a few? Do you take on board what they say or forget it the moment the conversation is over? I know I can give advice but actually find it hard to sometimes to take my own advice! Silly huh?! Do you get offended?

Random question I know but am curious? I used to get offended, infact my MIL still offends me whan she opens her mouth! lol I hope all the advice and two bob worth of stuff I give out on here is not upsetting anyone or giving unnecessary stress.

Okay, LUNCH!!!!!!

xxxxx

[raffy]

Vix - hmmm i like the advice i get on here but i HATE it when my MIL tries to give 'advice' i think it could be the different ways people say things for example on here and other mums IRL offer advice and you can either take it or leave it, where as my MIL 'tells' me what i should be doing but tries to pass it off as advice. or she says things like 'i did this with my kids, you should give it a go' or 'you should be doing this' and when i get offended DF gets angry and tries to defend his mum

enjoy your lunch think i might do the same whilst the little man is napping

[raffy]

all babies have been voted for on bonds

[zrieka]

How do you feel about advice given to you by other Mums, be it they have one child or a few? Do you take on board what they say or forget it the moment the conversation is over? I know I can give advice but actually find it hard to sometimes to take my own advice! Silly huh?! Do you get offended?

I think it depends on who is offering and the mood you are in. Sometimes I just want to rant/vent to clear my head, so advice is the last thing I want. I usually like my mum's advice, but sometimes I just smile and nod and don't listen. My MIL doesn't give advice as such... she just tells me what everyone did wrong back when she was having kids.

The advice I like best is when people just share their experience without needing you to do the same thing as them.

[zrieka]

I feel like I should call a wah-mbulance. Return to work is looming (1 month away) and every time I BF Zoe I think "your days of booby on tap are numbered". Boyfriend thinks I am being melodramatic, but it is really, really difficult to know that Z will be crying and I won't be there for her. He doesn't get it.

I am trying to be positive about going to work. It will be good to be able to support my family and everything, but still. Waaaaah!