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

Hello Ladies! Gosh, where do I start?!?

I have been reading for the last couple of weeks but havent been able to post, so excuse me if I forget someone or something!!!

Raffy - Sorry to hear about the PND, I am so glad you went and did something about it quickly though. Big hugs love for the cry you had at the doctors. Hope the headache eases up soon.

Brydz - J can get stuffed - dont give a copy of the birth certificate, if he wants one he has to get your permission anyway. Both parents have to sign the form. Hold off for as long as possible. Way to go on Vinny's growth. 3cm in 3 weeks ... little mushroom indeed!!

Clover - Buggar about having PND too. Hope things start picking up quickly for you.

Sparkles - Have a good time away and I hope things went will with your appt. in regards to Ty's chucking. What was the answer from the ECHN?

Vix - HUGGGEEEE HUGS and best wishes that things went well yesterday. You are a strong lady and I know you would have been brave at your appt!! Thinking of you.

Beckels - How is little Madison today? I really hope they have found out what is causing her not to feed, nothing worse than when the little one is in hospital.

Pretz - Thanks for checking on me love, hope you are managing ok with Peter being away every 2 out of 3 days. Saw your profile pic on FB. Noah looks so cute!

AFM - Still down south, living it up on the beach. Have totally loved it but ready to come home now, should be doing so on Friday, so promise to post more then! God, I feel like I am just throwing money down the drain, Ben is now about 67cm long and into size 0 clothes. Friggin bulldust. Had to go buy a whole new wardrobe the other day, lucky target has got 20% off :wall:

Booking in to have Bens needles done in 2 more weeks and also to get a papsmear. Yay. FUN :o

Heeeeey Nikstar!!!!! Great to hear from you. My boys were like that. Alannahrama...not so much. Still in 000 and some 00's! Gotta love a pap smear huh?:shakehead:NOT!

Raffy - well done on taking the 2nd step to helping yourself through PND. :clap:(The first step being the actual visit to your Doc) You have done well and deserve a massive pat on the back. Do what Clover suggested and join the PND thread etc but make sure you stay with us as well! lol I understand the side affects may not be what you want but they are a means to an end..the light at the ed of the tunnel.

Bec - Oh dear! Poor Maddy. :hug:Big hugs to both of you. PLEASE don't sit there and let the nurses etc do what they think is the best thing. Tell them you want her checked and dble checked for viruses, blockages etc etc etc. She is your daughter, you set the rules. I chucked a tanty in hospital when I had my 2nd child, almost every shift got an ear bashing and they finally called the Pediatrician for me who told them to clean Noah out again. (he was mucousy) They did it and we were fine to go home the next day.

Pretz - Cheers for your text this morning. Hope you have grabbed some shut eye whilst MIL is with you.:D

Clover - How are you feeling today? Hope the sun is shining down on you and your gorgeous daughter.:hug:

Brydz - Love the piccy of Vinnie sitting on the loud. Mr Cheeky!:lol:

AFM: Had my needles.....errrr...let me rephrase that.....Had my TWO needles yesterday!:wtf: I thankfully did not feel the needles go in so they must have been super fine. I kept my eyes closed form the moment I laid down and didnt see anything! My results should be available on Friday so I have a late appointment with my GP. I am still sore today and had to take panadol last night to get some comfort. It helped me fall asleep too. I have a gut feeling I think I will have my Thyroid removed which means weaning Alannah. :cry: I will though chuck her on the breast as often as possy and hopefully my milk won't go away completly......that is if I end up having an Op. *shudders* Still have not told my family or DH's. Easier not too.

This week has been rather crappy, emotionally. I was a horrid Mother on Monday. I screamed at the kids all day. I yelled so loud at Alannah she started screaming even more. I broke my own heart. The boys went to MIL yesterday and I was able to cope better. I fed Alannah, quick cuddle and would put her down for play time quickly so she would not pick up on my anxiety. Today I have tried hard but my emotions etc have got the better of me again. I know once I start Medication or have the Op I will soon be back to my normal self. The meds are for life either way which is fine. I just miss ME!

Ho-Hum! Kids are sleeping so I need to get stauck into my house wrok. My kitchen is a shocker and the sink has a rather funky smell.

ILY all!!!!!!!!!

xxxxx

Hello girls!

Nikki - Welcome back honey! :hug: and you're very welcome for the txt! Don't worry about Ben being in 0's already, Noah is mostly in 00's but has also started in some 0's already too! I thought that I had HEAPS of clothes that would last me ages, but I don't even think he is going to be able to wear some of it at all! lol Noah is now 66cm :o so not far behind Ben. Wow, what tall boys we have! lol Glad that you're having a great time hanging out at the beach each day. I've booked Noah's 4 month needles for the 28th and will most likely have an internal tomorrow at my OB/Gyn checkup! :doh:

Raffy - Sorry to hear that you had a cry at the GP's, but well done on going and for starting your meds honey. I hope that the headache and nausea has gone away by now and that today was a better day for you already! :hug:

Beckles - I'm so sorry to hear about Madi being in hossy and that she's not feeding well. I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and hope that they can figure out what is wrong with her soon. I agree with what the other girls said, push them to run tests to find out the cause and don't let them just tell you they will monitor her. :hug:

Sparkles - Thanks honey. Yes, I absolutely HATE it when DH is working away. It's good money and guaranteed work which is great, but it just sucks to not have him home at night. He did however come home last night and will be back again tomorrow night, away Friday night and back again Saturday night and have Sunday off. Sorry to hear bout Ty's chucking. I hope that the ECHN was able to help / give you some info / advice and that it's nothing serious. Hope you enjoy your holidays! ;)

Vix - HUGE HUGE HUGE :hug:'s to you honey! I'm glad that you didn't feel the needles go in, but sorry to hear you had some pain from it since. I hope that which ever way you decide to go (having your thyroid removed or not) you know that we're here for you and that I hope you will feel like your normal self SOON! I hear you on the crappy and emotional horrid day. I was very impatient and cranky with Noah yesterday as he hardly slept at all and was up since 3:45am. I was shattered last night and he woke again 2 times through the night. I was in tears this morning before DH left and he phoned my MIL to come over to help me out a bit today (see more in AFM).

Brydz - Hope everything is going well and that J isn't causing you any further stress.

Hello to everyone else!

AFM, as mentioned to Vix, I had a bit of a crappy and emotional day yesterday as I was exhausted mentally and physically and this morning when I burst into tears, DH phoned his Mum and she was here by 9am! Was so thankful to have someone over to help out a bit as I just couldn't keep going. MIL was sooo lovely, she did my washing, ironing, dishes and fed Noah a bottle and settled him for an hour sleep and played with him while I had 2 hours sleep! Yay!! I felt like a million bucks when I woke up. lol Noah went to sleep at 7pm this evening and I have had my shower and dinner so am about to head to bed too as soon as I finish this post. Our floors are coming along nicely, with the first coat of varnish on today, with the second coat to follow tomorrow and the third coat on Friday. I am off with Noah tomorrow morning to join the Mummies from my antenatal classes at the park for a picnic with the babies and then have my MIL baby sitting Noah tomorrow arvo when I go for my OB/Gyn appointment to see what the go is with my unbearable pain with DTD... Wish me luck. I'm sure it's nothing serious, but obviously it's not normal, so hopefully it is nothing serious!

Hope you all have a great night!

Love to you all!

xoxox

howdy all.
just a quickie.
hello Nikki, Sparkles and Beckels nice to see you guys!!

I am soooooooooooooo tired. Had 4 nights in a row now of crappy sleep. lets hope tonight works better.
i was so scatterbrained and out of it today that I bloody reversed into another car at the supermarket and smashed my tail light :( wasn't too happy about that! at least I only damaged mine though. glad I hit a car with a tough bull bar (although at the same time if it was a lil car there with no bull bar I probably wouldn't have hit it, and probably wouldn't have busted my light!).

going to bed soon. can't even be bothered writing replies will come on tomorrow.

Vix – can’t believe Alannah is 4 months old! Wow! She is a beautiful bubba
I hope your test results come back soon and are positively happy results! Hope u had fun cleaning ur funky smelling sink LOL. My car has a funky smell lately, got no idea what it is from. Have to go a hunting..

Raffy – HUGSSSSSSSSS. Glad to hear that you went to the dr and are getting onto some medication. It will hopefully make a huge difference! I personally am a believer that given the right amount of time and support you can think your way through depression and out the other side :) Try not to get too dependent on the meds. I have friends who have been taking them non stop for years and ‘freak out’ if they miss one. I had them once for 8 weeks. And they helped in the immediate instance but after that 8 weeks I helped myself to get through it.

Beckels – sorry to hear Maddi is in hospital! Hope she is feeling better now! HUGS you poor thing it would be a bit scary :( hopefully its nothing serious and like the drs say is just because of the reflux.

Sparkles – wow Ty chucks a lot. That’s no good. I hope he is okay, sounds like he is doing well still gaining weight even though hes a chucker. Some babies have a lot more trouble holding stuff down than others. Im sure in the long run he will be okay :) ooh enjoy your holidays! The furthest I go is to my mums house up the road. Hoping to take a holiday to South Australia in about march. That will be nice

Nikki –ooh the beach! Sounds lovely. I can’t wait til v is a few months older and I can take him to the beach (though will prob have to wait til summer comes around again). Wow ben is a big boy. Growing so well! I’m about to give away half of V’s 0 clothes (hes still in 000, but 00 in onesies). To a family devastated by the floods. By the time he is big enough for them ill have had a while to buy some more. So tis all good. Its nice to do something nice for someone :)

Pretz – still haven’t heard anything from J. hopefully he’ll either contact my lawyer or I’ll hear from the mediation folks before I hear from him. I’m really not in the mood. Oh hun you’ve had emotional troubles too? Sounds like most of us have had a bad day/few days lately :( its harder when bubs won’t sleep well hey!! Hopefully its just a growth spurt and Noah will be right back to awesome sleeping soon :)

Afm – just having a crap week all around. Supposed to go to mums group today and usually theres only 2 others that come, they are both not going today so I’m not sure if I’ll bother. Might go just to get him wiehged and ask about his frequent feeding issues.
And I was going to take v swimming tomorrow with my ‘friend’ and her 18 motnh old. But she has blocked me on facebook for no apparent reason. Getting a bit fed up with this town, its so depressing. Everyone here is just *******s. I miss my friends from Bendigo (not that they show a lot of interest in my life lately either. Starting to feel isolated again and I hate that feeling).

V slept a bit better last night. so this morning i've ran around while I had the energy and packed away the rest of the shopping I left out yesterday (non fridge stuff). put all the washing away. done a load of washing, put it through the dryer and re-snapped all the nappies I washed 2 days ago. Still have to go to the post office and pick up 2 parcels (MCNS and my new video camcorder :D) go to MCHN and get V weighed etc. go through his stuff and take the donation to my friends place for her to pass on.

and better go have my shower while he is snoozing..

Update. I am now in a better mood.

My new camcorder already arrived off ebay. that was quick! I found Zumba on sale at the post office for $99 tomorrow I'm going back to get it!!
I ran into my friend (who I thought blocked me) while at the post office also. We are still taking the kiddies swimming tomorrow. She has deleted her facebook entirely.
And BDM sent me a letter about V's middle name dispute.
Obviously they suggest Vincent James to J and he's said no he will agree to Vincent James Leo (Leo is the one he wants) and I am more than happy to agree to that. Because I wanted Vincent James in the first place!!! When I was first pregnant.

hi ladies, thought i would come on here and do some persies while i have more than 2 minutes to spare.

Sparkles, Nikki, Vix, Pretz & Byrdz - thanks for your kind words and support re: my PND it seriously means so much to me that i have you ladies to chat to.

Brydz - i have 2 months worth of meds, i wasnt planning on using them at all but it really was a matter of urgency, i had thoughts of self harm and all that, im seeing a theropist starting next week, and hopefully in 2 months Coops will be at an age where he will be much more independant and my mum and sister are also moving over to here to be with me as well so i wont be alone while DF is at work and if i really need them they will be just round the corner, the other big issue is that i dont have a car and DF takes his to work so im stuck in the house all the time, however i found a good car in the paper yesterday and call up about it this morning and we are going to have a look at it this arvo, that will make a huge difference. Im so sorry to hear youve had a crap week, i hope you still went to MG just to get out of the house and have a chat to someone. that sucks that your 'friend' has blocked you on FB, i burst into tear the other day (which i do alot just randomly) but this one had a reason, its my 21st in 8 weeks and i was talking to DF about what i should do, i dont really have any friends so there is not point in having a party and i would like to go out clubbing but the friends that i do have are a bit 'nanna-ish' as in they will just fall asleep in the middle of a club!! so it seems this birthday is just going to be like any other as in we'll go out to dinner and have a few quiet ones, but its my 21st and i would have liked it to be HUGE but its not gonna happen :( so i no how you feel in regards to the isolation and loneliness, it really does suck. on the upside im super glad that V slept good for you and you managed to get so much stuff done, well done you.

Pretz - huge huge :hug:'s sweety, how are you feeling today? how was the antenatal meet up?? im sorry to hear you had a rough few days without DH but im so happy that MIL was there to help out and give you a break, thats tops. hope everything goes swell with the ob/gyn and that your floors are looking good, you'll have to put some pics up on FB when they are done so wee can all check it out :)

Vix - thank you, i will join the PND thread but there is no way i will leave here, i rely on you ladies way to much haha im sorry to hear you had to have TWO needles wtf?? but its good you didnt feel them at the time! how is it feeling today? still sore? i hope you dont have to have it removed so you can still keep BF Alannah. i will be thinking about you tomoro if/when you get your results :hug:

Nikki - hope you've enjoyed your holiday. im sure it was fabulous. wowzers on Bens weight and size, thats awesome. well done you. hope you have a safe drive back home, and look forward to hearing from you more often when you settle back in.

AFM - cant say much more i can hear Coops starting to stir, im feeling better already. not completely better but i can definately tell the difference, i dont get AS anxious and upset when Cooper cries now. im a little upset, DFs parents have been asking questions as in 'why did you have days off work last week' and 'why did Amy go to the doctors' and DF just keeps saying oh shes just a little sad WTF?? call it what it is. its like hes ashamed of me! i didnt get PND on purpose. i think he thinks its not a big deal and its normal?? ummmmm its not normal to not want to hold your own child, and when your breast feeding you feel physically sick. i showed him the letter from the doctor that says 'servere post partum depression' and 'its a matter of urgency as im worried re: self harm' and 'possible hospitalisation' he just goes 'oh ok' its really getting to me, but im not sure why. i just dont want him to be ashamed of me, i already think im a failure as a mother as it is. anyways gotta dash, gotta fold washing before coops completely wakes up xx

Brydz - i didnt see your post till after i posted mine. im glad your in a better mood and that you met up with your friend and all the drama with J is finally sorting itself out. hmmm zumba for $99 might have to see if its the same here. hope you enjoy your camcorder

Hi girls, sorry for the quick one, I will come back later and do persies, its my SILs 21st today so we are busy cooking for the 35 people coming for tea!!

I just need some advice - Ben has got green poos (and i mean GREEN) and they are quite (TMI) mucousy. Does anyone know what this could be? His pooh after his night feeds in the morning is normal colour, but it gets greener throughout the day. Is it a hindmilk/foremilk problem, something I've eaten, an intolerance to dairy or something??? Its been like this for a week now. His otherwise his normal self, happy, sleeping, has only put on a little weight this week though.

Sorry for the MEEEE post!!! Its stressing me out thinking he is sick...?

Hey Nikki,

Re: Bens poo...are you taking any supplements? One of the mums in my MG has had the same prob with her lil bubs super green poo, the Dr told her it was due to the iron in the elevit she is taking whilst BF... Just a thought...

Hi everyone else...
BBL for a longer post

Bec xo


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Beckles i just realised that the picture of madison in your signature is the same as the cartoon pic of the little girl holding the rabbit on your ticker

sorry Nikki, no help re: poohs. hope its nothing though :hug:

i just rememered im going to a 'young parents' group tomoro, im excited and nervous at the same time lol oh and i just bought a car, sweet sweet freedom

Nikki - I'd say its a milk issue. Don't stress too much, it should resolve itself. If you want you could express off some fore milk & see if that helps.
Jesse had the same problem for a while. Hasn't happened to Summer yet.
Hope it sorts itself out soon :hug:

Hi Ladies,

Raffy & Clover- I really feel for you both having PND and needing meds. I've never had PND (sometimes I wonder though) but I have a history of depression and was on Anti dep meds for nearly 11 years! (been off them since oct 09) Its awful having those kinds of thoughts & feelings, but I'm positive you will both get through it, it's just another part of life's journey, which clearly loves nothing more than chucking us challenges every now & then. As long as you always keep the communication lines open when possy, it certainly makes it easier
& Raffy I hope you do something special for your 21st, mine was rubbish, and I'll never forget that :( and as for your DF saying your a "little sad" maybe tell him how you feel about it, and that you feel like he's ashamed of you. Men can be so insensitive sometimes (even when they don't mean to be) :hug: Lucky they have other redeeming qualities, or we would just do without them altogether lol p.s. you are in no way a failure as a mummy, just recognising there is a problem, and doing something about it just shows what a freakin awesome mummy you are!!!

Sparkles- Aww sorry to hear about Ty's chucking. One of the bubs in my MG is a mega chucker, i've never seen anything like it, but that aside he's a happy lil vegemite. What meds is Tynan on for Reflux? Have fun on your hols!

Vix- Good luck with your results. FX they are good, and at least when you know, you can get it sorted one way or another.

Pretz - Gee I can only imagine how hard it is when your DH is working away. My DP is on call 24/7, and sometimes has to go out at night..I hate being in the house on my own (I'm such a sooky) Your doing a super job!!! Yay on your MIL helping out! And good luck with your gyny appt. I hope the can help you out. TMI> I still find DTD- not painful, but very strange, umm definetely uncomfortable. i'm sure its nothing serious for you though, sending positive healing vibes! and yay on your floors too!

Brydz- Gosh I'm sorry to hear you have been having a rough trot of late. I'm glad you are getting to give Vinny the name you wanted...Woohoo! Hope you both have fun swimming tomorrow. Zumba looks like fun, but meh, i'm sooo lazy I feel if I've done the housework & stuff, that is my exercise lol

Nikki - I hope you have found an answer for poor Ben's weird poos

:hello: to everyone else, huge sorry if I missed anyone

AFM- Thank you all for the reassuring words with Madi being in hospital. Had a long talk with the Paediatrician before we left hossy, he is confident that it's reflux, and has asked for me to follow his suggestions until next Fri when he will R/V her. And these are: Losec 10mg x 2 a day, coloxyl drops & brown sugar in water for her constipation, and solids x 3 day (rice cereal) was a bit :o but she's been chowing down something crazy!!! And if it helps to control the reflux I'll do just about anything!

Her FF intake is still not what it should be, but has improved mildly - around 600mls daily. I've become so anxious at feed times, & I've convinced myself that I can't even make a healthy baby, and she is suffering because of me. Poor DP has been trying to be positive & reassuring, but honestly sitting with Madi at feed times with tears running down both our faces, it just sucks badly, and I hope its sorted out soon. (you've got this one week DR Paed - I hope your right or you will be feeling my wrath!)

Anyhoo, I'm so glad that I have BB, and you ladies...it is my sanity saver :grouphug:

BTW - This year has got off to a pretty crappy start for many on BB and IRL, with loss and devestation :crying: here's hoping things get real better, real fast!

p.s. Madi does look like her ticker cartoon...never noticed that before haha


Bec xo

Raffy -

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AFM - cant say much more i can hear Coops starting to stir, im feeling better already. not completely better but i can definately tell the difference, i dont get AS anxious and upset when Cooper cries now. im a little upset, DFs parents have been asking questions as in 'why did you have days off work last week' and 'why did Amy go to the doctors' and DF just keeps saying oh shes just a little sad WTF?? call it what it is. its like hes ashamed of me! i didnt get PND on purpose. i think he thinks its not a big deal and its normal?? ummmmm its not normal to not want to hold your own child, and when your breast feeding you feel physically sick. i showed him the letter from the doctor that says 'servere post partum depression' and 'its a matter of urgency as im worried re: self harm' and 'possible hospitalisation' he just goes 'oh ok' its really getting to me, but im not sure why. i just dont want him to be ashamed of me, i already think im a failure as a mother as it is. anyways gotta dash, gotta fold washing before coops completely wakes up xx

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Oh sweety, DF is not being insensitive on purpose. He does not understand what you are going through. My DH was and still is the same. He has told me in years since then that he never knew what I was going through but knew I had hit rock bottom. I had thoughts of self harm too. Not self inflicted but of something else harming me like being hit by a car, a dog attack etc I don't think he is ashamed though but it is tough on him also. I know he hates seeing the love of his life like this and I know Cooper loves you REGARDLESS!
For a normal, healthy person these are NOT normal thoughts but for you atm, this is normal for you. I just wish I could reach out and hold you and let you know you are never, ever alone. I am actually tearing up now. I wish I could fix everything for you. I am glad you have family coming to your rescue!
One more thing. You are not failing as a Mother. You are a bl00dy brilliant Mummy.

Please hang in there.
We all love you hun.
xxxxx
:grouphug:

Hello ladies!

Brydz - I hear ya on being tired and sorry to hear about your car's tail-light. :hug: Glad to hear that Vinny slept better the night before. I'm sorry that your friends haven't been there for you and that you are feeling emotional and crappy too. It sure sucks feeling that way. I wish we all lived closer to each other as we could have our own real life meet ups and chats and visit each other too! Would be so great! :dance:

Raffy - Glad to hear that you're feeling a bit better already. I too am feeling a bit better and Noah slept much better last night, even though he woke 2 times for a feed, but that's kind of my fault (see AFM below). I will definitely make sure to post some photos on FB once the floors upstairs is finished. All that needs to be done then is the kitchen benches, cupboard doors, tiling in the kitchen and bathroom and that's it, but we're going to move up there in the next week or so (once floors are properly dry) and I can't wait. It's going to be much cooler than it is down here! :) Yay on the new car, what did you get? And enjoy your young Mum's group!

Nikki - Sorry to hear about Ben's green poo's, but unfortunately I don't have any advice/info on that. Perhaps ring the 13 HEALTH number or try to phone your GP or Pediatrician to ask whether it might be worth while taking him in for a checkup?? Hope it's nothing serious! Thinking of you! :hug:

Beckles - Glad to hear that Madi is out of hossy and that it's going better. I hope that the recommendations from the Pediatrician works and that she feeds like her normal self soon! :hug: Did you have an internal examination from your OB/Gyn at your postnatal checkup? The reason I'm asking is because I never did - he just asked how I was feeling etc, but perhaps if you didnt and are still uncomfortable you should have it checked out (see AFM below why I say that).

Vix - Good luck with getting your results back this arvo, I will be thinking of you and hope it all goes well! Love ya honey! :hug:

AFM, I feel like a terrible Mummy as yesterday when we went to the picnic and even though we were in the shade, Noah got some sunburn on his face and on one cheek there is a couple of tiny blisters :crying: so I'm taking him to the GP this morning just to check him out and ease my mind hat it's not too bad. I'm glad I'm not the only one as some of the other girls has a couple of sunburnt babies too. I myself got pretty badly burnt on my shoulders and arms. I was just stupid and forgot how bad the Queensland sun can be. I feel so terribly to see my baby's red little face!! Was even in tears last night. Thankfully Peter was home. I also had my OB/Gyn appointment yesterday and didn't expect to hear what he told me - he did an internal examination and found that where I tore (sorry for TMI), there is some scar tissue and it has fused itself to the bottom/back part of skin from my va-jay-jay! I KNEW there was something not right and that it wasn't normal to be in that much pain while DTD. Well, I have to go in for day surgery on 9 February and my OB/Gyn will cut the scar tissue out (all done under general anesthesia) and then place the edges of the new incision together and re-stitch it. Think he called it Fenton's procedure. He said this should fix the problem. Wow, I certainly didn't expect that! :o

Well then, I best get going and get ready while Noah is having his nap to take him to the GP. Will be back later to update on Noah.

Love to you all!

xoxox

morning ladies.

VJ just had his second part of his bottle (still not all of it) he had 100mls about an hour ago and now another 50, still 50mls left. Oh well there's always some that goes to waste..
He is down for a nap YAY I can get off here and go shower after.

looking forward to swimming today, he has a cute lil 'baby cookie monster' body swimsuit I got at target on sale from $25 to $13!

gotta go to the post office and send the letter to BDM and also pick up ZUMBA! I really can't afford it, means I won't be paying my lawn mower guy but oh well, if I don't get it now on sale it will be another 6 months before I can afford it at normal price! and I wanna get fit!! I am so unco and it will be funny dancing around but anyway, looks like fun!

beckels -good to hear Madi is eating so well and taking to the solids. mum keeps saying i should start VJ on baby rice cereal stuff now because he just feeds so frequently... but he is not 13 weeks yet I think its too early. crying when feeding her and thinking you aren't good enough to make a healthy baby is not a good sign. have you considered that you might be struggling with PND too? have you done that online symptom checker thing? Having a child who isn't well is NOT a failure on your part whatsoever. These things cannot be helped. If you had a child starving and malnourished because you simply didn't feed her and neglected her, fair enough blame away but this is NOT your fault. hugs xoxoxo

raffy -even if you get together with 2 or 3 close friends and do something amazing like go to a day spa or something for your 21st. its not always about a big party. I invited heaps of people to mine and probably only ended up with about 40 people (3/4 of which were family!). didn't do anything special either just a bonfire and finger foods and alcohol. I enjoyed it, and the people who meant the most were there..
YAYYYYYYYYYYY for getting a car that is awesome!! what sort is it? u won't know urself now with more freedom! sometimes just getting out of the house is great. other times its a damn hassle, but at least u now have the option to go places!!
Good luck with your young parent group! I have been going to a 'new mums' group. Yesterday I was the only one there! LOL Its ended up the last few weeks just being 3 of us, myself, Sarah who's baby Elijah is a few weeks older, and my friend Alisa and her baby Thomas who is 3 days younger than V. It is just nice to socialize with other mums. Hopefully we can continue to catch up just the 3 of us and the boys. Next week I'm going along to check out the local playgroup, see who's there and decide whether or not to join and do that regularly now that our mums group is finished.


hello to everyone else :D

Bek - Brown sugar and water.....man...that is such an old remedy but I have heard it works really well! Are you allowed to give her pureed fruit? If so...Pears are wonderful for unblocking little bodies! My Bailey can verify that! lol I am glad you have got some form of action underway. Please let us know how your gorgeous bubba goes this week. Put on some happy music like kids music during feed times ( The Wiggles are awesome for lifting spirits!)and sing to her. Make funny faces when she pulls faces etc. Try and make it a fun experience for you all.

Thinking of you.
:grouphug:
xxxxx

raffy -oh I didn't even see the part about DF and telling his family you are 'a little sad'. I'm sorry that he doesn't really understand it. He is probably not ashamed, but maybe he thinks his family might be judgemental and doesn't want to tell them whats going on because he is looking out for you? just a thought.

LOL VIX AND PRETZ we all posted at the same time!!

pretz -don't feel bad about Noahs sunburn. you have probably learnt from it and will be more cautious next time. we all make small mistakes hun xo I hope the GP visit goes well and that he is all okay. surgery on your vjayjay! OUCH. at least it will be fixed :) and you can go back to DTD without being in so much pain!