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

Morning Mummies!

Raffy - Thrilled to hear that the UTI is gone! Good luck at the doctors today, hope it goes well. I can't believe you have had AF for 24 days now!! That well and truly sucks doesn't it?? I always got mine for 7 days straight and hated every day of it and then had that long one lasting for 62 days so I really know how you feel about having it for so long! :angry: Good luck also with your interview at the CC today, hope it goes well and you get the job! :crossfingers:

Vix - Sorry to hear AF is 12 days late...but like Raffy say, enjoy it while she's not there! Hope you have a lovely day today and the boys behave for you! :hug:

Sparkles - Sorry but unfortunately I don't have any tips for ya seeing as I have an impossible time with Noah sleeping well at night. I was at a sleep group class yesterday to get some tips and one thing I remember the nurse saying was that babies over 4 months can suddenly change their sleeping patterns. It could also be that Ty feels cold around that time of the morning therefore waking, but not fully waking, I get that with Noah too sometimes... Hopefully it's just a few days and he'll be back to his normal self sleeping through for you. :hug:

Hi Clover! :hello: How are you doing today??

Hiya to Nikki, Brydz, Meela and everyone else!

Group Question - Noah has been rolling from back to tummy constantly the last 2 days and when he gets tired, he buries his face in his playmat and then starts crying, I think he has forgotten that he knows how to roll over back to his back. Is anyone else's babies doing this too?? I just can't keep him on his back anymore and then have to keep flopping him back to his back again after a few minutes as he gets frustrated being on his tummy for long and not being able to roll back over... lol

AFM, had a good visit to the sleep group class yesterday and got heaps of tips. First thing they said to start doing is to put Noah in his bed about 20 mins before he gets really tired, then to leave him and walk away, he will most probably start to cry (which he does) but to leave him for a few minutes and then go in and calm him down, then walk out again and repeat until he falls asleep. It's soooooo hard to hear him cry and it breaks my heart, but I know that it's better for us both in the long run. I just have to be strong and the nurse said that it's probably harder on me than it's for him. lol He actually slept really well yesterday arvo when we came home, had a 1 hour nap and then later in the arvo another hour nap. Went to bed at 6:45pm and cried for about 10 mins and put himself to sleep (yay) and slept til 10:00pm, woke for a feed, fell asleep straight away and slept.....wait for it until 7:00am this morning!!! HOOOOORAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!! :happydance: One proud and happy Mumma over here, although I don't want to get too excited too soon, might have just been a one off, but I got some decent sleep and feel really good this morning for a change! lol

Well then I had best get going, need to do some internet banking for DH.

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Me xoxo

Summer is doing the same thing Pretz. She's fine if she doesn't get the under arm out. Will go back & forth, but doesn't go tummy to back other wise.

Glad you're feeling better :)

Hi Everyone!

We went to a "Solids Group" class yesterday (I know, sounds exciting!) The lady who ran the class was a bit surprised to have a man there. She kept remarking on what a good dad, DH must be, lol. When we got home, I got all inspired to make a heap of pureed pumpkin and freeze it. We are starting her on solids. Its a bit early, but a) she is SO INTERESTED in food and b) I'm going back to work soon ;( and she'll need something to distract her from the lack of boobies.

We do a sleep class next fortnight, and I CAN'T WAIT!

We also got a bumbo seat this week. Yay! I'm so happy with it. Zoe can sit up and bash things for AGES and it means I don't have to hold her 100% of the time. She is really loving the new perspective on life.

Pretz Sometimes Z loves being on her tummy and will even do a sliding backwards crawl. Other times she gets the pouty lip and that look on her face that says "what have I done to deserve this??" I def think she forgets that she can cope with tummy time!

Sparkles Zoe sometimes does this thing where she'll be sort of sleep-yelling. Its like she's been dreaming and it upset her but she doesn't wake up fully when we pick her up and soothe her. Is it like that? We usually just persevere with waking her up, followed by a feed.

AFM I'm thinking about returning to work next month ;( ;( ;( and also about spacing for the next kiddie. Part of me is screaming "go on TTC now!" another part of me is thinking money, and the work involved in having 2 tiny ones!

Did you here anything about BLS at the class Meela? Baby Led Solids. Its not for everyone, but thats what we'll be doing when we start.
I've done it with all my kids, but DS was the first one I actually knew what it was.
We're getting a high chair next week & maybe in a month or so I'll start her on little bits.

Because we are doing BLS, there are more things I'm waiting for, to know she's ready.
Hand-eye coordination, because she'll be picking foods up & feeding herself.
Head/neck strength. While she has good neck strength, I want her to be sitting without support. For the same reasons, she'll be feeding herself.


Seeing so many of you already starting solids makes me feel like the pressure is on, but I know that neither of us is quite ready yet.

Summer does love watching daddy eat though! She sticks her tongue out & sucks on the side of her top lip while she watches us eat :lol:

Hi,

Clover - I stopped with solids. The CHN made me feel pretty bad about it so now I am just giving her as much milk as possy and just vegies at night in her fresh food feeder which is really only to distract her whilst we are all at the table eating dinner. She is very happy to sit and suck/chew on it for 30 mins! I don't think that can be classified as solids??!! lol

Raffy - I was kinda freaking out pretty badly actually and was 3 days away from doing an HPT. Even though my tubes are clamped, there is 'always' a chance and because my uterus was paper thin and had started splitting by the time they pulled Alannah out, having another child would be ludicrous, probably dangerous and enough to put me over the edge! 12 days late was a pretty big issue for me and yes, bleeding for as long as you have would be fine.....for me. I bled for over 4 weeks after Alannah anyway.

Sparkles - have you left him to just sort himself out? If you have, what does he start doing? Alannah has sounded like she has woken during the night for me but when I go in she is just stirring and settles again. Unless she is screaming her lungs out, I leave Alannah so that way she learns Mummy ain't gonna run into my room every time! The other morning I was awake for about an hour (facebooking! lol) at around 4am and I heard Alannah wake up and was playing with her dolly (it has a little rattle inside it) for about 15 mins or so and then she crashed again! And yes you can blame teeth until about 3 yrs of age! I have a gf with a 2 1/2 yr old who wakes most nights due to molars coming through! What about if you sneak in and play some lullaby music softly on a CD and sneak back out????

Pretz - YES, Alannah often does it. Buries her face and then screams blue murder! I roll her on her back again and within 10 mins, it starts again. All my kids have done it. Patience is the key. Rolling over and lifting up their heads etc seem so easy to us but it is massive for them and VERY tiring. I sometimes just pop her in her swing too just for something different and I try to sit outside with her for about 20 mins each day if we dont go out in the pram or the car.

Meela - I have never even heard of a Solids Group! I read a book and got some brochures when DS#1 was at this age, that is how I learn't! Having said that, I am also an old fuddy duddy.

AFM: Just phoned Community Health to arrange to see my counsellor again only to find out she has left. :shakehead::cry::cry: I am now on a waiting list which could be weeks or even months because she has not be replaced. Living in Western Sydney sucks big time! I basically just got off the phone and bawled my eyes out for half an hour. I have seen her since 2007 and she knows me. I am comfortable with her and now I have to start all over again. I know they have everything recorded but its a BIG deal for me. Right now I just don't care anymore. Just adds to my anxiety now.:wall: Please bare with me if I go loopy!:wall:

Have booked in for Alannahs Baptism - May 15th. More stress and anxiety.

Feeling pretty gutted right now so shall leave you and make a coffee.

xxxxx

~clover~ they didn't mention BLS exactly but they did stress the importance of finger foods and self feeding starting at 7-9 month olds.

Z has pretty good head control and can sit unsupported on the mattress for a few mins, and in the bumbo / high chair for ages! Her hand/eye is ok, but really not good enough to trust her with a spoon!! She will grab things and mush them into her face / mouth.

I can see how the pressure would be on to start solids but I really support you waiting till you're both ready. I feel like bubs is ready to start trying now. But it could easily be the other way :) I have seen some babies even younger than Zoe eating HUGE amounts of food and I sort of shudder to think of that. Its a very individual choice.

It will be finger foods only to start. Cooked sticks of carrot, broccoli etc. I'll give her yoghurt etc with a spoon.

Jesse & Summer are both having a nap in my bed. Very cute. Summer has rolled over onto her belly in her sleep :lol: So they are facing each other :)

went to the doctors today... yup, bladder infection which is causing bleeding, UTI symptoms and depression symptoms to get worse again :wall: i have been given a concuction of medications which should hopefully stop it all :crossfingers: im so over this crap and just about ready to jump off a cliff

sorry no persies right now im in one of those moods :computer:

raffy :( Get better soon. A UTI is no fun, a super UTI must really suck.

re solids This eve we tried the first day of our new routine - a little BF followed by daddy time while I cook and express, then a family dinner including some farex. End with a bath. Great plan!

Z had about 1/2 spoon of farex and played with her toys during dinner. Immediately after dinner she started looking for a BF. I've just fed her and now she's snoozing, so I spose the bath is out too. Just when I think we're all ready for a routine and solids, Z shows me different!

phewww plz excuse my spack attack, ive had dinner now and im feeling much better

Sparkles - sorry to hear about Tys sleeping. i have no idea what it could be. hope it gets better soon and you discover the problem. poor little man.

Pretz - yep Coops does the same thing when it comes to rolling :rolleyes: silly bubbies. im sooooooooooooooo glad noah slept so dam well for you. what you described is exactly what we are doing with Cooper and it has made a world of difference. last night i put him in his cot gave him a kiss told him i loved him patted his bum for a sec and walked away and............ silence. not a peep. he just fell straight to sleep :dance: it was awesome.

meela - we are having the same conudrum when it comes to ttc again, my heart is ready now but my head and my bank account beg to differ :doh: hope Z enjoys her food. Cooper LOVES his :)

Vix - has AF arrived. mines not so much the fact ive had it for so long its the fact its messing with my head and my mood and my relationship with DF and Cooper. needless to say im over it :shakehead:

AFM - well as i said in my little mental breakdown before i went to the doctors today and after about 10 minutes of explaining which meds to take when im now *hopefully* on the road to recovery. im now taking 2 lots of Anti Bs, a stronger Anti Dep, and the pill, its crazy some have to be taken twice a day and others on an empty stomach ahh haha oh well as soon as i get my head around them all they can do their thang :)
ummm went to the CC centre today, all is great she said she'll get me in when they have some work for me which should hopefully be in the next few weeks, she also said i can come in and volunteer when ever i like which i think i will do just to show how keen i am to work, and on top of that if i ever get stuck with Cooper and have no one to look after him i can bring him in for $10/day hes there :o
speaking of cooper, hes a tummy sleeper, so at 5am this morning he starting screaming, so i ran in and he was lying on his back with his arms in the air, haha he had rolled over in his sleep and scared himself, i couldnt help but crack up laughing lol.
anywhooo DF is home from work early today so i might go hang with him while im in a good mood coz unfortunately it changes quickly :wall:

Glad to hear you're feeling better now Raffy. I've never had a UTI myself, so don't know what they feel like, but my sister gets them alot. Just one night on the grog with no water does it to her! She also says cranberry juice is great.
DS was a tummy sleeper too. He's not so worried now, but when he was little I'd feed him to sleep, then if I tried laying him on his back he'd startle & fling his arms out, waking himself up. If I put him on his tummy, he was fine!

Can't comment on AF. Still non existant here. Held off for 9 months with DS, then was only every 6 - 8 weeks, then every 2 weeks. I figured I mustn't be O'ing coz 2 weeks just isn't long enough for any full cycle, but I was wrong, & so we have Summer ;)

I think even though I only BF DD1 for about 6 weeks & DD2 for about 4 weeks, AF still held off til they were about 4 months old. Then I went straight back on the depo (which reminds me..........)

Clover- cooper is exactly the same when I try and lay him on his back also he refuses to wear a blanket let alone be swaddled so that's out of the question. And when I discovered he preferred his tummy was when he started sleeping through the night to. Aww bless what a gorgeous little whoops summer is :)

Afm - put cooper in his cot, kiss, I love you... Nothing again. I'm loving it, I feel a millions times less stressed than I would be at this time. He's such a good boy :heartbeat:

:lol: Don't get me started on blankets! DS is turning 3 & still refuses to have a blanket on!
I just used to make sure he was dressed warm for bed, so he didn't need it. Sleeping bag dressing gowns are good. I got mine from Best & Less. Not Gro Bags. These ones are fleecy & have sleeves, then zip at the bottom. One of ours actually had a little slit between the legs for pram/car seat harness! It was well used by us. I have one for Summer. Need more, I think I gave DS's away.

Hi All,

Well we made it home safe & sound. Have been sick as a dog, bought a lovely lurgy back from England :( Madi had her 4 month immy's & got bad fevers & I had bad fevers, so we were a miserable pair for a couple days

Raffy- Aww sorry to hear you have a bladder infection & you feel like crap. It all just sucks sometimes.

Meela - Hi, & welcome :hello: from me, Zoe is a lovely name.


Hi to everyone else!

AFM - Well Madi was great on the plane again, but since we've been home (a week) her sleeping is still awful!!!! gone is my 12 hr a night sleepyhead, now she wakes between 5-20 times a night :o i am soooo freakin exhausted...All she wants is her dummy back, but as soon as she drops it, she kicks off again. I just don't get it. She's had a dummy from the start & once she dropped off, she spat it out & went without for the rest of the night. :wall: I think i've actually "broken" her now.

We were doing really well with feeds too, she was accepting all her bottles & drinking her milk - until last night. Now the screaming at each feed has started again. The only thing I can think of is that the Losec suspension is only good for a month, & was due to be chucked today & start a new batch. Maybe its stopped working a bit earlier & I need to replace it after 3 1/2wks instead? :dunno: She's fine with solids - powering on 3 x a day, gets grumpy when she's finished.

And the 3rd drama is now she's rolling over, she does it in bed, so i've changed from her swaddle suit to a sleeping bag - but she keeps rolling onto her tummy & screaming cause she drops her dummy as she rolls & she wont roll back either, even though she knows how to.

I'm sooo sorry for the ranty venty post. Im just really devastated about it all & feel like i'm starting to crack with the stress of it all :cry: I've started back on my anti depressants (18months off them) but they haven't started working yet. I feel like i've done something really, really wrong with my parenting of Madi, cause how the hell can there be so many probs?? I never encountered anything like this with the other 2.

Well tomorrows a new day - sigh.

hugs to you all

Bec xo

Clover - i do the same thing and just make sure Cooper is wearing a full suit to bed so he doesnt get cold, it seems to be working fine now but the weather is cooling down already, target its having a sale on sleeping bags (the ones with the holes in them that you discribed) and they are sleeveless so i can just put him in a long sleeve suit or short sleeve to accomodate for the weather. i think thats the go, but also im thinking why fix whats not broke?? he is an absolute champion sleeper and doesnt seem to mind if he gets hot or cold, its just me that worries lol

Beckles - :comfort: im sooo sorry babes. i wish there was something i could do or say to make you feel better. all i no is that no matter what you are doing the best job. and you definately havent broken her! maybe talk to someone about how your feeling and someone that might be able to help you. huge hugs hun. always here if you need to vent :)

AFM - gotta dash my son has decided hes going to creep forward off his mat about 2 metres while im typing this and is almost about to head butt a wall hahah dork :rolleyes:

We have tooth number three. It is up the top, next to where her top right front tooth should appear. Weird! The boys had bottom teeth and then top teeth come through, nice and neat but this is just gonna look plan weird! lmao

xxxxx

Glad to hear that all the babies are doing the same as Noah and I'm not the only one having to roll him over to his back constantly with him rolling on his tummy and not being able to roll back on his back! lol :p

Meela - Good luck with your sleep class next fortnight, hope you find some good info/tips. I did one on Tuesday and trying the controlled crying thing to help him to learn to self settle and boy oh boy I gotta tell you I think it's true what they say when they say it's harder for you then them - I hate hearing Noah crying, but I know it's best for us both in the long term. Sometimes it seems it kind of works (like the past 3 nights he has put himself to sleep in his cot without a peep) but during the day for naps, he will fight and fight and cry and cry and I swear it doesn't work, but I keep trying. ;)

Clover - Don't feel pressured by anyone to start solids until you and Summer are both ready. I have been giving Noah solids, although there has been some days where he has just plainly refused to eat it, even though he enjoyed a specific food/flavour the day before. I just don't force it seeing as I'm still giving him plenty of breast milk and his 2 bottles of formula a day. ;)

Vix - Oh honey, I'm so sorry about your councellor leaving. :hug: That well and truly sucks when you have someone you really like and trust only to find they had left. I feel like that about my GP, he is a very kind and caring GP and I have been seeing him for 4 years now (old GP left which was really nice too, but glad I got an even better one) and I find my GP so good that I go to see my GP 35 mins away, even though there are GP's about 10 mins away (I would go see them in an emergency offcourse should I need to). Yay for Alannah's Baptism being booked. I'm waiting back from the Rev at the Cathedral in the City to hear about Noah's. I'm not planning a big thing for it, just inviting my MIL, SIL, BIL and a couple of close friends and that's it. Did AF end up showing up?? Yay for Alannah's 3rd tooth! Noah is still teething on and off, although I think it has settled for the moment (perhaps why he is sleeping so much better).

Raffy - So sorry to hear about the bladder infection honey. Thought that was what it was. They well and truly SUCK! I hope that all the meds kick in and work for you soon! Huge :hug:'s!!! Glad to hear the way you're putting Coops to sleep is working so well for you too, I sure do feel like a million bucks finally getting some decent sleep! I almost forgot what it was like to get more than 5 hours for the entire night! lol

Bec - So sorry to hear how you're feeling and that both you and Madi were sick. I don't have any advice to offer either on everything that is going on with Madi and her sleeping. I don't think you have broken her either - in fact, if it helps/makes you feel a bit better, I have had the same thing with Noah for the past 3 or so weeks waking 3-5 times a night and it really kills your head and you feel utterly exhausted. Perhaps it's just a stage they go through. They do say babies sleep patterns change around the 4-5 month mark, so perhaps that's what it is? If it continues to go on, I would recommend having a chat with your GP or a CHN to see what they might suggest you can try. Huge :hug:'s for you!!

Nikki - Hope you had a better night's sleep with Ben last night. These boys seem to just be hungry all the time! DH said that he would buy Noah a blow up doll with boobs and he would put a couple of bottles of formula in there and then put it with Noah in his cot so that when he wakes he can just help himself to the boobies! :rofl: Kind of think it could be a very good idea! lol

AFM, had another really good night's sleep last night. Noah slept from 7:15pm til 2:15am (7 hours straight!!!!!!) and then woke for a feed, unfortunately he was up until nearly 4am after that just didn't want to go back to sleep so I walked with him and rocked him and eventually he crashed at 4am and slept til nearly 8:30am!! That's nearly 12.5 hours for the night! I'm soooo impressed. Even I had a total of 9.5 hours! Yay!!! It sure makes a world of difference. Today though has been different, he didn't want to settle on his own in his cot the entire morning, just kept crying. Thanks to Vix who txted me at just the right time I took him for a walk in the pram for 20 mins outside, he was calm, came inside and he fell straight asleep. Only slept for 30 mins though woke, had a feed and just went to sleep again about 20 mins ago so hopefully he lasts a bit longer now.

I should get going and do dishes, haven't done anything today and laugh if you like but I'm actually still in my PJ's! :rofl:

Love to you all!

xoxox

nikki -love the new pics on fb. the kids are growing up so fast, both are just beautiful. your house/garden is starting to look really great too. I wish I had the money to get my garden going. Not quite sure what I even want to do with it yet..

raffy -oh that really sucks about the UTI and all the meds. hope you are feeling better in no time! cooper sounds so cute and cheeky. love how he freaked himself out by rolling over LOL would have been funny. little buggers hey. that is great about work, hope you can get in and volunteer and get a foot in the door! wow $10 a day is awesome if you ever have to take coop with you.

clover -wow still no AF you are lucky. I'm currently on round 2.. sucks. much more pleasant not having it for 12 months.

beckels -aww hun, dont beat yourself up. you haven't done anything wrong with Madi. you are doing a great job! she may have a touch of jet lag? or maybe she is teething and the dummy helps soothe her? sending you lots of sleepy vibes for the pair of you. hope your anti's kick in soon and you start feeling a bit better and less stressed. we are always here so vent away ;)

pretz -vinny isn't doing the rolling over thing like the other bubs. he's only ever rolled half a dozen times in a month and has yet to go from back to belly. so at least we dont have rolling in bed hassles yet :) that is really good that Noah has been sleeping better :) V slept til 5am last night. that makes I think 6/8 nights now. So I'm quite pleased with how its been. Although still not getting perfect sleep myself due to the weather, colds etc.

vix -wow 3 teeth!! thats pretty good tooth growing you've got there. V has no sign of any yet at this stage. According to my book I never got any til 11 months.. so who knows when he'll get some.

afm
still not feeling great, have a cold and so does V. I'm just drained.
last night J and his mum came to see V again, and tomorrow if I'm well enough I'll be dropping him round to J's for a bit again. It is great that he has been so actively involved lately. He still seems to not have a clue much but he is learning slowly LOL.

gotta go to child care centre tomorrow and fill out the enrolments. will hopefully take him first time Monday for a few hours and start proper the Monday after. Gives me a break for a day that I can get gardening or shopping or cleaning done. And for when I go back to work its another day I'll be available. So if I dont get into my course I'll be able to work monday, tuesday (if I do dayshift), wed and thurs. and maybe weekend evenings if I work where mum works, and we can hand bub over at shift change..

been really cranky today at everything. think i am just tired.

HOw are you feeling now Brydz? Hope you are better!

AFM: 4th tooth appeared over the weekend!!!!! Again, on the top but next to the top right! When they come through more it will look like she has lost her two front teeth! Not cool! lmao

xxxxx

Wow Vix 4 teeth now? go Alannah! thats awesome.
Vinny still has no sign of any yet.

It is raining here again today. First time in a while its rained heavily like this.
This morning I took V to day care and stayed and checked out the room and talked to the girls. Next week he's going properly for his first time :)

This arvo we are off to visit J again. I am beginning to feel like my whole life revolves around him lately, which is not cool. Are we really going to keep this up for 18 years. It is just so full on. And still awkward. Maybe in a few more months it will be easier. Although when I go back to work he's just going to have to accept less frequent visits.

AFM I just ordered a weeks worth of food from lite n easy. I know it is not cheap but I just wanted to give it a try, seeing as they do breakfast, lunch, tea and snacks (usually fruit) and I just need a good (expensive) kick up the bum to get me motivated to eating healthy again. And I still have that spare money in my account from the flood payout. Thinking I'll do 2 full weeks and maybe then cut down to lunch and dinner 5 days a week and then dinner 5 days a week. just to get used to proper food and meal sizes and gradually start replacing some with food I prepare myself.

Going to make an effort to zumba a few times a week at the same time. Need to kick some kilos. Just been feeling depressed about my body image lately. It's not that I'm not proud of my mama body. I certainly am, it's just so frustrating that none of my clothes fit right and I look horrible half the time. Anyone else feeling the same?

DD1 got her 'vampire' teeth first Vix :lol: (after her bottom 2)

We just have poo poo & more poo here!! WHY???
For days now, every nappy has been poo'd in with in an hour of having it on (current one 10 minutes) Best change it :rolleyes:

Brydz - Hope you're feeling better now with your cold. Glad to hear that J is taking such an active part in Vinny's life and being there for him, although I can understand how full on it must be going/driving up and down to see him all the time. It is hard enough getting the little one's ready just to go to an appointment most days. How is J and his Mum with you? Are they acknowledging you when you are there when they visit Vinny at least? :hug: to you honey! I too have days like that where I feel a bit down as I never wear any make up, jewellery and mostly have on clothes that has been spewed on (not that I mind and it's my own baby's and I'm used to it), just don't feel as I used to and it takes a bit of effort at times to find time to "groom" and "beautify" yourself IYKWIM. :hug:

Vix - Wow, 4 teeth?? Noah has been teething on and off for months now, but NO teeth yet. I sometimes wish they'd just come through already, but then go, as soon as they start coming through they might continue coming through. Oh and BTW, remember how you thought Noah was 5 months on Friday, then I said next Wednesday, then Sunday, well it turns out, he will be 5 months tomorrow! (I think....I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on my ticker!!) lol :rofl:

Clover - Sorry to hear about all that poo lol :p if it makes you feel any better, I had a poo explosion this morning, it was such a poo that it came out the sides, were all over my legs, the chair (luckily I have a throw blanket over it) and my arms and hands when I carried him to the bathroom (I had to bath him to clean him properly) lol :rofl:

Hello to everyone else! :hello:

AFM, had a really good weekend. Went to the markets down the Gold Coast on Saturday and a nice lunch out (part of it in celebration of DH's birthday last week). Had a crappy night sleep on Saturday night as Noah woke 3 times, but I think he was overtired from the long day out on Saturday. Slept 3 hours during the day yesterday and slept from 6:15pm til 3:45am this morning, had a feed, back to sleep around 4:30am until wait for it - 8:35am!!!! Mummy is PROUD! I had a really good sleep in too! Yay! He just went down for a nap at 11:00am woke after 40 mins but I got him straight back to sleep and he has been sleeping again since about 11:50am! Did some washing, dishes and now time for some lunch before he wakes hopefully. Also busy sorting out his Baptism, but looks like it won't be until end April (they are that fully booked) or maybe not even until end June... Finally booked him in for his first swimming lesson too. Going to take him with DH on Saturday morning at 11:30am! Can't wait! Yay!! :happydance:

Hope you all have an awesome day!

Love to you all!

Me xoxo

pretz
Yeah they are good when they come to see him they speak to me, his mum moreso than he does actually. Which is odd.
But I just feel like every 2nd day I'm either planning to go there, or cleaning the house for when they come here.

V is better, I am about 95% better.

DAMN BONDS BABY COMP I have been trying to vote for Vinny for 3 hours now with no luck. It keeps just refreshing the page (without saying thanks for voting) or coming up with errors. Annoying.
I haven't even bothered trying to vote for Noah, or Coops, or Evie or anyone else yet.

Will give it til tomorrow and hopefully the traffic will have slowed down?

Not looking forward to driving to J's now its pouring rain. but I have to go.

Oh Brydz, I entered Summer too. I can't get online to vote, or to share the link!!

Brydz - so far ive only voted for Coops and it wont let me vote for anyone else :wall: must be packed

Clover - ill make sure i vote for summer along with all the other bubbys :)

Pretz - i was only thinking about it yesterday when Noah will turn 5 months. we'll have to wait and see what the ticker says. i would have said wednesday too but there ya go :)

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.

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 :hug: 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 :doh: anyways hes getting cranky coz I'm not giving him my undivided attention and hes kicking me in my ribs. Bully. Bbl xx

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!

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

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.

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!

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 :)

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.

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 :lol:

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.

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!

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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 :lol:

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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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 :hug:

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