Babies born~October 1st-15th 2010 #3

Morning ladies!

Sparkles - WTG on Ty's great stats! Wow, all these bubba boys are nice and big! ;) Sorry to hear he is still chucking as much. I hope that the Dr you're seeing this week can give you some info or recommend something to help him. Good luck with your move this week and how exciting that you're going to be TTCing soon!! :dance:

Raffy - Noah is doing well thank you for asking. Thought he was getting sick on the weekend but he seems to be ok. His nose does seem a bit blocked when he wakes in the mornings, but doesn't seem to bother him too much thankfully. Me on the other hand are coming down with a cold/flu so not feeling very well at the moment... :( Sorry to hear about the BFN, but perhaps it's just too early for it to be picked up. Hope you have a great time shopping in newcastle today and have a blast on the weekend celebrating DF's birthday! :happydance:

Nikki - Hope you're feeling a bit better and that Ben has been sleeping somewhat better for you the last few nights! Thinking of ya honey! :hug:

Vix - Thinking of you as always! Hope you have a wonderful day! :hug:

Brydz - How are you and Vinny feeling now? Hope you're both getting better! :comfort:

AFM - Noah had his morning feed at 4:30am and I went back to bed after he fell back asleep, but I couldn't get back to sleep. Feeling a bit crappy too as I think I'm coming down with a cold. Have had the sorest throat since yesterday morning and getting the sniffles too now... :( Hopefully I can get rid of it before it actually starts! Popped in to the clinic yesterday for a quick review of Noah with the CHN that helped me heaps with settling techniques for Noah and while I was there got Noah weighed and he now weighs 8.44kg and is 72cm! Just going to have a quiet day at home today, tomorrow DH, Noah and I are going to have a look at some showerscreens so we can get the upstairs bathroom finished for once and all too - just need showerscreens, a mirror for the vanity and tiles, then the tiler can come in and tile the bathroom and kitchen and everything is done! Woot woot!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Love to you all!

xoxo

hi girls. sorry ive been offline for a while. just had a lazy tired kind of week.

V didn't get admitted to hospital, just sent home after an hour or two of observation.

It has been about 10 days since he first got ill and now he is starting to get a lot better. For a while I was worried (the day he was at the DRs) because he was not eating/drinking well at all. But he is taking full bottles again now and quite chirpy. Still a bit coughy/wheezy but overall a huge improvement.

I myself am nearly back to normal, sore throat has finally left me and I just have a cough and slightly runny nose to fight off now.

today V went to my GP. He has had the lump in his butt for like 3 weeks, and 2 separate doctors had told me they had 'no idea' what it was. Anyway this morning it was soooooooooooo red and sore looking I decided enough is enough and then it sort of started oozing which is when I confirmed it was an abscess.

At the GP he had to get it drained, which meant me holding him down and holding his legs while the dr jabbed a thing that looks like a razor blade straight into the centre of it to pop it (and all y'all thought bubs needles was bad). Poor lil man screamed so bad and I felt awful for him, but I'm a toughy and certainly not the crying kind or the passing out kind (honestly it was pretty vomit worthy for anyone who doesnt have my iron stomach). I bet some of you guys are feeling sick right now.. oops!

Anyway, it went down a tonne and now he just has to have antibiotics for a while and a follow up to check the wound next week. He also gets his needles that day. Lucky boy. lol.

his dadHe also went to his dads today. The first time I left him there and came home (so was a full hour away from him). I soooooooooo enjoyed the break after a long week/two with sick clingy whingy bubba when feeling like **** myself..

I had the most wonderful relaxing bath (my first since pre-parenthood). It was nice to be able to stay in there and know GUARANTEED that he wasn't going to distract me!!

workI get my last baby bonus payment next fortnight. Which means money will be tight the week after unless I basically get a job immediately.
Fingers crossed I get one. I ran into an old work colleague yesterday who enquired if I was going to come back there (my 2nd last place of employment) and I said I would like to and she said great ill tell the boss.. they are apparently short staffed..

I have to drive all the way to Geelong tomorrow just for my CPR update. Once that is done the resumes will be finalized and printed and I'll get my butt into gear.

anyhoo. i'll come back tomorrow for personals.

Just a quick one, I had to tell my fav gals....

I GOT A :bfp:

The line is faint, but a line none the less. I bought a pack of 3 so I will do the other 2 tests this week and see if the line gets darker. We are celebrating DFs 21st tonight so I think I just gave him the best early birthday present ever


But :shhh: nothing on FB

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Just a quick one, I had to tell my fav gals....

I GOT A :bfp:

The line is faint, but a line none the less. I bout a pack of 3 so I will do the other 2 tests this week and see if the line gets darker. We are celebrating DFs 21st tonight so I think I just gave him the best early birthday present ever


But :shhh: nothing on FB

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OMG Raffy!!!! A huge, big, congratulations honey!!!!!!! :happydance: :dance: :clap: :confetti:

That is the greatest, bestest news!!!!! Wooooooot woot!! :)

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy and no worries, your secret is safe with me (and us girls!).

Thanks for letting us know..... Yayyyyyy, soooooooo happy and excited for ya!!!! :D

Thanks Hunni. DF and I are beaming, I'm driving tonight so ppl won't ask why I'm not drinking hehe :dance:

Oh WOW!!!!!

Congratulations Raffy!!! That is fantastic news. Woohoo!!!. Wishing you a wonderfully, happy & healthy pregnancy :)

xoxo


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Thanks babes xx

Oh my gosh Raffy, very exciting!! Hope last night went well & can't wait to hear more updates!! xx (Now you make me want to try next month!! hahaha)

Raffy OMG WOW!!!!!!!! that is awesome news hun :D :D [SIZE="5"]CONGRATULATIONS!!!!![/SIZE]. Don't know what else to say but that it is awesome news. woohoo. hope everything goes really well xoxoxo.

pretz -I hope you are feeling alright and dont have a bad cold. I am still getting over mine, had it around 10 days now. still coughing up a lot of yuk stuff and my nose hasn't completely stopped running yet. wish it would just p off.. wow 8.44kg and is 72cm! that is great stuff. go Noah! Vinny gets weighed next wednesday for his 6 month appointment, oh joy more needles.. at the hospital last week he was 7.78 and it had been two weeks since he was weighed at 7.72 so not much gain there but he was sick and not eating so I don't expect he'll have put a lot on this month.. oh that will be nice finishing your bathroom and kitchen. I still look at my house every day and imagine what it could be.. waiting to hear from the bloke I emailed weeks ago about getting my stumps looked at to assess how bad it is.. no point doing cosmetic things up top if the floors aren't level..

sparkles goodness Ty is a big boy too! they all are. good to hear he is settling better in the day time :) that sucks about all the chucking. hope they can figure something out poor lil guy. have fun moving house, that is one thing I hate doing.. yuk. packing is awful, unpacking not as bad cos I like putting the finishing touches around to make the house a home.

nikki Sorry you are havinga hard time hun. If it helps to know V still wakes at least 2 times a night 95% of the time. IT is hard work, I thought by almost 6 months he'd be sleeping better.. And I get heart palpitations sometimes too. They are really annoying. 9kg? wow all our bubs are doing so well. go Ben! that is good he sounds like he is doing really well with his sitting and all fours rocking. V has only just started trying to lift his bum off the floor in the last day or two.. they will all be off and moving before too long.

what about us..
V is happily playing tummy time on the floor at the moment. He is going great guns apart from the sicknesses. Starting to really try and lift his bum off the floor and get onto his knees. haha spoke too soon he cracked it and is now on my knee trying to press keys..

nnvvvvvvvvxx cv ccx

that is from master V.. lol. anyway yes much more wriggly and mobile. on his back he hasn't rolled over yet but almost does.
oh and we have a tooth. bottom front left. and the other bottom front one is not too far behind :D

wasn't expecting one to pop up for ages. not much eles happening growing up too fast and i love him so much. just ordered a personalised letter for easter off ebay. it is reall

REALLY CUTE.. lol someone pressed enter and submitted it for me. lil bugger

OMG Raffy!!! WOOOOO HOOOO! Congratulations gorgeous! That is the best news ever! A little playmate for Cooper!! WTG! :happyforyou:

Someone is officially crawling .... LOCK UP THE CUPBOARDS!!

Woo hoo. WTG ben!!

Raffy ... I think its another boy!! Just my prediction guess already haha :)

I think so to Nikki. And I think he will be born Jan 5th lol I have names already :rofl:

ohhhh are you sharing! I already have my future kids names picked too hahaha lol

Nikki - WTG on Benny for crawling! :happydance: BUT big :hug: for you as I know you weren't ready yet! hehe How is Ben's sleeping going now? Cute Bunny you got for him and Summer!! :D

Raffy - What a cool due date to be due on Boxing day? Perhaps you'll go early this time and have a Christmas baby??? lol I am going to guess you're having a girl! :cheer: Either way, I hope you have a healthy bub!! Yes, are you going to share bubs names? lol

Brydz - Thanks honey, no I didn't end up getting a full blown cold but have been feeling crappy for the past week with the cold symptoms and then yesterday spent most of the day in bed due to a tummy bug :( Still feeling a bit tender this morning but soooo much better than yesterday. Just glad my MIL was over to help me out with Noah. ;) WTG on Vinny's great weight gain and lenght. Our boys are all nice and big and tall!! :) Whoohoo on his first tooth, I hope that the rest will be easier.

Hiya to Vix, Sparkles and everyone else! :hug:

AFM, felt pretty crappy yesterday as I said above to Brydz with a tummy bug but feeling much better today. Have MIL coming over again as she is helping me make some curtains for my living and dining rooms. Had a bit of a crappy day Monday as I rushed my cat to the vet and they did a biopsy on his leg as the vet thinks it's a tumor, sent away the results but with the public holidays over easter coming up, might not know until next week Wednesday... hopefully it's not cancer otherwise they may need to amputate his leg and I don't know if I would want to do that to my poor kitty...

What is everyone up to over Easter?? We don't have too much planned except for Noah's Baptism on Sunday and lunch with family here at home afterwards.

Hope you all have a great day!!!

xoxox

I'll share name but it's a secret to everyone else so you gotta promise not to say anything on FB...
We already have Amy, Ben and Cooper so ABC so 'Pickle' is gonna start with D. We have Daylen Benjamin for a boy and Delta Jayde for a girl (Benjamin obviously after DF and Jade is my middle name but I prefer it with a y) :D

Nikki - thumper is sooo cute. Summer and Ben look like they love him :) coopers already a little animal lover, he chases the cats around in his walker and sits at the back door and watches the dog and tries to his the lizard on the head lol. Must be hereditary as DF and I are huge animal lover either that or he didn't have a choice living in our zoo.

Pretz - glad your feeling better today. Hope you continue to improve. I'm so glad your MIL is there to help out with Noah, have fun making your curtains. I'm so sorry to hear about your cat, we are going through the same thing. My mums 18 year old cat (so my beloved childhood pet) had a seizure the other day after hitting his head while playing with mums other 2 year old cat. Anyway mum rushed him to the vet and he has multiple tumors, one in his head :o the vet sent away the tests but I dint know if mum has heard back from him yet. For an 18 year old cat he's actually really fit and still looks and acts quite healthy, apart from being a little slow when wandering around and going upstairs but that's understandable. So he still has good quality of life so I say we'll just see how he goes from now. :hug: for you and pats for your poor kitty

:hello: everyone else

AFM - did another HPT today, 2 lines nice and dark and came up straight away :confetti: went to the doctors yesterday for coopers needles, which he handled extremely well, and was laughing in the car on the way home :lol: oh and he's only 7.4 kg and 69cm long. I swore he was bigger coz he feels like he weighs a tonne. But hes in portion and growing well. Anyway I asked about the anti deps and that in regards to this pregnancy and shes starting to wean me off them coz she said I'll be fine, so I should be AD free but 7 weeks as that's when the organs start to form. I'm happy about this, gives me about 3 weeks to wean off them
Apart from that not much else is happening, coopers getting grumpy in his jumperoo so we are gonna start cleaning the pigsty I called home.

Xx

Pretz - Oh no! Your poor kitty!!! I really hope its not a tumour! Big hugs for you :hug: it is never easy when one of the 'family' is sick. Glad to hear you are feeling better today and I hope sewing the curtains doesnt make you relapse (I hate sewing haha) :rofl: lucky you have MIL to help you, I would need all the help I could get! I hope Noah's baptism goes off without a hitch, I cant wait to see some photos, he will look just adorable I bet!

Ben chases our cat around already with the crawling! Uh! He has had 2 injuries, banging his head on the glass sliding door and knocking his head on wood floor. Silly boy! I told him it was too early to be doing this crawling business. He is still really slow at it though so I think I might have another week up my sleeve before I really need to lock cupboards and what not! Bens sleeping is TERRIBLE. He is still waking 2 -3 times a night to feed. Falls back to sleep straight away but is always just starving :shakehead:

Have you got any plans for easter? We are going down south for 5 days, it is supposed to be raining heavily the whole time so I dont really know what the purpose of going is??? :dunno:

Raffy - How cute at Cooper chasing the cats in his walker. Ben tries to crawl after ours but is just TOO slow! Oh I love your names. They rock!! Really different but very nice!! :D WTG at being weaned off your meds! I cant wait to see all your ultrasound and tummy pics again!! Cluck cluck cluck haha ohhh and a squishy little newborn again. Just fun!! How are you feeling? Any different?

AFM - Got to run and feed the kids breakfast - its 9.40am and they are starving ... BAD MUMMY!!! Footy show tonight - Yeeha!

Nikki - nah don't really feel different, besides horrid spouts of nausea I have to remind myself that I'm pregnant lol still in shock but very excited. :crossfingers: he or she is as good and easy as Cooper. I hope it doesnt rain all weekend that would suck. Have fun none the less

Oh I forgot about Easter lol. Friends of ours are driving down from brissy with their 4 month old bubba and staying the weekend, can't wait

raffy interesting names. Delta is really cute. Daylen I've never heard of and it sounds a bit odd because of that, but I think it also sounds cute and I would totally get used to it and can imagine it working well in your family :) Glad coops needles went well, laughing afterwards hehe cheeky boy. He is still a really good size, around the same size as V was last time he was measured. We have needles and weigh in next wed.

pretz glad to hear you are feeling better. oh your poor kitty cat :( I hope it is nothing sinister.. good luck for Noah's baptism. V is not getting christened or anything like that. I wanted to have a naming day for him, but his father would not agree to it and I'm sure it will be too hard to organize and agree between us.. so I just haven't bothered. Maybe we can agree by his birthday and sort of do it combined with his bday..

afm saw my old boss this morning, can get casual work to start with, hopefully then after a little while I'll have the permanent shifts that I need. Also got extra money in my account today, the education entry payment and supplement (from centrelink) I got a one off $208 for starting my course. And then $62 extra each fortnight for study expenses (this will at least cover my petrol to get there and back so I'm happy). However the baby bonus runs out next fortnight so I may be up $62, but I'm down $407 so overall still down. Hence why I need to find work.
I just have to do a medical at the GP (requirement) and hopefully start work in a week or two :D
V is well his bottom has healed up and his chest has cleared up. He's being cheekier than ever!! looking forward to Easter and catching up with ALL our family on Sunday. The 5 great grandkids will be together for only the 2nd time ever (and at xmas V was too little to play). It will be crazy cos the other 4 are toddlers..!

Brydz - I love the name Daylen, I sorta came up with it and then I was searching the net for other names and saw it on there lol so I can't claim I made it up. I'm so glad v is feeling better, congrats on getting some work, even if it is casual, it's a foot in the door, well done babe. Have fun seeing all your family for Easter, sounds chaotic but loads of fun, won't be long and v will be running around with the others :)

AFM - went to another young parents group today and then tackled the shops. It was mad in there, I just Barged through people with my pram though haha there fault if they don't move. Went and cleaned mums house today coz that's where my friends will be staying as my mum and sister are in Perth, then went and walked all three dogs which was insane lol. OMG if coopers teeth don't come through soon I'm gonna go in there and get them myself. He is soooooooooooo grumpy. Just drugged him up on bonjella and panadol and filled his belly with milk and he seems much happier now playing in his bouncer.

Also for the ladies that don't come on here often, unfortunately the signature guidelines have changed so as of monday we are no longer allowed pictures in our tickers :(

Anyways gonna scoot, put Cooper to bed and then curl up in mine and watch underbelly :D

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Just a quick one, I had to tell my fav gals....

I GOT A :bfp:

The line is faint, but a line none the less. I bought a pack of 3 so I will do the other 2 tests this week and see if the line gets darker. We are celebrating DFs 21st tonight so I think I just gave him the best early birthday present ever


But :shhh: nothing on FB

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Oh that is wonderful news hun!!! Certainly made my day reading that. Jealous as all get, but very happy for you.

xxxxx

Hi girls.

Happy & Safe Easter to all of you, your families and esp your babies!!!!

I have been reading but just not had time to post or really not feeling positive about things. Most days are pretty much a struggle but I will get there.

Alannah is 7 months old now...well the other day anyway. She has, as you prolly read on FB, all 8 teeth now. No more gummy smiles. :( I spoke to the CHN the other day and she is now on 3 meals per day. She has her farex in the morning with pureed fruit and milk mixed though. She only eats about half a cup but that is fine. She knows when she is full. After her sleep (after lunch) she has baby custard or Hienz yoghurt. (going shopping tonight and will by some normal, fresh yoghurt as recommended by the CHN) At dinner time, she has some vegies. With Noah I just gave him whatever vegies and never waited days in between like they say too and to this day - he has the best appetite. I was planning on doing that with Alannah but she is a much smaller eater, more girly! :rolleyes:;) So I will just do one food for a few days. The other night she had sweet potato and gagged on it! Last night she had plain mash poatato with her milk mixed through and she loved it! :dance: So, mash potato it is for a week or less...maybe!

No crawling, nothing like young Master Ben from what I read!!! We put up our gates though to train the older ones!! "No big boy toys near Alannah" is the new rule.

Well, she is weaned too. Tuesday just gone was our last breastfeed. Am pretty shattered by it as I will never breastfeed ever again. I feel like everytime we move onto another stage, grow out of more clothes etc, a piece of my heart is ripped out. I know we were not planning on more kids but I have no choice now which I still find hard to deal with.

Blah! Can feel the negative thoughts coming through now so I will finish up.

I hope you are all well.

Thanks girls.

xxxxx

Vix - Lovely to see you on here and to hear from ya! Still thinking of you each and everyday honey and sending you huge, big hugs!! :hug: Way to go on Alannah having 3 meals a day now! Woot woot! TBH I just give Noah whatever (vegies and fruits) without waiting the 3 days too, sometimes I'll give it to him 2 days in a row, but he has seemed ok with everything so far and neither me, nor DH suffer from food allergies so I'm guessing he won't either....??

Raffy - LOVE the names you have picked for your future bub! Like Brydz, I haven't heard of the name Daylen either but it's different and unique and love it!! Thanks honey. Milo (my cat) seems to be doing ok now, but not sure what is going to happen as we haven't had the results yet, will probably get them after Wednesday this coming week due to all the public holidays and everything. Sorry to hear about your Mum's cat with his tumours as well, that's horrible. Glad that she is ok now though. :dance: Yay on those nice dark lines of your HPT's and WTG on Coop's fantastic weight and lenght. Hope Coop's has been better for you the last couple of days. Noah has been a bit out of sorts with his daytime naps and very clingy and cranky when I don't give him enough attention.

Nikki - Thanks honey for the hugs. Like mentioned to Raffy, won't get the results until probably Wednesday this coming week, but I too am praying that it's not cancer or a tumour. Funny you should say that you hate sewing, I do too, infact, I can't really sew at all :rofl: that's why MIL was here to help me, she's great at sewing!!! lol Have a long way to go with the curtains though (our room, Noah's room and spare room has been finished for ages - my own Mum actually finished them when she was here last year lol) and now it's just living and dining room that needs to be done, but it'll probably take MIL a while as there are soooo many bloody windows! lol Sorry to hear that Ben is still waking 2-3 times a night. Wish I could give you some tips/info/help/answers, but unfortunately I don't. All I will do is send you a huge, big :hug: and say that it'll probably get better eventually (hopefully sooner rather than later though). Just staying home for Easter and doing a few things around the house and tomorrow is Noah's Christening/Baptism and we have the in-law's over for lunch. Hope you have a great time down south and that it doesn't rain (not all the time anyway).

Brydz - Thanks honey, I will take lots of piccies tomorrow of Noah's Baptism and post them on FB when I get a chance next week. :) I hope that you and J will be able to sort out and agree on a naming day for Vinny. :crossfingers: WTG on the casual work on your previous job that's excellent! Hope it turns into something more permanent for you too though. Have a great time tomorrow with your family and with all the kids/toddlers/babies! :dance:

Hello to everyone else!

HAPPY EASTER GIRLS to you, your DH's/DF's/DP's and your beautiful babies!! Hope you all have a great day and enjoy the chocolate!! lol

AFM, feeling much better now after some meds and anti-b's. Went to GP on Thursday morning as I woke up with this rash all over my body which reminded me of the time I was 17 and had Rubella (only difference was this time it wasn't itchy). Was a bit worried cos I thought if I did have Rubella, what would happen with Noah...? Anyways, GP said that it looks like an allergic reaction and if anything could be from the gastro-bug-virus I had and that he thinks I was a bit dehydrated. Gave meds and anti-b's and by last night the rash was almost entirely gone! :) Feeling much better and had a good day with DH and Noah today cleaning up our office and doing a few things around the house.

Well then, I am going to head off and reply to an email I have wanted to reply to for nearly a week now and then off to have a cuppa tea and watch a movie with DH.

Love to you all!

xoxox

Morning lovely ladies, happy Easter to you all and your bubbas

Vix - :comfort: I wish I had the perfect thing to say to make you feel better. Thanks for popping in and updating us on your beautiful bubbas. Happy 7 months to alannah for the 19th, and wow on having all 8 teeth, Cooper has none haha, df didn't get his first til 10 months so it looks like coops is taking after him in that respect.

Pretz - glad Milo seems to be doing better :) hope it's nothing serious and he makes a full recovery, all the best for noahs baptism, can't wait to see pics :) also glad your feeling better to and the rash wasn't rubella :hug: what a relief, im sure.

AFM - df went away this morning for Anzac day, and will be back Tuesday. We are dog sitting for friends who also went away and frankly I'm ready to murder this dog, bronco (our dog) is an outside dog, but Jasper (our friends dog) is always inside and sleeps in our friends bed at night, so he has been yapping from the second he got here. I can't let him inside coz Cooper plays on the floor all the time and the cat food is in the laundry, which will make him sick if he eats it! DF told him off 3 times during the night cos he wouldn't shut up. It's doing my head in. He will shut up if you go out and tell him off but as soon as you close door he starts again! Dogs like these make me appreciate bronco so much more as I seriously don't think I've ever heard him bark unless we've told him to 'talk' anyways that's my vent for today and a reminder to myself to never buy a small yappy dog lol hope you all have a fabulous day with all your family and kiddies xx

Afternoon ladies.
HAPPY EASTER!!!
especially to all the first time bubbas..!!

I didn't have the bunny turn up with eggs this year. V has been spoilt in the last week, he got some new pjs, a nice new jumper and some more on layby, a few new toys, more toys and some books in another layby and a personalized easter photo card thing. I'll post a pic up on fb of it.

Waiting for mum to get home from work and then we are all heading to my nans for our annual easter hunt. (the kids hunt anyway). Hoping the weather holds out, been looking rain like this morning. Yuk.

Hope you all are well.

raff hope the morning sickness stops soon.

vix Yeh that would suck, it would really bring it home when other people have bubs and you know your baby making has been finalized. But just remember that you have 3 amazingly beautiful kids anyway :D you are very lucky! Alannah is beautiful. She is doing really good. 8 teeth. wow! vinny has 1 so far. 2nd one won't be far off.

as for Vinny:
very cheeky. getting cuter and cheekier by the day.
more mobile, he wriggles and wriggles and does lots of 360s on the floor now. Pushes himself forward by lifting his bum and pushing off with his feet. its so cute.
he still has NEVER rolled back to front.. is anyone else not doing that yet? I think he is lazy. lol
*TMI* the abscess on his bum looked almost healed on Wed at the drs. but it has since gotten a lump under it again and this morning I squeezed it and lots of yuk came out *TMI* it was yuk. think he'll be going back to the dr for more antibiotics. and might need it properly drained again. I feel horrible that it is still infected. But it is right next to his bum, and no matter how quick I am of course poo is going to get into the area. I feel like the dr should have given him a dressing for it to protect it while it healed!

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Thanks Brydz for your kind words. I do have 3 beautiful healthy babies. I MUST remember that!!! I just...miss my baby bump, the little early flutters, the excitement, the ms, the tiredness, the reflux, the heartburn......:lol:

Hope you and Vinnie had a tops day.

xxxxx

Alannah tried mashed carrot tonight! She didn't gag on it or spit it out! Bonus!!! Because she didn't get any easter eggs yesterday I treated her to a Heinz chocolate custard this arvo. THAT - she loved! :)

Hope everyone had a nice relaxful Anzac Day. I now have three kids with colds. AaaaaaaaCHOOOOOOOO. And me....a throat infection. Blah.

xxxxx

Vix - yay that alannah enjoyed her mashed carrot :thumbsup: I gave Cooper some raffertys garden banana and chocolate custard about a month ago, he couldn't get enough of it lol

I tried her on Vanilla yoghurt at lunch today - Winner!!!!! :)

xxxxx

wow so quiet in here.

hello everyone!!!!!!!!!!

have not been in because my net isn't working still and I have not been around to mums to get online much.

VINNY had his 6 month needles and check on Wed. He gained 300g which is about half his usual gain, but that was from being so unwell with the bronchiolitis.
He now weighs 8.05kg and is 71.5cm. Getting a big boy!

The lump on his bottom is clearing up. Which is good, because it was so nasty.

He's been spending a fair bit of time with J because J has been on holidays from school over the Easter break. But he goes back Monday so we won't be going over there as much.

The last 3 times V has gone over for a total of 5 hours + they drop him home (another hour in the car). That is about as much as I'm willing to let him go for at this stage so hopefully J will be happy with that arrangement for a while and then not be pushy about upping it.

We have to sit down and sort out the future plan now that he's going back to school because he is not going to be having him for 5 hours after school because he won't be home til like 9pm or something.

I propose he has him that long on the weekend, Sunday preferrably and then comes over to see him at home on a Thursday. (currently before the holidsays he's been visiting mon and wed and bub going over there Friday arvo for 3 hours).

MYSELF I am returning to work soon. Start my training on Weds. I've worked there before so only need a little refresher training as there are new staff, new residents and a few things are now done differently. But I don't think it will take long before I'm in the swing of things. I'm hoping to get WED and SAT shifts if I can. If they can't give them to me I'll put my name down casual at the hospital also. I'm sure between the 2 place I'll get the hours I need.

I also have a test on Tues at uni, so have to study up before then. J wants V again tomorrow and I was going to say no, but I think I'll say yes just because it is the end of the holidays for him, and it will give me an afternoon to study!

Brydz - wow v is getting big, that's awesome, coopers teeny at 7.5kg so many ppl comment on how small he is for his age, that's awesome that Vs visits with J are working out at I hope it continues to go so well and J stays so enthusiastic about seeing him, congrats on getting some work, well done, I hope it all goes smoothly.

AFM - it sure is quiet in here hope everyone is ok, not much happening here, having a whingy day (dam pregnancy hormones) we are suppose to be going to our best friends house for dinner tonight, which we do every weekend and it's usually loads of fun, and they both love coops to bits so it's good all round, but tonight they are having a mini party sorta thing with both their work friends ( which df and I have met most of them ) but df will be with the boys outside, cooking the BBQ and drinking and all the girls ( whom are close coz they work together everyday ) will be inside, I just know I'm gonna get left out and stuck with a grumpy baby, plus they will all be drinking and I can't, petty vent I no but I just don't wanna go coz I'm gonna be left out and Cooper has been getting unbelievably grumpy at bed time and he's been fighting it for a good hour the last few nights which means we let him cry, offer food, give him cuddles and repeat for an hour :o then he wakes about an hour after we finally get him down and wants more cuddles then wakes about 5 so I want an early night

Ahh this prob doesn't even mak sense, I'm just grumpy lol hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, take care all xx

Raffy - Hope you're doing and feeling alright and that your m/s and nausea ease up and that it won't hang around for too long! :hug: How did Cooper sleep last night? Saw that you had a very clingy baby yesterday. Perhaps he is teething and will be getting some teeth very soon! Hope you get some rest.

Vix - Thanks for letting us know about the photos in signatures. I didn't even know about it and probably wouldn't have had you and Raffy not mentioned it. lol WTG on Miss Alannah eating so well and enjoying her food! I'm having some real struggles getting Noah to eat savouries without apple (or something sweet in it). He just cracks it big time and cries, smacking the spoon out of your hand and refusing to eat it. I've started to trick him now though by giving him a spoon of vegies with a bit of apple sauce mixed together and then the next one just vegies and keep that up for a bit but it's hard and a bit frustrating...lol Hope you and your 3 beautiful babies are doing better now after your colds. Hope Noah had a great birthday the other day. :hug:

Brydz - Congratulations on your job! I hope that you will be able to get the shifts and days at work that you want. WTG on Vinny's excellent stats! Noah is 8.6kg now and he is still hovering around the 72cm, which is good in a way otherwise he won't fit his size 0 clothes for too long either! Keep growing out of clothes! lol I'm glad that visits with J has been going so well and that things are more positive now than it was last year this time when there was hardly any contact from him to you.

Nikki - Hope everything is going well and that Ben will start to sleep through for you VERY SOON!!! :hug:

Hello to everyone else! :hello:

AFM, just plodding along....lol Waiting for STUPID WITCH AF to arrive and hate that I'm actually wanting for her to arrive already and just get it over with! I'm 3 days late now but then who knows when I'm supposed to get her being my second period after birth!? :wall: Was thinking I should test just incase but don't think there's much of a chance that I'd be UTD as we haven't exactly been doing it like the bunnies! :rofl: Has anyone that have had their AF's had their periods one month and then not the next?? Could it be because I'm still BF Noah once a day ATM and it's throwing my hormones out of whack?? Guess I'll have to wait another few days and if no AF do an HPT! lol

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Me xoxo

PS: Oh and I finally heard back from the vet, my cat doesn't have cancer, it's something called "Cryptococcus" which is something that he has had before (it affects their immune system), but it's caused a lesion on his foot and he will need to be on medication for the rest of his life to make him comfortable. Going to see the vet this morning and find out more and to get his stitches removed but we will have to decided whether we're going to do the treatment (i.e how much is it going to cost $$$) and whether it will help or not or whether we should put him to sleep if he isn't going to get better... :(

pretz they are almost the same size then, apart from the weight? I wish V was more like Noah's weight, he looks so thin people probably look at him and think he is underfed. Totally not true, he is a guts. Yesterday I was feeding him a jar of food and he was impatient and instead of waiting for the spoon to come to him he would sit forward in the high chair and catch the spoon with his mouth! lol.
Sorry that your little kitty is still unwell :( I hope that it doesn't require putting him down that would really suck, though a life of illness doesn't sound appealing either..
As for AF I am just finishing up my 4th one. The first 3 were 29 days apart and I thought great it will be regular, but this one was more like 34. What a pain. I hate not knowing exactly when to expect it.

raffy how are you doing hun? pregnancy hormones eh, that sucks. I don't miss those. Hope you have little to no morning sickness now and are coping alright with bub and tiredness combined. My other friend IRL who was expecting again around the same time as you has sadly lost her little bubba :( I was so sad for her.
How is master Coop? He is getting so big and clever.

afm V supposed to be going to his dads today but I have less than half a tank of petrol and $18 in my bank. And I need that petrol Tues to drive to uni. I'm sure if I ring him J will come get him AND drop him home but i don't wanna start that or theyll prob ask me for petrol money.. I transferred $100 credit from my mortgage account but it wont clear sraight away, diff bank. Trying to decide whether i should just say V is cranky or something or tell the truth. i really could do with the time to study fir tues test..
V is on my knee right now trying to bash the keyboard sorry for tghe typos.
catch you later

Pretz - I'm so sorry to hear your cat still isn't well, I sincerely hope it doesn't come down to putting him to sleep, big, hug, massive :hug: yes Cooper was extremely clingy yesterday and the day before, and the day before that, much better today though (see AFM) I can't believe how big and tall Noah is too, man Cooper is a midget hahah doesn't help that both his parents are shortys lol

Brydz - I'm sure J will understand if you can't afford to drive him there just this once, maybe just ring and be honest with him, coz it maybe a little sacrifice but having the time to chill baby free and get some study down sounds good as well. Oh and hi V nice of you to try and chat with us to lol I'm so sorry to hear your friend lost her bub, I'm still at that stage where I don't wanna get attached or excited coz you just never know, it's so sad

AFM - so last night actually ended up being a really good night, we got there and Cooper had fallen asleep in the car so he was asleep for the first 10 minutes and then was up and quite happy, around 8.30 he started getting grumpy so df gave him a cuddle and a bottle and he fell straight to sleep, which he usually does but hasn't for the last few nights, and despite all the noise he slept until about 12 when we went home, we got home and he was still awake, gave him a bottle and he was out until 6ish this morning, which is a little earlier than usual but waaaaaaaaaaay better than he has been, I ended up getting alone with all the girls and had one glass of wine when I first got there so no one got suspicious then drove home at 12, oh the joys of pregnancy, after one glass of wine I woke up this morning feeling like I've been on a 3 day bender :doh: still very nauseous all the time but still haven't spewed and other than that I have no symptoms at all, I'm so peeved off, I FINALLY got a doctors appt. For this Tuesday at 10.30 and then I got a call from my sister, guess what time she flies in from Perth? Yep Tuesday at 10.30 :angry: Im so glad df is on night shift, he's just gonna have to go and pick her up but I feel so bad coz there airport is at the raaf base which is an hour round trip so df will have to do it twice that day :s oh well

Anywhoo I think I'm game enough to actually eat something now so I'm off, hope you all enjoyed your weekend

raffy I ended up calling to tell him I couldn't drive and his mum answered with 'oh hi sweetie' told me he was in the shower and then proceeded to ask 'what do you want?'. I said I can't make it over there because I haven't the petrol and she said 'but J is coming to get V. He TOLD you that. he's having a shower and then we are leaving' and then basically hung up. What the hell??????? how rude she want to be? And J didn't TELL me that, he suggested it, but it wasn't an agreement, and totally just a miscommunication. grr.

So anyway they came and picked V up. I said have him home at 5, he said I was going to ask if I could bring him home by 630. And I said, fine 6 at the latest. Will be interesting to see what time he gets back.. If he is later than 615 without them letting me know I will be refusing to have him take him. He brought him back 10 minutes late last time without bothering to call or text and pre warn me and I was quite anxious.

Anyway I watched a couple of episodes of greys. And now I am back at mums to come online.

She just got home and the car was making a TERRIBLE noise. Some sort of scraping sound at the back wheel. After taking the wheel of and some investigation the culprit was a tiny stone about the size of a marble or a pea caught in the brakes. It was stuck and scraping on the metal and making a noise. Pretty funny we thought it was a serious issue.

I'm having a very moody kind of day today. I really just want time to hurry up. I miss V heaps. Normally I can do things and take my mind off it. But I miss him and I want him home already. I just feel different today.

Brydz- :hug: I hope time goes very fast and v is back home very soon, i miss Cooper when he's asleep so your one strong lady. I really hope j doesn't try and push it and has him home at 6 I would b fuming if it was any later so totally understand, can't believe his mum was so rude what a b*tch oh well, don't let it get to ya, glad your mumS car didn't have any serious problems, dam stones.

Im cooking spag Bol tonight and gonna give coops some :) no doubt it will be messy so I'll have the camera at the ready to put on FB. Hehe I love letting him get messy and be a real boy, so much fun :)