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Md :hug: such a huge decision to make hun! Personally, if it were me I would go for the double-banger and get it over and done with. Big jump to make if there wasn't an issue to begin with, but now that you are *here* and having to make it, I think you need to look at it holistically and if this is what is going to give you the reassurance that it is taken care of then that's the path you need to take. Also the longer it goes on, the longer it will take for you to close this chapter in your life when you really want to be moving forward kwim?
Argh! too tired to think properly ATM LOL. I am only up because I am catching up on all the washing that's stockpiled yet again :rolleyes: Had a day out on my own in Wagga the other day - had a dermo appt and made the most of a child free day and did a spot of retail therapy as well ;) Got some great bargains on cooking gear at Myer and some new bras too.
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oohhh i'd love some new bras trill..jealous!!
well lewis decided to wake up at 5.15am today!! it just keeps getting earlier and earlier everyday. how do i change this girls??? it's driving me crazy..
we're heading off soon to visit ange and the girls..send me your best non-crying-in-the-car vibes for jimmy pplllleeeeeaaaasseee!!!!
have a great day ladies xoxox
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Rainy, hope you and the boys had fun at Anges. Did the mirror thing in the car help with J's crying? I remember that, it was horrible. We didn't travel very far for ages because W was a car screamer. He got a lot better when we took the head support pillow out, he didn't seem to like his head held in place. Then when he moved to front facing he got heaps better. Hope J grows out of it soon.
Trill, yay for child free shopping day! I am having a big curtain shop next weekend which I am obscenely happy about. I won't be child free, but we have had no curtains in the lounge or bedroom for the past 6 weeks and I am bursting to get some. I got a quote and they wanted $1600 for three sets of curtains - I can get all the stuff at Spotlight and make them with minimal effort (just a few hems) for about $500!
SupaB, I am in NZ so you are about to be trans-tasman famous!
I just saw my ticker - I am having a baby in 12 weeks! Far out! Labour hurts, what the hell was I thinking!
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Rainy I read your post earlier and sent your happy car travel vibes...did it work ok? Hope the phase passes, can totally do your head in...esp in traffic! I always have the car radio set to ABC FM so if I'm desperate I can turn it on (LOUD haha) and sometimes that calms the savage beast (ie me even if bubs is still screaming LOL). V.jealous by the way of both you and Ange, would love ot crash a few of your get togethers!
Totally enjoy your curtain outing, Arte, just watch out cos if you're anything like me you will come home with more than just curtain projects to do LOL. What were you thinking??? *blink blink* Oh yeah that's right your bubba will be gorgeous and an absolute treasure like W and totally worth anything labour might throw at you!!! :hug:
Pregpan's on mat leave! YAY!! Haha bet you're out shopping today, am i right ;)
Trill well done on your expedition, woohoo on the new bras! I haven't been near Myer yet, bit of a dangerous place at this time of year, but my fat lady shop had a half price sale on and I swooped on a couple of nice tops. One is really ritzy and am planning to wear it when DH takes me out for our anniversary to a really swisho restaurant that I've been dying to go to for years (that he doesn't know he's taking me to yet ;)). LOL
Clare the biro was mostly gone, must've rubbed off on my bra. Those black textas look pretty hard core tho LOL. Have you been able to rest at all or are things still tricky?
Gypsy - any luck with the scab yet? BTW there's another thread somewhere about Gypsy boho earrings and it made me think of u. :lol:
Leanne - so glad you've decided to go to the states - sounds lovely. I'm going one day, probably by myself. I have some weird (*insert do do do do music*) connections with the state of North Carolina and I think I need to just go there and hang out for a few weeks and see what happens. Of course it's prolly a few years off yet, gotta get over to NZ to visit Arte first!! :D
Re the BBs - am going to read a bit, chat to some BC survivor ladies here in Adel and then just let the decision percolate for a few months at the back of my mind. It's not like I have to decide in a hurry.
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LOL Arte, yes it does hurt, but you will be fine! They say its easier the second time around, so I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you that what they say is true! What a rip off, if you can make them for $500 go for it, wow wish I could sew. We need a new set of curtains in the lounge area.
MD - Good idea, its such a huge decision to make at once, so give yourself time to think things through. LOL havent seen the gypsy boho earrings thread - I'm still a bit dubious about my new forum name & wondering whether I should go back to good old mm.....
Rainy - Hope there was no Jimmy crying. Thats great that you get out & about to see Ange, especially seeing as you have two the same age.
Trill - Well done on your mummy shopping time. There are some great bargains at myer atm isnt there? I am currently eyeing off a leather modula lounge, as we are planning on getting one soon, but its $1800 so I'm thinking it through!
Clare - Hmmm maybe your tiredness is a symptom of something......?! iykwim!?
Got some awesome op shop bargains today. Got a humpty dumpty soft toy for M which she has been carrying around since we got home, a cute tea set - you put the cups and saucers & teaspoon on the actual tea holder thingamy (Trill was it you mentioning A making cups of tea all day long?) & a pink stool that she loves sitting on. I have turned into such an op shopper these days.
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oh gyp i'm jealous of your tea set! i really want to get one of those for lewis. he is obsessed with babycinos!
i'm trying to think of a new name that suits you
well all your non-crying-in-the-car-vibes must've worked,thank you v much! jimmy slept the whole way there and there was only about 10mins crying on the way back...not bad at all.
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hello gorgeous gals!
MD: the first thing that popped into my head when you said 'percolate' was coffee...mmmmmmm. and then when you said north carolina i thought X-files. weird as x-files was based in washington dc. i am a weirdo.
Sherie: lucky you scoring a child-free shop day. jello bags over here!
Gypsy: you know what? we bought a leather couch when i was just pregnant with Leila LOL! must be the first round of nesting LOL!
and nooo. no baby yet. we are sorta trying ATM although my iron levels have bottomed out again. dont know why, so probably we'll give this cycle a miss and go again the following if the dizziness goes away.
rainy: woot woo for the awesome car ride! what a good boy! how does L deal with the crying? does he do any sympathy cries?
Arte: :rofl: so true. how quickly we forget. i remember when Leila was 3 weeks old and i swore to my friend that i would NEVER read my lips NEVER go through that again. ever. and here i am less than 2 years later about to board the TTC train! LOL! do you think it is more intense the lead-up now that we 'know' what labour is like?
AFM: all awesome here. waiting patiently for news on whether we got a house or not. YEP, we actually put an offer on a place. totally last minute but hey! if not successful we go for another tomorrow. all so intense!
we finally have managed to get leila a bit more 'normal' last night and today. i think it is the kiwi (arte: good to know that there could be a kiwi fruit connection!). so am feeling a *bit* more rested. although not rested enough for the crap dinner party i have to put on tonight. i cant stand it when DH invites ppl without letting me know (these were the ppl that cancelled 1/2 hour before LAST week...yes, i had cooked all the meals!).
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Oh no Clare, they better not cancel tonight! Keeping my fingers crossed for you that you get a bfp really soon. I hope that my 'early nesting' calms down then because a $1800 lounge is excessive!
Rainy - keep your eye out for a tea set, I saw in toys r us that FP does a cute one but its $50 odd. I can see its going to provide endless entertainment, she didnt want to go down for her arvo nap because she was making tea for me & I had to have a sip before she was happy to go down.
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we've gone through endless teasets here over the years as they always end up having a piece missing or broken. I would try to avoid spending too many $$ on one.
Having been there, done that before, I can say with certainty that it wont be as bad as you think Arte ROFL. Erin's birth was just awesome and I would do it over and over again if I could. Yes, you do have your "OMG you stupid woman! what were you thinking?!" when you are in the middle of your first really ouchy contraction, but it passes and you just get on with it.
I have to go - children are calling. bbl
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My damn computer is playing up, takes about 10 mins to load a page. It's driving me mental.
Claire- I hope you get the house! How exciting. Was it the dream house your friends also liked or another one?
Gyp- i love a good op shop bargain
Rainy- There was a tea set in the pink suitcase ontop of the toybox! I didn't even think, L could have made us cups of tea! It's a tin one and very cool. At the local library they have a ceramic one, and they put water in it for the kids to play with. Very brave of them i say! Ceramic might be a bit too tempting to throw and break though. :lol: Glad the trip home was ok. Thanks for coming to visit. :D
Trill- wow, a kid free shopping day, what a dream. I am in desperate need of a bra or two that actually fit. I keep dreaming my hooters will shrink back to a normal size and my bra's will fit.
MD- You can crash a party at my place anytime. ;)
Leanne- USofA hey? That will be awesome. I always said we should go to eurpoe to visit some friends before lu was 2 and her flight was free, but that's not going to happen!
This computer is so sloooooow even to type.
Arte- only 12 weeks! how exciting. How's the blood sugar?
Lu is going well, she is talking more and more. She bought a blue crayon to me the other day saying 'blue". It really is amazing the things they pick up. I am really enjoying this latest developmental stage. She cracks me up. She sometimes plays a bit rough with other kids, a lot of crash tackling.:o but her and Lewis play really well together which is nice. Although she does steal his toys. ;)
Hubby has two weeks off starting the 28th of this month. We want to go away, any ideas. I was thinking of escaping the cold but somewhere within oz...... any suggestions?
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Falguni - What about the Gold Coast or is that too far?
Clare - Good luck with this house, yay!
Trill - Yes I would have to agree, dont spend a bomb on toys with fiddly bits as they only go missing eventually. Thats why I love the op shop for toys.
Wow one of the girls from my mums group has had her twin baby girls, Madalyn & Ella. I am going to visit her in hospital on Sunday with another from mums group. Also another MG girl is due any day now, well she was officially due two days ago so we are all waiting for some action. Cant wait to meet all these new beautiful babies.
Has anyone else started a bit of toilet training? We are still in nappies but I've been introducting M to the toilet lots (haha that sounds a bit dodgy). She sits on it, nothing happens though, but she wipes, jumps off & flushes. I just thought she might be starting to be ready, she pulls her nappy off all the time & tells me when she has done a #2. I am not going to bother with a potty, I bought a toilet seat & stool & will just start straight at that. So how do you actually first start, do you just go cold turkey with no nappy on? Any tips?
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I am so sorry I have been such a terrible baby buddy of late. I have had family here all week and feel like I could sleep for 100 years.
I just wanted to pop in and say hello quickly. I will try and catch up properly over the weekend.
Gypsy L loves his tea set and makes me cups of tea and brings me food on the little plates and fry pans lol.
Ange I think the Gold Coast would be the perfect holiday destination!!!
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Nonite ladies. Sleep well vibes to all of u.... :)
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hey everyone,
popping on quickly while Ashas destroying the place with her oats!! shes been having them the last few mornings she really loves them but the mess is a bit much!!
yesterday i became an aunty :) so exciting.. they did end up having a little girl so somewhere for all Ashas baby clothes.. though i must admit when i got them out last night i found it very hard to think about giving them away haha just all the memories of her being so tiny!! She was born at 38wks via c section. shes currently in the nicu for low oxygen levels but they think itll only be a few days before shes out.. so ofc ive only seen a pic havnt got to meet her yet coz its only parents and grandparents allowed but im still very excited hehe..
dh is still being awful lol.. he just dosnt understand anything! he basically had a tanty when i asked him to get up with Asha this morning.. im so tired, been having pains all night.. think theyre just BH theyre like period pains and they wake me up but i can get back to sleep with them so dont assume its anything too bad.. i sometimes get them during the day too bubs still moving well so cant do much about it really.. he got up and i could hear him stomping around and not speaking very nicely to Asha so i got up and told him to go back to bed and he still sulked about it.. im so over it he was giving me filthy looks as he stormed around picking things up.. god forbid im tired too ughhhh i am so stressed right now and he just couldnt care about anyone but himself..
anyway!! lots been happening in here!!
md - goodluck with ur decision.. cant be an easy one! im not sure what i would do in the situation.. im quite scared of surgical procedures so maybe in that way id go for the least surgery possible but then again if ur already under id quite fancy a bit of a tidy up hehe.. gosh sorry that dosnt really help at all does it!!
gypsy- sounds like Ash is aroundthe same stage.. she tells me when she needs her nappy changed and she follows me into the toilet all the time very interested.. i have had a few times with her just running round with no pants on to get the feel of it or in undies.. i think she is very ready for tt but im worried with it being so cold i might wait a little longer so she can just run around in undies iykwim?
trill - good to hear u enjoyed ur birth so much.. im currently having a little freak out over this birth in 7 weeks time!!
falguni -not sure about holiday destinations.. havnt really been anywhere except victoria and nsw in aus and dont think ud be escaping the cold in either of those places atm!! how clever her knowing the crayon was blue! its such an amazing stage atm!!
re tea sets - asha has one that cost me about 12 bucks in kmart and it came in a giant tea pot container that she can still put it all in.. its great it has cups saucers plates knives forks spoons and even a plastic cake haha!!
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Noni - I know what you mean about the cold & toilet training! Men are so annoying at times, my DH does the same to me now & then. & if he does eventually get up because I am so exhausted he stomps around & sounds all grumpy. I bet yours uses the 'I work' excuse as well? I think they forget that although we are home during the day, we are always on the go as well, esp being pregnant, you must be so tired. I hope he decides to start helping out more once the new bub arrives?
Ange - Bali sounds nice, you guys need a break & to get away after the past few months. You would be under the pump with passports though, do you & your DH have them & its just the kids who dont?
Well I have been up since 5am this morning, well it started at 4am, but we eventually got her up at 5! Just didnt want to sleep. So got up, half asleep & put on the tv & on come the black eyed peas singing their catchy songs, so she had a groove at 5am. Haha too early miss Maddie.
As for toilet training, I knew she needed to do a poo this morning, so I took her to the toilet, she climbed up & sat on there....and sat on there....and sat on there! So after a few minutes she got bored, wiped herself anyway & jumped off. Was about to put her nappy back on & then she does a wee in the hallway lol. 5 mins later out comes #2 in her nappy. Had to laugh, we will get there.
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Hey!!
Just a quick one from me to say huge THANK YOU to Arte for the little package that was waiting for us yesterday! They are so cute and will be awesome for her party! :dance: Thanks again, you're amazing!
Will be back later (hopefully :crossfingers:) to catch up more!
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woo hoo!!! i'm hot!!! thanks sherie :)
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*wolf whistle* woot woo look at you Rainy. Very noice.
