Rainy I would just go with it...can't see any harm there... soon enough it will be another different toddler obsession. Maybe from time to time when you're all having a drink offer him drinks in a 'big boy' cup like yours and praise him like crazy when he drinks from it. Also if you have a tea set, fill the tea pot up with water, he can practice pouring water and drinking out of the tea cup. Again praise like crazy. I doubt he'll still be sucking on the baby bottle when he gets to high school LOL.
OMG Arte you have proper tv!! William the robot, what a crack up! I kwym about the imaginative play, I love watching all the things Missy E is doing right now - from being animals, to 'eating' the food pictures out of the book, and walking her dollies around and making them talk to different ppl in the room (including the cat who's usually asleep when this happens LOL).
K was walking around last night with one of her dolls in its sleeping bag, just patting it on its back to get it to go to sleep. Tears in your eyes gorgeous!!
Arte - I was going to ask about sleep too, how is it going? Woohoo to TV!!
Kate - glad that things are looking up for you and DH. I think that is a big thing, we become a mummy and the other part of our life (that DH fell in love with) goes into hiatus a bit.
PAP - mmm, muffins.....
Feeling so much better today. K had a big coughing attack last night before I went to bed and DH offered to sleep in the other room so I wouldn't be disturbed. I crashed before 9:30 and didn't stir until 5:45, fell asleep again for another hour. Gosh a good sleep makes me feel human.
DH has a late night tonight at work. Hopefully there are no freaky noises like last week - heard things crashing and a door slam, there were papers all over the desk (that the cat pushed off the printer), but I couldn't remember if the bathroom door had been shut last time I walked past, so I just avoided it for the rest of the evening!!
LOL Cally - I hope there are no weird noises tonight! That reminds me, Rainy i think you should go to your dads, especially as you get freaked when home alone...
Bummer on the Oobi but glad you said something as i was about to buy J a pair - i always loved them and wanted to get for N but he was too big... so i thought i would buy for J but if the buttons are cr*p then i wont bother. bummer as they are gorgeous - maybe i can look for a pair in the older style for him. geez a lot of thought goes into his clothes and i cruise around the place looking v worse for wear LOL
Arte - your day on the boat sounds sooo nice, and i bet W LOVED it. it sounds like you will still be able to enjoy some of that life even with the newbie but shame they dont make life vests that small. though i think even putting J in a life vest would freak me out. hearing all of these adventures really makes me want to do more 'active' things with N.
MD - hope you avoid the green monsters.. thats the last thing you need. the weekend sounds FAB and the cake sounds beautiful. what special friends you have.
I am feeling a bit low today and DH and I have been 'at each other' for a few days. he claims it is bc i am so tired... anyway had a bit of a nap this morning and i am have a lay low day (made easier by the rain here today) - will pop out to the supermarket now (havent been since J born and believe it or not i really miss it) and then maybe have a big cooking session this afternoon, i always feel better after that and i hate not having healthy food/meals in the house.
Cally, glad you got some sleep. Bit lacking here, I nearly fell asleep on the couch this arvo and woke up to W crying because he had shut himself in the bathroom.
Isn't the difference between boys and girls amazing!! Your girls are so into their dollies, W is obsessed with cars/boy stuff. He drives his cars all over the place, they go over hills, through mud, he lines up firewood for them to drive over lol. The other day he couldn't get a dolls pram up the stairs at daycare so he pulled it from the front saying "got a winch, winching it out...."
Rainy, I have been thinking of you often - our naptimes are very sucessful with a quick kiss and a bottle in his direction now. It is fantastic. And DH has done it a couple of times at bedtime and it has worked! So much better. The night sleeping is going o.k. He gets up 1-4 times each night, but the chance of an 'I want mum' tantrum are decreasing and we can usually just pop him back in bed and he will go to sleep with one of us just sitting on the bed for a few minutes.
Please to hear you got a good stool sample Trill! Popcorn for a day eh? i could do that.
Rainy- you know my answer. i'm a chicken though. Interview went really well, his downfall is that he has only really been in one job for 3 years. On his resume he has moved around a bit. But that's how he has all the varied experience that he has IYKWIM. So we are waiting, should hear by the end of the week. They are ringing his referees so thats a good sign i guess. When he rang one referee to pre warn them they said they refused to say anything good because they had a job for him. i too would let him drink out of it if he wants. Not like he'll be doing it forever.
Preg- i hate to agree with your DH, but if you're anything like me, it probably does have a lot to do with sleep deprivation and new baby hormones still playing havoc. Cooking is very theraputic, hope it helps!
Sas weighed this am- 6.5kgs. She's no little-un either!
Feel like i have a golf ball stuck half way down my esophagus. Most uncomfortable. Not sure what it is. Some kind of virus i guess. a bit over being sick though.
i am having MEGA internet issues ATM with 3 mobile broadband. i am going BONKERS. so will keep this short and no doubt i cant even see what you guys have written....arghhhh!
Ange: if they are ringing refs then that is a GREAT sign!!!
arte: that is totally awesome that his sleep is getting better! must be great to see that he can do it!
Rainy: i am with MD on this one. reckon it's just an obsession that he needs to work through and will drop like a tonne of bricks when the next fixation comes along. for about 3 weeks leila would only drink from her pink bottle....
Sherie: we sooo go past all the time! stalkers stalkers LOL! i want to get a picture but am too embarrassed while the owners are still there...so probably will wait until a couple of days before settlement...
Oma and Opa are still not great. she is in and out of hossy most weeks. mostly now for the panic attacks, but v serious all the same. she now has been diagnosed with emphazema too... oh happy days.
arte-i'm glad you think of me often at W's naptime- so sweet
pap-if you can find last season's overalls (brown and blue) then get them cos they're awesome. if you can only find this season's (red and blue) then don't bother, they're a total pita.
ange-great news on referee calling woo hoo!!!!
md and clare-thanks for your advice- i went out this arvo and bought 2 more of the tomee bottles so at least i can wash the one he is obsessed with! lol
girls check out sep group on fb for a pic of lewis and his best mate in the park yesterday----cuuuuute!!!!!!
wow Rainy what a stunning pic - did you get them done by someone???? dont tell me you are just that amazing at taking pics. L is sooo gorgeous! are they the CR jeans? i love them he looks so grown up.
Ange - thanks for being so honest and i dont mind if you agree with DH, i tend to agree with hima lot too (just not today LOL!!). i know i am tired and hormonal i guess i am just feeling like he should make some allowances for that rather than taking the bait all the time. i also feel like i dont get 1 sec of child free time ever... and he kinda doesnt help that ina way as he pushes me to still do 50% of N time as well as everything for J. i am not really explaining myself so well. to be honest i also feel a little isolated, i dont have any friends here with babies J;s age - or even close. they are all around N's age or my friends are back at work... so i am finding it hard socially. i asked to join a mothers group again just to meet some ppl with little babies and was told by the MACH nurses 'no'... so i need to find another way to meet some people with similar age bubs here. i am missing melbourne a lot. geez there's a bit of an outpouring when all i meant to do was say thanks for being honest LOL!
the PNG stuff sounds promising... and great he is so in demand.
We bought a new car - a honda jazz so more of a runaround than our other car - DH is off to pick it up now. YAY!
Cally - i just booked a place in broulee for that week (21-2th oct) so muffins and aplay date it is!! YAY! can i ask do you get optus mobile coverage in broulee - my gfather is v unwell so mum is nervous she wont have coverage. i am so excited for that break, it will be so good for the boys (esp N) to have a week with mum... and i am looking fwd to her cooking and helping me out. i was dreading DH going away (he is away for another week in oct too i think but that trip isnt confirmed). we will prob be back down there at xmas too i cant bear to stay here in canberra at xmas time and DH is working.. (so we can go to NZ in Jan). I love the story of K patting her dolly. sooo gorgeous!
pap- what colour car are you getting?
no i didn't take the photo, my best friend did. the jeans are the CR carpenters jeans that i was telling you about. they're gorgeous aren't they?
i know exactly how you feel re: the child free time. there was a while there where i didn't even have a shower for a few days when J was a nb cos i just couldn't iykwim? how gross is that!
do you think you will ever move to melbourne? we could meet at doncaster shoppo and go to CR together LOL there is even an awesome little toddlers' play area there now, lewis was going nuts in there the other day!
Rainy - yes we are moving early next year and will either go back oseas if we get a perfecvt position with one of our works or back to melbourne... whatever happens it will be early next year! i cant wait! i am prob more keen to go to melb than oseas but either option would be good and alot better than here. dont get me wrong we have a good life here but i am over it!
I think we would both be bankcrupt if we met at CR - but it'd be a fun way to go down LOL!!!
Preg- The fact that you are tired and emotional definitely means that he should be doing a little more giving than usual! When he has a day at home, does he do a little more? i think that is only fair. The first 3 months were really tough here. I wondered how i was ever going to manage. But the fog soon clears. i promise. Not that it is a walk in the park not, but things are certainly becoming clearer and coping is much easier. I can totally understand your feelings of isolation. I too have been struggling a bit with the move because all my friends are at least a 30-60 min drive away now. i have been going to baby story time at the library and a babies music group. I have met a few people, this might seem horrible, but tbh i can't really be bothered making new friends. I'd almost prefer to drive and see the old ones. Have you asked your not-so-helpful mchn about groups for babies, like music or story time, you might meet some new mums there.......
Rainy- Doncaster + play area for toddlers= my dream day. When we going???
I have the weirdest sensation in my throat. Like i have something stuck in it, hurts to swallow. But it's not up the top where tonsils are, further down, just above my thyroid. hope it's gone tomorrow. driving me crazy. ok.... whine over. sorry!
PAP - could you go to a playgroup that even though most of them would be N's age you may meet someone that has a littlie too?? As for Optus coverage, it is a bit intermittent around here, but all the providers are like that. Texts will generally get in and out without a problem (maybe a little bit of wandering around). There is a public phone at the shops (and another at the Muffin Shop) although Telstra have threatened to take them away, but council isn't letting them. We have a landline here if your mum is desperate though!! And if you're coming at Xmas I hope you book in soon - can get very busy!!
I think DH still expecting you to do 50% of N is a bit much. That first 3 months kind of passed in a blur for me, I can remember being so proud of myself staying awake for more than 12 hours straight, I can't imagine having a little toddler to look after that wouldn't let me catch up on some sleep!! Also I know what you mean about not having many friends around, I don't really have anyone here, mine are all in Canberra.
Ange - glad the interview went well, hope your throat feels better tomorrow. Chances of flu are a lot less in PNG I suppose.
Arte - great news on the sleeping!
Rainy - stunning pic!!
No strange noises tonight and K was an angel. I brought the cot mattress out and she just jumped on that and played with her dollies for ages while I was unpacking groceries etc. Also a 30 min bath made the evening without DH go very quickly!!
cally glad last night went ok... i called optus and they said there is coverage... i willalso see if they can keep the landline on in the house we are renting... and i guess they can always find me at the muffin shop!! LOL!
i haveput my name down for a couple of commujnity based things -a baby massage course and also some baby song sessions - si i might meet some new mums there too i guess. ange ikwym re not being bothered with new friends.. i sometimes feel the same way esp bc we will be moving but just someone at the same stage as me woudl be nice. dont get me wrong i do have ppl to see etc i just really loved going through it all with ppl last time and i miss that and find it a bit isolating. i am lucky to be someone who enjoys my own company i guess.
well i did my first biggish outing with the 2 of them today and it went ok. took N to the physio. they decided not to fit the splints.. partly bc he is quite young and they hope his feet will correct by themselves and partly bc he went mental when they tried to do them after i insisted that he have them as he has to wear shoes at kindy... he went so crazy and was sooo upset - even nat confectionery dinosaurs (a new treat he had never had) didnt do the trick. anyway we have to go back in 2 months. i was nervous to go by myself with the 2of them and of course when we got there J needed a feed immediately and then did a big poo... but all in all it went well.
so.. tell me... what does plat memberhsip allow me?
wowsers, i am missing so much! i do miss my BB time...
Kate: i missed your post about the good night out! it is good to know that you are both so keen to have this work; that in itself is a BIG step in the best direction IMO xx
PP: i have a GREAT mothers group in canberra that you might like to hook up with! they are the ones i met the first time around with Leila and they meet weekly (either at at the funfactory or the social club place near bruno's truffles...arghh i cant remember the suburbs name!! you know the one with the gorgeous italian deli....). they are all on round 2 of kidlets with 3 being born in the last 2-3 weeks...if you like i can pop an email to them...they are really lovely...
that's crazy that the MACH nurse wouldnt let you join. and i think a bit reckless. as someone that has been through PND with Leila turning down a mum from socialising is a big no no. and what harm would it be for you to join?? i reckon i would of LOVED to have seen a mum that has gone through the newborn gauntlet and survived!
Clare - thanks for the offer. You know I may be up for that, if they have a few littlies in the mix as well... i would feel a little strange but at the same time it would be good for me. my mothers group the 1st time was good - but there were only 4 of us!! one is now a v v good friend of mine (she looked after N when i was in labour - knows a lot of ppl i grew up with) but the other 2 didnt really stay in touch so we arent really a mums group iykwim. i agree with you it is pretty bad the mach nurse said no to me joining, i mean what harm would it do?? and i agree with you, iw as asking for some social stimulation - i am ok emotion wise at the moment but what if i wasnt and i wa sreaching out? i findit v strange.. i might try again at my 6 wk check up. i do feel more vulnerable this time to be honest and i need to put some structure in place for myself.
Popcorn for a day eh? i could do that.
i too would let him drink out of it if he wants. Not like he'll be doing it forever. 
Have you asked your not-so-helpful mchn about groups for babies, like music or story time, you might meet some new mums there.......
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