MD: wow! that is some makeover of ol' bosty! sooo funny that H fell for it....ahh a girl just like me (i was the chick that would check my hand for 'gullible' when my friends told me it was tatooed on there lol!!!).
Noni: so so sucky when you get sick like that. hopefully it will pass soon and that DH will give you a break sometime soon!
MP: well, as a girl who has faced quite a few m/c's i tend to just have a cry, lick my wounds and keep on going. i dont really tell anyone anymore as it is quite emotionally draining. all i can say is to not say the obvious: things like...'it wasnt meant to be', obviously the baby wasn't healthy' blah blah blah. they get my goat and it is one of the reasons why i dont bother telling anyone. i have to say that for me, distraction and 'normal' stuff is the best. so i drag my sorry bum to MG and have a good time and NOT think about it. so i guess as a friend, unless she brings it up and is after comfort, just be there for her as company and a friendly face ITMS. hth...
Ginger: oh i hear ya! leila is horrendous at the 'dare-devil' activities! whenever our MG get together and go to the park, i find i slowly but surely get really wound up as L is jumping OFF the slide (first she hangs off the bars above ). all their kids seem to play quite normally (ie not stretching the limits of the playground equipment usage LOL!). always relieved when we head off to the cafe with the ENCLOSED courtyard lol!
Oz: totally vegged out on Friday. it was blissful. it was ages since i had a day alone by myself, and it was sooo healing! felt alot better the next day as i just ended up sleeping the whole time (especially when i realised there was no oprah but some stupid golf on!).
AFM: well today was fun! we had our MG christmas brunch in the park...leila did her usual trick of leading the kidlets astray to the BIG FRIKKIN slide (one that is so high that you cant reach the kids at the top). but lots of food and lots of sun and lots fun. Leila is all tuckered out. she had a pretty bad fall though...smashed her face from a seat onto the concrete. so has a big scrape on her chin, phat lip and bleeding gums. everything is in place though and the ice-cube worked wonders.
Clare, I didn't realise that you had had quite a few miscarriages. Our thread seems to be on another roll of announcements, I really hope that I hear yours soon.
MD, good luck tomorrow, see you on the flip side with your new and improved lefty nicely fitted.
Will post more when I get a chance - seems like I am forever alternating children. As soon as one goes for a nap the other wakes...
hugs clare- thanks for the advice... she is one of my oldest and best friends (MC'd my wedding etc) - so i think i will def speak to her about it but also be there for her to relax with etc. it is heartbreaking. i hope it is your time soon lovely...
MD - best of luck today... i am thinking of you
Noni - hope you are all feelng better. we are also all sick, noah still coughs all night and now the rest of us are sick too. making a family dr appt soon as i think we all need to get on top of it.
we are taking n to the wiggles concert this wed - cant wait he is going to be SO excited! i ahve taken him to 2 concerts so far (justine clarke and playschool) and he just goes off!!! so this will be EXCITING forhim.
just realised he has this week and next at kindy and then 5 wks at home with me - holidays etc... YAY!
Arte: thanks babe xx I know it will come eventually...
MP: ah well, in that case, seeing as she is a really close friend, then yeah, confidante is really precious! all i can offer in that case is that she'll prolly just want someone (like you!) to also recognise that each pregnancy was real. it might be something that her DH doesnt quite get the way us girls do ITMS!
AFM: pretty Ok here. Leila's mouth and chin is quite sore today, but appears to be clear of infection...the bruise on the inside of her lip is quite impressive. my poor poppet! as a result she had a bit of a shocker with sleep. (well, in fact, she slept relatively fine...it was us that were up cuddling her through the sleep cries....mwah!). have to say that i secretly LOVE it lol!
not much else to report really. DH goes away this thursday and i am a *little* nervous. not so much about the actual time he is going to be away but just with the tiredness that comes with the end of the day IYKWIM. and with no family and friends all doing their thang on the weekend, it could get lonely!
sooo.....do you girls have any ideas of what we can do on the w/e to pass the time?!!!!!!!!!!
Clare - when DH is away on a weekend I hatee it - i dont want to land myself on my friends who are probably having family time and as you know my family isnt here...
I try to make it really fun for N - so that he doesnt whinge and also to tire him out for a long midday nap and a good sleep at night. and i treat us both...
so some ideas:
Scienceworks
Aquarium
(mum took N to these both last week and both were a hit)
Good play at the park at the MCG followed by lunch at Victoria st
Collingwood farm
Birrarung Mar and lunch in the city
I also do milkshake trips or out for a bubacino and cupcake
do some cooking togther at home
paintings for daddy
i also love taking N on the trams or train in Melb to some of these outings... i also saw there is a boat from the city to scienceworks - could be cool???
so so sucky when you get sick like that. hopefully it will pass soon and that DH will give you a break sometime soon!
). all their kids seem to play quite normally (ie not stretching the limits of the playground equipment usage LOL!). always relieved when we head off to the cafe with the ENCLOSED courtyard lol!
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