hey all
oz - lol i have such a bad memory lately too!
supa - i think j is 5mths now, william is 4 haha cant believe it theyve grown up so quick!! ash loves cars and dinosaurs haha but she does also love playing with her dollys.. hope ur feeling better soon!
clare - i hadnt heard about the recommended age changing.. i give w small pieces of fruit in one of those mesh bags and rusks coz he is teething n it seems to help.. cant really be bothered with much else atm lol is that bad? hope ur feeling better soon too!
as for behaviour ashas very up and down.. sometimes she can be absolutely horrible!! but other times shes just off playing by herself.. shes got a very good imagination which helps
hope everyones having a good day
yep J will be 5 months tomorrow - i cant believe it! We gave him some more rice cereal and apple this morning which he liked i think - but i wonder if he is having a little reaction - few excema spots... hmmmm. i fed him more (bf) yest but his sleep wasnt much better... i want that to be the solution LOL - i just cant feed every 90 mins..
girls one of my best friends jyst had her 3rd miscarriage (this yr) - they are trying for their 2nd... id ont know what to do for her or say... advice?
spent this morning at the pool - fun... N had a great time. now planning what to do this afternoon when he wakes up.
Noni - wow on W teething...
My MACH nurse and pead told me the recommendations have chgd slightly - and that they are happy b/n 4 and 6 months. the main thig seems to be that there is no evidence that adelay helps with allergies and my paed actually wanted me to start a little earlier due to a risk of allergies.. confusing as it chgs all the time so i am just doing roughly what i did with N and J seemed ready...
hi girls
i didn't start j on solids till 6.5 months- he just wasn't ready. even now he is not a very big eater- would much prefer a breastfeed.
mp- no advice on the miscarriage thing here, it's so hard to watch someone going through it isn't it? i really hope it works out for her soon
just got back from MG meet-up. unfortunately it was at a playground next to a lake- which i absolutely hate because i can't relax the whole time i'm there- i'm so paranoid! i come back all wound up tight in my shoulders from stressing. not enjoyable at all! i think it's ok for some of the other mums as their kids tend to hang around where they are but L is so independant and loves to go off exploring and finding mischief. i ended up being the first one to leave as i just couldn't handle it anymore. they probably all think i'm crazy, but i don't care.
supa - i wouldnt have one if it werent for my mystery person someone gave me platinum membership, wouldnt have afforded it otherwise.. its funny how much it looks like me.. trill did have the added advantage of seeing pics of me before designing it
i think solids are really a when theyre ready thing i mean within reason.. i remember giving asha solids at 2mths (plain rice cereal) coz i thought it would help with the reflux and it kinda did but in hindsight it was way to early.. just takin it easy with W hes only just starting to sit in his high chair and i think hes a while off anything except tasting little bits of fruit and chomping on teething rusks.. i get so confused with the recomendations changing all the time.. last i heard they were about to change food labels so nothing said 4mths and now its back at 4 - 6mths again.. alot of the baby foods say 4 - 6 as well why do they have to confuse us so much!!
Ozstar-thanks, I had a look but couldn't see much other than that beautiful pic of ur two lovely babies, how cute r they???? Owww.
Noni-that's so fantastic that somebody gave u platinum! Wow! Do u receive anything else other than an av with platinum, opps sorry wrong thread I guess.
Yes the always controversial 'when to start solids' arises again. My friend started her super-hungry boy on solids at 4 mths and I was wondering what she was doing, but he seems to love it and is hungry for it. All kids r diff. T was only full on for bf until right up to 6 mths when I introd rice cereal. She STILL goes crazy over 'mulk', blanket and dummy. I think she is teething as she bites the dummy on the side with the back of her mouth. It has a hole but she still doesn't mind the airy type snort of the dummy does when she sucks it.
Supa - why thank you- glad you think my avvy is so spot on - I love its vibe. Trill did such a great job!
Clare, ahahahahahahaha - I'm still laughing. I went to pick him up and the lady was sitting there patting this dog...he was the only dog there...and I suddenly realised this strange creature was our Bosty! Not Fluffychops anymore!!! When I dropped him off he looked like a dirty off-white fluffy maltese but now he's a brown shorthair daschund. OMG it's hilarious. DH told DD1 I went crazy and bought a new dog at the RSPCA and she totally fell for it...she was oohing and aahing and saying oh what's its name..??? I'm hoping to sit down and do some photo organising tonight so when I do I'll post some pics to facebook. Before and after! Even scarier, without his hair he's exactly the same shape & proportions of our old dog Beags who was one-of-a-kind mystery parentage (only a smaller version). FREAKY!!
Last edited by AnyDream; December 5th, 2009 at 10:26 AM.
its been plague house here asha got better after her vomiting and then yesterday billy got really cranky and was projectile vomiting.. i had dioreah(sp?) all day and only managed to eat 2 pieces of toast all day and got really dehydrated... i feel a bit better today but still really dizzy.. think its from the dehydration so will try to drink lots today.. on the plus side i lost a kilo and a half lmao!!
joined ww online recently and have had trouble sticking to it.. got a message this morning about SIL (theyre not married but theyre family) wanting me to go with her.. gonna try and convince her to do online with me and come round for the support since she drives and im often lonely here.. see how it goes.. either way ill have someone else whos doing it to talk to about it.. i wanted to go back to meetings but online is so much cheaper!!
dh is still in bed.. he had the biggest sulk yesterday coz i slept alot of the day and he was tired (he was tired coz he had his work xmas party the night before and then stayed up late afterwards with a friend) ughh i was so annoyed not like i enjoy being sick! have left him in bed this morning coz im feeling a bit better and cant be bothered dealing with him b**ch about how he never gets to sleep in!
supa - u also get an email i think and a blog or something.. access to members only forums and support i havnt looked into it heaps yet been pretty busy..
hope everyones having a great weekend!!
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???
leila and i were sitting on the couch and she was recounting some story about kindy and i noticed when she opened her mouth really wide that i saw a MASSIVE lump on the side of her throat (to the back). i *think* it might be a tonsil, but because it was so huge it is hard to tell...it basically covers half her throat! having a somewhat freakout...it has veiny vessels....
she doesnt appear to be in any pain whatsoever and is eating and drinking as normal.
i will take her to the GP tomorrow, but was hoping to get some insight from you girls....
(sorry for the selfish me post...having palpitations lol!).
why do they have to confuse us so much!!
I'm hoping to sit down and do some photo organising tonight so when I do I'll post some pics to facebook. Before and after! Even scarier, without his hair he's exactly the same shape & proportions of our old dog Beags who was one-of-a-kind mystery parentage (only a smaller version). FREAKY!!
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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