Oz - sounds like a good gift to me! N is also quite into bugs and hs friend is obsessed with them - i guess it is a stage... isnt it amazing how you tspeak about someting and findout all these other kids areinto them too.. i find it amazing how it naturally happens that N is suddenylu interested in dinosaurs etc - all the stereotypical suff that kids get into...
Girls the night time feeds are KILLING me... i dont know what to do... J is waking every 1.5-2 hrs (max) and having a small comfort feed each time.. he self settles in the day and to go down for the night most of the time.. what do i do?? help!
L is obsessed with dinosaurs, sharks and flies LOL i bought him a dinosaur doona cover and he loves it.
clare- how is L? could it be a throat infection?
mp- have you tried co-sleeping? not sure if you're into it or not, but i am co-sleeping with J and find it the best way to get lots of sleep.
arte- i've bought a cross trainer off ebay- just waiting for it to arrive. i'm going to try to do half an hour every morning before J wakes up and while L watches cartoons. i feel so blllaaaaaaa just never doing any exercise.
hope you are doing ok MD
it's pouring rain here today so we have been baking- choc cupcakes yum!
MP, I lived with 1-2 hour wake ups for over a year, so I am nooo help to you lol
Oz, W loves bugs. We got him a couple of bug books, one is a picture one with dozens of bugs on each page to find, the other is a life sized guide to NZ bugs. He has learned heaps from them, can probably name more kinds of bugs than I can. Have you tried telling L that some spiders can bite and to ask you first? It has worked here, W picks up everything else but doesn't touch spiders or mosquitos.
Better go and entertain A, I forgot that they like all your attention all the time lol
Clare - did you get in to the doctor with Leila? What have you decided to do on the weekend, I find getting out makes a huge difference to how quickly the day goes, even if it's just a walk to the park.
MP - no sorry, can't help you with the wakeups. Unusual for him to self settle fine during the day, but needing a comfort feed at night. Have you tried chatting to the MACH nurse?
Bugs - K is into bees. Every bug she sees, I tell her what it is and she shakes her head and says 'No mummy, bee!' Definitely like the idea of a bug catcher though.
Well I managed to get out of a trip to Wollongong for work this week which is good. Why does everything need to be done before Christmas when it just sits on people's desks for all of January??
K's sleeping still isn't going so well. She just wakes for no reason and needs a cuddle and goes straight back to sleep (most of the time). Last night is the only time there was a reason, the cat was curled up at the end of the bed and she had a freak out about that. The only nice thing is that we have now had 4 days with a 7am sleep in. She tends to hop in with one of us in the spare room about 4 or 5am. She had a bit of a virus on the weekend I think, bright red cheeks and runny poos, but seems to be on the mend.
This morning she was walking around the house saying 'No school, pool!' - Very cute!!
MP sorry I have no advice on the wake up's. I hope he turns a corner for you soon though. L loves dinosaurs too.
Arte we have tried to tell him that they might bite etc but he either forgets or doesnt care lol. Those books sound good. I thought if we start reading and learning about them he might learn which ones he can touch and which he cant and that buying a bug catcher will stop him squashing all the bugs lol.
G send some of those cupcakes this way please.
Just had Z's needles done and feel horrible. I was in two minds about having them done and after hearing her scream I am not sure I could do it again
MP: hmm in all honesty i am not sure! Leila was a *fairly* consistent sleeper and when/if she woke at night as a youngish bub i would boob it to her and go back to bed. but at 1.5 hours at a time it does seem really excessive (ie., like his sleep pattern is a bit whacked out). what happens if you either let him grizzle for a minute or two or just try a resettle? or does he wake up fully? sometimes when leila was smaller she would grizzle and i would be in with her but i realised that she wasnt actually fully awake (even her eyes were open at times!). so i would just gently touch her belly or back and sing her soft bedtime lullaby...could be time for a DH week of settling!
Oz: ohhhh the poor wee things can really cry with those needles! the best bit after a vax though are the boobie feeds and the comfort that it provides. hope that she is ok today and not too upset xx
Arte: was the x trainer insured? sounds annoying that it got damaged on teh way! when we moved to Fiji we managed to only have a few glasses break...despite it all sitting on the docks at Suva for like 6 weeks...
Cally: ahhh wollongong is nice though! although for work it probably would be a bit boring...and you're right, the timing just before xmas is a bit rich!
Ginger: mmmmm choccy cupcakes!!! coming to your house!
MD: thinking of you babe! hoping you have all your people that you need around you xx
AFM: well i think you girls are right and i am not panicking! Leila seems fine. she does look a little pale and her sleep is slightly disturbed, but overall she is happy. i had a look today (couldnt get into the GP today...have to wait til saturday!) and it is def on the one side only. it is really massive and appears to be her tonsil (ahhh the memories of my ordeal come to the fore LOL!).
hey everyone,
still plague house here lol.. gastro fairy still hasnt completely left us its been pretty horrible.. lots of fights with dh because hes sick now too so ofc i should just wait on him even tho im really sick too grrr..
have alot to do but still feeling quite sick.. really need to go out today but just dont know if im up to it.. Ashas school xmas party tmw and i really want to get something for the teachers as well as i needa buy a loaf of bread cozz i volanteered to make some fairy bread lol..
Williams started to take a dummy now.. very strange.. thought he just wasnt going to be a dummy boy but these last few days everyones been sick and settling him has been difficult so i decided to give it a shot and now hes wanting one much more.. i kinda feel annoyed at myself because i dont like how attatched asha is to hers but at the same time am greatful for an easy way to settle him.. he would never take one before, wasnt interested and always spat it out.. bit weird but oh well..
hows everyone going with their xmas shopping? have got a few things left to do.. got a friend of mine to take some pro shots of the kids.. theyre sooo cute! cant put on fb till after chrissy tho coz im gonna give them as presents lol.. were doing mostly home made xmas gifts this year.. i spent a rediculous amount on the kids and dh so im trying to be sensible with everyone else.. as well as trying to instill in asha some sort of christmas spirit etc etc.. shes made cards and paintings and ive laminated them and asha did green handprints with glitter and i did red foot prints with glitter of billys and cut them out and laminated them and punched a hole in them and will put ribbon thru and give them as xmas decorations.. so those things with a few nice photos of the kids is what most ppl will be getting, maybe something baked as well if i get around to it..
hope everyones having a nice day
its been pretty horrible.. lots of fights with dh because hes sick now too so ofc i should just wait on him even tho im really sick too grrr..
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