Trill, what is it with boys and farts? I was trying to get the last of the shampoo out the other day and W had a huge grin and told me the bottle was doing farts lol Funny about the pillowcase fetish, toddlers are peculier things aren't they!
MD, I bypassed the size 0 and went straight for 1's! The 0's fit perfectly but don't have much grow in them, while the 1's are just a bit baggy but will last longer.
Cally, Woohoo at the TT! Hope you are off enjoying your poo conference.
MM, also yay for the TT! Sounds like it is going well
The shopping was a success, A slept both ways and was happy to be in the sling all day. I managed to get a good amount of clothes for them both. W was super impressed with a pair of jeans but they are too big and were slipping down all the time.
W seems to be coming along well with the self dressing - after a big wobbly about pants vs shorts, he will decide on one and then half an hour later he disappears into his room and comes out with the other on anyway lol. Today he came out of his room with socks on too. I have been letting him pick what he wears (to save a tantrum) and he can go in and get a tee-shirt, jersey and pants/shorts out of the drawers by himself. He always picks the worst combos though - too big tee-shirt, too small jersey, shorts and socks - he looks like a hobo lmao.
hi girls, i'm back from holiday. was ok, but like i've always said- holidaying with 2 small kids is not really holidaying at all.
the out-laws were there staying at a hotel down the road from us, and let's just say we are now officially not speaking to them again. she's really upset me again. just when i started to let her back in a little......
GINGEY You're back!!! Pooh bum to MIL. What is wrong with her that she can't see the good thing right in front of her face (you and your lil family)??!
LOL at W dressing himself like a hobo. In our house E looks like a hobo when DH dresses her LMAO so I'd like to say W is doing very well indeed at the tender age of 2!
Well I needed another nap today after another huge tantie morning from Missy E. Ugh. She seems to save it *all* up for me. Even yesterday afternoon, we got home, DH was here, the second he went out the door to pick H up, she started. They arrived home to the deafening noise of her bellowing, crying and thrashing around. I wish I could even identify what it is that is setting her off but I"m afraid to say I think she's just doing it for the sake of doing it. Where has my peaceful life gone?? I remember H was an early and frequent tantrumer BUT I also remember being very clear about what it was that was setting her off...makes it a bit easier to deal. Is anyone else as strung out as me?
G: WELCOME BACK!!! sorry that the MIL is doing her usual suspects thang...bet that wasnt pleasant...so maybe you should add: a holiday with two small children and an even smaller MIL aint all it's cracked up to be lol!
MD: i've been thinking (i know i know) and i have come to conclusion that this is all a seasonal transitory thing. i was with the neighbour today and her son (who is just gone 3) got a smack for the first time yesterday because basically for the last 1.5 weeks he has been going BONKERS. she said the smack came after he just took off over the road and kept running (meanwhile she had a sick dog in one hand and her 9 month old in the other...). the kids are going crazy in the coconut. Leila has also been really full on and not like herself. gorgeous and all that, but man oh man, the tantrums fall like leaves in autumn and the whingeing....gosh give me a lawnmower at 6.30am anyday LOL!
Arte: WTG on the successful shopping trip!! always a good thing! was it just you and A?
Sherie: how did the lectures go?
AfM: all good here. just had MG and basically took it fairly easily. scary stuff though is that i now officially have a pg belly LOL! i guess those ol' stomach muscles just arent what they used to be....
ALSO, seems i *may* have found a good midwife for the HB!!! YAY!
clare- yah on finding a great mw. have you had her around for a cup of tea and a chat? so the hb is still definitely going ahead then?
i love the comment about 2 small kids and smaller mil- might have to make that my fb status! LOL
i bet your belly looks great. my belly with jimmy was soooo huge so quickly.
md- i really don't know what's wrong with mil, i always think back to your comments about her having a borderline personality disorder and i'm convinced you're right.
L's been chucking a few wobblies lately too. he tends to have silent tanties though where he just lies on the floor and stares like a man possessed!
so when exactly is your cancerversary?
well ladies every cloud has a silver lining....and my stupid cow mil has dug her own grave. i can proudly announce that the move to sydney is definitely off and i for one could not be more thrilled. dh has decided he cannot ever live in the same state as her so looks like we will be staying exactly where we are and eventually making some changes and doing some work on this house to make it more suitable. i am stoked!
Ginger- I am so happy for you that you dont have to move..
All is good here I have finally started exercising as I have 2 weddings next year and
want to look nice.... Kids are all good ATM and re the tantaums Livi has been chucking some wobblies lol.
Ginger, Yay for your MIL showing her true colours again and getting to stay in Melbourne. What did she do this time?
Leanne, good luck with the weight loss. It is unfair how easy it is to put it on and how hard it is to get it off.
Clare, yay for your little baby belly. Mine showed early second time round too - the old abs just aren't what they used to be.
MD, the bellowing really gives me the poops. I can handle plain crying, but the special bellow he has just to p!ss us off really works lol. I am with Clare on the seasonal thing, if I don't believe there is a reason then I have to admit he is just feral!
A little kitten came to visit today, it was the friendliest cat I have ever seen, totally ignored the dogs attempts to scare it away and didn't notice the cat with her death growl - it was a pure white one and deaf. I knew where it came from so when DH got home I took it back but was tempted to keep him. W kept picking it up and throwing it (Grrrr), and it was coming back for more!
I am off to the Dr on friday about my lack of energy, insomnia, and in general feeling cr@p. I am quite nervous about it though, I have never been to the doctor apart from birth control/babies and once when I was sick with a virus and my boss threatened to take me herself if I didn't go. I am worried that I will just sound like a whinger. Or that there will actually be something wrong. I have already made appointments and canceled a couple of times but it is so bad now that I have to stop and sit when I am holding A for too long because I feel like I might drop her.
Cass, I have been giving some thought to your seasonal transitory theory and hmmm well lets just say I'm hoping so (esp the transitory part LOL). Also realising I need to build more sleep into my schedule (me, not her) now that we're not getting school hol sleep-ins every day...helps with my self-confidence level even if the tanties are still coming thick and fast. Woohooo for your officially pg belly and even bigger WOOOO for finding (maybe) a good MW!!!
Leanne - good to see you lady! The exercising sounds great, I know you will feel better for it. Does Livi give the boys a run for their money on the tanties (I did wonder how you handled it when they both went off at the same time? LOL).
Ginger, what a silver lining it is. Your relief is tangible. Though so sad it's not something that can be fixed, kwim? That's a very borderline personality disorder kind of way of things. Gosh I could go a silent tantie, Missy E is loud loud LOUD! "Good set of lungs on her" I remember saying when she was one day old, how right I was LOL. BTW cancerversary next friday. That'll get me all nostalgic.
Arte, you are doing the right thing by going to the dr . If you start by describing how out of sorts you are feeling any good GP will pay attention and do some thorough screening. A good dr will take what you say seriously, and if they don't you know you need to find a different dr. Make sure you are up to date with pap smears & breast checks and everything while you're at it.
yay Ginger! I love the silent tantrum, do you think he could teach Lu????
Arte- Hope you get some answers at the drs, being that tired must be really difficult. MD is exactly right, if they don't take you seriously then go to another. I find that's the problem with moving a lot, the drs don't know you very well so often i feel like a whinger when i go. But if you know there is something not right it is important to persist.
Trill- i'll check out blogger. Thanks. Oh and i had a good chuckle at your PNG via SA. That was a trip from hell. Remind me not to drive for 9 hours with 2 kids for 4 days, all staying in one room?!
Off for a play date with a hot chick from Gilligans island.
ROFL Ange, I will be sure to remind you of that in the future LOL. I remember how hellish is was for us to go to Forster when Erin was only 5.5mths old and she screamed nearly the entire trip so I feel for you hun.
MD, how is H doing at school now? I hope she feels better about things. And how is everything going for you physically? It's all still healing nicely?
Clare, that is great news about the MW. LOL at your baby belly already. I got a belly quicker the 2nd time too. Lecture was good. We didn't have a podcast for this one as the techies are flat out apparently, but we had a powerpoint thing so it's all good so far.
G, I'm not surprised that she's gone and done it again. I just had a feeling that old leopard couldn't change her spots. But I'm glad that its made J see the light about it too and realise what she's like to the point where he wont move now. Was she like this with any other women he was with or just you because you've clearly got him for keeps?
Arte, if you cancel this Dr's appointment again I will be cross You really sound like things are not OK and you defnitely need to get some tests done to make sure that there is no underlying cause of it Woohoo on the successful shopping trip too!
Leanne, I noticed you've been doing really well with the walking which is wonderful! I wish I could find my motivation again because it's gone AWOL LOL
H, how is your Uni going so far?
Well we've had an interesting few days. My boy who used to LOVE being outside now wont go outside unless I'm out there and if I can convince him to go he is back inside in 10 minutes. He's fine when the other kids are home, but I think he's getting bored? Doesn't help that he is currently dead keen on Bob the Builder and wants to watch it ALL THE TIME!!!!! Little bugger has worked out how to use the DVD player too so if I'm not right there when it finishes he presses play again! And if I turn it off after it's finished he tantrums and sooks because he wants it back on again so I have to tell him that Bob needs to have a sleep he even sings the song ROFL and sings it in bed at night which is hilarious, but drives L mental. We have playgroup starting tomorrow though so I'm hoping that it will help.
MD- well they havent really all had tanties at the same time. The boys dont really chuck them (thank goodness) Liv is so funny though she chucks herself down on the floor and puts her hands ver her eyes and screams.......lol I just laugh and send her to her room and tell her to come out when she gets over it.... She has only ever chucked it once out in public and that was in LA.
Art- Thanks and good luck at the DR's today
Sherie- Oh gosh I had to do something this weight is getting out of control.
JM- have a great play date.
Leanne: wow, i am impressed with your stamina on the excersise front. i can't get over how i let myself get so lazy...i used to be one of those pocket rocket kids that couldnt get enough outdoorsy type action. now just point me in the direction of the couch and i am there! what excersise do you do?? inspire me!!!
Sherie: ah glad that the lecture went well! nothing too intimidating i hope! i always found the first one to be one of excitement and fear lol.
Leila is the same with the TV. we have really had to reel it back in (it was a good backup when i was in the midst of circling the toilet bowl). but i have noticed that it is not great AT ALL for her creative play. she is reluctant to go outside if she knows that she might be in wiht a chance on the box.
MD: i am like mad that it is transitory lol! but i spoke to yet another mumma (with an 18 month old) and they have had the EXACT type of crazy fortnight. so there's gotta be something. i am with you on the more sleep front too. i find that if i go to bed of a night earlier, then i can just function on a whole new level ITMS. but it is hard to go to bed before 10pm as that is 'me' time IYKWIM. arrgh! so hard to find that balance.
JM: man, we only have one kid and yet i am so bad...i ALWAYS book a family motel room LOL! i just love being in my room after a long car drive with a smelly cranky toddler lol.
i am envious of your new adventure. DH and I are so nostalgic for Fiji. we miss the place the terribly. not that it was all roses, but it was real ITMS. you lived life because there was no sheltering from it. fresh fruit and vegies, explorations on the beach for all kinds of sea life, ahhhh!!
Arte: make sure you go to the GP babe. to me sounds like an iron def. pretty common and can be treated fairly straightfoward...although it takes a good while for it to bounce back.
G: our first appt with the MW is at her home. at first i was a bit worried about it being on her turf but on reflection i think it would be nice to see her in her element with her things and her children and see if there is some symbiosity iykwim. and yep, the HB is definitely still on! re-watched the BOBB and has re-confirmed that desire for intimacy.
so stoked that you dont have to up roots and go to sydney. from your FB pics it looks like a lovely home with so many memories that it would of been sad to leave it (and the community by the sounds of it!).
AFM: all good here. leila is at kindy today and while driving her there she told me all the things she is going to play with and which kids she is going to play with too LOL!
hi girls, had a lovely play date this morning with JM. we visited a friend who had a dog and convinced me we need to start thinking about getting the boys a little friend, i'm so bad!!!!
clare - i have no idea what symbiosity means LOL but i think going to her house seems like a great idea. tbh i could never have a hb, but i totally get why you want one. i think it's awesome. so are you going to find out the bub's sex? i'm definitely getting a very strong blue vibe.
md- what are you going to do for cancervarsary? maybe a nice dinner?
i'm stoked mil has sealed the deal for us, she is such a psycho. thanks for all your support.
leanne- best of luck with your exercising. i'm so on and off about it. some weeks i'm really good and then other weeks i do nothing. it feels great when you're exercisimg though, i sleep much better.
trill- J has never really had a 'real' gf before me iykwim? i mean he obviousley saw a few people but was never really serious or long lasting, apparantely she's been a biatch to every single girl he ever brought home though.
sometimes we have to un-plug the dvd player and say it's broken around here, hopefully play group makes a difference for you.
arte- have you got af back yet, i was feeling like a wreck in the lead-up to first af. it really took it out of me.
girls jimmy is driving me crazy atm. idk if it's seperation anxiety or what but he just will not leave me alone and is all over me all the time. does anyone remember going through this around this age? i literally feel like i have to hide from him to get some peace. he is always clinging onto my lrg. i couldn't cook dinner last night without holding him. he won't go into the pram at all and just arches his back and tenses up if i try to put him down.
Ginger - When you were talking about moving to NSW I wondered how it would all work out with the MIL, but I know the feeling because in the back of your mind you think well maybe it will be different this time, maybe we need to give this another chance. At least now you know she is a cow and will always be this way. I think you are wise in keeping your distance and its good that your DH supports you in this and see's through his mum, as dissapointing as that must be for him.
Clare - You are so lucky to have neighbours with young kids, even if they do run a muck together lol. I am excited to hear more about your HB plans.
Trill - We have the same problem with the dvd player, all day I hear 'Dora?' 'Hi 5?' NOOO Missy go do something else lol. How did your lectures go? I am so excited that you are doing uni, now we can whinge to each other about essays lol. I start back at uni next week, I am organising my desk shortly, bought my books yesterday, two books cost me $190
MD - I have forgotten, where are you at with uni? Deferred right? My memory is bad....
Arte - Oh gosh get yourself checked out, I am thinking the same as Clare with the iron deficiency. It will be good to get a blood test and know for sure. Its horrible when you just dont feel right. After my ectopic my liver function wasnt at 100% and I felt soooo sluggish, but back on track now.
I am having a bad day. Another month has passed, we dtd like crazy, maybe we obsessed a bit too much. Anyway no AF yet but she's coming, and I have had no pregnancy symptoms at all. I know this sounds ridiculous but I feel like giving up and going back on the pill so I dont have this anxiety about whether I am pregnant each month.
Trill, I have sympathy for the pillowcase situation - W is overly attached to his pajamas and they are so old that they are literally falling apart while his nice new ones are sitting in the drawer unused....
Yesterday was the worst day ever. W woke up all cheery and fine, then after about an hour I suggested he get dressed - 1.5 hours of yelling tantrum later and I insisted he have a nap for my sanity. He was a bit of a toad the rest of the day but then bedtime rolled around. Far out! From 8.30pm until 11pm(!!) he screamed and bellowed and was a general little *****! 2.5 hours of it! DH and I took shifts. What a disaster. I knew it would be bad if I let him nap but I couldn't make it though the day with a constant tantrum.
So today I got some Bach's Rescue Sleep, will see if that helps. He only took 10 minutes to get to sleep tonight, but he was buggered from being up so late last night anyway.
MM: the constant thinking and preparation when TTC is bloomin' hard, on all fronts. there are worse months than others too i reckon. some months i was like 'oh well, another chance in a couple of weeks', and other times i just gave up and cried. i that BFP is not far off xx
G: i do remember leila like that at that age...especially with the pram back thing...i think it's all the newfound mobility and them finally being able to be where they want to be...which apparently is around your feet lol.
Clare- I am walking for about 1/2hr at night. I have never liked walking before in my life but suddenly I enjoy it maybe its just getting out of the house for 1/2hr. My weight has exploded since havin Livi and I have to do something.
Art- Hugs coming your way sweetie
Ginger- my boys were like that too at Jimmy's age.
MM- Hugs coming out to you too.. I am sending you PG Vibes.
Well Livi woke up last night at midnight wanting me to hop in her bed with her she is cutting her top molar and needed some mummy hugs I guess. Other than that all is good I think its going to rain a little bit here today which I do love the rain somedayz. Better go and get the breakfast's happening.....
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Pooh bum to MIL. What is wrong with her that she can't see the good thing right in front of her face (you and your lil family)??!
Where has my peaceful life gone?? I remember H was an early and frequent tantrumer BUT I also remember being very clear about what it was that was setting her off...makes it a bit easier to deal. Is anyone else as strung out as me?
sorry that the MIL is doing her usual suspects thang...bet that wasnt pleasant...so maybe you should add: a holiday with two small children and an even smaller MIL aint all it's cracked up to be lol!
yay Ginger! I love the silent tantrum, do you think he could teach Lu????
That was a trip from hell. Remind me not to drive for 9 hours with 2 kids for 4 days, all staying in one room?!
like mad that it is transitory lol! but i spoke to yet another mumma (with an 18 month old) and they have had the EXACT type of crazy fortnight. so there's gotta be something. i am with you on the more sleep front too. i find that if i go to bed of a night earlier, then i can just function on a whole new level ITMS. but it is hard to go to bed before 10pm as that is 'me' time IYKWIM. arrgh! so hard to find that balance.
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