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Hi everyone - had a wonderful time in Sydney. Learnt lots about 'poo treatment', yet we really only scratched the surface. Was expecting a lot of old men like on most engineering things but there were plenty of girls and they weren't all old either.
I went and saw 'Its Complicated' and have not laughed that much in a long time, it was great. I got heaps of shopping in too, but the best bit was the big 'Mummy' that K yelled out when I got off the plane - such big hugs!! I was so excited, I was about to hop into the car to head home and I remembered I hadn't collected my bag - Whoops!!
MM - name change? Fingers crossed it all happens soon. Are you going to explore those alternative therapies?
MP - how are you settling in to Melbourne?
Leemar - well done on the walking, it does make a big difference doesn't it, to be out and about by yourself.
Arte - how did the doctor's go?
Ginger - glad that you know where you stand with MIL now and that the whole moving to Sydney thing is sorted.
Trill - good luck with all the uni stuff.
JM - 2 bridesmaids that close together, golly gosh! Good luck with the move
MD - wow, a year since the gallbladder. I went to the Haighs shop last week, $70 later.....
We hit 38 today - sucked all the lovely rain we've had over the last few weeks out of all the plants, poor things
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i think i have miscommunicated my popularity! Hens weekend this weekend and the wedding is the following one. :p
Glad the poo-conference went well Cally- i'd love to go see a movie. Nothing like a side splitting comedy. :D
Lu is such a crack up at the moment. She constantly has me laughing at her funny sayings and behaviour. Having said that, she is a bit of a handful at times. Very determined and strongwilled. Must get that from her father. :p She has started to talk about monsters. I'm not really sure where it came from but she tells me there are monsters in places like the tap. And we walked past a house today that was apparently 'a scary house' ?! a troublesome neighbour, so maybe she was onto something! :lol: ) I guess some of the books i read have monsters in them, like Room On A Broom, and The Gruffalo. Anyone else got monsters appearing?
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Junglemum - no monsters here, although she constantly chats on about lots of other bizarre entirely-imaginary things. She has hilariously gone thru a stage of talking about boobies constantly at day care, got the other kiddies talking boobies too :lol:...I have to remind her about my 'sore boobie' every so often so I don't get kicked/hit/headbutted/hugged too hard on that side.
Speaking of which, Trill thanks for asking, healing well - no more leaky sutures, don't have to go back to surgeon for 3 mths. It still moves about on its moorings when I roll over at night and is randomly ouchy at other times, but apparently quite common to have post-mast pain that never goes away (nerve damage I guess) so I have low expectations there. Still very tired - was completely wiped out yesterday after a latish night on Saturday - barely able to function - so really just going to concentrate on the basics - nutrition, sleep, exercise, and build my life up again in baby steps from there.
Not studying this semester, "Isadora" - will pick up a subject in Semester 2. How's it going with you? Still fired up about it? ($190 = ouch. Keep em pristine and sell em on next year ;)). BTW "welcome to our thread" :lol:
Trill thanks for asking about H. She still thinks the teacher is "telling her off" every time she says something to her but I'm working on reframing that and hopefully she will learn it's not an exercise in personal humiliation or wrongness, kwim. We had a breakthru though since the teacher is drilling them on times tables, she can finally say the whole 2X tables by rote and shout out answers spontaneously (HALLELUJAH!!) I've promised to buy her a DVD/CD for every table she learns and I'm paying out on the easy 2X because she'll learn the others then. :D Did playgroup help with keeping A entertained?
Leanne all I can say is you are *very* lucky they didn't all have tanties at the same time LOL! Woohoo the walking sounds great. Maybe I need to get out of the house by myself too - instead I drag the whole family along so we prolly dont' go as often as I could. f
Cass I think you miss Fiji the same way I miss Darwin..."you lived life because there was no sheltering from it. " Uh huh. BTW I know what you mean about having to rein in the box-watching, we overdid it a bit over the hols (plus the mummy not being completely well factor) and it really kills the creative play. I banned DD1 from weekend morning TV at one stage because if she watched it she would be "bored" all day long.
Arte - gosh that sounds like a horrible day! Has he been better since? And did you go to the Dr?
G - I remember clingy moments but not to an extreme, can you pop him into a sling? Missy E's going thru a mum-clingy phase (coinciding with pushing the boundary with tantrums) but I have the all-singing all-dancing sister-distraction specialist here (DD1) so not much advice...except to trot out the slow-cooker when you can rather than leaving dinner til late afternoon?
Cally - glad you had such a good time at the sewerage conference - haha did you see Kenny there? I bet those welcome-home hugs were just the BEST! LOL at your Haigh's spend - yep that's why they're still such a treat even tho I live here. I want to see "It's complicated" - looks good.
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Yep new name, its very original - not, Dora (as in Dora the bl00dy explorer) and Isa (Dora's iguana friend). Yes you can tell I have been Dora brainwashed.
MD - Fair enough on having a break from study. Yes I am feeling fired up about uni this semester, I saw my essay topic for my child rearing unit the other day which excited me, weird I know. I can write on either smacking vs non smacking, controlled crying vs comfort & attachment theory (done a similar one before & loved the topic) and affect of the early yrs on teenage delinquency - I want to write them all lol!!! But I am swaying towards the teenage one as I have also written a similar essay and have plenty of current references.
Thanks girls I have been so down for a few months now. Its not like me, I am usually a happy person but I have been so frustratingly consumed by it all. I try to tell myself dont worry yet, but I still do. Sorry for being such a downer all the time!!!
What do you wear for a family portrait? I wanted to wear a white maxi dress (but cant find one). DH & M are easy to dress. People are telling me jeans and a white shirt, which is all good for DH but I dont feel overly comfortable in jeans, I prefer a dress. Anyone able to suggest a good website to buy dresses from?
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There I was thinking it was some exotic Isadora Duncan reference :lol: Ah well you'll look back and laugh I suppose. Sorry can't help with the maxi dress - maybe you can find something perfect at the op shop?
PS don't apologise for feeling the way you do. I think we all have times that we go through that are difficult or challenging & I think it's part of the value our little thread family that we can "let it all hang out:. :hug:
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hi girls!
Cally: oh wow, sounds like you had a blast at the conference! how did DH and K go on their ownsome?
Isadora: ha ha! well, i never knew the dora reference and still loved the new name!! hmm as for white maxi dresses...i would check out sportsgirl or tree of life kinda stores...otherwise...maybe also check out metallicus online...although they dont do maxi dresses they do really lovely simple lines...also good for pg mamas :wink:
JungleM: hmm no monsters here either. but we dont have any monster books...oh hang on i lie: we do have 'mess monsters in the garden' but it doesnt float leila's boat at all.
p.s. I LOVE the new des res! looks splendid! hopefully the mozzies will allow you guys to play in that magnificent yard! how gorgeous! and all those tropical flowers!!!!!!
Leanne: ah i need to do that too. i have found that since moving over a suburb i am doing a lot less walking. Mostly cause the shopping strip here is too high end and i sooo cannot afford to go 'walking' LOL! at least in ol' dodgy brunswick where i used to live every second store was a two dollar shop interspersed with op shops LOL!
AFM: had a lovely day today at MG. was a bit norti though and succumbed to my smoked salmon cravings...gosh it was good...:redface:
Leila had a blast and played and played and is now tuckered out in her bed. ATM we have extensions going on next door and because we are semi-detached they are literally in our yard :o. have to tie the dog up which i dont like doing and it's weird to see tradies wandering around when they are not wandering around fixing my stuff LOL! and we have months and months of this. so not happy jan...that said we did get the builder to come in and do a speccy on the dodgy stuff in our house and got him to run up some quotes on extensions LOL!
p.s i also saw the movie 'the road' yesterday with DH (took a day off...it was tough lol). oh my gosh! so powerful. it's based on the book of the same title by cormack mcCarthy. just powerful powerful stuff. can be really mega confronting though (post apocalyptic cannibalism type thingy with no happy ending). but amazing all the same. one of those movies where the whole audience is just in it together IYKWIM. powerful. but i dont recommend it if you are feeling 'fragile'.
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Just popping on to quickly say hi.
I am loving how funny our kids are at this age. L has me in stitches most days, though I am sick of the sound of my own voice and the phrases "L please stop", "L dont", "what did I just say" lol.
MD lol at E talking boobies. L has told a few people where Z's milk comes from.
Isadora, wooo loving the new name. Have you thought about a long white gypsy skirt? I would try tree of life if you have them for skirt or dress.
Cass just make sure your blinds are closed when dressing lol. What type of extensions are you looking at doing?
A big hello to everyone else, little miss is awake (she times it perfectly these days lol).
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Cass - the wandering tradie thing is a bit of a hassle - bad enough when they are fixing your place, worse when it's not even yours! Gosh "The Road" is one I can't even bring myself to read the book...let alone the movie - though I'm sure it's fantastic for that reason alone. I remember when they were talking about it on the First Tues Book Club.
Oz - yep funny little critters. I hate that too when you hear yourself say the same thing over and over again. Worse still when they start saying too (eg I hear myself being repeated by Missy E who is telling H off - HILARIOUS) :lol:
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omg lewis had the biggest stack of all time today. got a massive run up on his bike, got air-borne and then smacked head-first into the side of the garage. he seems fine, just a massive bump on the head and a sore wrist. i am soooooo shaken up though and upset. he's a friggen crusty demon of dirt. after the crying stopped he wanted to get straight back on the bike!
massive egg head just in time for the professional photos i have booked in for next week ggggrrrrrr
sorry for selfish post, just completely freaked out! bbl for catch ups xoxoxo
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:hug: Ginger, hope that he is ok and those bruises heal quickly :doh:
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hi everyone
ginger - hope the bruises heal quickly - noah is also sporting a huge bruise on his cheek - not from such wild dventures as L but a huge one nonetheless! he sounds like such a gorgeous little daredevil - love it!
clare - lol at the shops being too upmarket to walk. sorry we coudlnt meet up on weekend, still unpacking and a bit crazy. will reschedule soon.
md - wow cant believe it has been a yr. what a yr for you. xxx
cally - the trip sounds wonderful (despite the topic!). i;d love a couple of days away soon.
junglemum - so you are heading off soon? good luck! we have just moved and it is madness... unpacking etc. i just want to be settled
leeanne - good on you with the walking. i need to get into gear too
sherie - how is uni going?
isadora - lol at where the name comes from - love it though! we need to arrange professional pics too - but i want to shed 5-10kg beforehand lol! hope you found a good dress?
has anyone heard from noni - hope she is ok
afm all is well.... but busy busy. still unpacking - lost a bit of momentum but did a massive load last night and we just must get it done before i go back to work next week. i will feel great when we are settled. we love the house and being back in melb. it makes a huge diff to have our family around.
Noah settled well into the kidy but we are moving him... to the one jacob is going to. the other one to be honest isnt geared twds working mums so it just wont work for us - pklus i wasnt impressed with the food or 'programming'. so in the long run this will be best. we also found out we got into the school we want (starting next yr at 3yo kinder) so that works out well.
Jacob isnt settling as easily to creche - he is ok there but is refusing bottles - hasnt had one yet and goes to sleep but then gets upset when he wakes. hmmm... not sure how that will go next week but i guess we jus have to work through it all at the time. i figure he will take a bottle when he is hungry enough??? and i can go bf him at lunchtime if i need to....anyone got tips for me???
so that's my life in a nutsheel atm. i am back at work next tue.. i still dont know which role i will get but the good news is it seems there is a 'bidding war' going on b;.n the line managers of my top 2 preferences so i know i will be happy with what i get... as iw oudl love and be challenged by either of them.... i am nervous how we will manage our general life though but kinda excited to just junmp into it all..
anyway gotta get back into the unpacking while J is asleep... will try to be on a little more...
xxx
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Hi girls!
MP: no dramas cane farmers! i can only imagine the hectic days you guys have had lately! and the childrens farm will always be there...well, let's hope so lol!
AFM: oh man oh man i was just doing a google search of my name and a paper i had written...need to do some stupid progress report thing for uni....ANYWAY i must of ben hiding under a rock cause this website called pipl came up and oh dear. it has EVERYTHING on you. i know that i have a strange name and all so i am the only one, but hooley dooley it was shocking lol! eepppp!
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Hi Girls,
Ginger- Crusty Demon..........lol
MPan- Glad you are settling in well..
Well as you have all probally read I had a bit of a bad day yesterday but the upside is Iam feeling so much better now and the boy that hit me has just a bruised ankle. My only hope is that he has now learned a valuable lesson. My car had 2 bigish dints in it and only a small scratch but when I went to see my cousin at her work they had the dint dr there and he just popped them out and now there is only 3 smallish dints in it that is getting fixed next week. But I am just thankfull the boy is ok and hope maybe next time he will stop and wait for the walk sign and walk across the road. I just hope I never get a phone call that one of my kids have been hit by a car...... I felt bad for his parents as well.
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Clare, that site has everything but the colour of your underwear! How are your pets doing?
Leanne, that must have been terrifying! I am so glad the little boy was alright.
MP, I hope that J is happier at daycare soon. I am sure he will start taking the bottle when he is a bit more familiar with the setting. Noni seems alright from her FB updates.
Isa, I think I am the winner of the thread whinger, it is all I seem to do now
You will probably all think less of me after this, but I will say it anyway. I hate this age. Or maybe it is just my rotten kid. I struggle with the monotony of being a stay at home mum as it is and W is just such hard work with no reward that I am living the same crappy day over and over. The couple of cute/funny things he might say just don't stack up against the constant tantrums. He is averaging about 3 hours of tanty a day split into about 3 or 4 sessions. It is hell trying to get him dressed, only for him to strip off and then we have to repeat the whole frustrating process. He is guaranteed to have a meltdown every time we are at any activity but I have to go because it is the only chance I have to see grown ups. He follows me around and stands in front of me bellowing and it is a massive battle in my mind between my no-smacking ideals and my desire to slap him into next week. Then to cap off the day we have the bed time battle, which has to be me because he screams blue murder if DH tries to do it. Poor Amelia is missing out on any quality time because I am always having to deal with W which is so unfair to her because she really is the sweetest little thing.
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Hey Arte :hug: I can only imagine how tough it is for you. I really hope that what I am about to say comes across the right way, because I would never normally suggest anything like this, but have you considered the possibility that he may have some sensory issues and this is what is causing him to react the way he does. One of the other Mods,Christy, had issues with her eldest DD almost identical to W - constant tantruming, sleep issues and refusal to sleep and a few others and it turns out that she has sensory issues. I really don't think it is your parenting or anything like that at all, but if it is making you feel like this, then it might be worth exploring so that you are able to find ways of dealing with it and hopefully the extremes of his behaviour will ease :hug:
Leanne, that must have been awfully frightening for you. Having been in the position of the 'other parent' I understand that accidents do happen :hug:
MP!!! So great to hear from you :hug: I'm sure that moving N will be the best thing for him in the long run, and for you too because you wont be worrying about him as much.
MD, that's so good to hear that you are improving. Maybe the moving on it's moorings might be something that would happen to anyone who has had a boob job so is normal? I'm so happy to hear that things are going well with H, even if she doesn't think so LOL. And well done to her on her times tables too! Do you have middle school over there in SA? It's where they go to the local highschool for a day and get used to the way highschool operates and do some elective subject like home ec and agriculture etc.
Isadora (LOL at the inspiration for it) I'm like that with our current assignment, it's about influences on anorexia and other adolescent development and it's really coming to me quite easily. Makes a difference alright if you are interested in the subject matter LOL. And don't feel like you have to apologise for anyone about how you feel, you want something and it's breaking your heart because you aren't getting it :hug:
G, thats murphy's law for you LOL. Poor kid, but I bet it wont stop him at all.
Busy busy busy here again!everything is going well with Uni, done two quizzes already and got a 94% and a 96.7% so I'm stoked, but they weren't exactly hard :rofl: but we have to get 80% or more on all our quizzes and assessments to pass the course.
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Trill, what are sensory issues?
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I'll see if I can find some of Christy's posts about it and link you.
OK, there is this thread https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...tegration.html and this one here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ng-autism.html. I will also throw in this one as well http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...r%27s_syndrome . now don't be alarmed about the aspergers one or that Christy's daughter is autistic because she has sensory issues as well as the autism. Plus a lot of the behaviours are similar and the treatment therapies for them are similar as well. I really really hope that you are taking this the right way, because I really do mean it from a good place kwim? We have friends with a DS 5 months younger than L and we all knew that he was on the spectrum from about 18mths old, but we never said anything for years about it, because how do you tell your friends that you think their child could have something like that, but when they finally got a diagnosis of aspergers at 3.5yrs we told them that we were glad and that we always had a feeling he did, but it wasn't our place to say anything and they told us that they wished we did, so that they might have started working on it sooner. Not that they were crappy about it, but just that it would have got them thinking that his behaviour wasn't normal and they could have acted sooner. Not that I think W is on the spectrum, but that a possible sensory issue is just something to rule out, rather than in kwim? Because this is really doing your head in by the sound of it and you need help of some sort.
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Arte, I agree with Trill, look into it a bit further. Obviously tantrums are normal with toddlers but to this extent its worth looking into, if only for peace of mind. W has very good language so you would think if anything this would help limit tantrums as he is able to explain what he wants/needs - at least thats how I see it correct me if I am wrong ladies.
Trill - It makes all the difference when you feel inspired and passionate about the essay topic. I have had to write some shockers before for things that I had no interest in & found incredibly boring, dribbled on but it was painful - really had to think about each and every sentence. The anorexia topic sounds interesting, something I could get into and write stacks about. Yay go you with the good marks, you are doing so well!!! Can I tell you a secret....I am considering changing out of my education degree over to bach of social work, decisions decisions!
MP - Go you, you little corporate executive professional working mama!! Hehehehe. I am happy for you that you are such a valuable part of the team, that they will make adjustments where necessary to keep you happy! I have been looking into 3 yr old kindy too, is N's catholic if you dont mind me asking? It aint cheap!!
Ginger - Hope L's egg has gone down, how scary. Had a little giggle though at the crusty demon of dirt comment LOL his father must be proud.
I havent found a dress I like..... :(
