Babies born~September 2007 #58

Hi MP -Happy 1st Birthday to J!!!! sounds like you had the most wonderful time with your family :)

Hi girls!

MP: wishing you a gorgeous day with little J as you reminisce about 'this time last year i was...' LOL! I am not suprised that you had *quite* a little shin-dig at your house for the big celebration LOL! mmmm MP food is enough to bring in the thousands...mmmmmmm! oohh now i am off to check out the target sales catalogue...i also saw that the cosy coupes are on sale at $99 i so want to get one for the kids...

Arte: hopefully they will be able to accommodate W at his school? mebbe is a good idea to start looking at extra support groups/activities if it does eventuate that he is getting bored/frustrated at the pace? but i guess you can cross that bridge when it comes to the crunch...i guess for now it is all about pure enjoyment and marvel!

MD: no toy sales....yet. waiting for the target ones (and to convince DH that we NEED the cubby house AND the cosy coupe lol). but he has his heart set on getting Leila a balance bike for chrissy...he is totally forgetting her birthday lol. must rectify that one!

Isa: saw your bubby on FB...*mwah*! i promise you that it begins to FLY from here on in lol! one minute you are 15 weeks pg then next you are 25, then whammo....like a snowball it's the third trimester lol! i hear ya on finding out early though...with leila i was 6-7 weeks along, this bubba i was EXACTLY 3 weeks 4 days lol (ahhhhh charting te he he).

Jazah: how's the newsletter going? i am sure that you have totally aced it! but yeah it is a bit overwhelming when you first head on into that kind of stuff i reckon....

Sherie: :o 2 degrees??? man, that would be enough to get me running just to stay warm LOL!....or mebbe just crack open a flask of hot chocolate and my nanna blanket lol!
great results for your kids! :dance: you guys have to be pretty chuffed about that!!
and you're right, there's not much you can do when it comes to illness like F&M...they incubate for awhile as well, which really makes it nigh on impossible to 'contain' iykwim. my bestie (the one with the new bubba that has some probs) has just had her two sons come down with chicken pox and she was feeling MEGA guilty as they had been visiting the bubba in NICU during what might of been incubation time. luckily there was no cross-over between them and the NICU, but she was still feeling pretty fragile and guilty about it all...but seriously, what can you do??

AFM: all ok here. am slowly beating this cold (YAY!). it knocked Leila for a sixer, but she is also on the mend thankfully and we got a full nights sleep last night...soooo welcome! (although i am experiencing pg induced insomnia ATM so am still really tired lol).
also, i got a call from my friend last night (the one that has the baby in NICU) and it looks as though things are not as improving as they had hoped. they are no longer allowed to hold him (which is a big big loss of contact) as his breathing apparatuses were too cumbersome and it would easily get moved and send him into mega respiratory distress. he is also not allowed to eat etc (i am guessing they are still feeding through his stomach??). she is finding it really really tough, and i can only begin to imagine what that must be like. apparently the parts of his brain that control swallowing, breathing, vocal chords etc etc just didnt develop - or are severly underdeveloped. it is extremely rare condition (it has a name but i have no idea what it is). he is waiting on a bed at the childrens ICU where he can have better access to specialists etc. but man, what a road they have travelled and must continue to travel. last week they were told that he could go home in a matter of weeks, now with the full diagnosis they are looking at many many months (and i *think* that is the best diagnosis they can come up with...). as her friend it is a really strange position to be in, because on the one hand this is an obviously devastating scenario, but also on the other i am so proud of them (and little bubba) and am also celebrating his arrival (thankfully they loved the card i wrote welcoming him etc). such a tricky balance IYKWIM...might have to post in the NICU section for some advice etc on how to be a supportive friend etc over the coming months, i can also only imagine that my pg must be having an impact as we did daydream of feeding our newborns together (like we did last time) and lazing around in the sun together over summer...

(sorry for the mega 'me' section...have to kinda get my brain thinking about all of this iykwim...).

cass - it is a hard situation - buit you aresucha gorgeous and caring friend i am sure you will be a wonderful support to her. it may even pay to ASK her what she would most like in terms of support?? i sometimes find that is best, they can tell you exactly what does and does not help... poor baby and poor her... awful awful situation.
on the happy side - your preg is FLYING! yay! how are the homebirth plans coming along?

i am having a divine day with little J. had a great play this mornig with some of his new toys then meyt up with a couple of friend and babies after his sleep (great cafe called family life in prahran with big play area etc). then back hpome for more cuddles anbd play and mumma time and he is asleep now. couple of friends coming over for tea anbd cake now... LOVELY!

JAz - meant to say i am sure you will do FAB job on the newsletter. you go girl!

hi ladies

mp- happy birthday to the gorgeous little J man!!!!wooo hooo! this year has certainly gone very quick.

cass- i can't believe how pg you are already?
sorry but i'm a bit dumb with these kinda things, but does it look as though the bubba will recover fully from all this stuff? i'm so sorry for your friend for having to go through all this

md- i can totally imagine you blowing everyone away at a writer's group. maybe you should write a novel?

trill- congrats on your gorgeous clever cookie kiddies

have sent the cabbage patch fairy out on a finding mission this arvo so we'll see what he comes back with ;)

OMG G, I am so excited about the Cabbage Patch doll! Hope your cabbage patch fairy doesn't have a soft spot for those ginga kids! (joking - sorry Sas!)

MP, Wow on the big one year old! This year has gone so fast! Hmmmm... I hadn't really thought about skipping grades. I skipped and am socially retarded, but I think that is more because I never participated in sports or out of school activities (except pony club but those girls are mean!). The only kids we ever saw growing up were my cousins and from years 5-9 I was usually in the same class as my cousin so we didn't need to make other friends - the year that we were in separate classes I had no friends in class and we met every break time. And even though I skipped year 3, the classes were composite so I was in a year 3-4 class anyway so I wasn't the youngest. I hadn't really thought of the 'gifted' label either, but looking at the NZ definition then I was - I always thought gifted was much smarter! I would only bother getting W assessed if it seemed that school wasn't meeting his needs to force them to cater for him iykwim, otherwise if he is happy then it doesn't matter. The school you have N enrolled in sounds really good!

Cass, this must be such a hard time for your friends. They are lucky to have someone as supportive as you as they travel this path.

MD, my lovely original CPD has synthetic hair! But I did always want one with the lovely woolen hair. My girl was from a short lived line of talking CPK's, I dug her out and fired her up for A a few weeks back and it scared the bejesus out of her lmao. Actually, you make me think of her whenever I check FB - she is called Ingrid Robin.

A and W played a game of catch/hide and seek tonight - W was hiding and A was tearing around holding my hand finding him. It was so cute!

Arte - I hope you werent offended by my comments/download on skipping grades, gifted labels etc. It is something that is a bity of a hot topic in my family as there are a few ppl who have had experience with it - good and bad - and different appraoches... so something i am kinda opinionated on. i realise maybe i should not have been so vocal in here, everyone will make up their own minds... so i hope i didnt upset you at all (or anyone else). I am thrilled with the school we have chosen... I know N will do well there, and will enjoy it a lot. J is also enrolled so I will see how he develops personality wise to see if i think it is right for him too. they are quite diferent boys so far, so time will tell.
All here is going well. Except I think my throat infection may be coming back... had v sore throat last night and today. N has a cough but it is passing. N has been througha major groweth spurt in the last few weeks, i should have known as he was eating like a maniac! i put on some trackies this morbning and they are about 2 inches too short now... thought maybe i shrunk them til i put his jacket on and it looked like a midriff top! shopping time!!!!!!!
The chef at the creche is so excited that J is 1 - as now he can have honey!!! he said he loves thast J eats the bvig kids food and is making honey chicken and noodles today - and suddenly realised J is 1 so asked if he can have it. N is so excited about that lunch! (dont blame him!)
I think J is going to be a talker like his bro... when he is excited he says 'wow!' and he is pointing out ducks, sahying yum at food, more, mumma, dada. soooo cute! he is a really fun baby - getting to be good company now. i am kinda wishing i worked less days so i could hang with the boys a it more.
N is good - going through a bit of a stage - i am wondering if he is a little 'bratty' - i mea he is a sweet thing, v sensitive and lovely but maybe a little spoilt? i think we need to stop giving in to him so much (its hard bc he is so damn cute!) and have a few more rules. what do you guys do re things like clearing dishes, eatingf at the table, making beds, packing away toys (what else??). we are nowhere w topilet training either (am i the only one) - do you tghink it is bc i dont dedicate enough time to it (be hionest). what do you think i should do?

MP, We aren't even close to toilet training here - not because I'm not trying, but because he is nowhere near ready, just like L was at this age. But I had L trained within a few weeks at 2yrs 11mths so I'm hoping that with Spring around the corner we can start then. Some days he seems ready but I know if I tried he wouldn't be into it. I would leave it till he is that bit older and you have some holidays or something where you have the time to dedicate to it because it can be a PITA if you stop and start, or you are out and about so have to go back into nappies at times ITMS. I can't believe that gorgeous little J is 1 already either! It doesn't seem all that long ago that I saw him as a chubby cheeked infant LOL. We have a few rules/chores for A, like taking his plates out, helping me pick up toys etc. Luckily I think he will be like L in that dept too and be a cleaner LOL, but that said the girls have been brilliant lately too. But he will often just come and help me with what I am doing, if I am doing dishes he will pull up a chair and stack them in the rack etc an he loves to put his clothes away after I have folded them. I don't expect too much of him atm but we do have general rules that they are all expected to follow.

MD, not doing the toy sales here. I already have half of A's present and if they have portable DVD players on sale I will get one for E's birthday in Oct but that's it - we're having a gift-less Christmas this year and doing the shoebox things that they send to 3rd world countries etc instead. You can buy the BigW stuff online and have it kept until christmas too which I thought was excellent for those that can't get to a BigW.

Not much going on here. I have washing coming out the waa-zoo because we have had 3 days of heavy pea soup fog so nothing is getting dry. But today is moderately sunny so I'm hoping I can get it all done today.

A has started doing the funniest thing, he climbs up on the back of the lounge, yells out "CANNONBALL!" and jumps off onto the floor!! :o man it makes me laugh but I have to stop laughing so I can rouse on him for doing it LOL.

MP, you certainly didn't offend me about the skipping/gifted talk. I actually hadn't thought much about school other than making sure it was a good one iykwim. I guess it is one of those things that has no right answer - what works for one kid/family won't necessarily work for another. I have been wondering lately if W is a bit spoilt - he doesn't usually ask for anything that is unreasonable so we tend to give it to him but now if I do say no it creates an instant tanty. For rules, W often sets the table, has to eat dinner there but we tend to have breakfast and lunch on the couch. He has to help tidy toys, if he won't help then they get taken away (the threat has always worked). We have other rules that he follows well, like no shoes/hats inside, manners, manners, manners! (we are manners Nazi's here but he is very polite). He also gets the dogs food and feeds her at night.

Trill, that must be cute watching L cannonball

I just cut off all my hair. I think it was a mistake. Now it is too short to tie up and it will have to go even shorter when DH gets home and I get him to attempt to even it up. It was a good idea at the time lol

hi girls

mp- we are sort of in the middle of TTing. we just put him in undies when we are at home and he gets one square of chocolate if he does something on the toilet. works most of the time, with a few accidents here and there (mainly number 2s). funny thing was that when my frind's dd was here the other day and went to the toilet, L made the biggest fuss over her and was cheering and ran and got her a pice of chocolate (modelling behaviour there???). i usually put him in a nappy if i'm going out, but i have actually just bought a car mat pad from mazilicious to put on the car seat so that if he falls asleep in the car and wees with undies on it is not an issue.

bbl L crying xoxox

i'm back.
arte- i hate when my hair is too short for a ponytail. so annoying!!! lol

i went a bit crazy on duplo in the toy sales but nothing else. the boys love it

gotta go again grrrrrr bbl

hi girls!

sherie: oooh the cannonball would be funny...and OH.SO.NORTI lol! so funny when they are doing something norti and need to be roused on but you are just stifling the laughter lol.

arte: you might need to bite the bullet and go mega short...i too hate the in between thing of not being able to ponytail it. otherwise mebbe buy some headbands and/or bobby pins to pin it back easily in the mornings?

ginger: we're the same with the TT. she is in knickers at home, but still mostly nappies when out. not that it stops her from still using the toilet when we go out. but it is confusing and i want to just have her in knickers the whole time. the problem is convincing DH...i took her out the other day for a brunch and she was sidetracked with a 'hairy babycino' (babycino with cool turkish fairyfloss on top!!) and had a wee accident. DH just doesnt cope!! :wall: i dont really see it as a big problem so not sure why he's so anxious about it?!

MP: we have a few firm rules with Leila that are non negotiable. like not leaving the table until we have all finished (or at the very least asking before just jumping off lol). we also do make a fuss about her helping us put her toys and books back in her room of an evening. and if for example she brings out a book in the evening that is too long/short etc we ask her to take it back and choose another. little things like that...nothing too heavy really.

AFM: had to have my broken tooth fixed today and havent recovered too well. i guess being pregnant i was more inclined to react to the anasthetic. i got really woozy from it and got lots of flushes and felt that i had to vomit during the ENTIRE visit...yuck. and now i am just mega dizzy and tired. yuck. note to self: dont break ya teeth lol!

Clare, bummer about the tooth. I am up for a root canal in a couple of weeks. Have to travel to the city to do it because I made an arse of myself at the local clinic (booked in for it to be done, arranged for DH to have time off work, went in and the locum dentist re-confirmed it needed to be done and gave me a pamphlet so I let rip about the waste of time etc, ended up storming out in tears, didn't pay....not my finest moment).

OMG my hair is a disaster! It was shoulder length when I cut it but it seems to have lifted up another couple of inches since then (because it isn't weighted down now???). We are going to the city on friday so i will go to a hairdresser and see if they can salvage it. I may wear a hat to mothers group tomorrow so they don't see the butcher job I did on it....

arte: like they sooo aren't gunna ask about the hat lol!! i reckon wear it loud and proud sista! i still reckon a few well placed bobby pins and it could be ok until you get into town...

so, the locum didnt want to do the procedure on the day?? that woulda sent me bonkers!!

Oh no Arte! I hope they can fix it for you. Or perhaps you can turn it into an a-symmetrical bob style. ;)
Cass - that doesn't sound good. Hope the dizzies stop for you soon - not a nice feeling at all. re the newsletter - i start next week. They gave me a laptop (with Windows7 on it ) to practice over the holidays. I haven't been able to use it though, because the school domain isn't available. I've been waking up panicky some mornings, but i just tell myself to get over it. I will be fine, and if i'm not, they can find someone else to do it :)
Trill -did you get all your washing done?
MP - i think i spoil H a little. She gets away with alot 'cause she's just so cute!! She does put her scraps in the bin when she's finished eating, and puts her plate in the sink. She helps put away her undies/socks/pj's in her drawer. She doesn't tidy up too much else though. She may change a little as she gets older though - when we're Target the line up for the checkouts has a very low, very large shelf of lollies and chocolates. She likes to put all the stray packs back where they belong. Good matching/sorting skills ;)
I used to stress about her touching everything. Now i just say, if they're going to put lollies at toddler height - she can touch as many as she pleases!!

What time do all your littlies go to bed? It's been getting later and later here. We can send her into bed at 7/7:30pm, and she's still awake at 9pm. It's the same on days when she hasn't had a sleep during the day too.

Hi Ladies...just wanted to pop in and say that. Hi! hehe.

Yeh, I'm shocking but surely you guys are used to me being slack on here.

Bit of a selfish post here, just over it all. Was sick of the house being not finished, being uncomfortable, both Sarah and DH being a pita, having family staying, then having them leaving...so pretty much just typical preggo hormones lol. Snapped big time yesterday at both S and DH, (even with S giving me 'tuddles', kisses and 'lub you 2's', hard to be cranky with that but I was soon back to snapping at her). Today was better cos I actually got out of the house and DH knocked off early and was a bit more of a help.

Anyhoo...too uncomfy sitting on here so will sign my b*tchin off lol

My beautiful nana passed away last night. I am sort of o.k with it, sad for me but I know that she really wanted to go. RIP Nana Hazel.

Oh Arte :hug: I'm so sorry to hear that.

Arte I am really sorry to hear that your Nana passed away. It's a strange feeling once they are gone iykwim. big big :hug: