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Last edited by Olive; July 24th, 2010 at 03:47 PM.
Ginger, the kiddie ones are way more stable for starters. I am sure he will get a fair bit of use out of it anyway - if he is none the wiser that the 2 wheelers are 'cooler' then he should be happy with it for quite a while lol.
Lu rides a friends across the road, they are always fighting over it, so i was going to get her one for her birthday. I'm going for the 2 wheeler too though i think....... hmmmm
LOL G! Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner - family dinner with the IL's last night and then footy today. If you were only getting one for L and not both of them, you could have gotten the 3 wheeler and then upgraded L later on, but seeing as how you are getting them both one, I'd go for the 2 wheeler - just a regular razor one will be fine. L is a tall boy, so if you have the handle as low as it can got he will be OK with it. But if you think that he might not be able to ride the 2 wheeler one properly, then get a 3 wheeler one. Another thing I forgot to say about the 3 wheeler ones is that because of the way they are set up, when they bring their foot back, the wheel at the back can catch their feet and trip them up - all of my kids have had that happen to them, so the design is a bugger in that respect.
Arte, we are far removed from McCleods Daughters. It depends on where we go as to what country we drive through. If I just go within 40-50 kms, which is basically into 'town' it is undulating soft-rolling country, but our nearest cities are either Wagga (125km) or Griffith (110km) so wagga is south, so it's more of the same as here, but Griffith is west, so it is a lot more open and flat because you are heading out to plains country. It all looks stunning atm though because of all the rain we've had this year so far.
hi everyone
i read the last thread but cant remember much... i wonder when baby brain wears off???
hmmm i dont thinkN would be ready for a razor scooter for a while yet. he just isnt v coordinated... we do have a radio flyer one, i think we should prob give him more time playing on it. i am battling dh a little here, he seems to want to fiull every minute of the day for N, so we take him out somewhere morning and afternoon... then he complains that N doesnt play by himself much.. well i think he needs,more time just hanging at home making his own fun. howmuchdo you take your littlies out and how much do you need to 'make the fun for them' at home?
Jaz - wtg on the newsletter - i am sure you will have it all sorted soon. on the learning ladder stuff (which i thin kyou mentioned in a diff thread) do you knopw if you canbuy it not at a party or whatever? i went to party a while agoand got some stuff but would like some more for N and dont know any 'dealers'
JM - themalaria sounds full on, but you as always are handling so well and calmly.
Cass - sooo soon! wow! how are the HB plans coming along? whats the plan with L then?
MD - I too am interested to know how the return to work plans are coming along? what are you doingabout care for E?
how many of your littlies will go to 3yo kinder next yr?
AFM all is well.was my bday on fri and had a great day. got J a fisher price learning house for his bday - both boys love it! also got N al; 'alfie' robot toy - have put it away for bday - anyone seen them?
hahaha! that would be cool MD! gosh, after tomorrow it will mark the longest i have ever been pregnant!!
honestly think i am too stressed about Leila's hivey rash that has appeared all over her body today to have a baby...arrghhh! will the stress ever stop
Cass - hivey rash doesn't sound good! Another fructose thing?
Dora - we don't watch it at our place, although I turned the TV on the other morning because she wanted to watch Bob and she wouldn't let me turn Dora off. And she knows who Dora is because there is a tent with her on it at school. K is really into Thomas and keeps asking when he is coming back. She does like Play School, but not when the yucky man is on (we can't really clarify which one is yucky as it changes day to day and is sometimes just that she doesn't like his shoes.....)
Arte - don't know what to say about the sleeping, but feel free to let it all out in here.
oh Arte! that is just so tough and insanity inducing with the (lack of!) sleep...we have a mum in our MG with two kids just the same (hmmm spookily a pigeon pair with older brother too!). and her DD Anna just WILL NOT sleep. ever. dont know how she does it....i'm not sure she knows how she does it either lol. i think her way of getting through is to basically use whatever nap time they have during the day to nap herself, but she said it's not that effective as they are both catnappers
G: we dont have dora here either! is it on free to air? i know that leila loves it though as she saw it ONCE at a friends house and is obsessed to the max. so strange...i want to know their marketing campaign and bottle it lol!
AFM: well we are in recovery mode it seems from the allergy (that as yet is not known). the hives are still there from hour to hour, but no longer across her face or throat...that was WAAAYYY too scary for my liking. took her to the GP and she has some antihistamine meds for the itching. also have an appt in 4 weeks for the allergist to get the ball rolling. have to wait all that time as apparently she needs to be symptom free for them to adequately make an assessment. it's going to be tough i reckon trying to keep the fruit at bay.
am excited though as my Mum gets here tomorrow night . have decided i can then have the baby lol! arrghhhh she is soooo going to be in there for another 4 weeks i just know it lol!
wooo hooooo! for your mum coming. i think bubs might come sooner than you think
i don't think dora is on free to air- we watch both dora and diego on foxtel. if you are ever looking for dvds though you can get 3 dora/diegos for $30 at woolworths. i would highly recommend them, my kids absolutely love them.
Ginger I reckon we're up for some new DVDs after the labrynth episode. We were still on video tapes when dd1 was little bahaha how old do I feel!
Cass hives musta been so scary - yay for yr mum coming. I don't think u will be waiting long either!
Well my sis broke the news yesterday she has sold her house & is moving to qld in about 3 seconds.. I'm totally devastated, have spent most of our lives apart & now when finally have a decent chance of getting a few quality years together she leaves! I totally understand her reasons for going so I can't be mad, but I can be very very sad.
oh no, sorry your sis is moving i guess it means more holidays to qld though, so nice sunny weather and beaches
not the same as having her close though, i know why is she going?
Cally, lol at K's yucky man! The likes and dislikes are amusing/frustrating
Ginger, W is the opposite with Diego - he had a Diego top on the other day and someone pointed and said "are you Diego?" and he looked terribly confused and said "that is just a picture, I am William!" lol
Cass, Yay for your mum coming. I was just looking at the full moon and I reckon you are gonna pop soon! I have full sympathy for your mothers group friend. It is not fun when they just won't sleep. I honestly didn't think they could be worse than W was, but although he woke very very frequently at least he would go straight back to sleep after a feed. Miss A is a total nightmare. With the late nights, 2am parties and now this refusal to resettle it is driving me mad. And there is no chance of a catch up nap during the day because she only sleeps for 30-40 minutes the entire day and W doesn't have a nap anyway. So far her record is 8am-11pm with a 30 minute nap during the day.
So last night A was up until 12.30am. My DH won himself a heap of brownie points staying up with her, and then he took a sick day and I went to the library for a couple of hours to do a bit of study. And would you believe she has done the same thing tonight! Far out! She is finally getting some teeth that look like they are going to cut in the next couple of days so hopefully she will stop this when they come through. This whole sleep situation is making it really hard to enjoy her, I am struggling to bond with her at all. I feel like I am just looking after her out of obligation because I was stupid enough to have another baby.
oh arte that is just way too tough. my hat is off to you to even be able to function and keep putting one foot in front of the other i just wish i knew of some strategy that could work, but i just dont. just that time is the fixer and healer...oh and a time machine to when she is like a teen and you need to poke her in the ribs with the broom to get her outta bed
MD: argh! that is sad! and yes, you have all open release to feel that sadness...but i reckon G is onto something...holidays in QLD...leave the kids with her and head to the islands lol! (this is my grand plan when the girls are older lol).
G: i *think* i might have to get the DVDs...i have noooo rose-coloured visions of me being a domestic/maternal goddess when this bub arrives and will sheepishly admit that the 'babysitter' box will be in use...wish i could say that it will be different but i dont want to set myself up for a reliable disappointment.
(this time in my pregnancy with Leila the hossy sent DH home 'cause i wasnt in labour...20 minutes later BAM! lol).
cass- i think you should definitely get the dvds and not feel guilty about it at all. trust me, it will be the best $30 you ever spent, you're gonna have your hands full soon so hopefully you head off to safeway today! LOL
why didn't anyone tell me how cool the kids' stuff is at ikea? we ventured there today and i spent most of the time absolutely spewing over finding the absolute coolest boys' bed i've ever seen and not being able to buy it as L already has one (that he refuses to sleep in). now i'm trying to somehow justify buying it for J......
eta- arte have you tried an amber teething necklace? i know they seem like hippy weird things but they really do work. i gave one to my friend whose dd was a terrible teether and she called me to say that she had got all her molars through and they had no idea until they noticed them in her mouth one day.
Last edited by Ginger; August 25th, 2010 at 02:36 PM.
Babies born~September 2007 #59
Arte, we are far removed from McCleods Daughters. It depends on where we go as to what country we drive through. If I just go within 40-50 kms, which is basically into 'town' it is undulating soft-rolling country, but our nearest cities are either Wagga (125km) or Griffith (110km) so wagga is south, so it's more of the same as here, but Griffith is west, so it is a lot more open and flat because you are heading out to plains country. It all looks stunning atm though because of all the rain we've had this year so far.
. just a sick toddler lol!
from the allergy (that as yet is not known). the hives are still there from hour to hour, but no longer across her face or throat...that was WAAAYYY too scary for my liking. took her to the GP and she has some antihistamine meds for the itching. also have an appt in 4 weeks for the allergist to get the ball rolling. have to wait all that time as apparently she needs to be symptom free for them to adequately make an assessment. it's going to be tough i reckon trying to keep the fruit at bay. 
. have decided i can then have the baby lol! arrghhhh she is soooo going to be in there for another 4 weeks i just know it lol!
- yay for yr mum coming. I don't think u will be waiting long either! 
i guess it means more holidays to qld though, so nice sunny weather and beaches 
that time is the fixer and healer...oh and a time machine to when she is like a teen and you need to poke her in the ribs with the broom to get her outta bed 
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