i'm not on a break LOL
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i'm not on a break LOL
neither am I. i just couldnt even if i tried lol.
JM: wooohooo on a bubba kicking away...into a placenta no less :)
have you found out what you are having or waiting for arrival day??
Since she's on a break I'll let you know that much to my disgust, jm is waiting till arrival day. I really don't know how I'm going to last that long!
So Md do u need me to pm u my address?
argh! but that is aaageess away! i vote girl...'cause she makes cutie-pies :)
yeah MD...i better be having to pick you up from the airport.
my vote is for BOY!
i am stuck in front of comp with J dead asleep on me LOL L is asleep in bed
I am saying a girl for JM, three girls would be just divine!!!
Ginger - Whats the bet the other mum wants to make friends with you too. Hopefully with the boys going to kindy together it will happen naturally and you wont feel like like you are throwing yourself at her hehehe!
Cassius - Certainly dont envy you with the renovating. So not a renovator. But it will all be worth it for you guys in the end.
MD - The disney show sounds like it was a hit! Glad you had a wonderful day.
I managed to get two kids fed, dressed and out the door to the shops today. Quickly bunged some clothes on myself etc etc. Caught a glimpse of my bum in the mirror at myer, for some ridiculous reason I put on big black granny knickers under a white summer dress - not a good look at all lol.
Does anyone know when its hot weather do you need to BF baby more to prevent dehydration? Its so hot here today and will be all weekend.
Isadora, yes you will need to feed more but you might find the pattern of feeds are more shorter ones during the day (the foremilk which comes first is more watery and thirst quenching) and then longer feeds at night (for the calories in the richer hindmilk). Make sure you drink plenty of fluids and more yourself. There is a good fact sheet on keeping baby cool on the ABA website: http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/cool.html
yep lots of breastfeeds in hot weather. make sure you drink lots of fluids yourself too
Thanks girls, and thanks for the link MD.
ok girls, just a quiet freak out. mum was on the phone and for the first time ever she is actually worried about the cyclone...being with the police force she has heard of what they are expecting and she is quietly freaking out. man, i wish she wasnt there....arrghhhh!
Cass, please don't freak out sweetie...yes it could be a big one but I think everyone in QLD knows they can't take any chances esp after the floods etc, so people will be careful and so the only damage will be to "stuff". Will your mum go to a public shelter or does she have someone she can shelter with (on the police side of things)? She will be ok, they have a couple of days to prepare. xxx
Arte, how do you know you're having a boy? Just curious... How did you go getting your tooth fixed? I did that a couple of weeks ago (flossed it out), my dentist was away so still waiting to get it done, luckily not painful unlike the one I flossed out a few weeks ago. I am totally ova being on the dental roundabout. My medicare sponsored dental treatment is about to run out too so from here on it gets very expensive.
MP how did the boys like the Disney thing?
Ginger we saw some dinosaur thing at the National Museum, done with humungous dinosaur puppets - pretty amazing. A few kids freaked out though :lol:. I think you just need to prep them up with a lot of "these aren't real it's just a show" talk beforehand.
Cally our cat walks around meowing loudly when we've been away too. Complaining LOL. They sure know how to make their opinions known, these felines.
Isadora, meant to say, don't worry about your fashion sense for now...just getting out the door to where you wanted to be was an achievement!
Hey I bet JM has found out and just ain't telling. :)
Ummm what else...Friday...still deliberating, have had to rearrange my whole working week to fit my dental in on Thurs so not too sure how to wangle it. TBH I'm a bit scaredy about it...
OMG I just noticed...I've been RAKed...???!!! :dance: Was that one of you guys???
MD, I just *know* it is a boy like they way I knew I would be pregnant before I conceived. But the feeling has faded now in favor of statistics - back to 50/50 lol. Hope your dentist goes well. $300 later I have my tooth refilled. Apparently poor baby tooth isn't lasting too much longer and the options are 5k implant, 4k bridge or 1.5k plate. So just hoping it lasts longer than expected lol. Congrats on the RAK.
MP, I keep meaning to say that J sounds adorable! A is nothing like W at this age, she is still very babyish iykwim. W was talking in 2-3 word sentences by now and she doesn't really have any words yet. The health nurse is referring her for a hearing test because she isn't saying mum or dad, often doesn't seem to understand when we are talking to her and she never reacts when DH pulls in the driveway (very distinctive vehicle noise).
Cass, that cyclone looks scary! How far up is your mum? Gee QLD is getting crapped on this year!
G, does kindy start this week? Good luck with your potential mum friend. There is a new lady around here that I get along quite well with and I think there is a good friend potential. I invited her to a bushwalk over the holidays to be friendly but not too desperate lol. But there might be a hitch. I looked on a NZ parenting forum to see if it was worth joining the belly group but she was in there so I thought I would just leave her to it. Then about a week ago I had another feeling I should check the thread and she has lost her baby. She was due two days before me. She doesn't know that I know so now I feel like a stalker or something.
Arte thats very sad about your friend. I think your baking a blue one. OMG at how expensive the dentist is, we need to go but now I am scared lol.
MD congrats on the RAK! That reminds me that I need to go and do mine.
Cass I hope your mum is ok.
Cally thats very cute that Miss K likes my work. I have to remember to pm you, I need some info about Batemans Bay.
MP I will have to send you the link for my work. I am thinking about becoming a MPM on here so I can have a link in my sig. When I come to Melb I will definitely be bringing my camera.
Speaking of Melb one girl has to wait for a while so I am thinking about either coming on my own, coming with the family or waiting until the other girls can go. I will keep you posted.
hi guys,
Arte: she is in townsville. they are trying to evacuate people to higher ground ATM, but apparently it has to be fast as the winds are already gusting near on 100km/hr with the cyclone still a day away from landfall :o.
MD: they are not letting people into evac centres until after the storm passes. her friends are the ones evacuating to her place today lol. thankfully she lives on a bit of a hill; unfortunately it is facing the ocean lol. but that house survived cyclone althea so she is crossing her fingers that it will this time. you're right she is pretty well prepared (well as well as can be expected). i guess the main concern really is if the roof holds. but they are apparently going to all be in the bathroom (smallest room) for the event to be on the safe(r) side.
on a lighter note on the cyclone front DH reckons that mum should do a "Fidel Castro" on cyclone Yasi and go down to the foreshore and tell it to 'go away' (with her arm outstretched in a 'stop' manner :rolf:)...worked for Cuba but was bad news for Haiti though...hmmmmm.
anyway, sorry for not much else news, my mind is kinda full ATM :)
I"m back! Probably not going to be posting a lot, but I will be reading for sure :)
Oz, definitely get the MPM!
Arte, that's terrible for her. So what will you do about the birth this time? Same as before?
MD, I took L and E to that show years ago! It was done by Uni students for a thesis or something wasn't it? The kids loved it.
Cass, I hope your mum is able to stay safe. I agree with MD, everyone is so more aware of natural disasters now so naturally there would be a heightened sense of panic.
Cally, do you think K would like a sleeping bag if she likes to be tucked in? In a sleeping bag she will always have he covers over her.
AFM, summer semester is officially over! I did the maths exam yesterday which was pretty good - some of the questions were the same as the old test paper we were allowed to study LOL. So now I have to wait for the marks to come out on Feb 18. And most of you know my poor old girl Marvin had to be put down :( It was just awful seeing her the way she was. I miss her though. Even though the past few weeks she'd been quite scarce because she was nearly always under the house sleeping she was still around kwim? We could call her out and she'd come to us for a cuddle. But now I can't :( It just feels weird to not have her here anymore.
Trill, I know how it feels to lose your dog. It has been a month now since I lost my girl and sometimes I still expect to turn around and see her/have her come running to the door when I get home. It is hard to adjust.
Yay for summer semester being over - and double yay for recycled test questions! My psych papers tend to use up to 30% recycled multichoice, so by the time you have done a few old papers you can answer them automatically.
Not sure about the birth this time. DH admitted that he was being a twat and that it wouldn't have done W any long term harm if my mum had looked after him for a couple of hours. He regrets not being there for A's birth now so I think he will be a bit more open to child-minding options this time. He wants his mother to come up, but she would have to be there for at least a two week window to catch the event and I am terribly not keen on that. At least my mum would politely leave a couple of hours later.
it would be awesome if your DH could be there this time arte! :dance: at least you have a few months to warm him up to the idea of your mum doing the duties :)
Sherie: :hug: babe; it is so hard when they are gone...i remember inadvertantly calling Cassius *quite* a few times after he had died.
Oz: if you are bringing your camera let us know! we have been meaning to do some photos and would love to throw some business to a friend!