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Just today as I'm in a lot of pain and can't take anything stronger than panadol An old car accident injury has flared up.....not happy as its really really killing.

Going to run to bed now as DH is promising me a massage then some deep heat to help relieve some muscle pain in my neck and upper back. Fingers crossed i wake up feeling better.

Sorry for the me me me post....will get back tomorrow (hopefully) to do personals.

Sherri xxx

PS - Congratulations Firefly! Good to see you back here posting

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Sherri Lucky you getting a massage. I would have to be on my death bed for DH to give me a massage Hope you feel better soon.

Nadine You have a knack for getting the medals!

Mel

trina - tope elana, bottom alice???

sherri - poor you, i hope it gets better

Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush

Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy)
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Christy (chickensalt)
Sania (sunnysunshine)
Kel (luckykel479)
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl)
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479)
Amanda (ninjamummy)
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine)


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

trina - top Elana, bottom Alice?

Lelah Bath before bed everynight works for us, also we keep J awake over dinner time otherwise he thinks that 2am is playtime

Sherri I hope your pain goes quickly DH suffers from chronic back pain but will get relief from his Osteopath if he ever makes an appt

Mel Poor second child, Jesse, hasn't seen the nurses since hosp discharge but he does have his Paed appt next week.
I hope the thickened formula helps Caitie, poor bubba.

Liz J is very windy overnight too especially after Infants Friend as it makes him regular I try & give it to him during the day only as whilst it is great for burps, he is otherwise pooing non stop.

My bubba has lost his redness & is doing all sorts of non newborn things

Like:
When I'm burping him he will hold his head up & turn around to watch what Sam is doing.............

When BF he lets go to look at Sam, then breaths rapidly & acts like a Pirahna & puts himself back on & looks so pleased with himself........

Turns & watches me leave the room, lol

He is huge, although I am yet to weigh him again but my arms ache, lol, honestly this morning I was bursting out of my 16F bra, & he empties them no probs. The little piggy poos every feed, too.

He feeds 10pm, 2am & 6am, or there abouts, overnight & is stil being very placid. I so do not want that to change.

So happy 4 weeks of BF to me. I don't want to jinx myself but so far so good. I lasted 14 weeks with Sam but was comping from 2 weeks. Have only given J, 2 bottles, just to make sure he will actually take one in an emergency

Updated my blog too.

Oh & I am taking him with me as I'm going out for dinner with the girls on sat night. I am staying on the coast, have the inlaws place to ourselves. It really doesn't sound like the old me. I would never have taken Sammy out at night!

DH is off the Melb for the Anzac w/e (Essendon fan) & Sam is visiting with Nan. So of course I am looking fwd to spending some time with Jess alone! I need to work on his smiles- he is a serious bub, lol.

You'd think that wouldn't you - Alice is the top and Elana is the bottom. Elana as a newborn looks exactly the same as Alice now.
Hang on I better just check

Yes - Alice is the yellow, pink and blue blanket March 2008, and Elana is the pink and white December 2003.

Hi Everyone, I am new here hope you don't mind I am Jodie(34) mum to Andrew (5 weeks) who was born 13/3/08 at nepean hospital at 35 weeks he weighed 4805gms and was 52cm in length, I am also mum to DD julie who is 7 turning 8 onto 30/10/00 I am married to hubby steve (43) and we live in St Marys

Where is lillies on the park I can make the meet on thurs 8/5/08.

looking forward to chatting and getting to know you all

Kind Regards

Jodie

Hi All

CTOO/ Sydney Meet - I'm going to skip it. I'm finding it so hard to control my 2 older kids whenever I'm out by myself that I think it's probably a really bad idea for me to go.

Jodie - Welcome and congratulations. I had my little boy at Nepean.

Sherri - I hope your neck feels better.

Me - Not doing so well. I think I'm teetering on the edge of PND. Yesterday I felt like I was drowning. I had a shower and a good cry and that helped. Then last night I tried to arrange a play date for Jemima and was completely rejected by someone I'd already semi-arranged a date with. That sent me over the edge again and I spent most of the evening crying. I hate feeling like this . I sent my BF an email yesterday when I was in melt down and she's offered to come up next week.

I'm sick of the politics with this "friend" from preschool (the same one that I thought was avoiding me) and I'm just going to stay away and wait until she seems interested. It's pathetic, I talk to her on the phone and she whinges about all the back stabbing, catty women that she spends her time with, how she can't trust any of them blah blah blah.... and then completely gives me the cold shoulder to spend time with them. I'm wondering if she's saying the same things about me behind my back. I don't need this crap in my life! Poor Jemima gets to spend most of her school holidays stuck with mummy at home.

Anyway, Elijah is doing well. He's started "goo" -ing, still no smiles but I love that sound. It's so sweet! I think he's coming down with another cold as he was really snuffly when I fed him at 4 this morning and really fussed at the breast. I'm hoping it clears up quickly though. He gets circumcised tomorrow. I'm a bit scared.

Alrighty, I better go. As Anne of Green Gables says "Tommorow is fresh with no mistakes in it". I'm determined to have a better day today.

Hi Girls,

Heath is having a snooze so I thought I would pop in whilst I had the chance. My little man is not so little now - he weighed 5kgs on the dot at the clinic on Monday. He's growing up so fast

ChristineB & Firefly - Welcome back!

CTOO - I will be able to make it, but am planning on going to work to show off Heath so might be a little late

Karen/Mel - Hope the reflux isn't too bad

Sherri - Take it easy - I hope it eases up soon

Tash - Heath does the same thing sometimes! Just wish he could manage that when I have to BF in public!

Christy - I hope things settle down for you and get easier.

Jodie - Hi & Welcome

I'm doing ok but am another one who has been hit with AF. Ironic given that I had to take medication to get AF to appear (ovulate) in order to fall pregnant with Heath
This meant that I've had to move my checkup appt and can't get my massage as I have to get clearance grrr

Oh well, DF & I have decided to have a lazy day so am off to watch a movie on foxtel.

Just saying a Hi as Tiana wakes up! Typical!
Had a friend over earlier which was nice, but now as the afternoon hits, i feel very tired all of a sudden!

thanks tash and chickensalt for the warm welcome

jodie

Hi all,

I have been out and about the last 2 days which has been great. My brother and his wife are down from Mackay to visit so I've had some company!

My 6 week check was all good - got motilium script but only got 25 tabs and no repeat - grrr.

Tash - I have been using infants friend as well - I'll give skipping it at night and see if that helps!

Christy - I feel for you. Cooper is my first bub and in the first couple of weeks I felt similar to how you described. Hang in there and don't be afraid to ask family/friends for help if it gets too much. My sister had PND and none of us realised as she lives away from us until the poor thing was on the verge of a breakdown. Poor Elijah with his snuffles, Poor Coop had a cold when he was only 1 week old and it was awful to see him sick and distressed.

Sherri - how was the massage? My DH has been whinging the last 2 days as he hasn't been able to sneak off to the spare room to sleep as we have visitors!

Jodie - welcome - I'm a newby as well.

Hi girls,

I have had an awful day today. I was going to post but DH just got home so I'll be back later.

Mel

Today has been much better. I think the girls are kind of aware that mummy isn't coping so well. So Jemima has been much more helpful and Amelia has followed suit. We did get out for a bit, I hung out some washing and we went for a walk. We live right near the Natio Park so I took advantage of that and stuck Eli in the hug-a-bub, we were gone for about 40 minutes and it wasn't until the end that either of the girls started whinging and that was about coughing and wanting a drink. Hopefully they'll sleep well tonight. I did have one scary moment when Amelia turned around and started running the other way thinking that we were walking away from home.

Better go, Elijah is rather grumpy....

He's 6 weeks today, where has the time gone?

Hi lovely ladies & March babies,

Sorry to hear some of you have had difficult days lately. Yesterday Benny wanted to feed every two hours, and was difficult to settle. That combined with the rain and my girls being stuck inside (school holidays for the older 2) made for a bit of an unhappy day for us. Fortunately today was better for us too

I think the unsettledness was from the Mongolian beef we'd had for dinner the night before. I've never had to worry about what I eat with breastfeeding, but this is twice after a spicy meal that he's had an unsettled day. Live and learn, hey. Happily he copes OK with one of my favourites, Massaman curry

Benny is a bit of a serious sort too, although he will crack a gorgeous grin with encouragement. Never for the camera though... He's just started to coo - enough to melt a mother's heart

I bought some clothes today. Almost all my non-maternity clothes are worn out or not suitable for breastfeeding. I wore a pair of trousers the other day that I bought just before my pregnancy, and they fit well, so I figured I'm safe to buy now. I got 3 tops and a pair of trousers - plus a necklace & earrings to dress the outfits up if I want to. I could have bought so much more!!! But that will do for now I think.

Benny is 6 weeks now - where has that time gone? And I just realised I didn't get a 6 week appointment with my Ob. Another phone call to make tomorrow.

Christy - it makes such a difference when you can get out and about, doesn't it. Glad today was much better for you.

Mel - hugs to you on your awful day. I hope you get a decent night's sleep to make up for it.

Liz & Jodie - welcome to our group. I'm a relative late-comer as well - I lurked until the babies were born, then joined in. It's a nice group, I hope you enjoy it too. Jodie, *I* was born at Nepean Hospital

LuckyKel - bugger on the AF returning already. One of the downsides of getting a decent night's sleep with a little baby. And yes, it's very ironic seeing you needed medication to ovulate before your pregnancy. Are you finding Heath a bit fussy on the breast atm? I found that frequently happened along with AF for me

Trina - I frequently have 'which baby are you?' moments. Isn't it amazing how similar they look as babies.

Scarletgirl - happy 4 weeks breastfeeding to you

Sherri - is your pain settling down yet? Our bodies are under so much strain with these little people (plus our bigger people)... I hope things improve soon

Bananapancakes - hi

Alicia - I'm with you on the tiredness. I was so grumpy when we got home from the shops, and 3/4 of it was just physical tiredness

OK, time to go, but before I do, here's a photo of my serious little man:



One day I'll catch him smiling Have a good night everyone.

Evening all,

Well I feel like the worst mother in the history of mankind. After I took Charlotte to the Drs (she has an ear infection and is AB's) I got the girls out of the car and walked to the house. As I went up the stairs I tripped and dropped Caitie!

The only good thing was I wasn't at the top and she only fell about 1/2 metre.

As you can imagine I absolutely lost the plot. I was balling my eyes out. I called Darren to tell him to come home but he couldn't understand me. I had to repeat myself 4 times. He was 2 hours away so I drove up to the hospital. There was NO car parks at the hospital By this sage Caitie was asleep and I drove to my GP.

Caitlin is absolutely fine. No marks or bruises. I on the other hand am still not over it. I feel so utterly terrible. Every time I think about it I want to .

Anyway I'm hoping to get a decent sleep tonight and then tomorrow have a mummy and Caitlin day.

Zoe Your DS is adorable!!

Jodie Welcome

Mel

Mel - sad to hear what happened today to you. You must have been a nervous wreak.
TMUV - love the photo. you can tell he is really focusing and going to give you the biggest laugh and smile really soon!
Chickensalt - happy 6 wks to Elijah! wow! Tiana is 5 wks today.. can't believe that!

I've just put Cooper down finally after a very grizzly afternoon and day all round. Yesterday he was so good and today so difficult. Does everyone else have days where bub is perfect and others where they seem possessed!?

Mel - you poor thing. Everytime I walk up my stairs I worry about doing the same thing.

I got my mail today only to receive all my bills at once. The OB delivery fee, the anaethetist for the epi and the paed fee plus my house and contents and rates bill. I may have to go back to work early!!

Liz
Absolutely! You are not alone there!! Mine is usually worse because when Caitlin is unsettled, Charlotte 'needs' my attention as well

Mel

Have just read to catch up but am off to bed as I feel like I need a bit of extra sleep tonight.

I will be back tomorrow when I have some time (Zoe is at daycare) to do a proper post and personals.

But just wanted to say this...

Mel - You are not a bad mum, these things happen, that is why they are called 'accidents'. When Eden was 4 weeks old I had been out and was coming back into the house. I am a bit clumsy and find the capsule quite cumbersome (sp?) and seem to bump into things here and there so I put the capsule down on the ground being extra careful rather than trying to open the door while holding her up. I had my handbag on my shoulder and bent down to pick up the capsule to take her in and my water bottle fell out of the bag and bumped her on the head. So here I was concentrating and trying my best to be really careful and this is what happens. She was perfectly fine, I on the other hand was shattered and felt completely hopeless. These things happen, we do our absolute best but we aren't perfect. I understand how you feel but try not to be too hard on yourself, and just remember that she is ok.

Will be back tomorrow.

Renae

Oh my... Coco slept from 10:30pm to 5:30am last night I won't jinx myself and think it will happen again, but it was nice as a once off. Coco is about to almost skip 000 in one week! Length-wise mostly.

Baby Bonus came through today. So now I have her medicare, birth cert and private health cards. She's legit!

Sherri – Hope you are feeling better after the massage

Tash – Have a great time out with the girls. I have to work on Coco's smiles too.

Jodie – Welcome! I look forward to meeting you and Andrew on 8 May.

Christy – Thinking of you! Thanks for sharing with us how you're really feeling. I hope you can find support from family, friends or childcare support. You know we're all here for you too. Glad today was better. Let all that politics go... it's so NOT worth it! I LOVE Anne of Greengables!!! I watched the movies often as a child with my cousins.

Mel – So sorry you've had an awful day Caitie will be fine, but I can imagine how you're feeling. You're not a bad mother, you're wonderful and care for your baby so much! I'm sure something similar will happen to me. Love your sig!

Zoe – Benny is gorgeous!

Liz – I had the same thing with bills from my caesar. I didn't even know that I'd be receiving them. It was quite a shock.

Good Morning Everyone,

Thanks for the warm welcomes and looking forward to the meet on 8/5 at homebush.

Well off to andrews 2nd followup paed appt today, then shopping to buy ingredients for julie to make anzac bikkies today.

Just wondering where everyone is located are we all in sydney or other states i have msm messenger vorsa@hotmail.com feel free to add me for a chat

have a great day

Tash -

Preston is like a little grown up too best way i can describe it

Jodie - Welcome to the group. 4805grams at 35wks!!! OMG!!! do you know where the meet up is???

Christy - thats a shame but thanks for letting me know... if you change your mind i'm sure we could try and entertain your girls . sent you a PM. good luck today

Kel - thanks, bugger about AF and not being able to get a massage

Alicia - hope you got some sleep

Liz - they usually give one script of 25 to check it works for you first, then you should get a script for 100. bugger about the bills

Mel - your not a bad mum, hope you and both girls are ok

Lelah - luck you on the sleep!




me - well my NOT so little man was weighed yesterday.... 5.69kg!!! he's put on 500grams in a wk! the little fatty...



Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush
Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy)
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl)
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy)
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Jodie (julsmum) - confirmed


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

Good morning,

I say good morning because for once I feel rested! Gemma slept for 5 hours straight last night so I can see the light at the end of the tunnel Fingers crossed she does it again!

Lelah, yay to Coco for such a great sleep! How exciting!

Alicia, wow, 500 grams! Thats great! How is his reflux going, any improvement?

Mel, my heart goes out to you this morning. You are far from a bad Mum! You sound like a very loving and dedicated Mum to your lucky girls Hope your feeling better today

Christy, Im glad you had a better day yesterday. Im also struggling with keeping ds entertained during the hol's. All he seems to do is bug Anabelle which in turn bugs me

Welcome to Jodie and Liz My name is Nadine and Im Mum to Gemma, Anabelle who is 19ths and Lachlan who is 7. Looking forward to getting to know you both better!

Zoe, my gosh your boy is a little honey What is it like having a little boy after 3 girls? I bet his big sisters just adore him

Renae, how are you going? Hope you got some extra sleep last night.

Meet up, Id love to come but Im not confident enough to drive the 90 mintues into Sydney on my own with the 3 kids yet (Im such a sook). Maybe I can do one in the future and get dh to have a flexi, or perhaps a weekend meet up. Hope you girls have a great time though!

Us, as I said earlier Im struggling with having the 3 at home during the hols. It doesnt help that the weather has been terrible so we cant get outside
Im also finding it challenging looking after Gemma with Belle 'trying' to help. Its very hard to pat a baby to sleep with a toddler at your feet trying to sing 'i like to sing'!

Btw, my little girl is a month old today

Nadine - i'm sure we all understand Do you mean Gemma is 4wks today??? and one month on the 20th
i'm trying Preston with mylanta, seems to be going ok so far...

Jodie - oops i forgot to introduce myself I'm Alicia, DF - James, DS1 - Braden, DS2 - Preston from Schofields, NSW, not far from you.

Hi Girls

Just a really quick post because I have to get to my 6 week check-up this morning.

Alicia (CTOO) - I'm a definite for the catch-up on 23rd and a maybe for the 8th. If I can get to both, I'm definitely keen. Thanks so much for organising it! Looking forward to seeing people then.

Christy - thinking of you today. I've also sent you a PM.

Mel - hugs to you - you're not a bad mum at all - we all have done something where we think we've really hurt our little baby - but they're a lot stronger and nowehere near as fragile as we think. The mummy's are a lot more fragile when those things happen, in my opinion. She won't even remember it and will love you just as much as ever.

OMG - just noticed the time. Better get my skates on! BBL

Amanda/Ninjamummy

Amanda - thanks




Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush
Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl)
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - maybe
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Jodie (julsmum) - confirmed


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

to all the mummies not having fun! PND is not fun at all! I don't envy you!

Oh man as soon as i post Miss A is up!

bbl

nadine -

Jade - do you have PND???

No it was DF who had signs of PND that i hit on the head asap. He had couvard (sp?) syndrome as well so i was expecting something after as well. He is doing ok now. Just had the initial WTF have we donem I'm too young for this, I'll never get my life back kind of stuff. Which secretly i went through also but i stayed strong for his sake.

not good to hear, i've had PND, so i know all about it

Hi All

Well what a dreary miserable day it is here in Sydney today. I really don't like weather like this .

I had my 6 week check up on Tuesday and all is well there. There were a couple of things I was a bit concerned about but he said all should go back to normal in time. I did however feel like bursting into tears when he asked if I’d be having anymore children and I told him no . I discussed contraception with him and he recommends Mirena. Does anyone else have any experience with this and what is everyone else opting for? I know some of you have discussed it on here already but I can't recall the details, sorry.

I had Eden weighed again and she has gained 150g for the week. I am happy enough with this as I have cut the formula top ups right back this week so we’ll continue like this and see how we go.

Christy – I’m sorry to hear you have been having a bit of a rough time but glad you had a better day yesterday. I really find that my mood ties in with how Zoe’s behaviour is, she can either be brilliant or driving me absolutely mad, mostly the latter in recent days. It is really hard to find time to enjoy the bub and get the rest you need yourself when toddlers are being demanding. When all this is going on I find then that other outside things feel really exacerbated too. I’m thinking of you and we’re all here to support each other. I’ll have Zoe with me next Wednesday and would be happy to help with your girls too, I’m sure we’d all be happy to help occupy the bigger ones so think about coming if you think you can manage, the outing would probably do you good and you might find the girls easily occupied by the other kids (well that’s what I’m hoping will be the case with Zoe anyway).

Ninja - Good luck today, hope your check up goes well.

CTOO - Yay for Prestons weight gain, 500g in a week, what a big boy. Hope the mylanta helps him out in the reflux department.

Nadine - Understand you not wanting to make the trek on your own. Glad to hear Gemma had a big sleep for you, makes the world of difference doesn't it.

Lelah – Good news about Coco’s big sleep, I hope you got a repeat performance. I am still waiting for Eden’s birth certificate.

Tash – Hope you have a fab night out with the girls. The updated blog pics are cute. Isnt it amazing the similarity between siblings as bubs, that’s genes for you… Eden bears an amazing resemblance to Zoe when she was a baby also.

Jodie – Welcome to the group and see you on the 8th. What a big bubba your boy was.

Alicia (keane) – Tiana must not like sharing your attention with the computer. Hope you’re feeling a bit more rested today.

Sherri – Hope your pain has subsided. That is certainly a hard way of going about getting a massage off DH. Why can’t you take anything stronger than Panadol?

Mel – Hope you are feeling better today. How is Caitie? I bet she is 100% fine.

Zoe – The photo of your little man is just gorgeous. Good on you for working out the foods that upset him via your breastmilk. I have no idea about this, Eden seems to have an unsettled patch at the same time each day and I wonder if it is something in my milk, wonder if it is too much chocolate etc but really not too sure.

Dizzy – Sorry to hear about all the bills arriving at once. It’s always the way isn’t it, it never rains but it pours. I got the bill for the epidural on the Monday after I had Eden (Thursday), my anathesist (sp?) certainly didn’t much around getting the bill to me. And yes Eden has times where she is really unsettled for no apparent reason, I think that’s pretty normal.

Kel – Hope you enjoyed your lazy day, good for you.

Kazza/Sanzel - Hope you guys are well.

Big hellos to everyone else.

Renae

Hi & welcome Jodie I am at the Lower Hunter Valley- Wollombi

Mel you must have been beside yourself. I'm so glad that Caitie is OK. It was an accident hon & unless you were blind drunk like my neighbour when she dropped her newborn at the local pub, then I think you are OK
Jesse complains just about everytime I pick him up, just like his dad so I'm always feeling guilty like I hurt him. He also complains when Sam kisses him, which happens 100's of times a day so I think he is over it.

Lelah Omg- YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bet your boobs were sore

CTOO Yes for me too. DH is taking the day off to relieve me of Sam

Zoe Benny is gorgeous. That is the sweetest look on his face.

Renae I keep telling myself that if I still feel sad in 3-5 yrs time than we will think about no.3. It is not really what I want but I cannot bear to think that it is over.
Excellent news re: Eden's weightgain. Gosh you have done the hard yards. I'm so glad that it is working for you, yay.

Hi Llante

Nadine I hear you on the hugs. Sam loves Jesse to bits, but gosh it is annoying.

Dizzy All my bills arrived too. Thank goodness for the BB
Epidural $800, Post birth U/S $200, Paed $300, Blood transfusion $200, Hosp excess $1000, + the $2000 we paid for my Ob 10 weeks ago.
Will be interesting to see what the gap is after Medicare & NIB. I can claim the gap against my tax so it works out OK.

Says on my blood bill that I had 6 units of blood

Hi All,

I've just gotten home from taking Cooper into work to see the girls! The first time I took him in was before his reflux was under control so he screamed the whole time. Today he had the girls wrapped around his little finger and didn't whinge once which was lovely. My boss has suggested setting up a creche in the office and hiring a nanny in an attempt to get me back to work earlier! I asked him if he was on drugs as I have no intention of going back to the office quite yet. Have been doing some work from home but not in the office!

CTOO - Coop also put on about 500g in a week - also a big hungry boy! Glad the mylanta seems to work. It didn't work for Cooper which was a bugger - it actually made him spew up more and he didn't seem any more comfortable.

Tash - I totally forgot about the gap with the tax - will have to remember that for 30 June. Gosh $2000 - thats a massive management fee - I think mine was about $1000 and the gap for the epi was about $300. I'll stop whinging now!

Lelah - I'm so jealous about your sleep - I'm praying for such a night soon!

Jodie - wow I just saw how big your bub was - Cooper was 4360g at 9 days early so I also have a big bubby!

Zoe/Renae - because of Cooper's reflux and wind, the doctors/nurse and the chiro have all told me to cut out dairy, wheat, chocolate and wind producing foods like broccoli etc so now its not so much what I can't eat but a limited amount of what I can. I would kill for some ice-cream now and a nice chunk of chocky but its not worth the ppain for the next 24 hours! On the upside, I had a glass of wine last night for the first time and so far today he has been an angel so that obviously hasn't upset him!

Amanda - hope your 6 week check was all good - I was glad to get that out of the way!

Renae - gosh your anaethetist was quick. I just got the gap bill after they had claimed from medicare and medibank. A friend of mine had a mirena between her 2 boys. She was fine with it but (sorry if this is TMI) said her husband hated it as he could feel the wires but apparantly you are supposed to get the wires trimmed a week after it goes in or something like that. I'm not quite sure what to do as I get shocking migraines (like can't walk or talk and getting admitted to hospital) and the pill aggravates it so I can't go on it but really don't want to risk another unplanned bub quite yet!

OMG! 6 units of blood! crikey!

Hugo is asleep YAY, he was weighed today and came in at 4.25 kg (4 weeks old tomorrow) and so has put on 550 g in two weeks! hooray for breastmilk I was a bit nervous that he wasn't getting enough from me, don't know why I thought that, sometimes in the afternoon he is unsettled so of course you wonder if he is starving hungry or just wants a good old cry (don't we all sometimes).

He also does the "pirhauna" at the boob usually at "halftime" each side, and usually while heavy breathing/snorting and farting, hence am yet to BF in public...

hugs to those who are down at the moment, I hope things start looking up soon. All you can do is take each day one at a time.

Mel - when we first gave Hugo a bath at home I nearly drowned him - was holding him with his face down over my forearm and swishing him around in the "relaxation" technique and DH suddenly says OMG his face is in the water! and I lift him up with soap all over his face, yelling his head off no wonder he gets a very worried look every time we have a bath now... I am sure there will be many times when these sort of things happen throughout life!

dizzy - yes we have good and bad days too, thankfully more of the former so far; on bad days I swear he doesn't sleep hardly at all and has a meltdown in the evening, which is when I exit to the bedroom and leave poor DH to try and settle him down. totally unpredictable of course.

MIL bought some gorgeos Bonds leggings/tights this week, they are patterned to look like little blue jeans. Hugo looked extremely cool in them, very James Dean.

this weekend we are off to a 4th bday party for my niece... and they have invited the entire kinder, with all my family kids there will be 30+ kids under 5 not to mention all the adults... I gave DH a leave pass to play golf. I may have to make an early exit to save Hugo the pass-around hysteria.

might try an catch a few zzz's before the milk monster wakes up properly...

cheerio

sorry one more thing. Have any of the Queensland mums got their birth certificates yet? I haven't received ours yet - they have taken the money from the credit card (of course) but have said there is a 12-16 week wait at the moment. I need it so that my DH can claim his paternity leave to prove there is actually a bub and can't believe it could take so long!

Hi All - back for some personals!

Lelah – what a great sleep Coco had the other night! I’ve been lucky. Angus has been steadily sleeping longer between the late night and early morning feeds. His late night feed is usually around 10:30 and then he can sleep until 2am but the last two nights were 4:30am and 4:45am – so hoping this is the start of more sleep during the night. Angus is now wearing 000 but still fits some of his 0000 and occasionally takes 00. I think the sizes are so variable, depending on the brand. Coco sounds like she has grown heaps, though! We are still waiting on Angus’ Birth Cert.

Sherri – I was so confused to see your new EB name! It will take me a while to stop calling you Violet – sorry! Will try, though…

Tash – Just had a thought – I know you’re from Wollombi but I’m wondering if you arer anywhere near Laguna? That’s a beautiful part of the world… My SIL has a property there

Jodie – Welcome! I hope to be able to make the catch-up on 8 May too – so hopefully I can meet you and Andrew then

Christy – Hope things went well with Eli’s procedure today - thinking of you! I agree with Renae – if you can make the meet-up, please do – we are all more than willing to keep the little ones (yes, the ones that can actually already walk and talk) entertained. The day could almost be considered a ‘play date’ for them!

Mel – I’m sure Caitie is doing fine today. Hope you are, too

Zoe – Benny is gorgeous – love that pic!

Liz – OMG! I’m not expecting any more bills from the birth. I didn’t have a Caesar but I did have an epidural. We did, however almost have to take out a second mortgage for the cost of the obstetrician (just kidding – but it felt like it! $4000 and then an extra $1000 because he used the vacuum for about 2 minutes…. If I’d known that, I might have insisted on pushing a bit longer! Well, I guess not – but still!!)

Kel – what a downer about AF – it just goes to show that our bodies could do anything after having a baby. I saw my OB today for the 6 week check-up and he said that he wasn’t going to talk to me about contraception because if I fell pregnant tomorrow, it wouldn’t be a disaster…. OMG. I think he thinks that, even though we tried for years with Angus (and ended up down a lengthy IVF road), I might just fall naturally. Not sure how I feel about that but would certainly not be ready to fall pregnant again tomorrow!

Alicia (CTOO) – OMG – Preston has put on so much weight! Good on you! Angus will be weighed tomorrow and he only weighed 4kg two weeks ago. He had gained 500g in two weeks

Nadine (Bananapancakes) – Yay for Gemma’s long sleep!

Renae – hugs to you after your OB appt. I’ve never heard of Mirena. Last contraception I used (which was a long time ago now) was Implanon. In fact, I was the fourth person in Australia to have that. My SIL was (then) the Director of Family Planning NSW and she got me onto it. I even was on that TV show ‘Good Medicine’ when I got it. It doesn’t suit everyone, apparently, but it was great for me (at the time). Great news about Eden’s weight gain and that you have been able to cut back the top-ups. I’m still doing them at every feed.

Alicia (keane) – Tiana must not like sharing your attention with the computer. Hope the feeding is going well for you both

Kazza and Sarah/Sanzel - Hi - hope things are going well for you both.

Amber (Addies’ Mum) – haven’t heard from you for a while – hope things are OK and that we will see you at Lillies on either the 23rd and/or 8th May.

Chris – Sorry, but I had a bit of a chuckle at your story about Hugo in the bath – not at all funny, I know – but we have had a bath ‘incident’, too. I kept asking/suggesting DH bath Angus and he was too nervous. I said that he should just take a deep breath and do it. So, one day, he did (but wanted me there to supervise). Angus wriggled like a fish and slipped out of DH’s arm and knocked his head on the bath (yes, our adult-size, cast iron number) and it made a huge noise – we were imagining concussion and all sorts of things!

Hi and hugs to everyone else.

Amanda We are at Murrays Run, 15mins from Laguna & 30 mins from Wollombi. I may know your SIL

Christine I am an inappropriate laugher too I can just imagine you & your DH being so careful doing the bath. I always told everyone if I can survive bathing a cat than surely I can safely bath the baby


I know, does that sound correct? Well we were billed for 6 units It was 3 bags, Haemagloblin was 7

I have just re-read what I typed & am now having a delayed freakoout. Have been so busy with J that my Hb never occurred to me.
PCV for a cat is 34-55, do I want to know what a human should be?

Still haven't got my results from the repeat bloods. Dr wants to talk to me but we keep missing each other. I think I will wait on the phone for her tomorrow JIC. Mostly worried about my BM supply tapering off, otherwise I feel fine.

Thank you everyone for your support. It means so much to me!!!! I appreciate all of your thoughts and pms, it means a lot to me.

Yesterday was one of the best and worst days I've had in the last couple of weeks. DH was home and we went down to my parents (the paediatrician we were seeing was only 10min or so from my folks). My brother is currently out of work and was at home and he always manages to make me laugh. For the first time in days I actually felt genuinely happy and found myself smiling easily and laughing. I went out with Dad to get lunch and told him everything that was happening. He just sat in the car listening which is just what I needed. DH is great but Dad's impartial for the most part and doesn't necessarily try to fix the problem.

The "procedure" was really quick. Although the paed was running late so we were there forever. The nurse weighed Elijah and he's now over 5kgs, that's half a kilo in a week and a half on purely breastmilk . I'm pretty chuffed about that. The dr's was really busy, I think it must've been circumcision day as they were all little boys. Eli is rather sore and swollen now, and he's had 4 doses of panadol already so I can't give him anymore until after 2 today . I made DH take the bandage off this morning (we had to bath Eli first to soften it up), it was horrible, I cried. Although I think the worst of it for him was being held down. The most screaming he did was when they gave him the local (and that borke my heart, I wasn't even in the room with him, I could just hear him ), after that he cried but that was because they held him down and then he had wind.

Sydney Meet - I'll think about it but I still don't think I'll come, I'm really paranoid that Amelia will run away. She has a habit of taking off and running towards the road when we're at parks. I'm all of a sudden feeling super paranoid about losing her.

Mel - You poor thing, I'd have been really upset too. I'm glad Caitie is ok.

Mirena - I was going to get it after DD2 but chickened out. We've decided to get it this time. Apparently it's really good, but in some women it kills your sex drive (I just googled it). Now I'm going to have to rethink this and chat with DH about it. He won't be happy if I lose my sex drive.

Christine - I saw those Bonds leggings and thought they were really cute but only for little girls. I might have to go have a closer look and possibly get some for Eli.

Well, I might go. I really want some milo and a shower (not to mention sleep).

Sorry girls have been reading but by the time i catch up I run out of time to post...

so just quickly...all going ok... nothing exciting to report.. reflux if that is what it was has settled down..

Tash- omg 7... normal is about 140 -160 when pg maybe about 100... below 70 the do BT i had 2 bags as my level was 65... i felt so horrible i couldnt walk or see properly.. for days.... even after the bt i only went up to 85 and they made me take iron tablets for a month.. at my 6week appt my level is back to 135 so dr was happy with that.. do you feel run down at all????

renae- i did the insert in my arm... last 3yrs.. i had some bleeding.. so unsure if this is making it continue or not? Sorry tmi... a gf had the mirena and she said it made her loose the plot a bit.. my dr said if you are more prone to being emotional it is more likely to effect you.. my gf used to suffer pnd....

sorry have to go.. taking kids out today have 3 extra boys omg help me.... they are being naughty so have to go.....

look forward to meeting some of you next week....Christy totally up to you... it is a pity this park doesnt have a fence but it isnt too close to the road... but totally understand where you are coming from

what sh*tty weather - not good weather to dry nappies!

renae - haven't had mirena, but i think thats what i'll go for too

tash - thanks. geez lots of blood!



prestons weight - at the moment he's sitting on the 95th percentile!!! he was born on the 75th from memory... little fatty



Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush
Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl) - confirmed
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - maybe
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Jodie (julsmum) - confirmed


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

Morning March Mummies.

I know I've been MIA for almost a week. (Time flies!) I have been spending my computer time sorting through and renaming the photos of Natasha we've taken in the past 6 weeks and playing with iWeb to update our Natasha website. During our middle of the night feeds I've been lurking. It's just hard to type one handed and half asleep. I won't got back a week and do personals at the moment but I will over the next day or two.

Rocco goes to Bali this afternoon so Natasha and I are off to Mum's until Thursday. I'll take my laptop so I can keep up with you all. They have two computers but Mum and my sister are facebook addicts so I don't like my chances of being able to log in.

Natasha is being an absolute peach. She is sleeping between 5 and 8 hours a night. Even if it's just 5 she feeds again, burps and goes back to sleep. She's only woken Rocco once and that was mainly because I'd forgotten to fold the nappies before I went to bed and I was half asleep so couldn't quite get the fold right.

She's been cat-napping during the day which makes it hard to get things done but nice because we ar having play time. We have her 6 week check up on Monday and I can't wait to see how much she's grown and how much weight she has put on.

I had my 6 week check up yesterday and all is good. I now have lots of reading to do about contraception. I was going to take the mini-pill but my OBGYN suggested a Mirena (I think that's it) IUD. At least Rocco goes to Bali today so I have some thinking time.

I booked a date for Natasha's Christening so I can finally start organising it. I did the guest list last night and with family there is 45 adults and 7 kids (OMG). It's moments like these when I wish that I wasn't so close to my family. (Not really but still). My FIL is being annoying about it. Rocco just got off the phone to him and he said he won't come down for it because he might have to go to the doctors. I told Rocco to tell him that if he doesn't we won't fly up there after Christmas. Idle threat but I hope it works.

Ok I need a shower.

*waves to everyone and runs around giving hugs to the babies*

Sarah

P.S: I will be at the Sydney meetup on Wednesday and I can't wait!

Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush
Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel) - confirmed
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl) - confirmed
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - maybe
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Jodie (julsmum) - confirmed


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

For a bit of a laugh, check this out

Well.. that's it. I am so OVER this weather in Sydney. I've got heaps of washing for Angus to do and we don't have a dryer. Am seriously thinking about washing it all and going to one of those coin-operated laundromats (if they exist?) and getting it dried there. The only thing holding me back is the depressing thought of sitting there, like a complete loser, waiting for the stuff to dry (and the prospect of Angus being really unsettled the whole time).

Christy - Glad things went OK with Eli and that you held it together. We'll understand completely if you don't make it to the catch-up next week - you do whatever you think is best for you.

Here's a little anecdote that might cheer you up a bit. When I took Angus to visit my Mum for those few days, I threw a fair few outift changes in for him (as you do). One of them was one of those Bonds Easysuits (my MIL gave 5 of them to me ). My mum wanted to do lots of things for/with Angus and she was trying to put it on him while I was in the shower and had no joy at all. She said they are so silly! I gave her some instructions and she got it on him (not that I have a perfect technique but I can at least get them on and off). I told her that I had persevered because I had been given so many and that I think it's completely untrue about them being 'Easy'. I told her that one of my friends from this group described it like putting an octopus in a string bag (I think it was you?) and she cracked up and said 'That's a very good description, especially with the little man wriggling all over the place'! I laugh and think about that description every time I pull one of those Easysuits out. Haven't had the heart to tell my MIL that they're not as good as the ads make out....

Sarah - love the new EB name. Have been thinking about doing something similar but will probably stick with ninjamummy because I'm too used to it.

Hope everyone is having a good day

Afternoon All

Well Zoe has been at kindy today and yesterday and I have gotten very little done really. I have spent the couple of days at home, which has been good. Today at Kindy they had an 80s disco day so she went off in leg warmers and fluro headbands , she looked very cute.

DH brought me home some flowers last night as I was having a bit of a miserable day which was lovely of him. Thankfully I am feeling a lot happier and less tired today.

Contraception - Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will have to give it some thought, although I must say there really isn't a lot going on in that dept ATM anyways , what about everyone else??? I think I was more interested whilst pregnant compared to now, ah tiredness for you hey.

Birth Certificates/NSW Mums - I rang Births, Deaths and Marriages today to follow up the whereabouts of Eden's birth certificate. The lady confirmed they have received our application but said they are in the midst of processing 10,000 applications and they are advising a 10-12 week turnaround . Apparantly there is a baby boom going on with 3 times the amount of applications but no staff boom to match... Just thought I'd pass on the info.

CTOO (Alicia) - I am coming next Wednesday for the Sydney Meet Up and I will have Zoe with me too, is anyone else bringing their toddlers, I can't remember. Thanks again for being our little organiser.

Amanda (Ninja) - I struggled to even get Eden in and even worse out of the Easy Suits. I had two and won't be buying any more I must say. Your poor DH when he finally got up the courage to have a bath with Angus, I bet he wasn't in a big hurry to do it again...

Sarah - Yay for getting the photos organised. I must say none of mine our renamed but just in month folders. Glad to hear Natasha is giving you some good sleep at night. Eden tends to do one 5 hour stretch at night (from start of feed to start of next feed) and then 3/4 hourly for the others.

Kazza - Glad to hear that Miss C has settled in the reflux department. Looking forward to meeting you to next week, are you bringing Riley? The story about your friend losing it with the Mirena scares me a lot, I have never really been on any contraception before and don't want anything that messes with the hormones in that way.

Christy - Glad to hear that Eli's procedure was without too much incident. I can relate to what you were saying about Amelia getting lost, this is one of my greatest fears with Zoe. I am as a result a bit of a 'helicopter' mum, always hovering and watching her to ensure she is ok and always within sight.

Christine - While I'm sure the bath incident scared the life out of you and DH, the way you told the story gave me a laugh too. Ah this parenting caper is a learning curve hey!

Tash - I hear what you're saying re giving it 3-5 years. I keep telling myself that I am still young and there is plenty of time should I just 'have' to have another baby. Thing is I think logically that 2 is definatley enough for us, it is just so emotional to know that aspect is over forever. I feel 99% certain that this is it for us. And thanks for the b/feeding pat on the back, I am pretty proud of my (.)(.) I must say , still just taking it one day at a time however. Congrats on making it to 4 weeks yourself.

Also, felt a bit relieved when you said that J gets upset being picked up, Eden generally does the same thing and I had wondered why. She also isn't a big fan of the singlet/clothes going over her head and goes completely beserk when getting dried and dressed after a bath.

Dizzy - Gosh I can't believe all the food you have cut out, full credit to you, that is a really big effort. I have to say I am exceptionally naughty in the chocolate/sugar department, just can't help myself .

Sherri - Hope you're ok. I don't think I've seen you back on since you were saying you were in pain the other day, hope you're better.

Lelah - Did Coco manage to do another big stretch of sleep for you overnight?

Mel - How is everything?

Amber (Addison) - Haven't seen you for a while, hope all is well.

Well I am off to tidy up Zoe's toys/books and then hopefully will get started on Eden's Baby Book. Never mind the bathroom cleaning, dusting, folding etc that I should be doing ...

Renae

renae - not sure about others but i won't have Braden with me as he'll be with his dad


Sydney meet

Lillies On The Park, Bicentennial Park, Homebush
Wed 23/4 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel) - confirmed
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls) - confirmed
Amber (kozajo)
Amber (addisonsmummy)


Thur 8/5 - At 12pm
Me - confirmed
Karen (kazzabear)
Sarah (sanzel)
Tash (scarletgirl) - confirmed
Amber (addisonsmummy)
Kel (luckykel479) - confirmed
Amanda (ninjamummy) - maybe
Lelah - confirmed
Renae (lovingmygirls)
Amber (kozajo)
Sania (sunnysunshine) - confirmed
Jodie (julsmum) - confirmed


PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU CAN/CAN'T MAKE IT

Hi everyone.

Hope you are all doing well.

Sorry wont be doing personals today, still need to try and catch up on everything, been a busy mummy as of late

Jake is on school holidays and already driving me nuts hehe

Am struggling having both kids at home with DH at work.

Poor Zac has had enough of his big brother, Jake just wont leave him alone, he is always in his face wanting to kiss, cuddle and hold him... argh!!

Am tearing my hair out! 10 days left and counting down!!

Bring on school!!

We have managed a few family outings though, trips to the zoo, movies, swimming (Zac loves the water!) and we are off to the circus tonight. FUN FUN FUN!

Anyways, will try and catch up and post some personals in a few days time.

Just wanted to say hi !!

Lisa xx