New thread time ladies

http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/forums/ind...howtopic=795708

GOLD

woohoo new thread!

still chuckling about the fire ****

bronze

You beat me, Brooke. I'll take chocolate then !

sorry amanda, i think ill swap you the bronze for the chocolate lol

Morning girls,

I scored a day off today !!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOO.
I only had one little one coming today and he is spending the day at home with his Mum so its just Hudson and I all day.
We had a great weekend. Spent all of Saturday sorting and washing baby clothes. We have friends coming down this weekned so also cleaned the house from top to bottom and am feeling very organised now. Yesterday we went to Canberra and bought a beauitul new lounge. It arrives in 8-10 weeks and i so can't wait. We then had lunch at the fresh food markets and Hudson was such a good boy we decided to take him to a play centre.........here's where it goes pear shaped.
He was having a ball jumping on the jumping castle when he jumped too close to the edge and flipped out. DH was standing right next to him and i think it all happened so fast that DH didn't have a chance to catch him. Anyway he fell face first, bit his bottom lip and squashed his nose. There was blood everywhere. I was so worried he has knocked a tooth out but in the end it was just a bit lip and bloody nose. It didn't worry him at all, he barely let me clean him all up and he was off again jumping on something else.

Claire, I wonder if this is exactly what happened to Miss E???? Probably the same place.

Anyway he is prefectly fine, just with a fat lip. I feel so bad on the other hand. DH feels even worse.

I am 31.4 wks today....Only have 4 weeks left of work. YAY.

Hope you all had a great weekend. xx

Morning girls,

Just popping in to say hi .....

Not much to report here...

Hope you are all well.

xox

hey hey hey lovely ladies...

fallen behind chatting again with you girls!

Some funny things to make you smile/laugh - well at least they did meeee....

Beau is doing a fair bit of TT and doing pretty well. When we are at home we have been having the heating up and undies off.... He comes up to me yesterday and says with a sigh, "Oh Mummy I just LOVE my penis!"

uhhh yes Darling and I don't think that will ever change

And I am sure you guys are all the same... when your kiddliwinks hurt themselves you say, "Let me kiss it better..."

WELL

I bet you already know where I am going with this one...


Yep he banged himself, then proceeded to ask me to, "Peas kiss my penis better!" Ughhh no sorry honey! He was so thrilled with my reaction and face I made he cackled!

Loved your truck sayings Holly... Beau struggles to say it correctly too!

Well just a quick hello girls... DH is away but doing his best to get back tonight! Yippee!

And for those on FB you may have seen that my documents for my holiday arrived! Yippee the countdown is on now! Sooo excited!!!!

That is one of the best things I have read on here EVER lol

I have put a few pics on the blog too

Have a good day

YIPPEEEEEE!!! It's Friday!!!!

Afternoon Girls,

Geez its been quiet in here again

Not much to report from me though. My parents were down for the weekend which was nice. H was totally spoilt again.
I'm 33 weeks on Thurday and really getting over work. My back is starting to hurt and the baby is sitting quite low with a lot of pressure. I swear i go to th toilet 100's of times a day (and night ). Other than that i can't complain. Just looking forward to finishing up and getting the nursery organised.

Claire, How are you going? I have been thinking of you and i hope the feeding issues with Tom are all sorted. I think you may have started back at work now???? Hope things are going well.

Sary, Beau sounds so funny. Boys will certainly be boys. I am forever telling Hudson to take his hand out of his pants!

Well i'm off. Kiddies are due to wake up anytime and afternoon tea needs to be ready. Hope you are all well xox .

Heeelllooooooo....???

Where are you all???

Holly that sounds lovely having your parents for the weekend. And oohhhh it is starting to get soooo close - I am getting excited for you!

Not much to report here... Macy's first day back at kinder this morning - so I really really should be running around and not on the computer!

Just saying hi!

Sary, I hope Macy has a great day back at kindy!

Hudson is still asleep...... and he went to bed earlyish last night too. He looks so snug in his nice warm bed though. Wish i could still be in mine!

I have a kiddies arriving soon so i should get off this computer too. Bye xo

I'm here. I have coldsores on my fingers! and a treting it with tea tree oil, works great but stings like hell, hurts to type and can't do anything around the house, this sux.
Kids are fine though, Max is slowly getting over snotty nose so still feels crappy but better than last week.

I'm here. Having more issues with my MIL. Dh confronted her about the butts on the grass and she denied and said she doesn't even smoke while she's here Bullsh*t, we don't even know any other smokers.

Then she told dh she was p*ssed off at me because I wasn't letting her go to the preschool to see DS1 during the day. What happened was she told me to organise it with the preschool so she could go in, I said I don't know I'd have to talk to the teachers. That's it. She's just a crazy, manipulative b**ch and I don't want anything more to do with her. Unfortunately though she's meant to be looking after cooper while I'm at uni. Thankfully there's only 3 more weeks til I'm on holidays, and I only go Monday mornings for 2 hours.

What I'm not looking forward to though is next Monday, when she'll come to look after him and I'll be here alone with cooper. So no back up at all I'm not backing down though, I'm going to tell her I don't believe her about the butts, I mean where else would they have come from?? ANd I'm also going to say it's inppropriate to drop in at the preschool. She's just trying to get so involved in our lives, she needs to back off.

Ahhh girls - just got in from my "book club" night. DH away - so called in a babysitter for the night. Macy's swim teacher!

Welllllllll.... Beau only went to sleep 15 mintues before I got in. This lovely lovely babysitter went on to recount story after story of what Beau got up to... and the things he said

Was cracking up at everything all the while feeling slightly horrified for this poor girl!

He ended up falling asleep in MY bed and insisting that she stand and watch him all the while having his pull along travel bag for "GIGI" next to him!!! Geez she def earned her money...

But she said she would happily do it again and found him amusing. Phew!

Ahh Lauren - cold sores on your fingers!!! That sounds awful!!!

And eeek Rebecca outlaws can be terrible!!! I don't envy you in that situation... you poor thing x

it sure is, they're going away but I've nearly run out of the tea tree oil spray (2nd bottle!) not sure whether I should buy another one, just use the 100% one I have (could hurt more) or just keep on using the anaesthetic antiseptic cream I have. we'll see tomorrow

Oh Lauren - I am a prolific coldsore breeder, just got through a batch of four consecutive ones - including a massive one up my nose, but never on my fingers - that would be incredibly hard to work around and not transmit to someone else!

Sary - you must be so excited about your trip!! Beau obviously is - he does sound like such a cutie though. I am sure experienced babysitters have seen it all.... I want a full report of where you stay etc, good to know of family friendly holiday destinations (or not)

Rebecca- that sounds like a horrible situation. My dad has just given up but before that he insisted on smoking in my parents house ( my poor, poor mother) and it STANK. We would also come home stinking of smoke, not to mention what we'd ingest We avoided going there most of the time, Mum was well aware of why and told Dad, but it never made much difference. Anyway, fingers crossed it stays like that, but I ABHOR smoking, so I can understand completely why you'd be angry, but more than that, why is she lying?? Stay strong!!

Holly - WOW, not long to go now. If I was you, I'd be feeling ready to finish work about now too - especially working with very active small children - at least in my job I get to sit on my butt all day

I was thinking the other day, I think its just me Sary and Benty who haven't produced more bubs since our Feb babes... hmm.....

I hope eveyone else is going well. We had a fabulous weekend away in the Blue Mountains - we stayed at a place called The Laurels if anyone is ever thinking of going there - just GORGEOUS. Healthwise, the saga continues - I saw the doc last Friday and am on antibiotics, but lucky me came down with gastro this week - again! And poor Mimie has it too - she'd been doing yucky runny poos for a few days and last night a huge chuck and more yucky poo at around 11pm. She is such a sweetheart though, really is the best patient. I just hope Red avoids it, so we can get over it and get better. SIGH.

OK better go, new marketing lady is pretty good at avoiding work, and my minion has resigned, so the writing is on the wall - things are about to get totally out of control (as opposed to just plain out of control which they are at the moment).

Megan

yep, or onto other parts of me!

Hi Girls,

Day off today!!!

Have had an easy morning with H, watching Toy Story (H's FAV movie ATM) and snuggling on the lounge.

We are on our 2nd day of TT today and H is going really well. Only 2 accidents yesterday, once when he was eating morning tea with the kids and the other when he was sitting in the big toy box . But other than that he has been great and telling me when he needs to go. He did hold off doing a poo until he had a nappy on for bed time so i assume that poos might take a little while. Anyway i'm so proud of my little man.

Megan, Oh no i hope the sickness leaves you alone really soon. How awful for you guys. You weekend away sounds gorgeous. Was it freezing in the mountains?

Rebecca, What a horrible situation for you to be in with the MIL. Thats one reason why i love not living near my in-laws. We have had issues with smoking with my FIL. Although my DH hates it probably more than i do so he always on his dad's case and now when we see him he rarely smokes infront of H. I remember when H was 10wks old we went to visit them and while i was in the shower, DH had gone to get takeaway for dinner, FIL was minding H for us. I walked out to see him holding H with a smoke in his hand. I nearly died and just went and took H from him. When i told DH he went off his head. It was such a awful situationn because FIL just doesn't think he is doing anything wrong.

About two months ago ( at DH's graduation) FIL gave H a cuddle when he arrived. H said "Poppy stinks pooooo" DH though it was great. I was a tad . He didn't have another smoke all day!!!

Anyway I have to go and get dinner from the shops. Hate decicding what to have when i always feel like something naughty!!!!!!

Just sticking my head in to say hello
I really need to post but am going to have a sleep now. I've been a bit unwell, hopefully getting some answers tomorrow. Will try and post tomorrow PM.
x

Oh Claire, that doesn't sound good.. I hope everything is OK

I've decided MIL isn't going to look after coopy anymore, it was really stressing me out. I mean how can I trust someone who lies to me and is also currently p*ssed off with me regarding a decision I made about my kids.

Although I'm waiting for the explosion next week when she finds out.



Claire I hope your ok, and whatever it is can be easily resolved.

Hi girls! I have been so slack with not checking in lately.

Rebecca, I think you are making the right decision not letting MIL look after Cooper any more. I really don't even get why she wanted to be able to visit your DS1 at preschool - odd. And the blatant lying about the smoking and the dropped butts . Are the Monday mornings at uni compulsory? If they are just lectures, would you be able to get the notes off the web or another student? Or if they are compulsory tutorials, perhaps call and speak to your tutor, and see whether you could take Cooper in with you for those 2 hours for the last couple of weeks. Hope you can work something out. And I'd be letting your DH pass on the news to his mother that her services are no longer required. No doubt there is going to be major backlash, but it is her behaviour that is the problem, though of course she won't see it that way. If you are planning on staying home with Coopy on Monday, maybe take him out to the shops or park or something if you think she will just turn up anyway.

Holly, not long to go now for you - how exciting! It must be great having all the baby clothes sorted and ready to go. And yay about the new lounge suite - nice!

Sary, sounds like Beau is going great guns with TT! Had to laugh about him wanting you to kiss his ouchy better! Sounds like Macy's swim teacher did a great job with Beau.

Lauren, hope the coldsores clear up soon - not fun.

Megan, hope you are feeling better soon . You have had a bad run. And hope poor Miss Mimie recovers from the gastro soon. So hard having a sick little one. That is great news that your dad has quit smoking. Hope he can stick with it. Your work sounds stressful at the moment . Is the marketing lady on a probationary period if she is only new? Hope you can find a replacement minion quickly.

Claire, sorry to hear you are unwell, hope you get some answers today and will be feeling better very soon. How is Tom going with feeding?

I am 24 weeks today, which for me is an important milestone as at least I know if I go into labour early, bubs will at least be resuscitated and given a chance at surviving (9 years ago I watched a friend give birth to 21 week old twins, and just had to watch them die because they were too early to resuscitate - if only they'd been a bit older ). Mind you, I will probably go overdue as I have with the last two.

I am finally booked into hospital as of yesterday! I felt like I was leaving things late, though it wasn't by choice - my GP wanted to wait until after I'd had the 20wk scan done, and I then had to wait for an appointment at the hospital. When I was there yesterday, there was another woman who was 31 weeks pg with her first, only just booking in, so I felt a bit better. I have been worrying a bit that with my weight they might classify me as high-risk, and not let me have just midwifery care, but nothing was said about my weight. I saw a midwife first, and when she took my BP it was 140/75, when it has been fine so far this pregnancy, so again I started worrying I would be classified as high-risk, but when the obstetrician did it it was 120/80, so everything is looking fine, and I am booked into midwives' clinic for my antenatal care. Might be a sign for me to get more exercise and eat less salty food like chips though .

Not much else happening. I am still getting some ms, but haven't actually vomited in over a week (touch wood). I am getting aching in my symphysis pubis (front of pelvis) if I stand or walk for too long, so I can see that causing problems with working. I still haven't decided whether to finish up earlier this time and start leave at 32 weeks, or to try and push through to 34 weeks again. I am going to have to make a decision very soon though and put in my leave application.

DS1 is back at school this week - I am still trying to get back into the swing of getting up earlier and making sure his uniform is ironed.

We are off to the PIL's farm tomorrow for lunch, which I am sure Coen will love because he is crazy about tractors, and he'll get to have a ride on theirs. I am not looking forward to 5 hours in the car though.

I'd better go - have a long 'to do' list for today, and need to get dinner started in the slow cooker. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Amanda it's a compulsory tute, I've organised my dad to look after him now, I trust him more than myself some days. And it is odd about the preschool isn't it! I was hoping it wasn't just me who thought that!

And with Coopy I didn't book into the hospital until 33 weeks! The booking appointments were just really full! Lucky because he was born at 37!

Good luck with making your decision on when to end work, and I'm glad your ms has eased.


My ms was horrific yesterday, I was lying on the lounge barely able to move. I had some maxalon so I could handle the daycare pickup and the boys haircut. Thankfully it's nothing like that today, just general queasiness. If I remember it usually gets worse before it stops all together, Im 10 weeks tomorrow, so hopefully it will pass soon.

Hi girls! Just bookmarking as I am very tired and off to bed right now

Coul'dn't find the last thread I was in, so if anyone said hi and I was rude - I wasn't! : HI!


Same old same old here, working very hard, not toilettraining, although A does thrust his nappy-clad pelvis at the toilet as he mimics his big brother. Talking up a storm - very independent, very funny and very sharp! - ouch, no foolin'this kid

I have seen a few of you on FB, but just want you to know, I think of you all often and hope you are all going well etc, and feel that I don't catch up like I used to when I seemed to have so much more time !!

Hopefully I will get a chance to pop in tomorrow and say hi properly

xx
Benty

Hi everyone,


Wow Amanda, 24 weeks woo hoo! Not too long now. I also was glad to get to the "resuscitation" date - and then went 11 days overdue and was so over it!

Rebecca, goodness what a devil your mil is... sounds very controlling! I hope the morning sickness settles down for you soon...

Redsgirl, your blue mountain escape must have been woonderful, its so beautiful up there! Gee I hope you are feeling better after the gastro, that is an awful thing to get, and poor mimie getting it too....

Sary, OMG that is the funniest thing Beau said hehe!! Thats great he is TT well - we haven't even started yet.....


Claire - I hope everything is ok...

Benty - sounding busy... ! Hope the business is going well

Hi everyone else

We have been good - Milly just started swimming lessons this week - after watching her big bro at his lessons for the past year, she was like a pro in the water... I felt like she was going to just take off and start swimming, she was kicking her legs so well. (I did let her go at one stage and she sank, so she wasn't some miracle kid that could swim immediately hehe!).

I forgot how funny 2yos are - I'm loving the anecdotes here! Milly is a total crack up and comes up with really grown up sentences (such as "Hey, don't touch my clothes, ok?" when I was trying to do up a button). She also mimics everything, have to keep a close eye on her... she nearly microwaved a whole tin of spaghetti tonight, luckily I caught her before she'd pressed the start button!

Still haven't got around to taking photos of the house, I really must get onto that.

Well, better go to bed, but first to set a mouse trap (a humane one!)... little bugger running around my lounge as I type!

xo
ginny

I have tonsilittis! when is it gonna end? ARGH

funny quote from friday

Madison - "Mummy I dont like trouble"

Morning girls,

Brooke, That is so cute.

Ginny, Its great when they love swimming lessons. H loves it too. He has private lessons though with an instructor so i don't get in with him. I love watching him every week get more confident.

Benty, Good to see you posting lady!!!! I often check out your photography blog and your pictures are just amazing. I seriously wish we lived closer so i could get a few family snaps.

Rebecca, i think its a bit strange about the 'visit the daycare' thing too. It would be different if it was the end of year concert or something but to just randomly show up to visit...
Anyway i'm glad your dad is going to help you out. I'm sure you wouldn't be able to concentrate at uni if Cooper was with your MIL. Keep us posted!

Amanda, Wow 24 weeks.....Thats great! What a sad sad story of your friend. It must of been so hard to support her through such a horrible experience. I'm glad you mentioned booking into the hospital because i have filled in all of the forms and sent them away but i haven't heard back from them yet, so i must do that tomorrow.
Hope you had a lovely lunch with the PIL's.

Claire, Hope your okay...Been thinking of you.

I have had a fabulous 4 days off. Back to work tomorrow. Only 2 weeks to go though. DH has been working all weekend so H and i have a lovely time just hanging out together. . I'm a bit worried about how he is going to take the baby when it arrives. I hope he is okay.
Anyway i have wet washing in the machine that needs hanging out. Have a lovely Sunday girls. xox

buy him his own baby, all of mine have their own baby (that some of them will also breastfeed lol) haven't had any jealousy problems.

Ok so I am going to share a Jemima anecdote with you that is TMI - so please don't read if easily offended.

As we all know 2yos must follow you everywhere, so one day Jemima was as usual assisting me go to the toilet. She looks and says 'Oh Mummy got hair down there'. Yes Jemima, she does But it was kind of funny at the time.

In terms of body parts, a couple of weeks ago as I was getting her dressed we were chatting and talking body parts, so I was telling her they are Mummy's boobs and when she was a little baby she used to drink milk from them etc etc. So yesterday in Coles, she is in the trolley telling Dadda very loudly "this is my head.. these are my boobs" - whilst correctly identifying the right part of her body. At least i know she pays attention!

Claire - I am wondering where you are and how you are? I saw some old posts of yours about MRIs and things, so I am really really hoping everything is OK .

Rebecca, that is great your dad is able to look after Cooper today. Was there any confrontation with your MIL about not needing her to babysit? Sorry to hear your ms is so bad - hope it eases off after 12 weeks. Mine seems to have just started up again - think I jinxed myself thinking it had eased off.

Benty, nice to see you popping in! No TTing here either. We started a few months back, but it wasn't happening, so I am just not worrying for the moment.

Ginny, we're not TTing either. Excellent news that Milly did so well with her first swimming lesson! Is Milly still bf'ing? Coen hasn't asked to in over a week now, and I don't think I have any milk left. Feeling a bit about it.

Holly, hope the hospital booking is all sorted for you soon. Yay on only 2 weeks of work left! I have been worrying about how Coen is going to take to our bub's arrival too. Was even crying over the whole thing last night (damn pg hormones). I can now understand better how the girls who were pg with #2 felt about introducing another little person into the family dynamic, and #1 no longer being their one and only . I never felt that way with when I was pg with Coen, but it was quite different because Jordan was 13yo and starting high school. I feel like it would be an easier transition if Coen was younger, whereas at the age he is now, he is old enough to remember when it was just him, and he had our undivided attention. I've been having silly thoughts that I have somehow been disloyal to Coen by wanting another baby, that he isn't enough for me, that I am taking away some of the one-on-one interaction he currently gets by choosing to have another baby, that in choosing to have another he will be being made to miss out on some of what he currently gets in terms of attention. I know I just have to take the longer view that his life will be so much better for having a sibling closer in age. I wish Jordan had had that too. I just hope having DH home for a few weeks will make the transition better - that even if Mummy is too busy feeding the baby or tired to play all the time, he will get that attention from Daddy while he is adjusting to the change.

Lauren, I am prone to tonsillitis so can totally sympathise - ouch! If you can take something with aspririn and codeine (not sure about taking while you are bf'ing though - might be a no no?), then Aspalgin is really good - gargle with it, then swallow. Are you on ABs? Hope it clears up soon. Good idea about the baby doll - will have to look out for one for Coen.

Megan, hehe about Mimie sharing all her good body part knowledge loudly in Coles! Are you feeling better now? How is work going?

I definitely spoke too soon about my ms having eased off. I was so sick yesterday, couldn't even keep water down. I had to call in sick to work. I was still vomiting up fluids at 6pm, but finally managed to keep some food and fluid down at 8pm. This morning I had a few sips of water, which came back up with bile, but did end up being able to keep some toast and water down later in the day, so definitely feeling better than yesterday.

On the plus side, I got a call from the local baby shop yesterday that my Baby Jogger City Select pram, second seat and bassinet had arrived ! I was quite surprised, as I read online that second seats weren't expected to be available until October. Here's some pics I took last night (excuse dodgy picture quality and messy kitchen benches).

BJCS both seats forward-facing
BJCS toddler seat and bassinet rearward-facing

Have a great week, everyone!

I rang the inlaws this morning, and well it must be my lucky day because her husband answered the phone and I just left a message Her husband is not dh's dad. So now I'm just waiting for her to ring dh and have a winge and moan about it, but whatever. I also had a chat to ds1's preschool teacher so it's all sorted from my end.

Only thing is I think I jinxed myself because I told her I was sick and wasn't going today, and now I've come down with a bloody headcold!

My other friend that is having twins and she's just found out that she's having 2 girls, she already has 2 and is completely devastated. I'm trying to be understanding, as obviously I've been there but with boys, but she seems completely shattered, I don't ever recall being this upset about it. My other friend with twins is having 2 boys, so it's cutting a bit deep for her.

Megan That's so cute! miller's just starting to talk a bit more now too, and is saying the cutest things.

Claire I really hope your ok


And no tt'ing here either, I tried but it was I want to wee up, no get down, I want to wee, no I don't etc etc lol

Hello

Heading off to bed but wanted to pop in and say thanks for your thoughts. I haven't been well but the good news is that on Friday i had an MRI that ruled out a brain tumour, so that's obviously wonderful news We had some tense times here.

Not sure if I'm going to work tomorrow, feeling sick ATM, if I don't go I will come back and write a proper post. For now it's time for bed.

Oh Claire, I am so sorry to hear that you have been unwell. And i'm very glad that your MRI has come back clear. If there is anything that i can do please just let me know even you just need an escape, your more than welcome here. Lots of hugs to you and your family. xox

Claire, I can't imagine how stressful and scary this all is. Good news that the MRi scan was clear, but I hope they find some answers for you soon so you can start feeling better!

I was the same just before I had Will, I felt so guilty that I was going to have another baby when my baby was still a baby lol, they're only 361 days apart, then I realised that it's too late to do anything about it lol and it'll all be fine, and it was and is so stop worrying and enjoy your pregnancy. (Bossy aren't I lol)


Don't think so, the codeine can dry up the milk so I only take it if I absolutely have to and then only 1 dose a day and make sure Joel drinks extra, not that that's a problem with him I'm going to have to pry him off with a stick when its time to wean lol I'm on AB's and it feels lots better, still uncomfortable and I feel like I've got a piece of bread stuck in my throat but hopefully that'll go away soon.

gosh Claire how scary! I'm so glad it was all clear.

Claire, I am so relieved to hear your MRI has come back clear. That must have been a very worrying time you have gone through. Hope you get some answers about what is happening soon and that it is nothing serious.

Rebecca, have you heard from MIL yet? That is great you were able to just leave a message with her DH. Hope the cold clears up soon. How is the ms going? I'm sorry your friend expecting the twin girls is so upset by the news. I don't really understand being that devastated either. Is her partner upset too? If she is finding it really hard to cope, maybe she should seek some counselling so that by the time her two precious girls arrive, she has dealt with the disappointment and can bond with them.

Lauren, how is your throat going? Hope you are starting to feel better. And thank you for the advice - I know you're right and I should stop worrying .

Had a shocking shift on Tuesday and was so tired all of yesterday. I was under the impression I was to be in charge on Tuesdays now until I go on maternity leave, but instead my manager sent me to the extension ward to care for 7 post-operative patients on my own (on the ward we'd normally only have 5 patients, and usually they wouldn't all be post-op) - and she even said she thought I might enjoy the 'slower pace' . She'd said that 4 patients were already back, and she didn't think the 5th would be back until around 7pm, and the last 2 sometime after that, and she would send a night duty nurse who was starting at 7pm down to help me, which is why I agreed to go. Instead #5 got back before 3pm, #6 at 5pm, #7 at 7pm, and no night duty nurse came on to help me at 7pm . When I realised no one had come on to help me at 7pm, I was managing to get through my work, so I didn't bother to call and ask for them to come down - just figured they'd decided they were too busy on the ward to spare the nurse, even though the nurse wasn't allocated patients up there anyway. I did manage to get everything done apart from a couple of post-op washes on the last 2 patients to get back because I just had not had time, but I paid for it with a sore back and sore pelvis afterwards. Really hope I don't get sent there again next week, or at least not for so many patients.

Took a belly pic this morning and have posted it on the blog.

Hope everyone is going well!

Hi Girls,

Amanda, Sounds like a shocking shift you had on Tuesday. You poor thing, its such physical work. Have you decicded what to do about mat leave yet? I'm glad to hear i'm not the only one feeling guilty for having another bub.(i was feeling a little silly) I can't help but think Hudson will be so put out as he has always had just DH and I to himself. We talk about alot about babies and he knows that there is a baby in mummy's tummy and its growing etc. He also says " i bath the baby, and play with it" So i hope that it all goes smoothly.
BTW, you look great in your belly pic!

Hudson has been going great TT. It has been a week in undies now and he is going really well. Still asking for a nappy to poo though which i don't mind. He just seems so scared of pooing on the toilet. I think i read somewhere that its quite common. Has anyone experienced this??? Today we had a poo accident in undies though and he got quite upset and kept saying "sorry mummy"....I felt so bad for him that he was embaressed. Anyway he's okay now.

I have a Dr's app this afternoon. My OB is on holidays so its just a quick BP check really.

Hope you girls are all keeping well. Its so cold here. -5 this morning. BRRRRRR. 1 week left of work for me. This time next Thursday i am officially finished. Yay.
xox

It's not sore anymore just feels weird, bread stuck in the throat feeling and very dry too, am on day 6 of ab's so hopefully they'll knock it on the head

Amanda You know I haven't heard from the MIL, although dh said she is swearing to him she didn't flick her butt, only other thing I can think of is that she invited someone else around, like her sister. Your shift sounds awful, I hope you don't get another like it!

Lauren I hope you are feeling better now, hows the ab's affecting your supply? I know it used to drill mine.

We have decided not to buy another house. We are going to sell this house, put the money in a term deposit and rent. We will be able to rent a really nice house, that has 4-5 bedrooms for about $200 a week less than what we pay for our mortgage. We will continue to save until we have a really good deposit for the house we will stay in forever.

Our other option was to stretch our mortgage to the max to buy a house that will not be where we want to stay and will probably still be too small for us. I'm going to talk to my mum about it today, as she works in the bank, hopefully she can give me some ideas.


Oh and my sisters pregnant!! So cool! She's due in April Miller is 13 months older than her dd, and then she is 5 months older than cooper and now there is only going to be about 2-3 months between my next one and hers! I'm so excited!!

yeah not bad. Ab's haven't affected supply, but then I have 1 child who would live hanging off my boob if he could and a baby who has just worked out boobs rock lol took his time though, i thought he was going to wean himself instead he's increased his feeds. The ABs may have helped Max's snotty grotty crusty nose dry up too

Holly, that is fantastic that Hudson is doing so well with TT'ing. I feel so slack that I am not even trying with Coen at the moment. It would be nice not to have 2 in nappies, so maybe I should put an effort in. How did your doctor's appointment go? Your last week of work - how exciting !!!

Lauren, hope the ABs are making a difference with your throat now.

Rebecca, sounds like you are making the right decision about not buying a bigger house, and just renting a bigger house in the meantime - especially if it will be saving you that much money a week! That is fantastic news about your sister being pg and due so close to you!

I have been really indecisive about when to finish up at work. Last pg, I applied to finish at 36 wks, but ended up asking to finish earlier at 34 wks because I was getting lots of BHs from the walking, and was really finding it tiring. So this time I was debating whether to keep going until 34 wks again, or finish up at 32 weeks. After the crap shift I had last Tuesday, it made it much easier to decide to finish at 32w, so I dropped the leave application on my manager's desk on Sunday. So only 7 weeks to go, or 14 shifts! So now that that decision is made, I feel like I am in a better frame of mind. I won't care as much if I get sent to the extension ward again today - I only have 7 Tuesdays to get through, and will just do the best I can.

Got a parcel with the first pressie for the baby yesterday - 2 cute little outfits from a friend. So far they are the only new clothes bub has. The only things DH and I have bought are the pram, play gym, and DS2 a new car seat so bub can have his. There's not much that we need though, though a new outfit to come home in would be nice.

Coen kissed my belly yesterday and said, "I kissing baby" ! Very sweet .

Hope everyone has a great week! I need to go and start getting ready for work...

Hello lovely ladies!

Catching up on the news since I have been away...

Holly and Amanda... I think you might remember I felt TERRIBLE guilt and worried and worried and worried about changing Macy's world with a new sibling. And I remember my Mum saying, "Here you are worrying about how it is going to affect Macy - have you thought about yourself?..."

And I CANNOT imagine my, DH or Macy's world without Beau in it. He has enriched all our lives soooooo much. And even the bad bits... Macy feeling jealous, missing me etc etc etc... they are all good too looking back as they are a learning experience for our little people and such a safe environment for them to explore these feeling...

Okay okay... off my soap box now. I know you all know that... and what I am trying to say - is that I too agonised exactly the same! But it worked out great. And I know you know that it will too... just the transition can be hard.

Toilet training - YIPPEEEE BEAU DID A POO ON THE TOILET IN FIJI!!! Now just need to work on Melbourne! He is going along great with wees - and we always wear undies out now. (Of course a spare set of clothes stuffed in my bag). And asking him hundreds of times - do you need to go to the toilet? I didn't TT Macy until nearly 3 and half and she was done night and day within a week.... so I definitely think there is a lot of merit in waiting. I guess it is about when both of you are ready. I know I wasn't ready when I was pregnant with Beau to TT Macy. And although I tried not to - I felt the pressure of Macy being the last in our mg group.


Sorry to hear so much sickness about - Lauren and Claire! And Rebecca sorry to hear about Cooper... hope he is on the mend.

Megan - how cute is Mimie with her rock on photo on facebook!?!!

Fiji - was wonderful. Reality is definitely hitting in big time now we are back. Kids are still on Fijian time which meant that Beau woke up this morning at 4 ready to play! EEEkkkk! Exhausted! DH is also away now for the next 3 weeks. He will be home at weekends though - so that is a relief. But after so much time all together - it is going to be a tough week.

I also got the big N-O today from the primary school I was hoping to send Macy too. We are out of the zone by 1 street. But the kids over the road go there and most of Macy's kinder class is going there. *Sigh* So I am trying to move on. Macy is enrolled into another school - which hopefully will be great too.

Ahhhh the things you agonise over as a mother!

For those of you on Facebook - I have put the happy snaps of Fiji up! We stayed on plantation island, and once we arrived I thought it was a bit basic accommodation, but as the week continued I reveled in it being basic. No phone, TV or internet was such a switch off - which is exactly what we all needed. Anyone going there without children might want to commit suicide once on the island as it was a kid/family HAVEN!!!

But now back in Melbourne with my 3 layers on... it is just a happy memory...

Hope everyone's week is going well. Off to pick Macy up from kinder - byeeeeee xxx

Sary, loved seeing your Fiji happy snaps! You all look like you had a fantastic time! Love Macy's braided hair. And yay to Beau for doing a poo on the toilet - does that mean he got his truck? So sorry to hear Macy hasn't been accepted into your first pick for schools - that must be disappointing when some many of the kids she knows are going there. I hope she will love the school she does go to. I am glad that others have already gone through what I am currently going through with worrying about how Coen is going to deal with a new baby. I know you are right and in the long run, even if there are some difficult times ahead, we will all be better off for Coen having a sibling to grow up with. I am really sorry that Jordan didn't get the same opportunity - which was not what I wanted for him but was just the way things unfortunately worked out.

I'm feeling very tired after my shift last night. I now think it was quite intentional that I got sent to the extension ward last week instead of being in charge on my ward with no patient load, which is what my manager had agreed I could do on Tuesdays to make things easier for me. I think the (male) nurse that took over my evening in charge role when I went on maternity leave last time just does not want to take a patient load . He had one for the first time in over 2 years a fortnight ago, when I did in charge, then last week I get sent to the extension, he gets to be in charge on the ward, and this week, he gets to be in charge again, and I am given a normal load on the ward (no pretense at all this week that I was being sent elsewhere for a lighter load). Last night I still had quite a heavy load really - not as bad as last week's 7 post-op patients, but I had 5 patients, 4 of which were post-op, and they were all major joints (hip and knee replacements). I was really tired and sore by the end of the shift. Just keep reminding myself I only have 6 more weeks to go after this week. Just really irks me as he is doing what was my job, I am just as capable of doing it as he is, and he is the only level 2 that gets away with never having a patient load . I feel like I am being treated as junior to him, yet I have been a level 2 for longer! In fact, when I went on maternity leave in Dec 2007, he was a casual, not a level 2 at all. So my manager's proposal that I would do in charge on Tuesdays and he could take a patient load lasted only one shift . He would still get to be in charge on Wed, Thurs, Fri when I am not there - it is only one shift a week. I had felt so happy on the weekend when I put in my application to start leave at 32 weeks; after last night I was wishing I was finishing at 28 weeks. Actually, I wish I didn't have to work at all. So so over it. Anyway, sorry for the whinge.

My MS is continuing. This morning I vomited my breakfast back up. Just feeling quite sorry for myself all round at the moment . Pregnancy hormones means I am bursting into tears at the drop of a hat lately (luckily not at work though).

Hope everyone has a great day!

Where abouts? That's where we stayed when I was a kid

Hi Girls,

Sary, Glad to hear you had such a good time. I'm sooooo jealous. Good work to Beau for doing a poo on the toilet. Hudson is still quite scared of the idea i think. He won't even go to the toilet anywhere but home so i always have a spare set of clothes or a pull up incase he needs to do a poo. He is always in undies now too and hasn't had a wee accident for a while which is good.

Amanda, You work sounds exhausting. Just keep counting down the weeks. I hope it goes fast for you. This is my second last day. I must admit i'm a little sad but happy of course at the same time. Hudson is going to miss his little friends so much.

Anyway not much to report from me. Pregnancy going well. 35wks now. Had a scan on Monday to check size of bub and we are measuring spot on. Have an OB appointment on Monday so i will hopefully find out some more info then. Baby hasn't turned yet.

Hope you are all well. x