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Now I'll go to read the last thread... BBL

Happy Sunday

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BRONZE!!

I havent had a medal in ages

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Hey Girls,

Long time no post .

Leita- Congratulations on your BFP How exciting!!!

Dannii- Sorry to hear you are having a hard time TTC. We TTC'd for 3.5yrs to get Riley (DS2) and it sucked big time Fingers crossed it happens soon.

AFM- Not much to report from us. Cohen is another cheeky little monkey. He has shown some interest in TT but I haven't pushed it yet.
He still has a day sleep but can go without it if need be, but he is not much fun by 5pm lol. Cohen also speaks well, he can say the s sound but tend to drop it in words beginning with S like Snake is Nake and Snail is Nail. \

I hope everyone is well and all the cheeky little monkeys are behaving.
Take Care
Dannii

WE JUST DID OUR FIRST WEE IN THE POTTY!!!!



Hooray!! We've been trying to catch that for six months!! I'm excited. Mali just looked at me like I was crazy, dancing around and cheering.

Go Mali!! hahaha Leita, I'm sure our kids will look at us like that a million times in our lives

Dannii - glad you're all doing well. Jack misses his day sleep a lot lately and he isnt much fun at tea time either lol. I'm determined not to let him drop it yet tho so will have to come up with a plan



I am awake at 6am Jack woke at 5.30am and was really grizzly. Then it started my poor baby has never vomited before and he hates it!! He is now trying to sleep on my bed (surrounded by a bowl, some cloth nappies and a towel!) and I tried to sleep but dont think he has finished yet so think I'll take the early morning shift watching him and DP can take over once the big kids go to school.

In for a fun day it seems. Just hope the rest of them dont get it!!

Woo Hoo! Way to go Mali!!

Hope you got to catch up on some rest Jo.

Shae has been sick, coughing and chesty again but seems to be getting better now. She is so miserable when she is sick.

ETA: What is everyone planning for Easter?

Hi everyone! sorry sorry sorry for being such a slacker. must be what - 8 or 9 months or something since I posted? Nope - no baby news (my family is done done done!)!

I just wanted to say a big THANK-YOU to everyone on FB for all my birthday wishes - I felt really special.

We are all going well - Harry is a little champ. still short but he's chubbed up a lot so I'm no longer worried about his weight.
He (finally) started walking at abut 21 months, so a real slow coach (remarkable like his father, really ). And in the last month he's started talking a bit more - not a lot, but his vocab has grown heaps. I think he's just a late walker/talker etc.. but he's so damn cute that i don't think it matters, and I don't think it's anything to get worried about - he's pretty clued up about everything else.

He's still a complete mummy's boy (which I don't mind at all), and very, very cuddly. He's at childcare three days a week, and we have a nanny for another couple of days a week which costs a bomb, but is worth it for the peace of mind, and makes me feel a little better about working full time.

Gotta run, but will check back in again soon!

Thanks again everyone - you made my day!!

Hi Lisa! Happy belated birthday!

Shae is now dummy free We took it off her a few days ago and she didnt even ask for it at bedtime last night

That's great news Suzanne! Well done to Shae and you.
Lisa, you slacko
Leita, fabulous news about Amalia's potty training! I understand how excited you are!!

Jo, how is Jack now? I hope it was just a quick little illness. Happy school holidays to you!

AFUs.... Noah has asthma. Not fun. Poor monkey! A change in weather has done it this time. He is just coughing over and over.

Still going perfectly with toilet training - I would say that he is fully TT'd now. (APART FROM NIGHT TIME!!) Hey does anyone know when they TT at night? Is it like 4 y.o. or something?? I'm not in a hurry anyway!

I'm heading back to work 3 days a week from the 2nd of May. I'm excited as I have gorgeous new clothes to wear. Hahaha materialistic much? Anyway I'll be working Monday Tuesday Wednesday each week. I think Eden will be a bit fragile at daycare, but she'll get used to it! She is a perfect little thing, but really doesn't like it when I'm not right next to her!

Alright I'll pop in again soon.
MMMMMWAH!

that is fantastic... I can not wait for this moment... I'm hoping this time next year. Just the thought of not having to buy nappies. Well done Mali!

ROBIN: bummer for Noah... did the doctor say if this is a long-term prognosis? I'm not sure how asthma works... once you've got it does you always have it?

US: Not too much happening... I'm just a slacker! Got my last week in my current job and am looking forward to it. Off to Canberra on Monday to finish off some stuff (looking forward to two days without looking after the kids).

TINKSTER: I was going to ask you... about Liams penis (hope you don't mind). Do you know how long it will take to look 'normal'. I went to the doctor last Wednesday and he said not to worry it is all badly swollen and bruised and it will go down. Now all the swelling appears to have gone down but it just looks odd... like worse then before the operation. I know this is going to help him with infections, fertility (etc) but in its current state I just feel the boy would be picked on. Please PLEASE PLEASE tell me that what I"m seeing still isn't the finished product and to give it a couple of months. I'm off to the doctors again on Thursday so will ask him then but seriously I look at it now and it is all lop-sided and looks well.. not particularly nice. Thoughts?

OK.. home alone so going to watch "Life as we know it"... any reviews? (thought Mark wouldn't like it... hence why I'm watching it).


PS: Tina, your cakes are fabulous... how did you make the lego blocks? From what I could see you could eat the 'lego' as well as the cake. Absolutely fantastic!

Haha I'm all about the penis questions! To be honest I'm not sure, but I know that it can take AGES for the swelling to go down completely. If you are worried, just see your dr, but I do know that we often get calls from concerned dads a few weeks post op asking if it's normal, and most of the time it is

I can't believe some of these babies are toilet trained! Jack is no where near ready, but then again, given he doesn't talk it's pretty hard to assess.

In good news, we FINALLY got our titles on Friday so with any luck will be building in a few weeks

Hoping everyone is well

Tinks Yay for finally getting th titles through!! We might be building ina few weeks too, just have to hurry the bank along, the builder just needs the ok from them to get started!!

LEGs hope your last week in the job went well. How did you like the movie?

Robyn poor Noah!! Is he on a preventor? Shae is on flixotide 1-2 puffs per day and it has helped heaps. Then she has ventolin whenever she needs it
Yay for going back to work. Its great that you are able to go back part time too. Im sure Eden will adjust to daycare fine

AFM not much happening, my car is on its way out so annoyed as it isnt even that old, its just a lemon

thanks Tinkster... I went yesterday and he said it was all normal. He actually laughed at me because comparing it to Ethan's and he was like "penis's do come in all shapes and sizes". He reckons three months and the swelling will be done - as for all the bumps and bits on the sides he said that should be better with age.

Good to hear legs. I remember once helping a little boy up out of bed post a hypospadius repair, I had dad and a male agency nurse helping, when I took off the dressing around it they BOTH went "oooh" and crossed their legs, I had to reassure them both that its ok, thats how its sposed to look!



robyn- hope your 2 are on the mend now

suzanne- we're just trying to get all the finance stuff done again (since we've waited so long) which is annoying

Jen good new s about Liam and everything being normal. Hope he continues recovering well.

Tinks so annoying, i hate banks

Hope everyone has a lovely Easter and the Easter Bunny (who i heard about non stop last night - Shae wanted to find him ) is generous to everyone.

Hi girls

Still here, just SUPER busy with work, study and family but have to say I am really enjoying work ATM, so love being in birth suite!!!!

Pop on occasionally to see what is going on with everyone.

Jen:- Glad to hear that Liam finally got his op!!!!

Yay to everyone with TT, we aren't even on the TT radar yet (despite all my efforts!!!!)

AFU:- Just found out that DH is off to Christmas Island for work for FIVE MONTHS!!!!!!! And just as we were about to TTC again - typical!!!!!! Hopefully he will be back during O or the whole TTC idea will be on the backburner again. Don't know how I will cope but, as always, will find a way to manage!!!!

Ok, gotta head off to work, am still here!!!!!

Me

wow ladies... so very very slow in here...

Happy Easter for yesterday. We are at Loxton on the Murray (SA) at the moment. It is lovely and so great to see the river in flood - first time ever.

We head off tomorrow for camping with Marks cousins in a place called Cullulleraine - just on the Victorian border about thirty minutes from Mildura. I am looking forward to it. Doing the massive grocery shop tomorrow - it is only for four days but as I normally shop every second day it feels huge lol.

NURSEG - Fantastic news on the TTC but bummer about DH. Five months is such a long time... I really don't know how some of you ladies do it. Fingers crossed he can come back for the occasional babydance at the prime time.


Hope the Easter bunny made it to everyones place.

Jen

Hi ladies, just read back and I cant believe I havent posted for a month! It has been a pretty hectic month tho!

My last post in here was about Jack having gastro. Well exactly 4 weeks later and it is still in our house!!! Its awful. All four kids have had it and it just wont go away. We spent 2 weeks at my Mums and they had it there as well. Poor Jack has lost 1.5kg (11kg again!!) and now has the runs pretty badly today. Hopefully it goes away soon cos his scrawny little body needs to put some fat back on. They have all had it 3 times!!

School starts again tomorrow! hooray! haha altho I just plan to sit on the couch all day. I am so tired from sleepless nights with sick kids and mountains of washing. The big kids will love being back at school tho and hopefully that keeps them well!

Megan - glad work is going well. Bummer about DH going away just when TTC was about to start! Hopefully you are lucky this month. 5 months on your own seems like such a long time, hopefully it flies by!

Jen - enjoy the rest of your holidays. The weather should be lovely up that way.

WhiteLily - Did Shae find the easter bunny?? hehehe so cute!

We will have to do the easter bunny thing next year, we were all so sick that we didnt even bother was pretty funny at midnight on Sunday night when DP got home from work all excited and said "what night do we put the easter eggs out? . LOL he was so disappointed when I told him it was the night before and I hadnt bothered! Next year we will make up for it.

Time for me to listen to my relaxation tape and then try to nod off. My anxiety is a little up and down again at the moment, probably due to tiredness and stress! so hopefully with school comes routine again and everything will run smoothly. Hate the feeling of taking steps backwards again.

Hope everyone is well and has had a lovely Easter

Pink hope everyone is over the nasty gastro bug and you have all settled back in the school routine.

LEGs hope you have enjoyed the camping trip, sounds like fun

Megan bugger about DH's job taking him away when TTC. Can he get any visits home?

AFU we have movement at our block!! Its been re-pegged and we have water, well a tap which i assume is hooked to water, LOL!! Site works late this week and a slab next week! I cant frikin believe something is actually happening!

You are SO not allowed to beat me miss suzanne!!!

But congrats, all the same

What stage are you at now Tinks? Hurry them along!! which im sure you are already doing!!

Hi Guys!!
Sorry, have been MIA for a while... Morning sickness sucks. DH the darling bought me some ondanestron wafers earlier this week, I think he's a bit of over me laying around moaning all the time he he he. They do help with the nausea, magic drugs, but don't take away the horrid taste, bloating, tiredness etc... but, 10 weeks tomorrow, so all should clear up soon (sorry tinks!!)

Whitelily and Tinks have you started TTC yet? I seem to recall you were both going to go again some time soon??

Off to Holland for my SIL's wedding on the 21st- AWESOME!! She's getting married in a castle which I think is just so romantic, but castles are very common in HOlland, so perhaps it's more like getting married at the bowls club. Will have to wait and see. Tricky to buy a dress though....

Still managing to teach a few zumba classes each week, so can't be too bad- although I did have a lady ask me if I was expecting again so have obviously popped a little already (damn lycra work uniforms!!)

All this talk of ttcing... Makes me clucky... I want you to have lots of babies so I can live through you.

Glad first day back atwork went well robin.

Congrats suz.. Hope it happens fast.

Leita... Wow holland sounds fantastic and will come around in no time.

Me.. Back to work tomorrow. Monday and Tuesday were good... Just don't like being the new kid on the block and not having any idea what the he'll is going on.

Suzanne- waiting for finance and council approval, and yes, nagging them along

Leita- I'm glad your morning sickness will be over soon, i'dnot wish it on anyone

Yep, ttc this month, which is exciting but given it's taken a LONG time both times so no one should hold their breath!

leita - YAY for hubby bring home the Ondansetron - really works wonders!!!!!

Tinks and Suzanne - Yay for new homes, wish I could have one too!!!!! So sick of this small house with three kids.

Legs - Don't even start on the clucky!!!!! I thought Midwifery would give me the opportunity to cluck all over new babies and cure me of my desire to have number four but NO, it has only made me worse!!!!! In the process of discussing (ok, nagging) DH into number four!!!!!

AFM:- Still studying hard, love this job, definately the right job for me!!!!! Will be much happier when all the study is over with though. Gotta go, going to be "pampered" by the pre primay class at school for Mother's Day - I am a little scared!!!!! Hair and makeup, mani/pedi, massage and a tasting plate!!!!! You may never hear from me again

Megan the pre-primary class pampering sounds so cute! Hope you enjoyed it! I get some paper flowers from daycare that Shae made
Glad you are loving your work. How much longer left of the study part?

Tinks hope all the approvals come thru soon!
Yay to be TTC!! Hope we both get BFP's quickly!

Leita glad your m/s will be over soon. What a lovely DH getting you ondanestron wafers.
We will be TTC next month Cant wait
I think the castle sounds so romantic for a wedding

LEGs soon enough there will be another new person on the block and you will teach them all they need to know Hope you are settling in

Robyn hope being back at work is going well. How did Eden go at daycare?

Happy Mothers Day to everyone for Sunday!! Hope everyone has a lovely day and gets spoilt.

AFM So glad its Friday. Have been busy at work but very productive this week. Going to check out the block tomorrow i think pretty excited for it to look like something more than just dirt, tho it will still be mainly dirt until next week

Hi ladies

Suzanne - So glad things are happening with your house! Very exciting. Good luck with the TTC.

Megan - Fantastic that you love your job so much. It sure does sound great. I dont think it would stop me being clucky either haha. How did the pamper session go? sounds very cute

Tinks - Hopefully your house will get started soon and good luck with TTC to you too. Hopefully it wont be as long as the last two times

Jen - glad work is going well. I'm sure you'll settle in soon

Leita - wow 10 weeks already! How exciting Hopefully the meds work well and your sick feeling goes away. You're doing well to be still teaching Zumba through all this!

AFM - The gastro is gone!!! so so glad. That was truly awful. Jack has started to put on some weight again so thats good too.

I've got the sewing bug now I've made a couple of toys for friends babies and am about to make some nappy liners and cloth wipes. I also googled and learned to crochet tonight lol Feeling better at least and keeping busy is helping

I hope everyone has a lovely Mothers Day on Sunday

Yay Pink for learning to crochet!!!!!! Yes, definately not stopping the cluckiness, only making it worse!!!!

For those on FB, I managed to upload a couple of pics from the pamper day - my, did we all look beautiful!!!!!

We are home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We convinced the doctors to let out us on good behaviour. I have to go back as soon as his temp goes over 38 for longer than two hours, has any pain weeing/pooing or starts to vomit again BUT I'm home.

I didn't know what was wrong with the poor little man. In the end he had a urinary infection. They can't determine if he either
- got a Urinary infection which then infected the operation OR
- the operation caused an infection which caused a Urinary infection.
We have to go back to our specialist next week and see where to from here. The specialist at the Royal Childrens reckon Liam is too old (they normally do the repair at 1) and he knows how to hold his bladder, so he hasn't been emptying his bladder because it was hurting and this caused the infection.

Been a mad woman today, cleaning up from four days in hospital and getting everything ready for me to go to work tomorrow. Thought, I'd come and wave (say thanks for all the facebook thoughts).

jen.

Poor Liam. Glad you are both home now and that he is getting better. Hope he continues to improve!

i see you reading wilsmum, how is everything going?

New pic of Shae, we havent had any pics for a while


AFU bricks are on the slab and construction should start next week (if the weather is good)

*echo echo echo*

Sad how slow this moves now. Funny, I remember my DIG with Hannah making it just past 2nd birthdays too before it died in the a*se, and that was pre facebook!!

Hope everyone is well.

I'm at work (as if posting at 3:37am wasn't a giveaway!)

Expecting council approval and settlement on the loan to happen this week, so we should FINALLY start to see some movement on the block, am really hoping for a slab down this month.
Are ttc #3! which is a little scary and exciting all at the same time
The boy is still not talking, but a dream nonetheless
umm..
nope, thats all thats happening at ours, nothing too exciting!

talk to someone, hopefully at least someone reads, soon!

I'm reading Tinks would have posted before this but then i would really be talking to myself...

Great to hear that things are getting sorted out with the loan. FX for a slab this month. It will all happen so quick once the slab is down

We will have the walls done by the end of the week and we are hoping the roof will be on by the time we get back from Bali
Exciting times ahead for the both of us

Hi ladies. I'm sorry I haven't been in anywhere near as much as I should have been.

We have had our ups and downs lately. Jack has had gasto? 5 times in the last 2 months. He is a teeny little thing at the moment but we are working on getting him to eat. Have a referral to Sophie's specialists just in case there is something like her condition going on with him. I think I'm wasting their time but I suppose I can stop wondering if they just test him. Have to get blood and urine tests done and then we can go from there.

The rest of the kids are good Little Hannah is a gem. Cant believe she is already 9 months old!

Suzanne - Shae is gorgeous!! Look at that blonde hair. She has changed so much from when she was a baby.

Jen - how is Liam going now? I hope everything is sorted out.

Tinks - Fingers crossed that things get started on your house. Hopefully it will go great guns once they actually manage to start! Good luck TTC! You make gorgeous babies (with great names hehe)

I cant remember who is expecting and when!!! Please help out the Mummy with too many kids hence no working memory!!! LOL


for those not on facebook I will share a pic of my kiddies that we had taken a little while ago.

I still read, having trouble posting here as well as the DIG for Barry too (that poor group will be lucky to survive post babies, but hopefully the other half of the month will be enthusiastic

Things are going well mostly, lots of family dramas as always, pretty cruisy pregnancy, but I am soooo tired more often than ot. Somedays I wonder what I've done. I expect that will likely continue for the next 20 years or so

I think I told you guys (?) that Barry is in fact a girl. We've had a hard time coming up with names but at this stage front runner is Eleanor Ruth. I have no idea if it will stick though.

Claire is a delight (mostly). She is very tall and very chatty for her age. I will have to take some more pics as the camera doesn't seem to get as many outings these days. She is starting to get a bit more awareness of the "baby in Mum's tummy", but it is still fairly abstract. I've bought a couple of books from Book Depository, so I hope they help.

I have my 32w OB appt soon so need to dash.


Good luck on the houses ladies - so exciting!

I still read in here too. i guess I post on facebook most. I don't think most groups survive too long in the parents rooms. My 2007 group is still going strong (on Facebook) and we all agree that we drive each other batty and have low periods.

Life here is hectic! Am loving Melbourne but was a little sad this week because tried all week to find a babysitter so I could go out tonight but gave up yesterday. Long story short I've been able to find a reliable babysitter living just down the road but she wasn't available tonight.... so all wasn't lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other than that the kids are going good. Back to the doctor next week with Liam and hopeful a good report - I dont' think we have had too many problems. He mentioned he might need to have an op every six months to stretch it all out. Sounds daunting but given the op is a day operation and he recovered really well last time I'm not too phased by it.

TInk - I just read on facebook that you only just settled on your block.. that took an eternity babe.. I feel for you!

Hiya!!

I'm still here... well, sometimes!! We just got back from our trip to Holland, which was uber awesome, Amalia was a little gem (well, she was so much better than i feared she might be!!) and her version of jetlag is to sleep 14 hours a night for a week!!

Yay for your houses tinks and White-Lily- I'm so jealous!! One day, one day. Can't have my cake and eat it to I guess, price I pay for getting to stay at home, so I'm happy to pay :-)

LEGS, glad Liam is on the mend. Not good that you'll need follow up ops, but at least he copes well.

Pink- what are you making this week?? I've been thinking of getting a sewing machine- haven't had one for years, but used to enjoy it.... but then I've only just discovered time to do things again now that Mali is more independant, and when the next one comes along I'm sure that will change again! Hope the gastro has stayed away from your house- good luck with jack's appts.

CCL- hope your appt went well, can't believe you are 32 weeks already!! Yikes!

16 weeks now and feeling much better. Belly is definately sticking out now. Have some gorgeous pics of Mali at the wedding, will have to find one and upload......

OK, must go and eat. Catch you later!!

Hi All!!

Renee yay for 'Barry' being a girl. And 32 weeks!! Now much longer to go at all, I'm sure the time will fly.

Leita wow, 16 weeks already! Where does the time go? Glad the wedding went well and Mali travelled well.

LEGs great to hear Liam has recovered well. Bummer about him needing more surgery but at least future op's will only be day surgery

Jo hope everyone is well in your household and the sickness is gone! Love the picture what a gorgeous family you have there

Tinks How are things coming with the house? All the bank stuff get sorted yet? Slab?

AFU We are off to Bali tomorrow (cant wait!)
House is coming along well. There have been a few delays with the brickies but the wall should be finished by the time we get home from our trip.
We have just started TTC to FX for a BFP soon

Shae is doing well. She talks soooo much and is growing again (she is so tall). The amount of food she puts away is incredible
She is still in her cot but not for too much longer. I think she will be moved to a bed when we get home. Everytime i ask her if she wants to be a big girl and sleep in a bed she says 'later' and rolls her eyes at me
Still having trouble with her asthma but this year has been better than last year so that's something. Hips are great and should stay that way

Well best get back to packing
Chat soon

Ummm.... HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I come in?



I haven't been in for ages - so much has happened but I tend to just do quick updates on facebook and read what is going on in here from time to time.

So for those not on fb here is my news from the past few months.
We renamed Eden, and she is now known as Harriet. This was such a big decision to make, and it was playing on my mind for ages. People would ask me at the shops "what is your baby's name?" and I would always immediately go to say Harriet but had to stop myself and say "Eden". So.... it was difficult to do, but I broached the topic with DH and we changed her name! I do not regret this at all! So glad we did it actually.

So I need a new signature! Hint, hint Danielle!

Also, we spent almost a week in hospital with Harriet as she had a really bad case of Bronchiolitis. Poor darling scared the crap out of me, and it was a really difficult time. This was just the week before Easter.

I'm back at work 3 days per week. I'm enjoying it, but there are a few issues that I have raised with the manager and she is totally across it. I work Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays so I find that to be a good balance between spending time with the babies and continuing my career.

DH started a new job last week - he was poached by another company and offered quite a tempting deal, which he (we) decided that he should just accept and sadly he left his job after about 6 years of service! But on a positive note, he is enjoying his new job so far and has managed to impress the owners already.

Ok I'll do a couple of personals now

Renee - woo hoo I'm sure that I knew you were having a girl, but congrats again. My friend from mothers group had a girl today - Annie Rose. Can't wait to meet her. She is the last one in our group to have a second child (this is from Noah's MG).

Whitelily - I hope you are enjoying Bali! I'm sure you are. Congrats on all of the progress with building your new home. The photo you posted of Shae is gorgeous! She has changed so much. I can't believe she had really dark hair and now she is so fair. Wishing you all the best with TTC - perhaps instead o having Bali Belly, you'll have Bali Baby? Did you see the segment on the news about the Botox trial which is being used for asthmatics? They are injecting it in a muscle in the voicebox of asthmatics and it has been extremely successful so far!

Leita - I'm not sure if I have popped on to say congratulations!! so if not CONGRATULATIONS to you! How cute that your belly has popped out. I'd love to see a pic of Mali.

LEGs - I read on fb that Liam needs another op. What happened? I hope it all goes well for you (and him of course!)

Jo - I LOVE that pic of your kids! I am amazed how similar Jack and Hannah look. It is like you have cloned him and put a dress on him. They are just beautiful!

Tinkster - yayayay I'm so excited that you are TTC! Another gorgeous baby for this world! I hope you get a BfP soon! Also congrats to you re: your block / bulding. Exciting times!

Okay that is all I can see from the last 10 posts. I promose I'll post more often now

Ciao!! xx

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to quickly pop in and say hi and share some exciting news.... Found out that we FINALLY got a

It feels a bit weird given we know a few people who were TTC when we were and they have already given birth but it must be our turn.
I've been feeling pretty ordinary which I didn't have with Wil so fingers crossed it doesn't happen for long.

As I'm friends on FB with some of my work colleagues I obviously won't be sharing anything on there until I've told my boss.... So please don't write anything on there just yet.

Give I'll soon be more than just "Wilsmum" I think I'm going to change my user name so if you see someone pop in with a user name with something similar to my name.... that will be me!

Tinks and Suzanne - good to hear you are finally building. Once it gets started it seems to go quickly as there is always something to look at each time you visit, unless you stalk the place like we did when we built and then some days it feels like no one has even been there

Jo - your kids are lovely and the family photos are fabulous, you must be very pleased and perhaps a little torn as to which ones to buy. Poor Jack and now Hannah have had a really rough trot... Fingers crossed the end of the sickness comes quickly.

Robyn - you have had your far share of illness too. It's good to hear you are enjoying being back at work.
I love Harriet's name change.

Jen - How's Liam doing? I saw you post something on FB about another infection. I hope he's better and stops getting this yucky infections.

Suzanne - all the best for your TTC and who knows you might end up having a successful trip to Bali!!!
Shae is very cute and it's great to hear no more issues with her hips.

Wow - Renee your pregnancy seems to have gone super fast. I also love your name choice....

Leita - almost halfway. You must be getting exciting!

Wil is fabulous and never stops talking and when he's not talking he's singing. He amazes me with how many words he has and how many songs he can sing really well.... words that is not so much his singing pitch - he must take after his mum!! He is still obsessed with the Wiggles and we are off to our first show. It's a Dorothy the Dinosaur show (thanks Karen) and he will love it. He also loves Bob the Builder, just the theme song and will watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Hot Dog Song.
He's a good boy and aside from cracking it occasionally and hitting the table or the wall he's not showing to many signs of the terrible twos....

ok better go and cook my lil man some sgetti
Ciao

Congratulations Dannii!

Congrats danni

Congrats Danni!!! Hope everything goes perfectly and the m/s yuckiness clears up quickly!
Shae is becoming obsessed with the Wiggles too! Its sooo cute to watch them sing along to the songs, isn't it? Giggle and Hoot is also a huge hit with her.

Robyn love Harriets name change
Glad things are getting sorted out at work and you have managed to find the balance that works for your family

Tinks have you got a slab yet? And what can you tell me about UTI's in kids? Shae has one and the Dr said they were uncommon in kids... he put her a/biotics and is going to u/s her kidneys in a few weeks - normal?? Thanks for any help/advise you can offer

AFM Bali was great! We didnt do much, just took Shae to the Safari Park and spent the rest of time shopping, eating and drinking Was nice and relaxing which was just what we wanted out of it. Shae traveled well to, most of the time. Few tanties but what can you expect. We realised she is not ready to drop the day sleep at all! Which i am quietly thankful for.
No Bali BFP but thats ok, probably drowned the poor egg in Malibu and cocktails

House is coming along well. They finished the walls on Friday and the roof carpenters started yesterday and are booked in for the next 2 weeks. Cant wait until the roof is on, it will look like a proper house and hopefully the weather wont impact anymore. I think we are on track to move in just before Christmas.

no slab, we got scraped today, slab due next week.

Uti- if its her first its probably nothing to worry about, but kids who get lots tend to have urinary issues, that show up on the u/sound. so no stress atm, wait for scan

Sorry, on phone,hard to see/type more

Thanks Tinks. Yeah its her first and she is responding well the the anti-biotics so will not worry

Hope you get your slab down next week

congrats dani!!! what fanastic news, am hopeful that the next ten months is NON eventful.

TINKS - the house is starting to go up how exciting. It seems like it was a long time coming so hopefully the build goes quickly

ROBYN - I'm a fan of either Eden or Harriet but glad you approached the subject and changed it. has anyone made any nasty comments about it or questioned what you were doing. I figure when you look at your beautiful girl if that is what you want to call her than go for it. I call Gretel the Gremlin but obviously wont be changing her name (lol)!

White-Lily - I know the pain of toddler UTI's all too well!!!! So glad the anti-b's are doing the trick. This is hillarious... crossing fingers for you. The house is sounding very exciting.

LEITA - the halfway mark is uber cool. I feel like it has gone to quickly (but that is maybe caused by me occasionally popping my head in here).

TINA - congrats on the run... OH and winning your age champion. Did I read you are doing 15ks..., crazy girl.

ME...
Well yes Liam has been sick again. Long story short (by my understanding... and doctors do speak gobble-gook) but they think Liam's genetics has blessed him with the ability to produce scar tissue in the urinary tract at a rapid rate. Consequently we are going to need to have numerous operations to try and clear it out. We were hoping to last six months between operations but unfortunately we only went five weeks from the last operation and the next UTI and hence we had to have another op to make the opening bigger. Poor thing. The doctor are hoping to last three months now. He said if we keep doing it, it will get the idea and eventually 'stay' big if that makes sense. It is just so frustrating as by looking at his penis I can't see if the hole has closed or is smaller because it all just looks the same... obviously I do not have eye for looking at the male genetalia. If we catch the UTI's quick enough then the normal drugs work but he seems to go downhill quite rapidly and if we don't catch it we end up in hospital and on a drip again. The normal gp and specialist have decided that if he presents with UTI symptoms then we are going to start the ABs whilst we wait for confirmation as it is better than to get in the state we were in the first time. Thankfully Liam is doing brilliantly and soldiers on at the moment.

Other than that work is going well, as is home life. I love Port Melbourne... just need to find a couple of million to stay here permanently. We only have a year left.. gotta stop thinkinga bout it or it will fly.

Hi ladies,

Tinks Yay for your block... I saw the pics with the progress... Very exciting!!

Jen - Poor Leeman, and terrible for you guys having to deal with this so often. I bet you are missing a crap load of work. I hope you do start to see some improvement and larger times between UTI's!

Whitelily - We got Wil tickets for the Dorothy Wiggles show (minus the Wiggles and the real Captain Feathersword for September. We've told him about it but I don't think he understands. It's been good for Wil teaching him words and names but we are having a bit of trouble with colours because we only seem to know blue as Anthony etc. If we show him something green and ask him what colour it is he says Dorothy!! Opps

My news is not so great. Unfortunately I had a miscarriage somewhere around 6 weeks. The doc says I don't need a D&C because I have bleed and my hormones are almost back to normal. Not sure what to make of it but from the reading I've done on the net this seems to be fairly common in early miscarriages.
It was devastating but I guess it goes some way to perhaps explain why I might have been so sick. So we are playing the waiting game before we can go again, plus I need to get over this loss both physically and emotionally.
It's an amazing day in SUNNY Melbourne today so we are off to play outside and soak in some of the suns rays.

Have a lovely weekend