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How was everyone's wknd.

Jodie- Hope you can some answers for Dane. Poor litte man. It's stressful when they cry and don't sleep.

Good to see you in here Jo.

How was your wknd Mel. Did you have a good time with your brother over?

It's already 10.30 and I'm in need of nanna nap. I was up late applying for some jobs. I want to go back to work. I'm getting moody just being at home. I was going to stay home until the boys went to school, but that will do my head in I think and I want to finish the house and yard and it's too hard on one wage and I'm soooo impatient. So hopefully someone calls me back.

Went shopping in the city on Sat(gotta love the sales) and walked to Southbank and took Cohen on the City Cat. He loved it. Aston spent the day doing things with dad.

Just put Aston to bed ,but my other evil child is being so silly this morning.
Cohen has been so naughty lately and so sooky. I'm getting real sick of it.
When do they leave home

My weekend was pretty good Sandra. Actually had quite early nights... Sunday I went to DFO at Jindalee, picked up a cool pair of shoes for $10 and some junk jewellery... score. Want to go back there wednesday when I get paid! A few other things caught my eye.

Not much planned for the week... considering a new piercing Can't afford the tattoo I want just yet though.

I've been invited out on the weekend, girls night out. But will depend if I can get a babysitter.

Oh I found head lice on Wil on friday EWWW Must have picked them up at daycare. So I picked out about 6, then shaved his head, picked out another one and some eggs, then coated his head in conditioner. I haven't found any more but I bought some tea tree oil and a nit comb and will keep an eye on him. The girls had none and neither do I, though I'm getting paranoia itching just thinking about it! Pretty good innings though, first time nits have been in the household, the girls have been lucky.

Howdy everyone

A new thread, I need to go back and finish the other one
But not now, it's midnight

Well that bug lasted a bloody week. Thomas came down with it, he too like Ryan was not too bad but it lasted days and his was more the other end that didn't give up. A really weird strain. Then of course in the end I had to get it too, I too wasn't bad and was just other end but was a right off for a day, feeling crappy as and hardly moving. Lucky it was sunday and hubby was home for part of day (rest of day coping with footy runs)
So hopefully now it's all gone, everyone seems to be totally fine now. Missed so much last week.

Car won't be fixed until week after next. So no news yet.

Nothing much happening here. Same old stuff really.
Brett gets his P's on wednesday

Sandra, Hope you get a call back, what type of work was it you were going for?
I am enjoying being back at work. Seems to be working out perfectly hrs wise and taking a little strain off of us financially, not a lot, but a little and anything helps hey. But mentally I am enjoying it. A little bit of stimulation for the brain and I work with lovely people so feel very comfortable and at ease.
When do they leave home?? Don't males take longer to leave home, hahahaha

Mel, Oh no on the headlice. Little critters suck.
When Thomas had them not that long ago, a friend (who works doing displays for chemists) gave me Full Marks lotion (and a spray one too) Its good, has no smell and works in 10mins. Apply to dry hair. It's safer than the harsh ones, as it has no pesticides or something. It dehydrates the lice and they die. The comb is great too, nothing could get through them they are so close to each other.

I'd better go to bed, work tomorrow

Kristy sounds like the bug we have had.
Well craig and Miah were sick last week for 24 hours only... miah chucked once and then was fine. i got it monday night i just felt so sick and had 1 lot of the runs and that was it. My boys havent had it, fingers crossed they dont get it. It was really weird, not the usual gastro type bug.

Sandra, Ezekiel's been like that too... must be their age!

Mel, yuck headlice, i hope ezekiel doesnt get it from his cc, his hair is so thick i really would have to shave it off, and its too cold here to do that!

Jodie, Poor Dane.

AFU well ezekiel's in cc 2 days a week now, coz craigs working away so much, hes basically away for the next 8 weeks but home on saturday arvo and sundays. Little Elias is so good still, sleeping great still. but still little. 5.4kgs at 17 weeks! he has had dermatitis on his face so we are waiting to see a dermatologist

Ezekiel is shocking atm his sleeping has been terrible. he has been waking everynight for the last 3 months and staying awake for up to 3 hours in the middle of the night... i thought babies were meant to do this not 2.5 year olds!!!

Miahs doing well, shes doing so well at school, smart little cookie she is!

Hope everyone else is ok. its freezing here and raining... my kids have all had colds, elias is on antibiotics, ezekiel probably needs to be, got to take him to the dr he has had a cold for 3 weeks now.

As always if I'm missing any info feel free to PM me and I'll add it to the list

Marika - how are the glasses going?

Sandra good luck with the job hunting, hope you find the perfect one, that fits in nice.

mel, you have been rpetty lucky with no head lice for the girls, hope wil hair is all sorted now

krsity yay to brett getting his p's

bec bugger about Ezekiel waking in he night, must be so tired in the mornings.. Great that Elias is a great sleep, hope the dermatitis clears.

hi Marika how did you go with finishing up the comic strip?

AFU kaiden has his off day but he has really good days where he is a gem i like those days lol
Dane we are slowly getting sorted, i have pretty much stoppe teh mylanta but are now giving him thickener before feeds which seems to be doing the trick yay, its a PITA getting it all ready but worth it in the end when he goes to sleep lol so have just been focused on getting him on track....have been really struggling the past couple of weeks, i gave in and i got a referal to Karitanie but things seem to be on the improve now so dont think i will need them

ok kaiden is wanting my attention so better go attend to him lol

Yuck to the head lice Mel, bloody CC, it's crazy how kids always get it there. They do like fair hair and it must say something about you too because lice love clean hair. Blurghhhhh
How are your piercings?

Hope things improve for Dane Jodie. You must be exhausted
Thanks for asking about the comic, it's the reason why I have no freakin time for any thing else other than quick posts on FB, the last bit was so fiddly and time consuming....
I sent off the sample last night and am waiting to hear back.... my friend was supposed to call today, but he's such a scatter brain so I knew he wouldn't.
His last email was a bit wierd so I'm not sure what's gong on.... I think the Artist is currently in San Diego, or focussing on getting his portfolio together for a trip to San Diego or something, so I'm thinking it may be a slow process with the job anyway... which suits me fine as the only time I'm getting a chance to work is when Grace is asleep. We really need to get a good desk for the play room so I can work and watch her at the same time.

Good luck on your Job hunting Sandra. What type of work are you after?
Grace is being naughty and sooky too, mainly when she's tired or when I'm babysitting my niece, which I'm currently doing 2 days a week.
She just wants me, all of my attention. I guess its all part of the realisation that they are separate to you, so they must get scared and unsure. They are learning so much ATM
My girl is starting to jump at loud noises and run to me, she is much easier to startle, which is sad. I don't ever want her to be scared of anything, but I know it's something that she has to learn
She's also testing the boundries, I'll say NO to something and she'll keep doing it to see what'll happen next.
If she know's she's doing something that she's not allowed to do and I catch her out she covers her eyes with her hands because she thinks I can't see her anymore because she can't see me It's the cutest thing, but very cheeky.
We're having real progress with her hitting us, she hardly ever does it now. Thank goodness, I was worried that it would get worse.

The Glasses are NOT going Lia, she's now refusing to let me even put them on her head. We’re beginning to wonder if we should get another opinion. It just doesn't seem right, we've had them for 2 weeks now and she still tries to look around them not through them... Could just be that they are different and therefore she doesn't like them, but we're wondering if they are the right prescription. I've spoken to a few mums of children with glasses and they all said it was hard but their toddlers realised that they could see better so in the end kept them on..... we're not even close to that... hmmmm

I'd love to hear some input from you Kathryn

Jeez Bec, poor you. Do you think Ezekiel's molars may be causing him problems? Those molars are pretty huge and painful to cut....
I hope he settles down for you.
Yay for Mia doing well at school. You must be proud: D
And boo for Elias' dermatitis. I feel your pain. Grace has the worst skin, she inherited it from Dh, we are currently using 4 different creams on her just to keep her eczema at bay We've tried everything else and these creams are the only thing that's doing anything for her.

You must be so sick of illnesses Kristy, you guys always seem to be getting sick
But I guess that's what happens when you have kids in school, they catch every nasty bug that goes around...
Congrats to Brett on his P's I know he passed ages ago, but had to wait, still It must be crazy to see your son behind the wheel! At least that's one less drop off you'll have to do - yeah?

So that's about us right now, except that things are going a bit haywire with DH's work ATM, which is adding a lot of stress...

At work, waiting for a patient to arrive.....



I know what you mean Marika, Archie is driving me insane, I'm sick of "NO". Running away is another big issue.

I saw Kathryn on Friday, we went to the local gynastics gym for the kids to run off some energy!

Lia - Are you bored? I don't know how you do night shift.

Sitting here pondering on whether to buy Alex a single bed with a trundle or bunk beds that come down to 2 single beds. What would you do? Needing the extra bed for when my sister visits.

If you think that you'll be having more children Sonia then I'd go the bunk beds
If not then I'd go the trundle

BUnk beds are awesome, I remember all the fun I used to have with my sisters on our bunks

Piercings are great Marika

I had a fab weekend, went to the gay pride fair with a few friends and then went for a dance afterwards. Today has been a lazy day watching the seinfeld marathon on fox and LA Ink

Sonia - can be boring, first night is hard as you just power through on no sleep! Can be really exciting and interesting too...... only 1 stabbing for the weekend

We bought Ben a loft bed, which he loves. Changing the sheets is a serious PITA. Ben has been wetting the bed again recently and DH and I look at each and wonder what we were thinking getting that bed. Bunks would be just as bad

Mel - what did you get pierced?

I got 2 piercings.... enough said

yeah in her ears Lia

We took Gracie to the Adelaide Zoo yesterday for the very first time, she loved it, and a great day was had by all.
We bought her a whit Gibbon toy as a memorabilia because she had a great conversation with one that was sitting particularly close to us when we saw them.
We'll definitely take her again, and hopefully next time we can get her out of the pram - we couldn't yesterday because she's a runner. (I'm trying to train her not to run off by taking her on short walks around our neighbourhood, but it's slow going.)
So yeah - a fun day, but it was very very chilly though and now DH is sick with a cold, and I can feel the beginnings of one creeping up on me even though I slept in a different bed last night to avoid getting his.


Poo

Sounds like you had a lovely time at the Zoo Marika. I love the zoo. I have a runner also. Those little legs can and run fast.
Hope you havent' got Dh's cold. If you do hopefully you are able to get some rest.
I can't imagine how hard it must be to keep the glasses on Grace. I'm sure it's getting frustrating for the both of you.

Sonia- I would go the trundle. I think I might look into these when we buy a big bed for Aston. We have a 3 bedroom house and when people stay there is no where for them to sleep besides the couch,so the trundle bed would come in handy for us I think. Until we win lotto and can extend the house
I had bunks with my sister,but they were both on the ground.

I'm tempted to put the boys in the same room. Cohen will go and hop into bed with Aston,but I bring him back out. Then he ends up sleeping with us and now it's becoming a habit that I don't want. I don't think Cohen likes to sleep by himself.

Kat -How are the boys sleeping in the same room?


I have one of those. It's driving me bonkers
I just send him to his room after a tantrum and I tell him he can't come out until he setttles down. 20 secs he is usually back out and he has usually calmed down until the next tantrum.

Lia what time does your shift usually finish? Do you get to sleep when you get home?

Kristy- How has it been with B driving. I bet it's heaps easier and he can help you out and I'm sure he doesn't mind driving
How's work?
It's so hard to find a job that fits into kids. I can find heaps of full time jobs,but that wouldn't really work and I don't want to put the boys in full time daycare. I ned to find some night shift work I think.

Mel Glad your piercings are healing nicely. Sounds like you had a good time out you, little social butterfly

Jodie- So glad to hear that Dane is feeding better. Glad that you don't need Karitanie anymore. Your doing a fab job

Bec- How are things? Is Graig away again? Do you get any help from friends and family at all whilst he's gone.
Hope everyone feels better soon.
Great job to Miah at school. Sounds like she really enjoys going.

Donna- What did you end up deciding about Uni? Hope whatever you decided your happy with
I saw your FB status. Did you dress the boys the same for their photo's.

Jo- How is everything going with you? How are the girls. Is Dh home?


Took Aston to the bookfest on the wknd. Got them some more books for them to rip pages out . I love the bookfest.

Nothing exciting happening here as usual. Just looking for work. I feel like I have ants in my pants. I need to do something contructive and I'm bored. I'm still doing WW and I have lost 4.5 kg I actually weigh less then I did before I got pregnant with Cohen Ok that's all the exciting news that I have, I'll be off.

Have a good wk everyone

Congrats on the weight loss Sandra! You must feel great
I need to shed a few kilos. I haven't weighed myself in so long as we don't have any scales, but can tell I'm heavier than ever. Too much yummy food

Ahhh our 2 year olds are fun aren't they

We're still a no go with the glasses. It's driving me nuts!

...and DH is still home sick, somehow I'm holding it at bay, I really don't need another cold.

Mel - one for each?

Sandra - well done on the WW, I need to go back. More than anything I need to start doing some more exercise! Maybe I should pull the Wii Fit out!

I enrolled in a subject for next semester and I received a booklist for the subject today. $450 for 2 textbooks, for a single subject that goes for 4 months realistically They have got to have rocks in their heads if they think that that is going to happen!!

Took Archie to swimming this morning, he screamed for half the lesson because he wanted to go down the slide..... so over it

Jodie - did you find your keys?

Lia - Cohen has major tantrums at the moment too. If we go outside and play,I dread bringing them back in. They both now crack it scream,cry you name it. Cohen is teaching Aston naughty things . I even had to take the coffee table down AGAIN. They both climb on top and jump on the glass panel in the middle.
I agree at two textbooks. Can you buy them somewhere else cheaper.
I would love to go to uni,but don't think I can afford it

I weighed Cohen and Aston on the wii fit plus the othr day. Cohen is 13.5kg and Aston is 13.4kg and 10 cm shorter. They can wear the same clothes now,just the pants on Asti marty are still a little too long.

Marika- Hope Dh feels better soon. Hopefully you and Grace not get it at all.

I think losing the weight makes me more motivated to keep going. I can't see it,but the scales are telling me so. They better be right I think I will feel great once I get to my goal weight...Hopefully.
I don't own scales either. I use a friends down the road The wii told me I lost 1.7 kg in a day. That is so wrong, so I'll stick to the other scales.

Hi donna.

Ryder and Cohen at the shops getting groceries. Aston is asleep and it is pure bliss.Danm their back.
I even manged to finish the sooki stackhouse book. I didn't really enjoy it all that much. Some bits I found b.o.r.i.n.g.

I watched Private Practice last night and cried like a baby. So sad

Anyway I'm rambling

Sandra well done on the weigh loss, thats awesome, i need to get my but into gear and off the lounge
yay on getting through the book, i am read 2 at the moment, they ill never get finsished at the rate i read lol

marika hope gracie starts to cooperate with the glasses...poor little thing

lia eeek wow thats a lot of $$ for 4months worth of books
yeah my dad found the keys, i looked in the baby bag a million times as did my mum but didnt see or hear or feel them, then an hr later my dad check the bag and there they are grrr there are so many pockets in that bag, they were in a pocket of a pocket lol

hi Donna

hi everyone


nothing really to share, same old, same old!

Hey Guys,
Think I have a few few minutes for a post lol

Mel ~ Hope your piercings are going well, crazy lady lol. No way I would do it lol. My stupid 17 yo SIL did hers herself and IMO it is in the wrong place and just looks yuck, but she has no problem wacking it out to show the world .
Hope that the nits have left your place I get itchy just thinking about those little buggers.

Marika ~ Gracie just looks adorable in her glasses Hope that she learns to wear them soon, must be hard for her to understand.

Sandra ~ We are going really well in the same room suprised me really. Harry is having sleep issues again driving me insane comes into our room all night so I put him back to bed and this happens over and over for hours VERY over that.
Can't believe that your boys are in the same size clothes lol. I can only imagine the mischiefe that they get into Harry is just starting to corrupt Patterson lol

Kristy ~ Congrats on B getting his P's

Lia ~ Wow a water slide sounds awsome bet Archie had a ball

Hi to those I have missed

AFU ~ All going well, I am knackered most of the time at the minute I think maybe coz the boys like to tag team so one night one of them will sleep through and the next night the other, leaving me without a full night sleep since forever. Patty is cutting all his molars and eye teeth poor little mite it must hurt, he was eating ice cream the other night and had blood comming out his mout from the new teeth .

Harry is pretty much toilet trained now and even wearing pants lol. I am very proud of him I was dreading having 3 in nappies. Although I have to learn about these bloody willies lol I will often put him on the loo and he is too far forward or it is pointing the wrong way and end up with wee everywhere lol.

He is a great little conversationist now, I can't believe how much he talks and talks and talks takes after his Daddy I think.
He is doing his best impersonation of the terrible 2's at the moment just constantly pushing my buttons, I think alot of it is Daddy lets him do what ever he wants and Mummy is a meany. He has started walking with me makes it a bit easier my belly is starting to get in the way of the handles on the tandem pram and its getting way too heavy for me with them both in it. I brought a strap for him to hold so I didn't run him over with the pram when he was holding it he was wonderful but now OMG he runs and is a fair dinkum little sh*t. I have had to put the strap round his wrist, I used to thin k Mums who did that were cruel but I can't chase him any more and it is better than a Harry pancake.

Bub is doing well breech at the minute, measuring smaller than the boys did, but they were huge so it may not be a bad thing. Looks like he will be delivered between the 20th and 24th of August so a week earlier than I had expected

Better go Patterson stinks lol

Hi

awesome weight loss Sandra, well done.
wow yours boys are very close in weight.

i have miah and ezekiel sharing and for me its a real pita. which is why i am looking for a 4 bedroom rental in our price range. i have been looking for the last 2 weeks its so hard not a lot put there in this area.

Kat i am hearing you on the sleep issues, my little ezekiel is a bugger of a sleeper, constantly wakes all night too.... i ended up putting a matress next to my bed for when he wakes and comes in. gosh my 4.5 month old sleeps better than him.

Mel, as everyone else has said hope your piercings are healing well.

jodie, dont ya hate it when you cant find your damn keys.

kristy yay to B getting his P's

hi to everyone else

yep craigs away basically for the next 8 weeks but home weekends so its not too bad.he is only 2 hrs away but its too far to come home everynight.

apart from that not much is happening here... kids are almost all better after all needing ab's... Elias is seeing a dermatologist next month... and ezekiels speech therapist got a new job so got to wait to see another one. As its through the government so its free.

Bec, glad to hear the kids are done with their ABs. I struggle when my two are sick, you poor thing managing 3 at once! Although, I live in hope that Miah settles better than the boys (so I can dream of Eleanor and Meggie settling nicely one day!)

Hi Donna.

Hi Kristy. When did B get his licence? I missed that one, I think. Nice work. Congratulations to him.

Sandra, congratulations on the weight loss! Well done. I have noticed that I tend to lose a bit of weight when DH is away, mostly because I never get to finish a full breakfast or lunch, lol. Still about 5 or 10 kg over, though, depending on which weight I base it on - pre-baby or pre-Hobart - . DH is home at the moment, although he's likely to disappear over the creek (to Hobart) again with only 3 or 4 days' notice...

Marika, I hope Gracie starts to like her glasses. I was 10 when I got mine, drove my mum completely bonkers in the car on the way home, "I can see the leaves on that tree, Mum", "I can read that sign [read sign]"...Poor thing! The zoo sounds like fun.

Lia, oh dear . I skimmed the post with a bit of a scoff at $450 (bah, I spent $1,000 per semester, easily ), but then I read it properly... . I bet it's the lecturer's own books, hmm? Or his/her superior's? Hopefully you can access them at the uni library or locate it at work.

Mel, owww. Hope you're healing nicely. Covering myself now

Jodie, glad you found your keys. I have a damn card as a key, drives me nuts. I gave it to Meggie to hold one day while I was strapping her in and, just as I went to take it back, she piffed it. Twilight, dark grey interior, darker grey credit card type key...grr. I found it in the boot eventually. It had slipped between the seats. Luckily, I had food in the car to distract them while I searched! It was an evening pickup from CC, so they were starving, poor little creatures. (yeah right, like they'll starve any time soon!)

Kat, I'm so with you on the tag-teaming, only we get it in the same night. One night Eleanor will sleep through (Meggie is still coming into bed with me most nights), and then the next they'll both be waking 2 or 3 times. Of course they alternate! It's no fun any other way...I hope it eases up soon. We've got them sharing a room too. When one is unsettled, the other will usually sleep through the noise as long as it doesn't go on too long. It gives us a spare room too, which is good - considering that Meggie takes up so much room that DH usually ends up in the spare bed. That would be the couch for him if we had one room each for the girls, as they are both still in cots.

Can anyone lend me an extra day a week? I have too much work to do and two sick kids. (get the violins already) We're hiring someone in a support role at work, so hopefully that will help to ease my workload and I can concentrate on stuff that earns the firm some money...and will let me stick with 3.5 days a week, instead of nearly 5. I have to read up on how to conduct an interview, as I've never done it (have been on the other side a few times, so hopefully that will help a little).

It looks like Meggie has bronchial asthma, not just bronchiolitis. I don't get the difference, something about the nomenclature, coz it all sounds like wheezes to me, he he! Luckily her chest seems to have cleared up quickly this time. We're off to the doctor again tomorrow (today) for a checkup. Oh my local GP clinic must love me, spending all this money with them! Bloody non-bulkbilling, (quality), (nice), (smart) doctors. Eh, I'll stop whinging in a tick...

Umm, how do I say this? Remember how I fell down the steps at home last June and fractured my sacrum? Well, I fell down the stairs at work yesterday, tripped 5 steps from the bottom and tried to catch myself for a few steps before not making it. No broken bones this time, I think, but a nice little concussion and a big lump on one shin, along with various other scrapes and bruises. This is the third time I've fallen down stairs. You'd think there would be money in it for me - or that I would work out how to do stairs... *sigh* I do love my wheat bag and my nurofen and medicinal chocolate...

OK, it's late and I'm dribbling rubbish. Time for bed.

Night all. Take care.

Jo Ouch- I really hope your ok.You are having some bad luck in the stairs department. Strairs aren't my best friend either. Usually I fall over cause I've tripped over my own feet
Hope the girls feel better soon. It sure is going round. I hope we don't end up with it again anytime soon.

I would love to put the boys in one room. They do everything together as it is and one room for the computer and a spare bed would be great or another baby

Bec- Cohen is having sleeping issues also. It's driving me insane. If he doesn't have a nanna nap during the day he is a little terror to get to bed at night,obviously cause he's overtired. But if he does have a nap he will go to bed (not in his). The other night he slept in his bed for the first time in ages,but he came into our bed early in the morning. Maybe it's warmer in the middle with mum and dad.
At least Aston is sleeping through. Just wish he would sleep till about 9am Wishful thinking perhaps.
How is Ezekiel going at Speech Therapy? Cohen has another appointment with another Audiologist (public this time) in August.
Hope Elias's app goes well with the dermatologist. Can't believe how big he is getting.

We have shopped around for our air con AGAIN. We have had the money sitting there for about 6 months so finally going to get it. Ryder's work mate knows a guy at Retravision and he rang him up and we have got the cheapest quote so far. So Ryder is going to go next wk to pick it up
Look out summer here we come. Oh gee it's going to be nice. Oh how much I have missed your air con xoxo

Ryder is working this morning. So I'm bored and it's too cold to take the boys outside just yet and I would love to go back to bed.
I went to bed last night about 8. I had a migraine Still have slight headache now. Hopefully the Asprin kicks in..

Have a good wknd everyone

Jo - OMG! You have to stop falling over woman!

Today I took the girls to another birthday party in a playcentre... 4th one this year! Then I did food shopping. Now I plan to cook dinner, put the kids to bed and have a glass of wine. Bliss. I will finish reading Dead in the Family also, right at the end. Did you finish it yet Sandra? I wish there were more books. I saw at the back she has another series all with Grave in the names so I might check those out.

Next weekend I hope to go out with friends to a club, looking forward to it Though I may go up and visit my best mate, not sure yet what I'd like to do... depends if M is reliable having access I guess.

Piercings have been no trouble at all.... even when played with it seems Lia, no I went for something different and got 2 in one lmao nah I like symmetry Naughty me hasn't even been cleaning them with a saline solution, I just clean them in the shower and haven't had any issues or pain or infection. I'll have to change the bars over in another couple of weeks to shorter ones.... or maybe check out the other jewellery options She put longer bars in incase of swelling, but they never even really swelled all that much. Eeek at piercing them yourself though, I wouldn't be game to do that like your SIL Kat

William is fine, nits went real quick. There were none after 2 days basically, so very happy with that. He's no real trouble either, no major tantrums, entertains himself if need be, just a calm soul.

hope your migraine is better Sandra

Yeah I finished "Dead in the Family " Mel, but I didn't think it was all that good. Some bite were boring and just turned the page. I think I had high expectations on it It's ok I thought.
When I got my tongue done years and years ago( took it out 6 years ago) They put a long bar in also for the swelling. I very much needed it I also got my ear done years later. The bit it the middle. I think that was so bad,that really hurt. Took that out when I had to have the C/S for Cohen then forgot to put it back it. No more piercings for me. Does it feel strange mel? Does it stick out of clothes at all (.)(.)
William is such a good boy.Cohen hasn't been too bad the last few days thank god.
Let me know what day your free next maybe a fri so William can come over too and I'll make us lunch and the boys can have a good play together. Gee the girls are such social butterflies aren't they. It's great that they have such good friends,must make you really happy to know that they are doing well in school and have some really good friends
Have a great time this wknd. So jealous

Well Cohen is passed out on his Thomas sofa, nothing like a good warm drink to put you to sleep ,aston is in bed and Ryder is in the shed. Might go and enjoy "me"time for abit.

I finished Dead in the Family now too. I liked it. Probably because I had no expectations and there was a big break since I read the last book. I think a few of her books were like that though, boring in bits and you just want to get to the action. But I end up questioning things sort of like that doesn't make sense it could have happened this way... etc.

Friday sounds good

Can't notice the piercings really under clothes

Nothing much happening here, had a house inspection today so glad that's out of the way for the next three months.

Grace and I made white chocolate star shaped biscuits today, I love cooking with her! She was so proud and showed DH when he came home from work.

We've decided to get a second opinion about her eyes. It just doesn't feel right with the glasses, she is STILL trying to look around, under or above them, and we really don't want to do any more damage if the prescription is wrong. We've had them for a month now and no improvement.
So I've made another app, but this time with a Paediatric Ophthalmologist who is apparently brilliant. We have to wait till Nov to see him but I'd prefer that than go back to her current specialist who firstly - is bad with Grace, and secondly - hasn't communicated properly with us. We found out more from the Optometrist that we bought her glasses from than the bloody specialist
So yeah, another 5 month wait, but we are on the cancellation list, so hopefully we get in earlier....


...and
...sigh
I'm so tired, and my body is sore from weeding on the weekend. WAAAA
I have to look after my 8mth old niece tomorrow (I take her every Wednesday) and right now just the thought of it makes me feel exhausted

Donna - you thread seriously derailed

School holidays - kill me now.

I had seen that too Donna. Gee some women obviously have too much time on their hands

I just steer clear of the general boards these days. Too many angry bored women looking to have a go at someone LOL Though it was good last year when I was angry and frustrated in an unhappy relationship LOL Now I just don't have time for the drama, I have a read of some threads and where they ended up, roll my eyes and click out of the window.

There will always be the stay at home vs working mum debate here I think. Would be easier if people could just accept people make the best choice for themselves and their family and it's not a competition of who has it harder.

Hi everyone. I'm new to this thread but not to eB:)
Just took me awhile to come on in & say hello!
I have a boy born 12.Jan 08 Jackson & a girl cara born dec 04. So its actually a great age gap since I get to spend some alone time with ds while my girl happily attends prep! She so loves its! Which of course is great.
I see that there are a few Brissy mums here:) Add another to the list! I'm in the west suburbs.
And I had been reading about the tantrums with your 2yos too! Arghhh I'm so over J's! Even just to get in the car it can turn into a huge drama:( Had him enrolled it gymtots went 4 times & I refuse to go anymore since all I can expect is tantrums while in the class and on leaving then again he went get in the car!!
Can't wait til he grows out of that. His sister was the same also! She is a pleasure now. Though Of course he has his gorgeous moments too:)
thats it from me for now.

Welcome Hindonly We have a lot in common, my twins started prep this year also I'm on the southside.

The girls had a dental appointment at the school dental van, I forgot as it's school holidays. H mentioned "When are we going to the dentist" and it was great timing, we were only 10 minutes late to the appointment Both girls have no issues with their teeth wooot. Though H has 2 back teeth we have to keep an eye on as they could develop issues further down the track if not brushed properly. The girls did so well though, they were actually excited to go

Thx Raveness yay for the dentist trip!

My girl had hers a couple of mths back & was told she was looking after them very well & no problems thank goodness!

Welcome hindonly! Where do you usually hang out on here?

Saw that thread Donna. Crazy women. As long as no-body is getting abused or hurt then being a SAHM or WAHM or FTWM should be no-body elses business.
I can't believe some of those extremist women

YAY for the girls having healthy teeth Mel!

Grace is going through a crazy sleeping thing. Every couple of days she's waking up and not going down for hours... the other night she was up for the day at 3am. It took me forever to get her to sleep again and then it was at 10:30 am and she only slept for an hour. 2 days later she was up at 5 for the day... and so on and so forth.. She's not showing any signs of illness, so the only conclusion we've come to is teething. Anyone elses toddler doing this?

Still a no go with the TT aswell. She just doesn't seem interested, just wants to play on the loo. She tells us whenever she's poo'd or done a big wee, but we just can't seem to get her to do them on the dunny... and yet she loves wearing her knickers, but will just hold on to wee for hours with them on, and still won't go when we put her on the loo. I feel we are getting closer, but just not that next step.

Wil has started toilet training at daycare, they put the kids on the loo every hour and apparently he has been going So maybe it will be like the girls and daycare just helps the process along greatly. I have little patience for toilet training LOL

At least the girls have stopped having night accidents again, I'm really liking not having to wash sheets all the time!

TT is so dif with all the kids isn't it- that is their readiness.
Jackson has gone really well. Completely tt'ed through the day just marches off to the toilet-its very cute! And just lately has been waking up in the mornings with dry nappy so will not put nappies on him nighttime anymore now. Just go with the special sheet & see how we go:)
I bought him his big boy pants a few weeks ago & he just didn't want to wee in them that did the trick. I did that with my dd as well & told her they're her big girl pants which means she needs to use the toilet now. And if there is a pic on them it can help too. So you can say oh look its a fairy dont wee on her will you! Worked for my girl anyway & my boy:)

I hang out alot in the trading room mostly;)

Marika ~ Harry's sleeping is up the creek at the moment too. I doubt he is teething as he has had his 2yolds for 12 months now. I think his is more to do with me being pregnant, I hit 30 weeks and his sleep goes AWAL did when I was preg with Patterson too.
Harry is I would say 95% there with his TTing. I can't believe how wonderful letting him buy his own jocks was. Oh and the sticker chart. Some days we have accidents and I notice if I am paying attention to something else he is more likely to have an accident, so I am sure we will be back in nappies in a couple on months .

How are Gracies glassses going now?

Mel ~ Glad that the girls teeth are good. I used to love going to the dental ven bout the only time that I loved the dentist lol I guess abck then they didn't reall do much though.

Brr it is freezing here today should be doing house work but pfft it will still be there after a coffee.

Better go though or DH will be home and I will be in trouble again.

Hi everyone! Hows things? I am just starting personals from this thread...

Sandra- Where are you applying for jobs? Toby has been a real handful lately too. I think he is dropping his day sleep (). On the ays he has a sleep, it's a struggle to get him down at night, but on days he misses his day sleep he is a ratbag all afternoon, but goes down like a dream at night. Bring on school! Congrats on the weightloss! lol at your boys weighing the same! How cute it must be to watch them playing together

Mel- Oh no at the headlice, I hope they are gone now.

Marika- What's this about a comic? Are you writing one? I have missed quite a few threads . Any new progress with the glasses? We are having issues with 'NO' as well. We are exactly the same when it comes to toilet training. He knows when he has doen something, but when we did sit him on the potty he just sat there for ages and did nothing... I gave up because I didn't want him to get cold.

Kristy- yay on Bretts P's! Maybe the school and sport runs might be a little easier now

Jodie- How's Dane going now?

Sonia- What did you decide with the bedding?

I stopped UWS and am applying for correspondence through Open universities. I am applying for credit for 12 units. If I get credit for all of them I will only have 2-3 years left of uni to go (that's part time) until I am a qualified early childhood teacher. If I continued with UWS it would have taken roughly the same time anyway. I didn't dress the boys in the same outfit in the end. I wish I had though... lol!

Lia- $450 for textbooks is ridiculous! How are your boys going?

Kat- Hope the pregnancy is going well. In a couple of days you will be able to say "I'm having a baby next month!" Not long to go now!

Bec- Hope you're able to find a new rental soon. Can you tell me more about your speech pathologist. I think I need to take Toby. How did you know that Ezekiel needed classes?

Jo- If you manage to find that extra day in the week I'd like to borrow it sometime. Who would have thought life could get any busier! Oh no at falling down the stairs again! Glad there is no broken bones this time!

I know. I guess that's what I get for posting it in the General section. lol. Some people are crazy passionate.

hindonly- Hi! Welcome!

AFU-
Toby- going well. Such a crazy nutter, and he is such a dag as well! I don't know where he gets it from (actually I do- Lenny! LOL!!). He is talking a lot more now, but adds sylables and struggles to say certain sounds, he also has a lisp sometimes, not all of the time. Thinking of starting him in swimming lessons- do you think it's a good idea in the middle of winter? I just want to get him ready for summer.
Ben- crawling around everywhere commando style. He is sick ATM which a stuffy nose and is all congested and has a horrible cough. He is so cmily though and no-one belives me when I say he is sick- until they hear him cough. Toby and Ben get along ok most of the time. Toby is so rough with him, I am constantly telling T off for sitting on him and pressing up against him, standing on him, feeding him food, squeezing him. If I had a dollar for every time I have said "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I would be a very rich woman!
Us- I booked DH and I to do the city to surf in 6 weeks. I have started training but am really slack- especaially now the boys are sick. We are desperate to move and DH is thinking of joining the fire brigade (no-one IRL knows yet). He just doesn't know what he wants to do so I am trying to convince him to do something that is a bit more exciting than his current job and I am sure he will learn to love it. We also need to move as It kills me on the inside not having an outside area for Toby to run around in. My back is KILLING me!

Ok I think this post is long enough.

OMg I have been sooooooooooo slack not coming in here
I will read back and post this weekend. I am uploading a video now and it's not co-operating so won't read now.
But I will be back

Not much planned for the weekend. Next week the girls will be with their dad for the last half of school holidays. I've enjoyed having them home this week though. We made chocolate cupcakes yesterday and they were a hit... funnily enough the girls like just the cake and William likes just the icing... so the girls were cutting the tops off to give to Wil hahahaha

Well I had a lovely wake up call this morning .Aston running hot wheels cars over my forehead broom broom
Thank god for coffee.

Kristy- Congratultions on becoming an Aunty. What did they name her?

Hi Jo- How are you feeling now after your fall? Hopefully you are feeling better.

Mel-Glad you have had a good wk with the girls being home.How long do they go away for? You sound like you are having a blast I'm really looking forward to coming out on Sat.Reminder to self...Do not spend all my money beforehand I might need to buy a new outfit or something though
Great news on William going to the toilet.

Lia- How's everything with you. Uni keeping you busy. How's the boys?

Donna- I have just been applying for all sorts of jobs,even woolworths night work. That way I wouldn't have to put them in daycare . But it's really hard with Ryder working at night. There's no point at this stage as he is working till about 8am-10pm so he couldn't pick the boys up from daycare if I had to put them in.
But I just called the bakery down the road as they are looking for staff. She told me it would be 7-3 on sat and 6-1 on sun and some days during the wk. I will just need set days if it's during the wk for daycare purposes. Hopefully I get it. I can't wait to go back to work.

Good for you for applying for correspondence through Open universities. I bet you feel kinda relieved.
Swimming lessons- I'm going to start up again. The place we go to his heated,but when Cohen got his lips were blue and he was cold and that was in summer. So I wouldn't put him in winter,so ill wait again till it warms up a bit.I'd like to put Aston in also.
Cohen was really rough when Aston was a baby. He would poke him in the eyes, sit on his head,pull his arms you name it he did it.Now Aston is older he pushes Cohen away . It is funny to watch
Good on you for enrolling to city to surf. You will have fun.
If only I could cut my backyard up and send you some. Sometimes it shiz me that we have a whole acre. Ryder actually got some fencing and made a big playpen from one of our back sliding doors to the grass,so that the boys can come in and out of the house as they please without me worrying if one of them has gotten under the gate. It's great now and they have a ball out there.

Marika- How is grace's sleeping going at the moment.? I think Cohen has settled down,but he is STILL sleeping in the middle of Ryder and myself. Actually it was great having him in there last night. I went to bed and he was like a hot water bottle My spot wasn't cold at all.
I really need to sort out his sleeping in his own bed...again.Just don't have the energy for the tantrums that will follow late at night. But it needs to be done.

Kat- Not long till bub comes. I bet your super excited. Any names yet?? Do you know what date you are having your C/S?

WELCOME Hindonly Well done to Jackson being Toliet trained

Jodie- When do you go to sleep school with Dane? Is he any better? How are you going? How's the big boy of your's?

Been busy here. I had my sister stay the night to look after the boys on wed. Ryder was working late and I went to the Twilight saga movie marathon with friends down the road. Didn't get home till 3am.
Had 4 hours sleep then we all went christmas shopping on Thurday.Got everything I wanted and now it's at my sister's place till I want it. Just have to do bdays now.

Then sat my sister came over and we went to go to the Cararra markets,but decided at the last minute to go to Movie World instead. So we bought the $100 for 3 parks for a year. The boys had so much fun.

Aston's new word's at the moment is yuck and please and If we say Ta he will put his hand out. Cheeky boy.He sure does have a temper though. I will book him in for his 18 months needles soon. Gee it's gone fast. My baby is growing up too fast.

So I call this guy about the job. Actually 3rd time and he actually picked up. I started to say who I was until he said "What's your number I don't answer private numbers". How professional he asked how old I was (I actually said 27 until i realised I'm actully 28 and said I'll let you be 27 ) and where I lived and my mobile number incase I didn't show up for work one day and i was at the coast instead he may aswell asked what colour undies I had on. He was so friggin rude. Apparently he gets the girls who work for him to get dressed at work in the toilets and he apparently doesn't pay staff when he is supposed to. Unsure how true it is,but even Ryder was a little unsure about me applying for it.

So he asks about what jobs I have had as this job is a cleaning job at a bakery. I said have worked at a hotel in the kitchen,reception,housekeeping blah blah blah,but somewhere he was talking about how real estate is very different to cleaning 8 hours a day. I then said I never said I worked in real estate Then he said could you email your resume. Well I did, but I won't get it . He was bit of a a*se.Ryder reckons I should look elsewhere. Most funniest conversation I've had in ages.

Gosh, he doesn't sound like someone you'd want to work for at all!