New thread time ladies

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Gold!!

SILVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now TPM did you not read my rant!? I do love to read your newsy posts but I can understand you backing off as you have kept us going for so long you are probably sick of us not writing anything . Good on you for signing up for that 12 km walk! xxx me.

Bronze!

We Cleo had in total 7 pups! And we got our little redhead who looks just like his daddy!

Off to Melbourne today for a bit of shopping then catching train to Kyneton DP last day at work so I have to pick him up.

Sorry Rach! We have been chugging along here, all with colds and a little miserable. Adjusting to my DH being back at work is a little harder than I anticipated, but trying to give myself some time. I know it will get easier, but it better well hurry up! How is scrabble?

Lisa - what will you do with all those cute puppies?

Hope - Sam sounds very similar, he likes to sleep in his bouncer during the day and his cot at night.
I found BF got a lot easier as B got older, once we got through a rough patch here and there it was a dream. But it can be difficult sometimes don't you think.

Kath - I haven't seen that one, is it British? The only thing we have been watching is ABCkids. It does my head in sometimes!

I can't remember anything else. I couldn't even remember Sam's name in a conversation the other day! So that is my best effort at a post.

Paddy.

Good morning chickens
PADS that was a magnificent post, thankyou so much . How long has DH been back at work? Are you okay? Remember I'm just a short (LOL) drive up the road if you want to chat . How is Sam going in the night? I am finding breastfeeding okay attachment and comfort wise, but it is a big tie isn't it? Now I am limited to 2 hours at the pokies too bad if I'm on a roll lol!!
LISA how cute about the puppies, that would be lovely for the kids to see. Have a great day shopping! And good luck to DP with his new job. Whennaya coming to meet Ed?
KATH can't remember what you wrote and can't be bothered to click on the old thing at the moment as I have people coming and need to clean madly but HELLO! And more power to you with the exercise; I am trying to get back into it and keep telling myself that when I hit the 6 weeks (post caesar) I"ll get back to the gym... hmmm... wonder if I will!!
Everyone else HELLO and hope you are all going well xxx me.

Well I don't want to get in trouble from a rampaging Rach so here I am, reporting for duty

On phone so short and sweet sorry, I am supposed to be studying and not be on EB at all

DH is ok, slowly getting better, thank god be isn't a 'man-flu' guy! He has been back at work for 3 days now and I reckon he is looking forward to the weekend! I am offloading the feral one to her grandparents and taking DH out on a date tomorrow night, I deserve a night out and I don't mind DH so he can tag along The final verdict from the hosp. was viral pneumonia but I'm pretty sure that meant they had no idea and he was looking better so they kicked him out coz they needed the bed.

Have been reading bit will try to post more

Hi All

Yes Rach I was thinking the same thing and was about tocome in and do a post cos I felt bad!!! You must have read my mind. Glad all going well for you . how are you finding the closer age gap, easier, more difficult??!!

TPM : Thanks for your text last week. i keep meaning to relpy but keep geting side tracked. Yes be good to meet up. Will text next week and finalise a day time etc..


Kalita : Have a great night tonight!

Paddy : Having 2 kids close in age is hard bloody work. Give yourself a big pat on the back. I dream of the next time I can have a good nights sleep. Rian now back to twice a night feeds. Must start solids now he is getting closer to 6 months.

HFTF : I find BF harder the more kids I have, for supply and time to feed once they get to around 4 months and are so distractable. Hard to feed them then when you have a toddler, and all the baby wants to do is look around at the toddler instead of feeding!!! so frustrating - but cute at the same time!!

Lisa : Congrats on the pups

WL :Cant wait to hear the details !!

Us : House coming along. Roof tiles going on now, so another 6 weeks really. All pretty straight forward so far with some hold ups with bad weather. Kids all good.Ds 6th birthday next week, cant beieve I have a six year old - where did that time go! DD1 really getting girly now and dressing up like a fairy etc.. with jewels etc, so Aisling wants to do the same of course, so had too princesses at 8am this morning! Rian is super handsome if I do say so myself. He is so beautiful, maybe not at 3am though!! He is the darkest of all of ours, he has black hair, lovely long lashes and really dark eyes, and pale irish skin. He is super long and already over 8 kilos.

My SIL will more than likely be induced next week as the fluid around the baby is greatly diminished. It really doesnt look good . I cant bear to think about it. Everytime I am feeding rian , especiallybefore bed I am very upset and crying as I cant believe what they may have to face. Sorry Kalita as i know this is very close to home and I its so unfair that anyone has to go through anything like this.

Rach : The baby has very poor renal function. She has had millions of scans and see what they think is the outline of the left kidney, there is a bladder. The MRI showed no kidneys, so all the professors are scratching their heads really and this is why they are saying they really dont know till baby is born what we/they are facing. They pretty much have outruled potters seqence but to me if the MRI doesnt show kidneys I dont hold out much hope at all really TBH. My poor parents are in bits and my dad is in TOTAL denial.

Anyway, too depressing........

love
Blessed
xx

Piccys are up on facebook of the pups.

Rachel I'm coming whenever you invite me! Got thursdays off can bring cake! lol.

I'm here just no time at the moment to do my "newsy posts"

I will take the wrath of miss Rachel for this little post

Well since nobody posted today I guess I better do it

We're having a sh*tty time around here, I am still not well and have just emailed my course coordinator to ask her about deferring my course for this semester, I am not coping at all. Need DH to have a day off work so he can take me to my GP so I can get a referral to a new specialist Not going to happen for a while because he used all his leave when he was in hospital. E is grumpy because being home is boring but I don't have the energy to go out for long.

Whinge whinge whinge.

Poor you Kalita come and stay with me for a few days and we can be miserable together! Seriously though, if you ever need a little miserable mini holiday, I'll have ya!
I am feeling miserable too. I just belted Bells leg really hard because she just won't let me know when it hurts and I wanted to really teach her not to turn on all of the electric hotplates and boil stuff when I'm in another room . She could have burnt herself really badly, they were on really high and I had no idea . Does anyone know of any safety gadget thingies? The knobs won't come off. We'll go looking tomorrow anyway. She has been a REAL HANDFUL tonight, keeps stripping off and breaking stuff and losing stuff thus making me lose it. I want to stuff my face with chocolate but 1. that wouldn't help anyone and 2. I haven't got any . Thank GOD she hasn't carried on when I put her to bed cause I think I could have gone insane.
LAM I actually got to the pokies on the weekend for 2 hours!! And the pigs took my money.
BLESSED age gap is MUCH more difficult. MUCH. MUCH. Hope things are going well for you.
I would keep going but Ed is crying his gizzards out now. Bye xxx.

Hi All
Feeling blah......... SIL being induced on thurs, not good news at all, looks like the worst case scenario, so depressing.

Rach : Thanks for saying its much harder with having them close toether as that is all I have known with my four and I sometimes meet my friends with 2 and a four year gap at that and its so quiet and peaceful and kids just playing so beautifully and I think what am I doing wrong! I think it makes such a difference, just from my observation! I always seem to be holding a child or cautioning etc... just chat chat all day long.
Sorry, I am whinging and really I should just be bloody grateful for my healthy four. i am hurting really bad for my brother, not coping with the news.

Be back tommorow when not so down.
blessed

Rach I so know your feeling Ellie can be a right little handful sometimes she has got a couple of smacks but the worse is out ijn public and everyone always seems to get involved and makes it so much worse.

We have been super busy and bargain hunting we dont have any carpet in the house all polished floors tiles and floating floors we got a qoute to carpet the lounge and 4 bedrooms over $2500. Dp was in bunnings yesterday and they had rolls of revonvators capet going out for $60 a roll.

So we grabbed the 4 that was left and have so far done lounge and a bed room cheap as only prob is we are not putting underlay down but it doesnt matter house will be so much warmer than before.

Still no bathroom floor though thats next on the agenda.

Puppies doing well almost a week old doing well and getting fat.

right. i am on my pc, not my iphone and aley is asleep still so i may just be able to get a big post done to please Miss Rachel

here goes.....

blessed: i am so so very sorry for your SIL and brother. I hope the outcome is better than they expect. thinking of you and your family.

kalita: you poor things. i hope things are starting to look up for you. hope dh is feeling a bit better now and that Miss E is being her beautiful tantrum throwing self

rachel: oh darling. Miss B is really pushing you at the moment isn't she? i have a guard on my stove that stops their little hands being able to reach the elements or the knobs. i got it from Toys R Us but I am sure you can get them from other places or even on line. this is it: Stove Guard.

lisa: the puppies are so cute! what are going to do with them all?

to everyone else that I have missed in my personals.

me: not much going on with me at the moment but feel so busy all the time. i rarely get a chance to have any time to myself but i guess that is just part of being a mum to young squids. aley is just as cute as a button. he is starting to try my patience at times but no where near as bad as joshy was at this age so he is a doddle. he got his first official time out last night. he threw a water bottle after i asked him not to so he got put in the corner for 2 minutes. he cried for about a minute and then stopped and just sat there. when i went to get him out he had snot and tears everywhere the poor love but he learnt his lesson - well i think he did. he went and kissed and cuddled the water bottle and said "sorry bottle".

he kisses and cuddles everything!!! at swimming yesterday he was swimming around like a demented frog, chasing the balls. would catch a ball and then kiss and cuddle it before putting it back in the bucket. then at the end of the lesson he literally lept out of my arms to kiss and cuddle his teacher.

walking around the shops and he blows kisses to everyone as we walk along, stops and kisses all the toy puppies and what not on the shelves.

it would be okay except they are big open mouthed kisses like he is licking an ice cream so adorable though

is that long enough Rach: i hope so

Well, thank heavens for Aley making me laugh or I would be crying for everyone else!

Rough times hey. That's my new way of coping. I just say rough a few times and try and get over it! Sometimes works, sometimes not. Things can get a bit rough!

I really feel for you Blessed, Rach, Kalita, LAM, Lisa, everyone! I can relate to all the stories and trials.

Thanks for offering for me to come over Rach, I just might take you up on it one day!

Paddy.

Hi Girls,

Just wanted to say that I know what you are all going through with the mighty midgets and newborns

It dawned on me the other day that Aley is now the same age as Joshy was when he was born.

And I lived to tell the story

It is hard but it does get easier as the bublets get older. Mine are now at an age where they can be semi trusted to go outside and play nicely together. We do still have our trying times (like at 5am this morning when joshy woke up the entire house!) but I am starting see the silver lining.

I guess what I am saying is hang in there. Take each day as it comes (the good, the bad and the seemingly unbearable) as eventually the good do start to outweigh the other two.

to you all.

BLESS YOU TPM. Bless you. DH and I had a big screaming match last night as we are both frazzled. Today things are a little brighter (now he has gone to work LOL); Bella is trying to have a nap in her room thus can't get out; she's singing away but I don't care, and Ed is sound asleep. I am having a quick go on here and then going to eat lunch and coffee in PEACE. Ah blessed peace. I even got roughly 4 hours sleep in a row last night so things are looking up!! Just a quickie, I will be back xxx me.

i've caught up pretty much, but so tired to write personals too much.

rach....i'm hearing ya with the little people pushing limits. i have 2 little people pushing boundaries and constantly wanting to touch/hold/feed little elsie. dd had a bad cough and try telling her not to go near elsie..well she did, so we end up at hospital with baby elsie with bronchiolitis. she's ok at the moment. come night time when it gets cold and no good again

ds has really made the terrible 2's now. not too bad yet but really has changed and really is stubborn and not as easy going as he was. if he doesn't get his way he really loses it.

hi mummies,

nothing much going on today. joshy is at kindy (ahhhhh lovely) and aley is asleep (thank god). for some reason joshy woke up at 1am, 3am and 5am and proceeded to wake up aley, dh and myself. awesome. he said he is hungry so maybe he is having another growth spurt. we are going to give him a big glass of milk and a banana before bed tonight to see if that helps. i found some organic full fat pasterised non homogenised milk at the shops yesterday and it was the first time in a VERY long time that Aley has drunk a big full cup full and announed to the world that he has "MINISHED MUMMY". he even carried his sippy cup into kindy for drop off and paniced when he couldn't find it.

a friend of mine from kindy, who is an italian, told me about a little continental deli/green grocer that is in the back streets/semi rural area at the back of where we live so Aley and I ventured out there with very loose directions from our friend and it was awesome. really really fresh continental meats and fruits and veges plus all the italian biscuits and pickle veges, olives and cheeses. aley ended up getting some lunch from there (an arincini rice ball) and he loved it!

rach: make the most of those quiet times. that is when you can regroup some form of sanity! i love it when aley goes to sleep and joshy is off at day care or kindy. gives me some great head space to sort things out. or even just vege on fb/eb or tv.

adarlyn: great to see you popping back in. i have been keeping up to date with you on fb too elsie is such a sweet little darling! you are going to have to add an "e" to the end of your username now so she is included

right. i really truly deserve that gold that i claimed at the beginning of this thread! two posts in one day PLUS big posts too!! sh*t im good

Ohh no one wants to hear more whinging from me Lets just say I'll host the pity party, you're all invited (chocolate and wine on entry).

On a brighter note, it's Friday!

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whinge away my friend. whinge away. that's what we are hear for

Hi girls

Hope you are all having a good weekend!

Ours has been busy catching up with family & friends so has been nice.

Dh is currently at footy with J so A & I are chilling out watching yo gabba gabba. Man that show is weird.

Try it, you'll like it! Yo Gabba Gabba is on heavy rotation around here I don't mind it, the musical guests are fun (Weird Al, Jack Black, the guy who does the drawings is from Devo)

We are having a pretty good weekend, yesterday friends of ours we have known online for years came up to finally meet us in person, it was lots of fun. Maybe one day I'll meet some weirdo ladies I found on an internet parenting forum

I'm here but reading not really much to say E is being a whinging brat and I'm so over the tantrums everywhere every 5 seconds. Work is crap but what can you expect I deal with sh*t day in day out lol.

Puppies going well some have eyes open so will be up and under my feet soon.

I brought a new washing machine mine died so trying to figure that out has been fun NOT! who needs 30 different wash cycles!

My best friend was in ICU yesterday and Friday night poor darl was really sick with gastro and it sent her down hill real fast she has other medical problems too which didnt help. seen her thursday and she wasent good but insisted she felt better but then hit worse friday so she called an ambulance, seen her yesterday in ICU and she looked better and they have transferred her to a normal ward now heading up tonight to see her again.

Busy busy never stops!

Hi All

TPM : Thanks so much for your text, that was really nice of you to think of me and my family.


Well my brother and his wife were induced last Thurs and they had a little girl (after 2 boys) 7ib 3oz. She has 1/4 of her left kidney and a bladder. Initially we were very releived that she was born alive and that she has a chance for survival. Her name is Kate. Kate is doing well so far thank God. She is breathing on her own since birth and is producing some amounts of urine. She is very strong other than her renal problems. She is showing signs of renal problems, which is what we expect of course, and now at 3 days old she is only just starting on some lasix to help with that. She did manage to breast feed a few times and has a strong suck. But now she will be tube feed as they obviously want a very strict in take and output chart to keep a very close eye on her kidney. She is the image of my brother, so I am imagining very black hair with long eye lashes.
It is still a very long long road, we need to establish what the plan is from here, dialysis - hope she is strong enough to deal with this. She I presume will need a kidney transplant if she actually makes it that far, there will be no shortages of kidneys if that is the case, with such a big family, she can have mine in a heartbeat if it matched. If she makes it she would be around 12 to 18 months old before she could have it done. Just praying and praying that she stays strong. It is still early days and I get a hear attack every time the phone rings or texts.

lots of love

Blessed
xx

Oh Blessed that is a very positive outcome for your brother and sister in law. i pray that Kate can build her strength up and keep going from strength to strength now that she is out in the big wide world with fantastic medical help and interventions. congratulations on becoming an aunty again too. she has a big wonderful irish family behind her now and as you said, there will be no shortage of kidneys when she needs one.

stay strong little kate

Blessed: What a relief that she was born alive, despite her problems. If it does come to the worst (and of course I hope that doesn't happen), your brother and SIL got the chance to meet her and get to know her

It has been a beautiful sunny day today, and after the nice weekend and a long walk today I am sunburnt Damn that sunshine on my pale gamer skin. Now off to cook tea while E is distracted, she loves to help but the poor poppet doesn't understand that nuggets and wedges in the oven don't need much input from me (or her)

Blessed - your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

I had full intentions of writing a proper post - but I set my bedtime deadline at 10pm so I am not a cranky cow the next day... and look at that it is after 10... look out tomorrow Tayla... Mum will be cranky. I'm off to get some shut eye zzz night.

Morning ladies! We are having a ripper thunder and lightning show here. I am hoping the power holds out until my lunch finishes cooking! I have vegies roasting with the intention of making spicy pumpkin and carrot soup but they are taking forever, and my house smells so good I am hungry. Hurry up vegies.

At least it's daycare day so I don't have to entertain E inside all day

praying for little baby kate xo

Hi All

Kalita : I was so stressed about the whole induction thing as we knew the minute the baby was born it would be taken away for tests to see, so my brother and sil had 2.5 hrs not knowing whether she was alive or even if she was whether she was able to live outside the womb. I totally agree and think it is great that they have got to meet her and get to know her, even if the worst comes to worst it may give some comfort to them.

Adarlyn Thanks for your prayers. Hope all is going well for you even though I am sure you are tired!

WL : Hope you got some sleep

TPM : Thanks again. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.


Well Kate is now 5 days old and is now in the specialised renal ward in Temple st hospital in Dublin. They meet with the specialist etc... and of course theprognosis is guarded and she has a very long road ahead if she makes it.
She is still stable and not needing dialysis yet, so the longer she doesnt need it the better, as the bigger and older she is the better she will tolerate it. I so want to go home, but I dont know what to do, we so cant afford it, but that doesnt matter. I would hate not to see her alive incase anything happened to her.
But, we are all remaining positive until we have to be otherwise. Thankfully we have loads of family to help with their boys and meals etc...

thanks for your thoughts and prayers
They mean alot to me
blessed
xx

Hi girlies!
BLESSED that is good news that Kate seems to be holding her own, another one here who is thinking of you and your lovely family and sending wonderful vibes your way. What a lovely name, I love Kate.
KALITA did the vegies make it into the soup or did you devour them?! You are cute. I love storms too, and my mum is scared of them so it's fun when she's around. Supposed to be extremely average weather here today, won't be going anywhere!
KATH my bedtime is 10 too; I turn feral any later than that the next day. How's things? I see you've been living on the edge with your safety features off? I'm gonna have to put something on the microwave now!
TPM Hello!!
LAM where are you!?
Just a quickie, people are screeching and wanting to give me cups of tea and smelling feral as well. Ta ta for now! xxx

Need your help girls

I'm so stuck ATM I have no idea what to do.

I currently work 5 shifts a week in high care Age care. Its hard work and even after 2 months I am suffering from back pain and I popped a tendon in my wrist. We dont have the best safety with not always have 2 people for machine lift etc.

My problem is I truly dont like aged care its just not my thing but since I am returning to work 3 yrs after doing my nursing its just a starting point.
I dont have my medications and no-one apart from aged care will employ div 2 without it.

So do it:
A. Do my medications next year become endorsed and stay in Age care and just do medications no hands on stuff. Might be hard with not enough shifts to go round.
B. Go to Uni next year and complete Bach of Nursing via part time and suck up aged care until I finished in 3 yrs.
C. Do my meds and try get into the acute setting with no experience might be hard but I'll give it a go.
D. Have a complete change do a pathology course and work in path.
E. Find a new workplace where the load is not so heavy.


I have to work at least 50 hours a fortnight just to cover basics. So its not like I can drop off hours. I work a range of Mornings and arvos.
Please give me some outsiders point of views.



I miss Ellie she has started to cry again when I'm dropping her off I feel like such a bad mother I feel I never get to see her. She is such a mummies girl and I never seem to be home with her anymore.

I need opnions

Lisa if it were me I would do Meds, and then do uni while I tried to look for something in acute care. That way you at least have the meds under your belt to start to look for better jobs.

But someone who is a nurse may have a better opinion

Rach: The vegies made it into the soup, but I wish they hadn't! It was horrible. Should have just whipped up some gravy and had my roast vegies for lunch Today I was going to have eggs with toast soldiers (after Hope's thread ) but I overdid it this morning with shopping/washing so I can't cook them Might see if DH will come home for lunch and make me something.

Hey Lisa, I think your options are either go back to uni and keep doing what you're doing till then or change to pathology. I think any of the other options will still have you doing the heavier stuff that you don't want to do. I know as a division 1 in aged care I still had to do showers and help with the hands on stuff as WELL as the medications, and I think it would be hard to get into acute care with little experience. I think that a change in workplace with a lighter load probably wouldn't be feasible as they are all pretty hard. Good luck!

i did it!!! so there ad (ds) el(dd) ar (angel ds) yl (dd) then our surname letter

hahahaha classic adelaryln.

not much going on in my little world at the moment. have the perfect thursday morning again thanks to my DH. he has taken joshy to breakfast with my parents this morning so it just leaves me and aley at home. aley is still in bed. awake but playing quietly and happily and knowing him he will drift back off to sleep.

we had our parent teacher interview the other day at joshy's kindy. she said that he is very intellegent but his lack of concentration is going to hinder him. she has observed that his core strength isn't very strong so has suggested a gym program and thankfully i found one that is running on a mondays, after his swimming lesson so that will hopefully help. i have also enroled him into a japanese style of karate called shobukan. he has a free trial of that on tuesday afternoon so will see how he like that.

oh and i also have to take him back to the doctors as we think his ears are playing up again. doing that on friday after kindy.

poor aley, i feel like sometimes he just plods along with everything and gets forgetton about. dont get me wrong, he does swimming and gymbaroo which is enough for a 2 year old i think. just feel bad iykwim.

as i said to a friend yesterday, its amazing how i can fit and schedule everything for the kids and dh but when it comes to myself......different story. never seem to be able to fit anything in around the kids and home stuff. i am not a lover of gym creches, hell i am not even a lover of gyms, but i might have to give it a shot soon otherwise i think i am going to crazy. i suggested it to dh last night, about using the creche for aley whilst joshy is at swimming and gym but he went very silent on it and didn't really give me any feedback, good, bad or otherwise so i know that means he isn't keen on the idea. i just think it is mean for aley to have to sit in the pram for over and hour whilst joshy has all this fun. if he was in the creche then at least he will have other kids to play with for the hour and have some fun himself. ARGH!!!!! what to do. what to do.

right. im off to have a shower and get ready for the day before aley demands to get up. it has all gone quiet in there so im guessing he is asleep again

Thanks for the opinions guys. I cant do much until end of Aug when the uni has its open day they are meant to be runing a bridging course for div 2 to get into year 2 of div 1 but they may not run it. Plus I dont know if it be good for me might just be easier to do the whole thing and refresh my memory.

I just remembered today that Ellie hasnt had her 2 yr old checkup and needles opps! she is almost 2.5 yrs! so all booked in this arvo to get them done.

Well I'm a twit there is no needles for 2 yr old. Dont know what made me think that one lol.
Was good to have her checked over anyway her feet are still turned in but doc said not to worry at least for another 12 months because she has plenty of movement in all joints.

I've decided I'm going back to do Div 1 next year from year 1 and while doing that will do my medications at the same time because I can get credits for most things in year 1 I'll only be at unit 1-2 days a week if that and my meds is only 1 day I'm sure I can juggle everything to make it work.

For those who didnt see it on facebook I got officially divorced on tuesday seems like being trying to get it forever and it finally happened so good to close that part.

Best get going off to work I go.

hi girls,

just need to have a whinge

im over it.

i am over just about everything right about now. im sick of doing the washing, the cleaning, the cooking, the stacking and unstacking of the dishwasher, the picking up dog poop so the kids can play outside, the noise the kids the make ALL THE TIME, the mess the kids make ALL THE TIME (hence more cleaning up).

sometimes it just gets too much!

i am sick of being able to schedule whatever needs to be scheduled into the kids days but do you think i can find the time to do something JUST FOR ME, without at least one child hanging off me?

BLAH. whinge over

oh and dh and i have decided that we aren't having any more kids. and i am okay with it. i have been looking at new borns and even cuddled a newbie the other day and felt nothing that felt like cluckiness.

plus i doubt my back will be able to hold another pregnancy. it is having enough trouble holding me at the moment

so. there you have it. a complete and utter me me me post

TPM I soooooo hear you. I think your idea to pop Aley into the creche at the gym is a GREAT idea for a bit of you time and for little Aley to have something to do! I know you said your DH went a bit quiet at the idea but sometimes I think DH's have little to no idea about what we mums do. I am going insane too; all I am doing is working around DH and cooking, cleaning, picking up after everyone else, Bells is running me RAGGED and flopping my boobs out every three minutes. Everyone needs time to themselves and it is NOT selfish to expect some! I have reached the end of my tether in regards to the housework, it's driving me crazy. Yesterday I scooped all the clothes off the bathroom floor and washed them all and put them on the clothes horse. DH came home from a run and had a bath. I then went in there for something and there were clothes all over the floor and the bath was full, despite us all being warned to empty it when we've finished!! It looked as if I hadn't even been in there that day. I called a FAMILY MEETING and went feral at everyone. I know I have to do more as this is my 'job' at the moment but that doesn't mean everyone else can do NOTHING. Everyone needs time for themselves, and I really hope that you do that one small thing for yourself. As for no more kids, good for you, I'm so glad you're comfortable with your decision. I know for sure there's no more for me, DH is having the snip on Thursday . BRING IT ON!! Go on. Whack him in the creche! Bell and Ed will be going there soon, I soooo need to get back into the exercise. Am starting another weight loss thing this week given that I have no fecking band to help any more. It's just me again! You'll have to give me some willpower tips. I can be marvellous all day but as soon as it gets dark I turn feral. Hope you feel better soon xxxx.
LAM so glad D's wrist turned out not to be broken! Poor little mite. Enjoy your cruise, you lucky thing! My MIL has said she'll look after the kids for a week when I turn 40, DH and I are going to escape together for a whole week with no kids! Can't wait! It's only 2 years away .
Well that's all for me right now xxx Rachel. PS Whack him in the creche !!!!!!!!!!

hi ladies,

well i didn't put him in the creche he sat in his pram for nearly two and a half hours, got put in the car and then home and bed. poor thing. i tried to entertain him with a dvd player but that only lasted till he worked out how to push all the buttons etc. so i said to dh that he is going into the creche next week. he didn't say much again but i just have to do it. it is so unfair on him to be pent up in a pram whilst watching his brother swimming and then mucking around in the gym. poor love. he deserves to have some fun too

rach: thank god i am not the only one feeling like this. i had a go at dh the other night as he just leaves his clothes lying all over the bathroom floor, yet on the other side of the wall, just outside the bathroom is a clothes basket. so then i have to pick them up and put them in the basket!! no wonder we aren't having any more kids.....i already have three plus i hear a rumour you need to have "relations" to make babies none of the funny business going on around here i can tell you!

i friggin hate pupil free days! just reminded me to ring his day care and book some extra days over the next school holidays. off to do that now

Hello!

Rach, you can join me on a health kick. I have lost 5kg already Had to walk to get E from daycare today (car is dying ) and I can feel my arms got burnt despite the sunscreen I need one of those sensible-person bushwalking shirts

TPM: E got a mini trampoline for her birthday, suggested by her paed and the podiatrist here to help strengthen her core and her leg muscles (for her pigeon toe) - I think you said your boys have one? Get J jumping out there every day (might even wear him out )

Other lovely ladies:

Kalita: see that's the thing. they do have a tramp and he is constantly juming on it. i have also been watching and he is able to hop on one leg and jump from a stand with two feet. she said he was in the bottom 10% which i find very hard to believe. either she has a class full of athletic super freaks or she is overly harsh either way we are doing things to help him strengthen it so we will see

better go. need to help dh get joshy ready for day care!

Good to see you're all busy

I caved and bought a harness for E today. She's good at not running away from me but lately refuses to hold my hand crossing the road. Usually she goes straight in the pram for that offence but today it happened next to Target so next thing you know she has a harness on

We bought an exercise bike today, too. I expect it will kill me Or, at least, trying to get back upstairs with jelly legs won't be the easiest of endeavours

Kalita: B ran away from me in the library today, out the door with books in hand. The alarms went off, everyone looking who was stealing books. I said 'stop'! Of course, no response. So I said 'biscuit'! and she stopped dead in her tracks. Ha ha. I bought a fancy double pram for such occassions, but I just need a new car to fit it into. Expensive! You are very energetic with an exercise bike. I need to dust off my treadmill and walk away the crazy days that have been happening here. 5 kgs is pretty impressive. I need to get cracking and catch up. Saying that, I have just sent DH to the supermarket for chocolate so that isn't going to happen today. What country are you living in that you got sunburnt? It has been hailing here for the past couple of days, it seems only foreign lands would actually have sun. Can E actually jump on the trampoline? B wants to jump but she can't get her legs off the ground. Not even the jumping castle at the playcentre gets her going. I wonder if I am supposed to teach her how?

KG: I hear you on the boobs thing. Blah! And I would have put the clothes in the full bath. Ha ha. Actually, no I wouldn't because it would be me that would have to clean them up. I still haven't gotten over your stove incident, have you recovered? Did you end up getting a guard thingie? Arrrrrrrr Sam is crying. It has been tag team crying in our house all day. Love you and leave you,

Paddy

Morning Ladies. Have we voted already?

I wasnt happy about having to vote on my birthday but its all over and done with.

Looking foward to my cake and roast dinner!

Hello chickens
LISA how did your cake and roast dinner go? Happy belated birthday! And as it transpired the voting was a waste of time anyway. We were rather representative of the population with our family; had mum, dad and a sister over for tea sat night and there were 3 libs and 2 labours in the house. They're both as bad as each other in my opinion (and lots of other peoples it would seem!)
PADS you made me laugh with your calling out biscuit. And it worked! I must remember that one . Good to know I haven't got the only one who runs away from me; sometimes it seems like everyone else in the world has a darling obedient 2 year old except for me! I didn't get a stove guard, although thanks TPM! Bells actually climbs up onto the bench WITH the hotplates so the guard would not be any good in my situation. As it turns out the knobs can be removed, they were just hard to pull out but DH did it. So now every time I cook I remove the knobs when I've finished. Problem solved!
KALITA well done on your 5kg! That's impressive . Bet you're feeling great! Does E actually walk with her harness on? DH bought one for Bells, which she has hidden, I must look for it, but she sank to the floor and wouldn't walk with it anyway.
I did pump yesterday and am stiff as a board today. I'm going again Wednesday; just twice a week for a bit till I can walk properly afterwards! I can only vaguely remember why I liked exercise so much in the past at the moment but I'm hoping it will come back. Well must be off and enjoy the solitude; Bells and Ed are BOTH asleep! It's bliss. xxxx me.

I know, I know, I have been a terrible, terrible poster. Naughty me. But I have reasons! (read excuses).

I find it hard to get onto my laptop with the kids, and it is too hard to type these sorts of posts on my phone.

Blessed - Congrats on the birth of your niece, Kate. It sounds like she is doing better than expected. I too will be praying for her.

Toodles - I am glad that you are at piece with your decision to have no more children. You can join my club. Absolutely, definately, certainly no more for me. I struggle with what I have. I am more certain of my decision every day.

Yeah..... no more personals. But I promise I will start afresh and try and come in every day and at least do a short post and address every one's posts. I am turning over a new leaf.

Me, me, me, me, me. I am not having the easiest time at the moment. Annabelle is just a normal two year old, but I find her trying when I am trying to feed Owen or am trying to settle him. I get quite angry with her when she misbehaves or is rediculously loud when I am trying to put him to bed. I hate myself for it. She is really actually a good girl. So sweet and funny. I love her to bits, and I shouldn't take my struggles out on her.

Owen is healthy. Not the happiest baby. He is quite serious. He doesn't smile much, but is the cutest thing ever! And he loves his mummy. He doesn't let anyone else hold him without screaming and won't take a bottle, so all feeds are BF. It can be quite tiring, because I really don't get any time to myself, as Owen simply will not allow it. He is a lovely boy.

I struggle through the days, but we are always alive at the end of them. Some days are better than others. Today is reasonable. I haven't yelled at anyone today. I am biding my time until Owen is older. I can handle toddlers better than babies. I look foward to when I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old. Or at least 1 year old and a 3 year old. I really am lucky. 2 beautiful healthy children. I do try my best.

Annabelle has has such a big vocab now. We hold proper conversations with her now. It really is wonderful. She has such a wonderful sense of humour. She cracks me up. She still isn't sleeping in her own bed. Which means I have to go to bed at 8pmish with her. A bit tough for me and contributes to me having no time to myself. And she has dropped her day nap on most days. Thankfully today she has had a sleep.

Owen is already in 00 clothes and growing out of his small baby beehind magicalls already. And you can see on my sig how chubby his gorgeous cheeks are. I just won't to squeeze him.

Anyway, enough of my ramble. I really will try to come in more. I love it when I am more frequently in touch with you all. You are a wonderful support and very good friends. (I feel like I am going to cry!).