Babies Born March 2006 #8

[jimssteph21]

Hi everyone.

The two Jens ~ The signing? Well, we hit a bump in the road, the boys Early Intervention Centre School uses signs as part of their everyday communication but I downloaded babysign signs. The two clashed, so we have to stick to the adult signing. DS1 is quite able and is using a few signs but the other two boys aren't really interested.

I have the two younger ones crying at me and pulling on me so I have to run but hopefully can do some more personals when I am free.
Take care all!

[Hoody]

Hello All,
My Name is Natalie and i have been keeping an eye on your thread for a couple of weeks now. I have a beautiful DD-11/03/06 and am pg with DD no 2 due end of Nov.
I was wondering if it was ok if i could join your thread? i also have a few questions and am open to lots of advice re my DD if anyone is able to help. Well firstly my DD has a dummy. Lately she has started to chew at the teet resulting in lots of popped ones. As soon as i notice they are damaged i bin them but yesterday she bit the teet clean off of one. I am paranoid about her choking! I put her to bed without one last night and she slept through but i dont know if this was just because she missed her day sleep and was overly tired. Today i tried for 2 hours to get her to go down for a nap without it without success. i would have let her stay up and just given her an early night but we have a dinner to go to tonight so i dont want her to be over tired b4 we get there. In other word i gave in and put her down with a dummy. Does anyone have any advice?
The other thing i am interested in hearing about is sleeping patterns. I have been very fortunate that Mia (dd) has always been a good sleeper through the night. Up until a fortnight ago she would have dinner at 4.30 then bath and bedtime was anywhere between 5-5.30pm she would sleep through until about 8am. She would have only one sleep during the day at about 12 for about 2 hrs. However this last week or so she is fighting me at lunch time and i can not get her to have a day nap. I have tried to put her to bed later about 6-6.30ish and waking her at 7.30am but she still wont sleep in the day it literally takes hrs to get her to go down and when she misses her day sleep she will go down as early as 4.30pm and happily sleep through! I go to a playgroup and the other mums think i am mad complaining about a day sleep when she is so good at night but i would rather her go to bed a bit later and get up a bit earlier and have her sleep in the day. It may sound selfish but i really would like (esp with no 2 on the way) to still have this hr or so to myself to get tea sorted etc. Again any advice? or should i just leave her be and be thankful she sleeps so well at night?
Well sorry its so long winded i really hope to get to know you all better and i look forward to hearing any thoughts on what i 've had to say
Nat

[jimssteph21]

Welcome Nat! Congrats on the pregnancy! Your DD is born 1 day after my youngest son. She sounds like she is coming into the stage where she wants to become a bit more independent. DS3 is doing that now. He is very adamant that he doesn't want to have a sleep after lunch, he wants one at 3pm. Which is alright I guess but then he is grumpy for most of the late afternoon. Like you I have been blessed with wonderful sleepers, They all sleep from about 7:30-8pm to 8:30-9am. I have been wearing DS3 out just before lunch so that once he eats and is nice and full he goes down for a sleep quite well. It's working wonders for me! Must be the age for sleep problems, a friend has a boy born the same day as DS3 and he is doing the same type of thing. I don't know if I can help you with the dummy problem, my boys only had the dummy for a short period of time. DS1 had a dummy til 5 months when he got a tooth and didn't want the dummy anymore, my other 2 sons had dummies for about 3 weeks. They just spat it out, I have been lucky. My cousins boy has only just given up his dummy at 4! The only advice that I can give ~ and I am not sure how helpful it would be ~ is to take it away and replace it with something else, a new teddy or doll, or maybe a blanky. DS2 has a blanky, he drags it every where. Hopefully some of the other mums in here have better advice for you! Looking forward to hearing more about you and your family in the future!

[kas]

Hi Guys,
Sorry i have been MIA but moving has been a very slow and frustrating event. Builder forgot to connect the gas so we have no hot water or cooking. We will get the last of the stuff out of storage tomorrow but where i am going to fit is is beyond me. Both the lounge/dining and double garage are full of stuff. Its going to take forever to unpack. I will be few and far between with my posts as we are back to dial up now we have moved plus we are going for a week of skiing the first week of september so i may not poat again till mid september.
Ooh, i almost forgot to say Hi and Welcome to Nat and family and congratulations on your pregnancy.
I hope you are all well and enjoying your kiddies.

[bigbird2girls]

Hi Girls, (long post.)

Well i have great news. Tayneesha is now in her own bed no more cot for her she is now officially a Big girl!!! Transition was smooth sailing and we only did it on Saturday just gone and no problems at all with her sleeping in it, if anything she sleeps better i think! I have decked her bedroom all out and made it all pretty and colourful for her and i did Shayla's rom as well they both love there rooms even more now. Shayla is also going great guns and is just so cute and adorable i'll change my ticker soon so you can see her and her smile. Ohh i am getting clucky again Ahhhhhh!!!! If we have three we have to have four i hate odd numbers........ (We shall see what happens.)

Tayneesha has another new thing she is doing - she gets the empty milk cartons and carries them to the recycle bin asks to be picked up opens the lid and chucks it in with the others then smiles and claps her hands (it so cute thats for sure). She is also officially a TART! She has three boyfriends now at daycare and 2 on the outside out of daycare mmmmmm not too sure about this but it is just so cute to watch them cuddle and kiss. Her fav Boy though is still Riley they kiss and cuddle and do the little cute shy laughs and run away then they share there food and oh it is so cute to watch.

Onto personals-

Jimsteph - oh i am so sorry youhave hit a bump in the signing i hope it all works out in the long run though it still sounds as if it is going well though! I hope everything else is A ok for you and the boys.

Nat - A HUGE BIG WELCOME! Congrats on being pregnant again! Oh not long to go now and i am assuming you are totally over it already? Dummies oh yes the dummy my DD is a maggie off the simpsons thats for sure. Mmm i was thinking not for a while will i take her dummy off her as i have a 8 week old bubba as well and i am about to start toilet training so i am holding off on that one. But when i do get around to the dummy sarga i am thinking i will make a big thing out of it as in saying that she is a big girl now blah blah blah and i will take all of her dummies outside and hang the dummies on a tree and tell her that the fairies are going to come and collect them as she is a big girl now etc etc.. Making it into a story for her etc...
With the slpeeing i would just go with the flow of your DD i would rather have sleep at night than during the day so maybe just let her stay up during the day the only other thing is completely tire her out, take her to the park, do some water play or colouring in with her and physically wear her out so that by lunch time she is tired and will go down easier (just a suggestion.) My DD seems to be in complete routine for the sleep at lunch time so i have no prolem there sorry if i haven't helped much. With your 2nd Bubba i have just had my second making it 15mths apart from the first DD so if you need any tips or advise of what i am doing please just ask i will try to help. Fortunately 2nd time round has been as easy as anything and my 2nd DD sleeps all night so i get plenty of sleep. Fingers crossed this is the same wih you Nat! Anyway welcome and hope i have helped a bit.

Jen - I hope you are ok and your family is as well after such a shock within the family. Huge hugs and thinking of you. :hugs:

Kas - You poor thing what a silly builder how can you forget something like that! I hope you get compensated for the stuffup! Sounds like you are hectic but doing ok so thats good and wow a ski trip as well my oh my you will be exhausted after all of that i am sure. Don't forget to let us no how it all goes.

Anyway must be off DD #1 awake and buzzing at the fridge for some Lunch- apricot chicken today for her lunch Yummy Yummy Yummy.

Take care girls and will BBL

Jen
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[Hoody]

Hi All,

Just thought i'd pop back in and give you all an update on whats happening with me.

Well DD is still about the same as B4, i have taken her dummy off of her as i am too scared of her choking on them. So far, so good. It has been 3 days and she has slept thru all 3 nights....woo hoo. Our day time sleeps are still an issue however she did have 45 minutes this afternoon so maybe we are getting somewhere. I will continue to put her down wether she wants to go or not and if she wont sleep then she can just have a rest. I think that perhaps part of her prob may be that her routine can vary a little too much as i work part time. My MIL has her one day a week (and never puts her down) and the other times my DH has her (I work 1 full day, 1 half day and 2 days 6am til 9am). He is too soft he does try but gets her back up at the slightest whinge. I have 4 weeks left of work so hopefully when i am a SAHM i can get her back into a better routine.

The pg is coming along nicely but moving so much faster than it felt it did with Mia. Everyone keeps telling me i am so much thinner this time around but i think its all the running around i do after Mia. I am looking forward to the new arrival however a little anxious as with Mia i had an emergency c-sect. I do not want a c/s this time around and hope to get my succesful VBAC. Even though my recovery last time was fine i dont know how i would cope with recovery, a newborn and an active 20month old. My DH will take as much time off as poss however runs his own business so will not get any holiday pay as such. I am lucky in a way as i have 3 sisters i am close too who will help out as much as poss however no one to be around full time for the recovery period. As i said i am trying to be positive and hoping i will get my VBAC.

mum2cheekygirl- how is Tayneesha coping with the transition into a big bed? Mia's is on order and should be delivered end of next week. Any tips on the best way to do it? did you do day sleeps etc 1st or just the big swap?

Jimssteph21 I cant believe you have 3 DS's they must keep you busy how on earth do you get any time to yourself? I agree i think it is the age where Mia and your DS3 are trying to show there independence. Its nice to hear someone else say their kids are good sleepers at night i'm sure ppl often dont believe me and i dont like to say sometimes as i dont want ppl to think i am bragging. (i'm expecting no 2 to be a monster, lol)

Everone else i hope you and your toddlers are keeping well.

take care for now

Nat

[Jennifer13]

Hi girls

Nat - a huge welcome and congratulations on your pg. Like you, my DP works for himself so he didn't have any time off after my DD's birth either. But I had my Mum come and stay for 2 wks, so at least had some assistance. Lucy's birth was by c/s (placenta praevia, so scheduled) and I'm desperately hoping for a vbac next time as well! Good luck with yours, I hope it goes according to plan. We won't be trying for #2 for a while yet (since not only DP works for himself, but me too!). You must be looking forward to being a SAHM. Lucy still has a dummy when she goes to sleep, but she's never bitten any of them, so I haven't really bothered with taking them off her. She doesn't keep it in for long and I take it off her as soon as she is up (if it hasn't been ditched, which it usually is). I don't think she uses it to sleep, more just as a cue to get in her cot. I will probably get rid of the dummy once we take the sides off her cot and she's adapted to the change okay.

Jen - hi there, we are doing okay. Spent Sunday afternoon with Chris's wife (widow now, I guess, but it's still hard to get used to the idea) and she's trying to be strong. Thanks for your thoughts. We planned to take the sides off Lucy's cot last weekend but instead went and got photos done for my Mum's bday and ran out of time. But the photos looked great! I had a hairdresser's appt first, perfect time to get my picture taken. So I think we'll try it on Saturday. Good on Tayneesha for being so clever and getting used to a bed quickly! Hehe at all of her boyfriends.

Kas - hi there, hope you get the gas sorted quickly. Brrr, I can't imagine what you must do for a shower with no hot water! I would be more than annoyed! Have a great time skiing next week - hope the weather stays cold enough for some snow on the skifields.

Steph - Wow, how great that all your boys sleep so well - you must be doing something right! After a shocker of a night a week or so ago, where Lucy just would not sleep (played in the bedroom and on the bed) her patterns have all changed. She is a great sleeper too, down at 6:30-7pm, bf at 5:30am and then up around 7am. She's now leaving her morning bf until 6:30am but then is getting up afterwards. Still, I like not getting woken at 5! She's having a huge sleep in the afternoon atm, 3 hrs yesterday after lunch. I'm wondering if she's going through a growth spurt or something.

Well, we are doing okay. I have so much work to catch up on and we seem to have a bit on in our personal lives for a change. It's my Mum's 60th birthday in a couple of weeks and we're throwing her a surprise bday on the APEC long weekend. She lives in Brisbane, so we'll be flying up to surprise her with a visit and then take her out and surprise her with a party as well. Her brother and SIL are coming up from Melb and her sister from Cairns, so with them and all of her friends it should be a great night. I'm really looking forward to it. So far no one has let anything slip.

Must go, time for a shower and to get to work!

[Hoody]

Hello Everyone,
I have just got in from been away from a weekend of trout fishing with DH, DD and another couple and i am absouluetly knackered but missed BB so thought i'd pop on quickly. Was expecting lots of new posts in here but i guess everyone is very busy. We had a lovely time although i think i need a holiday to recover. I ended up playing the role of mum to everyone as i'm sure most of you can imagine. The DW of the other couple we went with has no children and is not a very maternal person, she also had a cold (sore throat) so spent most of the weekend in bed leaving me to look after both DH's with meals (and cleaning up after them) and of course looking after Mia who was more work than normal. I didnt expect her to look after Mia for me but as she was in bed i felt i had to try and keep Mia quiet.....veryhard to do in a wooden cabin no bigger than a shoe box! Mia was also very unsettled as it was very cool so we spent most of our time cooped up indoors and no matter how many layers of clothes i put on her i couldnt get her to stop shivering. It didnt help either that she was in the same room as DH and i. She is a very independent sleeper at home so i think our presence in the room if she stirred caused her to wake. Well sorry to go on for so long i guess i needed a bit of a vent!

Well we are still going well with no dummy. I did try to give her one i took away with us as an emergency during the night when she was very unsettled but she shook her head and said no. I left it lying around and in her reach and she was never interested in it. Amazes me how quickly she seems to have forgotten about it.

I'm counting down the days til i finish up work and cant wait, i am starting to feel over been pg but i'm sure its just cos i'm working so much and still trying to be there full time for Mia. It's been a tough couple of weeks as i am in a job share roll but the lady i job share with has been on stress leave for 8 wks and then handed her notice in on Fri but is taking the 4wks notice she gave off as sick as well! Not very fair i am only working PT but doing a FT job in the hours i am there. I am having to bring lots of paper work home etc so the stress is coming home with me. Oh well i finish up on the 20th so 2 weeks from thursday.

well sorry its such a long post and no personals guess i needed to have a couple of vents and generally a chat to someone, i assumed someone out there may understand where i am coming from

Nat

[Jennifer13]

Hi Nat

Sounds like the weekend away was both good and bad in a way. You poor thing having to do all of that work. It must be hard enough to run around after a toddler while you're pg, let alone two grown men! I think next time you might have to be the one lying in bed unable to do any work... Well done on Mia's quitting the dummy. I am sure Lucy is going to be much the same, she really doesn't care much about having it any more and it's only out of habit I give it to her when she goes to bed. I'm just waiting until we get back from Mum's next week and take the sides off the cot before making the final cut!

It does get a bit quiet in here, probably because most of us are either working or juggling more than one child. But we're never far away!

Kas - how's the new house going? You'll have to join Facebook and post some photos up for us to see!

Jen - how are your two little girls doing? And what about you? Keeping up with their demands? I bet you're super-busy now.

Steph - how are you and your family?

Hi to everyone else, hope you're all doing well.

[bigbird2girls]

Hi Girls,

HAPPY BELATED FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE DAD'S !!!!

Well it sounds like you had fun Nat in a way. I must tell you now though when bubba number two comes it will be like what you experienced on holiday with the two grown men. Well done on the no dummy i am thinking i am going to have BIG problems with this one as she is a real maggie off Simpsons when it comes to her dummy, Luckily Shayla DD#2 doesn't have one and hates them. I'll have to get some tips off you in regards to the dummy removing etc.

Jen - The girls are going great Shayla is just adorable and i would love to have another one soon but it would be to much in that we would have to get a new car and all of that plus i don't like odd numbers so if we have three i would have to have another one. We Will see what happens though!!!! I am keeping fine i am on a 1500 cal diet and joined the gym which i go too and the weight is dropping off i have already lost 3 kgs in 2 weeks so i am very happy to get rid of this baby fat and i am on the road to becomming a HOT MUMMA!!!
Super busy i like to maybe say " I don't even have time to fart" Hee hee hee!

I am very fortunate though as Shayla and Tayneesha both sleep through all night Tayneesha goes down at 7.00pm and Shayla 8.30 - 9pm and sleeps through till 6.30am this has been going on since she was about 2 weeks old. I can not complain at all and i feel very lucky to have these remarkable genes in my body!!!

Well we had a great Fathers day we went to a thing called carnival on collins in cairns it was a great day and we all had a heap of fun! I hope everyone else had a great time. I also babysat a 4mth old one of my girlfriends kids on Sat night (sleepover) so we had a soon to be 18mth old a 2 mth old and a 4 mth old and can you believe it i had them all in bed fast asleep by 9pm !!! So i no that i would be able to cope with a third one if this was to happen.......I think the key to having more than one child is you MUST be organised!!! ( i am a bit of an organizer freak.)

GOOD NEWS AS WELL - Tayneesha is now officially a BIG GIRL and sleeps in her own bed. The switch to a big bed from a cot was not bad at all and she basically didn't mind and prefers to sleep in her big bed than a cot.

Ok enough of my babble time for bed for me so will BBL when i have some more time.....

The pic is now of shayla in my signature but if you all join facebook you can see all the pics and everything.....

Jen
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[Hoody]

Hi girl (and any guys that may be reading)

WARNING: post may be long and drawn out i need a bit of a vent.

Well just thought i'd stick my head in and say hi but not much seems to be happening around the place!
We are having a really bad week and i am feel really really low. Mia has had a temp on and off since last Wed (so almost a week) it was fairly mild for most of that time and she has had cold symptoms so i have just been dosing her up on panadol etc and she has been fine. I came home from work sick on sat with a high temp myself and felt like i was dying Lol. Luckily DH was very good and i stayed in bed for the rest of the day. I am still not feeling great but think i am on the mend. Mia on the other hand started to go down hill yesterday morning. Her temp sat at about 39 for most of the day and i could not get her in to see any dr's or anything and she was really lethargic everytime the panadol wore off her temp would go as high as 40.4. Lucky for me my twin sister works at a Dr's surgery and got us in 1st thing this morning. Mia has a chest and ear infection so has finally started antibiotics. i'ts so frustrating i would have taken her to the dr at the end of last week but you need to know you will be sick 3 days b4 it happens in order to get an appt! Poor thing is still not her self and jsut wants lots and lots of cuddles.

I went in to work today and asked if i can change my leaving date from next thur til this one as i am not coping very well with both Mia and myself been unwell. (i was in tears) i feel that i have done more than my share of the work since my job share partner quit (i've been on my own doing FT job in PT hrs for over 2 months now) and its time i put me and my family first. i was basically told that unless i get a Drs note and am unfit for work then i cant change my leaving dates if i am to do this i will be leaving on bad terms! i am so hurt that they can do this to me. My DH doesnt understand and thinks i need to get my priorities right. i know my prority is my family but is it worth leaving the job i've been in for 6 yrs on a bad note just to finish 1 week earlier!

To top my afternoon off i ordered and paid for a bed for Mia at the end of July. I was told it would take 3 weeks to come from the eastern states (i'm a perthie). I am still waiting! i have called several times and each time i get told next week! I got a bit rude with some poor lady today and she said 2 more weeks i requested my money back and they have told me i can have another bed that is similar and worth more if i like. It should be delievered b4 the end of the week. So for those of you with little ones in Big beds any advice? i just feel so unorganised with bub no 2 i havent even started to get ready and feel i need to have mia settled a big bed b4 i can do the new nursery.

Well as i said sorry for the long post i needed a vent, i feel a bit silly now its all in black and white but it has been have a rough week and i seem to be in tears more often than i'm not. Maybe its hormonal who knows.

hope you and all your little ones are H&H

[bigbird2girls]

Oh Nat huge big and:hugs:. You poor thing with work and feeling down i feel for you and we are all here for you to vent.

DON'T STRESS NAT DON'T STRESS IT WILL ALL HAPPEN IN TIME DARL!

I am not too sure but i don't think your work can do this to you whilst pregnant there are some laws to cover you if you can not cope and are finding it too difficult. Maybe call the ministry of fair trading and see what they say. But i suppose at the end of the day it is only one more week isn't it. I can't give any advice about DH as i think most men are the same aren't they.

Poor Mia the poor little darling it is so horrible when they are so helpless and can't do anything isn't it. Hopefully the antibiotics kick in and she gets better soon.

At least a positive came with the bed a more expensive one and better at least thats something! With the transfer to the bed i just did it took the cot out completely made a big fuss about being a big girl and let her jump on it and try it out etc. The first night she sleep in it and did not get out. Must have been tired. The second night she tried the get out of bed about 4 times we just told her back to bed quickly and put her back in time after time and this only lasted 2 days and she now goes to bed when you put her down and doesn't get out at all. I think it is just persistance and make a big huge fuss about it all . Other than that i have no other advice the other girls might though sorry Nat.

We are going back to Perth in november to see all of our family and friends were are you located Nat. Maybe we could catch up for a quick coffe or something?

Jen

[Jennifer13]

Oh you poor thing, Nat, it sounds like you've really had enough. When you aren't well it's so hard to cope with everything, and with a little one at home that sick it makes it ten times harder. You should take care of yourself and take your DH's advice. The people at work might not sound like they're being very understanding, but they'll get over it. I'm sure they'll want to see the new baby, so maybe you can go back and end things on a good note with a little visit.

The bed thing sounds like what happened with us a bit, we had huge hassles finding and then getting the right cot/bed for Lucy before she was born. In the end the girl stuffed up the price and when we got there to pick it up they didn't know which mattress we were supposed to have and ended up giving us the expensive one. When you look back, it almost seems worth the extra hassle!

We are taking the sides of Lucy's cot this week to turn it into a bed. Because we're not actually changing the bed I'm hoping the transition will be easy. But we'll have to compare notes!!

Hope Mia feels better soon. And you too of course!

Hi Jen, how are you going? Love the new pic in your ticker. Isn't Shayla a cutie? Well done to Tayneesha, moving into her big bed. I'll let you know how we go, but I've taken on board your suggestions to Nat. Sounds like Fathers Day went well. You must be excited about going back to Perth in a couple of months.

We went up to Brisbane for the APEC long weekend (something good for us Sydneysiders out of it!) to surprise my Mum for her 60th bday. She was so happy to see us, and got a double surprise when we took her out to dinner on Sat night and a huge party was waiting for her. My aunt and uncle even flew up from Melbourne. It was great for Lucy to see Nana again. Mum and my sister are both coming here for Xmas this year, so looking forward to that now. Lucy had a great time on the plane. We took the 6am flight both ways (cost and I thought it would work out well for Lucy). That way we just took her out of bed in her pjs, to the airport, fed her while we were waiting, gave her breakfast on the plane (and ate ours, except Lucy tried to eat half of mine as well!), dressed her and by then we were ready to land. So she was no trouble at all, thought it was great fun. I needed a nap in the afternoon as well (hated getting up at 4am!), but easier to have a happy child on the plane.

Must go, work needs doing. Lucy has a bit of a virus too, had a sore ear but seems better. She's having a little morning nap to help her get better.

[kas]

Hi girls,
I am back.....finally!
We finally got the gas connected two or three days before we left for the snow, which was much nicer than having a cold shower at 3am before we left i must say. I am still trying to unpack the house though. All the everyday stuff is done just all the decorative stuff like photos, kids craft stuff and both of their bookshelves and the toy room. Plus DH still has half the garage full of stuff but we cant do much with that till we landsscape and build a garden shed. All in good time though. Our first priority is the side and front retaining walls so we can put a fence up and grass out the back (we are the lucky ones having both families for xmas this year, so it really needs to get done).

We had a fabulous time at the snow and DH and Bradley did wonderfully at their lessons (both had never even seen snow before) and after a morning of self refreshing and an afternoon lesson i had regained my skills and confidence too. I got some lovely photos of the boys playing in the snow and sitting on some rocks with snow and trees in the background. The only dilema i have now is which one to enlarge for the wall.

I am reading about all these toddlers going into big beds and as sure as i am that Liam would love to have one now i am still going to wait until around xmas time and that can be part of his present list. Mind you i already have his doona cover. From memory Brad went to a bed at about 22 months only for the fact that after i put him in for an afternoon sleep one day i then heard him pitter patter down the hall way. I told hubby that now he could climb out i would rather him have a bed in case he tried to climb out at night and got stuck and something terrible happened. I reckon though if i left Liam till he could climb out he would be there till he was three or four. He had his "18 month service" a few days ago and it goes like this: Bare weight-8.45kg, Length-77cm and head-45cm. I had a different lady this time and she measured his head differently so it is actually smaller by half a cm!?!?!? So he is steadily getting longer by 3cm every 6-8 weeks but has only gained about 150gms. I am still yet to work out though where he is keeping the truckload of food he eats everyday . He is still having booba before bed but has almost weaned the time down to a couple of minutes a side and likes to play more with it now also. So i am guessing another few weeks and he will be done with that mixed emotions from me as you can see!

Other than that we are all well (except for a few sniffles and coughs) and i look forward to getting back into BB on a more regular basis. I hope you and your families are well also .

[bigbird2girls]

Hi Girls,

Well we have had a great weekend once again a group of us went into the cairns festival and watched the parade of lights and then the fireworks it was a great day/night with all of our friends. Then on Sunday we had a lovely family picnic down the beach and Tayneesha had a great time playing in the sand and water. She now nos the saying no hat no play so the hat goes on her head staight away and sunscreen i am glad we have this one all sorted out now ! The last two weekends we had a 4 mth and a 5mth old staying with us so we had plenty on board and i must say i really didn't have time to Fart! LOL. My hat goes off to everyone who has more then 2 kids under 2 yrs old Ahhhhhh!!!! I loved it though and it was fun. The parents loved me for doing it as well. Next time round our kids can play sleepovers at there house and we can go out and have some fun!

Does anyone else on here want more then 2 kids at all besides Kas? I want 4 but we are not sure at this stage as it would be very very hard with no family i think so still tossing up if we should or not! If we do we want them all close......

Jen- Yes shayla is one cutie thats for sure she is such a laid back easy baby thats for sure. I have to still brag as well ever since she was about 2 weeks old she has slept through all night from about 9.30-10.30pm till 6.30 - 7.00am in the morning. I must say i love being a mum and it is even better when you breed good kids that give you heaps and heaps of sleep!

Kas- It sounds like you had an awesome time in the snow - I'm jealous i would love to do this soon thats for sure! I am glad the gas is now on about time!LOL
Liam sounds like he is growing and going well at least. I say just get all the pics enlarged then you can't go wrong Hee hee. Cost though expensive Lol!

Nat - I hope you are ok and the pregnancy going well still for you. How much longer now?

Jimsteph - Hope you are ok and going well?

Well must be off lots to do.

Oh i forgot to tell you all i have lost a heap of weight since going to the gym 4 - 5 times a week and i feel great especially when i had excess baby fat from Tayneesha as well as Shayla. Yippee for me!!! It is hard work though and i wish it just would fall off within 2weeks.

Jen
xx