Born Oct/Nov 2015

Picture of my lg that "lost" her first 2 teeth!

Juanita its unreal, only 8 more weeks!!

@Lauz, good luck with finding some help at work. Im learning the hard way that its not as easy as i thought it would be! Ive had sooo many applicants that apply for the position that are not nearly qualified enough. even though the add says 3 years minimum experience ive had countless "first time job seekers" apply. sooo annoying!! and then ive had people that put things like "listening skills" under qualifications! i kid you not!! i could only roll my eyes! this morning someone was supposed to come in for a interview but she just never arrived. no email, no phone call nothing i mean really?? just gets under my skin!!

@PP dont even take to heart what that lady said about the co sleeping. People are insensitive without realizing it! I got so much lip from people when i told them with my first lg what the sleeping arrangements were going to be! people literally rolled their eyes at me, infront of my face. i had people say "well your a first time mom so you dont really know anything" Even now my MIL was just shaking her head when i told her we are doing the exact same with Larissa than we did with Leandi. well, im sorry if you dont like it but its NOT YOUR CHILD!! AND you dont have to raise her!! so ya, im just letting it roll off without even putting a second thought to it.

AFM, our upstairs floors are DONE!! We've moved back most of the furniture, now my housekeeper can just do the rest of it throughout the week. i dont have the energy so i will just leave it in her capable hands
All baby's furniture is ready so we need to fetch that this week, and my new living room suite also arriving this week So exciting!! Then i can start washing her clothes and packing it away, or maybe i will just wait till dh finished painting. will see how it goes. feeling so exited lately, like a kid waiting for Christmas

30 Weeks today! 8 weeks to go then my lg will be here! UNREAL

Hi everyone,
This heat though , funny cause there was no rain on my side on saturday, just cloudy and windy.

pillpusher, lots of hugs to you

30 weeks

Hi all

Thanks LouiseMarie and Lauz – I'm trying not to make too much of the weight gain. Just concerned about fitting back into pre-pregnancy clothes! I'll have to give myself time, like I said to DH this morning there will be lots of squats required when I'm allowed to go back to gym!

I started with the hospital bag last night. I've packed the toiletries that I have (which is most of what I need) and the marriage certificate and ID copies. I just need linen savers and then I think I've got all those type of required items. I went to Edgars yesterday to look for sleepwear and was rather underwhelmed They had some button through short sleeved sleep tops with pants, but they were R300 alone and then robes were R300. I settled on a satin nightie that came with a pretty white with butterfly print satin robe for R300. I figure that the nightie is loose enough on top to allow for breastfeeding and I can cover up with the robe.

@Lauz – hope your stuffy nose clears up. I'm struggling a bit with fatigue.

@Louise – I think people make too much of a fuss about whether or not a baby turns. My mom was saying how one of my surrogate moms (close family friends that are like extra moms) said she felt there was far too much of a thing about delivery options and that surely the most important thing is delivering a healthy baby. Which is exactly how I feel. Some people are talking about different stretches and things to encourage turning, but I'm not going to bother. My doctor said 4 weeks ago that it might be difficult for her to turn and I don't think that would have been said without knowledge and experience of these things. It could still happen, but I'm going to let El (and God) decide it.

I got a bit annoyed on Saturday. Went to the stork party for the family friend that's due on the same day as me. It was quite nice, but something her mother said just annoyed me when we were leaving. I was explaining to her that the rationale behind the gift that my mom and I gave her (a nice storage basket full of toiletries) is so that she can pack whatever is needed for nighttime changes/feeds into the basket and have it ready when she goes to bed. She then said that she won't be co-sleeping and that her baby will be in her own room from day 1 at home (I felt a little bit slighted by the way she said it, like the gift wasn't "good enough", but that might have just been poor interpretation of her tone because she can be a bit hard to read and she's been supportive in all our other interactions since she told me about her pregnancy). Then her mother pipes up about how she'd done the "right" thing by not co-sleeping. I just thought "well you! Who the hell are you to tell me what's wrong and right?". I think that the decision as to whether or not you let your baby sleep in your room (or your bed, which I won't do since it won't be safe for her with my husband being on sleeping tablets) or their own depends on what's "right" for the parents. It just pisses me off when people talk about what's "right" regarding certain things when having and raising a child.

Otherwise I know that I'll be having my party this weekend. Shame, DH is still trying hard to keep me clueless, but unfortunately there isn't really another time I can have it unless we're waiting for 4 weeks and my parents are going away on that fourth weekend for my nephew's christening... that and the fact that my mom was trying to be surreptitious on Saturday, but her whispers aren't too good when she's deaf in one ear and I heard her say that it's mine "next weekend". But I'll play along, I know it's important to him that I have a good party.

I'm suffering a bit with a stuffy nose but so glad the weather is nice and warm and the rain we had on Saturday night was just awesome as I usually suffer now with the spring season. I do however find I'm pretty fatigued by 11am with this heat hopefully it was just all the stress from the past few days otherwise I'll have to consider catnaps at work.

How is everybody else doing?

Good morning everybody,

Gosh I wanted to respond on friday but last week thursday and friday was the most stressful days I have ever experienced at work, I didnt know if I should cry, scream or just go to sleep, all because one of my colleagues didnt come in and I was stuck having to do hers and my work (which just by the way is 2 peoples jobs) - We desperately need this position filled to alleviate the workload!

However this weekend I relaxed did a bit of clothes spring cleaning and im fresh and ready for the week!

PP and Kimmy I really wouldnt worry too much about the weight gain - too little and too much than the norm means nothing, I like to think what is normal, seriously. According to my app im way off my weight gain, I only gained 11kg with my first and I think with this little man it will be more, im all good with it though, as long as he is healthy!!!