Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

Hey everyone

Hope you are all doing well. Z has very restless last night, hope she is not coming down with something. DH just called and said she was just impossible this morning as well. Poor baby.

Yoza, great to hear from you and congrats on the first steps! The crèche for Siba sounds like a good idea, hope he loves it there. I’m also looking at crèches for Z since you actually have to register some time in advance for some of the popular ones close to us. They are already taking registrations. There is one where you can have a look on the internet what your child is up to. Nice!

Pfairy, love the pics of Mia, she is so adorable and Xander is such a handsome ouboet!

Mandy, the water situation sucks! Shame. I’m in for the 26th at 2.

Vix, hope the MS goes away soon! Good luck with all the work.

Simone, it is difficult to decide when to take to the doctor or not, but the phlegm sounds bad .. Maybe you should rather take her? Hope she feels much better soon.

Sorry if I missed any posts, got to go. Chat to you all soon, hope you have a good Monday.

morning ladies

simone - yip boeta is sitting tight and I am very pleased as I will be 38wks on wed and that is usually a safe time to come - but if only i can last till monday 38.5wks then my gynae will be back whoop whoop - but no signs for now and ready so not worried any more

simone - red meds during day u have to loosen pleghm and get it out - then at night u need to suppress cough and no pleghm to let them breath and sleep

so 1.25ml of mucospect(stubborn pleghm) or rinex(for early cold symtoms) after breakfast and lunch

along with a coughmed like coughcod or bronchoped to ease and sort cough

then after dinner and every 4 hours at night(if needed) u can give NIGHTPAX its a coughmed suppressing cough so they dont get nauseus from coughing up pleghm

along with 5 drops of "weleda colds&flu sinus &post-nasal drip remedy" in night bottle to dry nose and stop any pleghm running into throat at night

then next morning u start loosening and sorting cough u can also neubilise during day not later than 4

Yoza- sorry to hear you have to go back to work soon, must be hard!

I am terrible when it comes to entertaining C, during the day he entertains himself in the garden, I put on his jumpers and wellies and he goes trudging around the garden for hours, he has one of those plastic scooters, he rides that thing like a mad man all day long. Sometimes we get the crayons out but it's not long before he's trying to draw on everything but the paper.

Julz- mmm cake, I have been threatening to bake a big choc one but to be honest I can't be bothered!

Mandy- that REALLY sucks about your water. If it's going to last months maybe you guys should invest in a little gas combi boilers? I would never survive without hot water. It would see you through any blackouts with warm water still. I can cope without lights but hot water is a necessity when you have a baby!

It seems the MS at 6w was just a little warning, each day now it's starting to get worse but hey, it should only last another month thankfully. I think the reason I'm craving sushi is actually for the pickled ginger so I shall go on the hunt tomorrow.n anyone got any clues where I can get nice pickled ginger?

C is really becoming so affectionate, he comes running to me and gives the biggest hug and kisses on the lips, then turns around runs to daddy and does the same to him.

I may well be scarce for a few days, I have more work to do than I have time to do it and at the moment I really don't feel up to it. I think I should take a break after this week is over. I need a recharge week.

Mandy I always said my child won't watch more than 20min of tv a day....and now...i don't keep to that rule. It really frees us time for us to cook and do whatever....though given the choice Addison would prefer to be outdoors or drawing or wiping walls! So I think its all balanced. But if cam doesn't like tv....i think that's a good thing. Kids are such couch potatoes now!

My child was very unaffectionate....but within a week of watching the tubbies hug...and they go 'teletubbies love each other very much'....Addison hugs and kisses us and is always saying...'i love you mama' or dada or whomever. If she kisses her dad in lounge and I am in room....she'll come looking for me yelling 'mama kiss'...like if she kisses or hugs one...she must do it to all of us... So for that...i am in their debt...those colourful annoying things! Lol.

Shame she is coughing a lot in her sleep now....hope she's okay tonight!

Mandy I always said my child won't watch more than 20min of tv a day....and now...i don't keep to that rule. It really frees us time for us to cook and do whatever....though given the choice Addison would prefer to be outdoors or drawing or wiping walls! So I think its all balanced. But if cam doesn't like tv....i think that's a good thing. Kids are such couch potatoes now!

My child was very unaffectionate....but within a week of watching the tubbies hug...and they go 'teletubbies love each other very much'....Addison hugs and kisses us and is always saying...'i love you mama' or dada or whomever. If she kisses her dad in lounge and I am in room....she'll come looking for me yelling 'mama kiss'...like if she kisses or hugs one...she must do it to all of us... So for that...i am in their debt...those colourful annoying things! Lol.

Shame she is coughing a lot in her sleep now....hope she's okay tonight!

Hey ladies

Feeling like crap...sore throat...head was aching...light headed...AND gastro all night!!!!! Shame dh let me sleep til 11. no appetite....he made my fave porridge and I couldn't eat. He cooked lunch, saw to Addy...

So we finally put her down after 6...and she is fast asleep and dh hears her coughing and finds her on all 4's puking....picks her up she pukes on our bed....then bathroom floor full! So Gerard had to clean all that up now! Now she has to sleep in bed with us cause her cot stinks even though we cleaned it out. So gonna be an interesting night!

Mandy shame man... no water??? that sucks! Buttering toast? That sounds like it would be fun for them. I find if I give Addy dishes to dry....she loves it!!!

Yoza wow on weight loss! U are doing well! Siba naughty? I agree....cant picture it!!! Can't wait to see pics of buhle!

Vix I see purity sells ginger lollies for MS? Like ally....I had to avoid hunger and then ms was at bay. The minute I got hungry...oh boy!

Julz glad the 40th went off well! Spit braai.....my fave!

Mandy u gave breakdown of which meds to give at night and day?? I think Addy puked due to phlegm....thinking maybe meds loosened too much??

And ladies when do u go to doc? She has no fever, but is coughing now...though I think phlegm major cause. Still normal self, not really eating though. Oh and mucous going grey colour.

sorry sorry ally, i did agree to do saturdays too ! so its the 26th June in the afternoon?

MAN O MAN its cold out!

Yoza - cam loves playdough and pen and paper or crayons and paper and buy cheap stickers and help him peel them off and stick them down.. and I also bought one of those white plastic wipeable boards with a special pen that he can draw with and then you wipe it clean ?? dont know what its called and then , he loves it when he let him put the toast in the toaster and then we give him the bread board and a butter knife and let him try to spread ( if you dont mind him jabbing your butter dish) I dont mind.. let him try to butter him and you show him how to spread - we can do that for like 45 minutes.. I specially make banana bread and we toast it during these cold winter days and cam loves loves loves this!

okay, its cams bath time - had no HOT water since thursday guys! They are digging up all the roads in my area and working on water and storm water pipes - its the PITSS!! - and no warning at all! so we have cold water but not enough water to go up to the geyser and back so the hot water taps just make a horrible noise and nothing comes out! GGRRRRRRR - they plan to be busy on the roads for another 2 months CRAPPPPPPPP!!!!! so it SUCKS not being able to soak in a hot bath during these cold days.. Marc and I wash every second day and every other day we do a bath by boiling the pots and kettle a million times to soak in! I cant LIVE LIKE THIS MUCH LONGER!!