Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

Morning Ladies

Shoo Vix, I'd be heartbroken if I were you not being able to go with C, is there no ways your mum and Elwyn can join teams to look after the tweenies?

Ally - Good news hon! FXFXFX

Mandy - Hope something comes from your offer Keep looking, just remeber when buying a house you have to compromise, you're unlikely to find the perfect home so just talk with DH and decide between what are absolutely essential and that youre not prepared to compromise on then work from there. I was absolutely not budging when it came to a pool, if the house didn't have one I didn't even want to look at it lol

Nicole - I'm sorry K is sick again. WRT to a homeopath I have to say I am converted, the pharmacy that has a homeopath is my first stop with anything now. The ear stuff they've given me for Nina and Oliver works like a charm and she says she can mix something up for allergies as well as I think Oliver has allergies (although its never been properly diagnosed). I've been giving Nina the ear stuff once a week and we're now heading to nearly 2 months (touch wood) without any problems. I went there yesterday as I can't seem to shift this cough from being sick and she gave me some cough mixture and already its working loads better than anything else I've tried. Last night was the first night I didn't wake up with a coughing fit. I personally definitely recommend trying a homepath

Simone - Glad you're scan went well, its amazing how early they start to look like little people Good luck with your deadlines!

Lisha - Welcome back, glad you had a nice holiday

Christi - Lucky you having some time alone at home, enjoy it while you can!

Zee - Will Z still be going to the day mother when you have your little boy? I found it pretty tough going looking after both of them and still trying to get work done. I'd have managed easier when Oliver was tiny but Nina was (and still is) a terrible day sleeper so its almost impossible to get anything done.

Yoza - Follow your heart with the schooling for Siba, I'm amazed at his current school's attitude, I think I would've lost it on the spot if I were you!!

Sorry for being MIA, I barely find the time to post these days. Nina is growing up so fast but man oh man she's adorable, she's all of a sudden found her voice and she chatters NON STOP lol. If I leave her and she wants attention then she shouts for me, its so funny, she literally raises her voice and calls out. Oliver is totally in love with her and sits and plays with her all the time, so much so that she actually gets fed up with him sometimes and pushes him away hehehe - feisty little madam I'm going to have on my hands. She loves music and starts rocking on her bum every time she hears any and if I sing to her she laughs her head off.

Oliver is fine although borderline with an ear infection, he started complaining of ear ache and was waking up at night so I took him to the homeopath yesterday and she says he has tons of fluid so he's on the ear draining mix and is already brighter today and didn't wake up once last night. He is LOVING play group, asks to go all the time lol. He's so proud to show daddy his pictures when he gets home. He's going through the 'No' phase though, I can ask him anything (except of course 'would you like some chocolate' lol) and he says "no". I picked him up from playgroup yesteday and the teacher he certainly knows how to say "no" hehe Hopefully it will pass. We're still fighting to get him to poo on the potty so I've just decided to give that part a rest and stop pushing him for a while and hope that he comes round soon.

Anyways, that's about it for now, I have to get back to work. We are so busy...hope that means we get a payrise this year!!

Vix i have taken him to an ENT who said that unfortuntely once you have hayfever, there is not much that will help besides the usual allergy medicine. He checked K's ear and tonsils and his ears were fine but his tonsils are very enlarged, however he feels that we should wait til next year before removing them as although you can do it at his age he feels that unless neccessary to keep it until next year. Im debating going to a homeopath as i am at a loss of what to do . Sorry to hear C is sick. Good luck for friday and sending him lots of well wishes and hugs!!!!!! Just a quick question are they putting in grommets because he gets ear infections requarly?

Morning ladies,

Yoza- I'm pleased to hear you liked the montessori school. I hope they can give Siba the extra attention he needs, I'm sure once they spend some time with him encouraging him he will catch up quickly. Xxxx Glad to hear your DH is on board too xxxx hope the princess is doing well?

Julz- how's your hectic week going? Hope your sinus' are clearing themselves a little bit xxx

Simone- wow what a wonderful thing to see your little angel looking like a real mini person! Hope you get your work sorted, sorry it's so stressful for you at the moment xxx

Lisha- how's the workload? Sorry Shrey is keeping you from getting good sleep! C did that for a while when his ears were at their worst, he would sleep head on daddy feet on mommy horizontally accross the bed. Thankfully I have a spare bed in the tweenies room so I just get up and go there for a bit of peace and quiet, ironic when you get more sleep in your babies' room than in your own bed.

So Mandy, when is your 12w scan?

Zee- I remember how hectic your ML was and being just before the xmas deadlines too wow, well at least you're a couple of weeks ahead this year. Just hope baby boy is well behaved

Nicole- sorry K is so sick! Can't they do something for him and his sinus issues cos shame poor little monkey really seems to struggle with all these allergies and colds. Has he been to an ENT? I must say I was quite impressed with the ENT we saw, he explained so much to me, I had no idea how much the nasal passages affect the ears and obviously the chest with all the mucous. It seems C might have to have his adenoids removed in order for his terrible sinus issues to clear up and that should hopefully fix the chest and then the cough etc

C has a viral rash, nothing serious or particulally contagous but I just had to take him to the paed to be sure so I don't have to cancel the op on friday. So he's going in at 6am they will insert grommets, look at his adenoids and probably remove those aswell, I think he's going to leave the tonsils because they're not causing too many problems, he just had a few spots on them but the antibiotic should've fixed that. I can't go with him I'm very sad about this, I want to be with my baby but I appear to be the only one capable of looking after the tweenies so Daddy will take C in.

I received my Jeep twin stroller at last, yippie!

And now I'm trying out a new domestic again tomorrow, I have been assured she's very good so let's see if she's my version of good LOL shame, they don't do very well with me, I like someone to work if I'm paying them.

O.k gotta go, I have a ton of work to do again......

Hi ladies

Simone glad the appointment went well! Little bean sounds like he/she is growing nicely. Good Luck for today! I hope Addy is not getting sick and is feeling a 100% today.

Zee sound hectic to meet deadlines whilst on maternity leave. These kids can be so difficult wrt supper - K hardly ate again last night. Just pumping him full of vitamins as dont know what else to do. I am going to make country hot pot tonight with alot of veggies and hopefully he wil eat it, even if its a few teaspoons.

Lisha glad work is calming down. Thanks for asking, headache is alright, had it all of yesterday and last night, still there this morning but not to bad.

afu - well it looks like K has a head cold now as from being so conjested he has like mucous coming out his eyes which is making him very uncomfortable and i constantly have to clean his eyes. It only happens at night and in early morning, but thinking of taking him back to the Doc, as he has been sick off and on for a month now and i am not comfortable with giving him all sorts of medicine all the time.......

Hi ladies

Hope you all had a good evening.

Simone so pleased all went well at the appointment. Can just picture your emotion you feel seeing that precious baby
Hope work is better today hun xxx

Zee sounds awful to still stress over deadlines when on maternity leave Hope it won't be too bad. Sorry Z is being difficult with her eating ... sounds a lot like Shrey with meat grrrrr

Nicole I hope the headache is all better now.

Yoza the school sounds very nice. Hope it all works out perfectly for Siba.

AFM not much to report. Shrey is still coming back to our bed despite me putting him back once he was sound asleep. It wouldn't be too bad but he now is sleeping horizontally so he's kicking us and just making our sleep uncomfortable Hope this stops soon! May consider a proper single bed for him if this continues.
Work is calming down. Handed over issue to the auditors as they are the experts and better equipped to handle this issue.

Guys hope you all have a gorgeous day xxx

Hi ladies
Simone, so happy that all went well! Hope Addy is much better today.

Yoza, the school sounds nice. Just go with your instinct!

Christi, yes, since the company gives UNPAID maternity leave I am fortunate to still earn my salary in the three months at home but I still wish that I could just experience ML without stressing about work. It was really hectic meeting the deadlines when I had Z.

Julz, hope you have a good trip and that you don’t have to stay there too long.

Lisha, hope the work stuff get sorted now and that Shrey will settle in his old routine soon.

Nicole, I’m also struggling with Z and supper and she just wants to eat flippen 2 minute noodles! She’s addicted. And I can’t even work veggies or meat into it, if there is anything in it she refuses to eat. I shouted like a lunatic last night when I made lovely spaghetti bolognese (with hidden carrots) and she refused to even look at it. She wanted plan spaghetti. Grrrrr …

Hi ladies

Will probably not be able to post tomorrow as I have tons to do on my 2 deadlines. Wish me luck ladies!!

Scan was awesome! I started tearing up seeing our little bean moving! He/she hated being poked and kept arching its back. I can't believe someting so small can look like a little baby! Almost 6cm, weighing 54gm. Everything looked good, just waiting for bloods as well. She confirmed due date as 1 Jan on their machine (1 day out from Gynae's machine)...new week on a Sunday which is spot on with what I believed conception was when G got back:)

I've been very very cold this week as I haven't been able to eat much being so busy...then I eat and...um ya...so I assume the lack of food is making me extra cold??? I literally take hours to warm up in bed:(

Addison not herself today. Apparently slept a lot...acting very clingy...she was very hot earlier so just gave her some ponstan. Sent G to get some empaped but haven't used it as feels cooler after ponstan.

Okay enough of my selfish posts! Sleep tight ladies:)