Due in March 2009

Awww Rach, not cool behaviour from your DH, hopefully he will come right very soon, sounds like you are doing a fantastic job.

Love the photo of Caleb GJen. And yay for the solo weekend going well!!!

Tessa is back sleeping in with me, due to her starting pooing issues restarting and her getting major nappy rash *sigh* i just don't have it in me to let her cry when something is wrong with her.

Had my hair cut off on friday, so i now have short hair and it feels great, so much easier to look after.
Things are going well with my guy friend as well, really liking spending time with him, he's so nice haha and hot as well!!!

Aah, don't ya just love toddlers when they won't sleep when you want them to? Hope you're both having some luck, Vanessa and Rachel!

Rachel, that's what we're here for, hun, so you don't have to hold things in. Vent away if it helps you to feel better. Hope Greg gets better now he's back at work.

Ali - bummer that you have to share your bed again, but I can understand that Tessa needs some comfort. Poor girl, any idea whats causing the pooing issues?
Okay, I think we need pics - of your short hair, and your hot man!

My ratbag decided to have a nap from nearly 4pm to 5:20pm yesterday, big mistake me letting sleep because he wouldn't go to bed til 10:30pm after that! Today only slightly better - he fell asleep at 2pm and woke 3:20pm, thought he'd be okay but noooo, finally asleep at 9pm! Aaargh, I don't know what to do about his new napping routine!

Sophia surprisingly went to bed without any more hassle than normal, which still meant I put her back to bed about 3 times before she went to sleep but she was in good enough spirits about it all so I didn't feel too stressed about it. She got up at 3:25am and scared the bejesus out of me. Normally I hear her get up but I think I was just drifting back to sleep after feeding William so I opened my eyes and she was right there beside the bed! She went back to bed about 5 min later and slept through until 7ish. Both girls woke at the sme time and ended up playing really nicely together in their room for about 15min before they came into our rooom, it was such a nice way to start the day and William slept until 8am so it was lovely all round

Awesome bump pic Kathleen, and yay for Wardrobe Wednesday coming back! Wish I had such nice clothes hehe

Glad your solo weekend went well too GJen and that the kids all behaved themselves!

Ooh Ali, we need pics of your new haircut, and hot new man hehehe. So glad it's all going well with him Hope Tessa's bum gets better quickly, poor wee thing

The other night I finally got Chelsea to sleep just after 9pm (this was after falling asleep in the car when we went to pick DH up from work at 5pm, 20min nap lol!). But last night was 8pm and she slept thru till 8am this morning yay! Already know that she will be up all night tonight though lol as we lay down together at 12:30 as I was tired, and she slept till 2:30!!! Eek I so should have woken her up earlier but she looked so peaceful, oops. I got about an hour sleep then Austin woke up for a feed and change, then straight back to sleep again, good boy

Lol Chelsea is sitting at her table eating a yoghurt but there is more talking than eating going on hmm now she's saying "Mama got blood down there". Hope she's not traumatised from after the birth - unfortunately everyone had their hands full so no one could stop her watching me get stitches done mum was holding Austin, DH was holding the light so MW could see what she was doing, student mw was holding my hand and mw was doing the stitching! And I was saying "I wish Chelsea wasn't watching!"

Oh good now she's talking about something else ("Wind blew Chelsea's bike over. Cheeky wind. Mama pick it up" haha)

Toni that sucks that Willy isn't coming up anymore, glad Cody is too young to understand.

Omg my child is so random hehe. Now she's saying "baa baa sheep sleeping. Mama awake. Lalala" guess she takes after me, I was always last to finish a meal from talking too much now she's reciting Incy Wincy Spider

WWJen, yay for almost 7wks!!

Austin's awake now, off I go!

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Hey gals, awful wet grizzly day here today, and the whole family are loaded up with head colds to match although cant complain when its our first one for the year.
Love the singing Rachel, Chelsea is a great talker!!! Ummm you prob know this but its not safe to go cold turkey off antidepressents, I hope Dh is better now though, if he still is saying mean things prob best to get him back on them. Its common to think because you are feeling better that you dont need to take them any more when its the pills that help the brain chemically and usually need to be on them for a while. Dont mean to be poking my nose in, I have been there myself

Belive it or not with my two years of wakeful nights Samantha is a pretty good sleeper now, especially with going to bed. She actually asks to go to bed, she ran to bed the other night lol. Do feel for you guys who have the toddler battle everynight. As much as we love them its nice to have that quiet time in the evening.

Feel free to tell me to stop being silly, but am a little worried about this baby, I had to have 3 scans for the nucal test because baby was too still wouldnt move at all, there was a strong heart beat of course. Yes it could have been sleeping but every time was the same. It just seemed too still IYKWIM. I still havnt felt baby move yet, I felt Sam at 16 weeks so I know its still anytime I should start to feel it placenta is at the back, MW seemed a little suprised that I hadnt felt it yet, although I am bigger this time so not sure if that matters. I dont know feel silly for writting this but its been niggling at me. HAve my scan anatomy scan in 3 weeks so willo feel better after that.

GJen - Have voted for Hugh. He's the cutest anyway and he sucks his two middle fingers like my sister did.

Kathleen - Just read your blog updates. You have an amazing outlook on everything. I need to chill a wee bit and go with mess or let the kids 'help' me more in the kitchen. I am usually so busy that I just end up feeling annoyed with the water that ends up on the floor or the flour that gets dumped all over the bench. Must chill, Must chill!!!!!!!!!

Rachel - That photo you posted in the May photo thread of your DH holding Austin is classic. It looks like Austin is saying "Hey, who are you and where are your boobies"

Sad day here. I unsubscribed from both the Baby City and Baby Factory emails. I don't have babies anymore, boo hoo.

We are off tomorrow for our weekend away. Hopefully the kids behave themselves for my parents.

MM - we used to get the same thing, the child standing silently beside the bed. It's really freaky to open one eye and see a little person staring back at you. We're lucky that the days of her getting up ten times in a night are over. She tends to go to bed at 7pm and sleeps through until about 5.30am.

BBL - need to have a quick tidy up before DP comes home.

Oh Shannon, forgot to say I haven't even managed to get hold of my midwife yet, so haven't managed to organise a dating scan. Next Monday hopefully I'll talk to her, and I'm hoping she'll let me get an early scan.

That's funny Shannon, I would have thought she would have been informed when I got Plunket to transfer my notes up here!

That's great news, Salz! I still get worried now if I don't feel anything for a wee bit, even though it's still early days & I know I wasn't feeling regular movement at 22 weeks last time. Not crazy at all

Trying to clean the house before my mother gets here...ahghhhhhh anyone want to magic themselves here & do it for me!

Wow it's been quiet on here!!! This must be the first time ever that we've gone almost 3 days without a post!!!

Nothing much going on here. Just plodding along.

Hope everyone has exciting lives at the moment!!