**Due May 2009**

Woohoo!! Congrats Tibby!! That is awesome news Sounds as though it was all a bit dramatic - fingers crossed you get the all clear tomorrow.

Hope its all going well with them both at home on your own - I found that first time terrifying!!

We were all down and out with colds last week - NOT fun!! K is away for the weekend with her grandparents so we are having a little bit of downtime which is nice, although I always miss her when she's gone!!

Hope those of you in Chch are managing ok. My thoughts are with you

M is squawking so had better go and get her

Congrats Tibby!! So pleased he's arrived safely and hope scan comes back all good for you. Eek on the first time home alone with the kids! Let us know how it goes.

I've just got 2 more weeks till due date and am getting excited. But what's with getting carpel tunnel in pregnancy?! Did anyone else have that? When I wake up in the mornings I can hardly bend my fingers and it hurts to change L's nappy. I'm told it'll go after baby is born, but it makes me really feel for those that have carpel tunnel permanently. Nasty.

TT is going very slowly here. L is telling me as soon as he's pooed his nappy which is fantastic, but can't get anything pre-emptive yet. He's done wees in the potty often and understands the concept, but he gets so excited about it that he cuts off the flow to take a look and won't do anymore. Then he fills a clean nappy shortly after. Good times, lol! He seems pretty comfortable with using a potty though and understands the process, we just need to get him knowing when he needs to go rather than after the fact.

It seems like a wonderful dream to think of having a kid not in nappies!

Congratulations Tibby! Welcome to the world William

Sorry to hear you had a bit of a rough time, can I ask how long you were in labour for before they caesared you? I think that is my worse fear in trying for a VBAC only to end up having another emerg.caesar!
How did the scan go?

MrsB, l labour very quickly so the plan was made with my mw and hospital dr l saw a/n that if l hadn't delivered either enroute or soon within arriving then l would probably need anothe cs.

My waters broke at 22.45, started tightening and left for the hospital, on arrival at 23.45 l was fully and pushing. William was in the op position(same position Oliver got stuck in) so at that point the decision was made for em cs. Pretty cut and dried with me tho. What was the reason for your cs last time? Scan was all clear thank you.

Oliver goes down for a sleep at about 12.30 ish but often earlier for his Porse carer. He protests every time tho.

Congrats Tibby! Sorry to hear that the birth didn't go to plan but pleased to hear you're all ok. Hope things settle into more of a routine for you soon.

MrsB - Benjamin goes down for a sleep about 12.30 / 1.00 at home and sleeps for anywhere from an hour to 3 hours. At daycare he goes to bed about 11.30 and will probably only sleep for an hour if we're lucky.

Katrina I can't believe you have less than two weeks to go now! Wow - that seems to have gone fast. Probably not for you though!!

Thank you for the lovely offers for help ladies. We're ok down here. Just being continually rattled with aftershocks which we are feeling a lot more this time round as they are closer to home. We just had a big 4.5 quake before which felt like it was building to a big one and felt like it was centred right underneath our house (which it wasn't!). It's very hard though trying to live normally though when you're constantly in fear of another big shake. My DH wants us to leave town next weekend when there is supposed to be another big one (according to the moon man!) so we're working out what we're going to do. Crazy, crazy times!

KitKat - I'm so pleased your DH was okay too. Must have been awful for him being here and awful for you knowing he was down here. Hope he's recovered from the experience.

Hi everyone!
Congrats to all the new mums!

Wow - it's been a REALLY long time since I posted here
I kind of feel like a bit of an impostor these days though - since nearly everyone else is either pg, or well on to #2 already. I feel like a bit of a 'pretend parent' since I'm still quite content with just Gus, am loving being back at work, and still have NO desire whatsoever to have another child... hmmm, anyway...

Mrs B - Gus is the same as the others. He goes down between 12 and 1pm, and will do 1.5 to 3.5 hrs. He's normally pretty good at going down during the day though - he'll lie down and he's gone within a couple of minutes with no fuss. (Unlike during the evenings when he'll faff about for a good hour or so, chatting to himself before he'll fall asleep)

Special K - yep, Gus does that. He's only just learning the concept of 'bite' - taking a bit of something and putting the rest down until he's got room for it. More often than not he'll cram his mouth so full he can barely breathe, then spit it all out again...

PS- Josica.... Iv no plans or desire for any more either.

SpecialK wrote: ] Kat and Jo - I had such an atrocious day with my two yesterday that I actually day dreamed about being single again (well, with DH but not married) and traipsing through Italy... and then cried because it's never going to happen again and I didn't appreciate it enough at the time

Is it bad I daydream about that all the time?... I think the one think I miss most now other than sleep, is travelling.

OMG!!!!   you made biscuits too! rockstar!
We need to catch up again soon... after virus has passed though :)

Sorry y'all having bad week...

I relate completely with you all- even though I only have 1 monkey. I miss pre kiddy time a lot. But love it now too- obviously we all do... different though ey.

any babies born lately??

Tibby, Harry's behaviour went downhill in exactly the way you describe. I had to get tough on him, but at the same time give him lots of attention - lots of stories, walks etc.

Yay for your mum arriving, hope that'll give you a bit of a break and a catch up on sleep.

Oh, and with the Raynaud's - my MIL made me little wheat bags to heat up and stick in my bra. AMAZING! I can send them your way if you like?