Due June 2009

Tell me about it gmunster, it seems like with adding another one, time just flies even faster!!

We're just having a bbq at home with immediate family and a few close friends with kids, nothing too big, since house is FINALLY on the market.

Had a huge ranttto DP last night over my being treated like the housekeeper... yes I'm a SAHM but with raising 2 under 2 (well, just!) and still struggling with feeding, which takes up a large amount of time... doesnt leave much time to keep on top of the day-to-day housework, screw keeping it to showhome standards like BIL expects... DP took off for the day last weekend from 9.30am, leaving me to tidy the house from top ot bottom before the R.E agent was due to turn up with a couple at 2pm... had the house presentable (although not nearly as tody as BIL would have wanted lol!) at 2... only for the R.E agent to knock on the door and tell me they hadnt shown up.. they finally did at 3pm, by which time I'd given up and let jae go for a sleep, and D had just fed and gone to sleep... then there were a couple of things wrong with the house they asked ME about... how the hell should I know, its not my family home, and noone tells me anything anyway, apparently I'm basically a housekeeper. Then to make me feel even better... had 20 odd agents turn up the other day (couldnt give me even an approx time) just when I was up to my ears with grumpy toddler, screaming baby who'd had his eye poked by said toddler, half dried dishes, washing in the trundler waiting to be hung out, and I'm still in my trackpants cos I hadnt had time for a shower... I hope this house sells fast (pfft, yeah right, not with the house across the rd for sale, and around the corner going up for auction this weekend) cos I'm already over the whole bloody thing!!

Higs Lisa.... soudns like a tricky time for you

I hate it when there is too much on.... we are the same. Renovations, baby, work and now I am on crutches as I twisted my ankle badly this morning. Great timing with DS birthday and starting daycare next week ... grrrrr !

Happy birthday Amelie!!!
Lovely to 'see' you in here Wellygirl!! I was thinking about you recently and wondering how you were. Hope all is well
BK - that is stress you don't need. I hope the house sells fast for you too.

DS2 will be 2 weeks old tomorrow He's awesome and DS1 has been totally amazing. Can't believe my big boy will be 2 in a couple of weeks!!

Hi everyone,

I too was just lurking seen as all the 'babies' are turning 2! It has been about a year since I last posted, hopefully some of you will remember though
My little boy, Dexter, is 2 on the 16th. He now has a baby brother, Aiden, who is 3 months old on Sunday! Time is flying by so fast.

I hope all is well with you all and your babies, and congrats to those who have had another since

Lizzie, have you been in the March 11 thread? I'm in there too I had Darian on the 2nd, was due on the 12th. Love your little guys name, thats what I wanted to call my oldest but his dad wouldnt let me!

In case I dont get on tomorrow (busy busy day having birthday party!) happy birthday Amelia, I still find it funny that we were text buddies and got a text saying you'd just had Amelia when I sent the stats for Jae to you to pass on hehe, think they are barely an hour or 2 apart??. Jae picked up the sore throat, runny nose and cough bug that B passed on when he was here 2 weeks ago, looks like its JUST cleared up in time (although I'm starting to get a btit of a scratchy throat noooo!!!!) Shes getting a play kitchen set from DP, a personalised blanket (name and D.o.B and a turtle embroidered on it) from B, and a set of Dr Seuss books from me, she LOVES the cat in the hat, have planned to make the hat (in 2D, I'm not nearly brave enough to attempt 3D!) so should really get off here and go bake the cakes so I can ice it tomorrow lol

Oh and Happy Birthday Natalie!! Already said it on FB, but why not here too

Babykatnz, no I'm not in the March 2011 thread, I sorta forgot about this forum for a while! Congrats on Darian though, we've got very similar age gaps huh! How are you finding it? Aiden was due on the 18th but arrived 6 days early. Man it was way quicker than last time, I got to the hospital at 7:20 and he was born at 8:01!

We didn't do much for Dexter's birthday, poor lil dude had his first mouth ulcer so he wasn't eating much, sleeping terribly, and just generally feeling miserable When we visited Christchurch though we had a Dexter's birthday/meet Aiden afternoon and he really enjoyed that. We were meant to come home on Monday but arrived at the airport at the same time as the second big earthquake hit. After waiting outside for over an hour we found out our flight was cancelled and re-booked for the next day. Was a very long weekend for Dex! He was shattered (hence the ulcer I think). For those who remember, we used to live in Christchurch but moved to Welly last November

Happy birthday to all those bubs that have had birthdays recently!

I'm not sure about toilet training at night, we've barely started during the day, D's just not interested.

Not doing toilet training here either yet. Not quite ready. Good on you for being TT during the day. There was quite some time between being TT in the day to being TT in the night too for us with #1.

From memory though we limited drinks in the evening to the point where there were no drinks after 6pm. We also got Alex up for a dream toilet go when we went to bed at 10-11pm. Basically put her on the toilet and told her to go. We had to hold her as she was still basically asleep but often she would go and then straight back to bed. Amelie is really young to be TT in the night. Alex was closer to 4-5 yrs before she could do this. Let us know how it goes.

Amelia has another round of medicine today. Woke from her nightime and daytime sleep coughing and with little to no voice and a lot of wheezing. Dr has her on antibiotics because she had the same thing 2 weeks ago and came through it but now has "relapsed". She was hardly sick last winter but seems to have caught up this year!

Winter sux huh! Bugs around for Africa. We have all just got over the most horrid one but seem to be all good now.

playcentre rocks! We have been going since Amelie was 1 - 3 days a week. Both of them love it. Even now that I am back working full time, my SIL (nanying for us) takes em.

Amelie is all good with TT during the day. No issues (touch wood) for a month now. She is sometimes dry in the morning and always gets up and has a monster pee - but not always. She does still wear "bed pants" (pullup).

We are still getting monster sleeps out of Amelie - 630 - 7pm in bed and again the last few weeks she isn't waking till 10am!!!!

All our bubbas must be 2 now - my how old that sounds!

Cough got worse here. So much so that during her daytime and nighttime sleep she was coughing every 2 mins. I timed it for my sanity just so I knew what was happening.

Had her back to the doctor and back on Prednisone. Hopefully it kicks in soon as we have had 3 days of no sleep for almost no one in the family.

No idea sorry Becs, but poor wee Amelie - hope you find a way to sort it.