--Lion Cubs - Mummy and Baby Group!-- We are all One Year Old!

[cleckner04]

Heidi- I should've said something but instead I'm just like 'oh yeah?'. I mean, what the hell did she want me to do, bow before her child and tell her she's the best? LOL! I mean, it really is cool that her daughter walked so young and same with Caylee, she's awesome for walking so young. But I didn't even know this woman and it wasn't even part of the conversation! She just randomly said it.

 

[Boothh]

aw glad emma had a great time and that picture is soo cute, that woman is an idiot haha! jesse still isnt walking! though he is standing up for minutes at a time now! xx

 

[cleckner04]

Well I said goodbye to my parents last night before bed because they planned on leaving super early so they just snuck out to start their drive back home. But waking up to an empty house made it so much worse. I called out for them when I woke up and got nothing back and I burst out crying. I hate doing this all the time. No matter what I'm always saying goodbye to someone. I'm never with everyone. When I go back home to stay, I don't get DH. When DH is here, I don't get my family & friends back home. I hate it. I am really starting to think I'm going to tell him to get out of the military. It's so pointless. But I'm SO worried we wouldn't be able to survive in this economy.


I don't know if Fairysam even still gets on here but Happy Birthday Amelia!! Hope it's a good one for her.

 

[Shiv]

massive massive hugs Cleck. I cannot even begin to imagine how hard it must be doing all this alone for a lot of the time. You are so brave and such a great mum. But I would tell him to get out of the military! There is no way I could be as strong as you. In fact about 6 years ago (when my and OH had been together about 2 years) he applied to join the navy to be a pilot. i told him if he joined then I would leave him! i did not want a life of being on my own with children and moving around. He eventualy relented after much heartache and arguments. i know it was very different for you as he went staright in from high school didn't he?

Has Corey got any skills/quals which can be used in the civillian world? What does he do in the navy? i am sure he would give his right arm to be with you and Emma full time, but as you say it has to be economically viable. I really hope you can work it out hon and find a way to all be together full time

 

[Boothh]

aw cleck i cant imagine how it must be for you, i would hate it! my cousins boyfriend is in afghan at the moment and i see her status all the time about missing him, i couldnt be without stuart as much as we argue i couldnt stand it if he didnt come through through that door every evening, xxxx

 

[Kimberly28]

Happy Birthday to little Emma! Hard to believe it's been that long already.

Is anyone else here TTC or going to TTC soon? Or am I the only one? Haha! I must be crazy. Goodness knows Bryson keeps me busy enough. But hubby and I really want our little girl to complete our family and I want her and Bryson to be kinda close in age so they can grow up playing together and such.

Speaking of which...my poor baby got diagnosed with asthma on Tuesday. He kept coughing to the point of choking and gagging. We had had him checked out at a diff doc previously but they said it's just a cold. I knew when it continued that it wasn't just a cold. So I took him to a new doc and they found wheezing in his chest and have started him on breathing treatments 4 times a day. They are not fun! I hate having to hold him down to do them. Not to mention the fact that he hasn't giggled in almost a week now. I just want him to be happy and healthy again. I hate seeing him like this. For 11 months now he's always been very healthy. He's only been sick once. I just hope it wont be a full time daily asthma with breathing treatments every day of his childhood kinda scenario. I want him to be able to go do things and run and play and enjoy every day of his childhood. Not to mention the dreams his father and I have for him and his future. *sigh* I sure hope this is only temporary!

Anyways, it's lunch time now and I better get to it. Hope you all are having a lovely day!

 

[spidey]

Kimberly- I'm so sorry to hear about the asthma. I can't imagine having to give breathing treatments 4 times a day. Did they say it might only be temporary? I'm not TTC, but we're not protecting too well either. I don't really want #2 quite yet since I will probably miss a month of work again due to m/s and we need the money right now since DH was forced into a pay cut due to the economy. But I would LOVE it if I got pregnant by surprise so I could avoid all those stressful early weeks... Kira was a surprise baby and I didn't know I was pregnant until 6 weeks along.

Cleckner- I can't imagine being alone like that. I rely on DH so much to be here. When I was pregnant DH really wanted to apply for a FBI job that would require he travel all over and be gone for long periods of time. I said NO WAY... I need him home each evening to help out. He doesn't make much $, but he has a great 8-5 job for the local government and he even pops by at lunch time! If your DH was local but made less money, you probably could get a small part time job to make ends meet. I really feel for you though, I know I couldn't do it.

 

[Boothh]

we are ttc again im late for AF actually but got a bfn this morning so gunna hold out a few days, im not too fussed though it would be nice to get a bfp on jesses birthday!

stuart and jesse have made inhaler a sort of game and jesse loves it, he doesnt need to the inhaler but since hes always having chest infections and stuart is severly asthmatic, and it runs in my family too but appears to have skipped me we figured its very likely hes going to need one at some point,

he doesnt actually inhale but when stuart uses the inhaler he pretends to give it jesse and they can shout louader after they have the inhaler! and jesse loves, maybe you could try doing something like that so he doesnt see it as something bad? xx

 

[HeidiLSparks]

I am 35 weeks pregnant so, Oops haha.
We were not ttc but we knew we wanted more, OH is 100% sure we were ttc and I am like,yeah okay. When Caylee was 4 months old we found out we were pregnant again and it has gone by pretty fast now that we are in the end. I look forward to Caylee and Lily being 13 months apart, I am excited for it. I love my sisters and they are my best friends so I hope its the same for the girls.

I feel bad for you Sam. I could not imagine even having to go through being alone so much, I bitch and moan about Ross working overnights and sleeping during the day but you are alone so much, I could not imagine.
I have no clue what you are going through, but if you ever feel super alone, I'm here

Hoping for a Postive on Jesses Birthday, Booth. You make BEAUTIFUL babies, I want to see what a little girl would look like haha.

 

[Aunty E]

Mog and Newbaby will be eighteen months apart if all goes well, which means I'll have been back at work a year before I go again (important to me to give them a year) but they'll be nice and close in age.

 

[jelr]

Tsia: the cake and guest book are amazing – Well done. Natasha is christened since she was about 3 months old, but it is done really early here in Ireland – in fact we were a bit late as some people have it done at 6 weeks but I hadn’t the head to organise it at that stage lol – Hope you have a great day.

Booth: Ah who cares if they don’t match – I’m sure Jessie won’t mind a bit – ha ha I’m glad I’m not the only lunatic who spent a fortune on decorations and plates and things – they add up so quick. Hope you get a positive on Jessie birthday too.

MJ: Natasha has started to destroy her books by eating them too – she has always put them in her mouth but now with those teeth she is starting to tear them – my mam got her a lovely set of books for Christmas and I used to read to her all the time but I don’t at the moment as they are not the cardboard ones and she only wants to rip the pages so I’m keeping them until she is older – we haven’t had any peeing on them though thank god lol

AuntyE: Natasha doesn’t have any nappy off time either – I used to do it when she was a tiny baby but now that she is mobile I don’t think I could cope with the pee and poo everywhere either lol - She also doesn’t get nappy rash so I don’t see the harm.

Heidi: That scan pic is so cute – so glad she turned for you and hope you are still getting plenty of rest.

Spidey: Appointment went grand – nurse is still a bit worried that she is not putting much weight on her legs so if she still isn’t by October I have to go back as she said that some babies have problems with their muscles in their hips and need physio.

Nutty: Thanks hopefully it will be good. A big happy birthday to Abbi – Hope you all have a great day.

Cleck: - Hope you are feeling better now – you are so strong and a happy belated birthday to Emma.

Kimberly: Poor Bryson – Hope he is feeling better soon and it is only a one off. We are not going to TTC until next year.

Well I just said I would run on and do a quick update today before I leave. I know some of you have birthday parties over the weekend so I hope you all have a great time.

AFU: Well the PHN appointment went okay she is delighted with Natasha crawling but is still a bit worried about her not putting much weight on her legs and still being on her tippy toes when she does so if that doesn’t change by October I have to bring her back as she said that some babies have problems with the muscles in their hips but it only takes physio to fix it – It was funny though as she said don’t worry so I told her being honest I wasn’t worried at all until I was here the last time and told her that I went home and cried after all she said – so she apologies. I honestly just think Natasha is doing it in her own time.

God I really don’t think I’m in form for going anywhere this weekend – earlier my friend sent me a message to ask was I all ready and she said it’s a pity you can’t get up earlier but sure oh well and I was ready to snap as I felt that it was a dig at me because we are not leaving until Natasha is in bed so I just wrote back and said yeah we will be up late alright but sure that is the joys of motherhood I can’t just do what I want anymore – but I honestly felt like saying I’m leaving my baby to come up and see you so stop whinging that we will be up late – I’m putting her to bed first and that’s it ha ha but then I spoke to my other friend and she said that she didn’t reckon it was a dig at me because she had said it to her too – so now I feel bad as I think I was just reading into things too much and that maybe it is because I don’t want to leave Natasha and DH now that it is here and I now don’t think she meant anything by it at all – Oh dear I think I’m just hormonal or something and hope it passes ha ha.

Well have a great weekend and I will catch up with you all next week.

 

[cleckner04]

jelr- I take it your friend has no children? It seems the ones without kids are the rudest about being 'inconvenienced'. I'm glad your doctor(HV?) apologized about making you worry. I agree that Natasha is just doing things in her own time.

Heidi- Thanks hun. I'm usually not so emotional about this stuff because I've really been doing it enough the past few years that it's almost second nature but with my parents being here and than leaving just a few days after DH left, it just sucks. It's always a weird transition from having help with Emma and breaks when someone else can take her, to just being me with no help whatsoever. I must be crazy because I want like 3 or 4 kids eventually. I know things could be worse because he could be one of those guys that has to go to Iraq for a year but I'm lucky that so far he hasn't been chosen for that. And about your pregnancy, I never really thought about it but 13 months apart!! You are seriously one brave girl. Even though you didn't have much of a choice. That's funny your OH says your WERE trying. You'll have to make the rules more clear after Lily arrives.

Boothh- Late for AF!! You'll have to keep us updated!! Fingers X'ed for you!

Spidey- Thanks hun! Oddly, after a lot of time with DH gone, it is actually HARDER when he's back because he is messy so I have double the housework, and he just gets Emma more riled up at bedtimes, when she's upset, etc. I think I'd be fine if he was just gone for months straight and than was back for months. But the popping in and out stuff is what really gets to me because right when I'm getting into the swing of doing it on my own, he shows back up and stirs the pot.

Kimberly- DH and I are probably going to start trying again when he comes back in September. We will only have 3 months to fall pregnant before he's gone for 7 months in November but if we time it all perfectly, he'll just miss the pregnancy and not the birth. So fingers X'ed I fall pregnant quickly and it's a sticky bean!! Maybe we can be TTC buddies!

Shiv- Yeah, DH joined pretty much right after highschool. And he does have a job that would apply in the 'outside'. He's a mechanic and can operate cranes and forklifts and if they were to break down, he could fix them. He's excellent with cars too. His whole life revolves around cars actually. It's all he ever talks about. And he's really good at what he does. So it's awesome that he has a marketable skill and isn't just something dumb in the Navy. Because it should help him when he gets out. Which, is hopefully soon. Who knows though, we change our minds just about every week. We have until 2012 to decide.


AFU- Nothing too new going on here. Emma has been throwing tantrums this morning. I have NO clue what she wants. But she still has 0 teeth. I see the two on the bottom and you can see the two on the top as well, but nothing has actually broken the skin yet. Her nose has been constantly running the past week as well. I think it is part of the teething because she's not sick or anything. Weird. I just wish they would all break through at once and get it over with.

 

[Kimberly28]

Cleckner: I'd LOVE to be TTC buddies! Hubby & I start TTC as soon as Sept. AF is gone which should land right at about Oct. 1st haha. So Oct we get busy lol (assuming my ovaries behave). I'm really hoping to get a pink bump this time so I can be done with these crazy emotional baby making days. Hehe! I cant take the roller coaster ride anymore, it's too much! I get so friggin worked up and then either worry myself into a tizzy or cry myself silly. It's ridiculous! Anyways, I look forward to TTC again together like in the old TTC days! That will be great!

Everyone else: I hope you have a great weekend. Mine will be spent ripping carpet outta our house in preparation for new flooring and cleaning. Fun fun!

 

[cleckner04]

So are your cycles really irregular than? Mine used to be 28 days like clockwork but now they have been 30 days like clockwork. AF is due today actually but she still hasn't arrived. I took a quick cheapie today just for funsies but it was BFN.


So I just bought a treadmill and a recumbent bike online. I'm starting to finally get sick of being fat. Although I hate saying the F word(fat) around Emma. I don't want her growing up with a bad body image like I did. I hate walking outside alone without DH to walk with. It's boring and I feel like a loser for some reason. So I figure I can put Emma in her carrier and just walk on the treadmill every day. And than while she naps, I can ride the recumbent bike. I know we are TTC soon so it might all be for nothing but I can actually work out through the next pregnancy instead of laying around like I did last time. And if I don't get pregnant before DH leaves, that gives me 7 months to get back into shape! I need to cut back on what I eat. I have no clue how to eat right. I'm a typical fat american I guess. I'd rather go get a double cheeseburger from mcdonalds than eat a salad. I look through Emma's birthday pictures with shame because I'm still so big. I have only lost 5 pounds since the day I had emma. I am literally just as heavy as I was at 9 months pregnant. That's awful. But I have no one to blame but myself so it's time for a change I say! I'm only getting this out to you girls because hopefully it will make me more accountable. I won't even admit how much I weigh to any of you though because you girls say your fat and you weigh what I did at my lightest. I guess the UK standards of fat and American standards of fat are completely different.

 

[Boothh]

cleck you should come and join fatbusters i weigh lots and lots and lots, i put about 4.5stone on with jesse and in the couple of months after when i still ate like i was pregnant LOL, i have 10lbs to get back to prepregnancy though and i finally fit in my clothes im just abit untoned and full of stretchmarks though iv just ate mcdonalds ¬_¬ dont tell the fatbusters hahaha xx

 

[cleckner04]

Boothh- I've seen your piccies though and I don't think your fat at all!! At my lightest I was 160 lbs. I have no expectation of ever getting to that weight again. I'd be happy to get down to 180. And that is still overweight according to the BMI charts. The smallest I've ever been was a size 8(US sizing). I could never fit a size 6 because my hip bones are too big. I tried. But now, I still wear my maternity jeans. I refuse to buy such a huge size for myself. I'm too embarassed. It's funny because I don't realize I'm big. Until I see a picture of myself.

 

[cleckner04]

And the witch just arrived. Just like clockwork. I can't wait to be period free again. Last time it was 2 years without.

 

[HeidiLSparks]

I have always been bigger, the only time I lost any weight was right before I got pregnant with Caylee, I was 130, I have never been below 160-179 range, and I got dumped by my ex, lost weight so I was 130 and then got pregnant 2 months later and weighed 189 the day I had her. GAH. I was 170 when i got pregnant with Lily and I am now 174. I did go out and get a pair of jeans in the size I was when I weighed 130 and put them in my closet, my goal after Lily is to fit into them again. I miss looking at myself and having a great self body image, I know Ross loves me the way I am, but I want to feel sexy and beautiful around him. I want him to be proud to be with me, I know it sounds silly but :/

Ahhh yay for AF haha. I do not miss that wicked biotch

 

[cleckner04]

130! I don't think I'd ever be that small. At 160 I pretty much had no fat on my body. So I would probably be a skeleton at 130. I'm 5'8" though so height does make a difference.

I bought one of those belly bind things to help sweat more and hopefully lose some water weight that way. I feel weird even talking about this kind of stuff. I usually don't talk about my weight with people. It's just something I try to ignore as much as possible. Like the problem will just go away on it's own.

 

[Mary Jo]

well my aim to get back to prepregnancy weight (130lb, 9st 4lb, but I am short, only 5' 4") before Adams birthday hasn't gone anywhere. I've been losing and regaining the same 3lb since 2 weeks before our wedding, and that's 5 months ago. It's not like I eat loads, I have had chocolate on something like 3 occasions since the end of May, and I used to eat it every single day, THAT'S a bit disappointing because I was sure giving it up would help. Gah. OK, I've been making cupcakes ahead of Adam's birthday but only 3 times and I only had 2 max out of each batch. So I still have a good 10lb to lose, though I am not overweight right now. I know it isn't much, so I'm wondering if I've resettled at this higher weight... maybe I am more muscular? I don't look it. I feel ok most of the time, then I'll see myself in a shop wondow and think - oh GRRRR... and then I think I really want to lose some before I get pregnant again (if I do, if I am that fortunate, I don't take anything for granted) because next time I would be sure not to gain as much, I will take more care, eat better... I do need to cut down on carbs again, that's how I lost before the wedding. No chips...

I have to go to work tomorrow, so much to do for Sunday but C has to do it! Can't believe this time one year ago to the day I was in hospital in early labour... to the date it was the night before my waters broke, and we had a really really hot vindaloo and jalfrezi to encourage things.