January & February Mummies 2008

KA - They do a little bit (if you are TTing already), but its not a concerted effort like it is in the over twos.

oh and stink about DH KA!  You will be fine though hon!! 

Livvy's been quite obliging with nappy changes since I've started laying out her Itti Bitti's and letting her choose which colour she wants. She's right into her colours at the moment so it's working really well.

KA, I hope DH isn't too badly hurt. That sucks that he won't get the extra money you were planning on. The moving house is probably going to be a big enough change for Ethan, I agree with you, not too much all at once for the little guy. Are you still going to be ok to move with DH hurt? What unfortunate timing!

Where is Charly lately? Or have I just no-brained about her posting recently...? Hope you are okay MP

I agree KA, it will be quite a lot of change at once for wee Ethan. What happened to your DH? Hope he gets better quick!

I just did a small tidy and some groceries and now I feel like conking out, I'm like a zombie. I would go lie down but I have to leave to pick DH up in about 5 mins.

Groceries are so *blah*. We just got WFF today and it's all gone again and I feel like we got the bare essentials. We didn't even need to buy nappies or formula this week. Scary how pricey things are now. We basically got meat, milk, fruit, bread and a couple of other small things.

Better go pick DH up before I fall asleep at the laptop

Janey I totally know what you mean about grocery prices. Doesn't help that we're buying disposables at the moment but we used to get our groceries for under $150. $150 was our budgeted amount and I would routinely buy Christmas Club vouchers with some of the surplus to get us through Dec/Jan and still come out under budget.

Now we spend between $150 - $180 if we buy meat as well. I have stopped going to the Mad Butcher for our meat which will be part of it but most of it is due to the outrageous cost of wholegrain bread and fruit and veges.

Thus the vege garden as my birthday pressie. All going well I shall no longer pay $2 for a small head of brocolli.


Also & to lilfatty since you seem to be getting beaten up a bit in other threads.

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lilfatty- ah ok! we used to have to do it whenever the parents wanted!!

char- yeah hes off work all week again.. just means we may not have any time with him after bub born..i was hoping for at least a week!:) hope you had a nice day!

E struggles unless something on tv he likes.. we change on the floor now for ages though and mostly time out threats work..lol.. thats what is great about Muzz being off work...he changes nappies and feels like he should still do all he can with Ethan...brilliant timing:)

freesia- yeah we hired a truck when normally we wouldnt.. Mum paying for it which is nice..so hopefully he wlll take it easy..it's 30th so hopefully he will be better then.. ?

the ED doc said torn cartilage but will be confirmed at MRI next week..:( guess at least its not broken leg like my friend's hubby when they had their bub!

i think its just an injury from work aggravated..he reckons it got worse boxing day ..yeah it took 6 weeks to settle him in and even though it's 15 mins further its doable..just hopefully he settles in the car a bit better.. if he's tired he grizzles!

yeah things cost way too much these days:(

hugs about the other threads..(which ones) so i can read them without trawling:) !

Oh will have to search too LF you know we all love you though xx

KA stink about DH! Hopefully he recovers quickly though.

Char - no Jack won't go on the potty, he prefers the toilet. Hmm bribery might work, we do have jellybeans ready and waiting for a wee or poo but nothing's happened, maybe I need to take them into the toilet We've started taking bubble mixture in to blow bubbles while waiting, but today he held on an extra 10 mins from when he told me he wanted to go, just because he didn't want to go on the toilet or while I was looking That's some staying power!

Grr food prices are driving me nuts. We have a $200 a fortnight budget, which includes 2 tins of formula (no nappies or anything) and we are only just coming within it. This time last year it was $150 (no formula though, but lots of milk and yoghurt).

We have a $150 budget, too.
I'm having to resort to tinned fruit again I buy bananas and apples fresh, and I'll grab a few nectarines if they're nice, but at $4.95/kg I resent it!
$4.95! In the middle of January!!
The vege patch is seeing us through with courgette, tomatoes and capsicum, so we just buy carrots, onions and potatoes and the rest os frozen stuff..
It's crazy stupid how expensive things are!

Sorry I've been AWOL (thanks for asking after me Janey ). Freesia's right, Mum's here so I'm trying not to be too antisocial

TT'ing isn't happening here, either. I'm not fussed though, she'll be ready in her own time. Preferably before August, though

Sorry I've missed lots.
Have a good day

Freesia - could you not get her a fan? Elias seems to really hate the heat so at the moment he has two .. (we stole Issys as well), but Isabelle seems to cope ok.

Charly - I hope your having a fantastic time with your Mum around.

The only fresh fruit we have is the stuff I take home from work (I take stuff the night before our new delivery comes in) Mum usually has fresh fruit at her place though, so Issy eats it there.

Oh and Happy Birthday Daniel! Hope you have a great day over there and that it's not too hot.