Due Jan 2009!!!

Oh I forgot to say, K was in a itti bitti boo for 3 hours this afternoon with no leaks. Have ordered some more and hopefully we will be able to kiss goodbye to those gross disposables (might still use them at night though cos he is a huge pee monster).

TMI but I also ordered my lady cup, in lilac, lets hope it works then I can save money on tampons/pads as well.

This is also TMI but what is everyone doing for contraception? I really need to get my IUD taken out cos I pretty much bleed to death each AF but I just don't know what to do about contraception so have been putting it in the too hard basket. I dont' want to do anything hormonal, I was offered the mirena on script but after researching it decided that I don't want to go with it even though it is less hormones than the pill.

I just got an email from a lady on one of my support groups, tears welled up in my eyes as she is the first person to give me a nudge in the right direction. Told me what was better than what I thought to do. All I can say is thank god for the internet as a way to bring people together.

Hope James had a better day today.

Yeah Gabrielle always has bruises too, mostly on her legs though. I have no idea how she gets bruises where she does, I think she must trip over stuff or something. She takes plenty of tumbles but just picks herself back up. Lately though she has been saying ow in this really sorry for herself voice every time I touch her legs or feet. Not sure if she is having me on or if her legs really do hurt.

We started TT today too. Not as much success as yesterday but still a (very small) wee in the toilet and a small wee in the potty. I had her in undies all afternoon as she was at daycare this morning and she is voluntarily going over and sitting on the potty by herself. Not sure if she has fully got the concept of needing to go and sitting on it as we had two accidents as well but hey, she is happy so we are going with that. Don't think her Dad is going to cope on Friday though. He doesn't own a potty or any undies for her even though I warned him about buying them a while ago.

oh see sex is back to normal pre kid levels here I was thinking about doing the natural family planning but not sure, seems a bit too risky, I was ok with it when I was keen on a third but now I don't think I want another one. Well actually I do want another baby but I don't think I want another child. At the moment I am getting my fix by hugging other peoples newborns (my friends that is, I'm not hugging the newborns of random strangers, that would get me locked up) while I try to work out if I want three kids. Dh seems happy to have another in a while but not fussed if we don't. Some help he is, not that I would agree with any decision he made but still he could make one!

That's cool Kel, just goes to show that not everyone on the internet is a weirdo and it's not always the evil place it gets portrayed as.

Oh my car got fixed, turned out to just be the throttle body blocked so was $171 which included them towing it cos they couldn't fix it on our driveway. Have been told not to run it on fumes anymore I always think I am saving money by not filling up, I know i'm not but it feels like it.

Talking of supermarkets did I tell you how countdown charged me twice and made me go over drawn? I went back to the store and got it reversed, which was a huge pain in the arse, but they wouldn't give me the $10 that kiwibank were gonna charge me for going overdrawn until I got charged it and took in proof. So I got annoyed and wrote complaint letters to kiwibank, who I odn't think should have let countdown take money out of my account that wasn't there, and also to countdown about the piss poor way they handled everything. Well on Friday I had a pos reversal turn up in my acc for the same amount off them so I'm not sure what happened there. Then the manager phoned me today with an apology and said they would send me vouchers out. I didn't mention about the second reversal to them, figured screw em, they can have it back if they ask for it. Kiwibank also apologised and said I wouldn't be charged, they failed to explain how countdown were able to take the money out in the first place though. So pretty good, all in all I got a weeks worth of shopping for free and I'm getting some vouchers.

We thought about it and if we have another child DH will be over 60 That's enough to put me off. Plus we like travelling a lot so a 3rd would put a definite dampener on that.

I'm like you Nikki, over changing nappies! I guess that's the difference having two in nappies, with one it's not so bad but two is double the work.

Oh well better get these two ready for music. I've decided to fill up all my mornings now. So monday is coffee at either a friends place or here, tuesday playgroup (haven't been yet), weds playgroup at school & thurs music, & then every second friday at the library across the road so I'll get a walk.

I'm actually getting over cloth fast at the moment. Nothing is drying outside and I cant use a clothes horse as the kids constantly pull it over so that means the dryer and I HATE drying nappies in the dryer. Also James is leaking through them these days...I may be forgetting to change them often enough but its pissing me off because when he leaks he manages to get EVERY item of clothing wet. We went through 3 changes of clothes today.....again..washing but no drying. I wonder if sposies work out cheaper over winter when you factor in the power for the dryer

I feel like emailing the guy back and saying give me a better valuation or I'm not paying your bill

He wrote that the last valuation was done right at the peak, is annoying, we would have been ok if the house had stayed the same price. Oh well will wait and see what the quotes for the roof come in at and then go to talk to Mike Pero I guess.

I'm suppose to be doing the kids lunches for tomorrow and I was gonna finish vacuuming the house, but I've been sat at the puter for the last 1.5 hours

We don't even have a drier... so it's all done the old fashioned way... I only use the cloth naps as back up now though... not enough hours in the day as it is unfortunately...

I don't think we would have any more kids now - I change my mind all the time but it is looking like I have 2 more.... my niece and nephew stay at our place every school night now so I have 4 kids to look after most of the time. It's been good though, good for them and me. I have learnt a lot and we now have a pretty smooth running household and they have a pretty solid routine. My nephew has ADHD (apparently) and he can be a little bit difficult at times but I really feel like I am getting through to him and it's generally a pretty positive place. Anyway, it may be on the cards soon that they come and live with us permanently - or legally. I have been trying to see if I could cope as it is such a big thing but I am definitly sure I can now.

M that is so annoying about your valuation! I would be majorly pissed. I wonder what ours would be now as we bought right in the peak of the market. The house across the road from us has been on the market for about 6 months!! We aren't going anywhere for at least 2 years but when we do we want to borrow against our place. Landscaping the back yard this year which should surely push it up a bit...

I'm no help on the contraception front - I have the iud. It's odd though I still get AF but it's more like every 6 weeks.

The house is still worth 20k more than what we paid for it so at least we aren't in neg equity, but 3.5 years ago it was worth 30k more than what we had paid for it. The valuation has a load of house sales they have used as a comparison on it. I guess maybe the stuff we have done is stuff that doesn't add value? Like getting a new roof, that doesn't add any value to your house whatsoever even though it costs heaps.
First roof quote has come back as either 9k or 12k depending on what we use, not painted or colorsteel. But they didn't quote on fixing up the roof in our unit (the beams that the roof sit on need sorting out), so waiting for the other quotes as they are quoting to do the unit as well.

That is so cool Alex, good on you guys for taking responsibility for them it's awesome.

That's great the TTing is going well. I put K on the potty last night, he seemed to think he was just their to pull on his willy then he got up and ran off after about 10 secs.

K is not very well, went and brought him home from carer, tried to bring S home to but he didn't want to leave so he has stayed to play for a while longer. K has slight temp but nothing seems wrong with him except him looking a bit out of it and he was very quiet. He's sleeping now after falling asleep on the boob, which he doesn't normally have mid day, and never falls asleep feeding. Hopefully the pamol helps.