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Donna.I 
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Posted: 16 November 2003 at 11:47am |
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The Single Woman's
Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Please don't send me no more creeps.
Please just send me one good man,
One without a wedding band.
One good man who's sweet as pie.
Who brushed his teeth and doesn't lie.
Who dresses neat and doesn't smell,
And act like he's the man from hell.
Man, if I should die before I wake,
That would truly take the cake;
No matrimony or honeymoon.
No fancy reception planned for June.
No throwing of the wedding bouquet.
Please, God, don't let me go out that way.
If I die before I meet Mr. Right
I won't go out without a fight.
But then again with my luck,
He'd probably be just some schmuck.
The single life is not that bad
I know it's just a passing fad.
I won't be blue. I will not frown.
Besides, I like my toilet seat down.
No more makeup, won't comb my hair.
So never mind this stupid prayer.
The single life will do just fine.
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Maya
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Posted: 17 November 2003 at 11:10am |
Ha, ha, that's great!!
Surprisingly enough, the kids dad has been behaving himself. Yesterday he spent the whole day with us, bought us lunch, we had a great time, and the girls loved spending time with him. He was sober too  . Times like that remind me of why I fell in love with him in the first place  . If only it would last.......
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lou
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Posted: 10 December 2003 at 7:07pm |
I've posted a christmas card on line for you all. You can get to it by clicking here
so much for it being a new topic  oh well
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Alyoop2
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Posted: 10 December 2003 at 8:00pm |
Thanks Lou,
Sophie is such a cutie!!!
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AngieBaby
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Posted: 11 December 2003 at 9:55am |
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What a great card! Sorry it wasn't a new topic - we're still exploring it!
Merry Christmas!
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Maya
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Posted: 11 December 2003 at 11:06am |
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Merry Xmas Lou (and all)
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Posted: 31 December 2003 at 2:29pm |
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Hi,
When do you know that your toddler is ready to stop having naps? Miss Angelina still has one nap a day and needs but after her nap she has so much energy that she doesn't go to sleep til about 9pm which is just a wee bit to late after a full on day. Any suggestions?
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Maya
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Posted: 31 December 2003 at 6:11pm |
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Maybe wake her a little earlier so she doesn't sleep so long, or make the sleep earlier in the day?
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Posted: 06 January 2004 at 6:15pm |
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Finn has just gone four weeks old and has colic - poor wee bugger has been screaming his lungs out and it's really disrupted his sleep patterns.
What works? Have tried Gripe Water, Infant Mylanta, Welleda Colic Powder...it's driving my wife nuts!
At the moment I have him in a Kapoochie sling thing which seems to be doing the trick (touch wood)
Do we just have to grin and bear it out for the next few eeks?
Cheers
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 1:57am |
I'm trying to work out what formula is best for my baby and I was wondering if anyone has a tin of SMA and S26 so that they could tell mef there are any web addresses on there or an e-mail so I can ask them about there products.
I've found contacts for nurture and karicare already. 
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It is dangerous to confuse children with angels
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 2:01am |
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I'm trying to work out what formula is best for my baby and I was wondering if anyone has a tin of SMA and S26 so that they could tell mef there are any web addresses on there or an e-mail so I can ask them about there products.
I've found contacts for nurture and karicare already
(for some reason I can't get my own topic??? It keeps puttin git in weird places... fingers crossed it doesn't happen again or if it does I'm sorry
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lou
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 9:53am |
Hi Devils_Angel. Havn't seen you on here in ages. How are things are going? Sorry can't help on the formula thing as breast feeding. Have you tried doing a search on Google?
All the best on your search for infomation
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 10:30am |
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Hi lou, yea I've not had any time since I've had bubs on the 5th of Dec.
I got really sick with toxemia and the internet was the last thing I ever thought of.
Bubs was fine though and still is doing fine.
I've created a website for him: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/baby5
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lou
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 10:50am |
I've just had a look - very cool, Brae looks very cute
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Posted: 07 January 2004 at 11:03am |
My Girl is 7 months and over the last few weeks she has started waking up to 5 times a night to feed when she used to only wake 1-2 times. I tried feeding her just before I went to bed to help her to sleep longer, this worked for a couple of nights, but now she is waking about an hour after I put her down as well. I have also noticed the last couple for days she is not wanting to feed as much during the day. I don't want to not feed her at night when she is hungery, but I can't last much longer doing 2 hourly over night  I used to wrap her which helped her to sleep, but now she just wriggles out of it.
Any suggestions? 
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Posted: 14 January 2004 at 3:18pm |
Hello,
I'm a first time dad, my little fella's just about 6 months now.
Having a few problems with night time sleeping. I've read a few books (or parts of books), some which suggest having a "family bed" as in the little guy sleeps with us. Other books which explain the "leave for 10 minutes" meathed.
We have sort of done both (which I know is not a good idea ... but at 1 in the morning you start to try just about anything).
For the first 4 months he was a perfect sleeper during the night (would still get up to feed about twice a night but would go straight back to sleep).
I think the heat has something to do with it and were quite sure he is teathing now.
Would welcome any suggestions or ideas to help.
Must admit, I'm a bit of a softy and find the 10 minutes of screaming very hard ... I try to go back in after 5-10 minutes and reasure him that were still here and see him when he wakes up .... but all I want to do is hold him .
This means that my wife has to go in most of the time.
Comments and suggestion most welcome !!
Regards
Wayne
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Posted: 15 January 2004 at 8:00am |
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Hi Wayne,
I am a first time Dad too... Our little one is now 7 months...
It is not easy and the screaming can sometimes be hard to deal with... In fact while writing this I have been trying to get our daughter off to sleep...
I just want to encourage you to keep trying and working at it... You may find that one thing will work sometimes and not others... You may even find something that works most of the time... It is a case of trial and error... and taking note of what they respond too...
I think we too often forget that our littles ones are human... we kind of think of them as something else... (Don't know why?) I think by thinking of our little one as human and as having needs, this makes a big difference...
Hope this helps!
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Posted: 15 January 2004 at 11:09am |
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Hi I am a first time father with a 4 mth old. I will be minding my daughter for 1 day a week when my wife is back at work. Any other fathers out there with a voice of experience on this?
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Posted: 15 January 2004 at 8:17pm |
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My little angel (sometimes!) Maya slept thru the night perfectly from 7 weeks, but at 6 months she turned into a night-time monster and woke 2-3 times a night. Plunket told me this is because around 6mths they start deveoping a recall memory ie. they remember that if they cry, someone will come and get them. The only solution to that is letting them cry, which is soooo hard as you know. Plunket line were great, I'm at home by myself with Maya so I would ring them at 1am when she was screaming and tehy would keep me talking until she went to sleep, which took up to an hour and a half. After a week of screaming fits, she eventually got the message and settled herself back to sleep.
Wish I could say it was permanent, but we just came back from Australia yesterday which has unsettled her and she is in her cot objecting at the moment!
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Posted: 16 January 2004 at 9:03am |
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Thanks to everybody with their stories and help.
We've had good sleeps the last few nights, though I would have to say with bringing the little dude (Liam) to bed with us. I'm aware that this goes against some of the ideas that are out there, but it seems to be working for us. Much less stressful for all involved and from what I've read not dangerous at all.
I'm not sure what habits we are teaching Liam, from what I've read if we are going to do it this way we had best be prepared for a little one in the bed for a year or two.
On a personal note ... feels a lot more natural than trying to get him to sleep screaming, and I quite enjoy being able to watch him go to sleep next to me. One night after about 10-20 minutes of screaming in his cot we brought him to bed. He stopped crying, looked over at me and touched my face, looked back at Mum then settled down and went straight to sleep. It was wonderful.
Its been nice being able to catch up on some sleep for a change.
Regards
Wayne
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