June 2011 babies

My goodness thats alot $300 on each child!!!! Or is that for the whole year? We are not doing a party for his first birthday but we will be having a family dinner and a cake.

Wow M2O sounds like I might want to be a kid in your family!!!

We are doing a family get-together but it will end up being large or at least the guest list will be as DH family is rather big. But we get people to bring a plate so the day is nice and easy.

PT is getting an Alphabet wall thing and a growth chart for   his wall.

I wanted to get Oliver a silver money box engraved for his first but we were super broke at the time. My kids don't get any toys during the year at all. They get clothes as needed but that's all so I don't mind splurging on special occasions.

We don't have the money to splurge but we think of special ways to make things special also and if you guys can splurge that is great not to mention fun! There is a old guy here in Masterton that makes the thomas tracks, tunnels and all that stuff but the trains for a quater of the price! And its fantastic quality so if Damon gets into trains we will buy that stuff off him. At the moment we are trying to buy somthing small each month for Damon since no one has brought Damon any toys for gifts ever since he was a newborn so our toy collection is very small. Last week we got one of those push the button and a thing pops up then push it back down again and theres three or four on the toy. He loves that. He also loves the play school train I got him a couple of months ago but he was a bit young then. You pusj it along and it makes music and the balls pop out. So if we keep buying somthing each month then we will slowly get a collection and for his prezzies this year we will ask family for certin things if they ask what he wants

I think its perfect that our babies are born in the middle of the year so they get 6 months between the holidays!

Mum2Ollie that sounds like a good plan! Your probably saving money not buying through the year and that way you can go all out for their birthday

Nadia we didn't have many toys for Zac either and mostly got given clothes so I have bought a couple of toys here and there especially as he got older and outgrew the baby rattles that he did get when he was a newborn! I have bought a couple of nice fisher price toys second hand too because it was cheaper and they still look good

Enjoy your Anzac day Aroha! We are just having a nice lazy day here

Sounds like a lovely day! Though also the day for short naps? Lately Zac has been having two 1 1/2 - 2 hour naps twice a day but today only 3 short naps..

I hate teeth - they make for such a grumpy baby grrrr

Hope everyone is doing ok, my mum and dad are coming down for part of the day today can't wait.

I can't believe this time last year we were all gearing up to have our little bundles how time has flown and how much have they grown and how much have we been through all in a year crazy.

Zac is 10 months tomorrow I wish he didn't have to get older!

He has just started standing a little on his own too! This whole year has gone way too fast for my liking. I am definitely having another baby at some point. I thoroughly enjoyed the first year of his life

Though I do agree teething is a pain! Second tooth cut through last night. I can't believe we have so far to go! The cloth diapers I have can't keep up lol..

Im just enjoying all the new things that are popping up with them. Damon has just learnt to hit when hes angry now im not enjoying that! Little monster. What is everyone doing for telling them off?

Nadia - our discipline is a learning curve for us!! We are trying to us NO and STOP only for immediate danger and distractions and 'why not try this' or 'I don't think that is a good idea' and a whole heap of other phrases for when they are doing stuff they shouldn't but isn't the end of the world.
Sometimes we also just let it go for a while and PT moves on, he just wants to explore and the more you try to stop him from exploring something the more he wants to do it!!