Self indulgent moan....
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Topic: Self indulgent moan....
Posted By: emeldee
Subject: Self indulgent moan....
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:24pm
More Fraggle Rock, that's what this world needs.....
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:30pm
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Funnily enough Maree I was wondering how you were getting on just the other day, but got a blow-by-blow update from Jax
How is Connor going with the milk allergy btw... -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:36pm
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Thanks Emma.
Connor had a milk tolerance test at Starship a couple of weeks back and came through with flying colours. He's now having follow-on formula feeds with his three meals of solids a day. It makes him a bit more spewy but other than the extra stains on the carpet, that's not a bad thing. He has two teeth, is crawling (well, dragging) himself around the room and squawks at the cat. Pictures which are kinda recent are available at... http://www.dunlopia.com - Dunlopia ------------- |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:36pm
 its okay Maree, i read what you write, ive been around since the beginning and no one wants to meet me either. lol but thats okay. I force myself on others...........although im still waiting for the pushchairs ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:38pm
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ohhh your boys are so cute ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:39pm
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You didn't get them? They were sent aeons ago. Does NZ Post have a lost property department? ------------- |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:41pm
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lol really, here i was thinking you had just forgotten or gave them to someone else. yeah they do and you can put a claim in, but only if you have the receipt from the post shop.
Im pleased to know that you didnt forget about me. makes me feel better now. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:41pm
We love you! And I would reply to your text but it involves getting off my lazy butt to get the phone off the kitchen bench
And yay for Connor Maree. Maya did that same challenge about 18 mths ago and also came thru with flying colors, it's a great feeling! Will check out pics, and must come over your way some time soon. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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AlyAyde wrote:Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:43pm
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I been on here close to a year, but i stayed in the background mainyl reading until I got pregs then started posting heaps, its only been lately Ive started posting in the general board and moving myself around the group a bit.
So Im slowly getting to know who everyone is 
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http://lilypie.com"> 
http://tweetytweety85.bebo.com - bebo |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:43pm
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ha ha my text just said something along the lines of YAY YAY that would be cool!! ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 2:43pm
| I agree with you Maree I have been on here since I was about 20 weeks preg with Jack and I still feel like an outsider sometimes. I noticed you and Paws didn't post as much but figured it was just because of a baby and toddler you must be pretty busy. |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:24pm
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Now I'll need to launch into a clean-up mode to see if I still have the receipt. Eeek. What a pain!!! Somewhere in the northern part of the North Island there are two strollers gathering even more dust than if they were in my garage.
Yeah Rach, it has been a bit hectic with three rather than two kiddies, but I still come on line - usually lurking rather than posting. Paws is a lurker too...she has that kind of personality....lurk, lurk...(I can say this because I know she's going to harass me about it later, thus proving even further that she's been lurking ) Well, kid's are awake again and the husband has vanished....time to go and see what they are up to. ------------- |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:37pm
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yeah well if you can find the receipt that would be good for you. You could at least get the money back for postage and probably some money to cover the cost of the strollers. But dont go to to much trouble we are actually getting along fine without one now. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:43pm
Who me? lurk??  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:48pm
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maree, i've been on here a while now too, posted quite a bit and still feel as though i'm on the 'outskirts' of everything also.
oh well, doesn't stop me coming in here everyday anyway even if no one pays attention ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 3:58pm
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I lurk more than post now too... ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 4:00pm
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Geepers creepers I just came on here and didn't want to post exact names about who I wanted to meet on the so-called popularity thread but thought of you Maree. (And all the others that think they haven't been mentioned)
Anyway, I did go back and mention your name... then came back to read this. Now it seems like I put your name just to make a point but I really would LOVE to meet you. An aside - I'd just like to say that I for one, DO pay attention. Whether I have time to reply specifically to anyone's comments or not is a different story as usually I am guilt ridden due to procrastination, or fending off a hungry and whingy toddler, or sneaking on while Tobin is otherwise occupied... so try to make it quick. We've not forgotten you all... I think you are all fab. |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 4:46pm
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Hehe. Kids are awake but the husband has left the house to go to the shops so I can get back to the computer without him cottoning on to the fact that this is what I do most of the day.....
Ahhhh Nikki - you gave in to the peer pressure! (Me being the peer that pressured you). Cheers for that...and as James Stewart said in some old movie that plays every Christmas...every time my name is mentioned, an angel gets it's wings (may have been edited for dramatic purpose). The angels thank you.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 5:13pm
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Okay I don't want to put the cat amongst the pigeons so to speak, but of course we remember you! And just because you don't feel you've made it to the recent "hall of fame" IYGWIM, doesn't mean you aren't appreciated on here! If this board only had the few that we've seen named there (and don't forget a lot of ppl aren't posting in that thread), it would be a very boring place.
Emeldee, every time I see your name I remember how it came to be your name and I'm like, yea, that's really clever! Just wish I could have done something with Teeseeayyy LOL. I watch Becca's posts with interest, often because she has 3 kids and sometimes cause when she's talking about her DH it catches my eye (my DH has the same name). Nikki first introduced me to MCN although she probably doesn't know and it was Vanessa's thread about shows that got me charged on the search engine after I had a show for Krystiana lol - that's just off the top of my head and of course there are many more I could think of.
OhBaby isn't about popularity, it's about a supportive community where you can ask questions, get suggestions, and offer your knowledge and advice to help others. We all want to "matter" of course! But just cause you haven't been specifically named doesn't mean you don't matter! ------------- |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 7:38pm
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hhhm whats this favourites post? i must go find that
anyways, i remember you Maree, helps i think that Andrew and Ayja are the same age. I lurk alot too, did heaps up till all this preg stuff. am so glad i have you all for support though. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 7:47pm
Oooh, I could pinch that as a catch phrase with all thats going on at the moment! Very well said Teresa! You summed up the very reasons I joined OHbaby! in the first place all those years ago... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:14pm
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Be prepared, this is going to be long...
Maree we all remember who you are, but you hadn't actually posted for such a long time I thought you had left - its an easy conclusion to come to when you have three kids, esp with a toddler and a baby!! Like someone else said, I dont always have time to reply to every post I read, but I do read and take in what everyone is saying. And it does matter what every person says - we all ask for advice and get many different opinions to pick and choose from, thats the beauty of an online community. I dont like conflict at all and usually shy away from it and have so far not commented on whats been happening to my beloved OB, but I am personally getting sick of being made to feel guilty for being supposedly 'cliquey' etc etc, but I have been here over two years and done 3000 and something posts so I have know a few of the others here for a long time and have shared stuff with them that my IRL friends dont know about, so of course some people are going to feel a bit left out. And it is also to be expected that the dynamics will change a bit as it is not the small community it used to be. I think it would be really good if we all stopped with these posts and got back to what this place is all about - so nicely summed up by Theresa (busymum).  Everyone needs to chill out a bit, forget about whats been going on and stop starting these threads as they are just keep prolonging the negative feelings.
OK, now that is my moan over.
Just an idea - do you think it would help if we started a new stickied introductions thread. The old one has got so long I find it daunting to look at and meet the newbies. Maybe that would be one way of the newer members to feel more included if we all 'met'? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:21pm
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Hmmmm, maybe a good idea? I'm happy to start a new Introductions thread if others are keen? ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:35pm
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yeh that would be a good idea Emma, I have tried to read through the intros thread but its so long now my poor brain cant take them all in lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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http://tweetytweety85.bebo.com - bebo |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:43pm
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Agreeing with everything Aimee just said, esp the part where she said she hadn't seen a post for a while, I must admit, I thought real life had gotten a bit busy for you to drop in as well!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:47pm
lol i just have to laugh at the ones who are calling themselves lurkers - and have over 2000 posts... what a giggle! i think i am a lurker, post here and there, but read as and when i can. i dont think i even announced jordis's birth, as my habit of lurking has gotten so bad (note to self, stop lurking and start typing!)
hopefully things settle down and this place becomes the friendly site i love to lurk again ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 8:59pm
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Yeah, i only noticed you had had your bub when I saw the cute lil ticker, and hadn't read the details!!!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:04pm
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oh details are easy - the birth in 10 words or less:
Pre eclampsia. Induced. 35 weeks. Sneezed baby out. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:07pm
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i like how you said sneezed baby out hehe, was it really that quick?
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:20pm
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she was 4lb 3 oz, midwife was very lucky to catch her as she wasnt anywhere near the bed at the time. so yes, it was all the effort of a sneeze. (still wont catch me doing it again though!) ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:37pm
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I thought and thought and thought about replying to some of the comments on here but decided to not say alot - I think what I had said in other thread upset alot of ppl and also had alot of ppl agreeing with me. I do now wish I had kept my big mouth shut as I some what feel labeled for doing so...(not to mention opening a can of worms)
But in having said that I shall still stick around as I value everyones advise, conversations and really just seeing what everyone is up to. I too feel like I have been here and posted quite a few but few actually 'know' me. Most prob the Nov 06 mummies would know me best. Oh so much for not saying alot.. Honesty I STILL think ohbaby Rocks. BTW I never thought ohbaby was cliquey - if read right I just felt that thread was turning cliquey (does that sound right or have I dug a bigger hole for myself - should learn to shut up LOL )------------- Ann 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:38pm
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that doesnt sound like a deeper whole, i think you explained yourself well :) ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:56pm
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oh so little, i wish my baby was sneezed out, and owuldnt mind this one coming out that easy to (but dont see that happening anytime soon lol).
AnnC, I knew where you were coming from in your post, I was never a big poster till I got pregnant with number 2 adn IVe only jsut started to get ot know other members, I think I spend a majorty of my time on the June MTB thread, and only recently started bouncing around the site more. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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http://tweetytweety85.bebo.com - bebo |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:57pm
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Well I've wrestled all afternoon as to how or whether I should reply but I'm finally going to.
I've been calling myself a lurker becuase I have been lurking in recent months. I do feel there is a certian cliquey element and it is for that reason I have lurked more than anything else. The last time I really posted I was made to feel like I shouldn't have because I didn't agree with the prevailing opinion. I figured what was the point and so moved to a forum where debate, open discussion and differing opinions are genuinely welcomed. Forums do under go change and members come and go...it goes in cycles and I believe that is what OHBaby is going through. I would however like to see it return to the community it once was. There endth my serious post. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:02pm
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From what I've seen on ohbaby, different perspectives have generally been welcome and accepted. And sure I feel like I don't have a place to say anything because I am such a newbie, but it doesn't seem like such a big deal to me.
In fact with all this stuff going on I've been wondering what on earth started it all, and I have no idea. I have been lurking alot and I have no idea what the big issue is. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:08pm
To be perfectly honest I don't either - must be a full moon or a bad dose of nationwide PMS coz we've all gone bonkers ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:10pm
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:15pm
| Hehe I keep telling myself I am not going to post as much and just become a lurker cos of all the times Ive opened my big mouth lately and become involved in little debates but well... my mouth is too big and i just cant help myself. But I do hope that those who have been involved in the wee issues going on lately do continue to share thier opinions and stick with OB. Whether I agree with your posts on a certain subject doesnt mean I wont appreciate your advice on other things if that makes sense. And I feel like an outsider sometimes even though I started here when Kobe was a baby. Its like siblings, you may not agree on everything but we are still an online family with new additions everyday (members and babies) and we might squabble and bicker but we still need each other. (ok so its been an emotional day for me and Im probably sounding like a right sook but hey I got more support from you ladies today than i did my hubby) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:24pm
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GROUP HUG ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 10:24pm
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Hugs again Robyn, I still can't believe how sucky life is sometimes Hope your friend is holding up okay, although how you do that in such a situation I have no idea... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 11:21pm
 to Robyn and AnnC ------------- |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 10:30am
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 2:30pm
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*note to self....sarcarsm is not heard via online forums*
hey everyone ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 8:33pm
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It's not? ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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