Just a bit of a plug here for anyone that might be interested...
I am organising to run a child-specific first aid course from my house. It is something I have been meaning to get around to for a long time and I keep thinking "what if I don't and something bad happens..." so I have called a guy who runs these courses and temporarily booked one in.
It will be :
Wed 30th Aug and Wed 6th Feb from 7pm till 10pm
Cost: $60 per person (includes all notes and manuals)
it's called 'save a child' (not sure if I'm allowed to link to it?)
If anyone is interested in attending let me know! I need at least 8 people to run it so feel free to ask your friends, neighbours, family etc..
M.
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Tuesday, 8 January 2008
My Neevie cracks me up!
Niamh is so funny! We made some brownies this afternoon to try and placate the kids and stop the constant fighting and whinging. Well, as you can see miss N. loves to cook - if it was up to her there would be nothing actually going into the oven (although in this case we may as well not have bothered anyway as I massively undercooked them so they were a soggy gooey mess - oh well, better luck next time.) Just picture this little girl between licks of the spatula saying "mmmm chock-lit, fave-rit!" She's a girl after my own heart :)
Monday, 7 January 2008
Happy new year!
OK, so I know I am a bit slow but as my first post for the new year I had to say it!
We had such a great Christmas and New years here! It was crazy and chaotic but heaps of fun and the kids all got so spoilt! The jolly old man in the big red suit was certainly very generous to them this year!
We had a full on week over Christmas with lots of family, friends and way too much food. There was a whole lot of swimming in the pool and the kids and I made the most of Dan being on holidays. I think he actually had a hard time going back to work after all the playing we did at home. Now things are finally starting to settle down again and I am doing my best to get the kids a little bit of rest before they need to start the school year. Cody will be going into kindergarten and Lachlan will be grade one!
The babes are doing really well too. They now both have two bottom teeth and can both roll from back to front as soon as they are put onto the carpet. I need to make an appointment to go and get them weighed but they are doing great and are very healthy! They have begun eating solids too. At the moment it is just one meal a day but they seem to be tolerating it well and soon I will move to breakfast and dinner. They sleep wonderfully well - consistently doing 12 hours at night time so we really can't complain about that at all :)
I guess I had better get going and get ready to go out. I am off to the dentist this morning so wish me luck! I hadn't been to the dentist at all for 15 years and finally plucked up the courage a few weeks ago. Today I am going to get a filling and an extraction done - arrrgggh! I hate the dentist! call me crazy but I would rather the pain of childbirth any day!!!
We had such a great Christmas and New years here! It was crazy and chaotic but heaps of fun and the kids all got so spoilt! The jolly old man in the big red suit was certainly very generous to them this year!
We had a full on week over Christmas with lots of family, friends and way too much food. There was a whole lot of swimming in the pool and the kids and I made the most of Dan being on holidays. I think he actually had a hard time going back to work after all the playing we did at home. Now things are finally starting to settle down again and I am doing my best to get the kids a little bit of rest before they need to start the school year. Cody will be going into kindergarten and Lachlan will be grade one!
The babes are doing really well too. They now both have two bottom teeth and can both roll from back to front as soon as they are put onto the carpet. I need to make an appointment to go and get them weighed but they are doing great and are very healthy! They have begun eating solids too. At the moment it is just one meal a day but they seem to be tolerating it well and soon I will move to breakfast and dinner. They sleep wonderfully well - consistently doing 12 hours at night time so we really can't complain about that at all :)
I guess I had better get going and get ready to go out. I am off to the dentist this morning so wish me luck! I hadn't been to the dentist at all for 15 years and finally plucked up the courage a few weeks ago. Today I am going to get a filling and an extraction done - arrrgggh! I hate the dentist! call me crazy but I would rather the pain of childbirth any day!!!
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Two peas in a pod!
Well it's official! My little guys are genetically identical according to the DNA testing that was done in the 'tooth emergence and oral health in twins and their families' study that we are enrolled in.
The results specifically say that the boys share 20 of the 20 Alleles tested in common. The 20 alleles tested cover 10 loci with one allele coming from mum and one from dad. Of the 10 loci tested Max and Blake have all 10 loci exactly the same. The likelihood of Max and Blake sharing all 20 alleles at these loci by chance and being different at other loci (being non-identical) is extremely low - less than 1 in 10,000 Billion in the case of our twins!
So there you go! I can't say I am really surprised as some days even I struggle to tell who is who but in general I can see differences between the boys. If they are side by side I can tell you fairly accurately which one is which.
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
PMH developmental appointment
Today we had the twins' 4 month developmental appointment at PMH. It seriously couldn't have gone better and I am one happy mumma :)
We were told that they seem to be at the level of about 5 month olds - which is fantastic considering their corrected age is 4 months! They are doing everything right and I feel like it's safe to say that their prematurity hasn't left either of them with any negative health issues. Even though we already suspected they were fine it is such a relief to be told by a paed.I am so proud of my clever little men!
Just yesterday and today Max has learned a new party trick. Whenever he is placed down on his back he immediately rolls over onto his tummy (and then proceeds to whinge - LOL!)
Oh - and I knew they were a 'healthy' weight but get this.... Max weighs 8.53 kilos and Blake weighs 8.54 kilos, little chubbas!!
We were told that they seem to be at the level of about 5 month olds - which is fantastic considering their corrected age is 4 months! They are doing everything right and I feel like it's safe to say that their prematurity hasn't left either of them with any negative health issues. Even though we already suspected they were fine it is such a relief to be told by a paed.I am so proud of my clever little men!
Just yesterday and today Max has learned a new party trick. Whenever he is placed down on his back he immediately rolls over onto his tummy (and then proceeds to whinge - LOL!)
Oh - and I knew they were a 'healthy' weight but get this.... Max weighs 8.53 kilos and Blake weighs 8.54 kilos, little chubbas!!
Thursday, 22 November 2007
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