I hate hospitals...

I have spent the last week in Flinders hospital with my son. It was hell! He had RSV, a respitory virus, he wasn't breathing very well and needed oxygen treatment. He is only 11 months, so he didn't handle it very well. He ripped the rubes off of his hands on several occassions, so we had to strap his hands up. He was forced to stay within a 2 metre radius of his cot because of the oxygen tubes. He has only just started drinking the last day, and is still not eating. It is a horrible feeling, seeing your baby like that, and unable to do anything. I am just hoping we never have to do that again.

I need something else...

Does anyone else feel like this?? I have my wonderful children, an amazing finace, great friends and family.. but I just need something more in my life.. I'm not sure if I want to go back to work, or study, or whether I just need something else to occupy my time apart from my children.

I am a qualified Aged Care worker, and would LOVE to go back to work doing this, but the hours are just not good when you have 3 young kids. 7am starts when daycare only opens at 7! I can't work afternoon shifts, as my fiance doesn't drive so the kids wouldnt be able to get home from daycare, then I'd never see him either!

I go to playgroup, so i do have interaction with other parents, but I just need something MORE!! Oh well... I guess I will know what it is when i find it...

Sleep? What is sleep?

I feel like a zombie.. I have had about 2 hours of broken sleep for 2 nights now. My eyeballs feel like they are falling out of my head, but when you're a mum to 3 small kids you just need to keep going. I can't just go back to bed and have a few more hours sleep.. but oh how i wish i could.

Ashton woke up 4 times last night, and the only way to get him back to sleep is to give him a bottle.. /yawn...Taylor woke up at 4am and thought it was time to get up, so i spent 2 hours walking her back to her bed and telling her it was still night time.. Eleanor slept all night, thank God for that!

I miss them when they were like this...

When they slept all day, and all night, and only woke up to feed. Then i could rest whenever I wanted. It seems like so long ago! Even though I am sleep deprived and feel like death warmed up, I wouldn't trade my wonderful children for anything :)

The dreaded house cleaning...

My Wednesday usually consists of me avoiding my house while the kids are in daycare in order to avoid house cleaning. With 3 young children it is very hard to clean and tidy while they are home. Yesterday I got home from my mothers meeting.. glanced around my house, then went and got into bed and watched True Blood! hahaha...
However... I did eventually pull my arse out of bed and clean my house from top to bottom!! I am feeling much better about myself now that the house is tidy, and my wonderful Fiance was most impressed to come home to a spotless house and dinner cooked and ready on the table. For once we felt like a normal functioning family!

Let's see how long it lasts...

Baby playgroup...

I took little Ashton to baby playgroup this morning. He absolutely loves it there! It's probably because his sisters aren't there in his face constantly. I like it becuase I get some one on one time with him, which very rarely happens at home. The girls go into the creche at the centre, they love it there...all i hear all week from Eleanor is "Can i go to my new creche today?" (her old creche being at the gym)

Today the ladies from the local library came in for story time. Ashton did well and sat through 2 stories. We sang some songs and Ashton danced his little heart away! He loves music and dancing. We sing a lot at home. Eleanor and Taylor learn new songs from Daycare all the time and insist on singing them to me, but we have to do all the actions too!

It was good this morning, we even got there early! It's a great group of Mums there and we all seem to get along well! Lucky Ashton is only 10 months old, we still have another 14 months of baby playgroup!

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