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28 Oct 2022 07:23 PM
28 Oct 2022 07:23 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:05 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:05 PM
That's just way too cute @ArraDreaming - geez I love kids. They make my day.
28 Oct 2022 08:12 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:12 PM
Most of the time they are cute they’ve both got to an age where they fight even though it’s hilarious @tyme
ahyway what’s on for your weekend
28 Oct 2022 08:33 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:33 PM
I love watching the kids 'fight' and then problem solve @ArraDreaming - it's all part of growing up and is quite healthy for them. I think sometimes, as adults, we interfere too much.
Anyway, for this weekend, I'm in the middle of moving house... I'm living in between 3 houses and it's doing my head in. I have one pair of shoes in one house, another pair in another, and others elsewhere. Same with clothes....
I'm waiting for a carpenter to build a new wardrobe in my new place, so at the moment, I don't have clothes in the new house. I slept at the new house yesterday, woke up, and realised I didn't have my hairbrush or toothbrush with me! I have a set at my other houses... arghhh.
My brain is everywhere!
28 Oct 2022 08:43 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:43 PM
it’s actually so funny to me @tyme the youngest one has learnt to pinch people (and no it’s not good) and will just go up to his brother sitting quietly causing no dramas and stirs up trouble to get his attention and it cracks me up. he just gets this look on his face.
oh 3 houses!! I can see why that’s stressful. When will you be in just 1? @tyme
28 Oct 2022 08:50 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:50 PM
LOL @ArraDreaming - I don't know if I'll ever be in just 1 house. I really don't. As I said, still waiting for things to be done in the new place, need things to be fixed in one of the old places and so I'm sleeping at the third. Meh? Also means I have to mow the lawn at all three properties!
Each house has it's benefits:
House 1: swimming pool, bbq - go there for guests and when it's hot
House 2: big, homely place - go there when it's cold for the heater
House 3: small, quaint cottage - go there when I want to be away from everyone
As for your kids, wait till the biting starts! You'll soon hear this wail come out of no where and you'll know the younger has bitten the older.
They keep you on your toes, eh?
tyme
28 Oct 2022 08:55 PM - edited 28 Oct 2022 08:57 PM
28 Oct 2022 08:55 PM - edited 28 Oct 2022 08:57 PM
Oh wow so you got options! I’d personally be investing in a gardener but if you’ve got the time! I’d do work for lots of people with multiple properties when I was self employed, sometimes I’d just rotate between their houses espexislly the ones with rental properties. I once worked for a guy who had 12, he kept me afloat for a while there.
oh, no, the biting started at the same time as the pinching, it’s a bit of an issue at the minute @tyme the pinching, not great, the biting, absolute torture. I thought the term ankle biters couldnt be taken all that literally until I got bitten on the ankle. He also says “up” if he’s in bed with us and wants us to get up and will keep saying it until someone gets up and if you keep ignoring it he bites you.
Devils.
28 Oct 2022 09:12 PM
28 Oct 2022 09:12 PM
Ankle biters @ArraDreaming ! OMG I love your stories. Biting, pinching - they love the squeal that comes after it.
Once their communication improves, hopefully these behaviours will stop.
Do you have a pet to keep the boys occupied?
28 Oct 2022 09:13 PM
28 Oct 2022 09:13 PM
No but, we have been looking after Mums dog since she passed away and I think we will end up keeping her @tyme
28 Oct 2022 09:17 PM
28 Oct 2022 09:17 PM
What kind of dog is he @ArraDreaming
Hello @tyme
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Supporting and promoting the well-being of mental health carers and their families.
Mental Health Carers Austalia.
Our Mission
To be the voice of mental health carers to enable the best life possible.
Get In Touch With Us
We're here to support and promote the well-being of mental health carers and their families
Mental Health Carers Australia is the only national advocacy group solely concerned with the well-being and promotion of the needs of mental health carers.