hi to all,

not much to report this week, still having trouble with the good old back and the brace is a bugger to wear but my biggest thing at present is the fact i have NO energy. i'm so tired and flat and just simply exhausted. i've tried walking a bit more you know exercise is meant to make you more energetic but due to my back dramas it makes me want to slip in to a coma.  also not eating much as i feel my stomach is being squeshed out my ears with how much space this bub is taking up, i'm HUGE . i'm going for an unroutine ultrasound next week to check bubs size and the amount of aminotic fluid also to check bubs presentation as my mid wife has thought shes heard an echo with the heart monitor and wants to check for no hidden extras but being 31 weeks she said by now we would know if it was multipules but to be sure of the the sonographers we go.

as for my little other ones they seem to be falling off the rails my 3 year old is a complete nightmare at present either he's happy content following instructions well and amuzing himself or we have world war 3 on our hands where toys are being thrown or distroyed, he's trying to physically hurt me ( kicks, pinches or hits) tantrums the works it's crazy as anything can set him off from whats on tele to picking his brother up from school anything we are trying in vain to reinstate the arvo nap for some peace but not much success as yet. i'm just worried as to how things are going to be 1 when bubs is born in a few months but also for when kindy starts in term 4. we are trying to work on a simple rewards system which is broken up into short time periods or taks over the day and he gets a reward usually a sweet or stamps /stickers it works some days but not others. as for quin he just seems really highly strung at present  very stressed by something i'm having a catch up with his teacher tomorrow to see if it is school related or if it's homelife thats set him off but who knows i'm hoping it's just because of it being near the end of term and he's tired plus it being so close to bubs coming out and that it should settle once bubs here and he's had school holidays to revive his energy and enthusiasm for school well see. but when we ask quin all we get is a very clear i hate all of school and he just wants to be home doing computor games but then at the end of school when we pick him up he tells us how much fun he's had that day so i'm at a loss.

as for charli her new little brother ( from her bio mum) hadn't come home from hospital as yet so she had only met him twice and didn't have an opinion on him yet  but had been spending a lot of time at her grandmothers not her other house, we get her this weekend so i'm hoping it's been a nicer fortnight for her and a positive one as she's not been to happy lately which i feel will put a negitive on her for when we have our little one soon as it will be around her birthday that it's due so we'll see.

aside from kiddy meltdowns and some aches and pains we seem to be surviving at present a nice quiet time before the hectics of a new bub.