WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART4!!!

[AngryBeaver]

Arrgh,had to start a new thread!

Yes,you can get more land in Tauranga. Well,somewhere like Omokoroa or somewhere.Wouldn't want to live much closer than that. And I woulkdn't want to live at he Mount. Lovely as it is. Too touristy,imo.
We would like enough land for a pool (eventually) maybe a sleepout and still enough for a veggie patch and garden for kids. Don't neeed acres +. Wouldn't say no though,if we could afford it! Be nice to have a few sheep or something/

I think Mum would have to fly to Tauranga. So that would be
Manchester-London,London-Singapore, Singapore-Aukland,Aukland- Tauranga
Bad.

justa howws the back? Hope physio was a help,we may have driven past you!
Your house sounds great.
My mums friend lives in Silverdale.She has about an acre with some sheep etc
Wasn't overly impressed at but didn't give it a proper look I suppose,just stopped to buy flowers for Mums friend! Always worth another look

He is 2.3...we are having a regression. "I not like my cot,I want 'leep in bed wid YOU!" It is of my own making I'm afraid. When I was pregnant, I felt too tired and ill to be doing with the getting up,so I just whipped him out of his sleeping bag and put him next to me. He puts his fingers in my mouth to get to sleep or sucks my bottome lip
So anyway, he was fine sleeping until me moved here. But he had always been in his own room and cot,never anywhere else or in a travel cot. So when we moved and were in and out of motels etc he found it a bit of a shock and I settled him with me.
My fault and I'm paying for it now!
I am narked I missed Grimm last night because I was in his room for so long!!!

AB, I think it's fair to say you've had rather a lot going on, I think you get a pass on making life easier for yourself with regard to sleeping!

That said, we did gradual withdrawal with DD1 at a similar age, as we used to have to lie on the floor of the bedroom, holding her hand and pretending to be asleep. Used to take about 2 hours! Took about 2 weeks to progress to being able to put her in cot and potter about within earshot for a while.

DD2 has a cold (plus possible ear infection) again. Poor mite. Can't wait for spring to kick in properly and maybe give us a break from all these illnesses.

AB- have you come across this website?

www.thesleepstore.co.nz/sleep-information/toddlers

I found it very useful at a lot of different stages- sometime just a tiny tweek made all the difference for DD.

But agree you should not give yourself a hard time about this!

DD and I are also sick again Vvviola. I am so fed up of three months of illness every year. Next year I may go to Fiji for the duration. dreams.

AB I agree with Vvviola, you've had a lot going on and I wouldn't beat yourself up about the sleep thing. Sometimes you just do what you have to.

I was reading a thread last night on one of the expat forums. It was a comparison of the cost of a Tesco online shop vs Countdown, for the same products. The Countdown one was only $20 dearer which suprised me a bit (I don't really know what stuff costs in the UK anymore). It was this thread britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=770198

Thanks, I know that really, but still. And also,I'm feeling guilty now because I think hehe is coming down with what dd has been off school with.(She was off last week with different thing! So totally agree with Spring coming for the break!) And ds1 has very croaky voice and temp...and I am defo getting it!
A frienf told me her dr had said that if there's 3 or more kids in a family the 1st one can get it,and by the time the 3rd has had it,the 1st gets it again! I think that has happened here!Joy!
littlest I will check out the sleep website,thank you. And please may I come with you to Winter in Fiji

justa uch! What a pita for you all...extra scoop of ice cream tonight after tea?...and sprinkles...and sauce (but what are you going to give ds?!!)

Anyone want to know a free activity that will keep kids entertained for ages?whilst you mn
Nailbrush or 2, cloth and towel. Bowl of soapy water. Breast feeding chair and foot stool/any leather chair....set them to work!! They are flipping loving it and have been busy for 30 mins,bliss! Mind you, I am too scared to go in and see how wet the carpet is...and them! 2, 4 and 6 year olds not very good at wringing out are they?!

Have found a new recruit! There was an mner on another thread (so today I met an MNer) asking if anyone was in nz,hoping for a meet up. I have directed her over here

/wave!

I think I might have been here before using my "first" username before I changed to this one - however it's good to know there are a few people over here!

Anyone else near the Top of the South?

Hmmm. The first "here" related to the thread, the second "here" related to NZ. I am MNing using iPad & phone tether at work so not really concentrating.

First user name was TechnoKitten but I changed - technodad was around and nothing to do with me, plus my husband started reading end-of-the-world forums so I took my username from them. It was meant to be a joke but I like it now :)

I also off work sick .... And so is lovely nanny.... So I get to be sick and look after the kids. Not been too bad to be fair. Nice to spend some time pottering about with them. Long day though and DH out again with work.

/start whiny self pitying post

Another ear infection confirmed for DD2. I was supposed to be using this week to study, but so far I've managed a grand total of two hours. And the new owners of the house are coming around tomorrow. And DD1 & I have a playdate tomorrow. The other Mum is lovely, but I really struggle in situations like this so I'm dreading it.

I really just want to crawl under a rock somewhere and cry

Oh, and Auckland Hospital Immunology declined DD2's referral. Not complex enough. So now we're waiting for a referral to the general paediatric team.

Can someone send virtual gin & chocolate seeing as the real things are off the menu at the moment...

/end whiny self pitying post

I'm guessing they only see children who are allergic to lots of things at a high level.

I suppose if time & funds are limited they can only see the worst cases.

When I think about it, it may work in our favour - shorter wait to see paeds at north shore, and could get referral to dietician etc from there. Also I think if paed refers to immunology it's rarely refused.

But I think I'm going to search out the support groups that are meant to be around. I'm struggling a bit with the responsibility of not accidentally poisoning my baby by forgetting to read a label

vvviola this forum may be useful for allergy info? Sorry about dd2 s referral.

Vvviola - a pal of mine uses the facebook group Allergy New Zealand a lot. She get info and support from it. Defo worth a look.

I cracked and went to see my Dr this morning. I love that I can see someone within a few hours of calling. I'm now on 3 new drugs so surely I will recover soon?......

Thanks littlest and WSS, great places to have a look!

Hope some of the drugs kick in soon littlest.

DD2 perked up incredibly overnight. Crèche said they were happy to take her as she's on antibiotics and had no fever. So I'm actually getting study done.

DD1's playdate has been cancelled as her little friend has head lice. Poor thing. But I'll be spending the afternoon & evening combing & checking I guess...

New owner is lovely. We came to an agreement that we'd look for a new place now, but no pressure to find one immediately, and no penalties for breaking the lease. And we can just let them know when we've found somewhere.

So we're looking and aiming for within the next 6 weeks or so, but not the end of the world if it takes a bit longer.

Phew

Good news about the new owners vvv Takes the pressure off a bit.

Boys and my visas came today, flights booked for 3rd October.

Dp found a fully furnished house for us and as the landlord is from the uk and is coming back for 6months, he's also going to give us full use of his car too.

It's all come together, better than we hoped.

26 sleeps to go.

Fully furnished house is quite a rarity and car to go with it is definitely rare! Fabulous news.

Thank-you. First house he saw too.

Think it helped that Dp and landlord are from the same area here in the uk.

The car is a unexpected but very welcome bonus.

We have our last interview with NZIS on Friday, can't believe we will soon have our residency. And then we will have to actually plan the move!

Where in NZ are you moving to frik?