Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[mako]

WELCOME Ktgirl Its great to see you've found us.
I can't believe your bubbas are almost 5 months already...Hope all is going well

All is ok here atm..Sage had his 12 month old needles on Monday and he coped rather well. He cried after the 1st needle and then he SCREAMED when he saw the nurse with the 2nd and 3rd(before she gave them to him)
He has also cut 3 more teeth this week which brings us to a toatal of 8 which consists of 6 up the top and 2 down the bottom. I think he needs to even them out one day soon lol.
His sleep is getting better slowly... He is rather good here during the day and night time but isn't sooo good at MIL's. I don't think she understands the importance of sleep as she thinks her time with him only needs to consist of play Oh well I'm sure with me getting cranky each time I pick him up from there she'll eventually get the message...

I hope everyone is ok

[monnie]

Hey guys

KTgirl...so great to hear from you! I bow down to anyone who has twins...sounds like they are doing beautifully!

Mako...how you doing? Sounds like sleep school was tough but worth it! Well done!

After bragging about Felix's sleep a while ago, it all deteriorated again!!! Molars are the cause!!! AHHHHH!!! Hopefully things are about to settle again...we were at the stage where I was up with him for 2-3 hours in the early hours of the morning...not fun!

Anyway...hope everyone is doing well!

Oh...and Felix is walking now! Just seems quite unbelievable that our little baby is now a full-blown toddler!!!

[onthefly]

Hi everybody!

Hello again ktgirl - wow, has it really been 5 months already? Glad to hear things are going well for you. It is hard to imagine having TWO babies, but obviously it is doable (and yeah, twice and wonderful too, I bet!)

Too bad about the sleep Monnie, but at least you know it'll probably get better again once the molars are through

Proud mamma moment - Aric has learned to clap! so cute.

[Lenny]

Hi all,
I've been gone a while, but i loved reading everyone's news and having a bit of a catch up.
7.5kgs seems to be the 'in weight'. Liam is 7.5kgs now - at 7.5 months! He's fine and I am so much more confident as a parent now. He eats loads of food some days, and then hardly eats a thing the next day - but he is still being bf about 4/5 times a day, so i know he is doing fine.

Marcellus - I know that one of my mother's group is TTC number 2 - but she has fibroids and wants to have another bub before she has to have surgery again.

Mako - hope things are better with Sage and sleeping, and also with you too. A diagnosis is all well and good, but you need to get some strategies for coping too. Happy very belated birthday to your wonderboy!

Monnie - I can't believe Felix is a toddler already either. Seems like yesterday i was reading your BA. Have those nasty molars come through yet?

KT girl - hope everything is going wonderfully. I hope you have some great support around you to help a bit.

Nic - some Drs are just idiots and say the dumbest things. At least you know you are doing everything right for you. How is DD with her little brother?

Well, I went to NZ on my own with DS to visit my parents. The travel was extremely hard and I was a zombie when i got back to Melbourne - the plane had no more bassinets so i had not put DS down for 8 hours straight - except twice i handed him to the airline crew while i went to the loo! He couldn't sit up on his own, and all the noise and lights and people was too exciting to sleep! He barely recognised DH at the airport, bu was back to his old self the next day. I took a little longer to recover!
And DH has given up shift work for a few months over summer. This means I will see him every weekend, and no more night shifts for a while! I'm pretty happy about it all.

Hi to everyone else too.

[onthefly]

Welcome back Lenny!
missed you round here

[sazzafrazz]

Hi gang!
I've been missing for a while too... life is busy and I have discovered facebook too which is quite addictive. I am trying to limit my computer time also.

Anyhow, I didnt realise I missed you guys till I started reading what you are all up to.

Celeste is now 10months and when she was weighed a month ago she was 7.28kg so I would say she is around 7.5kg now too!!!! That is so weird lol.
Nik, that doctor truely does sound like a tool! What was he thinking? Just blow him off, you dont need to worry at all.

Well done Lenny on your travel without DH. Sounds like you certainly had your work cut out for you on the plane. Don't they get enough bassinettes when you book your fllights? I would find that soooooo tiresome!!! 8hours is a very long time with a baby who is wriggling all around, not sleeping. Well done.

Monnie, hope those molars come through nice and quick for you and your lil toddler! What a difference walking makes hey? They just look more grown up then I reckon. Are you finding it more or less difficult now that he can walK?

Mako, so glad sleep school has worked for you. I have two friends who went with their 10 and 11 month olds and swear by it. They are like new people now!!! Dont worry abuot the meltdown being embarrassing... I am sure they have seen it many times before!!! And it was the right place for it too, with all the months of stress building up to then and all the pressure to get it right, it had to come out. Hey I've done it in less appropriate places in hte past!

Hi Kate, hope things are going fantastic for you and your two little wonders. It sure is amazing isnt it? And you must get double amazed! How are you going for sleep? Are they in sinc?

Celeste is now clapping and like you Marcellus, I get a thrill out of it. Sometimes she does it just to get me to smile and praise her. It's her newest trick. She is still only commando/caterpillar crawling but getting closer to all fours now as when she is sitting she leans right over to that position. Not pulling herself up to furniture yet either. She has a few words now: Mum, Dada, Dog sometimes but mostly by sign language. She said the dog's name the other day (Molly but she said LL-y) One day she just said "Hello" but only the once. Celeste just llllooooves the dogs. Every mornign the first thing we have to do is open the curtains to see if the dogs are there and if they are outside when she wakes from her nap we have to let them in right away! They get lots of hugs now that she can move. Very cute.

Well, hope to be on here more often than I have been.
Take care all!

[ktgirl]

Hi ladies.

Monnie - How exciting that Felix is walking now. It doesn't seem like that long ago that you fell pregnant on that clomid cycle and all of a sudden he is walking!!! WOW.

Sazz- So cute about Celeste with the dogs also with the clapping and talking!! The twins sleep pretty well actually. I always made sure when they were new that we kept them in the same routine so when one woke for a feed I would also get the second one up and it seems to have worked and they pretty much do everything at the same time.

Mako- I hope things are going well with Sage and you are getting some good sleeps now.

Lenny- Wow you went to NZ on your own, that is such a good job!! Hope you had a lovely time.

Marcellus- Go archie with the clapping... that would be so cute

Mackenzie is cutting her first tooth!!! I have been checking a lot lately because both of the babies have been really funny with their feeds. So I found it on Monday. It has just broken the skin. She is handling it really well actually. Tonight was the first time I have given her panadol as she was pretty out of sorts. I am surprised Ryder hasn't got any yet as he has had a few days of being pretty cranky. Perhaps his are on the way.

Thats is about it for now. I really should get to bed. Night