Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[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

[Lenny]

Nic - I love your message - Sleep is for the weak. We were like that for such a long time! Now, I have to say things are pretty good...for now. DS is super active, so i think that helps he get tired. He rolls and creeps around constantly. He can go for miles, and rarely sits still. In fact he hardly sits at all - he just rolls over straight away. We can't imagine when he can crawl for real. This weekend has been set aside for babyproofing. The cot will go down, the laundry cupboards will get locked, and the pretty things will go up high!

Sazz - I wish my dog was a little more kid friendly. They love each other, but the dog is still a puppy really and doesn't know his own strength. He is a bit boisterous. We have great hopes for them to be best friends...but in a few years time!

Marcellus - has Aric got little teeth yet? How did that go? We think Liam might be getting the top ones now too...he is dribbling like a tap.

Kt - I was always so scared of giving DS panadol, but i did once for his bottom teeth as he was really crying and miserable. OMG, he was like a new child in 10 minutes. Amazing stuff. I felt mean for not giving it ealier!

[onthefly]

Yay, some action in here
Hiya again Sazz - Celeste sounds gorgeous! Aric just loves our cat too - always wants to grab him and reaches out and 'ah ah's whenever he sees him. Trying to teach him signs too - cat is one of the first ones we're using since he likes him so much. He loves my parents dogs too and they love to lick him - ew!

How're the teeth going Ktgirl?

No teeth here - some lumpy gums but that's it. Don't think they're imminent.

Have had a sort of breakthrough with sleep. After 2+ months of struggling against biology I am sleeping with Aric. It's all much better now. He goes to sleep very easily and when he wakes in the night (much less often now) he goes back to sleep pretty much on his own (though maybe after a feed if he's hungry). Day sleeps are still dreadful though - probably would be better if I could sleep with him but can't cause of work. Hoping that if he gets more sleep at night he'll be better rested and able to sleep better during the day... doing 10-11 hours at night now versus 7-8 a little while ago!

Good luck with the babyproofing Lenny - I'm not looking forward to having to do that!

And hi everyone else

[nic]

Thought I should drop in and say 'hi'
As some of you know, we've had a pretty full on week or two here with family stuff. Haven't been able to keep up as well as I would like.
Think we are teething ATM? Running a little warm, and can see the little white spot on the gum.
No rolling over yet though? 5 months old on Sunday just gone. Even though I know he will do it in his own time, it still worries me a little at times.
Sleep is pretty good. Most nights are now being stretched out to 3-4 hourly sleeps. We've had a few nights where there were 5-6 sleeps, which were quite nice.

Will attempt to come back later in the week and attempt some personals.

Nic

[onthefly]

Nic, just a quick one to say that while DS learned to roll at around 5 months, he didn't really start doing it till just recently. Sounds like the sleep is gradually improving for you - that's great!