Parenting After LT TTC ~ January - April 2008

[onthefly]

Yeah, feeling alright now.

DS is chatty too, makes mum and dad sounds, but don't think he's quite associated them with words yet. Mind you, sometimes when he wants a feed or cuddle he crawls to me saying "mumumumum"
I do think it's entirely possible for him to be saying mum, Nic, some babies start that early. How lovely for you!

[nic]

Just a quick one from me.. I took DS to the Dr today for a second opinion - we went to the MCHN last year and long story short, they wanted me to take DS for a head x-ray because they thought the gaps were closing too quickly..anyway, it scared the absolute beejeebies out of me. The Dr I saw today said he thought it was a bit extreme to do an xray, he checked DS over, measured his head and said if anything, his head is above the percentiles and off the chart lol! but he said he looks like he is in proportion, happy and developing well so he didn't see any problems with him..phew! Such a happy mummy here Plus he has this red spot on his head which looks like a mole, but the dr checked it over (he specialises in skin conditions I was told) and he said it is a strawberry patch! just lots of little capillaries which make it look like it is nasty. so double yay there!

Hope everyone is well, especially the mums and bubs in the heatwave!

Nic

[Shannon22]

Nic Julia has a strawberry patch on her kneck, it started as a little hickey and grew and freaked me out big time too! I hope for her sake it goes away or she will be forever teased for having a hickey! So glad to hear your DS got the clean bill of health!

[ktgirl]

Nic- Double yay for you!!! So glad the Dr could put your mind at ease.

Mackenzie has a strawberry mark on her abdomen and our Paed said that it would keep getting bigger for a little while (I think he said until about 9 months but can't remember exactly) and then it would stop growing and fade away.

Shannon - Love the new Av!!!

[onthefly]

That's great news Nic!
DS has a brownish patch of skin on his back. It's pretty hard to see unless you look really closely, but I imagine it'll probably look more obvious when he's had some sun.
He has a prety big head too...

[nic]

Thanks girls, I'm definately one happy mumma. Thing is, it's not what I thought a strawberry patch was like? Shannon, your description of Julia's patch is what I thought a strawberry patch was, but DS's is raised and kind of lumpy. He did explain that it would look worse if DS was hot or worked up, which explains the other day when it was looking worse.

[ktgirl]

Nic- Mackenzie's strawberry mark is raised too, sounds just like what your DS has.

Not much to report on my end. I think Mackenzie is getting sick. I have a cold so I was half expecting them to get it. Poor little bub was not herself today. She also has her next two teeth starting to come through which will make 6 teeth!!! She has got them so quickly. Ryder is still a gummy little fella with no teeth

[Acacia]

Nic, DD has what I thought were stork marks on the back of her head and neck - they get darker when she's been crying/worked up etc. They're not raised - they're like hickeys as Shannon described them, but I am noticing that they are getting bigger at the moment. Perhaps they'll become raised in the future too and that they're strawberry marks. Anway, just thought I would add my bit! I'm glad to hear that everything is well with DS and that you don't have to worry anymore - awesome that his head growth is up above the percentiles!

ktgirl - hope Mackenzie gets through the cold ok and that you're feeling ok too.

DD had her 6 week check yesterday - she's all ok! She was also weighed at the hospital on Tuesday when we were seeking treatment for her reflux (she's now on Infant Gaviscon) and she came in at 5.2kg (11lb7oz) and she's only 6 weeks old - holy moley! She's a big'un! Next thing is immunisations in 2 weeks... eek! Not looking forward to it

Hope everyone else is well

[ktgirl]

Wow MissC your little DD is doing some wonderful growing there. You must have some great mummys milk there!! She sounds like she is doing really well.

[nic]

Kate, Wow at Mackenzie having 6 teeth and Ryder still being gummy.

Miss C, hope the Gaviscon is helping your DD with her reflux.

How is everyone else going? BW.. how is mummyhood treating you at the moment?

Nic

[onthefly]

It is funny how different your twins are with their teeth . I thought DS would look less cute once he got teeth, but nup, he's still adorable (to us anyway).
I think the Vic ladies will be hiding out wherever they can find airconditioning... hope you're keeping as cool as possible

Me - I'm taking a month off work in March. I'll be full-time mummying so not really a holiday or anything, but it'll be nice to 'play house'...

[lismith25]

Wow I have been away so long and look what I have missed.

I just really wanted to say Happy New Year ladies even though its a little late Just look how far all these gorgeous bubbas have come and now their 1st birthdays are knocking on the door...and you are all doing so well (especially you ultra-supermums with twins)

Better fill you in - Emma is now a crawling, tantrum throwing diva, she has 6 teeth 3 of which came threw last week eeek! and has just started the dadddadadada ( little traitor) But I am loving every minute. I have just gone back to work part time, only 12 hours and pretty cruisy but I found I miss her terribly...she meanwhile has a blast with the other babies.

I find it interesting that you are talking about no.2 especially fellow PCOS survivors DH and I had started the "talk" again and I was wondering when to start but I am still bf and probably will till she is 1, but I was wondering how long I would have to wait for af (I found a couple of serophene strips left over, I may hang onto them just in case)

Lis xx

[Shannon22]

Hi ladies

Justa quick one all good here, with the strawberry patch thing Julias started out as a hickey and has grown into a lumpy red thing and seems to be growing all the time. AF arrived here and it was horrible! Will be interesting to see how the PCOS is after pregnancy.

Also a quick thing i know this is crazy considering i have 12 week old twins but a close friend announced she is pregnant the other day, and i still got that horrible jealous feeling partly i suppose because she falls pregnant just looking at her hubby but i thought that would go away once i had babies... but nope its still there. Its odd i still feel like someone who can't fall pregnant and wont have children. I know that probably doesn't make that much sense but its just this odd thing i cant seem to shake. Maybe its moreso that i cant control how many children or when i have them and that really erks me.

Shan

[nic]

Shannon, sorry to hear that AF arrived. Hopefully her next visit will be much better. As for your friend announcing her pregnancy, I would say your feelings are completely normal. A family member announced their pregnancy when DS was only a couple of months old, and I felt jealous too...maybe it's because she can do it so easily, and in the traditional fun, exciting way?
But maybe you're onto something when you say it's because we can't control the how many and when?? Sometimes I feel like those feelings will be something I experience forever.

Lis, good to hear from you So cool that Emma is now crawling. Are you getting much rain from the ex-cyclone?

OK, so I know I already posted in here today, but I had to come back and say that DS sat by himself tonight!! Well, he kind of sat there for about 20 seconds before he starting veering off to one side. DD took some pics and she got one of him smiling. He thought he was so clever and was giggling and smiling away, normally when we get the camera out he stops smiling, but not tonight! DH is at work on nightshift, so he missed out, can't wait to show him tomorrow though!

[ktgirl]

Nic - How addorable. I found with the twins once they learnt to sit up by themselves they got the hang of it pretty quickly and now will sit for ages without falling over. It is amazing how quickly the grow up isn't it? Have fun showing your DH the new trick tomorrow.

Shannon- I can completely understand where you are coming from. Even as friends are now talking about TTC #2 I still feel a little jealous that I wasn't able to control it so easily, and do it the fun and exciting way. I am exactly the same as you when you get that little twang of jealousy.

Lis- Hi. Lovely to see you in here. Emma sounds like she is doing wonderfully, you are doing a great job.

Not too much to report here at the moment. The twinnies are just plodding along. Trying really hard every day to try and get up on their knees (gosh I will know I am alive when they both start crawling ) Otherwise we are all well.

Hi everyone else. Hope you are all well.

[onthefly]

for your DS Nic. That slow little topple over they do is so adorable. Watch out - he'll be on the move in no time.

And you too KTgirl - 2 on the go at once!

Hi again Lis - good to hear from you.

I don't think that feeling will ever completely go away - not sure it's something you just get over. Even just being asked if we're planning more makes me feel that way - like, 'plan'? can we 'plan' for that? I find myself giving convoluted answers saying 'we'd like to...' 'see how we go....' and so on. Can't just say yes!

Have any of you ladies added your stories to the success after lt ttc thread?

[Lenny]

Hi All,
I've been AWOL for ages, and have been trying to catch up, but i seem to get further behind every day.

We are fine - yes, hiding out wherever there is air-con. I'm from NZ - we weren't bred for these hot conditions!

I have a strawberry - on my bum. It has faded SOO much since i was a baby, and now it's practically invisible.

One of my mother's group announced her pregnancy on monday. I am happy for her, but secretly jealous too, of course. The group asked me what my plans were (they know about the IVF, but not why or any details). They all loved to say 'Oh it'll probably happen naturally'. Yeh, probably not! But I'm nice about it to them. To be honest i am just really enjoying things now - not sure if i could handle a pregnancy right now, and i'm not really sure i want to go through it all just yet. Funny how us LTTTCers are expected to 'have plans'! Anyway, Liam is still BF, so we couldn't start AC again until that is all finished with. No AF yet for me, but even if i did get her back my FS said no treatments until BF is over.

Enough from me - will keep trying to catch up on everyone else.

Hi to you all and your little ones too

[onthefly]

Hi Lenny!
Why do you keep nicking off to NZ...?

It's kinda annoying when people suggest it might just happen naturally. I mean, sure it happens like that to some people, but how does 'getting my pipes flushed' help my DH's sperm anyway?