wow Neptune - my little bubba only hit 7kg at 6 months! i love chubby little bubbas though - so cute! Emerald isn't overly chubby - but she's also not super slim! she has fat rolls - they are just little ones!
not a lot happening here - E is trying to crawl, teething, rolling heaps - lots of stuff going on so we've had some sleep regression. but it's not too much of an issue - she is mostly a very happy baby and is a joy to be around. she has so many words already (her latest is "kiss" - when she is supposed to be feeding and knows she is going to fall asleep but doesn't want to, she will come off the boob "kiss kiss" - giving her a kiss means she delays the inevitable bed time - but how can you NOT lol?)
Wow Neptune,Adam is such a cutie and such a big boy as well, and I think Tara is getting big but she is nothing compared to your boy. Sorry to hear that b/fing has stopped for you, but now your poor nipples can heal and as you said he can take it all out on the teats now.
Tara had her first feed today with Thickener in her bottle and I gave her some Infants Friend before the feed and so far so good, nothing has come back up and she actually had a very happy morning playtime with lots of smiles and no regurgitation. I'm hoping this may solve her reflux issue, especially as we have a wedding to go to on Sunday and I was paranoid that she would be a cranky pants the whole day..
Briggsysgirl, you gave me goose bumps. How cool these little people are. I have lots of vocalisations going on and I hope we can get some hearing before Jasmine stops making sounds. That's the only thing that upsets me is that around 6 months, she will stop trying to talk because she gets no sound feedback. We should know if the hearing aids work by then and can look at Cochlear implants. Anyway, so very happy for you, it sounds soooo cute. Is that early for talking?
Neptune - thanks for the sticky beak. Adam is gorgeous and i smiled all the way through.
For some of us 2009 was a year we will always remember and hopefully 2010 will be full of good surprises for our mum's embarking on the next TTC journey.
Have a good night everyone and enjoy your little tipple if you are going to indulge or if you are like me you will be in bed by the time 12.00am rolls around .
HAPPY NEW YEAR GIRLS!!!! So much to look forward to this year
Hope you all enjoyed your New Years celebrations!
We went to 2 parties and didnt get home until 4.30am and didnt get to sleep until 6am! Trent was a GEM the whole night. We got to our first party at 9.30pm, fed him and he slept until we left which was 1.30am, then went to the next party and didnt leave there until 4am and he was still sleeping! He woke when we got home, so fed him and he slept until 8.30am. Him and DP are asleep now the lucky things! I of course was the designated driver so only had 2 drinks for the night. Im sure DP is going to wake up with a sore head!!
We had our 8 week appointment yesterday with the MHCN. Trent is now weighing a whopping 5.7kgs, I couldnt believe it!!! He weighed 4.2kgs at 4 weeks. He is in the 70% range for his weight. He is now measuring 57cms which is 7cms bigger than his birth measurement. The only concern she had was that she could hear a heart murmur so we have to take him to a GP to get it checked out. That is concerning but have been told its pretty common. Otherwise he is a beautiful and happy little boy
Kelly - I have been using the Karicare thickener in Trent's formula for about 2 weeks now and have found its helped his vomitting ALOT. I am also trying him as of today on a colic formula called Novalac which the MHCN said was a good brand to see if the helps his wind pain. Its made by the makers of Elevit and its got less lactose in it which apparently is what causes alot of the bloating and wind pain babies get. I'll add the thickener to that as well.
Neptune - I too have stopped bfeeding now. Did that Christmas Eve. I felt guilty as well and really miss it but as I have mentioned before, he was practically completely formula fed anyway so instead of having 100mls of formula after an hour of bfeeding, he is now having 150mls which he polishes off fairly quickly most of the time since we thickened it and changed to colic teats and it now gives us more "playtime" with him. And like Trent, Adam is a nice big and healthy baby so thats all that matters
BG - Trent has LOTS of fat rolls, hehe Have to be careful of them and make sure we clean them properly as milk gets in his little crevises! How cute about E and her "kisses", how could anyone resist that!!!
happy new year ladies! AND beautiful bubbas of course!
Murph - am hoping the hearing aids give you some hearing for your poppet and can look a the cochlear impants for her. i know a number of mummy's that use basic signing with their bubbas to decent effect already at 6-7months, and their children opt to communicate that way as well as through words - i'm sure you would be looking into it, but i wanted to comment. i know some of the mum's find the signing to be more effective communication than words for their babies... to answer the question about E's talking - i'm pretty sure she is advanced with her words. she has a range of maybe 10 words that she uses clearly, and babbles a lot more - she is a very talkative little vegemite! she says mum, dad, daddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, pup (for the dogs), boob (for drink - but it comes out very cute! kinda short and excited), ho ho (for santa - mummy is a bad influence!) oof ooof (barking back at the dogs - she started that one on her own!), hi, harro (hello) and now Kiss - the first time she said it i thought i was hearing things - DH was giving me a kiss while i fed her in bed. she came off, looked at him and said kiss. refused to go back to feeding no matter what i tried until she got her kiss - then happily fed. so we know that she knows what it means!
she is a very affectionate poppet - not very cuddly as such, but likes to be with people and talking to them. she will give EVERYONE a big glowing smile and can engage complete strangers with her smile and her eyes and chatter. have had a few compliments of late!
she is trying to crawl - kinda half commando crawling, but she gets around enough to be content. is loving solids and gets very excited when we put anything new in her. her latest "fave" is spag bol - with capsicum, onion, pineapple - she loves it!! and, given how messy spag bol CAN be, she doesn't make much mess at all!
ahhh, proud mummy waffle - should stop here now lol
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So much to look forward to this year 
and didnt get to sleep until 6am! Trent was a GEM the whole night. We got to our first party at 9.30pm, fed him and he slept until we left which was 1.30am, then went to the next party and didnt leave there until 4am and he was still sleeping! He woke when we got home, so fed him and he slept until 8.30am. Him and DP are asleep now the lucky things! I of course was the designated driver so only had 2 drinks for the night. Im sure DP is going to wake up with a sore head!!
to Murph, Lily Dust, Marcellus and Megan.
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