Babies Born May 2006 #53

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

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Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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That Wii Fit sounds like so much fun. I am seriously considering purchasing one.

I bet Erin is on it more than me when we get one! One of the mums at school got her DH one for Father's day.
DH got a Mario and Sonic Olympic game on sat for his birthday, he and my brother were playing it and they both worked up a sweat LOL
I am now on 3 weeks holidays!!!!! So happy even though I didn't get to sleep in cause DH has a course so is leaving at 7.15am instead of 5.20am! (He's happy about the sleep in but not about the commute considering we live diagonally across the road from his work)
I am really looking forward to spending some time one to one with Riley this week before the school holidays start, and also Jess cause she has only 2 exams this week, then she starts Yr 12 next term eeekkk where did that time go????
Sheree- Riley is such a cutie in that photo, so glad you have an easy one this time round LOL
Leanne- how is the studying going? When do you open?
Kim- hopefully council has sorted their stuff out and you can get the keys, post some photos so we can see the new house. You must be so excited, will you be able to move in straight away?
Shazz- glad your studying is going well too, how is the teenage girl thing going for you? Not fun is it???
Elissa- I am crossing my fingers for you with TTC, atm it feels like EVERYONE around me is getting pg so I have a good feeling about you!
Hello to anyone I may have missed, have a wonderful day, I am off to do some shopping and coffee with a friend YAY

Sheree: I'm trying to convince Chris to get a Wii too but he wants an Xbox 360 or something, not that he will play it for more than a week!

DH loves the wii Tania, an Xbox is pretty similar to a playstation whereas the wii is something really different, tell him there's boxing! D likes that one!

I'll tell him, although I don't think he's really into boxing....more footy. I told him it will hep me lose my extra kgs haha...just gotta stop getting ice chocolates when i go out.

Enjoy your week with Riley!

Chris's dad is in hospital (went in Sunday morning). They think he has had a mild stroke. Chris was really upset when he went to visit last night as he couldn't even scratch his face and didn't know who everyone was. This morning he was apparently much better and could talk and move his arms then I just got a txt from MIL saying that he isn't so good this arve. I can't go visit because I have the kids and Jayden will run around too much etc. So not really sure how serious it is but its not looking good ATM.

Gotta jump in the shower now, just did 25mins and 7kms on the bike...and I forgot to put the air con on so I don't smell too good LOL.

Hope he is OK Tania.

Wii fit is awesome i have only played it once but i really loved it and it was one heck of a workout! I want one too

leanne - a huge pat ont he back for losinf thta 2 kg, thats so fntastic you will be on your way to bub #2 in no time!

christine - hope you have loads of fun with Riley this week, hope Jess does well in her exams too. Thanks for the TTC well wishes, i hope you are right about me getting pg too!

Tania - sorry to hear about Chris' Dad

Sorry for all the personals that i have forgotten, i had a lot to catch up on! Have had a good few days here, Archie is loving being doted on by his grandparents and aunties. My Aunty found out on Friday that she is having a girl, they have 2 boys so a girl is strange for all of us, we went pink shopping and BOY did i get clucky!! Arch is doing so well with using the toilet, he did all of his wees and poos in the toilet this morning, at one stage he did a dribble in his undies and promptly told me he needed the toilet, he can finally pull his undies up and down himself which makes a huge difference, he feels a lot more independant and in control of toilet training i think. Though this arvo he had a friend around and wee'd and poo'd eveywhere, didn't phase him at all. I am pretty sure when i O'd so i am expecting AF this weekend, if i am right then i am very proud of my body for giving me such obvious signs. DH and I BD on O day, so i guess there is a slight chance....I have had a pg test in my suitcase for a few days now i am being very strong not testing early again.

Oh Tania, I hope he is okay.

I have more exciting news. I got my first assignment back today 88.5% Woo Hoo. That is a distinction pass. I am so happy I am off to drink more wine.

Thanks girls...They think he has Pneomonia(sp?), they keep changing their minds what they think is wrong with him...its frustrating Chris, he can't understand why they don't know...I can because his symptoms are inconsistant.

Good luck Elissa.....NO EARLY TESTING!! Haha, if you BD'ed on O day thats the recipe for a boy (so they say). With Jayden I conceived on O day and with Ashlea was 2 day before...the myth worked for me but it was probably coincidence. YAY for Archie's TT'ing! Jayden went to the potty once yesterday and once today so we are slooowly getting there, he has a bad nappy rash ATM so good reason to keep his nappy off.

WOOHOO Leanne!! Congrats! Enjoy your wine!

Yay Leanne well done, you must be so proud. Great work.

Elissa - gl with the testing, I sooo hope this is your month. Thinking of you. Gawd what is your secret with the TT. Lachlan shows no interest!

Tania - bugger about your FIL. Hope he is better soon.

Christine - enjoy your time off and with your little man.

well done leanne that is awesome it is a good feeling isn't it
hi everyone else i am really strapped for time at the moment so no personals
Ryan is as sick as a dog so we have had a really crappy week hope he gets better soon i miss my happy boy :(

Hope you feel better soon Ryan.

I am having a busy week off, seem to spend all day rushing around doing something but its better than work!! (mostly)
I hope Ryan gets better soon, illness and children seem to go hand in hand don't they?
Elissa- we are all eagerly awaiting any news!
Hope everyone else is well, I seem to be dealing with a lot of cr@p atm so don't feel that good but hopefully it will all sort itself out.

Big hugs Christine. Hope you are feeling better soon.



VENT GIRLS - NEED ADVICE - AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?

My sister rang last nite, and now I am just downright peeved off!

Her wedding is in May and she wants my dress size now as she wants to order the dress! She hung up on me cause I told her I wanted to loose weight. She then rings me back and discusses it with me. She said I have got till Dec..... What tha.... Am I being unreasonable to ask for February??? She said the dresses are silk and it would be near impossible to get them taken in later. She wants to be organised now - this is what she says to me. Maybe I am being unreasonable, but I have just had a baby and seriously want to loose some weight as most of the girls in her bridal party (5 of us), are rake skinny. Even after loosing some weight I will look no even close to how thin they are!

Then she says, and I am organising a babysitter for your 2 boys and my niece and nephew. She said they can come to the church service but are not invited to the reception..... what tha again..... They are family in my eyes and I can understand she doesn't want kids, but family is different isn't it???? Lachlan and my niece are in the bridal party after all!

I am furious atm.....

Just to top off a horrid day too, lachlan played up something fierce yesterday too.

I was so buggered. I went to Emerald (an hour away) yesterday with the boys and OMG..... Lachlan played up so badly! Was outside coles, trying to locate a trolley with a capsule and there were none. Asked for one and she took off for 10mins to find one to no prevail. I was holding Riley and Lachlan wanted to go and on the car in the aisle but it was too far away from where I was waiting. I couldn't just let him go off. So he chucked the biggest tantrum and here I am trying to hold him also, he is trying to twist himself away from me and me holding on so tightly I nearly break his arm..... and alls I was there for was to get Wade some pepsi max on special - 4 cartons. So I requested someone help me seeing as they couldn't find me a trolley.

God I hate going out with 2 kids these days. 2 young ones at that!

I finally got Riley's birth certificate yesterday too. Wish it had of come the day before, as then I could have taken it to Emerald with me to open up his Bank Account. I don't go to Emerald until another 4 weeks now, soooo it will have to wait, but I really wanted to get it opened to deposit his birth monies. So that took 13 weeks to come, how ridiculous.

Agggh gosh I am annoyed with my sister, she hung up twice on me last nite and sent me a text saying she is eloping now. I am so over this already and we still have 8 months to go yet!

Oh and I was also talking to my other sister this morning and looks like Mel is bending the truth a bit.

She told Nik that she said I could have till January. She only told me December and I was asking for February.

Mel also neglected to tell Nik that the Bridesmaids are all staying together the night before and it is going to cost $600 a room.

Appears like it is nothing but the best for my sister. This is normally the sister I get along with really well, but I think since Nik and I have had kids we are more on the same level. Mel just has no idea really.....

And I think this is all driven by mel's fiancee too. He is lovely but again they both have a reality check coming when they have kids. See his brothers and sisters don't have kids, so it just looks like we are causing the drama.

I don't want to leave my kids with anyone. She even told Nik, that "why can't wade's parents come down to brissy and look after Sheree's kids. What tha.... God she expects alot.

Ohhh there is more, but my mind is frazzeled (there is something else she said to Nik this morning, just can't think, will post when I remember - but it was 2 different stories - appears to be telling porky pies for the sake of getting the other sister on side). I just really think that if my friend said to me no kids at her wedding that is cool, but I really think us travelling so far to her wedding and the simple fact they are close family (ie: nephews) then surely that is ok.

Not much time to reply Sheree but just wantd to say that its perfectly reasonable for you to expect her to have her own nephews there, you are travelling a long way and Riley may still be BF then too. I think she is being very unreasonable.

No way Sheree, she is being ridiculous.
However (not defending her I swaer) I have been there and wanted to be the perfect bride on my perfect wedding day. No matter how level headed you are a wedding is a stress. It feels like no-one wants to co-operate.
$600 is also ridiculous. Has she stopped to think for a minute that you may not be able to afford that? Is she offering to pay for it?
Geepers 4 months is heaps of time to have a dress adjusted and any good dressmaker can refit ANYTHING.
Does Wade really want to go?

Thanks girls, and Kim yes I hear you and I understand that she wants it to be just perfect and have the best of everything, I too have been there, having been married before, which probably makes me so relaxed about the whole wedding ordeal these days. Not fair I know, and I also know that it is does appear like no-one wants to co-operate on these occassions, but like I said to my sister Nik this morning, I seriously am not a trouble maker and I am 100% sure nothing else will upset me ie: dresses/shoes/makeup hair (I really don't mind what I wear at all), but she has really rippened me 8mths early with these stoopid requests. Now it looks like I am the trouble maker!:(

Wade said to me, it is her wedding, but he also said that he would tell me to pull my head in if I was being unreasonable and I am not! He rarely defends me hehe. Anyway he said it is her wedding but like hell we are giving our children to a babysitter we hardly know! So how she is getting around this one is anyone's guess.

Oh and yes Christine I am hoping to bf for atleast 12mths, so Riley will be just under 11mths, so yes I will be still bf'ing him.

No no I wasn't saying you're being unreasonable at all!! I totally agree with you. She's turned into a Bridezilla......

How do your parents feel about it all?

Yeah no, ur right Kim, I didn't take it the wrong way. I agree with you too! I am trying to be rational and see her side of it too, but geez I just can't budge on this situation though, no matter how hard I try. I am sure this is influenced alot by her fiancee, seeing as his siblings do not have kids. Mel has been brought up so differently. Family was always a number 1 priority.

It is funny this is coming from my sister who (don't think I told you all this), gave me a hard time for not announcing officially that we were engaged to the family, quoting that "it didn't appear I thought family was important enuf to involve in such an important event in our lives". The thing is, is just slipped my mind, they all knew we bought the ring, it was just a matter of wade asking me, and we had had a pretty rough couple of weeks with Riley and by nightfall I was exhausted and fell into bed. Also I have been married before and it just didn't feel that big a deal for us. I mean if my brain had been in the right gear I would have def told our family, it just really slipped my mind. And it wasn't as if I told anyone either, Wade's mum even asked me if I had any news yet and to that answer was "oh bugger, sorry YES YES YES" ooops.....

As for my parents well they didn't know and only told mum tonight. Didn't want to appear like the dobber hehe. But thought that they should know, but asked them not to say anything, we have to sort it out ourselves. I am not sure if my mum will tell dad, cause he would go rank!!! Mum however was just confused at what the hell are we suppose to do! My dad would not be happy, I know that....

Guess we will just see what happens now. Leave it with the lap of the gods (so to speak)

I pretty much spent the whole day in bed today and I am still tired.
My whole body aches.
I have not felt this tired for a long long time.

gees Leanne i hope you feel better today

i've already fallen asleep once sitting up i'm so tired it is not even remotely funny though i am baby sitting my niece and nephew today so probably not a good thing to do

Sheree: $600!! That is unreasonable and so is not letting the boys come, if it was just a friends wedding I could understand, I could even understand if you didn't have to travel so far (even then she should want her nephews there).

Leanne: How are you feeling?

Shazz: I know that tired feeling, I fell asleep on Jayden's bed (trying to put him asleep) then I woke to find he had put the whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet!!!

TT'ing is going pretty good, I dont have the energy for it all the time though but Jayden is going to the big toilet now, he will use the potty but not often. I can't believe how far we have come in just over a week! We still aren't close to ditching the nappies but thats ok there is no rush at all.
Ash has just woken up, Jayden is running riot so I better tend to them....try and get Jayden to sleep!

Its been very quiet in here lately...hope everyone is well

I feel rotten..... :O(
Why are we always getting sick?
Over it

Hugs Leanne, hope you feel better soon.

hi everyone
hope your feeling better leanne

I just had a thought - I think it being day 13 of AF might have something to do with me being tired. Bloomin PCOS. I either don't get them for months or they linger linger linger for ever.
How we will every conceive #2 is beyond me. Katy sure is a little miracle.

Over it.

Sorry guys, I am not much fun lately am I?

Leanne have you ever tried vitex ( i think thats what it is called ) you get it from the health food store it is a liquid you take from days x to day x ( i can't remember it has been along time since i took it i have PCOS too ) it is supposed to regulate your cycle worth a try

thanks Shazz... will have a look see tomorrow

Leanne it is called Agnus Castus Vitex and I wouldn't recommend the liquid (unless you are game), I have been told it is horrid. I took the tablets with all of our conceptions. Every time I took it the next month I was pregnant. All three pregnancies that is, only the first pregnancy we weren't trying and it was a wittle surprise (but I m/c anyways). Anyway the only downside is you have to take 3 tablets a day and you only take it up to ovulation and not past it. I didn't have very irregular af like some, but I just really think it got things moving and organised in there for us to fall pregnant. I really swear by it. You get it from a health food shop. Do a google search so u know what ur looking for when you go in there.

hehehe I took the liquid - it was gross but it's only like 2 mls once a day. I used to take it in 10mls of apricot nectar...not so bad.
Really worked for me too.
Hope you feel better soon Leanne and Shazz.

WTG Tania with the TT.

Sheree....hehe Dad's are dads for a reason lol. My dad would too.

Thanks Kim :)

Can't believe you are 17wks already! How are you feeling, is it going quick for you now? Are you finding out the sex?

WTG on the TT Tania, Riley still shows no interest except just before his bath when Erin takes him!

Sheree- hope Bridezilla calms down and you don't have to miss the wedding in protest. ITs funny I have always wanted to be a bridesmaid but it really doesn't sound all that appealing sometimes LOL Maybe you can turn into bridezilla for your wedding and pay her back!!

Leanne- I hope you are feeling better and gettting some vitamins!

Kim- I can't believe you are 17 weeks, how exciting. Is Darcy excited? Erin is excited on her behalf LOL

Erin is going to a tennis day today with a friend, she is getting picked up at 8.15 but has been fully dressed and ready since 6am!!! I got up at 7.30 and she was sitting watching TV (gotta love older kids)
Last night Jess minded the 2 younger kids and DH and I went to Hogs Breath for dinner and saw Tropic Thunder at the movies. It was soooo nice to have some time alone and the movie was absolutely hilarious, we loved it, go see it if you get a chance.

Riley will get there, Jayden started all of a sudden just 2 weeks ago he had no interest other than before his bath either....you can't rush them though hey, they all do it in their own time.
LOL @ Erin being ready! She's not excited at all is she hahaha Woohoo on the night out! I'm leaving Ashlea for the 1st time this Saturday night and again next Sat night too! 1st is dinner and drinks(no drinks for me though) for a girl @ works 21st then 2nd is an engagment party...again no drinks for me :( ....I'm not too worried though I still have kids to get up to so a hang over isn't the best idea haha.

We are going to Jayden's old FDC for a play today, the carer's 7yo daughter hasn't met Ashlea yet and she is dying to! Jayden fell asleep last night at 5.30pm, he woke at midnight wanting to go to the toilet then him and Chris fell asleep in his bed until 6.30am! Can't believe he slept so long!

ETA: Oh and its been 2wks and 4 days today since Jayden has had his dummy WOOHOO!!

i took the liquid too it is gross but disguisable in juice

well i have a huge wooohooooo Ryan did his first poo on the big toilet this morning he was so proud and so was i now the next step is the dummy arrrgh ok off to uni catch you later

THanks girlies.
Yep going quick.
Not sure about the sex
Darcy isn't what you would call excited....
Feeling good actually.
We're moving today and I already feel like I've walked a thousand miles.
Won't have internet for a couple of weeks so I'll chat when I get back.

Yay for Ryan, what a good boy.

yay for Jayden Tania, can't wait till I get Lachlan's bottle off him. Jayden is such a big boy. Wtg Jayden.

Yeah how do you feel Kim?

Well an update on the my sister the Bridezilla. She sent an email to the shop where she is buying the dresses from and asked if end of Jan09 is enuf time and she said yes. Mel then forwarded this email to me. She still hasn't spoken to me thou..... Oh well.....

I have dared it and put lachlan in jocks this morning Eeekkk.....


Riley has been really fussy to feed lately. Only feeding 4 times a day and even those times are a bit of struggle. I am not sure what is going on with him! Just so scared after everything we went thru with Lachlan.

He fed this morning for like 3mins on my right side and came off crying and wouldn't go back on. Then put him on my left with not as much drama but still not the best. He was on there for 2mins but was happy. Burped him and he did a big vomit! So confused what is up with him lately thou.... He is even not sleeping thru on only 4 feeds a day, I want my sleeping thru baby back!

Anyway I expressed off the excess in my boobs to drain them. I shouldn't have left the expressor on the lounge ooops.... Lachlan spilt it everywhere 120mls all in the lounge. How do I get this out????