1 to 6 Months, September '04

I am really having problems keeping up with the posts in the general chatter so I thought I would start this thread for some of us mums with babies around the same age to keep in touch. I just feel like I am lost in the main thread. I hope it is alright for me to do this. I'm sure Kathryn/Christy will let me know if I'm not.

Anyway. Amelia is 2 months old today and is growing very fast. She is now 58.5cm long, 4.8kg and head is 40cm. She is smiling lots, and laughed for the first time today. She holds her head high when on her tummy so won't be long til she rolls. We are going away for the first time this weekend so this will be fun. In a motel room with the four of us. Not sure how we will all sleep.

How are you all going? Getting much sleep at night?
Hopefully some of you mum's will join me here.

Heheh I will come join ya rose!! Liam is as of last week 58cm long 38.5sm head and 4960g. Will be 7 weeks tomorrow.

Liam has been really good and slept from 7:30 to 3 last night. Fingers crossed he can do it again tonight. Went fown at 8:30 but was a really good boy today when went grocery shopping. Very alert and looking at everything taking it in. Loved it when DH twirled the trolly around.

Am going into his daycare tomorrow to fill out the paperwork and get everything organised for when I go back to work in Jan. I donno if I want to go back but cant afford not to.

what do you do for work spiddles? How many day per week will you go back for?

I don't know how I would cope going back to work.

Boy Liam is a nice size, although I looked at my ds records and he was bigger than Amelia. I think boys are bigger, thats why they have the two charts in there books.

Thanks for joining spiddles.:)

Hi Rose,
I'll join in too!

Jessica is 8 weeks tomorrow, and I have to take her to be weighed next Tuesday, I know she was 4 kgs (8lb 15) 2 weeks ago, but she is still in 0000's so still little, which I love! I want to keep her littl for as long as possible as there are definetly no more children arriving in this house.

Spiddles Liam is a big boy, what was he born! I think that makes a differnece as Jemma was born 8lb 4 1/2 oz so it took Jessica nearly 6 wks to get to that. Also I think you are right Rose boys are usually bigger.

cheers Michelle

Hi Rose

It is fine for you to create the thread. I can totally understand re you getting lost in the main one. I do myself !!! A few of the girls will be leaving the thread very soon so it should quieten down a tad LMAO.

Love :hbeat:

Thanks Kathryn,
I didn't want to do something that wasn't right.

Hi Michelle,
Great to see you. Isn't lovely when babies stay little for awhile. Amelia is still wearing some 0000. My ds was wearing 000 and some 00 by now so it is nice for a change that she is getting some wear out of her smaller clothes.

Amelia woke up almost an hour early for her first feed this am. She was sleeping until 6am. I think she got cold today and that is why she woke early. I am hoping so and it's not a habit. Better get packing for tpmorrow while the kids are happy and settled. Lots of washing here as I didn't get it done yesterday re rain.:) finally.

Catch you both soon, and maybe some others.
Hope the babies are behaving.

Hi Rose,

It must be something in the air. Jessica woke at 4am instead of 6am like the 2 mornings before. I was really sad about that! I so wanted to sleep, but oh well that's what happens. I really need to do some stuff around the house but I am so not motivated. I posted a message in the other thread and was saying about my friends little girl who they have just found out has cancer. She is the same age as Jemma, 2 weeks difference. They have just found it, it is stage 4 and in the liver, bone marrow, skull and adrenal system. It is just devastating for them and I can't imagine how they are coping, she is their first child too, and the BIL was killed in a car accident 3 yrs ago. He was one of thsoe people that had a million friends as he was a lovely guy and only 25. It is so unfair for them to have this too, not that anyone needs it but they have had there share iykwim! I look at Jemma and can't believe poor Ruby has to go through that. They are going to do chemo but the signs aren't good, and they think even if they get rid of it it will be temporary and it will come back.

Sorry for unloading that on you guys, I know it is a terrible thing to contemplate especially when you have kids of your own, I guess you need to make the best of every day cause who knows whats around the corner.

Anyway, must fly, how I wish I had time to scrapbook, I think I need some therapy right now, time out!

Talk again soon
Michelle

definitely something in the air. Lachlan has woken up at 4am for the last 2 mornings as well although yesterday morning was Kam's fault. Yesterday morning i gave him a bottle but I didn't this morning just took him out of the cot and patted him back to sleep on my chest which took an hour. He then slept till 7.30am

Love :hbeat:

I work for an insurance company rose taking claims over the phone *lol* Am glad Liam was born in summer. Miss most of the fire and storm season.

I will be going back to work full time because we just cant afford not to :o( as I make more than DH with wages and bonuses. Have booked him in daycare for 4 days at the mo (DH has thursdays off but my mum said she might be able to do 1 day a week as well which would be great)

Liam was 3460g born and dropped to 3200g before my milk came in. He is a little porker. My mum hadnt seen him in a week and was amazed how much he filled out. Doesn't look like a newborn at all anymore. His new game is kicking his sheets off. He did it 3 times last night and giggled when doing it so would wait until he goes back to sleep and fix it up and you would come back in and would be off again.

Must have definatly been something in the air yesterday. Liam had 8 x 120m bottles. During the day was feeding every 2 hours. Has settles back down to 3-4 hours today. I think someone said you cant really overfeed them on breastmilk....maybe I am thats why he is getting so big but he wants it and is content.

So sad to hear about your friends Michelle. Ruby will be in my prayers and hopefully everything will work out fine.

LOL @ something in the air!
Ryley has been waking at 3.30-4 every morning instead of 6!!
I will join here coz Ryley was 7 weeks last Wednesday!

Will chat more soon... bubba needs food!

hi there
yes i think i will join in here a bit easier to keep uip and sort of getting to know each other.

lani was 6wks on wednesday, my girlfriend had a little girl yesterday same hospital, same doc, same weight, length and head circ - weird hey. went and visited today and stupid me got all emotional saying how i miss lani as a newborn sheesh you think i would get over it. anyway the size difference was amazing we put the two girls together on the bed and lani was almost twice the size. she does not get weighed until 8wks but she seems to be putting on the weight.

liam sounds like a lovely big boy - i checked out my healthcare books the other day and i noticed that jay my ds put on nearly double weight of lani at 4 wks i was amazed as he was a shocking feeder.

michelle my heart goes out to you and your friends daughter ruby - i can speak from experience as my dear jessica was 3 when she was diagnosed with brain cancer stage 5 - they gave us 6-8 wks from diagnosis and she died 4 mths later at home - it was and still is the most toughest time in our lives, we were thankful we had our son (he was nearly 2 when she died) i really don't know what i would have done without him, and now with lani well she is the light of my life and has made the big hole in our hearts fill a little. i hope your friends have access to counsellors etc.

anyway i am going to check out a few posts b4 going to bed - lani goes down around 8pm and wakes still around 2 - 3am then is unsettled around 4-5am so i just cuddle her in bed till i get up with her at around 7am - hopefully in a few weeks when she is in her cot she will sleep better, and i won't get up to her every little noise.

hope bubs are doing nicely

michelle

lani michelle born 15/9/04
(must change my signature and get a little thingy - forgotten what they are thats right a ticker)

Hi Michelle and welcome,
Now this will get confusing with both of us in here. You know I haven't known many other Michelle's but I think there are quite a few on here.

It will be nice for you when Lani sleeps a little longer but the cuddles are nice too. Jessica wakes sometimes 4 or 5 and sometimes 6 or 7am. When I feed her I put her in my arm and snuggle down and fed her, we both fall asleep like that and when i wake and her bottle is done, I wrap her and put her back in the bassinette and then I go back to sleep.

Thanks also for your support in regard to Ruby, my heart aches evertime I think about it. It is good to here that Lani is helping you and your family a little, with a gorgeous angel sister watching over you all, I am sure you will have wonderful times to come. How is Jay liking being a big brother?

Welcome too Pee, I had a look at Ryleys website today and he is such a happy little one!

I am so angry at Arron at the moment as all he ever does is plan the next fishing outing, I have been very nasty since he got home, but I'm not really feeling bad about it at the moment as he is so selfish, I want to teach him a lesson. It probably won't work but it's worth a try.

I am out tomorrow, YeeHah! I am going clothes shopping with a girlfriend and I am really lookng forward to it. Sunday I am going to one of those Creative memories parties, not that I will buy anythng, as Mum and I run our own home based scrapbooking business and I can get my supplies at cost. I actually did the first page in months tonight and I was really happy about it, it looked great. I need an outlet and I love scrapbooking, I have a million photos to do though so it is a daunting task. I have done about 26 pages in Jordan's album (my oldest) and I am only up to her first xmas and she was 3 months old. I have also done a front welcome page for Joshua and Jemma, but not Jessica yet. I did an 18th bday album for my cousin last yr (20 pages) as her bday present, and a wedding album for Arron's Mum and Dad for Xmas which was also 20 pages, and then I was all scrapbooked out. I only had 10 days to do the wedding album, one day I worked 12 hours. As soon as we have the kids in their new rooms I will have an office and then I will set up my stuff so that I can just go and do stuff when I get a spare minute.

Sorry about the epic post, Arron and the kids are all asleep and I am a bit bored.

Cheers Michelle

well hello all

had a great night last night - fed lani at 7pm and cuddled her until she was really drowsy eyes shut and really floppy just about in a deep sleep then put her in bassinet and she did not say boo until about 1am, i was to tired to get up so i just reached over and stuck the dummy in and stroked her forehead then she went back until 5am hooray - i then fed her and wrapped her up but she was wide awake so i put her in our bed and she slept till 8am - i did too. she is having her day sleeps in her cot but in the morning she tends to wake after 40mins and is very hard to get her back down so we usually go out and she just tends to scream whilst in the car - it can get a bit frustrating but after a while she settles down until i get a red light.

michelle i started scrapbooking earlier in the year and i am sooooo addicted - i do the creative memories and i like to focus more on the photos rather than the crafty side - i have nearly done jay's album, i have some lovely ideas for jessica's and with lani's well i am taking heaps more photos and am sorting them as i go - i have not sat down to do it yet, maybe next year when jay is in kinder and lani is in regular daytime naps - my problem is getting it all out then starting and having to pack it up - would be nice to have it set up permantly but don't really have the room unless i hijack the kids playroom lol.

my aunty just sent some photos of my birthday on tuesday - yuck 36 i better get a move on if i want another lol - maybe before i am 38 well will see - jess and jay were 21mths apart and it was hard having 2 in nappies and sleeps everywhere but i coped and hubby used to work shift work then - looking back i really don';t know how to do it. this time with jay being 4 it is a breeze - no jealousy and lots of help and he is old enough not to worry about it when she cries etc although he says he needs ear muffs on when in the car and watching abc kids lol but he really adores her and loves to cuddle her and he is always saying how cute she is - she loves watching him too and is now giving heaps and heaps of smiles.

anyway i am going to post some photos on lani's page now i have some of jay - if anyone is interested the address is www.babiesonline.com/babies/l/lani/

by the way i have looked at jessica's page, ryley's page and liam' page so far and they are all just way to cute and making me more and more clucky lol - how crazy am i.

see ya
michelle

lani michelle born 15/9/04

How freaky michelle....Liam was exactly the same last night. Fell asleep in my arms when Home and Away was on and woke just after 1 (only I gave him a feed) and woke again at 5 (another feed) and slept till 8 just as DH was about to leave for work he put him into bed with me.

Awww what a cutie she is Michelle. Looks like she had alot of hair when she was born.

Thought I would share this with you girls. Might get a good laugh out of it. I know Astrolady did.

DH asked me to get a can of rum out of the fridge for him last night. So I did. Without thinking grabbed a bottle of expressed milk and handed to him. He was like ummm...honey. Didnt realise until he said it.

Either I still have baby brain or the blonde in me *lol*

LOL Spiddles at the drink for hubby! Put it down to lack of sleep LOL

Great the Liam and Lani are sleeping well. Jessica is pretty good, Usually 5am wake up or 6 but she goes down at 8.30pm so I consider that pretty good. We have put our clocks forward today for daylight savings to start, I love daylight savings, you get so much more done and it's not light in the mornings.

Had my shopping spree yesterday, spent about $250 of my bday money and got
2 pr bathers for $30, a dress, a pair of pants 3 bras a pr of undies and 3 tops. Also brought Arrons bday pres for Weds, a telescope and a book of starcharts etc. I know he will love it, not that he realy deserves it but I do love him and want him to have a good pres. Will be leaving for creative mem party in about an hr and now I've decided to choose different photos than the ones I picked. Better go look for some others.

best wishes Michelle

lol at spiddles - things we sometimes do. i also make sure that lani is bathed and ready for a feed and cuddle whilst home and away is on, i am a bit addicted.

michelle - sounds like you had a great day relaxing and shopping just what the doctor ordered.

lani is so so settled and so relaxed it is like she has adjusted to the world and our family, i think also i am so relaxed now and have retuned all the advise books especially after my health nurse made a comment saying no one has written a book on your baby just relax and enjoy it, ever since i took these words of advise everything is much more settled. she also gave me a general sleep and play requirements for babies chart which i have found to be so useful - i am such a big thing for routine i believe it really works. anyway i will put up a new post for the chart if anyone is interested.

hope all is going well - we are off to the circus soon - son is so excited.

bye
michelle

lani michelle born 15/9/04

LOL spiddles! I cant see that would have the same effect as rum sweetie!!

We're doing well here. Ryley is sleeping like a trooper!! He is having little 1-2 hour naps during the day and feeding every 2 hours but then sleeping from 9 until 5 in the morning with a feed at midnight in which he is stil lasleep!! hehehe I can change his bum and feed him and he doesnt wake!! Lucky me huh! Also he burps in his sleep too! :)

I am a bit too spoilt with him coz he is alert and smiling when awake and then sleeps anywhere! We went to my bro's house last night and played monopoly all night and drank (good combo!!) and he just slept in his pram!

Great to hear you got some wonderful stuff for yourself Michelle! I am sure you deserve it. I hope Dh likes his gifts.
Glad to hear Lani is doing well too!

*lol* Pee I know...If I had drunken the rum and then expressed it might have had the same effect *lol*

Our little boys are so much alike Pee only Liam sleeps from 7:30 to 3 without a feed but has one nearly every 2 hours during the day. At 3 change nappy feed him and goes straight back to sleep until 6-7 I cant get him to stay up later though...he gets grumpy and wants a bottle and falls asleep.

Friend invited us over last night for dinner so she could play with him....He sleep the whole time there. Arrived at 7:30 (his bedtime *lol*) but she did get to cuddle him only he was sleeping.

Hi girls

I am tired! And couldn't believe Arron today, I was at the creative mem party and he rang me at least 20 times, cause he wanted to go somewhere, and cause someone dropped in and just cause he wanted to annoy me I reckon. It was sort of embarrassing, I did talk to him 4 times! Grr! I could just throttle him sometimes. So when i got home from there we had a big yelling match and he booted off with his brother to do what he had to do! Then we had to go to IL's for tea, whcih turned out to be get your own as they have had a garage sale all weekend at their place and they are tired. MIL told me at least 50 times how tired she was. Jordan and Joshua are sleeping there tongiht so our 2 little girls both went to bed when we got home. The house will be very quiet in the morning.

Arron is hopeless at getting Jessica to sleep, but I had a thought that for every day he goes fishing I will go shopping 1 day (alone) and he can look after the kids. I am sure he won't want to go once a week if that happens.

Glad things are working so well Michelle, sometimes you really do need to trust your instincts and be in tune with your baby and I think things are much better. Sounds like you have an excellent MCHN. Lots of them are useless so it's a bit like finding the pot of gold. I was really sad when the one I had for Jemma left because the council here are so backward that she couldn't stand working for them any more. I got the one I have had for the others, and she is OK but the other one was so friendly and normal. Sometimes the new one just looks at me funny and nods when I say things. Not that I care, cause I trust myself not her.

Anyway see ya
Michelle

Hope things work out Michelle. I like the idea everytime he goes fishing you get a day of shopping alone *lol* Hope it happens for you!!

My mum came up today and we went shopping and Liam slept the whole time from 10:30 to 1 and I found a jolly jumper for him so thats one chrissy present down.

Mum made him curtains for Christmas and bought them up today and put them up. FInally found some nice material that was decent priced. Have Pooh on them and flowers and is in dark and light blue. They look great!! Cost $90 to make all up and used some old curtains to line it but you cant see them though. Hopefully Liam might sleep longer than 5:30 - 6ish in the mornings now. When we moved in, one of the curtains in his room was missing so got very bright in there in the mornings. She is going to buy some more material and make a donnah cover also. Wish I could sew!!! I am hopeless at it. Failed it at school and got D's but got A's for cooking so use to even out my mark.

Will probably get shot..spent over $150 today. Bought the jolly jumper and some photo frames and groceries and got a few photos printed out since we hardly have any of Liam that are not on the computer. DH was looking at buying a colour printer through work this week and I will probably get into trouble for not waiting. Only cost $8 for the photos anyway plus my mum also wanted a few developed of him.

HI all,
Your mum is very clever Spiddles, I did sewing too, I passed but can never be bothered making anything, I have mum's sewing machine, it's sitting in the cupboard. I was going to make doona covers for the 2 cot size doonas I have but haven't quite got around to it yet.

It's hard to buy for little babies for their first xmas, but the thing to remember is anything you may want them to have before they are 1 it's a good idea to buy. We needed a walking trolley for Jemma before she was one, and as she was 10 months at xmas we ended up just buying it. Jordan and Josh walked by 11 months and pushed the trolley by 10 months. Jemma then didn't walk until after her 1st bday but oh well. I am going to buy Jessica the peek-a-blocks hippo, it's a ride on and a walker (ie they can push it), it's about $60 I think.

I so need to start xmas shopping but I am going to wait until after our party on the 13th of Nov as we have to pay for that first.

Jesssica was so funny today, I was trying to feed her and she just kept looking into my eyes and laughing. I showed Dad my professional photos and then put them away and they are not expecting them anytime soon, I had photos taken of the kids when Jemma was 6 months and about 12 months and still nobody has any so they aren't holding their breathes, the problem is I haven't decided waht I want to fram and so no one can have any. I am planning to get them all out tomorrow and try and get them organised.

Goodnight
Michelle

OoOoOo I love that hippo!! Its so cute. My neice got one for her 1st birthday. Its made by fisher price isnt it?? Just depends how we are going for money around christmas time is weither Liam gets more than a Jolly Jumper. I dont go back to work until Jan . And we are prolly going to be strapped for cash so he might have to wait for other things until I get back to work.

Anyone have a win on the melbourne cup??? DH is suppose to have every thursday off but someone needed to have it off this week so swapped for tuseday. So went and visitied my parents and went to their local RSL. My dad hadnt seen Liam in weeks and was such a happy garndad showing him off to everyone.

SIne Liam was born on the 9/9 at 12:12 and DH was born on 12/09 he put both horses on for $10 each way and 12 came 3rd and ended up winning $129!!! So that paid for our day out well and trully.

DH decided before we go to put a few dollars in a pokie. Liam was sleeping and kids are aloud in there in prams so I found a machine closest to the exit in case he woke up. Put in $10 and ended up wining Mini Jackpt and collected $90. So was a great day.

Ended up going shopping and spent majority on Liam. Advent bottles were on special 3 for $18 rather than 2 for $18 so couldnt pass that up even though he now has like 10 avent bottles. Also bought the avent holders for the bottles so when he is older can feed himself. He keeps trying to hold the bottle himself so I tried a bottle with one on last night. He loves holding onto it a reaching for it. Might keep putting them on there so he can get some practise for when he is old enough.

Hello everyone!!

Glad to see the site is up and running again!!

Ryley went to CHN today and he is 6.6 kgs and 61cm long so he is a big boy. I also went to a mothers group. I was suprised to see so many babies the same age that werent holding their necks up or being alert. they all pretty much looked baby dazed. Maybe I am just lucky with Ryley. The CHN said he is very advanced so =D> for Ryley. The last 2 nights he has slept from 11-6. It has been great. No night time bottle. Of course I still wake up when he grizzles but hey thats just a Mummy!!

Sorry no personals today I am knackered!!

Yes Spiddles, hippo is fisher price, and I must say even though they are a little expensive at times, I cannot fault Fisher price on their toys, not had one break yet in 10 yrs. Excellent quality that's for sure.

Terrific on the winning money, and sounds like the shopping was great too.

Pee, Ryley sounds like he is very healthy with that size. How old is he now? I must check my other kids books.

I am tired too, it was Arron's bday, he loved his telescope and is outside right now looking at craters on venus. Go figure how excited he is!

See ya
Michelle

WOW Pee!! Ryley is definatly a big boy!!

*lol* at bday pressie Michelle...DH has wanted a telescope for ages as studdied astronomy but haventy got one. Have been meaning to get him one for a pressie. Guess it keeps him out of you hair.

Liam had his 2 month shots today. Am so proud how well he took it. Gave him some panadol before we left. Midwife told me not to as they dont practice it anymore and only give it after if has fever. My Mum didnt give my brother panadol with his first shots and played up like merry hell but did for me and my sis and we were fine. He ended up falling asleep in my arms while waiting. He cried more when I woke him up to take his clothes and nappy off to be weighed than he did the needle. He settled as soon as I picked him up and in minutes was back asleep and slept all the way home. He had a bit of a play and was smiling but is now back asleep in his cot.

He now weighs 5.65kg was 4.96kg 2 weeks ago. I have no idea what his height is. I reckon its over 60 cms. When he was born he was 55cm. Took him to my doc a week later and was 51cm at 6 weeks measured by midwife was 58cm and now today was 57.5 so who knows!!!

What a bugger! I wrote a big message, got disconnected and lost the post! Now I can't remember everything I said.

Well done to Liam on his first injections, I have to ring up and make an appointment to have Jessicas done next week. Was going to get Jessica weighed on Tuesday but it was closed for Melb cup holiday so haven't had her done since 4 wks, really slack as I always took the others every fortnight and she is due for her 8 week check, she is 9 weeks today, 2 months on Melb cup Day.

Hope everybody else is well. Haven't heard from Rose for awhile!

Cheers Michelle

Hi girls,
Have been missing for a while due to our weekend away and having computer problems. Losing posts or just getting settled and Amelia is awake for feeds. Oh well. Hopefully I get something posted tonight.

Glad I was missed. Easier to catch up on this thread, when missing for a week. It's Jonathan's 2nd b'day today. He had a great day. We gave him a bick which he has hardly let go of.

Amelia is doing well. She was on her best behaviour last weekend. We were all in the same motel room and she slept 10pm till 7.30am with out a boo both nights. I was up to my ds a few times but all in all it went well. They all travelled well too. Amelia had her 2mth shot on Monday and the only sign was temp 38 deg. the next day. She was as happy as and slept realy well. She had her first EBM bottle yesturday and drank a full 200ml. I gasped as I thought she would only drink 150ml. I expressed 200 out too so maybe she is drinking that much from me????? She wouldn't drink from dh so in the end I had to feed it to her. We decided to do one a day to get her used to it so today dh drapes a shirt of mine around her while feeding her and she drank fine for him. 150ml this time. Little tike. Dh wants to grade her off needing the shirt. I think it's quite cute. Mchn check tomorrow for both kids.

Well done for Liam and his shots.

Mitch we got the geraffe for Amelia although ds plays with it ATM. The hippo looks great. Your friend has been through so much. I often think I really don't know I am alive. I have been blessed with two beautiful/healthy children.

Pee Ryley is bigger than our dd. He sounds very settled and content. How are you going with the feed play sleep routine? Is he staying awake now? I think the tummy time is a key to strong necks. Some mothers are too scared or think cause baby is fussing they don't like tummy time. The babies get used to it. And it is easier in the long run. Amelia rolled twice while we were away. From tummy to back. It depends where her hands are when placed on her tummy and how awake she is.

Anyone got any ideas for Christmas presents for our babies?????


Spiddles sounds like your mum is being a big help. I had to laugh at your dh drink. I did read a b/f book which encouraged dp to drink the milk to assist in removing lumps in the breast. Can you imagine it?

mooshie I am so glad you are enjoying Lani. Sounds like you are getting clucky. How long do you think you will wait before trying again? We may become pregnant buddies?

Sorry for the epic post. So much to catch up on. I am going to copy it so I don't lose it.

lol rose - yup i am pretty clucky. lani is such a good bubs and i am so relaxed, so much different from when i had the other two, probably something to do with losing our jessie. don't know when we will start trying again though, hubby is a little reluctant at times, but i can get around him - i just have to mention the word vasectomy (sp?) lol. my age is a bit of a downfall, i have just turned 36, so i would like another before 38, however i had 21mths between jess and jay and it was hard work, although back then hubby worked shift work so i was quite often flying solo with the two, having a 4 1/2 yr gap is like having a first all over again but with the experience, so i will just have to wait and see.

i am also expressing, just one bottle, first feed in the morning around 5 or 6 i feed lani on one side and express on the other, it just flows out 150mls in around 5mins now, talk about being a cow lol.

i give this bottle to lani just before i go to bed between 10 and 11pm and since last thursday she has been going through to around 5 or 6, 6.30 if i am really lucky, so it is good no more crappy tv in the middle of the night lol. problem with lani though is most times the max she will take is around 70mls so it is so sad to pour the rest down the sink, i sometimes wonder if i don't give her that feed if she will still go through or will she start waking at around 1 or 2am, who knows, i don't think i am game to try.

sounds like your holiday was good - the 1-6mth forum is not as busy now i think alot of girls have moved to the 6mth one.

gotta go a make appt for next week for lani to have her first lot of injections :-({|=

take care

Tolda ya it gets easier mooshie I am exactlly the same now too!!

What a day.went shopping with my mum and when we finished the pram wouldnt fold up GRRRRRR!! Was my nephews pram and is like 6 years old...maybe its had it. So had to walk home. Luckly only 20 min walk but soooo out of shape and was sooo hot.

Michelle - Target have 20% off fisher price. My mum bought liam the ocaen aquarium. A friend of ours has one and he loves it. Starps onto cot. Also cam with the pee-a-boo ocean blocks and was $40 for the lot. Usually $69.95 for just the aquarium which I wouldnt pay that for. Batteries will be run out by the end of the day can see it now!!!

hi spiddles

the ocean aquarium is georgeous - my mil gave it to us when lani was born, she sleeps in the cot during the day and i turn it on and she loves to "talk to it" to cute - only problem is sometimes she gets a bit cranky when it finishes, when i want her to sleep i put on the sounds of the shooshing water with no bubbles or lights and it seems to work well, also the fact that the washing machine is on the other side of the wall and it seems to be going all the time lol.

lani still sleeps in the bassinet at night in our room, dd was in there for 2 wks she was a bit noisy and all too new to us, and ds only 1 night as jessie was a little jealous, so this is the longest time we have had a baby in with us, i must admit when she is to big for the bassinet which will be very soon, i will be a bit sad for her to got into her room boo hoo.

off the the health centre on wednesday for lani's 8wk check, i only go at 2wks, 4wks, 8wks then 4mths, etc i am sure with my first i went every week or fortnight lol - i am looking forward to weight and height etc. i also booked lani in for her 2mth injection for next tuesday boo hoo and booked myself and my ds in for dentist next month - first time for jay at the dentist that should be fun - so i have made a lot of phonecalls today lol.

gotta go - ds wants to watch scooby doo so i have to fire up the dvd.

take care

*lol* Mooshie.....Liam has been doing the same getting cranky when it finished....it played non stop for half an hour till he fell asleep this afternoon. Only had to play it once and is asleept already tonight YAY!!

Liam is actually in the bassinet part of a portacot sleeping ATM. When I was pregnant DH started sanding back the family cot (was my dad's, bro's sis and mine etc) as mum stupidly put astpole on it when I was born and is soild silky oak and havent quite finsihed it (needs another sand and vanish) so have strapped it to back of chair and faced it towards cot. Cant play with it but can still see it at least.

Hello everyone!!
I hope your all well!
Ryley had his needles and had no side effects so woo hoo for him. I cried for 20 mins after and now i know why- I GOT AF!!! grrrrr... has anyone else got her back yet. I know coz im not bf thats why but still frustrating. I forgot what a pain in the *** it is!! hehehe

I decided to start using aromababy for ryley as i think he is getting dermatits from j+johnson.

Bummer about your pram Kylie!! I'm sure you felt great after the walk!! 8-[

Glad your holiday went well and that they little ones slept well!!
I am getting clucky again too. People tell me to wait until he can move about himself before i say i want another one now, but he is so placid happy and beautiful why would i want another one!!

Not many personals sorry just wanted to say hi.

Hi Girls,
We had our 10 week check today. Growth has slowed but is still within the norm. Weight 5090, length 59.5, hc 40.5cm Still bf well.

Got flu symptoms this am and temp 38.5 so not sure if I am getting the flu or Mastitis. I got it lots in the early weeks with ds but have not had it with dd yet. She is a better feeder but I am just a little wary. The breast is slightly tender but no red lump or marks. Maybe it is a deep lump????

Amelia has slept in her room from day one. Can not stand the girgles as it takes me forever to fall asleep and I am a light sleeper. She will grow out of her bassenet soon so have to get ds into a bed over Christmas so she can go into the cot. He was in the cot at three months. She has got a little more time being a girl and shorter than him(although she is still in the tall range)

Lol at the ocean aquarium thing. We nearly bought it for dd with money from my mum but we ended up getting the Geraffe.

Re number 3 we will prob start trying from Sep next year so I am not heavily preg over summer. Quite hot in Albury/Wodonga. I think the babies cope better being a few months older when the heat hits. Dd will be 3 mnth when it gets hot. ds was a new born, yuko he fed constantly and I was so tired. We have 22months between dd and ds and they are coping quite well. We will prob do the same as time is ticking on for me too with other med con. to consider. We are looking at buying a new car so have to think about the above when looking at size of car. Probably large sw.

Mooshie I can relate to the flowing milk in am. dd only drinks from one side at first feed. I also express the other, like you.

Have not heard from pee & Mitch. Hope Ryley and Jessica are doing well.

oops, missed your post Pee. I am not getting any notifications for new posts. Is anyone else in the same boat????

Pain about af Pee. I dont expect mine until Amelia is 6months.:) That is when I got it with ds. Although she does not get a dummy and she is down to 5 feeds a day so this may make a difference. I am enjoying time without the witch while it lasts. Yay for Ryley and his shots. Sometimes I think it is harder for us mums than for the baby.

Amelia had a full on rash all over while we were away but I think it was a heat rash. Her skin is now all scales and dry. Using lots of sorbalene cream atm. aromababy is ment to be good stuff. both my kids have sensitive skin.

HI all,

Good to hear from you Rose, your holiday sounded good and good to hear Amelia is going well.

I got Af 2 weeks ago Pee, but I am back on the pill and skipped on period and then made it come 2 weeks early as I didn't want it around the party time. I hate it too. No wonder I love being pregnant.

As for cluckiness! I don't think I will ever not be clucky, but I think it's time for us to stop. FOUR kids is way enough, and I get to stay home till they are all in school. After that I will need to work full time as we will have 2 in high school and 2 in Primary school.

Jessica is getting, Link-a-doos from Kmart. They have a whole range of different rattles, teethers, a tummy mirror. They connect to the links and can be joined together, hung on the car seat, pram or anywhere else. I also got her the Peek-a-blocks hippo. We already have the Giraffe and elephant in peek-a-blocks, they are Jemma's. A stacking ring thing which plays music, a rocker seat which holds up to 18kgs, her and Jemma are sharing it. I got the Oceanarium thingy for the cot and the blocks with it too! I think that's all.

I brought Jemma the Poponz table and bits and pieces to go with it, and I will get her the Loving Family dolls house for her bday in Feb.

I have practically finished now, just need the trampoline and some clothes for each child. By the time that's done I guess we will have averaged $500 per child, (Not that they actually got that spent on them, some got much less, but it evens out). Of course we havent paid for it all yet, it's on layby but I feel much better about having finished.

We brought Jemma a gorgeous bed with a package deal incl mattress doona, pillow, quilt set and Bed. It is so cute, now all we have to do is keep her in it and out of our bed. the others were in the cot till they were about 2 1/2 but they didn't start climbing out till then, I don't want her hurting herself, so we brought the safety rail as well to keep her from rolling out.

Anyway, Health centre tomorrow, needles on Weds, hairdressers Thurs and craziness on Friday as I go mad buying all the things we haven't got yet.

Good night Sorry if I missed anyone, Spiddles, Mooshie, hope you are both well.

Cheers Michelle

This subject was about to go to the next page so I thought I'd post here. We started this as it was so busy in the other forum and then we all started going back in there.

I can't believe that Jessica is 11 weeks tomorrow, time has flown. I love listening to hear laugh and chatter away when we talk to her, and look up at me lovingly as I feed her, then she smiles and doesn't drink. I have been calling her "Little POssum", she is just soooo cute! I am so biased though.
Anyway I can't get into ebay, or hotmail now for some reason so I am just about to go to bed, should have gone ages ago but got on here and lost track of the time.

Goodnight all Michelle

Hi Michelle,
Haven't had a chance to get on the past few days. I just love this stage where the babies find their voices. We were competing with Amelia last night while I was trying to read ds his bed story. She had soooo much to say. The other day I gave her noody time on her plastic mat. Well, she decided she would riggle her way right off the mat onto the carpet. We just had to contain ourselves as we were in fits of laughter.

She has also become a social drinker like Jessica. On for a few minutes, off for a chat. Due to bf I never know if she has had enough. She is still going 4hrly so she must be getting enough.

How is your friend going with the child with cancer?

How did Jessica go with her needles and mchn?

We had a quiet weekend, probably the last till after Christmas.
Af has not arrived thank goodsness. I thought she was coming last week but it must have been me just feeling very tired from dd dedication.

Hope everyone else is doing ok. I still read the other thread but don't always get time to post.

not sure what is happening. If you see lots of posts the same please I ment only one. Debug comes up so I don't know if anything will get posted.

HI Rose,

Jessica went well with her needles, no side effects, she had put on the right amount of weight and was up to 4.6kg which is 10 lb 4 1/2 oz. She also grew 5 1/2 cms in 5 weeks.

I cant believe how big she seems all of a sudden but I guess she is almost 3 months old. FUnny though I checked Jemmas book and she was 10 lb something at 5 1/2 weeks so Jessica is still pretty small I guess.

As far as I have heard my friends bub, Ruby is going through chemo and the family are keeping positive (which is really all they can do.) Her hair has already fallen out too, which isprobably due to it being fine baby hair. I have my fingers crossed that things go well for them.


I am so tired as we wnt to the Zoo today so I will fly and catch up again soon.

Cheers Michelle