Babies Born ~ February 16th-28th 2009 #16

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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:

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Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?

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Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

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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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Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum


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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Recommended Reading List

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Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Slings and Baby Wearing


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Oh wow this has to be the first time I've started the thread.... and I don't have anything much to say but DS ran into the daycare centre this morning - obviously mum is not as exciting as she used to be.

Glad he went in happy!

boo girls
boof starts kinder tommorow!!!
gulp!!!

Awww... So much going on in their little lives!

Miss A has started at the Early Learning Centre 2 days a week ... I started her before Xmas just one morning then slowly increased the time ... She loves it and I love having some time with Miss T ... she is dancing and singing and her speech has improved heaps already ... Best thing I ever did ... For all of us .... Good luck tomorrow DeT ... It's hard at first xxx

Hi girls! Miss j is doing well. Started at gymnastics with her seeing she is trying to do handstands all the time! She loves it.

Great to see you today op

Glad to hear your ds is loving childcare malyna!

How is everyone??

Ellie im o glad your DD's are doing so well!!

Det how did kinder go??

Also noticed an improvement in his speech and his confidence around others. Plus at playgroup he's a lot more disciplined. He used to just run around, but now he actually sits down for craft activities and for food.

Still cannot believe it's been 3 years since we were all talking about when our babies would arrive.

Happy birthday to miss I and miss M for today!!

I'm away from my girl on her birthday :(

We are pretending it is tomorrow.. She doesn't really know... But it still sucks... :(

Has M had a nice day today olive?

:( :hug: OP

Happy Birthday for yesterday Miss I and Miss M

Happy Birthday Miss J for today!

Hugs OP have an awesome day today!!
DD had a great day thanks, having family over today!

Happy birthday J!!

Happy birthday beautiful, precious little ones. xoxo

Hope Miss J has had a good day today Nai :)

Birthday wishes to all for the lastcouple of days. I too will not be with E on her birthday. I am working and DS at school, do it will just be E and Daddy on Thurs. we will celebrate on Saturday.

Hey ladies,

Been quiet in here! I went looking for this thread in my subscriptions and realised I'm not even subscribed, oops! My bad! :D

How are all our big 3 year olds? Mine is wreaking havoc - we are in that awkward day sleep-no day sleep transition and its very hard! I know I am lucky to even have her still having a sleep at this age but then she is awake all night so it's a trade off.

She is loving kinder and I'm mostly enjoying this age! She still does push the boundaries though.

Guess what? I get to meet Heaven and her gorgeous girls on Monday! :D

Wow! That will be awesome op! Give heaven and her girls hugs from us too :)

Wahhhhhh I'm jealous OP!!

Wow OP that's great. Give Heaven's wee ones loads of hugs and kisses from me.

DS still isn't giving up the day sleeps yet. He just can't quite make it through the day without a sleep - but he's sleeping a little better at night (oh I bet I just cursed myself.) Some interest in toilet training. He has his days when he gets the potty seat on the toilet, sets up his little step and will sit on the toilet, telling me to go away, then annouce he's done a poo/wee when he's been there long enough, insists he puts on undies and then will go down the other end of the house and 5-10 minutes later wees in his underpants. So I'm not really sure what to do, except maybe keep talking to him about feeling the urge to go to the toilet and wait.

I'm feeling so stressed about the whole TT issue. I have no idea how to do it, should I wait, should I just stay home for three days and nag him to death to go to the toilet? I've got no idea, and it seems like there is a thousand ways to do it, and yet if he's not understanding the urges, I'm not sure how to progress. UGH! I want to be an ostrich and stick my head in the sand.

hey girls
breathe maylna- i could hear you hyperventilating whilst you were writing about TT here lol
i promise he will be toilet trained by the time he is 21 years old lol
seriously i promise he will do it and be interested when he is ready!
you can either nag him until you are blue in the face, have wee everywhere and he will finally get it
or
gently suggest, model etc and he will catch on and do it when he has full bladder control

boof decided that xmas day was a good time to go into undies full time (great timing) and no night nappies on his birthday night (another good timing moment)
he is now an absolute legend at the toilet thing now- so we have been a nappy free house for a month now WHOOP!

You cannot tell when an adult was toilet trained from looking at them!!!!
i promise it will happen- just go with it
btw nappies are so much easier than trying to find a toilet when you are out all the time lol so savour nappies

day sleep- gone or its an after 10pm sleep down when he naps
he will happily get through a day now without needing a sleep - helps when his older siblings come home and hype him up after school lol

Boof is LOVING kinder- for a kid that has never left my side - he has been awesome. He knows that he goes to kinder and I go shopping lol. he loves it and is now getting the idea of the social ettiqutte of kinder eg. sitting on the mat, doing what the teacher says etc. Has his first 3 hour session this week - whoot 3 hours to myself - i have no idea what i am gonna do this week. Next week but i am getting my hair done YIPPEE!!

other than that all good here- but busy
my mums cottage is nearly finished- she is building a little house at the front of our house- taken 3 weeks and its lock up!!! so quick and everything build by hand on site so no pre-fab. Awesome builders etc. Plasters start the next couple of days so another 3 weeks she should be in!!!
DH working heaps with the coffee van so single mum from fridays till mondays with 3 kids - tiring

thats about it- between tennis, rollerskating, netball, rubgy, swimming, gymastics, 2 playgroups and school i am pretty boring lol

Det - I guess the sleep deprivation is making everything seem worse than it actually is.

Woot on the house front.

I've just read that between 2-3, kids are supposed to sleep 11hours a night - Oh how I wish that was true. DS gets about 4-5 hours of unbroken sleep then the party is on between 1 and 5am, when he wakes anything up to twice an hour.

After three years of this, I seriously cannot take another night of this. It's destroying me. Off to the chemist (if I can stay awake that long) to see if they can give me something to get him to sleep.

Happy Mothers Day!!

Happy mothers day gorgeous women!

Hi everyone :) have been MIA for a loooong time!
whats news?

Booked Miss J in for her 3.5y MHCN check. Not til August but you have to book well in advance around here!

I better get on to that.... Don't have to book in advance here though. I am likely to forget if I don't book it soon.

So who is delaying starting 4yo kindy next year?: Olive- I think you are, aren't you?
We have decided not to send E next year. She is really bright, and would probably be fine, but there will be kids more than a year older than her in her class. Also once you are in the school system, there is no turning back. I am happy with my decision, I only hope she is not too bored with another year at home.

J thinks she is going to school next year, i have no chance delaying kinder! She is ready though and although a bit younger she can hold her own so i'm not concerned.

Yup holding back, she's doing 2x2hour sessions of 3 yr old kinder...
Must book MCHN in as well.
I ad her assessed for SPD and she's boarderline for two...those being vestibular and tactile, all good though, she's a seeker.

Hi muffy!

The daycare DS goes to does kindy... I'd be happy to hold DS back another year, so he's more confident, but I haven't thought that far yet. Should think about enrolling him at a school, but struggling a little at the moment with stuff.

Im not too sure about kinder yet, I want to keep her back for my own selfish reasons but she talks about kinder all the time.
Im going to have a look through kinders on monday and fill out an enrollment form but I will decide at the end of the year whether she actually goes or not.

Hi everyone! We've decided to try the Montessori school here ...so Miss A will do 3 morning sessions a week ... She is asking to go as her God mother is the Principal but I'm still terrified!!!

hey girls
still here !!
Ellie - i love montessori education - i used to work in a montessori school pre kids!!
She and you will love it
Boof doing 3 year old kinder at the moment. Got him down for 4 year old but see how the year pans out. Its 8 months till they start 4 year old and so much growing still to do.
a big hi to everyone!!!
xxxxx

I wish we could go to our Montessori kindy. The timetable just doesn't work for us. Would have loved to have sent kids to the school, but it isv$2,000 per child per term!

Wow that is exxy!

Our kinder is within the cc centre but in a separate area. It is a great setup. Miss j is already familiar with it as she is at cc 3 full days and can't wait to go. The teachers have said she is ready to go so I will send her. If she isn't ready for school I will do another year there but I can't imagine she won't be.

We're planning to do 4yr old kindy next year, if we get a place. At the moment she's doing a 3 year group thru community centre type place and loving it. I figure if she's not ready for school she can just do extra year kinder. I don't think she'd cope another year at home as every day she asks if she can go to kiner.

Realised I still haven't got E chicken pox vac, going on thurs and now shes at a knowing age she sure is not going to be impressed!

Can you just hold off the pox vax and get them all done together with the 4 yo vax's?

Was thinking that but theres a woman at work that does the council immunisations and she said if she was at least 3.5 they could do the 4 yr old ones but not to hold off any longer cause chicken pox season is coming up soon. Didn't know there was a season for it! I'll be taking bribes, I know lolly pop will cheer her up big time and at least its just one needle

Shell - go with the Emla patches, seriously they don't feel a thing!

I think we have some of the cream at work, I'll go pinch it off the ward lol. Thanks!

Omg I had totally forgotten about the 4 yo vac lol! Dread!!! What else have I forgotten???

Geez $2000 a term is huge ... ours are $1100 for 1st child and 10% discount for siblings. Still alot for us! Going for our meet the teacher and uniform shop experience next week ... Omg I am soooo not ready for this!