Babies Born July 2006 #4

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July '06

Forum Name:
State:
Baby's DOB:
Baby's Stats: Weight - Length - Head Circ -
Gender of Baby:
Baby's Name:
Baby's Website:
Health Concerns:
Notes:
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Name: Trish (Baby~amore` - I chose my user name before I knew it was twins - means Baby love :) )
State: NSW
DOB: 1.7.06 (35weeks & 4days - EDD was 1st August)
Stats: Samuel 6lb 8.5 oz (2960gm), Length - 46.5cm
Joel 4lb 12oz (2164gm) Length 43cm
Gender: Males
Babies names: Samuel Matthew Gordon (twin A) and Joel Thomas Ryan (twin B)
Website: http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/t...rbellybubbies/
Health Concerns: None
Notes: Spent 3 days in NICU and 15 days in Special Care Nursery - though well
Born by emergency c/s - Breech and Maternal obstetric cholestatis (more common in multiple pregnancy)
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Forum Name: Muma
State:vic
Born:39weeks out of 40weeks
Baby's DOB: 4/7/06 at 9.10pm
Weight: 8 pound 11 -3960g Length - 51.5cm Head Circ -35.5cm
Gender of Baby: male
Baby's Name: lachlan robert carter-rijnders
Baby's Website:http://www.babysites.com/sites/lilch...age=home&seq=1
http://hstrial-jcarter151.homestead.com/
Notes: Birth: normal/no drugs/no pain killers. Labour: 3hours/20mins pushing. Blood loss at birth:450mls. Labour analgesia: only shower. 1st feed: brest fed 4/7/06 Stay in hospital: well concidering had bub at 9.10pm i didnt really sleep that night but i left on the 6th july...
happy reading and checking out websites..
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Forum Name: Bubseykel
State: WA
Baby's DOB: 6/7/06
Baby's Stats: Weight 3.98kg (8lb 12oz) Length 52cm Head Circ 34.5cm
Gender of Baby: Girl
Baby's Name: Danielle Lucy
Baby's Website: http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/h/hobbsbaby
Health Concerns: n/a
Notes: Born 9 days early - Vaginal birth - 6 1/2 hours labour - pushing 1 1/2 hours - 'Corkscrew' method used to pull her out as her shoulders got stuck - Danielle ended up with a broken shoulder bone due to being stuck but she is fine now!!
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Name: Becca@bellybelly
State: NSW
Baby's DOB: 11/07/06
Baby's Stats: Weight - Length - Head Circ - 4065 g - 53 cm - 36.5 cm
Gender of Baby: Male
Baby's Name: Oskar Maddox Cooper
Baby's Website: none yet
Health Concerns: none
Notes: 11 days overdue (EDD 30/06/06). Admitted to hospital for induction 09/06/06 (evening), had a c/s 11/07/06 (early morning) as baby was not descending.
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Forum Name: AJ
State: Christchurch NZ
Baby's DOB: 15 July 2006
Baby's Stats: Weight 7lb 13oz - Length – 50cm Head Circ – 34cm
Gender of Baby: Boy
Baby's Name: Ethan Paul
Baby's Website:
Health Concerns: None
Notes: 40hrs of contractions – not progressing- waters manually broken, Synto drip, Gas then epidural – bubs went into distress emergency c-section performed- all good from there.

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Forum Name: Fee
State: Qld
Baby's DOB: 17 July 2006
Baby's Stats: 3.63 kgs (8 lbs) - 51.5 cm - 35 cm
Gender of Baby: Boy
Baby's Name: Cooper Harvey
Baby's Website: http://www.totsites.com/tot/babywoj or http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mrswoj78/my_photos
Health Concerns: n/a
Notes: Vaginal birth with pethidine - labour approx 12 hours long and pushed for only 43 minutes
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Forum Name: Cassie
State: Victoria
Baby's DOB: 17/7/06
Baby's Stats: Weight - 3.9kg (8pd 10oz) Length - 51.5cm Head Circ - 37cm
Gender of Baby: Boy
Baby's Name: Dylan Sebastian
Baby's Website: http://www.babysites.com/sites/cassie77/
Health Concerns: None so far
Notes: Vaginal birth, 21 and a half hour labour, no pain relief apart from
the gas, was a vacuum extraction (ventouse)in the end after I became
exhausted, had been pushing about 2 hours, poor little mite had a bruise on
his head from the vacuum that is nearly gone, was also jaundiced for the
first week or so but better now, I had two first degree tears and four
stitches.
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Forum Name: Chantal25
State:NSW
Baby's DOB:19/07/206
Baby's Stats: Weight -2.815 Length -54cms Head Circ - 34.5
Gender of Baby:Male
Baby's Name:Zachery David
Baby's Website:NA
Health Concerns: possible reflux and colic
Notes: emergancy Csection - Zac was in destress - cord was wrapped around
his neck twice and around his body once.
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Forum Name: Fraser (Emily)
State:TAS
Baby's DOB: 20 July 06
Baby's Stats:Weight 7 pounds 15 ounce, Length 53cm, Head Circ 36cm
Gender of Baby:Male
Baby's Name: Charlie Simon
Baby's Website:http://darguethomsonbaby.photosite.com/
Health Concerns:Nil
Notes: Born 9 days early - 4 hour 'active' labour - popped out way sooner than expected even caught the OB by surprise - no time for drugs but unfortunately enough time for an episiotomy!
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Forum Name: KMH
State: Victoria
Baby's DOB: 20/7/06
Baby's Stats: Weight 3.29 kg (7lb 4oz) - Length 48cms, Head Circ 34.5cms
Gender of Baby: female
Baby's Name: Charlotte Johanna Howell
Baby's Website:
Health Concerns: Tongue Tied
Notes: VBAC, was induced as i was 5 days over, waters broken and sytno drip, 7 hours of labour with all drugs, pushed for 1hr and 20mins with an
episiotomy!
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Forum Name: kyliealisha
State:
Baby's DOB: 21 July 2006
Baby's Stats: Weight - Length - Head Circ - 3.6 kg - 51 cm - 36.6 cm
Gender of Baby: Female
Baby's Name: Emma Jessie
Baby's Website: http://hampton.faberex.com/Default.a...th=Baby%20Emma
Health Concerns: None
Notes: Emma was born via emergency C Section after many hours of labour when we realised she was not going to fit through my pelvis!

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Forum Name: Boisey
State: Melb, Vic
Baby's DOB: 27/7/06
Baby's Stats: Weight 3.345kg Length 5ocm Head Circ 35cm
Gender of Baby: Boy
Baby's Name: Jensen Robert
Baby's Website:
Health Concerns: n/a

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Forum Name: Shinee
State: Canberra where its lovely and cold!!!
Baby's DOB: 28th July 2006 (just made it in)
Baby's Stats: Weight - 3.095kg Length -49cm Head Circ -34cm(34cm too big if
u ask me)
Gender of Baby: shes defiantly a girly, girl
Baby's Name: Lucy Alys Tait
Baby's Website: gots to get to that
Health Concerns: nothing she is absolutly puuuuuurfect!
Notes: induced labour started wednesday 26th July, 3 sets of gels.. nothing until thursday 27th july at 10pm when my waters naturally broke and finally after nearly 38hours of contractions and pethadine (wasnt allowed to have an epi due to blood clot at 31wks :( )Lucy came gushing into the world not breathing for 40 seconds at 11:39am!!!!
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yay i am first.
cyn- do not worry what your health nurs said, jenno is growing he is bigger then Charlotte over a week ago she was 4.830 so i think she should be about 5kgs now, as long as he is putting on weight there should be nothing wrong with you milk. Don't you hate it when people tell you things are wrong when they are not, my mum and step mum tell me when charlotte is upset at the end of night that i should top her up with formula, i really hate it when they say this as i had no milk for Madison so she was bottle fed and i really want to b/f charlotte for as long as i can. I wish i was a skinny minnie, i am about a size 16 still more weight to lose.

Fee Charlotte has been doing those crys alot lately, so i have gone back to pumping after feeds to give her at the end of the day, though she is begining to sleep about 7 hours straight every night, yay. Where did you get your wraps from, as we are going to QLD soon i want to buy soem for Charlotte.

Dee- glad to see you still around, what are prefolds?

Kel- with your baby beehinds do you need a cover for them or do you just leave them as be.

On thursday i am getting charlotte's feet and hands sculpted, I did with Madison and they turned out to well.

hello all - welcome to the group mads.
boisey - i have booked to see an osteopath on thursday. he is going to give Zac and i an assessment to see whats happening. DH isnt sure about it but i told him i am now willing to try anything.
fee - still waiting to find out. i missed the call from them and they left message to say they will call me when they are back this week. he is also booked in next week to have his 3 month check.
khm - dont the hands and feet sculpturs look cute - i had zacs done at 15 days and they sit on the wall.
we have zac booked into the DRs tomorrow to try and get this reflux sorted out as it keeps waking him up.

Hi Chantal!~
Just to let you know that DH was very unsure about taking Jensen to an osteo too in the beginning...but now he is amazed at the results! In all honesty we walk into his clinic with a very distressed, sleep deprived and screaming little boy...we walked out with a baby that started smiling and gooing and garring at me and most importantly SLEPT!!! The first night we got 5 hours straight compared to 1 hour which was what I used to get Wooo Hoooo!
Anyway I hope it all works out for you and little Zac!

Welcome Mads!!! :hello:
Jensen was born on 27 July and sounds alot like Freya!! Very alert, strong willed and determined little kids...god help us..lol!!

hey khm talking about hand a feet casting me and my friend are starting a business doing that were still working out everything but we'll be up and runny soon i hope well i hope they turn out beautiful they always do
well im off ill chat wit ya all soon

hey fee were starting hand and feet lifecasting still got alot to do but hopefully we can start soonwe both studyed art at school and its somehing iv always wanted to since my daughter was born back them it wasn't the right time and now where going to do it. it will either make us or break as im just following my passion for art and children

We went to the clinic yesterday for Cooper's 12 week check up. I was sitting in the waiting room and a lady there was saying how cute Cooper was and that he should be in a Huggies commercial! I told Mark and he said maybe we should consider it?!

Anyway Cooper's stats are now:

Weight: 6.49 kgs (6490 g) (14.3 lbs)
Length: 62 cm
Head: 41 cm

So all is well. :)

Cooper does so many weird things lately – he changes every day! I can never figure him out. And I just wish he would sleep through again. Every night when we put him to bed now he grizzles. I have to go in and pat/shush him a few times. He never used to do this – now he does it every night after his last feed.

Last night was weird. I fed him at 5.00 pm and he was fussing about a bit at the feed. But when I offered my boob without the nipple shield he went on straight away! Very strange. Then he did not sleep the best. Woke up at 12.45 am (8 hours between feeds – I guess it's okay). Then he woke at 4.00 am. I just went in and patted him for a couple of minutes. Also he had kicked off his blankets. Then he woke at 5.00 am. I thought I'd fed him then. He only had 5 minutes. Weird. Then I thought I'd wrap him and he slept until 7.00 am where I did a 10 minute feed. Also I used the shield again and he was fine with it.

I really am wondering if he's teething. Yesterday while waiting for the clinic appointment he had my finger in his mouth and he was biting down sooo hard it almost hurt me!

Deejoy17 – Sorry to hear about your infection. I hope it goes away soon.

kmh – I was given some muslin wraps but they are just Bubba Blue brand and can be bought from Target.

Mads – Welcome to the group! Cooper is a Cancer bub. I looked it up on the Net and it says "they love to be needed"! I think that sounds like Cooper! And they are moody.

Freya is adorable – just checked our your website.

chantal25 – Good luck with all your appointments for Zac. I hope they help.

Boisey – How's Jensen today?

baiza – So you're starting up a feed/hand sculpting business... Sounds cool. I hope it works out for you!

Hi girls

What has happened to my baby? Last night he would not settle when it was his bedtime and it took me an hour to settle him and I couldn't even leave the room I had to sit next to the cot and rub his tummy in circles before he would even look a little sleepy. Then he woke at 12.45 and i had to feed him (usually it is about 3 or 4am) and then again at5.30 and again at 9am so we had a weird night last night. I wonder if he had a belly ache at bedtime.

Fee I too would love to put Dylan in photos or ads as I think he is very cute too but he has a birthmark on his forehead which the ob said will fade it is called a Stork bite so I would hate for him to be rejected for that reason so I don't think I will bother but you should definitely give it a go.

Baiza That sounds like a great business to go into I have been thinking about what I can do that involves babies/children for a job/business so I don't have to go back to my corporate job. I was thinking of studying to be a doula.

Chantal and Boisey I have been thinking of taking Dylan to an osteopath for his flat patch on his head a friend recommended it to me.

KMH Oooh I might get the hands/feet sculpted too sounds gorgeous. I bought my muslin wraps at myer, they also have them at Baby Bunting, Target, etc.

Welcome Mads My baby boy Dylan is a Cancer like me but I haven't seen any real cancer characterisitcs from him so far will have to observe more.

Baby boy crying see you all later.

hi all
what a great day in melb, i love it when it is hot, i got sunburnt today.
i think there is something happining to our babies, Charlotte has been taking awhile to get to sleep, lately i have to cuddle her to sleep and normally she will sleep from 7:30pm to 2-2:30am but last night it was 8;30 to 12, she woke up at 7 this morning so happy, talking and smilling so cute.

cassie- i would love to become a doula or a midwife, i am going to look at it later on when Charlotte is a bit older.

Fee- i have looked into modling for children it can be expencive and they might not even get a job out of it, when Madison was younger the girls at pixi photos gave me info on it as they loved taking photos of Madison and they thought she would do really well.

Baizar- good luck with the new adventure, start of at the markets i am getiing it done through twinkle toes. Have you got there price list?

Mads- welcome.

i had to have an afternoon sleep today i was so tired so i put Charlotte in with me i thought i would try to see how she would go not be wrapped, but she didn't go to sleep as soon as i wrapped her she was asleep, she is still sleeping 2 hours later.

went to LC to have a check on Zacs attachment and all is ok. also had him weighed as i am worried about his reflux. he is now 6.39kgs they are realy happy with his weight gain and he has not lost any with the reflux. booked into sleep school next thursday.

hey kmh yeah i got there price listit come in one of those babys you get when you have a baby

Hi guys,

Sorry I haven’t been around lately. Things have been pretty hectic around here.

Cyn – our nurse told us as long as they have put on at least 100gms every week that’s fine. If you can maybe see if you can get him weighed this week and see how much he’s put on. So he’s almost put on 2 kgs in say 10 weeks so that’s around the 200gms per week which is fine!!!!! I think he’s doing perfectly!! As for sizing – I am a size 14 pushing a 16. I have almost been a 12 before so I guess that’s my real goal. I have lost 2.1kgs on my digital scales so I’m down to 80 – 14 more to go!! On my normal scales I’m 78 – almost pre pregnancy weight!! My MIL needs to be kicked to the kerb!! She told me that Danielle needs to sleep with her mouth closed otherwise she’s going to get asthma and she told me that she only put on 2 stone when she was pregnant with DH and I told her I put on 20 kilos and she told me that that’s way too much. Oh she also told me that eating lots of pasta helps loose weight – hellooooooooo – I think I know my body better and less pasta, rice, breads loose weight for me. She just opens her mouth and doesn’t think. I have to see her probably this weekend – bummer. My birthday is this Monday. Sorry for the rambling.

Hi Dee – bugger about the infection. Good to her Adrian is going well.

Kel – the Beehinds you need covers for. If you buy the package it gives you everything you need.

Hiya Mads – welcome to our group.

Fee – Cooper sounds like he’s going amazingly. I was worried Danielle was way behind in her growth but she’s only just behind Cooper in her 12 weeks measurements so I’m happy. Danielle’s a cancer baby too and she definitely wants to be needed.

Sounds like everyone’s going through was Danielle went though about 2 weeks ago. I’m sure they will all grow out of it – it just takes time. Danielle’s decided she wants to be clingy already. Every time we hand her over to my Oma, my Mum, my Dad, anyone but me or Ken she squeals and makes herself all upset and she gets the sniggers after she get handed back to me and settles down again. It’s like she knows it’s not me or Ken. But saying that she’s not like that with my SIL. She can do anything with her and Danielle laughs and loves a cuddle with her. All I can think of it’s because we see more of my SIL than everyone else. This morning she has woken up in the best mood. She woke up at 7am, had her full bottle and now she’s in her bouncer smiling and squealing and giggling. It’s so cute. I got some on video camera too. I try and get it so Ken can see it too. She’s a darling.

I’m off now. Deciding if I’m going to go out to see the Mother’s Group girls. We have a Monday with the clinic nurse who runs it and Thursdays for a general chit chat but it’s raining here and it’s cold and I’ve had a busy week I just want to stay home. I’d rather be over east where it’s nice and warm!! Have a great day everyone!!

bubs- grr to your mother in law, she sounds like a cow, i think she needs to relise what is coming out of her mouth, well done on the weight lose, i weigh about 85 on my scales my dad had digital scales so i am going to weigh myself when i am over there on sunday. i don't know where she got her info on weight lose, you are suppost to cut down on bread, pasta and rice.

Chantal- wow, zac is nice and healthy size, my DD is so small still, but it is nice.

I went and got Charlottes hand and feet sculpted today i get them back in 4 weeks i carn't wait to see what they turned out like, it is so hot here today and windy it would be nicer if there wasn't any wind, i might head out to the shops later to get some thing s for Charlotte as we need new wraps i am going to look for the muslin ones, also i need summer cloths i have nothing to wear.

Sorry - I'm so excited - I couldn't wait until tomorrow so I had to jump on now - I can get into my pre-pregnancy jeans!! I haven't worn them since December last year!! I can't believe it - it's actually working!! I'm so so so happy!!!!!!

Danielle's also being an angel today. She's had an hour sleep at 8.30, then a feed, back to bed at 11am for just over 2 hours, another feed and she went back to bed at 3pm without any crying at any time!! We've been playing in between feeding and sleeping. She's been so good today. Hopefully she's like this tonight and I can tell Ken she's been wonderful the whole day!!

Yes Kel - gggrrrr to my MIL. She can kiss my ass now that I've lost some weight and I can actually see it!!

kel- well done, you must be so proud of yourself,
we went to the city today and then to chadstone, i got Charlotte some new wraps, i got them from target, as they were the only ones with them. So i will have to go to my local shopping centre to find some more, i aslo need new cloths so bad i have nothing to wear as everything is to big.

hey girls i thought ill let ya know well iv been on the jenny craig diet for 8 days now and i have lost 1.4kg im so wraped i dont even feel like im on a diet for dinner then i just had butter chicken and it tastes just like it would if i cooked it wow the only time i feel like i am on one is when my hubby wants takeaway and i can have it lol besides im loving it
talk to ya all soon

baizar- that is great well done, i have looked into that but it cost too much money, B/F has helped me lose some weight.

I feel so BAD i was carryiing Charlotte around and was walking out of a door way when i herd a bang, she hit her poor head on the side of the wall, she didn't cry that much, but she went to sleep straight away (she was tired anyway) so i keep checking on her, i feel so BAD.
Anyway we had a crap day yesterday Charlotte didn't really want to feed and she was screaming, mum was over and she went and got her some forumla, anyway she didn't really take that either, so i took her to my health centre and got her weighed to make sure she was getting enough. She has put on 260grams in 11 days, so she is getting enough, the health nurse said to strech her feeds to 3 hourly, this has made a big difference, she is feeding yay.
so at 12 weeks she weighs 5090 yay she is over 5 kilos.

Hi girls

Wow all my boys are asleep ie Dylan and DH. Well last night I had a couple of drinks and saw a band with my hubby while my mum looked after Dylan. When we left (bout 9pm) he was asleep and we both had this sneaking suspicion that mum would pick him up as soon as we left and cuddle him the whole time we were gone but apparantly he woke at 11.45 and she tried to resettle him but couldn't so fed him a bottle which he guzzled and then she tried to put him back to bed but he wouldn't have a bar of it so she kept him up and when we got home at 1.30 he was up and wide awake but I managed to get him back down about 2 and then he slept til 6 and then after a feed he and I slept til 9.45 so not too bad. DH and I spent most of the time out not talking about Dylan but we did spend a bit of time before the band started looking at all the photos we have both taken of him on our mobiles which was pretty funny. I also kept wanting people to know about Dylan but unless I wore a tshirt saying "I am a mummy and a yummy mummy at that!" people were none the wiser. I feel very proud to be a mum and I know that the life of getting drunk all the time and wearing slinky tight clothes is behind me now and I am happy that it is because I love being a mum and I would much rather spend the night at home watching a DVD knowing my baby boy is tucked up in bed than out. What a ramble!!!

Dylan has started spinning himself around on the floor and wriggling off his play mats and he has definitely found his voice this week and it is loud!!!!! He is also grasping things if you offer them to him and I bought him some plastic rings and he loves grasping those the most.

My Dfriend who is having a baby in March gave me a good tip today which I thought I would share with you all, if your baby is grasping something and you want them to let it go i.e. your hair, earring, glasses, etc just put something in their other hand and they will let go. Apparantly they don't know how to let go by themselves at this stage and this creates a distraction.

KMH I did that with Dylan while he was in the sling and he cried and then I cried I was trying to do housework with him in the sling but took him out as soon as I hit his head. Don't feel bad I am sure she will be fine. Is the hand and feet sculpting expensive?

Baiza Yay for you I wish I could lose weight I have been wallking this week four times and not eating too many bad things but the weight is not falling off as I had hoped.

Bubsey Yay for you too I am so far off my pre-pregnancy jeans it is not funny I need to do some work.

Fee Gee Cooper is a big boy. I am going to go to our clinic this Tuesday and get Dylan done as I am too curious to see how big he is.

To those who were talking about their weight just recently here is my story when I met DH I weighed about 50kg and was wearing an 8-10 which for my height is a bit underweight (5ft6). Then when we started going out I put on some weight and got to 54kg. Then by 6 months before our wedding (2 years together) I weighed about 60kg and was in 10-12. Then by our wedding I got down to 55kg and was toned and looked great I was wearing a bikini around Brampton Island on our honeymoon. Then by the time we started trying to get pregnant (1 and a half years after our wedding) I was up to 69kg and in a 14 so I started trying to lose a little before falling pregnant and I lost 2 kg down to 67 and then I fell pregnant. During my pregnancy I gained 18kg and was 85kg at 40 weeks and I now weigh 76kg and am still wearing my materinty pants. I cannot fit into my size 14s and I refuse to buiy a 16 so I have to do some work. My goal would be to be about 57-60kg and in a 10-12 so I am hoping that by the time I go back to work (if I go back) in May I will be there, eeekkkkk!

Anyway enough rambling from me.

i just have to share this - zac did his first roll by himself. he was having tummy time and he started wobbling side to side then he rolled over to his back. i rang dh so happy. when dh got home from work i put zac on his tummy and he rolled for daddy.
to those talking about weight - i put on 9kgs when pregnate (i was realy sick durning the pregnancy) i have lost 17kgs to date. the only thing i am doing differant is trying to walk every day where as i could barly walk at all when i was pregnate.
i saw the ostepath on thursday and he wants to treat me to get rid of zacs reflux. dont know if its working but zac is becomeing a differant boy. it also looks like zac has a form of lactose intolerance (like i did at his age) i had a big bowl of ice cream and some milk and the next day zac was throwing up at every meal and alot. i have not had dairy for 3 days and he is now only doing tiny spit ups.

Well it's my birthday today. I'm becoming an old fart!! Hehehe. I had a lovely day yesterday. We went to a dam which has a lovely picnic area and invited my friends and family for lunch. It was a bit of work as I did everything for it but it was great. Danielle was passed around most of the day and Mum fed her for me so I had a bit of a day off too. So far from my friends and family I got some Ugg Boots, a photo frame, a going out jacket, Gilmore Girls on DVD series 1 and 2, a bottle of dessert wine and a Bras N Things voucher. Ken hasn't given me my present yet. He said it hasn't come in yet but he should have it this afternoon. I didn't really want anything from him as I just got my car but he's going to surprise me. I'm not going to the gym today but we've got Mother's Group this afternoon so I'll make some brownies and take them with - yummo!! The best thing about the weekend - I didn't see the MIL!!! YAY!!! But she wants me to go and see her in the city at her work. I'll have to work up the courage to do that one.

Cassie - thanks for the tip. My hair's about back bra strap length and Danielle keeps grabbing it when I have it loose which is not very often anymore as I can't stand her pulling it. I will have to try it and see if it works next time she does it - she loves to grab my hair and rip it out!! I can't wait for this weekend. We've organised a Girls Night Out at a pub for dinner and drinks. They've got a cool band on too so it should be really good. The boys are staying at my place waiting for a call to pick us up and to look after Danielle. The boys are going camping in a month's time or so - that's why the girls are going out - should be good.

Kel - I've bumped Danielle's head too. I was putting her in her seat but in Ken's car and I hit her head on the handle on the inside of the car that you hold onto going around corners. She screamed so much - I was in tears - but she was hungry too and we were trying to get home to feed her. Luckily I settled her down and she was OK - no lump or anything. I felt so bad too. Yay for Charlotte being over 5kgs now - she starting to grow!!

Baiza - I too went and looked at Jenny Craig but like Kel it was too expensive for my liking. I prefered to spend my money on a gym membership and do my food myself. If I had the extra money I would've done it though.

Danielle's definately found her voice now too. She's giggling and babbling - it's so cute!! And she's doing her Tummy Time properly now. She's actually raising her head and proping herself with her arms. She always used to just rub her head in the blanket I had under her but the MCHN at Mother's Group told me to roll a towel and it put under her chest. I did that Monday to Thursday and by Thursday night she was doing it all on her own! I'm so proud of her. I can't wait to show her today. Danielle's also getting the nack of putting things in her hands and her mouth. She keeps pulling her bib, putting her bib in her mouth and pulling on the ribbon that holds her dummy to the clip on her clothes. She also starting to hold onto toys for a bit now too. She's being so good lately - I love her to death. Oh and she slept in her cot last night for the first time. She's been in her cradle until last night and she still slept through the night - what an angel!!

I better go - we are going to have a bit of a play then I need to cook my brownies and stink the house out - hehehehe!! But it's a good smell.

hust quickly at Charlotte is awake

HAPPY BIRHTDAY KEL
hope you have a great day

hello again, Charlotte has just had a feed and is happy laying in the bouncer playing with some toys.

Kel- i hope you have a great day sounds like you had a nice day yesterday, you got some nice presents, you are not old you are still young, i turn 24 in feb, i feel old as i have 2 children.

Cassie- yo get charlottes hands and feet (both) and a photo put in it cost $180. Lol at you not buying size 16, thats what i am in and i was happy as i was an 18. i would love to get down to an 12, i just have to get walking, Has B/F helped you loose any weight, i weighed myself at my dad's yesterday on there digital scales and i was 85.8 and last time i was there i was 89.4 which was about 4 weeks ago.

Chantal- hope things work out with you and the reflux, anything is worth a try, looks like you will have to stay of the dairy products.

well i am on the count down only 12 days until we are off to QLD for a holiday yay.

hey happy birthday kel
kmh you think your old i turn 26 in three weeks and i aslso feel old i have two kids and i feel lkie im 30 something lol i should thank im only 25 a the moment and not 30something lol
well better go bailee is mking a fass talk to ya all soon

hey girls just wondering my son throws up alot everyday and even every now and then throws up water liqued or water with litle white chunky bits in in but latly he has thrown up heaps of milk and im starting to worry every now and then he screams for no reason an he wants to feed every 3hrs he is a happy baby but the throwing up is worrying me too could this be refluxs has any of your babys had this

We had our first trip away on the weekend - to Stradbroke Island for my cousin's wedding.

The trip was good but TIRING!!! The barge on the way over was a small one and very noisy in the bar/cafe area. Cooper just looked around at everything.

Friday night we went to dinner with a heap of the wedding guests (I think there were about 60 people). I fed Cooper at 6.00 pm and then we headed out. He slept in the pram the whole time. But he was a little weird once getting back to our unit. I think we got home at 11.00 pm. Then he woke at 1.00 am for a feed and then woke again at 3.00 am where I had to settle him and again at 4.30 am. I think he knew he was in a strange place!

Saturday we walked around Point Lookout and walked on the beach (with the pram!). Later in the afternoon Cooper had a screaming fit. I was so stressed and upset. It took us a while for him to calm down. He had been fast asleep and then just woke up screaming. I thought perhaps he was sunburnt (he wasn't) and was freaking out feeling like a bad mum!

The wedding ceremony was lovely with a great view. Cooper gooed all the way through it. Then we went back to the unit for a last feed before heading to the reception. Once again Cooper slept in his pram for the whole thing. So good.

Once home at midnight I gave Cooper a feed as he was awake and then I didn't feed him again until 6.00 am although he did grizzle a little around 3.00 am.

But his day naps were excellent. He was really a good boy! But it was such a tiring time ... too many late nights and Cooper being unsettled at night. I had a sleep yesterday afternoon.

But everything else is going well. He's so vocal with his goos now. And he's done quite a few laughs which are hilarious. He's always chewing on his fists, bib or shirt - so cute.

Cassie – I think Cooper has some stork marks too – on his eyelid and at the back of his neck.

kmh – Yay for Charlotte's weight gain. Great news.

chantal25 – Woohoo for Zac rolling – how fantastic! What a clever boy.

Bubseykel – Happy birthday!!! Sounds like you have been really spoilt. And I have to mention that Cooper is the same as Danielle – he's better at tummy time. Lifts his head up nice and high instead of sucking the mat!

Baiza – Well done with your weight loss. That's great to hear. Sorry to hear about the throwing up – Cooper does little ones every now and then but I don't think they're an issue?

Cassie – How funny about Dylan spinning around! Sounds hilarious. And thanks for the tip about getting a baby to let go – Cooper is always grabbing my hair or my shirt when I'm trying to put him in the car!

Mads - That's right, they do say BF babies can't get constipated. I'm sure Freya is fine. Unfortunately Cooper does many runny poos - soooo gross!

hey ladies,

quick one - Charlie has been sick with a cold and very very snotty - green boogers - very revolting - and also stressing - he's back to waking up during the night cause his nose gets all blocked up and he gets distressed.

Clinic visit the other day - 63cm long (grown 10 cms since born!) and 7.6 kilos - blo*dy hell!!!! the clinic nurse said he is in proportion though... dear oh dear - no wonder my back is breaking

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEL!!! :happyforyou:

catching up on all the reading and will get back to you all with personals soon.

Em

em- wow at charli, he is a big boy, i can not belive that charli and Charlotte are the same age and there is 2 1/2 kilos between them. He is sleeping through the night you are lucky we still get up twice. though now it is only a quick feed and she goes back to sleep straight away.

Baizar- i think it could be felux, Madison had it until i but her to a thicken forumla and that helped so much, talk to your health nurse and see what she says or you can try a thicked forumla i used karicare AR.

Fee- sounds like you had a good weekend, well done cooper for being a good boy. We are heading up to QLD in 12 days for a week, i am a bit nervous (spel) about how the girls will be on the plane, also i don't know what to take up for Charlotte in regards to bouncer etc.

Madss- charlotte was like that with her poos but now it is once or twice a day, oh they are so fun to clean up when they are like that.

well i must be off to think of what to do with the chicken i got out for dinner, hope everyone has a great night

Em - Charlie is a big boy but there is nothing wrong with that. As long as he's in proportion that's fine. I said the same that Danielle was big but the MCHN said she was fine. I hope his cold clears up soon. I know how it is - it's horrible!!

Fee - yay for Cooper being a good boy. It's fun pushing the pram in the sand isn't it!! I did it when we went away a few weekends ago and it's hard work. Danielle's only just starting to do good Tummy Time. The MCHN at Mother's Group told me to put a rolled up towel under her chest to raise her to start with so she would get the idea. In 3 days she was doing it all by herself. This nurse is so lovely - I'm really enjoying the class.

Baiza - sorry I can't really help with the reflux. All I know is that it looks like curdled cottage cheese. Maybe try another formula and see what happens with that one.

Mads - a lady from Mother's Group had a horrible story with poo. Her daughter held onto it for 6 days and when it came it was everywhere. She ended up putting a new nappy on every 10 minutes and still it managed to overflow the nappy and through her clothing. She said she ended up changing her clothes with every nappy change too. I hope you don't get it this bad.

My birthday is over for another year - boo hoo!! Ken spoilt me again. He got me a MP4 player (I was complaining that my MP3 player was too small in size and I would listen to the whole song list at least 3 time during my sessions at the gym), socks for my MP3/MP4 player and the 25th Anniversary Addition of Grease (he knows I love Grease and could pretty much tell him the whole movie line by line). We just had a normal dinner but we opened a bottle of red wine that had been sitting on our wine rack since we got engaged which was almost 4 years ago and geez it was good. Overall my birthday was quite good. I've still got to see my FIL, SMIL and MIL.

I'm off to the gym today to work off that half bottle of wine and the cake I ate yesterday. Back to strict diet again. Have a great day everyone.

Hi Beautiful Girls!

Sorry I have been off the air waves for a couple of days ..but we have had a SHOCKER!
Everything was going really well...so I thought I would put Jensen in his cot! Bad move! I thought I could just put him straight in during an afternoon nap...but it all went very pear shaped! He got soooooooooooooo upset and I tried and tried to settle him but nothing worked....so I kept at it...but in the end he was just beside himself! After about 2 hours he finally fell asleep in the cot but he woke up after 20 mins screaming his heart out! To the point that when ever I took him back into his bed room he would start to shake and scream! It was heart breaking!
Anyway we kept at it for another day ...but I have since given up and put him back in the bassinette ...which is slightly better! But he still cries when I take him into his bed room and he wakes for a feed every 2 hours!! So Ive had nooooooooo sleep!
Can anyone give me advise as to how they moved their little ones from bassinette to cot...Id really appreciated it!

Kel...HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET! Im glad that Ken spoilt you!! You deserve it honey!

Hes awake back soon!
love
Cyn

Hi girls

Well last night started badly and then turned good I tried Dylan in his cot again, he has slept the night in it one night last week which was fine and then I put him back in his bassinet as he looked too little and lonely in the cot so last night I tried again as I am a bit paranoid about SIDS and lost the plot so I tried for an hour and a half to settle him and he would only sleep in his bassinet so back in he went but he slept for 9 hours yes 9 hours, from 8.30 til 5.40 yay for him I kept waking up though and checking to see that he was still alive.

Today is his 3 month birthday just like Cooper and so I went and got him weighed and he is only 5.7kg and 61.5cm so he is below average in weight and average in height he was above average in both for the first few weeks but the MCHN isn't worried I am though I hope he is getting enough food. Also Dylan has exzema waaaa what a bad mummy. The MCHN thinks it is either from the new bath stuff I have been using, the washing powder or our cat all of which I introuduced around the same time and then he started getting bumpy skin which looked just like the milk spots but all over and now it is just dry patches, he doesn't seem irritatated but I have been advised to bath him in special oil and to keep him cool and moisturised with sorbolene.

Boisey My mum suggested to give the baby day naps in the cot to start with like one a day and then introduce more than one a day and then he should be able to go through the night. Well it worked with a girl in my Mothers group cos I suggested it to her but not for me and Dylan just yet.

Happy Birthday Kel

Byeee off to DFO.

hey Cassie - just a quick one - you are so not a bad mother - re; the excema thing.

Charlie has dry patches on his arms - we used Johnsons & johnsons baby wash and that made him all dry so now we squirt some QV oil in the bath and then I rub some baby moistueriser on his arms at night time.

Also, I wasn't using fabric softener on his grow suits and they were a little scratchy - plus - someone told me that if you use something other than cotton clothes and blankets that can cause irritable skin when they sweat.

so there are heaps an heaps of reasons for the skin condition - don't kick yourself young lady!

Cyn - like Cassie said - we put Charlie to sleep in his cot during the day - he slept in a cot insert though - so during the day he was in the cot insert in the cot and then at night in the cot insert in our room - then gradually we started putting him straight into the cot without the insert - it took about a week - but he sleeps in his cot all the time now, his room is just across the hall from us and I leave the doors wide open - I can hear everything and I cannot beleive how much better I sleep without him in the room!

yaay for the spoilage Kel!!

Hey KMH - what did you do with the Chicken in the end?

Baiza - Charlie hasn't had reflux, he normally isn't a spewy baby but everynow and then he will vomit alot for now reason - I just put it down to overfeeding or minor tummy upset due to not agreeing with what I have eaten or something

Chantal - how exciting about the rollover! was there someonw else there to see it too? I find when Charlie does something new I get excited and go to tell someone and then realise I'm on my own and have to tell Charlie about what he's done instead!

Fee - you're so brave - I'm glad you had a super weekend - Cooper seems to be such a good boy!

better go and have some tea and check out Idol!

Cheers, Em

hi all
it just took me an hour and half to get charlotte to sleep, i gave her a feed at 6:30pm and i was giving her a cuddle and she feel asleep in my arms so i put her down, she woke up after a few mins so i got her up and topped her up at 7:30pm again she feel asleep in my arms back to bed and then she woke up again, so i let her have a cry for a few mins, i just went back in and patted for a few mins and rubbed her eyes and she is asleep hopefully for a few hours.

cassie- did you have fun shopping, i love DFO, some great shops there, you are not a bad mum, lots of babies get excema.

Fraser- i sleep fine with charlotte being in our room, its funny as Madison wasn't in our room as we lived in a unit when she was born but she was right niex to us, however charlotte is in our room as we are in a house and i like her being in with us, i really wanted her to be sleeping throught the night before i moved her in to her cot and her new room so she dose not wake madison up through the night.

Cyn- i think cassie gave you some great adivce on the cot, i am going to do that when i move charlotte in to her cot, just start with the day or you could but the bassinet in the cot if you are able to so he gets used to his new surroundings.

i went to vic roads today to change my linence (i know i have been really slack) as i have not changed it since i have been married and i need it to go onto the plane, i got there and they told me that there camera just broke so they could send me my new card, however it was going to take a while and i need it by the 28th so i have to go to another vec roads now on thursday. Pain in the bum.

hey girls - wow you guys write so much i cannot keep up...

Um... happy bday for yesterday kel!!!

Ethan too has not the best skin - we don't use any soap on him at all in the bath or shower with him - instead use some thing called aqueous cream - and he gets slathered with that four times a day - because he is so spilly he gets alot of rashes in his wee neck folds and that sometimes splits and bleeds- its so awful - feel sorry for the wee man - now he holds his own head up betterthough that helps that area dry out a bit.

Ethan moved into his cot last week too - was in a bassinnette- he looked so little in it - but i just moved him in there... he had a bit of trouble going to sleep in it during the day because of the toys but he drifted off.

So his weight still isnt going so well but have been told not to worry so much about it and just let him do his thing if he is happy so thats what we've been doing.

Had a big fight with DH last night about him not helping out... so now i have to try and make sure ethan will take a bottle of ebm so that i can leave him with dh in the weekend. its frustrating as dh doesn't realise how long it takes to get a whole bottle of ebm, then if I feed ethan the ebm then i have to express off again afterwards anyways to keep my milk up and so i am not uncomfortable so that menas i have to be home and not go anywhere so that i can do this - how do you guys go do you have any trouble having bubs have a bottle does bubs still BF ok? any pointers for helping this along - we have never had much trouble with him on the bottle but then i have always been there as the back up in case...

hi all - Fraser - dh want home but when he did come home i put zac on his tummy and he rolled over for dh.
aj - cant offer any advice on the bottle thing. zac will not take a bottle at all. he use to but not now not even if its ebm. i have about 600mls frozen in the freezer because he wont take it.
zac still wont sleep durning the day. i am at my wits end. i am tired and wont to nap as well but he wont fall asleep at the breast any more. he has decided we will go to sleep if you rock him but then you cant move him. or put him in the sling and go for a walk and in about 5 mins his asleep. but again you can move him.
have sleep clinic tomorrow we will see if this one helps. we are still cosleeping as we are so tired but i dont wont to move him into his cot yet as he still has a snotty nose and it wakes him up.
he is getting better but - we went for a walk and he stayed in his pram almost the whole time. just at the end he got s%#y.
Zacs 3 month mesurements are 6.5kgs 58cms long and 42cm head circumfance.

Cooper slept through again! The second time...

I fed him last night around 5.45 pm and then he grizzled, cried and then screamed! So much for him going to sleep without a peep like the previous 2 nights. I had to pick him up to comfort him. Even then he cried a bit more. In the end I thought I'd try feeding him again as he only had a 10 minute feed earlier. Thankfully he fed for another 10 minutes and totally calmed down. I put him to bed and he was out like a light.

He didn't sleep for quite as long as the last time he slept through (12 hours between feeds). This time it was 11 hours between feeds. Because his last feed ended up being around 7.00 pm last night, this meant I got up to him at 6.00 am. I did hear him stirring around 5.00 am but he just kept himself amused.

His day sleeps are going fantastically as well, since I started wrapping him again and also closing the blind in his room. This morning he slept for 3 hours! Such a change from the 40-60 minute naps he was having before. Hopefully I will be able to keep wrapping during summer. I am using muslin wraps and put the ceiling fan on when it's really hot. I don't wrap at night though as he's always been a good sleeper at night.

Fraser – How is Charlie's cold? And holy moly Charlie is a BIG boy! Your back must be breaking!!!

kmh – I would be a bit nervous about taking a baby on a plane! I hope it goes well for you.

Bubseykel – Sounds like you were very spoilt for your birthday. That's great! Lucky girl :)

Boisey – Sorry I don't have any advice about moving babies from a bassinet to a cot. I hope someone can help you!

Cassie – Cooper has some dry patches of skin and I've been paranoid it is excema. It runs in both our families. I have tried to avoid peanuts during pregnancy and now while breastfeeding as I read this can help with allergies, excema and asthma. So yeah I'm not sure what it is at the moment. I only tried J&J bath stuff once and didn't like it. I had heard it gives babies dry skin but I still wanted to try it. I use Gaia bath wash and moisturiser. I hope Dylan's is going okay and he's not too irritated.

AJ – Sorry no advice from me about bottle feeding. Cooper has never tried a bottle. Initially I was going to express and get DH to help with some feeds but in the end it sounded like too much trouble for me so I took all my pump/steriliser/bottle equipment back to the shop!

chantal25 – Good luck with the sleep clinic tomorrow. I hope it helps.

hi all
A.J- glad to here from you, have no trouble wtih Charlotte taking a bottle but she will only take it from me, so no help there. I know what you mean with expressing it can take so long to get a little bit.

Fee- you are so lucky to get that much sleep we get between 4-5 hours at the moment over night.

Chantal- good luck tomorrow, i went through it with Madison she was not a good sleeper.

Charlotte does not like formula yay, on friday she was screaming so mum thought she was still hungry so she went and brought her some formula, she wont take that dose not like it, as i thought she was still hungry last night after her feed so i thought i would top her up, she would not take it and then went onto the breast half and hour later.

Just got Charlotte weighed for her 3 month check up she weighs 5.215 and her height is 58cms, she has grown 2.5cms in 2 and 1/2 weeks. We are still in some 0000 clothes but mostly are in 000 now.

Hi Girls!!!

Well life is great for us!
I went and bought the book 'save our sleep' by Tizzie Hall and have started her routine and so far things are going along very well...fingers crossed it continues!

God Im sooooI loveing being a stay at home Mum…bugger going back to work I say!! Im going to make the most of being a kept woman!! Lol!

Jensen is wonderful today…he is smiling and going and gaa-ing and squeals with delight when I walk in the room! Ahhh it’s the best feeling, it totally melts my heart! He is now really developing his own personality and its amazing to watch…I think hes going to be a very strong minded, determined little boy…quite the handful I dare to say!!

Im really enjoying my mothers group too, there are 4 of us that all get along brilliantly and have the same warped sense of humour…which is great as you can share your up and down moments with them and not feel judged…which is a wonderful relief as there are days that you wonder if your doing things the right way or your just generally sleep deprived and feeling a bit emotional, so its nice to know that there are other new Mums having the same feelings as you…makes you feel more normal!
Thanks to everyone for your advice re the cot..Im going to leave it for a week ...then put the bassinette into the cot for a few nights and then do the day time naps in the cot...so Ill do it all a bit slower...Ive definatly learnt my lesson!

Em- I cant believe you dont have time to use a fabric softner...next youll be saying your too busy to iron Dh jocks too! lol! The washing powder I use has a fabric softner in it...makes life easier and Im all for that! Hows the SIl sitation going?

Kel- I forgot to Congratulate you on your 2kg loss!! Well done babe! I weighed myself last Mon and had lost 1.5kg so I was high fiving myself too...ahhh its the simple things in life that makes me happy these days! And asfor your MIL... that so rude of her...next time she comes for dinner make a curry and add heaps of chilli to her bowl...I did that to my MIL once...shhhhhh!!! Thats really bad of me isnt it...but gee it felt good to watch her struggle as she ate it...especially when her nose started running like a tap! lol! And its a big nose at that!

Cass- Well done on your night out! Rob has managed to get VIP tickets to the Cox Plate in the Carlton United marquee...so I get to get all dressed up..cant wait! But I am a bit worried about leaving little Jensen for 8 hours...but I know Mum will do a great job! How was DFO...do they have much baby stuff...I havent been there for years!

KMH- what a pain about vic roads ...typical really! You must be so excited about your trip! I just realised that Charlotte is about the same weight as Jensen.... I find that some people will say Gee his not very chubby is he... do people say that to you too...because it gives me the s&^*s!!

Fee- YAY for SUPER COOPER sleeping through!!! Lucky bugger!!!

Ok well Im off to walk off this extra butt Ive grown!!
Cheers
Cyn

Cyn- i don't the coments on how small Charlotte is, as i think she is a girl and they expect her to be small, but a boy they think they should be chubby. sounds like you are enjoying being a mum, are you going back to work? I said i was going to go back when i was pregnant with Madison, but here i am still at home and she is nearly 2.

Mads- Freya sounds a bit like Madison she used to sleep in her bouncer, i have a swing that Charlotte loves to sleep in, but i have started to put her in her bed for sleeps now. Don't you love those poos Charlotte was like that and now i get them once or twice a day.

Well both girls are in bed so i am going to enjoy my time to myself.

Hey guys,

well I just can't seem to get rid of all the snot in Charlie's head. just when I think it's all cleared up he gets blocked up again. he doesn't have a fever or anything so I don't want to give him panadol - but I'm just not sure how to get rid of it - I use Fess when it gets really blocked (which he hates), it's been well over a week now - poor little thing.

Cyn - I know I don't want to go back to work - but I'm not sure if I'm cut out for the stay at home Mum stuff - I don't feel I'm very good at it. Also I haven't connected with anyone at Mothers group but it appears the others have - I feel like such a loser when I go there - thank goodness for this forum I say!
the SIL has been ok because she has been super busy so we haven't seen much of her. Also I think DH pi*sed her of - he and my brother often go out for a couple of beers on a Weds night - she decided instead of that we could have a BBQ at our house - to which DH said no - he was going out and want interested in a BBQ - since then she has neither spoken to nor looked at him - didn't ring him for his birthday or drop around (which normally would be a prime excuse) - I think I am seeing her today for a walk - but there are gale force winds here at the moment and I don't want to pull a Mary Poppins.

Mads - ah yes the poo stories become part of everyday life - I think though you know when it's gone too far when you pick your child up and sniff their bottom to see if they've let one rip.... I caught myself doing that the other day - something I vowed I never would. I even grabbed at some of his boogies with my fingers and wiped them on my trousers... how revolting is that!! Freya is so beautiful!

AJ - welcome back young lady! I can't help with the EBM stuff - I've only done it once and Mum fed Charlie when I wasn't here so I don't really know how it went - the breast pump scares me so it takes me a while to work up the courage to use it. Why is it that the lady on the box looks so happy and at ease instead of frustrated, in pain and cranky??? I want to hurt her.....

Chantal - let us know how the sleep clinic goes - I would be really interested to see what they said. Good luck

Fee - yes my back is breaking!! all of my joints actually seize up at the moment if I sit still for too long - Mum thinks I;m not gettting enough calcium. When I stand up it takes me a while to actually straighten up - I dead scared I am going to do myself some permanent damage - so am off to see an osteopath. It's really sad to know that Charlie will never be a little baby again - when I hold my neice (who is three weeks older) it's such a relief to be able to pick her up without straining!

Kelly - Charlotte sounds like she is doing really well - I still can't believe shes in 0000 - we just cleaned out Charlies cupboards packed away all his 000 clothes and some of his 00 ones too - so sad - some of them he only wore once or twice.

Charlie slept from 7pm until 5.40 last night - so suprised to wake up and realise what the time was - yee har!!! maybe he's back to normal now, fingers crossed.

Have a good day everyone - we have the council right our side the house digging up the footpath - don't know why - perhaps they needed something to do - I thought the noise would upset Charlie but he's sleeping right through it!

Em