Babies Born May 2006 #38

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

Feeding Support:

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

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.

Sleeping Support:

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

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

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

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Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

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holy cow i'm first Woooohooooo

kim - how stupid of the gym not to give you some sort of refund seeinga s youa re moving 600km away, typical! I am like Shazz, every time i see uniforms ont he news about APEC i wonder if your DH is one of them.

leanne - poor Katy, i hope it doesn't effect her too much, we thought Archie had it a week before his birthday, but now ireckon it was just reosela, similer symptoms and rash, but not as 'serious' or long lasting. maybe look at it like its a good oportunity for you to have a nice cuddly relaxing weekend at home in front of the telly with katy, hire some DVDs......doing my best at being optimistic!

nat - OMG great to finally hear from you, have been hoping that you are okay. Em sounds like he ahs grown up so much! He is very clever to be able to ride his bike around everywhere, Archie has learnt how to get on and off by himself but still not sure how to make it go anywhere. Good on you for have a relaxing day, you must have felt great to have a break for a day finally.

Arch has been sooky today but i think its because i am trying to limit dummy time to only sleep time, he is so addicted to it lately that he will constantly have one in his mouth if i leave one lying around the house. Not looking forward to the day i decided he has to give them up......wont be for a long while yet i think!

PS CD62 and i think i have spotting, about freakin time!

lol Elissa that's Darcy on the bike!

Heya Nat!!

Tehe one of my least fave jobs is grocery putting away, so I emptied out all the shopping bags today and Darcy helps, except when i go to put the asparagus away a few tips are missing, theres a bite out of a zuccini and the capsicum, I have to hide the tomatoes so she doesn't eat them, she had pulled all the stickers off the apples. Oh and we had to open the mini wheats to try as well....

So we had our spinach and ricotta canneloni for dinner (Darcy has to feed herself or she won't eat), then she wanted some of the baby corn I had bought so she ate 2 of those, a tub of yoghurt, then she bought the pawpaw to me and was trying to chew it though the plastic so she had a slice of that, then she found the pears so she had some of one of those......no wonder she didn't feel like all of her milk (which was in a cup she picked at the supermarket) lol. Her poo will smell different tomorrow.

Kim... you should go to the gym in uniform... and I bet they will sort out your membership!!

I went back to work today... I was dreading it. I've been getting so tired in the afternoons... so I thought I would crash & burn at work. But adrenalin must have kicked in - and I was fine. Managed to do all the clients - and actually enjoyed it.

I spoke to our solicitor today about the house. We can get access to the house - but not until the 26th September - which is two weeks before settlement (10 oct). So we can get the floorboards repolished... and if we are really efficient we may be able to rip out & replace the kitchen - but that's wishful thinking. We'll see how we go.

Just heard on the news that Pavarotti died. That's a shame. I heard that he was really ill this morning, but not heard any news all day....

Evening ladies,

Well i am poppin in to say a quick hi but mainly to let you all know about Sheree.

I got a text from her about a week ago saying that she had been for a scan as she had stabbing pains in her stomach and slight discharge. At the scan and it was found that she was pregnant with twins again but the pregnany was'nt "viable". There was a sac but no babies. So she had to have another D and C (dilation and curette).

So i recieved another text this morning, which was sent on the 1'st of September, but i only went into town for the first time today. The text said that she had been for the surgery and recovered well. They also found out that she had been pregnant with identical twins.

Her Dr said that she would also have a high probability of another twin pregnancy but according to him/her "twins would'nt work for them". They also said that she would be given an early scan next time and would be closely monitored.

I did'nt mention anything myself because i was'nt sure wether Sheree wanted me to tell anyone yet or wether she wanted to tell you guys herself. She seems to be ok but i am sure she needs all our love and support at the moment. Which i know there is plenty of in here anyways. Sheree said that she will be back in on the weekend.

Sheree, you know i am here anytime you need to talk honey. I am only a text or a phone call away if you need an ear to chew off!! :) Hugs and kisses matey!

As for us, we are good. Briley has a bit of a cough which only play up at night time. I prop her up on an extra pillow and that seems to help heaps. The teeth are coming through hard and fast at the moment too.

Colby is going good too. We had our first difficult night the night before last. She just would'nt settle but finally did a bit after 11. Tonight i tried for the first time to put her into a routine. Bath, feed and bed. She seemed to like it. Hopefully it works out well. I am totally blown away by how strong she is. She can basically hold her head up on her own now. Ofcourse she needs a bit of support but she is a strong little bugger.

I am going good too. Coping quite well as a mother of 2 under 2! Its quite overwhelming how busy you are with 2. The days just seem to fly by now. Everytime i look at the clock during the day i just think OMG! Where has the day gone?!?! I am quite enjoying it all though.

Well it 10.00pm and everyone is asleep except me. Briley has stopped coughing and Colby is out to it! So its my turn now.

Sorry for the lack of personals. I will get around to it soon girls.

Hope you are all well...

Ni night!

OMG.... poor Sheree...........

Hugs to you honey.

If there is anything I can do... let me know.... ANYTHING.

God, I wish I was close to you... to give you a real life hug.

My thoughts are with you.

- thanks for the news Sara... XX

Sheree You already know how devastated I am for you. :cry: You have been in my thoughts constantly and I am sending you, Wade & Lachlan all of our love and hugs. :hug:

Sara thanks for posting. I had no idea what Sheree wanted and didn't really know what to do iykwim.

Will pop back later for personals.

Hi Girls!

I know I haven't been around in like forever! (February according to my account ... I'm terrible I know!!!)

Thought I would pop in to say a quick hi while Jovi is actually sleeping!

Like everyone, Jovi is running around like mad! I can't even remember my last post. She started walking at about 10.5 months and now just runs. You should see her let loose in the supermarket!

She's got nearly all her teeth now ... getting her bottom incisors at the moment (I think that's what they're called) and they're causing her some pain which isn't good. All her other teeth just sort of appeared out of now where and where generally a surprise ... even her molars.

She's got a lot more hair now ... I can't wait until I can put it up in piggy tails :dance:

She's talking ALOT! Says all kinds of things. She was trying to drink my coke tonight and I told her to go and get Dad's drink and she goes "Beeeerrr" It was so cute and hilarious! lol

She's climbing the furniture like mad and is bad for stealing your seat. You've got to watch that you don't sit on her.

She's been a bit sick lately ... flu and throwing up which hasn't been fun at all. Started her on antibiotics today so I hope she gets better soon.

What's everyone's little ones weighing these days? We had Jovi at the hospital last week when she was running a high temp and she still only weighed 9.6kgs. I'm worried that she might be underweight. She's pretty active and seems to eat alot and like most toddlers when she says she's had enough she won't eat anymore. What do you guys think? Her "little" cousin Gye is 6 months younger than her and weighs 12.5kgs already! I admit he's a little chubber baby and just like his father, but he's a giant compared to her.

Personally I'm doing ok. Work is still ripping me off and I still have no promotion though I work my butt off. I had been waiting to hear about a new job ... got an interview, my referees had to give references but still nothing ... I know public service takes forever (having worked in one now for almost 7 years) but this is getting ridiculous! The pay rise would be wonderful!

Scott's still loving being a stay-at-home dad. Probably planning on having another bub soon. I'm having my gall bladder out soon, providing they don't change the date on me again (they've changed in 4 times already!) so once that's over and done with we'll probably start trying.

Anyway ... hope all is well with everyone and I'll try and get back on more often again!.

Bya
Beck

OMG Sheree, I was so worried about you all week. I'm so sorry.

Sheree big :hugs: to you. I can't imagine how you must be feeling. Here for you.

I just became a platinum member. I am so excited!

Sheree ~ i'm so sorry hun sending you a massive big hugs

Leanne ~ yay on becoming plat

I've looked at that for ages- what exactly do you get for the $$$ it says discounts etc but what for?

Sheree: Already told you, but I hope you guys are doing ok. You know I am here for you and we can catch up when you are in town (let me know dates so i can get time off)

Welcome back Beck.....Jovi is just beautiful!Jayden is a climber lately too and stealing chairs.

We are still at SIL's house....I now HATE cats (living with 4 now including mine). One of her cats peed on Jayden's flip out couch and it had blood in his urine so we bought another couch.....a bit dissapointed she didn't offer to pay for it.

We had an offer accepted on a house, private sale...not the house I wanted but everything was nice except the kitchen was small......a few days later Chris rang him to get the contract and he had sold it to someone else, as we have nothing in writting there wasn't a lot we could do. So we are back to square 1 again.

Jayden is doing great with his animal noises and knows most of his body parts (not the boy bits yet thank god!). He still isn't saying too many words but he has his own language, tonight he said Tigger for the 1st time when i showed him his PJ's and asked "who that". He has just cut his 7th tooth the other day and his first molar (8th tooth) today! Explains why he wouldn't go to sleep until 10.30-11pm most nights.....tonight was just after 8pm.

Work is going terribly atm....I'm glad this week is over.

I've been invited to a VIP opening night at one of the clubs in town, all drinks paid for and they bring out a signature ****tail every hour....Chris of course doesn't want me to go because he can't go, we'll see how feel tomorrow, I might go anyway.

A friend is coming to Bundy (from Bris) on Sunday as she has a wedding to go to in Yeppoon tomorrow, i haven't seen her in over 2 yrs. She has 2 daughters one just turned 2 and the other is about 7mths and i haven't met either of them, and she hasn't met Jayden so i am so excited to see her. She was one of my really close friend's when we were in Melb.

I hope everyone is well and i will attempt personals in the near future, still very hard to get time on the computer.
Take care
oxox

morning all
just popping in to say hi before i head out for the day so Hi

Morning Shazz....You're up early for a weekend! I got to sleep in til 7.30am....Have a great day

We are going to a costume hire place this morning for my niece's 21st next weekend, that will be fun. Then off to look at more houses, figures crossed we find the right one!

Good to hear from you Tania. Bmr about the house but the perfect one will come up soon.
Hi Shazz! You were up early.
We got to sleep in until 8 so I am thrilled.
Well off to clean the oven - sprayed it last night so HAVE to go finish the job.

Sheree, :hugs: to you all. If you need anything......

Quick Question..... Anyone else have issues with their kids keeping a sun hat on? Ive started telling Katy that she can not play unless she keeps her hat on. Persistance will pay off right?

Gee it's quiet in here.

Hallllooooooooo can anybody hear meee?

I can hear you. How's Katy?
Darcy won't keep anything on her head. She used to be great, not anymore.
What sort of discounts do you get with the plat membership?

Jovi used to hate anything on her head but she's right into Fifi and the Flowertots and we bought her this little cap from the local ABC shop and she wears it all the time ... even inside!

Tried getting one that has something on it that Katy likes?

I dunno about discounts. I was interested in the arcade!!!! he he and only $40 for the year so though heck why not

Katy's spots are gone! Yep gone. Can't believe it. Must have been viral not German Measeles. Thank goodness for that.

Ah poop my potatoes are boiling over.
BBL

lol i'm up early all the time i hate it ... so i have a little woohoo i just top the score for a game i have been trying to crack for days now in arcade so woohooo for me ( gees i don't have a life )
oh nearly finished the bathroom so i'll take some pics and email to who ever wants a squizz i am so proud of us we did it all and even without fighting woohoo

Hi girls.

Will try to pop in tomorrow night and update you all.

Was doing really well, but it just hit me a few days ago, and have been struggeling ever since. Although now I am home in Wade's arms, things are feeling alot better. I was really beating myself up cause I have everything to be grateful for and why was I feeling this way, but I think 2nd time twins is really doing my head in. I just don't want them if I can't carry them! It was just so surreal, pregnant one day and not the next, I was doing so well, no bleeding, but I do think I just knew something was up too! I think also having to go through everything myself now without Wade is really taking its toll on me. Taking on this business is really hard on our family at times. Last time he was there holding my hand. Luckily Lachlan gave me lots of cuddles and kisses, which I think is why I was handling it so well, and then I just got terribly home sick and needed both of my men. Only got home yesterday arve and I had my curette the Friday before. Anyway I am sure it will get easier, but it makes me ever so grateful that I have my beautiful healthy boy.

Will update you all a little futher tomorrow night, but thank you all for your thoughts! Really didn't think I would be so upset this time round, but think there is alot of things going on in my head atm too!

Hang in there hun we a re all here for you when ever you need to release some of the feelings your bound to be experiencing :hug:

Darcy let me sleep in until 9 o'clock this morning woohoo! and she's back in bed now...

Woo hoo Kim That's fantastic.
Katy's back in bed too. ACtually ate my lunch without her on my lap!!!! And..... Just moisturised my feet! Have not done that in ahhhh 16 months.

Happy 16 Months Darcy and Kaitlyn....

woohoo kim i bet that felt great
hey leanne hope your weekend went slow and steady and you enjoyed every bit here comes another wicked week friday will be here before we know it ... ( i hope anyway )

tehe they are too! feet...hmmm I'd rather not think of mine....better give them some attention before thong weather.

Hi ladies, we have had a nice weekend down the south coast, left on Thursday afternoon. Riley was great he slept beautifully in his travel cot and was good in the car. we took him to the beach, he was very impressed with sand but not to happy with the taste of it!! he threw it around a lot, mostly in his hair.
I will pop in tomorrow for personals but I just wanted to say how sorry i am Sheree, my thoughts are with you.

leanne - Archie went through a stage of refusing to keep a beanie on his head in Winter, but he has been really good with his sunhats so far, he will pull off hat if it is a bit tight, so the looser the better here. Great that katys spots have cleared up, sounds the same as what Archie had at 12 months. YAY on the platinum membership, i have been thinking of joining too. Does that mean you can have a cartoon pic of you at the top of your posts? lol at moisturising you feet, i did that for the first time in 2 years on Friday, gosh it feels good!

babycrazy - hi, i don't know if we have 'met' on here before, Jovi is very cute. i weighed Archie this morning and he is 13.5 kilos!! he is a very solid boy though, like his dad, and tall.

shazz - woohooo on the bathroom, im looking forward to seeing the pics.

sheree - wish i could give you a huge hug, i am sorry you had to go through it all again, remember we are here whenever you ned to vent or chat about things. Glad to hear that you have Wade again.

kim - woohoo Darcy Dragon!!!!! Great sleeping!

christine - glad you enjoyed your trip down south, sounds like Riley enjoyed it too.

Well.....we had DH's uncle and Grandfather stay with us fri, sat and sun night, they left this morning (thank goodness!! they were driving us mental) My dad came over yesterday and gave archie a toy lawn mower, i wish i had the camera out cause the proud look on his face was priceless, he looked at me and said 'mower!' with this gorgeous excited proud grin on his face. he has been obsessed with DH's 'mower' for a few weeks, so since last night he hasn't stopped pushing his mower around the lounge, he even stops every now and then to bend down and fix it, he must be getting an imagination now.

He is talking constantly now, always copying what we say inclusing last night at tea time when Dh said 'Fing H#ll'...not good. he is also eating huge amounts of fruit and vegies, so our shopping bill has risen quite a bit. He has adjusted to only being able to have his dummy for bed times, it means we have to deal with him whinging a lot more cause i used to just give him a dummy to quieten him down.

i weighed myself this morning, not happy, i have put on 7 kilos, so i am very motivated to walk more and eat less, feeling quite frumpy atm. AF finally decided to show on Saturday thank goodness, i had a 9 week cycle, ridiculous, hope it settles down soon.

Hi girls,

I've been a bit MIA lately in here. I am so busy at the moment its not funny. The girls keep me occupied most of the day! Time goes so quick though. Colby is 5 weeks today already!

Well things are going pretty well here. Colby is doing really well. We kinda have a night routine now. She feeds on and off up until around 8.30-9pm and then sleep through till 4.00am. We then have a feed and back off to sleep till around 8.30am. We do have the occasional night where Colby wont settle till around 11.00pm though! Those nights are killers! We had one of them lastnight!!

Colby is starting to smile heaps now too. It takes her a while to work it out but if you just sit there and talk to her she will give you one. She looks really different when she does smile. She is really starting to get a lot of control over her neck now. She can hold her head up on her own when you put her over your shoulder. Last night my mum had her laying on a pillow on her tummy and she was lifting her head and chest up looking around. Colby was "cooing" to mum aswell! I can never get her to do it but my mum can. She could do it with Briley too!

Feeding is going not too bad. She is still feeding really well but vomits a lot of it back up. We went to the footy the other night and i had expressed a heap for the night but brought a tin of formula for back up just incase. Mum gave her some BM but she vomited that up so mum tried her on the formula and she drank the lot without spewing and went to sleep straight away. Ofcourse this gave me a bit of a complex and i thought that maybe she could'nt tolerate my milk. I am going to speak to the Dr about it at our 6 week check-up. I thought maybe it was reflux but i thought reflux was like power chucking though. Maybe not???

If need be i will put her on formula. I don't have a problem with it at all. Briley had to be switched to formula at 4 weeks cause she would'nt latch properly and therefore not getting what she needed. She is perfectly healthy. BUT....i really wanted to BF for as long as i could this time. I can tell that she is growing fine as i notice she feels little bit heavier everyday!

Briley is still trying to get rid of her cold. I brought the repeat for her anti-biotics the other day cause she started leaking yellow snot from her nose again. She still has a bit of a cough even! I don't know why she can't get rid of it all. I wonder if you can buy Vitamin C tablets or powder for kids her age???

She is really REALLY starting to talk now. She can't put a sentence togethe but she can say heaps of words. It does'nt take her long to learn new ones either. She even says "yes" and "please" but only when she is sucking up!!! Her favourte word is still "chooks" though!!!

We might be getting an old horse for her soon. A friend heard of someone that was trying to give away an old mare that is "bomb proof". They said she is perfect for kids. So we are going out to have a look at her on sunday. I think they even have a kids saddle to go with her. We are just going to go out and see how Briley reacts on the horse and that sort of thing before we say yes or no. I think she will love her though.

We still don't have another day confirmed for her eye operation yet though. I keep dreading every monday that a call might come through!! They always seem to call on a monday.

Well i don't think there is much else to report. I am doing well. Starting to get a few pains back though. I was having some issues before i fell pregnant with Briley. Dr's thought maybe PCOS. Was booked in for laparoscopy and hystercoscopy but fell pregnant both times!! Must mention that to the Dr at the 6 weeks check-up too!

Better go Colby is having a "windy" day today and is starting to get upset. Sorry for no personals. I am so far behind on them.

Hope you are all well....

Kisses and Hugs!

She could just be a happy chucker Sara! Don't be talked into the formula. She's putting on weight and she's not constantly distressed. You are what's best for her.

Ok well here is the story girls as promised.

I just keep asking why why why are we onto our 2nd twin miscarriage.........

As you all know I really didn't even think we were pregnant and wrote off the month we just conceived as I went away without Wade to a Gift Fair in Brisbane. I left on cd11 and I felt ovulation really strongly on cd16. So there you have it cd29 and no af, and got a really strong positive at 2pm in the afternoon with a trickle trickle (as I had a bladder infection).

For some strange reason, I kept saying, hope it aint twins. Had all the standard blood tests and when they returned I asked what my HCG levels were and they said they weren't a standard test. I had sooo many for previous pregnancies that I felt I needed one. So they came back at 5 weeks 2 days as 3000 and something. So that put my mind at ease there was only 1 and things were really good with those levels.

I was getting nauseas every afternoon / nite and I was grumpy, so again I was thinking all was well. Also had no bleeding and I bled with both other pregnancies from 5 weeks. I really wanted a scan as I had 7 up till 12 weeks with Lachlan and I was getting so anxious.

Then at 8 wks 2 days I had this terrible stab in my gut that lasted all of 5 seconds but it took my breathe away and I instantly started discharging. But this discharge was so slight and only just discoloured.

I went to the doctor in the morning to request a scan as I needed to know why I had gotten this far with no bleeding and why this was all of a sudden happening. I have always had eventful pregnancies and I was just feeling so anxious that I was having a smooth ride for a change.

That afternoon I had a scan, and the senographer held my hand and had a tear in her eye and told me the sad news. I had a sac that had split and was still partially joined in one corner. So this was an identical twin pregnancy. There were no embrios in the sacs, so this pregnancy was not at all viable.

My first miscarriage of twins started with brown bleeding at 5 weeks and went for a scan at 5 weeks 4 days and I only have one baby in one of the sacs with a heartbeat of 109bpm. I went back for a scan 10 days later to find the 2nd of my twins had also passed on.

My second pregnancy was that of Lachlan and he is alive and well (other then some hard times of severe reflux). I also bled from 5 weeks with him and it was more red then brown. I stopped bleeding at 8 weeks and then at 11 weeks I woke in a pool of red blood and proceeded to the loo where I passed a huge clot about the size of my palm and as thick as my thumb. I stopped bleeding at 15 weeks and cruized thru the rest of the pregnancy other then high blood pressure and swelling.

So I never know what is really going on it appears, I have had brown, red and no bleeding and you never can tell if your baby/babies are going to be ok.

I have seen a gyno re: this pregnancy and he has given me the confidence to have an early scan at 6 weeks to see what I am dealing with. He said I have a very high chance of twins again and if that is the case I don't want them if I have to go thru the ordeal of m/c them all the time! He even question if Lachlan was possibly a twin???? I didn't want to have a scan this pregnancy I was trying to stay positive as I knew people would say why do you want a scan, be positive you have had no bleeding........ Guess a mother always knows when things are not right and I just knew that I don't cruize through pregnancy.

Even when I asked for the hcg level the nurse said you don't need one, we only do them for threatened miscarriage. If only I knew there were twins I would have realised that those levels for twins were not good! My twins at the same stage in my first pregnancy were 55000.

Sorry for the mammoth post, just really been upset and beating myself up about feeling so at loss and very confused about the twin scenario. I have everything to be grateful for, I have a healthy boy! I think owning this newsagency and having to go 3 hours for a curette myself really got to me. Wade cannot get away from our business now and our family really suffers in times like these. Last time he was there holding my hand.

This has been really doing my head in having lost 4 babies now and the chance of it continuing to happen......


Oh and thank you Kim for your email I appreciate it. Sorry I didn't mention it in my post a couple of days ago.

Thank you to all for your support. Mwah

wow... been a while since I posted... busy busy.
Started working at the salon last week. Thought it would have killed me; but my adrenilin must have kicked in because I managed to get through both days with fully booked clients. Mind you.. I crash when I get home.
I've been trying to pack boxes.. but sometimes it seems like a lost cause. I've done about 15 boxes - but it doesn't look any different!

Shaun: has been a right monster with the sleeping... and tonight he just won't go down. Although he is very close to dropping off now. We had a week of hell where he woke up every night... once staying awake from midnight to 4am. It really knocked me about. The next night I succumbed and gave him some valergan and he slept right through. The next night he stayed at my dads house (yariv & I went to a party)... and apparantly he slept well there. And last night he slept right through again. Fingers crossed he sleeps through tonight. aaahhhh... silence now.
pregnancy: nothing exciting happening there. Just feel like a big hippo. Get really tired most days.

right... now some personals:

Leanne: Shaun used to detest any sort of hats on his head. Hated them with a passion. Since birth. Then we used to play around with him... and would hold the hats on is head. One day, he just accepted it. Now hats don't seem to bother him at all. He's like a different child.

Tania: any luck house hunting? bummer about the house you offered on. And what costume did you get? We have a party at the end of the month... and have to go dressed as something starting with "M". Anyone got any ideas??????

Beck: Good to hear from you. Hope Jovi's feeling better. I'm not sure how much Shaun weighs. At 12 month check up he wasn't quite 10kg then. So he's wouldn't be 12kg now. Good luck with the new job.

Shazz: have you taken those bathroom photos yet? I love seeing reno's. We will have three bathrooms to renovate! Not looking forward to that.

Kim: woohoo on Darcy letting you sleep in!

Christine: glad you had a nice weekend away. Hehe with the sand.

Elissa: how cute with the lawnmower!

Sara: good to hear from you. sorry to hear about the feeding dramas... hopefully it will settle down. As kim says; try and persist with the bf'ing. But don't beat yourself up if you need to go onto formula eventually. Hopefully the Dr will be able to give you some advice. How cool about the horse! Gosh, most little girls only dream about horses!

Sheree: Thanks for sharing your story with us. I'm not much of an emotional person - but you are a special friend, and I feel so much for you. Must be hard having the curette without Wade. But he is there for you. As we all are. :hugs:

Thanks Jodie - mwah.

Just forgot to say Bec - Lachlan weighed 8.24kgs at 12 months and he just got weighed again at 15ish months and he now weighs 9.11kgs (thought he may have gone up in percentile with that weight gain - but nup). So he is still small, has always struggeled to catch up to other babies, but he looks healthy now which is such an achievement for us. I just reackon he is always going to be a small boy, he is even short - think he is 75.5cm tall, so he is all in proportion. I wouldn't be worried about Jovi, I think you said she was heavier then 9.11kgs didn't you?

sara - i always love reading your posts and seeing how you seem to cruise through motherhood with 2 under 2, you are my hero lol! Sorry to hear that bfing has become a bitof a challenge lately, i agree with Kim, don't let the dr tell you that formula is best, ring the ABA and get some tips from them, maybe even a lactation consultant could see you? I guess it really depends on what you truly want, if you want to switch to formula thats great, just follow your heart with this one i reckon. At 5 weeks with Archie i switched to formula as he had servere reflux and constantly fed and chucked, he still constantly fed and chucked on formula, but it meant that i wasn't completely exhausted by the feeding and DH could help out. In hindsight i wish i had have seen a lactation consultant and gotten all the facts and given bf a better chance (easy to say that now while im not totally exhausted from bfing!). Anyway GL with it, your the mum you know what to do. It would be so cute to see such a little person on a horse!

sheree - i can only imagine the frustration and anger you must be feeling with things at the moment, dont feel guilty about these feelings, yes you have a perfect little boy to love and im sure you are very grateful for that, but it is still totally okay and normal to be feeling the things you are feeling now. big hugs.

It has rained non stop here today and Archie was whinging to go outside all day, in the nd i thought stuff it, he had no nappy or pants on, i put his gum boots and a raincoat on and shoved him out the back door in the pouring rain! He had an absolute ball jumping in puddles and throwing mud at the house, got a bit of a shock when he sat his nude bum on the wet bike though lol!
Our leaking roof still isn't fixed (we are so slack) but a friend who is a roof tiler is coming to replace the broken tiles tomorrow hopefully.

i have to find my camera jodie so look out for them soon

Morning girls,

Sheree - Thank-you for sharing your story. Again i am so sorry for your loss. I know it might be difficult at first but i know that you will pull through. We are all here for you if you need to vent or just to talk. Time heals all.

Jodie - WOW! Your almost 30 weeks!! Gosh time just goes to quick. I HATE MOVING!!!! I really feel for you. And being pregnant would make it worse! We moved houses when Briley was about 8 weeks old. Now that was hard!!! Will you be in your house before you have the baby??? Speaking of the baby - Do we know the sex??? I think i can remember you telling me you were leaving it a suprise this time?!?!? Yes Briley will be a lucky girl to have this horse if it all works out well!

Elissa - Awwww - thanks mate. Thats a lovely things to say. I actually thought mine were a lot of raving!!! :) I will keep persisting with the BF but i notice that she is starting to lose weight than i guess it will be best to change to formula. Briley is a formula baby is she is perfectly healthy. Other than her bout of colds at the moment. Did you get any pics of Arch playing in the rain???

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

Well i might have worked out the problem with Colby's wind and posseting. I think it might be potato of all things. A few weeks ago, the day after a roast meal, i noticed that Colby was always windy the day after a roast. I wondered wether it was from the oils and fats from the roast or something else. I have'nt been eating much potato lately other than at roasts. Then on sunday night i mate idaho potato to have with dinner and lo and behold, we had a really bad windy day and night lastnight. Does this sound silly or what??? Potato giving a baby wind???

We have our 6 week check-up on the 21'st of September and i am going to ask the Dr about it then. If the posseting continues i think i might go and see a CHN sooner. We had a terrible night lastnight. Colby just would'nt settle till after 11pm. I know it was the wind but.

Well better get going. Colby is starting to stir and needs a bath and feed before Briley wakes up for her sleep.

Might BBL!

Oh and BTW - I upgraded to Platiunum Membership yesterday!! WooHoo!!! I am so excited!