Babies Born May 2007 #13

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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

Got questions?

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

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum


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Me first!!!! :lol:

2nd!!!!

3rd YAY!!!!

Just a quick hello. I am still here, have been reading!! We are having some crazy weather up here, heaps of wind and rain. I will try and catch up prop tomorrow, have to get to the TV, Desperate Housewives is about to start!!! (sad hey!!) xx

hey guys well bella is refusing 2 sleep i think she's having a lil seperations probs and also maybe her top teeth r coming through either way this household doesn't get sleep!

Hello ladies, I know it's been a loooooooong time since I posted in here! I still read through this thread from time to time though, and I just had to mention that sleep (or lack thereof ;)) is driving us up the wall here ATM, it really must be a stage! We are seriously going insane, I'm about to consider sleep school, which I'd never thought I'd do. Every time I try to fix a problem, something else goes out the window, so I feel like I'm totally stuffing him up! DS has not had a day sleep for longer than 30 mins for 2 weeks now, and he has me up and down like a jack in the box during the night. And he fights sleep something shocking!

So no help, but sympathy from me to all of you who are struggling. It's got to get better soon!

YAY. I only had to get up twice for Iz last night, and no longer than 30 minutes each time, and she was in bed by 9pm. Never thought I'd be so excited to be saying that!! Where is my sleeping princess???? She now has 3 teeth and I can see 5 more (yes, 5!!) more all just lurking under the surface. Its no wonder she's grumpy but geez its getting tiring.

She's having a great time during the day though - crawling at 1000 miles an hour everywhere, that is when she's not walking to where she wants to be, hanging on most but not all the time to something. She's suffering for it though - big egg on her forehead and her little ear has a really black and red bruise on it. Poor little thing. I've never seen a bruised ear before but it looks so sore.

And huge YAY. DH has FINALLY organised a little holiday - better late than never hey! We're heading down south for a few days next month for our wedding anniversary, staying in a really lovely chalet on the beach. Can't wait. It will be so nice to get away, even if it is only down south. Nice to leave the washing, cleaning, cooking behind . . .

Hope everyone got a bit more sleep last night and the teething monsters all disappear soon.

Lulu-Blakey had a terribly bruised ear recently too and has had 2 falls today alone...all part of the learning process!!!

Sorry I've been MIA, been at Dave's the entire time. Blake is loving having Lulu as a playmate, the scariest past is that they look related. She is a dead ringer for my sister at the same age!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!
Janie - Hope your little man snaps out of his sleeping issues real soon :)
Lulu - wow 5 teeth on the way, poor little girl, we haven't had any major mishaps here, just a small bruise on his head when he misjudged his cot before we lowered it, his hand wasn't as close to the rail as he thought it was and he banged his head on the rail.
Ash - glad things are going great between you and Dave, you deserve it :) and glad Blake has a little playmate!!
Not much going on here, the new doc I went to was good, he said that Ethyn was a bit conjested after the other doc told me there was nothing wrong with him!! Mother knows best :D So he is on some anti biotics, as am I and now hubby is too!!!! Definitely not a germ free household here!! He still loves child care.
Hope everyone is well :)

Hi everyone!

I get scared coming in here and reading about all these non sleeping bubbas - scared because my little angel is sleeping 12 hours straight every night and I'm loving it but wondering if she will decide to follow in all these other bubbas footsteps.....lets hope its the other way around and they all start following El's footsteps lol!

Lulu yay for the holiday, you really deserve it! When are you going? I would kill for a holiday!
Lee glad that Ethyn is enjoying childcare and glad that the new doc was better. Hope those germs leave your family alone soon.
Ash aaawwww I'm so happy for you, enjoy hun! Dave sounds lovely, my DH has the same name and he is lovely too, must be something about the name lol!

sorry no time for personals but we bought a house!!!

our very first house and we are sooooooooooooooo excited. Tell you all about it soon :D

YAY!!!!!! That is so exciting Danni! Congratulations!! I know the exact feeling. We have just bought our first house too!!!!!! It is so exciting isn't it?

Back soon for some personals.

Congrats on the new houses Dan and Danni!!!!!! I remember that feeling, enjoy making it your home :)

Wow, all these new house buyers - CONGRATS!!!! Nothing much to report around here, Angus has been a bit cranky, but it is really hot here atm, and I think his top teeth are almost through. I am just so tired though, can't seem to sleep enough!!! Might try and catch a nap later, have to clean up a bit, Angus is such a messy eater and has discovered the fun game of lets throw everything on the floor from the highchair!! Oh, yesterday he waved too!! Was soo cute, we have been trying to get him to do it for ages, and yesterday he finally waved to his daddy!!!! Anyway take care lovely mummies, be back later!!!

A quick :hello: here ! Congrats Dan and Danni!
We have cut out night feeds now- so our nights are interesting to say the least. Last night we were awake from 2-4 with lots of grizzles- and Im about to go to work:rolleyes:
Had our MCHN app today - Izzys weight has dropped a bit, down to the 25th percentile but so has her height so the nurse isnt too worried as long as it doesnt drop again at her next check. Im going to adjust her feeding too, so that instead of brekkie, lunch, snacks, dinner she just gets her 3 full feeds a day and thats it- rather than her grazing on bits and peices during the day, and hopefully she will eat more at her meal times. She also isn't really "chatting" yet and the nurse wants us to keep an eye on that for the next 6-8 weeks. There is definately nothing wrong with her hearing, but she just coos and screeches and grunts, she doesnt make any definate repetitive noises like lalalal or mamama or dadada ...Im not going to overly stress but will keep an eye on it over the next few months! Shes so active though I dont think she has time to just stop and chat! She often lets go while standing now and is taking lots of steps around furniture so walking isnt too far off. Id better go shower and get ready for work.
Have a great day all!

Congrats Dan and Danni! :clap: I hope you guys have many many happy years in your new houses! Would love to hear about your new purchases...

Shell I hope those top teeth stop tormenting Angus soon. Make sure you get a rest, stuff the housework, sleep is way more important! How gorgeous that Angus is waving! Elena waves as well and it is so funny, cracks us up every time lol!

Tan wow Izzy will be walking so soon by the sounds of it! I wouldn't worry too much about the lack of 'chatting' either, she will get there soon enough. We have found in our mothers group that the bubs are divided into 2 groups - some are really active but not 'talking' and others are not so active but 'talking' heaps. We are in the latter group, although El can now pull herself up and will take steps if you hold her she has no interest in crawling or trying to cruise on her own yet. But she can say dada, mama, nana, baba and is trying to say 'duck' (her fav bath toy!). Also Iz weight probably dropped cos she is just so active!!

Better go, we are off to visit my ex place of employment, a friend of mine there is 34 weeks pg and I want to catch up with her before her bub arrives. See ya's, have a great day!

Happy Valentines day everyone! Apparently I am being taken to a "surprise" tomorrow night and BIL &SIl are looking after mason. I have no idea where im going!!

Hi everyone,
I thought I'd pop on and say hi to everyone while I have some time free while my gorgeous little princess is crawling around trashing the lounge room. It's just so cute I can't stop here.

Danni - tell us about our house. What's it like? Enjoy your surprise tonight. Can't wait to hear what Dale surprised you with. We don't do valentine's day so no surprises here.

Tan - How are you going back at work? Enjoying it? Izzy enjoying spending time with nana? How is the newroutine of 3 feeds going?

Shelle - How absolutely gorgeous that Angus is waving. Livvy won't wave but has started clapping. That is cute too. Those two top teeth through for Angus yet so he can get some sleep and not be cranky?

Ash - You must have been spoilt today from your new fella. How's it all going? Your little man popped through any more teeth or is he walking yet?

Sangie - I can't believe how many works El can say. That's awesome. Livvy makes sounds, blurts, squeals and scream but no Words yet. El might completely skip crawling and just start walking, you never know.

Lee - How's your little man going? What's he up to now?

Lulu - Yay on your holiday! It sounds just like what you need. How you feeling? Is Iz sleeping better for you?

Hi to everyone else who I have missed. Hope you are all doing well and i'll catch up soon.

Some bad news here. Livvy is now on formula full time because my breast milk has all but dried up. I've tried so hard to keep my supply going while being back at work but it unfortunately hasn't kept up. I am still managing to get enough milk for her first feed in the morning but that's it. So it's sad that our breast feeding has finished but I am so incredibly proud of us that we made 9 months after our terrible start. So that is a huge big YAY!!!
I am feeling completely lost at the moment because I now have no idea what I'm doing with Livvy and she is spending more time at Childcare than with me and I have no idea what her routine should be. So what is everyone else doing with their little ones?
Livvy is having four bottles a day, water through out the day, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner with desert. Do I offer her bottle or food first? Also what are you feeding your little ones and how much are they eating? I know that we aren't giving her enough vaiety but I just don't know what to give her.
We are so excited about buying our first house. It's just up the road, 5 houses to be exact. It's a great 3 bedroom, built in robes, ensuite, WIR, two living areas. You know the standard house. Our backyard is a great size too for Livvy to grow up in and hopefully a pool in the coming years. We just have to wait for the building inspection before we hand over the bucks.
Wow that was a lot about us, sorry guys!
Be back soon to catch up on everyone else,
Luv Dan & Livvy

Yay for your own homes Dan and Danni!

Dan - sorry to hear your breastfeeding adventure is coming to a close. Its not fair is it. I was lying in bed with Iz the other night when she wouldn't sleep and had (TMI alert!) colostrum just pouring out. I was almost in tears at the thought that I should still be feeding my princess. I'm so hoping it will be better with Ned. Crossing everything for you that you can at least hang on to that morning feed for a while yet.

Tan - try not to worry about the weight. My Iz is about the 20th percentile, but tall for her age but I agree its more likely just that she is now so much more active. Try and get some sleep too - very hard to not have much sleep and have to go to work and function like a real person!

Michelle - sorry to hear you're not getting much sleep either. And isn't it great when they get so excited upending food on the floor. I feel like I'm constantly mopping the floor!

Lis - Funny how they all develop differently isn't it. El's obviously doing really well with her speech, but not movement whereas Iz is the opposite - can't keep her still but haven't had a proper word from her yet. Best watch what we wish for - mobile AND talking babies sounds like hard work to me :p

Sorry for lack of complete personals - Izzy was happy eating a crusket but has just spat it big time so I'd better go. Back later - if I'm still awake . . .

bad news, we are not going tonight anymore :( We have lost our baby sitters. :(

Dan: our house is a 4 bedroom, ensuite, 2 living areas etc etc. We got an awesome bargain but we will still have to be so frugal with money unfortunately.

Mason eats breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and dessert. He just eats what we are having. Example for breakfast he had toast with me, scrambled eggs and bacon for lunch, afternoon tea was cruskits today and dinner will be stirfry and rice.

he eats a lot though and the nurse thats fine, but sometimes i worry. he feeds himself too unless its custard etc, then I feed him to avoid some of the mess.

Lulu: Have you tried seeing if Izzy will suckle? There is no harm in letting her have that colostrum if you and her wish.

Mason said his third proper word today! NONNA! haha my mum is so excited.

Oh, what a weekend!! I worked last night and am soo tired it is ridiculous!!! Apparently Angus was really naughty for DH also last night, said that he cried all night. So I have severe Mummy guilts atm, as I can't stand the thought that he was so upset and I wasn't here. He said he tried panadol etc but nothing would settle him, so I had a big cry when he told me, and am still really upset at the thought. He is teething, I can see the whole 4 top ones coming down together, so I know he is miserable ans feel bad that he didn't have his boobies to comfort him. Anyway, I have to try and do some washing, BBL! The rain here hasn't stopped and we are going to be going nude soon if I don't wash some clothes!!!!

Awww Shell :hug: you are doing an absolutely BRILLIANT job hun, and although you weren't there, Im sure your DH did a great job of trying to comfort Angus. Poor poppet with all 4 pegs coming out. I hope they break through soon and give you all some relief. Get some rest too woman - so go naked, the washing can wait. Give yourself an hour today hun to just sit, play with Angus, sleep or just chill out. *mwa*

Quick one here again, life since Ive been back at work is crazy - its only 2.5 days but feels like full time, Im off today but have a million things to do to catch up on housework and appointments!
Anyway will cehck in again later!

Oh yeah - just got back from the Dr and wanted to you to all know that I got a
BFP last Wednesday night!! OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!! Lulu - we can do crazy together - Im gonna have 2 under 2!

A complete surprise - but a nice one! I don't even know how many weeks I am because I never got AF back, but we are thinking maybe around 6 weeks - could be 2 though and it could be 12!!! I have some m/s which unlike with Iz food doesn't help :P and also have put on 2 kgs already! Anyway still in shock - I have my dating scan on Wednesday so will let you all know how I go!

OMG Tan!!! How exciting!!! Thats 2 down, how many more of us will be pregnant this year??? What does Al think?

Michelle - Like Tan said, go naked and have some rest :lol:

Danni - The house sounds great! If you need an interior designer let me know ;)

Dan - Sorry to hear about your milk drying up, it isn't a nice thing when it isn't on your terms but it is fantastic that you made it this far in your BFing journey :hug:

Sorry but a quick hi to everyone else, Juz is home so this is my chance to have a shower without a baby trying to crawl in to join me.

OMG Tan that is awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im thinking another princess for you too :D:D

Woo Hoo Tan congratulations! Yay Iz is going to be a big sister :dance:
You must still be in a bit of shock, I know I would be...........!

Gotta go, BBL when I have more time to write.

Congratulations Tan!! What a surprise!!

Oh wow Tan, congrats, that's fantastic news! Hope you can keep the ms monster at bay ;)

TAN OMG!!!! I just screamed with excitment when I read your post - DH was like what's wrong!! HOW EXCITING!!!! Who will be next!!! Anyway, just checking in while I am cooking dinner, try and pop back later!! YAY TAN!!!

YAY for you Tan. Huge congrats. My huge sympathies on the morning sickness though - not much fun when you're dealing with mushy looking food and pooey nappies. I hope it passes quickly for you. Can't wait to hear how far along you are. Were you planning it or was it just one of those things? Wait for the looks you get when they ask you for the date of your LMP and you tell them some time in July 2006!!

Shell - I'm with the others - go nude woman! Mummy guilt's a terrible thing - nothing we do is right or good enough. Your baby boy loves you and knows he's got the best mummy in the world. If its any consolation, Iz has 5 teeth up the top all coming through and is inconsolable at times too, whether I'm there or not.

Danni - I have thought of letting Iz suckle and I'd be happy if she did but she's just not interested - my boobies are great things that hide a shiny gold pendant between them and that's about it!!

Had a lovely weekend down south at my folks - was my step-father's birthday. They loved having Iz for a whole weekend and it was so nice for me and DH to have doting grandparents around to take over feeding, changing, bathing, playing for a while. Iz spent the whole time chasing around Mum's dogs who weren't quite as eager to play with her as she was to play with them!

Congrats Tan!!!! http://home.no.net/birgif/glis/stork.gif

Sorry no time for personals just about to go to bed, but thought I would pop on to see what was happening with everyone

OMG TAN!!!!!!!!!!! How exciting. Sending you, Al and Izzy the biggest congratulations. Can't wait to hear how your dating scan goes tomorrow.

Who will be next?? Not me just for the record. We aren't even going to start TTC until June/July.

Hope everyone is going along nicely. Livvy has had a few horrible nights but we are finally getting. Poor little munchin is teething and has a cold :(.

Catch you all soon,
Luv Dan.

bloody hell this is getting beyond a joke.

warning HUGELY selfish post here :(

mason will NOT go to bed. He will cry and cry and cry. he will only sleep in dh's arm in our bed while i sleep on the couch and we have all had enough.

its just crazy now and i dont know what to do. im so mad. ten months of this crap is too long :(

OMG TAN CONGRATS!!!!! Thats soooooooo exciting!!! Not 2 b rude, how old r u. As the other night something happened that is making me get scared we could have fallen pg. Im just not ready 4 another and think 4 myself im a lil 2 young. So just checking?! :redface:
Mabello im so sorry 2 hear Mason isn't sleeping, nither is Bella she's driving me insane!!! :wall:

Kass - not rude at all hun - Im 32 in July and DH is 32 in August - you guys are all spring chickens!

Danni - :hug: Poor you and Mason- this heat is enough to drive you round the bend isnt it - heres hoping you will have a calm night hun.

THanks everyone for the well wishes... scan tomorrow - whoo hoo - I just cant wait to find out how many weeks I am - so weird being pg and not knowing! Dinner time for Iz - back tomorrow with an update!

tan, i have a feeling that you are 12 weeks or maybe 10!

Hey Tan, c where u have BFP flashing then u have written feb 2007 due, is that correct or fo u mean 2009?

Haha thanks Kass - talk about baby brain!!! All fixed!

Tan ur not due this feb? If so thats the quickest pg iv ever seen!!! U best change that 2 2009! :cryinglaugh: