Babies born~ May 16th-31st 2009 #9

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[*TripleJ*]

shiny new thread getting ready for jamies 2nd christmas and jazzys first we get to see santa on tuesday

[tattoo_mama]

Vic - jade still isn't walking I went to the MCHN she didn't seem too concerned I got her to put me' on the waiting list to see the physio which is 6 month wait, I figured I might aswell cause then if she is walking fine by then when they ring to give me' an appt I can just say no thanks, she will walk 1-2 steps between things, and will sometimes stand a few seconds but mainly cruising furniture and pushing round her dolly stroller.
She has been very tantrum-y this week I think cause she spent last week with XP and he would have carried her around all week.
Apart from that we are all good, I just made my final payment on a 10k loan I've had for a few yrs so am now debt free and can start saving for a holiday! Hope you are all well and prepared for the festive season x

[~ Mylitta ~]

Our Wonderful Belly Buddy Babies

MummyNaomi (Naomi) - April 23rd 11:12pm (25 days early) - Bailey Peter (5lb 12oz)
Santosha (Kat) - April 27th (32 days early) - Ivy Milla
~ Mylitta ~ (Krystie) - May 2nd 9.40am (17 days early) - Kyson Lucas (8lb 10oz - 3.925kg)
Niadla - May 13th 6.08pm (10 days early) - Allira Maddison (3.52kg)
JwithJ - May 15th 3.13am - James Kai George(7lb 11oz - 3.490kg)
BeautifulMadness (Jess) - May 18th 6.39pm - Andrew Robert (8lb 3oz)
tattoo_mama - May 18th 1.12am - Jade Freya (7lb 15oz)
Nicole S (Nicole) - May 22nd 11.08am (11 days early) - Aaron Dan (2.8kg)
Raindrops - May 27th 9.08am - Aralia Rose Lugg
Briggsy's Girl - May 29th 4.48am - Emerald Nevaeh Rose (3.68kg)
Bridg - May 30th 7.05pm - Logan Jack (8lb 1oz - 3.66kg)
CathyS (Cathy) - May 31st 1.35am - Cara (8lbs 4oz)
Wysiwyg (Vic) - May 31st 11.53am - Cerys Jay (9lbs 2oz - 4.12kg)
Snacks (Amy) - May 31st 5.12am - Phoebe Grace (3.46kg)
Bella29 - June 15th 10.03am (16 days late) - Jemima Katherine (9lb 2oz)

[briggsy's girl]

another sparkly new thread for us to chatter away in
sorry i've been so quiet lately. my spare time is spent unpacking/rearranging/setting up for Christmas, as well as dealing with E being unsettled. this last eye tooth is giving her so much grief!! earlier tonight she was feeding, pulled off and said "hurts here mummy" and pointed to the tooth. she has crashed from pure exhaustion, with no dinner in her tummy - we could be in for a long night!

we've been given the green light by the RE to put in a vegie patch (provided we maintain it - well duh!). this morning we spent a few hours cleaning up the area we're putting it in, and then building the "fence" for it. we took some leftover fencing materials from the old house and realised the easiest way to create a strong wall to hold the soil of the garden was to build a short fence - so E was on pencil patrol "here daddy, no I hold" lol, C was measuring and cutting, and i was hammering it all together. starting to feel it a bit now - more from the cold than that actual activity though i think. Tonight we have put up some of our Christmas lights outside. still have a star and five sets of rope lights to put up, but we were all getting way too cold and tired so we called it quits.

[wysiwyg]

Emma - Funny, was my MCHN who seemed most concerned (mainly about the angle she holds her legs) but apart from the steps on Friday night - she doesn't stand unsupported at all or any steps - is a balance thing I think - she is very top heavy (big head and ribcage).

No walking since Friday - only lots of knee walking - and bum shuffling - is like she is tormenting me!!!

BG - I would love to have a veggie patch - we had some stuff on the balcony but possums ate everything

A couple of questions am sure you clever ladies will know the answer to

- does anyone know where you can get those net bags with suckers on you can use for keeping bath toys in? I tried target and no luck - don't want a bucket as need them to drain and get air flowing round them easily
- can you get battery powered christmas tree lights - our tree is in a place we can't get power to - but I would like to have some - and I can't run a cable to it either. Or would solar power work if I put on balcony in day time maybe?

We downloaded some Christmas songs today, and have been reading CJ Christmas stories - trying to get in the mood - is difficult because of the opposite seasons here, and have never been that into it - but mum says have to for CJ.

[*TripleJ*]

i saw some battery lights at home hardware so u might have some luck there
i feel exausted everytime i fed jazz today jamie decided it was time to destroy something or touch something he shouldnt and today that was every hour argh

[~ Mylitta ~]

Emma - I've heard that the "professionals" don't tend to worry about a child not walking until they are about 2, unless of course there is obviously something that is holding them back (like foot or leg issues). My niece never was getting close to 2 before she would walk. She didn't even like to crawl very much. She preferred things to be brought to her. In the end it was bribery that got her moving, lol. We would put food or toys just out of her reach, haha!
Congrats on being debt free! That must feel wonderful

BG - I have a feeling that Kyson's eye teeth have been thinking about making an appearance at some stage. He had a couple of unsettled nights and then I thought I could see a white bump where one of the teeth would be, but now he's gone back to normal and I can't see the white anymore. Oh well, I guess they'll come in their own time.

Vic - Sounds like CJ is being a cheeky little monkey teasing Mummy with the walking I've got one of those net bags, but it's just a small one that came with a few little toys in it (foam farm animals that stick to the bath side). Not sure where you could get them by themselves. Hmmm, they look very similar to the net bags you can get to put "delicates" in to wash them in the washing machine. Perhaps you could get one of those and sew some little suckers into it. I'm pretty sure I've seem the suckers in the supermarket in the section where you can get hooks and things. Not sure about the Christmas tree lights though. Our christmas tree has the lights already through the tree which I love because it saves me having to put the on and position them until I think they are perfect, hehe.

J - Feed time with the new baby is the part I'm a little worried about. Although my worry is that because Kyson still breastfeeds I think he's going to get quite jealous and try to pull the baby away and just try to climb on me the whole time. We've been practising with the "practise baby" (a doll), but there's a huge difference between pretending for 2 minutes, and actually feeding a newborn for up to an hour! Hopefully Jamie will give you a better day tomorrow so it's not as stressful for you. You are doing some awesome brestfeeding work though!!!

Hi to everyone else! I can't stay on much longer so I'll leave the persies at the today. Hope you are all well!

As for us, Kyson is doing really well. He's picking up words really well lately and I love when he tells me what he wants when I ask him. He loves to take our hands and get us to do things for him. He'll even get his toys that have buttons and hold our fingers and make us press the buttons, hehe. He wanted to play a thomas game on the computer tonight so he dragged me by the had to the computer and told me "Mumma sit" then climbed up on my lap (what's left of it, haha) and told me "Dit dit!". Oh yeah, for some reason Thomas is still "dit dit", lol).

I'm still battling with this nasty pelvic instability. DH has had to help me walk on occasion and he's banned me from a whole list of things. I want to finish putting up the christmas deco's but he tells me off whenever he see's me on the little step ladder! Oh, and apparently I must be having trouble seeing past my belly, because I keep hurting myself due to not seeing things on the floor. First was my stumble on Kyson's ball from the ball pit which resulted in even more pelvic pain, and then a couple of days ago I managed to step on the triangle from his shape ball and bruise the bottom of my foot, and later kicked something in the garage coming in from the car and got a big ugly blood blister and bruise on the top of my big toe. Of course it's on the same foot too, haha. Very attractive I might add I really must be more careful.

Oh, and I started getting a little worried yesterday that the baby was thinking about coming. I've been getting BH for weeks now (actually, probably months), but yesterday I was getting them everytime I stood up, and sometimes while I was still sitting down. They were quite strong ones too. Not the type that just give you the tightening feeling, but the type that makes you stop and actually concentrate on breathing for a minute or two. I played it down a big so that DH didn't know I was getting worried, but apparently he was starting to wonder if she was thinking about coming too. Good news is that everything settled down again last night and I've just been getting the standard BH every now and then again.

I'm also a little nervous about tomorrow. I'm going to visit a friend of mine and her daughter (who is about 4 months younger than Kyson I think). A few weeks ago she went for a 20 week scan and found out that she had no amniotic fluid, that the baby's kidneys weren't working and that the baby would not survive. They had further testing done, but at 22 weeks her baby passed away and she birthed her little boy into the world. Tomorrow will be the first time I've seen her since it happened and while normally I wouldn't be nervous about seeing her, me being super pregnant makes me feel a little strange. Her and her husband actually sent an email out to friends and family which mentioned it it that they knew quite a few families that are expecting babies soon, and asked them not to exclude them from their journey, but even saying that it must be a little confronting when you just lose a baby and see someone close to having one. Both her and her husband are amazing people, and despite this being such a traumatic and devastating experience, they are handling things in a really positive and healthy way, and I am just amazed by their strength. The day of their memorial for their son I decorated a gorgeous candle and left it burning all day in his memory. I know feel that the candle is his and that his family should have it, so I made a matching card and will give them both to her tomorrow. I also got them a "shining star" bear so that they can name a star after their little boy. We did that for our angel baby and for me personally it helped me a lot. We also got one for Kyson and I have one ready for Apple Blossom when seh arrives as well. I hope my friend and her husband like the gifts and the spirit in which I give them...

Well I really think it's time for me to wrap things up and start thinking about heading off to bed. Thanks for reading my essay if you managed to get through it all!

[*TripleJ*]

wow u are getting close exciting not really sure about the sharing BFing thing but i do know that jamie likes to take the opportunity to do naughty things so it might happen with kyson

well ive been married for 2 years now it went so quick and now we have 2 gorgeous kiddies well today has seen the hourly feeds slow down im happy coz i was absoloutely stuffed but last night she slept from 11 to about 5 so that helped never had growth spurts with jamie so this is all a new concept for me

[BeautifulMadness]

Krystie: i cant believe you're 34 weeks already...how fast has that gone?

AFM: Ashy cant wait for xmas as he wnats his bike already lol Andy keeps trying to get the shiny balls off the tree. susprisesd my tree is still standing
Off to the shops again 40% off at colorado lol yaaay. All we r TTC bubba #3 crazy huh?

[tattoo_mama]

Vic yeah jade is top heavy too, she is bottom 5% for height n weight but 90% for head circ lol.
We are doing 2-3 steps between things but that's all so far, occasionally standing for 4-5 secs.

Jade stayed at her dads last week for the whole week, now all day she is asking for him, he won't be back til April (works up north) which sucks. Only time I get a babysitter is if I have work so that's no fun.

[wysiwyg]

Well we went to see the paediatric podiatrist on Monday - and she recommended shoes with orthotics for CJ as her feet are very turned out - she said it isn't to do with her hips but to do with her large size at birth and being squished in the womb - apparently is relatively common in larger babies. Also gave us some exercises to do - one just tickling her feet on the inside to get her to turn them in and the other just rotating them in to stretch the muscles. They will right themselves over time. So today we had to go shoe shopping and tomorrow she will put in the orthotics. Typically of CJ she has today started walking about without the shoes!!! Buying shoes was a nightmare, there is so little choice and they are so expensive - one pair we were offered were 100 dollars!!! Her chubby little feet seemed to have problems in quite a few of the shoes in that there isn't enough height in them - and what is with majority of girls shoes being white or light pink - I mean white is a ridiculous color for shoes surely? Anyway she ended up with some brown boys ones as were only ones could get to fit properly anyway - I am not entirely happy with them - to me they look to big - are a 4.5 (two shops measured her at this) but the 4.5 in girls seemed smaller than the 4.5 in boys but they said were the same? Will see what podiatrist says - they were 50% off and you can change your mind within two weeks to get your money back so we shall see.

Anyway am happy to be doing something about her feet - a bit annoyed hadn't done anything sooner but everyone just said was her hips - if she hadn't had the hip problem I think some attention would have been paid to her feet - am also so happy she is finally starting to want to walk (although she won't in her new shoes yet - Doh)

Hope everyone is good - only two more days of work before Christmas - can't wait.

[*TripleJ*]

jamie wouldnt wear shoes to begin with when he walked we had to put soft soles then slightly harder ones then proper shoes
getting rid of his dummy is proving to be very hard

[MummyNaomi]

Vic - we have found that the converse high top sneakers are great shoes for the orthodics (mind you Baileys orthodics come up level with his ankle so the shoes hide them) and as they are nice and wide they accomodate the orthodics well. Also, they have a nice flat sole which has really encouraged Bailey to walk flatter. Bailey is a size 3, but with orthodics is actually a size 5. We have gone through 4 pairs now (two size 4's and recently bought 2 size 5's) and found that we can get them for $35 at the Converse Factory Outles store at Harbour town - they'd probably be at the DFOs in Melbourne. If you don't need high tops, they have the normal converse sneakers as well that also have nice flat soles. The reason we got the high tops is that we need to hide the orthodics from Bailey's sight, otherwise he cracks the sh*ts and wont wear them. I found that lace up shoes are best with orthodics as easier to tighten or loosen the fits depending on the orthodics this way. Also, they have really cool colours and designs. I'll take a pic and post on FB for you

Anyway, hope that helps

[*TripleJ*]

Oh they might help Jamie walk a bit better too doesn't need orthodics but wearing boots every day can be good for his feet

[wysiwyg]

Thanks for the info Naomi -CJ's orthotics are not that big and are on the inside edge so sound quite different to Bailey - for her we were told not to get shoes that were too flat as her feet are a bit too flat and rolled in (DH has flat feet - but arch don't develop till kids are 4 or 5 I think). The podiatrist was happy with the shoes - so will have to see how they go tomorrow. Is a shame because I love converse, but I have been told to avoid them too because of an issue with my hip. The orthotics are glued in but I think I might get a pair of Clarks from factory outlet here in Melbourne if I can that are a little bit girly just so have something to wear if DD needs to wear a dress or anything.

[~ Mylitta ~]

Oh gosh! Kyson really does take after me in the "foot department". He's already in a size 6 and getting close to needing to move into size 7's!!! Poor thing has the length of my feet and the width of his Daddy's feet. We find it difficult to find shoes that are able to be opened wide enough down low (closer to the toes) to get his feet in them. The sandals are nice and easy to put on, but they are also nice and easy for Kyson to take off himself hehe.

I have some fantastic news! Over the last week Kyson has slept through the night 6/7 times! The one night he didn't sleep through he only woke once, and then he slept in until 9am! Lol! He was sleeping through the night once every now and then for a couple of months, but over the last week it's like he's just flicked a switch and is happy to sleep through. Sometimes he'll wake and cry out and be grizzly for a couple of minutes, but then he just falls back to sleep. Of course this has cooincided with me not being able to sleep all night myself, so I'm not getting the full benefit, lol. Silly bladder is too small and squished now, and my pelvis is just stupid and sore. It's not just the back of the pelvis now either. My pubic bone has decided to join the pain-party haha. Hopefully all my bits and pieces fix themselves quickly after little Apple Blossom arrives

[tattoo_mama]

Wow mylitta that is awesome! it would have been awful getting up to both of them during the night!
it was like a switch for jade too she went from being up 2-3-4 times a night to sleeping thru (she wakes up maybe 1 night a week if that)