Babies Born ~ September 2007 #67

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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:

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

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Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids


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:

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Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Helpful Forums
Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum



Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Recommended Reading List

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Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing


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[AnyDream]

Aw Cass that's sooooo cute. I too looooooooved classical music (and lots of prancing about) as a wee one, was desperate to be a ballerina, but Mother Dearest copped out and signed me up for calisthenics instead. Which, when you are 5, consists mostly of walking around in a straight line and not much else. Oh how my life could've been different... LOL. So yeah, hang in there with the REAL dancing and steer miles clear of the calisthenics if you can! I hope M is better soon too. xxx

Cally, wow, **** has hit the fan (at work)? Just going to show that a poo in the pipe is worth two in the bush...?

[Ozstar]

Cally, wow, **** has hit the fan (at work)? Just going to show that a poo in the pipe is worth two in the bush...?

Lol MD

Cass L looks adorable all dressed up for dancing. I hope the snot monster leaves your place soon, we have been fairly lucky this winter (compared to last winter anyway).

Trill good luck at placement, I am sure your going to do great. Are you excited, nervous, a little of each?

Arte how has your pregnancy been? Not that much longer left for you.

Not much happening here, same stuff different day really. I am pretty much booked solid for the remainder of the year now which is great. I only work every second weekend when DH is home which is a great way to make sure I don't end up taking on to much.

[Artechim]

Cally, sorry you had a ***** week! Hope this one is much better for you.

Oz, pregnancy is going fine. So never doing this again though - gets more uncomfortable each time!

Trill, good luck for tomorrow!

Cass, hope M is better soon. A tends to get a booger nose but it never progresses to anything more thankfully. There was measles at kindy a few weeks ago and I fully expected them to get hit with a dose but they managed to avoid it.

MD, just saying hi xx

Well, yesterday might have been the best day we have had in ages!! We drove two hours to the city to drop MIL off at the airport. Kids travelled really well, drop off without any tears, A slept in the car while we had a nice brunch. DH took them to the science center while I went to spotlight - walked in the door to see the Toy Story party stuff I wanted, then got the curtains I wanted for 50% off!! Saved about $150!! Carried on and picked up DH's ebay purchase, didn't get lost coming or going. Went to mums house, had a nice visit, found out she has just won a pretty good amount on Lotto and she gave us a random 2K!. Went back to the city and let the kids play at an indoor play center for a bit, then we pushed our luck and went out to a restaurant for dinner - and it worked!! Then W slept on the way home and A stayed up watching the DVD so she went to bed nicely when we got back home at 9pm. A even slept straight until 3am - I felt like a million bucks getting 5 hours of sleep in one hit, so much that I managed to do the 4am get up for the day and let DH sleep in for once which is nice because I am feeling guilty that he always does the early morning shift.

And as much as I deny that I get the pregnancy nesting thing, today I rampaged through all the stored stuff in the sleep out and chucked out a heap of stuff we will never use - so liberating! We have decided what room the baby is having and now I am powering through shifting all the office stuff away so that I can set up. Just need to hem up the new curtains and clean the carpet and I can move the furniture in here - which will get all the baby stuff out of Amelia's wardrobe - it is like a domino effect of organization!!

[AnyDream]

Arte, wow sounds like a fantastic day has refuelled your tanks, at least for a few days! Well done on the curtain bargain, to be commeneded!

Oz, that's great news that you're booked, sounds like a good pace of work for you.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend. We pretty much stayed at home and did nothing, except for getting registered for Pottermore, which I'm pretty pleased about! Potter fever has really hit this household, DH and DD are reading the books, and DD's teacher has whipped the whole class into a lather of excitement at school. I'm cheering big time because for the first time in her life DD has finally grasped that the more solidly you read, the more enjoyable the book is! I hope this means she'll want to sink her teeth into some chunkier books now. In the meantime I'm reading slower than everyone else and there's a queue forming behind me for the one I'm currently reading LOL.

[Ginger]

hi girls
lost the thread and had to go searching for it!

md- what is potter more? does dd1 love books like you?

trill- how are your teaching rounds going? i bet you're loving it!

arte- wow what an awesome day! the random 2k sounds lovely! what are you going to spend that on? has bubs got a definite name yet?

cass- did you go the beauty pageant on the weekend? i noticed it was at northcote town hall

oz- great that you have so much work booked, that is fantastic

afm- well i am writing to you on my new apple mac yes dh bought a new computer on the weekend and she is lovely.

[Artechim]

MD, what is Pottermore? I am glad H has discovered the joy of reading! I just about choked a year or so back when I realized my cousin had never read a book for pleasure - she has only read the few that we were forced to read for high school English. I can't even imagine it!

Ginger, we got a macbook pro laptop a few months back and she is a smooth machine! I love it! And now I can be on the computer when the kids are playing in the lounge instead of sneaking away to the desktop.
Random 2k is most likely going on the credit card Not exciting, but it has to be paid some time I guess.

Names - Erin or Zoey?

[Ginger]

Zoey is ace. love it spelt that way too! perfect

[Ozstar]

Well I obviously love Zoe lol (we had Erin on our list too so you have a great taste ). I'm not a fan of the spelling with a Y though, it's to American for me.

[Artechim]

LOL, I figured Oz and Trill would cancel each other out for name votes.

I am tending towards Zoey atm and William is certain that is what she is going to be called but DH is a bit slow to come to the party! I think it goes nicely with the other names and with our surname too.

[Ginger]

i actually really love it spelt Zoey. i think its cuter

[MamaPan]

I like Zoe too - I havent seen it spelt with a Y before... (if it is pronounced the same, i guess thats just personal choice)
Erin is nice too - both go beautifully with W and A.

Wow - cant believe we are up to naming already! you've had 3 babies since we met!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRAZY WOMAN! (JM too)

all ok here - craziness in the busy stakes..
boys delicious
new nanny starting today (thankfully)
off to syd this weekend - BY MYSELF!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[AnyDream]

Arte, both lovely, I also like that other name. (you've still got a few weeks to talk DH round ). My DH had never read a book for pleasure when I met him either. How long do you think it took me to change that? LOL Now he reads more fiction than I do (although I have noticed his reading enthusiasm is generally higher when the book involves sexy vampires - pmsl)!

MP, good to see you. New nanny = sweet. Trip to Sydney = PAVLOVA-level sweet!

Gingey - yay for your noo compooter! I love my fuschialicious with the same passion (or more) than I did the day she came into my life. Is yours a pretty colour or did you go for the usual ****y apple white?

Pottermore is this new website that JKR is launching, with all her books transmogrified into online content, with 3D player walkthroughs, games, new content etc. Basically it's a relaunch of her original series done to capture the new digi gen (although I suspect most of its early users will be a bunch of 20+ Harry Potter diehard fans). Anyway the site goes live at Halloween, but this week there are limited registrations to get into the beta version. I'm curious because this is potentially the future of publishing for the children/YA genre, so, right up my Diagon alley, so to speak.

[Ginger]

hi everyone
just a quicky as i've gotta pick up L from kinder in a minute or two.
the weather in melb is absolutely gorgeous! feels like spring is here i know its not gonna last though been getting out heaps with the boys on their bikes and really making the most of it.
bbl

[Cassius2]

omg i know right??!! how frikkin beautiful is it today! you CANNOT wipe the smile of my face today!!

we are currently sitting outside in tshirts and no shoes or socks on a rug in the sweet sunshine!!!!!!

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Ginger]

yeah i love it. i've even got sheets hanging out on the line! amazing
think it's gonna rain on friday though

[Ozstar]

We have been having glorious weather too. I love sitting in the sunshine on the deck while the kids sleep.... ahhh serenity lol.

[Ginger]

sleep? whats that?
my kids don't day sleep anymore
they don't mind a bit of abc2 in the arvos though