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Well everything is packed (I think) now just have to wait for DH to get home. Liam was really good and played on the bed and drozed in and out while I packed and is back asleep now. Not looking foward to the 4 - 4 and a half hour drive. Have bottles of expressed milk ready. Least I'm not preganant this time and wont need to sdtop every half hour for toilet break!!
Have a good weekend guys!!
Hope you have a great weekend spiddles! Good luck on the driving!
Michelle I hope your days goes really well!
Matilda is rolling around in her cot atm refusing to sleep & occasionally letting out a whopper of a scream...DH got up with her every 3 hours last night so I thought I would let him have a nap...but gggrrrr I hate it when she is really tired but won't sleep because she's too busy rolling around in the cot...it wouldn't be so bad except that she still refuses to sleep on her back with the reflux so she rolls gets tired and then screams & we roll her back to her belly, she falls asleep for a few minutes and then rolls back to her back and wakes up... so frustrating...
Hi everyone
Just a quick note to let you know I have made a webpage for Grace if you want to check it out!
I was inspired by everyone's gorgeous photos
Bon
v v v cute bon!!! She is beautiful & I love the photo of you at 40 weeks!
Christy - Just quickly... I know this probably isnt the safest thing to do... but have you considered tucking a pillow behind her back so she cant roll back??
That is what I have to do for Aidyn these days... he is refusing to sleep on his back, but I wont let him sleep on his tummy cause he keeps trying to sleep face down. So I wedge him on his side with one small pillow against his tummy, and a bed pillow behind him, so he can't roll either way... its the only way he will get to sleep now.
However we only do this during the day when he is sleeping on our bed, so I am constantly able to check on him. Because he is still asleep when we transfer him to the cot at night, he doesnt care that he is on his back and doesnt need the pillows then.
All the new piccies are gorgeous!!!
and Grace looks beautiful Bon!!!
Hope your party went off without a hitch Michelle!!!!
Sorry to all those I missed, I am just way too tired, today was so stinking hot, and we had so much work (packing) to do!!! (Topped off with a very cranky baby!!)
Goodnight!
Christy - doesn't have to be a pillow a rolled up towel will do the same job and if you need to you can buy a thingo (like my technical terms? LOL) from baby stores that stop them from rolling.
Asha's avourite trick is to turn sideways in her cot and then pull her dribble rug (a cloth nappy) over her face and then fall asleep!!!
Better go she is grumpy and her routine is all out fo wack!!!
Night
Hi everyone,
The party is over! Thank goodness!
It went really well, only problem was I sent way too much time mucking around in the kitchen and not enough outside dancing. The jukebox was a great idea. My outfit attracted many comments and I felt great. We had probably 120plus guests so it was chockers but good fun. I didn't get to bed until i kicked out the last guests at 5.15am this morning, which wasn't that good as I had an hours sleep and then had to feed Jessica, but she went back to sleep until 9.40am which was good. I am pretty tired, but not hungover as I only had about 4 drinks all night. I have decided that our 40th will be a dinner at a pub or something like that as I am almost all partied out, catering wise. We got some great pressies although I haven't really sat down and had a good look yet.
I was annoyed at my girlfirend and my BIL. They nicked off down the pub for about 3 hours and then when she came back she went out to sleep in her car and then he went out and joined her! He came in looking for his keys to get something from his car and informed me that they may be in my friends car with his socks and jocks. So I cracked it and told him that I didn't care to now about that and that I thought it was very rude for him and her to come to our party and **** off, and also that I didn't appreciate him coming up to stay last weekend and not bothering to actually return to sleep on the Fri and Sat nights and how he only ever wants to go to the pub when he comes anyway. He was a little stunned but then said "You'll understand one day" and I told him No I wouldn't, and he went out again. This morning he said "You were a bit angry at me last night!" and I told him that's because he's an idiot just like his sister (my SIL). He so doesn't know how to take me and I like it that way,
I have decided being 30 entitles me to stand up for myself in my own home and not be pushed around by people who don't show me respect.
Anyway, hope your holiday was great Spiddles, and hope matilda starts to sleep better for you Christy, maybe one of the suggestions will work.
See ya all Michelle
Hello girls! Well... had a quiet SAt and a really crazy Sunday... we visited friends & then went out Sunday night & Matilda decided that she didn't need to sleep from 2pm onwards and at 7.30pm decided to projectile vomit down my shirt (thankfully I blocked the vomit from hitting the walls) and I went running out leaking vomit and got outside and had a pool of it around my feet I'm sure she didn't consume as much as she vomitted...lol... I was tired by that point and decided that indicated it was time to go home so we jumped in the car & left lol didn't even go back in and say goodbye...DH ran in & wiped up the spilt stuff though... I was a bit embarrased about that...
But today has been good..
BTW... has anyone's little one started waiting longer between feeds? Matilda is going 4 hours during the day now and longer between naps, so she misses food time but I don't want to wake her up and the last few days its been 4 hours between feeds....hmmm....
Glad to hear you had a great party Michelle!
Hello Everyone
I am still around and the IL's have gone back to the UK now so I finally have time to post. I have only had chance to catch up with the last couple of pages of posts because I thought that by the time I read all of them, I wouldn't have time to post.
The visit was interesting MIL was good and showed me a good way of settling Luke which she used to use on James and his brother - it works really well. Lying him on his side when you are holding him and tapping his back - I used to hold him on his back which didn't work as well. She also used to tidy the kitchen for me on an evening which was a real help.
FIL was a different story - he is obviously used to people looking after him and would only try to touch Luke when he was asleep which would wake him up!!! He would get himself a drink (far too many alcoholic ones!!) and not offer anyone else a drink or make himself a cup of tea without offering anyone else even though we would be buy changing nappies, feeding or trying to get Luke asleep.
We went away to the Gold Coast for a couple of days and Luke was very good on the plane - he slept most of the way there, just waking for a feed and just cried a bit on the way back but was happy when he was given his dummy.
They had a video camera and even though they barely used it - we decided that we should buy one as well since Luke is smilng and is more alert and we won't get these moments any more.
I am glad that everyone seems well, as I was reading your posts I was thinking that Luke seems to be a lot bigger than most of your babies (I didn't read how big Ryley is, Pee so you are my last hope!!). Luke was weighed at 7.5 weeks and is 5.2kg. It was at the paeditrician (sp!) and he said that he was thriviing and we didn't need to come back so that was good news. We go to the MCH tomorrow so he will be measured again.
About the funny shaped heads - I was told that I should either turn the bassinet (which we are not using) or make up the cot at the other end since the babies tend to sleep looking into the room. We were told that in extreme cases, babies have to wear helmets to make their heads a better shape so it is worth tryiing to get them to swap sleeping sides early.
We are going for the injections tonight so hopefully there will be no side effects.
Hope that you are all well, sorry that there are no personals but I wanted to post and then I can keep updated with everyone.
Take care
Carmen-good to see you around. Hope all goes well with the injections.
Christy-the towel idea from Kelly is a goosd idea. I have used it in childcare for the same reason, with babies. Sounds like you had a yucky Sunday. Hope your Mon has continued well. Q on feeds, Amelia is going 4 hrly during day and 8hrs at night. So she is having 5 feeds now at the same times.(6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm) dh wakes her b4 he leaves for work so she is starting off at the same time each day. Sat we let her sleep so we usually get an extra 1/2 hr sleep in b4 she demands a feed(6.30am)
How are you Michelle? Sounds like you had a great party.
Kelly-Asha's trick sounds so cute. Amelia has just found her fist so now sucks it when she is in need of a sleep. She has also decided to grab clothing and pull it close to her. She likes ribbons and silky things.
Love the photo's bon. Esp. the 40 silohette.:)
Spiddles, hope all travelled well. My parents live 7 hrs drive away. We have not made the trip yet but they have come to us lots thus far.
Hiya Girls!!
Am glad you all had a kinda good weekend and so much going on....ewwww at the projectile vomit Christy and well done for standing up for yourself Michelle. Its good to have you back Carmen!! Bon, grace is georgous.
Liam did really well on the 3 and a half hour trip each way to his grandparents (on the way up stayed wide awake and took everything in and today slept most of the way after drinking 180 mls was amazed!!) We got there around 8 on Saturday night and after a nappy change and a feed was bawling but he was just exhausted as had a big day and was his sleep time.
DH parents just bought a petrol station/motel/takeaway so was pretty busy. Next time we visit will have to take baby monitor so when he is sleeping in the house dont have to keep running back to check on him sleeping.
Carmen - Liam was 5.65kgs at 8 weeks. I think Ryley was in Pee's post 6.6kgs so hes's a big boy compared to ours.
Have found that when Liam has breast he seems to vomit and gets wind but with a bottle he is fine....maybe he gets too much too quik I donoo.
Take care guys!!
Glad things went well Spiddles. Forgot to say that we had Amelia Dedicated yesturday. It was a beautiful service although Amelia cried all the way through her part and then went straight to sleep when we sat down. Little Tike. :)
We had a house full for lunch and my parents are still around. Ds is having a wonderful time with them. I am quite tired though.
Last night I thought I was getting af symptoms. Bit early considering I didn't get her until 6mths with ds. Amelia is going longer between feeds so this may bring af earlier. Who knows.
I have done a web site for dd if anyone wants to look.
Hope everyone is well.
Hi Everyone
I went and had a look at the pics Rose and Amelia is gorgeous.
An uneventful day, I am so tired i am planning to hit the sack very soon.
Glad the trip went well Spiddles!
Hi Carmen, you have been very busy with your family, but it would have been lovely having them spend time with Luke.
Sorry if i have missed almost everyone, can't really think at the moment.
Goodnight michelle
Hi everyone!
Glad everyone had a good weekend
Rose - Harry was going well in the big bed but then he started to get insecure and now he won't settle in it. At the moment he is sleeping in our room on his little fold out couch. So we have both kids in with us! We are going to try him with the bed again soon, but at the moment it is easier to settle him in our room.
Anyway, would like to write more but DH is hurrying me up to get ready to go out.
Bon
hi all
just come back from our morning at the dr's for lani's injections, she screamed, i was so sad at that point my 4yr old son said he did not want his needle lol all the way he said he wanted a needle like lani's, instead he had a redo of his allergy testing hasn't had one in 2 yrs and we decided just to get the food allergies done at this stage as they are a bit more important than the grass etc etc, good news is no longer allergic to milk and egg bad news is still very allergic to nuts - we really do not have an action plan as we have not had an episode when he has actually been exposed to nuts so we do not know what will happen it is scary so dr just said to make sure he knows not to share any foods and to be vigilant with ingrediants. my doctor must love giving needles lol she said my hubby and i need a whooping cough vaccination, although we were done as kids apparently there has been an outbreak and if we catch it and pass it onto lani it would be serious and could lead to death bloody scary the way she just came out with it, apparently babies aren't fully covered against it until they have had all there shots - so i had mine done and dh will get his done next week and take my son for his 4yr old shots.
lani has around 5 breast feeds a day, although not usually full ones she sucks only for around 5 to 10mins and i generally just feed her if she is cranky, i have ditched the rollover and she still slept from 8pm to 6am so she must be getting enough.
question does anyone know of babies feeding they start crying on the boob put them for a burp done put back on start crying again, stick dummy in and they fall asleep, lani seems to do this every night at her feed at around 7 or 8pm. weird it is like she is telling me she is not hungry just wants her dummy and go to sleep.
good to see the party was good michelle - we went to a 40th on sat night, ds had his first sleep over and had a ball, lani did well slept in the pram until a girlfriends hubby picked her up around midnight when she let out a little squeek from then on she was passed around like pass the parcel, we got home at 2 and she went done well. dh was soooooooo drunk he actually fell over twice whilst getting into the car, first time he smashed his head on the concrete, i thought he had passed out, he actually cut his head somewhere as there was blood but not enough to warrant medical attention, bloody idiot i went right off i said to him if he carried on drinking so much he will not live to see his children grow up - didn't seem to work as he was drinking again on sunday - i just hate it he drinks probably 6 cans of beer every night and more on the weekend, but on the weekend he does not eat breakfast or lunch so he gets tanked quicker - he is not violent thank god but can be a bit of a ***** MEN AHH, he can be so nice when he is sober oh well that is my sob of the day lol.
sorry for the epic - hope all are keeping well.
regards
Hi all, been busy again so just catching up.
Well, not much exciting happening for me atm. Busy, but not exciting lol.Oh except that we found out how much we will get back from our tax returns this year and were very pleasantly surprised! Nearly $6000 in total so that will be going straight in the bank for savings as one of my friends has just gotten engaged and is getting married in NZ in Jan. 2006. Very excited as I haven't been on a holiday for over 3 years now and the last one was our honeymoon lol! Will have to start researching all the exciting stuff we can do in NZ!! Otherwise we have just been running around trying to see family constantly. They all want to see Hudson every week (first grandchild syndrome), but we always seem to have to go to them, and we live a 1-2 hr drive from all of our family. Think I might have to put my foot down soon and tell them it is their turn to do the travelling grrrr. Anyway, I will pop back later and do personals as Hudson has just woken up. Hmmmm, always seems to do that just as I get on the computer lol. Hope everyone is H & H!
Hello everyone- time is so short these days!!
Quickly just saying hi to let everyone know I am alive still!! Ryley is doing well- he just got his first pair of osh kosh leather sandals from ebay! I am stoked- they are very very cute!!
I hope everyone is doing well. My birthday soon! eeek!
Anyway take care and i will write more later!!!
Hi girls!!
Mooshie - that stinks about your DH...*big hugs*
Marcia thats great about your tax return!! YAY!
rose thanks for that re the food... I'm impressed that Amelia goes so well with the schedules...we tried doing things by the clock to stretch out the night time feeds but Matilda just goes by her own schedules...lol...
Sounds great about the Osh Kosh sandles Pee!!! Matilda's godmother got her a pair of cute fredbare shoes on ebay and they look like they've never been used...so cute...
Well we had an amazing night, Matilda went from 10pm to 6am with one episode of missed dummy... only unfortunate thing was we didn't change her nappy at 10 so this morning everything was wet... but it was so good, because she's been up more lately at 3am and then waking for the day at 5am... I was awake at 5am just listening...but I stayed in bed until 6....
She's decided that she doesn't need to sleep during the day either... she gets really tired and I put her in the cot & she rolls and rolls and doesn't fall asleep...atm she's been in there 30 minutes & she's just rolling around... I tried the rolled up towels but yesterday I put her down with her eyes closed & 5 minutes later heard a yell, went in to check & she had the towel wrapped around her & over her head! I have no idea how she did that, but I decided to not keep anything in with her now...I even rocked her to sleep twice and as soon as we put her down she wakes up #-o ... last night it took us 2 hours to get her to sleep!!! GGGrrrr..... the problem is she is tired, she's crying, rubbing her eyes, yawning.... hmmmm
UGH!! AF just arrived!
Christy - Lol at the vomit down the top. You poor thing I know exactly how you feel, I have had that one happen too. At least when it happened to me it was at Mum's Group, but none of the other girls have reflux babies, so I guess it doesn't make that much difference! Grrrr at AF, me too, and I forgot how much I hate it! Plus with the new pill I am trying I seem to get it 2 weeks out of 4!! Extra Grrrrrr for that, so I will be changing pills I think! Re Matilda rolling around instead of sleeping, have you tried wrapping her? Hudson started rolling a couple of weeks ago and doesn't stop all day now, except for when I put him down for a sleep. I'm pretty sure it is because I wrap him for sleeps, and he can't roll if he can't use his arms. You probably already have tried it, or don't want to, so if so I'll shut up, but just thought I'd mention it. We thought Hudson hated being wrapped, but he was such a bad day sleeper that our CYH nurse said to try for 3 days straight at every sleep time and then see how he is with it. Anyway after the 3 days he was fine with it and sleeping a lot better, so the couple of days of him crying about it was worth it in the long run.
Pee- so cute on the sandals! are they for now or when he is bigger? Only ask as I didn't know you could get shoes for bubs at this age. We just put socks on Hudson lol!
Mooshie - :( for your little boys allergies. That must be scary to have to think all the time about if there is nuts in things, and not knowing how he would react if there was. Sorry, can't help on the feeding probs with Lani, as Hudson is bottle fed. One mum at my group has a similar prob with her bub but said it was because he gulps too much too fast and he chokes and then gets upset, but I would think you would probably be able to tell if Lani was doing that.
Spiddles - Glad your trip went well!
Michelle- Great to hear the party went well, and =D> for you standing up for yourself!
To everyone with piccies up - Your babies are beautiful! They are all such cuties. I wish I had a digital camera so I could put some up too.
Sorry to those I missed, This was all I could remember lol!
Hi all
Well, I reckon summer is definitely here in Qld, we are getting temps around the 30 degree mark. Grace is feeling it a bit, she has got heat rash around her neck and on her tummy. ATM she is sleeping in just a nappy and singlet, wrapped in her muslin wrap with the fan going. I wish I didn't have to wrap her at all but she won't settle otherwise. At least there is a nice breeze.
Just a question - did anyone else's bubbas have a small fontanelle when they were born? The paed in hospital thought Grace's was a bit small and told us that it is probably ok but it can be a sign that her skull is fusing together too early, in which case she would need surgery. Talk about freaking me out! But we took her back for a follow up and they said that it all looks fine and there is nothing to worry about. Thank god. We still have to go back in two months though to make sure her head is growing normally, but doc thinks she is fine.
Yay for ebay. I am a bit of an ebay addict
Oh gotta go, Grace is awake and wanting food!
Bon
Hello
Luke is asleep so I thought that I would post.
Mooshie - Big hugs for the allergies - is it something that they are likely to grow out of? Try not to worry too much about your husband - although I know that it must be hard.
Pee - I am an ebayer too so congratulations on the sandles - I am sure sometimes we probably bid against people on the forum since there are so many of us (LOL!)
Christy - yeah for the good nights sleep - hope it continues. Luke had his first 7.5 hours sleep last night and I can't believe how much difference the extra hours sleep makes.
Marcia - well done on the tax money - you must be so excited about the holiday, will you have to pay for Hudson or will he still be free?
Bon - LOL at calling it the big bed - I do exactly the same thing and before Luke was born I would never have thought about it but it looks sooo big when he is laid in it particularly since we have a king size.
Luke had his vaccinations and the nurse told James and I that we were very brave - LOL!! Luke just cried a little bit and then a gave him a feed which seemed to take his mind off it. The next morning he was a bit unsettled so I gave him some panadol and he was a happy baby again so I think that I am lucky.
He was weighed again yesterday 5360g and 58cm. I find that whenver someone asks how old he is and I say 8 weeks they look at me as if to say really - particularly those people with babies of their own. I have made the mistake of saying - your baby must be young since they are so little and finding out that they are a few weeks older than LUke so I keep quiet now.
Hello to everyone that I have missed and hope that you are all well
Take care
Carmen
hi girls
wow what a hottie in melbourne today, especially after walking around 20mins (up hill) to go to get an ice cream for ds - ahh the things we do for our kiddies lol.
carmen - my ds unfortunately now will not grow out of his nut allergy, they say generally if they were to grow out of them it is around the age of 5 and he is 4 1/2 and his severeness (if thats a word lol) is the same as when he was 12mths old, so i am going to have to be so careful, he does to, he knows not to share food or to accept food from anyone or ask if there is nuts in it, so thats good he is aware - just everything has a nut warning it is shocking - at least he likes his fruit.
poor lani had a terrible time yesterday arvo after needles, about 4hrs after she became totally upset and screamed for 1hr nothing i could do calmed her - it seemed to be her legs were sore, she had no fever but i gave her a dose of panadol and that did the trick. my arm is still hurting today from the whooping cough injection so i can't imagine how she must of been feeling - ah well at least i got to know the pain cry, so after 3 children i can finally tell the difference between hungry, tired and pain cry - hooray lol.
looking at all the weights i feel lani is a bit on the smallish size especially since she was 8lb 9oz at birth she is now 4.6kg and 58cm long and lean, i often wonder if she is getting enough don't we all when we breastfeed - i swear we should have little monitors on our boobs to show us how much milk has been drunk, she has lots of wet nappies and is generally happy so i guess she is just going to be a slow gainer who knows.
ahh after falling asleep in my arms she is now protesting in the cot - time to put in the dummy
see ya
ROFL @ so many people loving ebay!! I have bought so many near new or new Pumpkin patch clothes on ebay for so cheap. I am buying the 0 size now from this winter for last winter while not too many people are bidding. I am selling heaps of my boy clothes now too. (my username on there is madfish79) Lol if someone bids against me for p-patch stuff.
The sandals are for later in summer. They do have shoes to fit now- they are size one- but dont forget Ryley is 62cm long and weighs 7.25kgs so he isnt a small 2 1/2 month old.
Sorry i wont have time to put it into the topic but good luck iris i will be thinking of you. Here's hoping Alana is fine.
Poor little Lani with her needles- breaks your heart when they cry doesnt it.
With regard to cutting nails (again sorry for not right forum) I use the nail clippers for babies and i wait til he is asleep and then push the tip right up to the nail so i can see where nail meets skin. It has worked for us really well so far.
Lol Carmen- imagine how i feel with Ryley being soo very big I always do that- oh your bub must be much younger than Ryley!! easy mistake to make. Sounds like he's doing pretty good!
Our quick update- Ryley is sleeping from around 7.30 - 8 p.m. until about 6 in the morning and then will play for an hour and then have a 240mL bottle. It is working really well. He is doing well and I am loving being a Mum. what a great job!! who needs a different career!!
I am playing netball again on 26th Nov for a quarter as my bodys bday present to me as my bday is the 25th!! Woo Hoo for being 24.. :(
I dont like getting older.
I have started a mothers group here which i love and am happy about. I hope everyone is doing well. I really dont get time for personals very much so i will just say bug hugs to all the Bubs and Mums!!
I forgot to mention- we are thinking of putting Ryley into baby modelling. I wanted to ask if possible if you guys could look at his pics from the site and tell me which three to send in. I personally think the 10 week, 9 week and 6 week. If you could give me a second or third opinion that would be great. Be honest too- if you dont think he'll make it let me know coz we all think our bubba's are the cutest ever.
Thanks!! :D
Hi Pee,
Sorry to butt in on this thread but just wanted to say that i agree with your suggestions of photos of Ryley. He's such an adoreable lil thing!
HI everyone,
Mooshie- Jessica and Lani are the same size and Jessica is 2 weeks older so that seems ok to me! Even though they have different birth weights. Jessica was 6lb 10oz. They are supposed to put about 150gms per week which is about 1200gms in 8 weeks. How does that work out with her weight gain. Maybe she wants to be petite! LOL
I love ebay too, started off buying, then selling my stuff, and now Mum and I sell scrapbooking stuff. It's great when you get a bargain isn't it Pee? I got a portacot and baby monitor off ther and they were both terrific. I have been duped a couple of times, once for a pair of jeans which never arrived and neither did the refund of half the cost, and once for gloves and hats, which the lady took the money and never delivered. Not everyone is trustworthy unfortunaetly. I also brought gorgeous baby cot blankets with the kids name date of birth and birth weight and a pic embroidered on, great value for money. If anyone is interested in one PM me and I will give you the username of that seller as the blankies are gorgeous.
Grr at matilda being so clever CHristy, sometimes perseverence is the key though. We have now got Jemma staying in her bed and not escaping bc Arron decided she would just be put back each time she escaped. TOnight the little treasure climbed in under the blankets with her dummy and hardly cried. Good luck with getting her sleeping again.
THe holiday sounds great Marcia, how exciting for you all to be going to such a beautiful place!
Carmen I wouldn't worry about the size thing, birth weights play such a huge part in how big babies are. I looked at Jemma's book and she weighed 10 lb 6 at 5 1/2 weeks, Jessica weighed 10 lb 4 1/2 at 9 weeks. The difference is Jemma was *lb 4 1/2 born and Jessica was only 6lb 10oz. As long as they have a good weight gain and their height matches there weight you can be happy.
My computer keeps dropping the internet connection, I hope I don't lose this post.
Goodnight all
Sorry if I missed anyone.
Cheers Michelle
Good morning girls! I hope you all have had a good night... am off today to KMART's big 4 day sale around 25% off kids stuff...YAY! I also have some xmas shopping to do.....Matilda's not wanting to nap but tired yet again... I'd really love a shower...LOL...I nevre understood that luxury before.
To lazy to post - just testing my new ticker
Pee- I'd pick those photo's to send in too. He is adorable and definately in with a chance I'd think, he has that classically cute baby look IYKWIM lol. Just one word of advice re baby modelling. An ex-neighbour of mine did a little bit of baby modelling with her daughter who was just adorable and she did quite well, with esprit baby and pumpkin patch both using her, but I remember her saying that it was very full on and that in the end she pulled her daughter out of it because a lot of the other mums and the 'judges' who decided who was chosen for shoots were very brutal with their opinions and she couldn't stand by and hear people be so nasty about her little girl. Anyway, that was just her experience and it was a while ago now so it may be different, but I just wanted to share so that you are prepared for people who may be rude or nasty about your beautiful little boy. I think you'd just have to be able to let it go over your head IYKWIM, but I know I'd be hopeless and want to slap them all lol!
OMG - it has gone so fast! Asha is 5 months old today.
She is happy and healthy although not gaining weight just growing longer! We had her weighed today and she has not put on any weight at all, in fact she has lost weight! but has grown another 2 cms!!! It is so hard for me as Emma & Jack were so big and chubby ;) and Asha is still so tiny. So as of 5 months Asha weighs 6.3 kgs and is 65cms long HC 41.5cm. Emma - weighed at 6 weeks was 62cms & 6.27kgs (almost what Asha weighs at 5 months!). Jack - at 5 months was 68cms & 9.1kgs!!!!
Well I just dropped in to say hi ... have to get the vacuuming done now before I pick the other 2 up from school.
Cheers
Thanks for the info Marcia. Maybe i wont do it... I might discuss that with DH. I didnt think of that perspective!
Pee - Ryley is just gorgeous, it's just gorgeous how babies can bring a big smile to your face, even when you don;t know them. Ryley would make a beautiful model, personally I think photos at 4,5 and 10 weeks are wonderful, he is very photogenic isn't he. :)
Hi girls hope all is well!!
Well Liam has been banished to his cot....think he is tired. Last few nights has been waking at 3 and wide awake so I feed him and he is still awake. An hour later still awake. Donno if he ended up going to sleep but was still awake at 6 and has been awake most of the day and now is just grizzly. He started bawling when I was playing with his favorite toy.
Anyhows gotta run, the aquarium stopped and is now grizzling again!!
Well finally he is asleep!! Ended up having a catnap for half an hour and wanted to play!! DH took the cutest pic of him tonight sitting on his couch is on the website. He is getting so big!!
Oh kelly was just looking at your weights because I had Matilda weighed yesterday and she was 8kg and 70cm.... so that was good to see she's doing fine!
One thing that is weird is that Matilda on Saturday decided she didn't need to eat as much... 4 bottles a day would do nicely thank you very much... and she won't drink more than 100ml at the moment!!! She just arches her back & screams & when I put her down and wait another 10 minutes she won't even go near the bottle without screaming but when I walk away she giggles... cheeky bugger... so I have called the CHN and the early parenting centre and they have no more advice for me, just to weigh her every week and make sure she is putting on at least 50gm a week... but one thing she is doing is gobbling the solids I've been giving. I've only been giving her two tsp a day...nothing tremendous because she's still a bit young, but today I increased it because I was freaking out because she wouldn't have her bottles.... and she ate 2 tblspoon... right after drinking 100ml, so who knows....
I realised that the biggest stress I have with her is that she eats & sleeps well.... if she doesn't sleep well I get a bit freaked out and if she doesn't eat well the same happens, so I've got to get myself around that.
Kelly - IKWYM about doctors, you finally find one that is quite good, one that doesn't reach for the prescription pad as you walk through the door before you have even had the chance to tell them the problem, but trying then to get into them is another matter entirely, who wants to wait a week (especially with colds etc) to see them, you ring up and it's "sorry he/she is fully booked for the next two weeks" real handy!
On another matter my DD has been sleeping in our bed since coming home from hospital, even though I love it she won't go to sleep without me lying face to face with her. I know she is only little but it is getting a bit much, any suggestions?
hi all
hope the weekend is good for everyone, just thought i would post a little re my dh - you may recall the post which we went to a 40th and as usual he got stupidly drunk, and that he drinks at least 7 beers (that i know of) at night and more on weekends without eating - needless to say i hate it with a passion - he does not get violent but very smart arsey and quite frankly i don't want our children being exposed to that kind of behaviour - i worry when he is alone with ds if there was a problem and he needed to get medical attention for ds then he would be driving in the car after drinking it is quite scary. any way he is off to see our gp tommorrow for his injection for whooping cough and he said to me that he had some issues he wants to talk about with the dr he said he has a problem and if he keeps going he will not live to 50 - i am so happy he has finally accepted his problem (i was going to ring the dr before hand confidentially and ask her to raise the drinking issue with him) my gp is fantastic she was around the whole time our dd was sick so i am sure she will hopefully give some good advise - dh carries an awful lot of grief and he does not acknowledge or talk about dd like me he says he wants to move on - maybe since having lani he is starting to realise things can be bad but yes they can get a little easier and he knows of my intentions of having another. i am so happy i have not let him see how happy i am i am just being supportive but not over the top - as i said for him to accept he has a drinking problem is huge - he can be so lovely when sober gosh we've been married 10 yrs and known each other for 19yrs and we have been through the worst pain of losing a child so i am sure things can only get better [-o<
sorry for the epic - just had to tell someone.
see ya
oh michelle thats fantastic with your DH... realising the problem is half the battle!! I hope it all goes really well!
Hi Girls, I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!!
LillyD - Do you still want DD to sleep in the same bed as you?? Have you tried putting her in a cot with a piece of clothing of your so she still has your smell??? I put Liam down in his cot and tell him Mummy is outside and will come and check on you in 5 mins to see if your asleep but if you need me you just call *lol* Usually by the time I go back 5 mins later is asleep.
Mooshie - Thats great about your husband. He is certainly moving foward if he knows he has a problem and needs help!! And about the msg you left on Liam's website. If I had a normal camera I would have wasted rolls too trying to get him to smile. At least with a digital you can delete the ones you want. It does make it a bit more tricky with our as red eye reduct has a 3 second delay so you kinda have to take the photo just before he smiles. If you can afford it would highly recommend one.
Christy - I know how you feel about sleeping and eating (eating especially) Since I have stopped expressing every feed as he seems more content at the breat now I do wonder how much he does get. STill has plenty of wet nappies and breast feel softer afterwards and he is happy so I guess I shouldnt worry but I think all Mums do.