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Hi Everyone
Jaykob is getting into a good sleeping routine lately! yay!!! Hes so used to travelling that hes a bit late getting in to the swing but good things come to those who wait !!!
The tooth is coming along well, very sharp and getting bigger every day...
Beth.. as i just said, they are sharp arent they!!! & Im hoping my sleep ins continue a bit longer, its the best part of the day - sneaking in the extra couple of ZzZz's Sorry to hear yours have stopped, maybe its just a phase? lol
Snowgirl - Wow on the crawl... be off and about in no time!
Mel - Hi and i know how you feel about the busy thing! lol Time Flys Hey!!!!! And WOW on bub No #2 already! You are alot braver than me... I always joke i'd like to be pregnant again now but I dont think I could really do it!!
Well I hope you are all well.... Will try to keep up with you Super Posters!!!
HAHAHA
Colleen xxoo
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WOW SNOWY! Crawling.I think millana may do it soon,she is up on her knees and rocks and commando crawls too.
Well she is 7 months tommorow,2 nights ago she had a feed at 1030pm and slept through to 630am but last night was a horror.She didnt go to sleep until 730pm she usually goes 630pm and from midnight woke up everyhour making a miserable whingy cry.I think she must have felt unwell as she never slept until i gave panadol at 3am.Does anyone else get these nights.Millana continues generally to have 2 feeds a night.One at 1030/11pm and the other at 2pm or 5pm.She gets up everyday usually at 6pm.I just cant wait until i can have a regular sleep at night.
Am i just unlucky,am i going to have a baby that always wakes up?
I envy you girls that have a nice sleep.
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Woohoo on Wolf's crawling Snowy - so cool that your dad got to see it!
Caddie, big hugs mate - I know what you mean with the sleep envy. I definitely get nights like that. Last night was a shocker for us too - I have had a bit of a cold and I think I've given it to Kaleb despite my best efforts not to (bit hard when you're the primary carer though!) Went to sleep at 7pm, then from 10pm to 1am woke every half hour until I gave in and took him into the spare bed with me... still woke nearly every half hour, but at least I didn't have to move to settle him. He is very snuffly though, poor little mite.
Hey Mel, good to hear Jules is doing so well. And how are you feeling? Sounds like you're coping great! For Kaleb's eczema I use the QV bath oil and I have been using Cetaphil cream which has worked great. My doc told me about a new cream out called Eledin (I think that's how it's spelt) It's an alternative to steroid creams, it contains immunosuppressants instead. She gave me a script for it incase the other stuff didn't work, but unfortunately it's not on PBS yet, so I dread to think how much it'd cost. Thankfully looks like we won't need it at the moment but might be worth asking about?
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Hi everyone, I hope you're all well.
Snowy, congratulations to Wolf on crawling!!! =D> =D> I hope he wasn't too frightened by the furniture toppling over next to him. Its funny how visits to other people's houses can be fraught with all sorts of dangers that you would never even consider if you didn't have a baby.
Beth, woohoo for the tooth. They look so cute with tiny little teeth don't they. I think Yasin might have another on the way because he's drooling alot and sucking his lip alot. I'm glad you're staying on top of the eczema. I hope it doesn't flare up again.
Colleen, Yay for Jaykob's tooth too. I hope he doesn't bite you with it. I'm glad that you're getting a good sleep routine going. Yasin's was getting better but it didn't last for long :(
Caddie, Yasin still has a snack at 10:30/11:00 then again at 2am then he wakes up at 4am and tries to convince me that its time to get up and I try and convince him that the day doesn't start for another few hours. usually he goes back to sleep until 7am but sometimes he doesn't. I'm beginning to think that if I moved him to his cot he might just play on his own in the morning for a while before he woke me up. I just try and remind myself that it won't last forever.
Hi Melissa, welcome to forum. LOL at Jules being a little flirt. Its such a cute age isn't it.
I just had someone over to look at the flat. They didn't seem very enthusiastic so I can't imagine that they'll buy it. It seems to have stopped raining so I'd better pop down to the shops and get something for dinner before it starts again.
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hi girls
sorry to crash your forum you all sound like your bubs are going great guns and we no doubt will see you all soon in the 9 - 12 mth forum.
beth and jules i was just popping in about the exema cream - the stuff you were talking about beth is the Elidel cream and it's great stuff. it costs $40 for a small tube (which needs to be used withing 12wks of opening) but it is great because of no steroids. i hardly need to use it now on lani. the bigger tube is around $75 and if you have extra's on your hospital cover you may be able to claim for it that way - check it out and good luck.
okay i am going back to my own forum sorry lovies.
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Hi everyone!
And to think I thought I would have all the time in the world to post on bellybelly - what was I thinking?!
After a bit of a mishap a few weeks ago I have finished working and am hobbling around - my knee just gave way (after years of sport etc) and I am booked in for an MRI in a few weeks to see if I will need either physio or an arthriscope (sp?). It isn't sore really but just feels 'gammy' - very scary when I am carrying around Aidan. So that put a spanner in the works with work, but I feel like it was a good thing as it was a long drive away and I wasn't 100% happy with the role - a good thing it was only casual.
Aidan is well (just got over his 4th cold for the season). He weighed in at 9.3kg's at his 6 month check up. Looks like he is going to be taller than his Mummy. He looks all in proportion so thats a good thing!
Everyone here sounds happy and healthy which is great news, and lots of milestones being achieved at this wonderful age. =D>
I am starting to try and feed Aidan three times a day to get him used to a brekky/lunch/dinner routine but not really sure about what I am feeding him. At the moment it is farex mixed with apple or pear for brekky (will change to mutigrain baby cereal next week), vegies for lunch and vegies with chicken for dinner. Any other suggestions for a lunch time meal? Would also love to hear about all the other babies food routines!
Jess
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Hi Jessica,
Just a quick post....
Jaykob has museli cereal stuff for breakfast ( the heinz one) kinda smells like weetbix....
Fruit for lunch & vegies / vegies & Meat for dinner :)
Hope this helps!!!
I used to put the fruit in the morning with the farex but i think the museli one is tasty enough ;)
or you could have a jelly type food for lunch? im not sure!
Colleen
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Hi Jessica, long time no see. i'm glad to hear that Aidan is well. Sorry about your knee. I hope they can sort it out for you.
re the food Yasin has baby cereal for brekky mixed with baby yoghurt or natural yoghurt or pureed fruit. For lunch he usually has some finger food like a bit of leb bread or toast with apricot jam, vegemite or avocado on it. For dinner he has veges again and either a bready thing or some soft fruit (today was paw-paw) for finger food. I usually give him the fruit at night because he makes a total mess of himself with mushy finger food but at night it doesn't matter because its just before his bath. I still haven't introduced meat although I keep meaning to. Maybe I'll try a bit of tuna mixed in with his veges tomorrow and finish the can myself.
I also give him the baby juice poppers and breast feed on demand (about 6 times in 24 hrs). We haven't had much sucess with water. Mainly because he prefers a straw to a sippy cup and I can't find a straw cup that will fit his little hands. All the straw cups seem to be designed for older babies.
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well, girls, I've got some news to share:
I'm pregnant
Snowmonkey No. 2 will be due 20 Feb.
It was quite a shock (I have known for 9 days now) but I am looking forward to our new little baby and am sure we'll cope somehow with 2 under 2...
:D
Caddie, we get those bad nights too. Wolf usually goes to bed around 8, wakes again around 10 or 11 and then again at 2 and then at 6. It's really quite tiring. Once in a blue moon he will sleep from 10 or 11 to 6 which is soooooo nice, but more often than that, he will actually wake more often... arrrg... and I am sooooo tired at the moment and I can't do any day time naps like in my first pregnancy ... boohoo...
Jessica, ouch on the knee. Hope they can fix it.
As to food routines: Wolf has boob at 6 a.m. and at 8:30 a.m. He has lunch at 11:30 which is a veggie or veggie and meat blend. He has a snack at 2:30 which is fruit or fruit with oats & water and at 6 he was a cereal made with cowsmilk. Then he has a bath and then gets boob again. So it's more like 4-5 meals and a few snacks...
Snowy
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Snowgirl -
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
How exciting!!! Sorry to hear that your not getting your naps...
You'll need a new ticker!! hehe
Colleen[/b]
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Snowy congratulations :confetti: :confetti: . I'm not at all envious, not one little bit 8-[ . I hope you have a really happy and healthy pregnancy with just enough symptoms to be reassuring.
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WooHoo Snowy! Congratulations! That is so exciting \:D/ Also wishing you a healthy & happy eight months, hope Wolf gives you some time to relax!
Jess, lovely to hear from you, but so sorry to hear about your knee, you poor chick! But glad to hear that Aidan is doing so well. Kaleb's food routine at the moment is bottle at 5-6am, baby muesli mixed with formula & pureed fruit for brekky at 8am, lunch is around 11:30 and is soup and bread or baby pasta (I make with cous cous & veg) followed by another bottle around 1pm before his arvo nap. Usually has a snack when he wakes up of some fruit, then dinner at 5:30pm is vegies with cheese or meat (he is not getting into meat at all though) then bottle before bed at 7pm. Kaleb would eat all day long if I let him, but bottles are a struggle as he gets bored with them really quickly. It was a relief to drop to 3 a day. I know what you mean about the 3rd meal, sometimes it feels like I give him the same things all the time. I think it'll be cool when they get to the 9 month mark where apparently you can start giving them sandwiches and stuff.
Michelle, thanks for popping in with that info on the Elidel. It was good to hear from someone who's used it, and to know that it's not quite as expensive as I was dreading!
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Thanks girls.
Dachlostar: please join me soon!!
I gave Wolf his first bottle of formula this morning. He loved it, although he spat up a little bit when he rolled on his tummy afterwards but I think he was just filled to the rim.. lol
Felt very funny to give him formula but I just can't b/f anylonger. It is starting to feel uncomfortable. I feel so guilty about it though which is the worst part. I so wanted to b/f exclusively and totally skip formula ... it's so weird because before I had Wolf I couldn't imagine liking b/f at all. And now I feel sad to let it go.
My only hope is that his sleeping improves because it has been a shocker recently and I've been wondering whether this is p/g related.
How often and how long do your babies nap during the day?? Wolf usually has 2 naps, one from 10:30 - 11:30 and one from 2:00 - 3:00. If he does not sleep long in one of them, he'll sleep for longer in the later one or he'll need a third nap from 4:30 - 5:30. He often doesn't sleep a full hour but about 45 mins or thereabouts.
Snowy
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So Glad I am a stalker LOL
Congrats Snowy on snoiwmonkey 2, what wonderful news. You be be fine with 2 under 2, Jemma and Jessica are only 18 mths apart and it was fine, it's hard work anyway with 2, but it is lovely for them to be so close in age at the same time. I am so excited for you.
Jess- welcome back, of course I am crashing this forum cos Jessica is almost 10mths, but I am glaad to hear Aidan is well and sorry to hear about your knee, hope things are sorted soon.
Anyway I will back out the door now.
Best wishes and hello to everyone else
Michelle
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Thanks, Michelle! and good to hear that 2 under 2 is manageable!
