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Jacci - BSL = Blood Sugar Level - remember I'm a Type 1 diabetic. And I'm hanging to do the bridge climb. Jen wants no part in doing it
yeah, good luck with the burping Nickers. Jordy can let out some rippers with the bottle... some are trophy worthy :D
Has anyone spotted eyebrows yet ?? I noticed em starting to show yesterday - they are really fine and light in colour... Jordy was on his change table with the outside light coming in over his shoulder - soooo cute in looks
Abs, Lol! Charlie is fair-ish (not dark like his mum) but has very dark eyebrows. We've been able to see his since he was about 3 weeks old!
Nickers, am hoping things went better with Nixon. Poor bubba!
Tried that tactic out. seemed to work for the burping side of it but did not make a difference with the throwing up. I have been taking him off shortly after the let down and he gives a nice big burp with no spew. then the other times burping aswell.
Buts its after all that he spews and even later sometimes closer to the next feed. So it must be reflux as he is still bringing up the wind but not making much difference.
Its annoying that he cant always get a settled sleep becuase he either wakes up in pain and needs to be put upright to get it out...or it doesnt bother him coming out but then he is all wet and that bothers him!
anyway we'll keep going along he is putting on weight so they wont really take it any further, hopefully the Zantec can start working soon been using it for almost a week now.
hehe, I didn't even think to look at the various bub photo's... can quite clearly seem in the ticker photo - oopsie :doh::
ah well, it's still new for us :p
Good luck with the Zantec Nickers
Hmmm, what am I gonna do for the next nearly 2 weeks - virtually zero BellyBelly. We're off tomorrow to Canberra for 3 nights (got 2 days of meetings Wed & Thu), Albury for one (Jen is doing some interviews there), then to Melbourne for a week, with one, maybe two nights somewhere on the way home late next week
Will have basically no web access all that time :eek:
Hey all sorry I haven't been in here much to say Hi!
Declan is now 61 cms long and weigh 6 1/2 kilos doing very well!
I am still breat feeding Declan still wakes at abou 2am 4:30am and 6:30 am every nigth am so looking forward to longer sleeps!
He is a happy little man smiles and giggles flat out!
I have resigned from my job now as well so I wont be wokring again til declan is about 1 depending on the finances!
well best be off hope your all well!
Abs - charlie has only faint eyebrows - it amazaes me how different faces look without eyebrows!
Nickers good luck with the reflux - luckily charlie doesn't care if he spu's on himself
Theresa - i'm going to show Charlie himself in the mirror now and see what he does.
Welcome back Becky!! Good to see you back on board.
Sush, that's what I've been doing with Holly most of the time & she hasn't spewed much since 4wks old or so. Although Holly hates being burped after let down, she screams & throws herself back violently like a little tanti, hehe, so sometimes I just put her back on without a burp. The last 3 days, with my left BB, she pushes on it with her hand while sucking, pulling my nipple which isn't exactly comfy, funny she only does it with the left one. I've been trying to hold her hand back, but gees it's amazing how strong bub's can be.
Abs, yeah Holly had very fair eyebrows at birth & became noticeable around 4wks or so, still fair though.
Oh Bec, yikes on the lack of sleep, but sounds like Declan is doing great. Still no giggles (only noises, attempts) from Miss Holly, they'll come soon enuf I guess. I think ur ticker is 1 day behind, as Declan is 3 days older than Holly but shows 2 days. :)
Theresa, tis funny how they react to mirrors huh. We have mirror built-ins in our room & a fairly large mirror in our bathroom.
Hmm its been rather quiet in here?
FYI just uploaded some new pics of Nixon on the website when you get a chance to look, most are from our trip to Sydney.
Im getting some Pixie photos done of Nixon on Friday hope they turn out good!
when in syd we were @ the shops and stopped to get a pic of Nixon with my sisters two girls, anyway mum picked them up alst week, we were only planning on getting the $7 we paid for but mum end up spending $280!! she got the negatives anyway so i can get them reprinted for a lot cheaper, im hanging to see them Nixon was alseep in them but they put him in a wooden box he was so cute! Then him and Alyssa(cousin) in a box together both asleep awwww!!
Hope all are well
Hey all here i was complaining about my lack of sleep and last night Declan slept from 8:30 - 5:30 and had a feed and slept from about 6:15(by the time he was actual asleep) until 9 I put him to bed at the same time tonight I wonder if he will be as good tonight!
I just uploaded some more pics of Declan onto his www if you wanna look he is on a motorbike with his daddy!
How cute Becky on the motor bike with daddy!
Great pics!
Yay on the big sleep too! hope he sleeps well again tonight
Hi becky, been so long since i have talked to you!!!! considering we spoke everyday for about 8 months feels like ages!! Hope your loving mother hood - its great that you have had the choice to give up work. Can't believe how much hair Declan has got, he really is adorable. How is Johno going with Father hood? Is he loving it. Hope he sleeps through for oyu again tonight.
Reflux - i tried Charlie on Normal formula - S26 Gold. seeing he has been having the S26 AR i thought i would stick to the S26 stuff. I fed him at 2.30pm and he was good didn't spu at all. it took him ages to drink it, then gav fed him at 6.30pm and he projectile vomitted every where, he drank that one really quick so i gave him a bottle before he went to bed and used the same teet as i had used for the first feed - the one that took really long to drink and he was fine with it - hasn't spued at all yet - he is in bed at the moment - hope he sleeps thru the night.....
Charlie Stats! Charlie got weighed yesterday and here are his stats
starting weight 3210gm 7 pound 1 51 cm
3 months 7300 gms 16 pound 1 ounces 61 cm
He is doing great - the CHN said he was a bit chubby because he was on the AR formula and coz it is thicker. she said he is not overweight though
BUGGER! of course it couldn't happen twice though he was still better than he has been he went to bed at 8:30 woke at 1am, 4:30am and up at 8am so I guess it wasn't to bad!
nickers! ta! re piccy we have been meaning to take one on the bike for ages and when Jonoo got back from his ride yesterday we rushed out so he could do it!
well the normal formula didn't last very long!!! he spued and spued and spued!!!
Nicers - How is Nixon's reflux going? Also - i really love the name Nixon - how did you pick it.
Hi all,
it's been a long time since I last posted and I must apologise. There is no other reason than I am just too busy with Caden. He is just beautiful and I am loving being a mum, and my DH is loving being a dad. He has been sleeping through for 2 weeks now, usually from 10pm - 6am and then till 9 or 10am. He is putting on weight and growing nicely, he is very strong and smiles heaps. we love him so much and I couldn't imagine how life was before we had him. I had a quick scan and its great to read that others are also doing well.
I have started going to new mums group and today we did baby massage, it was FANTASTIC. Caden loved it and spent all the time smiling at me and the lady in charge when he was on his belly have his back massaged.
I also picked up my pregnancy album today, the photos are gorgeous and I can't wait to show my family, if even for the shock value! hehehe...
I'm not sure when I'll be able to post again, I'm loving being a mum and love being busy. Hope you are all well and I plan to try and log in again soon.
cheers,
Hi Joy good to hear from you! Im glad Caden is well, what a nice message you wrote made me feel all warm and fuzzy!
Jacci- There are a few reasons behind we we called our son Nixon. Well DH came up with the name b4 we were ever pregnant. at first i was a little unsure but as we explored more it became clear he was meant to be Nixon!
His middle name is Milton which is my father and late grandfathers name. There for giving Nixon the same initals as me NMP!
Nixon = Nic's son
Nixon has the same name meaning as Nicole!!
so a few connections all back to his mummy, plus its differnent which we wanted but not too out rageous.
oh and the relux well thats up and down still. I gave him a bottle (give him 1 bottle a day of ebm) and he only thre up a small amount once and hardly cried! But other feeds during the day he threw up more. If anything he is more of a happy chucker then what he was so if all i can do is stop the pain then I will live with the constant spew on me!
nickers - i never thought of that - Nic son - that is cool.
joy - good to hear from you, so glad you are loving it.
Bec, wow Declan does have heaps of hair, so cute.
Nickers great pics. We were considering getting that baby luny tunes wall border but then saw the looney tune stickups & got them instead. :)
Jacci, oh no on the spewing front, so back to the other formula I take it?
Glad ur enjoyin ur lil man Joy.
Wonder how Jelliebean, Mitch & Jaime are doin in the March babies thread?
Work approved 2 days/wk (they prefer consectutive days) for when Holly's 6-12mths old, so yay on the extra money to come in but boo on having to leave Holly for those days. I just added some more pics too.
I wonder how old Mitch's little Alexa is??? it was very freaky in the Due in April thread - Mitch and i got married on the same day and were due 1 day appart!!!!
Haven't heard from Lisa in a while.
Shell - that is great that they approved the 2 days a week. it is sad you have to leave her - but the money will come in handy.
Hi all! Haven't had a chance to post for a little while, trying to get back into the whole work routine. It hasn't been too bad, but my pride has taken a bit of a beating. It's like working your way up from cleaner to manager, and then back to cleaner again - well, not THAT bad, but it fells like that!
Josiah is doing really well, sleeping through most nights, only occasionally waking at about 4.30 for a feed. He's had a pretty snuffly nose though, which has been distressing him a little - hoping it clears up really soon. Only downside of things these days is that it looks like I'm going to have to put Josiah in daycare soon, which I really didn't want to do until he was about 9 months old. My dad may be moving to Greenmount which is a 40min drive from our house, so they won't be nearby for babysitting.
re: Mitch - got a message from her the other day saying that Alexa weighed in at...bugger, just checked my phone & Mark has deleted all the messages. DOH!! It was a great weight anyways!! She's loving being a mum & one of her stepsons has moved in with them.
Becky & Joy, great to hear from both of you - glad your little men are doing so well!
Jacci - the bridge climb will be fantastic, I'm sure Gav will love it.
Gotta go, Josiah has pooed all up his back apparently, Janae and Mark are just standing there looking at him saying 'fix it mum'!
Have a great day everyone!
Bel
Another quick stop, finally worked out a rountine that seems to be working giving me more time to me! Caden sleeps really well at night and until his midday feed. Then I'm basically on fulltime until the next morning, I think he just gets tired during the day and fights sleeps leaving him a little grumpy by the end of the day.
I did my first serious exercise yesterday and feel great, although a bit sore. Lots of walking, nice to be back out there doing something for me, with the boy!
It's great to be back in touch with you all, Bel can't imagine what you must feel having to do the daycare thing so soon, but it's great that you've had help so far. As for those poos!!!! oh my! Caden has started pooing only once a week or so, those are the days you don't go anywhere if you know its coming... not that one can plan it that well.
I told work that I'm taking 12 monmths not the 6 initially planned, hoping they'll agree to 18months, but not going to ask them for that yet. am sitting on it at the moment, hopefully won't need to do that at all.
nic- you definitely have you hands full it seems with washing at least but it's nice to see that nixon is doing so well. Caden often does one decent projectile spew, usually once a week, often when we're ready to head out for the day!
Shell - good to read about the 2 days a week, I'm hoping for the the when I have to eventually go back to work.
well best keep moving, need to get out to the chooks before Caden wakes, last thing I need to do before I can devote the rest of the day to the boy!
what a misserable day outside.
Yesterday got the Pixi pics done looking forward to seeing them. Nixon was smiling in most of them! Nixon has only gone once where he didnt poo for 2 days and OMG when he did! i cant imagine the size if he went almost a week! otherwise every second changed nappy is pooey!
Nixon is going on his first snow trip next week! We are going to Mt Buller on Thurs-sunday. My parents are flying to melb and coming with us so atleast i can do some riding in between his feeds and mum will mind him.
although the snow is pretty crappy right now.
Nicers - hope you get to do some skiing - is that something that you & Your DH really enjoy? Will it be freezing cold up there for Nixon? What nickname do you give nixon?
The weather here is Crappy too!! has been raining straight for about 3 days - the joy of living on the coast!!!
Gavin went out last night and got home at 4.30am this morning. He is paying for it now - hehehehe - i have no sympathy for him!
Bel - Did you not get your original job back??? Is the stupid girl that took your job still there? Did she get any better after you left or does everyone at work still not like her. Bit of a pity about having no baby sitter soon.
Sleep -last night charlie slept from 8.30 - 4.30am ( i think he only woke up at 4.30 coz gav come home ****ed and wanted to go see charlie!! MEN!!!) then he slept from 5 - 8.30 then from 8.30-12 - he must be having a growth splurt - coz he has only grown 1cm in 3 weeks before.
Haven't heard from KelliC, KellieW , Sush or Lisa in a while - hope there all going ok.
Bel, yeah I'm hating the idea of putting Holly in day care from 6mths, so can only imagine how u must be feeling. Was it really hard going back to work having to leave bub for the day? I'm dreading that. I'd really love to only have to go back 3-4days/wk when Holly's 12mths old instead of 5, but for now will have to leave it as is.
Jacci - haha for Gavin - I've no sympathy for him either!! Does that sound a bit harsh for someone I don't even know? hehe
No, I didn't get my old job back, I'm on reception now, which I thought I'd be ok with, but now its bugging me and its only been 2 weeks. The psycho woman isn't there anymore, she quit (right before she was about to be fired) but the boss panicked and hired too many people, so she had to stick me somewhere!
Shell, it was hard to leave him for the day, but because dad was taking him it wasn't so bad - and we had a few mini practice runs before hand. A few hours here and there, then the weekend before I had to go back to work, Mark wanted to take me to a hotel for the night, so we had the kids looked after for the night - THAT was hard (but OH so worth the sleep), but definitely made going to work easier. I guess it was a little easier this time round to, coz I'd gone through it with Janae before. Now we may have to send him to daycare, it could be a whole different story though!
I had a question I was going to ask, but it's gone out of my head - I'll have to pop in later if I remember.
Hope everyone's having a nice weekend.
Bel
Hey all!? Well i had about 4 nights where Declan woke every 1 1/2 hours it was really starting to suck but last night he slept 4:30 -12:30 1 - 5 5:30 - 7:30 came in bed with me then for about and hour and then we got up so that was ok! he must of been having yet another growth spurt!
It must be so hard having to go back to work I have sacraficed everything in order for me to stay home I don't regreat it at all as I know I just wouldn't cope without seeing my little man all day! I am currently working at home kinda I do some things for my mums work like their newsletters posters and things! None of the ppl that work their are very good at that kind of thing so it has worked out really well! With a bit of luck I will be able to get some more bussiness sending me things to do I have some decent money comming in!
well best be off I have a poster to do a newsletter to finish and 2 powerpoint presentations to merge together and edit! See you all later!
Morning everyone,
Sorry for not posting for so long!
We are going really well here, after a rocky start the little man is now sleeping from 8pm until 6 and then straight back to sleep until around 9ish!! He is growing so big I can't believe it, the other day I had him weighed and he was 6.7kg!!!
Bel - I am back at work next Monday, which I am not looking forward to! My Aunty is having Tyron as we don't really want to put him in daycare so I know how hard it must be fore you!!
Jacci - I never have any sympathy for hungover men, saying that Michael has been pretty good of late!!
Nickers - enjoy the skiing, my DH and his best mate have made a pact that when the babies are 3 we are all going to NZ, can't wait!!
Well not much else is new from here, I have joined to gym as I still have around 14kg to loose and it was driving me nuts, I still don't fit into my prepregnancy clothes and I refuse to buy big sizes!!
Hope you are all having a great day.
hi all,
just been and had Nixon weighed.
weight 4250g (up 260g in 10days)
length 56.5cm (up 1.5cm in 10days)
head 37.5cm (up 0.5cm in 10days)
so i am very pleased with his weight gain! i thought he had grown in length from his clothes.
DH & I love the snow yes. My DH runs a company (as well as his day job) importing snowboards/bindings/outer ware. So this w/e is a demo weekend they set up a stall type thing and ppl take the boards for a few runs.
Nixon will be inside the whole time, only time being transfering from the car to the appartment really and i will have him well rugged up! If the sun is out i might take him out for a photo but thats about it.
Lisa good on you for joining the gym. I dont fit into my pre pg clothes yet either and it really frustrates me i hardly have anything to wear! and great on the sleeping! Atleast you must feel more human getting a good nights sleep!
I sometimes call Nixon NIX. dont want to call him Nic because i am also a Nic!
morning ladies.
Well today we got up and went for a walk - got half way thru it and it starting hailing... i wanted to jump in the pram charlie he was so toasty!!!!!
Lisa - my little charlie is 7.2 kilo's....... good stuff at joining the gym. i lost alot of weight in the first 6 weeks - but now i have hit a brick wall - no matter how much excercise i do nothing moves the jelly belly!
Gav has been really good - saturday was the first time he has been out since charlie was born. but i still have no sympathy for him!
nicers - great stats - good to see he is growing - espescially in length. charlie hasn't grown in legth for 3 weeks - hope he grows soon
Sounds great Lisa, both the sleeping & skiing. Same here on the weight, I still have 10kg to loose for pre preggo weight & another 3-4kg for pre wedding weight. I'm using a 1mth free membership my sis won, but nothin happening here yet (since 2wks ago).
Hello Everyone!
Theresa- Im really hoping all Em's tests all turn out ok?:pray: .... You must be really worried. Poor Georgie and her choking, but its great to see she's putting on some weight now. Hope all goes well in Brissie. I will be thinking of you and your family.
Nickers- Hope you and your little family have a great time at the snow!!! Ive never seen snow!:eek: how sad is that! LOL
Great stats for Nixon! sounds like hes catching up some of the other bubs now!:p Logan gets called Logie or Chubba!His cheeks are just soo full and chubby atm.
Shell- Im really struggling with my weight also, but when I really started to exercise after Jasper I also lost all my milk .... so Im very wary of how much I do because I dont want to loose my milk just yet. How is Holly going?
HI to everyone else sorry for no more personals but I can hear Logan starting to stir.
Just a quick question though, Im finding that when I put Logan on his belly for a bit of tummy time he is having problems lifting his head? and even when im holding him he is still really floppy in the neck? Logan does seem to have a rather large head compared to Jasper at this age though?? Im seeing the CHN on Wed so Im hoping to get some answers from her, but just thought Id check and see if anyone else's bub is the same??
Talk to you all soon.
Hi - sorry, can't be a long one, it's chaos here at the moment...Just wanted to say good luck Theresa with Em's tests, I hope everything comes back ok for you. We'll be praying for you....
Bel
Hi Everyone
It's been ages since i have posted but we have been so busy...i have been popping in to catch up on the goss though lol. We have been in dubbo visiting my mum and dad but we are home now. Abbey is doing really well...she has just started to laugh without being tickled its so cute... she can't always get it out but she tries lol. She hasn't been weighed for a while but you can tell she is getting bigger and she looks more grown up everyday...it just goes so fast.
Theresa... Happy Birthday for Emma!! :happybirthday: sounds like she had a great weekend... i hope all her tests go well and that everything comes back as ok. it's good to hear georgie is doing well.
AMH.. Abbey has always had good neck strength but i think its different for everyone..it might just take him a little bit longer but i'm sure its fine. Abbey has the chubby cheeks too..its so cute.
nickers... nixon has just reached abbeys birth weight lol...and he is growing so well, they are great stats.. have fun at the snow!! we keep meaning to go but haven't got around to it.
lisa.. great to hear that tyron is sleeping so well..and good luck on the weight loss
WB to becky and joy... great to hear from you guys.
hi to everyone else!!
well i had better go...abbey is sitting here on my lap and she just did a huge poo lol better go change her and feed her and than i have to catch up on my washing (does it ever stop?? lol)
talk soon
Just a thought about Logans neck? do you think it could have something to do with his shoulders getting stuck when he came out??
Amanda you said your Abbey hasnt had any trouble with her neck and she had shoulder dystocia too didnt she??
yeah she did... so i don't think its that, although she wasn't stuck for very long. He might just have a heavier head so needs to wait longer for his neck to get strong enough. most people are surprised by abbey's neck strength so she might be the exception?? i'm sure your MCHN will be able to let you know.
well Nixon had his biggest sleep ever last night! his last proper feed was 150ml bottle @ 9pm. then i topped him up bf @ 10.30pm and went down at 11pm.
he has only just woken for his feed at 9am!! i kept waking up in anticipation he would wake up! i woke at 6.30am (his normal wake up time) then when i woke at 8am and he still was asleep i took the oportunity to have breakky and get myself ready.
going to mothers group today, looking forward to it!
Theresa good luck with Em's results tomorrow
Amanda Ive been meaning to tell you. I heard that the 21st of April is the "actual" birthdate of the Queen!
Abbey was born on the same day as my neice thats why i took particular note when i heard it.
just a short hi!
AMH - don't worry too much about Logans neck yet, Caden hasn't any trouble but the MCHN said that babies develop at such differnt rates that what one is doing another may take a lot longer to do or less time, do talk to your MCHN but don't worry.
Nickers - those stats are great, well done to you and Nixon. Hope the snow stuff is fun for you both too, would love to be able to head to the snow but our 4WD only has 2 seats in it and not a fan of heading that direction in our other car (small car)
Theresa - you, Pete, Em and Georgie are definitely in our prayers too, hope the docs and specialist find out what is going on and that what they find isn't too serious and easily fixed!
As for those with the weight issues - add me to the club, got my first gym session this Thursday providing my doc faxes them a letter saying I am well enough to exercise.
Caden is sitting on my lap sucking on anything he can put in his mouth (usually hi fists or dummy) and chatting with things he can see out the window, how good is life.
bye for now,
Joy - it really amazes me how they can chat with anything - charlie has a little friend hangong from his mobile - he talks to it all the time!!!
Anna- don't worry about hs neck, he will be fine, as amanda said babies develop at all different stages - charlies neck is still abit floppy if you lean him forward.
Nickers - i love the snow - although i'm not very good at skiing!!! I was born in scotland so i grew up with snow. I'm sure you will have nixon wrapped up so he won't feel the cold at all. If you get a photo be sure to load it onto your web page. oh and BTW - That is an awsome sleep - i made the mistakes of feeding charlie at 7.30pm and puttinbg him to bed at about 8.30 ( he was tired) and then he woke at 2am and 6am - nearly killed me!!!! so tonight i'm going to feed him at 10pm and see if he will sleep through
edited - I see you went to my birth story - being in hospital for 2 weeks before was the most boring thing!! my best friend was on her honeymoon so she couldn't come and visit me - luckily i got put in hospital on the sunday after her wedding.
How long did Nixon have to stay in hospital after he was born?