Babies Born April 16th - 30th 2008 #1

[alittlegrubi]

I have already made an appt with the tongue-tie doctor so I think I will trust him to assess it properly and decide whether or not she needs it snipped. I also asked the GP about how 'spewy' she is - and predictably he said, 'she will grow out of it - it is normal'!! Well, if it is so normal, why don't I see every other baby spewing as much as she does?? I am so frustrated! Just because she is a good weight and not grizzly, no body will take it seriously.

Tarnee The paed at the hospital said the same thing about Greer's tongue time, it would stretch over time and she was gaining weight so don't worry about it. We also used to have spews, but that seemed to settle and be caused by my over feeding. If you are worried maybe ask the paed when you get the tongu-tie looked at. Or go to an alternative medicine like naturopath or osteopath to see if they can identify what is causing it. Just because they are gaining weight doesn't make them ok in my book.

For me... we have nappy rash from hell and nothing seems to be making it any better. I'll be trying cornflour and beatrix' s suggestion of opsite flexifix if the no nappytime today doesn't work. Tried bicarb and water last nite, didn't help. Must say though giving her panadol meant she only woke at midnight and 7am last night, just goes to show she doesn't need those extra feeds.

[Vixstar]

....back!

tarnee - also just wanted to say that our Paed told me about a 'thickner' thatyou can buy which you give to bubs just before (or is after???) they feed to help them 'keep it down' so to speak. When Bailey was little I used to go through two or three tshirts myself coz he would puke on me all the time. I would also get through each day with an ugly burp rag on my shoulder too...very trendy. I never thought to ask anyone about it butdid this time in cse Noah was the same and was told all babies have reflux just diff degrees of it. Don't worry about the tummy time...i think its over rated personally.

...anyways, was thinking about it all ove the past hr or so and just wanted to tell you about the thickner stuff. No idea what its called though.

Okay - lunch time.

Have a BEAUTIFUL day everybodeeee.
xxxx

[sarah_dobbo2]

Grubi: I thought Wyatt had really bad nappy rush when he was like 2 weeks old. It didn't matter what I put on it, it wasn't healing after 4 days. So I took off to Dr. and told me he had a funglie infection. Got some cream put it on and within a 3 days you could see the improvments. It was a sore you could see. Have a try, you can buy cream at chemist over counter.

Wyatt is doing wonderfully. I must take him to have him weighed. I keep putting it off. It's being so WINDY and COLD over the last few days. Snow on mountains....

Anyway DH and I had HUGH fight last night, about me wanting new kitchen. He got so mad about it, he slammed BedR door. So me being stubborn packed bags and tried to put kids in car, and he stopped me to talk about it. He listed his reasons why he wants to wait, when I told him when ever he wanted something he get it's me I'm not allowed to have it. (am all teary and kids come out) "Cos a new kitchen is not going to make $110ph. Anyway when I calmed down we sorta talked more about it. But I know it is not going to happen, and that is what is disappointing.

Anyway he said if I can find him a new/used excavator for under $150,000 and they have what he wants then I can have kitchen. So this morning got on net and found 11 with what he wants. We'll just have to wait and see, but he will make excuse about all of them. and if not, he can also but a new work ute, with left over money. Men they just can't seem to do these things. He has been looking for the last 3-4 months for on, me I find 11 first go.

Anyway Sorry about ranting on here... No-one else will listen to me...

[alittlegrubi]

Sarah I tried an antibacterial cream on one side to see if it made a difference since cream worked overnight on DS earlier in the year, but it too seemed to make it worse.

Hope you get your kitchen, I just paid $500 to get new taps in both bathrooms - no more drip drip in the night yippee!!

We have been nappy free most of the day and it is looking better. Can't believe how many wees and poos she has done, you don't notice it with a nappy on, but in 7 hours we have had at least 8 wees and 6 poos. She seems to have pain associated with the poos and they are runny so I'm thinking that she might have a mild gastro or something. Earlier she had two farts before a small poo and they stank - being exclusively breast fed I'm thinking it's a tummy bug. Will still get covitol from chemist tonight and something for her tummy - bauers relief of one description or another I think. Also bought some baby acidophillous to give her.

Thanks for reminding me Nettie I'd forgotten to make a 4 month appointment time. I know Greer is big, but will be interested to hear what the MCHN says.

Welcome Vix, I didn't mean to ignore you, just finding it hard to do much with Greer screaming hte house down of late. So I've been keeping my post to the bare essentials.

Sharon Jordan looks great. Did I ask, did you answer, did I miss it? How did your scrapbooking retreat go?

Oh and another thing.... I saw BPA free bottles in the BigW catalogue last night for around $20 for 3 - might check it out tonight.

[bellelass]

Grubi- been poking around in this thread and read about your battle with nappy rash. Don't know if you've tried it as such but it may help if you put her in the sun during no nappy time. That cleared lila's little bottom up straightaway when nothing else was working. Now I change her about every other hour (cloth nappies hold the moisture next to the skin) and slather her with zinc barrier cream before bed or put on a sposie. Hth...

Sarah- its good to vent, esp about DH sometimes. I read part of a book about baby-proofing your marriage before I had Lila and one of the things they warned of is that you'll still fight over the same sorts of things you fought about before, but it will generally be more intesne because you're both more invested in the relationship/more stressed in general/sleep deprived, etc. Knowing that has helped me maintain focus when we have had a few dust-ups in the past few months.

Hello everyone else, hope you are well and fine.

[alittlegrubi]

As usual Steph always helpful advice. Got a little sun time in this afternoon. Went to chemist and have bought a zinc and castor oil cream for tonight and ordered the covitol - but won't be in until 4pm tomorrow. It's looking better for the no nappy time. Like I said seems to be some tummy pains too so I got infants friend for that. Thinking it might just be a reaction to the fact that I had orange juice on Sunday and then me swapping treatments so frequently that made it really bad. Hopefully it clears up soon. Apparently need to stick to one treatment for 2-3 days. Will be doing no nappy as much as possible with zinc and castor oil or covitol of a night until it clears.

[Tarnee]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I have calmed down a bit now. I asked DH if he thought I was over-reacting about the 2 issues and he said 'yes'. So I asked him if I should just drop it - and he said 'no'. hahaha - talk about getting someone to do your dirty work. He very kindly said that I knew her best and that I should do what I think is right. So I will get the tongue-tie doctor to look/assess her and only do the snip if he thinks it is necessary. If he says not necessary or to wait then I can live with that cause that is his area of expertise.

In regards to being spewy - I think that maybe I just wanted to know what it was and today the doctor said that it is 'reflux' whereas in the past I was told that because she wasn't grizzly then it wasn't reflux and that she was just eating too much. I know about the thickener - not sure if I will try it or not - will look into it some more. Although it might also help stretch her out to 4 hourly feeds during the day (only just moved to 3 hourly from 2 hourly!!).

The spewed-on tally for me today is 5 bibs (good), 2 of my shirts (average) and 3 pairs of my pants (very bad)!! If I don't laugh about it, I'll cry!!

Good night everyone.

[Vixstar]

'evening!

Tarnee - you must think I am stalking you now! Do you get the Coles Baby magazine? They have an article in there this edition about tongue-tie....I actually receive two copies - no idea why - but if you like I can mail by spare to you if you want!! PM details if you are interested. Hope I am not bombarding you...

Grubi - IKWYM about swapping treatments too soon. DS#1 had a burnt butt at around 12 months from teething. It was the worst thing I have every seen. Cannot member he name of the cream we got from the chemist but it had an antibacterial thingy in it and over night we had improvement........I knew you weren't ignoring me, we all have busy lives.

Sarah - does sound like you had a big blue. Hope things work out for you. $$$$$ has a habit of stressing people out...I hate money!

going to surf the net for a bit and hit the sack.
nite nite
xxxx

[Sharon19270]

Just quickly...

alittlegrubi you did ask about my retreat before and I forgot to answer I had a really good time, have already told DH I am going for entire weekend next year. My BF and I did our 'time warp' and it was a hit, we had EVERYONE in stitches the only down side was that when it was time for me to head off to retreat, DH said it was fine for me to go as he was putting the meat away and didn't want Oliver to wake and need attending to while he had 'meat' on his hands, so he gives the A O K and I start 'skipping' down the hallway as I was very excited and I pulled my calf muscle really badly, I was in so much pain for the rest of the night, but still had so much fun! I can't wait till next year (last year I had just found out i was pg and was such a cry baby because of the hormones and the only one who knew was my BF)
Vixstar we will have to meet up for a coffee and shopping in the Plaza one day

[BabyWrangler]

Hi Guys,
I'll try and pop in later to catch up on personals.
BJ has been a bit sick the past couple of days, he has a sore throat, cries when he sneezes or coughs and has a very deep voice.
Barely slept yesterday and the sparkle is gone out of his eyes at the moment.
Better go for now...he just did a poo!
SMELLY!

Oh and Sharon, Jordan looked GORGEOUS in his Chinese outfit!!!

[Sharon19270]

BabyWrangler sorry to hear that BJ has been sick, it's sad when they "lose their sparkle" poor little man, hope he gets better soon. I think Jordan looked so cute, the costume he got is a size 11! so it will fit him for quite a few years.

I bought a new cot set for Oliver's room the other day, I got him the 'bright bots' down by the farm theme, he bed looks so colourful, and now I want to get some bright prints/canvasses for his wall, will sell his other set on ebay and since I got it for nothing because of the 'staff member stuff up', anything will be a profit.

That's all from me, just waiting for Oliver to wake up so he can have a bottle, then we will be toddling off to the community nurse, then out to pay some money on the xmas/birthday layby's I have all over the place. Speaking of xmas, I tried out Jordan's Mario Kart on the Wii the other day and it is soooooooo much fun, my friend and I had a great laugh.

[alittlegrubi]

BW hope BJ gets better soon. Could it be a reaction to the immunisations?

It seems to me that Greer has been sick forever now, but the doctor just tells me she is fighting off the infections (viral) well herself and no need to do anything. However, the crying, the nappy rash, the runny watery poos, the hoarse voice make it hard to believe. However, she hasn't lost her sparkle thankfully. I'm reluctant to have her immunised on Monday because of how sick she seems to be.

Sharon Glad to hear that you had a great time at your retreat and that you are planning for the next one already. Shame about the pulled muscle though.
Was it you that got the double discount on the bedding way back because of the way the checkout operator processed your goods and you were asking if you should go back? It will be good if you get a nice profit on ebay for it.
I can't buy things early for xmas etc as I end up giving them to DS before then and have no presents at the timne of the celebration . DS got sooooo much for his birthday that he can't appreciate it.

Vixstar was thinking of joining up again for the coles baby club, seems to have stopped when DS was 2 so must get my act together and add that to the never ending list of things to do.

With the nappy rash - I tried to get covitol, but it is unavailable ATM, SIL looked after her yesterday and used NappyMate on her and she had sections where the skin dried, flaked and peeled - they look better today not that the skin has peeled, maybe I should go buy the nappymate. It seems to look worse than it is as she does not seem bothered by it.

My appointments are all booked in for the long days in the dentist chair about 6 hours for each visit one in September and the second one in October. Concerned about there being 4 weeks with temporary plastic teeth it's scary. Must get the money organised for that too. Seems all that I am doing at the moment is spending money.

[Sharon19270]

alittlegrubi yes that was me who got the 'discount' on the cot set. I only payed $100 for the bright bots set on ebay (that's with postage) and everything I got would have cost me $210+ if I bought it from a shop, it looks so nice on his bed. As for the xmas presents, I layby everything and then don't get it out till about a month before xmas and hide it all, I have to do it that way as Jordan's birthday is only 4 weeks before xmas and it would just make it really difficult financially to have to buy everything so close together so I usually go in the mid year sales and take up the offer of laybying till xmas.

[alittlegrubi]

Sharon I'm always afraid that by Xmas they will have changed their interests or someone else will buy the item I put on layby. Besides I got peeved at Target last year because I wanted to put an item on layby for DSs birthday during the sale, they didn't ask and automatically made it a Xmas Layby, when I said no I'll be collecting it within the usual 6 week period they said they couldn't guarantee they'd be able to give it to me then and when I said forget it then I'll just buy it now on credit card, they wanted to charge me a cancellation fee. That made steam come out my ears! Ever since then have avoided the layby counters. Christmas will be small this year with my massive outlay on my teeth over the next 2 months and then the tax bill. Will see what ebay specials I can grab.
Speaking of which decided it's time to start typing out the baby stuff listings, capsule, bassinette, baby bjorn and clothes mine and hers. Should get started now whilst everything is quiet.

[mum to Jack]

Hi ladies,

Sounds like you all been very busy....I haven't been up to much living with the out-laws at the moment so it's taking it's toll on me as hubby works away 3 weeks on 1 week off so that's not much help either (we are in the middle of building)
BW- hope BJ gets better soon, so hard to comfort them when they are unwell.

Hi to everyone else, hope you are all going great & your bub's too!

A bit about us- Jack has started on solids....well his been on them since he was 7 weeks, but only farex & have just introduced vege's & a few fruits, seems to be enjoing them although he is still waking up during the night....he is nearly 4 months on the 19th so hopefully soon...maybe I will get a full night sleep, very difficult when I'm doing it all on my own, I certainly take my hat off to single parents! At least I get some relief the 1 week off my hubby has!
Anyhow best go & have a shower & will most likely hit the hay soon as Jack was awake twice last night instead of the once...at least he goes straight back to sleep after he has a feed...well most of the time. (Just wish he took a dummy)!
Take care all!

[alittlegrubi]

MOJ have you tried a nuk silicone dummy? Greer refused dummies, but we finally managed to get her to take the Nuk. We only use it when we are failing to cope, but it is good to know she will take it. Have had other Mums tell me that their child would only take the Nuk so it is worth a try.
How come Jack has had solids since 7 weeks?
I too take my hat off to most single parents and to those with more than one, especially if they have more than one under the age of 3. The reason I say most and not all single parents is that I have a young Mum (single) in my mother's group and all she seems to do is complain that she has to do it all herself and that she has no help from anyone whenever the discussion of how DHs or DPs have helped comes up.

[mum to Jack]

I have tried him on tommee tippee ones, avent & then just the cheap big fat ones, but will definately give the Nuk ones a go.... he jus won't keep it in. I started him on farex around 7 weeks as he would not sleep unless he was on my chest & i thought that maybe if i introduced a little bit of solids it would maybe help him sleep but being a new mum i wasn't too sure what to do....he only had the farex once a day & only around 2 teaspoons of it. What does this make me a bad mother trying him on farex at 7weeks or something???

[Sharon19270]

Just a quick one on the NUK dummies, that is all oliver has had since he was born (and the NUK bottles), tried him on some others a few weeks ago and he hated them, as soon as we went back to the NUK he was back to his normal self, I find they tend to stay in more too.