Babies Born April 16th-30th 2009 #1

[organicem]

Ok .. DS has little pimples around his mouth and some on his cheeks too .. I was getting worried but I finally figured that it was the moisture from feeds as well! Just a question for you ladies though - DS has dry, red skin on his eyebrows and some on his nose. It gets worse when he rubs his face, but sometimes it disappears altogether! I've tried moisturiser and oil but it doesn't seem to help - any suggestions?

Try pure aloe vera, straight from the plant. Have had sucess with this as a cure for most rashes, burn and irritations.

[AnnaChas]

Thanks! I'll give that a go!

[berrme]

Sacha, it is funny how they seem to think that the baby crying is their fault, even when they haven't done anything wrong. I just have to reassure Byron that it is OK for bubby to cry.
We had to use cortisone cream on Byron to get his eczema under control. We had been to Cairns we he was about 8 weeks and he got heat rash so I had been putting curash on that. Dried the heat rash out nicely but caused his eczema to flare up beautifully. We didn't know he had it until then. He hasn't had it bad enough to require cortisone again as we just smother him in moisturiser when we see signs of it appearing. There is also some little tubes of cream made by ego that you can get at the chemist for dry skin conditions that work quite well. They don't smell great but they are preferable to cortisone.

Cass, Chipmunks sounds great. We have another week before school holidays, don't we? I should probably know that, but school goes far from my mind when I don't have to be there everyday.

Nell, what sort of teacher are you? lol at editing your post for terrible spelling, that is the sort of thing I do.

[berrme]

Sacha, DH is 6ft 2, but I am very average, 5ft 5. Byron has always been tall too, over 90cm when he turned 2, so it seems my boys take after their dad. DH is very lanky though, so we are hoping they get a little bit of stockiness from my side to bulk out their height. So far it seems to be the case. Edward was wearing infant nappies at 3 weeks. Maybe if I have a girl she will stay little for a while.

[nellnell]

Hi everyone

Too much happening in here for me to keep up with, I simply don't seem to have the time if I don't jump on the computer everyday. Sorry for being so impersonal at times. I'm finding it kind of crazy atm with two kids. DD has been a little sick and DS we suspect has reflux which was making time after feeds enjoyable with the crying until he burped and regurgitated - not . Just trying very low dose of mylanta before feeds and things have improved over last two days.

Melanie - lucky you going on holidays. I'm totally jealous. Although spending anymore than about 20 mins in a car atm is not an option as DS screams non stop most of the time. I'm early childhood trained, but work in primary schools up to year 6 (qlds yr 7?) my degree covers ages 0-8yrs bt it certainly didnt prepare me for motherhood with a newborn. I admire people like you who work in high schools, I just dont have the patience with teenagers!

oh and welcome newcomers and

[nellnell]

it's so quiet here.

Hope you are all well and your bubbas are thriving.

[Jacks Mummy]

Hi Ladies,

Thanks very much for your warm welcomes.

Wondering whether anyone can offer me some advice on flat spots on bubs head and also positional turns where bub favours looking to one side.

I am thinking of booking an oesteo to sort this out... ?

Anyone have an experiences or advice,,

Thanks Jacks mummy