Welcome Marrii.
Sachato you. I hate doing the needles too. They only cry cos the actual jab part hurts same as it does when the needle breaks our skin. Great sleeping too!!
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WELCOME Marrii! unfortunately I can't help you out with a local mothers group - I got in contact with our local mothers group through the Child and Youth Health; CYH Home - Home ... you could give them a buzz and they might be able to help you? otherwise welcome - i love BB even if never get to actually 'meet' the nice ladies here.
Well today we had lachlans first injections. BOTH mil and my mum came along for support (of me - not lachlan). anyway the Dr looked way impressed that we had an entourage (NOT) and as I was a bit queasy he kicked me out of the room!i heard him scream twice and cry from them. omg I almost threw up with hearing him cry. i'm such a bloomin sook!
Both of the 'grandies' wanted to come and when i told them the other one was coming they were like 'well, i guess you don't need me then huh'the reason i invited BOTH is cos they offered and wanna be there for him/ me and i don't want them to get their noses out of joint (MIL wasn't ALLOWED to be involved with my partners older kids as his ex is MEAN .... *starts with a B*) so i want them to both be. eaugh it's a fine line sometimes!
apart from that we've been going GREAT guns. lachlan slept the last two nights from 12am - 7.30am then last night from 12am til 6.30am. hopingthat the needles don't get a bad reactoin and stop that cos mumma loves her sleep LOL.
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Welcome Marrii.
Sacha
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Hi ladies,
Thanks for your advice. I was lucky enough to have met a lovely lady from bb of whom i met up with only recently. She lives in my local area and we plan to meet again soon.
Kurtis is doing fantastically. He has had both of his injections and cried for a while. It did irregulate his sleeping patterns though, but just recently has started to return to the normal.. normal being 8pm till 3:30am.. if thats normal.. lol. That was about two weeks ago.. so i wish you all the best.
Look forward to seeing your posts
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morning all. hope we're all having great weekends.
nothing much to report here; Lachlan is sleeping like a CHAMP. consistently has his last feed at 11.30pm-12am then down til 7.730am. it's paradise
any tips for eczema? he has it quite bad all over. not weepy or anything just more dry and scaly. have been putting sorbolene cream on it several times a day - with glycerine in it. but not doing a heck of a lot to clear it.
uh oh. mr mr is up from his nap... better run.
x
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Welcome Marrii.
Sacha, that is great that Lachlan is sleeping so well, I hope he keeps it up for you!
If his eczema is bad you may need to get some cortisone cream from the chemist just to get it under control. I had to use it on Byron for about a week when he was about 3 months old and haven't used it since. I also used egoderm cream that you just get off the shelf at the chemist, might be worth trying that first. It is a bit smelly but nicer for babies skin than cortisone. Now I just cover him in moisturiser at the first signs of scaly skin or dry weather and it keeps it under control, but I don't think his skin is as sensitive anymore either.
LOL at not putting out either set of grandparents. We are like that everytime we go up to Cairns... make sure we spend equal amounts of time at each parent's home, don't want anyone to feel left out.It is nice that you are including MIL though, especially if sher missed out on quality time with the other boys.
Good luck with convincing DP to become DH.Men just don't seem to understand how important it is to us sometimes.
Amanda, how did your day out go? I managed to fit in a coule while MIL was staying, it was great!
I am way to forgetful to even attempt the mini pill.
Cass, the growing does slow down. Byron grew just as fast as Edward and Elijah are. Got to size 0 by about 4 months, size 1 at 6 months. Once he hit size 1 we were ok, managed to get about a year out of that stuff.
Well I have been pretty busy. DH's parents are considering moving down to Brisbane so I drove MIL around caboolture and redcliffe to check out possible areas to live. I also spent some time by myself for once, I certainly made the most of the babysitter.
I have also started going to a group exercise class twice a week. It is at the home of a personal trainer who now has kids so started classes for other mums. Everyone there has at least 1 kid and all the kids just run around and play while we all do our workout. It is really good not being the only one trying to get rid of pregnancy weight gain!
Edward and I are both pretty hungry so better go, have a great weekend.
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Sacha, great sleeping from Lachlan!! I haven't tried this myself but apparently moogoo is great. Go to the kids medical conditions thread and check there. I know quite a few BB girls use it and swear by it.
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Try aloe vera straight from the plant (you use the fleshy bit, not the skin) or evening primrose oil.
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I've been using MooGoo Eczema cream and it is working a treat. MooGoo Scalp Cream also works well.
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Hi Everyone,
Well we have had a bit of a crazy week here!
Last friday Spence started on Losec for his Silent Reflux, we found out you have to get it from a compounding chemist (which r few and far between) so we had a 2hr round trip in the rain in peak hr traffic (Spence had just had his 8wk needles too!) On Monday Spence had his first day (since he was days old) where he managed to sleep between each feed before that he had many times where he would stay awake for the entire time between feeds!
On Thursday he went into his room and about a min later started crying, I went in an he was sitting on the ground picked him up and the next second his mouth starts pouring out blood. Blood slowed after a while and I had a look and it looked litle it was coming from the skin between your 2front teeth, he started dozing off so I let him go to sleep, it was 50mins off sleep time and he had a crap night before and I was confident he hadn't hit his head. 1hr later he was crying again,tiny bit more blood and then went back to sleep 30mins later crying again so I got hi up and tried to give him some nurofen and saw his tongue, at the front of his mouth on the side of his tongue he had ripped about 1cm into the centre of his tongue, the whole way through his tongue! called 13health and went to redlands emergency 2 drs saw him there and though even though very rare 2 do it might need stitching. Called the Ear, nose and throat pediatrician at the mater who wanted to see him. went there, he had already gone home but saw 2 other drs and a consultant and so just leaving it to heal. Apparently stiching it would actually be an operation and they couldnt even do it at the mater, he would have had to have a GA and his tonguepulled out and something put in to support his airway.
He is doing ok but the poor boy hardly ate any cereal for breakfast then had 3 arrowroot biscuits and a tiny bit of water at 10.30 and wasn;t allowed to eat and drink until 7.30!! In the waiting room he was at the vending machines just begging for some water or something to eat! and he has a cold and we have sore throats and he probably does too so that would have made it worse
Also on Thurs my mum found out she has very early stage of cancer in her uterus (apparently the dr said its not a bad diagnosis but not good) apparently they r cells than turn into camcer so she has to have a operation in the next three months to have a look and possible a hysterectomy and possibly remove more.
Then last night Phil and Noah had a bad gastro bug!!!!!
Welcome Marrii! Sorry feeling abit pooped for personals
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omg Jasmine sounds like you've had a CRAP week hun! hope that DS is feeling better soon and you guys too. So sorry to hear about your mum, sounds like they may have got early so that is great - they're v good these days most women survive. thoughts are with you x
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Thanks Sacha, yea and it is so so early so am hoping the operation gives a good report!
Noah has just woken up and is still vomiting poor little mr!! He is stitting on the lounge quietly watching a dvd...pretty much all he has done today other than sleep
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Wow Jas, that is full on! I must say I am surprised that Byron has never done anything along those lines as he never stops doing dangerous things. I hope Noah is feeling better and his tongue gets better quickly!! Best of luck for your mum too.
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mustangsachy: congrats on the purchase! How exciting! No period here yet, but not DTD either ... should get on to that soon!
DS has his first set of immunisations the other day. He vomited everywhere after the oral one. I didn't have my nappy bag with me (I just had DS and my car keys) so when he spewed it went everywhere and I had nothing to clean it up with (I though it would be a quick in and out job and didn't expect spewing to occur). The lady who was giving him his needles looked at me like I was the worst mother in the world when I said that his nappy bag was in the car. She actually said 'Well, I don't have anything. Why didn't you bring anything in to clean him up with?'. Well, I thought, I didn't know he would spew everywhere, did I, you silly old bag. At this point, I was wishing he had spewed on her as well as all over me. Anyway - things you learn. We will be better prepared next time.
The immunisation saga doesn't finish there though. DS was fine for the rest of the day (we even met up with jitterbug and saw a movie!), however around 5pm, he started getting really cranky and squealing (very unusual for him) and his temp went was higher than usual (37.4) and he felt hot. I first called my MIL who said some baby panadol might help. I called DH to pick up some on the way home. DS's temp went up again so I called 13HEALTH who suggested going to see a GP (at 6pm at night, in the middle of Brisbane - luckily there are 2 surgeries that are open til 7pm), so I called the GPs to see if they had any appointments. The first one said that there were no doctors present and the second one said to quickly take DS to the emergency room. Well, panic and crying set it. Called DH to hurry home (luckily he was only a couple of blocks away) and we went to the Children's Emergency at the Mater. The staff there were fantastic. After hours there, they figured that the temp was most likely from the immunisations. DS's temp has started to go down so we were sent home. We went back the next day for a follow up check up and the dr was happy with DS. Having never done any of this before, it has been an exhausting couple of days, but we are glad that DS is all a-ok!
Hope everyone is doing well out there!
Anna, I am sorry that you had a saga with your immunisations. My brother nearly died after having his first needles and the hospital where he had it wouldn't offer any help or even admit they administered the injection. After that my mum got busy researching and discovered what is actually in the needles and since then none of us have had any immunisations, neither have either of my little girls.
Please don't think I am trying to advise you against it, just wanted to let you know there is a choice despite what the docs say and all of us have stayed healthy despite not having the immunisations.
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Hi All
Haven't really been hanging around this thread much but hello!! Don't think I have even introduced myself properly.
Hi, I'm Em and I am currently a SAHM (on maternity leave from my job) also studying and running a small business.
I have only just got my DH back permanently (he has been away on and off since DD2 was born then surprised me by coming back).
Haven't got my period yet but am thinking I should have. DD2 has been sleeping between 6 and 9 hours each night since a bit over a week old (one or two nights execpted) so not really sure whats going on there.
Jacks Mummy: I used a lambs wool for both DD's and they have no flat spots. Also used a tetra mattress whilst in cradle.
Anna: What is Infants Friend?Sorry that you had such a horrible experience with immunisations. Can't see why the lady wouldn't have paper towel or something!!
Hope you all had a good weekend!!
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Omg Jas HUGE
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Hi Em, good to hear DH is back. Don't let him walk all over you though, make sure you stand up for yourself!
Are you breast or formula feeding? I didn't get my period back for over a year with DS1, not until I completely stopped BFing. This time I had some light bleeding at about 8 weeks, which I am hoping was a one off.
Jas, I just reread my last post... I didn't mean it to sound like I though Noah had been doing something stupid, just that Byron does stupid stuff and I am amazed he hasn't hurt himself badly.
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Hi Melanie...thanks am definately trying to, its a bit hard to get used to though.
I am breast feeding most of the time, was using formula a few times a day until she was nearly a month old due to very sore breasts but only use it a couple of times a week now. Am needing to start giving her bottles again (expressed and formula) today so she will be ok to be looked after by my mum in a few weeks while I do prac.
I got period back after 4 months with DD1 and got pregnant a month or so later (MC). Love not having period although am a bit worried atm that I haven't got it yet.
OMGoodness...just found out my mum is pregnant!!
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hi all again! OMG organicem - your mum is preg! wow. were they trying? i would find that odd my mum having a baby after i had one - not making judgement, just saying i'd find it strange my brother or sister would be younger than their nephew! LOL
I got my period back over weekend. was soooo happy.
lachlan is sick atm. with a cold - and he's given it to me as well (what a lovely sharer) LOL. he slept crap y-day and was v hard to put down last night which is odd as usually by 8pm you can put him down definately. so had to have him in bed with me last night. and today he's cranky and won't sleep so into HAB and sleeping while i carry him around which is fine as long as he gets some sleep as i think that he sleeps better at night if he sleeps ok during day also.
organicem - infants friend is an otc ummm syrup stuff in a bottle. helps babies with colic and wind. i use it with lachlan .... brauer make a natural one which is good too for colic.
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