Hi,
I have a 5 month old born on Anzac Day 25th April 2009.
My family thought this was a special day and they call my baby a digger. My late grandfather fought in WW1 and WW2 so they have found my baby to be special.
Welcome AmalA. Congrats on the birth of your first. Have you got a boy or girl? I thought Anzac Day was going to be Ds's birthday too as I was in labour most of the day....but he arrived very late on the 26th April.
Mel... I'll slap ya on Friday...pmsl yes I'm a sop! WOOHOO on going for number 3! I have an Outlander, but no way you'd get a third seat in it. I do know someone though who has a Holden Adventra and she has 3 seats in it. They're really quite roomy!! The back boot area in them is HUGE too. Like OMG huge lol. So that's the only input I can give you
Well, Oskar slept ALL night without waking in his own room in his own bed. Then had his day sleep today and couldn't wait to go to bed tonight lol. He's flown the tight coup bahahaha. Left the nest in his own little way. I am happy though that he's feeling secure and comfy enough to have done it. Also I love that there was decision making in it for him. I'm assuming that they have their own way of "weighing things up" and that makes me proud of him.
Oh I found out today another of my friends is pg!!! 15 wks... WOOHOO... so here's the list -
1 & 2/ due Nov - 2 friends, although one of them thinks she'll be about 5/6 wks early. She's always had her bubs early, last was 5 wks early.
3/ due Feb
4/ due March
5/ due April
.... man looks like I'm going to be knee deep in baby showers and finding nice little gifts as they're all second/third time mums so I'm trying to think of different things which are a bit more unusual I guess. I guessed with all of them too before they said anything lol. Must have an inbuilt pg test/radar in me...haha.
Hmmmm sleep Mel... last night Elijah woke at 11pm, 3am, 4:45am, 6am.... I kinda gave up then. He better do better tonight cos I need a better block of sleep.
Noah was sleeping those kind of hours too Cass. All of last week and I was beside myself by the end of the week. This week he's back to waking around 1am, 4 and then 6.30. He was a bit restless last night. I fed him at 6.30 this morning and then we just dozed off as we world normally do. Usually it's only for an hour or so...but this morning we woke up at 9.30! I kept looking at the clock when I woke up trying to comprehend what it said, then I got up and checked the other clocks to see what they said! lol He must have been tired after his restless night. I think his teeth are bothering him again. They look quite swollen down the bottom today and very white again.
Have just been doing a bit of reading about solids. We'll probably be starting in a few weeks. Anyone in here done, or will be doing BLS? I was all prepared for mushing up fruit and veg, but it seems there apparently isn't much of a need for that?
Welcome Amala my little man was born on Anzac day too, everyone thinks its wonderful as his great grandfather was a general and his cousins are jealous he gets a day off for his birthday every year!
Well Jacob put on 1kg in two weeks with the thickened food which was fantastic, though he is sick again...so im thinking its time for a change of job! Had an interview today as a smoking cessation officer so fingers crossed. His sleeping has been terrible awake every 1-2 hours for a quick mouthful because his nose is blocked, so tired!
He is vocalising heaps more and has discovered his feet hold a lot of ineterest, have been trying a little bit of solids but he just gags or spits it out. Just a quick question jacob does not appear to have tears yet, is that normal? Also thinking of seeing a paedatrician as if he takes much more than 100mL he vomits but i dont know i dont want to be a hypocondriact (sp?)
Well i think thats it for us ladies, hope you and all your bubs are doing well, drooling profficiently!
Morning, both boys are still asleep as 7! I love it when this happens, just that litle bit of time to myself.
Welcome AmalA!
Bee, fantastic that Jacob is putting on weight now! I hope that gets the nurse off your case. I know babies don't produce tears when they are born, but technically they should have them by now. I haven't really noticed whether Edward has tears yet, I will check next time he cries and let you know. I wouldn't worry too much though, he is still little. I wouldn't get too stressed about vomiting either. Definitely ask at your next appointment, but if he is putting on weight now then he is probably just fine.
Good luck with getting the new job.
Megan, I haven't really done BLS as my boys have started too early to just hand them pieces of food. I am actually steaming some apples to mush up for Edward right now. It is a great idea though, Byron was eating pieces of food from about 6 months so kind of like BLS. I did still puree some stuff like beetroot and eggplant to makes dips and spreads for him for a long time. I think the most important thing is to give them lots of variety, irrelevant of whether it is mushy or not. And let them see you eating lots of different things. Hopefully then they won't be too picky.
Bee, if Jacob is spitting the food out then he isn't really ready, so you might as well wait a few more weeks.
Cass, I really like the older Outlanders too, bummer! I have come to the conclusion that car companies don't expect anyone to have more than 2 kids anymore. Everything that is reasonably priced, and not a super gigantic 4WD (which I don't want) is just that bit too narrow.
I will keep the pram between us tomorrow until I can be sure you won't really slap me.
Hello everyone, its kind of quiet in here at the moment.
Mel - Awesome that youve decided to go for a third bub, wish my DH would agree to that but no hope there. We have a subaru liberty. No chance of getting three seats in the back. Sorry.
Cass and Megan - wonderful to know that my DS is not the only one getting up at strange hours. I cant keep up with it. some nights he wakes 3 times, and others he wakes once. Poor boobs.
Cass - AWWW, sound like you're having a hard time with Oscar moving into the big bed. He still loves you just as much, but growing too and gaining independence. Good on him. Sounds like you get to enjoy lots of newborn cuddles in the not to distant future.
Megan - I havent read much about BLS and didnt do it with DD. What are you supposed to do?
Bee - I think tears arrive from about 6 weeks of age. You might like to ask your GP or the ECN
Budda is getting close to sitting up which I can't wait for. He is NOT interested in rolling at all and only plays with his feet if he is sitting up. I'm not in a hurry for the rolling yet though.
...... hmmmm there's been a few times in the past few days where Oskar has said he wants to sleep in his "old bed". Tonight I really had to steer him to his room. We've put Elijah out of the hammock and into the cot cos we weren't sure if he was trying to roll a bit or move more in his sleep and that was what was waking him. We moved Oskar at a similar age too. Anyway, I had to really try to explain to him that Elijah now needed his old bed as he was too big for his little bed and that Oskar had the nice big new bed (he has one from Ikea which can be short or lengthened as he grows, we've got it short - so it's more like a wide cot really) just the same as the car seats - Elijah got the old one and Oskar the new. Then I turned on the Tad frog (which is Elijah's and told him Elijah was sharing it with him if he wanted it).... he rolled over and went to sleep. I don't have a problem if he wanted to go in the cot, I'd put Elijah in my bed and DH in the spare lol. Any thoughts? Would it be a bad idea to do that? I kinda thought that he'd probably either want the new bed after 10 mins or so or the next night if he did go to sleep. Andy thinks it'd be setting up something bad if we did, that he might regress with it. He only said it after he saw Elijah in it the other day and he was only laying there, not asleep anyway. Sorry, that turned out a bit longer than expected.
Bee, I can't remember how long for tears now. I do know they don't have tears for a little while though. Also, they can be blocked as they should technically have tears now. I think you can gently massage the inner corner area of the eye to help this?? Your GP should be able to help you. I don't think they worry about it as a potential problem just yet though.
Nell, Elijah gets the bottom half rolled so he's basically on his tummy but the shoulder doesn't follow lol. Sitting, he can do in the bumbo but I think he's still a little way off doing that on his own. Funny though cos Oskar was almost sitting now. He may have had more practice though cos I kinda have to save Elijah a lot from Oskar's "loving" lol so I have to pick him up possibly more at times.
I'm so glad as this helps him out heaps as he suffers from reflux and needs to be upright a lot of the time. I'm still placing pillows around the back, as he throws himself sometimes if he looks up too quickly.
Cass - Personally I would stick with the bed situation you have now. Oskar made the move on his own but is obviously missing the closeness that he used to have to you. He'll get used to his bed soon and Elijah now needs his old bed (the cot). It doesn't mean you love him any less because he is in his own rom and own bed, he's just looking for that same feeling he's always had. I shouldnt talk though - I have always had beauty in her own bed and own room. I've found smells can help a big change as well. Didnt say that very well.....what I mean is you could give Oskar a worn tshirt of yours to take to bed so he feels safe in his new environment. Just a suggestion.
Nell, I went through it all with him last night and tonight he went into out room and went to the hammock and said, Elijah too big now, then touched the cot and said Elijah need old bed now and went to his new bed saying Oskar new big bed. So, that bit has helped but you could be right about the closeness. He has been a lot more cuddly with me lol. Thanks for your input, really appreciate it
This dust today omg HORRID! I went out to buy Oskar some summer pj's and when it's warmer weather we leave a couple of windows open and the upstairs door. OOOOOoooooh dear what a mess! I am really glad though that we didn't get it as bad as Broken Hill and Sydney, but still I spent hours cleaning it all up and I can still feel it a bit on the floor so will be on my hands and knees again tomorrow with wet paper towel I think. Poor Oskar wanted desperately to play out the back but I managed to get him to understand that he couldn't and my poor little Elijah, it was irritating him and he was coughing a bit and sounded like he was going to vomit a couple of times. Seems to be a lot better since I cleaned though. Nothing like a dust storm to force the spring clean into overdrive!! I've been doing things bit by bit but got really forced into more than I could handle on my own! Andy had a work thing and only just got home not long ago, so I had no choice and still had my normal "duties" to do too!! I'm stuffed lol.
Wow, Nell, sitting already! Have you spent a lot of time working on sitting because of his reflux? I always find it amazing how babies achieve all these 'milestones' at such different times and different orders.
Cass, I agree with Nell about leaving Oscar in his own bed. It sounds like you have already made that decision yourself anyway.
We have had an interesting week. Thursday night Byron woke up with a fever. He was really hot and miserable all day Friday and wouldn't eat anything (which is really not like him!). He was a bit better Sat, and then fine Sunday. The rest of us seem to have missed out thankfully.
My parents arrived from Cairns on Monday and on Tuesday the boys and I went down to Byron Bay with them. My brother lives down there. We were only going to stay 1 night but the dust storm hit on Wednesday and I decided not to drive back in such crappy conditions, so we just got back this afternoon. Edward was just delightful as always, but Byron is absolutely shattered... he doesn't sleep very well away from home... and is being a horrible little monster. Hopefully he will sleep for about 12 hours tonight so he is happier tomorrow!
Dad goes home tomorrow, but mum is here until Monday so the kids have a bit more grandparent time... and Clive and I might get some kid free time.
I think the dust must have been much worse down there as there isn't nearly as much dust on everything here at home as there is on my car. I agree Cass, it was horrible! I can only imaging how bad it would have been if you had breathing problems of any sort.
Anyway, need to get dinner on so I can get Byron to bed early, better go. Hope everyone is well.
Mel, I wish I could have a holidy *sighs*. Great to hear Byron is much better. That dust just sucked!
Oh and Nell I meant to say the other day... WTG on the sitting little man!!!
Just popping in quickly before heading to bed... weighed Elijah yesterday and with clothes he was 8kg on the dot. I can't believe he's that big already!! Oskar is now 15kg... little tyke started off at a mere 2.6kg..lol. He's been a terror today, the wind, it just sends kids nuts! I'm glad it was the weekend though cos Andy got to see what it's like when he's like that all day and helps them to understand what it can be like a day in my shoes..lol.
Just got back from the States last Wednesday, so am catching up on everyone's posts. Sounds like everyone is going onwards and upwards - I can't believe my little man is 5 months old already! The trip was pretty good - the flights were not too bad and Daniel coped with it all fairly well, which was great.
No teeth here yet, though we had some swollen gums yesterday (and a lot of crankiness). We've started solids, which is going ok. Bit messy and a bit hit and miss, but I guess it's all just practice?
Ok - still unpacking and cleaning up so will keep reading the posts and will post again soon!
Welcome back AnnaChas. Glad to hear the trip went well and Daniel coped well.
Mel. We had been practicing the sitting....but Beauty also sat at the same time - 21 weeks. Maybe I encouraged him to do it a bit more as I knew it would help with the reflux. He still throws himself backwards occasionally particularly if Beauty is playing nearby and moves suddenly - he tries to track her movements and throws himself off balance! Glad o hear Byron is feeling better.
Weighed Budda yesterday and he's 7.3kg, growing nicely. Nearly tripled his birth weight in 5 months!
Well things are lovely here. I'm coping so much better with 2 kids now and really can't remember life with only one any more....how quickly it changes. I'm loving hanging out with my children now and have relaxed a whole heap in the last couple of months. It has made everyones lives so much nicer. Ah
Heading off on holidays for a couple of weeks on the weekend - really looking forward to the break and a change of scenery.
Well just an update from the West. We finally had the appointment with our Physiotherapist who diagnosed Jacob with torticollis whiche has lead to him having a very flat head but we are doing what we can to improve his range of movement to the right. We then saw the Paedatrician yesterday he seems to think jacob either has a milk proetein intolerance or a structual abnormality of his digestive tract. so we are trying special formulas and if they dont help then a barium swallow (which could be interesting). He was very proud of how perisitant i had been in tring to help him and was amazed he had gained weight at all! He is now 7kg exactly. He also mentioned his skull was quite bad and he would consider surgically unfusing the scall and reshaping it but said the cranio-facio unit would not think it was severe enough. So have no idea what to do with that.
So back to see both in 2 weeks and until then just taking it one day at a time, though i have to admit its been tough working 30 hours a fortnight on broken sleep whilst having a husband that doesnt help as he works 6 days a week!
Sorry for the me post, i dont know how you mums of two do it. Im not planning on another one until this ones at school!! Cant believe little budda is Sitting already that is fantastic news, we have only just started rolling!
Well will try to do perssies next time oh and the doctor wasnt worried he had no tears said he may just be missing them genetically or they are large ducts and free draining.
Gee Bee, you are having a tough time! Hugs. Well done on getting Jacob to gain weight despite his digestion problems. I have another friend who's little boy has a milk intolerance, and he has gotten much better and put on lots more weight since he has been on solids. I hope that is all it is with Jacob!
I don't know how we mums of 2 do it either. Please don't assume that we all do it well. I don't know how working mums do it... Byron was nearly 1 when I went back 3 days and that was tough. My hat goes off to you, especially with all the extra stress you have at the moment.
Nell, Byron sat the bweek after his 6 month check. I remember feeling bad cause he couldn't do it, then he did a few days later. Edward is close, will probably be about the same time. I think he is going to crawl earlier though, he is already starting to move himself backwards and is spinning in circles on the floor. I wish he would just stay still!
Enjoy your holidays!
Annachas, we are still waiting for some teeth to finally make their appearance here too. If they don't come soon Edward is going to gnaw his hand off. Glad you trip went well.
Well, Byron's behaviour has improved over the past couple of days, thank goodness! I ended up in tears on Tuesday afternoon cause he was just yelling at me constantly. I think it was a combination of lack of sleep, junk food that the grandparents kept giving him, and the crappy weather. Fingers crossed that the monster doesn't return for a while!!
I stood on a rusty peice of metal on Thursday and had to go and get a tetanus shot. I couldn't remember the last time I had one so I figured it was better safe than sorry. Now I know why the babies whinge after their shots! My arm hurts.
Bee - good luck with Jacob. Let us know how you go - well done on the persistence and weight gain too!
I have no idea how mums of more than one do it either. One is more than certainly enough - and this one sleeps well! Hats off to you ladies. Also - no idea how single mums do it.
No teeth yet here, but gums are swollen beyond belief and so we have a cranky baby most times. Oh well. Solids are going well. Daniel's a fan of the apple custard. Rolling is a bit hit and miss though. He still gets stuck on his arm and wriggles like a worm. It's amusing though. He is moving around a lot in his cot though, which is a pain as he gets himself un-blanketed and gets cold. Plus, I just went to check on him and he's rolled himself sort of onto his side, but his face was planted into the cot mattress. Had a mini heart attack as I thought that he wasn't breathing. We've even got those support cushion things against his sides so he doesn't roll over too much, but he somehow gets past those and ends up in a mess.
Back to work for me on Wednesday. It should be interesting. Daniel is in child care for 2 days, and DH and I work from home 1.5 days each. Work has actually been really good about it all, so that's made things easier!
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Please don't assume that we all do it well. I don't know how working mums do it... Byron was nearly 1 when I went back 3 days and that was tough. My hat goes off to you, especially with all the extra stress you have at the moment.
Edward is close, will probably be about the same time. I think he is going to crawl earlier though, he is already starting to move himself backwards and is spinning in circles on the floor. I wish he would just stay still!
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