This thread is for parents who's baby was born in April 1st - 15th 2008
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Good job on the teeth Baxter!
BJ's first was like that, the second wasn't too bad either, and actually at the moment I can't complain about his teething either!
Nah MIL lives about 45 minutes away....when Grand StepPa was coming today DH said if he turned up with my MIL, they would be sent home...it all stems back to her misinterpreting a message that was sent to everyone when I was in labour....she thinks we only sent it to her...but we didnt...its al stupidity, but her loss.
well it's a bit hard to do personals now that we're on a new thread... oh well.
dd's quite grumpy these days and i'm hoping once she crawls properly (as opposed to going a few 'steps' and then collapsing) she will be happy to get around exploring things. babyproofing is going to be HARD as ds is very fond of lego and tiny little plastic toys which tend to get scattered round the place. i think i'll also have to mop the kitchen floor a little more often, which i'm not looking forward to as it's one of my least favourite household tasks.
gave dd mashed banana (her first food) a couple of weeks ago but as soon as the spoon hit her mouth she vomited - luckily it was all captured on video so she can enjoy watching it when she's older . then she was sick with a hideous cold for a week and when i eventually tried to give her panadol she had the same response, vomiting when i put the syringe in her mouth. so on the weekend i tried rice cereal, which she accepted a tiny bit of, but since then she's had diarrhoea and i don't know if it's an allergic reaction to rice or a side-effect of the virus she's had... is there such thing as a rice allergy? our solids journey is not progressing too well so far!
i'm still exhausted and finding myself falling asleep sometimes when i feed dd, which would be great if i didn't have ds to look after too... i long for a decent stretch of sleep and can't help hoping every night that i might get it .
hope all you mums and bubs are doing well and - for those of you in melbourne - enjoying the holiday.
Hello everyone
Hope it's ok for me to join. I've been meaning to for about 7 months now... But I'm sure you can understand.
Sorry, I don't have time to go back and read all the previous posts, will just try to start from here.
Sounds like some of your bubbies are already mobile! Well, I suppose that's not too uncommon for this age. Aric is most decidedly immobile.... though he likes to 'bounce' on his bum while sitting.
He's having a small bit of solids each day - sometimes he eats, sometimes he doesn't, but it's no drama really. He laughs and 'chatters' all the time and doesn't like to sleep.... He had been getting good overnight, but then about 6 weeks ago it all went to potty. One day we'll get some sleep... right?
DH has been a stay-at-home dad for the past 5 months, while I work fulltime from home, but he's starting a new job next week. All a bit stressful as we are still yet to find a babysitter . Hopefully something will pan out.
mgm - hope your DD is feeling better. I think rice allergies are very unusual, though it is possible. It's very likely due to the virus though.
Hi Marcellus, welcome to the thread!
Don't worry, Benjamin (my little man) isn't overly mobile. Granted, he rolls around like a bowling ball, but he's not crawling yet....he can push himself commando style if he's pushing off something, but hasn't grasped the whole, digging the toes in thing yet!
BJ isn't sitting up yet (he CAN, and would be alot more stable and upright if I actually let him practise...but I don't) it was always recommended during my early childhood studies (and since, from my MCHN) that children learn to crawl, then push themselves backward into a sitting position, rather than sit, then learn to crawl...so I'll stick to that for now...Bj is mobile enough and happy enough this way so...if it ain't broke.....
Solids wise, we are on 3 meals a day including yoghurt and toast.
I can't imagine how all of the mum's are going with work...I'm so lucky to be a stay at home mum and I love it...I had a taste of what it would be like if I was at work though, on monday I had to go to the dentist, and I was taking Benjamin into my old work (a child care centre), we had to be out of the house by 8am...we left at 8:10am so not toooo bad, but gee it was a lot of work!
MGM I would guess that Rosa has had more of a reaction/symptom of a virus rather than a reaction to the cereal, as with Marcellus, I'm pretty sure that rice allergies are highly rare (hence rice cereal being the recommended 1st food for little bubbles), but thats not to say they don't happen!
We have a hectic day ahead of us tomorrow, Dr appointment to check up on BJ's ear infection at 8:45, home for a sleep (BJ not me!) then off to have photos done at 11:45 , then grocery shopping, getting care seat number 2's straps adjusted with the car seat guy (still not turning Bj round yet...its best for his neck to keep going backwards as long as possible and he's happy anyway!), home for lunch and bed (again...BJ not me) then probably taking poor DH to the chiropractor cause today he did something weird to his neck and he can't move....even after voltaron.
We're tying to give DS more tummy time. He's happy enough on his front for a while, but he does spend a fair bit of time faceplanting and sucking on the mat....hmmmm. He manages to wiggle/drag himself a little bit, so spose he'll eventually get the idea. Honestly the idea of having to babyproof the house (let along mop the floors more often!) leaves me hoping that he'll take his time getting mobile.
It's so cute how they go backwards first...
My hope is that one day, hopefully in the not too distant future, DH can earn enough that I don't have to work (or at least not full time). Right now he earns just enough to cover the cost of childcare etc...
BW, just info in case... they've found that most ear infections aren't bacterial, yet doctors still prescribe antibiotics which make it harder for the infection to heal. What is worse, is what antibiotics do to the gut. I know your youngen hasn't had any allergies or anything, but may I suggest some gut healing if you have had to use antibiotics on the littl'lin? I've been dealing head on with this stuff with some babies/parents and still am right now, the issues that crop up eventually from a damaged gut. At the very least, probiotics, but it usually takes more than that. For more info, please pm me!! Abx totally anhihilates their gut flora and it cannot heal on its own, nature was not designed with man made abx in mind, therefore there is no natural healing after a course of them. I only JUST healed Ci's gut from the issue, and he wasn't even given abx, it was through my breastmilk and from the abx I received after the c-section, what it did to my gut really affected his. I wasn't able to furnish him with good bacteria. It's been a nightmare. But we're good now, sleeping, eating a varied diet, all kindsa good stuff. But repeated ear infections often occur due to the cyclic nature of the effect of teh abx on the yeast which is allowed to overgrow and help bad bacteria proliferate. To prevent chronic infections, pm me and I'll show you how.
Welcome Marcellus - were you in the March Babies thread? What happened to that? I used to post in the Belly Buddies due group.
Me - well there's a reason why AF hasn't come back, no, I'm not pregnant! My thyroid function is totally out of whack. I'm seeing an endocrinologist and I either have postpartum thyroiditis or Graves Disease. Bloody great. It's been triggered by pregnancy.
My thyroid is slightly overactive which is a little harder to treat than an underactive thyroid. I'm having an iodine function test on Tues then back to the endo on Wed.
So I have been to Perth twice in 3 days this week, considering it's a 420km round trip, Baxter has been quite good, poor mite.
We are finally over the fabulous gastro bug that Benjamin had for a week...I'm pleased to anounce that so far today..No poo!!
Very exciting given that for 3 days it was a poo every hour and they were just water....poor little fella was about 4 hours and a dry nappy away from hospital...he was refusing fluids....scarey stuff..
Hi Shoegal, Fire, BW, Lisylee, Marcellus, Ness & Mgm..
Been very busy at work so haven't been in *blah blah blah* You get the drill!
Marcellus - welcome!
Shoegal - to you. I've got thyroid problems in my family which is triggered by menopause so hopefully have at least another 15 years before it kicks in! My Nanna had an underactive thyroid and my Mum had an underactive thyroid. What's the bet I'll get the underactive one because it can make you put on weight
BW - Hope benjamin is better. That must have been frightening having him so sick he won't eat...
Liam's going well. He's slowly getting the hang of solids. However, I can't get him to like veggies... he's good at apples & other fruits (banana mainly) but every time I try veggies, he has about 2 spoonfuls and screws up his face!! Ah well, at least he has some cereal in his bottles!
He's crawling all over the place and is starting to look like he might start pulling himself up to a standing position before long. He might just skip sitting for now - because he's not doing that just yet!
However, we've finally managed to convince him to bath rather than shower. He sits ok in the bath, but it's got a little seat thingy which helps.
Well, I'm supposed to be doing an order for nappy covers... better go & get that done!
We have been revisiting the unwrapping issue for sleep....I've been putting Benjamin in a grobag, but with his arms inside it.
It wasn't going too badly, but he's been getting less and less sleep...and last night, after 2 hours of him being awake, I wrapped him out of desperation. He was able to roll around whilst wrapped, and get out of it eventually which sucked, then he rolled around so much in his sleeping bag (with his arms in) that it ended up on him backwards.
This morning, I decided, we just have to bite the bullet...I put his "seatbelt" back on (his safe t sleep) so stop him moving around too much as he just ends up overtired and won't settle), but put him down with his arms out (wearing his grobag properly).
He settled himself after about 20 minutes of protest (but more just wingeing and talking) and slept for 45 minutes, then woke, cried, winged and talked for about 5minutes and then, went back to sleep and has been asleep for an hour and 20 minutes...
We CAN do this.....
I hope everyone else is good!
Woohoo...its 6:26pm and we are 3 for 3...his morning sleep was as mentioned (he ended up going an hour and a half), his arvo one was only 45, but he had a poo and wouldn't re-settle, and he has been in bed since about 6:05pm and after about 2min of yelling, its all quiet on the western front...we shall see!
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. then she was sick with a hideous cold for a week and when i eventually tried to give her panadol she had the same response, vomiting when i put the syringe in her mouth. so on the weekend i tried rice cereal, which she accepted a tiny bit of, but since then she's had diarrhoea and i don't know if it's an allergic reaction to rice or a side-effect of the virus she's had... is there such thing as a rice allergy? our solids journey is not progressing too well so far!
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But I'm sure you can understand.
. Hopefully something will pan out.
to you. I've got thyroid problems in my family which is triggered by menopause so hopefully have at least another 15 years before it kicks in! My Nanna had an underactive thyroid and my Mum had an underactive thyroid. What's the bet I'll get the underactive one because it can make you put on weight
Yay...sort of....
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