with all the babies not eating - have you tried offering some water to drink first? It could have absolutely nothing to do with it, but I've noticed with Josiah if he's refusing food, I'll offer him some water. He normally skulls it down and then is happy to eat. Stupid me has taken what seems like forever to figure it out, but it's worked and he's eating again, so I'm happy
Not much to report here - had a fantastic time in Sydney. Didn't miss the kids as much as I thought I would, but I think that's partly because I work full time. I missed them mostly at night, but made it through ok haha
Josiah still won't talk, but understands and responds to everything you say, just not with words. He mouths a lot of things when he's copying, and we get the occasional word, but nothing repetitive. I think he's going to be one of those kids that just comes out with a full sentence one day just to prove he could have done it all along, he just didn't want to.
Anyway, better go, time to start getting things organised to go home.
Hi everyone,
just a quick hi and to add to the food chat. Caden used to eat heaps, this last week, with a cold, he has only eeaten up to 6 teaspoons at night, even with water which always keeps him going, 1/2 to 1/4 of his normal brekky and hardly any lunch. SOup and apples are a big favourite but other than that we aren't having much luck and he is sleeping at night more than ever... go figure!
hope all stay well,
hi everyone jess is getting better but the nose wont stop running shes eating and drinking better.but evernight shes getting up and playing im talking about 3 330 in the morning its killing me .i havent slept probably for about a week hopefully tonight its lkie shes not tired .
joy - bananas are a favourite with charlie haven't tried the apples for a while - will try them again tomorrow
PROBLEM!!!! Please help me feel better - we just got back from A&E - charlie has a viral infection in his doodle - poor little thing you can't touch it - but while i was there the doctor stressed me out a bit - after charlie got circumsised his doodle comes out when he pees and everything but other than that it goes back inside - we just put it down to being really chubby little kid and not a very big doodle (poor kid!!) we asked the health nurse and she said he'd grow out of it - but this other doctor said i should take him backand get him checked out coz he's never seen that before - so now i'm stressed about the poor little boy!
Well I am majorly stressed this is usually our best time of the year financially because DH usually gets between 2-4k back in tax and this year he got a bill OMG and it is because his work forgot to tax his allowances grrrr which now makes it look like he earnt more which means I have under estimated his income with centrelink so not only do we have a $600 tax bill I will have a $1800-$2200 centrelink debt aaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhh right at the time when we can least afford it as the money jono gets back on his tax pays all of our annual bills and now we can't afford to pay anything. I just rang the real estate agent and dropped the price on our house and told him I want it sold by Sunday DH and I worked out last night that if we sell it for $235k we can afford to pay of all our debts except his car loan but that will be gone soon too as we are going to do a novated lease and sell his current car.
So now instead of keeping all the money from the house to build we have to use it to pay all the bills and we will be renting for the first time ever!I refused to rent when I left my parents on the up side we found an awesome rental property for $290 per week and it is brand new so finger crossed our house sells ASAP so we can put our names down on the rental and it is in Turners Beach which is where alot of my relatives and friends live PLEASE SELL HOUSE!!!!
oh Jacci - hope Charlie is ok - just because 1 doctor hasn't seen it before doesn't mean it's something majorly wrong! And you're right, it could be because he's a chubba bubba! A friend of ours was a majorly chubby baby and he had the same thing (we're good friends with his parents, he wouldn't tell us that himself) If the CHN said it should be ok, then i wouldn't stress yet - they see babies all the time and they're trained what to look for, maybe just get a 2nd opinion.
Becky - I know how you feel - just realised we've underestimated our income too - luckily our house is already sold, so we'll be able to pay it back rather quickly, but it is stressful. We won't be getting much of a tax return either, it's the first year in 10 I can't claim too much back. Hope your house sells soon and you get everything sorted.
Anyway, better get to work. Check in later - from my new office
Centrelink - I actually estimated and then i started working so i went to centrelink and got the payments stopped in january - so i wouldn't owe them any money - i just got all our group certificates and i am way under in my estimate - so they are going to owe me payments starting from January and probably more because i wasn't getting enough to start with - this is going to come at exactly the right time - like you said Becky tax time pays all the annual bills
Jacci - my older son had an infection in his penis about a year ago. it looked very swolen and sore. He was given antibiotics which cleared it up. Hes not circumcised though so can't help you there - doctors are always stressing us out for no reason! hope he is ok.
Well Sam is back to eating which is good. He has eaten alot this morning actually, maybe a growth spurt? I agree about the water - it definitely helps him eat more if i give him water and a little break in between.
He is not happy in the pram at the moment. Just wants to get out and walk. Anyone else having this issue? I keep giving him snacks to nibble on which keeps him happy for a little while!
everyone must be really busy, it's been so quiet in here...
little story to fill in the time. Got home from work yesterday, got Josiah's dinner but he absolutely refused to eat, closing his lips up tight and shaking his head no everytime I tried to coax him. Did the same with water, after a while I said, 'what is it? Do you want to go to bed?' He looked at me and nodded his head yes! Made him a bottle, gave it to him and he took himself off to his room and sat down next to his cot waiting for me to come in and put him to bed. It was only 5.30, normally way too early for bed, but he slept until 6.30 this morning, so he must of really needed it.
Anyway, that was my time waster for the morning - BBL
I reckon it's been so quiet coz we r all chasing toddlers.
Having u/s on Tues to check presentation. Don't know whether I would prefer a caeser @ the mo but it would guarantee my parents to be in the country for the birth.
My friend had a boy yesterday so am going to visit tomorrow. Sarah will b spending the day with a friend so I can have a nice relaxing day n catch up on some sleep n get the house ready for inspection on thursday it's good enuf!
sorry havent been here in a while things have been quiet hectic.
Firstly Nixon is going well and walking most of the time now. As of Friday he learnt to stand by himself so since then mostly walking, how cute is it hehe!
He knows something is going on with mummys belly cause if i am down to his level he smiles and pats my tummy! He has even lifted uo my top on his own accord and blew rasberries on it when i was holding him a few times!
we are moving again starting this w/e. Into a rental. And we are taking our Melb house off the market for a while. Our neighbours across the rd sold and are re building, so they need at place for 12months or so and are moving into our place.
Things just wern't working at MIL. and with no incling on how long we'd be there for we had to make a decision. The sydney market is a good time to buy but while our house isnt selling we are not in a position to buy.
Looking forward to getting things back to normal and being on our own as a family again!
hope your u/s goes well tomorrow Ali, i have a OB appoint tomrorow as well and will be also booking in for another scan in the next 2 weeks.
HI everyone, been awol for a while, things have been pretty hectic here.
We just noticed that Caden's penis tip is very red, rang the MCHN and she said to keep an eye on it till tomorrow and put some creme on it, if now improvement then off to the docs immediately. Jacci - Hope things are alright with charlie.
Caden is back to eating hurrah, like a horse at that. He is complete off bananas and carrots but loves apples, crumpets and corn rounds (we cut 1cm rounds off a corncob and boil/steam it, chill it a bit and he munches away, squeals when he sees it coming).
I have had a really hectic few days, got gastro on friday, ended up in hospital sat. nite on iv drip, home again late sunday arvo, couldn't keep enough liquid down and got really dehydrated very quickly. All good again. I love my doc, they put me in midwifery in a private room with my own toilet etc... mostly to stop spred of gastro and keep an eye on bubs and me. Was almost a holiday once I started to feel better atleast. Was the first time i was ever away from Caden for the whole night and day. DH was fantastic and Cadden wasn't completely unfazed except that DH forgot to give him his milk all day and couldn't work out why he was a little grizzly.
On a better note- picked up my new Phil & Ted's pram last thursday before going to see taping of 'Thank God You're Here'. Too much excitment in one day. Pram is fantastic and tv show was so funny. heaps of laughs and a gerat night out, even if a little late.
sorry for the long post,
becky - hope the $$$$ sort themselves out soon, really feel for you there, we';re eating a bit hand to mouth and living of centrelink at the moment till DH starts his busy season again soon but in the mean time bills just stack up waiting for a good tax return.
night,
Joy- gosh sorry to hear u had to go to hospital, glad you are better now and bub is fione too. Gastro is so nasty isnt it.
LOL at DH wondering why Caden was grizzly, my DH would prob do the same thing! Thinking he'd been so good and remembered everything when he would forget a main thing hehe!
Wow its been so long since I have been in here, so much catching up to do.
Well our news first. Abbey is going very well, starting to get a bit of a temper if she doesn't get her own way but no tantrums yet. She still isn't slepping very well but I have kinda given up on that. I had to get her weighed becuase she wasn't putting on weight, but since her bday she has put on 1kg so the nurse was happy. She now weighs 8.9kg, yay! She is starting to outgrow all her 00 and is in 0 now, so she is finally growing lol. Still walking everyhwere and getting so fast, does not want to hold anyones hand anymore, and doesn't alwys come back if you call her, so I am doing a lot of running after her. She had her first sleepover last weekend, and spent teo nights at my mums, we had to go to Melbourne for work and it wasn't possible for her to go with us. She coped very well and I was too busy to not cope lol.
My pg is going well, am over 12 weeks now. I had my first OB appt and he said that if it looks like this baby is as big as what Abbey was, he wants me to have a c section! So I am now on the lookout for a new ob lol. Good part was that I had a quick u/s (internal one yuk!) and got to see bubs and a heartbeat which was cool. Last time I didn't have one till 20 weeks. I have my 12 weeks u/s booked for tomorrow so looking forward to that. I have starting showing a little but it just looks like I am fat lol. We still haven't told everyone yet, just close friends and family but I think it will be out soon. Have had a little bit of ms but not too bad, i have been so tired though.
Enough about me lol
Joy.. Hope your feeling better and sorry you had to go to hospital but lol at DH and the milk.
Nickers..yay for finding a house but yuk at moving again. How cute is nixon rubbing your tummy and blowing rasberries. And he is very clever for walking lots too. Hope your pg is going well.
Ali.. good luck for your u/s. And I hope your relaxing day was relaxing lol
Bel... How cute! I wish abbey would go to bed like that!
Mitch.. Hope Jeff is feeling better and that alexas needles went well. Very clever for her to be walking everywhere, abbey is a chatterbox too but doesn't make any sense lol
Jacci.. Hope charlie is feeling better and it wasn't too serious
Becky.. Hope your house has sold already!
Well we haven't had any problems with abbey not eating, she won't eat some stuff on her plate but will eat most of it, and if its mushy she will eat anything. She is loving bananas atm and sultanas.
Hi to everyone else I have missed, hope all is well!
Hi everyone. Sorry its been ages since I've been on here, I've been very busy with doing tupperware demos. Plus have had a sick bubba on and off for ages, they finally sent him for blood tests and a stool sample yesterday so will hopefully have some answers soon. Plus we got hit down with food poisoning after going out to dinner last Wednesday night, really ran us down all day Thursday and then Friday I was hazey in the head. Luckily DH was around to look after Declan.
Amanda, Nic, Joy, Ali - wow all of your pregnancies seem to be flying by. How are each of you feeling?
Mitch - how are you going hun it's been awhile.
Abs - hows things going with the business?
Jacci - How's little Charlie going?
Kate - Welcome
Bel - how are you hun & the kids?
Bec - what adventures has your Declan been up to?
Jesa - How's little miss Jesabell going?
Ok who am I missing. Hi if I have but I'm terrible sorry been a long day lol.
haha
) If the CHN said it should be ok, then i wouldn't stress yet - they see babies all the time and they're trained what to look for, maybe just get a 2nd opinion.
it's good enuf!
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