Babies Born April 2007 #8

Danni, it sound like our night precicely. Logan sleeps 8pm to 2.30 like a brick and then snacks every hour until somewhere between 5.30 and 7.30 when he's sick of being in bed and demands to get up! I should try to go to bed earlier too but here I am at the pooter at 10.40pm!

Erin, sounds great with the work and basketball. I sometimes feel like I should be doing something more productive with my days.



We had a brilliant time at mum-club today. We had it at Veronica's house instead of going out which was so lovely and relaxed. We all ended up starting to go home after about 5 hours and I was there almost 6 hours! We all took masses of photos and I've uploaded some of mine on the webshots album (see the link in my signature) and if you want to see them, click on the 4 albums that have the 'NEW' tag attatched to them. The one called 'my friends' has the most and the one with videos has a really cute one of the 7 of them.

I really 'should' go to bed so I'll leave it at that tonight. have a good one,

bub still asleep....11.5 hours so far. had trouble getting him in last night was too excited by his fathers new DJ gear so we gave him a crack on them...

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...Joseph/DJX.jpg


Erin- where abouts are you? i play Bball in bris. how is charlie this morning? any better?

Hi Everybody,
Much better the last two nights....next time I have a dodgy belly I think I will give him formula till it goes - poor pet was farting like a trooper!! Then yesterday I worked from 7 -7 and he was with his nanny who writes all his sleeps and activities in a little book for me all day....he is always tired after being with her tho - she must be more entertaining than boring mum! He slept from 7pm til 3:30am which is a nice big stretch so I feel human again after working...set up a big sale at my work yesterday on gorgeous kidswear which was a bit dangerous as I spent most of my wage!

Erin - where are you going to order the jolly jumper from? Do they have a big range or just the basics? I picked one up in Target and it says from 12months on the back???? Sorry you and Charlie are in a stormy patch, can you get a few hours break this weekend if DH takes him(if fits in with his roster?) go have a coffee or something?

Mimi - Wow Olivia sounds like she is having a total angel period!

Christy - Glad you are so well and Hazel is happy in her jumper - I want one for Beau badly! She is super cute I had a squiz at your gallery...

Kaz - Hi stranger!

Kris - he is feeding roughly every 3-4 hours, same frequency as Dylan, but beacuse he is on EBM and formula, his amounts vary between 100ml and 240ml. He is definately at the "I just want to play and look around not eat stage" Get some cranberry juice into you asap! Hate Uti's I had one at about 3 months pg and couldnt take the cranberry tablets which work like a charm. ps Congrats on your new job!!

Greenfern - Wow!! You are having the reverse problem from all of us, cheeky lazy bubs!

Danni - feed in 5 mins! Jealous smelous!!! Sorry that he is disturbed for the mornings - I go to bed at 8:30 - Beau goes down at around 6-7 so its the only way to get a few hours....

Expat - Glad you had a good time at your club with your other mums!

Kel - is Lily in her sleeping bag or are you still wrapping her?

I have a question too - how long do you feed and settle for? beau is normally up for anywhere between 1- 2hours in the day, usually 1 1/2 knocks him out (he he)...we play till he grizzles then usually feed him then play again with a bum change until he grizzles then I wrap him and settle him in his chair or rocking him or in his cot if he is really grizzly. is this too long? He seems to want to be up for longer these days!

xxx

Hi!

Just a quick one as we're about to have dinner.

Hazel had her 4 month vaccinations yesterday.....omg, it must be the most unnatural thing in the world to sit there and LET someone inflict such pain on your child! I know it is for the best blah blah blah but it is sooo awful. She screamed and cried like I've never heard her cry before, poor little sausage. But boobie saved the day and she really has been pretty good after it. Had one extra wake up in the night and she cried a little bit in her sleep that's all. On the upside her 4 month check went well and everything is as it should be. She now weighs 5.92 kg, is 63 cms long and has a head circumference of 42cms.. So she has almost doubled her birth weight!

I went down to my Mum and Dad's on wednesday and Mum and I went shopping, during which Mum completely spoiled Hazel! She has got loads of summer stuff now and a few new toys too, lucky girl!

Gotta go, sorry no personals, hope all is well for mums and bubs x x

Hi everyone
Thurs night was a bit better with only about 5 wake ups. Then yesterday we had needles & last night he was fantastic....not sure if it was the needles, I really hope he's like that again tonight. A quick cry out at 9pm, then not up til 2am for a feed & then sleep til 7am!!!! YAY. Funny how one night can make you feel so refreshed.


Greenfern we are in Newman, WA.... a mining town in the middle of nowhere!! as everyone up here works shift work it's hard to get teams for things such as basketball & so on. So the teams are mixed, that scares me a little as the guys are a bit rough & I'm not a very big person LOL should be fun, can't wait til it starts.

Kellie, think I'm going to bite the bullet & buy a gro bag - can't find anything as good on the net & yes it so very hot up here. Come Nov/Dec we are lucky if it gets below 27 at night!!! If I was at all good with a sewing machine I would make my own, but think I'd rather spend the $70 he,he.

Jen I'm not sure where I'll be getting the jolly jumper from, will look through my magazines - seen a few in there. I haven't really checked the age req on them, but my cousin had her DS in one at about 6months & he loved it. I just realised there's a Shop4 Kids mag too, that's heaps better than the baby one & has just as much baby stuff in it. In regards to feed & settle this is the one thing I feel I've actually mastered with Charlie. He's used to being fed to sleep, so I always offer a top up before a nap or bed at night, I simply feed, burp & bit of a cuddle & pop him in bed wide awake. In the day he has music, at night it's a bath first. If he cry's a bit I pop the dummy in, if he crys out heaps & won't settle I just get him up & try again a bit later. I'm not for the controlled crying, not until he's a bit older anyway. So it doesn't take us long at all. I think I read somewhere that about this age they should be able to last 2hrs before needing a nap - thats about how long Charlie will last....though often it's about 3hrs before the arvo nap as we are usually out & about.

Ok better go, someone just woke up from his nap. Here's to hoping we have a good sleep again tonight.

Hey there,
Its quiet around here...
Erin thats great that Charlie gave you some rest after his needles, both Olivia and Charlie got them yesterday poor buggers! When Beau had his first needles he slept for 9 hrs after so it might have something to do with his longer sleeps....
Not much to report around here - Dh and I just came back from my old work and we spent my last clothing allowance - sniff sniff....he got more than I did but he deserves it! Then we went to the fish markets - oysters for lunch yum! Beau was such a good boy - out for 3 1/2 hours with a 15min nap in the car and hardly any feed and now he is fast asleep in his cot with not too many grizzles...cherub today so far!
have a great saturday x

Hi!

What a gorgeous day in Melbourne!! I've had the kids outside this morning and I will gain this arvo...Louis is having nap time at the moment and Dylans lying on his play mat chewing anything and everything! hehe. He's rolling over really well now and is great at tummy time! He's loving sitting up and can do it on his own for a little bit!
Sleeps improved a little bit. He's very unsettled at bedtime waking up all the time but once he settled last night around 8-9pm he didn't wake up again until about 12am for a dummy, then 2.30am for a feed, 4.30am for a dummy and 6.30am for a feed and snooze with mum! Thats the best it's been for a while so I can't complain too much!
He's having brekky each morning, rice cereal with bm and banana! It's taking him a little to get used to but he ate heaps this morning. I'm going to make some pumpkin tomorrow to start him on lunch on Monday. when he has his brekky he goes 4 hours between feeds and for the rest of the day it gets shorter and shorter between. He's still on 6 feeds a day...5 during the day and 1 overnight...

Greenfern - OMG - I can't believe how much he sleeps! You lucky thing!!

Melissa - Olivias sleeping great!! Aww how cute on the bathers!! I must get Louis some new ones soon...dylans just going to have hand me downs...hehe.

Erin - Big hugs!!! I know the feeling!! It won't last forever though that I promise! it's certainly hard getting through it though...bugger you won't be able to take the part time work - could be just the thing you need to get a break!!
Thats great that your going to play basketball. Bugger about the childcare...
Dylans been snotty as well - I think that was definitely a problem when he was waking all the time...Thats great selling your car!
You can get the grobags everywhere - kmart/bigw/myer...heaps of brands do different ones now...If it's that warm you probably don't even need one - just a pair of pj's. Over summer Louis sleeps in a t-shirt and boxers and Dylan will either wear flannie pjs or little t-shirt/boxers as well. They're great for the cold though.
So glad you got a better sleep last night!

Kel - Glad your well - these bubbas can be a bit unpredictable hey? One day is completely different to the other...I'm not even going to bother with a routine until Dylans on 3 meals a day.

Adele - Sounds like you had a great time at your mothers group - Wow what a big meet up! I wouldn't worry about being more productive with your days - just enjoy your time - your bubba will grow up faster than you can believe so you just need to make the most of each day with them!!

JenSam - Glad bubs (and you) are feeling better! Sounds like he has fun with his Nanna! Oh gosh - I would be so bad working in retail - I wouldn't earn anything I don't think. I'm already going to have to cap my body shop purchases now that I'm selling it! LOL!
Have you tried ebay for a jolly jumper?? We were given ours...Gosh - I wouldn't think it would say from 12 months - Louis was walking by then! hehe. I've already put Dylan in his once...really must get it out again (think I've written that about 10 x now! hehe)
Dylan up usually around 2 hours now...but it really depends - at least 1 1/2 anyway..Depending on the time I do the same as you!! He only takes about 5-10min to feed so the rest of the time is playing!!
Sounds like you've had a great day today!! My dh is away working AGAIN but luckily is also coming home tonight so just one full 24h with him away...I'm hoping we can have a nice day tomorrow...

Omg - he's fully just crawled about a foot along the floor...I think he's going to be an early crawler - he fully gets his knees up under his tummy and pushes...scary!! He's nearly of his play mat...hehehe.

Christy - Glad Hazel (and you!) coped ok with immunisations. They're awful aren't they? Wow she's almost the same size as Dylan! He's 63cm and 42cm hc but 6.4kg.
OOh what a fun shopping trip - I'd love to go on one of those where someone else is paying !LOL!

Gosh it's turned into an epic as per usual - chat later!

Hi all,

Well I am having a very quiet Saturday. I have done all my house work and now I am quite bored! I went out and got a gift for my nanna as it's her b'day on Monday (and mine!!) and I got some stuff to make her a cake too. I haven't baked a cake in forever...not much of a cake maker, but it's the thought that counts right?!! Lil's in bed, probably just for a cat nap as usual, DH is in bed after a night shift, ready for another night shift tonight. It feels like he works forever when he works on night shifts.
Lily has been a good girl. Her sleeps are back to only one wake up at night thank goodness! But she's still waking at 6am or so. She must just be an early bird, unlike her mumma!
She has discovered her ears and her hair and is starting to pull them!! She has quite long hair and alot of it and seems to enjoy pulling at it...It's cute but she has hurt herself a few times she pulls so hard and ends up crying, silly chook!! She's really good during the day, she lets me do my thing and will quite happily chat to her mobile in her cot or bat at her playgym, and will only cry if she's hungry tired or wants a cuddle.

Jen, Lily sleeps in her sleeping bag sometimes, if it's a cold night, though she gets hot in it even in a nappy and singlet. If its a warmer night I just have her under her blankies, tucked in tight with a jumpsuit on. Our place is never really that cold, and she really feels the heat and gets really sweaty like her daddy. It's not really a problem for us at the moment because she doesnt really move in bed much.
Lily is usually able to stay awake for about 1 1/2-2hrs during the day before getting the grumps. It takes her about five mins to get to sleep if I catch her at the right time, but never anymore than 15mins. If it takes me longer than that I get her up for a few mins longer to play and try again later. She takes about 15mins to feed off the breast (both boobs) and about 20-30mins with a whole bottle (150mls). There's been a couple of times in the past weeks that she seems tired but just will not go to sleep. I just get her up and try later, I try not to stress about it, she knows what she wants I guess!

Christy, I know how you feel about letting a person jab your baby, I hate it too. But it has to be done I guess (if you choose to!!). Booby is a magic cure all huh? Lily likes it when she's distressed too. It's probably more just the snuggles rather than the booby! Yay at Hazel's growth! Lily is a chubba bubba at 7.3kgs, two weeks ago.
Sounds like you had a lovely day today, and what a little angel it sounds Beau has been, doesn't it make you proud when they are so good and settled!! ;)

Erin, I'm glad that Charlie gave you one night to have a better sleep. I hope he does a repeat performance.
The gro bags are worth the money, even though they're expensive. If it's so hot there then you might need to get a summer weight one?

Hello to everyone else who I missed, this post has taken me an hour and a half to get to the end of, and my little miss is getting very grizzly, I think it's time for a feed...
Happy saturday to you all!

Kristie, just read your post, WOW at Dylan crawling!!! He'll keep you on your toes if he starts crawling (not that you're not on your toes now, hehe!!).

Hey Jen, Olivia had her needles about 3 weeks ago... think you meant Hazel!!!!
And a big wow at Dylan crawling.
cant stay and type DH gone to work tonight and moos chewing on my hand... shes been fussing over her feeds lately... dont know what that means. Cant believe shes almost 5 months!
Chat soon
love melissa

Hi!

Geez - I hope you Melb girls enjoyed the weather today - it was just beautiful!! Dylan loves looking up at the leaves blowing in the breeze -has little chats with them! hehe.
Went to a Body Shop party today to have a look and I have training the next 2 nights so I'm very excited to start having parties! The products are sooo great - I get my kit on Tuesday night as well so I can try them all out!!!

Kel - Glad you had a nice day yesterday - I can't imagine being bored - hehehe. I seem to have so much on at the moment. I would love a child free day - even half a day - I think I would get sooo much done! Between the two of them though it's enough just to get us all fed, dressed and bathed everyday! hehehe. Glad her sleeps going well! Silly duffa pulling her hair! hehe.
He's not crawling yet - not properly anyway - just a creeping forward - but if I remember correctly Louis was doing that at around 6 months!!! I'm happy for him to stay put for a little while longer yet!! hehe.

Melissa - I know - all our bubs turning 5 months soon! The time's going way too quickly!! Although it's getting exciting as they're starting to get a little personality now!

Gotta go! Chat tomorrow!

Morning All,
Its going to be a lovely 25 here in Melbourne, yay i love this weather. Yesterday we bought Olivia a high chair, the one that sits on your dining room chair. Its great and she loved sitting in it while we ate and I loved eating with both my hands, except towards the end when she got a bit tired and kept slumping down! I got a pretty good sleep last night, moo was asleep at 9pm and i got to bed by about 10 and woke up to her until 7am. The night before she did the same, except every few hours she would cry in her sleep... it was very strange, but she stopped as soon as I put the dummy in.
Have a busy week this week... tax, mothers group and 5 month check up for Olivia. Actually, its not that busy....
Hope you are all well
Love Melissa

Sorry Mel and Christy-
Why did I write that? Can I still blame baby brain?!?
Kris - hope your training goes well and you can get some rest the night before so you can concentrate...
We had a nice "just family" weekend around here so it was nice, but I still feel tired this morning, Beau was unsetled yesterday arvo/night much to DH's chagrin as he wanted to watch the footy, so there was much rocking and singing in Beau's nursery...I wore bubs in a sling this morning while I tried to get the washing in - does anyone else "wear" bubs around the house in something? I have a baby bjorn too - but it sticks out pretty far and he gets in the way!
Ok sorry again for the name mix up girls!
xx

i used to wear him in a peanut shell sling but he is just too heavy now. had to have him in it the whole grocery shop as i could not find a baby shop trolley!! walked around car park even. back was NOT happy after that. but he was, fell asleep.
we have 4 month shots this week. no doubt he will hate me for that! will start giving him his spray from the naturopath tomorrow. worked well last time he only got a tiny temp. whichwas fixed with his ABC drops and braur's fever med.

lucky u mel with olivia starting to get into a nice sleep pattern!
jen- i dont think your brain ever fully recovers whilst they are still bubies

God I agree! I think sometimes my brain came out with him....
DH wore Beau in the Baby Bjorn on an hour walk on Sunday and felt the 7kg I complain about....he he
Beau has slept a total of 1hour today - he is down now for the 4th time...fingers crossed x

Hey Jen... thats ok, I still suffer from baby brain, well thats my excuse anyway!!!! I wear Olivia in a baby bjorn too, but I also find that she gets in the way if I want to do things. Can it be worn on our backs? I wouldnt feel confident doing that, but that would deal with the issue. An hours walk wearing bubs, am sure his back would be sore!!!

Sorry I didn't reply earlier - I read eveyrone's post and then managed to delete my reply instead of posting it yesterday! DOH!

Well we have our 4-mth vaccs on Thursday, so hopefully won't be too bad...

Yesterday got a pile of gardening going, put him in his rocker on the verandah while we marked out our garden, the birds came to eat their seed and he watched them and the dogs and the blue flapping tarp :D

Kris - good luck!

Jen - brain? What brain? I can't remember my brain! I've been having trouble getting Pip to sleep during the day too - gave in and wrapped him and he was asleep almost instantly ... need a bigger velcro wrap thingy.


Not too sure about wearing the bjorn on our backs, maybe another brand though? My back's dodgy so I have trouble carrying him at the best of times.

Well I managed to possibly "stuff up" last night. DF & I were snuggling and one thing into another and geeze, I have no idea what my cycle is at the mo, I just hope its not "that time" that will produce a May baby. ARGH.

Melissa - hasn't it been gorgeous the past couple of days! Bring on spring!

oooh, has anyone felt weird? There's a "April Belly Buddies 2008" thread started already....

Goodmorning ladies,

I hope everyone is well!

We are doing well, Lily is a very cheeky little monkey and I love her more with every day! She has been sleeping much better and I am a much happier mumma.

Jen, I still have really bad baby brain too. I just don't know why I do what I do half the time :D . I have a baby bjorn too and Lily loves it but at 7.5kgs (maybe more!) she is just too heavy for me to carry her in it anymore.

Kaz, grr at losing your post, I do it pretty regularly somehow!! I want to do up our verandah too. We only live in a unit, so it wouldn't be that much work, but it's just getting motivated to do it! Lil loves the outdoors too, she's so fascinated with flowers and reaches for them to touch.
DH and I had an 'oops' the other day too, so I'm hoping my cycle is still upset as well! Maybe we'll be baby buddies again, hehehe!!!! Yes I feel strange too seeing the April 08 baby buddies, I feel like I should be posting there LOL!

Well that's it, HELLO to everyone else!!! Have a lovely day everyone :)

i'm just hoping that i'm still not ovulating as he is still on the boob. we have been back doing the BD since he was 5 weeks old. so if i am they will be close together in age at least!! worse things could happen....i guess.
he was a devil baby yesterday. still sleeping through but something is really disturbing him during the day putting him into hysterics! i feel terrible not being ablt to help him. just have to carry him around and he settles. not so good for me but! it's funny isn't it when their fathers actually have to carry them for a while and realise that yes! they are actually quite heavy even though they look little!! DP gets frustrated when little mr is in hysterics and gets cranky. which doesn't help. and he is like "what do you do with him when he i slike this?!" does he think i get to sit with a contented little baby all day?! thats what i have to deal with all the time! shouldn't winge but, as he does sleep all night.
i just keep telling myself that that makes up for it!

hope you're all well. i can't believe that there is belly buddies for april 08 already....our babies are getting to big, too old, too fast!!

Good Evening,
Doing a sneaky while settling bubs and cooking t!
Greenfern, sorry Xavier has been unsettled, Beau gets the same way, but thats babies isnt it? It will pass just ride it out - I think having a baby really shows you that no matter how supportive your partner is, it's YOUR baby, you know? The buck always seems to stop with us IYKWIM?
Kaz - God I think i do well some days cleaning and washing and cooking tea but gardening? You are a marvel girl!
Kel - Yeah Beau is 7kg and I wore him in the Bjorn to the shops today (it was like 26 degrees here?) and I dont think its summer apparel!
Mel - Backs would make better sense - where I work has a massive peice of lycra that you wrap around you in a figure 8 to hold the bubba but I get confused looking at it! I think a lot of this stuff is meant for cooler climates too....like Europe! Sweeden and Copenhagen perhaps....he he!
Better go.
x

Hey everyone,
I'm feeling a little anxious, tomorrow is my first day at WORK, I can't believe I'm going to be working again....only 1day a week & some extra stuff at home but I'm very excited. Though a little anxious bout leaving Charlie with DH for more than just an hour or two. Well lucky it's not such a big town, I'll be just up the road. It's been busy here, had to buy a new washing machine - it's 1step forward & 2steps back atm, ahhh. But it's such a cool machine, I love it. Also sold my car to free up some cash, a little sad about that - I'm not so good driving a manual but I'm learning!!! Have to learn a bit faster its getting too hot to walk too far here. Whilst DH has time off I've been making stuff for Charlie's nursery & am so very proud of myself.

Melissa & Greenfern, glad to hear you have bubs that sleep well. We've just decided to do something bout Charlie's sleeping....he's been up 2x a night for a feed though often doesn't take heaps & just wants the cuddle as he stops crying as soon as you walk in the room. So last night, although I'm really against it, we let him cry it out - it only lasted bout 15mins, I gave him some water as it was a hot night & he settled right away....then slept til almost 6am before we gave him a feed. YAY...will be trying that again tonight!

As Charlie is FF my cycle is in full swing & funnily enough more regular than before he was born....so there is no room for error here LOL.

Kaz, I'm with you "what brain"...lost that a long time ago. We do the same with Charlie, sit him up in the stroller & work outside. That's how I got the paintings done for his nursery - he loves the fresh air. We need a bigger wrap too, most often we are up during the night just to re-wrap as he escapes. I saw a lady wrap her 7month old DS the other day when we were out & she made it look so simple & easy as she had a nice big wrap!!

Kellie, I agree with loving them more each day - you sound very happy!! Charlie has just mastered how to really blow raspberries & it's a cracker, we get so much joy out of getting him to do it. Also he rolled over for the first time this week & has been doing it ever since. I think we are all very proud Mum's.

We have a trip hiking when my MIL & FIL come to visit - will be taking all 7.5kg or prob more of Charlie then in the baby carrier, think I'll strap him to DH I'm not big enough to carry that.

Ok better go, got so much to do. I think atm I've bitten off more than I can chew.... I really need to finish one project!!

Hi to everyone else.

Good Morning,
Well he wouldnt settle last time I posted, and didnt go down til about 8pm - which is late for him, he stirred at 11:00 and I popped his dummy in, he stirred again at 11:30 and I begged DH to get up and feed him as I was buggered from the marathon no sleep day...DH put his dummy in instead and he slept till 2:30am, then stirred, I went in and he had his eyes tight shut so I put his dummy in again and he slept till 5am!!!! I feel like a new woman this morning! Weird little suckers arent they?
xxx

Jen - excellent news!! i hope it continues for you and he sleeps well now.

i'm really not looking for ward to the 4 month jabs today...i hate how upset he gets. but we have to try to do the grocery shop and drive out to a farm to get our veggies beofre we can come home. plus i have to cook a roast as the DP (gggrrr) decided to invite someone to tea!!
hopefully bub just sleeps like last time...

erin - i hope your first day back at work went well! i can understand how anxious you must be i haven't been away from baby for more than maybe 2 hrs max since he was born.

Howdy all.

Just a quick one to say Hi and check in.

We've been super busy with family, work and running around sorting out cars!

We had my little cousins 18th birthday party on saturday night. Boy did I feel old with all those little 18 year olds running about. It was highly amusing and Hazel was the star of the show. Sh e got lots of attention and sat up til 11pm, happy and smiley and chatting away, the little social butterfly. Then when everyone left at 11 she got grizzly, had a feed and slept til 5am!

No complaints here, little girl is still sleeping well and life is pretty darn fine right now!

I promise I will sit down and do a big catch up with personals very soon x x

Hi!

I've been flat out!! Umm let me think back. Had a huge argument with dh Sunday night - not so great. All sorted though - I think we're both just a bit busy and tired at the moment and we both just snapped. We usually have one like that every 6 months to a year! hehe. Then Monday and Tuesday night I had my training for The Body shop. Was soooo great! I'm very excited to get started now - the products are sooo nice!! Anyway - thats me - Dylans going well other than screaming for his Dad when I'm not around and also my brother dropped in and started talking to him and he screamed then as well!! Very clingy to his Mummy! He's sleep has improved heaps which is nice. He's hard to settle initially but then he's been hardly waking at all other than his 3am ish feed. Woohoo! He's been having dinner as well now - he had avocado the other night and the last 2 nights pumpkin. He's poo's are gross already though! LOL!
He's so funny - very active and him and his big brother have been making each other laugh which is sooo nice!! Lots of talking as well and just wants to reach and touch everything (and eat it!)

Melissa - Yeah on the sleep - thats so great!! Hope your enjoying the great weather! 25 tomorrow as well I think!

JenSam - Yeah on having a great weekend...will be nice when these bubs settle down won't it. The first 6 months is tough but they'll be all grown up before we know it!!
You want to see how proud I was to get the housework done today - finally! hehe.

Greenfern - Urggh your back must have been killing you!! I leave the kids at home with dh to do food shopping!! Dh's don't have any idea really do they?? hehe. I think we just sit around watching tv all day or something while the baby sleeps! Yeah right!! I agree - our bubs are growing up too fast....dh and I were talking yesterday and I said I'm definitely going for no.3 next year...I'd go no.4 as well but dh is pretty sure we won't! hehe.
Hope the immunisations went ok...

Kaz - Good luck with the needles tomorrow...hope bubba doesn't react too badly.
Wow - day sleeps seem to be the one thing we've got under control. I've actually started to wrap Dylan loosely now and he gets his arms out and is very happy that way. I can't get him to sleep unwrapped but If I just have it loose it seems to work ok...my muslin wraps were all thrown up on today so I wrapped him in a cot sheet!! Hehe - hope no baby making was happening (if thats what you want!) I know - we were all p/g this time last year...very strange!!

Erin - I hope you had a great day at work!!! Bugger about your washing machine..

Christy - Glad you're well!!!

K..must go! Chat later!

Hi Everybody,

Quiet in here yesterday - we were busy too - I worked yesterday and Beau was busy with his nanny...
After a pretty trying day on Wednesday when he was grizzly all day and would not feed at all!! i thought i would be relieved yesterday to be in the company of adults and have a small break, but because I do display for a kids/maternity store all i see all day are gorgeous bubbas! I miss him too much then!

Have to get over to the shops soon and buy up some yum breakfast goodies for DH's first fathers day on Sunday!!! Will have to think of some special low cost treats for him...

Greenfern - hope the jabs went ok for Xavier yesterday and he wasnt too upset (or you)

Kris- sucks you and DH having a big fight, we dont fight at all usually but sometimes you need one to clear a bit a built up tension dont you? i am too worried about trying to wean Beau from wrapping in summer when its too hot - he HATES being wrapped but wont stay down if he isnt. Also if I pop his dummy in to settle him he just boshes it out with his strong little arms!

Christy - he he at Hazel being the social butterfly! Cutee

Kel - there is a thread in the mothersgroup forum about mums in the Penrith area - you should check it out x

Finally got Beau a playgym from Target yesterday - a baby einstein one which is fold-up-able (?!) so it wont take up the entire living room...but when I set it up last night the whole music/vibrating star thing is missing!! Somebody has pinched it! How irritating!

Hi to everyone hope mums and bubs are well
xxx

Hi!

Had a beautifuly hour massage last night - was sooo nice - then feeding Dylan in the middle of the night I fell asleep slumped and now I have a sore neck! Grrr!
We're well...Dylan decided he loves paper yesterday - gave him some junk mail to play with and he layed there for ages ripping it to shreds - I can't believe how strong he is sometimes. I've got to soo watch him grabbing my hair and he got his Nannas earring the other day! hehe.
We had some big giggles as well - played for about 10-15min with giggles the whole time - so cute!

JenSam - Dylans been really funny with his feeds as well...although I think I've finally got him down to 5 feeds!! He's just too interested in what's going on around him and keeps breaking off to have a look around. I think they feed a lot quicker now as well...he's only on the boob for about 5min total now!!
I get out of cooking Sunday morning - we're heading out for brekky! Woohoo!! This will be our first attempt so we'll see how we go! Although we're meeting dh's family there as well so we'll have help!! I'm sure we'd be fine anyway...
Dylan does the same - grabs his dummy and yanks it out...He also like chewing on it and he has got it stuck in sideways before...silly duffa. Louis never did stuff like that - sometimes I can't believe how different they are!
What a pain with the playgym!! I hate it when that happens!! Sounds like a good one though other than that!!

Better have a shower while Dylans asleep! Chat later!

Morning (I hthink its still morning?) all.

Vaccs yesterday were horrid. The doc & nurse give him the vaccs simultaneously on each leg, poor little bugger. We gave him a half-dose of panadol b4 the appt, and then a bottle directly after and then took him for a hike in his bjorn.

I love our bjorn! We got the "active" one, its got lower back support. I have trouble carrying him around the house and stuff, so he spends a lot of time in the bjorn.

Anyhows, we got home and he settled but I had to get a new velcro wrap (the loose wrapping didn't work, and he gets out of muslin too easily, doh) and "y" teats for the bottles, so took him shopping. Also got him link rings, he loves them and a pram tie. He didn't sleep while out, grizzled in the bjorn then when I put him in the pram he just lay there, grumpily awake. But quiet. He saved up all his crying for last night after tea. Ended up cuddling up with him on the sofa (and the 2 cats) and he finally settled to sleep around 3am, I'm buggered. DF is feeding him at the mo, I've made a slice for our mums' group and just getting my sanity!Hopefully he'll be OK, not sure if I should give him more panadol b4 we go out or not.

Kristie - :( on the fight, we've been lucky so far here. I just keep smiling and I think that's about the only thing that stops me grumping at DF sometimes! Yuck on the sore neck, I've done that b4 too :(

Erin - how was work? Bad news on the washing machine - do you do cloth or dispaoables? I had a friend who used to work for Simpson in the help centre, she said it was the most stressful job, cause there'd be mums phoning with a washing machine not working, and they'd cry and the babies would be screaming! Hope all went well for you - personally I prefer driving a manual, I hate feeling like a passenger in a car when I'm driving!

Raspberries! He learnt to blow them last Friday, so we get "good morning" raspberries and "I love this bottle" raspberries - they're cute! Also with the blowing bubbles, he's so proud of himself. Well done on the rolling over, Pip's quite close I think?

Anyhows, best go ice the slice and get dressed for mums' group in 90 mins ... was going to dye my hair but that's out the window now, might do it tonight.

(oh, and the garden bed is now laid out, DF just needs to fill it with soil and then I can plant veggies! YUM!) (and DF is going to take Pip away from me for a couple of hours this arvo so I can do my housework - with DF on hols, I'm not getting anything done!)

Kristie - Xavier loves paper at the minute too. He wasted the sunday mail on well SUNDAY!
how do you get dylan to onle be on for 5 min??!! xavier likes to stay there for the long haul...

Xaviers vacs on tuesday went TERRIBLY!!! he has had a temp since we got them at 9.30 tues. morning!!! neither of us got any sleep tuesday night everytime i put him don't he would scream.. he would feel asleep with me holding him but wake up screaming. sounded like he was in awful pain. i took him back to dr yesterday morning but they didn't even seem worried. his temp got over 39 yesterday afternoon and he is still around the 38 this morning. at least he is eating again today. he wasn't even interested yesterday i had to make him get on. which is NOT like him!

has anyone else's bubs gotten the rotatech vac. that they introduced to the federally funded immunisation program?? they bought it in at start of july. the day xavier had his two month ones!! you guys might have already gotten your 2 month ones so you missed out. i think thats what has made him so sick....but he didn't have any probs with the 2month ones...

Hi!

Kaz - You sound busy!! Sorry to hear bubs didn't go to well with his imunisations. Have fun at mothers group!! ooh you've made me feel like sweets now! hehe.

Greenfern - Hehe...Thats just how long it seems to take him to feed. I've always had a fast let down so I don't know if thats got anything to do with it...He spends the next hour throwing it back up anyway usually....
Poor little munchkin...I have no idea about what he actually got! hehe. Ooh that sounds really bad doesn't it...we put so much trust in these dr's!!

Well, Dylan's just had his 2nd nap for the day - first one was only 30min, second one 45min...grrrr. It's driving me bananas! at least the first one he put himself to sleep so didn' take any effort iykwim?
Dylan pretty much rolled from back to tummy today!! woohoo! He can roll tummy to back easily but it's taken him a bit longer to catch on the other way!!

Gotta go - he's cracking it...

hey All,
Olivia had her 5 month check up today (turns 5 months tomorrow). Shes now 7.1kgs and 63cm long. And today she did her first roll from tummy to back, the she did it 2 more times and then screamed.....
We have 4 more weeks of harness and then the specialist....its such a long wait. Then all together she will have been in it for 20 weeks. Well its not slowing her development down by much, she wriggles and rolls and wants to stand up all the time. I think I have a pretty active bub..just like her dad.
Anyway, I might take this opportunity to go sleep. DF is at the renos again and we have no front door. I wish he did it yesterday when it was warmer, but never mind.
Take care and have a great weekend.
Love Melissa

Hi girls,
Well we've had a busy few days, not with fun things unfortunately, just usual stuff, house stuff, errands, study, study and more study, grumpy baby stuff! The usual!
Lily has been pretty good, but in the arvos at about 3ish, she gets the grumps majorly, like now all she does is grizzle and grump at me, no matter what I do and then she'll have a catnap and she's ok...She's a funny little monkey! She's started growling, no really! Growling like a little tiger instead of talking and squeeling like she was she growls, it's hilarious!! :D Her teeth are STILL giving us grief and she's dribbling and gnawing more than ever. Whenever you pick her up now she will leave you with a wet patch on your shoulder where she's chewed on you...

Jen, no I don't think the baby bjorn is a sumer look! I was getting sweaty from it in winter, I don't know how I'd go wearing it now. Besides the fact that my hubba bubba is just TOOO heavy for me to lug her around in it now!
Lily's been pretty unpredictable with her 'routine' too and I use the word loosley! She hasn't really had a routine but a flow to the day at least, and she's been out of whack these past few days, not feeding the same as usual and sleeping is either out the window or she's an angel for a night...they like to keep us on our toes!
Penrith is also out of the way for me. I'm in Faifield, which is near Liverpool. I'm in the middle I think!!
Bugger about the playgym star, it's the best bit of it! I have the same playgym that you got. Lily loves it, she's finally got the hang of kicking it to make it sing.

Erin, yep I think I have settled into mummyhood quite nicely now. It was hard for me at first but now she's bigger it is getting more fun! Raspberries are pretty hilarious huh? Lil has to concerntrate so hard to do it, LOL!
How was work, I hope you had a good day.

Christy, I know how you feel when you say you feel old. I just had my 29th birthday and I am feeling pretty old. Although I am looking forward to planning a big 30th! Hehehe... Glad to hear things are going well for you.

Kristie, I hope your job is going well for you. I think it would be interesting to do. Lily's been really clingy to me lately too, she even cries when DH takes her sometimes. He's paraniod she doesn't like him!
Lucky you having a massage. I got a voucher for one and a padicure for my b'day, now I just have to get time to get it done! I can't wait it has been so long since I have had one.
Lily always sleeps for 30-45 mins in the day time, so your lucky if he sleeps longer in the day time at all!!

Kaz sorry to hear Patrick had a horrible time with his jabs. Poor little man. I have the active bjorn too, but I still get a sore back if my chubba bubba is in it on me, she's just too fat! I think she'd be pushing 8kg's now! And she's not even having solids yet...

Greenfern, sorry to hear Xavier had a hard time with his jabs too. It so sucks that they have to be done! I hope he feels better soon and you have your little man back to normal. I don't think Lil has gotten the rotatech vac. I remember the nurse saying that we were just too late to get it? I'm not worried about it though, I'm still wary about getting her vac's done anyhow, so one less is good for me!

Melissa, Glad to hearOlivia is doing so well! She's the same weight and length Lily was four weeks ago!! LOL. I hope she's oout of the harness for you in the coming weeks. She's doing better with rolling than Lil, who rolled once and has never done it again! She gets to within a few centimetres of doing it and then comes back...little tease, hehe!

Ok gotta go, Hi to anyone I missed! Happy weekend girlies :)

hey guys, i am currently sitting in the dark, in the car, in the driveway! Mason wouldnt go to sleep so i jumped in, drove arond the block and he was asleep instantly.

We are going out for dinner in an hour so I really needed him to be rested up.

We are doing well...although still not sleeping through. Last night he did 8 hours straight so i cant complain really. I have started giving him some solids even though i didnt really wanna start yet :( he seems much happier though!

hope everyone is well xxx

P.S Kristie: Nikki invited me to her bodyshop party. Do they still have cheap things to buy like lippies etc?

Hi!

Melissa - Yeah on Olivias check up!! It will be so great when you can get rid of the harness. Yeah at her rolling over!! Hope you got your front door on - it was soo cold today!

Kel - Bugger you've been so busy...it's funny that you say she's growling - dylan was doing this funny thing tonight after his bath - just looking up at the roof and making a kind of growling noise - dh could hear from the other room as well. So funny. I guess they're just seeing what they can do with their voices!
Thanks - yeah it's all going well!! Getting very excited to host my first party. We're having one at my house tomorrow just so I can try and book some more parties for me. It really seems to be a great company and a great system.

Danni - Oh no - bugger at Mason not sleeping! Hope you have a nice night out for dinner! OMG - 8 hours sleep is amazing!!! I'd be very happy with that!!
Great - It would be good to catch up!! I'm going to have Dylan with me but Louis will stay at home in bed. Yep - they've got lip balms and soaps and things that are a bit cheaper...lipsticks are around $20.

Better get to bed! Chat later!

Hi ladies,
how are we all going?? sounds like out little ones are growing up way too fast for us

well have just caught up on a week of chat - have just got back from our first family holiday and what an experience!!!

the thursday before we left mark came down with the flu - so he was put in quarantine while luke n i slep out in the living room for the thursday n friday nite. we get to coffs on the satuerday everything is all good and then on sunday nite luke had this horrid cough - went to the emergency department at 4am and luke had come down with croup. we sure know how to start our holidays off well.

all is good now - luke has only the wet cough but will be off to see our dr tomorrow. thenurses were so nice and helpful. compare to the dr's no dr's surgery were taking new patients for a week.

the nurses couldn't believe how happy he was even with a temperature of 39.6 and being sick

well better be off to get ready for father's day lunch - hope all our new daddy's have a great day

happy Fathers day!! Especially to all the new dads!

My dh is annoying the crap outta me. I am sooooo not a slave on fathers day LOL!

Mason gave his daddy a card and 2 presents this morning which he loved. Then dh watched mason in bed while i made pancakes and bought them to him in bed! im such a good wife lol

Now both boys are back asleep thank goodness. Such peace :cryinglaugh:

Last night I gave Mason some banana and rice cereal not long before bed and NO it didnt make a difference to his sleeping :( He slept 5 hours, then a feed, then 2 hours, then a feed, then one hour. Got up at 6:30 :(

I have tried to get into the sleep schools but there is a huge wait.

hope everyone has a lovely day xxx

eta: Hey Iona! good to hear from you. I had NO IDEA that Luke was born only one day before Mason! Lol im so slow!!!

Just wanted to introduce myself.

Im Tiffanny, my DD Phoebe was born on the 3rd April 9 weeks early. She is a happy healthy 5 month old who loves her food and has just figured out how to roll onto her back. She has just started sleeping in her own room and loves chattering to her butterfly that hangs over her cot. She has been teething for what seems like forever and is just starting to giggle though her Daddy seems to get more giggles than me, I think its just coz he is more goofy looking lol

She has been sleeping through the night since she was 3 months old and we have a good routine now where she goes to bed around 8-830 and is awake for her feed around 4-5am. She has 3 solid feeds during the day. She is grasping things and scoots along the floor on her back using her feet to launch herself its quite cute to watch. She loves having her nappy off, her legs go 20 to the dozen with the freedom being nappyless brings lol

She is well over 6kg by now and just starting to fit into 000 clothes. Cant think of much else my blank has gone completely blank.

Tiffanny

Hi guys, feels like I havn't been here for ages. I am sooooo tired this morning. Charlie seems to be attention seeking at night & it's getting on our nerves. We had a really good week where he slept til about 3am before waking up & would cry out for only 10mins before dozing off again...now slowly he's waking up more & more & back to 2 feeds. He gets out of his wrap & then crys & won't settle til he's wrapped again - it's like a huge game & we've tried so hard to wean him of wrapping but getting nowhere fast. Oh so very frustrating!!! Anyway he's just grasped the concept of rolling from back to tummy - hasn't got all the way yet but almost. Blowing raspberries is huge at the moment, it's how he spends every spare minute - I put a bib on him everyday now or I end up having to change tops all the time.
DH is at work :( great way to spend his first Father's Day!! I left his present out for him as he's up & gone by 5am. Charlie will be in bed before he gets home too, so we will have to do something special when he starts his days off.

Danni what time does Mason usually go to bed? Don't know if that's relevant but I have a book that I swear by & it states that if you put them down later than 7pm they will get up earlier in the morning as it calculates their sleep cycles. Charlie is always in bed by 6.30pm & despite several wakings he's only up for the day around 7-7.30.

Hello Tiffanny, welcome.

Kristie, good luck with all your Body Shop stuff - you sound very excited hope it all goes well.

Kellie, work was great thanks. It's really nice to be back into some work, though they have asked me to help out a day or two this week & I can't get Charlie into Childcare:wall: they are so flat out up here its ridiculous I have been on the waiting list since before he was born. The growling noise sounds so cute, no growling here....but it's funny to hear the raspberries on the monitor in the middle of the night.

Hello to everyone else. I had better go, I have PIL coming to visit in less than 3wks & have sooo much to organise before they get here. Will be moving Charlie to the bigger room (futher away from Kitchen, laundry etc) but have to paint it first, have plants to put in, photo't to put up & a garage sale in a weeks time. Oh yeah & it's DH birthday in 2wks & I have no idea what to get him.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

Hi!

Happy fathers day to the daddies!! We had a great day!! Out for brekky in the morning and then a bbq in the arvo. Was nice weather in Melb as well! Dh was sooo spoiled.

Dylans well - sleeping a lot better at night at the moment but who know's how long that will last for! LOL! Just when you've got them worked out they throw it all up in the air! hehe.

I just had a bath - aahhh bliss - haven't had one for AGES!!

Iona - Poor Luke with his croup - Louis has had that a couple of times - very scary!! Glad to hear he's all ok though!

Danni - LOL at dh!! Just remind him that you'll want the same treatment on Mothers day! LOL.
Yeah, unfortunately the food won't help them sleep unless they're actually hungry and thats why they're waking - and - the little amount they eat to start with really doesn't cut it in the filling them up stakes! It would be great if it did. I'm giving Dylan 2 feeds a day - although it's pretty hit and miss as to whether he actually wants to eat it or not and he's still feeding exactly the same...although I've dropped a day feed I'm pretty sure it's not cos of solids but just a better routine.

Welcome Tiffanny - Wow your dd sounds like she's going great!!! Thats fantastic she's sleeping so well for you!!

Erin - Bugger Charlies' not sleeping so well for you...can be sooo frustrating! Poor dh having to work on Fathers day! Wow - you sound super busy - hope you manage to get everything done that you want!

K - better think about jumping into bed!! Chat later!

hey erin, mason goes to bed at 8pm. I cant really make it any earlier as my DH doesnt get home until 7-7.15 and he likes to spend even a little time with Mason iykwim?

Ok last night was better...only slept 5 hours to start with, but then 3.5, then 2! up at 7am i cant believe it!! So back to 2 night feeds...gotta try and make it one, then none now!

I gave mason some banana mixed with rice cereal yesterday morning and about 2 or 3 hours later he brought up yellow stuff. I wonder if i gave him too much? He would just keep eating if i let him.... he gets so upset when there is no more.

I was giving mason 2 meals a day and my sister told me off last night and told me that i need to watch his weight as he has it in his genes to be a big boy (im a big girl). So now im scared about what to do :(

Hi Erin & Kristie thanks for the welcome xox

Danni OMG at you sis! If you feel that Mason is ready for it then go for it. Myself and my family arent small people either but Phoebe is on 3 solid feed a day plus she still has her bottles as well after- she too gets upset when theres no more lol She has peach rice cereal for brekky the pureed steak, veges and gravy for lunch and then peach cereal in the afternoon. Mason is your son so do what you think is best for him! Thats what my DP is always saying to me when people give their "helpful" advice.

I found that Phoebe didnt like banana that much lol it bunged her up a bit too poor mite