Babies Born September 2006 #77

[Astrolady]

This thread is for parents who's baby was born in September 2006.

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[Rach75]

well I am here, wheres everyone else

just had a 1/2 hr catnap :bliss: Jack has been down since 10.45am Brendan just woke after a 1 hour 25min nap so all rested here

but man I have the sorest throat, wouldn't surprise me if I have tonsilitis too

[Nelle]

I'm here! We had cheese and ham croissants for lunch! YUM! River had rye bread with cream cheese, and half of a croissant, and some fruit, and water. I'm trying to feed him more than I used to, but it's so hard to know when to stop. I don't know if I can trust him to stop when he's full or not.

Belle, sometimes I'm like that at the shops, I can be really indecisive, though I'm better than I used to be. I remember I once wanted to get something from The Body Shop, and I spent aaages in there before walking out so upset because I couldn't decide what to get! And you get so worked up and irrational - if I'd thought properly about it, I could have just justified getting everything I wanted.

Hope you don't have tonsillitis Rach! It sucks!

I tried the Brauers remedy for insomnia this morning when I couldn't get back to sleep after feeding River, and I went to sleep pretty quick after that. Might give it a shot tonight then.

Hope everyone's enjoying their day!

[caddie]

Ness i was bout to say that maz must have cleared the thread with her farts.lol
Im exhausted.Did the whole teddybears picnic thing got home at lunch,ruby slept an hr only because of the coughing so mega whingy now and ive just been keeping girls happy and done 5 loads of washing!!!! I have only a 4.5kg washer so hence so many loads.
I want to lie down.Not long till aarons home then a glass of wine,organise girls and would love a bath or shower.
Hope the insomnia drops work nelle.Sound interesting.Have they got stuff for the snots! Im sick of it on me from the girls and me blowing my nose.I feel abit shrekkie!

[ShootingStar]

Rach.. hope youre throat is ok.

Belle.. just remember tomorrow is another new day.

Nelle.. im the same with Jesse. He wont take dinner off the spoon no more so have started giving him proper dinner meals. So ive been making up a plate of vegies, cheese and either chicken nuggets, tuna risoles i made etc but he's a bottomless pit. What looks like a lot to be eating, he just keeps piling it in. Ive never had him at a point where hes been full. Like Lunch he has either yogurt or a fruit tub, a sandwich, crackers, saltanas and he eats the lot. I reckon he'd keep going if i kept giving it to him. Little pigglets!

Meg.. oh that show was excellent! Thanks for the reminder!! Im definately going to be watching it every week now. That poor little boy with the eating problems. I know how mum feels with the little boy she doesnt want to grow up! I dont want jesse to!! But its good to watch to know what to do in those situations. Hows James going?

Heroes is on tonight woooo!

[caddie]

How are you know belle? Feelingany better,did you get to watch fox? I did but only nick jnr.
Rach hows the throat? In our area ear and throat infects at once are the go and lots of kids i know have been on ab's.
Heros kell? never seen it? Whats it about?
Anyone watch deadliest catch on fox? That is a great show.Programme it in!

[ShootingStar]

Caddie.. Yeh its on channel 7, thursdays at 9.30pm. Its about a whole heap of people who discover they each have a different power. Like one can fly, another time travel, another can heal when theyre hurt, another can paint the future etc etc. At the beginning they didnt know each other and thought they were the only ones that had a power. Then theres bad guys who come and try and take their powers and want to blow up the world etc. Its a really good show. Meg got me onto a show called House Of Tiny Tearaways on thursday mornings about toddlers who are having issues like sleeping, eating, temper etc and they go and live in a house with their parents kinda like Big Brother to help them. Really good.

Speaking of which.. Meg says to say Hi to everyone.. shes taking some time out from the thread.. will be back later on, but just wants to lay low for a while. James is doing really well, starting to feed himself from a spoon clever little monkey and had his first trip to the zoo today and loved it. Big "hugs" Meg.

[caddie]

ok meg hope you come back soon.James is good using a spoon,ruby loves her hands.yummy.
Mmm kell not really into si-fi stuff. Tiny teraways sounds good if i can wrestle millana to not watch her show.
Im absolutley knackered.Off to lie down before ruby coughs her guts up again and i have to get her back to sleep.

[ShootingStar]

Good morningggggggg
So tireeeeeedddddddddd
Need coofffeeeeeeeeeeeee

Back laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......

[*Belle*]

Morning - im going to the drs now cause havent been well and then Mum is minding Julia yay so I have a day for me!!!!! and Julia gets to crawl madly around with so much space at Mums so she will be very happy!

So BBL for personals girls!

Bel
xxx

[Rach75]

I have woken up with a high temp stiff neck sore throat, and I am babysitting today

I temp every morning for TTC normally around the 36.2 36.4 mark today 37.8 c I feel like crap

I may have to venture out with a 15mth old and 12.5mth old and go to drs, being that its friday and all, I keep TMI coughing up bloody mucous stuff

someone come rescue me .................................................

[**Helen**]

Rach and Belle-I hope the drs can sort you out.

We SOLD the house. We have had an offer on it subject to finance and their finance came through, so we are out of here by the 02Nov. So excited now I just have to pack and sort out what I need out and what I can put in storage.

Eithan is now sick as well. He is having trouble keeping food down, poor pet. Both him and Bella have the snots, chesty cough and vomits.

I am feeling a little less stressed for now as I am really excited about being able to start my own busniess soon.

Love

[Rach75]

well Brendans mum took one look at me, and said her DH could look after brendan (thank god) then she asked if I wanted her to stay home from work and look after me (what a sweetie) anyway just waiting for dr to open so I can see if they can see me, I am going to say if they can't well I am going to hosp then he will have to see me, (same dr) Jase is coming home I think to look after Jack also temp went up to 38.3c so took panadol and its back down to 37c so thats working, at one stage I was full on sweatiing and shivering at same time


anyway wil fill ya all in when I know.............

sorry bout me posts

[Vixstar]

'morning,

Helen - great news about your house being sold. Have fun packing!

Rach - thats sounds like the flu to me re:shivering etc Hope you both get better.

Belle - you get better too.

Caddie - I just cant get into tiny tearaways. I like Maternity Ward or Baby Story and atm both reduce me too tears! Prego hormones...doh!

Kell - hope your coffee worked!

Im off to finish reading my harry potter book whilst Bailey has an early !!!!!!! sleep.


xxx

[shellbell3]

Hmm, I've joined the new gym that is opening up nearby, just hope I can stick with it and not waste all my money! I don't like weights and stuff but enjoy classes so that might be the go. They have creche there too which is $4 session so not too bad.

Rach- Hope you start feeling better, maybe you have tonsillitis too?

Ness- I love shopping child free, no pram to manouvere, no kids whinging when you stop.

HelenP- Congrats on selling the house, now the real fun starts with all that packing! Hope the sick kiddies pick up.

Kell- I'm so annoyed they changed Heroes to Thurs night cause thats my working day and i don't get home til 10! And for some reason our foxtel doesn't play ch 7, and the video is hooked up to the foxtel.

We are off to gymbaroo soon so I'd better start organising myself.

[ShootingStar]

Shell.. oh that sux. Yeh foxtel doesnt have 7 signed to it yet. No idea why not, they have all the other channels now. When the guy installed ours, it is through the video but we can turn the foxtel box off and it will bring up 7 through the video. Bummer indeed though.

Nessa.. 9 days! holey moley.. im gonna have to start cleaning soon!!

Helen.. congrats on the sale!!

Vixstar.. yeh did but think i need another now hehe. We still have to do coffee sometime! Im busy the next few weeks but will have to organise something!

Belle.. hope you had a good day to yourself.

DH is home today.. has his RDO and then 2 days off woo! Went and laybyed Jesse's outdoor play gym today! So excited. Has a swing and slide. Perfect for our little yard. Just have to wait for the IL's to get back from their trip to WA (yeh dont ask, i think theyre nuts with FIL still having chemo), to borrow their 4wd to pick it up. Wont fit in our commodore.

[Freya]

Just checking in. Had a busy couple of days and the girls were here today for lunch so Im knackered from all the kids and laughing we did............ok and chocolate cake we ate

Jett had his 12mth needles today and only had a few crocodile tears. So far no swelling or rash so Im hoping we've skipped the reaction he got from his 6mth ones. GP says that she's pretty sure he ISNT lactose intolerant, so I have the go ahead to slowly reintroduce full cream milk. Bloody stupid ER Drs, Ive been spending a fortune in lactose free milk for no reason. She also gave me a referral to a dermatologist to get this weird strawberry-mark-type rash he has had on his hand since he got his first ear infection at 6mths. Its slowly crept up his arm but doesnt bother him. She doesnt think its anything terrible but wants it checked anyway. She thought he was born with it until I mentioned it. She weighed him and he's 11.2kgs. I was a bit concerned that he only gained 1.1kgs in 3 months but she says its normal for them to slow on the weight gain once they start walking because basically theyre exercising regularly and burning all the energy they get from food/milk.

As for me Im fat, swollen and exhausted. Had an OBs appointment yesterday on the spur of the moment. Im having to take phenergan of a night time because Im itching like crazy (it knocks me out like there's no tomorrow so thankgod Jett is sleeping through or he'd be screaming for hours before Id become concious again). The OB thinks I have obstetric cholestasis or something like that, basically the liver doesnt filter out bile salts properly and it causes a rash/severe itching and can lead to premature delivery. They generally deliver you by 37wks if you have it so it wont make much difference to me its just really uncomfortable. I also had my GD test yesterday and nearly passed out after the 2hrs was up. Im glad it was the last time I'll ever have to do it ever again Bub is growing fabulously, got a great u/s piccy, he looks *just* like his big brother and Daddy. I managed to stack on 5kgs in 3 weeks so now sitting pretty at 64kgs and hopefully will stay there til B-day. The less I have to lose afterward the better. The OB can get off my back about not having gained anything too.

My days are spent thinking about sorting out the spare room. DH is home this weekend and we have nothing on for a change so it *should* get done and then I can unpack all the clothes I washed and set everything up. I feel very unorganised.

11 weeks and 6 days to go!

I hope everyone else is doing well! I promise to make a better effort to keep up with the thread!

[caddie]

Sharls heres hoping you dont get sick mate.Its not nice and im still recovering from mine.I hate feeling tired and falling asleep at 730pm at night.No down time for me. Glad little ambah has picked up a little.
Annat 11 weeks.Far out! Wheres the latest belly pics then mam! The itchy bug! you poor thing.Sounds terrible.The phenergan and sleep sounds nice though.
Belle how are you? Did you get some time out?
Anna what about you? Hows everything? Are you feeling ok,no anxiety attacks?
Helen thats fab you sold the house! Exciting times for you ahead!!!
How are the lurkers?
Ok time for baths for the girls.I managed a little scrapping today and i changed the doona on my bed so something different to look at.
I have no tea either sorted.Im sick of cooking everynite. Hopefully i can persuade aaron chinese. Except i just get boiled rice and maybe a chicken dish if ther is no soy a sauce..