Babies Born August 1-15th 2008 #2

MT - yup doggy has a name - Keenan. Vet said he might need another dose of serum cos he's still not well. Is going to assess him later on today and let us know. Yay.. another $600!!!

Squidipa - I know I definitely want another child and I've told Craig that maybe 4 isn't out of the question.. lol... I'm getting older too and i wanted all my kids by the time I was 33 - so I'll have time for one more I think... maybe I'll get twins.. LOL

Well I took DD to the docs this morning - we rocked up without an appointment - just went in as soon as they opened. They are really good there though. So the diagnosis is that it is something viral, not sure WHAT - they ruled out measles because she doesn't have a temp, even though the rash looks like it, and she has all the other symptoms except for the high temp. So who knows whats wrong with her.

Hmm.. Aricyn just got whacked in the head.. yup.. crying.. gotta go!!!!!

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Squidipa - I know I definitely want another child and I've told Craig that maybe 4 isn't out of the question.. lol... I'm getting older too and i wanted all my kids by the time I was 33 - so I'll have time for one more I think... maybe I'll get twins.. LOL

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is acriyn o.k?
I am 28 and i want like loads more if i could but think i have to wait 12 months but then again is it 12 months from each c section or from birth to conception??? anyone know??? or is it 18 months???
Hey ya wanna meet up this week?

600 in vet bills no wonder why i said to hubbie lets buy a fake dog and electronic one it's cheaper even if kids do brake its neck at a cost of 250 a pop we are still on a winner oh my how much in vet bills would you pay yearly or over 5 years? Dont ya just hate it when the drs don't know any more than you i do !!

:happybirthday: to me lol, 22 today. Got a WiiFit (which i got 2 weeks ago), a beautiful new watch from Shel, and a 3.30am wake up call :o. Well at least she woke me up with cute cooing and something which sounded like a giggle so i didnt mind getting up to her lol. Had a nice cooked breaky, and possibley going out to get something for lunch. Am browsing zodee for some hotmilk bras, my fav are the pink ones, they're on special but not in my size :doh:

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo, SIL just called, we're going to Sizzler for dinner WOOHOO! hehe. No cooking tonight!!!! And her shout!!!!!!

Mel, would love to come to the park one day, just say when and I'll be there. Sorry to hear about you're doggy, ticks are so horrible! I'm glad you caught it in time, my parents have lost a few dogs when we lived on property out west, such a sad thing to watch :(

Oooooooo 2 month needles are coming up :( next Monday.

Well Shel is playing Mario Cart I might go sit and make annoying distracting comments (like screaming, "watch out watch out! oh bugger you fell!" and then laughing my bum off, she finds it really annoying and i'm such a child that makes me do it even more :redface::lol::p

happy b day leasha!

When I was pushing DD out the midwife said "now's the time to ask for that diamond ring you've been wanting" I didn't think it was very funny - jewellery couldn't have been further from my mind at that point! When we saw her the next day in the nicu she mentioned it again and the Bear said "that's all sorted". The first time his parents came to visit after we brought DD home, they gave me an antique diamond eternity ring - Bear's grandfather gave it to his grandmother when she had FIL, and she gave it to MIL when she had the Bear. So it's a family heirloom and Beth is named after its first owner, Bear's grandmother!
Happy Birthday Shel :dance:

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Well Shel is playing Mario Cart I might go sit and make annoying distracting comments (like screaming, "watch out watch out! oh bugger you fell!" and then laughing my bum off

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PMSL! That's the idea!
Mel, I hope A, M and the dog recover - sounds like it's a war zone in your place today!
Squiddy - I'm not thinking about more kids yet, although I think the Bear is! Just trying to get used to having one little one.... but eventually I think I would like one more. I think the Bear wants two more. O and no c-sections here so far (touch wood)....
Thanks for the tips on the BBs.... did express between feeds last night but its hard to find time when she's feeding every two hours! so instead I think I will just put her on that BB every feed, for most of the feed one time, and then only for a little bit the next time if that makes sense.... anyhoo should express some more cause I'm short of EBM atm.
But no time now, gotta get her up, feed her and take her up for her 6-8 week appointment.
:nahnah: everyone.... catch up later!

Squidipa - yeah he's fine - got hit in the noggin when he was under DD's swing and it swung into his head as he put it up.. lol.. was a bit amusing actually... it doesn't cost us that much for vet bills - once you have all their needles and desexing out of the way, ours rarely get sick. We have two dogs and two cats.....

OOOh - and the recommended space between c-sections is 18 months - so your child is to be 18 months old by the time you have the next child. Thats what we did here.

Leasha - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!! You old fart ;) lol

So yeah, up for a meet this week or whatever? I can do either tomorrow or wednesday - unless you want it not on school holidays? Unless you just wanna hang out at someone's house?? GUYS.. tell me what you think..

Pixie - war zone here everyday honey... feel like I'm on candid camera most of the time..

Hmm.. damn.. abc kids is over... no.. shaun the sheep is dancing.. thats amusing him...

No, now over. Might have to put a dvd on for him.. LOL.. such a bad mother!!! (I gave him some jatz crackers before - thought it might be useful to wash down the crayons he ate earlier.. )

wow he just fell off his little couch and bumped his head and not a grizzle.... yet.. lol

pixie i was told you should feed on one side for a whole 3 hour period before swapping sides maybe this might help??

i think thats awesome about the antique ring awww . When are you ment to get eternity rings????

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So yeah, up for a meet this week or whatever? I can do either tomorrow or wednesday -

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Tomorrow at morayfield shops? just let us know a time k :)

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thought it might be useful to wash down the crayons he ate earlier..

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hahaha yeah my son got all distressed when his juice box fell in the loo he took it toilet when pooping hahaha

Hi everyone, just popping in quickly.

Had a shocking start to our night. Sevens wind was so bad she screamed, and I mean screamed for 2 hrs until almost 1am. I was in tears seeing my baby in so much pain! Its horrid. I hope it was a one off and doesn't happen again tonight!

Hope everyone is well and their babies are behaving. I won't have a chance in haides of catching up with everything right now!

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I was in tears seeing my baby in so much pain! !

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aww sweet :hug::hug::comfort::hug: I hope seven is alright tonight its awful when you cant do anything have you gt any wind treatment at all? i also hear that a warm bath and flannel on tummie helps too.

Awww kell that sucks.. i hate wind. Sometimes she gets wind even though we give her infacol!!!! stupid stupid wind...

Leash - I'm going to the park tomorrow morning - some other friends of mine are going there and have asked me along - wanna meet up?

SQUIDIPA WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PARK.... LOL

where abouts is it i might at least google/ where is it hey

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aww sweet :hug::hug::comfort::hug: I hope seven is alright tonight its awful when you cant do anything have you gt any wind treatment at all? i also hear that a warm bath and flannel on tummie helps too.

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Seven is on a combination of Infants Friend (helps her fart like a boy and burp so much easier) and Brauers Stomach Calm ( her tummy doesn't churn half as much as it used to).
At 10.30 last night when the screaming started, and DF had tears because of her pain, we gave her a very warm bath which did soothe her, but once she was out, it all started again. I put her in her sling and she did nod off, but only for 30mins then it was back to the arching etc.

She hadn't pooped for 24hrs yesterday afternoon, which I know is normal for a breastfeed 6 week old baby, but Seven seems to get so uncomfortable and grunty and groany and strains so much that I think her eyeballs are going to pop out of her little head, if she doesn't go regularly.
She pooped this morning and is now back to the happy little snuggle pot that I know. But, if she doesn't go again in the next day I know it is going to be a repeat of last night. I am not sure what else I can do to help her poop!

Her little face is so peaceful right now it brings tears to my eyes remembering the screwed up face of last night. :(

:hug: for Seven. Poor little mite! And :hug: for you too CM4E. I know exactly what you mean when you said you were in tears seeing your little girl in so much pain. It is heart-breaking seeing them like that and not being able to help them

Leasha - :happybirthday: Sounds like a good one so far! Hope it continues! And hey it's your birthday so all the more reason to annoy Shel playing games! :P

Squidipa - Eternity rings are traditionally to be given (depending on who you ask!) for either your first anniversary, the birth of your first child or your 10th anniversary! :) 7 more years to go for me, unless you go by how long we have been together in which case "Where's my ring??"

Pixie - That's fantastic about your ring. I love family traditions like that. Probably cos I don't have them as my mother has no family since she was a little girl and Dad's family are all in the UK and any traditions will be passed on to the family that live there.

Arimeh - your house sounds mad - love it! I hope Keenan gets the all clear today and you don't get hit with that vet bill! Ouch!

I just gave Jett a baby massage and OMG :o he was loving it. He started grizzling before I finished so I just got him dressed and put him to bed and he was out like a light. This is my daytime cat-napper so I have never seen anything like it!

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I am not sure what else I can do to help her poop!

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I have heard of mother having benefibe or somethign similar to make there BF babies go is it possible to try this i take it every day anyhow and i know it dont bother josh, I can take up to 6 heaped table spoons dailey. If on bottle maybe just put a very little bit in there and increase the does if need be by very small amounts.
Thats what i would do in a bottle of water mind you i always fed my babies water :)

We are BF so maybe I will try taking the Benefibre. Thanks!

Squidipa - its called pioneer park in landsborough. its on steve irwin way - can''t remember what the other road is called. its on the main road anyway.

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We are BF so maybe I will try taking the Benefibre. Thanks!

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lets hope it helps

:happybirthday: leash!! omg, you make me feel old!! :lol:

mel - hope keenan gets better real quick! lol @ aricyn eating crayons! has he tried the cat & dog food yet? khaemon often gets into the cat biscuits, and when kaliah was little, i caught her eating the cat litter!! eew, i know, but we use the recycled paper stuff and it had just been changed ... :rolleyes:

squidipa - i don't think you're crazy, i'd love more kids too, just have to talk dp into it!! :o Thankfully i haven't had any c-sections (don't know if i would cope - i'd be too scared of feeling everything!)

cm4e - :hug: i know how it feels to watch your baby in pain ... veygas was like that b4 his hernia op, and he'd go 4 or 5 days without pooping - one night he screamed for two solid hours and then it took me another two or three hours to settle him back to sleep :( He loves the bath though, and now cries when I take him out, but when i start taking his clothes off b4 his bath, he gets all excited cause he knows whats coming!! ;)

well, got a dr appt to get to, ds2 has been all over the place lately - temps up and down, moods up and down, cough, snotty nose ... what a great start to the school hols! :rolleyes: plus gotta get ds3 conscientious objection form signed ...

*hugs* to everyone

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pixie i was told you should feed on one side for a whole 3 hour period before swapping sides maybe this might help??

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squiddy, that's what I was doing before but the left one seemed to run out and she was thrashing on it.... supply seems to have picked up today so hopefully we will be in business again.
cm4e, are you demand feeding? DD had terrible wind a few weeks ago and we came to the conclusion we were overfeeding her. Limited feeds a bit (20-25 mins every 3 hours in the day and 4 hourly at night) and that really helped. She's feeding more than that at the moment but she seems to be having a growth spurt and she isn't getting bad wind. Anyhoo, hope you find something that works!
Went to Beth's 6-8 week check today and she is doing great - up to 5 kg, 57cm and HC 39.2. Just under 75th percentile so all going well.
Well I haven't got anything done today so better go and sort out some washing while DD has a nap.....
Leash hope you had a great birthday!
mel :P, Beema mwah!, MT, MM, kel, kiwi, sash and everyone else - hope you're having a good day :)
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I love family traditions like that.

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MT I thought it was really nice, we don't really have any family traditions like that in our family so it's nice to be part of the Bear's.

Hi All

After a lot of persistent nagging my wonderful husband has won - I joined a forum. Not only am I new to Belly Belly, but I an new to using forums, so be patient with me.

I am a first time Mum and DD is 11th November. I've promised I'll give birth at 11am but I may not comply with the minute silence :lol:

I am planning on having a natural birth at the Mercy FBC in Heidelberg and I am working on my birth plan at the moment. What to put in, what to stand my ground on, it's so easy to make these decisions now but I suppose that is what the idea behind a birth plan - write it when I'm rational.

I look forward to getting to know my fellow Belly Buddies over the next few weeks. I have found a great replacement for me at work and I plan to take a step back so I can enjoy and look forward to my new life.

Cheers
Patricia

Hi Patricia,

Welcome to BB (BellyBelly). There are many first time Mums on this site, and I had also never joined a forum until I started trying to conceive, but I can't tell you how invaluable this forum has been. I have made some fantastic friends here and know that I have a very supportive network. The information/advice from many different people has meant that I have been very well informed throughout my pregnancy and now with the arrival of my son.

Now, without wanting to kick you out of here, we are a baby buddies group in this thread, meaning that we all had or were due between 1st and 15th August this year. We all started out in Belly Buddies threads which you can find under pregnancy. You will find one for babies due between November 1st and 15th here. It can be very confusing finding certain threads until you get used to the site, but if you get lost you will find everyone on here is very friendly and will be more than willing to point you in the right direction.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and the birth and I look forward to hearing all about the birth in the birth stories/announcements threads.

Hi patrica,

belly belly has GREAT support i live so far away from family and belly belly has been great. Welcome to belly belly :)

Grrr this morning not to bad but still a bit grr DS3 got into my hand bag both of them he ate a full packet of gum and a lollie pop and just made a mess exploring sanitary pads and breast pads. Receipts every where and all.

He was FANTASTIC YESTERDAY just me and him we made cake and done art stuff and swam in pool and juts chilled.
Yesterday i bought some maxi wraps ya know those sari looking wear 100 way tigh up skirts cant wait to get them. But then after spending that i got my car redgo bill need to sort that one out soon.

Think yesterday i had a bit of heat stroke or just not liking the heat had a cold shower that helped a bit but still felt real exhausted. Hubbie mad e me a carrot cake last night yummo. I stayed up watching that triangle thing on tv and i blinkin fell asleep after 12 i am so annoyed with my self dunno what happened it was so good i enjoyed watching what i did.

I have physio today on my hip hope fully i wont be to sore and josh behaves in pram especially being i have to carry the pram down about 18 steps. Daycare also yay. i think i must be have forgotten about the physio good thing its on my board of todo's. I always come out of there sore.

It was a warm night last night kel hey think hubbie said 34 it reached cant remember exactly but feels like summer hey. hopefully if i don't forget ill take josh to be imnunised and get pool water checked again.

Oh did i tell ya all got my referal for my legs so thats um great for me but all the way in ipswich grr.

Josh is totally sleeping through night i am tired and woke t a head ache because i havn't had enough sleep watching tv and then didn't even get to watch the end of the program.
Gotta scoot sort these smell bags out :)

Hope ya had a good one leash??
hi to everyone else

:dance::dance: happy morning here - Beth slept through the night!
We put her to bed at 11 and she didn't wake up until 6.30!
Very very proud of her and feel great this morning!
Gotta run and do a few things while she's having a nap so big hi to all the yummy mummies here and BBL for personals.

Good morning everyone!

I'm still finding it hard to believe that I am up at 6am every morning and how much I get done before 9am! I guess you do what you gotta do! :rolleyes:

Veygas went down at around 5.30-6pm last night and slept through to 2.30am!! :dance: My boobs were sooooooooooo full and sore, but it felt great having all that sleep, especially since other kiddies have been sick on and off over the last week and I haven't been getting good sleep! Unfortunately, my kidlets all have early-ish bedtimes (like 6.30pm, 7pm at the latest) which means that Veygas is the first to be bathed and fed and put to bed. It's gonna be hard with daylight savings starting this weekend though! :rolleyes:

Veygas is also sleeping a bit better during the day which means I get more done, like rebuilding my website, but I think I need to start wearing my glasses at the computer again, cause my eyes and my head just aren't used to it anymore! :p

Big HI to all the mums and bubs and Bear!!

Just a quickie, got too much work but.....

:happybirthday: LEASHA FOR YESTERDAY!!! :happybirthday:


:confetti: :confetti: NAKITA IS 3 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!!!! :confetti: :confetti:

Hi girls and guy and bubs

i got josh weighed this morning and i am absolutely shattered and really annoyed angry and frustrated with Myself. He gained 80 grams this week. Thats not even now 1 kilo over birth weight he falls short of that by 130 grams. He is 8 weeks 5 days today.

What if i am harming him trying to only breast feed am i? I could be doing more harm than good.I am beyond shatterered!

Can u all tell me at what age did you bubs reach 1 kilo over birth weight?

Squidipa - 10 weeks 2 days she hit is, but after that she dropped, so she didn't pass it until 12 weeks 1 day.

Squidipa :grouphug: Jett has only just hit that 1kg over mark now at 8 weeks. If Josh seems relatively happy, and he isn't losing weight, don't let it get to you because that will affect your supply. You are doing a fantastic job, and doing the best you can so please don't lose heart. You have to look at the big picture, what does he usually gain each week? And if you are worried about your supply I'm sure Vic can help you with a few ideas to boost it.... aktavite springs to mind! :lol:

vic what is aktavite ??? and where can ya get it?

MT its all up down up down up own not consistent weight gain last week was 160 a real good week for us then 80 this and its always everywhere not consistent

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aktavite springs to mind!

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Sustagen also used to make a "mum's" supplement - don't know if they still do though :( I drank it when bf-ing DS1. I'm still taking preg & bf-ing vitamins, and if veygas goes for more than 3 hours without a feed now, my boobs start to leak! :redface:

Squidipa :hug: Josh is putting on weight and that's what is important. You are doing a brilliant job, and when you start doubting yourself, jump on here for all the encouragement in the world!! :hug:
All babies are different and grow at different rates. DS1 hit the 1kg over BW at around 3 weeks (BUT he was a big baby). DD hit it at about 8 weeks, DS2 at about 7 weeks and Veygas hit it at about 5 weeks, but lost weight again because of the hernia and the surgery and is now only just over the weight he was pre-op (3 weeks ago). Hun, don't try to compare Josh with other babies, as you can see, even all of mine have been different. :hug:

:confetti: HAPPY 3 MONTHS NAKITA!!! :confetti:

Squidipa, Aktavite is a bit like Milo, you find it right next to it in the supermarket - it is Australian owned and made, I have 1 litre of milk to a cup of Aktavite, apparently you can also add 1 cup of skim milk powder to it but I think it would make it way to sweet for me. I mix up 1/2 a cup (add a little hot water to it to melt it), then 500ml of milk, have a batch in the morning and afternoon. I use my Tupperware shaker as I drink it over a period of time and it can get very chocolatey at the bottom!! I was recommended by the Nursing Mothers Association!

You can also try Brewers Yeast, Blessed Thistle, Fenugreek...

The weight gain will never be consistent, always up and down, what you need to look at is the average over a whole month. My situation was different Nakita's gains we were decreasing for 4-5 weeks, no big gains, so clearly a problem, where you have bigger and smaller weeks,which is normal.

You are doing a great job :hug:

Squidipa - try not to let it get to you. I'm sure it would be evident if Josh was suffering. Miss M only just got the kilo mark at 8 weeks....and she is formula fed!!! Try to chill and not think about it honey.

Vic - happy 3 months to your gorgeous Miss N...;)

MM - I'm up at 6am too - you should give me a call ...lol

Pixie chick - yay for sleep through!!

Patricia - welcome to BB - congrats and good luck for the rest of your pregnancy.

Went to park this morning - had an ok time posted in boohoo forum about it if anyone is interested.

DS is all worn out - still napping - DD is in my arms napping. gotta go see if i can put her down so i can go to the toilet by myself without a toddler handing me toilet paper or posting it between my legs!!!!

Oh and we have keenan back at home now - has to be kept away from our other dog though - too much excitement gets the tick poison near their heart and thats not good!!! he still can't walk (so is peeing everywhere poor bugger) but he is drinking water so thats the main thing...

gotta go peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Squidpea ~ Please don't think you are doing something wrong by breastfeeding your baby! If he wasn't thriving, he would let you know! My friend has a 10month old and she is exclusively BF and her daughter only just now weighs 6.7kg.
Seven was 1.5kg above her birth weight at 4 weeks, but, in saying that, she was a small baby and they tend to try and make up for what they didn't get in utero, and, every baby is different. As long as your little one is happy and is putting on weight, who cares how much it is or isn't?
I hope all these lovely ladies have eased your worrying if only for a little while!


Chin up!!!

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Squidipa, Aktavite is a bit like Milo, you find it right next to it in the supermarket - it is Australian owned and made, I have 1 litre of milk to a cup of Aktavite,

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when u say 1 cp are you meaning 3 teaspoons heaps makes a cup as it says on the packaging or 1 full measured cup of the Aktavite powder to 1 litre of milk mixed???

i been goggling and looking at the belly site it says 1 cup of it wow it must eb sweet well i was serious i bought 6 tins today so lets give it a go BTW we hit a world record feeding time 27 mins feeding with josh, yes it was both sides and a few on and offs but much better than normal trying to get more breast tissue in.

Hi Mummy Tummy

Thanks for your reply but what a dummy I am!!! I didn't even notice the group name was't correct.
I've a lot of learning to do.

Thanks Again

Patricia

Good morning mums and bubbles!!

Mel - as of this weekend, our 6am will become your 5am!! I'm pretty sure you wouldn't appreciate a phone call then!! :lol: :p
And don't ya just love it when they wanna give you loo paper!! ;)

On a roll this morning (mmm roll, chicken lettuce and mayo thanks!! :p) hung out washing, folded more washing, fed Veygas and put him back to bed, had breakfast and 3 cuppas so far, and have been working for about an hour (so I am giving myself a break!)

Lovely day here (it was forecast to rain, but it ain't happening today!!), but really must get back to it!

BIG HELLOS to Vic, Squidipa, Pixie & Bear, Sasha, MT, Rachel, Kel, CM4E, Leasha and anyone else I've forgotten (really sorry :redface: )

BBL to see if we've had more activity!

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Paradiva - I find if I use the [url=http ....] ticker code in my signature then the ticker shows up! HTH!! :hug:

Hi Mums and Bubs

Screaming headache today, Panadeine isn't doing a thing :( Got dr's app this arvo as I have Motilium left :wall: and havn't heard from the specialist GP and she isn't in today so going to speak with my norml GP and see what she cab do.

Hot and very windy here today, got some washing on the line hopefully it hasn't blown away by the time I get home!

Work is going to explode soon, so much coming up, lots of meetings on the horizon, and many hours of design.... ah well the money will make a big difference. At least I have two people to do the documentation... I am just going to do the fun and pretty stuff :rofl:

Can I have one of your chicken rolls MM?

Goodluck with the Aktavite Squidipa, I full cup strsight out of the tin.

Hi to everyone else, can't really concentrate.. need food me thinks :lol:

Thanks vic,
hope you headache goes away soon.
Josh gained 30 grams from yesterday to today and he hadnt been feed in 2 hours so cant put it down to that. Yay that made my day. MW said do reg weigh ins and ask dr thoughts about weight gain. Gonna see her next week.

Just got phone call Josiah is getting his ears re tested on tuesday yay!!!