Babies Born August 16th - 31st 2008

[Party-of-five]

hello everyone
I had a beautiful little girl on the 23rd of august 2008 and i already have an 8 year old son but because of the big gap i feel like a first time mum again.
im a bit out of the loop with this online parenting stuff but i think its great, its been so helpful.
hope youz dont mind me jumpin in but it would be great to chat with other parents with the same age babies cause im pretty sure everyone else is sick of my baby talk allready

Tasha

[kristi14]

Hi girls,

I am SO not getting much time to come in here and keep up with you lot yet. I guess 6 kids SHOULD do that to me by now though hey

Welcome Tasha, my name is Kristi, mum to 6 kids aged 8 and under. I used to be here alot, but since having #6 im not here as much because i am still trying to get with the program. You are most welcome to join in here and congratulations on your new addition

We are trying to sort out Chardonnay and figure out if she is lactose intolerant or has reflux. I took her to the CHN on tuesday, we are going weekly at the moment to watch her weight because my last 2 babies have been failure to thrive, and so my CHN can stop me from falling in a pit like i did last time. She is such a supportive and caring CHN, i am very lucky to have her. Anyway, C got weighed and she weighs 3.37kg now. Shes still in 0000 clothes. CHN said she is very strong and has the neck control of a 6 to 8 wk old baby. C is starting to have more awake time now, and i have gotten a smile in response to my voice a few times now.

The kids have really embraced her, which is excellent and they are extremely helpful.

DH goes back to work on tuesday, so its back to reality very soon for me. I have my endoscopy on monday.

The last week has been a bit rough because tuesday was the 3 yrs since i gave birth to my precious angel Rubee Cait who i lost at 18wks and had at 19wks 6 days. Every year the week leading up to the day is always a bit rough, but generally the actual day is ok. Its a bitter sweet week for us, having her bday on the 16th and our wedding anniversary on the 19th.

So its our wedding anniversary tomorrow and DH has just told me he is taking me to a nice restaurant tomorrow night, so that will be lovely.

Im still breast feeding C but with low supply i have to top her up with formula.

Finally, i am starting to feel human again and i figured out why. I came off my antidepressants on monday and am now more "with the program". So many things have settled down since stopping the antidepressants, i didnt realise how much they were affecting me physically. The only thing now is im going to get into trouble from my drs for coming off and the OCD is probably going to get worse, but what can i do? I need to be able to function for my kids and i need to be able to concentrate enough to drive safely (which the ad's were affecting my alertness).

Sorry for no personals again.

I hope you are all doing well and babies are thriving

Kristi

[*charmalea*]

We are trying to sort out Chardonnay and figure out if she is lactose intolerant or has reflux.

Kristi, same here , gab is extremly windy and is in pain when ever she lays on her back and always screams after a feed and spews heaps too ... and she has gained weight but last weigh she was still under 4 kgs ( which was a week ago) next week when i take her to the chn i will see about it then .. i always seem to get her settled and then she off again , and my boobs are so sore from her sucking .. also too i wanted to come off my A/D but i started to get panic attacks the other night so i have kept taking them ...its good that you feel a bit more normal now .. i think i have gotten used to the numbness you end up feeling on antidepressants that i think if i went off them and started to feel normal and didnt have the control of my emotions , i would go crazy all over again

last night i gave her a top up of ebm ( which she has right after a b/f as she was still so hungry) and she took 50mls and was calm ... but she didnt go too sleep and dh was holding her (i was in bed ) so he dumped her in with me because he really wanted to play xbox i didnt mind though he needs down time too ... so i fed her (again) and off to sleep we went ... she didnt wake till 4.30 when her farting woke me up and did a huge poop which woke her up ... then i couldnt get back to sleep ... then nixon was screaming so i went into him but he was still asleep so it must have been a nightmare.... so i layed awake planning all the things i have to do today and now that i am up i dont feel like doing any of them

well its not good news about DH's back ... he has bulging dics all along his lower back and sadly has a degenerative disease im so sad as he his my rock and i always have known him to be super healthy ...

but with treatment he can maintain his lifestyle....

well i have planned a huge party for the 19th oct .. it will be for welcoming Gabriella and nixons 2nd bday and on the same day will be both their naming ceremonies ...
i am so excited about it .. orderd the invites and now just have to think about the catering .. woolies do huge platters of mini wraps and finger foods and are only about $34.95 each so it seems like a good price ... i want no fuss food .. we usually do bbq's but this time i want simplicity and no mess to wash up ... everything will be recyclable .. well most of it anyway ... i have chosen a theme of green and white as green is a unisex coulor and white on an octobers day sould look really nice .. the green will be a nice lime green ...

only one month to go ... im pretty excited about this !!

[MrsFabuloso]

Hi ladies,

Ohh, thanks for the well wishes girls.

Well things are looking a bit better here. Lily seems to be on the mend, no vomit or fever for a day and a half....fingers crossed its all good. Sucky thing is though I have woken with a sore throat and Liam's nose is really stuffed up...fingers crossed it all stops there!!
We are going to Canberra to visit some friends today so I'm hoping everything stays good. We're staying for the weekend, our first trip away dince Lily was born!! Should be interesting. I'm hoping the drive is good too, only 3hrs, so not too long, but we'll see. 3hrs is forever when you have 2 screaming babies in the car! We might go to Floriade and the war memorial while we're there. I've never been. I'm looking forward to getting out of this sick house!

Lea and Kristi, I think Liam is sensitive to dairy too. I have just stopped having it. I got some soy milk. It might have helped. I had chocolate the other night and OMG!! We had a terrible night with him. I'm not game enough to try to reintroduce dairy in case there's a repeat of that night. We had a great night last night, just his 3hrly wakes for a feed and straight back to sleep, YAYYYYY!! First time since hospital that we haven't been awake half the night.

Ok gotta go and finish packing to be ready for rest time, hopefully they'll both sleep the whole way ther....I think that might be wishful thinking though!

I hope everyone is well.

[Tegam]

Hi no time but...
Kel glad things are settling down for you,

Lea: the party sounds nice, i love lime or apple green! I did the woolies platters for evies baptism and there were GREAT! am doing them again for a bridal shower on the 3rd october for a friend!

Kristi: Sorry that this is a hard time for you! Rubee cait...such a lovely name, thinking of you.

Welcome those that are new..

Hi Erin and danielle

US: DH has finished his three month training...which took 5 months LOL..... Thomas and i flew to sydney to spend the night with him last night...very nice but i am tired now DH due home sunday for 3 days ! yippy...

[kristi14]

Hi,

Lea and kell, sounds like our little ones are having the same issues with milk and feeding. Chardonnay fusses and fidgits, wakes easily, will scream in pain when shes sound asleep, seems to want to be upright or on me or in her swing, vomits ages after a feed, gags and vomits, gets a snuffly nose. She brings up her wind easily though so that directs me away from looking at colic and more at LI or reflux. She has a large amount of reflux symptoms, but she can have times where she is settled, so im just not sure. She seems to have improved a little on the LF formula, but still doing the same things. My CHN said to monitor her and we will try and figure out whats going on with her.

Lea- IKWYM about getting used to the numb feeling on AD's, in a way its sort of good to be a bit like that. Well i think so with how anxious and wound up i get. Its a hard situation for me, i seem to react to all AD's with bad side effects but they help me with my anxiety, unfortunately the side effects get so much that i cant stay on them. Like they cause me to get the shakes badly, or affect my mental alertness or sleep. They had me on zoloft just now, tmi but i have had diarrhoea for a month non stop, now ive stopped taking them, the diarrhoea has stopped. They were also causing me to not sleep hardly at all and affecting my mental alertness. I would see/hear things but they wouldnt register for a long time making my reaction time slow. When driving, this is extremely dangerous and i cant put my kids in danger like that. Now i am off them, all these things have settled. I dont know what to do, to do CBT for my OCD i need to be on AD's to be calm enough to challenge my compulsions. Sorry to hear about your DH's back, that sounds painful for him. YAY on the party you are planning, it sounds like lots of fun, gorgeous colours you have picked, i love that green

kell- I am SO pleased to hear you had a good night last night with Liam and that the sickness in your house looks to be shifting, its about time you got a break. Have a good time in Canberra, i hope the kids are good on the trip.

Milly- Thanks for your thoughts, i really appreciate it. YAY on DH finishing his training, thats excellent!!

Look!! I managed to get personals done !! The first time in over a month i think.

Have a good weekend girls

Kristi

[Party-of-five]

hello everyone thanks for making me feel welcome
My baby had bad reflux so I was told by my GP to put her on S26 AR , that stopped the spewing but made her badly constipated and was awful to mix up...too thick and she also had trouble burping but after struggling on that for a week a friend told me about novalac AR which we are finding fantastic she burps, poops and can finish a bottle in about 10 minutes instead of the hour it was taking with the other stuff.
sounds like everyone is very busy at the moment
its great to read your posts Ive picked up some great hints
bye for now
tasha