Babies Born August 16th - 31st 2008

[*charmalea*]

Hi girls,

Lea- . I hope the 6 wk check went well. Can you beleive our babies are due for their needles soon........................


Shes done alot of the swallowing and gulping noises in the last 24 hrs.

i am more scared to take her to get her needles than i was to get her ears done !!

and what do you mean by those noises ??? Gab makes them every feed , swallows heaps of air and when she is finished her belly is hard , and then the slightest movement makes her spew ... she was asleep so i tried to put her in her cradle , then as soon as i put her down , her eyes flew open and a huge spew followed ..

or do you mean the swallowing is her swallowing the bile that rises ??

gab makes strange noises like her breath has been taken away or as if she has been hit in the tummy and has to take a breath in ...it comes out all strange and strangled .. bit scary when she does it in the midlle of the night ..

i never got in to see the doc for her check up .... will go on monday after dh's physio appt , that way he can look after nixon ... i need a pap aswell , so i hope gab doesnt start screaming while im having it done .. it would make me tense ..

im glad you can keep BF kirsti .. hope you get your supply back ... gab uses me as a dummy all the time

any way , got a lovely surprise yesterday when a nice greenish ford fairlane giha drove in the drive way instead of my little rav 4 ... i had been complianing about how tiny it was and i need a bigger car , we were going to get a territory but the loan didnt go through ... so scott bought me this one ...OMG talk about nice .. it has everything .. top of the range .. oooh im so happy ... BUT it is a V8 i was complaining that i needed more than 4 cyl .. but i would have been happy with an extra 2 , not 4 ...

it was a trade in at his work ( meaning some man had an already posh car , but traded it in to get an even more posh car ) and scott saw it and bought it .. not going to complain though , we get a free tank every few weeks when scott does 24hr breakdown service ( he works for Merc.) i guess were lucky to have insider knowledge on something people spend alot of time and $$ on ...

have a good day !!

[Party-of-five]

good morning girls
yay! my son is coming home today after spending a week and a half with his dad oh it seems like hes been gone forever
kristi- i also had to change the washing powder i used on nathans clothes too...couldnt use anything with too much purfume, he had it real bad it looked like he had burns he still gets it every now and then especialy after swimming lessons which start next week but the only thing that ever work was natural remedies...i never trusted anything that didnt come from the chemist i was alway sceptical of natural things( i dont know why???)
lucy had a big dry spot on the top of her head which is better now but all the hair there fell out so she had a old man hair style thick around the sides but nothing on top but i looked this morning and its finaly growing back but i looks alot lighter so she might be a bit two toned for a while
looks like the weather is finaly starting to fine up here so we might head out for a walk
hope everyone has a great day
Tasha

[Tegam]

OMG Lea, i think its disgusting that you got Gab's ears done, i mean really how could you........Did you even think about the bribe you were giving away for nothing LOL... just imagine how well behaved my girls will be for the weeks leading up to the big even LOL..... now you have to admit i had you there for a moment! I bet she looks very cute

...if you want to talk about a touchy topic....i dont want to immunise Thomas.....I will mostly but on my own timeline and only the ones i feel he needs. I have dont a lot of research since Grace was born and i am happy that i am making the right decision.

Feeling great at the moment..not really looking forward to move travelling next week but hay, i said yes....

I just love it when that 6 week mark comes, suddenly i have all this energy again. Yesterday and today i have been on a cleaning mission. The house was ok but you know yourself when you just havent done that "good" clean. So have been on hands and knees scrubbing the grout on the floors and wall in all the bathrooms, i also moved all the lounges so i could sweep and mop. I am loving all my enjo as you can clean all day and not get a headache from the smell. Have been lucky the girls have been playing well so i could get all of it done.

Thomas has been asleep for 4hrs and 5 since a feed...boy does he make some noises and wake/cry/back asleep a few times, i think i am reacting to him too quickly at night....im going to ruin him is i keep worrying that he will wake the girls....what a juggle they all are

take care

[MrsFabuloso]

Hi girls,

Gee it's been a while since I've written anythign!

I just can't find the time and motivation lately. I do keep up with what's going on though And this week has been a busy one for us.

Kristi, first of all...my goodness, what are you doing up and posting at 3am???? I can barely get my boob in Liams mouth at that hour, LOL!
I hope you can figure out what Chardonnay's rash is and get her reflux sorted. Poor little mite she's having a rough time of it huh? And yay you don't have to give up bf'ing!!! That's great news. And I hear you on it being hard, I am only now starting to enjoy bf'ing Liam. And only now is it not hurting so much anymore. It's no wonder so many women give up!

Lea, you lucky chicken, getting a new car, woohoo!!!! I'm jealous, I wish I could get one. And I got Lily's ears done when she was 5mths old, well DH did, LOL!! Hope all is well with you guys

Tasha, LOL @ the hair, it sounds cute, hehe!! It must be tough for you to have shared custody of your son. I bet you missed his!! But it would also be kinda nice to have a bit of time to your self occaisionally? Though at the age of your son, they kind of do most stuff for themselves huh?

Milly, ikwym about immunisations. I am a bit iffy about having it done too. But I will probably get it done. Though the more I read about it the more nervous I get and the less I want to. Gosh you're lucky to get 5hrs out of Thomas between feeds, I'm lucky to get 4 and then he wakes screaming bloody murder for some booby!!! We're still on 2-3hrly feeds here. At night it's usually 3hrs, with one 4hr break usually. In the day he's 2-3hrly....no wonder I barely get anything done, LOL!

We have been busy this week, Monday it was grocery shopping and dinner at my bro's, yesterday we had my SIL and neice and nephew over, as well as a friend her bub, today it was playgroup and to mums for a while, tomorrow there's a BB meet up that I will go to, Friday it's a visit from my aunt and cousins! Woah, I haven't had a week so busy for aaaages!! It's good though since DH is working and I am keeping busy, no time to wallow in self pity when the kids grumble at the same time, or that I'm so tired! Hehe, talking about tired, I fell asleep on the lounge at mums today, LOL! She was talking to me from the kitchen, and watching Lily (who loves to demolish cupboards, and mum lets her do it at her house) and when she came back to the lounge room I was asleep with Liam on my chest! I just can't sit still, or I fall asleep.

Ok Hi to everyone else I missed, I hope everyone is going well and your bubs are being nice to you, LOL! Time to go....

[MrsFabuloso]

Oooh, meant to ask, are any of you sydney girls coming to the meet up tomorrow??

[kristi14]

Hi girls,

Lea- The gulping noises i meant are when shes not feeding. She makes lots of swallowing and gulping noises and she also does the thing you mentioned where it sounds like they have run out of breath, she makes this sort of squealing noise, seems to hold her breath and then more squealing and she breathes again............and so do i. I hope the drs goes well next week. I thought i would be having a pap at my 6 wk check but i got away with it, then i realised im not due for one until december, so i guess i will be having one in a month or two. WOOWOO on the new car, how exciting!! It sounds VERY flash

Tasha- Washing powder is another thing to keep in mind, thanks for that. So far on the soy it seems to be settling, its still there but nowhere near as bad as it was the other day. Yay on your son coming home!!

Milly- I was the same worrying that C would wake the kids up, but she doesnt seem too. We have had her screaming at night and the kids seem to sleep straight through it.

Kel- Ive been sprung again Lea has sprung me posting at the same hour before, it seems to be my only time in the day to get on and post. I have had mega crazy insomnia since i gave birth. S L O W L Y i am starting to get to sleep a little earlier, but not by much. Although, i am in Perth too, so 3am is 1am for me, or actually 12am with daylight savings. I hope i can get C sorted out too, im not used to having an unsettled baby, the other 5 always just ate, slept and pooped. I cant get over how hard BF is and how it changes from day to day too. Some days you seem to have it going well with no pain and good attatchment etc, then suddenly you have some bad days where your nipples get sore again, then its goes good again. It is no wonder so many women give up, like you said. It sounds like you have had a very busy week, thats good, its good to be busy. Though nice to not be as well. I hope you can get some rest and not be so tired soon.

I attempted a trip to the park on my own with 5 of my 6 kids today And it went well!! They were all well behaved and i didnt get stressed at all. It was quite hot here today. I seem to be getting more energy too. Yesterday i went shopping and bought C some clothes. I hope to get to do some scrapbooking soon. I have taken about 400 photos since C was born, have to get them printed yet. Then theres the other thousand odd pics i have to scrap since before i had C, have to get onto it before i get too far behind.

Have a good day today

[*charmalea*]

kristi , im so glad you changed you ticker pic , i was wondering the other day what she looked like , not that the other one was bad , ykwim.. she is beautiful and looks like she loves bath time


had a bas night with Gab last night ... colic hour hit as soon as dh got home ( he came home early at 5pm ) and that was it she was off ... i barely got dinner done , normally i take pride in my home made lasange making it all from scratch , but last night it all got bunged in one pan then slapped together then shoved in the oven .. it turned out ok though , but not the way i'd have like it ..

after dinner it was bath time and i barely had time to wash my bum before i had to save her again ... poor dh he was juggling nixon and gab and me ... no wonder after things calmed down he cleaned up under the house for some solace .. but mean while i had to change me and gab coz she spewd on me about 5 times ... i had just got her to drift off and put her in the cradle , she turned her head to the right and spewed , then after a clean up , turned her head to the left and spewed .. then got really fussy and started to search for boob ( thats how i know she needs a burp , if shes fed , but still looks for boob) and bam as soon as i picked her up i was coverd in it .. it was thick and slimy and smelly vomit ... and then she wouldnt settle , dh came up stairs to find me bf in an awkard position upside down in the bed ... once i got her settled i didnt want to move ..

i know DH put her in her cradle last night , but when i woke up she was next to me i must have been half asleep grabbed her out and fed her as my boob was out ...

i must not have coffee in the arvos any more ... well i never usually do . but yesterday i slept all day , gab was in the papasasn asleep and nix was at day care , so i napped till 3pm ... and couldnt get out of bed .. so i grabbed a coffee .. and then last night i was wide awake ...

it could have been why gab was cranky .... i always drink decaff but i couldnt be bothered getting the capp. machine out , so i had instant ... i think i have learnt my lesson ..

i have the 6 wk check on monday .. but i get a male doctor .. so i think i will pass on the pap .. im too embarrassed , i will only get one if he mentions it .. i still dont feel like having anyone down there atm..

have fun at the bb meet up today kel , you sound a bit happier . lol at you falling asleep ... i always get that affect when ever im at my MIL's house

have a good day everyone !