Babies Born August 1st - 15th 2008 #4

[Arimeh]

Hi everyone .. I've been so slack at keeping up with personals and stuff - been at work so usually did little posts - and managed to post yesterday in July thread - then boss came in.. lol

Leash & Kel - We should all catch up for a big whinge session

Squidipa - sorry you had a rough day yesterday. I can only say that things will get better - won't be like this forever You should come for the big whinge session mentioned above.

Vic - yay on Nak's weight gain!!! She's a total star mate.

Kiwi - glad it was sorted out mate.

Can't remember anything else- big to MM and Pixie chick - love you guys!!!!!

Err not much to report here. DD is still sleeping through the night and is beginning to self settle - she's the best behaved baby at daycare (but of course!) quite a cruisy baby.

We are getting a screen door put on the french doors today- so DS can go in and out as he pleases - and hopefully the cats won't escape

I was going to say something else. Can't remember now.

Crap.

Oh well. Have a good day everyone!!!

[*Beema*]

Morning All.

Had a fab day yesterday, I made two lasagnes, took one to my friend house, oh her bump is just looking adorable, it was so lovely to touch it, oh I miss my bump!!! But I am not quite ready for another one yet.. but MM and Pixie I am watching the other thread can't wait to see the outcome!!!

She also gave us a few adorable Sprout and Bebe outfits for Nakita, ohh theya re soo adorable!!! We are soo spoilt!

Hubby has been a gem, I got to go to bed just after 10:30pm, he gave Nakita her late feed after I had expressed, we have got her up to 160ml, and we had to use a different bottle and he said it took her ages to drink it, so I need to go and buy another TTCN in a larger size or buy some quicker teats for the NUK bottles I have which are larger - ah decisions!!!

Today I am planning to get some washing done, and whipper snip the lawns and clean, we have mothers group (normal playgroup) at our house this week, so I need to make the place look respectable, there is no chance with the front room as it is filled with boxes and stuff already packed up to be moved! But oh well!!

Squidipa big hugs for your difficult day yesterday, countless times I have wanted to give up, especially when facing the pump again or a cracked nipple and trying to feed through the pain, but you know that it will get better and you forget about the bad days. I am almost fully BF'ing, if I can get a couple of extra expresses in during the day I get enough for giver her a top up around dinner time, plus her big bottle late at night, but if I don't then I just have to add a little bit of formula to those bottles. My supply has definitely improved, but I just don't have the time to express after every feed. But in the end the amount of F that goes into those bottles isn't vey much, so between 0-100ml a day of F.

Yay for the sleeping through the night Mel!!! Yay Mehkelti!!

Nakita woke this morning at 5:48am, and I went to change her bum and it was sooooo wet and hade a poo too, I reckon it weighed nearly 500grams!!!! But amazingly enough it was all contained! She wasn't very settled after tha t but she wasn't hungry she ended up feeding just before 8pm, hopefully she will be sleeping a bit longer tonight.

So glad that things seem to be sorted out Rachel, oo election day I saw that you voted on FB!!

Yay Pixie on the car!! MT will be thrilled to finally get to catch up with a Baby Buddy, would be fab if it works out!!

Leasha and Pixie, Nakita did the same, which was part of her reason for also not putting on enough weight, so I sit her up and feed and tickle her under the chin to keep her awake!

I forgot to mention that last night and the night before Nakita totally refused my bbs, it was at the 6:30pm feed, Thursday night I gave up, she just screamed with her mouth open and wasn't going to latch on at all, got a ottle of EBM and and she drank away happily, but I think she was trying to tell me that she was too tired to drink from the boobie!! Last night I perservered and she eventually took the bbs, then took a top up of 80ml of EBM anyway!!!

Poo's are nice and regular again too!

Sasha, MT, Kel, Kell, Mel huge hi there, crap I have to go Nakita is awake ready for some playtime!! Hopefully I will get back to finish!!

[2girlz]

Hi everyone,

Thank you thank you thankyou for your messages you all made me feel much better. and after a HUGE D & M we talked out our problems and are now happier then ever.

Vic- Nakita is doing so well and she looks so healthy you wouldn't know she was born really early.

Mel- I would love to catch up with you guys November is out for me though I have sooooo many bookings and catch ups with friends I've had to wirte them down so I don't miss one. Thats great miss M is a cruisy baby How did you go putting her into day care? I might have to do it with Allegra but I said to DF I don't want to cos she's still fresh

Kiwigirl- I'm so glad they took the pics down I read the blog on face book very scary

Squidipa- so sorry for the weight loss do you have another doc appointment soon? If you want to increase your supply try blessed thistle I got some and I wake up with swollen Pamela Anderson boobies

MM- you might have to fill those 2 empty seats in your car can't have them going to waste

Pixie- how exciting a new car! LMAO lazy eye Allegra gets those and her eyes roll back into her head looks a little freaky when you can see a slither of her eye colour and the rest is white.

Leash- none of my kids had a routine to be honest I didn't have the patience to get them to sleep when they didn't want to. How are your driving lessons going?

I'm going to write in another thread about why I'm paranoid I didn't think it was appropriate to put it here

[mountain mummy]

Howdy all!

Rach - I'm glad they took down your photos! As far as I'm concerned, they really had no choice in the matter!

Squidipa - I'm sorry you had a bad day

Kel - glad everything is sorted with DF Hope it all stays good

Vic - LOL I think (for me anyway) you get to a point where you think "what's one more gonna hurt??" LOL. But Master V is such a gem of a baby (99% of the time) - he just better get used to the idea of getting himself mobile! Well, we'll wait and see anyway!

Mel - sucks that you're back at work

My 2.5yo is sitting on my lap PHSL at the "doh" smiley - he thinks it is putting a hat on and according to him, the "praying" one has a funny dummy!!

Master V has decided it's really fun to alternate between my nipple and his thumb while feeding it's not like anything comes out of his thumb!! LOL

Pixie & Bear - hope the car pick up is going well! And the quick visit to Melbourne!

[nagromeyk]

Hi just popping in quickly to say that Kye slept through last night, woooohooooo!!!! Went to bed at 8:30pm and didnt wake until 6am

Hopin' he will do the same again tonight. He is 12 weeks old tomorrow, cant believe it!!

Anyways must dash; he's just about due for a bottle.

Sorry for lack of personals, will try and catch up tomorrow!

[thepixie]

Hey folks.... quiet in here today
:tumbleweed:
well today was a bit of a nightmare but tomorrow we are not doing anything. if anyone asks - we're not home, we're not going out and we're not answering the phone! Didn't help that I had two wake ups last night and the Bear is tired too so basically no one was in a good mood to start with.
MM - we are probably going to melbourne next weekend, depending on when the car is ready
Kel - good to hear things are worked out with your DP right there with ya on the paranoid factor!
Vic sounds like you had a great day yesterday
Squiddy - hope you're getting some rest
MT - happy 3rd anniversary and HAPPY 3 MONTHS JETT!!! where is the time going!? I can't believe Beth is 3 months tomorrow...
big wave to everyone else.... is there something up with smileys today or is it just me?

[MummyTummy]

Hey everyone!

I've been MIA over the last few days again. I went to post the other night but my wireless kept playing up so I couldn't get in. So frustrating!! and since then I have been crazy busy.

I want to write more but I am typing one-handed while expressing so just wanted to say Yay Pixie!, Let's catch up! Where are you picking the car up from?

Squiddy, I am still fully BF, but as I mentioned the other day Jett's 60gm gain for four weeks is putting that in jeopardy, but it is all starting to look promising again

ok, that's my limit, will hopefully get on again tomorrow

Mwah!

[squidipa]

thanks guys been reeding posts but seriously need to re read tomorrow.

Josh just isnt sleeping at night now just waking and restless hopefully we wont have that issue for a 5th night in a row gotta scoot i am buggered
did nothing all day but layed on couch slept when could and fed joshie 9 times today couldnt be bothered to express tho may have no choice if he has another loss tomorrow i guess i can now see weather the EMB top ups are counting as 9 feeds is heaps. Didnt move off couch as body went to shut down mode legs and arms sorta woudlnt work just to tired and heavy aching. Mind you i had one boob very sore but that seems to have come goodish.

tired so good nite

[*Beema*]

I just had the best day!!!

Yesterday was such a great day!! DH was a gem He has been helping a lot, we did washing - me not even having to ask, he got up for Nakita, if I mentioned that I was going to make a cuppa he did it, also he said I need to write down Nakita's feed times and how much - for the top ups, so he can help out more. He gave me an awesome massage, followed by a nap, we went out for dinner watched Wall E, oh the list goes on. Just so happy it was wonderful

Didn't get the garden done yesterday, but that and some more washing to be done today, plus off to the markets when I have finished expressing, back home to cook breakfast then, prepare lunches for the week, ironing and more cleaning if I have time! Plus he has offered another massage, gosh I feel spoilt!

Nakita also slept from her 11.30pm feed to 7:45 am with the slight exception of a 3 am stir cos I forgot to put my breast pads in her bed

Yay for 12 weeks for Kye, it felt like I was waiting for ever for Kye to be born!

Hugs squidipa I hope you got sleep!

Milky Waterfalls vibes MT!!!

Pixie, sounds like a shocker! I hope today is better!

Kel, I read your other thread too!

hehe MM I will be watching you too!!!

Must go or the day will be over before i know it!

[2girlz]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH just lost my post and it was really long and my stupid keyboard was doing that over typing thing so when I would backspace it would type over what I just wrote the stupid key board will be meeting that stupid little home key (where ever that is) or DF will come home to the keyboard through the monitor.

Sorry can't do personals will bbl for them

I had the biggest teary last night we moved Allegra from the bassinet to the cot in her own room. When I looked over at the empty bassinet it made me cry then I looked at the empty spot where it used to be next to our bed and I cried THEN I thought about her being all alone in her cot and cried then I thought about how I will never again have that little baby next to my bed making squeeky baby noises in their sleep because we're not having anymore and guess what I CRIED. DF cuddled me to comfort me I really felt silly but he understood

[MamaK]

Hello Lovelies!

Been a while since Ive been on, but have been so terribly busy! Had my Best Friend fly in from England on Friday morning. Friday night was my hens night. Dinner and Bowling! Yeeha! Then sat was spent tidying up the house. Yesterday was Sevens Baptism, and this week is all getting ready for NEXT sunday which is D Day! OMG so much too do not enough time to do it in!
Seven is a gem, sleeping well, feeding well, and pooping lots! LOL

I will endeavour to get pictures up of the weekend but my computer is having a meltdown so it may take a while.

Sorry for no personals. It might be like that this week I think!

Hope you are all well.

Love & Hugs

EDIT: Pictures Added!

[mountain mummy]

Heya everyone ..,

I am still around, have been reading posts, but guess what? I get distracted when I go to reply ... like right now, it was quiet, but it seems like as soon as i hit reply, something happens ... Master V needs a bath and a feed and bed methinks, before he falls asleep in the swing again!

Try to BBL for personals!

[squidipa]

sorry guys im still round just busy busy busy i am on joshies 8th feed now one hand typing but did get better rest last night. pead appointment to morrow gotta go
Cm4E i understand how rushed busy and stressing the last days are before a wedding can be! 2 weeks before ours we moved states, then found the rental then flew to New Zealand i met the inlaws and got married. where you honey mooning too?
EDIT
Grr hubbies new job the boss just said we have hired to many ppl and his already low hours weekly are being cut back even more our savings are looking very bare if this keeps up. Any one need a personal tutor for there child in my area???? he is a qualified teacher aid and working in childcare no with christmas as its not like he can get any assistance through centerlink not being a cit and all GRRRRR yeah thats my VENT!!!!
hey at least nearly all the Christmas shopping got done in may thats a bonus
END OF EDIT AND VENT*

[thepixie]

Evening all
Squidipa - good luck with the paed tomorrow everything is OK
MM - I know what you mean.... off with the pixies here!
Kel - how exciting your wedding is so soon! Hope Seven's baptism was great and good to hear she is being such an angel for you.
Kel84 - I know what you mean, it's hard to believe how fast they grow!
MT - we are still finalising the details but will let you know what's happening when we know!
big waves to sash, vic, mel (mwah!), rach and everyone!

[Arimeh]

MT - it was darn painful actually - I've started another thread about it in relationships.. lol

Squidipa - good luck tomorrow!!!!!

Star - are you around here still hon? Not lurking I hope

MM -yeah sure, you're just snobby.. lol...

Kell - good to hear that DD is going well for you!!!!

hmm.. I hit a button on the laptop and my screen is all funny... and can't work out what the hell I did.. whoopsy!!!

PMSL......

Ahhh well... best be off I guess...

[~StarBright~]

Hi everyone!!!

I have been having one hell of a week!! Be prepared for a very self indulgent post!!!

All is great with Shane- weighed him the other day and he has more than doubled his birth weight in 3 months- (went from 2830- to 6kg) he is smiling- playing all good..

My dramas have been mainly financial which have then led to the dreaded housing situation.. basically we have fallen behind in our rent, DH took some time off when DS was born- which we had accounted for-except that he ended up having more time off then planned- (we are both guilty for that- i didnt want him to go back, and neither did he... why cant we both be SAHP... um well we discovered coz we need money to live!!! )So he organised work as soon as things got a bit hairy scary and it was all good for about a week- then the work went quiet.... for like three weeks when we REALLY needed money to not only catch up- but stay a float and so we have just gotten further and further behind. Now we were lucky enought that we live on a property whwre DH could work for our rent- which was ok coz for some time it meant at least rent was covered but it didnt help with bills... and then things went downhill there coz the landlord got all "power happy" and literally started telling us what we could and couldnt do in our house- to go so far as to say i wasnt ALLOWED to watch television (solor power issues) so blah blah blah enough was enough we couldnt afford to live where we were- and it was time to move on.....

So we spent the last week looking for a house in... yes THE SUNSHINE COAST!!!! LOL Mel your constant hints to MM must have subconciously got into my head!!

HOWEVER... Other circumstances have put that idea to an end (another looong and very sad story- our best friends who live up there are sadly splitting and after a week of being in the same town and being in the middle- we decided it was best for us NOT to move there permanently as it was just too hard being friends with them both in the same town- not good)

SOOOOO we came home and had a chat with a good friend who has a house in victoria that is empty so we are moving there!! Its going to be a big move but it will be worth it- very cheap rent and DH should find it easy to find work.

So i will be MIA for a few weeks at least while we sort ourselves out and get down there then i will be back!!

Sorry again that this is an all about me post- but you girls chat way too much to catch up on all the posts i have missed!! lol

Take care!!
StarBright
xoxoxox

[squidipa]

SB good luck with the move i dont know where u are now but i have moved from w.a to qld so know all about moves and couldnt find a place moving with in qld and lived in a campervan so i hear ya good luck and lots of patience vibes your way!!! My hubbie's work place has employed to many ppl not that they are gonna fire any but once again this week no work for hubbie tomorrow its getting very tough here. Last week he worked 15 hours or a grand total for the fortnight 33. he has a job interview tomorrow morning YAY i hope he gets it. They keep dropping his hours and this is the new job grrrrr!!!

YAY i just collected my first baby stool sample i should add that to my cv i was thing hahaha

[mountain mummy]

Ok people, I'm gonna attempt to catch up! LOL!

SB - Mel's hints must have affected you! hehehe but MT is down in Victoria, and I think she's the only one in this group .... bummer about all the probs you've had though

Squidipa - woohoo for sticking to your guns with the paed!

thanks everywhere we go ppl say wow he is small is he 6 or 8 weeks old they get blown away at how old he is and his size.

I get the opposite, because Veygas looks so big when I'm holding him but I am only little!!

MT - yay for the weight gain!!

Mel - is Aricyn picking his nose in your ticker pic????? You are such a bad influence on me woman!!! hehehehehehe I should get your number - I don't think we'd EVER get off the phone! LOL!

Vic - wooohooo for the scales! How was your dress fitting? Wow solids soon .... I've been told to wait a bit longer with Master V cause of the eczema, we don't want to exacerbate it!

Funny, lots of people say how much Master V is like DD and how much the other 2 boys are alike, and we have had the most probs with DD and Master V!!! DD didn't start solids til she was about 8 or 9 months (not for want of trying mind you!) She just wasn't interested! BUT both of them have been the better sleepers too! Go figure!

Pixie - Veygas prefers to go from lying down straight to standing (with help of course!!LOL) He has also started wriggling out of his wrap and the sheets in bed!! Doesn't matter how tightly I wrap him, he gets out - a right little Houdini!! hehehe

Ah well, Ollie is going to bed, so I think I should take this opportunity to put Khaemie to bed! And as much as I am feeling tired, I doubt I'll get to sleep before 1.30am - damn imsomnia!