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  1. #1
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    Nov 2007
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    Pixie and Bec - I'm also taking the path of least resistance and feeding in the night. I try the dummy first, at least to try and keep him calm while I sit up in bed!! But he just won't allow it in his mouth atm. I really do hope this calms down soon!!

    Bec - I wouldn't imagine that it's her needing to start solids. Needs to increase her calorie intake - maybe, but they don't have to have solids for this. Just do do whatever you think is right. I personally am not going to start solids until the back end of 6 months and even then I am going to keep bf as his main intake of calories as per baby led solids. That is of course assuming that all is ok at his weigh-in next week, otherwise I will have to reassess!

    Mel - Goodluck with selling the house. Any particular reason hmmmmm? Something to do with your little secret hmmmmmm?

    MM - Ahhh moving. We've been in our house for almost 2 years now and we still have boxes under the house that we haven't unpacked, I hate it so much!! I couldn't imagine it with kids around to amuse at the same time!

    Pixie for your grumps.

    Leash, for whatever it is, I haven't seen your other thread! But all the hugs you need!

    So as I was trying to say earlier, I woke up with AF, and then I didn't realise but we were up to poo day so Jett did an enormous stinky poo which was a bath job so that was the start of my day. And now the house smells like poo, and it is chilly here today so I can't open the house up. If it had have been yesterday on the other hand, when it was hot and I didn't have AF it would have been so much better!!!!

    Oh well, end of vent.... things really aren't that bad, just felt like complaining!

    ETA: MM about Night Pooper! I love it!! We do the Nappy Time song to the tune of Snappy Tom - The butts of Australia have made their choice, Nappy Time, it's nappy tiiiiiime..." Sometimes butts gets changed to bubs! Aaaahhhh, I love it! Made up songs are just the best!
    Last edited by MummyTummy; January 7th, 2009 at 09:24 AM.

  2. #2
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    Feb 2008
    In my own little world
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    MT - LOL! I still have boxes that I didn't unpack from our last move 3 years ago!!!
    You gotta love made up songs! And complain away babe - it'll make you feel a bit better at least!

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    Jan 2008
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    I feel so behind that its not even worth my efforts trying to keep up and do personals.

    thanks for the link kiwigirl i appreciate it

    Congrats to all the 5 month olds and 20 weeks and milestones.

    official weigh in is 190 gram gain, so thats good we are happy. ALOT smaller than otehr weeks but still good. he has grown 3.5cm in 4 weeks making him 64cm's now. Putting him finally on the graph. he is at 25%ile in hight and weight YAY! We got referral regarding his purple legs and my period came. Josh loves his feet going side to side and eating them. Loves his sweet corn but is not keen on kumera. He isnt eating a lot VERY small amounts once daily but always takes the food out of my hand when holding him yesterday he tried to eat my ham sambo.

    Things are hecktic here house is like everywhere in middle of orgainsing EVERYTHING and soon will be full house but im looking forward to that as the kids are GREAT helpers ive lost about 1 kilo and hubbie has lost about 4 in last week. Gotta scoot.

    Dont really have a whole lot of time as i got a appointment for passport applications so sorta gotta scoot but thought maybe someone might want to know how he is getting on.

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    Jun 2008
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    Just a quickie
    thanks for the hugs guys... much needed this week has been a shocker
    Bec - sounds like a growth spurt to me - Veygas was like that last week and has just settled back into sleeping through again, although he is still having an extra day feed now compared to before!
    MM I'm praying this is all it is and it passes quickly cause we're all out of routine after Xmas and she is fighting sleep so much its driving me batsh*t

    MT sorry to hear about AF
    squidipa yay for the weight gain
    vic - yay for the itti bittis!
    Beck sounds like we are in the same boat this week!
    Well I just found that I fit in to my pre-pregnancy swimmers although the top is a bit briefer than before so hot we just had a quick swim to cool off.... and now got to get madam up for her last feed so she goes back to sleep
    night all to anyone i missed!

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    Feb 2008
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    Pixie - woohoo for the swimmers!!! Hope Beth settles back into routine for you!

    Squidipa - yay for Joshie!! He's doing really well! Master V actually grabbed my sandwich today!! And sucked it ... I'll have to keep an eye on him though - it had peanut butter on it, so wanna make sure his eczema doesn't flare ... I guess we are going the way of BLS then!!

    Mel - pmsl .... that's all I have to say to you chicky!!

    to everyone else ... I really should get to bed ... well try anyway!

    mwah!! xxx

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    May 2008
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    Pixie:Hope Beth manages to settle back down abit too!! and well done for fitting in to pre-preg stuff, i *nearly* fit back in to my fave trousers...aslong as im holding my breath and laying down! lol

    Squid: yay for joshies weight gain...you just reminded me of the most important thing and saved me SO much hastle!! Need to get DH passport renewed asap, we are maybe,hopefully,possibly planning to go to england sometime this year and would have been very annoyed if wed forgotten that!!!!!

    Hi to everone else....to brain dead to do personals!!

    We managed to cut out one of the night wakes last night! Didnt wake till 1am, then 3am then up for the morning at 4.45am but im happy with that! i actually managed to get 4 hours sleep in one solid block!! WOOHOO
    Today she has started sitting on her own quite well, she loves her bumbo but i always give her a little go at sitting on her own, up till today it has been totally hopeless, sits for a few seconds if i ballance her right then falls over! today she sat for maybe a 50 seconds before getting to excited and flapping her arms about and going backwards!!
    She has also started doing this high pitched yelling!! we were out in a furniture shop the other day looking at couches and she is yelling at the top of her lungs!! i thought it was funny, the shop assistants werent to keen!! ha ha...

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    Jun 2008
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    I took Beth up to the pharmacy to weigh her this morning and the baby nurse was there so got her measured as well.....
    she is five months tomorrow and her weight is 7.7kg and length 66cm
    so a real chunk she is very strong too, scared the baby nurse LOL
    Not sure whether I should be giving her solids, so confused about all the advice re: solids and the baby nurse was the worst of all. she was saying because she is so big don't give her solids till six months, well she told the lady before me that she shouldn't give her baby solids cause she was so small (6.5kg) also she said that in five years they will be back to telling people to give solids at 4 months, to wait till she was 5.5 mths, to wait till she was 6 months bah! it's all too friggin hard! she said not to give her rusks till six months well i bought some at the supermarket and she loves them. so i give up listening to those people!
    As for sleeping, she does sleep at night once I get her down, she was waking up once overnight this week but it seems to be a growth spurt and she slept through again last night. it's just such a battle to get her to take a nap or go to bed. Don't know what the story is and I keep doubting myself because it's such a struggle. for example she has just gone to sleep now after an hour of trying... I will have to wake her up soon because otherwise she won't sleep tonight.
    BUT MOVING ON.....
    Beck yay for a better night's sleep!
    MM just rereading your post.... got me thinking of peanut butter... mmmm peanut butter...
    to everyone else hope you're all having a good one

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    Dec 2007
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    Mel - Goodluck with selling the house. Any particular reason hmmmmm? Something to do with your little secret hmmmmmm?
    pmsl... nope... just wanna move to hervey bay thats all