Babies Born August 1st ~ 15th 2008 #6

Hey all

Well Kye tried sweet potato today for lunch and it went down well so another one to add to the 'can use' list YAY!! Cooked a few corn cobs yesterday and whizzed them up this morning to a puree so gonna try that on it's own tomorrow for lunch. If that one is ok I am going to mix with sweet potato and corn together.

He is really loving the Rafferty's spinach, broccoli, pea and apple sachet at the moment too. Gobbles 2 tablespoons down in no time, such a strange combination but yeah its seems to be the one he likes the most oh that and carrot and beans pureed up. I did a huge pot of that the other day and now have like two weeks supply in the freezer haha

MT - :hooray: for Jett sitting up on his own! It is always such a great moment! I can't wait for K's next milestone when he starts getting onto his hands and knees to crawl

Vic - I really feel for you having to deal with 45 degree heat. That's just insane!

Anyways K is asleep so gotta have dinner!

Catcha's tomorrow! :hello:

Sasha - Great to hear Kye going so well with his food! That Rafferty's one does sound
like a strange combination.

I tried Jett sitting up again and this time he started rocking back and forth like he wanted to get on his hands and knees. It is like this sitting thing has unlocked a gateway for him. He's had such a big day!

mt thats awesome sitting up now... wow how long can he do it for???

well after a long runaround i got a booster seat today and bought a new car seat for joshie i have to pick it up tomorrow. now i gotta sent the recipt into insurance and ahhh see what happeneds:pray::rolleyes::D

well on monday im going training bra shopping in the arvo with dd, after 3 weeks of saying its itching and uncomfortable i have decided to go get her some. BTW she has some here these are for at dads house ... last night i was showing her this awesome website (written in kiddy language) about puberty and how boobs grow at different stages....well anyway as i reading the stuff out mind u she knows about periods and that and hair in places already.... she says mom u missed a word and you said woohoo in stead, i was like did i ??? she said yeah that one..... ya see i call vagina woohoo and so she had no idea what a vagina was and said so these are my vagina :rofl: i cracked up laughing and said no there your soon to be boobies..... See she knows what a woohoo is but i didnt use the corect term. I wonder if there is a lesson in this for any of u all.!!

Here we go with the heat again! If it gets over 43 degrees today like it is forecast, it will be the first time ever on record that Melbourne has had 3 days in a row over 43. Stupid ridiculous heat. We have evaporative cooling which is great and works really well if it is under 40, but it just doesn't cope over that. Still stays cooler than outside. But our cool change is coming tonight..... we'll be in low 30s instead all next week! :rofl:

I'm sure you all heard on the news about the man that threw his 4yo off the Westgate Bridge yesterday... I can honestly say that that has made me feel physically sick, especially when I hold my little darling. I just don't understand, but it makes me want to cry, for her and her siblings that were in the car at the time and watched their father do it. :crying:

Squidipa - Jett can sit up for I don't know how long. When he first did it I kept sitting there waiting for him to tip over but he just didn't. I couldn't believe how well his fine tune balancing was working. He didn't even need me to save him. That was why I ended up going and get the camera and he was still sitting when I came back!! He is now able to grab toys and shuffle around, and looks like he is trying to work out how to get on to his knees.

Ok I had better go and hand the washing on the line before it dries in the basket. That is one good thing about this heat, everything is drying super quick!!

Morning all,

Popping in quickly to post that Kye tried MANGO this morning and loved it so another one to add to the list :dance:
Ended up mixing it with pear and he gobbled down about 3 tablespoons full in the end.

Bec - I brought some apricots, cooked em down and whizzed em up and thought yeah another fruit for him to try. Luckily I tried some before giving it to him cause they were so bitter and thought there aint no way he will like that. Will have to use em ourselves for a cake or something.

Anyways gotta run, he is due to wake up any moment now... has been asleep for 2 HOURS!! :o so not like him!

Morning folks.... just a quickie
well I wasn't motivated to go to the gym this morning, so I cleaned the bathroom instead... not sure what that says!
MT YAY for Jett sitting up! It's great when they can sit up, they are happy playing with toys for ages! I saw the story about that poor little girl... so tragic. A whole family shattered. Just heartbreaking.
Squids great that you got the new car seat... how old is your DD?
Sash sounds like Kye is going great with his solids! I am a bit lazy some days and Beth only gets some bread to chew on or a piece of cucumber or potato.... but she has loved all those things so far. Got to get some more fruit to try her out on.
Well, a quiet day here at last, MG later in the day.... can't believe its friday already.... the weeks are going too fast! :o

HOT HOT HOT!!!!

Tues: 43.2
Wed: 45.7
Thurs: 43.0
Today..... they are saying 42, and the rest of the outlook for the next week...
Saturday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 25 Max 40
Sunday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 40
Monday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 39
Tuesday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 38
Wednesday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 38
Thursday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 24 Max 40

YAY!! NOT!!!!

Leaving at that today, over the heat and not looking forward to the rest of it! At east the overnight temps are dropping, it was 33.9 night before last!!

Hope youa re all keeping cool, thinking of you too MT!! Wish we had a "cool" change, I would totally take the low 30's!!!! :dance:

yay for Mango Sasha, and the carseat Squidipa and :lol: about the WooHoo!! :rofl:

Oh and Mel, Nappy Queen, was cos you have a fabulous and huge collection of MCN's!!! :rofl:

Keep cool ;)

Pix / MT - how are you giving bread? Just chopping it up into pieces... I'm scared if I offer it to Kye he'll gag on it. Theres been a couple of times I've done his food a bit lumpier and he's gagged so yeah bit reluctant to give him bread at this stage.

I brought one of those Tommee Tippee mesh things yesterday, you know the ones that you can put frozen stuff and meat into them - less choking etc
It was only 8 bucks so I thought if he doesnt take to it at least it aint too much outlay.
Was going to try a piece of orange in it today really cold, I'll let ya know how it goes LOL

:dance: Yay!!! My baby girl is 7 months old today!!!!! :dance:

:leap: :leap::leap:

Sasha I have tried wholemeal bread toasted cut in to soldiers, and also just bread again cut in to soldiers. Don't worry about the gagging, that is normal. Babies have a better gag reflex than we do and are able to bring bits of food back up to start again.

Gagging: Coughing, spluttering, turning red, tears in eyes, moving, breathing
Choking: Turning blue, not breathing, passing out, not moving

As long as you are there supervising he should be just fine. I'm not mashing anything and just letting him feed himself while I watch and talk to him. If he does start to gag don't panic, because you are more likely to trigger the startle reflex in them and they will take a sharp intake of breath which could lead to choking. Jett has only had one scary gag so far, but all I did was gently pick him up and laid him over my arm on his belly and he was all good again in 5 secs and looking for more food! It wasn't with bread either! Take a look at the baby led solids thread which explains all this far better than I can.

The local CFA siren keeps going off, we are in a bushfire area, so all a bit scary with this searing heat. I hope it isn't anything major.

:cheer: HAPPY 7 MONTHS TO NAKITA :cheer:

Omg where has that time gone!?

:happybirthday: Happy 7 Months Nakita :happybirthday:

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7 months...wow! :dance: I still cant get over the fact that G is nearly half a year old!!

MT: that story made me sob, for the mother and other family, how terrible! The poor little angel! My friends little girl just turned 4 and its so hard to imagine how this could have happened!

Sasha: i wonder why the apricots were so bitter,ours turned out quite sweet!? like you said, now you will just have to make a cake with them...yum!!

A big hug to all those coping with this 45+ heat wave....i dont know how i would cope....i think id have to get on a plane and leave, 35 is hot enough for me!!!

Grace is slowly becoming more mobile, no way could you leave her on the bed now(not that we do :p), within seconds she is on her tummy and off towards the edge...and we have a huge bed!! i sit on the floor with my legs out, her on one side and a toy on the other and she climbs over my legs to get her toy, a bit uncoordinated atm and normally lands on her face but loves it, i think she is going to be a little monkey. When she is on her tummy, she straightens her legs and ends up in standing on her toes with her bum up in the air resting in her for arms, like a downward dog (or what ever its called) in Yoga. So funny to watch!!
Hi to all.

:cheer: HAPPY SEVEN MONTHS NAKITA!!!! :cheer:
I just can't believe she's seven months already!
Sash I just tear off a bit of crust and give it to her to chew on..... Not sure if anything goes in, but she enjoys chewing it. I have one of the Tommee Tippee things too, usually put grapes in it, just out of the fridge, not frozen, and I bite them first to break the skin. She seems to like that but she often ends up chewing on the wrong end of it. Haven't given her orange in it but she has had pieces of orange to chew on and she loved it. I kind of mix and match the BLS and mashing. but really I'm pretty lazy so I have given her banana and avocado just mashed up with a fork so still quite lumpy. I mixed them with BM or prune juice (the banana) and it all went down well.
MT I have had the odd panic with gagging.... have to be more calm about it, but having said that it didn't seem to worry Beth at all.
Vic, that weather is just wrong. Hope it cools down big time for you very soon!
Good day today, did some cleaning, went to visit my stepmum, dad and brother, then had mum's group. Might pop down to the pool for a quick swim and then attempt to put madam to bed. She seems to have a high maintenance period between about 7 and 9 so we'll see how it goes! Laters people!

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Squids great that you got the new car seat... how old is your DD?

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10 years old she is

happy 7 months miss N :dance:

look girls im so rushed off my feet read some posts sorry im being rude but cant really post right now im here tho,

mel do u have my address or phoen number??? think ya have my number?

kell i look forward to monday :)

BTW there was a gain cant memba how much about 200 sorry bit busy
oh yeah bought a new safe and sound convertible today.. got hours of work to do on this pc need massive updates its running but running on bones.

:wall::crying::crying: im so sad yes this pc is working but i lost alll my photo's since about October last years i know this doesn't seem like much but its important to me. I sue my camera ALLL the time!!!!! i did manage the other day just hours before hand i backed up joshies stuff but grrrr.

i lost all Christmas stuff his first Christmas as that was in a diff file :'(

I lost a full hard drive and this one is like really old and was my back up mirror image of photo's some receipts and mp3's but there isn't everything on here like documents or new pics as i haven't updated it in a few months. i need to get the crap of this drive and buy a new one and fully install all over grrrr.

just so disappointed with myself i lost my new pics :'(

BACK UP YOUR HD'S EVERYONE!!!

Awww :comfort: Squidipa. I knopw how you feel, I felt like that when the memory card on my new camera stuffed up and I lost sooooooooo many photos from a holiday in NZ. It made me feel sick with disappointment. Although there wasn't anything I could have done with that as it stuffed up the first time I tried to download the photos.
But big hugs cos I really do know how you feel.

silly computer posted again

im still doing back ups on to dvd's grrrr but even with a really numb bum i am determined to complete this then ill have to do a full reinstall again me thinks. hope all your bubs are fast asleep
xoxoxo

Hi everyone!! Long time no see!!

We are nicely settled in our own place down in Vic, we stayed with a friend for a little while but we decided to look for a place of our own- and rentals here are soooooo cheap!! (150 per week compared to the 350 we were paying up north!!!)

DH is busy busy busy- he found work the third day we were here at a Seed packing factory- he loves it as its something new and different and not dependant on the weather like his demolition or fencing were. Plus he gets to drive a forklift- which he loves!! And its good for his bung knee!!

I have joined two mothers groups here and its been really great, we live really close to town- which is something we havent done for a long time- but i love it- Shane and i cruise around in the pram and i hardly ever have to drive anywhere anymore!! All in all our move has been 100% fantastic and the best thing we could have done for ourselves!!

Well Shane has grown heaps since i last posted- well technically not physically growing too much more- he seems to have reached a peak and has stopped gaining so much weight- we are still yet to cross the 7kg mark, but he is looking healthy and in propertion so im not too worried.
He is rolling EVERYWHERE now- both ways!! He makes it sooooo hard come nappy changing time!! He just wriggles everywhere!! He is a pro at comando crawing, and gets right up on his back legs and kind of does a hand stand and then pushes himself forward, very funny to watch!! He is cute, he hasnt managed to get on all fours yet- he swaps from using his legs to his arms, but hasnt co-ordinated doing both at the same time, but im sure he is not far away!!
He is getting better at sitting on his own, but not 100% there just yet, i still need to stay close coz he tends to face plant, and our new house has wooden floors, so i am a bit wary. But i can sit him in the corner of the couch and he sits on his own and then has something soft to fall against when he sways!!

We have put him in a jollie jumper which he just LOVES!!! He bounces constantly!! Giggles and laughs the time away!! So cute to watch!!

We have been doing some solids, mainly just farex with BM, but we have started to add some pureed fruit in the morning and vege at night, so far he has tried apple, banana and pear and pumpkin and sweet corn, he is not too sure about the pumpkin!! I think he is getting close to trying some finger foods, but i have been a bit wary, i might try a rusk!!

Teeth are not far wawy- but mind you i have been saying that for a few months now!! lol I am sure they are pushing through slowly, he is a drool machine and we have had a few unsettled night where he will cry and munch down hard on my nipples!!! Oh the fun of Bfeeding!!!

He isnt sleeping through anymore, he wakes a few times during the night- and i have gotten lazy and just bring him into bed with us- which i think i will have to stop doing soon coz i think some nights he is just waking up coz we are not there, he isnt hungry he just wants to snuggle, which is cute and sweet, but i think he needs to learn to sleep alone at sometime!!

Oh and this week we have a mystery rash!! It started as a nappy rash thing on his very lower belly (like just above his willy) and then has progressed to spreading ALL over his body!! We have been to the Dr who thinks it is excema, but i am not so sure- it has been super hot here, and it seemed to get aggrivated when we have been in the car and out in the heat- so i am hoping its just a heat rash and will go away soon, if it hasnt disapeared in the next few days i will go back to the dr for a 2nd opinion, it doesnt seem to bother him at all, its not itchy, just blotchy and bumpy and red, i think i am more worried about it then he is!! any ideas or anyone who has had anything similar, i would love some peace of mind!!

Well thats pretty much it form us- i have read a few posts, but not all (there were waaaaay too many!!) But i hope everyone is doing really well and all bubs are healthy and happy!!!

HAPPY 7TH MONTH NAKITA!! I cant beleive how fast our bubs are growing up!!!!!!!

Take care everyone
Love SB

Welcome back SB and Shane!!

Glad to hear the move went well. Which town are you in? Shane sounds like he is doing just wonderfully and you are not alone in the broken nights. There are a few of us experiencing the same thing.

Jett also got a rash in the nappy area the other day at the start of this heat wave, but I put it down to heat rash and he has spent most of the week lying on a towel and mat nude and it has cleared up just nicely. So you could try that, maybe even put some nappy rash cream on and just let the air do it's thing. I hope it clears up soon for you.

GTG, Jett is awake and huuuuuungry!

Thanks MT, we are in Corryong VIC- yeah the nurse at the hospital said it may have been heat rash, thats when it was mainly in his nappy area, we have tried no nappy, plenty of barrier cream and keeping him cool, but it flares up even when i touch him, after it spread i went to the dr and thats when he said excema, but that doesnt seem right to me coz neither shane or i get it and it doesnt seem itchy. I am hoping it clears soon!!

Welcome back Starbright, glad the move went well!

Just a quick one from me - Kye is asleep. This morning for brekky was apple, mango, pear and banana - he :heartbeat: it!
Had 3 tablespoons full with a bit of farex. Doesnt really like farex so I have to disguise it hehe

Cant wait till the 17th Feb I can put him onto the 6+ month stuff :dance:
I'm going to buy the Rafferty's Banana Porridge and might even have a look at the 6m Vaalia yoghurts too.

MT - hows the weather today in Melbourne... still hot I guess?

Squid - bugger about the photos. I'm in the same boat. Our home pc has died and that had all the labour and hospital pics on it. I am kinda bummed I didnt transfer them onto my laptop, I thought I did but nup havent so unless I can work out what is wrong with the drive I guess I have lost them :( might take it into a computer place and see if they can fix it. It keeps turning itself off so it might be something as simple as just needing new hardware :dunno:

Anyways thats it from me for now, off to get some jobs done.

Have a good weekend everyone :hello:

Sasha - Yeah still hot, but much better than the last few days so we are coping!!

SB - Perhaps it is fungal? Maybe teething toxic wees? Especially if it is spreading....Try canestan ointment

Ok, better run and do a few things around a house, apprently the bomb went off in our house today!!

HAPPY 6 MONTHS JOSIAH :dance::dance:

well long day today but josh was good altho on the train today i noticed his FAVORITE and ONLY dummie is starting to go wrong so i got off the train to buy another only to not be able to get the exact same type they were slightly different. so got another type but josh is refusing and being he is heavily dependent on a dummie its um gonna be fun.

sasha awww im sorry u lost them, maybe ask family members you have shared them with for your copies back lol. My pc had deleted a gina.dll file and it wouldnt even load :(

SB glad to hear your loving your new place and meeting and getting out there good on ya!

im buggered and not thinking straight so um sorry no real personals :S

the other day we picked up a Fisher Price Bounce & Spin Zebra from ebay and man oh man does josh love it obviously i have to hold him but he is mad about it, also it goes from 12-36 months so a good buy for long item use or 19 kilo so my 3 year old is having fun too. It spins and bounces plays music and flashes it's GREAT!! I had never seen one before buying this i collected it on the train line they just dropped it off for me. Josh loves to stand up and hold on to it and grab the bouncy bits and eat them lol. Some one just listed another on in Brisbane strange that i never seen it b4 and now there is another on there.


heck theres a heap of them now lol

Happy 6 months Joshie.....and :partysmiley:Happy 6 months Grace!!!!:partysmiley:

Cant belive half a year has gone by!!! no time for personanly, threw a baby shower for a friend at our house yesterday aznd the plazce is SUCH a mess!!! G has just gone down for a sleep so going to try and tidy up now!!!:rolleyes:

:hello: to all

:cheer: Happy 6 months to Grace and Josh!!! Have a fabulous half birthday ;) :bluecheer:

Happy 6 months to Grace and Josiah!

I'm a bit like you Bec - K is asleep so have to get some work done!

BBL :hello:

Happy 6 months Grace and Josh!!!

Mel - is your secret you have an avatar being made :rofl:

:dance:HAPPY 6 MONTHS GRACE AND JOSIAH:happybirthday:

late but still happy 6 months grace...

well this morning was a delight kel brought over some very nice yummy stuff dunno what it was but it was sticky sweet and im sure my butt will know about it tomorrow. Was such a delight to see kel again and wonderful Miss A. Joshie thought she was good toooo but got too close and started pulling on her hair. She was giggling and giggling such a peaceful baby.

Thanks kel for an awesome morning lets do this again real soon!!!

Squidipa - sorry couldn't make it today. $hit hit the fan this morning and I've been stressed out to the max dealing with it.

Next time.

HAPPY SIX MONTHS JOSIAH AND GRACE!!!!! :bluecheer::cheer:

I hope everyone is well

Squidipa- It was GREAT catching up today Josh is sooooo adorable and Allegra forgives him for the hair pulling :D. It's so amazing to see how babies around the same age act exactly the same and do the same little baby dances.

A question for those that have bought bumbos what is the age or size limit for them? we go out a bit and instead of dragging a high chair or pram into peoples houses I'm really wanting to get a bumbo for Allegra to sit in but I don't want to buy one if she is going to grow out of it soon

Kel - DS still fits into a bumbo seat.. lol.. and he's 2... and around 13.5kg

:cheer: HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY :cheer:
MEHKELTI JOSIAH & GRACE
BBL grumpy bubba

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Mel - is your secret you have an avatar being made :rofl:

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Sorry Sasha - only just saw this.

Nah mate, haven't gone life or platinum or anything.

Hi girls! Congrats and happy six (+7!) months to all our gorgeous babies!

I have had a MAD week. Sooo much on with work and friends coming over I was often up till 2am last week. I find it easiest to do work in the evenings when E's asleep.

Yay for Kye rolling over!! A couple of days after he did, E started to, yay! He only does tummy to back but I don't mind. He's desperately trying to crawl but needs to lift his big tummy up hahah. He's started solids now for a week, and straight away he started sleeping through the night again. I wish I'd done it straight away when he started waking. Ah well, hindsight eh.. next time I'll know better :)

Will try and get on here more this week and do personals..

R

very tired and grumpy today!! grace was awake every two hours again( fourth night)!! wouldnt be so bad if i could get back to sleep right away after, but always takes me half an hour to get back to sleep, so after getting up, settleing her, then myself, i get about an hours sleep then she is awake again!! :wall:
just managed to have a nice shower so feel abit more human! and she is asleep now!
She has started doing this wierd cry, sounds like she is constipated but she isnt, or atleast i dont think she is, ( had one yesterday....i miss the breast milk poos!! dont like these new "food poos'' TMI i know, lol, sorry)

KIWI, you say E has been on solids and is now sleeping through, how many meals is he eating in the day, and what sort of things?
We started G, but she only has lunch and normaly just veg/fruit, no baby rice/farex, she doesnt like it. wondering if i should be giving her more, didnt think she was ready but might try. Yay for the rolling BTW!!!

Cant focus on the screen properly....looks like a plate of alphabettie!! hi to all