Babies Born August 1st ~ 15th 2008 #6

[Arimeh]

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

[thepixie]

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!

[mountain mummy]

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

[beckoes]

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...

[thepixie]

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

[Arimeh]

Hi everyone

Sitting down to maccas at the moment - whoops - there goes the diet!!

Had the real estate dude here earlier so that was good!!!! Reckons just do a little tidy up around the place and we should still get over $300 for it...

Rang the homeopath today cos we are almost out of drops for DD - she asked how she was doing, and I said that she is really bad in the bowel area - the only thing that is keeping her from being constipated all the time is having coloxyl drops 3 times a day. She told me to get her onto soy formula ASAP cos she thinks she is a little intolerant of dairy..

Hmm.. so far one bottle down.. so we'll see how she goes!!!!

To those norty babies that wont sleep - sleep chickens.. sleep..

Actually, we have great music playing in our kids rooms - its supposed to do something to their brain waves? And induce sleep? I so believe it works cos our kids sleep pretty damn well, and we have it playing in our room as well - and its sooo hard to wake up in the morning!!! If anyone wants a copy - send me a flashdrive and I'll copy it over.

[MummyTummy]

Oh Pixie, Yay for getting Beth to sleep at night! I wish I had your luck. Yet again we had three room service calls last night!! I am exhausted in the morning. At the moment he is pretty much feeding every 3 hours, both sides around the clock! I hope this is a passing phase. Am trying to decide if this is a passing phase or not, and if it is how long for. I can cope if it is a couple of weeks but I really don't want to have it go on too long. I'm also wondering if he is waking up because he can smell my milk and decides he wants some... but then he must be hungry right? So I wonder should I put him in his cot now to remove the temptation.... in which case if he does wake up hungry then I will have to traipse down the hall through the kitchen all the way to his room, by which time I've properly woken up, and because it has taken me longer than 5 secs to get to him he will have properly woken up.... at least in my bed I don't wake up properly and neither does he. Or should I try giving him solids to put something heavier in his tummy (not in a hurry to, I like not having to think about taking food with me when I go out!! I want to wait until the back end of 6 months if I can)...oh the dilemmas!!

On a brighter note I have really noticed today how much more solid Jett is feeling. Doesn't seem to have extra fat rolls, but just feels heavy and solid and his chest seems more barrel like! So now looking forward with curiosity to the weigh in!! Makes a change from yesterday huh?

Pixie, I agree with the listening to these people. There is so much conflicting advice regarding these things and we feel the pressure to listen to them because this is supposedly their area of expertise, or they have more experience then us etc. We know and love our little ones and in doing so know instinctively what they need and what is right for them, but we seem to doubt ourselves and forget that we are the experts in our baby. We don't trust ourselves.... and why? Because someone who is following generic guidelines for all children tells us we are doing it wrong. Does anyone ever get told they are doing everything right and there is nothing they should change???? Surely not a single person is textbook.....

ok, I'm off my soapbox now

ETA: Mel I should hope you would get more than $300 for your house!! On a more serious note, what is the music called that you have?

[Arimeh]

PMSL... $300...000? lol Although, the way its looking at the moment - probably doesn't look like its worth much more than that!!!

Music - DH can't remember - but he thinks he got it from a website called sound sleeping or something? He said to PM me your address and he'll do a disc and send it down for ya.

[nagromeyk]

I am starting to get worried about his weight again. He gets weighed again next Monday and here he is at 5months and not fitting in to 3-6month clothes from Pumpikin Patch

MT - Big hun! I wouldnt feel pressured into starting him on solids. As you say we are the experts with our babies, we know them best.
Hoping you get a good gain at weigh in, if not you can have some of K's extra kilos if ya want

Pixie - Agree with you about all the confusion re: solids. I still question myself as to whether I should have K on solids or not. The nurse told me last time I saw her before xmas the same thing; to wait until K was 6 months because of him being big but I was finding he was getting to the 2hr mark and getting grizzly hence my decision to give it a go. I didnt want to keep pumping formula into him as there was a few days last week where he was drinking 1200ml for the day which to me is just wayyy too much considering he averages 200-250g gains per week when he drinks 900-1000ml a day. I guess I am paranoid about his weight, I dont want him to be an obese child that gets teased in school.

Rach - yay for Eli sitting up. Kye has progressed to being able to sit up now by himself and pick up his blocks and put them to his mouth which I thought was quite clever. You can see him really thinking about it though, I guess them having to learn to balance must be weird for them.

Anyways to everyone else - I gotta run, K is screaming for me to get him out of the jumperoo

I'll try and get back on later to do more personals

ETA: K is also having broken sleeps. He's usually in bed by 8pm and sleeps through till 5ish but lately he has been finding it hard to go to sleep. Usually have to get up to him about 8:30pm and 9:30pm. Have trialled a few different things the past few nights to try and figure out what is causing him to wake up, when he woke up at 930pm I gave him water instead of milk and he gulped it down so conclusion he's dehydrated (even though he drinks like 150-200ml of water during the day LOL) Tonight if he does the same thing I'll do the same thing and see if he manages to last the night. Slept through until 4:10am this morning after having the water.

[beckoes]

Sorry to hear returned for a few of you!! im quite happy mine havent!
Arimeh:good luck witht he house selling!!
MT:its good that jett is feeling bigger, We are having a weigh in soon too...interested to see whats been going on with all the strange goings on!!

Well.....She slept from 6pm till 4am with only one wake up at 12.30!!!

So hopefully she is settleing back into a normalish kinda patern again!! I think the reason behind the unsettled period may have been a big developmental jump...she can now sit up on her own! which she didnt look like doing for ages two days ago! Can sit for a good few mins, play with a toy, look around the room and stop her self falling if she wobbles!!! She is also making new sounds and doing many other little things that show she is taking the world in in a different way, you can see her connecting the dots!! Really amazing to watch!! Makes the sleepless nights and moments of stress and SO worth while!!!!

[MummyTummy]

Oh Yay!! Jett only woke up once last night too!! Although we went to bed at midnight and had to wake him up to change his nappy and feed before moving him in to bed (he was asleep in his bouncer) and then he only woke up at 5.30 yay!! Then only one side instead of the two and straight to sleep again before waking up at normal time of 7.45am!!

I feel so much better after having a decent block of sleep again! Although I don't think he has hit any more developmental milestones just yet. Still stiffens himself out to stand so no chance of staying sitting! Although he is much more chatty and likes to 'sing' in the car!

Ok, I better get off here and go and hang my nappies on the line while it is still sunny!!

[thepixie]

YAY!!! We had a better night too, so maybe our bubs are on the other side of the growth spurt/ wonder week/ whatever it was!
Got to get moving so BBL for personals later but just wanted to say
HAPPY FIVE MONTHS TO MY BEAUTIFUL BETH!

[MummyTummy]

Oooh Happy 5 Months Beth!!

[mountain mummy]

HAPPY 5 MONTHS BETH!!

Well I think I jinxed myself ... after posting about "night pooper", Veygas has spent the last 2 days pooping EVERY nappy change and last night NO POO!!! Oh well! He has also been really unsettled in the afternoons, not having a sleep and therefore, going to bed a bit earlier, but then waking up at 4am! Might have to trial a late afternoon sleep and then a later bath and bed time, but might wait til after we have moved ....

Anyway, he's being a grizzle bum so I might put him to bed ... bbl!

[*Beema*]

*Flies in*

Happy 5 months Beth!!!!!

*Flies out to go to mothers group (now Fridays instead of Tuesdays!)*

[Arimeh]

Happy 5 months to the gorgeous Beth with the equally gorgeous mother and studly father

Hi to everyone else - gotta run.. sooo many times I've nearly been busted on here today!!!!

[beckoes]

Happy 5 months Beth!!

Sounds like all the bubs are sorting themselves out!!! horray for more sleeping all round!!!

Im on hold to Telstra!!! i hate them, so bloody usless!!

[mountain mummy]

Bec - aren't all the telco's useless???

Mel - tsk tsk tsk naughty girl!!!

I have been packing boxes, mainly to get all the aggro out from a fight I had with the sticky nose busy body biatch down the street .... we have lived here for over 3 years now, and ONLY NOW does she come to my door ABUSING me about our cats! She's one of those crazy wild life environmentalists (I'm not saying they're all crazy, but she is!)

So 2 hours of ferocious-packing-and-sorting-out-junk later, I am feeling a BIT better, but seriously, where TF does she get off?????

Anyways, gonna finish my hot cuppa while my little man is still asleep and hopefully get some more work done! (These boxes ain't gonna pack themselves .... although ... )