Hope your first Christmas with your bubbas was lovely. DH had to work Night Shift on Christmas Eve and Christmas night. But when he got home Christmas morning we had a nice breaky before DD woke and we opened presents and he went to bed for the day. Miss Z and I went to a friends for an Orphan Christmas which was lovely.
Our New Years Eve was a little similar as DH had to get up for work at 4am so we went to friends for a BBQ dinner and DH went home early but I saw the New Year in with a few drinks as my pump had arrived and I managed to get enough milk to be sure there was plenty if she woke for a few feeds. Was a nice feeling to be able to drink more if I wanted. Although I must say the Tired-over rather than hangover was not so good as DD was full of beans and all I wanted to do was have some rest for the day hahaa. A good reminder why it is okay not to drink as it would have been much worse if I'd indulged too much and was feeling hungover.
Well the visit to the Paed was non eventful which is both good and bad. He said that helmets are used quite a lot but he isn't a fan. We had a X-ray to ensure that the suture lines were still opened and we will continue with the repositioning for now. We have another check up in April.
So I have been thinking lots about the whole starting solids and have just now posted a thread about it. I can't believe DD is 5 months tomorrow. (oh TK - DD birthday is 3rd not the 1st if you could update your list when you get a chance ) What are you planning on doing? Starting with puree or doing Baby Led Solids? I know a lot can happen in a month but at the moment she doesn't seem overly interested in food. I've also been wondering if I need to hold off until 7 months given she was born prem.
ISSY - Lochie sounds like he is doing really well. You must feel great with his sleeping! DD has nights better than others but at moment she goes to bed about 7pm and wakes between 2-3pm and again at 5-6am, but this changes frequently lol. Hope you got your packing done, enjoy your holiday!
Mad4e - for DS sleeping through, hope he makes it a regular occurance for you.
Saffi - Has M's sleeping improved? DD is also drooling and squealing a lot. She blows the odd raspberry and when she does it's quite cute. So jealous you got to go to the sales. It was the first year for me of missing the boxing day sales since I was about 12!
Cheezel Monster - How awful that you were sick. Hope that you have had a better start to 2010.
Koru - sorry to hear you were sick also. for DH giving up the party boy status to look after you. If only they realised how happy these things made us hey
Misty - How lovely that you and DH could get out together. DD loves the bottle and seems to be taking 130-150ml EBM so I figure that is what I have to budget for.
MegsMum - Glad you got your car back. DH & I would be the same with fixing before selling. Frustrating that so many don't have a conscious and can do it but I'd just feel guilty. What sort of car are you looking at getting? I love car shopping
Big Hello to everyone else. Hope that your 2010 is treating you kind and look forward to seeing you all around here again when life settles down after the silly season.
Oh and does anyone else find it weird seeing the August Belly Buddies for 2010 ?? It kind of made me feel like trying for a second sooner than I thought hehee. On that any first time mummies thinking of a second? What gap? and and experienced mummies - what age gap do you recommend and why? I've been thinking 18months would be good originally we thought 2 years.
Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great NYE
I was trying to remember the last time I slept through midnight on NYE and it must have been about 20 years ago! We went to a family friendly BBQ earlier in the evening then made it home just in time for the monumental thunderstorm which left us in a black out! DP and his friend who was staying with us from Sydney headed off for a NYE party in the neighbourhood while Orla and I went to bed. An enourmous thunderclap woke us so we heard the fireworks and I knew it was midnight.
Ellee, what a pity you had to spend so much time apart from your DH over the holidays.
Issy, wow moving house - what a way to start the year! Good luck for a smooth move
Cheezel, sorry to hear you were sick too - what a bummer eh?
HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone else
AFU, Orla started the year by rolling front to back I spose that's a bit cheating cos we put her on her belly to start with but I'm sure she'll go the other way soon. On the downside we've been battling with nappy rash everytime its hot (which is alot!). I'm so disheartened - I really want to use MCNs but I find myself using sposies so much with this rash - it really gets me down It all compounds my depression about Melbourne summers and being to hot to even go outside etc etc ....I'm over it and want to go home
OK enough wallowing in self-pity - off to the Cloth Nappy threads for some advice......
I have been so busy lately. My sister surprised the family on christmas eve by walking into my parents house with her hubby. She lives in London so it was a huge surprise. This has been thhe first year the entire family have been together in years. Thee kids had a great christmas. Baz even unwrapped a couple of present, of course all he was interested in was eating the paper.
Did everyone make new years resolutions? (sorry if I missed them I haven't caught up on everything I missed yet). Mine is to loose weight and get to goal, and also to get my P's for the car - am hoping to complete both of these things in the next couple of months.
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've posted in here, I've been keeping up to date, I just haven't had the time to sit down and post! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Years
Blueplanet - Welcome and congrats on your bub!
misty - What a lovely surprise for your family! I haven't made any new years resolutions, I always forget them so I didn't bother this year LOL!
koru - Yay for Orla rolling!! I hope you sort out the nappy rash, the poor little thing. I've slept through every new years since having children LOL!
A big hi to everyone else, sorry for no more personals!
AFU - Alana started rolling from her back to her front a few days ago so she can now roll both ways. She also pushes her bum up and gets onto her knees and tries to push herself forwards, eek! Luckily she can't get the upper half of her body up yet, I think we'd be in trouble if she could LOL! She blows raspberries constantly, has to grab EVERYTHING and loves to sing and squawk. Her sleeping has gone backwards and last night she woke up constantly. I'm guessing she's hit the 4 month sleep regression stage, I hope it ends soon! She has started biting me while feeding and constantly rubs at her ears when feeding so I think she may be teething, I guess time will tell.
We went away for 4 days over the New Year to Inverloch on the Vic coast. We had a lovely time, but I'm glad to be home in my own bed!
I hope you are all well, Alana is being grumpy on the floor so I'd better go and get her. Have a great day!!
Well, it has been a busy few days here. Eli has had pumpkin and sweet potato and loves them. We got him a walker and he loves all the toys on it and doesn't move around a whole lot yet. He is teething BIG time - I think he will get his second bottom tooth very soon. He is still waking every 3 hours or so . But exciting news he said 'mumma'. YAY! I don't know if he'll say it again today but I loved it. Also, we are going to our first swimming lesson on Friday. Even greater news we are going with issy02 and Lochie ! They will be so adorable!
Saffi - yep, mixed the RC with BM and then with sweet pot/pumpkin. Sounds like she has the right idea with the risotto. Eli is only on one solid meal a day ATM.
CheezelMonster - Awww love your avvy! Is it new or am I slow? You feel bad for them when they get so frustrated hey? But it is so cute at the same time :Yay for swimming and great going on the sleep front! Can he please teach my son how to do that too?
Issy - I had avo + ban on toast cause it sounded so nice! It was lovely, my dad also wants to try it
I am sorry I haven't been in here for AGES. I have been having a really rough time lately. I went to my GP a few weeks ago and told him I thought I might have PND. We talked about it a bit and he said I was just taking a bit longer to adjust to motherhood. I left feeling quite dejected and felt silly... maybe I was just taking longer to adjust to this new role...
Things were getting worse and I started seeing a kinesiologist for stress management. It has been good then over the weekend just gone it has all gone to pot... I feel really down and just not able to cope. DP and I have had massive arguements... I am going to see another GP today at 2.45pm to talk because something is not right.
DP and I almost split up this weekend gone... we may still... things are all up in the air.
I have been reading just not able to post.
DD is 6mths old tomorrow - eek! We will be starting solids then but I have no idea if DD is ready... she still has a strong tounge thrust but I will try it and if she doesn't take to it then... we shall try again. I am going to do Baby Led Solids (BLS)... just need to get my head around it LOL
Hope you are all well and your gorgeous bubbas too xox
oh tk
I am so sorry you have had such a hard time of it. I think you are really sensible for going to see another dr, follow your instincts. If you feel someting is not right then you are probably right. It really is a time of change isn't it when you have a new baby. DH and I have had to adjust a lot too. Acutally DH is pretty much the same, he is very consistant, but I know I have changed. I think everyone's relationship changes somehow. I really hope you are okay, hun. Just try to take things slowly and not make any big decisions until you feel a bit more like yourself again.
Here if you need anything....
Rach xx
tk - hun, I'm so sorry you are having a rough time. It IS a big adjustment having your first bub, I felt it terribly with DD1. We had feeding troubles, she cried a LOT and I was also having heaps of trouble adjusting to being a mum after working full time for 13 years. DH thinks I had borderline PND, but I don't know. But anyway, this is about you not me! What I'm trying to say is that if you think you have PND, trust your instincts and seek further help - good on you for going to see another GP. Don't let some silly dr make you feel like you are a naive new mum - you know yourself best! And it is a tough gig being a mum, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I hope you are alright and take care of yourself OK? And happy 6 months for tomorrow
NYE was very quiet here - it was 40 degrees during the day & we had DS sleeping in the kitchen!! Fell asleep at 11:50pm lol.
Am sooo worn out from DS these last few weeks. He is bored on the floor & just wants to be played with. Or just cuddled. If I don't he screams & carrys on - my ears are ringing!! Means not much is getting done around here. Or I'm up til 1am doing things because that's the only time I have
Plus he's teething & is going nuts gumming on anything he can get his hands on
On top of that his sleep has gone backwards. He used to be in bed asleep by 7pm without fail & would sleep until 5amish. Lately it's taken me 2- 3 hours to get him to sleep, he wakes up constantly crying & won't go back to sleep. Or he wakes up several times throughout the night giggling & squealing having a grand old time!! Aaaarrrgh I am seriously at my wits end!!
Oh & he alternates between feeding heaps or plain not interested. AND refuses to sleep when we're out anywhere. We were at a BBQ y'day & he didn't sleep the entire day, just cried & generally unhappy no matter what I did.
Whenever I complain about the last few weeks to anyone they just say "Oh he's just developing" or "Oh he's just finding his voice" I know all this!! It doesn't make it any easier to live through though.
On the flip side DS is giving us alot to laugh at - loves his new Christmas pressies & is starting to take more interest in the world around him.
Wow. I think I must have the world's best happiest baby ever - this time round. Seriously. Let's hope that doesn't mean he will morph into a terrible toddler, LOL. He is currently on the floor rolling from one end of the loungroom to the other and playing with everything he can reach. He gets up on all fours and rocks backwards and forwards, and it wouldn't surprise me if he started crawling this week - he is already trying, but just falls over when he tries to move his hands. He is so amazing, and so completely different to either of my first two. ALL babies should be as easy and happy as Seb.
Blueplanet - welcome. Look forward to chatting with you. What's your son's name? Trish - welcome back. Glad you had a nice break. Yay for A rolling! Sounds like she'll be crawling in no time. Can't remember how old L was when he started crawling. Cheezel - vent away! Just when you think you have it under control they go and start doing something new. The hot weather doesn't help either! Misty - sure sounds like Seb will be crawling soon. My resolution is also to lose weight. I'm sure a licence will be very handy running around with three kids. issy - Lochie is a great weight. Great that he puts his own dummy in. We still get up sometimes at night to our DS (2 yo) to locate and put his dummy back in. ellee - M had a great night last night - 7 hours straight. Mind you she'd hardly slept all day so she was pretty exhausted.
I think it really depends on your situation on the timing of the next bub. There is 21 months between DS and DD. In some respects it is good as there is a bit of a gap between them and they are at different stages and DS requires a lot less attention but in other respects bad because they are both still young, both still in nappies and DS does demand to be entertained etc. Also DS goes to daycare 4 days a week so I don't have to juggle both of them at home alone everyday. koru - how's Orla's nappy rash? I can imagine with the heat and cloth nappies that it is a recipe for a rash no matter how vigilant you are. Hope you get some solutions. mad4e - yay for long sleeps. What's your trick?
Hi to everyone else.
Nothing much happening here. M is gumming heaps and I am tempted to give her a rusk to gnaw on. I also think she's ready for solids but am holding out until she's 6 months. I will probably do vegie purees first and go from there. We started DS at 6 months but it was closer to 7.5 months before he really got into it. Anyone started solids yet?
Hiya all!
Welcome Blueplanet !
Misty - Wow what a fantastic surprise at Christmas Sounds like you got a super-chilled baby there too - enjoy! And almost crawling - Orla decided after rolling over 3 times on new years day she wasn't going to bother anymore! On the other hand she can 'sit' unaided leaning forward on her hands for a spell so I guess it's another case of 'horses for courses'
We're clearing up the nappy rash with antifungal cream (so far so good) but it's looking bleak for the microfibre pocket nappies - seem to get a resoundingly bad wrap for nappy rash prone kids (wish I'd known that to start with ) Can't afford to buy a whole new type and loathe to switch to sposies for good (though we've been using so many lately we may as well! grrrrrrr)
Ha! another 'me' post - reckon that should be my new years resolution - MORE PERSIES!!! (a challenge for us self-centred Aries
blueplanet - welcome koru - sorry to hear about the nappy rash hope it gets better soon misty - my nyr is also to lose weight ( my goal is 10kg but will be happy just to lose 5), me and dp are off to join the gym this arvo while my sis babysits saffi - we've started solids here as ds was watching, mouthing and would almost cry everytime me or dp would eat infront of him, it has also helped with him sleeping nthrough the night.
ok,ds has been sleeping through the night for almost 2 weeks now its been great
we have been sitting up on our own now and have just started to try and roll, he can get onto his side but falls back onto his back, but he loves being on his tummy whenn we roll him over . xmas was good, ds was really excited to open his prezzies but of course he was way more interested in eating the paper.
Heylo everyone!
Sorry for being MIA - i'm a slacko!
hope everyone had a fantastic new years and christmas. I had my family down so it was awesome!
Eli is now rolling around everywhere, getting up on here knees and hands and also her feet and hands and tryin to get around, she can only go backwards atm. But she is trying hard! she is now sittin as well! very clever little princess
Eli has started solids, and is much happier on them. she loves her food!
she is still a bugger when it comes to sleeping during the day, she only ever cat naps. but makes up for it at night with 6 to 8 hours
I know i have dropped off the radar for several months...unfortunately my DP's sister was tragically killed a few months ago and I am only now finally beginning to resume some semblance of a normal life again, not that life will be the same again.
On a positive note, baby Max is fantastic baby, which has been a blessing, people remark that he is one of the happiest babies they have ever encountered, and I know I am very lucky, especially these past few months.He has two teeth now, but has only started to roll back and forth the other day.He says ba ba and da da sounds, and tries to clap his hands together which is so adoreable. He is sleeping pretty well, he has 2 naps a day and sleeps from 8 to 7, give or take.
I won't even attempt to reply to personals as it would take me several hours, lol...I'm glad to see that everyone has had a great xmas and NY. I didn't make it to midnight either, I pretended 11pm was midnight, and went to bed!
Look forward to catching up with you all again!!!
) What are you planning on doing? Starting with puree or doing Baby Led Solids? I know a lot can happen in a month but at the moment she doesn't seem overly interested in food. I've also been wondering if I need to hold off until 7 months given she was born prem.
for DS sleeping through, hope he makes it a regular occurance for you.
We went to a family friendly BBQ earlier in the evening then made it home just in time for the monumental thunderstorm which left us in a black out! DP and his friend who was staying with us from Sydney headed off for a NYE party in the neighbourhood while Orla and I went to bed. An enourmous thunderclap woke us so we heard the fireworks and I knew it was midnight.
It all compounds my depression about Melbourne summers and being to hot to even go outside etc etc ....I'm over it and want to go home 
. But exciting news he said 'mumma'. YAY! I don't know if he'll say it again today but I loved it. Also, we are going to our first swimming lesson on Friday. Even greater news we are going with issy02 and Lochie 
:Yay for swimming and great going on the sleep front! Can he please teach my son how to do that too?
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