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Chezel - Great to hear that Peter is a good cruisy baby. Miss Z hasn't started the squeal... YET :lol:
Willow - Don't you wish that our little ones understood how happy they made their mummies when they're settled and well behaved. DD also is generally well behaved when out and about but when we get home.... that's another story hahaa
TK - way to go with Caitlen's weight gain! She's lept ahead of DD although her legs have got a few rolls in them in the last 2 weeks - soo cute.
Megan - Nice to hear everything seems to be going along nicely for you.
Megs Mum - I hear you on the heat. 41 degrees yesterday here and expecting most days to be about 42 this week. Air con is only way to go!
AFU - Miss Z has been a real active little monkey and I'm wondering if she has some teeth movement. Her FP Jumperoo arrived this week and I was going to give it to her for christmas. Lucky I don't have older kids or friends with older kids because I've let her use it :redface: She loves it and I felt like she needed more stimulation and activities,
I'm thinking of buying a breast pump this week. Any recommendations??
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Ellee - dont get a Medela Mini. I have been using a manual breast pump and it has been working ok but thought If I use it daily it would be easier to get an electric one. Well........Ive gone back to the manual one. The Medela Mini Electric was extremely noisy and I found that It doesnt have enough suction to get the dregs out (which is what Im doing every night before bed and storing it). I have used an Avent manual Pump which was fantastic and am currently using a cherub one I bought new off ebay which is ok, it does the job but its not a great quality product.
Im so disappointed with the Medela Mini Electric, I even checked out reviews on it and everything. Its the last time I will trust product reviews online coz I did the same with my pram and was disappointed too.
Hope that helps a little.
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Thanks Megan. I'm definately thinking an electric one just for when/ if I go back to work. I was looking a the Medela Swing but I've heard the Avent isis ones are good... decisions decisions. I was looking at a cherub one so glad you steered me clear of that one. Thanks!
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Whoa, I'm pretty sure we have a tooth :o
They've been very visible in his bottom gum since about 10 weeks and I can definitely feel something hard and sharp in his bottom gum. If it is, it's not fully out yet though.
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Have any of you heard of the Amber Teething necklaces? I was talking to a couple of the girls in chatroom the a few weeks back who swore by them. I'm going to order one for Miss Z. They recommended amber bebe dot com dot au.
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Yup, DS1 has one and I'm ordering one for D this week. I get them from Inspired by Finn though, it's a US site.
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Hiya all,
Thanks Megsmum - I've read the expressing advice here on BB and read the chapter in the ABA book so I'm ready to give it a crack :) We bought sippy cup with a squishy mouthpiece in case DD doesn't take to the bottle. I've got a Medula manual pump - any trouble with that one Megan or was it just the electric one?
Wow Willow - a tooth already - that's amazing! What is the amber supposed to do? Is it an 'energetic medicine' thing?
Orla is trying to roll now too - gets 3/4the way round then all frustrated cos she's stuck there !
Hi to everyone else.....
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Kora - Just the Medela Mini Electric :)
Oh and for anyone else looking at breastpumps, Ive heard the Medela Swing is good and heard the Nuk is not good. Avent ones are all pretty good.
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Hey everyone!
Cheezel - yup, squealing here too. I firstly thought she was in pain, but she's been doing it all the time. Kind of cute.
Ellee/koru - I used the Avent Isis electric pump last time. It was pretty good tho for the amount that I was using it I would have been better to hire a heavy duty one from the chemist.
Willow - I think I'm feeling a tooth too. Haven't been game to look into her mouth yet. L started teething at around 4 months so we are getting pretty close to that now. I remember those awful nappies :redface:
Hello to Issy, Trish, misty, megs, Megan, tk, and everyone else
Its been so hot here too tho not in the 40s TG. Its so uncomfortable to feed her when I'm hot and sweaty and she is too.
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Hello everyone,
I have been slack just reading but not posting, sorry.
Well I have the nuk mini electric, and it is great. I had a nuk manual with DD which I loved, but the plastic yellowed and broke and when I went to replace it they had changed the design and upped the price, so I bought the electric instead.
DH has just dissappeared on me until late thursday night for work. sigh. At least he cleaned the house before he left and my kids are currently behaving. But I am looking forward to him coming home, and dreading bedtime when DS1 realises tht daddy isn't coming home tonight (daddy does the bedtime stuff normally).
Baz is so amazing. He is rolling everywhere, trying to get up on his hands and knees, but his fat belly is too heavy for him to lift. My other kids never used to like laying on the floor at this age (or any age really), but Baz thinks it is fantastic.
DS1 is over he's ear infection, thank god. Was diagnosed with anemia, but has greatly improved his iron count and increased his weight by almost two kgs, after we switched from cows milk to toddler formula (which he has now developed a taste for after a rocky start) and he is no longer throwing up (he was nearly every night). :) so everything is going well with him now.
We put up our chrissy tree decorations yesterday. All the candy canes are at the very top of the tree - to stop DS from stealing them and now i am thinking I might have to move all the other decorations up as well - because the kitten has now discovered them. :lol:
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misty - thats great that DS1 is getting better.
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Cheezel - LOL at the squealing, my DD1 is still a bit of a squealer!
Ellee - Hope you survived the heat, it was really hot again this weekend just gone but is lovely and cool again today. Wonder how long it will last - not long I'll bet! I don't have a breast pump this time around, but I think the Medela Swing looks good and have heard its OK too. Medela are usually pretty good, I used one of their double pumps in hospy with DD1. If you are going to be using it on a regular basis definitely go an electric, I'd even get a double if you can afford it.
Willow - Wow a tooth! I must admit I wouldn't mind one of the amber teething necklaces either :)
koru - Hope the advice helped a little :) Yay for more rolling, sounds like everyone's bubs are rolling now.
Saffi - Its so uncomfortable feeding them when its hot isn't it? I'm feeling the same with all this hot weather we've been having. I had to feed her the other day while DD1 was swimming, it was just mega hot and humid at the indoor pool where she swims - we were both covered in sweat when she finished yuck!
misty - Sorry to hear DH is away again, hope he's back soon. Glad to hear DS1 is better too.
AFU, lovely and cool here today ahhhhhh LOL E rolled from front to back on the weekend too while DH was out boozing at a beer tasting :rolleyes: but at least she was good enough to do it again for him when he got home. But she is going well, feeling like she is getting quite heavy again - my back muscles are aching - so might be time for a weigh again soon I think :) And I started Xmas shopping on the weekend too - yay for me! Must be the earliest I have started it for about 10 years I reckon LOL
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I was last in here and I can't keep up! Wow at all these rolling bubs! Alana is very close to rolling, when she's on her back she rolls onto her side and is very close to making it all the way over.
Has anyone noticed that the latest pg announcements are from people due in August next year?! :o It's hard to believe that Alana was conceived 12 months ago!
We are going well here. Thankfully Alana's neck issues are fixed and she is back to being a happy little girl again :). Her night sleeps went out the window with her neck issues, but the last three nights she has slept through again, woohoo! I think a big part of the issue was that she could get herself unwrapped and that would wake her up. I tried so many wrapping methods (I even started a thread asking for help) and I finally found one that stops her from getting her arms out. She has slept well ever since I started wrapping her that way.
I've actually finally gotten her to take a dummy when settling for naps. It's so good because she would always cry and squirm when I was getting her off to sleep. Now she calms straight down with her dummy. It only took 3 months of persistence LOL! She has her day naps in her Amby hammock, it's so handy when she wakes up after only one sleep cycle because I can bounce her back to sleep in it. She sleeps in her cot at night though.
We have lots of squawking and squealing over here too! She loves the sound of her own voice and makes the cutest little noises. She has such a sweet, girly voice. A nice change after two boys! DS2 has always had quite a deep voice, there was no mistaking he was a boy when he was tiny!
I pulled the Bumbo out the other day and she really likes it. It's handy when we need a change of scenery. She tends to get bored playing on the floor after a while these days, so the Bumbo is something different for her.
I'd better run. I've been reading all your posts, but just don't have time to respond to them all today. Sorry for being so slack!
Hope you're all well :D
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Trish - happy you got the neck issues sorted out. I also find it hard to believe that I had onlly just fallen pg 12months ago.
Can I admit to everyone that I see those threads and wish I were pg again :eek: I know i'm a nutcase. :rofl: i barely coped being pg and looking after the 2 kids last time, and my poor hips, and that terrible morning sickness and I am thinking I want to do it again with three kids to look after. I said something the other day to DH about being pg and he nearly had an epileptic fit. :rofl: Hopefully this feeling will pass, because I physcially cannot have another short gap - my body would probably pack it in completely, let alone my mental state.
Megsmum - My chubba bubba also feels as if he is stacking on the weight (and looks it). I should get him weighed. I know he is over the 8 kg mark. He is trying to convince me to give him my food at the moment (trying to grab it out of my hand) :lol: so i don't think will be long before we start solids here.
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Ok, just weighed rolls - 8.5kg :)
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Misty - Wow @ 8.5kg! I don't know if Alana has cracked 6kg yet LOL! And eek @ wishing you are pg again :o. Do you plan on having more children? If so, my hat goes off to you!! I have found 3 so full on, I look at those pregnancy announcements and think "Thank goodness I'm never going through that again" :rofl:. I love being pg, but I am well and truly done now!
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Trish - Glad Alana's neck is better :) Sounds like she is a very happy bub! It is scary how fast this last year has gone isn't it? Being an IVF bub, I know exactly when E was conceived - 13th Nov - and it is just past 1 year since I got my BFP - 27th Nov :) Pretty sad remembering all those dates huh?
Misty - OMG you do have a big boy don't you? E is the same when we are eating too, just stares at it from the plate to your mouth LOL Won't be long until she is grabbing at it too I think. Eek indeed at being pg again - I must admit about 2 mins after I gave birth to E I thought thank god I don't have to do this again LOL
Hi to everyone else that I missed earlier :)
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I do want at least one more kid. DH would happily stop now. I am only 27, so I have time. I want at least a four or five year gap this time, so the older ones are at school. The hardest part about having three is that they are all under 4yrs old - so I never get a break from them. So around 31yrs I plan on talking DH into another one ;)
