Babies Born August 2007 #6

**sconeonamission** · May 23rd, 2008, 03:59 PM

Well, I have a little teething machine! He now has a grand total of 5 teeth, the latest one came thru yesterday! Two top, two bottom and a top left eye tooth!

Rhi - OMG where did the biting come from? At mothers group this week, he actually bit one little girl twice! Might nightmares of him being the group bully are coming true! He's now biting me, and I don't know how to stop him!

Does anyone know how to keep a hat on these kids? Or keep them still on the change table. My sister has one of those strap things to hold them down. It holds him down, but he can still twist so he's lying face down... grr.
Jensen tried to follow the cats down our (2) steps the other day. Didn't end well. Hey, that might be where he got his bruise from...

Should have thought of that earlier!

I went horse riding on Wednesday. Boy was my backside sore! And my hips haven't hurt like that since labour! lol Went walking yesterday and today. So tired !

Is anyone in the Coles Baby Club? They had sample bags and we got one. Only the sample nappies were for girls and I have a boy! I rang them and I can pick up another sample bag today/tomorrow for a "lucky dip" to see if I can get boys ones.

Better go, we've just re-installed windows onto the computer and have files and stuff on a removable hard drive and there's doubles of stuff and it's my job to sort it out (coz DH doesn't think I do anything thru the day!!)
Have a great weekend!

**Mollygirl** · May 26th, 2008, 09:10 AM

Hi
it has been a while since I have been on here - sorry!

With the hat thing, the first few hats I bought my DS were ones that did up under the chin. Osh Kosh had a real cute one with velcro under the chin and bits sticking in the air for winter. He could never take it off and now we use it for Ella (it is red).

With the biting, Ella still only has two bottom teeth but still managed to bite me yesterday evening and it hurt. I took her off and put her on the floor after that. She is teething too, I think the top teeth are thinking about coming through.

Ella isn't walking, just cruising the furniture and then falling on her bum when she lets go.

I think this is just the best age, saying dadada to DH and saying nin nin when she wants a bf (that is what we call it in our house). And the faces she pulls.

I am still tired because we are still doing 2-3 night feeds, but I am only feeding morning, lunch and dinner during the day so it doesn't feel like I am feeding forever anymore.

Glad to hear everyone else is well.

Take care.

**Turkish Delight** · May 26th, 2008, 11:00 AM

Hi Ladies,

It has been ages since i have been here. I've been reading every now and then though.

Ela is doing really well, she has 8 teeth and side stepping along couches, tables and everything else she can grab onto! She wakes 2-3 times a night (i get angry at night, but then when morning comes and i see her cute smiles, all is forgotten).

Just wanted to let you all know that i am pregnant with number 3

. Extremely unplanned! Found out last night as i didn't receive my AF and both DH and i are shocked. Just told my boss as i wanted him to know early on and if a prob, i will have to abort (not that i want to). He was cool with it. Told mum this morning, she is wrapped but it means that she will be looking after 2 bubs and not just Ela now. Dad threw an absolute tantrum, not wanting to look after anymore grandkids as he is 65 now.

I'll keep you all posted!

Take care all.

**sconeonamission** · May 26th, 2008, 03:16 PM

Wow at Ela and CONGRATUALTIONS to you!! When are you due? A pleasant surprise?

**alioops** · May 26th, 2008, 06:49 PM

WOW congrats Serah!!! that is gonna be a great age gap! better finding out now than when Ela was 7 months

that is what happened to me!

Em is fine, on ABs now and challenge is this weekend. DH wants me to get off the comp but not gonna happen any time soon!

Sarah has just gone to tell DH off for squeezing me too hard.

We are moving interstate! not sure where yet but hoping for brissy. DH is going full time in the army so we will be all over the place.

**Turkish Delight** · May 27th, 2008, 07:41 AM

Hi All,

Thanks for all the well wishes. We are not overly elated or excited as it was really very unplanned, too early or even to have #3. I had even made an appt at my gynae for end of July to get my tubes tied! Need to cancel that appt! I must admit that i did want a #3 but hubby was being a bit selfish.

I'm not sure of my due date as i only got 1 AF since giving birth to Ela but i think probably mid to end Jan '09. Need to book an appt with the u/s ppl to determine due date. I will let you all know once i find out.

poor Molly and I, up so many times a night! Molly, is your little Ella a chubba? My Ela is. Have you tried giving her a big feed before her night sleep? Sometimes it works for Ela. I giver her 1 weetbix with milk and fruit puree to keep her tummy full. May be try that??

Take care all

**Campari** · May 27th, 2008, 10:22 AM

Hey All!

Congratulations Sehra!! I'm sure once the shock wears off you will become really excited and #3 will be a lovely gurgly little newborn, how could you resist!!
I'll join you and Molly with the night wakings - Milla is still feeding twice a night - or three times if you include a 5am wakeup. Most nights its 11, 3 and 5. I might try the weetbix idea, although she does have a pretty big dinner at 5:30, with meat/veg then fruit and yoghurt. I'm sure she's not starving, just wants BBs and some loves!

Ali - thats exciting about your move. If you come to Brisbane you might live near us, as we are quite close to the Army base at Enoggera, and there is a lot of Defence housing around here. A girl in my mum's group is part of the Army Base mums too - they have a pool and stuff they can go to, and special playgroups for all the army kids. You'll find some new mates pretty quickly. Good luck with the challenge.

Milla just has the 4 teeth still, but I can nearly see the next top one so that is our next one. She is walking along the furniture, but not when we hold her hands. She just isn't happy unless shes standing up. She stands on everything - even leaning on the wall now. She says mamamam, dadadad and bububub. She's 8.1kg, 70cm. She never ever stops moving. I battle with her to change her nappy too, usually give her a new "toy" each nappy change (bottle of baby stuff, packet of wipes, shoe, panadol syringe.. whatever i can get my hands on that is within reach of the change table! She wont take a real toy at all!) At least she is back to just 2 or 3 poos a day now, it was either paw paw giving her a bad tummy, or she may have had a mild viral thing. It lasted a week, and yeah, we were ploughing through nappies. Hope everyone's seen Huggies on special at Coles ATM, 2 boxes for $60.

Better go. She is awake, and I am starving!!!

**Campari** · June 2nd, 2008, 08:27 AM

Hey all!
Good luck with the FET Kim!!!

Not a lot to report from here either... Milla had a crazy weekend totally out of routine cause we went out to a friends for dinner on Saturday and she just didn't want to sleep in the portacot. So, she entertained everyone til 9:30pm (usual bedtime is 7). Then Sunday morning I had to wake her up at 6am to go to the airport to pick up my sister. The she was too excited and only had one day sleep... Hopefully today we will get back to some normal sleeps since its totally pi$$ing down with rain and I'm not leaving the house for anything!

Still having to feed her once or twice in the night (usually twice....), but she hasn't been too cranky, and I don't think there are any teeth on the way for a while. Her top two teeth are so cute, but she just doesn't look like a baby anymore

Bye !

**kungfubecca** · June 14th, 2008, 01:44 PM

Hi all,

It's been a while, I think i'm averaging about once a month.

Kim, ouch on being bitten. When xavier is hungry he will crawl up to any of us, pull him self up and go to town slobering all over the boob area, even on daddy.
How long do you have to wait after having rubella booster to conceive. I'm thinking I should get my levels checked again before we want to TTC the next bub.

Campari, ouch, I don't think xavier has bitten me that hard, but I hear you on the being scared. I refused to feed him one afternoon and made him wait while I expressed. He hasn't bitten me for a while now, but i do get some grinding.

Xavier has 4 teeth now, but he has some bad habits because he has been so sick and sleepless for so long, he likes to feed 10-11pm and then again anywhere between 3-5am. I don't mind any feeding prior to midnight, but am really trying to break extend the second feed later and later.

Ali, you really have a little battler there huh? We haven't had pnumonia here but I have found out that it's just not fair for little people to get sick.

Scone, I think Xavier has had a cold since about december last year. A couple of bad ones in there, we just finished our second batch of antibiotics. He was diagnosed with croup a few weeks ago, poor little might sounded like a seal at night. He had a dose of steroids, and has been much better since. Haven't needed to go back to the doctor about it. Hopefully the last lot of antibiotcs has worked it's magic and we might get a re-prieve.
OOO we have tanty's in the middle of the night, perhaps I should plug a heater in.

I saw you were talking about ebm and child care and what is best??? we are now 5 months having ebm at creche. Xavier is now on 2 feeds per day, of anywhere from 100-180ml per feed. (usually less) because of his age now and the amount of foods he eats I'm not too worried about how much I provide because he won't go hungry but I aim for about 150ml per feed. It is important to ensure that the creche heats your milk properly. The ladies in Xavier's room are very concious of not wasting any of the liquid gold, so that is really good. being ebm everything needs to be washed well but not sterilized so it's a little less prep work in that regard. But there is another side to it. It can feel akward expressing at work sometimes. My biggest struggle is finding time when i'm really busy. I aim to express around the times that xavier feeds so that weekend are not effected. At my work i need to find an empty office to use each day and it is getting harder. I struggle sometimes a find myself thinking i wish I didn't have to do it or that he would be ready to drop another feed. I have also found that when I got sick my supply plumeted and I'm having to work really hard to get it back. I even bought formula for a couple of comp feeds.
Not sure if that infor has helped with your decisions but I don't come on here very often so thought I'd give as much info asa possible.

Keeping a bub still on change table, toys toys toys, and if your toy has to be the wipes packet (supervised of course) then so be it. Xavier is very well behaved on change table. On the floor he is off like a light!!

Sehra, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Take care.

Where are we at. We have 4 teeth, there are more in there somewhere but no where near the surface. xave pulls himself on furniture but hasn't worked out the moving along it yet. We have on of those fisher price doorways and he stands up against it and shakes it, little roughian. He is such a little boy and has started sooking at creche now, not when mummy goes to work, no no probs with that. My boy sooks when the bigger kids get to go outside and he doesn't because it's too cold, picture little bub standing at a glass door smaking it with hand because he too wants to go out to play.

I'm not sure to do with weaning. I have some formula because my supply droped so much when I got sick, but am not that keen on using it. I thought you were supposed to wait until around 12 months to give cows milk to drink so was planning to wait until after his first birthday. Xave seems very fond of booby and I can't see him giving up in the near future, but at the very least I would like him to switch is day toime feeds to cows milk and keep his first and last feeds for a little while.

Well best be off, I've used up about as much me time as i'm allowed these days

everyone take care

Bec

**Mollygirl** · June 15th, 2008, 07:33 PM

Hi

Just thought I would pop in quickly. I am working 3 days per week now so not checking in as much and Ella is still not drinking any formula from a cup, only water.

Bec, I think you are fantastic expressing at work, and you have done such a great job for your bub. I know how hard it seems (see my current thoughts below) but just think, it is only a couple more months that you might be breastfeeding for, and in the scheme of things it is such a short period of time. I'm giving Ella cows milk because she won't drink formula at all, and started turning away her breakfast cereal. Robin Barker in Babylove does say that she can't find out any difference between a nine month old and 12 month old regarding drinking cows milk, so if it seems right for you, go with it. Just watch Xavier doesn't get constipated, which Ella does a bit, but I put a little brown (not raw) sugar on her weetbix and it seems to help quite a bit. I just don't see the point of spending money on formula when milk is not the main source of food. (Also goodluck TTC).

DS weaned totally out of the blue at about 10.5 months and he seemed like he would never give it up but just stopped one afternoon and never went back on. So, I try and cherish every feed now, and keep telling DH we need a photo of Ella breastfeeding, I can't believe I don't have one!! I only have one of DS at 2 months, but at least it is one.

I am breastfeeding when I get home from work at 5pm, again before bed, about 6.30pm, then usually 10pm and 2am and then when she wakes at 6am.
On the four days a week I am at home I feed her at 12noon, but when I go to work I don't express and my body seems to cope. I do have quite a lot of milk by 5pm but I think being tired from working and breastfeeding has helped reduce my supply a bit so it isn't too bad.

I haven't got mastitis yet - touch wood. And Ella just has cows milk on her breakfast cereal and yoghurt with lunch when I'm not home plus custard too. My MIL got her to drink a small amount of cows milk the other day so that was a bit of a step forward.

The community nurse said Ella probably didn't like formula because it had a metallic taste, but I think Ella just wants breastmilk. The nurse doesn't seem worried even though Ella hasn't put on any weight in 2 months (just under 9.5kg now, 76cm tall) because she is so active, and is standing up for a few seconds by herself. She said she won't let herself starve and will wake for more feeds if she needs them.

I know I should express, but I don't think I could cope. Ever since I started at work I have been unwell, with a cough or sinus infection and I think I am just happy to keep going how I am going for the moment.

I have noticed that Ella is feeding less as we give her more to eat, like vegemite sandwiches and she reaches for food we are eating so tried a spring roll yesterday and coped with one of Myles' nuggets one day too.

Finally, we are getting two top teeth, slowly but surely which will help with eating too.

Anyway, I am reading the other posts, but not all come through to my e-mail so I've missed a couple of posts. (Sorry for my long post).

Wishing everyone a great week ahead enjoying their babies...we are planning Ella's first birthday at Clown Town at Rosehill, so they aren't going to be babies for much longer.

Cheers,
MG