Babies born August 2007 #7

[Turkish Delight]

Hi ladies,

Kim - fantastic news! Good luck with the new pregnancy, hope the belly grows nicely!

Bec & Molly- well done on the bf for sooo long. bec, i know how hard it is to express at work and congratulate you for keeping it up. Such determined mummies!

Re: the cows milk. I have been giving Ela cows milk too with her weetbix in the morning and she hasn't had any reactions. I am planning to stop formula when she gets to 11months and start cows milk. i'll be getting the special cow milk for kids with the added vits and mins and omegas and all sorts. We are having trouble feeding her at the moment. She won't sit still long enough, so we entertain her by giving her toys to play with or a book to look at. Not good habits i know but as long as she eats.
I gave her some egg the other morning with her toast and she loved it, white bits and all.

She has her top left canine coming out. You can see it in the gum and it has reached the gum line, so it's any day now. I rub bonjela on her gums at night and that seems to settle her through the night and only wakes 1-2 times. I also give her panadol on some nights when i see that sheis extremely grizzly.

She makes us all laugh and is so entertaining. She has this wide smile which she makes and squints her eyes at the same time, so adorable.

I'm not the only one planning for 1st birthdays! We have a set date of 2nd of August and day after her real birthday. We want a fairy theme, as her room has fairy borders and stickers throughout. We plan on a visit from the fairy to entertain the kids. Can't wait!

Ela is standing too. She will stand for 1-2 mins when occupied with something in her hand or watching telly and also squats up and down.

take care all...

[Campari]

Just a super quick note from me to say CONGRATULATIONS to Kim!!! woo hooooo! I wish you a very happy and healthy pregnancy

We have been away for a week in Canberra visiting some friends, so much to do now that we're home, but I will try to get back on BB later....

[Turkish Delight]

Just a quick post.
had a really bad evning with Ela. We took Devrim bowling and just after one bowl, Ela threw up all over herself. Of course, being mums, i had to leave and take Ela home (which is only 2 mins away) got her undressed, dressed, gave her some milk and drove back! DH and Devrim had already by that time finished one game and was half way through the second. I lost interest as i was soooo grumpy and let them play for me.
We got home andnoticed Ela was getting a temperature but she fell asleep relatively easily only to wake 1/2 hour later, hot as. We gave her some nurofen, undressed her and bathed her, which she hates when she's sick, so she was crying all the time in the bath and getting dressed. I gave her some weetbix to fil up that empy tummy which she emptied out at the bowling centre. Nurofen was quick to set in and she became her playful self again after scoffing down a bowl of weetbix and Nurofen. At 11pm, we put some bonjela on her gums and off she went to sleep. A real horror of a night.
Just wanted to share that. Canine teeth are the hardest to break through i've heard, so it's been a real bummer of a teething period for poor Ela and us. I can't wait til they finally rupture through.
Take care.

[sconeonamission]

Hey everyone!

Serah - I hope that tooth comes in real fast for Ela.

Kim - Congratulations!! Stick lil bubba!

Well, what an eventful fortnight! Jensen has been soo sick! He's had diarreah, vomiting, no eating - and sooo clingy. It's been horrible.Went to the doctor last week and was given antibiotics. Didn't work. Went to another dr and was told if he wasn't better by monday to see the dr again. Tuesday saw another dr (first one and 3rd one from the same practice) who gave me some different antibiotics coz the others weren't working (and actually cared whether I was getting better or not). He also told me that probably the only thing keeping Jensen out of hospital - coz he was dehydrated and not eating - was that he was drinking some breastmilk. OMG did that flip me out. He told me that by Wed afternoon that Jensen should be feeling better. Tues arv after a nap he was a different kid! Actually could put him down and he'd play by himself! He ate food! Hes so much better now! Thank you doctor! He's still got the runs, so we're headed back to the dr today about that.

He's not sleeping properly at night and we think he's having nightmares/night terrors. He seems to be wide awake but screams like he's in a scary world of his own. It was horrible. It lasted about 5-10minutes, but seemed to come out of it ok, but wouldn't go back to sleep. Finally when he was back to sleep, I had the nightmares then.

Better go, Jensen's not sleeping long during the day anymore and I have to call the federal wageline ppl about the work problem which hasn't been resolved yet.

Oh - Jensen's been entered into the Mother and Baby magazine "Coverstar" competition.... If you want to check him out (and help to make him one of the most viewed babies - when I checked last he was on page 79 of the most viewed babies) Thanks!

[Turkish Delight]

Hi All,

Took Ela to the doctors on Wednesday night for a checkup since we had such a bad night which carried through to the day as well. The dr. checked her ears, chest and her mouth and told us that her tonsils were quite bad and that she had tonsilitis! Poor bubba. Gave her some antibiotics and she is all well now even though i can see the white of her canine's so she's nearly there at popping one of them through.

Rhi- poor Jensen. Ela was the same. Hope he's feeling much better now. Don't you love winter! We gave Ela some Hydralite when she had the runs from the last lot of antibiotics she had. Maybe try that to prevent deyhdration??
I have to check out the Mother and Baby website. Good luck with that!

Take care all..

[Campari]

Urgghhhh, seems like we all have grumpy sad sick little bubbas at the moment

Milla has croup. Poor thing. It started just as a very little cold with nothing but a bit of snot, and just suddenly yesterday she got a hacking cough, and she's lost her voice. Took her to the doctors late yesterday and she said its croup, so we have some meds to give her, and we are steaming up her room at night with a Vicks Vaporizer. She slept really well though, and I didn't need to give her boobs til 4:30 this morning, which is great! This is the first time she has been sick (other than one earlier cold), first time to the doctors for anything other than vaccines, and first meds. Breaks my heart.

Hope Ela and Jensen are better soon, and hope those teeth finally pop through for them, and Hayden too. Milla has one on the top that has been hovering just below the surface for a month too. Looks like two more bottom ones are not far away either.

Kim, hope you are feeling good! Have you had a scan yet? I'm so excited for you! Makes me clucky just thinking about newborns.

Take care everyone! x

[Turkish Delight]

Campari,

May be time for bub #2 then my dear!

Wishing Milla to get well soon. I've very frightened of croup as Devrim had many times as a bub and the dr. told me that the bacteria or virus which ever it is, can tighten the airways making breathing difficult. I remember that we could not sleep for the first nights scared to death if you couldn't breathe. The vaporiser should help.

Good luck..
Take care all.