Babies born August 2007 #7

[Kirst11]

HI gals,
All's well here.
I've been debating the big bid issue, and all I know is that she'll be in one by the end of the year. No more kids here need the cot, so there's no need to move her out until she outgrown it (which will be soon). We took the front off the cot for DD1 a few months before moving into a big bed, and that was at about 20 months, so we may do that in a couple of months.

I find Bailey's speech isn't as developed as Ardyn's was at the same age, and although I KNOW that I shouldn't compare children, it's so darn hard not to. The doc did say that she should have a few more definite words now, but being a second child her big sister does a lot of the talking for her (doesn't shut up actually!! Ha!). Apparently it was the same for me growing up. I was a second child and didn't talk until closer to 3.

I'm sure that as soon as she starts she won't stop, so I'm helping her along and just waiting for the floodgates to open.

And that's about it here. Everything's moving along nicely. We have tantrums, we have accidents (she fell off the couch head first onto the tiles last night) but we're all surviving.

I hope that more mums come on and give an update.

[Cheeky_Monkey]

We've had the side off DS's cot for about 4 months now. We had no issues doing it, he went to sleep as usual and never gets out. We were surprised how easy it was.

Speech is still a lot of baby babble - ALL DAY LONG! The boy never shuts his mouth I swear

Uses the words "more, hello, bye, nah (no), banana, mum, dad, ta, ruby (cat)" and a few others. No sentences yet.

He's been walking unassisted since he was 10 months however in the last week or so he's been tripping over his own feet quite a bit. Had him all checked out at the DR's for ear infections etc. that might cause balance issues but all's clear. I guess he's just in a rush to get places and isn't picking up his feet properly.

[Ilithyia]

Hi girls!

Sheesh its been a while since I've been in here!

Lots has happened since then.

We have moved to Brisbane for me to do Bach of Midwifery.

Colby is growing well. Vocab is slow to develop (compared to Briley anyways) but starting to talk quite a bit now. Still on the bottles unfortunately.

Great to see you back in her Kirsten!

[alioops]

Sara - Em still has her bottles, I have picked my battles on that one. Getting the calcium into her is more important than getting rid of a bottle. How are you enjoying Brissy?

Em has a fever today and a cough and runny nose, her eye is getting a but gunky too, so I am using some eye drops that we already had, and some panadol. It is really hard having a sick toddler and SPD together, especialy while I am on my own. Sara, I don't know how you do it.

[Kirst11]

Sara.
I have been in and out - lurking a bit too.

I used to be a member of so many forums, kept my Blog up to date and read many other Blogs......then Bailey came along. Ha!
Seriously though, no forums, my Bog hasn't been updated for MONTHS (sorry to family and friends who live interstate) and Facebook was invented!!!

If I have time on the computer, I find myself catching up on there. It's evil I tell you!

I miss catching up with my cyber-mum's group actually. I'll have to come back more.
For now, I'm off to vacuum before Miss B awakes.

[Mollygirl]

Hi, hope it's ok to drop back in, even though it has been a while.

I'm going to keep Eleanor in a cot until about 2.5, unless she is trying to climb out, in which case I don't want her to hurt herself.

She fell off DS bed (which has a little ladder, but isn't bunks), I didn't see it, but apparently she fell on her head last week. She seems ok.

DS was in a cot until 2.5yrs, which was 3 months before Eleanor arrived, and that worked well. I'm not in a hurry and she loves her bed, snuggling in to her pillow and blankets.

As for an update from us, nothing much, just the usual. I just find Eleanor so much more confident and courageous than her brother, and the tantrums are starting if we don't get our own way.

And at 18months she showed confidence in swimming so I put her in her brother's class, she hasn't done Mums & Bubs, just went straight to the class and is now trying to use a kickboard - she wants to run before she can walk.

I was working ft when DS was this age, so I am really enjoying still working 3 days per week and getting to spend so much time with them both, especially since DS is off to school next year!

Cheers,
MG

[Campari]

Hey everyone,
I've been lurking around too...
Our babies are all so grown up now!
Milla is doing really well. She goes to child care two days a week, and is home with DH one day a week (I'm working 3 days). Its exhausting, but also kinda nice to be earning some money and conversing with adults. I relish the days I have at home with M now, love them to bits.

Milla is getting more talkative, just joining two or three words together now, and is really really cheeky. Yesterday (on DHs watch!) she grabbed the bottle of Maple Syrup out of the fridge and ran and hid in the corner of our bedroom, sucking and squeezing the twist top bottle so she could eat her "'unny" (she calls it honey..)!!! She does the same with the tomato sauce (dodo orse) if she can get her hands on it, cheeky thing.

Despite this diet (hah, she wishes!) she is only just 10kg! She is a tall little skinny bean, 85cm. She's a great eater though, and loves most things that aren't meat... She weaned herself at 18 months, which was rather sad, but I am really happy it was entirely her own decision to stop. She gradually cut down to one a day (usually at 4am), and then that stopped, and she started sleeping 12 hours straight, then she had the occasional afternoon feed for a while, then just stopped asking. By 17 months she was having one feed every 4 days or so, then it just came a day when I figured she was done Now she just laughs and pokes the baboos, and has never again tried to latch on, even if we are in the bath together. Strange how they forget so easily.

Anyways - thats it from here. Hope you are all doing well We're TTC #2 around about now, but not too seriously... just taking it easy. Anyone else??? Good luck with the last little bit of your pregnancy Alioops, how exciting! Hope you're feeling OK.

xx