Babies Born December 1st-15th 2010 #3

Crumpet – Is Summah feeling better? Jacob came down with a cold yesterday :( poor little man is so snuffly. What did you end up doing to help Summah with her recovery? I’m so glad to hear things went well with the counsellor, good luck with working things through and feeling back to yourself again. Great news on Summah’s four month check up! Great job!

MadB – Yay for a tooth! Hope it comes through soon. I’m a bit late to wish you luck with camping, but I hope you’re having a great time :)

Georgi – Hope you’re having a great trip away. Jacob is definitely taking a few days to settle back in, but he’s also battling a cold too so the poor little man has a lot going on. We’ll get back into it soon I’m sure.

Kaz – Sounds like things have been busy with all Pips parties…what a lucky little boy!! Hope Will is doing well!

Charlotte – I hope Hannah is feeling a little better, sounds like you’ve had a lot on your plate with things lately!! Hope you’re doing ok, sounds like you’re handling things well.

EJ – Welcome back!!! Missed you around here :) I’m sorry to hear about the relationship with your SIL, I actually have a really great relationship with my brothers wives and my other brothers girlfriend but DH has two sisters and while I’m semi close with one, the other really doesn’t like me. I think we all have to have one in the family…she’s even gone as far as to call me ‘the dragon’ when she didn’t realise I was listening. It definitely makes things hard but I have to try for DH’s sake. Hope your bb’s recover soon, the things we go through as women!! Glad to hear the trip away went well, I loved the pics!! It looks sooo beautiful there. I’m so sorry to hear about your friend, life can be so cruel :(

PP – Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday!! I’m so glad Millie has been on her best behaviour while you celebrate your birthday AND your first mothers day! :) Haha, nappy bags…I think I’m onto my fourth! I just can’t seem to settle on one that I’m happy with!! I hope you enjoyed your night watching glee, I am getting so addicted to their songs… they do an even better job than most of the originals!! I am a total music lover…did some DJ work and was a radio announcer at a local radio station for a few years

I think that brings me up to date…sorry if I missed anyone or anything. I’ve been home since Tuesday afternoon but sooooo busy with catching up on washing etc (still not caught up though!!) Jacob is still settling into home life again, the first night was HORRIBLE, but every day is getting a little better. If only I could help him get over his cold quicker!! Everything went well back home, the wedding was absolutely beautiful! My sister in law was picture perfect and my brother was so incredibly happy. Jacob was on his best behaviour, although he did have the hiccups the whole ceremony :lol: but he slept through the reception, only opened his eyes briefly every time the noisy MC spoke and everyone clapped :lol:

Gosh, all this talk about weight is funny, what I'd give to be a size 10!! I'm actually on a health kick, MAJOR. I'm so sick of carrying weight, I've been walking every day and eating healthy and I'm five kilos down (in two and a bit weeks)!! Long way to go but it's a start! :)

Best be off to bed, DH is on afternoon shift so not home till 10pm and leaves at 10am, I miss his help when he’s on these shifts!!

Hope everyone is well!! xoxo

Well Hannah is FINALLY better, I think.
She had massive diarrhea on Thursday and plenty of vomits yesterday. She was really off her feeds and it was a very very very very long day.
But she seems heaps better.. The GP seems to think it was just a bug of some sort.
I'm exhausted.
The cat had fleas and had been spreading them through the house, so the house got bombed yesterday so Hannah and I went to my parents so she wasn't breathing all the chemicals in. Gave Titan a flea bath last night and a brand new flea collar. So its all good now!

Happy Mothers Day for tomorrow to all you yummy mummies!

Charlotte - I'm glad to hear Hannah is better! Poor little chicken. I hope you've managed to get some rest... yay for fixing the cats fleas....can't imagine that would have been fun.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!! to all you lovely mums :grouphug:. I hope you've all been spoilt rotten and had well behaved babies today. :) xoxo

It has been a nice lazy Mothers Day here. Harper has been in a beautiful mood all day, a delightful little chicken with smiles and excitement all day. She had a couple of terrible nights waking every couple of house. I called the MCHN, not sure why now that i think of it but all she could offer was sleep school. The last 2 nights have been completely different though so i'm pretty sure we're all sorted.... until next time :)

Time for bed i want to watch the Blood Brothers movie that's on tonight, i read the book not long ago so really looking forward to it.

Hope everyone had a great day xo

Hi all!
We survived camping. It was fun, especially for DS, and DD seemed to enjoy all the new things to look at. I spent most of the time standing around bobbing with her in the ergo :lol: What a holiday - I'm exhausted! She slept pretty well last night, so maybe she was glad to be home again.
Hope you and your babies are all well :) I forgot it was mother's day yesterday. Was woken at 5:30 (why DD woke up that early every day I don't know, it wasn't even light!), then got up and did the dishes, then made breakfast. Wandered over to chat to friends we went with who reminded me it was mother's day. bit D'OH moment - I should have kicked DH out of bed to do breakfast! oh well.

Glad your camping trip went well. When DD is a bit older and maybe before I squirt out another kid I think we might go camping. Camping is fun. Usually. :-)

Hannah's doing well. Back on full feeds. Nappies basically back to normal. No vomits. And a very happy little girl. Got my angel back!!
Yesterday she even slept from 7pm to 9am. What a fantastic mother's day pressie that was!! DP and I got to wake up a bit and have a nice long snuggle in bed before dealing with her.
She still appears to be teething a little bit. Her bottom gum is still a bit swollen. Gave in the other night and gave her some bonjela. I only put the tiniest little bit in her mouth and she started gaggin and dry retching. It was actually quite funny. Its horrible stuff. ;)
She's doing soo well with holding her head up so Physio should be very happy when we go to Melbourne on Wednesday.
Got Physio and her 2nd surgical review. Should be an interesting meeting. I'm really looking forward to it.
Just went out and collected the mail and her cardiology report has finally been sent to us.
Basically it was everything we knew only with bigger words, lol. Cardio doesn't want to see her again because she's fine.
It mentions the small hole in her heart, but nothing to worry about. Basically its from when a bub is still in the womb, the blood doesn't go to the lungs it bi-passes back to the heart and when you're born that hold closes as its no long used. Hannah's hasn't quite closed but 10% of the population has a hole exactly the same. Hell, you could have one and never know! It was 6mm and now its 2mm and still closing.

Well, I'll let you know how she goes with the surgeon. Fingers crossed she goes well and he gives us the go ahead to start solids soon.

:hello: everyone!!!

i think ive finally got my internet sorted out!!! :dance:
but im not getting to excited just incase! ;)

Hope you all had great days with your families for mothers day!
we had a great day, ive got a new nappy bag on order so im a happy mummy! :D

Summah is over her cold, thanks for asking girls!

ummm i cant remember what else i was going to say :redface: the excitment of having the net back has got to much! :rofl:

hey everyone,

poor little Charlie boy has Bronchiolitis, he is a very sick little boy up all night with him coughing and wheezeing.

cathie

Hi all!

Happy Mother’s Day to all!

Jules, glad the wedding went well :)

Charlotte, LOVE your cat’s name :) bummer on the fleas. Reminds me I need to put Tink’s treatment on… oh God, and take her to the vet before we go away. She was supposed to get her vaccinations two weeks before Millie’s due date… which obviously didn’t happen! Glad Hannah is better, and good news from the cardio! I'm hoping for similar on the 3rd June. I have to say, I had a mouth ulcer a couple of weeks ago so cracked open the Bonjela (I bought it for the free dribble bib that came with it, which I am now trying to replicate with cuter fabric!) – it tasted bloody awful, so I shan’t be giving it to Millie.

MadB, so glad you enjoyed camping :)

Welcome back Crumpet!

Cathie I’m so sorry Charlie is so unwell. Poor little man, hope he improves soon.

All’s well here. Millie is a crack up, we’re having a lot of fun. I’m in total denial about going back to work. Looking forward to the holiday though, we have booked the hire car and baby seat now as well as accommodation in Salzburg. Have finally convinced DH that driving from the airport is a much better plan than wrestling all our luggage and the anticipated cranky baby onto a train (especially as they have changed the services and we now have to change trains).

It’s flipping cold!

Hope you’re all well!
xox

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hey everyone,

poor little Charlie boy has Bronchiolitis, he is a very sick little boy up all night with him coughing and wheezeing.

cathie

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poor little man, hope he is on the mend ASAP!!

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Welcome back Crumpet!

Millie is a crack up, we’re having a lot of fun.

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thanks hun! :D

we are finding the same thing with Summah!
she is so funny the way she is doing things now and the way she reacts to us when we play with her is unreal! makes all the cruddy times worth it!

actually u reminded me, Jazz our jack russell has fleas too :wall: we got rid of them a few weeks ago but i found them again the other night, so she has had the stuff on her neck, and ive dosed her up on garlic and have a flea collar just incase! its so annoying!

not much else going on really.
summah is fighting her morning sleeps atm, she will sleep for about a hour, and then chucks a massive tantrum, but makes up for it in the arvo so i guess it works out in the end.

Oh no poor Charlie boy! That's really awful. I hope he's well again soon

Cathie, not good for Charlie boy at all. My Charlie had that at about 11 weeks and it was horrible, i really freaked out because his breathing was terrible. Hope he gets better really quickly.

Is anyone getting close to considering trying solids? Harper has been watching intently at us eating for sometime now and just then i was eating a biscuit and her eyes were fixed on it and her arm was trying to reach out for it. My little girl is growing way too quickly :( I really don't want to be thinking about it yet but she is kind of showing the signs isn't she!?!? She's only just 5 months, maybe i can string it out another week or two??

Is anyone else thinking about another one?? Cathie will you be having anymore? It's strange after Charlie i was sure i was pretty content and then we had our beautiful little surprise and now i'm feeling that i'm not quite done. DH thinks he is but i'm not so sure. I'm enjoying Harper so much and it does saden me to think this is the last 5 month old i might have. I have no idea what they'll be like as teenages though.... :lol:

Anyway it's just been on my mind a little bit lately. PP, Jules, Crumpet & Charlotte with your little ones being your first how many do you imagine you'll be having?

Better go feed my family xoxo

DD is very, very interested when we eat. Quite different to her brother. She doesn't need anything though, and probably more importantly she cant' sit up straight and still has the tongue thrust reflex, so I don't think she actually can eat yet anyway. Well, I suppose I could puree and spoon it in, but I'm not going to do that. She is trying to grab at stuff though, so it mightn't be too long before she gives somethign a go.
They do grow so fast don't they!? We always wanted 3 or 4 - some days we feel 2 is too much, but I don't think we're done, no. Of course, it all depends whether we canactually get pregnant again. We have 2 embryos still frozen, so one of them might end up a little brogther or sister. We'll see. I don't have another full cycle in me though, so that;ll be it (probably:))
It is sad to think I might not have a lovely little newborn again :(

Crumpet, I'd just let her do her thing. If she's done sleeping earlier then get her up, and put her down again when she's tired.

Are you excited about your trip pixie? I would be. Try not to think about work. Maybe it'll go away....

I'm thinking we may have to make a trip to NZ sooner rather than later - both DH's brother and father are ill, his brother quite seriously. Luckily for DH (and very much unlike me) he's not into worrying about things he can't change.

Hi all :hello:

PP - wow your trip came around so fast, I'm so excited for you. You can get a shuttle bus to the airport that's what we did.
Crumpet - I here you on the sleeping during the day, charlie normally only sleeps for 30 - 40mins. His sleeping longer now as he is sick.
EJ - Charlie watches us eat but I don't think he is ready yet for solids as the bottle seems to be enough at the moment. yeah I would love one more but we will see how we go as my cervix came down during labour with charlie the DR said i will be at high risk. I just feel like I haven't finished yet, i just love all my kids soo much and they do grow up soo quickly and I just can't imagine not having another baby in the house. I would love another set of twins how blessed would I be.
madB - thankyou

Hullo again,

EJ, Millie started getting interested in our food so I gave her a piece of pear to gum. She seemed to be happy with it. She's a week off 6 months and I'm just going to give her bits and pieces to play with and taste. She had a little bit of pumpkin off my finger and seemed to like the taste. She was looking interested a few weeks ago and we did string her out a little longer - she can't miss what she's never had! She certainly doesn't need any extra nutrition, I'm sure she's 8kg now.

As to the number of kids... man, I could just keep going :) I'm the youngest of 2 and always thought 2 or 3, DH is the youngest of 6 and always thought 3 or 4, so we'll probably have 3... at least! I'm enjoying motherhood soooo much. They do just grow and change so quickly. I caught up with a friend yesterday who had a little one 3 months ago - I vaguely remember Millie being that little and still! I know we were lucky with Millie - she's well and I had an uncomplicated pregnancy and birth - so it's easy to say I could just keep going. I was in a parents room yesterday with a lady who was changing her 4 month old, whilst trying to deal with a very active, cheeky, profoundly deaf 2 year old. Imagine that... a little girl who has just figured out that if she's not looking at Mummy, she can effectively ignore her...

MadB I'm so sorry to hear about DH's brother and father being unwell. Yes, I'm really looking forward to the trip. Logistics will be interesting! I'm looking forward to wearing Millie around Germany :) I have been using the carrier so much more of late, wish I'd had it from the start. I had her facing inwards at the shops today and every time I looked down at her she was gazing up at me. So, so sweet. It's not so much going back to work as leaving her that is bothering me, but I'm trying not to think about it at all :)

Cathie, shuttle bus is a great idea, although my sister will probably insist on driving us over to the airport. My concern is on the other end... Frankfurt airport to the tiny village of Bollensen. No shuttle buses there - people still drive through the village on tractors :)

Oooh, I just got a real shiver of excitement. I've only seen Germany in winter, so summer will be just beautiful!

Agh, it's late all of a sudden! A friend who has just settled in Turkey was online so we've been chatting for ages! Whoops. Hope Millie sleeps well tonight :)

Take care all.
xox

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Is anyone getting close to considering trying solids?

Is anyone else thinking about another one??
Anyway it's just been on my mind a little bit lately. PP, Jules, Crumpet & Charlotte with your little ones being your first how many do you imagine you'll be having?

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Solids- yeah we are testing the waters there, some days she is into it, others wont have a bar of it, so i tend to try her out every 3rd day to see what happens...

another baby- NO!!! :rofl:
ok so at the moment, im far from interested in going through another pregnancy, and another high risk one at that.
i tend to get MS for the first 20weeks, combine that with the fact i need a cervical stitch and bed rest for 90% of my pregnancy i just cant be bothered :redface: its just such hard work for me, 3 weekly OB appts, monthly cervix scans, a 3 day hospitak stint at around 13weeks, then another over night trip at 37weeks to have the stitch out.... no thanks!
DH has always only ever wanted one bub, and then after the last 18 months we both feel so blessed with having Summah here happy and healthy and i think we both feel like we would be jinxing ourselves to try again...
plus we love just having her, its so easy when we are out and we both love being able to go shopping and buy her whatever :redface: so being able to give her everything when we want to is a high priority, mainly for DH.... i dont want her to be a spoilt brat BUT its nice not to have to think, well she got something i have to get him/her something to.
then there is the fact we would never have to move house, we love where we live and while we could have 2 kids here, it would be a tight squeeze.

we havnt ruled it out, we have given oursleves a 3-4year deadline, but its unlikely....

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Crumpet, I'd just let her do her thing. If she's done sleeping earlier then get her up, and put her down again when she's tired.

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yeah im going with her flow at the moment.
she screamed wildly when i put her down again this morning, but i got her to sleep with a bit of controlled crying which im more than happy to do, and she slept for a hour on the dot, got her up and she was happy as larry, went down for her arfternoon nap no problem!

EJ - Eden's night sleeps were an absolute nightmare whilst we were away but thankfully he only took two nights to settle back into home. The past two nights he's woken at 3am for a feed. Though this mornings he didn't really want, he just wanted to suckle. The Baptism was great thanks. All went beautifully well. I have been meaning to get the pics up. Hopefully I can do it today

JULES - Yeah as I mentioned to EJ, Eden took a couple of days to settle back in. Thankfully he's fine now. Hope Jacobs much better now

The Baptism went well. Eden & Max slept through most of it, even when their heads were wet lol. Eden had very restless nights while away and for two nights once we got home. The last two nights he has woken at 3am.

Is anyone thinking about solids? Everyone keeps telling me that Eden is waking cause he needs solids. I know it may or may not work but I am being tempted. He watches us eat & sometimes opens his mouth to food but I can't see any other signs of rediness. He doesn't have a pincher grip yet.

He has started sucking his thumb which I am getting concerned about. I keep taking it out but he just puts it straight back in again

Gotta run, bbl to catch up

Well, finally back from Melbourne for more appointments.

First, Hannah's Physiotherapy went well. They're very impressed with her. She's at a 4month old level, which is ahead of her 'corrected age' which is what they use.
They want her to have ongoing observation so they're trying to find a physio that will take her in Horsham. Which is only an hour and a bit away, rather than 5 hours to Melbourne. Horsham has physios, but it doesnt appear to have any for babies. Grrrr.

Her surgical review went awesomely. We've been given the go ahead with solids. We tried some farax last night and she wasn't keen on it at all. She liked it for a few mouth fuls and then started gagging. And then she vomited. So it was fun!! lol. Gonna try again today, thinking maybe she was just worn out and out of sorts from all the travelling. She's happy today!

Another baby!?!? Are you kidding!?! lol
Nah, I'd like another baby and I nearly got one. AF was pretty late and was going to buy a test yesterday but AF finally turned up so very very relieved.
My last pregnancy was exhausting. The first 20 weeks were OK, then we found out about Hannah's Gastroschisis. It was only 3 months and 1 week til she turned up from there. Appointments in Melbourne (1000km round trip) every 2 weeks and then appointments in Horsham on the off weeks. Then weekly appointments in Melbourne, not being about to come home because of my pre term labour scares. So then it was 3 appointments a week for 3 weeks and then bub was delievered.

So, thinking i was pregnant this week was terrifying. We're going to start TTC in October/November. We're getting married in September so I don't really want to be pregnant then.

Ahh, better see if Hannah is nearly ready for bed so she gets a decent sleep in before mothers group. I love going to mothers group but its so hard because its usually Han's sleep time. But, I should make it today!

Georgi i have been told that it is quite 'normal' (god i get sick of hearing that assumption and here i am saying it) that babies who have slept quite well start waking again at the 5ish month mark. Aidan my only one who ever slept through from such a young age went from sleeping through to waking again. The MCHN told me it wasn't unusual and it didn't necessarily mean he was needing solids. But having said that we're getting close to when we'd be offering so when the time is right for our little ones....

It's been a miserable week here and so so cold. Off to music this morning and Aidan is going to swimming lessons with his Nan. Will try catch up better soon ladies :)

Yep, it is normal for them to do that. It's abnormal for babies to sleep through from a young age and never wake, quite frankly :)

There's a great article on waking and needing helpt o sleep in the latest Essence mag.
@ 3months, 80% of babies wake adn need helpt o get back to sleep
@ 6 months, 75% wake
@ 12 months 50% still wake
And about a third of children still wake and need a parents help to get back to sleep until they are 4

so it's no fun, but it's certainly normal :D

I certainly know DS's waking etc had nothing whatsoever to do with nutrition or diet, as changes (even night weaning) made no difference.

After all that Chartlotte, I don't blame you wanting to hold off a bit!

Hey girls

Quick message to let you know I'll be missing for a few days, we have gone up north to see my SIL (DH's sister) as she had her baby boy today!! Been a big day on the road, only got two hours left. Jacob has been a dream baby today :) talk soon, take care xoxo

Hi all!

Oh Jules, exciting news!

Re: the solids... a lot of the women in my mother's group thought that solids would help their bub "sleep through". Nup. Those stats are really interesting MadB and I will definitely refer to them when people ask me if she's sleeping through. I think Millie is a great sleeper, even though I have to get up to her most nights at least once... she generally goes down without too much fuss and usually does 4 hour stretches at night with an occasional longer stint. My best mate is still getting up to her almost 5 year old, so I'm prepared for that if it happens... mind you, when Millie is 5 I'll hopefully have a couple more littlies anyway... so I'm giving up on the idea of sleep for the next decade or so :)

But yeah, everyone does ask if she's sleeping through. Where does that come from?

Wow, Charlotte, that was certainly a complicated pregnancy. How exhausting for you! I haven't been out to my parents place - also about 5 hours' drive - since April last year because I was always so uncomfortable in the car. I guess if you need to do it... you just do, right? We'll be TTC #2 around the same time ;) Good news on Hannah's medical reviews!

EJ, do both of the boys do swimming and music? Music lessons sound like fun! Millie had another scream-free swimming lesson this week, so proud :)

Georgi, awesome that Eden and Max slept through the baptism! The pics are great, you look beautiful.

Crumpet, 20 weeks of MS... and the rest... crikey!

I went to the gym today! Put Millie in the creche, knowing that if she cracked it I'd still be able to hear her over my iPod, and had a trainer do a cardio program for me. Then did the program. Hooooooly cow I'm going to be sore tomorrow! It felt pretty good, and Millie was a gem. When I went to pick her up she was sitting there quietly between two other little ones who were crying their eyes out being rocked by the carers. She gave me a big smile which completely made me melt. I guess it is good practice for both of us prior to putting her in daycare in July. Baby steps...

Hope you're all well!
xox

Congrats on your nephew Jules!

Glad the creche went well Pixie, that must be reassuring for you. Hope you're not too sore tomorrow.

Jules have a great trip and enjoy the newborn hugs. Enjoy your happy day with Jacob, i love it when the day just seems to be consumed with smiles.

MadB even though you forgot about Mothers Day i hope DH and the little ones didn't. Glad you enjoyed camping. It's funny i never ever camped when i was a kid/teenager and if you'd had told me back then i would be camping with 3 kids under 5 i'd have said no chance.... And look what i'm doing!! I don't really think Harper 'needs' solids as yet, the bfeeds are more than enough for her right now but she's just showing all those signs. I'm happy, and i think she is to wait a couple more weeks. After a day like i had yesterday with my big boy i too was thinking 3 was enough :lol: But when they are being sweet you could have that x 10. Yes Aidan was my abnormal one :lol: Charlie boy barely ever slept through, i never attempted to do anything about it until he was over 8 months old. I settled without a feed then and it was fine but then he started waking again and i just started feeding him again. I was happy to do it. I was still night feeding him (at 12months) when i fell pregnant with Harper.

Charlotte91 so good to hear that things are all so positive for Hannah. You guys must be so proud of yourselves and your little girl. With the solids i remember my Charlie boy taking a long time to get used to them. At the 5ish month mark i tried and he clearly wasn't interested so once he was 6 months we tried again and made it a regular thing but he really didn't take to it for another month after that i don't think. Completey different to my big boy who loved it from the minute we tried it. We'll see how Harper goes when we decide to try.

Hi Crumpet hope all is well and you're enjoying Summah smiles. Crumpet my goodness what a pregnancy you had!! You do have a beautiful little girl to show for it though. The things we go through... You did so well to get through what you did.

Cathie, how is Charlie boy going? I hope the antibiotics are kicking in and he's improving already. Wow imagine if you had twins again!? You guys would be so blessed!! I remember when i was pregnant with Charlie was eager to 'give the whole newborn-toddler' thing a go again as i knew what was involved and wanted to do it with a little more confidence. Would you say it's similar with wanting the possability of having twins again???

PP your trip is going to be amazing i'm sure. It'll pay to be somewhat organised but i'm sure everything will fall into place where it needs to also. Isn't it sad how those early weeks go by so fast and in such a whirl wind that you can barely remember your little ones being newborn. Harper being a newborn feels like such a distant memory :( '3 at least....' Sounds wonderful PP. With the sleeps Harper generally does two 4-5 hour stints too and i'm happy with that. From the 5-6amish mark i think her body clock just knows what time it is and from then on she wants to be in bed with me. I'm happy to let her ;) Aidan and Charlie both do Mini Maestros (music). Aidan has been doing it since he was 6 months old and Charlie was 12 months. They love it, it focuses on teaching them a whole range of things, fast, slow, high, low, counting, using singing voices, listening, taking turns (using instruments and giving them back) all age appropriate of course. Aidan has only started swimming lessons this year, we would go to the local pool as a family so he's had expereince in the water but now i want him to learn skill that we can't necessarily teach him. Charlie is not doing lessons as yet. Nan is helping at it's so hard to fit everything in :o

Georgi sleeping through the baptisim!? So cute. I saw the photos on fb, the baptisim and thumb sucking :) My Aidan was a thumb sucker, i let it go because it made him happy. Now as a 4 year old he only will suck his thumb when he's falling asleep at night.

We've had a good week, Harper has been really good and the car trips a getting a little better.... finally..... She is interacting with the boys alot and them with her. I love it. I often look at the three of them in amazement. I'm so lucky and blessed. I wonder if there are anymore for us?? Harper is trying so hard to roll and when i give her a little help it is only the slightest little nudge that she needs, then she just has to figure out how to get her arm from underneath her.

Time for bed ladies. Have a great weekend, tomorrow night is my burlesque night. I've got my outfit and all the accessories. It should be a great night :lol:

EJ - Thanks. I know it's common for them to change their sleeping patterns. Thankfully it is only once a night that he's waking. I'm still not ready to give him solids... As strange as that sounds. I look at him as just a baby (although DS1 was on solids by this stage), plus, I really wanted to start on Baby Led Solids rather than puree. I'll see how we go over the next week or two. I'm trying to be calm about the thumb sucking.

CHARLOTTE - Eeeek, lucky AF arrived! It sounds like you had a really rough pregnancy. Congrats on the wedding. What date? My anniversary is Sept 2nd

MADB - Hmmm, interesting stats there. I guess when you're spoilt with the first one being such a good sleeper you just expect it to happen again. He's still a fantastic sleeper, just that one wake. Most nights he takes a reasonable feed so I think he's waking cause he's hungry, then other nights he just wants to suckle

JULES - Have a safe trip. Ohhhh, new born cuddles, yay

PP - Awww thanks. It was a nice day. I'm so jealous that you can go to the gym. I just can't find the energy. I think about it every day. Even just to go for a 30minute walk. I'm just sooo exhausted all the time

Poor Eden couldn't get to sleep yesterday. I put him down at 4, hoping he'd just have a nap then get up for his last feed & back down by 8pm but nope. He didn't get to sleep till 5.30pm so of course he was too tired to get up for his last feed. I ended up dream feeding him but that meant he woke at 5.30 this morning. Bugger! (He did wake at 2.30 for a feed).

Georgi -- September 18. Exactly a year after we got engaged.... hmm, will actually be around the same time of day... Crazy!!

Hannah had some pureed carrot yesterday and loved it! She was opening her mouth and smiling and talking all the way through. She had probably a big teaspoon worth of carrot, so I was very proud of her. Apart from that she's been fairly boring. She's holding onto toys more if you hand them to her and chewing on them, so thats a big achievement for her.

Hey girls, I have to have a vent. Talking about solids and all. Yesterday my FIL asked if Jacob is on solids yet and I told him no we aren't starting him till around six months as it's recommended and something DH and I have decided together. Then yesterday he was working out in his shed and we all went out to sit down as his family has 'smokos' and my SIL was holding Jacob and FIL walked over (hands unwashed since working) and put some of his apple pie dessert off his finger on Jacobs lips then into his mouth!!!! I'm still SO angry. I just sat there waiting for DH to speak up which he didn't. I hate when he doesn't speak up for things like that, I can't always be the one to say something as then I'm the b****. He knew I was unimpressed and just said 'wait till mums not looking Jacob, I'll give you all sorts of things, vegemite, juice (etc)' why do they think they have ANY right to do that I'll never understand.

Sorry girls, it's been eating at me and I had to get it off my chest. Any advice from anyone that's had a similar thing happen?

Xoxo

Grrrrr Jules. I would be livid! That's really disrespectful.
My family jokes about it, but would never give them things without checking. Well DS maybe as he eats everything now, but not when they're babies. I think you and your hubby need to make it very clear if there are things that are not acceptable to you. If you're ok with it, let it go, if not, they need to know that it's not ok and that you may not be able to leave your baby in their care if they can't respect your wishes.

Charlotte, I missed the part about you getting married. Congrats! I gueess you'll have a special little flower girl

I think Han will be a bit little for a flower girl!! Even my niece, Mieka, I think will still be a bit small, and she'll be 11 months. No flower girls! Too much drama. ;)

Well, Hannah is loving solids!! She's turned into a bottomless pit overnight! She's liking farax, but loving carrot. She gets 1 'real food' meal a day, and one farax meal if she's hungry of a night time. When I give her the first mouthful of food she breaks out in a huge smile and laughs. She talks all the way through eating, which sometimes results in her gagging. Its hilarious.

Oh, Jules. I would have blown their head off. But I'm not worried about my inlaws thinking I'm a biatch!! lol.

:hello: everyone!

sorry ive been MIA its been crazy busy here!

jules :o:o:o i would have gone off my rocker but i tend to speak and then think :redface: :rofl:

charlotte- we havnt done carrot but banana and pumpkin are a big hit here, rice ceral is a major miss, but ive been trying the organic bellamys baby porrige, she seems to like that a bit more than rice ceral....

thanks *ej* was a tough road but we got there and she is so so so worth it!

bugger shes awake...early....dam!!

be back later!

Hi ladies hope you all had a good weekend

Well i'm buggered... I'm too old to go out partying these days :lol:

I had a great night and my god i loved being dressed up all burlesqueish we were a bit of an eye catching group.

Harper Barper (Charlie calls her Barper) didnt' behave too well for her dad though :shakehead: I did pj's and massage and put her to bed before i left but she never went to sleep and must have known (how on earth i do not know) that i was going out because she was a very cheeky girl from then on. Would not take the bottle (she has before but not very often) and she would not sleep. She did a lot of screaming apparently. It was just one night :wall: Mummy wanted to go out and be free just this once!!! Anyway she was asleep in our bed when i got home about 3ish and i fed her and put her in her cot and she didn't wake until 7ish. Aside from that i and a great night, had a dance at the pub which i hadn't done in years and felt pretty sexy dressed up in my corset and fishnets i wish i could dress like that more often :D

Jules that would drive me crazy. With Aidan i was very particular about what he'd eat in the way of junk and i tried to gentley get my point across to friends and family about this. I never had anyone deliberately do it in front of me like you describe though. It's one thing to give a toddler chocolate when you've asked them not to but it's a whole over ball game when it's a baby who has not yet had their first tastes of food. You and DH need to make your wishes pretty clear. My theory with the junk food was that as long as he didn't know what he was missing out on i wouldn't give it to him. I wouldn't make it that he can't eat it when he clearly sees everyone else around him eating it but still a baby/toddler doesn't need it. MIL would take Aidan to the playcentre on occasions and i ended up having to ask her not to give him the dora/ben 10 juice drinks as he'd come home all hyped up. She knows what i'm like now and she really does try and respect that which is good. My mum's pretty good though she's concious of what she eats so she's good with the kids.

Good to hear how you guys are going Crumpet. Sounds like Summah is enjoying her new food experiences.

So are the wedding plans coming along well Charlotte?? Sat night was my SIL's (to be...) Hen's Night and the wedding in on the 28th. Sept (i think that's when you said your date was :doh:) will come around really quickly.

Loving that the LO's are loving their food. I'll try Harper soon :D

Well a little more about my itchy bb :redface: The cream i was given hasn't really done anything and you were only supposed to take it for 2 weeks so i went back today and it now seems that the skin irritation may have gotten infected and i'm now on an anti fungle cream and anitbiotics. I just want it gone it's so damn itchy and uncomfortable. The only thing now is that the Dr has said that with me being on antibiotics there is a higher risk that both Harper and i may end up with thrush :rolleyes: I really hope not but i have to get this fixed.

That's it for me i need my bed. Sweet dreams girls.

:doh: EJ, hope the itchiness is sorted soon. that must be driving your crazy
Glad you had a great night out. I woudln't even try leaving DD at this point! She's very attached to me. Maybe in a year or so :lol:

Those fruit boxes are the WORST! DS goes ADHD-kid when he has one of those. It's not pretty.

Awww charlotte, but you can still dress her up really pretty :)

Yes she won't have to be without her mummy like that again, it was a very special one off for me. A year or more maybe.... Haha but it's really such a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things.

Yep MIL now knows that i prefer the boys to have Milk or Water and that is it. We can have Emonade (as Aidan calls it) when we are at a restaurant but that is a special occasion.

I'm off to get organised we are going to visit my SIL and niece today. (We had some deep and meaningfuls at the Hen's Jules so lets see where this may take us???)

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Good to hear how you guys are going Crumpet. Sounds like Summah is enjoying her new food experiences.

Well a little more about my itchy bb :redface: The cream i was given hasn't really done anything and you were only supposed to take it for 2 weeks so i went back today and it now seems that the skin irritation may have gotten infected and i'm now on an anti fungle cream and anitbiotics. I just want it gone it's so damn itchy and uncomfortable. The only thing now is that the Dr has said that with me being on antibiotics there is a higher risk that both Harper and i may end up with thrush :rolleyes: I really hope not but i have to get this fixed.

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she is getting there with the solids, took banana again yesterday....

ouch u poor thing :(
summah had oral thrush when she came home from hospital becasue of the anti biotics she was on for the infection she got, we had to give her nilstat and it took us nearly 4 weeks to get it cleared up properly! but we had no idea she had it until the MCHN saw it so we didnt catch it as quickly as we would have if we had known to look for it.


all is going well here, summah is cruising along happily so thats nice!
im having issues with a problem shoulder thats making life a bit difficult with lifting her and stuff but what do u do? ;) its not like i cant look after her so im just dealing with it as best i can.

we are off to the barossa valley next thursday for a few days, cant wait!
will be summahs first time on a plane and our first family holiday!:dance:

Well, I've had a big couple of days! Hannah going through a 'phase' where apparently sleeping is for babies. Sunday, she had about 3 hours sleep all day and yesterday was about the same. On Sunday I rocked her to sleep twice. And yesterday I just kept her up til she finally was nearly asleep on the floor and put her to bed.
I felt like i was going mad. When I'd put her to bed she'd cry and cry and hold her breath and gag because she's so upset. I have no idea what her problem was. She's usually up for an 60 - 90 minutes. And after an hour she'd display signs of tiredness. But 3 hours later she'd still be up. She's 5 months old!!! She can't stay awake for 4 hours!!! With only an hours sleep at a time!!!
She seems OK today. So far.

Just a random thought -- but MAN ITS COLD!!!! I really need to get the fire going, it went out overnight. And I've been entertaining FIL as he was visiting and so I didn't get it going.
My fingers are cold. Need to get the lounge warm before Hannah wakes up.

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Well, I've had a big couple of days! Hannah going through a 'phase' where apparently sleeping is for babies. Sunday, she had about 3 hours sleep all day and yesterday was about the same. On Sunday I rocked her to sleep twice. And yesterday I just kept her up til she finally was nearly asleep on the floor and put her to bed.
I felt like i was going mad. When I'd put her to bed she'd cry and cry and hold her breath and gag because she's so upset. I have no idea what her problem was. She's usually up for an 60 - 90 minutes. And after an hour she'd display signs of tiredness. But 3 hours later she'd still be up. She's 5 months old!!! She can't stay awake for 4 hours!!! With only an hours sleep at a time!!!
She seems OK today. So far.

Just a random thought -- but MAN ITS COLD!!!! I really need to get the fire going, it went out overnight. And I've been entertaining FIL as he was visiting and so I didn't get it going.
My fingers are cold. Need to get the lounge warm before Hannah wakes up.

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hun i could have written this post exactly last week!!!

O M G!! it was HELL!!!

summah decided that morning sleeps were a no go anymore :doh: and would scream blue murder when i put her to bed..... she would chock and cough and scream and carry on, it was rediculous!
she decided that no, i dont need a dummy when i go to bed and that ill just keep screaming till she gets me up...hmmm not happening kiddo!
i tried keeping her up a extra half hour than usual = FAIL
i tried putting her down a bit earlier = FAIL
i tried letting her stay up till she was tired = FAIL she went to sleep on the floor! :o
i tried patting and shhhhh-ing her = FAIL thought that was game coz i was still in the room
i tried going in to reassure her i hadnt left her = FAIL thought that was a great game

in the end i left her to cry it out one day and it took a full 30 minutes for her to go to sleep! :o i was on the nerge of a nervous break down becasue i didnt know what to do and it was the only thing i hadnt done.

by saturday she improved, and sunday was a slight improvement again...

yesterday and today we are back to normal, going down no issues at all!!

she has cut her morning sleep to a hour instead of 2, but it seems to be working fine..

hang in there if she is doing what summah did its a phase!

Oh Thank God its not just Hannah. Maybe its just the age. I tried all that, too. Hannah just layed in bed and laughed at me when I tired to settle her and thought it was hilarious that i kept getting her up.

She's been in bed just over an hour and she's waking up, so maybe she is cutting the morning sleep. My beloved morning sleep. Thats when I get all the housework done.

I put her to bed and let her cry, provided she didn't do the holding breaths or gagging. She took 30 minutes yesterday, and 15 minutes this morning.
But, I'll admit, that we have always left her to do alot of 'self soothing' I guess you could call it. She's always been put to bed (when she's tired) and puts herself to sleep. We don't cuddle her to sleep or anything. I don't have anything against parents who co-sleep or cuddle bubs to sleep. We just choose not to. :-)

Well, better go get miss feral up. I wish I had more sleep last night. I usually go to bed at 9 (horror!!) and was up til 11 last night. I feel horrible... Those 2 hours really do help.

I'm glad Summah's back to normal. It gives me hope that 'this too shall pass'.

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Oh Thank God its not just Hannah. Maybe its just the age. I tried all that, too. Hannah just layed in bed and laughed at me when I tired to settle her and thought it was hilarious that i kept getting her up.

She's been in bed just over an hour and she's waking up, so maybe she is cutting the morning sleep. My beloved morning sleep. Thats when I get all the housework done.

I put her to bed and let her cry, provided she didn't do the holding breaths or gagging. She took 30 minutes yesterday, and 15 minutes this morning.
But, I'll admit, that we have always left her to do alot of 'self soothing' I guess you could call it. She's always been put to bed (when she's tired) and puts herself to sleep. We don't cuddle her to sleep or anything. I don't have anything against parents who co-sleep or cuddle bubs to sleep. We just choose not to. :-)

Well, better go get miss feral up. I wish I had more sleep last night. I usually go to bed at 9 (horror!!) and was up til 11 last night. I feel horrible... Those 2 hours really do help.

I'm glad Summah's back to normal. It gives me hope that 'this too shall pass'.

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:lol: i love the arvo sleep so im not fussed if she culls the AM one.....

summah has always self settled i have never had to settle her so when i do im stumped!

im a bit amazed atm, she has been down since 930 and its 11 and she is still asleep!

Thanks girls, glad to see it's not just me being *****d about it. I am ABSOLUTELY NOT ok with what he did, and I actually forgot to mention that I cought my BIL (SIL's husband - not my actual brother) rubbing ice over his lips and letting him suck on it...I asked him not to then found out last night when talking to DH that he had caught his OTHER sister (not the one that just had a baby) doing the SAME thing!!! ARGH, makes me wild. All it does is make me not trust them even more but the difficult part is, if I say "please stay close by, I don't trust you with him when it comes to giving him things after I specifically ask no" they will just do it more to try and get under my skin. It's a no win situation and sadly the only thing I can do to avoid it is to not be around them at all .... which makes me even worse of a person in their eyes.

Charlotte - That's great Hannah is enjoying her solids!! Hope the wedding plans are coming along nicely, I love weddings :) I am sorry to hear Hannah has been a cheeky little girl with her sleeps but if it makes you feel any better, I had a few weeks of the same thing...yes, not days....weeks. But things settle down in their own time, I just go with the flow, it keeps me sane that way.

MadB - How's Miri doing? Has she been sleeping for you? I often think of you when Jacobs being a cheeky bum with his sleeps :)

EJ - I am sooo glad you had such a wonderful night, you totally deserved it!! Sounds like it was so much fun! I bet you looked awesome. :) Bit of a bummer Harper misbehaved for her daddy but at least it gave you a chance to have some time to yourself, we know how rare that can be!! I'm not ready to leave Jacob yet but I'm sure by the third I'd be getting a little more relaxed about things :) Good luck today with your SIL, sometimes it just takes a bit of communication. Unfortunately in my situation communication does squat. But I have my :crossfingers: for you. I hope the itchy bb's sort themselves out soon! What a pain...and I am really hoping that you don't have to deal with thrush.

Crumpet - Sounds like you're having fun with solids also, glad summah is enjoying them! Glad to hear her sleeping is back on track. How exciting about your holiday!! I hope you have an awesome time. :)

Hello to everyone else, I hope you and your little ones are doing well. We are at my mum and dads now till early next week, Jacobs christening is this Sunday, bit excited!!! My SIL and her baby are doing ok...there have been a few complications and to be completely honest with you, I'm not 100% sure they are treating her or her baby very well in there. DH and I have talked about it and we just can't believe the things that are happening. He was born just short of 37 weeks and she had pethadine (sp?) when she was in labour and he was really affected by it. There are some blood group issues etc but the thing that confuses me is the midwives were saying 'he wont' latch' so she was hand expressing colostrum and was getting out what I thought was heaps! but before he was 48 hours old they were supplement feeding him with formula and he was sucking on the bottle like a little champion. I didn't even see a midwife around trying to offer help with attachment. He's now being TUBE FED?! (the tube was put in just after he was 48 hours old...) Very strange but I guess they have their reasons, I am no expert. She's getting milk but they are making her express and only getting her to express for every second feed....hmmmm. Not my place to get involved.

xo

After having a baby in Special Care, which I assume he is in, I can say that they are not doing the best they can. She should be expressing EVERY 3 HOURS, regardless of whether he has formula or not. She needs to ask questions. Lots and lots of questions. She can't be left with "I don't knows", its HER child and she deserves to know everything. They can't hold information from her.
Gah, things like that make me mad. I know how hard Special Care is.