Babies Born December 1st ~ 15th 2008

[Kitt3n]

hello hello!

welcome queen b! nice to have another in our thread i LOVE your daughters name, dh wouldnt let me have that one

well today little laaaaa went for her first dip in the pool and she hated it, so mummy took her back inside and she fell asleep IN THE SHOWER! so i just lay her on our bed in her towel, on top of some terry flats and she had a little nap.

she doesnt sleep much during the day - 2 o 3 20-30 min naps, thats pretty much it. sleeps all night though, mummy is missing the dream feeds most of the time she is hasppy to just lay around during the day too.

still havent had her 8 week check, will go down on monday, but i guess its not so important time wise as we arent doing the immunisations.

just aboutt to join the drop off in the morning school club... oh hant on bbl visitors just came.....................

[queenb1979]

Thank you Kitt3n......It's a name I had forever!! So thankfully God Blessed me with a baby girl because I wanted to use the name sooo bad

Well since I started back on here I put 'LaLa' (that's her nickname) down for her afternoon sleep and she's been sleeping since! that was at 3 and it's almost 7pm!!! I'm in trouble tonight because she's not gonna sleep hahaha.. might have to wake her up and give her a bath, drink and some lil play before she sleeps again.....We got a new mattress today so I dont think I will be enjoying it much tonight if she's awake!!

LaLa has her immunisations on Tuesday..not looking fwd to the crying ... but I guess it will be worth it.

Hopefully your baby will enjoy the swim next time

[JennaJayen]

Hi everyone, I haven't been online for ages! And the last time I tried to post the computer crashed

Anyway, Jaycen has been putting on so much weight - he's over 5.5kg now and he's only 7 weeks old! It still feels like it was only yesterday when he was born too... the days seem to be disappearing very quickly... I have trouble remembering what I did on which day.

On the up side, Jaycen has been sleeping through most nights since he was 3 and a half weeks old, he usually sleeps for between 6 and 9 hours at a time.

On the down side he has a blocked tear duct that I have to clean out every day, and AF has visited me twice in the last 3 and a half weeks... it's so not fair grrr lol.

We've also had the fires around here... the one near Churchill was only 20km's away at one point, and to the north there was the Yinnar fire which still isn't completely out, and then to the east was the Thompson Dam fire. DF got stuck up in Sale on saturday night because the princes highway was blockaded in three places. All I can say is thatnk god the baby bonus came through last week so we could get a portable air conditioner... we needed it on saturday, it got to 46.4 degrees down here. How did everyone else manage over the weekend? And I hope everyone is alright and safe.

Anyway, I have to go and make myself some dinner while I have the chance now that Jaycen is asleep, not sure when I'll be back online again... whenever the little munchkin lets me lol

I hope everyone else gets a good nights sleep!

[Skyeblue]

hi everyone

Hope you are all well!

We are going well here, Mia has settled into a nice little routine, bed at about 8pm ish, I give her a dream feed at 11pm, then she wakes at about 4/5am. I feel pretty good getting this much sleep! She is still having a couple of long sleeps in the day, so I get an hour or so then.

Had her hip ultrasound yesterday, all is looking good, we will see the specialist soon to see what he says.

Jenna- sounds like you are pretty close to the fires, glad you are ok, we are an hour away from them. The heat was awful, we have evap cooling, which didnt really help much, but was ok...this cooler weather is much nicer isnt it!


Sorry for not many personals, back later...

[ll80]

Welcome Queenb, 2 mths has gone so quickly hasn't it.
Elise jhas started dribbling alot too in the last week or so, must be just at that age.

Kitten- how are you going with school drop offs? I am finding them such a rush, but I manage to get everything done, pretty much on time. Amazes me how I can get me and the two girls ready to go but I am having to wait for DH to be ready and all he has to go is shower, dress and eat breakfast!

Jenna - I can imagine how smokey it would be near you. I'm a Melb girl originally and used to live near Marysville. It's just so sad.

Skye- glad mia's hip is looking good, good luck with thespecialist hope all goes well.

As for us -
Elise had her 8 week check
she is 5.5kg exactly and 60 cms long, talk about growing at the speed of light, that is 9 cms in 8 weeks, no wonder she looked a little long to me lol.
she is averaging 250g a week so I can't complain.

We have dubbed her Worf, because she is a Klingon.
All smiles when she has your full attention but as soon as you leave her be for a couple mins she will scream the house down until she is picked up and cuddled, but not anyone can pick her up only Mummy.
I love all the cuddles but sometimes I just gotta get things done, especially in the mornings. Hopefully she will grow out of it, but I am not holding my breath. She is so different to Abby who would love to sit under the mobile or toys and watch them talking and cooing to herself.

[Novella]

Welcome back queenbee

hi girls, we are doing well, Aimee has been drooling for sometime now between chucks and drool we do a lot of bib/clothes changes a day. She is such a happy smiley bub we are enjoying it so much. I get a dose of mother guilt at times as she is so content she doesn't always get the attention she deserves as Jasmine can be a bit demanding. Finally my bb's have started to settle down in the morning. After having AF she hasn't returned, panicked a bit but have POAS a 3 times in the last month with a BFN thank god so my body must have settled down and the BF must be keeping AF at bay.

[Anthea22]

Hi Everyone,

Sounds like all of our bubs are doing really well.

Has anyone had any pain down their!!??? Lily will be 11 weeks old on wednesday and the last couple of weeks i have been having internal pain and bleeding. I told my OB wehn i saw him regarding the bleeding, as the pain wasnt really anything at that stage, he did a pap test and said we have to wait for the results which i still dont have, now the pain is getting bad and the bleeding is back, i cant even use tampons (sorry too much info) as it hurts, anyone else gone through this or any ideas? Has anyone got their periods back even though they are completely breast feeding? I am thinking the bleeding could be my periods.

Sorry for no personals,i will try and be back on soon when Lily has her sleep.

[mel_cur]

Anthea - you poor thing! that doesn't sound good at all. Did you have stitches? Maybe they are infected? Or maybe you still have some placenta attached? See if you can get another appointment and get an US done to make sure just in case.

My period came back a few weeks ago and I tell you I forgot how painful they can be! blah. I also forgot to get a prescription for the pill so we are still using condoms. blah again lol

Maya gave us a scare the other night when she woke up screaming at 1.30am. She was burning up with a fever of 38.8c. I gave her some panadol and DH gave her some bottle to calm her whilst I rang up Karitane (who was closed on the night I called), then tresillian (who said they couldn't help with medical) and finally the children's hospital at westmed. After a bunch of questions the nurse said it sounded like she is fighting a cold and to go to GP the next day. GP said she has a sore throat and just keep an eye on her. Maya would not go to sleep all night unless I rocked her and every time I tried to put her down she woke up screaming. DH stayed home the next day from work so I could get a few hours sleep. Maya is fine today although she slept a heap!

Other then that Maya is doing great. She loves to talk to the monkey stickers we put near the change table which is so cute. I will upload a vid onto facebook. She is in 00 which are a bit big still but thats ok since she is in cloth nappies now and she needs the extra butt room.

Hope everyone else's little ones are doing great!

[Skyeblue]

Anthea- Im not sure, I had a C sec, but I just got my second period and it is REALLY heavy, the bleeding all went on my pants and down my legs sorry TMI. I think things are a bit more painful down there after birth, but I would get it checked out, hope you are ok.

Mel- Glad Maya is a bit better. Wow you have a very sweet husband staying home from work so you can sleep! Cant see that happening here. Mia is now in a 00 too so sad seeing as a 0000 used to be too big!

Ll80- sounds like Elise is a real mummys girl! Thats the one thing which is getting better with us, I can leave Mia on the playmat and have a shower etc and she will usually play for about 20-30 mins if I am lucky. But if she is tired....no way lol.

All is good here, it really is getting easier. She is still waking only once during the night, but she mucks around at 7pm, bedtime, it is usually 8/8.30 by the time she falls asleep. She thinks it's funny to call out all the time lol.

Hope everyone is well

[Skyeblue]

Echo Echo Echo......


Hope everyone is well!

We are going really well here, I really LOVE being a Mummy!! She changes every day and becomes more and more gorgeous!! I feel so lucky.

She has just started recognising other people, like if I pass her to someone she will just look back at me and then stare at the person holding her. The other nght we went out and my Dad held her and she SCREAMED! I took her and she stopped, she went to a couple of other people and she was fine, back to my Dad, one look at him and screamed again! My poor Dad. Isnt it funny how they know who is holding them? Oh and when I walk into the room and she hears me she follows me with her eyes, so cute!

[littlelalla75]

Hi girls!
Gosh i haven't been on for so long - i never got any notification emails so i assumed nobody was posting on here anymore!! Well, Ochre has cut a tooth!!! This would explain his "impersonating a newborn" phase at the moment!! I'm so darn tired - he's been waking 3 hourly for feeds in the night and for the past week he has been waking in between those 3 hours just for re-settling so i'm really feeling it this week. He's still dribbling all the time and again i'm putting that down to teething. I'm still in denial he's 3 months old - why does it have to go by so fast?? He is such a strong lil man - i found him half on his back in his cot just before! So he rolled from his belly to his back in the middle of a screaming fit!! On the mastitis front after getting it twice in the space of 2 weeks and then getting another sore spot i went and saw a naturopath. She put me on an acute dose of Potassium every 2 hours and in one day the soreness disappeared. Three days later the same thing occured on my other side so i started the acute dose again and the same thing happened. I'm so happy to have found something that actually works. She also made up a 'new mum' tonic to help me with my tiredness etc.

skyeblue - that's a great routine Mia is doing for you. ochre is doing 2 solid naps during the day too - an hour one and then a 2 hour one later in the day.

mel - i haven't got my period yet...had a little spotting after dtd one night and thought 'oh here we go' but nothing came of it. i'm so not looking forward to it as i get very painful cramps too. how's mayas sore throat?

anthea - i hope u get some answers hon as that doesn't sound very comfortable at all. i am experiencing pain when we dtd so i'm getting doc to check it out when i have a pap smear next week.

sararose - did u have a full period that first time? like i said to mel i had a very small amount of bleeding but it was just that one off so i don't think it was my period. i guess only time will tell if it comes in the next month!

ll80 - i have a klingon too hehe!! ochre doesn't like to be on his own for very long at all and yes it's so hard when there is other things to do, other children to see to. he is starting to get better in his high chair and loves it when his brothers entertain him. he is laughing now which is so cute to hear

jenna - gosh that must have been so scary for u hon. i remember seeing your status on facebook about seeing the flames from your house and i was very worried for u and your family.

queenb - congrats on your beautiful daughter Aaliyah!

claire - the party was great fun! all the kids spent most of the 3 hours in the pool so i just hung out with the mums and ate party food!! how's the grobags going? they are fantastic - i used them with my second ds

kitt3n - aww Matisse didn't like the pool? we haven't introduced Ochre to it yet...he's dipped his feet in the ocean a few times tho. unfortunately our water is too cold down here for a full swim (for him that is) - but if we move to Queensland i'm sure he will be a big water baby

Sorry it's so long - just didn't want to leave anyone out xx

[Skyeblue]

littlelalla I cant believe Ochre has cut his first tooth! wow! I hope he starts to sleep better. Mia is dribbling HEAPS god I hope she isnt teething yet...although best to get it over with I suppose! Must be so painful for the poor little things

[ll80]

Hiya Everyone

Elise is actually alseep in her cot for a change, though I had to wait til she was dead alseep in my arms to try and get her down, it worked, so I've managed to go through the entire house and clean, feeling much better about being able to get something done.

LittleL - Wow a tooth already, Elise has been very dibbly lately as well. Have you been using the amber teething necklace at all? how do you find it if you are?
I don't think ELise will be far off rolling, she can sort of get herself half way over, so nice to watch, but sad at the same time, they grow so quickly.
I can't wait until she starts giggling, I've had a couple but not the full blown giggles yet.

Elise is still a Klingon but I am getting some wraps to make life easier for those days when she just wants to be held, she still won't go near anyone other than me, but that's okay, I'll take all the cuddles I can before she starts talking back to me like DD1 is atm. Driving me nuts lol

Hope you are all well

[littlelalla75]

ll80 - i haven't used it yet...still not sure if he's too young? i am a bit wary of him wearing it to bed and seeing as he spends most of the day alseep in his cot i haven't popped it on him. what do u think? will you use one? the doc was actually slightly concerned about the appearance of this tooth as it's not in the right spot and he could need an x-ray! i am taking the boys to the dentist next week so will get her to check it out.

skye - omg ochre is a dribbling machine. when i hold him up so he's standing on my legs it just pours out of his mouth! he's still chucky after most feeds too and i still haven't caught on yet that i need a burp rag on my shoulder when i burp him so i go about my day with spew stains on my clothes and clumped hair at the sides....classy!!!!

Gosh these babies are growing so fast! i was watching Ochre today on his daddy's lap - Dh had him facing him and he was so engrossed in his Daddy's shirt collar that he reached out and started playing with it!! just witnessing this little step in growth and development made my heart flutter. i also love it when he spots his hand waving around in front of him and stops and stares at it intently. so gorgeous!

[Skyeblue]

aww littlelalla Mia is doing those exact things too! She will just stare at her fist for AGES as if it's the most amazing thing ever, and get transfixed on one thing like a button. It's so cute! I hope Ochre's tooth is ok, poor little thing.

What is a teething necklace?

Hiya ll80! sometimes thats the only way Mia will sleep, to get her in a deep sleep while Im holding her, then put her down! Im glad you got some stuff done.

We had a big day today, went to the shops for hours, Mia was awake the whole time, but since then she keeps waking up, I hope she isnt over tired. Oh well we will see what tonight brings! Where is everyone else?

[Novella]

Littlellala- glad you have found something to help with the mastitis. Poor o with his tooth and poor you with no sleep
Skye- hope mia slept well after her big day, its so hard sometimes to settle them when thy get over tired
Anthea - hope you have had the pain checked out, I had something similar after dd1 and passed a huge lump of ?placenta/ clot and it felt so much better after. Hope all is well
Mel- must have been a big scare for you with maya's temp

Aimee is just beautiful but you girls are right they are growing up soo fast, Aimee has a fascination with her feet at the moment, I dont think it will be long until she is grabbing and chewing them. Aimee is another dribbler and she still does lots of little chucks so I am feeling like the owner of a chinese laundry . I have had a fe days where I have actually got things done, I even mowed the lawn as it was too long for J to play on, she kept tripping over lol. The girls spoke to their popa on the webcam yesterday, they just love it, Aimee stares so hard at the screen. The siblingjealousy is starting to subside which is good.

We are flying to the gold coast to see my dad in a fortnight and it will be interesting to see how well we all travel, a 2 and a bit year old and a 4month old.

Thursdays I do my shopping and I find whenever we go in the book store Aimee gets hungry so I have just been feeding her as I browse the books, I dont think I would have contemplated that the first time round but it is much nicer than the parents room and no one has really noticed anyway.

take care, ill try and pop in here more often just have been busy looking at wedding stuff when I have free time to go on the net

[ll80]

ll80 - i haven't used it yet...still not sure if he's too young? i am a bit wary of him wearing it to bed and seeing as he spends most of the day alseep in his cot i haven't popped it on him. what do u think? will you use one? the doc was actually slightly concerned about the appearance of this tooth as it's not in the right spot and he could need an x-ray! i am taking the boys to the dentist next week so will get her to check it out.

I've had mine on Elise for a little bit but noticed when she slept that she had indent marks on her shoulder from it so I took it off. I think in small doses would be ok, it's so small that I don't think they would choke themselves on it. I'd prbably keep it on through the day and see if that makes an improvment for him.
That's probably what I will do with Elise when she starts teething, though with the amount of drool we are having at the moment she might already be.
She has even taught herself how to blow bubbles with it.

Sararose- Good luck with travelling up her to Sunny QLD, hope all goes well for you.

[Kitt3n]

everytime i come to this thread little laa decides to start crying - i have so much to tell you all,i havent posted in here for ages, but i do keep trying!!