Babies Born December 2006 #3

Wow, that's fantastic sleeping, well done Charly!
Oh, Natalie is a fusspot... When she wakes up she is just lovely long enough to have a little chat and a nappy change... Then all hell breaks loose if she doesn't get booby. I think she really took the feed, play, sleep routine to heart - play, sleep, THEN FEED ME. LOL, she's quite definite in what she wants these days, though there are still those times when she cries just because. I find it difficult in those times - at least when she cries after a sleep I know what its about.
Yeah, I don't know whether to give the pumpkin a miss and try some apple in a couple of days? The pumpkin, even when mashed and mixed with water still seems quite stringy? I bought some pears but they're not quite ripe yet - they're taking aaaaages. Ah, well, she's been living on milk her whole life... a couple of days wait isn't going to bother her I wouldn't think, LOL.
Hope all goes well with the MCHN tomorrow, Charly'smum.

Well Charly when well in her health check today

Weight 8.48kg
Length 68cm
Head 42.1cm

Just need to give her more tummy time to help her start rolling on to her back more regularly. Nurse asked if she moves back I said no, but have just been watching her and she does push herself back a little bit with her hands.

Hiya

Maya's going for her 6mth check tomorrow too! I forgot to book that in when I had her needles done :doh: Oh well, be good because my DP can come now, its his day off. He likes to go to her 'milestone' appointments.

I don't think Maya will be far off from Charly, be interesting. I just spoke to a girl at the shops today who has a 7mth old too, she was surprised at Mayas size as her boy is 11kg now! I told her Maya was only 5lbs13oz when born and her boy was 10lbs14oz...wow bit of a difference.

How is Charly with tummy time? does she enjoy it?

What is everyone doing with tooth cleaning as thats one of my questions for the doctor tomorrow, I want to know if there is a special toothbrush or some other technique.

Amy - if you feel a bit funny buying the jar food for Natalie there is a range called 'Organic only', Maya loves it and at least you know the vegies are clean of pesticides etc. Maya's favorites are the Apple and Peach and the Pumpkin and sweetcorn.

We have a winner! Apple. No gagging, though she probably only ate about half a teaspoon... But hooray!
Sounds like Charly's doing wonderfully! We're the same - have to do lots of rolling practice here :rolleyes: She's not a fan of tummy time.
Thanks Chantal, I'll keep an eye out for that brand when the time comes... I might try a couple more things at home first - she really eats so little at a time that I don't want to spend the money on a full jar or tin! :p
I have seen teeth cleaning kits... somewhere... I have been thinking of getting one even though Natalie doesn't have teeth yet. They have gum cleaners too, LOL, I think its just so that they get used to you jiggling things around in their mouth. Just a soft-bristled kiddy toothbrush is good, apparently, and no adult toothpaste until they can spit. Hope all goes well at Maya's check tomorrow. I must book Natalie in for her needles... No putting it off any longer :(

Will done with the apple, Charly loves peaches, I get a can with the natural juice and making sure there the there is only peaches and juice (cheaper then the baby food version and no extras).

Haven't thought about the toothbrush yet, still waiting for those teeth. They say a soft cloth or toothbrush.

Well done Laila.

Tummy time is not Charly's favourite, think if she cannot see me she lasts a bit longer. Just wants mum to pick her up, loves sitting up. I still put a soft cushion behind her think I need to reduce the thickness because when falling backward she doesn't save herself, which she need to start doing. Also once she falls hard for her to go to tummy then back to back with pillow there. Just don't want her to hit her head to many times before she works it out.

Thanks Linz. Lovely to hear from you again - hope the move went/is going well. Great that Laila is sitting up - what a star!
Charly'smum, IKWYM about the hitting the head. Natalie has toppled a few times before I could catch her and TBH I get more upset than she does, LOL. But the worry is always there, isn't it.
Well, we're booked into the docs for needles today, but I was kinda pushed into it because Natalie woke up with a gunky eye today - yuk. I have to see what it looks like when she wakes up from her nap, but I'm really hoping it was just a once-off and she doesn't have something. Thought it best to get her checked out anyway. She's been coughing a bit the last couple of days during her naps, so it may just be a bit of a cold I guess.

Amy, I hope Natalie's eye gets better, my niece has had conjunctivitis not long ago (21mth old) and its not nice, poor little thing.:(

As for the head hitting or toppling over thing, I sit Maya on one of those thick mink blankets, its a double bed size and folded over, when she topples backwards its not hard on her head. They don't cost much either and she loves the feel of it, falls to sleep on it too.

Maya had her check up today, all went well, nothing to report.
Weight: 7.9kg
Length: 68cm
Head: 43

Very close to Charly!

Hope all is well with everyone.

Chantal

Sounds like Maya had a great check up!
I hope Natalie's eye is ok.
Noah's driving me nuts at the moment, waking up SO many times a night. He normally stirs at least 3 times before I go to bed myself, then anywhere up to 8 more times before morning. I'm losing my mind!
I just can't do controlled crying, and am at a loss as to what else to try. He's teething and snotty at the moment so is super clingy in the days too.

Sorry to hear Lauren:hug:

How many teeth does he have now? Would some baby panadol calm him from all that he is going through? I can't do the controlled crying either as I can't see how the stress they go through can be any good for them.

I was going through that not long ago, Maya would wake up quite a few times during the night then it just stopped, I heard her last night, twice, wake and give a little cry for just a second, I waited and she went back to sleep, except for the one time she had rolled on her belly and somehow was at the top of her cot so had to retuck her then.

Hope it all settles very soon.

Still no actaul teeth. This whole "teething business" has been going on for a good 2 months now with no end result. It's very frustrating!
DH can't go in and resettle him for me as he will go balistic! I'm so tired at the moment that I'm not even sure if he's awake every time I go into him or just stirring. Sometimes I don't even remember going in and getting him but he's in bed with me so I must have. He's the type of baby who if I leave even for 30 seconds to try and resettle himself he'll go nuts.
The MACH nurse recommended Sleep School but I'm guessing that involves controlled crying and it's just not for us. I'm with you Chon, all I see it acheiving is a stressed baby and one who might eventually admit defeat and have a "why bother crying, nothing's going to happen" attitude.
I gave him some panadol a few times last week after his jabs, but in all honesty saw no difference.
I really don't know what to do, other than go more and more insane! lol

Glad the checkup went well for Maya.
Hi Lauren, so sorry things are bad atm. You're not alone - last night we had a shocker here. I don't know if her eye or legs were uncomfortable, but Natalie was awake from 3:30am til about 5:20 this morning, and I was up and down trying to resettle her. I have considered sleep school, only because I worry about my tolerance. I can't bear the thought that one day I will snap and scare and/or hurt my baby. This morning as I was putting her to bed, she was arching her back and getting really cross, and I had to leave the room and literally scream. I was just sooooo tired and couldn't understand why she wouldn't let me help her go to sleep. For us, it seems it's making little difference as to whether I am helping her sleep or not... She still cries her little heart out. I went back in, gave her a cuddle (it took a while for her to calm down) and put her back into bed and she went to sleep not long after. And this was for a day sleep! I'm not equipped to deal with that sort of cr@p in the middle of the night.
I'm with you. I've got no idea of what to do.

Lauren, know how you feel, not quite 8 times a night. Had a couple of good night, then last night was late putting her to bed so was up about 5 times. I agree I not doing the controlled crying, I let her go a couple of minutes if she hasn't resettled I go in, the other night made a detour to toilet by the time I got out she had resettled herself. So have been leaving it a bit long. Still you wake up every time and then need to check on them after. Trying to not use the BF to put her back to sleep, works about half the time.

Teething I know what you mean Charly has had raised gums for 3 months, driving me crazy. People keep saying ' so and sos can through in 7 days' I wish.

Hope everyone has some good sleeps coming.

Well, Natalie's eye cleared up just with some home-made saline over 24 hours. Dr said conjunctivitis is really common in babies because they rub their eyes a lot and accidently stick things in there. The scratches get infected, etc, etc. Anyway, I'm pleased its all gone now.
Meanwhile, Natalie's self-settling for day sleeps has gone out the window :rolleyes: I think I just have to resign myself to the fact that she's not going to sleep 4 hours in a row until she's 'developmentally ready'... whenever that may be... or until I wean her off night feeds (which would involve CC). I just can't do that to her yet because I believe she is actually hungry through the night, for the most part, and there's no point trying to wean her off *some* night feeds, KWIM?
Anyone else got eczema? Natty's got it on her tummy and chest :( I never had it so I've never experienced how nasty it can be.

Charly has some eczema, I suffer from a lot of dry skin in winter & DH has eczema when he was a baby.

Know what you mean about the sleep, been trying to get Charly to sleep without BF at night is taking hours. She wakes has I put in bed and we have to start again, tried leaving her in the cot just cry and cry, at least in my arms she is stop and start.

Anyone tried the live chat, not something I have ever been involve in but I will give it a go.

Aw, gorgeous new photo of Charly :)
Yeah, same here about the cuddling. Last night I tried to resettle Natalie for half an hour and she'd settle for a while in my arms, then suddenly remember she wanted to be awake, so would give a half-hearted cry. Ah, well. Got to get some perspective on things... It's not forever, is it.
No, I haven't tried the live chat just yet... I get distracted from my posting too much (Natalie or the telly or food or DH or whatever) so I think I'd be pretty cr@p at it... Too slow ;)

I'm sure I will be to slow as well, takes me forever to post something here.

The doctor said on her last appointment she had slight eczema on her cheeks so i have been putting some sorbolene cream on them daily and they are better.

I'm the same as you Amy with the chat, I get distracted so quickly. I used to chat a bit on msn and stuff but since Maya came along I haven't been on, just don't find that long period where I know I won't get distractions or want to run off and do something. But I might have a looksy now and then and if I see one of you guys in there I will pop in. Each time I have gone in there I didn't know any of the names so didn't want to intrude.:redface:

Wheres em and everyone else lately????? helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu:p

Im here, not that I have been contributing much lately, have been having so much trouble with my 15 y/o who has now moved to WA with his idiotic father, so I'm a bit *sigh* i dunno how I feel.


I think Angel has asthma, she is coughing & wheezing, same symptoms Zaccie gets. Not happy.
Fatty has a tooth & is saying dada & finally has been rolling over again, she must of forgotten how lol
& she is 2 weeks over due for her 6 month needles, ah she hasn't been well enough lately.