Babies Born December 2006 #6

Well Charly has been letting Dad put her to sleep in the last week, if she is biteing and not going to sleep for me DH takes over and she is asleep in about 15 minutes.

Charly is trying to sing along with the nursery rhymes.

Giving me lots of scares on the stairs, I was putting some dishes in the dishwasher, she was on the other side of the counter the next minute/second I heard her at the top of the stairs. So funny when I shadow her up the stairs she brings one of her hands up to grab my hand and put it on the stairs with hers, like she is showing me how to climb the stairs LOL.

Need some ideas on what to feed her in the evening to give her some meat in her diet, she not a big vegie fan but loves friut. Will go search the forum and web.

Tried giving her weet bix yesterday not a big fan but by distracting her got her to eat some, but she was very weezy after so think I will hold off before giving her more.

Know how you feel Lauren I start back at work 2 October my conversation/thinking skills have lapse it the past year. They have found me a desk in Ipswich office which is 5 minutes from mum, but will have to go in to Brisbane on the first day, which will be the hardest.

This month has gone so fast. Will need to do a few thing while she is happy in her cot.

Heres some recipes that my Mums group has passed around, I've just cut and pasted these;

Beef + vegies
Cooked minced beef with mushrooms, carrot and green capsicum

Chicken, rice + vegies
Cooked chopped chook with corn, zucchini, carrot, onion, tomato, green capsicum, handful of baby spinach + rice

Bolognese
pasta (broken up)
lean minced beef,
1 tomato finely chopped,
1/4 finely chopped onion,
1 tbsp tomato paste,
1 tbsp water,
1 tbsp grated cheese,
( i use non salted butter to cook it all up)


Tomato & chicken casserole:
1` tsp olive oil
small onion
carrot
ground oregano
small potato
2 tsp peas
1 tbsp chopped chicken
2 tsp tomato puree
1 tbsp haricot or butter beans (tinned)
5 tbsp water.

Heat olive oil, fry onion, carrot and oregano. Add potato, peas, chicken, tomato puree, beans and water and simmer for 20 minutes. Puree.


On the weekends the other thing I have done is make a stew, for example:
Veal, carrot, celery and parnsip –
chop into chunks, add water and simmer for a couple of hours, drain the stock (I keep it and mix it with plain vegies for more flavour) and then blend.
Lamb, pumpkin, potato and sweet potato –
same directions as above.
Chicken, carrot, celery and pumpkin –
same directions as above.

Hope this helps you:)

I also tried today an avocado and banana mash, Maya liked it! This is great for bubs as they are two foods that have a lot of goodness in them.

Thanks Chon will try them out. Charly loves advocado and banana/pear giving her a break at the moment as she ate it all last week.

PC good luck, I'm still waiting for AF, think it the one time in my life I wish it would hurry up so I could get PG.

Great recipes chon! With the bolognese I recommend Risonni though. That way you don't need to break up the pasta (I was chopping macaroni in half! Gets very old very quickly!)
Good luck PC & Charly's mum

Glad if it helps anyone. I just look at what everyone else is doing then make my own combos, like you have suggested Lotusflower with the pasta.

Can anyone help me with a chart site to use because now that I am on no contraceptives I want to chart my cycles so I can work out when its safe and not safe, I don't want to conceive yet:) and I don't want to go on anymore pills and stuff as it just stuffs up my system. Also when is it safe to DTD and avoid getting pregnant?

Goodluck with those trying to conceive, hope its your month!!!:dance:

Thanks Linz, just started my AF yesterday so thought it was a perfect time to start a chart.

So when is it safe to NOT conceive???

Hi Everyone

I have some sad news, 'Princess Confused' Linz has left BB:( . All her posts have been removed so a lot of our posts may look strange for those who havent read our thread for a while (eg. Snacks - when she comes back from her holiday).

I was writing a response private message to Linz, to the one she sent me, but by the time I had finished it she had already gone, if anyone knows her email could they please ask her if its alright if I contact her as it would of been nice to say goodbye.

This is what she wrote to me;

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Hi, could you please let the other ladies know that I am leaving BB as from today. I have asked mods to remove my posts, threads etc. I feel sad that I wont be able to talk to you ladies anymore but I feel its the right thing to do now that 2 gitls here on BB are trying to make my life hell. Thankyou for all the support & goodluck in the future.

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Did anyone see conflict with her and anyone else as I must of missed it........

Oh that's sad about Linz :( I didn't notice any conflict either Chon...

Sorry I've been MIA guys.. have had spotting for a week, got worse this morning so dashed to OB. Thankfully everything is ok, we got to see the heartbeat, what a relief!!
Sorry to hear Linz has left us. I wasn't aware of any conflict either!! How awful it must have been for her.
Issy has bad sticky eye at the moment, don't know where she got it from??
Anywho will catch up soon. I need to take a nice deep breath and relax I think!!
Love to all

Sorry to hear about Linz, I never seen anything, I usually don't have much time and just check in here when I get a chance.

Charly had her 6 months needles today, seems fine at the moment. Let the doctor know I wouldn't be getting the next lot until she is 2 years she suggested I could leave the MRR but get the other one at least by this time next year. She was good didn't question my decision, thank god because I didn't wont an agruement.

Wgt 9.15 kg
Length 75 cm

Hasn't but on much weight since her 7 month check up 8.5 kg, but is getting taller.

Glad everything's ok there Shez!
Sounds like Charly's growing well!
Noah has an appointment in a few weeks, will be interesting to see what the porker weighs now!
Oh I should add he started saying "Mama" and "Bubba" on Wednesday, completely out of the blue. He pulls the most adorable face when saying them, all puckered lips.

Glad to hear everything is alright Shez, must of been stressful. So yes, RELAX!!:)

Good to hear CHarly is going well. I must get Maya weighed, just out of interest.

How exciting to hear Noah saying words!!! I think Maya is saying ducks as she loves the yellow ducks in the bath and I say it over and over what it is and also with her bath book I say BOOK, but ducks seems to be her first word.

My DP usually rings at some stage during the day and I put him on speaker phone to Maya, we are fairly certain she said DAD, my friend was here as well and she thought it was definitely. Exciting times now, hey?

oh oh shes just woken up, bottle time! Catch up with everyone soon.:)

KNOCK KNOCK, ANYONE HERE???

Gosh its been quiet, I suppose with Amy 'Snacks' away and Princess Confused leaving we are forgetting about our thread! Gotta keep it alive everyone.

But then saying that I'm not sure what to post........:lol:

One thing I have done this week is join 'FaceBook', I love it as I can upload heaps of pictures and send the link to family and friends.

At mums & Bubs group yesterday one of the bubs stood up BY HERSELF!!! she stood for about 3 seconds. It was amazing.

Anyway hope to hear from you guys soon.

Chantal

Sorry I have been absent, have had a cold this week and Charly has been waking before me.

It is great when they stand by them selfs, Charly does it for a few seconds. It was funny a couple of weeks ago one of the mums at Mothers Group was say how her boy is standing by himself (about 6 weeks old them Charly) he as been crawling for months, Charly must of heard and went and stood with one of the Mums and them let go for a good 20 seconds. The longest I have seen, stands all the time for Dad, but Dad has always had a trick where he stands her in the palm of his hand and she balances there really freaks people out (been doing it since she was 3 months).

She is a mum's girl this week, left her with granma for about an hour as she will be there next week and need to get use to her cousins. When came back sneaked up to the window and check out what was happening, Charly was very happy drinking her water and then raspberry all over her cousins. Didn't miss me until she seen me.

Well know she is awake I had better go.

hwere is evryone?

Hey, I'm still here, just so busy getting everything ready before I go back to work on Friday. Hope everyone's well!

Will I surived my first week (2days) back at work, teary on the first day for me. Charly had fun at Granma's with her cousins, but I got a big smile and squell when I came back. She woke up extra early 5.30am on the second day, I so was very tired by the end of the day, Charly at least had a sleep.

Gosh it is amazingly quiet around here.

Charly's mum - must be so hard to go back to work I really feel for you:(

Well its not long now till their first birthdays!!:dance: I'm really looking forward to it and starting to plan. I am going to get her invitations out soon as people will be organising Christmas functions and we have two other birthdays in the family in the same week so I want to take 'dibs':)

Update on Maya; she is pulling herself up on anything she can and walking across the length of the lounge, she attempts to let go but then quickly puts her hands back.
We went to an animal petting farm today and she had a ball!! She patted a Kangaroo and baby goats and lambs, she laughed when touching them, very cute! She is a little toddler now, I can't see her as a baby anymore, as she does so much now and her personality is just bursting out.

I really hope everyone is well, when is Amy getting back???!!

Great to hear Maya is doing well, your right it is quiet around here. The petting farm sounds great we have a local zoo here which I would like to get a yearly past and take Charly regularly.

Charly is climbing the stairs like a pro as now decide she will to climb them a different way and is try to hold on to the bannister and climb the stairs (while still holding her toy).

She is having more sleeps during the day, but if I try and move her from my arms to the cot she wakes. So I use it as my down time and read a book.

She loves going to Granma while I am working so I don't feel so bad and I enjoyed my second day. Think she likes the change, at least she is sleeping for Granma which I was worried wouldn't happen.

There are so many little changes it is hard to remember them all. She is still being a fussy eater, thing she just want to eat as a family. So I need to get organised and have something that we all can eat.

Her squells of delight are making the boys cry, she did it again at Mothers group. All the moms where laugh so she thought it must be good and with a big smile kept doing it.

Hi everyone!
OMG, how sad about Linz... I don't have any contact details for her. That sucks. She doesn't live very far away from me - we never got the chance to meet up for a coffee or something :(
Wow, I'll bet everyone's grown up so much! I've been trying to catch up on everything...
:clap: to all those gorgeous ones who are cruising/walking! I can't believe how grown up our little ones are!
We had such an awesome holiday. I think it was probably a little bit too long for Natalie - she has been sooooo happy since we arrived home. It is quite comical really, seeing how much she loves familiarity. But that's always been the way she is. Having said that, she coped marvellously with all our travelling around, and she slept reasonably well too.
We saw so many beautiful places and did some great walks and tours. I'll have to add some photos to my gallery!
Natty is finally starting to wave. She's become a lot more cuddly lately and she is now shy with strangers. But she's also getting happier too, all the time.
She got a cold while we were away, poor little mite, but getting over it now.
I now have the task of getting my CV organised and applying for some part time work. I thought I'd be depressed about it, but I really do feel refreshed after the holiday and I'm excited about starting something new!
Hope you're all well - look forward to hearing back from you all!

Charly has her first tooth!!
No wonder she has been so grumpy at night she is still sleeping which is a miracle as she as been waking at 5.30- 6 o'clock. She ate a peice of Daddy steak last night, so hopefully her appetite is back as well.

Snacks welcome back, sounds like you had a lot of fun. Yep they are growing fast it is amazing.

I need to print out some photos to put on my desk at work. So I'll go and do that while I can.

Cool that Charly's got a tooth! How cute. Oh, forgot to mention before, Chon - I am so into Facebook too! You're right, such an easy way to keep in touch with people and share photos and stuff.

Hi Amy!!! So good to have you back. Sounds like your holiday went really well, thats great!Look forward to seeing the photos.
Good luck with your job hunting, can't say I would be so excited...;)

Wow to Charly for her first tooth, its always the worst I think, no hang on, the two middle top teeth are the worst, not fun at all.:(

Maya has 4 top teeth, one side one just coming down but its broken through and 4 bottom so after this we just wait for the 'molers', is that what they call them??

She is enjoying bath time heaps now, I let her sit out of her bath seat after I have washed her hair, she can sit really well by herself and when she goes for a slip or slide she can 'save' herself and get upright again. She thinks its fun and splashes like crazy. I timed how long it takes from her clothes off to dressing her and it takes and hour to bath her, far out!! But you just don't want to get her out when she is having so much fun.

Hope everyone is well:)

Hey girls, sorry I haven't been around much. Then again, it doesn't look like anyone has been really!
Took Noah for a check-up today. The beast was:
10.9kg
76cm
47cm HC
Still not crawling, the MCH nurse said she could refer me to a physio but I'm not worried and don't really see the point at this stage.
He has 5 teet5h now and another 3 coming in.
Saying: Mama, Bubba, Nana, Dada, Uh oh, Wow, Hi and I think he's attempting his name too. Comes out like "Oh-Uh". Maybe, maybe not,
Hope everyone's well.
We need updates from everyone!

Gosh I haven't popped in for ages. Sorry.
Uh let's see,
Angel is 10.5kg. don't really know how long she is.
She has 6 teeth & 2 almost through.
She can sit now & is commando crawling, she is just starting to crawl properly, but only 2 steps & then splat.
She yells, says mumma dadda bubba, she spits :o blows raspberries & is cheeky as. Loves to shake her head & bite people.
Still sleeping well & now will only eat if she can do it herself.
I'm afraid it's all gone too fast for my likings.
Still busy packing & going totally insane with DH away building. 5 kids & no release is taking it's toll.he he he he.

Hi to everybody I hope you are all doing well.

Hey again everyone.
Chon, Natalie loves the bath too. An hour! That's quite an ordeal every night LOL!
Must take Natalie in for a check next week. Still not crawling or talking. Sleeping so much better these days. Eating better too - since the trip she is willing to have veges off a spoon. A relief after having to give them to her on a cruskit or toast for so long :rolleyes:
Next week we have our appointment about her eye. I'm interested to see what they think.
Anyway, best be off to make breaky! Natalie's getting right into the weetbix these days :D

Wow Storm, You sound sooo busy, how on earth do you do it!!! AND with your husband away!! I salute you!!!

You remind me I have to weigh Maya soon, haven't done it since she was 6months.

Snacks - Just want to let you know that there are only three crawling babies in our mums group out of 10. Just in case your worried that Natalies not crawling yet:)

Maya gets weetbix as well for brekkie, its just so easy! Glad to hear she is eating her vegies.

WOW! Noah's saying a lot!!:clap: Mayas favourite word is 'ducks' & 'dad'

He he Chon, I guess I am just used to it now.
She now has 8 teeth, the other 2 came through last night!!

Snacks how was the check up, glad to hear Natalie likes her vegies. Still finding it hard to get Charly to eat them.

Charly's favourite word at the moment is bye with a wave of the hand, she is loving going to Grandma and is starting to pick up new words. Heard her call Nath to her cousin when I went to pick her up, really surprised me.

Walking holding on to everything, pushing a chair or her highchair around the house. Wont be long before she is walking by herself.

She has starting doing this think sounds like a sneeze, with the head and eye actions and everything, seem to do it when she is saying yes to something. It looks so funny I have been trying to catch it on video.

Hope every one is doing well, been very quiet I know Charly has been keeping me busy waking up early and taking a while to get to sleep at night. If Granma was here at the moment I would be able to check things here.

Also trying to organise a holiday, in November so any spare time goes into that. Work has been good but it sure makes the week go fast.

Hope to hear from you guys soon.

Hi

Just wondering if there are babies here that are a bit slower than the rest in reaching their milestones (so i can get a bit of support).

The bub i am talking about was born at the end of Nov 2006. She had a traumatic birth injury and is taking awhile to catch up, but i am sure there are other 'normal' babies that also just do things in their own time.

She has just started sitting in the past few weeks but can now sit on her own for approximately 20 mins. She rolls around purposefully to get things she want and is starting to bring her knees up under her. She can lift her body up, like a push up, and her head control is fine.

Are any of your kids at this stage still? How old where they when doing this stuff?

Thanks,

Kate

(i have also posted this in Nov 2006 births, but she is close to Dec and was on life support for the first week, so thought she might be closer to babies here)

Hi Kate

Sounds like your little bubba is a real fighter!!:clap:

I think she is doing wonderful for what she has been through. There are some bubs in my mothers group who are just starting to crawl, more like a commando crawl on their bellies. All are sitting up and have been since 7 months but please dont worry about your little girl, the first year will be a struggle for her but as the years slowly go by she will get stronger and before you know it she will be at an equal with the others in her age group. It will just seem more noticeable at this age.

To keep her self esteem and inner strength strong always clap and cheer when she achieves something like sitting up and holding her head up. This will make her feel happy and she will want to do it more. Babys at this age LOVE hearing clapping and cheering for everything they do.

Let us know how you are going

By the way is she on solids? and what is her name?:)

Dear Chon

Thank you so much for your reply. Her name is Jasmine, and she is definately a fighter.

She is on solids, has been since about 5 months. She loves her food, and has to hold a spoon while we feed her and wipes the food from her face with it. She chews on dried bananas as well.

She has lots of people to love and encourage her. She is pretty cheeky too. The other day she was grizzling in her cot. She was tired and had had a little sleep but not for very long. As soon as i went in, and looked in on her, she gave me this big grin, as if it to say, thank you for coming to play with me. No more crying.

Thanks again.

Kate

Hi everyone. Sorry it has been a while - job hunting, more mothers group activities than usual, family friend visiting from OS and all that.
Hi Kate, and welcome! Your bub sounds like she is doing fabulously.
I have heard that around nine months babies usually can sit un-aided (for any period of time) so your little one certainly has reached that milestone. I've also heard that crawling and walking are not milestones, for which I am relieved because my baby doesn't seem to have any desire to crawl just yet! She is pretty confident sitting up, but gets very unhappy on her belly unless I am doing my darndest to make it the most funny, exciting thing on earth (which gets very tiring, so we don't do it as often as we could!) and she really doesn't roll, unless it is from her front to her back where she's more comfortable. You DDs mobility sounds great.
Charlysmum - thanks for asking, the appointment went really well. In fact, the opthalmologist said there's absolutely nothing wrong with Natty's eyes - they are aligned well and her vision is great. So, that was a relief - since that checkup when the nurse said her eyes are uneven I have been worried, and of course every time I looked at her I'd think (ooh, is that left eye turning inwards a bit? :rolleyes: ) So now there's nothing to worry about. I'm taking her for her 9 month check tomorrow (a bit late, LOL) so I'll find out how much she weighs these days.
Glad to hear all the bubs are doing well. They are such real little people now!
Talk soon. xx

Kate - Jasmine sounds like she is doing fine, she is eating great and thats one of the main things. I also love walking in to see Maya when she wakes and she goes from a cry to an excited laugh when she sees me.


Snacks - good to hear Nat is alright. I too have to have Maya weighed etc, havent done it since her 6month check.

You sound very busy, good vibes sent your way with the job hunting:D

CharleysMum - wow to charly's words, thats fantastic! Its still 'ducks' and 'Dad' here:rolleyes: almost got the wave going, only when she wants to.

Well Maya is now walking with a pusher toy (one of those ones that they push along themselves). My MIL let me borrow the one she has and we put Maya into a standing position and showed her what to do and now she cant get enough of it! She takes some steps pushing, falls on her knees, quickly gets back up again and walks pushing the toy! I'm amazed!!!!!! She just amazes me!
Got the video camera out of course:)

Woo hoo, Maya! She'll be running around before you know it, Chon!
Ducks and Dad are good words - does she say them discriminately? Nat says Mum, Dad, bub... but they don't mean anything just yet I think. I find their language fascinating. Natty has gone from babble back to mostly purposely-spoken one-syllable 'words'... her fave atm being 'deh' :rolleyes: Although her little songs (and winges, LOL!) seem to go on forever.
Nat waves, but get this... Only to herself ROFL! I have tried and tried to get her to wave to other people, succeeding once when she waved goodbye to DH when he left for work. But for the last several weeks I go into her room when she wakes, pick her up for a cuddle and she looks in the mirror on her wardrobe and waves and laughs at herself :D

Hey Kate - I wouldn't worry about Jasmine too much, sounds like she's doing fine to me considering!
Amy - Glad Natty's eyes were fine. lol The waving sounds hilarious! Waiting to hear how much she weighed...
Chon - WYG Maya on the walking! And dad and duck are good words if you ask me!
Charleysmum - Charley's vocab sounds terrific. Noah can say 8 words, but since learning Dada (the latest) that's all I ever hear from him

As for Noah, he's still not crawling or showing any signs of wanting to! I know it's nothing to worry about but let me tell you, carrying around all 11kg of his chub is bloody tiring! He's a big heavy lump.
I've given up with the tummy time as he's learbes how to sit up from laying on his tummy. Also figured out how to sit up from laying on his back which makes nappy changes a challenge. I'm back at work 2-3 days a week and he's with my mum. He's been a pretty good boy so far and I hope he keeps it up for his other nanna who's minding him this coming saturday. He's not a big fan of hers but it's only for 4 1/2 hours so I'm sure they'll both survive.
Glad to see the board's getting a little busier! It's been a ghost town around here lately.

Hi Lauren, its great that Noah can get to a sitting position on his own. At least he doesn't get frustrated waiting for you to come and help him.
Our appointment went well yesterday, though I need to fatten my girl up as her weight gain has dropped off a bit. She's 8.2kg, but only 70cm tall, so she's kind of in proportion... Anyway, the nurse said fat is good for brain development (she still has about 4 bfeeds a day, and I can't think of how to get more into our day) so I need to try to get her to have more dairy foods. So. Cheese, cheese and more cheese, LOL. She has flat-out rejected yoghurt, even mixed with her cereal, and last night she refused the tuna patties I made for her (I thought I was being really inventive, LOL!) but she did feed herself a piece of cheese as a snack so I might keep that one up.
Anyone got any fat-rich recipes to share? I was thinking of making pasta with a white cheese sauce today...

Oh my goodness Amy, look how much Natalie has changed! What a little cutie!:D

C'mon where are your photos from your holiday???:)

As for yoghurt, I have finally got Maya to have a little itty bit, I have greek yoghurt for breakfast and I mix a little with some of her food, as I feed her the same time I have my yoghurt. She definitely likes the greek yoghurt more than compared to baby yoghurt or yoplait etc. In fact she wont have the other type at all.

Noahs 11kg, wow that would be hard to carry around all the time, I go to carry Maya into a shop to grab something quick and my arm is killing me. I ended up buying a stroller last week, the best thing I ever did!

HI everyone! Sorry I've been MIA but pg sickness with a 10month old is not fun!!
It's great to read hw well everyones bundles are doing.
Issy is 9.32kg about 71cm. She is crawling everywhere and spends a lot of time on her feet pulling herself up on anything she can find. she says Dada and Mum and bub I think she is saying tap in the bath.
She is still fussy when it comes to food will only have pumpkin and sweetcorn for dinner and it has to be the bought variety!! I have her on full fat kids yoghurt, it is thicker and less tart than baby yoghurt.

Kate Jazmine sounds like she is doing well considering her difficult start in life. What do her dr's say?

Good luck to those heading back to work.
Hope to be on here more soon

LOL, sorry Chon, I am a slacker with the photos. I'll have to re-size a few and put them on... Thanks, I reckon Natty's cute too. Your new ticker pic is brilliant too - what a clever girl Maya is!
I haven't tried Greek Yoghurt - do you have it flavoured or plain? Natalie has tried Jalna, both vanilla and fruits of the forest and doesn't like either. I might just keep trying little bits at a time - don't they say to offer new foods up to 20 times or something? (Don't know where I pulled that one from, LOL!) Also, I tried her on fresh custard rather than the baby ones (which she guzzles btw) but she rejected that too! I think dairy foods are just too rich for her. And I'm afraid now of giving her too much cheese in case she gets constipated...
So. I reckon I'm going to offer her formula in a cup. She will drink water from the cup with meals, so I'm going to offer her a cup of formula after each meal. What do you think? Do you think they should be having richer foods these days, or is it ok to wait til they're a bit older?
Hey Shez, so sorry you've got the all-day sickness. Hopefully it'll pass in a couple of weeks... You'll be in your 2nd trimester soon!!! OMG!!! Where is this pregnancy of yours going? LOL. Issy sounds like she's doing so well. She's got a cute ticker pic too!