Babies Born December 2007 #12

[Buzzie]

Nice for u to join us LoriRae and Kts64s

Just a quick hello here, working hard at home, house goes on the market next week YAY!

Have a great day everyone

[Trish]

Nic, huge hugs honey. Please don't feel bad for getting your thoughts out in here. That's what we are here for. I wish that there was something I could do to help you out. If only I lived closer.....

You can't help but think of the what if's, that's totally normal. Fate handed you something that day, fate made you go shopping and fate had you close to your Dr. You have an angel watching over little Olivia and Isaac. I pray that nothing like this happens again to your family huni.

Welcome Kts64s, sounds like your little girl is a great sleeper. I sure wouldn't be complaining if Abbey slept that good. We keep a sleep cycle sleep out of her during the day. And very few of them at that.

Oh and Nic, that's just teasing us with your good weather. It's about 15 here, overcast and going to p!ss down again at any minute.....

[Lolli]

Hi Jus and Ella!! It's Lori and Ty here... Told you you had started me on a serious Belly Belly addiciton...
Trish, just to fill you in one my solids debate from another thread... I have the Heinz Organic rice cereal eyeballing me from the cupboard but have decided to hold off until at least five months and then reassess and hopefully hold off until 5 and a half months, then reassess again and hopefully hold off until 6 months (taking it two weeks at a time!). Sounds ridiculous but the post about the extra work involved sealed the deal for me... and the fact that I don't want to give the MIL the satisfaction of an 'I told you so' when I was so adamant with her that he didn't need solids until SIX MONTHS when she tried it at six weeks...
We're having rolling over dramas her at the mo'... pop DS down on the floor and he rolls himself onto his tummy, which is great because it's kind of auto tummy time, but bad because we can't leave the room for longer than 2 minutes as he starts cracking it because he can't roll himself back (he's done it a couple of times but I don't think e can do it on purpose yet- only accidentily).
Happy Anzac day evryone. So very bored- DH is at the pub and I'm really not up for housework today. He invited us down but I have some kind of moral objection to bubs in pubs unless it's for dinner or something...

[M D]

Lorirae - I to can't bring myself to do housework. In actual fact I made a bigger mess by starting to clean out a cupboard. Now stuff is everywhere and I'm not cleaning it up today!

Like you I too think there is a time and a place for Bubs and it is not in the Pub let alone on ANZAC day.....some of my childless friends can't seem to fathom that though.

Just relax! My little one is due to wake any minute so I've been enjoiying the peace.

[aussienic]

Thanks Trish. I just felt bad for venting in here but I guess you are right thats what we are here for.

today has been a good day. Olivia is back to normal, no grizzling this afternoon at all. even happy to go in her swing. I even hung out some washing admittedly very fast and came upstairs twice to check on her. she was asleep and i had the other half of the monitor on me.. she is squealing happily in her swing brewing a poo. for some reason she has pooped 3-4 times a day every day this week.. most weird..

Boys are downstairs playing in mud and water much to my disgust but they have been feral today so they can do what they want outside and when they come up it is warm shower and jammies time..

beef strogganoff here for dinner tonight.. Whats for tea at everyone elses place tonight?

LoriRae: apart from the whole solids till 6 months issue the extra work is a big thing for me. olivia has increased her feeds heaps in the past week. She went from feeding every 3 hours or so during the day to just varying times of sometimes an hour maybe less or going up to 4 depending on sleeps. I think so far today she has fed 5 times.. and will prob feed another 4-5 times before bed. I think she is just finding comfort in it as she doesn't seem overly hungry

Kts: I am enjoying the peace as well.. Its nice when you get it isn't it. Although I think I have a nappy to change soon so may as well do the bathtime routine while she is happy

[Trish]

LoriRae, you are right, there is so much more work involved in feeding solids, and it's so damn messy and time consuming. Whacking a boob out is so much faster and easier to do

Nic, ahhh the ammount of times I have whinged in here. LOL. Honestly though hun, if we didn't want to hear it, we wouldn't ask :hugs: Abbey poo's like that everyday, so it's nothing different around here. Yummy on the strog too, we ended up having drumsticks. DP crumbed them and made some pasta to go with it. A fattening dinner, but hey, I didn't have to cook so it was a bonus

Abbey had a shocker of a day and night. She slept, literally 3 15 mintue baps all day. This was from rising at 8am until I started settling her for bed at 8 lastnight. Then it took me 2 hours to get her off for a crap night. She was finally in bed by 10 and was awake again by 2. Awake atleast 4 times, she resettles quickly enough, once she gets some boob. But then nicely did a massive spew all through my bed at 6 this morning. She was fast asleep and just projectiled everywhere, waking both of us up. Then she lay there doing a big poo. Time to get up. Bed is stripped and sheets are on the line. Abbey is now napping in her swing. Not the idea place but hey, she's asleep.

Feels good to not have to rush around on a Saturday morning for once. The footy fields are shut so no football this morning. Funny thing is though, it's the nicest morning we have had in weeks. The sun is shining and there is no rain - so far.

Not sure what we will get up to today. Something that cost's little money I am thinking.

*Happy 5 months to Abbey*

[aussienic]

Happy 5 months Abbey!!

Terrible night here just terrible. I even went to bed early. I went before 10, Jacob woke at 11 coughing a yucky cough, then Olivia was awake almost all night from midnight onwards. I have a pulled muscle in my back where it hurts to breathe to deeply.

My head just hurts from wanting sleep! the boys are watching a movie and Olivia has just gone down for a nap.. I bet she sleeps 3-4 hours too. I have no idea what her problem was last night. She just cried or screamed almost non stop..

ah crud she is awake and crying.. **sigh**

ETA: Trish. I would go for a nice walk in a park somewhere Glad the sun is shining for you today

[Trish]

Half your luck Nic. Not on your crappy night but on Olivia sleeping for 3 or 4 hours. Abbey never sleeps longer than an hour in the day time. DOes my head in. There is only so much you can do to entertain a little baby.

Oh, that was weird. I went to hit the enter key to go down a line but instead whatever I hid it submited my post for me......

Very helpful but not when I wanted it.

Sorry you had such a *****ty night there too Nic. These girls must have had a chat to one another.

Good idea on the park. Will still be muddy though from all the rain.

Ohhhhhhh Tehya looks like a girl for once. She had almost a dress on. She has tights, a long sleeved shirt and like a pinaford over it. I think the only reason it's stayed on this long is because of the tights under it. LOL, Ahhh my little tom boy.

[aussienic]

Oh how cute!! i never liked tights/leggings till now

hhmm didn't think of the muddiness still lol.. how close to the beach are you? A nice beach walk sounds nice. If my darn back wasn't sore and I wasn't to nervy with Miss O I think Thats where I would be

[Buzzie]

Happy 5 months Abbey!!

Just put up a pic of Ash in his jumping joey that i brought couple days ago. He loves it so much.... and itll just show u how big my boofa is.. hehe - Hes wearing a size 2 top that i borrow from my nephew... hes in 0 now but i dont think that will last long either.

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[aussienic]

ooo how adorable Lauren.. He looks so much older then 4 months,, so long and a very grown up looking face

[Trish]

Awww Lauren, Ash is soooooo cute. He looks atleast 6 months old. So..... does he want a gf ?? I have a pretty cute little girl here

Nic, we are atleast an hours drive away from the beach and it would be damn cold there today. By the sounds of what DP is saying we are going car shopping. How fun. He sold his car on Thursday, so now the fun of looking for another one is beginning.....

[Buzzie]

Lol trish, i might take you up on the offer, this ones gonna need a women to keep him in line!

[aussienic]

Just back from the Drs with Olivia.. She came out in a rash.. Anyways she is now on anti biotics and he did give me a antihistamine but said it was up to me if I gave it or not. We opted not to, I am sure panadol will be fine. We are to go back to the Drs next week and get a referral to a pead and get her followed up with a ECg.. finally a Dr who thinks like i do..

Olivia is fine though just a little itchy. The rash appears to be viral but he started her on Ab's just in case and I am happy to do so...

Trish: bugga the cold play in the sand.. but an hours drive is a little to long. I have a less then 5 minute walk (rubs in) Car shoping is fun as long as you have no children in tow.. lol. Go checko ut the new landcruisers.. *drool* We are in love with them. way the heck out of our price range though but still can't hurt to look hehe..

Best go make lunch for the hungry boys..

[BekZ]

Hi Ladies,

I hope I can get through this post without miss Loren screaming!!!!

Nic - Hugs on your rough time with Olivia's health and sleep etc. I really hope you get to the bottom of things. Please feel free to vent whenever you want...I do, even if no one listens, it still helps to get it out.

Trish - Happy 5 months to Abbey. Bugger on the rain, especially with baby, toddler. and a preppie to wash for. Miss Sara is a tomboy too, she mainly gets around in sporty type clothes and very rarely a dress. I hear you on the lack of daytime sleeps although I think Loren is getting a tad more than Abbey. So far Loren has slept 1.5 hours today. Where did they get the theory that bubs sleep for hours on end though the day...not here at my place. All the best with car shopping. I am up for house hunting soon.

Buzzie - Ash really does look older than 4 months. My DD1 always looked older and she never looked like a really tiny bub for too long.Loren is different she still looks like a tiny bubba, but I think that is because she is bald.

LoriRase and Krs64s - Hi and welcome, good to see some more ladies here. It has been a bit quiet.

Re: Solids, personally I would put off solids due to the extra work for as long as possible.Also for the allergy reason too. I was at my MIL's yesterday and she took it upon herself tp put a piece of bread in Loren's mouth...I could have screamed. I politely told her that I am not starting solids for another month. She knows I am anal about this kinda thing. Still I suppose it did not stop her giving Sara ice cream when she was 7 months old. No freakin idea Bugger Loren is cranky best go

[Jus]

Just a quick hello to everyone.
Hey - good to see you Lori & Ty!
& welcome to Kts64s. Glad I'm not the only new chick now!
Keeping my head down this weekend trying to get serious planning & prep done for going back to school next week. Lack of pre-baby brain is making a big job even longer!
Hope you're all having a good long weekend...

mmm ... I know I missed last night's dinner post, but we're having slow cooked pork chops & potato hot pot tonight. mmmm... wish I could eat it now.

[aussienic]

mmm Jus.. That sounds delicious!! We had chicken Tikka Marsala here tonight.. oh so good. A little spicy so I hope it doesn't effect Olivia too much.

Bek. why do MIL's insist on doing those sorts of things.. grr.. smack her for me :P

Well the miss isdoing well. poor thing is itchy. I so hate giving meds but she just had to have panadol again as it helped with the itching before and has to have AB shortly as well..

Sleepy vibes to all...

[Lolli]

Hi all,
Grrr... trust me, Ty actually had a sleepy day today- we got one two and a half hour sleep and two one and a half hour sleeps.. and of course we were out all day! Why does that always seem to happen- when we are out and about he sleeps like a trooper, but at home when it's just me and him we're lucky to get 45 minutes at a time, and some days only once!! Have to say I'm pretty lucky but- although he might wake up frequently at night, he goes straight back down after a feed..
Bek- I'm with you, what is it with MIL's and their solids obsession??
Trish- Blah to the rain, it seems to have such a bad effect on my mood- I always feel miserable. And thank God for the dryer!! At least it was a lovely sunny day today
Lauren- how cute is your little man? We have a jolly jumper too and ty adores it- we get big dribbly smile out of him whenever he gets in it and it leaves me a few minutes free to hang out washing or run the vacumn over the lounge room. I seem to suffer from serious 'equipment guilt' though- whenever I put him anywhere but the floor I have a mental clock running in my head because I remember the community nurse drumming it into us that they shouldn't spend longer than two hours a day in equipment, including car seats and prams, and preferably much less than that. *sigh* never realised this mothering thing came with so much guilt attached!!
Dinner here tonight is nachos, which the man is making... and he took us shopping today... whattaguy!