Babies born December 2007 #14

[Lolli]

Hi all,
Congrats Olivia on the first tooth. Very exciting. We have top ones looking they will break through any day now... white spots on the gums but no actual teeth as yet.
Nic- how will you get the camper off the island? joking. I am so jealous.
All very quiet in here today. Ty only just woke up for a feed after being asleep for FOUR HOURS!!!! Some kind of record. I'm amazed.
Night all

[morgan78]

Hi everyone...I have been keeping up with everyones posts but with all of us being sick and "normal" routinues thrown out the window this is probably the first time i've had to sit down while not being asleep. Looks like the gastro bug has gone now Vicky slept thru the night last night for the first time since last Sunday but Alex now has a cold and was unsettled all night as his poor little nose is all stuffed up and he discovered that he couldn't suck his thumb & breathe at the same time Currently Alex is asleep on the lounge room floor and has been since 12 & DP is asleep in bed with Vicky ahhhh the serenity

Trish - Vicky isn't having any solids and she's not showing any signs of being anywhere near ready. Is Abbey better now?
Buzzie - Happy 5 months to Asher
LoriRae - Ty - what a lovely thing to do for mummy.
Nic - Hope you are all feeling better now.

To everyone else hi, hope you & bubs are well and have a great weekend

[Jus]

Hi everyone,
so sorry I've been out of the loop for a while - things have been getting on top of me a little - I'm the other one in LoriRae's mummy's group whose baby doesn't sleep thru. So glad to know we're normal... Been reading Elizabeth Pantley's no-cry sleep solution & her comment it that it's a bit weird that altho most babies don't sleep thru just yet, they're classed as the 'bad' ones with the problem!!!
I haven't been able to keep up with everyone's posts, but promise to do so from now on.
Just to throw a comment into the mix, we tried solids, but after 2 days DD was like 'whatever' on the rice cereal & BM. I think the cheeky monkey didn't want it because of the BM which she won't take in ANYTHING but the BB. I made it up one day on water, but how BORING. will wait another week or so & mix with sweet potato.
Hey Janine, know what you mean about the bottle. We've tried everything, including the Lindam one you can release the pressure with, & DD just won't play ball. This despite taking a bottle from around 3 wks old. We're trying the cup thing, which she is getting used to, however, she doesn't like the milk from it, just the water. My situation's not so serious as yours as I'm only working 1 day & DH will be able to bring DD to my work for a lunch time feed now we have our car back...
Dunno if you'll have better luck with a cup? There's a good Heinz Baby Basics one with a soft spout (no ouchies) or we're using a tiny tupperware container (about the same size as a medicine cup, only softer plastic). Good luck.
Congrats everyone on all the wonderful things your babies are doing. Hope everyone gets a good sleep tonight. We're going out to dinner (gasp) so am hoping DD stays asleep for the MIL. If not, cuddles never hurt anyone!

[Michelle_k]

hi everyone,

looks like the sick bugs are everywhere this week.

Mirani got over her cold but this morning after her morning feed she decided that she wasnt going to go back to sleep and projectiled all over the lounge room floor.
and after she had finally settled down and taken a nap i tried her on some food and then she pro'd again all over herself. by that time it was only 9.30am!
so she has been a monkey baby this morning, and while dp took the other 2 girls out not long ago, mirani was calm and i thought that i'd give her half a bottle to see how she'd go, she took the bottle but when she sat up for a burp, projectile all over my leg and the floor again. now she's sleeping, but i dont know for how long. dp has just dropped off some panadol for her as she feels a bit warm too.


me on the other hand, am feeling pretty emotionally and mentally f***ed up. all i wanted this morning is for her to take her bottle, have a burp and go back to sleep so i could. i feel so over children right now. and am so glad that dp took tia and leesh to toys r us and away from me. this morning all i could do was cry or laugh, and i did both. she is so unsettled and grumpy and does nothing but cry and scream when she's awake. i'm hoping that tomorrow will be a new day....


re solids: we've started her on them, she loves it and cant get enough. atm she's having solids maybe twice a day. loves sweet potato and pears. (not mixed together!).


take care,

[Buzzie]

those of u on solids now, have you noticed changes to ur bubs, ie - sleeping, tummy issues, behavour?? im VERY curious to know........

[M D]

RE: Changes in Bubs on solids.

My little girls has been on solids for about a week or so. We've done the rice cereal, althgouh now she has had apple, pumpkim, carrot and zuccini the plain cereal is a definate no go - to plain I am sure. So far so good. She nearly crash tackles me when she sees the bowl and spoon.

She has still been sleeping through although I might say her days sleeps have been slightly shorter maybe a hour in the morning and still two int he afternoon, with some days 45min nap in the afternoon too, but not always.

Interested to hear what everyone else is going through though.

Just one thing on the sippy cups. Should I be trying her with it with just water? Does any one give their bub formula in it? My little bub does hold her bottle quite well and has been doing for some months.

Hope everyone has a good night!

[Lolli]

Hi all,
Jus- Good to see you back on here. You sound a bit cheerier, hoping Ella is being 'good' for you I'm here if you need me Wow- going out for dinner how exciting, good on you guys We managed to go a movie tonight- my best friend came and babysat. It was great.
Michelle- The sleep deprivation gets you every time. to you too.
Buzzie- No real change here with the solids. A few more poos than before (we were only getting one every three or four days) but that's it. I'm keeping it as more of a 'play' thing at the moment, just to let him try new tastes and textures, and less of a nutrition thing ykwim?
kts- they recommend trying a sippy cup from 6 months for orthodontic reasons, and speech therapists recommend trying them from 4 months. I'm pretty sure you can do formula in them too (but I'm definately no expert on that).
Work again for me tomorrow. Guilty as a feel about leaving Ty, it is nice to be out in the real world for a few hours... I used to come home to escape, these days I leave it... who knew being a mum would be so hard and ultimately very lonely? Although I've made a stack of new firends too. I actually ran into a girl who I went to school with the other day and stood talking to her about our babies for a good half hour... more words spoken than in the four years we were at school together. Go figure.
Night all.