Babies Born December 2007 #21

[Liz]

DH wanted us to let Kayla cry it out last night No way am I doing it. I had to keep telling him 'this too shall pass' LOL. It's only that evening sleep that she's so hard to settle for. Tallon has had trouble going off to sleep the last few nights too. I think it's a combination of them having slight colds, Kayla has a cough and Tallon is getting my sniffles, together with the strange weather. It's quite warm in the evenings, and Kayla is such a sweaty bub, which is why I think we struggle with the wrapping & not wrapping. I think she'd like to be wrapped to go off to sleep, be unwrapped once asleep, but it's hot for her when she's wrapped.

Aah well.. we'll survive. LOL.

BekZ - I'm not a fan of sleep schools. Whenever I reach a point where I feel I can't do it anymore, I've found bub changes anyway, or suddenly things are different again. So I don't see the point in going there to be told how to deal with one thing when it's gonna be another thing the next week LOL. We just push on through. We haven't suffered for long.. it's all in phases

Nic - wow at taking a step! Tallon let go and walked on his own at 11 months. I'm seeing how my two compare hehe.. going by Kayla's corrected age. So she has til 12 1/2 months to keep up! hehe. Bad aren't I - comparing Not that I'd think any less of her for taking longer or anything - just interested to see when they each do things really She walks along behind a pushing/walker thingy (lol - great description) but she walks like she's in rehabilitation or something! hehe

Well, soon as Raggs finishes.. DS is going to bed, and I dunno what I'm gonna do with Kayla. I really should get stuck into some ironing.. it's piled up into a ridiculously huge pile.. so I need to at least make a hole in it.

Oh.. Raggs just finished, and Tallon just called out 'time bed!'. What a good boy I best go!

[BekZ]

Liz - I agree totally if bub is just going through a phase them sleep school is not needed but if the issue is long standing then I would go definately.

[Liz]

guess it depends on the issue. We haven't ever slept through the night.. some people might think that's an issue. hehe.

Well, Kayla has settled herself for 2 sleeps so far today. Yay! Hopefully that will carry through to this evening.

[Buzzie]

hi all
nothing important to say here, just a hello, and mums shop opened today woot!!

Ash has been asleep for nearly 3 hours omg! i dont know what to do with myself.. so quiet hehehe

[BekZ]

Qucik question re food. Has anyone introduced hard cheese, tomato, citrus yet?

[kitten2b]

all three here, cheese is devoured, Citrus is loved and tomato is thrown nearly a metre from the high chair after first being squished, not a pretty sight.

[Buzzie]

LOL exactly the same here as kitten!!

OMG Ash just woke up at 6:50. Thats a 5hour 50min nap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLYCOW where did that come from!!!

[aussienic]

Wow what a sleep Lauren.. hope he sleeps tonight

Bek: olivia has had cheese (loves) tomato (only in our meals) haven't tried citrus yet

Liz: just a suggestion for Kayla. Would some classical music and being danced around the room (calmly of course) help wind her down? sometimes when Olivia and when Jacob was a baby if they don't settle I would turn up the stereo on some very calming music and dance with them.. I did it with Olivia tonight cus she was just past it. she was left to long while I tucked the boys into bed and was just past it so I needed to calm her down..

Lori: lol at the shoe fetish... I hate shoes .. I try not to wear them, Although I despaeratly need to go shoe shopping.. ugh my most hated job!

Louise: bugger the camera card stopped working.. did it just say it when it is in the camera?? Mine does that sometimes but when I put it in the comp it works.. beats me why...

Had an ok here today.. olivia is doing better at going down to sleep. didn't sleep as much as I would have liked but was our fault cus we were out and about for her morning nap.. Its so hard to stay home at nap time..

Anyways simon is on night shift.. All the kids in bed.. I put then to bed at 6:45.. much to thier disgust.. but bad behaviour gets you nothing and they need to learn that.. Ethani s semi awake.. but everyone else asleep.. im off to visit ebay

[Tinsel]

Buzzie - wow. I wouldn't call that a nap - hahahaha. I bet you were checking on him all the time and I bet you didn't know what to do with yourself.

Bek - Monique is funny with cheese. Doesn't like hard cheese, grated or the cheese sticks but will eat cheese spread. We haven't tried citrus but she likes tomatoes although having said that, we haven't tried tomato outright, it's always in something. Might try her on those this week.

Kitten - sounds like you had a lovely weekend. I can't believe Sofia is nearly one! Where has the time gone?

Nic - woohoo on the step and 'work'. That is cute.

Liz - how cute is Tallon.

Lori - Ty will love the seat around the other way. We still have Monique rearfacing with the seat we have but she was forward facing in mums car and loved it.

I was sooooo sick last night and still feel a bit icky. I had a nasty gastro type thing so DH took today off to help with Monique which was great. I booked tickets to Australian Open today and I can't wait. I'm going with my sisters and DH is fretting because he thinks Monique will be cranky as she is a bit of a mummys girl.

What type of food do you feed bubs for lunch and snacks? Monique is mostly eating what we have for dinner which is handy but feel like I should give her more finger foods.

[alicia]

Hi all,

Olivia LOVES mandarins and oranges, will eat tomato mixed in with other things (pasta sauce, etc) and wont even put cheese in her mouth (she just plays with it). Although I have only tried grated cheese, what other types are people giving their bubs?

Tinsel - for lunch Olivia usually has yoghurt and some fruit. Now though she has started having avocado sanwiches or rice cakes some days (when we are home coz they are messier!) I love giving her a sandwich because she can eat it herself while I get to eat in peace (gasp!) and she loves feeding herself.

Not much going on here today. Mothers Group is on this afternoon but not sure if we will go as Olivia has woken up with a cough again so I don't want to take her out to the park unless it warms up a bit here.

Have a great day all.

[Lolli]

Hi all,
Bekz- Ty looooves chunks of tomato to munch on, and hard cheese, cut into sticks (won't have it grated but). Haven't tried citrus, but he doesn't mind kiwi. We do rockmelon, cold beans and broccoli, honeydew, watermelon, banana and avo as finger foods for snacks when we're at home, milk arrowroot biccies or rice crackers when we're out.

Lauren- Crikey, what a sleep. Ty doesn't even sleep like that at night. Cute piccie of Ash too

Liz- Hearing you on the sleep schools *sigh* I have lost faith in any convential settling methods.

Tinsel- Hope you are feeling better today

Nic- Yay Ebay!!! Online shopping is even better than real life shopping (you don't have to put on shoes

Having a rough time here. I logged onto dh's facebook account (being the sneaky snoop I am ) and found a few messages that I was probably better off not knowing about. Can't really blame him for flirting with other women- I don't have the energy to flirt with him- but it still hurts all the same



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[aussienic]

I love giving her a sandwich because she can eat it herself while I get to eat in peace (gasp!) and she loves feeding herself.
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Isn't it great I get hands free at dinner time now too.. soo nice

lori: no excuse I say.. maybe confront and ask what its about.

Lauren: How did Ash sleep last night?

After reading what some of you feed your bubs I think I need to offer Olivia more.. She sort of has the same thing most days but maybe she is ready for all the other chunky things. slack mummy I am lol..

[Lolli]

Nic- I know what it's about, we've had the confrontation. He is such a flirt- one of the things I love about him but makes it difficult- it's just in his nature. He says just harmless flirting but asking some girl if she is still up at 2am when he should be in bed with me, dealing with constantly screaming baby, is going a bit too far for my liking....
Ty woke up six times in twelve hours last night. After coping with that every night, where I am I supposed to pull the energy from to keep him happy?? What really made me cranky was this girl is my age, and has a baby the same age as Ty, but no man... just wish she'd leave mine alone.

[aussienic]

then he needs a good smacking..

seriously though he does need to wake up to himself.. and yiu are right she needs to go away as well..

[Liz]

Yeah, I need to step up the variety of Kayla's food. I do give her pretty much anything now without much worry. We usually have some sort of cereal in the morning, either vita-brit or a baby cereal mixed with fruit. Lunch is usually a sandwich, sticks of cucumber or something and a yoghurt. Umm.. dinner is whatever we're having usually. She's reached the stage now where if I sit down to eat something, she comes up to me wanting some. Exactly like her brother LOL.. they can smell food a mile away. Sharing my food with 2.. I'm never gonna get to eat! LOL.

Nic - we actually had a really good day & night with Kayla yesterday. She had some great day sleeps, and she settled herself (wrapped) last night and then when she woke I brought her in with us. Still woke a few times, but just the normal wakes for feeds.. no playing or screaming. She's still coughing tho, chunky little cough, but hopefully that'll clear soon. I do play her music going off to sleep sometimes and cuddle her for a bit when she's worked up.

Lori - geez - I wouldn't be happy with that at all. Flirting is one thing (altho i don't agree it's harmless.. but anyway) but seeking out her company when he should be supporting you and in bed with you..

[BekZ]

I need to up Lorens's variety too by the sounds of things. I give her avocado or vegemite sandwhiches for lunch, then some fruit or yohurt. She took a hard piece of apple yesterday. I have started putting rice in her dinners, and I now cube her steamed veg instead of mash. Loren loves these mini corn crisps from the health food section at Woolies, Sara loves them too with philly cheese. I might start to put tomato in some of Loren's food. Sara reacted to it so I have put this off.

Lori - My DH had a bit of a fling with an ex on fb. He was really upfront about it and from his side he was not leading her on (he showed me all the messages) but she was trying to tempt him. I got really hurt that this scrag (who has 3 kids) was trying to temp a father away from his family...It caused heaps of issues between us. I got onto his account and banned her. Needless to say my DH got the message. You have every right to be upset.

Tinsel - Hope you feel better

[Liz]

Man I'm staaarrrving! 20 mins til dinner is ready. Tallon refused to eat his lunch today so I told him he was having nothing else until dinner. it's funny, coz he went to say "want something eat" a few times and he stopped himself and looked at me, knowing what he had agreed to LMAO. But coz he wasn't having any snacks this arvo, I didn't either, so I'm starved too! As I was preparing the vegies and things he started complaining that he wanted food. I caved and gave him a chunk of carrot to eat, but nothing else! Gosh I'm a tough mum LOL.

[aussienic]

I wish mine would refuse to eat sometimes .. they eat and eat and eat!!

Olivia is down napping.. simon and I are going to eat dinner shortly (night shift) the boys are having an ice block and they will eat later (i hope)

and my miss is getting way to clever.. She took another step.. and she turned around and stepped towards me AND stood up on her own.. well she semi leaned on me then let go and went the rest of the way up on her own. I was laying on the floor.. so exciting and she thinks she is just so clever.. AND (yes big days for Olivia) she said Yum.. so list of words are now Mum. dad, car, work, yum and we think Brother...

I can't believe less then a month till she is 1 :O Louise and Liz its even closer for you guys!! eek!! lol..

Anyone got anything planned for the birthdays? We are just having a simple BBQ we think.. I have to go to my mums on the 15th so will do something with mum on the 16th for her and then something during the week with Simons family.. Simon took that week off work Last baby's first birthday is not something to miss lol

Well Olivia is wah wah wahing in her cot and dinner is ready.. Good timing.. bye bye..

(ps I feel so much happier this week)