hehehe Dad Of Many... We won't tell her you're the boss (when she isn't home)
I think I know whats been wrong with Olivia. I haven't been offering enugh food She still isn't a big eater but i wasn't offering it as often cus she wasn't asking for it as such.. she has had 3 meals today.. not big but more then she would have on a normal day (not including dinner) and is so settled. I am hoping she will go down for a sleep shortly
Oh and i have started offering some cows milk in her cup at meal times.. so far she isn't to impressed but neither was Jacob/ why drink bought some when Mum has it all ready on tap
Here's hoping that Olivia will be a happy settled babe now... it really is trial and error to try and get the balance right isn't it?
Re the cows milk, not sure if this will help but to get Jake to start drinking it I used to put 1/2 teaspoon of banana quik in it and warm it up... he loved it! I'm now starting to reduce the amount I put in and in a couple of weeks hope to phase it out alltogether. Don't know if that was the right thing to do but it certainly worked for us and my boobies get a rest during the day lol
Right now I am probably happy for her not to have much cows milk.. I dn't want her to wean.. the CHN just said to offer it with her meals as she doesn't eat a lot of food with calcium in it...
Hi guys, thought it was about time I got into action & checked in with you guys. Sounds like things are going along swimmingly for everyone! Go all those nearly-1 babies! woohoo!
Sorry I haven't been around, just seems to have been one thing after another. Nothing bad really, just frantic pace around here.
DD's going great - makes me laugh lots - altho still velcro baby. lots of sloppy kisses for mummy here too!
Hoping for the magical christmas thing with her this yr, altho maybe she'll get more out of it next year!
sorry to hear about the ashes lori. After you'd done the (rotten) trip too. poor ty. poor dh. look forward to seeing you soon.
Hope everyone is well (mums / dads & bubs!)
I`ve had a real busy day today,worked for 4 hours this morning,came home for lunch then back out to the Children`s Hossy for DS,(15)needed to see an ENT Doc,turns out they wanted an Allergy test done,took forever,and he`s Allergic to heaps of stuff,and has to have a course of Injections over 4 months to help with his Sinuses & breathing.
Anyway got home to find my Chrissy tree up but is totally bare! I see that my DH,found my thread,lol. I`ve come to the conclusion that DH=Dik head not Dear Husband!
Well I?m going to finish my tree off tomorrow now,just feeling too tired tonight.I wish i could lay around and watch bloody cricket all day.
I still dont have ????????............wonder whats happening there.
Nic,adkins-I started Kieren on cows milk,but he like his watered down a little with boiled water,I weaned him from Breast to Formula,now the cow`s milk,he is doing very well.
Nic- Kieren is a little eater too,he eats small but frequent meals.
Ok ladies & bubs,sleep tight dont let the bed bugs bite!!!!
Adkin - When i read your post i HAD to jump on. With putting quix in Jakes milk - I NEVER tell parents how to parent. but pls pls pls be very careful with doing that, especially while teething. its incredible how many parents have no idea what it does to there bubbas teeth, especially at this stage of growing them. SSSSOOOO many kids have had to have fillings as toddlers because there parents did the milo or quix thing in there bottles. If you were doing it at night i would definatly say STOP - thats a garenteed filling as the sugar sits on there teeth all night.
I know it may only seem like a little, but its ALL sugar. and most ppl dont start brushing as they dont think its nessasary which make it 10times worse. Hope you dont mind me saying ... Ive just seen some very terrible damage done and its so hard to tell the parents its ur fault.. LOL
M of M - Still no AF here either, I still breast feed ALOT at night so i think mine will stay away for a while yet.
Mr Dad- I hope Susan gave you a good kick up the butt!!!!
Adkins- I'm in agreeance with Buzz on this one hun. I won't even give Ty juice. On medical advice, I was weaned onto apple juice at six months old (this was nearly 30 years ago, remember). I still have horrible teeth problems to this day and my mum and myself blame all the sugar in the juice. I have 20+ fillings in my adult teeth.
And on that note- Lauren you could problem answer this- how do we brush their teeth at this age? I have a Pigeon toothbrush that Ty will have a bit of a rub on, and I give him a face washer to chew after a meal (I've heard that helps), but what is the best way?
Jus- Nice to see you back
Nic- We do cow's milk twice a day here and Ty loves it..... drinks about 300 mls a day. Still bf first thing in the morning, last thing at night and twice overnight. Given up on the idea of weaning for the moment, seems like too much effort
Oh dear Ty is either getting sick again or just teething real bad. Whinge, whinge, whinge since he woke up. To top it off, he slammed his finger in a drawer and it is red and swollen- ouch, poor baby. Musta hurt. Was planning to go to movies tonight with friends but dh working late so maybe not. Oh well.
And you should see the staus wars breaking out on FB between dh and his cousins over the ashes on Sunday. Crikey.
Off to swim lessons. BBL.
Teeth Brushing: In this house all the kids are given thier tooth brushes at the same time and then as they go to rinse thier mouthes we run the brush over them.. For Olivia she does it herself at first then we put her on our laps and sing a silly brush brush your teeth song.. Say ahhh say ahhh for thr back teeth (gums at the moment) say eeee say eeee for her front (and only) teeth..
Olivia slept well again last night but I didn't.. I just kept waking up so feel a little blergh today..
Missy only has about 10ml cows milk a day at this stage (just an approx) cus I don't measure it I just offer her some in a cup at meal times and she has a few sucks and thats it
I am feeling grumpy today. my house is a mess.. I cleaned it yesterday morning and now it is disgusting again.. everything feels so cluttered and I can't get on top of it (motivation is a big thing) Simon is going out exercising soon which just peeves me off cus I need a break from the boys. Sure he is only gone 2 hours but then he coems home and sits on the couch half asleep till Ethan gets home.. Then we have to go to the inlaws to put new brake pads on the car and are staying there for dinner. Which means I have to chase Olivia all over a non child proofed house till prob 8 tonight
Nic- Love the aaah aaaah eeee eeee teeth thing. I might have to start that morning and night with Ty I think... might do it while I brush my teeth.
Maybe you need FlyLady (I'm sure I've raved about her before). 15 minutes a day and all that jazz. The constant emails are either motivational (when your in the mood) or depressing (just make me feel guilty for sitting on my bum on the computer instead of getting things done).
Speaking of sittting on my bum... why do I waste valuable Ty-sleep time on the computer? I blame BB and FB
Wow do I feel like the world's worst mother.
I didn't know it was that bad for them, I guess I'll have to persevere with getting him to drink without the quik. I figured it wasn't that good for him but it was a way for me to get him to start drinking milk and slowly start to phase it out.
How stupid can I be!
Aw Janine, sorry- didn't mean to make you feel stupid. We've all done stuff like that, trust me. And I know quite a few people who do this with no idea how bad it is for their teeth (I was actually thinking about giving Ty Milo til I read Lauren's post). hun, you live and learn
Adkins - I feel like the worlds worst mum regularly!!
Just dropping into say thanks to Haroula for Loren's Christmas gift..she loves it!!!
I have my scan yesterday. All is fine, bubs heartbeat was 161. Although I have big ovarian cyst apparently. My back is killing me atm I so don't know what to do about it.
Adkins please don't beat yourself up..I always gave my son milo in milk as a baby and he has perfect teeth.....So not all kids end up with fillings etc....My son is 9 now and no filling and only recently started loosing his baby teeth....
Girls...what is everyones take on immunisation. I have read so much info about the MMR which my DD is due to have and it really has worried me. Has anyones bubs had them yet? I believe that it is three needles?? I think I am going to make an appt with my Doctoer and discuss the option of having one at a time, but my DD is in Daycare two days a week so she must be immunised. I'm just wondering how long I can stretch it before they will make me have her immumised.
Kts: Olivia had her needles on the 24th and was fine.. She has reacted to all her needles bar this one.. (I think it was the rota virus one that made her tummy off)
she got a needle in each leg and one in her arm.. While I read a little on the pros and cons about vaccinations I am a big believer in them.. I don't know all the risks and choose not to read into it to much, For me if I can prevent them being sick with something then I will do that and thats what I think vacc's are for..
Janine: don't feel bad. I am sure Lauren didn't want to make ou feel that way/ I know if I was doing something that might cause issues later on I would hope someone would say something even though at the time i know I would feel terrible .
I personally don't give flavoured milk to Olivia but thats not to say she hasn't had some when we have been out and I have bought a choc milk cus she has.. I have relaxed a lot with Olivia in regrds to food. I am not stupid but I am not so anal either
Anyways Olivia is now asleep on me.. she is a bit off today.. not sleeping as well as she does normally.. even with the Ac on I feel warm this afternoon. So maybe thats her problem. Or else she is picking up on my stress about going to the inlaws tonight
Lori - its pretty much like nic said, make it absolutey as fun as you can.
I started ash with a tooth brush the second he could hold something with a grip, he brushes his teeth with me every night and morning. Now he watches me he does the same actions and when im finished i do some more myself to actually get his teeth lol
Its sooo important i believe personally, they watch someone else to it too so they know theres nothing to it and its not all hard work.
Do it BEFORE they get tried and cranky at night time, otherwise theres no hope.
But just try to think of silly games and STICK to it everynight, keep a routine going so he knows what to expect!
Yes the face washer is better than nothing for those really struggling, but keep at the toothbrush - oh and definalty a must, a very small and very soft head only!! at this stage dont use a toothpaste untill there old enough to wash and spit!
Remembering to always praise them, more so as they get older, but its hard for them, so even if they just do a little, praise what they can do, and say maybe tomorrow we can try do it for a little longer etc, things like that. just dont make ANYTHING negative for them or say 'no your doing it wrong'.
- Dont feel like a bad mum, Im sure theres PLENTY of worse things out there. And sometimes you just need to do the silly things to learn not too next time LOL
Teena - im sure there are kids out there that do ok with milo, but would you want to risk it!?? The pain of fillings in a toddlers is just not worth the risk, and the flavours really dont benifit them at all.
Bekz - how did u get a cyst now?? i have PCOS and was very lucky to fall pregnant with ash. but they went away whilst pregnant.. are they doing anything with it or just leaving it to go on its own?
Well, i said no to the guy i have the interview with last night and went and saw my old boss and told him i would go back and he was sooo over the moon. it was great to see how happy he was, and i was pretty excited about it to. we get on soo well.
So hours arent set in stone as yet, but itll be full time from febish and part time durning jan as far as i know, which is great with me to slowly get back into it!
Better run, massive headache here.
Have a good day all
Thanks for trying to make me feel better guys, I appreciate it, just mad at myself and kinda doubting the whole "mum knows best thing" ah well, mistakes are gonna happen I'm sure
Bekz - glad to hear everything is well with bubs, not good about the cyst though
Teena - thanks for letting me know i'm not the only bad mum out there lol
kts - jake hasn't had his 1 yr vacs yet but i'm a big believer in them too. I feel that although 3 needles is a lot to have at once it is better to get them out of the way in one hit rather than drag them out over several doctors visits, that just my opinion
Nic - sorry to hear Olivia's a bit off today, hope she feels better soon. Take it you don't like you inlaws too much? lol
Lauren - thanks for the info, i know you weren't trying to attack at all and i am grateful that you felt you could say something. I just feel a little foolish that's all. How come you didn't take the job? (if you don't mind me asking) Sorry to hear you've got a headache.
Well Jake and I had our first playgroup session this morning, he had a ball and we were made to feel quite welcome. Pity next week is the last one til the new school term... oh well!
She still isn't a big eater but i wasn't offering it as often cus she wasn't asking for it as such.. she has had 3 meals today.. not big but more then she would have on a normal day (not including dinner) and is so settled. I am hoping she will go down for a sleep shortly
not Dear Husband!
????????............wonder whats happening there.
Ty is either getting sick again or just teething real bad. Whinge, whinge, whinge since he woke up. To top it off, he slammed his finger in a drawer and it is red and swollen- ouch, poor baby. Musta hurt. Was planning to go to movies tonight with friends but dh working late so maybe not. Oh well.
hun, you live and learn 
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