Babies Born December 2007 #24

**Jaycee** · January 13th, 2009, 08:18 AM

Hi everyone

Man it’s hot here already, the a/c is cranked up just incase we have a power blackout which is likely to happen so the house will be nice and cool, lets hope if it happens it doesn’t last long.

Hoody – good luck today! I hope all goes well. Let us know how you get on.

Lori – fantastic idea re the cushions, I would never of thought of that! It’s on my list (which is still quite small!) of things to do today! Glad to hear the massage was great, I’m so looking forward to my make up consult on Saturday, I haven’t been to a beauty salon for so long! We had 50 people at our wedding and it was just enough, definitely wouldn’t have any more, when we started our plans it was just immediate family and grew from there, more pressure from my mum to invite others than anyone, so she ended up paying for half lol!

Bekz – we’ve got a paddle pool but not much shade to go out in it on these awful days. But we will definitely be in it when the heat of the day is over. Woohoo on feeling those gorgeous flutters, it’s such a beautiful feeling isn’t it?

Nic – would definitely be easier (in some respects!) to have other kids to entertain Jake, but I reckon it’d be a lot of hard work too! I was thinking about getting some playdough but I think Jake would eat it as well, although he is getting better at not putting everything in his mouth. Maybe in a few months. How funny about the bath incident last night, we haven’t had that happen yet, I’m waiting for it though to see DH’s reaction as he baths Jake every night!

Alicia – how was the movies last night? Jake chatters all the time, especially through shopping centres, he’s so loud! Not that I can understand a lot of what he’s trying to say but we’re getting there.

Have a great day everyone!
xxx

**Hoody** · January 13th, 2009, 01:19 PM

Molly's appt is in an hr so just killing some time before i go. I am really nervous which is unusual for me as normally i dont stress iykwim. My mum was supposed to come with me but cant get the time off work so i think its just cos i'm going alone. Thankfully a friend has DD1 for the day.

Nic- DH is just on holiday AGAIN he's gone back to Vietnam so i am a little anxious for his return as when he came home last time all our issues started and we'd just got back on track but when speaking to him he actually sounds like he misses us this time. He even said he might try and come home earlier as he's about had enough (he still has another 2 wks) I think i will go on a girls weekend away with my sisters in the next couple of months so i get a break too and then we will do a family holiday together.

Adkins- Hope you are nice and cool and that your power stayed on

Lori-

it would be a bit easier to go places if he could walk around and cause havoc when he's restless, rather than just screaming in the pram or wacking me to put him on the floor. It's one thing to see a kid walking around, but I juts can't put him on the floor at Big W to crawl around ykwim?

Have you followed me to the shops PMSL

Alicia- Molly is very chatty and has lots of words but lots of nonsense too iykwim. She is alot quieter when out as she doenst like strangers lol.

Bekz- Yay on the flutters and 15wks already wow thats gone fast.

Hope you are all well and i will pop in later to update you on what the orthopedic dr says

**Buzzie** · January 13th, 2009, 02:20 PM

Bekz - how exciting on the flutters!! gees that only seems like yesterday i was saying that.. lol!!

Nic - that was hilarious reading your post, gotta love hubbys reaction!

Alicia - how was the movies, i was wanting to see that one..

Hoody - hope the apt goes well! im with u seeing specialists it gets tough sometimes.
I was told ash MUST have his blood test

so back for more jabs, i know exactly how it feels just wanting answers!!

Lori - oh i hope u do get the good teacher, makes all the difference i reckon. Ash starts next week - so excited!

Ash had his first childcare 'alone' day today.. He was pretty upset in the morning but did just fantastic after a little while, the lady was impressed. Although he clung to them like a monkey on there hip but that was ok. They couldnt get him to sleep and i picked him up then cos hes so used to being BB fed to sleep. so im trying to express a bottle for him for tomorrow.. gees its not as easy as when he was a newbie!! Loved that he slept for 2 hours straight as soon as he got home!

Ash is offically a walker.. i love it.. just waddles everywhere now. soooo cute!!

**alicia** · January 13th, 2009, 03:14 PM

Lauren/Adkins - The movie was good, but I wouldn't rave about it. Had a great night out though seeing as it was baby free.

Hoody - Fingers crossed for the appointment.

Olivia is not quite as loud when we are out but still talks a lot. She is not saying a lot of real words but just chatters all the time. At the moment it is very cute (even when she is deafening me) but I think it will be a lot harder to tune out when they are actual sentences coming out of her mouth.

Not much to report here today, just did the housework and played with the munchkin. Thank goodness for aircon! I did make the mistake of going for a bit of a walk at 10am, thinking it wouldn't be that hot yet, but boy was I wrong - the walk was definately cut short.

**Buzzie** · January 13th, 2009, 04:09 PM

Yeh was a stinker!! and so early in the day! tonight will suck.

I pulled Ashs balls out his ball pit and his been playing in water this arvo! just loved it, will upload pics to his FB soon.

**alicia** · January 13th, 2009, 04:28 PM

We've just had a play in the paddling pool too. Now time for dinner.

**aussienic** · January 13th, 2009, 07:00 PM

Hi all..

Olivia had her reweigh this afternoon and she hasn't gained a thing

not one tiny ounce since she was 6 months old.. I don't know whats going on.. We now have to get refered to a pead as even though she is healthy looking and all that her not gaining weight is a concern now

She did grow 1cm this month though and is now 75cm and her head circ is fine.. So her current weight is 8.6kg.. I have increased her food and meat intake.. BM is 3-5 times a day depending..

I also have to go see a dietician.. I am worried I am doing something wrong.. How can I be? I grew 3 very big healthy boys.. I am doing nothing different with her.. aagghh its doing my head in

**Hoody** · January 13th, 2009, 09:56 PM

Oh nic dont feel like its you. Mums know best and if you feed her properly like i'm sure you do then you shouldnt be too worried. Could it be that maybe she is just very active and burns off alot and has a high metabolism.

Well Molly's appt went OK today. A good thing is for now we do nothing and then in 6 months she will need orthopedic inserts for her shoes. On the down side its not just her feet and legs its ALL her ligaments and joints, ankles, knees, hips, wrists etc etc. She has very lax ligaments so she is SUPER flexible etc. Apparently this is why she stands funny as she has trouble getting her balance. The specialist says she may walk in 2 wks or 6 months it all depends but when she does she WILL more than likely have a limp and it will take her longer to master it. He did say that hopefully over time her Achilles tendon and muscles in her legs would become stronger and help take some of the "stress" off her ligaments etc and give her a more 'normal' stride. He was a little concerned about her hips so we had to have Xrays and i will get a call to see weather they are ok or if he will need to see us again sooner.

**aussienic** · January 14th, 2009, 05:01 AM

Hoody: Glad the appointment went well. Hope everything is ok with her hips..

I know there is nothing wrong with Olivia but the worry is still there kwim? Mummy Instinct says she is fine just tiny..

**Trish** · January 14th, 2009, 06:37 AM

Ooops I totally missed a new thread. Thought it was too quiet. LOL.

Haven't read through the pages yet. Will do so after this.

So everyone is enjoying this horrible heat ? It's supposed to get to 38 here today and 41 degrees tomorrow. Poor Tehya goes back o pre school tomorrow, nice first day back. YUCK. Even worse having to go out at 3pm to get her.

Abbey started her swim survival classes yesterday. She did pretty well. Of course the first lesson is the easy one, she gets held the whole time. I put a little snipit on my FB page. By the end of her lesson she had just submitted and was laying quietly almost drifting off to sleep.

Nic, hugs hun, I'm sure it's a very worrying time for you. Olivia isn't far off Abbey's weight. And she surely looks healthy enough, just petite. My girls are the same. But I do understand that it would be concerning for no weight gain at all in 6 months. Could it be that she has gained but lost it before her next weigh in. She's very active now so will burn it all off fast.

Hoody, wow that's a big lot to take in. Fingers crossed she can prove the Dr's wrong and learn to walk soon and nice and straight too. Hoping that her xrays come back good too.

Alicia, Abbey for the most part is noisey! She is a squealer and it kills me. I hate squealing. Seriously does my head in.

Lauren, Happy Birthday hun. I hope you have a fantastic day. Sounds like Ash is transitioning ok to day care. It's a big change for them, esp for bubs that are used to being bf to sleep to suddenly not have it. I know Abbey is a right PITA if I'm not around to feed her to sleep.

Bek, good to hear your scan went well and bubba is doing fine.

Adkins, hope you didn't get a black out there. Can already feel the heat creeping up here too. Must get my washing out soon or it won't be hung out.

OMG I soooo need drawer locks. Abbey is raiding them and pulling everything out. She really has started to get into mischief. She walks most of the time now which looks just way too cute. We think she got an electric shock yesterday. She has a bad habit of crawling under the table and pulling out the tv plug, we heard the tv go off and Noah goes Ohh ohhh, DP ran in there just as the house blacked out, so the safety switch must have flicked, Abbey started screaming, but had gotten away from the plug, so we aren't sure if she got zapped or if she bumped her head on the table or just from fright. Either way it scared the crap out of us. I looked her over and couldn't find any marks on her. Who knows. DP has tried to cover up the power point some more, but you know what babies and little kids are like, if she wants to ge to it she will.

Hope everyone has a fantastic day and doesn't cook too much. Me personally, I'm soooo far over school holidays it's not funny!!

**Lolli** · January 14th, 2009, 07:41 AM

Hi all,

Nic-

for you. Olivia is the same size as Ty (tiny), but he has out on about 300 gms in last six months. Maybe she is just tiny? And she'd have to be buring off a lot of energy running around the way she is. Hope you get soem answers hun.

Hoody- Glad the appointment went well. At least now you know a little more than you did before, ykwim?

Well we had a different swim teacher but still very useless. She had her won son in the pool with her and spent most of the lesson with him. Rang today to change lessons times and teachers and tell them about it. The chick on the end of the phone didn't take me very seriously so I'm emailing the manager.

We're doing Take 2 for needles today... didn't go last week coz it was too hot, and it's another hot day today. Poor kid, but I am working next week at the hospital so they have to be done now

**Jaycee** · January 14th, 2009, 07:45 AM

Hi everyone

We didn't end up having a blackout yesterday which was great! Jake and I survived the day cooped up in the house, did some drawing, but he decided eating the pencils was better than drawing with them... oh well, he did get a little bit of drawing but is having a little trouble working out that only one end of the pencil draws lol! Hope everyone else is surviving the heat too, we've got a little relief here today with 34 deg.

Hoody - hugs to you hun, atleast now you know exactly what's going on and as the dr said, as she gets older it will get better. Hope the xrays turn out ok too.

Nic - Jake is only around 8.4kg too so I wouldn't worry too much, we just have little bubs I think! Mummy instincts are usually right!

Trish - Jake does exactly the same thing with out fish tank cord, it really is so difficult to keep them away from those sort of things, there's only so much you can "Jake proof" as i call it, so I know exactly how you feel!

Hi to anyone I've missed!

Well, I hate to brag ladies but I'm going to anyway... Jake slept through last night, woohoo! Went to bed at 9:30 last night (we still need to work on the actual getting to sleep part) and I woke him up at 7am this morning when we had to leave for nan's house (work day today). I couldn't believe it!! Here's hoping it's the start of no more waking but I think I'm being a little too optomistic (sp?). Hope you all had a good sleep too.

Hey, does anyone know how to upload more than one pic at a time to the gallery? I just can't seem to work it out?

Have a great day everyone
xxx

**Jaycee** · January 14th, 2009, 07:48 AM

Oops Lori we posted at the same time.
I'd be so annoyed re the swimming lessons you pay for the lesson so you should expect that the teacher is professional and not treating it as a one on one with her kid! Good on you for emailing the manager.
Jake was supposed to go for his needles yesterday but i wasn't taking him out in 40+ heat so we're going Friday, not looking forward to it!

**aussienic** · January 14th, 2009, 08:01 AM

Its sucha nice day here today.. Cool wind.. I wouldn't say beeze cus its blowing a gale lol.. but it reminds me of a warm spring day.. nice!!

Lori: hugs on the needles.. I hate needle day..

Its weird to think it is so hot down there and cool up here..

Olivia is now napping for the morning.. She has changed her sleep patterns again.. Boy was she cranky so I am glad she is asleep

**alicia** · January 14th, 2009, 08:02 AM

Trish and Adkins - We got some power point covers on ebay to go over the power points in the bedrooms (because they are the ones that Olivia can get to easily), they are a clear plastic thing that sticks to the wall and covers the whole power point, You can take the front bit off though if you want to plug something else in. It is one of the best things we bought when babyproofing.

Nic - Olivia seems so happy and healthy I am sure its not much to worry about. Although I understand why you are. Like you said you raised 3 healthy boys so it might just be that Olivia is a little petite girl.

Lori - That seems very unprofessional of the swim teacher. I wouldn't have thought they would be allowed to have their own child in their class.

Hoody - At least now you have more of an idea of what's going on, I think it is always worse when you don't know what is happening and just imagine the worse. It sounds like the specialist is being is taking things one step at a time which is great.

OK my turn to brag too - Olivia has slept through the last 2 nights!!! About 8:30 - 8:30!!! Of course I have still been waking to check on her but still at least there has been 2 nights without middle of the night crying, it really in the one thing about motherhood that I struggle with.

Oooh also wanted to point out my new ticker :-) I know I am biased but what a gorgeous girl!