Babies Born December 2007 #5

[Deltadawn]

Sorry for the lack of personals - I just cant keep up with you all.

Buzzie - Thanks for doing that list. My real name is Dayl and mu husbands name is Tony (hence the creative username of Tonydayl). I'm from North Lakes which is in Brisbane. As for Heath Ledger, his Dad said that he had pneumonia so I'm really hoping the drug allegations arent true!

Bindy/Buzzie - Fraser's first outing was when he was 4 days old. We did some grocery shopping and visited some relatives. I thought we should just jump in at the deep end and start taking him out straight away. I also thought it would be easier when Tony was home to help. We got out as a family all the time but yesterday was my first day attempting grocery shopping and the CHN all by myself and I was sooo nervous too. We did OK but he chucked a bit of a tanty after seeing the CHN but by then we had been out for almost 2 hours. I just sung to him (yes, in the middle of the shopping centre) and he fell asleep. Next time I'll take my sling to carry him around in because as soon as he was in my arms he was asleep. He didnt like those little beds in the trolleys.

Bindy - Fraser has a little swing that rocks by itself (run on batteries) which is great for when he is awake but he wont fall asleep in it.

Aussienic - I'm hearing you about the hair! I noticed how terrible my regrowth looked this morning and as for the eyebrows ..... we wont even go there!

[Trish]

OMG 3 pages girls !!! That will teach me for being away from BB for a day.

Sooo sad about Heath. Brandon told me this morning and I thought he was lying. Had to look at msn for confirmation. The radio station I listen to did a memorial thing for him.I heard it as I left swimming with the kids and had a sook. Another hottie gone way too soon.

Lauren, the only time I get bothered taking Abbey out is when I have Noah and Tehya with me too. Like the shopping centre. Tehya has a habit of running off and I can't chase her with the baby so instead I have to scream like a feral. Oh and on the feeding. I guess you can tell I'm up to no.5, if Abbey starts up and there is no feeding room around or it's full, cos theres only 2 seats, I just pop her on with her wrap covering my fat belly and walk around like that. Getting alittle harder as she is finally getting bigger.

Bindy, hope I didn't offend you. It wasn't my intention and glad that you want to get to know us

Xtml, I hope Olly's ear isn't infected. That was the first thing I noticed with Abbey. And yes The wiggles are great for exercise. Tehya has the new Getting Strong dvd and often dances to it. Maybe I need to start doing it abit more.

Ali, yay for a good night. I only have 2 kids at school now, but yes I sure am looking forward to it. Noah is starting school next week and Brandon goes into year 8. I hate it when I can hear DP sleeping away peacefully while I'm awake with the baby.

Ohhhh Rory, I love banana bread. Have never tried making it though. LOL, slack I know.

Anna, go you with the shopping. I won't even try groceries on my own with the kids. So not worth the effort.

QueenMab, yep I'm one of those women You do what you have to do, and if it means breastfeeding in public then so be it. My Dp was like that at first when Noah was born. He soon learnt that a screaming baby needs a feeding NOW !!

Haroula, seriously you'd be suprised with my washing. I have 2 teenage boys that will never give me their damn clothes to wash !! I have to grab them when they (occassionally) shower. On average I'd say 2 loads a day. Some days I do 4 loads and others I do none. I sure do make up for it on the following day though. Plus Abbey is in cloth nappies so there's another load. Isn't it great when you get yourselves all ready early in the morning. Noah has to start school at 8.45am God only knows how I will get Tehya and I showered, Noah dressed and Abbey fed, along with feeding us all before 8.30am. Looks like I will be up at 6am everyday.

OK so I know there are girls that I have missed and I'm sorry for that. Will be sure to try and get you next time

Abbey has had another shocker. If she's awake, she's either crying or feeding. Giving me the craps sometimes. I have a blockage in my right boob that just won't go no matter how much I feed her from it. Gave it a really firm massage under the shower this morn and it's still there. I finally gave her some Infacol, in between boobs and OMG the burp she did afterwards, she could have won a contest. I really need to weigh her again, she has grown so much, even our GP on Saturday said what a fatty she was getting. Finally she has a little round face and little rolls on the top of her legs. Tooo cute.

[Harri]

Trish - OMG with the washing!! when do you get time to do anything else, including BB!!>???

nic - yep cake is all made and did the vacuuming too! she's been a real trooper today!! Might have something to do with the MASSIVE burps she's been doing!!

rory - hmmmmm banana bread!! yummo


Baby Bjorn - I LOVE IT!! It took a couple go's before i manage to master getting her in easily and while sleeping!! but it's fantastic... as i have 20 steps to go up to get into the house..and leave the house, it's real handy for me. At the start we were using the bassinet from the pram to move her up and down, but it's just to awkward and heavy now..and you cant carry anything else either!... she likes it too which is awesome!

well... i have managed to do ALL my jobs for today! wooohooo!! now it's time to sit back and relax a little with my scrapbooking!... been a while!!

xxx

[*Ali*]

Oh well it must be something in the air for baking, I made Bindy's famous brownies last night and they are delicious.

So sad about Heath Ledger, he actualley grew up in Perth and his parents house was in the same suburb that I lived in and I remember walking past his house on the way home from high school (it was the long way but oh well) in hope that we would catch a glimpse of him. That was in the early days when he was in the show about swimming.

Anyway better go, Tori only had an hours sleep at mum's today and is now being a bit feral, so I better pay her some attention before she destroys something or hurts herself.

[Roryrory]

Hi all, quick sign in from me before I start dinner while BOTH BOYS SLEEP! Luxury!

I have a baby bjorn but bought an Ergo carrier cause I heard they are better for bub's back - do you think I can work out how to carry Ollie in the damn thing LOL!

[Trish]

YAY Rory, Isn't it great when that happens

I hope you get to eat while they are sleeping too.

[suse]

Wow, you guys have been busy!!

Semi-general one today - if I attempt proper personals you lot will have done another three pages whilst I'm still writing and I'll have to start all over again. So a big HI to everyone!!!

Re: going out. I was petrified the first time we went out with Euan. It was when he was 8 days old - I had a c/s so wasn't supposed to drive for 6 weeks. As my DP doesn't drive (yay, not!!!) we were starving and going nuts so on day 8 we finally cracked and I (very carefully and slowly) drove to the supermarket. Actually it was safer than walking in the Nth Qld heat. I got permission from my doctor to drive after 3 weeks and haven't looked back. Really scary when I took him out alone for the first time, but now I just bung him in the car seat, then into the sling, and away we go. We even made an impromptu visit to a friend the other day and stayed all day - it was great. It's hard getting over that first hurdle, but becomes easier each time. I do marvel at how those with more than one, or who use public transport (esp. buses) cope! Oh, and Dayl, I talk and sing to Euan too when he's in the sling - I'm sure people think I'm a little nutty!

Re: 'those' publicly breastfeeding women - yep, I'm one of 'those' - but then, I've never been shy about my boobs and especially not now that they have a legitimate function! The first time we were out at a shopping centre we couldn't find the feeding room so just sat on a bench in the middle of the centre and I fed him. Very few people even noticed - I certainly didn't give a toss if they did or not!! I saw a woman the other day pushing twin toddlers in a stroller, preventing a slightly older child (maybe 4-5) from running away, and holding a newborn on the boob with her spare hand - I was darned impressed by her dexterity!

Trish - I hope your poor boob is feeling better soon - Euan had a really long sleep last night and both were like rocks this morning - and then the little bugger only wanted one side. The other one was ready to fall off by the time he'd take the second side! Nice one on Abbey's monster burping - Euan's been burping and farting like nothing else today - and did a massive fart in the supermarket today that turned heads. That's my boy!

Rory, Haroula - you kitchen goddesses! I haven't baked in sooooo long - the kitchen gets way too hot with the oven on! And Rory, I hope that both boys stay sleeping so you can enjoy your dinner! My DP isn't home till after 9:00 tonight so I have a choice of eating very very late, or eating one handed, if a certain little boy will let me.

I think that I'm up for a late one tonight - Euan is still asleep (yikes) and has been since 3:30, after a concerted effort to resist sleep (took me three attempts to get him to sleep!). He's been pretty good today, apart from one little patch today when he had some pretty awful wind pain he's been cute as a button and very happy. So I have no idea what tonight will bring! We actually got to see a movie last night (I am legend - it's pretty good), admittedly we had to pause it every 15-20 minutes for a feed, burp, cry, carry, etc, but we still made it to the end (just as wonderchild finally fell asleep - perfect timing!).

TTFN - hope you all have good nights!

[~Belinda~]

Aussienic, good luck getting that dye! I can't wait to do mine tomorrow!

Dayl, so good you went grocery shopping! I just have to get on out there with Madeleine and stop being such a scaredy cat!

Haroula, that Baby Bjorn is awesome isn't it! At the start it's hard but then when you get the knack of it, it's great!

Ali, those brownies of mine are awesome. I made some the other day but unfortunately they are ALL GONE now, doesn't last long in our household!

Well have a great night everyone, off to have some ice cream and check on my little one, yes, she's asleep in that bouncer, AGAIN!! She loves it!

[*Ali*]

Rory I hve also got an Ergo and I am the same I cant get Liam into it comfortably, I am hoping when he is a little bit bigger it will better, he always looks like he is going to get suffocated by my more than ample chest LOL.

[aussienic]

o so much to read and i just can't tonight..

I had the best day in 9 weeks I read Olivia's cue'd, I didn't feed her every time she cried. I looked for other solutions.. I really enjoyed her today. We played and smiled and oh I don't know was just a good day over all..

then tonight............I should have realised she had been awake to long but she was so happy.. i bathed her and offered her a feed and then BAM she screamed for the next hour and a bit nothing I did stopped her. It was suc a bad time too. DH is at work tonight and I was trying to get the boys down to bed.. agh.. I had to put her in her bed to cry while I sorted them out I felt so horrible.. but i had no choice.. anyways!! she finally settled.. I offered the dummy and she took it enough to stop screaming and then I offered the booby again and she finally fell asleep..

Why do they do it? I knew she was tired I did everything nice and calmly but nothing was working... Oh well I know for tomorrow to get her to have that afternoon nap and see if we have a better night

[~Belinda~]

Aussienic, you poor thing re: Olivia sounds like you had a great day too and then it's topped off with an hour scream....

Well I fed Madeleine before and I gave her IF before a feed. She was so upset because she was so hungry, I heated up her bottle and then it was TOO HOT! So she had to wait and she's impatient like her mother she then drank like crazy (because she's a guts) and then had wind pain afterward so screamed for 5 minutes before going to sleep in her bouncer again! I wish I could take away that wind pain when she has it because she goes all red and screams

[Harri]

morning ladies!

had an average evening last night.. poor thing had a bit of gas!! but once it was out slept beautifully for a good night!!

does anyone else's little one start making grumbling noises in their sleep 15min before they wake up for a feed????? i get HEAPS of notice usually!!

glad to hear that most are doing well and getting out and about!! Traditionally in Greece you and bub wouldn't leave the house, at all!!!, for 40 days or have visitors other than direct family!! Some people still do it here, but i was like..."no way i'd go crazy!!! " It was mainly done because bubs and you are sensitive to getting sick and it takes about 6 weeks to get into a routine..! interesting ha?!

bbl baby crying...

[aussienic]

Bindy: Thanks.. We had a good night in the end. I think it was just that bad time of the night to deal with crying babies. I will have to be more organized and read her cues a bit better at that time

haroula: wow.. I would go nuts if I had to stay home for that long. Olivia doesn't really make much noise except in the middle of the night.. she will grunt a little so I get up go to the toilet and then she is ready to be picked up for a feed..

Good night here.. Olivia slept 8-1:30 but we fell asleep in the lounge till 3 lol.. I was sooooo tired.. then she woke again at 4 I popped her in my bed and we slept till 5:30.. and now happy kicking away on the floor.. Will try get her down for a nap shortly...

[xtml]

haroula - yes, in indonesia there is also a 40 day rule- for the first 40 days u are supposed to stay home and have everything done for u - you are not allowed to sit cross legged you have to have yr legs tightly together (v impractical way to sit without furniture) and you should be wearing a corset (or 80's style stretch belt - remember them?). you should also be drinking/smearing traditional herbal preparations and splashing yr bits with sirih leaf water. after 40 days there is a celebration where baby is given a name: it's not done until then because infant mortality rates are tradionally so high, after 40 days they have a good chance of survival. the celebration involves a circle of women dressed up nice, singing together a muslim prayer for baby's health, a lock of hair snipped while bub is taken around the circle, and water dabbed on head by each person. following that is a feast of sorts, where everyone gets special food and a card (photo, name, birth details) to commemorate the event. When olly had his in Jakarta 2 years ago, he slept obliviously thru it.

[Roryrory]

That sounds like a lovely ceremony

Nic I hate having to leave Ollie cry but when Flynn the poo-miner needs a nappy change you gotta do what you gotta do

Sorry no more personals but have Flynn's and Oliver's MCHN appointments this morning - gotta dash.........

[xtml]

QMab- you're moving to melbourne? omg maybe i will get to meet you after all! as for feeding in public, i'm so blaze that the other day i was walking along in a crowded shopping centre with Mylo still feeding when brett said "can u do that, walk around with yr boob out?" i wasn't even aware that it was anything unusual until then...i just said sure, my son's having his lunch, i don't stop anyone else from eating lunch in public. i could maybe try to be a bit more discreet, but thats the last thing on my mind when i'm tring to navigate the crowds with a hungry newborn and demanding 2yo. i kind of like shocking or offending the kind of ppl that get shocked/offended by breast feeding. its the most natural thing inthe world. then again so is sex and we cant do that in public. confusing!

rory2- love the sound of the chickpea choc chip cookies (or were they muffs?). i been making muffins every few days too - supposedly as an activity to do with olly but in reality he doesnt participate much except for flicking cake mix on the walls. but they are yummy and healthy and vegan, easy snacks for Mr fussy eater. can sneak into the mix all kinds of fruit and veg hehehe...

today is childcare day, but olly is so sick and horribe i cant take him. he has got the naughty bug bad so i really need a break from him, just so i can stay calm when he tries to get negative attention by doing s.t infuriating. sometimes between the two kids and basic house keeping i feel so harassed i just want to hide. i didnt get a sleep ystdy as we had a lunch commitment, but i cleaned thefloors for the 1st time since mylo was born. i removed the milky footprints and now its shining... i forgot it could do that!

[Harri]

nic - your lucky!! Chrissie makes SO much noise.... if she doesn't stop over next few weeks, i think i'll be butting her in her room!!

lara - sounds similar.... yeah the greeks do the belt too! LOL and your party sounds a lot like a baptism/christening kinda celebration! hehe isn't it amazing how different the cultures are, yet how similar also!!?!?

Sorry to hear Olly is still not well,... poor thing! Yeah i cleaned the microwave for the first time in AGES the other day and it was so satisfying! Next thing is to tackle the oven!! YUK!

rory - good luck with your appointments!!

Chrissie ate at 6am and is STILL asleep!!! usually she would be up by now for food! LOL

xxx

[aussienic]

Xtml: that sounds like a lovely ceremony. I hope Olly feels better soon.. I understand the need for a break. Ethan is pushing my buttons lately. As much as I don't look forward to him going to school all day I do enjoy the break..

Rory: I know we gotta do it sometimes but I feel so mean.. Enjoy your day!

Haroula: I think I am a really deep sleeper and I don't hear all those noises till I need to kwim?

I am over whing kids today.. OVER!!!