Babies Born December 2010

Hi all - hope everyone's well

Glad you had a good time camping Georgi. We had planned to do something in December, but haven't actually organised everything so don't know if it'll happen.
I'm really too tired to do much of anything at the moment. I don't think Miri has slept longer than 2 hours at a go since before we got back and some nights I think she must be wakign every 30 minutes or something very silly.
This arvo she didn't want to nap - she screamed and screamed until I took her out of the room (and Im ean really screamed and pushed me away and hit me when I tried to comfort her). I think she was having a tantrum! My goodness, it's a bit early for that, isn't it? So I should be in bed, I know, but I just have to have some me time before I do that. No energy to actually do anything constructive though.

Hi all!

EJ, so glad you enjoyed your concert!

Cathie, happy birthday to Lily! And clever Charlie with the standing :) I hope you're feeling better soon!

Georgi, how's your back? Has Eden settled down at all?

MadB, how are you travelling today? Millie has had a couple of episodes like that, throwing herself around and really screaming. It's pretty scary, she's getting that little bit bigger/stronger now and I worry that she's going to hurt herself.

Things are busy here but okay. Millie is getting cheekier and cheekier as the days go by. She knows there's things she's not supposed to do, like touching the TV screen, and she'll wait til she knows we're watching, and slams her hands onto the screen, grins like a loon, and then says "don't, don't!" Cheeky monkey! I have realised how often I say "no" and "don't" and am trying to find alternatives, but sheesh, what else do you say if she's chasing the cat or angling for the oven?! She's currently sporting a big swipe mark down her forehead - she was patting Tink, but then started playing rough and... well, Tink set her own boundaries. Millie HOWLED but admittedly hasn't harassed the cat since... She has cut another tooth, bringing her total to three, and has been super clingy with it. I hate that she's so uncomfortable, but I love the extra cuddles :)

I hope you're all well.
xox

MADB - Yes Eden has tantrums like that all the time. He's certainly not the calm gentle baby Byron was. He gets so worked up sometimes, nothing can console him

PP - My back is still sketchy actually. I had an AP session which helped a little but I think it really needs rest. I've still been gyming 4 days a week & playing squash another day so haven't allowed it to heal properly. I am managing it though. Eden is a little better but his seperation anxiety is pretty bad. He needs to be in the same room as me otherwise he just sits and cries, and cries, and cries.... Not practical at all.

So Eden is just a handfull at the moment. As I mentioned to PP he needs to be in the room with me at all times otherwise he just cries. He's totally off his food. Just has a few bites of his meals then throws the rest on the floor. He's not having much BM either. He'll probably have 1 or 2 decent breastfeeds a day and that's about it. He's been like this for a few weeks so it's starting to worry me a little as I am still thinking of weaning next month but don't feel like I can if he's not eating properly. I'm praying that he sorts it out very soon otherwise it's really going to get me down. Ontop of that he's not sleeping properly. He's been waking around 4.30am, and having around 2 x 30 min naps a day. Yesterday we were out all morning so he didn't get a chance to sleep (well he fell asleep in the car a couple of times but I had to wake him after 5 or 10 mins upon arriving at our destinations). We finally got home around midday where he fell asleep on the boob then slept for nearly 2 hours. I am wondering if I should try to drop him to one day sleep. I tried the other day but he fell asleep on the loungeroom floor while I was preparing lunch (around 11.15am), so I woke him for lunch, but he kept falling asleep in his high chair. *Sigh* I just really hope he settles soon.

He had two ultra sounds yesterday. One for this lump he has behind his ear which he has had since he was 5 months old. The Paediatric surgeon says it's either a cyst or a lymph node. If it's a cyst, she wants to surgically remove it (eeekkk!). We see her on Friday for the results (FX for a lymph node). The other was for his kidneys. All my pg ultra sounds showed his inflamed kidneys so he was scanned at birth which showed they were still inflamed. The paed said it corrects itself 90% of the time by the time the boy is 12 months (girls risk is higher). So FX it has corrected itself. I'll have to ring today to get the results. He hasn't had a UTI which is a great sign that it's all ok.

The other morning Eden slept till 6.15am (though Byron was awake at 5am), I thought it was great, until I went in his room and found him in a cot full of spew! Dried spew! He had obviously done it earlier in the night. Not sure what is was or why he was sick but it's the first time he's ever spewed.... Then my poor DH was up the following night hugging the toilet bowl. He always gets sick if one of the boys was sick.

On a good note..... Eden took 3 steps yesterday. He's been trying to walk for days now. When I say trying I mean he lets go of the furniture, looks where he wants to go and moves towards it but doesn't move his legs. So he ends up face planting... He thinks it's very funny. But yesterday he actually moved his legs and took a few steps. I'm guessing he'll be walking by his birthday. He walks holding onto furniture if it's an option rather than crawling so he's sure getting good practice

Blah blah blah... I have loads to say today hey... tee he he....

Hey everyone, I know I've been MIA. Was on a requested ban for just over 2 weeks.
Had a quick read and lots has been happening with your little ones! (or, big ones now!)

Just a quick update on us.
Hannah is doing well, she saw the paed a few weeks ago and since starting 'real' food (rather than baby food) she put on 600gm in 3 weeks. Amazing!!
She's up to 7.4kg now, so still now big enough to turn her carseat around! Yes, a 1yo in a reverse carseat!! :rofl:
She's cutting a molar and it's murder, finding it hard to deal with. Nighttimes are when the pain really hits and she just gets so distressed when we try to put her down.
I put a vent in the Punching bag Room.

Hannah's pulling herself up against everything, which looks funny because she's so small!!
She's still in 000 pants because of her tiny hips, but everything just looks like long shorts because her legs are so long. So annoying.

Today a year ago was when I was told my c/s date. I remember that appointment so well. In one breath we walked in and got told "OK, I've looked at the results and the placenta is really failing now and the fetus" (hate that word, she was a BABY) "has nearly stopped growing so you've been booked in for a c/s at the end of next week. Come over here and I'll take your blood pressure"..... O K.....

We're not doing anything for Hannah's birthday, just a meal with my parents at home. I just can't be bothered organising anything. Everything would require travelling because we're rural.

Still feeling sick and sore and got a baby bump. 8w 4d today... Really must go see the doctor and confirm so I can get my scan....

So hungry, gotta go.

Charlotte - Wow, she's doing so wonderfully.... That's great news. Awesome weight gain.. My 3 year old can still fit into size 1 pants cause his waist is so small lol. Though they of course are way too short for him. Eden is still rear facing. It's not uncommon to keep children rear facing for as long as possible. DS1 was rear facing until he was 19 months old. And then I only turned him forward facing as he hit the weight limit for rear facing. In other countries it's compulsory for children to be rear facing until 4 years old. Australia is very lax with their child restraint rules however there are people out there fighting for the change. I can't stipulate enough how much safer it is for your child to be rear facing. Especially when they are so small. Their heads are so heavy, so in the event of an accident, they can seriously damage their spinal cord. Take what you will of course, but I just couldn't go without mentioning something :)

Am I allowed to post a You Tube link about rear facing V's forward facing here? Anyone??? If so, I will post this link for you which is what made my DH agree to keeping our kids rear facing for as long as possible

Hi ladies still here just been really busy. It's at that crazy time of the year, this time last year i was so organised and just awaiting the arrival of our little miss...

Sleep is still a real mess here, i'm at a loss and have called a sleep school and they are calling me tomorrow for a phone interview. Had a bit of a cold this week also so i'm struggling.

I have just gotten back from taking Charlie to The Wiggles concert, it was so much fun and i loved just being able to do something with my little man. Missed Aidan and Harper like crazy though. My MIL had them and apart from a melt down from Harper around her morning sleep time she was pretty good, MIL got her to sleep twice!!!!!

Last weekend was the boys Mini Maestros concert and it was so good, my boys brought tears to my eyes once again (i always cry at those things) they make me so happy. Harper decided to have that be the day that she started clapping also, so there is video of her sitting in the crowd doing first claps to the boys up on stage. She's pretty much crawling everywhere now. Only 4 sleeps until her Birthday!!!

I'm excited it's christmas time and to see the boys so excited.

Ladies i hope you are all well and i'm sure keeping extremely busy. I must go Harper doesn't sound too happy.

Talk soon xo

ETA: Georgi we posted at the same time :) Harper Barper is still rear facing also, and Charlie was too at this age, Aidan wasn't though as i was a little less informed then. I'm in no rush to change anything :)

hi guys

well, the good news. think we have the poo situation in hand. Giving her kiwi fruit and when she starts straining I put her on the potty. that seems to help and she's pooing ok now.

Sleep is still gaaaaaahhhh. I was wondering about molars but thought it was too soon. but maybe Miri doesn't want Hannah to get too far ahead of her ;)

You can post the link Georgi - it's been posted before. I didn't watch it as I thought it'd be too upsetting. There's an fb group too. I didn't know how much safer it was till well after I'd turned Ari. We'll keep Miri rear facing as long as possible too - so it's not strange at all to have a 1 year old facing backwards :)

Great work on the weight gain Charlotte! I guess eating and weight will be a constant worry for you after everything little hannah has been through :hug: It's really normal for them to have eating days and non-eating days. DS is still like that.

Hope the scan is all clear Georgi :goodluck: And hope your back is better soon too! Give him a bit of time with the eating - still very young!

Hmmmmm at tantrums. that is all I can say.

EJ - Gees I hope the sleep school can help. Good on you for calling them

MADB -Yes I have that FB group on my liked pages. Actually here's a link they posted just yesterday Safety Benefits Of Rear Facing | CarSeat.se
Kiwi fruit certainly makes Eden 'go'. And the seeds certainly don't digest lol

The you tube link The Importance of Rear-Facing: Version 2 - YouTube

It's not graphic at all. Just shows kids in rear facing positions at all ages along with crash testing footage

Hi everyone,

Georgi - We have just turned Charlie around in his car seat, he hated rear facing for such a long time but we kept him like that until last weekend.
EJ - Sleep school, yay, you will have to let us know what ideas they give you!!!!!! ESP for 3 year olds GRRRRRRRR.
MadB - Charlie has tantrums he holds his breath, Sam was also a breath holder. I hate it.....
charlotte - yay for Hannah putting on weight.... I keep spelling Hana like we spell out Hana......
PP - I use No with charlie, what else can you say to a 12 month old. When he tries to pull the cats tail, pulls the kids hair. When he goes near the oven I say Hot, Ouch. He did Pull Co-Co's tail the other day she swiped him NO claws out and it scared him, he now crawls around the cat. Co -co does attack the twins it is quite funny.

Charlie is going well he took about 6 steps last night, he has no clue.... He is such a good boy. The twins keep him entertained during the day, he crawls around everywhere following them...

Hope evryone is well, I hope we all get some sleep tonight......Bloody kids :)

charlotte - Go Hannah! still rear facing carseat here too! Haven't had her weighed for a while though... like since 7 months. Should really get on to that. Generally I'm happy with the "count the fat rolls" method, or alternatively "look at the chart and make something up for when MIL invariably asks" method, but after 5 months, maybe it's time for some facts. :lol:
Today a year ago I was booked in for induction by a midwife I didn't know, and it all felt very out of control and discomforting.

Georgi - so a cot full of spew is the secret to sleeping through? Hear that girls? Give it a try. Or, erm, not. Hope you are all better now. I'm passionate about rear facing carseats too - that link makes me cry every single time.

I went out for dinner last night, I didn't realise how long it is since I went out without the baby until I found myself checking on an empty carseat halfway! We really need to get out more, but we just don't really have anyone we can leave DD with. The ILs never visit, my sister is flaky, and now my mum's sick. I'm not quite ready to ask a neighbour, but gosh I miss my friends.

EJ - good luck with sleep school. This time of year is very hectic. Our family isn't too bad, apart from whirlwind trips to Sydney, DH off o/s for a week, and a birthday party, but I see it in my friends with older kids. It's crazy.

MadB - tantrums here too. A doozy this morning over not wanting to eat crusts. She was doing it up until 2 weeks ago, when her dadda got back from the US, and he was a bit of a soft touch (unlike Mumma Hardass who rolls out the old "eat this one, and *then* you can have another one) and now Dame Nellie von PrincessPants won't eat crusts anymore. So we got some Logie-worthy tear-less wails going on. Ditto if she can't sit on my lap while I go to the toilet, if she can't scrunch up our wedding photos, can't have my sewing scissors. Yesterday I got tired of saying no, so I just let her eat out of the compost when she signed "more" and pointed to it. Turns out she wasn't finished with that pasta after all.

On the "no" thing, though, I don't just say that. I sign it, and then explain why. So the stove gets "No - no, sweetie, not for you. It's hot (sign hot) and I don't want you to get hurt by burning yourself, so stay away from the stove" And now she signs no or hot at the stove. And a coffee cup. She's curious, but not naughty, so I don't think it's fair for her to get into trouble.

Sydney was pretty good. Mum was really tired, and I sort of got the feeling we were keeping her from resting, but she had a great time. Eleanor just went crazy for her Grandma, it was really beautiful. So they played together and I cooked up a storm, left her freezer full of meals.

Also, we had our first painting experience yesterday. Green from here to billy-o. She used her paint-sodden hands to wipe her tired eyes, so she ended up looking like a green-tinged member of an emo band. She didn't want to stay in the bath, so I was shovelling rice crackers in to try and make her stay while I stealth-scrubbed. She mostly enjoyed it though.

Hi
I just don't want to think about their heads snapping forward.... oh, i did :lol:

I think using different words is good - no was one of DS' first words. :wall: Now we get: Just a minute. I said I'm just doing something. I'll be there in a minute. Come on, you know the rules. etc, etc, etc. Everything comes back at you, so best think about the sorts of things you'd enjoy hearing from them in a couple of years :lol:

wow, you're tough audax! :) We didn't clue in to that till DS was much older. He still tries it on, though. Dinner battles are his thing. Well, he tries and we just say, ok, go hungry. He got funny about his crusts after starting daycare - ate them no worries before that.

Actually one of Byron's first words was yes lol. I really don't know how that happened but it was funny as all the other babies at mothers group were saying no and he was say yes to anything. I would ask if he was a fire truck and he'd say yes lol.

Bahaha.. I love your weight measuring method AUDAX. I haven't weighed Eden for quite sometime either. I was so caught up in Byron's weight gain, due to him being premmie, that it stressed me out. Eden is quite lean and small so I know he's on the lower scale. I figure there's not much I can do to get him to eat & drink more so why bother stressing about it.

CATHIE - I hear you on the sleep school for 3 year olds. Actually I need more of a sleep in school for Byron. He woke us up at 4.30 this morning. I sent him back to bed of course, but I didn't get back to sleep. Then Eden woke at 5 anyway

Off to the farmers market this morning to get some decent fuit & veg. The shops here just don't cut it

Oh I forgot to mention that I finally did my back in on Wednesday. I just wasn't managing the backache so it was bound to happen. Thank goodness it was only a mild incident but I am now forced to take the rest of the week off exercising in hope it completely heals. I had an AP session on Thursday and am taking some herbal anti inflamms. FX the rest finally fixes it. I really should have taken some time off before the incident on Wednesday

Just popping in quickly (be back later) to say

Happy Birthday Jacob!!


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Oh from me too!! Happy Birthday Jacob hope you are having a wonderful day with your friends and family xo

Hello all!

Hooray, now that we've hit December Millie's not the only one year old! Happy birthday Jacob and Harper!

Georgi, how were the results for Eden's lump? Hope surgery is not required, poor little man (and poor Mummy :( ) Sorry to hear that your back is in such bad shape, that is no good. Are you able to get enough rest with the boys around?

Charlotte, nice to see you 'back' - hooray on how well Hannah is growing!

Re: car seats, we just turned Millie when we got back from Germany (so she was 8 months) as she'd hit the weight limit for her seat and looked pretty uncomfortable :( - knowing what I know now, we'll get a different seat next time and keep bub rear facing for a lot longer. I can't remember where I've seen it, I think someone's forum signature - "I did the best I knew how to do - now that I know better, I'll do better."

EJ, so lovely to have had the boys' concert :) I hope sleep school gets back to you and you can get some help.

MadB, ah kiwifruit, the magical pooing potion :D

Hi Cathie! Coco is tolerant keeping claws in. Mind you Tink did previously, but I think Millie did actually hurt her that night. They were playing together beautifully last night. Tink does keep sneaking onto Millie's lounge, even when it's up high... her way of asserting herself I suppose.

Ah, Audax, you have a way with words! I loled at Dame Nellie and the stealth scrubbing. I do explain to Millie why she shouldn't do certain things - most of the time I let her explore unless something isn't safe. To be honest I was trying to keep her away from the tv because DH is fussy about his electrical goods. Now I just let her go, and he has gotten over the handprints on the screen :) I always intended to do sign language with her but like so many things it has got away from me. Is it too late to start? She's able to communicate a lot of things already, but it might help her avoid some frustration... I just looked for classes and there's none in our area, but I've requested the free chart and will look for the book when we're out today.

All good here. Millie is starting to fight her afternoon sleeps pretty hard. She used to be able to sleep in the ergo or pram if we were out but I guess now she is just too curious and interested in what's going on. When she starts to get fractious I'll put her in the ergo and she will have some quiet time, just watching what's going on. It's a busy time of year so the last two days we haven't had the option of being home and putting her to bed. She's managing okay though. Yesterday we met DH's niece and her DS - 14 weeks old today and she has started him on solids - what the?! He spits most of it out - of course - but :doh:. I wish I'd had the guts to say something but she was clearly acting on her Mum's advice (who I was also meeting for the first time yesterday) so I butted out.

It's a big week here - DH is having the plate taken out of his ankle tomorrow, and my Dad is having his deep brain stimulation surgery on Thursday to try and treat his Parkinson's. We've waited so long for this but I'm having trouble believing it is going to happen. So apprehensive but so hopeful at the same time that poor Dad will get his life back.

I've been doing some sewing - FINALLY finished Millie's quilt (oh yeah, the one I started when I was first pg with her!!!) and a little outfit. I bought poly-cotton fabric for the outfit as the print was cute. Never again. Being primarily a patchworker, I'm so used to 100% cotton - it's soooo much better to work with. I'll put pics up eventually :)

Better go shower, Millie is asleep and we have babylab again today (the auditory research centre). I think she's up to a PhD now :lol:

Take care all!
xox

Oooooh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARPER!!!

PP - It's definitely not too late to start sign language with Millie. Actually the older they are the quicker they pick it up... Like toilet training I suppose lol. It's so true you know... I have done things so much better second time round, I am so much wiser & definitely more relaxed. Hope everything goes ok with your DH & your Dad

Sorry I didn't realise I hadn't posted about Eden's lump. All good. The scan shows a lymph node again so the surgeon is happy to leave it and just keep an eye on it. We have to go back in 6 months. And the Paed was away last week so I have to call today to get the results from the kidney scan, though I'm pretty confident that it's all fine

Eden seems to be eating better now. I dropped his afternoon feed so he's only on 3 feeds now and all of a sudden he started eating again. Yay!

Georgi - we definitely find that more milk = less solids too. But I just let her decide what she wants. Those fat rolls don't lie - she's getting enough :D

PP - we have babylab today! They're coming to us though, Thursday we have to go in there. It will be weird, because we usually go and visit Daddy for a coffee afterwards, but he's away at a conference, so we can't! Might go visit my old work instead.

We did our Christmas shopping yesterday. Not as bad as I thought. I got us a tree and then stayed up last night putting it up, exhausting but totally worth it to see Nellie's face when she saw it! She just went down for her nap still pointing and saying "Wowwwww" Forgot to get sticky tape for the presents though :doh: We're going to have a crack at making a toilet roll star for the top. I went for a tacky/OTT themed tree, and I love it.

Combined with the tree wonder, we walked outside this morning and there was a TRUCK across the road. Best. Morning. Ever. She's so easily pleased...

Happy Birthday Harper!!!

We've done our tree, it was hard work but it looks great!! We've got it sitting on a little table so Hannie can't touch it. She's been very good.
We're not spoiling Hannah this year for Christmas, she's still pretty little and won't understand.
We're getting her a little couch, Little People's Noah's Ark, a wooden walker thingy with blocks and an activity table.

For her birthday we're getting her some wooden blocks, a thingy that holds her toys in the bath, and 2 other toys which I can't remember. Damn you baby brain!!
Hannah is going well otherwise, pretty boring. She's nearly back to eating, after only having bottles for a week. So frustrating.
She's got a molar moving, too.

But apart from that, we've been pretty boring. I'm still here, just getting fat. 9+3w today and getting my blood results tomorrow (yeah, I was pretty lazy about going to the doctor. Got a bruise on my arm from the needle which I have to hide as no-one knows yet!). And my scan on the 15th at 10+5w.
We're getting it early as we don't care about testing for Down Syndrome, we just want to see a heartbeat. Besides, Hannah has yet ANOTHER audiology appointment on that day, so no-one will be suspicious about us going to town on a weekday.
Hannah's audio appt is just to check her level of hearing loss. When she had an audio appointment at RCH in.... April??? maybe, they said that one her ears may have up to 50% hearing loss in it. So, this is just to confirm whether there is or isn't.

Well, Hannah's being a ferret....