Yeah, the ABs are a last-ditch effort to shift this - they've both been sick for the past 3-4 mnonths (though will brief breaks here and there). They don't seem to be doing much anyway, so I think perhaps it's not a bacterial infection in any case. They are giving her nasty runny poos, poor love. So, on the whole, probably shouldn't have bothered. Oh well.
Can't believe you're clucky already! It'll be another year or so before it gets me, I think
Hi ladies, i'm around i've just been feeling a bit blah lately. It could be a mixture of exhaustion, stress, winter and who knows what else. I've had moments of feeling so overwhelmed with what i have to keep on top of looking after the kids, the husband, the house and the bills... I have to come in there somewhere also...
The kids were ok for about a week then late last week Harper got sick again with a cough and on and off it was a croupy cough. I took her to the dr's and he said i could give her a dose of redipred for the croup but she also had a red sore throat. The croup didn't last thankfuly but her throat is so sore and for the first time with any of my children i am having to give both panadol and nurofen to help her. She gets a bit warm and irritable so i give her panadol and the pain you see she has when she coughs is eased with the nurofen. I went to the chemist today to see how long it would be ok to giver her the pain med before it's too long. They said give it another couple of days so we'll see how she goes...
Other than that she's really good, when she's dosed up she's pretty happy and is giving beautiful hugs, when they wear off she's really clingy and grizzly. All was good with the health nurse, she weighs 7.2kg and she had no concerns.
There's a facebook thing that's been plaing on my mind a bit... My SIL in QLD has a 4 month old and she also has 2 boys slightly older than mine and she made a comment about controlled crying and something along the lines of tell me i'm doing the right thing... Up until now i think she's been the kind of baby that didn't like to be put down and she was getting her to sleep by rocking her each night and i think she was trying to get out of that as it was getting a bit too much being that there were two other kids to care for and my BIL works nights. What i'm most shocked and sadened by was all the comments of 'you're doing the right thing... tough love and short term pain, long term gain...' I couldn't not write something but out of almost 30 comments i think i was 1 of 3 who said don't do it. AND so many of the comments encouraging her to stick at it were liked by random others. I don't know what i'm getting at really, i think it's my mood of late and just not wanting to think of my SIL and my niece doing that. I know you have to do what works for you and what works for some may not work for others but i have just gone and gotten out my copy of What Every Parent Needs to Know and am brushing up on it myself because that is the book that influanced my way of thinking a lot. Her birthday was earlier this month and i still owe her a present and was considering buying her a copy but does that seem a little pushy?? Clearly i'm a minority in amoungst advice being given and i don't want to imply anything or upset anyone. Maybe i'm just best to shut up... I also thought about offering BB but it's my safe place and i want to stay anonymous. Anyway just had to get it out to ladies who'd understand.... Thanks xoox
So PP how's the future plans going?? Getting clucky?!?!? That's so exciting.
Georgi how are you going with your almost Brady Brunch?
Jules how's your gorgeous little man? I'm still so jealous of seeing those summery suits.
Charlotte you're getting so close now. Yayyyyy
MadB i hope Miri and your little man feel better really soon, sick kids are not fun. I just hate seeing them feel so average.
Crumpet how's your gorgeous girl going?
Cathie how's the crawling going?
Got to go ladies Harper is having her first feed for the day and i see now that her runny nose is turning green...
hey EJ all is well my way. He is getting soo fast the kids are compalining as he is everywhere.
Don't you just love cuddles and kisses, Charlie just gives the most beautiful sloppy kisses that I just Love.
EJ, I think sometimes rather than saying don't do x, it can be mroe effective to offer an alternative view/suggestion. Sometimes all parents here is you mustn't do rocking/feeding etc, you really have to do crying, etc, etc, which can leave them feeling like there really are no other alternatives. If she's asking the question, it may be that she doesn't feel entirely comfortable with it, but saying "no you aren't" doesn't help her (probably make her defensive) but saying, hey what about xxx, might be helpful. I woulodnt' do it on facebook though It's a good book, why not get it for her
Miri's still not good. must go and see if I can get her to sleep finally.
Hey girls. Sorry I've been so absent. Things have been hectic around here, with getting the house sorted, getting ready to move, helping my mum defeat cancer, going to Sydney and now Eleanor is sick. Busy times! House = good, mum = amazing, Sydney = draining, sick baby = not that different to having a newborn, really. Took her to the doc today with a 40 temp, she has a chest infection and red sore throat, so is on her first ever course of ABs. Booooo. She loves them though, the suspension is delicious (I licked)
EJ - of course you should say something. Make it warm, make it loving, and like MadB says, offer a suggestion, but do be the one who speaks up. This way it's 3 from 30, rather than 2 from 30. I'm pretty vocal on FB - these babies will grow up to run our country(or at the very least, scan our groceries) and I'm not so sure that the short term pain will bring us long term gain.
did you get the raspberry flavour audax? miri hates it, but she mostly swallows now. You should see her little 'performance' clenching her mouth shut when she sees it
So not good with the sick babies. Get better little ones.
Harper was actually the best she's been today. She hasn't had any meds at all today and she's eaten without visably being uncomfortable when swallowing.
I feel for your DD Audax, Harper had the sore throat and you could tell it was really hurting her. But temps of 40 that is not good at all. Hope that's no longer happening. Hope things settled and start to fall into place with your busy busy days.
MadB i know the face your talking about Harper is quite happy to have nurofen but she cringes at having the panadol.
Sounds like Charlie is one beautiful little man Cathie and keeping everyone on their toes now. A whole new world has become available to him
Thanks MadB and Audax. The comment i made was...You don't have to listen to me but i'd say don't do it At the same time though i do understand that you need to do something to get your bedtime routine a little easier on you. We feed to sleep and that works for us. She's not always fully alseep when i put her in her bed and that's ok too. To get her to self settle right from her early weeks i'd rock her in my arms until she was just getting sleeping and then encourage the self settle. Do what works but i hope it doesn't take too long to get results That was ok wasn't it ??? It wasn't being to opinionated, it was offering an alternative. Clearly no one liked what i said though because no one 'liked' my comment Then a little further down i added because she asked me if Harper woke with a sore belly feeding to sleep... Bel Harper sleeps fine after the feed but she doesn't doesn't sleep through the whole night. I spoke to the health nurse about it and that's when she told me to try the 'camping out'. But it really doesn't bother me that much, Charlie never did until 15 months but Aidan did and was easily by this age. It really is just the difference in the children. I manage to burp Harper most feeds and it's not an issue. But again that works for her it may not work for others. If you don't get results and you feel Grace really isn't responding to it there are other things you can try. Good luck xoox Then my last comment was... Bel some books you might like to read for a bit of info... Sleeping Like a Baby by Pinky McKay and What Every Parent Needs to Know by Margot Sunderland. Changed my way of thinking xoxo
Then another SIL wrote a seperate comment to her... Hows the controlled 'comforting' going? Speaking with my friend who is a maternal and child health nurse said its 'not controlled crying' anymore but 'controlled comforting'? She said its more directed at settling baby til they are almost asleep and to leave them to settle themselves. They dont favour leaving the bubs to cry for long periods of time now. Hope that is a help and good luck with it all its all trial and error I think. Which i said is what i do and how well it works for us but my SIL made no comment to that at all so maybe she wasn't too impressed about it????
Anyway like i said i think what disturbs me the most is how much encouragement she got from everyone and all i could do was think about my little niece who for 4 months has been rocked to sleep in her mums arms and all of a sudden is no longer allowed. It seems that she had success by the second night so in some ways that's a good thing.
Anyway ladies thanks for listening
Also an update on the little girl i told you about. She has been diagnosed with lymphoma and has to have 2yrs of chemo. They are having a fundraiser for her family this weekend which i hope to go to.
I think it's strawberry flavour. She loves it. She used to make that face at Panadol, but we have switched to Dymadon which is yummalicious too. Although not as good as the Amoxil.
If I get a break today I'll have to make up a probiotic for her. She is awake and just gumming on the boob right now. So cute.
EJ, what you said sounds perfect. That kind of self settling never worked here. Your book suggestions were great though. Good choice
Hey guys, just popping in quickly before I pass out from exhaustion. Went to Melbourne and back today (nearly 1,000kms) for Hannah's 9 month surgical review.
She's been given the all clear for anything that may have gone wrong once she started solids. Her occational constipation is just something that will most likely affect her for many many years. It's just a result of the Gastroschisis.
Her surgeon is so happy with her, and doesn't want to see her until at least May next year, and then once a year from then on.
They just want to chart her weight for the next few years, as she's on the 3rd centile. She's not skinny at all, and she was born on the 3rd centile.
The surgeon says that she will probably stay on the low end of 'normal' weight wise until she starts school and then she'll 'catch up'.
Charlotte, that is so good that Hannah is cruising along just fine, with the updates i see on Hannah's fellow gastroschisis bubs you must consider yourselves very lucky
Audax hope Eleanor is feeling much better. Things are hectic like you said but most are positives and i hope that continues for you
Yes MadB what worked for my Aidan hasn't worked for Charlie and Harper (but i think my parenting has changed slightly anyway ) but i agree totally, it's all trail and error to see what works for each little one.
It seems that my SIL had sucess in the first night and day after so that is good in that i assume there weren't too many tears involved. I know my feed to sleep can be another one that can get tricky when time is a factor but it just doesn't involve the crying i suppose I was just trying to offer her a gentler option. Thanks for your input and thanks for listening girls.
There is no noise in here except for the hum of the computer!! Harper is asleep and the boys are at their cousins house (had a sleepover last night) so i've been relaxing but also catching up on washing and folding and tidying up.
Jules your have one clever little man, his birthday is the day before Harpers and she's barely bearing any weight on her legs at the moment. I showed DH last nigth and he was pretty impressed also All mine have walked at 14ish months so i'm not used to seeing such a little one so close.
That's about it for now, Harper is much better, stil coughing but no pain. She'll be 9 months on Monday!!!! My gosh time is flying, better start thinking of her 1st birthday.
I reckon, almost walking already is very imporessive! Miri still won't put any weight on her legs I think she figures if she yells loud enough someone will come adn cafry her so she isn't too motivated to move yet
DD clearly doesn't take after me in the locomotive department. I was a 9 month walker. She still just sits, with the occasional swivel if she spots a "thing" She is just so curious! It's really hard to keep up with her little brain. Toys are boring, she's been there, done that. Needs new cool stuff all the time. Even kitchen utensils are getting old. And my phone, boooooring. She wants jewellery, and power cords and kitchen knives! Or outside. Total outdoors addict. Probably because of that big camping trip when she was 4 months old. At least at our new house we have a fully fenced and safe yard she can hang out in.
All that said, still sick. 4 out of the last 5 hours, plonked on the couch, boobing it. My bum hurts. And I'm bored.
Well, Hannah is still going well. Think her teeth are moving again as she's not sleeping today. Awake from 6.30am to 10am. 12pm to 4pm. And she's just gotten up again after a 1 hour sleep.
Not much else has been happening, she can say Dada, Nanana (not sure what this means when she yells it), la la la (she sings!) and hello amazingly enough.
It's bloody creepy! She'll just yell out from bed "HELLO". And when you say it to her, she'll say it back.
She's bashing the keys, so I better go!
Happy Father's Day to all your partners. Hope you all have a great day!
I'm sure DP will enjoy the stubbie holder I got him!
Been a bit absent lately, sorry for not keeping up to date very well. I'm up north with my family and find it hard to get the time to open my laptop, thank god for iphones and facebook, or I'd be feeling like I've dropped off the face of the earth I read along using tapatalk so I've been keeping tabs on you all
EJ - I think you handled the situation with your SIL extremely well! I don't blame you for hoping your niece isn't being put through that...I honestly get SO many comments about how soft I am in my approach to Jacob and his sleeping and I feel like telling them to shove it, I'm the one being woken at night still and I'M ok with it, so why is it such a problem for THEM?! *sigh* anyway, glad it's all sorted. Thanks for the comments on Jacob, in all honesty, I'm sooooo not ready for any of this walking business but he's so busy and I just haven't had any part in pushing him to do it, he's just doing it all on his own terms. Having said that, I'm one of four kids (my eldest brothers are twins) and the latest we walked was ten months so we were all quite early walkers. The way I see it, he's awake so much he has plenty of time to practice I hope miss Harper Barper is doing really well
MadB - I'm LOVING your new avvy!! Has Miri recovered? I hope she's finish her antibiotics and they did the trick. It sucks so much when they're sick!
Cathie - Hope you're all well, Charlie sounds like a busy little man, hope he's enjoying all his crawling around, he tries to keep up with the big kids I'm sure!
Crumpet - How's miss Summah going? I hope you're feeling better, it's so hard when you're sick and are alone with a baby!
Audax - I find the same thing here with toys!! why do we bother?! they only want what we have, until they have it, then they want the next thing....always looking for something new to destroy! I hope everything is going well with your mum and also with the house, you must be busy at the moment!
Charlotte - Hannah's sleeping sounds so similar to Jacobs at the moment...he's slowly starting to come through it though hang in there, it will pass like always.. How did DP like his stubbie holder? Sounds like a lovely idea!! hehe, how cute is Hannah's 'hello'!! What a clever chicken she is. There is no stopping that special little girl, she's doing so well, you're lucky you didn't go with the other baby buddies group, she'd be running rings around them!
PP - How's the gorgeous Millie? How are you? I hope work is treating you well, how are you finding the balance? sounds like you're doing fantastic. Super clucky hey?? When are you looking at trying again? I must admit I'm slowly getting clucky again but not sure where I'm at really...I DO want them close together, but then it's just too daunting when I think about doing it with no support close by....
Hello to Kaz and Georgi, hope you're both doing great!
Hopefully I've covered everyone!! Sorry if I missed anyone or if my replies are too short, I'm trying to catch back up and I will hopefully get on here a bit more often now!
We're doing ok here, just plodding along. Jacob is just so happy and funny now, he wins hearts everywhere we go. He's super active, he's like a can of worms. I was trying to make his cereal this morning with him on my hip and he just DOESNT sit still, (so jealous of people who's babies just sit there on their mothers hips), he ended up squirming that much to try and get down that he ended up being held like a football. He just wants to climb everything and is now confidently walking behind toys with wheels, we just walk behind him as a safety precaution. I'm up north at mum and dads still and they have a lot of tiles (whereas we have mostly carpet) so it's keeping me VERY busy trying to keep tabs on him at all times.
Anyway, hope everyone is well and had a great start to the week xoxo
wow Jules, it's hard to believe that he's just a month older than Miri! Very clever.
And charlotte, the hellos must be so cute. what a clever little thing. have you caught it on video?
Miri's vocabulary consists of 'da' and variations thereon.
random household objects have always been big winners here. I must admit we have bought very few toys for them. They always get so much anyway.
miri seems to be doing much better. DS too. FINGERS CROSSED.
She's teethign - top front teeth are cutting. Looks like the next ones along are also on their way. Would be very nice if they could cut before we go away next month. off to NZ for a month
so ive been so slack getting on here lately, between illness' and being crazy busy i havnt had much time for anything else!!!
So, summah is 100% after her tonsilitis!
we are about 10 days shy of 9 months now as if saying i had a 8 month old wasnt bad enough im now saying 9 month old!!!
we are sitting all the time, will occasionally roll but still hates tummy time , when she is sitting she walks her hands forward and rocks up onto her knees but thats as far as we are with moving....
slowly getting stronger in the legs, as for balance, whats that? lol.....
all i hear is "mummmmm" all day everyday! occasionally a dad or bub get thrown in..... hmmm what else?? oh finger foods and lumps are finally on the improve again after her being sick, she grabbed my lamb cutlet the other night and had a field day with it!!!
so once summah was better, we had about 10 days and i got sick, a chest, throat and wind pipe infection pretty sure being a mum and being sick is just hell! but we got through the worst of it and im nearly better now.
I woulodnt' do it on facebook though 
cathie
Harper is quite happy to have nurofen but she cringes at having the panadol.
Then a little further down i added because she asked me if Harper woke with a sore belly feeding to sleep... Bel Harper sleeps fine after the feed but she doesn't doesn't sleep through the whole night. I spoke to the health nurse about it and that's when she told me to try the 'camping out'. But it really doesn't bother me that much, Charlie never did until 15 months but Aidan did and was easily by this age. It really is just the difference in the children. I manage to burp Harper most feeds and it's not an issue. But again that works for her it may not work for others. If you don't get results and you feel Grace really isn't responding to it there are other things you can try. Good luck xoox Then my last comment was... Bel some books you might like to read for a bit of info... Sleeping Like a Baby by Pinky McKay and What Every Parent Needs to Know by Margot Sunderland. Changed my way of thinking xoxo
the teeth appear by then. Yes, stunning!! 
as if saying i had a 8 month old wasnt bad enough im now saying 9 month old!!! 
, when she is sitting she walks her hands forward and rocks up onto her knees but thats as far as we are with moving.... 
pretty sure being a mum and being sick is just hell! but we got through the worst of it and im nearly better now. 
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