Babies Born December ~ 1st-15th 2010 #4

Hi all,

Phew, found a formula that doesn't smell like dead rats and is actually helping Millie with the reflux. Only sold in 400g containers though so will be frequent buyers!!! They DO have +6 month AR formula here but I'm sticking with the birth one.

Charlotte, sounds like Hannah is doing so well :) LOL at the poop, with Millie it's a fresh nappy. Doesn't matter what time she wakes up, about 5 mins after we change the first nappy of the day, she'll go. Good luck house hunting!

Cathie, poor Kevin :rofl:

It's really warm here. We got Millie a brolly for the pram today. She likes it a lot more than having a wrap draped over the pram.

Hope you're all well!
xox

House hunting went well. Put a call into the loan officer and going to start offering $92,000. The house isn't worth anything over 100k and thats about our limit. So we want to start offering low and pray we get it cheap. House owner has recently seperated from DH and has moved to QLD to be with the rest of her family and her new DP.
The house needs work, its a 1940s solid stone house. So there is some cracks that need some work.
Need to put carpet down in the living room as its just a bare concrete floor.
Carpet in the bedrooms, as its just bare floorboards.
The most beautiful brand new bathroom and kitchen you've ever seen.

Although it needs work, its definately a move in and sit down house.
We LOVE the paint in the house. Its all white!!!
Here's our current paint job (we rent so can't paint ourselves).....
Lounge -- bright yellow.
Office --- Purple and green.
Spare room -- Green and purple
Our room -- Blue (best room in the house!!)
Hannah's room -- Yellow, blue and green.
Hallway -- dark green.

They were ON DRUGS!!! Its horrible!!!! All the window frames and skirting boards, door ways, have been only half stripped. So they look like crap.

Hannah's doing good. Very grumpy today. Tooth is very very close.

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That's right, food is fun. Up till 12-ish months and definitely at this age, milk is much more important nutritionally. It's better to go slow and let them go at their pace to avoid replacing too much milk with solids. When they're young, they get less out of food. IF you let her decide what and how much she eats, she'll do fine.

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i offer her both finger food and blitzed stuff, its far from puree now becasue i know she can handle the lumps and it seems to be working, milk consuption is still the same so hopefully we are on track....

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I've been eyeing off Sophie the Giraffe for ages... sounds like I should splash out

Bugger the AR formula here, Millie has started getting refluxy again. It's still mostly silent, but she did chuck on DH yesterday (couldn't help but :rofl:, it's like the biggest drama in the world...

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do it!! you wont regret welcoming sophie into ur house!

:rofl: DH is the same, summah chucks and he thinks the world is coming to a end!

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PP - sounds like you are having soo much fun, Poor Millie with the reflux men are funny, Kevin keeps telling people how hard it is with 6 kids I look at him and laugh his at work all day. He comes home at 7.00pm for the dinner and bed time and it's hard. :ROFL:

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:rofl: hard life for kevin!

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House hunting went well. Put a call into the loan officer and going to start offering $92,000.
Hannah's doing good. Very grumpy today. Tooth is very very close.

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:o i wish our mortgage was only 92k! lol..... good luck hun when do u find out if they have accepted your offer?
poor hannah :hug:

we are all going well here....
had summahs 6mth check up today and she has weighed in at 7.6kg and is 67cm long, right on average!
spoke to MCHN to see what her opinion was on the 6mth formula and she said the only thing is more iron and if im happy with what we are using to stick to it, which was my plan i just wanted to sus her out!
she is very supportive of finger foods to which suprised me but was happy to hear it...

and our first tooth is popping through! its right there and the gum is so rough!

explains her revolting attitude yesterday;)

Low ball them Charlotte! It's a buyers market - well over here it's getting that way anyway.

Good luck Charlotte!

Well, Will now cries if I dare to put my breast to his mouth. I feel so ... empty

Oh Kaz :hug: I'm sorry to hear that.
Do you have a bath you could get in together? Just for a lovely snuggle time, maybe with boobie, maybe not.

Booooo, Kaz. We have had some bouts of poison boob here, and it's awful :(

Good luck Charlotte! We are househunting too, all the opens are on at sleeptime, which is a bit annoying!! We have made one offer, rejected but the place is still on the market, with another open this weekend. We do love it, so might up the offer a little. We lowballed, but the vendor is holding out for more.

crumpies - our CHN was not ok with finger foods. And mortified that we're not feeding her wallpaper glue/rice cereal (I can't tell the difference?!) especially as we're vegetarian. And we need to have her weighed more often :rolleyes: I just count the fat rolls and assume she's fine.

No teeth. No real signs.

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Good luck Charlotte! We are househunting too, all the opens are on at sleeptime, which is a bit annoying!! We have made one offer, rejected but the place is still on the market, with another open this weekend. We do love it, so might up the offer a little. We lowballed, but the vendor is holding out for more.

crumpies - our CHN was not ok with finger foods. And mortified that we're not feeding her wallpaper glue/rice cereal (I can't tell the difference?!) especially as we're vegetarian. And we need to have her weighed more often :rolleyes: I just count the fat rolls and assume she's fine.

No teeth. No real signs.

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Can feel and see the tooth, its just there!! Hopefully she doesn't teeth for so long with all her teeth. Maybe its a premmie thing???
DP calling the loan officer back today to work out everything. But, got a call from someone else this morning saying another house is coming up for sale!! :-(
Its a gorgeous house (on the main road unfortunately, with a druggie next door and snakes across the road.....actually no. I don't want it.), with a big extension, new kitchen, laundry, toilet, bathroom, huge bedrooms, reverse cycle aircon into all bedrooms and living room. But they'll want a fortune for that. So, all of a sudden got a bad feeling about that one and not going to pursue it. Phew. Very bad feeling actually. Not to mention that it was my old boss's house and I left their buisness on very bad grounds.
Going to hopefully put the offer in next week or tomorrow depending on what the loan officer says.

We don't feed Hannah farex. Her bowels just can't handle it, they're too sensitive at this point. Just the tinest bit and she's constipated. MCHN wasn't happy about that when Hannah went for injections. But her surgeon is happy, so thats all that matters. So we're sticking to custards, yogurts, fruits and a few veggies.
Her gag reflex is sensitive too. She hates the gels. She gags as soon as they're in her mouth. Maybe they're too slippery or something??

Oohhhh!!! My wedding dress is coming today!! I'm sooo excited!! Hopefully it fits. Wedding shop in Bendigo was going to charge over $750 for a dress, and I found one on eBay that they custom make for under $200.

My nurse said "We like baby led solids, but we're not supposed to recommend it" Weird. She's an LC too, so probably has a slightly different perspective to most.
Miri still prefers paper over anything edible :)

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Good luck Charlotte!

Well, Will now cries if I dare to put my breast to his mouth. I feel so ... empty

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crumpies - our CHN was not ok with finger foods. And mortified that we're not feeding her wallpaper glue/rice cereal (I can't tell the difference?!) especially as we're vegetarian. And we need to have her weighed more often :rolleyes: I just count the fat rolls and assume she's fine.

No teeth. No real signs.

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cant say i can tell the diff between wall paper glue and farex, bellamys baby porrige is much nicer! or so it seems by DD's preferences!

:lol: thats when u know they are healthy! love the fat rolls!

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So we're sticking to custards, yogurts, fruits and a few veggies.
Her gag reflex is sensitive too. She hates the gels. She gags as soon as they're in her mouth. Maybe they're too slippery or something??

Oohhhh!!! My wedding dress is coming today!! I'm sooo excited!! Hopefully it fits. Wedding shop in Bendigo was going to charge over $750 for a dress, and I found one on eBay that they custom make for under $200.

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summah is 50/50 with the gels, sometimes she takes them fine sometimes she gags.
i tend to stick with fruit and custards for her for "dessert"

yay for ur dress!

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My nurse said "We like baby led solids, but we're not supposed to recommend it" Weird. She's an LC too, so probably has a slightly different perspective to most.
Miri still prefers paper over anything edible :)

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wow thats great!!
mine isnt sold 100% on BLS but is supportive of the concept so i guess its a start!
:lol: @ miri and her paper fetish!

all good here!
attacked the kmart sales today, just need to do target and im sorted for birthdays and xmas, feel very organised, which is the affect i wanted! :rofl: want to have it all dont by october this year!

MadBags - Nellie loves paper too! Loves it.

Another thing the CHN asked "Does she drink from a sippy cup?" No, actually, her preferred method for water ingestion is through a face washer. :lol:

charlotte - the teeth thing is not a premmie thing. Teeth are just one of those wildly swinging variables. Yay for your wedding dress! I made mine. That was an epic job! House, baby, wedding all in one year! That's a bit more excitement than I could handle :lol: What a huge year for you.

Hey girls

I really need to have a catch up, sorry I've missed so much. We've come up north cause my SIL and Brother had a baby girl on Monday, her name is Chloe Ann, she's just beautiful, such a little doll.

Prior to leaving we had a few troubles. Jacob broke out in some weird bumps/spots on Saturday night. Sunday morning they were a bit redder so I took him down to the local ambulance officer (we have no hospital in town - it's an hour away) he suggested a trip to the hospital just for peace of mind. The doc over there said it was viral related due to his cold?! strange... not 100% sure that I believe that... I am thinking teething? dry skin from us using the heater too much? who knows. He seems to be clearing up since being up here where its' warmer and I haven't been using a heater :dunno: I just want my smooth skinned baby back.... He only has spots/bumps on his cheeks, legs and the back of his arms. Any one else had anything similar? I'm thinking of going to another doctor. He doesn't seem distressed or anything.. Can you tell I'm at a loss? :lol:

Hope you're all well, I apologise for the selfish post, I just don't have a minute to myself lately. Considering buying an ergo! Someone has discovered he likes to have me around ALL THE TIME.

There are lots of viral bumpy/spotty things that kids get Jules, hopefully it's just one of those. Get another opinion if you're uncertain. DS's had several such things in the past :wall:

heys ladies :)

Audax - poison boob is a good way of putting it! How did you get past it???

Yeah, Will's into the paper as well, specially the shiny paper catalogues!!!

Jules - always go with your instinct. Hope it's nothing :hug: Did you gets lots of newborn snuggles? Are you clucky again???

MadB - ours is quite pro-BLS!!!!! So far Will has had a bit of baby corn and some broccoli. How are you doing BLS MadB??? I HATE farex!!!

Hey gals!

My stupid internet is still playing up.... I tried to post yesterday but ended up just giving up

JULES - Could the rash like thing be food related? DS1 started getting it on his cheeks, upper arms & legs (still does get it now) when he was around 12 months. The GP reckons it was a mild food allergy. We still think it's wheat related. Just a thought.

Eden is doing well. His top teeth are buldging through now. He has been a little more unsettled with these teeth then with his bottom teeth, but thankfully the teething necklace seems to be doing the trick.

He has his good days & bad with his food. But he does so well with BLS. He never gags, and surprises me what he eats sometimes. He ate a quarter of a cheese sandwich the other day. Last night he ate some fish, pumpkin, carrot, broccoli & potato. I just give him what we have for dinner but I do have some rissoles in the freezer in case we have something that he just can't. Most days he only has breakfast & dinner, but he'll have lunch if he's awake

Not much else happening.

Good luck with the house CHARLOTTE

I haven't been turning the computer on too much lately ladies. Just having a bit of a break.

I might have a break for a little bit but i won't be too far away and i will be back, just something i feel i need to do for a little bit.

Harper barper had a TERRIBLE night last night, we set the port-a-cot up in our room because she wouldn't sleep in our bed, wouldn't sleep in her bed and really didn't sleep much in the port-a-cot either. I think it could have been to do with a blocked up nose and/or sore tummy. She filled her nappy early this morning... Who knows but it wasn't easy. DH and i have barely slept all night. But having said that she slept 8 hours the other night!!!! First time ever...

So i'm off to the natropath today and i'm hoping for a mirical cure from her. Wish me luck ladies.

Keep well, enjoy your little ones and i'll keep in touch as much as i can xo

(no time for updates, just one thing)


ITS A TOOTH!!! I REPEAT!! ITS A TOOTH!!


We are over the moon! Hopefully Hannie turns back into an angel because the last 2 days have been nearly unbearable.

You go Hannah!!!!

Hullo!

Charlotte, hooray for the tooth and the dress! and I love your ticker, that is fantastic :)

EJ, fingers crossed that you get some answers! Hope Miss Barper is feeling better.

Georgi, awesome that BLS is going so well for you. I got so confused when I saw our MHCN, she was very pro BLS, but then told me Millie HAD to be getting x amount per day, and encouraged pureed foods, which kind of defeats the purpose I think? Anyway, being away we're using a lot of prepared foods but when we get home she'll be a hands on baby.

Jules, does he seem uncomfortable with the spots? Hope it clears up!

Audax, LOL at the facewasher. Millie opens her mouth in the bath and catches her splashes... she thinks she's so hilarious (which she is, tee hee!). I don't have Millie weighed very often either, I can see and feel that she is growing and healthy.

Millie is right into paper. Yesterday when we were packing she was very upset at being left to play... which she normally loves, but of course because we were busy... so DH gave her the city map we got from hotel reception - hours of fun. Today on the train? The travel itinerary :)

I hope everyone is well... sorry if I've missed anyone!
xox

Kaz - has been happening since she was 10 weeks. Limiting night feeds helps, to just 20 mins at a time. She's fine with that, but the challenge for me is staying awake! In the day I feed immediately before and after every sleep (she's on 4 sleeps a day) so she's too dozy to protest. Dark quiet room helps (dunno what you'd do with Pip though!) and also just having a few days at home to relax. The ABA booklet is quite good, and I rang the helpline once, got MadB's mum (I totally made that up, but she lives in WA and has a daughter called Miriam) and she suggested rubbing her bum, particularly the anal area, with the heel of your hand, as it stimulates sucking. Oh, and feeding with her nappy off. Hope it gets better for you!

We are both sick. Rotten cold. Just using a bit of saline spray for now. My mum's coming on Tuesday to help us out.

Looks like Hannah might be coming down with another cold.
Letting her sleep for as much as possible today, as she just cries constantly if she's up.
She's not into solids at the moment so we're not pushing her. If she doesn't want to eat, its fine with us.
Mr Toothy is look fabulous!! But, amazingly, we missed the tooth right next to it!!! It nearly cut, should be cut by tonight or tomorrow.
2 teeth in 2 days!!! No wonder she's being a little monster!

So, things have been really hard here with Hannah being in pain with her teeth. Have had to give her some panadol as bonjela just isn't doing the job.

Her new favourite thing -- Me kissing the palms of her hands. She thinks it hilarious and will even hold her hand up for me.
Oops. She's awake.

ah yes, they usually come in pairs. that's great they're finally cutting! hope she's feeling better very soon.

lol audax :lol: nice to hear of another miriam though

Pixie, specifying a certain amount per day really would defeat teh purpose of BLS! dear me, never mind.

Hi Georgi, nice to see you!

Hope the natropath went well EJ

Miri was erm, difficult last night. I mean more so than usual. awake for hours crying and sooking, then finally slept... for about 5 hours straight. which was good for her, but stil not really enough sleep.
I need to have a very early one again I think!

thanks Audax. Looks like I'll be restarting the meds to boost supply. Although tonight we had a lovely bath tonight, very deep, and he turned around and licked then nuzzled my boob! It was after he'd fed, so wasn't expecting or pressuring him to. Very happy, feel more at peace now.

MadB - hope you get a better night today and some good sleep.

Set up Pip's old hook-on seat next to me at the table, offered him a plate of veg and meat - carrot, broccoli, peas & some rib eye (yum). Well, some broccoli went in his mouth - the dogs enjoyed his meal heaps! In retrospect, peas weren't a good idea - too small. hoping his teeth come through, these second out are taking their time!!!

Oh! That's very promising Kaz!

We had a ****arse night from hell. Some neighbours.. no, wait,not neighbours, they live int eh enxt street over... but anyway, they had a really loud party... all night... still going at 6am... and that's after we called the cops (it was so loud that even a street away I could hear it clearly through earplugs). I know the police have way better thigns to be doing with themselves... some people are just really inconsiderate.

Hey ladies

MadB - Nice to hear it's more common than I originally thought. Sorry to hear you've had some horrible nights, between Miri and the neighbours you don't seem to be getting much rest, my heart goes out to you!!! :hug:

Kaz - Thanks, I went with my instincts and I will update below. I did get a cuddle of the beautiful little Chloe, she is such a doll. I'm so in love all over again, being an aunty is great :) She does make me clucky but I'm just not getting enough sleep to consider it yet. I'm thinking we're going to have a bit of an age gap, maybe try when Jacob is one and a half. Give me another year I think :) The bath sounded LOVELY! Sounds so promising Kaz!

Georgi - I thought food also, but the doctors are pretty stumped. The latest update will be below... I hadn't introduced anything new when he got the spots so I don't think so, but I'm keeping it in mind. Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like Eden is going really well with BLS, I'm so tempted...I think we'll give it a go when we get home, sounds soooo much easier.

EJ - Nice to hear from you, hope you're taking the time to enjoy your little ones. Sorry to hear Harpers had a few bad nights but 8 hours is fabulous!!! How did the appointment go with the natropath??

Charlotte - Finally a tooth!! That's fantastic. I hope she's getting a break now and doesn't end up with a cold.... :( The poor little thing! Teeth are horrible little things aren't they. Jacobs top two are giving him (and me) hell!! How did you go with the house? buying a house is so exciting!! That's soooo cute about kissing Hannah's palms. How lovely!!

PP - Hows the little jetsetter? No, Jacob isn't uncomfortable with his spots. He is definately 'off' but he has a cold on top of it all so I think it's more linked to that. Who knows, we'll get a rest one day! :lol: sounds like Millie really loves her paper, Jacob is just starting to learn the joys of it now...it's amazing how long it can keep them amused isn't it?! Sounds like Millie is doing so well with all the travelling, it must be such a relief for you and your DH.

Audax - Bad news about the cold, I hope you're both feeling better very soon. I feel your frustrations. I'm not sick but Jacob is... It's such a pain.

As for us - I took Jacob to another Dr. He was a really good doctor, he even called in a second doctor for his opinion. They seem to think it's like a mild eczema? possibly a combination of dry skin/sensitive skin/soap products/use of a heater. I've started using QV products and they seem to be clearing up!! :crossfingers: I am so hoping we've finally figured it out. I had been moisturising but using Johnson and Johnsons products and it seems he's too sensitive. He still has this rotten cold, he won't let me use the snot sucker, he screams. So I'm having trouble getting it out :( His sleeping is up the creek......:dunno: could be his cold or even his teeth - he seems to be struggling with the top ones....I'm just going with the flow for now. Still away up north at the moment, DH went back for work and arrives again on Wednesday. I've bought him tickets to the V8's on this weekend for his birthday (which is in August) so he's pretty excited to come back for that.

Sweet dreams all. xox

Just quickly Jules, throw the J&J stuf in the bin. It's dreadful for the little ones' skin. If QV seems better, then good. Otherwise, go for something all natural. J&J is actually rated very poorly for all the nasty chemicals in it. (you wouldn't know it from their lovely advertising of course)
Those top one do seem to be harder coming through than the bottom ones. Each new set seemed worse than the last with DS :wall:

MadB - Already done!!! I had tried another brand but I can't remember the name of it. It's meant to be all natural, but I probably didn't use it long enough... I'll see how QV goes. Thanks for that. yes, stupid teeth!!

Yeah, J&J is no-more-tears cause it has anaesthetic in it!!!

Sounds great Jules to find something. We use MooGoo bath wash here - it's so mild that if you swallow it, no problem. Although I also use Gaia talc.

Hey Jules,

I've gone all sulfate free products with Millie because of my sensitivity (heck, if I have to have my hands in it...) and went with Gaia after much label reading. Heaven on earth. Mum gave us a travel pack of the body shop buriti baby products which are also lovely (have to admit I didn't check the label for sulfates because it was a gift... hands are fine though so hope it's okay?). Also we use pawpaw ointment on everything and it seems to work on everything.

It's so cold here, DH's uncle has even put the heaters on. It feels like a cruddy damp Sydney winter's day. Poo. We're back in the village though which is nice, it's good to have some down time. Millie certainly needs it! Still no teeth, she's such a gummy bear. It's hilarious, I love her big gummy grins :)

MadB, that's what I thought about the MCHN... seriously, she was all "oh, fantastic, you know about BLS... so she's on three meals a day is she?" "erm, no." "Getting 5 serves of veg and 2 of fruit per day?" "erm, really no." I left very confused. Cruddy neighbours. There's a fest in the village at the moment so the disco last night kept us all awake. Millie doesn't like "doof doof", but is a total fan of "oom pah" :)

Kaz, yay for the bath, and LOL at the dogs :)

Audax hope the colds shift quickly!

Charlotte, congrats on the teeth, and LOl at the palm kisses :) Millie was in stitches at my wicked witch cackle this evening... note to self... only do it when she has a nappy on... wee everywhere!!!!

Must go, there's only a certain amount of hot water available and my hair needs a wash!

Thinking of you all
xox

EJ - Hope you had a better night last night. Any cures from the Natropath?

CHARLOTTE - Wooooohhhhhooooo a tooth! Hope she's settled down now

PP - Paper.... At least it's cheap to keep her occupied lol. 3 meals a day... errr no, 5 veges.... errrr definately no, 2 fruits..... errrrr, yeah most days lol

AUDAX - Boo for being sick but yay for mum coming

MADB - Sounds like you really need a good night sleep. Grrrr to those neighbours. My neighbour decides to play the drums at lunch time every day, just when the boys are sleeping. His garage is right nex to their rooms

KAZBAH - Yay on the broccoli!

JULES - Gosh, it's so much easier (BLS). Although I did BLS with DS1, I still made him seperate meals as he was eating earlier than we were. So I would make things like rissoles & zucchini slice etc. But this time Eden eats with us at 5.30pm. It kinda goes against the theory of offering BB before solids as he has his last feed at 7pm and sometimes we don't have dinner till closer to 6. But it's much better now that he just gets what we get. Although the GP's said DS1's rash was food related, I use a mild soap and sorbelene cream and that seems to work, so huh, who know's hey. I hope it doesn't bother him. It never bothered DS1 at all

Eden seems to prefer his meat over his veges, which is strange. DS1 will dust a plate of veges, and ask for more, before he even touches his meat/fish/chicken

Ok so operation unswaddle begun yesterday. It's been a disaster so far. He's only just discovered that he call roll around the lounge room floor and has decided to take up rolling around the cot too.... Wrapped! I wrap him in a stretchy cotton wrap which is hard for him to get out of, most of the time.... At night I double wrap him but this morning he woke at 5am.... Grrrrrrr, when I went in to tell him to go back to sleep he had both arms out of the wraps. I re wrapped, put him back to bed and he kept waking crying, sleeping, crying etc etc..When I went back in he was flat on his face, fully wrapped. But he won't sleep unwrapped. Oh the joys hey..... I'll keep battling on for a few days & hope to get this sorted quickly. I also think those top teeth may be causing some of this too

Oh, I don't think i've mentioned that DH's paternity leave has been authorised.... 3 months off.... FULLY PAID! From Sept 5th. Oh, I can't wait..... Mr Mum here we come

great news about the paternity leave!
I guess one good thing about Miri is that with her crap sleep it really made no difference when I decided to stop swaddling her. It's a shame he's rolling around like that. Hopefully he'll get used to it in a bit. I guess it usually takes a good week or two for themto settle into new things usually. DS was 8 months before we managed to unwrap him (but he wasn't a big roller, obviously).
Ari always loved meat too! Veg & fruit, also, but meat especially. We had rissoles the other night and Miri was very enthusiastic.

:o at your MCHN pixie. seriously, wtf? 7 month old eating that much? Hope you got enough hot water! It's cold here all of a sudden, too.

A friend sent me some Little Innoscents stuff for Miri and I love it! Really nice. Gaia is great too. And Moo Goo. I've tried a few :) I do wish they'd sell them in bigger containers though. We use a budgo natural range that comes in 15l tubs :lol:
Miri's asleep and we're missing ABA meeting this morning as Ari has the snots. He's ok though, busy building some thing with a hose, sluice gate for the sea water and a motor and tatnk.. he's saying something about separating the salt from teh water...

Oh, and :o Kaz! I did not know that about the anesthetic! Wow.

:hello: everyone!!!

sorry no personals, have my hands full with a green snotty nosed, coughing, teething baby who isnt overly happy atm :(

have got her down for a sleep atm, but poor kid hopefully it all clears up soon.

she has no temp or anything so thats a bonus i guess!

poor Summah ...

Lol @ Ari!

Yeah. If you ever actually want to encourage your DH to not use cheap or J&J products, give him a baby wipe to clean the LCD or plasma TV

Kaz - Far out, I didn't know that :shakehead: won't be touching J&J products again!

PP - Gaia was the other moisturiser I tried actually! I just didn't use it for long, I was using the J&J first....big mistake obviously!! :lol: pawpaw ointment is awesome, my poppa (who's no longer with us) use to say "you can't put it near your bum or it'd heal that up too" hahaha. I use pawpaw ointment when I have Jacob in cloth, and always have a tube handy in my bag - I love it! Bummer on the weather....hope it's short lived! I LOVE gummy smiles, I do miss them!

Georgi - Good luck with the unswaddling...we're not quite ready for that here yet. Hope he stops being such a stuntman! :lol: You definately make BLS sound very appealing! Worth a shot i think!! Awesome news on the paternity leave!

MadB - A sounds so clever!! You might have a little inventor on your hands! I just love the things he comes out with, you must get such a laugh out of him. Hope M slept well for you seen as you were already missing the ABA meeting!

Crumpet - Ahhh so Summah did get sick? Bit like Jacob, he was whinging too and then finally came down with this rotten cold :( Hope she's sleeping better than Jacob, our days and nights are totally rotten, I'm exhausted. Last night he woke up from his blocked nose every twenty minutes!! I bought a vaporiser for mums house today, cause I left mine at home. :crossfingers: for tonight. They are such a handful when they aren't well. Hope Summah feels better really soon.

Hope everyone else is doing well and had a great Monday. xox

Hey guys, everything been going well with us. No news on the house yet as DP is looking into other banks to get a loan through, rather than just Commonwealth.

Will update properly tomorrow, but just wanted to let you guys know that Hannah's story is now on the Miracle Babies Foundation website.

Hannah - Miracle Babies

Here's the link!

Wow Charlotte, I had read your posts on here about Hannah, and seen the photos, but never realised the pregnancy side of your story. *hug* :hug:

I must say that in the past couple of weeks I've a new appreciation for Ronald McDonald House.

Looks like a cold might be heading our way. Hannah is FERAL!!!! Full on screaming, thrashing around. Wants to be held. Slightly snotty nose.
Hahaha, to think that only last night I was begging DP to make another baby!! He said no, not yet. lol.

Off to Melbourne on Thursday, as Hannah has another audiology appt on Friday afternoon to re-check her hearing. Her left ear had 50% hearing loss, so they want to see if its improved or not. If not, she'll need a grommet put in.

Not into solids at all lately, could be because she's getting sick. She just cries if I put the spoon near her mouth. But, she LOVES biscuits. She eats a good 70% of it, so if she just wants a bikkie, then thats fine. She's still drinking her bottles.

Hmmm, Jules..... Last time Jacob got sick, Hannah got sick too.... Maybe they've been seeing each other behind our backs!! lol.

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Crumpet - Ahhh so Summah did get sick? Bit like Jacob, he was whinging too and then finally came down with this rotten cold :( Hope she's sleeping better than Jacob, our days and nights are totally rotten, I'm exhausted. Last night he woke up from his blocked nose every twenty minutes!! I bought a vaporiser for mums house today, cause I left mine at home. :crossfingers: for tonight. They are such a handful when they aren't well. Hope Summah feels better really soon.

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sleeping is ok at night, during the day is a bit iffy but still id rather that then her up at night!
oh god 20 mins? thats just hell! worse than a newborn! :hug:
hope he is feeling better today!

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Yeah. If you ever actually want to encourage your DH to not use cheap or J&J products, give him a baby wipe to clean the LCD or plasma TV

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:o what happens?? not that i plan on doing, although sometimes i would consider it :rofl:

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Hey guys, everything been going well with us. No news on the house yet as DP is looking into other banks to get a loan through, rather than just Commonwealth.

Will update properly tomorrow, but just wanted to let you guys know that Hannah's story is now on the Miracle Babies Foundation website.

Hannah - Miracle Babies

Here's the link!

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wow! thats one hell of a story hun!

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Looks like a cold might be heading our way. Hannah is FERAL!!!! Full on screaming, thrashing around. Wants to be held. Slightly snotty nose.
Hahaha, to think that only last night I was begging DP to make another baby!! He said no, not yet. lol.

Off to Melbourne on Thursday, as Hannah has another audiology appt on Friday afternoon to re-check her hearing. Her left ear had 50% hearing loss, so they want to see if its improved or not. If not, she'll need a grommet put in.

Not into solids at all lately, could be because she's getting sick. She just cries if I put the spoon near her mouth. But, she LOVES biscuits. She eats a good 70% of it, so if she just wants a bikkie, then thats fine. She's still drinking her bottles.

Hmmm, Jules..... Last time Jacob got sick, Hannah got sick too.... Maybe they've been seeing each other behind our backs!! lol.

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poor little hannah :( hope she is feeling better soon!
hope her hearing tests goes well, we have our follow up in november.

what biscuits do u give her? i think we need a snak type thing for S......

speaking of Summah, she is free to a good home atm! :redface:

god i fell bad saying it but she is killing me atm, this cold needs to rack off and this tooth needs to hurry the hell up!
she is just so grumpy, doesnt wanna lay on the floor, doesnt want to sit up and play, lord help me!

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Charlie boy is getting up on all fours and rocking back and forwards on the floor, he thinks he is sooo clever. None of my others where doing this at 6 months.

Hope everyone is well.

cathie

omg Cathie! How exciting!!!!!!!!!

Crumpet - DH wanted something to clean his prize TV and insisted on reading the ingredients ... since then he's stayed away from them!!!!! He thought it would be low chemical near his bum, not stuff that he wouldn't use on a TV!!!

Us - someone's pushing something out - hopefully it's more than just wind!!!!