Babies Born February 1st-15th 2009 #3

[Sterla]

Morning ladies

Blip: Nope, Daz isn't the only toothless one - Oliver hasn't had any teeth come through yet, and doesn't seem to be displaying any teething symptoms either.
It's hard to let go of these things Just keep reminding yourself that Daz is a happy, healthy bub now. He knows you love him, and that's the main thing .

Peach: Yay - I'm glad your nappies came !

Luua: How exciting about those teeth coming through! Yes, like Blip said I am completely in awe - twins and a toddler! How do you it?

AFM: Well, not such a good night last night. Oliver woke up 4 times, the last time he didn't go back down for an hour, only to sleep for another 40 minutes. I feel a bit stuffed today (and probably shouldn't have driven into the city and back today - very fatigued).
Oliver and I went to Rock & Rhyme this morning. He does enjoy it, but he's so tired that time of morning that he's not overly lively. R&R is on Thursdays at 11am as well - so maybe I'll try tomorrow and see if the different time makes any difference.
I also just got a message from a friend telling me she's in town today, so I get to see her this afternoon - yay!

As for my little sister's birthday - see below:

http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...grows-out.html

I can laugh about it today, but I was so annoyed at her last night.

Hope everyone is having an awesome day

[Dansta]

sterla : Yay daz isnt the only gummy shark here! aww about Oli waking up, daz did that about two weeks ago because he found he could roll onto his tummy in his cot then roll back and hit his head on the side! around 26 weeks is a "wonder week" and they can affect sleeping like since then he's gone back to sleeping from 10pm till 3:30am then from 4am - 8am (with only one maybe two day sleeps!!)

Moose: i saw on FB your back! yay. Ohh and melb wasnt that cold on the weekend...i was in 3/4 pants and thongs

AFM: some call it baby brain. others forgetful i call it muddled! i went to have Daz's jabs done...opps wrong week! haha so off we toddled NEXT wednesday to have them done. but the upside i bought all the stuff i need for dinner (i'm attempting a roast with roasted carrot & onion and fired spud disks and my fav part *mainly becuase the rost is lamb lol* coliflower and white sause) but DH dosent know so he'll want something like spag bowl! haha. well i better go get Daz dressed for MG...hope every one has a good day!

[sydney moose]

Just a quick hello from me as I have a mountain ( being literal here too) of washing and unpacking to do as I had MG this morning. Melbourne was a blast and I wish we had longer, mind you it is much warmer in Sydney than Melbourne ! lol! Will be back later on today or tomorrow to give a full update! I just used up all my time reading your updates!

Mxx

[Peach*]

Winter wont go to sleep AARRRGH Ive tried 3 times and have yelled in frustration twice. She is so tired but so hyperactive its weird. She has been awake since half 4. SLEEEPYTIME!!!!

Welcome back Moose

[Sterla]

Peach: I hope Winter got off to sleep okay. Oliver has done that a few times - got to that hyperactive/tired stage. Sometimes (not all the time) a breastfeed will calm him down enough to get properly sleepy.
How are your new nappies going? I've actually ordered some more Baby Beehind Magicalls, cause online they have a clearance on them ($17.50). I ordered them Monday night... they'll probably take ages to get here through .

Moose: Welcome back! Glad you had a great time, can't wait to hear all about it!

Blip: How did your roast go? How was MG?

AFM: Oliver is 6 months old today which means we've been b/f for 6 months! After hearing all the problems and struggles a lot of you girls have had with b/f, I only appreciate it all the more.
Oliver has a check up this morning, so we'll find out how much he has grown in the past month. I'll probably be back later to report on that .
I went FB crazy yesterday, and added all the girls from my MG that I could find! It's good - just another way for us to keep in touch. I've also been finding out roughly how old the other mothers are from FB, and boy am I a bad judge at how old people are! A few of the other mums I thought were mid 20s, and they're early 30's!

Oh, and DH and I found out on Monday that our rental property finally got re-let. Finally! It would have been nice if it had happened a month or two ago when we had moved so we didn't have to waste so much money on rent. Oh well. And, we are finally getting a heat pump installed on Monday! Yay - no more money-sucking plug-in heaters!

Hope everyone is having a great day (so far).

[Sterla]

I'm back

Had Oliver's check-up with the weirdest MCHN! She was nice enough, just, loopy. There's really no othe word for it. Anyway, Oliver is now 7.64kg, almost 70cm long and has a big boof head (45.5cm) lol. He's going really well and the MCHN was happy with everything. Our appointment was at 9.30am, but it was almost 10am by the time we got in - then she was so 'thorough' that we didn't leave until 10.45am. My DH told work he'd be in by 10 !
I dropped DH off at work then, and since it was almost 11 I decided I may as well go to the Thursday Rock & Rhyme to see if Oliver enjoyed it any more when he was a bit more awake. I think I was 'destined' to go to Rock & Rhyme today. Firstly because I just happened to be in town at the right time, then a guy gave me his parking spot on the street when I thought I wasn't going to get one. We got to Rock & Rhyme just in time, AND 4 mums from my MG were there! It was the first time for a couple of them. We gathered around afterwards and had a nice chat. I think they're all planning on coming back again next week too . So, I'm definitely going to go to Thursdays Rock & Rhyme now! How great is that! All the mums that were there I get along with quite well too. So, it looks like I might end up seeing some MG mums twice a week .

How is everyone else doing?

[Peach*]

Oh Sterla that is great. Too funny about the loopy mchn heheh

[Dansta]

sterla: YaY oli is getting big! such a cutie he is too! LOL at the MHCN. i had one once...went off on a tangent about daz's refulx and how she get it some times...and then the bush fires on black saterday. but at least she was thorough! glad to hear you'll be seeing your MG mums too..they're good fun and hopefully it keeps up!

Peach: hows winters sleeping going?

Moose: where are you? under dirty clothes still? or a pile or ironing?

AFM: been a fairly quiet few days. the roast went well didnt burn it too much (my oven and i often dont agree on temp settings and it wins by burning food!) i think we may have a toothey peg on its way with darren...but im not sure as i cant see anything (if i look he sticks his toung out!!) but im sure in time we'll see...having a quiet weekend this weekend *yay* lol.
I have a question for you ladies. im thinking about getting a nose stud - what do you think? im not sure and well if i ask my PIL or mum n dad i'll get a 'NO!" DH is "if you want it get it"...so any ideas? any one?

[Sterla]

Blip: I don't mind the really small nose studs, like so small they just look like a sparkly freckle IYKWIM. Anything bigger I'm not a fan. If you want one, why not get one?

[Dansta]

sterla : lol im just umm'ing and arr'ing bout it! i guess im a wimp because of the pain factor LOL but im thinking i will...hopefully the small and sparkley kind wont make daz want to pull it out LOL!

[Sterla]

How is everyone enjoying their weekend? We have had a busy one so far. We had friends over last night and watched a comedy DVD. Today another friend came up to stay (he lives 3 hours away). At some stage we found out that the Cataract Gorge (local attraction here) had flooded, so we went to check it out. It was full on! Seriously! I've added some pics to FB, but unless you know what it usually looks like you probably don't realise how bad it actually is. We also went to the Trevallyn Dam (which goes into the Gorge), as the overflowing dam is what has caused the Gorge to flood in the first place. All very interesting - Oliver found it quite interesting . Now tonight we have friends over again. And I think I'm seeing another friend, and my folks tomorrow.

Oh, and as we always love to discuss poo... Oliver's poos have gone all weird today. A bit green and stringy. They don't smell bad, but they're not his usual ones. I'd usually just think it was solids, except all he's had in the past day or two is carrot sticks, so he's hardly actually consumed anything. If it was the pear (which he had before) it has taken a long, long time to have an impact. It's a head scratcher.

Hope you are all having a great weekend . We're very quiet aren't we (or very busy).

[luua]

Sterla: Sounds like the pear. Sometimes they can take a while to come through. Wow Oliver is growing so well. And congrats on 6 months of BFing! Woohoo!!

Blip: Look its really hard. I cant say that its been easy even considering I had a baby only recently. Yo forget and then the rules you learn with One dont apply with Two babies. I have been diagnosed with mild Post Natal Depression but I think I have "the blues" when they hit. All babies are hard i think. But then they turn 2 and pull you up off your chair and ask you to dance with them and you forget all the long nights

BF'ing two babies is easier then bottle feeding. We do twin feeding with them wrapped which helps otherwise they poke/scratch/hit each other in the face! Hilarious. I use to have to feed them with a book between my breasts to keep them away from each other.

Peach: how did Winter eventually go with her sleep? I think the last week has been a horror for us - must be a developmental week.

We've been doing OK. Lots of crying from new poos. They arent easy to do anymore since starting solids. Will start them on meat and protien this week i suppose but I'm dreading it as their nappies begin to smell.

Ella is learning new songs in Daycare and she loves to sing to Mae and Hana - so very very cute!

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[Sterla]

Luua: It probably is the pear I guess. I didn't realise it took so long to come through. Oliver doesn't seem to have an upset stomach or anything, so I think he can handle the pear okay - I guess I'm just finally seeing the new, interesting poos I've heard so much about, lol.

All babies are hard i think. But then they turn 2 and pull you up off your chair and ask you to dance with them and you forget all the long nights

That's beautiful Luua! I'll remember that

AFM: Awful weather here today. We had a pretty decent thunderstorm this morning - Oliver was up with DH and I watching it, didn't seem to bother him which is good.

Hope everyone is well.

[Dansta]

Lu: aww.i'm glad that you're doing ok i have to admit i did almost my drink when i read about the twin b/f-ing with a book between them. you're doing a really, really good job and i have to admit i admire your strenth in having three under 4!

Sterla: wanna send some of that lovely flood water up north to us? pweeeeese? they are some pritty fantastic pics you have! im sure Oli will like them when hes older lol at the poo. i havent had 'stringy poo' yet but that may be due to daz not likeing pare! (which i dont mind at all ) hes such a clever little boy. and i can *so* see him in a band at high school with his lovely dark hair (quiet mysterious type maybe?)

Anthiea, 'bow, moose: how are you guys? how are the bubs and kiddlets?

AFM: i got my nose done after much thinking about it - it was going to be done yesterday but my PIL and then my mum and aunt came round so i got DH to drive us to the shops and got it done. and as per-normal with me i was the odd one out. i was a 'bleeder' LOL as in it squirted out and landed on my chest! haha. but the pain wasnt as bad as it was when i got my ears done!DH wasnt advrise (sp?) to it. but he thinks it looks alright. the BIG thing will be thursday when i see my mum and dad. my mum *hates* nose studs. so we'll see what flack i cop (but i have the support of DH so mums whole "what dose *DH* think?" wont work )
any whoo i better go feed my starving boys (inc. DH lol)
Hope every one is having a nice relaxing sunday!

[Sterla]

Blip: That's great that you got your nose done! How does it look? Lol about being a 'bleeder'. Hope it doesn't hurt too much.
Yeah, the Gorge flooding was very impressive. It was Oliver's first trip there too, so we can tell him his first trip was during a flood .
Lol - it's funny you say about Oliver being the quiet mysterious type... I bet he will be like that, cause both DH and I are fairly quiet, and even now Oliver is a quieter baby - very, very observant, but quietly observant.

How is everyone doing? I'm seriously having BB withdrawals .

AFM: I have convinced DH to take a day off work today . I'm so glad, cause I'm so tired (Oliver decided it was time to get up at 5.30am). Plus, our heatpump is being installed today which means strange men hanging around the house all day, so having DH home is good .
And!!! I'm not 100% sure, but I think Oliver may have his first tooth. The main reason I'm not sure is because he hasn't had any teething symptoms... no excess drooling, no red cheeks, no excess chewing, no crankiness... but I run my finger along his gum and there is a definite small hard bit. I've been trying to see, but of course that's near to impossible. The few glimpses I have got he's got a big, whitish swollen bit of his gum, but in the middle there seems to be something. I can't get a good enough look to confirm that it's a tooth, but it feels like a tooth just coming through! I hope it's a tooth - quite exciting .

I hope everyone else is well and having an awesome day (so far)

[Dansta]

strerla: YaY for having hubby home its always nice - even better with random men comming to your place! dont you love hunting for teeth? i think daz has one that may be on its way up. i cant tell though if i look he sticks his toung out! the cheeky thing. plus he always has rosey cheeks! that'll be so cool to tell Oli "look i used to sit under that tree and but i couldnt becuase of the FLOOD running right next to it!"

AFM: been quiet today. daz has been fairly good. minus the fact he was wake from 9am unitill 2pm. even a 20min drive to and from seeing DH at work didnt get him to sleep! but he slept from 2pm till 2:45 which i guess is good for him (both 20min naps in one i guess LOL) but the weather has been nice. my nose has been fine today. didnt hurt at all (even when i put the antiseptic gel thingy on)so im quite proud of myself Ohh i did forget to metion i got a rise out of the women who did it. when she said "we have a bleeder" i said "i thought it was bad. always is when you can taste your own blood in the back of your mouth" the look she gave me was classic - but i think having gone through labour with daz the pain didnt seem *that* bad!
Speaking of daz sounds like our hudeni-worm is wriggleing into mischif (hes 6months old and already being cheeky!)
Hope every one is having a good night!

[Dansta]

aaaaaaaaaaaand we have a tooth! just found it!

[Peach*]

Good evening Ladies!

How exciting Blip! Ouchy for Daz!

My goodness I dont come on in 4 days and I have a trillion things to check BUT I have a few things that have been happening so this will be a selfish one...

Winter and I went to sleep school friday and I was a bit dissapointed, I mean they watched how I put her down for a nap and pretty much told me everything I was doing was great... now that Ive been home though Ive realised I did get a few good things out of it, just knowing what Im doing is good and they said to keep trying for up to 15 mins during the day and up to an hour at night, so its good knowing a time frame instead of giving up and going back after 2 mins. Also when Winter was SCREAMING the nurse asked me how long I thought she had been crying for(this was when I was patting her but to sleep) and I said ten mins, it had only been five, so that helped me a bit. Now the big news..............



Winter is now in her own room as of friday night
DP actually suggested it a few days beforehand but I wasnt keen, so I asked the nurse and she said it might help... so then we moved her in friday and get this....

SHE SLEPT THROUGH!!!! Then sat night she woke up once, and only once last night too!!!! I feel like a different person its amazing! I am sad that she is a whole room away though, just being able to roll over and see her, but I know its for the best and I think it will be really good for DP and I too, just little things like being able to chat in bed instead of tip toeing in and out of the room.
So thats our news. Also in cloth full time now which is sweet.

Hope your all doing great,
Luua, RESPECT to you for BFing twins!!! That is inspiring for sure, Winter is so easily distracted when feeding these days, I cant imagine having another one on the other side!