Babies Born February 1st-15th 2009 #3

ello ladies!

been quiet here ay?
how was every ones weekends?

mine? busy! went to see DH's aunts, uncles and cousens on saterday (hello 6hr round trip!) with MIL & FIL. they where very impressed by DJ and how well he goes in the car. DHs aunts, uncle and cousens thought Dj was cute. Dj also had his first 'swing' he loved it! (which was good) and yeah. sunday was ment to be a relaxing day but as per normal DH got "caught up" with doing stuff around the house :doh: namely making gates up for his beloved carport (been working on it since i was preg. with dj!) and saw the PIL again. today was an interesting day. (let me preface by saying MIL mentoned this ons saterday) Today is my Nans 89th B'day :yay: which is really good. she still lives on her own and plays Bingo once aweek (was twice but her friend who drives her is sick now :( ) anywhoo MIL told me it was BILs birthday today. when i called my mum to talk to nan and found out she'd gone home for bingo :doh: i got the gilts about knowing it was BILs birthday and not knowing (well his mobile number i have but :shh: ) his number i called MIL to pass on a happy birthday. FIL picks up and tells me he'll be at our place at 4pm cool. passed to MIL. i ask if she's talked to BIL today and says he's here. i say "oh ok can you wish him happy birthday from us?" she goes "ohh here you can" :omg: so i talk to BIL...you could have cut the owardness with a blunt butter knife...but its done now (i did tell DH i'd be calling his mum to which his brother happy b'day from us...) when DH got home he laughed and said "ooo bet you wish you didnt do that now!" and i said "hehe yes im glad i did! i got browny points and so do you. you should be thanking me!" Oh well...it'll be interesting to se what happens at christmas this year..
that ended up longer then i'd guessumed it would!
Hope every one is having a good week :wiggle:
Ohh and Moose said on FB she'd be around again soon...she's in the throws of moving!

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it is quiet in here!I have been flat out,my dads wedding is on saturday and so hes been staying up here again stayed a week last week,can i do this can i do that so i never stopped,poor summer slept alot in the day yah(shame there was always someone here so i couldnt get anything done!)think she was just so tired from being carted everywhere coz shes only just gone to sleep today in the day and fought it like anything!!!We had a good weekend,went to one of the islands off here,was so nice,Summer was scared i think on the ferry over,she just cried the whole way,not sure if she just tired and out of sorts from everything or what but things were making her jump and the engine was noisy and there was other kids screaming and she wasnt on my lap then she was and was ok till someone dropped there eski HAH all started again!She was ok for the rest of the day tho and was fine on the ferry back..weird??Sooo embaressing tho everyone staring at me like whats wrong with you kid and nothing would console her!!Nothing else exciting this end,just busy as!!Cant wait till this weddings over really!

Sterla-How did your MG go??IHow cute Olivers crawling backwards haha,summer still hates tummy time so dont think she'll ever crawl,backwards or forwards haha.

Dansta-sounds like an interesting weekend!!How cute Dj had first swing,we have a park just out the back and i keep meaning to take summer there to see if she likes a little swing on the swings there.Its either been way too hot or we been too busy!!

Hope everyones ok

Hiya ladies :)

Dansta: Busy, busy weekend for you!!! That's great that Daz is so good in the car. *gasp* Evil poster!!! :lol:

PJ: Awww, poor Summer being scared of the ferry. I actually have a vague memory of being scared of big boats when I was little - mainly the big scary horn!

AFM: MG yesterday went really well. Ended up having 10 mums show up, so it was quite a packed house. Oliver's new playmat was a big hit with all the bubs. Oliver was a bit cranky though, with all the mums and bubs there... I think he was actually just hungry cause he was fine once I fed him, but naughty mummy didn't realise :(
All the mums commented how good it was having it at someone's house, as it felt much more relaxed.

Oliver and I had a nice afternoon visiting a friend (my sister tagged along, cause she came home 'sick' from school but my parents weren't home). Oliver was in a good mood for everyone. My friend had found a book at a MIssion Shop, but it was the best book. It's just about colours, but it's got heaps of interactive stuff - touch and feel, flaps to lift, etc. Oliver loves it! We also showed Oliver a piano today, which he enjoyed banging on.
Tomorrow Oliver and I are off to playgroup for the first time - should be fun.

Hope everyone is well - we have been very quiet recently, haven't we. Busy lives with young bubs sometimes :).

Hi Girls,
Just dropping in to say hi!
Winter went down tonight and slept for 20 mins and is now screaming with DP patting bot. Oh damn my turn, gotta go!

Peach: Awww - hope Winter settles soon :hug:

Hey girls!!No news really.just popping in.
Peach-How did she go?go to sleep?Hope you had a good night!

Sterla-Oh it sounds so nice,maybe i should get into a MG poor summer doesnt have any interaction with other babies!!

Well,been a long day already,Summer was grumpy all morning i knew she was tired but she wouldnt go back to sleep but finally about 10.30 she did,i actually ordered a baby thing off line,i know shes fine at sleepuing at night(slept from 8 til 7.15 last night)but shes no good with day sleeps she just wont and gets all cranky,wont play or anything!!!!so i think i need something,my friend thinks she has a self settling issue but then why does she sleep so well at night?i mean its great i know i shouldnt complain but its still exhausting with out a break in the day at al you know?

PJ: Yeah, definitely look into a MG or something similar! Before I started mine I had the other girls here gushing about theirs, and I totally get why now. Honestly, once you have that regular mummy time you'll wonder how you ever got by without it. Even if you try a playgroup or something - anything with other mums that you can chat to. And Summer will love interacting with other bubs - Oliver loves it - even if just to sit and stare at them :).
Awww, that sucks about Summer's sleep (or lack there of).I hope she sleeps better soon.

AFM: Oliver and I went to playgroup this morning for the first time. It was okay - just a big hall, heaps of toys and kids running around everywhere. There were a few other mums with babies, so I sat with them. There was a 10 month old girl who has just started crawling, so I told Oliver to pay very close attention, lol. There was also a 4.5 month old, and a 6 week old bub (though he looked much, much older and bigger). Oliver's girlfriend Ella was also there ;).

Also, Oliver has started waving! At the end of playgroup we were standing outside watching the other kids play, and I noticed him making waving movements. So, I waved to Oliver, and he'd wave back. And now he keeps doing it! I visited my Dad afterwards, and my Dad would wave and Oliver would wave back. He'll do it in the mirror too. So cute!

Sleep still sucks here... but that's nothing new. Last night he went down at 7pm, woke at 10pm and didn't go back down till 11.45pm :wall:. Oliver is still up 3 times a night, but at least he's going down for all his day sleeps without too much trouble.

Hope everyone is well :).

Hiya ladies - how is everyone enjoying their weekend?

Moose: How did the move go??? We miss you! :)

AFM: We have MIL and BIL visiting this weekend, though Oliver hasn't seen them yet cause he's been asleep since before they arrived.
Oliver is getting closer and closer to crawling. I'm not sure how close, but he can get from sitting to his knees, and when he's on his knees he rocks like crazy, and has managed to inch one knee forwards slightly. Might be time to baby proof the house!

Mainly I just came on to say hello - we've been so, so quiet on here - I miss all my baby buddies!!! How are you all?

Sterla-Hey!How exciting about crawling,summers still not looking of anything close!!I know she will get there i guess im just like come on,then i think,do i really want it?haha.It is sooo quiet in here!I was away for the weekend,my dad got married which was 3 hours drive away where he lives so we stayed the night out there.Has the sleeping got any better?

Hi to everyone else,its so quiet in here,our bubs are keeping us busy hey?

Good evening ladies, how are we all?

We're not so good here :(. Oliver caught his first cold, and was up most of the night (I think I totaled 2 hours sleep). Today he had snot pouring out of his nose (thank goodness for Fess Little Noses!), and had a fever. He was so, so tired, but wouldn't sleep unless I was holding him (and he's so heavy!). He just looked so miserable, and I felt so helpless :(. Thankfully DH stayed home to help.
I think the worst is over - Oliver was much more himself this evening, and went down for the night without too much trouble. Now I'm hoping for a long sleep!!!

Sterla-You poor things!!Glad Oliver has gone down tonight hopefully he has a good sleep and then can get better soon,hope you get a good night sleep or at least resting hey?:pray: that you both do and that Oliver feels better soon poor little thing!

Hi to everyone,feels weird noone on here,heeeeellloooo?Is anyone alive out there??heehee,(titanic)ok ive gone mad now,anyway,summer had to have a hearing test today,she had one when first born,the normal thing and she passed but they wanted to see us again because DH and my sister are both totally deaf in one ear,different ears so yeh they cant sit next to eachother or they cant hear eachother funny i know so anyway she had it done and we have to go back in 2 months because her left ear didnt go to well.Im not worried,she can hear thats the main thing and they said it could be different things affecting it so they wanna do it again,she was soooo good and soooo cute,oh i could sit in another room while Dh had to sit with her and her little face i was watching and she couldnt see i cant explain it but i'll never forget the cute little look was like whats going on,not worried but sort of intregued sooooo cute!!!well better be off to bed,so tired had a big weekend down at my dads didnt sleep well either so i'll say nighty nighht ladies

ello lovely ladies!
sterla : aww poor thing :hug: i hope Oli has settled back down for you :hug: you're doing so well! *insert cowtow here* has Oli moved at all 'crawling' yet?!?

Pj : how' d the hearing test go? i have to admit its amuseing watching two people who cant hear out of on ear sitting on the 'wrong' side of each other, one of my uncles (by marraige) and and aunt (by marraige) are like that and some one *cough* mymother *cough* put them next to each other at my wedding :doh:

AFM: been fairly quiet here. Dj is sleeping better at night (9pm-5am) which is good our day sleeps...well...non existant. he'll go into his cot for an hour so i can get things done with out worrying about him rolling into something/anything then hes up again, but hes happy in his cot which is a plus! the other thing is im thinking about starting back at kararte. i did it for just over 3 years and was due to go for my red belt (so i'm still a blue belt...), but never did (lost the drive i had) but the last week or so i've been thinking about going back and training. i need some "me" time and shopping = spending money lol. sure kararte is im guessing $9 a lesson but its getting me fit (and who knows i may even start compeating again..) i was intending to start up again but then i found out i was UTD with Dj and that idea went out the window, but we'll see...im not even sure if i'd fit into my Gee (unifrom) any more :redface: but we'll see!
Hope every one is having a good night! :wiggle:

Good Evening Baby Buddies!

How is Everyone going??

Sterla thats no good Oli has his first cold, you guys have done so well for him to only be having his first one now though... Its horrible though for sure. Hows the sleep going? Winter is still up between 2 and 4 times a night here too, so your not alone! Although I must say she is getting much better.
Do you think you guys will go back to playgroup? I rang up about the one in our area but its on at the same tyme as rhyme time so Im contemplating wether to go or not. Speaking of, what do you guys do at your rock and rhyme?? Is it the same thing every week?
To answer your q on solids, Winter is having 3 solid meals a day, baby porridge with fruit mixed in ie apples and orange this morning or banana and kiwi the days before... lunch and dinner are either beans and vegies or lentils and vegies or maybe chickpeas. Tonight for dinner I made her couscous with lentils, sweet potato coriander and spinach. Not bad!! Last night was 3 beans with tomato, onion,coriander and a bit of cheese. Ive been trying to give her a bit more variety and trying to wean her onto herbs and stuff we eat so she can have meals with us byt the time she is 1.
What is everyone else's bub having??

PJ- I know what you mean about the day sleeps being crap compared to the night ones! Maybe the darkness makes a difference? Have you got a black out curtain of some sort? Or is Summers room dim during the day??
Too cute about her hearing test, and had a giggle about your DP and sister not being able to hear each other!
Does Summer still use her jolly jumper?

Dansta- How are you and the Daz man going? Thats so cute about your Nan still rocking bingo weekly, she must be so awesome. I miss my Nan :(
Glad to hear Daz enjoyed his first swing experience, did you get it on camera??

Are any of the bubs here still rearward facing in the car??


All is ok here, Winter is now getting her second top tooth and has been the biggest grizzle bot the past 2 days. It is so close to cutting which will bring the total to 6 teeth! AH! As of yesterday she waves also it it soooo cute! And Ive been trying to teach her to "give Mummy kisses" but so far only drool lol. She has started to commando crawl as of 2 days ago, but only if you put something out of reach that she wants(like my mobile!).... Oh and she is standing up and supporting her own weight! I have to hold her hands though and she is still very wobbly.

SO tired, but it was definately time to send my buddies some net lurvin!
Hope your all well :)

Snap Dansta!

Dansta-Yah!!Go for it!!Make you feel good and fit and good for some of "you" time!lol about the putting family next to eachother who cant hear anything,i must say,DH quite enjoys it he doesnt have to listen to certain people hah!Glad Dj is sleeping beta!

Peach-Wow your soooo good introducing all those good tasting foods!I bet shes a good eater,im hopeless i really am,i never know what to cook and i worry so much Summer just gets bland old things and shes not eating much solids lately its like her face is like are you serious???So i really should make some nicer things i guess.Does it take you alot of time?Summers just been having some museli farex with fruit then yogurt at lunch time and then sometimes she'll eat her whole dinner and some custard or something but mostly she barely eats much dinner,not sure if shes not interested in what im giving her or if she just not hungry?Summer is still rear facing,im not actually sure of the age they can turn do you know?Yes she still loves the jolly jumper!!Another tooth aye??Heck Summer hasnt any yet but been sooo grissly last few days so maybe??haha i keep on waitin!

Sterla-Hows Oliver now?Did yous get some sleep??

Well not too bad a day went and visited a good friend but summer cranky nearly whole time soooo embaressing!She not mind i know but still,she doesnt get to see this lady much and lately shes grumpy everytime which is so not her!!Still no day sleeping happening but she did have at least half hour in the cot today maybe even an hour but i dont think quite but i was able to get some things done hooray!!Hey how do you guys go doing food shopping?I was struggling so ordered on line today,see how goes,i just always find it hard,sad i know shes not even walking and i only have one haha but just worry i think or i stress and hate people looking if shes grissling all threw the shops silly phobia i guess,do you all take bubs or leave with Dh or someone?

peach: winter has 6 teeth?!?! DJ only has two! ahh the commando crawl, DJ is like winter, put somehting in frount of him and he wants it! (namely his dummy!) winter sounds like she's eating some cool food, so we can give them onion now? sweet! i can start giving DJ some of the stuff we eat! (hes getting a little over roasted veggies!)

PJ: lol your DH has the right idea. ohh how i wish i could be selectivly def so i could ignore people too *evil laugh* as for shopping have you looked into thease mesh things you can put food into? i think its tommy tippy make them? you can get them from woolies and i use them everytime i'm doing a large shop with daz. when he starts gizzleing then i give him that with some Avo/banna or if i think he's teething fozen apple puree or pare. that keeps him happy for a while, i just take extra and pop it in if he emptys it...if you cant find one let me know and i'll send you up one, they're really good like i said if gums are hurting 'cus you can stick fozen things in there!

AFM: had a good night last night. watched heyhey its (wednesday)saterday! DH is almost 31, so he used to watch it as a kid, i used to watch it as a kid and now DJ (although he wont rember it :p ) has also watched it as a kid (ok baby) which is pritty cool, i was in tears with the Vegimight kid and i laughed at the dung beetle song! ohh as well as the swipe at "disaster chef" heh...which...happend to start last night too whooops!
I found almost all my old krarte gear. just need to find a mit (for sparing aka fighting) and my pants. i know i have them around some where, i just need to find them! but next week (hopefully) i'll be going to say hi to the sensi who i used to train under before class. but i wont do the class, just need to find out if i need to start over or if i can pick up where i left off.and find out if i have to change my name to my married name or what. DH asked why i was going back (being a little jelous thought it'd be to meet 'guys' :wall: because the boyfriend before him i met at karate after we broke up he and his brother where good friends of mine (and still are!) but i did explain to him that this sensi used to push me hard (shes one of the more sinor sensi's at the club!)
Anywhoo i better toddle off as this pile of washing wont wash it self (why not i ask?!)
hope every one is having a good day!
:wiggle:

Hey Girls,

Dansta- That is so awesome you are going to get back into Karate. Which style do you do? I used to train but like 10 years ago... would love to do a form of martial arts again. Will you just do it once a week?? As for onion I only put a tiny smidge in her food and made sure it was cooked realy well... it didnt hurt her so thats a good thing!

PJ- It takes me hardly any time at all to prep Winters food, and at least I know what she is eating. I have a stacker steamer which I pile full of different vegies then when they are done I smoosh them into cubes and freeze them, so I can mix and match her meals. Same with the lentils and beans. I tried her on each veggie for 5 days, so she might not have liked it at the start but I just kept offering it to her and now she loves almost everything(not too keen on her apple and kiwi this morning though. I guess just try it slowly with Summer and I dont force it on her either, if she dosnt want to eat it all I dont make her.
With Shopping, DP and I go together with Winter on the weekend so its a team effort. She is fine now, but trust me we have left coles SO many times when she was younger with like no food because she has started screaming!
More to say but the grizzle bot has had enough of nappy off time!
BBL :)

P.s Hi Sterla!!! Havnt seen you on her the past few days!

Also PJ I have a friend who does "cook days" for her DD and she makes all baby recipies. Im too lazy at the moment!