Babies Born February 1st-15th 2009 #3

Blip-HEEHEE!Loved your post!!Hey at least your sharing your nice little stories,everytime i have drinky poos lately im snorin real quick!!How cutes Daz falling asleep on things!!!Thats so good you can talk to your DH about ttc2 mine wouldnt even listen yet if i did,i totally hear you all you said is so right,i feel the same,at first i wanted at least 2 years betwee them but im getting too old and id like em close and like you say with the baby weight and i think hey have em all close get all the sleepless nights and things out the way!!

Sterla-sounds like you had a great time with your house warming and friends!!What are you running on??wow!Id be a grumpy mess!!!Glad Oliver went to sleep good yestdy,maybe he was to tired to fight this time,its funy sometimes summer will just cry and cry then others just go straight to sleep,over tiredness is weird!Hope he slept good last night too?

Well sums aslleep,shes been a sure grump lately!!I took her to the shops yesterday and all she did was winge (and it was her happy awake time-supposedly)and then thismorning i took her out for a walk and visited this elerly couple who live not to far away amd she wouldnt go in her pram again and then fell asleep on the way home though and went straight to sleep in her cot when i got home,i think shes still catching up from the otherday!so not sure if shes not tired what it is,doesnt seem to be teeth cant see any but maybe there still annoying her!DH still has his cough(and dont we know about when there sick???)so was coughing all night!!I'll have to go up the chemist later and get him something so we can get some sleep tonight!!ok well ive had my lunch in peace,id better go and get some stuff done!

pj- man flu beats swine flu any day....but its only deadly to MEN :p

HAH!I sooooo hear you!!Im really over it now!Ever heard of bungers disease too?:lol:

HELLO LADIES!!!!!!
My goodness its been ages and its literally taken me 40 mins to read all your posts! You have all been busy mummies!
That must have been so terrifying for you Moose when Sammy had the apple reaction, I was so horrified when I read your post. How was her christening?
Hello to everyone and bubs!
Things here have been gnarly. It took us 2 hrs to get Winter to sleep last night. Her third tooth is coming through now, SIGH! She hates to sleep these days and putting her down in the cot for a nap is... argh well an experience.

Im sorry its short but Im tired but wanted to drop in and say hi.
ninight*

Hi Peach! Glad you're still about. :hug: Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time with Winter's teething. We missed you :)

AFM: Had a MCHN check up this morning. Oliver is now 7.14kg and 67cm long. I mentioned Oliver's night waking, and she suggested that it could be because he's ready for solids, which I had suspected. So... I'm pretty sure I'll be starting Oliver on solids in the next few days. Should be fun!
I had my second MG today, and it was really good. The topic was starting solids which was handy. Oliver was great the whole time, smiling lots. At the end I got talking to another mum there which was great :).

Hope everyone is good.

Thanks Sterla,
Glad to hear your MG is going well, I bet your stoked to be getting out? I loved meeting new Mums, even if it took me a while to meet all of them.
One of the Girls from my mg got roped into doing a tupperware party too, so thats on this fri.

So Winter just screamed herself to sleep in my arms. Its almost back to exactly like it was 3 months ago. She will be showing sleepy signs and as soon as she realises we are going into the bedroom she screams. Called child health yday and she is referring me to the local clinic... not sure what they will say but Im open to suggestions.
Oh and Ive started on cloth nappies! Kind of part-time, only when we are at home and I still put a disposable on her at night as she is a big wetter but Im feeling good about the situation although of course there are pro's and cons for both I feel.
Other news, last week I found a lump in my boob so had to get it checked and get an ultrasound on it, turns out they think its because it wasnt getting drained enough each feed and its turned into somethink called a galactaseel(sp). Its not painful or anything so Im not too worried. Im going to wait and see how it goes and then get another ultrasound in 4 weeks.
Sorry its a selfish post but thought you would all like an update.
Oh and Blip you are a keen Mummy! I couldnt imagine getting pg again so soon, but I can see it from your perspective. I miss my big tummy too.
Glad your all mostly well and Bubba's are doing good :)
Oh her third tooth cut through last night too... fun times :)

Pj- LOL no! i havent read about bungers! what is it?!?! hows summer going?

Pech: Yay you back! with winters naps...i've been reading around here on the BB if bubs wont sleep wait another 15mins and try again. and after 3 trys give up on it (??) i know daz sometimes wont sleep for more then 15mins (X4 times aday) and thats it! but he sleeps really well at night....so maybe give that a go? save your stress? :hug:

Sterla: Woo Oli is a big boy now! have fun with solids. i know i went a little snap happy with making them for daz (we have about two inichs worth of snap lock bags with potato, sweet potato, two types of pumkin, two types of apple and a few pair bags too) and watching the look on their faces soemtimes with food is priceless! like daz wont eat pair! i tired three times and more of it came out then went in!

AFM: been a rather boring. daz has been cheeky and slept more...but that was only a 48hr thing ha. im baking some muffins and scones for MG tomorrow. i'm making apple/oat (with some yogrt in em too) choc-chip and M'n'M ones ...I FOUND MnM'S you back with?!?! so im maing muffins out of them! plus MIL&FIL get back from a two week holiday so im getting DH to leave some on their kitchen table and sending him off to work with some 'cus one of the guys got the sack, which is really sad for him. makes things harder on DH with end of month (he's in logisics..) comming up and the other superviser taking a week and abit off...means he'll be a stressed grumpy old man! which means i'll be a little grumpy too...but DH wont let me yell at the other superviser becuase the old superviser (who DH worked under) used to do the same thing :protest: which bugs me! but what can you do? Ohh and on top of that the compay they use to move their stock sucks :wall: i think we both need a holiday (this weekend!!!) hopefully we'll be better after that...and i wont wish to scream at the people DH works with lol
Hope every one is having a good day!

Good morning ladies :)

Peach: Big :hug: about Winter's screaming to sleep :(. Hope you can get some good suggestions to help. Yeah, I am sooo happy to have started MG. There were quite a few less at the second session, which I don't mind, as I think it will be easier to get to know everyone with a smaller group. I'm excited about it, and hope it keeps going after the organised 6 weeks ends.
That's no good about the boob lump :(. Hope it's nothing too serious.

Blip: Aren't you a happy chef! Yeah, I'm quite looking forward to making and freezing food portions for Oliver! I want to make sure DH is home and ready with the video camera for Oliver's first go at solids! Should be fun :).

1PJ: How is Summer going today? Still grumpy?

AFM: Well, I don't know what I'm doing... the main reason I was considering starting Oliver on solids was because he was waking so much through the night for feeds - then, last night, for the first time in about 5 nights he actually slept for 6 hours straight! So, now I think I'm going to wait a few more days to see how he sleeps the next few nights. Maybe it was just a growth spurt that lasted longer than usual? We'll see... I'm still really excited about starting him on solids, but don't want to rush into it before he's ready.
Also, Oliver is slowly starting to move in 0 sized clothing. He by no means fills out his 00 suits, but his body is getting too long for 00 clothing. I've put him in this really cute 0 suit today, and it fits him perfectly in the body, but there's still a fair bit of fabric hanging over his feet. He is 67cm long now though, and I think 00 is supposed to fit up to 68cm, so no wonder he's growing out of them.

Hope everyone is having a good day :)

Peach: I meant to say - that's great about starting on cloth! I've been thinking about doing that for awhile. Are you just doing flat cloth, or some of these great new MCN's? Let me know how you go - you might convert me! :D

Im using terry cloth, I was given a bunch at my baby shower and have been using them on the change table, as hand towels etc and like you said I had been flirting with the idea for ages, then my SIL started using them on her little one so when she was over she gave me some liners... but I didnt have the guts to try them till she was over next. I googled how to fold them as there is a bunch of different ways and thats it! You do have to be more dilligent with changes as in you cant obviously let Oli do say 3 wee's per nappy as with sposies but it has other benefits. Just try it I say as what could happen? You might like it! If not then no harm trying I say! :)
I looked at MCNs but they are sooo expensive compared to terry cloths and there are so many different brands I would hate to pay $20 for a nappy and not like it...

sterla: all i can say to the chef comment is "hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy boork boork boork" ;)

Peach: YaY for cloth nappys. i couldnt work out how to fold them for daz...so he's a sposie bum...mind you his legs are little...so it kind of look really- really odd!

AFM: i made three lots of muffins. and burnt one lot (wooo!) but the other two turned out :D
after the day i had that was a good thing. (i have a rant about it in the boohoo section :P ) in short. i bought a club lock for my car. the lock on it has farked up. thus making mineself a grumpy little chicken, add into the mix :pms: (im guessing im still on 3 week cycles :rolleyes: ) so for 2hrs today i tried to get it off...and in that time i think the guy next door thinks im a raving loony (which is amuseing) as i think he saw me in my car screaming at the club lock and bashing it (and it bashed me back the b@$stard!) so now i'm going to do the dishes, and set up for tomorrow (MG is here :yay: )
hope every is having a good night!

Hello everyone,

Wow, this last week has been ABSOLUTELY insane! On Friday we went to meet my newest niece who is just so cute. 5 hours labour for my SIL, good on her eh? That was after doing all the food shopping for the Christening. By the time we got home, got Sammy fed and into bed, had dinner we then started cleaning the house as well and went to bed absolutely buggered. Thank goodness we cleaned up as FIL who was supposed to arrive the following day at lunchtime turned at out doorstep at 8am!! So, out the plans of getting stuff done for the Christening that morning. It was nice, we got to meet his new girlfriend and she is lovely. They left around 2:30pm and my MIL arrived right after so we could start getting all the food and cakes cooked for the Christening. Let me tell ya ladies, catering for 35 people is no small feat. At 10pm, we decided to call it a night only to rise again at 6am (mind you I was awake half the night stressin' Lol) and I got into the shower at 9:55, the Christening being at 11 BUT we got it all done. Table decorations & room set up, 60 sandwiches, 2 quiches, 2 banana cakes, cookies, spinach cobbler dip and the Christening cake which was 3 layer white angel cake with Fresh cream and strawberry jam & butter icing. everyone raved about the cake and everything else.
The Christening went soo well, Sammy was an angel and didn't even blink when she got dunked in the water..must have thought it was bath time! lol The priest kept coming around and saying how cute she was..made mummy pretty proud. She looked SOO beautiful in her dress. The lunch went without a hitch and turned into a bit of a party actually! LOL We ended up bringing the radio up and listened to the JJJ 100 greatest of all times. By 9:30 the last guest left and we were well and truly pooped but so happy, both DH and I said it reminded us of our wedding day, it was just such a good party. Yesterday, we both woke up feeling like crap, met up FIL for lunch and by the time last night rolled around, we are both knocked out with the flu & a wicked cough, so boooo to that.

We also found out my new niece is having issues with seizures, as she was about to leave the hospital on Monday, she went into a fit for 10 minutes and they kept her overnight. She is now home but my SIL has to monitor her closely and record everything. Hope its not epilepsy

On a final note, we went to paed yesterday and Sammy got the all clear and is now a healthy little bubba who is right back on track with her weight. She was 6.56kg and 63.5cm long. As for the apple, Dr told me to steer clear of apple until she is 1 yr old. We tried pear this am and so far so good. Enough of a rant, Sammy just woke up, better get going!

Sorry no time for personals just yet but will be back later on

PJ: Sorry, just mailed your cream this arvo hope it works for Summer, tried to PM you but you need to clear your inbox! Sorry I didn't get around to it before but as per my above post, it has been so insanely busy this last week. I've sent you 2 samples so you can really give it a try and see if it works for Summer.

BBL foir everyone else!

Moose I am so happy to hear that Sammy has the all clear, you must have been so stoked! Her christening sounds awesome and I had a little giggle about the head dunk. Did you make the cake yourself? You did well to cater for so many!

Blip, ahahahha I had the funniest mental image of you yelling at your club lock hahahah :) Sorry but you make it sound funny. You are a bake-a-holic!!! I miss baking so much, I havnt baked anything since Winter was born!


OH MY GOLLY GOODNESS today I almost spewed when I changed Winters nappy. I swear I am not over-exaggerating(sp) I retched it was soooo unbelievably horrific. She is on the third day of banana and yesterday was funky but oh wow am I painting a picture for you ladies?? It was horrific, I had to open the windows of her bedroom! Little chunky beady brown stringy STINKY poo's. I dont know what the go is but Im already dreading the next poo nappy. Oh and it was so huge too and she had a cloth on, so the chunks stayed in the liner but the nappy smelt and oh wow it was the worst thing ever! Is this enough poo talk yet?? It was horrible, terrifying, nauseating(sp), blood curdling. Lol it was bad bad bad!!! Nothing I could say would truly potray to you ladies how truly smelly it was.

On a nicer note, I got treated to a massage this afternoon and it was divine! DP had some Daddy-Daughter time and I got pampered. Sooooo nice.

Hope your all having a great night :)

moose: WOO well done on that mammoth effort! you did very well by the sounds of it! :lol: at the bath comment! imglad to hear sammy got the all clear! must be a big waight off your sholders! Ooo i just had the most random thought - did you end up getting your P's?

Peach: LOL yeah...it was really funny...the poor guy next door...after he saw it i almost went and knocked on his door and asked for some help...but i didnt...i think he may have thought me a weeeee bit loopy :p as for baking...the recipy i use for muffens there is *no* waighing stuff out or anything! this is what i use:
1egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup conola oil (make sure it is that or the muffins taste funny!)
1/2cup to 1 cup of fruit/choccie/mix of both
start off with 2 cups self raiseing flower.
throw all into one bowl mix throw into muffin tin (or even a cake tin if you want to make a cake!) and bake for around 30-35mins at 180-200 dec C
^ i got that when i did 11 months of a chefs apprenaship. it works every time...and they freeze really, really well and keep for about 2 days or 3 in the fridge!

AFM: had MG here today. it was good...daz was really well behaved and only one girl couldnt find my house...it seems my house likes hideing from people and people seem to think "s" means "f" when i say the name of my street haha....then not next week but the week after im having a tuppawear party...hopefully! a few other mums from MG where interested....im making my mum n nanna come (lol...you know whats scary? in 2010, i'll be turing 21 in march. my nan turns 90 in september of that year!...when i turned 18 my other granmother turned 80 LOL i cant escape! haha) but it should be good...if the other mums come then nan will be all babied out!
speaking of babies i better go and wake my BIG baby up and get him into bed LOL
hope every one is having a good night!

Hi Ladies!Just reading threw the latest posts,had the worst day ever i think yesterday,actually,Peach when I read your post it sounded exactly the same,Summer woke up feral so i knew straight away she hadnt enough sleep or something was wrong,well she had 1 hour sleep aain all day which is fine if thats all she wants if only she was happy i the meantime!I had no time to do anything!!She was miserable and crying and even screaming all day,off her bottles and the little bit of solids she has,but she was biting everything even the bottle teats etc and dribbling like mad so im not sure if theres a tooth coming,i went out for a drive and she actually fell asleep in car so when i got home i put her in her cot and she opened her eyes,saw she was going in her room and screamed again!i was so tired i thought it would be a bad night but i gave her a dose of panadol before bed and a nice bath and she was in bed by 7 obviously stuffed and slept till half 3 and went back to sleep and is still asleep thank goodness so i have a bit of sanity!!She drove me crazy yesterday!Poor thing she was soooo unhappy!Not sure if its all the excess dribble but her eczema has flared up awful again so could be that too.Sorry ladies to rave on!!

moose-Sorry im hopeless with the PM thing it always seems to get full!No worries about the cream,thanks for that!Wow youve been busy!So good about Sammy!

Blip-Bungers is a made up disease for people who you know bung it on a bit heeheee think there sicker than they are(like all men!).You poor thing with the dam club lock!Glad im not the only one acting like a ravin loony over things!I hate my hormones at the moment!!

Sterla_Glad Oliver slept better,I started Summer on solids earlier than i wanted to for the same reason,the health nurse said she was ready because she was sleeping through then woke up a few nights in a row about 4am,but saying that,she has some solids now and still last night woke at 3.30??!!I reckon go with your instinct too,you know him best and when you feel hes ready.Wow size 0!Big boy now hey?Summers not long been in 00 hehee but she is so long too that i dont think she'll last long either!

Peach-good for you on the clothe nappies!Hope your lump is ok,i had one years ago and they thought it was a cyst and it how weird is this would dissapear and then come back certain times of the month,they were going to drain it but it must of heard them talking beause it all of a sudden went on its own!It can make you worry though hey anything like That!:hug:

Hope ive answered to everything sorry if not,im trying to madly catch up with a few things before little miss is awake,boy i hope shes happier today!!

*Peach isnt here today she has been replaced by a sleep deprived zombie*

Blip- Thanks for sharing the recipie, I love baking cakes. Got the best book which Im sure Ive mentioned before? Bake by Womens weekly, its huge and even goes through the origins of baking.

PJ- Its hard when they wont sleep hey? Winter will be fine and all we have to do is walk into the room and she cries. Last night I was up 4 times and at 4am she screamed for an hour. Gave her panadol, fed her, rocked her... argh! DP escaped to the couch so he could attempt some sleep before having to get up at half six. Sounds like Summer might be teething... Pawpaw cream is good for a barrier against dribble on cheeks and chin and worth a try on the eczma too I reckon. Im hoping the lump goes away on its own too, Im terrified of the thought of anything piercing my precious boobie!!

Sterla- How are you and Oli?? How the house? I bet your stoked to have it all settled finally.

Hope your all well :)

*Zombie Peach going to find brains*

Thanks for that zombie peach,you poor thing, i know it sounds terrible but shes testing my patience today,i know shes tired,i gave her panadol fed her everything,she went to sleep then woke screaming because she in her cot little naughty girl!Ohwell she cried so long i melted and here she is with me not winging yet just talking away and that,i guess shes not tired after all

Peach: Aww, :hug: - I was there a few days ago with the sleep-deprivation. I think I mentioned it - how Oliver was up 4+ times a night for 5 nights straight. I barely remember those days (even though it was only a couple of days ago). I hope Winter sleeps better for you tonight and today so you can get some rest.
:rofl: OMG about the poo... something to look forward to! I've heard that teething can make poos pretty gross too - do you think it's just the banana, or teething aswell?

1PJ: :hug: Sorry to hear about your bad day with Summer. It does sound like teething, poor girl. I hope she's happier for you today.

***and can I just say how nice and funny I think it is that we have a Summer and a Winter in this group!

Blip: That's great about your MG. I'm really looking forward to when my MG gets to that stage and we all get to know each other better. Those muffins sound yummy!

AFM: Well, after that almost week of 4+ nightly wakings, the last few nights have been good. Last night was the best night I've had in ages! Oliver went down at 8.30pm, woke at 2am for a feed, then slept through till 7am! It was great. So, I'm really thinking now that it was just a growth spurt rather than him being ready for solids. Still, now I'm getting so excited (and impatient, lol) about starting him that I think DH and I are going to give him a little try on the weekend (with DH with video camera in hand!). I'm just telling myself that it's a test to see how his tongue reflex thing is going. We'll just give him some Farex and see how he goes :). I'm sure I'll tell you all about how it went.

Also, I have officially decided to start converting to cloth... I had been toying with the idea for ages now, but I think you starting to use them has prompted me Peach ;). I should just go the cheap way with flats, but I can't help myself and am looking into MCNs. I already had a couple of Baby Beehinds that I bought when I was pregnant, but bought a few more yesterday, and am going to look online at all the fancy pretty ones that are out there. Because they last forever and I could use them with the next kid(s) I don't feel quite as bad about spending the money. I think I'm still going to stick with sposies for overnight though... so much easier not absolutely having to change Oliver in the middle of the night.

I just put Oliver down for a nap, and I'm starting to think he's developed a preference for his dummy brands, lol. His first dummies were Tommy Tippee, but we bought some Avent ones the other day, and while he sort of takes them, he usually ends up spitting them out... then I put a Tommy Tippee one in and he drifts off to sleep! Funny little guy.

Sorry for babbling on. Hope everyone is having a good day, and all our bubs are on their nicest behaviour :).

Pj: :rofl: haha that sounds about right! as much as i love my DH he suffers from manflu AND bunggers at the same time...next it will be selective defness as well...gotta love men-children dont you?

peach: yeah i have a womens weekly cook book...made the anzac bikkies...but typical of me changed it and ended up with peanut butter cookies :P oo if your eating brains try them crummed and sellow fried - they tast better that way (so i've been told) :hug: i hope it gets better for you!!

sterla: YaY for cloth. i tried daz in it for the first month...but no one knew how to fold them :doh: and he was such a wriggle bum...we ended up with "leeakages" so we went to sposies. i LOVE the pics of oli on FB! esp. the computer ones...that soo cute!

AFM: seeing DH at work today for his 'lunch' brake (at like 3pm?!) because of the guys got sacked...and he used to come into work when i first met DH...and all he *ever* used to say to me was (in a thick african accsent) "i'll have want hes having" he's a nice guy. i feel sorry for him because he and his wife where TTC, when she finaly fell she had a m/c at 17 or 18 weeks :( so it was hard for him being his first (and her third bub i think...) and but he's really good with daz when we see him...i'll miss seeing him...as shovanistic as he is...he's a good guy. (might even try and talk DH into going to see him proform at some point! ... if you google "king Bell" (with the aussie search only) he's the first link. then its off to my mum and dads place for dinner...and maybe even go down to the shopping center near them becuase i need some new tops and i want to get daz some more legless jump sutes (rather then singletts, they dont ride up!) and tomorrow im going out with a friend of DH's little sister (who turns 30 tomorrow too) but im not really looking forward to it - becuase it'll be just me and her, and possably her nef-u (sp?) and as lovely as she is...shes got about the same mental capasity of maybe a 17 year old? she's admitidly for bad epilispsi and other learning issues...i guess the epilipsi makes me a little :s beucase if she has a fit...well...i dont know what i'd do! but im hopeing that wont happen....but on the upside...i get to get out the house for the day...then start working out if/when DH, daz and I might get away...Ohh and i have a new nick name for daz..."bum" haha i call him 'cutie bum, snuggle bum cheeky bum" so i figer why not just call him bum and roll it all into one hahaha
i better go pack the nappy bag!

sterla-Thats great Olivers been sleeping better!I thought it was funny/cool too we have a winter and a summer too haha!Summer had a preference to the tommee tippee brand dummys too but she wont take any now, id do anything for her to take one again!They were just a great thing to rely on,shed alway go to sleep inthe day with one but nope for at least a month she will not have one.

Blip-have fun at the shops,im not game to go anywhere at the moment with such a grump haha!I also like the legless jumppsuits for winter,i cant actually see the point of vests?They just ride up and there little backs get cold hey?

sorry wasnt much of a write,summer is screaming here yet again,she is sooo not happy i seriously have no idea what to do,i cant wait till DH comes home he can have a turn!!

morning ladies!

pj- i go down the shops even if he is a little grumpy. daz is a true man and shopping puts him to sleep! haha. i hope summer is better for you today!

AFM Argh. last night was a good night with daz a horrable night with DH - he's stressed about his stoopid work. ...but daz was good...when i saw DH at work yesterday (was ment to be for lunch but he didnt have it!) his boss came out and i dont like the guy and i said to daz "be nice" and he said "nah, he dosent have to be nice" ad i said "Ohh ok...VOMIT LITTLE ONE PROJECTILE VOMIT LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE!" and daz was sick...but it wasnt projectile...so my DH's stoopid boss didnt get lovely foumular sprew on him. maybe next time. i better toddle off and wash some clothes because its a little chilly to be walking around in the nuddy me thinks :p
hope every one is having a good day!!

PJ: Hope Summer settled down for you

Blip: That's no good that your DH is stressing about work. :lol: That's so funny about Daz vomiting on cue - now, if only he can work out projectile vomiting on cue!

Peach: Are you back Peach, or is zombie Peach still in your place? Hope Winter is doing okay.

Moose: How are you going? Feeling any better?

Antheia: How are you and Orson going?

AFM: Well, I've been putting Oliver in some cloth nappies today... and his butt is SOO big :lol:. It's actually quite hard to get used to after him being in sposies, and I keep thinking that it makes his legs stick out too far apart... but I think that it's more about me getting used to them.
Also, Oliver has been a bit grizzly this morning - nothing too bad... then, about 11am he did a huge poo (it had been about 3 days since his last one), and after that he felt much better :).
Oh, and can someone please direct me to MCN Addicts Anonymous? Haha, no it's not that bad... but I did do a spot of shopping online yesterday, and may have gone slightly overboard.

Last night Oliver woke for a feed. I looked at the clock, and I swear it said 6.18am and I thought "Wow, he slept through!". Then, when I was feeding him I looked at the clock again and it said 1.45am!!! What???? I was, and still am, so confused. Did I dream the first time maybe? What motherhood does to you! :lol:

Hope everyone is having a great Friday :)

Sterla_haha about the time thing,ive done that heaps!!Exactly that!!I kept blaming sleep debt at one stage but who knows lately with me could be anything!

Blip-heehee about Daz with his "spew on cue" ha!Rymes!!Sorry Dh is stressing about work,i feel when they stress we do too!

Well i had a better day this morning,Summer woke up alot happier then we went to docs then shops then my sister,had a bit of a well upset with my sister again,i know she means well but she makes me feel so useless sometimes(she has 3 kids) the doctor basically told me there is no cure for eczema,otherwise why do so many people suffer from it she said i have to keep up with the cortisone creams etc to try keep it better but it wont totally go and just she may grow out of it,my sister thinks thats rubbish and i should see another doctor and a skin specialist etc just the way she was saying if she was mine id do this and this and just mae me feel like she thought i was hopeless,so what did i do???...burst into tears!!Dag i know,i think because its that time of the month in a day or so and also just im stressed already about the whole ezcema thing without everyone going on about it and i guess the last few days summers been difficult so i just feel a bit worn out etc,anyway was all ok in the end and i came home and summer actually slept well shes been asleep almost 2 hours now!!!I cant believe it its the longest shes sept in ages!!Sorry to go on girls.Hope evryone has a good friday,i keep meaning to say we are going away soon for 3 whole weeks so i dont know how i'll cope without BB etc!!Sad isnt it?

Hey Girls,
Pj honestly dont apologise for saying how you feel, thats what we are hear for- to listen when you need to get something out. And as for crying when your sister was being (imo) a little inconsiderate of your feelings I understand. Sometimes its hard to hold it in when your frustrated. Better out than in though I say! And just do what you think is best seriously. Are you happy with your doctor? If not maybe get a second opinion... just dont tell your sister ;)
Where are you guys going for 3 weeks?? Glad to hear you had a good day today :)

Sterla- Im thinking I might change my username to Zombie Peach as I am soooo constantly sleep deprived its so crap. I havnt had a single good night in 2 weeks and 1 night(not counting I swear:rolleyes:)
Oh I would love to get some mcns, was at a girlfriends house yday and she had some baby beehind AIO's ans the bamboo inner was divinely soft. Terry is just so much cheaper and we arent struggling, but we dont have alot spare either... even though Im going shopping for Winter tmrw, so maaaybe Ill get a couple sneaky sneaky... I guess I could use them when we go out instead of sposies?? Where did you get yours? Ive looked a bunch of times on darlings downunder, have you been on there? Google it if not!
I know what you mean about the big bums, at first I hated it, but Im getting used to it and its the best thing ever not chucking out a thousand nappies a day.

Blip-Thanks for the tips on brain consumption... even though Im vegetarian heheh. What would a vegetarian zombie eat? vegetable brains? Hmmm... Oh formula spew gross lol

Moose- Where for art though?

Antheia- How are you going???

Winter was up every hour from 10pm onwards last night, its getting beyond a joke. If its not better by monday Im calling child health again. Its like when she was first born all over again.
DP out for a few hours with his sister and Winter is in bed so Im home alone and actually get BB time!
Hope your all well :)

sterla: haha about MCN anon. maybe start up a face book group! eheheh. i *so* understand the "is that what time i looked like it was??" i've done that more then once! today was a better day for DH so Blip 'ere is happy!

Pj: LOL! yes it rhymes. as for the eczema, i understand it - i have so-ri-is-sus lol. its some crazy spelling with a PH in there...but there isnt a 'cure' for it. just ways of conttroling it. i know that when she's older you can get a cream to help it and if you take fish oil with it it *really* helps Aloviro can help if she's scrached it and made it red and sore (i use it on me!) as for your sister...im sorry but she is WRONG you cant get rid of it...i've had so-ri-is-sus since i was like 7 or 8. you can control it so next time she tells you something like that just go :rolleyes: at her and smile sweetly as say "pitty she's MY DAUGHTER isnt it?" but in the mean time :comfort: and :hug:
Ohh and i so understand the whole "OMG NO BB!" DH, Daz and I are going away on a 'driving holiday' so No BB for Blip :cry:

Peach: aww poor zombie peach. i hope winter is better for you tonight! is she cold? have you tried sleeping her on her side? (daz is a side sleeper and wakes up really fast if hes on his back) i hope something changes...your doing really well! :hug:

AFM: DH had a much better day at work. so me = happy. went shopping with this friend. it wasnt as bad as i thought it'd be...found out some interesting things...like she had a huge crush on DH when she was 17! (so he was 18) which she was like "OMG dont hate me!" and i laughed and told her "dearest your now 30. i dont think you'd like him...you'd be more Jonny depps type" then she said a name of a star i'd never heard before haha...but on the upside i bought daz some VERY cute overals and an uber cute jumper. its one that the hood is a puppys face! haha...now...i jsut need to work out what im having for dinner....'cus i just realised...IM REALLY HUNGRY!! haha
hope every one has a good weekend!

Hey Blip- We have her in our room with the oil heater on so its snuggly in there and she rolls on her side herself... Remember when you asked me if it was reflux?? Well I thought no but my gf yday told me about silent reflux and Winter is displaying all the symptoms so Ive put her cot mattress on a bit of an angle(meant to help) so we'll see how that goes. DP is going to the docs on sunday so I think we'll ask his opinion too.
Sooo sleepy! Too scared to go to bed though cos Ill just get woken up :(

Good evening ladies

Peach: Oh, that's no good about sleep deprivation :hug:. I really hope Winter decides to sleep better soon!
Yeah, definitely pick up some MCNs ;). I have Baby Beehinds (hemp and bamboo), cause they're the only ones I can actually buy in stores around here. I've ordered heaps online, and they're all different sorts - a few AIO, pocket nappies, one size, etc. When I get them I'll be sure to ramble on about all f them I'm sure!

PJ: I'm glad Summer had a better day today :). I don't know much about eczema, but I hope you find something that works well to treat/control it. Oh no!!! No BB??? How will you cope? I'm not sure I could... even when I'm out and about I sometimes go on on my phone - yes, I am that addicted :redface:.

Blip: Yay that your DH had a better day. I know what you mean about happy DH = happy me. DH being in a bad mood is enough to send me into a bad mood sometimes. Daz's new clothes sound cute.

AFM: Nothing too exciting happening here today. Actually, I had kind of a blah day... I haven't had any less (or more) sleep than normal, but I just felt really flat, and everything felt like a lot more effort than usual. I'm so glad it's the weekend and DH is home - I need some time to recharge.

Hope everyone has a great weekend :)

Haha you are a true BB addict Sterla! I find I go through phases with it, and DP and I have been spending more 'quality time' together at night which means I dont sit on BB all night anymore :P I still wish I found it earlier though and tell every mum I meet about it, I bet your the same?

Hey everyone,

well, I am here still fluey ( boo) but getting better, my DH has not been to work for 3 days and most likely not going tonight either. Sammy has now got her first real cold but she's been pretty good, the wheezing scares the crap out of me though. Our 1st Family flu!! LOL
I tried pear on Wednesday for Sam and it looked like she had a mild reaction but I think it was weepy eye from her cold, I tried banana yesterday and definatly did not get any reaction, soo WOOHOO< one fruit she can have..although she is not a big fan yet. She did seem to enjoy it more this am. I will try pear again in a couple days once her eye has completely stopped weeping. At least she LOVES her sweet potatoes and they are full of goodness.

Sterla: I looked into MCN's whilst pregnant and we were definatly gonna go cloth but in the nd, we only live in a unit and just don't have the washing capacities to go cloth. My FIL bought us 60 terry cloth ( because we said we wanted to go cloth but he never asks anything, he just goes out and buys stuff without asking what I want, drive me nust actually) So I am using them as spew cloth at the mo, maybe for #2, but we just don't have the money to spend on MSN at the mo with the house being built and all. Glad to see Oliver has started sleeping soundly again, Sammy did the same, be thankful it only lasted a week and not 5 like Sammy! LOL She has started wakig at 1:30 am and 4:30am again but I thik its because of the cold and she is a bit restless. Glad your housearming went well too :)

Peach: Hang in there girl, it will pass eventually. I know all too well the sleep depravation especially when you got used to sleeping a semi decent night. Do you feed her every time she wakes? We resorted to giving her a sippy cup with cooled boiled water at the 12:30 wake up, she whinged and what not for the first couple nights but then her body basically remembers and just goes...it's not worth waking if she is not going to feed me" as I said it does take a few nights and there is a bit of screaming involved but it did work for us. Hope Peach can rejoin us soon and that Zombie Peach can go ahve a good rest! LOL

PJ: You poor thing, I PRAY this cream works for Summer, have you got it yet? As for your sister, she means well and probably forgot what its like to be a 1st time mum. Maybe remind her of that next time and tell her that its hard enough to deal with it all and that it would be nice if she supported you as opposed to telling you what to do. She may not even realise she is doing it. On the other hand, you will find that as far as kids are concerned, everyone is certain they are an expert and that their way is the highway. My philosophy is to listen and take whatever bits I choose to and ignore the rest. The people handing out the advice just don't need to know that ;-)

Blip: Well you have been a busy bee haven't you? baking madness and everything. Hope your DH's work is not as stressful and that it gets sorted out soon. As for "bum" aka Daz, it is too funny that he spewed on cue, LOL it can be his party trick. Did you end up trying solids for his reflux in the end? Oh an no, no P's for me yet....since we got the new 4WD, I've been a bit scared to drive it but we are gonna get back onto lessons asap, I just dont know where the time goes, it seems weeks are flying by.

Antheia: Truly hope you are coping well without DH. Sending you lots of hugs!

Dh and I are going down to Melbourne early August for a mini holiday, can't wait to get Sammy onto the plane, should be fun! We have booked ourself in a "presidential spa suite" at this cute boutique hotel for $150 a night!!! YAY to travelling in winter eh? Also I forgot to mention that Sammy now has her 2 bottom teeth and I am expecting the other top 2 very soon, she's been drooling llike a maniac! She also bit me on one of the last BF..which has come to end for me about a week ago. When I got the flu, I really needed drugs to function and it basically stopped it for me. DH is still a bit disappointed that I didn't go to 6 months but seriously, considering how much milk I was making, I am suprised i lasted this long. It's been great DH has been helping me out with night feeds too which has been rather nice. I loved the experience of BF but am glad it's over as I think neither Sam or me were enjoying it in the end.

okey dokey, off for a nice cuppa while DH and Sam are both asleep.
I didn't post earlier cause I didn't get any notifications of new posts..... arrghhh, I thought you girls were being quiet too!! Regardless, I don't think I would have had the energy, its been a real bad flu, knocks your socks off kind!
Ciao for now

Mxx

sterla: Aww for the blah day. i'm having one today haha ... and we're ment to be heading off on our holiday :eyeroll: i hope you have a good weekend with your DH and oli!

moose: aww you poor thing & sammy and your DH too! :hug: i think daz has a cold...he keeps sneezeing and i told him "geeze dont you watch the Flu adds on TV? COVER YOUR MOUTH AND WASH YOUR HANDs" lol. you did good to make it to five and a bit months! you shoudl be proud...and if you DH is disapointed as him to start lactating and see how he goes! Ooo melbourne winters and COLD. as in it was 5deg. here thismoring! and jack frost rain accross the grass!

Ooo i better go pack!
have a good few days with out meeeee...dont do anything i wouldnt...and if you do...well...dont get caught! ;)

Moose: Hi! That's happened to me before, where I haven't been notified of new posts here... But yes, we've been busy chatting away.
That's no good about your first family flu - but I'm glad you're starting to feel better :hug:.
That's great that some of Sammy's teeth have come through. A mum I know, her daughter has been teething on and off since about 4 months (she's now 7.5 months), and still no teeth have actually come through.
As for MCNs - we're by no means rolling in $$$, but we got DH's tax return so had a bit extra lying around! I can completely understand not having the washing capacity in a unit though - DH and I used to live in a unit, and there was only so much line space for drying. We have a bunch of flat nappies too - which have been used for spit up cloths! They are so handy and versatile :).
Yay for your mini holiday! :dance:

Blip: Have fun! We'll miss you :).

Peach: Well, I tell heaps of people about BB (though to most I just say, "That forum I'm on all the time), but I don't know many mums IRL yet (am slowly changing that ;)), but I bet I will end up telling them all about it. I think I joined BB exactly at the right time - basically at the start of my pregnancy. I can't tell you how many questions I had answered and how much support I received... My pregnancy would have been a very worrying and lonely time if it weren't for BB :D.

AFM: Well, I thought that Oliver had gone back to his normal sleep patterns, of waking twice a night, but no... Last night he went down at 7.30pm, up at 10.30pm, up at 12.40, up at 4am and up at 6.45am. And the first few times he woke he didn't just do a little cry - he was screaming at me (you know the kind, where you think surely this is hurting your throat). He had a feed and went back down fine each time... but my goodness *yawn*. Maybe he is needing solids? I'm so confused. I'll see what he does tonight, and if he's up again like that I'll definitely be thinking he's ready for solids. Anyway, DH and I are going to buy Oliver a high chair today to be ready.
Also, I'm off to have my haircut at 11.45am :). DH is going to watch Oliver - I think this will be the longest I've left Oliver with him. I have no idea what I'm going to get done... something low maintenance, but still nice and stylish (instead of the boring non-style I have atm). Plus, this can count as my 'homework' for MG - we had to do something completely for ourselves. I didn't do mine last week, so I was told I'd have to do it this week, lol.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Hey Girls,
Sterla that sounds exactly like what my nights have been like. Its hard hey... Oh that will be so nice getting your hair done let us know how it turns out. DP is meant to be colouring my hair today but Imso tired I cant be bothered.

Might try the sippy cup trick Moose, although she hates water when she has her cup it goes in her mouth and strait back out. Going back to aaages ago, your girls night sounded fun, glad you had a good time :) Yes I feed her each time she wakes which is bad as I fall asleep with her in the bed. Thats no good your unwell, lots of vegies and rest! How many solid meals are you guys feeding sammy? What do you feed her? We have just added a second meal to the menu here and give fruit/vegie in the morning and then rice cereal in late arvo. Interested to hear what othere people are doing though...

Blip- where have you gone??
PJ- hows your wkend going? How is Summer?
Antheia- How are you?
Went shopping yesterday and got Winter a dress for the wedding we are attending next weekend and also a high chair as I have been feeding her out of her pram and her swing. She looks so small in her new chair! Started her on avocado yesterday and she did her first avo poo.... and DP had to change it heheh. Was meant to go to the park today but toooooo tired :(

Hope your all well :)

Hiya :)

Peach: Awww, I bet Winter looks gorgeous in her dress! You've been busy with weddings? I think I remember you going to a wedding a couple of months ago. I've barely been to any weddings... I think I went one as a kid, then the next one I went to was my own! Since we've been married we've been to one, but have another one coming up in Feb 2010.
Haha, DH and I almost bought Oliver a high chair yesterday, but decided not to, as we keep putting off starting Oliver on solids. I think we'll get one when we actually do start. We put Oliver in a high chair in the store though, and he was sooo tiny in it, so I know what you mean!

Well, I got my haircut yesterday, and it is now quite short. I think it sits around my jawline. I've also now got a bit of a side fringe... so quite different. I think I scared the hairdresser though - she asked me what I wanted and I said I wasn't sure - just something low maintenance but different. I don't think they like that...
I also did some clothes shopping for the first time since Oliver was born :).

ANyway, better go as Oliver has just woken up.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Glad to hear your hair cut turned out good, it sounds really nice. Yeah no rush with solids, if Oli isnt ready there is no point pushing it. It is more work in the end, enjoy only needing to unclip your bra as food preparation while it lasts! :)

Yes we have been busy with weddings! The last one we went to at Bundaberg in may was only the third one Ive ever been too, but Im sooo excited for the next one. Its on south stradbroke island, well actually another island just off stradbroke. Its going to be so awesome. And I have the hens night this wednesday actually. Going out in Surfers paradise, my friend who is the bride to be has got a penthouse apartment for the week(lucky thing!) so we will be getting festive there before heading out. And it will mean leaving Winter at home with DP for longer than an hour, so it will be the longest Ive been away from her! Im a little scared.

Hope your all well :)

Hey ladies!Sory its not a long post i mainly wanted to pop into say hi!Weve had a busy weekend!Summers doing alot better,muchhappier and even sleeping again in the day yah!We go away thursday so ive been madly packing too!

Sterla-your hair sounds real nice!Ive been dying to get mine done shorter too,i dont get hairdressers what happened to just being able to walk in and say i duno what i want can you give me suggestions etc?Its like they want you in and out and to know what you want so thats one reason i havent done anything yet.Oh i just read about Oliver waking so much in the night!Oh man you poor thing,how are you surviving?Im hopeless lately,since Summer has slept good for so long if she doesnt my body goes mad haha seriously she woke up 2 nights in a row at 4.30(after being asleep since 7pm)and i was like im gonna die!hope you get some good nights!!

Peach-sooo glad you mentioned avo!!Thats a great idea to try!!I know what you mean about the highchair heehee they look so small!How cute about Winter in a dress,we have a wedding in september(its actually my dads)so i will just have to get Summer a little one too little cuties!

Blip-hope you have a nice time away!!Or are having if your gone!

moose-thanks so much for the cream!I will give it a good go especially while we are away,thanks for advice too,i agree thats what i need to do,its amazing everyone is an expert on everything!!Sorry to hear you have all been sick you poor things!Dh has been real sick still has a cough but me and Summer luckily didnt get it.And wow Sammy getting teethys!!Can you tell me some signs>?Im soooo sure Summers getting some i mean shes had signs for a while but lately shes been so bad dribbling shes soaked,shes been cranky and chewing on EVERYTHING!everything has to go in her mouth and she does this funny thing with her mouth alot and ohyeh shes had weird poos(sorry)green and runny more and that,do any of them signs sound like the same?I keep checking but cant see any yet,did they just suddenly pop up??Sorry for all the questions!!

well im so tired,summers asleep so i might go and clean up the kitchen and hit the sack,hope everyones having a nice evening and everyone gets some sleep

P.S....I just realised i wrote at the top sorry for the short post AHA!!!!look how long it is!!

Oliver slept from 8pm till 5.45am!!! That is the longest he (and I) have slept in ages and ages!!! :dance:

yah thats great!!How funny,usually Summer sleeps about that or even more but last night she woke up at 2.30!!!ohwell,she went back to sleep till 7 so cant complain too much!

HEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeello my lovies!

Peach: Aww for winter in a dress...i bet she looks cute!!

Sterla: Woo for the hair cut! i think i need one...but i want to grow my hair out some more lol. as for Oli in the high chair, daz looked tiny in his too...but hes not soo small in it now! they grow soo fast!

pj- i hope you got that nap!

AFM: well we're back. we eneded up going to near Mt Bulla...then not being able to find *any* place to stay we travled for about 25mins to find some place to stay. i told the lady we had a 6 month old and she was like "oh you need a cot...do you have one?" and i said "oh yeah.." we didnt. becuase we wanted daz to co-sleep with us as it gets cold. but we did see snow yesterday! but being the cheap scates we are we hired snow chains and got up about 200m before the entrance into the snow feilds...and found a little bit of snow...so that was enough for us! daz seemed a little...shocked by it...then we headed toward Mt Bulla - we wanted to go over (but cross it lol) but found that a) we needed snow chains and b) there was no other way! so we turned around and got a really good motel...with a bath for daz :yay: we headed home...we drov though marysvil. i almost cried. Novmber 28th last year we where there. July 20th this year the shops we went into - gone the play groud. gone. the only thing we rembered being there that was there was a log on a little tralyor thingy....with the end singed. it'll sound stranged but its something i needed to do. whilest i was labouring away with daz. bellowing...screaming..banging on the walls...people where leaving this earth as daz was comming into it. its also what got me though daz's stint in SCN. other peoples plain made mine....not so bad. i still had a life to hold. their loved ones life wasnt there. i take my hats off to each every person there. i really, really do!
I Better go...daz is looking hungry!
hope every one is having a cruzey night!

HEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeello my lovies!

Peach: Aww for winter in a dress...i bet she looks cute!!

Sterla: Woo for the hair cut! i think i need one...but i want to grow my hair out some more lol. as for Oli in the high chair, daz looked tiny in his too...but hes not soo small in it now! they grow soo fast!

pj- i hope you got that nap!

AFM: well we're back. we eneded up going to near Mt Bulla...then not being able to find *any* place to stay we travled for about 25mins to find some place to stay. i told the lady we had a 6 month old and she was like "oh you need a cot...do you have one?" and i said "oh yeah.." we didnt. becuase we wanted daz to co-sleep with us as it gets cold. but we did see snow yesterday! but being the cheap scates we are we hired snow chains and got up about 200m before the entrance into the snow feilds...and found a little bit of snow...so that was enough for us! daz seemed a little...shocked by it...then we headed toward Mt Bulla - we wanted to go over (but cross it lol) but found that a) we needed snow chains and b) there was no other way! so we turned around and got a really good motel...with a bath for daz :yay: has any one seen 'the castle' well DH, daz and i went to Bonniedoon! "we're going to bonnie doon....we're going to bonnie doon" was sang a few times! we went to the lake...and there was almost NO water in there...but we still went to bonnie doon! we headed home after that...we drove though mariesvil. i almost cried. Novmber 28th last year we where there, on our honey moon... July 20th this year the shops we went into - gone the play groud. gone. the only thing we rembered being there that was there was a log on a little tralyor thingy....with the end singed. it'll sound stranged but its something i needed to do. whilest i was labouring away with daz. bellowing...screaming..banging on the walls...people where leaving this earth as daz was comming into it. its also what got me though daz's stint in SCN. other peoples plain made mine....not so bad. i still had a life to hold. their loved ones life wasnt there. i take my hats off to each every person there. i really, really do!
I Better go...daz is looking hungry!
hope every one is having a cruzey night!