Babies Born February 1st-15th 2009 #4

[Peach*]

P.s Sterla sorry I wanted to know the end of the twilight series, Ive only read the first two.

[1pj]

peach-hahaha funny as with winter sounding like a deep vocie!Summers the opposite so high and squeaky!!I just take summer to my sisters plaec she has a ring she floats about in happily she loves it,havent done the hole lessons thing yet.

its hot here again yuky,smmers been awful tihs arvo she been crying and miserable took me an hour and a half to get her to sleep,i knew she was tired so then she fell asleep on me then when i tried to put her in her cot she creamed and kicked and carried on ages,she finally went to sleep and has been about 45 mins phew,she neded it not sure whats wrong maybe teeth shes very clingy!!

[Sterla]

Just a quick one...

Not sure what's wrong with Oliver, but we've not had a good night/day. Last night he woke at 10.30pm and wouldn't go back down - so finally at midnight I brought him into my bed where he eventually fell asleep until 4.15am. Then he had a feed, but wouldn't go back down. He'd be fine sleeping on me, but would wake and cry whenever I put him down. Eventually at 6am he went down in his cot, only to wake again a bit after 7am.
Then this morning... I fed him at 8.30am and he fell asleep, but when I went to pout him in his cot he woke up. Fine - so I gave him breakfast (and once again, he hardly ate anything). He was grizzly and out of sorts, so I tried getting him to sleep. Again, he'd be fine sleeping on me, but as soon as I put him down he'd cry. This went on all morning, and Oliver was getting grizzlier and grizzlier. At some point I noticed he felt hot, so I took his temp and it was 38.8 degrees. After a little while he still felt really hot, so I gave him some panadol. Tried getting him off to sleep a few more times without luck. Eventually he fell asleep on me while I was watching a movie... and so I tried putting him down and he actually stayed down. That was at 2pm... and he's still asleep at 5pm!!! I'm hoping whatever it is has passed... not a fun morning for us .

I'll BBL either tonight or tomorrow for personals

[Peach*]

Sterla it sounds like Oli might have the virus Winter had. Its awful I know, I hope he gets better for you quick.
PJ- Thats no good Summer was unsettled for you. Days like that have you tried putting her in the pram with a cover over and taking her for a walk? Im so over doing things the hard way with Winter. Twice this week we have gone for a night walk to get her to sleep then put her in her cot... and she still sleeps through. So do whatever is easiest for you!

Just a quick one today, I was going to post in the BF section but I figured you girls could help. I got an electric pump but I still cant get any milk! I tried yesterday and again today and I only got like maybe 15mls today. And I have milk cos I hand express to get it started... what am I doing wrong??? Im finding it really stressful as DPs work party is in 2 weeks and I need bottles for Winter I dont want to put her on formula for the day

[Dansta]

peach: which pump is it? does it have differant "suck" settings? becuase to get the let down happening you need short, quick sucks then post-let down you need longer drawn out ones (can you tell i expressed for a while ) you might also find that you cant express much with a pump. hand expressing may work better for you (every boobie is differant!)

sterla: Aww hope Oli is feeling better! poor little poppet. hopefully he settles back down for you!

PJ: hope summer is feeling better too! poor angel. how are you going?

AFM: GAH so tired! had a busy week: went to Maariesvil on tuesday with DH (he had the week off) and then a full on weekend. had a wedding to go to that's 2.5hrs way. DJ was brillant in the car. slept/watched out the window. got to the motel (basicly my fathers side was staying there) which was nice. got DJ all dressed and ready (running late by then) and got to the wedding - as the bride got there! due to lack of signage as it was in a park but after the wedding we all trundled down to the pub. whilest we waited for the respetion. so that was nice to kick back with every one for a while when we headed off the the respetion. it was nice, a local indoor bowls club (i think) very...country bumkin, in a nice way. DH was "taking full advantage of the free boose" as i was driving back to the motel. it was a nice night. made me realise how lucky we are with Daz though. he slept in my arms at the wedding location for about 45mins. then was happy for about 4 hours then come 9pm he was wanting to sleep. so he fell alseep in my arms - untill the DJ started up. and the little s.h.i.t.e kept turning the music up! arg. so i ended up out side untill he went back off to sleep and sat at the back of the hall. i got a little annoied though as i had a few of the older women tell me "ohh just pop Daz in the pram around the conrner -you wont hear him cry and you can have some fun" turned around to one and said "im sorry, but i dont do CIO, it to me in unhealthy and not worth the pain and suffering that comes with it. my son sleeps in my arms, hes happy im happy. no point in messing with what works is there?" we ended up leaving about 11pm - before the bride and groom as my arm was almost numb! plus the rain had eased off a little. i was following my mum (who was driving my fathers car that has GPS on it) well...lets just say stevie wonder would have been a better driver (my mum was sober!) thanks to my dads drunken directions (mum ignored the GPS to listen to him!) the next morning we all had brekkie together which was nice. mind you i though we may need a boat not a car to get home! the only downer of the weekend was a cousin of mine Via marriage who has some mental issues was there. she cant have kids (for what ever reson) and since falling pg. with DJ she's been an out and out cow! she ignored me last chirstmas and on saterday ignored me and sunday she tried talking to DH, but nothing was said to me. she also ignored DJ - when he giggled at her for attention, which really got my goat. but other then that it was a good weekend. as for bundy? well i've been tired and feeling a little sick. not as bad as when pg. with DJ though. but i guess i shouldnt compain. i've also been more emotional then when preg. with DJ - so poor DH can say something little and the water works start! and he has nooo idea why. two weeks untill the first scan! which will be fun. teehee...im wondering if bundy is a girl...being so emtional and all msl:
oo better go DJ is waking up!

[Sterla]

Good evening ladies

I don't know if I'll have time for personals... I'm very tired, so we'll see how I go.

We had a shocking night with Oliver last night. After Oliver had his huge nap yesterday evening, he again wouldn't go down in his cot. He ended up coming to bed with DH and I at 11pm. There he fell asleep fine, before waking at 1am. After that he just wouldn't go down - not in his cot, not in our bed. I basically spent all night holding him. Towards the end of the night I managed to find myself a comfortable spot on the couch so I could still hold Oliver, and I think I may have dozed a bit. DH got up around 6.30am and held Oliver for an hour or so, so I had a bit more sleep then.
He was a tired, tired boy all morning, and I was rushing around trying to get the house in order before I had MG at my house in the early afternoon. At one stage I was even holding Oliver in one arm and vacuuming with the other.
I managed to get Oliver to have a small sleep at some stage - but it was in my bed and I had to lie next to him.
While my MG was here, I noticed Oliver felt hot again (he hadn't been all night and morning), so I took his temp - 38.3 degrees. So, again I gave him some panadol. That helped a lot - he started to cool down and he perked up a bit (though was still very tired).
I had a dr appointment in the late afternoon (to clear my very blocked ears), and Oliver fell asleep in the car on the drive into the city. I picked DH up so he could watch Oliver - he ended up just driving and then parking the car, and Oliver slept the entire time we were out (about 1.5 hours).
This evening he was tired, but not seeming sick or feverish or anything. I let him fall asleep on me, and held him for ages... then finally put him in his cot, and he let me, no fuss!!!
I'm still not sure what's wrong, but am thinking maybe teething. Mainly because his temperature isn't consistent, and I've caught him several times chewing on his fingers and wrist. I hope it passes soon - I'm running on 2 hours sleep right now.

Oh, and I can't believe how clearly I can hear everything now! I'd had a blocked ear for 12 days, and I finally got into the drs today to get them cleared out. It's the first time I've had it done - feels so weird, but it's nice to be able to hear again! Everything sounds echo-ey now though, cause I've been so used to only hearing out of one ear.

Right, personals...

Dansta: Sounds like you've been busy! So glad that your family has taken to the news of bundy so well . Maybe you having Daz made them warm to the idea? More babies for them to play with . That will be nice if bundy is a girl - one of each!

PJ: I hope Summer is feeling better and sleeps better for you - I know exactly what it's like right now.

Peach: How are you and your chubba bubba doing? I'll PM you about Twilight - so do you just want a basic rundown of what happens in the last two books?
Can't help you with the pump stuff - I've got a manual pump and it takes a while, but I can get decent amounts. I have heard that some women simply can't get much from pumping though.
I hope you and your DP are feeling better soon. Lol at Winter talking like a crazy asian lady!

Moose: How you doing?

Anyone else out there

Oh, and Oliver has started doing this funny new thing. He clenches a fist and stretches his arm up - kind of like a 'fight the power' sign. He kind of looks like he's doing a superman impression, so we've been saying that when he does it. Now all we have to do is say "superman" and he does it - so cute!!! I'll try and get it on video and upload it to FB so those of you on there can see it!

Anyway, I should really get to bed and try and catch up on some much-needed sleep. Goodnight all.

[Sterla]

Me again!

Well, we had a much better night last night. Oliver woke at 11.30pm and had a feed, but went straight back down in his cot, no fuss! He woke again at 3am, and this time he wouldn't go back down in his cot - so I took him into my bed, and he slept there till just before 7am! Much better! He's not hot at all today, and seems fine apart from being very tired. And I actually got him to go down for a sleep in his cot this morning! I'm hoping the worst of whatever it is is behind us .

[Peach*]

Glad to hear you had a better night last night Sterla, the night before sounded awful. Yes a spoiler on the last two books would be good thanks

Im worse today than yday so am off to the drs this arvo, i feel hooooorible! Managed to express almost 20ml this morning, im just going to keep at it even if I only end up with one botttle. Winter of course had to be a part of it when I had the pump out and crawled over and helped herself to the other side
Hope everyone is well**

[Peach*]

P.s Have I mentioned Winter got her first haircut on the weekend? Not sure if I did already...

[Sterla]

Winter of course had to be a part of it when I had the pump out and crawled over and helped herself to the other side

That actually might help with expressing. Winter might get your let down happening!

Feel better soon

[Dansta]

morning laides

sterla: YaY glad you had a better night. maybe it is teething? DJ was like that last week. seems better now. hopefully he keeps it up for you!

Peach: gaww thats cute about winter helping her self to the other side! sterla is right about the let-down though it'll help. have you tired massargeing the boob? like from top (near your body) down (to nipple) to see if it helps the flow at all? or even a warm face washer on the boob may help. i know it'll sound funny but i used to get some of the best amounts of expressed milk *after* a nice warm shower hope it helps.

AFM: been fairly quiet here, thank goodness! well kind of. i worked out today that of a night we have (as of today) 4 cars and two trailors in our yard. one car is mine, one is DH's every day driver one is a "hobby car" for DH and the OTHER car is a car that DH & FIL are doing up to sell. as for the trailor we have FILs one (normal) one and we also have MY fathers camper trailor as we're going away NYE and useing it (family birthday is on the 1st and all of my dads side is staying at a carvan park so we're useing dads camper trailor and their useing their carivan) so it'll be fun playing car shuffle tonight no doubt. ahh i better head off the blonde moster is awake. hope every one is having a good day!

[sydney moose]

Hiya ladies,

I once again have not been getting the emails, but anyway, we've been flat chat doing everything as usual. I barely have time to spend at the computer nowawadays..and I am sure that its not going to get better with time. Will attempt some quick personals and give you a little run down on us too.

Sterla: am glad Oli is feeling better, I must say, I used panadol a fair bit when Sammy was teething hard core, especially at night before she would go to bed, whether she had a fever or not. A lot of times, she just felt warm and was really whingy. ( its a different whingy too than usual) and yes also very clingy, cause they aren't well..poor things. One of the nurses put it in a way that I didn't feel so bad about giving panadol to Sammy. She said, you know, they are really uncomfortable and when you have a headache, you take medicine for it, well its the same for them. Still, I definately do not overabuse, but when she was teething really bad, it helped A LOT. As for the sleeping, I just feel so sorry for you and hope to god that Oli starts sleeping through the night soon for you, not because he should but because you probably need some sleep something bad! On the bright side, sounds like he had a good sleep last night. Glad to hear your ears are better too.

Peach: Well, well, fat chops has had her 1st haircut..thats crazy! ( it cracks me up so much when you call her that) Sammy is gonna have her 1st in about 5 years! I can't believe she is weighing what she is too, good for her, looks like mumma has got some good milk! Too funny about the expressing too. I am not surprised that you are only expressing 20ml after a feed as your body would have well and truly adjusted to Winter's needs by now and produces just enough. I do hope you get enough for your big night out..if you are planning on having a few drinks too, remember that you may need one for the next morning too...Does she take the bottle well?

PJ: Sammy also has a very high and squeely voice, I ams surprised that dogs next door don't bark all the time when she gets excited. Actually its quite funny, we have a 7 yr old little girl who lives next door and sometimes, DH and I get confused between her squeeling outside and Sammy! LOL Thats great that Summer loves the water, no rush for lessons. Can I ask what kind of rings you use for her in the water...we went to my SIL's house last week-end and Sam was such a trooper in the water, she hads THE BEST sleep after 2 hours in the poo, but DH and I's arms were killing us and I think Sam would enjoy a little ring.. Hope Summer teething isn't too bad too, poor pumkpin. YAY for Summer rolling!!! Wait and see, she'll start moving and then you won't be able to stop her, I;ve said it before, enjoy the last bits where you can put her down and she stays there! LOL Oh and Sammy goes to be between 6pm and 6:30pm (7pm max if she had a late arvo nap but that rarely happens) She wakes up anywhere between 5:00 & 6:15am, and sometimes she goes back to bed but sometimes she doesn't but if its 5:30 or earlier, I giver her bottle and I put her back in the cot and she amuses herself til 6:15-6:30am with her bed buddies. As I said, sometimes, she falls back asleep and we get up later but I try not to get up before 6:15, 6:30am so she learns that we don't get up at 5am in this household ;-)

Dansta: So Bundy already went to his/her 1st wedding eh? Good on DJ for being such a trooper..little party animal already eh? Is it like mum & dad?? The wedding did sound like fun ( apart from the cousin.. but is she is mentally ill, sometimes you just can't help it) and good on DH to take advantage of the open bar, sometimes the daddy need a break! When is he starting his new job? Did you tell anyone about Bundy or just used that you were the designated driver story? Your house sound like a car yard! LOL At least it's good your DH has a hobby that keeps him occupied and its not going out to get wasted in pubs. I feel so sorry for you being pregnant in this heat already in November, I hope the summer is cool but I somehow doubt it...you probably picked the 2 hottest summers in 50 years to be pregnant! LOL On the birght side, you won't be at the "whale" stage for the main heat of Summer. Do you have air-con?

As for ourselves, we went through the lovely ( NOT) heat wave last week and I thought I was going to melt, not only that but as you know we had a cold, well Sammy and I did, we filled up DH with so much vitamins, he managed to avoid it. I am not looking forward to summer on this end of Sydney, I think it will be a big adjustment for the Canadian in me..well, at least we got air-con ( THANK GOD!) Sammy is not that good in the heat either, I think she gets that from mummy, we both get real cranky pants when we get hot, lucky daddy eh? DH is from Qld originally so loves it and handles it well. Sammy is soo close to walking...she is shuffling from one piece of furniture to another and i caught her basically free standing for about a minute with only one hand resting on the side of the bed but it was more for balance than anything. She has also started communicating very differently, I know she is "telling" me stuff now when I ask a question, you can see she actually understands what mummy is saying. I was telling DH but until today when he spent a bit of time with her ( he's been working OT lately to boost up our account) and couldn't believe the change. This last week has been monumental in development. For the 1st time yesterday, instead of always taking stuff out of everything, she is starting to put things into things, I've been trying to get her to do taht for months! She stil can't really say mum although I know sometimes I hear it, but its not like dada, but we are getting there. Sam has also been VERY CLINGY, whingy, temper tantrummy too. Tbh, I've been a bit over her these last couple days...not over her, but she has been very demanding and very trying on my patience and with DH pretty much working most of the time, it got a bit much but DH is home for the next 5 days so I'll get a bit of a break..Anyone else sometimes wish they could go back to work or is it just me? I'm sure the minute I would step foot in the office and work a full day, Id be over it pretty soon! lol We've had some major family issues too that I won;t bore you with (cause it would take 5 pages and that would only be the surface) so thats been chewing up my time too. We are slowly getting ourselves into a new routine with living out here, haven't really met many mums yet but that will come. Sammy just LOVES Rock and Rhyme..omg, she was at the front clapping her hands and bouncing up and down my leg so much that the lady that was running it kept laughing cause Sammy was enjoying it so much, shaking her rattle etc! Anyway, better run but will try to keep better at updating but with Xmas coming, I just know that there is so much to do , people to see and so little time to do it! Are you girls done your xmas shopping yet? Can I ask how much everyone is thinking about spending on their bubs??

Gotta run, the wee one is up!

Mxx

[1pj]

hi ladies!!!wow i misse alot only in like 2 days!!

Sterla-you poor thing,itsjust awful when there out of sorts!Glad you had a better night!id be a mess and a zombie!!Summers been real out of sorts too but for some reason her night sleeps arent too bad,shes lot better in her self today I like moose do use panandol a fair bit when she like it,seem to help her.she hasnt had any today ad been ok

Peach-I cant believe winters had a haircut already how cool!I so wish summershair would grow,i fear she looks like a boy haha she just has wispy bits that stand up on end!!Im sorry im no help in the expressing department,i could never do it myself!

Dansta-you sound like a busy bee!glad the wedding went well,how good is dj?I wish summer would sleep in my arms more,she wont sleep out lately full stop!!It sounds lke hes such good boy!!Good on you for saying what you did to those woman,i often want to but am too chicken!!

Mousse-Summer has a ring i got off ebay for $20 encluding postage,i'll go and read the box to see what its called.Thats great sammy likes it too,summers the same sleeps real well after,must tire them out!!How cute about her claaping her hands etc ivebeen trying to get summer too but she not get it yet.

I have some excitements,summers been pulling herself up in her cot when shewakes shes in the sitting up so cute aslo shes been going from sitting to being on her hand and knees wow!!An yesterday with a bit of edging on by anotherlittle girl was trying to move so hopefully!!!Shes been going on her hands and knees alot of her own want so im so pleased shes also been giving us kisses sooo cute she puts her arms round our head and opens her mouth and yah tell ya shes turned into a real kissing machine!!hahasorry only quik personals!!

[sydney moose]

GO SUMMER!!!! thats fantastic PJ about her standing up in the cot...told you, now you won;t be able to stop her.
The kisses are just so precious your little heart just melts...does Summer do the French kissing? LOL sometimes Sammy just ends up more licking than kissing but it still melts your heart no matter how slobbery the kisses are.. aww bless em little souls eh? If you could let me know the brand of rings that would be awesome, whenever you're not busy

Off to watch MasterChef Finale!! WOO HOO!

[Peach*]

Good evening!

Dansta- I missed your post the other day for some reason but better late than never! Thanks for all the expressing tips. I got a medela mini electric pump, it has slow to fast function but they arent short sucks so maybe I should start with the hand first? Glad to hear the wedding went well, wft old ladies seriously as if you would put your Baby in a corner and leave him! I had a giggle about your mum following your Dads drunken directions
Yay I bet you cant wait for your first scan! Are you guys hoping for a girl this time round? That sucks your feeling all emotional, its the worst hey.
PJ- That is SO EXCITING Summer is sitting up and pulling herself up!!!! YAYAYAYAYYAY!!!Too cute about her giving you kisses Hey where abouts on bayside are you in Bris? We should meet up one day if your keen? Winter and I are always up for a trip into roma st for a picnic and I want to meet more Mums!
Moose- I love reading your long posts. As for not getting notifications, it might be going to your junk or check when you reply the little box under submit reply have you got email notification checked in the box?
Winters(aka Fat chops) hair was seriously out of control, but only on the top it was major fly away and was longer than her hairline on the base of her neck so we got it neatened up with the rest of it so now it is normal baby length all over... I kind of miss her rock and roll hair but she does look so cute now. As for going back to work, the only aspect of it I miss is the social interaction and talking rubbish all day with friends... I think Im going to try and meet some new people too.. I really want to make some friends where we dont just have babies in common, although I think that will be pretty much impossible these days. How did your BB meet up go? And your Canadian?!! Christmas we are going to get Piglet one of those double sided shells to swim in, and maybe something small, our limit for each other is usually about $100. What did you get Sammy? Im glad to hear she has such a great time at rock and rhyme. That sucks bout your DHs family causing drama, if you want to get anything off your chest you know we are here.
Sterla- I really hope tonight is better for you and Oli. How was your day? OOoooooh its almost your birthday!!!!

Well I went to the dr this arvo aaaannnnd I have a chest infection! Totally lame. and now my fingers are sore from typing so much, poor me
While I remember I measured Winter yesterday and she is 75cm so is looking to be a lanky thing like her Dad.
Hope everyone has a great night

[Sterla]

Righto - geez you girls have been chatty today!

Dansta: That's a lot of cars! Maybe you should put up a car yard sign in your yard? Start a business, lol.
How exciting that your scan is coming up soon!!! I'm so excited for you!

Moose: Yeah - panadol is a godsend! Oliver was so much better after he had it! I always feel a bit bad about giving it to him, so thanks for telling me all that - I won't feel so bad now.
Thanks, I really hope Oliver sleeps better too. Although, I actually don't feel too bad yet with how little sleep I've been getting.
Clever girl Sammy! Watch out mummy Moose!!! I know exactly what you mean about Sammy communicating differently. In the past week I've noticed Oliver seems to be understanding a lot of what I say, and sort of telling me things... like I think he's trying to tell me 'boobie' when he wants a feed, lol.
That's great that Sammy loves Rock & Rhyme so much! Oliver likes it I think, but he just sits there and gawks!

PJ: Yay, go Summer!!! Sounds like she's moving forward in leaps and bounds now. That seems to be the way it happens - or it's how it happened with Oliver. Awww - sloppy kisses are the best!

Peach: That's so cute about Winter's first haircut. Oliver had his first haircut a few months ago, and now it's growing back curly!!! That sucks about the chest infection Hope you feel better soon.

AFM: Much, much, much better day/night - thank goodness!!! Oliver went down for his morning sleep no problems and slept for 1.5 hours. He woke up in the happiest mood - full of giggles and chatter. In the afternoon we went to visit my friend that I hadn't seen in like 3 weeks and Oliver was in full show-off mode, lol. He had a small sleep on me while we were there. Then this evening he went down to sleep no problems! He has woken up twice already but has gone back down in his cot!!! So, it seems it has passed .

Well, I better go. Hope you're all well (or getting better)

[Dansta]

Happy Birthday Sterla! hope Oli is being cute - as always! and giving you rest. Ohh and i hope your DH gives you lots and lots of choccie...and maybe that nappy bag you've dribbled all over

[Sterla]

Good morning,
Thanks Dansta (and others who have left me messages on my email/FB) .

Great day so far - well, days actually. It was my wedding anniversary yesterday (4 years), and DH surprised me by taking yesterday and today off from work.

Will be back when all the madness is over to tell you all about it!

And a big, huge Happy Anniversary to you Dansta! Congratulations on your first wonderful year of marriage!