Babies Born February 2007 #4

Hi girls :)

Ryn - Give Samuel an extra big cuddle from us hun,, poor little mite has been having a bad run lately huh. Would leibling use a teething ring at all?, I have a couple that you put in the fridge. I know that they dont always like biting an object, but prefer to bite mum,, as Griffen likes to suck the life out of my wrists when I am holding him hehe,,,, but If he is leaving bruises,, he might have a strong enough bite urge to use one?

Michelle - that is fantastic that Isabella is having those naps now,,, it is so hard when you have a littly that wont go down to get anything done! Also,,,, Princess must read BB and have seen how gorgeous Isabella is huh lol, It certainly will make a great story for when she grows up hehe.

Kirsten - I hope you can get a photo to capture that feeding pose from Quinn,, sounds absolutely adorable hehe. I also back you up on the weather thing atm,,,,,, I took the older boys to the park today to ride their bikes on its bmx track,, and it was soo windy,,, bubby had trouble catching his breath!!, just to feed him i had to completely cover him including his head,,, then we just had to leave and come home.

Hi to all you other gorgeous mums :D

Well,, we have some more news about Griffens problems atm,,, and none of it was good.
I got him in on monday for an emergency weigh at the ECHN, and in the last 10 days,, his weight had gone from 6800grams,,, down to 6530 grams :( . The ECHN says his weigh is now down to the 15% percentile, yet his growth in the other meaasurements is still in the 90%,, so you can imagine how skinny and long he looks atm!!
She gave me strict orders to start rice cereal immediately,,,,, and that i am now to feed him every 2 hours at least during the day.
I didnt want to start him on solids yet,,, but she assured me that if i just stick to plain rice cereal, it shouldn't have any impact on allergies being caused. I just pray that when i go back in 2 weeks time,(she ideally wanted weighs every week,, but she is flat chat and over booked till then), the little munchkin will haved gained weight instead of losing heaps again.
On a brigter note,,,, he has started playing with toys and passing them from hand to hand!!, and he also manipulates his toys on his rockers toybar with his feet hehe. So funny to watch :)

Lil, Lieby will grab a teether and stick it into his mouth, but he much prefers my fingers, knuckles and arms. He has fridge teethers, rattle teethers, bead teethers, teethers on his play-mat, musical teethers... and still goes for my arm. I don't let him get my wrists. I am wondering if he's managed to bruise the bone in the lower knuckle of my left index finger, it's really painful!

I love to watch the toys being manipulated with the feet, it's so cute! Liebling was doing that looong before he discovered his feet with his hands (that's a very recent discovery). Or lying on his back with legs in the air kicking the activity bar of his playmat! So cute!

BTW, is it normal for babies this age to be able to stand up all by themselves? I just hold Liebling's hand and he stands up with very few wobbles. I know if I let go he'd be over like a shot, but if he stands up and grabs his activity arch he supports himself on that... he can't sit unaided for long, but loves to stand up (can push himself up from sitting) and hold on to things for balance. DH is so excited about Lieby starting to walk... I'm not! I'll be the one chasing after him all day! He isn't walking for months yet!

OMG Lil!!!!! Try not to stress about allergies. I hope Griff stacks on some weight.

Ryn - Abbey has been doing that for awhile. My MIL (who was an MCHN) said that it is advanced for her age. This was at the beginning of June. I'm not sure when it becomes "normal".

Kirsten - how cute! Abbey does the same - and after she has finished she holds her mouth open for more! So cute!

Michelle - Yay for the sleeps! WOOHOO!
What is new here? Abbey is on solids. Hated Farex until I mixed in apple - now it's her fav! She started Childcare this week and loves it which is good. And it is helping her sleep at night which is even better! She is sleeping from about 6:30 - 4ish which is so nice! I bet I just jinxed it though :rolleyes: I go back to work Monday :( DH leaves for the US the following Monday :dance: ... that's about it.

hugs and Kisses to all the bubs!

hey hey
isnt funny how all our babies are doing the same things yet we all feel like our babies have got to be doing something amazing??? Coz they ARE!! Jemima rocks! she dont need me she is having an awesome time all by herself.... loves all her toys, loves to gnaw on everything, loves to sleep on me and play on me, i think she really loves our visits to the oldies too! she is a lovely baby, I am so so lucky there.

The oldies are SURE there are teeth coming but she like ALL the babies has had signs of teething for months! But i humour them and agree that the teeth MUST be bothering her, there is definately something in there so we will just keep waiting and hoping it is not teeth coz all the kids with teeth seem to want to cut their lips when they fall over and bite their mummies... not cool. (so if i keep singing "all i want for CHRISTMAS is my two front teeth" she may do as she is told hehehehe)


still have not got jemima to the pool and now it is too cold, maybe we will try that next weekend, i want benji there the first time so he can share in watching jemima experience big pool, she loves water seems to always have loved water,never cracks up in the bath or shower PLEASE GOD DONT LET HER WANT TO BE A SWIMMER! i dont want to be a pool mum i'd much rather a 'team' sport ho hum not up to me

so so close to getting new kitchen it is so exciting, old friends partner came out to measure up to give us quote today and we have bought the applicances, and i have drawn on the lino where the new bench will come out to so i can imagine it and change my mind before it is too late.... i think when we get new kitchen i will start jemima on solids so she only associates proper food with the kitchen not the lounge room which is where she would have to have them if i started now as we dont have table and chairs anymore

i gave jemima some yogurt the other day she was pretty funny - and i know i was being bad mummy as she had had nothing ever and then all of a sudden she has some i think vanilla yogurt shoved in her mouth but we had fun for a couple of spoons, then she got a bit scared of the process i think and had a little tiny sook so i laughed at her and ate the rest of my yogurt..... my grandma loves to shove rockmelon in her mouth for her to suck on too so she will probably be looking for the flavour when i pull out the rice cereal.....


lil- get that food into your baby!!!!! dont worry about allergies sounds like he wants food and lots of it, do your older boys have allergies that you are worried about?? i wouldnt worry too much about his height/weight either as that is the same weight/height as jemima's cousin who is one week older than jem and she looks long and skinny but is absouloutely fine!

ryn - jemima and her cousin are the only babies i know "in real life" that sleep through consistantly, so dont worry you are not alone! the baby born same day as jemima has 7pm feed, 12am and 4.30am feed EVERY night without fail his mummy is very tired, accross the road has found that dreamfeeding her 13week old got rid of the 12am or 2am feed she sneaks into room between 10 and 11pm (keeps changing it as baby started to get used to it and waking up expecting it) and keeps lights off and feeds baby and puts baby down asleep with full tummy and baby stays asleep MOST nights until 5.30am. Jemima has started the last week to wake at 10pm or 10.30pm which is ok coz i am still awake but that is weird for her! could be the weather.... and putting herself to sleep at no consistant time at night it is now between 5pm and 8pm that she decides it is bedtime and it usually makes no difference to what time she wakes in the morning ..... SOMETIMES i think i should give in to peer pressure and make jemima have a routine.... ho hum

dont you hate it when you are already to go somewhere and baby is asleep and looking so damn beautiful..... to wake and be on time with grumpy interupted baby or to let sleep and be late?? ho hum

I get emails from Anne sometimes and she says hello, i have asked her for a link to her website so i can see how big Cameron is getting when I get it i'll share it...

OK, I started Wellie on solids yesterday. And he slept. Poor lad, I was starving him! He couldn't wait to grab the spoon and stick it in his mouth! My table manners lessons must be paying off, he kept starting at the bowl, then the spoon I was holding, then me, and so on until I put some baby rice/banana (he had 2 sets of solids because baby rice tastes like bland semolina and neither of us liked it) on the spoon, then he grabbed the spoon and stuck it in his mouth.

But then, he's starting to sit up unaided, can stand with support (just don't let go of the support and bang your head again!), can use a spoon with nothing on it all by himself and was feeding even overnight constantly - the most I could get him to do, and that was when he was asleep the whole time, was two and a half hours. Last night he almost slept through again (ie did almost 5 hours). Bless him, he woke me up for a feed by stroking my back, I love it I have my happy boy back! But can't believe we slept with him in my bed and me rolling over so my back was to him... and he stayed asleep! The only thing he doesn't do is be over six months old, so I get to beat myself up twice; once for starving him, twice for not waiting for six months. I love this mummy stuff! But then, I took advice from a lactation consultant, two breastfeeding counsellors and my GP yesterday before starting it, so it can't be all that bad.

Sorry, that was a bit all about me, but just to say Lieby is a solids baby too now, despite my best intentions. It was that or formula top-ups, which would have started had the sleeping stayed the way it was (me getting under 4 hours in half-hour slots and walking the floors all night).

Hi Girls
Kel - Yes, my other three boys all get eczema, and the youngest of the three is EXTREMELY hypo,, his paediatrician thinks alot has to do with fool intolernaces and additives, so we are slowly doing an elimination thing with him atm, and he is on EyeQ supplement to help with it. To add to the situation,, my husband has a severe nut allergy,,, any nuts, or any nut product cause severe difficulty breathing,, and vommiting, so that is why both my gp and the ECHN were so keen to keep Griffen away from food till the "magic" 6 month mark.
Unfortunately fate had other ideas,,,, and when the nurse saw his weight the last time I went in,,, her shocked look and her reply of "oh crap" said it all.
As I said in one of my lasts posts,,,, it is not his actual weight that is to problem,,,it is the fact that his weight gains plummetted and now he is losing weight instead.
He has been eager for a while to try solids, and was getting soo fussy when it was our dinnertime,,,,, so now that we have finally started giving him the plain farex,,, he absolutely works himself up into a state!!!! I have to hold both hands away, as he frantically grabs the spoon from me and shoves it into his mouth!!. He squeals if I am not quick enough,,, and it is kind of like a very fast conveyer belt,,,, constant shovelling,, or all hell breaks loose and he starts screaming.
Even after having about 1.5 tablespoons of the farex powder, mixed,,, he chucks up a fuss,, until i then let him have his spoon to play with for a few minutes,, then he calms right down and practices putting it in and out of his mouth hehe.
I get him weighed again next monday,, and am going to see what veges and fruits would be classed as low risk so i can give him a variety. I also think that to add healthy weight to him,, he needs more that plain farex.

I am also wondering if the downfall of his weights etc,, is causing him to be lethargic and not want to play as much,, as when i put him on the floor for play, he will sometimes turn onto his side,, but then go straight back ointo his back again. He has no desire it seems to try and roll over,, and even on his tummy,,,, he lifts his head and lifts his chest a bit,, but makes no effort at all to roll then either,,,,,,,,,,,I am not sure if he is just taking his time to get those skills,, or wether he is being held back a bit, as he is no where near as energetic as he used to be when he was putting on nice amounts of weight.
Anyway,,, how are the holidays treating you all?
Ryn - Wow!!!! Leib is a super baby!!!! Sitting unaided,, and standing with a little support!!!,,,, before you know it,, he will be running hehe.
I really hope his dinners can now tide him over for you so you can both get some more sleep!!, but that really does sound so cute of him to wake mummy up so gently :) he really must be a little gentleman hehe.
Anyhow,, I am still nursing this horrid flu,,, so I best be off to bed :)

lil - now i totally understand why you were so reluctant to get food into that boy.... allergies everywhere! and i didnt even think when i read he had lost weight that of course you would have to do something.... well derrr to me! how weird though for such a sudden weightloss..... so are you breastfeeding and giving solids now.... how exciting.....
i'm still holding out i guess til 6 months or maybe til jemima tells me otherwise as i am still one of the lucky ones that only has to deal with poo once a week, for 5 days in a row i had one poo a day after her 4 month needles but since then back to at least 5 days between poos...!! so i am not going to introduce solids and lots of poo in our lives....

Lil, DH has the same allergy your DH does to nuts (slightly less severe, but only slightly), plus DS already has mild eczema and hay fever, which was why I wanted to wait too. IKWYM about grabbing the spoon and shoving it in! It's so cute, but as I had to use a teaspoon last night I was worried about choking; we now have baby spoons.

Hi Girls,

Been in Perth this last week so been catching up on all the goings on.Erin rolled over yesterday I was very excited. She is starting to sit up really well now as well. We had her needles before we left and they all went ok.

Trying to get her use dto sleeping on her cot during the day again as she has vbeen constantly in the car, pram and being held the last week.

Sorry this is short but little Miss Erin is making typing a bit hard on my lap.Hope every one is well.

Hi there everyone

I haven't joined in on your discussions because I just don't seem to get much time to get on to the computer. But, I've been reading your thread and am amazed at all the things your babies are doing.

Daniel is now on solids once a day (usually apple and Farex) and he eats like it's going out of fashion. He sits with his mouth open waiting for the next mouth full and when I run out, all hell lets loose. I've been told to feed him his bottle and THEN the solids, but I'm doing it the other way. Nothing goes to waste - he is an eating machine.

He has also started rolling and does it constantly now that he has it worked out. Only thing is he gets tired A LOT faster now. He's lying on the floor next to me here and shouts every time I look at the computer, then when I look at him he smiles, wiggles around and flaps his arms. Just a little treasure. Oops, now he's flopped over again. What a clever guy!!

I've been having a review of the whole - "having a new baby thing" - this morning and am very disulisioned (sp).

I've just started going to a parent group, which I initially said I wouldn't do, but thought maybe I could learn some stuff. It has made me even more aware of the 'DON'T DO THIS! DON'T DO THAT!' I have encountered through Daniel's last 20 weeks.

I found his first 12 weeks very difficult and, even though lots of health care professionals profess to be there to help you, they're really not. I first encountered this when I was in hospital on the third day. I was lying in my bed having a bit of a sook - as is expected - and noticed a midwife walk in the room and try to "secretly" sneak out because she evidently didn't feel like "dealing" with me.

There have been many occasions where I have felt this sort of thing since, but it just got rammed home to me again yesterday when I was at this mother's group. I told the health nurse that I was giving Daniel solids and she stated she thought it was too soon and that I should have really waited until the 6 month mark (note what I said about how much he LOVES his apple and pear and peas). No amount of stating his love for the food would convince her. DS is also AF because my milk did just not appear. Dunno where it was but it never came in at all - so that had me going on the third day too.

I guess my advice to any new mums out there would be - do what you reckon is a good thing. If your baby loves solids at 20 weeks, give them solids. If the baby is hungry, feed them - don't delay feeding because "they really shouldn't be eating that much". I just can't believe how people - especially from the health care profession, wan't to make mothers go by a timeline and make them feel like garbage if they don't.

My DS is a little giggly bundle and we just love each other to bits. I didn't feel that attraction to him for quite a long time because having a newborn is soooooo difficult and is a real hump to get over. I think it will be easier the second time around as I'll dictate the terms and won't be expecting anything out of anyone ('cept DH). You don't realise how difficult it is until you have a newie.

I've learnt that I can get along great by myself and this pseudo health profession can go jump. All I need them for is vaccinations.

There's a lot more to this but I'm cutting it short for DS's sake. He needs a play pal.

Do or did any of you feel this way?

What a grump, eh?

Wow, Lesty, sounds like you have it bad! I had an awful midwife in hospital (who did "deal" with me by trying to make me feel crap), but everyone else is pretty good. Only one really great emergency GP, the other 3 (oddly enough, the 3 girls) were a bit too blasé for my liking. My GP is fantastic though, but then we're friends anyway so I suppose she has to be! The health visitors here push for solids at 4 months so were amazed I almost reached 5 before introducing solids, but now he is on solids I'm getting a lot of help and advice.

With other mothers, I started attending groups and sussing out other parenting styles; I now talk to mothers who agree with me about parenting, and the other mothers about shoes. Works out pretty well. DS has a few "friends" now too; he has one little girl he especially adores and she lives just five minutes away so that's great.

Also, the whole bonding thing is going very, very slowly here (I now feel like a sister or a cousin rather than a babysitter, but still not a mother) and can't wait to have a little baby like DS all of my own! DH is a bit worried about how broody I am already. But I think this is why I am finding it so "easy" (aside from the odd night with no sleep and mood swing) - because DS isn't "my" baby, I don't fret too much. The HV yesterday was talking about how and why you respond instantly to cries - actually, it's no primeval instinct, if I know he's with someone I can let him cry a bit (for example, if I want a long hot shower and DH is looking after DS), I just know that I don't want to let him cry without someone trying to do something about it and I don't want the neighbours to get really mad about it. So maybe I'll find the next one a bit harder than DS, although during the day he is an absolute angel.

Yeah, Ryn. I know what you mean about the crying. I'm not rushing to DS when he cries, as long as I know someone is with him. It's just the "doing something about it". If my DH is trying to comfort him and DS is still crying I'm not concerned - it's just part and parcel.

I've just felt VERY disilussioned (I really should look up that word, but I can't be jiggered) and I probably sound like a prima donna. But I'm a pretty solid person and can deal with it. What about the people that can't? I mean, I'm 31 and have had enough people take advantage of me to know that I can tell people what I think - but what about women that are scared to ask questions and feel that they must stick to the "timeline" come hell or high water? There's an element of the health care nurses looking down their noses too, which I have not been impressed with at all.

The crux of the situation is that I have ended up with a beautiful son and we have ridden the waves and are coming out the other side with our relationship even stronger. That's just me, I am concerned about others in this region.

DS does like other babies and little kids. He saw a little boy today and just burst out laughing - the little boy wasn't even doing anything. It's really funny.

And...... he's been rolling around the house all day!! It's insane!! He rolls from one end of the room to the other just because he can. Then he stops sometimes when he's on his belly, lifts his head and dribbles all over the show. His little legs go up in the air and he balances on his belly.

Thanks for listening to my grumble anyway.

Hi girls, just butting in to let you know the Baby chat room is open now if you'd like to join us. Can be found here
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/member-chat/

We'd love to see you there

Ta Sherie, but I still can't get in... will head off to the troubleshooting thread now!

How fun - I just got into the chat room, It's cool!!

Lesty: I know what you mean with the whole health care professionals being hideous and trying to make you stick to a timeline, especially when it comes to solids!!!! It seems that babies are allowed to do things at different times "because all babies are different" unless it is starting on solids then it's NOT UNTIL 6 MONTHS!! regardless of what you think, I started Quinn on solids at 5 months and he loves his food and it seemed to be the thing to do he wanted food and is really happy to have it now. Anyway - I'm with you on the ridiculousness of health care professionals!

Hi everyone! Isabella turned 5 months old on Friday and now she's decided that sleeping all night is NOT cool.

Is anyone else finding this? She has slept through pretty much from 4 weeks, but now she wakes up at least twice through the night - once for a feed and again where I just pop the dummy back in.

She's sooo happy when I go into her too, so it's pretty hard to get frustrated (she is SUCH a cutie these days...!).

Anyway, this was just a quickie as I've got to get Bri off to school and then Bella and I are off to the gym!

I hope you're all doing well and I will definitely do personals later when I get a chance.

Hi Michelle:hello:
Quinn did that - We couldn't figure out if he was too cold or needed to start solids, so we put an extra blanket on him at night and started him on solids. He went straight back to sleeping all the way through.

We have been bouncing Quinn to sleep on a fit ball - basically since he was born and that is getting very tough on the back. A friend of mine has been reading Save our Sleep and said there are settling techniques in there to try so I bought it and it WORKS A TREAT! I'm very impressed - even though I didn't ever really want to follow a routine, it is really working and it's only been a day. I'm amazed. Instead of Quinn going to bed at 9:30 - 10:30 every night he goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps till 7am with no waking up! I'm loving it! ANd my back is getting a break from rocking him to sleep every time!

How is everyone else? Quinn has started eating avocado and apple and loves his food very much!

Thanks for that Kirsten. I might try another blanket, although she is in a sleeping bag and has a sheet and two light blankets already. Maybe she just needs one more? She does have really cold hands in the morning although her body feels warm.

We also give her cereal at around 6pm (that's her only solids each day), so maybe I'll start lunch time solids too - just to fill her up a bit!

She goes to sleep ok some nights, and others I've got to walk around with her for a bit. Last night she fell asleep while she was eating cereal at around 6.30 then she woke up at 11.30 and then at 4.30. ARGH! Before that she'd sleep from 6 or 7pm until 6am and I was quite happy with that!

Avocado, YUM! How many times a day does he have solids?

yeah i was wondering same thing!
Jemima thank goodness not everynight but every so often is giving us a 2.30am wakeup but she just feeds and goes back to sleep straight away
she is so sick at the moment some chesty bronchitiesy thing doc said its going around poor love takes medicine better than i thought she would
she has had 'breakfast' two days in a row now just a teaspoon of farex.... will just do brekky for a while then move on to more exciting foods - waiting for new kitchen before i get too excited....

Quinn is just now moving to 3 times a day solids - he has been on twice day for a week and now I'm starting 3 times from today, he has been having avocado every meal, but this morning he had millet cereal and apple - he ws surprised at the taste but wanted more :)

Kel, poor little Jemima, it's awful to see them sick when they're so little isn't it?? How long till your new kitchen is done??

Harrison wakes up if he is too cold... we have noticed that he will definitely wake if his hands are cold... so we try to make sure he is in the bonds suits with mittens on them already... he pulls his other mittens off... its a shame, cause he looks so cute in his flanny jammies!!! lol

Harrison is on soilds 2-3 times a day too... there has been considerable differences in his weight gain too... he loves his food and he hates farax!!! He loves Carrot... and also pears

Kell - I hope Jemima starts to get better soon.

You are all evil! DS is not sleeping at all again. We have routines, my back needs a break, he's on solids (2 meals, he's trying to get up to 3 now) and I'm tired and want DS to just do 2 wake-ups, not every hour or so! So absolutely no sympathy from me. So yes, DS thinks sleeping at night isn't cool but he doesn't sleep at all when he decides that.

DS loves apricot, banana, marrow, corgette and whole nectarine (he hated the mushed up nectarine). He also steals my pears and apples at lunchtime. Not a fan of carrot so far. Nor does he like baby rice.

Hi everyone

Impatient: Daniel was almost the same, he slept through from about 12 weeks but just in the last couple of weeks this happens. He goes to bed at 8pm wakes at about 10pm (go in and shove the dummy in - goes back to sleep) wakes up at 2am and puts himself back to sleep then wakes up at 5:30 ready to face the day. At 5:30 I go and get him, re-wrap him and put him between DH and I where he immediately falls asleep until 7am - when DH has to get up to go to work anyway. I actually don't feed him at all through the night. He doesn't drink all of his bottle first thing in the morning, but slurps them down for the rest of the day. He just doesn't seem that hungry on his first feed.

He's currently on 5 180ml bottles a day with apple or banana and rice cereal at about 10am and mashed peas at about 3pm - so he's eating a reasonable amount during the day. So he just isn't hungry at night.

If you go into his room when he wakes up he's so excited to see you, his little legs wiggle and he has huge smiles. So, I think he is just waking up to make sure he's still got people around.

Hope he gets out the 2am thing. He just seems to sit there talking to himself and then just falls back to sleep. I can hear him on the monitor.

Ryn, you have my sympathies. There is nothing worse than being tired. When you're tired it seems like everything else going wrong is magnified. When Daniel wasn't going to sleep at all in the first 12 weeks my back was killing me also. I just couldn't bear the thought of picking him up again - I didn't think my back could handle it. Now that he sleeps through my back seems to have sufficient rest and it doesn't hurt anywhere near as much anymore. I injured my back in a fall at work but it only flares up with prolonged sitting or carrying of babies. I hope your little boy gets out of the waking at night thing, before you go completely nutsoid.

Sorry for the outburst yesterday, I was just super knackered. We've started giving 4oz formula and both breasts at night now, he had that at 8pm and 11pm then slept through until 4am... which was up for the day. Never mind, I had a great sleep! Little dude is just hungry. He has been napping all morning, wish I could but he went to see the osteopath this morning which is a 45 min walk away. But no hints as to how to sleep through, sorry! Wish I did have some, that would mean DS was sleeping through LOL.

Ryn, that was no outburst. Did you read my rant about healthcare professionals from last Tuesday?? Boy, was I disgruntled!! Over it now.

You have a reason for outburst, being tired totally sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HI EVERYONE!!!!
where have I been?
who am I, I hear some of you asking!
I haven't been far away I promise. No exotic tale of adventure to tell. Just caught up in the world of Chloe - It is wonderful!
I promise I still think of you all. I just don't dedicate time to the computer anymore. DH is overseas for work this week, so I have me time up my sleeve.
I have only read this last page on whats going on so forgive me for neglecting you all please. To catch you up on where we are at in a nutshell:
Today Chloe is 6months old! (thats right - we don't even belong in this thread!!!) She had her needles today and bearly cried. I was very proud. She also has that aweful cough and snotty nose, but is getting over the worst of it. Chloe too was a brilliant 11 hour sleeper til about a month ago. At the moment I am back on 1 or 2 night feeds. We haven't started solids yet, we are waiting for DH to get back from his trip for that fun to begin.
Anyway - thats us briefly
Lets hope that I can return before another 6 months flies by!:D
Love and hugs to you and all your beautiful bubs

Brooke and Chloe.xx

Hi Brooke!!!!

Long time no hear....great to hear everything is wonderful with you. solids are an adventure! say goodbye to easy poo! and hello to very stinky nastiness!!

oooooo......... yes........... stinky nastiness!!!

I had one the other day and my DH said, "I'll come and help you." He stood there holding the nappy sack while I opened the "present". My DH was standing there, "Oh my God, Oh jeez........." etc. I just turned to him and said, "Is there something else you could be doing?" I manage all day with them and they don't even turn a hair, but mr DH Drama Queen comes in and suddenly we're all radioactive. Funny stuff. I'll admit they stink more, but I'm his mummy and can handle it.

Got a call from my boss today begging me to come back in two weeks. I wasn't going back until January. I told her I'd think about it, but that if I did it would be maybe 3 days a week 9am to 3pm, just to help cover lunches and the like. She is happy with that thought. Daniel can go with his grandma and grandpa - they'll all collectively like that. My mat. leave finishes next fortnight and DH and I were worried about affording leave without pay - looks like it won't be a concern. It'll probly be good for Daniel - will ease him into me working full time again. To be honest, I never want to go back to work again, but it's a reality. I also want to instil in to my children that you have to work for a living - nothing is free and everything you have you have worked for, so don't take it for granted - so I have to go ahead and be the role model there. Sucks though.

My friend has a 7 week old and is going back to work. I couldn't BEAR it!! 5 months old is bad enough (actually, but the time I go back - 6 months).

Anyway, I think my coffee has gone cold - as per usual - and I have ranted enough. So, I'll see you all later.

Thanks guys. I am soooo glad I'm not alone! Bella only woke once last night (3am) and is definitely teething - she's been chewing on her hand all day.

Do any of your bubs have cradle cap? If they do, isn't it disgusting!?? Bri didn't get it, so this is a first for me and it just looks revolting! I've been trying for two days to get it all out. Yuk.

Can't talk long - I'm busy writing my RESIGNATION LETTER!!! It seems that our business is doing much better than we thought so I'll not have to work for someone else again! Yay! I am sooo excited! Now all I need to do is finish building my website and we've got even more money coming in. Ahhh! What a life!

Better go - Bella's calling me. Talk to you all later!

Hi girls (and HI BROOKE! good to see you back here.)

Stinky nastiness? Not at all! Although the poo looks odd and is more solid, at least I know he has pooed now. Smells like peaches! (Or apricots, or whatever else he has eaten the day before.) One bonus of him only liking nice-smelling food I guess, although we finally managed to get some carrot down him last night.

I have to go back to work next year too. Not looking forward to it. But, as you say Lesty, someone has to set an example (though I wish that could be DH!). And it will hopefully only be part-time until next September, when I start teacher training. Yay to you, Michelle, I'm so pleased you don't have to go back.

DS has cradle cap, his hair covers most of it. The only time it bothers me is when people tell me to stick oil on him to get rid of it. It has almost gone with just rubbing his head after I wash his hair, it's taking longer now I've stopped washing his hair every night.

I tried to drop DS's formula last night and he didn't do more than 2 hours at a time (started because he was screaming hungry all night and solids didn't really stop that), so going to give him a full bottle tonight and see how long that gets him sleeping. A dreamfeed bottle without getting him out his crib... and hope that if 4oz gets him doing 5 hours a full 7oz means we're ready to wake up at a reasonable hour. While this didn't work before I'm glad I can get him sleeping now, we can slowly wean him off this later when he's used to sleeping through. Then I don't have to sleep with DS kicking me all night and DH can come back to bed and cuddle me! Woo-hoo!

Best be off, DS is getting vocal again.

Hi girls

I see you are all run off your feet busy like me,,, never enough hours in the day I tell you. No sooner do I get kids to school, give bubba another feed, fit in a few chores, lunch and more feeds etc,, it is time to pick up the kids, get things ready for tea,, then before i can blink,, it is bedtime again........ I am sure it is a conspirasy to make all mother tired!!.

I really feel for you Ryn,,, nothing worse than that terrible tiredness that is so bad, you honestly dont think you cant stay awake another second longer,, but you have to, to take care of a family :( I certainly hope Leib settles for you hun and starts sleeping through SOON

Michelle - Yay for your resignation hun!!, sounds like things are going great guns :)

Hey Brooke - long time no see lol,, and isnt that jsut the sweetest picture of little Chloe!!, she is adorable.

Lesty - My DH has never changed nappies,, or bathed our babies,, or anything else for that matter,,,,, as far as he is conserned,, it is womens business,, and he is too afraid of hurting them lol,,,, and gaggs at the smell of a ripe nappy lol.
He does however like to play with them and just snuggle up on the lounge cuddled up to them, so I dont mind,, they love their daddy to bits :)

Well, on our front,,, I got Griffen weighed on Monday,, and my little champ put on weight!!!!!! a whole 280grams in 2 weeks!!!! I am so proud of him.
He has finally about 2 weeks ago started to finally flip from his front to back, so we are stoked he finally decided to do it.
He has also been waking at night again the last few nights for a midnight feeding,,, but I honestly dont mind as I am still awake then, and he has cold lips and hands,, so a nice cuddle and warm booby is what he needs,,,, but as it is so cold I have had to put him in bed with me the last 2 nights as he just cant get warm. Tonight I am geting out the hot water bottle and wrapping it up in a baby blanket, and putting it inthe cot to one side to help him,,, I did it a few weeks back when we had a REAL cold snap, and it worked brilliantly,, he kinda curled around it lol
Well,, the little man as fallen asleep in my arms,, so I will be off and get him into his cot

Lil

Hi Girls,

Hope you are all doing well. Erin had been waking up for a feed around 3.30am most nights but last night she slept from 8pm - 6am then went back after a quick feed to 8.30am was very nice. The good thing now is that I can put her to bed now when she is getting sleepy and she is putting herself to bed without having to rock her.

Back to work I have been thinking about lately. We will be moving back to Perth at the end of the year so will have to work out what I will do then.My maternity leave is up in Feb but the company has been taken over by another person so not sure if I will want to go back there or not, at this stage the thought of going back does not appeal to me at all, but will see.If I go back I only want to do 2 days. I am also thinking when we may have number 2, so many thinngs to think about.

Sorry girls will try and get on and do personals in the next few days,Erin is getting grizzly on my lap

Take care Kristy xx

Hey Hey
I dont know how I do it but I suck lately at keeping up with anything... Jemima has been so weird and now i know why......... yesterday was Benji's birthday and Jemima gave him a special pressie she has obviously been working on all week A TOOTH..... yep yep she has a tooth, now I know why she has been such a weirdo... sometimes my smylie little girl and then suddenly SCREAMING tired and in pain.... I was so so hoping it was teeth otherwise the poor love was going to be at the doctors again and I would make them do every test there was to figure out what is wrong with her..... as the book i have says you cant blame teething and you have to figure out what is wrong when your baby is acting like a weirdo..... (ok they say it a little different to that)

Hey Brooke!!!!!!!!! Chloe is gorgeous!!!!!!! i am so dreading the changing poo or even the daily poo!! i still dont have to deal with poo everyday it is usually at least 4 days between poos but if i have LOTS of chilli the following day can be a surprise poo day.....

Cradlecap..... Ryn the oil works wonders........ I just use cooking oil i think it is olive oil we have.... straight out of the bottle I use for my cooking.... and sometimes on our way to the bath not even leaving it on for ages and then Jemima's head looks heaps better.... our babies with hair though dont have to worry so much as it cant be seen that much...

Jemima is heaps better after her bronchitiesy thing last week it cleared up heaps by tuesdayish and then tuesday, wednesday, thursday i had weirdo child and then friday (yesterday) she showed us her tooth and now she is basically back to 'normal' but everyone is now telling me the teeth usually come in twos so the one beside the one she has is probably going to start bothering her............ fabulous!

hello everyone else, am heaps tired so better go to bed as jemima is sometimes still waking us for a feed,perhaps she needs to have more than just teething rusks and a bit of breakfast..... new kitchen is asap..... getting last quotes monday and tuesday and then wednesday we will start the ball rolling should be installed in a month or so..... gosh i hope so...

Hi Girls,

Not much new here. I'm back at work now and HATE the place. Don't understand how a place can change so much in 5 months. I hate the way they are now treating clients. Disgusting! Abbey LOVES child care. She is doing well. She is on solids now and LOVES apple and custard (just like her Mummy!). DH is in the USA at the moment for work - can't wait until he gets back! Other than that - nothing new. Same old stuff - just a different day.

Good to hear everyone's bubba's are doing pretty well.

Love MG

hey girls!:dance:

just a quick post - been reading your posts from time to time, but too busy/tired to write and do personals.

desperately checking tonight to see how all your bubs are going with teeth - my bub hasn't been sleeping for about 8 weeks now, and all i can think is its teeth? (hubby has been saying its teeth for about 5months now, so i'm like kel, and just agree to keep the peace. whenever bub cries, hubby says either feed him, or give him teething gel or panadol. often i think bub is just over-tired) sounds like most of you are the same though. hopefully not too much longer. then i can get back into some sort of routine.

still working from home, which is great, but keeps me busy. started a baby class/mum's group - 6 week course, and am really enjoying it.

hope you are all well

Hi girls. This is yet another quickie because Bella's stirring and Bri's getting ready for school. My beautiful bub has slept through the last two nights, which is a relief! I am being positive and thinking last week was just a "phase". No teeth to speak of yet, but she's definitely got something going on in there!

I used baby oil on Isabella and it lifted the cradle cap right up. It's disgusting when it lifts up but at least it's almost gone.

We bought Bella a new high chair and a swing. She LOVES the swing and nearly fell asleep in it - I told DH to get her out of it because I wasn't fussed on her falling asleep in the sun, even if she did have a hat on!

Work took my resignation really well. Apparently I am the talk of the office! Everyone's really shocked that I've resigned, even though I was telling everyone I didn't want to come back! They're organising a farewell morning tea and after work drinkies for me in a couple of weeks, so that should be nice. I LOVE working for myself - it's so much more rewarding to know that my efforts pay off for ME and my family and not some dude in a big office somewhere!

Bella's up, so better go. Have a great week everyone!

Anne, Liebling started teething at 8 weeks too and I still think 3 hours sleep at a stretch is good! Well, no I don't, seven hours is good, but for the last... month? seems like anyway, for about 3 weeks or so Lieby has been deciding not to sleep. It HAS to be teeth, they just have to appear and then he will let me sleep! I can't bear the thought it's something else. DH didn't sleep until he was 9m old, it took FiL getting out of bed and getting him back to sleep before he did sleep through. I told this to DH, he was agast at 9m, but even more so at the thought that he may have to get out of bed, so he's said it will be sorted out by 2 years, just let him ride it out until then. I hate my DH sometimes!

Lieby has changed his day sleeps now - he only has 2! How can this be good for a baby who doesn't sleep at night? But he's up for about 3 hours then sleeps, he has 3 lots of three hours during the day. He had a crap afternoon sleep yesterday because I kept telling PiL he was tired but they kept trying to stimulate him - I know they like him awake, but he was crying because he was tired, he didn't want noisy toys or MiL to rock his chair! I try not to get annoyed because we only see them once or twice a month for a few hours, but it's hard sometimes. Maybe good day sleeps and hungry baby formula tonight will mean I get some sleep... wish me luck!

He's just weed everywhere, best go clear it up. See you all later!

Jemima had the signs of teething like all the other bubs months ago but I tell you it changes big time just before the tooth comes through.... the dribble which i thought was excessive turns into a RIVER and the gnawing on things gets ridiculous and her gums went really hard and whiteish i guess......... and she started to wake up for a big feed once a night..... now i guess the tooth beside it is going to start bothering her the same?? She got rosy cheeks too the day before it broke through. (which was cutely enough on benji's birthday)

Some days Jemima sleeps all day and sometimes she doesnt sleep at all.... it IS weird you gotta wonder how much sleep the actually need....

How often and HOW MUCH is everyone feeding their bubs?

Kel, we've had rivers of drool, rdd cheeks, bitten until we bleed and white gums where you can SEE the teeth for over a week - your Jem is an angel, whereas my angel fell before I got him LOL.