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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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!
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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!
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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?
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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.
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she was a SCREAMING angel the last week though, every time she wanted to go to sleep she would SCREAM to tell me and it was constant napping all day, i thought it was the bronchitisy cold thing she had but now i am thinking it was to do with the tooth FINALLY cutting through, i remember you saying how he bites you.........
i am exhausted from the last week and now hoping the other teeth wait a while to give me a chance to recover.... dont like my chances though........... she even did the ear thing pulling at her ears........ which the book says that is just them discovering their ears....... but ear pulling then teeth .... hmmmmmm
when pubert wakes in the night does he cry lots? or does he just not sleep? just wondering... (i have no solution but there is a girl at my mothers group who has same prob with her bub he has not EVER slept through ALWAYS wakes at 12 and at 4) (the one born same day as jemima) he just doesnt sleep he wants to play sometimes..... last week she didnt come to mothers group coz she only had 4 hours sleep the whole night and said he was teething.... wonder if he got teeth, will see tomorrow) but he was in her room as well.... have you tried pubert in his own room yet?
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I have tried DS in my room while I sleep in the sitting room, he still wakes. I usually sleep through the snuffling and self-settling, wake up when he's screaming, wait 2 seconds jic, then pick him up (he has been known to wake up, do a scream, then back to sleep). He wakes because of hunger, which is why I was hoping formula at night would help more. He only took 5oz of formula, but then some breast, so I do wonder how hungry he really is... I'm trying to extend his feeds now. This was after just 2hours asleep - pre-sleep he'd had banana, bottle and breast.
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Hi everyone,
Firstly, Kel: With Quinn's second tooth, it came 3 days after the first one and there were the same symptoms but to a lesser degree. He hasn't got anymore teeth yet and is still a 2 toothed man.
I honestly feel like I have come out of a fog! i didn't realise I was in one until I came out of it.
Quinn has always slept through the night so I thought everything was dandy, BUT he didn't sleep much during the day and was hard to get to sleep (we used to bounce him on a fit ball until he fell asleep - sometimes this would take 4-5 times before we could put him down). Now he is in a routine, he has 4 breast feeds and 3 solid feeds a day, 2 big sleeps (an hour 20 each) and 1 nap (45 mins) a day and the change in him is remarkable he is much happier all the time and I get more time to get things done and to rest which makes me a happier mummy.
Hopefully teething issues will stop for everyone and the teeth wll silently slide through, poor things - it's so sad when they are in so much pain with teething.
Gotta go - he's woken up right on schedule! :D
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Hi Girls,
Kirsten - Wow Quinn has 2 teeth, very cool! He sounds like he has a really good routine happeining now.
Ryn - Hope bub starts to settle for you real soon, Erin has been grizzly the last few nights and it really wears you out doesn't it?
Smylie - That is exactley what Erin has been like the last week just screaming and napping heaps during the day. Her nose has been runny and sounds a bit congested so thought that might be it. Erin normally has 6-7 feeds normally but she sometimes will only feed for 5 mins at a time. She isn't 5 months yet so haven;t put her on solids yet.
Impatient - Yay on the resignation, excellent working for youseld is going so well. What do you do?Enjoy your party!
Anne - Hi Anne, what sort of work do you do from home? Hope your Mum's group goes well.
Mg - Hi Sweet, have been thinking about you going back to work. Doesn;t sound like much fun. My work has been bought out and differnt people promoted since I have gone, so am really not keen on going back but will have to work out what I'm doing when it gets a bit closer.Glad Abbey is going well in childcare.
My Erin has been really grizzly the last few days. One day she will sleep the whole night then others wakes up a couple of times. Tending to want a big feed around 3ish in the morning lately. Just have to ride it out I guess.
Hope all is well with you and your bubs.
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jemima got her other tooth yesterday..... and was an angel all day when i went to town on trains in shops and everthing... so maybe i'm thinking last weeks dramas were not teething but something else??? coz the seconed tooh honestly is not bothering her at all hmmm
got her this funky toy today it is a little flip mobile phone which says hello and goodbye in both engliish and SPANISH which is cool coz my brother is a spanish teacher travelling south america at the moment so OLEH!!! (it took me a lot of phonecalls and lots of driving around to find one that worked.... i found heaps that were all used by people testing them.... grrrr)
kirsty i hope erin settles down soon
kirsten..... isnt funny how we are so so sure we dont want certain things for our baby (like routine) good on you for doing what best for you and baby and not being stubborn! (i am sometimes good like that but sometimes hmmmm not)
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Hey Kel. From memory, I think it was only Bri's first tooth that caused me any drama. After that, it was easy. My friend's bub is going through an unsettled phase now too - she woke at 2.30 last night and stayed awake until 6.30! Naughty baby!
I think they're coming up to another wonder week too, so that might also explain things... might go and dig that out soon..!
My little angel is still back to sleeping through, so I'm happy.
I've upped the solids a bit too. She has bottle then rice cereal for breakky, bottles for every other feed through the day (one or two, depending on her appetite), then bottle then mashed pumpkin/potato mixed with rice cereal for dinner and then a yummy ricey vanilla custard thing for dessert (it looks like rice cereal but a different colour and I mix it with forumula). Yum! She was quite happy with that!
We're STILL waiting for Isabella to roll. She's got onto her side from her back, but so far has not gone all the way over. She really doesn't like tummy time, so I'm not pushing it as much as I probably should be. I'm sure she'll get there eventually. At least she can sit up by herself for short periods of time...!
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Hi girlies and Ola Jemima!
DS is now sitting unsupported properly, so proud! He can also lift our Dyson vacuum cleaner, so scared! He is one strong man.
Michelle, DS rarely rolls onto his tummy and when he does he screams because he doesn't want to be on his tummy! He keeps forgetting, still, that he can roll back onto his back.
Kirsten, how are the naps going?
Just a quick one from me, need to take DS to the osteopath but he's having a nap. Daft lad wanted to start the day at about 6.40 today. He is now doing 3-hour stretches at night so I'm a lot more relaxed and rested now. Just trying to get them longer now. Also going to start 3 solids a day tomorrow! Lucky DS. *Sigh* he's just woken up with a possett so I gtg - "see" you all soon!
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oleh! heheehe that toy is cool!
hey hey
jemima is going ok considering the second tooth is definately bothering her a little bit but she was OK at baby yoga today!!!! a different time and day and still she not that keen! i'm not giving up i want to do yoga..... ok i may give in and just buy a freakin dvd!
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princess LOVES swimming lessons! first one on saturday and she was a star and the water was so warm that i loved it too! hehehe
HOW much food are you guys feeding your bubs?? my friend feeds her baby til he wont eat anymore but i have just been giving jemima a couple of teaspoons of baby cereal or baby vanilla stuff
and now she is "calling" me think it is time for her to watch me cook dinner
happy tuesday everyone
michelle - jemima isnt rolling yet either, her cousin is rolling from stomach to back, she hates tummy time too so EVERY time her mum puts her on belly she rolls over but almost SMASHES her head against the floor, doesnt bother her though... jemima is KINDA going onto her side but she is WAY more interested in eating her feet, even sometimes stops feeding to suck her toes weird child...... so she will probably cheat and roll over from back to belly by putting feet in air and tilting.....
ok now she is "CALLING" so i better go
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I give DS as much as he wants - some days he'll wolf down all his breakfast, eat half a pear for lunch, snack on half a rusk then yum down two apricots and a yoghurt for dinner - this is with feeding from me every 2-3 hours - then take 8oz of formula at bedtime. Other days he has had enough by just 1-2 mouthfuls of only one meal. I figure he knows his own tum best. If we take the food away too soon boy do we hear about it! DS wasn't too happy finishing his banana porridge this morning, but I wasn't going to spend another 10 mins expressing for just 2 mouthfuls more. I usually have to hand-express before bedtime just so I can sleep and that milk makes his breakfast.
He is now doing three 4-hour stretches between feeds at night, I am feeling great! However, I have some mummy questions now.
How many still haven't got their period back?
Are you still enjoying nice hair and nails from pregnancy (mine went off for a bit, but are back!)?
Am I the only one who doesn't have solid poos? I swear DS's poo is more solid than mine!
Are people generally more tired than they were pre-pregnancy? I've started needing evening naps again.
And here is a baby question, probably far too far in advance but I need to start fighting my mum about this very soon: what to feed bub for Christmas meals? DS is NOT going to have the same as I had for Christmas considering I drunk so much my mum says I had a severe hangover my first Christmas.
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Hey Ryn
AF has not visited, I love it EXCEPT does not help when you actually WANT to get pregnant!
Yes definately hair and nails but I always have had good nails always strong and in good nick, i have no idea why (people always ask me what i eat) but hair not fallen out as i know some friends have (the excess hair that didnt fall out when pregnant all of a sudden started to fall out - making their hair 'normal' again)
I blame my bowel movements being funky on the weird stuff I eat, so cant answer that one, bit of both, I even went to the doctor about mine as I had really bad cramps to go with it...
And tiredness.... I was blaming it on being 'switched on' all day with baby, even though yes she is an angel, i still feel i am always "on" so I thought that would be why i felt tired.... prepregnancy i was never tired and a nightowl which is why i thought i was pregnant so early couldnt stay awake.
Christmas dinner for Jemima will be whatever she is up to eating at the time... she will be 10months old so I imagine full on on solids and I wont mind if she tries a bit of everything.... no drinking though!!??? whats with that??? did your family eggnog you or something???
awesome that pubert is giving you a little bit of sleep!!!
so do you real food feed him before or after a booby feed?
