Kel its a HugABub. Long piece of fabric tied in a complicated (but easy to get the hang of) way to carry a baby. hug-a-bub baby carrier and baby sling australia if you'd like more info. They're brilliant. Used are around 50-100 bucks on ebay, and new are over 120 bucks.
I have a Kari-Me, which is almost identical to the HaB and I love it! It's so versitile, I love carrying Liebs on my hip when we go out and he loves it too - cuddle Mummy AND see what's going on all around! I'm not sure about the HaB, but if you google Kari-Me (there's just a dot com after it otherwise) then you can see the instruction book in .pdf format. DH loves carrying Liebs too.
Cheese, well, so far Liebs has only had a tiny bit of grated cheese on his risotto, which was a spoon-fed meal. I'm introducing dairy very, very slowly. I'm thinking a chunk of hard cheese would be a good way to go though.
Waking at night... I'm actually thinking because he's outgrown the sleeping bags and the new ones will hopefully come today, that's messing him up. He can't stretch out in a small one and when he kicks up all the covers go with him! So he's waking because of that. It was every 1-2 hours or so last night again, but he was in just covers and he's never been happy with that. But he's not hungry so he won't feed back to sleep. Still, at least DH was fishing last night so we could sleep in the big bed, a bit more comfortable for co-sleeping! He CAN self-settle to his classical music; I have some stuff especially to soothe and calm babies and make them sleep. I bought it over 2 years ago!
Hi there,
I'm Naomi, mum of Maddison born 27.02.07. Just looking to make contact with mums with babies of same age range to chat with and get advice, love to hear from you all.
Hi Naomi, welcome to BB and to our baby buddy group. You mean to say you aren't already swamped with unwanted, unsolicited advice from strangers on the street/in shops?
Hi Naomi
A huge welcome to the group!!! I look forward to getting to know you and Maddison better.
Kell - I just thought you'd like to know... I ordered Harrison the coolest TShirt today... it says "Harrison is a punk" !! Brilliant!!! Its on ebay... just do a search for Punk in Baby and Maternity... it is a personalised TShirt.
jemima just got "mum rocks" heheheheh i had some friends with me and they saw her choose it!
going to check out personalised shirts now..... keep talking about making my own tshirt transfers, i have the supplies and the ideas....... (going to make her a shirt that says NO DEAL) (deal or no deal was one of our fave feeding shows) (and she used to do the no deal action on the change table)
hi naomi - is maddison a 'good' baby? hehehe like they are old enough to be 'bad'... but you know what i mean???
today benji and i talked to minister about baptism, it was good and it is happening!!! at the prettiest church in december when my brother gets back from all the exotic places he is going (last week he was in amazon jungle, this week in the dessert in peru)
jemima off the boob again today!!??? my boobs are killing me, i expressed one feed but i think all day she has only had 2 bfeeds and 3 meals (and they were daddy meals where she doesnt get near as much in her) mummy had a great time at the day spa except that boobs hurt when lieing on belly for bodyscrub and massage, but sorted that with a rolled up towel for support.......
maybe the no milk thing has to do with when benji is home?? she went off last weekend too...... but then on and off all week.......
has anyone else got HEAPS bigger boobs after baby, I mean stupid bigger? and those of you that are not breastfeeding anymore do they go down heaps after you stop?
Kel - Mine have only just started to go down now... I've always had bigger boobs though (14DD)... but Harrison likes to smooch up to my boobs and keep my milk supply just there by having a few sucks every now and then... He completely stopped about a fortnight ago... now my boobs feel... its hard to explain, softer I guess... kinda like squishy too... after having engorged boobs and having to express for relief, and also having a sucking baby, to him self weaning, there was still a good supply of milk, now nothing... so thats why they feel very different now... I guess this is how they felt pre Harrison, I just don't remember... thankfully they're not saggy!!! lol
Kel, I was a 10B just before getting pregnant but before that I was 12C. Now I'm 14B. Nice to have cleavage. Except the big bum and thighs I could do without.
And welcome to Naomi. Feel free to brag and vent frustration.
Well first a bit about us. Maddi was born 27.02.07 and is our first baby. My husband Lee & I were married in 04/06 in his home country Samoa and have now moved back to Australia.
Maddi is growing bigger every day and is the spitting image of her dad, (only cuter!!). She has 6 teeth, is crawling and standing (but not walking) and loves to laugh and squeal.... She has never slept through and still only manages 3 -4 hours sleep at best. At the moment this is ok but we are open to ideas to extend this out. She is also still BF fully and does not take a bottle so I am on full time feed duty. We are trying to introduce a cup in the hope she will feed that way but at the moment is just keen on chewing the spout and letting the liquid drip down her chin!!
She has managed quiet a few foods and we are just starting finger foods which she loves to munch on. Other than that she has fruits and vegies for breaky and dinner and we have also started including small amounts of meat.... only in the last few days....
I think that is about all... would love any advice ideas on feeding and sleeping... although LOL everyone I speak to has their own ideas on what I am doing wrong!! (including the old woman next door who never had children!!)
Thanks so much for the kind welcome am looking forward to chatting over coming months.
I got El a soft spout sippy cup and have yet to try it with her. As she loves being on her tummy so much.
Yesterday I put up the portacot and she fell asleep in it. Twice. On her tummy but as her face was on her hands and her dummy I turned her over and luckily she fell back to sleep. Next nap she wason her back, tried to roll over onto her tummy but was against the wall and ended up sleeping there. On her side. Next nap she was on her tummy, face on hands. But breathing well, I left her there.
We've been co-sleeping last few nights and she's been sleeping well. One night soon, we'll have her sleep in the portacot all night to see how she goes before we go on holiday.
Yes, we're going to Melbourne next week, to see family. We'll be there just about three weeks. Going down on the train, so Sydney to Melbourne is about 10 hours. Hopefully all the stuff isn't too hard to manage. Portacot, stroller, nappy bag, clothes bag for all 3 of us, portable highchair and inflatable bath. I'll probably carry her in the hugabub to and from the train and load the stroller up with things.
She's still off her solids a bit, but I', still trying the offering. She doesn't like plain potato so I added a little cheese. She didn't like that either. Oh well. Loves the fruit gels and banana and pears. I feed her while she plays on her tummy sometimes. Plays, opens mouth, plays... I find she'll eat faster this way.
And good luck to you Naomi on finding a bottle for Maddi so you aren't a permanent feeder and hopefully her sleeping settles soon.
Hi everyone! Boy this thread gets away with you if you don't check in often! Welcome Naomi!
This is a "quickie" while Bella's asleep (yeah right I hear you all say!).
I took Bella to see the nurse at the chemist the other day to get her weighed - she's 7.68kg. I also got her to check her head size - 43.6cm so her head has SHRUNK! Or the doctor didn't do it right, and I'm inclined to go with that! So that means she's around the 50th percentile for everything, so I'm perfectly happy with that.
I told her that she was waking through the night after months of sleeping through. She asked me if I was happy with that and I said I'd much rather she was sleeping through...!
So this is what she told me: She said to stretch her feeds out to approx 4 hourly (of course this isn't a strict thing - if she's starving, you're hardly going to let her scream are you?). When she wakes at night, only offer water because that will 'teach' her that night time feeds = boring stuff and she won't be so reliant on that. She's also more likely to drink more through the day. She also said to cut back on the solids if she's not having enough FF, and to even stop solids for 24 hours, then gradually build them back up again. She said at this age, she won't suffer if she's had one less day of real food. She also said to start this on a weekend so nobody has to go to work tired.
So here's how we went. This was all on Tuesday and Bella had already had 2 feeds. I kept the rest of the feeds for the day at around 4 hourly and she went to bed at 9.30pm. At around 11.30 she stirred and I popped the dummy back in, then slept until 6.30. Yay!
Yesterday I fed her at 6.30am, 10.00am, 1.30pm, 5.00pm and 7.30pm. She then slept through until 6.45 this morning, so not a bad effort at all!
She's still not having much in the way of solids, but as the nurse said, at this age FF is still her main food source so not to worry too much about that.
Also, Bella who is WAY away from even attempting to stand up, walk or even crawl, has now discovered the joy of rolling from back to tummy, bringing legs in underneath, then flipping back onto her back. She's very pleased with herself!
Kel and Jemima have been over for a visit today, so I'll update the website soon - they had a lovely time together and Jemima showed Bella how she walks, while Bella showed Jemima what she could do! They are very cute together! And Kel, I forgot to give you the youghurt! (Bella doesn't like it).
Anyway, I'd better go and update the website so have a great day everyone!
I forgot how to put it in my signature (I was playing with it and accidentally deleted it) so here's the link: Baby Isabella
Bella is a superstar!!! That baby is so cool, I'm sure that is what Jemima is singing about in her cot at the moment...... Michelle you GOTTA get a video of her rolling around like that, I wish Jemima was moving like that so I could get used to her head being near the ground and moving if you know what I mean..... Jemima's walking is cool but not very practical......
I thought of the yogurt when I was too far away to bother going back, get a "Munchkin the munchin dragon dude" spoon and Bella will lap it up!!!!!!
I am going to the clinic next week I've decided, that will be Jemima's 7 months so it will be a month of solids so I will make sure she is putting weight on and stuff..... it is almost like she is weaning herself as I worked out she hadnt had a feed today since we woke up and then at 2pm...... so she had BF 7am followed by solids (brekky) 8ish followed by solids (lunch) at about 11.45am ish then BF 2pm, and after we go to the vet at 4pm I plan to give her solids (dinner) then maybe a second dinner at about 6.30pm if she is hungry or whatever or give her a BF and get her to bed................ so as you can see we are all over the place......................
i'm going to go check out bella's new videos, i gotta work out how to get our video camera videos on the puter, as we have some cool in the bath stuff......
Catherine - that is a gorgeous new photo on your ticker, GOOD luck with trip to melbourne next week that sounds like a mission!!!!! how is the reflux going?? has solids helped??
Elouise's cold is not good. Its getting better but I have to wipe her nose and everytime I go near her with the cloth, she starts screaming. But it has to be done. And now everytime I pick her up she starts crying. I've just put warmer clothes on her. Perhaps she was cold.
The sippy cup was great! She chewed on it mainly and water was coming out and she sucked on it a bit and chewed some more. Coughed a little on too much water.
Good effort Michelle on getting Bella into a feeding routine. It took me a few days to transition from 2 hourly 150ml feeds to five feeds a day. She feeds, 200ml at 7ish, 200 at 10.30, 200 at 2pm, 150 at 5pm and 100 at 7pm-ish. With solids in between feeds, although she won't eat much.
ETA: She's not really eating solids but the reflux is almost gone! We changed her to HAAR formula from just AR and its working wonders. When she spits up, its only a little bit and mostly clear. Atm she's cranky with a cold but is feeding really well.
Oh Catherine, that's great news about Elouise!! We're only getting little bits of vomit, and not very often these days, although she had a nice "chunky" one this arvo! (Kel will vouch for that!). I hope her cold goes away soon.
Bella's not eating much at the moment either, but at this age I'm not all that worried.
Kel, I will definitely have to get the "Munchkin the munchin dragon dude" spoon - it's very cute! Where did you get it again??
Bella's here on the floor with a formula tin. I don't think she'll be kept amused for too long, so better go!
I have great news! Looks like El is loving food again. It seems she was bored by my homemade broccoli, carrot and pumpkin mix and loved the store bought organic pumpkin, carrot and potato. Her servings are about a tablespoon, and so the container had four servings. She wolfed the first one down so I had to get another and she wolfed that! And she loves the sippy cup! She's been able to drink properly out of it. This is so fantastic!
"Munchkin the munchin dragon dude" spoon i got it as a pair at coles garden city, i am sure i have seen them before though elsewhere.......
just walked felicity my dog to the vet with jemima in the jogger and a cute hat so will have to stick that on the website.... i got the hat when she was newborn and thought - what am i going to do with that -
catherine - i am so glad elouise is getting into food, it is so so so frustrating when you go to all the trouble of making food and then sitting there trying to dish it up when they wont have any of it! luckily jemima likes farex and apples so they are always awesome backup when she appears not to be hungry...
Jemima has just had a bf, i dont know what is going on........ so today:
bf when we woke up dont know the time i'd say 6am when hubby left
bf snack coz i was being lazy and didnt want to get out of bed about 7.30
FOOD at 7.45 coz the bf snack really wasnt what she wanted
FOOD at 11.45 at michelle's house
bf at 2pmish when i was watching all saints repeats
FOOD at 3pm (including some EBM in her sipper cup coz it was in the fridge and i wanted to get rid of it)
bf 4.45pm and now she is sleeping......
ps - notice new signature............ no more TTC#2.............. Benji is but I am not............ I want to lose weight and have heaps more fun with just Jemima...
I told Benji if we get pregnant before I want to then he has take one year paternity leave and I would go to work for the year and then we would see where we are at!
So not entirely foolproof method but we are just going with Breastfeeding and willpower as contraception.....
Lol Kell... don't you know that when you don't want to fall pregnant is usually when you will!!!
Hi everyone
A real quick one tonight... I am tired.
Harrison is a munching machine... he eats everything he can now. He had 2 weetbix for breakfast, fruit salad for lunch... he loved the watermelon... and for dinner he had mashed pumpkin, potato, carrots, zucchini and corned beef. We got him a sippy cup and he loves it too... finds it a little difficult the first few sucks... but is kinda getting the hang of it now... he had some diluted apple juice in it the other day and drank the whole thing.
He has a cold atm and isn't himself... he wants to be cuddled all the time which is fine by me!!! He finally worked out how to get his walker to move forward, so we're all getting banged in the back of the ankles by him now!!! lol
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