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Wow taking steps and standing by herself! W2G Claudia!!!! El is way off that. Everytime I get her to stand up on her own, she just sits. And that's the only way she sits on her bum! She usually sits on her knees, to quickly crawl again.
Yes Liebs is making us all feel stupid, Ellie really only says dadda and mumma and nananana.
No more teeth on their way. No bumps, no ridges.
Will hopefully come back and post later, but just wanted to say Cate, I love that pic of El, shes gorgeous!
tooth number 8 is so close i can basically touch it.... and jemima is over it too!
jayne - you once said that your girls had a late bedtime, do they have a late nap in the afternoon too?
Sally - if Brendan is anything like Monkey, he'll soon be standing and cruising - she has just done it all in a couple of weeks - crazy!
But we are also no where near the very clever Claudia and Liebling with standing and stepping on own. Though funny story the other day - Monkey was standing at her little FP table (an old one and fairly lightweight) and started to push it and step forward along our rug; it seemed to have just enough friction for her not to fall!!! It was like she was telling me look Mummy, why didn't you get out the pushalong walker earlier!!! Needless to say the FP ride and stride is out! If you are looking for a pushalong toy, I think these are great, as they become a bike too.
All this talk about teeth - Lisa where are you? - Harrison and Monkey I think were the only 2 in the gummy-bear club.... I think Kel, you might have once joked about them getting teeth 2 at a time to catch up - I have heard this is pretty much what happens..... apparently if you get them late they all come together.... not sure if this is a good thing or if we may need to warn the neighbours!!!
Kinda funny how a few of the bubs have weaned their lunch feed at the same time.... I know Monkey was mainly because I needed her too, but if I had have been really taking notice, we probably could have stopped it anyway - you are such a good mum, Kel - you always seem so tuned to Jemima - I wish I could read Monkey the same way.....
I am enjoying being back in my t-shirts in the day; now just need to get into some new sexy bras..... aahhhhh one day..... (Actually, I am such a BF tragic, that I just know that even the reward of sexy bras won't stop me being sad when we finally stop....)
Cate - am glad it wasn't the chicken pox.
Jayne - bummer about Alan leaving early - I shuddered at the mention of weeding.... I HATE gardening! The irony of this is that we have a rather large yard that is quite high maintenance - YUCK!!!
I think that's all for tonight.
Oh Kym, I'm starting with the sexy bras soon. Just 2 feeds a day and one is done in my nightdress (OK, negligee, I can just push it aside for DS in the morning), so I may as well not wear feeding bras.
Kel, hope tooth 8 appears soon!
Cate, I'm glad El is better
Jayne, thanks for the offer but I can't deprive you of Alan even more! Claudia is so clever walking - DS is very hit-and-miss with it, he seems to want to walk when he sees older toddlers so I can't wait for playgroup to start again.
As for me, well, new mattress for DS and he did over 5 hours last night; that's sleeping through (technically)! So proud. He's also going to sleep in his own bed - he's still going to sleep around 8pm, but at some point he'll go earlier. We start him in his bed at 7.30 - so my arms are shot to buggery from all the patting. Before I patted him to sleep, when he was in my arms, it was 7.45ish. He's just woken up, cried for 5 seconds, and by the time I opened his bedroom door he was asleep again. That's good (8.30 now)!
DH and I have a new mattress too, but it's coming in 2 weeks' time. That's great - my mattress is 7 years old, the springs have gone and DS did cover it in spew in the early days. New mattress is very good news!
No new words lately, but he is saying Mumma a bit more which is nice. The next thing to teach him is to accept someone else there when he wakes up - he hates going to sleep and he hates waking up, DH had him for 30 minutes today just after he woke up and he did not calm down at all. But DH refuses to sing to DS. Having said that, Friday DH had DS for almost 2 hours and could have done longer so that was really great news. (For the girls who recently-ish joined, in the early days, well the first 7-8m really, DH did nothing with DS unless I forced it so DS never really accepted him too well when the seperation anxiety started.)
OK, I need to heat up a wheat bag for my poor back and I also need to shut up, I talk too much! Love to you all.
need help
jemima wont go to sleep without pulling my hair........ i mean she will but it is an awful fight.
benji was up last night with her as she pulled a random midnight feed and then was pulling the fine bits of my hair that hurts heaps more than usual and i just COULDNT do it so benji took her and she cried and carried on and then eventually settled and went to sleep
but this is not cool
it is just her comfort thing she pulls at my hair with the hand that is about to go in her mouth so she thinks it is full of hair then sucks her 3rd and 4th finger til she goes to sleep the other hand sometimes continues to pull my hair which is what hurts........
i'm thinking a toy or silky fabric or something???
cant control cry her at the moment coz of teething and even not teething we just cant do it as i personally would hate to cry myself to sleep
ps - thanks heaps kym for saying i'm a good mummy, sometimes i feel like i am but sometimes i feel like i am doing the wrong thing by not forcing her into a routine etc but as i have found out she creates her own and i just go with the flow.... but all my friends are VERY pro routine which makes it hard or makes me feel silly....
Kel, I bet you have more of a routine than you realise. I have a baby-led routine too and it rocks, keeps us both happy! OK, so I did start guiding it at first but it suits both of us and always has. TBH I'd go mad with a "at x o'clock you MUST do this" and the like, but we have a general rhythm to the day and it works for us.
I'd be substituting the hair for a cuddly, be it a toy or a blanket. And keeping my hair pulled back! DS has figured out how to take out most of my hair things so I have to keep my head back from him sometimes. She'll get the hang of the cuddly soon enough, not like my Liebling - Jem is so clever with things like comforters, DS has only just got the point of Herr Hare and he's been sleeping with him since 6w old! He cuddles him to sleep every night (I forced him to for long enough!), he has his last BF with him, he plays with him when he's upset and it calms DS really well, but he has only just realised that Herr Hare can be held at night... I tell you, he's very clever but oh so very stupid too when it comes to calming down and resting. He went to sleep without Herr Hare tonight, hope he'll be OK!
Haha, nearly missed it, but it's time for Kirsten's birthday for real! Happy birthday chikadee, have a great one.
Kel, I'm soooo hearing you....
I think perhaps Monkey and Jemima have some secret communication going via their angels or something.... (don't want to weird people out, but I kinda believe in angels)..... we have the same hair thing often - Monkey pulls the little wispy bits at the nape of my neck even when I pull it back, which is always! OUCH!!!
I can only agree with you and Ryn, try a "blankie" type thing, whatever you choose to make it. My sleep chick did say that blankies can be better than toys depending on the baby, as sometimes the toys are still too stimulating and they think it's play time not sleep time...
My MIL made us some after my sleep consultant suggested it - she cut up an old muslin wrap and doubled it to make it stronger, then edged the squares with satin ribbon. She also cleverly added some little extra strips and tags of ribbon (her 1st grandaughter, Monkey's 3yr old cousin, has a huuuge addiction to satiny stuff and has 3 - yes 3 satin covered pillows that she MUST sleep with every night!). They look gorgeous!
Jury is still out on how well these are working for Monkey, but I do think she is starting to take to them. She has never been one for comforters of any sort except in the human form, so it's taking time....
And I also agree with Ryn, baby led routines do rock! :dance: This sounds like what you do, you just don't think of it as a routine..... And I know what you mean, it's kind of a contradiction to call it a routine sometimes!!! I like to think of it as a "vague pattern"...:D
Hope tonight is better....
Oh, just quickly.... the reason I am "worried" on my mood thingy, is that Monkey starts family day care on Tuesday.......
We are doing a slow introduction etc... but I'm still going to miss her! And of course I am incredibly worried about how on earth the carer is going to get her to sleep!!!
This tues is just a few hrs in between her naps, Wed I'm hoping to leave her there for the afternoon nap, then the following week I'm hoping for 2 full days, but with me still available in case of disasters before I start my job on the 22nd...
:happybirthday: Kirsten!
Kel, yes, try a satin pillowcase, sewn into a smaller square, rather than one of those expensive "binkees" if it doesn't work. Ellie loves to cuddle something, and I put a pillow in beside her and she sleeps over it, I'll post up a photo. Since she's on her back, SIDS is not a problem.
My routine is more of a "its been x number of hours since last ... " So she must go for a nap after being awake for 4 hours, if she's tired earlier, she goes down earlier, but at four hours, she needs it. So if she naps 10.00-11.30am, she must go for a nap no later than 3.30pm. Bottles are 3 times a day, so that's not a problem.
i will try to remember to get something for her to cuddle tonight when/if she wakes for a feed that seems to be the one that frustrated me the most.... last night was not cool, mainly coz it hurt.
my hair is up and she pulls it out, even when we are not feeding or going to sleep and that is so so so annoying words can not explain! (but i am thinking we are all copping it the same)
jemima and i dont really even have a kind of routine as every day is different with regards to places we have to be and when we have to be there, so basically when she is tired she sleeps when she is hungry she eats..... this varies from sleeping 2 hours after getting up or sometimes not until 4 hours after she has woken up depends what is happening.... swimming is the only day i try and FORCE her to have some kind of nap in the morning and as it has been a couple of weeks where there has been no swimming i am not sure how she will go without the breastfeed i used to offer her before it was time to go.... again the only time i would offer boob otherwise i wait forher to ask...
i have one very big booby today, last night she randomly woke at midnight (you know that coz she pulled my hair out and i almost cried) but that is the last boob feed she has had and it is now 5.30pm!!! so tonight i know what booby she getting first as i am definately offering her a before bed booby feed.....
she doesnt talk as much as the other bubs by the sounds of it she definately has mum/mumma/mummy happening and dad and daddy and da da which i think is dog and ba ba which could be in relation to bath and she makes a barking noise and she makes losts of tthththth thth th noises.... i'm loving how she will do as she is told ie "ta mummy" means whatever she has in her hand or more importantly in her mouth she will take great pleasure in bringning to me! wherever she may be which is awesome when she puts random crap in her mouth.....
about to go for a walk with benji the dogs and jem so that will be a nice end to the weekend, this weekend feels like the end of holidays coz tomorrow i will maybe try and go to the gym and tuesday is first mothers group for the year and wednesday first swimming lessons....... at least i have my own car again to get around in i was sick of having random white loan cars to loose in the shopping centre carparks while my baby was getting fixed!
i guess the next step after finding a cuddly/ blanky/toy thing will be to get her to go sleep with it and no me.....
bugger it just starting raining.... maybe no walk...... or we get into rain gear... highly doubt that....
KEL _ Just very quickly as it's 11pm & I should have been in bed HOURS ago. CLaudia has a blankie type thing, it's a pooh bear that is attached to a square of like felt/velvety type of material. YOu can actually push the square into pooh bear's back to make it an actual teddy bear, but Claudia likes it 'unfolded'. OVer here they are @ Kmart & BIG W. There is a tiny tag on it that Claudia flicks at while she is feeding. I got her onto the pooh bear by always tucking it under her arm with EVERY feed & putting it in her hands when she went to sleep. Slowly over time she has got attached to it. I also try & give her pooh bear when she cries. Jessica has a 'piggy' which is Piglet from the Pooh Bear but a much larger stuffed toy & she has been seriously addicted to him since she was 16 weeks old. He goes EVERYWHERE with her, including next door to play with the little girl. She has him tucked under her arm all the time. It's gorgeous. But anyway, the reason I got Claudia stuck on the pooh bear was because she used to pinch my boobs when I was feeding her & it hurt like hell! Also, I wanted her to have a comfort toy like her sister because Claudia doesn't have a dummy & I wanted somethign to be 'looking after' her while she slept. Maybe you should try & see if you can get one of those? I think it was about $12? Somewhere around there? Also, best & Less sell these like animal heads on a blanket that has satin edging. Jessica got one given as a gift when she was born & I always see them around Best & less even now, 3 years on.
I will do personals tomorrow. BUt quickly a gush for me...... Claudia is SUPER clever. Yesterday we were having a big clean up outside & pressure spraying all the paving & Jessica's scooter was up against the wall, & next thing I turn around & Claudy is standing on the scooter, exactly how you would & just standing on it. Not moving, not makign a sound. So I took her for a whirl around on it & she loves it! She even dangles one foot off! BUt now I have a sore back beacuse I am always whizzing her around on it & when I stop she screams & shakes the handle bars! TEMPER! LOL. Also, she says 'Mum-Mum, Dad-Dad, Bubba, Nanna & Ta'. We are teaching her to say Jess but her mouth moves but no sound atm. She also puts her hands on her face to do peek-a-boo & does the big 'aaaaahhhhh' but hasn't got the 'boo' out yet. Very cute! She is standing a lot. Took a couple of steps last night to reach for our friends little boys bike when they were over & she gets the stools from the breakfast bar & pushes them around like a walker & she pushes a little hippo walker around that is meant to gobble up the peekaboo blocks, but doesn't. She is sleeping like a 'super star' as well! So RYN, if you want, I will hire Alan out to you? Being in China next week is half-way to your place anyway! LOL, What's another 12 hours of flying time? LOL.
Love to you all & goodnight!
Love Jayne
hey hey
i didnt have to find a cuddly thing as she slept slept slept!!!!!!! she is just waking now after we put her to bed about 12hours ago!!!! legend child!!!!!! thank goodness as i am so tired for no reason
she didnt pull my hair that bad when we were putting her to bed so i didnt get toy was thinking about it though
but as i said she is just waking so i better go.............. so happy she slept slept slept
from kel
Jayne, I don't think I need Alan.
Saturday morning he slept 1.30-6.30.
Sunday morning he slept 12.30-6.40
Last night he slept 9.30-4.20... nearly seven hours! If he keeps this up then he'll be sleeping through by the end of the week! He was then up at 5, 5.30, 6, 6.15 and 6.30 this morning, but seven hours! I am so chuffed with him. Praise God that he's sleeping at last! Long may it continue. And another huzzah, he goes to sleep in his bed now! Wednesday and Thursday night it took an hour of patting and comforting, Friday and Saturday a half-hour, last night five minutes! He was asleep before I finished his lullaby, even though he started crying when I put him into bed (just crying, not distressed, and he went to grizzling within 10 seconds). He's so wonderful.
We got his new mattress Friday, btw.
I also gave him a haircut this morning, I'm tired of hearing what I pretty girl I have. Blue jeans, blue top reading "little man", blue jacket, blue shoes with a train on them... he ain't a girl! So now his hair isn't over his ears (he twisted as I cut it so one side is 1cm higher than the other... lucky he has lots of hair to hide the mistake!) and the back had a quick helmet-head trim too. I'm glad I did it myself even if it isn't great: ?9 ($22) for four snips of the scissors? OK it isn't perfect but it would have to be if I paid for it and I can't see DS sitting still enough for perfection.
What a clever Claudia for playing with a scooter!
What a clever Jem for sleeping!
OK, I need to write our routine down for MiL so when she looks after DS she knows what to do!
Hi Girls,
We have had a HUGE couple of weeks with friends and reallies coming out of our ears. They have all left now and we are slowly getting back to normal, though Tobi is so out of whack I think he is getting used to only having one sleep a day. Which I am sure you all agree, is not the best of news and he is still too young to only have one sleep. He has coped really well with having people come and go and swapping from porta cot to cot, from room to room. His sleep patterns only got out of wack because he didn't want to miss out on anything and would only go to sleep when he couldn't hold his eyes open any longer. Luckily he still has been sleeping well at night, but getting up too early for the likes of us who are on holidays and are staying up too late.
To those girls that are still getting up with their bubs during the night, my thoughts are with you. Tobi still wakes up on average once a week. But I haven't feed him during the night for nearly four months. So he knows there is no point in waking up as he isn't going to get anything anyway.
We have a routine here. Not too strict. But I do keep an eye on the clock on how long he has been awake for since his last sleep etc. Normally it is about 2.5-3.5hours between naps and Breaky is at about 8.30am, Lunch at 12pm and Dinner at 5.30pm. It works well for us and it helps me be able to plan our days around sleeps, meals etc. I have noticed that if we are out a lot during the day, then it is impossible to keep his normal sleep times.
I too have dropped a feed this week. Tobi still has a big boobie feed first thing in the morning and then again at about 3-4pm. He is eating so well now and drinking heaps of water that he hasn't been that interested in the lunch time or dinner feed anyway, so now he has an afternoon tea feed. I don't think he has even noticed. I tried him on a small amount of milk the other day and he seemed to like it, but only had a couple of mouthfuls. I can't believe that my boy that we had so much trouble with getting to eat a few months back is now eating huge meals. He has a piece of toast with Vegemite and melted cheese and yogurt for breaky. Lunch is a banana and a bit of whatever we are eating. Today it was baked beans. Dinner he has what we eat. Tonight it was buritto mince, cheese, beetroot, tomato, pita bread. And without a doubt if you offer him mango. No matter how full he tells you he is, he will always fit some in, if not the whole mango. He eats a lot of cheese which I am a bit worried about. But at least he is getting his calcium. He doesn't like veggies too much, but eats a lot of fruit.
I have started buying some new clothes with the thought of finishing up feeding soon and can't wait to go and buy some new bras. I threw out all of my non maternity bras so I could start afresh when I get my body back. I am starting to be able to fit back into some of my pre-pregnancy clothes too which is very exciting. I have been very naughty over the last couple of weeks, but have started being good again as of today. But with DH home on holidays is it very hard. Even just drinking water when he is around doesn't seem to happen. I have no idea why!
Tobi has a few toys that he loves. I rotate them so he is attached to a few of them. Boy do they stink after a while too. I try and wash them once a week, but even a weeks worth of spit and drool smells nasty. His favourites are a Elephant, Pig Puppet and a small puppy that fits in my handbag nicely for emergencies. He only sleeps with them though. Doesn't want them when he is cranky.
Christmas was great. Tobi definitely knew that the toys he was given were new and went nuts with excitement. We haven't even opened some of them yet. I am going to sort them out into groups and have a week in week out system, so that he doesn't get bored with any of them. We went into the city to watch the fireworks on NY. Tobi loved them. We got a good spot to relax and snooze, play cards, eat and be merry, so that fit in well with Tobi. The fireworks were a bit of a let down though. We weren't in as good a spot as we thought.
Tobi has another bottom tooth coming through and a top one is not too far off. It doesn't seem to be worrying him too much. Although he has been getting a little harder to put to sleep. I had to cuddle him to sleep last night for the first time in months. He is walking along the furniture really well and pulls himself up with ease now. Sitting back down is a little harder. We don't have much space for him to crawl at our place, so he has really enjoyed going to other people's places where he can go nuts and chase Daddy. He says Dadda, Mum and has said Yeah, OK, Hayley (his aunty) and Hello before but not very often.
My AF hasn't come back yet. I am on the mini-pill though so I don't know whether that is effecting it or not though. I would love to start trying again, but my bro is getting married in Thailand in Oct, so I can't be pregnant for that and as it took as a while with Tobi, we wont start trying until at least July, but I am thinking it will be more like 2009 as DH will probably be OS at the end of this year. Best of luck to all those out there that are trying.
Happy Birthday Kirsten. Hope you had a great day and all your wishes and dreams came true.
Gotta go, my DH wants his computer back. My computer is broken and I have to fight to get time on his. It is his little baby.
Hope you are all well and happy
Take Care
Tash
hey tash
how do you get tobi to eat cheese?
how much toast does he eat and how??? soldiers???
same here i cant believe jemima is eating food after ''problems'' of a couple of months ago so now i dont know what to feed her!!
was a little domestic tonight and cooked up some pumpkin and apple and nectarine to make into mush but not too mushy for the next couple of days........ i know this is probably about 5 months behind her but at least she will probably definately eat it....
tomorrow at mothers group i am hoping for more ideas on food........
and hoping i get another 12hours out of her tonight!! good luck ryn with pubert, have u got a photo of his hair cut??
OMG...I am back on twice in one night!
Tobi has melted Tasty cheese on toast. It stops the Vegemite going everywhere too. He has the liquid cheese with Vegemite on his sandwiches. You know, the stuff that comes in a jar. I will also put a spoon full of it with pasta as a sauce. When I am feeling un-inventive with his tea, I give him tasty cheese pieces. Then when I was shopping today he was being a pain, so I got some of those cheese sticks and gave him one and he munched it down. As far as toast and sandwiches, I cut it into soldiers and depending on the bread, will sometimes cut off the crusts. He has one slice of toast in the morning and one whole sandwich, but he doesn't usually eat a whole sandwich, gets bored with it I think. I have been giving him multigrain bread lately. I know that we aren't supposed to give it to them yet, but it is all we had at the time. We make a lot of things with mince and vegies in it and Tobi loves it. Things like Shepherds Pie and Burrito or Taco mince, spaghetti bol etc. I haven't tried Tobi on fish yet, well tin salmon and tuna, but that doesn't count, which he doesn't like. But for ideas, there is some really good books out there with food ideas in it. If you have friends with kids, see if they have any books you can borrow or even from the library. That's were I have got some ideas from.
Another thing that I wanted to mention before is poo....Tobi has been pooing like there is no tomorrow. They are all solid, but three or more a day. Before Christmas he was pooing once every 1-2days, so this is a huge change. I know that he is eating a lot more and he is teething, so maybe that has caused it as well, or maybe it is me giving him multigrain bread. But do you think I should be worried? How often does your babies poo?
How do you all handle your bubs getting into things they aren't supposed to? Do you distract them? Do you say no...repeatedly with no effect? For example. Tobi will not stay on his back when he is getting his nappy changed. When he stays still we always praise him and say what a good boy he is etc. We keep repositioning him and explain to him what we are doing. We distract him with toys above his head. But still no luck. I know they are still very little and can't learn yet, but we have to start sooner than later. It is a area that we are very clueless with.
Love and Kisses to all your bubs
yep yep with distraction!!! big time........ i still have coffee table with stuff on it.... i distract jemima with dozens of things instead of coffee table.......
we have same prob on change table, so i have various weird things to give her to look at while changing her which gives me a little more time...... the latest is the baby powder container or a little bag that used to be her nappy bag, or a yellow bunny or her pants.... she usually ends up with whatever she was wearing on her head so that i have a couple of minutes while she figures out how to get it off and then looks at it really hard!!! heheheeheheh
i was just talking to michelle on msn and she said cheesesticks as well! i am so trying that!!!!
do you feed the bread/toast first?? then other stuff....?? that is what i tried today and i think jemima got more toast into then ever before.... i tried looking at how much bread there was left on the plate and putting it together like a puzzle and am not sure how much she actually ate mushed upit looks heaps different!! hehehe
Hi Tashie! Poo - twice a day now. Yuck! But I've been trying to fatten DS up, isn't working; it's all coming out the other end! Changing, he screams until I give him a toy. I now change him in the bedroom so give him Tinephant or Coo and he seems OK with that. Then he finds his foot and I have to take it away to put the nappy on, then he takes the nappy off, then I put it on... oh, what a game!
As for "no", I try not to use it too much so it still has shock value. We have nein for a stronger no and nyet for a very bad no. I take him away and give him a different toy whenever possible.
Food, DS just eats what we eat. Salmon and broccoli melt last night, I gave him the ingredients seperate (the potato wedges, the salmon and the brocolli) and he enjoyed them, plus a bit of the cheese sauce from my plate. Lasagne was enjoyed but smelly poos! Fish pie goes down a treat too - I have to feed him some of the food, but I always make sure he has carrot sticks or something to eat himself while I'm eating if that happens. I cut bread into quarters and spread on a little cheese or tuna for sandwiches for him, he loves pasta in tomato sauce too.
Haircut - DH has to get the camera out tonight! We went shopping so I got some pics on my phone (taking photos makes DS smile and pose) but can't put them on computer yet. Will upload ASAP!
AF - still away, DS feeds every ~12 hours, just getting mucous back now. TBH I don't want her back! I have said when she returns I'm going on the mini-pill and I don't want that. Yes, I know we'll prefer it to condoms, but I just don't want to hormone up my system again and I want any pregnancies to be DH's fault!
hey hey
i know what mean ryn about not wanting to hormone up the system! i am worried about that too but after baby number 2, so i dont have to worry about minipills or condoms for a while thank goodness... as for pregnancies being DH's fault!!! that is funny, do you not think he would have learnt his lesson the 'first time' heheheheheh
poo - i got 3 yesterday and they were ALL different!!! am not liking more poo especially since jemima used to go 6 days between poos recently it was probably every second day now i have no idea sometimes every day sometimes 2 or 3 days.........
we have a couple of different "no"s too, i have a general no, or "uh uh" then when it is big time bad shehas the "NO" i use on the dogs!!! and she knows it and she cries coz she realises she is being denied
the dogs woke her last night about 3am so who knows when she would have woken on her own but it was ok she had her AM feed and fed back to sleep and is still asleep now (8ish)
gave her a little toy while feeding last night and it seemed to please her fidgety fingers so will keep it in my bag for getting her to sleep when not feeding...
Hi girls.
Erin loves cheese I give her the Kraft singles and also cut cheddar cheese into sticks for her the much on. She loves her food !!!!
Just enrolled Erin in swimming lessons that start next month. Bought a new paor of bathers from Kmart yesterday and when I took them to the checkout they scanned at $5.70 !!! Bargain!!! Trying at the moment to organise a christening for Erin. Am just going to have our immediate family and the godparents as because we have just moved in we have no backyard and if we had all our friends there would be easy over 100 people and 40 odd kids.
Got AF for the 2nd time back about 32 day cycle so this will be the first month of oficially trying. Girls with the dropping of feeds are you feeding bubs twice a day with breastmilk?
Hi Kristy - I have dropped to two breast feeds. First thing in the morning before Tobi has breaky and then again for afternoon tea at about 3-4pm. He doesn't have any food at that time. He has heaps of water during lunch and dinner to make up the extra fluid and he is eating heaps, so the nutrients from the milk isn't a worry. I was going to give him cows milk if he noticed he wasn't getting boobie, but he is happy as is for the time being. In a month or so I will drop the afternoon feed and give him cows milk for afternoon tea instead.
jemima dropped middle of day feed so now we just have one sometime between midnight and 8am and then one before bed usually 7.30pm
this mornings feed was not that big at all so perhaps she is getting rid of that one too??? BUT it is hard for me to tell coz i have just started a stupid rapid diet (have lost 2.3kg since saturday) so maybe that is going to affect either the supply or taste of the milk.... i am going to slow it down a bit just in case as i would hate for jemima to decide to wean coz of those reasons not coz she didnt really want it anymore
the thought of it being over actually made me cry this morning... i woke up with heaps floppier boobs than usual and thought it may have been over, but she had a 'good' feed at 7.45 this morning so maybe it will be less for a while then nothing... i always thought it would be over by 12months anyway, not coz i was going to wean her just coz she wouldhave been eating enough etc...
tashie i have not been giving jemima any cows milk at all, she has a tub of yogurt for lunch and cowsmilk in her farex for brekky, but my mum says "they should be having a cup of milk" is it really necessary???
Hi everyone! This is a REALLY quick one because we're madly packing to go to Thailand.
Bella STILL has just the two teeth, but going by her mood swings lately, I am positive she's going to get the rest of them while we're away (my lucky mother!). We're really excited about this trip, but leaving the babies is going to be really hard. I'll have my laptop with webcam, so we'll be able to "see" each other at least, and it is only a week. ARGH!!!
Bella's "talking" heaps, and eating heaps right now. She now has cow's milk from a cup at lunch time (because she was having bugger-all formula at that time, so I figured it wouldn't do any harm to substitute it for a cup of milk) and she loves it. She's also rediscovered bananas which is good, becuase it's got the poo flowing quite nicely! She was "backed up" a few days ago, so the banana worked a treat!
She's also standing lots, and can stand for a few seconds on her own. She loves to push things around the house, while walking along behind it - things that aren't supposed to be pushed around like plastic chairs and telescopes. She also enjoys locking the doggy door so Fluffy can't get in or out. Nasty child! She got a bike for christmas which has three wheels, little things to put her feet on (not pedals) and a handle so we can push her around without hurting our backs. She LOVES it and cries when we take her off. Took her down the driveway yesterday and we're thinking it might be time to buy her a helmet! lol
Better go and finish packing - lots and lots to do! Have a great week everyone! Will post photos when we get back.
IMPATIENT - I didn't realise that your trip to Thailand was on your own! Completely childless!!!!!!!! Wow, if I wasn't green with envy before, I'm absolutely rotten with it now! LOL. You lucky devil! I hope you love it! I know you're going to pine for them though! Claudia is getting one of those bike things for her birthday so I'm glad to hear that Bella is loving hers! Helmet sounds like a great idea, but I'd be interested to hear if she keeps it on!
KEL _ I just bought Claudia the cheese stick things & she loves them too, so maybe it's worth a try?
RYN _ How did your superstar go last night? I hope he went well for you!
TASHIE _ I hope with your relatives all gone now & the excitement dwindling that Tobes goes back to having 2 day sleeps, for your own sanity! I have missed you!! Sounds like you had a great time with all your fam over Christmas, good to hear! When is DH taking off?
US _ CLaudia is going great, she is crawling around the house saying 'Dad Dad?' & looking everywhere for him. He left last night, so she is a little confused. She is a PITA goign out the back door all the time! SHe opens it up & lets herself out to go & talk to the bunnies! Grrr. I'm going to have to get a latch because it's not that I mind her going outside, it's that she can climb to top of the slide completely on her own & so of course as soon as she gets outside she makes a beeline for it. Also, of course I am out there with her while she's out there & I"m not getting anythign done in the house while I'm outside all the time! Claudia has been doing this thing with her tongue where she shakes it side to side in her mouth & does this 'lolololololo' sound. It's pretty cute.
Love Jayne
Tobi has a helmet. We got him one yesterday. I got DH one of those bike trailers for Christmas, so we had to go and get a Thomas Helmet for Tobi. So for the last couple of days, Tobi has been wearing it around the house (I was wearing mine too for the first day) so he can get used to it. He hates having things on his head and was trying to pull it off and nearly choking himself in the meantime. He is getting better today, so we might be able to go riding on the weekend.
Tobi is back to having two sleeps a day, but about three hours out of his normal routine. Going to bed late and getting up late. Which suits us over the holidays. He slept till 9am this morning. It was soooo nice.
Jayne - My DH is home for a while and still on holidays till the 21st. How are you going with Alan being away again? How long is his job in China? We're expecting my DH to be away from April on and off till the end of the year.
Michelle - Enjoy Thailand and make the most of your time without little ones.
Take Care everyone
Love Tash
PS. Photo of Tobi and I in our helmets in my photo gallery
Sorry girls, quick one as DS is wandering around - 9 hours sleep! 8-5! So pleased with him! He then went back down until just after 6! We get up at 6.30 anyway!
DS pushes toys without wheels, tables and chairs too to get around.
I think I smell poo, so best go.
Love to you all!
Michelle you lucky lucky lady! Wish I could go somewhere on holidays...
Nice one Tobi getting used to his helmet!
:hug: to everyone
just popping in to say hello... I have been lurking in the halls. Not feeling the best these last few days. But happy today as Brendan Kneeled for the first time today :D He's crawling, sitting and kneeling within 2 weeks, so proud of my lil boy :D
All the babies sound like they are doing well :)
Take care all the mummies :D
sally - i am sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling the best. we're all hear if you want to talk about it. brendan is learning so quickly. its fantastic when they can get from a to b and discover the world around them. they aren't so demanding for attention either as they can start making their own fun. hope you are feeling better soon. in the meantime i am sending all my love and best wishes your way. xxx
kel - i don't think our bubs 'need' cows milk yet. they actually suggest not giving it to them until they are 12months old as it doesn't have as many nutrients in it as formula or breast milk. our bubs should be getting at least 600ml a day of milk. i really wonder if tobi is getting that much with only two feeds a day, but he isn't interested in having any more. i figure that as long as he is eating enough and lots of variety, then he should be fine and he drinks about 1.5bottles of water a day. i will measure it tomorrow, i am not quite sure how many mls exactly. i think i might drop the second feed in a week and give him cows milk for afternoon tea.
kym - how did monkey go at child care. did they have any trouble putting her to sleep.
ryn - so glad to hear that liebs is sleeping again. you must feel like a new women. i hope he keeps it up. how is everything going with you and your dh. are things better now that you are sleeping in the same room again.
jayne - tobi loves puppies, so i can just imagine how much your girls love the bunnies. no wonder they sit out side looking at them all day.
our news - we have a rat in the house. well i think it is a rat anyway, either that or a big mouse. we thought that we had locked it in the laundry last night and put some poison in there, but no dead rat this morning. it was behind the fridge again. have some mouse and rat traps to put out tonight, so fingers crossed for the morning.
also...we went to see gladiators getting filmed today and tobi got a close up on the camera. after 10 months of training him to smile, laugh, clap and wave. he just sat there looking at the camera. at least he didn't cry. so we might see him on tv soon.
hope everyone else is well and happy
xxx
tashie that so funny about tobi and the cameara! but yep at least he didnt cry
we caught 4 mice in the last week or so at our place! peanut butter in weird traps did it for us
i have not got 'time' to email but wednesday 3.30ish sounds great should be able to get my stuff together after swimming for that! is that next wednesday?! wowsers
jemima lost one of her hairclips at coles today, i know this is just the start of many losses but i am sad about it - it was a nice pink one with cherries on it - i left my name but am doubtful of getting it back especiallysince some other pudgy girl baby was behind us shopping so probably STOLE it as i saw jem 2 seconds after i think she took it off so i am so confused - maybe she ate it
Hello!
Wow! You lot can talk! Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes :)
I've been so busy with Chicken Pox then Christmas New Years, my birthday - etc etc etc - we all know how it is. Quinn is also getting more teeth - he has top 2 canines and the bottom 2 are about to pop through, his molars are also forming big bumps, 2 of them were purple for a while so we have those to look forward to as well!!!!!!!!!!!
I've read through every thing took me ages this morning and have only now just got a chance to get back on. so much is happening! Quinn will be 1 in 3 weeks! I cannot believe it!
Kel: re the losing things - Quinn lost one of his comforters a while ago at a shopping centre ad I was devastated, I ran back to all the shop we had been in a frantically searched for it, I think I was more attached to it than Quinn.
Sorry guys gotta go again! I finally got in here and now I'm off again - be back when I can :)
Hi all,
I've been reading but not much time for posting....
Monkey went well at family day care Tues and Wed last week - she loved it and was happy at all the dropoffs and pickups. But as suspected, she didnt sleep on the Wed afternoon, which was our first sleep test!! It's only the 1st time and the carer seems really cool about giving it time, so that makes me feel better for the moment..... Just not sure what is going to happen this week, as its our full "dress rehearsal" where she is going 2 full days..... that means she should be there for both her day sleeps......
On the up side I am soooo glad she seems happy with it all at the moment (I am aware this could just be the honeymoon period, but want to stay positive).
Oh.... and on the Wed afternoon on our way home in the car, ALL the way home, she kept saying "Alka" - the carers name!!! I swear, I may be interpreting a little, but I have never heard her use these sounds before - amazing how quickly they pick stuff up and I think she loves playing with the other girls there so probably was listening to them say the name.
To answer a couple of old questions.....
Kristy, we are basically doing 2 BF in the day, before b'fast and then before bed. But I am also feeding her most nights too, as this is our main settling method (the only one that is successful!!). In fact, last night was so ****e I gave her 2 "comfort" feeds - 11pm and 4am!!
And Kel, re: the cows milk thing.....my interpretation of advice given to me on the BF forums by Barb Glare from the ABA is that they don't really need cows milk at this stage if we are still BF and that they are getting all the nutrition they need in however many feeds they are having. I think what will probably happen is they will start to need their milk as the BF drops further.... I am doing similar to you, Monkey gets plenty of dairy in her diet with cheese, yoghurt and milk in her cereal. I am occasionally offering her some milk in a cup at lunch or afternoon tea if she seems particularly antsy/hungry, but she isn't interested in the slightest!
Oh, and though I haven't cried yet, I have been thinking about the fact that the end of BF is probably near and I just know that I will inevitably sob my little heart out the day we finish.....:(
Actually, when we spoke about it a little while ago, I had said to DH that I would be happy to continue 1 feed per day (but not those middle of the night ones!) until Monkey wanted to finish, which might mean 12, 15, 18 months or even a little longer, but he said that he thought that once she was over 12 months that she didn't really need it and he didn't like the idea of BF into toddlerhood for too long... so we made a comprimise that if she hadn't weaned herself by 15months then I would help her stop then.
Happy birthday for tomorrow Tash!:happybirthday:
i was thinking today as well about bfeeding longer.... i always said as long as she wants it... but i am thinking i will encourage it at nighttime for as long as possible... havent spoken to benji about it yet.
NO more overnight feeds!!! or if she does have one (ie 3am on friday night) then she doesnt have a morning feed or anything until bedtime so i am hoping that means more chance of AF coming back or us catching that first egg! BENJI IS SO SO SO CLUCKY! he even said so the other day!! he is cluckier than me!!! (he wants another girl)
happy birthday tashie.... tell me what time suits you and i will meet you at toombul on wednesday arvo
thanks for remembering my birthday kym. very sweet of you.
well we have managed to catch a few mice, but it turns out they are coming up through the air con vents from the garage and are getting into other people's units too. so i have to get onto the body corporate tomorrow.
last night we had the first test with tobi being put to bed by our babysitter. we got home just after tobi should have been asleep and could hear him crying from the street. needless to say tobi was not impressed that he was being put to bed by someone other than his mummy and i was not very popular when i went in to settle him. i ended up having to give him boobie to calm him down. something i haven't done in ages. our poor cousin was so upset and thought that he had done something wrong. no, our little man is just a mummy's boy.
anyway, thats all from me tonight. take care
xxx
Happy Birthday Tashie! I hope you had a wonderful day! Hope you were spoiled rotten as well! Ummah, you nasty-pasty leaving Tobes while you guys went out!! LOL. I'm sure that he will get used to it, I hope your cousin isn't scarred for life!
Happy birthday Tashie!
DH is pushing feeding until the children (OK, just DS) leave home when I pointed out no AF meant I was OK to live with all month and that's because of BFing!
DS is walking really well now, he spent about half an hour toddling around this afternoon. I wish he were less clingy. Well, I don't really, but I was told this morning he is no longer welcome in Church and I have to put him in creche; he won't do that right now so I can't go to Church any more. Stupid me hadn't realised creche was mandatory and no-one wanted DS around!
Wow with the Quinn's teeth! DS still just has 6 (4 top, 2 bottom) and that's enough. Don't need him vampiring me!
DH has agreed to put DS to sleep after his feed every night, as I do all the overnight ones. I just can't do it at that time as we've been walking round all day, dancing, singing, reading, playing... going to Church (oh, but that's got to stop now). So he's doing it like a pro already! The star.
Hey Ryn, yay for DH starting to do more with Liebs!! And yay for the walking!
I know a couple of bubs this age walking, but I think you are still in the minority/very clever class!
And that is a shame about your church - don't want to sound too judgemental, but that doesn't sound like a very family-friendly / inclusive church....
i am wondering if my rev wants me to keep jemima away from church, i dont think so coz i know he wants me there but she has started to sing her own hymns when no one else is singing.
jemima's cousin is walking quite a bit as well jemima wants to walk too fast so hasnt figured it out yet pulls us around when we play that game but is not up and down stable
kymmy - monkey will sleep at daycare and will love it, sounds like the carer is lovely and that is the main thing