Babies Born February 2008 #5

[Jacki]

Hey Carley, yeah you've jumped back in, we've missed you in here! You sounded quite upset and distressed last time you posted (and rightly so) - I am so glad to hear Lysander is doing so well. I know what you mean about them wanting 100% of your attention when they are awake - I find it really exhausting ! I am going out today to get a Jolly Jumper so that at least I can be in the kitchen and DS can be near me and watch me so I don't have to spend the entire day on the loungeroom floor with him Emily must be a great help.

[Bun]

Hi Carley, it is good to see you here again! I had been wondering how you were going. There is absolutely nothing wrong with FF, and it seems to be working - what a big healthy boy! Your DD sounds like a little angel too. I am glad to hear the medication is working and you are finally having an easier time of it! They sure are hard work, these little guys.

jacki - you will love the jolly jumper. DD can entertain herself in it for ages (well, the max time they can be in for anyway) and it is so much easier to get stuff done if they are set up where you can see them. DD cracks me up in it, she looks so funny in there and chatters away to herself while jumping as high as she can. It was worth the money! I will have to try teaching DD to put her dummy back in once she reaches 6 months too. At the moment she tries, but often ends up grabbing it and flinging it across the room (and then screams while I search her bedroom for it until I give up and get out a spare one!)

jen - sorry to hear that DD isn't sleeping so well again. They always seem to do that - as soon as you think you are in a pattern and they have figured it out, it all changes again and you have no idea why! I think my DD is around the same weight now, but I really should get her weighed again. I love the seat in your pic - we have the same one!

The last couple of nights DD has slept better, thank goodness. I think a lot of the time the issue is gas, but it is so hard to get up sometimes! She even slept until 9.30am the other day and I had eight hours sleep! Not all at once of course, but in total, which is much better than the usual 4-5 hours I get. We even went out last night and left her with my parents and sister (three babysitters for one baby, seems a bit ridiculous!) and she was a good girl and we had a great night.

Hi to everyone else, have a great weekend! I am going to get a massage now with a voucher I got for christmas but hadn't had time to get until now. Lucky me!

[Jacki]

Bun - I bought a jolly jumper but got one second hand so no instructions. How long can you leave them in the JJ for ??? Also with the dummies - rather than just having one dummy, fill the cot with heaps of them so they are bound to find one !!! I can just see it now - 1 baby, 55 dummies !

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Jacki I only leave him for fifteen - twenty minutes at a time in the JJ.

[RoyaUK]

Hi everyone,

We're back after our month over in the UK! the flights went really well and the travel was great although tiring. The flights were good, apart from DD1 getting painful ears so i probably surprised a few passengers and crew by tandem feeding on the descent! I think it only looked like DD1 cuddling me but it was the only thing that would work to calm her down.

We were in a different place every 4 days or so which was more difficult with DD1 (toddler) than with Amelie. Amelie seems to be so happy and smiley all the time she didn't mind the travel at all. We had a week stopover in Malaysia on the way home which was just fantastic. Tropical, warm, wonderful food.

Amelie is not rolling yet and was sleeping well up until 2 weeks ago. Now it's a minimum of waking 3 times in the night! She seems much more alert though so i'm attributing the waking to brain activity and development as this seemed to happen with DD1 too.

Sorry no time for personals but i love reading what you're all up to. Hope you all have a good weekend!

[Sueby]

Hi all,

Roya -- great to hear you are back and all went well. How are the girls settling back in at home?

Jacki/Carley -- I had a fantastic cream from a chemist in melbourne which had lavendar in it and it was great for dribble rash etc. I just have to remember the name of the chemist -- they take postal orders and its not too expensive.

Well DD has only managed to roll once from tummy to back. She gets on her side really well but just can't get the rest of the way and my she gets sooooo frustrated. She is quite content to lie on the floor and watch her big brothers. DS1 is very cute he dances around in front of her and does all his kinder songs she loves it.

My DH has a social club thing tonight so he won't be home until about 10pm!! I think we will be having takeaway for tea I have the can't be bothereds.

Have a nice weekend and YAY School Holidays !!!!

Sue

[Bun]

Hi guys,

Welcome back Roya! Good on you for tandem feeding on the plane - wow!! Do you have to have them buckled in when taking off and landing? We are going to Melbourne soon and I was going to feed DD then to help with her ears but was wondering if they will let me since I imagine I won't be able to keep her buckled in at the same time. It sounds like you had a great time away!

Carley - that's pretty impressive that L has 2 teeth already! DD is showing no signs of teething yet. But DD is exactly the same as L with the rolling! She can also only roll from back to front and doesn't like being on her tummy, so as soon as she rolls, she starts crying, so I roll her back and then it starts all over again!

esme - have a great trip! DD does that too when I am trying to change her; she just doesn't stop moving sometimes!

jacki - we bought a high chair recently but hadn't started using it as she is not on solids yet either, but then the other day when we were busy in the kitchen and she was whinging, we put her in it so she could see us and it kept her happy! Definitely give it a go, they can be quite useful like that! I am glad to hear that the JJ is a hit - DD loves hers too and chats away, looks at her toes and drools everywhere in it! She just turned 20 weeks too!

sue - yeah, I guess there is no chance for any of us to have a shower on our own for a long time now! I put DD in her rocker in the bathroom when I shower and she can entertain herself in it long enough for me to even wash my hair these days - such a novelty! I think DD is getting a little better, at least last night she was. I phoned the helpline here after trying absolutely everything to get her sleeping better and they recommended putting her back in our room again at night and that seemed to help last night. It's funny, sometimes she can put herself down to sleep fine and other times she just refuses to sleep. After her 2am feed it is almost always impossible to get her to sleep in her own bed again so that is when she often ends up sleeping with us so we can get some sleep. It's strange though, because at bedtime she will go down in her own bed for at least 4 hours, sometimes longer, and she has no issue with it then. Who knows what the problem is!

jen - I am going to try and wait til DD is 6 months before starting solids. She has started to stare at me when I am eating and make chewing movements with her mouth and she also tries to grab food off me, but she is still quite content with her booby milk. I was going to start her sooner and had everything ready, but the CHN was really strict on waiting til 6 months so I will see how we go. Having said that, almost all the babies at mothers group have been on solids since 4 months! DD drools so much in her JJ I have to put a bib on her, but she absolutely loves it! I was surprised when trying DD in her portacot that she was fine in it, so maybe Amber will be ok if you try her portacot, at least I hope so!

DD has been gorgeous today, smiling and laughing all day. This is such a cute age! If only she would sleep better at night, I would be loving it!

Have a great weekend everyone

[RoyaUK]

Yes, both girls were strapped in whilst i tandem fed on the plane. Admittedly it felt like my boobs were being stretched!! But yes, it was possible. i just put a pillow under DD1 head (who was sitting on DH lap) and she fed pretty easily. There really was no other choice as she's too young to suck a sweet. I tried getting her to drink some water (as the swallowing helps with relieving the ear pressure) but she wouldn't at all. The crew didn't look too surprised and were helpful in bringing extra pillows and blankets.

[Jacki]

Who showers with their bub.
DH bathes DS everynight in his baby bath which he is rapidly outgrowing but too little for the big bath. So I am wanting to start showering with him.
I will probably be the one in the shower with him and DH will be there to pass him in and out.
Do you just let the water run over them or use soap ? I assume they get a bit slippery and you run out of hands.
Tips please !!
Thanks ladies