Babies Born February 2008 #5

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Ok, firstly I want to apologise to you lovely ladies. I feel horrible as every time I read I don't post and when I do post it's always very selfish and me me me. So I just want to say I'm sorry, I have been following all your stories I'm just not myself at the moment and I hope to be posting normal as soon as possible.

Bun - so sorry to hea you're having so much trouble with Catherine's sleeping. I agree with Sure though, once she can roll there'll be no stopping her anyway! You can get monitors to put under the mattress for tummy sleepers if it is somethign that worries you. I've been a tummy sleeper all my life so it will be interesting to see how DS is.

Minky - love the av sweetie And the ticker of Noah is gorgeous!!! Woohooo on starting solids - it's good to hear Noah is enjoying them! How is your DD, still the doting big sister?

Prama - I'm sorry to hear about sick Lakshman - Alex woke up miserable this morning because of his blocked and snuffly nose and I felt so helpless so I feel for you sweetie, it must be hard. How is KL going? Sorry to hear you caught a cold too.

Roya - hope the single mum for two weeks isn't too hard on you, I can imagine it'd be difficult with a baby and a toddler. How is Sarina, still a cuddly big sister?

Sue - OMG five you must be so excited!! And scared I guess. Wow and school next year! How exciting for you and your little man, albeit heartbreaking and nerve wracking at the same time. Can't believe you're making an Indie cake, now that's commitment 3 sleeping at once, now that is pretty cool!!!

Okay, that's as far as the page goes back for now so I'm sorry to those who I have missed I hope you are all doing well!!

AFM: Solids - DS has no interest whatsoever, so we're just going to wait it out and go baby led.
Breastfeeding - Still going, no intention of stopping anytime soon.

We've had a bit of a rough patch but I was told that it just happens at four months, so there was about four weeks of constant feeding forty minute naps and broken night sleeps. We seem pretty back to normal now, thank goodness!

It's amazing to see him growing up and all the different things he can do now. He doesn't take much interest in toys on the floor, but he loves his bouncer which has flashing light keyboard thing and a seesaw and rolling ball and over the last few days he has sat there so intently learning what to do with it. So amazing to watch.

He's going to be a little runner I tell ya He steps in his jolly jumper rather than bouncing, toooo cute and he loves it!! No rolling yet, he seems to do a bit of caterpillar crawling and lots of 360's when tummy time and he chats and laughs so so much. He is in love with Raggs the dog - everytime I sing the wag-n-wiggle song he laughs and kicks around. It's gorgeous.

Now that the PND is under control I am slowly trying to wean him off the dummy again - I became so dependant on it when I couldn't cope that now I am trying to just entertain him or find him something new to do. He'll still have it for night sleeps and probably naps but I need to stop giving it during the day.

We;re not wrapping anymore, we have a Bubbaroo sleeping bag and it his one of his sleep cues, which i think it is fantastic. We only use it at night, and in the daytime he just goes straight into the cot. We cosleep occasionally when he wakes early and I love being able to snuggle with him.

Okay that's enough of a ramble from me I think I've covered everything and MORE lol, so I'll leave you gals to it. Promise I'll try and pop in more.

*mwah*

[prama]

ash - dont worry about doing personals, it's hard when there's so little time!!

glad you're feeling better.

poopy still thinks wrapping is a game. we only wrap him at night. when we wrap him we roll him fast onto the side to get the wrap udner him and he laughs cos he thinks it's funny.

i better go, he's awake.

p.s. what does AFM mean?

[jenjams]

Hi Ladies,

I have been so slack at replying even though I have been reading this thread constantly. I will try my best at personals....

Bun- I really hope the chiro and the paed can help you. You both deserve a break. You are doing a fantastic job. Catherine is beautiful.

Prama- I hope you are on the mend. Nothing great about being in a tropical climate and being sick! Poopy sounds like he is behaving for his grandmother.

Minky- That pic of Noah is gorgeous. We too have started solids. It is fun!

Sue- Wow a house of quietness! The Indiana Jones cake sounds great. You must take a pic of it.

Ash- I am glad you are getting on top of your PND. And it sounds like Alexander is back to behaving for his mummy. Thats great! Well done on such a good job with him.

Roya- I agree sometimes DH's can get in the way! Just the girls for a couple of weeks. Lets hope your girls are good while daddy is away!

Sorry if I have missed anyone.

DD rolled from tummy to back last Saturday. We wern't even watching. So we put her back on her tummy and she rolled again. She has only done it a few times again. Sometimes when I put her on her tummy she likes it, and sometimes she hates it.
As mentioned above, we have started solids. I have been hoping to hold off as long as possible but she was starting to reach for our food and was so intently watching us eat. We have been on the rafferties rice cereal. She loves it. Just this evening we tried pumpkin as well and she liked that too. She seems to eat a lot of it too.
With her sleeping, she was going from 830-6 consistantly but the last week we have frequent waking periods and sometimes having a feed at 12 or 1 .

Well I have written a big enough novel..... Happy weekend to all.

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Prama AFM is 'as for me' sorry!
Jen I've seen Amber's pics on facebook and gee she is gorgeous!!!

[Sueby]

Hi Guys,

Prama -- the Indiana Jones Cake is chocolate cake for the base, jam rolls to make the temple, icing, and the jelly snakes and jelly beans for treasure. Have to put it all together will take a photo later!!

Sue

[jenjams]

Thanks Ash! Alexander is a handsome little fella himself! I saw the pics of your drunken night too. Looks like you had a lot of fun.

[Jacki]

Bun - I'm not looking forward to the technicolour spews !! I don't think you should worry about DD sleeping on her tummy but if it is really worrying you you can always get a breathing monitor to go under her mattress for piece of mind.

Minky - Bit stormy down here in Perth. But we have had such beautiful weather lately. Bet the weather up in Hedland is gorgeous this time of year ! Being at work I never realised just how nice winter is over in Perth. I used to get up v.early and stand at a freezing bus stop to go to work and by the time I was coming home it was already dark and freezing again. But being home and not venturing out until mid morning at the earliest makes you realise how nice it is and makes me love even more being a SAHM.

Prama - sorry to hear poor little Lakshman is poorly.

Roya - good luck coping without DH for 2 weeks. Sometimes I think DH makes more work for me when he is around !!

Sue - hope you made the most of the miracle of 3 children sleeping at once !! Sound's like a great cake. I am HOPELESS in the kitchen but guess I had better brush up on some baking skills soon. Won't be long before I will have to make the birthday cakes !! (There is always the bakery!!)

Ash - we had the same with DS from 4 - 5 weeks. Quite unsettled, waking a lot at night, grizzly, needing lots of attention. But over the last couple of weeks he has been an angel. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that the difficult period will pass (eventually). I guess the next "spurt" is around 6 months and will bring with it a new load of 'interesting' behaviours. I use a dummy with DS at night and for every day sleep. He sleeps MUCH better during the day with it so am very reluctant to get him to give it up. I try and keep it strictly for sleeping only and don't want to fall into the trap of using it for other reasons.

Jen - sounds like Amber is doing great. No rolling or signs of crawling going on here !! I think I have one placid, content and lazy bub !

Tried DS on rice cereal early in the week. Had it pretty runny and he seemed to take it OK. Don't suppose he really ate much of it though. DH tried to give him some yesterday but it was a little bit thicker and wasn't so successful. Gagging etc ! So not too sure if too thick, not really for solids, or just didn't want any. Will try again tomorrow. But I would gag too if someone tried to feed me that !!

Looked in to day care yesterday and put name down on a couple of waitlists. Probably not going back to work until January. I intend to go back 2 days a week with DS in day care one day and DH staying at home another. DS won't take the bottle so I have plenty of time to get him used to a sippy cup before returning to work. Is anyone using day care yet ?