Babies Born February 2008 #5

[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 ?

[jenjams]

Hi Jacki,

I'm not sure when I will go back to work. The finances wont hold up if I dont go back to work. But with the daycare, the costs involved are huge. I know it is 50% tax deductable but you dont get that back until tax time. I will have to seriously start thinking about it though.
We used the Rafferties cereal. I have tasted it and it isnt too bad at all. I have heard farex is terrible.

[Esme]

Hi all,

Sorry, not many personals again.... Too difficult to get behind the computer overhere! Hope that all the sick bubbies and mothers are recovering well! And so happy for you Ash for seeing some light at the end of the tunnel! Keep up the good work!

Last week Jasper got stung by a wasp on his cheek when we were walking to the shops. He was in the hugabub and all of a sudden he started to squirm and scream. I had a look and there was a wasp on his cheek! Luckily it flew off without doing more damage but DS had a very red cheek for a day! At least we know that he is not allergic to wasps...

We are still enjoying our holiday; trying to catch up with everyone and doing some sightseeing at the same time. All this in between Jasper's naps as he decided he doesn't want to sleep in the pram my mum has overhere... Lucky he does sleep a little bit in the hugabub, so we do get out and about a little. He is all over the place with his naps; last week we had him on a 2 hours awake and than 1.5 to 2 hour sleep pattern during the day which was heaven, but the last couple of days he gets tired and grumpy after just one hour and than sleeps for 45 mins. He also wakes for at least one if not two night feeds again and he is grumpy for a lot of the time... Hopefully he will settle when we get home. Not trying to hard to change anything at the moment. He is trying to stand a lot and sometimes refuses to sit if you want him too; he arches his back and screams; looking forward to the toddler tantrums... We will wait with solids until we are home, but he is definately showing interest and tries to grap our drinks and food.

Sorry girls, that's all for now... Wish everyone a good week!