Babies Born February 2008 #5

JJ- thanks for the 6mths wishes!! yup cant imagine it's been 6mths. the first couple were so slow and now it's just whizzing past.
i'll try raffery's garden, is this organic?

poopy's sleeping habits are still out of sorts. waking up in the middle of the night etc. we are flying back on sat, hopefully we can re-establish a routine.

lol - we shaved poopy's hair according to Hindu tradition. All babies have their hair shaved off, and allow for new thicker regrowth. it's believed that it helps them loose attachment to their previous life.

a question - do you give breastmilk/formula after a meal of solids. poopy gets too full so ive been dropping that milk feed. so 2 solids meals have replaced milk.
should i give him milk for that feed as well?

I give Amber a BF first then about half an hour to an hour later she gets her solids. She has dropped a feed herself. At this age the milk is still the most important food to them.
Yup Rafferty's garden is organic rice cereal. I had heard how so many babies didnt like the farex and I saw this at Safeway(Woolies) and started Amber straight on it. But my girl is a guts!
I also highly recommend those net feeder thingys. Sassy and Tommee Tippee make them. I just cut up chunks of fruit and put them in there and give it to Amber. She then happily sucks away at it. She loves strawberries.

I understand the cutting of the hair tradition. Has it started to grow back at all?

jj - it's coming back now.. he's got a coconut head!!

what's the net thing? is it like a popsicle?

i think ive made a boo boo w his feeding.
oopy has been having solids for brunch but i havent been givign him milk cos he eats and then falls asleep. but i do add about 60ml of formula into his food.
hmmm. do you give the full milk amnt, 180ml, then give solids? poopy seems happier now eating his solids and it's a big struggle getting him to finish his milk any time of day.

JJ - I have one of the net feeders..lol..I havent used it yet only because I wasnt sure if this was a good age or not to start...THANKYOU! Will brave it with Noah to see how he goes.. :) (i never had one with DD so waited until she had teeth to try the harder foods..lol)

Prama - Yeh give the milk first then wait a smidge then give his solids... as JJ said the milk is still the main priority at the mo! Have fun!!! :)

Sue - Yay!!!! On Sophies first toothy peg! Which one is it??

Ash - Still exciting even though if its just cut the gum!!...although its been a few days now, has it come through?

Minky- I've had strawberries, orange and kiwifruit in the net feeder. Amber just chomps into it. Its good because she cannot get any chunks into her mouth. She doesnt like to hold it for long herself but will keep her mouth open for us to feed her!
Prama- How much milk is poopy having throughout the day? I think as long as they have a minimum 600 mls (i could be very wrong) per day they are ok. But hey if he is healthy and thriving etc...
The net feeder has big net/mesh thing where you put fruit or vegies in. You then screw a top into it. The babies can then chew/suck on the chunks without choking. I have the sassy brand and got it at Big W.

I have some great news guys, DD slept through the night for the first time!! Woo hoo!!! Only once, but I am still very excited!

minky - I love that pic of Noah. Is that 2 dummies stuffed in his mouth? He he. DD has started putting her dummy in when I am feeding her. I don't think she realises that she can't suck on her dummy and eat at the same time! Funny little things.

jen - I just bought one of those net feeders too. Yet to try it but a friend's DD loves it and it looks like a great idea! I just bought some rockmelon to try in it. Thanks for the 6 month wishes!! Happy 6 months to Amber today!! (Her birthday is easy for me to remember - it's the same as mine!)

Ash - woohoo on DS's tooth, how exciting! No sign of teeth here yet.

prama - Poopy is looking gorgeous. I have heard of shaving the head to make the hair grow back thicker and more even. DH keeps saying we should do it to DD but I'm not sure! Her hair is pretty bad, all uneven and bald in patches, plus it is changing colour, so it's a bit of a mess at the moment!

sue - woohoo on DD's first tooth!

Must go guys, I am meeting up with some of the Perth girlies for the first time so must go and have a shower!

Bun - congrats!!! we're at the stage that poopy isnt sleeping thru the night anymore!
we fly back to syd on sat, hopefully his routine will change again. for the better!

mum said my hair was bad, patches too. so she had me shaved twice and it all came good. i then had thick curly hair. with winter it might be a bit hard as she mighgt get cold, but then you could hide her head with cute beanies!!

WOOOHOO BUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats on a full nights sleep you so deserve it hun.

Happy Birthday to you also!!

Thanks for posting about the net feeders I didn't have one with the boys I think I will have to go and buy one. DD loves rice cereal but so far has spat everything else out. I know its early days so I will keep persevearing. The boys were the oppisite hated rice cereal but couldn't get enough vegies. he he

I keep looking at Sophie's mouth to see if there are any more teeth, she has had the reddest cheeks. Have been at FunBugs ( a kids play centre ) for a birthday party today ( yes another one ) so the boys have crashed. So DD and I are having chats while I type.

Must go
Hi to everyone and Happy 6 Months to all bubs.

Talk soon
Sue

Minky -- DD has cut one of her bottom incisors ( bottom front )

There is a guide on the teething rusks when most of their teeth come through ( on the heinz and bellamy's brands anyway) so we know what to look forward to. From memory their eye teeth or canines usually cause the most trouble but they don't get these until around 18months!!!

Have a good night and sleep baby Catherine!!!!

Hi all!!!

Finally a chance to catch up again! We are back Down Under and have been fighting jetlag and very short day sleeps in the last two weeks, all this together with computer problems didn't make it easy to catch up! So, sorry girls, no personals for now but hope to catch up soon!

We have tried solids for about a week now, but bubby is not impressed :(, so far we have tried Farex, apple and pear (half a teaspoon), but most of it comes out again straight away and then he turns his head away... Mummy's milk must be too tasty... Will have to wait a while and try again later.

While in the Netherlands we might have discovered something against wind; I took some Infants Friend over with us, but the bottle dropped and we lost it all. So I had to tried the Dutch remedy, which is Fennel tea. Since I have been drinking a cup of Fennel tea a day (still breastfeeding), Jasper has been so much calmer and he does no. 2's now without us noticing it, whereas before he would be grunting and screaming two days before it finally came out! So relieved!

Sorry for the selfish post! Hopefully I will be able to keep up from now on! Happy six months to all bubbies!

Prama - Wish you a very good and safe flight back to Australia!!

Esther

esme - welcome back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glad all is well!!!
fennel tea! i'll go look for it in the health food shops

sue - sophie's a big girl!!!!! xoxox

Poopy's 6mths today!!! cant believe he;s 0.5of a year!

question with solids:
are you girls giving a milk feed before or after solids?
poopy is so fussy with his milk feed but is so much better w solids.he drinks 180ml.
i was giving him his 3rd feed just solids with abt 30 or 60ml of milk in it. I was just told that i should him his milk first then solids. but if he has 180ml, then he wont want his solids, and it will be too much for him. dont want him to get obese.
how much milk should i give before his solids, or how much after.
is it ok to skip milk feed and just give solids? he takes about the size of the baby food jar.

thanks all

oh, sorry, i still have no idea what these net feeders are.............

Hi Guys,

Prama -- its a bit tricky to know what to give them when. I have a great book called Baby and Toddler meals by Robin Barker. It gives recipes and a guide on how to introduce solids, although I found some of the information differed from what the Maternal and Child Health Nurse gave us.

Anyway as guide

Early Morning 4.30 - 6 am breast/bottle feed

Mid Morning 9 -11am Breast/bottle feed
fruit/cereal

Early Afternoon 1-3 Breast/bottle feed
pureed vegies/ baby pumkin soup
rice and vegie puree

Early evening 4.30 - 7pm Breastfeed/bottlefeed
vegies / chicken soup etc

I introduced the evening meal first with the boys and then gave a breast/bottle feed before bed. After a few weeks I introduced lunch and the breast/bottle feed was after the meal.

Generally at this stage if you offer the breast/bottle first and then offer solids half an hour or an hour later. But if Lakshman is more interested in solids at a particular time of day just feed him then!! and then give him a drink a little later.

The net feeder is shaped like a big dummy with a net on the bottom half, it has a lid and you can put soft age appropriate food in it and give it to bub to munch on. The idea being their will be no lumps or bumps.

Hope this helps it is just a guide and some days they eat more than others so see how you go!!

Sue xx

sue - thanks heaps!

when you give a bottle feed, i assume you're giving the full amount and then followed by solids.
but if i give lakshman solids first, i dont think he will drink his full 180 half an hr later.
even with his bottles after 4hrs he doesnt want tofinish it all. im giving him his bottle first and tehn will give his solids half an hr later, im just worried he wont eat that.
sigh...

thanks so much for your guide, it does give me an idea what to do

i just bought that book off ebay a week ago. will check it uot when i go back!

Prama -- yes DD has a full bottle. If she has slept all night she has her milk and then about an hour later she has a few teaspoons of rice cereal. She is still having 4 - 5 bottles a day but usually 4. She then has solids again early evening around 4.30 - 5.30 but she isn't liking the vegies so again at the moment it is rice cereal with a teaspoon of vegies to try. DD isn't that interested in her solids as yet so she is still having plenty of milk.

Each baby is different. If lakshman isn't finishing his milk maybe give him half a bottle prior to his solids and then offer the other half a little later. He might be ready to drop a feed if he is eating enough solids. But milk is the most important at this stage and solids are just getting them used to different tastes etc

With the guide I gave you, it is often a few months before they are actually eating 3 meals a day. If Lakshman is hungry at a certain time maybe offer his solids first and then give him his milk after??? and then see how he goes with his other drinks during the day. He will drink what he needs so don't worry too much I know its hard.

Anyway enough rambling from me
have a good day and a safe trip home. I can't believe how quick the time has gone for you.

Oh and Happy 6 months to my DD today:loveshower:

Sue

thanks so much sue! i understand things better. :D
he was so hungry and crying his eyes out, and then only drank 120 of his 180. he's fallen asleep. when he wakes up, will give him a little bit of his solids.
tbh i was actually happy giving him solids, cos he ate it all up and there was less worry abotu him drinking his milk. ive asked his doc if i should change his formula but he said it wasnt neccessary.

HAPPY SIx MONTHS SOPHIE!! you're a big girl now!!

Hey everyone!!

I hope that you are all doing well!!!:dance:

A quick question for those with boys..:redface:

Has your lovely lad discovered his nether regions yet?? As soon as I put Noah in the bath thats the first thing he goes for...and he dosent take his hand off it the whole time he is in there!! (He has one of those seats so he is upright.) I am sure that its totally normal..but as a mum of a girl previously I am shocked that he is so interested in it already!!:cryinglaugh:

Apart from that...all is well....am off to Perth tomorrow , dreading the logistics of travelling with two kids by myself...hopefuly will be okay!!!

minky - lol!!!!
poopy has been doing that for over 2mths! as soon as you take his nappy off, that's where his hands go!
that's how early they start :)

LOL. What a difference in boys and girls. Amber wont doesnt touch herself at all! No wonder the boys get an obsession, they start very early!

How is everyone going with solids? My maternal health nurse told me the other day that we can go to 3 meals a day and add mince now! WOW!

Hi Everyone,

He he yes what a big difference in boys and girls isn't there!!

I am feeling completely disorganised and falling behind on everything. DD has been having solids for nearly two weeks now rice cereal and fruit in the morning and vegies at night. She now likes to stay up longer about 2.5hrs and is taking a lot longer to settle and then only has an hour of sleep. I got up at 6.30 this morning and still didn't have my breakfast until 9.30!!!

We had our 6 month needles on tuesday which went well. Sophie is now 8.02kgs and is 68.5cm long. Don't think we will be in 00's for much longer.

Jen -- My MCHN suggested leaving meat/chicken until 8 months. Its funny how many different recommendations their are. Sophie isn't really interested in her solids I am lucky to get about 3 teaspoons of anything into her. The boys whoofed anything down.

Anyway better go and do some jobs (neverending story)

Sue

Hi all,

This month has been so chaotic for us; first the jetlag that took about a week to recover from, then the ridiculously cold weather, 6 month needles that went ok but made him a bit sooky and now Jasper and I are both battling a cold, ggggrrrrrrrr; bring on spring!!! Can't wait... I wanna go back to normal.... Whatever that is....

Sorry about the winge, just have enough of little or no sleep and feeling miserable. Besides that I miss my family a lot more since we have just been there and feel like a real cow for doing this to them....

OK, on the upside, Jasper is changing a lot now. Much more responsive, loves his jolly jumper, likes to sit up and does a lot of tummy time in his cot. He rolls so much in his cot that we never know where in the cot we are going to find him in the morning! He still sleeps quite well, a bit more night waking with this cold, but hopefully that is on the way out. I also think he is teething as he keeps rubbing his teether against his gums and yesterday there was a bit of blood on it, not sure if I can feel something yet, he doesn't let me look in his mouth. Still not into solids, will make an appointment with MHCN for next week and see what she thinks... Any other bubbies not into solids yet or are we the only ones still on milk only?
Day sleeps are still very short; usually 0.5-1 hr about three times per day. He gets quite cranky if I try to keep him up for longer than 1.5 hours. At night he sleeps from 6.30 pm till about 5 am with usually only one feed. Lately two due to the cold.

Bubby awake... BBL...

P.S. sorry about the selfish rant, had to get this off my chest...

Hi all,

I am back. Bubby back in bed for second sleep... he keeps rolling himself against the sides of the cot and starts screaming :(. Hopefully he will get the hang of moving around without getting stuck soon, as it makes it a lot harder to settle him.

Will try to do some personals;

Bun - How is Catherine sleeping? Hopefully you got more of those beautiful nights sleep!

Sue - Sophie seems to be growing very well! They don't fit in their clothes for too long don't they? We will have to go for a checkup soon, can't wait to find out what Jasper is up to.

Jen - OMG, can you start Amber on meat already! Go girl; great that she loves her solids! Wish Jasper was the same... makes me think we are falling behind a bit too much. Still on a teaspoon of rice cereal or teaspoon of apple a day that gets met with a very dark look and after one of two goes he turns away his head.

A question for any of the breastfeeding girls; on how many feeds a day are you now? We are still on 6 to 8 feeds a day, just wondering if I should cut back a bit, or whether that would do more harm than good...

Minky - love Noah's pic! He's got so much hair! Jasper just has patchy little wisps of reddish hair. Makes him look a lot younger; when we went in for his needles the nurse wanted to get the two month needles out...

Ash - Looks like Alex is doing really well! A very cute photo! How are you going? Still battling your way up?

Prama - Welcome back!!! How was your trip? Must have been quite an adventure on your own with Lakshman; I admire you for doing it! Did he behave himself for mummy? Hope you are all settled in at home and are able to get Lakshman into a better night routine...

To everyone else I have missed; hope you are all doing well!!

Hi Esme- I hope your cold gets better very soon and you get some decent sleep. Amber was rolling in her cot too. But now I have her sleep in her sleeping bacg during the day and try and tuck her in as much as possible. Since she started her day sleeps in her sleeping bag, she has been so much better.
We are still breastfeeding. Amber is on 5-6 a day but then again she has 2 full solid meals a day with cereal and fruit in the morning and vegies in the evening. I dont think Jasper is falling behind. Some babies just like food more than others. My MCHN told me once that babies who dont eat too much earlier on will have a heartier appetite later on and the ones who eat like a horse (like my one for example!) will not eat as much.
Jasper sounds happy with his playing so you must be doing something right!

Sue- I cant believe all the different information people give us. I guess maybe because my girl inhales everything I give her, she may be ready for meat? Who knows. I will increase to 3 meals a day next week and see how she goes.

We are going to the pool this afternoon. I took Amber the other day and had a small play and she enjoyed herself. Will see how she goes this arvo.

Prama- Are you back?

Ash- Well done on making 6 months breastfeeding mate. Sensational effort.

Hi Bun, Roya, Jacki, oh dear I am missing people sorry!

i just did a post and got an error.
esme- hope you get better. wat horrid weather to get back too.
we were good on the plane thanks. i didnt go in till 30mins before boarding time, as i was spending time w my family. so straight fr immigation to gate to plane as it was boarding time. i did find putting stuff thru the xray at the gate hard w him on the sling, but ppl helped lifting my bag onto the machine. it was a night flight so fell asleep before dinner (what a blessing!!!) and slept most of it. and his toy entertained him most of the other time.

poopy keeps waking up at night, couple of times. yest didntpick him up and feed him but patted him and he seemed to settle back.

jj - do you give milk, bfast, milk lunch, milk dinner. how much gap between milk and solids?

i was told too we can give meat but fish and chicken but red meat later as it's harder to digest.

have to run.. hope this post comes thru

Prama- We do roughly:
6am ish- Milk
8am- brekky being cereal and fruit
10ish- milk
2ish- milk
4ish- tea being vegies
6ish- milk
8ish- bath then milk at about 830

times do vary but thats roughly it. When we add in the lunch it will be around noon i guess. My god then she will be non stop eating. I have bought some chicken mince to steam up but might wait a week or so.

thanks JJ.
gosh, it will start to seem they are constantly eating every few hours isnt it..

Hi guys.

Well, we were doing great with DD's sleep until the last 2 nights. She was sleeping from roughly 7pm to 6am with one wake for a feed and then going straight back to sleep again, but the last 2 nights she has woken up at 11pm and then screamed for most of the rest of the night! I think she may be teething as I can feel something rough on her gum at the front. She also got very upset for a couple of days after her needles, they really seemed to affect her this time, the poor little thing. I hope these teeth come through soon and she starts sleeping better again, I was just getting used to having an ok night's sleep!

JJ - DD sure loves her food, hey! Good on her, I hope she likes meat too. I hope she enjoyed the pool. We have just started new swimming lessons which are going well so far.

prama - sounds like DS was a dream on the flight back home. What a good boy!

sue - I tried one of those net things, but DD doesn't seem to be interested which is a bugger! I thought maybe I would finally be able to get some solids into her! I will try again when she is a little older and see how we go then.

minky - that's funny about DS! DD doesn't seem to have noticed her nether regions yet. She is too busy in the bath trying to put her feet in her mouth most of the time!

esme - good to see you back. It sounds like you have had a bit of a rough time lately. I hope things get easier soon. My DD isn't into solids much yet either. I don't know why I bother, but I try to feed her twice a day. She insists on feeding herself, so we end up with food everywhere and I am not sure if any actually goes down her throat. I think some bubs can just take a bit of time to get used to solids, I know that my sister wouldn't touch them until 8 months and she was fine. We are on 5 BFs a day and two small meals (that is if she will actually swallow any!) and she is becoming a little fatty!

Hi to everyone else, I hope you are going well :)

Hi all!

Feeling a lot better; it must have been a case of the winter blues! We have had quite nice weather lately so we have been able to get out and go for walks and Jasper's cold is getting better. Thanks for 'listening' and the reassuring words; very much appreciated!

Jenjams - great that DD loves her food so much! How did the swimming go?

Bun - How is Catherine sleeping? Jasper has been waking up more frequently too over the last couple of weeks (2-3 times) the last couple of days he has slept quite well again, so hopefully it was temporary... He seems to be getting a tooth too; top one first by the looks of it! I have decided to go the way of BLS for now, just to get Jasper used to the feel and taste of food in a fun way. When he starts to actually eat a bit, I will try spoon feeding again. The last couple of days he had a couple of wedges of avocado for lunch and spoons coated in rice cereal. I don't think he actually swallowed any, but at least he had fun!

Prama - How are you coping being back in the country? Everything OK? I found it very hard those first weeks; missed my family a lot :(. A little better now. Is Lakshman sleeping a little better?

Hi to everyone else! It is very quiet in here, so everything must be going ok.

Little boy is awake; BBL...

esme - thanks. i am missing home heaps.. it's so hard to leave everyone behind and everyone was so so sad to say good bye to lakshman, esp my parents and brother.

bun - i read that some babies will take solids when they can feed themselves w finger food, maybe catherine will do it then, tho i hope she does it sooner. she doesnt like sweet stuff like pumpkin either?

we had 6mth shots last night, poor baby has been grizzly and clingy... i miss my cheery baby...

we went to the paed yest morning.
because of his excema, paed said not to give him any food which has tiny seeds, like strawberries, tomatoes etc. also to avoid egg, yolk or white till he's 1.

he also said since he's been on solids for a mth, we can hv 3 meals a day and inc meat/fish. he said give him his meal first then milk, and he will have how much he wants.

Good morning ladies,

How hard are babies to work out? My baby after months of being a good sleeper and going through the night now wakes between 12 and 2 and won't go back to sleep until I feed her. She is now on 3 meals a day and has just started chicken too. It just seems like she is constantly eating. She never refuses food either. So I reckon she doesnt need the night feed but she wont sleep without it. Can you feed a baby too much?

Ahhhh

Sorry for the selfish post. Will be back later hopefully in a better mood.

Good Morning,

Jen -- Don't worry you are not being selfish. They are very hard to work out, just when you think you know what is happening they change! Hopefully it is just a phase for you. Does she have any teeth yet???? I don't think you can feed a baby too much she will just have what she wants. They do have another growth spurt around 6 months so maybe thats whats happening. It does seem like they eat all the time , don't worry when they are about 18months it will be the opposite !
DD also is waking once overnight but she is not really interested in any food. She has a cold and has the runny nose and gunky eyes but is still happy and smiley. Unlike my two boys who are miserable and snotty.
DD is rolling all over tha place, and thinks she is so clever. So cute, she rolls from one end of the room to the other and then gets stuck up against the couch and just laughs:ROFL:

Have a good day everyone I will be the nose wiper today !!
Sue

Jen - we are going through the same at the moment; I was feeding him double for the last week or so because he has had a cold, but he is still waking up at least 2 times each night. Not that he is hungry... Can't work it out either. Could be teeth; yesterday I saw two little white spots, but today I couldn't see them anymore... Do they move up and down? Yesterday during the day he was very grizzly and hard to entertain. I have an appointment with the MHCN today, so I will ask about that.

Prama - Thinking of you! Having a bub makes it so much harder to live overseas away from your family...

Sue - How's the nose wiping going? LOL it is hard enough with one here let alone three snotty noses!Jasper started to roll all over the place too; we had to buy a playpen because he kept getting stuck and instead of laughing like Sophie, he starts to whinge and scream if I don't rescue him quick enough. At least in the pen I know he is alright, so I don't have to drop whatever I am doing every five minutes to rescue him!

Wish everyone a good day!!

why are these babies not sleeping thru!! aaarrrgghhhh.
poopy's crying in his sleep, he's not awake but he just cries and he seems restless, moving his head left and right. i pat him and he quietens. i stop and he starts again. ive stopped picking him up and feeding him when he does that, and am just trying to see if the pattinghelps.
the paed said the other day, he isnt crying cos he;s hungry cos he has his dinner then milk and goes to bed. he's looking for some comfort.

sue - hope you give up nose wiping soon!

esme - what did the mcn say?


next week, im going to see how mashed food go. im going to start fish as well. MIL makes really yummy soup, so when i go next week, we're going to give him some vegie soon, it'll have onion and garlic and all.
i also got some low salt stock, im going to try to cook chicken in it and blend it up.

im so exhausted. poopy;s having 3 solids now. im just finding it's taking so much more time. i was late going to the mcn so didnt have time to see the nurse cos i had to go to the osteo. he had a bf in the morning, then some vaalia yogurt w banana. i left him w mil when i went to the osteo. he had a milk there. got home, gave him some lunch, then bf.
we went out to get his car seat, we got a maxi rider AHR at babies galore at 10%off. then gave him his dinner and then milk.
I just feel im constantly feeding him.. it's exhausting. and i find i have to now get ready an extra hour earlier than before if i want to give him solids and milk.
instead of 4,5 meals before now it's 8 meals a day.
i made a whole batch of food and frooze it the other day. it will last me a few days. it is hard work!!


im having a really down day..
my lupus is getting me down and tired and worn out.
the osteo said some of my lumbars aren't working very well, and there's hardly any reflex in my left foot. my feet are over compensating.... basically my back is buggered, and everything's on my foot.
he said something must have gone wrong during my development days.

time for beddy byes.. i'm sorry this is a whinge post..

Prama- How are you today? Hopefully a little better!Love your new picture of Lakshman! He is so cute! We are only trying solids once a day at lunchtime and it is so much cleaning up for a teaspoon of food.. most of it ends up everywhere except for in his mouth anyway.

Jasper slept for 11 hours last night, so let's just hope the night waking is only a phase... We went to the MHCN yesterday and I asked her about the night waking, but she just said it could be teeth, growth spurt or sometimes needing solids (Jasper is not eating solids yet...), all the stuff we knew about already anyway. She had a look at his gums and it looks like his two top teeth seem to be coming through... Jasper weighs 7.36 kg and is 67.5 cm long. Not the heaviest (LOL, he's got no chance with two skinny parents) but healthy and meeting his milestones.

Thanks esme, it was another hard night, he kept crying in his sleep every hour. i pat him and quietens, then when i stop he starts again.
i dont know what to do!

take your time w jasper, i guess. some foods poopy makes a funny face, and kinda spits it out, i keep giving him more, than half way thru he seems ok with it.

Jasper's doing great guns! Poopy's 6.8kgs at 65.5cm.. he's at the 10%, but he's doing everything right, inc. taking after his mother I think!

Hi Girls,

I have a little bit of time to myself this morning, my MIL and FIL are back from QLD so they have taken the boys for a couple of hours and DD is asleep.:dance:

The nose wiping has settled down Thank you everyone! They all seem to be getting over it now but DH has it and he is just sooooo sick ( he he ) men are the WORST patients.

Prama -- Glad to have you back in the country. So sorry you are feeling a bit down. You have had a huge couple of months so it might be time for some 'YOU' time whatever that may be for you. Big Hugs :hug: It does feel like you are constantly feeding doesn't it. It does get easier hun. As they get older when they start having finger foods in a few months it is a lot easier, at the moment it is time consuming.
Also when they start sitting and moving more and dare I say it crawling they become a lot more interested in food and also sleep better as they are exhausted!!!!!
I LOVE Lakshmans photo he is soooooo cute!

Esme -- I am pretty sure that there teeth do move up and down and then pop through!! How much of a pain in the bum are they -- then they lose them and get more arrggghhh. Jasper is putting on weight nicely, its funny how much emphasis is put on weight and growth, as long as they are happy and sleeping i don't think it matters. That said my DD is in the 90th percentile for everything but I suppose that's why their is a range isn't there.

Bun -- I hope Catherine is sleeping well again for you. I love your picture too she is a cutey.

Hi to everyone else
Hope everyone has a good day I had better make the most of my 2 hour s off, mopping, washing etc etc Neverending story really.:wall:

I am having two nights away in melbourne in a fortnight with a girlfiend, we are having an afternoon at a day spa, then staying overnight, hitting the shops on the Saturday and then another night over and then home. OMG I can't wait. IT has only taken us 5 years to plan to do this. SOOOO EXCITED 14 sleeps to go

Sue xxx

thanks sue!
it does get quite overwhelming all that feeding. i guess once we have a routine it will be easier. i just find going out, throws it all out.

i wonder if poopy's crying at night in his sleep has something to do w teething??

lucky you!! enjoy your night out. are you leaving the kids behind??

YES PRAMA DH is looking after them for the WHOLE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

Gosh I love them but I really need this for me.
Can you tell I am a little excited??????

I will probably just end up buying stuff for them anyway but it will be nice to have a break. I have been saving up for a while so we will have lots of fun.

Re teething have you discovered bonjela yet?

Sue

sue you totally totally deserve it!!!!
I hope you have super fantastic time, pamper yourself and sleep, sleep , sleep!!!!!!!!!

dh said he will take poopy out to mil's for couple of hrs one weekend. i just need some sleep without him at home. i find even if dh is looking after him at home, my sleep's not rested cos i keep waking up at the slightest sound.

is bonjela good? i still cant feel anything but his gums are hard.

Hi Prama,

Bonjela is just a little local anesthetic gel that you rub on and it numbs the area for a while. Not exactly sure how long. I have used it for all three of mine and it seems to work.
Celery is supposed to be good for them to munch on and help sooth their gums, and the do have teething rings that you can put in the fridge and then give them to chew on to help sooth their gums.

I can never sleep if the kids are here I do the same and wake up for any noise. It will be good for you to have a couple of hours off and relax, just don't do housework.

I think when I go away I will be in bed by 8.30pm just to catch up, but then again I bet we're not!!!

Have agood weekend everyone I have to work this afternoon :(

Sue

sue - will look out for bonjela. i can only feel that his gums are hard but nothing coming thru yet. should i start w bonjela now or wait?

i've got a teething ring...

yeah, it's hard that every noise bub makes wakes you up.. and it's so tempting to do housework when you have time to yourself isnt it.

hope work was ok today..

we had dinner with my team mates at my manager's last night. it was really good. poopy was well behaved. it was just nice to sit w other adults and chat like the old days. we had poopy on the play mat while we ate, then dh and took turns w him on our laps while we chatted and had dessert.

he had his first swim class today. carlile offered us a free trial class. dh took him into the water and i took pictures, i thought itd be nice for them to do this together.. i think he did well, he just didnt like when he was on his back and water went into his ears.

gotta go.. have a good sunday girls.