esme - our mchn told me to give him a feed before bfast, then one after lunch and after dinner. so only 3 feeds. i used to give him one after bfast but have dropped that.
good idea abt the water after the last feed. will do that.
Prama - Will continue with three feeds for a while then.
Lakshman and Jasper have their nap at the same time it seems! Good time to be on BB isn't it ?
Welcome Bronzdbebe good to have you here.
Prama - when do you go back to work? I am trying to do the three feeds a day which we normally manage but occaisionally she will wake overnight and have a bottle I am wondering whether to make this just water.
Esme - it gets a bit lonely doesn't it. They do seem to have playgroups at silly times i think they should be at 9am or straight after lunch. Maybe we could set up a revolution in playgroups he he.
I would make whatever cake you like and not worry about your nephew, I know it sounds harsh but he is probably used to not having what everyone else has. Maybe make a special cupcake for him and a yummy iced cake for everyone else. I have found you can't cater to everyone I think the best bit of the party is the cake and we always put the cake in front of them and let them attack it after Happy Birthday has been sung he he very messy.
Hi Kato, Danda, Bun and CookieMonster
Ho to JenJams and Jacki and everyone else (where are you guys?)
Sophie is now crawling properly although she is slower with her tummy off the ground and she is also standing up everywhere. We are having her party on her actual birthday and I am organizing a pool party. We only have a small wading pool and a ball pit so I am going to set them up outside under the shadecloth and use some tank water so the kids can have a splash. May evern have a slip n slide!
Thank Esme,
I have started planning Zane's birthday, We are having a pirate party (husbands request) and Zane will be the youngest there so it's more for the adults and others kids really...I think the birthday boy will be stoked with the wrapping paper and not not much else will matter. lol.
As for the allergies/intolerance maybe you could have lots of cupcakes and arrange them into a No 1 and just leave the icing off the ones you need to for those with intolerance? Just an idea.
Still can't believe how quickly the time has passed by, seems like only yesterday I was pregnant, I was 9 day overdue with Zane so had he come on the due date he'd be 1 today!!
Sorry....Thanks to everyone who has welcomed me...Hi to everyone, Hope you are all having a great start to your week and looking forward to getting to know everyone a bit better.
Welcome bronzdbebe. I love the name Zane. It was on my list for boys names but DF didnt like it. A pirate party sounds cool!
With feeds, we are on 3 a day. I have finally managed to stop the night feed. (We are still BF too) Amber still wakes at night but all she gets now is water or a quick cuddle. She does cry but is getting better.
Oh and we have successfully dropped to one sleep a day. After lunch, Amber has a BF and then goes to bed for a couple of hours. So far it is working for us!
Hi everyone out there. For Amber's birthday I want to make a cake. I went and bought the womens weekly cook book today. You are right bun, the ladybird cake looks great. I will have to flick through it and see. Amber's (and bun's!) birthday is Friday the 13th this year. Maybe I can do a spooky cake? Amber has a lot of cousins but they are noisy kids and run all through the house. So I am maybe thinking of having only the grandparents down for a quiet dinner and cake. I dunno.
My god that was an all me post!
Hi Prama and Lakshman
Hi Bun and Catherine
Hi Esme and Jasper
Hi Sue and Sophie (and the boys!)
Hi Ash and Alex
Hi Danda and Zoe
Hi Roya and Amelie (and Sarina)
Hi Jackie and Luke
Hi Kato and Baxter
Hi Bronzdbebe and Zane
I am sure I have missed many. Must go and keep cool. Vic is Hot hot hot this week.
jen - you did so well with everyone and their bubs!!!
i cant remember if i mentioned but i'm, well, MIL and I, are going to make a farm cake. my mum made it for my 4th and i loved it. i got some plastic barnyard animals.. no way i can make marzipan animals!! going to use desicated coconut for grass, and i got some twig like choccies from aldi for the fence. i dunno abt a barn.. might be too much.
lol - friday the 13th! it will be great! when are you going to celebrate it?
we're doing it on the 14th but just at a park, bbq. easy and i dont have to worry abt cleaning hte house and ppl everywhere. haha. only hope the weather is good....
hey,
bronzedbebe - love the name Zane - awesome! we were also thinking of a pirate party for the little man...
i totally agree with the playgroup timings! thumbs up to the BB playgroup revolution! DS is cross cutting a tooth at the mo - his eye tooth is soo close to coming through - is going to look like such a little hobo when it comes through
Thanks Kato, Zane was my fave name and the only one hubby and I could agree on so it worked out well. Heaven help us if we ever have another boy!
Looking forward to having Zane's party, I'm making a pirate ship cake and have little party bags for the other kids (6 kids in total) hopefully it should all work out OK. Bit nervous about the cake and how it will turn out maybe I'm getting my ability mixed up with my ambition???
Quick question has anyone starting weaning onto cows milk yet straight from bf? Zane still has 3 bf a day morning mid afternoon and b4 bed but he doesn't seem to want the morning one really anymore so I was thinking I might need to think about how I'm going to wean, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Have a great day all...off to have some me time...love the morning sleep.
Hi girls, Im wrapped. Tara starts kinder tomorrow. I hope she copes with the 41 deg weather ok.
How is everyone else dealing with the hot? I just cant believe it's going to be 40+ all the way up to the weekend. Ahhh. I can just cope with the days, but the hot night's just kill me & bub's.
Im off to the great ocean road this weekend. Im a bit worried how DS going to handle it. The motel has a indoor heated swimmimg pool, so I recon DD and hubby will spend alot of time in there. I am just keen to see if Jake is going to eat the sand at the beach like Tara did at 6 months.lol
Im sorry I dont have time for personals, but I hope you are all happy and healthy.
Hopefully I have more time to post when Tara starts kinder tomorrow.
2 please - have a great time on the Great Ocean road. If you go far enough you could come and visit me! (mental note - must change my location status on here now that we have moved!). We took DD to the beach for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she wasn't a fan at all. I am sure when they get used to the beach they will love it though! This weather sure is bad - I moved over here to avoid the horrible Perth summer and it looks like I have brought it with me! I hope Tara goes well at kinder.
bronzdbebe - welcome! A pirate party sounds like a great idea. I have no idea about weaning as DD is showing no signs of giving up the boob any time soon. Does he like cows milk? I am kinda hoping when I want to wean I can just replace one feed at a time with cows milk, and hey presto, she will be weaned! Probably not that easy though...
prama - great idea on the farm theme cake, make sure you put up pics!
jen - wow on remembering that Amber and I share the same birthday! I am trying to find a bowl to bake a cake in that is the right shape for the ladybird cake but haven't found one yet. I need to have a practice run before the big day so I hope I find one soon!
esme - I like the idea of having cupcakes shaped together to make a 1, that way you can have different cakes to suit any individual needs, plus there are some really good cupcake ideas out there.
I agree with everyone re the playgroup times - we are going to brave playgroup at 10am tomorrow anyway which is right on nap time, but we will see how we go. I need to get out and meet some new mums here before I go completely stir crazy!
i think i'm also going to getting ambitious w my cake making abilities! mil's going to bake and we'll do the deco together. she;s really good at it!
pirate ship cake! wow!! would love to see pictures!!!
oh enjoy the great ocean road, karlie, i love it there!
bun - how are you settling in?
poopy is now standing by himself for longer periods, up to 20-30seconds. and he has been taking 1 step and then falling down. i guess soon he will be taking 2 steps. then there's no stopping him.. house not ready yet!
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