Bleh, I have a cold Ben has one too and this morning Jared woke up with a cough I'm hoping that's it for him though. It's only Ben's second cold and he's not dealing too well with it - neither are we!
No personals today, I feel too rotten BTW, I'm sure we got our cold from the Community Nurses' waiting room last week. There was a mother there with her 8ish year old (with a friend with a bub) and the girl was coughing all over us. THREE times the mother said "If you don't cover your mouth when you cough, we'll have to wait outside because there are babies in here" THREE times she didn't do anything I wonder how many other poor bubbas got sick because it was a busy day down there
Just wanted to share something which some of you may know anyway & it may even only apply to NSW but worth looking into anyway. For a limited time parents & grandparents or anyone looking after a child under 12mths is entitled to a free whooping cough vaccine (also includes tetanus & diptheria). You just go to your GP. I got a letter through medicare so went & had my jab this morn. Apparently 42% of babies catch it from their mothers - scary!!!
Dis - I would have gone off my head if it were me in that waiting room (at the mother of course)!!!!
AJC - thanks for reminding me! I'm getting my GP to give me a script tomorrow and I wanted to ask about the Whooping Cough injection. Had a discussion on Immunisations at the health clinic yesterday.... I hope it's free in QLD too!!! That's where my GP is. Otherwise I live right near NSW border so can get it there too
Be awful if we gave it to our babies.
Dis - hope you feel better soon!! It's so annoying when you get sick from others!!! Orange - poor Dash! Sounds like the right thing for him tho starting solids earlier. I've heard of others doing that for reflux babies.
Ava is now 5.2kgs!!! She is finally above 5kg she's doing really well! Still a petite thing though.... just long and slim!! She's a size 000 and will be for few more weeks yet.... I bought her some really cute winter clothes in size 00 from Myer (Sprout brand) sooooo cute......
I need to lose 20kg.... will check out that website Me-lisa - thanks.
I watch Biggest Loser it motivates me but then i eat something bad......
ORANGEFEATHER- interesting u say about increasing the zantac and gaviscon with the reflux problem,we have Nixon on AR formula,ive had to decrease the amount a little as its making him constipated...what to do????????????? banging my freaking head,might have to ring the paed to see what i can give that wont constipate him and hes also on Losec..
We are still having major catnapping issues bad during the day,tonights a shocker,hes hardly slept sice 4pm,he had half hour nap then was up til 730pm,had bath n bottle n went to bed but hes catnapping and woken up again so we are just forcing him to go back to sleep,since the whole reflux thing hes really relying on his dummy to sooth himself and gets very emotional and crying quickly..tired emo and irritable..
At night he normally goes to bed around 7pm and sleeps well without waking,tonight been a bad one,im so exhausted,still havent made bottles up fpr tonight....need mum time out lol...
i hope the reflux sorts itself out soon now we on Losec and gaviscon as the car trips are unbearable whereas before he loved the car,it is improving..
TV-AHOLIC- YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to turn the tv off when feeding and what not,he loves the damn thing,doesnt help that i have a 50inch giant bloody plasma,hey if it keeps him quiet for 15 mins whilst i get some housework done i aint complaining,we watch Dora the Explorer,,,hehe
WEIGHTLOSS-
No time to even think about it atm,,,too busy with my baby boy and the reflux and the business,i barely get time to shower n blowave my hair let alone anything else..hope in the near future,nuthin a good pair of shapewear suck ur inners in knickers dont fix,,,ahhh trickery for $20 best money ive ever spent..lol
cheers to all im delirious
Bon
Just a quick one....still haven't read posts from when I was away...getting there lol....so will respond to last couple of posts!!
Ren: We will give solids a go any way and see how it goes. DD wasn't on solids until 6 months. We just bought an activity centre for Dash so he can stay upright after his food without us having to hold him. He is moving around more now so we can't just prop him up on a pillow anymore and he is getting too big for his bouncer (that doesn't bounce lol). Yeah on Ava reaching 5kg!!!
AJC: Thanks for the info...will look into that. How is little Sam going??
Dis: Grrrrr about being sick. It makes you mad!!
Bon: Dash has the opposite problem with his bowels. His are quite sloppy. Have you tried a different formula? Dash is on Karicare (not HA-AR as it is worse lol) and I find it is a little thicker than the Novalac. Dash got constipated on Novalac Sweet Dreams which is thickened too. Look at the back of the tin and see what it is thickened with as different brands are thickened with different things. Karicare is thickened with carob bean gum if that helps. You just might have to experiment until you find one that suits Nixon's bowels.....there are many to choose from as you know and people will give you differing opinions on what is best. If Nixon is constipated then he would be feeling mighty uncomfortable. I had this problem with my DD (and still do) and she would be/still is really unsettled and irritable when she is backed up and doesn't eat/sleep properly. You can try some brown sugar in warm water if he is blocked up....seems to help. There are plenty of other home remedies as well like a bit of prune juice in water. Sometimes just plain water is enough as the thickened formula is absorbing more fluid than normal when it swells in their little belly. Maybe try something like this if you want to keep him on the Novalac....but once again people have different opinions about whether this is a good idea or not. Hope that helps.
TTFN....will be back to talk to everyone else....want to read about bubs first Easters. Big hello to everyone and hope everyone is well (and hope you are better soon Dis).
ORANGE- We had Nixon try karicare AR formula as well,.it was so thick he only drink half a bottle n spit it out,that was the start of the constipation,then i went back to the novalac AR formula and he still constipated,,,some mums told me the normal karicare gold is quite good and thick for a non AR formula as well as my paed said to try nan ha gold pro ,he had that at birth in hospital n made him constipated then but dunno bout now,he normally has heinz nurture 1 gold starter,i might give him some of that with a bit of feed thickener in it,i gave him some cooled boiled water and the last 2 novalac bottles instead of putting 5 scoops per 150ml as directed i put 4 but cant see a change yet,,,poor little kid!!!
I'm from the other Jan group but we have gone very quiet and thought could I pop in here, Harley was born the 15th Jan so only one day out lol! But yeh I love chatting to other mums and would be great to join ur group!
Hope u are all well and look forward to meeting u all
Ben has one too and this morning Jared woke up with a cough
she's doing really well! Still a petite thing though.... just long and slim!! She's a size 000 and will be for few more weeks yet.... I bought her some really cute winter clothes in size 00 from Myer (Sprout brand) sooooo cute......
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