We're going great here! Ava is sitting up on her own now (YAY!!!) for a few minutes at a time and is enjoying her solids. She has 2 meals a day. Mainly fruits for breakfast and veges for dinner. We just introduced yoghurt also for bfast and she loves it
Soon we'll introduce a 3rd meal of the day too (lunch).
Breastfeeding is going really great and she loves her boobie juice!! We're definitely keen to continue until she is 12mths and then hopefully beyond that....!!
Ava wants to stand all the time!! I pull her to a sitting position but she stretches out her legs and goes to stand up and can hold her own weight and stand leaning against the couch or the coffee table!!! I can let go and she can stand there for a few mins... so strong!! She's not that interested in rolling every day but thats just her
Runner - your trip sounds exciting!! I love NZ, i have skied there too!
Sorry to hear about Amara.... it's a good thing to get her checked out.... I must say though by what you said... alot of that stuff Ava isn't doing yet either! So it could just be the way she is developing...you know? It's quite common for babies to like the tags on their toys i've read and heard heaps of that happening. Also Ava doesnt wave. She holds on when I hold her. Ava doesnt always hold eye contact either because there is soooo much exciting stuff around her to look at!!!! She can look at Mum any old time!!!! hehe Try not to worry let us know how you go.
Im on facebook. I'll PM you. Happy 40th by the way!!!!!!
Very Quick hello. Hope everyone is doing really really well. Fin Is a Delight. WE have only rolled once, but he seems happy to be playing. I'm sure he'll be mobile soon.
MelA - yeah Ava has only rolled a few times and hasnt for a little while now.... I know she'll do it in her own time.. there seems to be so much pressure for them to roll over both ways etc but they all learn differently huh.. she can sit up on her own for a few mins which is great!!!
Soooo true Shanti about bubs doing things in their own time AND in their own order lol. Dash is quite mobile but we have no teeth lol!! In a way I wish he wasn't because now it is crazy in this house and I feel like I don't have my little baby boy anymore!! But happy that I got to see these milestones before I returned to work next week. When people ask how your bubs are they are very quick to rattle off a checklist of things they should be doing...too much pressure. I can remember DD was the first to be mobile in her playgroup but the others could talk 'better' than her and do other things before her. It didn't worry me. Now they are all 2 and you wouldn't know who did what first/last (nor does it matter) as they are all basically 'doing' the same things now and 'caught up' to one and other iykwim. Enjoy this time with your bubs when they are happy just to play and be with you....it goes all too quickly. BTW I hate using the words in ' ' but couldn't think of better words to use this morning lol!
Shanti: Yay for Ava sitting on her own...I saw your pics and she does look cute. DD could crawl around 7 months but couldn't sit until after 8 months - work that one out!! She looks too cute in her MCN's and babylegs as well....very lucky bubba! Hope you have another girl down the track so that she too can wear those beautiful nappies. But imagine the fun you will have if you have a boy getting set up with more boyish MCN's lol!
Runner: Good luck at the appointment next week and I hope everything is fine with Amara's development. When you have a feeling it's best to go with your intstincts and get things checked out. Happy 40th birthday!! I think you are an amazing 40yo mum and aspire to be as fit as you when I get there!!
Mel A: Nice to see you again in the thread and thanks for the update. Fin sounds adorable. Love watching them happily playing with their toys....can watch it for hours.
Dis: You ARE soooooo in love your boys....you can tell!! Any tips on getting DD to share her toys willingly...you seem to be doing a great job?! Now that Dash is pulling himself up and crawling, DD has become extremely interested in him and wont leave him alone. She doesn't know her own strength. She often hurts him without meaning to.....can be a bit distressing and it is hard not to react to her (knowing it is not on purpose and all new to her) but my first instinct is to protect Dash who is crying iykwim. The biggest problem is trying to get her to stop riding him like a horse,oh and the beanbag on his head(might put that away). Crawling is far more terrifying the second time around, well I think so anyway (because he is out of sight quickly with the added 'danger' of DD lol).
Ella's_Mum and Caiden's: A big hello you your bubs....hope you are all well.
AFM: We are enjoying Facebook atm and so are our families....they love the easy access to pics and videos!! Now I don't feel like they are missing out when it is a while between visits. Love looking at your pics as well.
Now that Dash is off and crawling we have been busy fixing the gates to rooms (especially DD's because of the small toys) and baby proofing cupboard doors and draws since he can now open them. These are all the negatives of crawling of course...plus add head bangs on tiled floors, hands caught/jambed in things, takes ages and many attempts to change a nappy and dress DS(can be messy lol)etc. Dash is now sporting 3 band-aids at the moment - one is quite nasty where DD wedged his hand under a door stop and the pulled the door to, taking the skin off his hand. I am feaking out big time about him banging his head (which happens often as he is pulling himself up on most things now) because the hole on top of his (forget what it is called) is still wide open and you can still see it pulsating. It is about the size of a 5 cent piece. Anyone else with this?? Can't really remember with DD but was sure it was closed by the time she was crawling. It will only take one nasty blow.....oh the thought of it!!
Anyway, better go...DD is trying to feed Dash a cheese sick!!
Chat soon xx
ETA: OMG this is soooo long....sorry! Don't get a lot of adult conversation around here atm!!
Last edited by LuckyStar; August 18th, 2009 at 10:13 AM.
thanks everyone for your respones re Amara. And also many, many thanks for those who have PM me about your facebook names - I will be on in a couple of weeks (after coming home from NZ) and look you all up!
Ren, I know that waving is too soon for our bubs, you are right. What worries me is that she does NOT hold on when picked up or walked around in our arms...even when I have to lean forward to pick something up, she will not clasp onto me. I don't think this is right - just a feeling.
She is responding to her name when I call her most of the time, and physically she is developing about right - she rolls a lot, sits up on her own for about 1-2 mins now and reaches out and gets toys. Eye contact, like I said, varies.
Specialist appointment for Logan tomorrow, and we will ask about Amara....but I have a feeling he will say 'well, we just have to wait and see......'
Runner - yes definitely get Amara checked if it doesn't feel right. You know best you are her Mum Ava will hang on when i bend down to pick something up and yes she does put her arms around me (most of the time) so perhaps just talk to Paed about it but it could all be nothing too All the best with the appt for your son too.
Have a lovely trip away you deserve it
Will PM you now my name for FB!!
Luckystar - thanks!! We are so in love with our little girl... and yeah we love her in MCNs they are too cute and the babylegs are really trendy!! My husband came home the other day and said "why is she in a disposable?" (cos she had bum cream on !!) he loves the MCNs toO!!!! Yeah i'd love another little girl or a boy next time it doesnt matter....! I like your kids photos on FB!! Dash has grown so much!!!
Yeah I've been hoping Ava rolls more often soon so that she can have more fun iykwim?? But you are right Linda, I don't want her to get too mobile as I see all these babies growing up too fast and it's a bit sad!!!! They aren't very little for long..... I am enjoying my little bub while she's little and not too mobile yet!!! hehe she can take her time.... they all develop at their OWN PACE. She sits up well and can even stand supporting her own weight!!!! strong legs.... my hubby walked at 9mths... i hope Ava doesnt !!!!LOL but if she does, thats cool too
We spent the morning painting (non toxic paints!!) on canvas Ava's footprints and handprints!!!! LOL we got covered in paint and both ended up in the shower and now she is fast asleep. I just baked cookies!! Mmmm!!!!
Ok well I hope to post in at least once a week now...... been soooo slack!!!
....just came back to move my weight loss ticker!! 1 more kg lost on weigh in today and I have my AF so it could be a little more as I carry fluid around this time. Let's hope. Getting nervous about going back to work. I have one day next week. Please be kind to me kiddies!!
let us know how you go.
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They aren't very little for long..... I am enjoying my little bub while she's little and not too mobile yet!!! hehe she can take her time.... they all develop at their OWN PACE. She sits up well and can even stand supporting her own weight!!!! 
strong legs.... my hubby walked at 9mths... i hope Ava doesnt !!!!LOL but if she does, thats cool too 
everyone else..... hope you're all going great xx
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