Jess - You are still way ahead of me with your post count LOL!! Get out of the house & enjoy yourself today. We dont want an insane Mummy in here!! ;)
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Jess - You are still way ahead of me with your post count LOL!! Get out of the house & enjoy yourself today. We dont want an insane Mummy in here!! ;)
Hi ladies!
Amy put on 150g this past week.Yay!! she's still little, 4.44 kg but i'm just glad she's growing. she's grown 7cm in 8 weeks!
maz - i really hope you feel better soon. i'm hearing u on the drink....am gonna have a little glass of wine this weekend to celebrate having my husband back!
sazz - how'd celeste's weight go?? the photos are just adorable! love her first smile one :-)
kate - it's awful when they do those screams. must be a quick intense pain that scares them or something. cuddles are great healers aren't they?
carol - good on u for stating ur own mum's group :D
bindy - hope madeleine is ok now after her shots. amy had a slight fever a couple of times but she seems fine now. i gave panadol after as well
jo - tell chris to get stuffed.....its not that easy tho is it?? there is a reason guys don't give birth and chris's attitude is an example of that reason. they just don't understand.....lack of sleep and constant demand on your time, energy and mental capacity is not the easiest job in the world! no one understands except another mother! hope you got your chores done! it's hard when they have a clingy day isn't it!?
jess - enjoy shopping! :D
had a weird night last night....amy's feeding more often and at 2am she decided she didn't want to be asleep anymore. I settled her to sleep for about 20 min and then she woke about 3am so I fed her and then she didn't go down til 4.30. Mark slept all the way through it!! No idea how....anyway, am hoping i get a nap today but knowing murphy's law I won't! have a wonderful day ladies xxx
Gday Gang,
Celeste was weighed this morning and she has put on 490g in two weeks!!! That is more than she has put on in total for her entire life previously!!!!!!! She finally made it to 4kg at almost 7weeks hehe. Had her measured today too: they dont do it everytime here. Her head is 3cm bigger than birth and length is now 54cm (was 48 at birth). Woo hoo. she is now up to the bottom 25% for age which is great as she had dropped just below the bottom 10% at one stage. Very happy :)
Sounds like Amy is coming on in leaps and bounds now Nik, great news.
Maz, I have the same nose/throat cold here, Celeste too. I think she gave it to me actually.
Jess, I go down to the shops for a walk most days too, I dont usually buy stuff but just walk and always have someone stop me for a chat which is nice.
Gotta go, she's up for a feed now...
More personals later if I can
OMG Sophie slept for 7hrs last night 10-5 i woke up when she was due (thanks to my alarm on my phone) and she was still asleep so i kept waking every hour to check on her and she was fine she must have been buggered from not getting alot of sleep yesterday, but when she woke up boy did she guzzle the bottle she didnt spill a drop haha just thought i'd share.
Maz- :hug: for you, hopefully you got your side of the bed back from the boobie monster and got some sleep. Can you drink alcohol if your breast feeding?.
Carol- i would imagine it would be hard for all of you with other kids to get time to yourselves or nap between feeds if you need to. Jess & I are neck & neck with post counts but still nowhere near Maz's :lol: but i'm sure we'll be there in no time.
Jess- it use to be you & me that were chatting up a storm how times have changed HAHA. I hope Jaylens better and if he isnt i hope you've gone to the dr to get both of you checked over. I dont mind being at home its easier to stick to our routine we've got going
Nik- Nice weight gain for Amy, woohoo on growing 7cm!!, last week Sophie was 51.5cm so since birth shes only grown 1.5cm but were only at 6weeks, but shes putting on weight so im not worried. I could feel SO much passion behind your comment "Jo- tell Chris to get stuffed............", its not easy i almost feel like leaving him home with Sophie for 1 day or a weekend and see how easy he thinks it is after that but i dont think i could do that to my little madam i'd feel guilty doing it to her as i'd be punishing her while trying to teach daddy a lesson. Unless men have experience it they dont get it, if men were to give birth could you imagine it they'd whinge more than what they say women whinge :lol:, no one except other mothers understand that demands of a baby. I got my ironing done & washing put away and i was happy that i got that much done and i cooked a tuna bake which was yummo. I 've tried using the carrier SIL gave me but havent quite got it strapped where i want it the way it is is fine for now, Sophie gets lost in it and she puts her hands in front of her, but once shes in it she calms down and looks around wondering how shes being held when ive got both hands free its cute.
Sazz- congrats on the weight gain!!. Woohoo on Celeste cracking the 4kg mark. If we didnt live where we live id go walking everyday, but Chris is thinking about getting a dog and we dont have a fenced yard here so were looking for something else to rent and i told him we have be close to the shops or close to public transport so i can get around without him.
Sazz - WOW!!!! Congrats Celeste! Good girl! Less stress for mummy now! That's great news :-)
Jo - I totally understand that it's hard to tell the guys to get stuffed. I couldn't do it when Mark was putting pressure on me to breast feed. But it's true, they don't understand it, and can't because they just aren't women. We are lucky though that we get to spend so much time with our little ones and can take a lot of the credit for bringing them up. If I was a bloke i'd be jealous of that, even though it's hard work. I know Mark is jealous. I know what you mean about getting some chores done and it feeling like an achievement. I eat lunch and am happy with that! Hahahaha. My carrier is really uncomfortable. it doesn't seem to stay around my waist. It always seems to pull up a bit and forward. Am thinking it needs more straps or something to support properly....who knows. might have to buy another one. They're just so handy. So funny your comment about sophie not knowing how she's being held. hehehehe. wow, that's great she slept through. The longest sleep I've ever got in a row is 5 hrs and that's cos I went to bed at 7.30! hehehe.
well i'm gonna go and try to have a nap cos last night wasn't the best. Luv Nik and Amy xxx
Hi lovelies!
Sazz, AWESOME pics. Celeste looks just like her dad I think. How gorgeous! Great news about her weight gain too! Billy's finally made it over 4kg now too. I was pretty excited!
Bindy, so glad Madeleine went ok with her needles. I may cry taking Billy to get his. I hope she's doing ok today too. :)
QueenMab - PMSL @ Scally's jail nickname!
Jo, holy sh*t, you've turned into a novelist too! That's a Jo record for sure! Fark, I can't believe Chris said that to you! OMG, I would've lost it. Lucky you don't have a bad temper. Hell, leave him at home one day, just one day and he won't know what's hit him. Men are cr*p. :rolleyes: As for the formula, I was told you can only reheat it once, within the hour, otherwise chuck it. Who knows though. You get so many differing opinions. Hey, when's BTK going to sleep that long? ha ha ha! You must've got a fright!
Hey Maz, did you have a drink? How's the runny nose? Not coming up tomorrow but will be next week I'm pretty sure. Jeez, hope so. I'm getting all excited about a big road trip! ha ha! How are Mateauz and Vy today? Feeling better I hope.
Jess, you better get onto that thrush cos if you don't, it will get into the back of the bb and is apparently really hard to treat then. That's when you get shooting pains kind of.
Nik - awesome news about Amy's weight gain and growth! How exciting. Billy's grown 5.5cm in 6 weeks I think.
Carol, I love that pic of Cara and Jackson on your facebook. How gorgeous! Is she loving being a big sister?
Not really much going on here today. I decided I'd get off my fat as* and go for a walk so off we went, then it started raining. Will try again later. My sneakers fit again - don't miss those kankles! So sick of looking like an elephant. I'd like to find a gym that won't lock me into a contract. My old gym has now become Fernwood and they are far too expensive and make you sign a year thingy. That's no good to me as I'm not sure if I'm staying in Melbourne or not. I'll find something.
Billy was weighed and measured yesterday while we were at the MCH centre thingy for mummy club. He's put on 580g in just over 2 weeks. She didn't say it was too much so I guess it's ok. Can't believe he was losing weight at first, now it's just a memory! He's now 4290g and is 56.5cm long. He looks so little still. His head is 39.5cm. I have no idea where all those measurements fit in. As long as he's ok - I'm happy. :)
Hey, I GOT MY MEDICARE CARD JUST BEFORE!!! It's SO exciting seeing his little name there under mine. You girls were right! :)
Billy wouldn't settle this morning after his 8.15am feed so after a little nap in his pram, I made up 60ml of formula and gave him that as a snack. Haven't done that before. I hope that's alright. He left 80ml of his bottle this morning so I reckon that should be ok. He has slept through the next feed anyway. He'll wake up screaming FOR SURE!
Does anyone know much about babies and noise? I'd like to go to the Grand Prix next week and want to take BTK. I was taken as a baby but what's the deal? It's REALLY noisy. Any opinions on that?
Um, oh yeah, I put some more pics of Billy up on my facebook if anyone wants to have a look. I should really make separate albums according to his age but I couldn't be stuffed so sorry, you'll have to wade through them.
Well, I hope everyone's having a wonderful day. I hope I didn't miss anyone either. I even had 2 windows open and it didn't give me a breakdown!
I'll be back later.
x
Right, all afternoon I have been trying to get her to sleep. I put her down wrapped, unwrapped, after a feed, after a cuddle, in the aircon, not in aircon, lullaby cd going, complete silence. I GIVE UP! Each time she is asleep in my arms I put her down- maximum 10mins later she is awake. I leave her till she is crying, have tried patting and reassuring then leaving again. Tried a little cuddle then down again. Nothing works to give this girl a decent daytime sleep. Its why we have such aweful evenings cause she is so tired after the daytime. (at least she sleeps overnight- eventually)
I am so jealous of you guys who get your bubs to sleep afternoons and evenings. It is so rare for Addy to sleep then.
Yes, now we are crying and thrashing out of her wrap!
Quickly- Sazz, great photos, she is gorgeous!
Kate, great new pic on ticker! Sammy is great with Addy, tries to lick her. But is a little sulky and mildly jealous- just tries to get into mum for cuddles too!!
QM-I love the name Scarlett, it was on my shortlist!
Carol-I have tried searching for a local mothers group cant find one. Playgroups Aus have plenty nearby, but I want a group with new mums and babies that i can really talk to, Playgroups go to 5 years old, you have to pay for the session and they are in halls etc. (I had more private homes and coffee shops in mind)
Jo- i think the best place to meet might be your place one day. (cause you cant get around) Fridays are good for Carol I think, and I can make Fridays. What about a week or two after Easter? Nik may be able to drive from GC, Karen may be able to make it?? Anyone else? Bindy at Albany Creek
Gotta go, we have reached cresendo pitch.
Mary- sounds like a date ;), just let me know when everyones happy with, if we have a catch up at my place i'll have some nibblies and tea/cofee etc. Any day of the week is good for me unless we have a dr appt or something that comes up but i'll let you all know in advance.
Nik- Yeah it is hard to put my foot down sometimes and tell Chris to get stuffed etc. Your are right we are lucky we get to spend so much time with our bubbas and cant take alot of credit for bringing them up. I dont know if Chris is jealous but every chance shes awake when hes home he wants to cuddle and play with her. Even having a shower & getting my hair washed some days feels like an achievement especially when it's uninterrupted. I had a play with the straps on my carrier before while Sophie was still sleeping and it feels much more comfy now. They are handy especially when bubs is being unsettled and wont let you put them down. Yeah i thought it was great that she slept that long i was a little worried at first kept poking her to make sure she was breathing.
Kate- Yep i'm a novelist too haha, teach me to come in more often. Yeah i couldnt believe he said it either, we were arguing in the car he was saying i dont do anything all day and just sit on BB but when were still getting the cleaner every fortnight it doesnt leave alot for me to do as they do everything. Yes luckily i dont have a bad temper i just yella little bit and hit out, i'm extremely tempted to leave him at home for 1 day maybe then he'll wake up smell the coffee and realise that although i dont earn $70,000 plus a year like him i do have a job to do during the day, men can be cr@p. Thats what i thought about the formula i just wanted to check what you were doing, there are alot of opinions out there from the hospital, health nurse, dr gets a bit confusing.I was shocked that Sophie slept that long because usually the most i can get from her is 5hrs, it did give me quite a fright i had to get up at 5am anyway to make sure Chris got up for a shower and went to work. Hopefully BTK sleeps longer soon. I looked at your photos but couldnt post comments :(, bummer that BTK has been so unsettled. Sophie slept through her lunch feed also when i woke her up i bathed her (she wasnt happy),i was going to bath her last night but our water was turned off a main ruptured in a suburb close by (no idea why it affected us) so couldnt bath her before bed. Nice one on the weight/growth gains!!. I'm going to get Sophie checked at the chemist tomorrow after our dr appt as the nurse at the drs will only weigh Sophie with her clothes on and the chemist weighs and measures her.
Can i write a post without writing a chapter for a novel ;):lol::redface:
afternoon girls
jaylen is finally asleep, well stirring a bit but oh well...
got a breastpump and a baby carrier thing off a workmate of mums, $90 for both! breastpump is a avent manual one and the carrier is awsome, the brand is tony safari or sumfin and its black on the outside and leopard print on the inside, its awsome lol!
is expressing supposed to hurt a bit, i tried expressing some b4, got about 20mls in a few mins but it hurt a bit... i spose it is 'sucking' a fair bit!
also bought myself some black pants, thats all i wear lol, and some of that bedtime bath... going to try start a routine at night, bath with that stuff, big feed, then bed... hope it doesnt mess with the 'kinda routine' thing we have going atm... he usally feeds at about 9 or 10 and sleeps till about 1 or 2...
nik - 7cm in 8 weeks! yay! i got the nurse coming on wed so i will find out some stuff then, he has grown heaps i reckon, nearly out of all his 0000
saz - yer i just have to be out of the house or i go insane hehe! but i dont think i will do much 2morrow and over the weekend cuz its going to be hot and jaylen REALLY hates the heat
jo - ohhh i know i just dont havwe the time to come on here and chat anymore, if hes sleeping im either sleeping or eating or doing a bit of housework or something!
kate - yer i would go to the grand prix! they have to fit in with ur scedule haha! but yer i know people who take their lil bubs to the speedway ect, should b right, i listened to music deafly loud and went to the speedway a few times when i was preg, so they can hear in there!
ohh jaylen never settles in the morn.. wakes up about 5 or 6am and WONT go to sleep after that in his bassinett soi just get up and watch sunrise and the morning show lol and he goes to sleep on me sometimes...
i think i wanna start going to the gym... but i dont wanna go by myself lol, and if i go with mum, i havent got ne1 to look after jaylen! not ready to let sum1 i dont know look after him yet lol! might just go 4 a walk every day...
ohh sorry if i missed anyone, jaylens started crying!
bbl maybe
Mary - poor you trying to get Addy to have a daytime sleep. I'm struggling with Billy at the moment and then, like Addy, if he's awake most of the day, he screams his guts out in the evening, like last night. It's awful. I am just persisting and seeing what happens. Sounds like you've tried everything.
Ocean is EXACTLY the same as Sammy by the sounds of it. She's licked Billy's feet a few times. He just kicks her! She doesn't care. Too funny. He likes staring at her actually. Today I had him nuded up on the floor and he wee'd on the towel and she just lay there sniffing the towel! :rolleyes:
Hey, what if BTK and I fly up to QLD? How cool would THAT be? Just need to con everyone else into it! :) Doesn't cost anything to fly with a bub, does it? OMG, imagine if he did that scream the whole way? I'm thinking of taking him to Texas and Toronto next year - imagine he screamed the whole way over there? OMG! I've been on flights from London to Melbourne with screaming kids and I had no sympathy for the parents, I only cared about myself... now I feel differently.
Jess, the carrier sounds great! Good one. The expressing did feel a LITTLE uncomfortable for me too. However, if you've got thrush, I reckon it would hurt more. Can you adjust the suction level or not? Michael just told me he's got a ticket to the GP through a client in a marquee! I'm SO jealous. He said he'd take me if he could but they only had one ticket. I'll go anyway, general admission for the qualifying day on the Friday, which is when he's going. He's not a F1 fan like me, not as obsessed as me anyway. I explained to him that it would be like me getting to go to Bathurst in a marquee. Maybe I could get BTK some ear muffs! pmsl
You're the opposite to me with the gym. I'd HATE going with anyone else. I like being there alone. I feel so self conscious anyway. Oh that just reminded me of how worried I was about giving birth and people seeing etc. At one point I remember both my mates and my Mum there and my legs up in the stirrups and me not even giving a sh*t. Was it Maz who said we wouldn't care if we were wearing a chicken suit? She was right. ;)
I'm seriously going to look at the cost of flights to Brisvegas. I used to fly up there all the time - dated a guy from Toowoomba. Must be time for another visit! Oh, maybe a night on the Gold Coast? pmsl Yeah, in my dreams, when I'm rich!
OK, shutting up now. Where's our Jen?
Back later.
x
wont know for ages if i have thrush, docs are so hard to get into and nurse isnt coming till wed.. GRR why is everything so hard... its still ok to BF yer? might ring the docs 2morrow and say, helloME AND MY BABY NEED to see a doc 2day, lol..
OMG i felt that ay about birth as well, thougt that i wouldnt want anyone looking, but i didnt give a rats a$$ !!
How awesome would that be for you and BTK to make a gathering here in Brisvegas!! We would put one on specially of course!
Right DH has just gotten home and taken the screamer for awhile. She is now overtired and i reckon we will be in for long evening. I will keep persevering and putting her down in the bassinette regularly.
Does anyone have a baby that 'puts themselves to sleep' ???? Addy has never done that. She either falls asleep on the boob or being cuddled. Tell me what to do to make this happen??
Jess - just call them and get ANGGRY! (is that how it was spelt? ;))
Mary, BTK does kind of put himself to sleep but not if he gets hysterical. I just put him in his cot as soon as I see him getting tired. I usually have to wrap him even though he HATES it. If he does that sooky crying, I leave him (not for long) but if he gets really upset, I give him a dummy, if that doesnt work, I check for wind. If that doesn't work, I come on here and have a breakdown. No, I just let him stay up. I know I shouldn't but it doesn't happen that often so it doesn't matter. He goes straight back to bed after a feed at night and USUALLY (now I've said that, he won't!) goes back to sleep. I don't know what else to tell you. Oh, he stares at this globe/light thing I have and falls asleep. Maybe some kids just do it? OH, he's on formula though, that probably makes a difference.
Sorry, that probably doesn't help much.
I just got on the Jetstar website. If I flew into the Gold Coast, stayed 2 nights in a hotel in Coolangatta, rented a car for 2 days, all up it would cost me $358. I honestly don't think that it all that expensive. Well, not for me right now when I'm living here anyway. The only reason I'd fly into Coolangatta instead of Brissy is that flights to Brissy leave from Avalon which is a pain in the arse to get to for me. Tullamarine is easier.
Hmmm... just dreaming out loud! ;)
ps. Now that Billy's hair is balding like an old man, he reminds me of the father-in-law off Everybody Loves Raymond. pmsl :cryinglaugh:
I have one of those bubs matie - only when he wants to of course..and OMG he loves the car. As soon as I put him in his capsule he's off in la la land.
we had a MCHN appointment today - 300grams in one week!! ****! I think my man is making up for lost time!!!! He has now uprgaded to 000 clothing...look out ebay there is gonna be boys stuff up soon..pmsl.
I am so not with it....im so sorry for being slack..my eye balls are playing pingpong with my knee's atm
Im off for a hot shower and a sleep I think now that jed is home..
kick me in the bum later for my lack of personal's...i might enjoy it;)
Mary- Sophie has self settled for most of her 6 weeks of life :hiding: unless shes got wind or wants to sleep on me. :hug: to you on your unsettled girl. If Sophies almost asleep I just wrap Sophie up and put her down in the bouncer/bassinette and walk away, but if shes unsettled i hold her like i would if i was still breastfeeding and wait for her to go to sleep then i wrap her and put her in her bouncer/bassinette, sorry HTH.
Kate- oh a trip to Brisvegas i'd find a way to get to wherever the meet-up would be we have a spare room;). Got to the Grand Prix, i wonder if you can get baby earmuffs BTK would look like a DJ, like they do when they do the hearing test at the hospital:lol:. I remember being adament that SIL & MIL werent going to see my bits and well MIL missed the birth by 2 days and i wouldnt have a clue what SIL seen as i was high as kite on gas and had my eyes closed trying to concentrate on my breathing and the $tupid bell on the gas hose. I seen your globe thing in your photos on your facebook.
Jess- i can get on here often but by the time i've read through everything and i'm ready to reply Sophies awake and i have to leave replying until later. GRRR to the dr not being able to see you, tell them look i have thrush on my BB's and if i dont get it seen too soon it'll get worse do you want that on your mind **thinks outloud** Because we get the house cleaned i dont have alot to do around so when Sophies sleeping im usually in front of the idiot box or eating something. You have the same baby carrier as me!!, doesnt it look cool. Expressing was uncomfy at first but after a while it was ok.
Mary- My girl is exactly like yours. Today we have had a day like you. Its very frustrating and especially if we think we are doing the right things too. Amber has been feeding every 2 hours as well. She sleeps at night and goes back down after her night feeds but during the day sometimes MY GOD....
She is currently in her basinette with dummy in mouth and has been for 10 minutes.....
Sorry no personals here today.
mary - yer jaylen always puts himself asleep (apart from a few times in the last few days) i dont know what me or him is doing hehe!
kate - ANGRRY hehe, yer i will ring em up and get ANGRRY hehe! dont realli wanna see a doc i dont know either...
ROFL some of jaylens hair is coming out too, he looks like a loser haha! :cryinglaugh: and his head is peeling :p
jo - yer i usually have time to come on here, but then i go to write heaps and jaylens starts crying, and then i forget to come back on hehe...
OMG i just ate 2 bread rolls with butter, how am i gunna lose weight if i keep eating like a piggie :p
well jaylen BALLED after his feed so i held him for about 20 mins and then just put him down and left the room.. hes stirring but hopefully he will put himself to sleep!