Babies Born January 2008 #6

hello everyone!
hope everyone had a good easter! people have been asking me what i did for Jaylen for his 1st easter... and im like um nothing, hes 6 weeks old, what am i going to do, give him chocolate LOL !? might buy him a little stuffed rabbit 2day, but yer easters pretty boring i think!

went to the speedway last night, Jaylen slept for most of it! and there were LOUDDD as fireworks, went for about 15 mins, and he slept through them! they were loud as !

also had mums 50th party on sat night, god we got drunk lol.. i took heapsa pics lol, will put them on my website soon, i HATE cameras at night, they make u look so ugly! lol or maybe having a baby made me ugly :p

well better be off! havent got much to say these days! i could write novels back in the day!

xx

Hi everyone

Hope you have all had a good easter!!

Love Bindy and Madeleine xx

Blimey it's quiet in here!

Hope everyone had a good easter. We didnt do anything for easter. DH got me an egg but I didnt get him anything: we dont usually. My parents and brother both got Celeste a little stuffed rabbit but we didnt get her anything at all. I dont really get into the commercialism of easter.

We went to adelaide on saturday looking to get a new car and most places were closed. We got our pixi photos done and Celeste cried the whole time! The whole day was awful actually. I'm putting it down to the immunisations on thursday for her fussiness on the w/end. We did get a couple of nice pics but nothing of her smiling and I had made sure she was changed/fed/burped and ready to play!!! She was really cranky all day. Not sleeping or feeding well at all but by today she is back to her normal happy self.

Celestes routines are changing again I think. She is having longer awake times and longer sleeps. She needs a top up feed before a sleep now again too. Hmm these babies are hard to keep up with! Soooo happy: she has learned to hold a toy in her hand now (briefly) and will reach out and touch her cloth books etc. Very pleased with herself too I might add.

Gawd, I had to get new bras and there was only one pair in the whole shop that fit me: I am now an F cup!!!!! ****! AAARRRGGGHHH. :lol: Will have to phone a specialist place for enoromous gazoombas to get more hehe. Wonder how small and floppy I will get when I stop feeding? For those who have stopped, did you go right back to your old size? How different were they afterwards?

Going to check out a new car this arvo when DH gets home... very exciting even though it is a wagon hehe.

Bye for now: hope everyone is going great.

Sazz & Celeste

quick reply is back YAYYYYY! LOL

yer sazz it has been quiet in here hey! we dont really get into easter either...
aww thats so cute what celeste is doing :) !! Jaylens just giggling and smiling all the time, so cute.. and he can take his dummy out of his mouth LOL
my boobs went down about half a size, thats about it! and not saggy or nething HEHE

Hi there!!

Having a pretty good day today. Amy is pretty much just feeding and sleeping. I'm getting a few things done which is a relief. I actually vacuumed her room while she was sleeping and she didn't stir one bit! The place looks much nicer now. It was starting to gross me out hehehehe. We didn't do much for easter either. It was nice to have DH home though.

Jess - glad your mum's 50th was fun. I know what you mean about people asking about easter and what you did for your bub. Really, if they thought about it, what a stupid question!! Hehhehe. although it's a good excuse to buy an easter choc for yourself and say it was for Jaylen.....hehehheeh.

Sazz - sounds like Celeste is growing up quickly. Bummer she was grizzly for her photos. Amy's growing up really fast too. She's interested in her toys now and will hold onto something if you put it in her hands (very briefly too). She smiles a lot and I'm sure she'll laugh soon, which will just blow my mind I think. This stage is so much fun. she's holding her head up almost all the time but it's still a bit wobbly. When I hold her, she grabs my top and if she feels like she's falling she'll pull herself closer to me. It feels like a proper cuddle! So cute. I'm not feeding much now and my bb's have gotten a fair bit smaller but they aren't back to what they used to be (I was TINY). They're a little saggier but not extreme....good luck with finding big gazoonga bras! Heheheheh. hope the car hunting goes well!

Have a great afternoon ladies. Am going to go do some more tidying. It never ever ends....xxxx Luv Nik and Amy

god we are so quiet in here!
nik, glad amys going well!

i put new pics of jaylen on my site, have a look if anyone has time, im so in love with the lil stunner haha! im going to look at peoples photos now, no idea what everyones bubs look like now hehe!!

saz, nik and april, OMG ur bubs are soooo gorgeous! isnt it amazing how much they change :P jaylens going to be in 00 soon in some things, OMG...
will have a look at everyone elses bubs later, gotta go!

VERY quiet in here, i guess everyone is busy.

Sorry i've been MIA for a few days now.

Nik- Sophie has slept through a few nights in the last week and is sleeping really good during the day. 1 morning i woke up and found her giggling and smiling in her bassinette im not sure how long shed been there like it but she was content to lay there until shed had enough and wanted her bottle. Nice one on Amy'd weight gain.

Kate- yes got the links to work (eventually) they're on the previous page. BTK & Sophie were within 72gs as of Thursday as Sophie was 4672g but the nurse at the dr's weighed her yesterday and she has cracked 5kgs ****.

Maz- i hope everything went well in Melb.

Easter was ok, Chris went Sydney Thursday afternoon to pick up a car with BIL and they didnt get back until midnight Saturday, so i spent good friday & easter saturday at SIL's & easter sunday & monday i spent with Chris & Sophie. We got Sophie a my 1st easter stuffed bunny and SIL bought her a little chocolate bunny which i dont know why she bought considering shes only 8weeks and too young for chocolate so mummy & daddy will share it.

Sophie had her immunisations yesterday and she wimpered for the 1st needle, screamed her head off for the 2nd needle and lapped up the oral stuff, she calmed down quickly and got cuddles off daddy, we had to wait around for 15mins to make sure she didnt have a reaction and we were free to go. Afterwards we went looking around to see what rentals were available and theres only crap available so were going to keep looking.

Sazz- i am in need of new bras, undies & clothes, just havent found the time to go and buy anything. Been busy buying clothes on ebay for Sophie sizes 00 & 0 as i dont have alot of those sizes. 000 are still a little big on her even though shes now 5kgs. I'm still wearing maternity bras as my BB's are still leaking every so often even though i stopped BF 4weeks ago now so im not sure what bra cup i would be, but i would say they look the same size if not a little smaller TMI. I hope you guys get a decent car soon.

Jess- woohoo for quick reply being back. Sophie is giggling/laughing and smiling all the time now when shes awake and shes ever so cheeky. I'm glad you had a good time at the speedway and that Jaylen slept through all the noise. Also glad you enjoyed yourself at your Mum's 50th.

jo - oh where is ur link to ur site, i wanna see new pics of Sophie! :)
yer i bought heaps of new clothes and undies ect, was great... im so glad i went mad shopping when i was preg cuz Jaylen will be in 00 soon i think! they are big in the body but he needs them for the length and feet..
set up the cot in my room b4 cuz hes growing out of the bassinett, ahh hope he sleeps in the cot 2night lol! he looks so small in it...

i havent been putting photos on my website because im too lazy and cant find the time, a page or 2 back in this thread i posted the 2 links to my albums of Sophie on Facebook so either click on the links or just visit my Facebook 'Joanne Bonham'. I've taken more photos but havent uploaded them as yet has been a busy few days.

I told Chris i NEED to go clothes shopping for myself and so far i havent he asked me why and i said because i'm not the size 12/14 i use to be OMG size 12 those were the days :lol:. I'm probably still a 14 just NOTHING fits.

Enough whinging from me i'm off to eat some chocolate

ok will look later jo!

omg i know nothing fits me now either.. need to start exercising.. myt get mum to look after bubby while i go to the gym a few times a week!

well better go, jaylen keeps spittin out his dummy and crying lol, done it about 10 times in tha last 30 mins hah

Jess, walking is great, take Jaylen in the stroller, good to get excess KG's off! I'm currently on my second week of Weight Watchers, only 10 weeks to go to get to goal weight. Baby weight is soooooooo hard to get off! I tried on a size 12 skirt the other day and it fit! I so want to be a size 10 though!!!

Hi to everyone else...hope you all had a good Easter, we did...but only DP was eating chocolate :cry:

xx

Took Celeste to the indoor pool today! She loved it which I knew she would as she looooves her baths. Her little swim nappy arrived in the post this morning just in time. It is so small and cute! Purple of course!! lol. The baby session goes for 45mins but 25mins was enough for her as she started to get cold. She was so relaxed that she even let me wrap her after I got her dressed to keep her warm and she NEVER lets me wrap her! Will have to go regularly I think. She let me put her face under briefly too.

You girls are making me jealous with all your talk of size 10/12... havent been that size for a loooon time. I will just be happy to be less wobbly and less of a belly. Also the back fat can rack off soon too! hahahahaha

So cute that Sophie was amusing herself in bed Jo. Very happy in there which is great. Celeste sometimes is like that if I put her into bed while I chook around in her room and then go out. I go in 20mins later to find her still talking to herself instead of sleeping. Mind you, in the evenings she wont sleep in there at all. It is beginning to become a problem. She wants to be held all evening. Hope that wears off soon.

Going to check out the spunky new pics of Jaylen now...

Hello Everyone,

I have been very busy with uni - postgraduate coursework is pretty full on.

My friends baby passed away - which was extremely upsetting. So I have barely even felt a desire to do uni stuff let alone get online.

I hope everyone is doing well. Francis is a bit refluxy and I am comfort feeding throughout the night, I am going to take him to the GP tomorrow to get him onto the zantac. I don''t feel he needs it throughout the day - but more throughout the night when he is laying down. He seems to gag more and posets (sp?) more during the night, I wonder whether the attachment problems are related to this? Anyway nothing compared to my first son - who screamed the house down after every feed and never slept:( After gettting through his early childhood I feel now that I am fairing pretty well in comparison.

Francis is 00 now in the bonds rompers - there is a discrepancy between the bonds and other baby brands of clothes so he is still wearing 000 in clothes other than bonds, at least I know he is putting on weight!!!

Well I hope to get on here soon and post again :)

If anyone would like to get together for a drink and lunch that would be great. Carol we live within proximity so if you would like to meet up at Mt Ommaney for a drink let me know.

Thank you Mary for lunch - sorry I have not been online, it was great meeting you even though it was cut short. My son had an throat and ear infection so it was lucky that I picked him up and whisked him to the doctor.

Hugs Everyone

OH Jess, he is so cute!
I love the one of him laughing with his tongue out... and the one peeking out from under the sheet. Awwww.

Karen, it's so good to see you back, sorry to hear of your friends baby passing away, how awful that must have been :cry:

Well, Madeleine is now in "00" clothes too but ALL clothes (I am glad Francis is putting on weight, good stuff)! It's not so good to hear Francis has reflux, good luck at the docs.

thats sad karen i think it would be the WORST thing losing a baby

LOL thanks sazz, yer he was playing with me that day i took the pic under the sheets, he was hiding then taking it off, then bringing it back up, so cute! Yer he gets so excited when he smiles!

bindy, jaylen is in 00 in the bonds jumpsuits but mostly 000 in everything else... still got a few best and less 0000s that fit him, them ones that come with the nice hangers are always 1 size bigger!

Jess, yes, it hit me one day and I realised I had no "00" clothes so went shopping for heaps at Target, got 5 outfits and 9 singlets for only $50! They had a massive sale on and some clothes were $29.95 reduced to only $3!

I just got 6 huge garbage bags of hand me down clothes from a friend (for 2 bottles of red) and they are awesome! Some of them haven't even been worn!!! So I have Madeleine's clothes ready for when she goes into "0" and then have some "1" clothes too. I'm a very organised Mummy....lol :dance:

Madeleine is also outgrowing her "CRAWLER" nappies (Huggies) so we're buying "TODDLER" now....OMG, little chubber...

BTW, Jaylen is very cute...

Hi everyone!

Back from Perth and Addy has been very unsettled. I think a combination of travel, change of routine, weather etc her reflux has been getting worse so we saw the paediatrician this morning and started losec today. She also had her immunistaions yesterday. All in all its qute tiring and she is a lot of work at the moment. Have been eyeing up those swings on ebay cause I hear they are so good for reflux bubs, and it would be nice to have more hands free time at home.

So hi to everyone!

Karen, thats terrible to hear of your friends child passing away, its so difficult to know what to say or do to support them. Will arrange another catch up when Addy is a little more settled. Hope the reflux meds are good for Frankie too!

Better go and get some sleep, she is down at last (has hardly slept all day)

Maryx

Hey ladies and bubs!

OK, Sazz, who's a size 10/12? pmsl I don't think I've been that size since grade 6! :p

Karen, that's very sad to hear about your friend's child. I used to hear stories like that and think how sad it was but it upsets me so much more now. I guess that's normal. How awful.

Jess, awesome pics of Jaylen on your website! :) Glad you had fun at your Mum's party too. Can't believe Jaylen slept at the speedway!!! Classic.

Mary, welcome back. Glad you had a good holiday. I'm sure Addy will settle down. Poor thing. Travel is tiring for everyone.

Bindy, that's great about all the clothes! I'm pretty organised here too. It drives me nuts if I'm not. Madeleine is out of the crawler nappies already? Billy is in Infant ones. I don't know what's next. He's long and skinny. Gorgeous little man.

Jo, I didn't realise BTK and Sophie were so close in weight. I was meant to have him weighed yesterday but was too tired to go. Will go tomorrow and see if he's cracked the 5kg mark yet.

Nik, feels good getting the house tidied up hey? I can't believe Amy slept through the vacuuming! pmsl!

Billy's been funny with his feeding over the past week or so. He just won't drink his morning bottles. Only has about 80 - 100ml out of them. I then realised this morning that maybe the teats are TOO slow now (god help me I'm so sick of trying different teats) so I'll try a faster one next feed and see if he's better on that now. At first they were too fast. Who knows!

Billy had his vaccinations yesterday. The nurse and my dr did them both at the same time so it was all over pretty quickly. He screamed for about 15 seconds then stopped. I cried. What a sook.

Um, what else can I tell you all? OK, time to fess up... Michael and I have been seeing each other. I've told a couple of people and nobody has yelled at me so far, which is nice. Things are going really well but just taking it VERY slowly. Billy and I are quite happy where we are so nobody's moving anywhere just yet. It's very nice to have him around, for Billy especially. I realised just how much of an impact pregnancy hormones had on my feelings towards him and that's probably why I pushed him away in the first place. However, his behaviour has been less than wonderful and he has admitted that. We'll just see what happens.

I've just emailed my local gym to find out some prices etc. I feel so disgusting. There's no way I'll ever get to a size 12 but as long as I'm fit and happy, that would be nice. I owe it to Billy to be healthy and to be able to do things with him and to keep up with him too!

Well, I know I've missed people here. Sorry. I hope to be on here a bit more now. Don't know what happened over the past couple of weeks. I've just been really, really tired. Oh, have to have blood tests because of that too. Dr says that they need to check due to all the blood I lost during the delivery. Maybe I'm low on iron or something. We'll see.

Well, going to make up some bottles and see how he goes with a faster teat.

Back later.

Love to all.
x

Jess: I've been going to the gym too about twice a week, my mum has been minding Bodie in the mornings. Have also been going for an hour walk every other day. Not weekends though, there chill out days hehe. It definately doesn't make you as tired and you've got more energy.

Mary: Welcome back! Hope Addy gets back into a routine at home and is more settled for you. I've heard those slings are pretty good.

Sazz: That would of been fun taking Celeste to the pool. I can't wait to take Bodie. We have a pool ourselves but it just hasn't been that hot this summer. I brought him those huggies swimmer nappies with nemo on them... so cute.

Karen: Sorry to hear of the terrible news. That must of been such a terrible time for them and for you as a friend. I couldn't think of anything worse. *hugs*
Isn't it weird how Bonds clothes are alot smaller in size than other brands. Bodie's into Bonds 00 too.

Jo: Bodie was the same with his needles too. Winged for the 1st one then screamed on the 2nd. Poor bubba's. Oh well they have to be done hey.

Anyways better go, going to put a pic up of Bodie on my ticker. OMG just realised it says Bodie is 3 months!!! It's gone soooooo fast.

There's only 4 weeks until DF & I get married!!! Arrrgh :lol:

April & Bodie xo

Kate, Madeleine was out of Infant ones ages ago, she's a chubba alright! After Infant there is Crawler and then Toddler...it's hard when they get vaccinated isn't it? I hate it when they cry :cry: hope he's doing ok.

Apes, good stuff on the walking! It's the best.

Bindy, right, I've got those nappies sorted now! ha ha! Billy won't be far off the next one's up, I'm sure! :) He's a bit grumpy today but that's cool. He's sleeping a lot but I think he was overtired before the needles so we'll see how he is tomorrow. Yes, it's not nice watching them go through that. Poor little things.

Long sleeps to all tonight.

x

Kate, Madeleine was a little unsettled for a couple of days but wasn't too drastic, I gave her some panadol when she got home and before bed that night, she was fine. I hope Billy doesn't get too grumpy for you. Goodnight xx

yay a bit more busy here lol!

bindy - yer jaylens in crawler nappies too, they area bit big but the ones b4 were getting a bit short!

kate - yer what is a size 10-12 :p it would be nice to be that size again... im a 14 atm :( 12 in some tops
jaylens feeding a bit different lately, usually he drinks all the 180mls but the last few days hes only been having about 100mls.. oh well he seems happy! and a few times he'll drink the whole 180mls and hes sleeping the same so im not going to complain!
woo on seeing michael again, omg i so know what u mean about pregnancy hormones changing how u think, i couldnt have thought of anything worse than having a bf or anything like that but now it seems more 'ok' haha

april - 4 weeks omg! r u's organised!?

thanks 4 the comments on the pics, omg i cant beleive how much they grow...
well better go he's awake even though i just fed him hehe... he's not crying, just kicking his legs heaps in his bouncer and making cooee noises haha!

Jess, sounds like Jaylen is doing really well :D Madeleine is currently in her bouncer too and kicking like mad, she won't go to sleep and has just had a feed. I will stay on here until she decides to go to sleep and then take her to bed with me and hopefully sleep through until 5am. Oooohh look out, I just looked down and her eyes are shut, good work Mummy.

Well...tonight she poo-ed all over my hand, just when I thought she had finished her poo in her nappy, mistake! We had to have a bath at about 10pm! It was everywhere :rolleyes: but gotta love her.

April, I can't believe your wedding is so soon! Are you excited? Is everything organised? How awesome. :)

Bindy, Billy has been a litlte unsettled but nothing to major. I did give him some Panadol that evening and he slept for hours! He's asleep now so that's nice. He just looks quite pale and tired. I am assuming it's the vaccinations.

Jess, sounds like Jaylen is feeding the same as Billy. I won't worry too much then.

Well, I'm going out to get some new black jeans. Mine are dead. I'll be back later.

Hope you're all having a HAPPY FRIDAY!

x

Jess & Kate: Yeah I can't believe it how fast the weddings come along. Have pretty much organised everything now, still got the place cards & table seating (not looking forward to that) to do. There are about 70 people on my RSVP's so we were happy with that number. We're putting Bodie in the cutest little suit. It's a size 00. It will be a white long sleeve button-up shirt, black pants, black vest & a bow tie. He's going to look so handsome hehe.
I will be putting pics up for everyone to see.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend and plenty of sleep.

xo :)

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