Babies Born July 16th - 31st 2008 #2

[Arimeh]

Missy - i think thats a kick ar$e idea - we could take turns to host in our states.. I'd be in that!!!

[Missy]

Thanks Ayapi Ill have a look in a minute

Mel yes Id love to do that. I think its a great idea. Hope everyone else thinks so.

[Jewel]

OMG. The pictures are greatttt. Thank you for sharing. Looks like you all had a fantastic time!

We have a routine, sort of. It's been the same for a few weeks and seems to be going really good for us. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

Belle - I hope you all get better soon.

Skittle - Great weight gain.

Mel & Mez - I loveeeee Top Model. The b!tchiness in it is great. Hahaha.

<3<3<3

xoxo

[Anastasia]

Hi ladies

Melb girls thanx for the meeting up 2d. It was great finally meeting you all. Ur wonderful ladies I had a ball.

Feeb- I can't believe Jacob slept all the way through that's good. Wish Jonathan can be like that LOL.

Mary- thanx for putting photos up, they look great

Tenny- I love top model as well, there all *****y LOL.

[Missy]

ok ladies im off to bed. DH will do 10.30-11 feed. Hope your little ones sleep through for you so you can have a full night sleep.

talk soon

[somewoman]

Wow - all these pics look great! Am so jealous =)

Mel - agree, I should come up there and we can have a meetup!! AND it MUST involve chocolate! Once little miss is old enough to fly I might just use up some of my FF points!

Missy - I like the idea of mass meetup, but the logistics kinda scares me!! =) There's a LOT of us on here when you count partners and other kids!

Looks like I'll be in Melb at the start of November and possibly also for a day or two in the first week of December if any of you ladies feel like catching up. December schedule *may* be insanely busy, but I *think* I'll have a few hours to kill on Monday 3rd November (and a rental car with baby seat, so we can get anywhere!).

[thepixie]

Hey folks
Routine - we had a routine going for a while, but now it all seems to fall apart between about 5 and 11pm. Not sure why, DD has just decided that she won't sleep at all during that period and has a tendency to be fussy and awkward. Makes it difficult to have dinner! The rest of the time she is fine, she is pretty regular during the day and overnight, it's just the evenings that are a mess. Sometimes we wrap her up and stick a dummy in her mouth and put her in bed. Tonight we have given up and put her in the rocker in front of the TV where she seems perfectly happy! go figure.
Hope you're all having a good night. The bear let me have a sleep for a couple of hours so feeling a bit better. Was conking out before!

[feeb]

somewoman oh thats would be fun!!!! 3 of us are out west suburbs so somewhere taht side would be good.
let is know when u know what and where suits u


Anastasia was a pleasure to meet u!! i cant believe he slept all that time he did arc up and we needed to stop shopping for me to feed him he doesnt normally sleep that much.
Jonathan is cute.

Ayapi great to see u again and to meet izzy!!!!!!!!!!!! soo cute

Jess great to catch uop with u also and meet the cute georgia and have a cuddle of a light baby!!!


Gudism bugger about silly cc workers.

great to see pics from syd meet up glad u all had fun!!

hi to everyone

[feeb]

Tannis thats fantastic well done hun!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE hugs

I hope Jacob starts putting on weight like that he is putting on 100 grams a week which is acceptable but low!!

[somewoman]

somewoman oh thats would be fun!!!! 3 of us are out west suburbs so somewhere taht side would be good.
let is know when u know what and where suits u

Works for me - I'll be staying in Point Cook (and driving out to Ballarat at some stage - so west side is GREAT for me!!)

I'll try get to Sydney sometime for one of the Sydney meets =) Might head up and stay with friends for a weekend to catch up with some peeps before we move to Adelaide at the end of year.

Pixie - she's probably about the right age to start demanding more entertainment! Alyssa is up longer and longer each day now and needing to be entertained heaps - it's lots of fun (although not always perfectly timed!!). She smiles at almost everything, and I think she's even trying to laugh sometimes (it just doesn't seem to work). So cute. btw - Alyssa also isn't fussy btw boob or bottle. It's GREAT for when I need a rest! I can express a bunch off during the day on Fridays and Saturdays and make DH get up in the night for feeds when he doesn't need to work the next day. YAY.

Tannis - great on BF!! I think we're pretty right now, too. Although she's been really hungry all day today - think it's growth spurt shtuff. She's been on the boob almost constantly this evening for about 4 or 5 hours, so they're both a bit sore now!! Overused She's sleeping now and DH gets the next feed, so I have some recovery time!

waves to everyone else! Mwah to Mel

Time for bed, me thinks =)

[Tannis]

Awww the photos from Syd and Melb are fantastic....I will definitely bring my camera Mel, Who else is in QLD?

Mel: WOOHOO....See each day you are getting heaps more, you'll have her on EBM all the time soon! We are driving down 27/09 early morning for my nephew's 1st bday which is at 10am, then Chris is going somewhere to watch the AFL grand final so Saturday is probably better for me, I'll find out where he is watching it, it might be somewhere we can go with the kids too.

Tenny: I asked the LC about bathing she agreed that it doesn't have to be everyday or it can be, it really makes no difference...I'll just ignore my SIL, she always critisizes everything and her life is very far from perfect.

Pam: I feed Ashlea around 8 or 9pm she usually goes to sleep by 9.30pm then I wake her (or attempt a dream feed) around midnight then she sleeps through until 6 or 7am. I try to let her create her own routine but she hardly ever wakes up for a feed herself! Its basically a feed/wake/sleep routine but sometimes I feed her to go to sleep.

Belle: I hope you and Julia are feeling better soon! oxox

Rach: My 2 were/are the same with their feed, don't care where its coming from as long as its coming!

Feeb: WHat a good boy Jacob is for sleeping all that time! I think Ashlea would have too (if we were there)

Kell: How long has Jesse been in a big bed? Wasn't he in a cot overnight still or was that someone else? BABY BRAIN!! haha Jayden wanted us in his bed every night but I try not too incase I need to feed Ashlea at that time or I'm doing something else...we have just had a little breakthru with bed time this week...

Jayden, Ashlea and I sit on Jayden's bed and read a couple of stories the lst one is always "Time for Bed" by Mem Fox its a great book. When thats finished Chris brings a bottle for Jayden (I know he needs to get rid of it!) I kiss him good night and say I love you, he says it back then I tell him Ashlea is going to bed (so I have to take her), he kisses her and says I love you and I turn out the light and walk out. The 1st night he cried for a while, 2nd night, cried for 5mins maybe, 3rd night straight to sleep and same for tonight WOOHOO!!! We are finally back into a routine! Just have to make it a bit earlier than 8.30pm though.

Sal: WOOHOO on the weight gain! Thats huge!! I was told at our check up today that BF baby should gain 150-250g per week (more is better of course). Well done!

Missy: I'd love to meet up with all once a year...not sure how Chris would feel about me going haha. We usually go to Melb every year anyway as thats where all my friends and family are but Syd...don't know anyone there anymore. We should do it anyway!

everyone else

We had our LAST LC appt today WOOHOO! Ashlea has gained 530g in 2 weeks!! BF'ing is going great now and she hasn't refused since briefly on Monday. We are thinking she has a sluggish bowel but still not sure why when she needs to do a poo that she refuses the breast but not the bottle...She did her 1st big poo since Sat today and she hadn't refused prior to that as she normally would so maybe her system was a bit immature and is getting better now?? Her sleeping all the time too is just her and not because she is lathargic (sp?) like I thought. The LC said she'll leave it up to me when I come back to her which I dont need to now...She gave me a huge hug before I left and said what a great job I've done getting through it, it made me feel soooo good!! I can finally relax with it all now and just enjoy my fat sleepy baby. Well I'm going to get on the bike now then have shower.

ETA: I missed your post Rach, That is normal....most babies have a period of the day where they are really unsettled, usually dinner time. With Jayden it seemed ages before I got to have a hot dinner! I have been extremely lucky this time and *touch wood* Ashlea doesn't have a "witching hour"

[Zee]

Hello all,

Gee what a day its been today, Lucas has barely slept a wink and Laila has been in a bad mood. Lucas played up for most of last night so im about to fall asleep LOL.
DH got home from work at 5 and we went up to vote, Laila fell over and both her knees are bleeding so DH is attending to that.

The Bear/Pixie- Nice to meet you yesterday, great to put faces to names. Will have to come out your way for a meet-up on a day that DH has off.

Kristy, Missy & Kell- Sorry I left after The Bear/Pixie left..I was just so tired. Got down to MIL's and Laila slept while I fed Lucas then 10mins after he went down she got up so I didnt make it to bed till after midnight.

All the bubs were so cute, I didnt get to cuddle any or take pics of Keira (well one where you can see her better), one of the twins or a close up of Beth.
Will upload them later tonight after Laila is alseep.

Tasia- Hot is Melb? Damn hot here, had the air con on LOL.

Tannis- Im so glad i dont wake like that anymore, though uit hurts when I get let down so that wakes me if im sleeping.

SW- DH gives Lucas a bottles of EMB on his days off (well every 2nd feed) and once everynight so I can get some rest.

Belle- Sorry your sick hun, hope you all feel better ASAP.

[Missy]

Awww pix hun its all cool. I dont take good photos.

Lins you poor thing. get some sleep girl.

Ill be in a big meet up

bbl. have to eat

[Anastasia]

Zee- It was lovely it reached 25 my hubby said. I like it 25 I hate when it reaches above 30 degrees. As I hate summer I'm not a summer's person