Babies born July 16th - 31st 2008 #3

Morning all :hello:
Feeling good here this morning, had another good night... just as well I was starting to get a bit stroppy yesterday! LOL
Zee :hug: you poor thing, I hope you feel better
skittle - love the T-shirt
SW - classic about the wings! love it!
Mel & Tannis :P lucky you guys getting to meet up! wish we could all be there!
kel - gorgeous photo, what a big smile!
Kristy - hope Isaac's eye gets better.
Well not much happening here today, going for lunch with my dad and stepmum, going to medicare (o joy) and maybe a quick shop but that's about it!
big :hello: to missy, mez, feeb, tenny, tasia hope you all have a good day with your bubs!

Zee - I hope you're feeling better today, sweet. Very lucky to have EBM in the fridge for your little man. I hope your DH has been taking good care of you. :hug: :hug:

Mel - I hope you have a nice relaxing day ( minus the cleaning ) while DS is at daycare. What a great DH you have to go with you and look after the boys while you meet Tan. Alot of men wouldn't even think like that. That's awesome!!!

Kell - Gorgeous picture! She's a stunner and that outfit is soooo cute!

Kristy - I hope everything went alright at the doctors and your little man is alright. Fingers crossed if it is conjunctivitis that he doesn't spread it to the bubbaboys and you guys.

Pixie - Enjoy your lunch with your dad and stepmum. I wish I could meet us with them too. Everyone is meeting everyone. :(

Today has been pretty good so far. The little mister and I watched a movie together. Well, I watched it. He watch me and made his little talking noises and smiled at me. :p

Hope the bubbas are behaving today.
xoxo

Afternoon all

Today has been a big day, went into the city via train which was great, Isabel loved it she was such a good girl. I went to Southbank to visit my workplace and show of our little princess. Everyone just loved her and said that she looks like her mummy Awww. I dressed her up in this gorgeous little dress I love when I can do that it's not very often that I do it cause we are home most of the time. I will post a pic so you can all see how cute she looked.

Zee - Oh hun I hope you get better soon and that your DH is looking after you and the kids.

Mel - I hope you had a good day cleaning your house, how is your little princess going. Good to hear that A went to daycare, I'm sure he had a great time.

Tenny - Your lucky to be able to watch a movie, our one doesn't let us do that she either wakes or wants our attention.

Pixie - I hope you had a lovely time with your dad and stepmum. So glad that you had another good night.

Tannis - How are you sweet, how is your beautiful girl doing?

Kell - Love the photo of Keira she looks gorgeous in her outfit, you're going to have to keep the boys at a distance lol.

Well DH is coming home today from Queensland so I better start on dinner, especially now that my little princess is FINALLY asleep. She got over tired today cause of the outing and was very upset and unsettled.

BBL hopefully to upload my pic of Isabel.

Heya ladies!

Just a quick stop in while im eating my dinner.. KFC mmmmm!

Just got back from doing the shopping so have to put it all away and shower Jesse yet.

Weighed my little pork chop today.. HOLEY MOLEY.. 6.04kgs!!!! That was with clothes on, i think the CHN said you subtract about 200gs for clothes but holey crap! What a porker!! Jesse is 15.45kgs clothed too!

Will be back once boy is in bed to catch up on the day.

Okay here is my beautiful princess. Man they are growing up quickly hey!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...php?photo=9495

okay back to cooking dinner, BBL

I'll try to come back later....I have kids to bath, shopping to put away, washing to do and a kitchen to clean....apparently Chris' butt is glued to the recliner! Doesn't always pay to have a day of self indulgence :rolleyes:

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I'll try to come back later....I have kids to bath, shopping to put away, washing to do and a kitchen to clean....apparently Chris' butt is glued to the recliner! Doesn't always pay to have a day of self indulgence :rolleyes:

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Hmmm... maybe someone DOES need a mellie slappin...... ;)

Mez - she's gorgeous!!!

Kel - You breed nice healthy kids - you should be very proud of yourself!!! (I was proud when DS weighed in at 12.5kg on Tuesday cos he had been at 11.5 for soooo long.. )

Tenny - thats so cute that he was watching you watching the movie!!! Miss M was watching me hang the nappies on the clothes horse today - and then watched as I separated the nappies into their piles... then she cracked it cos she got overtired.. guess I'm just toooo much stimulation for her.. pmsl...

Pixie chick - its not too late to jump on a plane and meet up with us.. but grab SW on your way huh... LOL

All is peaceful here .... everyone has had dinner.. Miss M is sleeping.... Master A is watching Elmo.... (or "mo mo" as he calls it..) and DH has gone down the street (not for junk food unfortunately... :()

i won't complain though - 4 days on diet and 2kgs lost already.. me no complain... ;)

Hi girls

Sorry havent been back online been flat out with the two girls Havent had time to read either.

Tara had her PAED checkup, things are so so. The good news is she is 55cm long and head circ now 38cm all going well and average on the baby graph, the not so good news is her weight,sheis on the 25% percentile, this worries me, I demand feed her my supply is good enough too yet she is not gaining as much as others, my PAED says its ok for time being, just watch and see what happens.
The other news is she has a flat head on the side she always sleeps on and feeds on. So I have to make sure I elevate her shoulder a bit every 2nd sleep so she sleeps with her head to the other side and also feed her facing different ways, she has only fed facing one way since birth heat she didnt attach properly. If it doesnt improve in 3 months have to see a physio. Also her stork marks havent faded on her forehead, the PAED says its no harm just a feature on face if its still there in few months we can see a dermatologist and talk about lasering it off, no way I say apparently its done under general anesthetic. So thats my news for the time being. Its a bit depressing so ive been laying low at home trying to cheer up and enjoy being with the girls instead of falling in the depression rut again.

Zee im so sorry to hear you are sick, sounds like you have what I had its awfu.l. I had it for 10 de she ays, 3 days of it at its worst like you are saying so keep well hon stay in bed as much as you can and keep your fluids

Feeb - honey I hate seeing you go through this pain with the midwife/health nurse and the weight gain of Jacob she sounds not supportive at all for your feelings and how worried it makes you. Can you switch nurses? I think I told you before but I had the same issues with Julia, I was beside myself, she hardly gained any weight at all from 3 weeks - 6 weeks 40g if that. The health nurse made me feel so so so bad, I had tresillian visit me and try and help, they couldnt help so I saw a LC and we monitored my supply for 3 days expressing only (turned out my supply was so low in the afternoon and night so they recommended topping up with formula because there was no weight gain with Julia for so long. So I topped her up with formula lunchtime and last feed of the day. Im not sure if you mentioned but is your supply ok or is it just his metabolism putting on weight slowly? can you see a PAED and get their advice on the weight issue?

Hello to everyone, I will have to read and then post more later. promise!

Bel
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Pixie chick - its not too late to jump on a plane and meet up with us.. but grab SW on your way huh... LOL

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Awww - she loves me!! =)))

*Belle* have done everything possible to increase supply fenugreek, blessed thisle and now on domperidone 8 tabs a day so max dose!! (i have never felt full apart from night he slept 11 hrs) i express and have only get 20 - 40 mls even now on meds. Going to also try alfalfa tabs.

Have seen council LC and jave 3 close friendfs who r LC and 3 friends r like he is healthy happy and content dont stress.

seeing Gp on monday re losec so will check about wg etc there also.

I may stop going to centre and just go to gp for everythung will see

Good luck with tara chin up and keep smiling

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Awww - she loves me!! =)))

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Well duh.... ;)

Belle - you're doing a great job - don't worry too much about not doing personals - I don't take it personally that you don't address me every time you post - just say g'day from time to time :) I'm sure Miss M is going to get a flat head, cos she favours one side over the other. Have to get her into the baby chiro guy we took Master A to....

Ahhhhhhh both kids asleep (Master A took a bump to his head thanks to daddy putting his head into the cupboard door, his screaming woke Miss M - always lovely!!!) Sucks having a small house - one kid screaming ALWAYS wakes the other one..

Feeb and Belle - looking through the ABA forums, there's a bunch of people recommending "Milk Cookies"

The recipe is available on the ABA forums, but basically it is a standard choc chip cookie recipe with added oats, linseed meal and brewer's yeast. The linseed needs to be linseed meal or you will need to grind them somehow if you just buy whole seeds. I was having severe problems last weekend (after a stressful day from taking my baby leopard to the vet!!) and made a batch. Not sure if it is the cookies or just me, but my supply picked up significantly by the next day. If nothing else, it's a GREAT excuse to eat choc chip cookies!!!


Love ya too, Mel ;)

waves to all!

Thanks for that will look into that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How is the puss

Mel -

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Pixie chick - its not too late to jump on a plane and meet up with us.. but grab SW on your way huh... LOL

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careful what you wish for it might happen one day! and good on you for going so well with your diet! you're kicking it!
Mez, your little girl is very cute...
Kel, 6 kilos! wow!
Belle & Zee, hope you are both feeling better
SW :hello: hope it's all going well in our nation's capital
feeb GL hope your supply picks up again
well it's been a bit of an odd day.... we had a pretty ok lunch with my folks... but we were in a pub and some weird chick grabbed my baby and cuddled her when I had literally taken her off the boob only seconds before. She was going on and on about how she loves babies etc. anyhoo, after that I insisted on going to the parent's room in the shopping centre instead. I've got pretty blase about feeding in public but in the pub was pretty uncomfortable. The Bear took Beth for a big walk in the stroller and they had a great time, she was grinning from ear to ear when they got back. She's been very unsettled since her five oclock feed though, not sure if it's wind or if I overfed her again.... she has been lying in bed sucking her dummy and listening to Bob Marley for over an hour and just won't drop off.
Mothers group tomorrow so that should be fun... other than that, not much to report...
:hello: to anyone I missed with personals have a great night

Belle - :hug: and you're doing a fantastic job.

Mez - She's such a cutie pie! I'm glad you had a great day.

Mel - YAY! Great job with losing 2kg. Wanna lose mine too? I've actually been eating pretty decent lately and going for walks in the arvo. I'm trying to get my lazy ass up and doing stuff.

Kell - Wow. Growing fastttttttt and getting more gorgeous too.

I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself tonight. (Lol. Nothing new about that.)
It's hard to explain. It's like people treat me different, or talk down to me, speak to me as if I'm still this young kid that doesn't know anything... then they're quick to ask me to do things for them, like pick them up and drive them somewhere. They won't take no answer, or when I say I have things to do it's like that's never good enough and they still expect me to go pick them up. I know I have trouble saying no alot of the time, but you'd think me having a baby now aswell would make them think twice and give me a break. :wall:
I know I shouldn't let it get to me, or take it to heart cause I've had this cr@p for years, but it wears me down and builds up.
It doesn't help that when I try to tell my twin sister about it she doesn't understand it all cause it doesn't happen to her. :(
DP never fully got it, until he actually saw it happen... so it's not just in my head.
I don't know if this makes sense. I'm sorry.

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How is the puss

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She was feeling sore and sorry for herself after getting stung by a bee - but seemed to have forgotten about it by the time we got home and there were flies in the house to chase!

She catches flies by clapping her front paws together - and this time she got a bee, and it got her!

Right as rain now =) Banned from going outside for the rest of spring! And milk supply is back to normal. Milk cookies didn't help DH with his supply though ;)

somewoman glad all is ok now poor thing would have been stressful for u.

LOL at nit helping DH milk supply!!
can u get flaxseed meal in supermarket???????

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can u get flaxseed meal in supermarket???????

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I believe so. It's just linseed meal (same thing - more commonly sold here as linseed than flax). Can also use LSA which I've seen in a few supermarkets. I think the hard bit is brewers yeast, although some supermarkets have it in the home brew section. Health shops should have it all.

Hi everyone,

Just quickly logging on to see what's been going on but it's pretty quiet in here today. I hope you're all having a great day. It's been a beautiful day here in Melbourne. Nothing much to report here everything is just fine.

BBL

Just a got home from the health centre, have to get changed then of to Ballarat for a 21st.

Maddi put on another 595grams and everything is well. She still has the nappy rash though so Im going to have to cave in and buy some sposies until it clears up.

Hope everyone is having a nice day

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Hi Mez! Hi sal!
Had a busy day today, went to mother's group which was pretty good, had lunch with the Bear, came home, did dishes and washing and fed DD and now I am researching self-managed super funds so the excitement never ends!
Hope everyone is having a good day and big waves to all!
ETA - are emoticons playing up? some aren't working and others are looking a bit different today!

Hi, I thought I would come and in and finally introduce myself. I might pop in everynow and then.
Jonah was born on the 30th July, 6 weeks early. The trouble began when I was 32 weeks PG when I started to have premature contractions, these were ceased with medication in hopsital. Changes had began on my cervix, so I was kept in hopsital. When I was checked a few days later, I had started to dialate and The baby;s head was down. I was warned that my membranes could ruptute and advised to say in hospital. 1 week later my waters broke, I was monitored for infection before being induced at 34 weeks. Jonah was born after a 5 hour labour, weighing 2.4 kg. Today he is a hefty 4.1kg. He had no breathing problems, but was not mature enough to suck. 1 week later I was discharged home, Jonah came home one week after i did. He is generally a good baby.

hi all just quick.

sorry i have missed so much so i will take the time to read posts before i do personals.

Ike has had a terrible few days. as you know he got conjunctivitus on wednesday, that wasn't too bad it was cleared within 24 hours but now he has an ear infection high temps, sore joints snotty nose and chesty cough. my poor baby is falling apart. he has spent most of the day crying; we went to our Dr and she gave him a really good check over and some antibiotics to have for the next 10 days.
its so hard when they are pleading with you in tears and there is nothing you can do for them, he just looks at me like he doesn't understand why i won't just make it stop. here is hopeing he sleeps thru the night.

on the up the twins have been sleeping from 10pm till 4am for the past few nights.

welcome charlotte :welcome: my boys were 5+4 weeks early too. its scary with them in NICU. which hospital was Jonah in?
I hpoe you will enjoy our little group everyone here is so friendly and if i do say so myself the best Baby buddies group on BB.

take care

love kristy
xoxoxo

Kristy - poor little Ike - sounds terrible! Really hope he gets better soon, and manages to get to sleep ok. Yay for the twins having a good long sleep at night!
Charlotte - :cheer: :welcome: :cheer: welcome to our group! kristy is right it is the best Baby Buddies group! Technically I'm in August too because my baby was 2 weeks late.... but didn't want to leave all the great people in this group. Good to have you on board!

Hey Charlotte. Nice to meet you. :)
Welcome to our group. Great to hear everything is going great with your babyboy.

Kristy - Awh, your poor little man. I hope he gets better soon. YAY! The bubbas are sleeping better at night. Soon they'll sleep right through. :pray:

Pixie - Great to hear Mother's group went good today. I'm too slow to realise any emoticons have changed. I do like the custom settings for the profiles though. I prettied mine all up before. :lol:

Skittle - :cheer: For the weight gain. I hope the nappy rash clears up soon. Poor little girl.

:hello: everyone else. I hope you had a great day and weekend ahead.

We got Haydie weighed and all that jazz today.
His birth weight was 3.89kgs. He now weighs 5.9kgs.
His length at birth was 51cm. He's now 59.5cm long.
His head at birth was 36cm. His head is now 41.5cm.
Everything is going well with him. He's getting more and more sooky with me though. DP gets a bit upset by it, which is understandable but I don't know what to do about it.

So Elijah was sick in the middle of the night last night. Threw up all over his bed, my poor little chicken. He was fine this morning. I'm not sure what is was.
I've been sick today though. I felt ok before, but I'm feeling yuck again. I hope I wake up better tomorrow. I've got stuff to do. Lol.

Not that much else going on with us. Quite boring really.

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OMG I had no internet last night or today and I didn't know what to do with myself....So I went shopping LOL...not so fun with the 2 kids though!

Ash had her check up today, all went great except the MW said she had gained 320g in 2 weeks (which is good but not great...so she said) but while J was playing in the park at the hossy I calculated it myself and she has gained 430g in 2wks so I feel heaps better...this will be the 1st 2 wks of her life that she hasn't had a bottle(EBM or FF) at all, so I am very proud of myself. The LC we were seeing even came to see me when we got there to say how proud she was!
SO Ashee's stats are now
Birth Weight: 3800g Today: 5210g (75th%)
Birth Length: 52.5cm Today: 56.2cm (not 59cm that they got the other day)(50th%)
Birth HC:33.5cm Today:38cm (25th%)
:welcome: Charlotte, you will feel at home with our group....we are a pretty chatty bunch most of the time... as much as we can be with babies and for some of us toddlers/other kids as well.

Tenny: The MW said today that 8wks they are at the peak of crying so that could be why Hayden is sookie lately, Chris couldn't handle it with Jayden but Ash hardly cries at all except for yesterday she had a hard time settling herself in the pram without the dummy(left it in the car) when we were at Target...other than that she rarely cries.

I had a great day yesterday, I was out of the house by 8.15am, bought a gate, muslin wraps, tried on and bought clothes for myself and a tshirt for A all by 9.30am, SIL met me there and took J (FDC) I did the food shopping, fed A in the car & dropped food home by 11am, met the girl who was in my ward (her DD was born the same day) for lunch @11.30am then went and got my hair done (OMG it is soooo different!!) @1.10pm....it was a really busy day but a great one! Until I got home and nothing was done, I don't usually expect Chris to do it when he has been working but it wouldn't have killed him to put the groceries away or empty the dishwasher...ahh well what can you do!!

Sorry no more personals.....sorry it was pretty much all about me! I still have to pack for the weekend, we are leaving for the Sunshine Coast at 6am (that will be interesting!)

Mel: I'm not sure what time I can meet up apparently we can't get in the resort until 2pm...I'll txt you throughout the day and let you know, it will be definitely after 1pm. Does A have a sleep? I'm not sure how J will go I'm hoping he doesn't sleep but then he might be cranky if he doesn't....I'll keep in contact anyway.....YAY I can't wait to meet you guys!! I'm so excited!!!

Have a great weekend everyone, I'll post lots of photos of Mel, me and the kids when we get home Another long post as usual and I haven't even got through personals :rolleyes: I'm hopeless!

SW: Did you win a pair of PP jeans on ebay? You outbid me by .50c! LOL I totally forgot about them!

Anyway I better get to bed, I have to get up at 4.45am :(

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SW: Did you win a pair of PP jeans on ebay? You outbid me by .50c! LOL I totally forgot about them!

Anyway I better get to bed, I have to get up at 4.45am :(

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hahaha - maybe it was me, maybe it wasn't!!

I bought a couple of pair of PP jeans - which ones were they? btw - sorry - I wouldn't have outbid you if I knew it was you!!!

Think my new mantra may be "All's fair in love and ebay"

LOL...that's ok, I bought some yesterday from big w. Can't remember which ones they were. Love your motto! Haha
We are driving ATM, we haven't hit the Bruce hwy yet. We were a bit late leaving.... My fault of course grrr I think chris and I have had our earliest fight ever because we were late leaving. Road is getting bumpy, getting hard to type LOL. Have a good weekend everyone!

Hi girls

How ru all? hope you are all having a good weekend.

I did something radical for me today, I took Julia for her haircut (bob cut) and I got most my hair chopped off! radical for me! I got a concave bob, shorter at back and going long down to the front of my face, does that make sense? bit to short for my liking at the moment, when it looks better will take a pic for you all!

Last time was the first time Tara slept from 10pm to 5.30am! wow I say! hope she decides again to do it tonight and from now on! I looked up in my Gina Ford book to see and they say from 6-8 weeks onwards sometimes they decide to sleep through but its not as usual with BF babies, so we will see.

Tania - how is Jayden ans Ashlea? Have a good weekend, I always argue with DH too when leaving for holidays etc... you take care ok and drive safe.

SW - Hows Alyssa? I love PPatch clothes, Julia's wardrobe is mostly pumpkin patch and bonds lol... hope you are well. Thanks for the milk cookie tip! will look into it for sure!

Pixie - yay on mothers group! mine started last week but couldnt make it! they dont let you take toddlers! DOH! hopefully I can fine someone to mind Julia next Tuesday! I still keep in touch with about 4 girls from Julia's mothers group its great.

Tenny - sorry to hear Elijah is sick mate, I hope he feels heaps better today...how ru feeling after the other night? ru ok?

Tassy - love your pics on FB!!! gorgeous!

Mel - thanks so much for your support and saying a do a great job honey it cheered me up. Some days its hard not to feel sad about how things are going, thankfully today is a much better day. Hows Melkelti today? hows Aricyn?

Feeb - have you tried the bickies /cookies yet? let me know what they taste like! hope u and Jacob are well.

Zee - honey when you get better lets catchup... can meet you at Rouse Hill for sure or Castle Hill.

Charlotte - welcome to our group! they are a great bunch of girls and so supportive, we are very blessed in our group!

Skittle - congrats on the weights hon! hows your weekend?

Kristy - hows Ike feeling today ? I hope he feels better soon. Are you ok hon? I know its hard to look after everyone when kids are sick... sending you big hugs too

Mez - how ru and Isabel this weekend? love your ticker photo!

Kel - lovely pics of Keira on FB too! how is Jesse and Keira today? are you having a good weekend?

Syd girls - are you girls thinking of meeting up again soon? would love to say hello and meet u when you are all getting together.

Hello to everyone im sure I feel likeI have missed some of you and I feel bad, I will come back bit later and write more, DH wants the laptop now to do work.... so best be off.

Love
Bel
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Heylooooo ladies!!

Just had Jesse's birthday party. Was a great day!! Just family (which is huge as it is for our tiny house!) but Jesse has the absolute best day with his cousins! They played so well outside together. Great weather. All the food turned out perfect, so was extra happy with that!
Spent all day yesterday making his cake.. heres a pic https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...9523&nocache=1
His party was Mickey themed as he is his favourite atm (along with Diego and The Wiggles).
And heres just a pic of my handsome little man, all dressed for his birthday party in his new Diego shirt. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...php?photo=9525

Belle.. hey hun! Yeh having a good weekend, you? Oh yay Tara sleeping through! Hope she keeps it up! Oooow i wanna see pics of the new doo! ;)

Tannis.. well done with the feeding and the weight gain for A! oh hun i totally hear you!!! Yesterday i was making Jesse's cake. DH had the day off. His job was to tidy the back yard and clean our outdoor furnature. Our back yard is tiny so not much for him to do. It gets to 5.30pm and im like, are you going to the the back yard?? (he'd been playing games most of the day!).. oh yeh ill do it in 5 minutes. 6pm comes around.. im like cmon.. jesse hasnt even had his dinner yet and he goes to bed at 7pm. So he did it in the dark! Ehh what is it with lazy men!! Jesse got to bed at 8.30pm after all that. What would they do with out us!

Tenny.. oh dear, how is Elijah today? Hope you dont have that nasty gastro bug in your house. Poor pet. Keira will go from only settling with DH to only settling with me. Weird hey.

Hello and welcome Charlotte!

Kristy.. hows the lil guy? Hope he is starting to pick up poor guy! We missed him today.

Yep.. Keira is a big bub. She's now 59cms.. so thats up 7cm from birth. She's also pretty much on par to what Jesse was at her age also.

Well gonna go relax before Jesse wakes.. im so buggered.

Hello lovely mummy's,

Belle - I'm doing really well hun, Isabel is also well growing by the day. I want to see your new hair cut too post a pic for us. Yay on Tara sleeping through the night for you I really do hope she does it for you again. Isabel has yet to do that for us but I'm not complaining she slept from 6:30pm to midnight last night.

Kell - Love Jesse's b'day cake, sounds like it was a great success today. Oh and he looks gorgeous in his new Diego shirt.

Tannis - have a great time away and we look forward to seeing lots of pics of you and Mel and the kids.

Charlotte - Welcome to the group, you'll love it. Can't wait to get to know you too.

Tenny - Isabel only settles with me not my DH which is a little frustrating cause I sometimes get really upset when she is crying all the time cause I can't just hand her over for me to have a break. It's not that he doesn't try to help out but cause I am with her 24/7 she is use to me doing everything for her.

Pixie - So glad that you had a great time at your Mother's Group was that your first meeting?

Kristy - I hope Ike gets better soon hun.

We've have decided to put Isabel in her cot in her room tonight for the first time. I'm a little uneasy about it cause it will be the first time without her in our room. She seems okay at the moment we'll see how we go the rest of the night. Not much else going on today, we pretty much had a spring clean of our wardrobe and have managed to get rid of 3 big garbage bags of clothes...

Well I hope you all have a great night and I'll catch up with you all tomorrow.

Heya!!!

Well what a fun few days we have had here..NOT!!! Some of you might have seen my post about DD.

Charlotte- Hi, we were in the TTC thread together for awhile (I was princess confused), congrats on the birth of Jonah.

Belle- Hun do you wanna meet friday? Well actually I can do Wed & thurs aswell. Im sure your hair looks great.

Pixie-Sorry hun I still havnt PM'd you back. Does The Bear come in anymore?

Kristy- Poor like man, you feel so helpless.

Mary- Its weird putting them in their room when they have been in your room. Im sure she & you will do fine.

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Tenny - Isabel only settles with me not my DH which is a little frustrating cause I sometimes get really upset when she is crying all the time cause I can't just hand her over for me to have a break. It's not that he doesn't try to help out but cause I am with her 24/7 she is use to me doing everything for her.

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Same here!!!

Mez.. oh im sure Izzy will come around sometime and settle for your DH. Jesse was similar. But at times where he was just frustraiting the hell outta me i just gave him to DH and he dealt with him lol. Thanks hun.

Well i am so happy to announce.. Jesse slept through last night for the first time in about 6-7 weeks!!!!!! Since he had his gastro!!! DH went out last night to his mate's birthday.. usually DH puts Jesse to bed so i was unsure how he would go with me putting him to bed but he wasnt too bad. Cried a few times but i just went in and laid him down. Then he probably slept from 8pmish until 7am this morning.. and so did Keira!! WOOOO! So i got a great night sleep!!!

Keira has been in her cot now for the past 3 nights. Seems to be going great guns in there. Even put her in there during the day yesterday and she slept for a few hours.. prior she never would sleep in her cradle during the day.

Well, DH is at work today.. for how long depends on how hot it will be.. looks like its gonna be a stinker though! :(
So just a lazy day for us. As i was saying to DH.. the good thing about having people over is you clean the house top to bottom.. so i have no house work to do now! well.. for a few days ;)

Morning all!!!

Had a great day yesterday - thanks Tan!!! You are such a gorgeous gorgeous woman - and J and A are BEAUTIFUL.... was just looking through the pics - and OMG - seriously - beautiful beautiful family... xxxx

Now - personals..

Sal - thats a good gain for her!! Yuck on the nappy rash - do you have any liners? We just use liners when DS has a bit of a rash. This will make you cry - DS went into the sea yesterday - with his lime green itti bitti!!! ARGHHH... I nearly cried... (didn't I Tan.. lol)

Kel - thats a great night sleep for you!!!! Not that I'm jealous or nothin.. lol..and that pic of the cake was great!! can you make one for us as well.. lol.. doesn't have to be for any special occasion or anything..

Zee - poor little mite - that shiner doesn't look very nice!!!!

Charlotte - welcome!!! congrats on your bub!!! I'm a ring in - DD was born in August - but I was due on the 19th July... and couldn't tear myself away from the lovely ladies in here :)

Hi Belle *mwah*

Tenny - Yay for H's gains - and boo to E's throwin up - yuck - hope he is feeling better?

Pixie - self managed super funds ay.. interesting.. I'm thinking of switching who I have mine with - DH gets a much better deal with his than I do with mine.... I don't even get a death cover unless i pay a huge fee for it - and his is really cheap to have his cover. Must be cos mine is the legal industry ones!!!! They must think everyone in that industry is made outta money.. lol ;)

hello to everyone else - I'm pretty slack with personals..

We *think* that DD may have the measles... she has some of the symptoms - and I googled it last night and the rash looked the same on the net as the one on her face :( Rang the after hours doc - and they didn't show up - even though they called us at 3.30am and said that they were going to come over.. pffft.. typical...

But - she had her last feed at 7.30pm - and then woke up around 3ish... I was so exhausted I shoved the dummy in her mouth - and she woke up at 5am!!!! woohoo!!!! I feel quite good this morning (even though didn't get to bed till late cos one of the dogs had a paralysis tick and had to go to the doggy ER last night - and is still there..my poor puppy )

Mornin' ladies.

Belle - Yay! a new haircut for you and Julia. I hope it made you feel heaps better. I can't wait to see pictures ( if you're going to post some. :p ) Fingers crossed that Tara keeps sleeping better through the nights. :pray:

Kell - Jesse looks so so sooooo cute! The cake looks awesome. You did a fantastic job. I look forward to making a fancy cake for Elijah every year. Lol. I can't wait to do 2 next year. How sad is that!! :dance: Keira sleeping in her cot. GO KEIRA!!! YAY Jesse!!!

Zee - :hug:

Mez - I hope last night went well with Izzy in her room in her cot. I felt it was so hard for me the first few nights with Elijah. I'm not ready for Hayden to be in a different room just yet. I'm a sook. Lol.

Mel - YAY! That's great about DD sleeping for that long. Fingers crossed she does that from now on during the night. I hope your DD is alright. Has she had are immunisations? Don't they say they can come out in a rash like that afterwards? .. and your dog is ok too. Ticks are nasty little b@stards.

Tan - Yeah, Hayden hardly cries either. He was just really whingy for me the other day. He seems alright now. It could have been the heat, or he might have felt a bit off like what Elijah and I had. Your DH needs a kick up the bum. What is it with DH/DPs and thinking they don't have to do anything without being told to do it... We're not their mothers.

Mel & Tan - Sounds like you had a fantastic day yesterday. Can't wait to see pictures.

As for us.
Elijah is back to his normal self. Why is it when kids start to get over being sick they get really naughty? or is it only my ratbag boy??? :rofl:
I'm feeling better this morning. Thank you for asking if we're feeling better. :hug:

My DP said the other day after we got Hayden weighed and measured.. he goes "If we lay Elijah down and lay Hayden down from Elijah's shoulders, then they'll be taller then you Tenny."
Lol. How mean is that, but I'm really glad the boys got DP's height. Tall boys are hotter! :P

The cheeky little bubba has figured out how to escape from being his blankets when he's all wrapped up. Thank god it's warming up now, or he'd freezeeeeee. He had like only the corner of one blanket on him this morning. Lol.

Hope you have a great day.

xx

Hi ladies :)

I'm soooo sorry I haven't been on. My hubby bought broadband & is trying to fix up the net, so I'm writing through my sister's comp. Anyway hope r all well. Sorry no personals will try to do personals when comp is fixed :)

Take care & keep smiling :)

xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Hi all sorry for not posting much but i am really tired had a tought few days!!

Saturday was to hot and Jacob didnt sleep as he needs to be swaddled and even with npapy and singlet was still hot and if i didnt swaddle him he startled himself!!

Belle no havent found ingrediants yet for cookies.

Melb girls when shoudl we think about another meet up? i have spare tockets here still for baby expo if you want some i can post them if we dont get to catch up

Feeb.. have you tried those super thin muslim wraps? Ive been putting Keira in those of a night. Theyre like thinner than a sheet.

Hi Tasia! Hope you are well.

Tenny.. lol. Yes a man has to be tall. Being Keira will no doubt be tall (both me and DH are) and shes going to marry one of your boys.. its a good thing theyre tall also :lol: OH Keiras been escaping her blankets too since shes been i the cot! Little worm!

we've decided to go the "attempt to get her to sleep without swaddling" route... Little Miss Houdini never manages to stay wrapped, but does tend to wake herself when she startles. I asked the MCHN about wrapping techniques, and she seemed to think that it's probably a good time to try to get her used to sleeping without.

Apparently when they start rolling the wraps can be a little dangerous if they don't manage to free their arms and avoid lying face down. Could just be another of those things that some MCHNs claim and others think is bull$hit, but we're going with it anyways.

Better get back to painting and cleaning up the house! It's officially on the market in about a week - just as soon as the real estate agent has all the required reports and legal docs! Gotta get it right before the photographer rocks up ;)

waves to all