Babies born July 16th - 31st 2008 #3

[Arimeh]

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 )

[Jewel]

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. ) Fingers crossed that Tara keeps sleeping better through the nights.

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!! Keira sleeping in her cot. GO KEIRA!!! YAY Jesse!!!

Zee -

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???
I'm feeling better this morning. Thank you for asking if we're feeling better.

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

[Anastasia]

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

[feeb]

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

[ShootingStar]

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 OH Keiras been escaping her blankets too since shes been i the cot! Little worm!

[somewoman]

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

[feeb]

Problem with him is that he is super wriggly and gets out so i use the thin swaddle me wraps

[thepixie]

yummy mummies and beautiful babies!
Hope you're all having a great weekend.... First a few personals
Kel - what an awesome cake! soooo good that Jesse had a fantastic party and you all had a great night's sleep... well done I think you deserved it after all the hard work of the party!
Zee babe, don't worry about PMing - when you're ready I know you've been having a shocking time, especially with Laila hurting herself. I hope she's better soon sweet, and get in touch anytime you like. The Bear still lurks but I think he has been a bit busy to post lately. And he's been causing arguments in other areas (of BB that is) and spending time in the cooking section!
Mel & Tan - so jealous of you two meeting up sounds like you had a great time! Pics please!
Belle honey great news about the haircut - it's sooo nice to do something just for you! And great that Tara slept so long! Love it when they do that.
Mez & Tenny, bummer about DH not being able to settle the little ones. DD is such a little daddy's girl she often settles better for the Bear than for me! LOL
Tan & SW - was sooo close to buying jeans for DD the other day... instead I bought a little denim dress which is soooooo cute. Have to post a pic when I can.
As for us it's been a good weekend.... yesterday the Bear took Beth to the markets and I got to have a 2 hour nap! YAY! then we went to a party last night, and Beth slept through most of it, woke up had a feed and then was happy and smiley as people passed her around and cooed at her. And then she slept from midnight until 6am!!! was sooo cool, I was really happy about that especially since she was absolutely ravenous yesterday feeding every 2 hours! And pulling on my nipples as if she wasn't getting enough flow from them, especially the left one! my nipples feel like shoe leather LOL. today the PIL came over - they planned to take DD for a walk so I could have a lie-in. But when they told me how far they planned to go, i thought I'd better go with them otherwise they were going to be stuck for hours with a screaming starving infant! We ended up going for a 10k walk which was only about a third of what they originally planned. It was really good though, only problem was I forgot to put sunscreen on my chest so I'll be burnt. It was really hot today, beautiful cool breeze now though! It will be hot enough to go in the pool soon - I sent away for free swim nappies (you can send away for them from the huggies website BTW in case anyone is interested) so when I get those I can take DD in the pool.
And DD has her 6-8 week check tomorrow so we will have her weighed and measured again.
So that's all my news, sorry to anyone I missed with personals and have a great weekend.

[ShootingStar]

Yeh, Keira is only now generally wrapped at night as it still gets quite cold here or during the day if shes having trouble settling. I want to to be wrap free by summer. Was terrible with Jesse being wrapped when it got hot as he was a sweaty baby as it was. So during the day now ive been trying to keep Keira unwrapped, and if she is, just loosly. I did the same with Jesse to get him wrap free, then just sitched to Grobags. So over the next month or so will do with Keira also.

But i think a good way to get them out of the wraps is to during the day, wrap them not as tight. Once they start getting use to being less restricted, then leave one arm out of the wrap.. once content with that then do both, until the wrap is completely gone.

Pixie.. oh how nice of Bear. lol yeh i sent away for those swim nappies for Jesse.. still waiting! lol. I think he was the same age at Keira is now.

[Arimeh]

I have a whole packet of swim nappies here that I've never used if anyone wants them - first in, best dressed!!!

Pics might be a while - have to resize them cos too big to load on here - and no photoshop on this computer (yes SW - we are looking into that other program )

Tenny - she's not 2 months yet so no needles..... doesn't look as bad today - still got red eyes and the rash, but she's not as splotchy......... will take her to our normal docs tomorrow

Oh and we don't wrap here anymore cos she sleeps on her tummy

[thepixie]

lol yeh i sent away for those swim nappies for Jesse.. still waiting! lol. I think he was the same age at Keira is now.

PMSL! guess I'd better not wait then!

[feeb]

ohh i just sent away for them after reading pixie post!!!

[Tannis]

hey every1,
We r on our way home now. I had a fantastic time with
Mel and her family. YOUR kids r gorgeous too, YOU have a gorgeous family! Haha. Can't believe how much A cried in the car on the way home!
I'll post tomorrow, I don't want to do a huge post then lose connection. We r in the middle of nowhere now.
Thanks for yesterday Mel, can't wait to do it again!

[Ayapi]

Evening all,

Feeb - I'm up for another meet up sweet. Oh and yes please with the tickets to the baby expo. I am still wrapping Izzy too cause her hands and arms just go wild until she falls asleep. I pretty much just wrap her and not put any blankets on her when it's hot.

Mel - Mekhelti sleeps on her belly hey, I have a hard time getting Izzy to do her belly time let alone her sleeping on it I can't wait to see the photos of your meet up with Tannis and her family.

Pixie - sounds like you've had a busy weekend. Wow that is a long walk, I hope you aren't too burnt from it.

SW - we tried to get Izzy to sleep in her grobag today but her arms were going everywhere and she just wouldn't sleep so I had to swaddle her and she fell asleep straight away. But we will keep on trying maybe during her day naps.

Tenny - Oh that's funny, It's good to be small good things come in small packages lol.

Well Isabel slept in her cot last night which went well, I think I was up 20 times checking on her but she seemed to be okay in there. During the day naps she is still in her cradle as she looks around to much and doesn't sleep. Her room with drapes closed is still quite light.

A BIG hello to everyone else that I haven't done a personal for.

[*Belle*]

Hi girls

How was your weekend? we took some pics of us at the beach this morning, have put them on FB if you would like to have a lookie! I hate my haircut oh well, on FB my pic is of me and Tara so you can see my hair flyaway in the wind this morning, looks really cherry (not!) will have to take another pic of my hair after I have straightened it with my hair straightner and get dressed up unlike this morning where I looked daggy lol.

Tara hates her hands being wrapped we only wrap her from the waist down at the moment. I have some sleeping bags that I used with Julia from 3 months onwards so will be using them for summer! totally recommend sleeping bags so much better than wrapping.

Tania - travel safe mate.

Pixie - dont you love growth spurt feeds, dont worry it only lasts one day or so of constant feeding every 2 hours well for Tara its that long but it is tiring but its amazing to see how fast they grow! best wishes for tomorrow for Beths checkup!

Zee hon got your text, I havent been able to respond cause 3 disconnected my service, dont get me started on 3, they wrote down my wrong BSB no, and wondered why they didnt receive payment uh duh... Thurs sounds great mate...

Hello to everyone my eyes are hanging out of my head im so tired so will be back tomorrow morning to say more hellos's mwah to all.

Bel
xxx

[Missy]

Hi all

Well back from Mums. Had a great time. Got back and DH had put the fence up for me in the front yard. Him and FIL had been busy all weekend putting uit up for me and wow it looks great. I got hammered from the sun on Saturday. Im so red. Sore very sore...but thats what happens when you sit and read the magz for 4 hrs...lol.

Love all the photos too. Im very tired so be back tomorrow for personals.

Bye for now

[Anastasia]

Hi ladies,

I'm here using my hubby's laptop, which feels pretty weird, cause never used a laptop before lol. I'm actually sick at the moment, my throat & ear hurt alot. If it gets worse I might go to my local GP. It only hurts on my right side hmmm. And I have a headache. I'm thinking it's throat & ear infection, it can't be tonslitis as I have had it removed when I was little. This is the first time in ages I have been sick, well not really sick just sore. Hope u all ladies had a great weekend

Kell- Hey sweety, I'm ok just feel like **** really. The cake looks gorgeous

Feeb- I sometimes wrap Jonathan during the day, but always at night, as he does try to fight it alot. So I tell him who's boss lol. But i won't wrap him in summer, i want him to be summer wrap free hehehe. I'm up for another meet-up to sweety.

Mary- Oh that's great that Izzy slept well in her cot, well done. I have put jonathan in his cot during the day once last week, but he only slept for 20 mins lol. I will try it more when he is 3 or 4 months old.

Anyway ladies i'm off not sure when i will be back on. But soon, anyway melb girls let me know when u want to catch up

Nite ladies take care & keep smiling

xoxoxoxoxoxox

[thepixie]

I have a whole packet of swim nappies here that I've never used if anyone wants them - first in, best dressed!!!

Melski - I'll put my hand up for the swim nappies! I'll PM you my address if that's OK!
and now - I'm going to sleep!