Babies Born July 16th - 31st 2008 #5

[Tannis]

hi girls, arrived in melb safe n sound. Both kids great on the plane. Have been super busy with family n friends. Going shopping for some good runners for jayden n me.
Re Monday how does 1pm sound? Still don't know where, a park sounds good if jayden is with me or a cafe if I leave j with chris. I think it's meant to rain though
Anyway better go hope everyone is ok, sorry no personals iPhone is cr@p to type

[Anastasia]

Hi lades & Gentlemen

Hope we r all well. Didn't do much, just this morning went & took my niece to school.

Melb girls wat's happening on Monday meet up? Is it still going ahead? Don't know if I can make it, I'm broke as hehehe.

Tannis- Glad u arrived in melb safe N' sound sweety

[Missy]

Hi all

Hope you all having a good time on halloween..heheh..

Had a nice day with Kristy and Kell and the kiddies played so nice and had the best time. Kell has photos so hope she gets them up tonight some time. ***looks at Kell****.....lol.

On the way home dropped into another shop to get callum a mask for trick or treat but instead he wanted a hulk outfit so got him that. Melissa, Callum and I went trick or treating and Callum was saying it. The last house we went to Melissa said to callum when the door open, what do you say, and Callum said to the lady that answered, "got a lollie"...lmfao. It was so funny and cute.

Got home had take away then just had a bath and now relaxing.

Well better head off.


Tannis I so happpy your there safe and sound. Have fun hun.

Hope you get to the meet up Anastasia

Ok im off. c ya's

[ShootingStar]

Morning!

Well i feel crapola today.. and have to take Jesse to swimming lessons joy. I hope im feeling better over the next hour!

Missy.. will get those pics up this arvo as ill have to adjust the size of them first and ill email you the full version of the one of callum and the one of you and Liam so you can get them printed.. so cute!

DH is letting me get a new stroller! WOO! Im going to get a side by side one for Jesse and Keira like Julies as im so sick of the phil & ted. Its a piece of sheeeit! Great for 1 kid, but 2 its hopeless! Keira is longer than the part she lies down in so she spends the whole time bent up. It only lays completely flat for her which is great for her reflux and she spends the whole day crying and grumpy when shes not asleep.. then the evenings after being out are crap. I think she also hates that she cant see anything. Jesse is too big for the toddler seat and lately he's been having a nap in the pram.. so hes all twisted trying to sleep. Just crap. Have tried Keira in the toddler seat on the back and its still too upright for her.. who knows if she'll like it later on. So DH said i can get another side by side one.. had to bribe him with sex pmsl! So am gonna go shopping this arvo and have a lookseee. Will then decide later on which one ill resell. Least with the p&t ill get a fair bit back for it.

Ok.. gonna make a coffee before the IL's are here to mind Keira.

Have a lovely weekend all!

xx

[Jewel]

Tan - Great to hear your kiddies were good with the flight and you all made it safe and sound.

Missy - How cute of Callum! Did you dress up?? We had people coming to our house last night that didn't even have any costumes on. We didn't have anything to give them anyways. Lol. It was really dark and young kids were still coming around. I wonder where their parents were... seriously. I wouldn't let my children go out like that when it's pitch black knocking on strangers doors.

Tasia - Hey! *wave* The nice quiet relaxing days are good I reckon. Hope you can make the meetup.

Kell - YAY for your DH letting you get a better pram!! There's nothing worse then having a *****ty pram that annoys you and makes the kids cranky everytime you go out. Haydie likes to be nosey and look around too. I hope you can find what you're looking for and for a reasonable price.

Can't wait to see the piccies.

Hey everyone else. It's a bit quiet here lately.
I hope you're all going great.
and <3's

xx

[Zee]

Heya all,

Gosh its hard for me to get in here, at least with facebook I can use the net on my phone but getting onto BB on the phone is a PITA.

I dont think I will be able to catch up, feeling better now that im back on my meds and they are kicking in again.

Lucas has a TOOTH!! Got it Wed the day he turned 3 months old. He is a crappy teether.. unlike Laila.

Our holiday isnt till may/june/july next yr LOL (we havnt decided what month but DH has holidays from may) and it will be in Fiji somewhere.

Kristy- I think the twins are doing great so I wouldnt be worried at all. They were premmie and seem to be doing everything pretty spot on to me. Lucas wasnt even premmie and apart from getting a tooth he seems to be doing everything else delayed compared to Laila. He is also just 6.1Kgs now.

Tasia- DH took my bank card off me today, now the offer we put on a house has been accepted. I can still buy over the net though LOL. I also never did tummy time for Laila cause she hated it and Lucas dosnt like it either,screams the sec he gets put on his tummy.

Tania- Glad your having a great time and the kids were good on the plane.

Tenny- I wasnt giving stuff out LOL, less lollies for me!

Missy- PMSL thats so funny!!

Kellxx- Thats good, Lucas loves sitting in the toddler seat in the back..dont know about yours but with my toddler seat you can unzip it so it lays back abit. Yeah we always wait for sales to buy games, even then they dont seem worth it LOL.

Mel- Is A better? Happy 3 months tomorrow lil princess!

Well DH got home with good news today.. WE ARE HOME OWNERS!! Well after the cooling off period. So we will be moving in just before xmas... its in Bensville (gosford). Now to pack *sigh*

[somewoman]

Zee GRATS!!!!!!!!! Wonderful feeling, eh =) Looks like we'll be moving houses around the same time (give or take a few weeks) - NOT looking forward to that!

Melb girls and Tan - 1pm works for me. Wasn't the plan to go to southbank somewhere? Or was that for the prior meeting? PM me anyone who wants my mob number. I'll be in Melb tomorrow arvo and will have net access.

Mel - love ya, you rock as a mum!! Hope you're having a better day today, and hope little man is feeling happier.

Anyways - gotta go and pack! Waves to all =)

[Zee]

SW- Thanks, im so glad to be getting outta Syd though I will be back here at least once a week. Yeah well same, we wont know for sure when we will be moving till the end of next week. but I hope it isnt to soon cause I have a lot of $hit to pack.

[Ayapi]

Hi all,

Congrats Zee how exciting about being a home owner!! woohoo.. We are going to Fiji next year too early May as my BIL is getting married there

Tan/SW - I'm in for the meet up on Monday don't know about the rest of the Melb girls though, Southbank sounds good to me.

Tasia - I hope you can come out to the meet up sweet, you don't have to spend too much.

Kell - well done on getting DH to agree on getting a new stoller... how funny you had to bribe him with DTD lol. I hope you found what you are looking for?

Well a quick question for all, I'm struggling a little trying to get Isabel to sleep she just throws these crying fits and scratches me (you should see my chest) it takes me at least 10mins before she calms down and takes her dummy once she is asleep it's great but getting her there is what is driving me crazy. Today I bought the book "what every parent needs to know" so I'm hoping that gives me some answers otherwise I'm going to have to try out Tweddle. Does anyone have any advice for me I'm at my wits end.

[Jewel]

Zee - CONGRATS WITH THE HOUSE! That's fantastic news. It's so exciting, isn't it. The packing is the worst and I'm putting mine off. LOLLLLLLL! If we had and lollies here I def. wouldn't have been handing them out. I would have been scoffing into them myself.
Awh Lucas. Poor little man. I hope he goes better with his teeth.

SW - Have a safe trip!

Mez - I've been having issues sort of like that with Hayden's day sleeps. Have you tried a swing? When Hayden is going crazy I usually turn to the swing cause he's so overtired and fights it with everything he has. I have to keep putting the dummy in a heap of times though, that's the only annoying thing. No other ideas. I'm sorry she's being like that. Big hugs I've never heard of Tweddle before. I googled it though so I didn't feel like a complete idiot.

I'm off to bed to watch some Scrubs on dvd.
xx

[ShootingStar]

Howdy!

Im so buggered. So need to go to bed but wanted to quickly post.
Have uploaded our pics to the gallery.
Jesse did well at swimming today.
OH! He has learnt to say the word "NO". I know, most do by now.. he had his own way of saying no by shaking his head and saying "ehh".. but i think since this morning he now says "noaaw".. and you know what ive heard all day.. "Noooaaww"
Found a stroller! Cant wait to test drive it! Other than around the house. Its going to be so much better.. now least Keira can have a good look around and Jesse be able to sleep better.

Zee.. yeh the toddler seat on ours reclines also but its still to upright i think. I can imagine after a day of being out in the toddler seat sitting up, all her insides will be squished being she doesnt have the stomach muscles yet to support her being so upright. Dont think it would be the best thing for her. Congrats on the house. Youll have to take a pic of that tooth!

Mez.. yep! Its a side by side.. Babylove um.. Odyssey i think? In black. Its great already! Going to be so much better for both kids. I think the Phil & Teds is just a lot of hype tbh.. not very practical for 2 kids. Oh you poor thing. Keira's started to get a little attitude too. If she doesnt get what she wants she has a fit. We've found what she likes is to sleep on her side and she has to have a blanket or sheet to cuddle. Weird i know at such a young age but thats what she always wants. Are you sleeping Izzy on her back? We still do Keira on her back at night but during the day when i can keep an eye on her, shes on her side. Maybe something like that? Otherwise does she have a rocker or anything? um.. do you have a stroller or pram inside? How does she go in that? Maybe you could try rocking her in it? Is she tired when youre trying to put her down? Remember as time goes on they will end up sleeping less and less and be awake for longer periods. Just go on the tired signs if she shows any.

Tenny.. what type of pram do you have? Oh der you wouldnt need one for Elijah hey.

Keiras been a poo head all night. She actually rolled over on the floor.. well pretty much onto her tummy with her arm under her body and fell asleep like that. Ill have to upload her pic. But she carried on for a bit so decided to feed her and get her ready for bed. She wasnt falling asleep so i just went and put her in her cot, music on. Heard a few squaks a few minutes ago but now theres silence.. so fingers crossed!
Hmmm spoke too soon.........

[feeb]

Hay girls sorry not a long post as I and Jacob have colds and i feel CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melb girls tannis and sw i wont be able to catch up monday as i wont have a car as it needs to go to the doctors as last night the temp gauage was going up and down so dont know whether overheating or if sensor is playing up so monday it is getting looked at i am soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry was looking forward to catching up with you all.

Had a wine last night for first time since before i found out i was preg!

zee congrats on house thats great!!

mez hugs hope she improves sleeping for you, Jacob sleeps during day sometimes on my knee or occasionally in swing or pram.

[ShootingStar]

Ive never heard of Tweddle either.. what is it?

Feeb.. hope your both feeling better soon.

Forgot to mension.. weighed Keira yesterday and shes 6.74kgs.

[Zee]

Thankyou all, we are going up tomorrow to perve at it again LOL.. it was an old house thats been all done up, inside and out. New stuff on the outside of the house, new roof, new kitchen, bathroom, floor boards through out the house (YAY no more white tiles and light brown carpet..spill as much as you like Laila), all freshly painted..the only thing we have to do is a garage, veranda & landscape cause the garden is $hit. It will be fun though!

Feeb- Hope you both feel better ASAP

Kellxx- not another no fan LOL, Laila's fav word!! Congrats on the new pram.. I guess your right, I dont go out really so he is barely ever in it and when I do go out its with DH so laila walks and lucas lays in the big seat. Keira is at a great weight!

Tenny- Did you just buy a house? I cant remember if it was you? I didnt want to till I returned to work but DH wanted to and was pushing to buy a house here in Sydney and I seen this house and fell in love with it straight away..its also a quite area like the country just with beaches so my little feral Laila can scream all she wants LOL

Mary- Ooh I might see you in Fiji.. depends where abouts you go and we go. Some beach resort but dunno which one yet.
Sorry no advice hun as im having the same trouble as you with Lucas..im scratched to pieces aswell. Lucas hates our swing aswell, always worked on Laila but not him (HUGS) I hope she snaps out of it soon.

[Arimeh]

Hi guys

Arhh.. what a week

Zee - congrats on the house honey I'm sure its beautiful - you'll have to put some pics on facebook when you move in. good luck with the move - I love packing - i get to throw so much crap out!!!!

Kel - ahhh the dreaded NO... nearly as good as the MINE.. lol....DS is talking so much now - well unless he is chucking a tantie. Then he loses all the ability of talking english and talks whingy instead - and I keep telling him that I don't understand that!!! LOL... would you believe Keira is 1kg heavier than Miss M? lol

Mez - is she getting too overtired? I've found Miss M's rhythm during the day - she feeds, stays up for a max of 2 hours (so an hour before her next feed) and will fall asleep quite easily if I rock her. When she is having a rough time (ie, screaming match) I put her dummy in her mouth, roll her in my arms so her belly is against me, and hold her arms beside her body really tightly (so I let her fight against me) and I sing to her - usually "five little ducks" or the song from "three men and a baby" you know that one? Goodnight sweetheart, well its time to gooooo... lol.. DH does it too and she usually settles quite quickly. (OH - and cut her nails so she can't scratch ya )

SW - thanks babe. You are such a good mate. And so good at cheering me up Ya know I love ya

Hope all the people in melbourne have a great meet up - its monday isn't it? - Feeb, sucks about your car mate.

Weighed and measured DD myself today - she is 67cm long, and weighs 5.7kg.. so long and skinny!! DH is betting she'll be the successful basketballer in the family.. lol... sooooo won't take after me - short butt that I am...

Oh well guess I should go to bed...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!!

[somewoman]

Ive never heard of Tweddle either.. what is it?

basically a family stay service where people experiencing problems with their children (or their parenting as many of the cases REALLY are) can go there and stay a few days and learn how to cope. They help with anything from sleeping disorders and the likes through to coping with full on disabilities. A lot of it is training the parents not to inadvertently encourage bad behaviors through their own actions. They do fantastic work and really help to keep families together when struggling with young children. I'm guessing there's something similar in most capital cities. My SIL used to work for Tweddle.

FWIW - it is the first result if you google "tweddle" - that will give more info on what they do.

[ShootingStar]

Morning!

Ahh Tweedle must be the VIC version of our Tresillian hey? Gotya now. I did search on yahoo but nothing of significence came up.

Mel.. haha yep Jesse is the same.. once a tanty sets in its all jibberish whinge! But its amazing how one day they just wake up and can talk hey! I can have a full convo with Jesse sometimes.. so weird. But alot of his words only i would know what they mean iykwim. But yeh its great they are starting to talk and will be able to tell us what they want. Oh really. Im actually surprised at Keira's weight TBH. She hardly ever finished a 150ml bottle. Sometimes lucky if she has 100mls and she only has 5 a day. How much is M drinking? I guess she doesnt really need the extra.

Talking about all these weights.. i think its time we re do our stats! Would love to see where everyone is at.
Heres ours..


Name: Keira Ava
Age: 3 Months Old
Weight: 6.74kgs
Height: 64cm
Head Circumference: 42cm
Feeding: Karicare AR Formula
How Often: every 3-4 hours
How Much: 150mls/5 Bottles each day (doesnt always finish it all)
Other Medication: has Infacol every feed
Day Sleeps: Cat naps for 1/2+ at a time between feeds
Night Sleep: Sleeps through from 9.30pmish until 6.30-7amish
Settles: Usually settles herself in rocker or can in her cot. Sometimes with mum or dad (rarely) and usually falls asleep on last bottle. Likes to sleep on her side cuddling a blanket or sheet during the day. Settles with dummy.
Awake Periods: Is awake for about an hour or so inbetween cat naps
Size Clothes: some 000 and 00
Size Nappies: Crawler
Favourite Toy: Her Pooh Bear Play Gym has a tigger that lights up and plays music and also her play gym constructed by mum lol
Milestones: rolled over back to front - 3 months old
Other stuff: Diagnosed with Reflux at 7 weeks. Loves her big brother and is a very smiley baby. Can be very demanding in a sense, if she wants something she will carry on until she gets it.. she will carry on until you look at her then will just smile. Also absolutely loves bath time with Jesse.


DH is at work this morning, then we're off to visit his best mate, his wife and their new bubs this arvo. Need to do washing.. typical its crap weather for it!

[thepixie]

Hello all
Well, personals first otherwise I'll forget everything!
SW - I just noticed your ticker HAPPY 3 MONTHS TO THE GORGEOUS ALYSSA! Have a wonderful time in Melbourne - so jealous of all you girls getting to meet up!
Tan - same to you big kiss honey
Zee - great news about the new house! How exciting! Congratulations
Tenny - You're moving too? Where are you guys moving to? How did I miss that? And don't worry I had to google Tweddle too
Mel - big
Feeb - thanks for adding me on FB
Kel - Interesting about the P&T - we were looking at those originally but changed our mind and went with a pretty simple Maclaren. I always look at the kids in the bottom of the P&T and wonder how they feel about staring at their older sibling's backside! What is your new pram?
Mez - are you not wrapping Izzy anymore? I usually wrap beth and bounce her on the rocker with a dummy in her mouth if she'll take it instead of spitting it out. Music helps sometimes too. But she is a pretty good sleeper so I'm probably not much help.
Well, we have had a super busy weekend. Friday night was the big 60th birthday bash for the ILs. They had a great time. We took Beth all dressed in pink with little fairy wings which everyone thought was sooooo cute (took one cute pic which I'll post eventually). But it was at a lousy time for a 12 week old baby.... it started at 7pm and went on all night, and there was a live band, and lights and dozens of drunk people who all wanted to squeeze her cheeks and cuddle her. She hadn't had a proper nap in the afternoon so she was pretty much on the verge of a nervous breakdown the whole time. We didn't really let people cuddle her because she would have just screamed the house down. We left about 10.30. Yesterday we had the markets in the morning and in the afternoon we had a boat cruise around the harbour which the Bear organised with my (sort of) uncle. It was a great day and much better for Beth, she slept a lot because the rocking of the boat was very soothing. But she also got passed around and made googoo eyes at people. The Bear's sister is in town (both his siblings are in Australia for the 60th) and she is really ing me off. She is constantly trying to grab Beth and then immediately starts posing for photos with her. You can just see her thinking "I look so good with this baby". Her mother and husband are always on standby with the camera as soon as she picks Beth up. She has never taken any interest in us (the feeling is pretty mutual) but now she has tried to invite herself over for dinner next week. I don't really want her to come especially since I have guests 2 other nights this week, I think cooking for guests 3 times in one week is too much to ask, and since she is the least welcome I think we will tell her to organise a baby-friendly cafe. of course she is such a cheapskate she will just get her mother to cook so it will be dinner at the PILs. The photo thing really annoys me too, because no one takes photos of me with Beth. There are going to be more photos of SIL holding Beth with that ghoulish creepy smile than of me with her. The poor baby is going to grow up thinking I didn't love her
And my mum is back from Italy tomorrow so we will lose our second car and the one we were going to borrow next has fallen through.... so it's walkies for me again!