Sorry ive been away so long, my mum has been in hospital. Ive been looking after her every day there and Jeffreys been looking after the kids, she picked up Julia on Tues arvo to look after her and on the way home was dizzy, shakes, short of breath, her GP told her to go to the emergency at Mona Vale Hospital. We have never been so scared, they thankfully ruled out stroke and heart attack but she has a murmur in her heart but they say now its ok, her thyroid was overactive and her BP very high, she was in hospital 5 nights and ive never been so scared. She had CT scan as they thought there was a clot on her lung. they did ECG's every 12 hours. Turns out it is thought the medicine she was taking for her bronchitis with her BP medicine caused her to have this reaction and also asthma. So they have changed her meds and she was monitored for 2 days after it changed and then finally allowed home. There was NO aircon at the hospital at all it was so bad.... Im so knackered now, im at mums looking after her until she feels better, so we are all here with her.
Just wanted to let you know im here, but will not be able to catchup and post personals until mum is better, but I am thinking of you all and love reading how you all are.
I'm hoping to (re)join this group if I may! I was originally in the Due Date Buddies for July 15 - 31 2008 and dropped out after moving house. In the lead up to having bubs I was unpacking the house, studying and working full time and just ran out of steam to contribute to the forum.
I had our baby girl on 13 July exactly one week earlier than her due date. I know that there should be a forum group for babies born July 1 - 16, but it doesn't look as though it is really active - the last post is from early January and it is someone saying they are leaving Belly Belly. Not a good sign! So I hope you don't mind if I crash this group again. It is good to see some familiar names here, Kellxx, Mel and a few others. Hi girls! It's great to be able to talk about poo and mashy food without worrying about boring people!
Bubs is getting used to solids - I'm giving her a couple of cubes of vegetables for breakky and dinner, but it doesn't seem to be reducing her formula needs. She's drinking between 4 and 5 bottles a day.
Hi Majella - welcome back - I did wonder where you had gone to!! Where did you end up moving to? Great to hear that she is doing well!!! No solids here yet - Miss M didnt' end up coming till the 2nd August - exactly 2 weeks over - so I'm not really supposed to be in here either.
Belle - I hope your mum recovers quickly!!! You poor thing, I don't know what I would do if my mum was in hospital, be a complete wreck I reckon!! If you need to chat - you have my numbers.
Mez.. oh i know.. totally needs to grow up. Aww brave little Izzy.. i have to organise Keira's. Least theres no more for another 6 months after these ones.
Pixie.. oh good to hear shes pooped! If youre ever worried you can give her a little brown sugar and water (1/2 teaspoon to 50mls). Ive found that always does the trick. Awww hun youre not a bad mummy. How are you to know she wouldnt have been upset like that if you were at home. Who knows she may have had an upset tummy and it might not have had anything to do with being in the creche. Hopfully next time shes fine. Oh i am hating this heat with a passion! Where is my winter!
Tenny.. Oh Keira's poos are like that. Solid and then not then solid then not. Actually since ive been giving her some apples shes seems to be a bit better. Maybe her foods are too high in iron and she needs a little more fibre?
Mel.. Ive been the same with posting. With this heat i just dont have the energy.
Re child proofing.. i think every child is different tbh. Some are content with what toys you may supply them to keep them entertained, others like to explore. We tried the dont touch approach with Jesse.. just did not work. He was the type that if there was something that wasnt child proof, he would find it. He has always had a very inquizitive nature and likes to see how things work. And him being like that doesnt make me a bad parent because i have to baby proof.. id like to think it means i have a smart child who wants to discover things for himself. You could tell him no or dont touch until you were black and blue in the face, but until he was about 2, he just would not listen. We decided that for his own safety we needed to baby proof. It only takes you to answer the front door or phone for them to bite a cord or pull something down on top of themselves, or reach for something that is dangerous to them. Even though you have taught them no, that temptation is jeopodising their safety too much for me. We had some tall book shelves in our lounge room and i got rid of them for his safety.. everything we didnt want broken was out of reach, that way if anything did get broken, i wasnt going mad at him for something i could have prevented. So yeh, if you have a child that doesnt get into things and you dont need to baby proof as much, great stuff and lucky you! .. but if you do end up having one like mine, lol tbh its better to be safe than sorry. Every child is different.
Mel.. dont think you were soap boxie at all, you were just telling how things are with A. I guess when you are at people's places that arent baby proofed, in my instance, you just watch your kids.. i guess really as you would anyways.
Belle.. sorry to hear about your mum. I hope you can get some time to rest and she starts to pick up soon
WB Majella!!! Congratulations on little Lulu! You are more than welcome to join us. We've all stuck together no matter when anyone had their bubs as we just really liked out BB group. Look forward to hearing more about you and your little miss!
Not much new to tell here. Keiras decided to go back and not sit or crawl no more lol. Weird woman. She is rolling around the room like a steam roller. Must be easier to roll than crawl, lazy bugger.
I hope your mum recovers quickly!!! You poor thing, I don't know what I would do if my mum was in hospital, be a complete wreck I reckon!! If you need to chat - you have my numbers.
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