Babies Born July 16th ~31st 2008 #9

[thepixie]

SW I took Beth to Baby Kingdom the other day and she was pulling herself up to standing position too - I had to show her where to put her hands, but she did the pulling... and she can stand holding on to something for quite a while. We got her this big cube thing from the toy library and she can stand there for a few minutes playing with it.... but I have to be nearby cause it's 'timber' the moment she loses concentration. Yesterday she was holding a toy and let go of the cube completely - and was standing there entirely unaided.... for about ten seconds. And then it was like Wile E. Coyote going over the cliff! still no crawling though...
Majella - LOL about the 16 more teeth
Mez - just big s
to Tasia, Tenny, Tannis, Missy, Mel, Kel, Belle, Zee and everyone

[somewoman]

Pixie you might have one that goes straight to walking!! Early too, by the sounds of things

Gotta go save the PS3 from the girl!

Waves

[Tannis]

Mez: Big I understand totally!! I had a bad mummy moment at the shops today, while I was paying for the chicken at lenards Jayden ran to the other side of the shops to where the ride was and I just let him go. I was so sick of him playing up for me today and Ashlea was crying and wouldn't go off to sleep like she normally would and I had zero energy to deal with it.....Actually I had many bad mummy moments today LOL.

Sorry I have read through just no energy today! I even had a nap which NEVER happens and I still feel blahhh

WTG to the babies that are pulling themselves up!! So exciting!

All our babies are testing us ATM, its the age, they are getting more knowing of the things around them and the meaning of cause and effect. I'm sure Ashlea realises if Jayden goes near her he gets in trouble, I have caught her a few times now whinging as soon as Jayden is in sight even if he's not touching her.

I made myself get back on the bike last night, 6.5kms and 5kms today. I hope I can keep it up, I'm back at work soon and I want to lose some weight before I go back. Anyway I'm off to make it look like I have done something today, and to hide the Maccas I had for lunch

[ShootingStar]

Howdee there..

Gee its been a few pages since ive posted. Will try and catch up now that both kids are in bed.

Tenny.. thats great Elijahs going so well at big school. Makes it so much easier on us hey! Oooow watch out toothie pegs! I bet Keira will be the same. No signs of teeth with her. Hmm so knowing my luck, or hers too, theyll all come through at once. Oow i just read that Hayden cut his top 2 teeth poor little mite. Hope he, and you, get some relief now theyre through. Re the panadol/Nurophen. I only give Nurophen if its REALLY necessary.. ie if panadol isnt working. I find Nurophen to work better and be stronger than panadol, but you have to make sure they have eaten before you give it to them and not prolong its use as it can swell your kidneys. So we mostly use panadol.. well Dymadon which is the same thing as panadol, just different brand and is an orange flavour and tastes so much nicer. Oh hun. Everyone says Keira looks like me.. she has the same eyes. But i just say, yeh but they change so much. Jesse always looked like Grahame, now people think he looks like me. Theyre forever changing. Who knows, your boys may end up spitting images of your DH when they get older.

Feeb.. ooow gymberoo and swimming will be fun! Oh so cute Jacob and his words. Its so great when they start to do things like that hey.

Tan.. well done missy with her shots! No more for another 6 months! woo! YAY for Ash and her solids. lol re the breast milk. Yep at least its a start. Shes probably just thinking what the hell is this as they all do

Jessica.. great to see you hun! And to hear miss Georgia is going so well!

Majella.. aww hope your friend is ok.. would be horrible to be pregnant in this heat!

Mez.. oh glad you had a nice time away. Ive been dying to take the kids to the beach.. its a few hours drive from us though unfort. One day. Oh honey you are definately not a horrible mother. I have done the same so many times too with both kids. Times ive just had to say Dh here take him/her i cant deal with it no more. Jesse use to have the worst nights when he had a tooth coming through. I soon noticed that within a few days of those bad nights a tooth would come through. I hope thats all it is and shes back to herself soon poor pet.

Mel.. yay for M and her solids!! How many bottles is she having a day? Maybe its time to cut one out? Keira did the same when she started solids, shes down to 3 bottles per day now.

Pixie.. aww dear i didnt hear about Beth. I hope shes ok. Yeh who knows, maybe she had a bug or something? Thats so much going around. How is she now? Woo go Beth and her standing!

Missy.. thats great Callum swimming with now bubble!

Well whats new for us.. hmmm..
Keira and her solids. If she eats something that is too lumpy or has any lumps in it actually.. she will gag. When she gags, she throws up. Not just a little.. a full chuck of whatevers in her stomach. Yeh joy! Thank goodness for me and my tablets as its not worrying me at all. Just annoying that whatever shes eaten is now out.. and that i have to make sure everything is really puree. Am thinking it may be related to her reflux, and hopefully will pass.

Have been busy organising Keira's Naming Day which is on the 15th. Have organised everything for the cake im making. Cant wait to make it. Got her dress and ordered the balloons. Am very excited, cant wait.

Jesse's still loving preschool! He runs in there, cant get in there fast enough and is just so excited to go every week which is great!

Keiras got no signs of teeth. Shes sleeping great at night. Both kids are in bed by 7.30pm each night and shes also self settling too which im proud of.

Think thats about all to tell here. Am hating the heat with a passion.. so cant wait for winter.

[Jewel]

Quick one from me.

Sleeping is still cruddy for us too. Mez, I feel like the worst mother aswell cause I end up that frustrated with him after the 45743598th time I've gotten up out of bed to him. I don't even think my eyes are fully open most the time when I get up.
It's wearing me out, but he seems fine and still hardly sleeps in the day too. We got one nights break from this awfulness after those top teeth cut but it didn't last long.
On top of that he's got whatever I had last week so we couldn't get his immunisations done yesterday at the clinic. Oh well about that, there is always next month..

Elijah has been good with school still which is fantastic.

SW - That's fantastic with what Alyssa is doing now. She'll totally be walking around soon. I'm so excited for you guys!!!

Pixie - Go Beth and standing unaided for 10sec. She'll be walking soon too!!! We're still tryna get the sitting down pat. He goes pretty well most times, but sometimes he gets sick of it straight away so he grabs the toy he wants the most and just leans to one side on purpose and just falls over and lays there, or rolls over with the toy.

Sorry about my lack of personals and it being mostly about me.
Hopefully I'll catch up with what is going on with everyone another time.

Big hugs for everyone!

[thepixie]

big s to all the people having sleep issues! Sleep bubbas sleep!
Tenny sorry you couldn't get the immunisations over with, but maybe it's better to wait if he's already unsettled - you probably don't need that on top of it!
Kel - sexy new avvy babe! Very cool! Great to hear your medication is working. I hear you on this heat... apparently it's going to get worse over the next few days!
Tan hope you feel a bit more energised soon - good for you on the bike!
SW I forgot to ask if you started Alyssa on solids - apart from the PS3 that is! - and how she is going with it.
OK best get on with stuff while madam is having a morning nap so big to everyone and have a great day

[somewoman]

SW I forgot to ask if you started Alyssa on solids - apart from the PS3 that is! - and how she is going with it.

we have started her on bits and pieces. She's not interested in anything mushy at all. The first night (rice cereal and EBM) she ate it, now she's a bit "been there, done that", and has since refused to take more than a taste. So we've had a taste now of various mashed things with no reactions and will keep trying something new every few days.

On the whole, she only WANTS what we are eating. Anything else and she's not keen at all. Even if I give her something like what we have from my own plate, if it is mashed it's not happening. She had a good time sucking on a raw carrot stick one night

We also have a mesh feeder, and she enjoys chomping on peaches using that, but that's it.

Oh - and she hates banana with a passion no matter how we serve it up to her. REALLY hates it!

Tenny - hope your little man is feeling better soon. We're up for immunisations this morning. Yay. And agreed with the others - your boys are absolutely adorable!! Think they got some good genes there =)))