Mez - Yay! for finding bathers. I always have trouble finding ones I like. I'm fusssssy. Yep, another year flew by.
Missy - I'm sorry to hear about your BIL's cancer. I hope the treatment works. I'm glad your mum's op went well and she seems to be okay.
Pixie - We've got some seperation anxiety here too. It's not so bad when we're at home at the moment, if he's distracted then it's all good for a little bit. hehe. When we're at someone elses place then he just follows me around whinging saying mum and starts to cry if he can't see me at all.
I hope Beth's sleeping gets better for you. She's a little goer with her walking. She's going fantastically!!!
Kell - Good luck with the move. I hope it all goes smoothly and there aren't too many hassles. Take care
Mel - You're not a mean mummy!!! I actually feel like a mean mum alot lately, but hey someone has to bthat role. Lol. Cute video on FB too. I loved it!
Carseats:
We haven't turned him around in our car yet. We'll wait until he reaches the weight limit, then spin him around. The other older chair we use in my sister's car is forward facing now though, as he reached the weight limit, the little chubba.
I too watched that video too, Mel. It opened my eyes up, that's for sure.
As for us:
DS1 is doing really well with school. His attitude isn't half as bad as it was there a few weeks ago. He's doing fantastically with his reading too. I'm so proud of him.
Now he just needs to work on not being the boss of everyone and thinking he knows everything. :P
Haydie's day sleeps are a bit out of whack this week, so I'm hanging out for DP to finish work every day this week.
It's raining here today. It's so relaxing. Have a great day!
Thankyou for the kind words for my BIL ladies.
My Hubby is learning his job too (truck driver) as my sister wants to make sure in the long run if BIL cant work anymore.
What about this vid. Did I miss some thing??
Mez: Yay on the bathers!! I hate looking for them these days!
Missy: Sorry to hear about your BIL again, I hope everything goes ok with his treatment. I'm glad your mum is going good after her op! Ohh I wish I was going to Melb soon we could have all met up! Don't think we'll be going until xmas though.
Pix: OMG busy busy huh? Hope Beth settles at night for you soon....I'm having a similar issue tonight! Actually lately she has been waking up during the night.
Kell: How exciting about the move! Good luck! Don't be gone too long! hehe
Mel: I'm a mean mummy too.....I have a poem thing on Mean mummies, it was fantastic! I should try and find it!
Tenny: That is awesome DS1 is doing well at school already, he is probably too tired to have the attitude now haha
RE: Carseats...
With Jayden I waited until he was of weight and not 1 gram less! He was about 7mths. I haven't seen the video but someone on BB who fits carseats (I think she works at a baby store) said 1yr is the recommendation now. Although their legs might be too long, an injured or broken leg in an accident is better than the alternative....That was enough for me to be convinced.
Now on to WHY we are up at this ungodly hour!!! Ash woke at 1.15am, not too unusual lately. fed her and put her back to bed not long after she's sitting up playing in her cot and being VERY vocal! A couple of feeds later still not sleepy, she is almost hypo!! Hmmm could be the fruit n nut chocolate I had earlier!!?? Anyway she has been watching tv since 2.15am and now getting whingy. I have eaten the rest of the chocolate so I'm too scared to feed her again . We are going to Hervey Bay in the morning and so far I've had just over an hours sleep......Oooo I think she is going to sleep now!! Least she's let me catch up on BB LOL
Re the car seat.. yeh Keiras legs were bent up for a while but also she was too tall for the harness. With out car seat it says you have to use the insert for rear facing which only has 2 heights for the harness. Plus shes also at the weight requirements to turn around.
Tan.. hope you have a lovely time at Hervey Bay!! lol silly Ash.. maybe she was too excited about going away
Tenny.. oh thats wonderful to hear Elijah is doing alot better. How are you feeling hun?
Well just a short one. Have mostly everything packed. Picking the truck up at 8am and am dropping the kids off at Kristy's. Shes so wonderful.
Just a quick "hi!", update and comment on the car seats:
I also saw the post from the person who worked at the baby store, then did some research of my own into it as I previously had just assumed we'd turn Alyssa as soon as her weight allowed. Having googled it and read a few bits and pieces, there's no way in hell I'd turn her until we absolutely have to. She would be happier to face forward, and it would be a heck of a lot easier than lifting her into the rear facing seat, but I'd prefer the hassle to the alternative. I'm with Mel in the being a mean mummy thing
The basic gist of it was rear facing in accidents can cause broken legs and the likes - but the baby is still very well supported, front facing in accidents can cause broken necks, severed spinal cords, etc as the head snaps back and forward on a neck not yet strong enough to allow for that type of impact.
I'm not saying that anyone else does things right or wrong - but for me, personally, there was no thought required. The safety of my girl comes first.
Hope our mummies-to-be(again)s are doing well!! Still very excited for you guys =)
Pixie - LOVE the vids of Beth =) Clever cookie. Hugs!!
Missy - hope new jobs/courses/etc all go well for you and yours. Wishing all the best to your extended family - that's a lot of stress to go through
Tenny - love the pics of your boys - they're just SOOOO adorable!!
Tan/Mel - love ya!!
Waves to everyone else.
Us: Sleeping is getting a little better - she's going to bed earlier now. 10pm for the past week, and with the end of DLS she was happily asleep by 9 tonight!! Although the earlier nights have brought about an extra night feed, so am usually up at about 2am, then again at 7, then she sleeps until about 10.
I'm having *some* difficulty with food. She has NEVER accepted mushy food, so no rice cereals, mashed potato, pumpkin, pureed apples, etc. One spoonful, max. Went straight for finger foods, chews, sometimes gags, almost always spits out. Even now we have never gotten her to eat an entire meal - although rarely gags now and swallows bits and pieces. She seems very happy on breast milk!! On the bright side, we have gotten her to try a HUGE array of foods and know that she doesn't have a reaction to pretty much anything but dairy (brings on the eczema). So we're working through that, and having a little more success every day with getting her to eat more. I'm really hoping we can get her to have whole meals soon as I'm petrified of going back to work after her first birthday and having my child starve for the day until she can be with me again!!
Development wise. She stands unassisted (without holding anything), walks along the furniture and swaps between the couches (although if she's in a hurry she gets down and crawls!!). She's very confident and loves to explore - she leaves me all the time to go off and look at something in a different room, although she gets VERY clingy if I get up and walk ANYWHERE (even within the same room). Yesterday she started clapping on her own, and now claps on command with "clap your hands!" or if you sing "if you're happy and you know it" or when you play the chicken dance music to her! She was waving on command, but has since given that up and only waves hello to the cats anytime we get home from an outing. She says mama and dada, although her first word was meow (and she uses it often to converse with Linden). She loves playing take-turn style games where she will perform an action and then wait for you to copy it before she does it again. Sometimes she'll play in reverse where she copies you. She dances to some music - especially when we put her in front of the piano where she can play her own music and dance to it. She loves to poke things with her index finger. She loves to sing along with the radio in the car until she falls asleep. AND she has a definite preference for doing things left handed - pediatric physio MIL says kids are usually a lot older before they have a preferred handedness, but even she thinks Alyssa is gonna be a lefty!! Chris and I are both right handed, but we both have parents or grandparents who are lefties.
On the non-baby front, we've got all of our selections for the house build done. We're a bit afraid of what the excess cost for the kitchen will be as we've significantly extended it and gone with top quality finishes - 2 pack high gloss finishes, thick stone benchtops, slow close mechanisms, top of the range smeg appliances etc. It won't be cheap, but it will be worth it. The application to build has been sent to council for approval, so we should start building in about 4-5 months! Our tenants move out in about 2 weeks, so we have to do things like repot the plants and remove anything that we don't want demolished within the next few weeks before the house gets knocked down =) The current house on the block has a new kitchen with all new stainless steel appliances, so we're giving the kitchen to my cousin who has just purchased an old house with a dodgey kitchen. She just needs to organise someone to come and pick it up and then install it on her end. We should hopefully be moving into our new home in about a year!
SW - Wow Alyssa is really a clever girl hey, you must be so proud of her. She is gorgeous love seeing your photo updates she has grown so much, I also love her hair I bet you'll be excited once the house building begins, your kitchen sounds amazing.
Kell - I hope your house moving went well and you are all settled in. Can't wait to hear all about it once you're back online!
Tannis - I hope Ash finally fell asleep for you sweet, it could have been the chocolate you had eaten. Have a great time at Hervey Bay
Missy - I hope your BIL treatment is going well. When do you start your Beauty course?
Us - Isabel is finally sleeping thought the night but who knows how long it will last but I'm enjoying my sleep at the moment cause I'm so exhausted these days. We have decided to change her carseat after we get back from our holiday in May where she will be 9 1/2 months old. Other than that not much else happening here just cruising along as the days and weeks seem to be flying by us I mean it will be Easter on Friday wowee... How quickly is this year flying hey!
Hey folks, just doing a quick pop-in to say hi
Kel hope the move goes well
Mez, good to hear Izzy is sleeping through again, half your luck! We have 2 wake ups usually, but most of the time its ten minutes feed and back to bed. The other night I was so dead tired I didn't even hear her crying and the Bear brought her in to me!
Tan love the gorgeous photos of Ash on the beach.... Ash, you norty girl, stop keeping your mummy awake!
SW - mwah to you and your little livewire!
Mel - same to you and your two (and a half)
Missy
Well our BIG news is we are going to New Zealand!!!
For two weeks, we have hired a motorhome so we are going to drive all over the place! We are picking it up in Christchurch and dropping it off in Auckland 2 weeks later... we got a great deal! soooooooooooo excited, and lots to organise but I can't wait!
No other real news here, Beth is a kamikaze baby at the moment, constantly falling over and hurting herself... pulls up on everything, tries to walk without holding on (it doesn't work) is constantly agitating for someone to hold her hand so she can go somewhere. She is grabbing at everything, wants to be picked up and as soon as I pick her up, she wants to get down again. I try to just hold one hand while she walks now, if I hold both she takes off at a run! It's exhausting! to all, gotta go!
Yep, another year flew by.
. We are going to Hervey Bay in the morning and so far I've had just over an hours sleep......Oooo I think she is going to sleep now!! Least she's let me catch up on BB LOL
to everyone I've missed.
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