Babies Born July 2007 #10

[Megan76]

Thanks Mel, I tend to agree...i have just gone with the flow the last two days and got him up when he wakes and put him back when he's tired again. He seems to be up and down all day but we have both been alot happier!

Lucas was 7.2 at 4 months!

Em - I hope Tom has been better. Lucas turned into the devil after his needles so somehow i reckon it has an effect on them for a little bit!

[blueflower]

Just a quick questoin for the brisvegas gals.
we are gowing up there on fri and I was wondering what you dress them in at night. I have a 1.0 tog sleeping bag, and usually put Kaetlyn in a short sleeved vest.
We are staying in motel style appartments at indoorpilly. is it cold there at night but hot in the days? I really have no idea what to pack and also how much to pack.
Can anyone give me some suggestiosn for ones with bubs that have been away?
I am starting to panic about the whole trip esp seen as she has been really bad and whingy today.

[CrystalBoo]

I am a hopeless packer, I tend to take three times what I need 'just in case' Maybe you could start by imagining a typical day and all that you would use for sure. Then you can add extra stuff as you think of it. What about breaking it down into routine times? eg. sleeping, eating, playing, bathing, etc. The weather here is difficult to judge right now but probably does tend more towards hot. I use a .5 grobag or my other even lighter one with just a singlet onesie, though it sometimes gets cool towards morning. I personally haven't used anything long sleeved for quite a while. If you had a light kind of cardigan for her, I would say that would do for the cooler times. It's so hard when it's someone else's baby to say what you would miss...

[kungfubecca]

Ok Ok, first things first you have to read this birth story
The Adventures of Max and Riley - BellyBelly Forums ~ Pregnancy, Birth & Baby
it's written from a dad's perspective and it's amazing.

Raels, I hope you start feeling better soon, I hate having a blocked nose.
can you squirt booby milk up it Wow at you guys progressing to pumpkin. I'm not even considering food for at least another month possibly even longer. Although I ,regardless of what MCHN says, will be offering a taste before Xmas, if he wants food it's not fair to sit and watch everyone else eat, and plus I can honestly tell family esp in laws that I know he's not ready for food, and nobody else tries to give him anything.

I've been considering a Jolly Jumper, might be a good extra xmas present for Xavier. But I have also been told you should limit the time spent in one to about 10 mins as it messes with hip and foot development.

Sasha once we hit 3 months I switched to calender months esp as november has 5 weeks, but now I've lot track of how many weeks he actually is. I probably look like a bad mum people ask how many weeks he is and I'm like I dunno.

Tracey isn't it amazing how much love increases when your well rested. I get like that too. Good boy zyon for having such a long sleep!!

V, lol you will get nervous soon enough. I didn't get nervous until the night before I think. but in the week leading up to the wedding I lost 3kg's!! I couldn't eat a thing the day of the wedding. Jason does look pretty spec in his suit. Every time I read about your progress I get excited.

Em, you can get those things with the mesh from target and Big W also if anyone is looking for them.

Mel, wow at jacks weight gain. Question now that he is over the 8kg mark will you be turning his car seat around or waiting a little longer?

Sara, i'm not in bris but I too am a hopeless packer, I would probably be tossing up between taking everything including the kitchen sink and taking the bare minimum and buying clothes if I needed them. The hardest part is how much to pack, what if they spew all over the clothes, or poo even. Is the place your staying got aircon? If it does I'd be inclined to take whatever she normally wears to bed for familiarity and climate controlling the room as much as possible.

Well as for us I am perplexed. We have had some interesting days with the heat, but nothing troubling. The most interesting thing was that on the hot days xavier seems to only poo in the morning and the evening (the cooler parts of the day) and we only have wet nappies for the remainder of the day, suits me fine. Well today the temp plummeted from it starting to rain last night. and every single nappy I changed today had poo in it, and he didn't want to sleep as much as he has been in the hot days.

Well any way best be off, a girl needs her beauty sleep, although it doesn't seem to be working too well here.