Babies Born July 2007 #15

[mrscricket]

Great idea Sara. For DH's birthday i got one done for him - this will sound very boring - of a beautiful photo he had taken of an old bridge around here. It looks great and everyone always asks if it is a painting or photo. He loved it. We also got one done for mum and dad for xmas of us 5 kids - just from a photo DH had taken (he is a keen photographer) and it was changed to black and white - it looks really good. I want to get one done of Tom but he is very difficult to get a good photo of - he goes dopey when a camera comes out.
Dani - we got ours done at the Kodak shop. I cant remember the sizes but the one we got for mum and dad was about $150-ish i think and it is quite big. I think you can get them done at Harvey Norman too.

OK - off to marinate some chicken for dinner. Megan - i am thinking of you and poor little Lucas. I hope he is ok. BBL

[blueflower]

Dani- It was at a kodak shop as well. I got the 12x16 for 89.95. BigW do them as well, but take 10 working days- and they are cheaper. Not sure about the qulity though. I know harvey norman do them as well. The thing that made mine more expensice was that they are printed at their main lab processing, and they needed to express post it back to me by sat for his birthday. I am so excited I can't wait!!

[nay23]

hi everyone! wow you girls can talk
DH gave me one of our wedding photos done on canvas for our first wedding anniversary and its fantastic! Everyone comments on it!
EXCITING NEWS!!!! Link has started rolling over!!! He wont stop now he thinks hes soooooooooo smart. Im so proud of him my little man is growing up

olimoo i know it sounds bad but Link liked being on his tummy looking up at the TV (its pretty close to the floor) or watching the dogs run past him... he just wasn't interested in playing with me Good luck!
Take care everyone
xox

[CrystalBoo]

I think Autie's just had a night terror. She woke up screaming a truly awful scream and when I picked her up, she got worse and started thrashing. Took ages to calm her down even on the boob. What a horrible, horrible thing it was. I can still hear her sobbing in her sleep.

[kungfubecca]

HI all,

I'm really annoyed because a couple of times recently my posts have dissapeared.

Oh well,

I can't remember what everyone has said and there are about 3 pages since i've managed a visit.

happy 6 months to all these bubbas.

Raels, Xavier used to hate his tummy heaps and nathan started playing with hi on our bed. He would get a pillow and prop Xavier up on his tummy and then Nathan would lift his head up really high so xavier would follow him up and raise his head. Xavier thought it was a great game, and daddy was playing with him!!

sara, it might be a bit late by now but lots of guys llike a stubby holder with their bub on it. Sounds a little un'classy but if he uses a stubby holder he will see his little angel every time. there is something that my mum got given from my sisters when they were in kinda, there is this poem about footsteps, can't remember how it goes but then there were little painted foot prints on it too. Things like that are cute.

jessikah, try going back the farex, as it's very gentle on the tummy. I can't remember if you were still bfing or not. but I think the sweetness of ebm helps. If your using formula try mixing it with that, and i you think that's not appetising enough try some apple/pear or Xaviers new favorite banana mixed in with it. Dead set the banana makes it smell like banana cake. I think that especially at the start your better to give less and offer more milk if he's still hungry and then gradually increase it.

megan, I hope lucas is feeling better. It sounds like he had the runs. I hope it's nothing serious and he's starting to get better.

Sacha, autie will be ok, I can't count the amount of times Xavier has woken screaming in terror.

Nicki, I hear Lachlan and xavier met the other day. How cute.

Ok well compared to everyone else here, we do very little in the baby department.
it looks like we are getting teeth and solids are ging well but in no hurry just one step at a time here. xavier is on the verge of dropping a feed, he has increased time inbetween feeds to about 5 hours during the day.

Long weekend we had our nieces second birthday on Saturday, my dad came to visit on sunday and we went visiting friends on Monday, so Xavier was around little people all weekend.

Well best be off, it's late, and I still haven't washed all the bottles and things for tomorrow.

Night all

[Jas]

Hi everyone

just a really quick post to say hi

i know rabbit photo do the canvas prints as well I get all my photos done there and they're really good quality

[jemima]

Good morning!

Happy six months to all the 1/2 birthday babies!

Megan - I hope Lucas is feeling much better and it isnt anything serious.

Sara - the canvas print is a great idea. I bet he loves it!

Bec - life sounds busy for you! How have you been finding work and how is the expressing going? How far in advance before going back to work did you start to stock up on EBM?

Nay - yay on Link rolling - its is very exciting when they do something new isnt it!!

Sacha - how is Autie after her night terror - poor little baby and poor you having to hear her.

Dani - I hope you are over your nasty chest infection.

gee it sounds like we have a few sickes about the place .

Mel - hello and how are the kids going? Has Charlize gotten over her bug?

Hello to everyone else - hope you and your babes are well.

Me - Charlotte has a cold and she is so stuffed up and is a bit sad at the moment so I am just hoping she can get rid of it asap as she just hasnt been herself. The boys have had a cold as well so I guess it goes without saying that she is going to get it. Charlotte is sitting so well and is commando crawling backwards and is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking but no forward crawling yet. I seriously want her to take ages to start crawling properly as chasing three around will be insane - but I think it is going to happen very quickly! Not much else is new - sounds kind of boring LOL!! All of our weekly activities have started up again now that school is back so our weeks are back to being very full - kindergym, elc, playgroup.

I had best run as they boys are wanting their breakfast.
Take care
Jem

[razzle]

Oh Sacha - Oliver did this exact thing last night!! It was awful. About half an hour after he fell asleep he woke with this horrible scream and I couldn't settle him. He wouldn't take the breast at all (which always settles him) and he just screamed and screamed. I thought he might have been bitten by something cause I couldn't work out what it would be. He's never done anything like this before, and when he finally did go back to sleep in my arms everytime I put him back in his cot he would scream again. It was nearly two hours later when he was finally back in bed. Poor thing. To make matters worse DF was away for the night!

[Megan76]

Thanks for all your well wishes! Looks like gastro but we havo to go back to doc today. She sent his poo off to the lab! How gross! Much better night last night but he is still very clingy and his poor little bot bot! Will report back and read up later! x

[mrscricket]

Hands up if you have a night terror baby.. T woke up screaming at 4.15am - well he didnt even wake, he was just hysterical. Once he had calmed down, he was fully awake and stayed that way until 6.30am this morning. Just got back into bed and DH's alarm went off. I am exhausted .

[Flossie]

Em - Olivia sometimes wakes in the middle of the night, like she has had a dream, I just give her a cuddle and she sinks into me holding my waist sobbing...its so sad but once she calms down she goes back to sleep....she has only done this a handful of times though.

Sorry I haven't been around much, have been in NZ and then got back and had SO much washing and baby food making to do....today I am walking around the house bored

I haven't had time to read everyones bits but will do so today.

Does anyone have their babies on 3 feeds yet? That is 3 solids and 3 milk? I want to start Olivia on that, maybe tomorrow and see how she goes.

Does anyone use the organic jars of food? I do sometimes but make most things but I have a few organic stage 2 and wondering if anyone has used them? I want to try a few on her but some of tomato through them, only little bits and I haven't given her tomato yet so I am not sure. I also bought her some baby yogghurt to try.

Well Olivia is awake so must get her up, she probably did a big one in her nappy.....GREAT LOL!!

[Flossie]

RE: Rabbit photo canvas - they are SO good, we got 2 done for our parents for Christmas and the look SO good.

[razzle]

Em - what is up with that? Our babies doing it on the same night, and Sacha's as well. Has Tom done it before? It freaked me out a little cause Oliver has never done this! He is the most calm and placid little baby, hardly ever cries and when he does I can always settle him. Last night I felt useless. His little voice is really hoarse today too from all the screaming, but he is he happy self again. Hope that doesn't happen too often.

Flossie - Oliver is on 3 solid feeds a day now but is demand bfed so probably has between 8 and 10 milk feeds a day. Some of these are quick 5 minute ones. I have tried the organic jar food but only in the fruit. I have been giving him rice cereal for breakfast, fruit or yoghurt for lunch and vegies for dinner. Planning on offering some meat very soon.

Someone was asking about playpens not long ago, sorry can't remember who??? Just saw one in the kmart catalogue for $80.

Megan - hope your little man gets better really soon and I hope it doesn't go through the rest of the family.

Well I'd better run, having visitors today and need to clean up a bit.

Have a great day mummies and bubbies.

Raels xo

[CrystalBoo]

Raels, Em - I did some research last night and the night terrors (as opposed to nightmares) usually happen with an hour or two of going to sleep and can be caused from (amongst other things) overtiredness, which I'm sure is the case for us as she didn't have her arvie nap. The saddest thing is they can't be comforted and if you try it can actually prolong it Such a horrible feeling to think you are actually part of their terror when they're in that state, and you're better off just leaving them. My DH is away atm too Raels, and just after this episode I heard an unfamiliar noise somewhere else in the house and had to do the full check. All in all, it was quite an eerie atmosphere last night.

Megan - Hope all goes well with little sore bottom and he is feeling better today

Lis, Autumn is on breakfast, lunch and dinner plus BF about 6 times a day/night. I buy the organic fruit puree for mixing with cereal but haven't tried anything else. Meatwise, she has had mince and will be having chicken this week. I bought the baby yoghurt to try today too!

Jem, how's Charlotte feeling? At least she'll be building up that immune system. Good luck with the not-crawling thing! LOL Gone are the days I could put Autie on the study floor while I did a post... right now she has found a bunch of DH's maps on the shelf and testing them out as a food source.

Anyone doing/done the baby led weaning? We've had such a good run with introducing solids I thought I might give it a try.

[mrscricket]

Sacha - my niece gets night terrors (she is 7) and they are horrible. My sister has found that she doesn't get them on school hols so they were worried she might be getting bullied at school. She absolutely loves school so they thought it was strange and looked into it - and realised it was because when she is at school its go go go all day, then comes home, goes outside and runs around flat out (they have a farm) so her mind has no chance to wind down and she gets overtired. Its freaky when she has them but as you said, nothing can be done to comfort her and she doesnt remember having them.

Everyone seems to be busy making baby food - what does everyone have stored up in the freezer? At the moment, i only have pumpkin and carrot for my vegies and some nectarines and bananas. i went to the supermarket yesterday and got one of those little tubs of nectarines and when i got it home they were all bruised and very un-appertising but i couldnt be bothered taking them back so i steamed the skins off and pureed them, but i might wait a while before i give them - little bit to sweet maybe? The only other thing i have given is apple, but i just buy that in the tins. Is everyone still mixing the food in with the baby rice or giving it as is? One more question - how long did you wait before giving meat?

[Enchanted]

Hey everyone!

What a cold and wet day here today *brrr* I had MG this morning, so Oscar and I ventured out in the rain. Otherwise we have just had a lazy day, which is nice

Nay- WOO HOO on Link rolling over! How exciting... there is no stopping him now

Flossie- Welcome back! I'm hearing you on the washing... and we haven't even been away! I have Oscar on 2 solids a day and he is still having 4-5 bottles. Oscar has only been on solids for a few weeks so I am still just introducing things and a lot of the time he doesn't eat much. So I guess I'm not much help.

Em- In the freezer I have carrot (Oscar hates them though) and pumpkin. I need to do a big cook up though so I'm not cooking for him every day

I can't remember what everyone else wrote to everyone else!! I'll BBL

[Megan76]

Just quickly Lucas is a grizzle guts and doc is worried about dehydration so i have been trying anything to get water and hydrolyte into him, i even mixed the hydrolyte with rice cereal, is that child abuse!!??

[Enchanted]

Sure is Megan Just kidding!!! Any way you can get it into him then do it hun