Can I ask how much and how the big is Sara? I am looking at getting one done but have no idea where to order it from or how much they roughly are!!
Can I ask how much and how the big is Sara? I am looking at getting one done but have no idea where to order it from or how much they roughly are!!
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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
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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!!
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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 meGood luck!
Take care everyone
xox
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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
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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
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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!!
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RE: Rabbit photo canvas - they are SO good, we got 2 done for our parents for Christmas and the look SO good.
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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
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Hi all,
jemima, I had actually started expressing early on as we had a few wedding last year, so I had enough in reserves when I went back to work. Expressing at work is going well but sometimes I do worry that I'm not getting quite enough milk, but then I have a really good day and get heaps. Working is tiring, but I just take it one day at a time.
re this night terror thing, what you guys are explaining sounds like something Xavier does probably about once a week. Generally either a good burp or cooling down helps Xavier out. it's like he screams because something whatever it was has woken him up when he wasn't ready and it's a big shock.
Cuddles from mum always help, and sometimes a change of scenery is good too.
em, Xavier is still only on one feed a day, but am thinking about introducing breakfast, for this reason I have switched to plain vegies at night, and then i'll give cereal maybe with fruit for breakfast. We have some apple pear and apricot and some sweet potato, carrot and zuchini in the freezer. I hope to find time to freeze some potato pumpkin and broccoli this week. He has tried sweet potato, carrot, banana and apple so far.
OOO and I've found that vegies are much more enjoyable for Xavier when you mix them with bb milk.
Megan, your poor little bub, what about putting an iceblock in the wet face washer if it's not too cold.
Sacha, the broccoli story is very cute. Did it tickle her lips?
Xavier has started making the Da and Ba noises. lots of Da da da da, so I make nathan go to him when he calls that out in the mornings.
raels, I don't leak very often, but i can kinda also feel when i have a let down but it doesn't leak, I don't know how to describe it though.
Lol nicky, I think that Lach is far from being a nuffa. Maybe that is a bendigo thing.
I'm with you, if they call dad at 2 am, dad gets up!!
The whole idea with offering milk first is so they don't fill up on food, so if you portion control it shouldn't be a problem which way you do it. Xavier has started an annoying little habit of feeding around 3 am and then not again until 8.30-9am, which means he doesn't get a feed from me before he goes to crech, so I'm thinking about throwing in sime solids at that time.
danielle that's a good point about warming the water, that's the same with xavier, nothing cold is sllowed in that boys mouth.
Well, I hope to be back in before sunday, but if not happy birthday V. And Xavier will be 6 months on Sunday too, so I'm a little excited.
Well best be off
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Grrr - another bad night.. I am wondering if he is going through a wonder week - i was just reading a bit about them on the net and thinking its a possibility. I cant keep up with all the changes - in the space of a day T has started to suck his thumb (which is kind of cute) and god help me - discovered he has a willy.. Nappy free time and bath time were very interesting yesterday! His father can deal with it - i am not equiped to cope.
Sacha - i am the same as you with the fresh food feeder. I use it occasionally for food now but it is soooo hard to clean. I mainly just stick a bit of ice in it on hot days as T isnt really interested in a cup. I know you gave Autumn some broccoli, what other foods have you given her whole? I might try it with Tom - up until this point i have been worried he will choke.
I didnt end up getting the Saftey sleep - i bid on a few on ebay but they sold for as much as new one so there wasnt really much point. I have just been tucking his sleeping bag into the bottom of the cot and i think he has become a side sleeper anyway. He's also a little bit over the amazing fact that he can roll - thankgod.
Jess - hope the moving went well. Sorry but i laughed when you said DH came home and said you were moving tomorrow. Men!! I am so sorry about your cat - i had to put my dog down a little while ago and it was heartbreaking but she was in so much pain (cancer) and it really was for the best.
Hope everyone has a great weekend - happy birthday for tomorrow Veronica, hope you get really spoilt!
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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
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.
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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?
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 wroteto everyone else!! I'll BBL
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