Babies Born July 2007 #18

[CrystalBoo]

Mmmm... chocolate....
I usually have some in the fridge and I ran out Could really use some right now.

Em, that's great you have an insider at childcare. I used to hate when that happened and I had to stop putting kids in the cupboard...taking them out to the toy shed instead was such an effort. Are you feeling better?

Megan, how did DH hold up? I was just remembering Dan's buck's night - he came home at 12 and went to bed and I stayed up with his best mate and his gf and we all got drunk together LOL It's funny because I'm not a drinker and he is! (well he used to be - much more settled now) I know what you mean about nightime boredom - that's why I'm on here so much and spend too much on ebay LOL

Raels, we went to the zoo on the way to our honeymoon. I definitely recommend hanging out at the otter enclosure - I could've watched those guys for hours. We're going on a three night trip to Iluka (about 3 hours from us) just after easter. I'm excited to get away, but it's our first time away with Autie and I'm dreading both the car trip and the sleeping situation. Fingers crossed it's not as bad as i'm imagining. Clever little Olli saying 'dad'! Autie's not even close -still on the monkey noises.

Jess, how are you and Ethan going? sorry to hear you had a hard time. Hope it hasn't happened again but if it does, try re-doing your whole bedtime routine (bath, story, whatever) even if it's two in the morning. Worked for me the one time Autie played up like that.

on the eating success Jan! Hope he realises the joy of food now LOL

August, I LOVE when Dan cooks me lentils in stock - so much more flavour. I'm worried about the wind thing though, so I haven't given them to Autie. She's got enough to sail a ship as it is! (wind that is)

Well, we're having big eczema problems atm. She scratches herself raw and bloody - so sad for her. The naturapath who got us pregnant (at Sharkey's healing centre) saw her last friday and we have gone back to fruit, veg and meat only. Nothing packaged or tinned, no cereals or dairy. Everything organic ($6 for a cauliflower )She has *another* cream to put on (I have a cupboard full) plus good bacteria to take. I am watching what I have too and taking supplements to go through my milk. Plus a host of different things in the bath (oils) It's driving us both nuts I tell you. The cortisone cream I finally resorted to before going to the naturapath, worked fabulously until i stopped using it. Now it's come out worse than before - never using that stuff again! That's my grumble for today.
On the plus side, she is waving goodbye, following certain instructions and having good day sleeps (touch wood) Yey!

That's all I got.

[Enchanted]

everyone!!!

Hope you are all well! We have been busy busy as usual... just a quick post from me tonight.

Has anyone had any problems with their bubs not eating anymore?? Oscar used to love his food and now everytime I try to give him some he spits it back at me. I mean everywhere! He will have 1 teaspoon then blurt the next few out. I have tried giving him finger foods and letting him feed himself but nothing is working?! Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do?! I have tried all different foods, textures etc! I just

[CrystalBoo]

They can lose appetite when teething or too busy thinking about new skills. Maybe he just has too much on his mind Autie has 3 teeth coming through and is eating less lately. Unless he is losing weight or sick, I wouldn't worry as they don't starve themselves. I would just keep offering like nothing is wrong and not make a big deal of it to him. That's just my opinion. Good luck

[Ngala]

Hey there July Mummies!!

Do you all remember me?? hehe I hope so!! I hope all are keeping well and your bubbies are going up big and strong!

Avaleigh and I are going good, well kinda!! We are in need of some HELP.... I cant get Avaleigh to sleep through the night anymore and its driving me insane! I miss having a full night sleep. She will go down to bed around 8pm, wake up around midnight screaming and standing up in bed, if I put her down, she will scream some more so the easiest thing to do is give her a feed. She will then wake up between 4am and 6am and I can sometimes give her her dummy and she settles or I need to feed her. I have tried a few things to get her to sleep, like - a bottle as well as both breasts for the last feed. I am mixing breastmilk with formula and she will have between 60 - 100 mls as well as boobs, but its not working! I've only tried this for the last week.. my mum suggests to put a teaspoon or less of rice cereal in to make it thicker..... has anyone got any suggests??!!

[blueflower]

HI Everyone,
Trust it to be busy when I am really tired LOL! I willl come back and do personals tomorow.
Have had a crap day.
Firstly, this morning I was at my mums old house doing some gardening when about ahundred little black insects flew at my face. I got stung by one on my nose, I ran inside and called DH right away in a panic cause I didn't know what it was that had bitten me. It turns out it was a wasp! I am lucky it was only one bite. DH came racing over- he was looking after KAetlyn, so jumped in the car and zoomed over. He rang the hospital to see what to do- they dont give advice over the phone, but said ring poisons info line, so he rang them, and they said all is good, just ice it, take some antihistamines, and if there is any signs of an allergic reaction go to hosp. DH also said that I was BF is it okay to continue, the nice man on the other end said yes as the venom will not go into the mammery glands. Phew. Then about 2 minutes later, he called back (obviously they keep the phone number on record) and said that I could only take claratyne while breastfeeding. And was 'sorry that he forgot to mention it the first time' Which we thought was very nice of him.
All is good though, it just feels like someone has whacked me in the nose all day, and the tip is red. It was swollen before but seems to have gone down.
I was in such a frantic before Dh arrived, bacause my father was allergic to wasp stings. If anyone else has had one before, they bloody kill!!!

Then I was cooking dinner for all DH's family tonight, and spilt some oil on the floor (we have timber floor boards) and it went every where. So in the middle of cooking dinner for 9 people I had to clean up the oil, which let me tell you, is not easy- makes the floor very slippery!

Then not long ago, DH was in bed trying to sleep and there was this loudest bang. I raced into the room, and he was freaking out. He thought someone had done a 'drive by' as a car went past at the same time as the bang.
It turns out a battery exploded in his 'sports ears' (its like a little walkman that you get ref comments on at footy games). Before that, we were trying to figure what had happened, there was some little black bits on the floor, so I started picking them up. We realised what had happened, the battery had exlopeded, putting battery shards and bits of plastic from the packaging everywhere and then I felt my hand burning. Turns out I had battery acid on it so I started pannicing, and there was battery acid all oer our bed room, so I have just finished cleaning that up, and my hand is still stinging, so going to search the net to see what else I can do to stop the burning.

Its been a bad day so will come back tomorrow for personals!
Wow what an eventful day!

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies (i thought some colour would be nice!)

Well im up due to DH snoring!! OMG it sounds like there is a bear in hibernation in my room I had to get up as it was starting to look like the only way to shut him up was with a pillow over his face!! Lol not really, but tempted!

Veronica- HI! Its great to hear from you. Im sure we have all missed your posts. Sorry to hear that your having sleeping issues with avaleigh, im having the same with Ethan too! How are you all?

Sara- Oh hun what a horrible day! Hows your nose? and Your hand? Hope you slept well and have a better day today.

Dani- Yep Ethan is the same with his food at the moment to, like sacha said i just keep trying and make sure he has enough water/milk. Im sure they will soon realise what they are missing out on and eat up again.

Sacha- mmm Chocolate! I had a yummy magnum ego tonight and thought yeah that will kill the craving but nope i want MORE lol! Thanks for the advice re redoing the routine over and trying to put him in bed again, i didnt think of that Poor Autie with the eczema Hope its sorted again soon, must be so frustrating for her.

Megan- Yay for your DH being back! Now you get a nappy break lol I went to the shop yesterday and when i got back DH handed ethan to me and said he missed me...yeah right he had done a pooh!!

Jan- So happy for you that liam is finally liking his solids, good little man. I bet thats taken some stress of your shoulders.

AMM- Glad the baby shower went well. I have not done lentils yet, i forgot about them might have to try them, ethans being a bit fussy at the moment so if he enjoys it it will be great.

Jas- It is scary how quickly they are growing up isn't it! How are you and Noah?

Thats it for personals now, hi to everyone else.

Well im dreading today as i have to have a papsmear Its never really worried me before but i have kept putting it off since having ethan! Other than that i dont think i have any thing else planned oh except washing! DH needs all his stuff washed as he goes back to work tomorrow.

Okay bye for now ladies im going to see if this bear is quiet yet

[August]

hey Jess, yes the colour is fab! You sound alot happier which is great. Sorry I dont have any tips for the snoring. DF snores only sometimes and I put my hand over his face which shuts him up. lol.

Oh Sara you poor thing thats alot of things to happen to you in just one day! Hope you are feeling ok today.

Jas, nice to hear from you and Noah, my DS will be 8 months this weekend too.

Veronica, nice to hear from you and Avaleigh too, but sorry to hear she has been waking up. I'm sure you have tried a dream feed? Or maybe she has wind pain as you said she wakes up screaming? I hope things settling down again for you soon.

Dani, I copied and posted something a little while back about why bubs can go off their food. But I think Sacha has pretty much covered it in her post.

Raels, Yes you definatley have to rince the lentils but I didnt know its to help elimanate wind? I made red lentils which you need not soak over night. I used half a cup of lentils bought to the boil in two cups of the stock I made, then simmered them for about 30 mintues and they were perfect. It made one tray worth for freezing and enough for 2x dinners in the fridge. I'm going to make up another lot today while I have the chance since they went down well.

Sacha, a trip to Iluka sounds great. We had our first holiday away after xmas and it was great. Lucas slept in his portacot and was fine, I set it up and let him play/snooze in there for the week before so it was not new to him when we were away. LOL at Autie having enough wind to sail a ship

Jan, good luck with the solids I hope it continues to go well for you!

Megan, Yes the book is the same one and its called the Baby & Toddler Meal Planner. I found it at a second hand bookshop when I was pg and I think it would be worth buying. She focasses alot on flavour and variety. As for the wedding it will be next year (have not set a date) we have already changed plans alot so I'm actually over it already!! I just want to say 'I do' without any fuss which is hard when everyone has an opinion. We have only been engaged for less than 6 months so I've decided to just enjoy the moment for awhile and concentrate on saving for the time being.

My DF is away tomorrow night, or so he reminded me this morning. It's a pain because he has to travel 6 hours and be away overnight just for a meeting. Why they dont do it via satalite and save everyone the trouble I do not know. I know I should not complain too much though as I know other mums here go without their DH for much longer.

The surf must be big today, I can here it from here might be worth going to a walk to check it out later.

Have a great day everyone!

[razzle]

amm - oh I hear you on the whole wedding thing. I just want to elope but I can just imagine how some people will react!

Jess - thanks, you reminded me I need to go for a pap smear soon! Horrid things that they are...but it's got to be done!

Sara - !!!!!! What a day you had!!! Hope you're ok this morning!

Veronica - sorry to hear that Avaleigh isn't sleeping too well but it is quite normal for her to be waking like this. She is still quite young and it could be for a number of reasons. Could she be getting cold during the night? I don't know how you feel about co-sleeping but maybe you could bring her into your bed, maybe not after the midnight waking, but the 4am one? Regarding the rice cereal, in my opinion putting it into a bottle is not necessary and I doubt it will help her sleep. It could have the total opposite effect and worse still give her a nasty pain in the stomach or make her constipated. Does she have any teeth yet? Could be this. Hope it all settles down soon for you!

Sacha - poor Autumn and her eczema. Hope it all settles soon with the new diet. How frustrating for you though! I love Iluka, have been a few times with my DF. It is a beautiful little town.

Ooops gotta go, screaming baby. BBL

Raels. xo