Babies Born July 2007 #18

[CrystalBoo]

Bec - Sounds like Xavier is doing well. Hope he is getting over his infection. As bad as it seems now, children in childcare end up with better immune systems so at least that's a plus. Interestingly, also children who grow up on farms and those with a few older siblings - apparently because of exposure to minute quantities of faeces...

Lis - Livvy also sounds like she is doing super well - lots of clever skills in there! Like you, I would like to wait until Autie is at least 2 or preferably 3 before number 2 comes along but unfortunately due to age and fertility issues, I can't afford to wait that long to TTC so I will have to take what I get!

Em -have a great (easy) time away

V - Hope you get a better sleep tonight. It isn't unusual at this age for them to go haywire with teething and all, but that doesn't make it easier does it? Just know that she's not capable of manipulating yet so she really does need your mummy love. Sometimes it helps if you think of it as special time for just you and her. Sorry to hear about your stingray - she sounded like a sweetheart.

Raels - how exciting and scary at the same time for your nephew and his gf. 85% sounds like a fantastic ray of hope for that age! Remind them to touch him as much as they can

Jess - I know what you mean about staying on top of things - sooooo much harder with the crawling and teething and clinginess! I never get a chance to do those big organising jobs like cleaning out the study or re-organising cupboards anymore It's hard enough keeping up with the mess from 3 meals a day - none of them mine!

Re: sleeping. I know they talk about it a lot in these forums, but I just now borrowed Pinky McKay's book "Sleeping Like a Baby" from the library and I really have to recommend it. It has done wonders for me in just making me feel better about myself, and not worrying about what babies are apparently 'supposed' to be doing at any given age sleepwise. It gives you a great perspective on coping with the bad times too. Give it a go if you are feeling stressed in this area for sure, especially if you have information overload and can't decide what's 'right'.

Mum and Dad dropped in tonight at bath/bedtime and while I was feeding her to sleep in the bedroom, mum made me dinner. Oh my goodness, it tasted 100x better than it actually was just because I didn't have to do it! Such a nice surprise, especially after a day of teething/eczema grizzly barnacle baby.

Ciao for now

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

Veronica- Hope your day improved for you and avaleigh.

Jas- How are you and little noah going. That ebook sounds helpful, im having an ebook sent out from a place called wanslea who have ideas from play to sleep/eating, baby to toddler etc so i hope its good.

Sacha- Your poor little autie, i hope her eczema clears up again soon, it must be terrible for you to see it affecting her like it is. I hear you on the clingyness as ethan has been real bad this afternoon. I have been meaning to get hold of Pinky's sleeping book and you have just reminded me lol i forget so much lately!! I will have to remind myself after the long weekend.

Well ethan has been a bit of a sooky lala this afternoon but i know its because he is missing his daddy, he was a lot better this time as i got dh to put him down for his morning nap and kiss him and say goodbye etc instead of taking him too the door as last time he kept going back to the door looking for him. Today my SIL came over and when her DP came to get her ethan heard a male voice and looked around saying Dad Dad!! He is only used to his pop being here so i guess he thought it was DH!

We are having a few routine issues at the moment so starting tonight i have started a sort of timed routine to try and get him to settle in to a proper sleep routine, as he is currently sleeping at all odd hours of the day and night, i put him into bed at 7.30pm and he went with out a hassle which is unusual so am happy with it so far. But on the good side of things if today is anything to go by i think my little garbage guts is back he had weetbix, toast and juice for breakky, followed by milk, a biccie and grapes for morning tea and milk, lunch was a vegemite sandwich and fruit and juice, had some more grapes and rockmelon for afternoon tea and milk, then for tea had sweet potato, zucchini, brussel sprouts and fish!!! He eats more than me lol!

Ok got to go master ethan is awake and demanding a bottle!!
Have a lovely easter ladies. BBL

[tears_of_joy]

Goodmorning Ladies

Omg it is so cold and wet at the moment we have had hot weather for weeks, and yesterday was quite hot, now it raining, the weather has been crazy!

Well ethan slept so well lastnight, he slept from 7.30pm - Midnight!! He woke at 9.30pm but i thought he was hungry but when i went in he was crying in his sleep and he didnt wake up. Then he slept from 12 - 4am and slept from then till 8.30am he has been waking 3-4 times lately!! YAY.

Well i best go, me and ethan are going to my parents for lunch today and im still in my pajama's

BBL

[razzle]

Hello all you beautiful Mummies!!

Thankyou all for your well wishes!!

The baby is doing well. He was 2 pound 11 ounces and 36 cm long!!! Soooo tiny but the doctors are saying that he is bigger than the average 25 weeker so he has that on his side! He has gotten through the first 48 hours and the doctors are really pleased with his progess. I am going to see them on Monday as they are up here in Brisbane.

Hope you all have a lovely first Easter with all your bubs! I wonder how many will get their first taste of chocolate!! Mine will get his next year.

Raels. xo

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Hi Ladies

Raels- thats wonderful news about your nephews baby boy, fingers crossed he keeps progressing well. How are they coping? i hope they are ok. I have decided that i will let Ethan have a little taste of chocolate tomorrow, but just a tiny bit, then i will eat the rest lol!! I have been so bad with chocolate lately and i still want more

Well Ethan has reached another milestone!! He stood up all by himself!! He has been trying for a bit but at mums today he was standing up playing with the curtains for over 60 second, i got a huge lump in my throat! My boy is growing up He also is holding on to furniture and side ways walking along it!! Its a scary thought that the next step is walking, omg he will be into everything lol!

Well i wanted ethan to have a sleep around 10-11am today then again around 1.30-2pm so that he would be ready for bed around 7.30pm BUT he was so excited playing with his poppy that he didnt sleep this morning and only slept for half an hour this afternoon, he was so so tired but i managed to hold him off till 7pm before i put him to bed so im hoping it doesn't take to long for him to adjust to a routine after not having one for awhile, he seems ok so far though.

Ok well i will leave it at that, Have a lovely easter day tomorrow and i hope you all get lots of choccie!! BBL

[kungfubecca]

HI all.
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Xavier slept from 9.30-630 last night !!!!!!!

jess, there is nothing to be embarressed about,as you said you wern't expecting your period yet, so it wasn't actually normal for you. You did the right thing. Wow eathan eats a lot. I just started giving xavier a little baby pasta in his meals and mushed up instead of pureed and he got a little backed up, so i had to switch back to pureed apples for a day.

Floss, glad to hear all is going well at your end. No need to rush back to work, I wish I hadn't had to. But it's not because of xave going to CC or me havinf to work, I think over all, it's that I would have more time for me above anything else.

V, hugs on your yucky day. Get it out 'cause it does feel better. Next I wouold like to welcome you to my world for the last hmm month or so. I hear you on the dad's getting up and helping, but I have had nathan helping and it's really not much help. I have finally got xavier better over the last couple of days 'cause I knew I didn't have to get up and go to work, so my sleep didn't matter as much.
My biggest fear now is that after a couple of days of CC he will be back to his old tricks.

Raels, thinking of your nephew and his family. I hope the little tacker gets strong very quickly. No chocolate here, I think we have a sensitive tummy, chocolate might hurt. Hot cross buns on the other hand, he loves to suck on the fruitless one. doesn't actually ingest any, but it sure is fun.

Sacha, funnily enough I don't think Xavier is getting his colds/infection from CC. I swear nathan always has some sort of chest infection (he dissagrees), plus MIL was on antibiotics for something recently. I always have a snuffy nose. Fingers crossed though that he does build up good immunity.

Jas, Xavier has been confusing me with food/milk latley. sometimes he wants them at the same time, but these days on the whole we actually alternate. First thing in morning i offer milk. wait about 30 mins, then offer breakfast. I send 2 bottles to creche and he will normally have about 10.30ish. he has vegies around lunch time and then another bottle in the afternoon, then home for tea, after tea he might have one or 2 more milk feeds. I have found he will go anywhere from 3-7 hours in between milk feeds.

Sara, I think Xave has had choc flavored milk for the last 7 months

Sarah, hi, Xavier has been sleeping badly as well, and i think that it's been a bit of everything with him. The major contributing factor for us I think is that he is over tired. MCHN also said that he might have formed som habits that we have to break. We are in Bendigo, and the weather has been horrid here latley and xaviers sleep first started getting mucked up at the begining of summer. The last few days have cooled down and he has much improved on the sleep front, now that I can tuck him in nice and tight!!
Was your first bub a summer or winter baby. Xavier hates the heat but too much aircon and he gets angry.

Well we had an alright easter. we have had sleep, and chocolate, not Xavier. He was given chocolate and anything that was a nice brand I ate, and anything else like the stuff that comes in the boxed sets like the bunikins ones I chucked strait in the bin, 'cause that stuff tastes awful.

Back to work for me tomorrow. Fingers crossed he sleeps at creche so he's not overtired tomorrow night and wants to be cuddled all night. I admire anyone that is woken more than once a night and can keep their calm. I already have on of those thoughts, I won't do that with the second bub, and that is go back to work at 6 months. It's so much harder to get a good sleep routine. It's like I don't know when to put him to bed anymore, and I have to re-learn everything again and again.

Well gotta go