Babies Born July 2007 #18

[Ngala]

Hey Ladies!!

I hope everyone had a great easter. Mine was pretty good. Had good food a few drinks, some chocolate and felt mighty sick after it all that I needed a nap!! hehe We had easter at my sisters and next year it is my turn. I made pavlova and brought it over there, I have more in my fridge and tempted to eat some more but still feeling a little off... maybe a bit more chocolate instead

We've had a break through here!! Avaleigh has slept through the night for two nights now!! YAY! First night she slept through til 5am, which I thought was pretty good cause she went back down until 7am. And then this morning she slept through to 7am!! YAY Looked like I had a boob job when I woke up in the morning though Lets hope we can make it 3 nights in a row. I am making much more an effort in getting her to burp and this seems to be helping.

I'd say Avaleigh will be walking by herself soon. I think by 10 months she is really going to be walking. We now have her on the walking frame, so much easier than walking her around!! And she can stand by herself with no support for about 10 seconds and then she realises she is doing it herself and freaks out a little and plonks back down. What a clever girl!! I have her on the video camera walking with the walking frame, must get it off one of these days..

Well going to go crash on the couch. NIGHT!

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

Hope you all had a lovely Easter Day with you bubba's.

Ethan did have his first try of chocolate today and well he had a lick and wasnt really interested, he had more fun throwing it around Im pretty happy with that though because i dont really think i want him to be a chocohlic like me

I am a bit annoyed at my IL's though as i said please dont get Ethan eggs as he wont be able to eat them, i told them that i got him a tiny egg that he could have a little taste of but that's it. Well between Mil, Step Fil and sil ethan has like 10!!! chocolate eggs One of them is a big football one! Grrrr and they kept trying to give it to him, and i said not too and they told me im cruel!! Luckily he wasnt interested and crawled off to play. The upside is that i will eat them for him lol I didnt get a visit from easter bunny this year! DH forgot.

Veronica- Welldone Avaleigh!! I bet you feel a bit more human now you have gotten some sleep! Im sure half the time i walk around with my eyes closed. I think ethan might be walking by 10 months too!

Sara- Lound neighbours are real PITA hey, we have them too, hopefully they stop soon so you can all get a goodnights sleep.

Jas- hope you and Noah are feeling better. Im not much help either im afraid, ethan is good with his bottles, just solids that he is a bit funny with but in his case i think its teething thats bothering him.

Well i must be off, pretty tired tonight, been sorting our guest/junk room today as thats where everything was shoved when we moved in and its still there lol and we have people coming to stay in a few weeks!!

Goodnight ladies

[Ngala]

Good morning!!!

I feel sooo much more awake today. 3 nights of sleeing through!! YAY!! I did hear one cry on the monitor at midnight and thought that the sleeping through was good while it lasted but I didnt hear anything else so went back to sleep! So we are both feeling good this morning. Its amazing how if she doesnt sleep through the night she wakes up grumpy like me. haha

Anyway, better go and get her breaky sorted cause we are going out on a family outting soon. Unfortunately Jason needs to work, but I am sure we will have more fun with out him..

[August]

V ~ Oh thats great news about Avaleigh's sleeping! Well done! Hopefully it's just a matter of making sure that wind is up before she goes down now.

Raels ~ I hope your nephews little bubba continues to do well so he can come home soon.

Jess ~ Good luck with Ethans routine. Sounds like he was spoilt with all that chocolate even though it was pretty pointless! The thought was nice though I suppose.

Sara ~ We get that a bit here too from people partying across the road. They like to party every weekend too.

Jas ~ Hope you are feeling better today. I understand what you mean in regards to Noah and his bottles. Lucas did the same thing while solids were being established, and I know Megan's Lucas did too. I decided to offer just 3 X bottles a day instead. 3 x 250ml is still a good amount, with juice and water in between to keep him hydrated. Then just when I had that sorted he had a huge growth spurt and was back on 5 bottles again last weekend!

Well my little boy is all over the place ATM. His teeth have given him no trouble at all but one came through on saturday and he has been agitated ever since! He has also had a bit of a gastro overload this weekend, trying meat, fish and weetbix for the first time. I think it has been a bit much on his tummy so will take it easy with plain fruit and veg this week.

He is in his jolly jumper at the moment. He has been full of beans and not wanting to go to sleep all weekend despite not feeling 100%, so its been an exhausting weekend!

It's a gorgeous day here today so we are going for a walk along the breakwall and to take Lucas for a swim at the beach.

Hope you all had a good Easter. xoxox

[Meluchja]

AMM- The gastro might be caused from his teeth coming through. I know some babies get violent smelling runny #2 when their teeth are on the move. Just a thought

Well I hope you all have lovely a lovely easter. We did, and it was as a whole family too, yey!! Dh had the entire weekend off, shock horror, it was lovely.

[XRMummy]

Hi ladys just thougth i would pop in n say hi
I have a lil Man Bayleigh matheu who was born 24th july 07
He has only slept through the night 2 in 8 months and im starting to pull my hair out i have contact my health nurse to discuss sleep school but i cant ge tin ot see health nurse till next month... He goes to bed about 8pm wakes at 1130 and from then on its every hour on the hour so im not managering very much sleep at night
Has anyone got any ideas i can try on how to get him to sleep more??????????
I never had this problem with my daughter as she slept through the night from the time she was 2 days old

Well on a happier note.... bayleigh crawls everywhere and now walks along the furniture has stood alone for about 40 secs and has learnt how to climb
Caught him ontop of the coffee table last week and on good friday caught him tryin to climb the dining room chair and have fotos of him tryin to climb the TV cabinet ...... he is goin to be sooooo much trouble when he is actaully walking lol

well i hope everyone had a great easter and a safe one if you went away

sarah

[August]

Thanks for that Mel, I forgot teething can do that to them.

Welcome Sarah and Bayleigh! What a nice name for a little boy. Is he BF or FF? What is his feeding like? Is he on solids? Could he be windy? Cold? Waking up from some noise? How is his sleeping during the day? Just asking to get a general idea and so may be able to help you out! Looking forward to getting to know you and your little man more. My DS was born two days before on the 22nd July.

Have not been for that walk and swim yet, been procratinating and playing video games.

[XRMummy]

Hi thanks for the welcome
um Bayleighs FF He has between 3-4 250ml bottles a day as he has solids 3 times a day breakfast, lunch , dinner... He's not windy... We live in mildura and at da moment no chance of him getting cold LOL if anything he could be gettin hot but we have aircon goin in da hallway n fan on low in his room n blowing in diff direction to him as to not have it blowing on him... Through the day he sleeps pretty well he'll have a 2-3 hour sleep in the morning n sumtimes have a 2 hour sleep in the afternoon but not very often... its just strange as he wakes at da same times every nite ...

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

I had the fright of my life today and am dreading a next time, I was cooking tea and ethan was in his bouncy thing watching (wont let him crawl around the kitchen while im cooking) and he got restless so i let him out and popped him in the lounge room, its open plan so i could see him, but i turned my back for 10 secs and he was gone!! Found him in the study trying to get out the cat flap, sigh of relief and then back in the bouncy thing, finished cooking and popped him in the lounge so i could go to the toilet before serving dinner, i put him back in his bouncy thingd gave him his dummy, got the plates and heard a funny sound turned around and he was CHOKING....my poor little man was gasping for breath so i pulled him out and layed him on my forearm and started patting him on the back and it wouldn't work, i was terrified, i ended up pulling it out with my fingers as i couldnt get it out by patting (it was firm too) and around his mouth was going blue and it was a piece of plastic wrapper off the top of the raffertys baby food, and there was blood on it so its either cut/scratched him or i did it with ny finger nail when i got it out. Honestly its the most terrifying thing and i panicked and started crying because he couldnt breathe and i didnt think i was going to get it out, but omg i felt like such a bad mum I have no idea where he got it from either. He has been a bit grizzly since so i think he may have a bit of a tender throat. Im just so glad i have done my SFA course and rembered what to do even though i did panic.

Raels- Glad that you got too see your nephew and he is doing okay. Yay too oliver for crawling, and at the same time as lexxen too! Ethan is saying dad all the time to, im dad and the cats are dad also lol.

Sarah- Hi and welcome to you and bayleigh! My Ethan was born the day after bayleigh! I have been having some sleep issues too but were getting there with a new routine. Hope the dream feed works for you, i dream feed ethan before i go to bed at night and it seems to help him sleep that bit longer, good for me too if i have gone to sleep a few hours after ethan as i get to sleep a bit too.

Bec- What a fantastic sleep! Welldone Xavier Ethan has been getting a bit constipated on and off too so on the days like that i give him a bit of extra fruit too. I have to tell you that you are doing a wonderful job with juggling work and everything else, it must be tough, iam struggling with getting a good sleep routine and i dont work!! Welldone

Mel- How great that DH was home with you charlize and jack for easter, im glad you all had a lovely time.

AMM- How is lucas going now? Did you end up going for your walk and swim? It sounded like a nice idea.

Well im off i have to go check ethan, he has been asleep for 30mins but im a bit paranoid atm! Then i have to go look for some dvd's that the CHN lent me to do with sleep school awhile ago as i have ethans 8 month check up on wednesday and better return them Cant wait to see how much my bubba weighs though! Goodnight ladies

[mrscricket]

Hi girls! I have had a very quick look through the other posts, but will have to sit down tonight and catch up properly. Lots to do after our weekend away - washing, unpacking, cleaning! Grrr! Weekend was great - awesome to catch up with my sisters. Tom was very well behaved although he suffered a bit of seperation anxiety. Not from me - from my sisters. Every time they left the room, he would cry and reach out for them and would only eat if he was sitting near them. Made me feel a bit useless as a Mummy! They loved it of course because they don't get to see him much. It helped his crawling as well because he just dragged himself around the house behind them where ever they went! Tom has a new best friend as well - my sister's boyfriend (hopefully soon to be her DF - i gave him the talk over the weekend. I need a wedding!). He is black and Tom is just fascinated by him. He has always loved him but over the weekend he just sat on his knee and kept stroking his face - it was like he has suddenly realised he has a different skin colour. It was very cute. Tom ended up with only one easter egg - my sister brought him one of my favourites so i could eat it - and also ended up with lots of new clothes. One of my sisters brought him this absolutely gorgeous wollen jumper from David Jones - it was so expensive. I could of killed her. For the amount she paid, she could of brought him heaps of stuff and he will grow out of it fairly quickly (once he grows into it. It is a one). She doesn't care, she said it is her duty to spoil him!

Our sleeping is a little crazy at the moment - trying to gradually adjust it for daylight savings so things are abit all over the place. Lots of trouble with drinking. At the moment I am lucky if he drinks any more than 30mls at a time - so lucky to get about 120ml down his throat. I have been doing a dream feed and generally can get him to drink about 180ml then. Sounds like a few other bubs are doing the same thing.

Better go - he is awake. Back later xx

[Ngala]

Hey Everyone!!

I thought I might come on and attempt personals while Avaleigh is asleep and my nephew is watching cartoons. I've just finished a mocha coffee and feeling a little sick. I got a espresso machine a few weeks ago and its the best!!

Em - thats great that you had a good time with your sisters. I love having my sister back in Perth and she is only around the corner too so we are spending heaps of time together.

Jessika - Oh what a fright that would have been!! So lucky that you managed to get it out. They are soo quick now that they are crawling hey!! I tend to leave Avaleigh alone for a few seconds but I dont think I will any more!! I am trying so very hard to not leave anything on the floor or any where that she can reach it. I am kinda lucky as she is not really keen on swallowing big things.

Raels - that is GREAT that your nephew is doing well. I am sure he will be fine, technology and the knowledge of doctors out there these days is great. How tiny was the little man?? You just forget so easily how small babies are when they are first born. I was checking out some of Avaleigh's first photos and was amazed how small she was. And YAY for Oliver crawling! They are so pleased with themselves when they can do it huh?

Rebecca - YAY for the big sleep! I really would like Jason to help settle Avaleigh but whenever I get him to do it, he only does it for a few mins and then lets Avaleigh do whatever she wants!! I think she knows that sleep/settling is my job and she will only do it for me. Dad is there for play time only!! Bit annoying, but I guess if you spend all day with them, they may get a bit like that...

Sarah - welcome!! LOL at Bayleigh on top of the coffee table!!! Avaleigh is trying to climb up on the dining room chairs but hasnt figured it out yet. I hope she doesnt!!

Well we had a pretty good easter. We had lunch at my sisters on easter sunday and I brough pavlova and crayfish. I had to do the pavlova twice cause the first one didnt work out!! So now I have 12 egg yolks in the fridge and dont know what to do with them!! I didnt get much chocolate, thank goodness!! Yesterdays family outting was really good. I enjoyed myself a lot and so did Avaleigh.

I;m getting Avaleigh Baptised in a few weeks time. Better get my butt in to gear and find the things I need...

I've been thinking today that we need to go on a family holiday. I may talk to Jason tonight about it. Great Barrier Reef would be cool!! I am off to find prices now...

See yas!

[Meluchja]

Veronica, we are getting the kids christened next month, and I saw you mentioned you will have to get things organised. Just curious what you have to do? We aren't very religious, we don't attend church services, but we want them done. Anyway, are you just talking about outfit etc???? I hope there is nothing I'm missing.

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

Well Ethan is fine after the choking incident yesterday, but i have vaccumed under and around everything today to make sure i got it all! You get so paranoid after accidents happen hey, im constantly checking for spiders now it will be little pieces of stuff he can choke on Ethan has had his hearing test too and there has been no effect on his hearing from the spider, i forgot to tell you that when he had it done.

Em- Your weekend sounded great! How cute was tom with your sisters bf. Hope toms sleep improves soon, it does seem like a few of our bubs are not sleeping properly. I went through a stage where ethan would only drink a little milk at a time, he is fine now though.

Veronica- A family holiday sound great and the Great Barrier Reef would be lovely. Glad your easter was good. Ethan has been trying to climb too, has not succeded yet! Your luck that avaleigh doesn't like to swallow big things, ethan will put everything and anything in his mouth, its so hard to let him play outside because toys wont keep him occupied and he trys too eat dirt, sticks, rocks etc so far no bugs thankgod LOL!

Hmm i am feeling bored today! And its cold so i think i may just curl up on the lounge with a book, blanket and a milo while ethans asleep! Oops have to mop my floors first! BBL