Babies Born July 2007 #18

[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 ...

[August]

Sounds like he is eating and day sleeping like a champion. Have you tried a dreamfeed? Where you feed him late in the evening (without waking him) before he wakes up, say at 10.30pm? It might only prolong his sleeping for a couple of more hours but it may be a couple more for you which would be great! Aim to cut out one night waking at a time, its less pressure on you to get him to 'sleep through'. Maybe a cuddly might help? If he misses you and wants your company maybe a blanket or toy (wear it down you top for awhile so it smells like you!) might help him settle or self settle if he wakes?

[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

[XRMummy]

august moon: bayleigh does have a cuddly toy he sleeps with i used to spray my perfume on it(not directly on it) but i think the last time i washed it ( 2 weeks ago) i havent sprayed it... so im thinking the smell isnt the problem as he's been waking every hour for atleast the last 6 months..... but i mite try the dream feed like you suggust and see if that has any effect on his sleeping

Becca: Hi , bayleigh was a winter baby born 24th july he hated the cold when he was a new bub.. the heat doesnt seem to bother him but i cant say that i have had him out in the heat for huge amount of time as on really hot days i stay home under the air con

[razzle]

Hi everyone,

I went and saw my nephew's bub today. Such a precious little man, soooo tiny but so perfect. He is still doing well, but it's still one day at a time. It will be a long road. Bub's born that early usually don't get to go home until around their due dates. I knew he was going to be tiny but I was not prepared for how small he actually is. I got to be there when he had his first bit of colostrum - 1/2 a ml!!! I was really happy to see that, go the mamma's milk!!!

OLIVER IS CRAWLING!!! And he is loving it! Not me though - time to babyproof the house! First thing he went for was the DVD's! He is saying dad-dad constantly, to everyone! Oh and he has started crawling at the exact same time that Lexxen did.

Rebecca - Yay on Xaviers sleep! You are doing such a wonderful job still bfeeding while working full time!

smcgt - Hello and welcome to our group!

Jess - for Ethan standing on his own. Geez some of these July babies are so advanced! lol at your inlaws getting him a big football egg! At least you will have a nice supply of chocolate.....

Well it's taken me ages to write this as I have stopped and started about 20 times!! Hello to everyone that I have missed. Be back tomorrow to catch up on some more posts.

Raels. xo

[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!

[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

[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.

[Ngala]

Mel - Yeh got to find an outfit. Doesnt need to be anything too fancy. I am just going to go to pumpkin patch and see if they have something white. You also need to get a candle. It can be a plain white candle or you can get something fancier from a baptism/christening shop and you also need to have a plain white square of material. I forgot what its called!! Its something that the priest will bless and place on the child. It has to be pure while, no colour or anything. This is something that you can get from a baptism shop too. When is your christening? Ours is on the 20th of April

[mrscricket]

I am slowly working my way through the posts! My MIL just called and said they are going to call in so i better do some cleaning before they get here. I just know they are going to do something stupid like bring Tom lots of chocolate. Grrr!

Jess - we had a choking incident too last night. Silly DH was giving Tom chips (salt and vinegar of all things!!) and he choked on one. I panicked and didn't know what to do. He vomited every where and the chip came flying out. NO MORE CHIPS!! and a first aid course for mummy. Curling up with a book sounds wonderful - I am reading a fantastic book at the moment called "Escape" about a woman born into a polygamist cult. At 18 she was married off to a 55 year old man - she was his 4th wife and she had 8 children to him. It is fascinating and I can't put it down. It is one of those ones you don't want to end!

V - good luck with finding something to do with all the egg yolks! Great Barrier Reef sounds absolutely beautiful

[Jas]

Hi Everyone,

Well I'll attempt personals but I'm not very well so if I forget you I'm sorry didn't mean to!

V, good to hear that ava is sleeping through the night again! I think Noah will be walking by then too! Also bubs can eat egg yolks at this age but not the egg whited you could lightly cook them and give them to avaleigh with toast or you could cook them completely and grate them into her food.

Jess, Don't feel bad you really don't realise how dirty you house is until a mobile baby comes to show you. Noah picked up one of those plastic tabs that close bread etc it must have been next to the fridge or something! to keep your house to what would be a really good standard of clean to have a baby in I think you would pretty much have to hire a full time cleaner!

Raels, So glad your nephew is doing well! When Noah was in SCN there were babies that young and it was a very emotional thing to see I don't think you can actually get how small these babies are until you see them in real life. My SIL was in SC at RBH Bris and she found it really hard so she has transferred int oncology!sp?

Bec, glad Xavier slept through for you hopefully it keeps going!

August, Thanks, did you ever go for your walk and swim?

Sarah, Welcome you and your family to BellyBelly. With your sleep issues One really great book is Babywise there is babywise1 which is a lot about sleeping through and babywise 2 which elaborates, has lots of great baby info on all topics als keeps going into toddlerwise and all the way up to one on teenagers so could be a great series with all your kids I love it and know a lot of laies that use it!

Also I have an ebook I can email you if you like just pm me. A lady from Mothers Group sent it to us all and one other lady from mothers group had exactly the same prob as you and she had been to sleep clinic and everything anyway she said this . ebook really helped and her sons been sleeping through. So I haven't read it myself but a few mothers from mothers group said it was a God send.

Also does he have a feed right before bed? That might help if he's getting hungry I would recommend going to at least 4 feeds and also I find and have read if Noah doesn't get to bed until later he will wake earlier so maybe try to get him to bed earlier 6.30 - 7 might herlp?

Well after Noah and I were both sick on Sunday we were both fine yesterday so we went 4wdriving and camped last night but Iwoke up in the middle of the night and was chucking everywhere so not nice at all been sick all day too so not nice but Noah is fine and luckily Phil had today off too so he took care of Noah

[blueflower]

HI All, JUst a quick post from me,
Kaetlyn has two teeth! She was biting my finger at mothers group today, and there was a funny feeling on my finger- I checked and it was a tooth! Oh the surprise! One is definatly cut, the other is right below the surface.

BBL to do personals
xxxx