Babies Born July 2007 #18

Thanks Mel, but she can only have fruit, veg or meat - nothing else. That's what makes it so hard atm. Maybe I'll try celery - blrrrggghh!

Oh sorry Sacha missed that one:doh: What about carrot sticks or I even did up some vegetable fritters once and cut them into sticks. Sorry no other suggestions, big help I am :redface:

Thanks Sacha for that! Hmm... how do you poach meat?? Is it the same as with an egg??!! With the cauliflower and broccoli, do you steam them and give as finger food or chop them up? And what about the peas, zuccinni, spinach and squash?

Is anyone giving their babies rice or pasta?? I gave Avaleigh a try of my pasta tonight and she loved it!

So have you guys started giving snacks or finger foods? I am thinking of finger foods but afraid Avaleigh will choke cause of the lack of teeth..

Hey Veronica, Avaleigh should be fine with finger food. Charlize never got her first tooth until 4 days before her first birthday and she wouldn't eat food from about 7 months on unless she did it herself. We did have a few choking moments, but she always got it unstuck herself, but it did scare the willies out of me, but she managed fine.

Well Jack now weighs 10.45kg. And Charlize has also put on some more weight. So double yey!! Jack also had spagetti bolognaise for the first time tonight, and he loved it. I had the puree stick out ready to thin it out a little but he downed the mince easily so that is a relief.

I have another meeting with a possible new client tomorrow. I'm a little nervous but I'm slowly re-entering into the world again lol:redface: She seems really nice, so I'm looking forward to it.

BBL just about to run out of battery :doh:

Hi all

Been really busy lately - DH got home last nite so big YAY!! Who can believe it is eater this weekend! We have abirthday party to go to on the Satrday so we wont be venturing too far from home - plus DH goes away again next Tuesday so we want to make the most of having him at home.

Charlotte loves her finger food she doesnt have teeth either but still manages to make a real mess of what ever it is she is eating. With her food it seems that the lumpier the food is the better for her - we often have a few gags but she manages to keep going. Charlotte has had pasta as well and she loves it!

V - I wouldnt be too worried about the sleep issues (easier said than done) as I am sure it is just a phase (I know we are always talking about phases) and before you know it she will be back to sleeping like she was.

mel - yay on the weight gain of Charlize and jack! Love the professional photos of the kids - they are just beautiful.

Sacha - Oliver had/has quite bad exzema and we tried everything under the sun and the only thing that helped was a visit to a dermatologist who prescribed a cortisone cream that we put on as soon as we see a bit of a flare and it stops it in its tracks. We didnt want to go down the cortisone track but it is all that helped and the dermatologist is of the opinion that people have a bit of an unwarranted phobia (I was included in this) about cortisone cream and if it is waht helps the child get better then go for it. Thats just my 2 cents worth LOL! Poor little Autie - I know how horrible it can be for them - makes you sad doesnt it

The boys are in childcare today YAY so I am looking forward to a nice quiet day.

I go back to work in just under two weeks - only 5 days a fortnight and I cant wait! I am so excited to be going back and I am feeling really confident that this will give me a bit more balance than what I currently have!

Sorry for the lack of personals. Will drop back in later today and try and have a read over all these posts.

Take care
jem

Hello hello!
Just quickly does anyone have any ideas on the best way to cook chicken mince for babies??

Oh and once its cooked can i freeze it?

Hi all :)

Maybe just cook in a little water?? I have never cooked mince for ethan but thats how i do his other meat.

Well i got my papsmear over with, has any of you had one since your bubba was born? was it painful?

TMI ALERT!!

I found that it really hurt, and it made me bleed during it and im still spotting now. When the internal part was done it was like the burning sensation of bubs crowning just not as bad lol it was the same lady that has done it for my last 2 also and it never hurt, maybe she was just rough! She said she was a little concerned about how much i bled, now im worried:redface:

Oh oops i just noticed the time im supposed to be going out in 15mins lol i got sidetracked!!

BBL for personals.

**ETA almost forgot too add I have updated ethans site with Our Professional Photo's....finally after nearly 4 months hehe!

Thanks Mel. Might give the fritters a go! Good luck with your client.

Veronica, like Mel said, Avaleigh should be fine with finger foods, just keep an eye on her and if she starts gagging, give her a few seconds to get it up herself before you panic. it's been my experience too that they are pretty good at handling things themselves. As for the food:
*Cauliflower, broccoli, peas and squash - I steam them in the microwave. Some I leave in pieces for her to chew on, the rest I mash up or puree.
*spinach - I have previously bought baby spinach and pureed it. But now I cheat and buy the bag of Heinz frozen spinach blocks - just the right size for adding in with cubes. Though I would probably give her baby spinach cooked whole now.
*zucchini - i grate it then steam it in microwave.
I poach meat in diluted good quality stock and water. Bring it the boil then simmer for about 20mins for whole chicken breasts or thighs. You can add vegies too and then they get nice and soft to serve as finger food.
I usually spoon feed her a bowl of whatever cubes first then give the finger food after so it doesn't matter if not much gets in.

Megan you could definitely freeze it. As for cooking, I would probably dry fry or use a little olive oil. How would you make it for youself?

Jess, I havent had one yet,when I had my 6 week checkup with the OB, he asked is I wanted one, but I declined. He had to do an internal check to see if I had healed so I sould have siad yes, as he was up there anyway LOL!
MAybe call the doc if you are concerned about the bleeding. I usually spot for a couple of days after anyway. Have you had your periods back yet?
I am going to check out little ethans site when I finish this.

Megan- cook the mince with a little bit of water-broil it. Just like adding oil, but using water instead.
You can freeze it once. So from fresh you can freeze it, defrost it, cook it and refreeze it. but once its defrosted the 2nd time it cant be refrozen ie it can only be frozen once in each state- cooked and uncooked. Does that make sense?

Sacha, you do the same asme with cooking- I always leave some in pieces for her to feed herself. It is good for the speech development to get chunks and chew themselves.
I was searching on the net about acid burns and all I could find was to wash with lots of water. Which I had done. It is all better now though thanks!

Jem, glad you are excited about going back to work. I hope you enjoyed your peaceful day!

Em- no ladders or black cats here! maybe I did but never noticed them! Hope you got your phone call sorted o you didnt need to call them back!!

Well thats all I can remember,
For those that were asking, thankyou I am much better- my hand was stinging all night, but was okay in the morning. Didn't even leave a mark on my hand though :( DH told MIL about what happened. she asked for it back to take back to rebel. stupid thing is in the big bin and there is no way I am getting it out. Hurt just the little bit that I got on my hand. I dont think that they will replace it as it was tha batteries not the actual radio thing. They were the batteries that came with it though. I said to DH, thats why nothing comes with batteries anymore. We were so lucky that he wasnt covered in the acid and it splattered the other way, or that he wasnt using it at the time.

Wasp sting update- will my nose tip is still bring red and a bit tender, Looks funny! Rouldolph isnt ment to be here this time of year!
I called the silly old witch of a neighbour (thats what we called her when we were growing up, sorry- but she used to steal our tennis balls when we were kids playing with them in the street), anyway, she said 'I know its there, we saw some wasps when we were out in the garden a while ago'. THEN she asked me how to get rid of them. WHAT THE???? Call the pest control people :doh::doh::doh: I said.
I thought I was being nice just letting her know about them so she didn't get stung either. Last time I do something nice!!!!! It was her stupid bushes I was cutting back in the first place so I could drive my car up the drive without scratching the car.
ETA-- the nest was the size of my hand, on her tree, inside her fence!

Well thats my rant over for the day! Of to fiddle with some new programs.

Sacha - thank for that!! That has helped me alot. Time to make some different food for Avaleigh cause she has had the same stuff for a while now.

Jessika - I had my pap smear in december and it didnt really hurt and I didnt bleed afterwards. But I am guessing that it would all be different down there after birth so the pain could be normal! I have just came back from a gyno appointment cause my pap smear showed some 'abnormal cells' and so I had some samples taken and THAT hurt!!! I had my legs up in stirrups and my twat was magnified 30X!!! LOL

So how is everyone?? Are there any pregnancies in the group or anyone trying to conceive at the moment??? I was having this discussion with my mum today with when I want to start trying again and I am soo undecided!! I was planning in October after a friends wedding but her wedding is now postponed caused she is 4 months pregnant. Its postponed until Jan or Feb.. I know I shouldnt work around the wedding but its in the cooke islands and I want to go diving and cant do that when pregnant. And money is a bit tight and our house is too small for another child and there are so many reno's I want to do around the house so I am really not sure what to do.. I think I just wont think about it until after Avaleigh is 12 months old!!

Well better go and get dinner organised..

Jem, yes it does make me sad that she suffers. I did give in and try cortisone about two weeks ago but since stopping it she has flared up worse than ever. I'm currently trying the chickweed compound so she smells like a campfire but it seems to relieve the inflamation quite a lot. Fingers crossed it continues to help. It's great that you are excited about work - bet you will miss the kids! We are the same when Dan is home - I don't like to make plans if I can avoid it so we can just be a family for a while. Though at least he gets two weeks off now so we can fit a bit more in.

V - no problem. Have fun experimenting! We are waiting until 12m to TTC ... but things don't always go to plan so who knows? :)

Sara :( Hope your Rudolph nose goes away soon! Talking of neighbours, mine is an 81yr old ex soldier with a poodle named Rhonda who is very difficult to end a conversation with (nice enough but my goodness he can talk!) He knocks at my door to tell me the people 4 doors down are selling passionfruit plants and I should pop down. I'm like 'oh Autumn is sleeping at the moment but thanks anyway'. And he says 'she'll be right while you just pop down won't she?' Ah, no John, maybe in your day you could leave your baby alone in the house but the world just ain't the same place! And besides, I didn't want passionfruit plants! .... that was all a bit rambly huh? Oh well.

Jess, I can't say I've ever bled from a pap smear. I think it has only ever been uncomfortable not painful - but I had a CS too.

Hi all,

Will try to come back and read up on the goings on soon, just having trouble keeping up.

Had 5 mins at work because our programs crashed and I can't do anything else :)

I had a very quick scan and welcome back V!

Will be back hopfully tonight, but definetly some time over the 4 day weekend.

Arr fitting in work and bubba sure is hard!!!

Hi Everyone,

I have just quickly skimmed over all the posts sorry!

Mel, No not too far away I'm at Mount Cotton so not far from Vic pt at all! This is pretty good the Pixie photos Noah had at 5.5months were about $400 and for those gorgeous photos I think that was well worth it!

We are planning on trying when Noahis 12months too. We said 2 years apart now Phil is saying NO MORE THAN two years apart and he doesn't want them born in the same month so he wants to try at 12months (that is planning on me getting pg immediately again)

Hi all,

Thanks for the nice things you all said about our eating and sleeping. Eating is 100% better. We ended up going to the doc and got prescribed some antibiotics, which have obviously helped, 'cause he's eating much better. Still has a cough but hopefully that clears up soon.

Raels, we have lots of backward movement too, yet no forward motion. Xavier is getting good at sitting up though.

em don't feel guilty about child care. they keep publishing all this stuff about how it's so much better to stay home, but all those studies are from other countries and Australian studies actually indicate that our child care is of a very high standard. Just think of the socialisation as well.

Hugs jess, You showed remarkable restraint.

V, I'm right there with you on those sort of sleep patterns. A really bad night for us consists of only sleeping for 2 hours at a time. I will be no help to you, but am looking forward to seeing what others say. Congrats on the huge weight loss!! re the food, you could add some stuff to what you already have like meat/cheese/rice and pasta. Xave is bored with plain vegies too and after our recent food rejection really doesn't want any home made mummy food, and prefers jars instead. He is quite fond of the tomato based ones.

Sara, hugs, I hope you start having a better time soon. Well when it rains it does seem to poor

Nicki, a very proud grandma showed me a new pic of lach yesterday. He is looking very cute. What is he up to now, crawling. I noticed he was sitting up in the pic.

Sacha, I give xavier cruskits, he really likes them. I just give him a plain one, but a whole one 'cause it's nice and easy to hold, plus i'm too lazy to cut it :lol: They are messy enough by themseves though, they are like glue once they disolve. I have also been giving xavier wedges of rockmelon or apple, they are a little messy and slippery but he gives them a red hot go and they are not as soft as banana so they stay in one piece longer.

Jess, I havent had a pap smear yet, don't have to till august so i'm not until then. but the last one I had was painfull and I spoted so your not leaving me with much hope for this one.

TTC #2 no changes in plans here, first house, must be in before Xave is 2. My only pre-requisite is that we have #2 before I'm 30. so will probably wait until around the 2 year mark. maybe a little earlier.

What is Xavier upt to??
Well he is almost sitting up by himself. this is a fairly new trick.
He is trying his damdest to crawl but is stuck in reverse still.
He has had an infection and we are almost finished the antibiotics.
I am hopeing that once this cold/infection is gone and the weather sorts it's self out he might start to sleep again, as a good night consists of 5 hours at a time a bad night is 2 hours at a time.
We are eating lots of different foods now, and love to hold foods in his hands.

Well better go, DH is stuck at the front door with someone trying to sell him something and xavier is sooking, scratch that, he got rid of the guy at the door.

well best be off anyway, see if we can get this kid to sleep, controlled comforting is not very good for this mum, and I swear Xavier would cry all night if we left him too. I don't think i'm soft, it's just way too emotionally and physically draining when you are cryed at for hours!!

Bye

Bec- Glad to hear poor little Xav is on the mend. Hopefully his sleeping gets sorted out soon. Esp glad he is eating as well again.
My hat goes of to you BF/expressing and working fulltime! Thats why I put off going back to work, I wanted to feed Kaetlyn till she was 12months and didnt think I could do it with working as well.

Sacha- LOL at the neighbour. We just had freinds move in next door, and the girl is really sweet, she messages me to see if it is okay to pop over. Lol today she brought a plate of cheese and biscuits with her (she is preg though!).
Maybe oneday you might be grateful you have an neighbour that notices all the bargins in the street! :lol:
Hehe oh and my nose is still red, have no idea when it is going to go back to normal, at least it doesnt hurt as much now!!

Hi ladies,

Just popped in for a quick catch up. No personals from me tonight though, im a so tired and stressed out to the max:(

Thanks for your replies re my papsmear. I ended up going to the dr as the bleeding got really heavy and i was a little worried as i was in the 2 wk wait, and was getting some bad cramps but i was so embarrassed to find it was just my period! LOL it came early i wasn't due until the 24th march:redface:

Ok i will pop in tomorrow and do some personals then. Goodnight.

Hi all,

I hope you and all your bubbas are fine and dandy! Sorry I am MIA all the time lately, just don't seem to get time to get on here much and read and write. When Livvie sleeps I tend to read or clean the house!!

Run down on Olivia:
crawling madly all over the place and making my life and the poor cats a nightmare :)
1 tooth, another coming through
claps hands
waves hello and good-bye
Says dad-a
still has stranger danger if its not me, DH my Mum, my dad or MIL
Still sleeping through the night
eats everything she is can

Pap-smear was awful for me as my Dr did it when I was still have issues after Olivia's birth and I dread the next one!!

So not trying for No.2 for a number of years, I want to be able to give Olivia my 100% attention before the next comes along and I want her to be older to understand babies etc I have a friend whose son is 5 1/2 months and she is pregnant again! I envy them, but I couldn't do it so close.

Not sure if I am going back to wor yet, the amount of money I spend I probably should hehehe but I don't want to and I am too nervous about leaving Olivia with strangers at Child Care, I am not against CC and will do it in the future but I am nervous right now - who knows, I may not change from that and never return to work hehehe

Hope all is well with everyone. Big hugs to all.
Floss xxx

We are going away for a few days so I just wanted to say

Happy Easter Girls!!

Hope everyone has a great time and gets lots of yummy chocolate! Catch up when we get back xx