Babies Born July 2007 #18

[razzle]

Hi girls,

I have been popping in and reading every day but not posting cause I've had a bit of a crappy week and didn't want to whinge!!

Oliver has a cold but is over the worst of it, Lexxen is 9 going on 19 and DF has gone into his cave over something that he won't talk about.

Megan - Oliver fell off the couch once too. He practically jumped out of my arms! It totally freaked me out but he was fine.

Mel - you're babies are so damn cute!

Bec - you are a trooper! Good luck with everything and I hope it all settles down very soon.

Sacha - hope you get some sleep soon. I feel for you. Great about the new car!

Well still no teeth here and no crawling yet either - well not forwards anyway - lots of going backwards though. Sleeping very well and solids are going great too.

Hello to everyone else that I've missed! Hope you are all well.

Raels. xo

[Megan76]

Well i went to check out the for sale board after i was on here yesterday and the shot of the kitchen has the bin open with rubbish sticking out...classy! I swear MEN are hopeless sometimes, i wasn't home when they took the photo and look what happens!

Raels - i hope the kids arent giving you too much grief and that DF snaps out of it and opens up to you soon!

[Meluchja]

Just quickly girls, just updated site with professional photos I got back yesterday. Proromise to bbl with some personals.

[CrystalBoo]

Hi everyone. I guess we're all getting busier, it's slowed down a lot in here. Or maybe we've just all reached the 'stuff it, I'll do what I think is best and leave it at that' stage LOL

Sara, I don't give Autie any dessert, just some sort of finger food at the end of her spoon meal because she enjoys it but doesn't get heaps in (unless it's a chunk of avocado) Also she's not having dairy so I don't really know what I'd give her anyway. I get all drooly over the Pumpkin Patch clothes but rarely spend money on anything there. We have an outlet store here though and the prices are comparable to say Target which isn't bad, but I just don't get there very often. How much does Kaetlyn weigh? Autie has only put on about 700g in the last 4 months but she has gotten a little longer and is so active I'm not really worried.

Bec, hope things get better with the sleeping and eating soon. It sounds like a 'no-no' but have you tried feeding him while he watches tv? When Autie is being difficult, i put her in front of the fish tank and that distracts her enough to get lots in but the tv would work too I think. Enjoy your 4 day weeks!

Mel, the photos are fantastic! how cute do they both look?! You must be very happy to have such adorable little faces to wake up to each day. How is the study going?

Megan these babies know how to give you the guilts don't they? LOL Autie smashed her head on the bathroom tiles tonight and she was fine but it makes your heart skip doesn't it? Autie has stopped her hourly wake ups - we are down to 2-3 hourly so that's manageable with Dan gone. Never had a full night (or even close) - lucky you!

Raels did you have a better day? Men are so weird the way the don't like to talk things through and have to work out their problems in their own heads. It's such a major difference between the sexes I think. Took a while for me to actually believe that they prefer it that way and I can now just let Dan do his thing and come to me happy when he has a solution. Hope those boys are being good to you today and you get a bit of relax time.

Hope everyone else is having a happy day!

I took Autie to her first playgroup today. It's a two minute pram walk away so I've been meaning to go for ages. Very mixed group of people but all pleasant and I think we'll go back as I want her to practice her social skills. There is only one other baby there crawling so they followed each other around chasing a ball all over the hall. Then she made the mistake of crawling too close to the class bruiser and he took a swipe at her head which she wasn't impressed with. LOL Does anyone else use brauer's teething relief? If so, have you found it causes any constipation/wind? May just be a co-incidence. It seems to work well for her so I don't want to stop if I don't have to.

That's all from us for now

[tears_of_joy]

Hi Ladies.

Hope you and your bubba's are all well

Mel- Your children are gorgeous, such happy little faces. They look alike too! How is your study going? and Hows your client?

Megan- These accidents are horrible arent they. Ethan is forever falling down and i panic everytime. What a PITA having a photo like that on your sale sign. We never had photos done of our place as the real estate guy was lazy! But it was ok as it was only on the market for a week.

Raels- Things sound a bit stressful for you at the moment. Hope oliver is ok now. Hope lexxen start being your little 9 yr old again soon and i hope by the time you read this DH has had a chat with you and things are ok again. We have no teeth here either!

Sacha- So glad for you that autie is sleeping a bitter longer especially with Dan being away. Im thinking about going to playgroup with Ethan too, just have to work up the courage as im too shy. I cant help with the Brauers teething relief, sorry.

Bec- Hang in there, you are doing so well, to be honest i think your doing a fantastic job working and being a great mummy to xavier I couldnt cope with it all i dont think Hope your little man is eating better soon, its hard when they go off food hey, ethan wont have his meat and vege's or rice cereal he only wants fruit or yoghurt, but if he eats half his breakfast i let him have fruit same with lunch and dinner. Oh he eats bread okay with a bit of vegemite and occasionally i let him have a biscuit of some sort, not chocolate though.

Well DH is home again and we are going to be busy busy over the next few days. I have managed to get a good 5 hrs sleep lastnight, i have found a natural product that seems to be going ok. They are Pennington Foot Patches, 7 day detox program. You put them on your feet when you go to bed and they draw the toxins out of your body, they are used for heaps of stuff. I got them from a natropath. Ethan is fine, he has been standing up without holding on to anything a few times today and yesterday for about 30 seconds. Bit scary lol.

Ok well i must go DH is calling if its not the little man wanting attention its the big one!! Hehe. BBL.

[mrscricket]

Hi girls! I have been MIA a bit lately, there has been so much going on here that i haven't really had much time. I have been trying to keep up to date with all the posts, although I don't think I will have much luck with personals!

Jess -glad you found something natural and are getting a bit of rest. These boys certainly keep us on our toes!

Bec - I do pretty much what Sacha suggested in feeding T in front of the tv some days. Other days there is lots of singing and pulling faces to keep him amused. He always laughs if you yawn, so plenty of fake yawns, laughing and then sticking the spoon in quickly.

Mel - I had a quick look at your site - will go back and have a proper look later. The pictures are just gorgeous! Such beautiful kidlets!

Sara - I don't offer dessert in things like custards etc because they tend to make T spew. I do give him two courses though. 4 or 5 cubes of fruit or veggies, then offer him 1 or 2 cubes of another fruit just for variety.

Good Luck with selling Megan. Love the story about the sale board! Hope Lucas is feeling ok - don't worry I dropped Tom too right on his head and it was horrible. You were asking about yoghurt - I had a look on the Solids part of BB and alot of the girls recommended Jalna yoghurt. They have it in Coles i know.

Well, Tom has cut his first tooth so lots of crap sleeping and grizzling around here. I think he takes after his father - you know the if I am sick, it's "you'll be right', but if he's sick, it's "I think I'm dying. I think I have Asian bird flu". Still no crawling properly as suchbut he is certainly making his way very quickly around the house. Eating is so so. Was going well. Then this tooth interupted things so hopefully everything will be back to normal soon!

I have been a bit sick over the past few weeks. I am pretty sure it is gastro that is hanging around. I get up every day and vomit - i know it clearly sounds like i am pregnant but i'm not!! Have been to doctors and everything. Going back today so hoping they figure it out soon. It is horrible, its like having morning sickness all over again! It has reinforced the fact that I definiately need to wait before TTC again, as i have found it so hard with T and being sick. I had super bad morning sickness last time, and although they say every pregnancy is different, I cant risk it!

I'm not sure if you remember my big job saga that was going on - was told no job available after maternity leave. Well, a week or two ago they offered me two days a week starting this coming Tuesday. I ummed and ahhed about it, but decided to accept - booked Tom into childcare and everything - then yesterday was offered another job that would be three days a fortnight, roughly same pay and lovely lovely people! So quit my old job this morning (a bit nerve racking) and I start my new one after Easter. Really looking forward to it! I felt really sick about putting Tom into childcare to go back to my old job, but feel good about it for this one. It will one day a week most weeks.

Better go - my house is sooooooooo messy so better do some tidying before it gets too hot here. Have a good day!

[CrystalBoo]

men and their asian bird flu! PSML em! Gosh I hope you feel better soon. Touch wood, I haven't been sick since having Autie but knowing my luck it would happen while dan is away. The whole being pregnant with a baby/toddler thing is the only thing holding me back from TTC. Though we were naughty the other day and I think it was at a bad time so I am waiting to see if I will pay for our 'stuff it' attitude. LOL TMI?! Congrats on the job. Hope it all goes well with day care - have you taken him in for some play visits to get used to it?

Jess, you should just jump in there if you want to go to playgroup. Don't worry, half the other mums will be just as shy and it's easy to talk babies if you have nothing else you want to say. for Ethan and his standing - how clever!

[mrscricket]

Sacha - we have been for a look around but haven't left him there by himself. My sister actually works there and runs the toddler room next door to the baby room, so am i pretty confident she will help him out if they decide to sticky tape up his mouth and lock him in a cupboard. There was an article about that in the paper the other week and i just thought God, another thing for parents to feel guilty about!
As for your question about the Brauers Teething relief, I haven't noticed it with Tom but he does spit out 99% of it. I am now trying those Teething relief tablets and they seem pretty good.

Jess - you should give playgroup a go. I am the shyest person ever but it is so much easier to talk to people now - you just talk about kids and if other conversation follows then great! You can go once and if you hate it, don't go back. Are you in a mum's group or anything? I can't believe Ethan is standing up! He is obviously doing very well after his horrible time with the spider bite.

[nay23]

hi everyone!
Megan- You poor thing Link fell off the couch about 3 weeks ago and I felt like a terrible parent! But now I feel better cos it happens to other people too! lol
Em thats awesome news about the job! Congratulations! How exciting!
I hope everyone is doing great.
Take care
xox

[Megan76]

Em - well done on the new job! Thats ace that your sister works at the childcare centre Tom will go to, what a relief! Had to laugh about the bird flu...oh so true!! Hope you start feeling better it must be horrible, surely Tom will understand mummy isnt feeling well and be a good little boy!!

Well you will all appreciate this...had another look at the For Sale sign and the rubbish hanging out of the bin, a nappy in one of those orange nappy bags......

Dh is on a bucks weekend this weekend so prepare to hear me whinge!!

[razzle]

Megan - argh! Bucks parties suck don't they? Whinge away, we will all understand!!

Em - a couple of the girls at mother's group today were raving about those teething tablets. Might have to try them when Oliver's teeth start popping through, whenever that may be! about the Asian bird flu!! Hope you find out what is making you sick, must be awful for you.

Sacha - great to hear Autumn isn't waking up every hour now. Hopefully she will start stretching it out even more and give her mummy some rest!

Jess - glad you are getting some more sleep. I suffered from insomnia years ago and it was not nice! Those patches sound great. Might be good for my DF, he is onto his fourth week of no cigarettes and is getting headaches. Well done to Ethan on the standing! It is scary though isn't it. You should definitely go and join a playgroup. I am a very shy person also but I started up a mothers group all by myself!! It was scary and I thought it was going to be a lot of hard work but it has turned out really well and I have met some great ladies.

Well DF is out of his cave now. Gosh these men......he was worried about some stuff at work and also Lexxen's behaivour. He knows I am worried about the exact same stuff at the moment but still couldn't talk to me about it.

Oliver is getting over his cold. He says dad-dad ALL the time, and so clearly now! He seems to have dropped a feed too. He used to feed every 3 hours during the day but now he is going 5 hours between his breakfast feed and lunch one. I got a bit sad cause I realised that one day there wouldn't be any bfeeding at all but that will be a while yet!!!

Had mother's group again today. Four new ladies came and they were all lovely!

What has everyone got planned for the Easter break? DF wanted to go away up the coast somewhere but I don't really want to spend too much money. We might take the kids to Australia Zoo, it is only about 20 mins from here and we haven't ever been!

Hope you are all well.

[tears_of_joy]

Hi ladies

**Whinge Alert**sorry

My eyes are hanging out my head atm but Ethan is still up Due to being very over stimulated right before bed time so he is now soooo over tired and just wont give in (thanks DH) Dh is trying to settle him atm but told me i have to stay up to because he is tired and has to go to bed soon so i will have to deal with bubba!! I said that he should just go to bed and let me settle him and he said that im a grumpy **** and that if i disciplined "the little ****" he would be asleep and Dh wouldnt be up all night with a grumpy baby!?? WTF! I actually controlled myself and walked away but im so damn angry right now. Sorry ladies.

Whinge Over!

I Just had to calm down a bit before i go back in to the same room as Dh.

Will pop in tomorrow for a hopefully happier unselfish post.

Night night.

[Megan76]

Jess - what a horrible night! I hope DH gets a good talking too!

Well i have had a horrible start to a weekend alone and Lucas has just woken after 15 min so will elaborate later! AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHH!

[August]

to your DH Jess. for you. Lucas was exactly the same last night.

Megan ~ My DF has refused a bucks night, probably because he knows he will end up naked and tied to a pole somewhere.

Em ~ Hope you are over the worst of your sickness. That gastro thing is going around here too ATM. I need to remember to buy some of that water free hand wash for work.

Raels ~ No plans for easter but your plans for the zoo with Oliver sounds fun.

Sacha ~ We were doing the ?stuff it? thing too there for awhile but anxiety of the two week wait without wanting the two week wait was not good! Autie sounds like she is doing really well

Mel ~ Hope the kids are both well and I will come back and check out your site ASAP. Your sisters wedding is not far away and it sounds like it will be a beautiful weekend.

Sara ~ Your DD sounds like one very active little girl! I only give DS dessert if he is still hungry after dinner which is not very often, but he was last night though and he had a big bowl of custard.

I use the Heinz organic vanilla custard powder BTW, does anyone else? I've also started Lucas on the Bellamys rice pasta stars which he gobbles up. They are a bit gluggy to cook though. He also really likes their organic oats too.

Anyway better get a move on as I am hosting a baby shower today!!

My cousin is 36 weeks and cheering for the blue team as she already has two beautiful little girls. I would love a little boy cousin too for Lucas as they will be less than a year apart in age and will grow up together. Their family already has 5 grand-daughters and no sons, so go the team!!

Have a great weekend everybody xox

[Meluchja]

Have fun today AMM. I love baby showers. And go team BLUE!!!!

BBL got to do this stupied voting again,

[Jas]

Hi everyone,

Hope your all going well everything is going good here! Noah will be 8months on Tuesday and I cannot believe it all a bit scary really it will probably seem like tomorrow and he'l be all grown up!

Mel, been meaning to ask who did those baby pics they are really gorgeous and I live in the redlands so shouldn't be too far from me and how much did they cost and what for?

[Meluchja]

Hey Jas, the place is called Picture Moments at Wishart near Mt Gravatt, so not far from you at all. I grew up in the Redlands, Mum and Dad still live at Vic Pt. We may have even bumped into each other as I'm always down that way Anyway, depending on how many pictures you choose depends on cost. If you purchase over 7 poses, they put them on a disc for you, and they even gave me a few others which was great as I loved them all but could only really afford so many So offically 7 poses, 2 sheets per pose (8 different sizes per pose) and the cd was $400 but that was with a 10% discount. But I ended up with 8 hard copies and 10 on the disc as the guy was really nice. I have been told that it is a reasonable price but have no idea really if it is, I just loved the photos they took of Charlize when she was the same age so I went back without getting prices from other places. PM me if you like and I'll give you there details. Hope this helps.

Well ladies I did have plans to catch up tonight but I'm about to crash.

BB2morrow nighty night

[August]

Hi! the baby shower was lots of fun and the mum was spoilt which is great. I'm making some baby vege stock ATM to use for recipes in the Annabel Carmel book. I'm thinking of using some to make the lentil puree for Lucas' dinner tonight. Has anyone else fed their bub lentils yet?