Babies Born July 2007 #19

[jemima]

Hi girls

I have been MIA for a while - just busy with life LOL!!

I am starting back at work tomorrow and part of me is really excited and part of me is filled with dread! It is only 5 days per fortnight and I am really looking forward to being able to have adult conversations and quiet coffees and shopping at lunch time but I know I will miss the kids and will worry about them and I am worried about how on earth I am going to get myself and everyone else ready! I am sure we will be fine - just have to establish a bit of a routine. I really think I need to go back to work with DH away so much as this will give me some balance which I dont feel like I have at the moment! If he was around more foten I would probably stay at home a bit longer but this willbe really god for me - well thats what I am hoping. I know I am rambling a bit - must be nerves.

Welcome to Emma and Sarah - looking forward to etting to know you and your babes!

V - great to hear from you again. Sounds liek Avaleigh is a real go goetter!! I cant believe she is standing for 30 secs on her own. Although in saying that Charlotte is now pulling herself up and walking along furtnite so I guess they wil lall be walking soon - SCARY! Lucky you with a holiday to Cairns.

Jess - hope you managed to get some sleep you poor thing! Lack of sleep is such a terrible thing - particulary if you are on your own as you often are .

Mel - how did you enjoy your baileys last night? Mine went down a treat! Mite have to do it again tonight. I am not an NRL girl (not at all big in SA) although I do floow the AFL!

Jas - dont you hate it when you lose a long post GRRRR! So frustrating.

I have been trying to express today to make sure Charlotte has some milk for tomorrow but I am having trouble getting much. Normally I can get heaps but I have only managed 50 ml so far. I am going to express while I am at work although I had to arrange a special roomas my office has massive glass windows so I didnt fancy doing it in there - would have been a rather scary sight for anyone walking past!

DH is away again and gets home tomorrow so it will be nice to have him home for a few days again. He was meant to have all three children on his own on Wednesday but he has a meeting to go to now so his parents are having them - I was looking forward to him having them all for the entire day but never mind that will happen soon enough hehehehehe!!! He is very good - he has all three whenever he can to give me a break but has never had them all day without a break!!

I have been trying to keep up with you all in the last thread but so hard LOL!!

Well I had best run and try and express some more - ahh the joys!

take care everyone and I will BBL soon. Sorry for lack of personals - but you know how it is!!

Jem

[CrystalBoo]

Hi Everyone

I've got the blahs at the moment. Starting to wish I could just press an off button for some time out occasionally! Autie has cut 4 teeth and has started a different sucking movement that has caused an open graze and lumps on one nipple. It's surprisingly agonizing to feed at the moment - feels like razor blades She won't take a bottle but I'm going to try and express and use a cup instead. If that doesn't work I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it. If only she didn't need me to fall asleep! Anyway that's my grumble.
We've been away on our first trip and it went very well thank goodness. I have been reading through the posts and hopefully I'll have some time later when she's in bed to get some personals done.

Happy Sunday

[Enchanted]

OMG!!! We have a tooth It's all a bit exciting here even though I have one grumpy little man

I will BBL, just have to get organised

[Ngala]

I think we are going to take our family holiday to Daydream Island!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going to be expensive but WE ARE GOING TO DO IT!!

[razzle]

Hi girls,

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. Ours was pretty good. L had his first soccer match of the season yesterday and his team won 9-0!! It was a great game and he scored the first goal in the first few minutes! Today we finally took the boat out! It goes really well - but so it should - it has a brand new motor. We didn't catch any fish but we didn't really try, it was more of a test run anyway. It was such a beautiful day and Oliver behaved himself so well. He had a few moments but he was pretty tired. He had a little nap on the bb's but other than that he just sat on my lap and looked around with a big grin half the time!

I bought some lamb today which I am going to boil up tomorrow and chop really finely. I am also going to try him on some weetbix in the morning, which I'm sure he will love!

Jemima - hope it all goes well tomorrow! And I hope the expressing gets easier soon. It is hard isn't it? I've never been able to get much but luckily I haven't needed to worry about it either.

Sacha - Glad you had a good time on your holiday. Ouch about your nipple!! Gosh you poor thing. Have you considered maybe using a shield until it heals a bit? Hope things get better for you soon.

Jess - I hope you get some sleep soon. Are you still using those patches you mentioned?

Hello to everyone else that I have missed. Gotta run and say goodnight to L before he falls asleep. I hate missing out on goodnights!!

Raels and Oliver. xo

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

we have cut a tooth!!

well my fantastic sleeps were gone after only 2 days back at crech. Grr, this is very frustrating.

Jesikah, Happy 8 months Ethan hugs on the choking, I hope ethan is ok now. It is very scary isn't it. I am petrified of something like that happening.

em, your sister is right, it is her duty to spoil him. Think of it this way, you can't justify the expense because of the short time he will wear it and the mess he will probably make of it, but from your sis's persepctive she gets to buy him something special that no one else will. Big smack for your dh giving tom salt and viniger chips. Although I have to confess I give Xavier maccas fries to chew on.
I was really lucky with the chocolate front this year, no one tried to give xavier any. I wonder if grandparents realise just how much pain a little bubba could end up in from having chocolate too young?
I have been wondering about the milk in cooking as well. I've been curious if it would be better to use soy milk??

V, dad is definetly for playing only here too, but I get frustrated because I don't get to see him all day and yet it feels like you go to dad suring the day to play and at night you eat and sleep with mum. I swear Xavier thinks i'm his mobile bed.
Whenever I have lots of egg yolks left over from making things, i cook the dogs an omlet (I don't like eggs) they love it.
We have been having wind problems too, just one of the reasons Xave won't sleep. I think he is hooked on infants friend. he see's the bottle and gets cranky if we take too long to give it to him.
Ok the pool for when avaleigh walks is open, i'm going for 9 months!! Nathan apprently walked at 9 months.

Nicki, we are between puree and mash, 'cause he got fussy for a few weeks, but he has had the canned stuff with beef, chicken and lamb, and he has had mum made with chicken too. I've been giving xave melon banana and apple for a few weeks now and he loves it but mainly just sucks it. We do have to fish it out of his mouth but the cold melon must feel good on his gums. he has also been sucking on vegemite on toast for a while now, and has tried fruitless hotcross buns too oh and we just tried some cheese this weekend.
Xavier got frustrated with the fresh food feeder, so he just has it in his hands.

Nay, Xavier likes chips too, I have been sucking the salt off before i give them to him.

Hey, A lot of you have mentioned that your bubs aren't feeding very well on milk anymore, Could that be 'cause they are slowly cutting back. Xavier has cut back to about 4 feeds per day, sometimes 5.

Megan, have you tried just reducing the tea, or maybe having it earlier? I have found that xavier won't drink if I try to feed him before he is absolutley ready, which can be really difficult in the night 'cause he is so tired he fusses to no end. I guess I am kind of lucky though, 'cause I bf I've found that if I can get him to sleep I then dream feed him.

Smcgt, You mentioned that you use the old babyfood jars and freeze them. I have been keeping some food jars myself to use for similar purposes. Did you know you can actually use those jars like preserve jars. You just need to sterilize first, then fill with vegies or fruit, I wouldn't put meat in though for this, then you put the lids on and put them upside down in water and boil the jars. The heat sucks the little button back in and seals them. You can then keep them in the cupboard.

Well it seems like it's been a toothy week!! Xaviers has just scratched the surface. it's broken through, and hopefully won't go back in. I am crossing my fingers that some teeth will come in and and then I might get my little boy who sleeps through the night back again. Yet I'm not holding my breath when you consider how many teeth they get in the space of 2 years, I can't imagine there will be many times when teeth aren't on the way.

Well the boy has been aslepp for about 2 hours, so I am expecting that he will probably wake up any minute, yet will be extreemly happy if he doesn't.
I might make myself a hot milo and jump into bed.

Night all.

[Jas]

jUST A REALLY QUICK POST

Lots of teeth comingout this weekend

Rebecca, Wow I didn't realise you could leave them in the cupboard then how handy will start doing some!

[XRMummy]

Rebecca- Thanks for that lil bit of info ill be doin that i mite just put vegies in one jar and put them away n ill put just meat in the others n freeze them they dont take long to defrost......

Everyone else has bubs with teeth I WANT A BABY WITH TEETH..... i can see his 2 front bottom teeth at the front of his gums they have been in the same spot for about 2 months n dotn seem to be moving... they mite be bothering him coz he chews on EVERYTHING including SHOES of all things oh n toes i swear he has a shoe n foot fetish
well ill be back later this afternoon i have to get ready as im taking DD and a friend to the movies to see step up 2 (wat is it with 7yr old girls and dance movies LOL) and bayleigh is staying with a friend while i take the girls so yay a break fo me longer then an hour this will be the first time in 8 months i wander how i will go LOL
anyway ladys best be off
have a great day
sarah