Babies Born July 2007 #19

[CrystalBoo]

Thanks Raels and August. I did take fenugreek back in the first weeks and you're right, it does work well. I'm just on so many supplements at the moment for Autie and her eczema (fish oil, BF Gold and a herbal tonic) that the thought of taking more just made me go 'blerghhh'. But I should definitely do it for her sake so I will get some tablets today if I can.
August you're right about the sleep too. That's the reason DH put up no fight at all about co-sleeping as he understands she needs proper rest to be healthy...but boy, she is a restless sleeper! Last night we both got head butts and kicks to the stomach quite a few times LOL
Sounds like smiley Lucas is doing really well August. Like you, we haven't pureed for a while but are still freezing in cubes, makes meal times quick and easy. Hope you manage to get some work done today.
Happy to hear Oli is feeling better Raels. That's good that the nurofen worked for him. He must be close to the 9m mark too BTW

[XRMummy]

Hi girls just a quick question for those of you that are bottle feeding.... Are you still sterlising bottles, dummies? i stopped yesterday after talkin to a few friends as i couldnt remember when i stopped with my DD so i thought i would ask you lovely ladys

hopefully be back later if not tomorrow
have a good night

Sarah

[Meluchja]

Hey Sarah,
I'm pretty sure you can stop sterilizing after 6 months.

[CrystalBoo]

I haven't sterilized for ages Sarah. Just a good wash with soapy water for bottles and we have dummies lying around everywhere that only get the occasional rinse

[XRMummy]

mornign girls yeah i thought u would have been able to stop at 6 months as they are crawling around n so on well i just wash them now n give them a good rinse.....

well we off to the health nurse this morning 9am app yay cant wait to see how much weight bayleigh has put on and see how much he has grown... We're goin to discuss sleep school to today yay hopefully be able to get in

well better go and do DD lunch for school
hope everyone has a great day
BBL

Sarah

[Ngala]

Hey everyone!!

I've been a bit MIA, I've got a very needy child that only sleeps for 30mins and whenever she is up, wants constant attention. I cant get my hour to myself at the gym today as my car battery has died and got no money to buy a new one! So, I hope I dont go too nutty.

Anyway, gotta go, Avaleigh is whinging about something. BBL hopefully!

[XRMummy]

Hey girls just another quick question MCHN has rung TWEEDLES sleep school in melb for me and bayleigh to attend as they have closed the lil sleep school we had here in mildura so i was wandering if any of you other melb mums n bubs have attended there or heard anything about them?

As for bayleigh he weighed in at 7.8kg hes only put on just over a kg in 2 months so MCHN said to try n give fattier foods to get his weight gain up but i dont think i will as my DD was the same she never gained huge amounts of weight when she was lil but she was very active and so is bayleigh he never stops always climbing and walking and crawling around chasing after the puppy so im not really really worried i think ill just keep doing wat im doing with him
And he is 69cm long he gunna be a shorty just like mum and dad LOL

well better go hes starting to stir
BBL
Sarah

[Megan76]

Morning girls!

Well we are still battling with the milk and cant even get to 100mls at night time. We actually think that its because he's too tired and just wants to go to bed so its not fair to push him. I think we need to somehow change our routine a bit so he has his bottle when he's not so tired but then it moves closer to his dinner so i feel like we cant win! Tonight we are going to try and give him half before his bath and half after and see how that goes!

Sacha - I'm glad things are on the improve having Autie co-sleep...you have to do whatever works for her and the family!!

August - sounds like we have opposites in the drinking department at the moment. Lucas loves his solids but bottles are a different story! How big is your Lucas these days?

V - i hope things pick up with Avaleigh soon and you manage to get some "me" time!!

Sarah - we went to a day stay Tweedle sleep school when lucas was only about 3 months old. We found it really useful to get Lucas to put himself to sleep and havent looked back since!! He sleeps from 7pm to 7am ish (well before daylight savings changed) so we have been lucky in that regard. I would definately give it a go!! How long is it for?

Well the munchkin is awake and squealing to himself so i better go and see what he's up too!!

[Ngala]

Alright! I am back. Avaleigh is having a nap and I have managed to wash my hair. I havent done the breakfast dishes yet, but that can wait, so I can get a little bit of a break from it all.

Megan - I hope you nut out your little milk problem!! The half before bath and half after sounds alright. I guess you just got to try different things and hopefully find something that works.

Hmm.. thats all I have got to comment about this morning! haha I hope everyone else is doing well.

We're OK over here. A little bummed that my car battery is dead cause now we are home bound!! Not sure if we can get a new battery before the end of the week as money is a bit tight. Its hard times here at the moment as Jason's work has really slowed down, so its a bit scarey. They think its going to be slow over the next 6 weeks before it picks up again.... Still unsure of whether I should go back to work or not, neither Jason or I want me to go back, but we will see how the next couple of months go as my position is still being held at my job..

Sleeping through the night here is still really hard!! We are waking up once during the night and it is exactly 6 hours after the last feed. I think that this waking has now turned in to Avaleigh's routine and I dont like it!!! I tried one night to just rock her back to sleep but she woke up 1 hour later, so I fed her and we slept til 6am. I just dont know what to do! I just want to have a full nights sleep!! We have an appt with the child health nurse on Monday, so I hope she has some advise for me.

I got some food questions... when giving bub toast, are you just giving them plain toast? I am afraid of giving Avaleigh plain toast as I find its doing to be dry and she is going to choke on it! She likes her finger foods, had a good ol' munch on some pear yesterday. Thats as far as we have gone... And what is everyone giving their little ones for lunch? I am giving fruit and yohgurt and leaving vegies for dinner, but maybe thinking giving vegies for lunch too?? I think I am going to check out the heinz website!

Well I better go and do these dishes!! And hopefully Avaleigh will still be asleep so I can get on to some of the business's paperwork..

[XRMummy]

Megan76 - As we have to travel 7 hours to melb we are looking at 4 or more days just to make it worth while Not sure when we will be attending as they have to ring me back... The MCHN also has a local lady that deals with sleep study and she should be ringing me this afternoon to make a time so she can come around and have a bit of a talk to me before goin to tweedles... Did it cost anything? if so is it covered by medicare? i have no idea thats why im asking

Also MCHN juist rang me about another centre in melb called the Oconnell early learning centre has anyone heard or been to them?

[Megan76]

Sarah - i have a feeling ours was free, think it was a local gov one but i cant really remember. I am pretty sure there is a cost for the longer stays. I think Tweedle have a website maybe try and google it. I havent heard of the O'Connell one. A guy my husband knows through work did a week long one in Melb, i think it was at one of the hospitals? Anyway he swore by it, their baby started sleeping 12 hours at night and 2 one and half hour sleeps during the day. Personally i would jump at the chance if Lucas was a poor sleeper, it is one of the most important things in our house!!

[jemima]

Hello all

I am at work so just a quick one to say I miss you all and I wish I could find more time to get on BB - but you all know how it is!!

I am LOVING being back at work and the kids have adjusted really well to not having me around for 5 days every fortnight but I miss them all and has made me into a more balanced "nice" mummy!!

I am going to try and have a read of all that has been going on over ther next couple of days so that I can say a proper hi to everyone!

I have to run and do some work and I also need to go and express as my boobs are about to explode!

Talk to youall soon
take care
jem

[jemima]

Whoops double post!

[Ngala]

Oh boy, what a day its been with Avaleigh whinging. I hope that all this comotion has got something to do with teeth coming through and its not just a terror child!! We've had screams at nearly everything - changing nappies, now dinner time!

ARGH - better go save dad from the tears and try feed her myself again..

[Meluchja]

Hey everyone,
Just thought I'd pop in after giving up on the ironing. I swear it's not normal for a man to have more clothes to iron than his wife, lol

To my surprise, Jacks first tooth is about t poke through. I really wasn't expecting it for sometime, since Charlize didn't get hers until 12 months. So yey for Jack.

I found out Jacks fav food tonight. Ravioli, he looovvvveeedddd it!! He ate about 12 squares cut up into quaters. Plus his vege cubes. It kind of makes me sad, he is starting to get over spoon feeding and more into feeding himself. Where has my baby gone????

But on a good note, I mentioned to DH the other day about maybe having another one later on, and he said lets see. So yey!! He didn't say are you crazy. Fingers crossed my pregnancy days aren't over yet.

What is fenugreek? Does it boost your supply? I feel like I need to boost mine. Jack has been playing with me, and I think it's because he isn't getting enough. How do you take it? Can anyone help?

Anyway, as some on you might know. My sister is getting married in May. And she is having a Hucks night the week before when is she is down from Mt Isa. Anyway her friend up there has organised a hens night for her. I really really want to go, but I don't know if it's possible. I would have to express 5 bottles for that weekend alone, then another 2 for the hucks night, then another 3 for the wedding. I don't know if I have enough in me for this. I'm hoping this fenugreek will help. If not, what formula do any of you use to suppliment feed?

Sorry for the lack of personals, I'm just so tired.

Sorry.

[August]

Morning!

Megan ~ Sorry to hear you are having troubles with bottles still. What size teat are you using? I wonder if he would take more at one time if the flow was faster IYKWIM? Does he like sippy cups? I found when Lucas did go off his bottles it was when I was starting to up his food, as in going from 1or 2 meals a day to 3 regular meals a day. I added formula to what I could, custard, cereal, and even ? a scoop in veggies, with a dash of water and thinkened back up with baby oatmeal. If you do this with pumpkin it turns out like a soup! It is stressful when they wont take their milk I know, and I hope it turns around for you soon. 2months ago Lucas was 7.2kg, I'd say he is either just under or over 9kg now, could well be 10kg I'm not sure.

Well cant stay too long, off to work this morning. The teachers were striking yesterday so I had the day off but back into it today.

Have a great day everyone!

[XRMummy]

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO Bayeligh slept from 1030 till 530 he has never done that but the worse thing is i cant remember wat i did different last night (IF i did do anything different) lets hope that he can do it again tonight
well ill be BBL gotta get DD ready for school

[CrystalBoo]

Mel - You can get fenugreek at most chemists or health stores, it's a natural product (seed I think) and it does help to boost supply. The midwife at the hospital told me to start with one tablet three times a day but she did say you can take up to six a day. After asking about formula here just recently and hearing what everyone had to say, I ended up going with the Heinz Nurture Step 2 for Autie because it was the cheapest (and as someone else said, you can work up from there if it doesn't suit you) Anyway, I really didn't think autie would have a bar of it but she drank it without even one funny look. It's possible it has caused some pebble poos but I've been making sure she has plenty of water ( I leave the cup on the floor so she can help herself) and also a little prune juice and we don't have that problem anymore.
I hear you on the self-feeding - Autie loves to feed herself and I have to get the spoonfuls in around it. Sometimes now, she has whole meals of just finger foods. Yey on Jack's first tooth and the maybe-baby

Sarah, great news on the sleep front. Often when I've had a good night,I start thinking about everything I did so I can repeat it, but I think in the end, it's just luck a lot of the time. What worked yesterday, might not today so I end up just sticking with what I always do LOL

V, it does sound like poor little Avaleigh is having a hard time with her teeth. Autie was just the same and has changed back since they have come through. I really recommend the Brauer's teething relief though - you can give it quite often and they take it easily. Autie gets excited when she sees the bottle. Food wise, check out the wholesomebabyfood site - it has some great information and ideas. Give her a chance with the finger food and sit close -she might surprise her mum! (Plus she'll really enjoy it if her teeth are bothering her)

Jem, it's so great that you're enjoying work. Hope it all continue to go well.

Autie has started pointing out things like the fan or her ball when asked which is quite cute. No words yet except an occasional possible 'mum'.

We have a nice rainy day today so hopefully this nap willl be a long one. Better gets some stuff done. Take care.