Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... I just found my dream home.... too bad that it is $1.35M!!
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... I just found my dream home.... too bad that it is $1.35M!!
hehe does Jason really need sleep? he could work a bit more couldn't he?
haha nahhhh he doesnt need sleep!! I will buy him some flood lights so he can work at night! PMSL
Hmm... going to go out for a walk.. I sooo dont want to!
Hi Everyone
Raels- hope that tooth comes through quickly so u guys can get some sleep
Veronica- Tayah is on formula. She has some pereed, some mashed, and has just started some finger foods over the last 2 weeks. Tayah has always slept through the night, except for times when she has been unwell. We do the same as Jas which is a bottle just before she is going to sleep. Not sure if there is a trick to it, my only suggestion which was givin to me when Tayah was 2 weeks old was that if she does wake through the night then just settle her back to sleep without giving a feed, that way she wouldnt get into a habit of waking for a feed. Its worked for us and she's slept through since she was 3 weeks old. Or maybe its just luck :)
Emma, I've mean meaning to tell you I love your daughters name very pretty! Hey also your photo gallery on you website won't come up it says its because u haven't logged on for more than 60days
I have my niece here today and she is in one of those "ask lots of questions' moods - and I have no idea of any of the answers. Questions like "Do Pocket Puppies come in a box?" I don't even know what a pocket puppy is.. I have managed to convince her to watch tv so i can escape and have some BB time!
OK will answer questions here first before my brain fries!
Megan - first of all, your poor MIL! The weather was absolutely shocking yesterday (and not much better today). Tom is still so so with his bottles. He, for some strange reason, will only drink them laying down in his cot. The first few he would hold the bottle, so I thought that was ok but now i have to hold it and in one hand he holds a tube of Bonjela and the other hand he holds an empty Panadol bottle (I was getting desperate to find things to distract him like Lucas!) and he bangs them together. Towards the end he drops them and puts his taggie blanket over his head while he drinks. Super strange - must be DH's genes, not mine! He is only drinking about 120ml at the absolute max, at a time and normally 5 bottles a day. I am a little more relaxed about it, especially after hearing your MCHN said the same as mine. On bad days, I am just adding it into his food as well. He has had gastro for a week now so that is making everything a little more difficult in the food and drinks department. The Heinz baby soup has been a lifesaver. It's the only thing he has been eating.
Work went really well. I just had a training day the other day and got to know the other girls etc, so start my first proper day on Saturday. Working every Wednesday and every second Sat - in a bookshop, not sure if i mentioned that. I can just see my whole pay is going to go on books ;). It was great the other day to leave the house and use my brain for a bit! DH's family looked after Tom on Wed, then DH will have him on Sat and it will be his first day at daycare next Wed. There is actually only one other baby in his room on that day so at least i know he will get lots of attention from the staff!
Ok V - Tom is on 5 bottles a day (formula) at about 120ml for first 3 and usually can get about 150ml for last too. During the day he has them 4 hours apart.
Food - he is still not good with lumps in his food - has a very strong gag reflex! But we are slowly introducing them. Also have started him on finger foods - like toast, cheese wedges, those watercracker biscuits etc. He is good with them - I was actually terrified of him choking but he just seems to suck on it and mush it all up.
Sleep - T normally wakes at about10.30pm for his last bottle. My MCHN counts this as 'sleeping through' as his last bottle is just a roll-over feed, so I will go along with that! He will normally wake and have his bottle, and go back to sleep half way through, so he is only really awake for about 10mins or so. I have found that the best way to get him to have a really good night is to make sure he is in bed just before 7pm. If he is, he normally will sleep until 7am. If i put him to bed any later, I find those are the nights we get a few wakings and he will start to stir from about 6am on wards. The past week or so i have been trying to drag his bed time out until 8pm so that it works out for the daylight savings change over, and I have found he has been a bit unsettled while he has been adjusting to that.
$1.35 million - why don't you buy 2? :cryinglaugh::cryinglaugh::cryinglaugh:. Make sure you have enough change left over to buy a gorgeous outfit for Avaleigh's christening so everyone will look at you and not notice her ugly dress.
Raels - first birthday parties.. Makes me want to cry just thinking about it. Our little muffins are growing up. I want a really low key day, maybe just a bbq with family dropping in. Won't happen that way, i can tell. It wil lbe full on, I just know it. Tom is only a shorty as well - 69cm and about 8.5kg. I think about 3.8kg of that is his hair :D
Ok , better go. Lots of questions to be answered - do I know if she is doing anything on Saturday? How would I know! You have to love a 7 year olds mind! And I have to start tea - it is DH's and mine 4 year wedding anniversary :heartbeat: today. You can tell we are parents now - we just gave each other a card and having a quiet dinner at home.. with my niece who I invited for a sleep over forgetting that it was our anniversary!
Thanks for your answers Jas, Emma and Em!
Emma - I think that you might have a point wit not offering a feed if they wake up during the night because that is what they will expect! Avaleigh started sleeping through the night from 7 weeks and then started waking about 5 months cause she was rolling around, back then I could just put her dummy in and she would settle and go back to sleep. Around 6 months she started pulling herself up in the cot, I would put her down and she would get hysterical, so easiest way was to feed her and she'd be back in bed within 5 or 10 mins. Maybe I should just pull her out for a cuddle instead of a feed...
Girls... I have a delima (sp). I just had a look on seek.com to see what jobs are out there and there is a really really rare opportunity where a home building company is offering a position for a draftsperson that has no experience, so they are going to be doing on the job training. I really want to enquire about it but on the other hand I am not too sure.. I love being at home with Avaleigh but I dont know how much longer I can go on for and this job is a great opportunity!! I might just email them to see if the position is still open, hopefully its been filled and I wont have a delima anymore!
Hello to everyone. we are having our bathroom done, so I've been staying with my parents and haven't really got access to a computer easily, so it's been an enforced BB holiday. We're hoping that we'll be back in our house by the end of next week, so I'll be able to be in touch a little more regularly again. 3.5 weeks so far, although I think builders must live in alternative worlds to normal people, as their concept of time is not the same as my concept of time - the builder told us we?d be without a toilet for 24 hours, or 48 hours max, so far it's 2 weeks and counting ?
Anyway, it's good to have a quick catch up, but so much to catch up on!! It's amazing how many of the kids have been getting teeth. For some reason I thought that heaps of them already had a few, and that Liam was on the slow side, but it seems that the last week has been the week for them - including our first. Liam, bless him, has one so far, the bottom middle left, but the top middle left looks like it's about to break. Which is weird, cos there's no sign of his bottom middle right. I've given up on Baby Panadol, cos he hates the taste of it, and I can't say I blame him. If you haven't had a sip, try it (or not), Panadol is gross (IMO). So I've moved to Dymadon, with Nurofen as a backup. I've been using the Dymadon a bit more as Liam's also got a doozy of a cold, which the Nurofen won't really help with. The downside I'm finding with the teething (aside from a sad child who doesn't sleep for more than 3 hours), is that he's right off food again. Even getting a couple of teaspoons into him is a struggle, but I'm hoping he'll come good once he's feeling better, if only to give me a break from what feels like perpetual BFing.
The other big developments in our lives are that Liam can get himself to sitting without assistance, and is on the verge of crawling properly, as opposed to being super-commando-crawl kid. This is not such a big deal for those of you who have had kids that have been crawling for ages and who are now about to start walking, but given that I spent many months worrying that he was never going to move at all, it's pretty cool. And I'm just loving watching him discover things. Well, not everything, I'd rather he didn't try to pick up insects and put them in his mouth, but I guess that's kids. He had a highly amusing game with an ant the other day - his first "moving" toy. Lucky for the ant Liam's pincer grip isn't quite developed enough, and lucky for Liam it was only a little black house ant, as opposed to a bullant. And I've taught him how to do the "indian" sound, where you pat your mouth while saying aahhh. If he's lazy he just opens his mouth and says "aahhh" and waits for me to do the patting, or sometimes he grabs my hand and pulls it to his mouth and then says "aaahhh", but when he's not being lazy he uses his whole fist to get the noise going. Super cute, if I do say so myself.
We don't have too many words at the moment, he used to have quite a few, but since he's started moving heaps I think that his word development has been swapped for physical development. But we are getting some really clear Dad-dad-dad's. Which is good, cos it means that Dad-Dad-Dad can get up and solve the problem ;), while Mum-mum-mum can rest (or continue on with the housework she was more likely doing)
Anyway, I've been yabbering on for ages, and haven't even done one personal, but I think I might have to leave it for tonight as it's quite late now & I'm knackered. Hope to be hack here sooner rather than later, so I can catch up properly with you all.
Hi,
Jan, It's good to hear from you was thinking about you just before actually! Congrats on the teeth and crawling!
V, one big thing i've learnt so far is that when it comes to motherhood you have to do what works for you and your family and I don't think the idea everyone has of a supermum is right I think any mum is a supermum because this is certainly a hard job! So I think if you want to work and think it'll be best for you guys then go for it!
:doh: Avaleigh developed a cold today! GREAT! Just when I thought things we settling with her, now we have a snotty nose and lots of sneezes woohoo! I've given dimetapp but not going to bother with the baby panadol cause its foul! I tried getting her to sleep early today by bathing at 6.30, which was an hour earlier, but didnt work! Fell asleep while feeding but when I moved her she woke up again.. Oh, I just heard a cry from her room but its all quiet now, hopefully she is asleep!
Jan - good to hear from you! I was thinking about you today... I want to get our bathrooms renovated, we have two, so if and when I do that, hopefully we wont need to move out.
I'm not sure what to do with this work opportunity. I've emailed them to see if its still available and I am kinda hoping its been filled!! It would be nice to work to earn some money again, but I like being at home and we plan to have another baby in the future so maybe that wont fit in to the companies plans.
uh oh.. more cries.. better go!
Hi all.
Questions to answer - Lach is still breastfed. Formula VERY rarely. Mashed and finger foods. Sleeping, well that has never been a strong point, and is so much worse when he is teething:(
We had a bad night last night. He woke every 2 hours. I think a few of the teeth may be coming through more. He is so so hapy during the day, and he sleeps well when he sleeps, he just wakes alot, and when he wakes, he screams:( I hope this doesn't go on much longer. And here I am thinking about TTC#2 in July... yikes! Do I really wanna go through all of this again? LOL
Jan - Good to hear from you again!!! So glad things are going well, and YAY on liam's sitting skills! Lach still needs to be placed in a sitting position, but can get down on his own.
Speaking of Lach, the other night he pulled himself from a sit to a stand for the first time on his own. Crazy! I am hoping this is a one time event, and doesn't happen for a few more months. I couldn't handle him walking for a while yet. LOL
Hope you are all well:)
Be back over the weekend:)
xxoo
Morning girls,
Another shocker of a night here but not as bad as the one before. He woke after 5 hours at 1am with a temp, gave him some panadol and fed him but he was so agitated. He finally went back to sleep at 4 but was awake again by 6. I'm taking him to the doctors a bit later. I know it's just his teeth but if he gets another temp today it will be his third day of it and he hasn't had a checkup since his 6 month needles anyway. But on the up side, the tooth is through!!! :clap: Still can't believe he cut a top one first. Has anyone elses bub's done this? I know it does happen but I've only ever known babies to cut the bottom two first. Will be interesting to see which one pops out next.
Jan - I'm about to give up on the baby panadol too. I tasted it last night and oh my god, that stuff is nasty! It never used to be like that. I think I will try the nurofen too.
Em - Happy Anniversary! Hope you had a lovely dinner. lol at the 3.8 kg of hair, that must be so cute!
Veronica - I'm still breastfeeding and hoping to get to around 18 months. I did want to go to 2 years but I have been rethinking that lately. A 2 year old can be quite a handful and I'm just worried about the clingy/comfort aspect of him still being breastfed then. I hope that doesn't sound harsh, I can't quite put into words what I mean! I love bfeeding and it has become such a huge part of me, I get a bit sad when I think about the day that I will no longer do it. As far as sleeping goes, Oliver is in bed by 7.30 and wakes at 4.30, except weekends when he sleeps in until 5.30 or 6. He is a very light sleeper and gets woken when DF's alarm goes off at 4.30 during the week. He then comes into bed with me, has a feed then back to sleep until around 7. He has been doing this since he was a few months old. Sometimes he does wake up and as he is demand fed I will give him a feed. If he is hungry he will drink and usually it's just a quick top up anyway. Foodwise he is having mashed, with small bits as well, finger foods - toast, crackers, soft fruit and cooked vegies. Hope Avaleighs cold doesn't give her too much grief!
Hello to everyone else, hope you all have a wonderful day!
Raels and Oliver. xo
Back again! I should be cleaning while Oliver is asleep but instead I'm on the internet, again!!!
Well, I learnt something today and um, I feel a little silly! :rolleyes: After 9 years of being a mother I have finally learnt what 'cross cutting teeth' means, exactly what's happening to Oliver, getting teeth in another order instead of the way they normally come through. ie first bottom two then top two is the usual order.
Took him to the doctors and he actually has a virus. His temp was 38.9 and Dr said teething wouldn't make it go that high. He also has a red throat and a slight rash on his tummy. Oh, and the doctor noticed a second tooth just under the gum, a bottom one this time. Just have to keep giving panadol or similar but as panadol is so disgusting I'm going to get him some nurofen or might even try the new Dymadon one.
Anyways, I'm off again.
Wow so much to catch up on.
I just thought I'd quickly pop in to tell my good news, we will have our new car my the 17th (hopefully), I'm so excited. And my revised personalised plates should be arriving soon as well.
Olimoo, sorry to hear about Oliver's virus. Hopefully he will get better soon.
BBL after I make some phone calls.
Hi,
Just a quick post now will be back later for proper personals
Mel, what car are u getting?
Hey Jas, a Toyota Kluger, Black one. Can't wait!! Have you seen the new Sunset design number plates? They are the ones I'm getting. Very nice, purple, pink, orange and black design. I feel like a kid in a lolli shop waiting.
Mel, oh cool how exciting! No haven't seen them but they sound nice!
How are you finding the doula course? I am going to start the optimum birth course this week and I'm really looking forward to it. I am just in love with conception, pregnancy, birth, babies and beyond just find the whole thing amazing and I am really excited about helping women through their journey's. It doesn't even seem like a job does it?! I think I already have a couple of births organised which is very exciting!
Oh yey Jas, another to share the Doula world with. You will love it, and make a great Doula. Oh that's great news, I didn't even know you were interested. I'm currently in talk with another qualified Doula about being back up Doulas for each other, maybe we could make it a trio!!! Anyway, congrats and I can't wait to share things with you. We definately have to meet up now :)
Yey I have been thinking about it for a little while now and it has been in the back of my head since I got preg and I have decided to bite the bullet! Thanks, I think you will be a great doula too actually! That sounds great! Yea we will definitely have to me up we're not too far away from each other especially with your parents at vic pt!
Oh i am over bottles and milk..........:doh:
What's up Megan?
Jas - It was a battle zone at lunch time trying to get Lucas to have his bottle and last night before bed he only had 60mls....cant wait till 12 months when i dont have to stress about it!! I really shouldnt worry cos he has been pretty good this week but it is tough!!
Oh Hun! I know how you feel Noah did that the other weekend hardly dranl anything Lucas will still grow up big and strong and one day you'll probably have to yell at him to stop drinking milk out of bottle!(I mean a big bottle out of the fridge)
Don't stress I have had older ppl tell me how their babies didn't like milk so they just drank juice from newborn and they actually did turn out alright - not suggesting it just saying try to take a step back it will all be ok!
Yeah Megan, there is so many reasons why he might be fussy today. Teeth, growth spurt, sore throat, or just being fussy. I'm sure he will be back to his normal self in no time.
Jas, is right, try not to worry about it so much, I know it's hard, actually very hard. But he will drink when he is ready. And just remember no baby has starved when they have had food or milk offered to them.
I think you have deserved a drink tonight, and or maybe a nice soak in the bath to unwind and relax. Ah, that sounds nice, I should probably take my own advice. :)
Jas, I'm studying with Optimum birth. On my third module. Should probably be finished by now, but sometimes I struggle to find the time or energy to focus on the studies. Slowly but surely I will finish. When are the ladies due you have lined up? Oh and I forgot to say, my sister used to live in Mt Cotton. Maybe we could meet for Coffee and Vic Pt shopping centre one day. GJ is my fav. ummm
Hope everyone is well.
Thanks Jas. & Mel..i know he will be fine i just dont know how much to push it with him when he is just not interested. He can be so happy playing then i try and battle with him to have a bottle and upset him which seems such a waste. The MHN said not to battle with him but i think he still needs a certain amount a day, even though they are getting big they're still babies really! He is still having some so i will try not to worry! The bath and drink sounds like a plan!! Hope you both have a good Sunday! Not quite sure what daylight savings is going to bring for us!
Hey Jas, I just tried sending you another PM and your full, so I can't. I need to ask you something ASAP. Is Kerri that ladies name? I just got an email back from a lady who I emailed a few days ago, but I don't want to butt in if it is her, I will email her back and tell her I'm now unavailable.
morning! I just love the end of daylight savings, because you get an extra hour of sleep. Or not, if you have a baby who doesn't appreciate the wonders of an extra hour. Still, can't complain, he's playing away cheerfully on his mat.
Mel - as my 3yo nephew would say - wow cool for getting a new car, I remember when I got mine a couple of years ago, it's so exciting. You'll have a car with new car smell - yum!
Jas - that's great that you're going to be a Doula too, it must be exciting to be starting out on a new career, especially one that you know will make such a positive difference to your clients.
Megan - isn't it hard work when they're fussy. I also have problems in a way with the amount of food I prepare that then gets thrown out (it feels like such a waste), but I was reading one of the books which said that as parents we control when & what they eat, but that babies always are the ones to decide if and how much. So I'm trying to remember that and chill out a bit more with it. Liam has been particularly disinterested in the last week or so, but then as it turns out he has had a cold (which I now have, and I certainly don't feel like food that much) and he's doing stuff with his teeth a bit. Who knows. I think that maybe as long as you're offering him regular bottles & food, and sticking to the same kind of routine that he will come good. And as the girls have said, in a few years time we'll have eating machines, especially as we have boys!
I have to say though that since his bout of gastro, he has become Mr Chucky McSpew. From being a baby that really didn't throw up that much, he now spews everywhere, and always about 2 minutes after I've put on his good clothes for going out. Already this morning I've cleaned up about 3 little possets, and we've only been up for an hour. Oops, make that 4.
And I've solved a little mystery. A few weeks ago, I noticed a small red spot, with peeling skin on the ball of Liams foot, near the outside. Just put it down to maybe an insect bite, although not sure how he would have got himself an insect bite as I'm pretty careful (and mind you, I was a bit paranoid especially after Jess's adventure with Ethan). Anyway, it didn't seem to bother him at all, but neither did it go away. But how silly am I, I've just been watching him crawl along, and it's a BLISTER, because he plants his foot then uses it to propel himself along.
Better go, feeding time at the zoo is required...speaking of which, what are people giving their bubs for breakfast these days? We're on stewed apple & Rafferty's wholegrain rice cereal, but starting to think that maybe he would like some variation?
Jan - Lucas is having weetbix, farex baby muesli or any of the Rafferty's stuff for breakfast and toast (not that much actually goes in!) for breakfast. I am giving him anything i can put formula in to boost his mls up a bit for the day!! I hope the families cold get better soon!!
Well lucas has 150mls of his bottle last night and the whole 240mls this morning so hopefully he is on the rise again....changes all the time so i wont hold my breath but thats it, no more stressing (till next time!!)
Unfortunately Lucas didn't get the concept of daylight savings! We managed to put him to bed later last night but he still woke at the same time which is the new 6.30am. Mummy doesnt like anything before 7am so i hope he sorts it out this week!! :D
Hi Ladys
Well Bayleigh has had a crap few nights... Im soooooooooooooooooo over gettin up every hour thank god we have MCHN appointment on tuesday for his 8 month check and we're goin to discuss sleep school... i have had 2 nights in over 8 months where i havent had to get up more then once through the night..... DP isnt any help he says he doesnt wake to him crying but i know he does and he P*$$es me off that he doesnt try to help.. i know he has to get up to go to work through the week but he can see that im falling into a heap but yet he still chooses not to help me he isnt even any help when he cusm home from work while im trying to get 2 kids feed cook us our dinner bath the 2 kids put the kids to bed sit down to eat my cold tea then do the dishes hang the washing out that i forgot to hang out in the afternoon GRRRRRRRRRRR he just sits on his laptop looking at EBAY
Sorry ladys i didnt cum on here to vent but it turned out to be that way sorry
Anyway
Bayleigh had his first try of weetbix today and he loved it so that will be breakfast from now on he has only been havin farex mixed with pureed apple...(i was tryin to use it all before tryin him on other things)
OHHHHHH and he stood alone last night for almost a min he has stood alone a few times but only for a couple of seconds n lastngiht he did it and he was gettin excited with himself as DD was goin good boy and clapping at him im so surprised he didnt fall down and then tonight DP came home from droppign DstepS back to his mother Bayleigh was standing next to the couch n DP kneeled about 2 foot away from him and bayleigh turned around n went to take a step but fell flat on his face
Well once again sorry for the vent hope you all and your bubs had a fantastic weekend
im gunna go and watch greys in bed and then try and go to sleep before the waking begins again
nite nite all
Sarah
Evening All :hello:
I have been lurking lately but trying to keep up with everyone.
Raels - How is Oli? It's not nice when they're sick is it? Touch wood, Autie hasn't been sick since her first week even though her cousin, who is 15m, is constantly ill with something - at the moment it's croup. I'm really hoping she doesn't get it. How did the pain relief go? If you're having trouble, I'm a Brauer's fan and they make a pain and fever relief one too. I've only tried the teething relief and it tastes like weak cordial so I'm assuming the fever one isn't bad either. Thanks for the hug BTW :)
Nicky - Yey on the standing! I hope you get your wish but I suspect once he gets a taste for it there'll be no stopping him.
Mel - You must be excited about your new car and plates. And a nice family car it is too. Don't be hard on yourself about your studies, it's awesome enough that you're doing it at all. I couldn't imagine doing assignments with just one, let alone two.
Megan - Try not to worry - easier said than done I know. Babies listen to themselves much better than we do and he will know what he needs instinctively IMO.
Em - Great to hear your job is starting off well for you. It would drive me crazy working in a bookstore and seeing everything I want to read every day! My goal is to have a house with a full-on old fashioned library with books to the ceiling...mmmm, cue dreamy smile. What kind of child care is Tom having that he's the only baby? Is it family day care?
Jan - Isn't it amazing the way babies are so determined that they will ignore a pain to do what they want? I know I'd give up on something real fast if it was giving me a blister - I hate being uncomfortable LOL Tough little Liam. Breakfast for us is usually a half or whole avocado (depending on appetite) with maybe some prunes or banana or a small amount of organic cornflakes. She's on a restricted diet ATM and is not really supposed to have any grains but she loves them so much that I paid $6 for a small packet without any additives or sugar. Previously, she would have any of the Rafferty's plus toast and vegemite.
Jas - Good luck with your new studies. Hope you really enjoy it all.
Autie has had two (hopefully 3 now) nights with a four hour stretch at the start before doing the two hourly thing. I think the teeth had a lot to do with it plus I have decided to stop stressing so much and go with the flow so yesterday we packed up our bed frame, baby-proofed our room and allowed her to co-sleep for the second half of the night. I think that emotionally, it's really helped her. Not only is she sleeping better at night (and hopefully will continue to improve) but she's also doubled her daytime naps lengthwise (in her cot) and her eczema is improving. Yey.
I have found I can bear the chewing-on-the-nipple pain better when I lie down to feed so I haven't given up BF just yet though we are still offering formula a couple of times a day.
Gotta run, that's all from me for now. Ciao. :)
Sacha - I have been thinking about you. I wanted to let you know that I have started on fenugreek and it is awesome! If you are still worried about your supply then I would definitely give it a go. With Oliver being sick this past week, and his feeding being all over the place, and me hardly having any sleep I felt my supply drop. I only started taking the tabs yesterday morning - one, 1000mg tab, 3 times a day - and the improvement in my supply is unbelievable. Not only has it boosted the milk, my letdown is coming way faster - something a teething, frustrated, cranky baby needs! And thanks, Oli is getting better. His sleeping improved last night, although he spent most of it in our bed, but we all needed the sleep so it was the way to go. And no more temps! I ended up going with the nurofen and it worked really well. Hope it all goes well with Autie, you are doing a wonderful job with her! And HAPPY 9 MONTHS!!!!
Hi everyone, Hope you all had a good weekend. It's cold and looks like the rain has set in here for the day which makes me feel like doing a whole lotta nothing! I have a uni assignment due today which needs more work though. :doh: We had the triathlon here yesterday and the tv chopper was hovering directly over the house most of the day, made it hard to concentrate (excuses, excuses!).
Sacha and Mel thats great news about BF. Fenugreek tea is yum and very effective too. 1 tsp seeds per cup of boiling water makes a very nice fragrant tea. Also sacha it makes sense to have Autie co-sleeping with you, it would certainly help heal her eczema if she could get the extra rest.
As for food here these days, I am being eaten out of house and home which I know is the opposite of some bubs at the moment. Lucas has a huge appitite and is eating double the food he was this time last month. As for milk, he has 250ml on waking and before bed, and usually 2x 150ml bottles, before morning nap and before afternoon nap. As you can imagine he is also growing ALOT. I'm not pureeing anything anymore, but I'm still cooking up everything in bulk and freezing in ice cube trays.
Opps, I can hear someone looking for his breakfast now!
Will try and BBL!
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
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
Hey Sarah,
I'm pretty sure you can stop sterilizing after 6 months.
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 :redface:
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
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! :doh: So, I hope I dont go too nutty.
Anyway, gotta go, Avaleigh is whinging about something. BBL hopefully!
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
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!!