Babies Born July 2007 #20

[August]

Nay ~ Link sounds like he is going great, you must be so proud of him. Do you often think back to his NICU days when you look at him? I do that with Lucas. We usually feed Lucas his milk bottles (ends up on the floor otherwise) but we try and encourage him to hold his own water or juice.

Janno ~ Yay on Liam crawling and pulling himself up! Hope you had a nice rest too.

Megan and Sarah ~ Hope the boys colds are getting better.

Nicky ~ I spelt your name wrong before sorry I have a good friend that spells it that way! How is Lachlan?

I'm admiring your decision to have a surprise wedding ATM too Nicky. My original plans of a tiny wedding with only the 3 of us in the south pacific has gone out the window.
Our parents wanted to come (couldnt say no) so we decided on a Lord Howe Island wedding to save everyone getting passports, then our brothers and sisters started talking about coming too so we decided to be done with it and have the wedding here with an island honeymoon. A far cry from our original no fuss plans.

BUT I have found the perfect spot for the ceremony and reception, it is a beautiful beach house on 28 acres and is exactly what I was looking for, for our now 50max guestlist. (If you want to have a look blissbeachhouse.com.au/photos.html).

Bye for now xox

[~*Niadalla*~]

hehe thanks AMM. Yeah lach's going well. The #2's still aren't fantastic but aere better than they were... just dont want to be relying on coloxyl drops, and have his bowel get lazy.

The wedding is coming along well. We have decided to tell parents, as this is the first family wedding and probably the only one for quite a few years, Adam and I are both the oldest.
ANys, Telling mum tonight. Can't wait No other family members know, and no other guests.
We have the venue and celebrant booked, my engagement ring adam found on the weekend, so will pikc that up next week all going well, my friend is making my dress, so going down for first fitting etc next weekend. It's starting to come together. I don;t care if noone but family turns up.... as Long as Adam and I get married, that's ll that matters to me Looking very forward to it though
We organise photographer next week.
Amm - That beach house is gorgeous!!! WOW!


Well Lach's teeth are giving him hell again.... 7th and 8thhave cut through again (albeit on some toys at another mums house... lol.... blood all over the toy). They are only just through, tiny little spikes, but enough to have him pretty cranky.

Oh and he stood on his own for a few sconds the other night! OH NO!!!!!! I don't want that yet! lol

anys, its freezing cold, and I have to get ready to go out. Have a good one all

[mrscricket]

Hi girls! Not sure if this post is going to work - I think my computer has a virus, it's running super super slow and is so frustrating!
Just wanted to say hi and hope everyone is well.
AMM - the house is seriously gorgeous! I love it and it looks like the perfect spot. I love all this wedding talk! Nicky - you sound nice and organised already - keep us updated. I love weddings!

How is all the day sleeping going for everyone? T seems to be cutting back to about 1 and a half hours in the morning and about 45mins to 1 hour in the afternoon. It seems to be working well though. Sleeping through again, thankgod! The only night he wakes is a Wednesday night when i have been at work that day, I think he needs to fill his cuddle quota!

The little muffin is awake so no time for any more personals. Everything is going pretty well here - crawling properly, standing, attempting to walk (boo hoo), eating pretty good, bottles going much better than they were. Sarah - Tom won't hold his, if we try to make him he just tips it upside down.
Jan - I know what you mean about getting sick of the same book. Tom is obsessed with It's Time for Bed. I brought him a great one from work called Ten Little Glow Worms that has flashing lights etc, but it is always straight over to the other one. His latest trick is when I say "what noise does a bird make', he says "Wack wack wack". DH is devastated - he keeps saying "He won't say Dad, but he will quack like a duck" .

Well, better be off. Not sure when I will be back due to computer - it is driving me nutso so I hope everyone has a

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

[Megan76]

Well my poor little pumpkin has a chest infection...he sounds awful, with a shocking cough and raspy breathing. Strangely enough even though he was worse yesterday it was the first night in a week we didnt have to get up to him, he was coughing all night though. He is happy during the day though, just a bit clingy by the afternoon.

Em - Lucas does a morning and afternoon sleep of between an hour and an hour and a half usually. He survives on that and is in bed by 7pm each night! The "wack wack" is so cute!!

Nicky - sounds like the wedding plans are going great guns! Good luck with it all, its such a fun time!
I cant believe how many teeth Lach has!

August - the beach house looks ace, i hope it all works out how you want it to!

Just wondering what all the bubs are being fed these days? Not sure if i am moving on enough with Lucas and not sure what to give next, especially with finger food?? What are you guys giving for lunch these days? Also, Lucas still rarely stands on flat feet he is always on his toes, so he will never walk if that doesnt change, should i be worried??

Well i will be off i need to have a break in case we have a long night!!

[BhoysGirl]

Sarah - poor little Bayleigh, how's his cold going? Hopefully he's feeling better by now. And how's the walking going, any more steps??


Jess - any sign of those teeth yet? I hope Ethan's still giving you some long night sleeps. The MS just sucks though, at least you know that it does actually end...

Nay - it's great to hear that Link is doing so well, and learning so many things. Even with a full-termer, I still occasionally worry about the speed at which Liam is or isn't doing things, so it must be really gratifying to have Link doing the same thing as kids that should by rights have been a bit older than him. They're amazingly clever really.

August - what a gorgeous venue for your wedding. I am looking forward to hearing lots of your planning stories, weddings are so exciting.

Nicky - how did your Mum take the news?? You sound like you're super-organised. And how's the standing going (Lachlan's, not yours )

Em - the quacking would be adorable to hear, and very clever. It's funny how they get obsessed by one book. Although I think I've managed to break the green sheep hold - we borrowed "where's Spot" from the library, and have to say it's an absolute winner. Don't know what it is, but there's something about it that really engages him, and I'm quite sure that when we do the bedtime routine now he looks for it. I have so many books lined up that I'm dying to read to him, but which are just a bit too "wordy" for him at the moment. My latest favourite is a newish release one called "Cork on the Ocean" by Mark Somerset. It's a gorgeous story, and lovely metaphor for life really. Liam also loves one by William Bee called "and the Train goes..." It's lots of fun to read. Sorry, am obsessed with kids books at the moment...

Megan - any news on the house yet? We're still pretty slow with food. He gets Rafferty's garden cereal from the green packed mixed with apple for breakfast, although we have got the apricot/banana flavour to try. For lunch, I'm now doing a slice of wholegrain bread (sometimes toasted, sometimes not) half of which I spread with avocado, the other bit with vegemite. He prefers the avocado at the moment. I've also been giving him bits of cheese, just cut from a block of normal cheese, no fancy kid-cheese for us. So either tasty cheese, or the old-fashioned Kraft Cheddar in the blue box. He's not fussed about the cheese, but I'm working on the basis that one day he'll go yum... Lunch is a finger food experience. Then for dinner he gets my super vegie mix (sweet potato, carrots, zucchini, broccoli, corn, leek, cauliflower) mixed with either pumpkin/chicken or pumpkin/steak, and sometimes with a cube of potato as well. I usually mix through some cous-cous (cos it's sooo easy to prepare) or pasta or rice (if we've had rice for our dinner). Sometimes I melt cheddar cheese through this mix as well, but not always, cos I want him to eat plain vegies happily. Depending on what his appetite is like I'll sometimes offer an extra teaspoon or so of apple mixed with plain yogurt for dessert. I'm using the Jalna Bio-dynamic Natural yogurt, with a red lid, as it's not low fat and I think is a little creamier than the Paul's natural yogurt. I was initially sceptical that he'd eat the yogurt, but he's definitely coming around to the idea. If I taking him out and know that he might be stuck in his pram for a while, then I usually take some broken up pieces of rye cruskit, which he likes to chew on. However, having typed all of that, Liam's been really slow when it comes to being interested in food, so some of the others will probably have better experiences/ideas. Regarding his tippy toes, I wouldn't be worried exactly, but I'd probably be getting it checked out, and not just by a normal GP, I'd want a paed to have a look.

We've had a long day so far. Liam woke at 3.30 last night (hmm, and that's different because?? I hear you say ....) but he did this weird "I'm going to be sick" convulsion, but then didn't, but he did have a temp that I measured at 38.7, and was really pale & sad. And so that's been my day really, a couple of doses of Dymadon, a trip to the drs, and then more doses of Nurofen. He's sleeping now, and temp seems to have gone down, so fingers crossed he has a good nights sleep, poor little tacker.

And a bit of a "secret", mainly because it feels a bit weird to be writing it, but there is the possibility that there will be some shopping for bling tomorrow (health of child permitting), of the left ring finger style, so that it a bit exciting really. We're not telling anyone until we've got the ring sorted out, but everyone here knows that the "not telling" clause doesn't apply to BB buddies!!

Take care everyone, and hope that everyone's first live Mother's Day is really really special.

[XRMummy]

janno27- Bayleighs cold is heaps better now i just need to stop his runny nose.... Bayleigh like the washing basket too, Even better a full washing basket with nicely folded washing in it as he likes to empty it all out on to the floor then plays peek a boo by putting clothes over his head LOL

Megan76- Bayleigh eats 1 1/2 weetbix for breakfast and for lunnch he can have either a vegimite sandwich or fruit jelly or pasta but he prefers the sandwich as he can feed himself, Also bayleigh stood on his tippy toes when he first started standing but he soon learnt to stand flat footed

Em- Bayleigh is about the same as T for his day sleeps, Very clever on T making Wack Wack Wack sounds. Bet it sounds very cut3

Nicky- How did you mum take the wedding news? Is she excited? I bet she would be
OMG on the teeth... Wish bayleigh had that many

AMM- The beach house is gorgous

Nay23- Bayleigh has been holding his own bottle since he was about 5 months old.. We lay him on the flip out Couch and he just lays there and drinks his bottle Only really plays with it if he isnt thirsty or he is sick... If he is sick i cuddle him and feed him but he gets grumpy with that as he is LIL MR Independant

TOJ- Hows the M/S going? That is the worse thing about being pregnant i reackon.....
YAY on Ethan sleeping 13 hours how awesome.. But its always the way they sleep well when you have a crap night...

Well as for us

WE HAVE A TOOTH
It came through yesterday i found it when he decided to chew on my fingers LOL i was sooo excited its only taken us 9 and a half months but we have gotten there

Bayleigh also took 5 steps on thursday it took him over a min to take the 5 steps as he steadyed himself up a couple of times
I have started to organise Bayleighs birthday LOL i know its still over 2 months away but i have a lot of family that live in melb actually all my family live in melb except my mum n 2 of my brothers and chris' aunts n cousins live in shepperton so i have to give them plenty of time to save and organise things.... really only reason im sending invites soon is so people cant use the excuse "We didnt have enuff notice" coz i know few of them will use it
I think i have found the cake i will make ( i have made everyone of my DD birthday cakes n 2 of DStepS cakes ) but i cant decide whether to do Thomas or a Car.....

Well better head off Children want food
Sorry if i missed any of u in the personals i know i did but there is just sooooo many of them LOL so once again im sorry if i missed you

Hope you all have a good weekend and hope you have a
FANTASTIC MOTHERS DAY Tomorrow

Sarah

[mrscricket]

Computer seems to be temporarily behaving so jumping on quickly. Jan!! How exciting! Here's hoping Liam is ok and you can do the shopping!
And Jess - happy birthday for Friday (I think I have the right day). I knew it was your birthday but couldn't get computing working. Hope you had a great day xx
Happy Mother's day to everyone else