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Hi everyone,
I've been reading but not posting. Have had a huge week and a half with Oliver teething. :wall: :wall::wall: Finally they have cut :dance::dance::dance: He now has 8, and I've gotta say I am REALLY not looking forward to the next lot. I totally recommend the Hyland's Teething Relief tablets though - they are GREAT!!!! He is now back to his normal self.
Jas - I may have said it before but a huge Congrats to you!!
Jess - Congrats on another boy!! Hope you are feeling well. And good luck with the Placenta Praevia - I had it with Oliver but thankfully it moved up enough for me to give birth naturally.
Danni - Best of luck with the new business!! Must be very exciting for you and DH!
Hi there BhoysMum ;) - How is Liam? Hope he is getting better. Could it be teeth?
Megan - Oliver only has one sleep and maybe another in the car when I do the school run. He does get a bit grumpy in the late afternoon but still goes off to sleep around 8.
Sacha - you crack me up. Yes those men are a bit girly but so very strong at the same time! Good luck with Auties haircut and wow it sounds long! I think it will be quite a while before Oliver gets one.
Well we had some really bad news here this week. My nieces husband passed away on Tuesday. He was only 24. He suffered from Muscular Dystrophy and has been in a wheelchair for most of his life. It's so devestating. They have 2 beautiful kids, a daughter who is 3 and a son who is 15 months but my niece is also 20 weeks pregnant with their third. They got married in January. The funeral is Monday which is also the anniversary of my Dad's death so it's gonna be a hard for all the family. My family all live in NSW and the last time I went down was for the wedding, which was very emotional in itself as everyone knew what was coming in the future.
On a happier note though my good friend had a baby a couple of weeks ago! She actually is the one that introduced me to BB. She has suffered some devastating losses, one at 18 weeks and another at 35 plus a few miscarriages. She now has a beautiful baby boy though. I am so very happy for them. I haven't seen him yet as they live a few hours away but are actually coming to visit tomorrow. :dance: I can't wait!!
Which means, I should be off so I can get up early and clean the house!
Take care girls. xo
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Evening ladys,
Megan- we are only giving Bayleigh one sleep a day now he is coping ok with it.. Hope you sort out the whole sleep things sooner rather then later... Im so glad Bayleigh is sleeping lots better then wat he was a few months ago where he was waking every hour....
Jan- That is way funny about liams cappianio sound LOL Hope liam gets better soon...
Packing is coming along LOL I have a G/F coming over on the weekend to help me as Chris is going to the new house to try and finish putting thr TURBO on his XR6 as we sold my car 2 weeks ago and we need the XR on the road as im using his car.... As for the poo's he is still doing them in the bath but last night he didnt YAY He nto keen on the shower idea he freaks out when the water sprays over his face so not sure wat else to do.... Also you asked about tooth brushes... We give bayleigh his tooth brush in the bath everynight and have done so since he got his first tooth he loves it spec if chloe is in the bath as he copies her he not fussed on the taste of tooth paste but...
jas- bayleigh is sitting along the 2nd bottom line in the graph LOL he hasnt hit 9kg yet but we will get there one day.. Good that Noah's went well for his needles bayleigh screamed last time so i no doubt say he will agian this time.... I hate taking him for them but Chris gets all funny around blood and things like that so i have to do it...
Jess- Congrates on another Lil Boy...
Well we went to our first Playgroup session today and bayleigh LOVED it he thought the doll and pram was the best thing there LOL he did his first drawing on a placemat that they had as an activity so that will be a nice lil keepsake..
Does anyone else hate when a tradesperson says they will be at your house at a certain time and the NEVER show up ????? GRRRRRRR i was meant to have a Carpet cleaner guy cum out this arvo to give me a qoute to have the carpets done wen we move out and i raced home from play group and he NEVER showed up i was so tempted to ring him but i thought nah stuff it you have already lost my buisness so he can go and jump...
Bayleigh has said sum new words this week.. He is trying really hard to say Shoes... he says hello Clear as day its very cute, he finds his toys or anything and says "des tis" There it is... Its all very cute...
Well im gunna go and watch sum olypmics
Sorry if i misssed anyone
Sarah
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Hi all sorry I haven't posted in a while.
Olimoo - so sorry to hear about your nieces husband, that is SO sad. I hope she gets through this ok and you and your family also :hug:
I have been very busy with Olivia, outings and doing a bit of work from home which is on the computer doing data entry so I am SO over the computer by the end of it.
Olivia is great, I skimmed over a few posts (DH needs PC so I have to be quick - I told him to get me a bourbon then I will be quick lol). I am tossing around with her sleeps as well as she seems to want 1, so when I skip 1 sleep she cracks it and gets tired - go figure most days. I feel bad, I haven' t been using a toothbrush and she has 3 fully up and 3 1/2 way up so I should start tomrorow.
I love it when they kiss things hey? Livvie kisses everything in sight! All her books, pictures of the wiggles - I even told her to kiss the phone (was talking to DH) and she did!
Jas and Jess - congrats on the pregnancy guys! Hope all goes smoothly for you both!!
Q? - Do your bubbas feed themselves with spoons yet? I still tend to feed Olivia all meals (apart from finger stuff).
I hope everyone 1st birthdays went well!
Hope everyone is well.
Lis and liv xxxx
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Yay! Lots of posts to catch up with and reply to - but I don't have time! We've been down this morning and had tax done (lovely refund! Shopping time?) and gotten hair cuts for my boys who were both starting to look on the male gymnast side. Now we are about to head off for 4 days on a family weekend to a beach house mum and dad have hired. Weather is absolutely crap but will be fun (and hectic) having whole family there! Catch up next week! Hope everyone is well. So sorry for not doing personals but have only skimmed the posts. Will do properly n/wk xx
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Hey Everyone :hello:
How is everyone? I'm great - its a beautiful sunny 20 degree day today and the weekend is going to be an even better 23 degrees!! I might take the family out for a picnic :) I must say, I have the best toddler in the world!! She has been perfect since getting over her ear infection - is eating heapsm drinking all her milk, going down to sleep all by herself and no rocking needed from me and I have been told she has been great at her nanna's house too. But I know all too well that we will have about a week of pure bliss and then it will be turned upside down cause teeth are coming through!! So I am trying to make the most of these perfect days :D
Lis - Avaleigh doesnt feed herself yet, I am still spoon feeding whatever is needed but she is having heaps of finger foods that she holds herself. I need to buy some plastic baby plates and cultery and I might try and get her to start but I think that its better me doing it cause there is no mess after it all! Are you brushing Olivia's teeth?! Wow, I never even thought about brushing teeth!!
Sarah - thats great that your first playgroup went well. :)
Raels - sorry to hear about your nieces husband, not good at all :hugs: I hope she gets through it all OK
Sacha - hopefully you are going to have a little olympic swimmer there!!! I think when summer comes around I might start swimming lessons with Avaleigh - we should be right with money then too so would be a good thing to start. I wish Avaleigh's hair was long!! I want to clip it and tie it up but there is nothing really there - its mostly at the back of her head and really really thin, Mum said that her hair is exactly like mine was.
Dani - busy busy girl!!! I hope your move goes really well and that everything in the business goes well too, remember, they first 4-5 years are the hardest!! What sort of business did you guys buy?
Jess - congratulations on the boy!!! Now you can start thinking about names - how cool!!! I cant wait to go through that all again but then I can wait! ;)
Well thats as far as my post go back. Hello to everyone else and hope you are all well!!
There has been some talk about day sleeps so I thought I would put my two cents worth in... Avaleigh is only have 1 sleep a day with me (not sure what her nanna does but I think its just 1 sleep too). I've just been letting her go until she gets super tired which is around 11.30am and I give her a bottle and she will sleep for over an hour. Some days she doesnt have a sleep during the day and she is fine. She goes down for her night sleep at 7pm, which is great cause its gives mummy and daddy some time together at the end of the day.
So who here is brushing bub's teeth?? I never really thought about doing this until all the teeth are through but would make sense to start introducing it now - gotta go out and get a tooth brush I think!
Work is going good for me, some days are boring and other days are not. I want to try and get out of the office more so might talk to my boss about that in a couple of weeks time. I havent heard anything about the nightfill job at coles so not sure what is happening there. Would be good to do but then I am happy to not do it either, but the extra money would be handy.
Anyway, I better make some lunch and got some phone calls to make while Avaleigh is sleeping.
BYE BYE!
Oh I forgot something!!! My good GF's baby is due in September but unfortunately her girl is breeched and is not going to turn so she is booked in for a c-section on the 21st of August. She is pretty upset about it but with my reassurance I told her that it doesnt matter how she comes out cause she will be in your arms soon! Anyway, I just wanted to ask those that had a c-section what sort of tips/info can I give her to help along with the first few weeks?? I have absolutely no idea what the pain would be like and how much you can and cant do so would be good to get some info of you guys to bring to her on Tuesday. THANKS!!
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OMG - I am having the worst day ever with Liam. Is it possible that a 13 month (or nearly) can hate his mum? Cos it sure feels like it today. We've still got temp issues, with the added bonus of a couple of vom's overnight, and he's completely rejected BM all day, which I'm finding very devastating. Combined with massive tantrums, and just fighting me over everything. THe only thing that has made him "happy" was a bit of vegie toast, followed by some stewed apple, so at least I know he's not starving. I'm feeling awful, cos by about 2.30 I'd just had enough, so he was put to bed in his cot & allowed to scream. Which he did, although he did go to sleep after about 5 minutes. I'm so not into cc, but today, I almost don't care, he's being so awful. And Pat's not going to be home until at least 7.30, cos of some mandatory work thing he has to go to in the city. I don't begrudge him this, cos he rarely goes out without me, but of all the days....
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Oh Jan...i hope you're ok! You did make me laugh though, i hope that's not bad of me!! Lucas often hates me!!
We had our first case of blood tonight....it was horrible. Lucas slipped and hit his forehead on the corner of a handle on the coffee table. He has a really deep gash. We took him to doc and they have put a couple of steri strips on but may have to go back for stitches if he pulls them off. He was a trooper, DH and i were devastated! Its horrible to look at cos there is heaps of blood pooled in the steri strips. My poor little munchkin!!
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:hug: Jan. He could never hate his bestest mum! Maybe he is unwell and the doctor didn't pick it up? Or it wasn't fully progressed enough yet to? Could be teeth? That might make him stop BF if it hurt in some way. Apples are great for upset tummies, so if that's what he wants let him go for it I reckon. Autie likes cold, grated apple if that helps at all. (Probably nice on sore gums too I imagine) Actually, Autie was like that a couple of weeks ago, come to think of it - off food and tantrums all over the place. I started dosing her up with the Brauer's teething relief and panadol and she came good, though no teeth have made an appearance. Who knows with these kids?! Hope you both get relaxed again really soon :hug:
V, I have been brushing Autie's teeth since they came through, at bathtime. I don't use toothpaste - it's really bad for their tummies if they swallow. You can use a clean washer or finger too, to get them started and used to it if you want. As for the CS, I was super looking forward to a natural waterbirth but honestly, now I'm almost glad I didn't - you get to keep your girly bits intact! LOL Seriously, there is some pain for a few days and a little hard to move around, but it's bearable. One thing is clothing rubbing on your scar but that's something you'd just have to work out with your own wardrobe. And tell her not to believe the people that say you can't drive for 6 weeks or you won't be insured - it's not true, and she'll probably want to drive much sooner than that. I was BF within 20mins of her being born and it was all just as exciting as I thought a normal birth would be. Anyway, the objective is to have a healthy baby in your arms, how it gets out isn't really relevant in the end.
Lis, Autie has a go with a spoon in yoghurt or something else that generally sticks to the spoon. I only give her a little at a time to experiment with though, cos it is messy. :)
Sarah, yes tradespeople are hard to like sometimes! (no offense to anyone) Being late I can grudgingly understand, but not turning up at all is just rude. How clever Bayleigh is with his talking. All I get at the moment is 'sssstaaaar' (or versions of it) LOL
Raels, how sad for your niece :( She must be a brave person indeed. I hope she has a lot of support around her to lend a hand with a new bub on the way. And oh, I can't imagine how awful it must be to lose a baby at 35 weeks! Soooo close. I'm very happy she has had a healthy bub.
Autie has conjunctivitis today. The chemist said it's going around at the moment because it hasn't rained for ages. She's got some drops which we have to perform all sorts of tricks to get into her eyes.:rolleyes:
Hello to everyone else, hope the sun is shining where you are :)
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Oh does anyone know where I read this quote:
"To the world, you are one person. To one person, you are the world"
Is it on this site somewhere?
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Jan - *hugs* to you. Doesnt sound like you have had a very good day but I dont think that Liam hates you. I hope you got some relief when Pat came home.
Megan - Oh no at the blood!! We've had a bit of blood here, but its been in Avaleigh's mouth cause she fell over a few times and her teeth cut her gums. I hope that Lucas's gash heals up nice and quick.
Sacha - Thanks for your info. My GF did say that she is happy that she gets to keep her girlie bits!! LOL I must tell her about the clothes, she may need to get some granny undies to go OVER the scar hey?? My GF doesnt need to worry about the driving thing cause she doesnt have her license! She is on her L's at the mo. Oh great about the BFing cause I know she wants to breastfeed but how long did it take for your milk to come through? Was it the average amount of days? I havent said anything to her about this but I remember when I was in hospital the lady in the bed next to me, her milk took a little while to come through so I thought it might have been cause she had a c-section?
Blergh, I feel sick! I was craving hedgehog slice last night so I make one today and it is WAY too sweet!! Atleast I wont be eating too much of it at once.
Well, better go and clean up the dishes.
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Just a quick one from me...
Our house is on the internet!!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Now it's all real! It looks great though, so fingers crossed we get a fair bit of interest!!
HUGE :hug: to your gorgeous Mummies whose bubs are giving them a tough time! Will be back tomorrow for personals! Have a great night ladies *mwa*
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Hi just a really quick post.
V, why r they saying her baby won't turn??? I would very much recommend she gets on the spinning babies site and check out a few things to try get her baby to turn also they can try to manually turn her baby. Definitely a few things to try before going for the c-section if that's not what she wants
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Jas - they say that my GF does not have much fluid around the baby for her to turn. I think my friend is a size 8 or 10! I think she said something about the babies legs being stretched out and in the pelvis area where the head should be. They did mention to her that they could manually turn the baby but there is a high chance that her baby could get all bruised or she could rupture, so that didnt sound too good to her. I did get her on to the spinning babies website and she tried it for a little while but she was in too much pain so stopped doing it. Last I spoke to her she was ok with having the c-section cause the main thing is her baby is out and healthy.
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Just popping on to let you all know that Liam is still alive, although I had started composing the ebay add - "new home needed for 13mo, slightly used, but still in good condition, all fingers & toes...".
Anyway, we ended up seeing another GP at 9.30 last night because he was just completely feral vile horrid child. The GP told us to go to A&E, mostly because of dehydration, which is what you get when you go from 5 Bf's a day to 0, and don't drink any water. They took a blood sample to check whether it was viral or a bacterial infection, fortunately it was viral , which i knew it would be, so we got home at about 2.30, although they would have admitted him happily. I just didn't want to stay, couldn't really see the point. When we got home I managed to trick him into a quick dream feed, although only on one side, but boy did it feel good. I have had to get out my breast pump again to get rid of the rest, the last thing I need is a dose of mastistis. Anyway, today he's happier, but still no BFing. We're giving him 5mls of gastrolyte every 5 minutes or so (ie when we remember), using a syringe, which he's been pretty happy to take, just so that he doesn't massively dehydrate again.
V - my tips about a c/s are that in the first couple of weeks keep up with the pain relief, because it's easier to keep things at bay than to try to settle them down if you get into bad pain. Also, make the most of the no-lifting anything heavier than your baby for 6 weeks rule. Even though I felt like I quite easily could do more, it's still major surgery, and in the big scheme of things 6 weeks goes quickly, so not that hard to give your body a chance to do good recovery. Plus it meant that I didn't have to hang out any washing for 6 weeks ;) I agree with Sasha & the 6-week driving rule - I didn't drive for the time, but I think it's as simple as getting a note from your dr to say you can. The only thing that I had difficulty with was the shaking as I was coming out of the epidural - I was in recovery for about an hour, without liam, then back in the room for possibly another half an hour before I felt like I could control the shaking enough to hold him safely. The crazy thing is that as soon as I touched him the shaking completely stopped, so i think my mummy hormones are stronger than the drug effects. I was also able to BF him as soon as I held him, so no problems there.
Sacha - I know the quote, but not sure where I've seen it either, or whether it's just something I've known for ages. It's a lovely thought though. Poor Autie with conjuctivitis, so far (touch wood) we've not had it, but my nephew has had it twice in 2 weeks. Hence we're not having lunch with them tomorrow.
Megan - oh no for the accident, have you had any luck keeping the steris on? Hopefully you have, I think that they're supposed to be great for minimising any scaring. Has it slowed Lucas down at all, or is he back to his normal self?
Lis - Liam is starting to feed himself with a spoon, although i help him by getting the food onto the spoon, then he does the rest. He's very proud of himself when he does this, and the bonus has sometimes been that he eats a bit more than if I were feeding him. The other night we accidentally left his dinner remains where he could get to them, & turned around to see him sitting on the floor with the bowl & spoon eating a bit more - v cute. But I still do a fair bit of the spoon control, mostly so that I can get at least some of his meal into his stomach.
That's all I can remember at the moment. Both my boys are asleep, I might have to go & join them.
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V, it's a bit hard to know actually, when my milk came in, because Autie got sick day 3 and wasn't feeding so I was pumping and stressed and not really getting a great deal. As far as I remember, it did change colour though that day so it probably did come in as normal. It's the baby sucking I think that makes the most difference. Granny knickers could be a good idea though I used panty liners half in and half out of my normal undies because they sat right on the scar.
Jan, oh I remember those shakes! I was shaking the whole time they were getting her out and when they wrapped her and put her on my chest (while still on the table) I could only have a quick hold before telling Dan to take her. I was ok enough to feed in recovery though so I guess I was lucky. How is poor Liam doing? It's good you got to the cause of it all anyway. Is he drinking more at all?
Yeah, V - warn your girlfriend about those shakes so she doesn't freak out.
Oh Megan, I missed your post about poor Lucas! How is he doing? Do you think it is a sign of things to come? Boys being boys and all that...LOL Must've given you both quite a fright.
Off to have my dinner. :)
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Oh my god i had forgotten about the shakes, i found that really scary....hated it!!
Lucas is fine thanks for asking everyone! He is still full of beans and has not touched his wound so i think we should be safe without stitches thank god!!
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V - as far as I know there's no difference for milk coming in if you have a c/s. mine was in (with a vengeance) on day 4. The other thing that was weird for me was that my scar was stapled, rather than stitched. If she gets stapled, tell her that it doesn't hurt when they come out, it's a bit of a weird feeling, but not uncomfortable. And they use a staple remover!!
Sacha - Liam's fine, thank you for asking, he's had heaps of water today, which is a first, but still no BM. Just won't have a bar of it, chucks a back arching tantie if I even suggest it. So I'm expressing & putting it into a bottle, but isn't interested in that either. I spoke to an ABA counsellor about it, plus a BB post, and they all reckon he'll come back to it more likely, but atm I am a blubbering mess at each feed time cos I'm really missing it, even though it's only been a couple of days. Pathetic really, and I'll probably feel really silly if it does resolve, but I'm blaming it all on hormones and excessive tiredness, cos I've only had a couple of hours sleep last night. If he is stopping, at least AF will return & I can then lobby for number 2, so there is a silver lining.
Megan - that's good that Lucas is doing okay. It's a bit of a worry with these boys, they can be so gung ho at things. Liam's started climbing out of his high chair if we don't strap him in - little monster, I can't turn my back on him for a second.
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Jan, does that mean AF still hasn't returned? If not, maybe it's just about to and your BM tastes a lot different at the moment to Liam, and that's why he's fussing. Just another thought, you have probaby had already, sorry.
Sorry to pop in and out like this ladies, but I promise I'll come in and catch up soon. I'm already reading, so not missing out on everything.
