Babies Born July 2007 #24

Hi Lis - Olivia has so many cute words - "cheers" is particularly cute. How did you go with the peanut butter? I haven't given it to Liam yet cos I hate the stuff & DF doesn't eat it, so we don't ever have any in the house.

Mel - you probably won't see this, but hope the flight & the holiday go really well. Woo hoo for business class, that will make it easier for you on the plane. Plus the wine's better :)

Em - I read in another thread that you love 10 Little fingers by Mem Fox..I love it too, it's one of the most gorgeous stories I've seen for a while. I'm also liking the new book by the authors of The Gruffalo - the Snail & the Whale I think it's called, and it seems like a rather sweet tale. And also a new one by the authors of Rumble in the Jungle - can't remember the title, but it's about farm animals, and I love the rhymes in it, and the humour. Guess who's buying books for Christmas :)

Sarah - good luck with getting permission to have DSS come on holidays with you. He's lucky to have a stepmum that cares as much as you do, it will stand him in good stead , especially as his mum sounds like a piece of work.

Well, we have no idea what's going on with Liam. We've had a couple of nights of better sleep, but then this afternoon he's come up with a rash all over his tummy & back. Not bad, and it's not bothering him, but still, it's there. I guess we'll see what it looks like tomorrow. Oh, and he's obsessed with putting his finger up his nose - what's that about!!!

Hope everyone else's weekend was good.

Jan - I think that book is called ****adoodle do! Farmyard Hullaballo! by Anderea Giles (?). If its that one, I love it too. I love all of his stuff ever since I brought "There's a house inside my mummy" for my niece when my sister was pg with my nephew. Such a good book. I am slightly obsessed with the Leslie Patricelli books at the moment. I am trying to get one called 'No No Yes Yes' which is perfect for Tom at the moment :lol:, and there is also two called 'Blankie' (he is obsessed with his) and I think the other is called "Yummu Yucky" - about eating, which is also perfect! You would of loved the dinner i went to the other night - it was the Penguin Roadshow, a dinner at which Penguin books showed us all their new releases for christmas. I was in heaven!
How is Liam's rash today? Just thought I might mention that Tom came down in a rash on his legs, arms and torso and it actually turned out to be a viral infection. We had to take him to dr and they put him on antibiotics. He came down with a very high temp very quickly, and was just really unwell. Apparently it is going around. It was at the same time as his ear infections so it was just generally a yucky time! Hope he is ok and it is just a heat rash or something!

Em - you are such a tease, now you've given me more books to look out for. Thank goodness I'm earning some money these days. Farmyard hullabaloo sounds right, it's definitely the same author, I've loved everything of his that I've seen.

I think that Liam's rash was probably viral too - we had a few days last week of pretty high temps & general unhappiness, and now we have greenish boogers (sorrry, TMI). It's one of those things though, where aside from the temp, hard to pinpoint exactly whats wrong, and antibiotics won't work on a virus unless there's an underlying infection. If his nose is still gross tomorrow I'm going to take him to the drs to get checked out, as much to put DF at ease, cos he's a worry wart. The bad thing is that he's decided that medicine is poison - even Nurofen, which previously he's been quite fond of. Now he refuses to open his mouth, and if I do manage to get some it, he just spits it out. I'm hoping this is a blip, otherwise he's going to have a hard time with future teething if he won't take medicine.

Hi all,

Still haven't done PB - I keep putting it off!! But going to do it tomorrow morning and then Mum's group girls will be here so they can help look out for 'sign's if any as they have al given PB to their kids.
Sarah - do you mean the inner elbow meaning on the fold bit? I am so dense lately :)

Jan - Livvie has been putting her fingers up her nose for ages :) Not an awful lot, but once she remembers the hole is there I can't get her to stop for awhile LOL its funny!! I hope Liam's rash has gone and he is feeling better. Its hot in Melb at the mo so maybe its heat as well? Olivia gets a little heat bubbles over her tum when its hot.

Em - How did you get to go to the penguin preview??? I LOVE books, am addicted to buying them for Olivia and I am hitting the shops soon so guess where I am going!! Olivia loves the THAT'S NOT MY...range, have you soon them? She has That's not my Santa, kitten, mermaid, princess and something else..she loves them.

Olivia is taken a few more steps for longer distances but still prefers to crawl. I am trying to walk with her with only 1 hand as much as poss as I think then she will eventually let go of it.
Did you all wait 6 weeks after they started walking to get shoes? We are going to Syd on Boxing Day and I HOPE she is walking by then but want her to be in shoes!!!

Must run, think she is up....and I am ready to shop!!!

xxxx

Hey Lis - I think we waited 6 weeks. Liam took his first steps on the 8th September, and we bought proper shoes for him the week he started day care, so the first day he wore them for any length of time was the 17th October - so off the top of my head that's around 6 weeks. I don't put them on him unless he's off to care, or if we're going to the park & he'll be running around on tanbark, so he still spends lots of time in bare feet. I'm a believer in getting the best shoes you can afford for them, and getting them fitted properly, given how soft the bones in their feet are at this age.

Hi everyone. It's nice to see some more chatting going on! Though I know I can't talk, I didn't contribute for a while there either:redface:

Lis, the inside as in, the opposite side of your funny bone. But any sensitive skin area would do. As for shoes, I don't remember that I waited at all really. I just got some because I wanted to take Autie to the park. It's easier for them to get the hang of walking in shoes if they have very soft, flexible soles though.

Hi Megan, sounds like you are keeping yourself very busy. How great that Lucas is happy to go to anyone - must be very handy. I had a sleep today while Dan had Autie and she couldn't even last an hour without trying to find me :doh: When he finally opened the bedroom door for her, she came running in with this excited panting sound and climbed up to lie on my tummy. Bit cute. LOL at your blonde ute moment. I've had a couple of those myself lately.

Thanks for the gumboot info everyone. Unfortunately, the ones at Target are all too big.:wall:

Em, I know what you mean about the independence with walking issue. Autie has started having little hissy fits if she's in the stroller too long and desperately wants to get out and run. Today we took her to A-Mart (do you have those?) just so she could run around the big, carpeted aisles without too much intervention. LOL We went to Seaworld too and we were like 'oh look, see the polar bear swimming and playing with his toy?!' and she's all 'yeah, whatever, just let me down to climb those stairs already'.
I'm soooo jealous of your job perks. I dream of a house big enough to have a library with a ladder and big comfy chairs around a fireplace...mmm, ladder... Like your new name BTW. I want to change mine too, but more for hiding purposes. How do you do it?

Jan, how is Liam doing? How strange that he won't take medicine anymore. Maybe his illness is giving it a different taste. Hope he's all healthy and happy soon.

Sarah, sounds like you had a great time at the concert. Good on you for getting out and about! Gosh, I can't remember the last concert I went to, but it was probably Bon Jovi so that says a lot about my age I guess! Good luck with your visitation issues, what a nightmare.

Ok, so I had this really dopey moment which could have been bad but ended up being quite funny. I put Autie in her carseat and then put her shoes on. My brain (being what it is since becoming pregnant) decided that I'd done my job with her in the seat and I jumped in and started backing out the driveway when I hear a soft thud and a whinge and she's on the floor because I didn't actually belt her in! :redface::doh: So I reached back and I'm saying 'ok, it's ok. Just stay down there and I'll come and fix you up. Stupid mummy' And she ignored me and climbed up onto the seat beside her carseat and sat herself down looking at me with this ****ed off look like 'mum, that was really annoying' and stayed there until I could park and get back to her! LOL I can laugh now, but I was so mortified at the time. Imagine if I'd actually been driving on a busy street when it happened! So that's my entry for the Dopey Mum of the Year award.

So, should I have another baby do you think? LOL

Gotta go, didn't realise the time. Enjoy Wednesday!

OK just popped on for a quick read...Sacha are you pregnant? Have i missed something...confused!!! How could i miss that?!

Megan - I read Sacha's post in the same way.. Have we both missed something or it is our hair clolour??

Lis - I work in a bookshop so got to go to the preview thru that. And I loved it! I also love the That's not my... range. Tom is absolutely obsessed with Puppy at the moment. Good luck with trying PB - I tried Tom on it not long after reading Sacha's post on Autumn having a reaction. I was so scared but he just turned his nose up and wouldn't eat it :rolleyes:.

Jan - hope Liam is ok. Tom was exactly the same when he was sick - getting anything into him was a nightmare. It was understandable because at the time he was on antibiotics for his ears, Nurofen for his rash and also having eye drops because he picked up conjunctivitis. Everytime we went near him, he would run away incase we had medicine.

Sacha - how gorgeous is your new ticker pic?? Autie's hair is amazing - most likely a pain in the butt to brush - but gorgeous!! To change your user-name, go into user profile (on the left hand side under BB symbol) and scroll down the list on the left - request name change is near the end of the list. I had a little giggle over the seat story - must of been mortiying at the time - but I love Autie's cross look. It is Tom's goal in life to be able to undo his car seat. He just sits there and tries and tries to do it - god help me the day he works it out :o.

:o No guys! :ROFL: I'm not but I totally see how you thought so! Sorry, I still haven't gotten over my Autie pregnancy brain.
Thanks Em, for the info and the compliment. Her hair is actually quite fine so it's not so hard to brush, but hard to keep neat. Not sure where she got the curls, or the eyes for tht matter...must've been that afternoon with the milkman...:shhh:

Hi Ladies

Gee its been awhile again :doh: sorry.

Sacha- Autie is gorgeous! You cracked me up with the milkman comment! Thanks i needed a laugh. The milkman must be popular lol ethan has lovely blue eye's and mine are hazel and Dh's are brown?? :lol: Oh dear re the car seat mishap! I had a dopey moment too, ethan was riding his lion thingie and he fell backwards and i quickly reached down to grab him and instead of grabbing his top i grabbed his hair :o i felt sooo bad but i managed to save him from smashing his head on the floor and he didnt cry just sort of grunted at me.

Lis- Ethan gets a heat bubble type rash all over his tummy too when its warm, the first few times it came up i freaked out. I cant remember what we did with shoes :redface: i cant remember anything lately! But im having alot of trouble with shoes as ethan has wide chunky feet so its hard to get him a pair, i have managed to get a pair of sneakers to fit in a size 5 and a pair of sandals in a size 6. His first pair was dunlop volleys but he has grown out of them now.

What size shoes are everyones bubba's in?

Jan- Hows Liam doing? Ethan is the same with medicine now, its difficult to get him to take anything since he was sick.

Mel- Wow hope you have a lovely time. Enjoy yourself hun you deserve it.

Well all is okay here, ethan still enjoying waking me up a few times a night. Getting very cheeky lately, when he is naughty he sits in his naughty corner, but lately he has taken to running away and when i put him back and tell him to sit he goes into hysterics laughing!! and its so hard not laugh at him. Also when i say ethan no, you will have to sit in the corner he points his finger at me and tells me "sit down" in a growly voice:D
Pregnancy is going okay but im at the 'So over it' stage :redface: im ready to have him now! I had contractions a week ago but nothing since and no show or anything. Blood pressure is up but managing it okay, and sugar in my urine again so watching the diet. No more bleeding so very happy about that. Only 5 wks and 6 days to go :clap:

Oops master ethan is calling must go. Will try to not go so long between posts, just been very busy getting organised. Bye for now.

Hey Jess, so glad to hear the pregnancy is stable at the moment, but I reckon you would be at the so over it stage chasing around after Ethan. Not long now though hunny, I can't wait to hear when it all starts happening again, will be like old times, he he he. I'm jealous, I know this must sound crazy but try to enjoy your last few weeks of just you and Ethan time. Take care hun xxx

Well everyone, we made it here after a very long 14 hours of travelling. It was such a long day for the kids, not looking forward to the trip back. But hoping the plane trip will be much easier on them second time around as it's a night flight, so I'm hoping (actually preying with all my might) that they will sleep most of the way.

It's not to cold here, which is good. Kids are having a great time, but not enjoying being so cramped up in a little hotel room, but we try to get out as much as possible. The Japanese really love them here. It's funny how much attension they get, I knew they would be popular but didn't realise to what extent. Everywhere we stop it takes us about 10 minutes to get moving again, as they all love to talk to them and take their pictures. We stopped in at a little 7-11 type of corner store today, and the girls went crazy over them, especially Jack as he plays up to them, giving them smiles and laughs. They adore him. I got it on Video so I'm sure he will like that once he is old enough to appreciate it.

Anyway must be off, just a quick hello.

BBL

Glad to hear your enjoying yourself mel, and the kids too, what a wonderful experience.
Jack sounds so cute lapping up all the attention. Hopefully, for your sake the trip home at night is a lot better. How long are you away for?

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I know this must sound crazy but try to enjoy your last few weeks of just you and Ethan time. Take care hun xxx

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I was just thinking about this today, and although im so happy to be having another little bundle of joy, i got a little teary thinking how there is not much time left as mummy and ethan, i was quite emotional today though so he got lots of extra cuddles and for once he really enjoyed it and cuddled back :D I will be sure to let you know as soon as its all happening, it really brings back the memories of all of us waiting to have our bubs last year!

Hope everyone else and there babes are good.

I hear you Jess, I know to some extent how you are feeling. I remember the last couple of days before Jack arrived, that it would no longer be just Charlize and I. Don't know if it was the hormones but I remember getting really upset sometimes. Or it could just be crazy old me. Anyway don't know if subconciously I knew I was about to go into labour but anyway the day before he was born, we had a girls day. We went for 2 big walks to the park, shared hot chips and ice cream. I will remember it until the day I die, and will tell her the story time and time again. It's a special memory. And you betta let us know when things start, lol. I still can't belive that time is nearly here. Has your DH been home much lately? Will he be able to take time off work when this bubba arrives?

Just sitting back here, while DH is at work, having a few drinks, after all I'm on holidays, he he he he. Just finished watching Zoolander, very funny. I love that movie, nearly woke the kids up a dozen times.

Poor Jack has caught my cold, again. I'm o.k, but I'm worried about him as I didn't bring him any dimetapp. And it's almost crazy to think I could try and get him something here. I went to a drug store yesterday to get myself some cold and flu tablets. Well after a game of sheraids (sp?) with me holding my throat, coughing, pretending to faint holding my head he handed me some pills, don't know what they are but they work, lol. Probably will get pulled up from customs on the way back for drug traces, lol.

Anyway hope your all well.

Oh i think i might plan something special for me and ethan to do together soon. Its great you and charlize got to have that time. I know the time has just flown, this pregnancy seems a lot shorter than ethans. Dh is away at the moment, he will be home again next tuesday, When he is here though, he's not really here iykwim, unfortunately dh has been up to some not so good stuff lately, and its creating a bit of an issue, really bad timing i know. He will be taking time off work though, he will come home on the 9th of december, 2 weeks before edd and will more than likely be home for a few weeks after.
Hope your enjoying your drinks, please have one for me:D hope jack gets well quick and that you dont get picked up for drug traces lol!

Aw Mel - your post about you and Charlize brought tears to my eyes. How gorgeous is that! And I had a good giggle over your chemist story. God knows what you are taking! Hope little Jack is better and you are enjoying the holiday. Fingers crossed here for you for a lovely, quiet, sleepy trip home.

Jess - it will be lovely for you to have a special day with Ethan. That is one thing I always think about in regards to having another baby - is the me and Tom time. Although all our babies are super special in that they are the first so they have had over a year of just mummy & me time. The second will never have that. Maybe you should send your little one around to Mel's to have a chat with Jack about being the 2nd child :lol:.
Hope everything is ok with you & DH. We are always here if you need to talk (type!). Except for Mel - she will be in prison.. And Sacha - she is apparently too busy with the milkman producing gorgeous curly haired children!

Girls - I need some advice. How do you deal with tantrums? Tom has had them one after the other today. I know it is because we had a really big day yesterday, and he is tired, but I am at a bit of loss as what to do... I don't want to ignore him because I don't think he is old enough to understand why..

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I am going to have a bath, a glass of wine and read the magazine DH brought home for me tonight. (He called this afternoon to say hi and I must of sounded slightly stressed!). Then tomorrow morning I am working - so will spend all that time gift-wrapping books for all those good people out there who are getting in early with their christmas shopping!

Hi there girls!
Good to see youa re all well!
Mel - glad you got over in one peice! I hope you adn the kids have a fab time:)

Jess - It's really getting down to the fun part of your pregnancy now hey! Keep us updated on all the fun stuff. I am starting to think about what it will actually be like having #2 around.... and sometimes I have a small freak. EEK. hehe Best of luck too!

Em - I am just using the ignore technique, or trying to distract Lachie with something else. I am making sure I don't give in to his tantrums... just so I can try an davoid them continuing on so long... but it's all trial and error at the moment. Best of Luck with it.

Well, I am tired as anything, and still sick everyday, but starting to feel a bit more human. Not alot happening, fist antenatal appt next friday, and then just wait until the Morph scan.

Other than that, Lachie's same old. Being unbeleivably fussy with his food, barely eating fruit and vegies but full on into all dairy and breads. Very frustrating. I am having to hide vegies and fruit in slices, cakes, muffins and making vegie patties etc for dinner. I hope this is just a phase and he gets back to eating how he used to.

Anyway, I am in need of a rest. Have a great night all.

xxoo

Evening guys :D

I've lost Dan to the cricket but it's a good thing I guess because now I can take some time out to post.

Oh Jess, the image of your cute little man sitting in the naughty corner certainly gives me a smile :D And telling you off too! That sounds like one of those moments when you have to turn away so they don't see you laugh. Autie is in size 3. Of all her shoes, I think her volleys seem the most comfortable...but they get dirty so easily :doh: Gosh I can't believe how close you are to having another little bubba to hold! Time has really flown. And don't listen to Em, I can take time off from the milkman to listen anyday ;) Take care of you.

Mel, all that attention must be making you such a proud mum! Do they have any playcentre type places where you can take them to play with Japanese kids? That would be awesome. I had a giggle about your chemist charades - at least the tablets are working! And Zoolander! I LOVE that movie! 'I think I got the black lung pop' Gold.


Em, when I think of maybe not having time to read Autie a bedtime story because No.2 needs a feed (or whatever), I really start wondering if I should have another - I get all blubbery and messy. I only hope she has matured enough to understand a little by the time it comes around (if ever) Re: tantrums, in the 'Science of Parenting' book it says basically there are two types - ones that you should respond to, and ones that you shouldn't. Mostly the 'shouldn't' ones are for older children who know better IYKWIM? I'm like you in that I think Autie is a bit too young to get a handle on things by herself - once she works herself up, I think she doesn't even know why she started in the first place. Anyway, the point of my rambling is, I don't give in to what she wanted but I do suggest a cuddle or another distraction to snap her out of it. Eg, 'yes I see you're angry but you still can't have it. How about a cuddle/story/bikkie instead'. It usually works. And we seem to be having fewer lately. HTH a bit and good luck.

Nicky, I'm doing the 'hide the vegies' trick too - it'd be so much easier if they'd just co-operate huh? Oh I feel for you being tired and sick and still running after a toddler! I really hope you feel better soon. Also, what is a morph scan? :redface: I am a bit ignorant as I didn't have any tests other than 'tell me what it is!'

Well, I actually left the house for 3 hours today without Autie - hooray! I got 99% of my christmas shopping done and Dan looked after her. She wouldn't sleep for him, and I got a HUGE cuddle when I got back, but he said she was happy and that's a relief for me. I told him now he will have to start having her more often so she will sleep for him and get a bit less dependent on me. I don't think he's too keen. He loves playing with her and is good with most things but after an hour or so, you can see him start itching to get outside and dig a hole or something LOL

I'm off to bed I guess. Sparkly Saturdays all round!