Babies Born July 2007 #5

[Ngala]

hey everyone!

Another busy day for us. We went to the Perth meet today. It was fun! Nice and sunny and the park we went to had an awesome play ground! Got a bit of a headache cause didnt really eat or drink much today. Planning to relax the rest of the day.

Avaleigh slept from 10pm - 5.30am!! An awesome sleep I think. I did need to express after her feed this morning and got a whopping 160mls

oh my head hurts even more.. I am going to lay down, I hope avaleigh goes to sleep!

[Meluchja]

Hi everyone,
Just checking in, will be back later too catch up.
But quickly, Flossie, every 3.5 hours is fine I think on formula. I'm not sure as I 5didn't use formala for Charlize until she was about 5-6 months old. She is sleeping great guns though, so I would just keep going with what your doing, it sounds as though your doing a great job.

[jemima]

Hi all,

I did a big post at the end of the last thread so this is just a quicky from me.

Flossie like Mel said it sounds like you are doing the right thing with Olivia. I am feeding Charlotte every 3 - 4 hours during the day and then she sleeps thru the night before I feed her again. Our routine goes something like this feed 6.30pm in bed and asleep by 7.00pm then I give her a quick 5 minute feed at 9.30pm where she doesnt wake up then she goes until some where between 5 and 6am when I feed her again and then I go roughly 3 - 4 hourly after that. Our routine is quite fluid in that some times I feed her early sometimes she goes a bit longer it just depends on what we are doing.

Mel - I have been meaning to ask you how Charlize eczema is? We got our special cream in the post a couple of days ago and I cant really tell yet if it is making any difference to the boys skin. I know one thing - we are alomst through the jar already so if it does happen to help we are going to go through it really quickly!

V - big big yay for Avaleighs sleep.

Hi everyone else

BBL
Jem

[Meluchja]

Jem, that cream did pretty much nothing for her eczema. But it was really really bad at the time I started to use it. She is on her second tube of a really low dose steroid cream, and just recently I have started to notice a difference. It's still there just not as dry and scabby, just red and still a little rough to tough. It still itches her though, but I think that might be more out of habit than it being itchy IYKWIM. My doc said once I have used the second round of cream, that the natural creams should be enough to keep under control, I hope so. I did find another cream on the internet called XMA. It comes with a 100% money back guarantee, so I though what the hell, we have nothing to loose apart from the eczema, so will try this one as well. Have the boys ever tried using the low dose steroid cream? I was a little worried to use it at first, but I thought it's better than her suffering so much. Still worries me though, but my doc said that it's the lowest strength cream there is.

Flossie, Jack's routine is all over the place ATM while he is sick. But usually he is like this. Feed at 7pm, bath at 8:30pm, feed at 9:30 then bed, wake between 4-5am feed, sleep until approx. 6am then feed every 2-4 hours during the day, depending how much of a gusts he wants to be. I think he may be going through another growth spurt ATM as he is wanting to feed every 2 hours, and is waking at 3am instead of around 5am, but I think his cold is the reason for this.

Veronica, glad to hear you had a fun day at the park. What a great sleep Avaleigh had, what a clever girl.

Hi to everyone, not much time tonight.

On a selfish note, I got antibiotics today for Jack and I, so hopefully we will be on the mend soon. I don't want to give them too him, I just don't want him to suffer any longer.

We are going shopping tomorrow for alot things for our new house. There is alot we need to get, as we are going from a 2 bed to a 5 bed house, and we are leaving behind our tele, entertainment system and fridge. So watch out shops here comes Mel, I sooooo love to shop, but who doesn't.

[jemima]

Mel - we have tried a steriod cream on the boys. We saw a dermatologist for Oliver nearly a year ago and I have made another appointment with him in a couple of weeks time as I just cant seem to keep it under control. I cant remember the name of the cream the dermatologist prescribed as we have only recently run out. Let me know how you go with the XMA cream. Like you I am willing to try anything! I hope the antibiotics make you and Jack feel better really really quickly - being sick is awful isnt it. Lucky you going on a shopping spree for your new house. Have fun and spend up big!!

XXX

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Wow, this thread is busy today! I haven't had time to post recently as I have been busy with study (handed in an assignment tonight - hope I pass - its so hard with baby brain).

This evening I put Diana in her rocking chair, turned on a Harry Potter DVD and left her to it. She watched it fascinated for about an hour before falling asleep! It enabled me to get the dishes done. Yay. Nicki - if Lachlan has a chair that you can sit him in, maybe this will work for you too (although Diana is a little older, so maybe not yet...) Have you tried carrying him in a sling while doing housework? It works for me sometimes...

Anyway, I am going to update Diana's site now. Hope you all have a good night. BBL.

[kungfubecca]

Hi all,

Nicki, Xavier is being so clingy latley that this morning I brought him to the computer with me and read all the post out to him to keep him quite.

Sara, of course you can add me to MSN, all are welcome too, i'm not fussy I don't mind where you live I'm so jealous of your massage, sounds great and yay for your big sleep. So what time did katelyn and your hubby get to sleep though?

Hi danielle, glad to hear your still around. I was hoping the danielle I accepted was someone I knew

Jan & Sara, I can't spare $$ for gyms, but I'm not that comfy going to one either. I'm just trying to get out of the house for a walk every day. I figure it's good for the psychie (sp) as well, and a bit of fresh air can't be bad for Xavier.
Good news on liam cracking the 5kg, bugger on the eczema, I heard somewhere that dairy in your diet can affect eczema, does any one know how true this is??

Flossie, ouchy you poor thing, I'm sure at the end of it all everything is going to be super!! Sorry were not using formula and a few weeks younger too so I'm no help there, and I am demand feeding as well, all I know is that formula feeding is generally more structured. But I agree with mel, sleeping is fantastic at your house, dare I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it??

Veronica, yay 7.5 hours next stop 8!! Good job.

Well our day consisted of babysitting my 2 nieces. My sis was only gone for about an hour or so, so the younger one was aslepp thank god!! I just had to contend with a 3 yo who wanted to watch shrek 2 but wouldn't sit still then wonders why she hurt herself when she was being silly. Oh well, Xavier was mesmerized by her and gave her some big smiles when she stroked his head. she was very gentle, i think it might have tickled.

well night all, Xavier went to bed at about 8 so fingers crossed he keeps on with his big sleeps and we don't here from him till 3 at the earliest, I'm hoping for hmm 5 would be nice.