Babies Born July 2007 #6

Hi all,

First things first, lil brag from me, Xavier slept from 8pm till 6.30am 10.5 hours. But Gees I was full and heavy.

Jas :clap: what a clever little one you have there. Rolling over.

Veronica, that's good that she has taken to her cot now. Just think one day you will walk into her room, and she will be sitting up staring back at you. You reminding me more and more than I'm going to need to put the side up soon. (I always have it in the down position because he hardly moves. Oh and when they do start sitting up you have to put the mattress down to the low position, lol I'm secretly starting to hope he doesn't sit up for a little while.
More babies? about 2 years here too. We need to build a house to put them all in first. Plus I'm having enough trouble finding time for one at the moment, I'd go mental with 2 so little.

Nicki, yep I'm sure we all noticed you were MIA. Glad to here your all still going well.

amm, Xavier is going well, so far we are having a good day, and daddy came home from work because he's not feeling well, so I have an extra pair of hands today, and now have time to do this. I'm a bit slack on tummy time though. I really must roll up some towels and try that the MCHN suggested it at our last visit.

Fran, wow on rolling too, it sounds like my lil man is a bit of a lazy bugger. he rolled on his side at 2 days old and hasn't done it since.

Tracey, Xavier demand feeds too and we have days like that. loves to cluster feed in the afternoons, I think i'm heading towards a 12 week spurt.

Ok well I can hear a reasonably happy baby in the other room so might have to try some tummy time.

just a quickie from me at the moment, as I've got a fidgetty little bottom sitting on me at the moment, and don't want to push my luck too much.

I'd forgotten that there was a 12 week change - it possibly explains why our sleeping patterns have gone out the window over the last few days. Instead of a longish one from around 7 - 3am, we've been up every couple of hours overnight. Feeding one side & then going back to sleep. It's doing my head in (and making my bb's want to explode). I thought that it was perhaps because we've been housesitting at my sisters place for a few days & it was just the different environment, but maybe more to it than that. Hopefully won't last too much longer.

Liam has his 12 week appt tomorrow, and I'm really keen to see how much he's grown over the last 4 weeks. He's growing out of 000 pants, which is making me a bit sad, cos it's just going so quickly. Before I know it he'll be asking for the car keys, and won't be nearly so tolerant of the number of kisses & cuddles I am giving him. I tell him that he needs the kisses to make him grow big & strong, but suspect that at some stage he'll work out that this isn't quite the case.

Anyway, fidget bottom is getting hungry, so better go. Will try to BBL for some personals.

Hi all

Just a quick one from me as Idol is on!!

I am so tired at the moment as Jesse slept terribly last night due to him teething and his crying woke Charlotte and she took a little while to resettle. Fingers crossed for a better night tonight - I dosed him up on panadol so hopefully that does the trick! On a postivie note the teeth should be through soon so hopefully we can go back to a sleeping household!!

Tracey - I had a look at your photos and you have a beautiful family.

V - I cant believe you get married in just over 60 days. SOunds like youa re dong really well with the exercise.

Jan - I know what you mean about them growing up so quickly. I cant believe how quickly they change from a newborn to a little person. Scary cause as you said they will be asking us for the keys before we know it!!

rebecca - I know I have said it before but WOW at Xaviers sleeping. How fantastic for all of you.

AMM - good luck for your week with out DP. My DH goes away a lot for work and BB is a great place to get support/vent when you are doing it all on your own.

Zofia - as I have said before you are amazing to be studying, working and being a mother.

Mel - have you eaten your last gaytime? I have run out of cookies and cream icecream so of course I am having desperate cravings for it. DH wont go and get me any - not that I can blame him for not wanting to go out at this time of the night LOL!!

Hello to everyone else.

Ok gotta run and to see who is getting voted out!

BBL to see what is going on.
Jem

Jem, had it tonight. DH didn't want his, but I warned him, that if it's not there the next time he wants it, that it's not my fault, it would be like leaving candy in front of a kids and telling them to watch it for him, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!! I hope you get a better nights sleep tonight. We must have juinced each other the other night, cause I have been up twice during each night since with Jack. DOH!! Charlee cut another tooth today. She now has 6 up the top and only 2 down the bottom, looks so cute. How many is Jesse at now?

Who went on Idol? I missed it.

AMM, when does DH leave? Or has he already?

V, well done on the exercise, I can't believe how close our wedding is now, time is flying by. Have you decided on a place for a honeymoon yet?

I got a new mobile phone today, it's a cool pink one. I wanted a new one for christmas but thanks to Charlize throwing it down our toilet I got it today. The only bummer is I now have to chase up all the numbers that was in it, what a pain in my a55 that is going to be.

Hi girls, just pooping in to check the posts before I fall too far behind, but I am buggered and heading to bed soon as I am having a bit of hard time with Angus feeding and waking earlier than normal atm

I think I need to slow down a bit and let my supply build up.

AMM - thanks for the encouragement re Doula-ing. I am here to help if and when I can!!! lol

Hi Mel

Ben went on Idol tonight which was a bit of a surprise but at least it wasnt my fave Matt although he was in the bottom two.

Jesse has 6 teeth at the top and six on the bottom - four of the top and four on the bottom are at the front and the rest are at the back. it is his eye teeth that are giving him grief at the moment.

Fingers and toes crossed we both have a good night tonight. Oliver and Jesse are in childcare tomorrow so I hope to catch up on a bit of rest then. Ahhhh I love Tuesdays!!

talk soon
JemXXx

Hi Relle we must have posted at the same time. I hope you have a good night and the boys sleep for you and allow you to catch up on some sleep. Make sure you look after yourself and slow down (if thats possible LOL).
Take care.
Jem

LOL Thanks Jem. I wish both of my kids were in care together, the closest I get to that is Tuesdays when my sister normally nanny's for me for the day, but her kids are sick so she is not coming tomorrow and I have had to cancel 2 Doula appointments, but now will have to do them at night and will make me even more buggered!

ppffftttt Slow down - you of all people know that is not possible! lmao

Major bummer about your sister not being able to look after the kids tomorrow and yes I do hear you on the chance of slowing down being about ZILCH!! We can live in hope LOL!!

Hi all,

Jan, I'm sneaking in as many kisses and cuddles as I can now before that aww mum stage starts although we already get looks, like what are you doing? especially when daddy kisses him. I hope your night sleeps get better.

Jemima, I'm just hoping he continues to sleep well at night, because he is driving me mental every afternoon. Yesterday was arsenic 4 hours I swear. But he went to bed no troubles at 8pm. only slept till 5 last night, but seeing as he managed to turn himself horizontal and above his blankets, I'm not surprised. Plus he went back to bed at 5.30 and stayed till 10am. Managed to get him in for a morning nap, fingers crossed he stays there for a while.

Mel, oh no about the phone. Charlize must have know you wanted a new one. Next time teach her to remove the sim card before flushing the phone :lol:

Well as I said above we had such an arsenic style afternoon. I couldn't work out what was wrong with him. Fingers crossed it's not the heat but it was 28degrees here yesterday, and he didn't have a temp but he felt very warm. I think my poor little dear doesn't like the heat like his dad and we are in for an arsenic summer. At 7pm last night I had him laying on the lounge room floor in just a nappy, where he slept contently for 30 mins while it cooled down, and I could re-dress him and feed him for bed.
Any one else have probs with heat?
Oh and Nathan wasn't helping much (he was home sick from work) getting frustrated with him, and saying stupid things like let him cry he will eventually wear himself out, and it was that really distressed cry. I was so angry with nathan.

Zy just had his 8wk needles, he was so so upset! I hated it!
gotta go Indah's wanting to play!

Hi All.

Mel- LOl at the phone, wish I could teach Kaetlyn to do that :D i would really like a new phone!

Bec- hope that today is better than yesterday. I hope the heat dosent effect hime to much, or Kaetlyn- i feel her getting really hot while I am feeding her on the hot days, so take her top off and feed her in just the singlet. I hate the hot weather- it effects me badly, hopefully she is okay though.

5 feeds a day- cant remeber who posteed this, but sometimes Kaetlyn only seems to want to feed for 5 times, but I always push 6- I am paranoid about losing my supply. I would prob say that I semi-demand feed as if she is going over time I will feed her a little bit to see what she wants. If shes not hungry she just dosnt latch on.

V- great work on the weight loss- hope the weight in goes well :clap:. Aaron and I are thinking of joining weight watchers. We are just a bit overweight- enough for people to say mmmm they are looking a little bit to porky! I guess have over indulged thinking it will be okay as I am BF- guess not.

Well news here..... My cousin had her son yesterday, they named him Ethan (it was on our list of boys names hehehe). She asked me this morning if i thought he was cute.... :boohoo: i said, 'my daughter is the cutest, I am not going against my own flesh and blood' silly billy. as if I would ever think that another child is cuter than my own :doh:
We have birds nest up in the roof- well were there but have decided to go in the cavity and get stuck there. FIL and Aaron are trying to ix it now. Last time aaron was in the roof it was at my mums house, and he put his foot through the roof, not realising you have to tread on the beams not the gyprock!!!

I am printing my thankyou cards out, it works out way sheaper to make them myself than get someone else to do it. I think it is more persnal.

I have finished the paintings in Kaetlyns room. I saw her looking at them this morning :doh: she was ment to be asleep though! I also brought some cheap stocking butterflies so have put them up around her room! it looks cute!!
Well best be off, have heaps to do and I am so lethargic- have netball tonight- last week they made me go center... i was a bit upset- no-one else had had a baby 11 weeks ago!!! its a different team tonight so should be okay!

I went for a cat nap and aaron decided he needed to wake me (I had just got to sleep) to tell me he thinks Kaetlyn will be left handed as she was grabbing things with her left hand and not her right - i think he is a bit upset- sorry to all you left handed people- I dont mean to offend you! My brother is left handed and so is one of his sisters! will just have to wait and see!
BYE!!! :D

Hi all

we had some professional photographs of Charlotte taken today and at the end they showed us the shots and we had to choose which ones we wanted and they were SOOOOOO cute. She was smiling and playing up to the camera and made it very difficult to make a decision about what photos to get. I ended up spending a small fortune but I just couldnt help it!! This photographer took shots of the boys when they were babies so we had to get some taken of Charlotte. I wish I could show you but we dont get the negatives. I will have to take a photo of the photo when we get them back in 6 or so weeks!

Sara - you will have to take some photos of your paintings. You sound really crafty!

Tracey - hope Zy is doing OK after his needles

Rebecca - hope you didnt have an arsenic hour (or four hours) like yesterday. Jesse didnt like the heat when he was a baby and was definitely more whingey in the hot weather. Over summer our electricity bill was so high as we seemed to have the air conditioner on all the time but I guess with kids there isnt any way around it.

Hi to everyone else.

Not much else is new. Oliver and Jesse were in childcare today so it was a very quiet day and I even managed to have a mid morning sleep. Dh was such a gem (as he always is - well most of the time hehehe) and he cleaned the house and put all the clean clothes away. What a good boy.

I had best run as there is a packet of fruchocs with my name on it in the pantry.

Take care
Jem

Sara, I have stocking butterflys up all around Charlizes room too, they look so cute. Well done at playing C last week. I reckon I would die if I played a game ATM, that's if I didn't have this stupid foot. What are the painting off?

Jem, How is Jesse's teeth going? I can't wait to see the pic of the pic of Charlotte. I got one done the other day of both the kids together, can't wait to get it back, should be soon, I'll do the same so you can see it. We had some professional ones done of Charlize when she was 8 months so I will wait until then to get some of Jack on his own. IKEWYM about he price. I was lucky though to get a CD with the images I had purchased though, so I got some printed for the family. BTW, my mobile number is still the same.

Rebecca, Charlize was a really hot baby and Jack is too but I don't think as bad. Is Xavier still wrapped? I think that's what made it worse with Charlize, she was and would be drenched in sweat by morning, even in just a singlet suit and using a muslim wrap. Sounds as though your doing all you can to help him.

Relle, aka SUPERMUM, you must tell me about all the births you do (if that's allowed), I need a fix. I'm definately going to do it in a few years, I love it.

Tracey, how Zyon is feeling better.

Us, all is good. I'm going to start packing tomorrow, which will be interesting with the 2 kids here. Charlize is into being a huge helper ATM. She pulls everything apart to bring to you, so she can get a thank you or good girl, then she walks away with the proudest smile on her face, so cute!!! I think she'll be a big help.

Must be off, BBL ladies, take care!

Hi everyone

How did I live without a pram? Well, now that I have one - I don't know. It is so useful. I love it. I guess you don't miss what you don't have. A woman in my mother's group doesn't have a car or a mobile phone, so I guess you just make do with what you have...

I took Diana down to the waterfront this evening in her pram. We walked around, she had a feed, then I put her down on a blanket and we had a play. It was really fun and we had a good time. Hope to do it again soon.

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments about my ability to work, study and be a mum. It is good to hear encouragement as sometimes I feel that I am not balancing things all that well...

Jemima - I know what you mean about the professional photos. We got Diana's back a few weeks ago and they look great. We ended up spending way more than we planned, but they were so cute we couldn't resist.

Sorry for the selfish post. Off to write my essay. Hope you all have a great night. :)

hey everyone!! The only time I seem to be able to get a chance is after Avaleigh's last feed!! Its soo different now that there is a little one in the house

Mel - no honeymoon set :( We've decided not to go anywhere and I am not too upset about it. We just got too many animals and have put a lot of money in to our salt water tanks and dont have any friends that we trust enough!

Rebecca - I am not too sure how Avaleigh is handling the heat. She has been a little more unsettled the past few days cause its been a lot warmer and she is not sleeping in her cot much but I have put that down to being on the go heaps this week.

I'd like to get some professional photos done!! Must talk to Jason about that on. Maybe we will get some done after the wedding.

Someone was saying about slowing down??? I wish I could!! I just cant seem to be able to do it lately. I am up at 6am and then walking the dogs and then going to the gym, then cooking dinner, then back to the gym again!! I dont stop until 9pm hey, its crazy! And inbetween all that I am constantly thinking about the wedding and now I have taken over the paperwork for Jason's business I have to try and find time to do that! But the good thing is I have not been bored once since finishing work 4 months ago, we'll see if I get bored in the new year!!

Now that Avaleigh has sat up, that is ALL she wants to do!! Its crazy.. she's in her swing and she wants to sit up, she did it tonight when I wasnt looking and managed to hurt her head! If she is in the pram, she will sit up.. Pretty much she will try and sit up anywhere when she is leaning back against something. I've been trying to find her jolly jumper but cant remember where I put the thing, We are having a garage sale this weekend so hopefully I will find it. And I am planning on buying Avaleigh one of those walker thingys tomorrow. I have a feeling that my little girl is going to be an early walker like her daddy!!

Anyway, I best be going cause I can hardly keep my eyes open!

Hi all,

Sara, lol at your hubby waking you to give you such important news!! There is nothing wrong with being left handed. I have seen my sil tell her daughter to use the other hand. I know left handed can be harder but I thought you were just supposed to let the child decide.

Ok I have to finish this quick as I can hear sooking coming from the boys room,

Not wrapping xavier anymore haven't for weeks, lol he even climbs out from under his blankets. Nathan is a really hot person, and would be more than happy to not have the heater on all winter. Literally drips sweat from sitting in the shade in summer.

I'm trying to muster up the energy to get some professional photos taken. Planning to go back to our wedding photographer as she puts them all on disk, so it's money well spent. and cheap Christmas presents for grandparents. So I better get my bum into gear.

Bec- He called his sister straight after that to tell her- as if to say 'its all your fault' and the outcome of the phone conversations is that she will teach Kaetlyn to write as she knows how to write left handed!!!
I told him not to jump guns just yet and wait till her brain is more developed!

I still wrap kaetlyn as she has the major startle reflex still and actually hits herself in the head when she stirrs in her sleep. Also is she isnt wrapped, she rolls onto her side to sleep sucking her thumb (she does this during the day), which I am worried about as there was an article in the local paper about a 3month old that died in her sleep bacuse of this/SIDS. :cry: and of course i dont want that to happen.