Babies Born July 2007 #6

Now you all have me worried about the left handed thing LOL!! Oliver is showing a very strong tenancy towards his left hand. I have just bought him a pair of left handed scissors which has made cutting much easier and he favours his left hand to draw, paste, dig etc etc so I am pretty sure he is going to be left handed. Occassionally he will use his right hand but more so the left. What is the worry if they are left handed??? I am adopted and I know my birth mother is left handed so I guess he inherited the left handed gene from her

On the wrapping I still wrap Charlotte although she has the odd day sleep unwrapped. Oliver was wrapped until he was about 6 months old and Jesse was about 4 months when he stopped wrapping him.

I have just returned from visiting a friend who has two boys the same age as Oliver and Jesse. The boys were able to play while we sat in the sun having a chat - very relaxing. She made the nicest lunch - vietnamese cold rolls - YUMMY!

All three children are asleep so I am going to go and have a rest. YAY

Jemima- I am not worried about the left handed thing- DH just seems to be for some reason.

When do you know to stop wrapping them?

Hehehehe I was starting to get worried about the left handed thing - I thought maybe there was something I was missing LOL!! Its all good!!

I am not really sure if there is a right and a wrong regarding when to stop wrapping. I guess when they have good head/neck control you would be safe to stop wrapping so if they do roll over in bed they can lift their head.

With Oliver (our first born) we wraped him for about 6 months as he was sleeping so well wrapped but we just decided one to day to try him unwrapped and it worked a dream. Same happened with Jesse at 4 months of age- we just decided one day to stop and he adapted really well - in fact his sleeping improved for the short term (he was a terrible sleeper for about the first year of his life - I must add he is now a great sleeper thank goodness).

lol I decided to stop wrapping xavier a) because he hates it, but b)one night I didn't want him to wake up while I wrapped him so just put him into bed. he slept for 8 hours un-interrupted, so I tried again, and he is still sleeping well. He isn't showing any signs of rolling yet, just wriggles up and out of his blankets so am now considering a sleeping bag.

HI girls,

Campbell is left handed as well and so in my mum and my sister and DH's mum, so there would have been a fair chance at it.

Angus is still sleeping wrapped, but I am considering when will be the best time to try him unwrapped, might try some day sleeps soon.

Mel - I have 5 births coming up over the next few months, so I can email you details ! lol Might not be that interesting though, some of them a pretty long!

Hi Relle - include me in your birth email as I need to get my pregnancy fix somehow!!

I feel inspired to try Charlotte sleeping unwrapped a bit more than what I have been - cant hurt to give it a go!!

About to have dinner - DH has cooked me prawn stirfry so yummy better go and eat it while it it hot

Hey ladies,
I have just listed all my old maternity clothes on EBAY :(.
Can't wait to get your emails Relle, I miss it all so much already.
Jem, yummy prawn stirfry how yummy does that sound. Your DH sound just wonderful, I think he should have a talking to mine ;)
Rebecca, I used a sleeping bag for Charlize over winter, it worked wonders. She is such a wriggly sleeper too, I loved it!!

Did anyone just see that show on T.V, about the little girl who had cancer. OMG I'm still crying, poor little thing, it's the worst thing in the world to imagine something as horrible as that happening to your own baby. I feel so fragile now.

BBL ladies, take care all.

LOL Jem and Mel! You girls crack me up, I must admit though, I am not as clucky this time round knowing that I will still be heavily involved in Pregnancy and Birth regardless of if I have another bub myself.

Your DH does sound wonderful Jem, mind you I do not envy you when he goes away.

Mel - You are so brave to have watched that show - I couldn't, anything with sick kids makes me really upset these days, even if it's just a fiction show, let alone a true story.

Relle - your doula work sounds wonderful, although hard work sometimes I'd expect.

Jem - yum for the prawn stirfry. I must admit, there's been a fair bit of talk about food on this page lately, curses to the girls who were talking about Gaytimes - they'd have to be pretty much my favourite icecream. Mind you, I think my body thinks that there's going to be a world-wide sugar shortage, I've been on the biggest sugar binge for the last week or so.

Well, I've finally got myself a bit organised and created a website for Liam. I've shoved on a couple of photos, if you want to check him out. The link should be at the bottom of my signature, along with the password.

Jan how are you babe?

Yeah it is hard work, but amazing all the same!

The last birth I was with her for 18 of her 25 hour labour and only left her 3 times for 20 min to express and I could not imagine having to leave her like the 3 shift changes we went through at the hospital had too.

Very very emotional too

Relle

IKWYM about emotional - I've always loved watching shows about births. Years ago, when I was in a house that had foxtel, there was a show that covered birth stories of women in the US, and I bawled my eyes out every time I watched it, it's just so amazing & kind of primal in a way. And this was before I became clucky myself. I'm an absolute basket case these days, but I kind of like it.

I'd better get off here - I've promised date & apple cupcakes for my nephew's birthday tomorrow, and the dates & apples have to be cut up to soak the night before & I haven't even started them. It's not as much palaver as it sounds, once the fruits been done, & they're delicious, so worth the effort.

Hi everyone

Re the left-handed discussion - I am mostly left-handed and was kind of hoping Diana would be too, but she already seems to be favouring her right hand (and her right foot). Left-handedness is a genetic thing, so if a child is left handed, they will be so for life. They can be taught to do things with their right hand, but it will always feel wronng and unnatural. I know as for a while my family tried to get me to write with my right hand, etc. I can still do it, but the left is so much easier. So don't worry Sara, Kaetlyn will be okay.

Jan - I'm like you. I couldn't watch that show either. Just the ads looked so sad.

Jemima - lucky you getting your DH to cook you a stir fry. (Does he clean up afterwards though? DF often cooks for me, but sometimes my enjoyment of the meal is lessened with the knowledge of the mess waiting for me in the kitchen. :redface:)

Re wrapping - I stopped wrapping Diana a few weeks ago (can't remember exactly when - around about 13-14 weeks maybe), as she started wriggling out of them. She still startels sometimes, but doesn't seem too concerned about whether she is wrapped up or not. She is almost too big for her wraps now anyway, so I have started putting her in a sleeping bag. It works great.

Morning all, Thought I would come in here as I was not allowed to go back to bed this morning lol.

Re watching any shows about kids, I used to watch from more of an abstract informative view, and now they make me all emotional. It's like they all make a whole lot more sense now.

I feel guilty most nights because I'm really tired, Nathan has been cooking heaps and he is getting better at cleaning up too :lol:

With the Wrapping and the startle reflex, xavier still startles himself too, but I figure he is better off learning how to settle himself after startling now than later. We are averaging 9 hours at night now so something is working for him. His poor little hands are soo cold in the mornings though (or should I say poor mummy's chest when little cold hands touch). ooo chilli I have to wrap his fist in my dressing gown sometimes :lol:

Hello everyone!

I have been trying to keep up with all the posts!! Well, I am still around and things are going well. This week Oscar has started sleeping a bit longer at night (fingers crossed it stays that way) so no more 3 hrly feeds during the night and also during the day he is going 4 hrs between feeds! YEY!

Hope everyone else is going well, I will try and attempt personals later today. Need to clean the house a bit and get ready for MG and be out of the house in just over an hour! EEK!

Good Morning all.....

I am having a day out in the sun doing some gardening so just ddropped maddy at school, playing on here going to get groceries & then outside, later this arvo I'm off getting a hairdo, so that will be fun, some me time!!!

Seems all is going well with all the bubba's in here which is awesome...

I cant do personals coz Indah's removing her clothes as we speak & it's taken me ages to get her dressed!!!!!!

Hi! Hope you don't mind if i pop in! I was in the preg after miscarriage bit before the birth of my baby boy and have been slack ever since!! It would be great to join in and hear how everyone else is going with their July babies!! I had Lucas on July 11 and we have had our ups and downs (hernia operation mainly!!) but he is going pretty well. I have only read a couple of pages and one thing i noticed was the "wrapping" thing....we went to a tweddle settling class and the nurse there said they should be out of thier wraps by four months, but whatever works i reckon!! Will try and keep up with everyone as soon as i can!!

Hi everyone...hope you're all going well. We've been travelling along pretty nicely - Alessia has settled into a semi-routine where she'll have her last feed around 8ish and wake up around 6ish. Gives mummy lots of sleep and time to catch up on some 'me' time :) She's growing so quickly cos I can definitely see some rolls in her thighs now and her cheeks are getting chubbier. Too cute!

We have our first mother's group meeting tomorrow so I am really looking forward to some regular contact with the outside world apart from our immediate families.

Tracey Yay for you time. Hope your hairdo comes out exactly how you want!
Danielle Yay for great sleeping from Oscar. Makes you feel so good when you can string together more than 2 hours of sleep in a row!
Rebecca I tried not wrapping Alessia during the day but nope, she won't have a bar of it! Her startle reflex is still too prominent. How cute for little cold hands in the morning. Alessia has 'scratchy' cold hands - ouch!
Zofia Yay for the pram purchase - they are definitely a great investment!!! As bulky as mine can be at times, sometimes it is preferable to using the sling :)
Jan Hope you and Liam enjoyed your nephew's birthday party today. I'm so pleased I can now place some faces to your names. What a gorgeous little bubba Liam is :)
Mel I can't ebay my maternity clothes (even though we're planning on giving Alessia some brothers/sisters) cos I've given them to my sister! She's 15weeks pregnant and I'm so glad Alessia will have a playmate close to her age. I took a look at your updated website and Mel, your babies are just too beautiful and cute!
Relle Wow for your efforts in being a Doula - 18 hours in a row??? Wow...it must be so rewarding to see the entire labour through - being that 1 consistent person is so important. I was so fortunate that I had Alessia within the one shift.
Jem WTG Jem's hubbie for cooking! David loves to cook but unfortunately he's been coming home from work buggered and can't be bothered cooking anything more complicated than toast! *lol*

Okies, that is all I can manage for now...little miss is stirring and she should be sleeping just a tad more before her next feed :) Talk soon and take care! *hugs*

PS its been so long since i have been on here can anyone remind me how to change my signature????