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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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.
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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
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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!
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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!!
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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' timeShe'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
PS its been so long since i have been on here can anyone remind me how to change my signature????
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Hello all
Welcome Megan glad to have you join the group - the more the merrier.
Ooooohhhh gotta run as Oliver and Jesse want to hop in the bath. So cute - Oliver is running down the hallway followed by Jesse and they are both nude and Oliver is saying "lets do a nudey run".
I had best run and go and supervise. Will BBL to say a proper hi.
Grrr at Dh wporking late is all I can say.
Jem
XXX
Don't worry i figured it out!
Very jealous of the long sleeps i am hearing about! Lucas goes through cycles and at the moment has a cold so is waking around 2am - not happy!!
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Yeah fran on the mega sleep- wish Kaetlyn would change her hours!!! she sleeps from midnight till about 8.30. I want to try and retrain her to sleep rom about 8ish as well. Ahh well, cant look a gift horse in the mounth can I???
Just letting you know I have updated my gallery with pics of the paintings I did, the name plate on her door, and also the sad attempt at making a fitted nappy. Am yet to try it! not sure if I am game enough!
Will bbl for personals!
Oh and welcome megan. (when i posted this we had exactly the same nummber of posts - 229 hehehe)
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WOOHOO!! *does a little dance*
My wedding dress is nearly finished!! They are just putting the crystals on and then it is getting sent to the shop!!! Oh I cant wait to put it on!!!
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