Babies Born June 2007 #10

[Missbanana]

Hello everyone! Long time no visit! I have read heaps of the posts, I always read em, just never have the time to actually post em! Congrats on all the new mummies and mummies to be! I cant wait to join the new mummies again!

Dane went for his 18mth check and all is good. Although, he seems to be a tank compared from what the rest of you have said so far. Dane is 90cm tall and 16.2kg... But i dont think he is fat.. he doesnt look fat to me and he doenst eat ****. He is a really good eater, heaps of fruit and vege, nearly everything we give him he will eat.

We went to see Santa at chrissy and it was the exact same santa as last year, which was pretty cool, BUT dane freaked out and didnt want to no him.... We got a couple of pics, one makes us laugh cos you can tell Dane is trying to escape!

Is anyone else going through MAJOR tantrums? I no it has been spoken about in earlier posts, but Dane just seems so over the top in his tantys. He will knock his head against the wall or floor on purpose, its horrible and just high pitch squeal when he doesnt get his own way. Even sometimes, when y0u just tell him NO for the 100th time of the day he can act like you have just really hurt him. throws himself around, screams and seems to be very mad! We have had to put him in his cot a few times for a small time out - cos either he is gonna hurt himself or if I pick him up he headbutts me and stuff and has hit my nose too many tomes now. Its permanently tender!~!

Other then the tantrums all is great! We have started toilet training and he pees in the toilet with his seat, but at the moment, we are asking him and taking him. He doesnt seem to no when he is about to pee, but will tell you when he is. So a bit more time, but hte main thing is he is getting used to it all at his own pace.

How is everyone going with speaking? Dane has lots of words now, but sometimes he will say a word for a while, then not say it for ages. He also used to say Toast really well, now he calls it tote......

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well and all the little munchkins are powering along. Life is good and always remember to smile, especially at nothing !

[MumofLewis]

Wow Miss Banana - Dane is doing great! 90cm, he must be in size 2 by now? I find Lewis is in 2's for his top half but still 1's for his trousers, seems he has short legs!

Celsie - That organic place sounds great, Lewis hates shopping I try and go without him to the supermarket, I remember hating it too as a kid. Yes we do go to playgroup, the library singalong etc but it's all shut at the moment, I think once it all starts up again things will become busier again. I'm also looking at enrolling hm in an art n move class in February. Yesterday was better anyway as is cousin came over for a swim, so that was nice.

We are getting a new lounge today, can't wait as our current one is just filthy from too many sticky fingers

[Celsie]

Is anyone else going through MAJOR tantrums? I no it has been spoken about in earlier posts, but Dane just seems so over the top in his tantys. He will knock his head against the wall or floor on purpose, its horrible and just high pitch squeal when he doesnt get his own way. Even sometimes, when y0u just tell him NO for the 100th time of the day he can act like you have just really hurt him. throws himself around, screams and seems to be very mad! We have had to put him in his cot a few times for a small time out - cos either he is gonna hurt himself or if I pick him up he headbutts me and stuff and has hit my nose too many tomes now. Its permanently tender!~!

This is so normal it's not even funny! At this age everything is all or nothing. So, there's no such thing as being a little upset, it's a lot upset... same with how much he loves you. Caeleb gives me kisses and pushes his face into mine as hard as he can "squish face" to give affection. It's big love or nothing! And as far as him hurting himself, it's all for show. He'll only do it hard enough to give you a fright, but not hard enough to actually hurt himself. Try to remember that this is all a part of him growing up and he would be abnormal if he didn't throw trantrums. He's just trying to assert some authority over his own life. As far as the headbutts go, they're a big NO NO! You need to grab him and tell him that it's not okay and he needs to stop because it hurts you and that if he continues then you'll put him in time out, or whatever you do to discipline him. Never accept any aggression towards you or anyone else. Big hugs!

[teepee2]

Hello my lovelies!!!!

I've kind of been feeling bad as I havent had a chance to come in and catch up but it seems that everyone has been super busy recently too!!

I havent read right back but its great to hear that all our munchkins are doing well and growing up fast! Mikayla is still on the little side - only around 11kg's but fighting fit and very strong non-the-less!

She just astounds me every day. She's talking sooo much!! (there's no shutting her up!) I've thought about starting a list of how many words so I can compare it to the next bub but she's saying so much that I havent found the time to sit and write them all down She's starting to put little phrases together now which is quite cute, like - "I did it" and "oh no fall down".

My mum has decided to start toilet training. I work most days at the moment as we're short staffed so am glad she'llwill be doing all the "dirty work" Havent made any progress yet but Mikayla is more than happy to sit on the toilet and stuff paper into the bowl - which is a start i guess!

AFM - I'm getting fat and uncomfortable which I'm sure you can all remember every so clearly!!! Please remind me... who was it that invented braxton hicks? Painless my a%$!!!!

Sarah - Good luck with TTC. I know how hard the whole IVF thing is and I too was hoping to avoid all of that the second time round but just remember the joy you felt when you finally got to hold little Lewis! Its all worth it in the end Did you end up ringing RPA about their public waiting list???

Celsie - How are you doing? Can you believe just how quickly time has passed. Only 12 weeks to go!!! Hope you're feeling ok and still managing to run around after Caeleb without too much discomfort LOL

Charly - You must be oh so busy with you 2 little princesses! I hope they're both being perfect angels for mummy!! hahaha

Kell - I hope Ethan has settled in nicely and getting along well with Ashley. How did you find she coped when he arrived? I'm a little worried that Mikayla might be a bit rough!

MissB - sounds like Dane is doing really well. He certainly is a big boy but as long as he's fit and healthy then I wouldnt be concerned at all!! We had the same prob with Santa this year. M was happy to look from a distance but we couldnt get her anywhere near him for a photo!


Well take care everyone. I hope to pop in a bit more frequently from now on xx

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

I too have been reading everyone's posts but have been too busy to write anything myself. I tried to update Diana's babysite the other day only to find that I can't access it. It seems that its been so long since I've been there that my username has expired or something (either that or I have forgotten it and am typing it in wrong). Hopefully I can still somehow salvage it.

Diana is 19 months old now. She is about 10kg and 80cm. She is talking a lot and is saying heaps of words. Her favourite game seems to be pointing to people's, toys' and animals' faces, pointing to their features, e.g. eyes, ears, nose, etc and naming them. It is very cute. She has started putting two words together as well, saying "baby doll" the other day, pointing to one of her dolls. We also got her a pet (a baby rat), which she named Min, and she often calls him by his name. (He comes to her sometimes, but we have to be careful as she can be inadvertently rough when playing with him.)

Potty training is going great. We often leave Diana's nappy off when we are at home and have the potty in the living room, where she can access it. Two days ago I went into the kitchen, leaving Diana in the living room, only to find that the potty was full of wee! I am so proud of her. Yesterday morning when she woke up her nappy was completely clean and dry and when DH put her on the potty she went. My aim is to have her completely out of nappies during the day by the end of March.

Diana throws tantrums sometimes too, but they are just for show and she is usually easily distracted.

Hope you're all having a great week. Hope to post more often.

[Charlyfrog]

Hiyaaaaaah! Yep we're a busy lot aren't we?? I've been crafting and gyming and mummying and wifey-ing and job huntering (to a degree)! So not much happening here..HAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe how soon there will be more babies from here! Where has that time gone?

Teepee - our little ones are the same weight but DD#2 doesn't seem tiny to me......still my little puppy/bulldozer my one! Lol! Has the little pushy outy tummy thing happening too, hehe.

Well, we have had one of those weeks (and it's only wednesday!) where, if one of my girls hurts themselves one more time I am going to run into a wall!! Seriously!! Someone is always getting knocked in the head, whacking their leg/feet/toes, pulling hair (accidents of course ) bashing their fingers......oh and DD#1 tried a doozy the other day; fell over on her fold out chair and it folded hard onto her knee. Goodness she screamed and now has a lovely black bruise line down the side of her knee. Then there's my bulldozer........

Dh came home early from work the other day as I rang him and all he heard was DD#2 screaming (you're probably thinking "what kind of mother are you charly?!?!? kids screaming and hurting themselves!" Eeeep ) Anywhos, I had been cuddling DD (see I'm a nice mummy, I cuddle them, LOL!) and she wanted to go play with her big sister so I put her down onto the floor. Well. I always have a hand under her bottom as she can still walk a little 'drunk' as she tries to go wayeeee too fast. The poor little mooch didn't have her 'land legs' and took one step and splatted straight down onto our tiled floor Her hands slapped the floor first but I watched in horror as her mouth literally bounced off the tiles. I grabbed her and knew there was going to be a mess........I just didn't think it'd be that messy. It was so horrible and I was so grateful DH came home. She split the skin on her gum and cut her lip but thankfully her teeth are still in and don't seem to be pushed back but one now has a faint black line just along the gum line Apparently kids can do that to teeth and the tooth can over a few weeks turn black before it gets good again.....oh I'll be sick if that happens! So we are watching it closely.

Aaaaaaaand her latest game is to throw herself onto her knees from a standing position!! Apparently this is absolutely hilarious - it really cracks her up!

As much as I want more babies.......I don't think I want a boy........not if DD#2 is anything to go by.

So apart from that Teepee, oh yes, they are being my absolute perfect angels

We started the kindy runs this week - of all weeks!! Good gracious it's hot! And the girls start swimming lessons this week too - looking forward to that!! (hmmm, sorry just saw "kindy runs"....I must be in a weird mood coz that could sound slightly dodgy.....hehehe. Yes, weird) oh and DD#2 is also powering out the words - tries as much as she can. I'm so proud of her coz she gets up from her nap, sees the tennis on the TV and says, "kiket", which is actually cricket, lol! So when we tell her its tennis she says, "nennis".....hehehehe! Aaaaand she's learnt fake crying - thanks to her big sister. Good grief! Lol! Pair of actresses me thinks, lol!

Well, hope everyone is staying sane and cool!!!! I can't believe how fast these babies are coming! I know I've already said it but I still shake my head at how fast time goes! Well, take care all, and shall bbl

Mwa!!

[dragonstorm]

hey there ladies,

yes we are still all alive and kicking and spewing and pooing and tantruming and laughing and running and falling and sliding and blowing and kneeling and all that other stuff they do to scare the absolute bugger out of me.

now that nate is 85cm and 14kgs hes more like our baby rhino than i care to think. ihave got bruises from his crash tackling of me and yes his head height is just right to down me for a minute. words are flowing like maisy at a party. sometimes he can even string a few together that dont make sense but we love it anyway. tt has just started so weve had a few messy accidents but he knows what hes done after the fact, now we just need to now the fact before.

the funniest thing hes doing at the moment is blowing raspberries everywhere, the doors, floors, bath time, in the pool, in his cup full of water(),on the tiles on the verandah and best of all on our tummies. he loves the sound!

hes loving his food at the moment. bananas top of the list followed by avocado then watermelon and anything fed to him by anyone but DW and I. he'll eat at daycare no worries, eat for nan and pop, eat for friends but if we try to feed him lunch or dinner its 'no' shake head accompanied with flying hands unless its yoghurt. we give him the spoon and fork and he tries, gets frustrated and cracks the poos. keep trying i guess.

sleeping well. two hours at lunch then 730 til 5 am. have got used to the early starts so its not much of an issue. sometimes if were tired we'll ask if he wants to come to our bed....yeah and a nod. sleep and extra 1 1/2hr. then its time to get up and feed me or i'll huff and i'll puff and blow you a raspberry!!!!

have just put in for a customs job in brissie and have to be positive. would really love it if i got it. part time and short shifts, perfect for our family situation with mum earning all the money and keeping me in the lifestyle that i have become accustomed to.lots of prays please.

sorry its been so long but im still the lazy male here.

ciao till next time
Dragonstorm

[MumofLewis]

Hi everyone, hope you haven't all melted in the heat!

Hey Dragonstorm sounds like Nate is lots of fun now. Lewis was still up at 5am until recently, now he will generally go until around 6am-6.30am which is a nice lie in . I think it's because he finally dropped his morning sleep and now just has a lunchtime one.

Starfish - Diana sounds like she has cracked the potty training then. I haven't even started with Lewis but he will go nappy-less at home for quite a while now.

Teepee and Celsie - You must be suffering in this heat Oh well not much longer

Charly - sounds like your two really are bulldozers! I bet DD1 inspires DD2 to be a daredevil too. Lewis loves climbing now, I found him with the oven door open (switched off obviously) stood on it trying to reach for his dummy on the kitchen bench. Scared the life out of me. We have got a safety catch on there but the heat of the oven makes it unstick.

PP - How is Ethan, he must be growing up so fast?

Lewis is going through the 'acky' phase where he can't get his hands or feet dirty. When he falls over he just holds his hands out and says 'acky, ta' until I wipe them off. What a prima donna! Hope that phase doesn't last long. Think that's the whole reasoning behind him not liking the sand aswell.

Anyway no more news this end.