Babies Born June 2007 #6

[rylansmum]

Hi ladies,
Its been a while since i have been on as i have been obsessed with planning our wedding ...So far we have booked our reception/ceremony venue..actually it was booked November 2007!!! We have booked a wonderful photographer put a deposit down on our dream wedding car..we have booked a 2007 Chrysler 300c Super Stretch Limo its silver with black leather interior and it seats 12 including the driver!! I am having a rather large bridal party 4 groomsmen & bridesmaids and we also have 2 junior bridesmaids, 2 flowergirls & 2 page boys and us so officially it will be 16!!! And i have also just bought my bridesmaid bouquets at a bargain price..$100 for 4 silk bouquets because they were used as hire flowers!!! I am so excited..as you could probably tell
Im glad to hear i am not the only person who needs to lose the kgs before their wedding...i found "the" dress online went and looked instore and OMG it is tiny..straight down very fitted!!! Gorgeous dress i want it so bad so looks like a diet and exercise are in my not so distant future lol

As for my baby girl she is finally on the move, commandoing around eating everything in sight!!
She is still not sleeping very well through the day i stopped rocking her to sleep but she is getting better at settling herself and its not a huge production as it was when we began

She is getting quite an attitude though little witch..she will arch her back and squeal and thrash around when she wants something and cant get it ie remote control, her big brothers hair
It isnt all the time thank goodness, maybe 10% of the day the other 90% she is such a sweetheart..
Are any of your bubs really into tv?? She is really into it these days..especially the shows Rylan watches like Thomas, Dora the explorer & Ollie off Nick JR she will be mesmerised by them she will not move just sit and stare till its finished lol and she will actually look and move around me if i sit down infront of her to feed her while she is watching her shows!!!
Im sorry i havnt put any personal replies im lucky to get a chance to put anything in these days!! Especially now im working till 12am and not actually getting home till 1am...sleep is very precious right now lol
I hope everyone is going well take care

[Charlyfrog]

Hi all!! This is going to probably sound so pathetic and one might consider me a wus but omg!! This toilet training thing is full on! And DH whilst a shift worker is no help as he is flat chat with our own business when he is at home so its just me, toilet training DD and then booby/solids fed DD........... ROFL!!

We are having huuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggeeeeeee success atm, although we only started quite spontaneously yesterday lunch time (the thought of one more nappy tipped it for me ) and so nappies are only being used for overnight now and DD is really surprising me as we even had poos in the potty with no prompting from me! Poor little DD#2 though has had to cry it out on her playmat whilst in the middle of a feed as DD#1 has decided to be brilliant and use the potty but of course, with no extra pair of hands, mummy has to deal..............on another bright note, DD#2 was worrying me with not seeming interested in her solids at all and now!! Woohoo!! Is eating like a trooper!! So I've managed to get one child to eat and the other to poo!!

Jen - its really been a game of persistence on my part but DD#2 still tries it on during the day here and there, cheeky rabbit! I decided that I would determine when the nap started and when it ended and if she chooses to cry/complain her way through the whole nap time, well at least I know that there's a higher probability of her sleeping for the following nap session If I know that all the checks have been done (ie nappy clean, DD temps comfy, no wind etc) I will leave her unless her cry/complaint changes to more than just complaining, which generally happens only if the little sausage gets her legs stuck in between the bars (oh and the gro bag doesn't stop that either ) Retraining is possible (and this is just what we did with our DD so its what you are happy to do and are comfy with) but be prepared for your little one to not be happy about it for the best part, even all of an hour and then some to begin with. You decide when and where you want her to nap and pop her down for the duration that you think she should be down for, then go in and get her up when that time is over. You could go in every 10/15mins to reassure her that you haven't gone anywhere but then don't be tempted to do more than all the checks, a quick snuggle and then straight back down............could take a couple of weeks but it'll be worth it if you are comfortable doing it this way. What I still do with DD is if I have to go in, I'm very quiet and don't have much of a conversation with her and do what is needed quietly and quickly. Then in direct contrast, when it is time to get up (even if she hasn't been to sleep which can still happen of late ) I am all excited and chatty and noisy so she understands the difference between 'still sleep time' and 'time to get up - yay!' LOL!!
Sorry, long explanation but that's just what we did. Hth somewhat anyways, xx


Okeedokee, one more load of washing to hang out then a cuppa, finally!! Hehe!

Take care lovlies!
Mwa!!

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Boy you ladies are chatty! I have had a bit of an up and down day. On the down side, I nearly decided to stop breastfeeding this morning! Diana has kind of been biting recently and this morning at about 5:30am, she bit me hard first on one nipple, then, when I took it away, on the other. I nearly lost it. I have been feeling pretty down the last few days (I think that pnd is returning - I am looking at getting counselling as I have been feeling really, really low), and felt that the only positive thing I had left, the only thing that I was still doing right, was breastfeeding, and now I was failing at this too. Fortunately I got through to the ABA helpline and the counsellor was fantastic and helped a lot. So I am still breastfeeding. Yay.

On the up side, Diana did her first 'big girl poo' (i.e. solid - TMI, I know ) in the potty today. I am so proud of her.

Hi to everyone and hope that you and your lovely babies have a good night.

[Charlyfrog]

Starfish - Thinking of you lovey!!! You're doing such a wonderful job and yay for you for recognising where you're at!! I am so glad that ABA were able to work with you through this......thinking of you hun! xx and on the big girl poo!! Trust me!! Understanding the woohoo part of it all, but with DD#1! Hehe!!