Babies Born June 2007 #6

[MumofLewis]

Hi,

Welcome Canberramum, the more the merrier

Oh Celsie, don't be too hard on yourself, we learn by our mistakes, like me yesterday putting Lewis too close to the mirrored wardrobe so he fell back and knocked his head

Food wise, I'm lucky that Lewis eats anything, he is like a hoover. But Feathertop, they really need extra iron now they are over 6 months so maybe you should call tresillian to get some ideas. What about yoghurt? Or ricotta with veggies stirred through to disguise the taste? They do say it takes a while for that tongue reflex to stop before they will hold the food in their mouth. What a headache for you.

Teepee - I didn't really think about the sodium level in the cruskits. I worked out that half a biscuit has about 15mg. What is classed as high and low levels, do you know what their daily intake should be? I've been avoiding tinned baby food due to the salt level and here I am loading him up with cruskits!

Oh well better get back to the pile of ironing. Swimming lessons again tomorrow, hope Lewis still likes it.

[canberramum]

Hi
I was wondering if I might be able to join your group. Our little boy Lachlan was born 18th June 2007.

He has just moved to bottle feeding and is happily (most of the time) exploring the world of solids.
Although like your little man Feathertop Lachlan hates rice cereal, but he will happily have vegetables, fruit, yoghurt etc.

I hope that I haven't gatecrashed. I've never used this forum before but am keen to be able to talk with parents of children the same age as Lachlan as we face milestones, challenges etc around the same time.

[mel_thekiwimum]

welcome canberramum - feel free to join in

I have just been giving Jackson toast with the crusts off and he usually sucks/chews it a bit and I am left with soggy bits everywhere but he does seem to enjoy it - I got told by the ECHN to toast the bread as its easier for them to deal with as they can choke a bit on lumps of regular bread

Feathertop - Jackson is still waking at night around 3am as well - and I'm just about out of ideas - got told by the ECHN to change his cot position and keep him cool but he still wakes - hugs to you - I would call the tresilian help line

hi to everyone else
Mel

[mel_thekiwimum]

oops just realised it was Mikayla with the sleeping issues not Angus - sorry my brain is fried from a course all day

not sure what advice to give re solids - I just persisted with Jackson and now he eats everything - he def doesn't like rice cereal tho so maybe try some pureed veg or fruit on its own?

[rylansmum]

canberramum, welcome dont feel like a intruder...i did when i first jumped on aswell lol.

Celsie..you are not the only one who has done it..i did the exact same thing when Rylan was a baby but i had to put a bandaid on it cause it kept bleeding..he got himself right in the knuckle fold thingy..

Starfish Its definately not genetics...well not mine anyway LOL...im not worried she is eating and drinking enough she is just a little weed LOL

Feathertop Another option to the rice cereal could be porridge or weet bix with formula or BM..the nurse told me it was ok because i told her i gave Ashlyn weetbix when we run out of cereal and she said thats fine you can also try porridge..they can pretty much have the same foods as us now but with limits obviously.
Ashlyn loves my homemade spaghetti bolognaise (sp),chicken veg and pasta soup, she has just discovered vegemite sandwhiches and is loving it and she also steals rylans chippies and sucks away!!
You just have to be ready to dive into and feel confident..if they arnt interested just give them time and hopefully they will come around... i know that doesnt help when you feel like a walking milkbar!!

Take care ladies

PS..are we allowed to post pics in the actual forum like photobucket??

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Diana did two poos in the potty today. (None in the nappy, woo hoo.) I have also finally finished a painting for Diana that I started shortly after she was born. (I put a picture of it in my photo gallery if anybody wants to have a look.) Now I need to find somewhere to hang it. Our stupid apartment has brick walls, so can't put a hook in anywhere. At the moment it is hung with blu-tack. Hope it stays up.

Welcome Canberramum.

Feathertop - :hugs: Hope Angus starts eating better soon. I'm sure that he'll get the hang of it shortly. Until about 12 months, any solids they eat are for tasting rather than nutrition, so maybe try again in a week or two. (I know this doesn't help when you feel like a walking milk factory, but just remember that it won't last forever.)

Hi to everyone else.

[JadeLil]

Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum. I have a 7.5 month old.

Mel- I have similar issues with our baby, he too wakes during the night more than once, last night he woke around 4 times to snack on his bottle. We have put the portacot in our room as we struggled to trek the hallway opening doors to get to his room through out the night. I know a portacot is no meant to replace his cot, but I am not sure what else to do. I would be interested to hear if anyone else has similar issues or tips on how we can get our little one to sleep longer and stop snacking

[Elliebelly]

Hi everyone!

I just found this site. Hope you won't mind me gatecrashing.

Tadhg is now 7.5 months and we are due for our 8mth check up next week. I have been very lucky that Tadhg has been sleeping through at night since 4mths old. He started on solids at just after 5mths and loves sweet things esp. banana. He had rice cereal and now is on Bellamy's organic baby porridge which is oat cereal.

Eearly this week, we got a phone call from a childcare offering us a full time position. It is sad to think that I've only got one more month before sending DS to childcare. I'm hoping that he will enjoy playing/socialising with other babies. Just wondering if any of you are experiencing the similar emotion??

[Charlyfrog]

Yay and welcome to Canberramum, Jadelil & Elliebelly!! So great to have more on board - increases the chances of chatting more often as we are all so busy with our fast growing littl'ns that sometimes getting on here is near impossible! Lol!! Oh Elliebelly, how do you pronounce your bubby's name? I love how different it is!

Will bbl to do personals but must dash and wash, clean, feed, tidy, stay awake (lol!).........so same deal for all!

Mwa!!

[JadeLil]

Hi Everyone,

Ellie- I can't wait til DS sleeps through the night even 5 hours would be great!! I know how you feel with the whole childcare thing. I too have to return to work in the next month and am dreading as the day draws closer. Though I think if you have found a great childcare with good staff to baby ratio, and it offers everything you are looking for, then he will enjoy the interaction with other babies. I know that when I take my son to swimming each week he just wants to jump right in and splash around with the other bubs. I am hoping that I won't end up in a pool of tears when I drop our little man off to childcare in the not so distant future

[Charlyfrog]

Okeedokee, Playschool is on so DD#1 is relaxed ("put on your hat, ladadidadida....") DD#2 is asleep and DH is having coffee with a client (unbelievable! he gets the cafe and coffee! Lol!) so thought I'd grab a warm milo and come and catch up with y'all! Hehe!

Rylansmum - are you getting any more sleep?? How is dropping the night feed going for you? You're right too - how fast are our little ones growing up?!?! It occurred to me that its now only 1 week til DD#2 is officially 8months meaning that its only 4 months til her 1st birthday!!! Yikes!!!

MumofLewis - I am very embarrassed I don't even work and yet of late have been feeling absolutely exhausted! I didn't even bother with the dishes last night so yay, they are waiting for me in the sink *sigh* So you working ladies are truly amazing!!

Teepee2 - oh how's Mikayla lovey? Any success in her cot again? Oh the poor little precious! That's really odd too not being able to sleep in her room. Could it be that she just feels lonely so sleeps better with people around atm? Or is she sleeping well in the porta cot in a room by herself? Thinking of you lovey and sending you

Feathertop - A friend of mine has a friend who's little one won't eat anything except finger food! They too were simply not the least bit interested in spoons but enjoyed picking up and smooshing food in their mouth. Sounds particularly messy but that's all that the little one complied with I hope Angus catches on soon so you can do your course with no worries and feel completely relaxed! Hows your DH by the way?

Celsie - oh lovey! Don't feel bad sweety! Little ones are so quick aren't they and I've noticed that they point out everything we've missed! Definitely keep us on our toes little gorgeous monkeys! How's your DH going these days??

Sending to you Jadelil & Elliebelly re: going back to work. We're all here for you and so many know what you will be going through. xx


Well, DD#2 is commando crawling, no stopping her! DD#1 is on the way to picking up that its not the done thing to sit, lay or squash your baby sister! not to worry, lol! We have a play tunnel that when DD#1 was a bub, she was very wary of and would look through it and play on the outside. Took ages before she would crawl in it. DD#2?.............well I have walked into the room and seen the tunnel roll all by itself as she has wormed her way right in to the middle of it and then rolled!! So funny!

Its official!! I have booked our 2 week holiday in May! Woooooooooooooohoooooooooooo!!! I have bee hanging out for a real holiday for so long now and with the year that was last year, I really need to get away from it all iykwim. So its the Great Ocean Road here we come as we have never been that way to Melbourne before. I am so excited as its only 87 sleeps til we leave!!! (can you tell I'm excited!) We haven't been on a proper holiday since our honeymoon almost a decade ago, yeesh! Oh we've gone to catch up with family interstate but that's been our objective, not necessarily having a real holiday if that makes sense. Always nice to see family of course but this is our first holiday since being married where its just about our little family unit.......so yay!! Only need to find a couple of stop over accommodation for the way home but we're all booked for the first 11 nights. Oh goodness! So excited - have a silly grin from ear to ear as I think about it! Lol!!

Jen - how are you love? How is Mackenzies sleeping going?

Missbanana - how are things with Dane? How is his teething? Are your nights more settled?

Debbie - have I missed a post? Haven't seen anything re: AF not showing or showing? Hang on, will check pg announcements...........nope nothing there, hehe! How are things with Aiden?

And to all the other ladies, Starfish, Princessmya & Mel_thekiwimum......ooh, hope I haven't missed anyone of recent....Naomi54???

Hope all are well, best dash now as Playschool is over, DH is back (client didn't show up) and I really should do those dishes and that darn ironing, blah blah blah! Lol!!

Mwa!!

[teepee2]

Hi ladies.

Mikayla's watching Raggs so I've got a minute to come in and catch up.

Welcome to Canberramum, JadeLil & Elliebelly!! Look forward to getting to know you and learning all about your little ones.

Rylansmum your allowed to post links to photos in photobuck but not actually allowed to post the pics in the thread. You can also upload photos to you BB photo gallery (click on the link under your details in right hand side of your post)

Sarah I didnt think the cruskits would have had a lot of sodium either until i checked the box. Mikayla absolutely loves them. She devoured a whole one the other day with a bit of vegemite smeared on it. I think I'll still give them to her but not so often. Do you know of anything similar that can be substituted??

Celsie - poor Caeleb! I hope his hand has all healed up and he's forgotten all about it - but I'm sure he probably did that not long after it happened! Dont punish yourself - accidents will happen

Jade Mikayla has always been a bad sleeper and is now having night terrors so I can sympathise with having to get up so often. We too have started putting Mikayla into her portable cot but we've got it in her room. She seems to be sleeping a bit better in there as opposed to her regular cot - dont know why that is but I'll be leaving her in her portable for as long as it takes!!

Feathertop just persist with the solids - it took Mikayla a while to get used to it too. Maybe give him a break and try again every few days until he's happy to start eating. Have you tried using different spoons?? It could be that he doesnt like the size or shape of the spoon your using - worth a try anyway

A lot has been happening her lately. Last saturday night our lounge room and garage got flooded with the torrential rain we've been having in Sydney. Mikayla's rug and toys and our surround sound speakers were all damaged. Some of the furniture was sitting in water too so we're just in the process of claiming it all on insurance - a bit of a headache really - and the house is still a mess! My sister arrived from London on Sunday for the Christening so thats put a hold on cleaning up too.

Mikayla still isnt saying "dada" just "mama" & "baba" but she has started to say Hi when she sees you pick up the phone. Its sooo cute. This morning I picked up my mobile and said "mama's going to ring dada now" and she looked up and repeated "ai" over and over!! She's even started saying it to the TV remote - she must think its a phone

She's getting a bit restless now. Raggs must be getting boring - better go.
Will try to BBL.

Sorry if I missed anyone. Will read over again later.
Take care xx

[~Debbie~]

Hi all - and welcome newbies.

Well, AF showed up - and it was quite a painfull show as well, physically, and mentally. I was soo sure i was UTD. So, am feeling really really bummed atm.

Aiden is going great. He loved swimming lessons. We also went to the beach for the first time on Tuesday. He sat on the sand and babbled to the ocean. He is sitting great as well, and eating like a legend.

I did a great cook up for him on Tuesday - apple, pear, brocolli, cauli, baked sweet potatoe, and pumpkin. mashed them all up, and into individual bags, about 90-100gms in each, and he has 3 for lunch, and 3 for dinner. Plus, sometimes a yoghurt as well. Loves his veges.

For breakfast, generally, he has fruit, either apple or pear, or maybe banana, rockmellon, or peach. This morning, he had apple, and to milk arrowroot biscuits disolved in water.

Might try a vege sandwich today (thanks rylansmum ) He has has abit of vege on toast and loves that.

He has a cold as well. Our air con broke, so, he has been sleeping at nights with a pedestal fan on him, and i think its given him a cold. Killed him with kindness so to speak.

Anyway, i have to go, will bbl to read and catch up on posts..

[Starfish]

Hi everyone

Just popping in to wish you all a good weekend.

DH, Diana and I went shopping this afternoon and bought Diana her first doll. She looks so cute playing with it. We also went to Baby Kingdom and found a good playpen, which wasn't too expensive, only to be told that they had none in stock and that we couldn't have the display model. They ordered one in, which will be there next week, so we have to put up with energizer baby crawling everywhere for the next few days. I found the same playpen on ebay. The auction finishes on Sunday, so if the price is right, I might try and get that one to have it earlier.

Tina - so sorry to hear about the flood damage. Hope the insurance pays out. When is Mikayla's christening? Hope it goes well.

Charly - yay on booking your holiday! Hope it all goes really well for you. LOL on DD2 rolling in the tunnel. Must have looked so cute.

Debbie - good to hear that Aiden is doing great! Sorry to hear that AF has returned. Hope you feel better soon.

Hi to everyone else.

BTW, I have finally updated Diana's site if anyone wants to have a look.

[MumofLewis]

Hi Girls,

Welcome to the new Mums, it's great hearing about new bubs!

Debbie - Sorry to hear your AF arrived. Just think each AF that comes is one closer to getting a BFP! Well that's how I used to look at it, not that it did much good for a while there But it will come.

Tina - Sorry to hear about your flooding, what a pain, especially when your sister is here.

Starfish - I'm hunting on ebay too for a playpen or gate, I think I will get a playpen that opens up to a room divider because we have a big opening that's too big for a gate.

Elliebelly I can really understand how you feel about childcare, it's only natural. My MIL looks after Lewis and I was very teary the first week but I know he is fine and you do get used to it. Mel the Kiwi Mum had the same experience too and she will probably tell you that Jackson is loving it now. I really appreciate my time with Lewis now and I think he receives better attention from me as we have less time together.

Lewis has been doing his usual and waking up at 4.30am and not going backto sleep for 2 hours. But this morning he woke up at 5am and then after his bottle he went straight back to sleep until 700am! It was great. He had a late night last night , 8pm instead of 7pm so maybe that was it.

I tried him with a bit of toast but it just stuck to the top of his mouth. Does that happen to anyone else? Do you leave it or fish it out?

His crawling is developing, he now shuffles his legs forward and then lifts his right arm and it kind of swings in the air for a few seconds before he does his belly flop! His left arm is fixed solidly to the ground!

Well it's miserable today, we are just off to Aldi to stock up on nappies and wipes. Does anyone else use Aldi nappies? They're great and much cheaper than Huggies.

Oh and BTW Target have a great baby sale on this week, cheap clothes and nursery things.

Hi to everyone else. Oh and Charly I am very jealous to hear of your hols! Lucky you it will be lovely

[Elliebelly]

Hi all,
Thank you for the warm welcome!

Clarlyfrog - Tadhg is pronounced as Tige, ie tiger without the 'r". DH and I call him Tigey Bear. Tadhg is ancient galic for Poet - DH is Irish. We also have a very nice Irish girl name. Maybe we can use it next time???
Congrats on your holiday booking. We love the Great Ocean Rd, it's breathtaking! We got married on the beach just outside Appolo Bay. We still go there as much as we can. I'm sure you will enjoy it.

Jadelil - Talking about a good night sleep. Tigey Bear slept 13.5 hours last night!
I'm trying to make this childcare thing a positive change. Hopefully this mindset will make it earsier for Tigey Bear, DH and I. If there is any consolation, I read somewhere on BB that younger the bubby, easier it is for them to adapt. Let's just enjoy the time together with our bubbies.

I read some of the posts as I'm still learning the names of the baby buddies and trying to follow your stories. Hopefully I will be able to contribute to the conversation as I get to know you better.

When Tigey Bear stared solids, the MHN told me that he will slowly reduced the amount of formula he is taking to around 700ml per day. Now two months later, he is still taking just over 1 liter of milk plus 2-3 solids a day. What are your bubbies having?

p.s. Can't do spell check for some reason??

[mel_thekiwimum]

Sarah and Elliebugs[/COLOR] - couldn't agree more - the first couple of weeks of child care were pretty hard - more for me than for Jackson - but I can see he absolutely loves it and I definitely make the most of our time together now

Sarah - sounds like Lewis and Jackson are on the same sleep pattern at night - waking at 4:30 and occasionally at midnight as well depending on what time he went to sleep - Jackson will usually go back to sleep for around an hour and a half so I don't often have to set my alarm cos he usually wakes me at 6 - and I've just started using Aldi nappies - found our local Aldi at Nth Strathfield and they're awesome

Charly - yay on the holiday - I'm sure you'll have an incredible trip - you'll have to tell us all about it when you get back , I would love to do the Great Ocean Rd trip - we're going to the USA in May for my brothers wedding and I'm like you already counting down the sleeps - 88 for us now

hi to everyone else - better go and get Jackson ready for bed

Mel

[Celsie]

Hello lovely June Mums!

We've been MIA as I've returned to work two days a week and now have to squeeze five days housework and raising my child into three!

Big news!!! HE CRAWLS!!! Finally! LOL I think he's the last one in our mother's group to do so. Also, he said "Mum". He calls for me when he's upset. Winge and then Mum... sooooo cute!!!

I've started to make my own baby food as Caeleb is refusing to eat the commercial stuff. And it's YUM!! I'm so proud of myself.

I heard a rumour that one of our girls is pregnant, although it doesn't look like she's been in here to tell us...

Celsie. xoxox