Babies Born June 2007 #7

[Missbanana]

Hi everyone,

just a super quick one to Celsie, Dane baiscally self weaned from me just over month ago, making him about 9months at the time. He just slowed down on the amount of feeds he was having and was always very easily distracted. The best way for me to feed him was to stand in his room in semi darkness and hold and and feede him! not the best, but it was the only wasy I would have his attention! He eats very during the day with solids but really stopped being interested in my boob at all. I would offer and he would reject. Finallly I stopped offering and he stopped asking. To the point now that he is not even interested in my boob as a source of food. We were lying in bed together a couple of weeks ago and he was looking at my nipple, facsinated by it, then stared to blow rasberries on it! Then he kinda grabbed at it with his little fingers then gave me massive nipple cripple! But it is like he doesn't even no they used to feed him! I was a bit bummed that he decided to stop, but now I am glad he made the decision, and I am sure he had his own reasons to.

sorry everyone, I will pop back later to catch up properly!

[Peach]

Hi Everyone!!

I am just reading up on the thread and will do a proper post tomorrow .. just wanted to pop in and say hi Kenzie and I are reallly busy with her being so active arg!!! Hope everyone is doing well.. now to start reading up on the last 3 weeks ..time flys dosent it!
Jen

[Muffy]

logan says dad, dadda, mum, bub, yes and my least favourite...doodle....

MumofLewis- logan does the same thing... he has never liked cuddles really since after about 3 months unless he is REALLY tired... also i was wondering when they start standing how long does it take for them to walk....?

[Charlyfrog]

Hey heyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Sorry been MIA - I don't know, just want to do too many things and really only have time for a few

Teepee2 - oh love, that sucks, completely and utterly! I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. Am thinking of you sweety you're right too......life is just so short and sometimes we forget until something like this happens. Wish I had something profound to say but all I can do is send you cyber hugs love. xx

I have managed to read through all the posts - lots! Again though, want to say thanks for the honesty of you all..............just don't realise how important it is to be reminded that you don't have to be super, invincible mummy all the time. Its ok to be human *shock horror*

DD#2 has just learnt to pull herself up onto her feet using the lounge, DH or me. All very cute except she bites for extra grip - ok if its the lounge!! Ouchy! Actually, she is into biting everything.... everything!! I did do a firm voice with her and tell her no, don't bite mummy to which she responded with the funniest, fake "eh eh" cry/complaint. Kinda like she was saying, "don't talk like that mummy, I don't like it. Don't tell me off, I'm too cute to tell off"

Hope all those with sleeping challenges are going well though. I don't know if what we did would be considered controlled crying? Maybe it would be, I don't know but once we'd checked everything with DD#2 (ie hot/cold, wind, nappy, hunger etc etc) if she still persisted with crying I would leave her for 5 even 10minutes. However, she wouldn't be screaming the house down. If the cry was completely full on even after 5 minutes I'd go back in, do all the checks again and give her a big cuddle and whisper in her ear and gently, 'shhhhhh shhhhh' etc. Its so hard because there are so many things to take into consideration and like Dragonstorm said, once you think you've got it perfected the little moochies go and mix it all up again! DD has been sleeping through for quite a while now but every now and then she'll still mess up my schedule, hehehe

For me however, I have to let her cry sometimes because I don't have the minute to deal with her as I'm attending to DD#1. When it was just DD#1, she had all the time with no distractions but I guess thats just the nature of having more little sausages.....more and more they've got to gel with what's going on and the first has to start to share mummy and daddy............

gosh! Everything is just so easy in theory isn't it?!?!

Re: not being cuddly........DD#1 was so like that! I actually scrapbooked a page where she was cuddling into me - DH took the pic at the time because it was such a rare thing! Now, she just wants snuggles all the time but so does DD#2! Thank goodness they can have a leg each!

DD#2 does push me away though when she's near the end of her top up feed for the night. Its funny because she takes herself off so I sit her up for a burp and then she gets all worked up and pushes and arches etc until I put her back on. The next time she comes off she's usually as happy as larry and will coo and natter to me for a minute, then pop her thumb in and snuggle in - too cute!

I still marvel at how 2 cherubs can be so different even though they have the same parents!

Oh Celsie!! Want to give you huge hugs too lovey!!
How is Caeleb's feeding and sleeping? I know you don't believe in controlled crying and so am not suggesting you do that but can I encourage you that you won't break your little man's spirit?? You're too much of a precious loving mummy to do that xx I hope you find a way that works for you all lovey. Can I also encourage you too that our little ones are big enough to be becoming well aware of their little world? They are smart little tykes and actually pick up what reaction gets what response......DD#2 already recognises my gentle yet firm, "don't bite" and will stop just before she's about to eat me! I am not saying to let a bubby cry hysterically or anything like that because even I wouldn't do that - but tears are ok? Sometimes they are just part and parcel of them learning new skills?
Sorry, probably a bit woffly and just sharing my thoughts xx Just wanted to encourage you that you are a great and fab mummy and because of that, you will find the right way for Caeleb xx


Well, sorry bout the essay/novel here................will try not to be so tardy on my 'popping in' to say hi and see how all you lovlies are going. Hope everyone else is doing really well and being inundated with precious memories!!

Mwa!!

P.S. Oh and thanks heaps Debbie!! You got my brain whirling with ideas for DD#2's 1st birthday invites/party!! Hehe xx

P.P.S. Welcome Laura!! Lovely to meet you!

[meegm]

Hi Girls,

Well im 11 weeks today and guess what im haveing all those stupid thoughts we all have - im scared they will say theres no heart beat or something like that .. im sh*ting myself ... actually...

Ultrasound is next Monday but i going to ring and see if i can get the U/S done thurs or friday .. i just need to know..

Ive got a doppler but i cant hear anything yet .. and thats not helping either...

Little Lee is great we took him to the park today for the first time he had a ball - he fell over a lot on the bark but he did pretty well all up.. he went down t he slide for the first time and had a smile a mile wide...

its so precious.. i love it when i work out how to add photos to gallery thingo ill let you know.

Hope everyone is well...

Meegs
X

[Celsie]

Hey girls and our special guy!

Sorry I've been MIA! I've been up late every night for the past week, working on the new website, but it's done now, so I can get back to being a Mum again!

Meegm - OMG 11 weeks. That went QUICK! Let us know as soon as you find out if it's blue or pink!!! Have you thought of any names yet?

Thank you to everyone for your kind words of support and suggestion regarding Caeleb's sleeping. We're giving him a cuddle till he gets sleepy, then putting him in bed and staying with him till he drops off. It's working quite well. He's still waking up quite a bit, but I think that's because he's teething STILL.And still NO teeth!

Okay, it's late and this is my first night I don't have to be doing website stuff, so I'm going to leave it there.

Take care all!!!

[MumofLewis]

Hi Girls,

Meegm - Oh I'm sure everything will be fine, have you been feeling sick, tired etc? I remember what a relief it is after you've had your scan and blood test, try and relax till next week.

Lewis loves the park too, he will sit on the swing for ages laughing. He also loves watching the other kids and if they run he cracks up!

I've been leaving Lewis in his cot in the mornings for about 20 mins before going in and he has been waking up a bit later, not sure if it's a coincidence or not. This morning he didn't wake until 5.30am and then I fed him at 6am. I'm hoping his body slowly realises it's not milk time til 6am!

Not much other news really, just plodding along. Hope everyone is well.

[lira21]

hey how is everyone going?? just a quick hello and let you all know that we are expecting #3 in november well i best be off got a lot to do today take care

[MumofLewis]

Congratulations Lira21! How exciting for you. It seems to be catching, wonder who's next!

How is everyone, it's been awful quiet in here. Mind you I don't have much news either. Lewis has had a cough this week, but he's okay with it. It's been getting so cold he is sleeping in his big quilted sleeping bag that my sister brought over from England, so at least I know he's keeping warm. I was wondering what age do they stop sleeping all over the cot, because how do you put them under a blanket?

I've had alot of pain this month with my AF and my scar has been really sore inside, so I'm thinking of going to the GP. I'd have thought it would all be healed by now.

Anyway that's about it from me. Hope you are all okay and pop in to say hello soon.

[MumofLewis]

P.S Have just put some photos in my BB photo gallery from last week.

[New Mummy]

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all don't mind me jumping in here but I've recently subscribed to BellyBelly (this week) and I would love to join in on your discussions as I have some questions too regarding my 10 month old. He's my first and all of this (being a mum) is all new to me. I grew up without babies or children around me (I had no cousins or friends near us who had children) so to begin with I didn't know what I was doing with my baby. Everyday is a learning experience with Christian but I treasure everyday I have with him and I wouldn't change a thing.

I would like to mention to MumofLewis that Christian also moves around so much in his cot when he is trying to get to sleep (I thought it was just Christian who did this!) and then when he is asleep I have to go in there often to cover him with blankets! But sometimes that goes wrong because he feels me (or hears me) in the room and wakes up. I wanted to ask you about the sleeping bag you use with your son, how long has he been using it? Did he take to it ok? I've been thinking of using one with Christian but I'm worried he'll see it as a restraint preventing him from rolling in his cot and crawling in there. So far he's a pretty good sleeper but when he was first born we had a very very rough time regarding his sleeping so I dont' want to put this on him and have to start from zero with getting him to sleep again.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and experience on this.

Regards,
Pam

[MumofLewis]

Hi Pam,

Welcome! Great to have new mums and bubs in here (and Dad's too Dragonstorm!) What date was Christian born and what does he get up to? Is he a good boy?

Regarding sleeping bags, I bought a 0.5 tog (summer) gro bag when Lewis was about 4 months old because I unwrapped him early. He's always been fine in it and can still roll about as normal. The winter one I put him in this week is a thick 2.5 tog and is really long so I was worried he wouldn't be able to roll about but he is still fine. I think they like feeling secure and warm in them. My SIL told me her little one didn't like his because he couldn't stand up in it so I am waiting to see if Lewis gets frustrated by that. I have a few, one was $11 from Big W and I also got a Bonds fleece one.

Not sure how the other girls find using them?? They've all disappeared so not sure if they will answer......

[New Mummy]

Thank you so much for that. I don't know if I should get him a sleeping bag now because Christian does stand up and walk along his cot when he wakes or when I put him down for a nap in the day he sometimes decides "no, I don't want to sleep right now I want to stand and bang the wall really hard" once he gets that out of his system he sits down, lays down and goes to sleep. Thankfully he doesn't do this much anymore. We have a baby-camera in his room so I can see what he's doing and it's very handy in the morning when my husband goes to work I turn on the camera and I watch him, once I can see that he's waking up I quickly get up and shower. So getting back to the sleeping bag, I can just see him getting frustrated and angry if he can't stand with a sleeping bag on. I had thought that he might be too big for it anyway. I did used to wrap him, as we were taught in the hospital, but I never liked it much because he never liked. We were all pleased when he learnt to roll over at 5 months old and from then on he's slept on his tummy and still does He never slept on his back again, I wonder if he will again.

Christian is a very good boy He sleeps straight through every night, he goes to bed around 7.30pm and wakes at 7am every morning. He never wakes in the night but that doesn't mean I get a good nights sleep. I still wake wondering if he's ok, if he's covered, has he dropped in dummy, there's always something. In the day he has his 2 to 3 naps in the day and we go for a walk every day with Daisy (our dog) and Milly (our cat), yes she follows us too, meowing all the way. The biggest worry I have with him is that we have no interaction with other babies or mums - any adult really.

But it's good to be able to 'talk' to other mums on BellyBelly Thanks for listening.

Before I forget: Christian was born on Tuesday at 3.23pm on 19th June 2007

Pam

[Feathertop]

Hi all! Sorry, am very busy at present as I have started a new job working on the days when my husband isn't at work, so we're both flat out. Tomorrow I work form 8.30 -2.30 so starting to get busier.

Welcome Pam! And all will be well meegm, and congrats Lira, boy hard to keep up with you girls!

Angus continues to be a lovely boy, and very active. He tried to stand from kneeling without hanging on to anything today, didn't work so well but he is really nearly there. I think he is about to get another tooth too.

Does anyone elses baby push them away when they are holding them sometimes? Sometimes Angus pushes away from me like he doesn't want to be held, not sure if this is about wanting to be standing and walking or if he hasn't learnt about hugs yet. I would love for him to be huggy, he's usually so on the move he doesn't stop for kisses unless I grab him.

[Missbanana]

Hi everyone, wow it has been pretty quiet in here!

Welcome to all the newbies.

New Mummy, with the sleeping bag thing, my boy always stands, moves around his cot. he wears a target brand, size 1 and have found that he still can stand up and move around the cot pretty well. I walk in and he is standing up in his cot with his sleeping bag on, so maybe give a try and just see how he goes. I to am constantly having to cover him and yes sometimes wakes him! I feel heaps better knowing he has the sleeping bag on him cos I no he wont be cold.

Dane is going really well, never stops. Walking all around the house, into everything! he now weighs 11.8kg and is 75cm long. whats everyone else's stats?? He eats alot of the same dinners as us now, often the following night after we have it, but he loves my cooking so that is a bonus! I think someone asked me before if i changed much of my recipe and no, I never have used much salt in my cooking, so I still dont. But when it comes to garlic and all that he just gets what we have. He even ate lamb korma curry and I found it to be a little spicy, but he loved it ! He's also on a thing where he really likes to feed himself, i can get maybe half way thru a meal and he will start carrying on grabbing the spoon and trying to play with the food. In the end i give up and put it on his tray so he can feed himself. Anyone else going thru this phase?

Feathertop - cuddles! Oh i hear ya! Dane is exactly the same and always has been from birth. When he was a real lil bub, if you touched him when he didnt want it he would move away and just let me no that he doesnt want it. I am in the same thought that maybe he doesnt no what a cuddle is, but when he does he will freely dish them out! fingers crossed anyway. I do get some cuddles, like when I first pick him up out of his cot and when he is really sleepy. Also i sit on the ground with my legs and arms open and say come and cuddle mum and he will walk over and give me a quick cuddle. He also will try and wriggle out when i am holding him or let his leg grip go of my hip, but I put that down to him wanting to get down and walk.

hope everyone is doing well!

oh, i have some pictures in the BB gallery, i have a pic that you can see his baltic amber teething necklace.

[Charlyfrog]

Hi! Congrats meegm & lira - yay!!! And welcome New Mummy!

New mummy - my DD#2 sleeps exactly the same, right through, similar times and yet I am the same as you, checking, checking, checking, hehe. Re: sleeping bags - I love them!! I must admit that I do sleep a tad better when she is in one because I know that it won't matter how much she squirms and worms around at least she'll be warm. She does wake sometimes so I either just slip her back under the blanket (if its extra cold), give her head a kiss and quietly leave or give her a gentle cuddle.....love those coz that's when she snuggles right in! I have a more quilted bag (2.5tog) as well as a lighter bag (1.0tog) and if its just that little bit warmer, I just pop her in the lighter bag with only her nappy on.
But it certainly hasn't stopped her from being mobile!! DD#1 worked out how to stand up in hers! A friend of ours, her little girl worked out that if she poked her toes right in the bottom corners of the bag she could shuffle around as well, lol

Missbanana - wow your little one is going great guns!! DD#2 has worked out how to pull herself up onto her feet using the lounge etc and only the other day she did her first shuffle along! I couldn't believe it!

Actually the past 2 weeks has been filled with milestones - standing, shuffling, clapping, copying the puppy next door....... oh and blowing kisses. Every now and then she will play peekaboo behind a cloth too, very cute.

Thankfully she's remained healthy as DD#1 & I have been sick this week with the flu, blerk. Bizarrely enough mine began with a massive bout of mastitis - again, blerk!
Just last bits of cold type stuff now - DD#1 is struggling with the blocked nose poor lovey. It was a bit yucky when she first came down with it all as her temp got up to 39.7!! But the little sausage could still talk the ear off a deaf man at 10o'clock at night!! (while mummy and daddy are falling over from exhaustion!!! )


Best be off as #2 due to wake up soon and #1 is crying at the drop of a hat.....not very helpful in keeping #2 asleep!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend, bbl

Mwa!!

[Trillian]

new thread is here everyone https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-2007-8-a.html