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KB - thanks. I love your Ellas photo too! Going to the docs always seems to bring out the best in kids eh! Lucky you have a cake making relative. That must have been disappointing to have to re organise at short notice. How is work treating you now?
Happy Birthday to all the bubs! I cant seem to keep up with them all!!
Popping in to say party went well & both girls had a great day.
Hope all the other parties went well too.
Happy Birthday to my not so little Girl. Can't believe she is 1.
Happy Birthday to Dakota :D
Ella's party went great too - going to upload the pics now to facebook
happy birthday dakota, hope you all had a great day!
Internet access has been somewhat limited over here! Thanks for the birthday wishes Mo. Sas had a lovely day. Glad Kodi's party went well, and a big happy birthday to her and all the other gorgeous bubs in here. :D xxxx
Happy Belated Birthday Sas and Kodi :)
Ange so nice to hear from you, happy to hear Sas had a good day.
Looks like K may have a food allergy/intolerance to dairy, Hoping it's because of that really nasty virus she had a few weeks ago & in a few months she'll be able to tolerate dairy again. So for the time being she can't have any dairy.
Anyways we had her 12 month check up & she weighs 8.2kg & is 73 cm long.
Happy Birthday to Kodi and Saskia! We have been in Mackay for my sister's engagement party. The cyclone wasn't too bad but loss of power was the worst part.
Hi everyone and happy birthday to all the munchkins who have turned one lately! I haven't been on for a while, had our holiday and sort of went off into lala land when we came home!!!!
DD is one tomorrow!!!! I can't believe it! I keep thinking that this day, one year ago, at this time I was in heavy labour and pushing for all it was worth. Just incredible to look at her now and see what she can do and say.
We've bought her a sandpit and some books. DH is on a mission of his own - he wants to buy her a doll, so I'm excited to see what he finds. We've got 10 coming for lunch tomorrow so it will be a good day.
Happy belated 1 st birthday to Zenspirit's DD & TreeTops DS
Happy Birthday 1st birthday to Joshua & Corelly's DD.
Hope you all had/have a wonderful day :-)
JM - Happy Birthday Sas and glad to see you back! How is the jungle treating you guys?
Phoenix - Sorry to hear about the dairy intolerance. I hope it is transient!
Happy Birthday to all the lovely babies in this post!!
T is a velcro babe at the mo. Think she is missing me when I work. I am having a break for two weeks so am looking forward to some home time.
Happy 1st birthday Miss C, I hope you guys have a wonderful day :)
Happy birthday to all the bubs that have turned on or are turning one!
DD had her MCH appointment yesterday, she's 76cms long and weighs 8.8kg. Nurse said she's average height/weight but they're in proportion with each other, so that's good.She also said if DD is not walking by 15 months then we need to go back because it'll start being a concern. Even though DD was in leg braces/plaster for almost 10 months of her life. Hmmm. She showed me how to get her to crawl properly, saying she needs to be able to do it. DD commando crawls EVERYWHERE, but she has to learn how to crawl too. We'll see. She's figured out how to stand up on her own, so I'm really not too concerned. Last night I started a new sleep routine to try and get her to stay in her cot all night and I actually managed to get her to fall asleep there.....only after an hour and 45 minutes!!!! She's really clingy, so I'm hoping that once this passes, sleep will fall back into place. I always swore I would not have a baby in the bed with me, but I'm just so tired that it's always where she ends up!!!
Hope everyone is going well. DD's birthday was great, we had 10 for lunch and she was a happy girl all day.
Corelly that is so strange, i've known some babies not to walk till 18 months & no one has said anything.
Some babies never crawl, so i don't understand why she needs to crawl when she can commando crawl.
I think given the circumstances your Daughter is doing fantastic & i'm so happy your not letting her negative comments upset you.
I've co sleep with both my girls, there are times now where i co sleep with them both :)
I'm surprised she said that to you Corelly especially after your DD's history. She sounds like she is doing wonderfully. One of my friend's DS didn't walk until about 16 months and he never crawled "properly". His motor skills are perfectly fine now at age three so I don't really think crawling "properly" has much to do with development. I don't know any adults who can't crawl "properly" do you? I can't stand MCHN's. Skye hasn't been to one since she was 8 weeks old after they told me that I was toilet training DD1 wrong (she was fully TT day and night at 22 months so I must have been doing something right!). That was the last straw. I've never had a positive experience there. I just get the check ups done at the GP when she goes for her needles. Speaking of which, I really need to organise them.......My little girl is 1 tomorrow!! Woohoo!!
Happy birthday to all the beautiful bubs who have recently had their birthdays. Can't believe we are here! xxx
Phoenix - I thought it was odd too, especially when I've known babies who didn't crawl at all. I hate it how we're continually told, "all babies develop at different rates" but then they still call bubs like mine underdeveloped. Pfft!! I just smile and say, no worries!
NikW - Happy birthday for your beautiful one for tomorrow! Hope it's a great day for you both. I agree on the MCHN. I've changed once already - the previous one got really annoyed with me on one occassion because the centre gave me an appointment at 12 and she wanted to have lunch. She spent five minutes with us and it was right when we were about to start solids. The advice she gave me - she handed me a piece of paper with some pictures of food on it and told me that's all I'd need. Cheers!! The one I see is more thorough and she's really friendly, but a lot older and definitely by the book. Oh well, don't have to go back for a while.
DD had her needles last night, poor munchkin. One in each arm and one in her leg. She's just about had enough of all the poking and prodding and when the first needle went in, she just looked at me, like "Why Mum???".
Happy 1st birthday Skye, i hope your having a wonderful day :)
Thanks mo and corelly. We've had a wonderful day :D
Happy 1st Birthday Chelsea! I hope your having a wonderful day :)
Hey Girls! Haven't been in here in ages and have missed a lot of b'days. Hope that everyone is having a good time with parties and family and friends.
Happy 1st Birthday Susanna :D
Happy 1st Birthday Alexandra, I hope your having a great day & getting lots of presents :D
Wow! Lots of birthdays! Happy birthday to all the bubs out there and hope you've all had wonderful days.
I've decided that now DD is one, it's time to get out there! I've always tried to do the right thing by DH and restrict our weekly activities so we can do them on the weekends and he doesn't miss out. But he works a lot and I'm finding that DD and I are not getting to do the things that I want us to do. Sunday we went to the zoo as a family and she loved it, was mesmerised by Mali the baby elephant - but warning for anyone wanting to go. We lined up for 45 minutes to see her, and that was at 10am!
Today I took DD to the pool and she managed to sit and not grizzle, which is a first. It's all new to her - she's been in a pool a few times now, but having the brace on for so long meant that this isn't something she's used to yet. We were sitting with a 7mo who was just awesome, crawling around and putting his head under the water. I hope DD got some tips from him! I'm going to find a playgroup for us to be part of too. She only sees her 18mo cousin, no other kids, so I think it's time to change that!
Hope everyone had a lovely Easter and hope the bunny spoiled all the babies!
Corelly x
Corelly sounds like you are your DD are going to have lots of fun.
Now K is walking i can take my girls to the park etc, Makes my life so much easier.
I found meeting up with some BB girls is always good as well.
Wow 45mins, I bet Mali was beautiful tho.
Thanks guys, we have had a nice morning so far. Been to playgroup and had morning tea there, Alexandra had a stack and grazed her knee on top of another graze she already had, but apart from that she had a great time. She's down for her nap and I've just made the bolognaise sauce for dinner tonight (her favourite) and probably going to go swimming or something this arvo. We are going to have the big party/cake/presents when DP gets back in a few weeks. I can't wait!
I agree Corelly - definitely you need to get out and have some adult interaction as well otherwise you'll go crazy! Playgroups and BB meet ups are awesome for this, I wish I still lived near some BB girls. I am trying to increase my exercise time so we try to walk to the shops to check the mail in the mornings as well. Just getting out of the house does wonders for both me and DD. I would love to take Alexandra to the zoo. We are in Sydney for a wedding this weekend but won't have time for the zoo :(
Happy Birthday Alexandra! Sounds like you had a great day.
Corelly - I would LOVE to see the baby elephant too! We are on a short break and thinking of going to Healesville sanctuary as it isnt far away.
I will be madly trying to catch up with all my friends and bubs next week as I only have a few days to do it.
Hoping you all had a fun Easter and are getting over the chocolate cravings that seem to go on for a bit after an indulgence I find. Hot cross buns are hard to pass up also. T loves the buns. I think she is too little for chocolate so we bought her a nice light for her bedroom which she loves to look at.
I was so upset just then because I thought that my mum had stuffed up the video of us singing happy birthday to alexandra but I forgot to transfer it from the camera :redface:
We set up a mini banana muffin with a candle in it and got my parents and DP on skype with his family to all sing happy birthday - it was fantastic.
Enjoy your holiday SP! The easter bunny brought some books and alphabet cookie cutters for Alexandra. I got one bunny and some small solid and caramel eggs and have been rashioning it out. I may be one of the few people who actually weighed out their chocolate into individual portion sizes but I don't want to undo my hard work, i've lost 11kg since the start of the year.
:clap:FF - well done for losing so much weight!
11kg! Well done Funkeeefrog!
Thanks guys, I still have a little bit to go but it feels so go to be back into some size 12 clothes.
We got A's needles done yesterday, she's 11.1kg and 81cm. I went to the podiatrist last week and they had a clearance on Clarks shoes so got her sized up for some and she's a size 5. We're going to a wedding in Wollongong this weekend but apart from that nothing much else is happening here
FF - how did A go with the 12 month needles? I have out Ts off until next week. It can make it hard to get a good nights sleep so I planned them during my holidays.
Baby shoes are way TOO CUTE! Your bub has a good size foot. T is only a size 3 at this stage. I did find that different brands had slightly different sizing though.
We took T to a B and B for an overnight indulgence and she was terrific. We had a great time - went to the beach and had spas and ate out etc. A lovely age to take her away!
FF sounds like you will have a very tall girl. Maybe she'll be a model or a basketball player ;)
K is a size 2 so has even smaller feet than T. We often joke K will be 5ft nothing in a house full of 6 footers lol
Mo - gosh a size 2. We saw a smaller 12 month old when getting Ts needles on Tuesday. There has gotta be some people at either end of the percentiles. We visited my best friend today and her 6 month old who is about the same size as T! They seemed very affectionate toward each other and were able to throw a ball to each other.
T is fine after the needles. She cried initially - 3 needles at once! But is OK today. The council nurse said they can get a rash and/or cold symptoms up to 2 weeks following the injections. The council nurses were lovely with T and blew bubbles to amuse her - letting her pop them with her little fingers - no rushing us off:) They are so experienced with immunisations and I personally prefer them to the local doctor who (usually) doesnt have enough demand for immunisations to be really proficient.
I am looking for a play group for T and only have Fridays free. I am in outer east Melbourne - if anyone can suggest one?
That's very true Bron. K sees the paed next month. Will be nice to see what he thinks about the allergy/intolerance.
M started dance class & she loves it, I can't wait for K to be old enough(well maybe i can)to start.
Bron great news that T went so well with her needles. You can try you Health Nurse or the playgroup website.
The only thing i hate about playgroups is that the mums can be so clicky & they really make you feel unwelcome but i hope you find a nice one :D
chels got her needles on tuesday.. she had one in each arm and each leg (swine flu aswell). she cried but was fine really quickly. she is 76cm and 9.1kg. just starting to grow out of 00's. she is loving action songs at the moment, copies the actions for twinkle and miss polly. she says 'row row' when we do row your boat. still not saying many proper words but babbling away with some funny sounds.
glad to hear how well everyone is going.
Super pumpkin - glad the needles went well. I'm looking for a playgroup too, have found a local one in a church just around the corner, but both me and DD have been sick so are yet to go. Hope you find one soon.
Hollo - DD is full of the great babble too. She can say "crab" now, talking about her favourite bath toy, and she makes a laughing "hahaha" sound because she thinks that's the noise a horse makes!!!!
DD is totally in love with "Where's Spot" at the moment. Loves lifting the flaps and to my relief she's so gentle with them, no tearing yet!!! Ripped pages freak me out, but that's the bookshop person in me!!!
K still only says a few words but she babbles heaps. She gives you kisses which is adorable & she is starting to run everywhere now to.
Hollo sounds like Chels is doing great.
Corelly K loves books and is gentle with them as well, which is a shock because M would always tear them apart.
Hi girls,
We had a huge weekend in Wollongong and it has taken a few days to recover. A was really good on the flights apart from her ears hurting on the descent on the way home and had a fantastic time with all the people giving her attention. It was a huge wedding, 250+ people.
We have also started using cloth nappies :D I was planning to start last year after I checked them all out at the baby expo but decided not to as we were going overseas and packing up all our stuff. No excuses anymore, have been using them for a couple of days and it seems to be going pretty well.
Mo - loving the alice theme. I haven't seen the movie yet, we don't have a cinema out here, maybe I'll have to wait til it comes on austar. Little girls dancing is the cutest thing ever! I bet K would love to go and join in with M. Do they do lots of dancing together around the house?
SP - A was fine after her needles, she cried for a little bit and wasn't interested in the toys that I took for her but was happy when the nurse gave her one of their toys to play with. I was a little bit worried getting them done before we went away in case she got sick, but she didn't have any side effects at all.
Hollo - The babbling is so cute isn't it. I love when they get really animated and loud like they're telling a huge story. When we were leaving playgroup today A waved to the other kids and said Bye in a really long drawn out kinda way. It was gorgeous
Corelly - Glad you found a playgroup, hope you get to go soon. I find it so great to get out of the house for both me and A. She always has a huge sleep when we get home too
Hollo - your little girl is doing well to still fit in oo size. T is onto 1 for most things now but still plenty of o size too. Well done Chels with the action songs!
Mo - T is only saying a few words too but babbles a lot. "Dad n da" is her new thing which is cute but hard to know what she means! She is pointing at things all the time and saying "dat?" as in 'what is that?'. Waving is pretty solid and kisses are the best!
I look forward to dance and/or music classes too.
Corelly - Yes Spot is a fav for T too! She has removed a lot of the flaps over the past months but not doing that any more. Tragic! I will look for a play group soon as I think it is good for bubs. I agree with Mo that they can be clicky and that is why I havent up to now. Kinda want one that I like the mums at too.
FF - Go the clothy bums! I love the new age cloth nappies and cant bring myself to use sposies but I dont tell too many people as I think it makes me sound judgemental.
When T had the needles another lady just sparked a convo re cloth nappies and was a real advocate for them. I just keep in mind the '300 years to break down' thing and it seems easy.
K is still in 00's as well.
We use cloth here as well, nice to know i'm not alone :D
K is doing so well now she is off cows milk, we see the paed in 2 weeks & maybe we can get some solid answers. Will be nice to know if it is an allergy.