Babies Born March 16th ~ 31st 2008 #3

**Ewol12** · March 18th, 2009, 12:24 PM

Jake and Dusty

Have a great 1st Birthday

The visit with psychologist went well yesterday and I have to go back and see her next week as she is going to ask specific questions about Riley's communication and socials skills and that all is related to see if Riley has autism spectrum. Riley has to go on 15th April and then again on 20th April

I had better go as I can smell Isabella dirty nappy and she is due to go to bed
Take Care
Jo

***becstar*** · March 18th, 2009, 02:00 PM

Thankyou all

And Happy Birthday to my baby Jake and Dusty too!! xxx

As you all probably know via facebook things are a little crappy around here at the moment. Things between us are good, we really pull together when other stuff is going wrong. Just all the outside crap that is going on.

I'd better go, Jake is crying he tried to steal Chloe's yoghurt and he's not happy she didn't comply, lol. He was happy this morning when he was crying because he'd been awake since 5am and I'd been trying to get him to sleep for longer. When we ended up getting up at 6:30 he soon stopped crying when he saw his pressies in the lounge room

We ended up getting him a Victa gardening set, including a toy Victa mower (he LOVES Ben's old decrepit one!), wheelbarrow and othe garden tools. Small cake at home with us tonight, and then a family afternoon tea party on Saturday.

Jo, I hope you find some answers. What is leading them to think it's ASD? Is it his communication issues? Good luck with it anyway, I know it must be frightening but keep in mind if it is ASD then he must be fairly high functioning, I've seen a LOT worse. Plus you seeking out help and answers is a HUGE step in the right direction and if it is ASD then some OT etc will go a long way, especially at his early age. I really commend you on getting it all checked out!

xxx

**Mum2Willie** · March 18th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Hello Girls and Happy Birthday to all bubbas!!!!

We have been missing in action for a while. Seems like it has been 1 drama after another recently.

I started back at work 9 weeks ago now and it has been drama filled. Will was sick on my first day. Had temp of 41degrees. The we had child care issues. The centre (which has the best rep around here and has a massive waiting list) said he was unco-operative. So I went down to observe for three hours and was absolutely shocked!!! Children left screaming in cots for over 15minutes after they had woken (in another room), every child cried when his/her nappy was changed, the teacher did not speak to 1 child the entire time I was there and she sat at a table doing nothing for 1 hour!!! As you can imagine, I pulled Will straight out and we had to find another centre.

Whilst trying to find another centre (took 4 weeks) Will got really sick again with Gastro that turned out to be due to Camphlobacter and ended up in hospital due to dehyrdration.

Then we found a child care centre that we liked and had to do all the orientation, first day stuff all over again! But he has been for three weeks now and is so much happier!

Then I fell over at home and ended up on crutches for 2 weeks (very hard with Will not walking yet but wanting me to help him walk everywhere) and last weekend we had his birthday party (simple as I just got off crutches that very day).

So it has been action packed here and I truly haven't had the time to chat. I have stopped in every now and then for a read.

I just cannot believe Will is 1 2morrow!!!!! Unbelievable! People always said to me "treasure it while they are little" and they are so true (at the time of sleep deprivation and confusions it never seems like it will end though!!!). However, this is a delightful age!!

I would love to hear from people what their bub is up.

GROSS MOTOR: Well, he has just started walking across the room. He can stand without holding on. He can bend down from standing but can't yet stand back up by straightening his knees - he can do it while holding on to the couch etc. He pushes his train around the house - walking kms per day!! Of course he crawls at 100 miles per hour.

FINE MOTOR: He can put balls into his toy giraffe's mouth, put the phone on the handset, loves putting things in and out of boxes!!! He has started feeding himself with a spoon and fork but very messily. Will has just started drawing pictures with a pencil. He waves, claps, and loves "open shut them"...

INTERESTS: He copies everything Dad and I do. He loves talking on the phone, dancing to music, putting things in and out of boxes!! He is fascinated with all animals and every plane that passes overhead we are told about. He points everything out and tells us about it.

TALKING: What a chatterbox!!! He says Mum, Dad, Gem (our dog), this, there (the th is a d sound), no, yes, Nan, his own name, up, toe. He will point out things when you ask him to - eg fan, dog, toe etc. He will clap and wave when you ask him to. He doesn't understand to nod and shake his head yet.

WEIGHT: I think he is about 9.5kg roughly. He has been very sick and lost a lot of weight so I am not quite sure. He is still wearing size zero clothes predominantly. I have bought size 1 for winter.

SLEEPING: What a nightmare!!! He mostly has two sleeps a day - av 45 mins at 10.30am and then a quick nap late afternoon. Sometimes he only has 1 sleep per day. He usually goes to sleep about 8pm. He wakes up about 1am and then 5am, then 6.30-7am. Oh, I dream for the days he slept through!!! (8weeks to 8months).

TEETH: Will has 4 top teeth, 2 bottom teeth and a third just cut today.

FEEDING: My bub is still having about 5 or 6 BF per day. He also has 5 big solids meals per day. I can remember thinking months ago - when Will is 1 yr old, I will probably just be giving him 1 feed before he goes off to sleep for the night!!! (how far from the truth!!).

Can't wait to hear your stories and hopefully as things settle down (surely it can go a bit smoother from now on), I can join back in and make personal comments as I know what is going on again!!!!

Talk soon I hope!

**AndiE** · March 18th, 2009, 09:32 PM

Hi all,

While it may seem I've been absent the past couple of days, in fact I was on BB twice yesterday and both times I typed out long replies ... and both times BB went cactus and I lost the post. Good thing the second time round I saved a copy, so here tis (dated about 8.30pm Tuesday night ...)

Hi all,

I was on here earlier and lost my entire post when I went to submit ... !

Just wanted to wish

to Flynn, Ollie and Seraya for today, and big

wishes for tomorrow to Jake and Dusty!!!

Cam's first day of child care was today - I dropped him off around 11am and picked him up at 3pm. Cam was fine, but not so his mummy. When I walked out of the babies area, I made the mistake of looking back, and could see Cam crawling toward the gate I'd walked through. My last glance (of course I HAD to look back three times, didn't I

) was of Cam standing against the gate, looking for his mummy. I held it together till I was in the car, then

I just kept thinking 'my baby has no idea why I'm walking away from him, and not to him ...'.

I cried till I got home, cried some more, then rang my sister, who went through this 2 months ago with her 15-month-old. And, I got over myself. No doubt I'll go through it all again tomorrow, but I'm sure by the time I go back to work (march 31) we'll all be dandy. I hope. I guess I just feel like my beautiful boy is no longer exclusively mine (and DHs, of course). That make sense? I've been so blessed this past 12 months, I just don't want this time to end. Guess I'm just feeling sad and sorry for myself, I'll be myself again in a day or two I imagine.

Apparently Cam was just fine. He ate all his lunch and slept for nearly 2 hours. He greeted me with a beautiful smile and crawled at hyperspace speed towards me. Ahhhh. That's my boy.

In other news, I took Cam to see Raggs (from the TV show) earlier today. I think he enjoyed it - at least he didn't grizzle, whinge or cry. He did his usual 'dancing' (rocking side to side) and clapped when he wasn't supposed to ... so I think it was all good. Thank God it didn't last longer than 30 mins though ... mummy was starting to struggle!

And finally, I had Cam weighed for the last time with the CHN. He's tipping the scales at 9.4kg and 79cm.

Jo - hope you got on ok with your appointment. Hope Riley has had a good birthday!

Laura - lovely to hear from you and congrats about your baby girl news. I think Amelie, or Milly, is a sweet name! Hope you get a good sleep very soon.

Hi to Bec, Mel, Nic and everyone else!

And here's my post today ...

Bec and Nic - hope your boys birthdays have been fabulous!

Second day at childcare went well for Cam - apparently he was happy all day, slept for ages and ate well. They reckon he hasn't cried, other than to grizzle a bit when they sat him in his highchair for lunch (he tends to cry when he knows his food or a bottle are just seconds away!).

M2W - what an awful time you've had lately. Am glad to hear you've recovered from your injury and Will is better. What a terrible childcare centre!! Have you reported what you saw?? Thankfully I couldn't be happier with where Cam is (well, I say that after all of 2 days!). But there's only 8 babies in his room with two very lovely ladies who seem to genuinely like the tots they care for. And the place seems very accountable, if you know what I mean. Anyway, enough about me! So glad that Will is getting on much better at his current centre.

Jo - glad to hear you got on ok with the psychologist. Hope you get the answers your looking for very soon.

I believe Cam is developing appropriately at his own pace. Suffice to say he's into everything, particularly if its got wheels and moves, and he crawls so quickly he sometimes almost goes ar$e over head. No idea when he's going to walk, but he stands every chance he gets and "walks" along couches/beds etc whilst holding on with one hand. Main thing for me is that he's usually happy ... and I absolutely adore how he freely and easily gives everyone cuddles and kisses. He's still only got two bottom teeth, he's BFing morning and night only (tho a very snotty nose in the past two days might see our BFing days drawing to a close!) and he sleeps well at night.

OK ... I'm going to hit submit and see if my post gets posted (third time lucky)

Andie xx

**kelebek** · March 18th, 2009, 10:04 PM

Happy birthday Jake

Andie, it really is hard but they say it will get easier. At least you know that Cam seems to enjoy it.

M2W you have had a run of bad luck and

that things settle for you now.

Wish I had time to do some proper replying but that's it for today will be back later. Going to bed.

Yes I know my posts have been short and I am feeling ok

just super busy here with work and birthdays and stuff

luv ya's lot's, can't wait to get back here for a proper reply - preferably not at 1 am

***becstar*** · March 19th, 2009, 07:04 AM

Happy Birthday to Will and E (didn't put his whole name because I'm not sure you use it on the forums Ren

)!!!! Have a lovely day xxx

Sorry no more from me at the moment, busy morning and still got crap happening. DH isn't sleeping, eating and shhhh...don't tell him I told you but at 1am this morning he was having a little teary about the whole situation. VERY unusual for him. I found it hard to be sympathetic and understanding at that hour though! Poor man thinks he's not going to be able to find a new job (boss is now refusing a reference!!) and won't be able to provide for all of us.

Such a hard situation. If we fight it, it means he has to stay on.....if he just leaves then it goes down that he's incompetent and with no reference for a new job

Lying pr!ck that boss is!!!

anyway enough of my whingeing, hope you all have a lovely day and enjoy your growing babies

xxx

**melbell45** · March 19th, 2009, 08:44 AM

Happy Birthday to Will and E, hope you have a great day !

Bec: poor Dh im sure it is a big stress to him to think he might be out of work, did he get the phone calls back he was expecting about possible jobs ?

Melinda

**Ewol12** · March 19th, 2009, 11:04 AM

Will and E

Hope you have wonderful 1st Birthday. Have a great day Ren and Julia with your boys

to you Bec and DH. Something will come along soon. I can only imagine how stressfull is for both of you. We are all here for you.

My niece had a baby boy today - 12 weeks early. All is looking for Mum and Bubs. He came out crying and was able to breathe by himself which is terrific.

Take Care
JO

***becstar*** · March 20th, 2009, 06:50 AM

Happy 1st birthday Princess Isabella!!! Be god for Mummy!! xxx

**Mum2Willie** · March 20th, 2009, 07:20 AM

AndieE - I cried for weeks and weeks with Will going off to childcare. Some days I cried half way to work!!! Last week was the first week I didn't....and my hubbie drops him off! Next week I have to do the drop off....so that will really test me out!!

Becstar - you are caught in an awful situation...karma will pay that boss back!!!!

**melbell45** · March 20th, 2009, 07:53 AM

Happy Birthday Isabella !

i hope you have a great day with her Jo and a great party tomorrow

Melinda

**kelebek** · March 20th, 2009, 08:43 AM

to E and Will for yesturday

&

to Miss Isabella

Good news Jo about your Niece and baby boy that he is breathing, hope he gets stronger everyday.

**AndiE** · March 20th, 2009, 08:27 PM

Hi all,

Just wanted to pop in and wish Isabella a happy birthday for today, and hope E and Will had great birthdays for yesterday. Hope their mummies had good birthing days too.

Cam had his vaccinations today - he was pretty good. Didn't flinch with the shot into his thigh, but squarked for a bit with the two in the arms. He came good the minute I picked him up for a cuddle

. What a brave little fella. So far no reactions, but apparently one in 10 kids does react to the MMR vaccination, and gets a minor dose of german measles about a week later. Guess we'll wait and see (at least I had a rubella booster 12 months ago ...).

Hope everyone is well.

Andie xx

**Ewol12** · March 20th, 2009, 09:20 PM

Thanks Heaps

for the birthday wishes for Isabella and Riley
We are having a party for the kids tomorrow but Riley has thrown up twice today so we are going to wait till morning to see how he is. Poor little guy
Will post some photos
Take Care
JO

**loulabelle** · March 21st, 2009, 12:43 PM

A little late but ....Happy Birthday Will, E, Isabella and Riley!!

Not much to report over here.Sam still a little under the weather but has improved a lot over the last 3 days.He's been a bit of a terror getting to sleep but has been staying asleep most of the night.
Great news on the breastfeeding front for me! Sam has been feeding at every sleep time for the last 3 days! It's like he magically realised what he had been missing.He will only feed off the left side because the right has completely dried up, but if I can keep him going for the next month or two my supply should pick up a little again as 2nd trimester is meant to be the worst.Trying not to get to hopeful though as I don't want to feel disappointed if it doesn't happen.But if all goes well I should at least get to 12 months, which was the date I had in mind that I really wanted to get to as a minimum.So..yay!

I'm having another baby/husband free day and evening today! They have headed down to Melbourne to see family and friends.Good because I have so much BB to catch up on and after a sleepless few weeks, I think I might have to have an afternoon nap.

Jo, How's Riley today? Poor little guy.Thinking of you guys.Hoping your little niece is going strong also.

Bec,

It all sounds quite hard for you at the moment.No wise words but I'm thinking of you and am always here to chat if you need.x

Andie

Oh can just imagine what you were feeling when you looked back to see Cam standing at the gate.We are looking to start Sam a morning or two a week in the next couple of months otherwise I won't be able to get anything done with two babies under months! I'm dreading it.It will get easier, sounds like he went really well though and had lots of fun playing with the other kids.

No walking for Sam yet, he will stand on his own when he's not thinking about it but as soon as he realises he sits strait back down! He walks along the furniture though.He said ''book" last night when I was reading him a story.So cute.He says Mum, Dad , ta and No.Although 'no' is more NANANANANANA when he doesn't want to do something or take something off him.It tends to involve kicking and tears too.

Anyway better be off but I hope all of you are well.

Laura xx