Nina, I don't blame you for being over the bottles overnight. I've just recently hit that point where i'm over even the once nightly feed, so I just went cold turkey and resettled him (by that I cuddle and pat Jake to sleep, but what ever you do). He does cry for a minute or two but usually if I get to him quick enough he's still sleepy so he drops off again. It might take a while to get it happening and he will most likely but VERY unhappy about it but if you are consistent it will pay off. At this age he doesn't NEED the feeds, it's more of a comfort thing. Oh and on the bottles during the day.....I could be wrong but with my kids at this age they have all (and Jake is too) been down to having one bottle a day of cows milk (usually before sleep after lunch) and then one at bedtime, so two bottles a day.
HTH, and that's exciting news about TTC I'm very excited for you all having the chance to TTC and have more kids My time for that is over but I'm happy for you all and so glad we got to share the journey of pregnancy and birth of one of our kids together.
All is good here....haven't gotten Jake weighed but I imagine he's only 8.5kg, still my tiny tot He's a different personality again.....silent but deadly my Mum calls him,
DH signed a new apprenticeship contract today which is the best news we've had in a long time!!
Hi Girls
It?s quiet in our house at the moment. Mick is at work and both kids are in bed, so I thought I would take the opportunity to catch up with all the gossip
WOW ? congratulations Andie, hope the pregnancy is going well so far
Isabella is finally crawling ? commando crawling. She can get up on her hands and knees and rocks but that is it. She has four top teeth and two bottom teeth. I think she is going to be a little witch when she gets older. Isabella was in the bath the other day and she chuck a tantrum and I was dumbfounded. All it was I wanted was for her to sit up so I could wash her hair and she wanted to lie down. In the end, she didn?t get her hair washed.
Riley went to the speech therapist and she was really impressed on how much his speech has improved since she saw him in February. He is talking like a 2 year old instead of a 3 year old but we are getting there. He is also seeing a psychologist as we are having him assessed and they are also testing him for a spectrum of Autism and the reason we are having him assessed is because the paediatrician thinks that where Riley is going to preschool is not stimulating him enough. We need to get him into a preschool from three and up instead of a long day, day care centre where he goes to school now. The preschool that I want to get him into is booked up till next year.
We are also toilet training Riley. We started a week ago and we take it day by day. Today was a good day but yesterday it wasn?t so good. Mick put Isabella on the potty today, she did a wee, and she has done a poo on the potty as well. Normally she poos around lunchtime to Mick decided that he would feed her lunch on the potty so it was going in one end and coming out the other.
YAY ? we are finally can start building (again) today week. Its about bloody time. Its been dragging on forever. We brought a dishwasher back in September thru kleenmaid and guess what ? they have gone into receivership. Kleenmaid was holding onto the dishwasher for us till the house was built and now its looks like we have lost our dishwasher. NOT IMPRESSED.
If you don?t mind me asking Nina ? why haven't you put him onto cows milk? I think you either give him water thru the night or let him cry it out and you may have a sleepless night or two. I how that might sound harsh but the milk is just a comfort thing for him
Sorry about the lack of personals, I will catch up on them soon
Take Care
Jo
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Hi all - gee, it's been quiet in our thread, hasn't it? Must have something to do with active toddlers keeping us busy .
I don't really have time for personals - we've got an open home tomorrow morning and I've been procrastinating half the day about getting stuck into housework - but I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your messages of congratulations.
Everything seems to be going well, but compared to my easy pg with Cam, I'm not feeling the best - constantly fatigued, off-colour and ridiculously bloated (I do NOT remember that from last time!). Sorry, I'm whingeing. I'll get over myself soon! Thankfully DH is being sympathetic and helping out where he can.
Cam's got an ultra snotty nose but isn't too bad otherwise. He's just waking from his second sleep of the day - he's always mega-tired on Fridays. Three days of daycare certainly takes its toll on him in that regard. He's walking more and more and every day seems to walk further. He's so proud of himself, it's very cute to see.
Arrrgh. The housework is calling. Wish us luck that a potential buyer comes through tomorrow. We knocked an offer back last week - the guy apparently thought we'd be prepared to give the house away for a song! And naturally the real estate agent did her level best to talk us into selling. Pffffft. We've only had one open home, so fingers crossed tomorrow does the trick.
Have a great day/weekend everyone,
Andie xx
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WE will NOT be having another one anytime soon. If ever. E is a bit of a handful at the moment. But Ican't blame him, we did take him to the other side of the world and have him travelling for 24 and 28hours. At hte moment and when we first got there he was waking during the night and would not resetlle and would jsut squeal and get very upset. Our first night there I was up from 330am and would not resettle and was walking him in the Lobby at 530 as he was making so much noise. I gave up trying to get him to resettle and we started the day. This am he was up from 5am after being awake at 1-230. I have a cold still, have been sick most of the holiday. WE did have a good time though. It was a bit challenging to say the least.
We went to a sleep school and it has made a difference. I know he is being a horror at the moment but once he settled down he was waking 1-2 a night or going from 11-5/6am. HE settles well too. Torrens House in Adelaide is different as they don't do any CC but htey do allow the child to cry with you there. Active settling. Look at the KAritane website for tips. Or the Child and youth health page. They run the sleep school and we followed the routine strictly and it did help. We are not so strict now and he is sometimes only having one sleep but it is still mainly 2. I was having to feed E 90mins-2hourly overnight to get him to settle, if I tried water it would be about an hour and still not settling. Once I put him on the bottle and at TH he improved, plus he was being wrapped tightly. Try wrapping if you don't already. It does make a differnce. Use a single bed sheet. My motto is 'if they can breathe it is too loose'. To settle E, I will put a hand on his chest to hold him in one spot if needed and jsut tap the cot mattress and shh, as he is not a fan of being patted htough this is changing. You can rock the cot too. Msot of the time now he will self settle with the dummy and his music. We have a glow-worm too which can be good to help stop him crying. If you use a dummy try a night light as maybe he will settle with that if he can see it. E loves his dummy. WE need to wean him off it. HE has it in all the time at the moment. with some breaks but he loves it.
E is not talking much, mum, da, good, go, or sounds like that. HE squeals too. HE can go from screaming to being adorable and flirting in 60seconds. It is quite annoying at times. E also shakes his head. Not walking yet but pulls himself up and sometimes will let go. Goes up onto one knee. He has 12 teeth and I think an eye tooth is niggling, not sure I am not allowed to look.
Anyway I have rambled enough.
Hi to everyone. If anyone wants more specifics on settling techniques feel free to Pm/ email me.
Its so lovely to read all about your lives and babys, though they are not so little any more.
Ollie thinks hes a big boy and runs around with his brother, screams if Lucius goes outside to play and trys to leave him behind. He can say about 8 words and understands alot more. Is stubborn and so cheeky. Hes still not into eating really and that is an ongoing sorce of stress for us but he is happy and is a little man on the go! He loves animals, we have a dog and recently discovered 4 semi-wild kittens at the family factory so everyday he wants to go there watch the dog and cats (both boys love them.)
2 months ago FIL said we could find our own apartment, but finding 1 in the area we want for an ok price is proving to be hard and then getting the time is another thing- there are no regular days off for my husband and he is also busy trying to set up our new company, I am finding this agonising as I am so over ready to have our own home again. I feel alittle sad for the boys though, I know they enjoy living with their gandparents- both boys just adore their grandpa, but we arent moving so far and they will still see them alot every week.
Its getting hot here, and Kindy will break on the 26th of June till 1st of September, so will have the 2 boys here alot, though Lucius will want to go to the factory often- hes so cute, he wants to work, put gloves on and pushes round a cart for his grandpa to put things on.
How big are your babys now? weights and heights I am due to get Ollie sized soon.
Gosh, we're a quiet bunch, aren't we? Imagine it's our toddlers + other children keeping us so busy!
All-boys: Sorry to hear about your FIL, hope your DH and your family are doing ok. I grew up in Tassie and moved to Darwin in my late 20s. I've been "home" at least once or twice a year since, but usually avoid the colder months. However, my nan and pop passed away (separately) in June and July (4 yrs apart), so went back then. Oh. My. Goodness. Itwassoooobloodycold!!!!!! You tend to forget - quickly - what REAL cold is like, don't you! I complain about Brissie winters now, and it's still 20deg min during the day . What a wuss, huh? Scout sounds like a real little charmer - and hey, a happy toddler generally equals a happy mum!! Woo hoo to you and hubby going another "round". Good luck for a BFP when the time comes!
Doubletrouble - how is the apartment hunting going? Looking for a new home is so much "fun", isn't it? We're moving in less than a month - with bub#2 on the way, our current home isn't quite right for us - only two bedrooms upstairs (where all the main living is). We found (bought) a four-bedroom home, with three b'drooms upstairs. Can't say I'm looking forward to the actual packing up and unpacking, but the house we've bought is pretty fab, so I AM looking forward to living there. I'm sure your boys will still see plenty of their grandparents - wished Cam's lived closer to us, truth be known. Fortunately we get to see them a few times a year for a good stint each time, but it's not the same as growing up nearby (I had the luxury of growing up with a wonderful nan and pop - mum's parents - who lived half an hour away. I could only wish that for Cam!).
As for us - Cam isn't too bad, although today he started to develop a bit of a chesty cough. Not sure what to make of it as he's been perfectly well. I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens. Cam's still not talking "words" (except mum and dad), but he chatters away, pointing at things usually, constantly. He's still only got five teeth (three on top, and two middle bottom ones), so I wonder if he'll start forming words when another few teeth are through. He's still generally a happy little soul, although is starting to try be more autonomous ... which is now starting to end in a mild temper tanty. You know the kind: I want the knife. "No - you can't have the knife". Cam sits on the floor, face crumples, bends forward with a wail, looks at mum like she's caused his world to cave in "Waaaaaaah". Ten seconds later, gets distracted and goes off to do something else quite happily. For the record - he's never been close enough to a knife to want one ...just an abstract example!
Gotta go - dinner's just arrived (take away wood-fired pizza - a treat!). All's well with me. 15 weeks today and tummy is starting to pop. Been crook heaps lately - catching every virus and bug going around. Anyway, seem to (finally) be on the mend! Here's hoping.
CM - saw your ticker the other day, less than 3 weeks to go now, huh? Hope you're keeping really well. Can't wait to hear your announcement.
Bec, Mel, Jo, Nic, Hayley, Laura, Macca ... EVERYONE .... hope all's well with your tiny tots and you.
I just popped in - wondering what do you do for play time with your little ones?
DD likes to keep herself amused most of the time, but I also enjoy interacting / playing with her. We'll pass toys back and forth between each other (practising the word 'ta' lol), and she runs up to me and falls straight onto my 34 week bump lol! She chuckles and loves it! We play with plastic blocks and I am trying to teach her to put them in the correct holes so they fall into the bucket. She loves to empty her toy box and even the dog toy box and fill them back up again!
What does everyone do at playtime - do you let them do their own thing most of the time - is there a certain game / toy your little ones prefer? Or do older siblings play with your young ones more?
AndiE - I hope you get over all the bugs quickly - and then they stay away! DD bought stacks of illnesses home from child care and I kept on getting sick too.
Becstar - I'm glad you're back online hun! Give us the goss!!
DoubleTrouble - I'm slack in the weight / height dept! One mth ago DD was 10.5 kg (but she was premmie and weighed 1.18kg at birth - so she's probably a bad example ).
AFDD - she certainly is getting smart lol, she waves as DF leaves the house now, and she knows 'hands on heads' and 'hands on her nose' (but then she starts picking it lol, drives DF crazy ha ha), now we're working on 'hands on ears'....She babbles a lot and is good with 'bubba', 'mummum' and 'dadda' but seems to understand a lot more.
She has been chasing the dogs around, as she toddles about lol - and when she hears music she usually bobs up and down on the spot.
All in all, my premmie baby seems to have caught up (IMO).
Well I'm totally ready for this baby to arrive. I'm so uncomfy and sleep is not so great. My ribs are sore (gosh get down already!!!), my back is sore I feel like a whale and I'm just over it. We are still struggling with a girls name. The name I'm completely in love with (which means I can't see any other names in a nice light!) DH just doesn't like. Maybe it will be a boy for that reason!
Flynn is just as cute as ever. He has started giving me dirty looks. If I tell him not to do something he throws me this kind of rolled eyes scowl. It was funny at the start but I'm not finding it as funny now. He's only 15 mths old not 15 years old, I wasn't expecting that kind of attitude so young!!! He is very smart IMO! This morning while I was having my shower he was filling the laundry hamper with all the dirty clothes he could find! I hope that continues! I don't know how tall he is but I know he has grown, cos my 'out of Flynn's reach zone' has shrunk. He grabbed the half full carton of eggs of the bench the other night while I was busy with dinner. Argh! I can lugh about it now but I wasn't laughing at the time!
Re: playtime. I'm pretty slack. I mostly let him entertain himself. He loves playing outside, so I try and get out there with him each day. I usually do the laundry and then read the paper while he plays . Inside he loves the shapo, he needs help with that tho or he gets frustrated. We have tried some playdough at the table while, I'm making dinner but that hasn't been that successful. He loves to play with the pots and pans and the plastics cupboard. We sing songs and he dances, very cute. He is just getting into watching the wiggles, I need a few more DVDs. He tries to dd the actions to rock a bye your bear, it's too cute!
We have put an offer on some land and are awaiting finance. Our house is getting moved this week. We have been very busy organising building permits and plans and a million other things which all take time. Hopefully it all works out.
i have been very slack in posting, we have had a lot going on including 2 deaths in our family in the past month. anyway i wanted to ask you all about when your toddler (i guess they aren't babies anymore !) wakes up, do they wake happily and chat or play quietly or do they wake crying or screaming ? James at best cries and at worst screams, its just awful and im wondering if there is anything i can do to stop it ?
sorry for no personals and belly rubs to all you pregnant girls
I'm very excited for you all having the chance to TTC and have more kids
My time for that is over but I'm happy for you all and so glad we got to share the journey of pregnancy and birth of one of our kids together.
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- but I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your messages of congratulations.
Maybe it will be a boy for that reason!
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