Babies Born March 1st - 15th 2008 #2

[danniellabella]

I'm not sure bron. I'll ring them on Monday to say things changed within half an hour of getting off the phone with them and I need to get the ball rolling straight away. I'll find all that out then.

[prama]

so much to catch up! so many posts today!!

shell - hope you're enjoying your time w Doni, sorry FIL is there tho. hopefully he doesnt stay late. and so sorry doni is going away next week again. hopefully this wont be on going. it's hard looking after a baby by yourself.
hooray on the weight gain!! the nurse told me yest that when bub hasnt done a poo it can increase their weight up to a 100g, ive never heard of that.
bubble bath.. what's that.............. sigh

danni - you go girl!! so glad you hear you've got the ball rolling on a temp job and day care. and hope matt gets his license soon.

sj - hope it was a one off with mj.. and that she sleeps well tonight.

trina - cleaning sucks doesnt it.. even cleaning up our house is hard, it cant be easy cleaning up after the girls..

skye - how long do you have to keep a journal for, do you write all the things she does?

bron - it's cold today! im the opposite, im so glad to leave the cold!

had a mad mad mad day today. it's friday the 13, i think that's why.
i lost my ring, and was going crazy, and finally found after arguments and tears in the nappy bag. was trying to wash our clothes to take away and the washing machine was acting up this morning so didnt get it all done. it seems to have sorted itself out and now it;s behaving itself. so still waiting for it all to dry and pack the last bits. im going mad. i was almost pulling my hair out.

poopy is back to his normal self, but he;s had a few changes this week. i feel like he's grown up a bit, im a bit sad.
he's being cheeky and fighting sleep.
he's starting to want to grab things more and has better hand-eye control, and depth perception.
his talk has changed a little.

and the good news is that he rolled for the first time today!!! i was so excited. he did it at MIL's sofa. we were chatting andhe was in middle of the sofa and i was saying he hasnt started rolling yet. then mum said he's moving his hip and leg like he's trying to roll. and i said nver seen him do that. he kept doing that for a bit, then mum went to take her cat out of his room. while she was doing that, he turned to his side and then rolled to his tummy! hooray!
he seems like a different baby this week. i can see his growing up and not the same itty bitty baby..

[india44]

Good luck Danni I really hope it goes well for you going back to work I can understand the nervousness but I am sure you will do just fine.Ive worked in the same place for 17 years but am still nervous about having been out for 6 months already.

WOO HOO POOPY way to go on the roll you must be so proud prama see you knew he would do it in his own timewatch out now he'll think he;s so smart he will want to do it all the time
Washing machines are the bane of my life ours always went off balance made the most horendous sound, leaekd some sort of oil or rust stuff onto the clothes and last week totally tore up one of NIcks work jumpers becasue apeice of plastic had cracked.. So off to Harvey Norman I went on Sunday and bought a new one on the interest free thingy ( hate doing that but hey might as well use their money atm when I need it now sort of thing) I got a new 8 kg fisher and pykel aquasmart. Holy cow I am sure if it had arms it woudl load the clothes for you too Its brilliant. It remembers your settings for each wash and when I had my doona in there the other night ( king size so big load) it went a little off kilter so an alarm sounded and the screen saidHELP HELP please HELP my load is off balance *L* one small movement and it was fine It makes less noise than the kettle boiling *L* sad I am so excited abotu a washing mahcine but it has made life so much easier with all the extra washing

prama I am hopless with the heat my adrenal gland is sort of shot and I sweat really badly at odd times but come summer it horrid pLus being the heffer I am I dont wear slinky outfits or shorts or anything so rugging up behind trackies and a cardy to hide the sins suits me *L*
We havent had much cold here at all to be honest but then again I suppose we moan when it does get cold the wind is howling and its freezing and I have my heat bag and acup of ovaltine *L*

Trina how did you do at work this week?

shell and bj got to say having AF again after a year was a pita,as if I wasnt moody enough before form tiredness etc now the pms again.. I stopped taking the mini pill I was given as it gave me serious headaches so playing abit of russian roulette with just condoms(sorry tmi) It was just much easier not having AF to worry about hope

yay to dj on the weight gain..cant beleive these babies are past 6 kilos now when they were half or less born it just flys by huh

HUbby bit the bullet and applied for another job today he never ever takes sick leave and he took days this week as he is so stressed and run down and sick of his job I was really shocked and then he applied for this so I knwo its time to move on I really want for him to be in a job where peopel realy dont take advantage

Am off to bed and my warm doona NIght NIght
Bronx

[prama]

thanks bron! he's rocking his hips a lot! i undid the top buttom of his wondersuit and put his collar up and now you can call him Elvis! hahaha
your poor DH. you were saying he was overworked at this job. i hope he gets a good job. xoxo
i think i like your geeky washing machine!!
the only thing i dont like about summer is worrying about my lupus...

nite nite girls!

[~clover~]

I want a new washing machine!!
Mine is a 3 1/2 kilo 2nd hand one.
It's ok. No probs with it except that it's small.
Our laundry tub is one of those old concrete ones. It's all blocked up atm. When not completely blocked - which it is all the time - The water goes down so slow it fills up & runs on the floor. It's been doing this for 3 or 4 weeks now. I'm over it. I'll get in there & fix it tomorrow I guess.


Yay Poopy!!! Clever little man! Jesse's thought about it, but gets on his side & is happy enough there.

The journal I gotta keep til my next appointment in 2 weeks I hope. Gotta write everytime she plays up. What's happening at the time, what she does & says & how we react.
She chased Bri through the house with a screw driver today! Scared me! & tipped her off a bean bag onto the hard lino floor. Coz Bri sat on the wrong one. It's never ending.
Gonna put in times she goes to sleep & wakes up & nights she has nightmares & all that stuff too. Pretty much EVERYTHING.
The psyc is gonna organise some assesments for learning developemental delays - Coz she had hearing problems from 3 til grommits put in last Nov, ADD, ODD, & I gotta get a full check up from a pead. Bloods & all. Iron levels.
The learning developemental delay got me. She was so advanced as a kid. Smiling 3 weeks, sitting 5 months, crawling 8 months, walking 11 months. Not unbelievably ahead with that sort of stuff, but...

... She was counting to 10 before she turned 2. Saying I love you & I miss you at 13 - 14 months. Knew most colours before 2. She's a very smart kid.
I do know the hearing problems have affected her though. She's just changed schools too. There were 12 kids in the whole school before. There are about 20 in her class now. I don't think that's helping. It's not getting noticed I think?
Oh & we are having a video conference with the head of Psycology at I think Westmead Hospital. Or Far West? One of those.
So yeah. Heaps happening.

Glad to hear DJ is putting good weight on now. You should be proud of yourself.

Anyways. I think I've written enough. It's very late & I'll probably be up for brekky by 7 or 8, so I better get to bed!!

Night all

[prama]

thanks skye! not sure when poopy will attempt his rolling again, it was milestone, hehe. now i realise he's growing up fast. he is already 17weeks.
jaz sounds like such a smart kid, she's developed so much, is she having delays inother things? could it be she needs other sorts of stimulation cos she's learning so much? sorry, not meaning to ask too many questions.

anyway, i think we're almost all packed. poopy is sleeping and my boobs hurt. he was tired early last night but now is fighting sleep and screaming. he went to bed 10ish. i put him on the boob for the last feed and he had a couple of minutes and then was dead to the world. i hope he sleeps a bit on the plane. im nervous about take off and landing. have to have him close to the boob, and stick him on as soon as we start to take off.

if i dont get online later, take care girls. lol.. i'll still be online tomorrow but feels like im going away and not being able to be in touch.

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Prama. I'm so excited for you! I've never been on a plane, sad , huh!Hope he handles it well.

At our first visit the psyc actually told me that Jaz was feeling like she's not part of the family any more. Like she's been pushed out as the other two came along. I didn't wanna go back after that coz I don't agree, but I did & he hasn't said anything about that since.
But I went back, & I'm glad I did. The reason he thinks she might have a learning delay is coz I don't think she really understands whats going on around her in class. He asked me if she understands when I ask her to do something. It was then that I realised that she does, but coz I'm her mum I talk to her different to how anyone else would.
I have noticed that when I'm around & other people say things to her, I do simplify it for her. She had another hearing test done earlier this year & was told how to play the game thing they have there to do it. She looked abit lost, so I said it the way I would talk to her & she got it & did it exactly right.
He thinks this might be going on at school & coz she's at a new school she doesn't wanna ask the teacher what she's supposed to do again, in case the other kids think she's stupid. Fair enough I reckon. I can definetely see that & like I said before, coz there are 20 kids in the class, it's just not being seen.
So yeah...

Her teacher actually called me up to the school a few months ago to let me know that she was a bit behind & having problems. She said to me that she could be an 'average' student! 'Average?' I told her that I actually thought she could do alot better that that, she just needs help. Told the psyc she said that & wasn't real pleased. 'Average what?' he said. 'Average genius?' He believes no child is stupid. Every child is smart they just need someone to help them along the way. Which doesn't happen often at schools. Once a problem child always a problem child. IYKWIM.
So yeah. I don't really know about her needing to be more stimulated or what ever. Will know eventually I guess. Right now I really don't have the time or energy to try to do anything to find out by myself.

Still not getting much sleep. Jesse went to bed around 9pm. Woke at 10.45, 1am, 2.30am, 4am, 5.30am & didn't really go back to sleep after that. I got more formula yesterday, so I'll try giving him a bottle before bed & see if that helps.
Had to throw out 3/4 of a tin of formula yesterday! You aren't supposed to use it one month after opening it. I think I bought & opened that one when he was 5 or 6 weeks old. What a waste!

Anyways, hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. Maybe someone was lucky enough to get a sleep in. Definetely not me!

[danniellabella]

I had a terrible night! I was feeling unwell so took a couple of panadol & a hayfever tablet and went to bed early. 2.5hours later Jazz woke up. I went in and put a dummy in her mouth. an hour later she woke up again so I fed her. An hour after feeding she woke again, put the dummy in, then she woke 3 hours later so I fed her, half an hour after putting her to bed she woke again. Dummy in, then she woke another 45mins later and I just laid there waiting for her to settle herself. Things went quiet for about an hour, then she woke again and I just laid there hoping she'd stop but she didn't so I had to get up...

There she goes again! I'm meant to be going out to my cousin's birthday tonight which is about 45mins drive away. I'm not sure if I'll get there, I'm heaps tired. Feeling a bit better though.

I was going to have a real coffee this morning but when I went to froth the milk there was no pressure in the machine...I was so out of it that I forgot to add water.

[~clover~]

Danni - I know how you feel.

[danniellabella]

I had a nap this afternoon for a couple of hours. I turned off the baby monitor and told Matt that he's on baby duty. She slept but now she's up and he's feeding her. Think I'll go make dinner.

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Just letting u guys know I just uploaded my belly pics! Better late than never!!

[danniellabella]

Just letting u guys know I just uploaded my belly pics! Better late than never!!

LOL!

I still go to rub my belly but then remember I don't have one anymore.

[~clover~]

It's wierd huh. It's so big, then it's just gone. When you've just had them & it's like jelly. It just hangs there. EEEW! I'm glad it doesn't stay like that for long! I wish getting rid of the flab that does hang around was a bit easier though. Being my 3rd I know it's meant to be there, but it just feels so wrong!

[all girls]

I missed so much!!!! Took me so long to read up.... Usually quiet on the w.end...

Work was pretty good went quick, i'll only be doing around 20 hours per fortnight so nothing too major for now.

DH has taken the girls to the movies to see speed racer, was quite funny we were walking back from soccer at 8am (in the rain and freezing cold) and DH was making it sound like he was doing me a favour taking the girls out of my hair for a while when it's him that wants to see the movie hehe. So summy has been asleep most of the time. She had singlet long sleeve legless suit, bondsuit and sleeping bag on last night and when i went to bed i checked her little hands and they were freezing, it was her first night unwrapped so hands weren't used to being free.

Nothing too exciting to report here very cold here windy and rainy so feeling sleepy.

[prama]

freakin' BB, i posted a long msg and it ate it again!!!!!!!!

Hello Girls!!

skye - i didnt fly till iwas 24, i was always goign to the airport and sending ppl off to wonderful destinations and being jealous. now, im sick of airports and flying!

trina - sounds cold! it was yesterday in syd but it's sooo hot here now/.

Boy it's hot and humid! Thank god we've got a/c in the bedroom. Lakshman was good on the flight, he slept a bit, he cried a little when fighting off his sleep but thats normal for him now.
it was a bit tricky havign him and gettign bottles done and all but the crew were fantastic and dH was helping making formula and all. (I'm still comp feeding) i gave him the boob take off and landing and he was ok and didnt cry. he got pretty restless and hungry the last hour (8hrs but because of delay it was 9hrs) and i was trying to hold off the feed until they started to descend. but he was coming off the boob while landing and i had to keep putting him back.
M'sia is 2 hrs behind Syd, and same time zone as WA. We landed an hr late at 9.30, and by the time we got off and got our luggage and got home it was 11pm which was 1am Syd time. and we went to bed an hr half later. so it threw his routine out the widnow.. he wanted to play and not sleep. he kept waking up every 2-3hrs and had a feed. so i havnt slept much. we're going to get a portacot for him today. he slept in the bed with us adn i was worried about his wrap comign off and covering him etc. so i ddint sleep well.

anyway, that's the update. we'er trying to aclimatise to the weatehr. poopy is in a singlet with little holes for very hot weather nappy and his cheeks are all red so he's feeling the heat too.



it's noon, im hot and gettign sleepy. going to give him afeed and have some lunch and maybe a nap.
bbl

xoxoxoxxoxo

[shell_120308]

Hi girls,

Had a good weekend so far and spending lots of time with hubby and DJ Friday night - Doni's parents didn't stay long which was good so we ended up just snuggling on lounge and he bought me a silver bracelet with opal dolphin and got DJ some little ugh boots kehehe so cute And the best bit is he doesn't have to go away next week phewwwww

Prama - I was thinking of you today and yesterday wondering how Poopy went on his flight that is great he was so settled and the flight attendants were great with bottles and Steve helped out with formula Yipeeee Sounds like it is very hot and humid - it is soooooo cold and windy in Sydney. Was your mum surprised to see you arrived earlier than she thought you were coming? How was the family lunch today? And by the way congrats on Poopy's first roll, that is sooooo exciting!!!!

Sorry I don't have much time for more personals. Hope you are all well and having a great weekend.

Shell xxxx

[shell_120308]

Just a quick one...... DJ slept from 10 til 7am Yipeeeee so I had a great sleep last night, still feel very tired but at least it was a good sleep.

Taking DJ into my work to meet everyone so that will be nice, just hope he is on his best behaviour Plan to feed him before I leave home and change nappy as well so then he shouldn't winge too much. My office is really open planned so you could hear him crying from the ground floor if you were just on level 2 so don't want him to cry when I get there.

Well girls, I have to get myself ready for mums and bubs exercise class and without Prama boo hoo won't be the same without you sweetie

Shell xxxx

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Yay! Jesse went down around 10.30 last night & slept til 5am! Then 7.30. I really hope this time he sticks to it. I've started to give him a FF before bed, hoping he will sleep longer. I've done it twice. The first night he slept a little bit better, but last night was heaps better. I'll be sticking to it! I used to do it, then I forgot one night & he still slept all night so I stopped worrying about it.
All these weeks & that was probably the only reason he wasn't sleeping properly.

Bri has the flu today. I really hope she keeps it to herself. She usually does though. She gets sick all the time coz she's got a heart murmer. Everything that goes around she gets it. & most of the time she is the only one in the family. It's so much fun. Glad I've only got one like that though!!

Prama - glad your flight was easy. I'm so jelouse. I'm sitting here freezing my butt off! & thats with the heaters on! I love the heat. & I'd love to be able to put just a singlet & nappy on jesse so I can see his chubby little legs kick around.