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hi girls
just to let you know, im back in syd. it's so bloody cold!!!
poopy was very good on the flight. he actually slept before landing, slept all day from touchdown, grabbing him andputting him onto my sling, going thru immigration and customs and to the exit!!
im exhausted, i didnt sleep much, there was lots of turbulence and i was checking on himin his bassinet. landed an hr early at 7.15am
will do personals later
skye - poor doggie :(
shell - hope you get better for tom..
WELCOME BACK PRAMA!
And yes it is cold!! Well bl00dy freezing are the words I'd use!
I would bring the puppies in but i have an inside dog and cat (would probably let the horse in too if it was here :lol:) Everyone is different though, what about laundry or garage?
We have a staffy and so many people ask my why i would get a vicious dog when i have children and it really really really pi$$es me off they are NOT vicious and there are cases where a staffy has bitten or attacked but it has more to do with the owner. Our dog is the most loving protective loyal friendly dog ever she is so placid that she plays with the cat and usually gets beaten up by him.
I think i have 4 sick kids :( Codie is meant to be going to Bathurst in the morning going to be very very cold so contemplating letting her stay home i always regret it though cos they end up feeling much better then driving me crazy.
Welcome back Prama it is so cold in the mornings not the best welcome hey?
Bron Summer loves rusks too she chomps them down to a little nub.
No sleep last night Summer woke up all blocked up and snuffly that many times i think i need a nanna nap today.
Trina - We had a staffy a few years ago. Chubbs. He was beautiful, but we had to give him away. We had to move into a flat & having him with no yard to run in isn't fair. Where he lives now he has his own bedroom!! He's so spoilt.
I get the same comments all the time. Got them about both dogs. Chubbs was born & bred to kill according to a car sales man. He obviously never had a staffy! The prob with Chubbs was that he was too friendly! The number of people who brought him home. One guy asked if we wanted to sell him, I was suprised he didn't just take him! He followed him home.
When we did offer Chubbs to him though the wife wouldn't let him.
Why are they going to Bathurst? They must be mad! its way too cold. It'd be freezing there. I hate keeping Jaz home too. She always seems perfectly healthy once school has started.
Damn Snugglers nappies. Never again. I had to redress Jesse 3 times last night coz they leaked. Going to buy Huggies today. Not impressed.
BTW - I moved the puppies onto a blanket & into the old shed down the back, then sorta propped the blanket around them.
Jesse is being a pain! He's very easily distracted while feeding now & comes off every time he hears something. Usually getting the milk spraying first, little bugger!
We had a beautiful day here yesterday but have to admit its pretty crappy today. Why is Codie coming up Trina? is she doing the whole gold field thing?
My boy moved into his cot yesterday and went so well I didnt sleep so much last night as I was abit worried..he slept thorugh though so nohting to worry about *L* typical. He is loving sitting in the highchair too helping me with dinner ;-) well banging all the utnesils about after he has gummed them to death.
Our place is just chaotic atm with mum and dad building their new house..the frames have arrived and there is absolutley no room left int he back yard and the noise is driving me nuts. When the dug up the side of the house to put in the gas line they disturbed an ants nest..every single morning for the last week I have had about 1000 ants on the floor in the kitchen when I wake up they went thorugh all the cutlery draws and even got in the microwave ( good excuse to clean everything ) I have put ant kill everywhere and it works but they come into the kitchen and then die the little buggars. It makes me feel so dirty :-(
Hey Prama welcome home I bet it was great to see Steve and sleep in your own bed
Trina I can understand you getting ****ed off as most people who have staffies have beautiful dogs. I saw a cross bred rip another dog apart and then go the owner when he tried to pull his dog off and it terrified me just one of those rarer experiences I guess. We dont really have any room for a dog atm and as much as hubby says he would take it for a walk I know I would end up doing it and the poor thing would end up neglected. I bet your dog is agood protector when you are at home all by yourself. Maybe when the hosue is finished and we have abit of a yard back and WIll is older we will get one.
Got to go my boys is awake and have some girlfriends coming for mornign tea.
Have agood day
Bron xx
It's the year 5 excursion that pub schools do, she is panning for gold and has a full busy schedule she is going to be exhausted by the end.
I have Tahnie home, DH and i said nobody is staying home unless they have a temp and of course Tahnie had one we were kind of thinking she was just wanting a day off. She has been on the couch all morning and Summer is propped up in bed having a decent sleep. *was having a decent sleep is now awake* geez i should shut up sometimes....
Ants are a pita Bron they get everywhere and into everything. Some staffies are not dog friendly or cat friendly and when they fight they want to rip them apart but we socialized Daisy with other dogs and she gets on with the cat and guinea pig (although she probably wouldn't hesitate eating the guinea pig for a snack if left alone with it) So many young guys (not meaning to stereotype) encourage their dog to bark at or have a go at other dogs and that's what encourages them to want to fight IMO.
Skye yep Daisy is spoilt she sleeps on Codie's bed, even when locked in the bathroom Codie will wait until we are all asleep in bed then go get her, but she is bathed regularly even has her own doggy deodorant.
Off to the shops..
SJ I only have one lou lous night nappy. I found that BBH (wool cover or longies) with both inserts and a microfibre booster will hold for most nights. The only time I have leaks now is if he wakes up for two feeds during the night. He of course has been doing this lately and it's freezing in Perth.
Shell I haven't tried goats milk but I found that if I put cream on 3-4 times a day it helps heaps. I think the key for Paddy is not to let his skin dry out. Hope you're feeling better.
The damn fridge blew up now!! What next!
No car, no wash/mach, no fridge & no money!!!
NOT HAPPY!
Shell - Was DJ in pain pooing when he was constipated? Jesse's having problems now & the poor things crying in pain. No more weetbix for him.
Well I think the fridge is fine. Anthony just doesn't know what he's talking about.
Summer was really really badly constipated i had to get infant coloxyl liquid, she was in so much pain when i changed her nappy she would try and push it out but it would only come out a little then go back in (sorry tmi) it took a good 5 days to clear it out and now she is going every day. She was cranky and in lots of pain and kept trying to push and going bright red.
I worked out what his problem was. He's not constipated, just hasn't actually had to DO a poo before. Normally he farts & poos with it. Since starting solids its still soft, but not watery like it was. Anyway, he's never had to PUSH a poo out. Thats all that was wrong! Lol!!
Welcome home Prama! Must have been freeing for you - what a shock from the weather you would have been having.
Humm not going to do to many personals as i dont know how long MJ will be quiet for lol
Started solids Friday evening the baby led way -
Jo i understand why you couldnt... its messy as, but i love it, i wll post some pics when i get round to it.
So far she has eaten
Floret of Broccoli (she actualy has had quet a few, she loves them)
stick of cheese
Rock melon
Stawberry
scrambled egg (not too impressed with that)
Vegemite on toast
some of the filling of my homemade chicken pie
pumpkin
golden kewi fruit
weetbix
She loves the veggies the most, followed by the cheese and the fruit :) it is very very messy and although she wears most of it, she must be getting a bit in as its coming out the other end. (like loads and loads!!!)
Those that have had constipated babies, do you give them farex? apparently this is likely to bind them up as it has added iron... Yeah J looked funny 'pushing' out her first food poo!!!
was going to say heaps more, but forgotten, havent slept much, DSS wet the bed (again) last night and woke me up stripping his bed... its starting to get to me again, trying hard to just not say anything tohim about it, but i could do without the extra washing :(
Skye sorry to hear about the washing mach... hope the fridge is OK... If its not, maybe you could discrbe the problem and i could get DH to tell me what is wrong with it etc
Teach - thinking of going to Perth for the Redbull air race... south Perth, can you recommend anywhere to stay or surrounding suburbs to look - i thinking apartment style due to MJ... thanks
will come back and write more when i reemeber, soory :redface:
Hope everyone else is well
Hi SJ. Your poor DSS. How old is he again? I know people who wet the bed right up til they were 18 coz of their home lives.
My old boss took in her DSD coz the poor kids mum left her on the side of the road & rang them up & told them to go get her. She was only 9 then. She wet the bed til she was about 12. They tried an alarm thing & everything else they could think of. She used to heve to get up & wash her hair everymorning it was that bad.
It comes down to the child feeling secure I think. I know its hard though. Jaz still does it occasionally. Usually every 2 - 3 months. She is getting longer between though. I get the sh*ts with her too. Its hard not too.
Maybe if you & DH just reassure him more than usual that you both love him & make him feel more secure it will settle down. I know its hard when his mother is only going to make him feel the same when he gets home.
I just wanna give him a big hug & tell him it'll all be ok.
I think the fridge is ok. It wasn't making any noise at all, but I've never paid much attention to it. Anth seems to think its fine now though. So I'll just take his word for it. Everythings still cold.
Jesse is loving vegemite sandwiches & has worked them out, but gets really huge bites of other things & gags on them alot. I'm slowly introducing banana - its too slippery for him to hold yet - & other things, but I'm giving him a bit of mashed vegies at tea & fruit for brekky with a spoon til he gets the hang of it.
Anyway. Better get down to the bus stop before I miss it!
I made some home made babyfood tonight. Carrot, sweet corn, cauliflower & a few peas all blended with the barmix. I really want a food processor, I think it would be easier to use one of those instead of a barmix.
Jazz was really grissly at day care today. Over the weekend and again today she decided that if an adult wasn't giving her 100% attention she would scream. She wasn't interested in the other kids like she normally is. She just wanted the FDC lady to be with her constantly. I hope this doesn't continue. She's usually fine around all the kids.
I wonder is she is going through another wonderweek. She gets really grissly and sleeps less during the day when that happens.
She's really trying to sit up but definately can't sit unsupported. I have to keep my hands near her back to catch her.
Bron - forgot to say, i ended up getting some pawpaw ointment (im sure it was you that told me to get it ages ago) and it has been MJ saviour this last 2 weeks.
She is teething bad, has an awful dribble rash and she is contantly rubbing her jaw and ears so making the rash worse... i lather her in it about 4 times a day - the only time she looks good is the morning thou.
Poor thing.
Trina how are the girls?
Danni - the best thing about the way im doing food with MJ is that there is no mushing or pureeing at all - HOWEVER a friend of mine got something from Mouneax (or something like that) that u put the food in a you just push and turn it and it puree's the food for you. I will see if i ca find some info on it of you like.
MJ had hommus (homemade) on toast and broccoli trees for dinner - she LOVED the hommus (like her mummy) i wonder if she will have garlic breath in the morning :lol:
PMSL SJ nothing like bubba garlic breath. I gave summer some cheese and tomato today and a bit of bread, gosh it was everywhere so messy she loved it though.
Danni i have a little processor thingy like what SJ is talking about like a magic bullet that is advertised on tv but i just got it from big w months ago it is the best gadget/appliance i have ever bought, i love it!!!! It juices, blends, purees crushes ice, chops. I steamed veges put a little of the steam water in and 5 seconds and its done, it comes with lids so you can store whatever you have chopped/pureed straight in the container you chopped it in. Comes with ****tail jugs with coloured rings so you can tell which is yours ;) not much of a drinker these days but may come in handy one day
SORRY FOR THE INFOMERCIAL........
All children sick in my house poor codie isn't well so going to see how she is in the morning, she wants to go away if she is sick but im not sure
Im off to bed sooooo tired
SJ i fed Summer veges with pureed chickpeas
I think I know the device you are talking about. Might look into that.
That's so strange. I love snugglers. Although I've heard they are great for girls but terrible for boys, maybe that's why you hate them and I love them. I guess if I have a boy next time I'll compare and see if that theory is correct.:
I just mashed Jesse's vegies with a potato masher last night.
Pumpkin, potato & broccoli.
I tried to give him a bit tonight, but he wasn't interested. I think he was still full from the bottle anth gave him earlier when I went to do some washing.
I did give him some pear, but he gouldn't get hold of it again. i'll have to cut it better next time.
Danni - I heard that too. Got my Huggies though. Its hard to do all that extra washing with no wash/mach.
I tried giving Jazz a bottle when we got home from daycare. She had a bottle at 3:30 and then veggies at 4:30. She only drank about 50ml of her bottle at 6pm and then was too tired. I gave her a bath and tried to give her more bottle but she just wasn't interested and fell asleep as soon as I turned the light off in her room.
She only seems to have 4-5 bottles and one or 2 solid feeds a day now and she is really happy with that. Her weight gain is fine so I'm not worried.
1 Bottle first thing in the morning
3 at day care plus a solid feed
Then she may or may not have a bottle in the evening before bed. I always offer one, but she wont always take it.
That's OK Danni. The recommended amount on my FF tin is 3 - 4, 180 - 210 ml feeds a day.
Sounds like she's getting enough.
Oh good. I guess she must be satisfied otherwise she wouldn't sleep all night.:
hi girls
short one, sorry havent had time for personals.
thinking of you all. training started today till thurs. steve has been very good looking after L. im really happy as he's missed him so much.
gotta run
Well I've been here on and off, not much time for too many forums LOL
Am currently still on holidays till next week and when I get back I start work at a new job that lets me have Jake with me all the time rather than not at all :D
Jakes started slowly to roll over (he's done it a whole 3 time since the first time) and hes started on solids a little bit and is loving it :)
I've found a good treatment for nappy rash! My FDC lady told me that a mother of a child she used to look after was very much into natural things and used to use lavander water on a tissue to wipe and it always cured / prevented nappy rash. So I decided last night to cut up some nappy liners (that I haven't used because I only have a few clothies and am too slack to use them). So I've cut them in quarters, I soaked them in some warm water with a few drops of lavander oil and a bit of sorbaline. Wrung them out so they are just damp and put them in the huggies wipe containers. I'm also using sorbaline instead of any nappy rash creams or powders and the redness is decreasing.
I had to stop using commercial wipes because they all containe a bit of alcahol and poor Jazz would scream when her bum was getting wiped coz it would have stung.
Just dropping in quickly.
Gotta be at school for open class at 12.15, so better shower & make myself presentable first!
Just wnated to have a winge really, there's a thing on at the oval about 5 houses up from us & when they were setting up & testing the sound they were doing it at 10.30 - 11pm last night!
They had the music so loud I freaked! We have 2 cars in the drive way & the music sounded at first like it was coming out of a car. So that scared the cr@p out of me, then it got louder & started echoing through the house!!
I ended up getting up the guts to go out side to find out where it was, but I'm not happy!
Then they started again at 7am this morning!!!
Its going now & I just wanna punch someone! Its really annoying me!
Anyways...I'll be back later. Sorry for the winge.
Hey girls,
Posting from Byron Bay (Doni brought his laptop with him - still has to check emails). Having a lovely time, we are staying extra night (Thurs) because we are loving it so much. I even got burnt today (silly me no sunscreen on me but plenty on DJ), but luckily we made sure DJ was well covered up. His first time to the beach, loved the feel of sand between his toes. We forgot to bring the camera along with us though doh!! Doni put his feet into the water but it was too cold so he didn't like it. Didn't have him on the beach for too long was too worried about him getting burnt and he was overtired. So, all good up here. We are seeing a close friend of ours while we are here. Had dinner last night and he is staying with us tonight so he can spend the whole day with us tomorrow. Going to Nimbin and Mullimbimby tomorrow.
Still no teeth but teething... Spoke to mum again and my brothers first tooth actually didn't come through until he was 1 year old!!!!! and in one week he got all 6 teeth within one week but was teething for several months beforehand.....arghhh so it could be a while before DJ gets his first tooth. He has been teething for 1.5 months now....
He loves his solids though. My baby food that I made didn't last for whole time so bought some organic baby food (no preservatives etc). It is the Only Organic brand and I find it to be really tasty and less like baby food and more like real food. Anyway he had pumpkin and wild rice today as well as pear and wildberries. Loved both of them :) We gave him a little bit of honey on our finger last night and loved that. Must have a sweet tooth like his mummy.
Skye - yes DJ cried when he was doing a poo. He is no longer constipated now.... thankfully but he gets it every now and again, still no tooth though.... and still teething.
Prama - welcome back and I bet Steve was over the moon to see you both :) woohooo can't wait to see you. Maybe next week?
SJ - oh how cute on the baby led foods..... DJ loves his veges and fruit. Haven't tried him on cheese yet....We gave him a very small amount of honey last night and he absolutely loved that!!! not too much just a taste.
Trina - oh how did Summer like the chickpeas?? It is interesting trying different foods with them. I couldn't store my freshly made baby food for the whole trip so bought some organic no preservative added baby food. He had Pumpkin and Wild Rice Mash today and loved it :) Also gave him Pear and Wildberries and loved that as well.
Sorry I have missed a few of you in personals, couldn't get to the other page....
Take care girls and will post again hopefully in next few days or when we get home on FRiday.
Shell - please dont give DJ any more Honey, it one of the ones that should never be introduced before 12 months... not for allergies, but becasue it can contain a form of botulism that can be dangerous to babies. check out this link
Babies and honey
Thanks for the heads up SJ..... Didn't know that.... Luckily it was only a little on the tip of Doni's finger..... He has been fine since having it as well. I won't be giving him anymore after your post. Thanks again for the headsup.
I don't think plain chickpeas have much of a taste its hommous minus garlic lemon and tahini, i have been hiding it in the girls food too cos not much taste and all the good protein i put it in spag bol last week and nobody suspected a thing mwahahahaha *evil laugh*
Glad you are having fun shell
Hi girls
another quick one. sorry so tired from training.
danni - hats off to you for working and being a mum. im finding it exhausting!!!
shell - yes, they told us no honey, cow's milk till a year old.
trina - do you just chickpeas from the supermarket and cook it up? I like chickpea!
skye - can you complain to the police?
gotta run. poopy wants attention.. xoxoxox
Sorry i didnt post properly before... Just wanted to respond re the honey, but didnt have time for anything else
Skye - what a pia!!! i would have gone down there and told them off
Danni - i use camomile and calendula tea in the solution that i wipe MJ with.. the camomile is soothing and the calendula is antibac so will help prevent anything from occurring. Fingers crossed none yet... but the naturopath at the local chemist told me that if she gets nappy rash to add it to her bath water too.... i get camomile tea bags from the local supermarket and the calendula tea from a heath food store...
Lisa great to hear from you and fantastic news on the rolling :)
:rofl::
i have been hiding it in the girls food too cos not much taste and all the good protein i put it in spag bol last week and nobody suspected a thing mwahahahaha *evil laugh*
I add kidney beans (among 7-10 other veggies) to our spag bol... it all gets blended up so no one is any wiser!
Prama - hope the course is going well, what a whirlwind, only just arriving home and then on the course, o wonder you are exhausted. Bet it was great to see Steve again (wink wink)
The chickpeas that i use in our hommus are from a can, but i am going to get a bag from the supermarket and cook them up.
MJ had avacardo on toast for breaky, no lunch as she was buggered and cheese stick (just to clarify, i cut a bit off the block not one of those processed things) and pumpkin for dinner.
I have noticed that her fine motor is improving so much now that she is having to pick up the food herself... she is so much better from last week when we first strated.
We have been haviing yelling/screaming competitions lately... she loves it and giggles soooo much.
She is still not rolling as much as some of the other babies, she is quite happy to just look around...
DH has been working stupid hours, last night he came in at 1am, he is still at work now, he promises that he wont be much longer.
Well i think thats it from me :) Oh MJ has slept through since Saturday night (hope i havent jinxed myself)
SJ - mj's a good girl eating all her food. im sure she'll be rolling soon, and then crawling following closely!!
it has been tiring. worn out sunday, from travel and poopy didnt sleep well that night. monday was busy and cold! hehe no time for wink wink yet...lots of cuddles tho!
training's good, it's kinda nice to be with my friends and be able to sit down and have lunch leisurely and kid around. i;ve missed that. but it's also hard cos i cant really focus cos im constantly think abt poopy and it's exhausting coming home and trying to make up spending time w him and getting dinner sorted out and his feeds etc.
trina - how are the girls feeling.. hows the horse?
sj/trina - i have to learn the tricks of mixing vegies!
Hi all.
Jesse woke at 5.30. I dunno why but he winged til 7 when I gave up on getting some more sleep.
The music from last night started again at 7 this morning. Only for 10 minutes or so though.
I thought about ringing the police. I found out to day that half the town wanted to!!
Went down for dancing after school & they had to cancel coz someone stole their cd player & all their cds. B*stards!
Then went up to check out that thing to see what it was all about. It was Vibe Alive. It was actually pretty good. FREEZING though!
& guess what. Jaz got to meet Casey Donovan! She had about 30 CDs to sign & sell, but some bloke got in first & bought 24 straight up! By the time it was Jaz's turn there were none left. She was really upset, so Casey said she'd get our address & send us one as soon as she gets back to Sydney. Jaz agreed & Casey opened the front pocket of her bag to get some paoer for our address & there was 1 cd in there!! Jaz was so happy.
I forgot to ask for a pic after all that, so I'm gonna duck up in the morning & see if I can get one.
So exciting!
Anyways. Off to the paed & to get my washing machine tomorrow!!
Night!
I ended up taking Tahnie to the Dr yesterday and would you believe it I got that Di@#head Dr again I didn't realise he was there until his door opened and guess what he was a pr*ck again, i said i know it is viral and that there is no treatment but she has had high temp for three days so wanted her throat and ears checked (paige is prone to tonsillitis) and of course she had no temp cos i gave her panadol before we left..... Anyway he made me feel like a complete idiot that wasted his time for coming there and told me that it astonishes him how people come in complaining of being sick for 3 weeks it is completely normal. NORMAL MY A$$ i have never had a child have high temp for over 3 days that wont go down unless they had throat or ear infection. I got the practice manager's name and when i left i called back and complained about him and said i never want to see him again. I have had him the last 3 times and just after summer was born i had to go get her checked cos i left hossy early and no Dr could come and he was throwing things around the room saying this isn't my responsibility this is my retirement job! *Sorry rant over*
Was going to write more but cranky bum is calling
Summer hasn't slept through for months, i fed her about 4 or 5 times last night and she woke at 5 or 5.30.
sorry personals later
Just a quick one.... I have uploaded some new pics of DJ on my facebook page from our trip to Byron. We didn't get any pics down at the beach unfortunately doh!!
What an a/hole of a dr... a retirement job - get over yourself... he still needs to provide a service.
I guess he would prefer to look at corns and talk about hemorrohoids with old farts :rofl: what a wa*ker...
I hope you get some good response from the practice manager.
I hope Tahnie is better today, poor thing :(
MJ started sleeping through when i chnaged er to a sleep suit - just have a big softies one, nothing fancy, i think she was cold in the night.
Wouldnt you believe tit though, she woke last night, but her grobag egg tempreture thingy was blue so she must have gotten cold and needed the feed.
Cute tickker pic shell
Summer is almost crawling, she can kinda commando crawl and has gone on hands and knees and 'crawled' a couple of steps can't believe how fast she is growing up its not fair:(
SJ Summer has been waking anywhere from 11pm and comes into my bed so i just feed her then she wakes anywhere from 2-5 times to either use me as a dummy or have a feed, she is right under a window so i don't mind her coming in the bed but she wakes too many times, sometimes i try patting her to sleep and it works other times she won't go back to sleep until she has boobie, she doesn't have a dummy anymore might try that again not sure....
Tahnie had high temp again last night and it's so cold and wet here today so keeping them all home to fight off this virus so they are right next week hopefully. Paige's class has had between 9 and 13 kids away each day this week and Tahnie's class has had 9 each day away
Trina I'm with you they're growing up too fast. As a new mum I was so keen for them to move to the next thing but now I don't coz I know it means my baby is growing up. Paddy has dragged me into baby led solids. He is normally a very placid bub but DH was eating noddles for lunch the other day and Paddy basically demanded that he have something too. I just baked a potato in the microwave and just broke it up with a fork (took the skin off). I fed him some with the spoon and left some for him to pick up. Got a great spoon that goes pink if the food is too hot. I'm not going to bother with pureed food because he seems to 'chew' well.