Babies Born March 1st-15th 2008 #6

[prama]

skye - we were told no prawns, shellfish till 12mths cos they can be highly allergenic

bron - i did ask, and the 2 that we're looking at said they dont do occasional care.

not sure about elsewhere, but all teh daycare centres here, that we've spoken to have a penalty rate. if you are late after 6pm when they close, they charge $1 per minute, even if you ring and tell them you'll be late.
we're still deciding which day care, we;ve had our names down since i was 12weeks pg. there's 2 close to us, one's council run and the other private, Active Kids..

is the steiner preschool private?

[india44]

Thats a bit of a bummer. Yep we have the late penalty too as they have to pay staff if you are late and it costs. I have been in situations where I Have had to call the police after a dad was over half an hour late and had not contacted us though thats the extreme.
Steiner schools are private yes but its a whole philosophy which they are the fmaily to embrace. Its for older children though and realy worth looking for down the road. There are plenty of sites about them and montessori on line in Australia. being in the country the closest one for us in Blue Mountains which is a bit of a bummer really.
Sammie I think a steiner program would really suit you guys just from how you have being doing things with Mj and your outlook on life its an incredibely enriching programm for any child and family really.
Eg a friends son at his steiner programm they grow their own veges and once amonth they research for recipes that use their ingredients.They then harvest and cook and make lunch which is sold . They then have to work out a price and run it themselves and sell the lunch. Using the profits they then decide on how to pay for ingredients and then to buy supplies to re plant their graden. SO maths skills, health and nutrition, co operations,cooking skills, problem solving, environmental issues, etyc etc etc.ALl this form a very early age involving each child at their developmental level.

Anyway sorry again for banging on when our babies are just over 6 months old *L*
Its pouring rain here and did all night and supposed to all day..nice :-) love the smell

prama so glad you found the pnd group helpfull makes such a difference when you are talking to others who are going through it oo. Hope things start looking up take care of you x

[danniellabella]

Jazz is not sleeping well since a few days after she came home from hospital. When she was sick she was sleeping all the time. Now she'll go to bed at the usual time (about 7pm), then wake up about 9 or 10, then again at about 3am and then she'll take ages to go back to sleep. When she is tired she's started moaning which is annoying coz she'll go back to bed after her 3am feed and can lay there for an hour - eyes closed, moaning continuously! We give her panadol and/or nurophen, I gave her teething gel last night also but still the moaning! At that time of day though we put the cat out, open Jazz's door and turn off the monitor. That way we can't hear her moaning as much but we can still hear if she cries.

Sometimes she wakes at about midnight even after waking at 10pm.

I don't know if she's getting enough milk. She drinks a whole bottle then gets upset coz I don't think she's satisfied. She wont take solids at night coz she's too tired and not interested in anything but a bottle. The formula I buy only gives instructions on how to make up 200ml bottles, is there any reason I couldn't just add an extra scoop and make 250ml bottles?

[india44]

Danni is Jazz onto step 2in formula or still on newborn? It could take quite a while for her little system to get over her sickness.

[prama]

our paed told us there's no difference in switching from newborn to stage 2 formula....

jazz will take a few weeks to get back into routine, being sick puts everything out of whack.
will she take rice cereal?

[danniellabella]

our paed told us there's no difference in switching from newborn to stage 2 formula....

jazz will take a few weeks to get back into routine, being sick puts everything out of whack.
will she take rice cereal?

She hates rice cereal no matter how thick or thin it is. Never liked it so I just went straight to normal purees.

Matt decided he will try to look for a part time job. He'll still have Jazz on Fridays but she starts Wednesdays at FDC in 2 weeks. She wasn't going to start Wednesdays until the start of next year but the FDC lady told me yesterday she now has an opening.

[~clover~]

Hi all
Guess what............
We are moving!!! To Scotts Head where my mum is! Yaaaaay!
Not 100% sure when, but hopefully before the end of the holidays in 3 weeks.
Anth is staying for work, but we are staying together. Just gotta find a house & get organised!

[danniellabella]

Danni is Jazz onto step 2in formula or still on newborn? It could take quite a while for her little system to get over her sickness.

She's on step 2 and started that the day she got gastro

[Astrolady]

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