Babies Born March 1st - 15th 2008

[marknjo]

Bron - I don't have to go back to work until the ned of Jan 08 but at this stage am not interested in going back. I loved my job before I went on leave but now I couldn't give a crap! Will see how I feel later in the year but if I do go back it wont be full time.

Sorry to hear about DH's job, it must be really hard. What is the timeline for Permanent Res? Hopefully not too long so that you can rectify the situation.

Shell - Doni must be due back any time now - you must be looking forward to seeing him and he must be missing DJ. Have fun at your pole dancing this afternoon!

SJ - Sorry to hear about DH's ex being a total pain in the rear. You can vent to me on Friday as much as you like! If you want to catch up earlier in the week just let me know and we can change it. The only day out for me is a Wednesday. I hope that the weekend alone is not too awful, I'd say to catch up but we have a wedding today and I have hockey tomorrow so our weekend is a write off.

Trina - Glad the holiday was enjoyable and I am glad to hear that you are a rollercoaster convert! Mark and I are addicted! We planned our honeymoon around rollercoasters! We have even flown up to the Gold Coast for a weekend when we have heard a new one has opened up on the GC! Haven't been to Currumbin but my folks took my brothers there years ago and the pics look beautiful, especially the ones of the birds at the sanctuary.

Had a crappy day yesterday with Caitlin. The morning was great, she had her 4 month injections and seemed to be ok, she cried a lot more this time when they were done but seemed ok. We went to one of the houses of mothers group to watch Tiff get married on channel 7 and then I went shopping for a dress for the wedding we are going to today. Ended up at Chadstone and all was fine until Caitlin woke up for her feed and then all hell broke loose. We were in the parents room in David Jones and I heated up her bottle and we sat down so she could have it and she started crying hysterically. I think it was the way I was holding her as her legs were sore from the needles. I tried all different ways to try and calm her and even gave her panadol for the pain and she just wouldn't stop screaming. All the other people in the room were trying to offer advise which was making me stress out more and then Mark rang for a chat in the middle of it all and I just burst into tears. I was so embarrassed but I was even more so worried about Caitlin. Chadstone is about 20 minute drive from home and I didn't want her to be screaming the whole way. I'd would get her calm and then try to get her to have some of her feed and then she would get all hysterical again, in the end I got her to take 100ml but she should have had at least 145ml. I finally got her calm enough to sit in her car seat and got her home as quickly as possible. She then did the same thing at her next feed at home but at least Mark was home to help that time. It was horrible and I felt so bad for her not to mention the fact that there were 6 other people in the parents room when I started crying! Anyway, so far today she has been ok so hopefully she is over it - if she does it at the wedding today it will be hard work to try and keep her calm.

Hope you all have a great weekend - Jo.

[shell_120308]

Jo - I think immunisations should come with a warning, don't go anywhere and always have extra help on hand a few days afterwards. DJ was also unsettled, fine right after and for needles but it was the next few days after that. He was sooooo unsettled and wouldn't feed properly and because of that, he lost 200g. Sorry to hear that happened to you when you were at Chadstone, I would have been in tears as well, because there isn't anything we can do to make them feel better, other than the baby panadol which doesn't help that much....... hope she is feeling better for the wedding Doni arrives home in nxt 2 hrs cant wait!!!!

[danniellabella]

Jazz has been refusing to have an afternoon nap today. She's been getting so good at it but just wont sleep today. She slept terribly last night and is over tired. Every time I go to put her to bed she puts on all the smiles as if she's suddenly not tired! She's fine when I'm holding her though.

[danniellabella]

I've noticed that Jazz is starting to get better control of her movements. It was funny the other day coz she was trying to touch her nose. Took a couple of attempts but then she got it. She's preferring to suck her fists than a dummy. I keep pulling her hands away from her mouth while saying NO! Hopefully if I keep persisting she'll understand.

[prama]

Hi girls,

havent had a chance to post till today. Started yesterday but didnt get around to more than 2 lines!

SJ - so sorry about what's happening hun..
DSS's mum sounds like she really needs help, she doenst sound healthy at all. And poor DSS being with, isnt good for him. It's good that he's with you and DH, at least he has positive role models and a healthy home. that woman sounds like she's wallowing in self-pity and everything resolves around her. and a user too, trying to get sympathy so ppl do everything for her.
sorry about your weekend alone. it's not fair at all.
it really sucks about everyone thinking you can sort out their lives. when you're a good person and have your feet on the ground, ppl expect a lot from you.
i know ive had to be the adult and sort out my parents problems, and it's hard work and so draining. ppl used to tell me wheni was young that i had such a strong head on my shoulders and they were impressed but they didnt understand what i was feeling.
anyway, sorry about talking about me.
hope your weekend is going ok.

shell - hehe you must be enjoying doni being home, it's hard when they go away. steve ahd to go to nz when i was about 2mths pg. aug-dec. he used to come back each time i had an ob appt. and stayed a few days. so i spent abt 6mths of my pg alone. he finally came back fro good just before xmas. it was very hard with partners are away. you;ve done really well looking after dj by yourself the whole week.
you've been together 15yrs? wow, you must have just been a little girl!
steve and i met when i was 25, he was building a television station in KL and i had just started working as an engineer there, in dec 97. we were just friends but i realised i liked him sometime in feb 98 but he was going to leave in april after the launch, so nothing happened. anyway, we started emailing each other and then realised that we both liked each other. so it started long distance sort of june/july 98 and he was working in mumbai on a project. (he's worked in so many exotic places inhis old job, before we got together seriously, what a shame! i couldhave visited him and had a holiday everywhere). i came to visit him here in oct 98 and then it really took off. so it was long distance till we got married in nov 2003. we'd see each other once a yr. i applied for my skilled migrant PR and got in 2002 but couldnt decide to come then.
yeah, that's our story! so we would have been together 10 yrs next mth. a lot of ppl told me it wouldnt last, cos of hte cultural/age difference but i think we're really soul mates. he makes my life perfect. haha.
would anyone mind sharing their love stories,i would love to hear them.. hehe, it's always so nice to hear. xoxo
how did your pole dancing class go? how's your throat?

trina - welcome back!!!!!!
so glad you enjoyed your hols, despite the hiccup at the start..how is codie feeling?
poopy isnt rolling yet. though if i roll him onto his side/almost tummy, and leave there stable, he's able to roll onto his back. and has this ''what the hell just happened look'. so cute! but he hasnt done any rolling by himself yet.

Jo - so sorry about waht happened. i know what you mean. yesterday must have been a yucky day for us.
i went into work to have yum cha as one of my friends was leaving. I work in the city and it's abt 40mins drive. leaving home wasnt a good start. i started to drive, and poopy started crying so i pulled over in the next suburb and he had made a poo. so changed him in the car, and hurt my back. so got into the city and parked at broadway shopping centre(i always take the train to work) and it took a while cos i couldnt find the right lift to to the grnd floor. so then most of them had already gone to chinatown, and few of my friends waited for me. we walked up and the stupid restaurant just had stairs, no wheelchair access or lifts. so one of the girls carried poopy and 2 of the guys carried the pram. i had a good time, the girls carried poopy while i stuffed my face, i had scallops, oysters, salt and pepper calamari etc.
anwyay, when i was to leave, gave him a feed at the parents room and changed his nappy. he started crying as we were leaving so i thot he was just tired being out all day. anway, i heated up a bottle in the car warmer, and started driving. wanted to beat teh friday afternoon traffic, it was 3ish.
he started screaming and screaming, and i pulled over in glebe, and gave him his bottle which was still cool.
started driving and he screamed and screamed. i was so in tears.
pulled over again, picked him up and he spat up his milk and his pants was wet. changed that and he was better. cried a little but finally slept on the way. i was so scared cos of the friday traffic. i called steve as i left the city and was in tears. i had a good time seeing all my friends and it was like my old life and everyone was fussing over poopy and it felt so good. and then all that happened and i felt i just lost all control and didnt know what to do.
i was in a state, alone on the road and didnt know what was wrong.. i was so exhausted when i got home..
i did watch the wedding on 7. did garth really say my awful wedded wife?

danni - maybe her sleeping routine is changing, they do that sometimes.

i think im ok about going back to work part-time. some days i think i cant imagine not being with poopy but after seeing my friends at work, i miss my old life and my friends. i ahve a really nice work enviroment, a wonderful boss and good friends. i will probably do 3 days a week i think. and i think it will be good for poopy to go to day care, he doesnt have friends/cousins close to us, so it will be good for him to grow up w other kids in a social environment.

better go. long post, plus poopy needs his beddy boobie.

love you all.

[Lisaqg]

well I suppose its time for an update from me

Jake is going well, he was at his 8wk check 5.1kg and 62cm long hes grown since then so I am going to weigh and measure him on monday. He is a long and skinny baby!!!still in Newborn disposables (infants don't fit, they are huge!!!) he now wears 00 jump suits and has almost grown out of them leangth wise but they are so baggy round the middle!!!!! he can still fit most 0000 clothes though he has been bought lots of 000 so he is wearing them most of the time.

he is now 100% breast fed, no sheilds etc....he does get a bottle if I am busy but not often. It tskes abou 30-40min for a feed in the day, morning feeds are longer as he drains both boobs which takes a while!!! He sleeps from about 8pm till 4am most nights has a quick feed and then sleeps till 7am when he has a really big feed.

Our routine tends to got like this:

4am - Feed, back to sleep
6:30-7am - Feed, then drop dad at work
7:30am -Ride my young horse for 1/2 hour or so depending on how long jake is contented in his swing for
9am - time for another feed
9:30-11am - Playtime,
11:15am - Feed
11:30 Sleep
2:30pm - wake from sleep and feed
3pm - 4pm - playtime
4:15pm - Feed then drop off at babysitters so I can ride my other horse for an hour
6:30pm - pick up from babysitter & feed
7 - Feed
8 - Bath, feed and bed


I have been very busy the last few weeks preparing for shows with the horses and we had a massive clinic with 2showjumping and dressage instructors last weekend so have not had much free time!!!

Jake is now smiling heaps! he also had a laugh the other day but doesn't tend to do that much yet, just mainly smiles and makes noises. He is now reaching for things and grabbing them and loves his playgym mat thing as he can bat at the toys and grab them. He is also looking like he will roll over soon, he is almost getting up on his side but hasn't done the big push over yet, we will see if he actually does it in the next few days. He also says "haaallloooowwww" to us when we say hello, it's something he does regularly so he's obviously learning to recognise words. Jake can hold his head when he is sitting up and held upright, and he can lift it up when he's on his belly but he cant hold it up for long periods yet though he is getting there! He cannot stand on his own feet for long periods when held like some other babies I know but that's ok, he's very bright in the mental department according to the health nurse and the doctor. He loves to watch TV with Dad and had his first origin game the other week (slept through it like a pro LOL).

The last few days have been very windy for us so hopefully the infacol will sort it all out, fingers crossed!!!

better go he's getting ready for a sleep and that's my cue to go ride a horse!!!!

Cheers
Lisa