Babies Born March 2007 #11

[Catastrophic]

The do grow up way to fast! izzy is eating like that - she's being a bugger at dinner, even after she eats her dinner she has to sit up in her high chair and eat of mums plate to! Loves her finger food! And a big fan of the weetbix!

Ohh well i'm still exhausted so i might go have another nap while izzy asleep! Was in hospital again on friday night - gall stones were playing up! omg the pain is horrendous it is worst then being in labour! and last couple of days just been exhausted from it! Caio!

[Karina]

Cass, that sucks about the gall stones. I hope you can get some relief from all that soon.

haha Ali, sounds like little Emy takes after you in the chatterbox department. Claire doesnt talk much, she just laughs at everything. What a little monkey getting into the linen cupboard! She sounds like she is very mobile now, with her walking.

Still waitint to hear back regarding my work. I talked to my boss last week and he was going to get back to me but hasnt yet. I'll call him tomorrow if I get the chance.

DH has been sick for the last couple of days, with a tummy bug of some sort. Not sure if its something he caught from somewhere or if he just ate something dodgy. As we know, the world stops when a man is sick! He has spent the entire time in bed. I was worried that Claire had it too because she was doing really wet poos and a few huge vomits yesterday but she seems ok now. It was quite gross. She was sitting on the floor in the kitchen and did two huge spews and started playing with it! Yuk!

Is anyone else still having to correct people in public becuse they think their baby is the opposite sex? I still hve so many people ask if Claire is a boy! I was doing the grocery shopping the other day and Claire was standing up in the trolley (she loves it!) while I was pushing it along, about 5 seperate people stopped and said things like "awww he is gorgeous" "how old is he?" "whats your name, little boy?"... she looks like a girl! The pink outfit should have been a give away, lol! Just because she has no hair!!

My friend had her baby boy on tuesday lasy week and he is so cute. Looks just like his big brother! Anyhoo, he wasnt feedng to well and has to stay in special care until he is eating better and puts on some weight. How terrible it must be to walk out of hospital without your baby. Its hard enough that you get sent home 3-4 days after your baby is born - same time as the baby blues sets in - but to hve to leave your baby behind.. I dont think I'd cope with that.

[sasha]

Hi everyone, I came on specifically to post and see what you're all up to but got sidetracked reading an article (... gee, how unusual, that NEVER happens to me on Bellybelly LOL) and now I really really have to go to bed, so I'll just say hello, and Cass - hope your gallstones can get sorted soon, it's awful being in pain and having to look after baby.

Karina, S has quite a "soft" face (ie not a really boyish one) and his hair is curling quite a lot (I need to cut it!) so I'm expecting some girl-comments anytime soon! But you'd think if you had her dressed in pink... some people are just a bit dense.

Well, ladies, hope you're all well - morning sickness is coming and going and I think I'm getting a bit more energy back, which is a relief. 12 week scan on the 25th, looking forward to it and yet not, you know? (the whole screening thing makes me nervous!) Will drop in again soon!

Love,
Bec

[richelle_84_2004]

HI all! Well Kailee started walking on Thursday and hasn't stopped! Very cute! And she makes the cutest little noises to go along with her progress!

Karina - I got so sick of people calling Kailee a boy I threw out anything that could possibly resemble boys clothes and I also pull her hair into a ponytail (well the top anyway, its like pebbles!)

I had a meeting with the ECHN nurse today, to get Kailee weighed and measured since I haven't done it for months, found out what a little heffa she is!! she's 11.4kg which puts her just under the 95th percentine, but she is 77.5cm tall which the height is just over the 95th percentile, so really she is in proportion, just at the top end of the scale! It was nice to just get some reassurance from the ECHN that I am still on track with meals , sleeps , activities and what not. It was also nice to find out that Kailee is normal being scared of older men! Its a development thing! Maybe I should put a sign at the door warning visitors!!

Oh and you're right, I'm not going to bother with the special burgers, just make sure there is a good variety of meat free foods! I decided her party is going to be simple and easy so I can sit and enjoy and get photos since I didn't get any of her welcoming bbq!!

Well time to go relax with hubby now she is dead to the world!

[~Saram~]

HI all, we are still here, just rying to get into a workable routine with working and housework and trying to avoid the rain - OMG so much water! Some people were evacuated from our suburb yesterday! Ari is getting much better at daycare although it has taken over a month. She is now taking a little bit of a bottle - yes we do give her bottles at home, she just won't take them off anyone else :-) Ari took a spill off the longue on Sunday night - she knows how to get up and down but for some reason thought she could jump or walk on air? It was so scary - she face planted and nearly her whole body came up over her shoulders! Anyway she is fine but she has the worlds worst case of carpet burn on her nose - it looks terrible - she is our little ruldolth the red nosed reindeer.

Will do personals later - battery is flat and another storm is crackling outside

[Karina]

Richelle, funy! I want Claire to get some hair so I can put pretty clips and stuff in her hair. Wow Kailee is so tall! Claire is a little midget at just 70cm!

Sarah, I was wondering if you'd be ok. I heard on the news last night that parts of Townsville were flooded and people got evacuated! Yay on Ari settling into daycare better, and good that she is having some of ehr bottle now.

I got offered my old job back finally, on a part time basis. I've accepted the offer and I'll start in March i think. Hope they are nice to me!

[Catastrophic]

hey Sarah! I wish that Rain would ease for you soon! It's lapping up at my mums back door she's getting quite worried! And i wish i could take my brothers out of there, they are being so silly playing in the drains! Mums told them no a thousand times, and has told them to stay inside but they won't listen to her or their father, they just walk out of the house~! ! They think because they are 13 they are invinciable~ hope your safe and well xoxox

karina - Don't u wish u could just slap some sense into those people! Like Hello who would dress a boy all in pink! I get the same - and izzy looks so girlie in her pretty pink dresses i've still had someone say boy! Wish i could of slapped him, but i too nice hehe! Thats good they offered it to you on a part toime basis!

Richelle - Congrats on kailee walking! Thats sooo cool! Izzy took one step the other day and admist my excitement of squeling cuddling an kissing her, i think i've scared her from doing it again. oppz.

Well not much really to report here!

Izzy's fav game is pickaboo! keeps her amused for an hour! poor me lol! Went and did her birthday shopping getting her 2 of the vtech vsmile ranges - one that plugs inot the tv and another that stands up and can dance on it. its very cool, also getting her her first babyborn doll
It keeps raining and raining! anyone else notice it rains exactly when your taking the kids to school or picking them up! they do this on purpose! Our landscapers did an awful awful job of putting up the fence they have put it noticiable crooked and really dodged! So pist off!

Anyways i must go get ready, have to get ready for a funeral service Dp's sister mother in law past on the other day, and they having a service at her house.

[Ozziehoffy]

Hi all...

Cass, sorry to hear about that. It's no fun that's for sure.

Was really just popping in to say hi, still around and have read posts but haven't kept up on posting too much as Oskar seems to wake up when I start to read...lol. Anyway, we both had colds but are over them now and he's still quite happy cruising around doing the bum shuffle and is very fast when he wants to be. He comes up and grabs my legs and cuddles them if he wants me to pick him up. He looks like he's getting tooth number 5.. can just see a little white dot on his gum, but that's it, noticed it yesterday. Anyway, best be off, washing is calling and we have things to do.

Hugs to all, will try to do personals next time... oh and Sarah I hope you are ok honey!!

[richelle_84_2004]

hey everyone, hope that everyone is well!
We've had a grumpy couple of days here, Kailee has had her 6th, 7th and 8th teeth come through all within a week and now has caught her daddy's cold. I hate when they are sick!

Can I ask, does anyone else use S26 Step 2 formula, and if so, are you finding it impossible to buy at the moment? I have been searching everywhere and just not being able to get it, not Woolworths, Coles, KMart, Big W, chemists even!! I think once this current tin runs out in a week, I am going to have to put her onto cows milk 2 weeks early. That shouldn't harm her should it??
I've been told the Heinz Nurture is a good formula, but not sure if I am quite willing to change formula on her with all the constipation problems we are having recently. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Time to go to work.

[sasha]

Hi everyone, hope you're all well and looking forward to First Birthdays!! How exciting!

Richelle, I'm about to put S onto cow's milk for one of his feeds. We use S26 too... Woolies was out recently but managed to get some in Coles. My nephew self-weaned at 11.5 months and my sister put him straight onto cow's milk (he was b/fed at the time, she didn't see a point in doing the formula thing for just two weeks) and he's just fine. So I think Kailee will be OK. I've already been giving S a bit of cow's milk as a drink but I water it down a little for him... maybe you want to try that to start off? Especially if she's getting constipated. Just an idea, anyway! Good luck!

Cass, Seb hugs my legs too - very cute! I think he would like to be walking but crawling is just so much easier so why bother LOL One day soon perhaps...

Cass_blob - 13 year olds are just so frustrating, aren't they? All the rain up there, I can hardly believe it. We could use some more over here, you know - so just send it over if you want! Hope your gall stones are not giving you too much grief.

Karina, good work on getting your job parttime! Fulltime work is just so... full-on. I don't know how people do it. I've decided that once this baby (the one inside, not the one outside!) is 1, I'll try and do two days a week. My MIL will be over here by then and she's keen to look after them.

Sarah, glad Ari is settling into daycare, it must make going to work a lot easier for you. Hope the weather is settling down for you as well. I haven't seen the forecast for a few days so not sure what it's like for you up there, I guess you just are glad you're not in Mackay?!

Mel, it's hard making the decision to be at work, isn't it? I missed S so much when I went back... and he wasn't even that old. Now that he really has his own personality it would make it that much harder. But it IS handy having the extra income! S is stubborn too. Does Cooper bite? Sebastian has started to bite me when he doesn't get his own way!! Cheeky! I guess when you can't talk back you're limited to how to get your message across, right?!! (Working on him getting through this stage quickly, though!)

Ali, Sebastian pretty much says mumumumum dadadadadad as well and then chatters away - and sings to himself! He also likes to "read" his board books to himself - turns the pages and tells himself some kind of story. It's very cute. But like Emy, he doesn't shut up. Can't imagine where he gets that from

Anyway, it's almost 10 and he'll probably be up at 4, if not beforehand. He's getting MORE teeth! Is there no end to them?!! He has 6, not sure where the next ones are going to come from.

Have a good weekend!

[Karina]

Richelle, I think that because it is only two weeks, it would probably be ok. The 12 months thing for cows milk is just a rough guide anyway. Hope she is feeling better soon.

Sasha, Wow S sure gets up early! I dont know how I'd go getting up at 4 every morning. Claires got 4 teeth. No sign of more yet. With my luck she'll probably get the next 4 all at the same time.

Cass, how cute! Claire loves peek-a-boo as well. She reckons its the funniest thing ever.

Have finally organised my day care stuff. Claire is starting on tuesday so I hope she is ok. She is just going to go for a couple of hours a day to begin with.

[melham74]

Hi all,
Havent been on for ages, had the most stressful 3 weeks I have had in years with going back to work, my best freinds little bubby dying and the funeral, and still trying to be there to hold it together for her and try to manage my family and work and then I get a text from the owner of the house last night to say he has decided to sell, I really wish something would give, Have hardly seen my kids in 10 days hubby has had them everynight, the house looks as though a bomb has hit, Cooper has had vommittig and dirreoh and when I had to leave him with my mum on Friday for the funeral he cried the whole time I was gone, I feel that I have neglected him so much lately. Anyway hope your all going well will pop back in later.

[~Saram~]

Hello all march mummies - wow getting around to 1st birthdays so quickly. Dh goes in for the snip next week so I think I am avoiding BB and all those pregnancy/baby things. Trying to sort through Ari's baby stuff to give to my sil - very hard :-)

Thanks for all the thoughts yes we have dried out a bit this week however apparently more rain is on the way. Ari is sick with broncitus AGAIN (and I still haven't learnt to spell it) Poor little thing has been on more antibiotics in 11mths than DS has had in 5 years

Anyway must go, unitforms to iron and lunches to pack. Will hopefully be back in soon to do personals and pics

Keep well

Sarah

[melham74]

Well tomorrow is the !st of March and our little ones will be turning 1...what have you all got Planned and what dates are your littlies B'days. Cooper is on the 29th and we have now decided to just have a small family BBq in light of what happened to my best freinds little angel, we werent going to tell her we are having a party but incase she takes it the wrong way we are now going to tell her a week before we are having a small BBq if they want to come gr8t but if not we understand. Anyway goota go cooper is into the rubbish bin AGAIN is his new trick.

[Karina]

Claires birthday is on monday and we're having a party for her at my parents house on Sunday. Its not a big party, just a smallish one. Half the people I invited couldnt make it.

Mel, how funny about the bin, Claire likes our bin as well though she is slowly learning it is yukky and not to touch it. Dont feel that youve neglected cooper. You've been a great friend to your friend who lost their little one. You're sharing the love so dont feel bad for that.

Well I am going bac to work on 10th of march. I'm nervous about goung back! I went out today and bought a new outfit for work. I think I am going to cry all day. DH doesnt understand.

ah well.

[~Saram~]

Hi all,

I can't believe it's March already! wow this time last year we were all waiting so anxiously, wondering who was going to be first (and madly wishing it would be us - well I was anyway :-) And then those first few squishy, sleep deprived weeks - ooooh I miss it :-)

We were hoping to have Ari's party at the local waterpark but the weather is so unpredictable at the moment I don't know whether to cancel it????

Sasha how is the pregnancy going? Hope Sebastian starts sleeping in a bit more for you, DS was always an early riser, we now get until 7am some days which is awesome! Ari is like me she sleeps until 8am-9am which is utterly depressing when I'm up with DS at 6am :-)

Karina - Oh all the best with work! Are you still going back part-time? I have to say part-time is sooo much better than full-time. Your right DH just don't get it! Remember we're here if you want to vent :-)

Melham - I think that sounds like a lovely idea! Hope your friend is doing OK

Richelle - we use s26 at daycare and yes, so hard to get! i have been getting the step 1 (they are basically the same anyway) We tried ari on another formaula when my SIl was here and she spat it all over us :-) Ari has been sipping at cows milk for a few weeks but I think she only wants it because her big brother has it

[Catastrophic]

Omg i think i really am going to cry this time this is the 3rd time i am trying to write this post!!! it keeps getting delated or computer shuts down!

Izzy's party is going to be held on the weekend after her birthday, held on the 22nd, just going to be a smallish bbq of family and friends. 70 ppl.

Had some more family tradegy last week, a couple of days after we went to the mil's service. we got a phone call to say that our nephew had passed away. Sil was 29weeks pregnant, when he went up to the hospital because she sense something was wrong, they assured her it he was okay, strog heartbeat. come back in afternooon for scan. By the time she went back in afternoon his cord was knotted and pulse was very low, so they did a emergency c saection. But didn't survive. His (Zachery Allen) funeral is on tuesday, its going to be so hard.

keeping with the baby news - my friend had her baby yesterday. Little jasmine decided she was comming out 6 weeks early and bum first! So they had to do a emergecy c section. . . 4 pounds 4. will be in hosp for 4-5weeks. Both mum and bub doing well! Dad however had a bike crash the week before broke both his arms and leg, had to have operations on all three, and is still sucluded to the bed.

Ok i'm going to post it here and start writing a new one because this is where is has dissappeared the last two times!

[Catastrophic]

PERSONALS _

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH BABIES!!!

If i forget you i'm sorry - mind is all over the place

Sarah - That's what made us decided to have it at home, because that way we can cater for both rain and sunshine! here is hoping you have a wonderful day at the waterpark!!! (which one u going to?)

Karina - Happy Birthday Claire!!! Have fun at work! Hope u don't cry to much. . . I start Uni this week 12 to 5 on a wednesday is my complusary long day. i'm quite excited tho~

Mel - A huge hugs to you! I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. I'm in the same predictament i'm not sure when or if to give them their invite to izzy's party, i dont' wanna do anything that will make this time harder. I have to leave Izzy with her uncle when we go to the funeral (its open casket and no children allowed) it's not that we are neglecting our babies just saving them from seeing us very upset. Dont feel like you have neglected cooper he knows you love him!

sasha - Gallstones arn't giving me to much grief thankfully - jut feel nauseated 90% of the time (feels like i pregnant again lolz) izzy has 6 teeth now too, with her eye teeth popping in an out~ How'd seb go on cows milk? izzy took to it very well.

If any of you ladies are worried about bubs getting vitamins ones you turn to cows milk i'd reccommend pentivite, 2.5mls a day and they getting all there recommended vitamims. And izzy doesnt seem to mind the taste whst so ever

Richelle - i hope kailee is feeling better xoxo

Cass - HI hope your well!
better be off now, have a screaming child, 2 fightining boys! ! ! Oh when did i becomne a mother to 3 noisy children lol!