Babies Born March 2007 #12

[Catastrophic]

Well hopefully your mum doesnt suffer any complications!

thinking positive is a good start! my fingers are crossed that everything will be okay!

[sasha]

HI EVERYONE! Sorry I haven't posted for ages, somehow I seem to get so busy nowadays and then I got logged out and couldn't remember my password and the reset kept getting sent to the junk mail box rather than my inbox... well, I'm here now. You've all been so busy!

Cass, glad to hear the mediation went well, custody cases can be so nasty, can't they? You poor thing with your gall bladder, hope you're starting to recover now.

Karina, sending positive vibes over for your DH, and hope the next two weeks go fast so that he can have a more definite answer. It's no fun waiting for news like that. Hope your exam goes OK. I'd almost forgotten what it's like taking exams, it's been so long since I took one. Though crazy as it sounds I'm thinking of doing a couple of courses next year, as if I haven't spent long enough at uni as it is!

Sarah, can't believe Ari is in a big bed already - we are thinking of moving Sebastian in the next month or so because we would kind of like to use the cot for the new baby Obviously we'll be using the bassinette for the first few months anyway, but I don't want S to feel like he's being pushed out at all, you know?

Oh, Ali, yuck, it sounds like you guys had an awful time, it's so hard being sick when your baby is sick too, isn't it?

Cass (Ozzie) poor Oscar having croup, we have been lucky so far this year with Sebastian, he had a little cold a few weeks ago which was bad enough, lots of sitting up with him and cuddling in the rocking chair, but thank goodness nothing too serious.

RIchelle, daylight saving finished over here in March, and I'm so with you. We get up at 5 because M starts work at 6, which means actually S wakes up around 4-4:30 so when it's daylight saving time that's VERY DARK and when we swapped over, of course he woke at 3. So stupid, we have had three referendums in WA to introduce daylight saving and they were all returned as "no", and then some politician decided it would be a good idea to have a "trial" for three years... this was the second year so I'm just crossing my fingers that it's a "no" again when they hold the referendum next year.

Shell, Emy coped very well with her needles, Sebastian hollered blue murder but then slept all the way home and was pretty much OK after that, just a bit clingy.

Well, we had the 20 week scan and ... it's a girl! I'm so happy about it, I wasn't going to find out the sex but M was grumpy that he couldn't talk to me about it (he had to find out because his mum was obsessed with the idea of a girl and was going to need the next 20 weeks to get used to the idea if it was a boy!!) and I really wanted to know, and now I'm glad I know. It's exciting thinking that I will have a daughter!

S is walking holding onto one hand, and we got him his first shoes the other day, just for when we go out and it's raining or whatever. He loves to take you on little jaunts and sings to himself as he's trotting along holding onto your hand, it's so funny. He also likes to "read" to himself. No real words yet, although he seems to like repeating sounds after us so I guess that's a good sign. He's always chatting away in his own language, though, so I'm not concerned that he won't talk, I just can't understand what he's saying!

Finally we are starting to get the house in order - there is so much to do before the baby comes (and so little money it seems - when will interest rates stop going up?!! ) S is not keen on eating anything remotely like a vegetable unless it comes in a Heinz baby food jar, grrr! I'm just supplementing with lots of other stuff like yoghurt and fruit and different breads, also he likes omelettes, too, so I've made him a couple of those. He's particularly fussy when he's teething which I guess is fair enough. I think he's getting his canines, which means he will have almost all his teeth! Unbelievable! I was kind of hoping he'd have them done before the new baby comes so that it's one less thing I have to worry about!

Anyway, I'd better get off to bed even though it's only 9.30 as Sebastian doesn't recognise weekends LOL and he'll be up at 4:30 tomorrow no doubt ! Hope you're all well,

love

[Ozziehoffy]

Oh man... I really should try to keep up with this more often, however it seems every time I get to this thread (even if I do it first!!!) Oskar decides that he needs/wants me...lol. So much going on.

Bec, it's great to hear from you and that you're going so well. I can't believe you're past the halfway mark... congrats on a little girl!! I'm thinking that I'd like a girl if we have another cos I really don't think I'd have any more after that.

Karina I hope all goes well for you guys.

Ali, hugs to you all.

Cass, what great news about the boys. Good to hear your op went well.

Oskar got himself his first molar!! I almost died. I saw it last weekend when I was tickling him. I saw this white spot and thought..hmmm maybe he has some food stuck on his gum then I thought... I hope he doesn't have oral thrush or anything, so I felt it and sure enough the corner of his right top molar has come through. He was pretty good, sleeping not quite as well, but overall very good. Looks like the bottom on the same side is on it's way through, very red and puffy looking gum. Funny though cos he still only has the 2 top and bottom teeth in the middle at the front...so missing the other 2 top and bottom at this stage..lol. Andy said he needs his mungers for steak that is why he's getting them now...pmsl. Typical male He's still bum shuffling and likes to stand up a lot now but not walking unless you hold both hands. He loves playing Andy's guitar too and is quite gentle with it and plucks away, very cute... might have a budding muso on my hands. Anyway, best be off and do some dinner I guess. I will try to get into this thread more often - as often as the little master will allow anyway!!! to all and hope you're all well.

[~Saram~]

Hi guys have missed you all have been so busy with business, school holidays and then we all got sick with th same bugs you guys have had (well Ari and I did, Xander and Bob seemed to escape unscathed)

Hope you are all well and all who were moving have settled in.

Life is good with Ari in her big bed, she now sleeps settled until midnight has a feed then sleeps with us until morning which as most of you would know that is HUGE for her! She also did her first wee int he potty! No we aren't toilet training yet but noticed she always does a wee at bath time so we got out Xanny's old potty and started talking bout wees and poo's in potty and tonight i whipped her nappy off and she wandered over and sat down on the potty, then stood up and did her wee (hehe - but at lest she gets the idea right!)

We also had a long talk to our dr about immunisations and we have decided NOT to immunise Ari and more due to the slight risk of developing Autism. we looked at all the research and even through there is little to no "evidence" of immunisations causing autism event the dr admitted he couldn't guarentee it. We may consider it once she is talking and developing normally, I'm not sure but I couldn't risk loosing this amazing little girl, not that I think DS is "lost" he is just his wonderful unique self just as Ari is but I don't want her to lose the amazing skills that she has already and even the dr admitted there are no family studies to examine effectgs of immunisations on families with genetic predisposition to ASD. But I also want to say a huge thank you to every family who does immunise as it is very scarey world having an unimmunised child and it makes it so much safer when so many others immunise. townsville has something like 93% which is awesome

Karina - hope your Dh and mum are OK

Cass - hope your feeling better

Bec congrats on your little girl! How exciting.

Ozzy - wow on oskars tooth, Ari stil has a total of ...... 5 teeth hehe Hey we are coming down in September have to catch up! Ari is still bald as a badger so funny.

[Catastrophic]

Bec congrats on your little girl thats great~
Cass- Omg a molar already he's doing well!!!

Well i had the most amazing dream last night which i thought id share with all of you! there has been alot of talk around here about babies and when to have another one. and what not! I mean that is mainly what me and my gfs talk about!

Which in turn has made me veryyyyyyyyy clucky! and i realised i really really do want another one maybe two. But then i have my other days were i dont and im not sure and ahhh! Its been a mind boggling few weeks lol!

But last night i had the most amazing dream, we found out this month that we were pregnant (I can test next week :P) anyways me, tim and my besti went for a 6weeks scan checkup and there was two heartbeats! it was awesome! then i had this ultra quick pregnancy (lol it was a dream, we all know that will never happen lol) and then i went into labour with me tim and besti there again. had had a gorgeous little boy and gorgeous little girl! It was so amazing and so life like. I actually woke up feeling like i have just gave birth to my twins!

Pity dreams dont come true becuase that one would just be the absolutle icing on the cake to my perfect family hehe

Ok i better go know i've just rambled on! im doing a great job at procastinating today!!! I have an exam today and the topic is just so boringgggggggg!

[Alipralli]

Wow Cassie - imagine if your dream really did come true! I hope your exam went ok - some of those nursing subjects can be pretty boring huh?

Sarah - I'm glad that the big bed is working for you! I can't even imagine putting Emy in a big bed yet - she would constantly climb in and out, and would fall out a million times. And she can't even sleep in one position yet - I often find her upside down, with her head at the opposite end to where we put her down, or all squoojed up in the corner! Congrats on your decision about Ari's vaccinations - J and I get rather annoyed with people who just decide that they aren't going to vaccinate, because they perceive that there is no risk to their child of getting whatever disease it is, but then they fail to realise that we have such a small risk of getting those diseases BECAUSE of vaccinations in the first place. If not for vaccinations, there would be huge epidemics of smallpox, polio, measels, etc still, and I reckon heaps of those people would be wishing for someone to come up with a way to prevent the disease in the first place, or to treat it, and still have a good quality of life (say if they got smallpox, and it could be treated somehow, but you were left with the horrible pox marks all over your body - i reckon you'd have a bad quality of life!). Anyway, I hope that this has come out right, and hasn't offended you, because I understand that you have reasons for why you are iffy about vaccinating Ari, and I am glad you talked your decision over with your doctor, before deciding definately.------------Oh, and how cute Ari doing a wee in the potty! That is so funny, that she wandered over to it, sat down, and then stood up to wee! I hope you didn't video it for showing at her 21st though!

Cass - Oscar's teeth are coming in, in a funny fashion! Andy's theory sounds pretty funny about it too!

Bec - Congrats on your little girl! Are you going to let us know what name you have chosen, or ones you are tossing up, before she is born, or will we have to wait? How cute! I can't wait to have another baby!

Well, Emy is getting a lot smarter now! I can get her up in the morning, change her nappy, put her on the floor, and say 'Wheres daddy?', and she will wander off and find him - usually still in bed, but occasionally he is somewhere else! It was funny though the other day, he was in the laundry, and I said 'where's daddy?', and she went into our room, and then saw the bed made, and kept going to look for him in our ensuite! I think she already knows that daddy spends a fair bit of time on the loo!

She is saying Daddy a lot more clearly too! And she is good at pointing at things that she wants - when we have dinner now, I have her in the high chair, and have her plate on the table, and just put small amounts of things on her tray at a time, and if she has finished one thing that she likes, and has had enough of the other things for the moment, she will point at the plate and go 'yes', 'yes'. It is so cute! J was feeding her the other night when I was at work, and he apparently hadn'f offered her a drink, and she stopped eating, pointed straight at her water bottle, and and said yes yes yes, so he gave it to her, and she drank heaps of it! J was very impressed with how smart she is now!

Emy has 11 teeth now - the 8 front ones, 2 bottom molars, and the top right molar. I can kind of see the tip of the left top molar, but it hs been there for a little while, and just won't come out any more!

Anyway, I've rambled enough, so I'm going now - have fun!

[Rachel]

Hi everyone...feels like ages since I've been in here and I can't keep track of what has been happening!

We are all going great guns here. Grace is just so clever and cheeky and adorable. She understands quite a few things now and will do things you ask her to. If I ask her to get her shoes..she will wander off and come back with her shoes...I told her the other night to go and get a book and we will read and she wandered off and came back with a book...I asked her to put the book back on the box after we had read it and she did! Very exciting. She still has 4 lonely little teeth but another two are trying to get out, they are just taking their sweet time....I hope they come out soon as she is wandering around with a constantly wet top from her dribbling, poor thing, and we seem to have taken a step back when it comes to her dummy...finally got her off the dummy in the daytime but since this teething has started again she is dependent on the dummy again..not for sucking, she just loves to chew on it. She is constantly chewing on her teddy,...it smells so bad!! lol!! She has started to feed herself her dinner at night, I try to give her as much as I can before she cracks it and wants to help, then the mess starts, she needs a fair bit of help of course but she gets really excited when she gets the spoon and food into her mouth. Her walking is going along brilliantly, she is almost running these days, hence she is far more confident with it too which means a few more tumbles! Have had the odd unsettled night lately but I think that has to do with her teething, plus she had a cold last week so that wouldn't help.

Is anyone else's kids getting night terrors? We think Grace is getting them occasionally, luckily they are not regular but gosh they are horrid when they happen, poor thing.

What are you all doing with your bottles/BFs? Grace still has a morning bottle and an evening bottle..but..she doesn't always drink it all (morning better than night), sometimes it takes a very long time as she just isn't that interested in it at all. We have changed from the avent teats to the avent sippy cup teats on the bottles and she is doing better with that now, but i'm sure it won't be too long before she cuts the morning one out...MCHN said they just need 3 serves of dairy a day so if she doesn't have a decent bottle I make it up some other way...not concerned, just curious as to what is happening in your world of milk. She LOVES her food, so we have no troubles there. Brushing her teeth is another story...she isn't so keen on this since she has started teething, which is a PITA, but we keep persisting.

There are 4 ladies in my mum's group of 8 pregnant now! One is 22/40, another is 19/40, 15/40, 8/40....they keep saying who is next and i'm like don't look at me!! Other than Bec, is there any other ladies preggo that I have missed (too hard to keep up with all your chatter?). Anyone currently TTC? We aren't looking at TTC until the end of the year...definitely have to shift this weight first...it's so hard though!

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, hope everyone is doing well. Can't believe how fast they are growing up. Take care. xx