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Hello, just popping in to say hi, had a HUGE weekend at the baby expo - have to order more stock already! Poor Ari is having a rough time, not sure why and DS is sooooo tired from being at the expo all weekend and DH is about to start 17day straight yuck!
Got ari's 3mth paed appoint this Friday, she has a little bit of a turned eye so hopefully we can make sure it's nothing.
Richelle - Ari is a poker too she hit 6 kg at 10wks, I shudder to think what she weighs now.
Sasha - We have just got Bumgenius online so it will be about 2wks before I get stock in
Caro - I hope you get a nice Paed
Cass - I have lost your address and DH won't get off the computer so I can get your email - bloody World of Warcraft! I have something here for you and Oskar could you email me at sales@nappybucket.com
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Hello Everyone!
I havent posted in a LONG time but i have been reading along every so often to see how you all are (even though its hard to keep up sometimes as you all "chat" soo much!). Nice to see all is going well with you all and all the little bubbas.
Emily is doing well, sleeps through from 10.30pm - 6.30, 7am, she's just gotten over a cold but otherwise all good.
Must be off to bed now,
Take care.
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Shell so good to hear from you, pleased to hear there is another night owl around Ari didn't go off until 9:30 tonight.
Finally finished fluffing with my site and computer went blah and lost it all :-( Off to bed now
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It is so hard to keep up with everything if you don't try to get on every day!! lol.
It's great everyone sounds like they're doing well.
Richelle, how's Kailee? Has she still got the spots or did they turn out to be mozzie bites or something?? I am so over cautious at times...lol..I'll see a spot or something on Oskar and get Andy to inspect it as well cos I'm like...omg what is this!!
Sarah, I just emailed you... twice actually...lol.
I was at the shops yesterday and Oskar was in his capsule on the end of the trolley. I was putting the shopping into the boot and he was watching and then when I closed the boot he found it very amusing and laughed at it!! I am unsure if it was the noise it makes or what but he thought it was funny and so then I laughed cos it was funny that he was laughing at something which didn't seem funny to me... I don't think he associates what the laugh is yet though cos it's all very random still and only occasionally, but very definitely just a reaction. I can't wait till we can "make" him laugh!!
I got my hair done yesterday and he was soooo good. He got cuddles from the girls and LOVED that and even fell asleep oh and went 4 hours between his feeds... so he can do it but I think it's cos he was distracted and VERY tired so he slept through about 40 mins of that time...I feel heaps better having my hair done!! I highly recommend it to make you feel human again.
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Hi everyone.
Cass - I am booking a hair appointment as I type! My hair is out of control at the moment, and the colour is SO boooring! Nicholas laughs at random things too, and I haven't been able to "make" him laugh as yet, but I am working on it.
Shell -WTG on the long sleep at night! I can't wait until Nicholas decides to do this. He still wakes at about 3am, but we will get there. He goes straight back to sleep after a feed, so I am usually only up for about half an hour with him, so it's not so bad.
Sarah - congrats on your success at the expo!
Richelle - I hope Kailee is getting better.
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Oh we have had a huge couple of day Ari started rolling again (after stopping at about 7wks or so) and tonight she laughed, unfortunately it was while her brother was trying to read, luckily he didn't take it personally and thought she just liked the book.
We have finally had a cold snap tonight and now I don't have any cold clothes OMG, I just heard thunder!!!! I have not heard thunder in years!
Speaking of hair anyone else loosing it in clumps - it's so yuck.
oopps got to go
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Hi all,
Sarah, I am losing hair too! and I have to get it cut, but it's just so expensive around here and we have been spending up a bit lately on stuff like cot and drawers etc plus have a few bills coming up so I'll put it off for a while I think.
S is sleeping in his cot for the first time tonight! But is still in our room with us... well, there's nowhere else for him to go! I just put him to bed as DH went to bed just now, I didn't want him to be all alone in the bedroom with it being his new bed and all. Today he freaked out a bit since the dog barked at something outside and he was fast asleep, and it woke him, he screamed his head off and I came over to pick him up and he was almost rigid, he was so frightened. We had a cuddle and then I brought him round to face me and made happy faces and smiled a lot at him and he calmed down. Poor baby, he must have had such a shock!
Caro, checked out your photos - Courtney is such a cutie in her little dress! How is she liking Michael now - getting more used to him?
Spoke to MIL the other day, they have just returned from Thailand and are coming to visit us towards the end of July. Looking forward to them seeing their first grandchild! Also it works out well because she said they will come at the end of the school holidays and then stay for about two weeks, so it means the first week of school I don't have to worry about S going into daycare, because M will take holidays and they can all look after him together. Makes me somewhat happier knowing that he will be spending one less week in daycare.
Anyway, had better go, sorry haven't replied to everyone, I'm so tired! Can't wait for the weekend to sleep in a bit (we get up at 5 for DH's work and right now it's a bit of a struggle!)
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Sarah, YES I am loosing hair in huge clumps. I was just about to ask the exact same question. I feel like I am going bald and I need to vacuum ever day because of my huge clumps of hair everywhere. Woohoo on the rolling and laughing! How cute!
Cass, how cute about Oskars laughing. Its so sweet isnt it. Claire laughs when I bath her.
Shell good to hear from you! Yay that everything is going well!
omg Claire has been so feral the last few days. Cant handle much more of this. She'll scream for 2 hours then sleep for 1.. and so on. I have no idea whats going on :(
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Wow I thopught I was the only night owl on here. Ari has only just now gone to sleep, she has been a terrible sleeper for the last 3-4 days, really starting to weart thin.
Karina- Ari has been feral too we oops there she goes again
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Cass - She is still having the spots come out but they are looking the same as the hormone rash did when it came out in full force so I have no idea. She doesn't seem bothered by them so I am not too concerned.
For any of you that buy That's Life magazine, the bottom right of page 39 there is a very interesting article on starting solids in children under 6 months done by a UK research group. Worth a read.
Kailee has started trying to roll from her back over, its so funny to watch! She has been rolling from her belly to her back since 4 days old so now she is trying to go the other way!
Anyway better get to bed
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Hello ladies...how is everyone? Have read all of your posts - way too much to read after being offline for a week! Glad to hear everyone seems to be doing well. Sorry to hear that a couple of you are having some trouble with night sleeps (was that SArah and Karina? Sorry).
Well...we got back from rainy Adelaide last night at 9.30pm after a 12hour drive. Both DH and me are so so proud of Grace - she was such a good girl. It took 12.5 hours to get over and she slept for most of it, just needing to stop for feeds. She got a bit irritable at Bordertown so we stopped and set up a play area on the back seat and let her have a kick around while we ate tea (it was pouring outside so the car was our cozy cacoon!). She handled being passed around and meeting the entire family very well. At the wedding on Sunday she slept in the HAB and was cuddled by many people. Everyone thought she was absolutely gorgeous. She was full of smiles for everyone. She slept perfectly overnight too which we thought may have been a problem. I can now see the benefit to having your baby sleep in your room with you - it was so much easier getting up to her in the night! Although, I don't think we slept as well - goodness she is a noisy sleeper! The trip back wasn't as good as the way there - I think she had just had enough. She became VERY upset in Ararat, and so we stopped in Balarat for and hour and a half to try and calm her down and she eventually settled and slept the rest of the way home. Fed and bathed then down to bed and she slept until 6am! Such a good girl! She was spoilt with presents of course - amazing that we could fit everything in the car to get home. It's amazing how quickly a car fills up when you put in a pram and a port a cot and a big suitcase! Anyway, very very glad to be home. Other than mothers group today Grace and I are home bodies for the next couple of days - no visiting for us!
OOoohhh...on another note - my girlfriend had a baby boy this morning!! Joshua Edward - that moves another name of our list for the next one! They have a 2 year old daughter so very happy for them to have a little boy. Can't wait to go and see the new addition - have to get a present, more shopping, yay!
Anyway, should get off the computer and start unpacking and washing - poor DH had to go back to work this morning - no rest for him. Just wanted to say hi. Take care.
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Rachel, what a good traveller she is!! We drove to Toowoomba (2 hours) the other week and I ended up having to sit in the back with Oskar most of the way!! lol.
Jo, have you had your hair done yet??
I also have lost heaps of hair...not as much as I was though!! At first there was sooooo much that I could've made wigs ... SERIOUSLY!!
Caro, wtg on Michael's weight!! Oskar has an amby hammock and loves it! He only sleeps in it at night though cos for some reason during the day he refuses to sleep on his back.
Sarah, Ari could be having a growth spurt again.
ahh I better go cos my little man is DEMANDING mummy's booby NOW!! lol...
hugs n kisses to all and hope everyone is doing well... lotsa love from us :)
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Sarah – I have just started loosing hair too. It is everywhere! How cute that Ari is laughing now. The girls are always trying to get Nic to laugh, but he seems pretty choosy at this stage!
Bec – Yucko at getting up at 5am! I don’t do early morning too well, especially in the cold weather! Good luck with Sebastian sleeping in his cot!
Caro – I have been reading about the Amby Hammocks. I was thinking about hiring one for a few months, but Nic seems to be sleeping really well at the moment. Let me know how Michael likes his when you get it.
Rachel – sounds like the trip went really well. Grace sounds like an angel.
Cass – I have booked an appointment for Saturday so DH can have the kids. He gave me a voucher for a splurge for my birthday (in March) so I will use that and go all out with a colour and cut etc etc. We have a birthday dinner coming up for a friend, so will be our first night out without Nic. Also, my ex husband and his wife will be there, so I think I should try to look a bit human for the night!
As for us, not a whole lot going on. Nic has been sleeping really well the last two days. He had a 2 hour sleep yesterday morning, then 1 ½ in the afternoon, both in his cot, then a short nap in my arms late in the afternoon. He is still going really well at night, only waking at 3am for a feed. I am really enjoying mother’s group. It is great to meet other mums in the area that have babies the same age.
Have just signed off on a quote to have some renovations done to our house and backyard. Very exciting as we are knocking out a wall and putting in french doors and a deck off the side of the house. I have gone a bit Mediterranean in our backyard, and have planted olives trees, lemons and lavenders all around our paving. I bought 3 huge half wine barrels to go on our paving, they look great! I will put some new pics on the website tomorrow. Hope everyone else is going well.
Take care everyone
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Caro, gosh i hear you on the two hourly feeds... Claires been doing it too. Supposedly a growth spurt - i hope it passes soon. She fed for a whole hour for one of her feeds today, though i think half of it was just for comfort. but woohoo about Michael putting on weight now, thats great news.
Rachel, good to hear you had a good trip to adeliade, and wow at how good little Grace was for the trip. I'm very impressed. She obviously likes to be in the car then?
Richelle, woohoo on Kailee rolling, how exciting. Claires only just strated rolling from belly to back but DH is yet to see - she only does it when he is not around for some reason the cheeky monkey!
Jomarie, yay on the renos, how very exciting! I'm hopefully getting a new ceiling cos its had water damage (I live in a unit, and honestly, can't people fix their damn toilets!!) though thats nowhere near as exciting as new french doors and a deck.
woohoo I got my Grobag today. Ordered it on tuesday and it arrived today - very quick service so I am impressed. We got the pirate one because Claire does this one eye thing and we reckon she looks like a pirate whenshe does it.. Claire is in it now. Its great, she loves to kick her legs and move them up and down so she always ends up with no wrap and gets cold at night with icy fingers. She cant kick the bag off so hopefully she wont get cold. and Caro, I agree.. their dressing guides are silly - she'll freeze if I just dress her in a short sleeved suit like they recommend for my nursery temp!
ooh and we got given a new digital camera for our bday (DH was a couple weeks ago and mine is next week) so that means I can take even MORE pictures of Claire. It even has "baby mode" whatever that is!
gosh look at the time, i really need to sleep. Where does the time go!!!
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Karina- yay on getting the grobag. have to look into them as grace has also worked out how to unwrap herself. have fun with your digital camera. Yep, grace loves the car.
JoMarie- Have to agree, grace is an angel.nothing to complain about really. enjoy getting your hair done, it is amazing how much better you feel after. your backyard sounds great...you've been a busy woman. I also really enjoy mother's group. yay on the good sleeps. we're still working on being in the cot during the day.
Had grace weighed today - 5.75kg. I was surprised, i seriously thought she would have gained more than that. going to try and put her into cot now. wish me luck!
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Jo, yay for your hair appointment! Enjoy it honey :) Oooh I wanna see your garden, sounds divine. I have planned what I want to do in two areas of my backyard but it's going to have to wait until probably around the end of August cos it is getting too cold now to plant the plants I think... will check that with the nursery though cos I really want to do it so it looks all pretty.
I was going to get a grobag for Oskar but was told by the sales lady that if he's happy still being wrapped then stick with it and don't mess with it...lol..makes sense, I am just more concerned about if I have him warm enough or is he too hot etc and it's so hard to tell these things!
Rachel, how did Grace go in her cot??
Oskar is having a grizzle right now, he's watching the footy with his dad but doesn't sound too impressed so I better go and check the situation..lol.
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Hi Cass - Grace has been in her cot since day dot...think you may be thinking of Bec and Sebastian who was having his first night in cot the other day!
Forgot to mention....my little girl is 3 months old today!!! Can't believe 3 months ago we were just meeting our little lady and now she is fully a part of the family.
My parents just left. I love having them over for dinner but I think tonight was more tiring than usual as I had to settle Grace, bath her, dress her, get her to sleep, cook dinner and clean up! Usually mum would help but Grace got a wee bit upset when she held her again - I have a theory that it may be my mums perfume. My mum wears a lot of perfume - it makes me feel sick as it is that flowery perfume which I can't stand. No-one else I know wears perfume like my mum and since having Grace I only wear a littl bit and only on my wrists not around my neck anymore, so I'm thinking maybe that is why she gets upset - probably because she can't breath through the sickly smell!! I mentioned it to my mum who thought it was a possibility, we shall see if she remembers for next time.
I'm pooped...off to bed I go. Goodnight ladies..
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Hello, Ari had her 3 mth check up today she is 6.664 kg now so a real little porker and is snuggled up in her cot under three blankets as it has been cold and rainy here for three days and I refuse to buy anymore winter clothes when apparently it will be hot again tomorrow. Oh and sold over $200 of nappies today -so excited
rachel - wow on the travelling that is awesome.
Caro - hope michael is feeling better - lucky you ari feeds every two hours most of the time :-)
Karina - how cute about the pirate thing, can't wait to see all the photos you are going to take.
Jo Marie - wow on the house it must look amazing. I am so jealous! We really miss our beautiful house in Mount Isa that we renovated ourselves:-(
Cass - yeah I didn't think of a growth spurt. I gave her some bonjela today and she went to sleep instantly ad (touch wood) hasn't woken up again.
Speaking of which better go get some sleep before she wakes up
