Babies Born March 2007 #8

Ali, it's so cute when they are all covered in food - at the start...lol... then it's just downright messy! You'll have to share some of the pics though, sounds gorgeous.

Sarah, WTG on the assignment! Oskar has had conjunctivitis twice and I'm the same as you, no idea where he got it. Squirt her in the eye with booby milk - works sooooo fast!

Cass, you're allowed to talk about other stuff too ;) That's what we're here for...hehe. Awwww so you're a mummy 2 times now :) How little huh, it's so hard to remember them being that tiny.

Nothing too interesting going on here at the moment. Oskar is pretty good and cheeky too...lol. ummmm nah, that's it for now from me. Lotsa love to all you mummies and bubbas.

Hi everyone! I have been out of action for a little while as I have been doing some uni work. I get on and have time to read everyones posts, but no time to write!

Nicholas is doing really well. He is gorgeous, and loving his food. He is having 3 meals a day now, and tasting all sorts of veges - carrot, parsnip, sweet potato and his fruit and cereal. He is sleeping well, except that I can't seem to get him to sleep longer than 45mins at a time during the day, but I am working on it! At night he is good and was waking at 5am, but I have been trying to stretch him out until about 6.30am - 7am for his first bottle, and for the last 2 nights this has worked ok. He wakes at about 5am and I just pop the dummy back in and he will dose on and off for another hour or so. I am hoping he will soon learn to just stay asleep until 7am! Heaven!!

That's about it really, just working hard and hanging out with my babies. We are planning a holiday to Brisbane in the school holidays and I am really looking forward to a change of scenery. I can't wait for the warmer weather either! Bring on the sun!!
Hope everyone else is doing well, take care!

Great to hear you are doing so well Jo!! Nic sounds like he's powering along. If you do come to Brissie we will have to catch up for a coffee!!! :D

Caro - How do you seem to know so much stuff?

Nothing much happening with us - we are pretty boring really! Emy is loving her food - don't know how to share photos with you, but will ask Jason if he can figure it out it for me...

Hope all your bubbas are giving you all heaps of entertainment - Emy keeps me laughing most of the day!

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PMSL... slap slap... just kidding ;) But ya loved it huh!

I'm waiting to see if Oskar is going to wake up or not... I'm sooooo tired tonight but can't go to bed until I know if I have to feed him again in the next hour or if he's just gonna sleep through it!

Hello!

Well we have had a funny couple of days - the other day i went to the supermarket with mum, and sat Emy in baby seat of the trolley, and she must have discovered that she can move around a little bit, and still remain balanced, coz she was having a good ole wiggle moving her entire body. It was sooooo funny, and Mum and I were nearly wetting ourselves laughing, and I think the other people in the shop thought that we were crazy!

Then today, J and I were having toast for breakfast, and Emy saw us, and was making chewing motions, and was excited, and then when she realised that we weren't going to give her any, she got cranky, and we had to give her some Farex, and then she was happy. She has not eaten any food at that time of day before, and we were quite surprised.

Then we went out, and drove all over the countryside, and stopped in a little park to have some frish and chips for lunch, and i took the blanket and food and stuff and put in on the grass, while J got Emy out of the car, and i heard "Oh no"....."Oh Emy...." And I knew before i even asked, what the problem was - Emy's nappy had a blowout. It was soooo funny, but so gross. She was wearing a bodysuit, and singlet, and it was just everywhere. So lucky that we managed to get her undressed without getting it all over her though, coz we were in the middle of nowhere, and didn't have many wipes, and the only shop open was the fish and chippery, and i don;'t think that they would have had any wipes or anything. But it gave us a good laugh. And a cold lunch!

Then after driving around a bit more, we ended up at Mum's house for coffee, and I asked mum if she had some pumpkin that i could give Emy. So mum found a tiny bit that was leftover from last night, that was in a container with some potato, but there wasn't much pumpkin, and so i said that Emy could have the potato with it too, and so mum smooshed it all up and heated it up, and then she, dad and Jason all dissappeared somewhere, and I started to feed Emy. It was so funny. She was doing her little wiggle, grunting when she had finished the mouthful that she had, to tell us that she wanted more, and opening her mouth soooo wide. Then mum and J came back inside, and i said that i thought that Emy liked that concoction, and mum sat down to watch her, and she thought it was the funnniest thing ever. She also reckoned that she had NEVER seen a baby so excited about food. (I said that she is our baby, and we both like our food! - we are both on the larger side) In the end, she devoured all of the food, and wouldn't stop asking for more until i actually gave her the spoon to play with. She is such a funny kid...

Hi all typing one handed so will be short. whole family has a hideoius cold - poor Ari is going to think all life outside the womb comes with a runny nose. This is the first day the four of us have been out of bed. Ari now has conjunctivitus in both eyes despite the antibiotics (yes Cass did the milk squirt but no luck) So we are back to the dr tomorrow.

Hope all are well talk soon

Hi everyone!
I cant belive how much you all talk, its so hard to keep up, by the time ive read everything Emily's awake and im out of time to post!:doh:
Good to see everyone's going well, except those who have been sick.
All good here, sounds like all the little ones are growing much too fast.
Emily's been on solids for just over 2 weeks now and she's loving it!

Cass - I also have one of those mesh bag feeding things, i've never used it though, must try it!

Caro - Question, how did you give the avocado? by itself or with something? I've been eyeing them off in the shops and brought one today but i have no idea how to give it to her (i dont eat them).

Sara - Hope both the kiddies get better soon.

Take care, Shell.

I cant believe I never saw this thread, oh well I dont know anyone so will leave it, but wow all these march mummies! Wish I had seen it before, would know everyone by now. What a great thread!!!

Cass - Would love to catch up in Brissy! Haven;t worked out our plans as yet, but will keep you posted.

Hi Soul! Didn;t you post in the March belly buddies group? Come join us anyway, we'd love to have you!

Sarah - I hope you all feel better soon!!

Caro - why can't you give them raw fruit? I haven't heard that. I haven;t given Nic any at this stage, but also have one of those mesh things you can put a piece of fruit in for them to chew on.

Ali - sounds like you guys have been busy! Good to hear that Emy is loving her food!

Hi everyone else, hope you are all doing great. Nicholas has been a perfect boy today! He slept for 1 1/2 hours this morning, then woke up, we went to playgroup and played happily for an hour, then had lunch and went back to sleep for 2 hours. Then, he was up and playing for a while and then had another nap for almost an hour, woke up, had his dinner, a shower, bottle and went back to bed for the night! This is the first day that he has followed this routine, after weeks of trying, so I am very proud! He usually just has little naps all day and when he wakes up he is quite grumpy as he hasn't had enough sleep. I am hoping that he will sleep all night tonight. He has been waking up a few times a night and needing to be resettled, though I am not feeding him overnight anymore and he has his first bottle of the day at about 7am.

Other than that, I have been trying to get an assignment done (struggling!!) and planning our trip.

Have a great week everyone!

Hey hey!
how is everyone?
soul u can still come in an chat :) plenty of time to get to know us all! Hi im cassie, i have a daughter izzabella and 2 stepsons, locklan (4) and noah (3). live in brisbane and is almost 21 :)

hope everyone else is well, sorry its not a long post but i must get up shower and go grocery shopping (yukkkkkkkkkkkk) lol

Cass_Blob aw thanks sweetie! In love your daughters name! And the spelling to by the way, its different and I love differene\t!

Hi all, I have been so busy at work so I haven't had a chance to get on here and catch up (the only chance I get to come on here is during work...hehehe...)
Well I am in pretty good spirits considering I have only had 4 hours sleep. Last night was the worst night with Sam that I have ever had. The poor little bugger has teething troubles. I have been using panadol and bonjela and they must not be strong enough for him cause it didnt seem to do anything, he was awake every 1-2 hours and he would cry out in so much pain, I felt so terrible because there really wasnt anything else I could do for him, but we got thru the night and I have been up since 5am but I shouldn't complain because this is the first interupted sleep I have had since he was about 8 weeks old. On the food side of things, his appetite hasn't changed, still loves his food. I made up a big batch of dinners and put them in the freezer, they are made up of beans, carrots, pumpkin, potato, brocoli, cauliflour, zuccini, mince and pasta. Anyway, we were all good with that for about 4 days and then he got sick of it, so I tried a little bit of gravy with it.....well, you should have seen him, he couldnt open his mouth wide enough and I couldnt put it in quick enough lol. A tiny bit of tomato sauce works too, so when they get sick of the same old thing, put a little bit of gravy in it and you will be amazed at the difference, Sam's favourite seems to be the chicken one. All I buy is the gravox ones that you can buy in the tins, good stuff lol.
And we have needles this thursday, I'm not looking forward to it, teething and needles, not a good combination!!
Sorry I have just dribbled on with so much but none of the girls here at work have kids yet so no one knows what I'm talking about!

Man, I hate it when I have to respond on the following page...lol.

Soul honey... I'M HERE!! Please stay and chat!! How's little Phoenix doing?

Ali, OMG @ the poo.... Oskar did the same thing yesterday and lucky it didn't go on his car seat!! I had to change him at the shops... I didn't realise it had gone up his back... gross!!

Jen, dribble on as much as you like!! That's what we're here for :)

Sarah, my honey, I feel for you so much, you've really get such a bad run of things at times. :hug: to you all.

Last night Oskar was a bit grumpy after his feed so I thought I would see if he wanted some pumpkin (I'd cooked it up about a month ago and frozen it) and boy oh boy he wanted it!! Last time he wasn't sure about it but now he was opening his mouth and loved it. He wasn't quite ready last time. So, I'll slowly start him on solids now. He likes banana but not mashed up.. only if he can suck on the one I'm eating!!

cass thank you, I recognised a few people but no hello's from theM,, thats cool "Your" here LMAO! Got a hello form someone I didnt know so that was great! Pheeny is great, spoult rotten and doenst sleep "Barley" but hes great. He only has little cap naps all day long, and it is driving me nuts to be honest. How abot lil Osc? Guess what???????? we are going to start ttc #7 yayayayayayayayaya

Just popping in to say hello! J has one of his mates over and they are talking boring stuff, and most of it goes over my head, and they get annoyed with me coz i ask too many questions, and then keep changing the subject to something more fun, so i came to play here instead. It was this or the ironing, and i would still be listening to them then, and this is more fun anyway!

Anyhoo, Welcome Soul! I remember you! I can't believe that you are going to try for number 7! I want to have 4, but have only just managed to talk J up to 3... What's your secret?

Nothing has happened to us today - we just hung put at home and played, so nothing exciting to tell you guys about...

Hope you are all good tho!

I noticed there a few people from the old belly buddies group and thought I would pop in and say hi.
I jump on and see whats happening occasionally( I suppose I am a bit like a stalker)lol.
A big hi to Soul,Ali,Jo,Cass,and to everyone else.
Sounds like all babies are going well.
Take care
Michelle

Alipralli, I told Dh I do all the hard work anyhow, so how is it so hard for him, why should he get to be the one who makes "All" the desicions, even if he is the bread winner, I am the one who budgets the money! But he gave up 3 kids ago, he knows its my dream and that I do all the work anyways, so how could he deny me my dream!

hehe your welcome sole...
jen - ohh poor sam, hope those teeth come through soon... Jen, how do you give him mince?
Cass - isn't it cute how they eat... hehe, i just did the good mummy thing and make up a whole heap of vegies and stuck them in the freezer
Michelle - hello... hows erin?

Well it's been a pretty eventful day today, but not the physical side, just emotional and im more tired now then what i normally am running around. . . Just custody battles over my DSS, it's hard...
But a nice holiday with me, tim, locklan and izzy should send the stress back down hopefully..
Izzabella has her 6months needles tomorrow, and everyone keeps telling me how nasty they all are, so im getting scared!

And funny story... my aunty who had her 8th child (5th biologically hers, 3 his = 8together) in april and had a tubal ligation after destinee was born, is now pregnant with twins hehe :) They are one short of a cricket team :)

Heylo to everyone i missed... catch you all on the flip side :)

Caro - i wouldn't of picked you for being 40 in your photo's :)

I am 33 will put a pic of me up in my photobucket link tomorrow.

Your very welcome!

Well izzy has had a very sleepy day today, usually im fighting to get her to sleep any longer then 45mins during the day but today she had two 2 hour naps! is now still awake at 7.30 tho when she normally is in bed at 6!

We're going holidaying tomorrow for the weekend, up in hervey bay, me tim locky and izzy is should be a lovely family weekend (pity we missing one of our boys :( )

hope you all have a wonderful weekend !
Kisses and huggs to all

Have a great weekend Cass!

At the start of this week, Nic changed from sleeping 45 mins at a time during the day to having really good 1.5 - 2 hours sleeps. He was a lot happier after such good sleeps. Today was very exciting. I had layed Nicholas on the floor while I was getting changed and he had rolled onto his tummy (has been doing that for a while), but he was playing with these balls that kept rolling away from him. He was flapping his arms and legs about trying to move himself over to get them, it was so funny! Then, he put his head on the groung and pushed his little bum up into the air! Such a clever boy!! He ended up going around in circles, and got frustrated at the balls that kept rolling away. I guess this is the start of something new for us all!

Hi everyone else!

Cass, with the mince I just cook it up like normal, then once the pasta and vegies are cooked I mash them and then put the whole lot, mince and all into a food processer and blend it all together. He likes the mince, doesn't mind Tuna either, if you are going to use tuna, get the sandwich type one in springwater, thats the best to mix in for them.

Well, Sam had needles yesterday, he only cried a bit, he was so brave! The nurse told me something interesting yesterday, you all probably know this but I thought I'd share it anyway. I have been giving Sam panadol for his teething but it hasn't been doing anything for him so I switched to Nurofen which made a HUGE difference. When I saw the nurse yesterday, she asked me if I had panadol for him at home, and I told her the nurofen story and she told me that I should always have both. This is because the nurofen is good for pains esp teething as it is more for inflamation, while the panadol is more for fevers. So she said because they do different things, you can alternate them and give them within 3 hours of each other. So I did that last night and he slept right thru to 7.30 thismorning.

Hello, just popping in, Ari has been very sick - in hospital Tuesday night for observation but out again in the morning with broncitus.

She is doing much better now. DS fete is on this weekend so have been busy but should be back in next week.

Gee Sara i hope she gets better soon, poor little thing.
Cass_Blob - congrats on the upending engagement, i bet you cant wait! I'd be excited everytime we were alone just waiting for him to do it!
Soul - Wow on having 6 children! I'd love to have that many! Can i ask what type of car you have? Im worried about having three and fitting them into mine, i have a rav4.
Caro - i agree with Cass, you DONT look 40! Looking good!
JenP - I like the mince idea, good one! I hope your little man is feeling better now.
There are so many ppl in here its hard to keep up!
Emily has just started to sit up by herself - very cute!
Hope everyone is going well.
PS. Is Natty still around??

Sarah... OMG you poor love. How is Ari doing now? I've been worried about Oskar cos he's got a nasty sounding cough... doc yesterday told me he's just got mucous and his lungs are clear as a bell.... I'm not totally convinced and I'm just keeping an eye on him. He has no fever or runny nose or anything... I hope Ari feels better soon, it's so awful having them not well.

Soul... big :hug: to you... glad you're staying!!! I'm jealous you're TTC # 7!!! Years ago I dated a guy for a while who had 6 kids so with Joshua it was 7... and I tell you it was so much fun. The only thing I didn't like was the washing!! lol. Phoenix is so cute. Oskar is doing great and VERY vocal. He just makes me laugh so much sometimes.

Hi Michelle :D so lovely to see you! How's your beautiful princess Erin doing? Lol @ stalker! I haven't been in for a few days, just been too busy plodding around doing nothing really in particular.

Jo, lol @ Nic going around in circles. Oskar does that, he doesn't roll, just flips his legs around and rotates... amuses me anyway and that's all that matters right?? ;) lol

Well, Oskar has had a very nasty chesty sounding cough for the past 2 days. I took him to the doc yesterday (mind you I had to see the one doc I don't like!!! Mine is having major surgery atm so he's unavailable)... he listened to his chest, took temp, checked ears... and said it's just mucous that basically is sitting in his throat. Problem is he vomits at times if he starts to gag from coughing! I am VERY happy that he's still in his hammock though cos I could raise his head up a bit and not bother him. I put some baby vicks on a tissue last night and put it under his sheet near his head and I think that helped as he only woke once last night. His cheek smelt like vicks this morning though... he must've been resting on it. The night before he woke at 1am coughing and coughing and wouldn't go back to sleep until 2:30!! I am going to do the vicks thing again tonight. I don't really know what else to do to help him. I got Dexrine (I think it's called) on recommendation from doc, but I don't really like to use medicated stuff... I used last night and about 1/2 hour later he kinda vomited but it was like (gross) a big snot ball in a way but out of his mouth if that makes sense. Then this morning I used Fess saline drops and it made him have a little chuck too... at least it's coming out I guess.

We got Pixi fotos done yesterday and he looked so handsome... I hope I can be strong and not buy them cos they're sooooo expensive for what they are IMO. Ummmm still not rolling, LOVES pumpkin and is wanting it now and is a really BIG chatterbox...lol.

Best be off as I think this is going to be a rather long post... hehe.

*Shell* we dont have a car at all sweetie!

cass aw poor lil oscar oh poor lil baby, give him a whopping big kiss and huggles from me ok. Your such a wonderful mother, so he will be ok. Pheeny is saying dad dad mum mum lol oh its sooo cute, he really concentrates when he watches you say it, love it!I got peed on again today, I thinks he finds amusment in that, as he has done it so many times I have lost count now!I looked at Oscars piccies with Joshy and they are both beautiful boys, just beautiful, not "Cute" "BEAUTIFUL"!!! Your hubbie is a bit like myn, except my hubbie has heaps of tattoos! Love the body art! Love to you and Oscar sweetie!

Hi
Soul- I am glad to hear everything is well with you and your family and it is fantastic you want to have another baby, you are much braver than me.Six is my limit, which is good as we can't have any more anyway.Phoenix is gorgeous.I wondered how you were so I was happy to see you were bacK.

Cass- Erin is doing really well, she is a big girl, not quite the petite thing I thought she would be...lol. She has been on solids since she was 4.5months and absolutely loves her food, she sleeps all night and has for ages, she is sitting up but still needs something to support her as she tends to go sideways after a little while. She is rolling all over the place and moves around in circles,backwards and pushes herself forwards. She looks so cute when she is trying to move, she is very strong.She is what we call the Dream Baby,after 5 horrors we finally got it right...lol.
I hope Oscar is feeling better,it is horrible when they are not well, the best thing you can do is to try and keep his nose clear of mucous and for him to bring it all up.

Jo- I bet Nic looked very cute trying to get the balls and moving around in circles. There is always something new that they do and it is so enjoyable to watch them everyday.

Hi to everyone else and their beautiful babies
Take care
Michelle

Soul, thank you so much, you are such a beautiful person :) My poor little possum doesn't know what is happening and he actually looks a little frightened sometimes when he breathes back in and it starts a coughing fit (lucky it's only a few times this has happened) and then he struggles to calm himself so he can stop coughing. Oh I have the most gorgeous pic of Joshua and Oskar... Joshua was being totally natural cos he didn't know I was about to take a piccie and he was smiling at Oskar and Oskar has this look on his face as if he's going... omg wow...lol. Oooh it's actually on the website.. just checked... pic 16 in the 12 wks to 4 months... ahhh I love that one and the one of them laying together on the floor. Joshua really adores him it's so lovely. I think Andy wants to get another tatt acutally. I just hope he doesn't want to squeeze my hand like I did to him when I had my second done. It hurt on some areas so I was squeezing his hand to take my mind off it...hahaha it hurt him apparently, oops! Isn't it amazing how in such a short amount of time they can speak, crawl, etc ... it's just simply amazing and so beautiful to watch this transformation. I just absolutely LOVE watching Oskar discover new things and the total look of amazement on his face as he watches his hand and how it moves ... I love it... ahhhhh the simple things.

Michelle, must be cos girls are better huh...pmsl. Boys have germs..ahaha. Sounds like she's doing great!! Oskar can't be bothered with rolling... he twists himself around instead..lol. How do I bring all the mucous up for him?? Any suggestions would be fab! I was thinking of maybe even getting a vapouriser??

Well my loittle princess is sleeping for the first time in I don't know how long so I thought I would get on here and do a proper post. Wow at all the new ladies, it's so great to see more march mums. Ari has been such a little trooper I am so proud of her and touch wood seems to be on the road to recovery now. She was actually starting to get herself onto her knees before getting sick so I think she will be even more mobile soon.

Cass - Hope oskar is feeling better soon, ari says to say she knows just how he feels. I have run out of sheets after all the gross snot spews we have had in the past few days. I might try the vicks tonight if she is phelmy again.

Soul - I have a non-sleeper too, great to see some more wakeful babies around!

Jo - sounds like Nic is doing fab. Ari had carpet burn on her forehead for a few days before she worked out how to comando crawl.

Caro - I thought the fruit thing was more because if you give them whole uncooked fruit they can choke on it as they can bite small pieces off.

an anyone give me info on when we start wheat and custards and things like that. I was surprised to see wheat rusks and also farex custard that advises you make it up with full cream milk (not boiled) from 6 mths - have the rules changed again?

Shell - great to hear from you again, it is so hard to keep up with all the chatter sometimes isn't it.

Cass_blob - glad to hear your having a good get a way, hope the custody things settles down soon.

OK so now Karina and Rachel are MIA. I think we are getting to the time when people were going back to work aren't we. I know I've been thinking about it more and more. Really should do something about daycare but I've been avaoiding it.

Alrighty better go, hope even one is doing well and having a good night.

Sarah - I cracked up about Ari getting a carpet burn on her forehead (poor baby!!), I think Nic is going to get one too! H ereally pushes his head down onthe the floor!

Cass - that's really gorgeous with Joshua and Oskar. What a beautiful memory to have captured. I have a great photo of the girls "interviewing" Nicholas after he rolled over for the first time. They didn't know I had the camera either.

Hi Michelle! you need to change your name to Mum 5 Boys and 1 girl now! The pics of Erin are just beautiful. I am so glad to hear that she is thriving with all those boys around her. Just imagine how hard it is going to be for her to have a boyfriend with so many "protectors" around!

We bought a video camera the other day so have been getting heaps of footage of Nicholas as he is trying to move along. Also lots of good (and incriminating) stuff of the girls! They have been "waltzing" around the lounge room tonight, it was hillarious! Jas was in their school talent quest today - she sang "Stupid Cupid" with a group of girls in her class, it was very cute as they had made up their own dance moves as well. I swear Nicholas said Dad Dad or Dadda today. DH thought so too, he was babbling away heaps this afternoon and when DH was dressing him for bed, he came running into the bathroom to tell me he had said Dadda! My little man, all grown up!

Cass- When Erin had bronchialitis we went and bought a vaporiser and we used that before she went into hospital and then after.I think that it helped her to breathe a little easier at night and sleep more comfortably.
We also squirted saline drops up her nostrils to clear out all the gunk, she hated it but it helped her and we elevated her mattress.
Hope this helps.

No, girls aren't better its just finally our turn after the other 5 to have a good one...lol.

Saram- Sorry to hear your little one wasn't well and I am very happy to hear she is doing better now.
It is very scary when they end up in hospital especially since they are so little, it just breaks your heart seeing them like that doesn't it.

Take care
Michelle

Hi Jo, I might have to do that. Erin won't be dating for at least 30 years with 5 big brothers to scare off the boys not to mention the over protective mother, poor baby hasn't got a chance...lol.
Nic is very clever talking already, Erin babbles lots but she hasn't actually spoken a word yet.

Take Care
Michelle

Hey there ladies.

I am back. I have been reading but just not posting.

Sarah, thnkyou so much for the nappies. They are fantastic and fit on Claires bum very nicely. How is Ari going? Hope she is much better now. When I asked the ECN last week, I was told not to give full cream milk until 12 months. She said if I want to put milk with anything for Claire, just to use breast milk or formula.. so as far s i know, the guidelines havent been changed.

Cass, is Oskar feeling better now? I've been meaning to get the Pixiphotos done. How did yours turn out? Aww how gorgeous is the picture of Oskar and Joshua!

Jo, woohhoo about Nics longer sleeps! We are still on 45 minutes sleeps during the day! That sounds cute , how he was going around in circles.

hello to everyone else!!! hello and welcome Soul!

Claire has been a bit sick this week, with coughing lots, big snot blobs, vomiting and not taking breast. She hasnt been sleeping well either and was up until 3 am today. Right now she is with DH and he is making faces and noises and she is laughing lots, so i think she is feeling much better. I did take her to see the GP and he checked a few things and decided she was ok but told me to bring her back on friday if she had not shown any improvement. Luckily she was a lot better on friday so I didnt go back. Sharing is caring and DH likes to live up to that, so when he gets sick, he shares it with us.

How is everyone going with Solids? We are trying but I dont think we are doing very well. She vomits every time! We've done farex on its own, farex mixed with fruits or veggie, fruit on its own (apple and pear), pumpkin, sweet potato on its own.. She just VOMITS and then screams at me! Is that normal or am I doing it wrong?

Karina - is claire gagging before she vomits Ari gags if the food isn't completely smooth - ie not out of a can hehe It appears my pureeing is not as good as golden cirlces either that or she doesn't like my cooking already. If it's not the gagging and she is vomitting more than when she was on just milk I would stop for a few weeks and try again later and ask your ECHN her little tummy may just prefer mummy's milk a bit longer. MY ds didn't have solids until 9mths - 1 yr and we went straight to finger foods. Ari is not into feeding much at the moment either, very hard to get her on the breast long enough to get a let down but she will drink when she is hungry. We have backed off solids a little while she is sick as she isn't that hungry anyway and I think booby milk is better for them when they are sick anyway.

Caro - it will be sad to see you go, is there any reason that you want to share? I think you hve my email but if not try bsxamcdonald@gmail.com, I would love to keep in touch.

Jo - WTg on the talking, that is sooooo cute. I can't believe how quick these babies are growing up :-( . I swear Ari's first word will be XANDER as thats all she ever hears (pmsl) She does mimick the word 'hello' when someone says it to her but it's more teletuby ehh ohhh.

Michelle - yes it was not fun seeing Ari in hossy but luckily after an x ray and observation we could go home. i don't know how I would have coped if they needed to be more invasive. I feel so much for people with really sick babies, I just don't know how they do it.

Well Ari is back to her old sefl although still snotty and gross. She ate all her vegies today and in typical Ari fashion stayed awake the whole time we were at DS fete as there were new people to goo and gaa at whol all thought she was gorgeous. The funniest thing was she discovered her feet (and fat knees - so funny to see her grab those chuncky knees) the other day and toay I had those rattle socks on and they were driving her bonkers as she was trying to put the rattles in her mouth but couldn't get them off her feet. Oh cracked me up

Hi everyone :hello:, sorry I haven't been posting, I have been reading though and trying to keep up with everything but with all this chatter that is rather difficult!

Caro, hadn't heard that about the fruit but going by the second quote that you wrote, sounds like it is just to soften the fruit to make it easier to puree. banana, avacado and papaya are very soft and squishy anyway so that's why you wouldn't have to cook them first. My MCHN said that apart from strawberries (in the fruit and vege department), everything else can be introduced slowly now. We have given grace peaches, pears and apples all uncooked and she has been fine. We just put the apple in one of those net things that you can buy and she munches on it, no choking hazard. Why have you decided to leave BB if you don't mind me asking.

Sarah, I am glad to hear that Ari seems to be on the improve. Poor little munchkin, you have both had such a tough run, I hope things continue to get better for you. Thanks for thinking of me! Not back at work until the end of January although I do worry about money a fair bit and wonder whether i should go back sooner but really don't want to so that i can guarantee christmas off as we are going to adelaide for this christmas which would be hard to do if i was working! No, I don't think the rules have changed. I did read somewhere that mixing things with a little bit of cow's milk isn't a problem but I don't really see the need for it. My understanding for no cow's milk is because it doens''t have the appropriate nutrients required for under 12 months so they don't want people to give this as their milk drinks instead of BM/formula - i don't believe (although I may be wrong) there is any other reason. My MCHN said once they are establised on two food types such as veges and fruit then you can start introducing other things. eggs are a big no no until later so has to be egg free custard (you can buy egg free custard in the tins, but they also sell custard in the tins for the 6 month age group that contains egg...go figure. having said that they also sell fruit of the forest gel for the 6 month age group which contains strawberries..another big no no!!). don't know about the wheat but from what i gathered come 8 months we can start intoducing slowly pretty much most things (except honey and strawberries etc). apparently by 12 months they should be able to eat everything we eat.

Cass, so sorry to hear that Oskar is feeling under the weather. Hope he is on the improve soon and returns to his happy bubbly self.

Jo, yay on the longer day sleeps. fingers crossed they continue for you.

Shell, great to hear from you. Glad everything is going well with little emily. What a clever girl sitting on her own.

Cass, you must be getting excited about your 21st. Hope you get that marriage proposal you are after. Glad Izzy is doing so well.

Karina, sorry to hear Claire is not well this week either. Hope she keeps improving and you get your happy little girl back. With the solids are they really pureed or a bit chunky? Babies have a very strong gag reflex which is intentional so that they don't choke but can make it difficult for them to negotiate food that is thicker than milk initially. If it is a bit chunkier may I suggest you puree it to smooth and thin it out with BM, formula or cooled boiled water and see how that goes. Try one food at a time...i know grace gagged on the taste of banana!!! Good luck with it all, i'm sure you're not doing anything wrong, some children just take longer to get used to it than others.

As for us we are doing fabulous. We had been having some issues with Grace waking for an extra 2 feeds overnight since 4 months old but recently I have realised that they were more comfort feeds than hunger feeds (she would spit the milk all over me!). I was told by the MCHN to get tough with her which we did and it has worked (touch wood). She has slept through for almost a week now, not jumping for joy yet but I am feeling much happier and not as tired! Solids are going really well, she loves her veges - we have given her sweet potato, potato, carrot and broccolli. She is getting better with fruit - absolutely loves peaches. We've started to chunk it up a bit now too. She rolls everywhere and gets into everything! She can sit on her own for short periods now (there are recent photo's on the website). She's very vocal. Makes me laugh with her vocalisations and funny faces. It's hard to believe that they are 6 months now!

I'm sorry if i've missed anyone and everything (i'm sure I have but I can't remember everything!). Take care and speak to you all soon.

Haha, didn't see your post Sarah, you snuck it in while i was busy typing. glad to hear Ari is better today. Grace likes to eat her feet too...hope they give that up once they are walking!

Michelle, thanks for the tips. I have done the saline drops and yup he hates them! He was really out of sorts this evening and even screamed in the car late this afternoon. I think it's a mixture right now of the awful cough, he was tired (hadn't slept much at all today) and I think he may be teething as well. Poor little possum. He even cried in the bath which he usually loves. I gave him some panadol, rubbed some bonjela on his gums, gave him boob and he napped on me..lol.. for about 15 mins.. then woke up all smiles and cracking up laughing. He's sleeping now, so I hope he has a better sleep, he was rather unsettled last night.

Sarah, give big huggles to Ari from Oskar. I will tell him what Ari said in the morning (cos I'm willing him to sleep all night..lol). I am so glad to hear that Ari is feeling better. PMSL @ snotty sheets. It's soooooo disgusting isn't it! I have sooooo many snotty cloth nappies from grabbing whatever is nearest (usually a nappy) to wipe his coughs etc. Although, it could be worse so I'm grateful it isn't.

Jo and Karina, thanks, I love the pic.

Jo, I can't believe how clever your little man is! They are so precious aren't they. I love all the laughs I get from him and how he makes me crack up. How cute Jas would've been. It's funny how some of them just love to act etc and some are really quiet/shy about that...hehe.

Karina, I get the pics in 2 weeks. I think they'll be good though cos he was smiling and putting on the charm as he does with the ladies...pmsl. I was going to suggest as well that maybe Claire isn't quite ready for the solids?? Maybe give her a break and try in a week. I did that with Oskar... just tried every now and then. This week is the first time he's had them for a few nights in a row. Didn't do it tonight though, he was just way to upset and unsettled. BTW, great to see you again :)

Rachel, great to see you too!! Sounds like Grace is doing great! I have one of those net things too... he had banana in it this morning and it was all squishy and he was rubbing it everywhere...lol. He doesn't like mashed banana, but likes it as is... sucks on mine but I worry a big chunk will break off so I put it in the net thing today and that worked until it was really mushy..lol.. yuck to clean after though. OMG she's getting more and more beautiful. Ahhh how they grow, I was looking at her just born pics. I love going back and just reliving those first moments with my little man, it's such a beatiful, precious memory and I will cherish it forever.

The other day I bought Oskar a bottle... just so he can start to get used to having some water soon and I had those non drip sippy cups but man they're way too hard to get the water out of! Anyway, he spent the past two days just chewing on the teat and CRYING if I took it off him..lol. I even tried some EBM (cos I have a blocked duct AGAIN!!) but he wouldn't take that this morning. This arvo I expressed again to try to shift this blockage and thought I'd try the bottle again... well once I turned him in a bit more towards me and leant the bottle against me he worked it out... was sooo cute, not so cute when the EBM ran out though... woah nelly don't do that again...lol. So, tomorrow I'll try a bit of water in it for him. Very proud of my little man... he's never had a bottle before but he got it eventually ;) Well, he's still asleep and I'm pretty tired as we've had a few unsettled nights in a row so gonna go to bed myself I think. He's on our bed, so I think I'll leave him there and just curl up next to him.

Hi Cass, thanks. I know what you mean. i love looking back at those photo's too - i could sit there all day just looking at photo's of her! good luck with the bottle and water thing. it took grace a short while to get used to water but now she takes it eagerly - she's had the occasional bottle from birth though. Good luck. I should go to bed too, i get sucked into this thing too much! lol!