Babies Born March 2008 #5

Hi Girls

Im hoping someone may have some advice for me. At the moment my near 5 week old son is not sleeping as much any more. For the past few days he has been awake most of the day with few sleeps. Two days ago he only had three 20 min sleeps during the day. In the last 24 hours i have worked out that he could not have had more then 8 - 9 hours of sleep. He is generally contented when his needs have been met ie clean bottom, feed etc. He sometimes is unsettled in the evening but not a great deal. Normally he will feed during the night and fall asleep on the breast. Last night I could see he was fighting sleep but would wake as soon as I picked him up to place back in the cot. He can settle on his own ok.

I figure he will sleep when his tired, eat when his hungry etc but part of me feels he should be sleeping more. Maybe its because I feel Im not getting enough sleep. It's hard to sleep when your baby sleeps if he doesn't sleep that much.

Kitty - hope you had a better night last night :hug: dont worry that your bubs is not doing the same thing, they all develop differently, while some are smiling more, others are doing better at tummy time or sleeping... all are so different - also the age difference is also another factor to bare in mind, even a day apart cn make a diference, two weeks ago Molly Jane was completely different and it is amazing what they learn and do eery day - dont worry, even thou you cant always see the changes, they are happening :)

Macca79 - Molly Jane went through a little stage of that (lasted about a week) and it felt like she was wake all the time, a couple of cat naps during the day, but that was all... she did change again.
Molly didn like going down in her cot if she was asleep, figured out that it was the change in temperature - missing our body heat, so now during her last feed we put a heat pack down so that the cot is warm ... just seen that you are in Darwin- so this probably isn't an issue for you lol!!
I reckon thou if he is content, he doesn't need the sleep at the mo (hard for you thou). Try and watch for tired signs thou and get him to sleep before he is fighting it - rubbing face, jerky movements, starring into space and the one that i have really noticed is red eyebrows (health nurse told me that one!)

Caught up with Jo (marknjo) yesterday, it was like we were old friends, i think that we spently 4 hors just chatting! :) It was great, its a pitty that we are all so spread out, it would be great to meet more of you... Catherine, you are not too far away though, im in Clayton

Molly just had her injections, she was very brave

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I was told by my gp that jazz might be starting to teethe already. She's quite grissley and clinggy and sucks her fist and dribbles all the time.

I got some gripe water also coz i'm almost out of infants friend. I find gripe works really well and instantly for jazz. I now prefer it... and its cheaper as well

Danni I use gripe water too. I find it works very well. The first time I gave it to Flynn he had been really whingy for ages and I was like "I've got nothing left to do", then I remembered that I'd gotten some gripe water so I thought...can't hurt. About a minute after I gave it to him, he had these 2 huge farts and promptly fell asleep!! So I definitely recommend it!

Sammi I wondered if there were any more Meburnites! It is a shame that everyone is so far apart. It would be great to be able to meet in person and and show off our bubs and whinge about stuff and laugh about stuff!

For those of you who've had windy bubs: How do you know if they have wind? Flynn has been badly out of sorts this last 2-3 days. Very cranky, bouts of very distressed crying almost to the point of hysterical, fussy at the breast, not sleeping, crying when he is layed down. He has never really had a prob with wind. Always burps and farts well! Any ideas what might be 'wrong' with him?

Better go...need food!!

catherine: Jazz does those things too. Is Flynn drooling heaps too? What you described is similar to what I told my GP when she suggested it could be teething

Danni I was wondering if he could be teething. I know it's early for 'normal' but not impossible. What did the doc suggest to help?

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Danni I was wondering if he could be teething. I know it's early for 'normal' but not impossible. What did the doc suggest to help?

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She didn't suggest anything!
I'm giving her panadol when she's grizzly. I will get some bongela (sp) when I get paid and I will get teething rings organised. Does anyone know if teething rings are meant to be frozen or just refridgerated?

Catherine, Paddy usually does those things when he's either got wind or is tired and needs help to go to sleep. In my experience teeth seem to sneak in without much notice, maybe a bit of a temp/grizzle just before they come through. A lot of things we attribute to teething is often developmental eg dribbling, putting things in their mouths.

Kitty I've been where you are :hug:. My first two woke ever two hours and it's hard work. Sometimes I would just go for a walk even though I was tired. My babies cries weren't as loud and it helped my clear my head. My DS1 wasn't much of a smiler in the early months. Even when he was older people would talk to him and he would just stare back at them. Nothing wrong but he still doesn't suffer fools gladly :lol:.

Macca when Paddy has catnaps I just try to resettle him. Sometimes I have to pick him up and cuddle him, other times I bounce his hammock. It doesn't always work coz he's just not tired ;). I've vowed this time to keep my sanity by not watching the clock. As long as you're watching those tired signs and putting him to sleep when he needs it then you're doing the best you can. He sounds like he enjoys spending time with his mum :clap: who's doing a great job at keeping him content.

Off to wake a sleeping baby so we can take his brother to basketball. The joys of being the third child, no one lets you sleep :p

Molly Jane sticks her fist in her mouth loads, but it is just her learning about her hands and also to self settle - we dont use a dummy, so if she wants to suck without feeding she uses her hands - its cute to watch, especially when her an Daddy copy each other, she is learning her hand mouth coordinaton well.

I dont think teething rings will work well at this stage, they are more designed for when kids are picking things up and sticking them in their mouths, which is still a while away yet... (thank god!)

Teach ikwym about waking - we have to wake Molly when we go out or pick up her big brother and she always falls asleep in the car, i feel bad when it is just a 10 min trip and we wake her by getting her out of the car seat... at least they wont have a rude awakening when they are older, they are use to being moved about often... possible will make them n=more adaptable (well i am hoping so anyway)

Molly is grizzy today, probably related to the injections yesterday, she just wants to be cuddled.
Want to hold off on the panadol until she is really uncomfortable, i have a thing about over medicating, prbably the nurse in me, but Panadol is such a dangerous drug and really can do damage if it is just too much... although it certianly has its place :)

can i ask a very personal question?

how are things down there? 8 weeks on and i'm still bleeding, have only had a total of 4 days with no bleeding.

I had a look down there yesterday and things look bad. I'm worried and am going to make a drs appt asap. i think i might have a prolaps

Am very excited as we bought a brand new slr digital camera today. WHen my nan passed away she left some money to us so we thought with all the pics we woudl be taking of WIll it woudl be a good investment. We have had a ball with it this afternoon and Will has shown off for us.
He dribbles a lot to and mouths a bit but I never imagined it would be teething I too have just put it down to development.Good lord my nipples could not handle teeth at this point *L* I think they need more toughening up.

SJ was going to ask you about the panadol werent they going to stop it being available over the counter ? Will has his needles on Wed and I was wondering if I should have some on hand just in case he gets a reaction or very unsettled. I too am a bit wary.
WHat sort of does does and 8 week old get anyway? I have had 100's of needles in my life but am not looking fwd to seeing Will have his. How cool you got to catch up with Jo it would have been lovely for you to chat and to meet Caitlin too,it would be great to meet any of the peeps on here.

Macca some days Will doesent have more than 20 min naps but makes up for the next couple of days. ONe of the mums where I work had a baby who from 3 weeks never slept all day but slept from 7.30pm till 6.30 am..she freaked and the health nurse and tresillian told her some babies just do this. They are all as different as babies as we are as adults and different things work and dont for them. I do hope you get some more sleep its not fun when you have to run on empty so to speak.
Kitty I hope you have managed to get some sleep too

Hubby and I had the nicest day today as it was really sunny with just a light breeze we went and bought the camera then the Sunday papers and went to our local pub which has a beautiful fmaily friendly outdoor area. SO we sat and had lunch and read the papers while Will slept on in the warmth of the sun ( not direct sun of course) but it was nice fous to have some itme together as this used to be a fav thing ouf ours to do on a Sunday. Hope you all had nice weekends.

Danni I hope everything is ok does sound like you need to see the Doc. Cant really help as I had a ceaser and only bled for 4 weeks but I have read on other forums of people who bleed fo rup to 3 months. Hope its not the case for you.

We are about to be bombarded with 6 relatives including 3 kids under 5 for a week. THey are staying at my mums thanks goodness but thats just around the corner and we are expected around for tea and to do things...they are a bit over the top and very prone to judgment of EVERYTHING so I think I will be in for the third degree and lots of uninvited advice about Will. Wish me luck ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh relatives *L

Some new pics in my gallery
OK enough blabbing. Here is to another week of watching our bubs grow so fast.
Bron xx

I got 7 hours straight sleep last night! I think he's been cold, poor little thing. Even though I had him dressed warmly, it was only when i put him in two full bodysuits, a spencer and a sleeping bag that he slept through. and he's been sleeping all day... no playtime for him today. I figure he needs the sleep.

Thank you all for your kinds words :hug: It's good to hear other people are in the same boat. I think i was just getting paranoid about the development thing - i'd had my first mother's group on thursday and the way everyone was talking about their babies, you'd think they'd all given birth to the next Einsteins :D

Bron hope you are taking lots of photos with your new SLR! I have one and I endeavour to take a pic of Will every day (well, if he's not being a nightmare that is) Good luck with the relos! If you can make sure you go and visit rather than them visiting you, you can make an escape easier i.e. "Oh we have to go, Will is tired/hungry/grizzly/overtired". DH has done this a number of times :P

Danni I stopped bleeding after 5 weeks - but it was only heavy for the first 2 weeks. The teething rings i've been given said on them only to refridgerate, not freeze

sammie poor molly. I'm dreading having to take Will for his injections! :hug: Will's tired signs are really subtle and the only really noticable ones are the red eyebrows

catherine Will has been exactly like that the last couple of days. I noticed he wasn't burping after his feeds (he always has a burp and a spew (usually down my top - ewww)) i tried infacol and he eventually had an enormous fart. oh the noises babies can make!

Where do you go to get the needles? I need to book in for his 6/8 week checkup this week.

Will has been finding his hands this past few days... and using them to throw out his dummy!

speaking off bb call

thanks again for the support! It means the world

Hi girls

quick one, as im still tired from my cold. i feel heaps better, tho steve has been sick himself, he's been looking after poopy and i got heaps of sleep, i think more than i did since the last trimester. been sleeping between feeds, and some feeds he gives him the bottle.
i had to take some anti-histamine last night, i was feeling really really bad. i took one after the last feed, and poopy slept from 10pm - 5.30am so i managed to get out of my system in the 6 hrs they said before his morning feed.

he;s been drooling a lot too, but i dont think he's teething. im not ready for teething! like bron said, nipples arent ready. even his gums now give me so much grief.

re baby panadol, the nurses recommended it when he had his jabs, i thought it would be ok. i gave him a dose that night cos he was out of sorts and the next morning. the nurses were good, 2 nurses gave him a needle each on each thigh, so he just felt it at one go. and they put on cotton wool with tape. he still has a bruise on each thigh tho.

will write more when brain's less fuzzy.

kitty - glad you;re feeling better.
where in syd are you? i totally understand getting paranoid about baby development!!

Hi all, just a short one from me am absolutely buggered.

Summer is drooling too and going for her hand, she isn't teething either.

Danni, My MIL and my Mum both had prolapse and it is extremely painful, they could hardly walk. You should go to the Dr and get it checked out though, i bled for 6-7 weeks with my others so that is probably normal but get it looked at. Could be a tear or damage or something ?? Teething rings are better when they can hold things themselves cos when they are teething they put everything in their mouth and chew the begeezuz out of it so it works well, they aren't meant to be frozen.

Bron yay on the camera enjoy taking pics of Will.

Prama hope you are feeling better soon.

My weekend has been full on, hungover DH all day yesterday so i had to do soccer duty for Paige and Tahnie then paige filled in for another team so played another game then Tahnie had a party and today no sleep in as Codie played then horse riding all afternoon, had to ride a friends horse as mine could hardly walk he is the most accident prone horse ever!!! He is all bandaged up.

Has anyone got a really weak back still? Mine is really bad the last week, hurts to do anything.

I am off to bed so tired. Hope all your little bubbas sleep well tonight for you
Trina xoxox

Bron - the panadol is fine, but just dont give it willy nilly!!! you can get baby panadol that you can give from one month old (the liver is mature enough to handle it then) but make sure you follow the directions well and dont give a bit more just in case or more than 4 doses in a day (although you can give it more reguarly than 6 hours apart it is till only 4 doses.
It is fine to give it an we considered it this evening, but she settled without it... i would keep it on hand though, especially if they are having the injections.

You should be told when and where to get the needles, they ahve to be 2 months though as one of the injections they wont give early... GP's can give it, but we went and got it done at the community centre - some of the poor toddlers howled after theirs, im not looking forward to that

Trina - my back is a bit sore think it is still weak, although abdo muscles are back together again thou, hopefully Nina can give me a massage this week, but she is off to indo the following week so is busy getting ready and seeing extra patients for while she is away.
Make sure that you look after yourself, running may be too much at the moment for your back...
You never stop do you!!!

Prama - glad you are a bit better and managed some sleep and rest :)

Kitty - so glad that you are feeling better, make sure you hope on and get support here when you are feeling low, I always do and you feel so much better hearing that your not alone and things are all normal - thats what we are all here for

Caitlin was soooooo cute, she is still on the small size, but so adoreable, she and Molly Jane slept a lot which was good for us as we could chat away - i should have taken a camera and got a pic of the two girls together - oh well next time!!!

Oh you wouldnt believe what happened, i was talking to Jo on Friday and felt a let down happen (it happens so many times a day!) and rememebered that i didnt have any pads in, figured the same thing would happen as usual, that i would get a wet boob, well not this time, about 2 mins later i was actually dripping milk from my top, PMSL !!! how embarresing!!!! has tat happened to anyone else??

thanks sj, trina ! i do feel better, i was worried i wouldnt be able to look after poopy.

sj - i never leave home without the pads now! i was out and gave him the boob at a parents room, and dribbled on my jeans!

bron - we got his needles done at the council community immunisation centre. are you in bathurst? i had a google and they do have one there.

is anyone using other toys apart from the playmat? he loves his playmat, he has rattle which he's interested in sometimes, and a lamaze worm which he isnt interested in. im thinking of getting him those baby texture books. we read him from dh's electronics magazine sometimes! DH reads that and sometimes teaches him all the formulas P=IV, V=IR etc. lol

We have a lamaze cube and also some wrist rattles and sock rattles that we pop on her to help her realsie that she is moving her feet.
In the mornings she has cuddles with us for an hour (dh snoozes and i watch sunrise at 7am) we put a wheat bag (cold) under her feet so that she has a different texture to feel

Some times we put her in her bouncer and cover her lower part in toys so that she can touch them all, she is figuring out that she can move the hanging touys on the bouncer herself - she talks to them all!!!

I read her a story most evenings - but anything will do really wont it, its the voice they are more interested in - lol prama you might have another person interested in electronics if you are not careful!

I had organised for the community nurse to come to home and give WIll his needles.I figure if he gets really uspet then I dont want ot then be lugging lugging him all over the hospital or town to get home and setle him. I have the loveliest commuity nurse and am also looking fwd to seeing how much he weighs too.

I've made an appointment with my GP this afternoon to get things checked out. I was a bit uncomfortable last night while I was laying in bed. I really am a bit worried that things aren't right down there...I'm kind of wishing I'd told them to get Jazz out by c-section now.

Danni sorry you're feeling so bad :hug:. If you'd had a cs you'd be much sorer and have a scar to worry about. I'm sure everything will be OK. Lucky you getting into the dr's this afternoon.

thanks SJ - we also put him in his bouncer and he likes the toys tehre. i did see those feet and hand rattles the other day.

danni - all the best, take care hun

Hi everyone! I had such a lovely day yesterday. We went to church in the morning and then went to some friends of ours for lunch. I was able to stay at their house all afternoon and evening and had a wonderfully relaxing evening watching 'thank god you're here' on DVD. Flynn was wonderful all day. He actually slept for more than 20min during the day! He was a lot more content, feeding better and generally being wonderful! Exactly what I needed, so grateful! My hubby did our dishes at home too!

Kitty I'm so glad that you are feeling a bit better. This is such a wonderful site isn't it! I'm so glad someone put me on to it! They should put something about it in the Bounty Bags I reckon!

Prama I'm glad you are feeling better. I'm hoping :crossfingers: that I don't get any colds this year. I can't imagine feeling rotten and caring for a bub! We don't tend to use a lot of toys. I have been singing to him "heads and shoulders, knees and toes" and doing "this little piggy" with him. He seems to enjoy that. We have a few things that we dangle in front of him, which he sometimes accidentally touches! Lately he has been intently staring at the toy frame which I put over him when he is on the floor. Tha is funny about the formulas! My DH wants Flynn to learn all the tools so he can help him under cars!!

Trina Wow what a weekend! I hope you are able to have a more relaxing day today!

Sammie LOL!! I never go without breast pads! In hospital I had no idea that breast didn't have a 'stop valve' so I completely soaked my nightie and the sheets, that was fun! Since then I have always used pads!

Bron Glad you got to spend that time with your DH, sounds like it was very lovely! You gotta love relatives! Hope it goes well.

Danni I'm glad that you are getting checked out. Hope it's nothing serious.

catherine - lol about the cars! DH has already he decided he;s going to build him a computer and get him tools to help with his other hobby - woodwork!
Lakshman is almost 12 weeks and it's the last few weeks that he started to enjoy his toy frame over his playmat. at flynn's age he would just stare too. now he laughs and makes coo-ing sounds.

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Danni sorry you're feeling so bad :hug:. If you'd had a cs you'd be much sorer and have a scar to worry about. I'm sure everything will be OK. Lucky you getting into the dr's this afternoon.

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Yes I know, but I'm sure my insides wouldn't be falling out if I had a c-section!

LOL Prama, can see steve reading that to him. The girls have to read to me for homework and i get them to read to summer, everyone wins there plus its so cute to watch them involving her.

Catherine, it re-charges the batteries having a day like that well done you deserve it.

I went to the horse this morning, my friend that looks after him has pilates equipment so i went and had a session, it makes you so aware of how out of align my muscles are she said it will really help my back so WOO HOO to that, i think my back is sore from doing weights. My horse is really lame today so we have had the vet check him out and he is on pain killers antibiotics and all bandaged up if it doesn't get better we might need x-rays. We were going to compete in a dressage event in June and the vet was saying worst case scenario he might never recover and wont be able to be ridden competitively.... BUGGER!!! it is one thing after another he has had so many accidents or injuries.

Anyway off for booby call sorry for short personals my day isn't quiet like i hoped.... Maybe tomorrow???

Trina - your poor horsey :(. hope he feels better, poor baby.
it's so cute having the girls reading to summer.. hehe she's going to be so smart and ace her homework when she goes to school!

i just realised after you mentioned about backs that might isnt quite as strong either. im hoping my yoga will help. i knew my back got sore quickier, i just attributed it to my old back problem but didnt realise that it was post pg.

dr couldn't see anything abnormal for someone who gave birth 8 weeks ago. She said by the sound of what i've described I may have a slight prolapse after doing a number two. She said to just push it back and make sure I do pelvic floor exercises lots. I was also told no DTD for at least another month but heavy petting is ok, just no intercourse.

Hi girls,

Wow i am so behind in posting - been a busy few days. We had friends over for a bbq yesterday for Doni's birthday which was nice, ended up with 20 people over. Everyone brought their own meat and drink and just had to prepare a salad which was nice and easy and had lots of helpers to clean up as well. Thank god for garbage collection though, both bins are totally full.

Went to mums and bubs class today, and walked lots of hills etc which felt great. Also did some walks last week as well and plan to walk to and from the mothers group meeting this Wednesday (providing it doesn't rain of course). Decided to get DJ immunised tomorrow night instead of Thursday that way Doni is with me for it and can help me get him settled afterwards. Not sure how he will be but plan on giving him the childrens panadol before and after to help him with any pain.

Prama - hope you are feeling better, Ness said you weren't well. Wow Lakshman is almost 12 weeks old, that is fantastic and boy that has gone so quick :) DJ likes his rattle, starting to hold onto things as well. I have a Lamaze Spin and Explore Garden Gym thingy for tummy time, which I try to get him on a few times per week because he isn't fully ready for it yet...... otherwise I read to him, dance around, talk to him and also put on foxtel and watch some of the more educational type programs.

Trina - well done on the pilates equip, I am hoping to do a pilates class this week actually :) My back isn't what it used to be either, pregnancy has stuffed it up.

SJ - yes 'let down' and dripping has happened to me heaps, just ask Prama. After our mums and bubs class last week we were having coffee and my pads weren't fixed properly into my bra and I started to leak so had wet patches - too funny!!! Good to hear you had a nice catch-up with Jo and Caitlin :) did you take any pics?

Danni - hope the bleeding stops for you. Mine went away after 5.5 weeks thankfully but it is a pain having to wear those pads. I ended up getting liners because it was only light.

Backs - my back is bad as well, was vacumming the other day and my back was killing me!!! I don't think it will ever be the same again.

Teething - DJ is drooling heaps now as well, so maybe he is starting to teeth also. I will ask the community nurse tomorrow night when I get his immunisation done.

Birth certificate - still haven't received it - talk about slack hey???

Sorry for the short post but DJ is screaming for booby time!!!

Hope everyone is well.

Shell xxxxxx

Shell - i made sure that Molly was due a feed for when we were having the immunisations, as soon as she had them i gave her a feed and that settled her straight away.
I didnt end up giving her any panadol at all, she wasnt in pain, just a bit more clingy than usual, i guess it was the immunisations making her feel different than usual, but no pain or fever - so no panadol needed. I think the ones when they are older are going to be so much worse.

Trina - hope your horse is OK, its awful when they pull up lame. So cute that the kids read to Summer.

Cathrine - i was put onto booby bibs by someone (was it you Prama or Jade??? cant rememeber) anyway i wear them to bed every night and thank god i do, lefty fills up twice as quick and now that she is sleeing nearly 8 hours it leaks like there is no tomorrow - the best investment ever. Glad you are feeling great - and yes it is a great site, i have been chatting to some of these girls since i was 16 week pg so we have done pretty much the whole pg together!

Regarding the backs - rememeber that our centre of gravity had to change when we were pg with all the extra weight, it took 9 months to change and we slowly adapted, now 2 mths or so down the track we are trying to do all the things that we did pre pg and havent given our backs enough time to get strong again - i was going to go to the local mums and bubs yoga, but it is on when i am down at Mum and Dads, and so i will have to find somewhere else to go... lots of walking now, i have decided that rain or shine i have to go for a walk 5 times a week!!!

Made 2 lasagnas today - feel good about that!

have a great night :)

re teething ... see this thread

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...g-already.html

shell - yeah, im heaps better but didnt want to be out in the cold or pass my germs around.
ive got mothers group tomorrow, hoping to walk it's about 15 mins and uphill.
iwas going to text you but saw on the news that blacktown had all its services down after someone cut the cable, so wasnt sure if you'd get it.

we were told 8 weeks for birth cert, this our 8th week, so we better get it! we still have to get his passport done.

suddenly have a splitting headache. had some smoked salmon for starters, hehe, thats why this post has taken so long.

dont DH/Ps sing funny to bubs, steve goes at at the top of his voice 'lakshman is lucky boy, lucky boy' or lakshman has a wet ar$e, haha. the other day, after i woke up from my cold induced sleep, he was telling me how full his nappy was of poo. i think he was secretly very proud of his son of poo-ing so much!

All my girls had teething type symptoms but they came at normal time.

Still no birth cert here either, i sent it off 1st week too.

LOL Prama nice song from Steve hehehe DH talks to Summer in a high pitched baby voice and she looks at him and does the biggest smile i swear she is thinking you idiot why you talking like that? Enjoy the walk.

Re the back thing too, take notice of how you arch your back when you are holding your bub in front it really doesn't help but you can't help doing it.

SJ it is so hard getting motivated sometimes but enjoy the walking you feel great after

Yeah my poor horsey :( he has a really deep absys in his hoof in a bad spot and could be an infection in the bone (worst case) so has to have pain killers, and antibiotics and bandages changed every 2nd day, like i have time to spare. It must be so painful cos he cant even put his foot on the ground.

Trina - your poor horse :( that is terrible hope it gets better soon :)

SJ - hope we don't need the panadol and he is fine with needles. He was good when we got the newborn screening test done and had heel *****s done and just laid there and it didn't bother him so hopefully he will be right for his first immunisation. Well done on lasagna's!!!

Prama - hope you feel better sweetie and get plenty of rest whenever you can. It was a hard workout, lots of walking today. Was great though because it was such a nice day for it. I had coffee with one of the other girls from class - Fiona. It wasn't planned just happened to park next to her at Stanhope when I went to get baby panadol. Thinking I will try out that yoga class at Hills Yoga to see what its like on Friday, will let you know what I think.

Have a great night girls

Shell xxx

I got Flynn's birth certificate today. I think it took 2 weeks, I kept forgetting to post it!! I was surprised that it came so fast with most of you saying 8 weeks!
My back is a bit crook too. Doesn't help bending over so much and picking up Flynn. Have any of you seen the article on here about callanetics? Apparently it's a bit like pilates. Little to no impact, great for toning, apparently you can even get your waist back. The lady who wrote the article on BB had back pain but these exercises have really helped her. She says minimum effort for maximum benefit (or something like that!) I'm going to give it a try. Sounds very interesting. I don't know how to put a link in sorry. But try googling callanetics :)

Hey ladies!
My back is stuffed too, Noah is a very cuddly baby so he constantly wants to be held which doesn't do much for the issue! I had to book him in for his needles today so he is going on tuesday night because I'm geting DH to take him, I dont think I could cope with it if he cried!

Are we all looking forward to mothers day? Its my first one but unfortunately DH has to work so SIL and I have decided to go out for lunch, should be fun! Anyway, just wanted to check in, have a great day everyone!

*Paula*

Also forgot to mention, Noah is almost 8 weeks old but i got his birth cert about 4 weeks ago so I have no idea whats taking everyone else so long, thats not cool.

Is anyone from Perth?

Ive stil not got Wills and he his 8 weeks too.Its a buggar as I want it for the bank

No Birth Certificate here either, sounds like the NSW BDM is snowed under!... Hope it comes soon! Can you apply for the Baby Bonus without it?

thanks shell - did i tell you i got lost after our coffee last week! i turned right getting out of the car park and i think i went straight again. i ended up at the next set of traffic lights past the one into stanhope gardens. somewhere it said parklea markets turn left, so i did and i came to it like 3 minutes later and finally got onto old windsor road!
lemme know how the yoga goes.
i wanted to go for the class yest but i thot the cold wouldnt be good for me, but am heaps better today. i had a massive headache yest that turned into a migraine. i was throwing up and all. and throwing up showed me the pelvic floor muscles were weak.. (wee came out...sorry TMI)
i tried doing the exercises, but i only remember when im in bed, and when i start counting, it's like counting sheep..zzzzzzzzzzz


nsw is having problems w the birth certs, too many ppl got up the duff! so it's an 8 week wait!!
this is our 8th week.. hopefully we get it..
gotta go..

kanda yes you can apply for baby bonus w/o it
we need it for his passport..


ohh., the pregnancy, baby expo is in sydney 16th-18th!
Pregnancy, Babies and Childrens Expo you can print out the free tix.

Paula I'm from Perth. No trouble getting birth cert either.:)

Taking Paddy for his needles today :(. Hopefully it's not going to end his good night sleep. For the past week he's been sleeping from about 830-930 til 530.It coincided with the use of a sleeping bag so maybe he was getting cold. My other two didn't do this till about 6 months. He must knowhe's got an old mummy who needs lots of sleep ;)