Babies born May 1-15 2008 #2

Hi one & all,

have finally managed to get back on here. I changed email addresses weeks ago and for some reason my account got de-activated!!! Was absolutely shattered thinking that I must have done something terribly wrong for BB to kick me off!:(
But have finally got a reply back from the mods to say that all is fixed so here I am.

Have missed all the mums & bubs goss so much but am back on board now.

We have been going great here so far. Macey is a fab baby and is sleeping through every night. Goes to bed bout 7:30pm then I get her up for last fed round 10-10:30pm then back to bed till 8am. Occassionaly might get up just to put dummy back in but thats been about all. Can't believe how lucky I've been this time as 18mo DS is still not a good sleeper. I'm sure it has nothing to do with what the parents do as to whether your baby will sleep all night or not- think its just the babies themselves. They will either be good at it or not.

Am still BF and all going well there. Macey hasn't put on anywhere near as much weight as Harry did at the same age but MCHN said that as long as she is happy and sleeping well that it is nothing to be worried about- she might just not be a porky bub like her brother was.

Last weigh in was last week @ 15weeks and she was 5270g & 59cm length. How is this compare to the other little girls in the group??

Man have soooooo many posts to catch up so will try and trail thru them all over the next few days. Have I missed any major goss/dramas over the last month?

Only bad thing to report here, is that I have to now have my gallbladder removed via keyhole surgery asap!!:doh: Had first gallstone attack when I was 35weeks pg and have had several nasty ones since then. I apparently have multiple stones so they say they are best to take out the whole gall bladder. Have no idea how I am going to manage this with a shiftworking husband with no holidays and 2 kids under 19mo & still BF of all things:dunno:

ok apols for long post- have really missed you guys- so glad to be back here again :-)

hey beck, great to see you back here again!! That's great that Macey is sleeping through. Does she always wake at around 10pm, or do prefer to do that feed then? As for weight, at 12 weeks Emily was 6.8kg. She's around 7.5kg now, maybe closer to 8kg. I'm not sure about length though. She's very different to Nina with the weight, Nina was a lot smaller at this age.

ETA:
When do you go in for surgery, and how long will the recovery be?

welcome back again Bek :)
I wouldn't worry about the weight, sounds pretty good to me! For us, at 12 weeks DS only weighed 3.47kg!!! He was VERY skinny. We had to start comp feeding and as at 14 weeks he weighed 4.58kg, so he is catching up but not quite there yet. Not sure what he has put on this week. Hopefully he is still stacking it on!

hey girls thanks for your replies i guess i will just keep doing what i am doing and hope that it eventually works.

Beck - i have heard of giving them a feed at around that time i think i read somewhere it was called a dream feed just to help them make the distance i might try that and see what happens hopefully she will start to sleep longer.

At the moment cailin is suffering from a viral infection she picked up whilst we were in adelaide so i dont think i will be trying anything till she gets over that the poor little can hardly breathe through her nose....

i hope you and your bubs are all doing well but i have to go put some drops in bubbas nose so iw ill speak to you all soon. Take care

WOOHOO! Josh put on another 420grams this week. He now weighs 5kg! That's a total gain of 1.53kg in three weeks!! :D

WOW!!! That is fantastic news Laranna.

Hi girls...been pretty quiet in here! How are you all going?

Joshua has started sleeping through for the past week...he usually goes down around 10ish and wakes anywhere between 5am and 7am! I'm not convinced that this is permanent yet so have been still waking up during the night in anticipation of J waking up...lol

I'm here :D ... I'm always here actually! lol
laranna - one piece of advice, stop waking up waiting for him to wake up!! :lol: Now that he's starting to sleep longer, it sould only get better from here. Having said that though, 4 months is a major development stage for them and a lot of babies do get very restless at night again. It only lasts a few weeks though and not all babies become restless.

I had to go through Emily's wardrobe on the weekend and take out all the 000 clothes and wash all the 00 clothes. She's just growing too quickly. In the past couple of days she's gone from occassionally rolling, to full on rolling, kicking her legs everywhere. She's just non-stop when she's awake. If she could, she'd sit up. We have one of those baby seats for her, but her legs are too fat for it :rolleyes:

cailin'smummy - Has Cailin's viral infection cleared up now?

beck - how are you feeling, do you know when you're going in for your op?

klee, kristale, blanche, lulu, how are you all going? Have I missed anyone??

Hi all,
Ha, Jodi, had a laugh when I read your last post about the 4month devel. stage and babies getting restless as Macey started waking for night feeds again earlier in the week. Had 3 nights in a row where she was hungry by 4am and then startving again for a feed at 7am- so unlike her normally.

Luckily last 2 nights have been more back to normal sleep thru's bar having to put the dummy back in occasionaly.

Can't believe how fast the tiem is going and that she'll be 4months old next week. Am booked in with M&CHN next wed for 4 month checkup and needles. Have also got DS Harry's 18 month checkup & needles so could be an intersting experience!

Am still trying to organise date for gallbladder op :-( at this stage looking at start of Nov- just need to see if DH can get a few days off work as I wonlt be able to do much lifting for the first few days especially.

Hope everyone has a good weekend :-)

Hi all,
Ha, Jodi, had a laugh when I read your last post about the 4month devel. stage and babies getting restless as Macey started waking for night feeds again earlier in the week. Had 3 nights in a row where she was hungry by 4am and then startving again for a feed at 7am- so unlike her normally.

Luckily last 2 nights have been more back to normal sleep thru's bar having to put the dummy back in occasionaly.

Can't believe how fast the tiem is going and that she'll be 4months old next week. Am booked in with M&CHN next wed for 4 month checkup and needles. Have also got DS Harry's 18 month checkup & needles so could be an intersting experience!

Am still trying to organise date for gallbladder op :-( at this stage looking at start of Nov- just need to see if DH can get a few days off work as I wonlt be able to do much lifting for the first few days especially.

Hope everyone has a good weekend :-)

Another YAY on weight gain - Josh is now 5.4kg so basically he has put on about 2kg in 4 weeks! :D

Jodi - yep he has started to become unsettled again and is waking at 4am for that extra feed, still we get good block of sleep from 10pm so it's not too bad.

I was saying to DP last night how it seems so long ago that I was up feeding every 2 hours round the clock and crazy as it sounds in some ways I miss it already! And I miss being pregnant too...am I mad? lol :)

Anyway, Josh is going well. He is ticklish and I get lots of laughs out of him at change time. The only concern I have atm is that he is not yet lifting his head when on his tummy. The CHN checked him out and is happy with his neck/head control when he's upright and to just keep going with lots of tummy time.

well done Laranna on Josh's weight gain. :hooray:That is fantastic! Have you just increased the no. of feeds per day to get to this or is there another secret?? Always handy to know just in case.

I know what you mean about our bubs seeming like they've been here forever already. I found myself talking to DH about a possible no.3 on fathers day morning as the 4 of us were all curled up in bed getting cuddles! You'd think that after being pregnant for the last 2 NYE in a row that it would be the last thing I'd think about. Aside from all the PG aches/niggles & side effects, I also miss having the little bump wriggling around inside me too!

We have an app with the M&CHN on wed for both kids checkups (4mo & 18mo) & needles:crying: so could be a fun day all round. Thankfully DH has got he day off work so he'll be able to come with us to help. Macey is still a bit of a skinny minny so I'm very keen to see what her weight is like. Compared to what her brother harry was like at same age- she is nearly 700g lighter by my measurements even though I know every bub is different and especially between boys & girls.

Question for the group please; :confused:
what is everyones AF's doing- are your cycles still skew-if or have they settled back down again. Sorry if TMI but after I finished normal post natal loss, I started back on mini pill and was getting AF every 2 weeks (same as it was after DS was born!). the difference this time is that after 3 or 4 fortnight cycles its gone AWOL again! Now into week7! Not that i'm complaining and I know that when BF it can delay AF but I'd of thought that once it started again back into cycles it wouldn't just stop again. Has this happened to anyone else??
Oh and if anyone is wondering- have done 2 PG tests over last 2 weeks with NIL result:cheer: so it can't be for that reason- thank god! I know how fertile me & DH together are so that scary thought did pass my mind initially.

Anyway- both kids are in bed & DH's at work again tonight so while the sink is full of dishes, I'm lurking here trying to forget about them instead. Hope everyone has a good night!

Don't have much time, but just to quickly answer your q beck, AF for me has not been normal at all. I usually have very regular AF (even when b/f) but since Emily has been born, I've had it once, then nothing more. But I do get spotting frequently. Not enough to have to wear a pad or anything though.

A massive congrats on Josh's weight gain Laranna!! :dance:

Gotta run, bbl.

Beck - no secret really, he was really underweight so after lots of investigation and trying various things I had to start comp feeding with formula just so he would get the extra calories to put on the weight. I felt really bad about it but now I know we did everything we could and he is still getting the goodies from my breastmilk. The comp feeding is time consuming (our feeds still take an hour) but it is worth it in the end so he still gets my milk. So the huge weight gains this month is him basically catching up to where he should be. I expect they'll start slowing down soon though. He has about 6 feeds a day. We do it with a feeding tube at the breast so it maintains the supply I have left (not enough for him to go solo but I am hoping we can fix that!) and he doesn't get used to bottles. He might have it via 1 bottle at the 4am feed and then I use a number 1 newborn teat to make it hard work for him :) geez I'm mean but I would rather him get better at sucking and not refuse the breast iykwim..

Regarding AF, I still haven't got mine back yet which I'm really surprised about because I thought that as soon as we started the formula top ups I'd get it back. No sign yet. Then I thought since he's sleeping through the night (last feed at 9pm, first feed at 4am or 6am) then I'd get it back but no sign yet! So, I don't really know :dunno:

Anyone still around...? :)

How are we all going?

Joshua had his 4 month immunisation today :( he screamed. I think it was even worse than the first lot because now he is more aware of himself, of me and of his surroundings plus he has tears when he cries so it just makes it seem a lot worse! He's sleeping it off now poor little thing.

im still here been busy!

oh poor Joshua, so sad when they get tears..glad to hear hes having great weight gains..get Jack weighed again on monday so will be interesting to see how big he is now!

Jack had his needles on monday, only cried when the needles went in the was all smiles again!

not much happening here same ole thing!

how is everyone else?

ETA - forgot to say that ive only had AF once since Jack was born and that was last month so will be interesting to see when she shows up again

I'm around, but I've got the flu so only reading for now. Emmie's needles are next Wednesday. Can't wait to get her weighed and measured. Everyone keeps commenting on how big she is.
Gotta run, I've got a killer headache, and I'm going back to bed now.

Jodi: Sorry to hear ur unwell- hope your'e managingt o get soem rest in between looking after the girls. There never seems to be enough time in the day for mums to be sick anymore- we always seem to come last on the list of things to do!

We had the 2 kids M&CHN checkups on yesterday and both with needles (4mo & 18mo) Both of them had a quick scream but were fine again within a minute or two. Poor Macey really squealed when the put the last needle in as that one apparently stings a lot more than the others!

Weight gain is still in the slow side with her avg about 100g p/w and is now 5452gms & 60cm length but health nurse said I didn't need to worry at this stage as she seems happy & content enough and is still sleeping well thru the night (most nights anyway!) Guess I'll just keep an eye on it over the next month or 2 and review my options from there.

My nurse also talked about starting macey on solids but think I;ll wat this time until 5 months. She is feeding really well on the boob and doesn't yet seme to be looking for solid foods yet- still does the tongue thrusting from time to time. I remember with DS I started hsi solids at 4 months but was always a hungry baby and needed more food than I could ever give him. I also rememberf rom lat tiem that once they start on foods they no longer seem liek ur little baby anymore- they just grow up so quick so I want to make the most of Macey's bub time for as long as I can!
Hope everyone else is going well.

we're still around too but we've all been sick for the past 2 weeks, probably since last time we posted actually. joseph had to go on antibiotics as he had a viral infection which gave him an upset tummy, then a cold, now conjunctivitis, i babysit my 4 y.o. nephew every friday so joseph picks up everything he has, i thought b/f babies weren't meant to get sick? df and i have both have the cold so we are a little worse for wear too. joseph still not sleeping through, he's back to 4 hours then 2, then every 1, not sure what to do, do you all just think its cause he's still not 100% or maybe coming up to this 4 month unsettledness?
jodi - hope your feeling better
laranna - joshua is gaining great, good work. joseph doesn't really lift his head well off ground either, but has good control when carrying him so not sure what go is there either, maybe our boys are just not confident .
was going to do longer post with more personals but got an unhappy boy

klee - that sounds exactly what Emily had been doing for the past 3 weeks. Waking roughly every 4 hours. It was driving me insane, considering she never even woke that much as a newborn! But she's been sleeping through again since Wednesday night, so all good. I reckon it's just the 4 month growth spurt.

Well I only managed 4 hours sleep last night, but for some strange reason I feel fantastic today! Weird. It must have been a 24 hour bug or something.

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then I use a number 1 newborn teat to make it hard work for him :) geez I'm mean but I would rather him get better at sucking and not refuse the breast iykwim

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laranna, I do the same thing if I give Emily a bottle!
You're doing such a fantastic job with the feeding, you must be very proud of yourself.

Anyone out there!
How is everyone going?

Emily had her needles yesterday, and she did so well, hardly any tears. Had her weighed and she's 7.2kg. I looked at Nina's health book, and Nina was only 6.2kg at 4 months, so there's a whole 1kg difference between them at the same age!
Emily is back to sleeping well overnight. She kept waking at night, so I've stopped wrapping her, and that did the trick. She's also started bunny hopping on her back and moving around that way. It's very cute.
We've all been sick with the flu, well everyone except Emily. Dunno how she escaped it, but I'm glad she did.

Well must fly, off to meet my mum for lunch then have to do some shopping.

Hi everyone. I've been seriously MIA - we've had lots of problems with Elena that ended with a stay in hospital. Things are improving now but she's struggling with bottle feeding so while 45 minute long breastfeeds every 2 hours are a thing of the past, she's still not taking much in so her weight is pretty low - still only 5.2kgs. Its been a very tough first four months and I'm finding myself often wishing the next 6 months to pass quickly so we can get to the stage where it is so much easier. DH and I went out on our own yesterday - it was the first time it has been just the two of us since before Elena was born. It was really nice to just spend time with him, but when we got home Mum said that Ellie had been really distressed the whole time we were gone - she really is a mummy's girl, and that added to the last lot of problems we have to get through made for a very unhappy girl. Took the fun out of it a bit when we knew how unhappy she was. Still, for the sake of our marriage I think its an important thing for us to keep doing. It was the first time I've left her with anyone other than DH so hopefully she will get better.

Anyway, better go and clean up the disaster zone in the family room. Sorry for no personals but glad to read that basically everyone is doing well.

:hello: everyone

Jodi- good to hear Emily is sleeping well again at night.. hope you have a nice lunch with your mum.

Lulu- good to hear from you, sorry to hear things still arent going to well..i really hope things get better soon. it is important in every relationship to go out once in a while without the kids. :hug:

Jack is 7.8kgs now and 65cms in length, big boy, DD was bigger though she was 9.2kgs at 4.5 months! she was a very chubby baby, she is now 12.5 kgs @ 22months
things going pretty good here, Jack has started lifting his knees up a pushes himself up like hes trying to crawl :eek:

oh lulu, so sorry to hear of what has been going on. How is your PND going, have you managed to find some medication yet?
I agree with Blanche, it's important for you and DH to get out every now and again and have some time to yourselves.

ETA:
hey blanche! :hello: Great to hear from you. WOW, 7.8kg, he's a healhty boy isn't he. I can't believe Emelia was 9.2kg at 4.5 months! How much does she weigh now?

Still haven't gone yet. I'm ready, so that's something. Emily has crashed out on the playmat, so I'll go soonish.

Emelia is 12.5kgs @ 22months now so she has thinned off alot !!!!!!

ETA- Jack blows raspberries all the time now its so funny i hear him over the moniter doing them even lol, any other bubs doing that?

Just saw that you said that already! :lol:
I just measured Emily while she's sleeping, and she's about 67cm.

Emily doesn't really blow raspberries. But she has just started sucking on her feet, which is so cute. You don't realise how flexible they are! I have some of you on facebook, and my profile pic is of Emily doing that the other night. Oh, and Emily sighs, a lot. And it's really loud.

Jodi - I decided not to try any other medication and instead am seeing a psychologist. She has actually said that I don't have PND, but "reactive" depression. Not a hormone imbalance thing so medication would not be so likely to work. We're working through a few things - like what she says are the ridiculous expectations I have of myself! - so hopefully things there will look up too once Elena settles down and is healthier, I get some decent sleep and we manage to get some sort of routine happening.

Why is it that they always crash out for a lovely sleep when you want to go out??? :-) Hope you enjoy your lunch with your Mum.

Jodi - hope the flu is disappearing for you guys. What a relief it missed Emily. WTG on being such a brave girl for her needles! And WOW to the 7.2kg, nice work! Hope you had a lovely lunch today :)

Lulu - BIG :hug: I'm sorry to hear things are a bit bleh for you atm. I'm glad you and your DH got to spend some time alone together, what a treat! You are brave for leaving Elena your mum. I'm still too scared to leave Josh with anyone, not because I don't trust our parents, I'm just a wuss!
Josh's weight is still low as well - as of Monday week ago he was 5.4kg, so similar to Elena. Haven't weighed him this week. The whole feeding and weight thing is so stressful isn't it. I'm already starting to feel anxious and scared at times about it for the next baby!

Blanche - Jack sounds like a big boy now! No raspberry sounds here yet. Josh just blows lots of bubbles a dribbles heaps!

He's still being a lazy bum and not really lifting his head while on his tummy on the floor. He will do it if I put a rolled up towel under his chest or if I carry him on my arm face down, just not on the floor. I'm starting to get a little worried about it, but the CHN seemed happy with his neck and head control last week. We are seeing the paed again next week to review his weight, so will see what she says about it.

Had lovely morning at the hairdressers and Josh loved sitting on my lap staring into the mirror while I had my hair done...hehe...

Any of you Perth girls heard of Hush Baby? I've been to a session and it was really good, got some good advice on settling bubs to sleep. We are getting better at it too now although it's not happening every single time. Josh had a big 3 hour sleep yesterday afternoon and usually he hardly sleeps at all in the afternoons.

laranna - Josh's weight is small, but it's ok. Like I said, Nina was 6.2kg at 4 months, so quite small compared to Emily. Every baby is different. And Josh has had some fantastic weight gains over the past month or so. You should be proud of what you're doing. Remind yourself that you're doing a terrific job with him.

lulu - I hope the psychologist can help you. Try not to be too hard on yourself. This parenting business is stressful isn't it. :hug:

Had a lovely lunch with mum, then Emily and I went to the shops for a few hours. It was nice to get out and about without Nina. I love her to bits, but it's so exhausting trying to do anything these days with a toddler.

Hi ladies,
wow no posts for days then we all get chatty again or is it that we just managed to find a spare 5mins to ourselves. I.m thinking more so the 2nd option.

WTG bubs on the weights. Macey is a little bub too- was 5.4kg last week at 4mo checkup but is generally a hppy baby and sleeps reasonably well thru the night so the MCN doesn't seem concerned. Liek some of your siblings, Macey is 1.5kg LIGHTER than her brother Harry was at same age. I hate comparing but can't help not to when there is such a big difference.
My MCN last week suggested that I try macey on solids to see how she goes so have been giving her a tsp of Farax & EBM roubd tea time when she is really unsettled and seems to be helping a little bit. She's still not convinced on the food thing so it takes me a good 20mins to feed her the 1tsp's worth as I have it so watered down (with EBM I mean!)

Spent the day today on a girls shopping day with Macey & my sister at the Melb DFO outlet. tryong to make an early dent in my xmas shopping. Macey was well behaved as longa s she got her feeds when she wanted and slept most of the car trip there & back which was good. Was still unsettled at tea time tonight though as she didn't get a chance to have her normal big (3hr) sleeps morning & arvo like she does when at home.

Got a call on our way to melb this morningt o say that my Dad was in Intensive care after having a very mild stroke this morning - ahhhhh. apparently his pulse is too slow (resting heart rate has been round 40 and he's 61yo mind you!) no major damage thank god but they're keeping him in ICU over thwe weekend to monitor his heart and looks liek he will be getting a pace maker put in early next week to help out in case his heart beat ever decides to go AWOL again.

I;m not ready to consider the fact that my parents wont be here forever so today was a big wake up call. Sorry for blabbing, just needed to chat. DH is on night shift again so it;s just me & the comp spending some quality time (he, he)

Have to go and get Macey up for last feed so I can go to bed.

Big hugs to everyone. sorry too braindead for personals.

PS: saw Jodi's post about facebook! if anyone else is on FB, send me a friend request to: Rebekah Fraser Foster!
Foster is my maiden name but I use it on facebook so old school friends can find me!

oh beck, so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope he'll be alright.
Emily is the same, always needs her 3 hour sleep in the afternoon, otherwise she'll be restless that night.
I've added you on facebook :) Anyone else on facebook let me know.

Thanks Jodi, these past few days have been quite good as we've reduced the amount of FF top-ups, so I think my supply has picked up slightly. I hope we keep going in that direction.

Beckstar - :hug: sorry to hear about your Dad.
My DP is also working tonight. I feel a bit lonely when he's not here in the evenings. Thank God his project is nearly finished so he won't have as many late nights. It's really weird that I have this strong sense of loneliness when he's not here. Before Joshua came along it never bothered me, in fact, sometimes I thought to myself that I'd get some me time. But now I really miss him when he's at work late! I'm a sook I know hehe.

I'm also on facebook.

Laranna, I'm exactly the same when DH is off doing night shifts.

Never phased me before the kids were born but I do really miss him keeping me warm at night these days- especially if I've had to get up to feed and then come back to a cold bed:(

Macey has been really unsettled tonight- had a few visitors today so that may have put her out of whack. even resorted to topping her up with 100ml Formula which she rarely has as she was too unsettled to feed properly from me at her 7pm feed. Finally bombed out in my arms at 8:30pm is sound sleep next to me on the couch. will wake her again shortly to give her a top up feed so she hopefully sleeps the rest of the night thru. Has woken last 2 nights at 4:30am looking for a drink:rolleyes: and as she is till on the small side I need to feed her as much as she'll take it.

Dad is doing much today & thanks for all your well wishes. Still in ICU tonight but just so the nurses can keep a close eye on his heart rate. Think its probably been a good wake up call for him to maybe start slowing things down with his work now that he's over 60 and make time for the better things in life ie; babysitting grandkids when I go back to work in jan:lol:

I stumbled across Chrissy's tgread last night about the unexpected passing of her husband back in July that I must have missed. I burst into tears when I read the posts about it. Have been thinking if her and the kids all day. Can't remember if Chrissy made the 1st of 2nd May baby buddies group- what a tragic thing- have no idea how I;d cope if I were thrown into the same situation. It's my greatest fear in life.

ok enough chatter for tonight- booby feed is calling. Big sleeps to everyone :pray:

PS: great to see you gals on Facebook too- so nice to put a face to the names now and see more pics of the gorgeous bubs too!

I have blanche, beck & chrissy on facebook. Who else is on there? Let me know :D

Hi Girls
I have been reading the posts but havnt had much time to chat.
Amelie is also still small 5.4kg last time I weighed her and they said that is fine as she is regularly puting on weight. She has just started to wake again at about 4am hungry so we tried some rice cereal this morning and she screwed her face up like it was poison. Is this a normal reaction to start with? Or maybe she isnt ready?
We also have her baptism next weekend which I am looking forward to as all the family are arriving for it. I cant wait to see their faces when they see how much she has changed and grown.
Anyone else's bubs started being unsettled when put in their cot? Amelie was always sooo good she now cries alot even after playing music and rocking her abit in her dark room, she does go to sleep within a few minutes but they are the longest minutes of my life.

Good to hear you Dad is doing better Beckstar.
I also agree on the being alone at night now is horrible DH has been away a few times and I hate it without him at night he is also going away next week to the grand final how nice it will be for him while I stay at home :(
We just had our first dinner out with friends and Amelie and she was an angel just went to sleep in her pram the whole time we were there.
I am soo in love with her it is amazing how much you can love another human being.

Kristale, it's nice to hear that there is another small girl in the group as macey too was only 5.45kg at her 4 month check. I started macey on rice cereal this week also (following suggestion from MCHN) to help to plump her up a little and she is also pulls the funny faces like I;m feeding her ratsack or something alike! It's actually quite funny to watch. Keep thinking that I should perhaps video tape it and send it into funny hoem videos as she the baby clips always seem to win!

After being woke at 4am the last few nights for a feed, macey slept right thru without a peep last night from her last 'dream' feed at 10:30 till 8am this morning which was great. Was till up with 19mo DS though for an hour as he suffers from terrible night terrors and took him a lot longe than normal to calm him back down.

My Mum has just picked up harry to take him to see my dad in hosp today so I'm goingt o take Macey for a walk to the supermarket while he's gone. Dad is doing much today but there still running soem more tests to see what is really behind his symptoms. The bed rest is doing him good though as he wouldn't have sat this still in years.

will try and pop back in later in the day...

Kristale - Joshua is still on the small side as well. He was 5.4kg at his 4 month check. He's getting weighed again on Thursday so will be interesting to see if he's hit 6kg yet. But he's really filled out now and doesn't look so skinny, but he's still the smallest bub in our Mothers Group.

Wow at all your bubs trying solids! My MCN told me don't need to start until 6 months. But, I have a feeling when we go to the paed on Thursday, she will tell us to start solids. I'm not ready to yet! :redface: hehe. I'm going to hold off until the 6 months if I can, but on the other hand if it means he takes less formula and more milk from me with the solids, I'd prefer him to get the calories that way and I can put away the bottles.

We are working on reducing the FF top ups. This week we are down from 100mls to 80mls. I've been expressing like crazy so I hope my supply picks up soon and I can drop to maybe 60mls. It's so frustrating though that I'm useless at expressing so can only get 10-20mls at a time.

Well,hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

ETA: Jodi - just added you to facebook so if you're wondering who the latest friend request is, it's me! :)

Beck - I hope your dad is ok.

I'm the opposite of you ladies - I would KILL to get the chance to miss my DH. He works from home and while that might sound great to you ladies, especially when DHs are off on site, it is not all its cracked up to be when your DH is never more than a few metres away from you.

I haven't even considered starting solids with Elena yet. TBH its just more hassle, more preparation, more time in feeding that I just don't have at this point and so long as she is having some weight gain, even though she's still a tiny girl, I'm happy enough to put off the solids for as long as possible.