Babies Born May 16th ~ 31st 2008 #4

[NaNa]

Hey just a quick update...
Paediatrician yesterday went pretty well, and I probably didn't need to go but it was good to get a better, more qualified opinion than the idiot GP I saw a few months ago...
Aadi is now 8.9kg, and that's freakin heavy! Especially since I hauled him all the way to the other side of the city on public transport, in the sling. I forget how long they said he was, I was too busy trying to keep him from squirming off the bench and screaming the place down. Don't know why he chose that moment to squeal like a stuck pig... I'll check again next week, at the MCHN.
Apparently the flapping-arms thing is just DS's way of expressing himself... which I suppose is better than screaming and crying. The Dr was concerned that I'd been looking up symptoms online and thought Aadi might be autistic because that can be one of the signs, but there's no risk of it. And no, I hadn't bothered stressing myself with online medicine! He's normal, healthy and happy. We just need to get him used to a better routine of sleeping now while he's still adaptable, and get him to understand that it's not ok to play at 3am! I think he knew something was up because he only woke for a feed at 1.30, and then slept thru till 6.
As for the quantities of solids, the Dr said there are so many opinions of what's enough and how much is right, but the main thing to remember is that milk is to be the main food still, and to just get bubs used to different tastes and textures. Get them to learn what's a breakfast taste, what's a dinner taste etc...

Mis - welcome back! So glad you got something sorted! And yeah, XP is an idiot if he thinks $50 is enough for anything much...

Abb - YAY! Great sleep! Hope you get your clean-up done. It feels so good to actually do something you planned, and even better if you finish it! I found the back of my garage last week... I'd forgotten it was even there.

Jess - I'm cranky coz AF came back, and I was thinking/hoping it was just going to be a one-off. That and the spiders in my nappy stash...

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

[Je$$_84]

Well we had a busy day... Had the carpets cleaned and had this community rally thing to go to... Its been so damn windy... feels like the roof will lift off...

DD slept ok last night 3 wake ups and up for good at 7 but just glad it isnt 5.... She takes the dummy the 1st time then second wake up she wants a feed then the 3rd she'll 5/10 times she'll just take the dummy too... I find the flip and dummy works well... I wish she'd learn to roll back over in the cot... she can do it but would rather cry... This morning she actually laid in there and was singing and talking in there for bout 1/2 hour... it was so good to hear a happy girl... She hasnt done that in ages... I think it was from her 3 hour sleep on friday... (its amazing how good she can be when DS isnt home)

She had an hour sleep today and was so tired come 4 i held her out til 4.30 fed her solid... she had a whole jar. then 1 side then i bathed her gave her a nice rubb down and gave her the pther sie and she was asleep by 5.30... i'm hoping i dont pay for it tonight... Hopefully she'll wake up at about 7 play for an hour or 2 and then resettle down ok... (heres hopeing)

NaNa-Glad the Pead went well and that you got everything sorted out... I tend to over react once i google things too... (note to self: no more googling symptoms... ) Isnt it weird that we get cranky when AF shows up but when were not TTc we freak out when AF doesnt come... LOL... YAY on the weight also... WOW DD sounds small.... only 6.9kgs

Mis- Glad the mediation went well.. (i posted in your other thread)

Abb- yay hamish... woo hoo... can he come over and teach Tiahna again... lol

Well best be off.. time for a nice relaxing shower and a nice cuppa and relax in front of the telly with DP... Hope everyone else is well...

[Madham]

Hi everyone well so much for the clean up, my sis turned up today from melbourne with her hubby and 2 kids so i have done absolutely zilch. Oh well i thought it will still be there tomorrow but Dp tells me we have plans. Anyway if the weather is still windy and raining i wont be going anywhere. Hamish has been such a pain to get to sleep lately, i have a feeling it is the age, where they start to know if they cry enough you will pick them up, i am trying so hard not to give in but i hate it so much when he cries. I can remember Maddi going through the same thing and i think it only took around a week or so of tough love to get her into a routine again Fingers crossed it is the same again. I dont let him cry to much as i cant stand it and if he gets too upset i just pick him up give him a quick cuddle and put him back down again, most of the time it only takes around 10 mins to get him to sleep. But i use to be able to just put him in give the dummy walk out and he would cry a bit, Dp would go in repeat what i just did and he would be asleep. Oh well i will see how he goes.
NaNa i dont google any symptoms and i have kept all my nursing books well hidden in the garage as i know i could quite easily miss diagnose everything. It was bad enough when i was studying, i think i had every disease imaginable or thought i did. lol
Jess i hope you get a good night sleep tonight, well maybe one wake up only...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Mis T we posted at same time, Hamish is extra clingy too, i walkes out of lounge today and he sooked so i came back to see what was wrong and he started laughin and flapping his arms about, cheeky little monkey is just getting to know how the world works... Just the beginning of all our challenges........

[NaNa]

morning everyone! Our weekend was cold and windy and raining and hailing and sunny and repeat... every 5 minutes. Melbourne weather sucks!
ATM DS is in his cot whimpering and fussing to himself because he's fighting sleep again. He fell asleep in my arms, but the second his head touches the bed he's awake and squirming. He's been doing it all weekend for every single nap except when we were out. I just can't keep picking him up and cuddling him back to sleep every 5 minutes, my back will break! He'll fall asleep on his own eventually, and as long as he's not actually crying, I just need to leave him be. Saturday night he woke up at 3 and screamed for 2 hours on and off, until I relented and fed him. He didn't need it, but he just wouldn't go back to sleep otherwise. DP was good enough to try and get him back to sleep for an hour or so, but the same thing kept happening. He'd drop off to sleep but as soon as his head touched the sheets he'd scream. Naughty baby! He SO doesn't need night-time feeds. He's such a greedy-guts!

Mis - lol at watching the Incredibles together! I think our tickers must be stuck in an American time zone, mine's out a day too. Good luck today with the visit.

Abb - oh well, shame about the clean-up, but hey, it's not going anywhere right? Hope you did something more enjoyable!

BBL, DS is crying for real now... blah.

[Madham]

Morning
NaNa Hamish is the same with sleeping lately, i really do think it is the age, they know if they cry we are going to pick them up. I have persisted all weekend and this morning when i put ds in bed i only had to go in once so hopefully he is realising that i mean business..lol
Mis Tree - i had a horrible weekend in the end and without going into details dp and i are not really talking atm, i could go on and on about it but lets just say men can be such ignoramases (unsure of spelling) i know how to spell what i really want to call him but i wont do that on here. lol Anyway i spent yesterday with family and didnt come home until dinner time last night so my big clean up and our apparent plans for the day never happened.

Hamish has been back sleeping well again, no wake ups for a couple of nights, well since the dreaded immunisation night. He is a real chatterbox now, makes alot of different sounds and always sounds like he is saying yeah. Still no sign of the teeth yet but is definetley teething. Loves his solids, still on 2 solid feeds a day, not sure when you go to 3? He has been drinking water after each feed out of a sippy cup thing, although he loves to chew on it more than drink. Ok i best be off to do some house work i suppose....

[Madham]

Aww Abb that sucks about your weekend. I hope the week is better for you.
thanks i hope so too.

Does it matter that I havent made the appointment for his immunisations to happen until the 18 of next month?? Stupid mummy had nappy brain and didnt relise he was 6 months this month!

No thats fine, just cant have them earlier than 8 weeks after last one. Best not to get the done when he isnt well anyway.

[sassy123]

morning ladies (by the time i finish this it prob wont be mornign anymore)
i thoughgt i woudl write a few key points seens somethings r happenign with everyone so i dont repeat myself

sleeping: jayda fights her sleeps sometimes but others she is fine. overall she is still great with her sleeps. she used to fall asleep at 730 after her last bottle but now she stays awake and we have to fight to get her to sleep but once she is asleep she doesnt wake till about 6am.

teething: still no sign for jayda. she found a dummy under the lounge the other day and was chewing on it like crazy. it looked so funny she was tryint o suck and chew at the same time and sounded so funny. she has never wanted a dummy b4, she would gag if we tried to give her one.

some one mentioned water a while ago it was prob the old thread i think but anyways. it was said thta ff babies should be given water. is this right cause i have never given jayda anythign other then formula. i started her on the weekend.

i tried giving jayda some baby apple juice yesterday arvo just for somethign dif with her solids and she got a rash all over her tummy but it doesnt happen when she has the apple ceral in the jars. woudl this mean it could be a perservitive in the juice not the acutal apple. i also let her suck on my apple when i have one and she hasnt got a rash from that b4.

mis: u havnt had any trouble with the weetbix have u. eveyrthign i have read has said not to start them on it till after 12months but i knwo so many people that have started it earlyw ith no trouble.

it is funny how b4 banana used to be a food that u shouldnt give to late now it doesnt matter. i wonder how they determine the age for certain foods? prob the amount of babies that have a reaction to it maybe.

how is everyone going with chrissy plans? i have some of my decorations up but i am not aloud to put the tree up till this sunday.