NaNa- Thanks for the FB msg... Ur a gem.... Sounds like your having your own probs... Sorry to hear Aadi is giving you grief. I hear you about the crawling.... I cant look away with out DD getting into something... wheni need to go to the toilet i have to put DD in her cot and put a TV show on for DS so i know that he wont touch her and she wont get into things. Its a chore having to go... dont get me started on showers and as you all know cooking doesnt go well either...
They told me DS's rash thing was something viral also... is it all cleared up now??.... Hopefully you'll have a beautiful holiday in Qld. Christmas will be hectic here with DP working all but chrissy day and new yrs day... So hopefully he can get a week or 2 off sometime next yr.
Deancey- good to see you in here... Glad to hear Liam is going well... WOW on the 3 solid feeds... My god i feel like i feed all day still... Hope you and jordan get better... i hate colds in summer... wish my DP could watch the kids like that... no one is willing to have Tiahna for more then 5 mins cos she's too clingy and sooky for me... I keep telling them she will never learn unless we make her.
LMK- My DP has never had more then 5 mons alone with the kids... he pretty much is lost without me close by. MIL was a working mum and DP sees SAHMs as a luxury and "not a job" his mentality is "at least you can sit down and play with the kids and not have somone telling you what to do and have a set time to do it... like WTF... I have 2 people ordering me around all day... Hope Abbie is ok... Must have been scarey for you both
Well i could B!&#H all day... time to put the kids to bed and i'm heading for an early shower and bed... Might even find time to shave my legs and do a quick facial...
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Mis- Glad to have you back... I replied to your other thread about the boob refusal. Also with DS's constipation have you stopped all solids??? I find when DD is backed up i have to stop all solids and try the diluted prune juice or the brown sugar in water (or coloxyl drops) Do you know what foods causing the constipation??? what are you feeding him??? I have to stick with either veges or fruit or DD gets blocked... I tried baby weetbix like 1/3 of a bix added some pured pears and she got so blocked up... She likes this jar with sultanas figs and oatmeal so i do that for breakie or the pured pears or apple.. Althoughapple can also cause a back up. if i give her the apple custard she's sure to go that day if not the next for sure... I heard a GREAT saying from your thread about the refusal... "food is fun until there one" i think thats fantastic... Something to keep in mind if DS keeps having issues...
Well last night i tried DD on an Avo... I put in on the Hi- chair and she helpedherself but she didnt like it... LOL... Pulled funny faces, shuddered... She had fun mushing it between her fingers and rubbing it into her clothes and face... I tell you i need a plastic suit foir those times...
Well best be off time for wetfields to finnish my chrissy Shopping... Wish me luck... Its going to be hectic
jess: sorry to hear u dont get much help. My Dh isnt that bad he will do things just complains about it ALOT first. because i work from home he doesnt see it as a real job so thinks i am at home all day even though i am in a dif area to our living area.
How is DD's finger this morning? it didnt go too deep did it. as i was reading it i was cringing and thinking about it makes me feel sick. i cant watch any movies like saw or anythign cause i feel every crack or cut.
Mis: glad things r getting sorted out even if it is slowly. jayda is doign the rocking aswell, she just started commando crawling so that is fun lol.
nana:sorry u r having such a bad time with sleep. i am crossing my fingers that jayda stays good.
Jayda has never really slept much through the day but now she is getting grumpy i am guessing teeth she had a 2hr sleep yesterday adn just seemed to wanna sleep/be held all day. even though she is having very unsettled days she is great at night.
well last ngiht DH had to get up cause she had a arm and leg stuck. the little poo has learnt how to push the air wrap down and how to undo the one that is on the side that goes up and down. i went int he other mornign and she was all wrapped up in it.
it is so hot here already and it is only 8am to make it worse i think i am gettin the flu which i really dunno how seens it has been so bloody hot. my throat is killin and my ears hurt when i swallow and i ache all over and i think i am extra sweating cause no one else seems as hot as i feel just yet.
Mis - Sounds like you got a healthy bubba. Maybe an idea for Stanky's constipation - if your still breast feeding, I find if I take metamucil it seems to help if Cameron is a little constipated - It definitely works for us, the colour of the result speak for themselves IYKWIM. on forced leave - have fun spending more time with your Stanky.
Jess - Did you get yourself an early night? I hope you did. Also hope Tiahna's finger is getting better. Maybe next time DH is on holidays you might need to have an appointment you need to go to all day (or even 2) where you can't take the kids and let him see what its like to look after them and what he gets done during the day. My DH looked after Cameron from Friday night to all of Saturday, and found that exhausting - but he went out on the Saturday (to a friends house) so he didn't get the full effect of what it is like when at home with housework and nobody to amuse Cameron except himself.
NaNa - Sorry your having a hard time with Aadi sleeping. Hope it improves soon for you's. Cameron went through a little faze like that with the crying then laughing when picked him up at the night bed time, it only lasted a week for us though, so hopefully it will be the same for you Yay and oh no on the crawling. It's one of those bitter sweet moments hey, that they've achieved something, but now can't take your eyes off him.
Deancey - I hope your colds subside quickly - I usually get a cold at the change of weather (like the other week when it kept going from hot to cold to hot again). Did you have a nice xmas work dinner? How did your DH go with looking after the boys, hope they were well behaved (sounds like they would've been).
Nikki - How's Abbie? Bet her bruise looks worse today though. We had an incident a few weeks ago when my mum tried to put Cameron in his hichair and kinda scrapped his leg on the tray, the bruise looked worse the next day and seemed to take forever to disappear (poor mum felt so bad - bought her to tears). I also don't always strap Cameron in, especially when I'm sitting right there with him, but will start to now I think. How scary.
Sassy - Sorry you too are getting sick. Hope you feel better soon. IKWYM about the heat, I was sweating when I woke up this morning. It's meant to be even hotter tomorrow. Cheeky Jayda pulling the air wrap off - Cameron also puts his arms and legs on over and on top of his wrap, but thankfully hasn't worked out how to undo it...yet....
Well Cameron's second tooth is coming through. It seems to be different to the first one, as that one did a full cut and seemed to come up all at once, where as this one seems to be coming through slowly with the little grooves on top of the tooth poking through one by one (it's hard to explain but I hope you understand what I mean). He has been sleeping much better over the last few nights, so that tooth must have been bothering him.
Cameron is onto 3 solids and 4 bf's a day. When he wakes, back to between 6-7am again, we do a bf, then 30mins later I give cereal (using that farex with the pear and banana), then he gets fruit about 10.30 (after his morning sleep), then do a bf about 30mins after that. Then he gets another bf about 2 or 3pm depending when he wakes up from his lunch time sleep (which lately has been for about 2hrs), then usually stays awake til I do the vegies (and for the last few days beef and vegies) about 5ish, give him a bath, do another bf about 6-6.30 then he is in bed by 6.30- 7. It seems to be working out well and if DH finishes work on time gets a little cuddle time before Cameron goes to bed (if not I leave a little night light on for him to go give Cameron a kiss goodnight).
Cameron is almost crawling. He does a 2 knee crawl, then falls on his belly to use his arms to pull himself forward, but he is starting to work out how to move his arms too, so I reakon he'll be crawling any day now Have to start looking for a play pen I think, as we have a dog and a doggy door, and I can just see Cameron trying to follow our dog out there one day if I'm not quick enough (we have a 2 story house). I can't block off the lounge room to the kitchen where the doggy door is and our dog is definitely an inside dog (she was our first baby).
Well I'm sweating still, might see if I can squeeze in a quick swim before Cameron wakes.
Bec abbies arm actually looks better today then yesterday, i still feel really bad but its not bothering her. Hope you got your swim in i think we might get in this afternoon, its hot enough. Yeah on cameron nearly crawling, abbie was trying to get up on her knees last night and she keeps pushing herself backwards till she hits and gets stuck
Sassy abbie is the same at jayda if she is grumpy during the day she still sleeps excellent at night time, abbie also is not a big sleeper during the day just really naps but is fully recharged after a nap. Its hot here today too, i hope that you feel better soon and take care of yourself. I know what you mean my dh does not look at my job as a REAL job, argh it makes me angry really i have three fulltime jobs, housework, family daycare, my own children.
Jess i hope you have a great time shopping hopeully not too many people!
mis tree i hope that bubs constipation works it self out soon does it hurt him does he cry if not maybe its just his way of pooing???? I look after a little girl who really strains but it does no seem to hurt her and its soft when it comes out. Yeah on having time off at christmas hope you enjoy it take care!
Well not much to report here today its really hot today got a really busy next few days. Talk to you all soon take care
Afternoon Mummas, Well The shops werent too bad... i got in early and picked up laybys 1st then had a squiz around... Then the crouds started getting to me so i split... On the drive hom i saw all these fire trucks and could hear sirens... I found out a plan crashed the suburb over from us... Poor pilot and pasenger died... Scary...
I have few things i still need to get but this yr i havent gone overboard... Just a few pressies and thats it... Jordan has way too much as it is. I feel slack cos i'm used to a HUGE christmas but they'll get heaps from MIL and FIL anyways.
DD's finger is getting better... DS took a fair chunk off but thankfully its healing up ok now. Her 1st boo boo...
She was great at the shops for most of it... I hadher sitting up in a trolley and she was ok until she started getting tired and i went to the Parents room to feed her and was so annoyed to see a group of mums having a freakin mothers meeting in there.... None of them were feeding just using the seats and cubicle so i stood there and waited... DD started screaming and the group of 6 were like "oh sorry do you need to feed" i felt like saying "yeah thats what the cubicles are for... i dont get why people want to hang out in the parent room... i mean go to the food court if you wann eat your lunch and talk to frineds about your babies... Me i like to get in do what i need to and get the hell out... I occasionally feed in the food court but hate the stares... i'm quite *****y nowadays. i end up yelling out to people watching or staring or commenting to each other...
I also hate the comments that start out... Oh she's so cute how old is she" i tell them and get "gosh she's big for her age" i mean if i had a chubber baby i'd be freaking out that she was HUGE... Just like that poor baby on the news and the ABC daycare incident...Its like people dont know what to say..
Sorry for the b!%$&... Last night we didnt get an early night but she did sleep fairly well for her... in bed at 11 then woke at 3 and woke at 5 then 8.30... so EXCELLENT for her...
Sass- I think i have to put my cot down already... I have 2 height adjustments... DD has started trying to pull herself up to look over the side... i'm worried she may climb up soon and fall out...
Mis- maybe stop the solids for a bit to get him going again... also bec's suggestion of metimucil is a good one...
Bec- Cam sounds like a gen... i've been doing the fruit at lunch time aswell... DD is loving nectarines and peaches. i put them in the chew net. so i guess we are doing 2-3 solids a day... still doing lots of BFs though... yesterday after the formula she was a bit spewy but slept well... today however i tried EBM in the same bottle and NOPE... wanted nothing to do with it... its so hit and miss...
Nikki- Glad abbie's arm is looking better. YAY on abbie getting up on her knees... DD is still doing the same weird unco looking crawl thing... Its great when they start showing signs but you soon start thinking... "why did you have to learn... LOL
Jess i am glad the shops were good for you, how annoying i don't know why people would want to sit in the mothers room and have a chat really i can think of better places. Good on you for being persistant.
Sassy and jess i never had abbies cot on th higher level, cause i never put it down between lachlan and abbie i just left it up i never changed it. It was toooooo hard going from he higher level to the lower level with lachlan that i never bothered. I would definitly put it down now though cause you don't want ot walk in there one morning and she be half out or on the floor. They are getting to the stage now where things come so quickly soon enough they will be walking and i know we don't want to think about that god help us !!!!!!!
Do people really say how big she is i don't think she is that big she looks about the same size as abbie and i always get how dainty she is???????????? Glad that Tiahna slept well last night, and it was abbie's first boo boo too hers was a bruise but still poor little girls
Does everyone realise that this time last year we were all hanging out to find out the sex of our babies, and a year later we are waiting for our babies to crawl etc etc
DoubleTrouble lol so funny i was thinking i was in the wrong thread cause i had no idea what you were talking about.
Have a little spare time on my hands again so thought I'd just check in.
DoubleTrouble - the answer to your question if you pop back in here = my MIL will be teaching in Xi'an at some college - can't remember the name, she taught there in 2006 and 2007. And back in 2005 she was up north, closer to the russian border - something like shinyang - not sure of the spelling.
Nikki - Just realised you are in Brisbane, where abouts are you? I grew up in the Logan area, moved to Gold Coast in 2001. Did you manage a swim? I did have a quick dip (though needn't had hurried as Cameron didn't wake for another 30mins after that) and just came up from another, was nice. Glad Abbie's bruise is on the mend.
Jess - I thought Tiahna sounded similar in size to Cam, which I thought was more on the smaller side, not the bigger. Maybe those people need glasses. Something that seems to avoid such comments for us seems to be when I put the muslin wrap over his pram, it kinda covers him a little, therefore people are less likely to peek (they probably think I'm trying to get him to sleep or something). I then pull it all the way over when he sleeps. Also on the lowering of the cot, DH did ours on the weekend too, as Cam is starting to get stronger at trying to pull himself up.
Question - has anybody started to give there bubs meat? If so what and how did you prepare it?
Well I can hear Cameron talking and giggling away in there, better go see what's so amusing.
Hi Everyone
Had a very tiring night and absolutely exhausting day but am glad its nearly over. Have been shopping for 7 hours today and he has been great, dragged from carrier to pram to car seat, poked and talked too by so many strangers ewww.
Hamish has his top teeth nearly through so he woke during the night screaming and stupid me had no sm33 left or panadol so had to use bonjella which is useless for him. So first thing this morning i was off to chemist to stock up. When he got his bottom 2 he had only one bad night so hopefully *cross fingers* he had it last night, he has been very good really as i can imagine how painful it must be for them. I just read a huge article about new research into foods for babies and omg they are now saying to introduce pretty much everything early as they have discovered children who are not introduced to certain foods early are he ones that have allergy's etc. It is a really interesting read actually. With Maddi when she was a baby i gave her everything and solids at 4 months, she has no allergys and is very healthy, i know there are alot of children with allergys and it makes you wonder. Anyway i think we can safely say i dont really think they always know everything as every few years there is a new study and new findings.
LMK ikwym i cant believe how time has flown.
Jess i am glad shopping went well for you, i am almost done, except for a couple that i am getting boxing day when the sales are on as we wont see dp's family until that night and we already know what we are getting and have been told by a friend to wait as they are $50 cheaper on boxing day so we will wait. Have told dp not to buy me anything either as things are a bit tigh with Maddi starting Secondary School and we bought her a fan Bl**dy tastic Asis Laptop for christmas, well its for school as she is in Bline class (use laptops for majority of work), she will be so suprised and happy, i would love to keep it myself. How are things going with you? Hope Tiahna's arm is healing and as for your Dh Grrr to him for blaming you, Bl**dy men.
NaNa i hope aadi is sleeping better for you.
Bec Hamish also has 3 solid feeds and 4 bf a day, it seems to be working well, although i sometimes give him a little fruit through out the day also. i have given Hamish grilled fish just in pan with a little olive oil and steamed chicken.
Mis i hope you work stankys constipation out soon.
Sass Jayda sounds like a little houdini lol
Deancey glas to here liam is going well.
Ok i best be off to get ready for another christmas party, Hamish will be over Santa soon.
to make it worse i think i am gettin the flu which i really dunno how seens it has been so bloody hot. my throat is killin and my ears hurt when i swallow and i ache all over and i think i am extra sweating cause no one else seems as hot as i feel just yet.
on forced leave - have fun spending more time with your Stanky.
Yay and oh no on the crawling. It's one of those bitter sweet moments hey, that they've achieved something, but now can't take your eyes off him.
Have to start looking for a play pen I think, as we have a dog and a doggy door, and I can just see Cameron trying to follow our dog out there one day if I'm not quick enough (we have a 2 story house). I can't block off the lounge room to the kitchen where the doggy door is and our dog is definitely an inside dog (she was our first baby).
and i know we don't want to think about that god help us !!!!!!!
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