Babies Born May 16th ~ 31st 2008 #4

Hi All,

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. :hooray: 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 :pray: 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 :doh: 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.

Have a good day, I'll possibly pop back later.

Bye for now

Hi ladies

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:wall:

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

Nikki

Cant believe we are up to here already. I love reading all y'all stories! Hawaii would be a lovely place for a holiday and Im so glad the boys behaved for you, makes life so much easier.
Bec - where in China is your MIL coming to teach?

Ollie has had an ear infection, the doc cleaned it and gave us drops to put in, then he got 3 days of fever, now he has cold and cough his brother bought home from kindy. Poor baby. We had just weened him onto bottle and now hes velcro baby with a passion for boobies again. He wont take more then 80mls from a bottle and I have minimal milk left. So just when he was getting good and heavy in time for his 9mth check :wall: he has lost weight again. I know he will bounce back, its just this has happened so many times with him. All routine has gone out the window, as we have had DS1 home from kindy with an awful cough. Tomorrow is games day at kindy, parent and kids play games together for the morning atleast. Its a good chance to see the other parents- not that I can talk to them, but I thinkit will still be great fun.

What routines do y'all have? Think now hes hit 9mth Ollies wanting to stay "up" longer but hes also very bored at home but its not possible to go out every day, its really cold here now. wont be a white xmas for us but mayb shortly afterwards.
What are everybodies plans for xmas?

This is the may, not march thread. my bad, sorry ladies :redface:

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

Good afternoon

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:rolleyes: 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:boohoo:

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.

hope everyone else is well talksoon

Nikki

Hi All,

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.

Bye for now

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.

just a quick one before I pull my laptop apart and pack it away...
I shouldn't complain about DS's no-sleep thing. He's always happy, but I just find it hard to maintain a cheery mood when I'm shattered... He'll get the hang of it one day. Our routine's going out the window again tomorrow, as we'll be away from home for 3 weeks. The book I ordered on sleep ideas hasn't arrived yet (will turn up tomorrow after I leave, no doubt!) but there's nothing I can do on holidays anyway. Everything will be different.
Last night DS wasn't interested in dinner. Tonight he gobbled up a bowl of porridge (all I had left - had to empty the fridge!) and then screamed for more. Gobbled up another bowl and screamed again for more. I had to rummage thru the suitcase to find the packet I'd put aside and make another bowl! It was insane... a friend rang inthe middle of all this and coz DP answered my phone, she thought I was murdering him, he was screaming so much. I've never had such a response to my cooking in all my years as a chef! lol
anyways, I'll try and be back in a few days, but no promises. I'm hanging out to hand the kid over to willing grandparents (or even strangers) real soon! I need a few minutes shut-eye, under a mango tree please...
Sorry no personals. I'm exhaustipated!
Take care all!

NaNa have a great holiday and make sure you take advantage of family, freeing up some alone time for you, even if it is only for an hour or so. Im sure you will have alot of willing rello's in need of an aadi cuddle. Enjoy.

WOW i get a kinda early night and you all post... LOL... Usually i'm sitting up on here waiting to get to sleep and no one is to be seen... :rofl:

Well dont want to brag or make others feel worse but i just have to share...

:leap: :cheer: YAY WOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO :cheer: :leap:

i feel like going out side and screaming out WooHoo... i feel so great so re energised cos ..... wait for it..... DD slept

ALLL NIGHT

I'm still in shock i think... After a bad time trying to get her to sleep... I think she wasnt used to DP being here cos he's been on night and not in the ned when we have our last BF and cuddle... She refused to go to sleep, pulled off roled over to DP kickin him and pinching him rolling back suking a little just to start over at comming off again... this went on for 40 mins and i had enough and put her in her cot at 10.20 and 6 times i have to go back in put music on and it wasnt working... I got out this winnie the pooh thing jordan used to have its a light show on the roof and music... well after 4 times of this she finally went to sleep. Then DPs alarm went off at 5 and woke me up instantly... I looked around was confused a bit then he told me to go back to sleep... i then woke to hear DD crying so went in she'd pooped, massive po-splosion... OMG filled the nappy :tmi: sorry... Never had one like that and so big... ewwweee... when i walked out to the lounge room i realised it was 8am... Woo Hoo... I feel like a person this morning... And DD is just so happy... Singing out and playing already... Its fantastic... I knowit wont last but i really needed this...

I feel bad especially for you NaNa- I know youre having big issues with sleep still... i wish you too could get even 1 night like i did... I'll send all my positive energy to you and :pray: that Aadi gives you one soon.. Also have a FANTASTIC holiday.... I hope you get a break and the Family helps out so you can enjoy... Be a good boy for NaNa Aadi...

Mis- you dont have to stop the solids for ever just a day or 2 to give him a chance to clear the bowel... The blockage will just get worse the more solid food you pack in IYKWIM. also if he's straining TOO much and your worried you could also try supositries (spl) Like if he is real bad... we've never gotten to that thankfully. I too miss my precious baby girl... She was so tiny and dependant on me... Now she wants to do things herself... I gave her a little cup with juice in it yesterday (watered down) everytime i tryed to help she's squeel arch her back and get cranky but if i didnt she would try and try... Also IKWUM about being preggas at the begining of the yr... Its crazy... its flown past no way does it feel like almost 7 months...

Abb- EWWEE about the strangers... IKWYM... I had DD is the trolley sitting up and the were touching her and tickling her cos she was so smily... now i know why i take the pram... I drape the sheet over so no one can see too... We had some teething issues lyesterday also... DD is getting a top one too... Its weird i saw the lumps at the front and not like the bottom where they come through the middle of the gum these top one come out like near the front of the gum... Is that weird or is it just DD's teeth... one has cut through just and i think that was why the afternoon was so bad... I wiah i had money left for boxing day sales but I'm all out... I'm sure Maddi will love the laptop... not looking forward to all the cost of Secondary school... Arrgghhh
With DP i think he realised after he got home from work... He's been saying sorry to DD about her finger and kissing it better... He isnt the type to show emotions so i think it was his way of taking the responsibility without actually admitting he's done the wrong thing... :rolleyes:

Bec- DD isnt big at all... She's long but i didnt think she was a BIG baby... She wouldnt be much more then 7 1/2 kg by now and is in the average weight range for her age so its not like she's on the high end of the scale... i think people just forget how quick babies grow... She's not chubby i think she looks small compared to other babies... With the meat q... I have DD a long strip of beef last night... (we had beef strog..) i watched her close... she just chomped a bit and sucked on it... didnt actually get any off and if she did it was minimal... I just wanted her to see what we were chewing on and get a new taste... I've given her chicken and if you count the jars of stuff that is suposed to have meat in it???...

Nikki- i recorded the boo boo in the baby book... LOL... Just a memory... it wont be the last time her big brother hurts her... but i thought i'd record it...

well best be off Ds has his last day of DC for the yr... YAY... and Boo Hoo at the same time... it means no more one on one time with DD until they come back ... oh well he'll soon have plenty of new things to keep him occupied.

:happyforyou::happyforyou::happyforyou:

:cheer: Tiahna good girl

Jess well done, you will feel all recharged for once. Fingers crossed it happens again for you tonight.

I also feel great this morning, no rush to get organised as school is finished for the year so we are all slabbed out in our pj's still, its great to not have the rush. Hamish woke at 6.30 had a feed and now is back in bed. Have a christmas party at the park with friends at lunchtime which will be good and tonight i have organised a little graduation get together with Maddi's friends which i am hoping they behave, 27 - 12/13 year olds can get into trouble i am sure. Will need to keep a close eye on them, taking them to play mini golf and jumping pillow thing.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Hi ladies


Jess YEAH FOR TIAHNA
:leap::confetti::happyforyou::happyforyou::happyfo ryou::hooray:
What a clever girl:cheer:, hopefully she repreats last night for you. Its funny you know you don't realise hw good you actually will feel when you have a good night sleep. I am so happy for you:dance: I hope you have a great day!

Nana have a great trip and enjoy the extra help!!

Miss tree well atleast you aren't shocked by xp and now you get to spend more time with stanky!!!!!!!! good for you.

Abb have fun at your xmas party and have fun with all those girls good luck to you!!! I hope that cameron sleeps a bit better for you!

Well abbie also slept really great last night . Well we were going out for dinner so i gave her a bottle before we went and took a jar of food to feed her while we were eating other wise she screams at me. Got in the car about 6 and drove about 15min to where we were going and she was a sleep, put her in the pram still asleep, ate dinner she stirred i gave her a rock and she went back to sleep, got in the car came home still asleep, wen't to bed and woke up this morning at 5:10am witha very happy little girl. So abbie slept from 6pm till 5am, what a good girl. She always sleeps well normally but not that well, it must of been the night for it!

Hope that everyone is well and catch up soon!

Nikki

Well DD has been screaming abit i think its teething... poor bubba... She's asleep at the mo, but while shopping OMG... So glad i had that sleep last night... I would have been a wreck listening to her scream like that without some rest... I gave her some Neurophen and she went to sleep... poor girl, i really hate that she has to go through this teething BS... She's bitten me so many times over the last few days i have been putting off BF as long as i can cos my BB are so sore... when i got home from shopping one side was about to burst it was so full and hard... as soon as she started she was drenched in milk... lol... She had a great feed thou...

I am now finished giftmas shopping and have wrapped most stuff up... Just hoping the canvasses for MIL will be ready in time... fingers crossed...

Thanks everyone for the cheers... i feel so much better and after only 1 night... i hope it ontinues but i'm not counting on it...

Nikki- YAY for abbie also thats fantastic...

Mis- Sorry bout the BIG post... i had to reply to so many of you... LOL... Hope you have a good time on the weekend... Also Poop to XP...

Abb- hope tonight goes well for you also... i'm sure the girls will be behaved.. at least while your watching... LOL ;)

Well I'm off to slean up and pack away the Santa toys before i go to pick up DS... OOOHHH so excited i wish i could give himk the stuff now... LOL

Hi All,

Jess - :cheer: Tiahna for not waking up last night. Hope it continues for you's. I hear you on wanting to give the xmas presents already. Cameron's received quite a few already from friends and family, but I've put them under the tree - he'll just have to wait til xmas day like I use to (but geez it's tempting to open them, but I won't, or maybe 1 won't hurt, no Bec no...)

Nikki - also a :dance: to you for Abbie sleeping while you were out at dinner, don't you love it when that happens.

Mis - Grr to your ex. Oh well, are you on that forced leave yet, if you are at least you'll get even more time with your little Stanky. Also yay on Stanky going to sleep all on his own yesterday, hope it continues for you.

Abb - Hope you've had fun at your christmas parties and that your daughter and her friends didn't cause too much trouble for you. On the food, at our parent class they said that too, to introduce everything earlier, as less likely to cause allergies. I know my mum introduced everything early and we turned out ok (no allergies).

NaNa - hope you have a good holiday. DH was up at Noosa today (working), it was very warm there today (and here too). I'm sure the grandparents will be happy to have Aadi cuddles while you get some you time (hope so anyway).

It was rather warm here today. Cameron was good again waking at 7, but I decided I wouldn't give him any food this morning as he hadn't pooped for a day and a half, so wanted to give tummy a rest from the farex. Took my metamucil this morning too (and it worked, big explosion tonight just before bed, thanks Dh for cleaning that one). He slept from 9 til 11 - so did I as I didn't sleep well last night again - another one of my friends found out she has cancer, she is 42. This seems to be just confined to her foot, so hopefully they can just cut it out and it hasn't affected anywhere else. Damn Cancer :angry:.

Anyways after he woke, we fed and I gave him some pear (figured it might help). Buy 1pm he was grumpy so I tried to put him to bed, he wouldn't give so I gave him a formula bottle. He still wouldn't sleep, so by 2.30, I'd had enough of waiting for him to nod off to go for a swim that I ended up taking him in the pool. This was an accomplishment for me as I've previously been to scared in case something went wrong and being home alone. But it was fine and Cameron seemed to enjoy it, it was soo hot today that I think he was too uncomfortable to sleep. After he had another little bf and fell asleep while feeding, he slept til 5, then we did the usual play, solid, bath, bottle and bed. It worked out well as he was still awake when DH got home for a change.

Well that's all for me for now. Better go, have kinda been typing this while trying to watch the Santa Clause 2. I love Christmas movies, especially santa ones. Can't wait to share these moments with Cameron. I'm a big kid really :wiggle:.

Bye for now

Something about the sunshine makes DS sleep!! Just had to come back here and tell you all! I think we all needed a holiday, change of scene or something, in order to get some rest. Yesterday it was freezing and raining when we left Melbs, DS fell asleep just before we boarded the plane and slept until 20 minutes before we landed, so nearly 2 hours. He napped again in the car on the way up to my mum's place, and again in the afternoon. He was absolutely perfect, no tanrums or anything, despite being confined and restrained from 7am to about 2.30pm. Last night he slept from... hang on, time difference... 8.30 till 3.30, had a feed and back to sleep until 6.30! He's had 2 short naps today, and now he's been down for an hour and a half. It was STINKING HOT here yesterday, at least 37 degrees... but it must have been what he needed to knock him back into sleepy-time!
I'm still not quite able to hand him over to relatives for a bit of time out, since there's only my mum and her partner here, and they've just moved into this place so they're still unpacking and busy getting ready for the 40-odd friends and ferals coming for christmas! madness... but I'm relaxed already anyway. It's great not having to wear (and wash) loads of clothes for a change. DS has been in just a nappy since we arrived!

Jess - yay for you!! welcome back to the real world where people sleep. It feels a bit wierd, doesn't it??
Bec - good on your DH for cleaning up! Mine carries on so much if he happens to have to change a messy nappy... such a sissy! lol. Hope everything's ok for your friend. I found out yesterday that two of my friends have lymphoma, and as soon as we got in the car at the airport we got a phone call from the hospital where my great aunt is in care, (she's had a stroke) and she is deteriorating rapidly. Chances are there will be a funeral before I go home, and that just sucks. She's the last of my living relatives of that generation. Hooray for holidays... blah.
Nikki - wow, Abbie's so good! Great that you could enjoy your night out with no problems at all.
Mis - thanks, will try! Enjoy some extra time with your little man, hope things get back to normal with the food & poop thang! (Ha! bet you never thought you'd hear that!) It's no fun tho when they're grumpy and blocked up. No surprises with your XP, hey? Typical...
Abb - you're a brave lady, taking on that many teenage girls!! Bravo! Good luck. Just the thought of it terrifies me! I bet Maddi will be totally stoked with the laptop. Awesome.

OK, I have to go lie on the grass under a tree and do nothing for a full 5 minutes. I'd kill for a mango daquiri... and a massage... but maybe I wont have to. Hahaaa!

Hi All,

Wow it's quite in here again. Everyone must either be busy with xmas stuff or hopefully :pray: not - just stuffed (from bad nights that people seem to be having lately).

Not much happening here. Cameron had his needles yesterday. All went ok, he barely screamed (well they seem to be getting less each time). Thank goodness that's it for another 6months now. He hasn't seemed to react to it either which I'm so glad (we've been so lucky I guess with not having any side effects from the needles so far..touch wood). We also checked his weight again, he is now 7.7kg. Which means he has put on 400gms in 2 weeks..woohoo :dance:!!! I was wondering if I'd done the wrong thing by cutting the bf's down to 4 a day, but obviously I had nothing to worry about.

We went to check out the christmas lights on the Gold Coast last night...very disappointing. We went to the street that had won the best street lighting award, it was crap, there was only about 2 houses that had lights on (maybe they'd forgotten to turn them on, but it was the last weekend before xmas, how could they forget???). There was another street that didn't win that was all lit up, so at least there was something to see. But overall they were not as good as previous years. Good thing Cameron was asleep in the car (wasn't even worth getting out to see either). Maybe next year will be better or we might even go check out the Brisbane ones to be on the safe side (I figure they may be a little better).

Well that's all for me for now. Off to battle the shops (or possibly the markets) as I realised I haven't gotten our animals there xmas presents (here I was saying how organised I was...silly me :rolleyes:)

Bye for now

Mis T - I hope everything is ok, i am here if you need to talk (facebook) if you need. merry christmas to you and i hope the new year brings you everything you deserve and you and stank have a great festive season together. I am sure we will chat on fb though.

Bec - it is quite in here. Everyone must be busy with xmas. Good to hear Camerons needles went well and he is mantaining a healthy weight gain.

NaNa - i know she will love the laptop, if she doesn't i will be happy with it.lol How is the holiday going? Have you had any child free time yet?

Jess - party went well. only had 15 kids in the end, but they are a great bunch and all behaved themselves. I had a nightmare with Hamish shopping too, he is always so good but his mouth was driving him crazy and i forgot to bring sm33 so i ducked into chemist and bought some more but it sisnt last long so i ended up going home, so i am not quite finished yet need to go back tomorrow:wall:

LMk - sounds like abbie is a good sleeper for you, i have been keeping a diary of sleep and food etc and hamish has had 5 nights in 4 months that he has woken during the night, i was shocked as it seems alot more because 4 of them have been recent with his teeth. So i really have nothing to whinge about when it comes to sleep issues.

Have not alot to mention, we have had a pretty quite weekend just cleaning and getting ready for xmas. We are having breakfast at mums christmas morning, lunch at my sisters and dinner aswell. THen boxing day we are having a huge seafood feast at muMand dads when my sis (from melbourne) and brother (from Kalgoorlie) will be here. My brother suprised us and arrived yesterday, i hadnt seen him for over 12 months so it was great to see him and he had not met Hamish yet so it was a fantastic suprise, we look forward to spending some time with him and his boys over next week.
What have you all got planned for Christmas?
Dp is off Christmas eve until 12th Jan so we are planning on staying in Echuca with his family for a week or so.
Ok i best go to bed before i fall asleep on laptop.

Take good care of yourself Mis-Tree and DS. Happy holidays and hope 2009 goes well for you.

It's 10:56pm Yasmeenia is asleep. I am home alone waiting for DH. He is with friends. I seriously hate when I am by myself. This morning we went out to buy couches but came back home empty handed. We figured we might get good deals next week. I was a little disappointed because I was looking forward to having new lounge. Yasmeenia was excellent this morning. She has become very selectively at who she smiles and talks too. She sits without my assistance. She has 2 meals a day. At one stage it was 3 meals a day. I am still breastfeeding her. I am relaxing with her during the day and it is wonderful not having to worry about assignments or exams. However, this summer I will be taking a unit externally. Which is okay because it won't be hard work but I do have to sit for a exam in Feburary for it. Classes should start soon. Sometime in January. Next semester I will be attending campus for some units (3) and taking 2 off-campus. My goal is to complete my degree mid-year. I will be very busy. I am blessed as I have my DH's support. I just hope all goes well for next semester. I am thinking about placing her in childcare for 6-9 hours per week or less. By Feburary she will be 9 months. And DH can pick her up after he finishes work. Or if possible take her with me to my lectures when she is 12 months. Has anyone sent their DS/DD to child-care or is thinking about it soon? It's 11:07pm now, I should be getting to bed, but can't sleep without having DH in bed with me.

Someone once mentioned how strange it was to have fathers' in the parenting rooms whilst breastfeeding. I went to two shopping centres this week, both had private rooms where mothers can breastfeed their baby. The shopping centre I went to today, I only saw two father's with their children. I too would be uncomfortable if I had to breastfeed so openly in front of another man. Got to love those private rooms. :clap:

Well the sleep thing didnt last... DD has still been having her several wake ups... But she is so GREAT when were out... Yesterday we went out with friends to Dapto and Kiama Markets... It was warm and sunny, a BEAUTIFUL day... DD was fantastic... I fed her before we left and surprissing she didnt cry all day minus a brief sooky moment. She went til 2 when we got hom without a feed... I was shocked to see the time and realised we hadnt stopped to feed her once while we were out. She made up for it ince home though...

Mis- Hope you and Stank Have a good chrissy and Hope the new year is filled with happiness and joy and hope that you sort things out... I know its important to take time for the 2 of you... Take care hope you pop back in later when things are ok...

NaNa- YAY sounds like the change of scenary is really helping... YAY Aadi on the sleeping... Hope you get a few more nights then i did...

Abb- glad the night went well for you and the girls were well behaved.

Bec- Glad things went well with Cams needles

Girl- sounds like things will be full on for you... I'll be sending DD to Day care next yr as i return to work...

Well gotta go time for speech with DS... BBL

Hi ladies

Well we had an ok weekend, saturday we went and finished our christmas shopping what a NIGHTMARE!!! Lachlan was in a mood and the shops were packed, so we took him to my mums and left the kids there while we finished much easier. Then we had dh christmas party that night it was great really good night. Yesterday we had christmas with my dad at his house another good day. Then we came home and dh had a massive fight with his mother and she siad some pretty nasty stuff to him, poor thing all over christmas cause she does not want to come to our house she wants it at her house. ARGH she makes me sooooo angry, all she wants is everyone over there doing everything for her and so then it makes the entire day abourt her and her way!! I don't think so, i am not giving in she is so childish it makes me sick. Oh well its her loss. Abbie has been really good she is just about sitting up by herself, i still put pillows behind her but i don't think i will have to for much longer.

Jess sorry the hear that tiahnas not sleeping through but atleast you know that she can do it. Its a start!!

Mis tre i added you to my facebook have a great christmas and new years and hope to see you back soon!

girl 22 good luck with all that study hope you get it finished!


Abb soundsl ike you are having a great time already, we are staying home for christmas we have a pool and heaps for the kids to do here, and i think its going to be a hot one, lsat week the weather said it was suppose to be 25 degrees on xmas day now they are saying it will be 32degrees so i am expecting it to keep going up! oh well i think its nice we can go swimming all day !!!!!!!!!!!!

Bec yeah on the weight gain, i too was worried about abbie's weight gain because she is not as big as the boys were but she is right on track as well!!! So sorry to hear about your friend with cancer its a horrible thing to go through and i hope that she makes a full and speedy recovery, thinking of her!

Well i hope that everyone has a great day and hi to everyone else.

Take care nikki

Jess,

For how many days and how hours per day?

Hi All,

Mis - Sorry to see you won't be popping in for a while - I love your funny comments, they will be missed. Hope everything works out for you and Stanky, have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009.

Nikki - Thank you for your thoughts. Grr:angry: on your MIL. Does she live close by to you? It makes so much more sence for you to have chrissie at your place, especially with the 3 children and the pool - We too would prefer to have christmas here and probably will for the next ??? years, so much easier then packing the car and with all the christmas presents they would want to take and play with and the rest of it... You might need to suggest your MIL do a tesol teaching course and send her to China like my MIL (LOL! sorry that's naughty)

Jess - Sorry Tiahna's sleeping right through didn't last, but at least you know she can do it, so hopefully she'll start to do it occassionally for you and one day soon make it a regular habit. Glad Tiahna was a good girl while you were out. IKWYM about forgetting time and forgetting to feed bubs :doh:, especially when they are so well behaved.

Girl22 - Sorry you didn't get your couch yet, but hopefully you'll get an even better one - remember all good things come to those who wait. On the childcare - I've started to arrange childcare for Cameron for next year. I'll be putting Cameron in Thursdays (probably from 9am til 3 or 4pm), from Feb/March (whenever they can get me in) and then Thursday and Fridays (will need to be 8.30ish til 4.30-5ish) from May. I go back to work in May, hoping to go part-time, but thought I'd try to get him use to the childcare thing a little earlier and wanted to make sure I could secure that Thursday place as I can work around every other day with my Mum, who will be looking after him Mondays and if need be Tuesdays.

Abb - Glad the girls were well behaved for you. I think that's also a big pat on the back to you for bringing up a well behaved daughter :clap:. Have fun catching up with your siblings. That would've been a great surprise with your brother. My brother surprised me a visit when I had Cameron (as he was living about 5 hours drive away), it was very emotion (he back closer now and probably will be forever cause of Cameron, loves being an Uncle)

As mentioned we are having Christmas here, just my family (Mum, Dad and brother) and FIL (as MIL is overseas), and whoever wants to pop in can - the open invitation is out there. We have lot of family on the Gold Coast, but they've all got their own families now. We will be doing the prawns and oysters thing, plus gotta have the turkey for DH. Think Cam will get to try a bit of the turkey too.

Well we battled the shopping centre again yesterday to get our dog and bird their xmas presents, then did the grocery shopping, but silly me forgot a couple of things :doh: so I had to pop down the road to our local woolworths, and boy was it busy. I even had to wait for a park (I've never in the 7 years I've lived here had to wait for a park at those shops). Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything and that should be it now (too bad if I have). Will just tidy the house over the next few days now ready for xmas day.

Well I've really gone out babbling today. Sorry about that :redface:, I'm feeling a little tired and tend to babble when tired. Better get an early night tonight then.

Bye for now,

oh noes Mis_tree! Hope everything sorts itself out beautifully for you and Stanky. Best of luck, hun.

gee, I just popped in to say.... Aadi slept thru last night! And now I'm freaking out that I'll have to move back to Qld to get a decent night's sleep more often than once every 2 months. lol

that's it, back to my mangoes...

:leap: WOOOOHOOOO Aadi Bebe :leap:

NaNa- You must feel so refreshed... fingers crossed it continues... I'm thinking it must be QLD... I think a few of you on here from QLD have GREAT sleepers...

NaNa - :hooray: on Aadi sleeping through. Must be something in the Queensland air like Jess said. Enjoy those mangoes. I love mangoes, Cameron had mango for lunch today, he seems to enjoy it, making mmm noices everytime I've given it too him (he also does that to pumpkin and today when I gave him watermelon in the meshy net thing). Have you given some to Aadi? What does he seem to think of them?

Forgot to ask before, where did you's get the SM-33 from, which chemists seem to stock it. I've looked in Terry White Chemists, but they don't seem to have it, neither does the supermarkets.

Bec i have bought sm33 from healthwise pharmacy and amcal ones here, i am sure they have them in qld. You may have to ask for it as it is not on shef where baby stuff ie bonjela etc is. I have found it where mouth wash etc is.

Thanks Abb - I was wondering if it might be located somewhere else, would've thought TerryWhite would have it - didn't ask today as there was heaps of people waiting.

I had trouble finding it also. It seems to work for Hamish, bonjella is useless for him.

Love the new ticker, Cameron is a cutie.

I can't stand the taste of bonjella myself, yuk (makes me chringe just thinking about it). Not that Cameron would really care, but even the smell bothers me (hope the SM-33 smells a little better). But I would agree I don't think the bonjella is overly that helpful (I know when i've used it on my wisdom teeth it seems to wear away within a matter of minutes).

Thank you Abb, we too think he is cute, but we are a little biased. We do get a lot of comments of how georgous he is. Hamish is a cutie too, and it looks like he would be a rather happy boy too from his pics.

We also get heaps of comments and yes he certainly is a happy boy. Went shopping today and i had quite alot of people coming up and commenting on how cute and happy he is, and also had a lady come up and say your baby is a fatty, i replied pardon as i was unsure what she had said, she repeated herself and i was shocked and just kinda nodded and walked away. It wasn't until a little while later i thought um that was a bit rude, yeah he is chubby but i wouldnt go as far as saying he is a fatty. grrr

Hi ladies


Bec:ROFL: that is so funny i wish i could sugggest that, it would make life soooo much easier. And yes she lives like a 5 minute drive from us so not far at all. I too went to the shops yesterday and it was not too bad. I am doing my groceries tonight, i hope its not too busy. Oh and sm-33 does not taste good at all but it is the BEST!

Nana Yeah:dance: for Aadi sleeping through, hopefully he keeps doing it while you are here and is so used to doing it he does it when you get home!!!! Can only hope.

Abb i don't think that hamish is a fatty he is gorgeous, i know that i used to call cody my litlle fatty but i am his mum, i would never call another persons baby that. Don't be offended some people just don't think. I LOVE chubby bubby's they are gorgeous!!!

So we had another good nights sleep, BUT this whole clingy thing is getting ridiculous:rolleyes: If someone else takes her she starts whinging and it turns into REAL TEARS until she is handed back to me then she stops.... Just like that :wall:
She is fine if she can't see me, i don't know what to do she even does it with DH!!!
I do like it sometimes but its getting out of hand i hope that its just a phase she is going through.

Sassy how are you going, i hope all is well and talk to yousoon.

Been a bit quiet in here lately i hope that everyone is doing well..
Take care Nikki

We've have a very sooky little girl on our hands.... These top teeth are really getting to her... Crying real tears... I thought they just hurt while cutting through but it seems they are still causing pain and discomfort... We've has bad poop-splosions also, some nappy rash (although i think it may be the sposies...) I have been using flats for few weeks now during the day. I use them for about 3 changes then go back to sposies... (need to buy some other cloth ones)

Yesterday we had a full on day, speech, medicare and few other things... DD was good then at 4 she was so tired i put her to bed and she slept for 3 1/2 hours then i feed her solids, bathed her she played for a bit then seemed tired still i held her off til 9 when i fed her BB and she went to sleep til 2 then slept til 7 i was so happy... Just wish i had of slept that well...

Bec- I'm having issues getting SM-33 also... I had to special order it in when DD was 4 months but they are out again so the woman said if i wanted her to order it in i need to purchase a box... :o\

Abb- i wouldnt call Hamish a "Fatty" at all... I think people are rude and just dont think before they speak....

Nikki- Abbie sounds like Tiahna... She wont even go to DP for 2 mins without trying to kick her way free... i'm at my witz end... She still refuses a bottle, wont let DP feed her solids, i try to give her bottles and she screams cos she wants to hold it herself then cries when she cant do it but if you help she squeels and throws a tanty... If she cant see me its the same... And Dp wonder why i cant get everything done in one day... Which is why i have been trying not to get on her too much myself...

Anyways best be off, have more cleaning to do... Have to strapp DD to me just to get things done for chrissy...

Nikki i always say to Hamish oh my bubby is getting chubby and stuff like that, and i know he has put on a bit since starting solids but i thought it was kinda rude. But i suppose its one of those things where its ok for us to say it but total strangers its not on. I also love chubby baby's and i think that is what attracts everyone to him and he is always happy. Hope you get all your groceries done without too much hassle.

Jess i still havent got around to cleaning and i so wanted to get it all finished before now, but i ended up working today and tomorrow Maddi returns from her friends place so i will be up late tonight re arranging her room before she can try and salvage her stuff.

I am so exhausted after work today and the house lloks like a bomb hit, the laundy is overflowing as i have stripped all beds getting ready for Dp's family on boxing day. I think i will try get most of it done tonight as tomorrow will be busy cooking etc. I cant believe its only 2 days until christmas..yay
Will try be back on tomorrow but if not

Merry Christmas to everyone and your familys.
and
Happy First Christmas to all the Babies.:birthday2::happyforyou::cheer::bluecheer:

hey im still here just been busy.
we had a few late/busy nights for like 3 ngihts and it really put jayda out. the last few nights she has been up laughing and giggling at like 1030 when she is usually crashed by 8 to 830. we have got her back to 8 tongiht so hopefully it will last.
Has everyone got all their shopping done?
i finished today, well i finished a few weeks ago but everytime i go out i buy more so i think i should stop goign to the shops.

:loveshower::birthday2::partysmiley::hooray:MERRYCHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND THEIR GORGEOUS BABIES:hooray::partysmiley::birthday2::confetti:

I hope that everyone has a great chirstmas and a happy new years, I might not be back till after the new year as its just so busy here, but hey you never know imight get with draws and be back lol.

Take care everyone

Nikki

:hooray: :bluecheer:Only 1 more sleep til Santa comes:cheer: :hooray:

Hope everyone has a great day and Santa is kind to all, especially bubs!

I'm especially looking forward to seeing what Cameron's getting from others and can't wait for him to unwrap his pressies (well play with the paper til it unwraps itself). Yesterday he managed to semi-crawl across to the tree, 1st grab my Dad's present, played with the paper a little, then realised it was a boring present - pj's :doh: - then saw another present up a little further so went for that. I'm not sure what it is exactly (as it's from a friend) but its a ball shape - he must've realised that one was for him (clever boy :clap: ) - I would've let him open it if he wanted to, but he lost balance and rolled over onto his back and got distracted with his other toys.

Well that's it for me for the next few days I think - got some last minute cleaning and organising for tomorrow.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Lol@Bec7 "...boring present".

Hope holidays ladies. You all are very busy. Have fun.

Just thought i'd pop in quickly while i had the chance...

Nikki- So sorry bout the FB comment... I forget some people have IL's who arent computer iliterate (spl) My MIL is hopeless...

We've had sleep issues here and last few nights we've had 2 hourly wake ups and lots of crying...

Christmas day went well... we had lunch at MIL's and stayed several hours and came home... The kids were spoilt. Lots of toys, clothes books you name it... DD got a beautiful pair of gold earrings from MIL... They look gorgeous... DS got so much i dont know where i'll put it all...

Today we had FIL here and they again got spoilt. i got this hidious GOLD handbag... YUK... :rolleyes: but hey its the thought isnt it... all in all gla its all over... I think next yr will be a bit better as i'll be able to get more for DD... This yr it seemed to be more about DS.

Hope everyone is having a good Christmas...

OH.... We now have both top teeth and DD is fully crawling... (but stilllikes the commando style for some reason... Well best be off, she's very sooky still and its bath time (hopefully a good night sleep... am giving in and going to try her on some formula this evening... (fingers crossed she'll try it... if not i have some EBM i will try... i need a decent night sleep... Milk supply is crappy to say the least... )

Have a good one everyone