well i have tried to catch up but there has been so much since i was last on so forgive me if i forget things.
we had needles on fri jayda went really well. he legs came up in huge lumps and she still has them today. we got her weighed and measured. she is 8.2kgs and 70cm long.
she has been throwing up basically every 2nd bottle over the weekend so i have cut hte amount back a bit till she is right again.
things r getting so full on now it is getting close to chrissy. luckly i have most of my shopping done. when i get the 1000 i wanna get a few last min things.
no sleep happening here. Been up since 3.30, and I have a horrible sore throat. DS is not so D today. He's having ridiculously short naps at least 3 hours apart. He's grumpy and whingy. Pooping like it's going out of fashion. DP has the week off work, so he's taken him for a walk so I can try and compose myself a bit and get the scowl off my face. Not happy, Jan!
Bec - going to get the vac tomorrow, as they didn't have the one I wanted in stock. It had better rock my world coz it cost me a small fortune. K.Ruddy's money will come in handy!
Sassy - that's awful about the needles causing big lumps in Jayda's legs. Did she have any other adverse reactions?
Jess - can you come clean up my room now?? I don't wanna...
OK, I'm going to go crawl under a rock and hibernate for however long, so someone please poke me with a stick when this nonsense is over?!
Hi everyone
Had a good weekend, hamish behaved himself and slept all night in portacot and most of the way in the car. It was tiring just going for 2 days but it was important to go.
NaNa didnt end up doing any shopping at all so no kinderkot :-(, think i will just order online so we have it by Christmas. I hope aadi's sleep iproves for you, sounds like things are a little stressful atm.
Sass - Hamish had a lump too, but only on the one leg, apparently it is common with the 6 month and 12 month ones, i thik he had his for almost a week.
Jess - your ds room sounds like my dd's, although she is 12 and should know better.
Mis - stanky might be a night owl, is he crying or just wont sleep at night?
Well it must be the day for it... How about we all have a swap... My gosh... Little miss... (i should add "poop head" after that) has been screaming all morning. we had 4 wake ups last night and it was taking ages for her to resettle and she'd only have a feed- wouldnt settle for dummy. Been up since 5 and all she has done is scream all day
She wont sleep, hardly fed, wont play, even when i hold her she's crying... but worse if i put her down... she's screaming til she's blue in the face... my head is pounding still from yesterday... too much sun. i had BIG plans to do a big clean up so i could put the tree up but thats gone out the window.. She's just cried herself to sleep and all i can think of doing is having a cuppa and having a break,.... god that screaming really gets to you...
NaNa- and Mis- hugs to you both too.... maybe its something in the atmosphere???
Forgot to mention Saturday was our ^ month goal of Full time BF... so proud of myself... didnt think i'd reach the goal... i have had formula sachets on hand for fdew weeks now but thankfully havent had to use them .... heres hoping i can do another 3 months at least...
Sass- DD had a reaction like that with 4 month needles... GP said sometimes it happens when they flex there muscle when the needle goes in... If it gets worse take her to see the GP...
I get my chrisco on friday YAY... And also DP's work party... have to take DD with us... hope they all dont mind
Abb- sorry took me so long to post that you had time to write and post... Glad the weekend went well... Yeah my son is 4 so i thought he'd be learning more but isnt
Last edited by Je$$_84; December 1st, 2008 at 12:24 PM.
Wow, sounds like alot of you's are still having sleeping issues with Bubs - Mis, NaNa and Jess - I hope it's not for too much longer for you all. Maybe (if you don't already) give them a bath and a rub down before that big sleep. I quite often do this and it usually helps, especially if they are overtired.
Thankfully ours haven't been too bad since last week. Now I'm feeling a little guilty being annoyed that Cam woke at 6am this morning, but I know I have nothing to be complaining about. It's just that I'm having trouble sleeping myself, I'll usually toss and turn til about 11.30 - 12ish, then waking up again about 2hrs later, then take another 30mins or so to get back to sleep, ahhh. Hopefully I can snap myself out of this bad habit soon.
Jess - I hope you did go have a little time out with a cuppa - sounds like you needed to recharge. Wow on Jordan's food stash - doesn't sound like a sleep walking thing now, sneaky boy.
Abb - Glad you had a good weekend away and that Hamish slept well for you.
Mis - I love those little comments - naughty mummy (but you get me giggling each time - so I must be a naughty mummy too)
Sassy - They sound like good length and weight figures. Sorry to hear Jayda had those reactions. Cameron's booked in for his needles on Saturday, but thank goodness this will be it for another 6 months though. How are you going on the cutting back on the feeds?
NaNa - I also hope you were able to recharge with DP took Aadi for a walk. Hope your not getting sick - that's how we started when we got sick - the 3 of us had the same thing - all started with the sore throat. Cameron started it, gave it to me, and no matter how much I avoided DH he still managed to catch it. After the sore throat was the coughing and it was so hard to find cough medicine I could take whilst bfeeding.
We went to Pacific Fair (the big shopping centre on the Gold Coast - most people usually have heard of it). I use to work there (and hopefully I will again). It was sooo busy. As Cameron had only just woken when we needed to leave home - DH had to formula feed him while I was in my eye appointment (think DH really enjoyed doing that). After we did Xmas shopping.
Cameron was asleep so he had know idea what Santa will be bringing, well the main present anyway - one of those little lounges . We then went into a toy shop and Cameron woke (must've known where we were). Worked out well though as we found a little steering wheel thing (designed for 6+), the wheel turns, the horn beeps (well barks really) andit sings the alphabet song. I let Cameron play with it - he loved it. Chucked a little wobbly when we had to give it to the checkout girl to pay for it. But it's put away now.
Then went to harvey normans to do our photos, including the ones for the xmas cards. I had a 200 free photo voucher, so I didn't mind that it took an 1hr. By the time we got home (as we then went food shopping), it was about 5, and Cameron had only slept about 3 x 20mins or so. I'd bought a jar of pureed apples - Cameron loved it. But after his bath he just cracked it - did histerical cries and a big scream. But thankfully after a bit of a feed he gave in and slept til I had to wake him at 8.30, back in bed by 9.30 then woke at 6am.
Today I ended up back Pacific Fair - had to meet my MIL as I don't have to pay for the commission for foreign currency cause i work in a bank (the things I do for the inlaws) - got home about 1, and it took me about 1.5hrs to convince Cameron to sleep - he was sooo overtired. I think tomorrow I need an at home day for rest and housework.
Well can now hear Cameron stirring - time for more apple. How do make your pureed apples (besides opening a jar ). Can they be done in the microwave or best on the stove? I got one of those rocket blenders too - can I use that some how?
she had the leg bumps with the last needles too. they r startign to go away now.
she is back up to normal bottles again. i think it must of just been the needles maybe that made her sick.
Dh has his work chrissy party tomorrow they r goign out on a charter boat. BUT i have to drop him and a few others off at the depo at 445 in the morning
I dont think we will be getting a chrissy party this yr we have just been taken over by a new company so everyone is busy with all that.
i ahvea few full on weeks coming up. Dh to his chrissy party tomorrow, thurs bday party for one of the daycare kids, fri fillings at the dentist , sat out for tea, sun chrissy toy raffle at rsl then suprise bbq for mums bday.
next week wed another daycare kids bday party,thurs trev has a appt to check his nose after his op fri doc, sat dads 50th party
Then the next tues MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! lol
jayda is saying MUM now. not as good as i thought. now when she wakes up she says mum not dad. i used to tell trev b4 he had to get up cause she was yelling out to him now i gotta lol.
Sass- glad jayda is ok now... bugger bout the early drop off for DP's party. what no partners??? DP's is at this tiny italian resturant... hope i can fit the pram in... Hope they dont mind me bringing DD... Oh well too bad... lol WOW a B'day so close to chrissy... I bet that was annoying when you were younger??? DD is saying Mum also... All last night it was mumumumumumum...
Bec- By the time i boiled the jug made my cuppa write my post drank my tea DD was back up... so she had a wopping 20 min nap all day. Also i think DS is just being sneaky... maybe that explains why he doesnt wanna eat dinner... he knows he can get up and sneak fod in later... Hmmm... Might have to put locks on the pantry.. Dont feel guilty bout the good sleeping or early wake ups... I'm glad some of you are getting some sleep gives me hope that one day we can too... i get annoyed cos we had a good sleeper and now she's a monster.... I got DD a little table thingy for chrissy... they were on special at Target... it has toys on top, lights sounds etc... 29.99 down from 59.99... i brought her a dolly too (couldnt help myself i actually got 2)
With the apples i guess a microwave would work... I just chop in to thin slices and wack it in a pot with some water (just a little bit so they dont stick and cook til soft. then blend... I'd say it would work in the microwave but maybe you might need more water and a lid as the apply could dry out a bit??
Well we had an aweful night...After only a 20 min nap yesterday and all that screaming i was sure we'd have a good night it was looking good DD was asleep at 7.30 but it turned bad she woke up at 10 then 12, 2, 4 and then 530... i'm exhausted...
Well best be off... Need to clean up so i can put the tree up today hopefully
Well Abbie had a really bad night last night i think that her teeth were really hurting her, she woke up at 11 and then did not go back to sleep till 12:30 then woke up at 1:30 and did not go back to sleep till about 3;30 so i slept on the recliner in the lounge room with her as i swas so tired and she settle beset there. I can't wait for these teeth to be out they are just sitting there waiting to pop through.
We put up our christmas tree yesterday the kids loved it and touch wood but lachlan has been really good with it so far not playing with it at all!!!
Jess well i got my crisco last monday, it is the first year that we have done it and i love it. The kids loved it too we are definitly doing it next year DH has already put in an order for next year.
Sassy you sound very busy so good luck to you with that, i am very jealous that jayda is saying mum, i have been trying to get abbie to say it for weeks but she just looks at me as if to say go away i am not ready to say that. Oh well It will all happen in good time.
Bec not too sure about the apple thing i only make my own vegies never tried the fruit but yes any blender will do i use a stab mixer thing its great. Abbie loves her food too although since her teeth have been annoying her she has been a bit off.
Sorry to everyone i have missed hope all is well take care and talk soon
Sassy - I'm out Nerang way, where abouts are you? Wow does sound like you've got a rather hectic few weeks, always gets like that at xmas doesn't it (especially if there are a few birthdays involved). Our weekdays are normal but our weekends are pretty jammed packed too.
Jess - Ewww Tiahna's sleeping - I really hope it settles soon for you soon. Don't you love it when you get a bargain - so far all our xmas pressies for everyone have been discounted too - just gotta pick the week - when they have clothes or toys on special, plus I got a 5% discount card for Kmart due to the renos at Pacific Fair store .
Nikki - Bring on those teeth, I hope they pop up soon. We've had the same issue the last few weeks but thankfully 1 popped up on the weekend. Now we just gotta wait for round 2, 3, 4... Yeah I'd only ever done vegies, never cooked fruit before. Think I figured it out tho, will see how it tastes this arvo .
As for us, Cameron's got a troubling cough. It's not too bad during the day, but last night he was coughing so much I had to go check on him. That was probably a bit of a mistake, but I just needed to let him know I was there, as he kinda woke up more then and took a while to settle. Every time he was laid down he'd cough, until he went to sleep. I wanted stay there until he fell asleep, but I was so tired, I laid on the floor with his little pillow and a blanket and I fell asleep - woke after about 30mins then because it was so dark in his room I couldn't find my way to the door. I was trying to be quite but I ended up in the wrong direction bumping into almost everything, thankfully he didn't wake. I'm taking him to dr's this arvo, I'm sure it will be fine, but just want to see if there is any thing I can do to settle the cough (kind of a dry cough).
Well apples should be cooled a bit, off to blend them.
bec: i am in murwillumbah, its 25min from tweed heads. yehait is pretty crazy with all the birthdays near chrissy. half the daycare kids have birthdays in the last 2 months of the yr lol. oh well it gives us somethign dif to do.
mis: jayda has been saying dad for ages now. and now one every really said dad to her. i was constantly saying say mum and she didnt want anythign to do with it either but then as soon as i gave up she started.
Apples: i think u can steam them cant ya. i was thinkin of doing them just enough to put in her chewy sack thing (DH loves it when i call it that lol)
i better get going i am gettin a visit fromt eh office today ill be back later this arvo.
Morning Girls
Well things have been a little crazy around here for the last week or so but hopefully we are getting back to normal.
Hamish is still sleeping like a dream. 8.30 to 6.30 sometimes 7.30, he woke this morning at 5.15 and i put the dummy back in and he slept until 7.30, the dummy seems to work most times before 6am anything after that and i am up anyway. I feel a little guilty with his sleeps when alot of you are having issues still.
I have put Hamish in 3 solid feeds now as he is just so hungry, he has weetbix for breaky, fruit for lunch and vegetables for dinner. Last night i gave him some grilled fish also with his vegetable and he loved it. He still has the same amount of bf but two are usually just one side. He has starting sooking when he sees us eat now but i am trying to time his feeds when we eat so he can associate meal times toherwise he would just want to eat all day. Someone asked about apples, i steam mine and just lightly mash as i dont puree anything.
I think Hamish will be crawling by Christmas, he is very active now and just loves floor time more than ever, he can do a little bit of a crawl but its usually when he is so frustrated and cranky because he cant reach something. He says a few words now, mum, dad, bub, hello and makes a sound like pup pup but its not clear enough to know what it is yet. I cant believ how fast they have all grown up, kinda makes me want a new born again but not yet. lol
Hi to everyone and i hope to get back for personals later..
Oh ladies for those of you with sleep issues lets hope Santa brings you a good full night sleep for xmas. It would be so lovely if we all started to get solids sleeps.
I cannot complain in the sleep dept. Liam goes down about 7-8pm, I feed him at 10-11 (i wake him) and then he goes thru till 7am. The last couple nights he has woken at 4am and I havent been able to settle him so I have fed him 1 side and he sleeps again. Dont wont to make that a habit though.
He has gone down to about 4 feeds a day now. DH has been only giving him 1 bottle whilst I am at work, he is goign about 6 hrs in between feeds. Which is good, less expressing.
Abb34 WOW on Hamishs words that so cute. It will be exciting if he is crawling by xmas. They look so grown up when they are crawling around the place.
sassy123 glad you are enjoying the busy xmas period. OH how sweet Jayda is talking too. Happy birthday for Tuesday if I miss it. I am hardly online anymore
mis_tree DOnt worry the word MUM will come soon enough and then you will wish they didnt know it. LOL. NO every new thing is gorgeous but it amazes me how most bubs all say dad 1st
Bec7 Hope Camerons cough gets better OOHHH I love Pacific Fair, everytime we visit the gold coast we go there. Its such a pretty shopping centre. Which bank do you work for? my hubby works for westpac.
*LovemyKids* Glad the kids love the xmas tree, I hope the decorations stay untouched for a while LOL
Je$$_84 I hope you got a better night sleep tonight. Its terrible when its interupted.
Well with DH out with Jordan i have managed to vacuum and mop and now I have washing to hang out. Liam is asleep which is nice.
take care
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Abb and Deancey, you're lucky! Things are only just starting to get back to normal as far as our "routine" is concerned, however we have needles today, so that'll probably screw everything up some more. Oh, and DP is home this week, so that's messing things up no end!! He just doesn't get it... *sigh*
We'll get back to 5-6 hours sleep some time next year maybe?! That's considered sleeping thru to some people...
DS is also making lots of word-noises now. He always has, but it's definitely something he's practising now. He's always making kissy goldfish faces too, with a funny "pah-pah" noise. He's also going "a-da.. a-da" so maybe he's trying to say his own name?? close, but not quite. There's lots of other stuff he says but I couldn't spell it!
Bec - I hope Cameron's going ok. Congratulations on his first tooth!! It's horrible to see babies coughing as there's nothing much you can do for them. Vapouriser and panadol... however Brauer do a Cough & cold relief that might help.
Sassy - Wow, you are soooo busy! Hope all the parties are fun!
LMK - good luck with everything until the teeth come up! Hope you get 2 at once, just to minimise the stress. It's so tiring, especially when you end up sleeping in a chair! Been there, done that...
Mis - do you have bruises from Stanky kicking you? I have. Kid's a monster, I tell ya!
Jess - we're not alone... every one of the mums at my playgroup is having the same rough deal with crap sleep right now. It's all these develpmental milestones that are just too much for bubba's mind to process all at once. Has to be something like that... right? It will get better. As for Jordan's little snack-attacks, that's soooo cheeky! Pantry locks, for sure!
OK, I have to go... needles now. Blah.
well last night we went to see the some chrissy lights... A friend of DP's went to alot of effort and his house looks amazing... We got home at 11 and i fed DD and she slept til 4.20 fed and then i woke up at 9 paniced cos the alarm didnt go off for speech therapy so i had to wake them up and go... Every time they sleep in i have to get up and go somewhere... Speech went well and DS behaved.
DD is getting round so much now... SHes still doing the comando crawl and gets frustrated when she's on all 4s and cant go far... I have some pics i'll add to my FB of her trying to crawl... she grabs hold to what ever she can and pulls her body along...
Our neighbours got broken into yesterday while i was at home... i feel aweful i heard nothing except a smal sound from their alarm... It was like they didnt put their pin in quick enough... well that was when someone broke in it turned out.. They tampered with the alarm. Apparently their alarm was playing up The night i had the knock on the door was the same night they had alarm issues... so i take it they were sussing out our house too... I'm terrified now.... Our alarm is an old one so were looking into getting it upgraded. I want a sensor in the garage so i can zone the house off... SO if they get in there its armed... i cant believe someone broke in to the front door in full daylight smashed in the door and no one seen or heard... I mean i had the house locked up cos it was so hot i had the air on a bit and some music playing to get DD to sleep... but it was only in the arvo... after i heard the alarm... its the 2nd time in 6 months for their house...
NaNa- i'd like 5 hours sleeping... lately were getting max 3 hours at a time. and 45min- 1 1/2 hours to resettle again. I have spoken to DS about his late night snacking... he says he gets hungry and thursty... I have told him were puting locks on if he keeps it up... i'm trying to accomodate his choice of foods to get him to eat more at meal times instead of snacking...
Deancey- Lian sounds like a gem...
Abb- YAY on the sleeping... I wish.. Were stil on 1 x 1/2 jar in the morning and a ful jar at night (well i'm mashing up my own stuff at night most times now) Oh i did buy some of the Rafferty's garden sachets today... something different... I think i got tuna and veges or something... DD is really into different tastes now... she loves helping herself... i tried her on some sticks/wedges of veges the other night... carrots, sweet potatoe, zucchine, i also gave her some cucumber, avoccado, apple (slighty cooked) for lunch today... she loves being able to hold stuff and feed herself. Also on the crawling... not sure if DD will be before chrissy but it wont be long... its so amazing to watch as DS never crawled... He sat very quickly i think it was 6 months and was standing at 7 1/2 months and walking round furniture by 8 1/2months and taking steps unassisted (walking) by 10 months.
Sass- I'm not allowed to call it a chewy sack anymore... LOL DP has a dirty mind... didnt want his princess chewing/eating on asack.... now i call it her chewy net... lol.... i'm buying a sassy brand one next you can buy new nets for them and they have a lid... i have the Tommy tippee one...
Mis- i do the same with pureed peard and apple... put them with the farex or the baby custard powder.
Bec- Good luck with the doc... DD is doing this cough thing but apparently its a milestone also... apparently babies of 6 months start to do a cough to get attention... i never knew that... I have some brauers cough mix i used when DD was few weeks old it worked great...
Nikki- YAY on the chrisco.. Its awesome... We all love it... unpacking everything... Cant wait for mine... its like an early christmas...
BTW~ any one wanting to do chrisco... let me know i'm an agent... i have tonnes off books or i can get one shipped out to you..,. Highly recommend it...
Well best be off... Need to keep the kids amused while DP sleeps...
those that rnt giving pureed food do u get scared they will choke. i want to give jayda stuff but i am too freaked out. i guess they haev to learn some time how to eat things.
Sass - they need to learn the reflex of swallowing and choking, and after what happen with hamish a month or so ago i am sh!# scared of him choking. I dont puree but most of the time i just mash lightly, i give him sticks of cooked veg and fruit also but i watch him closely and are ready to get out any large chunks if he is struggling to chew etc. My mum gave him an arrowroot biscuit today and i to be honest i wasnt very happy but he ate it really well (just didnt want him to have anything sweet yet). As long as you are watching them carefully she should be ok.
I was worried But NaNa made me feel confident... Thanks.... I watch her carefully and i dont strap her down incase we have an incident and i need to tip her upside down quickly. but she usually spits out the big chunks anyway... she loves chewing on cold cucumber slices... She pokes her fingers inside the centre and hold it like a ring... lol
Well i finally got little miss to sleep... after 20 mins of screaming... I'm off to bed...
i think i might try her over the weekend with some finger food.
other food i give her if it isnt competly sloppy she gags on it but i guess she will have to learn.
OMG we had the biggest spew last night. she done like 3 power spews within about 5 to 10 sec of each other. she had about 220mls and 2.5hrs b4 that a whole jar of food (is normal) she feel asleep then woke up and the bottle in her mouth must of scared ehr or somethign she jumped and the teat hit too far back on her tongue. it was one of those things were u dont kwno wat to clean first. i was completly covers from my neck down, the lounge was covers the floor and jayda.
DH is so annoyign i could see it was abotu to happen cause she was stickin her tounge out funny i was liek get me a cloth so he was slow as anythign then bam it went everywhere. he has no sense of ergency.
i feel like crap this morning. we went to be at 930 and i couldnt get to sleep all ngiht i had this weird feelign liek jayda had the blanket over her head or she was too hot or something so i was up checkign on her like 100000 times.
i have the office coming today for a visit. DH has been a bloody lazy ass latly and hasnt mowed it looks horrible.
so proud of myself... didnt think i'd reach the goal... i have had formula sachets on hand for fdew weeks now but thankfully havent had to use them .... heres hoping i can do another 3 months at least... 
have to take DD with us... hope they all dont mind
issues with Bubs - Mis, NaNa and Jess - I hope it's not for too much longer for you all. Maybe (if you don't already) give them a bath and a rub down before that big sleep. I quite often do this and it usually helps, especially if they are overtired.
being annoyed that Cam woke at 6am this morning, but I know I have nothing to be complaining about. It's just that I'm having trouble sleeping myself, I'll usually toss and turn til about 11.30 - 12ish, then waking up again about 2hrs later, then take another 30mins or so to get back to sleep, ahhh. Hopefully I can snap myself out of this bad habit soon.
- naughty mummy (but you get me giggling each time - so I must be a naughty mummy too)
. We then went into a toy shop and Cameron woke (must've known where we were). Worked out well though as we found a little steering wheel thing (designed for 6+), the wheel turns, the horn beeps (well barks really) andit sings the alphabet song. I let Cameron play with it - he loved it. Chucked a little wobbly when we had to give it to the checkout girl to pay for it. But it's put away now.
but lachlan has been really good with it so far not playing with it at all!!!
bumping into almost everything, thankfully he didn't wake. I'm taking him to dr's this arvo, I'm sure it will be fine, but just want to see if there is any thing I can do to settle the cough (kind of a dry cough).
I watch her carefully and i dont strap her down incase we have an incident and i need to tip her upside down quickly. but she usually spits out the big chunks anyway... she loves chewing on cold cucumber slices... She pokes her fingers inside the centre and hold it like a ring... lol
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