Babies Born May 2006 #31

Shazz yeah I find also Lachlan will try things if I am eating it, but then if he doesn't like it will wait for you to finish before he comes near you again. I think anything corn with kids is a winner generally, that is from my experiences with Lachlan. Yoghurt is what sent his feeding (drinking) really bad at 5 mths, that was the turning point for us, he had a reaction to it and would only drink 10-20ml max with a fight. But the funny thing is he loved it back then like he does now, so I was scared, but all is good so far! I have tried him with other dairy ie: cheese, custard (nope hates them)

Kim - I am confused, why are you paranoid, are you paranoid cause you think she will turn out big?

uh huh. My PIL have no idea about food, my MIL would be close to 200kg. My SIL is 150kg (at only 25). My DH had no idea about nutrition until he lived with me, and only now that he's been on a strict diet for 8 weeks does he understand portion size. It's like they were all born with an eat as much as you can gene. You should see them at a smorgasboard - embarrassing.

Wow Kim what a big family. But for now just be thankful she eats, that is a bonus trust me. She has a good mother to teach her later on.

shereejoy - thats great that you found another food he loves, Archie has always loved it too, its pcked with good stuff which is a bonus. thanks for wishing me luck, i'll prob need it!

shazz - sounds like Ryan loves his dummy just as much as Archie.

kim - lol about the smorgasboard, made me think of the Klumps from Nutty Professor 2. hope you don't take that the wrong way, i can totally relate to being worried about Darcy's eating habits DH has a problem with portion sizes, he is the same with a smorgasboard, its shocking, though he has gotten a little bit better since we've beeen together. i used to eat like a sparrow before we got together, now i eat too much at most meals. i'm sure ur influence will help Darcy with her eating habits. My mum said exactly the same thing about dummies, she got rid of my sisters dummy when she was 4 without my sisters consent and she reckons my sister has had constant 'issues' ever since that day. She tells everyone to just let them have the dummy til they decided to ditch it, so i'd say thats what we'll do, just restrict it to bed times.

Archie had a major head bang tonight, he wee'd on the dining room floor then slipped in it (after he got down and tasted it!) and fell over and bashed his head on the skirting board, he has a dent in his forehead, nothing a piece of chocolate couldn't fix though.

Oh Archie you poor love (after I finished laughing)!!! That is something Darcy would do.

Do you ever feel mean for laughing at them while they have mishaps discovering things? I feel like I'm laughing all the tiem....

Poor Archie :(

I agree with you Vic, it doesn't look right to me to see a 2 year old with a dummy in his/her mouth, but like you said that is just me! Each to their own I guess.

And Vic, sucking on the bottle (with the water in it, as he is not drinking much) is the same as sucking on a dummy in my eyes, but you are right sucking on a bottle with milk in it, is apparently not good for their teeth. I have run this by my paed and she doesn't approve of me putting him to bed with a milk bottle, but when I told her what I do then she agreed it is ok. My reasoning is, I would normally cradle him, give him his bottle and put him down. We go in after 10mins and he is sound asleep when he feeds himself. She is ok with that, but apparently if they were not drinking the milk that fast then the milk can stay sitting in the mouth cavities hence not good for teeth. Apparently anyway, that is what I have been told, but for the simple fact I go in and get the bottle within a short amount of time, she is happy that we continue to do this. If you have any other information, please share. We have always just struggled to get him to sleep and as he gets older it is getting even harder again. So this way we don't hear a peep and he is asleep within 10mins.

Hey girls!

Still alive here. Not feeling to crash hot today!

Brent and I dtd lastnight (sorry if TMI) and i have had a downward spiral since. I felt sick straight after and could'nt sleep. My belly was really sore aswell. So i am still feeling sick today and i am having period like pains. I hope we did'nt trigger anything! Brent told me lastnight the reason he has'nt been trying to dtd is cause i am getting to close!! Maybe i should have followed his advice!

Briley is good. Really starting to sleep through the nights now. Or maybe i don't notice cause Brent gets up to her!!!

We went to the hospital for another check-up on Briley's eye yesterday. Because i think it is still blocked she has to go for an operation on it now. The operation itself only takes 5 minutes but she still has to be put to sleep. I am scared big time and want to cry everytime i think about it. One of us has to go in with her while they put her to sleep and i want too but i think it will be too traumatising for me. I know i will be a mess if i go in or not.

Sorry for the lack of personals. I have been so lazy with them lately. I am getting really tired.

Hope you are all well.

Hugs and Kisses!

Oh Sara, you poor thing, must be hard on you atm. I don't envy you at all.

When Lachlan went in for his enodoscopy, he was too young and they wouldn't allow the mother or father to be in there, but had he been a month or two older they would have, cause there were other mothers that were going in. If I was allowed I would have wanted to be there. Their reason was that it is too traumatic for the mother especially more so the age he was apparently. Don't know what the difference is personally. I still would have wanted to be there if I was allowed I hated not being their and not knowing if he was ok or not! GL with your decision.

Hope this is all over for you soon.

kim - yep, we re always laughing too, my sister is a shocker she laughs way too much when he hurts himself, the big meanie.

vic - i would love for him not to have a dummy. I have been only letting him have it at bed times for a couple of days, and today we were at the chiro and he was overdue for a sleep so i shoved the dummy in his mouth JIC (shocking I know!) he spat it out and refused to suck on it. Still wanted his 2 dummies at bed time though. Have any of your kids been super attached to their dummies? When you first take it away how long did they scream before they fell asleep?

sara - sorry to hear that Briley need the op, it is really stressful when they go through something like that, i am usually a huge sook but when Arch had his op i was the strong one and DH was a mess! GL you are a mum and nobody is stronger than a mum, YOu will both be fine, big hugs.

Archie has been in the best mood ever today!! Don't have a clue why, but its bloody great! I got a bit emotional last night, DH went to record Archie playing and the camera wouldn't let him record so he took the tape out and the damn camera had chewed the tape! So no more first Easter, first steps and goodness knows what else was on the tape, i am trying not to remember what else there was its too sad. Nothing we can do about it now though. Went to the sexy chiro today, mmm mmm....

Oh nooo Elissa I am so sorry to hear that you lost all your memories! I won't say anymore, cause like you said easier not to think about it. :hug:

Ha been there Elissa. DH had footage of me the day before I went into labour on his phone showing my belly and then of the babies heartbeat and a contraction during labour - when the baby was abotu 6 weeks old I washed his phone....I still get upset.

Oh I hope that baby doesn't pick now to come out. There still some cooking time left. Sara, Briley will be fine. In a past life I was a paediatric theatre nurse. They'll take you into the anaesthetic bay and chat to her. Then they'll get her to help them 'blow up a balloon'. It's the anaesthetic mask. She'll be asleep before you can count to 10. Then in that same bay they'll insert a tiny little probe into the passageway that leads from your eye to your nose and push the gunk out - voila she'll be able to cry!

Had to get up at some awful hour this morning to go to work - I remember why I work night shift now. I'd rather be up all night than get up in the dark. Got 2 more earlly shifts this week - woohoo not!! I have my shoot tomorrow.....

kim - it is horrible to think of those priceless memories gone, but they are always in our hearts.

vic - i agree i have limited Archie's to bed time only as he doesn't talk during the day with his dummy he just grunts, it took a few days of sooking but now he doesn't have an issue with not having it during the day. When Archie puts the dummy in his mouth and starts sucking his whole face changes to this hypnotic gaze, that is what i find makes me feel too guilty to think about taking it away at night time, plus i think what if he hysterically screams for three nights straight, i can't just give it back or he'll just be confused. i think i think too much, life would be much more straight forward if i didn't spend so much time thinking.....

Archie was an absolute angel today, not a single whinge or tanty!!!!!!! And no dummy, hey maybe thats why he wasn't as whingy, interesting....Archie is very close to saying 'love you' he tries to copy but doesn't say the proper words yet, can't wait til he says that i have been hanging out to hear that since i was pg.

sara - hope things are going okay tonight, no more DTD!

How cute of archie. Gosh my child doesn't say much at all, although there are certain things I think he is kinda saying but says it with a b or d pronounciation. I guess as long as I know what he is saying.

Must have been the day for good children. Lachlan is driving me nuts with his wrenching ergghhhhh all the god dam time. He was a bit like that this morning as usual but his afternoon, he played and amused himself for a change it was nice, I was so proud of him.


My bladder infection has eased. It was really intense yesterday morning. It still hurts but no way near as bad. I am hoping it just clears up by itself and I don't have to go and get antibiotics. I use to get really bad ones and haven't had one for ages. I use to have blood in my urine and everything and got hot and cold shakes from them and my kidney would just ache. I was kinda panicking yesterday morning cause I would hate to be that sick again and have to look after Lachlan, but all is good now, I get that urge to go to the loo more often but it is not disturbing me too badly YAY!

sheree - great to hear that you are feeling better, wouldn't be nice to be sick and have lachlan to look after.

oooo i am very excited, halfwaythrough this post a friend form Adelaide rocked up, he and his wife and bub are down here for the week, i haven't seen their bub since he was 3 weeks old he is now 8 months! We were close friends when we lived in Adelaide but hardly get to see each other now as its a 5 hour drive (much longer with babies in the car!), we are meeting up with them for lunch tomorrow, woohooo.

Went out and bought Archie a couple more jumpers, i seem to be constantly needing more and more jumpers for him, he goes through heaps each day casue of reflux and he is a shocking dribbler.

Its nice when people rock up hey Elissa, makes you feel special!

I just got a parcel in the mail. I had my eyes tested in Mackay (well overdue) and my script has changed somewhat so I got some new glasses cause the ones I had, I have had for atleast 3 years now or longer. So I got three sets of glasses in the mail today. A pair of Rayban & Versus glasses and a pair of Versace Sunglasses. Cost me $800 and that was with 50% discount and one pair and then 30% on other 2 glasses and lenses, plus $180 back from MBF. Expensive hey, but hopefully they will last me a while. Wade flipped when I told him the cost! Men don't understand.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but Lachlan was an absolute dream child amusing himself and not whinging yesterday, he has continued that way this morning too. I am so proud of him, maybe he is finally realising that he can amuse himself and doesn't need me all the time. Its a nice change from the constant whinging, it was driving me NUTS!

Its funny cause with my new glasses on, he keeps looking at me strangely and keeps coming up and giving me these big mumma bear cuddles. So cute!

Oh Elissa, is archie still vomitting alot? If so do you see a paed? Cause there is this medication that Lachlan takes that generally stops him from reluxing. It is called Domerperidone (Motillium). Wonder if that would help him? You need a script though. Worth asking, cause for once in Lachlans life I am not going through huge amounts of clothes due to constant possits. Do you think Solids have helped settle down his vomits? All these questions lol!

sheree - woo hoo on the new glasses, so cute that lachlan is giving you big hugs, just making sure it stillyou huh?! Archie doesn't see a pead but he has been on Losec since 4 months old which has helped immensly. He rarely possets anymore, only if he eats something that agrivates reflux (not too many things do thankfully), it is mainly silent reflux now and he very rarely gets upset from it anymore, he is a shocking dribbler though, they say some babies are just big dribblers and some don't dribble at all, i was lucky and got a dribbler. i hadn't heard of that medication before thanks for the suggestion, i think we are okay on the Losec though, just hoping he eventually grows out of it....I think solids did help, but what helped most was sitting up and walking, if he drinks straight cows milk warm/cold he does posset but its not a milk allergy casue he can eat yoghurt and cheese and he had heaps of milk on is weetbix no worries. Reflux sucks big time, hope i don't get another baby with it.
its great that lachlan is being a dreamchild again today, Archies dreamyness only lasted one day unfortunately....he does have a tooth just breaking through the gum today im sure that doesn't help

Yeah Lachlan is on Losec too, has been since he was 3 weeks old. Great drug that is, although it didn't work for a while for us. Archie probably drools alot because of teeth, Lachlan use to be like that, but all of a sudden stopped. He use to have so many sores under his mouth. But maybe not drooling because he hasn't had a new tooth come through in a while now, ohhh I don't know cause I can't remember now when the last one come through and if his drooling was bad then or not??? I have heard that re: cows milk as apposed to any other dairy, can't remember what the explanation was now. Looks like we are on Losec and Domperiodone for atleast another year, our paed doesn't want to play with it, particularly since he is a fussy eater too!

Lachlan just woke up crying from his sleep, not sure if he did sleep, his bottle was out of his portacot, the teat inside the bottle, water everywhere and the bit that you thread to the bottle to hold the teat, seperate also. It was funny I picked him up and he looked and he looked again just to make sure it was me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!