Babies Born May 2007 #8

[aniejade]

Happy 6-months Blakey! Holy wow, bet thats caught up on you! Khai is 5months today So Blake's exactly a month older

Everyone needs to stop posting so quickly! I can't believe i've missed the new thread AGAIN! Lol, i just read all the posts since my last one, got to the last page and it said 'closed'.

Khai still has all the signs of teething...but not teeth I can't see any coming through. So hmmm. Hopefully the poor bubba has one soon.

I was wrapping chrissy pressies yesterday and Khai kept scrunching up all the paper! lol. So i moved him away (on the floor), but somehow he dragged himself back over. He's not crawling yet, not really anything close to it...just kind of wriggles around until he moves a little bit.

Is anyones bubs still not sleeping through?? Khai did for 3 nights in a row the other week...but now he's back to waking twice a night Sigh. I thought he should be sleeping through by now.

Oh, another q, how much formula (for those formula feeding mums) does your bub have at a time? Khai is still only on 150mls every 4hours...but i think i should raise it...don't know.

Oh, a massive thanks to those who voted for Khai Hes made finals. Lol, his 'popped' pic looks a little funny...but still cute

Hope to chat to you all soon.

P.S - Anyone from QLD?? If so...where abouts? I'm in Rockhampton...

[Liviam]

Rightio, Olivia is asleep (who knows for how long ) so I thought I would take advantage and finally catch up with everyone (this post turned out huge so I’ll split it up).

Danni – I really really hope that you are able to get into sleep school because it really sound like you guys need it. I have the most awful mental picture of having to have a bath at that time. The last bloody thing you’d want to be doing, poor bugger. Did you end up speaking to someone else about meds to help you through this rough time?

Tan – So you and Al not talking either, hey? Need to vent? Thanks for your offer of a stick. It put a smile on my face and gave me a giggle. I can’t remember where or when you asked about rudie time but at spotlight they have some material that is waterproof and padded so you could buy a little bit of that and just wipe down any accidents. YAY on Izzy for giving you some much needed sleep. You always feel better after some sleep. Any progress on getting into sleep school or having the lady come to you?

Kelly – Go Luke, you good little man. So glad that your night out was such a success and topped off with a good night sleep. Don’t worry about calling to check on luke. I always do because I find I can relax if I know she is ok. If you hadn’t you probably wouldn’t have been able to enjoy the concert like you did. You are a much better woman than me. I don’t think I could have gone a year without a bath and Luke isn’t going to know himself when he gets in a big bath. He’s going to go crazy splashing around. How long til your bathroom will be finished?

Lulu – Go Izzy on her first toofy peg but sorry that her reflux has flared again. Hopefuly you can get it sorted out. Fantastic news that Ned was bouncing around with a good heartbeat. Your m/s settling down?

Ash – Happy 6 months Blake and congratulations on your first toofy peg. I cant believe he sat up unsupported and is getting all the floor. Livvy sits but needs to be touching some part of me for balance. He is progressing so quickly, amazing isn’t it. You are going to have a mobile little man before you know it. His photos are just gorgeous.

Anie – Congratulations on Khai making the finals. I’ll make sure I vote for him after I’m finished this marathon post.

Sarah – So sorry to hear that you are going through a rough patch at the moment. Please don’t forget that we are here for you if you need us and fingers crossed things will start to look up for you all soon. Sending you heaps of hugs.

Kirsten – I love the name you are thinking for your photography business. It’s gorgeous. How’s that girl of yours?

First bub – Welcome to our little group and looking forward to getting to know you. Hope Ella is feeling better and you are getting some sleep.

Lee – Welcome to our little group too. Isn’t it so cute how they are moving around their cots. Overnight Livvy doesn’t move but during the day it’s always a surprise how she will be laying when I go in there. She isn’t sitting alone or commando crawling. She wiggles around the floor a lot but that’s it. She is starting to get frustrated so I think she will start soon.

Hayley – I take my hat off to you raising your son by yourself. It’s so hard doing it with a partner let alone just you. Is your family close by to help you out?

I think that’s it but a huge hi to anyone I may have missed and that’s the end of part 1. LOL!!!

[Liviam]

Okay part 2 (the selfish post LOL)

It is stinking hot here and not even cooling down overnight and poor Livvy is really struggling. She is stripped down to her singlet and a nappy and I have the a/c burling to try and help keep her cool while she adjusts. She is feeding every 2 1/2 - 3 hours during the day and I bought her her first tumbler which I fill with water for her to play with and drink out of in between feeds. She has gotten the hang of the sipper really quickly but it is taking alot longer for her to get used to water but she'll get there. She is eating food twice a day and her poos are so gross and smelly now. It is a classic watching Dave change them. LOL!! I just can’t believe how quickly my little girl is growing up. She is into absolutely everything she can get her hands on, squealing, giggling and chatting away her days. I absolutely love the sounds of our home, nothing beats it. Her teeth are giving her a lot of trouble like all our bubba’s at the moment so I’m just hanging in there and waiting for them to pop through.

I didn't end up throttling DH last night must admit I came pretty close to asking you for that stick Tan. LOL!! But huge huge vent time, feel free to skip over it .
After I lost my cool a few weeks ago we set out a time table where I can get some me time so Sunday afternoon is supposed to this time where I can do anything I like until tea time. Well for the last three weeks I haven’t had it so I put my foot down and said I’m taking it today, “No probs sweetpea”. So I went and had a lay down (4.30am start on Sunday) so he had the TV and Xbox blaring so I couldn’t sleep and he couldn’t hear Olivia and of course he didn’t have her monitor either. She was crying in her bed and I yelled out to him that she was awake and crying. 5 minutes later I got up and got my hysterical little girl out of bed. He couldn’t because he was in the middle of a joint game of Xbox with friends on line (each game goes for about 30mins) with his earphone on talking to his online mates and he couldn’t hear how upset she was. Well maybe if he turned down the TV and took off his headset he could!!! I asked him after he finished the game please don’t start another one because after her feed he was hers. Well he started another game and told me to put her on the floor for a minute. Fine, 15 minutes later she was screaming and wanting to be entertained so what did he do but her on his lap and kept playing. I played with her then she went down for a sleep and I finally got 45mins of my time. Same thing happened when she woke up again!! So I got her up fed her, changed her where she managed to poo all over her, me and her change table so I ask DH to get me some clothes as I was COVERED in poo so what did he do, that’s right told me to hang on a minute because he couldn’t stop playing and let down his team. OH MY GOD!!! After I sorted everything out Olivia and I went out visiting so I could cool down. When I got home he was still playing so I gave Olivia her vegies, bath and cooked our dinner while he played. By his time I lost it and told him to get the f**k off the Xbox and f**king help me (all of his mates heard). He then progressed to yell at me for being so rude and selfish because all he wanted was a little time off to play Xbox and I really did need to let him because he really needs it. Yes he works all day but so do I and we both are busy of an evening feeding us and sorting out Livvy but he has cricket training Tuesday and Thursday night and then plays all day into the evening on Saturday and has a sleep in Sunday morning because he’s so tired from his week. WTF!!!!!! So when the f**k is my time off???? Apparently, my hour laying on the bed was my time according to him. GGGGRRRRR!!!!! So we went to bed not talking but he acted like nothing happened this morning. I honestly thought I was going to kill him!!
Sorry guys that was so long but I needed to get it off my chest because I’m still so mad and am feeling like, I don’t even know . I only want 4 hours a week to myself, that is all.
Anyway on a good note I’ve started making Olivia a play mat and am actually enjoying having something to do during the day. Hopefully I won’t be too dodgy as I haven’t sown anything since Year 7 so I could be very interesting.

Well I had better go and do some housework because the housework fairies seem to have lost my address.

Hope everyone had a better weekend and are having a much better day than me,

Luv Dan & Livvy.

[Kristen]

Danni – You poor thing in the bath that early... how did you go with the phone call to the sleep school?

Tan – Yay on the great night sleep!!! Are you still going to call the sleep woman?

Kelly – Wow, you had a great night out!! Congratulations!! I'm still yet to brave it!! How are the renos going?

Lulu – Wow on her first tooth!! That is so exciting!!!

Ash – Far out he's a little clever one isn't he??! First tooth, sitting unaided for 10 MINUTES!! Amazing!! And looks like he's not far off crawling either!! Clever!

Anie – Yay on making the finals, I hope you win the artwork!!

Sarah – Big hugs sweetie, come back and play soon!

Hello to everyone else I may have missed!! I'm so bad with personals these days! Naughty me!

Well, we have our first word - DADA! (what else?!) She started saying it a couple of days ago, but she's always been very vocal when she wants to be so I didn't really think much of it. But for the last few days she's been saying it to get our attention (not that she has any idea what it means of course) and she will say it back to us when we say it to her... so CUTE! I have a video of it here - YouTube - Mia trying to talk (not the best example as she was distracted by the television in the background!) where she's doing it a bit - she makes me laugh so much!!

She's also started to sit unaided for up to 30 seconds at a time (not nearly as long as Ash's 10 minute wonder!) but she's getting there. Video is here - YouTube - Mia sitting unaided from last week when she started doing it. It's funny - she has no desire to roll or anywhere close to rolling, but she loves when I sit her up! Strange chicken!!

Hope everyone is well!!

xx