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Awwww, nickle, that's beautiful! Nellbell is a bit velcro as well. She possesses the ability to sit for ages, she just doesn't want to. Would rather be perched upon mummy's back, hip or chest, thanks! I cart her around the house, and find having her on my back the best for doing housework, but she's very interested in "things" and I'll often discover a sneaky hand undoing curtain ties or ripping all the magnets off the fridge. Ca't help but laugh at that. Showers are really hard at the moment - I don't trust her to sit on the floor on the tiles, but she won't sit in the pram and watch me anymore. I'd take her in, but she hates getting dressed so much, it wouldn't be worth it!
We're going great guns on t he solids here. Big fan of curry and chilli! We had chilli pasta the other night, gave her some plain pasta and that got chucked ont he floor, but gave her a mushroom in the chilli tomato sauce and she inhaled it! Also, plain broccoli is boring, but broccoli dipped in curry sauce is a winner. And lentils are a great love. She chews incredibly well for someone with no teeth!
We had a bit of a scare today - I got Nell up from her sleep only to find her ear FULL of blood. I flipped out, DH rang (returning my call about an offer on a house) and I was all panicked, so I just grabbed my purse and keys and popped her in the Ergo to go down to the medical centre. Turned out it was just a scratch that bled and bled, but I'd gone down there with no clean nappies, no food. Thank heavens for the boob! The nappy just about fell off by the time we got home.
We've been getting a few sleep throughs here and there, but it seems that 7pm-2am then 2-6 then on the boob and snoozing til 7 is how it goes. I'm pretty happy with that set-up, I have to say! When she's not night feeding, she seems to stop gaining weight, so I'm happy to keep it going. We have our 6 month check tomorrow, so will have to let you all know how that goes!
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Audax - so funny (but than not funny) that you should mention the ear and blood! we had the EXACT same thing yesterday happen to Miss Emily! she woke up and all i saw was blood on her cot sheets everywhere and in her ear and down side of her face! i of course freaked out BIG time, but rational DH said lets clean her face and ear up and have a look, she might of just scratched it and yes that is what it was! tell tale signs on her fingers also! Phew!!!!!!!!!!!! very very scary though!
Wow Nell and curry and chilli hey! thats awesome! and what taste she has hahahaha i should try Miss Em on something like that!
Nickle - i so so remember those days with DD1 not being able to leave her side for a second! they were long exhausting days, but when you look back at it it makes me feel loved because she only ever did it with me and not DH! :)
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We're the same here Nickle. Kaden has been saying mumumum and dadadad but I don't think he associates it with us, even tho we praise his achievement. It's all fun and noises to him.
He will also sit unaided for ages. Soooo close to the crawling stage. Up on all fours and rocks. Scooches forward to get to things (commando).
Still having a few issues with BF. Will only take bottle during the day at home. Haven't been able to get out to get him a sippycup. He is fine at night and if we are out somewhere, will take boob no worries. Was thinking it's a distraction thing but he won't even try at home. And won't sit still enough to cup feed and it ends up all over him.
We are half BLS. Loves toast and fruit and veges. But also loves his cereal and puree's.
No teeth here either, loads of drool and chomping so maybe not far off. Although I was saying that a while ago too.. lol
Well it's a beautiful day outside so I'm gonna take bub's for a walk :)
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Hey guys, how are we all???
Things are great here, am loving how interactive DS has been lately!! He says mum and it's not just sound!! :dance:
Also tries to clap but doesn't open his hands so he hits his fists together, and when he waves bye, both arms go flapping. He has learnt so much in the past week or two it's amazing!! I love it!! Still just rocking on all fours, although he moves backwards (mooncrawling :lol:), it's so cute, he stares at his knees when he does it..
oooo and there is a noticeable bump on his bottom right gum!! Not getting my hopes up tho, it will then likely go down again :rolleyes:
Work is going so well.. has been great to catch up with everyone and also have that break. 3 days is definitely enough tho.
well off to bed, keen to hear from everyone else!!
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Hey ladies,
Tried typing a post the other day and lost it all, so got frustrated and logged off!!
In short!
We certainly had a wonder week the other week. One Friday I was saying how much I think DS just likes being a baby and wouldn't eat or roll or do much but lie on his back! The next Friday I feel like he's into everything. Rolling to get places like a champ, sitting up all of a sudden, lots of gabbling away, three teeth and eating solids - wow!
The solids thing came about due to trying BLS - I'm heading over to that section soon, Audax - so hope to get some advice from you there. DS was fending off spoon food as though he was the karate kid and choking it down as though it were the spiciest indian curry (yeah, right - just rice cereal or pureed apples!). Handed him a stick of avocado in frustration and he ate it!! He still refuses anything by spoon and wants to be independent and eat himself. I was concerned that he's not really getting any of it, but have been reading that this is all ok! And besides, his horrible nappies are proving me wrong. Only thing is that I'm worried we're doing lots of starchy bread and biscuit things, but fruit and veggies are hard, they just seem too soft and he mushes them everywhere. Look forward to reading some advice on this today.
eza - lovely that you're getting mum sounds - how cute! And backwards crawling too - that's great. Hope work is going well for you. My boss called the other day, so it was hard to get back into that head space! Don't go back until end Oct though!
Audax - how did your six month check go? We have one at 8 months instead. They have sent out a questionnaire with questions about whether baby can do this or that. Must admit I haven't even tried for him to do some of the things on there. Guess that's why they post it out early. Didn't have anything like this at all with DD, so will be interesting to see how it goes. Mind you, hopefully I have the nice nurse, last time I went I couldn't see the point when I got lectured (it did just go in one ear and out the other!!).
OK - off to look more at BLS!
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yay we have our first tooth!!! and I'm pretty sure that there is another closely following...
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yay for 1st toothy peg :)
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and now we're crawling!!! lol
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yay for crawling!!!!
we have no toothy pegs here but have just had to lower Miss Em's cot as she now is standing up!
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Wow. No teeth, no movement here!
We were both really sick last week, got hit by a shocking cold. Little girl is still all blocked up in her nose, but I'm OK now. Luckily my mum managed to come up and stay, so I could get some rest. Eleanor is such a shocking day sleeper that I really wasn't getting the chance to catch up.
Not much other news really. A bit of constipation, which surprises me, as her favourite food is anything to do with lentils, and her favourite activity is sucking water through a face washer. You'd think that would all work together to keep her going, but it doesn't seem to. Poor little pet works really hard to get them out.
We went to visit my sister on Sunday, two hour drive each way, she had some good sleeps in the car, and in between just sat up on the table at the cafe, smiling at everyone and throwing her toys on the floor, laughing as her auntie and grandmother picked them up.
star - We steam vegies so they are just firm, and serve them along with whatever we're having. She loves vegies dipped in soup or pasta sauce. The other night we gave her a big long sliver of lasagne and she just slurped away at it. Was good fun :D
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Gee i am really bad at posting in here lol
i cant believe how fast all our little bubbas are growing
Xavier is awesome he has 2 little teeth and hedoes his own weird little crawl, very hard to explain but very similar to the conventional crawl so i assume it wont be long now! He can get from laying down on his tummy to sitting up and he can sit for hours! He is such a happy bub... while mumm is around! the minute i am out of site he tends to start whinging. He is still loving his booby and is right into eating anything... as long as it is not on a spoon, so no baby puree's for him lol
He wont sleep in his own bed to be honest i dont think he has slept in his own bed all night.. ever! He does however sleep great snuggled up next to his booby!
Oh he is startign to talk too.. says dadadada and nananana and he has said mummmmmm a couple of times but he has no idea what he is saying lol
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No teeth here but DD1 didn't get her first tooth until 14 months so I'm not expecting an early teether!
Miss P can get herself into crawling position and rock back and forth and she drags herself around on her tummy a bit, but she would much rather someone carried her around, thanks very much!
She's loving her food and will eat just about anything. Doesn't like tomato, loves toast! I gave her a tiny taste of my ice cream the other day and she looked like she had just discovered the eighth wonder of the world! She was trying with all her might to get some more so maybe I shouldn't have let her taste it in the first place...
We have all had colds and Miss P is still pretty snotty and stuffed up. I got her some of the Brauer's runny nose mix today so maybe that'll work and we'll get some sleep tonight! Still happily co-sleeping, Miss P has spent a total of maybe 10 minutes in the shiny, expensive new cot I bought for her!
BF is going well, Miss P loves the boobie and dislikes the bottle so lots of BF, some solids and a couple of FF top-ups each day.
I'm going back to work in four weeks. I'm not a fan of child care (we used it for DD1) so i have decided to work weekends instead. Means I can do the school run all week and the kids will have daddy on the weekend while I'm at work. Also means we don't have to worry about care for the big ones during school holidays. Not ideal as it cuts into family time, but I'm much more comfortable knowing that the kids will always have either DH or I. We'll see how it goes and I can always change my shifts if it doesn't work.
Hope you are all enjoying your gorgeous bubs!
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Kaden has already started to pull himself up on things now. Loves to do it in the bath, had a slip and now has a bruise on his head :(
Have started to move everything within reach upwards! what a mission, there is always something he can get into lol. At the moment he is obsessed with the vacuum cleaner, follows it around and climbs up on it. Quite annoying when I'm trying to clean. Also he tipped the mop bucket over the other day, went all over the carpet and himself!! So he is not the only one learning around here :lol:
Does anyone else have issues with there little ones scratching and pinching your face whilst feeding? Kaden has started to do it and not sure how to go about stopping it. He just laughs at my hurt reaction. I keep pulling him arm away but that makes him want to do it even more...
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Wow eza! Getting right into the baby proofing! Still nowhere near crawling here, just sits for hours, or if she's fussy I pop her up on my back in the carrier and she loves it. Nellbell is a bitof a pincher too, I can usually distract her out of it with something or other. She fell asleep on the boob the other day clutching a tube of nappy cream. So she took it to bed with her :lol:
Still no teeth. I keep dreaming that she gets them, but then check in the morning, and there's nothing. Last night she was pinching the boob a lot to redirect it into her mouth, and I think that fuelled my dreams!
Little bit constipated too, but we're working on that :D
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Hey~!
Xave is a bit of a scratcher while feeding too but i do the same as Audax and just distract him with something else!
We are now crawling here and he is pulling himself up, he has had a few falls already...Once in the cot, once on the side of the lounge and once on the hospital bed when he was sick...c ame home looking worse than he did when we went lol
Xave is a little constipated too, i have started giving hima cup of water to drink ( read:play with :)) every time i give him food!
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Hey~!
Xave is a bit of a scratcher while feeding too but i do the same as Audax and just distract him with something else!
We are now crawling here and he is pulling himself up, he has had a few falls already...Once in the cot, once on the side of the lounge and once on the hospital bed when he was sick...c ame home looking worse than he did when we went lol
Xave is a little constipated too, i have started giving hima cup of water to drink ( read:play with :)) every time i give him food!
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Hi! For some reason I had missed the whole last page of posts!
We have five, yes, count them, five teeth here!!! Compared DS with DD (yes, I know, again!) - at this age she had two! Mind you she was crawling and pulling herself up - none of that action with DS, thank you very much. He's such a chilled baby! DD was and still is in a hurry to grow up! She just turned 4 and now wants to know how many sleeps till her 5th birthday and is planning it! DS is just enjoying being himself. Doing well with the BLS - he can now open his fist a little more to get stuff into his mouth, makes eating a little easier! Sleeping like a champion, just one feed every night and I'm happy with that. Lots of dad dad dads and he laughs when I try to get him to say mum - then repeats dad dad dad! Tiger.
eza - sounds like you have a full on little monkey there!
MB - ooh - accidents, not fun. I'm wondering if having a boy means he'll be more prone to these. DD was relatively steady....
Audax - you made me laugh about the teeth dream! I like the gummy look anyway - teeth are overrated!
nickle - good luck with the work arrangements. It's tough, hey!
Time to move my butt and try to salvage what is looking like a very ordinary slow cooked stew for tonight's tea. The recipe asked for fennel, but man, it is full of fennel. DH won't be a fan, I can tell already!
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will be back soon with more so just a quick one....... We have a toothy peg :)
