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Gees I missed your post Ssmiles..sorry about that!! Sounds as though Kaitlyn is doing well. Good luck with your appointment too. I will probably try a bit of rice cereal over the weekend and see how things go.
Just thought I would fill you in that Rebecca has been given the all clear for her hips and will no longer need any follow up. Think I will have a celebratory drink tonight! Got to wake up my big girl otherwise she aint gonna sleep tonight!
Take care all
Melissa
bump..... we are all good. Rebeccas blowing rasberries as we speak. Her sleep is crud so I statred her on solids a few days ago. Shes still waking up 2 times a night:( Shes chowing down on breakky but not too keen on dinner. I should have done it the other way!!!!
My dd1 (Olivia) hit her head the other day and has a huge egg on it and this morning she fell off the couch. Shes in the wars!!!
we are off to a play centre for mothers group today....our weekly catch up that now lasts hours and hours! I have so much washing to do and cant be bothered....not to say the weather is helping!!!
Would love to hear from some of you.
Hi Girls,
Melissa - That is great news about Rebecca's hips, I bet you are so relieved!!! Poor Olivia being in the wars.
SSmiles - Good luck for Kaitlyn's birth mark appointment, fingers crossed it is good news for you. Have fun at the zoo.
Jo - Hope your long car trip goes well for you. The portable DVD player is a good idea. Hope Willow is sleeping well for you.
Smoz & Melly- Good to hear from you, hope your both well, Tallon and Sienna as well.
I took Lara for her 6 month needles last week, she was so good. She now weighs exactly 8 kg (2.7 kg at birth), 67 cm long (42cm at birth). I started her on solids last week as well. She isn't keen on farex at all but I will keep trying. I had some success with pureed apple and banana today and also pumpkin.
Gotta go, she is crying now. Take care and I hope you all enjoy your Mothers Day. Mine will be quiet coz DH is working.
Hi girls and bubs,
Melissa - good to hear about Rebecca's hips!! I'm with you on the sleep issue tho!! Sienna is still waking for a middle of the night feed, but I think it's more out of habit than actual hunger. Altho we have tried stretching her out by putting in her dummy and letting her go back to sleep, but that's worked once!! Every other time she's screamed the house down until she's fed. She's also a crappy sleeper during the day. I'm lucky to get 45 mins out of her each time. I think that's been the hardest thing with having a bub, just the crazy sleep deprivation. It's hard!!!
But on a more exciting note, Sienna has cut her first tooth!! It's scary how fast she's growing!! She has cut the bottom left-hand-side one and I think the right one isn't too far away. She's still been pretty feral to get down to sleep at night howeva I've discovered the Brauers Teething Relief which seems to really help. I feel a bit betta giving that to her as opposed to panadol as it's a 'natural' (in comparison) remedy. Altho the panadol definitly has it's place!!
Hey I was just wondering, for you mums whose bubs are on formula, have any of you moved on to the Step 2 versions (for 6 months +)? I was all ready to swap Sienna this weekend but the mothercraft nurse in the chemist said it was better to keep her on Step 1 for 12 months as Step 2 can cause constipation. So now I'm pretty confused as to which way to go. I'm still leaning towards changing Sienna to Step 2, coz it was obviously invented for a reason right? Sheesh I don't know, so I'd appreciate anyone's opinions!! :-)
Anyways Sienna has woken up for her nap (with 'nap' being the operative word - a whole 40 minutes of sleep aaarrrggghhh!!!!) so I best be off.
Take care all xoxo
PS And Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!
Hi Girls,
Melly, I moved Lara up on the step 2 last week. So far I have had no problems. With DD1 I moved her onto step 2 at 6 months as well, also had no issues with her. I personally dont know anyone who has kept their bub on step 1 the whole time, although I was reading a thread in here a few wks ago and some of the mums have, guess it is really up to you!
DH is working on Mothers Day so he has organised for us and the girls to go stay somewhere tomorrow night and to go out for dinner so that will be nice. I enjoy getting away, even if it is just for 1 night.
I went to DD1's Kindergarten this morning for a Mothers Day morning tea. They made scones for us and made us presents and gave us flowers, was really nice.
Hope you all have a nice day on Sunday!
Thanks Leigh,
I really appreciate your feedback!! I've bought Step 2 and Sienna will be starting it today so hopefully all goes well. Enjoy your night out - hope you get a chance to relax!
xx
Hey, I wrote a post yesterday and it didnt take...doh!
Mel- yep I will start Rebecca on Step 2 in the next 2 weeks. Olivia didnt have any troubles with changing over. Wow a tooth already. Becca is chewing and dribbling, but I think thats it. Olivia didnt get her first tooth til 8 months, so am thinking maybe they might go down the same path. Sleep seems to be the same...still waking up for a feed or 2 over night. Last night I managed to get to her before she woke Olivia up:) Shes now gobbling her rice cereal and banana, although she does suffer from a tummy ache afterwards. Evening meals are getting there slowly...last night was pumkin and broccoli. Becca is no where near sitting up on her own without support, but when she can, am looking forward to introducing her high chair and getting messy!
Leigh- hope you have a great time tonight. That sounds lovely.
Dont know what we are doing for mothers day yet. We were supposed to be having dinner with mil, but dh has ice hockey (more important!) so I will go to my mums with the girls in the arvo. We were going to start going to the pools with the girls on Sunday mornings but Olivia has broken out in spots. I took her to the dr yesterday and he seems to think its a mild form of chicken pox. Shes probably got a dozen spots on her face and trunk, but they havent filled like regular c'pox. So we will see if Becca gets it in its true form soon.
Anyway, have a great mothers day everyone
Melissa x o
Hey Ladies!
Hope you all have a fantastic Mothers Day tomorrow! Im so excited about my first mums day!!
Bella is doing great - she can sit by herself for a while and she can ballance fwds and backwards but will slip sideways!! But she is doing very well at it. She loves sitting in her high chair while I make tea so thats good.
She is still sleeping really well - goes down at 7 at night and gets up at 7.30 in the morning so I cant complain about that!!
She is really intereted in our food and chews when I am eating so I dont think that it will be long till we start solids - I cant wait!!
Melissa - sounds like its all guns blazing with solids!
Melly - I will start Bella on step 2 in a months time!!
Leigh - enjoy your night away! I hope you get spilt roten!!
Well gunna have some lunch while Bella is asleep!
Love Kate xox
Hi Girls,
Hope you all enjoyed your Mothers Day. Our night away was great, except it was raining. We had a nice dinner at a restaurant then breakfast at the hotel in the morning, then DH had to go to work at 11am. Lara still doesnt have any teeth either. She is chewing on everything and dribbling heaps but still not sure when a tooth will come through. DD1 got her first at 7 1/2 months. She is refusing solids again, I am sure we'll get there eventually. DD1 never gave me any problems with solids.
Kate - Hope you had a nice first Mothers Day. Bella is so clever sitting by herself. She is a good sleeper too. Lara sleeps from around 8:30pm through to 8:30am so I cant complain either.
Melissa - Poor Olivia breaking out in spots. Do you reckon it is chicken pox? Has Rebecca got any yet?
Melly - Hope Sienna doesnt have any dramas changing to the step 2 formula.
Better go and get dinner started.
Hey KAte, wow Bella sounds great, what a cleaver girl sitting up. And as for sleep, thats great...wish mine did that!!
Leigh am glad you had a lovely night out. Bugger with the solids but am sure she will be fine. Luky you on the sleep too.
Becca has no spots. I am doubting its chicken pox, they are almost gone, shes fine. Its hard to know what it is when the dr wasnt really sure!!!
Well I am hoping to have an ok sleep tonight, so I really shoud go to bed....before they wake me up!!!
Bump....
To those using S26.....Big W has a special on starting tomorrow. 6x cans for $96...which works out to be $16 a can. I'll go stock up!
Hi Girls, hope you and your bubs are all doing well.
Just a quick one from me. Lara got both bottom teeth today. They werent there yesterday. I only noticed one before but I just checked again and both are there. Poor little girl getting both on one day.
Wow thats quick. No sign of teeth here, but Olivia is getting her last 2 molars and I nearly hurled at the smell of hr poo today. Its a classic sign for her, poor little mite. Hopefully becca doesnt have too much probs teething.
We had a crappy day today and Becca cried most of it. I took both of them walking twice as I was getting into tears, they both were just nightmares today. Ah the joys hey..and I am thinking about my third already, but somedays I dont know! Anyone else going to ttc in the near future?
Melissa - yeah I saw that - but I use S26 Gold and its just the normal one on sale - how ever the Gold is on sale at Target for $22.
Leigh - WOW 2 teeth on one day!! WOW poor little poppet! But YAY on getting teeth!!
Bella had her first go at Farax today and loved it!! YAY
Well gotta go she is due for tea and bed!!
Kate xox
Hey ladies sorry long time no post busy busy you all know how it is.
Well we are still BF?ng here and are in cloth nappies and loving them!
Tallon is still slow at putting on weight but is on the chart for the WHO site for BF boys so we're not worried he's been crawling for a month now so no one can tell me he is FTT.
For those of you with girls.....have you heard about the amber necklaces that help with teathing????? meant to be great!
Hi all!
Good to hear you're all doin well!
Melissa - I hear ya on the rotten days - sheesh I've had a few with Sienna lately!! This teething business has been hellish and has thrown her (already crap) sleeping patterns way out. Every night she cries when I put her down to sleep, and I've tried every method possible to avoid this - and then we're lucky to get 3-4 hours out of her before she's grizzling again, arrrggghhh!! So yeah, plenty of tears round here too (from bub AND mum, lol). But hey, we always manage to get thru these things - lucky we're tough chicks!! Big hugs your way mate - I know how it feels!!
As for planning number 2, i haven't really thought too deep into it, but I'm thinking I might start trying again when Sienna is 18months to 2 years old. That seems like a long way off at the moment, but the way time flies, it'll be here before I know it!!
Leigh - I can't believe Lara got two teeth at once!! I guess that speeds up the teething process which can only be a good thing - did she suffer much discomfort, or were the teeth a total surprise? Sienna still only has the one, but I'm sure the second bottom tooth must be on it's way, and possibly even the top ones.
Has anyone had any tried and true remedies for teething pain relief? I'm still using the Brauers, but I keep hearing about Haylands Teething Tablets, but wanted some feedback before I rush out and buy em.
Kate - that's great that Bella enjoyed the Farax. Sienna loves her solids so I have to be careful coz she's already off the growth charts for weight!! If I could just drop that middle-of-the-night feed!!! lol
Smoz - good to hear Tallon's doin well! Can't believe he's already crawling - what a clever boy!! I've read a little bit about the Amber necklaces, but must admit I''m sceptical - but if you receive some good feedback, let me know!! I'm getting desparate, lol!!
Anyways we're off to Nelson Bay on thursday for a much-needed break. I'm hoping that all the swimming, playing etc will wear Sienna out each day sufficiently enough to skip the whole "crying when put to bed" episodes - fingers crossed!!!
Hope you girls all have a great rest of the week with your kiddies xox
Hey all just a quick one- Beccas been a nightmare over the past week, not sleeping up every hour or so. Not sure if its teeth or growth spurt. I seem to be making up bottles all the time. Just got her weighed and at 6 months she 7.6 kgs and 66cm long...much the same as Olivia at the same age. Becca moves about, she puts her knees under her and pushes and scrapes along with her forehead. She gets so frustrated. Shes rolling both ways and she can sit supported but falls to the side. Shes started having 2 naps a day now....although lately not! Shes really doing my head in and with lack of sleep all I did was cry yesterday!
Smoz- I would like to try the necklase, but am also skeptical! DD1 is gtting her last 2 molars, should get it for her. As soon as shes finished, Rebecca will start and the fun will begin all over again!!!
Ok, better utilise my time that shes asleep and Olivias watching the all horrid Dora....I hate that show!
Yer girls i'm not 100% but my friends had one for her little girl and swear to god not a sound or whinge from her....the only reason she knows she teething is cuz she gets a rash on her bum....but otherwise nothing so who knows, maybe she got a good kid maybe they work, but i've heard other people say they work.