Kazz are you going to be doing the full on baby led solids, like no puree's or feeding with a spoon and just letting bub decide what to eat sorta thing? Or did you mean just waiting for her to make the first call that she is hungry? Boy, there are so many versions and ways of doing things lol.
Enjoy your mothers day, it's already my fave day of the year! Nice to have the focus and pampering for us Mums for a change! glad DH will be home for you too.
How did you go with the amber necklace? did you end up getting one?
And yes my boy does have the most big beautiful smile hehe cute hey.
I guess I will be doing my own version of BLS. I will still be feeding her things like yoghurt so I will help encourage her with a spoon. But if she wants to use her hands, so be it. Amelia still likes using her hands most of the time.
Hopefully my Amber necklace will be here this week. I had to wait for the colour I wanted. Can;t wait to see how it goes.
Had a dreadful morning with Amelia. I am wondering if she is having abandoment issues. Last week and this week she has not wanted to go to day care. Last week was not to bad, but today. She stayed there in tears and I left in tears. She was hysterically crying and clinging so tight to me. She has been talking a lot about daddy and where he is so I think maybe she is really worried that I am leaving her and not coming back for her. Poor bubba. I am going to pick her up early and take her to the park to see the duckies. So glad DH will be home on Friday.
That's sad to hear about Amelia. I hope you guys are ok now and that must have been so hard for both of you! I guess children don't understand the concept of when we leave we will be back, which would be a struggle. Maybe you could have DH reassure her when he's home. Going to the park is a great dea, hope you both enjoyed it!
Just a quick note about feeding, i found a thing in the shops that is like a dummy but it has a net bad on the sucky end you put food into so that bub can suck on it and get all the goodness without chocking. I have given dylan a bit of banana in it and he absolutley LOVED it. Highly reccomend giving it a go.
So how was everyones mothers day? I hope everyone got spoilt. I sure did. I had such a lovely day.
Danni, how is the solids going? Macey is only interested in it every now and then, so I just offer and see how she goes. Funny that you gave in a little early too.
Macey sits up all by herself now very well. Only when she is reaching to far does she get off balance. 6 months on Saturday Amelia is 2 soon aswell. Can't wait. Her main present is her room. She is getting a big girls bed, a big wall mural and a chandalier (sp?). Plus lots of little things too. I will take her to DC and when she comes home some family and friends will be here and she will get to see her new room. It will be like a little surprise party for her.
Tammara How did you go with introducing bub to meat the other day? Did he like it? And how's he been, anymore episodes since that day you took him to hospital?
Kazz What did you do for Mothers Day? How'd you get spoilt... please share! Go Macey! Damian is also really good at sitting, however when I try to give him tummy time he doesn't like it much and rolls onto his back in a second! lol so don't know when my little one will be crawling hehe. I always thought he'd be late to crawl, early to walk - but we'll see!
Damian loves his food!! Although yesterday was the first full on solids day, where we fed him until he was full, he was a little pro at eating from the spoon by the end of the day & absolutely loved it, but today (as the newness wears off) he is not that interested anymore lol. Obviously Mummy's milk is still his favourite And his breastfeeds haven't gotten less or anything either. Although his poo has changed. I don't want to push him or anything so it's up to him whether he eats or not. They say in the first year the vast majority of their nutrition comes from breastmilk anyways.
I went to the Chemist & weighed Damian yesterday... 8.5kg!!! wow LOL! And thats fully on breastmilk. Am I a proud Mummy or what hehe.
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day - we sooo deserve it!
Last edited by *Danni*; May 10th, 2011 at 05:58 PM.
He didnt disslike the meat but he didnt get into it like the banana so i dont think i will try again. As for the episodes. not really but he has been soooooo unsettled lately. We have had house guests for the last 10 days (mum dad and 4 kids from 2-8) so its a huge change for him plus he got over a cold about a week ago but has another cold but with a chesty cough now so he has not been sleeping well at all. Im taking him to the dr tomorrow to see if there is anything they can do.
It has been soooooooo cold here lately, i cant wait for us to get the wood heater installed it will be so toasty.
Have a good day I think porche was in our preg forum??? she had her baby girl this week her name is lilly
Sorry its been a while.. But between the Easter and the Christening its been a little crazy over here.
Tam, thank you the christening was lovely. I am proud of what I achieved with my decor and all the stuff I ordered. It was almost a perfect day..
Kazz, so did you test? haha Im so curious... lol
afm, well P is now fully FF baby.. I did both bf and ff but he kept bitting me and I just didnt have as much milk this time around. I fully bf dd until she was 9 months old, and when I stopped it took a month for my milk to dry up. So on Easter Sunday I stopped.
The christening was a success.. and Yes it was almost perfect.. My FIL was just too much on the day. 'tell those people to stop talking in church' meanwhile its my 85 year old uncle.. sure I can tell him to shut up!! blah.. Lets just say everything bothered him.. My MIL hardly spoke to me, I made a point of making the day be about my family name and my son. My Grand father was a captain/fisherman in greece.. So I had the whole room deck out, P wore a captain outfit to church and all..
I was so overwhelmed, so proud to have my son christened in the church and named after my dad.. I cried a couple of times..
I had P weighted for his 6 month check up.. He was 8.3kg and 74cm long. Very proud of my little man.. He was sick the week before, he had lost a little wieght. He gained a little again and both kids are sick again.. So we will see soon.. Im going to double check his stats again..
I started P on solids when he was 4 months old.. I started with baby rice.. and now I tend to mix his baby rice with his veges.. I really havent started him on meat yet. Tomorrow we are having roast pumkin soup.. yumie!! He loves his yoghurt!
Ok Im off to bed.. I have a busy day tomorrow. DD is now in Kindy Garden, its a real difference.. Kind of like being at school. She seems much more happier but its still early days.
Sorry I forgot to say. It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and my body gave me a present. AF returned. I am still getting cramps so I will have to see the doctor but atleast I can say that I am not UTD. Now just to see what is wrong.
Danni, I got a lovely Calvin Klein jacket and a Vercelli two toned watch that came inside a Faberge (sp?) egg. Amelia did a little canvas painting for me (love, love, love) and I got french toast made for breaky (yummo). How was your day?
Eng, I am so glad that your plans and baby P's special day went so well. I saw the photos, he looked so cute. Ouch to the biting. I always said that might be my cue to stop BF, Amelia never bit me, but she self weaned anyway.
Tammara. I hope Dylan gets better soon. It is so hard when they are so little, there is not much to help them. I saw that Porshe had her little girl, I am a stalker of the belly buddies due threads. I love all the anticipation they go through. Lilly is a beautiful name, one of my favs. Jody was due at the end of April but she dropped off but she would have had her girl by now. Lozzy will be next and then Meggles is due early Nov. So glad all our mummy's that had losses have had or are expecting again. It is really cold here to. We got a southerly wind yesterday and it was like ice. I do like it though, I love rugging up. Our house also gets full sun on the back so it heats the it up really nice.
I will be taking Macey to the clinic for her 6 month check up on Friday, I am guessing she is just over 8kg now. I am still waiting for my Amber necklace, It better turn up. Macey had a really unsettled night last night, she woke every two hours. I can not see any teeth ready so don't think that was the problem. She still struggles alot with wind so I think that was the issue. I put her in bed with me and layed her on her side and she was much happier. Amelia went to DC a little better, no tears but she was still upset about going. I let her take her fav doll so that helped a little.
Eng - i think its great you were able to feed for 6 months,i hope when i have another i will be able to feed a little longer than with dylan. Sounds like your christening was very fully on, ours was pretty simple. Glad things turned out the way you wanted them.
Kazz - sounds like macey and dylan are having the same probs. I dont know if its because dylan is sick but his wind pains have been really bad the last couple of nights. I too found that snuggling him up on his side with me helped him and gave me a couple hours sleep.
I took dylan to the drs today and the poor lil monkey has a chest infection he started anti biotics so fingers crossed that helps him get better fast. Things are about to get exciting, nervouse and intence in my house soon. I called the ivf clinic and i will be starting the hormone drugs when i get AF (within the next week) so hopefully if everything goes well and my uterus cooperates we will do the embrio transfer in 2-3 weeks then i have a horrible 10 day wait.
Have a good day and try and stay warm, im going to put dylans walker together while he is sleeping.
Tammara, I hope Dylan is feeling better. not long now till your trnsfer, how exciting. Macey pretty much sleeps on her side all the time now. She is much happier.
Macey had her 6month check up, she weighed 8.4kg dressed She is in the 95th% for weightbut does not look it because she has a tiny head it is it the 10th% but that has been a consistant since birth so not worried. She has her needles tomorrow I am also getting her hand and feet moulds done on Thursday. I had Amelia's done at 6 months too.
OMG Amelia will be 2 on Friday. I am so excited, she is having a surprise party (so easy to organise when you can talk about it in front of her). She is getting a new big girl bed as her main present. I will take her to DC for a few hours while we put in together and then when she gets home people will be here and she will have a new room. Can't wait. I am also going to attempt to make her a Moo cow cake, that is what she wanted
tammara - Oooh it' coming up so soon!! Wishing you all the luck in the world with getting pregnant again! I didn't know you breastfed Dylan, how long was that for? How come you stopped? And I really hope he's OK now... how is he going?? I had a simple Christening with Damian also, just small, intimate and close family only with some refreshments at my house. How'd you go setting up the walker? Damian has an exersaucer (like a stationary walker with activities/toys all around that he can swivel and play with) and I'm getting him a Jumperoo which looks like fun, so he can jump but not be mobile like a walker.
Kazz - Wow, Macey is around Damian's weight too. They're little chubby chops aren't they! hehe. I love that I have a big boy, it's adorable. But wow getting heavy. Lots of excitment for you! I had Damian's hand & feet moulds done when he was 8 days old. It's in a beautiful frame with birth details plaque and a photo of him from our professional family shoot when he was around 6 weeks old. I LOVE it! Hope Amelia's birthday goes to plan. Sounds great! Wow, a big girl bed already hey.
Gotta go now but will be back as soon as I can to post an update on my boy.
Happy Birthday to Amelia... I hope she had a lovely day Kazzo. Your cake looks fantastic!! Good job!! Yay on the big girl bed.. I hope she stays in there for you and doesnt give you any trouble getting in and out..
Tam good luck hun with this months IVF I hope we hear some good news soon.. We will be thinking of you..
as for us, P is moving heaps! I have to keep running around behind him. Its rather hard picking up DD toys, but I think we have worked that problem out so far. P is understanding heaps more now and follows his sister around.
I have to get him into a real routine in the next few weeks as I have decided to return back to work soon. 4 weeks now of FF and he is doing much better, seems to be gaining weight again.
Our house has been fighting the flu/chest infections for the last 3 weeks and Im so tired from all of it. During the night the kids play a little tag team, one wakes I get that one back to sleep and then the other wakes.
Ok best be off to go play with my monsters.. Have good weekend..
Danni - i only breast fed for about 6 weeks, i stopped because i got an infection in my c section scar and they had no antibiotics that would be ok while feeding (i still dont think there is nothing safe) and i had to wait 3 hours after taking tablet before i could feed so i ended up using formula to help and from there the milk was just not cutting it for him.
Eng - hope the sickness has left your household by now. It was hard enough with just Dylan let alone two kids. GL with the routine
I had dylans needles done today and he screamed the house down the poor lil love, i know its for the right reason but i still hate giving him the needles. His chest infection cleared up fine. Still no teeth for him but im sure they are almost here, he has been sooooo grizzly and chewing EVERYTHING and constantly has his finger in his mouth. I have not got his 6 month check up yet - very slack of me but im guessing he would be close to 10kg now he is getting so heavy to carry. He is sort of crawling in his own style - he loves his walker and scoots around in it
Its all go with the IVF so fingers crossed Tuesday 31st i will be pregnant!!!
Thanks Eng, Amelia has been very good with her bed. She can climb down but wont in the dark which is good. So far so good. I was really proud of my cake effort. It was the first time I attempted anything like it and I loved it. Can't wait till Macey's first to try and make a Dragonfly. Hope your all feeling better. I think Amelia and I take turns of having a flu. It feels like just last week we were talking about finishing up work and now it is return to work talk.
Tammara. Goodluck tomorrow. How exciting. I hope it is a BFP. It feels weird that when Amelia was 6 months I knew I was ready to start trying. 5 cycles later and Macey was on her way. Although I want to have another baby, I don't have that urge at all at the moment. I think I will wait for Amelia to start kindy before we try again.
AFM, I think Macey will be a bum shuffler before she crawls. Now that she can sit by herself she is not interested in laying down unless asleep. She still has not rolled yet and I can't see it happening until she is strong enough to get up if she falls. She is so different to Amelia in just about everything. We have been co sleeping for the last few weeks now. It gets really cold at night here, we are in a valley. I have her in a bonds jumpsuit, sleeping bag plus socks on her hands. One cotton sheet, one blanket and a quilt, plus I put a fleece blanket under her and she still wakes up a lot at night. When she is in bed with me she sleeps really well and her little head and ears don't feel cold. She is sleeping in her room in her cot during the day though. But until she stops her 6:30am bf then I am happy for her to sleep with me.
Thanks kaz, its a definate for tomorrow at 11.15am so i have my fingers crossed that they manage to thaw out one super good embrio for transfer. I am doing it so soon because im 36 now and i dont want to leave it too long. I have given myself 6 months to get preg then if no luck i wont try again.
Dylan craweld tonight, well more of a caterpilla crawl but still got some sort of action. Best part was i got to video it on my phone to send to daddy yayyyyyy go Dylan. I hear him now night all
Transfer went well, we only lost one embryo and the dr said the one they transfered looked really good so fingers crossed. Cant wait to do a test now lol
hehe cute hey.
And his breastfeeds haven't gotten less or anything either. Although his poo has changed. I don't want to push him or anything so it's up to him whether he eats or not. They say in the first year the vast majority of their nutrition comes from breastmilk anyways.
he started anti biotics so fingers crossed that helps him get better fast. Things are about to get exciting, nervouse and intence in my house soon. I called the ivf clinic and i will be starting the hormone drugs when i get AF (within the next week) so hopefully if everything goes well and my uterus cooperates we will do the embrio transfer in 2-3 weeks then i have a horrible 10 day wait. 
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