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Heidi, babies look so cute but funny when their teeth start coming threw. Even more so if they come in a weird order, my friends boy got alot of his teeth but his top 2 took so long.
We went into the city with the girls a month or so ago, must admit I really don't like going into the city much but we had a lovely day, hope you had a nice catch up with your friend. Scary about the fall, glad Isabelle and yourself are ok.
So today is my 3 year wedding anniversary. I bought DH an ASUS EeePC notebook so that when he is America he can skype and email us whenever he wants. What do I get, 2 half dead bunches of flowers from Coles:o He said he thought we did not do presents. If he would just listen once in his life then he would know we do for wedding anniversary but not for out getting together anniversary. Funnily enough I am not even upset or anything. I thing I knew he would not put any effort in so I guess I was prepared mentally for today.
On a good note. I am so IN LOVE with my girls, I just can not get enough of them. Amelia has decided she is ready to start using the loo or potty all by herself, she gave her dummy up a few months ago and has not had any issues, she is talking so much now and is so super affectionate. Macey just melts my heart with those big eyes and when she gives her big smile with her shy little look Oh, it is wonderful. DH falls asleep most nights watching TV in the lounge room so I put Macey in bed with me in the morning after her feed and I love that I wake up to her smiling at me.
I am so sure this is what you are all feeling everyday too. There is nothing more spectacular then the love you can have for your child.
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Hi Ladies,
Sometimes I forget about all you lovely ladies on here and the wonderful support we seem to give each other! I am going to try my best to keep in touch better!
Sounds like babies are rolling, eating, giggling and doing all sorts of wonderful and cute things.
Update on Aidan...
He is now rolling onto his stomach but then he gets stuck on his tummy and can't roll back. Feeding well during the day and sleeping well during the night, it seems that I am quite blessed. There isn't much sleep happening during the day - its more like small naps but I can't really complain as he is so good at night.
He is very ticklish under the feet and under his chin and giggles hysterically when I tickle him. He has still got the flat spot on his right hand side and really favours looking to his right so I have been working on getting him to look more to the left and it seems to be working ok. I have heard its quite normal for babies to have a preferential side so I am not overly concerned at this stage.
I was cuddling him the other day and I look down at him and he is like a little Boy now, and not my little newborn anymore :( kinda makes me sad.
I have been reading that some of you are doing Christenings and Baptisms that is lovely. We are doing a combined naming Ceremony for Aidan and another baby girl who are friends of ours. The weird connection is their little girl is 3 days older than Aidan. I went to visit her at Mater Mothers Hospital and went into Labour that night and had Aidan 2 days later and the very weird coincidence is that I got her room, she moved out and I moved in.....creepy!
Anyway ladies, I really hope you are all doing well and feel good about yourselves. I feel a bit depressed at the moment as I need to shift some baby weight and am having a bit of trouble deciding the best way to do it? I think I will go back to Karate as I really enjoyed my lessons. What are you girls going to do?
Anyway I better get Dinner on before Hubby gets back from the Gym.
Love to all!
xox
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Kazzo - I have heard with BF that it is possible to get your periods more in the case when you stop BF during the night (ie your baby sleeps through). Am I right in saying that Amelia slept through before 4 months old? My little Damian loves feeding through the night still! But all he does is feed in bed and straight back to sleep so I'm happy with that.
We are actually now happy that the move to QLD didn't work out, because we were looking in some of the areas that flooded! So my gosh, I guess it wasn't meant to be for a reason! We are actually building in the outer suburbs of Sydney, so it looks like we'll be staying put for a while. Just never ended up eventuating & DH is happy where he is atm, even though it is financially difficult, thankfully we got a little bit of help from family.
I can relate to you with growth spurts! OMG Damian has like almost trippled his feeds the last few days... sore nipples alright LOL. I'm wondering if I'll be able to keep up with his ever growing stomach til he's 6 months old without introducing solids... he's a very big hungry boy!
I feel sad for you that your DH didn't get you anything for your anniversary :( That makes me sad. So many men out there take advantage of their wifes and mother of their children. I guess it's true we can take those closest to us for granted - but still! No excuse!!
And yes the love I have for Damian is just out of this world. You never know what feelings you are capable of feeling until you have a child!
Heidi - So glad to hear your DD is OK after that little accident with the pram. I also think that bonds sizing is a bit smaller than what the rest is. Damian is somewhere between those sizes too. I have cleared out my inbox now, except I don't have facebook (I no, I no, crazy lol). I am becoming more & more confident taking Damian out so I would be happy to consider coming along to the gatherings sometime. Feel free to email me danni.anthony@gmail.com too.
Blondie - With pregnancy weight, lucky for me I have gone right back down to what I was before. I think I can thank my little boy for his massive amount of breastfeeding though lol and also not to mention him keeping me on my feet all the time lol. I feel very lucky I was able to bounce back really quickly but I know it's a lot harder for other Mums. I can relate to you with the daytime cat naps and long sleeps at night (although Damian does wake to feed multiple times but dozes straight back off). It's hard during the day only ever having 20min - 40min at a time but I survive somehow lol! Good to hear Aidan has improved with his feedings. And OMG haven't they grown up so quickly!? Gone are those newborn days :( I miss them being so small and tiny too!!!
AFM.... Well tomorrow it will be a year since I found out I was pregnant. Wow, a year of my little baby being a part of my life already :) Boy, thinking back to all that morning sickness etc... seems like a distant memory! Ha how life has changed!! I remember thinking I couldn't imagine my life with a baby, now I can't imagine life without my baby :) And it was DH & my 5 years together the other day. He got me an iPhone 4 & I got him Versace glasses. Very lucky & spoilt!!
Damian was like 7.5kg a week or so ago... lol he's gorgeous and chubby that's for sure! Finding it increasingly harder with his feedings though... A lot of the time during the day he only wants to feed on the move - I really don't like this! He literally refuses to feed with me sitting down - he cries & will literally latch straight back on once I stand up & walk around!! LOL cheeky hey! I hope it doesn't last forever but I really don't know what to do about it. I just want to sit back & relax when I BF! God I love my night feeds... He is happy to lie down & feed, but only when he's sleepy. Grrrr. And he is feeding SO much.. like every 1.5 hours - this has pretty much always been the case. But I guess all that matters is that he is healthy & happy - which he is!
I have found that I have been able to really enjoy the time with him now as he is so much more aware of everything and has so much fun playing with his toys etc - gone are those newborn days of cry cry cry thankfully!
.....Anyone been feeling a decrease in sex drive? LOL sorry to put it bluntly but I just find I'm hardly in the mood these days as I'm really having a hard time switching off "Mummy mode"... Am I the only one???
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Hi ladies
Dylans christening went well. The church only went for about 30 minutes so that was good. We do think the reverend may have been drunk though lol she was introducing dylans parents - Daryl and Sheree . . . . lol everyone had a giggle then at the end she just walked out, we were just sitting there wondering if it was over or not. It was also good back at the house, lunch went well and there was enough food for everyone. Dylan got VERY spoilt with gifts again. We got the funiest photo of Dylan with his godfather. Johnnie is holding him and Dylan decided to flip the bird, i didnt even realise when i printed them out lol funny as, the pics are on my facebook if you want to look.
Kaz - my SIL sounds like your aunt except she moans that we never include her in anything and when we do she doesnt come but it seems to be ok for her to have a hens night and not invite us. I have finally had it with her because she didnt bother coming to the christening - my brother said she was sick but he also said she was up drinking till 6am. Happy anniversary, shame about hubby though :(
Heidi - glad you and isabelle are ok from the pram accident, i think the kids are better than the mums. Dylans cousin accidently hit him in the head 2 times on the weekend and i was the one freaking out not Dylan.
Blondie - glad Dylan is not the only one that gets stuck on his tummy, we leave him there till he starts to crack it. As for weight loss, i have been very lazy and not done anything about it. I lost weight while pregnant because i was eating healthy and drinking water - i know i should keep it up but just cant be bothered. If its any help hubby drinks at least 3 ltrs of water a day and when he was off work and didnt drink hardly any water he put on weight - now back at work and drinking water he is losing again.
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Hello you beautiful beautiful ladies!!!
I have been MIA for quite some time now! Just had soo much happening and soo much stress I started to hide but I AM BACK LOL!! Can you believe how quickly time has gone now I remember us all waiting for bubs and now here they all are rolling over and getting bigger and bigger by the minute I am too scared to blink!!
Much Love to you all and I shall be back in here catching up for personals you can't get rid of me now ( though you can ignore me hehehe)
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Hi ladies,
Danni, Every women is defierent, but there a plenty of people out there that have gotten AF back early and still exclusively BF (even through the night). My SIL and close friend both got theres back before 4 months and my friends boy use to feed 2 times at night. There was a thread started yesterday by someone asking about how soon their AF returned after having bubs. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...uation-158409/ . Thanks for caring that DH did not.
Tammara, Good to hear the Christening went well. I love the photo of your boy flipping the bird.
Miss K. Good to see you back. Hope everything is going great. I don't think you ever said what you named DD. Is that something you wanted to keep to yourself?
Hi eveyone else.
Macey's Baptism was a great but full on day. I am so glad it is done now. DH also finally realised he stuffed up big time after I told him how dissapointed I was in him and that it made me really sad that he put no effort or thought into our anniversary. He took me shopping and I picked a lovely ring with Macey's birthstone and a dragonfly pendant. Macey got her 4 months needles on Monday. She did great this time. She did not hold her breath and stopped crying as soon as it was done. She still has not rolled but she is getting very good at sitting up for short periods propped up by pillows. She is also now 7kg dressed so she had a great growth spurt like I thought she was. All the feeding and sleeping was definately for a reason.
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Kazzo - I can't read the link atm but anyway dh and I never trusted it for birth control reasons or anything from the start. Funny that the docs say 99% protection but you just never know! Gosh I am not looking forward to the AF! Hopefully I'm one of those that dont get it until weaning *fingers crossed*
Tammara and kazzo - great to hear your bubbas christenings went well! I was relieved but also sad when Damians was over, it's like hmm what's next lol
I wonder how hubba is and all the other ladies we haven't heard from in a while??? would love to hear how everyones babies are so hopefully someone will pop in and give us an update!
Afm Damian loves standing up and walking now! Lol obviously with support but he loves us holding him up and he moves one foot after the other, it's sooo cute to see him walking like that! And his head control has always been so good even from like 2 months so he has been out of his capsule and into the proper baby car seat for a few weeks now. He completely holds his head strong always for a while now and does sit up too with minimal support. Gosh they grow so fast! He loves giggling a lot now too and occasionally rolling, but only from tummy to back.
Hope all you Mummies and babies are well :)
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Oh and I forgot to mention... Damian loves playing with my iPhone! Lol he sits there and touches the screen and presses down with his little fingers it's sooo cute and entertains him for a while. He also loves pressing on the keyboard of the laptop when Daddy works from home. It's amazing how much they pick up from you and ate able to copy and remember later on - unbelievable how much their little brains are absorbing! Whoever said babies don't have good memories are surely mistaken lol
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Hello!
Happy Birthday Eng! Hope your having a lovely day and everything is going well with you.
Danni. All that talk of getting AF, the last three days I have had the pre AF cramps and pains that I usually get. Great, not looking forward to her returning. I was hoping this time I would get a bit longer before I got them back.
SOunds like your little guy is going great. It is funny, when they realise what legs and feet are for it can be hard to get them to bend to sit down sometimes. Macey loves been in her jolly jumper and her swivel chair.
Macey is doing great still. Growing to quick. I had to put her 1st 00's outfit on her the other day. Although she still wears a lot of 000's it is a little sad to see her grow up and there are so many clothes she never wore or only wore once. Her flat spot on the back of her head is completely gone now. Yay. All that effort to correct it worked. She still has a small head though, still in the 10th percentile.
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Thank you Kazzo.. I had a lovely day.. Yay Macey's flat spot not being flat anymore.. hehe P has one too and I find it hard to turn his head while he is sleeping..
Sorry I havent been on here for a while.. Had heaps going on.. PnD has returned and I have been medicated.. I only wanted a light medication so it seems to be taking the edge of it all..
So the ladies the moles arent just normal moles.. Its something like a mole but if you rub them it can spread, I have to keep his skin out of the sun, no cold water on the mole things.. I have a name for it but right now Im half passed out on my bed.. When I get a minute I will let you all know.. Other than that I just have to keep an eye on them and if they increase in numbers I have to return back to the skin specialist. Also was told they can get itchy.
P gave me the best present ever.. He got his first tooth.. I started getting all teary at lunch when I realised he had cut his tooth.. I knew he was grizzly but thought he was fighting a bug. lol wrong.. In the last 24 hours I have tought him to do air kisses.. yes kisses' he is so cute!! He also said ma ma today.. and ba ba.. a lot of first today.. heheh
Ok Im off to zzz land..
Hope you are all well..
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I must say, it's nice to see you Mummies back in the thread... I was feeling a little lonely for a while there lol
Kazzo... That's no good about AF! Poor you. Funny about Macey's head size, Damian is actually quite the opposite, around the 90th percentile LOL he is a big boy in general but it really doesn't look that big lol. I feel you about our bubbies growing up too quick...I feel like I was pregnant yesterday :( Oh, how time flies!
Eng... Sorry to hear about P's moles. Hopefully they will stop spreading now. My goodness, what a worry. Congats on his first tooth though... how exciting! Hope things get better for you soon.
AFM...
We have recently commited to building a house, and we were supposed to be in by Christmas, but were just recently told there are big delays & it won't be done til at least next February. That sucks big time. It stu*** our lease up & Damian will be so much bigger then. Grrr.. and this house is so so small! Builders... can't trust them!! Actually, that brings me to ask... anyone here live in a double storey house???? If so, what's it like with a baby/children? I just worry about stairs & having to go up & down all the time. I suppose you'd get used to it though...
Just feeling pretty lucky to be where we are in this country. Hearing all these things about Japan etc and all these people dying is just so sad. Just keep counting our blessings I say!
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Good to hear you had a great day Eng and that your P had some great presents for you. At least you know what the moles are now. Do you have a treatment for them? I think it is hard for a 2nd or more baby not to get some type of flat spot. When you have only one baby you spend alot of time holding them. This is hard to do 2nd time round. Macey got hers on the right side because at night she only slept on that side so during the day I just kept her on the other side. It was impossible to turn her head while she was sleeping.
Danni, how frustrating for you. It is always so annoying to get excited about something and then it just gets pushed further and further back. I guess having stairs you just need to make sure you get gates for them. Kids just have a fastination with stairs so I don't think you can avoid them wanting to play on them and by the time you move in it will be perfect timing for Damian to be mobile and they will be a big attraction for him. Do you know if they will be carpet or wood? Friends of ours had wooden so they got them carpeted for when their babies are learning to use them so that littles falls where softened a bit.
Well I may have been wrong about AF knocking on my door. Nothing yet but still feeling off. (Sorry TMI) I have been doing a lot of #2's so I am not sure if that is the reason for the cramps. I will see how I go this weekend and might go to the Dr on Wednesday. Just really not a fun subject to go talk about.
I have been looking around a bit and all ladies that sadly left us early are pregnant again. Chody has popped as you all know but Porshe, New mum, Lozzy and now Meggles are all due. Yay for them.
I had a very teary morning today. Amelia loves daycare, but I am a bit worried that she is not really making friends (do they even comprehend how to at this age?) There is one girl there on one of her days that she likes and talks about but even then she goes up says hi and then off she goes to play by herself. She watches the others play like she wants to join but just stands back. She is an extremely polite girl. She has great manners, does not snatch but if someone snatches from her she does'nt do anything just finds something else. It breaks my heart a little to see her like that but hey, like I said she loves going so is could not be that bad really (well for her anyway).
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Hi there!
For anyone that remembers me, I just thought I'd stick my head in and see how you're all going! Hard to think now that if things had been different I'd have a 4-month-old!
Anyway, I'm doing well, as you can see from my sig, I'm halfway through my current pregnancy, and all seems to be well :) Little Squidge is dancing around as I type! THE best feeling in the world! :bellyrubs: We're keeping the gender as a surprise :)
Congratulations on all your babies, sorry I wasnt around much when they were being born to say congratulations, it was a tough month for me. I feel its quite symbolic that I conceived again just one week after my angel's due date.
Thanks to Blondie for your message of congratulations and reminding me that some of my old friends can be found in this thread :)
I hope you're all well and I shall stalk you periodically to see what is in store for me in the months ahead!
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Hi Lozzy. I am so glad to see things are going so well for you this time. I will admit I have kept a little eye out for you and occasionally go to your belly buddies group to see how your going.
Goodluck with the next half of your pregnancy.
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Lozzy - Nice to hear from you & congratulations on your pregnancy. You are really on the most wonderful, magical journey... treasure every moment as it all goes too fast!!! I remember during my pregnancy I so could not imagine my life with a baby... and now I can't imagine my life without my little boy! Funny how things change... well, how EVERYTHING has changed :) And awww you gave me a moment of reminiscing about feeling my baby inside me, boy it feels like yesterday... I miss it soo much! Remembering how much his kicks started to hurt at the end makes me laugh lol. And no matter how uncomfortable it gets (especially towards the end) just remember that it all completely disappears once it's over!
Kazzo - Yeah the stairs will be carpeted. I knew that was important from the start so made sure that was the case. And yes you're right it will be just in time for Damian to be mobile. :o Thanks for the advice!
With Amelia, it really does sound like you have yourself a little sweetheart. I agree with you saying I don't even think they could comprehend how to make friends at that age. I think that as long as she is happy then that's all that matters! And from what you've always said she seems to be smiley, happy and sociable. There's only so much you can teach a child her age, I guess. Although, I can understand your concern. Us Mummies worry about absolutely EVERYTHING! If I were you I'd just keep an eye on it.
Did you end up going to the Doctors? If so, how'd that go? Really strange but I also was having a few days of MASSIVE cramps, really really painful and that was because of #2 lol!!! What a strange coincidence haha. I wondered if it was something that I ate because Damian seemed unhappy too, but I couldn't put my finger on anything.
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Danni, I have not gone to the Dr's yet, I know I said I would go today if I was still having problems but I kept forgetting to ring to make an appointment so now I will have to wait. I don't really know what is going on. To be honest the thought of been pregnant again has crossed my mind and when I told DH how I was feeling he was thinking the same. He said he even dreamt that I was pregnant again and blaming Amelia. He said I just wanted more babies like her and so I got pregnant again. I don't know. I am to nervous to even comprehend the idea of been UTD again so I am trying to ignore it.
I spoke to Amelia's teachers and they said that it depends on what is happening as to when Amelia joins in or plays by herself. They said that if there is music playing and dancing she always joins in. reading, and playing with the farmyard toy setup are the main times she joins in. Otherwise she likes to do her own thing. I feel better knowing all this.
Macey has been going great. Had a big growth spurt. She has been so vocal the last few days. She makes the funniest noises. I put her in her jolly jumper yesterday and she was happy as long as Amelia was there with her. I now have to sort out what to do about her sleeping arrangements. She is still in the bassinet in my room but it is getting squishy. Amelia still has the cot but uses it as a toddler bed. I will be buying her a big girls bed for her 2nd B'day in May. I might have to get it early though so Macey can have the cot. Or I guess I could set up the porta cot in my room. Specially while DH is away again for 3 weeks again from April 13th. Hmmmm, thinking, thinking.
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Danni, We have a double story house.. I love it.. The bedrooms are up stairs, the main living area is down stairs. I have a few things down here to save me running up and down.. I have a porta cot down stairs, that way I can keep a close eye on mr sleeping. I also had gates with Ireni at the top and the bottom of the stairs to prevent her from falling and climbing up.. I only have the top gate now as DH family has a history of sleep walking, when Panayiotis starts to get interested in the stairs the bottom gate will return.
Kazzo, I had the same problem with Ireni when I was dropping her of at DC. They told me that its normal, now she talks about everyone and I see her playing with everyone. However I do still see her playing on her own time to time but I think sometimes they need that too.. If things dont change maybe join her for a day at DC..
So did you go to the drs?
Their is no treatment for the moles, we arent allowed to touch/rub them as they will spread.. and to be honest they have spread a little more. Its not easy, cos you cant pick him up with out touching/rubbing them. Plus he has some on his bottom so thats hard when your cleaning him. The doctor said they do go red and will feel itchy so I only have cream for that..
Congratulations lozzy, thats wonderful news!! So happy for you!
afm, Ive been super busy with the kids and the house.. Ive been taking my meds and so far they are ok but I do believe they arent strong enough. Its been hard trying to work out house work and spending quality time with the kids and not doing anything but play with them. I dont know how you girls are doing with the balancing.
Panayiotis has two teeth now and is rolling all over the house. Im thinking of buying him a walker, he seems to be getting bored more now.
I put a Maxi Rider AHR on layby as he is almost out grown his car seat! Ireni was in it for 2 years! I got it for $340 and every $100 I spend at Mothercare/ELC they give me a credit of $5. So I should save another $15+. Also had to buy a new car seat for Ireni, we gave one of ours to my parents. I spent $300 on just Ireni's one car seat and 2 harness'.
Ok off to do some ABC learning with Ireni..
Hope you all have a lovely weekend and I hopefully will find some more time to get online and reply.. I normally read everyones post with my phone.
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Hi everyone
Glad to see everyone's babies are developing nicely.
Isabelle has been teething and was a nightmare for a little while, but I got her an Amber necklace two weeks ago and for the past week my normal wonderful baby is back :) No gel or panadol for a week now!!! The last two days I have given her a rusk to suck on which she has really enjoyed. Will have to start solids this week I think.
Take care
Heidi
