Babies Born November 2006 #13

Hey everyone

havent been around much, been busy really, 3 kids and teenager (nephew) in the house keep me busy, i have found that housework can keep you busy all day, but stuff that lol, i am cutting that down to less that 2 hours!

DH has been home due to the crap weather so he has cut right into my computer time, he is horrible when not working, he was so excited tonight as he is back at work tommorow lol, but i am just as happy he wont be here too!

Cooper is going well, besides sleeping, was the best sleeping baby but not anymore, ah well cant have it all i guess, he has a tooth coming up, well has been there awhile but just slow coming out, and kinda crawling but not that great at it, loves standing up more(with help)

MIL arrives tommorow, but havent seen her in ages so she will be ok until she annoys me, but she knows not to bother as i will say something anyhow

i have read up on this thread but wont reply atm

talk later

HI Belinda! Now Aston will have to share the girls...lol...he was getting a bit lonely being the only boy.
IKWYM about DH and not working. They start to drive you a little mad after a while. The weather has been so odd this last month. Definately cut down on the housework...there is a saying about women with clean houses.. I always know that its time to get out and about, or start painting, when I start ironing clothes again! I stopped ironing when I had Nathan (only do it know when I have something that needs to be ironed and we are going out), and periodicly there have been times when I have started doing it again - until I have thought hang on a minute there are better things to be doing then ironing...lol. Sounds like Cooper is having all the same sleep issues that Aston is having - fun eh?

Good to hear from you belinda.

Ella's the same. Use to sleep well now she's a different baby.

She had a fever for the last 2 days and the GP says she has a virus but didnt prescribe ABs and said to continue with the Panadol. We had an awful night waking every few hours and not being able to go back to sleep so we were patting rocking and patting.

DH and I were going to see a movie tonight but now we're not sure if we should. I suppose my MIL can handle things for a few hours but i would feel so guilty...

Ann

Ann: i know its hard but i am sure the MIL will be fine and you wont be gone that long, but if you arent going to enjoy it and worry then probably best to go another time

Vicki: I havent ironed in ten years and not planning on starting again lol, but thinking of housework i better get some done, mother in law will be here soonish

Cooper ended up sick overnight, has a stukffed up head and is really hot, so just keep up with medicines until tommorow, if still sick tommorow will take him to doc, always worry about them having an ear infection, but he is generally happy enough, just not well

he is0 here helping me type so better go

hope everyone else is having a good day

Good to see ya back Belinda!!

OMG cant believe Chelsea (and Aston) is 7 months today! Where has the damn time gone?? They no longer babies but big kids!!

We had a shocker lastngiht with getting to sleep. Went out ysterday (BTW great to meet ya AJP :P) and then last night 8pm Chels was so tired, bathed and gave bottle, put her in bed and would cry.. wouldnt stop.. got her up...rocking.. no sleep... so come 930 still wouldnt sleep so Criag and i thought ok car ride... no luck... we ended up at Woolies doing the grocery shop.... 1130pm.. she crashed! Then whimpered on and off all night.....at FDC today so im hoping she sleeps and i told DH to tell the carer to feed her on time....not sure if he did tho!

Just finished doing some pumpkin for her....ive bit the bullet and giving homemade food a try :)

good job Kim.
seems everyone really is having trouble with sleeps. last night was a shocker for us too, i got up to evie once before deciding that i didnt have the energy so put her in bed with us, she slept for 3hours so that was good.
she just threw up an entire feed all over the bed but i think she just ate too much! i'm feeling quite flu-ey so i am praying we dont get sick!
was meant to babysit today but didnt - well i did for a few hours this morning but lets not go there!
anyways hoping evie will go down for sleep #2.5 soon (the .5 is the one she had in the car!)

ARGH!!! I want sleep!!! I want to be able to go to the toilet without listening to my baby scream. I've got uber velcro baby here today... stupid teeth! She's up every hour or so even in our bed & has slept today for 20 minutes after trying for an hour & then just now had a 45 minute sleep because I was holding her. When I tried to put her down twice she woke up & started screaming straight away. She won't even go in her sling today... bah I'm over it :(

I *know* its just a phase and won't last, but its soooo annoying going through it.

Luua- Ella feeling any better this arvo??

Tara- How did Evie go with her sleep? hope ur not getting sick

*Hugs* Christy, hope those teethies come up soon

Good to hear from u Belinda :)

im sure Chelsea will love ur homemade food Kim, i love making homemade things for Emelia! tried her with avocado today, she hated it she was dry reaching to the taste!! it was kinda funny watching the faces she was pulling trying to get it out of her mouth lol so then i gave her some carrot, sweet potato and brocoli and she scoffed it down its her favourite!

KIM it was great to finally meet you and chelsea, even though i wasnt therre long!!!!!!
well sleep must nbe bad for all of us!! been up the past two night at 3 wed night and 4 last night for feeds but luckly back to sllep amd today whingy at nap time which is most unlike her
got the wonder weeks book yseterday and it's expected around this age, well for sophies been a litle older anyway!!!

Oh Christy, i hear you. is there someone who could come over to watch jovie while you have a sleep?
Kim - how did the food go?
AJP - apparently the wonder weeks book is going out of print. pleeeeease tell me that fussy phase is around the 7mth mark as well!
Blanche - looked at Emelia's online album today, is that her standing holding onto the bath?! she looks so tall!!!

Evie went down for her nap this afternoon, for 1/2 an hour but i was still sleepy so snuggled her in bed next to me and we slept for another hour. she's just had a bath and gone to bed so we'll see how she goes tonight - fingers crossed!
tried her on some banana today - not too impressed!
She's going through that thing at the moment and its exactly what she did around 4mths as well where she doesnt want to be fed/rocked/patted or anything to sleep! so what seems to be working is if i just put her in her cot after a cuddle and stand there shhing or she plays with my hand...well, thats what its been these last couple of days...so we'll see!

It must be something in the weather! we were up and down all night last night too! Aston has a cold still, I was sure it was turning to croup at about 10pm last night (Nathan had croup several times - with stridor and had to be hospitalised) so I closed the windows and door to the ensuite and turned the shower hot on full to get some steam into him. it seemed to help for a little while, poor little man. and of course I was anxiously listening for the god awful sound to spring into action if need be. Thankfully - no croup developed, but not alot of sleep was had either. So heres to all us tired mummies!!! that said, I'm off to have a glass of wine....Hope everyone's night - including mine - is better then last night.

Glad u got a bit of sleep today, and i hope u have a really good night too!

yeh thats her holding onto the bath, she loves standing!! will have to see how tall she is at her next CHN appt in july! i think she has had a growth spurt, she is almost taller than her cousin Jasper who is 1year and 4 months!!!

Aww sorry to hear Aston still isnt well, hope he gets better soon? wat is croup? (sorry if dumb question) i really hope we all have a goodnight!

probably another dumb question! is there a baby yogurt or do they just have normal yogurt? im clueless

blanche i pretty sure there is baby yogurt!!!!
have you got a tape measure to measure emilia???? i cant wait til next moonth!!! sophie is only 66cm

lol!! yeh ill try measure her when she wakes up if she stays still!! she was 68.5cms at the start of this month!
Wow Sophie will be 8 months in a few days where has it gone...seriously!!

no its not a dumb question - croup is when the upper respirtory system becomes inflamed, and babies/kids have difficulty breathing. It is usually caused by a cold, and has the trademark barking cough. It sounds horrible. and it is worse if there is stridor as well, which is a gasping whistling sound made when they are breathing in, between coughs. You can see their chest gets sucked in. Its pretty scary - and most people don't consider it serious, but it is especially when there is stridor involved. Babies/kids will be hospitalised then for treatment. Ironically it usually occurs in the middle of the night, and when the weather changes dramatically, and in the day, they can be as right as rain! Until I had experienced it with Nat, I didn't think croup was that big a deal - I now know differently.

And yep, AJP is right there is baby yogurt- Vaali (i think thats how you spell it) make one, or the other option is "grow" your own. I know several mums who are doing that.

BTW kim, well done on making some baby food. Its pretty hard to stuff it up. i usually just steam a whole lot of a type of food, then puree - mash it up then freeze it in ice cube trays. The cube is about a tablespoon. once they are frozen, I pop them out into ziplock bags, and take out as many as I need for a meal. At the moment Aston is having about 3 cubes per meal.

AJP how did the avocado go after being frozen?

Thanks for that Vicki, that sounds pretty scary, i hope Aston doesnt get it. ill have to look out for that yogurt! wow Emelias such a piggy she has 6 cubes!

i just measured Emelia (well tried) i got 73cms but i could be wrong! she wouldnt stay still!

Chels looooooved her pumpkin!! We had a lovely mess.. all thru her eyebrows..hair, face and clothes!!! I feel so proud she liked *real* food :)

I just mashed it up with a Bar stick and then put some in little containers...gunna try potatoes soon, then mix the 2 and see how we go.. then i dunno try somethin else...lol

Thats great Kim!! haha sounds like Chelsea had fun! tomorrow there will be anice orange mess in her nappy hehe!!

i'm lucky to get two cubes into sophie!!! prefers boobie ,though she doesnt get it til after food, kim sophie has ahd pumpkin, zuchinni, broccoli, carrot, avocado, silverbeet, apple and pear.cicky havent defosted it yet, but i think it would be fine, will defrost it for tomorrow!!
blanche we cant believe it either, 8 months, only 4 til party time!!!!! thats scary

She normally eats the jar pumpkin....but real stuff tonight...never normally gets it everywhere tho!! lol

I defrosted avocado today seemed alright to me, but Emelia didnt like it anyways!

Ohh! evie just wont eat 'real' food! :cry:
Went to bed at about 7:15 last night, woke at 9:30 - put her dummy back in, then 1230 - had half a feed then 230 - had full feed and changed nappy and slept til 6. dh got up for work so i dont know if thats why she woke up...but she was pretty wide awake.
Does that sound about "normal"?
i feel like i keep trying to remember what happens every night that each night blends into the other and i dont remember what she used to do, or what is considered a "good" night. eeek! these babies!!

We went to bed at 1030pm (can tell it was FDC day cant ya?)...slept til 6am then thought it was play time.. so in our bed....went back to sleep at 730... and then woke at 930. Now just gonr back to bed....

Ive had about 2 hours sleep all night... Craig's work has made an offer.. and its been worrying me... was crying most of the night.. i just dunno what it means for us. It sounds secretive i know... but he has said not to say anything til we know wats going on...he isnt loosing his job...its a gain...$80-$100k plus per year with this new deal...but it means alot more to me then just money....ill tell more when we have made a decision.

Aston had a better nights sleep last night - pity the same cant be said for me! I couldn't get back to sleep after I fed him at 1.10am, an hour later I was still awake, so I got up had a herbal tea and read for an hour and half. just as I fell asleep, Aston woke at 4.15. So I'm feel rather tired and cranky today. We could have chatted online Kim if I'd known I wasn't the only one awake in the wee hours of the morn!

Took Aston to the doctor today, just to make sure that his cold isn't moving onto his chest and that his ears ok, and he is fine. He was weighed, and measured and is 8.9kgm and 72.5cm! Just a smidge under Emelia, Blanche.

Going to try Aston on carrots tonight, and try a couple of different things over the next nine days - moving into some meat too.

Hope you are doing ok Kim. I'm guessing that what it would mean for you is DH will not be home much... and money can't buyt that eh.

Yeah I would be absolutely devesated if DH was away more for work. He's had a few business trips since Jovie was born & I was completely lost... it was hard work. He's also had a few late nights & I was lost. So hard.

Jovie had a worse night sleep last night... I don't know, I know she's teething & is having a hard time with it, but I can't STAND it. Last night she was up from 1-3.30am and then again at 5am for the day. DH gave her a bottle at 1am and she just stayed up. Then I got up with her at 5am. URGH... where did my sleeping baby go??

Kim, that sounds great! i would do anything so we could be earning money like that! its so hard at the moment and then my gf just told me theres work at the childcare centre i worked at again so thats an option for me...its just an option i dont want! how bad does that sound.

Ok, need more sleep advice. evie's woke up at 2 so her next nap is "due" around 4/430, and its now 5 and she's still awake altho showing mega tired signs. so what do i do? if she goes to sleep now it's going to be like 9 before bed and i'm in bed by then!
do i just cut my losses and give her a bath and bed now?
i so dont know what to do and i am sooooo over it!!!! i cant do anything anymore to make her sleep. no boob, no rocking ARRRGGGHHH!!
going to try some avocado this evening so we'll see what happens...whatever

by the way Christy, i ask myself 'where did my sleeping baby go?' so often that i am beginning to wonder if i ever had one!

Tara Jovie goes to bed at 6-6.30pm most nights. If she's missed her late arvo sleep I give her a feed, a long bath & long massage afterwards & another feed & she's usually in bed at 6pm. I try to draw it out because I like going to sleep when I want ;)

Goodluck!

Thanks Christy, it's been an hour now and she wont sleep so im just going to give her a bath for my own sanity. she's been awake for 3 1/2 hours now. she is soooo tired but like i said, nothing i do will help her go to sleep. i dont know what to do for her.
plus i'm stressing over the whole freakin' solids thing. she just wont eat!
i'm going to have a 21year old tired bf'er!

just a thought, maybe i am making evie's food too thick, how thick did u guys make it to start with? at the moment i am just pushing pumpkin/banana/avocado whatever through a sieve and adding the tiniest bit of water.
how thick/thin is it meant to be?
OOO!! forgot to mention...i have a crawler!! she finally did it! and then without thinking, i put her on her mat while i went to the toilet and i came out to find her half way across the tiles...whoops! wont tell daddy about that one!

Taralee - to begin with I made Aston's food quite runny, not much thicker then breast milk, and I also mixed his food with breastmilk as well. Woohoo on the crawling - now life will really get fun. That might be why she hasn't been sleeping too well - too busy figuring out how to get those legs and arms working together. Aston is trying oh so hard to do it, but still only managing to go backwards. then he will go sod it - I can roll there faster! lol.

Tara - that's why she's not sleeping. That's a big developmental milestone! Yay evie! On the consistancy i made Ella's food like runny custard. i put a quite a bit of water to her food to make it mushy.

Christy - I say that all the time! where did she go?

We had the worst night ever. She wasnt this bad when she was newborn! She was up every 30mins. Her fever got worse and we ran out of panadol. DH and I took turns driving around looking for 24hr chemist with NO luck. Then when the shops opened we rushed out and got some and she slept for for 3hrs in the morning and then again in the afternoon (we ended up waking her at 5pm) so she could have some awake time before her night sleep. She's still got a slight temp but looks better. Now she's not sleeping. She's been awake for 3hrs.

She still eating fine - 3 cubes a meal and drinking more boob to keep her fluids up.

Where did our weekend go?

Ann

Blanche - Emelia is so cute standing up - what a cutie bum

Chelsea's food is thick and it dont fall off the spoon...lol....and i leave some chunks, mix with a little bit of water.

Emelia is so advanced standing like that... we still shake all over the place and fall!

Craig was good today.. he got up to Chels at 830 and watched her til 11 so i could sleep in....yet another night of not sleeping for me...Chels woke once and i asked Craig to get up and put the time he got up she'd put herself back to sleep!

Well... the nights haven't gotten much better :( but her second tooth popped through this arvo! So I hope that tonight it my night ;)

Jovie's not standing or crawling yet, but she's eating! She's had rolled oats with water the past 3 months for brekky, I add a bit of apple puree and she has an adult serving :rolleyes: which is twice what her big sister eats for brekky...

Oh Christy - i really hope you get some sleep tonight. its so hard when you know they just need to be comforted and you just cant do it because you're so tired yourself
our night wasnt too bad, she was asleep by 6, woke at 930, 1 and 430 for feeds but went straight back to sleep after, so i can deal with that.
going to try some avocado this afternoon.
i'm thinking that i'm not making them any where near runny enough, so i'll try that this evening and see how she goes.

Some one has taken my sleeping baby... :(

We now dont sleep during the day. All weekend she hasnt slept... maybe cos DH was home... i dont know...i dont need this now.

Got the high chair out of layby yesterday and lil munchikin is to short and her head is level with the tray.. so cute....but so funny too!!

Vicki - Glad Aston is alright, hope the cold passes quick!

Luua - poor Ella, hope shes feeling better and u get some sleep.

Kim- u have a great husband letting u get a sleep in, i would kill for a sleep in lol!! sorry to hear Chels isnt sleeping much:( hehehe at her been tiny in her high chair!!! u have to take a pic and put it on ur site!!

Christy - hope now that Jovie's other tooth came through u will get a good nights sleep!

Tara - how did Evie go with the avocado?

Emelias been having weetbix the last 2 days for breaky and she loves it! shes becoming so cheeky!!
i start my new diet tomorrow woo hoo !!! had maccas for dinner lol said it will be my last time!!

She is tiiiiiny! I have taken some pics and will put them u sometime tmrw on her site for sure...

Goodluk with the diet Blanche....i need one of them... as soon as M2 makes an appearance ill be hitting the diets myself!