Babies Born November 2007 #4

[Dragonbub]

Hey Heather,
Caden's top teeth have taken 4 weeks from initial pain and inflammation until now where the top left has finally cut through. I expect the other to come any day also, as that is so close to cutting it is visible through his skin. He too sits by himself, but is not reliable enough for me to leave him without pillows scattered around.

Took him for his 6 month (oops a bit late ) injections today. VERY VERY grizzly, teething and extremely overtired, so not a good day for us.

Hope all is going well for mums and bubs out there!

[Hoody]

Just a quick one we are about to go out just waiting for DH to get out of shower....we are going to be late

Molly has finally started to enjoy solids and is crying when she finishes them. I am still very apprehensive about how much to give her as she has only been interested the last 2 days or so but today she has had 2 meals. She has not cut back on any feeds though and is having still 6 a day. It's funny all the stress with her gaining weight in the first 4 months and in the last 2 she has put on 2kg. She really is filling out. DH thinks she is too chubby (of course she isnt) so i cant win. She is up to 6.7kg but still not very long.

DB i hope tomo is a better day for you and Caden isnt too grumpy for too long after his needles. I cant believe all the teeth we havent any yet so all the fun is yet to come.

Heather- how did Kimmy go with her needles? Well i hope. What line of work are you in now?

Ok DH is ready gotta run.

[Doing my best]

Hi all,

Dragonbub, I know the feeling of teething and needles.. We got 2 teeth the day of 4 months injections.. But IMO it was better to have all the grizzles in 1 or 2 days. Hope he feeling a little better tomorrow for you!

Well we didn't get injections today and I didn't get to work. Kimmy was really grumpy this morning and DH was a bit worried about having her on his own in that state, so much to work's digust I stayed home. I went with DH to GP but poor little Kimmy was too sick, and we didn't even realise that she was that unwell. I thought it was the teeth till we heard her wheezing. She had a temp of 37.6, rapid heartbeat and a wheezy chest, so instead of injections we walked away with anti-biotics. and instrctions that if she gets any more negative signs, off to the hospital..

I feel really bad that she was that unwell and we didn't notice. She was a little grumpy, but still playing, laughing and squealing and rolling. The temp didn't feel that high, and she is often wheezy 1st thing in the morning and evening when it is really cool. Maybe I am too relaxed?

The anti-biotics have started to kick in, so hoping for a reasonably good night. Just glad that if it had to happen, it happened on DH's weekend off as I'm not feeling too good myself..

Anyhow, off to bed now.. talk again soon.

[Dragonbub]

Hey Heather,
dont feel bad about her being sick and you not noticing. They are the professionals after all, and are meant to know when babies are sick! Rest assured that if she was more sick, you would have noticed and taken action. Caden sometimes feels hot but is normal temp, so it is so hard to tell. I am always checking his temp, as he always seems to have a hot head, but is rarely running a fever. I am sure the opposite can occur as well...

As for injections, they went ok. I hate the screaming and have this primal urge to biff the nurse, grab him and run out of there! Must fight the urge, not conducive to good nurse-patient relations, LOL.

Gotta go, boy crying,

[Hoody]

Heather- Sorry to hear that Kimmy has been so unwell. Dont worry you didnt notice i'm sure you would have picked it up if she got any worse, i can put my DD1 to bed thinking she is ok and get up in the night to a 40 degree temp and an asthma attack end up with hosy and think "but she was fine all day" I hope she is feeling much better and you too

DB your quote- "As for injections, they went ok. I hate the screaming and have this primal urge to biff the nurse, grab him and run out of there! Must fight the urge, not conducive to good nurse-patient relations, LOL."
Had to laugh at this its very true

We are doing well no complaints here at the moment. Still nothing major to tell- no teeth, no rolling (well the odd fluke) jsut the starting of solids. So far we have tried Rice Cereal, Apple, Pear and Sweet Potato and so far she has loved them all esp the fruit. I have bought lots a vegies today so i can get cooking and freezing. I forgot how much time i used to spend doing it for DD1 but its slowly coming back. Had a bit of a grumpy baby this arvo and i dont know why but i guess she is allowed to have days like that i do! Her cheeks have been rosy and her NR has flared up again so maybe her teeth are moving again. Well thats it from me time to go watch the box with DH before bed.

[Belinda*]

Howdy girls,

Well, I'm not sure if Brooke's coming down with something or if she has teeth coming thru but she's all flushed in the cheeks and it took me about 2.5 hours to get her to go to sleep tonight (very unusual for her - she's normally out like a light at 6:30pm on the dot every night) - she'd fall asleep in my arms and every time I put her down in her cot she'd scream. Didn't seem to have a temp or anything though so I think it might be teeth...

I've decided to start some rice cereal tomorrow - just the last day or two she seems to be wanting more after her BF (she's cut down to 4 feeds a day now) and is 6 months on Sunday so I think its about time. Will give it a whirl and see how we go.

Heather - hope Kimmy is feeling better! and you too for that matter! Exciting that she's now sitting... Brooke isn't quite there yet but we're working on it!

Hoody - Molly sounds like she's got what Brooke's got - will be interesting to see if it is teeth!! My girl is a healthy little chubba too (so cute )- she's 8kg now and in the 90th for her length! Dr reckons I must have good milk ha ha.

Dragonbub - love your comments... protective motherly instinct coming out!! We've got needles next week so shall see how we go.

Well have a great week everyone!

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Me (30)
DH (31)
DD (5 months, 3 weeks)

[Dragonbub]

Hey Belinda - LOL about the milk. Sometimes they are little piggies! I often get asked if Caden is formula fed cos he is so chubby, not that I think that should make a difference, unless I was feeding him too higher concentrate? He seems to chub up, then have a length-spurt, then looks alot slimmer for a while. He has consistently been 75% height and 75% weight, however recently he went up to 90% height, but same weight. He hasn't grown in length since then though, but his weight is now 9.2 kg so am thinking he has dropped back to 75% again. (numbers numbers, my kindom for numbers)

As for solids, I gave some to Caden when he was 4 months old just to see how he went cos he was fussy after the boob sometimes. Maybe once or twice since really knuckling down at 6 months. I have increased his intake now after chatting to Ngala, as I don't think I was giving him enough because he always ate the whole amount! Last night I challenged myself to find the "bottom" of the "bottomless pit" that is Caden's tummy. It equaled to pretty much 250 mls of solids, or 2.5 jars full. I gave him pumpkin and sweet potato (about 6 ice cubes I think) then some apple (a jar) then some rice cereal! By the time I got to the rice cereal he had slowed down considerably and eventually stopped. I normally would have given him HALF that amount, LOL. He still woke up at 3 am for a feed, but at least he had a fuller tummy for bed and wasn't as irritable.

As for teeth - Caden is def like this when teething. He is off his food a bit more and harder to settle. (immuz combined with teething make for a VERY unsettled bubba). Sounds like things are moving for sure.

Hoody - likewise, Caden never got rozy cheeks, but did get a spot of NR. I hope it doesn't get worse for Molly like before! Maybe apply lashings of Bepanthen as a pre-emptive strike and cross fingers.

As for us - one top tooth, coming and going (I think the gum must heal over for a bit or swell up, thus hiding newly cut tooth?) and one still right there under the surface. I wish I could wring that tooth-fairies neck for taking her darn time!

Lots of rolling onto tummy which is great. He does this weird tummy shuffle thing that I guess is a pre-cursor to crawling as he tries to reach a toy. Great at sitting but even though he can sit without me touching him, he likes me right there otherwise he topples over. I am his security-mumma or something.

Heaps more settled now after immuz and those teeth!

Have a great week everyone!