Babies Born November 2007 #4

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Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

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Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
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15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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[Hoody]

ooh the firt to post in the new thread! I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day especially those of you celebrating for the first time (i think thats all of you except me and Willow) I hope you all got spoilt I did which was a lovely surprise as DH doesnt normally do much for me. I actually got a lovely gold necklace with a "mum" locket that holds 2 photos so i can put a photo of both girls. We also went out for breakfast with the inlaws and then had tea at my mums. I am taking Molly to get her 6 month injections today so i'm not looking forward to that- i'm hoping she will be fine and not ratty afterwards. Still no teeth or rolling or anything too exciting just the same of loveable lump of baby Still trying with solids daily just rice cereal and apple but Molly still wont have a bar of it so i guess she isnt ready. I was going to do personals as its been a while since i did but its too hard with the start of a new thread so get posting girls so i can soon.

[Dragonbub]

I had planned on being first but the web was down, so Hoody beat me to it! Just a quickie to say hi and happy mothers day, and to say that the Christening went so well, the weather was great and Caden was such a well behaved bub.

He has almost cut his top left tooth, it is half-cut and the other side will work its way out soon no down. They are sooo white and stretched-looking so am crossing fingers it will be over soon (please please).

Personals lately, ditto Hoody!

[Belinda*]

Howdy ladies,

Hope you all had a wonderful Mothers Day... it was sooooo nice just spending it with my little girl. I got a lovely surprise pressie and card too (very surprised as my DH has always said it's just commercialised rubbish blah blah blah).

Well, I don't have too much more to report from last time... Brooke has been her usual happy (most of the time) self - still no teeth to report. She can sit up a little better now - although gets the wobbles pretty quick and falls in whatever direction she is looking. We have been spending more time outside with the lovely weather (and now the sun doesn't have the bite to it). Brooke loves watching the birds and dogs and cars. Still mainly just rolling over (she loves rolling from back to tummy and loves showing off on her tummy - doesn't so much roll the other way). Also loves her high chair - its great for when I'm making tea! Haven't started on solids but intending to in the next couple of weeks.

Hoody... how'd you go with ideas for working part-time? I'm in recruitment - there are so many different opportunities out there at the moment... it really comes down to what you want to do. Employers are becoming more and more flexible with working arrangements to attract staff and with your background in retail management (no doubt exceptional communication and interpersonal skills!) it could lead you to so many other areas. If you're still not sure what you want to do, there are some great part-time job sites around these days (as well as Seek) so worth just having a browse to get ideas.

Dragonbub... glad the Christening went well! You've obviously got a wonderful little boy! Hope the teeth come thru soon!

Have a good night!!

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Me (30)
DH (31)
DD (5 months, 2 weeks)

[Hoody]

Hi Belinda- Still no idea with work though it looks like i might have a 2 day/ week position for 4 months where my friend works doing payroll and book keeping. Nothing exciting but like i said only for 4 months so might be good to get a little bit of exp and to see if i really do want to work. I dont have to financially (although extra money is always handy) i just think it would do me good. Been home all day with 2 kids can be really draining. Glad to hear you got spoilt for mothers day my DH thinks the same and DD1 is 2 and this is the 1st yr i've been spoilt Its always nicer when its unexpected.

DB- So glad the christening went well. i really need to get my @ss into gear and get Molly done. Its just life is so busy at times etc that i really cant be bothered with the hassle DD1's was a huge event so we will have to match it iykwim.

Well Molly had her needles and my brave lil darling didnt even cry. She was fine all afternoon too so i guess it went as smoothly as it was possible. DD1 on the other hand cried for her as she had a BT the week b4 and thought the needle was for her DD1 went to daycare today so it was just Molly and i and TBH i cant even remember what i did when DD1 was that young honestly it was soooooo easy. So to all you girls on your 1st enjoy every minute of it when/if you have no2 it wont be as laid back. I mean she was good as gold fed and slept like a champ and i felt really lost. Normally on my day off i run errands and food shop and stuff but today i just stayed home and i actually managed to clean the house in record time, cook a roast and then i was bored. Not that i'm complaining it just made me realise how much harder it is having two. I did miss DD1 though today the house was a little too quiet. Are any of you thinking about no 2? I am already starting to feel clucky again Although DH is adament that 2 is enough so i guess for now thats our limit. I started trying for Molly just b4 DD1 turned one. Take care girls and chat soon.

[Dragonbub]

Hey Hoody - glad to hear about the job. It is great getting out into the workforce and being a "professional" rather than "mum". I have had some casual work and am surprised at the lack of clean non-spewy clothes that I have in my wardrobe. Plus am in a funny size state at the moment, pregnancy clothes obviously too large, but my pre-preg clothes are too big now as well, so I have to buy some more. I just can't be bothered! Pre baby I would shop for myself with joy and gay abandon, however now I end up in the baby section buying Caden something instead

As for #2 I was never a clucky person and although I longed for my own baby, I never got clucky over others IYKWIM? But when I look at him and sometimes talk about his younger brother/sister, I really long for my family. We will only have 2 (at least unless DH decides he wants more because I would like 3) so we are going to start trying when Caden is about 3. For me I feel this gives him a good amount of time and hopefully he will be toilet trained (don't know how I could be pregnant and changing nappies *blurg*) and fairly independent. I know there are advantages to just "getting it over and done with" but I don't know how I would go with 2 really littlies. Plus I am looking forward to going back to work part time in October and working on my career a bit. I love my job and am the main breadwinner, so DH might end up a SAHD in the future, or at least a part time SAHD while I work.

Quick question - did anyone "try" for a particular gender? Did it work? What did you do? Would you try for the next one?
(We didn't try with Caden, just thought we would take pot luck and am not sure about next one)

As for work, is anyone going back? My mothers group is full of professional women, with only 2 SAHMs. I would love to be a SAHM but even now I have picked up some casual work and am studying, so I don't think I could pull it off. It requires so much dedication and committment. Don't get me wrong, I love Caden to bits, but I also love my job and that is what brings the money in. I know I don't have to justify my decision here, but I feel I need to justify it to myself, ya know? It is nice to hear other women returning to work and still being great mums heh heh (have had a few negative comments from random strangers and friends of friends re going back to work )

Belinda - great too about the sitting up! Caden has been doing that for a while now, and some days he will stay up for over 5 minutes, and other days he just topples right over. I think sometimes he just can't be bothered LOL.

STILL no teeth! They are cutting, but I can't feel them yet. Things have settled down a bit tho and he isn't up during the night anymore, just a quick feed at around 5 in morning which I could probably skip if I didn't get up to him anyway - I think he would just chat and play for a bit before going back to sleep.

Hoody - it is funny what you said about being bored. Caden seems to have just changed and is now having about 3 hours awake time between sleeps. This has left me wondering what to do with him, and often resort to going shopping, running errands, visiting a friend, etc just to use up the time. Then when he is asleep I miss him and can't wait for him to get up and play! Oh the contradictions!! It feels like as soon as I have a routine, he changes and I am fluffing about not knowing what to do...

Well, have rabbited on enough and will get some stuff done before the lil fella wakes up.