Hi everyone,
Kim - the fires are an absolute travesty. The thought of me, Olive and DH in our car with a wall of fire infront of us gives me nightmares. It is incomprehensible how people can light these fires and ruin so many lives, it's very devestating. I wish I was rich so I could donate a decent amount but the drive sounds like a great idea.
Good luck ttc#6.
hj - Congrats on the house!
I figure as long as Olive is happy and sleeping then why introduce solids before her little body needs them? All the professionals i've spoken to say 6mths so I will wait until I start back to work in April. Olive will be 5.5mths but given she is so big she may need something extra by then. It will also mean that I won't have to express so much. I also have the teething rings you put in the fridge.
1stbub - how is your feeding going these days? Are you still bfing?
Hollye - Hope it all goes well at the pead. Thanks for doing up the weight loss chart.
Hi to everyone i've missed
Olive is good but is getting really bored easily ATM and wants me to play with her all the time. She is moving around on the floor a fair bit but I think she would just really love to crawl.
I'm a bit stressed because work wants me to let them know now when i'm going to go back to work f/t but I really don't know. I was thinking never. I'm also having alot of trouble finding good quality childcare so I won't be going back until that happens.
Our new floor looks great but what I really need is a holiday.
It's going pretty well, thanks for asking. He has his morning feed just BF, then has a bottle top up (on top of BF) for the other feeds usually. I can occasionally get away with another feed just BF. I'm glad I stuck it out. I keep trying to wean him off FF even more but he's not in it and this works well enough for both of us. I feel for you expressing so much. You're quite amazing to keep it up for so long.
I'm glad I don't have to think about going back to work yet. I'm not sure how I'll cope when i do go back (whenever that will be..). Good luck with your childcare hunt!
OM have you looked into family daycare. I used this for many years and was very happy with it. The carers are lovely and they can only have a maximum of 5 children a day which is achievable to look after. Phone your local council or look for them in the phone book. IF for any reason you end up not liking your carer they will find you another one.
Kim - Wow, good luck ttc number 6. Are you trying straight away? I am a bit jealous coz I want more kids but cant have any.
HJ - Lara is sucking her fists and putting whatever she can in her mouth all the time too, she's doing it right now but I am going to hold off until 6 months before I give her solids.
Hollye - Good luck for you and Mia at the pead today.
OM - Hope you find care for Olive soon. Hopefully you wont have to go back to work full time. Dont let them pressure you into going back full time (especially if you can afford just to do part time)
Hi to everyone I have missed.
DD1 has vomiting and diarrhea, poor thing. I am the rest of us dont get it. I live in Far Nth Qld and it is still raining here, wish I could send it down to Vic where it is needed most. I can't watch the news anymore either, way too depressing.
Gotta go, have a great day, oh and I am not doing too well with the dieting this week either
KimB - I am currantly looking into FDC as there are no centre's in my area that take babies. There is only one carer available at the moment though and because I work in childcare myself I know she has the worst reputation so there is no way Olive is going there. We will work it out, I may just have to get a bit more help from family for now.
Thanks everyone on ur advice! i will hold off until 6mths with B unless for some reason she seems hungry and the formula isnt satifying her - was in no rush to get her on solids, tho was just wondering - exspecially with the teething rusks!
while she is happy like u recommended i will just keep on doing what we are doing!
Thank you!
Mia went well today> pead is very happy with her and just wants her to stay on her meds (there are NO long term affects) and he says i can decide when to take her off it. He said more than likley her reflux will settle when she starts soilds but then it might not so its all up to her really. So she still has reflux and he seen it in all its glory today (lucky i took 5 bibs with me). And... i dont neeed to go back to see him!!!!!!!!! he said to come back if im worried about anything but he gave me another prescription for her meds and said i can get more from the GP if need be. So yay!!!!!!!!
Didnt weigh her as the scales where in the other room and another pead was using them but he felt her tummy and everything and hes very pleased.
Also.. he said not to bother going to the physio about Mia's head tilt. He said "yes physios have a 100% success rate in fixing them, because they ALL fix themselves" i tend to believe him coz hes been a pead over 40 years. And Mias is getting better.. much better..
I'm also having alot of trouble finding good quality childcare so I won't be going back until that happens.
the rest of us dont get it. I live in Far Nth Qld and it is still raining here, wish I could send it down to Vic where it is needed most. I can't watch the news anymore either, way too depressing.
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