I definitely wont be giving Lara any chocolate at easter, I am not starting her on solids until she is 6 months.
Hollye - What did the dr say about weight loss? Did he give you any tablets to take or anything? Glad Mia's visit to the chiro went well.
HJ - Hope your sore throat, ear ache and head ache clear up soon
OM - Lara loves sitting up too. Hates laying down on her playmat. If I have her laying down she tries so hard to lift to head and back to sit up. Glad you can breast feed again.
Went for lunch with a friend today, was good to get out of the house but DD1 drove me nuts wanting to push the pram everywhere and not looking where she was going and almost running into people.
Sorry but cant do personals today, have a migraine.. Hit me after I went to the pead, which I had found out yesterday was actually today not Friday.
Anyway here's V's measurements.
Weight Birth - 2.38kg Now - 4.3kg
HC Birth - 34cm Now 39.5cm
Birth Length - 47cm Now 56.5cm
As you all may remember she has a little lump on the back of her head too the left, well at first the Dr wasnt quite sure what it was but has now told me that it is definately a Dermatoid Cyst and needs to be removed. He doesnt want to do it just yet, want her to grow a bit more but wants to see her again in 3mths time and will then book the surgery to have it removed. Thankfully he told me it is only day surgery so she wont be staying in hospital just for the day. I am really not looking forward to that day, let me tell you. Maybe thats why I ended up with a Migraine as soon as I stepped into the car when I left.
csab - sorry to hear about the migraine and v's impending surgery.
It's 1am and I CAN NOT SLEEP This has been happening for the past few days and its getting worse and worse. I don't know why! It's driving me crazy. Like i don't have enough on without having to contend with being exhuasted each day. Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!
So let me tell you about my day. We had MG and the 'hosting' mum has a pool so Liam had his very 1st swim. He loved it. Then I dropped into my nannas on the way home and she was really glad to see Liam since she hasn't in a little while. Did the last of my shopping and picked up Vogue and loved flicking through it while feeding. Finally got around to sending off the invites for my sister's baby shower and wrote up my resignation letter for work. And then did a rough draft of the 'Nanna's Brag Book' photobook I'm making for my mum's birthday. All in all a busy but great day.
Now, will someone tell me why I'm so wired even though I'm EXHAUSTED!!!! Sorry for the vent, just got to do something to get me to the point of sleeping............
Casb.. speaking of cyst... Jorda has a fatty cyst on her back at the top, I have had it checked and they think it might go away as she grows. it moves around a little and its kinda mushy... mmm is this kida like what your baby has?
Ok so I GAVE IN!!!!!! jorda is officallly on solids.. well rice cereal SHE LOVES IT.. can get enough of it.. I brought i back from canada as i hate FAREX here.. so yuck just like glue.. So she is on some fantastic organic rice ceral, she is eating 3 tablespoons a day!
I think she is at least 7-8 Kg.. she is in huggies infant 4-8kg and they are a little snug.. anyone else find this.. and they leak all the time.. I cant stand huggies.. I wish i brough more Pampers nappies back from canada!
didi - Mias lucky if shes 6.7 ish kilos atm and we went into crawlers months ago. The infant one leaked everywhere. so i would say to start getting the next size up as its 6-11 kilos i think. Mia still isnt on solids but i have stuff here for when she is. I got some of the organic rice cereal too as i think farex is crap and looks like clag. Shes not that far off 6 months! mad.. how quick the time has gone.
1stbub - that sucks about the not sleeping. What is your diet like? I found i had the same thing until i cut down the amount of coke i was drinking. Poor eating can affect your sleep greatly. If it goes on, head in and see your doc.
CSAB - wow O is growing nicley, she is doing very well n u are doing a fantastic job! When do they think they will be able to operate? i hope shes ok. Remember we are here for u and little O xoxox
Leigh - yep doc has put me on Reductil. Its sort of the same as Duromine without the stuff that makes u unable to sleep, well theres not as much of it. It costs me $100.75 per month. Very $$$ but it would be the same if i was only jennycraig or something. fingers crossed i can get this weight off.
All good here. Mia has a little cold. Coughing and sneezing the poor little darl. Freezing here today... hopeit doesnt rain. i have a line full of washing.
Thanks very much Hollye, I hope Mia gets over her cold quickly hun, poor little one. V still has a slight cough that doesnt seem to want to go, and her nose still abit congested.
Didi - The cyst that V has, as the Dr put it, and what I can tell too, is it is mobile so not stuck to the skull, and soft not overly hard. He said that they like to remove them before they get too old so as young as possible as the skull shapes itself around it like a bit of a dent and as the cyst gets bigger so does the dent, so they prefer the cyst to be small so the dent in the skull wont be to noticable. If that makes sense. V has had it since she was born so we have just been monitoring it but it will only get bigger. He said it is from all the waste, like fat etc. He also said that it will not go away on its own, that it has to be removed surgically. Maybe it would be a good idea to have another opinion on the one that Jorda has. hugs
1st - Thankyou too, I think the migraine hit me out of stress, but feel somewhat better today. As for HM I am not sure where she is. You have had a busy day, maybe hun you are just overtired, give yourself some time to wind down. hugs
Hollye - Reductil is good, I was on it before I had kids and lost 17 kgs in 3 months. I loved it & didnt miss the junk food while I was on it. I think I might go back on it too. Have you felt that you find yourself not hungry? I had a bit of trouble sleeping on it at first but think once my body was used to it I was right. Are you taking it first thing in the morning?
Didi - Glad Jorda is enjoying her solids. I havent started Lara yet but can't wait to see how she enjoys them. I am not looking forward to the stained clothes though. Im not sure how heavy Lara is (getting her weighed next fri when she has her needles) but she is still in infant size huggies. They haven't leaked yet, I have boxes of crawler here ready for when she grows out of the infant.
csab - Glad you're feeling a bit better today. Poor V, hope her cold goes away soon & good luck for her op.
1stBub - Hopefully you'll get a good night sleep tonight. I hate nights when I can't sleep. I am a very light sleeper at the best of times so when I dont get much sleep I feel even worse during the day.
Leigh - yeh i take it in the morning. I still am getting hungry but i have only been on it for 2 days so it may take a while to kick in?? yeh my interest in junk food is less.. just dont feel like it. did u do strict diet and exercise while on it?
Yeah I did do strict diet and exercise. I am a junk food queen and love it but didnt really miss it while I was on the reductil. Think once I saw the weight dropping off and my clothes getting bigger I didnt miss the junk. I did occaisionally eat it but felt guilty having it.
Think I might make an appointment to go see my dr so I can get it again. I have no control with the junk at the moment & coz the tablets make you feel full I wont feel like it, well hopefully anyway. Are you exercising and eating healthy? I just hope I can find time to exercise everyday. With Dh's work schedule it is hard finding time to go for a walk without the kids.
Think I am going to get my implanon taken out too. I am always bleeding or spotting. Havent had much of a break from the bleeding in the 4 months since I've had Lara and I am getting really sick of it. What are you girls using for contraception?
It was a year ago today that I found out I was pregnant with Lara.
im on the depo 3 month injection for contraception. Havent had any bleeding what so ever, even wehn my period was due.
Yeh im TRYING to eat healthy . I went for a walk today so thats better than nothing. Im also a junk food addict.. so i need to stop eating crap. DP had KFC for tea and i had subway, so its not as bad.
Morning all - just a quick question in regards to bottle feeding - Bianca is still on the teats for 2mths olds i think - i have tried to up her to the 3mth old teats for her bottle but she chokes on it! - is this normal for her to be so behing in changing teats?
Sorry HJ, I dont know. We use Tommee Tippee. I just noticed a few weeks ago he was struggling with the 0-3months so am getting the 3-6months (a few every week). He seems to suck his cheeks in on the younger ones. Has no probs with the older ones.
Thanks for all your suggestions for sleep. I don't drink coffee, tea of coke apart from the very rare occasion. And after putting on weight last week I've been really good and cut the snacks off (except for yesterday but that's coz i was too tired to resist and needed a big energy hit to keep shopping while Liam was asleep). Anyway, last night I had a nice warm shower before bed and lit my all-favourite insence stick which has helped me sleep in the past, and slept reeeeeally well. (...just not enough. Come on 9pm!!!! ). I think its maybe coz i was still trying to 'work' up until bedtime, so I'm gonna try giving myself some pc restrictions for about 2 hours before bed.
On other news, went to the doc today, and I have a hernia. (Ew!) Just a small one, doesn't potrude out of the skin or anything gross like that. So i just have to be careful with how much i lift etc. If it gets worse we'll have to look at operating, but he seems to think if i'm careful it shouldn't be an issue for many years, aside from the occasional pain.
Liam's great. Getting very active and always wanting to move. Charming women all over town. He's a cutie. He does this high pitched talking thing. Very musical sounding. Anyway, should get to work. Too much to do, too little time!
so lets talk about these babies teeth... i thought Mia started teething at like 2-3 months. i dont think this was the case as i think she was more unselttled from her reflux. I dont know whats going on in her mouth. I can feel about 3-4 teeth. 2 down the bottom and 1-2 up the top. But they have been like that for ages. She doesnt seem too fussed by them most days, but today she was and had bonjela twice. But i bet tomorrow she will be fine again.. *scratches head* My MHCN said that on average babies cut their first tooth around 5.5 - 6 months.
so what have u ladies noticed going on with ur bubs mouths?
Im on the Depo 3 month shot for birth control but im not liking it. Just the fact i have missed 2 periods and i dont like the idea of it. So i will prob let this one run outa my system and go back on the pill. We use condoms aswell. We will be looking to fall pregnant hopefully sometime in 2010.
Suffering pretty badly here today as it was my sisters wedding yesterday. DH mum babysat from 7-12pm so that felt abit strange but was good to go out somewhere with just DH for a few hours. I drank way too much wine but I wasn't as drunk as I thought I may get as I paced myself well. Olive was asleep by the time I left to go to the reception so that made me feel better and I was only 5mins away from home. Olive looked so cute at the ceremony in her little gold flowergirl dress and was well behaved. Then when we got home I had to express so that took to 1:30am then my wisdom tooth as playing up so I had to get up and take something for that then Olive woke at 3:50am. She must have known something was up cause she hasn't done that for ages. So I got 3hrs sleep after over a bottle of red and feel like s*#t! She has only had 1 one hr sleep and 1 1/2hr sleep all day aswell. Don't think i'll be going out again for awhile, it hurts to much! Had a fantastic time though.
Hollye - Olive has also been teething for a few weeks now but it doesn't seem to bother her too much, just lots of chewing and drooling and I can feel/see the tooth just below the surface.
Didi - No solids here yet either, Olive is big enough! No but she sleeps well and is a very content bub so don't really feel the need to change things just yet and she is growing up so fast as it is.
We will try for another bub next year then if it's a boy DH will hopefully get the snip and that will be it for us. If it's a girl DH would really like to have 3 but i'm not that keen TBH. We aren't really using any contraception ATM just withdrawal so it's all pretty cas and if it happens, it happens.
hj - Olive still uses newborn teats as she has to work harder for the milk which is good if I can ever go back to bf. I have some advent teats with 2 holes which came with the bigger bottles but they are hopeless, to fast.
Off to see if I can get olive to sleep so I can. See ya's.
This has been happening for the past few days and its getting worse and worse. I don't know why! It's driving me crazy. Like i don't have enough on without having to contend with being exhuasted each day. Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!
). I think its maybe coz i was still trying to 'work' up until bedtime, so I'm gonna try giving myself some pc restrictions for about 2 hours before bed.
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