Babies born October 1st - 15th 2008 #4

[[M]umma[M]ia]

no work for me... yay! im a fulltime SAHM and i will be staying that way until i buy my business sometime in the future.

Mia is squeeling at the TV atm lol.. shes about to have a bath.

Just made spag bol for tea so thats tea sorted.

talk to you ladies later... after Mia goes down for the night. It SHOULD be about 8:30.

[1MOREPLZ]

Technically and financially i don't have to go back to work No need BUT if we are to get ahead financially then i shall do it...hopefully in the next year or two i will be a permanent SAHM and have another bubba

[SamiH]

Me - I love work, and I haver returned 3 days when both kids were 10 months - a nice balance - i love the adult conversation, interaction and feeling of financially contributing - and I just love my work LOL - BUT we dont have family here and my child care centre said prob no chance of a mid year intake - so I might not end up going back until Christmas school holidays anyway, hav to wait and see.

PP - Zander would only take around 100ml from bottle when I was doing it - i havent given him one for 7 weeks though - been too lazy to express and had no need to ... also depends on the quality of your milk, the fore/hind contents etc - I think i said prev in the last 4 weeks his feeds have felt like crap but he still put on 800g so he is obviously getting something. The intake is based on formula, noone will ever know just how much babies get from boobs

Anyway, Z just about to wake from sleep #4 today - he has been such a good boy - 2hrs, 1.5hrs, 1hr, and been down another hour so far - gives me time with the other two which is great.

[Georgi]

No plans to go back to work here. We are planning to start TTC again Jan 2010.

What a perfect baby I have today. He's been sleeping well & sticking to the routine I so much enjoy. I just wish he would feed for longer. He feeds for 5 mins quite easily then it's such an effort to get him to have more. I know his weight is good, for now, but I know he's not getting enough milk. I just hope it's just a phase he's going through, though it has been about 4 weeks since he's been feeding like this. This morning, after 12 hours between feeds, he only fed for 4 minutes... Any ideas?

Man it's hot today. I have just finished vacuuming & steam mopping my floors. It's such a chore. It always takes me 2 hours, even with my new H2O steam mop. I love it.

HOLLYE Do you plan to start a hairdressing business?

KATONES Another bub? Wow, how many do you plan to have? Gosh, 2 is definately my limit

TERU Maybe you can advertise in your local paper, just take out a classified ad. Just a thought

PP I hope you can sort out E's feeding. How frustrating it is aye. Why can't everything just be smooth sailing???

BELFIE That's great that X only feeds 4 x per day. Very unusual that his age isn't it? It goes to show how babies can vary so much in so many different ways. Amazing

TANYA I've been thinking of going to a movie too. Jayne & I were just talking about it yesterday. I looked it up on the net but there not on atm due to school holis

Hmmm, I'm hungry. What can I eat that won't spoil dinner... Gone to find out!

[Georgi]

SAMI Did you find out about the icon things at the bottom? BJ & Z are both being good today. Huh, they've been on the phone again lol

[SamiH]

SAMI Did you find out about the icon things at the bottom? BJ & Z are both being good today. Huh, they've been on the phone again lol

Nope I didnt search yet

[belfie]

Wow, I'm due back (p/t - mebbe 2 days in, & 1/2 day at home) at work end August... if I don't get retrenched. I work for one of the big banks (and no, I'm not a financial bod!) so lotsa restructures atm... I survived the first cut but who knows what'll happen between now & Aug honestly I'm 50:50 if I want to go back. It's in the CBD and not exactly a short day, so might be interesting to juggle. Be good to keep my hand in career-wise... but I don't relish the idea of leaving my little man. DH and MIL will look after X... at this stage...

And we're TTC from Oct this year... probably. Maybe. Once I get my episiotomy fixed hahaha!

Georgi - woo hoo for TTC Jan 2010... mebbe we'll be in another buddies thread Re X feeding 4 times, yeah it was worrying me a bit at one stage, but honestly I reckon he's just a big guts who likes to fill his belly then snooze it off... like the rotund little bear he is! And the MHCN seemed to think it was ok too, amazingly enough. I think the whole EBM from a bottle makes for quite a different feeding pattern!

SamIH - great Z was sleeping well! Reckon it was a conference call with BJ, Z & X!

Mmm just had fish & chips for dinner. Naughty but yum!!!

[teruteru]

technically i dont need to go back to work, but would b good to get extra income. theres no point for me to start or even look for f/t wrk just yet as we plan ttc soonish so we hav an early 2010 bub. the pay at the casino is decent & the benefits r v pretty good so its worth me wrking there even when i do find another job, jst have to figure out the hrs thou.

advertising in local papers an idea but prob is i dont hv an experience behind it, shall c. tbh even thou im finishin the degree, ive lost slight interest in the field atm im lookin to b a wahm makin diff sorts of baby things. im in the planning stage but will wrk on it once i get the exams done & after we return frm o/s..

hvnt tried the others but the fb one allows u to share the link with others. i believe the others r similar??

jst woke up frm a 3hr nap, so hot! bathtime, bbl

[PinkPalace]

Georgi - woohoo for ttc next year! do them close - thats what i like to hear lol

Why are you concerned about 5 min feeds? DD and DS both had 5 min feeds.
Even when i give him a bottle - he downs 100ml in less than 10 minutes - so i would say he gets the same if not more from the boob.

Some babies are just more efficient in feeding - esp as they get older
if his weight is good then i wouldnt worry about it

Hot as here too. i took ashley for a dip in a friends pool... to cool her off (she is still fevering). but it is still hot now.

Anyhow.. ethan is sad so i better get him, DH is off to squash and DD is in bed (yes a long day for her - hoping she is in bed for the night).

mwah

[Georgi]

PP I am concerned about his 5 min feeds cause he only has 5 feeds a day.

TERU I don't think you need experience. You just advertise your details, people ring & ask how much, you tell them, they book you Lol. In a perfect world

BELFIE You make me laugh... Confrence call & the big guts snoozing

SAMI I forgot to say that I've booked BJ in to the Osteo next Friday. I'm sure it will help cause I can see a twist in his spine

I had baked, satay chicken & salad for dinner. Now i'm gonna have low fat ice cream & spoil it with Ice Magic!

[teruteru]

omg he just did his 1st roll frm tummy to back. nearly missed it but managed to catch it just in time. im so proud

[SamiH]

And we're TTC from Oct this year... probably.
Georgi - woo hoo for TTC Jan 2010... mebbe we'll be in another buddies thread !!!

Well I will just have to fake a preg so I am still up with it ...... we are done - definitely!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

yep one day i want to open up my own salon

Well Mia has had 5 bottles today already and downed about 125 mls.. so thats much better. She has been MUCH more settled today too, despite the crappy heat. So hopefull this is a sign that things are going to be looking up for us. Shes still spewing but drinking more so i dont mind. That reminds me, i have to go buy more spew cloths!!!!!!!!!!

Hoping Mia puts on 20 grams tonight. Will make me and the MCHN much happier. 20 grams a week is just not on i say!!!!

[SamiH]

PP I am concerned about his 5 min feeds cause he only has 5 feeds a day.

SAMI I forgot to say that I've booked BJ in to the Osteo next Friday. I'm sure it will help cause I can see a twist in his spine

I had baked, satay chicken & salad for dinner. Now i'm gonna have low fat ice cream & spoil it with Ice Magic!

Georgi - Zander has the same # of feeds, I cant force more into him and I do try when it is hot here for days on end ... hope osteo straightens him out.

Oh icecream and ice magic are my weaknesses too at the moment!!!! especially DH travelling - I also top mine off with a teaspoon of milo ...

[[M]umma[M]ia]

hot and bored... im so hot u could so make a soup outa my sweat atm.... yes nice i know

[belfie]

im so hot u could so make a soup outa my sweat atm....

Mmm. Ice Magic.

Was it wrong to put these two comments together?

[Moi]

We've been battling to put Maya to bed since 9.15pm. She was screaming her head off for the last hour and then did the biggest spew I've ever seen. Now I'm attempting to feed her again and hopefully she'll go to sleep after that!

Hard to type with one hand, so will try and get back on later. Have read all the posts though.

I want an ice cream now! :lol

[SamiH]

Stoopid heat - it was still 26 deg at midnight in our house and sticky - so I shut up again and put the air-con back on

Zander woke at 12am - i thought just cos he was unwrapped etc - but nope, he wanted to feed!! What's with that - last feed was 7pm. Anyway, I calmed down and just fed him and whispered to him dont he dare try to have another one before morning ..... well, I heard him at 4am talking and cooing, which keeps me awake cos I am waiting for it to escalate so I gave him a dummy, which he promptly spat out and laughed at me - so I said back to sleep and walked out with baited breath - FF to 7am - Of course I would of fed him again at 4 if he really wanted it - just this heat ... I mean I know I drink 700mls o/n so cant expect him to not have anything either - ....

hes back in bed, off to shower

teru - that's great, Zander did side to tummy yesterday, I was encouraging him playing with him on his side and he went over - so I don't count that as a FULL roll IYKWIM ... but he is grabbing at everything now though