Babies Born October 1st-15th 2008 #6

[belfie]

lol snap SamiH - my AF has arrived again too. Guess I'm on a regular cycle already 29 days...

We're gonna go out for lunch tomorrow or Sun... and I'm pretty sure he's not leading me up the garden path re pressie... don't think it exists. I'll tell him I need a shopping spree instead.

teru - I had a few ppl say to give panadol "in case' but then had plenty of other ppl say that's not done these days - why give it to 'em if they don't need it? And I must say, X hasn't needed it at the time of the needles either time. So i definitely prefer not to... but personal choice, tricky if DP is saying that methinks.

I'm getting to BAS time of year again and I'm sooo behind in our bookkeeping. The last one was Oct which was an absolute nightmare. So I could say that i won't be around much the next few weeks... but I'll prolly post more cos i'll be procrastinating!!!

[PinkPalace]

Info :
Current guidelines for paracetamol.

It is not advised to routinely give paracetamol before are straight after injections.
As it can mask any initial reaction to the immunisations by reducing any approaching fever.

However if fever is extremely high or baby is very irritable this is when it is advised that paracetamol is better given

Hope that helps people out

[1MOREPLZ]

ok anyone want to swap bubbas??? i would jack has slept all of 2hours today!!!!
one VERY tired lil boy...he has just been bathed and DH is feeding him now..then he will be in bed..he was falling asleep just before in the car on the way home from nannys house...

[[M]umma[M]ia]

gee i WISH Mia slept 2 hours during the day...... IS he still on Farex Katones?? is he liking it? have you tried the pear and banana one???

Mia missed out on her 7:30pm feed, that what happens when ur screaming at mummy for 1.5 hours and fall asleep exhausted and mum decides not to bother ur cranky little bottom. So im hoping she will still sleep till 11pm when i get her up to feed.

its starting to near the time where we are starting our bubs on solids.. how exciting!!

[PinkPalace]

HOllye are you waking her for a feed at 11?
Does she sleep through then?

i am putting off solids as long as i can lol...

[[M]umma[M]ia]

PP - Mia goes to bes at 8pm every night, roll over feed at 11. see if i dont she does still sleep right through till 7am but from about 3 its tossing and turning etc. So 11 is when i usually go to bed and she hardly wakes for it and goes straight back down.

re solids - i have a feeling Mia will be on them about 5-5.5 months. she tries and grabs my food now the little piggy.

[AmandaJ]

I'm most probably won't start solids until around 6mths as I did with Cody and even then he wasn't ready and started more like 7.5mths.

Hollye when you move up here I'll help with Mia if you need it .

Big to everyone who's AF has decided to return.

hugs xoxo

[PinkPalace]

oh nice hollye!

SO any news on the brissy front?

Well i tried something new with ashley tonight. (from the tv show today lol).
We did our usual bedtime routine. Then i turned off the light and sat in the chair silently next to her bed, She climbed off once and i put her back telling her it is bed time. And in less then 10 minutes asleep!!!!!

No screaming, no crying nothing!

wow i hope it wasnt a fluke and actually will work each night. 10 minutes is better than 1.5 hrs screaming.

Anyhow solids, yep ethan isnt really interested. DH let him suck the juice from a grape the other night lol!!! I am a big fan of child lead feeding. so will probably do that with him. Did it with ashley too - let her lead on the chewing front. ie giving her a 1/2 banana rather than mushing it etc.

[teruteru]

well, ive gotten away with the panadol so far hope he forgets LOL i really dont know y im so against giving it to dragon

belfie- do u do ur own books? if u want to b a guinea pig, i'll do them for u when i come back. i need a test subject
sami- sounds stupid but in a way i envy u. i need AF to come back so my BF wont have to suffer...

re solids will start on our return...

[Moi]

teru - I'm also against giving Maya panadol unnecessarily. I don't give her any panadol before injections. I have only ever given her panadol once now and that was after the last lot of injections when she was very unsettled with a fever. I don't think the fever really needed paracetamol to bring it down, but she was very unsettled and I suddenly thought what if she was in pain and couldn't tell me. In the end I don't think the panadol did much to help actually.

belfie - Oh gosh you reminded me that I still have to do my tax from last year.

katones - I hope Jack went to sleep for you.

PP - I hope Ashley's bedtime routine continues to be a success.

I have no idea when it comes to introducing solids. I like the idea of child led but I don't know how to go about it. Though sometimes Maya seems so interested in putting things in her mouth that I want to give her some of my food to try.

Well.. DH is currently trying to get Maya to go to sleep! We've been trying since 9pm. He's taken over from me cos I was getting annoyed!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

tanya - there are heaps of threads on her about BLS (baby led solids) well worth checking them out.

[belfie]

lol snap SamiH - my AF has arrived again too. Guess I'm on a regular cycle already 29 days...

How do you know you're on a 29-day cycle if you only just started menstruating again?

Second time I've had AF - got it for the first time last month. And yeah I assume the AF abbreviation is american... but guess I've just used it cos everyone else does... lol I'm a sheep then

[SunnyRain]

Hmm it will be interesting to see if I am back on the perfect 28-day cycle or if that was just because of the pill. I'm not on the pill now.

I have to admit, I haven't had sex since Jude was born. I've been way too tired, but now that Jude goes to bed at 6.30pm I think it's time. Am I the only one?

[Georgi]

KURAIZA I wish you can tell my DH that. We've DTD (done the deed) about 4 times since BJ was born (5.5months ago) & he thinks he's got it bad. AF is quite a silly way to disguise menstration. Like Belfie... I'm just a sheep too

CSAB I never ended up getting AF TWL. Just a thought.. Maybe this is my AF??? Just clear

PP That's great that you haven't had AF for that long. And that you got your BFP while BF. I should be well & truely finished BF by the time we TTC again. We're starting in Jan 2010, BJ will be 1yr 3mth (corrected). I plan to finish BF when he's 1yr (corrected) in Oct. So maybe I won't get AF till I stop BF... That'd be nice

TERU The tell tale sign for me is the EWCM (egg white cervical mucus) but not everyone gets it. You can also take your temperature every morning & see when your temp jumps up, that means you've ovulated. Also your cervix becomes open & high (yes, that means you have to feel 'up there'). If you're really keen, there's a charting programme called fertility friend Fertility Friend OnLine

[belfie]

oh goodness we haven't DTD at all! My episiotomy took so long to heal (well it didn't heal properly) and now of course it's less than 2 weeks since it was repaired.

DH said rather mournfully the other day that we only DTD 4 times last year and it's true! How sad is that! Twice to conceive X. Then once in first trimester which resulted in bleeding & spotting and we were told to avoid DTD, plus he was waaaay too scared after that. Then in second trimester I had a huge scare and we were told bubs wouldn't make it (at 21.5 weeks) - turned out to be a false alarm, was just a vaginal prolapse. Then DH was too scared again (thought my vagina would fall out I'm sure!). Then in third trimester I bullied him into it (lol!) to try bring on labour - but that was only the once too... I think his words were "novelty value!"... and of course since then it's been episiotomy land.

I tried to console him by saying don't worry, we'll do it at least once this year to create #2... . Lucky they don't forget how to do it haha! Poor DH.

Oh and he WAS faking me out yesterday - I got a Valentine's Day pressie this morning, two nice glasses sneaky man tehe.

[Moi]

Hollye - Thanks.. I'll have to look for the BLS threads. And find some time to read them too!

Georgi - Maya has also been different lately. Waking more and at odd times and crying more. But I have no idea if it's teething, growth spurt, making up for the period where she didn't eat well, etc...

kuraiza - I didn't know what AF was either. Then Tanstar mentioned a great thread which has abbreviations and what they mean: here Now when I don't know what something means I go look it up there. Good to hear Jude is OK! This morning my DH was holding Maya while she was standing and he must not have been supporting her properly cos she did a head dive and I thought for sure she was gonna end up on the floor but he caught her just in time!

I managed to get up and go to my massage today and I'm glad I did. I'm feeling good now! Though I was very annoyed when she was running half hour late. That's an extra half hour of sleep I could have gotten.

Maya woke a couple of times last night. She seems to sleep so much lighter now too - any little noise disturbs her. I don't know why?!

[SamiH]

• I've pretty much always had a 26 - 28 day cycle so assume also that my next one will be on time, I am paying for it now though - the PAIN
• observe bodies signs for ovulation - as Georgi said EWCM and temp are the best to observe, start now so you know what is "normal" for you
• can i just say (cos I am crabby) that whoever does BLS and who doesn't - doesnt mean one is better than the other - we just do what we feel is right for our bubs and our families adn I dont want anyone to feel bad with what they are doing etc ...
• DTD about 6 times - first few times are damn awful though and i am quite nervous so its just to make sure everything still works really
• Anyway, I'm glad as soon as mine returned you all followed suit. Is this the online equivalent of when a group of women live together? Hahahaha
• teeth - i dunno Georgi but i have a cranky boy alot of the day at the moment too and it makes me sad! And then he does a huge poo and smiles for a couple of hours, might try infants friend again (thanks for reminder belfie) he must get one heck of a tummy ache
• we went to a new tea house this arvo when R on a playdate for tea and cake - it was looooooooooovely .... i had vanilla tea - not very adventurous cos Giselle wanted to share with me
• So, Zander has slept for a total of about 1.5 hrs today and is already in bed, scared about the rest of the night!!!
• back tomorrow after a sleep

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