Babies Born October 1st-15th 2008 #6

[csab]

Morning All,

Sami - Congrats about your being able to work at home when you start back at work, even if it for a day. I love being able to work from home for our business yet I get a bit lazy with it most days and end up with this mad rush at the end of each qtr. hehehe. DH is not at all impressed about the mad rush. I am glad Z and yourself had a nice day at work yesterday catching up. Out of all of my kids, V seems to have so much more people stop to look at her, its really funny. We were out the other day and had lunch at a RSL club with some of my family and my mums friend as it was her birthday, anyway my mum took V out of her pram when she woke, well mum couldnt get over how all the RSL workers came racing over to check her out. hehehe. I had to let mum know that it happens all the time. One lady once said to me, Who mind you was at least in her 60's, "ohh it makes me feel all clucky" Makes me want one.
Ohh ohhh, a thought came to my head about the future" I hope I dont feel like that when I am in my 60's" Ohh and Sami - Thankyou about the RAK, you definately deserve it, everyone here values your input. hugs

Belfie - Hi WW buddy, I did ok yesterday but the day before was well and truly out the window. Its funny you say that you feel stronger and fitter, I have been feeling the same, and think that I feel skinnier then I weigh my self and it all hit home, Nahhh, definately all in my head. Have you had a chance to look at the recipes on there yet?
Sending lots of healthy food vibes back to you too. I finished out BAS too, but have more things to do with our bookwork unfortunately. But now with both BB and WW, who knows when I will get the time to do it I am glad X had a lovely 5mo day, how cute. It has gone soooo fast, it only feels like yesterday that we were all talking about our pgcy's.

Tanya - I am so sorry Maya has been fighting sleep. Have you tried giving her a bath with the Bedtime babybath and then giving her a little massage with some moisturiser or baby oil etc. Sorry if you have or already do this. I hope you get some help with Tweedle @ home. Good luck hun. You sound so down. Thinking of you and sending lots of hugs and baby sleep vibes your way. Actually back on the Australia Day long weekend, we went away with some friends, and her little bubba boy would sleep more thru the day than at night and once awake at night thats it, anyway V must have had a good talking too with him as while he was with us on the whole trip he was this perfect sleeper and if woke up went straight back to sleep no worries, and ever since that weekend he is sleeping the whole night too. Maybe I should get V to have a talk to her. Another idea, does Maya have a sheepskin, V loves hers, she gets so comfy on it. Also she loves her little blanket toys, she loves to snuggle into them. She also loves holding the muslin wraps. Another item that I find V loves and falls asleep on all the time, and at the moment has fallen asleep on it again is a soft fluffy teddy bear mat that you get from the baby shops, they come in different types of animals. They are just so great. V gets soooo comfy on that, that as soon as I put her down on it she plays a little bit with her toys next thing I look down and she is asleep. Its funny how quickly she nods off on it. If I think of any more ideas I will let you know. Hugs.

Ohh and I have to say Happy 5 months little bubba's, it has gone so fast.

Teru - Thankyou for your thoughts re Mum. She seems to be feeling better atm. hugs
I hope everyone else is ok.

[teruteru]

i think we've bred a little piggy. fed him some baby food frm the jar this morning. was only planning to give him a few tsp but he wanted more so ended up finishing half a jar!! looks like i have to pack some food for overseas!

anyhoo, better get packing we're leaving tomoro night!! not sure how often i'll have internet access so guess will hope all babys behave in the next few weeks

[[M]umma[M]ia]

hehehe is a little piggy what was it?? yep.. does sound like hes going to make it a regular thing!

[teruteru]

frm memory its the heinz apple mango puree. i think he has a sweet tooth, i wonder why hehe

[[M]umma[M]ia]

happy 6 months byron!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Georgi]

Tee he he... Thanks Hollye. Yep, 6 months today!

A what a wonderful 6 months it has been. Gosh, I just love him so much..... He's so darn cute! I can't believe I've been happily breastfeeding for 6 months. I always said I would like to BF for 6 months if I can, but would be ok for 3 months. Now I'm planning to go to 12months, well 14, 12 corrected.

BJ has been a bit grizzly since his shots on Thursday. Just very whingy. He's been sleeping well though. Not feeding at that great, but that's ok cause he weighed 7.6kgs on Thursday. He's still in the 75th percentile for his corrected age. Everything else is the 50th percentile. I was a little concerned a couple of weeks ago cause he'd only put on 370g in 4 weeks. So I've made an effort to push him a little more for his feeds, now feeding off both sides, and it's paid off. He put on 180g in 9 days.

The GP suggested I start him on Farex to up his iron. As it's the last few weeks of pregnancy that babies store iron & BJ missed out on that. Yesterday I mixed 1/4 teaspoon with EBM, it made up about 1 teaspoon. He took the lot, no problem at all. Actually he could've had alot more but I want to start him really slow. I'll keep doing this for 3 days, then gradually increase the portion. He's only 4.5 months corrected so I'm just gonna keep him of Farex for 3 or 4 weeks. Then I'll introduce veges, then fruit. It's very exciting.

I haven't been going to yoga as i've been doing it at home. It's much easier to do first thing in the morning so I don't disturb BJ too much. Have been alternating yoga with walking. I'm thinking of joining BELFIE & CSAB for the WW online. I'd like to lose 12kgs, before BJ's christenening in June.

Ummmm, what else....... I've just read the book Contented Little Baby Book. It's similar to save our sleep. I'm actually gonna try the routine. Though I think I'll add an extra nap in the afternoon as BJ already sleeps through the night & is currently having that nap. The routine I was doing doesn't work anymore cause BJ isn't sleeping as much. I just prefer to have a routine. That's just me I guess.

Have a lovely weekend Mums & Bubs ..... Mmmmwah!

[csab]

Hi Everyone,

Georgi - Havent seen you on for a little while. Nice to see BJ is doing so well with his weight and also trying farex. V has started making the signs of being ready to start solids, so looking at giving her a go soon. Tried her a couple of weeks ago, but she really wasnt that fussed. I have V's pead checkup on Friday, I cant wait to see how much V weighs, so fingers crossed he is happy with her progress. I am thats for sure. She is still little tho, but I know she will get there. It would be good to see you online at WW's too.

Teru - Sounds like your little man is loving his tucker.... Have a wonderful trip away. hugs

A huge hello to everyone else. Hope all your bubbas are doing well.

[Moi]

I've just read the book Contented Little Baby Book.

A woman at my MG uses that book - and she's used it from the first week. And now her baby is in a constant routine. I want to have a look at that book too. I might see if it's at my local library. And happy 6 months to Byron! I can't believe how fast time is flying!

csab - I hope your mum is doing OK. Oh and if you can get V to talk to Maya about sleeping better that would be great. And yes we give Maya a bath before bed but after the bath she cries so we don't give her a massage. I think she hates being cold after the bath. Maya has some favourite toys and teddys but she never falls asleep on her own. That's what I'm hoping to achieve - have Maya learn to get to sleep on her own.

Sami - That's great that the MCHN came to your place for an afternoon. I think they also visited kuraiza. I rang them first for help and all they did is told me to ring Tweddle @ home and other sleep centres. Also I must say I am glad to know that I am not the only one who has struggled. And I think part of my struggle is being so isolated from family and friends. I take my hat off to women who can do this role on their own! I feel like a bit of a failure that I can't manage it all on my own when there are so many capable women out there with more than one child and no support and they manage fine.

Sleeping bags - I was given a snugtime and I am trying it out for some sleeps. I have also started to wrap Maya with her arms out. A book I was reading suggested that at 4 months to stop wrapping so that they can have access to their hands and use them to self settle. So far using the bag hasn't made any difference to her sleep. But it's easier to put on and off than wrapping.

I forgot to mention the other day that I'm also sick at the moment. So that's not helping things. It's just a virus - sore throat, snotty, achy, bleh. But that makes it harder to deal with things. It's been a week now and I hope it goes away soon!!

I rang the MCHN helpline for the first time looking for advice and they were so helpful! I don't know why I never thought to ring that number before! The MCHN said I was probably putting Maya down too often (when she's not tired). And the signs I am taking as her tired signs could be bored signs instead - I really am no good at seeing tired signs. Anyway, I am now leaving her up longer and she seems to be going to sleep quicker and staying asleep longer. But she does get cranky after being up for a while. Still that's easier to deal with than spending an hour getting her to go to sleep!!

I borrowed The Wonder Weeks from the library and I absolutely love it and highly recommend it. Even if you don't believe in the wonder weeks theory it's got heaps of useful advice on things you can do to help babies with their progress - e.g. holding a toy behind them so they roll over - and it has age appropriate games to play and toys they might like. It's been so good for me cos I have no clue what to do with babies! And I love that it's age appropriate, it's all suggestions not 'you should be doing this' and the games are easy to find in the book. I wish I'd found this book earlier!!