Babies Born October 1st-15th 2008 #6

[[M]umma[M]ia]

csab - do u have any recent pics of Olivia???? i dont even know what she looks like...

[belfie]

csab - oh that's exciting re V & solids! Fingers crossed re V's check-up with the paed & her weight.

georgi - Happy 6 months to BJ! I think you've done such an amazing job for how premmie he was... you just seem to take it all in your stride so well! So congrats to a clever mumma. Oh and I meant to say, when you're BF'ing, they say you shouldn't lose more than 500g a week... so dunno if you can fit 12kg loss in before June without potentially impacting your BF? sorry to sound negative, but thought u should know.

Hollye - oh that's just fab that she hasn't spewed for 14 hours, I really hope it keeps going for you. I'm crossing my fingers, legs, arms & toes big time for you!

G'day everyone I've missed... come post - it's been so quiet here! I won't name names, cos I'll forget s'one with my baby brain, and I don't want to offend anyone.

Well we're going well here. X is a bit grizzly today - few big spews (he's been talking to Mia mebbe?) and I think a touch of diarrhoea... so I'm wondering if there's anything in my diet that's set him off... bit different due to WW... but I'm not doing diet products, just healthy whole foods. Oh well, we'll see. Plus I'm on full eczema battle! I'm taking flaxseed oil & fish oils.. plus we're trialling moo goo on one leg, medihoney on one arm and standard regime on the rest of the body. We've got the experimental protocol written up on the wall above his change table... OMG we're such nerds... pick the research background
Anyways, hadn't been on Wii Fit for about 2.5 weeks... just got on and I've lost 1.9 kg even though I only started WW on Weds! So I don't know what to think now - cos i haven't lost THAT much since Weds... but i don't want to lose TOO quick cos that's bad for milk supply. Not that I'm complaining, 1.9kg is fab. Now if I ever wore something other than trackies ,mebbe I'd notice the difference lol.

Aaah geez I should stop waffling & get back to it. DH's back is bad atm, so I've been busy busy.

[SamiH]

plus we're trialling moo goo on one leg, medihoney on one arm and standard regime on the rest of the body. We've got the experimental protocol written up on the wall above his change table... OMG we're such nerds... pick the research background
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He nearly sounds edible

Be back later to post - Riley's party was AWESOME (well, that's what the kids said anyway lol ) - I am cleaning up the paper trying to find the floor again - poor Z has only had 3 30 mins naps today cos we have been out so much - he is in bed now - but even though so disruptive during the day, he is still doing well at night - Thank Goodness!

Georgi, I did wanna ask a question - when you say corrected age - do they correct up to 40 weeks or only 37 cos that is when bubs is considered term? Just wondering .... oh and I was gunna hold out for solids for another 2 weeks - but last night at the table Zander actually screamed at us when we were eating - i had broccoli so gave him a piece off my plate and he played around with it - then screamed for more - not that he really ate it, more tongued it then dribbled out - but thats all part of the fun. Oh and dont worry too much about the weight gain - it starts to go down after 6 months to nowhere near the 150 - 200 grams a week from the early days!!!
and well done on b/f for 6 months - I am definitely gunna hang in there cos we are going camping at Easter and b/f will be much more family friendly if he starts to cry in the middle of the night and I can just rollover and feed him (fingers crossed!)

gosh, another chapter written here LOL - back later.

[SunnyRain]

Byron: You're 6 months old? You're supposed to be the same age as Jude! I feel like we're cheating this month because February is so short Jude will very soon be 5 months old.

Tanya: Let us know how the sleep thing goes, I really really really hope things improve. You're having such a rough time with things.

Jude has started whinging and cringing through formula feeds. So not only has he fought off my boobs but now he's over formula, too??? I'm getting that boy on solids before he starves himself. He's been a bit chucky today. Lots of cottage cheese.

A me post today:
We went to Brisbane yesterday and I spent the day on South Bank, it was so lovely there! I had a beer overlooking some markets, but it was an expensive beer. Then we stayed in the Ibis overnight (get special rates for hubby's work) and they provided a travel cot (cause we don't have one) but it was uncomfortable for Jude and he refused to sleep in it, so we ended up with him between our pillows. His sleeping noises kept me up, but he only needed to be fed at 4.40am and then after getting to sleep reaaallly late (for him) he slept in until hubby's alarm went off at 8am!!!

Jude put his own dummy back in his mouth today. I was sooo proud of him. we just bought an Ikea highchair so I can start feeding him sitting up, because he arches his back when I feed him and he's getting too strong for me to hold him. Yesterday I was feeding him by the pool in South Bank and he pushed himself out of my arms and slid off my lap to the seat beside me and landed on his head, so he has a scratch on his head and I felt sooooo guilty.

Then when I got him back to the hotel we had a bath and Jude pooped in the bath.

He's getting impossible to wrap, so I think it's time for a sleeping bag. I want to buy a Grobag but they're a tad pricey and I'm going to need to buy 2, one for now while it's still hot and one for winter. Does anyone know a cheaper brand that's 100% cotton and where can I buy it?

[belfie]

mmm sleeping bag queen here!

I was hunting for cotton only bags, and found them easy to get for summer, but nearly all winter ones are a cotton outer with polyester filling -dunno if that doesn't meet your criteria?

Anyways, love the grobags, but yes they're pricey. Got a good one from pumpkin patch on special ($32 reduced to $16) that was almost identical to a grobag in style but a smidge shorter (mebbe an inch or two?). Tried a snugtime and was also given a sprout brand, but they both have the travel slot and zip up the front which I've concluded I don't like. If bubs is asleep they're much harder to get in & out without disturbing them. I definitely prefer the closable tabs on both shoulders and zip on the side. Just bought a new pumpkin patch one (latest one in is $36) but realised that one shoulder is sewn in...still better value than the grobags IMO.

Was also looking at dreambags but haven't tried one (website thedreambag dot com dot au), was thinking of buying one for winter. Also, Target had some last winter which I bought a cheap one which was quite nice too - but press studs up the front... so again, design not quite as good, but might be interesting to see what they have this year. Myer also have a couple of other sorts too, but mostly in girlie colours/patterns so I gave them a miss.

[Georgi]

BELFIE Oh yeah... I did know that about only be able to lose 500g per week while BF. But I forgot! Darn it... Guess I'll have to re asses my goal.

CSAB Good luck to V for her weigh in. Looking forward to hearing the news

SAMI Yeah they take the corrected age from 40weeks. I guess cause premmies are normally behind in the milestones & weight gain that they need to take it from 40week to give them that bit longer... My theory anyway

KURAIZA I still look at it as they are the same age anyway. What's 7 weeks amongst friends I'm still wrapping BJ too, but wanting to wean him off it.

TANYA Good luck for Wednesday. I can't wait to hear how it all goes

I just bought a gro bag. Yep... Very pricey. I wish I knew about the PP ones. I only have one so will check out PP before the next purchase.

[belfie]

oh Georgi, I forgot to say, I reckon it's worth getting at least one grobag cos the little nursery thermometer you get in it is really handy when you're travelling... so there you go it's worthwhile X has the panda bag, he looks soooo cute in it.

Oh and I also found the jollybeans brand online, but haven't tried them
btw Kuraiza - I just looked at their website again, looks to be 100% cotton!!!