Babies Born October 1st-15th 2008 #6

I have big bazoongas too, but they didn't really get any bigger with lactation so I was the same, I bought a hot milk bra after several fittings but it never actually fit me, so that was a huge waste of money. The soft contours (or whatever brand) from Big W is a bit too small but the design of the bra means it just holds my boobs firmly (squishes my nipples flat) but it's still quite comfortable. I'm actually an 8E which doesn't exist in the world of maternity bras, or in the world of bras at all, so I have to try and make other sizes work, which is nuts. Why don't they make bras in a full range of sizes????? That issue has long been the bane of my booby existence.

I was just out walking along the beach and bumped into a woman from mothers group, it's nice to start bumping into new people. I guess it's true, when you have a baby you do get to meet all new people (thank god, since I have so few friends on the Gold Coast).

Belfie: I think I should go buy some more cot sheets. I have 1. Yes, that's right. 1.

Amanda: How do you do it? 5 children and you want more? Aren't you the most exhausted person on the planet?

I come from a large family so I know, from a child's perspective, that it's fun to have lots of siblings, but I don't know how parents do it. 2 will be the absolute limit for me.

Nothing to say really, just checking in :) We have had 2 kids parties yesterday and a family day out today as it is DH's big 40 tomorrow - but he didnt want a big party so I am respecting his wishes (thank goodnes cos when I could of organised it I have no idea) - but i am making him a cake and doing balloons and banenrs with the kids tomorrow.

We have decided that next Sunday is D day - or S day - well it is an S day - but also Solids day :ROFL: We think Zander is ready, but i dont wanna do puree and mash with him cos i already cook for 4 people, yet have to do some degree of it and cant do BLS cos of all the allergies, eczema, hayfever, asthma in our families etc. Think I will still start with farex and then go onto stick food he can play with if nothing else.

*off to allergies forum to see if anyone has any ideas for me*

Zander slept in our room for the first 6 weeks, but he got evicted cos he was too noisy - i sleep without a monitor cos I found them annoying - he is about 5 metres down the hallway from us so not far.

Tanya, perhaps maya in your room - is she a light sleeper - maybe she wakes if she hears you guys stirring, or maybe you get up to her as soon as she stirs when she might settle back to sleep??? Just throwing it into the mix for food for thought.

Gotta go, too much fresh air, I am pooped!

BELFIE OMG, you were in my dream this afternoon. I slept for 1.5hrs today while DH looked after BJ (as he got me up every 3hours overnight I was so tired). I dreamt that I was taking a short cut through my brothers house, to the beach (NOTE: I don't have a brother), and you were there cutting his hair.. You were his personal hairdresser & you couldn't find a babysitter for X so he was there just sitting in a walker. I walked in & said hi to you, then said Hi Xander. You said "who are you" and you didn't realise that I was Georgi from BB, even though you'd met me before. Then I woke up. Weird huh... You'd at least think I'd dream of Hollye considering she is a hairdresser :lol:

TANYA BJ sleeps in his cot, in his room, which is just down our hallway. There is a toilet & bathroom between us. We have both doors open and have no problem hearing him. DH is also slightly deaf in one hear, and he still hears him just fine. One night I accidently left my door closed & I still heard him. I have a single bed in his room too. That way I can still feed him in bed. It's not a massive room, though it still fits with his cot, tallboy & change table. I do agree with Sami. We evicted BJ after 3 nights in our room cause every little noise woke us up.

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BELFIE OMG, you were in my dream this afternoon. I slept for 1.5hrs today while DH looked after BJ (as he got me up every 3hours overnight I was so tired). I dreamt that I was taking a short cut through my brothers house, to the beach (NOTE: I don't have a brother), and you were there cutting his hair.. You were his personal hairdresser & you couldn't find a babysitter for X so he was there just sitting in a walker. I walked in & said hi to you, then said Hi Xander. You said "who are you" and you didn't realise that I was Georgi from BB, even though you'd met me before. Then I woke up. Weird huh... You'd at least think I'd dream of Hollye considering she is a hairdresser :lol:

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HAHAHAH that is just classic :rofl: I love it! While I'm not a hairdresser I have cut DH's hair (under false pretences... I told him I'd cut hair before and he believed me... then halfway through the cut, I told him it wasn't true! MWAHAHA). So saying, I'm a bit worried about your subconcious!... oh and I hope I looked hot!

SamiH - will be interested to see what you find out re allergies/intolerances. Might have to stalk you... my, wouldn't that be a change :p

Kuraiza - lol I'm a linen addict. If you're buying new cot sheets, avoid the kidsline ones... I've found they've pilled something shocking. All my others (I'm not saying how many I have) are pure cotton & are wearing much better. BigW had some pure cotton ones nice & cheap a while back. And ditto on your q to AmandaJ, I have no idea how any of you with more than 1 do it... boggles my mind.

Tanya - OMG I'm so jealous your bb's didn't change when your milk came in. Mine were the size of boulders it was horrific. Truly, i hate having big bb's, just makes me feel like a moo cow. I loved it when i was C cup (but also gravity hadn't played it's cruel tricks back then either :rolleyes: lol).

Think I've just got agreement that DH will do WW online with me... we might start once I've done the BAS. Would be good to have both of us doing it... then one day we'll look as hot as we do in my avi!

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Tanya, perhaps maya in your room - is she a light sleeper - maybe she wakes if she hears you guys stirring, or maybe you get up to her as soon as she stirs when she might settle back to sleep??? Just throwing it into the mix for food for thought.

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I've wondered that too. But she was doing better with sleeping until recently. Also because I am partially deaf I don't hear her until she makes enough noise and my DH sleeps very soundly. So Maya has to be awake enough to make enough noise to wake us iykwim. But I do wonder if it is possible that we wake her? And I worry that we won't hear her until she's inconsolable if we put her in another room. :(

What makes you think Z is ready for food? I keep wondering if Maya is nearly ready but then have read that you really shouldn't start babies on food before 6 months.

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Tanya - OMG I'm so jealous your bb's didn't change when your milk came in. Mine were the size of boulders it was horrific. Truly, i hate having big bb's, just makes me feel like a moo cow. I loved it when i was C cup (but also gravity hadn't played it's cruel tricks back then either lol).

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My bbs changed during pg but didn't change again after birth. Now I have your C cup bbs! :lol: I'm happy cos I used to have A cup - as in nothing much there! And now I actually have some cleavage! :lol:

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I keep wondering if Maya is nearly ready but then have read that you really shouldn't start babies on food before 6 months.

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All bubs are different. Everyone will tell you different. Some say that if u wait until 6 months it can have a big impact on their speech. U will come across different opinions in this where ever u go. YOU have to make the choice as she is ur daughter. If shes ready now, then go for it. 4 or so weeks isnt going to make an ounce of difference. I KNOW Mia WILL be on solids before 6 months. HTH

I started Jack on solids/well slop..as 'I' knew he was ready. If you count him 'watching' every mouthful we took, opening his mouth when i put food near him and him making chewing/licking kinda motions (you know what i mean!!!!) he was definatly ready. I don't push him though if he doesn't want a bar of it...
He has also had milk arrowroot biccies (loves them!!!!) although gets abit excited and takes GIANT chomps...
I made him steamed potatoes/pumpkin and mashed them
I started him at around 4 1/2 months FULLY but prior to that he was on them from around 4 months every 2nd day.

Jack has started squealing/grunting now....rather cute BUT very annoying when he now takes FOREVER to drink his bottle as he has to stop and grunt/squeal....
He has also started waking between 2-4am!!!! NOT a good idea Jackie-boy...dummy gets put back in and he is off to sleep...UNLESS he just wants to play then he is in bed with me..and knods off VERY quickly.

Hmmmmm BIG boobies :D yep got them here to girls...
"G" cups here :D which i hate!!!!! although i think they have gone down maybe a cup size BUT i am too lazy to go and get refitted right now they were "E's" prior to pregnancy but haven't gone back to my lovely "E's" :( i would love that!!!!

Jack still can't roll from his back to his tummy :( he gets 1/2 way and gets stuck....

other than that not much happening here..
I am deciding now wether i want to extend my maternity leave up until August...must talk to DH more about this...

A quick word on feeding: They're on the verge of bringing it back to 4 - 6 months as the optimal time to introduce solids. They change their minds every decade.

I resettled Jude at 1.40am last night, I was tooo tired to deal with feeding. I was pretty surprised that he went right back to sleep. I guess I'll try that again.

Re : feeding - Amanda will also know this from having her babies

with DS1 - it was exclusive b/f until 6 months and then introduce solids after that - from MCHN and my GP (2003)

with DD - MCHN recommended introducing solids a bit earlier with her cos she was so damn chucky to see whether anything stayed in her tummy! (2005)

Zander - at my last clinic visit MCHN said recommendation is now anytime from 4 - 6 months - just check for signs of readiness (which I know from having 2 other kids)

This MCHN I trust - she was the same one I saw with Riley and who ran our first mothers group - she is great :).

So Tanya, yes it has changed to 4 - 6 months - I am going to try and extend it out a bit cos of all of our allergies - that is when they recommend 6 months exclusive if possible.

Hope some of that helps!

with my older 2 i started them when they were ready...have done EXACTLY the same with Jack.
Our paed is one of the top guys at the childrens hospital and he explained about food allergies and starting food to me at our last visit. I explained to him how we have started and he said it is best if you go with the flow and start when bub is interested and you think they are ready.
It is also personal choice.

kat - do you have any allergies etc in your family histories you need to be mindful of? I think cos we have the double combo that is why it continues to be recommended to us to start a bit later (being family history and demonstrated allergies etc in our other two children). I don't have a paed, my kids have never seen one - never needed to - so maybe where the different info filters from.

I am allergic to eggs, but other than that NO allergies.
Just asthmatic children (my older 2 first marriage)

Yeah I know they are on the verge of changing when to start food to 4-6 months. But I read articles by the ABA and WHO and they both strongly recommend people don't start solids before 6 months. Also on the subject of allergies I was told that there might be less allergies if food is started earlier rather than later but then other people say allergies are more likely to occur if you start too early. I guess there's just no answer really!

kuraiza - That's great that Jude went back to sleep at 1am. For me resettling takes longer than feeding so I often just feed when maybe I could resettle. Yesterday Maya slept from 10pm till 4am again, so I'm pretty happy with that. :)

katones - Maya also can't roll from back to tummy yet. And Maya is also squealing now. She does it when she's happy and it should be cute but it's very ear piercing! :lol:

testing testing... bah, just lost my last post which had SEEMED to post successfully!

Anyways, got my new sports bra today (Enell) and it is AWESOME! :dance: It made me look like I've lost 5kg (YAY :cheer:) and feels great! Bit tricky to do up, but once it's on, the girls ain't goin' anywhere (and no, it's not underwire).

Wondering about volumes that others give their bubs by bottle. I was double checking how much X is "supposed" to have... and I worked out it would be about 320mls for 4 feeds a day. That seems like a crazy insane amount to me. He usually takes anywhere between 200-250ml. Plus i just re-weighed him at home, and he's 8.5kg, the little boofer - which puts him on 90th percentile! So who actually follows those formulas (if anyone) and how big are their babies?? maybe it's different with FF compared to EBM? :dunno: doesn't make much sense to me!

Oh and I don't think X is ready for solids at all yet. We love our highchair tho :lol:

belfie - oh them "reccomendations" on how much they should be having. ATM i think Mia is meant to be having 180 or so 6 times a day.. she does mayb... 120-160. Shes still not a big eater and if i listened to the tin its says 240!! i dont think she will EVER drink 240 mls, which would be about 270 made up.. 270?? thats mad!!

re solids - i really dont care, when or why u girls start ur bubs on solids. Im not here to judge, i dont care if it was 2 weeks or 6 months.... caring is 0%. BUT i do love hearing the stories like Katones of what they are munching on.. oh them biccies are devine, im likley to eat them all before Mia gets one. lol bad mummy!

Mia's high chair is on layby.. so it wount be long for us and the solids thing. Right now im so buggered im glad im not, bottles are so much easier.

kuraiza- i was doing bachelor of commerce majoring in accounting/finance. im so glad all my studies are done now as studying with this little one can be impossible at times cos he wants so much attention always wants to play. but i cant really complain as i failed 3 units last year otherwise i wouldnt have this problem. luckily i did all my assessments while still pg but just had to defer my nov exams until now, just hope i pass everything this time round (will find out next week) so i can grad in april

re kids: we want another by april next yr so that they're only 1yr apart in school. would any1 know whats the cut-off date for school entry in victoria? ive been trying to find out more abt ovulation & bf cos i really dont want to wean him for the sake of conceiving...i think we're still planning on having 4 boys

tanya- seems like maya dont mind the long car trip now :) where does ur mum live? we have to drive 45 mins to my mums too, we try to avoid peak hour cos he hates it when the cars not moving. did u end up giving cloth nappies a try?

re sleeping: at night he sleeps in his cot next to our bed until the morning feed, when he comes into our bed. during the day he sleeps on the floor next to me in his "playroom". if he's upstairs & we're down i just turn on the monitor JIC

re fittings: never had 1 done, still feel embarrassed getting bras. i dread shopping for them, get overwhelmed by them even though i only get black ones. i went through a stage where i hated the bonds singlet but now i love them so much, need to get a few more while the bigW sale still on.

sami- never really looked into introducing food & allergies/skin problems, i jst thought not too early and not too late? both DP & i have eczema, and ive got hayfever & slight allergy to shellfish...but i think im gonna take a plunge this week & see how things go. Dragon likes the taste of icypoles & tomatoes too, hope he doesnt develop a sweet tooth like us!!

belfie- what linen would u recommend to get? ive got NONE lol. would like material which is natural as his eczema comes & goes. i know its not recommended but he's been sleeping on a pillow since 1st week.

katones- i live ur avi, got stumped when i saw it & was thinking whos this new person LOL. dragon loves to talk which feeding, can be rather annoying esp when it decides to spray all over him & me!!

amanda, hollye- :hug: have i missed anyone?

anyhoo...
our trip away turned out better then expected even though we got off to a really bad start. FIRSTLY when we got to the airport carpark the car window got stuck & wouldnt wind back up. luckily DPs a panelbeater & we had tools in the car so he could quickly fix it. NEXT we nearly missed our flight (it was too early in the morning to comprehend what the staff were telling us at check-in). luckily i heard my name on the PA system & we rushed our butts off. they nearly didnt let us on the plane!! THEN dragon wouldnt stop crying. i was thinking everyone's gonna kill me if he doesnt stop. he stopped jst before take-off & slept all the way thru :D
the weekend was a blur but its good to see my ILs even thou i cant communicate with them (they dont speak english!)
flight back was a completely different story, he slept all the way thru but there was another crying baby on board. cant complain abt them now as ive been in the same position & it can b pretty stressful! we figured that it not so much the plane trip that had stirred him up but the fact that we were rushing & he feels my heart rate go up so he gets stressed. also the countless unfamiliar faces added to his discomfort. at least now we know to give ourselves plenty of time. it was good that we had this domestic flight is preparation for the overseas flight coming weekend!
the next few days i gotta unpack, wash & repack; change the fishtank water and do some housecleaning. hopefully i'll have time to rearrange the playroom too.

im buggered now, its so longgggg post

Busy for a few days

I like to share info and experiences with you ladies and offer advice if and when I can - I don't think I am judgemental either. Zander is are 1 - 4 weeks older than other bubs in here - hence the talk of solids by me - as it pertains to me.

Teruteru: Congrats on your studies and best of luck for your exam results. What language do your ILs speak? Are you going to encourage your kids to be bilingual? I desperately wish I spoke another language. I lived in Japan for 2 years and failed miserably to learn Japanese, although I did learn to read 2 of the character sets and some of the third. I think my language centre in my brain is not connected quite right. Now I've been learning Esperanto, because it's easy to learn (although not actually spoken anywhere in the world, therefore not overly useful).

I'm thinking of seeing if Jude's interested in Solids. I have a feeling he is (he's so interested in watching us eat and lately he chews when I am chewing), but if I offer food and he's plainly not interested I won't push the issue. He's great with his vowels but not really moving on to consonants, so I'm wondering if eating will help develop his speech (I've heard it does). NOT that I'm worried at all about his speech, I just want to hear him say Ma Ma, although he has said "mon m?re" a few times, because apparently he thinks he's French :rofl:

I'll let you all in on a little secret. I didn't speak until the day before my 3rd birthday and now I don't shut up. My great-uncle didn't speak until he was 4, and he turned out to be a genius, and Einstein didn't speak until he was 5 (so i've heard, but I probably should research that claim).

Yep Sami solids for us was DS1 2001 (4mths), DS2 2003 (4mths), DS3 2005 (4-6mths), DS4 (6mths), it always seems to be changing.

Well Julian had his physio appointment yesterday, he's head can turn to the left, but he's got a tilt to the left now which we've got exercises for and hopefully in a few months it will be better. He got his needles this morning too, so will have to see how he goes.

hugs xoxo

Hi All,

Sorry but just a quick one, I am going to a WW meeting today. First one. So need to leave soon.

I have been having a bit of trouble getting into BB, is anyone else experiencing it too? I end up getting frustrated and go off doing something else. :wall:

Anyway last week my mum had a heart attack and was transferred to RPA, anyway they did tests there and told her that if she was at RPA when she had it then they would have been able to be on top of it quicker, so ended up sending her home the next day. Anyway she has been told to be resting for 2weeks and then rehab. She seems ok atm.

V has been abit unsettled of a night, well more like wanting to play. Anyway will catch up when I get back, if I can get on anyway.

Well as I tried to post this earlier, my update is I am now a WW member, hehehe.

Belfie, I know you sadi that you were doing WW online, are you posting in the forums? If you are what is your user name going to be?
Ohh and as for feeding with all of mine they would look up eyes wide open licking lips to eat, hehehe. Which was at 4mths. V isnt showing any signs of being interested just yet, but I am expecting her too soon. hugs

hey csab! good luck at WW!! I'm hoping to sign up for WW online tomorrow - provided I finish the BAS today! It's my deadline... cos X is 5 months old tomorrow so it's kinda neat. My username will prolly be belfie if I can have it. I'm just belfie... it's just me IYKWIM. Even DH calls me belfie half the time lol. I'm still waiting to be out somewhere in public and have a BB member overhear me being called belfie lol.

K, stop procrastinating now belfie! Back to it! *cracks whip*

kuraiza- dragon's gonna b trilingual if we can keep at it. DP is viet & im chinese hence the problem with communicating with the ILs. im slowly learning a few words cos we're teaching dragon but its hard to keep up cos DP & i usu speak english to each other

amanda- hope the needles went well.

csab, belfie- whats WW?

csab- hope ur mum gets better soon. as for BB, ive been told the server is being overloaded so sometimes its hard to get on, but they're getting a 2nd server soon

off to do the washing...

I've finally had it with Maya taking forever to go to sleep! I keep thinking I don't have a problem because there are other babies out there who wake every hour. But once Maya is asleep she can do long stretches. Like last night it took 2 hours to get her to go to sleep but then she slept for 5 1/2 hours in a row. So I keep thinking that's not a problem. But it is a problem cos I've had enough and it's getting worse and worse. :( She was doing so well 4 weeks ago. I could sometimes put her down awake and give her a bit of a pat and she'd go straight to sleep. Other times I'd have to rock her for 5 mins. But now it takes ages to get her to go to sleep. And my DH hasn't helped cos he thinks there's no problem and thinks sleep school will be a waste of time. But he's not the one rocking her to sleep all day & night long!

Anyway I've finally rung around all the sleep schools and put my name down on waiting lists. I hope something comes up soon! :crossfingers:

tanya- sorry to hear abt maya, hope something does come up for u soon! must b stressful for u...

Belfie

Happy 5 months to our boys X/Zander!!

Give him a kiss and cuddle from all of us here ;) - can't believe I have been b/f for 5 months either - sure you feel the same!

Happy 5 months Z/Xander's!!!

Big sloppy birthday kisses from Bethany for you both!!!
And hugs and kisses from me!!

hey thanks SamiH, Zander, Amy and Bethany!

Xander says a big happy 5 months to Zander too :bluecheer::bluecheer:
and yes I firstly can't believe that it's been 5 months already, and secondly that he's still on boobie juice yay! Congrats on your BFing, you've done a great job sticking at it through the tough times :clap:

Teru - WW = Weight Watchers

Tanya - good on you for putting your name down :clap: I hope you don't have to wait too long, and murphy's law says as soon as you do it, she'll sleep beautifully! I hope it's jinxed her well! :asleep:

happy 5 months to X/Zanders :D

arrrrgggghhhh why does he wake at 4am???? today my eyes are hanging out of my head!!!! and he went back to sleep, just got up now and is smiling and laying on the floor watching dora....

just got home not long ago from the shops...
i weighed barge bum while i was there....8.06kgs :D

happy 5 months to the X/Zanders!!!!!

Hi All,

Just another quick one from me, have been out all day again today... Hoping tomorrow will be a better day. Anyway V has been quite unsettled, her nose is still quite congested.

If anyone is doing WW's and you go online there too, I am under csab1972, couldnt get csab. Just so you have a familiar face in there. Hope too see you in there soon Belfie.

Can you believe how fast time is flying, our bubs are growing up soooo fast.

Happy 5 months to the grand-old babies :)

A friend sent me some unsolicited articles on routines for babies from Tizzie Hall "Save Our Sleep". I'm a bit stunned at the moment. Who is this woman and why does she contradict everything that anyone else says? It's like she's just trying to stir and mess with mother's heads. I can't believe some of the things she suggests, like waking up your baby to fit the militant routines and forcing the baby to stay awake for hours, even from a young age. Nuts! Why do friends send this stuff??

Good luck with the Weight Watchers, girls. I hope it all goes well for you. It will be good for you to be doing it as a group and encourage each other.

I've done 2 weeks of yoga without Jude (hubby has been starting work later), it's been great. The yoga teacher has the most soothing voice, I want to hire her to come stand by my bed and lull me to sleep in the middle of the night.

Kuraiza - Ohh hun, I couldnt leave my bubs awake for hours and hours just to suit myself. I guess I have been lucky with all of mine that they had their own sleep routines down pat more or less from the moment I had them, like sleep less thru the day with mostly cat naps and sleep all night, whether BFing or FFing. I didnt need to try and change their routines.
I am not sure on what has been so different for me to what others have to deal with, otherwise I would share it. I have found that bubs are more cranky when they are overtired and wont settle as quickly than if they fell asleep when they wanted to. Just MO. There are so many things that us mothers get told to do or try that its hard especially for a new mother to know which direction to take. I really dont know why people send what they send. Just delete it. hehehe. I am glad you are enjoying your Yoga lessons, as for the sleep shame you cant get the Yoga lady to come and lull you to sleep. hehehe. hugs

Hi all.

I'm lurking around and reading posts but haven't got as much time to post at the moment. Maya's been a real PITA this week. Really fighting sleep! I've had a couple of days where she hasn't napped at all and she's been really hard to deal with. I'm hoping it's a wonder week and things will start getting better again real soon!

I've decided to try Tweddle @ home, which is costly and is only for 2 1/2 hours but I don't have to wait - they are available next Wednesday - so I've decided to give it a go. I guess it might be useful and if it's terrible it's only 2 1/2 hours. :lol:.

Tanya - way to go - I think at home is better to cos you are in your own environment - for both you AND Maya - when Riley was little I had a MCHN come to our house for the afternoon (cos hubby was in Iraq, we had just moved here and I had no family support - they got onto me quick smart ;)) it was invaluable - just even being to ask questions when bubs are actually crying and showing what they really do, in a sleep clinic etc they try very hard to create a home environment - but it's not "home" - I hope there are some useful tips there and can't wait to hear your thoughts

Me post lol - yesterday went and saw my boss about return to work (not yet, in about 6 months) but cos I wont be going back to my old job (bit hard to look after 30 staff on 3 days per week) - they are going to support me doing 2 days in the office and 1 day from home so I am stoked!!! Means no child care/afterschool care for the 3rd day - autonomous role so i can span the home day out over a week etc except when we have deadlines etc - it will be challenging cos I am a ppl person so wil be interesting to see how I cope doing project based work like governance/certificate of compliance/terms of reference etc ... but I feel like a huge weight has been lifted - YAY

going to the Canberra show this morning - DH's cousin has a stall there every year so we get free tickets - I am just taking Zander - every year I take the other 2 of course but poor mum actually doesnt get to look around much.... so I am doing drop off and going this mornign for an hour or two - then tomorrow RIley's 6th birthday party at Intencity - then Sunday back to show with the kids ;) -

Zander was great in at work yesterday - I was there for about 2 hours seeing ppl and then went out to lunch with some friends and he laughed, and let everyone hold him - sure he made a few ppl very clucky!

Will check in later - hi to all :)

SamiH - woo hoo, that's great about your work! Sounds like it will work a treat! I'm hoping to go back 2.5 days... 2 at work & .5 from home... (well actually I'm hoping for a redundancy package even more lol). Sounds fun & busy otherwise, hope Riley has a great b'day!

Tanya - I think it's great you're doing it, and I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes. I really hope it's useful for you, as I think you've had such a hard time of it, and I wish I could say something more useful... but anyways, I'll just send a big :hug:

csab - hey ww buddy :) how's it going? My first day was a total blow-out - I pretty much ate what I usually eat & cut out the junk... thought I'd do ok... but I'd blown half my points by lunchtime! :doh: So I've tweaked my morning food and yesterday & today have been MUCH better! I feel fitter & stronger already but that could just be my imagination! Hope it's going well for you... sending you healthy food vibes :)

Kuraiza - goodness that women sounds awful! I wouldn't agree with those articles either! Yoga sounds lovely, I should find some out my way... or I'll just do it on the Wii Fit... dunno if that's quite as good, oh well.

Hollye - how's the little princess? Hope she's not too spewy atm!

Thanks for the 5mo wishes everyone... X had a lovely day. And mummy celebrated by buying overalls and a winter sleeping bag! I'm up to a week of dairy-free and it's been less painful than I expected thank goodness. It's probably good doing WW at the same time, cos then I've got two reasons to not think about having icecream & pizza etc! Think X's skin does seem to be improving, but want to give it a few more weeks to really test it. Oh and for the first time ever, I've actually done my BAS stuff early (yup, amazing!) so I'm going to spend today tackling my bomb-hit house!

Hope you're all having a good friday, roll on the weekend!

belfie - well i took Mia off her medication yesterday morning and im happy to report she hasnt spewed for 14 hours! tho she slept for about 11 of them hours lol! ill see what the day brings!

I have her an arrowoot biccie yesterday (teething rusks are crap) and she ate half of it! and it stayed down! shes gonna be on solids quite soon me thinks.

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" :D 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. :D 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 :lol: 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.

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 :hug:

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

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