Babies Born October 1st-15th 2008 #8

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Tanya - i am so sorry to hear that, i know you would never do anything to intentionally hurt Maya and this must be so hard for you,i was soooo annoyed when i had to give up breastfeeding due to an extended stay in hospital.
If you ever need to talk feel free to PM me or chat on FB, i could never imaging what you are going through and i hope the meds help and kick in ASAP for you.
How is M feeling, is she any better?
I hope you have plenty of support around you while you go through all of this, i know we are all here for you though!

Thanks to everyone else about the eczema, don't think i had joined when that was previously discussed so if anyone had any other helpful natural hints etc please feel free to PM them to me.

AFM got a big day, trying to clean up after the wind yesterday, the dogs got into the rubbish bags so it's a mess out there, gotta go food shopping for A and I as Mark is going away for 3 nights and we have the house all to ourselves.. maybe i can actually have some ME time without being asked what i did today!
Final deposit on the house tomorrow, YAY it's all moving along so quickly.
Anyway better get going and get my arse into gear, Mark will be home after work while we are at MG so gotta make sure all is done b4 then.

Tanya my thoughts are with you and your family, take it easy and try not to worry yourself about hurting Maya, i'm sure it would never happen.
Fingers crossed the meds kick in for you soon, will def google it so i can get a better idea of what your going through...

[Georgi]

Hey chickens...... Can you believe my lil man turns 1 tomorrow! We're having around 35 people here for his birthday party on Saturday. Lots of relo's from Sydney & friends from mothers group.

My trip to Sydney was full on. I haven't studied in so long, so lots of learning fried my brain. I came back with a Sydney cold, as I normally do when I go down there, but I'm pretty much better now.

DH & MIL handled BJ just fine while I was away. When I got back BJ was all over me. The poor lil mite must've missed his mummy.

Just wanted to pop in & say Gday.

TANYA Big hugs for you hun. I know how hard weaning can be, without the stresses of illness. I'm sure everything will be fine. Don't be hard on yourself xxx

[[M]umma[M]ia]

OMG Georgi!!!!!!!!!! just O M G !!!

just update here.. M is all good. Takes 3-4 steps before she falls. Stands on her own, its so cute, she will just stand there clapping her hands. Tho.. dont think 3-4 steps is enough to say she is walking yet? SHes getting so big now, its sad.

[belfie]

Georgi - happy birthday for BJ! that's gone so quick, I can't believe he's 1 already! hope you have a wonderful party

Tanya - I'm so sorry to hear your meniere's has flared up, and after everything you've been through with BF'ing, to have to stop now for this you've done an awesome job and you should be so proud of yourself. I hope the meds help get things back under control, that must have been so scary now you've got a little one to worry about but it sounsd like you're making the best decision for everyone in this circumstance. Pls don't beat yourself up over it, you've been doing a wonderful amazing job for M. Incidentally, my DH has something similar (they couldn't decide if it was meniere's until he'd had it long enough - so they diagnosed vestibular neuronitis - but that's not supposed to recur, and his does.. hmm), so yeah, I know the dizzy world by assocation and it's a nasty place to be. Hope you're feeling better.

AFM we're off to the allergy clinic at RCH tomorrow. 9am appt near the city... eep, it's like we're preparing for a trek across the desert the amount of stuff we've got! Lol we're probably get there and they'll say nope he's too young bring him back later... hopefully it's informative anyway. He's been very itchy this week and we're not allowed to give antihistamines, so be good to get this over with. No signs of walking yet (phew!) but has mastered our 2 stairs, both up & down very gracelessly... and he's doing a great yoga downward dog... butt in the air... such a big butt

happy friday for tomoz! and hope everyone else is going well

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Morning everyone....

Georgi - welcome back and BJ, ohhh how exciting all the parties will be starting soon...
Hope your over your Sydney Cold soon, i hate feeling sick!

[M]umma[M]ia - congrats to M on the steps, how scary is it that they will all be up and walking soon... our lil ones are not so little anymore.

Belfie - good luck at the allergy clinic, hopefully like you said you can get some more information that might help, poor little man.
Ava also does that butt in air legs out straight move.. looks so odd but i guess it's the next stage in the balance game... hehehe

Hello everyone else i have missed, hope you and the lil ones are doing well.

AFM - am 21wks today and feeling pretty good.
Ava and I have been home alone since Wed night and Mark wont be back til Sat.. to be honest i am quite enjoying it.. YAY not being hassled about house work etc is wonderful.
Having a day at home with Ava today to play on the tramp and clean a bit as we are going to a baby show in Epping tomorrow with a girl from MG.
Should be a bit of fun and a nice day out for Ava, bought her a pretty new dress (pics on FB - let me know what you think) and will see how she goes.
She won champion baby when she went to the last one but i have NO expectations, just a chance to get out of the house... lol
Paid the final deposit for our land yesterday so waiting on titles etc and the land will be all ours.. hehe SCARY!

Well better get going and give the midget her breakfast, bought her her first pair of big girl PJ's yesterday and they look adorable, shes not my LITTLE girl anymore..

[SamiH]

not being hassled about house work etc is wonderful.

if my DH hassled me about house work i would tell him to find another house to live in and complain about

Happy Birthday Byron darlink xxxxxx

Busy here - hey waht's new

Tanya - my thoughts are with you hun, remember to reflect on all the goodness you have given Maya, not what could of been - jeepers hun you made 10 months - ALOt MORE than most.

belfie - interested to find out what the RCH says - poor X really got jackpot genetics with you and J hey

wish they had spell check on here - too lazy to correct

bakc over wseekend ... xx

[belfie]

poor X really got jackpot genetics with you and J hey

people like us just shouldn't breed
Well it was a loooooong morning. 9am appt and we finished up just before 1! He was such a good boy. And yes its definitely eczema and dermagraphia that we're looking at. They did the skin testing - on the really really good side, fine with dogs (yay!), milk (more yay!), soy, peanuts. Very very slight reaction to cats but nothing to worry about. Bigger reactions to eggs, cashews and hazelnuts. So we've been advised to steer clear of tree nuts & egs for 6 months then follow-up appointment. Glad we discovered eggs before his birthday!!! He hated the skin testing, not while they did it, but once the itching as the welts came up... poor little man. AND they gave me a anaphylasis sheet for my MIL listing the foods he shouldn't eat, and the response if he does... and big letters RCH... woo hoo! She wanted to give him eggs 2 months ago too! Boy am I feeling vindicated that i said no.Oh and they said they can't rule out milk making his skin worse, but we just have to watch that. Oh and our skin/bath routine has been turned upside down! Baths EVERY day (apparently that's the new thing for eczema now) and bleach baths... yes, actual bleach!!! (but very mild) and different creams, elocon now and just sorbolene cos his skin isn't as dry now.

We were also advised to go see a speech path about his food problems. He's at the point that he just will not put ANY finger food in his mouth - too many memories of gagging & vomiting I think... so they said that needs some assessment otherwise we'll have a 2y.o. eating purees on our hands! And they were very struck by the snorting, and said we need to see an ENT about that - but they did a thorough exam of mouth, ears & nose and all is structurally sound, but she kept commenting on the snorts (which I just don't notice any more lol). And she couldn't get over how strong he was... she sees lots of smaller bubs (allergy-bubs with failure to thrive), and she said oh i'm not used to such big strong boys lol.

So it was useful... DH & I are both surprisingly stuffed - geez need a nana nap lol. Have a great weekend everyone.