Sorry I havent posted much - we are just busy busy busy. We went to Sydney on the weekend (4 hour + drive) & we are going again this weekend :shock: So I am going a bit mad ATM trying to get all my work done & get the house organised in between.
Emma rolled over today!!! \/ From back to front, 2 times. I thought most babies rolled from front to back first? She is doing really well & is still very happy.
Sorry for no personals. I have been reading what you are all up to though & love to hear all about your bubbas - I just feel bad when I dont do personals for everyone so tonight I wont do any! Hope all the bubbas have a good night tonight!!
linda,chantelle has only rolled from back to front also,she started last week and is doing it all the time now,wow on sydeny,you guys are adenturous,how did emme cope with the drive,we are going away at easter for the long weekend,we are staying in a cabin,should be good.
congrats on your 2nd anniversary tracey.LOL at dh getting lucky,its a bit like that now isnt it,its hard to find the energy at the end of the day now with a baby.my friend is all for the mothers grooup and is very excited about it,i think we should go on outings aswell
i.e mums and bubs movies,indoor play centers,baby gym,swimming lots of things,can we start after the school holidays but as it will be a bit tricky with the boys in tow........check with your friends and we can majke the first one at my house on wednesday the 29th of march,let me know what you guys all think.
well all else is well,take care and i really do hope all your little darlings let you sleep tonight.
nikki
Well, finally we made it for Toris shots today and she seems fine, just sleeping it off. It was so funny though, she recognises the doctor and as soon as we got in the room she looked and him and started bawling. I turned her to face the wall so she couldnt see him and she would calm down but then she would turn around to have another look and start screaming again. She went on like this for about 15 mins! She didnt even flinch with the actual needles but then as we were leaving she remembered him again and it started up again. They are funny little people arent they!
I asked the doctor about solids etc and he says I should have had her on them ages ago coz of how active she is (been sitting and rolling front to back/ back to front since 3.5 months) and probablt needs more than what i can give her at this stage.
She snaks all afternoon most nights till she goes to bed (every 45mins from 5-9pm) so he has suggested I give her a bottle of formula at about 3 and then at tea time give her some farax or fruit etc. I will see how she goes tonight with it all. hopefully it will help her settle and sleep better at night.
I'm not working much anymore so I atleast feel like i have the time to spend doing the solids etc. Missing the dollars though.
Looks like I have already got myself some work when we move to melbourne which is fantastic (one less thing to think about).
Hi
Well we have started solids...sort of The nurse suggested we try some rice cereal as Will had started waking at around 3 for food - v. tiring! so we tried some farex on monday which he wasn't too keen on. He rolled it around his mouth b4 spitting it out and heaving. The next night we tried apple and farex, which he seemed more interested in but still heaved. Today he actually ate a whole teaspoon of apple, he spat little bits out but he didnt heave which was good. Hopefully once he gets the hang of swallowing he will start sleeping thru again. His cold is almost gone, thankfully and otherwise is doing well.
Cindy - thats great you have some work lined up for the move, it makes it hard when you lose those extra dollars.
Tracey - congrats on the anniversary. Re the night feed, Jordan will stop when he's ready, as tiring as it is for you Will has been waking again at around 3 or 4, and as much as i try to get him back to sleep he just wants food.
Cindy - wow on recognising the dr!!! Thats pretty amazing!
Kell - Emma doesnt like plain rice cereal too much either, but loves pumkin.
Nikki - Emma goes pretty well on the long trips, but I generally sit in the back seat with her & play with her & talk to her while she's awake, that really helps.
Emma has a clinic visit tomorrow so we get to see how much weight she's put on \/
It's a beautiful day in Melbourne today! I better get some washing done. Louis has been in creche twice this week while I do a workout at the gym. So far so good although he has already wrapped the lady around his little finger and I find that she's holding him most of the time because he gets grizzly - hehe. He so knows how to play people!
Linda - Wow on the big drives. We're heading down to Port Fairy in a couple of weeks and thats about a 4 hour drive I think. I suppose we'll just have to take out time and have a few breaks.
Louis has also only rolled from back to front!
Louis loves pumpkin! and he sweet potato and broccoli hehe. I'm going to give him some carrot this week as well. I went to buy zucchini but it looked horrible.
Cindy - Glad Tori was ok with her immunisations. Maybe you'll have to try a new dr - hehe.
I would go crazy feeding every 45min - especially that time of night. I hope the solids help! I know Louis can easily go 4 hours between feeds when he has solids and milk but now only about 3 hours with just milk so it's obviously just not enough for him.
Kell - Yeah on the solids! I'm sure he will get the hang of it soon. Louis is still waking all the time in the night although last night I only fed him one side at 11.30pm and then 1 side at around 5am so hopefully if I give him a proper feed tonight he will sleep through. I won't hold my breath though.
Tracey - Sorry I missed your post the other night! Happy Anniversary. Sounds like Jordan and Louis like their food a little too much! hehe. I'll be happy when he eventually sleeps though!!
Thanks for the anniversary wishes, we had a good night.
Nicole - 29th March sounds good. I will let my friends know and I am all for going on outings as well as meet ups at our houses. A little variety will be nice.
Its great Chantelle is getting the hang of rolling. She is such a cutie
Krisvee - I think Jordan and Louis do love their food too much. As long as he sticks to 1 wake up a night I can handle that. Last night was 4.45am which wasnt too bad.
Kell - good luck with starting solids, we tried it a week ago and it made Jordan miserable. we havent tried again. I think I will wait till he is a little older.
I went to visit my friend who had a baby on the weekend. She was 35weeks, so 5 weeks prem and she is 5 pounds, she is in 00000's. She was the tiniest baby I have ever seen. I was so pleased that she was doing well though. Jordan just looked like a budda next to her
Hope you have a nice night.
House is on tonight...love that show and the last episode of Australias next top model.
Kell - We've been given the green light on the solids too. We were told monday at the Children's Health clinic to give Benjamin one feed a day of Banana and rice cereal and the rest b/f's for one week then the next week do 2 solid feeds a day, then the following week three solid feeds a day. It get's his stomach conditioned for the whole eating thing. We were told not to try all different things at once, just in case Benjamin ends up allergic to something. It's easier to pin point the allergy that way. I was also told that they reccommend to keep doing the solid feeds and b/f up until 12 months.
Cindy - We have 2 different doctors. A lovely female doc that Benjamin sees and I see for the womanly stuff and I have a male doc, who I see for other stuff. Benjamin doesn't like the male doc and does the same thing Tori does, so we end up seeing my female doc more so now.
Has anyone else noticed that their bubs are a good pick for character? Benjamin can already pick up instantly if a person isn't nice or something isn't right about a person.
Hello ladies, sorry to butt into your group but I thought you ladies will be able to answer my questions best
My bub is due this October & I have no idea what sort of clothing to buy Can anyone fill me in on the climate etc? We are in Western Sydney so it gets hot, but I have no idea what I would be looking at for the beginning of October.
My DD was born in Feb so she was easy! Nappy & singlet
Skyela - I live on the gold coast so it was pretty warm when Victoria was due but i have to say i still needed a few wondersuits. She was dressed in them mostly at night and during the day sleeveless jumpsuits or singlets and long pants when little cooler and just teh classic singlet and nappy.
I cant believe that our bubs are 5 months already!! My gosh it goes way to fast! Before you know it it will be graduation!!
Skye, it was quite warm when Emma was born, so lots of singlet suits. But it did get cold & I found it very hard to get 0000 long suits. So I would definately buy a few warm outfits now as they wont be in the shops in October!
skye,i also agree with the other girls,definantly warmer jupsuits to begin with some in 0000 and 000.i found the first few weeks she was always in warmer things but as she got into 000 she needed a selection of both warmer and cooler clothes .one thing i have learnt is that in summer you also need warm clothes cos as the sun goes down it does get cooler and they recommend that babies in the frst few weeks need to have twice as many layers as you do when it is cool.so to answer your question stock up on some warm jump suits and a few summer outfits..
well poor little chantelle has got a very nasty cold and is soo miserable,i feel sooo sorry for her,her eyes are so watery and her nose is sooo clogged and runny,she can hardly breath,i got a vaporiser for her today but didnt get the menthol stuff to put in it so i have mixed some vicks and water and put that in it,i have just put it on for her now that she has gone to bed so i hope it helps her get some much needed sleep.
went and had my nails done today.we have been invited to go to the beach(ocean grove) for the weekend,we will go sat and sunday,it is going to be mid to high 30s here over the weekend so it is good timing and will be great to get away from the everyday.the boys will love it.the caravan is 1 minute walk to the beach and also has aircon so atleast i can escape the heat with chantelle if she is finding it all too much.
she gave us the most fantastic laughs yesterday i got it on video,it was absolutly hilarious,daddy was playing with her and she was cacking herself like i have never seen before,very very funny.well i cant beleive it is school hols again after tomorrow,god help me..........
well im off now going to finally have my dinner and give dh a massage he has a sore back.
nikki
Aaww, I hope Chantell gets over her cold quickly Nikki. Have a great weekend!
We had Emma's clinic visit today. She now weighs 5.8kg. All is well & the nurse said she seems to be doing well on the solids & that it was right to start her on them as I had read the right signs & she is thriving on them.
Off to Sydney tomorrow afternoon....I cant wait for next week for things to get back to normal!!!
Linda - It can be tiring travelling with little ones. can't it? Even when they are good travellers it is so much more involved than when it was just you and DH Hope you have fun in Sydney.
Nikki - Sorry to hear about the cold, Will has just had one too. Thankfully it only lasted 2 days. We were using saline in a syringe to squirt up his nose, he hated it but it would clear it up enough for a little bit of sleep, let me know how the vaporiser goes.
Melissa - We were told the same thing with solids re the number of meals and timing etc. Benjamin and Will are pretty close is size too, aren't they? I have noticed that babies have a pretty good sense of character, and also they can tell when someone feels uncomfortable or awkward with them and don't like it. My younger sister was always really uncomfortable holding Molly, and Molly would sense it and cry, which made sis more uncomfortable Sis is preg now so she is feeling more comfy with bubs I suppose that since bubs can't communicate as such they have to rely on instinct....
Hope everyone has a good weekend, quiet one at home for us....
Yeah its the weekend. I am so pleased, I have work monday even though it's a public holiday here which is not great, but the money will be nice.
I cant beleive some of the bubs are already 5 months, as Jordan ws born last I find it's hard to get my head around the fact that some of your bubs are 4 weeks older than he is.
Nicole- hope you have a great time away and fun on the school holidays. I cant believe they are here so quickly as well. Great for the peak hour traffic though
Linda- Emma sounds like a little bundle.....5.8 kilos. Jordan would be close to 10 kilo now. We get weighed on wednesday so that will be interesting. She is so gorgeous I love all the photos on her website.
Tracey - I know what you mean about the babies being 5 months... Dylan is the youngest by 3 weeks in our playgroup and a couple of the babies are almost 6 months old. It's good though as I get a sneak preview of what's to come!
It's stinking hot here today - 38 I think. We put the ac on first thing this morning though so the house isn't too bad. We might go for a walk on the beach this evening once the sun's gone. Dogs can be off leash after 8pm so if we go then Jojo can have a swim. \/ He gets a bit neglected these days as I can't take him and the pram so if I go walking when dh is at work the poor dog gets left behind.
Well - better go think about dinner... we're going to give Dylan a bit of sweet potato tonight. So far he's only had Farex, but the last couple of nights he hasn't slept so well so thought we'd give some veges a go.
Enjoy your weekends (especially if you're in Vic or SA and get a long one!)
Hi I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We started Will on sweet potato last night, he seemed to like it but didnt want too much. He is now having two solids meals a day, but only about a teaspoon each feed. He has been a bit grizzly lately, I think he is making the transition from three day sleeps to two, so he wants to be up but is also tired grrr. His nappy rash is finally clearing up, we are using daktozin. It was shocking but is getting better thankfully.
MIL wants us to go there for easter, not sure if i want to venture into the lions den so soon again She has actually been offering my SIL some of Molly's old baby things!! DH's Nanna knitted Molly a beautiful pink cardigan and MIL has told DH that she has spoken to me about it and that SIL is expecting it. I am going to talk to SIL about it, it's one of those items I want to keep for memories...we'll see what happens I spose.
Hope you all have a good Monday - pub hol for some.... not me
/ From back to front, 2 times. I thought most babies rolled from front to back first? She is doing really well & is still very happy.
The nurse suggested we try some rice cereal as Will had started waking at around 3 for food - v. tiring! so we tried some farex on monday which he wasn't too keen on. He rolled it around his mouth b4 spitting it out and heaving. The next night we tried apple and farex, which he seemed more interested in but still heaved. Today he actually ate a whole teaspoon of apple, he spat little bits out but he didnt heave which was good. Hopefully once he gets the hang of swallowing he will start sleeping thru again. His cold is almost gone, thankfully and otherwise is doing well.
Can anyone fill me in on the climate etc? We are in Western Sydney so it gets hot, but I have no idea what I would be looking at for the beginning of October.
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