Babies Born October 2007 #16

Hey all just a quick one to say hello!

Willow-glad it was a muck up you must be so relieved! I used to live in the blue mountains but went west to buy (cheaper lol).

Mo- I'm sure Kim and Trish won't mind you spending some pennies! Hehehe :-)

Nickers- hope you get some good sleep soon you poor thing sounds like a terrible night I hate broken sleep *hugs*

Everyone else loves and hugs I'll try and get back on again soon to talk more but gotta dash! Lifes been soo hectic stealing all my net procrastination time!

Hi All,

Maybe its a baby conspiracy - Amara has also just become a feaster at night again. 8.30 2am 4am 6am arghhhhhh!

Had the day from hell today. ELiza went to preschool, all went great but Amara did not sleep pretty much all day and she was a mental tonight. Hoping she sleeps long now!
Then Eliza decided she did not want to sleep either and has been out of bed about 30 times in 15 mins - far out! I can still hear her singing LOL! This is all due to a 4 minute sleep on the way home from preschool. Seriously that is all it takes to throw her bedtiem routine to the carphouse. Talk about Powernapping.

Add to the above that it is filthy hot here and about 100% humidity. I am over it completely today. When Eliza got out of bed for the 30th time I banged my head in frustration on the hall wall and it did not even hurt. Man I need a break!

Hope everyone is doing OK.

Leah - What a sucky day! Hope tomorrow is better!

Willow - I wish I COULD stop wrapping Chels. But I have tried numerous times to put her down un-wrapped, and she just screams and screams! It really would be easier if she didnt need to be wrapped!

We are taking the kids to Southbank tomorrow! Hope the weather stays nice and he can have a little swim! Hope everyone has a great day!

OMG What a day....Mr Whingey, Clingy, Grumpy Bum.....!! Poor kid hasn't done a poo since Tuesday....I think that might be his problem...I know it would be if it was me!!! Anyone got any tips to help get the poop out!!! He's been fluffing lots, just no follow through!!!

Sigh....totally buggered!!

:happybirthday: Saffi....i hope you have a fab day :happybirthday:

Poor Max Julia...Jas hasnt done a poo since Wednesday....but she doesnt seem in any pain.

Usually a warm bath, then rub the tummy in a clock wise direction will help. Or move his legs (bend at the knees) like riding a bike for 5-10 mins will loosen the bowels. Or (i think your BF so prob wont wanna try it) but 30 ml warm boiled water over 24 hours will help OR gripe water from the supermarket.

Althought BF babies can go ages without doing a poo and still be ok...FF normally is a not a nice sign if no poo!

Leah - I feel your pain hun!! We had a very similar day which resulted in probably the worst night we've had since DS was a few weeks old. I can't tell you how many times i got up to him. Thankfully DD has been fantastic this week going to bed (she also started preschool yesterday!) so that's half the battle. And don't feel bad about banging your head against the wall - I've done it too!! LOL. Sometimes you just gotta get that frustration out somehow!!

Becky - I definitely wouldn't stop wrapping her, I think she's too young and is too used to settling wrapped. I just meant that unfortunately, there's not much you can do if she gets out of it but re-wrap her. We're going through the same thing here. I can't wait to stop wrapping either! Makes life just that bit easier.

Julia - I think Max is BF? I'd try some Infant's Friend, it always seemed to help DS to do a big poo if he was a bit windy and hadn't done one for a few days.

Seems like there's something in the air at the moment, all these babies routines gone pear-shaped. Maybe it's an age thing?? Who knows, it's a never ending guessing game. This too shall pass....


**ETA: Happy Bday Saffi!!!!

Morning everyone!

Happy birthday Saffi!!! :happybirthday: I hope you have a wonderful day and get spoilt!

Becky - Well done again on the weight loss! Kieran needs to be wrapped still too, he hates having his arms free. It will be a great day when we don't have to wrap these bubs!

Willow - You must feel so relieved knowing your little man's head is OK! How stressful for you though. Did you try the sleep positioner last night?

Celtic - Hope Ryan is being good for his mummy!

Leah - Sorry you are having such a hard time of it ATM. I swear there is something in the air! I hope Amara starts sleeping better for you soon :hug:

Julia - Sorry to hear Max is being unsettled. Breastfed babies can go up to 2 weeks without a poo! They can definitely get unsettled when they are backed up. Kim's suggestions are great, I'd give them a go! And watch out for a monster poo sometime soon!!

Well, we had a better night last night. Not a peep from Joel and Kieran woke up twice, but I was able to resettle him and stretch him out until he woke for a feed at 4:15am. This is a VAST improvement after the last few days!! Hopefully he'll start stretching out longer again soon.

We have Joel's first kinder visit today. It is only for an hour and I stay for it so it won't be too bad. I'll have to wear Kieran in his Baby Bjorn though so I don't know how my back will hold up!

Have a great day everyone!

Trish - we tried the positioner but he wouldn't settle with it in the cot, as soon as we took it out, he settled straight off to sleep, so that was a no go too!

I'm glad to hear Kieran had a good night though, good to hear someone did! LOL. Good luck at kinder today! I had to put L in the baby bjorn too and he's a porker - he's up to 7.2kg!!!

Happy Birthday Saffi, hope you have a great day :D

Happy Birthday Saffi!!!!!

Trish - good luck to you and Joel with his 1st day of kinder!

I had my mothers group yesterday and the topic we discussed was self settling... to cut a long story short, the MCHN has given me a referral to the Tweddle day stay clinic to help with my settling. As you probably remember, Tahlia only really falls asleep at the boob. The MCHN suggested I put her down awake but sleepy, and if she cries, let her go for 2 minutes then go in and try to resettle her without picking her up... I can't do it though! I have to pick her up when she cries!!!!

Hi all

Thank you all for your birthday wishes. I am having a great day. L started it off by sleeping a whole extra hour and letting me sleep in. He and my puppies then gave me a stickblender as a present. In a way it is a present for him as I will use it to make purees and mashed veg for him when he is older. In the meantime tho I will make heaps of ice slushies for me! DH taking me to dinner tonight.
Kim - thanks for the calorie free cake. LOL

Leah - Sorry to hear your having a bad time of it. I have often felt like banging my head on a wall. Don't do it too often or too hard tho.

Back later

Happy Birthday Nerida!!!!!! Have a wonderful day!

xo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Saffi!

Thanks for the tips everyone.....but this morning, we woke to a boy with a nappy full of POOP!! YAY (geez never thought I would get so excited about the stuff!) He is happy again...which means I can be too. He also slept through last night again.....hopefully we are all coming out of this little 'patch'

Have a good day everyone, I am off to get some breakfast and going to brush the sticks out of the dog!!

ah, wake up and smell the poo, minimax!

where's that Amelia got to? did i miss her post?

james absolutely stacks his nappy every morning at 5.30. it's like his wakeup poo. thing is, it will even explode out of a crawler nappy. i'm thinking i might have to put him in a toddler for sleep to catch his morning carp. i'm a bit tired of fishing him out of a pooey suit in the morning (and a pooey wrap, pooey bed etc etc). sounds worse than it is, but there's always a bit of carp that goes through to the sheet. meh.

i know they say BF babies can hold on for a long time, it just ain't never happened with this boy.

ameliaaaa... as a fellow big boy haver, what nappies is rhys in at night?

:happybirthday: Saffi! Hope you have a FAB day.

Sorry to hear about everyone having a bad time with sleeping etc... hope it improves for you soon!

Willow - hope that everything is aok with your little man, and the head thing is genetic. One of the bubs in my mother's group has a HUGE head and the MCHN told the mum that it was a concern - but she took him to the GP and he said not to worry as everyone in her family has big heads lol. So hopefully be the same for yours.

Well Kaylee is officially teething as far as I can tell... but still sleeping through the night, thank god! 2-nights ago she just screamed and screamed and wouldn't take her bottle, so eventually I put her to bed at around 8pm and she went off to sleep, slept until 5.30am - only drank half what she normally does first thing in the morning. Took her to my pram-fit class and talked to the mums there = very common for teething to put them off their food etc, they recommended Nurofen as it is an anti-inflammatory so more effective for teething than panadol. Went to the chemist - had a chat to the lady about Kaylee - she also definitely thinks she is teething and agreed Nurofen the best option, but if she gets really bad then you can also give panadol about 1-2 hours after giving Nurofen. Anyways, yesterday she only had half what she normally drinks at all of her feeds, had a few screaming moments - so gave her some Nurofen - then had some bleeding gums - but still no tooth. She still slept from about 7pm through to 5.45am this morning - which is awesome! She has been better today?? Will let you know as soon as we have a tooth!! Oh, BTW she has been drooling for ages and ages now, and started 'chomping' down on things about a week ago...

Anyways - I better go get organised, having an under cover wear party today to help a friend out who is just starting out...

Have a great weekend everyone! Hope your babies start sleeping more for you.

Oh, and Nic - thanks :)!

Viv I'm pretty sure Amelia left the thread over the Cath thing.

Peta how exciting, think Maddi may start teething soon as-well. Not looking forward to her being more a grumpy bum.

that's a shame.

How big is James now Viv??

Viv - I've got a pretty big boy too, he's 7.2kg, not sure how big James is? We are still in small (newborn) nappies but they are the Aldi Mamia brand and are a much more generous fit than huggies etc. Having said that, he'll be out of them very soon.

Kellie - hearing you on the self settling business! We've been at it for quite a few weeks and DS settles beautifully to sleep on his own (sometimes with a pat or a cuddle to help him along) but the resettling after one sleep cycle is a work in progress. We're getting there though! It's totally worth it if that's what you want to do, makes life so much easier later on. We're off to sleep school on 26th Feb (but on the short list for cancellations) for a day stay too. Just for a refresher and a bit of reassurance in our case. I'm pretty sure I'm doing all I can but a bit of support never hurts.

Oh and with the head thing - his head doesn't actually look big to us. Never noticed it until the paed had a look at his growth charts yesterday.

**ETA - Tresillian just called, we're doing our day stay on Monday - woo hoo!!

james would be around 7.3 ish at the mo. the thing is he is very long, so he was out of huggies newborns immediately, then the infants were too short in the bum for him.

so mamias are ok for you then?

I found Mamias leak up the front with poo's...maybe thats just jasmine tho..LOL

I use Crawler Coles nappies...bit big....so prefer infant size...but DH got the crawler the other week.

Great news Willow about your day stay..i hope it helps

Viv - yeah, I think they're great. He needs to go up to the next size but I found they were a bit long in the waist for him a few weeks ago (going to try them again next week), so they'd probably be perfect for james - and $16 for 50 something, can't go wrong! I've never had leaks with them, other than when he was in the bigger size and they were slipping down off his bum!

We brought Maddi a tickle me Elmo, at first she was laughing because he was laughing then he started to move & she started crying.
It was sooo cute. So she only likes Elmo when he's in one position & laughing.

Viv - I use the Mamia 4-9kg on Kieran (he's only around 6.5kg though) and I find them brilliant. I won't use any other nappy overnight. K never fit into Huggies newborn either, I just gave an entire box to a friend who is due in March!

Willow - Woohoo on getting into the sleep school early! I'm sure you are doing everything right ATM, but like you said, the support will be great. Even if they only tell you that you are doing a great job already!

Peta - I hope Kaylee's teething settles down for you soon. I found when my eldest was teething he'd have 2-3 off days, then the tooth would break the surface and he'd be his happy self again.

Julia - Yay for Max's poo LOL! Hope he left his cranky pants behind with it!!

Kellie - Good luck with the sleep school, have you called them yet? IKWYM about letting them cry. I only leave Kieran if it is just a little grizzle, I can't leave him crying hysterically.

Mo - How cute with the Tickle Me Elmo!

Well I took Joel to the intro Kinder day and he LOVED it!! It was sooo funny, I said, "We'd better get you changed, we've gotta go to kinder now", and he sprinted down the hall to his room and when I got there he had completely stripped off and was pulling clean clothes out of his drawers LOL! I am hoping his first day on his own on Tuesday will go well now that he is a bit more confident with it all. I'm actually looking forward to it a bit more!

Trish that's great Joel loved he's first day, hope next Tuesday goes a-well.

Willow-Good luck with sleep school, Thought about going to one for Maddi but after going to a new parents group i figured out what i was doing wrong & now Maddi goes down without a fight.
Now she seems to wake up once during the night instead of sleeping through, I think it's because she sleeps too much during the day sometimes.

Thanks girls, like I said, I do think we're doing everything right but I just feel like I need a bit of reassurance and maybe a few tips. He goes to sleep just fine, it's mainly the night waking (which only started last week) and the resettling after one sleep cycle that we need to work on.

Trish - so glad Joel liked Kinder! Certainly makes it much easier - DD didn't want to come home with me this afternoon :( LOL! At least she's enjoying it.

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I only leave Kieran if it is just a little grizzle, I can't leave him crying hysterically.

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Kellie - same here. I've never left L to cry while teaching him to settle. Grizzling yes, but not crying. If he cries, I pick him up and give him a cuddle. You don't need to leave them to cry to teach them how to self settle and it makes it so much easier on mum!


Woo Hoo - My little man is 3 months today!!

Willow that sounds so like Chelsea...i drop her off at care and she waves and shuts the door in my face....got o pick her up and doesnt want to come home...have to drag her out!

Woohoo Joel liking Kindy....probably cos he is playing with kids his own age!

Afternoon everyone - seems today is a happier day for everyone! Happy birthday Nerida! Hope you are having a FANTASTIC day!
I picked C up from daycare yesterday and they told me that she had a really bad day. Pulling her legs up and crying and crying so much she was sweating! But.....I gave her a cuddle and she gave me a grin! Hmmmm then when we got home I emptied her bag....still had 2 full bottles! I give them 4 and she was there for a bit longer yesterday - 9 hours! anyway - we went through our usual routine...play till 530 then bath, feed, bed. No dramas - lots of smiles and talking no leg pulling-up or screaming. She went to sleep at about 615 and then when I woke this morning thinking it was around 2 (her usual wake up time) I was VERY surprised to see it was 455!!! So of course I went into a mad panic and dashed into her room to see if she was alright. Of course she was....just lying there - awake but ok. Just enough light in her room for her to look at the ceiling. Of course me going in there woke her up! But that was ok cause I had caught up on all my missed sleep! I did however have some guilty thoughts that I might have slept through her crying but she seemed ok and I think DH would have woken up had she been crying! Well, at least I hope he would have!
anyway - i had better head off and do some washing (yay) and cleaning (double yay). Am going to work this afternoon to have a drink with the ladies there - have to take little miss C with me but I am sure she will behave herself :cross fingers:

How frustrating Rebecca....why didnt they give C all her feeds??
I get that now with Chelsea's carer 'She didnt want all her lunch and food today'. Get home and she is starving...and thirsty. So ive made a point of 'Chelsea MUST eat all her food packed'. Sometimes works...but not always!
Im sure C will be an angel while u have some drinkies...enjoy it!

Kim I spoke to them this morning about the feeds.....she wouldnt take them supposedly. She took the full bottle when I gave it to her though. She does pull off a bit lately but I think it is the heat that bothers her more than anything and it has been HOT lately. I have been bathing her in quite cool water to try and compensate a little. Am SERIOUSLY considering getting a little paddling pool - jsut have to figure out a way to keep the dogs out of it!
I realyl do wish that I did have a choice of daycare out here but am stuck with the only centre. My friend who is due in July said that she checked some out back in townsville for her little one and they are cheaper! there is one that actualyl supplies the nappies and food and has the BEST security around - parents have to have a PIN to access the rooms! God - every morning I drop C off there is no one at the desk....and I drop her in an hour after opening time! \
Anyway - we will see how she is when I go to get her this afternoon!

i read about kids who won't eat properly at DC. they save themselves for mum to do it at the end of the day. maybe chels is on a hunger strike waiting for you?

Sorry i have a lot of reading to catch up on, i will post my info first then try and have some reading time while the boys are finally asleep!

Last night 31st Jan was the night Tyron was conceived!

I had Tyron weighed today.
My big porka was
weight 7.5kg
Length: 65cm
HC: 42.5cm

I know i cant compare Nixon cause he was prem but at the same age Nixon was 4.6kg, 59cm and 38.5cm hc
Tyron is 3kg heavier and 6cm longer lol!

One feed a few nights ago he only had half of, since then his routine has been out of whack. instead of waking at 6-6.30am he woke at 5am. Therefore his last feed last night was earlier 7.15pm.
So then he woke at 4.15am thismorning! hoping we can get him back into his normal routine of last feed about 9pm and slept till 6am.

DH has gone away again for a week so see how i cope!
went to Playgroup for the first time thismorning, Nixon had fun and did some painting.
Ive been on the phone all arvo because of my stupid health fund still trying to sort out carp from October when we were in hospital. I swear EVERY single time i have to claim something its never straight forward im soooo over them atm.

ok off to try and catch up on the goss for the last two days!

Viv you might be right on that one....not to sure...but i know it worries me....especially the fluid side of things...she can drink 4-5 sippy cups a day...but when at care she wont even have half gone..not sure if its not offered...or she just doesnt drink!

Nic - woohoo! Another chubby bubby boy! I thought L was going well at 7.2kg. We're the same, DD was about 7 months old before she cracked 7kg!!

ok i am all caught up! I had to jot down notes to what i want to reply to otherwise i'd have no chance loL! does anyone else do that?

Viv- How long is James do you know? I think Tyron at 65cm is pretty long and being 6cm longer than Nixon shocks me cause Nixon is taller than most kids his age.
And Ty being 7.5kg he must be up there as one of the fatty's hehe he definatley caught up thats for sure. I think because for the last few weeks he's been on mostly FF has porked him up. and even when he was getting Breast milk its always been from a bottle so always known how much he has had. I miss having a sml bub though i seen a 6week old baby who was 8lb at 6weeks and she was soooo tiny! god it wasnt that long ago but i already forget how small he was!

Becky- WTG on the weight loss! i had a not so good week this week, couldnt even make it to a WW weigh in but acording to my scales stayed the same. i knew i was bad, for like 3 days in a row Oz day, birthday p[arty and pub holiday were my culprits

Nerida _Happy Birthday!` hope your having a fantastic day!

Trish- LOL i had to laugh at your post of the boys a few nights ago. i know it wasnt funny you kept getting woken up but the way you wording it had me giggling! Glad you had a better night since.

Someone told me recently for BF babies 12-16weeks is usually a hurdle when Baby's demand more quantity and maybe thats why so many of them are waking, want more feed to increase your supplys maybe??

Happy 3months to Keiran, Tahlia & Lachlan for yesterday! i remember you all just scrapped into the October bubs lol!
Happy 3 months to Logan for today! (it is Logan isnt it?!)

Celtic- how did you hospital visit go the other day?

alz- your feeding routine sounds great, i used to dream feed Nixon like that and it worked for me too. hope it continues to work for you!

Who got the storm last night in Sydney? God it was bad, worst one i have seen for some time i thought the big gum trees out the back were gonna fall. they didnt but been out today and there are trees down everywhere. Our ppower went out lucky we already had dinner but only for about 10min. My sister who is 3km away power was out for about 8hrs. I was thankful in a way i didnt still have 2 freezer fulls of EBM i would have been on the ground sobbing if it had to be thrown out!

Star- well done on getting to the gym, gosh i miss it. when i was at playgroup today the room next door was some excerise thing, the kids kept poking their heads over and i though i wish i could be in there doing that while the kids were in here lol!

Willow- glad the head circ was just a mistake. i looked on Tyrons chart and he went from the 25th at 2months to the 50th at 3 1/2months. i forgot my blue book when i went so she didnt get to see his progress only wrote it down for me to plot when i got home. His head was 42.5cm which was 4cm bigger than Nixon's at the same age

Nic - Bummer your DH is going away again. You really are supermum! Glad my o'night capers made you laugh! I definitely wasn't laughing at the time!! Wow, Tyron is a big boy!

Willow - Happy 3 months to your DS! I forgot to say that before!

Rebecca - How annoying the DC didn't give Caitlyn her bottles. You should get one of those clam shell pool thingys. You could keep the lid on when your not using it to keep your dogs out! How are the kittens going?

Kim - I wonder how hard the DC people try to get kids to eat? They're not like us annoying nagging mums!

Man I am sooo tired! After a few dodgy nights you get to feel pretty carp. Even though I didn't have to give K multiple feeds last night I still had to get up to settle him twice. I just want some unbroken sleep again!!! He only had a 40 minute nap after we got back from kinder, he was a bit unsettled after the whole ordeal of sleeping in the Bjorn. He is having a big nap now though so at least I could get dinner cooked, eaten and cleaned up! I've now got my feet up until he wakes up or I shower Joel, whichever comes first.

Ha ha Nickers - yes I jot down notes all the time!! Otherwise I never remember what people say!! :-) Yeah, have really been enjoying gym for the exercise and also just a little bit of time to myself - I am finding I have so much more energy than I used to. I hope you can find something to fit into your timetable - it must be hard with two!!!
Well done Tyron - what a little boofer!! Mateo is only a skinny little fella - 6.4kg which my midwife makes me worry about every week! But took him to paediatrician and he is really happy with how he is doing and we don't have to go back now that he seems to be so settled and content. It was good to know that all is well - now we can just enjoy our little boy!

Oh Trish - it sounds like your days just never end! Ihope you get a rest soon!

Hope it's a good night for all. xo

Spew, loo, pains and bed for me...hope u all have a good night ladies and you all sleep well

Ew, Kim that doesn't sound good hun! Hope you're feeling better.

****To the gods in the heavens above - PAHLEASE let us have a better night than last night....*****