Babies Born October 2007 #20

[LizzysMum]

Hugs Nic - its THE scariest feeling huh? I "lost" Eliza once and felt physically sick.

So glad to hear all you ladies discussing MCN's I have so many now that when they are all washed I can't even fit them in the cupboard (don't tell DH!)

I just got a Lotus AIO, a Dragonfly Magik AIO and an organic velour Dreameze fitted. A friend of mine who knits longies and shorties also gave Amara THE most stunning pair of longies. Variegated purple wool with sunflowers embroidered on the bum and leg - they are amazing.

Re Solids - we are also delaying until 6 months at least.

Since last posting Amara has got so good at grabbing stuff and holding toys etc. Its amazing how fast they change. She is also almost rolling. Oh and she is out of the cradle, I found her screaming with her legs stuck out the bars so its gone. I did not want her to go out of our room yet so she is in the port-a-cot in our room still. I am putting her in her room in the cot for day sleeps so she is used to it.

For the first time today she stayed awake from one feed to the next. She usually sleeps after evey feed, this may be the start of the 2 day sleep routine?????

Thanks for reading, sorry for not doing personals but I have to get to bed its midnight eeek!!

Night,

[~kellie~]

Good morning everyone!
Tahlia slept in her own room for the 1st time last night... it was nice being able to go to the toilet in the middle night without creeping around in fear of waking her up! She woke up at 4.30am though, she had unwrapped herself and was cold, so as soon as I wrapped her back up she was dozing again

My little girl is growing up!

[ninja_turtle]

holy carp, nic. that must have been terrifying. not looking forward to when my little energiser finds his legs.... (in some ways)

in other news... jj seemed to like his cereal. he's just like that with food. he'll just eat whatever i give, be it boob, bottle or rice mulch. he is so cute, he holds his own bottle. dh put him up to it. i came home last saturday to find him holding and glugging his own ebm bottle.

we swaddled him again last night and lo, surprise, no nappy leak all night because he couldn't roll and loosen it up. heh. thank god we got a bit more sleep because we've been pie-eyed and over it round here.

my sister (lact consultant) says i shouldn't be giving him cereal etc yet. she says i should hang on until 6 months. my supply has bolstered since his suckathon of last week and he's gone back to normal now. phew, glad those 9 or 10 feeds a day are over.

my 'a' key isn't working properly. guess the laptop is dying...

oh, in other carp news... AF came back with a vengeance, so all of you who were predicting james' fussiness was because of tht were dead right. gross. i hte AF. tampons make me boogedy after all this time.

i'm hiding inside with the AC today... stuff going out in 36 degrees.

[Rebecca77]

Nic-How terrifying for you!!! I can't believe no one said or asked anything after seeing a child walking around alone! Some people!!!
Viv- How old is JJ? I am terrible at remember this stuff - should keep like a spreadsheet or somethign so I can keep track! DH was trying last weekend to get C to hold her own bottle but its just not happening. I guess she will when she is ready.
Now I am not BFing but I too have found that when AF is on her way or is already visiting (b!tch) that C is fussier than usual. Won't take a bottle. Grumpy a lot. Is that strange??? Maybe she can sense it.
Oops - crying has started. Catch you all later! MWAH Have a great day!

[alz]

Hi everyone,
Nic - How frightening for you. I am so glad that Nixon is ok. I can't imagine how you must have felt. I know I always ask little kids where mummy or daddy is when they look lost or confused. I don't understand why others wouldn't do the same.

Busy day for us. After a shocker of a night we have been shopping and then went to a wedding (the third since Ethan has been born). We were looking at umbrella strollers. Our big jogger pram is great but takes up so much room in the boot. I walk everywhere when dh is at work because we only have 1 car but he has taken the pram to work a few times and I have been stranded. We think we will get the steelcraft profile layback. Seems good. Also my in laws have said that they will buy Ethan a high chair and they are on special at the moment so they are coming to look at them tomorrow.

Oh the scariest thing happened last night. I got up at about 3.30 am to close the window because it got really windy. When I pushed the blinds to the side I saw that our car door was open. I woke dh up and said "the car is open". He raced outside to check what was going on. Somebody had got in (silly dh forgot to lock it last night) and had rumaged through everything. They left my cds alone but took the coins from the ashtray. Amazing that the car was still there (new car only 5 months old). I was cross at dh! How stupid. I suppose I need to find another $2 for my shopping trolley now.

Have a great night everyone.

[~kellie~]

wow - it has been super quiet in here today! Went shopping this afternoon to look for a jumperoo for Tahlia... found a super bargain at Target... only $48! The exact same model we saw at a baby store earlier in the day for $120! I just set it up before and she had a little play in it, she seems to like it already!

Hope the quietness in here means everyone is having a great weekend!

[Saffi]

Hi all

Was such a hot day here today (40degrees). We went shopping to escape, any excuse really.

Kellie- hope Tahlia is having fun in her jumper.
Alz - how scary! Sounds like some kids just mucking around. Maybe they didn't like your taste in music LOL. We also looked at umbrella strollers while we were out.
Viv - way to go JJ. I knew he would love food. L holds his bottle too. Oh, he's growing up! When we go out we put his bottle into a stubbie cooler. Just getting in early....
Rebecca - did DH take you out for dinner?

Hoping for a better night. We were up every 2 hours. DH got up at 7am and I went to bed until 10. Had words with DH tho. I told him its not fair how he doesn't get up overnight on the weekends. We'll see if it has done any good.

Night all

[Khaleesi]

It has been very quiet in here.
Maddi has been sleeping very well at night, just not through the day.
Friday night she went to sleep at 7:30pm & didn't wake to 10am.

Kellie-Great deal was the box damaged etc.. or was that just the price?

Saffi-Wow 40 degree, I'm so glad we are having some cooler weather now.

Rebecca-Pretty sure JJ is just over 4 months.