Babies Born October 2007 #21

[ninja_turtle]

saffi - i came out from under the cloud and am miraculously totally ok with it all. in all honesty, i'm blaming PMS. looks like it took on a new form.

james has got the 'luteal phase' breast fussing again. nature must make them despise the thought of another egg coming out and making competition for the bewbies. meanwhile, he threatens to whip my nip off!

[~Trish~]

Afternoon all!

I went and checked out the Ergo carriers today and tried one on with K. It felt fantastic! No more shoulder pain hooray! I am going to order one online, but now I am torn as to what colour to get!! I think I'll get a black one so that it would be easy to resell when I'm done (always thinking ). But then I don't know what colour liner, I love the retro green one, but would it date? Sorry, just rambling my thoughts to you all!!

Viv - Glad to hear J is sleeping better on solids. Does he sleep better o'night or during the day now or both? I'm going to start K tomorrow and I'm hoping his nights improve.

Saffi - Yay for L having a good night! You feel so much better with unbroken sleep.

Nic - Joel used to trash our house too, it was soooo frustrating! Have fun at the wedding tomorrow, I'm sure you will look gorgeous.

Amber - I'm glad Myles slept a bit better for you last night. I hope he continues to improve for you!

Rebecca - I hope Caitlyn's conjunctivits is all cleared up today. It's yucky isn't it.

Willow - O'night feeds are nice like that aren't they! Even though it sucks having to get up, it is so nice having those sleepy snuggles together.

Anyhoo, better go put Joel to bed for his arvo nap! Have a great day everyone

[becky]

Hey all

Woot! Looks like my bubba might be back to normal. Went to sleep at 8 last night. Woke up at 9.30 for a dummy and re-wrap, then didnt hear from her until 5am. Gave her a bottle and back to sleep til 8.30. YAY!! All 3 of us have bad colds now.

I am actually child free for a few hours!!!! I am at home waiting for 2 Telstra guys and a pest man to come. I thought that no sooner would I put both the kids down for a sleep and they would turn up, so Mum offered to have them for a few hours. (She's never had 2 of them at once before.... we'll see......) Anyway, I just dont now what to do with myself! Just rlaxing around. It is nice for a change (although I miss them!)

We tried Chels on solids a few nights ago (farex). She ate it pretty well, although had a bit of trouble learning that she actually had to open her mouth for the spoon. Preferred to play with it. Anyway will try and just give her a bit at her dinner feed for the next few weeks. Last night she was really good and ate the whole bowl I made her!

Brissy girls - Im easy, anythings good with me. Amber hav you heard from Kate (she hasnt been on for a while), will she be coming too?

Nickers - Enjoy the wedding! I hope you have a great time!

Saffi - Glad you had a better night! Makes all the difference hey??

Ok, Im off to have a relax and make the most of it. BBL!

[Rebecca77]

Well....Little Miss C's eye is ok today. When we got up this morning she had a tiny tiny bit of yellow gunk in the corner...I rang the daycare ladies and they said that was fine to bring her in. I took some ointment in with her just in case. Thanks for all the well wishing. I honestly don't think it was conjunctivitis though cause her eye wasnt red or weepy. I think she just got a bit of pumpkin in it when we were having a feed and it irritated her eye. But better to be safe than sorry!
Anyway - we had a great night last night. Down at 630 up at 330. I think she only woke then because I went in at 315 to make sure she was still breathing. I think solids is making all the difference!! Just hope it continues while Wayne is away next week (eek!!!)
Oh had better get some work done. Hope you are all having a great day.
mwah

[Tiff+2]

Qu for everyone: How many of you still wrap your bubs? If you don't, what do you do???
I have had Tiera in the SIDS sleeping bags for a while now. I stopped wrapping her when she grew out of her 'My little bed' as I was worried if she was wrapped and rolled onto her tummy, she wouldn't be able to get herself back over without the use of her arms (I'm a worrier!). Also I thought she'd be happier with her arms free.

[Saffi]

Tiff - I haven't wrapped L for a couple of weeks now. He was working his way out of the wrap and this was upsetting his sleep. I have also recently moved him into his cot. He is covered by a sheet and light weight blanket but mostly he wriggles up the cot and sleeps with nothing covering him. I am dressing him in a long sleeve long legged jumpsuit so he is relatively warm. Also he sleeps on his tummy now no matter how many times I turn him over onto his back and move him back down the bed. Have bought a sleep bag from Myer in the hope that it will keep him warm while he moves about the cot.

L is having huge sleeps today. He slept 3 hours this morning and is getting towards 3 hours for his afternoon sleep. Please, please,please let him sleep uninterupted overnight!

[Willow]

Just a quick one from me, so sorry for lack of personals! Gotta get dinner organised.

Wrapping - we are still wrapping at the moment but getting rid of the dummy (hopefully) is the first step in weaning him off it. Don't want to have to deal with him knocking his dummy out once his arms are unwrapped. I want him in a sleeping bag asap because he is rolling onto his tummy wrapped and then can't get back over. He is really good and cries out for me when it happens so not too concerned. Saffi - once they start sleeping on their tummy's by themselves there's not much you can do. I think it's probably a lot more comfy for them just quietly...

L had his needles today, was very brave and hardly cried at all. He's having a sleep now so hopefully he'll be fine with them. Didn't have an issue last time. Will give him some panadol before he goes to bed tonight just in case of fever etc.

Drum roll.....I think we're officially now the chubbiest bubby - his weight today was 8.1kg!!! YIKES! BUT he did have on a very wet cloth nappy so I will need to get that checked at the clinic next week.

BBL...

[Claire]

Nic - have a nice time at the wedding! Nixon was fine, don't worry! He was no messier than my own child - it wasn't a problem, honestly!

Viv - Can I ask your opinion? I think Harry is having a reaction to something passing over in my breastmilk - he's eczema seems to have cleared up but his poo has become really weird. He's pooing a lot less (but that might be normal) but when he does it's very runny, very creamlike with no specks of breastmilk in it - it's almost like it's been whipped up??? Not foamy but very creamy and the smell is very offensive. He's still spewing a lot too. I've been sneaking dairy back into my diet after an almost dairy free pregnancy but I also eat most of the other known allergens.

Did you see a nutritionist or paed before eliminating? I'm thinking I will cut out all known allergens and flavours, colours and preservatives as of tomorrow.

[ninja_turtle]

claire - frothy poo is usually a sign of too much lactose. the boy did have the frothies or creamy poos last week himself. there's so much crazy stuff going on in my diet (with the antibiotics etc) so god knows. today was the first day it looked like normal curdsy poo.

the offensive smell sounds bacterial to me. did he have a rotavirus vax lately? if it continues to smell then get him checked out.

[alz]

Hi everyone,
I will apologize now because I am about to have a big whinge. I am soooooooooo over trying to get Ethan to sleep. For the last week and a half he has been a nightmare with day sleeps but the last few nights he wont sleep at night either. I am so tired and fed up. DH has been a great help but we don't know what to do.

Day sleeps - he sleeps for about 35 to 40 min and then cries blue murder. I used to be able to re-settle him but now he wont go back to sleep at all. Do I persevere and keep trying to re-settle him for the rest of the sleep time or do I just let him get up and have a cranky bub? Not sure what to do. I don't know how much more of this screaming I can take. Thank goodness it is friday and dh will be home for 2 days. HELP!!!!!

[~Trish~]

Alz - It's hard sometimes isn't it? Kieran did the same thing a few weeks ago where he would wake after 40 minutes and would not resettle. I kept perservering and tried to show him that it is sleep time now. Sometimes I would pick him up and rock him back to sleep and that would work. Does Ethan sleep in his pram or a sling/baby carrier? If you just can't get him back to sleep in his cot you could try and take him for a walk so that he goes back to sleep. I stuck at it for a week or so with Kieran (not without pulling out my hair and crying at times!) and he is now getting the idea again about sleeping longer than one sleep cycle. It is HARD work this sleep thing! Let your DH try and settle him/wear him/push him in the pram over the weekend to give yourself a break. I hope he sleeps better for you soon

Mo - Love your nappy fettish! I haven't tried MCHNs because I can get sposies for so cheap (a bag of 100 for $13.50). Not sure if I need the extra laundry either!

Kellie - Make sure you show us some of those gorgeous photos! I'm happy to do you a good price on an Ergo if you can convince your DH to get one!! Go try one on if you can, you won't believe how much better they feel on your back.

I'm taking Joel to kinder soon, not looking forward to the usual carrying on . I gave K some Farex this morning and he didn't seem to mind it. I think it will take him a while to work it all out.