Babies Born October 2007 #30

[~kellie~]

hey everyone

exciting news from me - Tahlia is crawling! Life will never be the same! She was just on the floor yesterday and she could see a toy that she couldn't reach and she just got up on all 4's and went for it! I got all teary.... the 1st of many proud mummy moments I guess!
Sleep not going so well at the moment tho...

Minimax - I think I would give the trials a miss too, I'd be too paranoid to do it!

Saffi - way to go L on pulling himself up! Another proud mummy moment for you! Great news about being able to go part time

Ange - Tahlia still needs way too much help to go to sleep, she was going ok, and then when she got her cough we went straight back to square 1 where should would only go to sleep if fed to sleep. Now sometimes she will go to sleep in our arms, or she wants to be fed to sleep. There is no way I could put her in her cot awake and she would drift off... I think I need to get my No Cry book back out and have another read... I am sick of people (not on here) telling me to CC though!

A question for everyone - who gives their bubs biscuits? and if so, what sort?

[Rebecca77]

Viv – Yeah we normally use huggies sensitive, non fraganced wipes = have since she was born. But in the past 2 days I have just been using cotton wool and boiled water (trust me the water out here is 50% bore water so it’s a bit harsh anyway!). No improvement – not worse but no better. Off to the doc in about an hour so will see how we go. Congrats on the little man and his walking/pushing efforts! Caitlyn is still pretty much immobile on the floor – she goes backwards and because of that and her mammoth play on the floor effort on the weekend she has irritated her eczema and it now looks like she might have carpet burn!!!
Ange – I have to admit that C has turned into one of those babies that I can put her in her cot for her sleep and she will grizzle for about a minute and then eiher play till she falls asleep or just roll on her side and nod off. I wouldn’t say that she is wide awake when I put her down but she is more than half awake. When she starts sooking and rubbing her nose its time to put her in there.
Dianne – that would have freaked me out too. Caitlyn has started pulling this face – scrunches up her nose and breathes really hard out of it – snorts almost! Found out where she got that from….DH!!! He has been pulling that face at her constantly!!!
I still give Caitlyn mashed stuff – moved out of puree over the weekend really. She now also gets some of that small Heinz pasta in her vege pots. But it has to be finely mashed…just above a puree I think. She does the gag face and a little spill comes out but its more for the attention I think cause its not for every mouthful.
Trish – my house looks like a bomb site no matter what day of the week it is!! I just cannot seem to keep up with it anymore. Am tempted to have a “sicky” just to get stuck in and get it cleaned properly. I took a day off a few weeks ago for that very reason but ended up catching up on missed sleep and eating tim tams on the couch!!
Kelli- woohoo on the crawling – as above C is going backwards but REALLY wants to master the forwards thing!!
Anyway - off to the Dr soon to see about this horrible nappy rash - am scared I am going to be told off for leaving it for so long Baaaaad mummy!!!
I hope you are all having a good day - even if it does involve housework!! MWAH

[ninja_turtle]

way to go, tahlia. the good stuff is in the bottom of the pantry... go there when mummy isn't looking! *sweet*

ange - we use the fitball for j to go to sleep. he gets in his bag, with his lovey (dog head on rag - babygund), dummy and spa music *sigh*... in the mornings for the first sleep i bounce for 4-7 minutes, his eyes close and i lower him into the cot. his eyes will open a little bit then he'll usually roll over and cuddle dog rag to sleep.

as the day wears on, the bounce gets longer. the average is 7m to so sleepy/drowsy that he'll crash in the cot. if he's bejiggity then he'll do 15m on the ball, wake up in the cot, look at me, stand up, grunt, blah blah... start over. if it fails again then i keep him up. that usually happens if i'm trying to afternoon nap his a$$. he's usually not interested.

overnight, he gets a dreamfeed and usually a 2am. it's just easier than doing the bounce to sleep for 2 minutes, only to have him wake in an hour.

my newsletter from the hospital says it's about standard at this age for them to have sleep issues between teeth and the crawling or walking milestone driving them nuts at night. they even suggest mums go back to sleeping in the day!!

lucky those of you whose babes are sleeping long stretches. james hasn't done a decent 6+6 since the bottom teeth came in. can't wait for these top two to just hurry up! maybe we need to panadol him before bed.

[Willow]

Anyone got a put-down-wide-awake, asleep-in-two-minutes kind of baby?

Hell NO, not anymore. I used to....definitely not since the un-wrapping (which has taken a big backwards step). Things have gone down hill with self settling since the cough, teething, unwrapping. Still does a lot, but it's pot luck.

Hasn't self settled going to bed at night for about 2 months or longer now. Had always done it, came out of the blue and now he needs me to stand next to his cot before he'll nod off. Don't have to do anything, just stand there till he goes to sleep. Helpline suggested this could be separation anxiety...

Ange, I too hope that my self settling bub will come back eventually! Our nights are pretty much same as Viv's but once this unwrapped day time sleep saga is over, I'm going to cut out the 2am...not looking forward to it...

[Junglemum]

Re Sleep. Feel better that it's not just us. Wish i could see the light at the end of the tunnel though.

Kellie- only biscuits i give are cruskits and rice crackers. Oh and i have given her those 'baby mum mum' vegie biscuits. But i'm a bit of a hard ass, no extra sugar, mean kind of mum. :P Girls in my MG give plain sweet biscuits like marie's or arrowroot though.

[Willow]

Wish i could see the light at the end of the tunnel though.

Me too, admit to having a good cry in the shower this morning

[becky]

Hey all - Have been missing for a while! Been lurking a little...

Ange - Eeeepppp.... sorry, I have one of those babies. I put CHels down at about 7.30 every night. She lays in there and chats for about 5 minutes and then will be sound asleep. Usually sleeps straight thru til about 7am. Every now and then she will wake up in the night for her dummy but as soon as ya pop it back in she is out like a light again. I am very lucky. Been blessed with 2 fantastic sleepers!!

Trish - Have funcleaning...... lol. Something I should be doing ATM to. lol

Saffi - Thats fantastic news about Part time! You will love the balance hey!!

Kellie - Woot on the crawling! Its so cute hey! They are so much happier when they can get around themselves!!

Rebecca - hope ya can get the nappy rash cleared up! Chels has only ever had it once for about 2 days but I know how horrible even that can be. Poor little bubba!

Willow - Awww..... hope your feeling better, Nothing wrong with a good cry though!

Ok all Im gonna go have a rest, hi to everyone, I'll try and be back soon!!! X

[Saffi]

Lesson for the day - if your bub has a pooey nappy don't wait to change it.

L woke up from his morning nap, so I get him up, change his nappy, dress him for the day, and take him into the kitchen to give him some food. As I was lifting him into the high chair I smelled something, but thought he can wait. He was really grumpy as I tried to give him some food, so got his bottle ready, took him into the loungeroom and gave it to him. After a while I felt something wet on his back. Only then did I realise the poop had gone all the way up his back. Eeww...... Poor bub. Had to give him a bath and a of course a complete change of clothes. Bad, bad mummy!

Kellie - WTG Tahlia! I thought life wouldn't be the same when L started to crawl too, then he learnt to stand! I made some homemade rusks the other day. L loves them. Just slow bake the crusts of a wholemeal loaf in the oven for an hour or so. Also give L some rice cakes and sometimes a vitaweet.
Willow - This baby stuff's hard work, hey.
Rebecca - hope the Doctor can give you something to clear C's rash.
Becky - hi

Anyway, L's calling.

[YoYo]

Hi everyone

Hope all's well!

Had some issues recently. Bit of a tiff with DH on the MIL....he wondered why I never wanted her to mind Maxxy and I finally got off my chest that it's because I don't really trust her! She has said things to Max (and I know this will sound strange!) like 'we don't like charlie' (my precious pooch). She has called Max a 'little d!khead'...has basically bagged anyone with a public school education (that is me)...and the list goes on. I know they sound little and petty, but I find them to be negative and judgemental and I don't want Max to be around that sort of thing....especially when it is things that mean something to me. I told him that I didn't feel like she respected me and the way I parent Max. SIGH...it was so horrible! It's not that I don't like her or anything either, and I certainly don't want Max to not have her in his life. Another thing, she doesn't want to be called Nanny, or Grandma, or anything of the like....she wants Max to call her by her nickname. I told her that I don't think it's right, and I find it disrespectful for a kid to call their grandmother their nickname, but she just keeps pushing it. In the end I just don't call her anything infront of him, and just keep telling her to make up a name he can use....she hasn't yet...so I call her Nanny No-name! Geez...I'm a whinger...sorry for long and boring!

Max and sleep....the kid, kind of like JJ takes a few mins on the rocking chair and then he's down. The nights are also a mixed bag of whether he will wake or not. I just roll with it.

Haha Rebecca Max does that screwed up nose and funny sound thing too! It's so hilarious!

Yay to all the kids moving.....Max is moving more, just on the spot! I'm sure he'll get up when I least expect it! Hopefully not before we go to the UK....he will be 1 by then so I'm not counting on it....a lot can happen in 3 months can't it. I am more amazed by Max as the days go on!

I am wondering whether M's top teeth are coming down....i can see their outline on the gum and he's started sucking his lip up the top (he did the same when the bottom ones were bugging him). It's funny when he does it, he kind of clicks his tongue too....then when I do it back to him, he does it again...and then the games begin! GOD I love him!

Anyhoo...i'm going to go tidy up...got mothers group here tomorrow so need to baby proof my house!