Babies Born October 2007 #30

Ange that is gross, at least she managed not to taste test it.

WTG K on the C-Crawling!

Julia-Hope your night wasn't too bad.

Amber-Hope the eczema clears up for Myles soon.

Mo in reply to your last post, Lu just had an immunisation, no stats. ;)

Kim-Good to hear from you - glad things are going well for you!
Nic – WTG on the crawling!! Woohoo!! Not so Woohoo on the car!! Or the credit card IN the car….lets hope the cops catch them!!
Amber-Caitlyn had eczema on her back and it got really red and scaly and itchy. Dr prescribed some cortisone cream. I used it twice, very very thinly, and now it is gone. I just keep it at bay with pawpaw cream.
Ange-Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I have been lucky in that Caitlyn has no interest in that. And most of her pooy nappy changes are handled at daycare. Which, sometimes, I think is great and other times I think its not so great and then there are the times that I think its horrible. But then that’s the daycare roundabout of feelings.
Trish-Its not lame at all!! Caitlyn is still not crawling or commandoing or anything! She just lays there and sometimes gets onto her knees and then goes back onto her belly. I think if I were able to put her on the ground outside she may get some better crawling action happening but that’s just not going to happen out here in my red dust pit of a yard! Oh and the balloon thing…..I know EXACTLY what you mean. I can’t even look at them without getting sick to my stomach. I hate them.
Julia-Hope your night got a little better???
No news for us here. Caitlyn's all night sleeps have come to an end again. Up at 4 am the past 2 nights which I guess isnt too bad - its still 10 hours. Unfortunately I dont enjoy being up at 4 in the morning!! Bought her back to bed with us and we slept until 7!! Well DH got up at 615 (late!) for work but we stayed in bed and then we were almost late.
The little drool monster is still around! The drool just HANGS from her mouth and chin! I cannot imagine where it all comes from. The top teeth have GOT to be coming through soon!
Anyway - slow day at work - the boss is at the EKKA and so its just me and one of the other girls in the office - not a lot to do for me but she is flat out the poor bugger!
Anyway - had better head and give others a chance to post! Have a great day ladies - I am sure I will be back later.
MWAH

Oh I just thought of something too......at what age can I give little miss C commercially prepared fish fingers?? or are they a no no until she is much older? Am just wondering as DH is putting in even longer hours (who would have thought that possible?!?) and now I have to finish work, get C from d/care and then get home and cook us both dinner. So somethign quick and easy that isnt quite tinned food would be good. Or does anyone have some quick/easy meal suggestions??

Hi Everyone,
Sorry it has been a while. Last couple of weeks has been hectic. I am back at work 2 days now so am learning to juggle work, house, baby, husband etc. Anyway I am not whinging just learning.

I am loving being back at work. It is so good to get out and chat with adults. Although I am missing Ethan like crazy.

Well exciting news. Ethan is standing up by himself now. He can go about 5 seconds. I think he could go longer but he gets tired and sits down. He is also cruising the furniture and having a great time.

Hope you are all well. I will try and catch up on news soon.

Hi everyone.
Just thought I'd pop in and do a bit of a catch-up, have read back a bit and sounds like all the bubbas teeth are giving them a bit of grief and they are all reaching those exciting milestones which is great!!

Mateo is doing really well - he is a very happy little fella and stands on his own and cruises around the furniture at a million miles an hour so he's keeping me on my toes! His top teeth are cutting through which means he is a bit out of sorts, but otherwise well.

Rebecca - do you have time on the weekends to do a bit of cooking and freezing? I am back working one day a week now so have to be a bit more organised with dinners on that day too - take my hat off to you working full time, it must get sooo busy! Things that I freeze and Teo loves are lasagne, casseroles with any kind of meat and vegies, and pasta sauce. I would be hesitant to give fish fingers just cause of the preservatives and stuff. Hope you find something that works!

Take care everyone and will try and pop back in more regularly! :-)

Rebecca - haven't tried L on fish fingers but we have given him chicken and veg fingers. He loves them and as he likes to feed himself I am looking for anything to give him that he can feed himself. You could always take the crumb off them if you are worried about the extra fat.
Trish - now that K has started crawling there will be no stopping him. You'll need to have eyes in the back of your head with 2 little ones running around.
Nic - belated birthday wishes.
Alz - how's E going without you? Is your mum looking after him?
Kim - lovely to hear from you and that your girls are doing so well. Will you be finding out the sex of #3 and will you be telling everyone?
Terri - howdy stranger! Great to hear Mateo is doing so well.

Mamma Mia - yeah loved it! It was cheesy but so is ABBA but I still love them.

Anyway, trying to stay up for the Olympics opening ceremony but don't think I will make it. Oh well I am sure they will replay it at least 100 times before the end of the games.

Have a good weekend all.

Saffi-Thanks heaps! I went and bought some of those chicken and vege fingers and will give them a go at dinner tonight.
Star-I WISH I had time to do some cooking on the weekend. I used to, every sunday, cook up a heap of veges and puree the heck out of them and freeze that but Caitlyn seems to be a bit over that. DH is working from 6 am until (at the earliest) 6 pm today and tomorrow. so it is just me and Caitlyn trying to get some housework done that doesnt get done during the week. I do have a slow cooker though and at the moment I have a chook in there for her (and a little for me). Will try and get some casseroles done through the week. Do you make the pasta sauce yourself?? I really do need things that she can feed herself cause she gets sooo grumpy when she cant have the spoon!!
Can you cook meat and then freeze it??? If so I will take a lamb roast out of the freezer and do that tomorrow!! Can you cook veges and then freeze them?? This is stuff I dont know! I know I can cook pasta sauce and freeze it. But can it have the mince in it???
Oh this bit is hard - was nice and easy when I could just puree stuff for her!
We have had a great day here so far.....as long as you dont count me being lazy, bringing miss C back to bed with me this morning and her nappy overflowing all over our bed!! Aaarrgghh more washing!!!
Anyway - hope you are all having a lovely day!mwah

Rebecca- I was always under the impression that you could only freeze cooked meat if it were fresh when you cooked it, ie just bought from the butcher/supermarket etc. If its already been frozen, it cant be refrozen, but I could be wrong!

I recently made up a huge mix of minced beef, pumpkin, potato, zucchini and carrot and then mixed it all together and Tahlia has that at night time, along with some fingerfood of either brocoli, cauliflower or pasta

Hi everyone,
Frustrating day. Ethan is sick again so had to cancel plans for date night. We discovered this week that E is allergic to Amoxil (just like me) so we have to just stick this cold out until his rash has cleared up.

Saffi - Thanks for asking. Ethan is doing just fine without me. Couldn't care less that I am not there. When I get home he stops what he is doing to give me a smile and then goes back to playing. I wish he would miss me just a little. My mother in law is looking after him. My mum is so jealous but she works.

Evening everyone!

DH & Joel have gone away in the caravan so it's just K and me this weekend. Both K & I woke up with colds this morning :(. Poor K has been miserable all day with runny eyes and a runny nose. He perked up after his bath tonight though. He is slowly mastering commando crawling now, it is starting to look a bit more elegant LOL! He only does it if there is something he really wants and there is a lot of kicking and frustrated screaming involved - so funny :cryinglaugh:.

Tonight K was reaching for my laptop (as usual :rolleyes:) and I said "No", he looked up and shook his head at me! It was so cute, it's a shame DH wasn't there to see it.

Alz - Sorry to hear Ethan is sick. Hopefully you can reschedule your date night!

Rebecca - You can freeze cooked vegies and meat. I do it all the time :). Glad I'm not the only one with a balloon phobia ha-ha!

Mo - How are you and M going atm?

Saffi - Did you end up watching the opening ceremony? I haven't had the TV on so I missed it all. I hope they replay it!

Star - Great to see you back in here! Clever Mateo cruising furniture! I hope those top teeth pop through soon.

Julia - I hope things have gotten better with Max today!

Kellie - You're lucky Tahlia hasn't been teething yet! Hopefully they'll come through easily for her when the time comes.

Nic - D'oh about the credit card! At least they hadn't tried to use it yet. Hopefully you can get a replacement card nice & quickly.

Amber - How's Myles' rash today? I've heard pawpaw ointment is great.

Well I'm gonna get an early night in I think. K woke up 3 times last night with his blocked up nose, the poor little man. I checked on him tonight and he is sleeping on his tummy, he's never done that before!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Rebecca - yes you can freeze cooked meat. You can't refreeze things that have already been frozen and then defrosted. As an example, things like the fish you get at the supermarket that is in the fresh fish section that have been frozen, but is defrosting. You can't take that home and put it in the freezer. But you can freeze the fresh fish. They should always display what is fresh and what has been frozen. With roasts and other meat you take out of the freezer, once you've cooked it, it is completely different and hence you can then freeze it in its new, altered form.

I will often make up a pasta sauce (even just a bottled pasta sauce) with mince in it, have some for dinner and freeze the rest for later on. With things like roasts, you can do the same. Often if I have left over gravy I slice up the meat, pour over some gravy in a freezer container and you have a roast for another night. Don't forget to get a marker pen and write what it is and when you put it in there.

I've never tried to freeze just plain cooked veg, but I suppose you could. If you have packaged frozen veg, it only takes a four mins to cook in the microwave so I personally wouldn't bother as frozen veg is nutrionally as good if not better than many fresh veg (especially out there I would think).

Any other culinary questions?? LOL

Feeling rather inspired. We had some left over rice and vege from dinner and had some minced chicken that I had frozen and put it all together with some egg yolk and breadcrumbs and made little patties. Hopefully L will like them. If not they taste really yum with sweet chilli sauce!

Trish - yes I did watch the ceremony, but did fall asleep through some of it, woke up, watched more, fell asleep, woke up etc. Finally went to bed at 1.20am and L woke up at 3:doh: After a nappy change and a bit of a cuddle he went back to sleep. Hope you're enjoying your weekend with K. L understands "no" too but he still goes ahead and does it.

L has worked out how to use the doggy door, tho hasn't gone through it yet. The door opens up onto a landing with a steep flight of stairs so better put some other safety measure in place with that one.

Anyhoo, hope everyone is having a good weekend.

:wall:oh, I really hate teething time!

Trish I'm feeling average, M is well apart from her teeth annoying her.
Hope K feels better today & you both had a nice quiet weekend.

Saffi those patti's sound yummy!

Alz-Hope Ethan gets better soon.

Hi everyone

Things still the same here...night sleeps are on again / off again good v bad. Max also has another cold so is all boogy. DH & I had a bit of an 'issue' yesterday so am still a bit off about that....trying to distract myself! Might go make dinner for later!

Trish How exciting about K doing a bit of commando....Max is moving a 'BIT' more but still doesn't get the whole forward movement thing! One of these days I'm sure I will live to regret me wanting to get him going!

Hi to everyone else...hope teething/ colds / rash's etc all get better soon.

Julia-Glad I am not the only one who had "issues" with DH's yesterday!
And, for a change, thats all I have to say

every weekend i have DH issues. it is really hard to interrupt the flow and have TWO babies at home.

pffft.

*eyeroll*

i love mondays.

Would be nice to have him at home! Actually scrap that - the way I am feeling - would be better he wasnt around!