Babies Born October 2007 #8

[boomba]

Oh Catherine was Ro trying to run away? You poor thing how scary! I have almost lost Myles in the pram but have a little rope thing that goes around my wrist Thank god!
Oh tiff hope you are alright and wont miss your doggy too much!
Rebecca hope caitlyns eye gets better!
Yael go 10 kids! I would love that many but not that many labours

Myles is in 00 aswell! I think its just different types of baby clothes!
Have to go its starting to rain have to get washing off the line!
x

[~Trish~]

Hey everyone!

Kieran was a bit unsettled this morning, I'm not sure if it's what I ate last night? We did the grocery shopping before lunch which is always interesting at Aldi with Kieran in the Baby Bjorn and Joel in the trolley! It's pretty tiring and I hope DH will do it next time!! I fed Kieran when we got home and he wouldn't stay awake so I put him in bed at 12:45 and he is still fast asleep now, I suppose I'll have to wake him to feed him soon... I got an hour nap while the boys were asleep which was lovely!

Catherine - Looks like you have started a headband fad! Your pram rolling away would have been so scary! At least when those things happen once we always make sure it never happens again! DH did a similar thing (luckily just before Joel was born) when trying to get our new pram in the front door. He opened the door and realised the pram had rolled backwards down the front steps! We always made sure to put the breaks on when Joel arrived LOL!

Rebecca - Hooray for the swing working! We have a Fisher Price one and it is great when I need an extra half an hour to keep Kieran happy while I'm trying to cook dinner/eat/etc... I definitely recommend swings to everyone! I hope Caitlyn's eye is OK.

Saffi - I hope you get the daycare centre you want.

Yael - Wow, 10 children is a huge goal! Good for you, I hope you reach it. I am happy with two right now, DH wants 3, but it will take a lot of convincing!!

Nic - I hope Nixon gets better soon, that's great that your mum will look after him for a while.

Tiff - I don't think it caused Kieran that much pain, the chiro was actually surprised he doesn't seem that bothered by it. He suspects it is causing the reflux and it should go when he is all fixed, but it's too early to tell yet. I'm glad Tiera is back to normal for you, those growth spurts are hard work!

Boomba - I absolutely love your photo of Myles, what a cutie!

Hi to everyone else, have a great day!

[becky]

Ok Cath - May as well PM me too. LOL! I only have a few headbands for Chels as I have never really liked head bands before. I put one on her the other day and she was sooooooo cute, so I too must go shopping! LOL.

Chels is still in 0000 at the moment! Had her weighed the other day and she is now 5kg, but still fits her 0000 clothes perfectly! I am so happy to have alittle baby this time as apposed to my 'tank' last time. LOL!!

[nickers]

just today ive taken all the 0000 out of Tyron's cuboards exept for a few things which still fit him he is going into 000. One week ago he was 4.55 so guessing he is about 4.7-4.8kg now.

How scarey Catherine.
Trish- it is a bi ordeal just to do the grocery shopping isnt it!

[Rebecca77]

Well - Caitlyn's eye is ok - just have to keep an eye on it so to speak. The Doctor thinks maybe either she has a little dust in it or the fact that it is soooo dry out here has made it itchy. So he gave me some lubricating drops.
I also talked to him about some feeding issues. Caitlyn is 7 weeks old today and is still on a number 1 teat (Avent teats). It can take her up to and sometimes over an hour to get through 120 ml which is quite frustrating at 4 am. We have tried to move her up to a number 2 a few times and each time she gets pains in the tummy. Of course he suggested trying a different shape teat *thinks - why didnt I think of that??* So DH will be off to the shops this afternoon to see what they have there (not much!) or I will head to the pharmacy tomorrow to see what they have there.
One week ago Caitlyn weighed 4.53 kg. She is still in some 0000 clothes but her little suits with the legs built in dont fit her in size 0000 and are a little too big in 000. Mind you she pretty much lives in a nappy and a singlet anyway. And I am going to have to look at buying some thinner wraps for her - she was sweating in hers today - with the air con going and she cant be unwrapped AND sleep. Oh and its official - at 4 pm today Cloncurry hit 39.7 degrees with 9 % humidity! And at 11 o'clock last nbight it was 31!

[Amelia]

Viv - Rhys feeds every 4 hours during the day!! If he doesn't wake up, I wake him up!! But at night I don't wake him but he is on average of 5-6 hours if not the whole night. I bought some Pigeon dummies today cause he latches onto that bottle at the moment....He latched onto the Avent one last week but won't this week....Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!! My kitchen bench is starting to look like the local chemist baby section!!

[CatherineL]

Rebecca - an hour for Caitlyn to take 120mls? It takes Rochelle about 5 minutes! ROFL... We are definately on number 1 teats when we use or used bottles!

[~Trish~]

Kieran has been in 000's for a few weeks, he was 4.36kg two weeks ago, but he has chunked up HEAPS. He has a double chin, chubby cheeks and Michelin man legs! He gets weighed again on Friday and I can't wait to see how much he has porked on. I don't think it will be long before he graduates to 00's.

Nic - Yep, shopping is an ordeal!

Rebecca - Glad her eye prob was nothing serious. Yikes with the temperature! Hope you have a good airconditioner!

[Saffi]

Rebecca - wow 39degrees! According to everything I have read the optimal temp for a baby to sleep in is between 16 - 20 deg, how the @#$% are we supposed to do that in Qld in summer?

Having major issues atm trying to aircon his room to stay around 24degrees and then work out what bedding we are supposed to use. I think he is too cold and put a flannel wrap over him while he is wrapped in muslin and wearing a singlet and nappy. DH thinks he would be fine with just the muslin wrap. Either way L is very unsettled atm and isn't sleeping more than 30 minutes at a time.

Anyone got any thoughts on what we should be doing or what the prob could be?

L when he has a bottle is still on Avent 1 and takes no more than 10 mins to go through 100ml. Perhaps Caitlyn doesn't like the teat. Or maybe the formula isn't at the correct temperature. This happened to me the other night, it was too cold, warmed it up and he guzzled it down. Just a thought.

L still in 0000s. Mind you he has packed on the weight in the last fortnight, but expect it will be a few weeks yet before he graduates up to the next size. I expect that 00 will be some months away. Not even sure how much 00 stuff I have.

Will consider the power swing for L's Xmas present. We only have the Baby Bjorn bouncer and that doesn't keep him entertained for long. Grandparents are looking for present ideas! Was also thinking about a jolly jumper.

[Khaleesi]

Maddi is 0000 tops, but her pants are starting to get a tad short.
I've use her 0000 dress's as tops, some of them are too cute not too use.
She'll be in 000 very soon.

[~kellie~]

hi ladies
has anyone raised the mattress under bubs head in their cot or bassinette? I'm thinking of doing it, and was wondering how others had done it. Someone told me to place a folded up towel under the mattress? has anyone else tried this?

[misskate]

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[misskate]

i put a book under the two top legs of the bed to elevate lachies cot

[~Trish~]

Kellie - I have two folded towels under Kieran's mattress, it seems to work!

[~kellie~]

Trish - this may seem like a stupid question, are they just at the end where his head is?

[Junglemum]

Kellie- yup i have two folded towels under hear end. Helps keep things in stomach rather than on cot sheets i find!

Catherine and Trish- just b/c i know you read babywise........how often are you feeding at the moment?

ETA- Yael, excuse my ignorance....... is it traditional/typical for Jewish people to have large families? The jewler, who i got my engagement ring off is Jewish, (not relevant, but he is SUPER lovely!) and he has alot of kids too. I would love 10 kids, but not sure that is ever going to happen. Might settle for 3 or 4 though.

[~Trish~]

Kellie - Yep they are up the head end, but down a little just to get the incline at Kieran's end. We have far less spews now too!

Ange - I feed Kieran pretty much 3 hourly during the day and he generally goes 5 hours then 4 hours between feeds o'night. He currently has 7 feeds a day. I'm not going to wake him at night anymore, hopefully he will soon skip his middle of the night feed!!

[boomba]

Ange I feed when the boy wants to feed Probably every 3 hrs I reckon? No night feeds anymore or very rarely he seems to be sleeping through!yay!
Saffi I was told rule of thumb for keeping baby dressed right is always one layer more than you have on! Its so tricky hey I am always worried he is too hot too cold! I cant wait till he can tell me himself!

Well Myles is 5.79kgs as of monday so he is nearly cracking the 6kg mark!yay! He is sleeping really well at night which is great! I should be getting work done but am too busy on here catching up
I have just bought the Amber teething necklace so am hoping to get him wearing it asap! I really hope they work!
He has also found his hand which he now fondly sucks at any given time!
Better go have a good night ladiesxo