Babies Born October 2007

[Khaleesi]

We have given Maddi a dummy, mainly because she get so upset some times & just wants something to suck. She only gets when she wont settle & I've tried everything to get her to settle.

Welcome Becky on congrats on Chelsea's arrival.

Ange yay for sneezing without incident & must of been hot down at St.Kilda or was it nice & cool with the ocean breeze? I've done the breast pad thing myself, Looks very classy lol.

[LadyRaven]

Finally got two photos of bubs up for those that want to see my little man, he's been soo good today I wish he was this good at night!

http://home.iprimus.com.au/seth08/Ryan1.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/seth08/100_7111.jpg

[BamBam]

Hello mommies!!!!

Ya'll are chatterboxes! It's good to see everyones wee ones doing so well and the ticker picca's are adorable!

Elijah is doing well. I have the pleasure of another reflux baby so sometimes things get a little messy, though atleast I know what to expect and what to do about it. Poor li'l guy gags and wretches and everything If it doesn't settle on its own with the reflux formula my GP wants to try meds, so fingers crossed it doesn't come to that!

K well I'm off - boy is wanting food
I'll upload some pics in the gallery for anyone who wants a look-see.

ETA - CM Ryan is gorgeous!! And they are always better during the day LOL

[becky]

Hi all
Well, had a bit of a rough night! LOL. Nothing too major, Chelsea just did not want to settle. She is perfect during the day! Just sleeps, she's and angel, but nighttime seems like she wants to party! Will be working on changing that!
I dont see the problem with dummies either! If it helps, why not?

[nickers]

love the pics Celtic he is gorgeous ofcourse! he's got a fair amount of hair also!

becky i hope Chelsea is a little more settled for you tonight then last night

Hi Sarah- oh i know what you are going through with a reflux baby, Nixon was. hoping Tyron doesnt develop into it.

[qhi]

Hi guys, and welcome to all the new Octo-babies, and octo-mummies!

Theo had his first official weigh in today. He's 18 days old, and he's put on 440g, and grown 3 cm!

[becky]

Hey
Chels has been so good today! I think she has been awake for about a total of an hour! LOL. ALl she has done is slept! Lets hope she keeps it up for tonight! Although I doubt it! We were going to try and keep her awake a bit this arvo to make her sleep tonight, but its hard keeping a 2 day old baby awake! If they want to sleep, they sleep!
This thread is going to be huge by the time all the Octo babies are born!

[becky]

Hey everyone!!
There are some pics of Chelsea on my totsites home page if anyone is interested!!

[Khaleesi]

Backy Chelsea is a little cutie

Qhi that's great about Theo's weight gain

Celtic Ryan is gorgeous.

I can't believe Maddi is 4 weeks old today.

[Ursula]

Afternoon...........................is it bedtime yet???????

Mo - I can't believe 4 weeks has passed already....love the new photo

Welcome to Celtic and Becky - have checked out all photos and both babies are gorgeous. Hats off to you Becky for being home and online so soon after Chelsea's birth.....Did you get a good night's sleep???

Qhi - Well done to Theo on his weight gain and growth, had you noticed him growing out of his clothes???

Waves to all the other mummies and bubbies - will catch up on personals when brain is at functioning speed.....

Someone mentioned dummies (sorry too lazy to scroll and find out) we are using a dummy cos like Mo said our Maddison likes to comfort suck and we kept giving her top ups on milk plus she is very windy and doesn;t like to burp so using the dummy stops her from gulping air. Only problem we had is that her mouth is so small she was gagging on all the dummies we tried (practically every brand on the market) eventually we found out she is content with the el cheapo dummies Happy Soothers - so whatever works I say!!!

Feeling quite tired today although Maddi slept well her mother did not!!! Plus today is Mandy's first day back at work...feeling bit like I can't let my guard down and am alert to every sound. Atleast when Mandy comes home I can go have a snooze.

On another note went and bought Maddi and I a baby bjorn air carrier yesterday - oh so comfortable - and used it this morning when we walked James to school. Maddison stayed asleep the whole time and it was so much easier than getting the pram out of the car.

[goldilocks]

Hello mums and bubs!

Glad to see everyone is doing well, despite all the sleep deprivation It's great to see some Oct 16-31 graduates here too!

India is doing beautifully - she's consistently sleeping for 3-5 hours between feeds at night now which is wonderful. Love those extra zzz's!

Re. dummies - we have a couple sitting in the drawer but have refrained from using them thus far. Indie seems to need some extra sucking time between feeds so I'm thinking of using them, but want to hold off as long as possible so she doesn't get *nipple confusion* LOL

Speaking of nipples, my little milk vampire is crying for another fix so I've gotta run!

[boomba]

hi girls and bubbas!

Just a quick one! I Have posted the link to Myles newborn shots on his webapge which is in my signature, if anyone wants a squiz!
We have had a great day Myles bypassed feral arvo today which was great and now he is back asleep, hopefully for annother couple of hours so mummy can rest too!

So must be off! Cuddles to all the bubs and especially the mummies!
xo

[petachristy]

Just a quick hello!

All the bubs are adorable !! And they all look a little different, which I think is SO cute!

We have given Kaylee a dummy, same reasons as mentioned by others... She seams to really like the dummy now she is getting the hang of it. Is a must when she just won't settle at 3am!!

Anyways - still on strict 'rest' instructions, and on night duty... so better go rest! DH is going to cook steak for me for dinner, yum !

[Khaleesi]

Amber the photo shots look great, we got some of Maddi done at the hospital should get them back this week or next week.

Peta Kaylee looks very cute in her new pics

[Junglemum]

Well this little piggy has put on almost 1kg since she was born, not even 4 weeks! She has gone from 2.6kg to 3.5kg! She's a feeding machine!

Have i said this or just thought it............ funny how you go from showing off your bump to madly trying to hide what is left of it! I have no clothes that fit. have a hens day on sat, thinking of wearing a potato sack to cover lard ar$e!

Well have perused all the photos, and we have a whole lot of spunky bubs in the Octo-babies club.

Lost mobile yeaterday, so back to shops today to try and find it. Old placenta brain never leaves ya!

Hope you are all well xxx

[nickers]

Hi all,

Amber loved the pics!
Peta- yeah good and bad noing being able to do things. its tougher with another toddler after a c/s but we're getting there, dh has just taken Nix out for a while so ive got some quiet time!

wow go Luella on the weight gain! i agree with the bump and clothes thing. I have a wedding to go into a 1 1/2weeks NFI what i will wear.....

anyway i mentioned a few days ago i went to see my nan. i was able to get Tyron's first and only shot with his great grandmother as she passed away about 8.30am thismorning aged 88.
Its very ironic that she held on long enough to meet my boy and passed on his due date.
Its very sad but she has been very ill for a long long time and now she can finally rest in peace and watch down on us. My poor pop though for the last 5yrs his life has been visiting her at the home every day, i really dont know how he will cope without that. they had their 65th wed annaversary in August.

Tyron is doing pretty well through the night also 4-6 hrs we seem to get cant complain about that.

[Ursula]

Belle pleased to hear India is stretching out her feeds through the night for you. Those extra zzzz's really do help with everything don't they???

Amber those photos of Myles are beautiful - lovely treasures of his first weeks of life. I really must get some done of Maddison - might try to do some myself with the 'ol digital....

Ange - Woohoo on the weight gain for Luella, you must be happy to know that she is doing so well....Hope you are able to find your mobile phone.

Nic - Ooh I'm jealous of those night time sleep hours, a possible 6 hours in a row would be lovely. Hope that you are healing well and not over doing it either although I understand that it must be difficult at times with a toddler. How is Nixon doing, bet he just adores Tyron. Deepest sympthonies for your loss Nic, so glad that you were able to introduce Tyron to her.

We are both doing well here - Maddison is becoming faster with her feeds and majority of the time is finished in 30-40 mins which makes a big difference to the hour we had been doing. She is also starting to smile rather than the windy grin we know and love and she is definately responding to her environment - we caught her chatting to her purple teddy yesterday with excited leg and arm movements, must try and catch that on video was soooo cute..


Big hugs to all mums and bubs....

[Khaleesi]

Nic so sorry for your lose, but it's great she got to meet Tyron before she passed.

Ange great news about Luella's weight gain & hope you find ur phone.

Ursula great news about Maddi's feed's being shorter & how cute talking to her teddy.

We had Maddi's picture taken in hospital for a newspaper(for a BA), we finally got the paper with her picture in it, she looked so cute