There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:
Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.
'Nikki so glad Harry is better and that you can make it next week. Should be a great arvo. I am hoping Jordan will be in a good mood. I am getting a little excited too but trying not to aswell. Jamie is getting a little annoyed as he wants to know 1 way or the other. I dont know when to test again though?
Cindy Glad you can make it also. It sounds like a good idea to go out for the day and let Al clean up. I bet it will get done quicker without the girls around.
Well today has been good. Jordan only slept for 1.5 hrs so that was unusual. Gonna get him ready for a bath so we can be organised when Jamie gets home. We have both decided to go on a diet and eat healthier so no more roasted potatoes and the george forman has come out again. We had great tea last night so hoping we will keep up the good eating.
take care
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Quiet day at home for us...Michael was home early so I had a snooze...I'm soooo tired at the moment and getting really cranky...I really must go and buy my vitamins tomorrow...
Melissa - Poor Benjamin - so sorry to hear he's still sick - hopefully he improves soon! Hope you get your bfp as well!!
Rachael - Hope Milo has fun. Wow sounds like your going fantastic with your exercise and diet - well done!! I haven't lost any more kg but I measured myself again and i've lost some cm off my waist hips and boobs! Hopefully the weight comes off soon although I haven't been eating that great...so hard when your tired...
Cindy - Oh no on the conjuctivitis - hope the girls are better soon! Enjoy your day off tomorrow. Ooooh that sounds like a good idea leaving Al to do the clean up!!! Not long to your b'day - do you want me to bring along stuff for it?? A salad or dessert or something??
Better get dinner organised...I think it's going to be takeaway now...I hope I pick up soon - I'm sick of feeling so sleepy and lethargic!!
Tracey - Yeah on another day with no af!! I'm hopeless and test allt he time when I think I'm p/g! hehe.Poor Jordan getting pushed like that - I would hate that as well...especially when you can't really say anthing...
I'd love to come around next week!! We just booked in for gymbaroo on Thursdays but I'm sure I'll be able to do a make up session on another day!
Yeah on the healthy eating - I'm useless in the cold weather - I always put on a couple of kg over winter and when the warm weather hits then we eat a lot healthier!
Nikki - So glad to hear Harry's getting better!!!
Do you guys know where I go/who to email about getting my picture changed next to my name?? I can't remember!! Thanks!
Last edited by Krisvee; July 17th, 2007 at 05:38 PM.
kristie,im pretty sure it was astrolady.i think????isnt that kathryn.yes im sure that is the one,the lady at the top of this thread!
cindy,i forgot all about your bday,naughty me,i have just checked my phone and have deleted all of my messages as it was over flowing,including your invitation,could you please re send if it is still in your phone,other wise give me the details on here.and we will definantly be coming.
tracey,you ARE GOOD.i am the same as kristie.i was testing every day also for 10 months from about cd 24,i went through so many hpts.please test again,i just have to know...hehehe!
nikki
I forgot to tell everyone! I bumped into Nikki and cooper at the shops yesterday and she has the wiggles tickets in her hands!! Ticketec emailed her asking why she was booking so many of them, they thought she was a scalper!
I said everyone had transfered their money into her account! I'm pretty sure everyone had!
Kristie- if you go to the members bit there is an email address for the avatars! GOod on you getting some sleep, i had a sleep yesterday arvo and felt so much better for it today! On the birthday thing, just bring something if you want, we are jus tdoing some salads and bits a pieces people can eat hot or cold coz everyone is coming at different times etc. Mum is trying to find a barney or wiggles cake for me (welll for all the kids really)
Nikki- its next sunday (29th) any time after 1 at our place! just whenever, whatever, nothing to special or anything, i dont really like doing birthday stuff for my birthday, long story which i have probably told you all before!
Tracey - i would be testing every morning and night! i, llike nikki and kriostie am hopeless and NEED to know! I so hope you are pregnant! Someone in here needs to be and it aint gonna be me! You have to have sex for that and that just isnt happening these days! I cant even remember the last time it happened, it seriously hasnt since charlotte came along!!!
I have made an appt to go see our local fernwood gym on friday, they have childcare etc and its cheaper than the local pool/gym and their child care was twice as much as fernwood.
well i am clothes shopping again tomorrow, i hate it! I am the biggest i have ever been and i know i just had a baby but im sick of it! I had to try on a size 16 in a skirt the other day!! I have never been bigger than a 14. i hope i can lose some weight before the weddings in december!
I'm off to bed now - well after i express anyway. Charlotte has stopped her 11ish feed so i am expressing it so i have enough milk stored up for work etc. I didnt tell you all, she is sleeping through now, what an angel baby i have! she goes from 9ish to 9ish with MAYBE a quick top up around 6am. Not bad at all. I have also started her (i know its early) on solids! She is having 2 teaspoons of farax after her lunch feed and itell you she would eat more if i let her! I cant bleieve how early i have strted her but she has been making all the right mouth movements and is loving it so im going with it. Mum was saying that i wa on solids from 6 weeks, can you imagine feeding a bub that small with a spoon??
Night all!
Last edited by cindyb; July 17th, 2007 at 10:25 PM.
Kristie - you need to send AV requests to avatars@bellybelly.com.au, not Kathryns normal email. I think she does them fortnightly, and only checks the mail fortnightly, so you won't necessarily get a reply to your email but it will all just happen
Nikki -I'm glad Harry is better
Cindy -re the shopping, I know the feeling unfortunately. Tony ferguson is a "meal replacement" diet which I was extremenly skeptical of at first bercause you replace 2 meals with a shake or soup. Then I thought about it and considering I would skip breakfast most days, and eat crap for lunch, a shake a soup and two pieces of fruit during the day was more food than I'd normally have, and healthier. The other meal you have a protein portion (beef/chicken/lamb/fish/tofu etc) and minimum 3 cups of vegies, so there are stacks of recipes that can work. Its very restrictive though - no cereals, bread, rice, pasta, and some vigies you can't have. the only thing I really miss is potatoes.
Well, creche has invoiced us for 3 weeks instead of 2. I am waiting for DH to fax me a copy so I can ring them up and figure out whats going on. Honestly everything has been out of whack since the new director took over. Last night Milo would not settle to sleep until 9:45. Even when he doesn't wantt o go down, hes always asleep by 8 so it was a bit of a shock for poor Neil (I was at they gym). He was apparenly just calling out "mumma, daddy, grandma" over and over.
I hate posting in here these days, its sounds like I am one never ending drama!
Tracey - I'm going to try get Thursday off work to come and visit, so it depends whether they will give me the day off.
Last edited by Pandora; July 18th, 2007 at 09:42 AM.
Thanks - Hopefully I'll have a new avatar soon!! I had a rotten nights sleep...went to bed at about 10.30pm...first of all I couldn't get to sleep - for some reason I keep having anxious feelings/butterflies when I got to bed at night for no good reason - then Dylan kept waking so at 12 I brought him in with me...he slept on and off until just before 4 when I fed him and he lasted an hour in the bassinette before I brought him in with me again...grrrr. Was going to go to the gym but I can't be bothered now - I'm going shopping instead - LOL!
Louis is being so cute and helping me sing the alphabet now! Whenever we get to T he goes "hot tea" hehehe. He's getting the hang of most of it! He also knows the days of the week now!
Nikki - Gorgeous piccie of Harry!! Hope he getting all better!
Cindy - woohoo on the tickets! I emailed her because I hadn't paid yet - I'm transferring the money to her today! LOL on the cake for your b'day! Yep - I'll bring something along...not sure what yet! I'm not sure whether it's the day time naps that are making me have trouble sleeping at night...It's so stupid because I'm only napping because I'm soooo tired. I used to be able to sleep heaps!!
Ooh wow at not dtd yet!! I wish! Hehehe. Poor Michael though...I can tell when he's hanging cos he starts helping me more around the house - LOL!!! Isn't that the greatest aphrodisiac?? Helping with the house and the kids?? hehe. At least you don't have the chance of having p/g scares like me! hehehe.
Yeah on checking out the gym! Good for you!! It's so nice to get a break from the kids sometimes...I must say I'm struggling getting them out in the cold rainy weather though...I feel a bit guilty for dragging them out...especially just for an hour iykwim??
Wow on Charlotte sleeping through already - I'm sooo jealous!!! I'll no doubt have another bad sleeper - LOL! Thats great for your sanity though! Wow on the solids already - I thought I was early with Louis!!! I'll hold off another month at least for Dylan...I'm a bit worried he may have allergies due to his sensitive skin...
Rachael - Milo had eczema?? Does he have food allergies also??
Oh wow on the diet! I can't live without my carbs...I so need pasta and bread and cereal - LOL! I would imagine it's not suitable while your bfeeding anyway...
Bugger at getting invoiced for too much...you don't need that!!! Louis got put to bed last night at 7.30 ish and didn't get to sleep until nearly an hour later! He does that every night! Hope Milo sleeps better for you tonight!!
Haha nope not suitable for pg or bf. WW has a breasfeeding plan though, so do liteneasy.
ETA: I think I have figured what has happened with the creche fees, being billed for 3 weeks not 2.
They "forgot" to invoice everyone last week (I was wondering why I didni't have an invoice) and so did it this week instead, changing the payment fornight by a week (so 16/7 - 29/7) plus the week that got left out.
Last edited by Pandora; July 18th, 2007 at 12:29 PM.
Cindy - I go to Fernwood too! I love the atmosphere there. The only thing that sucks, is that it doesn't have childcare there, so it's been difficult to get someone to babysit. My 2 good friends have both moved to Brisbane, and my Sil is too busy with an ironing business now. I don't get there as often as I would like too. Work has hlped me lose weight which is good. I've lost over 15kgs since starting there!
Tracey - Good Luck! I've been told to hang back on the TTC by the Sil. Stuff her though, if it happens, it happens...The ladies at swimming lessons reckon that Benjamin is definitely ADD, so does the chemist. He's such a handful! I think another little one may calm him down, but the Sil reckons he may get worse.
Just went shopping with SIL which was nice. Kids were on their best behaviour!! I'm very excited for the target sale tomorrow. Michael's just been told he's got the rest of the week off because of the weather so I can hopefully go there first thing!
Cindy - We went to Knox - geez the parents room there is fantastic!!
Rachael - Glad you sorted out the childcare!!
Melissa - I was a member of fernwood near us as well and had to change because they didn't have childcare...I really like it as well - How stupid for a womens gym not to have childcare!!!!! Wow - Congrats on the weight loss!!!
I agree with Rachael - that is a huge thing for just anyone to say...I agree that you'll ttc when you want as well - not when other people think you should!!!
Both my babies are sleeping - I was able to transfer them both from the car to bed - woohoo!! Suppose I should do some cleaning but really can't be bothered!
Well AF turned up this morning and I was very upset. I had a cry in the car on the way to work. I then realised I was lucky to have the 1 bubba I have so moved on. So its up to month 6 TTC. Will see what happens.
Kristie I hope you get to the sale early and get everything you want. WTG on getting both bubs transfered from the car to bed, what a bonus. HOpe you got a little bit of housework done.
Melissa what makes you think Benjamin has ADD other than the swimming teacher. Have you had a doc diagnose it? I think kids this age are generally hyper.
Rachel I hope you can get the day off and make it over.
Cindy Yeah on Charlotte sleeping thru, what a good little princess. Good idea to still express the feed so you can make up bottles for the day you are at work. How is the rudey nudey going? Dont feel too bad about your weight after 2 kids you are allowed to be slack. You look great to me. Joining the gym sounds like a great idea though, some Cindy time for you.
Nikki I am so glad Harry is better. Cant wait to see you next week.
Well Jordan was better tonight after coming home from mums. He had the runs all day LOL as he had garlic steak last night. Mum copped them all. Pretty funny. Tonight we had take away as no one could be bothered cooking. Dancing was cancelled as teacher is sick so no dancing for me this week at all. Dont really feel like it with 1st AF pains anyway. Will have to get back into it next week though.
Off to swimming tomorrow for a make up class and then Kristen coming over with little Mia.
Take care everyone
OMG,who the hell do the swimming teacher and chemist think they are,i think i would have punched them in the face melissa.under no circumstances are you to listen to them,there is absolutly no way a baby of less than 2 years of age even be diagnosed by a panel of specialists,it is too young for them to tell,corey is 8 and we had him tested twice in the past 2 years only to be told that they really couldnt tell yet as he was too young then,i am fairly convinced that he is adhd but have not had that confirmed as of yet but have just got some info on it and will be following it through soon now that he is older,i have him on some natural therapy called efalex,it is for children particularily boys who are over active and prone to mischeif.it takes 3 months to work and we are about 8 weeks into it so soon we will hopefully start to see some improvement.his school report was absolutly beautiful.i have raised 2 boys through toddlerhood and they were both the same,very active,trying little kids that soon became alot easier to manage.
tracey.ohhh im so sorry,i thought you had some good news for us,i hope you are ok,remeber it took 10 months to fall prg with jordan so expect nothing less this time and then you wont feel so disheartened each month.i know it will happen soon for you,hang in there and let nature takes it course.
kristie,i have been reading about louis not wanting his day naps,please dont get me wrong and tell me to mind my own business if im out of line but he NEEDS his day naps,he is way too young to stay awake all day.both my boys had day naps until they were 4 but i really think you need to try and persist with it until he is atleast 3,he will only be a miserable tired mess by the end of the day and so will you.plus it is a great opertunity at that time of day to spend one on one time with dylan or on your own,trust me he is too young to not have a day nap.
well i feel like a bad mum,i still havnt started harry on solids yet,he is 6 months old today so i am going to start with one meal a day from tomorrow,just a few spoon fulls at lunch time until i think he is ready to start on break yetc,probably take a few weeks to lead up to that,harry has only had 240 mls of formula today,the equivalent to 1 bottle so i have a very close eye on him right now,he seems happy enogh but spending alot of time asleep.
he has an appointment in 2 weeks at the hospital,i also have another oportunity to take both babies to tweedle in 2 weeks for a weekend stay since we missed the last one,i hope we can make this one.we are sooooo exhausted from **** sleepless nights,there has to be an end to it soon,we are soooooo over it.im jelous cindy,charlotte is just a gem to sleep for you like that,what am i doing wrong,this sux!
ok gotta go,james and corey both have ear aches tonight,GREAT!!!
nikki
Nikki - don't feel bad for saying that you dag!! I know...it's funny cos the last couple of days he's slept no worries! I think it's just getting him a bit more active and tiring him out for it. We've been so bored at home I don't think he's using up his energy! He's so lazy - I got him out of the pram for a walk at the shops and he just pointed to the nearest chair and wanted to sit down - LOL!!
Don't feel like a bad mum - they recommend 6 months now anyway - Plus - it's not like he's starving and you're not giving it to him - he's obviously been content with just milk!! Have fun with it though! I think the most important thing for him is to have his milk with all its nutrients for now anyway...especially while he's getting better.
Hope the weekend stay helps with the kids!!!
Kristie - Milo still gets mild eczema, especially at this time of year - last night I noticed a lot down his legs. It doesn't help that he has dry skin either, we really have to cover him in qv balm all through winter.
He doesn't have any food allergies as such, but I did delay dairy, yoghurt and meat a few months more than normal, and he didn't try eggs til 10 or 12 months I think. He still hates eggs and refuses to eat them on their own. Too much mushooms hive him funy poo (think of how canned mushorrom looks if you've ever seen it) and too much tomato makes his skin blothy but it goes away in minutes.
Nikki - don't feel like a bad mum. 6 months is the minimum they recommend, many babies start a lot later than that. TBH if I was still breastfeeding and hadn't needed to swap to formula, I'd have waited a bit longer to start solids with Milo.
Last edited by Pandora; July 19th, 2007 at 01:38 PM.
Thanks Rachael - will pick up some of the qv stuff when I run out of sorbolene...
I went to the Target sale and shopped up a storm - LOL! Nah..didn't do to badly...Then raced to Gymbaroo - Louis loved running around playing on everything. It was really hard having Dylan there as well though..especially as he needed a feed and wanted to be held but I think Louis did really well without having me there to help him for everything. He's such a stubborn little boy though and wouldn't do anything he didn't want to. Wouldn't lie still for 10 seconds either! LOL! Still he had fun and that's the main thing!
I thought he'd fall asleep asleep really easily but no...we've got battles on our hands...they've been sleeping through the day in the same room and he's woken Dylan up twice now - GRRRRR!!!! I'm too tired for all of this...I'm ready to tear my hair out!!!!!!
hi ladies
sorry to hear you are having a tough time with the sleeping Kristie. I am sure it will settle down.
Just a quickie i am SOO sick i have been throwing up for 24 hrs now and feel like crap. I am taking tomorrow off work and off to the docs. MIL had Jordan today as I couldnt get up off the couch. I am hoping tomorrow it will have gone away I hate being sick.
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I am getting a little excited too but trying not to aswell. Jamie is getting a little annoyed as he wants to know 1 way or the other. I dont know when to test again though?
I've been told to hang back on the TTC by the Sil. Stuff her though, if it happens, it happens...The ladies at swimming lessons reckon that Benjamin is definitely ADD, so does the chemist. He's such a handful! I think another little one may calm him down, but the Sil reckons he may get worse.
I'm sure it will all happen soon.
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