Babies Born September 1st - 15th 2008

**blackduckies** · December 1st, 2008, 02:56 PM

Hi girls, we had DH Christmas picnic today

kidlets are tired out. Loads of rides, not too much food thank goodness, and beautifully facepainted (top of the list

)
Tomorrow is the playgroup picnic, Santa arrives at this one, everyone is excited already!! I bought Poppy a fairy dress and it arrived today, just in time to wash it and she can wear it tomorrow, soooo cute

Indie, hope Molly's Santa photo went/goes well.

to everyone..

**Nicambhar** · December 1st, 2008, 08:09 PM

Hiya all, sorry for being so damned slack with my posting. Some days I get to read and then get sidetracked.

Nae - whoa, yr post gave me shivers too. I am so sure that Niki is looking out for you. Re: the NYE's party, I think that your friend will understand hun and I reckon that you and DH plan yourselves a nice night together to see the new year in.

Bella is growing heaps now and has some cute rolls on her legs LOL. We are down to just BF'ing at night now, I am a little sad about it but Bella gets really frustrated when the milk dosn't come down fast enough and works herself into a state. We are still co sleeping, which I don't mind at all and it's working great for us.
So not looking forward to the 4 month needles, sheesh, I have just gotten over the last one's.
Must get around to changing my ticker pic and put some new one's up in the gallery for you to see. Oh, LOL, and I must get a new AV, I still have a belly, ahem, just quietly I have one IRL too

Catch you all again soon, hehehe, I promise. xx

**Captain** · December 1st, 2008, 09:23 PM

Hi everyone. I've been a bit on the slack side of posting as well.

Nae, I noticed that you got Nikita's plaques just after you had your spirit baby visit. Perhaps it was a visit for support and let you know everything will be alright.

Nicambhar, I was just wondering when I would see your new Av, he he. I not looking forward to the next set of needles either.

Pam, sounds llike you had a fun day. I love the little fairy outfits. I got Danielle one from a beautiful fairy shop. So cute.

Indie, did you get your Santa photo's done?

NatB, Ashlyn has been dribbling heaps too, and then tonight I noticed a white spot on her gum! i really hope the tooth doesn't keep pushing through cause sometimes she bites

Hello to everyone I've missed.

Ashlyn has made her greatest discovery - Her hands!!

She makes the funniest noises sucking away on her fingers. Looks like I may have to stop wrapping her soon because she spends so much time trying to get out of it so she can get to her fingers. Sleep is improving but now I think she is going through a growth spurt because she woke for an extra feed last night and has been eating all day.

Hope everyone is doing well.

**NaeNae** · December 2nd, 2008, 05:29 AM

Nae, I noticed that you got Nikita's plaques just after you had your spirit baby visit. Perhaps it was a visit for support and let you know everything will be alright.

Captain - I never thought of that - thats cooooool

eej, Niamh, indie, Nic - I think your right 2009 will be a great year I can't wait to TTC again trust me you will all be the first to know. I have decided unless I get huge early like I did with Niki then we'll keep it under wraps for the first 10-12 weeks ---- if I last that long

but you guys will know as soon as I get that BFP.

I am so envious of you all having your little bundles for christmas and getting those santa photos and stuff - yeah I know next year

- I cannot wait though it must be so much fun.

Re the NYE party - I am still technically waiting to see what the roster will be like, I took NYE and NYD off last year so really I should be working but I decided i will wait and see how I am feeling closer to the date ... I may not be on the downer that I have been on lately when NYE comes around so rather than disappointing her I didn't say anything.

Pam - hope you are still on for tomorrow I am so excited

- have a bit of cleaning to do today though

oh BTW you don't actually put weight on when you eat at someone elses house coz you use all the energy talking

I have noticed this section doesn't get visited as frequently as the due date thread but I guess its coz you all have babies and they need loads of attention ... speaking of which ... yes I know its early BUT I have put my nappies on layby (they will keep so doesn't matter when I fall preggers) They are expensive out right but I think they will pay themselves off in no time - they are the bumgenius 3.0 version I have wanted these since my first pregnancy (different version back then) PLUS having them on layby I can take my time paying them off coz I don't need them straight away (not urgent).

love your thoughts on nappies your using!!

**Nicambhar** · December 2nd, 2008, 08:30 PM

captain - PML, I thought Arabella was going to choke on her fist today

. She is latching onto anything within reach and the noise is hilarious, I agree. Yep, the AV definately needs some work and so does my image. Got a bit of pampering today, a new hairdo and am just waiting on my new elliptical machine to be set up and I'm away.

Nae - I am getting so excited for you TTC again. I've got some BG's but Bella is still just so tiny to put them on her yet. I stocked up heaps on sposies and haven't had to buy any yet. Huggies are definately my number one choice. I bought all different sizes and all different brands to try out. Think I will start with the MCN's when I am done on the last pack of nappies which will be pretty soon.

Hiya all, whoo hoo, I made it in here twice in a week LOL.

**Captain** · December 2nd, 2008, 09:12 PM

I had a pack of sposies which I wanted to use before starting the MCN. But Ashlyn grew out of them in a week!! I was able to use the BG from the start but I also love my Magicalls.

I would love to have an elliptical machine. DH and I were looking through the photo's from when we met and we were both shocked at how much we've let ourselves go. It's time to start a diet I think!!!

**Nicambhar** · December 3rd, 2008, 07:23 AM

captain - check out the new woman's day mag, yiiiikes, suzie maroney has lost 30kg and her dd was born 4 months ago. she looks sooooooo good it has inspired me. I did start walking a few weeks after bella was born but the magpie's came out and I was too scared.

**yummymummy** · December 3rd, 2008, 11:02 AM

hi ladies!!

well i have been reading all your posts, just haven't had time to post myself as we've been keeping ourselves rather busy but that's about to slow down as i'm going to try and stay away from going to the shops as often now that whooping cough is around as apparently she's not fully protected as she's only had her 2 month shot so far?? i agree i'm not looking forward to the 4-month needle. the 2 month was bad enough. at least i'll be ready with baby panadol this time!!

Nicambhar - I wonder how much weight suzie maroney put on in her pregnancy though, i found my pregnancy weight itself easy to lose but the other weight that i already had on me isn't moving at all no matter how little i eat. as for time to exercise... :S not happening atm as i have a bub in the baby bjorn pouch and i'm too scared to move from my chair!!

as for nappies Liberty's legs were way too skinny for disposables or cloth at the start so we used doubled up facewashers folded in half for about a month as nappies. now the little chubbles is getting so chunky (5kg last week, finally) she's growing out of the newborn fold in flat cloth. i've made my own fitted cloth nappy and i'd like to attempt to make my own AIO. we use disposables at night and when we go out but if i found a good mcn pattern or bought a good one i'd change that as i spent $40 on disposables only a few weeks ago and we've nearly run out. stupid waste of money!!

now i feel bad whinging about this but i'm going slowly insane. trying to get Liberty to sleep is crazy. she hates to be put to bed and screams when wrapped or when i walk into the room i ususally put her to sleep in. She never used to be like that, i used to be able to just hold her in my arms and she'd go to sleep no rocking or anything. I don't believe in controlled crying either so it takes about an hour to get her to sleep. She also doesn't sleep well in the day so she is very tired at night. She sleeps 10-12 hours at night (waking for feeds of course) and i know they need 14.5 hours out of 24 at least for this age so i try and get her to have the rest but its so hard. i need to visit some other threads i think to see what other people have done!!

she's also discovered her hands and is very noisy at night when she decides to suck on them at night!! she's cutting her top right tooth (early i know) so maybe that's why i'm having trouble getting her to sleep??

Nae - i didn't meet you in the belly buddies forum but i did read your story and my heart goes out to you as one of my close friend had a stillborn baby at 36 weeks, 5 days from severe placenta abruption the week before my baby was born. i always send up many many prayers for my friend to help her to cope, especially when it comes to the question of why. i know this must be a hard time for you and my friend with Christmas coming up and families getting together and imagining the what ifs. It's good to hear you looking forward to the future and just know that I'm sure there's plenty of people out there who send up quick prayers all the time for you

**indie24** · December 3rd, 2008, 02:13 PM

Hi everybody,

Well the visit to santa went well and Molly got her photo taken with him. She didn't mind at all. The lady took a few photos then Molly decided to start smiling. I pick them up on Friday. I hope they turn out ok. I also got suckered in by the pixifoto people as she gave me a voucher for a free sitting and portrait.

From everyone's posts it looks like it is the week for babies to discover their hands. Molly has really discovered her hands now and she lifts her hands to her mouth and sucks them noisily. 9 times out of 10 now her hands make it to her mouth.

Before she would drop her head to suck them when she was up on my shoulder. I think its nearly time for Molly to move into her room to sleep. She starts to stir from around 430 but keeps putting herself back to sleep. The problem is she wakes me up and I can't go back to sleep as I think she is going to wake up. Then she finally wakes at 8.

We are still plugging along with BF but she has one feed a day with formula. It see,s to help with the painful nipples so might just keep doing that for a while.

What is everyone doing for Christmas? or your holiday?

**NaeNae** · December 3rd, 2008, 08:23 PM

Howdy all,

Its soo cute reading all your stories about all the little things your bubs are doing.

Pam - its was sooo lovely to catch up with you in person today, Poppy is just beautiful, all babies are cute but she really is beautiful, those big blue eyes, cheeky smile and those eye lashes are to die for. And you look amazing also thank you for visiting and thank you for the pics of Poppy also. I have the colour one with her and the Keva bear in a frame in on my desk in the office so when Dh sets up the phone line in there (yes I am still on the durassic dial up) I will be able to sit and look at her and niki and grandpa and other various piccies I have there.
We must catch up in person again soon - maybe in the NY?

IserveanawesomeGod - Thanks hun, Christmas is a difficult time for us this year, I cannot imagine what you friend is going through but my heart goes out to her. I always thank the good Lord that we got to spend 8 days with Niki before she went into His care, its such a blessing to have been given such a precious gift of time. BTW Liberty is a gorgeous name.

Captain - what is an elliptical machine?? sounds pretty fancy

Indie24 - Its ok to be suckered by those people I think - its such a special time of year and you have a new bub and its all so exciting I would be a sucker for all those types of things and probably more

still waiting for AF (NO there is no possible way I am preggers

) we're only a few days late but I think its stress related. Can't believe how fast this year has gone.

Anyways I am sooo exhausted might hit the sack soon

Good nite y'all

Nae x x

**blackduckies** · December 4th, 2008, 07:06 AM

Hi girls, as you know I had a visit yesterday with Nae, loads to talk about after 5 hours we still had'nt run out. I got to see her completed nursery, it's beautiful...... just awaiting for a gorgeous bubba to fill it. Huge as well, gorgeous high ceilings enough room for the cot, a single bed, change table and still enough room for a dance party.

Also Niki's garden, very restfull and beautiful, going to be really lovely when all the plants grow bigger. Nicest of all pics of Niki and all Nae's lovely reminders and possesions of her baby girl.

Thanks so much for sharing with me Nae.

Definately will catch up in the new year... lol at not putting on weight re food we certainly did talk enough

..

Iserve, I'm glad you got back on here, I checked the other day for recent posts and was hoping that all was okay..

I hear you on the whooping cough, mum has a friend who just had it recently, scary, especially when they show you the news reports with babies who have it. I feel the same about the shopping centres.....

Indie...

I am so bad at resisting the photo people..... and then worse still have to buy the package???? Even if it is'nt so great. Bu t bleieve it or not you can have too many photos, some of ours still have'nt made it to the walls.

Nic, yeah Suzie!!!!! but I bet they do count the pregnancy weight in it!!!! She has had some serious stress, wonder if that has something to do with it???? also being an elite althete would help, just in that mid set re training and does'nt have 4 kids either!!!!
Us girls are too hard on ourselves, me thinks....

Hi Captain....sound slike the girls are all finding their hands. Poppy's fav activity as well, along with gazing at dad with big eyes and whenever he looks, big grins.. already working on twisting him around her little finger and winning big time... might I add.

**blackduckies** · December 4th, 2008, 08:41 AM

Just became a paid up member

now waiting for my avatar, how exciting!!!!

**yummymummy** · December 5th, 2008, 08:06 AM

well i think i need to join "Infants Friend Anonymous" little miss Liberty is hooked on the stuff!! but i will give her a break, if i spewed up all the time i would probably want something like that to take away the taste of it too!!

blackduckies - isn't it cute how they do that with their daddies? kind of encourages the guys to get more involved when they see that adorable smile!

nae - thanks! We only had one girls name picked out so can't imagine how hard it will be trying to pick a girls name second time around if I have another girl in the future.

indie - that's no good that your nipples are still hurting!!

yikes. I'm glad it stopped hurting for me, not sure if i would still have the strength and determination to be bfing it still if it was still painful. It started hurting when Liberty started cutting her top right tooth because she was gnawing on it but it's gone back up again so it's better now. we were doing one formula feed a day but she gets really constipated from it. I drink decaf tea with cinnamon, honey and soy milk in it (kind of like a chai) and the cinnamon boosted my milk supply really well so i don't need to use the formula anymore.

on a really good note, we're now on 2 hour, 45 minute breaks between feeds rather than every two hours!! YAY!!!

not getting as much of a break at night though. before i got 5-6 hours straight at night but now she's gone back to every 3 hours at night. hope she gets out of that habit. i'm only offering her the one side at night now to discourage her from "eating" at night, maybe i should be offering her both??

**Nicambhar** · December 5th, 2008, 07:49 PM

iserveanawsomeGod - holy moley, 3hrs at night. I have been soooo lucky with Bella thankgoodness. I don't have any help at night because DF leaves at 11pm. LOL at the infants friend. I have a feeling that stuff makes Bella throw up more when I give it to her.

she loves the taste and has a drunk look about her when I give it to her.

Pam - Ooooh, u r so lucky to have met Nae, I'm glad she has a lovely friend like you living nearby. uuggghh, I need to throw out the WD mag with Suzie on it, it is so depressing. She was still a pretty solid chick before the baby though.

Donna - Ha, I get stung by the pixie photo lady everytime I go to the shops

, I reckon they are stalking me.

Nae - Not long til the new year matey and boy do I hope it's just perfect for you.

eeeeekkkk, crap, gotta run and chuck the car hail cover over my car cause there's yet another whopper coming our way. We are having a garage built and the plans haven't gotten through council yet so a big bummer that my nice new car is a sitting duck every afternoon a storm comes through....

Oh, just a quickie... does every else get annoyed with stinking advice from oldies. MIL asked my why Bella wasn't having farex yet... WTF....she says that all her kids started from 2 months

.... I have been trying to avoid her because it drives me friggin insane. One minute she tells me that my breast milk isn't enough to satisfy her and then she's practically got the kid eating a 3 course meal.

On the BF'ing note, it's just about over for us, boo hoo. Bella is still having it at night and it's working for us so I'm all cool about it.

Ok, really gotta go now. BBL. xx

**Visitor8** · December 6th, 2008, 06:58 PM

Hey all!! Well I had a September baby!! I will post this then I am off to read about your bubs!!
Ashton Blake was born on the 8th at a healthy and whopping 11 pounds, 55cm with a 39cm head!! I didn't know he was going to be that big until I was pushing him out lol
He fed like a champ and has been growing like crazy! He is now almost 3 months and weighs in at 8kg!! He is 64cm long too

He is all booby fed, which I am so proud of as I gave up too easy with the other w boys (who are 3 and 4 now). I wear him in slings, wraps, carriers... anything I can lol. He is also a cloth baby, my first, which I am also proud of and it's going really well! We co sleep which has helped with the breast feeding because he just goes on and I go back to sleep. Helps me cope with 3 kids the next day

(single mum so can be trying some days!)
He rolled at 24 day, then another 6 time over the next month, then at 2 months he decided to roll ALL the time and it's his trick he likes to do

He also pushes himself along the ground!! Head down, arms back and his legs go under him and he pushes

First time he did this he moved a good meter before chucking a poopy.
He started laughing the other day. I tickly him and he laughs his little head off

So cute!
So that's a bit about my little angel

Now off to read about yours!

**Captain** · December 6th, 2008, 07:56 PM

Hi everyone, gosh I've tried to post so many times, but Ashlyn doesn't seem to give me long to type!

Hi Mel, welcome to our little group. Wow, Ashton is a good sized bub! He sounds like he can't wait to start crawling! That sounds so cute pushing himself along the ground.

Lol, good to see you back! Yay that you're getting a bit longer between feeds. It so hard getting up so often at night. I was able to extend our daytime feeding by offering both sides. If she finished one side (doesn't always) then I offer the other. Sometimes she hardly takes any, sometimes all. Just go with how she is feeling. Waking more at night might be more to do with a growth spurt. Ashlyn just went through one and want a feed every 2-3 hrs at night, didn't last long though.(Well the waking is still happening, just not always for a feed *sigh*)

Pam, think your right, we are being a bit hard on ourselves. Mental note to stop worrying about weight - there I feel better and just had a yummy bowl of icecream

I love watching Ashlyn and DH interact. I call them her 'daddy eyes'.

Nic, yep I hate unwanted advice. My mum is fantastic, but MIL has had a couple of comments. One was about the way I was holding her and that she'd seen a baby been badly hurt by his head not been held right

Farex from 2 months!! They're going to spend the rest of their lives eating food, why hurry it?

Donna, I wondering about moving Ashlyn into her own room too. I'd just really hoped she'd be sleeping a bit better before we did it. It so much easy to deal with her when I don't have to get out of bed. But Molly sounds like she's doing really well with her sleep. Christmas we are having dinner at mums with the family. In the morning though we are starting our own little family Christmas traditions, maybe a brunch. That is if DH and I don't spend this Chrissy sitting in the emergency dental clinic

Nae, elliptical is a cross trainer. Moves your arms and legs almost like skiing. They're great cause they work the whole body and are low impact (good for big bbs,

)

Well our sleep issues are improving. Though the other night she woke up for 2 1/2 hrs and 2 o'clock. Wasn't crying, but just lying there wide awake. Wouldn't have minded so much, but she would cry everytime I lay down. So I had to sit there and try to encourage her to sleep. Arghh, I was so tired. Last night was better and she is learning to self settle, so I think we are nearly there! I hope *fingers crossed*. Had the 3 month checkup with the CHN. Ashlyn now weighs 6.9kg. Wasn't surprised after her growth spurt!

**ezymay** · December 6th, 2008, 08:10 PM

Hi Girls,

MissMoody- Welcome! WOW what a whopper well done you! And congrats on feeding going so well. Its such a tough road for some, you should be proud. I'm still expressing full time...coming up to 14 weeks!

Sue- Solids so early is she nuts!!!!!!!!! I can understand you getting annoyed. Its hard to nod and smile all the time when ppl give you advice. How have you coped with the storms? We are going uo to Noosa next week so I'm hoping the weather is good. I guess it won't matter if its not cause it will be nice to be on hols anyway.

I serve- 3 hours at night is tough esp after going for longer. Maybe she is having a growth spurt and just needs extra?

Pam- how lovely to catch up with Nae. I'd love to meet any of the group in person, but I'm not close location wise to anyone in our group I don't think.

Nae- thanks for staying around, its great you can. I believe next year is going to be your year! On nappies..we are using huggies, I keep meaning to get some AIO's tho.

Emily has found her hands too! She has always been a hand sucker but its def on the increase now. She has also started rolling from her tummy to her back. She had her first sleepover this week too. At my besties house, so we could go to DH's work christmas party and stay in town over night. We had a good night but missed Em heaps. She was really good for my gf which I was happy about.
Really excting news is that my DH got promoted the other day so he is a sergeant now. Its been such a long time coming after he got the leukaemia and beat it so its great. The way they actually presented him with his stripes tho sounded a little disapointing. In normal miltary units they make a big to do about it with a little ceremony thing and present the rank worn on their unifroms and a certificate. Fmailes are normally invited too. His work tho just gathered everyone around and gave him someone's left over rank and didn't have his certifcate and hadn't told me about it so we weren't there. A bit sad after everything he has been through to get it. He's glad he leaving recruiting next year and going back to a proper army unit.

Can't wait for the next few weeks. We leave for Noosa next sat then get back on the 19th. the 20th is my brithday and friends are having a party that day and then christmas! Busy time.
I hope everyone is well.