Babies Born September 1st - 15th 2008

Hey girls, I got my first AF today - waaaaaaaaaaaa, I don't like it. Has everybody else gotten theirs yet. Suppose that it's cause we r only BF'ing at night time now.

So damned mad atm, we had our truck vandalised with graffiti last night. It was sitting at the end of our driveway, thank the lord I moved my car up to the house before I went to bed. The same thing happend last holidays, cept it was our other house that got done. Stinkin kids wandering the streets - I am gonna wallop any that I see near our place at night.

Kerry - was wondering where u got to. Bugger about Mathew not liking the formula now, did your supply build up quickly? I am going to try and give Bella a BF during the day now that the kids are off school. It was getting so hard with BF'ing and driving for hours each day to get the kids to school. Most days Bella has bottles on the run - one of the kids giving it to her in her carseat :redface:

iserveanawsomeGod - mmm tell me about the stinkin advice being tossed from all directions. I posted a few weeks ago about my MIL telling me that Bella should be having farex now and that her boys were having it by 2 months - heck no, she isn't even nearing being ready and she's just about 4 months. Aaawww, u'v got a petit bub like mine. Am getting her weighed next week so should be interesting how much she is now.

missymoo - Sooo cute the little laughs hey, I'm getting bigger belly laughs now when I blow rasberries on her tummy.

CJ - good on you for joining the gym. I have just stepped up my efforts to lose the pounds, crap time for it though over christmas, but I am so over feeling yucky from the heat.

Niamh - not so sure bout the bus going to that neck of the woods, it is pretty out of the way. Don't know why it is held in such a remote place. So glad you have found a place to rent. I can't believe what your so called "friends" have done to you, and the cheek of asking for the toys back, that's just rude. When are you going to visit your fam?

better run and get some work done before bedtime. I have ds10 christmas concert in the moring, just praying for it to not be so damned hot. Bella just can't cope with the heat anymore. Lucky the bedrooms are air conditioned.

Catch you all later. xx

havent got my AF yet... hoping it stays away for longer :)
Ash started sucking his bottom lip in like I used to when I was a baby!!

We went to the baby clinic today and Matthew is now 7kg dressed and 6.9kg naked. I'm going to stop trying to worry about him not getting enough sustenance from solely breastfeeding. He's put on 400g in two weeks and the nurse is happy with that. Ironically, I bought an extra microwave steriliser last week and splashed out and bought a bottle/jar warmer.

Sue, I remember you writing about the vandalism last year. What a pain! Whereabouts in Brisbane do you live? Southside? My Mum used to live in Ferny Hills where the storms hit pretty hard this month and my Dad and stepmother live in Stafford Heights, near Aspley. No AF here yet, although did have a little bit of spotting when Matthew was 7 weeks old.

Brag time - I've lost 20kg since having Matthew! Back to my beginning of pregnancy weight. Now to lose another 8kg to be at my ideal weight. That won't be so easy!

Got to go - my dog's started barking! And she never barks. :o

Hi everyone,
Well I've had some sicky bubbas lately.
Emme's had awful sinus' (just like Bella and me!), and Bella has come down with a viral infection.
I just hate it when they are sick. Their little bodies shouldn't feel that pain.
Emme's breathing is so loud, and I've been using the saline drops and nasal aspirator 24/7. I didn't know her petite little nose could fit that much up it!
Bella has been so hot and been downing so much water, she spent all day having fitful naps.
I took Emme to her 3 - 4 month meeting with the child health nurse and she was really happy with her. She is 60 cms, and 5.8 kgs, and her head circumference is 39 cms.
She couldn't believe how strong her neck was for all the checks and Emme spent the whole time rolling over on the pad!
Kerry - You lucky bugger. 20 kilos!!!! Oh if I didn't like you so much I'd probably hate you.
Niamh - Honey I've always said that people who target kids are the lowest form of life. Honestly taking away toys from kids!!! I hope they feel very proud of themselves. They are not worth the effort and I'd keep far away from them.
ISAAG - Don't listen to ANYONE when it comes to your baby. They may have the right to do whatever they want with their own children (as long as it's not abusive), but they are not the parent's of your child. Your child is nothing like theirs, it is as individual as it's genetic makeup. I have chosen not to feed food to Emme till 6 months as we have alot of allergies and health problems on both sides on the family and I want her little body to take this process slowly and identify triggers etc... I just smile nod my head and let people say what they want, and then stick to my guns by letting my maternal instincts make the decisions for my child. HA you should have seen my my exes mums face when she heard her grand-daughters name was Emmerson!!!!:dance: :dance:
I almost laughed for a week solid!!!
Re: Suzie Maroney yeah with the break up of her relationship and it being all over the over the media, I think there are a whole slew of issues going on there. The weight loss is not good for her body as the shock to her system could cause lots of problems medically.
Will try and post some more pics in the next day or two.
Lots of love,
Natalie, Bella & Emme.

Good morning!

Thought you all might like a laugh. When I get Ashlyn up in the mornings, I like to give her some nappy free time. Well I obviously wasn't thinking this morning because I forgot it's been 3 days since she's done a poo when she normally does one every nappy change. I think you can see what's coming.......

Yep she pooed everywhere, no warning just did it everywhere. :o Made even worse because she was on her tummy and then started kicking her legs through it. So lots of wipes and a bath later she is clean again and soundly asleep!! What a great start to the day:lol:

:lol: I had to laugh Captain. :) sorry. LOL the same thing happened to Molly yesterday.

On AF in the last 4 weeks I have had it 3 times. In saying that it hasn't been as heavy as normal but definitely was AF. KWIM? Kind of annoying though as I don't tend to get any warning before it comes so I have to carry stuff around with me all the time.

Things are going well here. I am a little sad as Molly is growing out of her bassinette too so I have gotten her cot ready for her to sleep in. At her health nurse visit on Tuesday she weighed 6.3kg and is 61cm long.

yay time to post as bubby is asleep and wow we only had about 5 minutes protest - a miracle considering last night we had a 2 hour protest!!

ditto with Liberty re the pooing extravaganza. except that we live in a rental property and it went ALL OVER THE CARPET and the stain won't come out. oops. she did the same with sticking her feet in it, reaching down and touching it - gees it was a mess and a half to try and clean up.

no af for me yet. we're part-time breastfeeding now so it could come back but my periods were always all over the place and except for the 2-3 months before she was conceived, they were never regular or normal in length, time between them etc. (except when i was once on the pill).

decided to part-time breastfeed so I still get my booby time, Liberty still gets the benefits of it and she has the formula to try and heal her stomach in between. poor little thing. Her poos are so acidic they're burning near her bottom atm (and REALLY smell sour and gross). she sometimes rejects the booby though now if she's too tired :( hopefully this plan works as the aba reckons that you can feed through a secondary lactose intolerance but it will take a while. if it doesn't i may have to accept the idea that she will no longer be a booby girl.

nat & Nicambhar - thanks for your support!! i needed to hear that. got told yesterday at the shops that liberty is too small to be in a stroller with the thing only half-way back. She has reflux so i can't lay her flat in it and she's fine and happy in it. but after what u said i knew i was making the right choice for her so i ignored the lady.
nat - hope you and your bubbies feel better soon.
kbowman - isn't the average weight gain for breastfed babies like 500g a month? sounds like matthew's a champion feeder! congrats on the weight loss :)
missymoo84 - i read ur boohoo post, sending lots of *hugs* ur way!!

Hi guys I just wanted to let you know that I have posted some pics of Molly in the member gallery

Oh what an awful day I had... AF is extrememly heavy, no make that just gushing out. I have never ever had such a period like it. I was going through a tampon and a pad every half hour. The worst day of all to be like this too, I had to go to DS's xmas concert. Poor thing, I ended up leaving early and thank the lord I was wearing navy blue pants - not pretty.

Kerry - U go girl, 20kgs that's so excellent. What a great weight gain Mathew had. We are northside brissie at Kallangur - so not impressed with being hit again.

iserveanawsomeGod - Bella began to get really fussy at the boob during the day but loved it at night so we ended up with formula feeding during the day and boobing at night - it's working great for us. We also had the issue of having to feed on the run so I am sure that didn't help us either.

Donna - eeeeek, AF 3 times, oh man, I hope that don't happen to me. I've had enough of it already.

captain - eeeewwwwweeee, that's gross. I am so lucky that Bella's poos are firm and most of the time she gives me plenty of warning. I can usually get her to poop on a bum wipe because I need to hold her up and let her legs push down on me. pooping is a little distressing for her, don't know why. I should hold her over the loo when she goes so she gets used to it.

nat - Hope yr little one's are on the mend. mmm, suzie maroney, I would say that the weight loss is a bit a revenge act because she was just devastated that her DH left her.

missymoo - I can send AF your way if you like LOL.

No thanks Sue!

Well Ashton is dribbling like there is no tomorrow!! He has discovered how tasty his hand is ALL DAY. He is also playing with his toys now too! He really grabs them and shakes hehe its so cute!

Weighed him today... 8.5kg clothed and he is 69cm long!! Geez he is growing!!

You ladies are so going to gigle at my baby sitting experience:

Poor little Bella has been so sick and Mum and Dad went through everything with Danni and I, we had to practically usher them out of the house and assure them that IF Bella was really distressed or seemed to be burning up or something we would call them straight away. They said they'd be home by 9 - we just told them to take their time, not too rush and again assure them IF there were any problems we would call them.

BTW Boss was so taken back by what we did we thought he was going to loose it he got quite emotional and his wife wsa a bit shocked too.

SO they nervously left and we made extra careful that Bella didn't notice (she is sick so very clingy to mum and grissly) so we fed her, changed her played with her but she decided to pick ME out of the two of us, a bit like a cat really you know how they just choose someone? anyway Bella chose me the person with the least baby experience.

Her nappy change was funny thankfully just wet and so here i was with the nappy and stuff and i just go what the hell am I doing? Danni said haven't you ever changes a baby before - Uh no - so she talked me through it and Bella was crying and wriggling (apparently she hates nappy changes atm) she wasn't even dressed and was doing the UP thing with her hands and Danni was say she wants up and I am like No Bella not until your dressed.

fastt forward to a bit later she gets grissly and doesn't want Danni around her she wants up on me so I pick her up and do the bouncy thing and rub her back and she snuggles her head into my neck and is happy like this for an hour.

Mind you its WAY past her bed time. She then gets grissly again and we cannot figure out what is wrong and as she is teathing Sam said sometimes she just gives her some Neurfen (sp?) so we give her her dose and after a while she settles.

OK bed time - she crys and crys so we are like "we'll leave her for 5 min if she is still crying we'll get her and bring her back out" seriously 30 seconds later Bella was out with the big girls again :rolleyes:

Anyway we are all on the floor around her play rug and we make a little nest out of pillows and we're watching this movie and you could see Bella is really fighting to not go to sleep.
After a while we are lying down and Bella just kept looking around at me so I kind of pushed (not hard) her over on to her side facing me, gave her her teddy and lay down next to her with my head near hers. she put her chubby little hand out so she was kinda touching me and fell asleep. 9.15 pm

Mum and dad come home :shhh: and crack up coz it looks like Bella's first slumber party, they look so relaxed and mum puts bella to bed.

I hope they got a good nights sleep - I know I did I was stuffed.

So my first baby sitting with a sick baby wasn't too bad it has really reinforced how much I want to be a mummy just looking at Bella sleeping next to me with her little hand touching mine was so lovely and listening to her breathing even though she is really congested was just sweet.

:pray: please please let 2009 be my year :pray:

NNx x x

Sorry for lack or personals will be back later

Oh Nae it will be your year for sure!!!! It sounds like you did a great job with Bella. I find changing other kids nappies hard. I had my gf's 2 and 3 year olds here yest and the 2 year old did a massive poo...like a grown ups...that came out of his nappy and he wouldn't keep still and it went everywhere. It was gross. I much prefer changing emily!
Bell obviously picked up on your mother vibe and warmed to you..very cute.

Nae, I hope with all my heart that 2009 is your year too. What a lovely slumber party you had! :)

Missymoo - hello! What a big boy you have! How tall are you and his Dad? I'm just hoping that my Matthew will be tall like his Dad and not a shorty like me!

Sue, you poor thing with such a heavy AF. Sounds horrid. Hope it eases soon. Wow at the poo stories. Matthew's still producing liquid poos. Can't scrape them into the toilet, they soak into the nappies. And his clothes sometimes if there's been a pooplosion! My milk supply grew pretty quickly because he was demanding to be fed often and stayed on the breast for ages! I've started watching daytime tv because of the breastfeeding - rediscovering Desperate Housewives...

iserveanawesomeGod, oh no at going all over the carpet! Matthew has had a few well aimed fountain wees that have made it onto the carpet. He always looks really happy with himself after a good irrigation!

Indie, I haven't put Matthew in his bassinet for a week now. He's too big to swaddle and his arms touching the sides of the cane bassinet wake him. I've been trying to put him into his cot during the day but at night he sleeps with me.

Captain, sounds like a messy job! And very funny!

NatB, thanks :p I was the size of a school bus though by the time I gave birth to Matthew . I think a lot of it was fluid too. It's nice to see the knuckles on my hands. But while the swelling's gone down in my feet quite a lot, they're still a size bigger than they were. I'm going to have to go shoe shopping! How are Belle and Emme now? Matthew's also a very noisy breather. I aspirate the mucus from his nose when I see it but I tend not to put the saline drops down his nose any more. He screams at it and it makes him so distressed. Emme sounds like she's doing very well! Matthew's not rolling yet. I'll miss being able to leave him for five minutes on the change table, kicking his legs and gurgling at his mobile when he does start rolling. How come your ex-MIL made a face at Emmerson's name? It's a very pretty name, I think. Hope Bella's temperature's come down. Poor little mite!

Candy Jay, well done on signing up at the gym. You'll be feeling a million dollars getting all that exercise and shifting the weight. Lovely :)

HI all, so sorry i have not been on lately.

Blake has had rota virus, nathan hasn't caught it thank god.

We just had blakes 2nd birthday party today! he had a ball, bought him a jumping castle (thanks kevin ruddy) and it was the best thing since sliced bread!

Naths stats at the moment.... 6.7 kilos and not sure how long.
Any other mums with slower weight gain babies?

Hey Kerry :) I am about 5ft9 and his dad is around the 6 mark so not short lol

mummatotwo I hope that Blake gets better soon!! Sending lots of healing vibes. Rotavirus is a nasty one!! Ash just got immunised against it so I hope he never gets it :( My nephew had it when he was a few months old and ended up in hospital.

Hope Blake is fully recovered now, Mummatotwo! Must have been frightening. Lucky Nathan didn't catch it too. The birthday party sounded fun - love the idea of the jumping castle. Matthew has been putting on less weight now that I'm only breastfeeding. I'm keeping a close eye on his weight gain each week.

Missymoo, I'm only 5ft1. But there's a few of us shorties here! Your boy will no doubt be a tall fellow with your genes! He must be well above the 90th percentile for length and weight! :)

lol yes he is just over the 100th % for legnth and at about 105th for weight haha

I just checked again lol he's more than that hahahaha
69cm long and 8.5 kg at 3 months :lol: At least his weight is less than his height in the % so he's not 'fat'

Good morning!!

And yes it is a very good morning here. Ashlyn only woke once last night. I feel fantastic with the best nights sleep in 3months!!! I've already been out and had a training session in our gym. :D

MissyMoo, He's definately a good sized bub. :D Ashlyn is over the top of the chart for weight but only the 50th percentile for height. I don't think she's fat, she's just really stocky. But then DH is just over 6' tall and about as wide at the shoulders, so she's really taking after him. (The shoulders is the reason I had a c/section)

Mummatotwo, glad Blakes getting better. That must have been horrible to go through. Sounds like her had a great birthday though.

Kerry, well done on the bf. Day time TV can suck so we have a nice supply of DVD's for bf. Though atm Danielle is in love with Santa Claus, so we watch a bit of him, lol.

Sue, that sucks that you've got AF already. No sign of it here thankfully. Last time I had it after six weeks, so I'm hopeful it stays away for a while this time.

Eej, that sounds yuck, toddler poos are the worst:p It's so much easier when they're bubs.

Nae, sounds like you had a fun night. Slumber party sounds sooo cute!


Lol, I saw the poo photo :o. Hope you can get it out of the carpet. What's secondary lactose intolerance?

Well I'd better go. The guys have just shown up to put the patio in and the dog has woken the girls. I can't believe they have both slept this long! (It's 7am)

Captain that is so cute! Chubba bubbas rock! I love mine :) (i hope you don't think i was calling your baby fat!)

Mine slept until 8am!! They are usually up at 6.30 so maybe it's something in the air lol

I think cause it's really overcast their bedrooms were still dark. It fooled them into thinking it was still night:lol:

Morning ladies,

All the talk of AF has jinxed me, it came back yesterday exactly 1 year later ... now best be careful not to fall PG. Nichambar, hope yours settles down soon.

Captain, haha gross about the poo but every baby has to do it at least once to their parents. My first DD did it in the bath when she was a baby ohh my it took forever to clean it out.

Missymoo, what a wonderfully big bubba, I love babies that are so huggable as you know they grow out of it so quickly.

Mumma, hope Blake is getting better.

Nae, sounds like you did a wonderful job babysitting, what a wonderful thing you did for your boss... I'm sure it will be your year.

Iserve, you've done a wonderful job BF feeding Liberty, don't be down on yourself if you have to give it up as you gave her the best start. I've never been able to BF as my bubs can't latch on but I perservered with EBM as long as I can & my eldest is one of the healthiest kids I know so I know the 3 months she got was very beneficial.

I think Madeleine is 6 1/2 kg's, shes slowed right down in her eating since coming onto the formula for some reason. I don't see my CHN until next week so should be interesting to see if she has grown much. My DD1 is a small child for her age regardless of my DH & I being tall, seems as though our kids take after his small sisters & mother.

I tried to put Madeleine to sleep in her own cot last night, she woke up after 30 minutes looked around & completely freaked out... she ended up sleeping in her bassinette again for the night, DH doesn't want her out of our room yet he gets worried so he was happy she cried :rolleyes: I will try again tonight & the next night... I've managed to get her to go to sleep awake so I'm sure I can get her use to her cot through the night.

Well I better go, between the gym & baby I never do any housework these days... better pick my socks up & fold the loads of washing baskets before my laundry explodes

Hi All

my poor little girl has chicken pox all over her, feel awful for her she is very cross this morning and i have lots to do have to go out and sort bank stuff out , get a new phone i dropped mine in a sink lol.

Eireann has started to bite at the end of a feed now have to get that sorted or it will really hurt when the teeth come in.

Nae you did well great that Bella bonded with you must have been a lovely feeling :D your going to have a great year:dance:

Nic you poor thing dam af great though the bottle and breastfeeding is working out for you i did that with DS2 if you wanted you could increase it again with the kids on hols might hold AF off for longer. but at the end of theday its what you feel is right :D we are heading home in Febuary cant wait to see every one and show off my new baby girl to every one.

kbowman well done you :dance: fair play to you bit jelous whish i could lose it lol but ill get there going to join ww after christmas no point now they finish up now . keep it up :dance:

my dh is talking about getting the snip dont know how i feel about that i dont think i want any more babies 4 is enough but dont know if i like it to be so final if that makes sense . its all to do with money and I dont think my DH parents would approve not that i need it LOL from talking to my MIL on the phone lately she was saying 4 childern is to much Im staying in my mams when we go home and she was saying I shouldnt stay there to long with all the kids she is right but still it hurt her greandkids after all it shouldnt matter how many there are shpould it, I know Ill be delighted to have loads I love kids any way better go have to catch the bus

have a great day every one :dance:

I don't think 4 kids is too many at all!! I want 6! i know what you mean about it being final though.
Your poor little miss!! I hope they clear up soon!! Just gone around down here, I stayed home and hid!! The big boys are immunised but Ashton isn't.
Well Ashton is sucking and biting all his toys. I hope he doesn't break teeth and is just enjoying the taste lol He really loves to play with his toys now which is SO nice! I can put him on his playmat and he really gets into it :)

well we've started a baby-led routine and its working really well. i just let her do her own thing for a few days, wrote it down and then stuck with it and it's been going ok so far. Liberty wakes up 7/7:30, first sleep for 40 minutes at 9. second sleep at 11/11:30 for 2-4 hours. if she sleeps less then 3 hours she has another sleep at 4/4:15. and she's in bed by 7/7:30. she still wakes up at least twice a night though for a feed and she's been a lot hungrier lately and taking a lot longer to feed which is making me a little sleepy!!

Niamh75 - about "the snip", a lot of people regret it when they have it done. my father-in-law talked about his the other day (GROSS GROSS GROSS) out of the blue, it was a very random and strange conversation, and saying that they wanted more kiddies a few years afterwards (they already had 4, well technically 5 but their first was adopted out) and that they regretted it. i was thinking abt it though after next bubby. i originally wanted 4 but to be honest i dont think i'm selfless enough to have that many.

candyjay - sounds like madeline is a daddy's girl!!

captain - the carpet is still stained orange!! oh well. it'll probably come out when we have the carpets cleaned when our lease ends. secondary lactose intolerance is pretty much just lactose intolerance but they say that its very rare for a baby to be born with true lactose intolerance (that would be primary lactose intolerance) so secondary is where its only temporary and u get it after gastro or something. liberty had diarea after her immunisation needle and that caused it as it damaged the enzymes that are needed to break down the lactase or something and so that's why it hurts her to have breastmilk. but apparently u can breastfeed still if u alternate with a lactose-free formula so thats what we're doing. she does have some moments where she doesn't want booby though :( my boobs were all crazy for a few days getting used to not breastfeeding as much and going all lumpy and stupid. its getting better now though.

OMG! Ashton cried and whinged ALL day! The only time he was quiet was when he was on the boob! He barely slept, WOULDN'T sleep, he usually sleeps in 3 hour blocks during the day!
I ended up giving him panadol at 10.30, an HOUR past his normal bed time, and he fell asleep :( I didn't know what else to do :(:(

missymoo poor little man sounds like you did the right thing for him hope he is ok and is back to himself tomorrow

Eireann is pooing lots more than she normally does only thing i can put it down to is the chicken pox working its way out of her system poor thing is covered in spots the blisters are drying up now and scabbing over so nearly over . caught my 5 year old trying to pick them on her face today I was going to murder him(just a figure of speech:lol:) I didnt just told him not to as she would get scars and not to mention he would hurt her.

how is every one else doing today :D

Oh I am glad to hear her CP are healing up! Poor little thing!! Do they drive her bananas?? They are going around here too. Glad the boys didn't get them! I was shopping yesterday and saw a girl covered in them, silly parents!
Great here! Ashton is better, I think he is teething, nawing on everything and drowning in dribble.
Just brought some teething necklaces from the US so they should arrive here soonish and will see how they go on Ashton :)
We went out yesterday and he was so good, slept almost the whole time! I had him in the Mei Tai on my back :) Got a new fridge, thanks Mr Rudd :) $1800 Simpson 610 litre side by side which I got delivered for $1299! So HAPPY here, can finally shop without worrying about freezer room!
All ready for Christmas! Was wondering what I got Ashton, then when I picked up my Christmas laybys I realised I got him HEAPS! He got a playskool peek a boo dome, FP learning puppy, FP Noahs Ark with the animals, FP train with the animals, FP baby pack and some clothes... yeah I love Fisher Price haha
Ashton has only been waking once a night for a feed!! It's awesome :) I just pop him on and go back to sleep and he feeds then goes back to sleep too. I love co sleeping with him :)
Well that's about all here.

mel, ash sounds freaking HUGE lol!!! I am going to go get nath's weight checked today, just to make sure all is ok as his feeding has seemed to drop off, i dont know if its the heat or what, but he is so fussy.

Wish me luck, this weight crap is really getting to me and i feel like i am failing him.
I prey that he is ok. I am jsut not ready to give up on this beautiful bfing relationship we have :(:(

Oh blake is fine now, although the day before his party some sort of bug bit him in the eye and his little face swelled up so bad. Baiscally his eye was swollen shut. I got a bit over all the "what did you do to him comments"

I have pictures on my face book if any one wants to see them. I think they are friends only viewing though. So add moi if you want.

Jen Lemon

Jen, is he pooping and weeing frequently? I don't think weight is so important (having said this I haven't had to deal with it BUT can empathise). If you ARE going to worry about his weight, make sure you check it at the WHO one, not the blue book.

Ashton is freakishly huge for 3 months! He is in 0-1 size clothes, and is way above the height and weight percentile, but in proportion :)

missmoo - hugs to you!! poor you!! sounds like things got better though

mummatotwo i tried adding u in facebook but wasnt sure which "Jen Lemon" u were. u can add me - Lauren Carn - i'm the one with the photo with hubby and bubby '(the other 2 are by themselves)

hope Eireann feels better soon!! Niamh75

i am one fingered typing as libby just woke up from the heat so now we're sitting in the air con

hope u r all well!!

Lauren, i just added you.... seems we have a mutual friend wich i am surprised about lol.

Mel, HOLEY CRAP!!! 1's already???
Nath is in a few 0's but i put that down to them getting shrunk in the wash (hand me downs from the older baby) How big was he born? Must have been MASSIVE!!!!!
Nath was my smallest, 8 pound 4 ounces. 3.745 and he is 6.465 now.

He was 5kg born. Was only in 000 for 2 weeks. I have a pic of him in 00 wondersuit when he was just a newbie somewhere...
At the moment he is 69cm long and 8.7kg. Gaining around 200grams a week steady too :)

Holy moly, Missymoo! He's a good sized lad! Bet you have some muscles!

Niamh, hope the chicken pox clears up quickly. Poor little Eireann!

I have had no routine at all with Matthew. However I've just ordered a book by Gina Ford which sets out routines. I haven't been getting much of a break during the day and am beginning to go a little crazy with wanting to get Christmas cards done and presents wrapped and get the house ready for when my father and stepmother arrive on Sunday. Tomorrow will be a big day with the end of year staff lunch and Kris Kringle presents, a trip to the post office and another weigh in for Matthew at the baby clinic.

Matthew's sleeping now so I mustn't let this free time get away on me! Lots to do!

Mel, i had to read your post out to my hubby!!!!

****!!!!! You should see the look of shock on my face LOL!!!
Very beautiful size! Did you have a natural birth? Sorry, i have not been on here for ages so i really dont know your story. He's fully breast fed yeah?

Niamh I hope the CP clears up, its not fair to have it so young :(:( Try some oat meal bath if it is irritating babe.

I had the best/worst expereince yesterday, i went to get a repeat for a scrit at the GP's yesty, and they told me that he had not gained any weight at all. Not a gramm. SO i rushed to my child health clinic in absolute tears, i just dont want to bottle feed, i love breast feeding so much!!!! Any way, i walk into the clinic, and there is my lactation consultant from hospital, my midwife that did my post partum care and the child health nurse. IT was a blast from the past huh! THey told me that the GP weighing him was a crock as the GP was weighing him fully clothed. WE undressed him and chucked him on the scales and he was the exact same weight as he was at the GP's office - go figure! SO the GP's scales must be rooted!! I ask the nurse about the accuracy of hers and she told me that she gets hers calibrated every month... god knows when the GP's do theirs!

So we talked about diet etc, and i realised that i am not doing my best in that department. For instance, i went to the CHN at about 11.30 and realised i had not eaten that day so far :( i just get too busy. SO i went shopping last night and bought a pile of healthy crap to eat through out the day, and a brand new drink bottle to take along with me every where. I am on a healthy mission now.
Gotta get this babe fully gaining!

Yup all natural 11 pounds lol. 39cm head! They said he would be about 9lbs but they were very off!
He is fully breastfed, got some high octain booby milk here haha

What a silly GP! I am glad it all worked out in the end :) Remember to eat (says she who always forgets too) and drink LOTS of water! I drank about 4 litres the other day and the next day I noticed it in my milk and how full I was!!

Mel, he he about the high octain booby milk. Certainly seems to be working well!! Ashlyn has just reached 7.1kg. Do you have trouble with your nappies. I'm finding just about all of mine are on the last snaps, including the BBH. The only ones that aren't on the edge are the BG. If she grows any wider in the hips, half my stash wont fit, arghh!

Mummatotwo, definately eating more makes a huge differnce. I can't forget to eat cause I go all crazy woman if I don't eat all the time! I've found a huge difference in the scales at the CHN and the chemist ladies. So only trust the scales your using regualarly.

Kerry, nice Av! We're only just starting to get on a routine here. Problem is it's all going out the window at the moment cause we are out every day. Can't wait till Christmas day when everything can just slow down!!!

Niamh, hope Eireann is doing better now.

Lol, sounds like hard work. I hope Liberty starts to feel better soon.

CJ, how's things going with the move to the cot?

Ashlyn has just started to grab at things. Yesterday she pulled her dress up and was quite happily sucking on the end of it :lol: Finally had Santa photos done so I need to go pick them up today. Hope they look OK. I also picked up the photos we had done when Ashlyn was 5 wks (I've been really busy so it took me a while:redface:) They look fantastic, can't wait to get them up.

Is everyone nearly ready for Chrissy?

Captain no because they are all M/L and Large. Abotu the only Med I still have are my itti dlish :)
Smalls went out the window about a month ago :) plus I have lots of nappies haha
I know all about the photo thing haha Last week I picked up a photo that was taken when Ash was 2 weeks old :rolleyes: THAT is lazy!!
Oh isn't it great the sucking thing haha i need to get him a suck pad, everything goes in the mouth at the moment!
When they start hitting it makes buying toys more fun hehe

We're using medium and OSFM nappies. I thought I wouldn't have a problem with the OSFM because they would have a bigger waist. :doh: Maybe she'll start lengthening out a bit as she grows.

WOW all the OSFM I have are ok. Having said that they are CTBD and BBH/BBB only. The rest are sized. Hope she grows up! They can only get so wide lol