Babies Born September 2007 #20

[Trillian]

Thanks Gracie

Noni, YAY for Asha rolling, what a little minx she is doing it to avoid tummy time

[Artechim]

Aglinra, I always let W sit on the middle of a double bed, then it didn't matter if he fell.

JordieC, I really hope that sitting isn't bad for their backs. W has been sitting by himself for the last month. I have been told that it is bad to let them stand weight -bearing as well, but my personal opinion is that if they have the strength/ablility to do it then it is o.k.

Noni, yay for rolling. W goes from back to front but only rarely goes the other way so luckily he is always where I leave him lol

Cally, glad you got a good sleep.

Sherie, glad we got a mod in our buddy group. Will have to time my #2 to coincide with another mod baby lol

We don't have any particular sleep pattern, he has 2-3 naps during the day which can be anywhere from 40 minutes to 3 hours, then he goes to bed around 9pm. I put him to bed if he is grizzley, otherwise if he is happy he just stays up to play. I still feed to sleep every time but we figure it is only a problem if we consider it to be one. I got a walker off my cousin so he will have a go in that when he wakes up. Last time he tried one he could only make it go backwards.

I just went to visit my great grandmother. She offered to hold W while I went to get something from the car. I ran because I was rather nervous about leaving a fraile 95 year old holding him lol.

I forgot how intense the sun is over here! I think W got a bit sunburnt yesterday. I have bought him a hat and will have to start using sunscreen. Brisbane was hot but the sun here bears down on you like under a magnifying glass (courtesy of the ozone hole) and you burn much much faster.

[reneenay]

Artichem - Thanx for replying to my post! It made me feel so much better to know I wasnt the only one who didnt have that 'moment'. I was starting to think there was something wrong with me. It means alot Like you said it just took me a while to come around and I guess realise that he was mine...

[AnyDream]

Sherie, LOL @ 'study tools' - unfortunately that's what I relied on to get my project finished and now I have to look the dietician in the eye! Wow about Rafferty's, I've never heard of it, I come from back in the dark old ages when Heinz and Farex were the only products on the shelf LOL! Not that I used them, with the allergy diet and all...Better start paying attention when I go to the shops.

Noni - yay for Ash! You will have to keep an eye on her, saving up all her tricks for when she has an audience LOL playing to the crowds. Farout about your situation with your friend and DP, I can imagine that will always be a sore point.

Arte - I think that ozone hole is over the southern bit of Oz as well, I know that burning feeling very well. Like Sherie I only ever used boiled water in their food, and after we saw the dietician rice milk in small quantities (it's sweet like EBM but nothing harmful in it) but not as a major food source, just as a cooking aid (ie to make little custards, etc) since we didn't do dairy until after 12 months.

Jordie, try not to worry too much about routine/not routine, the important thing is to find a pattern that works for you. It may or may not be flexible around times. Far out at the sleep clinic waiting times, nothing like making a desperate bunch of mothers wait!

Gracie, yep I'm studying librarian. Fully tax deductable LOL! Didn't actually open my books yet, found too many jobs to be done while I was tidying my desk. DH will be home tonight so that'll free up some time in the evenings.

Cally, was the excess coke drinking a reaction to being back at school...or did he have something else in the cans as well LOL not sure what's worse.

Agnes, might be worth reading up about diet and allergy prevention, the only way you will know for sure is if you go on an elimination diet yourself. Best done under the supervision of an allergy specialist or dietician, though. Good idea to see the dr again, ask for a referral if s/he doesn't seem to know what they are talking about.

No chance of going with DH if he goes o/s (I would sooo love to travel the world funded by my DH's employer) but it's not that sort of trip and it's to a really unstable area. We're in the middle of a big dilemma as they have offered him a move back home (!!!) in July and half of me really wants to pack up and go and the other half of me feels its better to wait until the end of the year (complete the year at school, etc). Also we're better off financially here than we would be back home but it's another half of a year with DH largely absent.

Well I hit the jackpot at the Library on Saturday, picked up The Science of Parenting and 100 ways to calm the crying & Sleeping like a baby (pinky Mackay) at the same time! Also got this Vegemite Little Aussie Reader scrapbook, with rhymes and book suggestions and places where you can scrapbook in pictures, etc of your bub enjoying the library or reading together etc. Look out for it everyone, it was Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I think Betty's getting toothies too - she's developed a bottom lip rash and pink cheeks and was quite unsettled last night (got up to partay three times)!

[supablondie]

hello everyone

i'm sorry i have written extensively for ages. i haven't stopped loving you all.

boy life is busy. i'm back at tafe and working one day a week and pulling my 8.2kg bundle around behind me lol.

she is LOADS of fun. we play games where she squeals and then i do, she laughs and then i do and then repeat over and over. heehee. she is actually starting to get really clingy.

[*noni*e*]

hmmm have got netball grading at 8pm tonight, very nervous i wont be able to keep up, i mean i only wanna be put in a very low grade team!!! just wanna be there to have fun but have visions of me not being able to catch the ball or falling over or something lol..
hello supab great to see you on good to hear alls going well to
md - yes i suspect it will always be a sore point and it annoys me because its not like it ment anything iykwim it was all just both of us caught in a moment and now its very difficult to even talk this guy who was/is one of my best friends because of how dp feels... and yes very sneaky of Ash, dp was just saying the other night you know i think she could roll over if she wanted to coz she kinda goes on her side, we just havnt given her a reason yet lol looks like he was right..
leanne - re magic erasers, we actually used them at work in the childcare centre when there were artworks we couldnt get off the wall if they fail get out the gumption that seems to get anything off!!!

[AnyDream]

SupaB - I was only just thinking of you today, wondering if you were back at TAFE yet...how are you finding the balance of working/studying/mummying? What sort of a care arrangement did you get for T?

Noni - GL with the tryouts tonight, and remember to have FUN!

[Artechim]

MD - Go Home! It is sooo good to be back, I have never felt so sure I'd made the right decision as I do now. In the end it wasn't even sad to leave Australia as I was so looking forward to being home.

Renee, glad my little reply helped. I think there is a lot of pressure on new mums to instantly love their babies but for me I needed time to get to know him.

SupaB, nice to 'see' you. No one ever told me how much fun motherhood would be, I am loving it too.

Noni, good luck for the netball team.

DH had his first day at his new job today. He is staying up there this week while I am at mums waiting for all our stuff to arrive. In a burst of luck he works with a guy whos wife runs the local toy library and organises playgroups etc. The next town over is NZ's main military camp so I am guessing there are a heap of military wives that are SAHM's.

[Isadora]

Hi Ladies

We havent started solids yet either, but I am starting to get myself organised.

Gracie - Aw thanks, yes I guess I am kinda enjoying being at work. Actually to be honest i'm not too sure how I feel about work anymore, I'm just hanging in there at the moment still deciding whether to chuck it in or hang onto it. I work in property settlements. With the sleeping, Maddie doesnt have much of a day time routine for sleeping. She definately doesnt do what the chn told you either.

Leanne - Will have to remember that chux eraser thingo!!

Jordie - Hope you can get the sleeping back on track.

Noni - How is mothers group going? Good luck with netball, I so know what you mean. It gets turned into a real competition doesnt it, when some of us are just there for a bit of fun!

Arte - Thats great that you are not doubting your move back home! Our's isnt settling till later this month.

Marydean - How are E's teeth going? Is she still rashy and unhappy? Oooh study, I am going to my uni orientation tomorrow. Scary!!

Cally - Sounds like she is getting better with her sleeping.

Anyway have to keep it short, I am so tired, and I've still got to dreamfeed Madeline.

[Ozstar]

Morning lovely ladies,

Arte sounds like you might make a bunch of new friends......thats fantatsic.

Noni how did you go at netball? Woo hoo on Asha roling thats great news.

Supa how are you going juggling everything?

MD well done on your haul at the library, I borrowed the science of parenting and thought it was great, well what I read as I didnt get to finish it.

Leanne I had to have a giggle at teh boys decorating your walls, at least you found something to get it off.

Cally I am planning on cooking all of Logans foods too. I bought a few tins of stuff to try so I can get a feel for what he likes and doesnt like before I spend all my money on fruit and veg and spend hours preparing food to freeze.

Sherie the weather has been a bit all over the place here too so I do the same as you and put trackies over L's suits. It was so cold here last night. I have no idea when I will see mum again, I am hoping to get soem cheap flights down soon.

Gracie $5 for Lillies? Thats a bargin. My whole family (and DH's) are in Sydney so I don't get to see them as much as I would like.

Argh better go Mr Magoo does not want to go to sleep this morning.

[*noni*e*]

hello everyone
mothers group was good , one of the ladies showed us traditional indian baby massage which has been passed down in her family and we talked alot about settling.. theres talk of going to a mums and bubs movie this week too so we will see when it comes round to it..
as well as that the girl i got along with most from young mums group (the chrissi party i went to) has come back from qld so we are meeting up today for lunch too lol i am very busy all of a sudden..
netball was really good, i am alot fitter than i thought i was whih is good.. gym tonight if i can bare it lol i am pretty sore from netball but ww is tmw.. ive been sooo good this week ive been under my points most days and never gone over, ive done heaps of excersise too but u know i just dnt think its happened for me this week wait n see i spose...
katie - goodluck with the solids
haley - have a good time at orientation wow so many of you are studying

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Noni- Congrats on the netball and I am so glad you are enjoying mothers group.

Well we had to go back to Dr Hodge yesterday for Xavier's post op check up and Jordy got his ears checked too. Jordy is great but X has a infection in his right ear. So more ear drops for him. Oh well I better go.

Hello to everyone and have a great day

[MamaPan]

hi everyone!
have been a little MIA lately - both Noah and I have had a cold. his was worse than mine poor bubba. i think he is getting a bit better today though so we have just been out on our long walk and he is in his swing (pls sleep!!). we were up every half hour on sat night - not nice at all! i have a vaporiser in his room now and that seems to help a lot at night so there is a tip for you all when babies get a cold (though it is prob best here in canberra w the dry air).
Noni - it sounds like things are better for you this week and you are out and about more - great news. how are things w dp now? what amessy situation!
MD - nice library haul! i need to get to the library sometime. do you know if they have baby reading sessions at the libraries here? that would be a nice thing to do with Noah. btw how did your mothers group go?
Supa - good to hear from you sounds like things are great with you and T.
Hayley - what a busy week you have!!!! Amazing how you juggle it all. I am sure M will be fine - it is you we need to worry about LOL!
Arte - sounds like you are loving being home - so GREAT!
Renee - good to see you!!!
Sherie - how is DH?
Hi to everyone else - sorry if i have missed anything important.
I forget who was talking about the nurse and sleep - Noah does nothing like that at all, he is a bad sleeper in the day and i have just accpeted it! every baby is diff. i must say i am begnning to slow down on the nurse visits, they mean well but their advice is all based on averages and i find that i end up more worried after going than if i didnt go. Noah is doing so well (all our babies are) so i think i am going to stop worrying about each tick in the box from them - he will do things at his own pace some slower and some faster than 'average'. the last thing i need is more stress and worrying about it. if i have an issue i am concerned about i think i will ask my gp. and i will just go to the nurse for a weigh in now and then and the mandatory checking. geez that turned to a ramble!! LOL!
solids are going well here - i think it took a few days for him to adjust but now he loves it!! we have 2 small small meals a day (coiple of spoons) - rice cereal and apple and cinnamon in the late morning and a vege mix of some sort in the late afternoon. Today i skipped the cereal as he had a few spoons of avocado off my tpast - he LOVED it! i hope it wasnt too rich for him but it is good if it goes down well as avocado is so easy and transportable for me to give him! we are off to melbourne this weekend so it could come in v handy! i had a pureeing fremzy yesterday - made pumpkin, carrot, apple and cin, parsnip, brocolli and sweet pot - froze them in ice cubes so each day i make him a little combo for 'dinner' - it is fun! he likes each of those flavours so it works well - i just take 3 cubes out and combine them! i am also cooking all his food - it is cheaper and i like doing it. It doesnt take me v long anyway, i have a steamer and i jus throw all the veges in for about 12 mins and then puree away. i'd say 45 mins max work and i have enough food for a few weeks.
i have been ona bit of a diet the last 6 weeks to date i have lost about 2 kg, not that much but i am ok to lose it slowly... i am feeling a lot healthier though. i think i was in the habit of big portions.. not good! my fave treat the the moment is a date scone from baker delight - delicious!

[AnyDream]

Wow Pregpan it sounds like you are the mistress of efficiency when it comes to getting all those solids prepared! Do you use covered icecube trays and if so where did you buy them? Yep they have storytime in pretty much all the ACT libraries, see the info page here. We'll start going around the one year old mark...she gets plenty of 'storytime' at home (complete with songs and dancing) courtesy of her sister LOL!

I definitely know what you mean about deciding to see the MACH nurses only for the scheduled checks - I decided around the same age with H to do the same. Same reason, confidence being undermined when clearly H was growing fast and thriving.

Arte, thanks for your 'go home' advice Sounds like we'll be going whether it's earlier or later in the year...just got to navigate whatever lies in between now and then. Still don't know, DH's employers are like a black hole when it comes to essential info that you need in order to plan your life!!! BTW, you'll probably find a few expat aussies in amongst the military wives - they can do exchange postings over there.

Oh dear, have completely forgotten everything else i was going to say now...gotta go provide a stimulating and nurturing environment for my baby LOL bye.

[MamaPan]

MD - I just use large normal ice cube trays - and i cover them with foil or cling film. then as soon as they are frozen (couple of hours) i pop them out and store them in zip lock bags in the freezer. I find this works well, was looking for some ice trays w lids but could not find so this works for now. if you find some in canberra let me know! thanks for the library link i will check it out. i read Noah a story or 2 each day but I am sure the library sessions would be more entertaining for him LOL!

[Ozstar]

Tupperwear have ice cube trays with lids, they also have a little silicon button on the bottom to make popping out the food or ice easier. There is a few on ebay. Also Big W had some little containers made for freezing baby food.Just thought I would let you know.

[Cally]

I've got the ice cube trays from Tupperware, they're great with the lids.

Had 2 leaking poo nappies today, not impressed. And they were both disposables, we have less leaks in our cloth ones!

She's having a mega sleep at the moment which is good, making up for me waking her up this morning to take her to the doctors. Her nappy rash is looking a lot better, but the doctor recommended some other creams to put on it. She also took a swab to see if it was fungal.

Pregpan - we're really only doing the minimum visits to the CHN. Ours seems a bit dismissive of any concerns. There was a lovely one we went to once, but she was only temping. My mum was told not to expect much from me because I failed my 3 year old check up and I think I've turned out pretty good!! Just didn't feel like stacking blocks that day. Glad you're feeling better, touch wood K hasn't been sick yet.

Noni - K didn't want to do tummy time yesterday, she rolled back onto her back 5 times before I gave up!

Leanne - hope X's ear infection clears up soon.

MD - hope the teeth pop through quickly.

We got some more books for K at the library today. Can't wait to sit down and go through them.

Arte - we were told if she wants to stand let her, it won't do any harm. We couldn't stop K from standing, she just refuses to bend at the hips a lot of the time, makes it very difficult getting in and out of the pram!

Hope everyone else is good.

[AnyDream]

Cally OMG how can a 3 yo "fail" their check up? Well, you sure did show 'em, didn't you?

After my MACH comments earlier this morning I was pleasantly surprised by the nurse we saw this afternoon, she was very encouraging. E's weight has bottomed out, which apparently is common as this age as they become more active. She has however put on 250g over the last 10 days (no wonder I'm feeling exhausted and HUNGRY all the time LOL). I'm happy to report that we had just as bad a night last night (with DH home) as I did the night before (when he was away). LOL don't want him thinking it's easy peasy when he's away or the guilty chocolate presents might dry up.

Thanks all for the tupperware tip, guess I'll be ebaying soon. Pregpan I'd love a freezer full of little ziplocked cubes of puree!

Went back to Big W this afternoon, they still had sale stock (!) and while I was there I managed to buy this FP chime piano thingy, it has these dials that the baby can spin and the striker hits the chime plates. Mostly picked it because it's another tummy play option (getting sick of seeing Betty face-plant into her other toys LOL).

Totally brain dead I'm just raving now. Better go before I bore you all senseless.