Babies Born September 2007 #21

[*noni*e*]

ok i feel like the worst mother in the world right now!!
ashas been trying to sit up in her carseat and i thought her last weight was 7.9 at the drs at 4mths so i thought ok at 5mths she would be 8kgs and i could turn it around and see if she stops doing that coz i am worried about her neck..
so i turned it around the other day and thankfully we hadnt needed to go anywhere and tonight i looked in her blue book and her last weigh in was 6.9kgs ahhhhhhhhhhh so i would have put her in there not big enough yet i feel so terrible right now i cant even explain it

[fianne]

noni, no need to feel so bad. max weighs 6.6 and i've already got her in the non-capsule type car seat and facing forward. she's been a happier baby since i turned her around. but, in saying that, was told by chn that legal age to turn their seat around is 6 mos.

speaking of car seats, i bought this thing from toys r us that keeps their head from slipping to the side. it's like those airplane pillows that you can buy but this is a pair of rectangular pillows that velcros around the straps. used it for the first time today and it worked! she fell asleep on the drive home and her head stayed up. oh, also got her these things that keeps the strap together. they snap close around the straps and keeps them together in case the straps are loose. am i vague enough about these things? just wanted to share this in case any of the bubs need it.

[*noni*e*]

fiannne that does make me feel better my car seat says 8kg or 6mths i assumed that ment whichever comes first but maybe it means not until they hit six months and are atleast 8kgs its pretty vague i am confused... our carseat has a retractor that pulls the straps in tight is that what u mean?

[fianne]

not really noni. the thing i'm talking about pulls the 2 straps closer together for added safety. no arms going through the straps while in the car seat. got it coz i noticed that though straps seemed tight when i put her in, they didn't look as tight after she wriggled around some. so, being the paranoid mom that i am, got this thing to make doubly sure she doesn't escape.

good morning everyone!

[Artechim]

Fianne, I used those head holder pillows to start with so W's head didn't wobble but he cried every car trip until I took it out - complete opposites!

Noni, I am competing for the worlds worst mother award. I left W sitting on a chair and he dived to get a toy off the floor and went head first. He has carpet burn on his nose. The way his body flipped upward, I thought his neck was going to snap. I cried longer than he did.

Cally, hope you are getting some sleep.

I wanted to ask you guys if any other bubs cry in their sleep? In the past week Will has been groaning/mornful crying but his eyes are closed and he wriggles around with his mouth open looking for boob. Feeding him is the only way to resettle. He is doing this about 4-5 times a night now.

I hung out my washing this morning and put Will on the ground next to me. He was sitting there picking dandelions and examining them. It was sooo cute.

Sorry for everyone I have missed, I think the lack of sleep is getting to me. I can't remember what I just read lol. I keep making stupid mistakes like forgetting my groceries at the supermarket and using a similar but wrong word for objects (like table instead of chair, or spoon instead of fork).

[*noni*e*]

arte - i think as for bubbies hurting themselves it startsnow n dosnt end! dnt blame urself couldve happened toany of us!! asha cries or grizzles in her sleep sometimes but she stays asleep n stops, sorry thats not much help to u...
fianne - ohhh k think i knw what u mean what u mean ashas car seat straps are tight do u have a retractor? maybe shes smaller then ash..
off shopping this morning asha is having her milk as i type one handed we r running a bit late lol oops she might have to have her cereal earlier than usual which might not go down well (earlier as in closer to her morning bottle)

[Cally]

What happens with all the prams at the mums and bubs movie sessions? Are they all parked in the foyer?

Arte - K whinges sometimes in her sleep, I don't know if her eyes are open or not and she just resettles, we just hear her in the lounge room and look at each other in a panic thinking she's about to wake up!!

MD - Poor you with E at the library, yay for magic boobies!!

Didn't get to try K kicking around in the bath last night. DH let most of the water out so she could try, but he then decided she was cold. Will try one night when he's not there!

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Hello to everyone

Well we went to the parent teacher night and it turns out my boys are like the Van Wilder of Day Care. They can seem to get all the kids in the class sitting all in a circle and singing along to songs. ( I am sitting here laughing ) Teachers told us they are great boys which makes me very happy and proud.

Noni- Olivia is now turned around in her car seat and she loves it.
Art- How is NZ. Sorry to hear you are in need of sleep.

All is good for me. Talk to you all soon