Babies Born September 2007 #23

[Trillian]

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Baby Wearing
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[Trillian]

Well hello strangers!

Its been a good two and a bit days since I was on LOL. We've had a heap on over the weekend so I wasn't able to get on.

So I'll start backwards from yesterday. Last night we went out for dinner. DH's work gave them all $100 restaurant vouchers as a reward for keeping the site incident free for a few months so we used that up. Excellent meal too it was, will definately go back there on our own one night. During the day we went to visit friends of ours in hospital to see their new baby girl, she was born on Friday and was a lovely little 8lb4. So that took up the whole day because we had to travel just over 1hr to see them. Paige had a lovely cuddle and boy did it bring back memories LOL.

Sunday we went water skiing which again was a full day out because the nearest lake to us is 1.5hrs away. The kids had a ball and swam nearly all day. The weather was a lot cooler than it had been too. The water was fantastic, but I tell you what, this old body of mine is not cut out for this skiing caper anymore - my arms are still sore.

On Saturday we had a BBQ to go to and then we had to see BIL&SIL for nephews birthday and give him his present.

So that's my wrap of the last few days LOL. The kids are exhausted and I'm so glad that this week is only 4days.

Noni, the 'adult' yoghurt is better for them than the ones specifically marketed at babies 1 because often the baby/kids yoghurts are full of sugar and flavouring and 2 they are always dearer than opposed to just buying a 6pk of yoplait etc. Steer clear of the lite/no fat ones though as they aren't suitable for kids really.

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

I'm Back. Well I got back yesterday. Wow What a trip. I have walked that much my legs are aching. Grand Prix was great apart from the heat (nearly died)and the Kiss concert was fantastic I really enjoyed Melbourne too. Love the casino. Now just cannot wait till thursday. I hope the weather is fine. Olivia and the Boys had a great time too. I think mum enjoyed the one on one time with Olivia.
Sherie- Glad you had a wonderful weekend.
Noni- I give Olivia the yoplait baby yogurt and she loves it . I gave it too the boys too when they were babies. Now the boys love the goguts in the sticks.
MD- Congrats on your decision to defer.

Hello to everyone and have a great week. Oh and Happy Easter too all if I dont get back on. Love you all and have a safe Easter Break.

[MamaPan]

hi all
quick post from me - hope you are all well.
i am ok, but poor Noah has a cold and it seems to be getting worse - he is coughing a lot tonight so i wonder how much sleep i will get!
i seem to be doing better getting him to have day sleeps - i hope that isnt just bc he is unwell. time will tell i guess. we are off to noosa this weekend for 5 days so i hope he is ok to fly on friday. i guess if he is looking unwell still tomorrow i will book to take him to the dr on thu to check. hayley how is maddie's cough? did you need to do anything for her (i have a humidifier in his room already)
Noni - I have just bought a tub of jalna as well for Noah to try - it is quite sour plain so I will add some pureed fruit to it when i give it to him. i imagine the baby ones would be good if you need to take one out with you. i boight some baby custard too - a treat already at 6 months old.
md - congrats on making the decision to defer - the right choice for you it sounds.
renee - thinkingabout no 2 too, but not for a while!!!
ok better go - hi to everyone else.
xxx

[~mamaspice~]

hello everyone

Well that's 2 days at work down, one to go!
RENEENAY, yes i don't know what I'd do without my mum. I just couldn't bear the thought of sending Charli to a daycare centre just yet. I've been back at work 3 days a week since the beginning of January . DH took a new position at his work which he loves but unfortunately it means he doesn't get overtime anymore so I had to return to work earlier than I wanted to.

OZSTAR, we're going to start trying for #2 when Charli is 10-12 months old. I want my bubba's to be close together. When do you think you will start TTC #2?

HAYLEY, I'm really glad little maddie is getting better I'm like you when it comes to all creatures great and small. I would have ran out there to save the baby mouse also.

MARYDEAN, what Uni course did you defer? I got into bachelor of Midwifery at ACU in Brisbane this year but I had to turn it down as they wouldn't allow me to enrol part-time and their full-time study load required me to go to the uni 5 days a week which is impossible with a bub and working part-time and with uni being 1.5 hours away from where I live It's my dream to be a midwife so I'm determined to get there eventually. I think I'll start off doing the bachelor of Nursing externally and just do a couple of subjects a semester while I've got little bubbies about.
So DH is getting the snip hey! Yes, make sure you enjoy that beautiful bubby girl of yours!

NONI, I just realised that Asha shares a birthday with Charli. Charli is 16 minutes older!

Hope everyone has had a great day.

Tamara

[*noni*e*]

charlismumma - oh how cute there happy 6mths is coming up soon then!! was charli near her due date? asha was 6days late by the scans and 8 days late by lmp lol i was booked in to be induced on the day she came out lol she was busy baking...
pregpan - asha loved the jalna i bought vanilla flavour she couldnt get enough lol..
leanne - i saw the yoplait one there i was so confused lol so many different typed etc etc she loved the one i got though so thats something lol i just glad shes willing to eat stuff thats healthy apparantly i wouldnt have a bar of it and it showed in my figure for a long time as a child
sherie - ive bought a few of those diet yoghurts for myself being on ww but i think they are awful and watery lol i wouldnt feed them to asha simply because i think they taste bad lol!!

[Ginger]

hello lovely ladies

noni- i might have to try some of that jalna stuff. thanks for the hot tip. lewis just isn't really into any food yet.

charli's mumma- sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. i love the name charli btw, were you going to call bubs charlie is she was a boy too or did you have a different name? we've been talking about ttc again soonish. dp wants to start now but i want to wait till lewis is 1.

leanne- glad you had a good time in melbourne- it's stinking hot down here atm. i hate the heat- looking forward to winter.


pregpan- poor little noah. have fun in noosa!

sherie- your weekend sounds unreal! you're such a champion to be able to waterski. i can't do it at all- way too unco
i usually just sit in the boat sipping cold beers and enjoying the scenery while everyone else does the skiing
what's your friend's baby girl's name?

[Trillian]

Gracie, I am not the prettiest skiier you've ever seen LOL, so far from a champion Our friends called their baby Caitlyn.

Noni, it is terrible stuff that WW yoghurt. I prefer to buy just a low fat yoplait one.

Tamara, I hope you get to do your midwifery degree.

Leanne, glad you had a great weekend. It was a scorcher down there alright.

Same old same old here today. I do have to make an easter bonnet for Paige for tomorrow - the kids school is having an easter hat parade and Paige wants a bonnet too. Will certainly be interesting LOL.

[reneenay]

Awwww poor me! *sniff sniff*, so sick! Rory flipped out at 10:00pm last night, an hour or so after I put him down (we went to my mum & dads for dinner). I cuddled him, read him a story, left his night light on, had his mobile on, stroked his head and NOTHING..he was still screaming. An hour later he just crashed because he was so tired. I dont know what to put it down to. He didnt get upset when he two bottom teeth came through so I doubt its teething. Maybe he ws over tired?? Its only happened a few times but it scares me. Its awful to hear him cry when he never cries because I know it must be bad.

Sorry for the selfish post.

[MamaPan]

morning all hope you are all planning a fun day. I am meeting my mums group for coffee and then think i may take Noah and I out for lunch at my fave cafe... if we are both up to it. Poor me, i am feeling sorry for myself - i hace caught the dreaded cold that is going around me house... oh well i guess it was bound to happen. at least DH is feeling a lot better so we can tag team a bit. Poor Noah also seems a bit better today though he was coughing awfully last night and was up every 2 hrs. i am hoping he is over the worst of it now.
I have been trying really hard to get hm to have at least 2 day sleeps the last few days and it seems to be working! i am so happy! he is asleep now in fact. the sleeps last about 45 mins only but most things i have ead say that they will begin to stretch them out so i am hoping that happens. yest afternoon he did an hour which is prob a record for him LOL! So lets hope this works. At the moment I still need to rock him or feed him to sleep but i guess get him into a pattern and then see how i can chg?? i dont know i am just glad he is startingt o sleep in the day more (means i stay at home more but it is good for him so i am ok with that). Pinky McKay is actually talking here in canberra next week so i think iw ill go to that and see if i get some ideas. anyway it feels like a win to me at the moment (i hope he isnt just sleeping bc he is unwell).
solids still going well - 2 meals a day (but each about 8 teaspoons max). i am in no rush to get him to have more, but he does wolf it down so i may intro meal 3 soon and then slowly increase the amounts as he can take them? i am not so scientific a bout it all, i figure he kinda shows me what he wants. am stillmaking my own food (i LOVE making it for him) but i think i may have to buy a few jars in noosa this weekend so any recommendations??? I will take up enough for afew days but will need some backup I guess. he is still only having vegies and fruit and the odd bit of yoghurt or custard thrown in but i think soon i can intro a few other things???? i am starting to make the puree a tiny bit more lumpy too and he has taken well to that. i wonder when to intro finger foods? i guess in about a month? advice/opinions as always welcome!
wrt ttc number 2, we have said we will start with N is 12 months. gosh that is coming around soon!!! exciting exciting!!! i already have names picked out if a girl LOL!!! i really dont care either way boy or girl but i guess i used my fave boy name this time and i cant imagine another one!!! it took us a yr to conceive this time so i wonder how long it will take this time?? i am starting at the time it would be great if it happened but still early for us and that way there isnt pressure time wise.
i cant remember who was asking me about care options we chose??? i am still udnecided. we have 2 days at creche if we want and it is gettinga lot better and also we have been offered a couple of days at FDC. so a lot depends what jobi take, which will happen this week. i am waiting to hear if i got the job i really want. i have one in melb but it is less exciting to me than the other option. i found out they called my referees (it is all internal in my company) so hopefulyl iw ill hear soon, i wonder if they have called alot of people's refs or just mine??? exciting times ahead. i will start work 1 april if i take the oz based job and soon after that if i get the other one. the great thing with the gloal one is that my hrs can be v flex asmy team based all over world so i will start at 11 or 12 and still have mornings with noah!
it hink there was talk a few days ago about crawling, sitting, rolling etc. Noah is rolling but only back to front, getting closer to sitting i think but no sign of crawling... app i was v slow to crawl so i guess he is following me!!! he is a great talker though and loves his food so i guess he is like his mum and will sit on his butt eating and gossiping!!!!
cally and MD i never heard the DFO or Ikea rumour - that'd be FAB! timeline??????

ETA - i hear you Renee I am sniffing too!!!! Hmm maybe rory was overtired? or has he got a cold too? the 1st time Noah got a cold he woke suddenly one night screaming - it all came on v suddenly? hope you all feel better soon hon

[AnyDream]

Pregpan, your job options sound really exciting, esp the global one! For my project recently I was working with ppl in Singapore and India...makes you realise how much the world has shrunk since the internet! That was me who asked about your care, glad you've got a few options. Hehehe I'm tempted to nick down to Pizzazz in case that's where you're having lunch today?! LOL Hoping to take a friend there for breaky this week. Sorry no idea about the shop timeline, I'm well out of the loop when it comes to local info.

Re the cans, look for things that you already include in his diet, Heinz does an oatmeal and apple one that's apparently ok, and I think Sherie said she uses the Rafferty's ones. Re the finger foods, you could always give him a finger of something to gum (softish pear's a good one) or even just a rusk to wave around, doesn't matter if they don't really eat it. Just make sure he's completely upright and watch him the entire time.

Renee, sorry to hear you're both having a rotten time. I'm taking E to the drs because the screaming whingeing crying is so uncharacteristic...hard to get her still long enough to take her temp too.

Sherie - the easter bonnets sound like fun! When I worked at the call centre, the child care centre would have a bonnet parade through there on Easter week - aaaaawww so cute!!! We probably won't do any easter craft this year, on account of getting ready to fly out. There's usually egg dying or biscuitmaking at my house! DD1 will be doing egg deccies at Guides tonight. Reminds me I need to get some bunny ears for a photie with E.

Ok, better get "cracking" (cracking eggs, get it ?), still got jobs to do while E is asleep!

[Artechim]

I am sick too! I think my father brought it over from Australia with him. He shouldn't have bothered coming if he was sick, not only did I have to spend a painful evening listening to him talk about cr@p, but he made Will and now me and DH sick too. Sorry for the rant.

Renee and MD, hope you can find the causes of the night time screams. Could it be anything to do with the six month growth spurt? Maybe there is some joint ache/growing pains? I hope that it resolves quickly for you both.

Pregpan, your new job(s) sound cool. I would love to be important at work, but didn't pick a very exciting career. For day sleeps I still have to feed him to sleep and he often wakes after one or two sleep cycles. I have him on the big bed so I can go in when he is just waking up and feed him back to sleep again without moving him, then he will usually sleep for another sleep cycle. Did you get N to take the bottle?

I have been wondering if babies develop in a similar way to their parents? I skipped crawling but was walking at 8.5 months and it seems that Will is following the same pattern. He is very good at walking with me holding his hands - sometimes he even lets one hand go now - but still only lasts a couple of minutes on his tummy.

[*noni*e*]

hello hello
ohhh getting a little off track lately haha i ate kfc twice in my ww week haha amongst other things i shouldnt have had and stayed the same at this weeks weigh in and then which is the worst part really, thought oh well i didnt gain weight so i might as well eat it again ahhhhhhhhh lol thats not a good attitude to have!!! but those popcorn chicken melts are to die for!!!
arte - ohh sorry to hear your all sick over there!! its awful when someone brings there cold with them and passes it on to everyone!! sounds like W is very advanced!! geez asha loves standing and is strong enough to stand holding on to something by herself but she dosnt really have the idea of stepping yet..
pregpan - no2 lol? so not ready to even think about that!! re the cans the raffertys ones look nice but i havnt actually tried any..
renee - hope rory is feeling better
sherie - easter hat parade cute!! brings back memories of primary school when i expected my mum to create some very elaborate hat creations lol
gotta run bbl for more

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

To all our Mummies and Bubbies that are not well I hope you are all feeling
better soon.

Just thought I would pop on and say HAPPY EASTER .... I am so excited we leave tomorrow.... yippeeee

[Isadora]

Leanne - Have an excellent time away for easter!

Sherie - I remember easter hat parades in primary school, they were so much fun!

Arte - There is nothing worse than someone coming to visit when they are sick. Especially if they are going to sit there and talk rubbish, you poor thing! I hope you are all better soon. I've always wondered if babies develop much the same way that their parents did too? Hopefully someone can answer the q for us!

Pregpan - Poor Noah, the cough is terrible. I just used the vapouriser like you and panadol for her sore throat. Well I assume she had a sure throat from all that horrible coughing... Also at night I'd give her a drink of water when she was coughing bad, it seemed to loosen up the gunk a bit and soothe the throat. I hope he gets better soon, its heartbreaking when they are sick. Your job sounds so important, good luck I hope you get the new position. I am still confused with the whole solids thing, when you give Noah a solids meal, do you give him his milk as well? lol sorry if that sounds so dumb, but I feel like i'm getting nowhere with solids. Have you tried the mesh bags with Noah?

Marydean - Cracking eggs, you are so funny! Congrats on deferring your uni, must be a real weight off your shoulders.

Cmumma - You will get there with your midwifery eventually. My MIL is 57 and has just finished 4 yrs at uni to become a nurse, so she proves that you can do it at any age.

Renee - Is Rory better today? I wonder what it was that upset him so much, poor love.

Noni - Wow I never knew you could offer yoghurt at this age, will have to go and get some when we food shop again.

I just went to ikea and bought the highchair. $30 all up, so if it turns out to be crapola I can easily ditch it at that price, however dont know if any of you saw the thread I did about it asking for opinions, the ladies had nothing but good things to say about it.

Also had another little win, my uni doesnt provide parents with pram parking near the creche and its so difficult trying to get Maddie there, walking across the uni through carparks, not to mention dangerous. The other day the uni sent a group email asking for suggestions on how to improve so I told them we need parents with pram parking, expecting nothing would be done, but I got an email ...they are making a section for us studying parents woo hoo!!!

[Ozstar]

Thats awesome Hayley, I seen your thread about the Uni parking. I want to get the ikea high chair next week, did you get the tray and the insert? Let me know if Miss Maddie likes it.
Better run and entertain L, be back later.

[MamaPan]

wtg hayley on the uni parking! i can only imagine how hard it would be schlepping a bub and pram etc around uni! good on you and great they are taking action. i also want the ikea chair i think but not going to syd for another month so that may be leaving it too late i think! i am also looking at the stokke tripp trapp - other end of the scale on the $$ front but i ama sucker and i love the look of it LOL! (plus i just got my bonus from last yr so i figure noah may deserve something splurgy lol). however heaps of my friends have the ikea one and cant spk highly enough of it. lets just say for now his swing is getting VERY dirty!!!
re the solids, and i am no expert, noah still feeds about 3 hrly during the day (piggy piggy) - and as milk is the most important for them til 12 months i am cerful that the solids do not reduce his milk appetite. so yes def still give the milk feeds. for me, i do the solids about half way thru the cycle - so if he has a milk feed at say 7am, i feed him his solids at about 8.30am or 9am and then the milk feed later when he seems hungry, say 10am. does that make sense? i do the same in the afternoon but i am not especially scientific about it all! so far it is going well for us.
sherie - the easter hat parade sounds cute. you will have to post some piccies.
leeann - enjoy your trip.

mr N is now down for his thrid nap for the day. i am one proud mama!!!

eta - MD not pizazz this time (though now yu have me thinking about it) - grandes in manuka - my all time fave lunch! oh and i am also addicted too the sushi at manuka too. yes i am usually at manuka most days LOL!

[AnyDream]

Hayley - funny, eh?...I try to please . Woohoo for your carpark win.

***NEWS FLASH*** For the last 24 hours E has been getting up on hands and knees and rocking back and forth. And just this afternoon, she's worked out she can move! How exciting. She's also got up on hands and feet a couple of times...we're not far off a crawl, methinks!

Well all clear at the dr, Arte you must be right and it's developmental or teething (the dr said she's "erupting" LOL)...she slept well last night but she's whingey and crying today again.

ETA Just found this on the Wonder Week summary describing the 26 Wonder Week (relationships):

One of the most significant relationships that your baby can now perceive is the distance between one thing and another. We take this for granted as adults, but for a baby it is an alarming discovery, a very radical change in his world. The world is suddenly a very big place in which he is but a tiny, if very vocal, speck. Something he wants can be on a high shelf or outside the range of his crib, and he has no way of getting to it. His mother can walk away, even if only into the next room, and she might as well have gone to China if he can't get to her because he's stuck