Babies Born September 2007 #23

[Leemar]

Renee- Now the Talking Begins... And they dont stop. lol. Congratulations to Rory Dont worry about your holiday go and have a wonderful time your and excellent mum and I am sure Rory would want you both to have a wonderful time.
Noni- I hope you get a house soon.
MD- how was the holiday

[Trillian]

Aaaaawwww Renee, I got all teary too when they said Mum or Dad for the first time.

We are going to have a day or two with my grandparents and then another day or two just travelling around, doing the tourist thing.

Marydean! glad to hear you got home safely, albeit with a tired H. Did the cat and dog stay at a kennel? I would be so livid if I were you - the last thing you need when you come home from holidays is to spend time delousing the pets. Fingers crossed you go alright tonight without E

Yeah, I'm using the rafferty's cereal and puree. I really like how it mixes and actually looks like a cereal and not wallpaper paste like heinz cereal did. Once he is used to food I will just move onto finger foods and follow baby-led feeding this time.

[Artechim]

Renee, I am officially jealous! Well done Rory!

Leemar, glad you had a good holiday

Trillian (feels weird calling you something different lol), the infant led weaning is going really well for us. I usually give him 3 or 4 different things to munch on and he sits in his highchair at the table with us while we eat. He makes lots of yum noises and will sit still with something hanging out of his mouth for ages until DH or I look over and comment on it lol If he puts too much in his mouth he will spit some out, he knows how much to swallow now and almost never gags now. It is working so well for us, I don't know why there isn't more info on it - until a couple of weeks ago I though that babies HAD to have puree or they would choke.

MD, bummer about the cat and dog. I hope they weren't at a kennels, I would be very annoyed if my pets came back with fleas. Probably best to worm them too, if they have fleas then they may have picked up other parasites (I am sure you are already on to that though)

Gracie, do you take Lewis out on the boat? How is he? How do you keep him entertained? We just got a little boat but we haven't been out on it yet. DH was towing it to get a hydraulic line fixed and the hatch flew up and smashed the windscreen out. Not sure if insurance covers that when you have only owned it for a week lol.

Pregpan, hope you are feeling better and that N doesn't catch it. Last time I had a mystery flu like illness it turned out to be a baby lol

Noni, hope you get better in time to see your friend

DH will be home in a minute, better tidy so the house doesn't look like a sty

[Ginger]

hi girls, hope we're having a nice afternoon. dp is home today so it's really nice- he's lit me a nice warm fire and took me up to the bakery for lunch for cappacino and vegie pie...ahhh, the things that get me excited these days LOL

renee- how's the 'mumma' word going with rory?? i'm very impressed that he can say 'dadda', all it seems like lewis can do is shreak like a girl! LOl no more teeth going on here, just the two bottom ones. i've been using those natural teething relief tablets and i find they're fantastic. really seem to make him feel better.

sherie- when i first saw your new name i thought it was trillian as in 'million, trillion, squillion' iykwim??? too funny!

noni- let us know about the fdc thing...that's something that i've actually thought about doing. i'm not sure how i feel about it though. would you need to get a fairly hefty public liability insurance cover going??

md- how's that smelly dog and cat going?? i took my dog 'spooky' to the beauty parlour last week for an 'extreme makeover' she got a wash, nail trim, ears cleaned out, feet and tail trim- the full works basically for $50. she was there for an hour and a half and when i picked her up she looked like a different dog!! she smells like sweet spring blossum

pregpan- glad to hear you might have a fdc option working out. how is it being back at work?

leanne - happy 7months olivia --oohhh that sounds so old!!


ohh hi there arte , the infant led weaning thing sounds cool. where did you get the info about it from?? yes we do take lewis on the boat but only when we're going really slow (i get the boys to drop us off at the beach if they want to speed or go for a ski) and always with his lifejacket on. he seems to really enjoy it, the motor noise and vibration always puts him to sleep. he was actually named after a boat (a lewis fireball that has been in the family for generations) so he has boating in his blood!

well i sold a change table on ebay and the lady is coming to get it on wednesday. she has 6 kids under 8 years old!!! poor love! the youngest is 6 weeks old.

[Trillian]

Gracie I loved it when DH would just take us on a spontaneous trip out for lunch. We don't do it much now though. I can't remember the last time we bathed our dog properly. She swims in the dam a lot and we do treat her for fleas etc, so we aren't neglecting her (JIC you all though we were LOL) but I can gurantee when we have bathed her properly, she will run away and find the nearest dead sheep to roll around in and come back smelling worse *spew*

Arte, we had a MCHN appt last wednesday and she is really up on all the new info coming out. She went to a seminar earlier in the month about infant led feeding (Kelly posted an article about it last week I think) and she thinks it really is the way to do it.

Oh, and you can keep calling me Sherie, just having a different user name makes it harder for people to put two and two together is all.

[Artechim]

Gracie, lol about naming Lewis after a boat. DH spent a lot of his early years in a fireball. We were looking at getting one but got one with a bit more cabin and a cover instead because I thought it would be better if Will could be a bit more sheltered from the weather. We will only go out if it is calm and we will be going to a lake so it shouldn't get too rough. About the infant-led weaning, Kelly posted a thing in the BF/FF/solids forum about it a while ago, you can also google it and a few things come up.

Sherie, that is good that the MCN's are getting some info about it. I guess it will be a long time before it becomes an accepted practice though (if my mums reaction is anything to go by). Sorry to keep talking about it, I am starting to feel like a mormon trying to spread word lol

Eta Gracie, here is Kelly's thread https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...neccesary.html

[Ginger]

thanks arte- i will google it and check it out, how does it work if they don't have teeth to chew though??
glad you understand the boat thing, my dp is obsessed with boats. he's out in the driveway playing around with one right now! luckily i get to name the next baby LOL otherwise we might end up with an everingham or something!


sherie- i know what you mean about the dog rolling in sh#t thing. why do they do that??? lol. mine always seems to find some duck sh%t and rub the side of her face in it. yuck@! that's part of why i had to take her for an extreme makeover!!! plus i've got the pita pil coming down this weekend and they always whinge about the dog being inside, even though she's OUR dog and it's OUR house, mil always puts in her 2cents worth!! ggrrrr

btw, did anyone happen to see a link on the aba website for a competition where they were looking for maternity wear models (top secret's next top model or something)? anyway, i sent off a couple of photos a couple of weeks ago and turns out we won....so we're off to a photoshoot at a winery on saturday. i'm modelling their breastfeeding tops (whilst bfing lewis) and i think it will end up in all their promo stuff (website etc.)

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Gracie- Wow a Fire, How Cold is there? How Sweet of your DH. He sounds wonderful. Congratulations on your Win too.
Sherie- Love your User Name.
MD- Sorry to hear about your dog and cat.

Well we made a choc cake today and it was so funny the boys had chocolate all over there faces and arms.