Babies Born September 2007 #23

[MamaPan]

morning all!
WOW gracie - well done, I am so happy for you and cant wait to see the pics!! Good on you! The fire sounds lovely and your DP sounds wonderful... lucky you!
CMumma - I will also be a working mum soon - maybe this week!!! If I do the local job I start (travel to Melb) onThursday... so frustrating my job thing is still up in the air... anyway I guess the trut is I will either be 3-4 days per week at the end of this week (EEK!!!!!!!) or full time from later in themonth if i go with the other one so we can share the ups and downs together.
My DH is discussing working 4 days per week with his work today, so hope that happens - it would be great! I have to call FDC today to comfirm we will go ahead withthe lady I met last week, so that is great relief! I would also like to chg my name as I am no longer preg!!! ha ha!!!
Must admit to you all, I am a little scared that maybe i AM preg... dont think so really but i do have this unexplained flu like symptoms which I had last time - fatigue that comes on all of a sudden, achey bod etc (and nothing else) - this is what happened with me last time. *****!!!!!!!!! off to get a test today, i think it is REALLY a remote poss but man that woudl throw a spanner in the works!
Can I do a little woooooooo hoooooooooooo here??? we now seem to have Noah on 3 day sleeps a day... they are only 40 mins but i must say compared to 2 weeks ago when he had no sleeps i feel like we have come along well. so i am feeling happy with that.
His teeth are coming along - 1 is through but teeeeny weeeny and one the gum is split but no sharp bit yet. he has been rpetty good through it so far, up in the night screaming but we have only had to do max one dose of nurofen each night for the last 3 nights (none before that, i am so loathed to give himstuff), no bonjella (i hate it) - i have been using a weleda powder which is good. in the day he is clingy and a bit whingey and less laughing etc but generally good. TheFDC lady told me vegemite works well for sore gums, i did give him some toast w vegemite on it and he licked itall off - cute.. and it did seem to ease the pain a bit so that could be a tip for some of you??
BTW how do you intro toast fingers (for example) or other large bits of solids? do you let them gum off bits and just watch that they gum them down? i am nervous about it but i think N is ready. DH is V nervous about it but we can see N is ready.
I am mixing his food up a bit as he loves eating so much... for bfast this moring i made up a tiny bit of porridge (just used normal oats with some formula) and stirred his fruit through it - went down ok. should i be buying baby cereals or is this ok? he loves all fruit - pureed nectarines and peaches are the current faves! I am also interested in Hayley's q re weetbix, he eyes ours off all the time so i would love to give it to him (i think there are kids weetbix???). so i hope someone knows if this is ok at this age?
Renee - soexciting rory's chatting!!!!!!!!!! and saying mum - well done! how gorgeous! i cant wait til N can talk!
Noni - did the friend get back to you? any news on the house?
ok gotta go, hope you are all having a good day

[Artechim]

Haley and pregpan, I think weet-bix are fine to give them. I think Leemar gives Olivia Weet-bix for breakfast.

Pregpan, hope your test comes out the way you want it. Congrats on your day sleeps too. If you just give him the toast he will gum it. He may gag a little at the start but that is ok, it stops them swallowing big bits they can choke on.

Gracie, well done on the new modeling career! Can't wait to see some pics.

Went to the new mothers group today, it was way better. The people are all friendly and about 3 other mums started today. One of them was a girl I went to high school with but she was a year below me and she was sporty and I was nerdy so we didn't really know each other.

[Cally]

Gracie - we started K on solids on Saturday too and haven't had a poo yet either. I'm not sure much of the solids has actually gone down her throat though. She's usually pretty regular, we haven't gone more than 2 and a bit days before. I'm not too worried about it though, she is still farting away!

Pregpan - good luck with finding out about work. That's great that you were happy with the FDC lady, is she close to where you are? That would be great if DH could have a day off with Noah each week too. Good luck with your test. And well done on the 3 day sleeps. How are the night times going?

Arte - glad that the new mothers group went well.

MD - How did you go with E in the next room?

[MamaPan]

Cally - the nights are not great, they havent been since about xmas time... after i had such a super sleeper to begin with! he has 2 feeds (sometimes 1) through the night. i have moved his bedtime back a little which makes no real diff to this but i figure he gets a little more sleep. His day sleeps are only 45 mins eac - if anyone has any ideas how to lengthen these let me know (although i am happy to live with it if it is just how he is) how is K going w the sleeping? The FDC lady is in my suburb which is great - about a 5 min walk away. I am meeting her at playgroup tomorrow (where she takes the kids each wed) to fill in forms etc. she is really lovely, grandmotherly and flexible which i love. so i hope that works out well. DH should know today if the 4 day thing is OK, i hope so i think it will be great fr Noah and for DH.
Arte - really glad the mums group went well. Thanks also for the toast info, i thought that was the case but i needed some reasurance. i will give him some at lunch time. he already chews if we give him something lumpy (well gums) so i think he is def ready!
MD - how did you go with E in the other room? Hope it all went well.

[Patooties]

hi everyone
so to be so selfish with my posting of late, i'm going to try and get back on tonight after i've finished the ironing. just thought i'd let you know that hannah is fine - 2 teeth are cutting through , so i think that was the cause of the high temp.
catch you later

[Cally]

Well she pooed - and then she had a bath! OMG it was everywhere. I had a heap of wipes next to the change table ready to go, but I needed another couple of sets of hands to stop her hands and feet getting in it. And by the look of it, not much solids has gone through, looked just the same as before.

Pregpan - with the day sleeps you could try going in there just before the 45 min are up and start shhing so that you are ready to resettle him the moment he wakes. K went through a stage of only 45 min naps, but started extending them by herself. It's usually only the first nap of the day which is long here, the other 2 vary.
That's great about the FDC lady being so close, very handy.

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

RE Weetbix- Yep its me. Olivia just loves it. I use to make it up with the formula but now I am just using regular milk and a bit of hot water.

Jazmum- Glad that H is better. Well Olivia still is toothless.

Nothing exciting happening today just at work with heaps to do and dont feel like doing it.

[MamaPan]

hi leeanne - quick q re the weetbix do yuo use a normal one or do you buy special kids ones?
thanks.

ps what a shame we couldnt meet u in noosa!

[reneenay]

Pregpan - Normal wheetbix

Went to book our holiday last night and the internet wasnt working. Our internet always works! So I took it as a sign. We are going to think about it a bit more before we book!

UPDATE: Just had $1200 worth of bills come in the mail....thats another BIG sign LOL!

[MamaPan]

thanks Renee - the sucker consumer in me just bought the kids weetbix though LOL!! I did notice that they have slightly less salt though..

I am sure you will do the right thing re your holiday. hard decision!

[Isadora]

Re: weetbix - I tried Maddie on weetbix because I noticed Leanne was giving it to Olivia, and I thought being a mum of 3 she knows what she is doing lol. I dont think weetbix does them any harm, Maddie wolfs it down she loves it. She's an Aussie kid! Only thing I did read on a bellamy's brochure was not to give babies adult cereal as it doesnt contain the amount of iron that babies need early in life. Maybe thats where the kids weetbix would come in handy? Might be a q for the CHN.

Cally - Maddie wasnt all that interested in her solids at first, it took a good week to two until she started going oh yeah this isnt too bad this stuff! She's also the same with eating the handle of the mesh bag!! Funny arent they.

Gracie - As if, you arent fat at all! I think you are very pretty! Has Lewis pooped yet? Give him some water maybe?

Tamara - I work two days a week and it goes so slow for me! Not to mention I still get the guilts something chronic about leaving Maddie. I cant help feeling like I'm always on the go and I need to slow down a bit. I am also studying on top of work. How are you handling work and looking after Charli?

Katie - I know, trust me to say I'm keeping it short then going off on a tangent!

Pregpan - Wow hope you get the result you are after with the pregnancy test. I had to laugh thinking I wouldnt be having that worry for awhile, our sex life atm is absolutely nil!!

Jazmum - Thats great that Hannah is fine and it didnt turn out to be anything sinister.

Arte - Yay I'm glad this mums group worked out for you!

Renee - Would you consider taking Rory along on your holiday? I know its your honeymoon and it might not be as romantic with a baby, but you'd probably have a ball with him, swimming in the pool etc. We are booking soon to go to Malaysia later this year cant wait! Sounds so cliche but you should do it, you only live once.

Leemar - Maddie is still toothless too.

[Trillian]

I will catch up in the new thread with everyone.

new thread is here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...2007-24-a.html