Babies Born September 2007 #23

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Trillian, a Hitchhiker's fan?

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Yep! Guilty as charged LOL. I changed it because I wanted to make a pre-emptive move incase my *worlds* collided (dagnammit facebook!). So nothing bad going on, just want to keep this to myself LOL - so purely selfish.

Leanne, Gosh you have a good social life - I'm jealous LOL. I hope the boys aren't being too naughty for you.

Arte, it's hard when they are so active and they just want to be on the go all the time. Fingers crossed he crashes and burns and has a big arvo sleep for you. Don't worry about the solids, it's working really well for you and there is nothing wrong at all with what you are doing. Just remember that when we were babies we were all 'heinz babies'

Hi Katie. I haven't noticed much of a change with Alister since starting solids either. Still very farty at night.

Cally, Alister has decided that he doesn't like plain cereal either (just like the older three) and he ate it quite happily this morning once I squirted some apple, banana and mango puree into it. It is so hit and miss isn't it? And I did go for lasagne yesterday, but Lindsay saw me put it in the oven to reheat and he wanted some too, so we shared.

Renee, How clever of Rory! I'm sure that Mum isn't too far around the corner (well a lot closer than Dad anyway I hope ;) ) Alister babbles a lot, but nothing discernable yet.

Hi Gracie! I get like that too somtimes, just like reading up on everyone instead of posting.

And Ella!!!!!!! *sherie does the happy dance upon seeing Ella has come back* So glad to *see* you and Abigail hun. I'm really happy that things are going so well for you. I gave Kelly a big thank you for sending the email out and getting you back here LOL. I assume that the BF was sorted out and things are going well in that department now? (well apart from your nipples by the sound of it LOL) I bet your DH is just loving his time at home with you both. Is he looking for a career change?

Hello to everyone else! Marydean, are you back from holidays this week?

Not much happening here (always the way with me when I'm home LOL) I am going on a shopping spree tomorrow to get winter clothes for the kids and an umbrella-fold stroller for Alister as we are going away for a few days in the school holidays (don't start here till April 11) and there wont be room in the car for all of us, plus bags etc so a smaller stroller will be easier to fit in.

hey everyone
still pretty sick over here:( last night was the worst i kept waking up coughing, its a real wet cough too coz i had the vapourizer on and thats obviously broken everything up in my chest.. am supposed to be going out for dinner tonight to pancakes on the rocks with my best friend from melbourne and her b/f and bubs i feel well enough to go atm and she says i should just go and not get too close to them but i am really worried about giving it to them especially because they have to fly home on thursday.. Asha is pretty much better now which is good shes got over it really quick, probably because ive been using the vapourizer like it was going out of fasion lol lol...
have offered to take a little boy from mothers group on the days her mum goes to work as kinda like a family day care thing because she is having alot of doubts about childcare.. hope i dnt freak her out.. i said it was more than ok if she said no and i wouldnt be offended.. its just hard for me to watch her struggle with the thought of putting him in care and telling me all the things that are wrong with the centre she wants to put him in and the things they have been saying to her when i know i am childcare trained, have my first aid, and am perfectly capable lol ah well lets hope she dosnt think i am a weirdo for offering lol..
leanne - thanks, i know i am supposed to start her on cows milk at 12mths i just feel paranoid about switching formulas again lol though i guess its not exactly switching they would be the same brand..
arte - what a clever little boy you have there!! i bet its hard coz itd be great seeing him advance so quick but on the other hand ud be tired.. lol @ the stinky dog toy, asha likes shopping bags :( u know the plastic ones, worst ones she could be interested in lol..
katie - maybe theres a link there? u havntbeen consistant and neither has his sleep, consistancy is often the key ive found with older kids anyway, not so sure about the younger ones..
cally - sorry the solids arent going well, ashas not a fan of plain apple or rice cereal either lol, shell give a piece of apple a good chew though (in the mesh bag shes not so good at big pieces by themselves yet she just rams it all in lol), she likes banana (though dosnt get it much due to constipation), vanilla yoghurt, blueberry yoghurt (both jalna), rafertys multigrain breakfast with apricot and banana and iron, heinz organic apple and mango cereal, pumpkin, pumpkin and potato mashed together, she dosnt mind a piece of pear but not fond of pureed pear and this morning i put a bit of raffertys blueberry apple and banana puree in her multigrain cereal which she quite enjoyed too, hope that gives u some ideas..
renee - asha almost said yum this morning lol she ate her breakfast and i am always saying yyyyuuuuuummmmm when i put it in her mouth and she said uuuummmm lol thats closer to mum then dad haha i got excited though she has made the dounds d, g and b as well so who knows what the first word will be haha..
gracie - good to see you on :)
ella - welcome back weve all missed you!! glad abi and you are doing well :) good to hear you finally got to spend some time with dh too :)
sherie - wow ur such an inspiration, always sooo busy but still managing to pop on and say hi!! nice name change too :)

Noni, I think thats a great idea for you to have offered to care for that little boy. Considering how hard it is to even get a place I know I would be relieved to even have someone offer to do it, let alone someone who is trained in that area. Fingers crossed she says yes. Maybe FDC is something you can do when you get your own house? As for going out tonight, how cool are the nights down there ATM? I know I always feel really awful after going out if the night is cool when I have a cold. like it gets freshened up by the cool weather.

sherie - yeah it is pretty cold atm something to consider i guess.. the hardest part is she is from melbourne and i hard;y ever see her and i am the one saying i am sick and dont want u guys to catch it and shes saying dnt worry come anyway and i kinda feel like if i dnt go i will be letting her down iykwim?
i would love to go into fdc, bit hard when your renting though, thought just having one or even two if the situation aroze as a babysitting thing but in an fdc set up would be cool for now, great way to earn some cash whilst a good way to save some as a parent, i already know this person and her bub as well and i know what parents want and arent getting from their childcare centres iykwim?.. id be very surprised if she said yes but i thought its atleast a nice offer..

hi everyone
Ella - welcome back! so good to see you on here and i am glad all is going so well for you and Abi - and especially excited for you that DH has been spending so much time at home with you - what great news!!! I hope you get a chance to come on a little more often - I know I even find it harder to get on as much but it is nice to see how everyone is going.
Noni - what a lovely offer you made, i hope she takes you up on it. I know I have found the whole care thing really hard so i know how much she would appreciate the offer. Why would FDC be hard in a rented place?? ON that note, I met a FDC lady on fri who could work out which is great news!
No time to really write here, N is teething big time and it aint pleasant and i have some mystery flu like sickness that is getting me down.. so better go! hope all is well with you all.

pregpan - i just thought ud have to get certain aproval from the landlord and wouldnt think that the landlord would be too keen on having a bunch of messy kids there every day lol not that sure about it all haha

Pregpan- Hope you are feeling better soon.
Noni-Hope you too are feeling better soon. re: Formula- You do what you feel most comfortable doing. For me its is just easier to do what I did the boys as its what I feel most comfortable doing. I think its a wonderful thing you did by offering babysitting. RE FDC renting- I know that up here you can be a FDC mother and rent too. My cousin had her son with a FDC Mother that was renting.

Sherie- where are you going on your Holiday?
Renee- Congratulations to Rory
Cally- Congratulations to K for her teeth

Oh My Bubba is 7mths old today....:dance:

Have a wonderful day to all.

Whooohooo Rory said mum 3 times this morning! I was so excited I started screaming 'MUM MUM MUM' and he didnt say it again haha! Mum, Dad & Bub, im so proud of him I get all emotional!

Cally - Have you tried the rice cereal with bananna & Pear?? Rory has the raffertys cereal and he LOVES it! I think Noni & Sherie use it too. Fingers crossed K doesnt get sick too.

Art - Jeepers! Look out world here comes WILL! He is a real little mover and shaker is he. Gosh, so clever! The solids are working for you and Will so dont worry about what other people think/say, your doing the right thing.

Pregpan - Hope your feel better soon hun. I hope the FDC works out for you and Noah. Poor Noah, I hope those toothy pegs pop up soon.

Sherie - Rory has been saying dadda for the past 2 weeks. He has been tormenting me with 'dadda dad dad' when ever I try to teach him mum haha. I put the video of it on facebook hehe. Where are you going away?? OoOO I bet the kids are excited about their new winter outfits. I remember getting new winter outfits, it was better than christmas!!

Gracie - How is our little Lewis doing?? Has he got anymore teeth through??

Noni - Whoooaaa what a lovely thing to offer! I bet she was over the moon :) When is she going to get back to you??? Have you heard about the house you had an application on?? Has Asha got any teeth coming through? I remember you saying she was goozying alot haha. I was worried too about switching to step2 but Rory had no problems.

Booking our Phuket belated honeymoon holiday tonight. Dont know if I can go through with it though....now its actually happening. Leaving Rory for 6 nights...I dont know. And I know that Im not really okay with it because Im too ashamed to tell anyone we are going by ourself. I feel like a bad mum...I really do. ahhhhhhhhh

renee - i offered through email when she was talking to me about a few things she was having trouble with through email so havnt heard back yet have to wait and see what she thinks about the whole thing.. i kinda have a feeling she will feel werid about it but you could put that down to my self confidence problems lol.. i did say there was no pressure and not to be afraid to say no in the email and that i wont be offended because i wouldnt want her to feel pressured into saying yes just because she knows me..
no teeth yet :( shes kinda on and off one day rosey cheeks and lots of chewing the next day back to normal its very confusing!!
re the house - we were denied the first one.. the second one is complicated lol i rang her this morning and she said she really liked our application but she thinks the boss from their second office might have already told someone they could have it.. so she is waiting to hear back from him and if he hasnt put someone in it we are first in line its so frustrating to hear we have the best application but still might not get a house grrrr.. oh well if we dnt get it since she thought the app was good maybe she has something else she can offer us.. who knows its all very stressfull!!
congrats on him saying mum!! what a clever boy, gee i really feel like asha is behind sometimes reading whate everyone elses bubs are doing, i know shes one of the younger ones though..
re the honeymoon, dnt feel guilty its your honeymoon!! if your really not comfortable with it though maybe put it off for a while because u'll just spend the whole time feeling guilty and worrying about it and not end up having a good time iykwim?? but i deffinately dnt think ur a bad mum for going 6 nights will fly past!!

Hi everyone I'm baa-aaack! Hey TRILLIAN seems like there's a new mysterious person in our thread hahaha :)

Ella I was absolutely DELIGHTED to hear from you again...that's excellent that DH has been spending so much time at home, hope he's converted to the joys of work-life balance now ;)

OK, well can't stay long, gotta go de-flea the cat and wash the dog who've come home from their holidays all stinky and infested :(. H is much better now, bit horribly overtired though. We've decided to ride the holiday unsettledness as a catalyst for putting E into the cot in her own room. It's two steps away from our room so we'll see how her mummy copes with that tonight.

Just wanted to say how exciting all these developmental milestones are - teethies and talking, and pulling up and crawling! Lots of proud mummies :D. E hasn't had any new ones during our week away except for growing telescopic arms LOL. She sees the thing she wants and contorts her whole body to get at it!

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

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.

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

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??? :doh: 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 :lol:

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.

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.

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

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.)

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.

Sorry everyone I have been MIA for a few days...busy,busy,busy! Gotta keep it short because I'm at work.

OMG Gracie - You are so model material! Well done on the win! I love that pic of you and Lewis in the sling on FB.

Renee - I got all emotional reading your post about Rory saying mum! (at work!!) Yay, what a clever boy! I've seen your video on FB with him saying dad, amazing. Cant wait for the talking.

Leanne - 7 Months woo hoo!! Thats so cute about the boys and choccy cake, how gorgeous.

Sherie - Wow good idea with the name change, I can totally understand why.

Noni - Hope you feel better soon. Very nice of you to offer to care for your friends baby. :)

MD - Welcome back! We have the telescopic arms going here as well!

Arte - Sounds like your infant led weaning is going very well, good on you. Also re your neighbours, very sad indeed. I dont know what I'd do, some people do not deserve kids thats all I can say. Maybe if you witness it alot you can report them to docs??

Pregpan - Hope Noah's teeth pop through soon, poor love. Is he keeping you up at night?

Cally - How did the sweet potato go? I had a bit of trouble until we tried sweet potato, she loved it and is taking to different foods much easier now so hopefully it'll be the same for you.

Katie & Ella - Hi girls!!!

We are on two meals a day and 4 x 180ml bottles. Is there anything wrong with giving a baby weetbix for breakfast? I've been doing it for the past 2 days, she chows it down! Then she has her sweet potato sometimes mixed with pumpkin for tea. Might try some brocolli later this week. I'm really starting to love feeding Maddie solids and making it all up for her. DP is really getting into it too.

Quick q - is everyone else having their hair pulled out and eyes gouged constantly when holding bub!? It hurts!!

YES!! I am over saying 'no pulling mummy's hair, it hurts'. And she pinches. And she occasionally lunges for your nose and bites it!! It used to be funny before those teeth popped through!! The hair pulling is also worse when she tired or upset and it's hard not to get frustrated with her when I'm trying to calm her down.

Gracie - well done, will have to let us know when the pictures appear.

MD - telescopic arms are definitely in this household. I think things are out of reach when she's in the bebepod but somehow she grabs them.

She's started moving a bit, I put her on her tummy today, left the room for a short while and she had ended up on her back, 180 degrees spin on her tummy, under the coffee table. She was just lying there, looking at the 'Made in Taiwan' sticker!!

Hayley - didn't end up with sweet potato, remembered how long it had been in the pantry for! She had some avocado instead, I put it in a mesh bag and she was much more interested in the plastic handle! Will give the cereal a few more goes and then might just go straight to finger food stuff.

Gracie - glad you had a nice day with DP home.

K didn't want her afternoon nap so we ended up going for a walk and she didn't fall asleep until about 6 in the pram. She'd been up for hours so needed something, hopefully she's not up for hours! DH and I both need some sleep.

Can hear shrieking coming from 'quiet storytime' in the bedroom so better go and investigate what is so exciting!

just a quickie q girls- we've basically started lewis on solids on saturday and he hasn't done a poo since then. this is very unusual for him, he's usually very regular- should i be worried????

hayley- i'm way too fat and short to be a model for real!!! lol

hi there cally, ouchies on nose bites!

Hello everyone. haven't been on for a few days. There have been a lot of posts to read :D

hayley, Ive found another working mummy on this thread! How many days a week do you work? I work 3 full days. It's not too bad as the days go fast but so do the 4days that I have off with bubba :( Charli hasn;t gone for my hair yet but she does like grabbing my face and my neck, and sometimes it really hurts!

Gracie, you could always try giving Lewis a little warm boiled water with half a teaspoon of brown sugar in it to see if that helps him with no. 2's. Thats what the hospital had recommended to us!

Arte, that's no good about your neighbours. Not sure what I would do either. If you see them doing stuff like that often though, I would seriously consider reporting them.

Trillian, cool new name :) Are any of us able to change our names? I'm thinking changing mine, especially as I wont always be just Charli's mumma :lol:

MD, are you glad to be home and have the comfort of your own bed again? Sounds like a good time to put E in her own room. It won't be too bad for you! Especially seeing as her room is so close. We actually decided to put Charli in her own room on the second night after we came home from hospital. we just could'nt fall asleep with her in our room and her room is right next to ours so I always heard her as soon as she cried.daddy never did though :wall: selective hearing perhaps!)

Noni, thats lovely that you have offered to look after that little boy! Boy Asha is really loving the solids isn't she? Sounds like she's going to be one of these kids that will eat everything!

Renee, GO Rory! What a cleaver little boy! Miss Charli hasn't said a word yet but she makes lots of noises. grunting when she's not impressed is one of the latest. She also loves blowing raspberries, it's sooo cute :)

Hello to everyone else and also hi to those I haven't met before.

Gracie yay on the win, I totally agree with Hayley......you are so model material. You will def have to let us know where we can see the pics once they are done. RE the solids Logan took a few days to poo after we started, I think it is just their gut adjusting. He now poo's almost every nappy (could be teeth though). Oh and boy are they smelly now its real food.

Cally lol at K looking at the made in Taiwan sticker. Ouch at the nose biting. Logan pulls hair when he is tired too.

Hayley I had to laugh when you said got to keep it short but it ended up a very decent length. We are trying Brocolli this week too.

Leanne did you get some photos of the boys covered in chocolate?

Noni thats so nice of you offering to look after your friends little one. I think you should have a look into FDC. I quit my job and got all the info etc and started getting everything organised then found out I was pregnant so I decided to wait. DH and I have been talking about me starting it soon though.

Renee your so lucky to have Rory saying mum, I cant wait till L can say it ( I would even be happy with dad lol)

MD how did you go with the animals? Good luck with getting E into the cot.

I bought up big at the farmers markets this weekend so I have a fridge full of food to freeze for Logan. Better go and start cutting up all the fruit and veg.

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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! :D 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!! :redface:

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. :)

I will catch up in the new thread with everyone.

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