Babies Born September 2007 #25

[Isadora]

We are having a big cook up here this arvo. I am making chicken and parsnip puree atm. I dug out a reallyt good book that has some fantastic easy puree recipes in it, so if anyone wants me to post some recipes let me know. Only problem is these recipes use a fair bit of formula in them...I was wondering if you can use cows milk for cooking or is that a big no no? What about a cheaper brand of formula ie heinz used for cooking only? Would that upset her tummy?

Clare - Good luck at uni, you will be fine! With the mums group we take turns at each others houses and whoever is the host that week gets some food together. Nothing big. I made cupcakes, corn & asparagus quiches and just put out some nibblies. Otherwise we have met at nice parks before as well and thats always fun. My DP is a good cook too, better than me and he loves to rub it in hehe. I am the same when it comes to risotto!!!!

Noni - I use the hiding of the shopping bag trick as well. They wont know unless they check out the bank statement!! I got my foam mat from the reject shop, do you have that over there? Maddie was slumping onto her hands when it came to sitting as well and then just yesterday out of nowhere she was sitting bolt upright. Asha will give you that little suprise shortly by the sounds of it.

Agnes - How did Will go? Did he take his milk? Why is the bubba in surgery? How sad, my worst nightmare.

Renee - You can come next time. You should have seen the house afterwards, it was like a bomb had hit it! Maybe babies only focus on one thing at a time? Because Maddie isnt crawling or rolling like Rory yet. Mind you a mum yesterday was saying her little one can sit but never spends time doing it, because she is too busy crawling around looking for action! Why sit when you can move about hehe. Aw I bet they were all crowding around Rory, he's such a cutie.

Hello everyone else - Leanne how are the boys today?

[MamaPan]

hi all
how annoying i wrote quite a big post yesterday but it seems it never made it to the page... i hoep i can remember what i said!
Jazmum - sounds like the christening went really well and you created some lovely memories for your family! Hannah is so gorgeous!
MD - sounds like sucha good plan re FDC. I hope you get someone you like, this will certainly make it easier for you. Let us know when DH finds out if the move back home is a goer.
Noni - WTG on the shopping! I also did a big spree today, all work things.. it is nice to get back into my corporate wardrobe i must admit. I like the sound of that play mat thingy, and will be looking for one too.
Also thanks to whoever suggested the shower curtain under the high chair, will be getting this - my cleaner is mightily unimpressed with Noah's food art all over the floor!
Oh my little man isnt asleep - better go see if i can settle him. back later (sorry!)

ETA Hayley wow re maddie sitting - N also just mastered this!! Great hey. i think he is a more sit around and eat kinda guy - not v good at rolling and no sign of crawling yet but loves sitting and LOVES eating!

[reneenay]

Grrrrrrrr so MAD! I went over my girlfriends house and a friend we both know from years back was there. She was giving Rory a cuddle and went to put him down on the floor. She tried put him down on his belly, so he was horozontal and when his feet touched the floor she just dropped him onto the wood flooring. Poor Rory was winded and he wouldnt stop screaming because he was hurt . Although she didnt mean to she shouldnt of bl00dy laughed! I guess she didnt realise that he was hurt?? I feel so bad for him, my poor darling.

[Artechim]

Renee, hope Rory is o.k. I would have had a go at her if she dropped my kid and then laughed! Although I sometimes laugh at inappropriate times ie if DH hurts himself - it is a nervous response.

Pregpan, I would love to see a recent pic of Noah. I have hair envy at the moment - a girl at playgroup is one month older and has enough hair to wear pigtails. Will doesn't even have enough to know what colour it is yet lol

MD, hope it works out with the FDC lady across the road, that would be very handy.

Haley, well done to M on the sitting! Poo to that physio! Isn't it amazing how quickly they master a new skill

Cas, good luck with your paper. I wish I had a Lorenzo to make me yummy dinners. Instead I get duck a la shotgun pellets.

Leanne, hope everything is o.k with the boys

Cally, how did sleep school go?

Aglinra, poor bubba that is having surgery. Hope W starts taking the bottle better. My W is walking supported now, his favourite thing is to go one handed so he has one free hand to carry stuff.

Playgroup today, W decided that a 10 minute nap on the way home is enough of a morning sleep and didn't have a proper nap until 4pm. Turns out my new playgroup is in severe financial trouble and the leader hasn't been paid for three months (only a few hours twice a week but I am sure she would like to be paid for it). Looks like there is some fundraising in the works.

[reneenay]

Art - I think it may of been a nervous response...I hope.

[Ginger]

oh renee, that sux! poor little rory, give him a big kiss from me

arte- don't worry, lewis has no hair either...little baldies!

[*noni*e*]

ive been helping asha with the crawling.. i'm a bit worried about her development so i thought she could do with a bit of help after all ive pretty much studied all of that stuff and had a few jobs in the area so i might as well use it lol.. i think its because shes too heavy lol little fatty if shes up on her hands and i help her lift her knees up she can stay there for a few secs kinda rocking and gets all happy and laughs but if she moves to up on her knees herself or i put her there when shes not already up on her hands she cant lift herself up without help... i hope she gets it soon i'm a bit worried noty about the fact that shes not crawling just at the fact shes not making alot of progress in certain areas without me helping her..
gosh renee thats awful!! how dare she drop poor rory and then laugh about it id be fuming too!!!
arte - wow thats nice of the playgroup leader to keep coming without being paid!! goodluck with the fundraising!!
pregpan - the one i got was from go lo and its supposed to be a naughts and crosses giant board lol it comes with giant naughts and crosses cut out of foam lol i bought another one today to make it a bit bigger
haley - yeah i looked in reject shop they didnt have it it dosnt matter i am happy with the one we got its orange and black squares not as colourful but it serves a purpose... wow thats interesting about maddie sitting.. Asha dosnt get to the sitting position unless i put her there lol so i dnt think its gonna happen soon lol..

[Artechim]

Noni, try not to worry too much about what Asha is doing. It sounds like she is developing normally to me. Will can only stay on his hands and knees for a few seconds before he flops on to his belly and he can't get there himself - only if I put him there. Same for sitting, he has been doing it for months but still can't sit himself up if he is laying down. She has only just started going on hands and knees too, it takes a little bit of practice for them to build up the little muscles.

[Patooties]

hi everyone
sorry for this selfish post, I'm at my wits end. My good little sleeper is turning into a nightmare!!! For the past week she has been so hard to get to sleep!! She's tired but fighting it with every muscle in her body. She's in her cot screaming at the moment, but i just need some time out. What makes it worse is that i have to get so much done today - we are heading up to Montville for the weekend (for a wedding) and i've got to get everything organised. It's been since i went on the pill. I hope there is no connection there.
once again , sorry for the selfishness. Might just have to keep her awake.
probably won't be on again until Sunday. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

[Artechim]

JaZmum, hope she settles down for your holiday.

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Well Xavier still has temps at night... WTF He got one at 3am this morning it was 38.7 so I gave him some panadol and nurafon and it took about an hour to come back down.... I took him to the dr the other day and he said it may be a virus... He is now on antibotics... I took Jordy to the paedatrician yesterday and he had to have an x-ray on his tummy to see how blocked up he is .. (I find the results out today from my dr) now he has some new poo medi to take.... Oh I hope this works...
Olivia Started daycare today and I just faxed though her daily guide... I hope she enjoys it. I must say I am not teary at all just feel nervous.. I sent Xavier to daycare yesterday and DH filled out there medication sheet for the antibiotics and I found out in the arvo that they gave him the wrong one... Well now DH is writing a letter and he is furious and so am I. Looks like no body read the sheet... (they gave him one of xaviers old ones that they told me they had thrown out. It was not out of date so I hope he will be ok -- now I am blaming myself for not checking that they chucked the old one)
The old one was amoxacillian and the one he is having now is called Kelfor so its totally different names... Why can they not read whats on there own medication sheets... WTF... Today I told them all that they are to make sure he gets whats written on his medication sheet. I threw the Amoxicillian out so hopefully they dont screw up today....

Better go and check up on Olivia....

Have a wonderful day to all

[MamaPan]

hi everyone
gotta be quick as my in laws have just landed so the invasion is about to begin...
N is having a sleep so hopefully he wil be nice and perky and happy when they arrive. I will let them do the lunch time solids feed, they will LOVE that!
Leeanne I am SO shocked by the medication mix up at day care - that is terrible! Have you spoken to the director about it? Gosh it is scary what happens. Not as bad as that but when i went to pick up N yesterday hos bottle had 200ml of formula in it - i am puzzled how that happened as i left containers with enough formula for 150ml??? the room leader couldnt expalin and said maybe they used someone else's formula? WTF.... I hope both boys are feeling better soon.
Noni I would not worry at all about Asha's development, they all do things at diff paces and she sounds like she is doing beautifully to me. Noah doesnt get on his hands and knees at all, is showing NO signs at all of crawling. he doesnt even roll from front to back. they all do things at dioff paces, i am sure she is doing things that others aren't. I am so sure you have nothing to worry about!
Arte - I will try to post some pics later or on sunday... i forgot to post any for so long! N has so much hair EVERY other baby just pulls it when they see him. his cousin seems to think he is the same as the pet cat! he pats him!
Renee - I am sure it was a nervous response from your friend. But how awful. I hope Rory is OK, i am sure he got lots of special cuddles and has forgotten all about it, you on the other hand wont forget for a long time!
hi to everyone else.

[Isadora]

Leanne - OMG How on earth did they get the medication mixed up? Thats very very scary. I'd be furious too, I'm very interested as to what their response to the matter is. God that is shocking. Poor boys hope they are better soon. Its very strange that Xavier is getting these temps at night, I hope the antibiotics knock off whatever it is that he has got. Do your kids all attend the same daycare?

Jazmum - Oh no, I hope she settles down a bit for you soon! I wonder if it is the pill? Have a nice time at the wedding hopefully Hannah will be a good little girl.

Renee - Thats so sad, poor little Rory! I know she laughed but did she seem embarrassed? She obviously doesnt have kids if she dropped him like that!!

Noni - There have been times where I have worried about Maddie's development too. Asha sounds like she is on track though, she is very bright by the sounds of things. Maybe Asha is one that takes her time with things, I know Maddie is. I agree with the bigger baby theory, imagine having to lug all the rolls around lol no wonder they arent crawling! If it helps Maddie is no where near crawling, she is still mastering tummy time really. She doesnt pull herself into the sitting position from the floor, iykwim, I have to sit her up and then she can balance on her own from there. Very wobbly still. As a baby I was 'late' with everything. I didnt walk to 15/16 mths. Are you the same? I'm wondering if they take after their parents because it looks like Maddie will be much the same as me, as opposed to her father who took his first steps at 9 months!!

Arte - Bummer I hope your play leader can get paid soon, would be a shame for it to close down.

Pregpan - Maddie is exactly the same...a sit there and eat girl lol.

We had our first fall yesterday and I was horrified lol. She was sitting and she swayed too far to one side, fell down and collected her head on a coffee table as she went. I saw her falling and went to grab her, but too slow. She screamed for about a minute but then was fine after mummy cuddles. Oh it was so sad!

[MamaPan]

Hayley - Noah also sits but only if I put him in sitting position - he sounds EXACTLY the same as Miss M. I was a very slow crawler and walker but a fast talker and i think he is following in my foot steps (well not following foot steps if you get my drift). i think they all do things at diff rates, thats why there are averages!
HOw is your work going> and how is Miss M at daycare now?

[Leemar]

Hayley- Yep they all go to the same one...
Renee- Hope Rory is ok today
Jazmum- I hope your Wedding at Montville is great. Bummer that Hannah is out of sorts at night.
Noni- Olivia is not crawling either although she does slither backwards. Dont worry Asha is fine and she will do it when she is ready.

[*noni*e*]

just put asha in bed and she didnt look very happy about it lol fingers crossed..
lol dp didnt even notice the earings and i didnteven throw the bag out lol i will today though i changed my earings before bed and he said what are u doing? i said putting my earings back in and he said why did u take them out and i said i was wearing different ones and he said ohh fair enough then lmao!!
though last night dp said he dosnt feel like hes getting enough rest when he gets home!!! like he shouldnt have to do things like wash up or make bottles or iron his own clothes because when he comes home from work he should be able to rest.. poor blossom is tired.. welcome to my world buddy if he dosnt do those things that means i am supposed to be going 24/7 alone?? its not like he wakes up at 1:30am to feed her with this new bloody routine shes developed.. or gets up to shush her when she cries oh i am sooo mad!!!
leanne - id be fuming if i was u they could get in big trouble for that!! i mean what if he was allergic to the other antibiotic?? besides that with a medication sheet 2 people have to sign off that it is the right amount of the right medication so theres actually probably 2 people at fault unless they arent following correct procedure!!
haley - asha is 8.4kgs now idk if shes big or not lol some ppl say shes huge and other ppl say shes tiny i know i think shes heavy when i carry her around so i suppose its hard for her to carry herself lol..
pregpan - a little girl in the shop yesterday (maybe almost 3?) asked me if she could pat asha lol..
anyway g2g asha is winging in her cot and the house looks like a bomb hit it!!

[Cassius2]

Hi Ladies! wow it seems so much has happened in the last 24 hours here!

Leanne: i would be FURIOUS! man i was angry that they had a really sick baby at leila's care last week (lots of coughing and sneezing), let alone mixing up the meds! that's just not acceptable. i would definitely put in a written complaint and i would demand an apology. ggrrrrrr. it's so frustrating because you have to put your trust in these people! we have a whole lot of new staff ATM nobody has told us what happened to the old staff, so i have had to spend 1/2 hour today giving them all of leilas instructions...not happy jan!

MD: thanks for the good luck vibes! the paper went well enough. the people were really interested and gave some great feedback on my research.
man i am so impressed with all you ladies going clothes shopping. i walk in there, see the clothes then freak out about trying them on and walk back out again!! LOL maybe it's the thought of seeing me struggle to get jeans on under fluro lights!

Renee: eeekkk! that fall would have freaked me out too! and yeah, i think it was a nervous reaction. somehting similar happened to leila when she was 4 months old. a friend went to lay her back down on her back and forgot that she didnt have great head control and CRACK! leila also went ballistic (with tears!). the person also laughed, but i could see he was devastated so i didnt push it!

JazMum: i have heard a few times that a change in our hormones can make the bubs unsettled. this can be from the pill and also from our AF returning. my midwife tells me that it can take a good week for them to get used to the change in taste. hang in there!!

Art: hmmm i must find hair ties. leila has loads of hair but i have tried anything exciting yet! your story has inspired me! however i too am waiting on the eye colour...when does that happen?? some babies in my group have already got theirs and they are much younger!! not fair!!
ha ha i am sure that duck a-la- shot gun pellets is scrumptious!! lorenzo organised a romantic dinner last night so he took me out to, yes, you guessed it, an italian restaurant! lol...actually it was really nice and it was also our first night out together alone since leila was born.

Hayley: whadda mean not much food??!!! QUICHE!!! OMG i soooo need to come to your mothers group!! LOL!! that is soo impressive. i can make toast.

Noni: leila isnt crawling yet either. she sits up and i think that ATM she is just so proud of herself for doing that that she is content to not move.

anyway best be off...gotta go to the library and look busy.

p.s. i bought a 'taggie' book yesterday for leila and she LOVES it! i noticed last week that she only plays with the tags on her toys, and then i came across a book full of tags for babies!! they've thought of everything havent they!!

[Ozstar]

Hi everyone,

Quick question for you all, how do you organise your bubs draws? Is buy size or type of clothes? I am just about to go through and clean out Logans draws and just wondered how everyone else organises theirs.