Babies Born September 2007 #26

[Cally]

Agnes - if she wakes after one sleep cycle and should be having more (ie wakes up grumpy or is first/second nap of the day) then I give her 20 minutes to get back to sleep. It may involve me going back in and patting her to settle her down if she gets a bit too cranky, but if she's happy I'll just leave her.

Swimming today. DH came and did the whole class with her. He had a ball.

Bad day sleeps today. Will see what happens tonight!!

MD - Sorry E had such a shocker. Shame it wasn't the blankets that were keeping her up.

Sherie - Glad the tractor is back!

[AnyDream]

Cally I'm hanging on to your every word about your settling techniques, not having much luck here at all. I'm rapidly turning into a shambling wreck.

Pregpan, glad you had such a good weekend - yes you can freeze pikelets and yes you can use just yolks.

Jazmum, good luck with the diet, let us know if it helps H's tummy.

Gracie, Oh dear re your UTD scare - I bet it's a bit like when someone says they've had nits and everyone else starts scratching, we'll all be having scares now LOL!

[Artechim]

MD, it is like the nit thing, I am a little bit concerned too. Actually I hope I am, otherwise I am just getting fat lol. I lost a couple of kilos but they seem to be back and attached to my tummy. Today I noticed that I had my arms resting on my belly like I was pregnant!

Pregpan, hope your first day back at work was good. It must be strange being back in a world where books have more than 10 words on a page lol

DH is away at a conference so I am down at mums for a couple of days.

I have been wondering if other babies let people cuddle them? W hardly ever sits on my lap or lets me have a cuddle, he always has to be on the go either playing with toys or walking around the house. Do you get to snuggle with your bubs? I just started thinking about it in the shower when he wouldn't let me hold him because he wanted to stand or sit and play with the shampoo bottle.

[Ginger]

yes md, it is totally the nits thing! how funny.... luckily it was a bfn. i think maybe af is on her way and it's been so long since i've seen her that i'm really feeling it iykwim?

arte- i'm getting fat too! it's weird cos i was feeling really good, lost a couple of kgs, a few cms in my measurements, but in the last couple of weeks i've noticed my stomach is huge again. i think i'm just bloated but it's a bit depressing. On the cuddling thing, lewis loves a snuggle but he has to be in the mood for it iykwim? i think he gets sick of me kissing him too much though, just like his dad LOL

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls! phew it's been ages since i posted (maybe 2 days but seems alot longer LOL!).

Leila looks to be getting a bit better. today she didnt have a fever, but is still off her food and is sleeping alot. i guess she needs to recuperate...

We had our bubbaroo joey swag arrive in the mail today (YAY!). I absolutely love those sleep suits. we use them all the time at night as then i know that she will keep warm and wont kick off her blankets. also, they have 'tog' ratings so you know how much to dress them in according to the temp. and she just looks too cute in them (like a bug in a rug! - or that could be mummy bias...)

LOL at the nit analogy! luckily AF is a constant thing in my world ATM. I was pretty bummed about 'her' return when leila turned 6 months as i was still BF and hoping she would hold off for longer....bummer.

Arte: Leila likes to check in with her cuddles. otherwise she sounds like W, rolling around the joint getting into toys. also she is far more interested in the water in the shower than me...tries to wriggle out of my grip. how do you shower with W. I was thinking of popping her down at my feet, but not sure if this was ok??

MD: hang in there babe! the shambling wreck is definitely part of my vocabulary! lol! i found the 'feed play sleep' printout that the MACH nurses gave me in Canberra really helpful. it is based on the stuff given by tweddle, but just simplified. i had it bluetacked to leila's door so before i walked in i checked in with it. did you get one? I think i got mine from narrabundah, or it could have been the phillip one...oh the mummy memory strikes again! i recently gave it to a mum in my group and she reckons it has helped...

Fianne: we took leila almost 6 weeks late to her 6 month vacc. there's no prob, just that the mmr one will also be set back a bit (but they just brought it forward to 12 months from 18months as they want to separate the vacc from the onset of autism symptoms), so maybe it's not too bad a thing!

Pregpan: sorry to hear about poor N. have just been through the sick thing; leila was up every hour for 3 nights due to being unwell, but last night slept until 4 am for a quick feed then back to bed until 7. so i guess they bounce back! (fingers-crossed for tonight tho! )

anyway best be off to wake DH: he fell asleep at 8 tonight (he had to look after leila today, and reckons that he is 'exhausted', phhht, one day a week and the man is collapsing!)

night night!

[*noni*e*]

just a really quick one is anyone freaking about the plastic thingo found leaking into bottles on the news??? havnt had time to read through so sorry if its been mentioned already..
we went and bought 2 glass bottles today from iga (one of the only places that stock them apparantly) and i am on the hunt for more tmw eeeek lol i saw 3 of the same bottles on ebay and no joke the bidding has gotton so out of hand its up to almost 60 bucks i think thats awful because these same bottles are yes hard to get but they only cost me 3.15 each!!!

[Trillian]

Noni, don't worry about it. None of the bottles I have are made using it. There was something I just saw on Facebook about it too.

Hi Clare, glad to hear that Leila is somewhat better now.

[Trillian]

Hey everyone!

Cassius, It can take a while for them to get back to 100% normal after being sick. Let us know what the Dr says OK?

Pregpan, I'm really happy that you're happy with the FDC lady - it must be a HUGE load off your mind. I have to say *yuck* at the chopped liver though LOL - that is one thing that I have never been able to stomach eating.

Noni, I can sympathise on you about how hard it is to get two teeth at once. At least she finally has them through now.

Cally, how was mothers group today? I hope K can do a poo soon Lol, its no fun for them having a blocked up bum.

Marydean, how is DH going post op? And just how many HPT's do you have stashed away LMAO. When are you going to the sleep clinic?

Gracie, bummer about not hearing back. A courtesy call would be nice.

My sister and her baby girl and mum are coming to visit tomorrow. Katie is up from Melb for a few days. I haven't seen her in nearly 12mths - I was about 7mths pg when she was here last and she hasn't seen Alister yet. It will be bittersweet though because my neice has mild cerebal palsy from birth trauma (placental abruption) and nearly died. Because of this she is only just starting to commando crawl (she is 15mths) and even though Katie is fine with knowing that other babies a lot younger will progress faster than Leiah, it still isn't any easier to bare kwim?

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls,

Thought to write to give an update on Leila...

She started to get a nasty looking rash over her legs, abdomen and neck, so we took her to emergency at the RCH tonight as I couldn't relax. Turns out that she has a viral rash which they say happens with young bubs. poor thing is not too happy about it, but hey at least it's not the big M.

The hospital is great. they are really friendly and there is an after hours GP there who also bulk bills.

anyway best be off as we are pretty tired...

good night!

[AnyDream]

Clare that must be a huge relief...very scary seeing that rash! Sounds like you did the right thign as I"m sure the drs would rather see 1000 babies with non-M rashes if it means that the one baby who's got it gets seen immediately. Hope she's feeling better very soon.

Thanks for the info about the Lanyon clinic. We've always been able to settle DD1 and DD2 right up until about 6 weeks ago when it all went pear shaped. She's doing different things every night too so it's not like i can pick the one or two things we need to do differently. Plus when it's 5.00 and you've only had 2.5 hours of sleep (like last night) it becomes very difficult to do anything rational at all. I went to see the MACH nurse today (dropin clinic) and when I got there all the number cards were taken (ie no more slots) and it was all too much so I just sat down and bawled. Anyway they've put in a referral for me for QE2 cos i just can't handle this by myself. I can feel myself starting to get depressed, irrational thought patterns creeping in, etc. I'm going to the sleep clinic on 6 May but not sure how helpful that will be, given that we've previously mastered pat pat patting and shooshing and none of that works anymore.

Sherie - oh yes I imagine it will be hard seeing A doing all his new tricks and precious little Leiah only just getting there now. to all. DH seems to be doing fine, tested the tackle once before he left, no complaints and lucky for him cos I would just have laughed at him. Only got the one HPT left in the cupboard.

Re AF - not sure she's back, I thought she was arriving but in hindsight only breakthrough bleeding.

[Trillian]

Oh Clare, hugs to you hun. That must have been really scary when she got that rash. I'm glad you have taken her to the hospital and got a diagnosis. Fingers crossed she is over it soon.

LOL Marydean at you giving it a 'run' before he left. Glad that he is OK after it - must be just me that has the whingy whiney husband

[Trillian]

yes! The tractor is back LOL. I found it the other night and did a new av.

While on the subject of pg and the irrational female mind A few weeks back my cycle went all wonky and my irrantional mind said '****, what if I'm pg?' but then rational mind kicked in and told me that was impossible because we'd hardly done it because I had that cold and with DH working etc. But it still gives you the heebee-jeebies.

With the cuddles, Alister could sit on my lap all day, but other people he isn't so keen on. He lets DH give him cuddles and wrestles etc, but he is at that age where he doesn't really want anyone else but me most of the time. Paige hated having cuddles and would never let me cuddle her to sleep, Lindsay loved it and was a very affectionate little boy and Erin could take it or leave it.

Jaz, the only formula I can think of that might help is Karicare HA AR - its a high allergenic, anti reflux formula (Alister has the AR one) and it is meant for babies that may be at risk of allergies. Alternatively you could try a goats milk formula.

Marydean, I find the polar fleece blankets really good for warmth. MIL lent me the onkaparinga cot blankets she had for her three, but I gave them back years ago when Paige went into a big bed and I don't know if she still has them now.

With the solids, Alister is really taking to them now. He has a tupperware snack cup full of cereal and fruit in the morning and then he eats veges off my plate at night. The veges at night aren't much, but it keeps him happy while we eat LOL. he is having more milk now too - I think all the activity is making him hungry. On the teething front, that seems to have settled now. I only got up to him twice last night instead of 50 million times

[*noni*e*]

gosh its busy in here!
spent the day looking for bloody glass bottles with my friend..
its really good to have a friend who actually lives in sydney haha.. its awesome we get along really well and live just down the road from eachother and have babies one day apart lol cant get much better than that!!
sherie - apparantly after looking it up the ones i use are made with that particular plastic glad A is sleeping better now. he needs to have a word to Asha!!
clare - glad leila is getting better
arte - asha wont really let me cuddle her either shes very restless lol more interested at what advantage she might have for grabbing something shes not allowed to have when i'm holding her.. the only time she cuddles is when shes super tired and falling asleep..
jazmum - there is things like ar - anti reflux or ha- hypo allergenic but my gp said if u can go with a normal formula do coz the other can make them constipated or over sensitive.. in saying that idk if one is harsher on tummies than others gosh how helpful am i?
agnes - i couldnt afford the cloth nappy set up that and the new clothes i would have had to buy her to fit over the top of them.. ahhh well i am probably better off without extra things to do when i feel sooo tired!!
md - gotta love those irrational tantrums lol her leg was touching the chair.. sometimes i get so frustrated lol calm blue oceans!!