Babies Born September 2007 #26

[MamaPan]

renee - good to hear from you. i am sorry you and your fam are having such a rough time. I am thinking of you. xxx
Leeanne - can i come for dinner too?? I dont know how to do roast chook and i want to learn! i am bad at roasts generally. I am glad you feel ok about olivia going to day care. i am sure she will do well there.
Hayley - i enjoy going to work if i am honest. i do feel bad feel bad leaving N but i know it is ok really.. other mums can make me feel bad but we all do what is best for us, our fam and our kids. he was so happy when i got him yesterday, he had had a great day so that made me feel better. I hope he is happy when i get him today too.
I am going to leave at 3.30 or 4 to get him.. in my first week i think this is fair!
MD how are u today?

[Leemar]

Pregpan- Yep you can come too. Roast Chicken is the easiest. I show you how.

LEE'S FAMOUS ROAST CHICKEN

1 X CHICKEN - MEDIUM ( I usually buy the twin pack from coles or wollies and cook both)
1 packet of French Onion Soup Mix - (1 per chicken)

Rinse Chicken under water then sprinkle over Soup Mix.
Place in Baking Dish and fill baking dish up with water to the start of the wings.
Bake in Oven for 1 hr on 200 degrees
Take out and bast half way though.

I cut up carrots and put in the water with the chicken.

Gravey: Take out chicken when cooked and poor chicken water in a jug with
Gravox Chicken gravey mix. Yummy and this makes the dish.

Serve with Roast Tatties and Sweet Potato and carrots and corn.

Could not be simplier.

[*noni*e*]

just got back from westpoint lol my friend talked me into getting pictures of asha done after they had some of their little boy done.. they were having a special where uu get them all done and u get a free normal sized pic of your choice and then u can decide if u wanna buy any more or not.. u do have to choose one pic to put in a competition though but its just in that photo studio and u just win a voucher and a trophie lol... Asha was a bit tired but there were a few smiles.. she was put in 3 poses one sitting in a little white cain chair with her clothes one and two naked one sitting up with a little purple flower near her and one laying on her tummy.. dp is very strict about not having her dressed up or put in silly themes etc etc so the lady was a bit confused but she was really nice and cooperative lol dp wasnt with me but ive got no chance of getting any pics if thats what they are like lol... i noticed some parts of her skin were a bit red too lol ahh well we will see how they come out.. maybe they will fix that up anyway? i am not sure...
we get to view them the day before mothers day lol convenient or what!!! i ordered some key rings though coz they were 3 for 20 bucks and u have to order those on the spot which is a bit dodgy if u ask me i got them of the setting where she had her clothes on lol i felt weird about carrying around a naked pic of my baby with me and whoever i give them to aswell lol probably silly but oh well..
leanne - that recipe sounds delish might have to try it out!!
renee - havnt tried the vegemite thing but i should lol coz asha loves vegemite.. we are trying the braur teething releif i have tried it before and thought it didnt work lol but i dnt think the problem then was actually teething i think it was something else lol... ive got nurofen and panadol on hand too but i try to keep those for if its reallybad.. i suppse waking every few hours is really bad lol i gave her panadol last night though and it didnt make a diff nurofen this morning seemed to help her go back to sleep though maybe i should give her some before bed lol i have no idea...

[Isadora]

Leanne - Yumo your chicken sounds delicious and does sound so simple, I will be giving that one a go too.

Noni - Poor Asha, hope you guys can get some sleep tonight. Sounds like you are doing all the tricks, so hopefully they pop through soon!

Renee - Hope you Aunty gets good news from her results today. You can come along to the mothers group I go to if you like? They met at the Left Bank today, but I couldnt go. They are a good bunch of girls. Uni is going well, thanks for asking, I'm feeling on top of it all...atm!

Pregpan - I so know what you mean about other mums making you feel bad about daycare. You just learn not to listen to them. You are doing a good thing for Noah.

Just went down to the target sale because Maddie needs winter clothing, but I aborted the mission halfway through because she was chucking a major tanty and wouldnt let me put her down at all. Gave up in the end and came home, carrying her in one arm and pushing the pram in the other all the way to the car...little ratbag hehe.

[fianne]

sorry for being slack in posting....been reading tho.

big big hugs md! hope sleep gets better

noni good luck w/ asha's teeth

clare, good to hear that rashes aren't anything too bad.

hayley, i know what you mean about having to carry bub while pushing pram one-handed. even harder when it's an old pram that doesn't run as smoothly.

renee, haven't had bad choking from max but have experienced it quite a bit and it really scares me. so, i went online and found a course conducted by st john ambukance called "caring for kids". course content includes basic life support to a child, management of choking/wounds/internal and external bleeding/infection control/poisons, bites, and stings/burns/medical emergencies for children, etc. it's an 8-hour course and costs $100.00. don't know if they've got it in all states but would think so. have signed up for it for may.

sherie, hope you had a good day w/ family.

leanne, have used a diff version of the roast chicken. less healthy as it includes rubbing butter all over the chook.

pregpan, yippee!! work week over.

AF been back since just before we went on holiday.

max progress...caught her standing in her cot holding onto rails yesterday morning. saw her crawling 3x today. not far. just about 3 hand movements worth. think big movements are coming really soon.

have bought playpen online for $85. saw same one in 2 baby shops selling for more than $100. and it's free postage too.

after talking about getting a car for dh since before max's birth, we've finally ordered one and getting it next week. yippeee!!!

hi to anyone/everyone i missed.

[Artechim]

Renee, that must have been scary with Rory choking! Apparently white bread isn't very good as it can goo up in a ball in the back of their throat. The grains in multigrain bread help to break it up a bit.
For reference in case anyone has a choking bub:
If they are still coughing/gagging then leave them to it as it the most effective way to clear the airway but if they are not making a sound/making odd sounds and are going red/blue then:

If your baby can't clear her airway on her own and you believe something is trapped there, carefully position her face down on your forearm with your hand supporting her head and neck. Rest the arm holding your baby on your thigh.

Support your baby so that her head is lower than the rest of her body. Then, using the heel of your hand, give her five firm and distinct back blows between her shoulder blades to try to dislodge the object.

Next, place your free hand (the one that had been delivering the back blows) on the back of your baby's head with your arm along her spine. Carefully turn her over while supporting her head and neck. Support your baby face up with your forearm resting on your thigh, still keeping her head lower than the rest of her body.

Place the pads of two or three fingers just below an imaginary line running between your baby's nipples. To give a chest thrust, push straight down on the chest 1/2 to 1 inch, then allow the chest to come back to its normal position.

Give five chest thrusts. The chest thrusts should be smooth, not jerky.

Continue the sequence of five back blows and five chest thrusts until the object is forced out or your baby starts to cough. If she's coughing, let her try to cough up the object. If she becomes unconscious, she'll need CPR.

Give her two rescue breaths. If air doesn't go in (you don't see her chest rise), retilt her head and try two rescue breaths again.

If her chest still doesn't rise, give her 30 chest compressions. Look in her mouth and remove the object if you see it. Give her two more rescue breaths, repeat the chest compressions, and so on, until help arrives.

Fianne, WTG Max on the pulling up and crawling!

Can't remember who asked but no AF here.

MD, I know the feeling of that final thing that turns you into a soggy mess. It isn't very nice, hope that E has a good sleep tonight so you can recharge a bit. I am alone tonight and the house is a sty, it must be horrible contemplating months of alone-ness. I wish we could do something to help you out. If you and the girls feel like a NZ holiday while your DH is away....

Cas, glad the rash was nothing too sinister, I don't usually worry about going to doctors but baby + sudden rash = panic

Noni, hope Asha's teeth pop through really soon for you. I was at a shop today and the lady had a six month old with bad teething problems. I told her that W's popped through without me noticing and she wasn't happy so I cheered her up by telling her that he still wakes up every 1-2 hours at night lol

Leemar, your chicken recipe sounds good. I will add my little tip too - if you tip boiling water over a roast chicken before cooking the skin shrinks a bit and you get a crispier finish.

Pregpan, the FDC sounds like it is working out really well for you That is really cool.

I thought W was asleep in the car and I got drive-thru. He saw me eat a chip and started with eh..EH...ARRRRRRR....MUUUUUUUMMMMM.....EEHHHHHHH getting progressively louder until I stopped at a rest area and we had a picnic. I didn't realise how much he likes to eat like a big boy lol (he didn't get the McD's, just banana and mandarin for him)

After letting him sit in the shower at mums I decided to take away his bath seat and just sit him on the non slip mat. He loved it, can kick his legs more and somehow managed to end up facing the opposite way.

Infant led weaning is still going really well. He loves cheese on toast, banana, cheese and marmite sandwiches and he happily tries anything else I give to him. I don't think he eats much of what he gets but he is very happy doing it.