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hello lovelies!!!
went shopping today and got some really nice clothes for myself and Asha to wear to the christening.. gosh they cost a bit but they were curtesy of my mum lol.. its nice to get one really nice outfit too since i have lost a bit of weight.. i got grey feintly pinstripe pants and a vest that matches them and a long sleeved top for underneath it probably sounds awful lol but its really nice.. Asha got a little blue dress its really hard to explain so i will just post a pic when she wears it lol with some blue tights and a blue long sleeved top for underneath and the cutest little black dressy shoes lol we got a little carried away!!
md - your recipes inspired me to look up pancake recipes and i found a really nice one that dp Asha and i are going to have for breaky here it is if your interested..
Ingredients
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup rice milk - we are using normal milk
1 tablespoon peach puree (or jarred peach baby food) - we are using apple
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ginger - we are using cinnamon
1 banana, sliced
Directions
1Combine flour, baking powder and ginger.
2Add the rice milk and peach and mix till it resembles pancake batter.
3Dip slices of banana in batter and cook on a heated and lightly greased pan.
4Absorb some oil on a paper towel and cool slightly before enjoying!
agnes - i hate waiting at the drs its soooo annoying!!! lucky W was well behaved though phew!
arte - i have just put the nappy cover i bought over the sposie the set up cost has put me off too :( i was just gonna go with the old terry towelling nappy squares but then we would have to go up a size in most her clothes and she has just recently got a whole heap of new ones :(what a classic with him clapping his own fart!!!
renee - cant help with the bleeding and cramping but hope its all ok!!
pregpan - asha loves rice pudding that i made for her.. its just wholegrain rice cooked until really soft, whole milk powder, water, and i put apple and cinnamon in mine and then blend it sometimes i add in extra fruits as i defrost the portions too to make it different if ur looking for a puddingy porridgy type food
haley - i had soy milk alot as a kid because i had problems with my chest and dairy products would flair it up apparantly i didnt mind it then but i cant stand it now either!!! my mum feels that way about cloth nappies because she found them a real struggle and came to hate them lol..
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Are any of the other babies still not back to normal wake up times after the daylight saving change? We're still about 30 minutes earlier in the mornings than we used to be.
I can't decide between the LoveNCare Techno or the Infa Seville high chairs - anyone got either of these?
BBL for personals - someone doesn't want to have a nap!!
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Noni, wow what a haul at the shops. That looks like an excellent recipe Noni and no egg too (:D)!
Cally, my top 2 criteria for deciding would be - what is their footprint (cos if it's too big you'll be gritting your teeth everytime you've got to steer it around or climb around it) and which one's the easiest to clean. Hard to tell now that they're all nice and new at the shops but you'll forever be excavating concrete-hard food out of all the gaps and crevasses! Especially on the seats and legs. There's a reason the ikea ones are so popular, it's because there's no gaps for the food to get wedged in LOL!
Arte egg white is one of those highly allergic things that's best left until a bit later to introduce...you can pretty much cook with yolks until then and get the same/similar results. We'll be trying some yolk probably around the 10 mth mark (restricted diet), but a teensy bit in cooked food (bickkies, etc) shouldn't be a problem before then.
Renee, hope you get some reassurance about the bleeding. I've had lots of weird bleeding too but I'm BFing so I kind of expect it. If you're on a low dose pill sometimes they can cause breakthrough bleeding as well, your Dr might change the script your on.
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Hi Girls!
MD: thanks for the info on the eggs. i have been reading that we can introduce yolks now, but Leila is still fairly sensitive to dairy, so i might also stretch that introduction out too.
Noni: totally green with envy on your shopping haul!! sounds like it would have been fun LOL! dont you just love the tights for babies?? they look so cute with them on!!
Our shopping score today was an antique abacus (sp?) for Leila. it is absolutely stunning and only cost $1!! our street decided to join forces and hold a street garage sale so have been wandering up and down and meeting the neighbours and being totally shocked at the auction up the road where a run down terrace just sold for 1.3 million!!!!!!!! I guess we wont be buying in this street anytime soon :doh:
Also need some tips for Leila. the poor wee thing was up every hour last night and I have taken her temp twice today and have readings of 38.5. she is pretty dopey and doesnt want to eat food or drink water so i have been trying to get her to BF pretty much all morning. she takes that but not for long. hhhmmmm. I just gave her some panadol as i felt that the fever was going on too long, so hopefully that will give her some relief. at what point do you think it's worth while going to the drs?
oh and her legs are freezing! is that normal with fevers?
sorry for the bizillion questions!!
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Hi Girls, I have been extremely slack with posting in this thread since we got back from Perth.
Hope you are all well!
Hope the daylight saving bubs are back to normal soon too. Perth is 2 hours behind us and Charli adjusted quite quickly to that time and since we got back she's got back to QLD time in the mornings but still on perth time at night :doh:
Noni, I am envious of the shopping expedition too :lol:
Not sure if I have mentioned this before but Cheeky girl has said her first word. Bubba!
And she's nearly there with sitting on her own and crawling. I've got a bit of a lazy bubba, but that's okay as I know it's going to be fullon once I have to start chasing her around the house :)
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Clare I always take my little one to the drs unless I think it's something really obvious like a head cold that everyone's had. Especially once there's an ongoing fever since it could always be something like an ear infection, or tonsilitis that isn't apparent from the outside. Most drs are happy to give your baby a once over because it's not like an older child you can tell you where it hurts, KWIM?
Well done Charli on saying Bubba.
I forgot to tell everyone I sprung E doing a commando crawl last night - saw her travel about a foot. Haven't seen her do it today! Sneaky Betty!
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hello ladies..just a quick one from me
dp has done his back in at work and is acting like he's just given birth or something. i mean, i know it's sore but i think he thinks he's close to death or something. why are men such drama queens? he's lying in bed right now and refuses to lie in the loungeroom for me (then he could watch lewis play on the floor/jolly jumper so i could actually get some stuff done). no, he has to lie in bed and call out to me everytime he needs something and i have to sit in here and watch lewis. seems highly inefficient to me......anyway...he refuses to go to the doctors but was more than happy to walk around last night in the garage drinking beers.....hhhmmm
sorry for rant!!
arte- yes we went back to swimming yesterday, thanks for asking. it was much better, mainly because 5 people were away! i think they were all jacked off from the week before LOL.. have you been going to swimming? i like it when i'm in the pool but i find that it makes lewis really exhausted and it's a bit of a nightmare afterwards getting him home, bathed, fed and asleep....you can't really do anything afterwards because he's so tired that if you don't get him into bed he turns into a monster!
md- are you saying that E is actually crawling???
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Hello strangers! ;) yes the school holidays have been keeping me busy, that's for sure. All the power upgrade is finished now too.
I have spent the day tearing my kitchen apart trying to find dead mice LOL. We put some poison out as we noticed there were a few getting about inside and the little buggers aren't going outside to die. I found one in the loungeroom the other night that just came out from behind the buffet and just dropped dead, so that was fine, I just chucked it out, but the kitched reeked of dead mice, so this morning we had to find it. Turns out there was one under the fridge and one inside the back of the deep freeze where the motor is. So now my kitchen smells domestos fresh LOL. Plus I had to take L to Auskick registration today too, so I have been very busy.
There has been far too much happening for me to do personals sorry :)
I have uploaded some new pics of my boy too https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...cat=540&ppuser=
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Gracie, glad swimming went better. Maybe if L is grumpy for bathtime you could just have a shower with him at the pool so it is one less thing to do before bed? Sorry about your DHs back. I don't have much sympathy when DH is sick but I feel justified because when I had morning sickness and was in the middle of throwing up, he gave me a lecture about how unhygienic it is to throw up in the kitchen sink and that I should go to the toilet lol
MD, too late on the egg front here. I haven't been too worried about the high allergy foods as there is no food allergies at all in either of our families and he has never had eczema or anything. He has already had quiche and baking made with egg. I wasn't going to give him peanut yet but DH handed him something satay and it was in his mouth before I could grab it. Yay for catching clever miss E commando crawling.
Cally, with the highchair make sure the tray can push in close to her body. Ours has a big gap and today he wriggled down and got his feet to poke up beside his face. And he is forever dropping food down there. William suggests you get one with a foldable foot tray so K can stand there and flap it up and down too.
Sherie, very cute pics! He looks so much older wearing the hat. I want one of those ride-on things but I can't find them anywhere (except the brand name Little Tikes or FP for over $100). I put him on one at playgroup and pushed him and he loved it, little speed freak.
Cas, I don't usually bother with the doc for just a temp but if she is dozy and not feeding properly then it is probably wise to go to the doc or at least call a health line and see what they say?
Raining here and nothing to watch on T.V, I have figured out why country people have big families lol
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Arte - Lol had to laugh at the throwing up in the kitchen sink. I did it a few times too, as I wouldnt have made it to the toilet. At least you can wash it away! Will is a cheeky boy with his farting and laughing....you are right he is a real boy lol.
Sherie - I cant get over that pic of Alister standing! He is so clever.
Gracie - Hope your DP's back is getting better. Mine is the same when he is unwell or in pain. They have nothing to complain about, try giving birth!
MD - Has there been any more commando crawling?
Charlismumma - I have a very laid back baby as well. They will get there in their own time.
Cally - Yep Maddie is still on daylight savings time. Hopefully it wont be much longer and they will be back on track.
Clare - Oh no she sounds unwell. Did you go to the doc?
Agnes - How is Will feeling today? The virus sounds nasty, poor thing.
Renee - I've never had bleeding like that before. Has it stopped yet or at least eased up?
Noni - Buying new clothes always makes me feel a million dollars. When is Asha's christening?
Well Maddie did not sleep well at all yesterday arvo as I was hoping she would. We were going out for tea and I didnt want her to be grumpy. Boy was she a grumpy bum. I cant figure her out lately. She is very clingy, wants to be rocked to sleep which is rare for her and also last night she woke every hour. In the end I gave her panadol as I think maybe her teeth are giving her problems. She still isnt eating solids or drinking much milk either. I hope she is back to her normal self soon because I feel like I dont understand her atm.
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Hayley, whenever Lindsay was teething, he would hardly eat anything for weeks until he either got a tooth, or his gums settled enough to stop feeling sore. My money is on her getting teeth. Alister is the same ATM with the waking - on Wednesday I was up every hour and I was knackered. I gave him panadol on Thurdsay night which didnt seem to work and I tried nurofen on Friday night, but not a lot of success with that either. His top gum is all red, so I think he'll get his top teeth next.
Arte, Mum got that for Paige for her 1st birthday. It is the most annoying thing ever LOL because the thing the ball sit on in the front of it pops up and down, making the balls jump like popcorn (its called a corn-popper bike) and it is really loud and annoying. It's by Fisher price and she got it at BigW. It wasn't all that exxie either from memory, less than $50 I *think* - they have a Little People one too. It is really sturdy though - the big kids race around on it and they haven't broken it. I had to laugh about Will farting, that really is a boy thing isn't it?
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DH was away last night (went to the Brumbies game up in Canberra). So K decided to 'challenge' me. Woke at 4 and didn't go back to sleep until 5:30. Was tempting to feed her, but I didn't succumb!! (I almost did because I was so out of it when I first woke, my first thought was 'wow haven't you slept for a long time'. Then I remembered I'd fed her at 12!!) Of course she still woke at 6:30 so I'm feeling pretty stuffed. Will wait and have an afternoon nap when DH gets home so I can get a decent one in, rather than go back to bed now. Still feeling good about the whole resettling thing though, this is the second time I've had to resettle since we left sleep school.
Arte - sorry your first go at resettling Will didn't go very well. For info, the responsive settling we did at sleep school was based on a book called 'Sleep Right, Sleep Tight' by Cummings, Houghton and Williams. It may be available at your local library!! lol at Will's suggestion for the high chair!!
MD - Does commando crawling count if it's going backwards? That's all K does. Now she knows how to roll, she is everywhere! Also, keep meaning to tell you, we watched Gill Rapley's DVD at QE2.
Hayley - It could be a combination of teeth and separation anxiety which is making her upset at the moment. K was pretty clingy last week with DH and I while there were lots of people around. She's better this week now she is back in her own place.
Gracie - when we went swimming I showered K there and fed her before we left. Then when we got home it was straight into bed. She fell asleep pretty easily, probably because she was so relaxed from the car ride home. Will do the same tomorrow when we go.
Sherie - ooohhh at the dead mice. I'm freaked out enough by the blue tongue under our deck, I have to take a big leap off every time in case he is peeking out!
Clare - how is your little one feeling today? Has the temp gone down yet?
Pregpan - hope you're enjoying Melbourne.
Well better go and have a shower then do some more cooking for K. She's really getting into it, last night she had zucchini and potato which she loved!! It did go all through her hair, but maybe she was just trying to save some for later!!
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Hi Ladies!
Thanks for all the advice and support! Leila is still pretty unwell. I gave her panadol at around 2pm she then went for a sleep and when she woke ate a little bit of cereal. so that perked her up a bit. we were up every hour last night (but we werent the only ones going by the thread this morning!!). I had to give her a bit more panadol this morning as her temp had been 38.5 for 3 hours solid, it has now gone down to just over 37 so she is feeling a little better. i've decided that if she doesnt improve by tomorrow morning I'll take her to the drs. her nose is runny now though so i guess it's just a nasty cold, so not much to do but grin and bear it!
Sherie: those pics are great! what a little man!! love the backpack!
Arte: aah the joys of resettling! it does get better, promise!
Gracie: I totally commiserate with you!! DH had the nerve to tell me he was 'exhausted' this morning from playing soccer last night...meanwhile I was up all night with a sick baby...
MD: so cool on the crawling!
BBL need to have a shower while DH is entertaining Leila and dog!:dance:
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K woke from her nap this morning after only 45 mins. I left her in there, she was chatting to herself, did a couple of little whinges. 15 min later fell asleep. Still waiting for her to wake again, she's been down almost 2 hours from her second little sleep!! 4.5 hours since her last feed, she's normally 3 hours during the day. Gave me the chance to catch up on TV though.
Cassius - glad Leila is feeling a bit better. Hope her temp doesn't go up again.
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Hope you all had a decent nights sleep with all these sick, teething bubbies!
Cally - Thats excellent that she is getting the hang of self settling. Maddie talks herself to sleep too. She takes the dummy out of her mouth, holds it up in the air and talks to it, its kinda cute. We have the sleep right book, its excellent. I've followed their ideas right from the start and once you get them down pat bed time is so much easier.
Clare - Hopefully the cold will pass quickly. :(
Sherie - I'm sure it must be teeth as well. Hope they come through soon! I didnt realise for some reason that it can take weeks for them to pop through, I had it in my mind that it took a few days whoops lol. She was good last night though, no waking up.
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afternoon everyone
woken up this morning to go to soccer to get there and have it called off grrr not cool waking up at 20 to seven for nothing!!!
haley - Ashas not getting christened we are going to a friends bubs christening :) if i dont stop eating junk though i wont fit my new clothes lol
md - yeah dp enjoyed the eggless pancakes but asha wouldnt have a bar of it lol she just looked at me like thats not vegemite lol shes so into vegemite on toast and sandwhiches now that shes not interested lol.. plan on cooking her some corn fritters or something in the next few days though hoping she dosnt think the only finger food includes vegemite haha ohh she does have awroot biccies every now and then too..
ahhh ashas up n trying to steal chips out of my hand bbl lol
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Hayley, oh yes, the teeth can pop thru in a few days (DD 1 - never any fuss) or they can take weeks (DD2 - weeks of sleepless nights)! Glad you had a good night.
To all the other sleepless mummies - this too will pass! E had a really good night last night - I swapped to wrapping her in a flannelette cot sheet and added a woollen blanket. I just wasn't satisfied that the cotton blankets were doing their job. DH is apparently clueless and hasn't noticed that her bed doesn't feel warm when he's been getting her up at night :rolleyes:. Sure enough she settled twice without a feed and fed twice and settled quickly afterwards. So, maybe, once the teething passed she just hasn't been warm enough. :( I feel guilty/embarrassed/cross at DH that it's taken so long for the penny to drop and also mad at myself for believing the 'experts' about using cotton blankets :angry:.
Sherie, so glad you found the stinky mousies. Reminds me of the time there was this awful smell at work, seriously like a dead animal, but it was near one lady's workstation who had been using these strange foreign linaments on her sore neck, everyone was too embarrassed to say anything in case it was the stuff she was using! LOL Lucky i was working at the other end of the office.
Re E crawling - well I think it might have been a once-off. She was actually quite close to the thing she wanted, and so first stretched one telescopic arm then the other then the other and managed to move forwards. I put her in front of something today, it was just hilarious. First, she rocked on all fours, then she stretched for it. Then she crabwalked sideways. Then she rolled over and rolled back. Then rocked some more and by the time all this was finished she was much further away and she gave up LOL!
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Marydean, I've increased the layers on Alisters bed too - we have flannie sheets, a cotton waffle weave blanket doubled over and a blanket my Nan made for him with polar fleece and lined with flannlette, plus he wears a polar fleece sleeping bag. He slept quite good last night too and yeah, I think half of the wake ups are from him being cold.
And I found another dead mouse this morning too. I got up and I could just catch a slight wiff of it so I had to go hunting again and found it just behind the pantry cupboard - not pretty.
Hayley, I would rather 1-2 days of sheer hell from getting teeth than weeks on end of mild/moderate unsettled-ness that's for sure. I don't remember the other kids being this grizzly for so long with them, but then they didn't get any teeth till they were a fair bit older.
Noni, LOL at you getting up early for nothing. Was it cancelled due to rain?
Cally your'e doing really well with the settling. I sometimes pop Alisters dummy back in if he wakes after a short time (like now - I just heard a bit of a sooky noise ;) ) and I get longer out of him. Does him good to have a longer sleep too.
Cassius, I hope Leila starts to feel better soon, poor little mite. It is hard on them when they get colds at this age. The backpack is by Tiger Tribe - the girls ones they had were sooo cute. I was very tempted to buy one for my niece LOL.
