Babies Born September 2007 #27

**MamaPan** · April 26th, 2008, 04:13 PM

Oh Renee hon what a few days you are having. Drink lots of cranberry my dear. You sound run down, any way your mum can take rory and you can have a few hours to yourself?
Hayley - OMG my heart sank reading your post. Am glad Maddie is OK and you are too... how scary. I am lucky N hasnt had any reactions yet to anything i have made him, perhaps i am little too adventurous on the foods... bummer she didnt like the rice pud it sounded delish to me!
MD - how you doing today> when is DH back?
Clare - thanks so much for what you wrote you gave me a real boost. Sorry if I was whingeing yest... i feel a lot better today. DH will be home tomorrow. (YAY!)
Noni - must admit i had a bit of a double take at the oil up the bum comment too, but it does make sense. How do you get it up there?? Can you believe what we talka bout???
I had a great time with mum here, i gave in and she helped me alot which was great and she had a wonderful time with Noah as well. This morning she played with him from 6.30 andi slept til 8.30 - she even put him back to bed so i was happy!! Last night we made HEAPS of roast vegies for dinner.. (still passover so so bloody limiting what we can eat til tomorrow night) - i pureed up a few loads for Noah today - one is eggplant, courgette, tomato and capsicum abd the other is root vegies.. both wish roasted garlic. he is a fan of the first one (it is delicious) as i just gave it to him for lunch and i will do the other one tonight... he has had so much sleep today - 40 mins in the mroning, then 2.5 hrs over lunch time and now he is asleep again... before this his RECORD day nap was 1.5 hrs.. i think it is this cold and recovery from teething.. would love it if it was the new him!!! he now has both top teeth - they are huge! he looks sooooo cute, but all grown up! mum also hung out a few loads of washing for me etc, amazing how the small things really help. also i had hired an exersaucer for him from a toy lib (it has to go back this week, i have had it for 5 wks and they wont let me extend!!) - mum LOVED it and i must say N loves it - anyway she bought himone before she left... it is a super duper version and i cant wait to see him init!
anyway better go - few things to do before N wakes up...
hope you are all havinga good weekend and sorry agin for the vent/complaints yest.

xxx

**Artechim** · April 26th, 2008, 04:37 PM

Haley, that must have been scary. If W gets very upset he gets a blotchy rash on his face. Isn't M FF? I would think that if she was allergic to dairy that she would have a reaction to formula as that is cows milk? Not sure, MD might know?

Pregpan, I also admire you, I have had a hard week alone and I didn't even have to juggle work. Is it N having a problem with leaking at night? Have you tried moving up a size in nappies? W is only 8.5kg but is in toddler for 10-15kg and after this box I am moving him to walker for 13-18kg because they are getting tight around his legs again and also leaked the other night.

MD, I was also going to suggest a chiro or similar to have a look at E. Could it be anything to do with her T-itis neck thing? Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better today.

Cas, we had a bath seat which was good but I have just started sitting him on a non-slip mat because he can kick his legs around more (and has better access to play with his doodle

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I stayed up all night last night and settled W instead of feeding him. I got him to stay asleep for 3.5 hours, then 2 hours, 2 hours then he woke every hour after that but it was an improvement. I am doing surprisingly well for no sleep, except I nearly cried when DH wouldn't stop so I could pick up a caste sheep today lol

**MamaPan** · April 26th, 2008, 05:11 PM

wow arte - i admire your tenacity - i feel like i should stay up and settle N not feed him but i am too lazy and i just feed him most of the time.. thanks for the tip re the sizing of nappy, i think we will go up a size too. i have been putting a snuggler over the top of the other nappy (i use babylove ecobots) on someone elses recommendation but i must say it isnt making much of a difference!
Thanks also for your kind words, you ladies have brought tears to my eyes.
I just found out DH will come home tonight - he wont get home in time to help get N to bed but i will get to see him around 8.30. cant wait i am sooooo happy!
My mum bought us a bath seat today... i will tell you how it goes! I usually shower N but i have decided to do the bath as well as i think he will find it fun. Plus showering with a 9.5kg chubba aint easy!

**AnyDream** · April 26th, 2008, 06:08 PM

RE the leaking nappies - I remember with DD1 you use to be able to buy these absorbent inner pad thingys - designed for overnight use in terry flat nappies. They sold them at the supermarket with nappy stuff. It's like a pad that you put inside the usual nappy. I haven't looked for them this time so I have no idea if you can still get them or not...just an idea. I usually have to change E anyway cos we have a 3am poo-er here

Pregpan, glad your DH is home tonight - bonus! Mine will be home later in the week, prolly not fully functional for a couple of days afterwards though. Is the toy library you go to in Rivett? That's the only one I know about. Wasn't sure what an exersaucer was so googled it LOL. Loooks like fun.

Arte, is your DH back now or is he going away again? It's exhausting isn't it? I asked the physio about the torticollis but that's nearly gone and it wouldn't explain the clicking. I hope you catch up on some sleep, I don't understand what you wanted to pick up today (caste sheep? What? Some funny NZ thing to decorate your front lawn LOL?)!

Haley I wondered the same thing as Arte about the dairy? Is it not possibly just the food chemicals (like the tasty cheese, or anything else you might have used for flavoring?). Anyway I reckon if in doubt hold back on every ingredient that was in the cauli cheese for a couple of months then try each ingredient individually again in a tiny quantity early in the day, for a few days in a row. If you think it was a genuine allergic reaction (instead of a food sensitivity) you could talk to your GP about a referral to a dietician.

Renee, bugger the cranberry juice, get some cranberry capsules. The juice has plenty of sugar in it and I'm not sure that's actually helpful, kwim?

Cally, the fruit purees are in the tinned fruit aisle in the the little twin-pack plastic tubs. YOu can keep them in the cupboard until you open them. There's a strawberry one that I'd give a miss for a while but the rest are good.

Clare, we have the non-slip bath mat and I keep one hand on E the entire time she is in the bath. I read the stats on bath drownings so I'm completely paranoid now. We were thinking of a seat but I wasn't satisfied that she couldn't slip out and I figure better that she learns to sit up in the bath anyway. **MD's hot tip of the month** DH went to Clarks Rubber and bought a stadium seat (its like a flat piece of dense foam with a handle) so I kneel on that next to the bath - saves the knees. V comfy.

Well we got out of the house today!!!!!!!!!! Had a stomp through Pialligo, there are nurseries and cafes. E had a play on the slippery dip and the see-saw and loved both, she was cracking right up on the see-saw (it was one with the springs in the middle). She had a hold of the handles and her feet on the footpegs and when H stopped bouncing at the other end, she kept going LOL!

**MamaPan** · April 26th, 2008, 06:53 PM

OMG MD that is soooo funny, when i dropped mum at the airport i was considering stopping at pialligo for coffee!
i also bought some of the purees you are talking about - but i got the apple and strawberry ones by mistake... i thought this may be better than really runny baby ones so i will go get some plain apple or others too, great for in the bag for when he NEEDS to eat and we are out!
The toy library i go to is NOah's Ark in Rivett - itis great and this is where i got the exersaucer from... i am returning it this week so if you rush in you can get it LOL! I also just joined another one called meg's toy box which is in ****son, it is more 'community' - had good toys too - lots for babies and older too - it is v cheap (i think it was $12 for the yr membership and then the toys are about 50 cents a fortnight) - this one didnt have as many of the larger items for babies like the exersaucer but heaps when they are older and lots of smaller toys for babies. i think they are the only toy libs incanberra - well they are all i have found.

**AnyDream** · April 26th, 2008, 07:23 PM

That's funny Pregpan, I had a moment this afternoon where I saw a lady holding a baby that looked the same age as E, and I stopped and did a double take in case it was Noah! (I think I'd recognise his spunky hair anywhere LOL). We really must meet for a coffee one day, when you're not too busy!

I will have to check the toy library out, the one at Rivett is probably handier for me, I don't go much further north than Ainslie too often. Toy libraries are best with the bigger toys IMO - with the small toys you've always got to count the bits when you get them so you don't get the blame for someone else losing parts LOL!

**Artechim** · April 27th, 2008, 07:57 AM

MD, lol a cast sheep is one that has fallen and for some reason they can't get back up. It was on a hill and trying to stand but kept falling back over. If you put them back on their feet they are fine. DH is back from his conference and thankfully isn't going away anywhere in the near future.

Pregpan, your toy library sounds cheap. I joined our one and was just going to do the casual membership but they guilted me into doing the full membership so I have to do fundraising and desk duty.

JaZmum, are you there? How is H? I was wondering if there is any gluten intolerance in your family? It can be transferred via breastmilk.

Ozstar, how is everything going?

Tried to settle without feeding again last night but he wouldn't do it so fed every hour again.