Babies Born September 2007 #29

[Ozstar]

Hi spunky mummas,

I am so supa dooper sorry I have been MIA, I am such a bad baby buddy *smacks hand*.

I have no chance on catching up since your all such chatterboxes, so I apologise if I have missed something important. I was reading every now and then but these threads move a mile a minute.

Anyway not much happening on our end. Still no teeth but we think they are coming now, have bought some Hylands teething relief which seems to be doing the trick. Have joined a playgroup and so far we are loving it, last week they shouted us coffee and cookies and we sat in the park chatting.

I hope everyone is well. Big thanks to Arte for checking up on me, your such a sweetie. I promise to try and be a better baby buddy from now on lol.

[Cally]

Katie - welcome back, you're not a bad baby buddy, you're just a busy mummy!!

MD - let me know when you want to meet for coffee this week

Sherie - we have the Brauers teething relief, but I don't know if it makes any difference. We have the Brauers Calm and I've used that a few times (prior to sleep school when I needed an easy night) and it definitely works.

K did not want BM this morning! Each time I offered she just threw her head back. Ended up expressing and mixing it in with her weetbix so at least she got some that way (only got 50mLs though). I thought she was getting better, yesterday there were only 2 feeds when she only wanted one side, every other time she had 2. Hope she gets interested again soon!! At least she has both sides before bed and the middle of the night feed.

Well I better go and pack, we're heading up to my parents for the week so they can have a 'Katie fix' before heading to the Kimberley for 3 months!

[Leemar]

Morning Girls,

Well I am trying to do the mountain of washing I have and clean the house and keep the kids in toe. ATM they are all resting Oh I have to go to the shops today too so that will be interesting with all 3...

Lamb Cutlets- I am always using them so I buy them all the time when I see them on special. Olivia no likes to chew on the chicken drumstick bone too when we are having chicken. Which is tonight - Lee's Famous Roast Chicken is on the menu.

Katie- Welcome back.
MD- Sorry If I upset you about saying how Olivia sleeping though dont forget I have 2 other little boys that keep me up some nights. Speaking of that Xavier had Temps the last 2 nights I think he is getting the cold. Hope E Slept better for you last night.
Art- Way to go W you are really advanced. How cute too playing with the other boy. I think Jordy was like that too... One minute he was holding my hand next he was running

Cally- Have fun at your parents
Noni- The Daktarin should clear it all up

Oh I forgot to mention I have booked DH in to get the snip he first visit is on the
17th June and they said they do the procedure about a 1week after that.
Hello to Everyone and have a wonderful day

[Trillian]

Ooooh Leanne, roast chicken sounds goood. I don't do chicken often because it never goes far with all of us and I find the big ones are too dry and tough. Good luck at the shops today too LOL. Is your DH nervous at all?

Cally, LOL at the parents getting their Katie Fix. How far away are they from you again - I can't remember if you've previously said. The healthfood shop I got hte colic relief from didn't have the calm one, but I might ask if she can get it in - she is pretty good like that.

Katie! Hello to you! Thats great you are enjoying playgroup - Logan will get so much out of it, especially once he is a bit bigger and can join in more. How lovely they shouted coffee and cookies - that would have won me over for sure LOL.

Noni, The one MCN I brought was a peapod and I really liked it too, but Alister just didn't look comfortable sleeping in it, like there was too much bulk for him. I suppose he would have gotten used to it, but I decided it would be too much washing if I went all out and converted over.

After a bit of research on teething relief, I decided to get some Weleda teething powder because on the other forums I checked out, they couldn't recommend it highly enough. Fingers crossed that it is as good as they say it is. Hopefully I should have it by the end of the week. Although last night wasn't too bad. He woke at around 10.30 and I gave him nurofen because he did seem really upset, and we only had 4 more wakeups after that all between 11 and 1.30 and after that he slept till just after 7am. Poor DH spent the night on the couch because he was too tired and wanted unbroken sleep LOL And this morning his gum where the tooth is is sooo red and almost translucent and it does look like the skin is just starting to split open. He also refused to eat brekkie too, so he is in bed now sleeping after having a dose of panadol because he isn't even sucking on his dummy normally either - he puts it to the other side of his mouth to the sore tooth and sucks it, so it must be really sore today.

On the home front I have a mountain of washing to do because it rained almost constantly yeterday - nothing beneficial, just sleety misty rain. I have already done 4 loads and I have another 3 to go *sigh*

[Artechim]

Sorry, think that my post read a bit wrong - apart from the odd few steps W still needs to hold fingers when he is walking - he has the strength but not the balance. So when he was chasing the other boy I guess I was chasing him too lol

Noni, hope A starts feeding better again now that the thrush is getting treated.

Haley, did you get the ikea highchair? Is there a big gap between the tray and the baby? My current one is driving me crazy

Another night of hourly wake-ups

Leanne, your chicken sounds yum. With your fertility troubles before the boys I bet your DH never imagined he would have to get the snip lol

Sherie, poor Alister! Hope that damn tooth pops through soon (or at least the Weleda works). I should be doing some washing. I am going to look at clothes driers in town today because it takes all day for clothes to dry and they are usually still a bit damp. It just doesn't get warm enough. There have been heaps of frosts lately and it is still icey white in the shade at lunchtime.

Ozstar, good to see you back. Logan is looking very cute in his ticker pic.

Better go and do some housework while W is asleep

[Leemar]

Sherie- I buy my chickens in the twin pack they are great. Sorry to hear about A teeth I hope it comes though soon. I hate the teething stage it sucks. Good luck with the washing mine is an endless mountain (well it seems like its endless gone are the days when I had only 1 load to do). lol.. DH seems really good about getting it done.
ART- Yeah seems funny really we tried for so long then had to go though an IVF Journey and then all of a sudden we fell natually. Life sure is weird. Although if we ever really get the urge to have more babies which I pray to god we dont, we still have 2 frozen embies. lol.

[Artechim]

LOL Leemar. What happens to your embies if you don't want to use them?

MD, I have been looking at the inflatable bath duck. How deep is the water? Can you fit a bath seat into it? If he doesn't have the seat he spends all of bathtime trying to stand up. DH asked the manager if they could put in a shub instead of a shower box but it was a no-go because they have already paid for the shower box apparently. What a pain. They keep cr@pping on about the $100K renovation, but all we really wanted was new carpet and the rest was fine (actually better because there was a bath and sides on the deck).

[Ginger]

hello ladies

i'm hearing you all on the mountains of washing. it seems never ending here.

it has rained all weekend, which means we have to have the dog inside the house 24/7 (she goes out to do her business but that's about it). she has no shelter outside atm cos we've ripped the whole deck off the back of the house. this creates a lot more mess as she drags cr7p in with her everytime she comes in and she's losing a crazy amount of hair atm.

we've also had the coonara fire going constantly which creates mess also as we're always dragging in wood and kindling to keep it going. the house looks like a disaster zone! sometimes i think it's so lucky we live in a really secluded area, if anyone turned up here unexpectantly i'd be too embarassed to let them in the house.

i'm getting anxious about lewis starting to crawl through all this rubble and am obsessing over getting a new vacuum cleaner. ours is just totally useless for the amount of mess we have. i think i need a full strength industrial one! after reading a thread on it i really want a dyson one. do any of you ladies know anything about these? i'm thinking of asking dp if i can get one as a (very) early birthday present

sherie- poor A's little gums. they sound so sore! have you tried the hyland's teething relief? i've got some and my friend and i tried yhem and they do numb your mouth a little.

lewis has got two fang teeth (not the front but ones next to them) and the bottom two. his front one looks really purple on the gum, do you think these means this might come through soon?

katie- great to see you back just pop in when you can hun, we understand

leanne- good luck to dh for the snip. is he anxious about it at all?

arte- i can't believe they won't let you just have a bl99dy bath! we have a good friend who is a builder who built an exquisite 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house but had trouble selling it cos he didn't put a bath in. i hope it all works out for you

md- how's gorgeous E going? so are you counting down the days till you (hopefully) get to return to the city of churches? is it definite yet?

noni- hope little asha's thrush is clearing up ok

hayley- how's uni going? have you done teaching rounds yet?

renee- i thought of you last night when i was watching big brother- i think that the brickie 'rory' is a bit cute. not as cute as your little rory of course

hope everyone else is having a great day.

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls,

Just a quick one for me as I am at uni...

Gracie: LOL about your puppy dog!! Stella is also driving us mad with hair loss and muddy paws!! She doesn't understand why we freak out when she comes barrelling down the hall towards us, spraying water and mud all up the walls...(she's also 50kgs, so there's alota dog to go round lol).
We have a Dyson and they are frikkin awesome. DH really wanted it and so off we went and we havent looked back. i cant recommend it highly enough. especially for pet hair and caked in baby food on the floor.
and yes, i too think rory from big brother is on the cute side...although he comes across as a bit of a cad..

Sherie: the teething tip is great. i am off to buy some. i have used the brauer stuff as well. i am still hoping it works. after homeopathy helped me fall pg i am a bit of a convert LOL! I might have to try some out on myself as i have a crazy adult tooth trying to push through my baby tooth (yep, still have one of the old milk ones...egad). so off to the orthodontist in the next couple of weeks...looks like braces are in order...aarrrrrhhhhhhhggggg!

Noni: how's Asha feeling now that the thrush treatment has started? I hope it clears fast for her.
Also, you are so awesome for using cloth at night!! I am still too weak and use disposables at night. although i do use the 100% biodegradable ones so i feel a little less guilty! ahh mother guilt nothing quite like it!

Anyway, i gotta dash! loads to do before i head up to brisvague for a family visit tomorrow. i'll be outta touch until the beginning of next week.

good luck guys!

[AnyDream]

Sherie, my chicken secret is I buy drumsticks and season and roast them and it's cheaper than a whole roast chook but tastes just as yummy (and they cook quicker too). LOL My DH has a mean honey soy ginger variation on the theme that is rooollly Yarmy too (*licks lips*)! I was just reading about the teething powder yesterday in Super nanny's book (it was the only useful thing in it, the rest is total cr@p LOL). Where did you buy it? I hope you make it out from under that mountain of washing!

Katie - good to hear from you hun! Don't ever feel guilty about the thread, there aren't enough hours in the day to waste any on feeling bad. xxx Playgroup sounds excellent. We're about to start going to one they have on Fridays in the park.

Leanne, don't mind me about the sleep thing. I was only whingeing. I just wish you could bank sleep, so you could sleep extra when you can and still not feel tired when you're missing out. Is your DH worried about the snip at all (it totally freaks some guys out LOL).

Noni, I hope A's feeding improves for you know you're on the daktarin. You might have to watch her bum for a spotty red rash too, if she gets that you can use some canesten on the bum end (often it goes right through them). All the food we're introducing is going really well, thanks for asking. H had rotten eczema from early on and still gets contact dermatitis. My sis's kids all ended up with asthma so we're playing it safe. It's really only about 9 mths worth of being careful with what you give and I figure that's worth it in the long run.

Cally I guess I'll be seeing you soon ! Can't wait to meet little Katie too.

Arte, what's happening with the whole plunket thing? Is there another clinic or a private service you might be able to access. Getting up that often is just horrendous...hope you've organised your DH to give you some catch up sleep times!

[AnyDream]

eta- part 2
Arte, the bath duck doesn't have any straps and functions like a seat, but you might find he enjoys sitting in it, plus there's really nothing to pull up on, KWIM? You could try one, and if it's a disaster after a week or so, then just on-sell on eBay!

Gracie, I have Total Dyson Envy (TDE). Might have to ask DH to buy me one with his big trip money! LOL at how we all think how romantic it would be to have the roaring fire but really it's a lot of mess and work! BTW our move is sort of definite after we saw DH's boss on the w/e and he congratulated DH. We have told my family (it was my dad's birthday) and they are all stoked! Rory is cute but I agree with Noni, totally selfcentred. Nathan is much nicer and mmmmmmm too!

Clare, further to my TDE (see above), did you have to buy special pet hair attachments or do they come standard?

ETA - Where are you PREGPAN? Is Noah ok? We haven't heard from you and I'm worried. Soo hope he's on the improve. xxx