Babies Born September 2007 #31

[AnyDream]

Arte, so pleased to hear Wiwl slept really well ! Hopefully he wiwl turn that corner soon.

Cally - yuck on your pantry find ! I won't tell you about the house I lived in in Darwin where the roof leaked every year during the monsoon and I kid you not the WHOLE house would get furry. I'm still tossing up whether we'll go to QE2 or not. Just not sure the sleeping is the problem...will see what happens after she sees the osteo again tomorrow. Although it might be worth it if I can hang out doing nothing, reading trashy magazines and waiting for my massage LOL!!

Noni, yay for your friend's bubba. Glad to hear all is well there. I KWYM about feeling broke. Do you get any family allowance fortnightly?? You can tell Centrelink which day in the fortnight you want it so you get your family tax benefit on the off-pay week. Helps with stretching the money, I find.

Pregpan how are you getting on with DH away? All well I hope.

Sherie, I was thinking that about the pill as well. That would be a major bummer! Hopefully it won't come to that. Do you have any Chinese medecine ppl up in your neck of the woods, they can do wonders with hormonal regulation, might be worth a try?? The theory is, balance the whole system.

Hayley, try some morning sickness ginger to help with your queasy tummy. Hopefully it will settle down in a few weeks. I always used to take mine at bedtime so the main queasiness would be while I was asleep IYKWIM...plus you usually remember in the am if you've forgotten it the night before.

Hi Jordie, I saw you'd been posting in another thread and wondered if you would pop in to say hello. How exciting about Mackenzie's talking . We haven't done bottles at all, we went straight onto the Avent Magic cups with the soft white spouts. You can swap the spouts for harder ones later on or otherwise you can put bottle teats in (completely interchangeable). The long flat shape is easier for b/fed bubs to suck - start off without the valve in and then put it back in once bubs gets the idea to suck. HTH

Re the poos, our lovely vanilla- yoghurt scented poo days are well and truly over, now they're ssssschmmellllleeeeeeeeeeeeee! Peyooweeee! DD1 is in shock LOL.

[Cally]

Go Will - sleeping vibes being sent out across the Tasman as I type!!

MD - I must admit, even though I didn't get the chance for any catch up sleeps while I was at QE2 (and it was the first week of non daylight savings so we were starting the day at 6), it was very nice to just relax when she was asleep and when she was awake to just play without thinking about the chores that needed doing.

[Ginger]

clare- it sounds so cute when you say lewis, logan and leila all in the same sentence. i imagine the cutest set of triplets all dressed in matching clothes and hats lol

md- pmsl at wiwl

sherie- what do you think it means that lp's email bounced back? is that weird or am i reading something into nothing?
bad news about the pill and dh getting the snip for nothing. i suppose it (the snip) is still double protection in case you forget the pill one day or something iykwim? i think you have a tendency to fall pg quite easily you might need the back up!

pregpan- what's the website where you get all those nice baby recipes again? i've been too slack lately and i want to start cooking some more for lewis

lewis is wearing a size 2 bonds wondersuit now! crazy!!!!

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Noni- That wonderful news about your friends baby.
Art- WTG Will hope you have a wonderful sleep tonight. Enjoy your sleep over at your mums.
Gracie- I have always found the bonds wondersuits to shrink and you have to keep buying bigger sizes all the time.
MD- lol at DD1 shocked at DD2 poos
Cally- yep I have found stuff like that too in my cupboard
Jordie- Hi and Welcome back.

I hope all our MIA Ladies are all ok. I too have been wondering how they are.
re pill- I have not been on the pill since aug 2000 and hoping I never have to go back on it.
Bonds Babies- I am putting my vote in for all our sept bubs
Well We have to be at the hospital at 8am on thursday morning and the thing that jordy is having is what they call the go ligthly washout. Oh I hope it works.
Olivia seems to be better now too. I am off to bed so sweet dreams to all and sending out sleeping vibes to all babies.

[Trillian]

Leanne, how do thye go about re-training his bowel once they do this procedure? Good luck for Thursday too hun.

Gracie - WOW! how long is he now? A has been in the sz1 wondersuits for a while, but the sz2 would be too long and the foot wouldn't stay on. I felt ripped off though when I had to buy new ones though - I'm trying not to buy much for Alister cause I'm only giving it all away anyway now.

Gosh, I only just read everything and its completely gone from my mind LOL.

Yesterday I got out the Fisher Price baby swing out for Alister and he LOVES IT! I cna put him in it when I'm hanging washing out and not have to be looking all the time to see where he has gone, because I had just been putting him on the grass, but he would take off and head straight for the dirt LOL, plus once we start having frosts all the grass will die anyway. But the little devil loves being pushed high - squeals with excitement and laugh! I have never heard him laugh so hard. The other three all hated being pushed high when they were in it, so I'm really hoping this doesn't mean I will spend his childhood in the ER with broken limbs from daredevil feats

[Cally]

Oh, I think those Fisher Price swings look like great fun. I'm going to try and check out the local toy library this week and see what they have.

Leanne - good luck for Thursday, hope it all goes well.

Gracie - if you google Annabel Karmel you can see her site and I think there are some recipes on there.

Going to try and make vege fritters today for K and some pikelets later in the week. Am struggling with finger food, can't think of things (have so far done toast, avocado, banana, pear and roast veges)

[MamaPan]

hi all
Gracie - I dont use a website for recipes - but i do have an annabel karmel book and also another one by a UK nutitionist called yummy baby. wholesomebabyfood is a good site though as is annabel karmel's site. there are also lots of good recipes here on BB - there is a sticky thread with them in there. IKWYM about being a bit weird about the email bouncing back - i wonder why it did???
Cally re finger foods - sounds like you have done heaps! I also give Noah melon, cheese (when he hasnt got an upset tummy), Cheerios (just scatter afew on his tray) which he loves and also cruskits. I have also done peas as a finger food - think i will try pasta too this week. do any of you do sultanas? i hear mixed reports on if they are a good idea so havent done yet. i give the odd milk arrowroot biccie too which he loves.
Leeanne - good luck on thursday, poor little man! I hope this makes him feel a lot better. do they know what has caused this?
I gave N mashed banana and avocado for dinner last night, i had stayed away from avo as it was too rich for hima while back - but he LOVED it this time and it stayed down (sorry for TMI but ot came out other end this morn so i know it went through!!).
ok busy day today - want to get things done before we head off to surfers tomorrow.

[Ginger]

sherie- oh oh sounds like you've got a little crusty demon of dirt daredevil there! lmao
i'm not sure how long lewis is, i'll have to get the tape measure out. last measure i think he was about 73cms?? not sure, that was a while ago too so i'll have to re-check. the size 2 does hang over his feet a bit but i was just so sick of having to stretch the button section over his crutch iykwim?
i always think in my head 'i'll use it for the next one' everytime i buy something- makes me spend more i reckon!!!

leanne- is jordy's procedure a bit like a colonic irrigation at all? if so, don't worry it doesn't hurt at all. i've had a few and you feel great afterwards

cally- thanks for the tip, i'll go google it now. have you tried pasta at all as finger food? lewis loves it