Babies Born September 2007 #34

[MamaPan]

ok girls thanks - i will take him up to the chemist when i pick him up from FDC today. dont want it to get worse - has been 2 days now... it was red last week but no spots, now spots!!
i might try a necklace too - aaah an excuse to buy a new one maybe??!!

[Cassius2]

Hi Girls!!

I just lost a massive post, so am not happy jan...

Yippeee I am soo excited to be seeing you canberra girls!! I'm thinking saturday morning could work...??? i think we will still be driving up on Friday...yes, we are driving DH wants to move his books into the office in wollongong...again not impressed!

MD: glad the baptism went well! oh yummo! soo the cake was good i take it?!! what sort???

Pregpan: oh wowsers we must have been really close!! i lived in meehan gardens!! griffith shops were my local and i used to buy leila's nappies from the organic shop, and i also bought the ellaroo sling from there as well!!
i think the bugaboo isnt too bad on the off road. i have used much worse! when i hired a pram in QLD, the blasted thing could barely negotiate a shopping aisle! but i think that i have been spoilt...
Sorry that poor N is having a hard time of it! hopefully, the chemist can sort it out!
Also, just for the record, Leila was pretty psycho in the weeks leading up to crawling...and then once she started, went back to her good humoured self...maybe this may be similar for N???

MM: yeah, we splashed out on the bugaboo. we were given a cot and changetable as hand-me-downs, so told DH that because we saved a fortune, i could spend one on a fancy pram...he ran with it! LOL!

Leanne: glad the party was a hit!!

Ange: yep i think i'll join you on the necklace front! leila is a pincher...drives me insane, not to mention the lovely red marks all across my chest...woot so sexy!

Noni: glad the smell is gone...now it is officially your place!

Gracie: yep, i would so go a doula next time around. and a friend! i reckon the more the merrier! had a million m/w in the room for leila's birth and it was great to have them all cheer us on!!

anyway, i had better go, as loads to do...

BBL!

[MamaPan]

clare - hilarious - griffith shops my local - and i also buy nappies from mountain wholefoods and i also bought the ellaroo ring sling there! this is FREAKY!
in fact when N was just born and DH and I were both home we noticed a couple walking w a baby in a bugaboo in our area - a red one (if your pram is red that is freaky - mine is sand) - dont tell me this was you???? each time we saw them we were driving along and i wanted to stop to take a peek at the baby and say SNAP on the pram LOL!!!

[Ginger]

hello everyone- wow busy in here today

thanks for all your advice re the doula- i've found one on BB that lives on the mountain so i was just about to give her a call when bugalugs woke up.
in regards to dp being at the birth- to be honest, i think a doula would be better. he was good but i think he felt a little useless.
he also got a hold of the gas and then passed out on the bed for 4 hours during my labour.
i think he would be better utilised looking after lewis. then i could relax more knowing that lewis was happy and i could just concentrate on the job at hand iykwim?

well i went out to breakfast this morning and being the big mouth that i am told me friend that i was pg and guess what? she is pg too! i'm so excited for her. we think we're due around the same time. it's her first so she's feeling a little overwhelmed but i'm just so happy for her and happy that we'll get to spend more time together now with our new bubs!

pregpan and clare- that would be so freaky if you two had seen each other before.

i hope all you canberra girls have a fantastic meet up. i wish we could all meet up some time

katie- i would've loved to have you as my doula! move to melbourne girl!

leanne- we want pics of the party. you are the party queen

sherie- yes, maybe a boy would be better do let me know about the clothes. i'm very interested. i like the name clair but a girl that used to be very mean to me in high school (well, i kissed her bfriend one night, but that's a whole nother story )- her name was clair and she was a mean girl!!!
alister is such a dare devil

ange- i wish i had the guts to have a home birth, but tbh my birth was pretty horrific last time and there's just no way i could do it at home. i was considering going to a birth centre this time, but as i was so overdue last time, i would've been kicked out anyway. i'm afraid of that happening again so i'm just going to go back to the hospital. hopefully things are better this time. hopefully my baby is not 10lbs3oz like its brother!

[Cassius2]

Pregpan: I HAVE A RED BUGABOO!!!

That is sooo awesome!! i also bought the ring sling!! ha ha ha! awww, bummer that we didnt know eachother! i sooo could have done with some company to get me outta the house!!

[Cassius2]

Gracie...Clare is a WONDERFUL name...he he he he

[Ginger]

you're right clare, it is a wonderful name
i think i like leila better though, he he he

[Cally]

I'm heading up to Canberra this weekend too - already have a pretty busy schedule but if you 3 are meeting up I will try and pop around too.

OMG, I can't believe Pregpan and Claire have seen each other out and about so often and didn't know, how freaky!!

We have a pincher here when feeding. Also thinks that bmilk is finger food, always trying to slip a finger in. I just hold her arm down when she does it. She bit my leg yesterday and I probably overreacted as I was so surprised, but then just did a very firm 'No, that hurts mummy' and put her down and walked away.

DD and DH asleep at the moment - DH stayed up all night watching the tennis, so at least I got a little lie in this morning as it wasn't finished by the time DD got up so he gave her breakfast.

Rainy - I think a doula is a wonderful idea. What great news that your friend is pregnant too!

Leanne - glad the party went well.

Pregpan - did you ask FDC lady if she thought it was nappy rash (figure she would have seen a few in her time). We use Penaten cream (comes in a blue tin), the only thing that seems to work on K. She pops up with a rash very easily.

Clare - I can't believe DH invited someone to dinner and didn't tell you! I would have totally freaked out. At least you got 'some' warning on the overnight visitors.

Trillian - sounds like A could be the next proper walker. We borrowed a push walker from the toy library for K - she takes one step, then walks to the side of it and then sits down. I've tried demonstrating but she hasn't got the hang of it yet. Oh well, 4 more weeks until we take it back.

How's everyone going with wiping their teeth down? I was trying in the bath last night but she bit my finger 4 times before I gave up - she was much more interested in sucking the water out of the washcloth. DH and I are going to the dentist tomorrow so will check with him if he has any suggestions.

Well DH is arranging a new backyard (kind of) this holidays. He spent the afternoon getting quotes for topsoil and grass and we are going to get edging around all the gardens - will be so much better. Hopefully it's all done by K's birthday party!

Oh, she's awake.

[Ozstar]

Rainy I have never even been to Vic. If you do have your DH there then your doula should be able to guide him and show him the best way to support you. My DH felt useless too, I wish we had of stuck with our doula but decided not to since my sisters were going to try and make it up for L's birth.

Pregpan maybe you will be able to spot Clare when you see her before actually being introduced.

Cally we need to do some yard work to perhaps I could borrow your DH lol???

Better run and make sure L isn't getting into to much trouble.

[Junglemum]

Cally- i havn't been teeth wiping as much as i should either, she bites me too! I give her a toothbrush in the bath that she chews on, better than nothing, but i guess i should persisit with the wiping.

Gracie- I don't have the guts either. i thought about a birth centre too, i would love to hang out in a birthing pool for a bit of my labour! but i too would have been booted out with my PE. I have full respect for my OB, he was so fantastic. There is a good chance if he wasn't so on the ball that things could have turned out much differently. Will def be seeing him again. I hear ya on the men being a bit useless sometimes, (although we did Rhea Dempseys pain workshop which was awsome for DH) but i would hate for DH to miss out on the birth, it's pretty amazing. I have never left Lu with anyone, (overprotective mum! ) so maybe i'll change my mind when the time comes!!!

That is a bit spooky about you two canberra gals eyeing each other off! Wish i was going to Canberra this weekend. Have a lovely catch up.

It was a lovely sunny day here, so bundled Lu into the pram and headed off on a walk through the bush. We were about 4 km's from home, when a storm blew in, i had no raincoat, just a little pram cover for Lu. The pram started leaking and dripping on her face, she was not impressed and started screaming! So i took her out and we huddled in a hollow tree fro half an hour until DH drove past on his way home!!! Lucky i had one of the dogs with me, she barked when he was coming so i ran out onto the road. He was very surprised to find a dripping wet wife and a baby wrapped in plastic!
I am exhausted now.

[Cally]

Oh Ange - I'm sorry, I couldn't help but laugh at you hiding in a tree!! Lucky DH came past.

[Ozstar]

Ange sorry I had to have a giggle at you hiding out in a tree too. You poor thing, my DH would have laughed at me.

[*noni*e*]

omg you guys can talk!!
just have to do quick updates atm as u know have a friend staying.. shes still asleep atm lol half her luck her bub goes to bed later and sleeps in!! so jelous!! managed to get asha to do 4 hours or so in her cot last nightafter about a week of refusing to go in at all so pretty happy with that!! if i put her in there earlier i think she would have gone longer too i was just being lazy letting her sleep in the loungeroom lol.. shes pulling herself up on absolutely everything she thinks she can now lol whether its a good idea or not and its still only dadadada here no muma - even though dada is a moron lol this morning we had a fight over bloody sunglasses lol he wanted to take mine because he couldnt find his and i said its not my fault u lost 2 pairs in a row lol which obviously struck a nerve because he resorted to f**k you then and went on about how it wasnt fair for me to say things like that when he was getting ready for work.. like hes so special because he goes to work! really gets me when he thinks its more important for him not to be upset just because he goes to work grrrrrr he tries to get out of everything now too ohhh i am sop tired can i leave the dishes work makes me soooo tired blah blah blah and then he sits on his ass and plays playstation.. what does he think i do all day anyway? sit on my bum? grrrrrrrr men!!! he slammed the door so hard as he left asha cried and a photo frame fell and smashed talk about over reaction!!!! ahhhhh well..
hope everyones doing well

[MamaPan]

oh noni - i know those arguments over the tiniest thing that get you so riled up!!! i think they are the product of sleep deprivation and i also think in these days with working and looking after baby etc generally BOTH partners think they are the ones doing the most!! well that is the case here sometimes anyway...we also had a big argument here last night, wont go into all the details - let me just say it isnt easy to balance both of us working and being v career driven.. and looking after N etc... and it certainly is not easy or really possible for women to 'have it all'.... grrrr grrrr grrrr!!
Clare - that is SO bizarre!!! i wish we knew each other too.... i told DH about it, he said i sound like a stalker saying i saw you - but i think it is perfectly normal as there are so few bugaboos here that that is why i noticed... i hope i dont sound freaky!!! anyway looking fwd to meeting you and MD this weekend. and YAY YAY YAY cally can join too - it will be so fun for all of us to meet up. I will send around a PM now to work out location and time...
N had a really wakeful night again last night, he seemed to be in pain so we ended up giving him panadol at about midnight and he slept til 5ish... so it ended up not that bad but i dont like giving him panadol. hmm - i wonder if it is that rash? it seems to be clearing up a bit... i will look again after FDC tonight and if it is still there and the same i think i will take him to the GP (or chemist - good idea sherie).
ok at work again so best be off to get things started for the day - bbl.
xxx

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Just a quick on from me... I have uploaded a photo of the boys and their birthday cake.

Pregpan- I hope N gets better soon
Ange-
Noni- I had a fight too with DH.. Must be something in the air.

Better I have to go soon back to the Dr for Jordy's Checkup about the pooing.. Which I must say for the last month he has been regular... Yippeeee.

[AnyDream]

I would love to see a pic of the divine Miss E in her finery

HaHa, Trillian, yes i would too, they are all still in DH's big scary work camera and he's off in QLD so not much joy there for me!!

Pregpan, sometimes the nappy rash can be a bit fungal, try some canesten and sigmacort together, that will knock most resistant bum rashes on the head.

Clare I'm pretty excited about a get together, let us know when!

Noni, I'm glad your friend from Melb is up, how is her bubby going?

RainyGrace, I haven't forgotten the name list, BBL when I've got a bit more time.

AAAAAH it's all happening here, I haven't even read all the posts! BBL I hope!

[MamaPan]

thanks for the tip MD - i have some canasten from when he had a bit of a fungal rash on his neck (too many rolls!!!) - can i just mix some of that into nappy rash cream and see if it works???
i am thinking about 10am on sat - does that work for everyone (MD< cally clare) - i tried to do a PM but i cant send to more than 1 person...

[Ginger]

selfish post here girls*

lewis has been up every single hour last night. i am so friigggin tired. i'm freaking out that it's because i'm pg and my supply has dropped or something and he's hungry. it's just not like him to be so wakeful. he's not sick and he's not teething. do you think i should ring the aba or something? i can't go on like this. i feel like i'm about to fall over with tiredness...