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Cally, Alister has done that a few times now and it worries us more than it does them. If the teeth look fine and can't be wobbled etc, then it's fine. It's hard to get a good look at it though when they hurt their mouth.
Pregpan, awww thanks hun :) It's been a long time since you've been away. You have to have another holiday so I can live vicariously through you again ;)
Arte, sounds like Will has really turned a corner with his sleep. LOL at him getting the speed wobbles.
Noni, *YAY* for Asha's great sleep! Peanut allergies may not present for months after the first exposure. When I had Lindsay he was having peanut butter sandwiches for lunch at 12mths and I didn't even think about it, but I *know* a lot more now kwim? She will probably be fine with it. Alister has had a pillow for months now and it made a difference to him too.
Hi Babysocks. Alister has been walking for nearly 6wks now. Alister's not eating a lot of family foods as we are still having issues with sleep from some foods, so we are just taking it slowly. I haven't had a fussy eater yet LOL so I'm not concerned at this point.
G, I haven't had A weighed by our MCHN in ages either! I hope the new one is better. I think I'll book Alister in when he's 12mths.
Marydean, Awww, poor DH. I can imagine how hard it must be for him :( I nearly hyperventilated when I read that your lekkie blanket wasn't working! I would die without mine ATM LOL - it is sooo cold here and when DH is on nights I put his side on too because it's too cold still otherwise.
AFM - The prodigal Brass Monkey has returned LMAO. I think we are having the coldest weather this year ATM. I have a heap of washing to do, but I can only do the essentials and put it in the dryer because it is just coming over with misty rain every now and then and nothing will dry.
I have to go to school assembly today too and the place they hold it is sooo cold in winter. I will have to really rug up LOL.
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Cally, if the teeth are moving at all, take her in to see a dentist. Gosh their mouths bleed a lot, don't they, it always looks like so much more blood than anywhere else. Always a very spectacular injury LOL. I hope she's feeling ok when she wakes up, might be a bit puffy around the mouth?
BBL for personals everyone, just having a quick read when I'm supposed to be packing up the care parcel!
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Cally - OUCH poor Katie!!! Glad she is sleeping ok, i reckonthey let you know if something really hurts.... must have been scary for you!
Sherie - we are off to Bali at the end of the month - i cant wait. it is only a week though, so i will prob unwind just in time to wind up again. am looking for where to go for xmas/ny this year - we need a good break. i am thinking maybe sth coast for a week and then melbourne for a week or so...
MD - what's going in the care pack?
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Carepacks - usually contain: note/picture from DD and a card from moi, his favorite telly shows burnt to DVD (esp the motor racing!!), some snacks (usually savory, like popcorn, nuts, pastry twistie things), photos, and we also put in things that are related to what we're doing, eg when DD1 and I saw Shrek 3 last year we sent him a box of shrek Frootloops LOL! It was more of a big deal last year but this year he can go out to the shops and they have lots of Australian stuff there.
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I tried putting my finger in to see if the teeth wobble but she wouldn't let me. I gave her a bit of cruskit after swimming and she crunched that off without any trouble.
Pregpan - if you want to go to the sth coast over Christmas you better book now - the good places book out very quickly.
Swimming was cold today - we had a substitute teacher and she didn't know how to turn the heater on for the pool. It was 28 (normally 32). Usually we hang around afterwards for freetime during the next lesson but we were all out before the next class got in!
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hi ladies! it's been more than a month since i've been able to get on here and i will not even try to catch up reading. i have enough trouble trying to catch up after a couple of days.
progress notes on max....she's walking...not very steady but definitely walking and not just cruising. has weetbix with fruit for breakfast and whatever family meal for lunch and dinner. vegemite sandwiches are a hit. down to 3 bottles a day. sleep is still an issue. still no continuous sleep for us. and the past week or so, it's been "wake up for 1.5-2 hours" in the middle of the night type of wake up. don't really know what's wrong with that one. now has 4 teeth...2 top and 2 bottom.
cally, wouldn't have jumped in the pool without the heater on. brrrrr....
now i'm being reminded again why i haven't been on. she's standing by my leg and screaming to be picked up. before i started typing, she was happy to play by herself. gotta run.
hope everyone's doing good.
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hello everyone
fianne- i was wondering where you had got to. welcome back, congrats on max walking. how fantastic! a lot of the girls in my mothers group are more advanced than the boys, is that very common? i'm not too sure!
cally- ouchies, hope she's ok! swimming sounds cold grrrr. it's so cold dowm here atm. we've decided to skip swimming for this term (lewis has been too sick to go anyway) and i'm kind of happy about that! looking forward to getting back to it in summer though.
md- ooohhh i want a care package! it reminds me of on the 'biggest loser' when they get their little box from home and everyone ends up bawling their eyes out, even me!!! dp laughs his head off at me. i hope your dh loves his package.
sherie- ikwym about the cold. it is absolutely freezing here. makes me not wanna do anything!
pregpan- yes dp let lewis touch the snow. he grabbed a big chunk and chucked it straight in his mouth. i was having images of in 'dumb and dumber' when that guy got his tongue stuck to the ice! ouch!
bali sounds nice :)
arte- your stories fill me with hope of sleep!!!
yes i didn't realise that feeding to sleep was going to become this much of an issue. i thought it was an eay and quick way to get them to sleep pain-free. i didn't realise it caused night wake-ups.
i saw that teeth powder in the local health food shop- i'll have to grab some next time i'm out that way.
noni- i'll have to jump on fb and check out your pics.
well, the mchn visit went very well. she is so much better than my old mchn. she is thorough and non judging and actually made helpful suggestions instead of just telling me about tizzie hall!
she has strongly suggested i give the koo wee rup sleep school a ring. apparantely they work on attachment theory and are very helpful in helping the baby learn to sleep longer periods- no cc required! i've called them and i'm waiting for someone to call me back for a chat.
apparantely there's about a 5 week wait, so it wouldn't hurt me to book in and see what happens over the enxt month and then make a decision iykwim?
mchn also advised me not to wean lewis. she thinks tandem feeding is great and would work much better in my situation. dp is getting sick of all the conflicting advice i keep coming home with, but i think i'm going to give tandem feeding a try. i just don't feel ready to wean yet.
now if only i can get him to sleep a bit longer, all my troubles will be over!!
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Last care package I sent he'd asked me to put some sheets and pillowcases in (too hot for his sleeping bag) and I made this really embarrassing looking pillowcase with fabric that's got huge red lipstick kisses and army camo with red love hearts all over it (so he'll think of me last thing at night and first thing in the morning hehe). Anyway he loves it. Didn't bawl his eyes out tho :rolleyes:.
Fianne, great to hear from you, how exciting that Max is walking! Funny how they instantly know when you're attention is somewhere else, isn't it. Hope you get some sleep soon.
Rainy, sooooo pleased to hear the mchn is helpful, the kooweerup sounds like a very good thing. Definitely book asap, they can often get you in sooner if you're prepared to drop everything and go in when they have a cancellation, so definitely mention that if you want to. I want a care package too! But i can't complain cos he managed to send me flowers last week and apparently there's a parcel coming (not holding my breath cos he's a terrible o/seas shopper, buys lots of cheap cr@p LOL)!
Cally, 28 degrees sounds horrible. E started to turn purple in the bath the other night and the ducky thermometer said 34!!
Pregpan, oooh a holiday sounds nice! It was this time last year that DH and I went away on our pre-babymoon, and I sure could do with a break. I should start planning something for when he comes home.
Arte, aw that's so sweet about your SAfrican friend! Nice when you hear how attached guys are to their families. I hope he's had plenty of catch up time since then. Elisabeth loves pulling things out of the washing basket too. Why buy toys? LOL
Noni, fantastic news about A sleeping in her cot - wow signs of progress or what!!
E's eating again today, I think she was just too tired yesterday, she woke up in the middle of the night and had a good feed then. She cried for the first time today when I left the FDC lady's house, but it didn't last long (it stopped by the time I got to the end of hte driveway LOL).
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Hello Girls!!
ARRRGHH you have all been chatting like crazy in here today! i cannae keep up wit ya!
oohhh MD...how spesh! i would be pretty excited about getting a parcel (even cheap overseas cr@p!! LOL! i am pretty easy to please though!
i can only imagine how hard your DH is finding being away (and you too!!). they do go through loads of changes, but, on the upside, he has the whole of his life to watch E and H grow and become beautiful courageous women. this is just a tiny snapshot of a much bigger picture...easy for me to say though! i know that my DH finds even being away for 2-3 nights a week really tough...
Pregpan: i know you are probably busy busy busy while in melbourne, but anytime you wanna catch up (even for a quick coffee) let me know!!
ah bali....can only dream of such pleasures...
Rainy: oohh snow! and the sleep thingo sounds really cool. is it close by to you?
we kinda feed to sleep here too. luckily it's not too much of an issue, except of course when she is teething or unwell and refuses to go to sleep without a feed...i also didnt realise that it wasnt the best thing to do! but gosh darn it, it saved me in those first 4 months! no regrets LOL!
Ange: oh you had snow too!! i think it makes all that cold worth it! yesterday here in melb felt like a typical canberra winter day. freezing and not much fun at all!
Cally: oh wow! congrats on the walking! there are soo many in this group now...fianne, arte, sherie....amazing stuff. leila doesnt even look like she is trying to go for it!
ouchie on the teeth! hope that she isnt feeling too sore.
Noni: :clap::dance::woot::cheer: for the sleep through!! ahh it makes you feel like a new woman doesnt it?!!
fianne: we too have recently started having one hour dance routines in the middle of the night. for leila it is directly related to teeth. this last week has been horrendous for us, then last night she slept 11 hours and bingo! this morning was the third tooth beaming out for all to see.
arte: i am completely technologically illiterate. what the?? so you plug in a wireless router into the telephone thingy and then what? is the computer attached to it? arrghh i wish i was more savvy! i need to get the know how so i look totally on top of it all when i go to the shops LOL!
Sherie: yay! that A is feeling ok! AND you are bouncing back!! have to say that getting better is soo good! i feel almost normal. my throat still hurts a bit and my rear is looking rather purple (sorry if TMI! LOL!), but hey, this girl is BACK!
anway, i have no doubt missed heaps of stuff...it's my talent....but i should go and check on Leila who has been sleeping soundly since we got back from swimming at 2pm....gotta love the swimming!
oh, and Leila has finally popped the 'horror' tooth (horror bc it really messed with her sleep this time round). so now we have a total of three!! she's such a big girl now and has told me that she'll be moving out next week....LOL!
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Clare, *YAY* right back at you for you feeling better too! LOL at you being a techno gumby - If it can't just plug straight in to whatever Im using I get a bit cranky LOL.
G, You've stuck gold with the new MCHN by the sound of it! Definately book in and if you don't need it by then you can always cancel. I would keep going with the feeding if I could (unless he weans earlier) and then it will be easier if you make it to the birth of this bub and you are already feeding - remember all the troubles you had with your milk at the start? You wont have those issues this time round.
Marydean, Glad to hear that E is eating again now. How do you go sending food over to where ever DH is? I suppose if you declared it, it would be OK?
Hey Fianne!!!! How have you been hun? YAY for Max walking too!
Cally, I wouldn't have gotten in if it were me LOL. It's just not cricket to swim in winter I reckon.
Pregpan, oh SWEET! I am definately *coming* with you LMAO. Warm tropical Bali would be sooo nice right now.
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yes i think you're definitely right sherie about tandem feeding. i think it's a goer!
well the good news: i'm into koo wee rup on the 3rd of sep. they only do one day stays though- no staying overnight. the lady on the phone was extremely helpful and understanding towards me. we spoke for over half an hour and their school sounds very gentle. she told me if i went from what i'd been doing to cc it would make him a million times worse so not to even bother. she told me they'd help me with some strategies to get him off the boob.
the bad news: i just tried for an hour and 1/4 to get lewis to sleep and have given up. he is now out playing with dp. it seems that he will only sleep with my nipple in his mouth....
i cooked a risotto for tea and i read the recipe wrong and i didn't put enough stock in and it tasted like crap, and i think i've ruined the pan and dp said it was like eating cornflakes with no milk....
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Oh no! at the risotto G. Great news on getting so so quickly - that's only 3 weeks away. I really hope you can get some tips to help you.
OK, Alister has come out in a rash over his torso, so I guess the fever was Roseola. The fever didn't last as long as it usually does, but that's about the only thing it can be. His eating is fine again now, and he has a touch of diarreaha but all is well.
And the tooth fairy gets to visit here tonight LOL - Lindsay has lost another tooth!
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this is soooo coool!!! 2 posts in 1 day after more than a month away! :)
max and dh are asleep and i promised myself a little bb time. so long as you guys don't become tooo chatty (impossible!!!) i may have a chance at keeping up.
g, assuming you're having problems with lewis' sleep as well? day or night or both? i don't think i've got max's sleep right yet either. happy to say no more middle of the night feeds but then, she still wakes and wakes us. usually screaming. so, i still haven't experienced a full night's sleep. we've bought a reverse cycle for her bedroom and she's going in there as soon as i get it installed. i'm hoping that moving her out of our room will help. if it doesn't, then will probably have to seek professional help. sorry to hear about the risotto. what's tandem feeding?
md, don't think dh would use the pillowcase if i sent that to him. :) i want a care package too!
cassius, wish i could have one of those 11 hours sleep this way. and problem solved with tooth showing up. unfortunately, it's all so erratic. i really don't know what sets it off. i wouldn't mind as much if i was prepared for it...like knowing it's because of a tooth and knowing the sleep will be better once the tooth pops out. have heard that swimming really works a treat on getting them sleeping. not game with this cold weather even with heated pools coz' it'll still be cold when you get out. ;)
ditto on the techie stuff. used to be pretty ok with it. but since there's a man in the house who can deal with things i've stopped learning how to do it.
who's on fb again? finally got myself set up...or at least dh set me up. really great "meeting" old friends again.
sherie, hope A's ok. don't really know anything about roseola so don't know how bothersome it can be. have been doing fine and just keeping busy out of trouble. going to playgroup on mon & tues and then have a catchup with a couple of mums and bubs every thursday (splinter group from the mother's group) and then sometimes make it to the normal mother's group on fridays. other than that, just usually home with her but not so much in front of the computer (partly because of dodgy connections at times).
hoping to be able to keep up....but will never know....
ETA: have just put up a few more recent photos of max
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Hey everyone!
noni e - walking along while holding furnature is a sign of imminent walking! Could be any day now.
artechim - Aurelia's doing well! She's going to bed really late though, that's the only thing. Tonight she went down around 10pm. Last night she woke up in the middle of the night for a party and didn't go back down until the wee hours of the morn! That's so amazing about the lady's labour. I know someone who had a 10 minute labour with her son in the bath . . . and she didn't even know she was pregnant!
pregpan - hope you're feeling better today! Don't worry about bubs not crawling, some never crawl at all. My stepdad never crawled, his mother tells me, but he's whip smart.
Cally - I haven't introduced nuts to DDs diet either. I don't know when I should? I thought 2+ years but really i have no idea!
Trillian - WOW early walker!
My mum (i'm living with my folks atm) keeps leaving the cats bowls on the floor and Aurelia keeps eating the biscuits! It's driving me bananas! On a good note though, Aurelia has started standing up without grabbing onto something first. Seriously, she's gonna walk any day now i'm sure of it!
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Babysocks, sounds like she is really close to walking! W didn't figure out standing without pulling up until he had already been walking for a few weeks.
Rainy, I am going to be asking you a million question after you have been to the sleep place. When L is having a nipple in mouth night, do you put your finger in to break the suction first or pull the nipple straight out? I find W wakes up sometimes if I just yank it out.
Clare, lol you plug a wireless router into the internet hole in the wall (I am assuming you have cable or adsl?). Then you set up your computer to recieve a wireless signal from the router so you can access your internet anywhere in the house wirelessly.
Fianne, good to see you back. Very cute pics! We go to playcenter from 9-12 tuesdays and thursdays and a music group on wednesday mornings for an hour, it fills in my week quite nicely.
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hey everyone
well we had another all nighter in the cot last night!!! looks like we are turning a corner FINALLY!!!
arte - i really wanna do something like music group or playcentre with Asha i think she is bored.. with no caror anything tho that makes it hard..
babysocks - yeah i am just waiting for her to let go and walk somewhere lol shes still a bit wobly and scared to let go tho so not quite ready..
fianne - wtg two posts in one day! congrats on the walking too :)
sherie - what is roseola? hope A is ok!! how is he doing now?
rain - glad the mchn was so helpful! good you only have to wait a few weeks instead of 5 for the sleep school too :)
cassius - i think i will feel better when i get used to it.. atm i am waking up freaking out shes not ok lol coz i am not used to her sleeping for so long without stirring lol..
md - what a cute idea with the pillow case! shame he didnt cry tho (assuming that was ur aim?)
lol gotta go ashas been quiet for a while and i just glanced over and she is playing in a tub of nappy cream eeeeek its always dangerous when they are quiet!!
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ahhh my sunday night sleep-through was all but a distant dream come 1am last night...woke to the serene tones of a psychotic baby doing her best impression of a kiss concert...took over an hour and in the end i gave up and gave her boob. feeling rather defeated. this is a new thing for us. have been too lucky in the past with a bub that slept fairly consistently from 6 weeks...
Arte: LOL! ahhh now i get it!! no doubt i will still have to write your post down before i head off to the shops...egad. i am shocking! LOL!
Fianne: i hear ya sista! i guess i am hoping feverishly more than 'knowing' that it is the teeth causing the sleep probs. she is good during the day and it is exhausting trying to implement a 'no-boob' settle at 1 in the morning IYKWIM? what do you do ATM to get her back to the land of snooze?
Noni: how awesome is that?!! IKWYM about not being able to relax! i was the same when L started sleeping through. i would stand at her door waiting to her rustle in the cot! LOL!
Babysocks: LOL! we too have issues with keeping Leila out of reach of the animal's food bowls...what is it with the biscuits that are sooo intriguing??
Rainy: oops on the risotto! and i was PMSL about your DH's comments!! i hope you told him that he can cook it next time! LOL!
anyway best be off, gotta get organised for Mum's group today.
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morning everyone
clare- rissotto has been banned from our house. dp threw out the bag of arborio rice and told me i'm never allowed to attempt to cook it again. i can only have it when we go out to restaurants! which by the way, is never!!! ;)
iywym about trying to resettle without boob. it seriously takes hours around here.
sherie- bummer about roseola. lewis had that but luckily it didn't seem to hang around too long. hopefully it's the same for A.
arte- yes i will be taking my paper and pen and writing notes for you!! i'm really looking forward to it. yes i stick the finger in to get him off the boob but he's just so bloody smart about it these days. it's like he can sense the finger is coming and starts sucking like he's in a desert and just found the watering hole!
i'm going to the health food shop soon to buy that wedela powder. hopefully i can get some sleep tonight.
noni- congrats on A sleeping. maybe you should send me down some sleepy vibes!
fianne- where do i start??? tandem feeding is feeding two babies....yes that's right. i'm pg again :)
