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Like I said, even my MIL and SIL have tried to talk to her about it (very unusual for them to be sticking their nose in because she has two older boys and should know what she's doing). Not sure what sort of MACH services they have up there (rockhampton) but it's not a very educated social strata that they're in. OR maybe we're all wrong and it is just the way she is and we'll all be biting our tongues in two years time when she's running around, normal toddler sized...?!
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Rainy - Is it too early to say congratulations!? You are so so funny I had a little chuckle reading your posts. I wonder when he will do it, probably working up the courage. How sweet. YAY we can plan a wedding together lol.
Noni - Happy birthday, hope you had a lovely day!
MD - Gosh that is one big bubba! Hope she drops her puppy fat when she gets moving more.
Pregpan - Still SO excited for you!! Gosh I am getting clucky this is bad.
Oz - Tantrums, I dont make a big deal I just try to move her on to something else.
Trillian - What a special mummy you have, very kind indeed. Had a little giggle at Alister chucking tantys when he wants a lolly lol. Maddie knows the pantry now & that it contains snacks, if I open it & dont come out with something for her boy she lets me know.
Arte - Yum, the roast veges sound good. You can even try olive oil & mixed spice (its sweet but so good) drizzled over pumpkin. Its delicious, especially if cooked to the point where its very soft. Maddie devours it. Weird combination but so yumo.
We are down to one day sleep here as well. At daycare she only does one half an hr stint, its really not enough because she bombs out shortly after getting home, but cant fight with M she wants to be up and exploring no matter how tired.
As for the breastfeeding, I still feel as if I gave up on it way too early so thats definately one thing I hope to change the next time around. I also think I wasnt prepared, I thought BFing came naturally and was so simple, however I found it to be so hard and painful. Now that I know more hopefully next time will be different. Rainy you did well for getting rid of the formula when you got home. Listen to me, already planning for the next one, I am getting so clucky!
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hey everyone thanks for all the birthday wishes in here and on facebook
i had a lovely day for most of it lol.. my mum took me out and i bought the wii and lots of things to go with it, my mum also bought me a new hair straightener because mine is broken and i feel really tragic without it lol just a cheap one to get me through because shed already given me money to go towards the wii.. ummm got lots of lovely phone calls and msgs which was nice, some years people tenmd to forget.. dp came home with flowers and chocolateand a really lovely card too (his present was money for the wii too, lol can u tell i might have wanted it? haha) the only bit that was a bit crappy was that i had to go and collect the catologues and alot of people hadnt left them out so i have alot of call backs to do as well as i only got 2 orders!! very disheartening out of 100!! so out of 200 catologues i got 9 orders in total which isnt really worth it.. looks like ill be finishing up all my call backs and putting in the orders i have and that will be about that because its just a bit more full on than i thought and people who usually do the job usually have a car to help them.. on top of that asha just winges the whole time because the sun is in her face or shes bored or the pram keeps stopping lol. weve both gotton a bit burnt too which im not happy about.. anyway ill stop rambling about it now haha..
bf - im with u mm gave up too soon, and really regretted it too.. when i look at some of the pics from when asha was lil and she was having reflux issues i feel sad because she just looks unhealthy iykwim?? its awful i gave asha formula on the second day because i couldnt get her to attatch she was crying and the staff at the hospital werent overly helpful.. next time i am commited to trying harder, which in a way makes me feel guilty too that i didnt with dd but i know there is so much more help out there than i knew about and that it may not be the natural easy process that i expected it to be..
md - wow asha was usually in the big category except for birth thank god lol.. but that is very big.. 13wks is still so young ashas in 1s now she is starting to fit twos tho lol in singlets and things.. but at 13wks she was 00s i think but still fitting some 000.. hope they get some help asha started solids a bit early too but she certainly wasnt having 3 meals a day until around 6mths...
cally - aww ur first accident report -hugs-.. hope shes ok!! hope shes not getting sick again too!!
katie - as for tantrums i try and ignore asha when she has a tanty usually if i walk away she gets over it pretty quickly.. she does hit her head etc but i try not to worry too much about it, if its a really terrible tanty u could try moving him to a softer place like a rug or playmat and then walking away?
anyways sorry to anyone i missed ashas finished breaky so i have to go..
hope everyones having a nice day
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MD, I have nothing to say about that baby - I'm gobsmacked, I really am! I know that you see some big babies about the place, but she sounds extraordinarily large for her age. I would assume though that the 0-1's are to accomodate her girth and not her length as well - not at 13wks anyway. From memory Alister was in some 0's at that age for length in jumpsuits (he was 70cm at 4mths), but two pieces were 00-0 depending on brand and he wasn't fat by any measure. YOu would think that with all the carry on about obese children that they would pay more attention to that and possible health issues down the track. There is a little girl in Paige's preschool class that would weigh close to 30kg and she was 4 in September! When they had a picnic in the park last term, the girls Mum was there and she was talking about her DD and her recent dietician's appt (yep, this girl has a dietician at 4) and while she is talking she fed this child TWO salad sandwiches, a big bowl of rice and veges and then she had a piece of fruit and a juice - I mean seriously! She is only a young child, she cannot get all that food on her own so she is enabling her to be so obese by giving her all that food. So while it was all reasonably healthy food, it was just the sheer quantity of it. It's quite sad really that because of the lack of education on the part of the parents that this child is set up for a lifetime of health problems. And I know I get comments about Paige and Alister now because they are such lean (but V tall) kids - especially when they know how much they weighed at birth and I'm like, but so what? Like they expect them to be bigger because of their bigger birth weight. It's all well and good to have the 'big baby status' when you have a large chubby baby bigger than everyone else's, but the novelty of that would wear off pretty quick I imagine when you have the same people commenting about how big they are as toddlers and not in a nice way either - there seems to be a very fine line between what is 'cute' and what is just 'OMG he's fat!' kwim?
That turned into a bit of a documentary didn't it? LMAO. I suppose I was typing as I would have been talking in a RL conversation.
Anyway, Re the BF Gracie, you'll find that because you're still BF Lewis, then your milk should come in quicker this time. Plus your birth was pretty hard on you, and that can all play a part in those early BF days. I remember with Lindsay my milk didn't come in till day 4 - day 5 properly and with Erin it was in by day 3 (and thank god because she didn't stop screaming till then LMAO). I don't have any regrets about not persevering with Alister (who was fully FF from 3 days old) because there was nothing to persevere with kwim? I had to give him something, he was getting dehydrated, he had no wet nappies, didn't poo for 5 days (he did a HUGE mec poo in the moments before he was born so I reckon thats why he lost no weight in hospital because most of their 10% weight loss is due to all the mec poos and he'd already done that) and he had pink staining in his nappy from the ketones in his urine - not good. Plus even with all the pumping I was doing on top of the feeding to get the milk to come in quicker didn't work - nothing came in at all. on day 5 I had an hour or two where they felt heavy like it was coming in, but it went away and not a drop of milk to be seen.
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Hi ladies. I'm still refusing to believe the size thing. I have emailed my SIL (mother of niece) for confirmation. Until then I'm going to act like she's still in 00s cos that's just the big side of normal, kwim? Trill that is awful about the 4 y.o. My DD1 is 10 and TALL and weighs only 8 more kgs than that, no way would I be able to stuff all that food into her in a single sitting!
Had my U/S this morning and I'm dying of curiosity for the results. I tried to pump the sonographer for some info but she was drier than an Alice Springs creek bed. She didn't make any hmmming noises and only took 1 or 2 pics of each body bit so I'm assuming it means I don't have some funky parasite living in there...! I had the most horrendous attack of reflux last night, it went for hours and hours despite all the stuff I swallowed, in the end I was sure I was having a heart event and woke everyone up ready to go to hospy. But then I burped and suddenly felt better. FDC lady reckons that's what gallstones feels like. All will be revealed shortly no doubt.
Ladies about the BFing - I just want to say - DON'T feel bad about the choices you made when you did. You were doing the very best that could at the time, sometimes it's a product of the circumstances that you find yourself in and having support or not (not always within your control) is really a big factor in establishing BFing. It is very difficult to assert yourself within that medical setting - even ppl who work in the system find it difficult when suddenly they are the patients/clients. Gracie I agree with Trill, your milk will come in much more easily this time round.
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MD, I hope you don't have gallstones, they're awful. Mum had them for years and years when I was little and she used to live on Mylanta. She finally got round to having them out when I was 13 and they took out 99! I hope that the scan shows no nasties in there *fingers crossed* and you get the all clear. Scary about the reflux last night though, it gets really worrying when you can't get rid of it.
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MD - I am cacking myself here at you burping last night!! I can just imagine everyone ready to go and you letting out a massive one! So funny. But glad you feel better. Is it a good thing if nothing pops up on the U/S? At least if there was something there you could address it kwim? When is your appointment?
OK, I did not know that 5 days could be quite normal for milk to come in - you learn something new every day! If I was going again, I would put her to the breast more often to get more colostrum and help the milk come in. Although that is looking at it now, when BFing is easy, not when my nipples are sore and cracked etc. Fingers crossed your start is so much easier this time Rainy (and Ange are you still BFing) because you are on the way.
Noni - sorry you didn't get more orders, maybe with the callbacks it will increase a lot (ie they couldn't decide what they wanted so the catalogue is still sitting on the table inside - fingers crossed)
K was so cute this morning - they pulled out the playdough when she arrived at day care and when I left I just got a little smile and a wave and then she was back into playing with it. So glad she has settled in. Almost gave her carer a hug though, she was feeling so bad about her accident, we didn't blame her at all - things happen at home and there are two of us watching her, not one looking after 5 like the carer has. Although it is nice that she was so worried, show's that she takes her job seriously and cares about the little ones.
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