Babies Born ~ December 2014

[~TT40~]

Yea, lets respark this thread!!
Quark will be 6mths next week, already sitting (never rolled). Laughs but only at her sister. Sleep is a killer, same as her sister, average is every 1 1/2 hrs over night...good nught we get a 3hr stretch. That and a toddler who also doesnt sleep all night im exhausted. But happy =)

[Mildez]

DS will be 5months tomorrow. Still fully breastfed and taking a huge interest in food. He is trying to grab everything but coordination isn't the best yet. He has just started to roll but doesn't do it often. I have not seen him go from his stomach to his back but can go from his back to his stomach. He is more likely to roll when his naked. He loves his baths.
We didn't want to give him solids yet but his so demanding for our food his just started to have a taste. That's all it would be. He would feed himself if you let him.
In other news he has 2 teeth that popped out the day before he turned 4months. And has the top ones not far off. At his 4month check he was 7.5kgs and 66cm. His head is big just over 44cm. It doesn't look big I think its just the shape. He is also growing so much hair now.
Poor bubba hardly sleeps at all during the day. Like yesterday he had 20mins from 6.30am until 4pm when DH got home and I could go lie down with him. Then he slept for 40mins which is good for him. He does sleep well at night. Still feeds 3-4times overnight but its a few minute refuel and back to sleep.

TT that's very cute that baby DD laughs at her sister.

Is anyone looking at returning to work? The moment my maternity pay runs out I have to go back. Really worried about putting DS into care. One of my work mates have left. So our service is running very short of staff. I think they will offer me full time if I want. I'd love more work down the track but not yet. Its tough as its a job where once you get it people don't leave until they move towns or retire. If I don't take it the opportunity is unlikely to be offered again but I definitely don't want 4-5days a week for another few years.

[phebee]

Stuffed this post up lol

[phebee]

DS will be 5months tomorrow. Still fully breastfed and taking a huge interest in food. He is trying to grab everything but coordination isn't the best yet. He has just started to roll but doesn't do it often. I have not seen him go from his stomach to his back but can go from his back to his stomach. He is more likely to roll when his naked. He loves his baths.
We didn't want to give him solids yet but his so demanding for our food his just started to have a taste. That's all it would be. He would feed himself if you let him.
In other news he has 2 teeth that popped out the day before he turned 4months. And has the top ones not far off. At his 4month check he was 7.5kgs and 66cm.

OMG every detail about this apart from rolling when naked and giving him solids is identical to DS!! :O Well his first 2 teeth were 5 days before 4 months but he is also really interested in food. I am holding off for baby-led weaning at 6 months though. Oh and he's about 5.5 months now. We had him weighed and measured again yesterday. .. 72cm and 9.8kg :O

[~TT40~]

Yep... i start mid june...
Sorry short will be back

[phebee]

Okay so if : O results in :O then how do you make a shocked face? Lol

[~TT40~]

Im on my phone so just seeing symbols
We do baby led feeding, i caved and she has been having a few things over the last week, but shes big and was so facinated, and i inturpret it as about 6 months cause all babies are different. It hasnt been much, like some toast crust or a chip every second day. She is still very much bf too. No teeth yet

[phebee]

I'm going to do baby-led weaning too. I did it with DD and loved it. I'm quite looking forward to it actually

[Rosey]

Hi Ladies, lovely to read your updates. No paid work for me until this babe is in prep. Sounds like a great opportunity for career advancement Mildez. These babies are big cuddly Bubs hey. My little man is developing much the same, rolling but not frequently, also showing curiosity to food but will wait till 6 months, two teeth, he hasn't found his feet yet, loves standing, loves chatting, loves the ergo, getting some routine for sleep. We're currently in the 'relationships' leap and my very happy bub has been grizzly poor darling. I still want another bub, have definitely decided not to though - working on feeling ok about that.

Seriously though where has the time gone... Taking those little babes with it.

[Mildez]

There doesn't sound like there is much between them I terms of development.
Rosey I hope it gets easier with the decision to not have any more bubs. There are certainly advantages in stopping. Financially we are struggling although our friends would think otherwise. I guess it depends on your interpretation of struggling. We definitely can't afford anymore. DH is on the waiting list for the snip but has not been called up yet.
If you don't mind me asking has everyone got their AF back? I thought I had one about 7weeks ago but nothing since.
Of to take DS to the Dr today. Have a little concern he has an erps Palsy. His got some weakness in 1 arm. His hand is fine its the arm itself.
Yes where has the time gone? I wish it would slow down a bit.

[turtledove]

Hello ladies! Good to see everyone back. I was going to come and do a six-month update even if no one else was around, but I had a busy week. Was surprised to log on and find so much activity!

Mildez - How did the doctor appointment go? That is quite concerning about his arm.

Rosey - do you need to make the decision about how many children just yet? Can you hold off a year or two before making it a permanent decision?

As for us... we are doing great! I am loving this stage, it is so much fun!

Still rolling, mainly back to tummy. He is so content on his tummy, will lie there and play with his toys for over an hour. Spinning around like he is on a lazy suzan, realy quickly. Still not sitting, if we sit him up, he flips himself around so that he is on his tummy. If he's on our lap, he wants to stand. And bounce... he's such a kangaroo!

No sign of any teeth yet.

7.9kg... 50th percentile. Haven't done height for a while, but was in 95th percentile. Long and skinny!

We caved and started solids early, about two weeks ago. I wanted to give him something other than formula, so that we can start cutting that down. Was going to do baby led weaning, but he doesn't seem to know what to do with finger food other than mush it and throw it on the ground. So far we've done cauliflower, carrot, pumpkin and sweet potato.

I stopped pumping about two weeks ago. It's such a relief to not have to think about it! I was making less than 200ml a day, but I wanted him to get my milk for as long as we could. I've still been using the SNS to breastfeed occassionally. I know it's more for my benefit than his, but I'm finding it hard to let go.

Sleep... not sure if I should say this for fear of being stoned! Haha. He usually goes to be about 7:30, tho he's had some late nights lately (9pm) He wakes at midnight for a bottle, which DH gives him, and then again anytime from 4-5am. This morning it was 5:45, he didn't want the bottle, just resettling then slept until 7. So I guess with that solid block of sleep I can't complain about being tired, tho I still usually lie down when he has his day nap. Day naps have improved significantly, he was a cat napper up until last week, now he's having 2 sleeps of 1.5 hours, sometimes an extra one in late afternoon, depending when he woke up. I don't keep him up more than 2 hours, or we get grizzles.

He is getting more social now, starting to smile at others rather than just stare at them. Always lots of smiles for mummy and daddy tho. I love his personality, very happy and content. It is flying tho, especially the last three months. How to make it slow down!

Sorry for the long post. It's been a while!

[turtledove]

Forgot to mention... No AF yet. No signs, no CM either.

Considering I'm not bfeeding, stopped pumping over a week ago (and the last few days were just once a day) it's surprising. There must be more to the bfeeding and AF link.

Or maybe I'm just broken and can't have any more babies?

[Mildez]

Nice update TD. Love the lazy Suzanne comment lol. Sounds like your baby boy is going great

Any chance your already pregnant? I have had 1 AF. That was 7-8weeks ago and now nothing. I guess I am out of wack. With my 1st AF return when she was 6weeks old. But number 2 and 3 was 6-8months.

[turtledove]

Oh my... Pregnant already.

No, I do t think so. I feel too good to be pregnant!

Not worried, we aren't planning on ttc just yet. I'm sure it will come in the next month or so.

Were you exclusively breastfeeding each time your AF came back?

[~TT40~]

I was exclusively demand bf with both girls and got af back straight away, like literally 6weeks on the dot both times

[Mildez]

Yes exclusively BF all mine. Only my 1st gad a dummy maybe that's why it returned so early.

[phebee]

I exclusively BF DD and AF didn't come until 13 months. I was on the mini pill. I am exclusively BF DS and just got AF this week at 5.5 months. But I changed from mini pill to Implanon 2 weeks ago.

[phebee]

Haha any man reading this would be like "HUH?"