Babies Born ~ July 1st-15th 2009 #2

[lovelycate]

hi Belinda, welcome! So jealous of your nine hour sleeps!!

ss-storm - I'm no help either. I got a Bubba Moe sling and managed to get Zac into it once or twice relatively successfully, but it just didn't look that comfortable. I found it easier to put him in the sling while it was flat on the bed and then put the sling on. I think I might revisit it when he's a bit older and try some of the other holds.

Miss E - poor bubba, poor you! Can't say I'm looking forward to teething either...
We had some building work done when Zac was about 3 weeks old and he actually woke up when the noise stopped :-)

Leckert - good luck with going back to school. It will be interesting to see how your DH goes being home alone with him ;-) Sounds like you're going well with the cradle cap.

Jasp - that's quite a lot of growing Arlea's been doing!

AFM - having done a week of 5-8 hour sleeps over night Zac has decided that he will revert to waking every 3-4 hours overnight ah well. I guess he's proven that he can do it - if he wants to ;-)

We had our final 'formal' mothers' group meeting yesterday - will start meeting at each others' houses from next week. I'm really looking forward to it as it seems like a really nice bunch of people and we will get a chance to get to know each other much better.

looks like we're in for a week of beautiful weather here in Melbourne, thank goodness.

[leckert]

Got great news from my CC yesterday - and Blake starts Monday and has Thursday and Friday there as well. They weren't sure when they'd have a space for him on the Mon and Thurs for him - were waiting for a couple of children to leave. Means if Blake doesn't settle well DH can get him. DH is still home with Blake on Tues & Wed now (planned that way until end of term, then he goes back to work full time & I get Blake again).

[MamaPan]

hi all
jumping on while the little man is sleeping - lets hope it lasts so I can do some personals!
Jasp - wtg on Arlea's growth! sounds like she is doing so well - how is the expressing going for you?
Miss E - cant believe he is teething already... wow they are growing up so quickly! I hope it doesnt give him too much trouble. Jacob has started to drool a lot, but I dont think it is teething here yet.
Cate - the mothers group sounds good - hope you enjoy getting to k now them all. one of my closest friends is a girl i met at mothers group with Noah.
Leckert - hope Dh goes well with bubba and that the return to school is smooth.
Bekz - how is miss E now? hope you are going ok without DH - i feel silyy for complaining now when my DH goes away!
AFM all is well here - heading to the beach on Thu with my mum and the boys so hoping for some nice weather too. It is lovely here at the moment.

ETA Leckert - wtg on childcare!

[jetta2022]

Hi All,

No time for personals as at work today! We have moved house, everything went well but we have no internet still! Long story but hopefully in the next week or so, it is driving us crazy! Welcome to all new people, and sounds like everyone is doing well!
We are doing well, Sam did his first roll yesterday which was great and lots of smiles and is now enjoying tummy time.
Anyway, gotta run but just thought I would let you know I survived the move and we are all still alive! Will write again soon when internet is on!

[Fleur]

Hi all

Bek, hope this week is better for you Boy you are close, aren't you! I think a meet-up is definitely in order :-) - Anyone else nearby?

Sarah sounds like Corey is doing really well I find it hard to tell if it's a wonder week sometimes..

Miss E hope Ash feels better soon. I have read good things on here about the amber teething necklaces? I am thinking about seeing if I can get one for Arlea. I thought she might have been teethign yesterday too but now I'm not so sure.

Storm, I'm no help at all with the sling I'm afraid! Hope someone else can help. Glad to hear you had a good weekend

Cate mothers group sounds lovely. Enjoy the nice weather this week... I should be out walking while it is nice & not too hot...

Leckert great news about the CC Good to hear the cradle cap is going. We are using MooGoo on Arlea's, it's nearly gone but I need to do it another time or two to clear it right up, it's persistent stuff!

MamaPan nice to hear all is well. Beach sounds lovely. I have been thinking about it lately, we nearly went the other weekend but I am a bit worried about the sun on Arlea, I am thinking about getting a shelter. Do you have anything you are using?

Jetta glad to hear the move has gone well, pita about the internet though! I agree it would drive me nuts too! fingers crossed it's back on for you soon.

AFM, yep still expressing.. I have a huge supply & I have finally admitted it is time to try & wean it down a bit, it just keeps growing the expressing is getting easier though & we are all adjusting to life with the pump, lol - Pan I did cry for a few days, then I picked up my pump & got on with it
Miss AR has been very unsettled yesterday & today, she cried for an hour or so yesterday morning and for a bit last night too, which is so unlike her, she never cries! usually a dream baby so I was a bit worried. I thought she might be sick...then we though she might be teething, she settled down chewing on my thumb... she's a bit better today but still not quite herself, I am wondering if she is having a wonder week.... I guess only time will tell which it is!
She rolled from her back to her tummy on Saturday, yet to repeat the feat but she's not far off.

Oh, and we STILL don't have the cot in our room, so now I have finished pumping I am off to start moving furniture up there, if DH won't do it I'll do it myself lol

Hope everyone else is well

[MamaPan]

lol that everyone is mentioning teething - after i wrote we haveno sign of it here i thought hmmm, maybe we do, he has quite red cheeks and has been drooling up a storm... and a bit unsettled... i think with N this happened a while before i ever saw a tooth.. so who knows???
Jasp - I have a cancer council tent to use on the beach - if we do end up on the beach... i love the beach but do find it hard to be down there much with a really little bub - well i did with N. regardless i use the tent for N also. it will just be noce to get away.
No signs of rolling here - i think maybe i dont do enough tummy time, he loves being on his mat though (but is usuall yon his back - bad mummy!)
are any of your babies waking early and being unsettled, crying, goaning etc in the morning? i find J wakes around 5ish and is quite unsettled and hard to settle til 7ish - like maybe wind pain? but i have tried using infacol overnight and it didnt help.. so not sure... anyone else??? i do notice he often does a big poo sometime in the morning - like 9 or 10am so maybe that has something to do with it (though not sure i can help him there)

[BekZ]

Hi Ladies,

Pan - Don't feel silly complaining, going solo is difficult however many kids you have lol!! It's funny this time last year I was nervous becaue DH was going to India for a week and I was all alone with the 2 kids, one year later and now there is 3 TMI we actually conceived Eva the day before he left lol!!

Re waking up cranky: Eva some times is cranky around 4am and it usually results in her passing a lot of wind. hth and I hope this little phase ends asap. You could try only feeding him off one breast as much as possilbe before he finally goes to sleep at night. This will ensure that he gets more hind milk and less foremilk which can cause wind.

Jetta - Enjoy your beautiful new home

Jasp - Yes we should do a meet up soon. How is Arlea going at daycare? Are you going to try and stopping expressing all together?

I can't believe all the bubs that are rolling and possibly teething. I don't think I give Eva enough tummy time, so rolling is probably a while off yet. Atm she loves her hands and is putting them in her mouth all the time.

So far so good, I am surviving the week..it is early days yet.

Best go

[Fleur]

Just quickly - Bek I love the idea of a meetup, just let me know when
Arlea is doing great at FDC, it's me that has a hard time - but I think it's better for her to start now anyway, at least that's what I tell myself!
My minimum goal for expressing is 6 mths, I'm halfway there already and then we will see. I would really love to make 12 months & atm it feels like I can - but it's a long way off yet so we will see. And it would be great to do even longer but I don't know how DH would feel about that lol, we will see...

MamaPan we are kind of the same here re tummy time, she doesn't like it much so I tend to be a bit lazy with it - but I think they will kind of do it when they are ready anyway? Arlea gets stuck on her nose atm, quite cute but a bit frustrating for her

[Miss E]

Hi Ladies,

MamaPan have a great time at the beach! A beach holiday sounds fantastic!

Yay for getting the cot up Jasp, DH and I are planning on changing Ash's bassinet over to the cot on the weekend, just need to go and by some linen for it first...

Wow it seems Corey is on the move Sarah! He must be so proud of himself. Ash has rolled a few times, but doesn't do it very often, I think when he does it he suprises himself and still hasn't quite worked out how he does it iykwim.

Tinsel it must be lovely to watch your girls together, sounds so sweet!

Bekz, hope you are still surviving, must be hard doing it all with three kids while DH is away...

Glad the move went well Jetta. I hear you on the internet, I think I would be lost without it. Ours is really slow at the moment cos we've exceeded our downloads and I'm banging my head against the wall, I don't know how I'd go without any.

Glad to hear you got CC place Leckert, must be a big weight off of your mind.

AFM Ash's teething symptoms seem to have settled down today, but he is still terribly grizzly and not sleeping at all well during the day... I'm beginning to wonder if we are having a wonder week because he is also feeding a lot. We used to go three to four hours between feeds, but the last few days I don't think we've made it to three hours once. And his naps are all over and done with within 40 minutes. Today I decided to go in and see if I could settle him through the end of the sleep cycle. So I went in there 30 minutes after he went to sleep a found him wide awake (this happened a couple of times). I know he went to sleep cos I checked on him beforehand, but it seems he may only be sleeping 20 mins or so at a time. So by the end of the day I have a very, very over tired grizzly little boy. I'm also finding that he seems to be getting really frustrated (probably a symptom of being overtired). It's almost as if he wants his hands or body to do things that he can't and when it doesn't work he cracks it... Oh well, hope it settles down soon, it's been like this since Saturday and this poor mummy is starting to wonder where her happy, smiley little man has gone. Anyone else having probs like this?

[Fleur]

Anyone else having probs like this?

Yep, us...she was back to normal yesterday but not so good today & she is usually THE happiest baby I have ever seen...She is needing a LOT of extra cuddles & help settling to sleep.... I thought on monday she was sick, I'm sure now that she is not, she's either teething or it's a wonder week... possibly a wonder week as she has started REALLY laughing today and rolled on Saturday

yep, in the middle of all her grizzling I can get her to laugh over & over for the first time, go figure

[Miss E]

yep, in the middle of all her grizzling I can get her to laugh over & over for the first time, go figure

Same thing here!