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

[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!

[Ryatha]

wonder week here too - as well as I had gastro - not fun!

But weighed yesterday and she has finally hit 6kg and 60 cm... her sister was that at 2.5 months! Oh well, fred seems to be very different to her sister in personality, eating and sleeping, why not size! She is giggling, laughing, rolling and chatting happily.

Sorry for the lack of personals, so much house work to do. DH should get his cast off on monday. 9 weeks in a cast has meant that everything is left for me to do. he can start doing some next week!

[Calluna]

Hey ladies,
quick question, my little man (16 weeks) hasn't got much interest in toys, he'll look at and watch them and occasionally bat and grab the toys dangling in front of him in the bouncer/pram (not too sure if this is intentional or not) but he makes no effort to reach or grab at toys, even when I try to put a toy in his hand he just drops it, is this normal for his age or should he be holding stuff by now?
He does love looking in the mirror and playing games with me and other people. Could it just be that the toys dont really interest him enough to motivate him? They are bright colorful, some rattle or play music)

He also hates tummy time (with the exception of this morning), he's not puhing up on his arms still and makes no attemps to roll or even look up at the mirror in front of him.
thanks again
Heather xo

[Fleur]

Very quickly, got to take DD to dance -
but Heva, it sounds kind of normal still to me. Arlea will bat at her toys but doesn't do much with them when we put them in her hand.

She is like your little one, much more interest atm in people & faces. I know your LO is a bit older but I still think it's all pretty normal for that age - maybe some of the others with older bubs can say...

Keep in mind too that guidelines for what they should do & when are just that - guidelines - I wouldn't worry too much just yet

We had a bad night last night (for us anyway) she was up every 1.5 - 2 hrs feeding (and I had to work today ! )
Just feeding though no crying so I guess that is someting to be grateful for.

How is everyone else?

[Ryatha]

Heather - Fred is the same age and she is doing the same - loves the mirror and people to chat and talk with her but drops toys quickly and isn't very interested in them... about the most interesting thing to her at the moment is her fist

She does like tummy time, for a little while, but prefers to be in her highchair watching us...

[jesscook08]

well busy week my youngest daughter had a couple of appointments at r.c.h my pram with toddler seat was a little to wide to get on the tram so i walked all the way from southern cross to r.c.h and back again with her n anton it really isnt as far as i throught. yesterday i went to the dr he has put me on tablets for postnatle depression its the kids dads bday tomorrow. Anton slept in his cot for the 1st time last night for about 7 hours my washing mashine isnt working the way its supposed to had a guy here to have a look he couldnt find what is wrong with it/ it works sometimes he said it may be the switch that locks the door so im thinking i might get him to come chande it and see if it makes a difference