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

[ss_storm]

Been a bit quiet here lately, hope you're all ok and bubs are going well!

Have been thinking a bit more about xmas pressies for DD and I think I'm going to get her one of those Fisher Price Laugh & Learn puppies. Met someone today who has a 15 month old girl and she has one of those puppies, Hayley loved it! Might go down the street tomorrow and see how much they are, I've found a few on ebay but if it's cheaper to get one here then I'll do that. Mentioned to mum that they might like to get her a high chair (or help to fund the purchase of!) for xmas as by then she should be able to sit up in one, or if not then it won't be too far away.

[jetta2022]

Hello Everyone! We are back on line finally! CAn only get ADSL1 as all the phone lines here are crap! Oh well, at least we have internet again! Have been trying to read all the posts over the past two weeks! Lots of rolling I see!

Miss E - hope Ash is okay? Is he teething? Sam is really enjoying sucking the life out of everything at the moment! He almost had his whole fist in his mouth yesterday!!

SS Storm - glad you have found a group of girls to chat with, it does help talking to other people, good to hear that Hayley is rolling everywhere! It is amazing it is almost that time already that we have to start watching them so much!

Sorry for lack of personals but will be online more now. Sam is really good, slept through again for over a week now from 10pm til 6am but I still wake at 4am expecting him to wake too! He is really grasping at toys now and getting use to his fingers! He has a few favourite toys now and loves looking at himself in the mirror (Might take after his father!!), anyway, I am back at work 2 days a week and his nana is looking after him which is great. Move has gone well and we are starting to settle in, apart from having to buy some new furniture, new dish washer and oven etc etc so now feel totally broke. Loving watching him grow and he is finally in 000, I cant believe all these people in 00!! He is feeding 6 times a day at present and in the afternoon virtually refuses to sleep at all, so normally from about 3pm won't settle until around 7pm when he is totally exhausted. He just won't go down for that afternoon nap but sleeps well in the morning for about 2 1/2 hours. Anyway, that may all change next week! Good to hear everyone is well and hearing everyone's news again!!

[Miss E]

It certainly did go quiet here for a few days didn't it, I hope it is a sign that mums and bubs are doing well.

Ash seems to have come out of his wonder week - a week to the day. He's still not sleeping as long as he used to for his naps (only about 30 mins at a time) but most days we seem to get one longer one which lets me get a bit more done. He is a lot more grizzly than he used to be, but I think he's worked out that when he grizzles we respond () and is beginning to asert himself a bit more, which I guess is all part of growing up...

Hope everyone else is well. Will pop back for personals a bit later, but expecting the little man to wake up any moment so better get organised x

[Fleur]

Ash seems to have come out of his wonder week - a week to the day.

Snap!
Arlea must have worn herself out during her week, becasue she slept sooo well on Monday night, she went down to sleep with very little fuss at about 8:00 , had a dream feed at 10:30 & then slept until 4:30am and then STILL slept heaps yesterday.
I was a bit worried that because we held & rocked her so much last week she would have picked up some bad habits, but it seems fine, she is still self-settling really well - last night after I put her in bed we could hear her chatting to herself for over half an hour before she dropped off to sleep! very cute, the kids think she has an imaginary friend
She has upped her feeding, a big jump from an average of 60-90ml at a time to 110-140 and a couple of 170ml feeds in there as well. Will be interesting to see what her weight is on Friday. She is rolling a lot more now, and a lot stronger with tummy time.

No personals from me either I'm sorry I'm supposed to be working while she is asleep but will be back later

Oh but just quickly - yay for being back online Jetta that must be a huge relief; and Storm, what is a Laugh & Learn puppy? souds interesting...

[ss_storm]

Jasp - it's a soft puppy toy but you press different parts of it's body and it sings songs, and names body parts etc. Kind of like a Tickle-Me-Elmo only better! I met a lady yesterday who has a 15 month old daughter and she has one of them, Hayley loved it. If you search on ebay for "fisher price puppy" or "laugh and learn puppy" you should get a few results come up.

Yay for Arlea's sleeping! I really notice it when Hayley has a long sleep in the afternoon, means I can get heaps done. isn't it gorgeous when they chatter away in bed! Hayley started chattering away and blowing raspberries at 6.30 the other morning..I so didn't want to get out of bed and lay there until 7 when I thought I should finally get up, she was quite happy in her cot until then!

[Fleur]

Well now I feel really silly - I googled it & .... we have one
Dh's sister sent it over from WA, it was her sons & he has outgrown it. The kids play with it sometimes with Arlea, the y press the buttons for her...so there you go

grrr...must motivate myself to do some work!

[Ryatha]

gah - grace is only sleeping 1/2 hr at a time during the day, feeding every 2-3 hours around the clock! I really hope this is a wonder week. I'm wondering if I should start introducing solids if this keeps going. She'll be 4 months this weekend...

But she is really laughing, and active now makes up for the lack of sleep

Hope everyone is well

[lovelycate]

ss_storm - I look on ebay periodically, but haven't yet seen anything that either fits what I'm looking for or seems reasonably priced... He's now got a couple of black long-sleeved bodysuits which make him look really mean but I can put t-shirts over the top if it's a bit chilly. The way he's growing atm he'll be into the next size soon anyway!

Also, isn't it nice when they can entertain themselves in their cot for a while? I've done the same with Zac and he seems quite happy chattering away to himself for a while.

jetta - I reckon being without the internet is almost worse than not having a phone!

Miss E - I think it's around this age that they start becoming aware of themselves as individuals rather than seeing everything around them as just extensions of themselves?

Jasp - it will be interesting to see how much she has grown considering the big jump in feeding!

Ryatha - Z is 4 months this weekend too and we are going to try him on some baby rice - he seems to be needing more food lately too, and has been watching us eat for a while...

AFM - OMG 4 months already!!! We had our 4 month MCHN check up yesterday - he is now 6.6 kg and 66.7cm long - average weight for a 4 month old but in the 100th percentile for his length! I think we are going to have to go up to the next size in nappies as we are getting more frequent leakage

He is so much more interactive now and his face lights up when he sees me or DH. He hasn't done any full on laughing yet - more a grunty sort of chuckle, but he's very smiley most of the time. DH's grandmother flew over from NZ yesterday to meet her two new great-grandchildren - v exciting to see her. 85 years old and she's such a cool old lady!

better go and have a shower while Z's asleep - like everyone else by the sound of it, the sleeps are getting shorter and further apart...

[leckert]

Cat,

Blake's been doing the same - I'm sort of putting it down to me going back to work (even though it started before then), 4mth vaccs, some really dry skin (bad bad case of cradle cap that migrated over his whole body and face) and a slight cold (runny nose and slight cough). Worked out that if he sleeps in the "recovery position" (first aid term) on his side in the cot he might sleep longer than flat on his back.