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

Hi all..

Sarah - daytime naps are a bit all over herre too. I haven't done a first aid course but was thinking about it just the oher day, funny that! I probably should :think:...

Ryatha, hope you get some sleep soon.

Arlea is rolling so much now I have started calling her 'Flipper' :lol: As soon as she is on her back she rolls to her tummy. After a bit she gets cranky though & then we have to 'rescue' her - she's not quite go the hang of rolling back yet, she's only done it a couple of times. She is doing much better at tummy time now though, yesterday she spent around 20 minutes on her tummy!
and she has decided she wants to sleep on her tummy too, last night I put her to bed on her back - she rolled - I rolled her back - she rolled - I rolled her back again & then came downstairs to express - when I got back up she was asleep - on her tummy :doh: we have the Angelcare monitor though so that makes me feel a bit better & there's not much we can do about it now if she wants to sleep like that.

haven't had her weighed yet, they have been busy every time we have gone over, I will take her to the chemist tomorrow :crossfingers: she has gained a bit morethan last time.

Hope everyone is doing well :hug:

jasp - that sounds hilarious, little monkey rolling around like that!

ryatha - oh you poor thing. interesting coincidence - I can't imagine that cutting down on snacks would make that much of a difference though. I hope ABA can come up with some useful advice.

sarah - that's a good idea re the first aid course. I might bring it up with my mothers' group cos I have been feeling a bit naughty for not having done one yet. The other day Zac had a bit of a cough and splutter and went all red in the face and I got a bit panicky, so should really do something constructive about it.

BekZ - I reckon it's good that Eva was happy to take the formula - it will give you a bit of peace of mind I suppose? My nephew refused to take any bottles and I remember how awful it was for my sister to have to BF through a bout of gastro :(

AFM - Melbourne Cup day today so DH was home from work although he had to work yesterday. It's always nice to have him home, however we seem to end up arguing a bit lately - he wants to have some 'personal time' and while I sympathise with that I can't help feeling a bit resentful as it seems like I get no personal time whatsoever - the times that DH does take Z and I can go and do something it's always something highly exciting like the groceries! I love my bubba and DH to bits, but it's a huge adjustment from being independent to having to constantly consider somebody else kwim?

Even though Z is sleeping fairly well most nights I am feeling soooo tired. I just want one 8-hour stretch of blissful, unbroken sleep :pray: hahaha. So I'm off to bed now - nighty night every one!

Jasp - isn't it funny Hayley is exactly the same!! Has mastered rolling from back to front but can't go from front to back, she has done it a couple of times in the last few days, but mostly just gets stuck and starts whinging after a while. she is starting to spend more time on her tummy though and waving her legs around...I think she will be crawling in no time!

cate - I know what you mean about your DH...we are going through the same thing. Guess I feel a little resentful towards DF because it seems like his life hasnt changed at all, if anything he spends even less time at home... he never takes Hayley, except if I have to duck out quickly while she is asleep. He has never bathed her and I cant remember the last time he changed a nappy or gave her a bottle. he would be lucky to spend 10 mins a day with her...it's like well do you want to be involved in your daughters life or not? We have been having a few arguments lately...and I am so sick of him not doing anything around the house.

we had a play date today at a friend's house, she has twin girls about 6 months old, and another friend was there with her little boy who is exactly a week younger than Hayley. they had a great time, we will definitely have to do it more often.

hi all just a quick hello im doing ok. had the kids godfather and son come visit from broadmeddows lastnight left this afternoon enoch and faith are both spending the night with their dad and charity has got a friend over for her 1st ever sleepover her friend who is 4 has never been away from her dad but is doing very well she just camed to me and said she misses her dad who is a single parent so ive asked if she wanted to call him she said no and went back to the bedroom and has ended up in bed with charity hopfully they will go to sleep soon

Hi All, hope everyone is doing well!

Cate and Storm sorry to hear things aren't going to well, hope you guys can work through the issues :hug:

Jasp, yey for Arlea and her rolling! Ash seems to have very little interest in rolling these days. He went from back to front a couple of times a few weeks back, but now doesn't even try. Mind you he seems to love being on his tummy now (how things change, he hated it for months LOL) so I guess he doesn't see the point. He has started trying to commando crawl though. He doesn't get very far, but is definately putting in a lot of effort, so maybe he will skip the rolling all together...

Ryatha hope calling the ABA helped...

Any improvement with the naps Sarah? Ash is also all over the place, some days he doesn't sleep for any more than 30 mins at a time, then other days he'll have a long 2 hour one as well...

How's the cradle cap going Leckert? Have the steroids made any improvement?

Bekz, glad to hear you survived the week. Have you made the move to the big cot yet? We changed Ash over a week ago and he loves being able to spread out and spin around, he was getting pretty squashed in his bassinet. We've also changed our pram over to the seat, I still have him laying back, but now at least he can see out and he is loving it!

AFM I think my AF is coming back. I'm on the mini pill and have had the odd bit of spotting, but the last couple of days it's been pretty consistent. Still not back to a proper period, but I suspect it might be coming. Ash is sleeping through about half the time so it doesn't really suprise me though... Has anyone else had it come back yet?

I'm taking Ash for his 4 month checkup on Friday and can't wait to see how much he has grown. He seems huge these days so it will be interesting to see. Then we're doing his 4 month needles next week, I'm really not looking forward to it because he was a bit unwell for awhile after the last lot. Oh well hopefully he'll do better this time around...

I caught up with my boss last week and have started doing a little bit of work, mostly from home or only for meetings where I can bring Ash into the office with me. So far, so good, it's nice to use my brain for something other than parenting and also nice to know that work still values me. Anyway, we'll see how it pans out over the next few weeks, but at this stage it looks like it could work quite well.

Anyway, better get a move on, I'm expecting Ash to wake up any minute (but who knows, his sleeps are all over the place) and need to start getting dinner organised. Hope everyone else is doing well x

Hi All!
Okay, was on the net then off again, long story but finally we are back on and hopefully it will stay that way! Things have been majorly hectic for us, after moving 3 weeks ago I have now come down with a cold and hoping not to pass it on to Sam, our dog broke his leg and we are having to go back and forth to the vet and need to watch him almost 24/7, and I have been working 2 days a week and just feel quite consumed by everything! Life is chaotic and I have no idea how any of you cope with more than one child!! Anyway, Sam has his favourite toys now and is starting to laugh more and follows people all around the room, its amazing over the last few weeks how much he has woken up to the world. Enough ranting about me..
Cate and Storm - sorry to hear that things aren't so good. It must be really hard when you are having to do everything all by yourself and don't have a break. I know after settling Sam all day when it comes to the evening sleep you just want to give him to someone else to just have a rest and you feel bad because husband has been at work all day himself. For us though, we run the business together so we are both hectic with work so we know that it isn't going to work unless we both tow the line as we are both under huge amounts of stress with running our business and juggling life as well. I really hope things improve and you can talk and sort things out.

Jasp - yay for the rolling over! Sam is the same as Ash it seems as in he was interested last week but this week hasn't shown much interest. He also is only really interested twisting when on his back but not on his tummy.

Our naps are all over the place as well, sometimes 1 hour, sometimes 40 minutes, sometimes 2 1/2 hours!! We are having trouble as he wakes normally somewhere around 2.30 - 3.30pm and he won't sleep again until he goes down at aroun 6.30pm. By that stage he is so overtired it is hard to put him down, tonight he was awake from 2.30pm and I tried putting him down twice but he just wouldn't do it, got himself so worked up. I gave him a bath at around 5.30pm which he loves so I think that wore him out.

Miss excited - I haven't experienced any spotting yet or anything like that but Sam has been sleeping through again for around 2 weeks from 10pm to 6am so perhaps I should be warned it may happen as well!! I know how you feel about work, I am back working 2 days a week with mother in law looking after Sam. It is great having a bit of stimulation but I do miss him! Bit annoyed as she asked me if I was rocking him and I said just to get him tired then I put him down and for some reason she has been putting him straight in and giving him his dummy for a few minutes. I really don't want him to have his dummy to have to go to sleep so I think I might have to say something, other than that she is really good with him.

Anyway, I will stop babbling on, but I will now be back online so hopefully won't write an essay!! Is anyone still wrapping?? We are as I don't think Sam is ready to give that up yet..
Loved reading some of the christmas present ideas! I thought high chair and the fisher price rainforest jumperoo...
Hope everyone is well!:clap:

Blake's dermatitis (aka cradle cap) seems to be clearing up - just a bit on his face and sides left at the moment. It seemed to start clearing up right from the start. Got the cream Wed last week and CC noticed an improvement on the Thursday after one application ... best go he's waking up again ... having issues trying to poop tonight.

:hello:Hi all,
I thought I should make a bit more of an effort to get in here. I never seem to have the time :(
It's been so quiet here lately, I hope everyone is well. :)

We had our 4 month Check-up yesterday, everything is good. :dance:
The doctor said that Isaac probably is teething because of the symptoms lately and he also thought he could feel a tooth coming through - just. Hopefully it comes through soon and he goes back to being my happy little man. How long does it usually take for a tooth to come through once it's started to cut through the gum?

Aside from his teeth he had all his measurements done - lenght = 60 cms, head circ = 40 cms, and weight 6.8kgs :o What a chubba. :lol:

We had to go get some more clothes for him the other day too, He's growing so fast! He's now in target size 0. It's hard work,not to mention expensive,keeping up with his growing.

He's also starting to tolerate tummy time for a bit longer too now. Some days. lol. Hopefully soon he'll start trying to roll over. I think that might be something to do with his grumpiness as well.

Hope your having a great day, TTYS - Hopefully.
Heather.

Just wanted to pop in quickly and share a milestone with you all - Ash rolled from his back to his stomach this morning :clap: He was so proud of himself and loves being on his tummy now. He's done it twice again this afternoon, but still hasn't tried to roll back the other way... guess he's forgotten how...

Miss E - wtg Ash!!! :clap:

Heva - I think we all know how you feel re not having the time! Don't know about the teething, sorry, hopefully it doesn't take too long to pop thru.

jetta - blimey!

storm - it's difficult, isn't it? it just seems so cliched too. I dunno. I fully appreciate that DH brings home the money, and that he has a hard, stressful job, and that what I do might seem like a bit of walk in the park sometimes, but... And I do NOT want to go down the same path that so many other new parents seem to go down, including some we know personally. harrumph!

AFM - Zac has done a couple of awesome night-time sleeps (I'm terrified that I've jinxed it now), but daytime naps are a real struggle. He gets tired and grizzly, but settling him is difficult more often than not. Today we've had one good sleep, plus one which involved 5-10 mins of yelling before he finally nodded off, and then he woke up crying too. Just waiting to see now if he will self settle into this nap, but it's not sounding promising... I'm a little worried as one ear seems to be a bit more waxy than usual and he has rubbed it a couple of times, although he doesn't seem otherwise worried about it. The little girl next door had an ear infection recently...

hmm. might take him to the Dr tomorrow just in case. Although the in-laws arrive tomorrow too!

hugs all round - I reckon we all need and deserve them right now!

jas - how did arlea's weigh in go?

cate - the first aid course was really good. well, we've only done the first of two sessions, but pretty good so far. if you want the details, let me know & i'd be happy to pass them on. the instructor is an ex-ambo & 000 supervisor & specialises in first aid for babies & children. it's only $45 for a 3 hour session.

miss e - wtg ash on rolling!!:clap:
AF came back almost right on 3 months for me. i have no idea why cos i feed about 9 times a day & am still up 3-4 times overnight :dunno: then it came almost 28 days later - more regular than it ever was before :doh: we changed over to our pram seat as well - so nice to see them sitting up a little, isn't it? it must get so boring for them lying flat!

corey had his 4 mth needles on wed, took them like a little trooper & barely cried. i think i hate them more than him :lol:

oops, corey is just waking up from his nap so better be off! hope everyone else is well :)

Hi Ladies, sorry again for being MIA.
I always try to keep up with what everyone's doing but never seem to get the chance to reply.
AFM - Ollie had his 4month health check today. My nickname of "devil baby" was proved! He weighed 6.66kg! He was also 63cm long. Have to go and see the doc about his hips. No one's ever mentioned anything about them before, so I'll be a bit annoyed if they've all missed something.
Having major issues with his sleep. At this point I'd kill for 30-40mins! We're lucky to get 15-20mins during the day. Joy.
G2g, cranky toddler whinging at me. Hope to keep up better!

Good to hear everyone is going well. Fred had her needles last night as well, a few tears but a bb was offered straight away and that cheered her up. Nothing like a good feed :)

ME - Great to hear about ash, fred did the same thing this morning and she looked so surprised that she was on her tummy! we have her sitting up in her highchair and in the pram and she spends so much time peering around everywhere, it is so cute. She has also just started going for the dogs when they get too close to her, it is very sweet.

LF - hope ollies hips are ok.

Sarah - not fun that AF is back. Mine is still MIA but I would feed about 12-13 times a day... don't know if that makes a difference?

cate - those day sleeps sound awful. Get the ear checked out, I used to have the same problem with lumpy and we found out that she had continuous ear infections and it hurt to lie down :( poor poppet had it for ages.

Heva - its good to have a chubba bubba, they look so adorable with chub. We have skinny one here, she is only just growing out of her 000's and in 00's. she is tiny compared to her sister at this age. she is slowly getting chubbier thighs and has a cute little pot belly.

Liz - I hope the dermatitis has continued to go away.

AFM - we seemed to have about 3 weeks of frequent feeding which is just now starting to slow down :dance: but she is now smiles all the time, laughs and if i say aaahhh to her she repeats it back to me and giggles! I could spend all day doing that with her :) If I ask her where dada is or sisis she looks for DH and lumpy. and then flaps her arms and legs. DH has nicknamed them the flailing windmills of death, cause with his broken thumb, if they hit it, he is in a lot of pain.

ok off to watch stargate atlantis, im addicted, it so sad... :redface: hope everyone else is well

Hi Everyone,

Ryatha - that is so gorgeous!! It is so great with they start responding to things. DH pulls this face and makes a noise at Sam and he starts laughing. I love hearing him laugh, it makes me laugh too!

Lotus Flower - Hope everything is okay with the hips, I too would be very annoyed if they missed something, hopefully everything is fine. Gosh 15-20 mins isn't long at all, I am sure that once Ollie starts doing more active things he will start sleeping more, that's what my mother in law says anyway!

Sloane- glad everything went well with needles, ours are in about 2 weeks!

lovely cate - how did the doc go? Hope there is no ear infection, and way to go on the long night sleeps!

AFM Sam still sleeping from 10pm til 6am which is great, started laughing and did his first roll from stomach to back today! Yay! Got it on video too because he was trying for around 20 minutes and kept getting stuck! He is really loving bath time now too!
I can't believe that we are all up to 4 months! Soon we will all be talking solids!!:clap:

Hi everyone,
I dont have much time as Isaac will wake up any minute no doubt. He's had a horrid routine today for some reason, he's sleeping for 15mins, then wake up, play for 10, feed for 10 or 20 then either fall asleep again or get mega grumpy and fussy. Sigh. I'm totally exhausted. I hope he sleeps well tonight and this is just a one off.:pray:

Hopefully You guys are well, was intending to have a proper read but alas didn't hapen again :shakehead:

Hi everyone

Heva, hope things settle for you soon & that he sleeps well tonight! :crossfingers:

Jetta, what great slep you are getting! Sounds like he is doing great!

Ryatha, lol at the 'flailing windmills of death' - ouch! Glad to hear the feeding is settling.

LF hope the sleep improves soon & you can get some rest :hug:

Sloane glad Corey's needles went ok. Reminds me I have to book Arlea's she is due in about 3 weeks....I know what you mean it's all over so quickly for them but regardless, I hate them too :(

Cate, hope Zac's ears are ok , yay for good nighttime sleeping!

MissE, yay for Ash!! it's amazing how quickly their tummy time improves once they start rolling, Arlea still gets cranky if she's there too long but she can do some very big stretches now on her tummy :)
ETA - just having a look at the photos on FB, he is gorgeous! aren't they growing too quickly ....

AFM we are all good, I did quite bit of work this week, maybe too much as I finished out the week feeling a bit overwhelmed :doh: but have had a very nice relaxing day today.
We snuck Arlea onto the scales at the chemist the other afternoon, she was 6450g YAY so almost exactly 500g in 3 weeks, much better than last time - I knew she was growing !
She is trying to sit up now :rolleyes: it's kind of like - ok, I can roll - next trick! of course she's not quite strong enough or well balanced but she strains to sit forward if we have her leaning back in our arms.
I am looking at exersaucer type things on ebay, we had one for DS2 & he LOVED it, so that will be her Christmas present. She loves using her legs too, so I think it is just what she needs atm ;)

Hope everyone else is well :grouphug:

I know I keep harping on about this teething business but now I'm worried.I am sure he Is teething now, but I'm worried he's getting too many at once. Could it cause him problems if he gets too many teeth too early? I think I can feel a few coming through, one at the front and at least one on the left of his mouth a bit further back. :S

Jasp - Isaac pulls himself up when his sitting on my lap too. I never considered he could be trying to sit up properly.

hey guys,

hope the sleeping improves for the non-sleeping bubs!
hayley has been pretty good lately, although she has decided wake up time is now 6.30am...
A couple of days ago she would only sleep for 1/2 hour at a time during the day and by late afternoon she was getting so grumpy! Yesterday she had a huge sleep in the afternoon, 2.30pm until about 5, then slept right through the night from 7.30 to 6.30 this morning, and had about an hour and a half sleep this morning! So some days she has really good sleeps, other days she is terrible!

I weighed her on our Wii Fit a few days ago (we got the new Wii Fit Plus, where you can weigh babies and pets...although it won't register that we are standing on the board with our dog...maybe he's too heavy.). According to that she is 7kg, but I don't know how accurate it is! going to visit the MCHN in the next couple of weeks, just so I can get her weighed and measured. Also need to book her in for her 4 month needles, she is due about now for them. Last time was bad though..I had tears in my eyes she was crying so hard!
She still hasn't figured out how to roll from tummy to back, did see her do it a couple of times but I dont think she realises that she can actually do it. She is starting to spend a bit more time on her tummy though.

Jasp - isn't Arlea clever! Lol. H is starting to do that too...her neck must be quite strong as she tries to lift her head up when she is lying flat, and if she is sitting slightly up (like on a pillow) then she lifts her head up. She is quite well balanced when sitting, I wouldn't let go of her but she can wobble around by herself for a few seconds!

Jetta- how cool you got it on video! We have tried to get Hayley laughing on video but can never catch it at the right moment!

better go, sorry I know I have missed people! Gotta go find something for dinner...