Babies Born ~ July 2013 #1

morning ladies.

vic - Im fairly sure my little guy is teething too, although no teeth yet either. He likes to gum my chin atm, rubbing side to side. Must feel good but I end up covered in drool. hope you're hubby is feeling better.

tasha - hope your dd is feeling better. it is a lovely stage atm, they are so expressive with their voices & faces. you can tell they are just learning so much by watching everything. I realised I will have to watch what I buy/eat in front of my little guy bc I bought an icecream the other day when we were out walking & he just looked longingly at it while I was pushing him in his pram... I almost gave him some bc I couldn't stand his sweet little face wondering why I wasn't sharing, but 7 months is a bit early for icecream?! it was chocolate too... maybe if it was vanilla?! im sure a little taste wouldn't have hurt...

afm - we are still getting up at 3-4am here. I think he's growing, he feels heavier & looks like he has some chunk back. im quite tired though. I should be showering now while he's asleep again, but yaaaawn. going to have to soon though bc I am desperate for my coffee this morning. had a good day yesterday though. one of those days where you feel like you're the best mum in the world; dishes done, washing done, baby is sleeping, you've prepped dinner, you've been out for a walk to exercise, the sun is shining etc. it was nice bc those days are quite rare! :)

I have a sick bubba. Jack has had vomiting and diarrhea since Sunday. I have taken in a stool sample so waiting to hear what he has. Adenovirus is doing the rounds here so assuming its that. I have not worn so much projectile vomit in my whole life. He seems happy enough though but I am exhausted. Sooo much washing. Last night gave him bottle for bed, sat for half hour with him while he snored on me with spew bag in my hand and then put him to bed only for him to roll over and start vomiting. Was dark and I could hear it. I pick him up and he grabs my top and proceeds to power vomit onto my bra.

My Friday nights sure have changed lol.

oh, no... that's sounds awful, vic. hope little jack starts feeling better soon. and that you have a good quality washing machine... xx

how's everyone's sick little ones going?

I'm taking my little guy to the doctor again today. he has a post viral infection rash (apparently normal), but his face is a bit blotchy too & we had a really rough night last night so wanna get it checked out just in case. We are both so tired atm. : (

Vic, hope jack is doing better by now.
Andie, your little one is sick too? Wow, it is definitely going around. DD has a rash too, well pimply red dots, but the GP says they look like insect bites. I didn't get much sleep last night either, dd was up 4 or so times. Hope he is feeling better soon too x

Well after almost 3 weeks of a cold and now teething again it's not much fun here either :( Biggest, smelliest, runny poohs. DD has become traumatised by nappy changes because I'm doing up to 8 changes a day sometimes! Lucky I bought a bulk pack this week. She has been so irritable and then the MCHN pointed out her front teeth and said they are about to pop out. And sure enough one is poking through. Explains a lot I guess.

So I guess we all have sick, cranky bubbas :(

One question: DD has always woken around 7am since she was very little. But for some reason this past week it has been 6am. It's not cos she's sick because she's waking up happy and plays in her cot for a while first. But the 6am is killing me! What time do all your bubs wake?

tasha - gp said my little guy has roseola, a viral infection. he's much better today, and the rash has spread to his arms & legs, so will be gone soon. he slept a lot today so hopefully he'll be back to his happy self tomorrow. it does sound like all the babies in our group are having a tough time with teething & illness. fingers crossed it passes for them soon.

to answer your question - bubs wakes anywhere from 3.30-4.30am. he's been doing this for a month now. he'll have a breastfeed & go back to bed for another 2.5-3 hrs. I really miss my sleep throughs (8.30/9pm - 6am), but I figure it will happen again eventually. maybe when he starts crawling... he's very close now... : )

Hello :) Sorry to hear we've had some sick babies, not good at all. Emily has had a little bit of a cold on and off, but otherwise she's been fine *touch wood*. She's loving her solids - baby led weaning/solids went out the window though and she's had a lot of mash/pureed stuff. She'll eat anything and everything that I give her! Prefers the food over the bottle at the moment. Most bottles I am lucky to get 50ml into her. She is definitely not fading away though. Wearing mostly size 0 clothes.

We have a loose routine - more so the order in which we do things, rather than based on the clock as it depends on what time she wakes up (usually her day starts around 7am though) and what our plans are for the day. She will usually only sleep in her cot, NEVER naps in the pram, very rarely naps in the car. She has no real bed time, it's just whenever at the moment. Still doing the dream feed, but it's one of the only bottles she actually drinks a decent amount of, so it's all good for now.

We get so many comments about what a happy, smiley baby she is. I feel so blessed. I barely left the house when my boys were babies as everything had to be timed around their bottles and naps, right down to the last minute almost. It's soooo different this time around. The thought of #4 has crossed my mind once or twice :shhh:

Peekaboo, you are crazy! :lol: I must admit, I think I am really traumatised by the lack of sleep in those first few months. It is still fresh in my mind and a place that I really don't ever want to return to. Sad because i would love a sibling for dd, but I am worried I will completely lose my mind the next time round. I'm not good at all with no sleep :(

Hi Girls. Jack is much better. He is over the virus. Thank God! !! He is almost crawling, he just needs to get his hands co-ordinated. Legs are movi g but his hands are too slow lol. No teeth. Still!

Jack wakes between 6 and 7 each morning. Its fine for me as I go to bed myself early. I have been giving him a bottle the last few mornings as he was refusing them but seems to want a drink now. He has breaky around 7.30 and then a bottle and nap at 9.30/10. He usually sleeps for and hour and a half/two hours. Lunch around 12. Bottle and nap around 2pm. He sleeps for a couple of hours. Snack at 4pm dinner at 5.30p then bath at 7 bottle then bed. Last 4 nights he has been sleeping through. He used to wake for a bottle around 3am. Since I started giving him snacks through the day he has been sleeping through. He loves dry cruskits. And pumpkin egg free muffins.

I would love a sibling for Jack but at 43 I think my time is done. I am so blessed to have Jack. I miss having a newborn though.

So glad to hear everyones bubbas are a bit better. Sickness sure can test relationships. Its exhausting.

Good to hear Jack is doing better Vic :) Dd moved her arms first and then the legs when she started crawling.

She has cut a top tooth now, it's poking out. Explains the last 4 weeks of grizzling and the last few days of runny smelly poohs. I bought her one of those little tables that plays music and lights up because she's pulling herself up onto everything. Growing so fast!

I am interested in how many feeds everyone is having? (bubs that is lol) DD has 4 and I am just about to drop the dreamfeed.

Little miss has just got over being very sick :( I hated every moment as I'm sure she did .
She is standing unassisted without holding on to anything for up to 5 seconds now .
And a bottom tooth has just cut through :) she can't stop touching it haha

Tasha ,DD2 is demand breastfed so I just feed her whenever she wants day and night :)

good to hear everyone's babies are feeling better. the past week or so has been quite the week. im exhausted.

we have our first tooth too! just noticed it as I was putting him to bed tonight. he started crawling yesterday - well dragging himself around with his arms & pushing off with his left leg. his right leg just taps. quite cute. ;)

tasha - I feed whenever also, but usually it ends up being around every 3hrs, give or take. so roughly 6 times a days still. we are doing baby led solids/weaning so he's not getting a whole lot in atm. although he did demolish cottage pie tonight. :)

I'd almost forgot about this thread lol. Thanks for the responses ladies! DD is formula only now so the feeds are less. We are in the process of dropping some feeds. Two will be half feeds and eventually they will be dropped. She is naturally dropping them anyway, only has about half of what she gets in the morning and at dinner. It seems weird only having a few feeds in a day, but I guess it's her way of telling me she is a big girl now!

so quiet in here... :)

little guy had his 8mth check up (bit late as he turns 9 mths on the 24th). not on the weight chart still, which is annoying bc i think he looks lovely atm! didn't quite crack the 7kg mark, weighing in at 6.93kgs. he's grown 4cm's though, so mchn said he must be putting all his energy in to length. we will have another check in a couple of months, she's not worried but wants to keep an eye on him. i feel the same, so happy with this approach. other than weight, he is developing really well. happy, healthy, he has two bottom teeth now & is working on his 'fangs' atm with one basically through already. still commando crawling around, and popping up on his knees often but deciding that commando is just more efficient at this stage. going well with food, but been a bit off today bc of his teeth. sleep is still all over the place at night... at least 2-3 wakeups usually around 12am, 2/3am & 5am. then up at 7/7.30am. he goes down straight after a boob, often falling asleep during a feed. i think he just needs a bit more comfort atm while he's teething, so while im getting quite tired, im just going with it still (rather than spending too much time/energy re-settling without a feed). we are getting more sounds too which is just lovely to hear. :heartbeat:

hope everyone else is going well. xx

I check in from time to time, but seem to get called away before I can post.

All is going well here. We're still at 2.5 teeth (all on the bottom, no top teeth yet). Sleeping mostly well at night, stirs once or twice but usually resettles herself. Morning sleep is great - she usually only lasts a couple of hours after waking up before she's back in bed, but her afternoon sleep is non-existent some days. It makes for a long afternoon/evening when she's awake from 11am-7pm. We still haven't done the 8mth check-up either. Or 6mth needles :redface: Things have been crazy full-on with the boys and DH's work. Must write myself a note to remind me to sort it out after Easter. Speaking of Easter, is anyone planning on giving chocolate to their little one? Being a 3rd time Mumma I am a lot more relaxed these days, but still not keen on chocolate. Step-Mum told me she'd give Emily a white chocolate frog... ummmm no, I don't think so!

Updated photo - it's been a while! https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...9-5-months.jpg

Cute, peeks! : )

Hi ladies :) I logged on for the intention of posting in here today!

Peeks, how adorable :) I too thought of chocolate and if there is any 'safe' version. I decided she can have a lick of one of my eggs haha.
Andie, if he's happy and healthy I wouldn't worry. How much solids is he getting? Glad to see everything else is all good, we have 4 teeth here too! Argh!

I am working one day a week now, so good to get back into the workforce. DD has 4 teeth! She now has a top front and the one next to it. And the other front and the one next to that are just about to cut. So that will be 6 all together, it's crazy! She can pull up to a stand and stand unaided at her table. Does a lot of all fours with her legs stretched out straight and her bum in the air. Still sleeping all night most nights, she will wake briefly, but goes back by herself. The arvo nap has gone from 1:30 to 2pm and even then she still doesn't look tired sometimes. I try get her down anyway and once she's in her bag and has her bunny she will usually sleep.
I am loving this age it is the best. Love watching her face when she flips the pages in a book. They are like little sponges :)

How is everyone else doing?

Quick one .. Miss 9 months just took her first step !!!