Babies Born ~ May 16th-31st 2009 #8

**Astrolady** · May 17th, 2010, 05:54 PM

This thread is for parents whose baby was born May 16th-31st 2009

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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**tattoo_mama** · May 17th, 2010, 06:15 PM

first in!!! Jades bday tomoro (well, 1am) and going to her dads

he had her mothers day too

***TripleJ*** · May 17th, 2010, 07:24 PM

Em it happens i know it happened with us a lot as kids but we turned out ok sure we missed our mum when we were with dad but we make up for it other times

well jamies birthday went on without a hitch there arent many pics of the party coz i was somewhat of a zombie and my mum wasnt much better but everyone had a nice time and we had fun
i feel bad that we didnt sing happy birthday and now i have the cake at home i better eat it soon or it will become a rock lol im so proud of the cake i made it myself lol

jamie is finally back to sleeping and i love it i think i have finally caught up on my sleep

hope everyone else is doing ok

**~ Mylitta ~** · May 17th, 2010, 07:55 PM

Our Wonderful Belly Buddy Babies

MummyNaomi (Naomi) - April 23rd 11:12pm (25 days early) - Bailey Peter (5lb 12oz)
Santosha (Kat) - April 27th (32 days early) - Ivy Milla
~ Mylitta ~ (Krystie) - May 2nd 9.40am (17 days early) - Kyson Lucas (8lb 10oz - 3.925kg)
Niadla - May 13th 6.08pm (10 days early) - Allira Maddison (3.52kg)
JwithJ - May 15th 3.13am - James Kai George(7lb 11oz - 3.490kg)
BeautifulMadness (Jess) - May 18th 6.39pm - Andrew Robert (8lb 3oz)
tattoo_mama - May 18th 1.12am - Jade Freya (7lb 15oz)
Nicole S (Nicole) - May 22nd 11.08am (11 days early) - Aaron Dan (2.8kg)
Raindrops - May 27th 9.08am - Aralia Rose Lugg
Briggsy's Girl - May 29th 4.48am - Emerald Nevaeh Rose (3.68kg)
Bridg - May 30th 7.05pm - Logan Jack (8lb 1oz - 3.66kg)
CathyS (Cathy) - May 31st 1.35am - Cara (8lbs 4oz)
Wysiwyg (Vic) - May 31st 11.53am - Cerys Jay (9lbs 2oz - 4.12kg)
Snacks (Amy) - May 31st 5.12am - Phoebe Grace (3.46kg)
Bella29 - June 15th 10.03am (16 days late) - Jemima Katherine (9lb 2oz)

**briggsy's girl** · May 17th, 2010, 09:12 PM

J - why don't you set up a cake smash - let Jamie go to town and take some pics! sorry you weren't great on the day hun

**briggsy's girl** · May 17th, 2010, 09:13 PM

Em - Jade won't know what her bday is this year - make it spesh for her when she comes home again - she won't remember but YOU can make it enjoyable for you both - and get lots of pics!

**wysiwyg** · July 21st, 2010, 09:00 AM

Arghhh now I am sick yesterday was dh first day at home so he was meant to be shadowing me to learn all the tricks with CJ but I woke up to the sound of him throwing up! Last night I was all shivery and this morning feel very delicate and stinking headache. Dh did not feel up to work but has taken Cj to daycare to be away from our germs. So I am in bed writing from IPhone, is ok but can't type so fast. CJ now has three molars and yesterday crawled properly about two metres at mothers group but has not done it since.

Anyway just wanted to say hi to everyone when I am well enough will be setting up new pc which should be super speedy.

**MummyNaomi** · July 21st, 2010, 11:35 PM

Hey Ladies,

Normally I'd be in bed but I am up killing time until I leave for the Target Toy Sale at Midnight, I think I've officially gone mad LOL

Vic - Sorry to hear your household has been struck down with illness, hope you are feeling a little better. Yay for the new speedy PC, You won’t know yourself!

Krystie - I agree with Nic, your new Avi is scrumptious - Yummy Mummy

I can't wait to find out Apple Blossoms name - hopefully Naomi goes well with the first name

LOL I still have my original girls name 'on hold' in case baby #2 is pink, if we have a boy though .... who knows!! Best I get pregnant first before worry about that though !!

I just saw in an Online article that Orgalutran, which is one of the IVF short cycle drugs, has been added to the PBS as of Aug 1. As we would do an antagonist cycle again that’s great news for us, that should significantly bring down the price of an IVF cycle - Yay!

Bella - agreed, it would be simply delightful to be TTC buddies and luck permitting belly buddies again, wouldn't it be hilarious if our kids ended up the same ages? I love reading your posts, you are such an inspiring and dedicated Mummy, proud to call you a friend mate!!

Nic - Yeah re keeping the TTC on the down low, we are only telling Bailey's god parents (our besties) as they've been through IVF too. Definitely not telling the family, esp the IL, they'll broadcast it to all and sundry like they did last time. Also, whenever the MIL hears any news it appears she tells everyone before we get a chance to. But overall, to make it easier on ourselves we'll keep it under wraps, and it would be nice to have some semblance to a 'normal' pregnancy announcement around the 12 week stage, rather than reporting in a few hours after we find out. What a delicious secret to keep for a while

BG - Still busy sorting out etc? Any interest on the house? How's it all going? I get you on the 'man' clean thing tehehehehe, bless them they try, these days I'll take a man clean, no time to be fussy anymore!

Child Care is getting easier, although we still have tears at the drop off (and pick up, he gets a bit overwhelmed when he see’s Daddy at the end of the day), he is settling within a few minutes now, so out of sight out of mind thanks Mummy LOL. The carers said they can see what a happy little boy he is now, as he has lost his clinginess to them and will happily play all day, but still crawl over for a hug now and then – yay, a little less Mummy guilt for me

I love how well they look after the kids, I have poked my head in and they are sooo good and loving to all the babies, it makes me feel at peace and this week I’ve been able to get stuck into work without worrying constantly. I totally picked the right child care centre (pats myself on back LOL)

Oh, and I am LOVING part time work, it totally agrees with me. Only going into the office one day in a row is just awesome. I have our housework, cooking, general life stuff under control, have two extra days with Bailey, and seem to be getting some decent sleep. I have to stay organised though, the key is to lay all the clothes, breakfasts, bags out the night before, and fill up the slow cooker in the morning and set the timer so its cooked when we get home, but its working a treat so far. Two of my co-workers came up and asked me how I scored the work-from-home gig ( I think they are after my job!!), but I know it’s safe and I know my boss only let me do it cos he trusts me. Ten Years of Service is definitely paying off, but if we do have another baby there will be a scrap fight to cover my role I reckon hehehehe, as long as I get it back when I return, I don’t care!!

Anyway, better go get my list, purse and keys and get ready to head off to the shops, I’m gonna regret this tomorrow when I want to sleep and Bailey wants to play – coffee will be my best friend

Nay
x

**tattoo_mama** · July 21st, 2010, 11:48 PM

hi girls sorry i have been AWOL, has been a hectic week, have moved back to my mums (yay!), jade has started at a new daycare, ive enrolled at TAFE and start next week, and XP just got a job (ive posted a thread in platinum) which im not too sure about...he wont be having her at all now caus its working up north full time

so mainly things are going well but a bit sad about that.
Jade is getting into everything and driving me insane, im so glad she was a late crawler, now she is super quick and chucks huge tantrums (we are talking hitting my face, pounding her fists on the floor etc!) but apparently i was just the same. Also she is getting thru teeth, (she has bottom two and top two incisors, now the top middle two are coming thru ) so very little sleep here!!

sorry i dont do many persies but i keep up to date on FB and love all the photos of our little ones growing up... not so little anymore, makes me so sad!!!

**~ Mylitta ~** · July 25th, 2010, 07:50 PM

Hi girls, I thought I'd come in here for some advice. My 10yo DSS has had a cough for about 2 weeks now. It started getting better, then got quite bad one night and DH took him to a 24hr GP at midnight. He has an upper respiratory infection and is on antibiotics.

This afternoon Kyson has coughed a few times. Nothing scary so far, just a couple of little coughs, but not like his normal little coughs. It sounds slightly chesty. And one time when he was standing next to me he was wheezing a little while he was breathing. Other than that he seems totally fine. I've just put him to bed and he sounded fine and didn't cough at all. I'm only posting about it because I know that these things can get bad overnight sometimes so wanted some advice if that happens. I don't want to give him cough medicine at all because it's not recommended at all for kids under 2 (and it's under debate whether it's even helpful at all...), so if he starts coughing or breathing bad during the night do I just steam up the bathroom and hold him in there? Obviously if he got really bad we'd take him to the hospital or call an ambulance. I'm just not sure if there's anything other than getting steamy that helps.

Also, if he does start coughing, would he HAVE to take antibiotics considering his brother is needing them to get over this infection? Usually I would want to hold off so his own immune system could take care of things, but I guess I'm just worried because his brother wasn't able to kick the infection without abs. Having said that though, my DSS has had two colds recently so his immune system probably isn't in it's best form, whereas Kyson is the healthiest baby I know of.

Oh, and guess what? I think my morning sickness is easing, but I'm coming down with a cold, lol. This is my second cold since falling pregnant. Oh dear. The worst thing at the moment though is that I have had a killer headache for about a week that even panadol doesn't take the edge off. I think I hurt my neck one night and I think that's when the headache started. Unfortunately my friend who is a chiro is overseas at the moment, so I'm going to try to book in for an appointment at my old chiro clinic one evening when they do late appointments. Having a 14 month old makes doing these sorts of appointments during the day impossible. I can't exactly imagine him sitting in his pram contently while Mummy gets some myotherapy and a little crack-crack. Haha!

***TripleJ*** · July 25th, 2010, 07:58 PM

i'd say just watch it coz it can go bad quick but if i doesnt get better off to the docs is the best thing to do and discuss options he might say we wont give him ab's unless it doesnt clear itself up i know my doc wouldnt give Jamie anything when he got his cold

**MummyNaomi** · July 25th, 2010, 08:02 PM

KL - do you have a vaporiser? When Bailey is a bit 'coughy' or chesty I always put it on preventitively and I swear it works a treat, seems to keep him relatively clear - nice warm moist air, and he has a sounder night sleep too (as do we). Although it might be a bit late now (unless you have a late night chemist) I'd definately recommend getting one (about $50) and ours has paid for itself over and over again babe

Hope he doesn't come down with DSS's bug, but if he does and does need ABs, at least you are helping him get healthy again asap. Last time Bailey had a bit of a Chest infection / bugs it wouldn't clear until the Dr put him on ABs and then he was HEAPS better within 24 hours. Having said that, he hasn't completely shaken his cough yet (nor have I) that he's had for about 3-4 weeks now. He occassionally wheezes too, but its usually once off's

HTH babe and YAY for MS easing

Nay

**wysiwyg** · August 22nd, 2010, 02:07 PM

Hooray for iPhones and the ability to post one handed. CJ is sick and sleeping across me, is typical with me starting work tomorrow DH will take day off if necessary. We never made it to aquarium on Friday she looked too sad when we got into the city. She had a high temp 40 on Friday evening and yesterday was 39 But she slept very fitfully in our bed last night this morning temp was 37.5 so seems to be improving although would not eat much lunch today. Fingers crossed she sleeps well today and is ok tomorrow - why this week!

**wysiwyg** · August 23rd, 2010, 07:57 PM

Poor little CJ - she has an ear infection and hand, foot and mouth virus!!! DH took to docs as I was at work (first day) - she has the little blisters from the virus in her mouth poor thing. Anyway hopefully she is already getting over it as should only last about 6 days and it started late Thursday I reckon looking back, she has antibiotics for ear infection but they can't give anything for the virus. Work was fine, DH did the hard yards with CJ today as she just goes into hysterics at the slightest thing probably because she is ill, past two nights I have had to go to bed with her at 7:30 to get her to settle, tonight so far so good in her own cot (now I am thinking maybe prefer her in with me so am close to make sure she is ok!) - I am going to go to bed in a minute to try and catch up on the Zzzzzzs - was ok at work today but five days on not much sleep I think would struggle. Hope everyone else is good.