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Well done Zarlen!! What a clever monkey with teeth & crawling on one day.
Hope everyone is well. We continue to watch the flood waters move closer to our corner of Qld. I don't think we will be affected directly, ie here at home, but certainly some family might. It is such an awful mess. Speak soon xo.
Rach Glad you got things sorted with Bubba Z. A bit of crawling and a toothie on the same day...no wonder he was a little distracted! All that learning!
Hi to all....sorry, I've just gotta go sort Maxy out! BBL!
:hug: hope everything is ok, Peta ... stay safe and dry!
re Zarlen - *wow* I could have written the same post. but yes, perfectly normal from what I understand. frustrating, though!! so easily distracted and frustrated, but extremently quick at feeding :)
OK So my child is odd....she doesn't want to move around the 'conventional' way....has chosen to bum scoot instead! At the moment she is over near a door, nowhere near where I put her, with a trail of raisin toast trailing behind her! Cute!
Anyone else *think* their LO might be teething? I think it takes about 4 weeks from the first sign to when the first tooth pops and I think Darcie is in the midst of it....she bites me so hard! We also have A LOT of babble going on too....bababa, dadaa, mamamam, nanananan...so cute! Just like her Mother :)
Catching up with MIL today, hopefully will get some nice pics. Going to look at a house too....why not! Still in Limboland. Starting to wonder if this is where I'll stay! Our stuff is in the UK already, just patiently waiting for us to arrive! Including ALL Max's toys....Gah!
Hi girls!
Glad to hear/read you are all well!
Yules - hang in there hun! Is hubby in Jersey already or is he still in Perth with you? Can playdate next week if you like? Poss Thurs? James will be home so bring Max and they can run amok in the playroom! Cute on Darcie doing the bum shuffle! My sisters friends kid did this, never crawled, just bum shuffled everywhere! Was super cute to watch! :D
Miskilla - Big day for bubba Z! Tooth and crawling! Go super baby!!! :dance:
Peta - hope you and your family are all still safe and dry! :pray:
Holly - hi hun, keep the fb pics coming of Carmello!!! So cute!!! We're also looking at going again the middle / second half of this year, finances pending. Fingers crossed it all happens nice and easily first time round!!!!
Peanutter - it's probably been about a week since your post, has J-Man figured out the crawling forwards? I'm sure the sitting will happen really soon, if it hasn't already!
Ellie - a bit late, but also glad your DH got home safely!
AFM - Logan is sitting up heaps and loving it, not crawling or anywhere near close I don't think but he has rolling down to a fine art!!! He'll look at what he wants to get to, head down and roll, anywhere up to about 6 rolls in a row superfast, flip onto his tummy, lift up on his arms, have a look around to see if he's close, if he needs to change direction he'll spin around using his arms, line up the toy again, and it's head down and more rolling!!! Very funny to watch and very effective!!!! :D Teeth - I thought there might be one coming with a massive lump on his bottom gum but it's decided not to make an appearance.... :doh: We're not getting a great deal of babbling, lots of 'ga', 'ba', and 'bwa' but no 'mumum' or 'dadada' or 'nanan', but my god can my child hiss!!! Seriously, he sounds like a cat!!!! If he's excited or happy watch out!!! hahaha!! He'll hiss at us, his favourite toy, his brother, the animals and god help him if he sees James' big Buzz Lightyear he got for Chrissy... the arms flap and the hissing starts until Buzz can't be seen anymore!!! It's actually quite handy for when I want a shower, I just put Logan in his highchair, give James Buzz and the remote and I'm good for at least 10minutes!!!!!!! :D
Anyway, better go, we have Playgroup this morning. Hope you ladies all have a great day!!! :)
Shaz - Yep for Thurs :) PS DH is in Singapore ATM :(
shannon - no, still not crawling! well, one movement here and there, but not connected :)
and no teeth yet! I'm a-ok with that ... happy for my nipples still to be attached to my boobies for a while longer :D
Hi Ladies
We have crawling!!! Yay!!! Now to Alyssa proof my house. BBL, she is crying so must have finally realised she is tired. xo
YAY Peta! Good Job Alyssa :) Darcie is still arm flapping and throwing herself forward onto her arms from sitting, then getting her legs stuck under her and just getting frustrated she can't move...she'll get there. She's trying to pull herself up to standing! She's desperate! So unlike Relaxy Maxy!
Hi Girls
Yules won't be long for Darcie. No doubt she wants to get up & play with Max instead of sitting on the sidelines.
Not much to tell here. Alyssa is definitely alot more active, but still not really sleeping in the day time. Even at daycare they can't get her to sleep. I'm not too worried, she still sleeps a good 10hrs at night & is generally happy during the day, so all is well. The little bugger seems to want to be upright more so than crawling. She is pulling herself up on the furniture (and having plenty of stacks on the way to trying) and then starting to "cruise' around it. If she is anything like I was apparently I walked at 8.5mths after crawling for only about a week. I think the fact all the others at daycare are older & walking might be "helping" her bid.
Daycare / Work are going well. It is a nice mix to only work 3 days a week, though I do feel a bit left out & not 100% sure of my place at work now. I had my review last week and the Partners actually asked me what my role was now I was back & what days/hours I would be working. Which was weird but nice at the same time too. I feel like a bit of an intruder sometimes there, but I guess that will change. My No. priority is my little girl so work will become a background thing I think.
Peanutter, Doodlebug, Gigglemonkey, Miskilla, Ellie, I hope you are all doing well & your little ones too. Hope the sun is shining in your parts of the world. Take care xo
Hi ladies........I was wondering if I could join in your group? I am about to become a mumma to a 7 month old baby girl (adoption). From just me & DH, to a family of 3 in a week. You wait forever (years + years) for it to happen and then all of sudden it does!
OMG of course you can lil_chookie...can't wait to hear about this story! :) Very exciting! Congratulations Mum!
Welcome lil_chookie! :D
Congratulations on your little girl! I'd love to hear about the process and how she came to be a part of your family! Is she from Aus or o/s? Does she have a name or do you choose one for her?
Where abouts are you?
OMG - That is so exciting!!!!!!!!:
I can't post much atm - was wondering why i hasn't got any notifications LOL - new thread!!
I'llbe back later tonight. x
of course, chookie :)
what a rollercoaster ... I've got friends who have been on the TTC / assisted / IVF / adoption rollercoaster for years, and I am so pleased to see that it actually works sometimes!!
please tell us all about your baby :)
and for your benefit, I'm guessing it might help if we introduced our bubs (and ourselves) a little?
I'm peanutter, I'm a first time mum to J man, who is almost 8 months old, and keeps me on my toes! He's just starting to crawl (has been rolling and crawling backwards for a while though!) and he is a delight. He babbles a lot, with lots of "bububub" and "mamamah" but we don't think he's really talking, because we don't think he's attributing any meaning just yet ... but he's getting there! He also adores going to the pool, and having baths, and any kind of music. He doesn't have any teeth (YAY! Since I'm breastfeeding....) and we're doing baby led weaning ... his favourite foods are avacado, meat, pasta and vegimite on bread. DH and I have never had a baby before, but used to foster teenagers for a few years, before TTC. I work full time, and my DH is a full time dad, part time study-mogul doing uni by correspondence. I've had a rough few months post birth due to a severe injury from the birth, but it looks like my surgery has been successful, and we're praying that I'll be all better and pain free soon. I like singing and dancing (though not lately, due to ouchies) and reading and having people over for a meal/drink/games/singstar/general shenanigans.
That's me! Would love to hear a little about you, so you feel as included and welcome as soon as possible :hug:
Hi Ladies
Big WELCOME to Lil chookie. How very exciting. As per Peanutters great idea, in a nutshell:
DH & I took 6 years to concieve our little girl. During this time, we did IVF & also were on the adoption rollercoaster for 2 years having just completed our final interviews when we found out we were 10wks preggers. Alyssa is 8mths and has just started crawling, but seems very keen to get upright and keeps pulling herself up on things. We are on the Sunshine Coast in Qld. I work 3 days a week as Practice Manager for an Accounting firm. Alyssa goes to daycare those three days as DH also works FT. I would so much love to share your storey. It certainly makes me happy to hear that adoption does work for some lucky people. I can't say I was too thrilled about the whole procedure, but I understand why they do what they do.
Hoping you feel very welcome Lil Chookie - I'm sure you will, this is a great group of girls. And if you have any questions, just ask!
Have a good one girls. xo
Wow loving this idea!
I'm Yules :) I am second time Mumma to Darcie, EST 27/5/2010. I am a stay at home Mum currently living in Limboland (aka Perth) about to move to Jersey in the Channel Islands in the UK. We just finished an (almost) 2 year stint in Singapore.
Darcie is trying REALLYYY hard to crawl and stand, but is more just frustrated that she can't quite get it ATM. She doesn't have any teeth yet....and squeels the house down with her sounds. She can now clap when we ask her to 'clap hands' and rocks back and forth and sings to music (CUTE). She is a crap sleeper...mainly due to the fact that she always wants to be part of the action, and her big Brother Max always wakes her up.
She loves food...a mixture of BLS and puree and we co-sleep. She loves boobie and her favourite person in the whole world is her brother.....but he just thinks she's 'too noisy'
:)
Hi!
I'm Sharon, I have an older ds1 (5yrs last Oct), and Logan who is 8mts.
Logan is our little treasure, full of smiles and fun! No crawling, but he could roll for Australia!!!! He's lightning fast! No teeth here yet either. Loves to 'stand' with us holding him and has perfected the 'arm flap' down to a fine art! For some reason he has the innate ability to hiss like a cat... this accompanied by his arm flap is a very funny sight! :)
He also loves his food, we're doing the same as Yules, a mix of BLS and puree. He's a boob man, until it hits 7pm then it's a bottle of house white all the way from dad! :)