Babies born ~ May 1st-15th 2011 #2

[Porsche]

Hi Ladies

I'm glad to read all is going well for you all. I've been busy setting up my business and I hope to start selling in the next week. I'll be heading to markets first and go from there.

L rolled over from back to tummy about 2 weeks ago now and like Bree Gemini_girl she bought her legs up and used her weight to roll over lol. She did it about 5-6 times in a row and hasn't done it since. Lucky I got the video camera out and filmed her for evidence lol.

We started solids on Wednesday and she's loving it so far. Eats it all up little piggy. Had her weighed on Monday and she's 6.330kg and 62cm long. So not huge by any stretch of the imagination.

MrsS - You sound like you have been so busy with the twinnies. I'm glad it seems to be settling now.

Dragonbub - lol on the drool L is exactly the same. Her bib is saturated through all day. I don't know where she get it from lol.

[FarmGirl]

Hi Ladies,

Well it's been an eventful week for us here. I went back to full time work on Monday, just as my husband took two weeks holidays. So I've been getting myself back into the expressing and sterilising routine again, and Miss Amelia has been finding her feet with daddy at the helm.

The expressing is going well. I'm taking three breaks a day, and bringing home on average 300ml of milk a day. I was pleased on friday to freeze five bags of milk, which means I have excess for next week. Such a different story to when I had Noah, I had such trouble keeping up the supply. I just wish my left breast would produce milk at the same rate as my right. I usually get 20ml from the left and 80ml from the right, even though I express them in tandem.

Amelia is really getting some practice in with her crawling now. She can push herself back to sit on her bottom, but hasn't quite worked out how to walk her hands back to sit up. She is so obsessed with rocking on all fours she even does it in her sleep. Not long now till she starts moving forward.

No teeth as yet, and I've been a bit slack and not had the 4 month injections. Will have to book her in this week I think.

Hope all is well for everyone

[KimB]

Hi everyone, thought I'd better pop my head in here and say howdy again.

It's been good to read about all the progress the LO's are making They are growing so fast. I can't believe we are nearly at the 6 month mark for some.

Phoebe is doing well. I have been very slack and haven't had her weighed for ages but she is a right little porker lol. She has rolls on her wrists and ankles and the cutest little chubby bum She has been rolling over from her back to her front but still has no desire to try anything further. Phoebe has no teeth as yet either. She has started on solids but not the farax as she hates it. I have been giving her those pouches with the pureed food in them. She will eat a whole pouch in one sitting This in one girl who loves her food lol. We are still breastfeeding and she has about 3 feeds still during the night. At the moment she is such a koala baby. I can't even give her to DF to hold as she screams until I pick her back up. My pit of a house is really looking like a tip now but I can't put her down to do anything My PND is still active but I'm seeing a counsellor and I feel that it is helping. I may still have to go on meds but it is good to have someone to talk to.

Hope everyone is doing ok. Take care mummies and hugs to LO's

[Dragonbub]

Hey Kim, glad to hear Phoebe is doing so well and your PND is under control. I had it with Caden and I think it was just so overwhelming. For me it was because of lack of family support and general parental shock. It was a nightmare so I am glad to hear you are talking to someone and finding some relief *hugs*.

Farmgirl - wow almost crawling! Gee, River is fairly content just hanging out on his tummy, and will occasionally roll from tummy to back (and looks quite shocked at first, then thinks it's hilarious). No teeth here either but he has taken to chewing on my chin when he gets the opportunity to latch on. Feels very strange and a little bit painful but he seems to enjoy it . yay, I am a teething rusk!

Porsche - good luck with the markets babe. Very exciting to be starting your own business!

AFM - all good here. One more week til my own business is launched "officially" so looking forward to that. I ahve been so busy getting the website up and running and juggling kids with it all that I feel like I am walking in quick sand most days, putting in a lot of energy but not really getting anywhere. Just had Caden's 4th birthday bash which was a real hit, so glad that is over and I can get back to my business.

River is going wonderfully. He is such a happy contented baby, he just hangs around with me and helps me with my work (although he does tend to eat paper if he can get hold of any, LOL). He is 7.62 kg and 63 cm so a bit of a shortie and pudding baby. He looks just gorgous though, but quite different from Caden who looks more like his dad. My mum thinks River looks just like me, and I agree too. He is much fairer and even going blondish, whereas Caden has his daddy's olive italian skin and dark brown eyes. I am just loving being at home and have zero desire to go back to work any time soon. I just hope with the business and some consulting work that I will commence in the new year, I wont have to go back at all, fingers crossed!

Ok, ttfn, little one is crying

[gemini_girl]

Hey girls,

How is everyone doing? Its been rather quiet in here.

Farmgirl LOL at being a teething rusk... thats funny! Hopefully River doesn't dribble as much as Bree lol or you'll have dribble all down the front...

Congratulations to all those who are starting out a new online business. Maybe I need to have a caht to you in private coz I wouldn't mind doing it, but wouldn't know how, or where to start.

I have been sick with a cold, I think, or really bad hayfever, can't work it out? Doc put me on antibiotics but I still haven't gotten rid of it completely. I wouldn't go near Bree over the weekend coz I didn't want her getting sick if it was the cold. After two days of not going near her, would you believe it, the first time I picked her up, she vomited on me within 5 minutes Argh.

Bree has been learning to sit up. She thinks its hilarious when she falls to one side. She is trying to do this more than trying to sit up I think lol.

Still no teeth, still not interested in rolling, but grabbing toys without even thinking about it now. She loves her walker, loves her food, and she has been for a bike ride already too I bought a seat for the back of my bike, so we went for a short ride during the holidays. She loves being outdoors. Getting very difficult to hold her, doesn't always sit comfortably on the hip, but too big and heavy to hold in front. Not sure what she weighs at the moment, she was 8.49kg at 5 months, but she has been in size 1's for a while now and went into toddler sized nappies just after she turned 5 months :0

Hope your all doing well.

[Jubear]

Hi All,

I'm new to the site and was wondering if I could join you. My DS was born on the 4 th May 2011 at 11 pounds 2 oz (5.035 kilos) by c- section.

He is doing really well by nearly sitting and standing up by himself. I started him on solids just after 4 months, cause he just loves his tucker. DS is our 1st child and I will probably ask lots of questions for reassurance.

I look forward to chatting with you in the future and getting to know you all.

Cheers, jubear

[Jellybean29]

Hi All,

I'm new to the site and was wondering if I could join you. My DS was born on the 4 th May 2011 at 11 pounds 2 oz (5.035 kilos) by c- section.

He is doing really well by nearly sitting and standing up by himself. I started him on solids just after 4 months, cause he just loves his tucker. DS is our 1st child and I will probably ask lots of questions for reassurance.

I look forward to chatting with you in the future and getting to know you all.

Cheers, jubear

Welcome! wow what a big, healthy bubba!! :-)

[Jubear]

He certainly was big. I thought I was just really fat cause t the end I was eating a lot of ice-cream.

I tried to go natural but was induced and my body failed to progress, so it was decided to go c-section. I think my body new how big he was and thought to save me any damage down there. Lol

[FarmGirl]

Hi Everyone!

Welcome Jubear - congratulations on your bouncing baby boy. He weighs just a little more then I did at birth, which is the reason mum never had a third baby - two eleven pounders was enough.

Kim B - my house too looks like a cyclone has ripped through it, generally by the name of cyclone Noah. It's good to hear your PND is setteling down, although it sounds as though you have to keep working on it. All the best honey.

I love reading up on how all the bubs are doing. Such an amazing range of sizes and development in the group.

I finally had Amelia's 4 month shots done at 5 months of age. The doctor weighed her and took her measurements, and whilst he wasn't concerned, he did mention he wants to keep track of her. Basically she was in the 75th percentile when she was born, and is now in the 10th percentile. She weighs just 5.7 kgs and is 61cms long. I did explain to him that her nanna is only 4 foot 10 inch, so short does run in the family. I'm not worried about her because she is a very happy baby with big chubby legs, a good appitite and lots of wet and pooey nappies. She is also learning new things every day and is very active.

She is now moving around on the floor forwards and backwards, and rolls both ways to get to the toy she wants. Whilst I wouldn't call it crawling, she does do a bit of a caterpiller creep to get closer to the toys. This however has resulted in a few face plants on the toys quickly followed by tears.

For about a week when I went back to work, she had very erratic sleep patterns, waking neraly every hour at night, and not wanting to go back to sleep. But she has settled back into her old pattern now of three hourly feeds at night. I am exhausted though, and so glad I have an easy job that allows for expressing breaks and doing what I please. I've been eating those lactation cookies and taking Fenugreek tablets to try and increase my supply to help with expressing, but they don't seem to be doing anything.

Still no teeth, and we are starting food at the six months mark in three weeks time. Looking forward to it.

Anyway, I hope everyone is well.

[gemini_girl]

Hi Ladies,

Where has everyone gone? No one is posting much these days...

Bree is doing ok. She was going through a bit of a bad patch but seems to have come out of it now. I was getting frustrated because she had been sleeping so well during the nights and then she started waking again about 2-3 times a night, not for a feed, just for comfort. I thought she had my cold, but she was given the all clear on that side of things, but it seems her rash under her chin from all the dribbling is what was causing her so much grief and keeping her up at night. Doc gave us some heavy duty cream as the baby butter wasn't working quick enough and after a few dabs of this super dooper cream, rash is gone and sleep has returned, thank god

Bree is starting to grab for everything now, my glasses have been snatched off my head a few times and had some dribble added to them lol. Hair must be tied back these days too. I am taking her on Friday to have her weighed again, should be interesting, and have to book her in for 6 months injections too

Brianna went for her first bike ride the other week and absolutely loved it

No teeth here yet either
Oh and I am banning custard LOL, OMG isn't that fun - NOT. Weetbix and Farex it is for the moment, atleast until a good eating technique is formed lol (she had it going so well before, but now she is trying out this new style of eating by slurping food off the spoon)

Hope everyone and their bubs are well, take care!
Danni

[FarmGirl]

Well my little girl is growing up so fast! She can now crawl and sit, and is starting to pull herself up on things. We have also started baby led weaning and she loves avocado, tomatoes, banana, sausages and the odd bit of bread. She won't eat from a spoon and hates it if you try to put food in her mouth. So she does it herself with finger food. I weighed her yesterday and she is now 6kg, so very little but still with big chubby legs. I can't believe she is six months old now. I hope everyone is doing well and bubs are all happy and healthy.

[gemini_girl]

Welcome to the group Jubear!

OMG Farmgirl, that is incredible. I can't believe your little one is pulling herself up. Thats amazing! And for such a tiny little one too... extraordinary
Brianna is not interested much in getting around, she wriggles herself around on the floor, kind of like a crab, uses her legs to wiggle her bum around. She still likes falling over rather than sitting up. She loves being in her walker, especially outside. She is doing really well in the walker now, she walked herself to the christmas tree and started pulling off the decorations lol the massive smile on her face was priceless.

I had Bree weighed the other week when she was 6 months exactly. She weighed 9.3kg so she is finally levelling off a little as she didn't put on another full kg over the month. She is about 7% past the top of the chart. Her length is average though, about 75th percentile at 66cm. She had her 6 month injections at the time too, she just slept it off over the following few days.

Bree has had sooooo much trouble with nappy rash. I keep her clean and dry, I change her every bottle and in between if she needs, making sure to smother her in either the hydrozole or a barrier cream. The nurse at Child and Youth Health told me the other week to stop using hydrozole for a week because she wanted to see what happens. Well since then her little toosh has been bright red. When I ran out of Hydrozole, the lady in the chemist told me not to use hydrozole as it thins the skin. So even though I bought some that day, I was hesitant to use it after she told me that. Since the weekend it has been even worse, and I rang the health line and spoke to a doctor for some advice, he told me to use the cream I had for her rash on her face, so I have been doing this since the weekend but it has only gotten worse. It has been that sore that she cries at the thought of changing her and she screamed when I gave her a bath. I have given her as much time as possible without a nappy on. I finally got her in to see the doctor last night and he said that it looks like it might be something else. A fungal infection or something? He said that usually the nappy rash only affects the exposed skin whereas with Bree it was between the skin folds also. He has put her onto some antibiotics and told me to continue using hydrozole and requested to see her in one week. I questioned him about the hydrozole thinning the skin and he says that hydrozole does not thin the skin.....

Anyways...

Bree got 3 teeth in one day! She has her lower central incissors and one upper central incissor... she was pretty happy to see how exited I was for her when I felt them in her mouth, but since the initial celebration, she is now reluctant to let anyone else near them. Nice to see their is a result to all that dribble. She smiles a little differently now I have noticed, still a gorgeous smile, but her gums must be quite sensitive at the moment.

Bree is going in for a barium swallow test in a few weeks time. She has had bouts of coughing fits and the docs want to make sure that everything is working fine. It sometimes sounds like she is aspirating (sp?).

I'm headed in for eye surgery in about a week Eeek wish me luck! It will be nice to see all the pretty christmas lights without all the massive halo's surrounding them. And to see all my beautiful children clearly from across the room! Can't wait.

Hope your all well. Hear from you soon.

[FarmGirl]

Gemini Girl - that sounds very painful for poor Bree. I found my daughter was reacting to the wipes I was using, even though I had picked the sensitive skin ones. I found using a wet washer and applying lanolin helped. I hope it isn't anything sinister and it clears up quickly for her. (did it get worse as she was teething? my son's bottom used to get very red when teething)

Amelia is sitting in the 10th percentile now after being born in the 75th percentile. I would be concerned if it was only her weight putting her there, but all three measurements (weight, height, and head circ) are on par with the line. She does have some short genes in her bloodlines, including a dad at 5 foot 6, a nanna at 4 foot 10, and a great nanna at 4 foot 9. She looks like she has daddy's legs, so a short little munchkin is what I have.

Milly this morning was showing me she can now sit with no hands, a new trick she mastered yesterday. She was sitting in her cot this morning peeking at me over the rails, and as I came in to get her she was trying to pull herself up to stand. My son was an early walker (8 months) and I think Milly is maybe going to be earlier. We will have to wait and see. I haven't done anything to encourage her other then lots of tummy time (including sleeping), she is just the next bub in a long family line of early walkers.

We are still breastfeeding, an even though I have returned to full time work, we have comfortably fit in a routine of EBM and breast. I have found she feeds alot at night now to make up for the lost time during the day, which sometimes makes me quite tired, but not to bad.

I'm impressed GG that you have your Christmas tree up. I've been debating when to set ours up. We have a train set that runs around under the tree, which my son loves, and we quietly hate the music it plays. So I'm not sure if I want to listen to it for a month, or maybe just a week. And like Bree, I think it will be a glowing beacon for mischief with Amelia.

I'm looking forward to all the Christmas cooking coming up, and was thinking I might start making the rum balls today. My son Noah helps me with rolling them in coconut; which makes for some special one on one time with him.

Anyway I must run. the overloaded cloths hamper is calling me against my will....

[Bern]

gg- have you thought maybe she has thrush?

[Jellybean29]

Hey! Jakes still no teeth, not crawling and no sitting up ! Each to there own I suppose! He does like a shuffle in a circle and loves his Jolly Jumper, just flys in it! I'm giving him lots of tummy time so we'll see! Can't believe their first Christmas is coming up so fast !!! Can't wait! Xx


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[gemini_girl]

Ahh its wonderful isn't it reading up on all the different progress we're at... Little Bree said Dadda for the first time on Sunday morning, and once she started, she just didn't stop, I have even got her on video twice Dad is over the moon, but again, Mum comes later... sigh! lol
She completed a 360 degree turn while on the floor but still not wanting to crawl, she is more interested in walking than crawling, and I can see some crawling games are going to be needed to teach her to put her hands out, otherwise she will face plant like my eldest every time she fell over when she first learnt to walk. My eldest was 8 months when she was walking a few steps on her own. Bree won't be far off that I don't think.

Farmgirl I have indeed noticed that her nappy rash has gotten worse during her teething period, however she has had this dam nappy rash since around the 3 month mark, we had it under control at one stage, but it just wouldn't completely go away. It has healed a lot since seeing the doc on thursday and starting the antibiotics, but it is still not healing completely, even though I keep her regularly changed and lathered up with cream. I have changed back to huggies baby wipes as I was using little souls for a few weeks and wondered if that has caused an irritation. I have also noticed in the past few days especially that Bree has been scratching her head. I have stopped using any soap in her bath, except when I wash her hair I use the baby shampoo, which I have started doing less. It has been suggested that during teething, baby's urine is more acidic which could cause the rash to be worse I guess. The idea of using a wet cloth is good in theory but in practise, I forget to get one ready before changing her. I do however dab her dry with the cloth nappy I lay underneath her when changing, before putting on the cream.

Bern, thanks for your ideas and input. I have suggested thrush as she had a hard time with oral thrush early on, but the nurse at child and youth health (at 5 months) and the doc (at 5 months and last week) have concluded that it is not thrush. The doctor suggested a bacterial infection which is why, i'm assuming, that he has put her onto the antibiotics.


BBB, Jacob will be on the move before you know it. Its amazing how one day things are cruising along as usual, then the next minute, a milestone occurs and they're all of a sudden mobile etc... Brianna gets around really well in the walker but has shown no interest in crawling. I think she is starting to spread her wings a little now, seeing she done a full circle on the floor lol, it wont be long at all and we will have to try containing them to one room otherwise it will be a game of hide and seek lol... I have started to concern myself with all my chemicals and breakables which are accessible to little fingers... This is something I need to tend to immediately. I haven't had to think of it for so long. I guess it will be a matter of installing cupboard door latches and so on...

I can't believe Bree is almost at the 7 month mark. I can't believe how quickly time is travelling. I said to my husband just a few days ago, "Brianna is not a baby anymore, she is quickly growing into a little girl."

I put her first pair of shoes on her the other day, they came with a little dress I bought. Target were having massive clearance sales, some dresses were up to $27 and I picked them up for well under $10 each.

To celebrate Brianna's first christmas, I have taken photos of her in christmas outfits I bought from Big W, and gotten all creative with christmas cards! I have placed a photo of her (in her christmas outfit) on the front with a christmas decorative as a border, and inside I want to put her little footprints and another smaller photo of her with the person who the card is for. I really need to make the time to finish them off as christmas is getting nearer by the minute. I'm taking all the kids to the local christmas pageant. Was anyone brave enough to visit the one in town?

Anyway, I must go as young Bree is calling out for Dadda again, I must go tell her that Dadda is not home yet!
...and I think I can hear the laundry calling too lol !!

Take care!

[FarmGirl]

BBB- First Christmas ... eeeekkkk! Such a special memory and feeling so much pressure to make it wonderful. All the pressure comes from myself mind you. Each time my baby girl hits a milestone I think of my mum and how she is not here to share them. She got to see my son grow until he was 18 months old, but passed away from breast cancer before I had my baby girl. Christmas has just not felt the same since, and I so want this one to be like the one's I remember. I'm surrounding myself with family, spoiling the kids, and spreading out the parties to enjoy the entire festive season. But honestly, didn't we just have the babies?

GG- Why do the daddies always get a mention first. I've been listening to Amelia babble and I think she too is going to spit out a Dad-da first. It doesn't help that daddy coaches her every morning when he is the primary carer. I love your Christmas card idea! I always have the best of intentions but seem to run out of time to get anything done. Maybe I should follow your lead and start now.

Well I've had my first experience with croup this week. Not with the bub, but with my son who is 3 and a half. He is on a steriod syrup for three days to stop the coughing. Poor little guy sounds terrible, and hasn't been this quiet since he was born. At least the day off work to look after him will give me some time to get on top of the housework.

Hope everyone is well.

[Porsche]

Hi Ladies

Wow lots going on in here.

Farmgirl - I can't believe your bub is crawling already! Crickey. They are gowing up very fast!

Gemini_girl and your little one saying Dada how cute.

DD2 has 2 teeth and they came up together at 5 1/2 months. She sits by herself now so the next thing will be crawling lol. Solids are still a job in progress. She's been a bit slow on that. But we are getting there. She loves her jumperoo. She cracks me up whenever she's in it.