Babies Born ~ November 16th-30th 2009 #5

Hi Natty - that's great, 10 hours is awesome, I reckon she's getting the hang of it, she'll do that more and more now. Yay! Well done on pumping so much milk, I miss breastfeeding in a way. I laughed my head off watching Packed to the Rafters last night, it was like watching myself in the early days!

Question for everyone, Amelia does this thing with her wrist where she flicks it up and down (like rolls it) and opens and closes her fist over and over again. Is this just a developmental thing or is it strange ha ha - anyone else's bubs doing it? It looks cute but I have noticed she's doing it more and more, moreso with her right hand. :o) It's like she's going "abracadabra" LOL

Awwww Kymmie that really sucks hope everything sorts out soon


4 hrs 45 min til I see eclipse!!!!! Sorry I'm very excited!!!!!! Werea telly my twilight buddy lol

Have fun Mon - I'm a huge Twilight fan too, just bought that other book, hope it's good! Can you believe I haven't seen New Moon yet! My sister just came back from KL with it for me on DVD though, unfortunately Eclipse wasn't out yet, booooo! Let me know how it goes........Jacob, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (licks lips). LOL

Hi girls.. Just on my phone

Thanks again, am feeling a little better today, well, physically anyway :)

Just a question..
I am thinking of stopping Archie's solids for a while.. Since I started he has really not been that interested and now it's almost as if he is afraid of eating! He will put something in his mouth then hold it in there for about half an hour til I eventually pull it out with my finger! He won't spit or swallow lumps, yet he Is not keen on purée either.. What do you all think? I was thinking of stopping completely for about a week just to see what happens. I usually offer him something at every meal but he never really seems that interested. He LOVES pear but the minute a bit breaks off he gets this panicked look on his face and then just sits there with the lump in his mouth for ages! I tried mashing pear and he won't eat it! I can't win! Advice please! Xxxx

Serenity Is still just on booby and doing good so it should be fine and it may help bring his interest back in food

kymmy :o omg how scary!!!! Im so glad to hear things have settled down a little and your feeling better physically. :hug: love you lots, take care of yourself xxoo
Sorry this is really quick, don't have much time.

Hi Kymmy - I'm no expert given Amelia's my first but from what I hear/read it doesn't sound like he's ready for solids yet, although I thought they had to start eating some solids from around 6 months? Or does that not matter, I have no idea! Amelia loves her food, I didn't start her until she was "asking" for it but she instantly knew to swallow etc. I would give it a break for a week and see. Have you spoken to your MCHN about it to see what she says?

Kymmy I stopped Vs solids for a week a while ago as she was not really wanting them and a week later she was eating them again enthusiastically so maybe its worth a try?

Thanks girls..

I will just lay off the solids a bit I think. If he seems super keen on something I'll let him try but apart from that I'll just give it a break.

Back down the hospital today for a check up. What a waste of time that was! Had the worst dr, he could hardly speak any English, didn't even feel my tummy or do an ultrasound or anything, just told me to come back next week for an ultrasound. Thanks for making me wait an hour and a half for that great piece of medical advice, doc! Geez, I tell ya, I'm so over all of this! So, I guess I'll find out next week whether I'll need another d&c now.

Sorry for my rant.. Hope you are all doing well. I promise I'll do a less selfish post one of these days, it's just so convenient to post quickly on my phone while feeding!

Have a good weekend xxx

Hey everyone it's been a bit quiet in here hope everyone is well, Kymmie hope ur doing ok

Its Vs first day of daycare today, I dropped her off for a trial and am now at home. Going to do some housework to distract myself. I started crying when I left..

Hi Mon :) Yes it is quiet hey?

Awwwwwww how sad and exciting all at the same time, hope ur doing ok natty

yep. very quiet

kymmy hows archie going now you've stopped solids for a bit?

theo is now saying mum mum mum mum, and he is even directing it at me, i just love it.

sarah how is everything going?

nat how did v go today? first day at day care... holy cow i bet you were nervous!

bec - love love love my clippies. hope luke is doing ok...

gtg. phone ringing xxoo

Hi girls....

Sorry I have been absent lately....still reading though. Just dont seem to have 5 minutes to myself and I feel like I'm going insane. Abbey is really clingy at the moment and only wants me, we have a new puppy (just what I need! Thanks Simon!) and JD is being the usual except worse cause of the dog!

Telly - Our chickens lay one egg a day each unless one is clucky or something....they are a pain in the butt. They have free run of the yard so if I sit Abbey down on the grass with a biscuit I have to keep shooing them away from her cause they'll try and peck it out of her hand. They even take the dogs on for their food and usually win. They are very painful and I cant stand them most of the time!!! Lucky Simon does everything most of the time so I dont have to deal with them too much!!!

Natty - Hope V had a good day, I'm sure she'll be fine. I bawled when I first left JD and sometimes I still get upset if he's upset when I go and he's not even a baby anymore!!! The girls would have loved her!!

Bec - I hope Luke is on the mend. Poor fella, sounds like he's had a rough trot!

Kymmy - I hope you are going OK and are on the mend as well. xoxo

Alison - Love the latest pics of Amelia and your Donnybrook house and valley looks very picturesque!! Nice getaway for you to go to!

Mon - Saw Eclipse on Fri night and loved it! I havent read the books and didnt really think too much of the first 2 films, but this one was good - had a bit of humour in it and wasnt so dark so I really enjoyed it! Dont know who's team I'm on though!! Jacob is very very hot, but there's something about Edward.....

Hi to Alicia, Mel and anyone else I have forgotten!!!

Crap sleeping, clingy baby, running out of finger food ideas and freezing our butts off here! Dont think Abbey is ever going to crawl. All she wants to do is sit or have me hold her while she's standing.....even then she's not happy and just whinges. Clapping her hands constantly too (like Amelia!) and thinks she's pretty good. I think she's saying mum mum mum a bit but mainly when she's crying (which is quite alot at the moment!!). Even if Simon is holding her she still whinges and if I leave the room she's losing it! I dont know what else to feed her for snacks. I think she's getting sick of cruskits, milk arrowroots etc and fruit's really messy when were out so what else can I give her?? She's pretty much having what we have at dinner and I think she gets a fair bit down. Always has yogurt for dessert....and rice cereal or weet bix for breaky.....

Gotta go start tea - hope you're all well!!

xoxox

I'm here! Been down at the farm this weekend so haven't been on. How did V go at Daycare Natty? I reckon I'd spend all day missing Amelia too but you'll get used to it. She'll have fun with the other kiddies. How is everyone? Kymmy, that doc sounds like a twit, are you feeling ok though?

Hi to everyone else, Amelia is demanding my attention more and more each day so it's getting harder to get on, I spent too much time on BB and FB and the housework is piling up lol! Love you all. xx

I'm here! Been down at the farm this weekend so haven't been on. How did V go at Daycare Natty? I reckon I'd spend all day missing Amelia too but you'll get used to it. She'll have fun with the other kiddies. How is everyone? Kymmy, that doc sounds like a twit, are you feeling ok though?

:hello:Hi to everyone else, Amelia is demanding my attention more and more each day so it's getting harder to get on, I spend too much time on BB and FB and the housework is piling up lol! As I sit here I can feel a little person playing with my toys on the floor lol. Better go, will get back on for more persies later. Love you all. xx

im here too
keep losing damn replies gggrrrrrr

kymmy- i cant stop thinking of you, i hope you are doing ok xox

we have been sick here, gross 24 hour bug had dh sick, me a bit sick and harper throwing up and diahorea. just awful.
missed a night with my mums group friends in a lovely hotel. glad i was with my bubba though
having a tough time with everything atm which sucks. Tully is just being two. very trying.

and harper is crawling! aarrrgghhhh . giving tully a bath in the laundry trough the other night, left harper in the lounge, next thing i turn around and shes at my feet!

oh an we have been dtd like mad with no protection- big redface.......but kinda liking it too
youll know when i test by the eyes popping out or bfn. thats all ill say when i test.
mid next week. i have 6 tests waiting

love to all
x madame x

Hi Madame - yuk that's what went around our house a couple of months ago, Amelia was sick for a week with the runs, god it was awful seeing her so ill, then I got it then DH. Hope everyone is well again soon. Yay to Harper for crawling, how impressive! Amelia is nowhere near crawling yet, she's only just sitting up on her own in the last couple of days! It's funny though as friends were telling me today that their bubs can't clap hands so what one bub does the other doesn't I guess. I'm not worried, I'm quite happy for her to take her time, chasing her around while she rolls is bad enough lol. Oooh and you're trying too? Wow you are still young, do you want more than 3 kids or you just want to get them out of the way early ha ha. We'll start trying again end of year - even though I'm nervous. I love Millie so much I can't imagine sharing her! She IS my baby! My cousin who's an OB told me she's just got a BFP on Saturday, I'm the only one who knows, she's been married before to an idiot and got divorced after 2 years and has been seeing a guy for a year now after being on her own for a few years. She's 36 so will be the same age as I was when I had Amelia, I'm really pleased everything is working out for her - she has worked so much to get where she is I'm surprised she has time for kids as she's going "private" next year but she said she's going to go into fertility instead, it's more 9-5 so allows her to be at home more rather than on call 24 hours a day. Anyway, that's my news, not much else happening atm! xx

Just quickly, on my phone

Archie just got himself out of his bumbo, while it was on the BENCH!! OMG he was dangling off the edge when I bolted over and grabbed him! He couldve fallen straight onto the slate! Worst mother award goes to me. I feel traumatized.. So was he, poor lil man.
I guess that's why they put the warning on the side then. He has never even tried to get out of it before, so all of you with bumbos please be extra careful.

Sorry no persies, can't remember what was written. I'll try to log back on tonight for a major persies post.

Feeling alot better both physically and emotionally.

BBL xx

OMG Kymmy that must have given you a temporary heart attack! I have stopped using Amelia's bumbo because she has started trying to get out of it as well - if I do it's on the floor only, which defeats the purpose as I used to use it on the bench like you, it's highchair or floor for her now! Glad you're feeling better lovely. xx

Hey girls am I sad for already thinking about a theme for Amelia's 1st birthday? I am tossing up between Waybuloo and Hello Kitty - Hello Kitty is pink and girlie and she has a few Hello Kitty things but Waybuloo she absolutely loves. Whenever the cartoon comes on she stops what she's doing and stares and now she's laughing, smiling, cooing and clapping her hands when it comes on. I found a shop in the UK on Ebay that sells themed party packages, matching cups, plates, serviettes, balloons, lolly bags etc........hmmmm I feel an expense coming on! Perhaps I have too much time on my hands....hang on, perhaps I should be doing the housework instead of thinking of her birthday which is still 5 months away lol!

:hello: everyone!

Argh, i just typed up a reply and than my computer froze. grr!

Kymmy, i've never told anyone this.. so feel honored, haha. When dd was 6 months old I placed her on the kitchen bench while i put some rubbish in the bin. She wriggled around and fell off of it, and I caught her JUST before she went splat. I was soo horrified. I cried and vomited. I still feel sick when I think of it. Ever since i've been super vigilant with kids on elevated surfaced. I don't trust high chairs, bumbos, anything like that. I always like to be within reach. So maybe we could share the title of mother of the year?? haha. :hug: don't worry too much about it ;)

ali - omg no offence but i can't stand that show!! hahaha! That one and 64 zoo lane. Argh, so irritating! hahah! Oh and Zigby!!!! All of them remind me of morning sickness. so naturally i'm not that fond.

sarah - that is soo exciting that you guys are trying for bubby number three!! Yippee!!! Can't wait to hear your posts, haha. Im still in two minds about a third. Who knows what the future holds. But if we do have a third, will have to be before i'm 30, i've always wanted to have my family while young. So still got forever to decide anyway. I'm not even 25 yet! hehe!

shayna - theo is getting sick of the same ol same ol foods too. today i gave him a slice of bread with vegemite for lunch. he didn't really eat much of it. Dinner i'll try giving him some lasagna, if i get around to making it!

AFM - Took DD to the Dora concert on the weekend while mum looked after theo. DH was suppose to look after him, but he was so hungover it was ridiculous. He passed out in dds bed (she was in my bed), and got up vomiting, but couldn't make it to the toilet in time. So he spewed in her wooden block thingo (you know the thing you push, that holds wooden blocks??). I was LIVID!!! So i spent the remainder of the weekend ****ing him off. Including at $250 shopping spree on clothes for DD. hehe! (OMG ladies... Target girl clothes atm are just ADORABLE! A definate must!)

anyway, hope you're all well
xxoo

ha ha Telly no offence taken, I think they're cutie pies......my pet hates are Dora (although I'm slowly coming around), the Wiggles and most of all that Night Garden or whatever it's called, those things are just too freaky for me! Re DH, OMG I would've kicked his butt to Timbuktoo, yuk! I hope he was embarrassed and go you for the shopping spree, personally I'd still be shopping if it was me lol. I had a quick scan in Target yesterday actually, I did get a cute little red and white spotty dress for Summer, am I right in getting 1's for summer? Amelia's just going into 0's now so I assume 1's will be fine for summer. I have no idea how much more they grow from now until then!

Also, Amelia won't eat any packaged foods, not even Rafferty's - except their breakfast rice cereals and multigrains etc which she loves. Any of their pouched liquid foods and even the smoothies she spits out and shuts her mouth. I think it's because they're too sweet, they do put apple in everything and it was very sweet even for me! Anyway, I'm not complaining but just thought it was interesting as all the mums group mums feed mainly those rather than cook the food. Today I'm trying a recipe one of my pregnancy aqua friends gave me, it's a minced meat one with tomatos and onion etc......quite daring for me as I've just been doing vegies but I'll give it a go, if anyone wants the recipe let me know. She gave me a chicken one and fish one too which I'll try. I tried chicken last week and she wasn't interested but this recipe looks like it has flavour so will give it another go.

my little man is burning up and DH is away for two days. :(
just checked his temp, 38.3 :(

Wow Kymmie that mustve been so scary , serenity has crawled off my bed so many times it's not funny so we all have our moments

Telly I hope the temp goes down soon, niesh used to get 39.9 when teething lol do you think it's teeth or a bug, nurofen is great for getting down a temp

he's ok. gave him some panadol, now its down to 37. poor little pumpkin :(

Oh good! I'm not the only one!!

Poor feo!! Don't worry too much, brit used to get temps of 41 ALL the time (for no obvious reason) and she HATED panadol so kept spitting it out whenever we tried to give it to her! I was so worried but she never convulsed!! In American Indian cultures they actually wrap their kids in fur when they have temps as it helps to fight infection.

I've been thinking about archie's birthday too Ali, so you're not the only one with too much time on yr hands!!

In laws are here, wish they would bugger off so I can do a proper post! I'm in my room feeding Archie right now!

BBL xx

oh ladies. havingahorrible nite. theos temp is now 39.9 :(

Oh Telly!!! Hope you and your gorgeous little man are OK...xoxo

Hi Telly - how is Theo this morning? Do you think it's teeth or a cold or something? I hope he's better soon, it's so horrible having a sick baby isn't it. xx:hug:

Hi All
Just wanted to see how our bubby Feo is doing? xxx

hey ladies youre all so sweet :)
feo is a bit better. no fevers yet this morning. but is full of bright green snot. :( so got a dr appointment@ 3.30 to hopefully get some antibiotics.
kaili had temps on weekend too and is today also full of yuckness. so got her booked in too.
tell ya what, 2 sick kids while dh is away is bloody hard work. think i got about 2 hours broken sleep last night. waaahhh. haha

sorry. typing 1 handed.
xxoo

oh telly thinking of feo and you and kaili xox

Oh no 2 sick kids is awful! Hope they're better soon.

Hi girls

As you would know State of Origin is on so I have some time to myself and why not waste it all on BB and FB!!! Could be doing many more productive things but who cares!!!

Telly – Hope both the kiddies are doing better and that the Dr was able to give them both something….horrid to have that happen while your DH is away…..fingers crossed you get a good nights sleep tonight!!

Alison – I forgot to mention the other day, you asked about Amelia and her wrist thing…..JD used to do something that sounds like that….he used to move his wrist so that it looked like he was revving a motorbike or something and would just stare at it!! It was quite funny, but he grew tired of it after a while….is she still doing it? Abbey has started throwing her head to the side or to the back really quick and just laughing and carrying on….must get a rush out of it or something!! Silly babies!

Madame – Fingers crossed for a BFP for you next week. How exciting!!

Natty - How's V's sleeping going?? I would love to do sleep school or something, but there is no way that I could afford airfares etc so I will just have to ride it out I guess....used to living on hardly any sleep now anyway I think!

I was just thinking that Billykat hasn’t posted in ages – are you still reading??!!

Hi to everyone else!! :D

AFM – My goodness Abbey has been doing explosive number 2’s at the moment!!! Sorry for TMI but it was only about a week ago she was having trouble getting them out and now it’s just gone to the opposite extreme!! She was sitting on the mat in the lounge room today and I could smell that she had done one and I picked her up and it had leaked all out the side of her nappy onto the floor….what a nice mess to clean up! For dinner I have just been giving her what we have and put it on her tray and let her go for it and I was worried that she mightnt have been taking much in since I wasn’t doing it for her, but we had Spag Bog on Mon night and geez….the poo that appeared on Tues was def a Spag Boggy one….the worst stench I have ever smelt I reckon….will put me off making that dish for a while. At least it confirmed she was actually getting some into her mouth and not just down the side of her seat!

I don’t know what she’s up to with her sitting / trying to crawl stage…she’s not that happy just to be plonked on the floor with some toys anymore so when I sit with her she strains her whole body to twist and get to me and she can sort of pull herself up onto her knees if she grabs my pants or something and then I help her to stand and she would stand like that for hours if I had the time….I try to show her (Natty’s DH’s style in that pic on FB!) how to crawl and try to put her into that position but half the time her legs shoot back out and she ends up lying on her belly and cracking it! JD commando crawled for ages so maybe she will do the same once she figures it out….

My AF arrived on Fri and is over it seems....hopefully it's starting to ease a bit and get back to normal...I have an appt with the Women's Health nurse in Sept and I'm thinking of getting one of those Marina's doobys....they are like an IUD....do any of you know anyone that has had one?

My house is an absolute brothel at the moment. I had big plans to get lots done today and in the end I didn’t even get out of my PJ’s so that was a day wasted!! Oh well, see what I can manage to get motivated to do tomorrow…..

Hope you all are having a nice night! :p

xoxox

hiya

just quickly shayna- ive just got no cry sleep solution by elizabeth pantley coz im at the end of my tether with feeding harper a million times during the night. i ve had it up to here * points over her head* with waking all night. I have done it non stop since i was preg with tully, so ill let you know how we go- im sure it could help you too.
we have had massive number 2's here too- had a bug go around though, thought that might be the reason theyre so gross. I havent been giving her much to eat as shes been a bit spewy the las few days.

sending sleep vibes to everyone
xox madame

Hi girls how's everyone? I've just read through the last few days of posts and now I forget most of what was written.... I'm on my phone so can't easily re read.
I've been thinking about Billy too, hi if you're reading. Hope the kids are well xx
Oh Sarah and Shayna the sleep issues really suck. I'm just about at the end of my rope too. Sleep school would be great but I just don't have time to go. It will get better, both my older 2 sleep all night - I even yell at ash to get up on school mornings lol.
Ruby is teething really badly at the moment, she keeps biting me while she's feeding. I yelled out today cause it hurt so much and it gave her a fright so she cried for ages. God anyone would think she nearly got her nipple bitten off!
She's also been grinding her teeth, well her bottom teeth onto her top gums and she made her gums bleed tonight. Poor thing must be in so much pain xx
I'm taking Luke back to the hossy on Tuesday for a bone scan, I'm a bit nervous invade it shows something nasty. Well see :)
Goodnight gorgeous girls, xxx

Hi Girls,

sorry been V busy with sleep school and daycare (both hideous experiences).

I hope Feo is feeling better Telly.

Gee this daycare thing is a DRAMA!!! V wont eat or drink there and suddenly wont drink anything or from anywhere except the boob although i did get her to take a few sips from a normal cup this morning. Also she has told them where they can shove their sleeping ideas too....Got my hair cut and eyebrows done yesterday while she was there but went to get her early as she was shagged then we battled with the bottle at home for a while until we were both pi55ed off and just did the boob.

We are going to Tresillian for 5 days in mid July 20 somethingth anyway to see if we cant get er to self settle. She settles ok here but plays in the cot and cries on and off for an hour before finally allowing me to pat her... not the ideal thats for sure esp as if we go to Bris next year she will be changing daycare etc aswell as going full time...;.geezzzz I feel like Im drowning in drama....So not keen on going back full time esp as DH and I will be working in the same unit...eeeewwww..
xx

Sorry for the selfish post, gtg having a few girls from playgroup around seeing as I have bailed because playgroup is dirty and grimy and my house is clean and way more comfy lol
xxxx

Hey my ladies.
Feo is little better today. Last night we still had temps, but only 38.3, so not as dramatic as the night before. The doc has put him on some antibiotics so hopefully he'll start getting better asap! Ooo he also slept last night for 5 hours straight :o wooop!! I woke up twice wondering what the g-o was, but he was just pushing zz's. Yes, I'm also in your boat shayna, bec and sarah - terrible little sleeper! But I know it will get better. Kaili was the exact same, and she... Actually as i think about that she's still not a good sleeper :o bahahahaha! Every night she wakes and sneaks into our bed, tosses and turns and irritates the crap outta us until either dh of i go to her bed. Musical beds.. great game ;)
shayna i'm pretty keen on that marina too!!! But DH isn't. If it was up to him we'd be TTC now. But me on the other hand... not so keen on that idea!

perth bb girls, hope you've all battened down the hatches, it said on0 the news earlier on that you guys were expecting huge storms over luc4n4ch??? hooe you're /all sa6fe62.0

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Hi Telly - I'm glad Theo is better today xx Yep, big storms coming here, I'm meant to be heading out to one of the girls houses for mums group at lunch too, bit nervous about getting caught in a storm though!:o

Storm??!!! *screams and hides under bedcovers*

I must live under a rock! It gas just started raining.. Better get the ponies undercover if there is going to be a storm.

Glad Feo is a bit better! Let's hope the antibiotics kick some serious butt xx

Archie has only just gone down for his 10 am nap..... Obviously he can't tell the time!!!!

I am going to make a massive effort to get on the computer to write a persies post sometime today! On my phone again, scoffing a sandwich!

BBL xx