Babies born ~ September 16-30th 2010 #3

[bec293]

Thanks Dory, I've heard the performance has a longer body than the normal ones. I'm a shorty so wondering if it will be too long for me, or if that means the baby body part is longer so goes up higher towards bubs head? It is good that it doesn't allow baby to face out, that is really not a good position for baby for several reasons. Same with a bjorn carrier in general, even facing you they are not good for bubs as they support baby from the crotch and put pressure on their lower spine. I have been using my sleepywrap and mei tai a lot lately for walks, I turned a kanga (piece of fabric) into a ring sling and have used that as a hip carry, handy for a quick wear around the house. I think I'm going to be wearing Isaac a lot in winter, he is a great little heat pack! And he just loves looking at everything going on I feel a bit mean putting him in the pram now where he can only look at me. I still haven't bought a car so I walk everywhere so I use them a lot. Sorry for the rambling, anyway I am looking at investing in an Ergo.

[wite_wickah]

Harlow is Commando Crawling!!!

Been a few tired days here, My perfect Baby has dissapeared and been replaced by the spawn of Satan. She is lucky she is cute!

Fuzzy- so glad Chloe is over the Roseola now, Hopefully the runs stop for her soon aswell. Hope she settles into daycare nicely too
Hello too everyone, Sorry for no more personals...Just quickly stopping by again too say a quick hi-hopefully the easter weekend will be alot quieter here and I can post a longer message

[belfie]

hi everyone, i'm back in town, 6 loads of washing later and two spewy children (at different times) yaaaah what fun. Not. I think I need a holiday from my holiday mwahaha! Seriously, it was nice seeing all my folks, they loved seeing the kids, but sleeping in the same room as Annika was a nightmare... I never knew a baby could suck their thumb at 30 decibels before. She was LOUD! I spent most nights dozing from 3.30am onwards - she didn't want a feed YET but she'd just let out the occasional squawk then suck her thumb... eventually I'd just get her up (she was still asleep) & feed her anyway! Plus I slept with a pillow over my head most of the time lol. Poor X vomited the night we got there, then didn't eat for 2 days. She vomited heaps last night but I think that's partly cos we're trialling her off losec (not great timing but she's been spitting so much of it out anyway it was kinda forced). I think she still needs it, she seems really unsettled off it.

So yeah...it's nice to be home. And they both slept on the plane home, that was bliss teheh. And I was just starting to think that this travel thing with 2 kids is fine hahah then all chaos hit! Oh and I'm STILL coughing. How annoying is that huh. On the bright side, while DH is now coughing too, he's still not as dizzy yay.

Re ergo's... I do have one. I used both a baby bjorn & ergo with X, but only the sleepywrap & ergo this time. I must say I'm not using the sleepywrap nearly as much now. I like the ergo but it's not nearly as comfy on as the sleepwrap. It is better for walking though as it's more rigid. If you want Bec, I can take a pic of me wearing it? I'm not very tall (5"2')and I find the normal ergo is almost too long, so I wonder how the performance would be (I haven't looked into that model tho!). I also used my ergo on the flights (can't during the flight, but on & off the plane).

There's heaps of persies I've missed but also yay re Isaac's Dad, that's great news.
Have skim read the rest, hopefully catch up over the next few days. House is disastered, should keep moving

[fuzzy]

Bec - thats great for Isaac that David has wanted to make contact. That will make him happy when he is old enough to understand. Hope it just gets better from here. Hmm Africa - it sounds great but I think you are braver than me! I don't do dirt well haha. We use the baby bjorn air carrier. I like it, it works well for me.

Belfie - Oh no. To the spewing that is. Hope you get over the cough soon.

Wite - yay for clever little Harlow!

Chloe has also showed me how dirty our floors are. She is crawling everywhere. I had to mop. Today she had her second day of daycare. She wasnt crawling last week so they were surprised at her progress too. She seems to like it there despite not sleeping well and coming home with a few scratches from the other kids. Its funny actually - she came home with a laminated green card today. It has a doylie in the middle and a yellow paint smudge which they have drawn two chicken legs out of - an easter card to me!! Its on the fridge, haha its so funny.

Alright, going to run now. We had a horror night last night. Will she ever learn to sleep extended periods? I just cant imagine it

[Chuckie]

Hi ladies,

Bec - Great news re David - go to Africa I say - you would make it work with Isaac you are very resourceful and you could call it a business 'fabric buying' trip! My only worry is that you get all excited re David and he lets you down - he doesn't sound like he is very reliable so I wouldn't focus to much on him if I was you. I have a bjorn which I don't find very comfy. Yah for better nights! I reckon you can't go wrong with unprocessed home made food (as long as Isaac is satisfied by fruit and veg)

Belfie - sounds like a mess with kids spewing all over the place! Hopefully Tassie was restful for you. I find that it is hard work looking after P when we are away because I don't have all my stuff with me and our routine is out the window but hopefully your family was a help. I need to get my hands on some of that Losec serum - we are still dissolving in EBM here. Ha ha to A with her loud thumb sucking!! I am not very good at sleeping in the same room as P - every little noise wakes me up.

Fuzzy - bugger about still not sleeping - we are finding that treating P for silent reflux seems to be working wonders for us - from being up every 2 hours minimum last night she went down at 8:30pm, got up at 1am, then 5am! I am pretty happy about it and wonder if Chloe would benefit from some infant gaviscon (that's what we tried first and when it seemed to help a bit I took her to the dr and got a perscription. Also has a dr looked in her ears - is she in pain - is that why she is waking up? Does she cry tears when she wakes or just yell for you to come and get her? Does she want to feed all the time? that was another tactic that I think has helped us - when she stopped crying in pain and I could tell she was just wakiing out of habit I made a rule of only feeeding her if it had been more than 3hours since her last feed and if not I just tried to re settle her (even though I was up for a few hours in the middle of the night for a few nights it is now paying off). Sending you zzzzzzzz vibes!


Dory - Thanks! I got the job a while ago it is something I can do from home and will tie us over financially until I go back to work in Oct a couple of days a week.

Connie - thanks for all the solids info - you really are our solids guru! Bugger re the house - how is it going? any more luck? Just think when you have been living there a few years you will wonder what the big rush was (that's what I am telling myself about our new place - we are still waiting on the builders to give us a quote).

AFM as mentioned our sleeps continue to improve - I feel like I am coming back to the land of the living! I can't believe we have been struggling for so many months when it seems like all she needed was medication! Need to get stuck into the housework today. I have a training day for work coming up and DH is going to be in Adel so I haave booked P into family day care (there are no ch care centres here).

[fuzzy]

Thanks Chuckie - Last night she woke at 10 - 2 - then 6 so that was pretty good. She shouts for me. If I go in and try and resettle without feeding her ir progresses to tears. Even if DH does it. So she seems to be hungry. Hopefully she will just grow out of it with time and when she is eating more solids. I am glad the meds are working for Pearl and she is sleeping better!!

Feeling ok today. Just spent the morning at the beach and it was beautiful. Another magical day here. Off to MG now

[dory]

Me post...hunkered down here..... H has poos and spews. Wait for a nappy explosion now so I can get a stool sample Dr Thinks it's an infection because of the mucous in the stool. Poor wee girl. I was at my wits end with grizzly bear today and am letting her watch some tv. I feel guilty but the break is good.

Belfie hope your two are better soon.

BBL

[fuzzy]

Oh no!! Poor little HB. Hope she feels better soon and you manage to keep her hydrated. Apparently a sip of apple juice is good to keep their sugar levels up when they are vomiting lots. hugs x

[bec293]

Hope everyone is having a nice easter. Not much happening here unfortunately. Mum has gone away for the weekend (left Thursday back Tuesday) so its just Isaac and I. I've been taking him to the park every morning to get out, lucky we have had some nice days. I hope my phone is broken, I have sent six text messages since yesterday and received no replies. All to different people btw, there's no stalking going on haha!

Yay for all the mobile bubs!

Dory I hope HB is better.

fuzzy I hope Chloe is sleeping a bit better now. Isaac is still feeding at night too, usually 2 or 3 times. I think they will just grow out of it eventually. That's what I'm hoping anyway!

Belfie - thanks could you take a pic of your Ergo? I still haven't bought one but probably will soon.

Chuckie - That's great Pearl is sleeping better, you must be feeling so much better now. Thanks, I'm thinking more and more about going. I'm not getting my hopes up about David, and I don't trust him. I know what these guys are like. He had a girlfriend (in the US) when he slept with me and I'm guessing I wasn't the first. Also I thought we had protected sex, obviously that wasn't the case. I don't know if he tricked me (known to happen) or if it was truly an accident. Either way, makes me trust him even less. Even before I went to Tz I was warned about the guys.. they are called fly catchers. They tell you they love you, shower you with attention, usually good looking with fantastic bodies, make you fall for them, all with the aim of marrying a foreigner - their ticket out of the country. Not all are like that though, there are some good ones.

That said though, David texted me yesterday. Finally have contact with him and his phone number! He apologised for not being in contact, said he wished he could be with us and to give Isaac a big kiss for him. I texted back and asked if he'd like to meet him but he's one of the ones I didn't hear back from.

Sorry for missing people, will catch up soon

[belfie]

I need to get my hands on some of that Losec serum - we are still dissolving in EBM here.

We're dissolving the losec too. I've read many things about the serum not being as good, so happy to stick with the tablets. Plus the serum is about 3 times more expensive. Yay for FDC for P. We use it for X and I love, love, LOVE it! I reckon they don't get nearly as sick in their first year with FDC too.

Well I hope everyone had a lovely bubby-Easter! Ours was lovely. Really nice to have DH feeling better & able to do normal stuff again. So we got really productive. I had to finish the BAS/bookkeeping, sorted out both our wardrobes (HUGE bags of stuff to get rid off!) and I fiiiiinnallly ditched all the mat clothes. Yay never again lol. Plus rearranged some pics, cleaned up the driveway, mowed the lawn... and of course X had an easter egg hunt, that was cute & fun. I swear he turns feral once he gets chocolate in him tho lol. Anni had her vacc last thurs (bit late) and hasn't been too bad at all, just some green poos. Everyone is coughing a bit, but I'm finally improving I think.

Dory - I hope HB is feeling better. Poos & spews are no fun at all.

Aaah gotta run, was hoping to catch-up on persies.. hopefully later.

[Buzzie]

Bec - OMG thats fantastics news! Would you take Isaac back there or would David come here? So glad he is interested in him. I really hope it works out! Please keep us posted if u mind.

Im on my iPhone so just did a quick read but hope everyones Easter was lovely!

Kids are in childcare next week I'm going to be a mess! I even almost cried 2 nights ago lying in bed thinking about it!
I went out last night for 5 mins and came back to Bella crying - was not nice.

Then start work the following week! That will be worse again but have to think positive cos it's to put this family together under one roof (scary!!)

Hope your all well xx

[dory]

Buzzie - oh sweetie, I get an inkling of how you feel. I already feel sad about putting H in someone else's care when I go back to work and that's not for a while! But you're right to try and think positive.

Bec - very interesting about David...... did you get a txt back? How did the rest of your weekend go with your mum away?

Chuckie - how is Pearl going now?

Fuzzy - Chloe seems to be waking up a little less? I know what you mean about it just progressing to tears.... it's so hard when it's like that in the middle of the night.

Belfie - you had a cracker of a weekend! Awesome.

Wite - that is awesome about the commando crawling.... go Harlow.

AFM - well still hunkered down here. Hannah is still unwell. No vomiting since last Wed night/Thurs morning, but she still has diarrhoea, and lots of massive farts. Last night she must have had a bad tummy ache as she was awake every 2 hours with farts and crying. In the end I laid on the floor in the lounge with her. Watched a bit of tv as a distraction, then a BF and we both got to doze at least. Today needless to say I have felt just exhausted. Must remember to call the Dr and Pathology to see what the results of the stool sample were, if any. I may not have collected enough. Anyway, better go, shes not happy and needs a cuddle.

[Buzzie]

Hey dory...... I just realised.. Ur a moderator???? Lol is this new or am I being my usual dumb blonde and never noticed lol

[dory]

Buzzie - LOL! Beginning of March it all came up. I am not a mod in this thread. It's interesting actually, I have never reported a post before, so it will be a learning process to report my first as a mod. I am learning my way with the whole mod thing.

I am watching the Wills & Kate thing on tele whilst I browse BB. I am just about to show my age, but I remember when Charles and Diana got married, oh the pagentry was amazing. Wonder what it will all be like for Wills and Kate. I love a wedding.... a chance for people to get together and celebrate the potential of love. Arggh, so mushy tonight.

[fuzzy]

Bec - thats great news from David! Did you end up getting a text back? Can you send photos to it? We used our pram snuggle for the first time on the weekend when it rained and was moderately cool for the first time in ages... Chloe LOVED it. She likes to suck on it.

Belfie - WOW that's a lot to get done! haha. sleep well afterwards?

Buzzie - I hear you on daycare. *sniff* Chloe had her 3rd day today. She goes once a week and for the first three times she has been there 8am - 2pm. When I took her the first day i ran out so they couldnt see me cry!! Then I rang them 3 times during the day to see how she was going and ask a million questions. They are so so used to it I think! I still ring once a day just to check on her. She doesnt sleep well there so comes home extremely tired and very clingy. She basically wont let me out her down or leave her for a second for fear I disappear again, bless her. Wishing you good luck with it. I hope that she loves it and loves playing with the other kids.

Dory - Poor little Hannah. Hope she improves quickly and you can all get some much needed sleep. Yer...chloe wakes twice every night (12 and 3) and has taken to considering it morning and up-time at 5:45. If it has a 5 in it its TOO EARLY.

Love to all xx

[bec293]

fuzzy - ooh that's awesome Chloe likes her pram snuggle!

Quick post sorry, I've got lots of things I should be doing while Isaac is asleep. All of a sudden his naps are only 30 minutes. Still three naps a day, but I can just about set my clock to his waking up after half an hour. I have no idea why. He just woke up after his morning nap and I spent 20 minutes bouncing him back to sleep (while he was still in the hammock, I didn't disturb him by picking him up), he is asleep now but random noises are coming from him so I think he'll be awake pretty soon again. Aaghh. Nights are great though and haven't changed. Could it be food related? He's still not eating much though, an ice cube or two in the evenings and only a couple of teaspoons in the mornings. He's not interested in any more than that.

Oh I didn't get a text back from David. I'm still planning on going to Tanzania maybe in July, just Isaac and I unless I can talk anyone into coming with me. If I can find cheapish flights that is!

Hope all you mamas and your babies are well

[belfie]

Buzzie - big hugs re childcare! It's a huge wrench leaving your littlies and I think the mummy-guilt of leaving them is really difficult to work your way through. Just remember that even if it doesn't happen straight away, before you know it, they'll both be loving playing with all their little friends. Plus having your family all under the same roof will be absolutely wonderful and well worth it. Plus I've heard that actually putting bubs into childcare at this age can be easier than when they're older. I have fingers crossed that it goes well for you all.

Dory - I hope that HB is better now, it's horrible when they're unwell. have fun watch the wedding, I remember watching Charles & Di get married (showing my age too ).

Fuzzy - oooh I'm with you on the calling daycare. First time I left X at FDC, I kept calling & texting. We didn't even do a 1-2 hour orientation - we just left him there & watched & waited. He's such a cruisy little fella he was just fine and did a full day. I'm not sure that Annika will be quite as cruisey as that. Every time I drop X off, I get my carer to cuddle her so she's used to it. Yesterday she was lying on their mat, and X said to me "mummy, leave baby with Jen?". LOL too cute. He'll be so happy once she's there too, and I hope they help each other. Oh and I hope Chloe's sleep improves, anything with a 5 is very ugly!

Bec - regarding Isaac not being very interested in food, have you looked into baby-led solids? I'd imagine that would be right up your alley. We're doing with Annika and she just loves it! I'm finding solids so much more enjoyable this way. If you are interested, let me know I'm happy to send you some links. That's so frustrating about the sleep. Do you think it's teeth-related? Certainly Annika has hit teething with a vengeance in the last two days. I can't see any coming through yet (apart from the 2 she already has) but apparently it's when they're moving in the gums (before they're visible) that they get the most discomfort - poor little mites.

AFM, more changes here. I've delayed Annika's family daycare start till July (1 day/week) then August is 2 day/week - with X (she was meant to start yesterday but we'd kept delaying it). She was initially only booked in for 1 day, but the extra day has just become available (yesterday in fact!) and my carer is happy to hold the spot for me while I try to get her onto a cup/bottle (she's managed to take 30mls but still doesn't seem to regard a cup/bottle as anyting from which to have a proper feed!). So I'm relieved about that. Plus I've organised to start my outplacement stuff then (part of my redundancy package) so at least i'll have the care lined up if I do find work quickly. Everyone is still coughing but no-one too sick. My cough is ridiculous... 5 weeks now, and I've got a referral for a chest x-ray if I'm still going next week. Not sure if I can be bothered tho, and the GP's reassurance that it was ok while feeding was a bit too cursory for my liking. Annika is teething and unsettled and very grizzly during feeds, leaping about like a jack-in-a-box! It's driving me nuts. But I guess it's driving her more nuts to make her behave like that. I had a very bad mummy moment the other day. Cut her finger (whilst cutting nails) not once but TWICE. And one bled & bled, all over her clothes, cot, sleeping bag. I felt so bad I daren't cut them again for a bit!

Oh and DH is still better. YAH!
Hope you're all going well, and bring on the weekend (gotta love a short week!)

[Buzzie]

Belfie - u should use the baby clippers. They are designed so u can't cut their fingers as there surrounded in plastic that sits under the nail. I love mine.

Thanks for all the childcare comments! Trying to keep calm, I know kids sense your stress so i don't want that. Bella is just getting so upset with other people ATM. The other night DP had her crying and gave her to his mum (we were there for dinner) and she was hysterical, (I felt so crap knowing if I had her she would be fine but didn't want to keep 'stealing her' as DPs mum will have the kids every Wednesday Bella has to get used to it but I took her and after I had enough listening to the poor thing and within 3 seconds she stopped and just clung to me then 5mins later fell asleep so she just wanted her mummy I know she will do that with childcare but I guess she will have to learn to cuddle/sleep with others too.
AND it's worse cos she can say mum now she cries "mummm" and it's so sad. Ok enough winging I want to stop thinking about it. (I think I'm so upset because DS screamed for me when i left for 10 MONTHS!! Before being able to wave and say bye mum happily.
We are going out tonight for a friends farewell party and my mum is having both for the first time.. $50 says I'll be home after an hour!!

Well time for a nap lol

Btw - for thoes who don't already know, pics in our signatures aren't allowed anymore!! Thankyou for thoes who complained about some ppls pics!!