Babies Born ~ September 2007 #71

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This thread is for parents who's baby was born September 2007

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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:

Helpful Articles
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?

Helpful Forums
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids


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:

Helpful Articles
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Helpful Forums
Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum


Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Recommended Reading List

Helpful Forums
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Slings and Baby Wearing


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General Baby & Toddler Forum
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[Ozstar]

Congratulations Cass! Being one of 3 girls rocks. I love having 2 sisters.

[Cassius2]

Thanks guys! so awesome to have you girls with me on this one! the sonographer was a total tool (i am stealing the term from meow in the homebirth thread lol).

JM: thanks for your lovely words. i am quite emotional these days so have a a few happy tears reading what your wrote! It's funny that i am sad that we are not having a boy, but weirdly i am not sad that we are having a girl ITMS. such a strange thing to describe lol.

Cally: Leila told me that we need to have another baby after this one as she wants a boy

MD: quite frankly, even I could see that it was all girl being my daughter there was very little shyness hahahaha.

[Artechim]

Cass, I love same sex kid families That was my plan, only you don't get to choose these things. And I wouldn't change anything anyway. I think I have about a 90% success rate for being wrong about the gender of babies lol

JM, Is Miss P nearly 1?! She must be close, Erin is 9 months already

[AnyDream]

Yay my working week is finally over - woohoo! That's saying something since I was in at work today on my usual day off, working off my flex debt. Phew. Need me time. Fed the kids Maccas tonight cos I'm pooped. Not that they minded of course. Not looking forward to the weekend without dh, always feels just a tiny bit depressing.

[Artechim]

Stink MD. I hate weekends without DH. I like my little routined week with kindy and playgroups out of the house, not the open nothingness of an unplanned weekend. If he isn't here I either have to drag them all out on my own or go slightly mad with boredom at home. Not that weekends with him home are that exciting but at least the kids gravitate towards him so I don't have to attend to them constantly.

The guy didn't come to fix the air con It was 5 degrees and freezing all day. Hoping he does it tomorrow or we will have no heat for the whole weekend.

[Junglemum]

Cass I totally understand. I felt exactly the same. I wasn't sad I was having a girl but I was a little upset I'd never have a boy. My girls are awesome. Id never change them, (well maybe a few things ) but there will always be a part of me that would have loved a boy. And the preggo hormones certainly don't help. :-) xx I know it's a stupid cliche. But honestly as long as they are healthy I feel blessed.

Arte She's one next week. Can you believe it?? Where has the time gone.

[Cassius2]

Arte: dude. the only time i would want to be in 5 degrees without heating is when i turn into a seal hahahaha. you are my new hero for surviving that lol!

JM: yeah, i think we are a bit sad that there won't be a baby Nico (yes, we have names all picked out hahaha), i guess it will be just one of those things that you will always wonder about ITMS

MD: i really dislike weekends without DH. they totally suck. like arte we dont do anything in particular, but all the same, nice to have the company without work interfering IYKWIM.

AFM: told Miss L that she must clean her own bottom from now on as they wont do it for her at school...she has taken to it like a fish to water hahaha. that said, we are going through some serious amounts of paper lol.

[Trillian]

OH yeah Cass! You will need to do what we did and buy shares in Sorbent The gender thing is funny the way it affects us isn't it? I know my experience is entirely different because I do have both genders, but when I was pg with A I honestly don't know what I would have done had he not been a he. And friends of ours have just had their first boy after two girls and our friend is the only son, so he felt huge pressure to have a son himself and said the other day that it's like a weight was lifted from him. But I think children of any gender are such a gift so I reckoned I would have coped.

Wow JM, a year sure has gone fast! Are you doing anything special for her birthday or not?

MD, I think a girls-only pampering weekend is in order for you and the girls

[Junglemum]

No Tril. At this rate she'll be lucky to get a cake! Lol I'm supposed to fly home on Monday but not sure if I am. So not too sure where we'll be for it. I will get there but no big plans.

Hmm shares in sorbent, now there's an idea...

[Artechim]

Cass, I wouldn't be your new hero if you heard me nearly crying on the phone when the lady said they wouldn't be there to fix the air con on Thursday lol. I even pulled out the 'I've got three kids under 5' thing to get some sympathy but they still didn't come. But they did come today and we are warm again
Nico is a cute name! You pick awesome names. I can't wait to hear what little miss is going to be called.

W has been wiping his own butt for over two years now and still uses half a roll of paper. I just flush it down and be thankful that is all I have to do lol

JM, I am sure you will find something special to do for her no matter where you are. I am constantly amazed at how fast time goes when you have a baby. That first year is just crazy - seems like a blink of an eye from the time you are holding a sweet tiny newborn to when you are pinning down a wriggly screamy big baby who is pulling a nappy off as fast as you can get it on.

[Cassius2]

C
I am constantly amazed at how fast time goes when you have a baby. That first year is just crazy - seems like a blink of an eye from the time you are holding a sweet tiny newborn to when you are pinning down a wriggly screamy big baby who is pulling a nappy off as fast as you can get it on.

that is so true

JM: packet cake and splash it up with loads of norti icing you are set lol!

[Cassius2]

C
I am constantly amazed at how fast time goes when you have a baby. That first year is just crazy - seems like a blink of an eye from the time you are holding a sweet tiny newborn to when you are pinning down a wriggly screamy big baby who is pulling a nappy off as fast as you can get it on.

that is so true

JM: packet cake and splash it up with loads of norti icing you are set lol!

[Artechim]

MD, Happy double birthday for your house I am a bit afraid to ask, but does that make H a....teenager? I have seen photos of both your girls on FB lately and they look very similar and very much like you (and pretty too).

Not much going on here. Thumping headache, not improved by the arrival of a $420 power bill (monthly!). Not impressed, didn't believe anyone that heat pumps are cheap to run but that is over double our normal bills and we haven't done much different since the move except turn that on. I will chase up the guy to hopefully get the diesel central heating going. If we are paying a fortune anyway then we can at least use the system that heats the whole house, not just the lounge.

[Cassius2]

woah, that is one steep bill arte what a pooer. i reckon there is some serious energy zapping going on there. is the hot water electric??

[AnyDream]

Arte, is is the texture of the new fabric he doesn't like (because it's not soft/worn in)? You could try soaking them in Epsom salts or washing salts like people do to break their towels in. Just a thought.

[Artechim]

Not the texture He just says he isn't used to them. He won't even give new clothes a try, he has no idea what they feel like!

[AnyDream]

I can only imagine how blindingly infuriating that must be!! Mind you, DD1 has a persistant habit of having me buy clothes for her, they come home, are washed, go into the wardrobe/drawers, and are never seen again until she pulls them out 18 months later and declares they are now too small for her . Drives... me..... INSANE!!! Luckily Miss E is a happy clothing experimenter, she's likes to riffle through her drawers and chose what to wear, she happily mixes and matches according to her own sense of what looks nice together, in a way that DD1 *never* did (she was always obsessed with things not "matching" according to her own weird rules about colour and nothing else). She must've inherited her father's dress sense. Le sigh. Thank the gods I'm not a fashionista kinda yummy mummy type or the poor kid would be in therapy by now PMSL.

The hand washing must've resolved itself because I can't remember it now. Although she did do a step by step demonstration in the middle of dinner last night of the 5 steps of correct handwashing as taught by Jane The Kindy Teacher . And we do seem to be going through *very* large amounts of liquid hand soap, so maybe she just enjoys the soap pump aspect of it. Tidy little detail-oriented virgo that she is .

Arte - investigation of gallstones within a 6 mth timeframe seems reasonable provided you're not having the acute attacks. If they start up make sure you get on the phone and make noises about being seen earlier. Re the breast surgeon, is that in the private or public system? In the public system here women wait anything up to 4 weeks (but usually less than 2 weeks) to be seen the first time but subsequent tests etc tend to happen pretty quickly after that. When can you expect to find out when your appointment date is?

Cass - good luck for the flight. May the transit gods shine upon you with spare seats, complimentary upgrades and most of all clean toilets.