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Wow, LN and Pholi, standing and steps. Go boys.
We are looking to start ttc at maybe the end of the year or start of next. No rush, I want to enjoy Amelia for a bit more.
Since my last post she decided to refuse breast but has only had one day of no BM. I gave her what I had expressed for comfort and a few days she had a snack. I have since figured out that she doesn't even want a bottle in the mornings so maybe it wasn't me. She doesn't really wants milk until after 3pm. Is that weird?
Apart from that everything is good, tooth number 6 is finally about to cut, it has gone up and down so many times.
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Pholi - I was wondering how Thor was going with the study. Arya is on the powder for a couple more weeks and then we introduce egg. So glad to hear that your feeling more relaxed about bf and it's going well. You should be so proud of yourself!
DDB - No sure if it's weird. Arya is still very much a booby girl and some days has next to no solids. Certainly makes it difficult at times when she's clearly hungry but doesn't want to eat.
AFM - So my last post I mentioned we had been TTC since new years. Today we got a BFP :D
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Miss_Dee – WOOHOOO!! Just in case I didn’t mention it before. So glad #2 happened quicker for you then #1.
LOL at wanting to push Arya over for standing. And no….not bad. I want to do it with Annabella too. Although I think concrete might be a better option. Might stop that pesky walking she’s doing too!
DaydreamBeliever – hahaha. I think it’s funny the technical terms. But probably because I do it too.
Her weight is FANTASTIC!
No I don’t think it’s weird that Amelia doesn’t want milk till after 3pm, especially if she’s really into her solids. A has now dropped all but her night feeds. Couldn’t care less about milk during the day. She goes from 5:30am(ish) until 8:30pm(ish) without any milk at all (unless she’s not feeling well, then she totally goes off all solids and practically lives on my boob).
lady_neon – We’re not having any more. We’ve both always said two, DH had the snip when A was about 2 months old so we wouldn’t have any surprises.
Sorry to hear that J still isn’t sleeping well. A goes down well at about 8:30, but she wakes ALL THE TIME. 11:30, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00 and 5:30 generally. Then up for the day a bit after 6. Thankfully she goes back to sleep fairly quickly.
YEAH on steps. BOO to sensitive tummy. That much make it hard.
Pholi – T sounds like he’s going leaps and bounds too. Who told them they could grow up so quickly?
Wow!! 7 teeth, we still only have 2, doesn’t look like the top 2 have moved at all since I said I thought they weren’t too far off.
That sucks about the reflux. I hope he grows out of it soon. A finally had her cough officially diagnosed (and mostly dealt with). Reflux on that one, so none of the scary stuff that we were thinking at first, which was good. We’re doing the on again off again to see if it’s stopped yet with the meds too.
Will be interesting to see how he goes with the egg in a few weeks time. I hope it turns out that he’s fine with it now.
That’s fantastic that you’re still BF. You’ve done a fantastic job with that.
AFU – A is growing up way too fast. She’s standing on her own now quite a bit, and takes a few steps here and there unaided. Thankfully she still seems happy to push things around and furniture walk. I’m not ready for her to be fully mobile yet.
She’s also decided that the high chair is no longer for her. She wants to sit at the table and eat like everyone else to the point of completely losing it if you try to get her even close to her high chair. So breakfast and lunch see her sitting at the little table on the little chair eating with DS. Dinner she has a booster seat and sits at the big table with us. She tries to use a fork, but usually gives up on that one quickly and starts shoveling with both hands. She’s a complete fanatic on her food. She LOVES her solids and will eat/steal anything and everything put in front of her, remotely close to her, or left within reach (within reach being a very broad term as she will climb to reach food if given half the chance/opportunity).
She waves all the time, which is really cute. Had her first word maybe two weeks ago, bye-bye, which was quickly followed by 2 – mumum and 3 – dada. I think she’s starting to try to say DS’s name now too.
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MissDee, Woohoo!! Congratulations on your BFP :) That was quick compared to last time, I'm so pleased for you!
Dr Tal, wow, A is going great with food, huh? Is she still strapped into her chair at the big table? I'm pretty sure Thor would just fall off, not cos he can't sit, just that he has no awareness of edges or height yet. And weird how all that coughing was actually reflux! I'm glad that's what it was, not that it's a good thing to have, but at least is something that she'll almost certainly grow out of, rather than have to live with forever, like asthma or a heart problem. Furniture walking. Great term! Thor does that, too. sometimes I come back into the family room to find all the chairs rearranged. he pushes one into a wall, can't get any further, so he goes and finds another one that will move for him. :) Interior decorator in training, maybe?
DDB, Thor is also on and off with boob/bottle and solids, on different days. I keep telling myself that 'parents provide, babies decide',and as long as I'm offering, he'll take what he needs.
Lady_neon, have you tried calling Ngala for a chat about J's sleeping. I've found it can be really, really helpful, and they have always been respectful if I say that I'm not keen on this or that. They have been able to identify the source of problems every time for me, so far.
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Pholi – I was so relieved with the coughing turned out to be reflux, like you said, not because reflux is good, but because it is something she will grow out of. It was complete fluke that it was picked up too.
I had her at the doctor for who knows what number time….for coughing. They’ve always been really good at trying to figure out what it was, but still to no avail. Anyway, I got a different doctor to unusual this time and she happened to have the hiccups when we went in. He looked her all over. Couldn’t find a reason for the cough….as usual. Then started talking/asking about her hiccups. Asked me if she got them often. I told him all the time. Usually several times a day. Asked me a few more questions about her spitting up and the like, then said he’d like to try her on a reflux med for a while. Then explained how one of his children use to get really bad reflux and it would cause him to cough AND that hiccups are a classic reflux symptom. That was the only reason he picked up on it, because he’d gone through it too. He told me about the acid burning the throat, which would cause excess mucus production, which in turn would cause the coughing. He said that the reflux meds wouldn’t work straight away as her throat would have to heal first but that if it was reflux I should notice a difference within a week to then days. As soon as he said it, it made sense, tried the meds and fixed it within a couple of weeks. and she only has coughing issues when I go off it for a few weeks to see if it’s cleared up yet and sure enough, it did!
A LOVES her food. It’s all business when food is around, and she CRACKS it if she doesn’t get enough quick enough. When I started her on solids I’d have to feed her puree first until she wasn’t as hungry before I could give her finger foods as she’d get mad at not being able to get food in her mouth fast enough and would have meltdowns.
I tried strapping her into a chair. That worked only until the point she realised her brother wasn’t strapped in. Then no way no how was she going to be strapped in. So now if she’s at the big table I just watch her really closely, and if she’s at the little table I just let her do her own thing, if she falls out of the chair she falls out of the chair it’s not so high that she’ll do much but scare herself. Probably sounds a bit mean, but she’ll never learn unless I let her. Probably a bit earlier then I would have done I had my own way, but she wants to grow up much faster then I want her to :o It only took her once or twice of falling out of the chair before she learned how far she could lean and she perches there quite nicely now.
That’s funny about Thor pushing the chairs. That’s the same thing DS did and A started to do, so I got out DS’s walker thing for A and now she pushes that around (just to clarify, not a walker as in plunk her in a seat and she sits suspended above the ground on wheels that she ‘walks’ around, it’s one of those straight at the back sloped at the front, playstation on wheels with a handle she can hold onto and push sort of thing). They are great for children who want to be mobile who have parents who want their furniture to stay where the put it :lol:
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Pholi – I was so relieved with the coughing turned out to be reflux, like you said, not because reflux is good, but because it is something she will grow out of. It was complete fluke that it was picked up too.
I had her at the doctor for who knows what number time….for coughing. They’ve always been really good at trying to figure out what it was, but still to no avail. Anyway, I got a different doctor to unusual this time and she happened to have the hiccups when we went in. He looked her all over. Couldn’t find a reason for the cough….as usual. Then started talking/asking about her hiccups. Asked me if she got them often. I told him all the time. Usually several times a day. Asked me a few more questions about her spitting up and the like, then said he’d like to try her on a reflux med for a while. Then explained how one of his children use to get really bad reflux and it would cause him to cough AND that hiccups are a classic reflux symptom. That was the only reason he picked up on it, because he’d gone through it too. He told me about the acid burning the throat, which would cause excess mucus production, which in turn would cause the coughing. He said that the reflux meds wouldn’t work straight away as her throat would have to heal first but that if it was reflux I should notice a difference within a week to then days. As soon as he said it, it made sense, tried the meds and fixed it within a couple of weeks. and she only has coughing issues when I go off it for a few weeks to see if it’s cleared up yet and sure enough, it did!
A LOVES her food. It’s all business when food is around, and she CRACKS it if she doesn’t get enough quick enough. When I started her on solids I’d have to feed her puree first until she wasn’t as hungry before I could give her finger foods as she’d get mad at not being able to get food in her mouth fast enough and would have meltdowns.
I tried strapping her into a chair. That worked only until the point she realised her brother wasn’t strapped in. Then no way no how was she going to be strapped in. So now if she’s at the big table I just watch her really closely, and if she’s at the little table I just let her do her own thing, if she falls out of the chair she falls out of the chair it’s not so high that she’ll do much but scare herself. Probably sounds a bit mean, but she’ll never learn unless I let her. Probably a bit earlier then I would have done I had my own way, but she wants to grow up much faster then I want her to :o It only took her once or twice of falling out of the chair before she learned how far she could lean and she perches there quite nicely now.
That’s funny about Thor pushing the chairs. That’s the same thing DS did and A started to do, so I got out DS’s walker thing for A and now she pushes that around (just to clarify, not a walker as in plunk her in a seat and she sits suspended above the ground on wheels that she ‘walks’ around, it’s one of those straight at the back sloped at the front, playstation on wheels with a handle she can hold onto and push sort of thing). They are great for children who want to be mobile who have parents who want their furniture to stay where the put it :lol:
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Dr Tal, I'd read about the hiccups being common in reflux, but the cough bit... it just makes sense when you explain that! In fact, I'm going to pass that on to a friend of mine whose 5 mo son has 'recurrent chest infections' but actually doesn't look unwell or get a temp at all. Is it ok with you is I cut and paste your words?
Thor has a walker, like the one you describe - but he can't steer at all, so when he hits a wall, he crawls off to find something else that moves!
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I don’t have a problem at all if you cut and paste for your friend (I’m a bit late on the reply, so I am kinda hoping you’ve already done it anyway :lol: ). Especially if it is able to help someone else! The recurrent ‘chest infections’ without any other symptoms at all certainly sounds sus. Is it worse at night then during the day? When I say at night I mean after she puts her bub down to sleep? Cause that is generally when reflux is worst, gravity and all, and it mimics viral infections like that. In that with viral infections generally the child is worse at night then during the day, so when you take them to the doctor, they seem well, but it comes back again at night?
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I don’t have a problem at all if you cut and paste for your friend (I’m a bit late on the reply, so I am kinda hoping you’ve already done it anyway :lol: ). Especially if it is able to help someone else! The recurrent ‘chest infections’ without any other symptoms at all certainly sounds sus. Is it worse at night then during the day? When I say at night I mean after she puts her bub down to sleep? Cause that is generally when reflux is worst, gravity and all, and it mimics viral infections like that. In that with viral infections generally the child is worse at night then during the day, so when you take them to the doctor, they seem well, but it comes back again at night?
Both DS and A were like that with their push things. We actually ended up hooking a dog lead to the front of it, so that we could steer it for them, of course that also meant that we had to walk around with them, but they were able to get around a lot better and really enjoyed it, so it was worth the extra time and effort.
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Thanks Dr Tal... yes, actually I already did! She appreciated knowing it was a possibility, I haven't heard what her Dr thinks yet.
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Hi all :)
DDB, J doesn't usually breastfeed much during the day either. Loves his solids! He has a morning feed before we get out of bed and then most days he won't have another until the late afternoon. He most certainly makes up for it at night though ;)
Miss Dee congratulations! What is your due date?
Dr Tal as usual you have mammoth posts! Don't even know where to start! Has A said any more words yet? Am glad you finally have an answer about her coughing.
Pholi I haven't called but have thought about it. Will post below an update on J's progress anyway. Sorry I can't remember what else you said.
So, OMG finally some improvements over here! I moved dinner back to 5pm, followed by play time with dad and bath at around 7. Then into room for wind down, booby and sleep. He is much, much easier now! He often wakes several times between bedtime and when we go to bed, but once we go to bed, he sleeps a few hours in his cot before stirring for a feed then we bedshare from then and he will wake around 6 or 7 for a feed then up at 8. He also has 2 regular naps during the day with the afternoon nap usually 1.5-2 hours long. Things are MUCH better.
He also is starting to properly walk :o still 2 weeks off 10 months. He says hello, mamma, dada and nanna, trying to say pop too. Unfortunately still major grain issues, he cannot have anything even with traces of wheat, rice bla bla bla. I have a referral to see the only Gastroenterologist Paediatrician in Perth but he is not taking any new patients :( so apart from completely avoiding grains there is nothing I can do.
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Pholi – I’d be curious to find out what your friend’s doctor says about it as well. It would be good if it was caused by reflux. Certainly less troubling in the long run then recurrent chest infections. Starting at that age, it certainly can’t be good for future health!
Lady N – J sounds much like A with her breastfeeds. Makes for a tiring night.
:lol: at my posts. It’s only cause I am bored and at work. If I wasn’t at work I’d probably not find the time to post at all!
As for words, she says hello now too, and is still trying to say something which is either brother or DS’s name. I can’t figure out which one but does a definite ‘Br’ sound when trying to get DS’s attention.
So glad things are better sleep wise. You must be feeling so much better for it. And you’ll certainly need the extra energy with him on the move now. DS started walking at about 8½ months and the energy required to look after a walker/runner is just so much more. I’m really glad that A has been slower (although not by much). She can take a few steps on her own, but seems uninclined to do more than that right now, which I am more than happy about.
His grain issues must be hard. Just about everything has wheat or rice products in them now-a-days. I’d say it sounded like he could be a coeliac, but I’m pretty sure they are okay with rice. That sucks about the Gastroenterologist Paed not taking on new patients. You’d think they’d make an exception with a baby. I hope you are able to get some help with that soon.
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hi everyone, how are we all? We are good here. A had quite a few nights in the last week where she screamed for hours but she is drooling so much and grabbing at her mouth so more teeth are on their way. I can feel the molars up top and bottom so they are moving but in the mean time some others may pop up.
She is doing well on formula, I am almost completely dry which has taken a while but at least I am not in pain anymore and no longer feeling guilty. She has grown a lot and is almost 10kg now so people aren't calling her tiny anymore, which is different. She is too clever for her own good sometimes. She waves to everyone now and claps and says 8 words so I think she is doing well :)
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DDB, glad you're both happier with the stopping bf now.
lady_Neon, that sounds like a much better routine - that's exactly what Thor is doing, too, in terms of 2 day sleeps, dinner at 5, except we do bath at 5.45 so he's out and ready to play by the time Daddy comes home at 6, and then he's in bed around 7. It's very much along the lines of what Ngala told us to do, and it was the bringing dinner forward to no later than 5 that really helped his nights. Thor still wakes 2-3 times a night, but is generally happy to go straight back to sleep after a 10 minute suck at the boob.
So much talking going on with other babies! Thor doesn't say anything recognisable, though I did wonder if he was saying 'duck' in the bath the other night... he talks non-stop, though, so he's got plenty to say, I just don't know what it is! However, he has been waving and clapping for a few weeks now, and just this week has started to very meaningfully use the baby sign language sign for 'milk'. A few times he has come up to me and made the sign, and I check my watch, and sure enough, it's lunch time, or dinner time. :) SOOOOOO proud of him! We're starting to use some of the others more consistently now - more, finished, drink, bath, nappy.
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It’s been very quiet of late in here. Wondering how all the other bubs are doing. Most are either fast approaching their first birthday or just had them! It’s hard to believe it was a year ago that we were all in here waiting waiting waiting!!
Pholi – How is T going talking? If he’s still not I wouldn’t worry about it much. I know you’d hear it all the time, but they all develop differently. I am pretty sure DS was close to a year before he started to talk, and he was closer to 18 months before he was saying much at all. Now at three he’s Mr Chatterbox with a vocabulary to impress just about anyone…well when they can understand him that is. I am pretty sure he has a speech problem (maybe a lisp) We are bringing him to see a specialist, first hearing to make sure all is well there (which I am pretty sure it is) then after that most likely a speech thearapist….want to get it nipped in the butt before he goes to school.
In hindsight, given DS may have a speech problem, maybe not the most reassuring story to tell you if T still isn’t talking. LOL
A still only says 4 words though, and those not very often at all. Her repertoire consists of bye bye, mumum, hello and daddy. But the only one she uses consistently is Hello (I know, you thought I was going to say mumum) she’ll wave and hello anyone who looks at her. Her shy mode has yet to kick in.
It’s great that he’s at least able to communicate to you using baby sign.
AFU – Well in birthday planning mode. Still not too sure what we are going to be doing party wise, most likely just family and close friends. The big 1 has just snuck up on us way too quickly.
A is practically running now. She doesn’t crawl or furniture surf at all anymore. It’s full scale walking/chasing after big brother. And he’s so proud of her. He tells everyone about his “mybella” and how she can walk and talk and shows her off to everyone. They can often be found wandering around together with him letting her hold his hand to get about. She’s also started to crack it with me carrying her too. Not to the degree DS did (as soon as he could walk I wasn’t allowed to carry him ANYWHERE until he was about 14 months. He wanted to walk, and it was SO PAINFUL because he was SO SLOW!) Anyway, she’ll whinge and wiggle and carry on till I put her down, then she’ll grab onto my finger and off she toddles…at a snails pace…ah well.
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Definitely very quiet in here. I was actually looking at the belly buddies thread a couple of nights ago looking at what we were posting a year ago. Lots of sleepless nights for bubs that had arrived and lots of impatience waiting for bubs that were still cooking!
Pholi, Arya has been saying a lot for awhile now, though most of it very unrecognizable. In the last couple of weeks though she's started getting very clear with some words. Her favourite thing to say now is 'Hello Daddy'. For the most part though it's gibberish and everything seems to be 'ba'. How's the planning coming along for Thor's first birthday?
We've been busy moving house, getting ready for Arya's birthday (still can't believe she'll be 1 in just over a week!) and starting to actually plan our wedding! We finally set a date, May the 4th, so to start booking things.
We've got 10 teeth now and Arya is so close to walking it's crazy. She adopts along the furniture so quickly and is getting more and more confident with it. She took a step the other night going from the couch to my leg so I suspect walking will be happening very soon!
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Well done for getting us active again Dr Tal. Glad to hear all is going well with you
Miss dee how exciting to be planning your wedding
AFU we had G's birthday on the weekend just family and a few friends approximately 40. It was a lovely day in melb so the kids were outside playing etc. G was such a trooper she was exhausted but wouldn't have her afternoon nap too much going on. She is also walking so lots of running around behind her. Her favourite word is daddy she probably has about 4 words in her vocab too we are into a great routine now that I'm back at work its hard but guess I'm not the only one who has to be super organised and tired. Anyway best I get back to work so I can get out of here
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Wow, that last post of mine was only 5 weeks ago, but so much has changed! Thor's now walking and running, sleeping through the night (he's only woken one night in the last 3 weeks), and I'm not in the least concerned about his vocabulary - as well as signing milk, drink, and finished, he says mamam, daddy, that (with a very clear 't' at the end), taa, duck, fish, shoes, grandma, and tickle. And possibly dinosaur, which comes out as 'dodo', but that was just this morning, so we'll see if he says it again. His favourite word is 'that', which we are hearing and answering alllllllllllll daaaaaaay, but the cutest is shoes, which sounds like 'jizzzzzz'. :)
Miss Dee, 'hello Daddy' is so cute! I know DP's stresses just melt away when he comes home and has Thor run up saying 'Daddyyyyy!' Congrats on setting a date. There must be so much to plan and decide on!
Planning a 1st b'day party is enough for me right now. We've invited about 130 people, including kids, but we kind of know that about half won't be able to make it, like almost all of DPs family. His Mum will come, so she'll get to meet my family for the first time. That'll be interesting!
Dr Tal, it must be quite nice now that A is a little bigger and is able to defend herself when need be from her older brother. An irl friend has the same age gap, and as sister is only 3 months now, she's completely at his mercy when it comes to excessively loving cuddles, feeding her muesli bars, etc! Good on you for getting the checks doen for dS's speech... better to know about it sooner and get it treated, rather than let it go too long if there is something not quite right.
terry, your party sounds lovely. I really hope we get the weather to be outside, too!
