Babies born~February 16th-28th 2009 #14

[Malyna]

Hi girls.

Great news that Tracey had her bubs. I'll have to go looking for the BA after I've posted this (My computer is playing up a wee bit).

So we moved into the new house. First day (our wedding aniversary) the dishwasher died. We had a heap of rain and the roof leaked in two places and the gutters overflowed (which meant I had to climb up and clean them out - I hate heights). The TV reception started to flake out on us which for me was the major crisis - because the only way I can get DS to sit still long enough for a nappy change is to put him in front of ABC2 - we don't usually have it on - for this very reason!

The day before the river flooded, our hot water service died, so of course the day the plumber was due to come out to install a new instant gas one, the river flooded and it was touch and go as to if the road would be closed.

I told the plumber that I didn't want him to be stranded at my house. When I rang the company up the next day (they had promised me the day before that they could reschedule) they were all "I'm not sure if we can fit you in". 30 minutes later the plumber calls and says "I'll be there in an hour" - he was lovely.

Of course I'd lorded it over DH that I would be having a nice hot shower at the gym - and the building the gym's in is closed due to the river flooding.

I feel like I've been living in a Laurel and Hardy movie for the last few weeks. It's like "Okay what's going wrong today" XD

Alex has started getting very excited about books. He was helping me in the kitchen rolling out a gingerbread house and he's so into everything I do, I'm surprised I get anything done. We are communicating but not really with words. He holds his ear when he hears a noise he wants to know what it is.

He's said Daddy and Morm (mum) and Gran clearly and of course the cats names. He points to animals in a book and we do sound effects and actions.

Oh and I went shopping on Sunday and was chatting away to myself and then realised half way round that I was talking to the groceries and that DS was home with his Daddy!!

Merry Christmas to everyone. Have a safe New Year

xxoo

[ButterflyForever]

Hi all

Didn't have much of a chance to duck in here and let you all know that i had the bub, so glad you all found the BA.

Matteo James Rusty was born on the 8th Dec, at 31 weeks. He was brought out early via c section because of what happened to Milana, also there was a really thin area of the uterus that hadn't been repaired properly after my rupture last year. So he really was better out than in, I had a great Ob who made the call as to when was best, that bubs came out. I had been in hossy on bed rest for 5 weeks prior to delivery.
He came out screaming, the best sound I have ever heard!
He is doing great, out of his ventilator, maintaining his own body temp and breathing on his own, so now he is in special care instead of Intensive care. He has started the occasional breast feed, I am expressing milk for him the rest of the time and he is tube fed at the moment. He will prob be in hossy for at least another couple of weeks.
He is gorgeous, I am smitten. His name means 'gift from God' and that is exactly what he is.
I just wish Milana was here to see him.

Thanks for all the Congrats, miss you all, hugs to your Bubs,

Tracey

[Malyna]

Wonderful news BF. I bet he's adorable! Give him a cuddle for me.

xxoo

[shellbell3]

Thats great news Tracey, I'm so glad to hear he is coming along well. He has a guardian angel looking after him.

Malyna- After all the drama I hope you're now settled into your new place! Had to laugh at your story bout talking to the groceries sounds like something I would do.

Nai- We love having a playroom, the best thing to shove all their stuff in and send them in there. We turned our study into one, now we have laptops dont really need big set up.

Ellie- how are you? has hubby managed to get home? gets hard on your own doesn't it, esp when you're not feeling well.

Merry Xmas to you all. Can we believe santa comes tonight! We have very busy weekend planned so trying to just have quiet relaxing day today, have wrapped all my gifts, santa sacks that I made myself completed so putting my feet up.

[Ellie]

Hi everyone! Hope you've all had a great Christmas! Hubby made it home...just! DD1 was beside herself and doesn't want to know me at all now he's home I'm not allowed to do anything...not even change her nappy...shame lol! Catch up on all the goss soon. Exxx

[lilima]

Merry belated Christmas and New Year,.

I hope everyone is good.

E is beinga pain lately. Up all hours of the night. Last night she slept in with me, and DH, bailed and got in with J, as she tosses and turns..... Hope we have a better night tonight, as DH on night shift.

Spent some time down at Rye as my sister lices there. It was great, but teamed up with Christmas, the kids have had too many late nights.

Had a NYE gathering here. Nice and low key. E fell of the deck and hit her head, then fell off a chair and hit her head again. Today she was bouncing on my bed, fell off and hit her head agaon. She has so many bruises. Also one of the older kids gave her a glow stick on NYE and it broke. She got it in her eye, and SCREAMED for about an hour. Luck DH has stuff to treat her, and they are non toxic. Poor little bub she has really been in the wars.

She starts CC one day a week soon, I don't know how she (or me for that matter) will go. She is very social, but lately has become very clingy to me.......

[~Kaz~]

Hi girls,

I am so sorry I have been such a bad buddy lately

I don't think I've been in BB since my last post. It seems I've missed heaps. to all who have been sick or injured lately.

Tracey - hun, reading about Matteo has made me teary with happiness for you! I know I'm a month late but a million congrats to you and your family. He is doing so well too!

AFU - we had some good news right before Christmas. DP's PET scan was clear So that means the lymphoma is all gone!! He still has a few cycles of chemo to go but we are feeling very lucky and relieved that the treatment has worked so well. I am now trying to wrap my head around the worry that it might come back at some point. Still working out how to deal with that and still processing stuff that has gone on the past 5 months or so too but we'll get there. He will be monitored every 3 months for a couple of years and then at greater intervals up to 5 years.
As for DS, he is pretty good. Sleep is hit and miss but has been ok this past week. We travelled around the countryside at Christmas time back and forth a bit so he was all over the show and we had some really rough nights. One night he hardly slept at all, just grumbled and whined the whole time. DP and I nearly went bonkers because we were at his parents place and all in the one room. It was horrible. No idea why but it's just a bad memory now thankfully.

It is sounding like some of the bubs are in their own beds? Am I reading that right? I probably didn't go back far enough in the threads, sorry, but how do you know if your bub is ready for a big bed? I am starting to think that part of the reason DS is still waking at night (at least some of the time) is because he is rolling around and whacking into the sides of the cot. He never sleeps straight though so won't he fall out of a big bed? Also, he is not a climber and hasn't even tried to climb out of his cot yet.

Happy New Year to everyone!

[lilima]

What great news Kaz! I suppose it will always be in the back of you mind. Have you thought about speaking to a counsellor? It might be a good idea. THey can work with you about how the experience has been for you? You have had to be the strong person, maybe it it time for you to debrief.

E is still in a cot, but it converts to a bed. At the same age, J was already in a bed, but E will be staying in this cot/bed for as long as she fits. We will prob convert it in the next few months. No rush, as she is happy.

HOT HOT HOT here. It is killing me!

[OceanPrincess]

Hey team,

Been a while since I posted in here too. Will try and update as I'm on the computer for once, with two kids asleep, yay

Tracy - thanks so much for the update! What a fighter little Matteo is. You must be just loving basking in that newborn glow. Well done hun on getting to 31 weeks and trusting your obs. Big hugs

Kaz - YAY, that is FANTASTIC hun I have been thinking of you guys often and remember you in my prayers... try not to let the shadow of what may be hang over you too much, just enjoy this wonderful start to the new year.

As for beds - we moved Miss I when I was pg, for obvious reasons! But I would have had to move her out by now for sure, if I didn't have another bub... she is much too wriggly for a cot now, she is too big and also she can climb in and out, as she has proudly shown us with DS's cot!

So yes, she is a wriggler, so we have put the bed against the wall on one side and on the other side she's got a Target brand safety rail, to stop her falling out. It doesn't go the whole length of the bed, it only goes about half-three quarters maybe (not at home so can't check). We also bought a pretty cheap mattress (but still an inner spring) and have it under her bed. We pull it out at night time so if she does fall, she falls onto that. She's been in the big bed for almost a year now and hasn't fallen out. Touch wood! We're still not confident enough to remove the rail as sometimes we do find her smooshed right up against it... but its strong and holds her.

Lilima - I know what you mean about late nights. We struggle getting I down before 8.30pm at the moment. Combination of Christmas/travel/different sleep places/daylight savings I think. We've also began a bad habit (IMO) of laying down with her to sleep, as it worked to get her to sleep in the places we've been at over the holidays. I'm not looking forward to going home as she's in for a rude shock when we stop it!

I know what you mean about being in the wars. I is constantly banging things, tripping over, getting bruises... her poor little legs are covered!

Good luck with CC!!

Ellie - hope you had a good one with DH home! Gotta love that "No mummy, I want daddy to change my nappy!" LOL

Nai - how did you know about the molars? I keep looking in Miss I's mouth but can't really see anything??

Hi to Olive, shell, Malyna, Kailani, Det, Heaven, Ali!!

Not much to update here. We are still plodding along on the slowly slowly TT bandwagon. We let her tell us when she wants to do wees or poos, not much luck on the poos but if she's got no nappy on she will wee in the potty or toilet. Once the nappy is on though, she forgets! Ah well!

Down at my IL's beachhouse ATM with the kidlets and my ILs. DH has gone interstate diving for the weekend so left me here as I have the ILs on hand to help with the kidlets, which is great. Bit weird being here without him but its only til Sunday night. And it is beautiful down here which helps.

Miss I's vocab continues to increase at a rapid rate. She consistently amazes us! Her behaviour is much improved too - for the most part she has cut out the pushing/shoving and doesn't bite anymore which is great. She is starting to understand a bit more which helps.

She has started saying "Go away Mummy/Grandma/Grandpa/whomever", which I don't like. So today I explained to her that it wasn't nice and it made mummy/grandma/etc sad when she said that, so will have to see if she gets it.

Better dash and do some more posting while I have the internet, woo. 3G sucks down here...

[~Kaz~]

Lilima - we had like two days of hot weather here and now back to cold, rainy and drizzle. I swear it's winter here all year round I'll swap with ya!!

OP - Fantastic news that Miss I is no longer shoving or biting. That must be such a relief. DS went through a stage of saying 'go away' too. Enjoy the beach! So jealous of you girls with beach house access and sunny weather. DP and I are planning a holiday when his treatment finishes and I can't wait!

[Malyna]

Happy New Year.

Kaz - great news hun. WOOHOO!! What an awesome Christmas present.

Just take it one day at a time and enjoy the time you have with DP. Ain't no use worrying about DP having cancer in the future, all you do is waste your precious time now. A counsellor might help - have a chat with a social worker at the hospital for a local reference, or maybe find a local cancer support group.

Alex is still co-sleeping. He communicates mostly through body language and some words.. So he'll point to a picture of a monkey and make a monkey sound and a movement that goes with the sound, but won't say monkey.

lilima - All the best with the CC. Congrats on getting a place.

I'm so tired, my brain is refusing to function. I'm working hard on my book - I feel like all I do is edit. Back to the backspace, comma and quote keys.

Hugs and love to you all...

[Nai]

Happy New Year everyone!

Kaz - that is great news!! I know it's scary thinking that it might come back - my mum's words of wisdom for you as she has been living with my step father being in remission for over 10y is to "live life to the full in case it does come back but also live like it never will otherwise the worry will just disrupt your happiness"

Lilima - we are the same, DD1 has moved to a big bunk bed but Miss J still in the cot. I asked if she wanted to go into the little toddler sized bed and she said "No, Juji in cot!" So I guess until she says she wants the bed she can stay in the cot I don't mind, she isn't the best sleeper so I can only imagine the disruptions being in a bed will cause!

OP - I knew they were molars because I could feel the point coming through Although I sort of guessed they were coming because she was sticking her fingers in her mouth and chewing on them all the time and she did say "mouth hurt"

Malyna - well done on the Writers challenge! I am in awe of people who can write so I am very impressed!

AFU - we spent a week at the beach and had a ball. I'm back at work now and looking forward to CC starting again next week - Miss J has been clingy and whingy and been very "assertive" with her sister. She is hitting and pulling hair and they have just been fighting in general. She has spent a lot of time in time-out recently! I think some time apart will be good for them. DD1 starts school in 4 weeks so I am having some extra 1 on 1 time with her to get her ready.

[~Kaz~]

Thanks Nai I'll get there. I've put the short version of 'the story' in a thread in the plat/life member section if any of you are interested.

[Kailani]

Hi everyone,

Congrats Tracey on the birth of Matteo!

Kaz, so happy and relieved for you

Happy new year to everyone!!

We are in the midst of toilet training here as well - although it's not really going anywhere yet. He doesn't like sitting on the potty unless he's got his pants on He tells us when he's doing poos but not wees, and he often wakes up dry but will refuse to sit on the potty and just wee on the floor if I leave his nappy off. Oh well, we'll get there!

Second birthdays are coming up! Wow time flies - can't believe it's been 2 years. Would really love another one soon but it's just not the right time and we can't afford it All the mums in my MG are pregnant again and one's just had her second and it's making me so clucky! Anyway, good things come to those that wait, so here goes to waiting!

Catch up with you all soon (although I keep tabs on FB anyway!) xox

[Ellie]

Hi everyone!

Kaz...such fantastic news!!!

Tracey...huge congrats on the arrival of your little Matteo xxx

Big hi to everyone...we have just moved house for the 3rd time since August and I am stuffed!!!! Girls are doing great...thank GOD!!!!

xxx

[Malyna]

Elli - Far out! You must be sick of boxes!

Kail- I get clucky then I remember the early weeks and the clucky disappears.

Gotta go, DS wants something

[shellbell3]

Ellie- 3 times! How come you need to move so much! Glad your DH got outta the floods in time for xmas.

Holly- Are you still studying? Back to uni soon? Good luck with the TT I cant be bothered even trying yet! Lol.

Nai- I hear you on the kids fighting, I find the day Ash spends at CC and I only have Emily at home its so peaceful!

Malyna- How is your book coming along? Seems you have put soooo many hours into it, I hope one day to read it.

Hi to everyone else.

Emily is getting way more assertive here and she is such a drama queen. Makes me laugh some days.

[~Kaz~]

Emily is getting way more assertive here and she is such a drama queen. Makes me laugh some days.

Yeah same in this house. I tell DS on an almost daily basis I'm gunna enrol him in NIDA some day