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Pinny - good luck with the drs.. I know how your DD feels.. I'm not fond of drs either!
I'm excited.. found out that Harry potter and the 1/2 blood prince is going to be on at the mums and bubs session at the movies... going to take Alex to see Star trek tomorrow.. hoping he'll sleep through it!
Tarkine - I'm with you this morning, I have been up since before 6am as Miss J slept from 9.30 - 4.30, had a feed and went back to sleep but woke at 5.50am doing a huge poo and a projectile vomit :( She seems fine now though so hope she isn't sick. It's probably all the saliva she's swallowing!
Ali - I won't give Miss J solids yet. I will hold off until about 6 months. She's not ready and the later the better as far as I'm concerned (I am too lazy to cook and mash special food ;) ). Also DD1 has a peanut allergy and had an egg allergy which she has grown out of so I am waiting as long as I can. The MHCN said to start her on rice cereal just before her 6 month check which is what I will probably do - however I will have to keep a close eye on DD1 as I have a sneaking suspicion she will try to "share" her food before then.
Pinny - yay on your platinum membership! It is very exciting - I loved getting my avatar made up.
Kaz - hope WC stays away from you. Apparently bubs aren't fully immune until they have the 3rd vax at 6 months. You can also get a top up vax for yourself.
Shell - hope your nephew is ok and glad you are getting the u/s for A's hips. It's better to get it all checked out this early so that something can be done. FWIW my friend had this as a baby and she had a cast. She's in her 30's now and completely fine.
Jols - glad you had a good time and the drive was ok. We are driving over to Adelaide at Christmas with the kids and I am dreading that!! We might have to do some long-ish trips before then as practice. DD1 is already starting the "are we there yet?" business :rolleyes:
Det - Levi sounds like he is going great guns. I know what you mean about not knowing what day of the week it is! I only know because I check the Age online each day :lol:
Hi to RR & Heaven & Mhami & RF and anyone else I have missed...
Hi everyone, sorry for being such a slack poster. Have been crazy busy with putting the house on the market, trying to find a new house, rewriting my book and mothering. We're off down to the beach for 10 days while the house gets done up by tradies.
Sleepy vibes to all your babies!
nai i cant believe J has two teeth :o !! scary!! definatly have a DVD player in the car when you go to adelaide!!
pinny you need to email sherie and sherie@bellybelly dot com dot au
what time is abbeys appointment?? hope shes ok :hug:
mhami enjoy your 10 days away!!
tarkine enjpy the movie!!
det i cant believe how much book eats :o !! millie is an aquariun but right on the cusp as shes the 18th
ali well done on the sleep in!! my girls think getting up early is ok
mhami - enjoy your time away.
i think millie is trying to commando crawl :o
AJP- Its not gonna be long til they are all on the move. The time has flown, this time round feels so much faster than when Ash was this age.
mhami- Enjoy the break, hopefully everything goes well with the selling, are you looking to buy yet?
Pinny- how is your DD? Does she have an ear infection? Makes things alot easier when they can tell you whats wrong.
Det- I can see why you call him boof! Wow!
Well Emilys ultrasound seems to be ok. The left hip was borderline and the technician had to go speak to a Dr there but when she came back she said Emily passes, its above the borderline, no signs of dislocation just the coverage of the ball and socket could be better. But she added as they grow it'll only improve not worsen. So thats a relief.
As for our poor nephew they're not sure what the prob is yet, he had scope from top end which showed nothing, couldn't see from bottom end cause still full poo. Had some other tests doen today and tomor and if still no answers they'll look up his bottom end. Poor thing apparantly he lost so much blood, he was having a blood transfusion and he also collapsed couple times, very scary for my SIL, she said she seriously thought he was dying when he collapsed.
Shell- So glad the U'S went well, what great news that it will only improve, must be a huge relief!! My thoughts are with you for your nephew must be a scary time for you especially his parents!!
AJP--Commando Crawl.......AHHH not yet please they are still our babies...I don't want them to grow as quickly as they are. Tell her "Lewis mummy said not yet thankyou very much"!!:lol:
Nai- Hope bubba girl is ok...Any more sickies??
Mhami- Enjoy the braek away, hopefully you get to relax
Tarkine- Hope you had fun at the movies....I must do that soon or the opportunity will be missed.
Took Abbey to Dr's all is fine, her ears are a bit pink, but need to keep and eye on her for the next few days to make sure she doesn't get worse, she has got a croaky voice and sounds so funny when she talks, i almost think there is another kid in the house.
Lewis great no signs of illness so very happy about that. No coughing today either.. I gave him a little bit of EBM this evening coz I had some in the fridge from the other day, gulped it down no worries and cried when it was all gone...had to stick him on the boob to comfort him...Hoping for another great night with Lewis and have tried to bribe DD to stay in her bed all night, hoping it works!!
pinny i wont allow crawling just yet dont worry!! far far far too early!!!
glad abbey is ok in the ear department! what did you bribe her with??
shell glad to hear the us went well!! must have been a stress for you today. i hope nephew is ok too, blood transfusion :o he must have lost a lot poor chook
AJP- Going to sound really weird but bandaids actually.... she just loves them and she used the second last one tonight for a small scratch that you need a microscope to see it with...she alomost cried when she saw the packet was empty....so I saw it as my opportunity to bribe and said"If you sleep in your bed all night...I'll ask Daddy to bring some more bandaids home tomorrow" seemed to work but we will see.They are Barbie bandaids and she just loves them. I know bribing isn''t the best parenting skill in the world but I would just jove some uninterupted sleep at some stage this year, I'm so sick of cat napping.
i hear you on the sleep !!!!!! sleeppppppp whats that :lol:
its called negotiation too not bribary!! sophie is scared of bandaids! probably because we taped her thumb with sports tape to stop her thumb sucking :lol:
:rofl::
you make me laugh!! I can just imagine her face when she is offered a bandaid
Scarred for life!!!!;)
:think: might offer her one tomorrow and see if shes still scared!!
Bribery is fine as a parenting tool ;) I use chocolate to let DD1 allow me to cut her nails :lol:
No more big spews from Miss J so she seems fine. Had a better night last night too. Sorry got to run - she's screaming!
AJP - :lol: at the commando crawl.. Alex just lays there, arms and legs waving like crazy, on his belly and then gets really frustrated at not moving - its funny.
Love the negotiation techniques guys.
Gotta go and get ready for the movies.. already running late..
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tarkine im not going to allow her to crawl just yet!! it was probably just a fluke thing!!
enjoy the movie!!
nai glad J isnt spewing as much!
good sleep night for m last night 7pm-3.30am fed then went til 8.30am. pity sophie woke at some point then again at 6am
Kaz- The book is really good!! Has a plan for getting her out of rocking to sleep, YAY! I haven't started doing it yet though. DH is on hols soon so we're going to start then when we're both here so we don't just give up LOL and we can be more persistent until it works! DD is still in her basinette, almost touching both ends, pmsl. We really need to move the cot into our room, I'm not ready for her to be in her own room yet.
Shell- yeah, even if she just has one big block of sleep it's great bc I just need some uninterrupted sleep!! Aww....ur poor nephew how scary! Good news about the u/s!!
AJP- lol yeah right! My pices baby does not want to sleep!! Ripped off! pmsl.
Pinny- Yay, welcome to platinum!
Ali- The brauers stuff is really a godsend! I will be interested to see how the amber bracelet goes when I get it.
det- OMG definately a growth spurt, what a hungry boy you've got!! Yeah the brauers was good. I'm not sure if she's actually teething though, so then I feel bad if I'm giving it to her for no reason, hmm... well we will find out soon I guess!
tarkine- omg I can't wait for harry potter! I'm so excited!! lol.
mhami- :hello:
Nai- omg 2 teeth already!! what a big girl!
:hello: to anyone I missed!!
Well yesterday DD finally rolled over!! From front to back, yay!! She was almost rolling from back to front for ages but lately she hasn't even been trying and I was thinking she'd given up, lol. And I was just thinking I'd come in here and ask u girls if the same happened with your bubs and then the next minute she rolls over!! lol. I thought it was a fluke but then she did it another 2 times. Got it on video for DH :D
just a quick post be back later for personals..
Lewis just went to sleep without havng to be wrapped!!!!yay!!
the bandaid bribery didn't work:doh:but she's not well....we are off to buy some goldfish for our pond, my nephew (16) has come to spend the afternoon with us...it's nice to know I'm not too old a daggy just yet!!!!
Hi girls,
Shell - So glad that Em's hips are ok and should get better as she grows. Your poor nephew! Must be so scary for you guys, how is he today? J looks tiny in his cot and I can't ever imagine him getting too big for it but then I just put him back in the basinette and remember that I used to think the same thing about it :rolleyes:
AJP - Not sure what those iron numbers mean darl but glad you've had them increase. I was given different numbers - 119 at 28 weeks gestation, 70-something the day of delivery and 60-something a couple of days later. Because it was going down they offered the transfusion. No idea what my numbers are now though. Was told that anything over 100 is in the normal range, although my original 119 would be considered low generally (but was ok for being pg).
Heaven - Glad the book is a good one. We had a bit of a shocker here last night with J - he seems to sleep less well the older he gets - so DP and I really need to develop a consistent team approach! We don't have room for the cot in our room unfortunately or thats what I'd be doing too.
Ali - Whoohoo on the sleep in!
Meg - How were the movies? How was going back to work on Monday? Hope it hasn't made you even more tired!
Holly - Hope you're getting some sleep darl and that Ls nose isn't causing him too much grief.
Nai - 2 teeth :o Go J!! DP and I have both had WC boosters when J was about 3 weeks old and both grandmothers have also had it. :crossfingers: His blue book has a big yellow sticker about WC and getting immunised on the front and I've got mates who's kids picked it up in childcare in Sydney a couple of months ago. Seems it has now reached my town too. Might be just a NSW thing though?
Tarkine - How was the movie? Did A sleep through it?
Pinny - Sorry to stress you out darl. I am a long way north of you!! I didn't mean to stress you, but prolly didn't word my post very well. Just meant that if you're worried about L, then it's better to be safe than spend energy worrying about what it could be iykwim? Glad the cough has cleared up though.
OP - How is I sleeping these days?
Hi to Det, RR, Rainy, & everyone else!!!
AFM - J is now over 6kg at 16 weeks old. He had his shots today so he's a bit grumbly but has been grumbly anyway the past couple of days. Don't know what the go is there because he's normally a pretty happy kid. Sleeping less well the older he gets too.
Hi ladies, will be back later for personals, just saying a quick hello! L is teething and MISERABLE! Got some portraits taken last week, haven't seen them yet and going to choose which ones we want in the collection tomorrow.
L screaming, back soon xox
AJP - I hear you on the crawling.. but then Alex is lazy and won't even roll over.
Kaz- the movie was good, but really loud - hurt my eyes. I kept my hand over his ear, the other one was against my arm and he sucked the bbs all the way through it! So the next movie will be transformers! A got the grumps with the second round of injections - all to be expected according to the MCHN nurse that I saw - as they have some immunity already.
Heaven - glad I'm not the only one waiting for HP! I'm going to have to do something to get Alex to roll over.. but he is sitting upright for about 30 seconds.. I have a horrible feeling that he won't learn to crawl - he'll just get up one day and run!!
Pinny - well done on the sleeping without wrapping - A needs wrapping otherwise he's awake in under 10 minutes.. little rabbit!
AFM - DH had his first day at home today - a few things on the horizon, but that's it, so he's on holidays, and we are officially incomeless again.. but something will turn up..hopefully soon.
**have been tryign to put Alex down to sleep since 7.30pm.. and I've wrapped him and left him in his cot.. hopefully he'll go to sleep.. I ran out of patience.. DH hands bubs back as soon as he squirms, and his idea of getting bubs to sleep is propping him on his lap, and waiting for him to go to sleep, while DH is using his laptop and has the TV and lights on... :rolleyes:
gosh tarkine i hope alex finally settled for you :hug:
glad you enjoyed the movie!! what does DH do for work???
holly :hug: hun hope your doing ok
kaz how is jacob today???
pinny did you get some fish?? glad nephew doesnt think your a dag!! cos your not!!
AFM were also trying to wean millie off the wrap so she had all her day sleeps yesterday with one arm out but wrapped both for last night, normally shes get her arm out within about 5 mins but didnt last night and slept til 5am :o oh my i got 6 hours straight sleep last night!!! she seems to not like the dummy either any more
AJP- Thats great. I wish Em wasn't so attached to her dummy. Been trying the settle twice thing but can't even get one settle in, she screams and screams, during the night tho when she is half asleep sometimes I can sometimes I can't. Just don't have the energy at the moment to just get rid of it.
Tarkine- how did he settle? Ahh this settling business is such hard work, and I'd put an order in this time for a great sleeper! I'm guessing your DH is in an area of work where not many jobs available.
Holly- Its so hard picking which pics you want you'll end up wanting them all but usually $$ puts a stop to that! Poor L, hope he settles, how is the medicine going? Is it shrinking the growth?
Kaz- I think 4 months is a time that alot babies start playing up. You think it gets easier but then there is always some hurdle! Eventually they get to an age where they will sleep well and be more settled. One day!
Heaven- yay on the rolling! Emily will only do it on the odd occasion from front to back, usually gets stropy and wants me to help her. Rolling the other way she seems close too, trying so hard to get over if there is soemthing there she wants to reach for.
We're all still miserable here, I ended up having vomiting and diahrea last night, Df had 2 crying kids, heard him yelling shut-up at them but felt too sick to help, couldn't move at that stage. Ash then we found to have a slight temp, 38, gave her panadol is fine today but she has had a cough for weeks now, its not constant tho. Emily is coughing now and even more snuffly. I have a constant headache. I must sound like such a whinger but I am so over everything at the moment!
:hug: shell, i hope your all on the mend soon, im glad though that DF is home to help you out
shell :hug: hope ur feeling better sweetie.
AJP - DH works in IT.. there are jobs around but it takes awhile to get them through agencies etc.. DH isn't like me.. I have in the past, just gone out and got any job to bring money in the door and stayed with them even when they have been terrible places to work.. DH considers his career etc :rolleyes:
Alex settled himself last night - he was asleep when I went back in and slep to 8am. Alex did a poosplosion this morning - went out the back of his nappy and he had it all down his back. Ended up having to have a quick bath to get it all off him!
My aim for today is to make fishcakes for lunch.
Tarkine- go Alex on the self settling! Thats excellent hun!
Shell- hope you all get better soon :hug:
Jols- souds like things are going well with Millie! Its funny how they jsut seem to do things in their own time. Let me know how you go on the de-wrapping. I would like to get Ash out of wrapping again but not really ahving much success.
Holly- How did the portraits turn out? He is so handsome, I am sure they look great. Maybe get some of that Brauers stuff Heaven was talkingabout for the teething.
Nai- I think I will be waiting for 6mths for the solids as well. I am not really looking forward to the mess of baby food. Going to layby a high chair though from Kmart for $99! bargain I think.
Kaz- How is J now after the vax? I have to take Ash next week. I'll probably cry again. Is he still grumbly?
Pinny- Hope DD is on the mend now. There is so much sickness going around. Just ask Shell! Did you get some fish?
Heaven- Another big woohoo for G rolling over!!! And a big woohoo for you getting on video for DH! What a clever little thing.
:hello: to everyone else.
Thanks for all your support in my boohoo thread. Feeling heaps better now. I never cared about her size until that stupid MCHN mentioned it again, again & again! Think I am jsut having a bad week because AF is back! :boohoo: I thought it would hold off longer seeming I am still feeding through the night. Oh well, I guess the bright side is I will be able to work out my cycles again in the next few months.
Just dropping by to say hi.
Shell hope you get better soon.
Tarkine- Yay on the settling.
Ali - I have ahd AF back since 6 weeks. Sux hey?
Holly - Hope that the medicine is helping L's nose.
Kaz - Sending sleepy vibes. E is the same. Shorter day sleeps, and waking at least ince in the night She used to have nice long day sleeps, and sleep all night!!!
In saying that, her 1 sleep cycle has gotten longer. She now sleeps an hour instead on 30 mins. So at least it's a little longer.
Went to Fun 4 Kids in Warrnambool yesterday with J. It was awesome. We had such a good day, but very tired today.
ali AF already :o nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
will have to check out your thread!!
as for unwrapping, not as good today, taking longer to settle but will keep at it!!
check out the antilop (sp) high chair from ikea $50 and fantastic!!!! we love ours!!
tarkine i hope something comes your way soon :hug:
Hi all,
AJP-Good luck with the wrapping thing, we too are trying that here!! Had a good day yesterday and this morning although he had a big cuddle with mummy sleep this afternoon as I was at my SIL house.
Ali- I have not seen your other thread but will also check it out!! AF is back??? I actually had some funny twinges down low and thought to myself hope it's no AF, you poor thing!!
Tarkine- How did the fish cakes go??? making me hungry!!! hope DH finds something suitable soon!!
SHell- Hope you all get healthy soon, can sympathise a little with you but it's so hard when the mummy's not well!!! DD is on the mend now!! Yay
hi to everyone else!!!
We are good here!! although really need some tips on DD and sleeping in her bed all night, comes into our room at about 2.30am have started to pull out the little mattress and she sleeps beside me after that!! Will put a thread out there I think yo get some ideas, but i just can't be bothered fighting with her at the moment!! She gets so upset if we persist she sleeps in her own bed!!! It's at the other end of house.....anyway will try to sort it out...
Lewis is going really well, a bit of a mummy's boy this week though!!! again not sure why!!
Hi girls, If you watch Getaway tonight, the school that I work at is on there as a teacher from work got a surprise holiday.
Ali - I saw that part of Getaway. its a small world. Did you know the teacher?
Pinny - the fishcakes were fantastic. Really basic - tinned tuna and mashed potatoes, squished together, bit of flour and then in a frypan.
AFM - I've got mayonnaise in my hair at the moment - my hair conditioner. I call it the smell of summer! I'm such a dag!
Tarkine- yes, she is a very good friend of mine. I went to uni with her and she teaches in the classroom next to me. She deserved it. She has had a pretty rough time so it couldnt have happened to a nicer person. Now you know where I work! :) PMSL at the mayo in hair. If i did that, my dogs would be trying to eat my hair! LOL
She looked like a lovely person. Where did she end up going? I fell asleep during getaway (opps).. :rolleyes:
The mayo is great as a hair conditioner.. I'm tragic I know but its cheap :D.
How's everyone travelling?
Might have to give the mayo a go. My hair is TERRIBLE since having E
Iuse the whole egg one - the instructions were to mix the mayo with an egg and olive oil leave on for 20-30 mins then rinse out. shampoo next time your in the shower. i do it at night then shampoo next morning. hth
LOL that is so funny that I've logged on and you girls are talking about homemade hair conditioner! I just bought a hair dye kit yesterday! I haven't dyed my own hair at home in nearly 10 years and always go to the hairdressers but I can't be @rsed atm and don't want to get it cut just yet but hate seeing my regrowth (which is not that obvious to others really but I notice). I might try the mayo thing afterwards though cause those packet dyes really dry my hair out. I have so many more grey hairs since being pg too. Anyone else notice the same thing? I only ever had a couple here and there before.
AFM - Still feeling really blah and flat. Went to mothers group this morning but had to leave early because Jacob lost it (think he was tired, even though he'd only been awake about 80 mins). Also, they all started talking about their births again and I just couldn't join in. Don't want them to think I'm a total nutcase :rolleyes: Jacob then cried for almost an hour when we got home and is asleep now. I was supposed to be at a funeral this afternoon (elderly next door neighbour passed away earlier in the week) but I can't bear to wake him up after he was so unsettled.
Thanks for all your kind words about my dog too girls. She is ok atm - she still wants to eat and go for walks so we will just play it by ear.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend planned with lots of relaxation and sleep :clap: It's so cold out there - it's definintely snowing somewhere near me today!
Kaz - I hear you on the grey hair! I never had any before DD1 and now I can see them in my regrowth :(
I just took the girls to the pool and took Juliette in the water for the first time and she loved it. She was splashing around and even launched herself off my lap so her head went underwater. She looked a bit shocked but then laughed. It was very cute.
Aw Nai that's so cute!! Its great that she's so confident in trying new things. I really hope Jacob is confident and curious etc.
Can't imgaine swimming today though tbh! Was it a heated indoor pool?? It's so cold here today - I have the fire cranked up. I reckon it's about 5 degrees out there! Brrrrrr!!
Nai - Glad she enjoyed the swim,. E still hasn't been. J well and truly had by now, but he was born in the opposite season, so it was warm.
Kaz - I really hope you pick up soon.
Had a queit day at home to day. Just chillaxed with the kids. E didn't really want to sleep much this arvo so had to entertain her a bit, as she just wanted cuddles. I got a little annoyed at J and feel bad about it. I needed him to give me and E some space as she was very upset, and he kept getting in her face. anyway I told him very firmly to go and find something to play with, and he just bawled! I felt guilty as I told him to leave her alone. Then I had them both crying. After I calmed her down, I had a little chat with him and explained why he had to leave E alone, he seemed to understand.
so hoping for a good night tonight. My sis and her BF are staying over, as they need to be at the airport early. (we live much closer than they do) Might go play the wii fit for a while.
pinny not sure what you can do about abbey not wanting to stay in bed, maybe when you move lewis into his own roo, she might not feel so 'lonely' in her room IYKWIM
ali i missed getaway too busy watching 640 on foxtel!!
tarkine mmmm mayo :D but not in my hair!! obviously it must work, how often do you do it?
kaz i got greys after S was born and unfortunatly not just on my head :o i hope J slept well this arvo for you :hug:
nai thats so cute of J!! when are you starting lessons?
we hope to have millie lessons at 6 months, just need sophie to go up a level so millie can take her spot!
meg i have those moments too wth sophie, she also just crumbles :( enjoy the wii fit
AFU well it seem sickness loves me :wall: 3 colds in 5 weeks now millie i think may have conjuctivitis and i may have it too :wall: