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thread: Babies born~February 16th-28th 2009 #9

  1. #91
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    Apr 2008
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    Shell - I'm dragging the 2 girls along eeek! I think there's a show at 11am so that will keep DD1 amused for a bit.

  2. #92
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    May 2007
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    Nai - I am going. I am taking the two kids along, as well as my sis and her 7 week old and I think my mum is gonna come along as well. Just make sure you printfor free tix off the net.

    Shell - Great that Em is rawling. E isn't. Not interested whatsoever. She likes to roll around to get things.

    Malyna - Not into the nascar's here. But I am sure J would like to watch it if he knew it was on.

    J and E were both up is in the early hours of the morning. E woke for a feed at 5 then she sooked when I put her back down, waking J up. He then got upset. E went back to sleep and I put J in with me. He tossed and turned, but went back to sleep around 6 till 8:30. E woke again at 8am. Not too bad in the scheme of things. I can handle 5am as long as it is not every single day. I did manage to catch another 2 hours from 6am to 8am. So I really was only up an hour at 5am.

  3. #93
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    Apr 2008
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    Just popping in to say we made it through the christening!!!!

    Ashlyn was so overwhelmed but all my family go ton apart form my two sisters having a massive fight before hand and avoiding each other, it was fine. I have my little sister staying with me now as she didnt want to stay with our older sister and just got Ashlyn to bed!

    Have already had some panadol but feels good that it went well and is done!

    Catch up with you all this week xo

  4. #94
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    Dec 2005
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    Ali- Glad everything turned out well, did you find a good godfather after the other one couldn't make it? I need to organise Emily's at some stage, might wait til I return to work as I remember Ash's cost a bit by time we gave the church a 'donation' and put on food for everyone.

    Meg and Nai, you girls are game, I'm still not sure about attempting it with the 2!

    Em been funny she gets so cranky if she sees me eating, I might have to offer more finger food cause as soon as she sees me eat she acts like she is starving and gets excited if I give her something.

  5. #95
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    May 2007
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    I was just reading on another forum that I am on that this is the age for seperation anxiety, to the p[oint that sometimes they wake in the night worried that you won't come back.

    E has taken to crying every night when I put her down for the evening. Maybe that is why?! They said that sleep issues in bubs that have never had sleep issues before can go on from 6 to about 9 months,

    Ali - Glad the day went well, and that your sis's make up.

    Shell - but I will have my mum with me as well. She will amuse J. Nai I will PM you my number if you want to catch up.

  6. #96
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    Apr 2008
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    Sounds good Meg!

    I was looking in the Wonder Weeks book and they say that these weeks are the seperation realisation weeks so I think you are right about that! Miss J has just started looking for me when I leave the room and starts crying when she can't see me.

    Ali, I'm glad the christening went well! You can relax now.

    Shell, Miss J is the same - I have to give her a crust or some other finger food to keep her happy while I eat something otherwise she cracks it.

    Is anyone giving snacks for morning/afternoon tea? I have found that Miss J likes to have a bit of fruit or something in between meals now (no wonder she's getting so chubby!!)

  7. #97
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    Nov 2004
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    hey girls
    an early post for me lol
    we have just been though the separation anxiety thing for the past 2 months and i think we are now coming out the other side- right on cue he meggiemoppit!!

    i can now leave the room without the world falling apart and he will now happily go to my DH and my mum!! Phew
    Yes sleep has been suffering b/cause of it- he wants to sleep in my arms in the middle of the night- esp around 4am!! great- so it can take anything up to 2 hours to resettle and me get back to bed- night time sleep for us has sucked for 2 months now. He is also feeding heaps overnite still - every 2 hours most nites grrr!!! HE just wants cuddles with his mum!!

    Boof likes food whenever its handed to him- anytime of the day! He just eats everything.
    gonna try him on yoghurt soon - great as a snack. Otherwise he eats whatever we do- in the same state- i.e not mashed. He ate a hashbrown today when we went out for brunch lol funny

    Went to MCHN on friday for our 8 month check up- he is now 75cm long- the size of a 12 months lol - still around 10kg ! So still a big boy even though he didnt gain much weight for the past two months- appararently quite common not to gain much between 6 and 8 months!!

    still thinking about the P & B expo- onyl thing that is stopping me is that i have pilates on a friday so would have to miss my class- hmmm will see

    I get my new car on tues- i am sooo excited- this is the car i have always wanted- a Honda MDX- its second hand but still ace for me- and a 7 seater WHOOT!!!!
    cant wait!!!

    other than that DH is nearly over glandular finally- although still has off days every now and then so things are settling down here. my mum is still doing it tough , but she is getting there and hangs out here a bit which is really nice

    hugs everyone
    mwah

  8. #98
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    Feb 2006
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    BBL for personals....

    wahhhhhhh miss m is a little off today just took 2 hours to get her to sleep, io had to lay down and feed her to sleep in sophies bed. she had rosy cheeks this morning so not sure if its teeth, but she was hysterical, soooooo over tired poor chook, i just hope she sleeps for more than 40 mins.

    ali pics of ashlyn are gorgeous!!!

  9. #99
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    Jan 2008
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    Hi girls,

    Ali - great that the christening went so well! pics are beautiful - you guys make such a lovely looking family.
    Shell - J doing the same thing with food! Very interested in anything we've got that he hasn't got! for E crawling already!! J has only just started sitting up by himself lol!!
    AJP - Did M stay asleep for you? 2 hours is a long time - I bet you're exhausted!
    Malyna - did you enjoy the race? heard people saying it was the best one yet but I think they prolly say that every year!
    Det - whoot on the new car! That's very exciting. lol at boof eating a hash brown!
    Meg - have fun at the expo!
    Nai - beautiful pics of yourself and miss J in the pool. She's definitely a water baby! We're doing swimming soon too - next week I think. Should be interesting and fun!

    AFM - Parents visit went well. J had a great 24 hours while they were here (about time!) and mum kept saying how good he was so no unwanted advice thank god. Since they left J's been back to his usual So frustrated this morning cause the phone rang and woke him and I didn't get to it cause I was in the shower Got a sore throat here and feeling ordinary so am just going to go with the sleep flow (or lack of) for a bit longer and then start getting serious next week.

  10. #100
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    Feb 2006
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    shes been asleep almost 2 hours, she was snoring before ment to be going to m/group but depending on when she wakes as whether or not we go!
    glad j was great while your folks were around, hope your throat gets better soon!

  11. #101
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    Nov 2007
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    kaz - i went to sleep when they had about 50 laps to go. Alex has been so testing lately - really clingy, whingy etc that I too kthe opportunityh to have a sleep.

    HOpe everyoen else is going okay...

    supposed to go to swim classes this morning, went to sleep at 9 and woke up at 10.40, takes 40 minutes to drive to swim class - I'm 15 minutes late, so I just turn around and come home again.. reallyh shouldn't have bothered, but thought I could make it across in 30 minutes.. am really loosing the plot here, everything is jus so overwhelming at the moment... sorry for lack of personals.. I'm a slacker and I know it :-D

  12. #102
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    Feb 2008
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    Hi girls,

    Long time no see.... just making a post to subscribe to this thread
    talk soon xx

  13. #103

    May 2008
    Melbourne, Vic
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    Hi all

    More absences, sorry!

    RR - Hi! Nice to see you again! Hope you're well

    Malyna - sounds like you're having a rough trot at the moment. Big hugs Do you have someone that can help out for a bit? Mum, sister, good friend?? Sounds like you need a bit of time out!

    AJP - by the time you read this you will have hit 10,000 posts!!!! That is a serious effort woman Good work

    Kaz - you're sounding a bit better in your last post Glad the visit was good! Hope you are not getting sick, that is all you need. I was going to say about the separation thing as well, maybe Mr J is just very advanced

    Det, nice to see you today at the ABA thing. Think I might start going a bit more regularly.

    Nai, Meg, I am going on Fri too! I think I still have your number Nai - maybe we can meet up? I'm going with my sis and maybe my mum.

    Shell - Isabel is the same - she is eating lots of crackers, cheese sticks, toast crusts, yoghurt, cucumber, basically anything I can offer her while I am eating! She cracks it otherwise! Quite cute really. Unless I have nothing to give her, then it is a bit distressing!

    Ali - so glad the christening went well! Looked at the FB pics, Ash looked so cute Nice cake too!

    Hi to everyone else!!

    AFM: We are dummy-free now and have been since Sat morning. Last night she settled at the in-laws house (in a proper cot they have there that she has slept in lots) in about half an hour and stayed asleep as we transferred into the car and then to home and she slept til 5.30am!!! No resettling required!!! Resettled at 5.30 as she was grumpy and tired, look aaaages but worked eventually.

    I don't resettle during the day - if we are at home on a good day she will sleep about an hour and a half in the morning and anything from 40 mins to two hours in the arvo. If we are out she will do 40min naps. But at night I resettle and don't feed.

    My current technique is to rock and cuddle her until she is asleep or almost asleep, then back into the cot, if she stirs then I hold her hands on her chest with hand and with the other hand I pat her groin, quite hard. She turns and nuzzles into her snuggle bunny and drifts off. Seems to be working, for now anyway...

  14. #104
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    Jul 2008
    S.E. Melbourne
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    Hi guys,

    Just a quick one from me too...

    I really wanna go to the baby expo but will have to see how I go. Sounds stupid, but I still haven't taken L anywhere by myself and I'm certainly not getting a train by myself! So will have to see if I can get mum or someone to come with me Would really like to go though!

    Have been really busy with uni and will be all this week coz 2 assignments due. I'm scheduled to go back to work mid november and I need to give 4 weeks notice if I want to change the date - which I do, so I really have to get onto writing that letter. I plan to go back in Feb, take it up to 12 months leave. Also have L's dedication next month so I have to hurry up and organise the invitations - I was hoping to post them today but I haven't even bought the card to print them on yet. I swear there are just not enough hours in the day So things to do this week: assignments, print and post invitations, and type out letter to work and post!

    Oh and I don't know if anyone remembers, but one of my sisters is serving a sentence in a youth justice centre at the moment and she gets a day leave on wednesday so they are bringing her home to see us so I have penned her in for wednesday. L is meant to have his 8 month check that day but that reminds me...I better reschedule that tomorrow for next week!! Time to put some reminders in my phone I think.

    Just quickly, Nai, I saw your pics on fb of J swimming...she is just divine! She is so gorgeous and looks like such a delight. You are very lucky I'm so scared of taking L swimming. Giving him a bath is traumatising enough

    Had MG today at my place, cleaned in the morning and then again after they left. I'm so pooped. Sorry for selfish post!

    Ali, glad the christening went well. Off to check your pics!

    Kaz, glad you had a good w/e with your parents and J was well behaved - so typical!

    Ellie, really hope ms eases for you soon

    Malyna, you sound like me! Something I would do (drive partially there and then turn around). I think I'm losing the plot too You know I still haven't driven with just L in the car. I'm the most anxious neurotic person you'll ever know!

    AJP, did you end up going to MG?

    Det woohoo on the car!! Hope your DH gets better soon. I'm still feeding L all through the night too!

    Shell, wow I can't believe Em is crawling! One of the bubs in my MG is now crawling, which reminded me today that I need to start looking at baby proofing the house!

    Megie, I hope E's crying is just a phase - a short lived one that is. Hope they don't wake too early tomorrow!

    OP, sounds like you've got a good routine/technique going! Glad she's eating well too!

    Hi rainbow & pinny!

    Well, would you look at that, I ended up doing personals after all Once I start one, I feel obliged to reply to everyone else!

    Anyway, not sure how often I'll get on here this week. Really wanna go to the expo though so I'll check in here in the next few days and see if I will be tagging along!

    xox

  15. #105
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    Dec 2005
    Melbourne, Vic
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    OP- Throw them out! I was told that so if you have a bad day you're not tempted to use them again. I threw Em's out after the first sleep without them. Life is so much easier without them once they learn to sleep on their own they don't wake as often.

    Tarkine- doesn't sound like you are having the best of times recently. Can you get a break from someone? Just take each day at a time, maybe just go for walks to get yourself out of the house and its something you can do in your own time.

    Jols- So how is miss M? After all that sleep she ok?

    Kaz- You might have to get your parents back so J is on his best behaviour! Hope your not coming down with anything. Early night for you, honey and lemon drink.

    Det- yay a new car! Boof is big boofer, yeah they do start to slow down on weight, sad in a way when they start losing that real chubber look. Love baby chubby legs and cheeks. Ash is now stick thin so can't really remember her as a chubber, lol.

    Nai- we still aren't quite up to 3 meals yet, some days she'll have 3 some days only 2 so not up to snacks yet, tho I guess i do give her something to munch on if I am eating to keep her happy!

    So with this seperation anxiety thing anyone notice its just them and not your partners? Df had the girls all day sat, Em was fine, whenever hes around she'll play and be happy, if I am around she wants me, I'll be in the kitchen, she'll crawl to the gate and grizzle with her arms up waiting to be picked up! So hard to get anything done!

  16. #106
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    Dec 2005
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    Holly- lol at that being a 'quick one'! I remember after having Ash it took me ages to go out alone, now after number 2 I end up going everywhere alone.
    Thats great with your sister, how long a sentence does she have? Can she get early release?

  17. #107
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    Apr 2008
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    Just quickly, we are having major issues with the seperation anxiety thing! It only started in the last week. I thought it was because she was sick but it is really testing me!

    Be back tomorrow. Night girls

  18. #108
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    Feb 2006
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    AJP - by the time you read this you will have hit 10,000 posts!!!! That is a serious effort woman Good work
    10,000 made it!!

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