No needles yet, you have to wait exactly 8wks b/w them all and Z had her 4mth ones late so we will be going to the next local one on the 20th.. i HATE needles... poor Z.
Jenjams and Jennie13 how did the needles go???
Needles wern't too bad. Same as last couple, the oral and then 2 needles. Alice only cried after the nurse pulled the needles out. She was a little grumpy last night but we gave her some panadol and she has had a decent nights sleep. Lets see how she is for the next couple of days. I remember Amber had a grumpy few days after needles when she got them.
Jennie- I am sure Freya is not 'fat'. Every baby is different. I reckon Alice is going to be around Freya's size when she is weighed. I am sure she is healthy.
ZF - yep Amelia is quite good with the leftovers including milk in the mash. Yesterday, I got DS ready for lunch, sat him at the table with his peanut butter sandwich, then put Amelia in the high chair and went back into the kitchen to heat up her food. As I got back to the high chair I noticed she was chewing on a piece of bread! DS had shared his sandwich with her. First I thought oh how cute then I realised it had peanut butter on it!! So minor freak out for a second but she didn't get a reaction so that's good. She won't be having peanut butter any time soon though.
Our only problem now is her poos have gone firm. They look like little cat poos! I know they are not supposed to be like this at that age. Heck DS is 2 and his are still soft! I'm thinking it could be the Rafferty's Garden baby porridge she has for breakfast because it has extra iron in it. Not sure so I might stop giving it to her for the next few days and see if that makes a difference. If that's not it, then I think it could be the meat she's eating. So far all she's had is spaghetti bolognese (mince) and beef casserole. It doesn't seem to bother her and she doesn't cry or appears to be in pain when she's pooping.
Jennie, I am sure Freya is just gorgeous! My friend's baby was born on the 7th and he weighs 8.2kg as well and fully breastfed too. Having the extra padding gives her a buffer. I envy you! I can only dream of having fat, chubby, rolly babies...heehee...they are so cute
Z's are hard too and she actually had a little blood today from straining, i am giving her water when i can aswell as the fact she is fully BF but i don't know what to do, am thinking i might get some prunes and process them in with some of her food and try and increase the water.. she is also on raffertys
Jennie, Jackson is 8.02kg's... so, your bubba isn't the only chubba bub! ^^; As my MIL says, she must be in a good paddock.
I didn't know about the 8 week thing either?? Surely Dr's would tell you if it was going to be the be all end all? I can't even remember what the date of Jacks last ones were...
Still haven't started solids yet. but next week will be the weeked, I think... maybe XD He'll be 6 months then and I think he's going to start needing them. He's already had three feeds this morning and he's only been up 2 and a halfish hours oO;
I think I'll be turning Jacksons seat around next week. For 1 He's over the 8kg's. And 2, he gets so frustrated in the car seat and I think it's because he can't see anyone. and 3, I'm going to hurt him or me one of these days lifting him into the car they way I do! (we have a land cruiser with a lift kit in it, it's very tall - I almost need to lift jackson up over my head) and I'm only 5 foot 4ish) especially how much he wriggles now, he's going to wriggle right out of my hands one day mid-lift.
ZF, I didn't give Amelia the rafferty's porridge this morning and her poo is already starting to soften. So I think that might have it as the rafferty's porridge has extra iron in it.
Teagz, have you tried a mirror on the back seat? That might give Jackson something to look at. Must be a pain to lift him up so high! I'd need a step ladder! LOL
Eluned - Caroline had some hard poos for a bit and they were quite painful (poor little bubby) but that was only for a few days I think and she's been fine since. I did put some stewed pears in her rice cereal too and also used the liquid from the juice after stewing it when making up the rice cereal instead of water and i think that did the trick!!
I've just caught up on a few pages of posts as we've been away the last few weeks so sorry for no personals!
we survived our road trip - we drove from Melbourne to Brisbane and back (with stops along the way!!) and Caroline did fantastic!! she catnapped during the driving and dictated where the pitt stops were lol one stop was in some nothing town that didn't have any shops or petrol stations, the train station was only a platform so we had to feed her on the side of the road (and cross our legs coz we all had to pee!). She also did great sleeping in SO many different places in her portacot. I am hugely impressed. I was paranoid that she would sleep in the car all day and be awake all night or just wouldn't sleep properly in the portacot. Go Carloline
the downside to the trip is that she had started to wean from me the week before we went. She wouldn't complain that she was still hungry though but when she'd only feed for 10 minutes (after usually feeding for up to an hour and me knowing she wasn't slowing down because she was getting more efficient) I offered her a top up bottle and she literally lunged at it and gulped it down!! also being on the road I decided that one bottle during the day would help otherwise we wouldn't actually get anywhere. she ended up drinking less and less from me each time and now is only having a morning and evening 'snack' (less than 10 minutes in total). I was upset at first but realised that it is also a good thing and she is getting more and is equally as happy. BF'ing was a long battle for me and one that I happily did for six months so am just stoked that I got six months in to her!! she's doing great on the solids - she had her first banana at the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour (how many people can say that lol) she SCOFFED IT... we didn't even get a chance to mash it... she just had it in her mouth and sucked it constantly. I tried to only give her half to see how she would go with it, being a new food and all but she got SOOOO ****ed that i gave her the rest and when that was gone she hollered like she'd been stabbed lol we had to leave!! so yeah, banana's are a BIG hit!!
she CAN roll but often just won't. she doesn't seem to have any interest in sitting up on her own though. My son was sitting up by himself by around 5 months but not this one. She wants to lie down or stand up lol no in between!! she can scoot around on her back and even on her tummy she is moving about, it's weird - i can be watching her and i can't see HOW she's doing it... she just moves.
anyways, so sorry for the selfish post. great to see all the babies doing so well!! happy half birthday!!!
oh and Daytona ... 'oh and I'm pregnant again' lol just threw that at the end of your post. CONGRATULATIONS and all the very best. You'll surely have your hands full but from what I hear after the first bit it gets easier coz they have each other to play with!!
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(with stops along the way!!) and Caroline did fantastic!! she catnapped during the driving and dictated where the pitt stops were lol one stop was in some nothing town that didn't have any shops or petrol stations, the train station was only a platform so we had to feed her on the side of the road (and cross our legs coz we all had to pee!). She also did great sleeping in SO many different places in her portacot. I am hugely impressed. I was paranoid that she would sleep in the car all day and be awake all night or just wouldn't sleep properly in the portacot. Go Carloline
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