Hey ladies just a quick US post, got a lot going on here at the moment and a bit stressed, thank god i have BB..
Z got weighed today for her 7-8mth check-up, we have to go back at 10mths instead of 12 as she dropped a % weight wise but the health nurse thinks it's allergy related and as we can't offer her any new foods this is impacting, HOWEVER she said she has gone up a couple of % in her height which at this age is not normal in such a short period of time.
NOW:
6.97kg - 25th % so down from about 35th% to 25th%
69cm - 85th% - she jumped from 50th% to 85th% in just under 2mths!
HC: 43cm
ZF, try not too worry Sounds like Z is doing just fine. After all you and your hubby are quite tall right? She is probably finding her own place on the charts and I reckon she will be a tall skinny minny. In saying that I understand how you must feel having had to deal with weight "issues" with both of mine, it's not fun. Keep doing what you're doing, and once you have that allergy appointment you'll have a more clearer picture of what she can eat. She's a great size as it is and at this age they put on an average of around 15grams a day (according to our dietician).
Thanks hun, Ava was always tiny on the charts 10th% but she never dropped % so i never worried on the up side Z grew length wise WAY more than normal according the MCHN so i am trying to tell myself her body was concentrating on that rather than pudging up.
She's still heavier than Ava was at that age so i'm not worried, not by much though even though at times she was kg's heavier at the same age, she has about 4cm on her height wise at the same age though... lol
Sorry I haven't been in for ages - we were all really sick and DH was away so it was a nightmare, and then for the last couple of weeks we have been away. I am finally getting back into the swing of things now.
DS is an absolute pig!! He has three HUGE meals a day and is so different to DD. She was terrible eater and still is. In fact, I think DS eats more than DD does now! I have not found a single thing that he will not eat and you have to be careful when eating if he is anywhere near you, as he is so quick and will have grabbed your food and shoved it in his mouth in a flash! I haven't had him weighed since his 6 month check so have no idea how much weight he has gained, but he sure feels like a porker! He can sit for quite a while, although at other times he topples quickly, and he has just figured out how to roll the other way, finally! He tries to get his legs under him when on his belly but I think he is still a way from crawling. Still no teeth, but DD didn't get any til 10 months so he may be the same. And he still has around 5 BFs a day - including one or two overnight.
We haven't turned the car seat yet - I think we may also wait til around 10kg.
And as for egg - the other night DH says to me 'can he have egg yet?' and then I turned around and he had already stuck a whole piece of fried egg into DS's mouth!!! So I am assuming we have no egg allergy here as he was fine. Then last night DH gave him DD's left over peanut butter sandwich! Again, no problems, thank goodness.
ZF - try no to stress hun, as hard as it is. I had weight issues with DD and really got myself stressed out over it, and she is fine. I think she is just always going to be tall and skinny. She is now in the 75% for height and the 25% for weight, but that is just natural for her I think. Hopefully it is just the same thing with Z.
so baby girl is sick at the moment (gastro?) and I went to a new medical centre. The receptionist gave me the usual first time form to fill out and asked me to sit down. I said that was fine I'll stand and fill it out because if I sit down baby girl will grab at it etc no big deal. She then says "well, I'd offer to hold her but I"m not a baby person". WTF? I didn't ask or even alude to wanting her to hold her and I even said that I wouldn't have accepted her offer because she is sick so why would I get someone else to hold her. Then another receptionist comes up and the first said to her 'oh I just told her that I would have offered to hold the baby but because I"m not a baby person I wouldn't' and the other woman says "I'm not a baby person either so I wouldn't have offered either'... HELLO??? a) am I invisible? and b) what is the point of saying such things?? I didn't want them to hold her for crying out loud. sorry, no point to the post other than to have a complete ***** about them!!
oh and we gave her the smallest of home made pancakes on the weekend and she only munched on a quarter of it and ended up with a red rash around her mouth. Not sure what the heck I was thinking considering it has eggs and cows milk in it. stupid mummy moment for sure! (DH also encouraged the offering so I blame him too lol). the rash disappeared shortly afterwards thank goodness!
Aww all our other replies got lost..... How is everyone?
Were all ok here, a bit stressed financially but the girls are going GREAT.
Z is enjoying her food (hopefully that means when she's weighed next mth the new MCHN wont have anything to worry about), is chatting along and making all sorts of noises, she mumbles dadadad and sometimes i swear mumumum... her and ava have raspberry blowing competitions and spend about 20min giggling at each other.
She's clapping and likes to stand up against the toys now rather than sit down, she's trying to pull herself up but can't quite get there yet.
She still refuses to roll around on the floor she prefers to sit or stand at the toys, i give her belly time but she doesn't look like crawling any time soon.. i'm not too worried ava was the same and started crawling at 10mths, boy i can't wait for that day.. then Z might be less sooky cos she can follow me around.
She's getting better at going to other people but still not 100% if i leave the room if she;s not comfortable, she has 2 teeth now, 1 is through and you can see it clearly, the other just has the tiniest point through.
Well i guess thats enough from me.. hope everyone is well..
ZF: I hope everything is going ok hun. The raspberry blowing is so cute! Josh & Amelia do that all the time.
Amelia is commando crawling, pulling herself up on her knees, not quite getting into a sitting possy by herself yet, gets half way there and looks like she's posing as a swimsuit model She has 1 tooth and another on the way. She's got her very first cold at the moment got it from Josh (as did I), they have both been pretty sick with snotty noses, coughs and gunky eyes and are now on antibiotics She's been breastfeeding extra because she's sick which is a bit tiring. The most scary thing was she had a couple of nosebleeds! Totally freaked me out so I called Health Direct and they said doesn't sound too bad and is most likely due to her nose being all sensitive from the cold and snot. If she keeps spontaneously getting them, then I need to get her checked out. Fingers crossed that's the last we see of a nosebleed.
She is catching up on the weight as well and had a bit of a spurt over the last month. She's 6.53kg a couple of weeks ago and is now back on the chart I can't believe they are growing up so fast! I've started to think about what theme to do her first birthday party! Being on New Years Day, I am hoping to make it a good one!
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Sounds like Z is doing just fine. After all you and your hubby are quite tall right? She is probably finding her own place on the charts and I reckon she will be a tall skinny minny. In saying that I understand how you must feel having had to deal with weight "issues" with both of mine, it's not fun. Keep doing what you're doing, and once you have that allergy appointment you'll have a more clearer picture of what she can eat. She's a great size as it is and at this age they put on an average of around 15grams a day (according to our dietician). 
her and ava have raspberry blowing competitions and spend about 20min giggling at each other.
she prefers to sit or stand at the toys, i give her belly time but she doesn't look like crawling any time soon.. i'm not too worried ava was the same and started crawling at 10mths, boy i can't wait for that day.. then Z might be less sooky cos she can follow me around.
She has 1 tooth and another on the way. She's got her very first cold at the moment 
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