Babies born~January 1st-15th 2010 #2

ZF: :hug: 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 :rofl: 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 :dance: 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!

Hey ladies

Sounds like everyones bubs are doing really well.

ZF - i hope the finacial stuff sorts out for you! :hug:

Eluned - Geez those nosebleeds would have been scary! I hope they dont happen to often and she grows out of it :pray:

Illeyena - What a horrible lady! Hope you guys didnt all get gastro.

AFM - DS Is getting tooth number 6, is crawling flat out and pulling himself up on things his latest thing is trying to walk when we are holding him. He is doing well on solids still likes to feed himself so isnt have a great deal unless i spoon feed him some so we have found a happy medium there.

How is everyones little ones on drinking water from a sippy?

Awww ZF-We hope everything works out for you. Your girls are doing beautifully!

Eluned- I hope the colds go fairly quickly and do not get any of you down

Yay Minny- Go little bou go. 6 teeth? WOW!

Well DD2 is not near anything like your little ones. She loves being on her tummy but only goes around in circles. She pushes herself backwards wen she feels like it which isnt often. No teeth here and nowhere near getting onto her knees. I am in no hurry I guess. Having 2 running around will be a battle!
We had our 8 month MCHN visit the other day. She is just over 8kg, average height and a huge head! The MCHN is happy with her development so all good.
Food is going well. She gives most things I give her a go. She wont drink water out of a sippy cup but will out of a bottle and she is fully b/f!

Well that's us. DD1 has the most horrendous tantrums so it can be quite exhausting by the end of the day. I feel like I am in a bit of a rut at the moment too. I have lost myself a little but I am doing an online creative writing course now and are learning to play golf so hopefully that will help.

Sooooo annoyed - I finally got time to post and my post was lost in the server change! Sigh... can't even remember what I wrote now.

We are going well. DS had his six month check up yesterday and is now almost 8.2kg. He is average length and also has a big head! He sits very well and can get around on the floor by pivoting and rolling, and he has just started doing this funny bum jump thing where he jumps along on his bum while sitting! It looks really funny but it works and it gets him where he wants to go so he is pretty happy with himself! I don't think he is even close to crawling yet. He still eats like a champ and is a happy little boy. He still likes one or two night feeds which is a bit of a pain but he sleeps well other than that.

jen - I know the feeling. It can be hard remembering who you were before children and I also find myself feeling 'lost' sometimes. I am glad that you have started doing something for yourself, it is important to do something like that. Sorry to hear about DD1's tanties - we are having a few of those around here too.

Hi everyone else, sorry, no time for any more but I will pop back in again soon :)

Hi everyone, I have been popping in every now and then but never get to fully catch up before I have to go and do something else or fall asleep at night cause I am so tired.

I'm going to try and catch up properly now while Maddie is in her Jolly Jumper but sometimes she is happy in there for ages and other times she gets bored so we'll see how we go, lol.

We are going OK apart from some teething troubles. We had 3 weeks where she was waking multiple times in the night, I finally started giving her nurofen and Brauers teething relief and that helped a lot but I didnt want to give her drugs all the time so I got an Amber teething necklace as well. The first night she wore it she slept all night without waking at all and was sooooo happy the next day I thought they must be magic but the next night she woke again a couple of times but she did resettle herself quite quickly which was good. I think tonight will be night 4 and the last 3 nights have been the best we have had in the last 3 weeks but the teeth are also fully through the gums now so not sure if it was the necklace or if we were already past the worst of it but hey the necklace looks cute on her.

Ok going to have a quick read back :)

ZF hope finacial stuff sorts it self out good luck! My boys giggle and bow rasberries together too very cute!

Eluend wow sounds like you have a moover on your hands!! What themes are you thinking?

Minny wow lots of teeth and crawling!!! DS2 tips sippy cut upside down and makes a mess not ken on drinking!

Jenjams my DS1 having tantrums too and DS2 not doing much either!

Bun night feeds are hard work at times

tracehb bugger about teething hope things settle for you.

As for us DS2 had MCHN appt today 8670 grams and 71cm tall, he hates his tummy rolls onto back as soon as I put him down! He sits up has done for a long time now, he has only in last 2 weeks been interested in solids!! As for sleep he will not sleep in cot!! During day its pram if out or on my knee grrr at night will only co sleep. Still tandem BF, I have some days I get annoyed and want to stop DS1 but so cute when he climbs on knee saying boobie and lifting my top! DS2 has no teeth yet, but as DS1 did acting like teething for ages!

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Trace- Hmmmm how many Jovi concerts are you going to here in Oz? I think Maddie has no choice in her music tastes does she? How is she going with her sleeping in her cot?

Hahaha I'm going to 7 concerts, 2 in New Zealand and 5 in Oz :) December is going to be crazy!

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my son never rolled ... he sat at 5 months and crawled around 8 months but not once did he roll. he's 10 years old now and the only rolling he does is his eyes haha :rolleyes:

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Hahahahaha this made me laugh! Maddie wont roll either. She can do it but doesnt do it very often. I have been trying to give her more tummy time but she just grizzles when she is on her tummy now, before she used to love it but now she is back to preferring to lay on her back or sit up.

Teagz that sounds scary about Jacksons fontelle closing up. I'm glad its all OK though.

Bun hope you are feeling better now. Thats funny about your little one grabbing food outta your mouth. Maddie stares at me when I am eating so I have started offering her some of it, if its safe for her to eat but most of the time she just squishes it and chucks it on the floor.....lol. This morning I was having banana bread and she was staring so I gave her some and she just squished it so that will be the last time I share my banana bread with her, lol. She eats all of her food that I feed to her though and she has had some vegemite on an english muffin that she ate a little bit of.

Zarava how is Z doing now with the allergies, can she try new foods now?

Jenjams I know what you mean about feeling a bit lost, I feel a bit the same too and feel like I never get any time for myself or if I do its limited and I am still worry about Maddie. I really miss my friends and family in Adelaide and really wish I had a bit more support other than just hubby. I told him the other day that I wanted to move back to adelaide and he freaked out but on the plus side he had picked up his game a bit and been a bit more supportive so thats good.

Anyway I better go Maddie has been an angel in her jolly jumper for over an hour so I better go get her some dinner and start the night time routine :)

it's good to see some posts! it's been so quiet in here! we're still pottering along... Jackson has started walking along furniture now, still only commando crawling but occasionally will do a proper one. Mum thinks he'll be walking before he proper crawls full time iykwim. Which sucks, because he looks so cute when he does his proper crawl!

He still hates his solids. No interest what so ever. It's doing my head in. His last weigh in was about 3 weeks ago now and he was 8.580kg's and 68cms long, so weight wise he seems to be going ok still. It's a wonder, because he never stops moving!!

we're still hit and miss with sleep too, the last 2 nights he slept thru from 8.30 to 6, and just as I get used to it last night he was up from 1 til 3, but then slept thru til 7.30 ^^;

well i best be off, I can hear him waking!

Hey Teagz sounds like Jackson is a real mover. That must be frustrating that he wont eat his solids. I'm guessing you have tried him with lots of different things and different consistencies. Maddie went a bit funny early on if it was anything too thick she wouldnt eat it so I had to make sure it was quite thin and smooth and then i just really slowly started making it thicker and a bit lumpier as she got used to it. I still puree most of her food but sometimes I can get away with just mashing the veggies. Also have you tried giving him the solids before his milk? So he doesnt have a chance to fill up on milk? In the mornings I give Maddie half her milk then her breakfast then the other half of her milk. At first I was worried to give solids before all of her milk because I was worried she would cut back on her milk but its weird since she started solids she now drinks all of her milk with so much less fuss than she did before she started solids. I used to have so much trouble getting her to drink her milk but now no problems at all. Another idea maybe give him things he can feed himself, if he is quite active he might get frustrating sitting still and being spoon fed? I have just noticed Maddie is starting to get a bit frustrated at having to sit without any toys and be fed, she has started grabbing for the spoon and bowl so I am going to have to start giving her more things she can feed herself soon but I must admit apart from toast I am at a bit of a loss as to what else to give her. I am afraid she will choke on anything else. Anyway I'm sure you've prob tried all of this already, i hope it improves soon for you :D

Anyone else have any ideas for finger foods?

Tracey - Caroline is now wanting to feed herself also! I cooked up some mince the other night with some grated carrot and zuchinni and a little bit of spaghetti sauce and when I heat it up I put some grated cheese on it which binds it a bit. A chunk dropped off the spoon the other night when little miss was refusing any more food and as soon as it hit the tray she grabbed it and shoved it in her mouth. My son was the opposite, I think he'd still let me feed him now if I let him :o the MCHN said that generally boys are lazier than girls and happy to sit and be waited on haha

I have a sheet on the fridge that has ideas for finger food for babies from about 8 months and it has the following on it: broccoli and cauliflower heads (cooked!), baby corn, sweet potato (sliced and then the slices cut in half), pineapple chunks (Caroline LOVES these!) cooked pasta spirals, sliced capscium, rice cakes, grated cheese, cheese sticks (real cheese, not the plastic cheese!), strawberries cut in half, sliced canned peaches, orange segments, watermelon, avocado slices, sugar snap peas (not sure I'd go for this personally!), halved grapes, pita bread sandwiches cut in triangles, sandwiches (i've done this with either vegemite or grated cheese, keeps her quiet for ages but not sure just how much of it she actually gets. I still figure it's good 'practice'), cooked pear slices, cucumber sliced lengthways, cooked carrot sticks. They even have lamb cutlets on it with a note to chop in to finger size pieces but I haven't been very brave with meat and just given her minced chicken or minced meat so far. She has surprised me with some of the above finger foods though so I probably shouldn't underestimate her!! I'm keen for other suggestions too!

Hello everyone!!

Glad to hear everyone is doing so well!!

Illeyena - Thanks for all the great finger food ideas! I give Freya banana, strawberries & other fruits (will have to try pineappe tho!) and steamed veg!

Freya is going well. Shes a good eater! has toast or weatbix for breaky, fruit for morning tea, whatever i have for lunch, then whatever i have for dinner...and everything else in between!! She still has a fair bit of formula aswell, 210mls morning, 150mls mid morning, 150mls mid arvo and 210mls again before bed. She goes thru about 3 sippy cups of water a day also. When are u supposed to start cutting back on the formula? Havent tried the egg yet, but she had a bit of carrot cake the other day before I realised it had walnuts in it...no reaction tho so thats good!!

Shes been crawling for about 2 weeks now....follows me everywhere! cant even hide so i can eat anymore :( lol! but its very cute!! She has 2 bottom teeth and just cut outside 2 top....so now she has vampire teeth :p She loves her sippy cup, lol she drags it along the floor with her! Im having a bit of trouble with nappy rash :( possibly from teething coz she was doing some horrible acidy pooes, and now it wont go away :( i give her lots of bare bum time, ive tried sudocrem, chemmart nappy stuff and nappy mate creams, but nome seeming to help. Its like it wont cover the raw bit and i put so much on! I just want it to heal, poor bub hates nappy change time, and she does like 4 pooes a day!!!

Appart from the nappy rash, were doing great! Glad we having some action in here!! its been quiet! :D

Hey everyone

as my FB friends might have seen today Milly has finaly started sitting :cheer: she has been horrible at the moment I think she is frustrated she cant do everything but she is such a mummys girls that I cant put her down :wall:

Jennie when DD1 had bad nappy rash I used Daktarin nappy cream...it was the only thing that cleared it.

Milly loves her food!!!! she wants everything, I still wizz up all her food but she is also happy with finger foods too. Mum fed her scrambled eggs the other morning whilst i wasnt watching so at least now I know shes fine with egg.

I cant belive how fast time is going!!! :o i said to DH today I wonder what cake Ill do for Millys birthday :o

PO5 - were do u get that cream from?

I forgot to ask in my post is it okay for bubs to sleep on their tummys now??? everytime I check on DD shes fliped on her tummy with her lil bum in the air :p its so cute lol but scares me and then I have to put her back on her back without waking her!!

Jennie I just got it from the chemist...just ask someone there :) and I let Milly sleep on her tummy if I rolled her over she would just roll back

Yay so much chatter i can't keep up.

1. no news on allergies yet, still waiting on RCH :wall: so i am just being very careful and trying to mix it up with what we know she can eat.

Teagz - go Jackson... he's a little mover that boy and he's so damn cute, Z is standing up against things but hasn't quite figured out the moving part yet.
He is going to keep you on your toes for sure.
He will go with solids in his own time hun, i make sure there is an hr gab b/w milk feed and food, maybe try a milk arrowroot biscuit.. Z loves them, she also likes to spoon feed herself so i give her 1 mouthful she takes the spoon, i put something on it and she does it herself.

PO5 - GO MILLY... woo hoo
I know what you mean about the mummy's girl.. i don't think Z is going to be happy until she can crawl or walk.. :crossfingers: it's either of those soon!

Jennie13 - go Freya she loves her food yeah, it's great isn't it, Z would eat a horse if i could let her.
:clap: for crawling... clever girl.

Food wise i WISH i could offer Z a lot more, she would eat what we eat if she could.
At the moment she has toast or rice cereal for breakfast (stuck cos we can't introduce NEW foods), fruit for lunch, and tea is mince, carrot, brocolli, cauliflower, peas, corn, pumpkin and sweet potato mashed not pureed.. she seems to like the chunks and has no problem with the peas and corn.

I would love to try her on strawberry's etc so i am soooo annoyed with not being at RCH already, she also eats thinks like cruskits, milk arrowroot biscuits, she sucks on raw apple and pear and knaws into it with her 2 little teeth.

There is a thread on here about 100 BLS recipes, if anyone wants the link to the site please PM me.. one of the girls sent it to me so i will pass it on.. has some great ideas in there.

We are planning Ava's 2nd birthday for next month.. just over 2wks :crying: my little girl is nearly 2.. awwwww and Z is no longer a 'baby' it's kind of sad.

Jennie, Caroline has been sleeping on her tummy for ages and my son did the same thing. it's the only way they'd stay asleep.

z, oh jacksons loves milk arrorroot bickies!! that's about the only thing you can bet he'll eat!!

jennie, jackson's been sleeping on his stomach since he was 4 months old. from birth he'd always have his naps on his belly during the day (when I could keep an eye on him) but i made him sleep on his back during the night until one night he cracked it and completely refused. I think the first week I barely slept for worrying about him. but, he won't sleep any other way. now she has control of her whole body i think it's fine! you cant keeping flipping her over for ever ;)
re: jacksons food issues, yeah tried everything! he doesn't mind eating a bit of cucumber, but he doesn't really ingest a great deal of it, and if it's got cheese in it he'll give it a go... aah well, patience is the key. i made him some tuna mornay the other night... didn't like that either!

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z, oh jacksons loves milk arrorroot bickies!! that's about the only thing you can bet he'll eat!!

jennie, jackson's been sleeping on his stomach since he was 4 months old. from birth he'd always have his naps on his belly during the day (when I could keep an eye on him) but i made him sleep on his back during the night until one night he cracked it and completely refused. I think the first week I barely slept for worrying about him. but, he won't sleep any other way. now she has control of her whole body i think it's fine! you cant keeping flipping her over for ever ;)
re: jacksons food issues, yeah tried everything! he doesn't mind eating a bit of cucumber, but he doesn't really ingest a great deal of it, and if it's got cheese in it he'll give it a go... aah well, patience is the key. i made him some tuna mornay the other night... didn't like that either!

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What about a cruskit and cream cheese? or cruskit with avocado spread on it?
The cruskit is good as it goes soft as they eat it, Z loves them.. not a lot of sugar in them either.

i'll have to try one. i've tried avo and banana and he wasn't keen on that... i haven't given him an arrowroot just by itself tho.. i usually mush it up with some water :redface:
is it just normal crusket? or is there a baby version?

I just buy the normal light one, i am normally really fussy about the amount of sugar and sodium in foods for the girls.. the sodium is higher in a cruskit but is very low in sugar.
Z is lucky to have 1 cruskit a day or every 2nd/3rd day so i am not overly fussed.. she can't eat much else at the moment so gotta keep her happy.

IE.
Milk Arrowroot 24.3g serve: Sugar:5.4g Sodium: 66mg
Cruskit 11.4g serve: Sugar: 0.4g Sodium: 101mg

gggrrr just wrote a post and then hit something by accident and lost the lot, will have to come back later and rewrite it as the little munchkin is up now.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Hello everyone, how are we all, how are those gorgeous LO's going?

It's been a while so a quick update:

1. We got Z's allergy testing done - DAIRY ALLERGY confirmed and was borderline for eggs & nuts :wall:, but atleast we know now and we have been avoiding anything with dairy, no milk solids or anything in pre-cooked foods or biscuits etc.
She has also since had a reaction to banana so added that to the NO GO list.
She has to go back in a couple of months for re-testing, we carry an epi-pen with us everywhere we go and i have just bought stickers for her when we go to public parties etc that say I AM ALLERGIC PLEASE DO NOT FEED ME in bright red with a NO DAIRY symbol.
I am so glad i have BB to call no for recipes etc as i think she is wanting to start eating a lot more.

2. A turned 2 this month, she had a great party and she has been sharing all her new things with Z, she pushes her around in the car and plays blocks with her.. it's so cute.

3. Was meant to get Z weighed last wk but had to miss the appt, get her done on the 28th now but a couple of weeks back she wore a dress that Ava wore for her 2nd x-mas at 14mths old :o
She's still not crawling but is pulling herself up on things and just wants to stand at all the toys, she has gotten from sitting to on her knees and rocks so hopefully she's not far off. I am going to put her behind A's old walker bike and see how she goes, she might just get up and walk :).. A didn't crawl til 10mths old so i'm not worried.

She loves her food, at the moment chicken, mince, veg she loves pears she eats half a pear (not cooked) for breakfast with some toast, today she had a crumpet and she thought that was great, she loves rice cakes and i found dairy free little teddy bear biscuits for her.
I am going to try avocado again soon so she can have avocado on her rice cakes.

So how is everyone else going, all growing well i'm sure...

Zarava - good you have the allergy testing all behind you for now. dairy free is easier to manage these days with lots of alternatives! bummer re; the bananas! sob sob

C is crawling around everywhere and pulls herself up. She started off slow, a bit like a Sunday driver hehe but is now super fast (especiallyl when I catch her near something she shouldn't, she speeds up to get to it before I get to her giggling away :lol: ).

I offered her some weetbix this morning (the kids one) but she was not interested at all so vegemite on toast it was. I've been giving her her meat/veges for lunch and fruit/yoghurt for dinner because she's usually SO tired by late afternoon that she takes that much easier so that's working well. She has her two bottom teeth and one top tooth that's broken through but taking forever to come through entirely. She seems to cope well though with it all so that's good :)

She's SO vocal and NOISY, no words really (it does sound like she says UP though, she has said Mum and Dadada in the past but stopped those awhile ago so possibly were flukes!) she waves bye bye now so that's cute.

times flying - before long we'll be having first birthdays!!! :D

HOw are we all, what are those little ones up to?

Z is pulling herself up on things and was 'bath surfing' last night, holding the edge and walking around, she will also walk with me holding her hands.. maybe she's going to skip crawling?
She goes from sitting to on her knees and is somehow getting around by shuffling everywhere but it's not at pace and she's still very frustrated... i wish she'd just crawl already... :rofl:
A didn't crawl til 10mths so no idea why i'm so impatient this time round.. pmsl.

Hope everyone is well....

Good morning everyone. It's been awhile since I have been in here....

Well DD2 is now finally doing her own way of getting around. It is a perculiar comando crawl. She sort of drags herself around the floor with one arm and leg. She is sort of getting onto her knees but at least she is not as frustrated by being mobile now. We still only have two teeth. I reckon in the last week she has had a developmental change. She now has a few more facial expressions and can wave etc. She is a chatterbox who will say bubba and dadda regularly and also has started to mimic our sounds too. I guess thats all here!

What's new with everyone else?

Hey girls, we're going good! Still plodding along but a bit quicker. Jack is really crawling now, has been for awhile and looks like a little bulldog when he does. It's the cutest thing! He gets some speed up too. He is also walking along furniture and just started climbing, namely the dogs bed. He's also really into opening and closing anything in the house that can open and close! I've been shut in the pantry And my cupboard a few times now! :)
Jacks also clapping, he plays "where's Jackson" by covering his face with his hands/bib/shirt and then surprising us :) he will also use anything as a phone when you go "hello hello hello" ( been watching daddy to much) and my fave, when you say "Doh" he slaps his hand to his foreheAd! Gosh it's cute! He's got 7 teeth now too, and one that's still trying to make it's mind up.
We are finally getting solids down now... Especially dinner. He loves his tea and gets quite demanding with it! Still loving his booby too, especially the last few nights where he's been waking 2-3 hourly for it! Hopefully that settles again soon tho.
So, we're all cruising along quite well over here! Hope everyone else is too!

jenjams - yay for getting around, it's brilliant isn't it.

Z is finally getting herself along the floor with this weird crawl (vid on FB) and is actually happy for me to leave her alone in a room now without screaming :dance:
At the moment she's saying Mum, Dad, Ahhhhh (when she's looking for Ava), jahhh or ack ( jack 1 of our dogs), PaPa and last night she started saying nan nan
She's having about 3-4 bf's a day and is LOVING solids, she would eat all day if i'd let her.
Allergy stuff seems to be going ok, am watching everything we give her, have had stickers made up for when we go out in public and she's enjoying lots of fresh fruit and home cooked meals :)
She's got 2 teeth with 1 top one cutting now aswell and about 4 other top ones clearly seen in the gum :(

Yay TEAGZ for the solids, little Jackson is such a cutie, i love the vids and pics of him :)

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:hello: everyone, how are we all?
It's been pretty quiet in here lately.

Zara cut 4 teeth in a week so now she has 6, she's still doing her weird lil butt shuffle everywhere but is pulling herself up on EVERYTHING and took a couple of steps behind A's old walker bike.
We have 4 stairs down into our lounge room, i have been putting a stroller at the top so she can't get down until we buy a gate and she's only been sitting on the floor sooking at me when she's in the lounge if i'm not... well lil miss smarty pants CAN CLIMB THE STAIRS :wall:
I was in the laundry and could hear her sooking, thought will finish this and go check on her, then i thought she sounds a bit closer, i walk out and she's in the hallway :wall:
So i have watched her do it, she's actually quite quick, might try and get it on vid and pop it on FB.

So far the allergy stuff isn't being too hard, just making sure others don't feed her is an issue, otherwise she's eating HEAPS and talking more, she now says NO.. it's so cute.

Hope everyone else is well, what are all the gorgeous LO's up to?

ZARA STAIR CLIMB VID

Dammit, I had lost my subscription to this thread and was wondering the other day what was happening with everyone!

ZF, you certainly do have courageous babies there! I bet your heart is getting a good workout!

I can't believe that Amelia is 10 and a half months already! Where has the year gone??! I've started to think about her birthday. We'll do a birthday party at home on New Years Day. Would you believe I had a friend say to me yesterday why on earth would I do it on New Years Day?! Erm, because it's her birthday?!! Plus it's a public holiday and everyone is likely to be free! Der! So, anyway, I'm going to make her a toadstool fairy house cake (as in the Womens Weekly cake cookbook :) ) and just have a fairy garden type theme I think. Will do it late afternoon in case it's a hot day so may be cooler by the afternoon and gives people a chance to do whatever they want beforehand.

Amelia is always on the move. She's now cruising the furniture and pushes herself along on the pusher/walker toy thing that DS use to play with. She is a really big mummy's girl and is always hanging off my legs when I'm cooking or trying to clean. She's still little, I weighed her yesterday at 7.44kg which puts her on the 3rd %ile on those charts and she's still going along on that curve. I think the dietician was hoping she'd hop back up to the 25th line but I doubt that's gonna happen any time soon.

We're still feeding heaps - 4-5 breasfeeds during the day and 1-2 overnight, alot of comfort sucking during the night sometimes too. She has 3 solid meals a day plus snacks. I'm surprised she isn't a big boofa!

All in all, it's all good and I hope everyone and their bubbas are going well too! xox

Hi everyone :)

We are plodding along here too. So DD2... Well she has now progressed to doing a weird style of commando crawl. We call it the wounded soldier crawl. It works for her I guess! She has been doing it for a few weeks and is starting to stand up too. She eats well. 3 Solid meals a day. We have 3 breastfeeds during the day and if she wakes at night she will have another one. She is a happy little girl too. Always has a smile. Oh and very very chatty at the moment. She waves and claps. She has had a big develpomental change in the last few weeks!
My god they are one so very soon.

Eluned - your little darling sounds just like mine. Permanently attached to mummy. Either my leg or my breast!! I'm glad I'm not the only still doing at least one if not two night feeds. No wonder he's 9kgs!

I love that DS2 waves and claps if we do, and although his big brother is terribly mean to him sometimes, they do seem to adore each other and DS2 will crawl around the house loooking for DS1.

Eluned - yep hun i serisouly think i'm going to have a heart attack before i'm 27 :rofl:
Lil Amelia sounds so cute, isn't it great that they are exploring a bit more now, keep up the great work on the BFing.

Jenjams - awwww aren't the developmental milestones gorgeous.. i get so excited if Z does something new.. DP must think i'm nuts.. :rofl:

Lenny - DD1 has her days at the moment where she's being a bit funny with Z.. i think it's because she's on the move and is stalking her now.
They seem to really enjoy playing with the dora doll house together though and Z will follow A from room to room... but now A has figured out she can shut her own door and Z can't get in... lol

So glad to hear all the LO's are doing so well, has anyone started planning the first birthday parties?
I am thinking i might look at a dairy free cake for Z for the family dinner we normally do and getting a 'normal' cake for the day of her party and making her a little cupcake or something dairy free.

Hi girls
its been awhile sorry.
Any other bubs not on the move yet? Milly isnt crawling or standing yet not that Im too worried at least I know where she is :lol:
She loves her food!! and books at the moment so santa is bringing her a few and a new trike :D

Milly slept thru the last week and I was just thinking woohoo :( but she must have been teasing me...she is back to waking 2-3 times a night again :wall:
I havent thought of her birthday party yet got DSs birthday then christmas then my 30th then DHs birthday before I tackle hers :lol: busy busy

Oh Po5, you'll be busy!!! Good thing Milly isn't moving then hey!

ZF, yep I've starting planning already. Got the guest list sorted, just have to decide on the time and make the invitations. I'm going to make the fairy toadstool cake that is on the cover of the Womens Weekly kids birthday cakes book.

Lenny, I always feel like I'm telling DS to stop hurting DD! He tries to pick her up and move her around. When they play in his room, I walk in to find he has pulled her up onto his bed!! And they are bouncing around giggling...cheeky!

Hi all been a while!!!

The baby girls in our group sound like they are all flying along!!!!!!!!!!!

DS2 is not doing anything LOL well tell a lie he sits unassisted and somehow wiggles in circles or across to where he wants to go LOL never actually seen him get to far when I am in room but often I come back into room and he has moved a good metre!!

I also feel I am always telling DS1 all the time to be gentle and not hurt his brother and DS2 generally is LOL at him and loving it (until he pushes him over and he hits head on floor ouch).

How is everyone going?
Not long until X-Mas and in turn not long until all our LO's turn ONE :crying:

Feeb - cheeky little things aren't they, it's like they practice while were not around ;)

Eluned - hun your so organised, i should make a list, were waiting to get through x-mas but i really WANT to start organising things, thinking about having it at the old house so we can use the pool if it's hot.

how is everyone else?

Miss Z is walking behind the pusher now, doing laps of the lounge, it's so cute.. Ava got so excited when she took more than 2 steps and now she's trying to get her walking without the pusher.. so funny.

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I also feel I am always telling DS1 all the time to be gentle and not hurt his brother and DS2 generally is LOL at him and loving it (until he pushes him over and he hits head on floor ouch).

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:( I am so frustrated with this too. Do you think it's because they are both boys? I don't know. DS1 can be so sweet and gentle to other little children.

DS2 is so fast with crawling and walking behind the pusher. But he's still a terrible sleeper, so I hoping a miracle will happen when he turns one and he'll suddenly sleep through! LOL I can dream can't I :)

What are you getting your little ones for christmas? We have NO ideas. He just plays with DS1's trains and trucks, reads DS1's books, and outside with balls and the swing. He doesn't need or want 1 year old toys IYKWIM? I feel a bit bad. Still, he'll probably just have fun with all the wrapping paper!

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I also feel I am always telling DS1 all the time to be gentle and not hurt his brother and DS2 generally is LOL at him and loving it (until he pushes him over and he hits head on floor ouch).

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DD is exactly the same! She also has to jump in his cot to "check on him" :doh:

Sounds like everyones babes are doing really well!

DS is still speed crawling and walking around things, hes getting a little more confident and will try and walk over to things but just falls down lol

Does anyone bub still wake up a fair bit during the night?

Lenny - the girls are getting a swing set for x-mas, it's got the baby seat on it for Z and the slide and mini trampoline.
And i can't remember what else i got on lay-by, i got all her b'day stuff on the x-mas lay-by too.. my girls don't get a lot - maybe 4 presents and thats it from us.. Z is getting the fisher price bouncing zebra for her b'day (something agae appropriate her sister didn't have).

How bout everyone else?