Babies Born~June 16th-30th 2009 #1

Happy 6 months Tristan!! It sure has flown!

Hope you have a great trip Rachel and that Grace travels well :)

AFM I've had a bit of gastro the past couple of days, ended up getting an injection from the dr to stop throwing up - bought back memories of labour as I threw up for most of it :rolleyes: Has definitely put thoughts of number 2 on the backburner LOL

Luckily I don't think DD has caught it, she does have a bit of a cold though...

Hope everyone is well - if I don't get on here again before Christmas I hope you all have a great day first Christmas with your bubbas & if you're driving take care xx

Happy 6 months Tristan!

It's Sophie's half birthday today! And we're officially crawling! ...and frustrating mum and dad by getting into EVERYTHING!

We're off to the the clinic on Tuesday for the next round of needles. Might pop back in with the new measurements afterwards.

Have a safe trip Rachel and Grace!

Baby, Brendan has gastro atm too, horrible bug :( hope you are feeling better soon!

Erin Happy 6 months Sophie!! And wahoo for crawling :D

Merry Christmas everyone! Have a safe and happy holiday :D

Sally - I hope Brendan is over his gastro, I am so thankful DD didn't get it!
Erin - yay for Sophie crawling and happy belated 6 month birthday!
It's DD's 6 months today - she was supposed to get immunised today but her appointment got cancelled so we had a nice lunch with my mum instead :D

Happy 6 months Amelia!

Well we just got back from having needles/health check, and I actually remembered to bring my red book upstairs to post Sophie's updated stats. She's now 68cm, 43cm head circ and 6.7kg...we thought she was starting to feel like a little heifer!

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas!

Well, DD got her needles today, OMG I have never heard her scream as much as she did today :o we had to wait about 50min before we got in and I think the needles combined with her being tired was just too much for her. I felt so awful, we walked into the waiting room and it felt like everyone just stared at us. Luckily a quick breastfeed was enough to make her fall asleep so I was able to get myself an extra strong coffee and walk home. So happy we don't have to get needles for another 6 months now!!!

How is everyone? Hope you all enjoyed Christmas :D
We had a good one!

Tristan is now on one solids meal a day :D He's loving it! actually demands it hehe cute

How is everyone? Hope you all enjoyed Christmas :D
We had a good one!

Tristan is now on one solids meal a day :D He's loving it! actually demands it hehe cute

Our Christmas was relatively quiet which was nice. We don't do anything full on and lunch at my parent's place was just us so it was very relaxed :D

DD had some turkey and roast potato Christmas day and could not get enough - she was like a baby bird going for the food - very very cute!!

Does anyone have plans for tonight? DH and I are planning a bbq tea and hopefully one of his mates will come over - we left it too late again (like we did last year!) to organise anything - maybe next year we will do something!!

If I dont jump back on again - Happy New Year everyone, hope 2010 brings everything you want :confetti:

Hello :D How is everyone??

Tristan had his 6 months needles last Thursday and went very well. Tomorrow he gets weighed and we are hoping for a nice gain, one kilo would be awesome, but will settle for 100 grams if I have to :D Please send us fat vibes!! he was 5.7kg at 5 months 5.66kg at 6 months, hoping for 6kg+ at 7 months!

He is now rolling everywhere and can't be left alone on the couch :lol: he is pretty much at the same stage Brendan was at roughly 8-9 months!

Hope everyone is well!
Take Care
xxx

Grrr why is 6kg so hard to reach?! He is 10 measly grams off! 5990 grams, up 250 grams (CHN records show he was 5740gms last month). He dropped further off the bottom of the chart :( Height and length are following their graph line weight is dropping. CHN is being lenient on him because he looks so healthy, but he is so so close to being labelled failure to thrive :(

big :hug: Sally - at least the nurse thinks he is healthy and 10 grams is very close :hug:
What does failure to thrive mean?
We are doing well, DD is pushing out some teeth - finally! She also seems to be getting close to crawling - can't believe she is 7 months next week!

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Failure to thrive is weight consistently below the 3rd to the 5th percentile for age, progressive decrease in weight to below the 3rd to the 5th percentile, or a decrease in the percentile rank of 2 major growth parameters in a short period.

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:( It's not a very nice term at all...

Awesome about the crawling and teeth :D

Hi all,

Have been lurking but not posting as much recently. Things are going well here. I'm back at work now and Noah has started daycare three days a week. I cried my eyes out the first day, but it's been ok since then.

Noah is doing better on the sleeping thing. He's on 2 and a half solid meals a day and is doing much better at eating. Less spitting out of food which is good :D I'm having trouble settling him to sleep some nights. He gets breastfed and then goes into bed and starts screaming. He'll sleep in our arms but when we put him down he freaks. I think it may be a response to starting daycare, so I've given him his dummy a couple of times. Don't know if I'm doing a good thing or setting myself up for problems again :( Anyway, he woke last night at 2.30am but went back to sleep when I picked him up. He wasn't hungry so I put him back to bed, gave him the dummy and he was asleep again in about 5 minutes. Didn't wake till 5.30am.

Apart from that, he's still a gorgeous baby and I love him so much. He's 10 kilos now and trying desparately to crawl but still just rocking himself and rolling everywhere.

Sally :hug:. Hopefully Tristan will hit a growth spurt real soon and just blossom :D At least he is healthy.

Can't believe Noah will be 7 months old on Saturday :o Where have the last 7 months gone.

Better get back to work :D

WOW Tara thats awesome! Noah is doing so well :D I hope he settles into a better sleep routine soon. I feel that if a dummy gets them to sleep its worth it.

Tristan is 7 months tomorrow.

Big :hug: Sally. My nephew used to be very skinny but strong and healthy. Once he got better hold of the solids suddenly he picked up a big appetite and is chubby ever since.

Baby09 - Yay for the tooth! Which part?

Tara: Noah is doing really well and a big boy already!

As for us, I think Grace lost a few pounds due to constant traveling during our holiday. She's now 7.4kg and 66cm and almost crawling! She rocks back and forth and then leaps! Still doesn't roll yet except when on tummy she sometimes stretches one of her legs and lifts her bottom too much that she accidentally falls on her back. She also babbles constantly and loves her sippy cup.

I am also back to work for about a week now. A bit earlier than expected as we actually planned to start Grace 3 days a week in daycare next month, but then hubby's contract ended and he decided to take some time off work until Grace is 1 year old, thinking she'd already enjoy playing and demand less attention at that age. I don't mind him not working for a while but some people think I should be the one taking time off work :(

Anyway, hope everyone is well :)

Sally - :hug: and happy 7 months to Tristan!

Tara - Sounds like Noah is doing great! DD has changed her routine, she used to sleep 9pm - 6 or 7am, now she does 8.30pm til 5 or 5.30am and tonight she was asleep by 8pm! I'm with Sally on the dummy - if it's working then go for it!

curlygirl - also sounds like Grace is doing well! Other people always seem to have an opinion on the way we run our lives don't they? I think it's great your DH is home with Grace!

AFM - it is the front right tooth which has come out and the left one isn't too far behind. Yesterday was a horrible day for DD (and me!) so I spent most of it comforting her and giving her Brauer's teething stuff and bonjela. Today was much better, thankfully!

I am feeling the teething pain, past 3 nights he's been inconsolable. Sucks its happening at night. I'd rather a grizzly baby during the day that slept at night, I'm exhausted!

Grace is doing so well!

Hello :) How is everyone?

We've been away for a few days, went on a mini holiday down south :D Tristan LOVED the beach. He had a high temp the day/night before we left which settled down by the afternoon we got there. He was also a bit snotty and Sunday he did the biggest poop ever, so I think he had an upset belly and viral bug. But he's better now and thats what counts :D

No teeth yet, but they are close! He's also got up onto all fours a few times now!! SOOO CUTE :D Shouldn't be too much longer and he might be crawling :D :D

Hope everyone else is well!

Take Care
xxx

How's everyone going?

Tristan is now crawling has been for nearly 2 weeks now (7m3w3d old!) and he is now sitting/kneeling too :D

We had his 8m CHN check on Friday...
L: 66.5cms (+0.5cm) 10th %ile.
HC: 43cms (+0.5cm) just under the 10th %ile
Good news is he had a gain... he's followed his line on the graph (which is still below the bottom of the graph lol) he is now 6560gm (+570gm)

He's been referred to physio and may need podiatry because his legs are worse. The left one has not gotten better and the right one, which never had a problem with is now inwards too... He is not bearing weight well either.
Tristan's breathing is a little concerning atm, you can hear him and feel him breathe... so keeping an eye on that!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Hi Sally,

Yay for the weight gain and crawling! And kneeling too? Wow, that's quick. I wish you both all the best for whatever treatment Tristan will need for the legs. Hope there's nothing serious with the breathing too.

Grace has cut her first tooth!! And the second one is on the way! No wonder she's been grumpy and biting everything. Grace has been frog leaping for a while now. She hasn't yet figured out how to move hands alternately. But she surely moves around, we have to keep things out of her way.

Her 8 months check is not for another 3 weeks, but I would guess she's around 8kg. She's getting heavier!

Hope all's well with everyone.

Rachel

Thanks Rachel!
WooHoo on a tooth!! The frog leaping sounds cute hehe

Hey Everyone :)

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I wish you both all the best for whatever treatment Tristan will need for the legs. Hope there's nothing serious with the breathing too.

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Sally :yeahthat: (Sorry, I couldn't think to say it without being word for word)

Rachel Frog leaping does sound cute, especially if Grace has that "I'm so proud of myself" look while she's doing it! And yay for teeth!


As for us, we're finally seeing some teeth here too! Sophie has a white line at the front of her gum, looks like she's cutting them both at the same time. She's happy to show them off - until you try to get a photo of them, then it's tongue poking!

In the last week she's started letting go of things when standing and hovering for a few seconds - it was a bit of an 'omg, was not expecting that' moment.

It's strange to think that 1st birthday's aren't too far away! :o

Hey all,

Sally, I'm so glad that Tristan is gaining weight and crawling!!! YAY!!! As for the other things, I'm :pray: that things are ok and they can determine the best course of action to help Tristan.

Noah has got three teeth now and the fourth one is on it's way through. He's on all fours and rocking back and forth but it's still easier for him to roll places. What can u expect when he's got such a fat body to move round :D But he's so cute and going "bubbubbub" all the time.

On the other side, I'm going to start weaning him tomorrow. He's been a nightmare to feed for the last couple of days. Pulling on and off and crying when I try to make him feed. And then I have to give him a bottle at night time cause he's too hungry to go to sleep. Shouldn't take too long though cause he's only been having two breastfeeds a day and two bottle feeds cause he's at daycare.

Hope everyone else is going well :D

Sally - great news about Tristan crawling and kneeling and a big :dance: for the weight gain!!! I also hope he get's everything he needs for his legs and that the breathing is nothing serious.

Rachel - woo-hoo on Grace's tooth! I hope her next one comes soon and you can both have a break from teething! Frog leaping - how cute!!

Erin - another woo-hoo for teeth! DD sounds a lot like Sophie - it took forever to get a pic of her teeth! DD turns 1 in 4 months - it doesn't feel like 8 months have passed already!

Tara - Noah is doing well with his teeth too! DD has been acting up when I try to BF her too so now we are down to 2 day and either 2 or 3 bottles as well. I'm not sure when I will fully wean her but I can see it wont be too far away! How are you weaning?

Thanks for the thoughts and wishes :)

Glad to hear everyone else is doing well!!

How's the babbling side of things going? Tristan hasn't really started to babble yet and the CHN was a little concerned lol...

I've just posted a mummy brag here: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...rag-ahead.html

Tristan is now crawling, sitting, kneeling and STANDING against furniture!!

We had his physio appointment and it went very well, she is concerned about his legs/feet but they aren't really that bad for now we have some exercises and we go back in a month for a follow-up appointment.

His breathing settled down (thank goodness) so we are just keeping an eye on him.

Hoping this winter will be a nice one for us :)

How is everyone else going?

well done Tristan!!!

Thought I should pop back in and see how everyone is.

Leah is crawling fast but not sitting up yet. I will see what the MCHN says next time we see her. No teeth yet either but that doesn't bother me :lol: She has a cold atm too, poor bubba

Woohoo Tristan! That's good news about his breathing too.

Nothing really exciting to report here. Sophie's bottom 2 teeth finally pushed through at the same time, but that's about all the action we've seen lately.

Ooh I can't wait for winter! I'm hoping for a freakishly cold one this year. Strangely enough, when you say that to everyone they think you're mad lol.

LMAO I think you're mad! I can't stand the cold (or the really hot either) A nice 27 degrees year round would be awesome!

Yay for teeth! We are still gummy grins here :D

Ali woohoo for crawling too :D

Hi girls,

YAY for all the teeth and crawling that's going on. :dance:

Sally, I'm' glad that Tristan is going so well. He's such a little trooper.

Noah is going pretty well. He's crawling now and keeping me on my toes. He's also had a cold and he's started waking in the night and only going back to sleep in my arms or on my chest. It's driving me crazy. The last 2 nights we've tried to not let him do nthat, but it's taken an hour to get him back to sleep. I'm really not sure what to do or what's causing it. So we're all very tired here at the moment!

As for weaning, it's gone well. I pretty much just stopped feeding. Put him on the ease the pressure when I needed to and he's adjusted pretty well, as have my boobs! It's kinda nice actually to be able to just give him his bottle when we're out although I do miss feeding him. I think he just got too independant. He really likes to hold onto his own bottle and look after himself.

Anyway, hoping for a cool winter too! Love the cooler months and can't wait really to be able to sleep without dying of the heat :lol:

Sally: woo hoo Tristan!! Sounds like he is progressing really well :dance: And awesome news about his breathing!!

ali: yay for crawling! I hope Leah's cold get's better too.

els: it is such a relief when the teeth finally come through isn't it? We got the bottom 2 then the top 2 shortly after, I'm hoping we can have a break for a little bit but we'll see!

Tara: DD is self-weaning at the moment, she only breastfeeds in the morning and before bed. Since I've been FF and BF from the start she has been holding her own bottle for awhile now - it makes it so much easier!

AFM: DD has started trying to pull herself up and loves to climb me - for a little body she sure is strong! We are starting to think about what to do for DD's birthday - we will either have 2 parties (one for friends the other for family) or have a big one at a local park. I'm looking forward to a cool winter too, nothing beats snuggling under a warm doona although DD doesn't let me sleep in anymore, 6am starts every morning for me! She is still going to sleep between 8 and 8.30 every night so Im not complaining!

How is everyone?

Tristan is now in Speech Therapy, he is not even trying to babble and they are a little concerned about that. He's just tagging along into Brendan's sessions for now. I'm not sure what difference, if any, it will make because we are already doing things with him from about 6 months now!

I'm going to get him weighed this week, hopefully he can crack 7kg :D :D Although I won't be surprised if he doesn't as he's had a cold for nearly two weeks.

Take Care
xx

Hi girls,

We are going well. Noah is growing and crawling! Driving me crazy, chasing him round the house all the time! Ah well, he's sleeping really well so that's good!

I have started thinking about his first birthday. Anyone had any thoughts as to what they might do? Can't really have it in a park cause it's too cold

Nooooooooooooo Dont mention Birthdays Tara!!! Let Leah stay a baby :lol:

Her first tooth is about to break through. I can feel it right there but there is still a little bit stopping it from being super sharp. Maybe later today or tomorrow.

Im a bit worried DH wont recognise her when he gets home or that she wont go to him. Though the bigger girls will be climbing all over him :lol: I guess we will find out in 10 days when he is here for Easter!! I cant wait for this stupid course to be over!!

I better go do some housework I suppose :doh:

OMG Do not talk about first birthdays! LOL Time has gone fast enough!
Tristan's first birthday will depends highly on what is happening. Last year they had finished seeding, so hopefully this year they have too. We will probably just have a BBQ dinner or something with the family.

Still havent got around to getting an appointment to get Tristan weighed lol.

hey long time since i have been in the bub area! glad to see all bubs growing nice and healthy. tobias is doing well hes just over 9 months and 11kgs! also fitting in size onsies lol.
number 3 is also on the way 3 kids in 3 years and 3 c sections in 3 years!
have to have an oblation because bleeding poblem still around but thats after bubs and means no more children :(
tobias has reflux god it can be hard changing him quite often and soaking himself as well as us, but doc's want to give him a chance cause it doesnt bother him or hurt him he just goes *sick* and smiles at you. sometimes we have to wonder if its on purpose.
his older brother lincoln loves his brother not hardly nasty have been once or twice he was but we put him in time out so he's learning.
you wouldnt think tobias has reflux he is so huge went to a first birthday party most kids was his age or older and he was the biggest and most grubby lol

Wow Ashie Tobias is huge! Brendan is 3 and 12 kg. Tristan is only 6.5kg. lol. Congratulations on your pregnancy too :D Hope it all goes smoothly for you xx
Tobias and the reflux sound very much like Brendan was. Rarely was he in pain from it he just spewed... a lot. It settled down by about 13-14 months old. Do you find he refluxes solids as well? Brendan used to do that, very frustrating! Anyway I hope it clears up sooner rather than later.

:)yes toby spews his solids up too but he is fussy with food no lumps lol.
he is huge! i was asked by a doctor if the boys were twins!
i am preparing myself for another giant bub hard to believe i have big bubs only 5ft2 and just a tiny frame end up like i swallowed a beach ball hehe.
i am sitting here snacking on choc chip cookies what a good craving, its nice to know not to worry much about having a 3 c section in 3 years. and i think 5 years ago i wouldnt think i would have 2 kids and a third on the way. wouldnt change it love them too much lol:)

I weighed Leah today, 7.77kg, so she is still pretty petite.

Since dinner yesterday she has only had BM, pureed pears and a rusk, and the poo she did before was massive. Another couple of meals of pears and she should be properly cleaned out. I hope that is the end of the constipation!! And then we should be able to return to BLS.

I need to book her in to the doctor for her lack of sitting up but to do that I need to find a time when the older girls are in a good mood. Need to pack snacks and activities too. I suppose I should get my blood tests done too :$