Babies Born~June 1st-15th 2009 #1

[*Ang*]

Merry Christmas to all you lovely ladies, families and bubs! I hope your day is as joyous as it can be and that your bubs get spoiled rotten with lots of cuddles and kisses.

We are having lunch at our house with the IL's and my parents and then late afternoon heading off to an uncles for a BIG family gathering/dinner. Am glad that we get to spend most of the day at home.

Got a fantastic santa photoof Natalya, she had the biggest grin on her face...just gorgeous. We started solids officially a week or so ago and she has embraced them with gusto, keeps crying for more when finished! She is still as happy as ever and loves interacting with her siblings.

Anyway stay safe and have heaps of fun everyone.

[*Infinity*]

Hi all

Just popping in quickly to let you know I did change my user name, so if you're all confuzzled - don't be - its just me, lolly, I'm still here LOL!

Back another time for more personals and updates. Hope you all survived the silly season!

Ang - are you on Facebook hun?

[joey123]

Infinity -I hope you managed to t through silly season ok

Ang - That's great that N has taken to solids so well. She was obviously ready for them.

Well, it's getting late and I'm tired, just wanted to say hi and Happy New Year to you all. And oh, Lily has 2 teeth and stood up unassisted this arvo for the count of SEVEN mississipies!! Normally it's 3 or 4. Her solids are going ok. She's not really having meals, just having tastes throughout the day, which I am more than happy with. I want her to stay on the breast as long as possible.

Take care mummys and bubbys

xx

[*Infinity*]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz we are having some bedtime issues here, poor Will is getting his bottom two teeth - not fun. Normally I've got the energy to roll with it and get up with him, but tonight I just want to crawl up on the lounge & veg. Adam (DP) is out too. Anway, must troop on! Separation anxiety has definitely kicked in too. He screams if we leave him in his cot to go to sleep now (before he would self settle really well). So tonight I just put him on a mattress with me in the lounge room until he got drowsy enough to fall asleep. I've just ever so gingerly transferred him to his cot. Fingers crossed he stays there

Joey - your little Lily Pie is doing SO much stuff ahead of time - she sounds really advanced. Standing up on things WOW! You've got a little action woman on your hands! She is so cute BTW in your photos on FB.

Hmmm updates....well at bang on 6 months Will decided it was time to start sitting up which he loves. Haven't really had much more action on the moving front, he still doesn't really like being on his tum very much so it will be interesting to see how he starts to crawl.

As I said, he has cut the gums for his bottom teeth and we can feel them, but they haven't popped up yet. So sharp! And they are definitely causing some grief poor little tacker. As for food, well simply, he couldn't really care less. We're doing BLS and he just hasn't cottoned on yet. He loves playing with it all, it will go in his mouth but he just spits it all out again! Even the stuff I have mushed up and given to him on a spoon he just spits out. So we'll keep persevering and eventually his little body will determine when he's ready.

He's a very active & vocal little guy, this really is such a cute age. We survived xmas (just) and I'm glad life has pretty much gone back to normal.

And it looks like I'll be teaching a pregnancy pilates class plus some other general classes soon which is fab news....something I was really hoping to do.

Still pining to conceive #2 - we'll see how far I get with Adam tonight.....I think we've missed our window of opportunity this month! Maybe I should go and join one of the TTC threads again

Take care all xx

[*Ang*]

Morning!

We ended up having a lovely albeit busy festive season. The kids are still attempting to get over all the social occasions and late nights! The eldest 2 having swimming lessons every morning atm so we are at the pools each day which is nice as it exhausts them by bedtime!

As for Miss Natalya...she is sitting up confidently and rolls all over the place. No standing up like Lily tho! She also got her first tooth yesterday, hooray, as she was a bit grizzly for a couple of days there. Am thinking about gettting her an amber teething necklace - I never bothered with the other 2 but now that I am older and wiser am debating it. Should really get my act together and just order one.

She also is constantly calling out "mama" and it is very obvious that it is directed at me, it is a lovely sound to hear.

Infinity, keep perservering with the solids - he will get the hang of it eventually. And great to hear about teaching the pregnancy pilates classes.

We are still having around 3-4 naps a day - she is only up for around 1.5hrs before she starts to get tired and will then sleep for anywhere between 45-90mins. Whats everyone elses naps like? We also only just moved her from the cradle in our room to the cot in her room just before xmas, I was very very sad and emotional at that. In fact the cradle is still set up in our room "just in case".

Ang

[*Infinity*]

Ang - Will has been saying dadada for quite a while now. He's slowly getting a few more sounds out, lots of bub bub and I think I might have heard a mama but we don't get them very often yet!

As for day sleeps, Will sort of transitioned to two longer sleeps on his own really. He used to have 4 shorter naps. He'll normally wake up for the day around 7am, then go back down from around 10:30am-noon. Then crash our again about 2/3pm-ish and I get him up if he looks like he's going to sleep past 4:30pm. He usually looks for bed at around 7-8pm at night, but that is getting stretched out with all the teeth & separation anxiety business going on ATM.

I've been thinking about an amber necklace but there are just so many different ones out there....hard to know what to get.

We have some VERY HOT weather here in Adelaide at the moment. I usually head down the beach early with Will for a dip, gets the day started really nicely and means we aren't cooped up all day. He loves the ocean.

[Mum030709]

Hi Ladies

Being so long since I was here, you probably have all forgotten who I am! LOL...

Miss C is doing fantastically Sitting up, saying "Bub bub" to everything & a few different noises are starting to sound out of her mouth, so I'm guessing real soon we will have a 2nd word to add to her vocabulary No teeth..
She loves solids (yoghurt has become her favourite) and anything with banana in it, loves 4, sometimes 5 bottles a day. Loves interacting with her big sister & big brother. Crawling has started, she went the length of 3 of our big tiles yesterday, that is quite a distance for a 7.5mth old!
She loves standing solidly for quite a amount of time once on her feet & can stand solo against the couch too. I don't do it often, as I don't want to encourage her just yet
Sleeps through the day are anywhere between 40mins - 3hrs, but never longer then that & is more routinely 1hr sleeps, 3 sometimes 4 times a day. She is sleeping 8pm - 7am most days, in her cot. On the odd occasion she naps on the mattress in the loungeroom or the pram.


That is all from us I guess....

[jenushka]

Hello!

Thought it had been a while since I'd posted, didn't realise it was more like 6 weeks! Talk about awol...

We're all very very good but just seem to get busier and busier all the time. We had a wonderful relaxing Christmas and both kids got spoilt rotten. New Years was very low key but lovely too.

Simply CANNOT believe that next week Lila will be 8 months old Still going great guns with solids - 3 meals a day of fruit/veg/meat (mushed) as well as at least one BLS-type meal a day - current faves are broccoli or mango. The combo seems to really suit her.... Having 2 or 3 BFs a day as well as 2 bottles of formula she should be the size of a house but isn't! Lucky thing will probably end up with her father's metabolism!

Have had to address some sleep issues this week - after she combined teething (2 bottom teeth now!) with a virus about 6 weeks ago we fell into the trap of BF to sleep and during the night.... Haggard Jen at the start of this week said enough! After two days she is able to self-settle once again, and has given us 2 x 7.30am sleep-ins - aaaaaaahhh! And she wakes up happy and babbling once again instead of being a cranky scream-head. And like Will she has sort of moved herself into having 2 big naps each day rather than a few littler ones.

She has been sitting up very confidently since just after christmas and has been working on getting mobile. Gets herself onto all fours very easily, rocks back and forwards, does some full body sit-up things holding herself up on her arms and tippy toes plank-style ...... and then goes backwards! She can get across the room that way and loves going (backwards) behind the couch and under the computer desk but badly badly wants to go forwards. Am in no rush for her to do this - it's just lovely watching her figure out how it all goes together!! We're getting lots of dadadadada gagagaga nanananana and when very cranky she'll let out a few mumumumumumum (much to DH's amusement)....

Lila starts daycare in 3 weeks, and I'm back at work in 4 weeks. I have negotiated with work to cut my days down from 4 to 3 which is wonderful. The kids will do 2 days in daycare and will have my mum one day a week so I think it will actually be a really lovely combination of care. Not overjoyed to be going back but will be very good to have a little bit of an income again!

Little miss is awake now so had better go - sorry for no persies but I've loved reading up on where everyone's bubs are at! Big hugs for all of you and your beautiful babies

xxxx

[*Infinity*]

Hi all,

Jeepers, it has been a while since we've all been in here Jen! We must all be busy enjoying our little ones I guess.

Don't have a lot of time at the moment as I have to head out shortly, but............

if you can keep a secret, I got a on Saturday morning EEEEEEEEEEK!!!

Needless to say we're a tad shocked, but at the same time we knew we were wide open in the contraception department so it was always a possibility. And to tell you the truth I'm so excited. I always wanted to have our kiddies close together. And this will be very close by the looks of things Its probably going to throw a spanner in the works on a few levels, but nothing we can't overcome.

I'm off to the GP this afternoon to get a blood test taken to confirm and see how far along things look. Once I get those results back I think I'll post a proper pregnancy announcment here on BB. But PLEASE don't reveal anything on Facebook....we're keeping this quiet probably until around 12 weeks we think.

Oh, gawd WHAT AM I THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????

I'll come back in over the next few days when I get my results

xx

[jenushka]

OMG yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

That is such wonderful news - you'll have to let us know a rough EDD once you've got your BT results. I'll keep an eye out for your BB announcement and will certainly most definitely keep very quiet on the fb front

And Will is going to be a big brother - omg!

Yay!! OMG!!

And P.S. - You were thinking that you would like another bub as gorgeous as Will - everything else will just fall into place (says Guru Jen - lol)

[*Infinity*]

And Will is going to be a big brother - omg!

Holy crap Jen! Now that you've said that its REALLY starting to sink in. Far out!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for your kind words.

Had my blood taken this arvo so will wait & see what they put me at. I'm pretty sure I know my dates (well at least the start of my last period) so they should be fairly accurate. I doubt I'm actually going to reveal an exact EDD - I'll be aiming for a VBAC so really don't want a lot of pressure or expectation IYKWIM? We'll see. Its a hard thing to keep to yourself.

Will let you know when I get my results back, should be late Wed or early Thurs.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jenushka]

Completely understand about the exact EDD being revealed - I have my own kind of grrrr issues with my ob inducing me at what she was certain was 38 weeks for Gest diabetes with Lila, but I am pretty certain that I was closer to 37 weeks. DH/Family were all pretty cautious (out of love) so had a fair bit of pressure from them too.... Even endocrinologist (diabetes dr)was happy to let me go longer. Not that it matters now but yep, I do understand

Am guessing you're expecting a spring bub? That'll do for me. As Lila is my last I get uber excited about other ppl's bfp's now!!!

And, more importantly, how are you feeling? Any queasies/sore bb's yet?

[*Infinity*]

Oh Jen, sorry to hear that about Lila's induction. Its so frustrating when they put so much pressure on isn't it. And we're just torn about what is best for our babies.

Yes, spring baby for sure, and I've gotta say I'm really happy about that. Will was born into the depths of winter and we struggled so much with the cold. Being up so much at night with all our feeding problems compounded by the cold weather really took its toll on me. I hate the cold with a passion, and it also contributed to the breastfeeding problems we had too (nipple vasospasm was just one of my issues). So to have a bub in warmer weather will be a real relief I know that much. I will probably let people know a month, just not a specific date.

And I doubt I'll join another belly buddies group, I think I'll just stay in here and share with all you lovely ladies if you don't mind!

As for how I'm feeling, well not much to report as yet. I have had pangs of nausea at really odd times. It tends to hit me in the evening and at bed time which is a bit weird. When I was pg with Will it used to hit me middle of the morning. The BBs have been a bit sore definitely. Before I tested I sort of *knew* i was UTD - I was just a tad scared to actually find out LOL.

I have a beautiful bruise where the nurse took my bloods yesterday (I look like a junkie!!!!!!!!!!!) so should have results in the next few days. Now I just have to get my head around my care choices. Its come to the point where I don't actually have much choice at all, given Will was a c-section. I'll be very limited unfortunately which really eats at me - I'm passionate about birth choices - so we'll see how that journey goes. Getting a VBAC is going to be a hard road, but I'm absolutely determined.

[*Ang*]

Just a very quick post from me - Congratulations Infinity!!! Its always exciting when someone you know is up the duff!! Wishing you a happy and healthy nine months.

Natalya is starting to really growl at us when we dont feed her so am off to do that right now and will hopefully be in later for a more lengthier post. Altho with Survivor, Greys Anatonmy, Biggest Loser and the dance show on tv tonite I think I may be glued to me chair. A bit sad really!!

[*Infinity*]

Thanks Ang! I hope you get an uninterrupted night of TV tonight.....what a rare occurence these days!

[*Ang*]

Wasnt quite uninterrupted but I did manage to watch the shows in the past couple of days after taping half of them - had a good cry at Grey's!

Cant believe that N is nearly 8 months, am quite sad about it to tell you the truth. We are still undecided as to whether we would have another so I am really feeling quite emotional at each milestone that she achieves, keep thinking that this could be the last time.

School started this week and now that DD1 is now in Yr 1 we have to start a bit earlier and I am really struggling trying to get everyone organised and out the door. It doesnt help that N is really tired within an hour of waking and wants to go for a nap and when some mornings - like today, where her nap didnt work timewise, she was horrid!! And it makes everything else take twice as long as I am having to attend to a whinging crying overtired bub.

How many naps is every bub having? N usually has one around 7-8am, then another around 9.30-10.30 then again at 1 and again around 4-5. She is in bed most nights by 7.30. She then rewakes at 10.30 for a quick feed and then depending on the night will then sleep through till 3.30 or like some nights lately wake every hour inbewtween. Am really feeling the side effects of sleep deprivation atm.

Infinity, a spring baby would be lovely.

Jenushka, how did you get Lila back into her sleep routine at night? N also does that pushing herself backwards thing and we have found her stuck a couple of times inbetween the 2 couches!!

Anyway gotta go take DS to swimming lessons and then I think we will all comehome and have a nap today!

[jenushka]

Hey Ang - great to hear from you. I struggle to get 2 kids out of the house by 9am to take ds to daycare twice a week - I can appreciate it must be a big big task getting 3 out of the house earlier than that 5 days a week!

Sorry to hear you are suffering with sleep-deprivation.... We used a controlled crying method to address Lila's sleep issues - I know that BB is not really pro-cc but it has worked really well for us, I think because Lila was a great sleeper before her sleeps got all mucked up? TBH, was very very hard to listen to the crying to start for the first couple of sleeps but she got used to it so quickly .... Anyhow, we started by going in for a few minutes to reassure at 5 min, 10 min etc intervals and within a few sleeps she was asleep right after putting her in her cot the first time, no extra visits required. We're getting nice loooong sleeps overnight too and no crying at all when we put her down, so now happy baby who has re-learnt to put herself to sleep, happy mummy and happy family

She is having 2 naps a day - 9.30/10am for between 1-2hrs and then again 1.30/2pm for 45-90 min...

I took Lila to the CHN yesterday for a weigh and measure - I was worried because she hadn't seemed to gain any weight in the last few weeks despite eating ALL the time. She is still a complete featherweight at 7.5kg (25th centile) but is a very long bub at 73cm (95th centile). Nurse said that all of her growing energy has been going towards her length, and that she has grown almost 10cm since her 6 month check-up DH said they sound like supermodel proportions and is now fretting even more about his daughter growing up(lol!) Nurse also v happy with all of her developmental milestoney things, and said a hungry baby would not be sleeping so well, so I have been officially told to chill out

Infinity - how are you feeling, preggers one? Belly rubs for you!

[*Ang*]

Touch wood but the last few nights seem to be a lot better sleepwise...she seems to be resettling herself and then only really waking around 3.30-4.30 for a feed which I can handle atm. It doesnt help that atm DH is working away during the week and only back at weekends.

What is everyone else feeding bubs? Am starting to get a bit stuck for meal ideas - need some inspiration! It seems like ages ago since I was cooking baby food.

Jenuska glad to hear that Lila is progressing well. Its always nice to get those reassurances. And as for those supermodel proportions - lucky her I say!