Babies born~March 16th-31st 2009 #5

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

Please contact the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) or a Lactation Consultant if you are concerned that you may have breastfeeding and/or supply problems, and before the introduction of solids.

Sleeping Support:

Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

Other Useful Information & Recommended Reading:

Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

Got questions?

Post your questions in the forums mentioned above, or in the following forums where you're sure to receive many friendly responses!

General Baby & Toddler Forum
Breastfeeding, Bottlefeeding and Solids
Gentle Parenting Forum

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[Miss.September]

Oooh new thread!

DD is all over the place again with sleeping. Normally she'll go to bed, sleep for a few hours and then wakes up. I can usually settle her and can put her back in her cot. If I can't, it's into bed with us, and depending on how tired I am, she'll either be put back into her cot once she settles, or spends the night with us. But the last few nights have been impossible. She goes to bed like normal, but when she wakes up, she cries if I try to put her into her cot, and cries if I try and put her into our bed. The other night I ended up sleeping on the floor in her room and that actually worked. The hardest bit is that she has no pattern. Some nights she won't wake up at all. Other nights she'll have a grizzle and then settle herself. I'm thinking its her teeth, she has her four canines to go, her molars are through as are all her front ones. Wishing it was over, am feeling very sleep deprived and my body clock is up the creek. Last night I was still wide awake at 2am, finally dozing at about 3 and at 3.15, DD was crying.

The upside of things was that today I went and saw Mary Poppins and it was just unbelievable! I try to see a few shows and this one is easily in my top two. Wonderful wonderful. There were heaps of kids there too, we had a little girl infront of us aged about 3 and she was dancing and clapping, so cute. She loved it. If you get the chance, go and see it!!

Hope everyone is well

x

[super pumpkin]

Corelly - that sounds harsh with the sleep probs. Its hard when you dont know why they are crying eh! At this age letting them cry for a few mins is OK by most people. Most bubs soon stop when they are expected to sleep in their cots. It is a choice though and can still be quite difficult even when you are determined (harder when sleep deprived and unsure of the cause of crying). I feel for you and hope things turn around soon!
A friend of mine went to Mary Poppins too and raved about how good it was. Real shows are so amazing. I will look forward to taking T in a year or two. Expensive though! But worth it of course ( ;

T is a lot better. It is DH bday on Friday so planning a

[Miss.September]

SP - Tickets are always expensive aren't they? I got mine for $105, which was a little bit cheaper because I managed to get the "Preview" tickets, so we had to allow for mistakes, but there were none! If there is a show on, I generally ask either DH or mum to buy me a ticket for my birthday or Christmas. Naughty!!! The sleep seems to have miraculously settled again. She pushes me to the brink, and then will sleep right through, ahhhhhhhhh! Saturday night she went to sleep around 9 and slept until 8.30 the next morning and last night she went to bed a little bit later, but slept until 5.30, came into bed with us, and then slept to 8.30ish again. So feeling a little more human again! Glad to hear that T is a lot better! Enjoy DH's birthday.

[kellbell]

arnt they little monkeys sometimes glad the sleep is better Corelly

had a friend have a little girl yest she has a DS the same as ella i so cant imagine two at this age lol

Enjoy DH bday SP
glad T is better as well

[Miss.September]

I know Kell! Yesterday though we went to a play centre and DD flaked at 8.15pm and slept until 7.30 this morning! Hope it's your month this month too, fingers crossed for you.

I actually met a handful of BB girls yesterday, Zavara Flutterby organised a meet up of girls in our area, and as nervous as I was it was really nice to put some faces to the names and everyone was really lovely. And today, running around after DD, I slipped on a DVD case that she'd pulled out of the cabinet and have pulled my hip. GGRRRRRR. So now I stink of dencorub!!!!!!! Won't DH just fall in love with me when he gets home, dirty trakkie pants, old jumper and dencorub

Hope you're all well.

[Junglemum]

Congrats kell.

Not sure Mo, I don't think so.... Dh is convinced its another girl. Lol
We're camping down the prom this week, heading to hobart next week and then we head home.

Sas getting a few bits and bobs but not too over the top. Umm a car garage thing. An ikea train set. Some clothes. Couple of books and some clothes. We have to fly it all back so size definitely was a consideration! That combined with living in a third world country, it just doesn't feel right giving them heaps when most around us will get nothing iykwim ?

[Khaleesi]

Ange i wanna know, we had to wait to find out Lu & Sas were girls you can't make me wait again lol
It's cool we can catch up when your back for the 20 week scan

Phil is conviced we will have all girls as well.

[super pumpkin]

JM - It may help to find out to prepare yourselves. Good idea re the Christmas presents. Quite unisex ideas too! Having had 2 boys I am looking more at sex role toys but am mindful of this as not ideal.
Kell - That is awesome news!! I can understand not having your tree up - you must have your hands pretty full just now.
PRMG - Here is my opinion on spoiling kids again. It makes me sound like a granny but we dont buy much for T. Having said that she does have loads of the boys old stuff as I am a pretty skilled hoarder (just in case I need those old toys LEGO books pram etc one day 16 years later!!). Yeah we have the 1992 model Emmalunga and I bought it new when I had DS2 coz it took a toddler seat on the front. I just find the toys get so expensive as they get older and you set the expectation very early on that is can be wise to scale it down and put things away for another celebration in future. My parents spoiled me as the only child and I dont think it was a good thing. Nowadays that kind of spoiling is the norm.

[Miss.September]

SP - I hear you on spoiling being the norm!! LOL, it's nuts what kids get. We don't buy anything for DD all year (other than clothes). We get what we can in the toy sales and layby, she gets it at Christmas and then we put it away to give it out throughout the year, so when she does get bored of something, it goes away and something "new" can replace it. We found it worked really well this year. Last Christmas we got her an outdoor climbing cubby thing, but we didn't get it out until August and her other presents have been scattered throughout the year. My SIL buys something for my niece every week and their house is like Toyworld exploded! There are nappy boxes of stuff everywhere, you have to climb over it to sit down!! My house is 14 squares, could you imagine what it'd look like if I did that! 16 year old Lego is AWESOME! That will never be something that doesn't get used!

[Khaleesi]

I'm shocking with my girls they have so much it isn't funny.
The toy room is full of toys & at the moment you can't even walk in there as there is so much stuff & that's after the 5 clean outs i've done this year. So i'm going to have to do it again before Christmas as they are getting more toys.
In my defense i'm not the only one who buys them way too many toys lol

[Fuzzywuzzy]

Hi Girl! How is everybody?

We are super excited about christmas, we have a pretty big display of christmas lights up and DD loves to go out and help turn them on every night. Christmas present opening is going to be staggered, already got her trike from DF's parents, opened one from my brother's gf on Monday, some on christmas eve and then on christmas day and boxing day. And that's mostly from relatives, i didn't even buy her much! Just some books, a new pool for the backyard, a couple of matchbox cars and some sandwich cutters. Our family are pretty good and will ask what they should buy so she's getting an art easel from my parents, paints and a roll of butcher's paper from my bro and a table and chair set for outside from my sister.

Mrs C - Congrats on your pregnancy, hope everything goes well for you! We love the Wiggles here too. Wiggle Bay has become our staple car music and Swim like a fish is the favourite at the moment.

PRMG - Alexandra is really into nursery rhymes at the moment, especially twinkle, twinkle and baa baa black sheep. I can just imagine our DD's together singing on your DD's new karaoke machine

Kell - Wow a boy! That's fantastic news!

SP - We have one of those 50L plastic containers full of 20+ year old duplo that my mum held onto, it's awesome. Cars, planes, all of the farm animals and fencing, a circus set with all the animals and house furniture, beds/toilets/kitchen benches. I would hate to think how much it would cost to establish such a big collection at today's prices.

JM - I hope you are feeling better and the MS has eased off a bit. How do your girls cope with the plane flights? We are going to Thailand in March but haven't been on a long flight since coming back from Russia last christmas.

Mo - How have you been since your mum's service? I know from experience how difficult that first christmas after a loss is and have been thinking of you. I hope that you have a wonderful christmas with your family!

JF - Hope you and Immy are well!

[Miss.September]

MrsC - Glad to hear all is going well with your pregnancy! I hope your cold goes away soon. I hear you on not being able to take anything, it's horrible isn't it, knowing that it'll just go in a few days if you can take something. Big hugs.

FW - I can so see that! Two kids, the same age singing away to the songs. So so cute. DD is singing so much, even picking up bits from the radio. I have it going pretty much all day every day - she isn't impressed with the kids CD we have, but she'll sing along to Rhiannon or Keisha on the radio! Right now she's sitting her bopping away to the Veronicas! Sounds like you're all set for Christmas!

Hi to everyone else!

I'm working on my weight and fitness, have joined the Summer Health Challenge on here and am going okay. I'd like to lose around 7kgs I think, will see how I feel when I get to that point. I'm walking and doing zumba at home, I've lost 2.5kg and have shrunk 4cms around my "problem" areas! Glad to see some sunny weather so I can actually get out and walk. DD thinks it's hilarious when I put on Zumba, she laughs at me!!!!! It inspires me to make sure DH isn't at home when I do it, no doubt he'll laugh at my precise coordination too

[kellbell]

Ella is getting a cubby, blackboard and a bee scuttlebug and little things for her stocking she asks everyday to open them i cant wait for xmas morning!

PRMG - good on you for the fitness regime i sooooooooo need to get weight off after this baby!

Yep nursery rhymes are big here too twinkle twinkle and incy wincy are huge at the moment

the rest of the day she asks to watch dora OMG how much more can i watch of that show LOL i have to limit it to on ce every couple of days or ill go insane

we cant wait for our little guy it still seems so far away though is going quickly if that makes sense

[Miss.September]

Won't be long Kell, our DD's will turn 2 and then you'll have your little man!!

Just wanted to wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas! Not sure how often I'll be on here over the next week or so, so have a wonderful time and take lots of pics of those gorgeous lit-up eyes as our kids open their presents Christmas morning! Love to you all

[tanyaya]

hi all

sorry to hear about what some of you posters from QLD have been going through... i feel kinda ****y introducing myself when there's so much serious stuff going on.

so i'll make it quick - my name's Tanya, this is my third intro post on this site, I'm a pregnant mummy to a little boy named Archie, born March 21, 2009.

looking forward to getting to know you and your munchkins!

[Khaleesi]

HI & Welcome Tanya.
Do you know if your having another boy or a girl this time?

Yes JF been thinking of you as well, glad your safe

I can not believe our little ones will be 2 soon. Feels weird to think that when Maddi was this age Kodi was 3 almost 4 months old.
I often wonder how i got through those first few months!

[tanyaya]

Thanks for your reply Cheshire - we don't know the sex of our baby this time...
we decided to leave it a surprise. We found out last time, as we were unbearably curious but this time the pregnancy has flown under the radar (typical second pregnancy!), so we are looking forward to a surprise. I _think_ it may be a boy but don't know either way.

your kids are quite close together - any tips on how to cope with sibling rivalry?

i think archie will be a great bigger brother (he shows more interest in my tummy than anyone!) but am thinking of ways to keep him feeling included and very loved.

/Tanya

HI & Welcome Tanya.
Do you know if your having another boy or a girl this time?

Yes JF been thinking of you as well, glad your safe