Babies Born~May 16th-31st 2009 #4

[Bella29]

BG- Good on E for being such a fab little traveller!! Must have a good mummy

[wysiwyg]

Hello from the UK

BG - Great E is such a good car traveller. So far so good for us with CJ - done a few longish journeys in car so far and have more to come. My mum has a Nissan Micra which we are borrowing and is only a two door, so have found the best way to get CJ in and out of the rearward facing seat is through the boot!! I am reasonably tall so isn't too bad through the boot but a two door car and rearward facing seat must be a nightmare. I am planning on getting CJ a high chair when get back (one from IKEA) to get her used to sitting up with us for meals too.

Amy - No rolling from CJ yet either (unless you count the time I accidentally rolled her over when moving her playmat - she was so shocked!) - was hoping after two weeks without brace she might be. But she can now weight bear a bit on her legs when you hold her as if standing, and is lifting her bum off the ground and sort of shuffling backwards - plus has developed an obsession with her knees which she can now touch and play with (this means my dad is constantly saying KNEES KNEES to her so wouldn't be surprised if that was her first word!)

Naomi - The FFFN is a great idea, DH works funny shifts so we couldn't always do same night of the week but will probably also steal that idea and work some sort of variation. We always do something altogether whenever DH has a day off - normally quite touristy type things, visiting places etc - once a tourist in a city always a tourist I reckon. Coming back to where I grew up is odd as now I see as a quaint English village whereas when I was a kid and till quite recently always thought was a dump. Hope your pancakes and syrup were good.

Bella - Hope J's teething doesn't cause her too much trouble (or you too many dramas) - I am hoping for a good few more months before teething. CJ does have her hands and everything in her mouth all the time at the moment, I haven't actually looked for teeth but she was gumming my hand fairly hard today and didn't feel any (a baby gumming any part of you apart from nipple is such a strange sensation).

Jacinta - Hope your next round of TTC proves more successful - loving your pics of Jamie on FB he is very photogenic (I voted for him on the Bonds thing).

Kat - Hope Ivy gets over it soon - looks like been some nice weather in Melbourne from your pics of you and Ivy in the park.

Hi to everyone else.

AFU - We are having a nice time, after day 2 CJ settled back into a more normal feeding pattern and is sleeping 12 hours again (I am still getting up hungry in the night so have also been expressing a bit so can leave her occasionally) - my mum says "You don't know your born" because CJ is so good. Her day sleeps still aren't particularly long (3 x 1 hour but sometimes one is only 20 mins) but she is just so happy and smiley. My brother adored her (he is 27 and single so wasn't sure how interested was in babies) and found out on FB that all babies love him apparently. My sister also loved playing with her although says she won't be having kids. Mum and Dad have had some time off, but on the days they have to go to work find it hard to drag themselves away from CJ smiling up from kitchen floor. Met up with best friend from home today, and we are going out shopping on Monday as I need her help because I am really a bit of a slob (and now I use the baby as an excuse!) and she is very stylish.

Oh a question - I bought some new teats for my Tommee Tippee Back to Nature bottles because my other ones had gone a funny colour in parents dishwasher - they are Variflow says 0 months onwards - I hadn't seen in Oz, CJ seems to finish the bottle much quicker on these - so anyone used these any opinions on what works best for combining breast and bottle - I thought I had read maybe is better to keep on slow flow?
Also on packet says change teats every 2 months - does everyone else do this -I had just been using the same ones but I only use one bottle a day at max.

[MummyNaomi]

Oh a question - I bought some new teats for my Tommee Tippee Back to Nature bottles because my other ones had gone a funny colour in parents dishwasher - they are Variflow says 0 months onwards - I hadn't seen in Oz, CJ seems to finish the bottle much quicker on these - so anyone used these any opinions on what works best for combining breast and bottle - I thought I had read maybe is better to keep on slow flow?
Also on packet says change teats every 2 months - does everyone else do this -I had just been using the same ones but I only use one bottle a day at max.

Vic - I use these TT bottles (and always have when combining BF and bottle) and are currently using the number 2 teat (for 3-6 month), will prob go up to the number 3 soonish seeing Bailey is on the bottle full time, but as you know he prefers the bottle now so it may not be a bad idea to have a slower flow for CJ so she sticks with the boob and doesn't develop a bottle preference. Also, if you are using them infrequently like once a day I cant see the need to replace them every 2 month - they are not getting the wear and tear of a bottle fed baby

HTH

[*TripleJ*]

Jamie walked around his activity table today almost the whole way
stop growing little boy and he ate 4 teaspoons of pear lol
lol and i just realised i can stick it up snobby MIL if we have a girl next lol if she doesnt like the name jamie imagine wat she'll say to the name summer

thanx vic dunno if he'll win but it would be pretty fun

[MummyNaomi]

J - Summer is a lovely name We are keeping our girls name that we had picked had Bailz been 'pink' should we have a girl (Zara)

Vic - cant get over how similar that video of you is to CJ - WOW

Well just wanted to update that the FF is going extremely well, I'm actually really glad we changed now (although forever making up bottles is a serious PITA, whipping out the boob is definately easier), but in regard to it suiting Bailey - he is much more settled again, feeding time is again a pleasure and a lovely bonding experience (rather than him crying/screaming at my boobs), and he has many more wet nappies - all indicators to me I have made the right decision. I do miss the boob skin on skin experience, but I find my little man snuggles in and strokes my hand (instead of the boob) and gazes into my eyes, and he is again going into the 'milk coma' which just shows he is getting the volume he needs - Yaaaaaaaah. Expressing however isn't happening - what IS it with me and expressing? I swear my boobs have a pact not to produce milk unless an actual baby sucks them -they have a serious case of 'pump refusal' LMAO. I have made peace with it and learnt some valuable lessons if we are lucky enough to have another baby and I can BF again. I'll be more proactive to ensure I have a great supply (eg express regularly from day dot) and not be so bloody hard on myself! So I almost hit the 6 month mark - I'll mark that down as a victory and I think I have given Bailz the best start possible. The benefits we saw from starting solids have returned now and feeding (both milk and solids) is all working - Whew, Yaaaaaahhhhh and thank bloody god!! I really feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulders and I have realised that I was putting alot of pressure on myself to plug away hoping that BF would improve, and while it may have, or it may not have, we are in the right place now.

Naomi
x

Oh PS - So Amy, I am not devo re the BF now

[Bella29]

Hi girls, quick update. I'm at my sisters place, waiting for my sisters baby to be born. Very exciting! Will let you all know.

Bella

[MummyNaomi]

Bella - How exciting!!!