Hope all the babies are doing well! Cara is growing well..8.2kg at 4mths!! My arms are getting a work out! hehe
I tried her on solids (rice cereal) a week ago..not interested, kept spitting it out, so I am going to wait til she is 5mths now. (i also tried a few days ago, still not interested). Oh well..less mess to worry about hehe
Cara is grabbing her feet all the time now and sucking her thumb sometimes. Very cute! I was a little concerned at first, but I've been told by others its not a problem at this age. So having a dummy of thumb sucker is only a concern when they get adult teeth.
Just reading that some bubs have had thrush in their mouth. Laura had that when she was a newborn. Poor thing. I did not discover it until she was 3 weeks old. I just thought my breast pain was the normal pain I get when I start feeding them. I think I used canestan at first (on nipples). That didnt work. Then some drops...also useless. Then at last we got the daktaran gel. The best!
I've been taking a HEAP of photos lately. And I dicovered Picasa 3 on google. Totally fabulous for making collages of all my photos heheh. Thanks to Vic for posting that on her facebook. Lovin it!
OMG Naomi! Bailey is 6mths old???? I can't believe that!! But then he was early hey hehe. Before you know it he will be sitting up and seeing the world from a different perspective.
I thought maybe I was running out of milk, and then Cara slept longer than normal the previous night..I woke up SOAKED hehe She's been waking up 4-5 times a night someimtes. The last two nights FINALLY she's had a good 5-6 hour sleep. Such a refief. I am sure teeth are on their way.
Beautiful weather here at the moment. And all the Jacaranda trees are in bloom..so pretty!
Nicky: LOL @ A trying to roll in the bouncer! If Phoebe outgrows her bouncer I'll be in massive trouble. It's one of my most useful tools.
BG: What a pi$$er @ the gas situation. That totally sucks and I don't blame you for wanting to kick some butt. However, I am sure you're right that if you leave it be then you can let go of the stress a little better. Doesn't help that miss E is giving you a rough trot with no day sleeps. Phoebe is soooooo cross if she doesn't get her three (sometimes miniature) naps during the day. GL with the settling - hope she picks up on it soon.
Naomi: Hope your headache is gone? When do you leave for the GC? I am sure you will have an ace time away. Enjoy every minute.
Cathy: Oo, 8.2kg does sound like a good arm workout! I've no idea what Phoebe weighs... I think I might have to do the dodgy weigh-myself-without-her-then-with-her routine. No other reason to go to the nurse, and I'm taking both the girls in late November anyway.
Your collages are great! I have been a bit slack posting photos because I have to resize them and it takes time... and motivation, LOL! But I have been appreciating other peoples' shots.
Glad Cara is going a bit longer overnight for you. You must be completely wrecked. Does Laura wake early? When I've had a couple of wake-ups with Phoebe overnight I usually get woken early by Natty Always the way.
We went to the pool with our playgroup yesterday. I was sorry that I hadn't bought Phoebe a swimming costume yet (and didn't have any spare swim nappies). But I dunked her feet into the water a few times. She didn't really respond at all, LOL!
Can't decide what to get Phoebe for Christmas. What are you guys doing for your bubbas?
Got to get the washing out etc now - we're off for a cino as soon as P wakes up. Going with the same friends as last week's feral fountain incident... Wish me luck
I tried Cara on avocado this afternoon and she opened her mouth for more!! So she does like that! (expensive taste baby hehe). I posted some pics on facebook. I know what you mean about resizing stuff. I used to hate it, but I have this AWESEOME sony cybershot camera now (with rechargable battery even..no more expensive AAs!), and it resizes for web IN the camera!! It's awesome. (a 10mp) I love it! I still use my old sony camera (7mp) when the battery runs out hehe. But with that one I still need to resize.
The last couple of nights Cara has gone 5-6 hours straight! Finally back to what she was doing at around 4-8 weeks hehe. I don't know if it will last..we will see. Laura usually wakes up anytime from 7.30am onwards. Seems to need her 12 hours of sleep. I get her to bed at 7.30/8pm at night. She is a good little thing, will wake up and just play for a good half hour or so waiting for me to wake up. Such a sweetie.
All I have for Cara so far for Christmas is that fisher price piggy bank. I got it on special one day so I put it aside for her..though may be a bit advanced for her. Laura will like to play with it too lol. Laura is right into Toy Story movies, and there is a 3rd Toy Story coming out next year...so i got her some toy story pull string toys.
Ooh, avo is a fantastic first food! Natty used to have (once she started eating properly @ around 8mo) avocado and mashed sweet potato spread on cruskits, LOL! It was her favourite. She also liked pears and apples, but I remember her being particularly partial to the other dish.
I will probably just see what little interactive toy is on special when I go shopping and get that for P. No doubt Natty will be more interested in it than she is, as you say, Cathy. Your camera sounds very cool.
Laura sounds just adorable. I am really struggling with Natty... again. She is pushing it. Every day, she pushes harder. She has started deliberately hurting Phoebe now (although Phoebe doesn't usually mind - she's pretty resilient. But that's not the point, of course!), she's super clingy one minute - driving me nuts by hanging off my leg, then the next minute she's running away and refusing to come to me when I call her. It has been a tough time the last few days. DH has been working a lot.
Well, this whole toddler thing makes me appreciate how lovely babies are. I am really enjoying Phoebs, even when she's cranky. Sometimes when she's cross and overtired, I'll put her on the boob and try to calm her off to sleep and she makes these little angry grunty noises as she feeds. It is just hilarious and makes me smile every time, even though she's giving me attitude. I am trying hard not to play favourites, and I don't ever compare the girls' behaviour when I'm talking to them, but it comes down to experience, I suppose. The stuff Natty throws at me is totally new, whereas I've done the cranky baby thing before and I know that it's over all too soon.
Probably I have babbled enough. Goodnight all, hope you are enjoying your weekends.
Amy - re Xmas presents, we have some stacking cups, a Cow Piggy Bank and an Ernie Bath speed boat thingo for the bath. I also have an 'around we go' playstation which we have already unpacked seeing as they grow out of things so quickly, (its in Jacinta's pic's of Jamie as he has one too)
But yesterday Sean and I caved and bought the Fisher Price Jumperoo thing for Bailey for him to use now - LOL. I put him in it at Target again and he was so happy that we couldn't resist - so thats $200 less we have to spend on each other (no xmas presents for us hahahahaha). The smiles and laughs we get from him playing in it though are worth every cent He absolutely LOVES it!!
We farmed out a few big present idea's to the Grandparents to save some cash hahahahaha - a paddle pool from the inlaws and a swing (the baby ones you can hang under the verandah) to my Mum
So basically Bailey is spoilt rotten already and my plans not to have a house full of plastic crap have already gone out the window!!!!
LOL, Naomi... I think that's why I'm so unsure of what to get - we already have a house full of plastic crap. And I just bought another piece for Natty's birthday - a sand and water table for outside.
I think we will be light-on for gifts this year too, but wanted to think it through before the rush starts. (Although it may have already - seems to start earlier each year.)
Naomi - they would've been funny photos in the magazines if Fergie had've been sucking her own toes. Perhaps less scandalous, but funny.
LOL, BG - I think I'd dislocate something.
think E is coming down with something - she has been really cuddly and sleepy today. and has been coughing a bit. had to do a candle party yesterday for a friend. her youngest DD had a cough and (as two year olds are) was all over poor E. so i think she's passed it on. would have been nice for the friend to mention her DD was unwell - i would have rescheduled so that E didn't get sick. poor poppet. she's been on and off the boob all day, i'm feeling sore so it's just not a great day for us!
sorry for the self absorbed post (again) but i'm having a shocker, am likely to have friend ping me on msn/fb tonight and don't want to have a go at her so figure if i just put it out here, it's done and we're fine
cough hasn't developed into anything - but something isn't quite right with E - either growth spurt or wonder week i think (bit early - but she was three weeks early with the last one, so wouldn't surprise me) - she refused to sleep last night for nearly 2 hours - i had to send DH into the other room so he could get some sleep. she was dry, full, nothing i could see hurting her - she just didnt' want to sleep. got her down at 12.30ish. she was awake again at half 2 for nearly an hour, then up at six and seemed to have no intention of sleeping. i didn't buy it - not enough sleep - so we had another session of me encouraging sleep and her fighting it. got back to sleep after nearly and hour - then 15 minutes later she was stirring and wanting a feed! not happy! she's back asleep now and seems to be in a deep sleep again. i feel like crud! this is so not the kidlet i know...
Weird. Could be that cold you were thinking. She might have a sore throat or something? Not that there's anything more you can do for her than you're already doing. It sucks, particularly when you weren't feeling too crash hot either. Sending her some sleepy vibes for tonight.
P scared me this morning by only sleeping for 10 minutes for her first nap of the day! I was soooo unimpressed - she usually does 3 or 4 40min jobbies, depending on what time she wakes for the day. But the second nap she slept for 1.5 hours. Hasn't done that for probably over a month now. I swear, I didn't know what to do with myself! I should've gotten on the wii fit (am trying to lose some weight atm) but decided that after doing dishes, cleaning bathroom and cleaning and vacuuming loungeroom this morning that I deserved a sit down with a book... and a scone with jam, LOL. So, she's chatting away happily to me atm while I type and we'll go collect Natty soon.
I'm so unsure of how to transport Phoebe when we come down to Melbs. I wish I had've given myself the option of check-in luggage, as I don't think I'm going to manage carrying her around in the baby bjorn for a whole day when she's a month's heavier than she is now. I am really hoping we can take the MacPac now - hoping she develops a bit more strength over the next few weeks.
wish i could offer you a pram or something but i won't see you til the park - and i'm sure you'll need it well before then! hope you can work something out
Amy - you should be able to add check in luggage at the airport, I think its normally about $20 though if u need to, check with jetstar if you change your mind. Anyway, We can always swap Phoebs and Bailey around if Phoebe is getting a bit heavy as Bailz now likes the carrier we have as he gets a great view of the world
haven't had a tear from E all day - woke up in a fantastic mood, has fed and slept and played beautifully. i just had to relocate her in a big hurry cos my bladder was about to explode - and she woke up smiling at me
Hi everyone! How are we?
Just quickly cos I have to get ready for my strength training class tonight.
We started Allira on solids yesterday after she helped herself to some of our watermelon. LOL We were going to wait it out until 6 months exactly, but that's less than 2 weeks away anyway, and she just devoured the watermelon. She's chewing it to peices, sucking the juice out and just having an absolute ball! Give it a few more days, and then might skip onto broccoli or something along those lines.
Naomi - Bailey is adorable. What gorgeous pictures!
BG - I hope E is ok. Allira has had a realy dry weird cough for a little while so it's off ot the docs this week if we can get in. She also has eczema and I'm a little worried it might be asthma.
Amy - Could you buy a cheap umbrella stroller? Even from an op shop in melbs or something?
Sending lots of sleep vibes ( but keeping some for myself!!) Allira hasn't slept properly since she was 4 months old. Were woken up 5-6 times a night every night. Getting used to it now( that will also explain my absence a little). Cheeky kids I tell ya!
She's going to take off any day now Shes so close to commando crawling it's not funny. She rolls over and over and over.... I can see Lachie going nuts soon when she reaches his stuff.
Always the way.
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