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oh dear! it's five days since i posted last! so unlike me! okies - will see what persies i can get through before either DH finishes cooking dinner or DD wakes up
Naomi - glad things are looking a little better for Bailey after the scan. i know the wait for proper results must be wearing on you - hopefully tomorrow gives you a few more answers (your appt IS tomorrow isn't it?). it's ok to have a little bit of negativity to get stuff out sometimes - we're all going to go through phases where life just plain sucks - and we're here to support each other through it (here's hoping we dont all hit crap patches together!)
Nicky - sounds like your weekend away was fantastic! sometimes i want time out and some time just for DH and I - but i'm happy to wait it out a few more weeks lol December 1 will be our first real time away from her - watch me stress in the lead up and bawl my eyes out when i have to leave her! this concert soooooo better be worth it! Don't worry about Allira not rolling much yet - E just started all of a sudden - now we can't stop her! put her on the floor and she'll roll if she's in the mood. take her nappy off, and she rolls no matter what! either that, or she does donuts around the change mat on the floor! Allira will catch up when she's ready... i wonder if, for Allira and Pheobe, it's easier for them to not roll cos they have their older siblings keeping them entertained so there is no need to roll...
Vic - hope you're still enjoying your holiday - esp now that DH is there! have been scoping out your pics on fb - looks like you and CJ are having a ball!
oooh, on the topic of pics - Cathy - you've gone nuts lol! the collages are looking fantastic!
Amy - sounds like your shopping trip the other day was pretty full on - little kids are great fun to be around sometimes - their joy at simple things, like playing with water in the fountain, just makes it contagious! if anyone doesn't like it, phooey to them! sounds like natty is loving the dress ups! we have been given heaps of hand me downs for E - some of them will be wrong season for her, but some are just so very very sweet. must have looked like we don't do washing very often when i hung the clothes out. most of them had been stored for ages, so we did a quick wash - between the clothes and the nappies (including some new ones i was pre-washing) - it looked like i hadn't done washing in a month!
Bridg - E refuses to go in the sling, so if you need it back, i'll post it up for you asap. am kinda thinking i need to work out how to use it for hip carry though - she refuses to lay down anymore - cheeky brat!
KL - gorgeous vid of Kyson! bubba giggles are the sweetest sound! E will giggle for me lots - but pic up a camera and she clams up big time! no chance of catching it yet. well done on getting it on film hun
J - hope everything is improving for you
Bella - thanks so much for your support and understanding recently - it really has helped. i am with you on the day sleeps (or lack of) making life difficult. E still refuses to be put down for a sleep during the day. it's hard to get stuff done! thankfully she is mostly good at night so it does have an upside....
i HOPE i got everyone - having a braindead moment!
AFU - well, i have a sleepy bubba in my arms - so i'm typing around her. been outside a fair bit today and i think it's caught up with her. E is now rolling at every chance, and even tried commando crawling on the weekend - i'm SOOOOOOOOOOO not ready for that! i dislocated my wrist again at the weekend, so have been struggling a little with a lot of stuff, but hey, thems the breaks (or dislocations as it is in my case lol yeah, i'm tired - weird SOH coming out!).
ummm, E has started transitioning from bassinette to cot. it's going to take a while to sleep through again, but i'm ok with that. she seems to wake up and think it's party time when in the cot. not so bad most of the time, but when daddy has to be up at 5 it's a problem! i guess we'll get there...
on other news - we have our first WORD!!! well, two actually! cheeky little monkey. we've been getting a LOT of mmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmm when she looks at me for about a week - on Friday i went to walk past when she was on DH's knee and she looked at me and said mmmmmmmmmum. was very drawn out, but clear - and she's done it a few times. i also have a way that i say "hi" to her when she wakes up and stuff - i got out of the shower on saturday and she said it to me - so cute!
i doubt we'll get much more for a loooong time yet, but it's nice to know her first word was mum! and that it was directed at me so she knows what she was saying
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Bella - PM me your address and I will send some up, I am getting some for Bridg too so will get it in the post before the end of the week
BG - re the 'Hi' from E, I swear Bailey has done the same a few times but I dismissed it as thought he was just too young and it was a coincidence, but now you have me thinking....... We always say "Hi' when we go into him in his cot so perhaps he is imitating us, cool if he is, he copies sounds that we make endlessly but the "Hi" is much clearer than his other ramblings :)
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yeah E's "hi" was very clear. i say it the same way all the time (kinda dodgy but she likes it!) and it sounded exactly like that. there was lots of mmmmmm's after it too so i'm guessing she was trying to say mum - but i only give her credit when she gets the word out lol
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Hi Girls,
Well I just need to get this out there today. Last night whilst DH and I were sitting watching TV we heard Jemima's apneoa (breathing) alarm twitch. It does that if there is no movement for 20secs, there was a pause then another blip instead of the full alarm, she must have moved or it would have alarmed fully. I started moving towards the bedroom when I heard the second warning because I just knew that something was wrong. By the time I got to her the alarm was fully going off. Jemima had stopped breathing. I lifted the her under her head and neck and pulled her close to see if she was still not breathing or what was going on and she snorted a bit and cleared her airway. It absolutely scared me!!! She has been sick coughing and has a snotty nose ATM and it had been playing on my mind the whole SIDs risk when they r sick so instead of putting her on her tummy like she likes i have been putting her on her side. Anyway it scared me and DH half to death. She went back into a normal sleep and was breathing ok but I am sooooo glad that we bought the apneoa monitor now! Couple of hundred bucks well spent.
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Oh Bella - I teared up a bit when I read your post, how terrifying - we have the breathing monitor too and I totally agree its definitely money well spent. Glad to hear J is ok, I bet it took you guys a while to calm down after that. :hug:
Today we saw the paed and he sent us straight over to see the ortho surgeon. Overall we have pretty good news. The surgeon said that Baileys right hip is 'immature', so not fully developed as it should be at this point, hence the acetubular angle comments by the sonographer. So in a nutshell the surgeon said that when taking into account Baileys arrival at 36 weeks gestation, his smallness etc, his development is more like a 4 months old from a bone growth/developmental perspective. The surgeon is happy to monitor the growth for the next month, and then make a further decision on treatment (if needed). We need to xray/scan Bailey again in 4 weeks and if there is no change then he will have to wear a brace for approx 6 months, (same type of brace as CJ) but we would be able to take it off for baths, nappy changes and play etc just like the point CJ is now (so pretty much what Vic suggested may occur, she was spot on!!). However he said that waiting a month won’t have any impact on Baileys development as his hips have excellent coverage, and with any luck the issue with the angle of the right hip will take care of itself with his normal growth in the next month. He ruled out surgery too which was a big relief. So for now we feel pretty good about things, we know exactly what’s going to happen if anything, and both the paed and ortho were fantastic and carefully explained things and answered our questions. Sean and I took ourselves out to lunch at a pub near the hospital and had beer, we feel like a big weight has been lifted off our shoulders. Even if next month we do have to go with the brace, after chatting to Vic last week and our Drs today we feel ok about it and can deal with it - if CJ can do it 24 hours a day, Bailey has it pretty good with a leave pass for baths/play/nappy changes etc. I know I'll be anxious again next month when we go back but for now I am pretty happy with the outcome, so much better than what the worst case scenario could have been :)
Thanks for all your support guys, esp Vic and CJ :)
Naomi
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Ooops forgot
Bailey's stats
W - 6560gms
L - 62cms
HC - 44.5cms
Big noggin, Paed measured our heads, we both have massive heads - eg over 97th percentile so Bailey has no hope hahaha
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Naomi: Excellent news, mate. I know you'll be stressed leading up to the next appointment, but at least you don't have that worst-case scenario playing over in your head, and am so pleased that it won't stop you from going on this holiday! Please don't ever apologise for being down. I hope none of us expect anyone to be uppity and bubbles when it's not real. Anyhoo, lots of smiles here for you and Bailey.
Bella: FAR OUT, that is very scary. I'm sorry you went through that. What a relief to have had the alarm. Big hugs, mate. I hope that little nose of hers is all cleared up soon.
The last couple of mornings Phoebe has slept in after her feed and I've had these horrid visions of her not breathing - I've gone in to check on her so many times. Should've bought a decent monitor - especially because the one we've got is complete crap.
Jemima's stats are looking lovely and healthy too.
BG: Yeah, my washing line out the back and my clothes horse out the front have been really full the last two days. Sorry about your wrist - you have had a bad run of it! Awesome that Em is on the move! Do you have any baby gates? We've got two sets of stairs from our lounge room... I'm not looking forward to Phoebe getting mobile - it's going to make things a bit tricky around here.
Have had a pretty good day here. DH got up with Natty this morning and let me sleep in. Then I had a visit from an old buddy who lives interstate now but has been in town.
I'm finding it very difficult to settle Phoebe in the afternoons. She'll have a nap around midday, but anything after 3pm is really tough, unless we are in the car or she is attached to the boob for a good half hour! I find it pretty stressful when she's cranky cause she's tired, and Natty is usually hyper because she's tired too. This afternoon is a good exception though - just got phoebs to bed then (she has been feeding since 5-ish) and Natty is quite happy playing with her trains. So I'll get about 20 mins to trawl through some BB posts and then it'll be bathtime.
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Hahahahaha! Funny, Naomi.
Look like healthy stats for Bailz. That's a pretty good growth this last month, isn't it? Is he following a line?
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Hurrah Naomi and Bailey - I am so happy for you, fingers crossed for the next month but if it happens the brace as you will be able to take off for baths etc is easy peasy. I am really happy - I checked facebook first and saw some positive comments about Gold Coast so had to come on here and find out the news.
Am at IL's now, internet is slow and don't get so much time as computer is in room CJ is sleeping in so once she is in bed can't come on. Is going ok - I am quite homesick for Melbourne though, and find being at IL's tough - I feel like I don't know what is going on and things keep getting sprung on me, normally would be fine but needing to fit in feeds, and sleeps for CJ seems more hassle.
CJ is sitting up on her own! I mean I wouldn't leave her sat up and walk away but in between my legs she will sit up and not be leaning on me at all. We put her in her cousins bumbo a couple of times and that seems to have given her the idea.
Off shopping now. Hi to everyone - I miss having lots of internet access!
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Thanks a heap Vic :) I think had I not had an understanding what you and CJ have been dealing with we would have been much more overwhelmed with the prospect of the brace next month. But having followed your journey with CJ since she was diagnosed has made me aware of the impacts etc to everyday life so it really makes me understand that if we need to sort out Baileys hips, we are pretty lucky with the solution we are faced with compared to many babies/kids.
PS. Bloody ILs, they never have any idea !! Hope the rest of your trip is fab :) Yaaaah with the sitting, how clever is CJ !!!
Amy - I think the paed said he is still in the 3rd-10th percentile. (Head in the 50th though LOL) We have our 6 month checkup tomorrow at CYH so will plot the gains and double check. Can you believe my little Bailz is 6 months old on Friday - what the? How the hell did that happen? - Stop the clock!! I'm stealing an idea I read in another forum and have set my phone to alarm so that I can wake up and take a photo of Bailz at 11:12pm - exactly 6 months from his birth date/time, then am gonna do the same each year. Obviously most of these yearly pics will be of him asleep but I think its such a cool idea
On another tangent it seems we have hit the 26 week wonder week (right on bloody time!!) Bailey is waking a fair bit the last few nights, and although I have been able to get him back to sleep relatively quickly, getting up and settling him is a PITA. He's still on that one feed about 1-2am-ish but sometimes waking 530ish instead of his usual 630am which is much more respectable. DH wanted to give him a bottle during one of his wakings last night and I just about bit his head off LOL. I explained that I dont want to offer him extra feeds at night unless necessary (eg sick and needing extra fluids/growth spurt etc) as am loving the one feed a night. I've tried to wean him off that a few times but he's just cried when I've tried to settle him back to sleep without it so he's not ready to give it up yet, thats ok with me, as long as he gives it up before his 18th birthday LMAO....!!
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Vic, sorry about the IL situation. Hope you are enjoying the shopping though!
Naomi - P's head is on the 75th, LOL. I didn't think to measure my own head. Gorgeous idea, the photo! How lovely. DH's cousin takes a photo of her DS every year on his birthday dressed in his dad's shirt :) And nooooo, Bailey can't possibly be 6mo yet...
One feed a night is good. And 5:30 is a yucky wake-up time... Bleugh. 6:30 is heaps better.
Oh, bother, she is gaving trouble settling down for the night after her power nap @ 5:30 this arvo. I can't win! Would love for her to go to bed @ 7:30/8pm, but we just can't ever seem to manage it.
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Hi girls!!! Just popping in really quickly before I attempt some sleep....
My little girl cracks me up. Here I pipe up and say how she doesn't roll alot, and what's she done the last 2 days... nothing but roll. SHe doesn't like being on her belly for long so when she's rolled onto it, after a good 10 minutes she's had enough. I'll roll her back over because sometimes she just doesn't want to, and she immediately rolls onto her tummy again. I can't keep her in her bouncer anymore, because she tries to roll out of it, even strapped in!
Anyway.... Better go. Been out all day and out again tomorrow, so I'll catch up on Friday.
xxoo
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Bella - that must have been awful for you both - thank god J is ok! hoping the cold clears and she gets some relief very soon
sorry - really self absorbed post ahead!!
i'm so frikken OVER this crap that is our existence at the moment. having to take so much time off while i was pg has made money a bit of an issue, but we were surviving (just) with DH working. his boss dumping us in the hole by terminating him with an hours noticed has screwed us up big time. we are in a serious bind. we've been on the phone to everyone we owe money too, and had payment arrangements in place. our biggest issue has been with the gas company - bottled gas is SO expensive! we have gas heat, cooking and hot water. so we've been REALLY conscious of making sure they know where we're at. i have spoken to them at least once a month for the past several months just so they know we're paying off arrears (when it's $300 PLUS per month, it's not easy to get on top of it). everytime we get a reminder (sent from sydney) i call and get routed across to the local office. i have always got the "yup, we can see you're paying - ignore the nasties from sydney, at a LOCAL level we know what's happening and we'll work with you so you don't run out" - fantastic - so i keep plugging away. until last night. last night DH went to light the oven and we have no gas - wtf??? he goes to check - the tank is empty! we rang the company and got the standard answer - overdue so we've stopped supply. thanks but no thanks - not accepting that - i want to speak to the local bloke. so they get onto him and he calls back. sorry - irrespective of what was said LAST THURSDAY - we're stopping supply of your gas til you get up to date. we have a 4 month old baby. no heat, no hot water. sorry, until you pay the arrears, too bad. 28 YEARS we've had an account with them at this address (since DH's parents built the house) and this is how you treat people. eventually he agrees to drop a small tank off this morning - but no filling of the tank til it's paid. a small tank will do nothing. so i am a mess. found some money we can get our hands on when we go into town (have to sign withdrawals at the bank and crap) so we have a way to pay it. and a guardian angel put it on the CC last night so that we could get tank filled today (the 100 pound tank won't last given we use almost a full 500pound tank in less than a month). so guardian angel pays the bill. i'll pay them back this arvo. i ring this morning and get the arrogant pig on the phone that spoke to DH last night - sorry, we won't fill it today - you have to wait til the tank is next in town - which isn't for a frikken FORTNIGHT! so now we're going to be hit with the cost of the 100pound tank (which is more exxy), have to hope it doesn't run out (likely to happen) and wait for the big tank to be refilled. i'm not a happy girl AT ALL! have told DH that, until the small tank is completely empty they are forbidden to take it - we'll use it on the bbq or something. i'm frikken fuming! i borrowed money to pay this bill on the understanding (from the boss at the local place) that they would fill the tank as soon as it was paid. we could have held off, got the money early next week (rather than an extra trip to town).... sigh - so ANGRY!
on top of all of that, we're having one (well technically two) of our dogs put to sleep today. Whisk has been at my bro's for a year or just over because i couldn't care for her while DH was at work - but her and Jack are right now on their way or at the vet to be put down. both old and not fair to keep them (sick, blind, losing the plot kinda stuff) - but i'm a frikken wreck - they are the last of a blood line of dogs that DH bred and used as working dogs.
sigh - it's not fair!
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:hug: BG we've ran out of gas 2 before and its not fun but we dont use it for heating so that must be really hard the gas company needs a swift kick up the backside fancy telling u one thing and doing another i'd be furious
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someone is here putting in temporary bottle now
i've stayed inside - it's not this guys fault
i am soooooo dirty though!
we only ran out because they didn't fill the tank. it last happened two years ago - i was heading to melbourne to have major dental surgery the next morning and went to have a shower - no hot water - grrrr
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Bailey is 6 months old today - Wow!! That really freaks me out, it really has flown by so quickly. I wrote on facebook that I never got to finish my cooking, then I realised that I finished the most important part that day - cooking the bun in the oven LMAO :rofl: Anyway, realising how quickly my little guy is growing has made me reflective of the long journey it took to have him and even how tough (yet totally rewarding) the last 6 months have been - what a crazy few years - but how blessed we have been to get to the point we are now!!
BG - What a total PITA!!! I hate it when we have to fight BS battles like that with companies, I understand your frustration and annoyance, hope it all works out for you
Bella - How's J's cold? Did you end up getting the vacinations done? Love the pic of yourself you have posted on FB - you are definately a Yummy Mummy!! I still haven't been able to get the teething gel to post off, will do it monday (for you too Bridg), I dont know where the time has gone this week? I went to the chemist to get some and they one they sell is a 'copy' of the womans and childrens one, they tried to sell it to me, but its more runny and I have no idea if it is in fact any good, so I will go into the W&C and get the legit stuff (I should have got it on Wednesday when I was there but with Baileys appts I just completely forgot about it!!! Mummy Brain that day!!)
Nicky - LOL @ Allira trying to escape out of the bouncer - they are at such a frustrating age with trying to be mobile but not quite having the skills I am finding, Bailey is forever trying to sit up in his bouncer, car seat, high chair and grunts or yells in frustration when the harness or seatbelt holds him down, not that he could actually hold himself up to sit yet anyway, but he is trying to reach for toys or his dropped dummy etc. The cutest thing though is when I go to put a bib on him how he leans forward so I can do up the velco around his head - how clever and cute!
Kat - I saw on FB that you aren't well, poor bugger, I hope you get better soon and DH is able to look after you and Ivy. Gosh only a few days and Ivy will hit the 6 months too :)
Jacinta - I hope all is going well with you and your DH. Hows Jamie going with his 'around we go' playstation? Bailey is still way too small for his but I have put it up and he smashes the piano keys with his hand but thats about it - his little feet are about 10cm from the ground so he cant really move around hahahahahah
Amy - love the videos of both your girls - Nattys singing is a crackup!! Phoebs has a cute laugh too :)
Vic - hope the holidays is going well, have you hit Barcelona yet?
Krystie - How's Kysons sleep going? We are having an odd week - I think its pretty much wonder week related. One night Bailey went 11 hours between feeds (I thought he was going to start sleeping through) and for the last few he has been waking frequently - pretty much at the end of each sleep cycle, and needing to be resettled with the dummy etc. Last night I went to bed at 7pm and took him with me and he slept through till 130am, had a feed and then slept till about 430, I settled him and he woke again at 630 - so a good night, but that was in our bed, hopefully he'll go back to his normal habits within the week. Its been quite warm here - eg 27 degrees wheras it was around 18-20 degrees before, so I also think the change in weather has unsettled him, he is not used to warm days/nights and I think I had him too warm at night, so I just need to get the balance right again so he is comfortable
Bridg - Hows Logans snorting of feed going? LOL Your FB message made me laugh!! Whats new with you? As above with Bella, I am on the case with the teething gel :)
Cathy - You definately are the collage queen, your kids sure are good looking, Laura and Cara have such beautiful eyes. What happening with your clan anyway? And how are you? :)
Better go, I have a headache so might go and relax while the little guys sleeps, he is out of sorts today so gymbaroo was a waste of time this morning but O'well!! I am soo looking forward to my holiday, I feel a bit weary so its great timing!!
Naomi
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hes going good he gets halfway around it but in sposies he cant do it when he has cloth nappies on hes too short lol
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we have gas - we'll survive
i'm still not happy - so much stress that wasn't necessary. i really want to kick some butt over it - but i'm trying to walk away and not cause myself any more stress... hard, but i'm getting there
tired tonight - e has started flat out refusing day sleeps unless fed to sleep - and i refuse to feed her every half hour just cos she's tired and hasnt stayed asleep. so it's a battle of wills at the moment! i hate hearing her cry, but my nipple is NOT a pacifier, should NOT be bitten while she dozes - so i'm trying to help her settle without boob (but a full tummy of course!). hard work. two 10 minute naps in nine hours. sleeping in my arms at the moment...
