thanks Naomi!
i still have a thing for stars - her birth announcement cards said "we reached for the stars and got an armful of heaven" - i love it!
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thanks Naomi!
i still have a thing for stars - her birth announcement cards said "we reached for the stars and got an armful of heaven" - i love it!
Thats beautiful - imagine how loved she will feel when she reflects back on that when she's older :):
And you've got the lovely feature wall in her bedroom too :) That's cool.
Sorry about your headache. That sucks.
Oh, I just remembered that someone asked some questions about the swimming pool. With regards to cameras; the pool we usually go to has a strict "no cameras" rule and apparently they enforce it pretty well. We didn't even try to take piccies there, which was a bit upsetting because I would have really liked to have taken photos of his very first swim. On father's day we went to the new swimming pool in cranbourne (my parents live in cranny), and they probably have the same rule, but we took photos anyway. We didn't see any signs and figured that if anyone said anything that we would just play the ignorance card ;)
So far I have only gone swimming when DH has been there too, so getting in and out hasn't been difficult. DH generally just holds Kyson after I have finished changing him after the swim though so that I can get changed. To get into the pool I use the ramp down into the hydro-pool. Then when we get out I hold Kyson close to my chest and stay as low as I can on the ramp (so that he stays in the water as long as possible), then I stand up and walk as fast as I can to get his towel. I wrap his towel around the outside of his body so that his tummy/chest is still against me. That way his whole body is warm, and his little body keeps me a little warm. The rest of me just gets cold though, lol. Lucky the pools are generally pretty warm inside anyway. I use the family change room and get Kyson dry and dressed while I drip. With DH there, he then holds Kyson, but when I go by myself I figure I would take the pram and be able to put him in the pram while I get dressed. So far he's never cried when I've taken him out of the pool. But I'm sure he would screech if he got too cold!
Sooooo, I let Kyson try solids today! I think he did pretty well for a first timer. I steamed him up some broccoli florets and just popped them on his high chair table. He's pretty tiny in the chair, so I had to help him grab the broccoli, but after he had it in his hand he knew exactly where to put it. Between dropping them, squishing them, and sucking his own fingers, he managed to get a few chunks in his mouth. Whether he actually swallowed much is up for debate, lol! I had a bit of a panic when he started choking and gagging a couple of times, but he recovered fine and seemed to enjoy the experience. No allergic reactions, so tomorrow we are going to give him some more, but at dinner time so Daddy can watch too :) Oh, I recorded some of it too, so I'll have to upload it to facebook soon. I also took some photos of his broccoli covered face hehehe.
Quick post from me - jet lag is starting to get me. Flight was fine, CJ really good, was a bit like the first days home from hospital, feed sleep feed sleep with only a bit of entertaining on the second leg (which would have been Melbourne morning). Looking at how she was compared to other infants on flight I reckon if you want to do long haul do before are about 8 months. She slept all the drive back to my parents as well (about 3 and a half hours). Put her down to bed at about 8:30 pm and she slept till about 1:00 when I woke up couldn't get back to sleep and could hear her stirring so I got up and fed her (mistake she wasn't really awake enough I should have waited till she woke me) so then she woke up 2:30 and wanted another feed, went back down fine after and then woke up for morning at 5:30am. So not too bad considering the time difference and I reckon she will have it sorted by tomorrow with prob just one wake up tonight. I haven't done so much feeding in ages though my boobs feel so flat - some of it might be the 4 month growth spurt week 17 wonder week too though I think as she was already feeding more on Sat before we left. Today she has wanted a feed every hour and a half so far and was difficult to get her to go down for lunchtime nap, which is unusual for her as the thumb normally does the trick. Hopefully she will get a decent length of nap but if she goes too long e.g. over 2.5 hours, I think will break the golden rule of never wake a sleeping baby - I think when jet lag comes into it need to make sure she doesn't think this is her night time as it would be in Melbourne.
Thanks for the info on swimming Krystie and cameras etc, we are going on Wed so will see what rules are.
Hey Girls!
How you all going? Krystie! How exciting that Kyson had his first taste of solids!! I think it's cute that you let him pick it up himself. Awesome!!
I will probably be boring and just give Cara what I gave all the other 3 when they started solids..farex rice cereal hehe. Mmmm yum! Even my older kids like the taste of it hehe.
Cara is becoming a real little character. She is a happy little squealer at the moment and just noticing EVERYTHING around her! She's so big for her age and it wont' be long til the size 0s are replaced with size 1s I am sure hehe. Laura was just the same.
Last week I had some portrait place photos done and from the previews, they look gorgeous! I will pick them up in a about 10 days.
I get her immunised tomorrow! :( Not looking forward to that. She was sooky last time.
BG: Hope your headache is gone. That sux. I have had times where I was sick and just laid on the bed with the baby all day. No fun. Least at this cute age they are happy to just lay there, not crawling about yet hehe
I am not getting a lot of sleep lately. Cara is waking up 2 or 3 times (or more) a night. I'm buggered in the morning. She is teething for sure!!
Take care girls!! Check out my video of Cara on facebook. So cute!
heading out of size 0's already? wow! you grow them big Cathy! not that it's a bad thing - it's just surprising for me - i expected to have a little heffalump just like her mummy - and she's only just going into 00's now! we even compared her weight to my bro's three kids - yeah, i knew she's be smaller than the boof head boy (though her head is bigger) cos he was always big, but the two girls were dainty at birth, and by 4 months, even the 4 week premmie was bigger than E is now... sigh. i'm glad she is such a happy healthy girl or i'd be worried that she isn't growing enough!
Vic - glad the flight went so well for you. i agree with waking CJ to try and get her sleeping habits back in order - if you were only gone for a week or so it wouldn't be so bad - but when it's a month, you need to get her into the proper sleeping habits for the sanity of all of you!
KL - love the pics of Kyson helping himself to the brocolli - will watch the vid soon - just listening to E on the montor for now - she's in my bed stirring.
AFU - well, i have managed to get the headache to ease, but it's still there. i think my lack of anything resembling energy is rubbing off on E (or coming through in my milk!) cos she wanted to go to bed early last night, and then woke at 2am for party time. thankfully i managed to get her fed, burped, bum changed and back to sleep in less than half an hour - and DH managed to sleep - but i'm wrecked now! my 12 hour sleeper with one wake up seems to have decided being awake is more fun... right when mummy feels like crap - great timing sweetie!
am struggling with some issues from when i was a kid at the moment which aren't helping at all. i've noticed myself actively handing E to her dad whenever he walks in the door cos it's all playing on my mind. i know being run down isn't helping at all, so i'm doing my best to improve that situation. it's just hard and i'm trying to work out how to deal with them properly.
Quick post as Baileys Great Gran is on her way to meet him for the first time and I must get lunch sorted...
Went to CYH for weigh this morning
Baileys Stats
W - 6290 gms
L - 61cms
HC - 44cms
His put on 300gms since 14/9 - 3 weeks. Talked about the BF issue, the nurse was very supportive, going back in a f/n for another weigh
Still in 000 but wearing lots of 00 now, have packed up the smaller 000 - WOW Cathy, cant beleive Cara is heading into size 1!!!!!
BG - :hug:
Naomi
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Krystie: Love the pics and vid of Kyson eating the broccoli! LOL! I particularly like the 'growly' noise he made when he was shoveling it in from the table. So cute.
Cathy: The vid of Cara is very cute! Hope the needles go well today. Phoebe had hers last week and I think the only SA was that she got reeeeeeally sleepy for a day. So actually it was pretty darn good, LOL!
Bummer about the sleep. I think it's pretty common at around 4mo to start waking more frequently. Did your other kids do the same? Natty did. Phoebe is waking twice a night now.
BG: Sorry about the lack of sleep for you too, and also with the emotional stuff you're going through. I don't have any advice to give, but I hope you can work out the best way to grapple with it soon.
Naomi: Great looking stats for Bailey :)
We are going for Phoebe's check-up at the paed tomorrow (the GP called him and he said he'd squeeze her in - I feel kind of bad because I don't think there's anything wrong with her and I'm sure there're sick kids out there who need him... at least it's a one-off) so will post how we go.
I'm finding it sooooo hard to settle Phoebe for a third sleep. Just tried then for about 40 minutes to get her to drop off. She got so close so many times but just kept startling awake. Very frustrating. I really would like her to have another afternoon nap so she goes to bed later and then wakes later. LOL, a couple of months ago I had the opposite problem - she didn't want to go down for the night til too late :rolleyes: I suppose I should just get over it and take it as it comes.
Haven't been able to get out for a walk in ages. The weather has been crap here. Today and yesterday were fine in the mornings but we've been out and about then in the afternoon when we're home it storms. At least I've managed to do some washing - we were getting down to the last few pairs of undies ;)
Ah, gotta go. Cranky-pants-no-sleep has lost her happy.
well in the last days of my 2ww i think lol not really sure how my cycle is going and i couldnt buy a pregnancy test in my town grrr lol i guess i'll have to wait till i visit bendigo
Hi everyone! How are we all?
Going well here.
I've been thinking lately about solids for Allira. I'm not planning on starting until she's 6 months old, but I was leaning towards trying the baby led solids thing. Any of you girls doing that? (Krystie I LOVE the video of kyson eating!).
Does anyone have any great websites for me to have a look at? I'm especially interested in what foods should be introduced first... I mean I have half an idea, but wouldn't mind something to follow.
I am hoping doing the BLS with Allira that she develops a much better diet than her brother. We did the mush thing with him and it seemed to go quite well.... until about 14 months of age onwards where there are only certain foods he will eat and he refuses to even touch anything new. Does my head in on a daily basis. LOL
Not alot happening, Allira's not quite sleeping as well as she was a month ago, but she's going at lest 6 hours only grumbling slightly before having to come into our bed. SHe's in her cot now with the side off next to our bed so hopefully once this stupid freezing whether goes away, she'll be happy enough to sleep on her own. She's not a fan of the cold at all, no matter how many blankets you put on.
Hubs and I go away to a wedding THIS SATURDAY and I am beyond excited!!!1 I cannot wait to have a weekend just me and him. It's been so so long. Really looking forward to it and I hoe the weather's nice because I bought a dress which is NOT something I would normally wear.
Anyway CAN'T WAIT! lol
Jacinta - how long until you go into Bendigo? If it's not for a few days, could you buy some tests online? See if you can get them express posted. Goodluck!
Amy - good luck with pheobe's check up! Allira's not a huge day sleeper either, but at least she's happy to just sit and chill when she's awake. DS keeps her amused. I know what you mean about the weather. I can do my classes each week, but i really want to get out and walk/have a hit of tennis more, but because it's been so cold and wet, I can't. It's October - Where's the sun??
Naomi - great stats for Bailey! Allira seems to be one of the shorter ones now. LOL. I hope Bailey had a great time with his Gran!!
BG - I hope your feeling better soon.
Cathy - wow on Cara's size! That's fantastic! Your girls are gorgeous, they have such pretty facial features. They look like little dolls. Beautiful.
Well, not much else from me. Bit boring really. Should go and think about dinner at some stage, get the boy ready for bed, lather his face with moisturiser again (he's got bad eczema on his face... it's really weird that it's nowhere else), feed chubba bubba, get some clothes together for the kids and us for the weekend etc etc etc. Oh and the dishes are sitting there calling my name... I'm trying to ignore them though.
xxoo
lol im actually glad i cant buy one coz that would mean i test early and then be dissapointed sooner rather than later i could just go to the doctor and get a free blood test
Bailey is sick - bronchilitis again but much worse this time, last night was scary as he woke up basically choking on his own phlegm, we have been using the fess spray with the suction thingo to try to clear him out as much as possible, and panadol, even DH shed a tear to see him so sick. He is still eating ok and it pretty ok during the day but just goes downhill quickly at night, I have got our cradle out and have him sleeping right next to my bed again (with the breathing monitor alarm) and the cradle elevated at the head end to help keep him clear. With DHs manflu last fortnight and my tonsilitis last week I guess it was inevitible that our germs would be shared. Isn't it scary when your baby is sick? Last time he was no where like this :(
Nicky - how exciting re the wedding, I bet you and DH will have an awesome weekend away. Doh re the sleeping, I hate getting up when its freezing cold, I noticed while in Shep that its pretty cold at night in that neck of the woods
J - GL re the testing, when I was TTC naturally I wasted so many HPT as I would test a few days before my AF was due, and every day till I got AF and it was prob too early - I was addicted to testing LOL :rofl:
Amy - did Cranky-pants-no-sleep find her happy again LOL. GL with the paed, hope he/she is as great as our paed. That reminds me I must follow up on Baileys physio referral for his motor skills, bloody public health system, I think I might ring the paed back and get a private referral as who knows how long we will wait otherwise, the paed thought 2-3 weeks but we hit the 3 week mark yesterday. Having said that I have noticed a HUGE improvement and developmental leap for him in the last week or so, he is soooooooooooooooo close to rolling over (keeps rolling onto his side) but the tummy time neck lifting still needs work.
Well Bailey met his Great Gran today, and he turned on the charm and goo'ed and coo'ed up a smiley storm - dont you just love it when they do it on cue LOL. My Gran is 83, she's my only surviving Grandparent now, and it was a bit sad so see her so old and frail, and she is quite forgetful now (couldn't remember my little brother :o ), but my Aunty takes good care of her, I think I will take Bailey down to visit her around Xmas as I feel bad that we hadn't made an effort for Bailey to meet her until now (they only live an hour away, no excuse really). Its a slightly weird relationship though as she is my paternal Gran, as my Mum was married before and Mum and her first husband had 3 kids (me and my brothers) but they got divorced when we were very young (I was 3) and my Mum remarried and her 2nd husband adopted us as his own (legally and emotionally) so as far as I am concerned he is my REAL father, the other guy is just a sperm donor. Anyway, Gran is the sperm donors Mum, hence the distant relationship - hope that all makes sense!!! So I was born Naomi Tedmanson, became Naomi Goode, then got married and went from Good(e) to Great (Graetz) HAHAHAHAHA. But Gran has always made a huge effort to stay in contact despite all the family guff so I need to make the same effort I think. Re the Good to Great pun, I always tell Sean that if he leaves me I am going to go a step further and marry Mr Fantastic LMAO
Anyway, must go to bed, Sean has a gig this week so will be out a few nights with band practise etc so I might as well use the time alone to catch up on ZZZs
Naomi
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wat happened to our fb group?
Do you mean the Nov 22 event J? Its still there, just click on the events icon (a calender with 31 on it in the bottom left corner of your FB screen) and it should pop up as an event for you
i'm a bit silly lol i was looking in groups :doh:
Hi Girls,
Well a bit quiet around here, can't remember if I mentioned but DH is away in Sydney till Friday learning how to teach other ppl how to save childrens lives. Very important stuff, but I miss him, and so does Jemima. So Iam doing my impersination of a single mother! We spent today with my sister. I helped with her kids and we had lunch. I gave her a foot massage and cooked tea. She was due yesterday so I really should go sleep cos she may call me over night.
BG- Honey I really do get you about the family stuff.... My mum was very abusive when I was a child and I have gone thru many stages of coping and healing from it. It all came to a head last year after I got married and she disowned me just as I fell pregnant. I left it all alone and didn't explore my feelings about it during the pregnancy because I didn't want that energy going into Jemima. Now I find myself flicking thru my feelings again as I become a mum. Especially as I reflect on how my mum mothered me, or didn't more precisely. I think it is something that will happen to those of us who have coped with some form of childhood trauma as we become parents as things that were buried lift their heads to be addressed again. If you ever need to share or talk PM me if you like. The stories are different, but the pain is the same.. *hugs*
Bella
Nicky: You know we have similar issues here with Natty's eating. She's dreadful. So I am definitely thinking that I'll head down the BLS road, at this stage anyway. I guess it'll really be a case of I'll see how we get on when we get started, KWIM? Natty has never been much of an eater though - I don't think it was gooey mush that turned her into a crap eater, I think she just always was. In any case, BLS seems like a pretty good option to me. As BG has said, it's the 'lazy' option - seems nice and easy. I think our biggest problem in this house is that we don't all eat together. Natty and I have breakfast and lunch together (provided I'm not occupied with Phoebe), but DH doesn't get home from work til late so Natty has dinner alone. I think she'd be so much better if we ate with her. Am considering changing our routine soon and just letting DH have a later dinner - I think it'd be better for my weightloss to eat earlier. I find I sort of snack away while Natty's having dinner and then eat with DH too... so hopefully if I ate dinner early then I wouldn't be eating two meals for dinner, LOL!
I hope you have SUCH an awesome time at the wedding and that the weather fines up for you and of course the happy couple.
Jacinta: GL with the testing in a couple of days :)
Naomi: Oh, poor Bailey! Yes, I hate when they are sick. We have been very lucky with Phoebe's health though. I don't think I caught up with the fact that your lurgy was tonsilitis - sorry mate. Hope you hear soon about the physio. I'm not sure if this paed is any good, but turns out SIL took nephew to see him and she reckons he's hot, LOL (in an 'older gentleman' sort of way). Lovely that Bailey met your Gran, and how awesome that she kept in touch when her son didn't. Does she get along with your mum or just you and your brothers? (Hope you don't mind me asking - just tell me to rack off if I'm shoving my nose in.) I have a grandfather and a two great aunts left still (both maternal), though both my great aunts are quite frail now. They are all in their 90s. My grandfather is still quite fit and I have a great photo of him holding Phoebe (that I keep meaning to put on FB) and its a treasure. I think my kids are very lucky to have so much extended family, although they only have one grandmother (MIL passed away the year after we got married) but we are quite good friends with SIL's PIL... does that make sense? LOL.
LMAO @ going from Good to Great! That's brilliant. Though I think if heaven forbid you and Sean were to break up, there'd be a bit of a queue for Mr Fantastic, PMSL.
Bella: How exciting that your sister is getting so close. Will you bring Jemima with you to the birth? How old are your sister's other children? Sorry too about your traumatic childhood... I can well imagine that parenthood must put a whole new spin on everything. Is it something you are able to talk about with your sister?
Was looking forward to getting some relaxation time today with Natty off to CC, but the day has already pretty much filled up. Ah well.
Had a bit of a scare last night... (TMI warning!) a erm... condom mishap. :doh: I swear, who'd bloody have sex? It's a stupid thing to do :lol:
Must away. Gotta get started on the chores for the day. *Sigh*
thanks Bella - it really is hard to know how to cope with it - i dont' want to dredge it all up, but at the same time, i think if i don't, i won't be doing my little girl justice by being the best mummy i can be... sigh - it's a tough gig! thing is, i know my dad is different now. he still has a short fuse but not like he was when we were kids. he adores his grandkids, and even the nine year old has never been yelled at like we were so i know he'll be ok with E - but at the same time, it's coming to the forefront more now. i guess cos mum will look after E when i go back to work next year - dad will be asleep for the bulk of the day (he works permanent night shift) so mum and E will be social butterfly's - but given he will want to be sleeping and she will still essentially be a baby, i don't know that she won't upset him kwim? sigh - it's bugging me! time to focus on something more positive! like your sister giving birth soon! how exciting!! and only one more sleep til your DH comes home again! lots of positive stuff happening!
Amy - hope Pheobe found her happy again for a while last night. i hear you on the night sleeping. the last couple of nights E has decided to wake up - night before last was only the once (around 2am) - last night it was twice. i'm feeling so flat! it sounds silly, but i'm sure it would have been better had she never slept through properly cos now i'm not coping with the middle of the night wake ups! it's harder with DH home too - he was getting up at 5 for work so i was doing all i could to keep her quiet for him... he has no work today, so i let the two of them play at 6 this morning to tire her out again - but then cos we were sharing the bed with him - well, there just wasn't room for us to all sleep comfy and safe - so i got out of bed - and he followed! lol - now there is a little 6kg bubba in a big queen size bed!
nicky - we're planning BLS for Emerald - not sure what the first foods are - but will be jumping into the BLS threads on here for some info. maybe jump in there for some advice... i want E eating "real" food as soon as possible - we have so many vegies thrown in our meals - i want her to share in that, rather than having to prepare smooshy meals!
naomi - hope that Bailey is on the mend. having a bubba unwell is hard at any time, but when it impacts their breathing like that, it must be very scary. sending get well vibes to your little man! am glad he turned on the charm for he Great Gran. sounds like a complex relationship for you all - but ultimately, she is someone spesh in your lives and it's nice that she has met him. unfortunately the last of E's great grandparents (biological) passed away in 2007 and her great step-pop passed last year not long before we fell pregnant with her - he was 99 and a half. she also has only one set of grandparents as both of DH's parents have passed already. i had my great Nan until i was 23 i think, so it feels like there is a great gaping hole in there.
Jacinta - i know it's impossible, but don't stress in your TWW - and don't test early! this is coming from a woman that has done it on every IVF cycle and lots before then too! it just doesn't work too early!
AFU - well, DH has no work today - i'm not loving this uncertainty - he only found out when he knocked off last night that they don't need him today - it's doing my head in! but we'll get by. going to buy a high chair for miss E today - if we can be bothered going into town! am feeling so very tired and run down - but i know only half of it is physical so maybe some time out will be a good thing!
Melbourne girls - have you seen the thread for BB Christmas party dinner or brunch the weekend after our catch up?
i did see about the party but coz im coming to the meetup i cant go lol
yeah it's crummy timing! but i will make the following weekend if we can as i'm friends with a number of the other melbourne ladies IRL. just wanted to make sure it was seen - i never used to venture into other areas so thought i'd point it out!
just incase anyone has seen on my fb ttc is a secret for me only DH knows plz dont mention it :) i ended getting tests but DH hid them from me so i cant test yet lol
Just a quick one cause FIL is over and I'm supposed to be cooking dinner, LOL! The paed was LOVELY and said Phoebe is very healthy and well. I'm welcome to bring her back any time of course, but he doesn't expect to need to see her again.
Oh Bella, I should've just taken your advice... $240!!! OMG!!! I was expecting a hundred and something but not two hundred and something!!! At least we had a really good chat and he checked her over thoroughly and explained everything to me. We even talked about solids a bit too. So it was bloody expensive but I didn't feel rushed through or anything.
Anyhoo, will BBL to chat some more when I've fulfilled my responsibilities, LOL :)
J - I saw the sad face on your status... does that mean it was a neg? If so, sorry hun. Sure it will happen very soon.
Hi to everyone else. Can't post much at the mo - not that I usually do. Feel like I'm going a bit nuts really. Ivy's sleep has gone to s*#t. Waking lots through the night and fighting every nap - then only sleeping for 40 mins. Not happy to play on the floor as she's trying so hard to crawl she ends up doing face-plants and gets really cross. Not getting anything done at all and feeling pretty bleh. Still the most beautiful kid in the world to me... just making Mummy work hard.
Big hugs to you all.
yeah but i tested early who knows i still gotta wait till at least 2moro maybe longer i was a bit silly
J - its so hard not to test isn't it? Oh well, I could tell you to show some restraint but I never could LMAO
Amy - My Gran has always been on great terms with my Mum, she even came to Mums and Dads wedding (I was 8), they lived together in sin for quite some time LMAO, Dad said he was doing the whole 'try before you buy' thing. But he proposed to Mum and kinda 'proposed' to us in regard to whether we wanted him to adopt us, from memory we were already calling him Dad from day dot anyhoo so it was merely a legality at that point really. Funnily enough we were talking about it many years later and my younger brother Simon (who was maybe 10-12 at the time) piped up and said "What's this about Dad not being our Dad?" - he was so young at the time that had just forgotten all about it, he was a bit devo for a while, but when we explained that Dad 'chose' him rather than just choosing to have a random baby he was pretty happy - I hope that makes sense? Paeds sure are expensive, I think we paid $260 for our appt but luckily we have hit the medicare safety net so got most of it back - whew!!
BG - hope you are making peace with the family stuff and its not causing you too much pain, you are such a strong woman and from the very little I know of you, you are a tough nut (but complete and utter mush underneath) so I hope you have the strength to work through it all. From the many posts and convo's back and forth I think you are a wonderful Mum, and fiercely protective of E, ensuring that she has a happy, healthy and wonderful life - no doubt she will grow up to realise how lucky she is to have you as her Mummy. Thanks for the 26 week wonder week info via facebook before, very interesting indeed!! I must invest in that book, I might have a look on ebay, otherwise I will just pester you for more info :)
Bella - has your sis popped yet? Must be any moment now - GL with attending the birth, no doubt it will be simply amazing. Also, sorry to hear about the relationship you had with your Mum, from what I have observed from your posts and FB though, you are a very different mother to J and obviously very determined not to let that relationship negatively impact you as a Mum. You are such a nuturing and kind person and Mummy and have obviously turned those experiences into positives by becoming such a wonderful role model as a Mum x
Vic - have been following your pics on FB in the UK, looks like you guys are having a great time!
Nicky - hope Allira's sleep has improved for you now, hows it all going?
Kat - Ahhh, such a double edged sword all the developments are they, Ivy learns to roll but then gets frustrated cos she cant crawl. Bugger re the sleep, hope it all changes for you guys quickly and you get some well deserved rest.
Hi to everyone else!!
Its really been a sick bay here this week, I am still struggling to get over my tonsilitis, have a very annoying cough that just wont go away and feel crap intermittently. Bailey seems to be coming good, the purchase of the vaporiser was the best $50 odd dollars I have spent in a long time. Hopefully by the end of the week we are both back to normal. Poor little guy smacked his head on the side of the craddle last night, he has been in the craddle in our room while he's been sick and is probably too big for it and rolled into the side - ouch. I think being sick I have been much less tolerant of DH, sometimes I just get sick of asking for help or things to be done and have snapped a few times this week. I think he really has it easy with me at home, I do 90% of the housework, washing, dinners etc lately as well as looking after the little guy and I feel like he is starting to take advantage (probably without realising it). Now that Bailey is on the bottle I told Sean that he has to do one of the weekend nights and give me a full nights sleep which he is happy to do (yaaaaah). I dont mind getting up during the week as I can nap when Bailey does, but I deserve a weekend too - I think they forget that. Dont get me wrong he, he does heaps more than most of the hubbies I know but sometimes I just wish he'd notice stuff so I dont feel like I am being a nag. Or when he does do something - eg take turns to bath Bailey, get all the stuff ready so you dont have to call me for something from the bathroom every single frigin time, otherwise I might as well do it myself as I dont get to relax while playing fetch. This morning as he was leaving the bedroom, Bailey awoke, Sean still had 30 mins until he had to leave for work and was just going out to the lounge to watch tv, I suggested he play with Bailey and he said "Oh, he'll go back to sleep" (yeah right, that would be the first time), of course he was wide awake so I had to get up at 550am. I was seething and seriously wanted to smash him - cant see why he couldn't play with him for that half and hour while I got some more sleep... Grrrrrrr. OK, vent over, I needed to get that off my chest. I love him to bits but sometimes I just want to smack him upside the head (in a non spousal abuse kinda way LOL) I'm going to talk to him in the morning when I am not all pent up. He is seriously going to get a rude shock when I go back to work and he is a full time Dad. I am determined that I am going to come home and let him do it all and make him nag me LMAO
Anyway, I might head off to bed, DH has a gig tonight so wont be home until late, so might as well go and sprawl out in the king size bed while I can hehehehe :)
oh well not this month but i kinda figured seeings i was at mums it was a slim chance theres always next month lol note to self dont go to mums when i O
LOL J - I think you need to be with Vlad, not your Mum **nudge nudge wink wink**
Hi Girls!
Amy- Sorry you feel that you wasted your money:( They are expensive huh! I didn't want to say for sure that it was normal cos my training always always reiterated that if you can't see it you can't assess it. We were NEVER allowed to give advice over the phone to people calling the emergency department. No matter how simple it sounded. Just in case IYKWIM. Anyway It sounds like you need a more competant GP. Or just stick to your normal one!
Naomi- Thanks for the support hon! I think I probably try harder than I would of if it all hadn't happened IYKWIM? Despite everything, it was knowing she didn't love me that was hardest. But really I did my grieving many yrs ago, it has just played on my mind a bit with new motherhood. It all probably means I will over compensate and drown Jemima in love. But I figure that is the silver lining, I hope I don't smother her and she grows into a wonderful girl with the confidence of my love behind her.
I hear you about your hubby and the frustration stuff. My DH like yours, is very supportive but just a bit dense sometimes. He says stupid stuff that makes you just think that he thinks I don't work very hard with this motherhood gig! I feel defensive at times. Last night he got home, and was like "I'm tired cos we started at 0745 on the course" and of course I said "yeah well I started at 4am and then out of bed at 6". He said "Were not starting this again?". Anyway not meaning to be a he said she said, but it annoyed me, I think, cos sometimes they just don't get that it is bloody hard work getting up at all hours. I haven't slept thru the night since well b4 J's birth and it all adds up. The constancy of looking after a small barnacle all the time is tough and it would be nice if they got it. My DH is encouraging and says nice stuff but he is just as likely to sigh and act like it is a big deal to change J on his way to work so I don't have to get out of bed too. What do you do other than whinge occassionally to your fellow sisters in arms who get it!
Jacinta- sorry honey... better luck next time. your DH prob is happy;) Mine was always bum'd cos we got preg first try. He didn't get to practice as much as he would have liked. Mind you we were on hooneymoon so he was getting monkey sex 3 times a day anyway LOL!
Kat- Hope you are well honey! I keep thinking of you, hope things are getting easier or that you are getting enough sleep to cope! Your doing really well! Good on you Mum!
BG- I feel the same. I came to peace with many of my mother issues yrs ago, but I have been feeling emotion surrounding them again. So I pulled them out of their box and looked them over and found a few loose threads so to speak. Working out what the emotions were, identifying them made it better. I needed to know what I was feeling and have never found bottling things up did any good. That doesn't mean I turned into a mess, I just turned introspective for a time. I feel better now for having put in that time for myself. I realised I was grieving for new things as I realised new things that had been lost to me, as my eyes have been opened to the full scope of how much love is there to be given a small child. I expect it will happen at different times in my life when I regret that I don't have those things from my mum. I am content to let it happen as it wills and just move thru it as a way of being especially blessed with an active awareness of how precious life, love and family is. I hope you find your happy space. :loveshower: Bella
AFM- Well Jemima is teething! She has two white lines on her lower gum and has her fingers on it all the time! Miserable little girl wants to be with me and be entertained all the time too.... *sigh* Oh well. Pip hasn't had her baby yet. Although she did just come over and borrow some herbs that got my labour going :crossfingers:
Must go have a grissily little girl
Love Bella
The sigh must be a universal thing - sure its great when they do stuff but it ****es me off when its begrudgingly. If I sighed every time it would become my new language LOL:
I dont think you can spoil a kid with love - I think it will be harder when they are older to sit back and let them make their own decisions/choices when we want to give them the benefit of our experience/mistakes but can we really ever love our kids too much? Dont be afraid to love J with everything you have in your heart, you're a smart enough chick to know when you need to pull back if you are bordering on smother-town LOL. I really want to be careful not to spoil Bailey with stuff - I'd rather spoil him with my time. One thing I learnt from my Bro and SIL on the weekend is how much there girls simply LOVE doing stuff with Mum and Dad - they have Friday Family Fun Night (FFFN) every week, they either do crafty stuff, play games, watch movies - anything really but they must all do it together. It was so refreshing and parentally inspirational to me to hear the girls excitedly tell me about all the things they have done on FFFN and show me all the stuff they have made - Sean and I plan to steal the idea for our kid(s)
Naomi
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BG: Have you been getting some more sleep? Had to LOL @ E getting the whole bed to herself the other morning :) Did you find a high chair?
Kat: :hug: All I got for you, mate. Hope this learning curve settles down for her soon and in turn she goes back to wanting some sleep. Do you have other relos/friends nearby who can look after her so you can have a nap?
Jacinta: Sorry that it wasn't this cycle. Will cross fingers for the next one.
Naomi: Is devo some kind of SA lingo? LOL! Short for devastated?
Yep, it all makes perfect sense. I think it's great that your Gran still wanted to be part of your life and was still able to keep a positive relationship with your mum. Super.
Oh mate, I hear you on the DH thing. Mine is SOOOOO much better this time round, but last time I could've torn my hair out. Even now, he sometimes says stuff that makes me realise how very much we value paid employment over 'home duties' and child-rearing. Sad really. The thing that made it better for us was when I went back to work and DH had a go at looking after her each Wednesday. He got more of an appreciation for what it was like then... well sort of, as he only looked after her, he didn't do any housework. I think you're well within your rights to reverse the roles once you go back to work, but I suspect it won't work out that way - I reckon when you get home from work you'll be desperate to do things with Bailey and you'll just do it, so your DH will have it much easier than you, LOL.
Bella: Ah, s'ok - it was just a shock as it's been years since I saw a specialist. But I don't regret taking her. If there had have been some sort of neurological problem I never would've forgiven myself if I didn't take her when given the opportunity. And he was great - gave her a thorough checking over, talked me through everything. I wouldn't have expected you to diagnose her over the net :) But I did want to thank you anyway for your advice/reassurance. It sure is handy having a nurse in our group, LOL!
Ditto to you what I said to Naomi - if your DH could look after J for a while (obviously when she's not BF all the time) then I reckon he'd get a new appreciation for how tough it can be. I still find my DH sometimes fails to make things easier for me when he could, but he is better than he was.
Yay for teeth! Sorry she is miserable - hopefully now they've broken through the worst is over.
We have had a good few days here. The girls have both had a bit of a developmental shift over the last couple of weeks, I'm coming to realise. Phoebe is rocking herself in the rocker and she's 'communicating' more enthusiastically. She's still not grasping everything, but anything she does grab goes straight in her mouth. She's not rolling either, but she's getting stronger - I can see it in the way she arches her back during tummy time. She's waking an extra time most nights and fortunately the last couple of days she hasn't been as difficult to settle for sleeps, so hopefully that little phase is behind us until the next round, LOL. Natalie is just getting so much more grown up. She is thrilled to go to childcare all of a sudden - can't wait to leave in the mornings. She's being SO GOOD with Phoebe - sometimes when P grizzles, N will go and entertain her (I can't leave them alone of course, but I can just sit back and watch - I don't need to physically restrain her anymore). She's speaking a lot more clearly and now I can understand most of what she says, which is a big improvement from even just a month ago. And she's getting so much better at concentrating on one game for a longer period of time.
Kids just amaze me. I will be sad not to have any more, but I'm also looking forward to watching these two grow, seeing their relationship develop, facing the next lot of hurdles, challenges and excitement.
Have been looking through catalogues today trying to get my head around Christmas. It's not far away and I'm going to have to get organised early in order to manage the expense. Natty's and DH's birthday is two days after Christmas too, so I've got that in the back of my mind. Does anyone here use Big W's photo website? I joined up today - I thought I might get photo gifts for the grandparents and great grandfolk too... Not sure what the quality would be like. DH can do them through work but I think it'd be more expensive where he gets stuff done.
LOL - I thought it was universal, so devo that you guys hadn't heard it before :rofl::
And Yep, its short for devastated :)
Heard of devo here and devo'd, DH often uses it, I think sometimes we use more Aussie lingo than Aussies just because is different. The different way words are shortened over here (meaning in Oz not here in UK) is fascinating.
Off to visit my sister today - so need to get ready - is weird coming on during day here as after about 10:00am there are no posts - will get round to an update today.
hi ladies - will be brief cos i'm exhausted. went to a birthday party with mum and miss E today - 410k round trip! buggered!
found E a high chair last night - wasn't the one i was looking at in a catalogue - but was less then $5 more and is still really good - just not as padded as the one we were initially looking at (was worth more but on special for less..) - she seems happy in it - sat in it last night while we cut up stuff for dinner
ummmm, sleep - yeah, i think i've worked out part of the issue. another daddy who doesn't quite get it. E NEEDS to be wrapped tight - she doesn't sleep well without being wrapped properly. DH has been getting slack in wrapping her and she doesn't stay asleep as long cos she gets her hands out, and then pokes herself in the face and wakes up. night before last, i wrapped her and put her in bed awake - 10 hours later she woke, awake half hour, and back asleep for 3. last night, DH put her into bed again. she went to sleep. she'd had a sleep in the evening for a couple of hours, so it was almost midnight - she woke at five, was still awake at 7! he kept getting up to her (which i love him for) but wasn't fixing the problem (hands out) wsa just putting dummy back in. i cracked the poos big time, fed her again, made sure she was wrapped up properly - and she was still asleep at 10 (we were supposed to leave at 9.30!). hmmm, me thinks mummy needs to teach daddy (again!) how to wrap her!
party was good but a very long trip for the poppet. she slept probably half the way there - cried HEAPS cos she wanted out - sigh - can't do much on the freeways! we did stop and feed and play half way - but she wasn't happy with that. i was dreading the trip home - but she had an awesome sleep - woke only when we stopped to get petrol about a km from mum's - and then whinged on the way home (another 20kms) - had a feed when we got here, and has been on the floor talking to daddy ever since.
must run and see if i can get some dinner - so hungry and so tired!
LOL, Naomi. Well, I am obviously the knob for not having heard it before :)
Have fun at your sister's Vic. Loving seeing the photos of your time over there!
Wow, BG. What a day! Great that you've worked out what's waking E overnight. Hope you get a good sleep tonight.
BG- Good on E for being such a fab little traveller!! Must have a good mummy ;)
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.
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
Jamie walked around his activity table today :o 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 :rofl:
thanx vic dunno if he'll win but it would be pretty fun
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
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Oh PS - So Amy, I am not devo re the BF now :)