Babies born~May 16th-31st 2009 #6

[~*Niadalla*~]

Daddy and the babies had an early night last night.... Mummy got a tad sozzled and is still feeling the affects from lack of sleep and high heels (but on the plus side, no hangover).

So Hi! and I'm off to bed. lol

xxoo

[CathyS]

Hey Girls

Another week...looks like we will see some sun! It was raining a lot last week.
Some parts near me have been flooded! My street is on a bit of a slope, so I'm not worried.

All you ladies getting into the baby business!! Good for you!! I hope you all do really well! Bella, those wraps look awesome! I am sure you'll sell heaps!

Krystie and Bella...I wanna see Seaworld pics!!! (hint, hint) :-D Speaking of photos, I just got a truckload of my photos delivered from snapfish (had a special 9cents each)..I jumped all over any of their bargains online hehe. Oh my goodness I take so many pics!!

Yasmins turns 13 on thursday!! Gonna have a teenager soon!!!! OMG!

Cara is just into everything now she can drag herself anywhere. She dragged herself to Laura's dolls house before (I have taken out all the tiny things). Such a girl!! She's up on all 4s a lot too. Sometimes (very rarely) she will sit still and play. She did last night when I was having dinner. Ahhhhh

Tried Cara on cruskits yesterday..loves them! She loves banana, watermelon, rice cereal & banana/apple, avocado, pumpkin/sweet potato (in jar - about the only thing she likes of all the baby food besides custard), vegemite on toast... She likes those goulbourn valley tubs of mushy apple/strawberry etc too. Tried her on some baby yogurt today...seemed to like it.

Took her to the local pool the other day with our new floatie (Clark Rubber had sold out of their brand, but got a pretty blue/pink toddler one for $10!) I posted some pics (as usual...I do lead a quiet life!)

I better go do some housework...groan grumble. Have a good week ladies!

[~ Mylitta ~]

Sorry I've been so MIA lately. Things have been rather hectic here since we got back from the Gold Coast. I've had quite a bit of work to do (when it rains, it pours, lol). I have a couple of orders for Off Your Perch, my clinic needed me to do some printouts for them, and then a bunch of website updates, and DH also needs me to do some artwork for him for an event at the club. It's all good because it means money, but Kyson has become even more of a barnacle bub lately. He's now properly teething I think, and he's having a tough time of it at night. He seems mostly ok during the day, but he's just really unsettled at night. He's waking at least every 2 hours and won't settle without a feed. I've ried just holding him and rocking/bouncing him back to sleep. The ONE time i got him back to sleep (after much screaming and crying) he woke 20 minutes later anyway, so it just doesn't seem worth the effort. I've been waking up rather drained of milk though and then worry that there won't be enough during the day, but it seems to be ok. Last night we tried some panadol and it seemed to help. The only problem was that he fought like a tiger to avoid actually swallowing the panadol!

Anyway, I should stop complaining because it seems that a few of you have a lot worse things to worry about at the moment than me. I'm sorry that I don't have time to do persies (Kyson has already started stirring from his nap), but please know that you are all in my thoughts!

Oh, and I promise that the Gold Coast photos are coming! Stupid facebook is causing me grief. I've tried uploading the photos a number of time with no luck, so I'll just keep trying...

[wysiwyg]

Yeah I am having trouble with FB photo uploader too, even the simple uploader which takes ages is crashing.

[Snacks]

Hi ladies. Just a quick one cause I've got to do the bathtime and bedtime thing.
Krystie: sorry to hear about the teething trouble. It's hard when you feel empty, but I reckon as soon as he starts sleeping for a longer stretch you will know all about how much milk you've got! Don't stress - Phoebe has been on and off the boob so much in the last couple of months but mine still seems to hang in there no worries.
Cathy: Funny that Cara was drawn to the doll house! Phoebe likes the trains the best, LOL! But then, Natty is the girliest girl I know and she still likes trains. She is convinced that Toby the tram engine is a girl though, LOL!
Nicky: Glad to hear you had a good night at the party!

Was my first day at the new job today. It was GREAT! Had a fantastic time and I think I'm going to really enjoy it. The boss even bought me a lovely bunch of flowers as a "welcome" present (and he also bought one for the other secretary "in the interest of fairness", LOL!) and the work doesn't seem out of my depth, which is a relief.
Phoebe spent the day with my dad as mum was up at my brother's house looking after my nephew. I think we are going to need to start her one day per week in childcare. It's a bit depressing, but I think she will handle it ok. She's a sociable kid and does ok with strangers most of the time. Hoping I'm making good decisions for my family... It's a toughie.
Will try to come back on later. Love to you all. xx

[MummyNaomi]

Quickie from me too as Sean is bathing Bailey so I have a moments peace - I have a cling wrap baby at the moment.....

Krystie - If Kyson doesn't like panadol, I'd recommend trying Dymadon for Babies, it has a nice sweet orange flavour and I never had any trouble getting Bailey to take it - in fact he sees the bottle and smells it and opens his mouth in anticipation (little druggie hahahahaha)

Amy - Sounds like you are making GREAT decisions for your family. Sounds like the balance is just right and Phoebe will have a great balance of CC, Family Care and a Part Time Working Mum. It's really similar to what we will have here once Sean goes back to work, and I think you are making awesome decisions - your girls will grow up confident young women who will be keen to enter the workforce when the time comes just like Mum, and will no doubt appreciate and benefit from your own experiences in the workforce (and the big wide world outside our front doors - the one I have forgotten exists since Bailey was born LOL). A good friend of mine is a junior primary principle and she herself has had her own little ones in part time CC and is a big advocate, she says you can really tell the difference socially and developmentally in kids starting school, and it helps them adjust to kindy and school, so feel good about it! My neices were looked after by my SIL until they started school and although she helped them developmentally get ready for school, they REALLY struggled socially and took a long time to adjust, my SIL ended up regretting not giving them a little independence (she was always helping out at the kindy so they were never seperated from Mum, and then couldn't handle it when they had to at school), so just wanted to point out the benefits of CC as I know as a Mum I have felt guilty about the prospect of it at times!

Nicky - I hope Allira is OK, I saw on FB she has a temp - HUGS

And lastly Cathy - I CANNOT believe you are about to have a teenager - you DO NOT look old enough you yummy mummy

Away I go ......

And HI everyone else

[Nicole S]

Hey Ladies I have already posted in my blog but thought I would let you know the latest.....
FINALLY after 4 calls to Aaron's paed I have been told that there was an increase in the CSF and has gone up from 9mm to 12mm...what ever that means
I am so P**** off that it took him a week to get back to me with this crappy news....WTF!!!!

Although with this increase he is still happy for me to see the neuro on the 26th unless I can get in sooner which I have checked and I can't but was told that once the CT is done next Monday I can wait for the films and take them to the neuro's office ( which is in the same place) and he will give them a look over and call me the next day for his feelings.

Ahhhhhh I just don't get it why the F does there have to be an increase....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sorry about to Me post... just need to vent.

On another note my baby is 9.965kg and 75cm long!!!
Not so little any more.

I am sorry I can't post any personals but it feels like my head is about to pop...at least we have left over shanks for dinner so I don;t have to worry about that.

to all
xx

[Nicole S]

Sorry CSF is the fluid:-

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear bodily fluid that occupies the subarachnoid space and the ventricular system around and inside the brain. In essence, the brain "floats" in it.

[~ Mylitta ~]

Vic - My photos are slowly going up now. I have to only upload a few at a time though which is making it a huge pain in the butt!

Amy - Congrats on having a good first day at work! How lovely that you got flowers from the boss. And I think it's a good sign that the boss bought flowers for the other girl too. Sort of shows that he's a "good guy"
Oh, and I think some of DH's family thought that Toby was a girl too! I googled it to check, it's a boy hehe.

Naomi - I might have to give the baby dymadon a shot. Might see how we go tonight with the panadol, but if he still really hates it I'll head to the chemist tomorrow.

Cathy - Look out us! We're about to have teenagers!!!

Nicole - I'm so so sorry to hear that you didn't get the news you were after. Hopefully the fact that the paed didn't stress about getting him into the neuro sooner means that it's not as bad as it sounds. I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed for you!
Also, Kyson is the same weight as Logan! I weighed him a few days ago and he was 9.96kg I need to measure his length though.

[MummyNaomi]

Awww Nicole - I just wanted to give you a massive hug

I hope all goes well at the next appt mate, and vent away so we can support you

[briggsy's girl]

Nicole - so sorry to hear that the CSF has increased - hoping you can get a preliminary answer next week

Amy - yay for the first day being a good one - it sounds like this job is a good fit for you! i understand how hard the decision to put P in care is - we went through the process of working out which care to put E in before she was born, but my parents have said they want to have her (as has SIL, so it could be interesting lol) - mum and dad reasoned that they know how crippling my migraines are when they hit, and that i actually have a decent employer who will swap my work days, but day care wont... plus when we initially talked, DH was working away, so we didn't want her in care if daddy was home...

not a lot else - am feeling really flat - need to find some sort of boost before it starts rubbing off on the poppet

[~*Niadalla*~]

HI girls!

Nicole - big hugs. I'm so sorry the results weren't what you hoped.

Amy - glad your first day went well! It's always helpful when you enjoy your first day. I'm sure Phoebe will really enjoy child care.

Cathy - A teenage daughter! I agree, you def don't look old enough.

BG - Sorry to hear you are feeling flat. I could take some pics of myself when I wake up each morning that will make you pee yourself with laughter (then again, they might make you scream.... I'm pretty scary looking in the morning). I hope you start feeling a bit more chipper soon.

Krystie - You have so much going on! Wow! I'm lucky if I can remember to put pants on each morning at the moment.

Naomi - Always full of fantastic advice! Allira's doing ok today so far, we'll see how we go.

Hi Kat, J, Vic, Bella, Bridg (and I'm sure I've forgotten someone so HUGE apologies! I'm thinking of you though )

Allira's had a pretty decent temp since Sunday arvo. Neither of the kids have ever really been sick before outside immunisations etc, so I feel a bit under prepared. She's been hanging up around the 39 degree mark. Drinking lots of fluids, still trying to eat everything in sight, moving around but not quite as much as normal and sleep.... haha what sleep? No idea what's caused this. She's had the runs quite badly too. I don't think I can blame just teeth on this.
She seems better this morning. Panadol would bring her temp down yesterday about .5 degree, but then it would head straight back up. To top it off, it was about 37 here yesterday and the fricking power went out. LOL. So after stuffing around we went to the IL's to cool down for a while. Good day all round really. LOL

Ok, someone's a bit grumpy again, so I better go. Pop back later and finish.

xx

[MummyNaomi]

BG - Sorry to hear you are feeling flat. I could take some pics of myself when I wake up each morning that will make you pee yourself with laughter

I can do this too, you will wet yourself when you see my bed hair and racoon mascara eyes and you'll start every day with a smile on your dial!! I reckon I can out-do Nicky as I look atrocious and almost comical!! LOL

[CathyS]

Aww girls you are all so sweet. Yes, about to have a teenager..I was 25 when I had her! 28 when I had Ronan, 34 when I had Laura and 37 when I had Cara. Nowdays everyone is having their bubs in the 30s.

Seaworld was a week ago! Time flies! Thanks for posting the pics!! Love em!!! Love the ones of Cara and Jemima with the dummy hehe

Krystie: Wow...yeah I can't believe we're about to have teenagers!! How do you cope being Mum to bub and the older boys as well? Do they fight over the computer? I know mine do hehe I hope Kyson's teeth break through soon. Poor bub. I know I had wisdom teeth when I was 27 trying to break through under the gum and it was so painful! (they were all growing crooked underneath though and I had them yanked out). That gave me some idea what getting teeth must be like. I had pain down one side of my face sometimes.

Nicky: I hope Allira is ok.

BG: Hope you feel better soon. We all feel down sometimes... Just rememeber it will pass. Being a single Mum to 4 is no fun some days I tell ya.

Amy: Glad to hear your first day went well! LOL@Natty. Laura is a real girls girl. She does like the thomas trains too though...

Nicole: Nice growing bub!! Cara is 11kg...so heavy. I wonder if the bigger babies walk later. I know that Laura did (16mths!) Yassie and Ronan were light weights though and walked at 12-14 mths.

Hope all the other Mums and bubbies are good! Loving all the photos you girls post on fb. Nice to see you even if we don't always hear from you on here.

[briggsy's girl]

thanks for the offer of pics ladies - the visuals made me smile!

there is a reason i'm feeling flat and i'm struggling to get back on top of things. last week i posted about going to Melb to visit rello's - my cousins husband was diagnosed with cancer while we were going through IVF and getting treatment during the pregnancy. i wasn't able to visit as the trip to the other side of Melbourne was just too much with how sick i was the whole time. he was given the all clear just after she was born, but because of having E, the trip was asking a lot (they are out in the western suburbs). so we didn't go and visit. just before Christmas, he was told he had the cancer back. last monday, we went to visit with my folks. E and I went with them - i wanted to see them, wanted him to meet E etc. the family were under the impression it wasn't so bad, but seeing him, i knew it was. anyway, he passed away on Sunday. i'm just not coping. he was a retired prison guard/govenor so always had this air of strength about him - but all i can see is the sick old man i seen last week. i have been struggling to deicde if i should go to funeral with E but i think we will

anyway - E has just woken so i best run. little lady has been really good lately, but is officially a misery guts tonight. teeth i think

[*TripleJ*]

BG

jamie is being the worst velcro bubba right now and even though he eats 3 meals a day he still tries to eat my food so everytime i eat i make him a sandwich or give him a biscuit

[MummyNaomi]

Velcro here too, I think we have a wonder week next week, but I think we might be a bit early (Week 43?)

[briggsy's girl]

week 46 is the next scheduled one Naomi - there is one at week 37 and one at 46