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

[*TripleJ*]

i know how that is at chrissy when i was preg i dropped my plate on the floor after i just put everything on it

[MummyNaomi]

Krystie - I always feel like crying (and sometimes do) when I do silly things like that - DOH! Bless DH for getting you some takeaway - what a legend! When I was pg I went to shake the 3lt bottle of OJ to distribute the pulp and forgot I had already taken the lid off - too funny (and sticky), me and the kitchen were orange PMSL

BG - We haven't even lowered our cot yet, nor do we put the side up when Bailey is asleep - he cant roll over in the brace so cant get onto his belly to sit himself up, its probably a good thing that CJ, E and Bailz sleep so still, less chance of them waking themselves. I really struggle to put him into the port-a-cot at mums, its so hard to lower him the all the way to the bottom, I swear my back feels like its about to give way and I reckon he's only about 8.5-9kgs at the moment. So glad I dont have to lower our cot just yet, the first night he is brace free though I will be lowering the cot base and raising the sides - he is such a determined little bugger that by that morning he would have worked out to roll, sit up and hoist himself on the bars I reckon!!

Better follow DH to bed, he just did the funniest thing, I couldn't stop laughing for about 5 mins. He was snoozing on the couch with the TV remote in hand, he woke up and must have thought he still had his beer in hand - so tried to drink the remote, it looked SOOOOO funny!! Probably one of those 'had to be there kinda moments' but god it made me laugh till my belly hurt and I had tears of laughter streaming down my cheeks hehehehehehehehe

Nay
x

[briggsy's girl]

tehehehe gotta love remote beers! so funny! DH has done it in the past! i get the giggles so bad!

mentioning the PMSL moments - yesterday we had lunch at mums - E got more than a little messy with roast veg all over herself (too hot for a bib) so mum asked if i wanted her to have a quick bath in the kitchen sink - not a problem. anyway, DH had said at the time it sounded like E was dirtying her nappy - mum went to get her out of the highchair and undid her nappy to leave it behind - it was dirty and made more than a bit of mess. i couldn't help her - too busy LMFAO!

on the cot - we haven't dropped the base yet - E doesn't stand up in the cot yet - but we do put the side up whle she sleeps - she will sometimes wake and see we're laying there and wiggle herself out of her wrap and roll onto her belly, then use her dummy to wake us up (imagine a prisoner with a tin cup on the bars!) - she doesn't use the dummy through the night once she's asleep - but the noise is fantastic to wake mummy and daddy up!

really should go to bed - got engrossed watching a doco on stonehenge (yes, i'm getting OLD!)

[Bella29]

Hey girls I can't remember wjo was talking about us being chatter boxes but I just noticed that the Feb 2009 bbabies has gone thru 11 threads and the 2006 sept group i think has gone thru 111! OMG that is way faster than we r working at although I do think we will be up to 11 by the end of May and be equal to the Feb guys. Not that it is a competition but it is interesting

[briggsy's girl]

i know a couple of my friends have said their baby buddies is very stilted - we just seem to have come together nicely

i think the earlier baby buddies went through threads more quickly because threads used to be closed at 180 posts not 350 (ish) as they are now...

having a slightly better day today. E is still waking 2 hourly (at most) overnight with this stupid teething gig. it's just not fun for her - thankfully boob feeding means we can give her a quick feed and back to bed - but yeah, it's doing my head in! she went down for her morning nap ok today - and half hour later my mobile rang - i had left it in the room with her - so it woke her up. happy as a pig in mud she was - she'd had her nap!

[*TripleJ*]

some of the groups are a lot bigger and even though i cme halfway through belly buddies there were a lot more ppl to start with

[wysiwyg]

Ahhhh my IL's are doing my head in. Every morning there is about 10 half drunk cups of tea and coffee all over the place, if you don't finish one why make another one! Probably the real reason am annoyed today is because I had said would go to Philip Island for day, they decided against it because have a big day tomorrow and would be a late night, that is totally fine but I kept my calendar free to do something with them because always guilt tripping us about us living on other side of world and them being here to spend time with us (DD in particular) and they have gone to St Kilda for day (no asking if we wanted to come or do anything together) is not even hot today and St Kilda isn't even a great beach! They are beach obsessed I just don't get it, and there thoughts on sun protection drive me mad too. Roll on next week!

[MummyNaomi]

Oh Dear - How much longer? Beginning of next week or end? Sympathies to you Vic - you know what they say ..... "House guests are like fish, they start to smell after 3 days" hahahahaha Also, Adam and Eve were the happiest, and the luckiest, couple in the world, because neither of them had In-laws. Yep, I always remember the lamest jokes, but hopefully they put a smile on your face! hahahahahaha. Just be thankful they live the otherside of the world most of the time (although fortunately for me I dont have to stay with mine, nor do they come and stay LOL)

[CathyS]

Oh Vic, I feel for you. I hope time passes quickly. Half empty cups of tea...what is with that??? I don't understand people that do that. The only time I have ever left a cuppa half empty/undrunk was when I had to attend to Cara or something..and it's rare that I do that! But then I only have about 2 cups a day..morning coffee and arvo tea.

Hehe I remember years ago being pregnant with Yassie and serving up some spag bog to my stepson and spilling half of it all over the floor! LOL It just slipped off the plate so easy!

Actually managed to vacum without Laura and Cara crying! I asked Laura last night if she wanted to help me today and she did! She freaked out a tiny bit when the vacum went to suck up the couch cover, but I quickly pulled it out again. Let's hope she continues this way. I used to dread vacumming as I knew she's cry and cry and shut herself in a room when I did it (not to mention Cara crying to, as Laura was crying). Brave girls today!

I think Cara was almost trying to put her head on the bed last night and look through her legs...but hard though yet. My babies used to even breastfeed like this sometimes!!! Hilarious! You're lying on bed and your baby is feeding with her bum in the air hehe. I think all my bubs have done this hehe.

Playpen is great! Good when I want to do dishes or whatever and can't see her. She likes it, but gets sick of it sometimes. I give her lots of time to roam still. Got to practise that crawling....will be any day!

[MummyNaomi]

Just a quickie - I'll be back for persies tomorrow but I thought some of you might be interested in this link seeing alot of our bubba's are teething, I was interested to read the order the teeth come in as Bailey's 3rd tooth came through today - another bottom one, no top teeth yet
Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Teeth - development and teething
Interestingly, The site also says the below - Hmmmmmm
Teething is natural. A lot of research has been done which shows that babies are not more irritable or unwell when teeth come through. Personally I think some babies cope better with teething than others, but I believe from our experience that Bailey IS affected when teething, its clearly obvious to us!

[Bridg]

Nay- I'm with you on that one too.

Sorry for no persies. Logan has a cold, and had decided to share it with me, so am not feeling the best.

[CathyS]

Naomi: That's a good guide! Thanks for showing us! I know from my 4 kids..all 4 suffered when they teethed. As for ages they got their first tooth...that ranged from 5-11mths. Cara is getting her laterals NOW, so she's got them before she hit 9mths (she's not yet 9mths). Just a rough guide I guess. Looks like we are in for a bit more teething yet. And then the molars hit in the toddler years..oh yay.

I showed Cara the video of Cerys clapping before. I said to her "See..Cerys can do it! She's the same age as you" hehe. Though ofcourse all the babies seem to do doing things at all different stages now. When I look back at old video of Laura it reminds me of the things they learn..blowing kisses, indian calls, clapping, head looking through their legs, pointing etc

Am thinking of getting Cara a little outfit like I had made for Laura's 1st birthday.
I also got photos taken of her in it. See link.
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I can't find the same lady on ebay anymore though. Maybe I will ask the Karousel Kids lady if she can do one similar. There is a couple of breastfeeding pics on there too..just for you ladies (Laura when she was about 11mths)

Bridg: Sorry to hear you and Logan are unwell...get better soon!!

[MummyNaomi]

Cathy - speaking of vacuums - I need another- DOH, another bloody expense! I just vacummed and it kept turning itself off, its so old and feral, it's barely hanging onto its life LOL I think I might have to chuck this one on the credit card, it wont wait till we go back to full pay in July!! DOH, I tend to vacuum when Bailey is asleep, it never worried him until he was about 6 months old! He crys now, mind you he cries when I blow my nose, although I am a bit of a foghorn

Vic - How are you surviving? Only a few more sleeps I hope. LOVE the vid of CJ clapping, so cute!

BG - LOL @ the mental picture of E banging her dummy along the bars prison style! They certainly know how to make a bit of racket to get our attention don't they? If I am in another room and Bailey wants me, he just starts yelling - too funny!! Although I must say it ain't funny at 4am!

Amy - How's work? I guess you'd be wearing your Tuesday top today? PMSL, I haven't tried on my work clothes yet, I might do it this arvo..... I think I am in denial that they might fit!! We'll soon find out!!

Bella - How are the markets going? Hope you are successfully drumming up a bit of business.

Nicky - Re your other post, no way are you a helicopter parent, you are a fab Mummy who clearly knows what is freedom to explore versus dangerous situations that aren't worth risking - I hope you know how fantastic you are

KL - How is Kyson's walking progressing? They seem to get the hang of it very quickly! I remember our god son went from wobbly steps to practically running about in a matter of weeks (although he was about 15 months)

Nicole - Re your FB post, I know what you mean about always buying the kidlets new toys etc, it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard to resist, I try to be good but every now and then I think 'STUFF IT' and just buy things hehehhee

Back soon

[~ Mylitta ~]

The people who did the research finding that babies are no more irritable or unwell during teething can come and look after my baby during the night! He's awake more than he's asleep. Hmmm, actually, I'm the one that's awake more than asleep. Kyson manages to dose as long as I'm patting or rubbing his back, therefore, Mummy=awake and baby=asleep, lol!

Bridg and Nicky, I hope your both feeling better soon. Hang on, it IS Nicky that's feeling under the weather too isn't it? Gosh my brain is total sleep-deprived smoosh right now!

Oh, I'll tell you the one thing that's going to make me totally snap right now? I'll crack it at DH if he says something like "With Kyson sleeping like he is at them moment, is right now a good time to be thinking of another baby?" or something along those lines. He's said something like that in the past and I've explained that Kyson is going to be at least 9 months older by the time a baby comes along. But if he says something now I'll be very quick to point out that it's HIM that has set a deadline for us getting pregnant. He says that we need to be pregnant by his birthday (2nd July). I guess we find out tomorrow if that's even a possibility, but if it's not, then I've got news for him... Because this little Mummy is GOING to get her second baby!

[~ Mylitta ~]

Just realised that my post made it sound like DH doesn't want another baby. I wanted to clarify that although he would have been happy to stop after Kyson, he IS actually looking forward to having another I just wish he was happy for another, and another, and another hehehe

Naomi - Kyson's getting better and better at walking. He's now brave enough to attempt it by himself. Up until the last couple of days he would only do it if I stood him up and got him to walk towards me, but now he'll stand up holding furniture, then let go and walk away. Today at playgroup he was standing and holding my hand, then to the other mum's amazement (maybe they didn't believe me that he could walk, hehe) he just let go and took a few steps away

[MummyNaomi]

Because this little Mummy is GOING to get her second baby!

You GO girlfriend!! I am getting clucky. I starting to think I would love to start trying again after Christmas this year..... Sean has warmed to the idea of a second and although we haven't made any 'definate' decisions, he is talking like we will have one, but the timing thing is undecided. I like Vic's idea of a Winter 2012 baby! I'd like to try naturally before we revisit the IVF path again, you never know, one of DHs good swimmers might get through all the demented ones So Yes, I am clucky, not enough to do anything about it any time soon though!

Bridg - Sounds like Logan is teething up a storm - hoping you get some sleep (and you both get some relief!!)

It looks like Bailey's 4th tooth is through, I can't get him to leave his mouth open long enough to confirm, but it seems we might have got 2 teeth in 2 days!!

Gotta go again.... speaking of teeth, DH is home from the dentist

[Nicole S]

Hey ladies sorry to have been MIA this week, but promise to catch up with everyone tomorrow .......

and Grey's is on in 5...wooo hoooo...looks like Aaron is going to have to sit in bed with me and watch it since he dosen't want to go to bed!!

[wysiwyg]

Cathy - At mothers group or if there are videos of bubs on FB, crawling walking etc I always show CJ and say "Don't you want to copy all the other babies" as she isn't really moving about yet (pushing backwards a bit and spinning round but at MG today they were all at least commando crawling, despite the fact she is 3rd oldest, but she seems quite happy to just sit and watch and let them come steal her toys!)

Have any of your bubs got bad breath when they burp? I posted a thread in the BLS section and seems is nothing to worry about but just curious if CJ is the only one? I hold my nose and say stinky at her and she thinks is hilarious.

IL's at theatre tonight, tomorrow DH has day off, then Thur, Fri I am on my own with them on holiday on mornington peninsula as DH couldn't get Thur or Fri off, so is joining us Fri night and we all stay down there the weekend, then just Mon and they are gone. Counting down the days.

No cluckiness here but I wasn't clucky before CJ either, but I enjoy hearing about people being pregnant and having babies so much now - before I didn't really get why people who already had children got so excited about people having children, but I get it now. My cousin is due next week with her second, and I am far more excited than when she had her first 3 years ago (she is in Sydney so will get to see little one end of May)