Happy Birthday Nicole!
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Happy Birthday Nicole!
Krystie: I'm so sorry things haven't worked out. Keep positive. Things will happen when the time is right. *Hugs* I have had one miscarriage...and that was heartbreaking...you always wonder what went wrong. :(
Cara still wakes up at night....at least twice. Laura was the same. She was a little more needy emotianally. I just waited it out. She is good now though, goes to sleep well since Cara was born. She was the first baby I had sleep troubles with (Yassie and Ronan slept through from 6mths). Cara seems to be going to sleep more on the boob now...going off dummies a bit. Still uses them sometimes though. I have no problem with feeding them to sleep if it works and means more sleep for me. She's actually the longest dummy baby i've had (Laura gave them up at 5mths).
Cara is clapping!! And when I say "Hands on your head" she will do it hehe. Or "Hands on your knees" , "Clap hands" etc hehe Cute!!
Happy Birthday Nicole!! Hope you have a great day!!
BG: Ouch I hope you feel better soon!! Oooh and I can't wait to see Sara's artwork on Cara's photo..it's looking awesome so far.
Cara is getting into everything..arghhhhhhh!! Sorry it's short. She jammed her little finger in the tv cabinet drawer the other day. ALways trying to get into the tv stuff!
Hello May Mummies!! I thought I'd pop in and say hi, I was wondering how you all were! But I'm on my iPhone and the posts are big ones... So it's a bit hard for me to catch up with everything! I did see your news Kristie - I'm so sorry to hear, hopefully you'll have some great news next cycle. ;)
We're all great hear! Brooky is very vocal little poppit - but it so sweet to see her and Ro playing together! Cathy, we've been teach Brooklyn stuff on command too - she's got 'close, open' down, she sits there holding her hands up and opening and closing her hands! Very cute. We're working on where her nose is! I would have never known they were capable of such things at this age, but mum and dad taught Ro where all her body parts were by the time she was one! She'd just point to whatever body part.
Something I thought would be good to share with other mums with bubs which was shared with me when Ro was a bub! Whenever I need to take a packed lunch for bub (she's a bit past taking steamed mash out) I take three or four slices of bread, cut the crusts off and roll them all individually with my rolling pin. I then put spread on (Brooklyn usually has avacado, cream cheese, almond paste etc) and then I roll the flat slices of bread up so they are like little logs. It's so much cleaner whilst out at this stage then triangles that just get pulled apart and spread everywhere! Lol. You guys might have heard of this, I thought I might just share since I thought it was quite nifty when I first heard of it.
Well I can't sleep tonight (why my mind started to wonder about all of you), I'm feeling nauseas! We are very excited to expecting our third little one September!!! Eeee!!! Scary and exciting all at once. Thank you for those of you who have supported me so far in here (you know who you are ;).
I'll try to remember (with my memory like a sieve) to check in on here from time to time when I catch up with my belly buddies! Hope your all well and best of luck to those lovely ladies trying for another precious bundle. ;)
eta - sorry about spelling - I hate typing on my silly iPhone!!
Hi All,
Well Jemima has started to furniture surf!! She has been standing since a week past 6 months. Now at 9 months she has finally started to move her feet. It is really cute and since she has her balance whilst standing I don't think it will be long till she walks. It has been good that she has stood for so long cos she has shown us how far she can reach!!! She is also really funny with bf! It has been going on for ages but she did it tonight and I thought I haven't told you all about it. She is really cute, cos she is soooo desperate for a boob when she wakes up that when you bring her to your chest she literally spits out her dummy so that she can get the boob! I just think it is funny! Anyway I have to go cos DH home for the night so need to spend some time.
PS Krystie- thanks for saying something about my post re IVF. I was really worried how you would take it. I hope I wasn't somehow being insensitive but I just wanted you to remember you are perfect and nature has it's way of caring for it's own problems naturally. We will all be holding our breathes for your next one.
Oh and pps CatherineL is preggers again!! Lucky Biatch!
Love Bella
i guess that mkes me a lucky biatch too then bel ha ha ha :)
Hey girls!
CatherineL: Congrats and nice to see you on here! I have been very slack posting for several months after Cara was born, but I jumped back on. These ladies are just awesome! Everyone is always welcome!
JwithJ and CatherineL: Two lucky biatches hehe Such dreamy days being pregnant...I loved my pregnancies. Those days for me are now gone. I've had a good run... :D
Bella: LOL@Jemima spitting out dummy ready for boob hehe Cara gets all excited if I flash my boob..she will latch on in any fashion she wants to. Sometimes even (as I lay on bed) with her bum in the air LOL Little Miss Squirmy she is sometimes...esp nappy changes.
Naomi: How's work going? Sounds like Sean is doing great as SAHD!! Baking cup cakes OMG! He's a keeper!! I think boy/Dad time is really important too.
What wipes and nappies do you ladies use? I like Huggies nappies, but lately I bought some nappies recently called Sorbies (at Coles)..they seem pretty good quality..they have day and night nappies. I still only trust Huggies for night (just haven't tried anything else yet)....but they seem good. I use Johnson n Johnson wipes..good if you can get the box on special for around $20 at big w.
I've got to get more baby wash stuff. Mine has run out (J&J). Been using the free samples I got from ages ago hehe I have to shampoo Cara's hair so much as she squishes stuff in there... Not used to having a baby with hair hehe. Usually I have baldy babies til they are finally grow some hair at 2 or so. Cara's fringe is so long now, if you brush it forward it goes between her eyes. But I don't want to cut it!! SO I brush it over to the side...or put it up in piggy tail (though she will pull them out sometimes).
Catherine: Oh yes I've been trying to show Cara her nose, eyes etc for some time now. It's amazing how much they can learn even at this age hey? It's so cute when they understand and can follow some simple little direction. I was watching old video of Laura as a baby the other day and I saw her doing the "Hands in the air, hands on head" etc..and I thought.."Oh yeah gotta do that !!" hehe She might be able to "blow kiss" soon too hehe
Hi everyone!
Sorry struggling lately with naughty children waking up really early every morning... I'm just so worn out.
Catherine CONGRATS on your pregnancy! I hope to hear all about it in coming months. All the best!
Hi everyone. I hope you are all going well. Allira's climbing up steps and things now :( She is going to be much worse than Lachie I fear.
xxoo will pop back when I've had some sleep and my brain is working!
Cathy : i found the sorbies really good at night but we are in cloth full time now so i cant really help there coz i think he pees a lot more now lol :)
I find that quite ironic that I was writing a post mentioning CatherineL for the first time in ?how many months and whilst I am doing it Catherine pips me by mins to the post and announces herself! LOL Oh well.
I have a very grumpy child here!! She has 3 theeth where you can see the white showing thru the gum and then I also think she has gotten a sore throat like her Daddy and I and so she is sooo unsettled! She has been waking thru the night for hrs at a time which is unheard of here. She has been having Panadol and neurofen for days now without it helping. I think I am gonna give her painstop tonight just so I can function thru the day.
Anyway I must go I have to send some wraps off in the post to a lady who wants to sell them for me.
Love you all
Bella
Cathy - We use Huggies all day, I think you get what you pay for with disposable nappies, its very rare that we have any leaks, even overnight, and I have Bailey in Toddler which are recommended for 11-15kg but he doesn't even weigh 9kg yet, I find the size recommendations are a bit wacky for us. We use Huggies wipes too - I had heaps of J&J from the early days as someone told me they were better, but I prefer Huggies, they stay wetter in my opinion, easier to clean up the poo! I always stock up on nappies when they are on special so I've never had to pay full price and I usually have a stash of 6-8 jumbo boxes. Got some jumbo boxes for $29.99 today - bargain!! I need ONE more Huggies barcode to get Bailey the 2 free Vtech toys they are giving away (toy laptop and toy phone). Work is going really well, its crazy busy so it flies by and I am on my way home before I know it. Thursdays are my day off (as well as the weekend!). Sean is doing an awesome job, he is really enjoying it too, and he is making it easy for me to get use to the change :)
Catherine - congratulations on your pregnancy! Cant wait to here if you have a pink or blue bundle! Gosh you ladies are wasting NO time. As much as I do want a second baby, I am not ready yet AT ALL!!
Bella - it must be the day for it. Bailey was grumpy most of today (until just before bed - DOH!). I took him to the GP as his poo's are all over the shop, he is sometimes doing 8-10 tiny poo's a day and he was constipated on Tues so we ended up getting some Coloxyl after trying all the natural rememdies. His poor liitle bum hole is RED raw, ouchies, he was screaming this morning when he poo'd, hence the trip to the Dr. He checked his anus thinking he might have a little tear or something but its just very raw, we have some zinc and castor oil stuff the chemist recommended and it seems much better this arvo. Not sure what is going on, I told Sean to be mindful to vary his diet and ensure lots of fruit etc is being eaten. Anyway, on top of that tooth number 4 which has been threatening to come through for a month looks like its about to burst through so perhaps its that also? We have our 12 month paed appt in 4 weeks so I am going to ask him about Bailey's poo habits, I am worried that some food intolerances might be the cause, it seems he is prone to constipation, very frustrating!
Nicky - I hear ya on the early waking - Bailey is waking at 4ish and not really going back to sleep properly and I am waking it seems every 10 minutes until I finally get up. I told Sean that I will probably sneak off to the spare room on the mornings that I am working and he will need to get Bailz back to sleep, at least he can nap with Bailey, whereas I have to stare at a computer screen all day - not good when you are tired! I thought he'd stopped the early waking a few days ago but again this morning it all went to hell again!! :(
Bailey is trying VERY hard to pull himself up on things (eg the couch) and getting very frustrated with his brace, but the good thing is that all of a sudden he is weight bearing on his bent little legs, I'm convinced that once this brace comes off, Bailey will be off like a rocket! All we'll see is the dust settling in his wake PMSL He has the most incredible reach - he just leaps on things, and can get from one side of the room to the other very quickly with this bum shuffle/crab manouver thing he has going, I will try to get some footage and post on FB
Better go to bed, here I am whinging about lack of sleep when I could be stocking up on some .....
Nay
x
ETA - Sean took Bailey for a weigh yesterday 8.59kg is the result, and a nice boofhead stat of 47.5cm
Hiya!
Nic: Hope you had a great birthday :)
Catherine: WB and congratulations!
Bella: Sorry that J is unsettled. Hope she is feeling better today and that you got a bit of sleep last night.
Nicky: With you on the early mornings! Phoebe hasn't been doing badly but Natty is up at 6am and in our room. Very new for us - we have always been able to sleep in til at least 7. Now she is getting out of bed and hassling us until I get up with her, LOL! Not content to lie in bed with us.
Cathy: We use cloth nappies too, and mostly cloth wipes, but when we are in sposie mode and overnight we use ALDI nappies and wipes, or Curash wipes depending on where I have done the grocery shopping. The ALDI nappies are just fine for us, and I have gotten to the point where I have plenty of cloth and am not outlaying much money at all for nappies anymore. It is really handy with Natty FINALLY toilet training - I imagine she will be in nappies for a while overnight, but I'm so pleased that I won't have to buy too many more for her. Sucks having two in nappies!
We cut Phoebe's fringe last night as her hair has been in her eyes for weeks and we finally lost patience. I was going to take her to the hairdressers with me on Monday and have them do it because I copped heaps of flack from family members for cutting Natty's hair when she was a baby, but once we'd decided, we just couldn't wait any longer. I usually put a clip in P's hair to keep it out of her eyes, but it makes her forehead look HUGE, so I want her to have a fringe :)
BG: Hope you are doing better now, mate. LOL @ deciding to have the poops with your DH for the day. I have days like that so regularly now. Must admit, this week he has been great as we nutted out a few things on the weekend.
What do E's (and anyone elses!) gums look like when the teeth are coming through? Phoebe has her top right tooth and there is a discolouration like a bruise on the left now. I am wondering if that is caused by the tooth coming through or if she's actually bruised it somehow? Like with the bottom teeth?
Krystie: More hugs for you, sweety. When will you have your blood tests etc? Hope your AF behaves and the next cycle is nice and short for you.
Jacinta: Sorry you're not feeling crash hot, babe. Wow @ Jamie fitting into size 1s!
Vic: Fascinating theory about TT and talking! Makes a lot of sense. Have been watching vids of CJ on FB when I get a spare minute here and there - she's so gorgeous!
Phoebe is a bit crook so DH is working from home with both girls today. FIL will come over later to help him (so he actually gets some work done). I was really upset through the week knowing that Phoebe was getting sick and Mum arranged with me ages ago to have someone else mind Natty today cause she and Dad have a lunch function. Just bloody typical! Anyway, it has all worked out. Poor thing has such an icky cold and is starting to cough. Natty also has a cold but it doesn't hit her as hard. I am trying so hard to teach her to blow her nose properly but she is scared of blowing into the tissue! Very frustrating.
My best mate had a baby girl on Monday :) I had given her New Active Birth to read during her pg, not knowing if she'd be interested in an active birth or whatever, but she said she did it drug free and even got her physiological third stage! (I was a bit jealous of that, LOL! Especially as it is her first bub.)
Ah, I suppose I should get ready for work. Sigh. I have been reading but finding it hard to get a good amount of time for a decent post.
ETA: Naomi, great news that Bailey is getting up onto his legs :) Very determined fellow. I can well imagine it must be frustrating for him, but I reckon you are right - once he's free of the brace there'll be no stopping him.
My posts keep not working!!!
CatherineL - Congruatations!
Naomi - Hope the Huggies barcodes are ok and your second week of work went as well as the first. I have to go in on Monday so hopefully should find out for sure if can go back part time or not (rumours are we might be getting made redundant) - I just really want to find out so can plan stuff now. Either way is fine with me, am happy to be forced into making a change or happy to go back part time as money is good. Great news about Bailey weight bearing on his legs too.
Nicky - Hope you are having a great weekend away
Amy - Hope the girls are both on the mend. Good work to your friend - now I have CJ I understand why people get excited about friends etc. having babies. Currently I think I am going a bit mad, I keep saying things to CJ like - when the twins arrive, I seem to be convinced I am going to have twin boys next. We are not even TTC at moment so who knows why I am so obsessed by having twin boys at the moment.
i just tried on my wedding dress and it doesnt fit :( wah it fit me when i was 4 months preg and im only 9 weeks and it doesnt fit i feel so fat right now :(
im just waiting for jamie to start walking already im sick of being held onto in the kitchen when im trying to cook or make a bottle other than that its going well ive been getting a couple more shifts at work which help out a bit but i worked till 1:30 last night and jamie ended up waking at 3 with a wet nappy coz DH put him in a day nappy and thats not really helpful im hoping these other night nappies come soon so he can put them on him but at least he didnt put a disposible on him hes getting better lol im training him slowly :rofl:
Vic: LOL @ twin boys! Have a chat to Bridg and psych yourself up ;) I never had a 'feeling' about what kids I would have, but I kind of hoped I wouldn't have boys as I spent a great deal of my life being quite afraid of them and I probably still am to a degree... Maybe it would've been better if I had've had at least 1 boy then and I might've gotten over it... Ah, well. Irrelevant now in my case. I'm going to remember this in winter 2011 :lol:
I have always been a bit baby-mad, and used to covet friends' babies when they had them. I think there's nothing like the excitement of a new life - it's still my favourite special occasion.
The girls are still pretty crook, Phoebe's cough is still yucky and Natty is still sniffing away. Grrrrr, I wish I could blow her nose for her!
Jacinta: Awww, babe don't be comparing sizes to your last pregnancy! The second time round your muscles just go, 'HEY, I've been here before! I remember now... blub, blub, blub...' and they loosen up right away - especially as it hasn't been that long since last time. Doesn't mean you are going to be a mega-fatty, but then it wouldn't matter if you were anyway. You're pregnant! Enjoy it. You will lose the weight after - you are young and healthy. And what the hell do you need to fit into your wedding dress for anyway?!? PMSL! I love looking at mine, but it is probably a good 2-3 sizes too small for me now. It's a dress for a past me.
Bummer about the crappy sleep after work. My DH took a while to get into the cloth thing too, but once he realised how much money we were saving he made more of a concerted effort.
We had a late one last night as we were at my folks' for dinner with some relos from interstate. Natty transferred from the car to bed just after 9pm, and was up and in our bed at 5:45 this morning :o She is going to be trashed today as she didn't go back to sleep. Phoebe is still snoozing away, which is a relief. I really want her to get better.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.
I'm BACK!!!!
Well after a week without laptop I am so happy to be back on-line :dance:
Thank you all for the Birthday wishes here and on FB!!
I am sure that 32 is the new 21 ;)
Will try and catch up with everyone during the week but just thought a would send a quick post.
Well Aaron is doing really well his HC has NOT grown in 3 weeks!! We however have some other news that he is being tested for a Organic Acid Disorder (called GA1 - Glutaric Acidemia) This is where the body has problems in breaking down the protein) It is a rare inherited condition caused by enzymes that do not work properly.
It can be quite harmful as the protein can build up in the blood and urine and can affect health, growth and learning.
It is managed via diet and on Tuesday this week we are seeing a Metabolic Doctor to discuss it further and although it can months to diagnose this condition they are starting him on a diet and are also taking some more blood and skin which will be sent to the US for further testing.
To give you an example only 4 children in the last 12 months have been diagnosed with this at Westmead Kids Hospital.
If you google it goes into more detail but for now I am trying to stay positive that Aaron will be fine and we will follow this until we find a reason for his HC and fluid.
Ahhh the stress is getting me and sorry Bridg for not getting back to your text but my head is all over the place.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Nicole - Sorry I missed your birthday! I hope you had a magical day and that the coming year grants all your birthday wishes and desires!
Good to have you back online. You must have felt rather naked without internet hehe.
What fantastic news about Aaron's head not growing in 3 weeks! That's great news! In regards to more tests for another disorder, well I guess it's good to rule out everything. I'll send you lot of positive and calming vibes your way.
Cathy - Sorry to hear that you have had a miscarriage. I lost a baby before we conceived Kyson and I know how devastating it is. Having children really IS a wonderful gift isn't it? :)
I think I'll have to probably take Kyson dummy off him at some stage (not soon though). I had a dummy until I was almost 3 years old, and I'm determined that Kyson won't be like me, lol.
Oh, and Kyson has jammed his fingers in the kitchen draws a couple of times :( I need to find some safety things that hold the draws closed. I've found some that let the draw open a bit, then you have to push the plastic bit to unlatch it to open the draw the rest of the way, but that sort of contraption won't stop him from opening it enough to jam his little fingers.
Also, I use Pampers nappies. I used to use huggies, but when we did the nappy trial for choice magazine, we really liked the pampers. At first we just used them during the day because I wasn't sure if they'd be leak-proof at night, but now we are using them at night and they've been fine. I find that they are thinner than huggies, but they don't leak, and they just fit Kyson heaps better and seem much less bulky and much more comfortable on him than the huggies did. We tend to use the Coles sensitive brand of wipes. They have a nice flip top box you can put them in, and come in value packs of three. I often worry about wipes because you hear how "bad" they are for skin, but luckily Kyson has never had any problems and has never had nappy rash. We use the Gaia brand shampoo and body wash, although I sometimes use my lavender Akin body wash on him too.
Catherine - How lovely to hear from you! Thank you for the condolences. Fingers crossed that next time we have much better luck! It sounds like Brooklyn and Rochelle are doing wonderfully :D We've been teaching Kyson where mouth, nose and eyes are too. He's getting it half the time, but sometimes as he goes to point we sort of move our face to the right place too, hehe.
I tried your little sandwich rolls and they worked great. I put a little smidge of vegemite on the bread, then half a piece of cheese, and then popped it in the icrowave for 10 seconds and the cheese melted enough to hold the whole thing together really well! I'm going to make some to take to playgroup on Tuesday!
Huge congrats on your pregnancy! I'm another that is thinking "lucky biatch" about you and Jacinta, hehehe ;)
Bella - When you mentioned Jemima "furniture surfing" I fully pictured her in a little surfer outfit with her knees bent and arms out like she's on a surf board, lol! Very cute image in my head ;) I love the dummy spit for food when Kyson does it too. It's hilarious if he's laying on his back because gravity just doesn't help hehe.
Congrats on having someone selling some wraps for you! That's awesome news. I hope everything goes really well!
Jacinta - In case you missed it in my message to Catherine... yep, I agree with Bella ;) But I'm super happy for you too :D
And don't worry about your wedding dress, mine doesn't fit either! I haven't even tried mine on, but I know I would have no chance of fitting in it anymore. I'm only about 2kg heavier than when I got married, but since having Kyson my hips/pelvis has just stayed wider and my clothes fit differently now. I really should sell my dress, it cost a fortune and should still fetch a pretty penny...
Nicky - I hope your little monkeys sleep in for you tomorrow morning! Sleeplessness is a shocker! Plus I'm sure they never nap at the same time in the day so you can catch a little shut eye too, lol.
Nay - It's great to hear that Sean and Bailey are doing really well. It must be hard enough going back to work without having to worry about how they are getting along at home. What good boys they are! And there's no stopping your little boy is there?! Alreayd weight bearing on his legs even in the brace!!! He's such a great little trooper!
Amy - Thanks for the hugs. I'm going to ring up to book in my blood test tomorrow so hopefully it'll get done in the next couple of days. And af arrived today, so that's good. Hopefully just 29ish more days until we can try again.
You'll have to post a photo of P's new haircut! How are the girls feeling now? Hopefully they are on the mend
Oh, and congrats to your friend on the birth of her little girl! I have the book that you borrowed to her, and I love that book. I'll be reading it again before number 2 is born as well.
Vic - Good luck tomorrow when you find out about part time vs redundancy etc. I hope the answer is something that you are happy with. You should quite positive about either situation which is great.
Hmmm, so when is the ttc-ing going to start for the twin boys? LOL!
BG - How are you feeling now hun? I hope you're feeling ok, and that things are ok with you and DH. Big hugs to E too ;)
Hi - just a quickie, GOD I MISS YOU GALS, but I am lurking to keep up - having trouble keeping up with all my internet commitments tehehehehehe, have updated some pics etc on FB to keep myself (and everyone else) in the loop! But just wanted to say Hi to you all, I miss having time to properly post and read, but on Wednesday night when Sean is at band and Bailey is in bed I am going to write a nice big post with some persies - I'm all yours!!
Two quickies as I owe some thanks, Vic, thanks for the huggies barcodes they arrived today, Sean commented on your art card, he thinks you are very talented and awesome, I shall keep the card with Baileys stuff, love it! Oh and twin boys - Eeeeeeeek!!
And Nic - Baileys Easter Egg Toy arrived last week - thanks, its perfect and we love it and I have put it aside to give to Bailey on Easter Sunday, thanks so much babe!
Back on Wednesday, in the meantime smoochies all round - MWAH!!
Nay
xx
Well the news yesterday was redundancy - I am ok with that although it would have been easier if could have done the job share, I was quite fed up with the job and sometimes is good to be forced into a change. The package is pretty good but won't get till August it looks like, and if I can't work till then (got to check on that) could make things quite tight till then but we will cope. (I didn't realise that we are allowed to ask for a second year of maternity leave since beginning of this year - I didn't realise that had come in already, found that out yesterday as that allows us to not go back to work and still get package - my normal job because of a load of procedures would have to redo would not be worthwhile to go back just for the three months). It makes life a bit complicated because not sure there is much part time work in my field, so if I can't find something it may be that I have to go back full time and DH goes part time or becomes SAHD, was always the plan after we have had number 2 (NOT twin boys!!:)) but might have to be sooner than we thought. Please don't mention on FB as am friends with people from work around the world and not sure when work is telling people yet.
CJ after a 6:15 wake up gave me a nice long lie in till after 9:00 and have just been speaking to parents on video call and realised is 10:13 and not had breakfast yet! Better get a move on MG in an hour!