Babies Born~May 1st-15th 2009 #2

[Pandora]

well we have had a big weekend. Milo had a 4th brithday party on Saturday and then we went to my mums this morning and MILs thia afternoon.

Oscar seemed to go OK, touchwood, considering all the travelling.

[tattoo_mama]

hi all, hope ur getting some sleep, jades doing alright, growth spurt over i assume and is back to her 1030-5am sleeps.
got her weighed and checked today, she was born 51cm and is now 57cm, heads gone from 36cm to 40cm, and shes put on 600 grams in 3 weeks so im very happy!! also might be just random movements but i reckon shes figuring out her hands, she whacks the toys on her playmat and grabs them and seems to look at her hands like "is that me grabbing it?" LOL

shes very dependent on her dummy for day sleeps which sucks caus every 40 mins or so (im guessing each sleep cycle) it falls out n she cries n i have to replace it , but the night sleep shes so tired she doesnt need it which is great!

[*TripleJ*]

hey guys thought i'd come over to this thread to check it out coz i want to see where every ones bubs are at coz the babies in the other may thread are a bit smaller than jamie and hes already rolling from his tummy to his back and im not sure if hes on track or advanced for his age

[Toomanytoomany]

JwithJ, hi Thomas was rolling over at five weeks or so but then stopped because he got so fat LOL. Babies do things at such wildly different rates. You might find your bubba rolls early but other things happen later. Thomas is getting a bit late for learning how to use his hands, for instance, but is extremely chatty for such a wee bub. But welcome, regardless! Tom is a bit older than most babies in this group, but I started off with these lovely ladies before my due date was changed.

TM, I wouldn't be letting Jade stay overnight with your dp. She's too little to be away from her mummy over night, imo. It would be different if he were caring for her regularly. He'd be hard pressed to get an order for overnight contact at this stage. However, because he is her father, if you don't have an agreement in place regarding contact, if he comes and takes her, there's not much you can do about it until you go to court and get an emergency order made. My advice to newly separated couples, regardless of the age of the baby is, get a formal agreement asap. You can always bring up his dope use if he gets difficult over it. And definitely look into child support. The CSA will do everything for you.

Rayray, happy birthday to Milo (was it his birthday???). Glad the traveling went well.

BK, good luck with going back to work. What a heart wrenching thing for you to do! I'm sure you'll all adjust admirably though. I had a job offer last week that I can do from home but means starting straight away, rather than enjoying my maternity leave. It's such a good opportunity, though, I don't know if I can turn it down or not!! At least i wouldn't have to leave Tom, though. I went back to work when Clare was four months old and I hated it. It didn't do her any harm though

Dee, did Ethan have the rotavirus vaccination? That can give them a nasty upset tummy as well. I'm sorry he had a hard time with his shots. Good luck with the Mirena. I've heard mixed reports of it. My sister ended up getting hers removed as she couldn't stand it.

Nelly, Clare went to two MCHN appointments when she was a baby... and that was it!! She never went back!! <- bad mummy. Glad Sophia's doing well

Amazed, I wouldn't worry about the nursing to sleep. When he's older, he'll get over it. I mean, he'll wean one day, regardless

I'm getting fed up with sleeplessness. I think we're getting somewhere and then bang, there's another night where I'm up three times and I'm a zombie all the next day. Weekends are particularly hard when it's difficult to have a sleep in the afternoon with the herd of fairy elephants stomping up and down the hallway. I have a constant headache now from just not sleeping. Lucky he's so cute.

Otherwise, I'm enjoying him a lot. He has sort of found his hands now. I love how babies stare at their hands like they're stoned... He doesn't like tummy time much other than when he's having his massage, which I think is a result of the reflux. He's having Gaviscon three times a day and i *think* it is helping. He's certainly happier when he's awake, and he is a right chatterbox like Clare. Some days it is hard to get him to have a good feed because he just wants to chat. He keeps saying "A-gaaaa", and one day I'll figure out what it means... I got him to coo down the phone to my sister today which was sweet. He laughs if you tickle him but otherwise you just get the big lovely gummy grins.

Dh and I are having our whooping cough shots tomorrow. Sigh. Sore backside, here I come.

This week all the other kids have been vile, even my perfect star child Isobel, who decided to use 3/4 of the bottle of baby shampoo that we bought just that day to have a super luxurious bubble bath.

[helle]

He laughs if you tickle him but otherwise you just get the big lovely gummy grins.

*melt* Too cute!

[nelly]

hi all

tmtm - I don't know how you manage to keep up with all of the persies! You girls that do it I take my hat off to you! I struggle to read the posts let alone remember and reply to everyone.

Sophia sounds like wee Tom in the sleep well one night & have two up and down nights, repeat, repeat. The nights she sleeps well I wake up and feel like a zombie the next day and the nights she does wake I struggle to even open my eyes to get up to her and of course feel like a zombie the next day! Thanks goodness her bassinet is on DH side and he gets up and passes her to me. To top it all off hurt my back again on Monday - two Mondays in a row. It just happens to coincide with the fact that I have been actually cleaning the house properly on a Monday - so have told DH my body is telling me housework is not good for it!

BK hope work is ok for you - is DH still bringing Reuben up to feed?

Tatt you sound like you are doing do well on your own make sure you give yourself a pat on the back. Jade has the most amazing shock of hair and her eyes are amazing! She reminds me of a little pixie.

Oscar big hugs hun. Make sure you call out if you need time out to rest during the day.

We have had 2 kids with ear infections and Jake has had a chest infection so life has been fun, plus DH was away late last week for conference for 2 night when the kids were at their sickest. Let's say I was not impressed when he came home and complained of a hangover and wanted to sleep all weekend. THEN to top it off was going to waltz off to the gym Sunday afternoon and so ensued the age old discussion we go over and over about mummy down time.... apparently I can "go to the shops anytime" aaaaaaaaarrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhh... going to the shops is not my idea of downtime especially with a baby and a 2 yr old. It has taken me a while to my cranky pants off ... he is a great husband father partner and friend and I am really lucky but this is one thing that pops up every now and then that rubs me the wrong way.

[megs]

Hi Girls,

TMTM and Nelly, sorry to hear you are still feeling the sleep deprivation, hopefully it will all settle down for you soon.

Nelly: I am hearing you re your DH, like yours mine is wonderfully but he has his Saturday afternoon golf, when ends up being not home til after 8pm. When I mention down time, he too thinks that my going shopping is a leisure activity. I would like to see him playing golf with 3 kids in tow. Men, they just don't think sometimes.

Will try and get back on later, the whitching hour has begun

[Toomanytoomany]

Nelly it sounds like you have had an absolutely horrific run, and big smack to the head for your dh for being so clueless over you needing some time out!! I was reading in Practical Parenting today about getting time for yourself with a new baby. My time is in the afternoon in bed with Tom, mucking around on my iphone. Can you just tell him EXACTLY what you want - time out on your own, no kids, shopping doesn't count!!

Are you going to get some physio for your back?

Megs, it *should* be witching hour here, but we're having takeaway, and the baby is asleep, and the kids are watching TV, and I've been undisturbed for ten whole minutes!!

[tattoo_mama]

lol Nelly funny u say that, my parents used to call me a gelfling (from the movie Dark Crystal) and Jade looks just like i did as a baby so now mum calls her gelfling too! just today she has started working out her hands and has started grabbing toys haning from her playmat arch! very cute

[Pandora]

TMTM - nah not his birthday, one of his friends from playgroup. RE the shampoo. I was the child who, if I was visiting, struck fear in to people and made them lock their bathrooms and laundrys up. At least she used the shampoo - I used to pour any bottles in reach down the drain cos I liked watching it slide down there...and empty laundry detergents on to the floor..

TM - Oscar is grabbing on to things too its cute. Jade seems to be doing really well you must be doing a super job

[Pandora]

megs, your pm box is full