Babies born~November 16-31st 2009 #1

Hi Ubba - go Ruby! hee hee. I had mothers group today and weighed Amelia, she's put on 900 grams in 3 weeks and has grown 4.4 cms since birth, she's now 56.4 cm!!!!!!! She's going to be taller than me soon LOL!

Hi Kymmy - glad your antibiotics are working, I hope my roids cream does too cause this morning's toilet stop brought tears to my eyes!!!!!!!

We're off to our holiday house again tomorrow for the weekend so I won't be posting until my return on Sunday if you're wondering where I am. I hope everyone has a fab weekend and that their bubs behave and we all get some sleep!!!!!!!!!

Take care and speak to you all on Sunday.

xx

Hi everyone :D

Kymmy - I'm glad you are getting on top of that mastitis. I'm pretty lucky to have never experienced that - phew! And yes, I want another one already - but I think we're done - although I would love another.. haha!!

Alison - ouchies on the hem's mate!!! I had an anal fissure after DD1 because of all the pain killers I was taking for my infection from the c-section - and it caused me to get one - tell ya what that was just like crappin out razor blades!! I have scored a hemo after DD2 (yay go me!) but it never hurts, just annoying.. lol.. I had an awesome cream for the fissure though, healed it up pretty well.

Seems like everyone is going through some restless times with their bubbas, I spent an hour and 45 minutes trying to resettle her this morning after her 5am feed, and by that time, the other two kids were up so no more sleeping for me!! We have worked out that if DH feeds her around 11pm, she'll go through till 5am without needing a feed, now if only I could get to bed before midnight this would be awesome!! At least most nights I get 5 hours in a row though.

We have been putting a heated up wheat bag in her bassinette before we pop her in there at night, think she was waking up from going from our warm chest to the cold sheets and was harder to get her to go back to sleep, so now we warm it up and she sorta snuggles right in and goes to sleep!! Awesome :D

She also put on 740g in 2 weeks as well - much better than the 70g in 12 days when I was bfing her - so I find myself in a weird position, feeling guilty for AGAIN formula feeding a child, but also feeling guilty because she wasn't "thriving" on my milk. *sigh* Even on your 3rd child there is always some mummy guilt!!

We went to a zoo yesterday and my friend carried her in the Close Carrier for the few hours we were there, but didn't shade her from the sun, so her face is a lovely shade of red.. poor bugger she looks like a tomato.. lol

Better go - DD1 is trying to clean the kitchen floor with a tissue. Do you think she is trying to tell me something?

yayyyyyy Serenity went to bed around 9 last night at woke at 7 am woohooo im so happy poor jose decided to stay up til 2 to do her feed but she never woke up lol but i bet he was playing on the comp to lol

Hi Arimeh - I'm actually wondering if that's what it is rather than roids, like you said it's like poo'ing razor blades..........do you think it could be that instead? This cream is for fissures as well so hoping it works its magic soon! Soooooo painful!

Hi Mon - that's awesome, well done little Serenity!

AFM - Amelia slept from 10.00 pm to 5.00 am - 7 hours!!!!! Typically though we're off to our holiday house down south today for the weekend so I was up getting organised and didn't get to bed until midnight so I didn't get to make the complete most of it but bloomin happy. Probably a fluke but I'll take it!!! She fed and went back to sleep and it's now nearly 9.00 am and I'm going to have to wake her for another feed and then get going. I wonder if going out yesterday knackered her or her growth spurt is over. Who knows!

Anyway will be offline until Sunday so have a great weekend girls. Sunrise has a story on now claiming Formula is almost as good as breast milk so must go listen!

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Hi Arimeh - I'm actually wondering if that's what it is rather than roids, like you said it's like poo'ing razor blades..........do you think it could be that instead?

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Could be? Whenever my roids act up, it hurts after I poop, not whilst I'm pooping. Whereas my fissure hurt as soon as the poop started moving down and out - crikey sometimes I was hanging onto the walls in the toilet it hurt so freakin much. My cream made it all better - just gross sticking the applicator up there to put the cream up there in the first place.. LOL

And woohoo for the sleep mate - thats brilliant :D

Oh - and let us know what Sunrise says, I don't think formula will ever be as good as breast milk - it is still artificial milk after all, but if it stops our kids from dying of starvation.... I know which route I prefer to take ;)

Hi all,

Gee you step out of here for 1 minute and you lose track of evrything!

Alison, Yay for your sleep! Boo for the roids tho....I have had some discomfort too but not enough to go to the chemist lol..

Heavenly once again yay! jealous!!!!

Arimeh what a good idea with the wheat bag! we will try it too..I hope the sunburn isnt too bad, Im too scared to put cream on V incase she eats it lol.

Kymmy i hope the boob is feeling better, they say its good to catch early otherwise it can get bad very quickly.

JdsMum Abbey looks so nice with her little clip, does she pull her hair? V does and I think it hurts but she doesnt know he is doing it lol..

Sorry...Hi everyone else Im glad your bubbas all seem to be getting bigger lol and I am right there with those having ****e sleep lol.

V had her immunisations today she screamed her head off but is now sleeping on my lap and I dont have the heart to disturb her..So sad because we went shopping today and she was great and smiling and looking like she was silently laughing and we didnt want to upset her after such a nice day haha...

xx Natty

for those of you FF, how much is your bub having each feed??

I think James has been hungry, I gave him a bottle this arvo and he took 180ml! According to the clinic sister his 4hrly quota is 120ml.... maybe this is his growth spurt....

I wish I knew what the hell I was doing.... my plan is 180ml bottles for the rest of tonight and see how that goes. I guess he'll let me know if he doesn't want that much.

Have a good one girls!

Tygress - sometimes she has all of her 120ml bottle, sometimes she will have a 180ml bottle. So usually I make up a 180ml bottle, and if she drinks it all, if she wants food in 3 hours after that I'll make up a 120ml bottle. If she doesn't drink it all, but has a big sleep instead, then I'll give her another 180ml bottle. If she doesn't drink it all - no biggie. But I have found that at 5am, its easier to make up a big bottle and have her not finish it, than to make a small one and have her screaming for more ;)

Oh, and I never go by whats written on the tin, I just go by the baby - they always let you know if they are still hungry (and usually wake up other kids in the process... lol)

Natty - Eden is due for her vaccs tomorrow (apparently whooping cough is all over the joint down here so I have to have that one at 6 weeks for her instead of 2 months?) but I'm not sure how many others I'm going to get done, going to do some research into vaccs I think... so hard....

i agree its up to the baby if bub doesnt want more they wont drink it

Hi Ladies,
I need to get off my butt and book Mr I into the doctor for his vacs (he was 8 weeks on Thursday)

We moved into a new house 6 weeks ago and the retired bloke behind us introduced himself over the fence a couple of weeks ago. I was out hanging the washing out the other day and he came out and chatted to me for a while. After he left I realise I was only wearing a bra & a baby on my top - Mr I had spewed so I'd taken my shirt off and he was not happy to be left in the bassinette so I'd put him in the carrier to hang the washing out (luckily as it turned out seeing Doug came out to talk).

I'm sick of the rain - I got a new clothesline for Xmas (first time in 10 years I've had a clothesline out in the sun - at the old house it was on the verandah) and since DH put it up its rained. I got him to buy a new airer so I could put 2 loads of washing under cover.

I got out the play mat so far DS1 has used it more than Mr I -see fb pics.

Gotta go to sleep earlier. Both boys went to sleep at 8pm last night and Mr I woke at 1:30 and then 3:30 & 5:30 and grunted for the next hour before I gave up on sleep and got up. But I had to do my work last night 'cause I got nothing done during the week. So our night last night was DH & I sitting with our backs to each other working on our respective computers - spending quality time as a couple. :rolleyes:

Better go - its my Step-Mum's 60th today I'd better buy the vegies I'm taking to go with beetroot dip I'm taking.

Snowy so good to hear from you, I just had to laugh at your whole post! At least you still have a sense of humour lol!

Serenity slept from 8-4:30 that night!!!!

How funny good thing you had the sling on lol

:lol: hahaha, snowy! Very lucky you had the sling on, haha. I always hang out the washing wearing a moomoo that is a bit too short, and i wonder what the neighbours think. but never topless i must say! lol! doesn't sound like he was bothered by it tho. I checked out your FB picks, Mr I is just so cute.. i love his hair! I can't wait for theo to get some hair, i'll totally be spiking it up, haha. Glad to hear DS1 is enjoying the baby toys too, lol - exactly the same as me with DD.

Mon - my gosh you're a lucky thing! Serenity is doing great with her sleep! what a sweetie!

hey natty, that sucks about the needles, hope she's ok and doesn't get too cranky from them. do you have panadol ready just incase?

AFM has anyone gotten their DD's ears pierced before?? I never got them done with DD when she was little because i was worried that it would disturb her breastfeeding (always lying on her side to feed). But the past couple of weeks she has been gettign really keen on earings, when i put some in my ears she asks if she can have some too, and she puts on her play jewelry earings all the time. When i ask her if she'd like some earings aswell, she always keenly says yes. She is two. Any opinions or advice? She is very clever (i know i sound biased but she is, haha), she quite clearly talks and easily has conversations with you. anyway gtg

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yeah anyway, soz

she can easily talk to you and understand. so i know she knows what i'm talking about iykwim. Anyway, just wondering if anyone had any experience in this field?

Hey Telly- DD got her ears pierced when she was 5 but they got terribly infected so we took them out and she got them done again a year later. DH didnt want her to get them done until she was 10 (actually he said she couldnt ever get them done and 10 was his compromise) but after her begging he finally said yes. If you do get them done make sure you get 2 people to do them at the same time otherwise she will be walking around with only 1 ear pierced lol!

i got niesha ears done at about 5-6 months old and she still has them in never had any troubles

Ears piercing is funny - I always said that I wouldn't do it because I'd let my child be the judge on when she would get it done - but probably not before 10.. LOL

I think I got mine done at 13 or something? All closed over now though. I won't get the girls done until they really acknowledge what it is I think, and (in my opinion only of course) I don't think they can really get the gist of what it truly means until they are over.. um.. maybe 4?

Of course if Aricyn wants his done, we will let him get it done after 10.. LOL

i wasnt allowed to do mine til 12 and my sister got hers done heaps earlier but hey just another thing she got i didnt ....i always wanted mine done til lil and i think its cute,when serenity has big enough ears i will get hers done too

Yeah mon, i'm starting to regret not getting hers done when she was young (like you did with neisha). When i was preg i always said i'd get them done, then i just never did! And to be honest, i don't really think it was the whole bfing thing, i think it was more of a laziness thing - it wasn't necessary so i was just too slack! :rolleyes:

Arimeh yeah i know , she understands what earings are and that she'd like some, but she doesn't understand that its going to hurt. And i agree, around 4 is probably when she'll fully grasp the concept.

Ubba was there a reason for them becoming infected? or was it just one of those things?

Mum got mine pierced when i was young, she can't remember what age, but she said i was little (not a baby around 3), i can't remember anything about it.

Anyway, my bestie is moving to melbourne on monday, so tonight there were drinks to say goodbye. Well, i had softdrink! It was heaps of fun, just the family and a couple of close friends, we played balderdash - how great is that game! I wanted to stay, but i pushed the boundaries as is, and didn't get home till 10:15. DD was knackered poor munchkin. DH stayed there, he is absolutely blotto - they've been doing shooters since about 6 :rolleyes: So i'm guessing i'm going to have 3 kids to look after tomorrow! haha.

Theo was a bit hard to settle for bed, i think he's got a bit of wind. I put him on his belly and patted his bum and he's settled off now. I'm a bit worried about him being on his belly, but i've got the angelcare moniter so he should be fine. Its also raining here, so the sound of the rain on the roof is very relaxing! i hope he has a good couple of hours.

anyway, i'm off to bed. I hope you're all having a good night xx

just put some new pics of theo of FB too,
he is changing so much.. really starting to see his little personality.. isn't it crazy how much love you have for your kids?? i would die in a heartbeat for them, love love love! *sigh* hehehe

oh telly youre so cute!

im still here. just a quick post, back for persies. i miss all you girls but 2 under 18 months is tough!

x madame xx

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oh telly youre so cute!

im still here. just a quick post, back for persies. i miss all you girls but 2 under 18 months is tough!

x madame xx

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Yup tis tough!! :D It will get easier and then you'll wonder why you were ever thinking it was tough in the first place ;) ;)

Snowy - hahaha - you poor thing - I would have been sooo embarrassed. I'm sure he didn't even bat an eyelid, could have been a bikini top - lord knows its hot enough up there!!!

Telly - you are so cute :hug: I can honestly say that I feel that about my kids now, but I didn't with DS - things were pretty tough there for a while when becoming a mum for the first time.

Things here are pretty good, I think DD2 isn't vomiting as much as she used to, maybe the lactose free formula is working for her!

It's DS's 3rd birthday today - so I can no longer say I have 3 under 3!! Dang it, now I have to say I have 3 kids, 3 and under - its so much more of a mouthful.. bwahahaha

I think he had a good time at his party (pics on facebook for people that are my friends on there) not many guests, but he's pretty shy around heaps of people, so it was probably a good amount. Didn't stop him from hiding under the table when we were singing happy birthday to him though :shakehead:

lol i say i have 4,5 and under it sounds harder the 4 under 6 lmao

Hello Ladies!!!

Telly: with DD i always said i'd never get her ears pierced until she asked... well she asked when she was two! I explained to her that it would really HURT (she was clever too, just like Kaili!! I'm not biased either! haha) and she said she didn't mind so we got them done and she didn't even cry! Got both ears done at the same time though, and these days you can use Emla cream so they don't even feel a thing. I got mine done at 5 and didn't cry either.

Archie was really good yesterday, a bit clingy still but at least having a few decent sleeps, anyway, last night he cracked it and was screaming for two hours! Ended up giving him Brauers Colic drops and he eventually went to sleep! Slept til 11am this morning though so can't really complain!

Anyway better go take down my xmas tree!! DH washed the floor the other day and literally picked up the whole tree, decorations and all, and put it outside the back door! haha! So we have this fake tree in our garden! I'm thinking of decking out the whole garden in them... at least it will be green all year round out there! :rofl:

Thinking of everyone and hoping your babies are good to you!!!
Oh and Telly, I agree, I can't even go to sleep at night because I am up staring at Archie cos i love him soooooo much!!!!!

Kym x

very eventful night at my house last night...

jose was drinking at my dads yest and had a few more at home then suddenly he started getting upset saying never buy him this beer again cos it was the beer his drank drank and he used to bea him and his sister with the bottles and a horse whip etc then he started crying then suddenly got really angry and he snapped.....started carrying on about how he has to protect his kids ...at first he was angry at me saying i was trying to take them but then he went into this mode like i wasnt even there and was really paranoid talking to himself saying he has to protect them from his dad(got deported) cos his dads spirit was here and he could see his dad clear as day in the house....(dad molested his lil sis from age 6-12)so he had to protect his girls then i would try talkto him and he didnt recognise me and would call me an evil spirit trying to trick him and take the kids and say he could see me sitting on the couch...sometimes he would recognize we sometimes he wouldnt and hed see me on the couch..i called my step mum to come over and she was holding hunter on the couch ....at one pointhe got frantic looking for hunter and were saying hes right here on the couch and he couldnt see him and started yelling his name looking for him........well the night ended with the cops taking him to the hosp....the dr reckons its cos he was so druk...level of .13 but hes been this drunk before and he never did this i think something happened and he just snapped....

on the plus Serenity got fed at 8pm got put in the car and taken to my step mums and slept through til 6 am so very happy with that

Gosh Mon! How scary! Hope that never happens again.

Kymmy - the idea of fake trees is tempting - I have the belief that plants shouldn't need my help to live - hence the number that have died in my care. My mum gave me a bay tree & an aloe vera plant at Xmas & I said you do remember what happened to the last bay tree (poor thing died of thirst).

We went to my Step-mum's 60th yesterday and saw her family who I haven't seen for about 8 years. DS1 had a wee accident in his car seat so my Dad took Mr I inside while we got the seat cover off. When I got into the house I had to search to find Mr I - one of her sisters had comandeered him! Vaguely concerned about the amount of smoke residue he may have inhaled over the day, but only very vaguely concerned.

I managed to spill my lunch all over myself, but Mr I didn't spew on me once which is surprising as he normally overflows after a feed and then brings a bit more up a bit later. Today he's back to normal programming!

My sister made a huge black forest cake for the party & I got to take some leftovers home - so good!

Dad tells us yesterday that my uncle who we saw the weekend before Xmas has whooping cough. And DH (the hypocondriac that he is) says oh I was wheezing last night, hope its not whooping cough! I think its just the same cold that DS1 had last week, but that's the way to make a mum worry! Must make doc's appointment for the vacs tomorrow.

Hi ladies!

Snowy, Hi! I had a good laugh about your story! on NYE I flashed a bit of boob at our visitors after a bf, Dh and I saw it and had a bit of a giggle but if anyone else saw they didnt say...not sure how long ole boobie was out for tho...lol..Als good luck with the vaccinations, panadol worked for us but man its awful to hold them down for the needles I cried lol...

Heavenly wow I hope Jose is ok? Are you coping on your own or is he back home again? I am jealous of Serenity sleeping through although I think you may have missed he benefits of it after all the excitement...Keep us posted..

Kymmy isnt it awful when they scream and nothing seems to work? Dh usually mentions hed like to take her to the hospital but I keep having to explain that it is normal (even though sometimes I wonder lol) Imagine if you rocked up and they just laughed and sent you home to make nois in your own house lmao..

Arimeh Happy birthday to your little man, I dont think we are friends on fb, my nme is Natalie Frederikos - White if you want to befriend me lol

Damn... V woke up so this is where the posting gets sloppy lol....

Madame I hear you because I struggle with 1 lol dh will have to wait a while for the next i think...

Oh Telly that sucks about your bestie moving...Hopefully it will give you an excue to travel to see her. Id like to get Vs ears done but dh is horrified so i wont bother just yet..she has plenty to cry about as it is :rofl:

Hi Ubba, How are you coping?

XX to everyone else

Got an email from Mikayla, she is doing well :) She amazes me with her good grace constantly...Im not sure Id be as kind as she has been if the tables were turned...

Ill come back and tell you what we have been up to later as someone is just too wiggly atm...

xx

Natty - I'll put a request through :) Way to go on the boob flashin ;) hehe

Heavenly - wow sounds full on - are you still together?

Well we had 3 kids last night totally wired from yesterday's party and junk food, so none of them would settle down (although of course DD2 hadn't had any junk food). DD1 was up to her normal tricks of just playing in bed instead of going to sleep, DS was too wound up and wouldn't crash, and DD2 wouldn't settle either!! I was nearly ripping my hair out with frustration and all DH would say was "see.. this is what stops me from wanting #4 - we might get another bad sleeper!!"

They all eventually got to sleep around 9pm I think - DD1 was the last to settle though, even though she was so freakin tired her eyes were rolling back into her head with every blink, she still felt the need to put her foot up to her ear and muck around :wall:

We decided not to wake DD1 for a feed at 10 (since she hadn't been asleep for a while) so I fed her around 7.30pm and she woke up at 2.30 - finally got her resettled at 4am and then DD1 was up at 5 so DH got up to her and then DD2 woke me at 7 - DS got up then as well. So wasn't too bad, still want more sleep though.. haha

Nearly time for another feed I think - plus better go play with the kids, even though they are watching whatever is on TV at the moment!!

Yeah were doing good once he sobered up abit at the hosp he was fine I just have no idea why he would snap like that I guess all the memorys of his horrible childhood just set him off

serenity has a blocked nose so didn't sleep well last night

Hi Girls - I've been down at the farm house all weekend so have missed heaps!

On the earrings debate, I guess it's "each to their own". Personally I don't think I'll get Amelia's ears pierced until she's a bit older, my niece was 5 and I think that's a good age. I wasn't allowed to get mine done until I was 12 and then I wanted my second holes done when I was 15 so of course to p off my mum I got some ice and a pin and over a few days managed to pierce my own! Of course I only did one ear because it hurt too much to do the other (LOL), it ended up pretty infected too but managed to keep it. My mum didn't notice until I was 18, funny! Even funnier is I didn't get the other side done until I was 21, just keep forgetting! I rarely wear earrings in the second holes these days.

Hi Mon - wow that's bizarre about Jose, is he ok now? Sounds like he was having some sort of reaction to the alcohol - almost like he was hallucinating, how scary. Very sad about his upbringing too poor thing. My father was a bit violent too, he used to throw things and hit mum, luckily I was too young to remember a lot of it but I remember enough. Not nice to grow up in that environment but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! :D

AFM - I think my roids or fissure (I do think it's more likely the latter) is getting a bit better with the cream, doesn't hurt as much but I still look forward to the day I can go to the toilet without grimacing! Sorry if TMI. I'm going to get myself some fenugreek today to try and increase my milk supply, it's been ok but still not good enough to avoid the formula feeds at nearly every feed now. Not that I mind doing that but I really want to continue BF'ing as much as I can but still happy to do both. Some is better than none huh! Amelia is doing great though, she's 6 weeks old today, I can't believe how fast the time has gone, does everyone else feel the same? It just feels like yesterday that I was waiting for her due date to come, it's quite scary how fast it's going. She is really smiling heaps now, especially when you talk to her, it's so adorable it makes my heart melt. I can't wait for the gooing sounds to go with it, had a couple but nothing obvious. She's also still sleeping well at night, getting on average 4-5 hours now, got 6 again last night, she went down at 9.30 pm and woke at 3.30 am, then fed and went back down until 6.30 am. It makes such a difference when they sleep a little longer, hope it lasts!

Today I'm off to the OT, haven't been since before I had Amelia and I'm hanging out for it, my neck, back and shoulders are so sore from BF'ing, most probably my bad posture, I'm taking Amelia as the therapist wants to meet Amelia, I've been going to her for 5 or so years, she's excited to meet her. I hope she's quiet while I'm there LOL! Then I'm off to see a friend for an hour. I have a busy week this week, hope it's not too much for Amelia, now I can drive AND lift the pram I'm going to start getting out more. Tomorrow I thought I'd take a trip into the city to see my work crew - might catch the train though, hate driving into the city, parking alone sux! Then Wednesday catching up with my aqua class girls for morning tea. We're going to discuss doing a mums and bubs swimming class, I really need to get into exercise now I can, I've got 8 kgs to lose! Who said BF'ing made you lose weight, I'm still waiting!!!!!!! People say I don't look like I need to lose it but I've got 8 kgs, got a pudgy gut still and I think my thighs are looking a bit sad ha ha.

Oh and I think I might have gotten AF, my bleeding stopped nearly 2 weeks ago and just a few days ago started again, it's not very heavy though but I'm sure it's proper AF as I have some slight cramps and my boobs are a bit sore - although what's new there ha ha! I didn't think you got AF while you were breastfeeding so there you go....just shows how much I don't know!!!!!

Sorry, I have totally rambled on, hope you're all having a fab day with your bubs. xx

yeah hes fine now....doesnt remember any of it he was hallucinating he said he could see his dad standing there clear as day and he had to protect his girls cos his dad wanted to rape them, he would also see me sitting on the couch and talk to me and pat my imaginary head when i was right infront of him and say i was an evil spirit and he could see me sitting on the couch....i just which i knew why it happened its hard to prevent something when you dont know the trigger....the dr kept saying it was cos he was drunk but hes been that drunk before and usually passes out.....who knows just glad to have the normal one back...made me realise how much he loves me and the kids though

Hi! this is just a selfish one now seeing as I am just so excited lol!!!!

I think soon Ill be able to have a pee in peace because....

V is letting me put her down!!!! Woop! She sat in her bouncer for 1/2 hour and sat in her swing today too while I put some groceries away...Oh yeah...we went shopping too!!! I knew I just had to get out and start doing stuff and Id feel more confident.

I bought an ergo carrier today too and she promptly fell asleep in it so I could get on with the shopping...Unbelievable.

I have started putting her in the cot for her day sleeps as she is getting long and the tetra bed wont last too much longer so thought Id try getting her in her own bed at least for the daytime lol..I tried to get her in there last night but she kept cracking it so at 130am I gave up, took her into our bed and in the semi dark I see this little face looking up at me an smiling and silent laughing...I couldnt believe it lol...

Oh happy days...(sings)

xxx

How bizzare Mon... that would have creeped me out! I hate scary things, can't watch ghost movies etc, so i would have been well and truly spooked. Yep it definately sounds like he loves you guys a whole lot - which is really sweet ;) I love it when men get protective of their families, nothing sexier! Glad he's ok tho, and you guys aswell. I believe in spirits and ghosts (hence the reason i get so spooked easily), so you never know - maybe he really did see something? especially if its not the first time he's been that drunk.

ALison glad to hear your holiday went well and that amelia is smiling heaps. Theo is smiling constantly, hehe, isn't it just the best? He is starting to make the gooing noises when i talk to him - melts my heart :) Head into the BFing threads, they've got heaps and heaps of tips for increasing your supply too, but i think the main one is the more amelia feeds - the more milk you will create. I make sure i have a serve of alphafa (sp?) a day, which supposidly helps, and also a glass of activate. Oh also a beer before bed is another. Have a squizz, i'm sure you'll find some things that will work for you.

Oh Theo is awake - finally!! been waiting for ages!! i need to knick up to the video store to return DVDs

xx

hi girls....

random question.. how big are your babies front fontanel??????? Ellas was about the size a pinky could fit in at brith (was told this was smaller than usual) and has gotten slightly smaller since. i have to take her to see a pediatrician to disgus it. as long as it stays open its perfictly fine and it may just be that she has a small fontanel... but the fact it has gotten smaller is not a good sign and if it closes she would need surgery to reopen it. this hole thing has me soooooooo freaked out!!!! but just out of interest how big are your babies front fontanels??????????

Billy: Weird cos i was just googling fontanelles cos Archie's feels like it is a bit sunken. His is about the size of a ten cent piece (but in a triangular shape iykwim?) I was worried cos yesterday he didn't really have as many wet nappies as he usually has and my boobs were quite engorged, even though i didn't notice that he was drinking any less.. i am pretty sure he was still drinking the same amount. So i was just starting to panic too but i have given him boobies since and it doesn't feel as sunken now.. but still it is a bit worrying. I think i'll feed him as much as he'll drink and just keep an eye on it cos he doesn't seem unwell.

I was just reading about vaccinations.... probably shouldn't have done that cos now I am questioning whether i want to get him immunised!!! It is pretty scary stuff.. is everyone getting their bubs done? DD is immunised, i never researched anything back then. I definately see the good in it but after reading about it just then i am starting to question it!!! AHHHHH! What do i do???? It says some of the vaccines contain things like cells from aborted human foetuses!!!!!! WTF!? Amongst other yucky things. I will do some more research me thinks....


Went food shopping today and it was a bit of a disaster! Had Archie in the wrap and he cried about halfway through the shops so i had to hurry the rest of the way and pull him out of the wrap.. so i had to push the trolley with one hand which is really hard to do when it is full!!

Mon: That is very strange about Jose! I hope that never happens again!! You must have been so scared...

Sorry no persies but i gotta go cook dinner before Archie wakes up!!!!!

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Hi Billykat - what is a fontanelle and how do you know if it's normal etc? I'm assuming it has something to do with their head?

Hi Kymmy - I haven't read up on vaccinations but I will get them done, I think it's important and I'd worry if I didn't, can't win! I saw a story on the news tonight about the plastics in babies bottles, anyone else see that? I'm now on the internet purchasing bottles without this stuff in it as it's really bad for bubbies, or anyone for that matter. Avent in America and Canada make them without it but not here in Australia, you can order the American ones through the web, I googled Avent bottles in Australia - well DH did but I can give you more details on the link if interested as I saved it to my faves. I figure it's worth looking into in case you need to use them as backups, like I do!

Hi Telly - I bought some fenugreek today so we'll see how it goes. No-one can say I haven't tried!

Hi Natty - wahoo! How exciting for you. :dance: Nothing better than being able to pee in peace. I'm finding I am lucky if I get lunch for myself!

Hi Mon - maybe DH did see something, alcohol induced or not....I believe in all that kind of thing so you never know. Perhaps avoid that beer next time!!! :o

Okay, both of them are down! hooray! DH is away tonight, so its a bit achievment to have them both sound asleep, haha. DD the little turd took and hour and a half to go to sleep!!! :wall: Put her in bed at 8pm, read story, lights out. 930 she FINALLY drifts off!! grrrr!!! Its horrible cause i don't like walking out and leaving her cry, so i sit in her room with her till she dozes off. And with DH away, i have Theo sitting in the room with me ( i sit on her bedside table). Needless to say bfingo on a bedside table isn't the most comfortable position! lol!

Billy that is pretty scary.. I hope the pediatrician can help ease your mind. Nohting worse than worrying about your kids.. they're so precious to you it can get really upsetting :hug: Theo is asleep now, so i'm not going to have a feel, but i'll have a feel tomorrow. The MWs always feel it at the checkups and say its feeling good... not sure exactly what good feels like tho! :hug: I'm sure she will be fine, positive thoughts mate!

Kymmy - nah i haven't read much into anti immunisation articles. I got DD immunised, and i'll be getting Theo done too. I think it would be similar to the whole circumcision thing, if you google circumcision you seem get nothing but negative. Because there are so many negative articles. If your seriously thinking about not getting him done do the research on both sides, negative and positive. When we went and got Theo circ, i was introduced to alll these incredible articles at the pediatric urologists that i really wish were available online - would have made me even more confident in our decision leading up to the event. Its totally you and your DH's personal decision (as was ours with theo). But in regards to needles, It scares me the thought of my kids dying from something that could have been prevented had they had immunisations (such as whooping cough). I even got mine and DH's whooping cough immunisation done about 3 weeks ago, cause it just freaks me out! Maybe even speak to your GP about it"? I"m sure they'd have heaps of useful info to help in your decision?
Thanks for the tips on ear piercing too. I'm glad i'm not the only one who would get ears pierced at two! lol! Actually reading it has made me want to get hers done even more. THis afternoon she bought it up again, as she spotted a pair of euroballs on the bathroom vanity. So i'll talk to DH about it when he gets home.
That sucks RE the shopping trip, grocery shopping is the worst!!! it would suck if they wanted a feed half way through.. i mean serious what do you do? leave your trolley, walk out, and start again later? lol!!

Hey natty - great hearing from you matie!! hows the ergo carrier going? Where did you get it from? I was looking at them online, but i don't have a credit card, so couldn't purchase one. We dont' have any places that stock them here in mackay either. Did you get the pink one?? cause it was super cute.. haha! I ended up getting a babyborn (the air one). And ive heard heaps of bad reports on them but seriously.. i LOVE mine! Its so comfy, Theo loves it, and it makes my shopping trips so much easier! LOL at V smiling at you in the middle of the night! hahaha, how could you not laugh at that? Cheeky little girl xx

Arimeh - Happy birthday to your little man! I can not believe how young your kids are! Did you plan on having them all so close? I love their names too, especially Kelti - how beautiful :) How was it having them all so close after 2 c-sect too? I thought you had to wait between each one?

AFM did painting with DD this arvo while DS was asleep. I've got the mummy guilts up today. Does anyone else get these? I feel so sad for DD, her whole world has been turned upside down. Before DS was born were were doing something fun everyday easily, now... she's lucky if i go outside to hang out washing :shakehead: I'm trying to make an effort, but its just so hard... Poor little thing, everytime theo leaves my arms she is straight there, "mum, pick up kaili?" And then i pick her up and she said "cuddles mum, kisses mum", and sits there cuddling me - as if she knows that she doesn't get that time much so she savours the moment :crying: Poor little chicken. I'm constantly cranky at her, waking up theo, messing the bed i just made, leaving her toys on the floor, not eating her breakfast - she is just a kid telly!!!!! LEAVE HER BE!!! :wall: I hope things settle in soon and we're back to doing a fun thing daily. We started swimming lessons again last week, so i suppose thats better than nothing. Oh and we have playgroup tuesdays and thursdays (which i attend like clockwork - those mums are my sanity! loL!!) - but it still doesn't seem like enough.....

Madame how is everything going for you?? I've been thinking of you heaps.. I hope TUlly is settling in well. Or are you having a similar problem? Gosh i hope not. Did your DH have time off after harper was born? Hope all is well xx

Okay, i better head to bed. Already missed out on an hour! haha! damn bellybelly - its a time stealer! :)

hi girls...

alison, its the small gap between the bones in the head on the top of there head near the frount... has to stay open till around 12 months so the brain can grow with out restrictions.

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Arimeh - Happy birthday to your little man! I can not believe how young your kids are! Did you plan on having them all so close? I love their names too, especially Kelti - how beautiful :) How was it having them all so close after 2 c-sect too? I thought you had to wait between each one?

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Yup all kids were totally planned - I don't think I expected to fall pregnant so quickly with DD2 though because I had an infection after my second c-section and I was expecting it to take a while (because it can affect fertility). And you only really need to wait between c-sections if you want a VBAC - and only 18 months between births, so I did that with DS and DD1 (there is just under 19 months between them) and yeah, mucked up the timing with the other two, so there is 16 months between them.. LOL.. whoops!

When we (well, most likely) go for #4, we will aim for the same age gap between DD2 and the new baby as there is between DS and DD1 - I liked the 19 months age gap, it was good. Much easier than the 16 months I have between the two younger ones, Kelts is just so young, and doesn't really talk that much yet, so its much harder to deal with her and getting her to understand that mummy can't hold her at the moment etc, it was much easier with DS. But his language skills were far better than hers are too - plus he wasn't having bottles of milk still, he was having sippy cups - which he held himself. Kelts STILL won't hold her own bloody bottle - does our head in :wall:

Anyhoo sorry bout that - crapped on a bit there.

Oh - and about the baby bjorn - most of the reviews are about how bad they are for the baby's spine (because bubs just sorta hangs there by its armpits basically) whereas carriers such as the ergo support bubs spine because they create a little seat for them to sit in, so they are much better for a developing spine - thats why people have a problem with ones like baby bjorn ;) But hey, its good to know that they are comfy for people cos I had a cheap version of one (the Tomy ones from Big W) and it was uncomfy as all ****. Pulled on my shoulders something shocking!!!

Sorry, off track there.

Mon - I'm glad he is back to normal.

Kymmy - immunisations is a tricky one. We have DS and DD1 fully immunised - but are rethinking getting DD1's 18 month ones done. And questioning getting DD2 done. WE are thinking that we will get SOME of them done, like ones that they can actually die from (ie whooping cough) but delay some of the others, measles, chicken pox etc. I was going to start up a thread actually to see which ones I should definitely be getting. But its all so confusing!!! Does my head in most times, so I haven't been thinking about it.

Better go, have another inspection this morning, so got to keep tidying up!! DD2 is asleep still (only had to resettle her three times already) and DD1 and DS are playing behind me and sorta watching tv.. but sorta not.. LOL

Hope all are well and getting lots of sleep (unless your kids are like mine.. bwahaha)

Hi Girls!

Wow Arimeh - going for number 4!!!! What a trooper, two will be plenty for me, although I am 37 this year so no way would I have the energy for four, let alone the time to squeeze them out before I'm in a zimmer frame ha ha! So 18 months is the leeway between c-sections? Is that if you want a VBAC? I thought we'd start trying end of this year in case it takes a while, only took 4 months with Amelia so hopefully won't take any longer but you never know!

I'm off to the city to visit my work crew today, although am a bit miffed as one of the girls I organised coming in with last week just told me my boss is away so he's not even there!!! Grrr....means I'll have to go back another time cause I've already arranged lunch with some friends in there. :wall:

Well, best go get ready!