Babies born~November 16th-30th 2009 #3

I never had a routine with my other two kids, Ruby is just so different I feel like it is my first time parenting. Im thinking I will try to get her into some sort of routine - as much as I can without her crying hysterically.... ahhh its a tough one ;)

Snowy- Ive braved the shops only twice with Luke and Ruby, and Im not looking forward to it again. I word Luke up before we go into the shops but hey, he's 4 and he forgets lol. I dont mind taking Ash too cause she is a really good help, sounds funny, I would rather take the 3 kids than just the 2 :o
I hope your little man is feeling better, may have been one of those 24 hr bugs or something?

Kym- :hug: I really hope your dad is ok. It must be so worrying for you, I wonder if your sickness is because of the stress you have been through the last few weeks? Take care of yourself and keep an eye on your weight xxx Hows that spunk of a little boy going?

Telly- Whos the author of the no cry sleep solutions? I would like to read it.

Hi everyone else!!

No Cry Sleep Solution is by Elizabeth Pantley. I read the toddler & pre-schooler one & it was really good, but I need to get DH to put the plan into action & he keeps falling asleep when putting DS to bed.

Ewww - I just noticed mould on the side of the G key - its been raining here for a few weeks. Off to get the tea tree spray & hope that works....

Hi Girls - I haven't been getting notifications again so now I'm so behind! Grr

Hi Kymmy - I'm sorry you've been so sick, gosh how horrible for you! 51kgs OMG! How tall are you? 55 kgs is still tiny, gosh when you're not sick I'm 10 kgs heavier than you. Depressing. Hope you feel better soon lovely. Glad to hear your dad is on the mend though. Not sure what antibiotics they had me on as they were intravenous. I did come home with a myriad of tablets though so will check those later and let you know if there's anything in there. Hope he's out of hossy soon, which one is he in anyway?

I can't remember what everyone has posted over the weekend and I'm ready for bed so apologise for no persies. If anyone is trying to get bubs into a routine I highly recommend "Babywise" - it's about parent led feeding etc., it's best done from the start but it's never too late to introduce it. It's not for everyone and it's the opposite to demand feeding but I honestly can thank it for Amelia being in such a routine, she's sleeping 8-10 hours a night, mostly without waking, she only wakes occasionally and it's never for a feed anymore, sometimes she just needs to be moved in her cot as she moves around and gets stuck up against the sides (lol). Also, aside from the odd growth spurt day/week where things go awry (sp?) she is so predictable with her feed/play/sleep routine. It really makes life a lot easier I can tell you. Anyone who says you can't get your baby into a routine hasn't tried this, but again, even if you try it it may not work, I put in the hard yards at the start with waking every 3 hours for feeds etc but it's really paid off. Our sleep is so important and so is theirs. Anyway, that's my two bob on that one lol. My friend is demand feeding her 5.5 month old and he's still waking 3/4 times a night, I personally couldn't function like that but I know it's just the way it is for some. I think it's important to do what fits in with your family and as long as the bubby is healthy that's the main thing. Hope I made sense there, not trying to offend anyone demand feeding as I I'm not against it and I know it works for some, I just like to be organised and have some structure so thought I'd give this a go. I was a bit sceptical at first but it seems to have worked so far. Who knows what could happen though, no baby is perfect and teething could blow it all out the window! lol.....oh and don't forget I'm mostly formula feeding so is a little different again. I envy those with abundant milk I really do - expressed 20 mls today, woop the chook! Got lectured by the nurse at the chemist when I was asking about the child health nurse, suppose I'll cop the same from her when I take Amelia in for a weigh in. I'm sick of being made to feel guilty, I'm doing the best I can with what I have - there's far too much negative crap out there about formula and I'm sick of it, some of us just can't produce the milk so why should we be made to feel like we're malnourishing our children!!! Oh and I weighed Amelia on the Wii Fit Plus (which I just bought yesterday) and she's 6.2kgs hee hee.

Anyway, gotta go, mega tired. Speak tomoz peeps!

Alison: Good on you honey! You should be proud of yourself for doing your best re: BFing. Alot of women would've given up, but you haven't.. and i think it is great that you have Amelia in such a good routine... i am just waayyy to disorganised to even have myself in a routine let alone Archie! haha! My dad is at Sir Charles Gardiner. Miles away! I am 161cms tall.. don't know what that is in feet! I was 50kg before being PG but that was a little underweight for my height which is why i wanted to stay a bit bigger.

Ubba: I think it has alot to do with stress actually. Times like this call for valium... hehe.. just kidding.. but i have been using rescue remedy which seems to help. Archie is doing great.. i was a bit worried that he might be getting sick cos he kept doing the SMELLIEST farts!!! He only poops every two days now... is that normal?

Snowy: How are you and your boys going? x

Goodnight all, need all the rest i can get me thinks...

xxx

Ali- Thanks for that, I will borrow babywise from the library and see what I think. I too think there are too many bad vibes on formula feeding. I was talking to my nan the other day nd found out that she had TB when she was a kid so was unable to breastfeed because of it so had to FF her 3 babies. Im sure the formula back then was no where near what it is today and my dads still kickin'.

Snowy- Thanks, I will check out that book too!

Kymmy- O.M.G dont even talk to me about smelly farts, sometimes I think Ruby smells worse than DH :o I wouldnt be worried about Archie pooing every 2 days, as he is getting older his digestive tract is more developed and you only have to be grossed out every 2 days! BONUS :dance:

Natty- how is V going, wonder why her 'routine' has changed. She was going really well - maybe she just wants Mummy cuddles ?? Who knows..........

Had another really unsettled night with Ruby, she just wont sleep... Her day sleeps are about 40mins-1hr and she wakes 2-3 hrly over night. I am so sleep deprived its doing my head in. DH and DS come home today from camping, I cant wait cause I really miss them awwwww.

I might try and have a snooze on the couch while Ruby is fixed on the TV

Hope you are all well. xxx

Hi Ubbs - definitely have a read, might not be for you but you might find it really good too. They have a series of books leading right up to toddler age etc. I'm ready for the next one, they talk about introducing solids. Babywise is basically all about in their words "giving your child the gift of sleep". Good luck matey!

Hi Kymmy - I'm 160 cms hee hee - that's 5'3". 50kgs is definitely on the lower end of the scale for that height but everyone has different bone structure as well. When I did Weight Watchers my ideal weight for my height was between 52kg and 64kgs - 64 kgs being the top end, 52kg the lower end - I ended up 56kgs but found that hard to maintain so was generally comfortable around 57/58 kgs. Hence why I feel and look so huge now at 66 kgs! :o You must just be blessed with a naturally small frame, lucky you! My sister dug out pics of her son when he was born as he turned 20 last week - I was 16 when he was born and I was so thin, probably too thin - apparently everyone else thought so but I don't remember feeling thin - I was 48 kgs back then and stayed that way until I was about 21 I think. The weight crept on as I got older ha ha. I had tiny little arms and now I have big tuckshop lady arms - go figure!

Well, I'm off to see my 91 year old grandma in her aged care home today, I haven't seen her for 12 months and I'm really nervous. Mum's up and my sisters are also coming but while I want to see her I'm kind of dreading it. I struggle with the fact that she might not know who we are but like everyone has said, old people love babies so it doesn't matter. Will be weird but I'm glad I'm going, Amelia will at least have met her and vice versa. I'm taking a little frame with Amelia's pic in it for her, she'll probably wake up everyday and wonder who the hell she is but I thought it was nice anyway, it was her birthday on Saturday. Mum said when she called her to tell her she was coming to visit she thinks she knew who she was so hopefully she's having a good week and not a bad one. Will let you know how it goes!

Have a great day everyone. xx

I'm 166-167cm and 78 kg :O I was 72 after serenity was born I feelvery fat *cry* I would love to be 68kg as my regular, I must admit I've been very lazy and not going to the gym so I'm gonna try make it this week, jose has next week off cos his bosses are going to steep no idea where it is but I figure I will try get back in there then

Have fun visiting ur ur grandma Alison

Hi Mon - sounds like you and I are feeling the same!!! You want to be my weight and I want to be closer to Kymmy's lol! You're so tall Mon, I'm such a shortie - at least when you're taller the weight doesn't look so obvious, it really shows on me. I think you look great in your pics, I can't see 10 kgs like you say you want to lose!!!!!! I bought the Wii Fit Plus on Saturday with the intention of starting today - I want to do the workout while Amelia has her morning nap as it's the only sure one she has for at least an hour, anyway, I realised when I got home that I didn't need to buy the whole pack as the board is the same as the one I have, derrrrrr! No wonder it was so expensive, I thought it was a different board to the other Wii Fit that I already have. So, I have to take it back and I won't have time today so there goes another day, grrrr.

Hi all,

Sorry Alison it might be none of my biz but please read this if you are planning on using babywise:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post1427620

As you said Alison its up to the induvidual and I havent read this book but when you mentioned it I remembered seeing this on the bb website.

Cheers
xxxx Natty

Hi all!!!

Well so much is going on in here while I have been away lol...where to start!?

Telly, Im onto it I will definately do that with V and I have been since I read that last night. My biggest fear is V getting addicted to the nipple lol and even more scarey she wont take a dummy so she loves the booby even more...

Ubba Im hoping that our next one is one of those "easy" babies we hear so much about.. :rolleyes: I hope Ruby can start getting through the night easier.. It does make you want to go to sleep school sometimes eh? I have had the same thoughts at my worst times then dh says something about cc and I freak out lol..

Kymmy Gosh you have had it rough lately :hug: right back at you for a hug mate.. I hope your Dads foot heals, what a prospect at losing it! Thats bad stuff, do you know how he got the infection in thefirst place? I wish I was skinny due to anything lol, I cant seem to shift any weight atm and am starting to get depressed about it...sniff..I could lay off the easy food and not eat icecream with dh lol...:doh:

Hi everyone else! Better go do some actual work on my "babybreak" lol

Ps got my eyebrows waxed and eyelashes tinted so I feel a lil bit prettier now I have nice eyes again, they were so overgrown Im surprised I could still see....

Hi Natty - had a quick squiz, will read more when I have time - that's interesting though, I didn't know it came from a religious thing??? My friend did it so bought me a copy. I don't follow it word for word or anything, I just adopted the concept on the feeding schedule so I could teach her night from day etc - I am pretty flexible with it and not strict, it's actually a very similar routine to one my other friend is doing which came from the Contented Baby or one of those so I'm not worried. I won't be following it for anything else, I was interested to read the one about introducing solids but it was mostly to get her into a routine so she wasn't wanting to feed constantly as I'd seen for myself how hard it can be to get them into a routine when demand feeding. My health nurse said the way I'm doing it is great, she said that she had 5 kids and the 4th one she demand fed as it had just become really popular back in the early 80's and she said the first 3 kids were sleeping through the night by 8 weeks and the 4th took 18 months!! She said as long in the early weeks you are feeding them every 3-4 hours, no longer and they are growing nicely etc then it's fine. That's really the only Babywise concept I've been following, is a time thing....I have another friend who didn't really follow any books and her baby did this anyway which to be honest I think Amelia was quite in that 3 hourly routine anyway so I was lucky it just worked out well. :p

Well, I visited nana today, I have no idea if she knew who we were, she kind of did but was more just happy that we'd visited in general. She absolutely adored Amelia and kept saying how perfect and precious she was and every now and then she'd use a phrase like she used to like "what a gorgeous little sausage" - it was funny. She did ask me a million times her name and mum kept saying it was Amelia Alice, and she'd say oh that's a lovely name and mum would say, yes, your middle name is Alice too and she'd say, oh how lovely. ha ha. I'm not sure she put the two together. It was quite a depressing place, the home itself is new so it was lovely - they even have big flat screen tellys in their rooms but just full of people who had no idea. My nana must be around 40 kgs and has no teeth now, she had to take out her dentures as she suffers neuralgia (sp?) so her face has sunk in a bit. There were a few ladies who were a bit creepy following us around and they just stare lol, honestly though, I really don't want to get to that stage. My nana just turned 91, that's a good innings but sometimes I think it would be nice if you could decide when you'd had enough. She tells everyone she's just about done - but she's been saying that for about 5 years now! Anyway, I got a nice pic of her with Amelia and I feel much better for visiting her.

Anyway, been out all day and desperately need to sit and relax, been running around everywhere! Hope you all have a lovely evening. xx

Hey ladies!
Just popping in to say hello!

Kymmy :hug: I hope you feel better soon... and your dad too. If i lived close by i'd pop into macca's and buy you a bigmac, help give you some cushion back, hehe :)

Natty i'm glad your visibility is now 100% Nothing better than a wax and tint to make you feel human again! Theo won't take a dummy either, he's also nipple addict.

JDs Mum - Hope your visitors have buggered off and you're now going free range with those boobies! bahahaha! I'm exactly the same, hate wearing a bra all the time! Even with my F cup ladies :o

Madame - how are your little cheerubs going? how's the ww going? Last weeks weigh in left me -10.7kg. which meant i hit my 10% mark! yeehaa! Having another crapo week again tho, so expecting my loss to be poor - but hey, that takeaway weekend was prettty darn delish!

Snowy - i hope that standing and bouncing counts as exercise! Cause that and trolley pushing is about all i get aswell! Hope your gorgeous kiddies are happy and healthy :)

Alison - sending you some rep points for visiting your gma. makes me think of my gdad.. time is precious, you should visit more often ;)

Ubba - Ahh, sometimes mothers have the best intentions.. but all they end up doing is peeing you off. Vent away. I won't be giving theo solids until 6 months either (unless he shows strong signs of needing some). DD started at 5.5 months. The other day my mum tried to give theo some water from her cup. I cracked it. And she couldn't understand why. :wall:

AFM - Mum went and bought DD a new carseat today! So now she's in the big one, and i've taken theo's capsule out, and put him in her old one (but backwards). She also got theo a new blanket which is just BEAUTIFUL! My lordie its gorgeous! Mum also got kaili wiggles tickets!!! :dance:

k, better head off.
love to all
xx

I swear to god I'm gonna join ww police got so lazy to tired to type but love you all xxx

just quickly to all you skinny minnies-
i am 163 cm and am now 79.6 thanks to ww!!!
when i had harper i tipped the scales at a whopper 92 omg!
im aiming to get to 60 which is what i weighed when i was hot and got married. ali and mon- you two are gorgeous and kymmy- ive got plenty to share he he
be back later to persie and vent- had the crappest week ever- work related
ill vent, dont worry bout that
GBH to everyone xox

ps- telly- wahoo! over 10 kg lost! go you
love letter to telly over x

WOO Madame! Hot stuff!

I'll be back later to tell you what the Dr told me... not happy Jan.

xxx

Hi Madame - wow that's awesome mate, gosh you're doing so well! I need to pull my thumb out for sure! If you want to get to 60 kgs at 163 cm I need to be less then that then! I'm 159 cms, I say 160 cms (what 1 cm between friends lol) - I feel best at around 57/58 kgs but I'm usually about 58/59. I am going to hopefully start the Wii Fit Plus this morning, have to wait for Amelia to go down for her morning nap although not sure how I'll go today, I just woke her after a 10 hour sleep last night! I normally wouldn't but her nappy was leaking it was so full so I tried to change her but she woke up. Then I felt bad for waking her, can't win!

Hi Telly - 10 kgs, OMG hot stuff that's fabbo! You and Madame are so fantastic, well done!!!!

Hi Kymmy - oh no what did the Doc say?

Hi Mon - me and you both, I need to get my act together instead of whinging every day about how fat I am.

AFM - I got my first period yesterday! I thought something was up as the day before I had some cramping. Boy is it bright red and heavy, I guess it's the cleanest it's been for a while lol (sorry TMI). At first I felt sad and angry as it was just another reminder of my breastfeeding failure but then I read even if you're fully breastfeeding you can get them after 3 months so I felt a bit better. Oh well, back to the monthly aches and pains then I guess. I figure at least I know my body is working again I suppose. lol

yeah ali- means you can go for number 2 soon! tee hee hee x

Oh Kymmy I hope its not what Im thinking.....

Good on all you skinny girls lol

I am LOVING my little girl so much lately even though she is waking me up all the time haha, she is getting so much personality and I love her little morning smiles when Ive taken her to bed with me early in the morning. 2 mornings ago she vomited on me, the next she peed in the bed out the side of the nappy so this morning I changed her beforehand only for her to do a mega turd and it to come out into her blanket I had wrapped around....purely because I just KNEW she was after a trifecta lol. So that was twice I had to change our sheets and mattress protector...eeeewww.. Seriously though she is so fun though and she loves dh so much too, her face lights up when he gets home from work. awww.

Oh she is 5.8kg today @ 16w5d

Sorry.. selfish..xxx

ha ha Madame - I hadn't thought of it like that but you're right! lol :p

Forgot to ask, is anyone else's bubs trying to talk? Well when I say talk I mean are they making noises like they're whinging? Amelia is but she is happy and playing with toys so I think it's her finding her voice!!!

kymmy i hope everything is ok...

Alison serenity has always been chatty typical girl, re af every ones different I didn't get one for 12 months after mally I'm hoping if I keep at bf the same will happen this time as i don't want another til 2013

Kymmie hope everythings ok

I'm starting to get sick I think, was really bad hayfevery yesterday but now my nose is yellow , jose said don't come near me I don't want to catch your hayfever lmao

Hey everyone….

Been MIA for a few days – went to Brissy to see the Backstreet Boys…I know, they are very lame but we used to love them 10 years ago (god I’m old!) so it was a trip down memory lane!!! I cant believe they are all in their mid / late 30’s now!!! They seemed like little boys when I used to drool over Nick!!!

Heavenly – Hope you aren’t getting sick…..Hayfever is the worst thing!! I get it really bad sometimes and nothing will make it go away until I go to bed that night and wake up the next day and it’s gone….it makes me want to rip my nose off my face and scratch my eyes out….not to mention the runny nose as well…not fun!

Alison – Abbey is VERY vocal sometimes….if me and her are the first ones up in the mornings I’m worried she’s going to wake JD up she goes on that loud sometimes…..it’s very cute though….you can have little conversations with her….glad you visited your Grandma…mine’s in a facility like that although she is quite with it (most of the time anyway!) but as she is in high care the only bed for her is in the lock up dementia section so she’s in with the dementia people…most of them are lovely though although there is a man there that keeps wandering into her room that she goes off about every now and then…it is sad…she’s really skinny and is scabby – not half of the woman she used to be…though she loves seeing JD and Abbey, I think that’s pretty much what she lives for. We usually get up there about twice a week so she enjoys that…

Natty – So glad you are loving little V so much….everytime I look at the pic of her with that hat on it makes me laugh….that’s a priceless pic! Their personalities are coming out more and more aren’t they? Cant believe it’s been nearly 4 months….times flies doesn’t it! She’s really got it in for you and that bed by the sounds….

Kymmy – Also hope that things are OK with you : (

Go Madame and Telly – great work on the weight…..god I’m hopeless….I was sitting on the lounge this morning watching the Biggest Loser and eating potato gems at the same time….I’ve got no hope if I’m doing that….

Telly – Visitors have buggered off thank god….they weren’t that bad really but I just felt out of whack with them here and not being able to do my own thing and having crap all over the place….I’ve got F’s as well so it’s not a pretty sight for anyone to see me braless….poor DH….he didn’t sign up for this when he met me I’m sure!!

AFM – I’ve had 2 unexpected visitors today so when I hear the front gate open I have to make a dash for the bra to get myself decent lol!!! I’m gross I know!

As I said above I went to Brisbane on Monday night so I took the pump with me to keep my supply up and Abbey was on bottles for about 27 or so hours….she’s had good feeds last night and one this morning but has refused my left one the last couple of times I tried….I hope that she hasn’t decided to not want booby anymore….it’s just so much easier…will keep persevering….

She had her 4 month old shots yesterday and screamed the house down with the first one...nothing much with the second jab but I think she was still in shock from the first one so didn’t react. I had her little butterfly / beetle thing with me that makes noises and flashes so showed her that afterwards and it settled her down…JD also got his swine flu shot and I was more worried about him losing it but the nurse was really good and just kept talking to him about other things, didn’t mention the needle, and just jabbed him and it was done – he didn’t even know so that was a relief!!

Had 2 good nights with Abbey then last night was a shocker again….still think it’s wind as it’s a really painful cry and she’s stinky when I get to her so that has to be it…I haven’t eaten anything really on the no no list so I just want it to stop!! I thought she would have sorted it out by nearly 16 weeks!!

Better go and watch more TV…nothing like wasting a day away is there!!!

xoxoxoxo

Hey Ladies!

It's been a while! Ok, I have a confession to make... I do check in here pretty much at least once a week and catch up with you all but never post :( I guess it's coz' the longer I leave it the more I feel left out so no more! I feel like I know you all sooo well now from reading all the time and I want a piece of the action hahahaha

I'll give a quick update on us...

Cruz is doing so well, he's 7.5kgs now and just a gorgeous happy little boy :) A super chatter box and has started giving us the most gorgeous giggles and belly laughs now - Always squealing and cooing, he's just beautiful! Since he was 7 weeks old we've had a pretty flexible routine happening with him and it works great - He wakes up in between 7-8 in the morning, has his breaky, naps for an hour somwhere in between 9 - 10 to 10 - 11, has a feed, plays, then goes back to bed between 12 - 1 for at least 2 hours so gets up between 2 - 3 has a feed, playtime, then has a short nap between 4 and 5 for anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour, then has a bath with his Daddy (which the both LOVE! It's their fave time of the day for sure!) has his dinner, has cuddle time and stories and is in bed asleep no later than 7pm... Then we wake him up anywhere between 9:30 and 11pm, he has his biggest feed of the day then and goes straight back to sleep and doesn't wake up again until between 7-8 in the morning! We're not too strict on it but it's pretty much spot on every day and if things do change, like we go out for the day or something, we just ensure we're somewhere long enough for him to have his big nap like, have him in the pram at the shops, be in the car if we have a long drive or have him in the pram somewhere quiet at whoever's house we are visiting andhe'll nodd off for a good hour or two - If things go really skewed for the day, he just has a longer nap in the afternoon so we are pretty flexed on it but it doesn't seem to matter too much, we're not having any sleep problems that's for sure...

Basically, I have leanred that the rule is to only keep them up for 2 hours at a time, any longer and they become overtired and the more overtired they are the harder it is for them to get to sleep poor bubbas and we are strict with his bedtime routine at night, definitely bath, massage, feed, cuddles and stories and bed - By the end of his feed, during cuddle time he's ready for bed and is super drowsy anyway... Works wonderfully for us!

You girls who are doing this all on so little sleep are my heroes! I have nfi how the hell you are surviving! If Cruz has a bad night and wakes up twice or more (only ever for us to pop the dummy back in then it's straight back to sleep) DH and I feel like we're going to die the next day! I am wishing on every star that your ittle ones let you get some serious rest very soon!! Funny how it seems to be the girls who are the bubbas being unpredictable and not liking the sleep! Ruby, Abbey, Amelia - Little ladies want to party!!

Am also with you all on wanting to lose this baby weight! I have always been a size 6-8... 169cm tall and between 50 - 55kgs always. Never had weight trouble in my life, got pregnant and ate healthily but also gave in to cravings whenever I felt, wasn't very disciplined at all haha I'd have a super healthy dinner and go "You know, I feel like a Magnum... I'll have that Magnum!" and then after that one, "Hmmm this little man wants ANOTHER Magnum! Aaaah better not deprive the poor bubba!" Hahaha aaaaah not so funny when on the day I gave birth I was 94kgs!! Was 86kgs when Cruz was 6 weeks, am now 78 and HATE it! We're moving house in 2 weeks as DH is starting his new career as a Correctional Officer at the Prison and after this move is over it's Hammer time for me and my lard!! SIze 8 here I come! 3 months I am giving myself, I don't cae how hard I have to smash it! DH is an ex Army Physical Training Instructor (He was a BRUTAL PTI Natty, you would have hated him!) and gym bunny, we have a big gym setup in our home, also just got Wii Fit and I have a gym membership with creche for Cruzy (Although it will be sooooo hard to leave him even though I'll be 10 metres or less away!) so no excuses now..

Also on topic - I am not BF'ing anymore, am fully FF, I had the worst supply and my big little man just couldn't get full... AF came back for me at 8 weeks on the dot... AM LOVING DTD AGAIN! Woot woo!!!! Loving being creative and doing it everywhere but the bedroom haha A bit weirded out if Cruz is too close when we're getting freaky - Even if he's sleeping, it just doesn't feel right! Cruzy sleeps in our room in a cradle next to us and we just love it, we know he has to go to his own bedroom sometime soon but it will be tears for Mum & Dad more than bub I think...

Hmmm... Can't remember what else has cropped up in the thread that I should fill in on... Not sure if anyone will even read all of this, a very selfish post being as I feel I have t update to be able to jump back in on the convo after being away so long - Don't even know if anyone will remember me! And this post is all over the place as I am trying to do 10 things at once while Cruz sleeps hahaha - He'll be up in 20 mins!

Hmmm.. So that is me, now I have done that, I can be less of a stranger and less selfish next post and reply to all of you!

Shayna - Am sooooooo jealous you went to see BSB I was also a Nick nut when younger - I truly believed we were meant to be as our birthday's are 2 days apart... And many years, I think I was only 10 or something then hahaha... Ah that's romance when you're ten hey, both being born in the same month hahah

Kymmy - I hope you are doing better now after the D&C! And your Dad, your poor Dad, I really hope things are getting better there too!!

Oooo, half way through persies and little man waking, be back soon xx

Hello Ladies!

Alicia: I was wondering what happened to you! Great to hear that you and Cruz are doing good! Cruz sounds like he is in a great routine! I wouldn't even have a clue how long/how often Archie feeds/sleeps as every day is soo different still!!! Some days he will feed every two-three hours, some days every three-four hours and some days every 30mins-1 hour!! And sleeping is pretty much the same! haha! So i just go with whatever!! Sometimes i wish he had a routine so i could plan stuff around him but its all good! Cruz sounds like a big boofa too! Archie was 6.7 kgs yesterday (13w 3d) and is very tall for his age (52.5cm @ 6w... havent had him measured since! haha) Its nice having a chubba!
Good to hear from you! I'm glad you'll be popping in more often! xxx

Hello everyone else! I'll just be quick to fill u in on what the Doc said cos i gotta get my butt into gear and cook dinner while Archie is sleeping...
It was definately retained placenta. The bad news is that the Doc recommends that i don't have any future babies at home as i am extreme high risk of the placenta getting stuck again (in the same spot) and of having another PPH. She said it will be worse with each baby i have! She said 850mls was ALOT of blood to lose and i probably should have had a transfusion!! Ubba, How much did you lose? And Billykat?? was it you too? Can't remember! I haven't spoken to my midwife yet but i will send her an email tonight.. i am very sad that i may not be able to have another HB.. It was the best experience of my life! Obviously my safety during birth is extremely important but i can't help but want to sook about it! hahaha! BOOO HOOOOOOO!!
So thats my news. BUMMMMMMERRRRRR. Oh and also my iron is at 25 which is on the low side (should be between 15-200) so i am back on iron tabs. WOOOHOOO constipation!

As for my beautiful, darling papa bear.... He has osteo melitis (sp), infection of the bone. They think this whole thing has started from a fracture in his foot (news to him!) that has not healed and left a sharp protrusion which rubbed on one of his tendons which caused the infection then the Golden Staph got in and WHAMMO ... he could possibly lose his foot. Fingers crossed for my poor daddy. He has a long line to his heart for antibiotics for when he comes home... which will hopefully be sooner rather than later as he is completely OVER being in hospital.

ANYWAY! Enough of my rambling... Hope you all had a great day and sorry for the me me me (oh and Alicia.. haha) post.

Love you all x x x x

Hey Alicia welcome back!! As if we wouldnt remember who you are, so glad you decided to post! Cruz sounds like he is growing so nicely and I must say I am very jealous of his sleeping patterns. Owell, my time will come :pray:

Kym- Hope you are ok lovey xx As long as you can still have bubbas, thats the main thing. My loss was 850mls too I think- I will have to double check, pretty scary though.

Ruby had a check up with the MCHN today. She weighs 6.1kg and is 62.5cm long - my little pudding! The nurse has written out a 'routine' and so far so good, let me know what you think.

6am- BF
9/9.30- BF
10am- Bed (put her in sleep clothes ie jumpsuit)
12/12.30- BF
1/1.30- Bed (sleep clothes)
3/3.30- BF
6.30/7- Bath, book, BF, Bed
10/10.30- Dream feed

We had kinder duty today so I couldnt really put it into place during the day, but so far so good for the evening. I always used to give her a bath every 2nd day and at what ever time I could fit it in, so I might find it a bit of a struggle getting myself into a routine.....

Im going to head off to bed shortly so I will post persies tomorrow - AFTER I do some of my course, I have to get back into it.

xx

I think the bleed is meant to be upto 600 that does sound like alot but don't get sad cos you could always go to a birth centre instead so it feels close to a hb

Fingers crossed for your dad hope he heals up and keeps his foot

I feel like crap had a 2 hr nap timed 3 kids for naps perfectly but I still feel like rubbish

Hi Alicia - so good to hear from you and so glad Cruz is doing so well, I love his pics on FB. Amelia is pretty well fully FF'd as well, I let her nurse on me first feed but she doesn't really get much and has a full bottle - I express what I can in the day but I'm lucky to get 20/30 mls a day. I'll persevere for a bit longer but I think 6 months and I'll give up if it doesn't improve! Looks like Amelia's boyfriend has lots in common then! ;) As for your weight, my goodness you were tiny! You're so tall, that weight is little for your height, I'm lucky to get to 57/58 and I'm 159cm!!! I'm a size 10 at that size....haven't been an 8 since my early 20's lol. I guess I am older though (37 this year yikes) and my body shape changed when I hit my 30's, moreso now since having bubby! Most of us are feeling crap about our weight, I too want to be back to my old self by June, my birthday. Good luck to us all!!!! :dance:

Hi Kymmy - sorry to hear about your news on not being able to have a HB - but like Mon said there's always the birthing centre at King Eddie, my friend just had a baby there and loved it. I too am sorry about your dad, he's had a bad run with that, I hope he doesn't lose his foot, how long before they know for sure? I hope they don't have to, that would be devastating.

Hi Ubbs - the routine looks good! I do the same pretty much, 5 feeds a day but mine are generally 3.5 to 4 hourly except the second last one I do after 2.5/3 hours otherwise I'm up too late for the final feed. Amelia wakes at a different time most days but if it starts at 6.00 am I usually can do the 4 hourly for the whole lot and finish by 10.00 pm but like today she didn't wake up until 8.00 am so I did 8.00 am, 11.30 am (I had to be somewhere at 12.00), 3.30 pm....then did a smaller feed at 6.00 pm which is enough to tide her over and because it's only been 2.5 hours she doesn't want as much. Then she goes straight to sleep as it's officially night time and she'll have her last fed at 9.30/10.00 pm and straight to bed, hopefully for the rest of the night! Let me know how it goes, I think you'll find it will greatly help you, it may seem difficult in the beginning but stick to it because it won't take her long and it will be so much better for you. This is why I stuck to it in the beginning because I knew it would be worth it later. I couldn't function if Amelia wasn't in a general routine, it's much easier for planning things and going out etc. Good luck mate, I'm excited for you

Hi Mon - poor you, hayfever sux, hope you're feeling better soon lovely. I will be sending the card for Mikayla to you tomorrow, meant to do it the last 2 days but haven't managed to get to the PO, have to go tomorrow for definite as have other things to post too!

AFM - Well, I started the Wii Fit Plus today, it told me it had been 411 days since I was last on and then proceeded to say "oh dear, you've gained weight" - 5.9 kgs more than 411 days ago lol...........then put me in the overweight category for BMI - I did have a BMI of 22, now it's 25! I didn't get a full workout in this morning however because Amelia didn't want to sleep, I think that had something to do with the 10 hours she'd just sleep that night!

Hello girls!

Alicia - Welcome back! Its good to hear from you! No we couldn't have forgotten you, and I hope you stay in contact a bit more! Cruz is such a hunky little man, its just crazy! haha! I LOVE LOVE LOVE his eyes... beautiful brown eyes. They remind me of my DDs eyes they're that dark. I always hoped all my kiddies would have beautiful eyes like her, but it looks like Theo's are going to go hazel at this stage, they're changing so much! Lordie i can not believe you were that tiny! Good luck with you weight loss, sounds like your hubby is going to be a great motivator! Theo is also 7.5kg

Ubba - your routine sounds great! I'm starting to think maybe i should adopt it too? Theo is such a boobie man its silly, haha. He's at the stage now if he's even sitting on my lap he begins to arch his face towards them and lets out this silly fake cry :rolleyes: hahaha, typical man! I have no doubt he uses them as a dummy.. When he was 6 weeks the MW told me this was fine.. but now?? at 3.5 months? still ok? haha! So i wonder if he'd be able to go that far between 'feeds'. I excentuate the word 'feed' because often his feed are really just for comfort/dummy. And then we've got playgroup twice during the week, swimming once and music once.. haha! I'm making excuses already and i haven't even started! Ahhh!! Kymmy you and i are so alike, just 'go with the flow'! Its sooo easy to be so relaxed! Anyway bec, hope you're doing your homework atm instead of scrolling the pages of belly belly... hehe

Kymmy!! :hug: Kymmy's Dad!! :hug: I don't really know what to say. Just know that i'm here, i'm thinking of you and your dad, i'm reading, and i'm listening.. I hope everything gets better really soon.
As for the PPH, I had it after kaili was born and lost 1.5ltrs. I had 3 blood transfusions and the drs told me i was lucky to live :o With theo i had PPH and lost 500ml, didn't need any transfusion, thank god! BUT bad news i think .. I've been told that because of my history, i'm very likely to have it with every pregnancy, and have been told that i would not qualify for any birth centres as i'm 'high risk'. But that is just me.. maybe birth centres over in WA have different rules and regulations? But you know.. in the end so long as you and your baby are happy and healthy thats all that matters.
I can imagine how incredible having a HB would be... Perhaps you could labour at home as long as possible, then head to the hossy when you're in transistion? Thats what i did with theo, and i have nothing but beautiful memories from it. I remember even at the time, with all that pain, i was on a high - i was soo happy with myself.
But big hugs :hug: You are the type of woman who see's labour as a spiritual journey.. i'm sure you will experience this incredible journey no matter where it takes place ;) And you can always have your MW to tag along for the ride! hehe

Mon - I hope you start to feel better. Hows everything going at home? Jose behaving himself? hehe. x

Natty - doesn't get much cuter than V... gosh she is looovely!! Love that vid of her giggling in the bath.. naww

JDs MUM - Hahahaha!! I do the EXACT same thing! I hear a car pull up.. quickly look out the window.. CRAP!! Run to my bedroom, put a bra on, a headband (cause they make your hair look like you're brushed it, haha), and almost 80% of the time I also need to put shorts on aswell :redface: Can't believe you went and saw BSB!! WOOHOO!!!! Man i used to LOVE them. And Hanson aswell! Crap thats embarrasing! Don't you think Kevin is the odd one out?? Me and my sis used to always think that.. he was the odd one out. And whenever one of us would do something kinda 'lonerish', we'd call them a 'kevin'.. LOL! What crap teenagers come up with!

Madame!!! in your 70s!!!!!! You go girl!!! I can't wait till i'm in my 70s.. i think its been about 4 years since i was there. Im so close i can taste it! haha! Well done!

AFM - weighed in this afternoon, lost 1.2kg! yes! total of 11.9kg now!
Theo is doing soo well... gosh i love him to bits. As i mentioned earlier he now lets out this fake cry when he's near my boobies, haha! its just sooo adorable! I have to stop myself from kissing him constantly.. his little soft cheeks.. so delicious!
When i put him in his cot while i have a shower, and he starts to cry Kaili quickly races in there and gives him his toys and talks to him.. its so sweet. Then if he pulls out his serious cry, she FREAKS out! Runs into the shower bawling, "MUM!! MUM!! FEOS CRYING!!", haha, she gets so upset about it poor little darlin' ! I'm so glad she has him, and visa versa. Couldn't imagine my life without my sister. Can't wait to make them more! haha!
He is also getting reallly reallly interested in food! Its making me feel really cruel eating infront of him. He stares at me drooling, and often tries to grab it. Tonight i was eating an icecream in a cone, and he actually grabbed it (my eyes were focussed on home and away, haha) and got icecream all over his hand. :o Couldn't believe it! (cleaned it off obviously)

anyway! Love to all!
xx

I couldn't do that routine Ubba as we don't have sleep clothes :redface: - Mr I wears a T-shirt or short sleeve onesie 24/7, plus I havve to change his shirt 3 or 4 times a day 'cause of the spew & I couldn't be bothered to change his outfit any more than necessary. Even with the constant rain for the last few weeks its too hot for much in the way of clothing. Having said that I finally got around to rewashing all of DS1's old winter stuff so its sitting there ready for a drop in tempreture.

I'm the opposite - I'm going round the house wearing a bra & no shirt. I've gotta wear the bra 'cause I'm still leaking milk & need the bra to hold the breastpads on.

Gotta go - duty calls

Hi Girls - just on the routine Ubba was given - which is pretty much the exact same as what I've always done with Amelia, it's never too late to start, might take a bit longer but you can do it. And Snowy I don't put Amelia in sleep clothes until the evening - she knows that's night time then but that's just how I do it. During the day she goes down in whatever she's wearing and I just put a wrap over her like a blanket but I don't always wrap her. At night she's in her longsleeve/legged onesie or long sleeve top and just nappy if the aircon isn't on and her Grobag and that's it. It makes life a lot easier having a routine, well for me anyway, like I said before I like to be organised so it's nice knowing when she'll be due a feed and the best times to go out etc. I meant to say Ubbs that Amelia usually has 1.5 hours of awake/play time before having a sleep - that's if she has a sleep, the morning she has a good 1-2 hours but the arvos she might only have 30 mins max at a time lol.

In saying all this last night she woke at 3.00 am :o Her nappy had wet through again so I'm thinking maybe I need to go to the next size - the crawler size as she's still in infants. The problem is when I change her nappy it wakes her up more so took me a little longer to get her settled again, she was pretty upset about that wet nappy - fussy little girl ha ha. So 4.00 am she finally goes back to sleep after me going in a couple of times to plug in the dummy......she did sleep till 8.00 am though so can't complain. :p

Well, I'm going to use my slow cooker for the first time today, lamb shanks, yummmmmmmmm! Hope I do it properly, haven't used one before.

Don't worry Alison in time you will master the skill of changing a nappy and them staying asleep, I can even do it one handed when bf lmao well it's 9am and I'm going back to bed for 2 hours it's daycare day yay and I'm so proud I have saved $500 that's alot for me lol and that's after bills and food for the week I just need to learn some self control at the shops and not buy crap, still feel yuck have a headach the other day I woke up with a sore finger on the inside near the joint and there's a lil white lump under the skin that can move slightly but no idea what it is but my finger hurts all the same

We don't have sleep clothes either but we have lots of spew too every time she rolls onto her tummy she pukes and her face gets covered in chunks lmao

Jose has actually been really good since the outburst after my sisters friend (Aka milf hunter with a really big hmmmm,apparently) came over I think it made him realise he didn't want to lose me, I on the other hand have been struggling slightly I've been slightly depressed as I usually get but also been getting quite overwhelmed with even looking at the housework and I have been really short tempered and stressed and the slightest thing sets me off it's not really anxiety but is slightly it's hard to explain but I either get really angry and want to swear my head off and break things or I want to just sit there and cry dunno if it's maybe all the crap nights of sleep taking it's toll cos even when she doesn't wake I still wake like every hour or two and I have so much trouble getting comfy and going to sleep

Hey Mon, thanks, you'll have to teach me lol! I was swearing at the poppers on the all in ones last night, trying to do them back up in the dark, grrr! You've done well with saving, I too have to stop spending money on crap, down to one wage now. Booooo. That lump on your finger, is it a ganglion? I've had 2 in my wrist and had operations on both - came back in the same spot the second time. They're fluid filled cysts that can move around - not cancerous or anything but they can move around. They're usually found on the hands/wrist area. Is it big or little?

Hey dr said it's a cyst in the ligament which should go away by itself, I have a sinus infection and also anxiety to top off my depression so got some meds to take which will hopefully help and I've gotta contact king eddies phsycologist centre

Good afternoon ladies.
Both my kids are asleep at the same time! :o

Well i've gotten inspiration from you Ubba. I decided to write down my happenings today to see if i can get a bit of a routine happening aswell. And so far i'm noticing, because i'm writing it down, i can actually see whats wrong with theo, and what he needs to do next ;) Probably should have done it a while ago :redface: But anyway, its helping me realise that when i stick him on the boob, half the time its not even the boobie he wants (mind you he's still quite happy to accept the offer). Alicia you've also helped! I've been kinda following your 2 hour rule. And so far today, theo has been ready for a nap every 2, to 2.5 hours! Thanks matie! I guess i just needed someone to put it so simply for me! xx

So far today this is what we've done.

5:00am - feed
5:30am - hop out of bed
7:30am - rock to sleep
8:15 - wake up
8:45 - feed
10:30 - feed to sleep (had people over so it was easier to feed him than rock)
10:45 - sleep
12:15 - wake
12:45 - feed
2:15 - rock to sleep
to now.

So i'm kinda seeing a bit of a pattern! yay me! I'll keep writing it down over the next couple of days and compare them. Tomorrow might be a bit tough - we've got music lessons at 9:30am. (they only take 45minutes, but its a 40 minute drive in total).

Mon - :hug: I'm glad you went and saw the dr about your depression. I hope the medication helps you out a bit.. nothing worse than feel down in the dumps. TBH I think i've got a slight case of depression too.. I think a lot of it stems from the fact the only friends i really have are you ladies :redface: What will they do at the phycologist centre? Councelling? Hope it helps you! And great work on the 500 bucks saving. I'm also terrible with money, so 500 bucks sounds like an incredible achievement xx

Snowy - haha! So if you're boobs wern't leaking? Naked? haha! Good to hear i'm really not the only with clothing issues :p

xx

Hi Mon - oooh did he specifically say a cyst or did he call it a ganglion cause that's what ganglions are, like cysts? They can go by themselves, mine never did so had to have them removed, they wrap their roots around the ligaments in your hands etc., mine were very painful, especially with the line of work and being on the computer all day. They used to hit them with the Bible back in the old days lol, how much would that hurt.

Hi Telly - yay the routine is working, good on you. Maybe you girls didn't like my way of doing it but honestly it's pretty much what Ubba is doing so if you need any advice let me know. It's a godsend for your sanity I swear. Good lucky lovely....I've sent off the card and prezzie to Mon by the way.

Well, the lamb shanks in the slow cooker smell delish!! I'm off to mums group soon and then I have Amelia's 3-4 month checkup with the health nurse at 4.00 pm, was meant to go at 9.30 am but completely forgot! I am hopeless remembering anything I tell you!

That reminds me Alison, V has her needles tomorrow...noooooo... :(

Oh no Natty - good luck! Amelia's are not next Monday the one after, dreading it! BTW, love your latest piccies, V is such a pretty little girl. That hair!!! Amelia is so jealous lol. xx

Alison he didn't mention that word it's only like 3-4mm lil lump under the skin just appeared one morning

Hi Mon - maybe it's just a plain old cyst then lol. Hope it goes soon!

AFM - My child health nurse appointment went well. I came out feeling so much better about this breast feeding bizzo........she told me to stop worrying about it - didn't attempt to lecture me one bit and in fact told me to ignore anyone who gives me grief and that really the only difference between the two is the immunity side of things which they get from the first few weeks which I did anyway so that's it, I'm not going to beat myself up anymore!!! In fact, she said even though she said they're supposed to sway you towards breast feeding at the end of the day it's really not that different anymore. She said the formulas these days are packed with good things....she said even she had to formula feed one of her 5 children as she went back to work when he was 6 weeks old. She said in those days they didn't express, they either did one or the other. She said that she's obviously healthy and content, it helped that she smiled the whole time we were there hee hee.

So, Amelia is now only in the 75th percentile for height so not sure what happened there given she was in the 90th last time lol....perhaps she's stopped like I obviously did ha ha. She's also in the 75th percentile for her weight......Sheila wasn't concerned at all, she said once they start moving around they'll even out. I don't think she looks fat anyway do you guys? Her head circ is right on the 50th so that's good - don't want her having my husbands big Polish head lol! For those interested Amelia is now 6.3kgs and 61.4cms in length.

Oh and I've decided to go from the infant to crawler size nappies now? Amelia has wet through her nappy at night the last 2 nights in a row and it's waking her up so even though the sticky tags to do them up cross over they give better coverage I think lol.

Well, off to roast my vegies ready for my lamb shanks that have been brewing all day. My house smells divine. Hope you've all had a fab day. xx