Babies born~October 16th-31st 2009 #2

:hug: Tam hun we all do what we feel is right...I hope you didnt feel i aimed my last post at you cause it more just a general one lol :hug: Your doing a great job and so glad Eli loves his food :) xx

Tam- The debate of solids at 4 or 6 months is a tricky one! Do whats right for you and Eli:)
I base my choice on 6 months pron because Im breastfeeding and think Lucy is getting everything she needs;) In the end you know your baby the best! And whats best for him:)

Hi Girls,

Sorry i haven't been posting much. The sad fact is a person has been reading all my posts. I know its a public forum, but to sneakily see what im writting it peaved me off!! I actually dleted her from my FB, but grrrrr started a big mellow drama. Honestly i thought i left high school yrs ago.

My mum is still in limbo land :( She is waiting to see a professor now. Seems she has a breast diease and they are worried about one lump, it actually lights the screen up when she has a scan. They can't do a biopsy cause of the diease, which is pretty stupid if you ask me. So still waiting :wall:

Thanks girls, yes seems my sweet angel has been visting i think. First her mobile (which i have over evangelines cot) it went off at 3am that morning. Might add its the wind up one, so was a bit freaky. Then the bubbles later that night, hahah that really did crack me up!!!

Ok so for food. Miss Evangeline has now been on solids for 2 and bit wks :dance: She LOVES IT!! hahah when i put the spoon in her mouth, she goes "mmmm, numnumnum" lol Its the cutest thing. I was going to wait, but she was 4 and 1/2 mths old when i started, and opened her mouth never spat it out, so i guess she was def ready.

Tammie - woohoo Eli is thriving!! How was the movie, i want to see it??

Rach - ohhh holidays FUN :D

Kass - awwww i know what you mean about the scent. Sometimes i get the same thing, though if i haven't smelt it in a while, i get her cuddle bear and smell it - it still smells like her, im refusing to wash it!!

Stevie - aww thank you. Yes very proud of missy. I swear each day she is getting more cuter, if thats at all possible lol. Though she is starting to resemble Lilli alot now to. I put a pic up on FB last night.

Liz - Hey hun, hope all is well with you and your sweet little man

OK off to bake some korkers, lol. Im doing some itty bitty ones soon on snap clips, for bubbys that have hardly any hair.

Thanks girls for the vote of confidence with solids - i know noone meant anything mean etc... as we have all said, we each need to do what works for us and our bubs. :)

Rach - i totally agree about the high school thing.... i have a different situation where that is relevant but i am so over people cutting other ppl down or calling etc to tell you something that is really irrelevant when you know they are only doing it for the attention and to get the whole 'poor you' reaction!

Nobody should take offence to that because it is not directed to anyone in here... i love that we vent to eachother because that it what this is for. It is actually based on someone who works for my DH and calls us (repeatedly i might add) to tell us useless crap/info about why she might be tired at work the next day or something. I get so annoyed about it, it is nothing but attention seeking.

Now that i have vented about this person - i hope everyone totally understands that i love our vents and hearing about issues we all have. I feel like none of us whinge, or expect copious amounts of sympathy, we put stuff here so that we can all relate and feel better about difficult things we are going through.

I feel better!

Hi everyone i will come back when i am in a better frame of mind and post properly!
xx.

ok girls Luke had his needles tuesday.. he is normally a once aday pooper maybe 2 times well since tuesday he has gone upwards of 5-6 times, last night he had a small amount of mucousy blood in his poo, his poos are now very liquidy versus ssoft icecream texture (sorry for visual) could this be because of needles or something else ... he went a 3 times sat/sun but they were normal texture as such.. he seems happy enough I do think he is teething as well.. no teeth yet but heaps of drool and he can't chew on anything enough everything is being chewed and chewed

so now that I have got it out in writing sound like nothing *sigh* so do you reckon just watch him and if he seems to be unwell pop up to hospital on weekend or what ??? we have one dr and they close over weekend

Rach, it doesn't matter if it does turn out to be nothing - sometimes it just feels better and makes it easier to think through when you say it or get it out.

It's obviously unusual for him to poo like that but provided he is content and not running temp etc I prob wouldn't worry too much about it.

In saying that, Eli had his needles on Tuesday and we didn't really have any symptoms like that. He was sookie and grizzly for the day but nothing else.

If it were me, i would prob just keep an eye on Luke and if he starts to get feverish or more unsettled than usual take him to a dr. I must admit i don't worry too much about pooing/frequency or colour... i figure Eli will let me know when there is something wrong too by changes in his actions/behaviour (plus Eli only poos once every few days).

Hope it's all ok and Luke returns to his usual self shortly!

xx.

thanks Tam, he was very out of soughts yesterday screamed all morning where he would normally go down for a nap within a 1 1/2hr of gettign up he didn't go down till over 3 hrs for half of that he screamed or fussed... then he was fine as long as I was standing holding him, then he screamed again but then after his arvie nap he was fine again he slept great last night abotu 10hrs but from when he woke at 4.40am till he went back down at 6.10am we had 4 poo'y nappies *sigh* very watery ... I think I iwill see how he goes today if I need to go to hopspital I will *sigh*

Good luck Rach - hope everything is ok and you don't need to make the trip!
xx.

been awhile since i posted, computer still isnt fixed.. surprise!!
Rach75: if it were me and i seen blood in Alissas poo i would probably go to the doctors, but i freak out over the tiniest thing, taking her to the drs everytime she has something small wrong (and its always been nothing, but my dr is used to me now lol)
Tammie: ive started Miss A on solids too, ive tried her a few different times over the last few weeks and she didnt seem overly insterested, but the last few days she's a hoover, lol. i was just using raffertys garden rice cereal with formula (or ebm up until i stopped bfing) but she seemed interested but i felt bad for her for it being so tasteless, so i brought some raffertys garden pouches, the one of been using is "sweet potato, apple and carrot" (on the packet it say sthat NOTHING else is added) and she LOVES it, i do up 3 full teaspoons of dry cereal and she eats it all looking for more, but i just give her a bottle after, i dont want to make her sick but giving her too much straight away. im not a fan of using store brought stuff, but i didnt know what else to do to make the rice ceral taste better, in a week or so im gonna try her on some veges, that i cook and im hoping that i can maintain all her food being home made (or most of) esp since im going to work very soon.
Fi: havent heard from you in awhile, i hope Leila is well and i hope your not working too hard :hug:

:hello: to everyone else, sorry to the personals ive missed, ive been keeping up as best i can but its all a bit full on here atm
the ILs have booked a holiday at a motel on the gold coast next week and have asked for Alissa and i to join them, part of me wants to go but part of me feels like its such a long time (monday til friday) ill be stuck on the gold coast with them with no way back, i wont even have my car, but i know how much they want us to come (jons at work and has said i can do what i want but he wants me to go to get me out of the house) they love spending time with Alissa and i feel now that i cant say no, lol. but i guess it ont be so bad, they told me they're gonna take Alissa and kick me out of the room so i can have some me time (theres pools, and a gyma nd games room at this place) so i shouldnt complaina and be a bit more grateful hey lol.

anyway ive gotta try and get everything organinsed and clean before i go coz jon will get back before i do. im gonna miss my MG which im a bit disappointed about but i spose there'll be plenty more :)
xx

well he seems fine today the problem here we have one dr and its really hard to get in so I dont liek wasting their time as such....

raffertys is great stuff Stevie I love thats it nothing added so convenient too, grab a pouch throw in nanppy bag and out the door no worrying about temp or refridgeration etc... Jack used to drink the fruti ones like popper when he was 2 :lol:

when would you be on the GC... I am down in brisbane 19-23 march now as well :lol: as the 19-24th april

rach, its good to hear that Luke is doign better. i forget one of our doctors works weekends and assume that most do, do forgive me.
the raffertys garden stuff is awesome, she absolutely loves it and i dont feel THAT bad about givng it to her. do you know if you can freeze it in ice cube trays? she's not eating a whole pouch in the 2 days that you have to use it in (at the moment im just squirting a small amount in her rice cereal to give it some flavour) and i dont like wasting stuff, but if i cant freeze it its all good, they're only $1.50 each.
she's so funny, she hoovers what i make her (and i think i make quite alot for someone who has only just started eating- but she loves it) and then when she's finished she starts looking for more. i either distract her (go change her bum if she needs it, go for a walk around) or give her a bottle, i dont wanna make her sick. Am i doing the right thing? o should i be making her more? my girlfriends baby is 2 months older, he's been on solids for quite awhile and the doctor has told her to feed her baby until he doesnt want any anymore, if he's finished and looking for more, make more. but he's a little underweight. he's longer than Alissa but much MUCH skinnier than her, and she's quite small anyway i rekon (tho since starting her on formula full time ive noticed she's put on a little weight) i honestly think tho that my milk wasnt enough and thats why she was abit stroppy towards the end.. coz she's all good now :) which is the main thing i spose.

Il be on the gold coast from the 8th to the 12th... we'll be able to catch up one of these days :)

Also just a question (one of you ladies migth know) ive only just finshed bfing about 2 days ago, but had a serious drop in my supply for about 2 weeks and was only getting like one feed a day. when should i be seeing AF? does it vary alot? or should i expect to get a visit in the next month or so? periods just make it all feel so final and over.. f that makes sense lol

:hello: to all my lovely ladies and bubsies xx

at 4 mths i would only be giving small amounts and if she wants me a bottle definatly, I'm not sure about freezing but it can't hurt to try some, I'd be getting some of those trays with lids you can pick them up from big w quite cheap

I'm not down brisbane when your on GC bugger, bugger ... will try to work something out when I come down in April, am going to make jase let me do a lot of driving when we go down in 2 weeks so I might feel confident enough to try and meet up somewhere up your way when I am there is april :) shall keeep you in loop

hi everyone :hello: sorry i have been mia i went away for a week with work - took DH & leila with me and it was to my home town so basically a free trip home for all of us and a great opportunity to show leila off to everyone. i only had a little bit of work to do so it was nice.

have been feeling like i'm going to have a break down for the past few weeks, on and off. at the moment i feel pretty good and positive but i would say the past month or so has been a huge struggle. I was sick for about 2 weeks which didn't help. my mum thinks i have PND which is awful because i don't want my mum to think that i am not coping. i think i am ok it's just tough having no support and being back at work but i think DH is starting to realise that i need more help and is putting in more effort.

good to see a bit of debate over the solids! i'm sitting on the fence, i really don't know when i will start leila. At the moment she is growing well and very happy and healthy so i see no need to start giving her anything other than my breast milk but i guess once I start to see some signs of her wanting something extra i will start her on some solids, probably wont be for a few weeks though. it's great to hear what everyone else is doing though as it will be very helpful to reference this when i do start leila on solids.

Leila is doing superbly well now that she has recovered from her cold. she spends most days amusing herslef by babbling, squealing and blowing raspberries - so cute! she can roll from side to side but still can't roll over completely. she can almost sit up though! the last few days she's been sitting unsupported for a few seconds maybe up to about 30 seconds or so and she thinks she is so clever a few times she's started to topple over then straightened herself up again which i thought was very impressive. I got her weighed & measured the other day she is 6.5kg and 63cm long so tracking very well and the nurse thinks she's just wonderful.

Rach75 I hope luke is ok now.

Stevie, it might be nice to go on holidays with the il's. I know you will be stuck there but like they said you will get plenty of time to yourself to just relax and enjoy yourself. as for AF i have no idea, sorry but i'm guessing it might not be too far away. I acutally have a similar question for the girls on here...

regarding AF - I am exclusively BF and on the mini pill and I have AF... for the second time! is this normal? When i started the mini pill i had a lot of spotting then i thought it turned into AF then nothing for several weeks and now AF. I haven't missed any pills, i did take one late the other day (still within 3 hours though which is what the leaflet says). seems like the mini pill is really not working for me as i thought things would of settled down by now.

Rach2281 :pray: that everything turns out ok for your mum

hi to everyone else

fi

Well this is just a quick post from me so i will skip the personals for the moment... just wanted to add to the discussion re solids.

I love Rafferty's! I was going to make my own pureed vege and fruit but when i was looking at these i decided it was far less time consuming and given you get a few feeds out of it i decided it was still reasonably cost effective.

I had just been giving Eli the Rafferty's by itself for the first few days and had not thought of adding it to Farex. I have tried that now though and Eli loves that too. I use a desert spoon of farex with some water and rafferty's fruit or vege mix (we have tried about 4 of them and he loves them all, even the spinach one). If he is still hungry after this i give him some rafferty's by itself.

I found that because the Rafferty's is ok in the fridge for 48 hours after opening i could use it for 3 feeds (the day it is opened and then the next 2 days after that in the 48 hours). Eli actually eats the whole pouch in this time so that stops me from wasting any.

Stevie, you mentioned that you were concerned miss A would get sick if you gave her more... i had not been aware that they would get sick (E hasn't so far and he eats like an elephant)... have you found out any more on this?

I have been giving E his solids mid afternoon between feeds. After the solids he has 30ml water with 1/2 tsp of brown sugar in it (helps him poo) and then we have a shower. Then the evening routine begins... basically sleep, play, eat and bed for the night.

Well gtg - bubby is lying on the floor sooking so i am guessing he has rolled over onto his tummy (he can roll back but is too lazy for some reason). LOL.

xx.

just a quick reply from me atm, am still on holidays with the ILs (i wont go into itnow, theres not enough time..:( )
Tam: when i said i didnt want tomake Miss A sick, all i ment was i didnt want to over feed her and make her spew lol. She's eating twice a day now, i havent given her the pouch by itself yet (im mixing it with the rice cereal) but have decided for something different i will give it to her just by itself next time (which will be very soon) and see how she takes it. She LOVES eating, i was abit worried at first and felt bad aqt first for feeding her this early bvut i figure if she didnt want it she wouldnt eat it (its only been this past few days/week) that she has actually shown real interest in eating and thats why ive kept it upveryday.
anyway my computer time isa bout to run out
ill come back later when i have some more coins lol and feel you all in.

wow its super quiet in here atm.. hope everyone is ok.
My GC trip was ok, i had fun, was good to get home.
Alissa is doing great, she's rolling over and is all smileslately.. which is good.
Am back t work in 2 weeks.. should be fun.
Not much else is news here.
:hello: to everyone
xxx

Hey everyone!
Hope everyone is enjoying their bubbas :)


Q. Has anyone NOT started solids yet????? I feel like I am lagging...everyone seems to have started? I mean I am waiting till roughly 6 months, but is feeling like maybe the guidelines dont matter? What will happen if you give bubs solids early????? I feel left out :( lol!

All is good here......have to get Flynns needles keep forgetting oops!

Rach did I send you my number to catch up I forget??????

Anyway just checking in and throwing random questions out :)


Big :grouphug: xxx

no solids here yet and nup no numbers yet 4 weeks to go and we back down there