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

:hug: LJ hun please dont feel bad about your beautful little man not doing somethings h will do them! F has only really started crawling properly in the last week plus he has a big brothr to show him how :) your doing a wonderful job!
Rach was so great meeting you we had the best time! Sounds like your trip was pretty awesome! Hope the boys are btter soon x
stevie wtg Miss A! What a little cutie you have!
kass ecing is elimination communiication so where you watch for cues as to when to do a wee etc! We did it with Myles o

hi everyone! Im on my phone and its taking forever to type! Will bbl xxxx

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kass ecing is elimination communiication so where you watch for cues as to when to do a wee etc! We did it with Myles o

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I now know what it is:) How on earth do you know the 'cues'? I have heard the reason why bubbas wee and poo when they have 'no nappy time' is because they like the free feling and dont like being in nappies, maks sense really!
Was Myles tt early because of the efforts you put in?

Hi Ladies and Bubs,

It has been a while since I have posted... nothing too exciting happening, Eli has just been high maintenance lately so I haven't been on here for a while.

We had 6 mth needles yesterday and have had lots of tears and grumpiness since then... I am hoping this passes soon because it is wearing me out! I am so glad there is now a break for 6 months before the next set of needles. But he is now 8.75kg and about 75cm.... growing very quickly but given his length he is looking quite lean now.

Eli seems to be developing gradually... he sits up and plays for an hour or so at a time now (without falling) and yesterday he managed to get himself to his knees and rock back and forth a couple of times so hopefully we are getting there with the crawling (although the smarter part of me says we don't want crawling since that means chaos!). Eli loves his solids and we now have 3 solid feeds a day and only 2.5 bottles (2 x 240ml and 1 x 120ml). I am thinking of dropping the 120ml bottle as Eli happily drinks water also...... does anyone know if it's ok to have min bottle feeds or should they still be having lots?

I'm going to give some personals a go but please don't think I am ignoring you if i miss you... there is just a lot to catch up on and i feel like I am still working on it!

LJ - don't feel crap that William isn't crawling etc.... I second DM's comment that he has teeth! We have no teeth and I really wish we did. He will get there when he's ready and in the meantime enjoy the fact that you still have a little bubby who is cuddly and not wanting to be down doing his own thing all the time... i think I'll miss Eli when he just wants to crawl and explore by himself... in some small way it will be like he doesn't need me.

Rach - I am so glad you had a great holiday. I saw you had posted some pics on FB so will have to check them out later...... hope the kidlets get better now though

DM - so glad the christening was fantastic. I love Rach's work and am very jealous that i don't have a little girl to put all the beautiful bows on (DH would not be impressed with me if i put them on Eli) so i can't wait to see some photos of the christening and the headpiece.

Fi - we miss you in here. So glad you are back but sorry to hear you have been quite sick too. You were mentioning about the separation anxiety... we have the same issue here and it only seems to have developed in the past 2 weeks... what did the HCN suggest to you to try? I have been trying to do some reading but can't find anything too useful as most articles seem to deal with older children who have it... and unfortunately Eli can't understand my explanation at this point! I'm not sure what to do so any suggestions you have are great! I am having trouble getting him to play by himself or go to sleep without being in the room with him.

Stevie - you sound very busy there! You are doing such an awesome job of balancing everything. And congrats to A on her 5th tooth! Could she donate one to Eli please?

Amber - I am so excited I am going to meet you! Yay.

Again, really sorry if i missed things but I am still in catch up mode.

xoxo.

Hi Everyone

Rach - how awesome that you got to meet up with so many lovely ladies, glad you had such a great time :D

LJ like the others have said all babies do things at different times so its really important to try not to compare William with other babies. A friend of mine has a little boy 6 weeks older than Leila and its amazing to see them each doing different things - there are things that he does that Leila doesn't do and there are things that Leila does that he doesn't. I think having older siblings can really help them to progress earlier too. Leila doesn't have any older siblings but she goes to day care 3 days a week and she is the youngest baby there so all day she watches older babies crawling, walking, playing etc and I definitely think that has encouraged her. I mean, otherwise how do they know? It can take a while for them to figure things out for themselves but by watching older babies/toddlers they tend to pick things up quicker. At least that is what I think! Sounds to me like your little man is doing wonderfully and doing everything he should so don't let it bother you just because someone else's baby is doing something that he isn't doing yet.

Kass - I don't have FB! Can you believe it, I must be the only person in the world that isn't on it :lol: DH does though, he hardly uses it but he is on it so maybe I can find you through him and start updating his FB to make it 'our' FB! How do I find you?? I'm so glad Lucy's christening went well I bet she looked just adorabe!

Stevie OMG your little girl has so many teeth! Sounds like they don't give her too much trouble thank goodness. Leila is an absolute nightmare with hers, she's been screaming all morning pulling at her gums and ears etc the poor little thing. Big :hug: for finding it hard to juggle everything - I know exactly what you are going through!! It's hard to try and do a great job of everything and I have had a lot of bad days but it does get easier and you'll sson settle into a better rountine and be feeling more on top of things.

Boomba - :hello: It's been a while since we've seen you in here!

Tammie I hear ya on the high maintenace baby!! I've recently had a couple of days where Leila has been fantastic and I thought I had my gorgeous happy little baby back, but she's been sooking and screaming all morning so looks like my good girl is still mia :wall: I'm not too sure about the bottle/solids thing sorry but I think it's important that milk is still their main food until about 12 months... from what I have read anyway. Sounds like Eli is doing really well and such a big boy!! leila is only about 65cm so she seems tiny compared to your boy! As for the separation anxiety well it is hard... the nurse gave me some advice which is helping but unfortunately I still have times where her teeth drive her crazy and she's in a lot of pain so using those techniques doesn't work and it's so hard to know what to do and when because I dont know if she is crying because she is in pain or just because she wants to be with me... But basically she said just to comfort her in ways other than picking her up and cuddling her. Leila was crying/screaming a lot during the night and I was told that by going in to her all the time and picking her up when she wouldn't settle I was only encouraging her to cry more because crying louder & longer = mum giving me a cuddle and maybe a feed if I really scream the house down (comfort feed only though, she just wanted to be with me and hardly fed) so she said I can go to her but do everything I can not to pick her up. Don't make eye contact, tell her its time to sleep and try to soothe her but dont talk to her (going shhhhh is good though). She said dont bother gradually letting her cry for longer before going to her because she said all your doing is teaching them to cry longer (I know others would disagree). During the day just give her lots of stimulation with toys that make noises, things with different textures etc and try not to pick her up and carry her around just because she is sooking. I guess it probably sounds like a 'hard' approach but when she explained it to me it did make sense and I definitely was giving in too easily and cuddling her whenever she was sooky. Now I let her have a little cry and see what happens, often at night she will just put herself back to sleep and during the day she can be easily distracted with new toys or by going outside and playing in the yard etc. Also I've started spending my time with her differently - i used to think that I was spending heaps of time with her when we were home but I don't think it was the right kind of interaction. Now I tend to play with her a lot more and i think she is happier / more satisfied that we are having fun together and she is seeing me as more than just her comforter and things have improved for us. I think this change in our interactions has helped the most - just really focusing on having quality time together I hope some of that makes sense!

AFM well Leila has had a few good days but it looks like her top teeth are just about to break the skin so until they come through I guess I'm in for a challenging time :doh: Last night she started really crawling properly, not half crawling, half moving comando style - she's definitely got the hang of it now! She's also trying to pull herself up on the furniture but it will probably be a while before she can really do that, she's just experimenting at the moment and learning what she can and can't do. Oh and she claps hands when we sing 'if your happy and you know it, it's so cute!! So she is doing really well and I'm super proud of her.

Long post! Time to go.

Hi to everyone else

Fi x

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Kass - I don't have FB! Can you believe it, I must be the only person in the world that isn't on it :lol: DH does though, he hardly uses it but he is on it so maybe I can find you through him and start updating his FB to make it 'our' FB! How do I find you?? I'm so glad Lucy's christening went well I bet she looked just adorabe!

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You cant find me, whats your Dh name? I will find him and add you:)

Liz dont fret my weekly updates I get from another site say bubs may start sitting now then its crawling Luke is just ashow off and wants to do everything quickly LOL also he is same as Flynn and has a big brother to chase and keep up with...Jack didn't crawl till he was about 9mths and didn't walk properly till 14-15mths ...

Stevie Alissa is doing so well with her teeth, I was starting to worry bout Luke but CHN says 9mths is average for #1 tooth...Jack had 4 by now :lol:

:hello: everyone else...I'm too slack and tired to do personals :lol:

Luke has been crying the last few nights he settles back fairly quickly but I am up down every hr or so its so exhausting :sigh:

Kass - s glad Lucys christening went well, and you liked her bow :D She looked so pretty!!!

Fi - Look me up to hun, Racheal Blaxell.

Liz- aww please don't worry about what other bubs are doing. Each baby is so different. Ethan was 15mths before he walked, hated drawing or colouring in, couldn't sit until he was almost 10mths, lol he was a slow baby!! Though he did get all his teeth early. Now at 5 and half, he has lost 5 baby teeth (not happy about this, denist thinks we will need braces when he is older), is a very intelligent boy, pretty fast at running and a little artist in the making. As they say, slow and steady wins the race ;) Ethan has definatly proved that.

Stevie - awww Alissa is honestly just a cutey!!

Tam - Not sure on the min bottles thing actually. Though Evangeline decided back when i first gave her solids to cut her ilk right down. I myself wasn't happy with that, so i cut her solids back.

Hello to everyone else ive missed. Been a busy little bee here. Evangeline is doing well, still shorty and chunky though lol. Ok off to take buff to school .

OMG someone please tell Luke to slow down he is into everything has started pulling himself up on stuff OMG ........

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Fi look me up too Rachel Edwards or harrydog@internode.on.net

Awww Rach those pics of Luke are gorgeous!! Leila is exactly the same, she crawls over to things and gets up on her knees and tries to pull herself right up. Often I'll find her with her arms stretched out on top of one of the speakers, her bum up and legs stretched out straight and up on her tippy toes - if that makes sense? Basically just progressing from upright on her knees to pulling herself up further but not having her hands up high enough to get completely vertical. So cute to watch.

Well Leila is an absolute pain at the moment!! We had to go pick her up from day care yesterday as she was absolutely beside herself and they didn't know what to do with her, she didn't want her bottles, temp was a little high, she wouldn't sleep etc. :wall: It is so frustrating. She's really not herself at the moment and I don't know what to do I'm so busy at work too and I can't keep taking time off. Then I feel bad because work is nothing compared to the health and happiness of my little girl but then again, work pays the bills! I was up and down all night with her and she's a sooky bum again this morning, I just don't know what to do. I can see little white bits just under the gums up the top so I'm really hoping those top teeth come through soon and that they are causing a lot of this unsettled behaviour. Then again there are plenty more teeth to come so I wonder how long this might go on for :sad:

Must go, Leila slept for 5 minutes and is now screaming again :wall:

yeah Luke does the up on tippy toes as well, its crazy Jack didn't start really crawling hands and knees till he was 9-10mths didn't really pull himself up till he was 11 mths then he walked properly around 15mths so its crazy Luke is full on crawling now...

Rach75 I sent you a friend request. I'm on FB through hubby's page, his name is John. So if you get a request from John that is me ;)

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evening ladies,
i know ive been quite quiet.. ive been jumping on every now and then.. lately ive been finding it hard to find time to scratch myself LOL. Its really not that bad im just so unorganised and my life is so all over the place atm im finding it hard to get everything done. i think less computer and bumming around might help alot tho, so ive made a deal with myself that i will not even turn the computer on until i have done what needs to be done first. hence why i am here now :) actually i lie.. theres clothes to fold but im waiting on the rest of them in the dryer.. no point in starting yet then hey

oh my, so much has gone on since i last posted LOL i wont get through all the personals im so sorry
LJ: please dont worry about Williams not doing things yet.. ALL babies are different and really what does a couple of weeks make? iykwim?
Rach75: Luke is so cute in those pics.. Alissa has started pulling herself up on things, i let her go (and obviously im RIGHT there) but i just want her to be able to explore without me saying "no, no, no" im sure there will be plenty of "No"s in the future LOL. They are just getting to be such amazing little being aren they? she totally spins me out almost everyday, like when i talk to her, she looks right into my eyes, my heart always swells up when she does that.. im such a softy LOL
Fi: :hug: :hug: i know exactly how you feel. You feel so torn.. but theres nothing you can do. All we can do is grin and bear it. Sometimes work really sucks.. and its not the workign part.. its the being away from her part. When i left her at the ILs last weekend, i think when i came home she had developed a bit of seperation anxiety, she now crys when i get up and start to walk away from her, and she has to be where ever i am. This has ment cooking tea while holding her, sitting her on the floor in the bathroom while i shower .. It gets to me and then i think "she's a baby.. she loves her mummy.." and then i feel bad for getting frustrated, but only coz i was so spoilt before with a baby that was so easy going, and she still is, and i can leave her with other poeple still and she's fine but if its just me and her then she's attached to me, i KNOW i should be enjoying it, and i am.. just soemtimes ya know, it gets a bit much when its just me and her.
Tam and Amber: howd your catch up go? I so cant wait to meet some of you (id lLOVE to meet ALL of you)
Kass: :comfort: :hug: i am so sorry to hear about you having shingles :( that really sucks. Lucky you have such a good man to look after you tho :) is it contagious or anything? im sure your girls are being well behaved as usual xx

welll i pretty much did a 'AFM' just working and tryong to be a good mum and wife LOL. Ive noticed im starting to become a little picky.. you could almost go as far as to say 'anal' about somethings, im even getting on my nervesLOL
Im going to the markets tomorrow with one of the mums form my MG who has fast become one of my good/best friends i dont have many friends so its really nice to have her :) havent been to the markets with Bub yet, shall see how i go, im not taking a pram just the baba sling, the pram will just be too full on i think lol.
anyway everyone, have a good one
love love
xx

BBL to do personals

Just popped in to say, look how quick these 7 months have gone??!!!! Only a short 4 till our babies are 1 yr olds!!!!!

ps, I feel like death warmed up:/

Where is everyone?? :p

Kass hope you are feeling better :hug:

Not much going on here. Leila has finally cut another tooth but there are about another 5 all trying to come through at once - no wonder the poor little thing is having such a rough time :sad: we also have another cold and I'm starting to think this is going to be a permanent thing for the next year or so while we get exposed to all the new bugs going around at the child care centre!

Hugs to everyone, hope you are all well.

Fi x

Rach-That boy is sooooooooo beautiful!!!! Lucy isn't doing any of that!

Fi- Lucy's tooth went back down and hasn't come back yet, no teeth!

Im getting better ladies, much better. Have been pumping a HEAP of vits into myself to build my immunity and its working!

well those on FB know Luke is sleeping like a terror *yawn* I want my sleeping baby back :lol:

he is definatly teething his gums yesterday :omg: no wonder he was crying, they made me want to cry to look at them, poor bubba

well we are off to get 6mth needles today dr cancelled last week as luke wasn't well, hoping we get all clear today will be back later with stats on my porker

well we had needles my brave boy didn't cry one tiny whimper the all smiles :dance: but he has lost 300grms in a month :( so we are off for reweigh on monday if he has gained some then all good if not we will talk about it more she said...but he is now 72.5cm :) and 8770grms, so still good size but a 300grm loss is not great at this age even with the increase in crawling and stuff so fingers crossed its a fluke or both their machines suck :lol: yep we weighed him on 2 different scales