Babies born~October 1st-15th 2008 #9

[belfie]

Zarava - I'm so glad to hear that A seems to have grown out of her egg allergy and that you survived the appt (dunno how you did it!). We just got back from ours... unfortunately his reactions were even bigger this time, some had more than doubled, so still no eggs and treenuts for my little man. Apparently he's got a very good chance of growing out of the egg allergy - it's just a question of how long it takes. Could be by the time he's 3 or 4... or 10 or 12 years old! And only 15-20% grow out of treenut allergies, so fingers crossed he'll be one of the lucky ones. We still don't know what reaction he'd get, but as the doc said, with welts the size his came up, there'd definitely be some sort of reaction and we don't want to know what it is. We still don't get an epi-pen as he doesn't meet the criteria (i.e. hasn't had an anaphylactic reaction - or if he was older or had asthma he'd get the pen). Unfortunately he also had a borderline reaction to sesame, so we have to go back in for a food challenge to see how he reacts to it (and no sesame till then). Apart from that, he threw his biggest ever tantrum BEFORE the tests... then was good as gold for the rest of the time, even during the skinpr!ck tests. I was so proud of him.

Apart from that, not much intersting. Oh the allergy doc didn't even know what the rash is on his cheeks, so we're just gonna leave it, as it doesn't bother him at all.

Hope everyone else is going well.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Ohhhh poor Xander, was it just skin *****s today or food challenge aswell?

Ava survived the skin *****s and food challenge, she came up all clear which was GREAT but i still have to give the poor girl RAW EGG WHITES for a couple of days then slowly introduce cooked yolk then fully cooked egg.
She SCREAMED for the skin ***** test and then at the end of like 4.5hrs at the hosp she had to have a blood test, i am so so proud of my little girl!
She screamed for the blood test but was very upset when i had to take her winnie the pooh bandaid off... lol

Took her to the play centre today with a friend to keep her mind off the teething, all 4 molars are still moving and the poor girls gums look so big!
It was also to keep my mind off things, it's the anniversary of my brothers death today.. he passed of sids when i was little, A was the same age at the same time last yr and i was a wreck, so so paranoid.. i'm a little better this time round with Z though.

Hope everyone is well.. best be off for some sleep, Z's been a little restless when i go to bed, just had to cuddle her in my bed then tuck a shirt under her... not sure if it's that or that she's that buggered that kept her asleep longer than 5min.

[belfie]

Ohhhh poor Xander, was it just skin *****s today or food challenge aswell?

X only had the skinpr!cks yesterday, and we have to go back in for the food challenge (given the sesame is a new reaction that showed up). Dunno how long we'll have to wait for that, apparently it might be a while. They refuse to do food challenges on the eggs or nuts cos they think his reaction would be too big and there's no point sensitising his immune system to them any more than it already is. Luckily he didn't have to have a blood test, poor little A, that would have been nasty for her. GL with giving the raw egg whites, yech! Do you have to hide in food or a drink or something?

Re teeth, I've just discovered both X's upper eye-teeth are through - they snuck through without me realising lol. My DH is in the dog-house cos he played basketball and overdid it (MEN!) so his back is a bit dodgy again... but hopefully will be right again very soon... but in the interim, I'm chief lifter again grrrrr. Lucky my back is nice & strong & well used to hefting Mr 11.7kgs. Needless to say with m/s and hormones I've made DH sorry he's ever even heard of basketball, much less played it! My PG is going along well, it's amazingly less stressful than last time thank goodness - by this time last time I'd already had spotting, bleeding, SCH & umbilical cyst... so this is sooo nice and cruisey with only the migraine & gastro . Worst bit is that I'm showing heaps already have no idea how to keep it hidden at work... but I was exactly the same last time so it's no great surprise. I've been in mat pants since 6 weeks

Hi to everyone else, hope you're all doing well - csab, georgi, tanya, sami, katones, amandaJ

[Georgi]

BELFIE Had your DH ever thought of seeing a podiatrist for his feet? That could be the cause of all these back issues. I know when my shoes are worn out, I start getting a sore back & sore knees. Then I go & buy new, good supporting shoes & viola... all good. I have pro nated feet (feet roll inwards, collapsed arches) so I wear orthotics in my runners

Just a quickie from me. I'm heading to Sydney today for business. Will be without my internet for a week...eeeeek! And without DH. Just BJ & I as DH is working afternoon shift this week so we have no one up here to look after BJ. My sister & MIL are going to share the duties this week while i'm at the course. Finishing my Diploma in Financial Planning. Then have clients to see whilst down there. It's gonna be frantic. Looks like we'll miss the opportunity to TTC this month as I haven't O'd yet and am guessing it'll happen this week Looking forward to my FS appointment on March 2nd

BJ still has that rash thing all over him. In fact, it appears to be getting worse. He's drinking the soy milk now, but now I'm gonna have to cut lactose out as well & see if that helps. I think I'll get a referral to get the allergy tests done too. It would save me alot of dramas trying to work out what it is.

ZARAVA - Sounds like A was a very strong girl getting all those tests done

Catch you all in a week!

[Moi]

OK finally got some time to post!

Georgi - Have fun in Sydney. I hope the FS appointment goes well. I keep thinking of seeing a podiatrist now myself, because I have back and knee problems which I think are caused by my feet possibly. Where do you get orthotics for your shoes from?

belfie - Great to hear the PG is going well. With everyone getting PG around me I've started dreaming that I am PG! It's made me realise how much I do want another little one. But think it'll still have to wait till next year cos I'd have to get myself off the meds. Sorry to hear that X's allergies are even worse now. Here's hoping he does grow out of them.

Zarava - Poor Ava going through all those tests but what a brave girl she is. And good to hear that she seems to have grown out of her allergies. I've been so paranoid with giving M nuts but finally gave her some recently and she was fine. So it looks like M doesn't have any allergies which is a relief. So sorry about your brother and I can imagine how worried you must have been when Ava was the same age. Such an awful thing to happen.

Katones - Congrats on the weight loss and good luck with the IVF. As always Jack sounds like he's doing so well.

csab - Congrats V on your first steps. How's V doing with her walking now? M is walking really well now.

Sami - Good to hear Z is doing well.

Amanda - Congratulations.

Hello to anyone I've missed. That's as far back as I can manage for now. I have been reading, just haven't had time to post. I'm back at work the two days but I have to do work other days too, which doesn't leave me as much time as before. Plus M keeps refusing to have her second nap. Which leaves me a lot less time to do things.

M is doing well. She still throws tantrums but not as badly as when she was sick with a cold. At first she seemed to like CC but now she cries if she thinks she's going there. She's not sleeping well there but she is eating well and she does play. But with the lack of sleep she's so tired and miserable at the end of the day and so clingy to me. Then she doesn't want to go to bed at night and screams. It's awful. And she even is afraid of her own dad now cos he's the one who takes her to CC, which makes poor DH very upset! I'm feeling so guilty about going back to work now.

But saying that I am enjoying being back at work and having that time out. I don't necessarily enjoy my job all the time, but I just enjoy the time away. Actually I feel like two days is a bit much for me right now, but I don't think they would have taken me on for only one day. I think having the two days in a row is very exhausting but at the same time I get them out of the way and then have five days in a row off. It's just hard also with all the extra work I have to do outside of work time, plus of course all the usual housework.

I did feel a bit off the first few days, but seem to be doing better with the travel and working again now. I think my body has to get used to it, especially with my illness. I have had a few times when I thought I might have been about to have an attack but luckily nothing happened. So I'm hoping I continue to be attack free!

M had a follow up paed appointment and he's really happy with her growth but does want to see her again in a few months. She now weighs 7.9 kgs, so not quite the 8 I was hoping for but nearly there. We have finally turned her car seat around though. I was hoping it would make her a better traveller but she STILL hates being in the car.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

It's been so quiet in here, just popping in to see how everyone is, about to head to bed and hoping Z sleeps til about 4ish

Well i have booked my 2 nights away in Hervey Bay, i am so so excited, i think it will be nice to be just Z and I and Ava will love being with daddy... he is taking her to moomba i think, his cousin is getting the presidential suite @ crown... he will relax there with them aswell.

Ava is going well, she DOES NOT STOP, she is such a full on little girl and a climber, she climbed into the trampoline when i wasn't looking (never thought she could so didn't think about it), then the other day feeding Z i walk out and she is in the middle of the dining table she has figured out how to undo the child locks on the cupboard aswell.
She loves talking on the phone, she climbed onto the computer desk and hit redial and was talking to my mum, her fave thing at the moment is to says SHOES constantly and bring me her shoes, she also said LIGHT and pointed at the light.
She is getting quite good at knowing what we want from her, we ask her for iggle piggle and she finds him, same with mickey or upsy daisy, also if i ask her to get her drink... it amazes me how clever these little people are getting...
Her molars are still moving but not through yet... damn teeth

Well i hope everyone is well, i feel great and am enjoying being home with both girls, even if it does get a little full on at times.

[Moi]

Zarava - When are you going to Hervey Bay? I'm sure you'll have a great time there. Maya also loves talking on the phone. She's always pretending she's talking on the phone. She also loves showing everyone her shoes. She loves shoes. Typical woman! LOL Yeah I can't get over just how much they understand now! I can't wait till I can understand M some more.

I've had a tough couple of weeks. M is so much more clingy now that she is going to CC and is upset with her dad being anywhere near her (cos he's the one who drops her off). And I'm left feeling guilty for my poor DH who is so upset all the time cos M won't go near him and bawls if he's in sight. And M wants to be with me everywhere I go.

She is starting to sleep a bit longer at CC and having more settled periods there, so I'm hoping it won't be too much longer till she's happy there. It's just so hard with her crying any time DH goes near her. I then have two upset people to deal with a lot of the time.

On top of that I got a cold, which is never fun! But thankfully I'm nearly over it now.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

By this time next week i will have spent my first night in Hervey Bay with Z
It's exciting but scary, our flight leaves at like 6 so poor DP and A have to be up extra early for a drive to drop Z and i off at the airport, told DP he should bring A in and let her see the planes but he said he's dropping us off and going back home to bed

Does anyone elses child have an obsession with the toilet? A is insane, if ppl leave the door open she tries cleaning it with the toilet brush!
So we have lost 3 dummies to the toilet in the last 2 weeks as people just can't seem to figure out to shut the door behind them and at $13 for 2 i'm over it.
So she lost her last one yesterday, we THINK it went in the toilet although we couldn't see it, asked DP to get some on the way home from work as i was not dragging Z out in the heat just cos A was a PITA
I got A to bed WITHOUT a dummy last night, no screaming, no arguing nothing.. could help she was awake from 11:30 in the morn til 8:00pm, i just gave her a bottle and a cuddle and off she went... she has not had night time milk since just after she was 1!
Then the poor girl woke at 12:00 with a temp of 39, gave nurofen, cold water and cold face cloth and in bed with us, temp was down with nurofen but back up to 38.8 this morn and i don't know why!
She had a tiny spew before bed last night but didn't seem out of sorts, her teeth have been sore but she has NEVER had this high a temp with teething.

Sorry bout my long post.... got her watching ITNG and hopign this temp stays down and making sure she keeps down food & fluids.. seems ok so far!

[AmandaJ]

Hi all, long time no speak .

Well as most of you know I'm expecting number 6, it has been a big shock and am still getting use to the idea, I have my dating scan on Thursday this week so will know when this little one is due, I'm think end of Oct again.....which means I've got three kids birthday in one month and also have a Sept and Nov birthdays.......extremely busy time of the year for use.

Julian is getting so big now and is talking and trying to have convosations with anyone that will listen, I'm still b/fing him and am tossing up wether I'm going to tandem feed or not. It's weird only having two of the boys home now that school is back and I'll be having Cody starting Prep next year so it will only be Julian and the new baby home.

Zarava yep Julian loves washing stuff in the toilet and use the dunny brush as well as putting loo paper in there as well, oh the fasination with the toilet.

Ok off to do lunch for the hungry hoards, talk later.

[Moi]

Zarava - Ava might have a virus. Hopefully she'll get better soon. So your trip is next weekend? So exciting. I hope you have a great time.

Amanda - Congrats again.

to everyone else. Hope everyone is OK.

I've moved M to one nap a day cos I was struggling to get her to have her second nap anyway and she talked for an hour before going to sleep at her first nap time. Now I put her in bed an hour later every day and she sleeps for usually 2 hours, sometimes less sometimes more. Then I keep her up till bed time and she goes to bed now around 7-7.30 instead of 8-9pm. It also means she's up earlier at 7.30am which works better with day care. Though she still will sometimes sleep till 8-8.30 so I can have my sleep ins.

Sometimes she is quite grumpy towards the end of the day and probably does need a quick second nap sometimes, but I can't be bothered fighting with her and she prob won't sleep anyway!

M is getting more teeth including some back teeth now. She doesn't seem too fussed by them most of the time.

I had a dream last night that there was a BB ball and you all came in gorgeous dresses and we all met each other.

[teruteru]

sorry abt the brief 'me' post:

Amanda: congrats!!

im needing confirmation w the drs but we should b expecting a new member too! and yip it'd b an Oct baby by calculations. D is still bf'ing ive never thought we'd last this long tbh

we've been super busy these last weeks getting our factory ready. As you may or may not remembr DP is a panelbeater n its been his dream to own his own shop. Well here we are putting everything we have into it, breaking our accounts. Just pray everything's smooth sailing from this pt forward...

[Moi]

teru - Have you confirmed the pregnancy? How's the shop preparation going?

Hi to everyone else. Hope you and your LO are all well!

I'm home today from work cos poor M is very sick. She was odd for a couple of days - not eating as much, grisly and suddenly crying for no reason at times. Then yesterday she slept for three hours at nap time and woke screaming. So I went to get her and realised she was burning up, took temp and she had a fever of 39.2. She's never really had much of a fever before. This is probably the sickest she's ever been. She's so lethargic, which is so unlike her! She keeps lying down and shoving her thumb in her mouth for rests. And she wouldn't eat anything until I finally worked out she'll eat toast with butter. I took her to the doctors and he said that her throat is red raw and must be killing her. So I've been giving her panadol and ibuprofen (swapping between them), which makes her a bit happier but still not herself. Poor girl.

Last week I had a shocking two days at work. On Thursday I had to leave home at 7am and didn't get home till 8pm, doing classes in the morning and then PT interviews in the afternoon and evening. My last interview was a very rude mother, who was rude to her daughter and rude to me. So I left feeling frustrated after that and then was upset cos I didn't see Maya ALL DAY! That was tough. I saw her on Weds night and then didn't see her till Friday afternoon. And Friday was tough cos it was swim sports that got all rained out so we had to come up with new things to do that the kids all whinged about all day long. We were giving them options like watching videos and playing games but they wanted us to let them go home. gee you'd think they'd rather do work!

M seems to be adjusting to CC but now that she'll miss this week I dunno how it'll effect next week? Thurs she is still finding difficult probably cos of the long time away from CC in between, but Fridays she is doing somewhat better. But it's good to see some progress there.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Hey everyone, it has been VERY QUIET in here, hoping everyone is well.. how are all the gorgeous little ones going?

Teru - how did you go re: the PG? hows the factory setup going?

Moi - How you going hun, is M feeling better now? I would have loved to have caught up with a couple of weeks back but poor little M... we will have to organise another time soon so you can meet A & Z and i can meet your gorgeous M... she's so damn cute!
Hows work going?

AFM - we stayed at the house for 2 nights as Ava loves it so much up there, she ran feral, she's such a smart little girl now.
She sits at the table with us (on a booster seat) and drinks from a cup, she is feeding herself (although 1 spoon/fork 1 hand etc etc). She grabs my keys, says see-ya, walks to the door and points at the car, yesterday she pointed and said CAR!

I am SOOOOO proud of her, she stayed in HER ROOM at the house, on a single bed mattress on the floor. The first night she woke 3 times before coming into our bed but the next day she had her day sleep in there, no crying, straight into bed, then we stayed another night she slept from 8pm til 6:45 no cuddles or anything to go down, then she had a day sleep yesterday before we left for 3 HOURS
I thought it would take a lot longer to get her used to it.

She is so helpful with Z, when i change her she steals a wipe and wipes her stomach or her bum, kisses her, tries to help me burp her and wipes her face if she's sick, it's gorgeous!

Hope everyone else is well, can't wait to hear how clever these little ones are getting, it's gorgeous the things they do and say now isn't it.

[belfie]

Zarava - oh wow Ava sounds like she's doing so well! Plus Little Miss Zara too of course. And the house looks great, how long till you get in there?

Moi - how is M settling into CC now? I'm hoping she hasn't copped too many bugs Not seeing her for a whole day would have been awful

Teru - that's awesome about your news, when are you due? I hope it's all going well and hasn't treated you too badly.

AmandaJ - how is your PG going? What's your due date? Julian sounds like such a cutie. Are you planning to tandem feed?

AFM well we had our NT scan this week and it was all good - which was a relief given my age risk for downs was already 1:300. Plus we got a great piccy of bub which I didn't expect at only 12 weeks. They're trying to move my EDD earlier by 4 days, dunno if obs will agree or not - puts me due 4 days before X's b'day. I thought you were supposed to go off the earliest scan but they disagreed so we'll see. It's been a much smoother PG than X's - no spotting or bleeding or any of the other dramas at ALL which was great. Only downer was the m/s which was been much worse this time (mostly 24hr nausea with a bit of vomiting)... I've been mostly a zombie for the last 2 months. Poor X is very patient with mummy lying on the sofa most of the time and brings me books to read him and things to open. He's still not much in the way of talking, just plenty of russian babble! I think we're finally starting to get some proper words - plus everyone tells me boys are slower - so that's a relief.

hope everyone else is going well.

cheers,
Belfie

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Belfie - we are hoping to move a little after easter , spent another 2 nights up there as Ava loves the place, she just runs feral... it's GREAT.
So glad the PG is going well.... and X is starting to chat away.. thats awesome.

Welcome Yum Mum Amanda!

AFM - spent another couple of nights at the house, Ava just runs around like a FREAK which is great, she lets herself out the front fly screen and plays with the dogs which is so cute.
She LOVES trying to help me around the house especially with the washing, so much so i had to go and buy an AVA SIZED washing basket, she takes the dirty washing from the big basket and into hers then walks it around the house...
This morning she took her basket out to the clothes horses and took off her clothes into her basket while i did my clothes, she was such a good help, will try and put the vid on FB tomorrow.

Otherwise we are going well, have been making some mini muffins for A from some premix thing MIL gave me, would love any flavor ideas, if you want to check out this thread: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...n-mixture.html

Z is still growing like a weed and Ava now calls her 'sister' which sounds a little more like sissa but we know what she means.
Hope everyone is well.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I am so proud of A, we went to Bundoora Park Animal Farm today and she went on a pony ride, all by herself.. with only the leading guy.. no mummy and she didn't even care.

Welcome to Facebook | Facebook there are a couple of photos in this album.

THEN on top of it she went and had a photo with easter bunny and wasn't even scared of him.

My little girl is growing so fast, i can't believe she is nearly 18mths old

Hope everyone is well.. missing hearing from you all.

[csab]

Hi all, I know I know long time no see.

Anyway firstly, just want to say I wish you all a very Happy Easter.

Amanda - I am so very sorry hun . I have only just seen your posts today. I have laso read about the comments your mum made. I am sorry you had to hear that from someone so close. Yet let me just say I know only too well how those comments feel. It is never easy hun. Just know that I am thinking of you sweety. Hows little Julian going?

I also want to say congrats to those expecting again, just keep taking good care of yourselves.

I dont have much time on my hands atm, so as a group comment, How are all your little ones going? I hope they are all well, and they all enjoy easter.

A quick update on V, she is now 7.630kg bare weight and 72.5cm long. She repeats alot of words and is very very cheeky. She is running everywhere, and is so very stubborn. The pead is happy with her so dont need to see him for another 6mths time which is great. Only need to go in and see him if she has trouble during the winter time with flus etc, considering what happened to her last year.

I hope everyone is well, and take care over easter. hugs

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I can't believe it... 18mths already.

18mths ago we met the most amazing little girl in the most amazing way, today she has changed our lives for the better, her smile brightens our day and her laugh is infectious. We ♥ you Ava, thanks for the most amazing 18mths of my life. xoxoxoxoxoxo

My gorgeous girl is 18mths today, i can't imagine life without her and she is my reason for being, she is the most loving big sister and most entertaining little girl.
I love her more than words can describe and she has given me the greatest gift in life.

Poor little one has to go to the Dr's today though to check on her eye but otherwise we might just buy a cupcake and celebrate