Babies born~October 1st-15th 2010 #2

[raffy]

Pretz - yes cooper is a little velcro baby. very very very rarely sits in his swing or lays on the floor by himself. its a huge PITA but i dont mind that much, gives me a good excuse as to why things dont get done they grow out of it eventually though.

Breckles - Cooper is already grabbing at the toys above his bouncer. and he has a pram/carseat tie that he full on kicks at then giggles to himself its so adorable. i always laugh at him coz he concentrates soooo hard when hes trying to kick it. bless.

AFM - all is good on our end. Poor Cooper trooper is exhausted by the end of everyday coz he gets past from pillar to post between all my mums friends lol hes been taking it very well but at around 6ish every night he absolutely spits it, but its nothing a nice warm bath, a big full belly and a good old cuddle cant fix. he slept in mums room last night and slept thru til 5am for her (good lil man) then was sitting on mums lap in her bed having a big smiley chat then projectile vomited all over mum (she copped it in the face ) and her bed, then he started giggling!! cheeky little bugger. im just about to put up the xmas tree with my mum and sister!! my favourite part of the year (better late than never)

have a good night ladies
love to all xx

[Sparkles]

Sorry my post got cut short yesterday as i was interupted!!

The rest of the AFM was: Tynan has now slept through the past 4 nights, from about7.30-8pm to 5.30-7am, rather stoked with that! Apart from that he bats at and tries to grab his toys on his playmat, like Coops the look of concentration when he is trying so hard to grab at the toy he has in sight is adorable! he also has a little mirror on his play mat and loves looking at himself, he thinks it is hilarious. He is now rolling from his back onto his side, then getting stuck and doesn't know which way to go!!! I sit there talking to him and say "ma, ma, ma " "Da, da, da", he also thinks that is hilarious, its like he is thinking i know what you are saying but you've got many months before that comes out of my mouth!! Anyway i will stop babbling like a proud little mum, and get some work done, before i play with my little man for most of the day!

[Vixstar]

Pretz - Sling it. Babies need to know you are around. Have the TV/radio going if it helps.
Summer is in my sling alot. She loves it & usually sleeps for hours at a time in it.

After buying a sling, Alannah liked it for a week or two and now hates it! What a friggin waste of money! I do agree though that she sleeps best when the house is full of noise and does not sleep the best when we have our girly day so the tv is on alllllll day! lol

Brydz - Wow, you have given his Dad so many chances. You are such a good person and I understand why you are doing it. If it were me, and it is not, I would have told him to firetruck off.

Pretz - try not to look at his weight over a week at a time but at a month at a time, then you get a really good av. Same as when he starts eating. Don't look at it day by day but over a week or two.

Sorry for my short post. With 3 kids I just don't get much uninterrupted time. I exploded at NJ the other day because he wanted to sit in the bathroom whilst I showered. All I wanted was a friggin shower in silence! Still have not been for my ultrasound and have TOLD DH I have to do it next week. I remember when NJ started sleeping through at 6 weeks I had loads of energy and felt awesome. Alannah has been sleeping through since 5 weeks and i wake up in the morning yawning! Go figure.

GTG, boys are fighting over a DVD and a CD!
xxxxx

[brydz]

vix LOL at firetruck off. I know I'd love to say that but I am doing my best to stay composed and be the better person.

pretz wow Noah is growing so well. don't ever stress that he isn't getting big enough. enjoy him while he's little lol cos before you know it he'll be 6 ft 2. gosh I hope that around Vinnys age they start slowing down in length growth or something because he is what 62cm, Ben (nikkis) is now 61cm I think she said and Vinny was already 59cm at his 6 week check!! If he keeps it up he'll be a giant!!

afm -J is really stupid really. Because I was willing to start unsupervised visits and down the track overnight visits (if he showed enough interest and things were going smoothly enough) much EARLIER than the courts would ever allow. Now he wants to do everything by the book (or the law or whatever its called) and is putting himself at a disadvantage. They won't allow overnight until the age of 2 generally, maybe older. And while we get things rolling he doesn't get to see Vinny at all. Because legally I don't have to make any effort. I've done so much. It's about time I gave up trying so hard. AND he is still refusing to send me the paperwork. So as soon as my new form arrives from BDM I will be applying for the birth cert without his signature. He can always be added later.

Well anyway J called me today and he decided that he just can't see V with me there. So now he doesn't see him at all for xmas. Or at all until things get sorted. Whether we mediate, or use lawyers or end up before the courts. Shooting himself in the foot really.

So tomorrow we are going to go out and enjoy the day, visit some friends perhaps and do something nice while they are having their family xmas without him. Their choice.

[Nikki87]

Ahh man I cant catch up ... Summer is crying about going outside. Just 2 minutes to myself please!!! (Hear you on the wanting to shower alone Vix, the only time I get to myself is once everyone has gone to bed, then I stay up to have some alone time and hence am dog tired again in the morning). Bah, Being a mum really is 24/7, perhaps even 25/7???

Ben's appt. went well on Friday. Pretty much just a waste of money. The eye surgeon just told me everything my OB had already told me and it cost $175 for a whole 4 minutes of his time. Just said its a blocked duct, should rectify itself, just keep on top with cleaning it ... blah blah blah, see you in 9 months to check its cleared up or surgery then. Good news I suppose, just expensive good news hahaha

Brydz - Yeah, Ben was 61.5cm at 9.5 weeks, and at 6 weeks was 59cm also. How is it all these boys are on par with each other. Freaky Big hugs hunny that everything with J sorts out soon. You dont need all this stress hampering Vinny's first Christmas

Thats it for me, got to go see my nan who is in hospital AGAIN becuase she is severly dehydrated after her last bout of chemo. Fingers crossed this s**t of a cancer stays away for good this time and gives the old girl a flipping break!!

[raffy]

Brydz - big hugs babe. hope J sorts his s**t and gets his priorities in order. im sooo glad your doing whats best for you and Vinny, and it really is Js loss coz Vinny is a cool lil dude.

Nikki - will keep your Nan in my thoughts. huge hugs and hope she gets better.

AFM - gotta dash accoding to MIL Cooper is hungry. apparentlly everytime he cries hes hungry!! SHES DOING MY HEAD IN!!

do you no what ive noticed... i always get stuck with the grumpy baby. i never get to cuddle him when hes happy but the second he starts crying its 'go to mum'
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh h

[Pretz]

Hello Mummies!

I feel the same as you Nikki - have been busy busy busy and haven't got ANY time for myself! Always looking and attending to Noah 25/7! lol He is just sooooo worth it though and keep melting my heart when he gives me those huge, big, gummy smiles!! Sorry to hear that the eye surgeon appt was so expensive only for him to tell you what your OB already told you. Good news though that he doesn't seem to need surgery and that it's nothing serious! Sorry to hear about your Nan being in hospital. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers!

Clover & Vix - Thanks for the tips re the sling. I got one about a month ago, but he HATES it just like Alannah so wasted the money I guess. I also have one of those carriers, which is handy when going to the shops, but 1 - it's just so hot to carry him around in all day and 2 - it kills my already messed up back even more and when I do get him in there and he finally falls asleep it's hard to get him unstrapped without him waking up. lol Have started putting him in his pram more often and wheel him around everywhere in the house with me now while I do things, seems to last at least long enough for me to do dishes or put on washing, fold washing, put on dinner etc. lol

Clover - Hope the breastfeeding has been going better the last few days. How are you finding the nipple shield? Love your photos you've been taking.

Vix - Yes, I'm only getting him weighed again this week and will then only be getting him weighed once a month. I'm just being silly about stressing over his weight. I guess I just have to remember what EVERYONE (GP, CHN and friends) tell me - if he is hungry (i.e not gaining enough weight) he will be crying ALL the time. lol He seems pretty settled and has probably about 12-15 wet nappies a day and does a huge poo every second day, sometimes 2 times that second day! lol Hope you get to go for your ultrasound soon and it's all good news!

Sparkles - You lucky ducky with Tynan sleeping through the night! Noah is still waking once a night (most nights), but some nights when I go to bed later and I give him a top up feed (while he is asleep) he basically sleeps through too, which is fantastic! I spent most of my days talking away to Noah too and over the past 2 days have heard him make different noises along with the one's he used to so he is definitely starting to increase his "words"! lol

Raffy - Glad to hear I'm not the only one having a "velcro" baby! You're right, it sure does give us a good excuse for when and why things aren't done. lol I too hope that they grow out of it eventually and in the meantime guess we should enjoy them "clinging" to us because once they're like 16 they're not even going to want to be seen anywhere near us I bet! lol Sorry to hear you're MIL is doing your head in......it's always the way isn't it. Just remember that you're doing a great job as Coop's Mummy and you would know his cries better than anyone else so I'm sure YOU will know when your baby is hungry.

Brydz - Yes, our boys are all growing so well and tall! I think Noah is definitely going to be tall like his Daddy. Everyone that sees him says he is so BIG and tall for his age. Actually found out yesterday that my Goddaughter who is 8 months old actually only weighs 700g more than Noah and she is also 62cm tall now! She is just a tiny big chubbier than Noah. lol Makes me wonder how big Noah will be when he is 8 months old if he's almost already caught up to her! lol Sorry to hear about the issues you're having with J. I hope you get to sort everything out soon and that it won't need to go as far as going through lawyers or the courts.

Hello to everyone else!

AFM, have had a busy, busy, busy but great weekend! Had a nice, huge nap yesterday from around 12:00pm til 3:00pm with Noah and went to my Godmother's Christmas party last night. Noah slept from 8:30pm until we got home at midnight, woke for a quick feed, went straight back to sleep and slept until 6:00am this morning. We got up at 6:30am and went to my Goddaughters Baptism and Noah slept in Daddy's arms for the entire Church service. lol Went out to lunch, he had bottle of EBM (190ml in one go!! - never had that much in one go in a bottle) and slept from about 12:30pm until we got home at 4:00pm! Then had a small feed, a bath, another feed and went to sleep around 6:45pm. Finally went to finish our Chrissy shopping this arvo and now just gotta wrap it all up ready for next Saturday (we'll be spending the day at MIL's house).

Well then, best be off, DH made us some nice toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches for dinner (seeing as we weren't very hungry after our big lunch). Nice to have dinner made for me for a change! lol

Love to you all!

xoxox

[~clover~]

Hi guys

Feeding has come good. Not getting too confident though. Summer giggled for the first time last night Mum & all the kids got to hear it!
Having a real hard time with her eczema But we'll get there...

ILs getting here on Tuesday & I'll be pretty flat out after that, but will try get in here to wish you all a merry christmas. If not

MERRY CHRISTMAS MUMMA'S & BUBBA'S!!!!!!

Cleaning tomorrow, they arrive about 9am Tuesday, mental health appointment for my PND & hopefully ADs Wednesday, finish christmas shopping Thursday & cooking, food prep, pressie wrapping, light looking & chrissy drinks Friday!!
Busy week! Hope we get some sunshine!

Have an awesome first christmas with all those beautiful babies!

[Pretz]

Sounds like you're going to be very busy the next week Clover, but sounds like you're going to have a great time with your family!

Glad to hear that things with feeding is getting better. Hope it just continues to get better and better. I think Noah just went through a growth spurt about a week or so ago as he had that massive gain and the last few days have been going 3 hours or so between feeds.

Thank you - DH and I are both very excited about spending our first Christmas with our little boy! Can't wait and what's best of all is that we get to help open some extra pressies this year! lol

A very Merry Christmas to you and your family too!

xoxox

[raffy]

merry christmas clover!!

hope you have a fantastic day with your gorgeous family
xxx

[brydz]

MERRY XMAS ALL YUMMY MUMMYS AND BEAUTIFUL BUBS

pretz Wow Noah is nearly as big as that 8 month old? crazy huh. My niece who turns 2 on NYE is only 80cm. I reckon Vinny is going to be as tall as her before long. She is right on the bottom line on the growth charts and he is toward 90% I think on his.

Thanks guys for all the kind words re: J and everything.
Yesterday I received a really really really long email from "J" that was sent from his mothers email address. I KNEW all along it was her email address but now I have proof because she finally sent me an email from it and her name comes up. Not J's.

Anyways it was a stupid email really. Full of inaccuracies and half truths and even a couple of lies. She clearly does think I'm stupid. I remember what things I have said and done. Over on BH website I keep a diary about it all. I have also got a written diary from most of my pregnancy AND a saved copy of every piece of correspondence between me and J (or her).

So I replied as nicely as I could and just corrected a few of her mistakes with the ACTUAL truth and then wished them a happy holiday and said I hope we can sort it out when they are back from overseas.

In the meantime I'm hoping to not hear from them again until they get back and Vinny and I will enjoy our Christmas best we can
Its gunna be good fun all the kids are growing up we have 4 toddlers this year so it will be mad!

[raffy]

brydz - WTG on keepin record of everthing, i hope you dont have to use them offically but you've done all the right things. i hope you and vinny have an awesome christmas, you deserve the best. have fun with all those kiddies. madness is sometimes fun

[brydz]

Thanks RAFFY!
hope you and ben and master coop have a lovely first family christmas

Vinny had his 8 week check up today at 8 + 3. He has gained 610g since last weigh in at 5 + 6. He now weighs abot 5.5kg and is 60cm long. an increase of only 1cm in 2 and a half weeks, so his length has slowed down which is good. Hopefully he will still fit in the 00 clothes for quite a while yet.

Since having his needles at 1pm he's been quite drowsy and slept most of the time. was unsettled and screaming for a while bout an hour ago but had some panadol and seems to be just fine, sleeping again now.

wow xmas is like 3 days away. still have presents to buy..

still not sure about what to do about Vinny's middle name. J has sent me the registration form and signed it and changed it to what he wanted but I'm not sure what to do. going to ring legal aid tomorrow and ask a few more questions.

[raffy]

Morning all,

well Coops has been unsettled for 3 days now!!!!! he was soooo good and sleeping through but the last 3 nights ive had a total of about 10 hours sleep all up. im baffled as to the cause, was back staying with DF last night though so i had his help but there still wasnt really anything he could do but feel sorry for us and take Cooper when i needed to pee lol

we solve this riddle asap.

Brydz - Hope brave little Vinny is ok after those big bad needles. and i still have christmas presents to buy as well but today ive told DF im not making cooper get into a car unless the house starts burning down. the poor little guy has been in the car everyday since we got to Perth and the minium length of time has been 30 mins. he now cries as soon as you put him in it let us no how you go with the legal aid GL

[~clover~]

Weigh in today 400gm!!! in 10 days!!

[raffy]

WTG Clover and Summer!!

[raffy]

just weighed Cooper, 6.3kg, thats 800g im 2 weeks. and we bought a pack of crawler nappies!!
where did my tiny baby go??

[~clover~]

We're at 5.5 kgs I think, lol. She finally had the 6 week growth spurt... 4 weeks late!

Its going too fast I miss the tiny NB grunts already. ILs are enjoying her smiles & chats though.

Had her first little giggle the other night in the bath. All the kids & mum got to hear it

Hope you're all enjoying your holidays! Flat out here!