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Pretz - Holy Cow! Okay, putting your day op date in my diary. You poor thing. Noah will be okay hun. These things happen. Atleast he got some Vit D!!!
Nikki - yes, a fast let down will give bubs green poo and sometimes with white 'bits' in it. My NOah had green poo and Alannah also has it atm. I was told with Noah to pull him off when the let down hits and just hold a face cloth over your boob to catch the milk. Alannah pulls off herself three and four times during a let down which makes it rather messy! lol (I just sent a booklet from the ABA about Forceful Letdowns to Vinnies.) VERY, VERY NORMAL! My let downs are still really painful and I pull the weirdest looks.........according to the boys in my life! lol
Brydz - what a great suggestion for a 21st! Mine was a family lunch....... :(........waaaaaaaay back in 1901! lmao
Hope you have caught up on some sleep! Bugger about the tail light. I do strange things when sleep dep'ed like pouring milk into the coffee cannister.....:shhh:
Vincent James sounds so much nicer than with the Leo bit! :)
Okay, have been all over the place doing persies. The kids are now outside and only goodness knows what they are doing. Might have to turn my music down so I can hear them.
Today should be results day.......if the results are at my docs........
Love to y'all,
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Pretz - DS got sunburnt the other day too. His shoulders are peeling, so I know how horrible you feel :(
:hug: Hopefully the doc will suggest some cream or something to help it heal.
The only birth I tore during was DD2's & i had a small piece of skin (outside) heal/fuse together in the wrong spot also. It didn't get in the way though. I had no idea til DH told me.
I think it came apart when DS was born, but I don't look myself :lol: so I don't know... Haven't thought to ask DH.
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Morning!
Pretz- So glad you have found out the problem, even if it means surgery, at least it will be fixed. My Gp did have a quick look, at my request, and said it all looked ok. Its not uncomfortable where I was stitched, (TMI) its more inside IYKWIM. If it continues i'll hassle my doc to have a better look around lol
Sorry to hear about Noah's sunburn... I did exactly the same thing to my DD1 when she was 6 wks old (20 yrs ago-it was a day at seaworld, I just didnt think), I know you feel awful, but I'm sure he will be ok. I carry baby sunscreen in Madi's bag & have made a habit of slapping it on whenever we are outside, cause yep the sun can be brutal, even when its overcast.
Brydz- I did that online Pnd thing just now and scored 19, so I think I may need to discuss it with my Gp, though she's on hols til next week. Yay on your bargain swimsuit! I love bargains!! But I hate when you pay full price for something & then see it on sale later so I never walk past one now lol
Raffy- Woohoo on the car! we were going to just be a one car family while i'm off work this year, glad we didn't, cause I would have felt sooo isolated. I did have to see my beloved mini cooper though, and buy a "suburban mobile" - which i'm still sad about. DP said I can get another one when madi doesnt need her ginormous pram anymore.
Vix- I know the brown sugar thing is ancient. All the older people i've told have been nodding their heads & saying uhhuh, told you so. And a nurse at hossy told me in her day (70's) babies started solids at 6 wks!!!! DP's mum told me all 4 of her DS's were raised on Carnation Milk!! WTH??? Thanks for the tips at feed times, I have been singing quietly to her while she feeds, will give music a go too.
AFM- Off to visit my bestie for a few hours. Havent seen her since Madi's feeding probs started, so she will see for herself today.
hope you are all having a good morning
Bec xo
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Just popping in quickly to give an update on Noah....
Took him to the GP and he said that Noah's sunburn isn't too bad - he said to give him some panadol as he might be a bit sore, but that it should ease up in a couple of days. I also asked the GP about Noah not sleeping well the past 5 nights and asked if he could be teething. The GP checked his gums and said yep, he is teething with the 2 front top teeth starting to come through.... So at least I know why my baby hasn't been sleeping well. He said to give him panadol for the next 2 days and hopefully the panadol will help the sunburn and teething and if he isn't better by then to bring him back. So I'm feeling a bit better, although I've learned my lesson well and won't be going out into the sun with my little man again without REALLY slipping, slapping and slopping him with sunscreen, hats and the works.
Bec - Hope you have a great time visiting your bestie! From memory you're at the Gold Coast aren't you? Perhaps we should meet up oneday? I'm a bit north of you at Greenbank. ;)
Clover - Thanks honey. I hear ya on not being able to look down there yourself. lol It's strange when you know something isn't right, yet you can't see down there, I've tried a mirror, but find it useless! :rofl: Hope DS's sunburn eased up and that after the peeling he is fine again.
Vix - Thanks for putting my op date in your diary. I know it's not a big deal as it's not like a major surgery or anything, just a day procedure and all, but I'm not looking forward to it and a bit nervous about it, it's not everyday you have someone cut and stitch up your va-jay-jay! :( lol Still :crossfingers: for you your results are in this arvo so you can know and have peace of mind! Thinking of ya honey! :hug:
Brydz - LOL Yes, I saw we all posted at the same time and was going to reply again straight away, but had to get ready and take Noah to the GP. Yes, once my va-jay-jay are all fixed, I won't have an excuse anymore for not wanting to DTD! lol Sorry for TMI, but my sex drive is still not what it used to be....I think perhaps lack of sleep and being so busy with Noah all the time is one of the big reasons that it's one of the last things on my mind! hehe :p Forgot to say this morning that I love Vincent James too! Not too sure about Leo either....
AFM, so happy because the tradie just left which means our floors are DONE! Whoohooooo! They just have to dry now for the next 48 hours and then MIL and I can go up there and give everything a nice clean next week. We are also going to start moving some little things upstairs and pack it in the cupboards and then on the weekend next weekend when DH is home, we can move the bigger stuff upstairs! Woot Woot! I can't wait!
Well then, since it's quiet and I don't have anything urgent to go do, there's no tradies, no noise and my baby is asleep, I might see if I can have a quick snooze too before he wakes again.
Hope you all have a lovely arvo and weekend!
Love you all!
xoxox
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morning ladies.
Vix - hope your results came back okay. we are here for you either way xo thinking of you. I don't mind Vincent James Leo if J still gets his say with the Leo and everyone is happy. Its only a second middle name so I don't mind :) still cuts me that his mother talked him out of Eli because he needs to save it for his proper future children. I swear if he ever has another son to someone else and uses that name I will stop speaking to him. Vincent is my all time favourite name, and sure bubba was a surprise and not planned and not with a person I wanted to have a baby with, but he is still my beautiful boy and of course I used my favourite name. What if I never have more children?
beckels -hope you had a nice time visiting your friend. :) the online thing is only a guide I guess but if you have concerns then definitely bring it up with your GP. no point suffering on in silence if there is a reason for it and it can be treated! :) some days I feel like I should take that test but other days I feel fine. Its kind of hard to know if its something serious or not. I think I just have emotional days, its not constant. I think it has to be over 2 weeks straight to be classed as depression from memory.
pretz -woohoo! glad the tradies are done and you can start moving upstairs. thats awesome :) i feel like I just get money aside to do something at home (like fix my leaky chimney) and then I get more bills or find something else wrong (like the powerpoint on my kitchen bench sparking when you turn it on or off. can't be healthy), or break my tail light :( grrr. so hard on a pension! wow 2 teeth coming through? I think V might be teething too cos he get really cranky at times for no obvious reason and the amount of finger eating and drooling is increasingly significantly! LOL. reckon I can feel one on his bottom gum. That's good that Noahs sunburn isn't too bad! hope it clears up soon
afm -last night we tried a bit of baby rice after his bed time bottle to help fill his stomach. he slept til 1230 :( usually he at least gets to 1 or 2am.. what the hell. sleeping even less.. I wasn't impressed. then we were back up at 430 (gave him a bottle instead of boob and got 3 more hours!)
seriously considering the switch to formula full time. my boobs are playing up again :( its not much fun!
the pool yesterday was AWESOME fun. Vinny LOVED the water!! at first he was a bit freaked out by the floating sensation I think, but then he really relaxed. I had his head resting on a noodle at one stage and he was floating without me holding him. I dunked his head under with my hand over his mouth so he didn't swallow water. and he only had a little sook. I reassured him it was all okay and he was fine. he was swimming around on his tummy and put his face in the water a few times no problems after that. so proud of my boy.
we have no plans today. might Zumba a bit more (bought it yesterday).
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Good Morning.
Bek - Make sure you do the online PND every few days as then it will give you a better idea and yes, speak with your CHN or GP. Hope you are okay though.
Clover - OUCH!
AFM - THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND KIND WORDS!!!:grouphug:
Saw my GP yesterday with DH. No cancer!!!!!! The Pathologist stated in his statement he was confident there wasn't any. Phew! She wants me back in 6 months for another ultrasound though. Soooooo, I asked her why was it a low thyroid count then. She had forgotten about why I had seen her in the first place. :wall: Because the bloods were done a while ago now she did another one yesterday and I guess will call me next week if she needs to see me. I told her about my low metabolism, tiredness Now I have another week of waiting....waiting.....waiting......meanwhile I am drinking so much bluming coffee just to get through my bad days. Yesterday I had another flat stick day where I could not stop all day and even had trouble falling asleep last night. I had two days like this the other day too. Just can't stop! Then I am sluggish for a few days. WeIrD!
Any ways.....off to get lunch ready for the boys and hopefully, like yesterday, manage to get all three down for a sleep at around the same time. I think....don't quote me, I think Alannahrama wakes up, has her breakfast feed, play then sleeps for an hour, then up for her morning tea feed, bigger play time and then ..fingers crossed...has a sleep after lunch. Her late arvo nap (around 4pm) is in my arms in front of the telly. Normally I would not like that but I ahve done it for two days now and it is nice to stop and sit!
Okay, have an awesome weekend girlies.
xxxxx
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wow you girls have been chatty.
Beckles - thank you for you kind words, Ill have to sit down sometime over the weekend and have a good cht with DF just put everything on the table and tell him how i feel, maybe then he might understand a little bit. how is madi going now? i hope the formula and solids are helping, hope you have fun visiting your friend :)
Vix - you made me cry. thank you so so much, i no DF doesnt understand what im going through but sometimes i just get so low i just need him to pick me up. i need him to make it all better but he cant. i am the same re: self harm, i wouldnt hurt myself but i imagine my self falling or being impailed (sp?) by something, but the sick thing is i imagine dropping cooper as well (not that i ever would) and the thought makes me shudder and feel sick but they are there. did you get your results back. im :pray: its good news and if not we're here for you :hug:
Pretz - im glad your feeling better and that Noahs sunburn wasnt no biggy. im glad you've solve the mystery of the painful va jay jay, you poor thing, i can imagine DTD must have bee agony, kudos for even giving it a go. yay that the tradies ar gone and you can start moving upstairs soon, how exciting. cant wait to see some pics. the car i got is a daihatsu applause. just a little for door cheapo, but it gets me from A to B and the chance to go out whenever i want :)
Brydz - sorry to hear VJ didnt sleep well for you last night. but im glad he enjoyed the pool, i saw the cookie monster swimmers in target, they are so cute. thanks for you kind words to. you were right, DFs family are extremely judgemental and he didnt want them judging me to he played it down a bit, but when he was actually telling them, they seemed very sympathetic. also thanks for the 21st idea, a day spa actually sounds really really good. im glad your getting the name you want for VJ and i agree if J has a boy and calls him Eli i think thats all kinds of messed up. how is zumba going? im so tempted to buy it, it looks like fun, but some friends have it and they even say they were unco to start with as well. as i said to Pretz, the car i go is a daihatsu applause, its pretty cute, old, but in good nick and we got it was a bargain so cant complain.
AFM - i think we have teethys here to, Coopers been drooling and sucking his hand like there is no tomoro and today he has had a little temp and he is soooooo dam sooky. i only just got him to stay asleep. his eyes are hanging out of his head but he must have been in pain and just wanted to cuddle. as for sleeping at night tho last night was the 5th night in a row that hes slept 8.30pm - 6.30am. sooo nice. however im not falling asleep til after 12 which is doing my head in. got up this morning and cleaned the house, its nice to have it clean and now i can relax for the rest of the weekend. im pooped, might go have a bite to eat and try and nap before cooper wakes.
love you all xoxox
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Vix - we posted at the same time - im so so so glad its not cancer but it sucks you have to wait again, thinking of you. hope you get all the kiddies down at the same time and that nice that you and Alannah have some nice cuddles in th arvo, i do that with coops sometimes to :)
hahaha Coops just full cracked up laughin in his sleep
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hello again girls.
so far i've gotten nowhere LOL. can't get off the damn net!!
V is still asleep, just gone 2 hours! and he's doing so well, its almost 4 hours since his bottle!! he had a bit of a fever this morning and finally settled after panadol.
He hasn't done his poop of the morning yet, so it's going to be huge when it happens! think the rice might have constipated him a bit more than usual..
he must be due to wake up soon. I'd go start zumba but I know as soon as I start...
Just spoken to my best friend on the phone. She moved to Melbourne in November and it has been weeks since I've seen her. I really miss her. Going to visit her next weekend when I get paid regardless of whether or not I can really afford it!! She is starting a 6 month child care diploma course the week after and it will be really full on 4 days placement, 1 day study and lots of homework so I probably won't see her for 6 months :(
I was going to catch the train but with a pram, baby, luggage and portacot that I'd have to take no way! I'll drive. The most direct route is the freeway and the ring road. I don't like the idea of that city driving.. Or for 20 extra minutes driving time, but 2kms shorter I can go the 'back way' into her suburb via a place called Wallan (if it sounds familiar its where I went for V's newborn portraits.. so at least I know the way to there, just have to learn that last bit..).
i think J has tried calling me a few times but I keep missing it. not purposely. just don't happen to have my phone glued to the side of my head.. wonder if he's sent an email instead..
i'm off to check.
vix YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for no cancer :) fantastic news!!!!!
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Happy 18 weeks Alannahrama! *giggles*
xxxxx
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Happy 18 weeks Alannah:hooray:
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Hey guys :D
Home from the wedding. Gonna take a while to get over that weekend!!
Had to wait for DH & mum to finish work... after 3pm! Dropped the older kids with mum, packed up the car & left here about 4.30/5pm. Got to IL's place at 2am!
Then wedding at 4pm... home (motel) again at 2am! Sleep at about 4... awake at 8 :( Then we took turns, hour for hour, til we got home. We're both dead tired. Poor DH had to get up at 4 for work this morning.
Summer wasn't too bad. Long as one of us sat next to her in the car. She wasn't real impressed with SIL when she stuck a bottle in her mouth :lol: No kids allowed at the wedding, so SIL baby sat across the road at the motel. Glad we did it that way!
Won't be doing a weekend car trip again for a long time! Even just with Summer it was too hard. Woulda been alot worse with all the kids!
Happy 18 weeks Alannah :D
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Happy 18 weeks Alannah! Geez it seems not long since she was 14 weeks..
clover - sounds like a very tiring weekend! how far was the car trip? i'm planning on a trip to Adelaide in a few weeks time, which is about 7 or 8 hours driving (with breaks) from here.. won't be doing it in a weekend though NO WAY. gunna stay a few days at least..
afm -Vs not sleeping at night still is driving me nuts. I've stayed at mums the past few nights now. Just feel like I need back up in case I really can't handle waking again.. Last night he drank 230mls before bed and STILL woke at 130am. then 5am. then 630, cuddled in bed, wanted boobies again at 730. got up changed his bum, he wanted MORE boobies. put him back down at 8 and I got a whole of another half hour of sleep and he was up again :(
frustrating and exhausting. mum said the nurses she works with said its his 3 month growth spurt.. how long is a damn growth spurt supposed to take? he's been doing this well over a week now :(
i thought it was gunna be a nice day here, but it looks like its going to warm up again and be hot. ick over the hot weather because I hate putting V in the car and going anywhere (Even though I have air con). so we basically get stuck at home doing nothing.
at the moment hes on the floor watching 'toy box' he loves that show!
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Hi all,
Im officially back! Will pop in tmr for persies (and gee there are a lot of them, you little chatterboxes, you!!)
But just wanted to say .... WAY TO FRICKEN GO VIX - NO CANCER!!!!!!! :happyforyou: :leap::thumbsup:
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happy 18 weeks Alannah and 15 weeks for Coops & Summer yesterday to :)
Clover - wow your weekend sounds like it was full on. hope you had a good time at the wedding but, and manage to get some sleep today.
Brydz - sorry to hear V isnt sleeping. i can imagine how frustrating that must be, maybe talk to a CHN, they might have some ideas for you to use to get him to sleep a little bit longer. sucks that its hot down ther today, it muggy here and coops is such a sweaty baby so hes chillin out in just a nappy today.
AFM - hello we have a roller (finally) i even got the second one on camera, just. Coops thinks hes a little clever, hes starting to hold his own bottle, and sometimes he can do it but majority of the time he just tries but keeps knocking it out of the way and then he thinks its a big game, its rather cute but now feed times are taking twice as long. pretty sure Cooper is sleeping through the night now, only he'll fall asleep at 6.30 and wake up at 6.30 or he'll fall asleep at 10 and wake up at 6.30, its weird but im definately not complaining. we bought a jolly jumper yesterday and coops thinks its the best things since sliced bread, he will play in it for hours if i let him. the only yhing is we have no doorways down stairs so its hanging in the middle of our bedroom doorway upstairs but i lay on the bed and watch him so its not to bad. well things are looking up for me. ever since i was like 12 i have always wanted to do childcare and a close friend of mine works at the child care centre on the RAAF base that DF works at, she messaged me this morning and told me that if i was studying Dianne (her boss) would give me some casual work :D so im about to ring the community college around the corner and enrol to do my cert 3 in childrens services :dance::dance: i finally have something to look forward to and this will mean i can earn a little bit of money so i dont feel like im bludging of DF all the time and i will finish work anywhere between 12 and 5.30 so i wont miss out on bathing, feeding and cuddling Cooper to sleep :) and also mum will be here to look after coops when i need her to so im saving money by not putting him in day care :)
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raffy sounds great that you have found the childcare thing. Hope you get into it and do well at it :) AWESOME of Coops to roll too :) very cute! Is he just going belly to back? or can he do both ways? Vinny only does belly to back. The other way he can get from his back to his side but usually flops down again and won't go right over.
whats the age limit on a jolly jumper? is it just when they can hold their head up ? I wanna get V one because he LOVES kicking his legs about. so I imagine he'd have a ball in one!
afm he is down for a nap so I'm going to get off here and go out and pull some dead weeds out (the lawn guy poisoned and chopped them off but the bottoms are still sticking out everywhere its annoying me.)
picked some gorgeous pink roses from my garden before. :)
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Brydz - Coops is the same hes goes belly to back and then can go back to side but not all the way over. the JJ box says its appropriate for babies that can hold their head up but arent able to walk which is usually about 3 months onwards. if V has good head control then i say give it a go, they are awesome and Coops loves it.
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Hello Mummies,
Brydz - Yes it's so great that our floors are finally done now, I have waited soooo long for it to happen! I hear ya on just having money to do something and then bills (big one's or more than one or two bills) come in! :wall: It sure sucks when that happens! I think the reason why Noah is so cranky, grizzly and not sleeping well is because he is teething. I gave him Panadol for 2 days, but it didn't really seem to do much or make a difference to his sleep so not sure. He has been having some really weird sleeping patterns and it's really doing my head in! Noah also drinks heaps before bed time and I swear it should last him a long time, but 2-2.5 hrs later he is screaming again and you'd swear he is starving. I'm sure your Mum's friends are right that it's just the 3 month growth spurt that Vinny is going through - I hope for your sake it is and that he settles again soon. Perhaps Noah is going through some kind of 4 month growth spurt too.....
Vix - Thanks for the txt and for letting me know the results from your test. Was so happy and relieved to hear. I hpe that the blood work you had done come back good/normal too. :hug: Sounds like Alannahrama has a nice little routine there for ya. Noah has NO ROUTINE and I am a bit frustrated / sad that it's such a struggle not only days but also nights to get him settled lately... Hope you had a good girly day with your Princess today!
Raffy - Sorry to hear that you think Coop is teething too. It's horrible for them, they're sooo little and I hate seeing Noah so grumpy and cranky because of it. Wish them bloody teeth would just come through already if they're going to come through or go away!! Glad that at least Coop is sleeping well for ya, although sorry to hear that you're not falling asleep until after 12. Hope you get some good nights' soon! Yes, I don't know where I got the energy from to even attempt DTD, but I figured that after poor DH not getting any for sooooooo long I should have at least given it a try, well, I think I've tried a whole of 4-5 times since Noah was born and it was really just unbearable so atm nothing is happening and won't be happening until after my operation and I've properly healed! lol :p Almost forgot to say yay on Coops rolling. Noah is loving his tummy time now (finally) and is rolling over 3-4 times in a go, so cute to see and great to hear the little sounds he makes when doing it. lol I got a couple of video clips of it too! He is also able to kind of hold his own bottle which is just too cute. Great news about the job, I will keep my fingers crossed that it all works out for ya.
Clover - Welcome back. Sounds like you had a great, but busy time and exhausting drive. Glad to hear that Summer did well and I hope you and DH get some rest soon. ;)
Nikki - Welcome back! :dance: So happy to see ya on here again. Looking forward to hearing all about your holiday. How is Ben going? Is his poo still a greenish colour? I noticed today with Noah's poo that his was an army green type colour with a little bit of yellow mustardy colour (like it always was) so I'm guessing it might have something to do with BF and FF him??? Will mention it to my GP on Friday when he goes for his needles.
AFM, had a terrible few days and nights (until today).....Noah is just still not sleeping well and it's really doing my head in. He woke 4 times last night.....WTF!??? I was exhausted by 3:30am and had a massive cry! DH was home thankfully and helped settle Noah back to sleep at 4:15am (after nearly 2 hours of trying to settle him) and poor DH had to get up at 4:30am. At least after that (and a 200ml FF bottle) he slept until after 8:00am this morning and had another sleep this arvo for 2 hours and I got to snooze for 1.5 hours too!! I'm still trying to BF him as much as possible but am giving him 2 bottles of FF a day, once around 10:30am and once again at about 6:30pm, but he still seems to be hungry. I don't know and don't think it can be a growth spurt as his growth spurts has always lasted about 3 days and then he'd be fine again and this has been going since about the last week so it's been over a week now. The GP I saw last Friday said it was teething, but surely it can't continue this way for over a week??? I'm just exhausted and not sure what to do or what I should do. I'm seeing my own GP again on Friday as I have to take Noah for his 4 month needles so will as his advice then, but in the meantime, if anyone has some advice to offer, I'm willing to try ANYTHING!
Well then, seeing as he finally went down at 7:30pm, I guess I should go sleep too while I can......I'm sure (touch wood) and I hope I'm WRONG it won't be too long until it's wake up time again.
Hope you all have a great night and you and all your beautiful babies sleep well!
Love to you all!
xoxoxox
