Babies born~October 1st-15th 2010 #3

[~clover~]

Yep. Its ok Vix... my others took longer to stand up. Standing earlier just means falling earlier... Specially since she's only using one hand, or leaning sideways & using no hands!
She sits herself back up now. But she's still gummy

DD2's sensory integration disorder is similar to your friends DS, but she's the opposite. She likes the noise. (brb - ok, baby fed)
She seeks to stimulate her sences. Through touch, sound, sight... Drives me insane 99% of the day!

[Pretz]

Clover - Wow, standing up hey? Noah is just going from sitting to crawling (backwards), sailing forwards on his tummy and then sitting up again from his tummy position! They're all growing sooooooo quick! Won't be long and all our bubs will be running around everywhere! lol Hope you're doing ok. Have been thinking of you!

Vix - Don't worry, I'm sure Alannah will get to crawling, standing and all that in her own time. Noah still isn't fully crawling either, he just moves himself backwards about a metre on hands and knees and then gets stuck and he is the 2nd oldest... Yay on Alannah having her first cheese and vegemite sandwich! Noah is still pretty picky with his food and I've noticed the last few days that he isn't as interested in foods he used to LOVE before. He just wants to have what I'm having ALL the TIME now lol Had some steak for dinner last night along with his peas and zuccini and loved it! Yay!!

Raffy - Hope you enjoyed your baby free night and please tell me whether my eyes are playing tricks on me or not but is your ticker correct in saying that you're 10 weeks 6 days!? hehehe HOLY DOOLY!!!! Where did that time goooooo??? You'll be having this baby before we know it at the rate the time has gone! Hope you're feeling ok and that all goes well with your NT scan on Friday! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it's a PINK bundle for you which won't be long until you can find out! hehe

Nikki - Hope Ben gets better soon! Thinking of you honey!

Brydz - Hope Vinny has a few better days now that he has cut tooth #5!

AFM, finally finished AF which lasted.......wait for it......a full 9 days!!!!!! OMG, I was soooooo over it yesterday I wanted to scream, but thankfully she's packed up and left this morning!! No cramps during those 9 days though so pretty chuffed about that at least! lol Only 3 more AF's to go and then TTCing #2 starts!! and

DH is outside cleaning up the yard and I'm cleaning up inside. Noah is napping and has been for about 45 minutes now so hopefully he'll nap at least another 45 minutes so I can get my washing hung outside...

Love to you all!

xoxoxo

[Nikki87]

Vix, Summer didnt crawl until 10 months - Ben was at 6 months so its each to their own! I think its nice when they crawl later - Ben will be walking in the next month I reckon, he lets go of everything and stands upright for a few seconds. Cant believe it - will look so silly, he still looks like a little baby. Ugh its such a PITA when they get into everything!!!

Hi everyone else!! BB curses me - whenever I come on here, Ben wakes up from his nap!!! I never get time to post!

[Sparkles]

Tynan isn't crawling, he is the master of rotating around & around & around and "worming" backwards, isn't pulling himself up on things either, but wants to stand all the time!! I keep saying to DH i wish he would crawl as he gets so frustrated but i know the moment he is we will wish he wasn't into everything!
Grizzly bubba here today, he just went down for his 3rd nap of the day, the last 2 have been 30 minutes each, but at least he went down again without a fight! He is very tired & has a little cough, will take him to the drs tomorrow if he is still a bit funny!
On other news this is our first month of officially(and i am around O time, or the next few days!) Scary but very exciting as my SIL just had her 2nd this morning, another boy and her 2 are only 15 months apart! And i am like ohhh i want another baby!
Raffy - i can't believe in a week you are 12 weeks, how are you coping with it all, and being off your meds? morning sickness?

Anyway better get some stuff done as i probably only have about 20 mins till the little man is up again!!

[raffy]

Pretz - yep 11 weeks! If all goes well with Fridays scan I will be announcing it on FB friday night lol crazy how fast it's going. So glad AF has gone and she wasn't painful during her stay hope the next few are the same but a little shorter huh? Lol

Sparkles - omg congrats on officially TTC!! Hope it's an extremely short journey for you. Congrats to your SIL to on her new bub, Cooper and pickle will only be 15ish months apart to. Scary but I'm looking forward to it. As for my pnd I wasn't coping even a little bit with out the meds so my gp and I have agreed the benefits far out weigh the risks and I'm back on them now and tomorrow a lady is coming out from first steps to speak to me, see where im at and no doubt refer me on to a psychiatrist which I'm thrilled about as when I was first diagnosed I was chucked on meds and forgotten about but I've since found a new gp who has gone above and beyond to find me the help I need, I feel meds were just 'covering up' the problem whereas I want to actually talk and vent and get it all out and she's gone out of her way to make sure I get that. As for the m/s today is the first day in 5 weeks that I have spewed lol and I actually haven't had much nausea at all today, hopefully the dreaded m/s might not stick around this time like it did with coops.

Anyways I'm off to bed

Love love

[Pretz]

Nikki - Wow, I can't believe Ben is standing up and letting go of everything! He'll be running around your house before his first birthday! LOL How has he been sleeping at night recently? Still waking heaps? Have you tried giving him anymore formula and any luck?

Sparkles - Whoooohooooo on officially TTCing this month! Hope you get the this month! Sooooooooooo exciting!! Has Ty worked out crawling yet (since your last post)?

Raffy - Yeah I hope the next few AF's I have are with NO cramps and shorter for sure! I officially should only have about 3 AF's to go and then we TTC - hoping to be lucky and get a BFP first go again this time but if not, at least can have fun trying! lol Do you have any cravings/aversions that was different to the cravings/aversions you had with Coops that could indicate you having a girl?

AFM, I think my hormones have finally settled back to normal again as my "sex-drive" has returned (not much, but it's much better compared to the NO interest at all I had) lol Still having some discomfort when DTD, but have not been as painful either thankfully so that's a good sign too!

Well then, best head off my little man is due to wake up any minute (if he only sleeps his usual 1 hour 15 minutes this morning) and I want to grab a cuppa tea before he demands his bottle! lol

Love to you all!

xoxox

[raffy]

pretz - nice work on gaining some of your labido back, im sure DH is thrilled also glad its getting more comfortable for you, enjoy practising your baby making for the next few months before the real deal, how exciting. when the time comes i hope you get that straight away, you could be lucky like me, i seriously wasnt expecting it to happen straight away so thats why we started TTC when we did but i dont think a few months is gonna make that much of a difference still very excited. as for cravings/aversions, the only one ive really noticed is with cooper i craved milk like it was going out of fashion, like we would go through a 3 litre bottle a day just from me drinking it out of the carton lol but with pickle just the thought of milk makes me feel iffy. also with cooper i had m/s up until the day he was born and so far at almost 13 weeks im starting to feel like myself again, i only spew in the morning and other than that i dont have any nausea what so ever of course these things probably mean nothing but you never no
ive found being pregnant for the second time really boring, by 12 weeks with cooper i was out buy clothes and putting heaps of things on layby and all that fun stuff, now all we need is a car seat and ill be even more disapointed if we find out its a boy coz then he wont need any clothes or room decorations or anything i am however, slowly but surely, setting cooper up a 'big boy room' so thats sort of replacing my urge to baby shop, and im also getting stuck into wedding plans, all these things to distract me from going and buying heaps of unnecessary baby clothes haahah.

AFM - still staying at mums while DF is away. she leaves to go to thailand on sunday so ill move back home then, and then hopefully next week goes quickly and DF will be home the following saturday. hoping coopers completely better before Sunday, poor bubba has had a cold and teething something cronic, been a bit of a handful but thats why its been awesome having mum here to help. going out to a friends house this arvo for a catch up with all the babies, excited to get out of the house

hugs to all xx

[Sparkles]

Pretz - yay on hormones settling down, i don't know where mine are at. I have pimples and i don't get pimples!AHHH. exciting about TTC! yay, for noah crawling as well!

Raffy - what a relief you ms is alot better, hope coops is feeling better, Ty was a real handful when he got the 4 teeth in 2 weeks followed by is throat infection!

AFM - Ty is good, was cramky yesterdat but don't know why. He's been happy this morning and also is going on an 1.25 hours of being asleep, and literally just squawked though the monitor this second!!haha what timing. Day sleeps are still hit & miss but thats just him!!! Ty is still just getting around on his belly but has started getting up on all fours & rocking, i reckon it won't be too long now!!!
As for TTC, it is exciting, lets hope the journey is a bit shorter than last time!
Better go get the little man.
Hope everyone elsee is well!! xx

[Nikki87]

Raffy - I too hope next week goes quick, my DH is away from Tuesday till the following Sunday so should be ultra boring and mega frustrating with the two kids on my hands! I cannot believe you are almost 13 weeks pregnant! That is amazing how quick the time has gone, I cant wait until you find out what it is!! I hope its a girl so you can get that shopping bug back into action! LOL at thinking the second time around is boring - I totally agree, I was buying stuff just for the sake of it in the end, just to feed my addiction a little!!

Pretz - Woo hoo on getting your libido back (insert wolf whistle!!), not long and you will be TTC, that is so freaking exciting. I cant wait to follow your pg journey too once you get that BFP, and you too Sparkles. Its a no go on the formula, or a bottle for that matter and his sleep patterns are all over the show at the moment. He wont sleep for more than 30 mins x 3 a day. I cannot get anything done becuase he is so demanding all the time. Cant even hang the washing or nothing. Feel like I never get 2 seconds to myself. I am definately NOT having another until he is past 3!! Summer has been a devil today too ...

Sparkles - Hope Ty is better, Ben had a throat infection too and lost heaps of weight. He is only just starting to get back on track.

AFM - Thought I got AF back yesterday, but it was a bit of (TMI) 'old' blood and then that was it. Nothing today. Weird. Anyhoo, Im going to go and sit on my fat bum and eat an icecream haha had a **** of a day shopping in Perth today, Sum was an absolute nightmare. Ugh.

[Pretz]

Nice to see some "action" in here again after not many posts for a while.....good to be back here!

Raffy - Thanks and yes DH is thrilled my libido is back! I definitely will enjoy the practice baby making because I know that as soon as I get my BFP it won't be the same again. My libido went away almost INSTANTLY when I fell pregnant with Noah and didn't come back til in the 2nd trimester but then I found it too uncomfortable with the big huge belly in the way! lol Well I'm keeping my everything crossed tightly for ya that you get a pink bundle and how awesome would it be to go pink shopping! hehe I am really hoping for a little girl too with our next bub, but if we were to have another boy I'd still be thrilled. Hope the next week goes quick until DF gets home.

Sparkles - I hear ya on the pimples, I have a couple that break out just before AF is due too now and it sucks! Never had ANY pimples when I was pregnant with Noah or BF... must be the stupid hormones! Glad to hear that Ty is doing better now and WTG on the nice long sleep yesterday. Noah dropped his 3rd nap, but his morning nap is between 1 hour 15 minutes to 1.5 hours and then his arvo nap is anywhere between 1.5 to 2 hours 45 minutes so happy with that!! I'm sooooo excited for ya, can't wait to hear of your BFP!

Nikki - Sorry to hear your DH is away too, hope the time goes quick for you too until he gets home. LOL thanks for the wolf whistle! Yeah I know, the time is going so quick that we'll be TTCing again before we know it. I'm VERY excited! Sorry to hear that formula and the bottle is a no go with Ben and that his sleeping is all over the place, but don't worry you're doing an excellent job and he'll come around at some stage! Hope both Ben and Summer are good for you today!

Hello to everyone else!

AFM, went to bed tooo late last night and Noah was up from 4am crying and crying and crying, I walked up and down the hall with him and then sat on the couch infront of the fire with him cuddling and talking with him and he finally calmed down. Gave him his bottle and he went back to sleep (around 5:45am), but I couldn't (DH left for work and was noisy getting ready lol). I think one of Noah's top teeth are about to cut through as his gums is soooo swollen and I can feel the little sharp bit right there under the gum, poor darling. Hopefully he won't suffer with it too long and that it just cuts through and gets over with it! I'm starving now so might go have some brekky before he does wake up.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Love to you all!

xoxo

[Nikki87]

Pretz, I hope Noah is feeling a little better now and you have time to have a little sleep. I was up at 4:50am this morning and havent been back to sleep yet. I am so freaking tired. What are these boys doing to us!

[Vixstar]

Pretz - yep 11 weeks! If all goes well with Fridays scan I will be announcing it on FB friday night lol crazy how fast it's going. So glad AF has gone and she wasn't painful during her stay hope the next few are the same but a little shorter huh? Lol

Sparkles - omg congrats on officially TTC!! Hope it's an extremely short journey for you. Congrats to your SIL to on her new bub, Cooper and pickle will only be 15ish months apart to. Scary but I'm looking forward to it. As for my pnd I wasn't coping even a little bit with out the meds so my gp and I have agreed the benefits far out weigh the risks and I'm back on them now and tomorrow a lady is coming out from first steps to speak to me, see where im at and no doubt refer me on to a psychiatrist which I'm thrilled about as when I was first diagnosed I was chucked on meds and forgotten about but I've since found a new gp who has gone above and beyond to find me the help I need, I feel meds were just 'covering up' the problem whereas I want to actually talk and vent and get it all out and she's gone out of her way to make sure I get that. As for the m/s today is the first day in 5 weeks that I have spewed lol and I actually haven't had much nausea at all today, hopefully the dreaded m/s might not stick around this time like it did with coops.

Anyways I'm off to bed

Love love

That is wonderful news about being referred to someone. I know in my case, it is a blessing!!!! Been a loooong time coming, nearly 40 years!!! *blushes* Not the pnd but just needing to be able to deal with and understand things. Baby steps and soon you'll be taking leaps and bounds!!!

xxxxx

[Vixstar]

Hi girls!

The boys are watching Maters Tall Tales and Alannah is snoozing! Thought I would pop in before I start getting ready for the 'evening shift'! I work my house work in 4 shifts - morning shift is breaky - mornign tea. Lunch shift is from morning tea till arvo tea. Then from arvo tea until the kids go to bed is evening shift (the worst one! lol) and night shift is usually sitting on the lounge or like tonight it will be folding a truck load of washing!

DH is taking the kids tomorrow and I am going shopping for clothes!!!!!!!!!!! I am so darn excited I could pee my pants. He actually treated me on Thursday night when we went grocery shopping ($600 later.....) and bought me a heap of new undies and new winter pj's plus two hoodies. I have not really had decent clothes since 2005! A month ago I grabbed hand me downs of a friend who was going to bin them! Makes me feel like I am living in rags. lol

NOah has a new nickname for Alannah. Well, he calls her Alannah Princess all the time as I call her that now. Sweety.

Tomorrow. Alannah Princess. Will. Be. 9. months. old. *gulp*

Pretz - how is my little man going today?

Sparkles - Yay for ttc. Hope you have a great journey, a short one would be best but enjoy, enjoy, ENJOY!!!! Alannah does the same as Ty - the rocking on all fours with her little butt in the air! Too cute.

Nikki - Is Ben running yet?? lol Noah was like Ben, just so quick to do everything from the word go. I presumed it was to keep up with Bailey but he is also just a natural athlete, very quick on his feet.

Okay, best run along anyway. Dh has put in a fouth bedroom and my house is a living nightmare atm but I am not complaining. It means by children will each have their own room. *happy dance*

Love to you all,
xxxxx

[Nikki87]

YAY Vicky on being able to go shopping!! That is just so awesome! New clothes really do make the world of difference!! Cant wait to see some pics of you modelling your new clothes! I went yesterday with the kids and OMG, what a disaster!

Alannah Princess .. so freaking cute!! Summer calls Ben - "Big guy" haha LOL, no he is not running yet, but walks behind a cart of blocks, so cute.

Holy bejusus at Alannah being 9 months tomorrow!! This is super scary how fast time is going. Must start thinking about the 1st birthday!! ARGH!

[Pretz]

Whoohoo! I loveeeeee seeing some "action" and chatting in here! hehehe It's like we're all "back"! hehe

Vix - Welcome back online - I just sent ya a txt and saw your post. lol I hope you had a great day today! Yay on going shopping! New clothes definitely ROCKS! I haven't been clothes shopping for agessss....actually not since I brought maternity clothes last year haha but thankfully fit into *some* of my usual clothes before pregnancy so that's good! lol Your future son-in-law is doing a bit better, he is teething real bad, just wants to chew on everything (more so than ever) but it's sooooooo close I can see the white under the gum and feel the tooth under the gum when I rub my finger over it. I feel so horrible for him (for all the babies teething). How cute about your Noah's nickname for Alannah Princess! Just gorgeous! WOW, I just thought of it today that Alannah is 9 months tomorrow!! HAPPY 9 MONTHS beautiful Alannah!

Nikki - Noah seems to be doing a bit better than he was yesterday arvo and early hours of this morning thankfully but I can tell he isn't entirely his happy self poor baby. He just wants Mummy and just wants cuddles all the time. lol Unfortunately no sleep for me either as I had such a crazy day in the end (see more in AFM below). Sorry to hear you had a rough night too. Yeah these boys are going to give us wrinkles from sleep deprevation! Hope Ben sleeps better for you tonight, especially seeing as you're flying solo with DH home..

Re: Birthdays - I can't believe how quick these babies are growing and how quick the time is going. Noah will be 9 months in 11 days too! Wow, scary to think they'll all be ONE soon!! I got some really cute invites for Noah's birthday party the other day and am starting to think about it too. Was thinking I might have a party for him at a park and have a sausage sizzle for lunch and invite his little friends from my Mummies group and a couple of my girlfriends with kids. I'm starting to look at ideas for cakes as I'd love to get him a special cake and go all out seeing as it's his FIRST birthday and even though he won't remember it, will take lots of piccies for him to see oneday!

Group Question - What are you all planning/thinking for your little one's first birthday/party?

AFM, my day ended up being a bit crazy in the end and I was running around like a mad woman! I did some washing but on my way to the washing line tripped over (stupid me! lol) and my washing basket went flying all over the wet lawn! I wasn't very impressed at first, but in the end was about it! lol Then I broke my favorite cup/mug when I had a cuppa tea and when I phoned a girlfriend of mine to say happy 4th birthday to her little girl, she said that she'd see me at the party later..... I was like wtf I completely forgot about the party hahaha Well, Peter was working and I didn't have other plans so said I'd be there! lol Lucky I phoned her cos if I didn't I probably wouldn't have shown lol So was rushing to get a present and then Noah wasn't being happy and was fighting sleep which made it harder to get things done etc. Finally got ready to go but Noah decided to have a 3 hour nap!!!!!! (of all days) and didn't wake until 1:50pm and the party started at 1:30pm! lol Got there at 2:30pm and made it just in time for cake! hehe Got home at 5:10pm (and Noah fell asleep in the car 15 minutes prior to that) so sat in the car with him for an extra 20 minutes until he woke up, thankfully he was happy and we managed to make it through his dinner and bathtime without any problems. He was in bed by 6:10pm and fast asleep by 6:11pm without a peep! lol Had some pizza for dinner and finally get a bit of "me" and computer time before heading to bed early tonight!

Hope you're all enjoying a lovely Saturday night!

Love to you all!

xoxox

[~clover~]

Hey girls.
I've had to leave my facebook page for a bit, due to privacy... I'll leave it at that.

Summer was 8 months last week. She picked up the crawling thing properly & hasn't looked back Though she only crawls to what she wants so she can stand.
She let go yesterday! Didn't realise, but stood for a second alone.

I think she's had too much freedom. She won't sit still. I'm just realising how difficult it is having a cheeky baby that won't sit in the pram for 2 minutes if its not moving. None of the others were this bad!

Anyway. We just got home from a hectic week, so I'm off to bed.

Floods... will go into it tomorrow.
Night girls x

[Sparkles]

Warning vent ( not related to bubs). We put on work drinks last night for our employees. I had 2 as I'm just not into in and went home at 11 to relieve MIL who was at home with Ty. Dh gets home at 3am and brings people home with him, I flip out! Had just been up with Ty for over an hour( I think more teeth are coming) so now I have had a total of 3 hours sleep & am exhausted & of course dh is fast asleep and will be useless all day! He onlydoes it about 3 times a year and I don't mind when it doesn't interior MY sleep! On a side note AF came during the nights well!
Anyway got to go give Ty his weetbix, will be back for Persies xx

[Pretz]

Hiya Clover! Sorry to hear that you have had to leave your FB again for privacy, but glad to hear from you. Yay on Summer crawling and WOW on her standing and letting go for a second! Wow, they are all growing so quick now, won't be long and they'll all be running around and we'll have our work cut out for us even more! lol

Sparkles - Sorry to hear that you didnt get much sleep the night before due to the work drinks you had for your employees and then for DH to bring people with him at 3am! I would have been fuming too, especially when it affects YOUR sleep and he isn't much help that next day! Sorry to hear that dreaded AF also reared her ugly head for you! Saw on your FB that you had a bad night with Ty last night. Has he got a cold? Poor darling, hope he gets better soon and that you are able to get some rest/sleep today.

Hello to everyone else!

AFM, was up with Noah from 3:30am until around 5:45am this morning - I think it was his teeth bothering him, but thankfully he went back to sleep from 5:45am until around 7am so I was able to get some extra bit of sleep too. He just crashed for his first nap about 30 minutes ago so I'm hoping he'll sleep a while longer so I can get some stuff done! I also woke up at 3:30am this morning to dreaded old AF, and again have the heaviest bleeding but no PAIN or CRAMPS whatsoever! I just hope AF won't be lasting as long as she did last time (9 days ) If it does I might go see my GP as I think I might be a bit aneamic (sp?) again as I've been feeling very weak and tired all the time (even though I think I'm getting enough sleep most of the time).

Hope you all have a great day!

Me xoxo

PS: Oops, forgot to tell you girls my EXCITING news!! I have applied to have another 12 months off from work last night (sent my manager an email). Yay!! Sooooooo happy and excited that I won't need to have to think about going back to work for a longgggggg time! I just can't THINK about leaving my little man and going back to work, it breaks my heart...