Babies born~September 1st-15th 2009 #2

Hi girls. Have been extremely tired and run down atm as Frazer has been a bit snotty and coughy the last 2 days. Took him to the docs today and he has Bronciolitus (sp?) and a middle ear infection. Wondered why he has been waking up screaming his last couple of sleeps. Apparently it hurts when they are lying but fine when they're up right so I have been trying to get him to have his naps on his back in his rocker or propped up on a pillow. She said his breathing is very shallow and his chest is weasy so if he gets any worse should take him to the ER. Hopefully the antibiotics will help. He is abnormally chirpy for a sick bub but it's getting him to sleep that was the issue, nice to know why now though.

Frazer is trying really hard at the crawling thing but just gets tired and ends up flopping on his belly upset. Hard to see him get frustrated when you can't help him. Just doesn't get the arm movements and is doing more of a "push up" move which is hilarious to watch.

Looks like solids are going pretty well in here. Frazer hates baby yogurt and isn't liking many of the 6mths + jars of food that contain chicken or beef. A quick question though. Is anyone getting their bub vaccinated against swine flu?? DH is yet to have his and I had swine flu while I was pregnant but wasn't really sure if it's necessary/called for children?? I want to do the right thing but I'm just not sure about what that is atm? Every doc has a different opinion so who do you listen too?

Hi,
Pooley - if it helps, here in NZ i didn't even know there was a swine flu vaccine being offered, let alone for babies - so maybe its not that important if the NZ govt isn't advertising it? I may be wrong - but we wont be vaccinating T, also I think the hype of Swine Flu may have been overdone? Obviously really scary, especially when you got it :( But possibly not quite as big of an epidemic as they thought?
Funny how F isn't into the meat baby food, have you tried any fish? We gave T tuna last night, as we were having some and he loved it. He might get used to the taste and texture after a few more tries?
Poor wee thing with that nasty infection :( Hope he recovers quickly x

AM - yay, so exciting! I hope you guys have an awesome time away and Sam goes along happily :)

Art and Easha - glad to hear solids are going well. Not sure about you, but every now and then i worry whether he is getting enough. Seems silly and illogical considering he can have as much milk as he likes, he's not acting hungry, sleeping fine and growing big!
In fact T is 7.75kg now, yay - so really moving up on the percentile graph to about 20th % instead of 3%.
We just had our first swimming lesson - and it was so much fun. I thought we'd take it easy as pools are loud and its all so different, but he was great. Had a few unintentional face dunks and splashes with no crying, and he did lots of kicking and splashing. So i've signed us up for weekly classes now - so much for my plan to do it all myself, sometimes its easier just to go with the easier option! This pool is about 3 minutes drive from us, a special kids lessons pool, it has a baby change room (Taurean our change shelf/mats are enclosed with a wooden side, and you change bub sideways - not that easy, but i think much harder to roll off) and a padded playpen in the adults change room, so i'm happy.
The un-wrapping process is going along nicely. We have had a few nights of sleeping with both arms out of the wrap, so hopefully we are ok with that now. Daysleeps are not so easy - he just wants to play if he is not wrapped. I've only managed to get him to sleep twice with no wrap, and both times he woke 30 minutes later - hmm might take a bit longer. We are going away tonight for 2 nights, so will be interesting to see if he can manage no wrap in the portacot! Saturday night we are at a wedding - so he'll probably have to sleep in the buggy, wish us luck!

Hope the rest of you are travelling well?
Sanchez - how is that sweet girl of yours going? Hope you are starting to get some rest x
Kelly

Hey ladies!

NW3 - have a great trip. I'll look forward to hearing all about it!

Pooley - I hope Frazer has recovered, nothing worse that a sick bub. Makes you feel so helpless, poor little guy. We haven't started on meat yet but keep persisting, sometimes it can take a while for them to get used to new textures/flavours. We won't be getting swine flu vacc for Ethan. None of us have been vacc'd for it. Our thinking is the same as Kelly's, I think its been a lot of hype for something that is not an epidemic. Obviously very scary if you do get it but we aren't too worried about it. But obviously each to their own!

Kelly - great that swimming went so well, sounds like you have a little waterbaby! We haven't started Ethan yet but plan to do so sometime this year. Ellie is going to be moved up to the next class sometime in the next few months (the one with no parent) so we are hoping then that Ethan can take her spot in the parent/child class. Well hopefully anyway!

Art - great that A is getting into solids now. Ethan absolutely loves his food, there's no stopping him now. He cries if he sees his big sister eating and he isn't. He is fascinated by the dog too, well actually any animal. Probably wondering what the hell it is hahaha!

Easha - yay that Jaida is going so well on solids too! Well done on being social butterflys!

Taurean - wow on Izzy! Is she crawling now? Hope all is going well with the new place!

Ethan's teething necklace arrived (thanks Kelly I got it from NZ!). I think it looks really cool lol! Ethan has been really unsettled this week and not sleeping so well. Have no idea why :wall: He also has dropped a day sleep so now he has 2 instead of 3 so maybe that is mucking him up a bit. Apart from that we are doing well. He is a foodaholic and is saying lots more different sounds now (mama and baba are the most used!).

Hope you are all well, enjoy the weekend! :D

Hi Girls!!

We are still waiting for our damn phone to be connected (withdrew our iinet application today and have gone back to Optus) but it shouldn't be too much longer - I hope!

Pooley - I hope Frazer is feeling better. Izzy hasn't been sick yet (touch wood) but I'd imagine it would be pretty tough. As for swine flu, DH and I had the vac but we aren't getting Izzy done. We are considering getting the normal flu vac for her though as we are flying east for hols soon and she's bound to catch a cold from the dodgy plane air.

Sangie - Ethan sounds like he has 'mama' well and truly mastered! Izzy talks a LOT but we can't make any sense of it yet. It does sound like mama when she's whingy and calling out for me though :)

NW3 - have a fabulous trip!!! I bet packing was tough! We are going to Vic and QLD in 3 weeks time and I'm already dreading packing.

Sanchez - hope you're doing ok hon. Hopefully Violet's sleep patterns have returned to normal

Art - I can't stop laughing at the sand in the poo comment! PMSL!! Glad to hear A is swallowing some real food now and not just sand. LOL!

Kelly - yay for swimming!! It's great fun, isn't it? Izzy LOVES her swimming lessons and is doing brilliantly. She's been under several times now and can't get enough of it. Your facilities sound great for mums & bubs! We pay a lot for the course I just wish they could get the facilities right.

Easha - sounds like Jaida is getting into her solids too. Can't wait to hear what your family has to say when they see her in action.

AFU - Izzy seems to have finally settled into her new room. She waking between 6 and 7 but is going down a lot easier, around 7.30. She woke again last night at 1ambut I blame our window for that - it flew shut in the breeze and scared us too!!

Solids are still going well and Izzy's bow had avocado, beef, chicken, zuchini, red cappo, mango and Greek yoghurt as well. She's such a good eater! I've made up a lot of different purees and frozen them. She has 4 cubes per meal. Sometimes I mix in rice cereal, sometimes youghurt. She's a piggy!!!

Izzy is sitting unassisted now and she LOVES that too. She's still trying so hard to crawl bur no such luck yet. She can stand with assistance though which is freaky! She loves standing up to het activity table and making lots if noise. My god she is vocal.

Had a scary moment the other week (most of you know from FB) - Izzy rolled off the change table at swimming. It scared the hell out of me and I think I was more shocked than Izzy!! After a quick cry she had a good feed then swam, very happily and it happened to be her best efforts yet! Although she seemed fine, I took her to our doctor that night but she checked out fine - thankfully!

I've gotta run girls as I'm falling asleep while I type!! Will be back as soon as I can

Xxx

Izzy has her first tooth!!! It wasn't there this morning and had arrived by dinner time. She wasn't fussed at all either - amazing! I discovered it while feeding her dinner, thought it was something from her dinner. What a trooper, I can't believe she wasn't fussed!

I'm so proud which is stupid really given we all grow teeth. I'm sure you girls understand though ;)

Wow go Izzy! Of course you should be proud Taurean, I'd be stoked if mine cut a tooth in a day with no fuss! Fingers crossed the rest of her teeth pop through so easily! Oh and can she have a word to Ethan (I'd love it if his were just as easy hahaha! Now that I've said that his teething will probably be a nightmare lol!)

Hi Everyone

Indi's amber necklace arrived she is wearing it around her wrist as its long on her (she is small) and when she is on her tummy it seems to hang and the boys want to grab it etc. Im not sure if its working or not yet...there hasnt been any miracles since she has been wearing it anyway.

We will be getting the seasonal flu vaccine again soon and this year it includes the swine flu vaccine so you dont have to get two separate needles. I think we will all get it this year including Indi as its safe for over 6mnth olds (safer than them getting the flu)..just for that extra peace of mind during flu season..and the way I see it, its there for a reason and I want to do what I can to prevent my kids getting sick.

Anyway my Platinum membership expires on 1st April and Im not sure if Im going to rejoin as we are in the middle of sorting our finances out...we have had to get a substantial loan from my parents and we are on one income and probably will be for another few years..so we are trying to cut back and save...which is a foreign concept ha ha

Hi girls

Just a very quick hello from a freezing cold and wet England. We made it over here safely with Sam appearing to enjoy his first plane journey. Nothing like making the first one of the longest you can possibly do! He was really good on the flight and had some good sleeps. Singapore Airlines were great and gave us the stroller back when we landed in Singapore so I was able to get him to sleep in the airport too. Fingers crossed the other ones will go just as well as this time will be just me and him on our own - yikes.

Weather over here is atrocious - was 3 degrees at lunchtime today with biting wind and rain. My poor little Aussie boy won't know what has hit him! Apparently there is more snow forcast and my parents in Ireland said it had snowed there though it wasn't sticking.

We are slowly getting over jet lag though not to certain I will get over Sam waking in the middle of the night! I had got so used to him sleeping through that it is real shock to the system when he wakes at 2 am for a feed!

Will be back later to say more!

Hugs and kisses to all Xx

Ummmmmm I am confused as to why I didn't know that people had been writing in here - usually I get an email. I was coming in to the get the gang writing again but low and behold you have been here all along!
Good to hear everyone is getting on well with their bubs.
Any major milestones happening?
Taurean am amazed you have a silent teether - how good is that. I think V has a tooth? I can't see because she won't open her mouth but I candefinately feel something sharp.
We are battling the flu here....V has it AGAIN. Makes you wonder if it is something I am doing making her sick. But I have it this time as well, I tell you it is hard work feeling like death and trying to look after a baby.
Nothing really new with us, she can sit up, has started to pull herself up onto things, has started to get onto all fours but then goes backwards and usually falls on her face. Still not really talking, squeals but no actual sounds like ma or ga....is V the only one not getting that?
I turned her to forward facing in the car and it is a godsend, I don't have to listen to her scream anymore! Is like a new baby in the car.
As for me AF returned (for the life ofme I can't work out what that stands for - bet it is something simple though!).....I must say I am surprised as I am boob feeding so often. I have started to put a weaning plan inaction as I head back to work soon and v is still a disaster when it comes to bottles and being without mum!

Anyhoo I better get some sleep.....just wanted to say hi to all and now I know your all here I will be back to regular writing!
Happy Easter everyone. Mmmmmm chocolate.

Hi everyone. Have been trying to catch up on house hold stuff the last week and getting ready for holidays and haven't postes since Frazer was admitted.

Early last Saturday morning after a terrible sleep rooming in with him, his breathing got very laboured and his wheazing was worse overnight. The GP said if I got worried at all to take him to the ER so we did. He was admitted and than transferred to another hospital close by for observation. Apparently day 3 of Bronchiolitus is the worst day and since he was already pretty bad and it was only Day 2 he was kept under observation and we stayed Saturday night. They thought he may have needed oxygen overnight but it turns out even with the terrible wheazing and unsettled night, he didn't need any. He was given some medicine with an oxygen mask twice while he was there to break up the mucous and help him breathe better and it was terrible. DH had to restrain him while I held it over his face for 10 mins. He got so worked up about it that he sweat through DH's shirt and went all red. I couldn't do the 2nd one on Sunday it was just too distressing to watch but apparently he took that one better than the first.

Anyways, they say he will continue to have a cough for 2 weeks but is back to sleeping normally and also cut another tooth in hospital which now makes 5! and the 6th looks like it's not far away. He also kindly passed on his lovely bug to me and DH and we have had a pretty rough week all round.Thank god for Easter school holidays.

I will be back on soon for personals when I have some more time. Everyone sounds like they have made their decision about the S.F vaccine, now DH and I have to make our minds up...

Oh Pooley thats awful - poor little Frazer.
Seeing your bub so helpless is so traumatic for parents I reckon.

Is Bronchiolitis something that Frazer will get now from time to time or is it a one off thing? Is it different from Bronchitis?

Take care....hope your all feeling better soon.

Pooley, that must have been terrible! I hope that Mr F (and you and your DH) are feeling better soon xx

Sanchez, we turned the carseat around the other day too. It makes a world of difference for them to be able to see you and not grizzle and scream the entire time! A has only just started saying mmmmm, mim etc, she isn't really much of a babbler but then neither was DS and he was talking in sentences by 17 months. BTW, AF stands for Aunt Flo

NW3, glad the flights went well. I bet little Sam is the absolute center of attention!

Taurean, yay on the first tooth not causing any dramas. I am not ready for teeth - I loove the gummy smile

Kelly, don't worry too much about how much T is eating - they say 'food is fun until they are one'. Until then they get most of their nutrition from milk. A plays around a lot with her food but she isn't even eating enough to change her poo (which I am in no hurry to change lol)

Hi all - greetings from a very wet and cold England.

Art hope you and A are good. She must love her new car seat position facing forward and being able to see what is going on with the world. I will have to change Sam into his car seat when we get back. We had been using the capsule until we went away. Did you make the change when she turned 6 months or wait until she was able to sit up unassisted?

Pooley you poor thing. It must be so distressing when your baby is sick and you can't make them better. Hope all 3 of you are feeling bettern soon. What is the difference between the two as I had never realised there were two different things.

Taurean go Izzy. I think after the rough start you two had you deserved an easy run on something and teeth is fairly up there in relation to babies being distressed. I am so with you on being proud even if it is something that we all do.

Sanchez hope you are all feeling better soon. I am dosing myself on vitamin c to try to make sure I dont get a cold. I managed to avoid getting one when pregnant but can image how tiring it would be to look after a baby when you are feeling sick yourself.
AF came back for me month before last when Sam turned 5 months but haven't go it this month yet so not sure what is happening there. Like you was surprised when she showed up given I was/ am bfing 5-6 times a day? Who knows!

Kelly hope you and T are doing good. Have been meaning to ask where or why did you choose the name Tadhg. I know it of course being Irish but how come you choose it. I love it as a name BTW.

Sangie keeping fingers crossed that Ethans teeth will come through with no fuss.

AFU well obviously spoke waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too soon about Sam appearing to settle into new time zone. He was up 5 times last night and looking for food most times. I am not sure what the cause was don't think it is still jet lag but he may have been out of sorts as we had done long car journey down to in laws. Could also be growth spurt and I think he is also teething. Lots more drool, gnawing on absolutely everything and little cheeks are very red and slightly swollen. I am giving him Bauers Teething Tonic which seems to help It is natural medicine so don't feel bad about him having it. Fingers crossed tonight will be easier. I am soooo tired. He never did this a baby so complete shock for me.

Sam currently is learning to sit. He is managing a little bit longer each day. I really want him to have it mastered by the time we fly home as will be much easier if he can sit in bassinette for some of the time rather than on my lap. He really doesn't seem to be interested in crawling or indeed rolling. We do heaps of tummy time but just not interested. Any ideas of things I can do to encourage him or just let him go at his own pace?

We are having a great trip and Sam is a big hit. He was fascinated by his 3 year old cousin who were staying with for the last few days and just laughed and laughed at anything Harry did. Made feeing a bit interesting though when you have a 3 year old insisting on sitting RIGHT besides you as you try to feed a very easily distracted 6 month old. We are down with my in laws now so he is getting heaps of attention which he is loving!

Okay best go back in a be sociable - needed a little bit of me time and here is a good place to go.

Have a lovely Easter everyone and remember chocolate is good for you Xx

Art - never would have guessed AF. Random!

NW3 - how is Sam doing? Any improvement? Has he shot up a foot?! I tell you between teething and growth spurts it's a trying age! I need to talk to you and the kiwi chicks about dressing bubs for cold weather as we are heading to Nz in June.

Pooley - Wow I can't believe F has just got his 6th tooth - you are very right that your man smashes his milestones! Hope he is doing better and out of hospital. Hope you are feeling better as well.

Nothing else here.....nighty night

Hi ladies, hope you all had a great easter!

Pooley - how awful, I hope you guys are all ok now? Has Frazer's cough settled down now? WOW on having 5 teeth already :o

NW3 - Stay warm!!!! I hate the cold so I don't envy that part. How is Sam adjusting to the new time zone. I know what you mean about getting used to sleeping through. E occasionally wakes up overnight and it really knocks me for six when he does, I'm so used to a full nights sleep now. Hope you guys are having an amazing time!!!

Sanchez - Have you started weaning? I have with Ethan, he gets two bf's a day now and two formula feeds. Seems to be happy with that so I'm sticking with it for a while. Hope you guys are over the flu. I can tell you that its definitely not anything you are doing, kids pick up every bug going around! Did you find out if V does have a tooth??

Art - I had a little giggle at your 'food is fun before 1' comment. While that is supposed to be true it definitely isn't in this household. Ethan is very serious about his food lol! He will often cry when he's finished all the food on his tray cos he wants more!

Not a lot going on here, seem to be just going through the motions! Ethan is being more vocal now and is saying dada as well as mama. Still no teeth but he definitely has teething signs and I can see his eye teeth bulging (funny if they come through first, I'll have a vampire baby haha!). No crawling here either but lots of trying and getting very frustrated when he can't do it. We are going to an orthotic clinic next monday to get his flat head measured and assessed for a helmet - I'm still in two minds about it. Sad for him if they recommend that he gets one but also relieved that his head will have a chance to sort itself out. Anyway better go, take care all and big squishy hugs to all the bubs xoxo

Sangie- Frazer is loving his food a lot more than I though he would at this stage! He is having 3 solid meals a day with some sort of snack like yogurt (now he likes it) peaches, narnie or cheese. He also screams when there's none left and Mummy walks away. We have managed to drop the dream feed and he is down to 5 bottles a day of between 200- 240mls. Hoping Ethan's clinic visit goes well. In the long run it's probably better that it gets sorted sooner rather than later.

Sanchez- Apparently it is pretty common in bubs about 6 mths old. Have heard of so many bubs that have had it, some I know were hospitalised for 5 days. I couldn't stand 2 I would be a mess by the 5th. Sometimes if babies get it, it indicates that they might be more prone to asthma when they are older. When the GP asked if there was a family history, I said no only to go home and have DH inform me that he had chronic asthma as a child and it resolved itself in later years :rolleyes: We've been together 10yrs, ya think he would have told me that before???? Nup.

We are doing much better here. Frazer still has a bit of a cough but is pretty happy and it hasn't affected his routine much at all. His 6th tooth is well and truly coming down and I am surprised at how good he has been with all of them. How is everyone finding the amber necklaces?? I'm not sure if it's officiallyy crawling but he is moving at least 3 steps on his knees before collapsing to his belly. Can't be left alone in a room anymore cause he is getting into everything. The other day I returned to the lounge room to find him half way across the room trying to pull the floor lamp cord out of the wall. Am now looking into some sort of play pen as our house is all open plan and you can't really put a safety gate anywhere unfortunately

Am getting really excited, for those who remember Janine1511 and her bub Emily originally from this thread, she is getting married Sunday week and DH, Frazer and I are flying up to Palm Cove, Cairns for it! Am loving that I found her on Belly Belly and that we have really hit it off and catch up at least once a week since she only lives 10 mins away!! Looking forward to buying something semi-formal for Frazer to wear. Will post some photos when we get back.

Sangie....I don't know if you'd call it weaning, but she has 3 BF's and then we have introduced a night time bottle of formula which is getting mixed reactions! And she is still on the boob about 3-4 times a night still :o! Her bottle of formula though she will only drink about 130mls at maximum. Not sure if this is her normal but she is out like a light afterwards, so i think she may be a small eater. Yes a tooth is semi visable! Exciting!

Pooley....good to hear F is on the improve and keeping you on your toes! I haven't even thought about baby proofing the house yet....

shes awake and not happy - have to go will finish off tomorrow!

Hi all

Well wonderful world of night waking in continuing ... hit a new high last night of 6 times. Sanchez I don't know how you have managed almost 7 months of it. I really wish I was able to do the co-sleeping thing as I am sure it would be so much easier but never did it at home so don't think either of the two of us would sleep for fear of squashing Sam. I am so exhausted as you don't really get to rest or certainly not sleep during the day. Both of us have caught colds due to the horrid weather and have fingers and toes crossed that Sam doesn't get it. He is a bit snuffly so keeping an eye on him.

How are the rest of you finding your day milk feeds going these days? I am finding he is less and less interested in feeding during the day - too much else going on I guess - and am wondering if this is causing him to want to feed so much at night? I hadn't intended to really start to replace BFs with formula until after we got back to Oz as I reckoned that would easier to give him BFs on the plane but not sure know as am considering anything to get some of my sleep back!. I know as his solids meals increase his milk intake would drop but he will only go on for a few minutes each side max during the day. AF has come back too but don't think that this is causing him not to feed as he is quite happy to do so as long as its pitch black outside :rolleyes:

Sangie hope all goes well with Ethans visit to ortho and they are able to sort issue out easily. Sam doesn't move in his cot and always seems to sleep facing the same way but doesn't have an issue that I can see of that the health nurses have mentioned. I wonder are some babies more prone to it than others - softer heads?

Sanchez you might be right about V having a smaller appetite that might explain the number of feeds she has always taken at night. I guess we have little or no way of knowing what they take when you are breast feeding. Hope her little tooth comes through easily.

Pooley have fun in Cairns at the wedding. Can't believe F has 6th teeth already. Isn't it amazing just how differently all the babies develop and grow. Hope he continues to recover. Sounds like he is a very cheery little chappie and stays happy no matter what.

Art looks like no one told our little ones about food being fun until 1. Sam certainly lets us know that he is not impressed if he is put into his high chair and the food isn't ready IMMEDIATELY. He loves his food 99% of the time and is increasing the amount he takes what seems like daily. I think I will start to introduce some meat into his diet next week. When we were down at his grannys last week I wasn't able to puree his food like I do at home and he coped really well with more lumpy food.

Kelly hope are you having fun on your hols.

Thats all for now ....... kisses all round and keep sending sleepy vibes our way.

Xx