Babies born~September 1st-15th 2009 #3

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[Artechim]

Kelly, I hope T is feeling better - he has had a bad run!

Sanchez, LMAO about the tampon! I have to admit they don't really stay where they should now - I did think it was because everything down there had changed shape but now I suspect it is my hideously weak pelvic floor that won't keep them where they are supposed to be. I have been on the brink of dishing out some panadol just for the hope of breaking the habit many many times. So far I haven't given in to temptation but really it wouldn't do any harm if it was only a couple of days (and cough syrup would work better..). I thought A would be an earlybird for everything like DS was, but alas she is a floor ornament still...

NW3, I hope S has come to realise that 5am is NOT a good time to start the day!

Taurean, how is the weaning going?

Well, after I posted the other day about our nightmare sleeping, she went and slept until 5am! Since then she has been waking only once or twice during the night and it is amazing. I am not sure what caused the turn about, but right before it happened I managed to get her to sleep without feeding ('cos it was midnight and she was buggered lol) and it seemed to help her realise that she doesn't actually need to feed every sleep cycle to go back to sleep.
Still no spontaneous movement, but she will do 5-6 steps now but you have to hover right over her to catch her when she tips to the side or nosedives. Still no sign of teeth!

[Taurean]

Shiny new thread! Only problem is I've forgotten what was going on in all your last posts.

Art - WOOHOO!!! That is awesome! What a breakthrough!! How many times, honestly, did you get up to check on her?! Or were you so tired from months of crap sleep that you slept right through too?! I have eveything crossed that this is a new start for you guys. PMSL at your 'floor ornament', and a toothless one at that. I wonder if you'll wake up one day to find Miss A with a full mouth of white pealers.

Sanchez - I'm with Sangie. I should know better than to have a mouthful of anything when I read your posts as my dear laptop often wears it when I burst out laughing!!! That tampon story was so damn funny!! I still don't have AF (19 months and counting!) but I suspect I'll struggle with tampons when it does return as the old pelvic floor aint what she used to be! I used to have quite good control down there, even my doctor commented once when my vjay-jay shot one of her tools out when I was having a pap smear a few years back! So embarassing!

AM - is Sam still rising at sparrows fart? Damn sparrows!!! 5am is not cool. We've been so spoilt by Izzy's 8am starts lately that anything before 7am is not cool in our house! I really shouldn't get use to that, should I. Actually, I shouldn't even write it down as she'll no doubt make a liar out of me tomorrow!

Kelly - poor little man! He has had a terrible run with illness, hasn't he. Well done for battling through hon - you are super mum! Is he better now?

Sangie - How's Ethan going? Is he still wearing his helmet, I can't remember!

Hi everyone else!

Izzy had her worst night ever on Saturday night. We had friend stay the night with their 7 month old so us parents could play cards and have a few drinks. Izzy went to bed without a drama at 7.30 but woke at 8.30 just as we started playing cards and then stayed up until 12.30am I tried so many times to put her back down but she just kept fighting it. Was happy as larry watching our game and drinking copious amounts of milk but every time we put her down, she would scream blue murder. It was horrible! Anyway, we gave in at 12.30 and went to bed and that is when our little darling finally called it a night too - I was fuming!! Thankfully she slept til 8.30. I thought our friends little man was being such a good boy but they actually left at 7.30am as he had been a little bugger all night!! Needless to say, the sleepover was far from a success - Babies 1, Adults 0.

We tried a different brand of yoghurt last week (the new Masterchef Greek yoghurt) and Izzy did two MEGA spews after eating it in the evening. I don't recommend it at all! It must be too rich for her although other Greek yoghurts have been fine. The spews were massive and quite a shock as she's never really been a spewy baby. One of them was all through her cot while I was out on Monday night so we had to strip her and the cot at middnight when I got home. DH said she'd slept soundly so he was none the wiser. I'm just glad I went in to check on her before I went to bed or she would have slept in it all night. FOUL!

Izzy is standing unsupported a lot more now. She's really improved a lot over the last week and now does it while analysing what ever it is she has in her hands. It's cute as she kind of takes herself by surprise as she's so interested by what's in her hands that she doesn't realise she's standing by herself and when she reaslises, she gets all excited and falls on her bum! I wonder if she'll be walking by her first birthday

I ordered Izzy's birthday invites last week. I found a really good printing website which had some really fun invite templates. Izzy's is a magazine cover, with her as the covergirl and all the party details are randomly spread about the cover. They are really fun and different. Her party is shaping up to be a lot bigger than we thought so it's doubling as a kind of house warming too. I think we have about 50 or so coming but that includes quite a lot of kids. I'm not sure what to do about her cake yet. My mum always made us amazing birthday cakes from the Women's Weekly cake recipe book and I would love to do the same but to be honest, I can't bake to save my life. I can cook well but baking is not my thing (although I do love to eat the raw mixture, yum!). So I'm tempted to just buy a cake with a personalised message on it. Is that a cop out?!

Weaning is going well and we're down to just one BF a day now, the first feed of the day, as soon as she wakes. I'm really enjoying having my boobs back (although I don't recognise them anymore!) and the one feed is pretty relaxing for both of us. I'd considered weaning her fully after her first birthday but I think I'll just continue until she's over it now. I figure my boobs can't look any worse, surely not?!

Gotta run, Miss Iz is awake. Ciao!

[Artechim]

Taurean, A does the up until midnight thing every week or two. Drives me mental. If she happens to wake fully after she has gone to sleep then she just considers it a nap and is up for another 3-4 hours. PAINFUL!!!

We aren't doing a party for the kids this year. We were going to but then thought that for the cost of it vs enjoyment we were better off flying DH's parents up for a visit. DS isn't an overly social child so probably wouldn't get much out of a party and A is still young so we thought they would get more out of seeing their grandparents for a week (plus FIL is a builder and we have lots of odd jobs....bonus!)

I have been meaning to say, have you tried taking Vitex (chaste tree berry)? It helps regulate the progesterone/prolactin balance and might bring back AF (and your MIA libido with it).

Also, it is not a cop out to buy a cake, nor is it to buy a pre-made sponge and decorate it (and pass it off as your own lol)

[Taurean]

Art - thanks for the info! Would you believe I just discovered EWCM in my knickers Im ovulating again, LOL!! I stopped taking the mini pill over a week ago so that may have helped. AF still hasn't returned but at least I'm having a few indications that my body is returning to normal. Now we'll have to be extra careful DTD (when my libido returns!) as we defintely aren't ready for another baby yet!

I like your idea of buying sponge cakes to decorate and claiming it as your own. That is great advice!!

[sangie]

Art, yay on some progress in the sleep department! I hope that means you got to catch up on some shut eye LMAO at the floor ornament comment! I wish Ethan would be an ornament even for a few seconds, this kid just cannot keep still. He won't even watch the TV for more than 10 seconds

Taurean, woo hoo for EWCM, now you are ready for number 2 lol OMG lucky you with no AF. Mine has been back for ages unfortunately. Izzy's party sounds like its going to be huge and the invites sound gorgeous. Absolutely nothing wrong with buying a cake hun but I might have another idea if you want to make it? There is a cake supply place near me that hires out novelty cake tins. They have so many to choose from and its so easy - just whip up the cake mix, bake and decorate. Always looks impressive and soooo much easier than having to cut shapes out of a slab cake. Or just buy it lol! Yes Ethan still has his helmet but hopefully it will off by the time he turns 1. His head is so much better, its actually round now! He has a slight flat spot right at the top of his skull which should hopefully pop out at the next growth spurt and then its 'helmet off' woo hoo!

Sanchez, i think I read on fb that V isn't sleeping well again? What's happening hun? Stubborn little things aren't they?

Ethan is cutting a top tooth and he's been a bit miserable. He does this really annoying grinding of his teeth now which drives me insane. I've tried giving him a rusk or teething ring but he throws them away and continues grinding his teeth arrrgghhhh!

We are still undecided about his birthday. We will either do a biggish party at home (40-50 people) or keep it simple and go out to lunch with just immediate family (15 odd people). DH wants the easier option of course but I feel a bit torn as we had a big party for DD so I sort of think we should do the same for Ethan. Decisions, decisions................! But I have bought his present, a wooden train set!

Sorry for not getting to you all, hope all bubs are behaving themselves! I'm heading out to get some sun while we have it!

[Taurean]

OMG, just realised we lost a heap of posts in the BB meltdown - bummer!! I'll try to pop on line today and give you all an update. We've been flat out since the week leading up to Izzy's birthday so I have a lot to say - what's new?!

Art - I'm hearing you on the arrival of the warmer weather. We've had the most stunning few weeks over here (plus we were in northern WA straight after Izzy's birthday) and I do feel like a different person.

I better attempt to put Iz back to bed for the 5th time - nightmare night. I just stripped her as she'd wet through and pood so I'm hoping that helps. Got to bed at 11.30 and have been up and down since. It's 3am so I really hope she sleeps properly soon!

Our big news is Izzy is fully walking and she's on cows milk. Very exciting!!

Night!

[Now we're 3]

Hi ladies

Has been a little quieter than usual in here but guess that is par for the course these days as bubs grower older and demand more attention. A couple of my girlfriends have babies who are 8 months and 10 months old and we hang out a couple of days a week. It is fascinating to see all 3 together when we are out and just how much they change over such a short period of time. There is only 2 months between each of them but you can see they are at such different stages - and also see how it changes so quickly! It seems like light years ago that Sam was only starting to crawl and would be content to play with something while sitting there. Now he is always on the go - normally into something he shouldnt be! We haven't started walking yet but doing a lot of standing on our own now and walking/pushing everything he can get his hands on - the stroller, the high chair, his walker, all stools and chairs, his bike ........ if he can push it and it moves its his!

Looks like I officially have a one sleep baby - :-(. He looks to have dumped his afternoon sleep rather than his morning one as is now practically impossible to get him to go for a nap in the afternoon. And with daylight saving is pushing out his morning sleep to closer to middle of day.

Getting less and less done when he is awake at the moment if we are at home as he is getting bit more clingy and wants me to be playing with him or helping him walk holding hands. Least I can complain that he is a heavy lump to carry round. Little mite had topped the 9kg (9.2Kg) though at his 12 month check. When he was having the check the nurse was telling me that the previous baby that had been in was 6.69Kg and was 6 weeks old - yep you read right 6 weeks! Art hope now that Amelia has started to crawl she might decide to do it a bit more. You must have beautifully toned arms carrying her!

Ohhh Taurean you poor thing with Iz waking last night. You must be wrecked! Sam woke last night at 3am for some unknown reason. DH was a star and he got up to him. No idea what caused it but he certainly didn't want to go back to sleep then.

Well birthday and party went well. Thanks for the birthday wishes. Reckon that 2nd birthday will be a lot quieter - we ended up with about 30 adults and 8 kids so was wrecked at the end of the day. Sam had lots of fun and wasn't in the slightest bit bothered but all the additional people being around and day was beautiful so everyone was outside. He was totally spoilt with all the presents that he got.

Hope all good with everyone else and that summer is slowly starting to arrive. We've had a mixed bag but certainly is getting warmer. Just hope rain keeps away. It is amazing how stir crazy we can both get if we are trapped in the house!

Looking forward to hearing everyones news!

[kellynz]

Wow - so quiet in here, i thought i must have missed heaps - but seems everyone else is busy too
Our news dept isnt that exciting really, had 10 days of nasty Rotavirus, then 2 weeks in the clear before he came home Tuesday night and promptly cranked a fever and fell asleep on DH at 6pm, missing dinner and sleeping very badly all night. Today (Thursday) we are both working from home and taking turns to care for Tadhg - fun! haha. Then we just realised the cause of fevers, headaches and poo-y nappies may infact be molars?? Tim reckons he can feel 3 coming through - ouch. No wonder he is upset when trying to sleep!
What else, he is walking everywhere, hardly ever sits down now, its quite funny. Every now and then he tries to crack a run (running away from us, or towards the beanbag for a dive usually!) its time for bumps and bruises galore i think.
Still not much luck with veges, although he did eat a heap of roast kumara one night when i ignored his grizzles and didn't offer anything else. I am a bit frustrated with his lack of interest in veges (and meat) but at least trying to be happy he eats lots of other things like rice, beans (kidney/cannellini etc), pasta, cheese, fish. We will get there - i'm sure!
Art - good news on A crawling, hopefully that will encourage her to start moving herself around a bit and give her some confidence
AM - down to one sleep already! we have days when he only rests in the afternoon, but generally T is still having 2 naps, i would miss naptime otherwise!
Hope everyone else is going well

[sangie]

Hi all! I was going to apologise for not being around but since nobody else has either you ain't getting no apology!

Things have been crazy busy around here, feels like I barely have time to scratch myself these days. Ethan is an absolute dynamite these days. He barely keeps still and is now running (yes running!) everywhere. At least now we finally have some nicer weather so he can burn off some energy running around the backyard. I wish he'd give some of that energy to me cos I really need it.

AM, Ethan has one sleep most days too now. Sometimes he has two sleeps but that seems to be on the days when he is up super early in the morning. I'm glad that Sam's party went well and yes, second birthdays are usually much quieter (well they are in this house lol!). I've been slack and haven't put any pics up of Ethan's birthday, will do so as soon as I can.

Kelly, oh no at T being unwell again. If it is those molars then hopefully they pop through soon. Despite not liking vegies it sounds like T has a really good diet. You could always try and 'hide' some veg in some foods until he takes a liking to it? I know a friend of mine makes all sorts of interesting foods for her DS (beetroot muffins, pureed vegies in pasta sauce etc).

Art, yay for Amelia crawling and fingers crossed she uses it as a mode of transport soon! How did she go with the teething? I saw your thread on weaning, any success. Good luck with it hun xo

Taurean, just saw pics of Iz's party and it looked like so much fun. I can't get over how much she looks like you! How was your holiday? Hope you managed to get lots of relaxation (and ****tails lol!)

Sanchez, how are you and the gorgeous V doing?

Well as I said E is keeping me on my toes. I'm exhausted at the moment as DH is away again and E has been waking up every morning at 2am for the last week. Have no idea why and it's doing my head in! He mostly goes back down fairly easily except for last night where he didn't go back to sleep until 4am. Might be teething but who knows? He has 5 teeth and we haven't had any teeth for a while now so it could be that. He had his 12 month checkup and has hit the the 10kg mark (10.06 to be exact) which is not surprising given how much he eats. Most days he eats more than his sister! His speech is really coming along too now and he makes us laugh most days. Birds are 'dirds', outside is 'ou side', elena is 'e la la' and dummy is 'ummy'. He refers to all fruit as an 'apple' which he says clear as day and sounds hilarious coming out of such a little person. But the funniest one is 'pop off' which he says as 'pop op' when he farts lol! The joys of having a big sister to teach you this stuff (and dad is secretly quite proud!).

Sorry girls I've written a novel. Sorry to anyone I missed, my bed is calling.........

[Artechim]

Thought I would bump the thread with an update.

A has been walking properly for a couple of weeks now and OMG life is so much easier! No more sitting and whinging, she is off and away exploring and playing now. She and DS play together - mainly A chasing him and laughing her head off. It is adorable. Summer has arrived and they are spending hours out in the sandpit together which is great - I can pop inside and actually get some housework done.
Sleeping is still a disaster. She normally wakes around 4-5 times during the night and still only has a 40 minute day sleep but I am managing alright so I will just wait for it to pass. I would really love her to wean but she is feeding more often so I don't see that happening any time soon. Tooth number 3 arrived last night. Not much going on speech wise. She sometimes says a word a few times and then it disappears again.

Sangie, E sounds adorable! Has his helmet come off yet?

NW3, I saw the clip of S walking on FB - very cute!

Taurean, you were going on a trip away weren't you? How did it go?

Kelly, has summer arrived up there? We are getting some fantastic days atm

Hi to everyone else, hope all is well

[Taurean]

OMG!!!! Art, are you serious?! That's awesome news!!! PMSL considering I thought I was the one that was UTD! LOL!! Congratulations hon!!

Will be back soon to write a proper update. Just had to say WOW and YAY for Art!

[Artechim]

LOL Taurean, I thought we might be belly buddies again for a while there!

And forgot to add quiet on FB please, haven't told anyone in real life.

[Taurean]

That would have been awesome! Oh im kinda disappointed I'm not UTD now I was actually just wondering how light a 'period' would be to be one of those ones that's actually an implantation bleed, ITMS. My period has been so weird, but I have bled, so I think I'm clutching at straws - I'm obviously more disappointed than I thought! But my period was so weird! I wasn't due until today but started spotting last Monday which continued until Thursday. My period started about 3am Friday and has been very light and will be finished tomorrow. I normally don't spot and I bleed heavily for the first 24 hours then it's medium for a few days then light. This latest one has me scratching my head

[Taurean]

And yes, of course! Mum's the word

[Artechim]

Maybe you should take a test in a couple of days? You do hear stories of people mistaking implantation for a light period....

And in case anyone is wondering, we do actually have sex more than once a year!

[Now we're 3]

Yah Art thats great news and how funny that all 3 will be September bubs. You just know you're going to get heaps of comments about once a year! Wont say anything on FB but great news hon. Thanks for advice re childcare. DH is going to do the drop off so at least Sam won't see me crying at the thought of leaving him. God I'm such a whimp!
Taurean you will have to keep us posted on what happens with you. Keeping fingers crossed for you love. Can't give any advice I'm afraid re light bleeding though but would be worth taking test in a few days.

Will BBL to let you now how Wednesday goes.

[Taurean]

Maybe you should take a test in a couple of days? You do hear stories of people mistaking implantation for a light period....

Hmmm, I might just have to. Bought myself a BBT thermometer today as I've officially started charting (properly) again. That period sure was weird though so I might test anyway just to put my mind at ease. I highly doubt I'm pregnant though, it wasn't just spotting but was far from 'usual'. Maybe my periods have really just sorted themselves out since they returned 5 months ago. Seems a bit odd though.

Art, I'm just so thrilled for you That really is such lovely news to hear. I'm grinning from ear to ear And I hadn't thought for a minute that Dec was the only time you guys shagged....especially given I was very close to being in your boat!

AM - good luck returning to work hon and with leaving Sam at childcare I know I'd be a blubbering mess too but Art is right, they nearly always put on the waterworks just for mummy's departure then that is it. I have no doubt Sam will miss his mummy to bits but he'll also have a ball playing with all the other kidlets and all those awesome new and exciting toys

Kelly - our sleep issues seemed to disappear with the last two teeth Yep, they appeared when I wasn't looking! So we have 10 now and yes, sleep has improved dramatically! She's pretty much back to her old self and still having some ripper sleep ins. Happy mummy I am! So you're thinking about #2 now? Us too!! I think I'm ready now although I had always though 2.5-3 years difference was ideal, anytime from now on is A-OK

Sangie - so glad to hear Miss Iz was the only child in Aus her was ridiculously spoilt at Christmas! I'm with you, I keep telling myself that she's our first and we are allowed to spoil her (....although she won't even remember it, lol!). Constipation is still an issue for Iz unfortunately but we're working on it (see below). How did your two enjoy Christmas?

We've just returned home from 4 days in Denmark, about 4.5 hours south of Perth. We rented a house with a few friends and basically ate and drank for 4 days - it was lovely! We had a beautiful roast for New Years (cooked by yours truly), a lot of wine and nibbles and had a ball playing board games. The two kids (Iz and her little buddy) both slept like angels on NYE so that was a bonus!

Christmas was great fun but SO hot! Actually, hot doesn't describe it. The weather was foul. 39 degrees and so damn humid. Ewww. We had a lovely day with the family though and Izzy was spoit rotten. She is NUTS about her Cozy Coupe and hasn't stopped playing with it since she woke up on Christmas Day. Her mini trampoline (it's small with a handle for her to hold onto) is also a hit - that was one of her many gifts from my parents. So, so spoilt. Oh well!

The constipation drama still continues. We've been to the doctor and they said it's quite common and have said to keep her on stool softeners (Parachoc) for 2 months until she gets over her fear of pooing. She's still struggling a bit getting them out though and you can see she is struggling - physically and mentally. That first bad dose has really scarred the poor little chicken. Hopefully it's just a fear thing and nothing more sinister. Only time will tell so wish us luck.

I posted in the 'Periods' threads last week as I started spotting 6 days before my period was due. The only other time that has happened was when I was UTD with Iz. I honestly thought we had accidentally conceived another Sept bub! I ended up spotting for 4 days before my 'very weird' period started and now it's about to end. It really has been a strange one though so I have no idea what's going on with my body. I'm off to research a bit more soon.

On the TTC note though we have decided that March is 'Open Season' so I've started charting (officially) again and hopefully come April I'll be knocked up with a Dec/Jan bub. I'm all class, aren't I? Oh, keep that quiet on FB. I don't need a cast of thousands questioning each week if I'm preggers or not, lol.

Dinner is calling, gotta run!! Huge hugs to all and Happy New Year lovelies!!