Babis Born July 16th ~ 31st 2008 #6

[Arimeh]

quickly popping back in with stats - DS wants me, plus I'm feeding

HC ? 40.5
Weight ? 6.13kg
Length ? 66cm

[thepixie]

Hey folks - just a quickie, flat out again today! Just got a quiet moment while DD is sleeping in her chair and I'm having some lunch.
SW - Woot on what the MACH said. Did you take her for her needles or do you have a checkup at 4 months? It must be different here cause after 8 weeks there aren't any more checkups till 6 months. Yep the Bear bought Kueh Lapis What is the no-tax limit for children's bank accounts? I need to open a bank account for DD as someone gave her a large gift of money, and of course we want to save for her. Should start a thread about it but keep getting distracted! Good luck with the big move!!!
Mel - great stats hun, mwah! would update Beth's but keep forgetting to find a tape measure so I can measure her length & HC. Our local ECC has stopped having drop ins cause they are so snowed under with home visits - bit of a baby boom round here atm.
Tenny - DD is really fighting sleep at the moment too.... you can see she is completely exhausted but she still cries and fights it. I just keep rocking her in her chair or her hammock, and turn up the tunes. Just now it took almost the whole of 'clubbed to death' (nearly 7 minutes) but in the end she conked. think she is having a wonder week, maybe bubbablue is too.
Tasia I hope things get better with your hubby.
Missy - great that Liam is loving the solid food.... looking forward to starting Beth when she is ready.... and I know the Bear can't wait to start making gourmet baby food!
big to all, have a great day
ETA - Oh yeah, Tenny after some initial skepticism Beth is a big fan of the Bumbo! I recommend it she seems to think its great

[somewoman]

What is the no-tax limit for children's bank accounts? I need to open a bank account for DD as someone gave her a large gift of money, and of course we want to save for her. Should start a thread about it but keep getting distracted! Good luck with the big move!!!

According to this article, $416 per year. There are ways and means around it, but for her personal savings acct anything more than that and it is heavily taxed. Kinda sucks, really... I understand the need to prevent people from using their kids as a tax haven, but if you legitimately wish to have a savings account for your kid then what does it really matter if they get 4 or 5k a year?!?! Compared to the rest of what we earn it is pretty obviously not a lot... If we wanted a tax haven we'd be putting in a lot more than that!!

It means that if you want to put the baby bonus into an account for your baby, you get taxed at a stupid rate. Likewise if grandparents decide to kickstart their savings with a 1k or so boost, also taxed stupidly. For us, we were given a lot of cash for her at birth, and had decided all the spare coinage would go into her account. We did one lot of coins (and didn't even deposit her cheques that she was sent) and we're already over the threshold.

Thx for the well wishes on the move!!

Gotta dash - just got back from immunisation and she's not thrilled. She's hungry - wanted to wait until after needles to feed her so that I had a backup plan if she needed calming. Now she just needs feeding

waves to all!