Baby Born~November 2006 #48

[Olive]

ann its so good to see you in here!! i was just looking at your blog the other day!! the girls are just devine and i love that your still feeding them super super effort! im sorry about the PND but im glad your getting help its tough.

tara how did chino go at the paed with the milk allergy????

gigi awww thats cute of bilby to be playing peekaboo!! sounds like she enjoyed the attention. its awesome that your feeding her still, pity its not the norm these days in this country!

ARM sophie is going great !!! started swimming lessons by herself today shes such a big girl been inthe pool all by herself! the lessons for the past 2.5 yrs have paid off, its great to see her so confident in the water. we found out tuesday that she was accepted in the the 3 yr old kinder group we wanted so off to kinder 2x 2hour sessions next year! where has the time gone
shes going great at toddler group and recent ly learnt her left from her right!
shes quiet tall now 97cm and 14 kg, shes like a string bean! tall and slim!

miss millie is also great, very placid like sophie was, still wakes once a night for a feed, but nearly 6 months now!!

[luua]

Jols - Ella also just learned her left and right. She loves singing. She brings home a new song everyday its amazing what her little brain can pick up. My little sponge. She's not too keen on swimming as she hates putting her head under water.

Mae and Hana also still have ONE feed in the night. 11pm they have a big feed and then up at 6.30-7.30am So we cant complain. Have you started solids yet?

Our girls are so close in age. 4 days between Sophie and Ella and 3 days between Millie and the twins!

Been invited to a wedding in Melbourne and I Love to go but I'm a bit anxious about travelling with the girls. Thinking maybe I cant go.

Ann
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[Gigi]

wow, learning left and right before three! that's amazing!

Ann, thanks for explaining about how to feed two at once. Excellent that there is a special bf-ing pillow to help you do it. I used the football hold in the early stages, until bilby got too long. Are you able to feed them when out of home? like at the shops? When i was first learning how to bf, i NEEDED my comfy sofa at home, my special pillows and found it really hard to feed when not at home. i would do it if i had to, but got sore arms and back.

Sounds wonderful that both of your girls latch on so well.

i can understand your intrepidation at travelling interstate with three very young children. i think for me, i would need AT LEAST to have one adult per child, to do that.

AJP, congrats to Sophie for swimming like a little fish, way to go Sophie.
bilby has been 86cm (since April) and 12.5kg, still got the chubby face (i suspect from the sucking to get the breastmilk), even though she eats like a sparrow.
I agree, WHERE has the time gone? i've been checking out kindy options too.

Yeh TL, i have been wondering too, if you heard any more about Chino's allergy test.

We get the results of the two part speech therapy assessment back soon, looking forward to finding those out. I feel like i'm living with a mute child. She is constantly trying to communicate with me (and everyone else) with mime, gestures, acting it out. So few words and most of those i have to translate for other people e.g she says "boo" and points at at blue item, i know she's telling me the colour. Other times, boo means other things to her. So many letters just don't come out. Boops instead of boots. Gar instead of Car. Dah instead of Star.

i wondered if her liking and chewing up (for 20 mins) a tiny bit of meatball, (made of mince) but not being physically able to swallow it, might have some meaning, as to why so little speech, but the speech therapist had no idea what to suggest, when i told her about that.

the lovely Gymbaroo teacher has just had breast cancer surgery, so i doubt we will be going to any more Gymbaroo classes. Can't believe this has happened, she is the loveliest person and teacher, really inspirational, the kind of teacher you don't often come across. Has made "a difference" to SO many children and their families.

[taralee]

Wow Ann! What a beautiful adventure youre having! Good on you! I would be nervous about travelling too.... we're meant to be going to a wedding on saturday and thats just down the road but im now thinking i wont go..chino wakes every hour or so at night so whats the point in me going. even if DH goes to him at nigh he screams so i just dont think it will be worth my stress.

AJP - Yay on Sophie's swimming! Not to sound like im boasting or trying to top you - im just nodding in agreeance - evie started on her own a lil while ago and i finally now feel confident about her water safety lol she dives in on her own, picks things up off the bottom then bounces off the floor and swims back to the edge lol what a lil dot but at least i know she can save herself!!! chino just splashes and yells at the water but still loves his lesson with mummy!

Ohhhh the saga of the allergy!! SO paed rang me and said 'no immediate allergy to egg, milk, soy or wheat' BUT it could be either a clinical or delayed allergy. but basically no allergy. so i thought fine, so i tried a little more cows milk and he also had some cheese, broke out in a rash on his chin straight away and also vomited and vomited, and did his usual choking turning purple thing. so f**k yes, i think its an allergy!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyways, ive started him on some diluted soy milk and he seems pretty happy with that, its been a couple of days and doing well. so now i'm trying to wean him...but i am also sad cos i will miss it and since there wont be anymore babies for me....im kinda holding on to that baby feeling

[Olive]

tara i'll be back in a min to do a bigger post... but have you tried chino on rice milk instead of soy?

[Gigi]

for some mums, finding the RIGHT formula or the RIGHT animal milk for their bub sounds like a real minefield! a friend of mine has a 3 month old, and they have been thru SIX different formulas already! the formulas either give the baby diarrohea 15x a day OR make her constipated for many days.

ANother friend wanted to use some formula just for the rare ocassions she went out for the night, her bub reacted badly to all the supermarket ones, but is coping fine with an organic one (brand is called Holle). She has given me some to try on bilby, i will give her some in a cup, to see if i can stop the childcare breastfeeds. i am fine with feeding bilby anywhere but when i pick bilby up at 3pm, first thing she does (after squealing Mummy! and sprinting over) is "booby" and i feel more "tolerated" than "welcomed" to feed her there. She refuses to wait (until i get to the car, or home), so the timing thing seems to be non-negotiable.

i've really gone off track here, but my heart goes out to you Tara, trying every kind of milk you can lay your hands on, trying to find somethign Chino can tolerate, how frustrating for you both. I could just sock that silly paed who told you C has "no allergies", i think empirical evidence is telling you the contrary SO catergorically. Your "research" of observing him 24/7, is much more valuable than what the paed says after an hour or so of observing Chino.

how frustrating, i can't imagine it's easy to get to the appointments with two little ones, and then after all that time waiting for the results, to get such a "nothing" piece of advice.

[taralee]

It is SO frustrating Gigi!! especially since he had basically weaned himself (or infant-led weaning if you will) 2 months ago when i tried the cows milk and now i feel like i have completely missed my window cos he's so dependant on feeds to sleep...which isnt so bad, but it is with all the night wakings. i just cant function.
I was going to try rice milk but was told that it doesnt contain enough protein for babies under 2, this soy that im using is an organic one, has increased fibre and protein. im particularly interested in increased fibre since he does seem to have a prob with constipation.