BellyBelly Life Member - Love all your MCN friends
Jun 2004
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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.
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
BellyBelly Life Member - Love all your MCN friends
Jun 2004
The Festival State
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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.
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.
I dont know how you function Tara. Waking every hour would just make me jump off the nearest bridge.
The twins were sleeping pretty badly too in the first 3 months but we went to Tresillian and they helped get them into a better sleep pattern (with lots of tears) but now they sleep so much better. Its tough with 2 kids Tara. Is that an option for you?
We have teeth! Hana cut her first tooth on Sunday which was a lovely birthday present for me Mae is still working on hers but it wont be long.
Ella is sick AGAIN. Its the 4th time in a month and a half. Its the new daycare i'm sure. Such a pain because she coughs and sneezes all over the place and on her sisters.
She came home the other day singing "I'm a dingle dangle scarecrow". She can now say hello in French, German, Italian, Indian, Chinese and Japanese - thanks to daycare!
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Mae is still working on hers but it wont be long. 
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